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Now that we have the human genome pinned down, understanding the brain should be biology's next great, bold challenge. So say a group of leading scientists who propose to track the activity of the entire brain, neuron by neuron, millisecond by millisecond.
The Brain Activity Map (BAM) project, first floated in June last year, was also hinted at by US president Barack Obama in his State of the Union Address in February. The fact that it has not yet been formally announced or funded has not stopped researchers expanding their proposal. Writing in Science, they now predict that in 15 years' time it should be possible for non-invasive technology to observe 1 million neurons in real time. That's enough coverage to analyse the function of several regions of a mouse's cerebral cortex. The ultimate goal will be to extend this to the human brain.
Along the way, the hope is that the project will transform the technology of neuroscience – in the same way that the Human Genome Project (HGP) helped take genome-sequencing from pipe dream to everyday reality – and ultimately revolutionise our understanding of brain function. It is the right thing to do at this time, says Paul Alivisatos, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, the lead author of the proposals.
But just how do you go about mapping a brain? This is a question that two projects with similar lofty goals are already grappling with. The Human Brain Project, which won a billion-euro research prize earlier this year, aims to do it by creating a computer simulation of the entire brain. The Human Connectome Project is using magnetic resonance imaging to track the fibres that connect different regions of the brain on the millimetre scale, giving a rough-grained roadmap of the brain. In contrast, BAM aims to generate the traffic report by getting down to the neuronal level, mapping which neurons fire at which time and how they are synchronised.
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To do so, researchers will need to find non-invasive ways to record the firing of individual neurons, because all current methods involve opening the skull and, often, sticking electrodes into brain tissue. "Right now, you're literally driving posts into the brain. It's not very sophisticated," says neurobiologist John Ngai of the University of California, Berkeley.
A few groups have already started working on new approaches. For example, the MindScope project at the Allen Institute in Seattle aims to map the mouse visual cortex. The team identifies where neurons are firing by injecting the brain with dyes or using genetically engineered proteins that bind to calcium molecules. When a neuron fires, calcium flows into the cell and activates the dye or protein.
While powerful and widely used, calcium imaging alone is too slow to generate the kind of real-time map that the BAM project requires, says Michael Roukes of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. A faster alternative would be to record the electrical activity of neurons, but the wires required to do this are invasive and tend to be relatively large. To get around the size issue, Roukes's lab is creating tiny silicon-based nanowires that are connected to an array of electrodes, recording from multiple neurons at once. This allows the researchers to triangulate the position of any given neuron. Their tiny size means that they are less disruptive than other wires would be but you would still need to undergo an invasive procedure to implant them. Roukes's team has tested the technology in insects and are now moving on to rats. Eventually, he says, they should be able to locate and record the activity from a million neurons at once.
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But such an activity map is meaningless if it only shows connections and firing patterns without giving any clue why a circuit fires, says Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University in California. One way to image these cause-and-effect relationships is through optogenetics, which involves genetically engineering mice so that their neurons fire when hit with a beam of light shone through the skull. The firing neurons leave a protein trail, allowing researchers to see which circuits responded to the light or other stimuli.
Other promising technologies come from beyond the realm of biology. Alivisatos's nanotechnology lab is engineering quantum dots that could be embedded in the cell membranes of neurons. When a neuron grows a new connection, it would stretch the quantum dot particle, causing it to emit light. Similar particles could respond in the same way to changes in the membrane's voltage. In the lab, the dots are extremely fast and their light does not fade over time, but more work needs to be done to see whether having these dots implanted disrupts the function of the neurons.
The problem plaguing all of these light-based techniques is the brain's density. It is no good having a technology that tells you that a neuron has fired by giving off a flash of light, if you cannot detect that light. The best microscopes currently available can detect light from 3 to 4 millimetres into the brain, enough to see light signals coming from the cortex of a small animal, but not enough to see deep-seated structures such as the hippocampus. "For this, we will need to redesign the basic concept of the microscope," says Rafael Yuste of Columbia University in New York.
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Florent Malouda fears the France players may always have to live with the shame of a chaotic FIFA World Cup™ campaign.
The former world champions are due to return to Paris after exiting the tournament at the first round stage following a 2-1 defeat by South Africa. France finished bottom of Group A with only one point after turmoil in the camp.
The players boycotted a training session on Sunday in protest at striker Nicolas Anelka being expelled from the squad following a row with Raymond Domenech. The coach, who is being replaced by Laurent Blanc, responded by stripping Manchester United full back Patrice Evra of the captaincy at the Free State Stadium.
While Evra intends to go public on what happened in the camp, Chelsea striker Malouda admitted: "We lost our chance to qualify long ago. It has been difficult within the squad. We are not proud of what we have done. I do not know what we will have to do to earn forgiveness."
Malouda indicated there were divisions in the group. "Given what happened before the match it would have been a miracle if we had won," he said. "We did not have the right attitude to get beyond the group stage. I would like to apologise on behalf of all the players. We'll be discussing things among ourselves. There's a lot of tension in the squad, which is not ideal for preparing an important game."
Such has been the discontent in the nation at the team's failings French president Nicolas Sarkozy has become involved. He will hold a government meeting tomorrow to discuss the events that unfolded in South Africa. Sarkozy will also meet Thierry Henry, at the striker's request tomorrow, according to Europe 1 radio.
Prime Minister Francois Fillon and sports minister Roselyne Bachelot will join Sarkozy. Bachelot said: "Those responsible for this disaster must accept the consequences, first the players, then the team management and after them the football federation."
French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes will also host a meeting next month to investigate the campaign, horrified at the way they imploded. He said: "Everyone will go before the federal council, the president, the players, the coach, the medical staff, to see who is responsible.
"There will probably be sanctions but I can't pre-empt what the council will decide. What upsets me the most is the drama of last weekend. For me 50 years of values crumbled. I thought at the time of this shame that football brought to France - that's far worse than poor results."

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A year-long effort to get voters in Washington state to enact a law that would require genetically modified foods to be labeled appears to have failed, based on early voting results from the state. Initiative 522, the "People's Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act," is trailing in results, with 45 percent of voters voting in favor of labeling, and 54 percent opposed.
According to local news reports, the initiative was supported by two thirds of Washington voters in the weeks leading up to the election. But support waned as the election neared and the "No on 522" campaign—made up entirely of food, pesticide and GMO-seed manufacturers and their representatives—poured $33 million into anti-labeling advertisements, claiming that labeling would raise food costs (despite the fact that there's no evidence suggesting it would) and that people who want GMO-free foods can simply buy organic, an assumption that doesn't mesh with reality, says Elizabeth Larter, a representative for the Yes on 522 campaign. She says that organic foods can be out of financial reach for many people and aren't widely available in more rural areas of the state.
Supporters of GMO labeling have yet to concede, noting that Washington state's vote-by-mail elections have left a few hundred thousand ballots uncounted. (The state's total population is about 7 million.) But supporters were heavily outspent at a ratio of almost 4-to-1, managing to raise just over $9 million from natural foods companies and supporters of organic agriculture.
Not surprisingly, the corporate donors of the No on 522 campaign pushed the legal limits and were even sued by the state's attorney general for secrecy. Major food companies, including Pepsi, Nestle, Coca-Cola, Con Agra, General Mills, Kellogg's, Dean Foods and Campbell's Soup, among dozens of others, funneled money into the coffers of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which in turn funded advertisements against the initiative on their behalf while protecting their anonymity, a practice that is illegal, according to the state's campaign finance laws.
After being sued, the GMA disclosed its donors and then formed a political action committee (PAC) called Grocery Manufacturers Association Against I-522, which again, was operating in a legal gray area. In addition to funding its own anti-labeling efforts, the GMA's PAC contributed money to the No on 522 PAC, which used money from the GMA along with Monsanto, Dupont, Bayer and other chemical companies to fund additional anti-labeling efforts. Washington state law requires that, in order for one PAC to contribute to another, the contributing PAC must have at least 10 donors based in the state, each of which must contribute a minimum of $10. The GMA didn't list a single Washington-based donor among its 34 contributors.
At least 26 other states are debating GMO labeling laws via bills and other legislative efforts, but no other state appears poised to introduce ballot initiatives that people can actually vote on. The next best hope to get such labeling initiatives passed is the Northeast. Both Connecticut and Maine have passed GMO labeling laws that will go into effect when at least four other Northeastern states, with a combined population of 20 million people, enact similar laws. You can find out about efforts in your state via the Center for Food Safety.
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Two distinctive features of this classic Kraak ware 'kendi' are the thin, long spout and the star-shaped mouth rim - these resulted in the pieces being referred to as 'pomegranate ewers'. The spout is attached to the body with leaves moulded in relief.
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It's again that time of year when South Africa's top rural woman entrepreneur is crowned in Landbouweekblad and Sanlam's annual Landbouvroue-entrepreneur competition.
This year's entries are particularly impressive, sporting products as diverse as jackal karosses and medicinal comfrey ointments. It's truly extraordinary to see what creativity these woman apply to make a profit from whatever is at their disposal.
At a gala function, to be held on 28 October at the Durbanville Hills Estate in Cape Town, the top business woman will walk away with a R65 000 cash prize to reinvest in her business.
This year's six finalists are Serita Swart from Victoria West, Northern Cape, who makes kaross and other hide products; Annemarie Fourie from Senekal, Free State, who produces unqiue and contemporary knitwear; Ronel Swart from Graskop close to Hazyview, Mpumalanga, who not only produces silk products, but also does substantial community upliftment work; the multi-faceted Hannetjie Loots from Lephalale, Limpopo, a qualified educational psychologist who farms with stud Brahmans and runs her own school; Engela Kruger from Middelburg, Eastern Cape, who manages a leather operation that produces affordable equestrian products for farmers; and Sanette Mey from Patensie, Eastern Cape, who developed a medicinal comfrey ointment. These six formidable women are truly all winners in their own right.


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At its most basic, Attachment Parenting is an approach that encourages a strong connection between parents and children through the use of non-violent, empathetic communication. Baby-wearing, breastfeeding and gentle bonding are all part of this broad theory… Bamboobies believes every parent knows what is best for their family and babies and supports discussions around all of these thoughts. Please share your open-minded and open-hearted thoughts and questions at the bottom.
The philosophy of Attachment Parenting has famously been embraced by Dr. William Sears. Dr. Sears' best-known book, The Baby Book, and website (www.askdrsears.com) are outstanding resources for families that want to learn more about Attachment Parenting and how it works for families. Dr. Sears defines Attachment Parenting with the 7 Baby B's (http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/attachment-parenting/what-ap-7-baby-bs):
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- Beware of baby trainers
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This is quite a list, but don't let it overwhelm you. So many of the points on this list go together naturally, and that is what makes the Attachment Parenting lifestyle work for many families. For example, #2,Breastfeeding, and #3, Babywearing, are absolutely complementary practices. Breastfeeding moms who wear their babies in a safe baby carrier can breastfeed while walking, talking, or playing with older children. And moms who breastfeed their babies while they are on the go are following #5, Belief in the language value of baby's cry, by responding to baby's cues and feeding on demand. Breastfeeding families often naturally choose to keep baby nearby for sleep (#4) simply because it is easier for mom to roll over and find baby for night time feeds rather than stumbling from room to room in the dark. And #7, Balance…. well, who isn't continuously striving for that?
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text: Website hacks get peer-reviewed on RankMyHack Technology 22 August 11 by Olivia Solon S0lar A new website called RankMyHack.com allows hackers to submit their best work and have a community of fellow hackers vote on how good they are.Designed to be an "elite hacker ranking system", users are required to submit proof of their website hack and then points are allocated based on the popularity of the hacked website and the technical difficulty involved in its development.Hackers prove that they are responsible by inserting a pre-defined text string into the hacked page. Rankmyhack can then scan for this text.Extra points are given for targeting political or racist organisations. Point "bounties" are allocated to sites deemed to fall into these categories.The site was set up last month by hacker and web developer who goes by the name of "s0lar". He explains on the site: "Up until now, when you met another hacker on an IRC or forum, there was no way to indicate if that hacker had any skills whatsoever, RankMyHack.com was built to give a clear indication of a hackers general abilities. It also serves the purpose of tracking a hacker's hacking achievements under their current alias allowing for other hackers to quickly establish the calibre of hacker they are talking to."Currently the highest ranked hack is Mudkip's attack on the Huffington Post, which was worth 1,666,666 points, closely followed by Blackfan's hack of Google and then Mudkip's Globo.com hack. Mudkip also tops the ranking of 703 hackers, having submitted proof of hacking 17 sites.In addition to ranking the top hacks and hackers, the site provides useful information and resources for budding hackers including links to tutorials. Edited by Nate Lanxon Comments Latest on wired.co.uk


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A business that does no marketing does no business. You need good marketing ideas (and you need to do them!). You can't rely on the yellow pages, and you can't rely on a newspaper ad if you want to grow your house cleaning business.
Marketing is the planned system of actions you take to grow your business. If you take systematic action each day, your business will thrive.
The marketing ideas below are direct. They work. You're asking someone to do something. You're asking a prospect to schedule an appointment for you to clean, or to do an estimate for a bigger job (such as window cleaning, or a whole-house rug or carpet cleaning job) which you will then schedule and do.
Ads alone don't accomplish results.
Advertising is generally about "if I build it they will come". Sure, if you have a big enough budget, you can win with advertising. Big companies do this type of marketing all of the time.
But who has big piles of cash sitting around to spend on ads that might not work!? In this fast-paced world, we're lucky if people notice us at all! There has to be a formal invitation. And you have to ask at the right time, in the right way.
Invite people to hire you. Then, make them happy they did!
The ideas below WORK.
Use these 5 marketing ideas to get your house cleaning business off the ground and growing strong. (And see the bottom of this page for more ideas and how you can consult with me).
1. Cold calling.
That's right, plain, old-fashioned cold calling. That means using a list of phone numbers that you purchase and dialing for dollars. You have to buy a list that targets the type of client you want to attract, and it has to be a list of people who agree to be called. In the US there is a Do Not Call Registry, and if you call people on that list you can get in hot water (including fines and jail time). The days of phone book dialing are over. Buy a good phone list from Hoovers.com and get on the phone.
2. Mailing postcards.
Again, starting with a good mailing list, send postcards to each house in a neighborhood you'd like to work in.
You can also send postcards to businesses or business people who hire house cleaners. Some of these include real estate agents, mortgage bankers who handle foreclosed properties, office building managers, gyms and fitness centers...
Hint: make each postcard a coupon. People like to receive coupons, and sending a special offer helps encourage them to try you out!
3. Hanging door hangers and flyers.
This option requires a little shoe-leather, but if you have teenagers this is a fantastic job for them to help you with your business.
Warning: There are Federal laws about putting items in mailboxes that don't have stamps on them, so don't put your house cleaning flyers in mailboxes.
A flyer with a hole for a door handle works great on a door knob. You can also put flyers outside the mailbox and hold it in place with the flag on the outside of the box. If there isn't a flag, use a paperclip or a piece of tape. (Be careful with tape that it's not so strong that it will pull paint off the mail box, or whatever you tape the flyer to!)
Using a house cleaning flyer uses some of the same marketing ideas as the postcard. Make it a coupon, or a special offer, and encourage new business to come to you. Don't waste your printing space by just saying "Hi. I clean houses." A clear offer ("I'll clean your whole house for the price of just cleaning your first floor.") makes your phone ring.
4. Joint venture marketing.
Joint ventures ("JVs" for short) are an agreement between two people to share business. These agreements can be loose, informal associations. But the end result is always to have both sides of the deal helping each other and getting clear benefit.
For example, with jv marketing, all small businesses in your town are potential business partners. Strike up an agreement with the local hardware store so that customers who buy at that store get a 5% discount on a specific type of service with you. In exchange, your clients get some sort of a special deal at the hardware store. Win-win-win!
How many kinds of joint venture agreements can you think of with businesses in your town?
5. Referral marketing.
Getting referrals can often bring you the best clients. If your current client refers a new client to you, that's probably another good client, just like the referring client.
To encourage your clients to do effective advertising for you, offer referral discounts on specific services for each referral.
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The play "8 Femmes" will be staged by Theatre Space in June. The theatre work was written by French writer Robert Thomas and was adapted into a film in 2002. The film was awarded the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution in the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival and received 12 nominations in the 28th Cesar Award in France.
The story takes place on a Christmas Eve in the 1950s in France. A large family in a secluded grand mansion is celebrating happily until the master of the family is found murdered. All eight women in the mansion, who are all closely linked to the deceased, are suspects. There is the elegant middle-class wife who has had a precarious on-and-off relationship with her husband; the wife's spinster younger sister, mean but secretly enamoured of her brother-in-law; the man's paraplegic mother-in-law, whose wealth in stocks and shares could guarantee a comfortable life in her old age; the two lovely daughters, one an avid reader of detective stories and the other a chic returnee from school in Britain; the master's sister, a former striptease queen who can twist men round her little finger; and, finally, the two maids, one a loving motherly figure for the children and the other nonchalant and coquettish. One out of the eight is the killer. All have their own agendas and guard their own positions, and all are anxious to expose one another's dark secrets. With scene after scene of humour-filled situations, the story sees the whole lot edge closer to uncovering the truth, which may prove too much for them to bear.
The play is directed and translated by Jacob Yu while the producer is Bee Wan. Isaac Wong is the set designer, Stoa Lau is the sound designer, Edmond Wong is the costume designer and Victor Tong is the make-up and image designer. The main cast includes Au Ka-man, Tse Yuet-mei, Brenda Chan, Annie Ling, Anna Lo, Man Sui-hing, Cherry Au Yeung and Che Che Cheung.
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), "8 Femmes" (performed in Cantonese) will be staged at 7.45pm on June 12 to 14 (Thursday to Saturday) and at 2.45pm on June 14 and 15 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Theatre of Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre. Tickets priced at $180 and $120 are now available at URBTIX outlets, on the Internet and by credit card telephone booking. Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for full-time students and CSSA recipients are available on a first-come, first-served basis). A maximum discount of 20 per cent is offered for the group booking package, please refer to programme leaflets for details.
There will be a post-performance talk after each performance.
This programme contains smoking scenes. For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7325 (LCSD) or 2540 1011 (Theatre Space), or visit
www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/theatre/program_546.html or www.theatrespace.com. For ticketing enquiries, please call 3761 6661. For credit card telephone booking, please call 2111 5999, and for Internet bookings, please visit www.urbtix.hk.
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|By: Dr. John Ankerberg; ©2005
|Critics say there is no historical evidence to support the census mentioned by Luke in Luke 2. Dr. Ankerberg disagrees, and presents his case in this article.
For those who believe that the Gospels are accurate historical records of Jesus' life, one of the most difficult problems in the New Testament is the census mentioned in Luke 2:1-2:
So, Luke tells us Augustus took a census before Jesus was born and this was the reason Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem. However, critics say there are five reasons why Luke's account is historically incorrect.
In light of these facts, did Luke make vast historical errors in his chronology of events? All of this was stated or implied in the Peter Jennings in his ABC Special "The Search for Jesus," and continues to be brought up by many critical scholars today. Historian Dr. Edwin Yamauchi told me:
Let's answer some of these objections. When Luke states that a decree from Caesar Augustus went out that all the world should be taxed, was he talking about just one empire-wide census? No, according to Roman historian A. N. Sherwin White. The censuses were taken in different provinces over a period of time. But Caesar Augustus was the first one in history to order a census or tax assessment of the whole provincial empire. Luke uses the present tense to indicate that Augustus ordered censuses to be taken regularly throughout the empire rather than only one time.
Second, papyri collected in Egypt, have shown that the Romans undertook periodic censuses throughout their empire. In Roman Egypt, for example, from A.D. 33 until 257 A.D., 258 different censuses were taken at 14-year intervals. This evidence has been known for a number of years, and substantiates Luke's reference to Augustus' census, but it seems to work against the Lucan account in terms of the year when Jesus was born. Why? Because the 14-year intervals do not intersect with the year of Jesus' birth in 4 B.C.
But concerning that problem, the Dictionary of New Testament Background [Craig Evans and Stanley Porter, eds., InterVarsity, 2000] states: "Evidence indicates that Egyptian censuses were taken at 7-year intervals during the reign of Augustus and can be established with indirect and direct evidence for the years of 11-10 B.C., 4-3 B.C., A.D. 4 and 5, and A.D. 11 and 12." This information is based on documentation presented in The Demography of Roman Egypt by Bagnell and Friar, a book published by Cambridge University Press in 1994.
Third, there are other reasons to believe a census was taken by Caesar Augustus in 4 or 5 B.C. Augustus knew of Herod's paranoia. Herod frequently changed his will and then would kill the family member he had put in charge if he were to die. Each time he changed his will and the one who would succeed him, he had to get permission from the Roman emperor to do so.
So, Emperor Augustus knew what was happening in Palestine. It is reasonable to assume that Augustus, anticipating the problems that would come about when Herod died, would want to take a census of Herod's territory and might well have extended the Egyptian census of 4-3 B.C. or performed something like it in Judea.
The mentioning of the census in Luke 2:1 is the only historical reference of this census from antiquity, yet it rests on a plausible reconstruction of events. Edwin Yamauchi comments, "...this is a case where we do have something recorded in the New Testament which is not directly correlated by extra-biblical evidence. This doesn't mean that it did not happen, however, because there are many things that occur only in a given text without corroborative evidence of other texts or inscriptions."
But what about Luke's reference, "this was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria?" When Luke says this was the "first" census that took place under Quirinius, the Greek word prote, usually translated "first," according to some Greek scholars can also be translated "prior." If that is Luke's meaning, then, he would be referring to a census taken prior to the one taken when Quirinius was governor in 6 A.D. Is it possible that a prior census was taken, or even taken by Quirinius himself?
Well, historians know that Quirinius had a government assignment in Syria between 12 B.C. to 2 B.C. He was responsible for reducing the number of rebellious mountaineers in the highlands of Pisidia. As such, he was a highly placed military figure in the Near East and highly trusted by Emperor Caesar Augustus. Augustus, knowing of the turmoil in Herod the Great's territory, may well have put his trusted friend Quirinius in charge of a census enrollment in the region of Syria just before the end of Herod's life.
The time period from 7 to 6 B.C. also coincides with the transition period between the rule of the two legates of Syria: Saturninus from 9 to 6 B.C. and Varus from 7 to 4 B.C. The transition of power between these two men took place between 7 to 6 B.C., and Augustus again may have appointed his friend Quirinius to step in and conduct a census taxation when he could not trust anyone else.
Again, Luke's statement has a plausible foundation in history. Why did Joseph take Mary to Bethlehem?
Next, what about the criticism that in a Roman census Joseph would not have been required to travel to Bethlehem and he would not have been required to bring Mary with him? Well, now historians have found that in A.D. 104, Vivius Maximus issued an edict that states, "It is essential for all people to return to their homes for the census." This indicates it was plausible for Joseph and Mary to travel to Bethlehem as Luke indicates. In fact, it is just one of the many reasons scholars have found why Mary would have needed to go with Joseph on his trip to Bethlehem. Claire Pfann suggests another.
I think that we find a few basic presuppositions that are just our own modern skepticism and really don't deal with the reality of the fact that, if Joseph and Mary had come to live together as a married couple at this point, why on earth would he leave her at home when he faced a prolonged absence, waiting for the census to be accomplished?
Next, what can be said to those who say a Roman census could not have been carried out in Herod's kingdom while Herod was alive?
This is simply not true. Records have now been found that show the emperor did take censuses in vassal kingdoms like Herod's. In fact, when Herod died, his domain was divided among his three sons, and Augustus ordered that taxes be reduced in the territory of one of his sons. It proves the Roman emperor was not afraid to intervene in one of his vassal kingdoms.
Further, it is now known that in 8-7 B.C., Herod came into disfavor with Augustus and was thereafter treated as a subject rather than a friend. It resulted in Herod's autonomy being taken away from him.
Third, historians have also discovered that the people of Herod's domain took an oath of allegiance not just to Herod, but to both Augustus and Herod, which proves there was a greater involvement of Augustus in Herod's realm.
Finally, Luke's account points to a census taken before Herod the Great's death and the division of his kingdom. Why? It would have been highly implausible to think that after Herod's kingdom had been divided between his three sons in 4 B.C. that people in Nazareth under Herod Antipas would have traveled to Bethlehem, the territory belonging to Archelaus for purposes of taxation. It makes more sense that such traveling would have been done when all the territories were under Herod's rule himself and Augustus called for an overall census.
So, since it has been proved that Augustus had taken censuses in other vassal kingdoms, and since Herod had come into the emperor's disfavor, and since Herod was having troubles in his own realm with his sons, it is more than probable that Augustus would have wanted to conduct his own census, assessing Herod's kingdom, while Herod was still alive. And this is exactly what Luke recorded.


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The Bachelor
Mike Fleiss: "We Had a Couple Bad Bachelors" (Including One Who Was "Drunk Off His A**")
Just a couple bad Bachelors?
Bachelor/ette creator Mike Fleiss was one of the high-profile reality TV producers and executives at Thursday's Hollywood Radio & Television Society lunch, along with Kris Jenner (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), Conrad Green (Dancing With the Stars), Eli Holzman (Undercover Boss), and Bertam van Munster (The Amazing Race). The panel was moderated by DWTS host Tom Bergeron.
According to The Wrap, Fleiss was screened from media attending the event and reporters were warned not to approach him — presumably so he could avoid more questions about the racial discrimination lawsuit that was filed against the show.
The panel of reality TV gurus defended the genre, although they didn't defend everything that gets on air. The Bachelor creator was reportedly "vocal in criticizing the inverse relationship between the maturity level of the viewing audience and shift in programming since the days of his own early high profile spectacle, Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?"
"It used to be the most innovative stuff (got on) TV," Fleiss said. "Now it's the most bland and derivative. The audience isn't rejecting it, but it has settled in to a level that is different than when there was explosive energy and curiosity because it was something they hadn't seen before. Now it seems relatively calm."
Here's the really interesting part: "We had a couple bad bachelors," Fleiss admitted of his own show. "[Season 7 Bachelor Charlie O'Connell] was drunk off his ass. He's sober now. He's got four years of sobriety. We got a little complacent, a little lazy. It started to sag. The audience picks up on that. They're smarter than we give them credit for."
Thanks for that last part, but isn't everyone on The Bachelor and Bachelorette drunk — because of all the free booze the show provides? Charlie has been open about his problems with alcohol and he has a new movie coming out called Huff that looks pretty good. He's good people.
It would be interesting to hear who else Fleiss considers one of the "bad" Bachelors. Considering the ratings for Ben Flajnik's Season 16, would he be on the list?
Source: The Wrap


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New hospital CEO welcomes tough job
He also wants to increase research programs linked to the hospital, which would help draw more well-known doctors and scientists to the university.
UCSD ranks 12th in the nation in funding from the National Institutes of Health. While that's a respectable position, Jackiewicz said, "we are never satisfied."
He and other UCSD executives are working in other ways to boost the medical system's reputation, regionally and nationally, by refining its Web site, advertising on more local billboards and trying to boost the profile of its doctors through news media.
In the immediate term, UCSD will have to deal with additional cuts from the state as the governor and lawmakers in Sacramento grapple with the latest budget deficit. But any reductions will likely affect the medical school more because it has greater reliance on state funding.
Less than 1 percent of the medical system's revenues come from the state. Still, Jackiewicz said he will continue to take a conservative approach toward finances.
"We have to maintain our strong financial performance," he said. "We have to watch expenses."


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It's time for more shooty hoops! The Buckeye Men's Basketball team takes on the Bryant Bulldogs at home in Columbus. The game is set to tip at 7:30 PM Eastern. Don't bother turning on the BTN earlier than 7:30. Trust me, it's best for your sanity. Go Bucks!
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Pitt women's basketball will host its annual Hometown vs. Hunger game on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 1 p.m. when the Panthers host Rider at the Petersen Events Center. Fans who bring a non-perishable bag of food to the game will receive admission for just $1. Additionally, season ticket holders will receive a Panthers Team Store coupon or a $1 ticket for a guest. The food collection will take place in both the Main Lobby, as well as Concourse B.
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Video: Neighbors
"Neighbors," shot on location in Jos, Nigeria, examines what happens when segments of a community oppose one another in a standoff that appears to have no solution. This is a story not only of Jos, but of places throughout the world where historical differences of tribe, race, and religion lead to violent conflicts.
Related Elsewhere:
Previous Christianity Today coverage of the January Jos riots includes:
- More Human Smoke Rises in Jos | This week's deadly riots struck home for the academic dean of ECWA Theological Seminary. By Sunday B. Agang (January 21, 2010)
- The Truth About the Religious Violence in Jos, Nigeria | It's not easy to state who started it or how many died. But the horror for those affected is clear. By Craig S. Keener (January 21, 2010)
- 'In Jos We Are Coming Face to Face in Confrontation with Satan' | The Anglican Archbishop of Jos speaks out on last week's deadly attacks and the media coverage that followed. By Benjamin A. Kwashi (January 26, 2010)
Previous Christianity Today coverage of the 2008 Jos riots includes:
- Fault Line of Faith | Six pastors killed, 40 churches razed in Jos's most recent violence (Jan. 15, 2009)
- Diagnosing Jos | Political problems don't always have political solutions. (December 23, 2008)
- Violence Smothers Jos in Smoke | Peace eludes us. (December 3, 2008)
Coverage of earlier violence includes:
- Mutual Mayhem | A plea for peace and truth in the madness of Nigeria. (Nov. 3, 2004)
- Religious Riots in Nigeria Leave Hundreds Dead | Leaders condemn the use of religion as a tool for violence. (Oct. 2, 2001)
- Nigeria On the Brink of Religious War | Northern states adopt Islamic law, increasing Christian-Muslim tensions. (Dec. 16, 1999)


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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is not your typical first lady. Born into one of the wealthiest families in Italy, she is heir to a tire company fortune, a former supermodel and a singer/songwriter who has had three chart-topping albums in France. She's had high-profile, gossip-worthy relationships with both Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.
Last February she married French president Nicolas Sarkozy only three months after they met. What other first lady curtsies to the Queen of England on the very day a nude photograph of her -- taken 15 years ago -- is published around the world?
In America, Michelle Obama or Cindy McCain might be crucified for such a colorful history, but if anything the French seem proud of their first lady's unconventional past.
Barbara Walters traveled to Paris to get to know the real Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, whose charm, style and elegance have prompted comparisons to Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Diana. She is fast becoming the symbol of France around the world.
"I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know," Bruni-Sarkozy said.
The graceful, well-bred first lady has reportedly helped boost her husband's rough-around-the-edges image and overall approval rating.
She met the French president at a dinner party last year where they were the only single people in the room. They sat next to each other and talked all evening. Bruni-Sarkozy said it was love at first sight.
"I saw him and that was it," she chuckled.
She also said marriage is much better than she ever expected.
"I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois," said Bruni-Sarkozy. "But I don't think it is at all, especially with Nicolas. It's full of adventure and full of fun."
Unexpected words from a woman who was quoted several years ago as saying that "monogamy is boring." She now says she was trying to be funny in those interviews, but admits that when she was a young, famous model she could be provocative and was certainly fodder for the press.
Indeed the media did label her as a glamorous seductress. She is accused of breaking up the marriage of French philosopher Raphael Enthoven, with whom she has a son, and the marriage of rocker Mick Jagger and his ex-wife, former model Jerry Hall.
Bruni-Sarkozy denies both claims, explaining that Enthoven was already divorcing when they dated, and stating that "[Mick] had a child with a woman in Brazil so [the divorce] didn't have much to do with me I must say."
Bruni-Sarkozy says she has no regrets. "I don't feel ashamed about my life and what I've done."
"I have a past and I don't think it's shocking, you know? I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie," she said.
In fact, the first lady credits her friendship with various musicians for helping to fuel her longtime passion for music. Her current CD, "As If Nothing Had Happened," is already number one in France, and her first album sold two million copies. (Click here to watch her sing an acoustic version of the song "l'amoureuse.")
"The new album was symbolic for me and my identity," Bruni-Sarkozy said. "I care about writing music and playing my music. I hope that France wouldn't mind the wife of the president having a job."
She sees no contradiction between being a recording artist and being first lady.


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maverick, I assume everything is aligned; trans output shaft, final drive input shaft, swingarm pivot, etc. I didn't check that, but I can see my extended shaft and arm seem to have the proper alignment.
Beemerguru and others, I have received a lot of inquiries about the gussets so I created a new thread dedicated to them here:
To get the rear wheel travel I wanted with my extended swingarm I either needed to fit a custom shock to work with the original GS upper shock mount or make a new shock mount to fit a shock from some other bike.
Modern off-road suspensions have progressive damping, where the damping increases as the shock compresses. This is done either through a linkage mechanism or through shock valving. Such systems have been well received, so I figured I'd try to get some progressiveness in my design. Since the GS has no linkage I would need to fit a shock with progressive damping. Not too many bikes use such a shock and this requirement would really limit the shocks I could choose from.
As a start to get an idea of what shock length and stroke values would work for my application I made a spreadsheet that calculated the shock length and stroke needed to get my 280 mm of travel using the original GS upper shock mount. I set it up to do the geometric calculations at 2 mm increments along the swingarm.
I used the values to compare what would work with what was available from various shock catalogs. I wasn't so lucky, no stock shock would work with the original GS mount, and the only progressive shocks that seemed like they might work were from a BMW G 450X, or a few of the KTMs. I figured KTMs are pretty common compared to a BMW G 450X, so decided on fitting a KTM shock. After a bit of searching around the Internet this box arrived with an
Ohlins TTX44
for a KTM 250 SX-F. The length is advertised as 410.5 mm and stroke 109 mm.
With the shock in hand I could estimate how much the stroke was decreased by the bottoming bumper and how much space was needed between the lower shock mount and the swing arm centerline. Both these need to be considered in the design.
The geometric equations that describe the set of mounting points that would work with this shock are non-linear and difficult to solve for even using numeric methods, so I decided to use a graphical method. I used a large piece of paper to layout a full scale drawing with the swingarm pivot, upper shock mount, and swingarm at the upper and lower limits of travel. I used two thick pieces of paper marked at the extended and compressed lengths of 410.5 and 306.5 (5.0 mm bumper thickness) to find a set of mount points that would work.
Here's the detail near the top mount. As the drawing shows, any lower mount from about 240 mm to 320 mm rear of the swingarm pivot won't work with this shock because the frame tube is in the way of the top mount. The points from around 320 mm on back could give the proper wheel travel but would put the upper mount in the middle of the frame tube and I thought that that would put a lot of bending load on the tube so I chose not to use those points. Around 230 mm seemed good. This would put the shock and mount up above the original shock mount, but I thought it would be OK since I needed to make a custom sub-frame and seat anyway.
Once I got some mount points I thought would work I laid those out on the frame and swingarm with some masking tape to do an initial check of the fitting.
When I was confident I didn't need the upper mount I used a cutoff wheel and angle grinder to remove it, then laid out some mount points on card stock tapped to the frame.
And checked what would give enough clearance between shock and frame.
To accurately check the fitting with the swingarm in the up and down positions I made this jig with holes drilled at 410.5 mm and 306.5 mm.
Then, after all the checking I made this paper template for the upper mount.
Here are the upper and lower mounts I made up. I thought it would be hard to do the bends a one piece upper mount would need so I decided to make it from two pieces that would weld together.
First I welded on the outer piece.
And then the inner.
Here's a view from the inside with the shock in place.
With the upper mount welded on I used the jig to mark arcs at the extremes of swingarm angle at my chosen lower mount point (230 mm from the swingarm pivot). The red shows the upper limit that would not allow the transmission yoke to contact the swingarm housing when the suspension bottomed out, and the green the lower limit that would keep the transmission output flange bolts from tearing up the rubber swingarm boot when the suspension topped out. I would have liked a little more margin for safety, but had to accept what I was faced with. The black cross shows my drill point.
The lower mount would need a
spherical rod end
bearing to match the shock's lower
mount. Some searching in the
McMaster-Carr catalog
showed two bearings that could work, a 12x30x16 metric bearing and a 1/2"x1"x1/2" inch bearing. I decided on the 1/2"x1" bearing since it was cheaper and would allow a lower profile mount. I made up this mount from some rectangular tubing and round stock.
Here are the internal parts of the lower mount. I bored out the round stock to allow a press fit of the bearing and turned down the edges of some aluminum stock to make two spacers that allow the joint's ball to rotate a few degrees.
Here are the pieces assembled and the joint set at its limit.
And the mount tack welded to swingarm. The shock is installed for checking. I'm thinking to make some short tube shaped seals from
sheet to keep dirt and water out of the bearing.
Not much was left to do other than to finish the lower mount welds. Here's a view from the rear of the finished installation. The reservoir at 45 degrees sticks out a little, but I'll make the sub-frame go around this as needed.
And a view from the side.
I'm really happy with the result. 280 mm (11") of travel and a first class shock. The hollow lower mount gussets didn't work out as well as I thought they would. The rectangle tube wall was relatively thin and difficult to weld to the thicker swingarm. I think some gussets from 1/16" or a little thicker sheet, maybe with some drilled holes would be better.
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Michael Stewart
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Michael Stewart is a multi-award winning writer, born and brought up in Salford, who moved to Yorkshire in 1995 and is now based in Bradford. He has written several full length stage plays, one of which, Karry Owky, was joint winner of the Kings Cross Award for New Writing, as well as securing work in radio and television.
He was the winner of the BBC Alfred Bradley Award in 2003 and his plays have been performed in Bradford, Leeds, Manchester, London, and extensively throughout the country. His BBC Radio 4 play Excluded was shortlisted for the Imison Award 2008. His latest BBC Radio 4 play Castaway was broadcast in February 2010.
He was writer in residence at Theatre in the Mill in Bradford, and is now senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Huddersfield, where he is the director of the Huddersfield Literature Festival and the editor of Grist Books. He is also the founding member of Dark and Dirty an arts initiative funded by the Arts Council, set up to explore the hinterland of narrative art.
His fiction has been published widely in anthologies and magazines, including Route, Leaf Books, Brand Magazine and Aesthetica. His debut novel, King Crow, was published in January 2011 by Bluemoose Books and was the winner of the Guardians Not The Booker award. It was selected as a recommended read for World Book Night. Café Assassin was published in March 2015, also by Bluemoose Books.
Research & Scholarship
In teaching creative writing, it is sometimes asserted that there are a set of principles which are objective tools for constructing and evaluating satisfying narratives. 'Taste ' is subjective and has no place in this way of examining story.
But is 'taste ' always a moral response and/or an aesthetic one? And how does the atomised nature of modern social structures impinge on the narratives we construct and engage with?
Publications and Other Research Outputs
Stewart, M (2013) 'The Blue & The Dim & The Dark Cloths'. In: The Blue & The Dim & The Dark Cloths. http://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/book-store/ebook/the-blue-the-dim-the-dark-cloths-by-michael-stewart-ebook-single/: Galley Beggar Press. .
Stewart, M (2013) Dead Mans Suit [Audio]
Stewart, M (2013) 'This Is Where You Get Off' Iota Magazine (91).
Stewart, M (2013) Couples . : Valley Press. ISBN 9781908853226
Stewart, M (2013) 'Mr Jolly'. In: Mr Jolly. The Reader: The Reader. . ISBN 9780956786296
Stewart, M (2013) 'the man in the white coat' Riptide , 8.
Stewart, M (2012) 'Point of View: a conclusion' Leaf Writer's Magazine (6). ISSN 2043-8850
Stewart, M (2012) A Complicated Way of Being Ignored . : Grist Books. ISBN 978-0956309921
Stewart, M (2012) Castaway [Audio]
Stewart, M (2012) 'Point of View: second person, why are you are reading this?' Leaf Writer's Magazine (5). ISSN 2043-8850
Stewart, M (2012) 'Couples' Albatross Magazine (1), p. 15. ISSN 2042-5406
Stewart, M (2012) 'From Object to Subject' Albatross Magazine (1), pp. 30-30. ISSN 2042-5406
Stewart, M (2011) 'Clean'. In: Not Only the Dark: 160 Poems on the Theme of Survival. : Categorical Books. . ISBN 978-1904662150
Stewart, M (2011) Outside the Asylum . : Grist Books. ISBN 978-0956309914
Stewart, M (2011) The Shadow Of Your Hand [Artefact]
Stewart, M (2011) 'Point of View: first person, the problem and power of partiality' Leaf Writer's Magazine (4). ISSN 2043-8850
Stewart, M (2011) 'Point of View: third person, a default setting?' Leaf Writer's Magazine (3). ISSN 2043-8850
Stewart, M (2011) King Crow . Hebden Bridge: Bluemoose Books. ISBN 9780956687616
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Stewart, M (2011) 'You Are Going Back' Tears in the Fence (48). ISSN 0266 5816
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Stewart, M (2010) 'Point of View: the perils and pitfalls' Leaf Writer's Magazine (2). ISSN 2043-8850
Stewart, M (2009) 'Monkeys' Brand Magazine (4). ISSN 1754-0593
Stewart, M (2009) The Grist Anthology of New Writing . : Grist Books. ISBN 978-0956309907
Stewart, M (2009) 'The phone call' Aesthetica Creative Works Annual 2009 . ISSN 1758-9932
Stewart, M (2008) Everyone Remembers Where They Were . : Wellhouse Publications. ISBN 0954782259
Stewart, M (2008) A Homecoming . : Wellhouse Publications. ISBN 0954782259
Stewart, M (2008) A Small Boy . : Wellhouse Publications. ISBN 0954782259
Gill, D. and Stewart, M. (2008) The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialising, Fadism and Commonism . : PDG Books . ISBN 9781905519040
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How to Add Driver Files to the VMM Library
Updated: November 1, 2013
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager
You can use the following procedures to add driver files to the library in Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), and to assign tags to the drivers. After you add driver files to the VMM library, when you configure a host profile or (as of System Center 2012 R2) a physical computer profile, you can specify the driver files. Then VMM can install the specified drivers when it installs the operating system on a physical computer.
In the host profile or physical computer profile, you can select to filter the drivers by tags, or you can select to filter drivers with matching Plug and Play (PnP) IDs on the physical computer. If you select to filter the drivers by tags, VMM determines the drivers to apply by matching the tags that you assign to the drivers in the library to the tags that you assign in the profile. If you select to filter drivers with matching PnP IDs, you do not have to complete the "To assign custom tags to the driver files" procedure in this topic.
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Account requirements To add driver files to the library, you must be a member of the Administrator user role, or a member of the Delegated Administrator user role where the management scope includes the library server where the library share is located.
To add driver files to the library
Locate a driver package that you want to add to the library.
For example, you may want to add a driver package for a network adapter driver.
In the library share that is located on the library server that is associated with the group where you want to deploy the physical computers, create a folder to store the drivers, and then copy the driver package to the folder.
For example, create a folder that is named Drivers in the library share, and then copy the driver package for a network adapter driver (in its own folder) to the Drivers folder.
Important We strongly recommend that you create a separate folder for each driver package, and that you do not mix resources in the driver folders. If you include other library resources such as .iso images, .vhd files or scripts with an .inf file name extension in the same folder, the VMM library server will not discover those resources. Also, when you delete an .inf driver package from the library, VMM deletes the entire folder where the driver .inf file resides.
In the VMM console, open the Library workspace.
In the Library pane, expand Library Servers, expand the library server where the share is located, right-click the share, and then click Refresh.
After the library refreshes, the folder that you created to store the drivers appears.
To assign custom tags to the driver files
In the Library pane, expand the folder that you created to store the drivers in the previous procedure, and then click the folder that contains the driver package.
For example, expand the Drivers folder, and then click the folder that you created for the network adapter driver package.
The driver .inf file of type Driver Package is listed in the Physical Library Objects pane.
In the Physical Library Objects pane, right-click the driver .inf file, and then click Properties.
In the Driver File Name Properties dialog box, in the Custom tags box, enter custom tags separated by a semi-colon, or click Select to assign available tags or to create and assign new ones. If you click Select, and then click New Tag, you can change the name of the tag after you click OK.
For example, if you added a network adapter driver file, you could create a tag that is named ServerModel NetworkAdapterModel, where ServerModel is the server model and NetworkAdapterModel is the network adapter model.
When you are finished, click OK.
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Tip: Use this query to find online documentation in the TechNet Library for System Center 2012. For instructions and examples, see Search the System Center 2012 Documentation Library.


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This is another one of Carole's patterns that is in her book on wooden bowls. It's not perfect but then I had some fun making this vase. Some of the angles weren't right but I was able to save the vase. I sanded and it was a good thing the sun was shining as I could see how thin the wood was getting...I'm going to have to get some of those neat little flexi pad sanders and see if my sanding would be better. All in all I'm happy with this vase and it's only the second vase I have made. When I got to sawing at the 45 degree angle, I was shaking when I got that part done as that was a steepest angle I had ever cut. The neck opening I did a little bit different but I did get a nice vase made. Enjoy Fay Oh yes. the wood is poplar and scrap poplar left over from the Noah's Ark project....
Fay that is looking great. Thanks for sharing this with us. Cutting at angles takes practice.
It sure does and drilling at angles also takes a lot of practice. I found if I make my drilling angle guides with 1/2" wood instead of the 3/4" then I can get the drill bit to work better for my drilling. But I will need to get a smaller bit as some times there are drill bit marks on the sides and those are hard to get out. I usually fill them in and let them dry before I do any sanding but this time I didn't really have any problems since I have been making my angle guides out of thinner woods. Fay
Good job Fay. I also like Carole's book and use it often. Haven't made that vase yet, but I will soon! Just made her coffee cup from her boxes book. What a challenge! Made some mistakes, but my wife still likes it.
I want to make that coffee cup too and I have the wood. I have some sort of a white wood that I ordered from Ocooch and I thought it was a dark wood that I ordered. so that white wood should look great on a coffee cup and for the whisp of steam. Going to read up on it tonight. She has some beautiful patterns in her books. Some seem a bit challenging but it's all worth a try and who know?? I might be able to make some of those items in the book. I have made the cup cake one but at the time I did not have any forstner bits and now I have a set of them so they will come in handy for these cute little boxes. My cup cake box turned into and ice cream cone.. LOL! But the angle wasn't right but it was fun and looked so mouth watering that I had to have ice cream! Trying to keep the weight off too. Now talking about ice cream I want some right now!!!! Shoot it never ends... Fay
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The End of the Supercarrier?
Mike Burleson has written this editorial on the demise of the modern aircraft carrier. He begins with an ominous mention of the Iranian's "Hoot" super torpedo (based on the Russian Shkval rocket) which, fitted with a nuclear warhead, could wipe out an entire U.S. naval battle group. Burleson goes on to discuss the current weakness of the super carrier:
There are three main reasons for the increased obsolescence of the modern super carrier in Western navies. First is its immense cost, causing only a handful of very rich countries the ability to support their construction. Next, smaller and more affordable weapon systems are currently being deployed which can perform many of the functions of the carrier. Finally, and most crucial for the fate of the West, is the giant vessel's vulnerability to modern precision weapons in the Digital Age.
All nine Nimitz Class U.S. carriers have been built in Newport News, Virginia by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. I wonder what impact ending the carrier's central role in the U.S. Navy would have on Virginia's shipbuilding industry... especially given that each carrier costs a whopping $8 billion. Hmmm…
UPDATE: Here is more background on the Soviet inspired Iranian "Hoot" weapon. Looks like it isn't much of a threat after all.
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This guy is talking out of his posterior and hasn't any understanding whatsoever of naval warfare. An exocet is not a cruise missle. Laser guided bombs are not a useful anti-carrier weapon, as the bomber carrying it would never penetrate a carrier group's air defenses. And it hardly requires a PGM to hit a 100,000 ton carrier.
I'd love to see what other "smaller, cheaper" platform apparently can carry naval aviation and provide the strike, ASW and air combat capabilities that a carrier can provide. This is a laughable assertion. Does the LCS have the ability to strike targets 400km inland?
And as far as Iran's new "superweapon" goes, there's a reason that the soviets, who developed the technology in the first place, have abandoned fielding the weapon. It doesn't work. It's wildly inaccurate, cannot be guided, is easily detected on launch, has a relatively short range and can be easily defeated by aircraft gunnery. Some superweapon. I'll bet the Navy was rolling on the floor with laughter when they heard this one.
What a joke.
It's good to hear that the article (and Commander Levin) may be incorrect and that the Iranians won't soon have the ability to nuke a carrier with their "Hoot" weapon.
Although I think idea that the carrier's role in naval warfare will significantly change is not unrealistic.
I think the "smaller, cheaper" platform discussed would be something along the lines of the new Global Strike capabilities being advanced by STRATCOM... including the conversion of some Trident SLBMs into conventional weapons. They certainly can strike more than 400k inland.


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Hi. I have a 2006 Cal Spa (model# M-06-v800-42). Been working fine the last couple years until the few times I've refilled it.
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Belt tightening in the board room and the living room, deep public budget cuts and anemic bank lending may be setting Spain up for years of economic stagnation that could eventually force it to seek a bailout. Under pressure to chop Spain's deficit to the European Union limit and stick to new fiscal rules, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has promised to present a budget on Friday that will be "very, very austere."
With the economy on the verge of its second recession in three years, soaring unemployment and rising borrowing costs, some economists are predicting a lost decade of growth such as the one experienced by Japan in the 1990s from which it has never fully recovered. Others, including Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, say Spain could drag the euro zone back into a deep crisis.
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"We've signed a suicide pact in Europe by agreeing that we all need to make cuts," said Luis Garicano economist at the London School of Economics and head of Spanish think tank Fedea. "Europe has to recognize that this is a downward spiral that's not helping anyone."
With public debt at almost 70 percent of gross domestic product and one of the highest levels of private debt in the euro zone, Spain has been a focus of investors since Greece first appealed for international help in early 2010. The economy is more than twice the size of Ireland, Greece and Portugal combined, and is seen as too large for the euro zone to let it fail. Spanish government borrowing costs have fallen from 14-year highs reached last year but with economic fears resurfacing the risk premium over German bonds has started to rise again.
"If the government consistently runs large deficits in the midst of a very deep recession, or possibly both, then it's likely yields will rise," said Ben May of Capital Economics. "There is a risk that eventually Spain will need to seek a bailout to borrow at reasonable rates of interest."
Rajoy's 2012 budget will include at least 35 billion euros of savings through tax hikes, wage reductions and public service cutbacks, in a bid to chop the deficit to the EU's 3 percent limit next year. The 2013 budget will be just as austere.
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