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Based in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, CABHR is a research center led by academic scientists with broad interests in behavioral health, criminal justice, methods and research evaluation, and children and families. Our interdisciplinary team conducts cutting edge epidemiological, intervention, and clinical research. Our scientists maintain collaborative partnerships in the Milwaukee metropolitan area, across the nation, and around the world.
Our Mission
CABHR is dedicated to multidisciplinary research that informs policy, enhances interventions for at-risk populations, and builds scientific understanding of the human condition. The Center supports its Scientists and Affiliated Scientists with a collaborative infrastructure, methodological training, and mentorship.
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CABHR creates healthier communities through research that examines the conditions that place people at risk and the best ways to improve those conditions. CABHR will significantly augment the level of expertise needed to address issues of critical policy significance; the work of CABHR scientists will broaden the knowledge base for improving society.
Center Structure
The Center is organized into four study cores that foster and support collaborative work of Center Scientists and Affiliated Scientists focused on: (1) Behavioral Health (2) Children and Families, (3) Criminal Justice, and (4) Research Methods/Program Evaluation. The scientific efforts of these four cores are supported by centralized Administrative and Research Support Cores. The work of each study core is guided by a Core Leader. With the Center Director and the statistician, the four Core Leaders comprise the Core Leadership Team.


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14th September 2014
US: Trans girl crowned homecoming queen in Colorado 6
5:47 PM — A transgender teenager has been crowned homecoming queen at her Colorado high school.
24th September 2013
US: Pennsylvania school denies trans man student right to run as homecoming king 1
7:52 PM — A student in the US state of Pennsylvania has been denied the right to run for homecoming king, despite identifying as male.
22nd September 2013
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12:03 PM — Transgender student Cassidy Lynn Campbell made US history this week when she was crowned homecoming queen of a California school. However, despite support from classmates, she has also been the target of a malicious and "ignorant" cyber-bullying onslaught.
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11:47 AM — School's superintendent condemns phone calls and emails as "demonstrating such a lack of tolerance".

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Julien's Auctions will have some pretty choice pieces of Beatles memorabilia up for bidding at their May 16th and 17th "Music Icons" event at the Hard Rock Café in New York's Times Square.
In addition to a rare Beatles '65 album signed by John, Paul, George and Ringo, a 1962 Richenbacker guitar played by George Harrison on the recording of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" will also be up for auction. The guitar's value is estimated at a cool $400,000-600,000, so if you have an insane expendable income and are a Beatles fan, you're going to want to save the date.
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The power steering rack is a major component of your vehicle's steering system. The steering rack is enclosed with a steering pinion. When the steering wheel is turned, the pinion moves and pushes the steering rack either to the left or right. The ends of the steering rack are connected to the front wheels. This helps to turn the wheels according to the direction that you turn the steering wheel. Your power steering rack utilizes engine-driven pump to supply high-pressure hydraulic fluid to the steering rack when the wheel is turned.
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European management changes
3i, Europe's leading venture capital firm, today announced that Mr Chris Rowlands will be joining as a member of the Executive Committee with responsibility for the UK network outside of London, as well as 3i's business in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Nordic region.
Mr Rowlands will also be responsible for Growth Capital - one of 3i's main product areas - across Europe.
Mr Rowlands previously worked at 3i before joining Arthur Andersen in 1996. There he developed its successful European Corporate Finance business and rose to be one of the three members of the Andersen UK Leadership Team.
In another change of responsibilities, Mr Paul Waller will take on responsibility for 3i's network in Holland, France, Italy and Spain, in addition to his current responsibilities for unquoted fund management.
Commenting on the management changes, Mr Brian Larcombe, Chief Executive said:
"3i's network offers an unrivalled combination of geographic, product and sector reach. The real competitive advantage lies in the benefits we can deliver from managing it as a single, integrated network. I am confident that we have the right structure in place and Chris Rowlands will play an important role in helping ensure that we harness our resources and scale to deliver these benefits."
The management changes are linked to the retirements from the board of 3i Group on 31 December 2002, after more than thirty years service, of Richard Summers and Peter Williams.
Dr Summers (57) and Mr Williams (56) are both Executive Directors of 3i. Since1996 Richard Summers has led the growth of 3i's business in continental Europe, and from 1995 Peter Williams has been responsible for the UK investment business.
Mr Larcombe said:
"Richard and Peter have both had long and distinguished careers with 3i. They have made an enormous contribution to developing 3i into its position today as Europe's leading venture capital company. They will leave with our greatest respect and thanks."
The company also announced the appointment of Mme Christine Morin-Postel as a Non-Executive Director of 3i Group with effect from 12 September 2002. Mme Morin-Postel is the Executive Vice-President in charge of Group Human Resources at Suez. Commenting on the appointment of Mme Morin-Postel, 3i Chairman Sarah Hogg said:
"We are delighted to welcome Christine Morin-Postel on to our board. She has a distinguished business career in finance and industry and 3i will benefit greatly from her experience and knowledge. As our business continues to grow internationally, so there is a greater premium on the perspective which I know Christine will be able to provide."


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Latest Mount Sylvia News
Date:1st May 2015
Through the exclusive agency of Austrablend Australia, MSD has sold 572 tonnes of Soil Support palagonite into the United Arab Emirates for use in establishing turf for polo fields. We expect further significant sales of this material into the Middle East. Austrablend has spent a considerable amount of time and money in doing the basic validation of palagonite as a valuable soil component when blended with composted material.
Date: 16th December 2013
To read a descriptive testimonial about this exciting new use for Absorbacide, click HERE.
Date: 9th September 2013
Try sprinkling Absorbacide directly onto the beetles or protect your plants by dusting them with Absorbacide. Remember, that to be effective, Absorbacide must remain dry.
Date:13th December 2011
Not all diatomites are created equal. Only certain types of diatomite are suitable for use as an insecticide. For example, marine sourced diatoms will not kill insects at all and are totally unsuitable for use as grain insecticides. Even amongst fresh water sourced diatoms, the diatomite will vary in its efficacy against insect pests.
Date:15th November 2011
Maidenwell diatomite products appear to be increasingly difficult to obtain and we have had numerous enquiries as to how the diatomite that Mount Sylvia Diatomite produces differs in chemical composition. It should be pointed out that as diatomite is a natural product, its elemental composition will vary depending upon the region mined. By clicking HERE you will see the comparative data.
Date:11th January 2011
The GRDC has undertaken to support a project entitled ""Improved Functionality of Grain Storage Products". The research team will be led by Dr Dusan Losic at the Wark Research Institute, University of SA. Dr Losic is Mount Sylvia Diatomite's partner in an ARC funded Linkage Grant which has been responsible for the development of new diatomite based products. Also involved in the new research initiative are Dr Chris Saunders at the Univ of SA's School of Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering and Dr Patrick Collins at the QLD Dept of Primary Industries.
The importance of the project lies in the fact that grain storage pests are gradually becoming resistant to the industry standard insecticide, phosphine. A cost effective and safe alternative is required and diatomite, which has been around for quite some time, is a likely candidate to step into the breach.
Accordingly, the project seeks to enhance the properties of diatomite to make it more attractive to the grain industry. In particular, it seeks to increase the efficacy of diatomite enabling use of lower concentrations. Further, it seeks to minimise the effects of diatomite on grain viscosity thus making it more acceptable to bulk grain handling authoritries.
The project is set to run over a period of 4 years.
Date: 30/12/2009
Back in May this year we announced partnering up with The Ian Wark Institute of the University of South Australia following the receipt of an ARC Linkage grant which fosters collaborative projects between academia and industry. This collaboration is already producing results.
The diatomite that we normally produce for sale is a mixture of whole frustules (the siliceous skeleton of fossilised diatoms) as well as broken pieces of those frustules. The image below, shows a scanning electron micrograph of what this material looks like.
While this material is perfectly suitable for routine applications, more demanding uses for our diatomite call for a much more homogenous product. Accordingly, Dr Dusan Losic and his colleagues at the Wark Research Institute, have developed a technique for eliminating most of the broken frustules leaving the whole ones intact. This is what this purified material looks like.
Date: 25/11/2009
The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants met in Geneva on 12-16 October 2009 and agreed that the insecticide endosulfan satisfied the criteria as a persistent organic pollutant.
While the APVMA have not withdrawn its permits for the use of this insecticide it has posted the following statement on its website:
"Advice from DEWHA on these studies is being sought by the APVMA to determine if further regulatory action is warranted in Australia. Any such action would occur independently of processes under the Stockholm Convention although, of course, the ratification of a Convention decision to eliminate the production and use of endosulfan may automatically lead to de-registration and removal of endosulfan products from the Australian marketplace."
The full announcement can be found here:
Trials conducted by Mount Sylvia Diatomite consultant Michael Sommerlad have indicated that Absorbacide shows promise in dealing with the red mite in poultry. Absorbacide is a safe, non-polluting and sustainable insecticide with activity against many insect pests.We plan further trials of Absorbacide on the red mite with a view to obtaining registration of this product with the APVMA for specific treatment of red mite infestation of poultry.
Date: 19/05/2009
A recent article produced by the NSW Dept of Primary Industry describes the use of a trap at the base of bee hives which helps to control the Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida). Similar traps are available commercially. When the beetle falls into the trap, it is killed by the presence of diatomaceous earth in the trap. Mount Sylvia Diatomite is the only manufacturer of insecticide grade diatomite in Australia and is available at a reasonable price compared with imported alternatives.
For a link to NSW, DPI article by John Rhodes, CLICK HERE
For a link to the Mount Sylvia Diatomite advertisement in The Australian Beekeeper, CLICK HERE
To see a user testimonial CLICK HERE
Date: 07/05/2009
We were proud to be sponsors of a workshop conducted under the auspices of the Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association which allowed professional pest controllers, government regulators and industry representatives to update their knowledge on bed bugs. The workshop was coordinated by Stephen Doggett at the Dept of Medical Entomology ICPMR, Westmead Hospital in Sydney. This meeting allowed us to present data from Stephen Doggett's trials with Absorbacide which showed how effective Absorbacide is in the control of bed bugs.
For a link to the bed bug home page at the Westmead Hospital Dept of Medical Entomology, CLICK HERE
Date: 01/05/2009
In a peer reviewed, competitive process Mount Sylvia Diatomite and the Wark Institute of the University of South Australia have been awarded a Linkage Grant by the Australian Research Council, the major body by which the Australian Government supports research in Australia. These grants are specifically designed to encourage collaboration between industry and academic research. Details below.
LP0989229 Dr D Losic; A/Prof J Addai-Mensah; A/Prof IR Neering
Approved Project Title Advanced Nanoscale Materials Engineered from Diatomaceous Earth
2009-2011 $60,000 each year over the three year period
Primary RFCD INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING
Project Summary
Using natural materials of diatomaceous earth (DE) as a cheap and available resource by applying synthetic routes this project is directed towards the innovative development of new nanoscale materials with advanced properties. New mesoporous materials with intricate 3-D structures and nano sized features will be engineered from diatom silica for use in demanding applications such as separation and catalysis. These research outcomes will enhance Australia's capacity in frontier technology and advanced materials, as well as bringing a competitive advantage to local industry through the development of such advanced materials.
A link to the Wark Institute web site can be found HERE
Date: 21/01/2009
Charlie McCowen runs sheep at Bolivia in Northern NSW. He has been experimenting with diatomite in various forms since 2006. In the winter of 2008 Charlie started to feed his flock of test sheep a mixture of Molodri and salt. Results have been quite dramatic with a significant reduction in the requirement for drenching. You can take a look at Charlie's sheep and his website which describes his trial HERE.
We've done some egg counts and cultures on Charlie's test sheep. You can find the data HERE. You can see that the average egg count is around 220. Given that a count rate for Barber's Pole worm of 300-500 is considered moderate this data is very encouraging.
We recognise that any data without appropriate controls is equivocal. Accordingly Mount Sylvia Diatomite will be involved in ongoing trials.
Date: 01 /07/2007
This advertorial appeared in the summer edition of The Australian Organic Journal No.68 of 2006.
Diatomite:A Product for our Times
In these days of climate change-induced water shortage, declining soil quality and increased pollution caused by toxic pesticides, diatomite offers a unique, environmentally sustainable approach to combating these problems.
The Mt Sylvia Diatomite Mine, located 95 kilometres westsouthwest of Brisbane, is one of the highest quality diatomaceous earth deposits in Australia.
Mount Sylvia Diatomite Pty Ltd purchased the mine and associated processing plant in November 2005. As the new owners, the objective has been to improve both the efficiency of the plant as well as the quality of the products produced.
This has been achieved by improving the quality controls at the mine face and by replacing a forty year old kiln. The company is committed to examining new uses for its products particularly in the area of agriculture.
Diatomite is a sedimentary earth made up of siliceous fossils of plant algae (diatoms) originally laid down in a fresh water or marine environment. It is light in weight, chalk-like in appearance and very porous.
Diatomite is primarily amorphous silica and is distinct from crystalline silica or quartz. Amorphous silica is much more soluble than crystalline silica and is not a health hazard.
Mt Sylvia Diatomite produces a variety of products. Purasil, our raw uncalcined diatomite is used as a soil conditioner to provide plant available silica and improve cation exchange capacity.
It is used on golf courses, sports fields and in landscape projects to improve porosity and drainage of soils and to promote the health of the plant's root system. Many benefits are derived from using silica.
Like calcium, silica strengthens cell walls resulting in more robust and efficient plants. Silica improves brix levels and therefore flavour. Plants produce more flowers and pollen is more viable resulting in a better fruit set.
All other products from our plant have passed through our rotary kiln. The heating process does not exceed the temperature necessary to convert amorphous silica to crystalline silica. Mt Sylvia Diatomite produces a number of coarse screened products such as Kleensorb and Nursery grade. They are primarily used as absorbents such as pet litters, industrial spillage absorbents, and in domestic uses such as barbecue trays. These products can absorb over 200% of their own weight in water. When added to potting mixes they have the ability to hold water, create aeration and provide plant available silica.
Molodri is a blend of liquid molasses and diatomite (approximately 50% molasses by weight) carefully formulated in a special process that converts the molasses to a dry powder. It is used as a feed attractant and appetite stimulant for cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry.
While the benefit of the molasses in this blend is well understood, the diatomite may be far more than just a carrier. Chicken sheep and cattle producers are currently evaluating Molodri as an internal parasite control.
The individual diatoms in diatomite are made up of silica skeletons that are razor sharp to insects. The diatoms cut their exoskeletons, absorbing oils and waxes from the insect cuticle thus facilitating moisture loss and death by dehydration.
Absorbacide, our finest grained product is registered with the APVMA as a pest control in stored grain. It works as a surface treatment and as a grain protectant. It is currently undergoing field trials with the Queensland DPI as a control of the Darkling beetle in chicken houses, having achieved successful laboratory trials.
As well as this, the senior medical entomologist at Westmead hospital in Sydney has completed very successful laboratory trials on Bed Bugs. Field trials are currently underway.
Mr Michael Sommerlad, a consultant to the organic poultry industry has recently completed a trial using absorbacide against Red Mite in chickens. The experiment was 100% successful.
Fine diatomite has been used in Lick blocks to provide dietary silica to animals. It is also used as a seed coating to enhance seed survival.
It has been blended with fungal and bacterial pathogens to increase insect mortality. Diatomite offers great promise as an all-purpose, natural, non-chemical insecticide for general house-hold use.
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Some parts need to be rebuild and it's a great challenge to figure out how to do it or find spare parts, specially in my country.
When I was rebuilding the electrical system the problem was to find a replacement, because I could't find it I had to rebuild it and this is how I did.
Step 1: Identify your fuse box
Your fuse box must look like this:
Step 2: Remember the original wiring order & remove the box
Remove the box from the car cutting the wires as close as possible from the box connections.
WARNING: Do not cut the radio cable, it is the one in the front, it's better to remove the box with the radio wire still attached, is just a few inches long.
Step 3: Remove Fuses and rusty Clips
To remove the rusty old clips is necessary to insert a flat small screwdriver pushing the retainers that hold them in place, then you just have to push the clip to release it.
Then remove 9 clips, except the one in the picture, this one is usually made of copper and it only needs to be sanded and cleaned.


text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468296015087834959.post7277478161351227437..comments2013-04-18T12:04:50.894-07:00Comments on Iron.io Blog: Spikability - An Application's Ability to Handle Unknown and/or Inconsistent LoadTravis Reederhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468296015087834959.post-21377077050480755832012-07-13T14:47:12.234-07:002012-07-13T14:47:12.234-07:00Caching can definitely help by essentially reducin...Caching can definitely help by essentially reducing load on your app/database, but a cache can't perform an action. For retrieving data that is used often or takes time/resources to generate, a cache is a wonderful thing. For everything else your app needs to do, you need something else, like a message queue.Travis Reederhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468296015087834959.post-72338442057467187332012-07-13T07:18:33.736-07:002012-07-13T07:18:33.736-07:00I think caching may be the most important strategy...I think caching may be the most important strategy for coping with traffic spikes on most websites. Traffic spikes tend to occur when a specific page on your site is linked from a popular site like reddit or the yahoo home page. If caching is implemented correctly, such hot pages will be served entirely from your cache, and your server load won't be affected much.Seun Osewahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468296015087834959.post-29444321243454538632012-07-12T18:20:30.551-07:002012-07-12T18:20:30.551-07:00If users expect a result in real-time, message que...If users expect a result in real-time, message queue is not a solution.<br />Additionally, we use your example of a daily deal site, more often than not such sites have a fixed inventory amount. You can't have a message queue process your orders. You'll keep selling those offers while your whole inventory will still be in the queue.mxxhttp://email@example.com


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More than just a design exercise by renowned SPF Architects, this exclusive Hollywood Hills residence is nothing short of breathtaking. Dubbed the Bueth Residence, it was built on a hilly terrain so that it offers some of the most amazing views of the bustle Los Angeles. A large building that promotes open spaces, the Bueth Residence stuns with its amazing windows that go perfect with the contemporary furnishings. With a small pool and state of the art lighting that turns it into a dream at night, it has the celebrity lifestyle well impregnated. Would you like to live in there? – via – FurnitureStoreBlog
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In my teens I fell in love with the music of Schubert and spent many happy summers studying virtually everything he wrote from the songs to the symphonies, to the string quartets and piano works. Then, all of sudden my idolatry was over. I didn't care for the sounds, the style, the ideas. I was out of love for no good reason. Schubert was relegated to a past sound, a past experience.
The other day one of our faculty, the distinguished pianist Gabriel Chodos, sent me a charming note and a copy of his latest recording, The Last Three Schubert Piano Sonatas (Fleur de Son.) Listening to them again was a bit like eating Proust's madeleine. I was reminded how Schubert came back into my life just a few years ago. I was running the Bournemouth Symphony in the U.K. and had come up with a brand new idea for a concert series. (Those who know me well will be groaning at this point!) The new series was called "Post Concert Concerts" and the idea was to have a short recital by the evening's concerto soloist following the full orchestra concert. Interestingly, soloists loved the idea and virtually all of them seized the opportunity, even donating their services. For a very small admission price, audiences could stay for these bonus concerts—some of which were truly magical, such as the two-piano version of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and the Kokoro Ensemble performing the Berg Lyric Suite.
On the night I became a born-again Schubertian, Radu Lupu was our soloist. He had volunteered a post-concert performance of one work, Schubert's late B- flat Sonata. Unsuspecting, I attended the event as part of my normal duties. But… oh my.. .the power of serendipity. I had travelled full circle, so far away from the music and now back again. It hit me full force. I was smitten, deluged, knocked out by the astonishing beauty, originality, and power of this unique composer. My idolatry flared up all over again, but this time colored by all the life experiences from the intervening years. I just could not get enough of his music and returned repeatedly to the late works.
What last utterances! Schubert died so tragically young, just 32, younger than Mozart, slightly older than Keats, and like Keats a true lyrical romantic coming out of the changing world of classicism. He died a year after Beethoven in 1828. He used to see the great man walking through Vienna on many occasions. Beethoven, at the end of his life, had gotten to know the work of Schubert and was impressed, seeing the creative mantle falling to him. But there was no time.
Still, those last years saw a creative rush of works which has no parallel. Just think, the late Piano Sonatas; the great String Quartets including the amazing G major surely a precursor for the Bartok Quartets and undoubtedly written on the planet Saturn before heading earthward; the Ninth Symphony, the song cycles, and the great C major String Quintet. These are surely the greatest valedictory works of all time. Schubert knew that he was dying and worked feverishly to complete the works that were welling up from his still so vibrant imagination. There is something courageous and heroic in his attempt, for he was not writing for performance, but in the hope of performances after his death—which in the case of some pieces was long in coming.
There is a lovely and totally quixotic 1990 French movie called "Trop Belle Pour Toi" which stars Gerard Depardieu (Bertrand Blier, director). It is the story of a man whose wife is unspeakably beautiful but who finds himself in love with a rather plain and unattractive secretary from his office. Yes, very French. The soundtrack played throughout the film is the chamber music of Schubert and it is oddly apposite.
As intuitively right as Rioja and paella or strawberries with black pepper and lemon juice (if this is new you must try….so astonishing) or Eric Clapton playing the Blues. In the last line in the movie, Depardieu shouts at Schubert to stop. But to stop what? The theme, the rhythm, the resonance, the melody, the sadness of life?
Gabriel Chodos' recording is very beautiful. He is deeply inside this world. I commend his recording to you.


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The effect of mass violence in the Great Lakes region which led to many mental illnesses is the focus of this year's International Conference on Mental Health that opened in Kigali yesterday.
Throughout this conference, participants will deliberate on how to help those with mental problems.
Dr Agnes Binagwaho, the Minister of Health, told journalists that in Rwanda, many people started experiencing trauma from the effect of the 1959 massacres through the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
She, however, noted that the trauma from the mass violence is not a problem for Africa alone but the rest of the world.
"Rwanda experienced chronic trauma but through different strategies such as Gacaca, Unity and Reconciliation programmes and also provision of Mutuelle de Santé for people to easily access treatment, mental health in Rwanda is improving," she said.
At the conference, speakers from several countries which experienced mass violence will share experience on how they are managing to deal with the after effects with a focus on trauma and mental illnesses.
Binagwaho also noted that there are only six psychiatrists in Rwanda.
There are no statistics at the national level to show the state of mental illnesses.
Globally, close to 450 million people have mental health disorders with more than 75 per cent of them in developing countries.


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Wacky Wednesday Diamonds are a Chefs Best Friend
OK maybe not diamonds but now you CAN have jewels in your fine bone china. Prouna has mastered dishwasher-durable technology of embedding precious Swarovski crystals on fine china. Shown here is the Prouna Diana Soup Tureen, but there are many other pieces in their jewelry collection.
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Marden, George (16 Dec. 1867 - 17 April 1942)
Funeral services for George Marden, of Greenwood, were held at the Schiller Funeral Home on Tuesday. The services were conducted by the Rev. G. W. Longenecker. Interment was made in the Catholic Cemetery here.
Mr. Marden died at Greenwood, Friday, April 17, 1942.
George Marden was born to William and Charolette Marden in Richland County, Wisconsin, Dec. 16, 1867. When he was a small boy, he came to Clark County with his parents, Neillsville and community remaining his home until five years ago when he moved to Greenwood to live with his brother, William Marden.
As a young man, Mr. Marden worked in the lumber camps and assisted on the home farm. Later he conducted a farm in the town of Hewett for many years.
He is survived by two sons, Charles and Earl Marden of the town of Hewett, and three brothers, William Marden, Greenwood; S. A. Marden, Seattle, Wash.; and J. E. Marden, Woodland, Wash.
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Tech Talk 3 By Todd Swensen
Novell Data Center
and IT in Action Media Gallery
Explore Novell's Latest Educational Masterpieces
Artists use galleries to give the public access to their most interesting and valuable work. Now, Novell is taking a cue from the art world and assembling some of its freshest and most relevant educational content into two new media galleries. These rich, interactive online resources owe most of their content to two recent live multi-city tours-the IT in Action tour and the Data Center Evolution tour.
Packaged and organized in one convenient location, each gallery includes more than a dozen video presentations, software demos and other related online training and educational resources. Each gallery features the very latest and most up-to-date content on Novell strategies, technologies and solutions in specific areas. And of course, all this in-depth, interactive information is available to you completely free of charge.
Keep reading to explore some of the highlights of the Service-Driven Data Center and IT in Action Media Galleries. Then, check them out for yourself and start taking full advantage of these great new learning resources.
Evolve to a Service-Driven Data Center
What does a next-generation, service-driven data center look like? What benefits can it offer your organization? Most important, how do you build, manage and measure the effectiveness of a best practice data center environment-even in the face of limited resources and budget cuts? With nearly 5 hours of new training and educational content, including video presentations, demos and other supporting technical information, the Novell Service-Driven Data Center Media Gallery explores the answers to these crucial questions in detail. Some of the highlights include:
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A showcase of choreographer Lin Hwai-min's masterpieces in April
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, led by internationally acclaimed choreographer Lin Hwai-min, will next month (April) stage excerpts from its masterpieces over the last three decades plus a new production, "White", at the Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
Lin's first signature work "The Tale of the White Serpent" and excerpts from "Nine Songs"; "The Dream of the Red Chamber"; "Moon Water" and "Legacy" will be at 8.15pm on Wednesday and Thursday, April 25 and 26.
On April 28 and 29 (Saturday and Sunday) at 8.15pm, Cloud Gate will perform "White", an abstract dance of pure aesthetics exploring the variations of the colour. Simple set installation and dancers in minimalist shades of white journey feature throughout this poetic trilogy: the first chapter whispers fog into the dreamscape; second chapter continues the transcendence with light shedding into darkness and ends with a metallic revelation of boundlessness.
In 1973, Lin borrowed the name of the oldest-known dance in China and founded the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. It was the first contemporary dance company in any Chinese-speaking community. Its rich repertoire has its roots in Asian myths, folklore and aesthetics but it brings a contemporary and universal perspective to these age-old beliefs and stories.
Cloud Gate has undertaken many tours throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and America, including engagements at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival, Biennale de la danse de Lyon, Adelaide Festival, Berlin Festival, the festival celebrating the 25th anniversary of Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal, Sadler's Wells Theatre and Barbican Centre in London, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Kennedy Center. Cloud Gate has been acclaimed as "Asia's leading contemporary dance theatre" (The Times) and "One of the finest dance companies in the world" (The Globe and Mail).
Hailed by The New York Times as having "succeeded brilliantly in fusing dance techniques and theatrical concepts from the East and West", Lin Hwai-min is regarded as one of the most renowned choreographers in Asia. Awarded Honorary Doctorates from Hong Kong Baptist University, and National Taiwan University, National Chiao Tung University and National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Department of Culture of New York City in 1996, the Ramon Magsaysay Award ("the Nobel Prize of Asia") in 1999 and the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award in 2006. In addition, he was selected as the "Choreographer of the 20th Century" by Dance Europe and was chosen as one of the "Personalities of the Year", along with Merce Cunningham, Jiri Kylian, Pina Bausch and William Forsythe, by Ballet International in 2000, and celebrated by the Time magazine as one of the "Asia's Heroes" in 2005.
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The buildings that populate the Sommers Ranch Headquarters Historic District are typical of those that were constructed on modest, Green River ranches in the early 20th century. Timber was transported to Sommers from the surrounding mountains and used to build at least 11 structures: a homestead house, meat house, cellar, garage, outhouse, cow barn, granary, bunkhouse, icehouse, barn, and chicken house. These structures have changed very little over time and demonstrate what a family in the isolated Green River Valley required to be self-sufficient. The Sommers Ranch remains in operation today.
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How to Calculate an Installment Loan Payment
An installment payment, such as that paid monthly on a loan, is paid out to the lender with interest charges and, possibly, finance fees included. It is convenient to be able to make monthly installments when borrowing a large sum of money as long as the monthly payment fits within your budget. It is important to know exactly what your installment payment will be for a specific amount of money borrowed or "financed" so that there are no surprises when you receive your monthly bill or when the payment is automatically deducted from your bank account. To calculate an installment loan payment, you will need some information and a home calculator or a calculator available on the Internet specifically for loan payments.
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- Raising a number to a negative exponent can be changed to 1 divided by the number (for example, 1/1.8333) and raising the denominator to the power specified (or 36). To raise the number to the specified power, you must multiply the number by itself the number of times represented by the power (or 36 times in this example).
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When part-time traffic lights switch on, what signal do they display? Red would lead to panic braking, green in all directions would invite an accident. So what do they do to avoid chaos?
• By eliminating red or green as unsafe, you already have the answer. The only remaining colour, yellow (or amber as it more usually known), is indeed what full and part-time UK traffic signals are programmed to display when they are switched on and when they resume operation after a power cut or other failure. Three seconds of amber is followed by a short period of "all red" before the signals revert to normal operation, all traffic having been brought to rest safely.
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Pretoria — Matric learners in Gauteng have achieved the highest pass rate for the 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, with 83.9% of the provinces' matrics having passed. This is an improvement of 2.8% from 2011's 81.1%.
This was announced by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Wednesday at the official announcement of the 2012 NSC exam results.
"Provincial Education Departments have worked very hard from the beginning of 2012.
Key interventions focused on improving performance in Mathematics, Physical Science, Accounting, Life Sciences and Geography in particular and supporting underperforming schools and their principals. These initiatives have reaped observable dividends," said the Minister.
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The 10 districts performing below 60% are in the Eastern Cape. The three poorest performing Districts are Fort Beaufort (improved by 2.9% to 44.7%), Mt Frere (improved by 4.9% to 49.6%) and Qumbu (which declined from 59.4% to 49.1%)
The other seven poorly performing districts are Butterworth (improved from 46% to 53.9%), Dutywa (0.2% improvement), King Williams Town, Libode (improved from 39.1% to 59.4%), Lusikisiki (improved by 1% to 59.4%), Mbizana (improved from 54.9% to 57.6%) and Sterkspruit (from 48.8% to 56.1%).
"We congratulate Obonjeni in KwaZulu-Natal, Waterberg in Limpopo, Bohlabela in Mpumalanga, John Taolo Gaetsewe in the Northern Cape and Queenstown in the Eastern Cape for achieving 60% and above passes in 2012. We will redouble our efforts in those districts showing poorest performance.
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I will believe this when I see it. How many fighters have been promissed a title shot and are still waiting? If he wins he should get a title shot by default. Randy and Nog are both coming off losses and will be fighting. Hearring is coming off a loss. The only two other guys who have wins is Carwin and De Santos. Carwin beat Gonzaga but has beaten no one else.
Kongo will beat Cain but I dont see him beating Brock. Brock would take him down and give a beatdown. Kongo might have a shot against Mir cause Frank would have to get the fight to the ground to win.


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Dan Lyons studied Social and Political Studies in the politics and philosophy departments here at Sheffield from 1990 to 1993. He completed his PhD on the politics of animal research in 2006 from this department. His thesis, entitled `Protecting Animals Versus the Pursuit of Knowledge; the Evolution of the British Animal Research Policy Network´ was awarded this department's inaugural Andrew Gamble Prize for the Outstanding Thesis of 2006-7. Subsequently his study won the prestigious Political Studies Association's Walter Bagehot prize for the best thesis on Government and Public Administration.
He has combined part-time research at the department with a demanding full-time job as a leading UK animal protection lobbyist with the Sheffield-based organisation /Uncaged/. He joined the department as an Honorary Research Fellow in 2008. His research continues to focus on the animal research policy, as well as the development of the policy network analysis. His other current research interests include the relationship between environmental political theory and the philosophy of animal rights, and the representation of animals´ interests in policy-making.
- The Politics of Animal Experimentation (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming - 2013)
- D. Lyons, 'Protecting Animals versus the Pursuit of Knowledge: The Evolution of the British Animal Research Policy Process', Society & Animals 19 (2011) 356-367


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Washington D.C. Forecast: Heat, high humidity and storms return
Temperatures will run slightly above average this week and storms are back in the forecast for the next few days.
- Tonight:
- A Few Clouds, Warm
- Lows: 60s to Near 70
- Wind: S 5-10 m.p.h.
- Tuesday:
- Partly Cloudy, Stray PM Storm West
- Highs: Upper 80s
- Precipitation: 30%
- Wednesday:
- Partly Sunny, PM Storms Likely
- Highs: Upper 80s
- Precipitation: 80%
High pressure has provided a very pleasant day with scattered clouds and seasonable temperatures. Over the next couple days, as high pressure settles just offshore, southerly winds will pump in very warm, very humid and increasingly unstable air. Isolated thunderstorms may develop west of our area through this evening, with a little better chance of storms Tuesday…a few may make it east of the Blue Ridge.
On Wednesday, we expect showers and thunderstorms to become more numerous, more widespread and heavier. A strong flow of very warm and humid air will be pushed across our area as a cold front approaches from the northwest. The result will be heavy thunderstorms…some with torrential downpours and the chance of isolated severe storms. By Thursday the front will have passed through our region. Skies will be partly cloudy. It will still be quite warm but somewhat less humid…for the time-being, at least.


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Man Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. His name, in the novel given to him by Robinson Crusoe (p.244, first edition), has later become an expression used to describe a male personal assistant or servant, especially one who is particularly competent or loyal.
The fictional character is described in the Nuttall Encyclopaedia:
the young savage, attendant on Robinsin Crusoe, so called as discovered on a Friday
Robinson Crusoe spent twenty-four years alone on an island off the coast of Venezuela with his talking parrot Poll, his pet dog, and a tame goat as his only companions. In his twenty-fourth year he discovered that Carib cannibals occasionally arrived on a desolate beach on the island to kill and eat their captives. (The portrayal of Caribs as cannibals is still controversial; as recently as 2006, complaints were made about the portrayal of Caribs in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 2.)
Crusoe observed one of the Caribs, kept captive and about to be eaten, escaping his captors. When the Carib fled, pursued by two others, Crusoe ambushed them (the cannibals), and the others fled in their canoes. The rescued captive, who was left behind, bowed in gratitude to Crusoe, who decided to employ him as a servant. He named him Friday after the day of the week upon which the rescue took place.
Crusoe describes Friday as being a Native American, though being very unlike the Indians of Brazil and Virginia. His religion involved the worship of a mountain god named Benamuckee, officiated over by high priests called Oowokakee. Friday tolerated cannibalism, and even suggested eating the remains from the ambush.
Crusoe taught Friday the English language and converted him to Christianity. He told him that cannibalism was wrong, and Friday accompanied him in his next ambush on cannibals, in which they saved Friday's father.
Crusoe returned to England twenty-eight years after being shipwrecked on the island, and four years after rescuing Friday. Friday's father went with the Spanish castaway to the mainland to retrieve the other fourteen Spanish castaways, but Crusoe and Friday left the island before they returned.
Friday accompanied Crusoe home to England, and was his companion in the sequel The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, in which Friday is killed in a sea battle against 160 canoes.
In Jules Verne's L'École des Robinsons, the castaways rescue an African Negro on their island who says his name is Carefinotu. Tartelett proposes to call him Mercredi ("Wednesday"), "as it is always done in the islands with Robinsons," but his master Godfrey prefers to keep the original name.
In the 1997 film version of Robinson Crusoe, William Takaga played Friday alongside Pierce Brosnan as Crusoe.
The 1964 film Robinson Crusoe on Mars retold the Robinson Crusoe story as a space adventure. Victor Lundin played the native companion of Crusoe figure Commander Christopher Draper (Paul Mantee), who dubs him 'Friday' in reference to the novel.
Man Friday, a 1975 British film, retold the story from Man Friday's point of view. It starred Richard Roundtree as Man Friday and Peter O'Toole as Crusoe.
In the 2008 American TV series Crusoe, Friday is played by Tongayi Chirisa.


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Former Dancing with the Stars finalist Bristol Palin's stance on abstinence doesn't fly with students at Washington University in St. Louis... or with Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice star Kate Walsh. Bristol was scheduled to speak out about abstinence at the school, but after a small student uprising she's been disinvited.
Upon hearing that Bristol would be speaking to college students, Kate Walsh tweeted, "Welcome to the Idiocracy! RT @elliekirsh: @katewalsh please join students at Wash.U. to boycott Bristol Palin's speech on abstinence. What does she know about college or abstaining?" Her concerns and the concerns of many of WashU's students were heard, especially by Scott Elman, president of the advisory committee, who cut the speech. Ouch! But he said the decision was "100 percent mutual" between Bristol and the committee and according to a University statement, "The message that they intended on sharing would be overshadowed by controversy." Nice one, Kate Walsh. Way to burst Bristol's bubble.
Apparently the decision to cancel Palin's appearance wasn't made because of the fact that she didn't practice abstinence, but because of her fee, which reportedly could have ran as high as a few thousand dollars.
"It's not necessarily in opposition to the ideas that are being presented," Philip Thomas, the student who started the protest said. "People are getting so angry because of the opposition to Palin's lack of expertise and the high cost she is charging."
As for Kate Walsh's Twitter protest, conservatives are saying she and our nations leading liberals are the ones who should abstain from passing judgment. "The supposedly open-minded folks - continue to betray the very idea of the university as a place where students are exposed to all sorts of ideas," says Glenn Stanton, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family told Fox News. "We are finding that many of those on the left are the most rigid fundamentalists in culture today. They have it all figured out and have no patience for hearing an alternative voice." But Kate wouldn't just sit back and accept such criticism. She fired back, "I'm not attacking anyone, freedom to tw'eet. Isn't our country great? Or r YOU a communist? RT @Mark604YVR: @katewalsh @elliekirsh Why do you feel the need to attack this young lady? I'll boycott your mediocre show instead #FrustratedLiberalWomen."
Judging Kate's Twitter tact is one thing, but calling Private Practice mediocre? That's reprehensible!
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- Clemson's philosophy faculty will challenge you, immerse you, mentor you and force you out of your comfort zone.
- Clemson's Ethics Bowl Team has one of the most successful records of competitive debate in the United States.
- Hardin Hall is home for Clemson's philosophy students. Originally built in 1890, the building has been renovated twice and is arguably the most beautiful historic classroom building on campus.
- Philosophy majors receive some of the highest scores on admissions tests for law and medical schools.
Who studies philosophy? How about comedian Stephen Colbert, political activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, for starters? The word "philosophia" means "love of wisdom," and — true to their name — philosophers have challenged, enlightened and sustained human society since the time of the ancient Greeks. Clemson's philosophy degree will help you gain a broad understanding of the human condition and develop the ability to bring critical thinking and organizational skills to creative problem solving. The philosophy major is especially well regarded as preparation for law and medical school. Graduates also pursue graduate work in a wide variety of humanities, social sciences and other disciplines. With three distinct emphasis areas: philosophy; law, liberty and justice; and religious studies, Clemson's program is well equipped to meet your specific career goals.


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Local schools test out bike share programs
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The University of Tampa is rounding out the first month of its bike share program. This green initiative comes amid a nationwide conservative backlash.
The concept is nothing new. Some schools provide communal bicycles so students can traverse a universityâs sprawling grounds without having to get into the car. Programs range from those with high-tech tracking systems to those that let students hop on any unoccupied cycle. Katie White, University of Tampa's Assistant Director of Campus Recreation, says the schoolâs fledgling program is somewhere in between.
"Students, faculty, and staff with their valid Spartan ID can come into the center during specific hours and check out a bike. They just have to be back before dark."
White says the program didnât come about from demand, but because the school suddenly found itself with more than a dozen extra bikes on hand.
The program started in mid-October. White says there havenât yet been any issues with theft or damage.
"Bikes all come with a u-lock when the students check them out so they are instructed if any time you're not with the bike it needs to be locked up. The students have done really well at being accountable for the bikes. It's kind of like renting a car where the company walks around the car with you, 'okay this scratch was here, there's nothing on the bumper'. We kind of do that same thing, make sure every thing is working correctly."
Finding parking on UTâs Downtown Tampa campus â or any college campus, for that matter â is usually a Herculean feat. For those living on campus, not having a car can obviously alleviate stress, but being sans vehicle also makes it tough to get around. Gina Zito, a freshman hoping to major in public health and exercise physiology, says the bikes make a huge difference.
"I think it's amazing, especially how as a freshman my parents didn't want me to bring a car here, it's really convenient."
Across the bay, St. Petersburg-based Eckerd Collegeâs Yellow Bike program is less formal. Students can ride any free bike they see, and leave them for the next user once they reach their destination. Weston Babelay, assistant director of campus activities as well as the programâs coordinator, says the college is revamping its Yellow Bike program to make the campus more pedestrian-oriented.
"They're going to eventually move all of the parking to the north end of campus. That way you can move in on move in days. You can use your vehicles around dorms and everything else. But other than that they're going to try to do walking paths and bike paths."
Eckerd adopted the program in 2004, and Babelay says while there has been theft and vandalism, the yellow bikes have been a success overall. He says this might be due to the campusâs relative isolation, but also to the philosophy the small college embraces.
"The main focus that we try to change is the mentality of the students to where it's not just Eckerd College's bikes but it's their bikes as well as a community so that way they'll want to take care of the bikes, have ownership of the bike program, as well. Instead of just saying 'oh, Eckerd, they have a bike program'. We are Eckerd, that is our program."
College campuses arenât the only population centers with bike share programs. Amsterdam adopted the first one in 1965, and they can be seen all over Europe and Asia in various forms, as well as US cities like Washington, DC, Minneapolis, and Denver. As for the Bay area?
"If there's a chance it's going to make it, it might make it in the University of Tampa because of the campus setting."
Alan Snel is head of the Southwest Florida Bicycle United Dealers, or Swiftbud. He says it makes sense that a bike share program would appeal on campus, but he says another bay area city seems more bike-share conducive than Tampa.
"St. Pete, also, there's a chance there as well because of the culture and interest in bicycling and because of the urban 'milieu', if you will, of their business district."
But cyclists on both sides of the bay fear for their safety, especially in light of recent strikes. The latest occurred today, when a car struck and seriously injured a 13-year-old boy in Port Richey. Snel says, yes, safety is a major concern of his, but it also seems to be a work-in-progress on the part of local governments.
"The city of Tampa and the city of St. Petersburg are really two different animals. The city of St.Petersburg has a funded bicycle program, if you will. They have a city bicycle-pedestrian coordinator. They have had a program up and running for several years now. There's a budget, there's projects, and there's bike lanes. They have a comprehensive program. The city of Tampa doesn't have that level of bicycle program rignt now. It runs out of the transportation department. They don't have a bike-ped coordinator per se, although bicycling has been identified, I think as part of the transportation system."
The campus programs are getting into full swing as Hillsborough County voters rejected a proposed sales tax boost that would have funded countywide transit overhaul. Advocates had hoped the overhaul would result in less dependence on cars. But Paul DeMaio, a managing partner of MetroBike, a DC Area-based bike share consulting firm, says sooner or later, the need for transit will override the dominant political sentiment.
"Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Greens, Tea Partiers, we all need to get places and if the easiest way to get to our places is via transit, or by biking or walking, then that's how we're going to get there."
But he says that in order for there to be real movement toward a city-sponsored bike share program, political will has to be there.
"You really have to have a great network of stations out there to cover the core of the region and neighborhoods, so that costs money and the elected officials and staff. Whether it be the department of transportation, or health, or environment. People need to support it."
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The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (屠龍, "Dragon Slayer") was a two-seat, twin-engine fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The army gave it the designation "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter"; the Allied codename was "Nick".
In response to the rapid emergence in Europe of twin-engine heavy fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 110, the army ordered development of a twin-engine, two-seat fighter in 1937, and assigned the proposal by Kawasaki Shipbuilding the designation of Ki-38. This only went as far as a mock up, but by December of that year, the army ordered a working prototype as the Ki-45, which first flew in January 1939. Results from the test flights, however, did not meet the army's expectations. The Ha-20 Otsu engine was underpowered and failure-prone, while the airframe suffered from nacelle stall.
The Ki-45 did not enter use, but the army, insistent on having a working twin-engine fighter, ordered Kawasaki to continue development. Kawasaki responded by replacing the engines with the proven Nakajima Ha-25. Flight tests were promising.
In October 1940, the army ordered continued improvements such as switching to 805 kW (1,080 hp) Mitsubishi Ha-102 engines. This craft, designated Ki-45 Kai, was complete in September 1941 and was officially adopted for use by the army in February 1942 as the "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter".
Operational History
The Ki-45 was initially used as a long-range bomber escort. The 84th Independent Flight Wing (Dokuritsu Hikō Chutai) used them in June 1942 in attacks on Guilin, where they encountered, but were no match for Curtiss P-40s flown by the Flying Tigers. In September of the same year, they met P-40s over Hanoi with similar results. It became clear that the Ki-45 could not hold its own against single-engine fighters in aerial combat.
It was subsequently deployed in several theaters in the roles of interception, ground, ship attack and fleet defense. Its greatest strength turned out to be as an anti-bomber interceptor, as was the case of the Bf 110 in Europe. In New Guinea, the JAAF used the aircraft in an anti-ship role, where the Ki-45 was heavily armed with one 37 mm (1.46 in) and two 20 mm cannons and could carry two 250 kg (550 lb) bombs on hard points under the wings. 1,675 Ki-45s of all versions were produced during the war.
The first production type (Ko) was armed with two 12.7 mm (.50 in) machine gun in the nose, a single 20 mm cannon in the belly, and a trainable 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine gun in the rear cabin, and this was followed with the Otsu with the lower 20 mm cannon replaced by a 37 mm (1.46 in) tank gun, to counter B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. While the firepower was devastating, manual reloading meant that only two rounds could be fired per minute. The next type (Hei) restored the 20 mm cannon, and this time placed an automatic 37 mm (1.46 in) gun in the nose. A later addition was twin obliquely-firing 20 mm cannon behind the cockpit and removal of the underside 20 mm guns.
Soon after entering service, the Ki-45 was assigned to home defense, and several were dispatched against the Doolittle raid, though they did not see action. The craft's heavy armament proved to be effective against the B-29 Superfortress raids which started in June 1944. However, its performance was insufficient to counter B-29s flying at 10,000 m (32,800 ft). Modifications such as reduction of fuel and ordnance were attempted to raise performance to little avail, and in the end aircraft were used effectively in ramming attacks. An example of a ramming attack was the kamikaze attack on USS Dickerson on 2 April 1945 off Okinawa. The commanding officer and 54 crew were killed when a Toryu clipped the stacks from astern, and rammed the bridge. A second Toryu hit the foredeck, opening a 7 m (23 ft) hole in the deck. The ensuing fires demolished the ship, and after the surviving crew was rescued by fellow fast transports and ex-destroyers Bunch and Herbert, the ship was towed out to sea and scuttled.
In 1945, the forward and upward-firing guns showed some results with the commencement of night time bombing raids, but the lack of radar was a considerable handicap. By the spring of 1945, the advent of American carrier-based fighters and Iwo Jima-based P-51s escorting B-29s over the skies of Japan brought the Ki-45's career to an end.
The next version, the Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIc, was developed specifically as a night fighter, which were supposed to be equipped with centimetric radar in the nose; due to production difficulties, this did not occur. The aircraft took part in night defense of the Home Islands and equipped four sentais from the autumn of 1944 to the War's end. They obtained notable successes, and one Ki-45 sentai claimed 150 victories and of these claimed eight USAAF B-29 Superfortresses in their first combat.
The Ki-45 was to be replaced in the ground-attack role by the Ki-102, but was never wholly supplanted by the wars' end.
Three Ki-45s fell into communist Chinese hands after World War II. Unlike most captured Japanese aircraft that were employed in the training role, the three Ki-45s were assigned to the 1st Squadron of the Combat Flying Group in March 1949 and were used in combat missions. These aircraft were retired in the early 1950s.
Total production: 1,691 or 1701 units.


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