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The Liberia National Police (LNP) through its Director for Public Safety, Col. Meekie Gray, has clarified that the new regulation regarding the parking hour of "penpen" (motorbike) was not done unilaterally by the LNP. According Col. Gray, the new regulation was drawn out of series of discussions with the Liberia Motorcycle Transport Union (LMTU) and the LNP.
LMTU is the umbrella organization of all motorcyclists and motorcyclist organizations in the country. It can be recalled that LNP on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 issued a statement stating that no "penpen" operations are allowed in the streets after 10:00PM and 6:00AM. There are mixed reactions from the public regarding the new regulation, with some saying that the LNP needs to rethink its decision, while others are of the view that the regulation is in place.
"Government should be for the people, and must not do things that harm its citizens. Most of us in this country don't have cars, and we must get to our homes. And at certain time of the night, or in certain communities, it is only motorbike that can take you there. So, restricting the movements of the people at this early hour is like creating a curfew for us," Mr. Prince Yankon, a resident of the Garza Community in Soul Clinic, Paynesville pointed out.
"This decision is very unfair, and the LNP needs to rethink, because is not to the benefit of us, ordinary Liberians. Before doing this, the public needed the public inputs rather than unilaterally going on the drawing board institute law that will embarrass us and harm us," said Madam Yammah Tokpah of the GSA Road Community in Paynesville noted.
"I think this regulation is in place and is intended to curb the armed robbery which is getting on the increase again," Mr. Jatuma Armah, an instructor said. But amidst these public mixed reaction, Col. Gray stated that the motorcyclists through their executives were part and parcel of the entire decision taken.
Speaking further, the LNP Public Safety Chief said the regulation is also geared towards the personal safety of even the motorbikes riders as well, who according to him, are also at risk running late hours.
"This regulation is a not intended to harm anyone, but it is a safety mechanism that the LNP through consultation with the LMTU has embarked upon. Even the motorbike riders, who are also important people in our society, must be protected as well. Sometimes criminal attack them and take their bikes from them. Sometimes they are harmed in the process," he added.


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The song is not in Ab, it is in A, but the guitars are tuned down half a step. So they are not playing
Plus, this is just an intro, the rest is not here... I don't see how this got approved? And there is red staff showing all over the place, indicating you have not completed the timing properly of the song.

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Whenever I am setting up leaders and rigs using anything over 100-pound test, I generally use crimps instead of knots to secure my connections, swivels, etc. Crimps are tried and true when done properly and only require a few special tools.
You'll find several varieties of crimps on the market to choose from including double and single sleeve, aluminum and copper. All of these crimps are secured the same way, but some have specific applications.
Aluminum and copper crimps are both used for mono leaders, but copper is preferred for crimping wire cable due to the corrosion of dissimilar metals.
You will need a crimping tool and there are several types and sizes available. A small pair will work for all crimps, but you will have to squeeze the larger crimps multiple times. A large crimper will work best if you are using leader material that is 200-pound test or more.
It really helps to have mono cutters or some tool to cut the ends of the mono clean so the line will pass through the crimp easily. Smashed or burred ends make it a pain to slide the line into the crimp and will make you assume the crimp isn't big enough.
To make a good crimp connection, put your mono or cable through the crimp, pass through the eye of the terminal tackle or make a loop and then run the line back through the crimp. Leave the tag end sticking out of the crimp just a little bit. Put the crimp in the appropriate size slot in the jaws of the crimper. Leave a little bit of the crimp sticking out so that when the crimp is squeezed, it will flare out the metal edges to prevent the crimp from cutting into the mono.
Squeeze down with the crimper until it bottoms out or you have a firm squeeze on the metal. The crimp should not crush or deform the crimp. Often you have to change positions and do a second squeeze to cover the entire crimp (except for the ends). The photo below shows what a crimp will look like after you give it the proper amount of squeeze.
You can purchase crimping kits that include a crimping tool, crimps, chaffing tube and everything else you need. This one from Melton's comes complete with everything you need.
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Bayshore CRA making progress, despite difficult year
Eric Tolnai admits he wasn't too keen on the idea of moving his business to Bayshore Drive.
"I thought about crime and the low income housing," said Tolnai, co-owner of Sea Tech Marine Electronics.
What helped convince him, he said, were the several other marine companies on the East Naples street and the nearby access to Hamilton Harbor. It also helped that he and his business partner received a $50,000 grant from the Bayshore Community Redevelopment Agency to improve their building.
After being open on Bayshore for four months, Tolnai said the decision has been a good one.
"Before, no one really knew where we were," he said. "We get more traffic. ... And it is nice to see it changing."
It's been a rough spring and summer for the Bayshore CRA — Collier County commissioners terminated the agency's executive director in June and suspended any new grant programs for the rest of the fiscal year.
But if that sounds like the end of the CRA, interim director Jean Jourdan assures residents it's not.
"I don't see the CRA going away any time soon," she said. "We have 18 years left and we have a lot to do. We owe it to the people in this community."
The CRA was founded in 2000 as a way to bring redevelopment to the Bayshore area, a nearly 1740-acre site which encompasses an area to the east and west of Bayshore Drive south to the Sabal Bay development.
Between 2006 and 2009, CRA officials took out millions of dollars in loans to purchase commercial property within the project area as an incentive to attract private development interest. But there are questions whether the CRA won't have the revenues to pay back an $8.8 million loan when it comes due next September.
As a result, in June, commissioners terminated David Jackson, the CRA's executive director, and put his salary in a reserve fund to help pay off the loan balance, according to the agreement.
But the deadline to pay back the loan is still a year away, supporters of the CRA argue. Former CRA board member Lindsey Thomas said the Bayshore CRA will meet all of its obligations.
"We didn't acquire property to keep it. It was acquired to reinvest in the community," Thomas said. "Have we defaulted somewhere? No. We're not at the end of the loan term."
Commissioners also suspended issuing any new tax increment fund grant programs in the Bayshore Gateway Triangle for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. The remaining $37,000 for the grant programs will be rolled into the CRA's fiscal 2013 budget.
One result of the CRA's investment — a drop in crime, which encourages people to move into the area.
In 2005, a year before that first loan was secured, the Collier County Sheriff's Office responded to 18,288 calls for service in the Bayshore area. Five years later, there were 5,000 calls for service, which the CRA attributes to its efforts to rid the community of blight.
While CRA officials told commissioners they would come back in September with a plan to retool the grant programs, other work is going on.
This week, the CRA sent out a request for proposals to purchase or lease a 17-plus acre site the CRA owns at the corner of Bayshore and Jeepers drives.
The county rezoned the land in June to allow for residential and commercial uses. The plan for the site would allow for 40 residential units; 48,575 square feet of commercial and retail uses; and a 350-seat cultural and performing arts facility.
"Ideally, we would like to have a development agreement with a developer of the residential/commercial portion to partner with a cultural arts organization to develop the entire site," Jourdan said.
Next month, the CRA will also solicit bids from individuals who would like to purchase 23 residential lots within the redevelopment area.
Although new grants have been suspended, some businesses are benefiting from grants they received earlier this year.
Naples Car Wash, on U.S. 41 East, had a face lift recently with a little help from the CRA. The business received an almost $13,000 grant, which it had to match, to repaint its building, replace the old asphalt with concrete and remove trees.
Ronnie Fowle, who co-owns the car wash with his wife and son, said he doesn't think enough businesses in the CRA are taking advantage of everything it offers.
"I think there is a reluctance to put up the 50 percent," he said. "But it really improves the area to have everything painted and spiffy looking."
Jourdan said the CRA hopes to revise its redevelopment plan in the coming fiscal year to reflect what residents and businesses in the area need. The CRA has already surveyed 80 businesses within the area about those issues.
Thomas said, if anything, he wishes the redevelopment would come to Bayshore faster. But he also is doing his part. When House of Carpets bought the property across Commercial Drive from the building where his wife operates an interior design company, he told them about the CRA and its grant program.
Adam Van Beneden, House of Carpets' owner, said he received about $30,000 in improvements to his building.
"They were dying to give money away because not a lot of people were taking advantage," he said. "It was easy."
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Rob Roblin shows us the cicada infestation in Howard County the last time the cicadas came out.
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Sailor Aboard the USS Vinson, Carrier That Buried Bin Laden, Speaks Out
Master Chief Bill Houlihan, who was aboard the USS Vinson, the ship from which Usama bin Laden was buried at sea joined Fox and Friends this morning to talk about his homecoming and the Al Qaeda leader's death. When asked about bin Laden's burial, Houlihan says, "I can tell you absolutely nothing about that night. That's just a subject that we as a crew are not going to discuss. Our captain has made it very clear to us that the details are not ours to give."


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The heart of the Hall is the vast internal auditorium 185 feet wide by 219 feet long covered by a glazed dome constructed of wrought iron girders which, at the time, was the largest structure of its kind in the world.
Other notable features include the great Henry Willis Organ also, at the time, the largest in the world and, in tribute to its power and volume, described by a contemporary as 'The Voice of Jupiter'. Between 1921 – 1933 it was substantially modified and enlarged by the Durham-based organ firm of Harrisons and it was comprehensively restored by the London firm, Manders, between 2003 – 2004.
The distinctive exterior of the Hall, inspired by the architecture of Northern Italy, was built from some 6 million red bricks and eighty thousand blocks of decorative terracotta. Surmounting the exterior walls and above the balustraded smoking gallery, runs a continuous 800 foot long terracotta frieze composed of allegorical groups of figures engaged in a range of artistic endeavours, crafts, scientific and other cultural pursuits.
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Music service gives Myspace second wind
Faded online social network Myspace said Monday it was getting a second wind due to the popularity of a freshly launched online music player.
Faded online social network Myspace said Monday it was getting a second wind due to the popularity of a freshly launched online music player.
Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks.
News Corp's purchase of Myspace was a "huge mistake" and the social network was mismanaged "in every possible way" following the acquisition, chief executive Rupert Murdoch said Friday.
The failure of Rupert Murdoch's pioneering iPad newspaper The Daily underscores the problems of the news industry as it seeks a paid model for the digital age, analysts said.
It was too expensive. It lacked editorial focus. And for a digital publication, it was strangely cut off from the Internet. That's the obituary being written in real time through posts, tweets and online ...
Amazon is beefing up its movie and television catalog ahead of the expected launch of a tablet computer on Wednesday.
Google is in preliminary talks to acquire the online video site Hulu, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website Friday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the discussions.
Apple, in a move long awaited by publishers seeking new sources of revenue, unveiled a subscription service on Tuesday for digital newspapers and magazines purchased through its online App Store.
The European Union's antitrust watchdog is probing whether Apple helped five major publishing houses illegally raise prices for e-books when it launched its iPad tablet and iBookstore in 2010.
Google on Thursday fired back at media mogul Rupert Murdoch, disputing a News Corp. complaint in Europe that the Internet titan has veered from the path of doing no evil.
MySpace has been sharing with its advertisers data that can be used to identify user profile pages, but the company doesn't consider that to be a problem.
On "The Tonight Show," Conan O'Brien used to get big laughs for mocking Twitter as an egotistical stream of mundane updates from celebrities.
Following an unprecedented series of spinoffs by major US media companies, the print news industry now faces a rocky future without financial support from deep-pocketed parent firms.
With a sale likely of a prominent group of US newspapers, the interest of a potential buyer tied to right-wing causes has galvanized opponents fearing the dailies could become political tools.
Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.


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What is Simplicity?
Simplicity is knowing when one more rock would be too many, and one less rock would be too few. But it's not just knowing the right number of rocks, it's also knowing which rocks are right, and how to arrange them.
As Brad reminds us, simplicity is not achieved merely by making something easier, or less complex.
Take away all the complexity, all the difficulty, and all of the details from anything and what you are left with is not simple: it's just boring.
On the other hand, Simplicity embraces exactly the right details, the right difficulties, the right complexity, but because everything is tied together in the right way, you are left with a sense of clarity, and a sense that everything belongs exactly where it is. Simplicity is achieved when everything means something.
In other words, simplicity is defined by what you add — clarity, purpose, and intentionality — not by what you remove.
For those of us who write software, simplicity is not a simple thing to learn. Writing the TurboGears book and working with the amazing group of people who contribute to the project has been a learning experience for me. Everybody is focused on making the web development simpler — and it's amazing how much experience and depth of understanding is necessary to create a simple interface. It's easy to build an interface that solves 80% of the problem, or an interface that solves 200% of the problem, but it is hard to solve just the right problem, and to do it in a clean, clear, way.
Of course, every project has warts, and TurboGears re-uses other projects which also have warts. So there's no way I can say that TurboGears has arrived. But the will is there, and the journey sure has been productive for me.


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How to troubleshoot password synchronization when using the Azure Active Directory Sync tool
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This article contains information to help you troubleshoot common issues that you may encounter when you use the Azure Active Directory Sync tool together with password synchronization. It covers the following topics:
Before you start troubleshootingBefore you perform the troubleshooting steps in this article, make sure that you have the latest version of the Directory Sync tool installed. To install the latest version of the Directory Sync tool, go to Install or upgrade the Directory Sync tool
For more information about the release history for the Directory Sync tool, go to
Microsoft Azure Active Directory Sync tool - Version Release History
Troubleshoot password synchronization
User can't sign in to Office 365, Azure, or Microsoft IntuneThe following are scenarios in which a user is unable to sign in to a Microsoft cloud service such as Office 365, Azure, or Intune. They include information about how to troubleshoot each scenario.
Scenario 1: A user's password isn't syncing after password synchronization is enabledHave the user change his or her password.
Scenario 2: The "User must change password at next logon" check box is selected for the user's accountTo resolve this issue, follow these steps:
Scenario 3: The user changed their password in the cloud service portalTo resolve this issue, follow these steps:
Scenario 4: Users do not appear to be syncing to Azure ADPossible causes of this issue are duplicate user names or email addresses.
To resolve this issue, use the IdFix DirSync Error Remediation Tool (IdFix) to help identify potential object-related issues in the on-premises AD DS. You can install IdFix at the following Microsoft website:
IdFix DirSync Error Remediation ToolFor more info about how to troubleshoot this issue, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2643629/ )One or more objects don't sync when using the Azure Active Directory Sync tool
Directory synchronization is running but passwords aren't syncedTo resolve this issue, enable password synchronization. To do this, start the Azure Active Directory Sync Tool Configuration Wizard, and then on the Password Synchronization page, select the Enable Password Synchronization check box.
You're changing from a single-sign on (SSO) solution to password synchronizationTo resolve this issue, see the following Microsoft TechNet wiki article:
How To Switch From Single Sign-On To Password Sync
Event ID messages in Event ViewerThe following tables list event ID messages in the Application log that are related to password synchronization.
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Our purple TNT tent will be set up in the Log Cabin Picnic Area near the Stow Lake Boathouse and we will have coaches from ALL of our sports available to answer questions before and after the event.
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PBT Extra: Talking Mike D'Antoni to the Lakers (and why it could work)
Nov 12, 2012, 2:27 PM EDT
Well, nobody really saw the Mike D'Antoni to the Lakers hiring coming — not Phil Jackson and his people, not Lakers fans, not the media, not anyone.
But that is different than saying it can't work — it can. If the Lakers defend.
Kay Adams and I talk Lakers in this, the latest edition of PBT Extra. (You'll get a steady diet of these over the course of the season.)
- hoodheisman - Nov 12, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Laker players didn't see this coming either.
- chargerdillon - Nov 12, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Most Lakers fans living in the land of denial that Phil would come back. SURE WE ALL WANT IT.
But this was and has always been about the money.
And if you think the son was going to relinquish all the control back to the man he spent millions to detach everything from…..well again it's about the money.
D'Antoni 2-5 mill. Phil 10-15 mill. Mike Browns money still on the table…..IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY
- spthegr8 - Nov 12, 2012 at 3:13 PM
I am a DIE HARD Laker fan. Alway's have been and alway's will be. I alway's praise our front office for "making the right choice's. With that being said WHAT A F**KIN BOTCH this has been. I am not saying that we can't or won't win a championship with Dantoni. But the front office's job is too, put the team in the BEST postion too win a championship. Phil gave us the best chance. Even if we win with Dantoni. Phil is the safer choice. His 11 rings are proof of that.
For all of us laker fan's. We are in TROUBLE. What use too be 1 of our strength's, maybe our downfall. Our front office.. When Jimbo get's total control. He is gonna F**K THIS FRANCHISE UP.!!!!!. With his EGO and inability, too seperate his personal feelings from business decision's. I hope I'm wrong, but if he keeps doing the SH*T he has been doing the last cpl of years. WE ARE F**KED!!!!!!!!!!!
- theihuman - Nov 12, 2012 at 5:40 PM
I bet you didn't say that when they landed Dwight and Nash did you? Just face it, everyone has this problems, and everything won't always go the Lakers way, I think it's time for the Lakers to start playing their cards and stop trying to buy their way into championships.
- spthegr8 - Nov 12, 2012 at 6:44 PM
He ran Phil outta there 2 years ago and hired Mike Brown. That's not exactly Good Decision making in my book. Buy our way into championship's?????? Call it what you want, but I call it WINNING!!!!!!!! CHING CHING!!!!!!!!
- staff2cj - Nov 12, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Nice hire FLakers
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Despite several interventions by Government aimed at addressing numerous challenges in postwar Liberia, Finance Minister Amara Konneh has admitted the persistence of disconnect between those interventions and unemployment in the country.
"I just want the Liberian people to note that we know that there's disconnect between all the interventions and unemployment," he told journalists at the LDA cabinet meeting, a national dialogue seeking implementation matrix on the country's transformation agenda.
More than 200 senior cabinet and deputy ministers as well as civil society representatives and technocrats attended the weekend retreat at the Baptist Seminary on Schiefflin highway.
Over the past few years, the government of Liberia, through the Planning Ministry, has formulated several empowerment opportunities including the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) for Liberian youths, most of them still unemployed.
President Sirleaf's heralded transformation agenda focuses on peace, security and development, attraction of over US$16 billion Direct Foreign Investments, government support to vocational and technical schools, the rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads, amongst others.
But, in spite of those interventions, Minister Konneh underscored unemployment as a serious disconnect between all of government's interventions and the national jobless population.
"All the things this government will do, and the investments we will make, we will do them in projects and programs that will begin to address the unemployment crisis," he said, describing the situation as a national crisis confronting the current dispensation.
"As far as we're concerned this is the crisis of our time," he stressed.
Mr. Konneh said production of cheap electricity and the building of roads would help to tackle unemployment and kickoff government's development drives, stressing: "We need to bring cheap electricity and, cheap electricity will bring factories, and factories will bring jobs to Liberians, and that's what we need to do."
However, he warned that such endeavors would not be materialized unless all three branches of the government--the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary--work together as a unit, bearing in mind that the interest of the country is supreme to individuals' personal pursuits.
Mr. Konneh said the participation of all stakeholders at the meeting was impressive and encouraging, which indicates the willingness and commitment on the part of the government to bring development to its citizenry.


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In the darkness of our garden, wild things roam. The police keep watch, and some officers are girls! My six-year-old son is beaming.
Pinamar: A beach town in a pine forest
Pinamar is a beach town with lots of pine trees, sand dunes and fine surfing.
We lived there for two years and get back whenever we can, and all summer long.
Not bad, really.
We once lived quietly in a forest. Now the developers have caught on to our secret and the bulldozers are moving in.
Driving on the beach is the craze in Argentina. But it's not right. Walk, instead. And take up surfing or fly a kite. You'll like it more.
Have a swim, lay out your towel and kick back. You've left the city behind and hit the beach... to find a traffic jam.
Our house got invaded by a raft of bugs, raising the question of what to do: live with nature or call the exterminator.
The kid's don't get to build snowmen at Christmas in Pinamar. But what about a sandman on the beach after a bit of surf? Not bad, really.


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If only the country would foster a culture of respect for the soldieri
The sniffer-dog squatted on its haunches. Lieutenant Manish Singh sensed the dog couldnt scent the spoor of blood anymore. He signalled his troops to crouch and scan sharply for their quarry a terrorist who escaped after being shot by a squad of the Rashtriya Rifles (RR) as one could easily hide in the terraced maize fields of Rajwar (Kupwara district). Gunfire rang out; he sighted the Afghan spraying bullets. As the six commandos returned fire,Singh felt the shooting pain of a bullet piercing through his lumbar and his legs went numb. Disregarding his state,he let off a burst from his gun and felled the quarry. Seeing his bloodied back,his men rushed to his side,but he ordered them to ensure the terrorist was dead.
He was evacuated to Srinagar. Severe blood loss and multiple organ failure had him on the ropes but he recovered remarkably. But the bullet smashed his spinal cord,paralysed him from the waist down,and condemned him to lifelong wheelchair mobility. He was decorated with the Shaurya Chakra for his bravery on September 25,2012.
What rankled his parents most was the indifference of the government and the media. Instead of recounting what our son did,rats biting off his toe made front-page news, they resentfully lamented. A stray bullet hit a commando on the head in the same operation; the helmet yielded,the nerve damage he sustained has enfeebled an arm.
I asked Singh whether he wore a flak jacket. He said no,as the ordinary bulletproof jacket with its 8 kg metal plate not only encumbered but weighed you down as well. What if he had worn the lighter,more ballistic-resistant Kevlar vest? He said it might have prevented the spinal injury.
The flak jacket and combat helmet examples show how remiss the government is in not providing the troops engaged in counterinsurgency operations (CI ops) with the best protective kit. Singh and his buddy are from the Special Forces. So you can imagine how badly neglected the RR and regular troops deployed for CI ops are.
Kevlar body armour is rated as bang for the buck but the excuse trotted out is trite the prohibitive cost. If you trawl the internet,youll find that these are produced in Kanpur,too,and its affordable. One per cent of the defence budget can kit nearly three lakh troops with both vest and helmet. In fact,ex-Kanpur stuff protects the forces of the UN and Nato.
Though they shot him,the RR could only hurt the Afghan terrorist. The reason is that we use 5.56 mm ammo. The basis for switching from 7.62 to 5.56 mm calibre was strategic; it was argued that the 7.62 mm round had overkill capability,apart from being relatively heavy. With its lower killing power,5.56 mm bullets were likely to injure the enemy,thus necessitating the employment of more soldiers to evacuate the wounded,resulting in the insidious depletion of enemy fighting strength. The idea originated in the West. Their armies made the transition and we followed …continued »


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One year on from Cyclone Aila, people are still struggling to survive
Effects of drought in Chad – 2010 photo gallery
A structural vulnerability, the lack of rain and crop failure is leaving the central area of Chad in a critical situation of food security. Resources are scarce and ever more pressing needs.
Myanmar cyclone two years on: Aid effort only a quarter funded as survivors face another monsoon season
Overwhelming generosity funds Oxfam's immediate short-term work in Haiti
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China Earthquake – One Year On
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Unsteril stimulator cell culture
I am setting up an experiment with human mast cells in which I have to stimulate them with a purified protein (an allergen from cats). The stimulation with the allergen will take 2 horas at 37ºC and my problem is that such allergen is not steril.
The purified allergen is in a small volume, which it is difficult to filter sterilized it with 0.2 microns filters.
Will it be any problem in using my unsteril allergen for stimulation of the cells?
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Pebbles + Transparent Glass in Your Bathroom : Stone Drops Feeling
Pebbles bring different style and atmosphere into your interior design, making it looked exclusive and interesting. Stone Drops Feeling is a bathroom design with a very natural feeling from Effepimarmi. A combination of transparent glass and lots of beautiful arranged pebbles create a very sophisticated and unique atmosphere. This sink and bathtub made by using pebbles would look awesome in the Trendy and Sophisticated Interior Design Using Pebbles post that we presented some time ago.
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This looks weird i am not a fan of those small stones… dont know why..
I agree, I do not think the pebbles work well here. I do like, however, the use of stones as shown in the post linked above
excess use of the pebbles,redundant detail.
well i think they look great! different with some excellent textures going on. thanks for sharing..
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Just like a mini Oktoberfest!
An "Island Night" Cultural Show and Dance at The Pacific Resort Rarotonga. An evening of eating locally grown produce and partaking in dancing with the locals to the beat of the cook island drums.
Fodbold in the back yard (soccer) - Carsten, Michael, Steena, Carl Emil, Aaron and Emma
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Boat races and regattas are mainstays of the British summer — but where did these races originate and how have they become so important a part of our culture? Historian, writer and novice sculler Julie Summers here explains the history of British rowing as a competitive sport from the early nineteenth century to the present day. She then profiles the three most famous rowing events: the Boat Race, rowed on the incoming tide from Putney to Mortlake in spring; Henley Royal Regatta, which takes place on the first weekend of July; and the Olympic Games, which have yielded some of the greatest British Olympians of all time, including Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent and Jack Beresford.
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In summer, nighttime action centers on Les Carpes de la Devesa, a park on the west side of the Onyar River in the modern city. From June to mid-September, three awnings, or carpes, are set up here so that people can sit outside in the warm weather until the wee hours, enjoying drinks and listening to music.
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ALBANY - The popular motorcycle rally Americade will stay in Lake George this year if a tentative agreement reached between the event's founder and the state of New York is signed, according to state officials.
State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today that the state has formed a partnership with Warren County that will allow Americade to use the Lake George Beach, Battlefield Park and Prospect Mountain Day Use Areas for the June 2011 event.
The agreement would lead to the issuance of a "temporary revocable permit" allowing Americade to use the state-owned lands in the village and town of Lake George.
Americade founder Bill Dutcher had asked the state to lower the permit price from the proposed amount of $82,000 to $50,000, or else he may move the event to Massachusetts. And that's exactly what the state did in its new agreement.
The permit price is now $50,000; however, the DEC still has to make up the difference in labor costs to staff the traffic-control portion of the event, according to the DEC, which has claimed thousands of dollars of expenses associated with Americade, assertions that many others have contended. The bulk of the vendors are usually located in the Million Dollar Beach parking lot. "Our goal was always to recover our costs," DEC spokesperson Michael Bopp said in a March 25 phone interview. "It should not be on the taxpayers' purse."
An email late Friday from Americade organizers said that the agreement called for Americade to shoulder motorcycle public parking lot staffing responsibilities and costs which were previously provided by the DEC.
This year's deal would be similar to the one in 2010 in which Americade pays entrance fees on behalf of the participants under the terms of the DEC permit.
DEC has traditionally provided Environmental Conservation Officers to help with traffic control at Americade. In announcing the agreement, Bopp said will still help this year, but not as much because the Warren County Sheriff's Office will now take up the slack and provide extra law enforcement help, according to Bopp.
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Cranberries are sweetened and mixed with crushed pineapple in this gelatin salad.
This recipe was shared with me by the person who made it, a coworker who always brought this to our holiday pitch-ins. Clarice said the recipe came from a Beta Sigma Phi cookbook that she owned, which I'm sure exists somewhere on the World Wide Web, so I'm making sure to credit them here.
Sweet AND tart, cranberries are in season and I'm buying them in bulk. I knew I had to make Clarice's cranberry salad recipe. This sparked an online research project of discovering the who/what/when/where/how's of gelatin salads, or "Jell-O salads."
Jell-O Molds date back to the early 20th century in which we USED LEFTOVERS (wait, what? Yes, we put leftover scraps of food in Jell-O) to make gelatin salads. Yes, according to this awesome article from The Huffington Post, it's true. And in the 1960s, when Jell-O salads were so popular, the brand came out with packets flavored like celery, Italian seed and tomato. Bon Appetite has a great photo blog of lavish vintage Jell-O molds that looked to be the THING at the party.
Now, I'm not feeling that adventures, so instead, what I'm making is simply called a gelatin salad. Gelatin salads are typically sweet while aspics are savory and include meat. Aspics are creeping onto the fine dining menus at some restaurants, but to explain, an aspic is usually meat and/or vegetable pieces set in gelatin that was made with meat stock. I'm not sure if I'm that adventurous.
Instead, I made this deliciously sweet Cranberry Gelatin Salad.
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LITTLE cubs have gone football mad at Timmy Tigers in Quedgeley Q Club.
The group is there every Friday morning to help two to four-year-olds develop their co-ordination and interaction with others.
Coach Mike Devlin said: "They are learning the fundamental skills without knowing but having fun at the same time. It is a big thing at their age leaving their parents side. Once they are here they absolutely love it."


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Shih Tzu
The Shih Tzu (or "Lion Dog" in Chinese) is one of the most popular breeds in the United States, and an esteemed breed for its association with Buddhism. Their most distinctive feature is their long, luxurious double coat. They were bred with the sole purpose of companion and house pet.
Shih Tzus have a proud, almost arrogant, carriage with head held high and tail curved over the back. They stand 8 to 11 inches tall at the shoulders and generally weigh between 9 to 16 pounds. They have a warm, wide-eyed expression that peeks through their long, silky outer coats. Their coats can be solid, two-colored, or even tri-colored, and commonly contain white, blue, black, brindle, gold, or red.
As ideal companions, Shih Tzu are generally outgoing and affectionate pets. Younger, rough children may incite the Shih Tzu, but otherwise it is a loving, caring dog. They are bold but sweet, and love to roam and romp. They can make excellent watchdogs; they are alert and bark at strangers. They are otherwise not noisy, and tend to be quiet indoors.
The Shih Tzu most likely originated from Tibet in the early 17th century and were treated as holy dogs. Shih Tzu were favorites of the royal family during the Ming Dynasty; the British discovered the breed during an invasion of the Imperial Palace. The breed expanded to Europe in the early 1900s, surviving a major setback due to the Communist Revolution in China. The breed thrived elsewhere and today is one of the most popular breeds.
The Shih Tzu needs daily exercise in the form of vigorous indoor games, short frolics outside, or walks outside on the leash. It fares poorly in hot, humid weather and should not be left to live outside. Its silky coat needs to be brushed or combed every other day; puppies should be taught to accept grooming at an early age. It is recommended that they receive basic obedience training to become a pleasant member of the family.
Shih Tzus do not have any major health concerns, but can develop entropion, PRA, KCS, and are prone to otitis externa. Eye tests are suggested to keep the Shih Tzu healthy. The average lifespan of the Shih Tzu is between 11 to 14 years.
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Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS): inadequate tear production that can lead to more serious eye infections.
Otitis Externa: inflammation of the outer ear canal due to a number of causes.
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JUGGLING boosts connections between different parts of the brain by tweaking the architecture of "white matter" - a finding that could lead to new therapies for people with brain injuries.
White matter in the brain contains mostly axons - outgrowths of nerve cells that connect different cells. You might expect that learning a new, complex task such as juggling would strengthen these connections, but previous work had only studied increases in grey matter. When Jan Scholz and his colleagues at the University of Oxford looked at brain scans of new jugglers they found that the 24 young men and women had grown more white matter after six weeks of juggling training. The changes occurred in the parietal lobe - an area involved in connecting what we see to how we move (Nature Neuroscience, DOI: 10.1038/nn.2412).
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Hammond driving the icons: Lotus Carlton
The Lotus Carlton was the epitome of gangster lean. Richard Hammond gets an offer he can't refuse to drive it
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I don't know the proper name for those mid-length leather coats with fur collars and big pockets that villains wear in East London tough-guy movies, but, whatever it is, the Lotus Carlton is wearing the car equivalent. Huge, hunched and probably very angry, it's a car you move towards slowly and try not to look in the eye. I loved them when they appeared in 1990, and I still do. Though you'd be lucky to see one at all: only 950 were made in a production run lasting into 1992, and it was lucky to have been built - the very idea of a 'family' car costing the equivalent of £88k in today's money is hard to take.
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AboutPrivate View 1stà July - 18thà July 2014 Private View:à 30thà June 2014, 6-9pm Curated byà Li Li Ren Artists including:à Stephen Hall, Nu Li, Lou-Atessa Marcellin, Li Li Ren, Sam Tierney, Julia Varela At: Samia Gallery, 19 Henriques Street E1 1NBà In our time everybody feels himself under surveillance. We know that we are exhibited, exposed to the gaze of the others. Ourà privateà sphere is permanently invaded, controlled by the state andà privateà institutions. And the visual regime under which we live is an asymmetrical one: we do not see the others watching us because the means of visual control are mostly hidden from our eyes. Thus, this regime is different from the panoptical regime as it was described by Foucault, e.g. as the regime under which we could see the subject of power that saw us. The question is: how to react to this asymmetrical visual regime? One way is to defend one'sà privateà space. But this strategy is obviously ineffective. The second way is to manipulate one's own image in a conscious way to create this image by showing more than the other wants to see, and to invent what one shows. à à --------- Boris Groys To read full press release, please visit link below: http://samiagallery.blogspot.com/2014/06/private-view-curated-by-li-li-ren.html PRIVATE VIEW INVITE SENT AS ATTACHMENT. SAMIA GALLERY 19 HENRIQUES STREET LONDON E1 1NB BLOG: http://samiagallery.blogspot.co.uk/ FACEBOOK: SamiaGalleryà London TWITTER: @samiagallery EMAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Catherine Giudici Helps Sean Lowe Get Sexy on Dancing With The Stars
Despite the fact that he's a professional sex machine (who also happens to be a born-again virgin), Sean Lowe had a hard time sashaying his way through the rumba during this week's episode of Dancing With The Stars. It's like his hips wanted to gyrate, but instead they were just thrusting all over the place in the most unfortunate way ever.
Luckily, Sean's bride-to-be, Bachelor Season 17 winner Catherine Guidici, came to her boo's aid! This gal showed up at Sean's rumba rehearsal to make passional dance-love with him, which totally helped his performance. The result? Bruno told Sean he was "50 Shades of Sean," whatever that means. We'll go with "sexy."
Um, yeah he was. Need we remind you that Sean was wearing a see-through linen blouse for the performance (which we assume he bought at Chicos), and that Enrique Iglesias' "Hero" was playing? May The Power of the Mole be with you, Sean.
Also, if you're curious as to what Sean and Catherine's wedding night might be like, simply watch their rumba session. Add some candelabras and Chris Harrison's omnipresent fleet of cameramen, and you're good to go.
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In physics, a non-Gaussianity is the correction that modifies the expected Gaussian function estimate for the measurement of a physical quantity.
In physical cosmology, the fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background are known to be approximately Gaussian, both theoretically as well as experimentally. However, most theories predict some level of non-Gaussianity in the primordial density field. Detection of these non-Gaussian signatures will allow discrimination between various models of inflation and their alternatives.
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Beaver County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Popovich is investigating defense claims that 50-year-old Lee Finlayson's accuser hacked into his phone and sent herself an alleged "confession" text message.
Authorities charged Finlayson because the message appeared to show he admitted raping the woman at her Brighton Township home on Sept. 22. The woman could be charged if phone records prove she faked the text.
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Wing Chun occasionally romanized as Ving Tsun or "Wing Tsun" (literally "春 咏" or "forever spring", or substituted with the character for "eternal springtime) is a Chinese martial art that specializes in aggressive close-range combat.
The characters (永春) "forever spring" are also associated with some other southern Chinese martial arts, including Jee Shim Weng Chun (Yong Chun) and White Crane Weng Chun (Yong Chun).
The common legend involves the young woman Yim Wing Chun (Wing Chun literally means beautiful springtime or everlasting spring). After she rebuffs the local warlord's marriage offer, he says he'll rescind his proposal if she can beat him in a fight. She asks a local Buddhist nun, Ng Mui, to teach her boxing, and the style they develop enables Yim Wing Chun to defeat the warlord. She thereafter marries her sweetheart and teaches him the style, which he names after her.
It should be noted that the system was developed during the Shaolin and Ming resistance movement against the Qing Dynasty, and thus many legends about the creator of Wing Chun were spread to confuse the enemy, including the story of Yim Wing Chun. This perhaps explains why no one has been able to accurately determine the creator or creators of Wing Chun.
San Sik (translated as Separate Forms) are compact in structure. They can be loosely grouped into three broad categories: 1) focus on building body structure through basic punching, standing, turning, and stepping drills; 2) fundamental arm cycles and changes, firmly ingraining the cardinal tools for interception and adaptation; and 3) sensitivity training and combination techniques.
It is from the forms and san sik that all Wing Chun techniques are derived. Depending on lineage, the focus, content and intent of each form can have distinct differences which can therefore have far reaching implications. This also means that there are a few different ideas concerning what constitutes progression in the curriculum from form to form, so only a general description of overlap between different schools of thought is possible here.
The most commonly seen Wing Chun generally comprises six forms: three empty hand forms, one "wooden dummy" form, and two weapons forms.
|Siu Nim Tao (小念頭; pinyin: xiǎo niàn tóu; Yale Cantonese: síu nihm tàuh; "little idea" or "little imagination". Alternately romanized Siu Lim Tao, Sil Lum Tao)
|The first and most important form in Wing Chun. Siu Nim Tao is the foundation or "seed" of the art from which all succeeding forms and techniques depend. Fundamental rules of balance and body structure are developed here. Using a car analogy: for some branches this would provide the chassis, for others this is the engine. Some branches view the symmetrical stance as the fundamental fighting stance, while others see it as more a training stance used in developing technique.
|Chum Kiu (尋橋; pinyin: xún qiáo; Yale Cantonese: cham4 kiu4; "seeking the bridge". Alternately "sinking bridge" pinyin: chen qiáo; Yale Cantonese: sám kìuh;)
|The second form Chum Kiu focuses on coordinated movement of bodymass and entry techniques to "bridge the gap" between practitioner and opponent and move in to disrupt their structure and balance. Close-range attacks using the elbows and knees are also developed here. It also teaches methods of recovering position and centerline when in a compromised position where Siu Nim Tao structure has been lost. For some branches bodyweight in striking is a central theme, whether it be from pivoting (rotational) or stepping (translational). Likewise for some branches, this form provides the engine to the car. For branches who use the "sinking bridge" interpretation, the form takes on more emphasis of an "uprooting" context adding multi-dimensional movement and spiraling to the already developed engine.
|Bil Jee (鏢指; pinyin: biāo zhǐ; Yale Cantonese: bìu jí; "darting fingers")
|The third form, Biu Jee, is comprised of extreme short-range and extreme long-range techniques, low kicks and sweeps, and "emergency techniques" to counter-attack when structure and centerline have been seriously compromised, such as when the practitioner is seriously injured. As well as pivoting and stepping, developed in Chum Kiu, a third degree of freedom involving more upper body and stretching is developed for more power. For some branches this is the turbo-charger of the car. For others it can be seen as a "pit stop" kit that should never come in to play, recovering your "engine" when it has been lost. Still other branches view this form as imparting deadly "killing" and maiming techniques that should never be used if you can help it. A common wing chun saying is "Biu Jee doesn't go out the door." Some interpret this to mean the form should be kept secret, others interpret it as meaning it should never be used if you can help it.
|Muk Yan Jong (木人樁; pinyin: mùrénzhuāng; Yale Cantonese: muhk yàhn jòng; "wooden dummy")
|The Muk Yan Jong form is performed against a "wooden dummy", a thick wooden post with three arms and a leg mounted on a slightly springy frame representing a stationary human opponent. Although representative of a human opponent, the dummy is not a physical representation of a human, but an energetic one. Wooden dummy practice aims to refine a practitioner's understanding of angles, positions, and footwork, and to develop full body power. It is here that the open hand forms are pieced together and understood as a whole.
The Siu Lien Tao (Little First Training) of Cho Ga Wing Chun is one long form that includes movements that are comparative to a combination of Siu Nim Tao, Chum Kiu, and Biu Jee of other families. The other major forms of the style are Sui Da ("Random Striking"), Chui Da ("Chase Striking"), Fa Kuen ("Variegated Fist"), Jin Jeung ("Arrow Palm"), Jin Kuen ("Arrow Fist"), Joy Kuen ("Drunken Fist"), Sup Saam Sao ("Thirteen Hands"), and Chi Sao Lung ("Sticking Hands Set").
|Also known as Yee Jee Seung Do ("Parallel Shape Double Knives") and Baat Jaam Do (Eight Chopping/Slashing Knives").
|A form involving a pair of large "Butterfly Knives", slightly smaller than short swords (Dao). Historically the knives were also referred to as Dit Ming Do ("Life-Taking Knives").
|Luk Dim Boon Kwun, or "Six and A Half Point Pole".
|"Long Pole" — a tapered wooden pole ranging anywhere from 8 to 13 feet in length. Also referred to as "Dragon Pole" by some branches. For some branches that use "Six and A Half Point Pole", their 7 principles of Luk Dim Boon Kwun(Tai-uprooting, lan-to expand, dim-shock, kit-deflect, got-cut down, wan-circle, lau-flowing) are used throughout the unarmed combat as well. The name six and a half point pole comes from these 7 principles, with the last principle:Lau, or Flowing counting as half a point.
Chi Sao additionally refers to methods of rolling hands drills (Luk Sao). Luk Sao participants push and "roll" their forearms against each other in a single circle while trying to remain relaxed. The aim is to feel forces, test resistances and find defensive gaps. Other branches do a version of this where each of the arms roll in small separate circles. Luk Sao is most notably taught within the Pan Nam branches where both the larger rolling drills and the method where each of the arms roll in small separate circles are taught.
In some lineages (such as the Yip Man and Jiu Wan branches), Chi Sao drills begin with one-armed sets called Dan Chi Sao which help the novice student to get the feel of the exercise, each practitioner uses one hand from the same side as they face each other. Chi Sao is a sensitivity drill to obtain specific responses, it should not be confused with sparring/fighting, though it can be practiced or expressed in a combat form.
Wing Chun uses deflection and counter-attack in the same motion or will intercept the opponent to nulify an attack, rather than blocking then attacking in two separate motions. Further on interception the punch can act as a block as a consequence of the structure and the position of the arm travelling along its triangular "power-line" pathway to the opponent's "Core". This means that the opponent's attack is automatically deflected by the arm-structure of the Wing Chun practitioner as the counter-punch is delivered.
The "structure" permits this deflection to occur is controlled through the correct focus of energy from the "core" to the "elbow". If the structure is not in place, the counter-attack/interception is likely to break down losing the "forwarding" power which may result in the deflection failing and allowing the attacking punch to make its target.
In addition to efficiency being understood as the "shortest distance to the opponent's core" (which relates specifically to the speed of attack/counter-attack), it is also important to understand the importance of energy efficiency within Wing Chun. A person using Wing Chun is said to be able to defeat a stronger person because they are able to use their structure effectively. Given this, it is essential in ensuring that the Wing Chun practitioner has a full understanding of structure which enables them to use the correct use of energy required - any deviation from their "structure" resulting in using muscles in the shoulders will cause injury to the practitioner and also result in fatigue very quickly. This deviation removes the Wing Chun practitioners advantage since their "structure" will no longer support the defence/attack and vice versa. So the conclusion of the fight between two Wing Chun practitioners will be determined by the opponent with the stronger arms, shoulders and chin. However, certain techniques can allow a weaker person to win even if the said person is at a big disadvantage. Strikes that are surprising (for example: a variation in high and low attacks) can throw the stronger opponent off-balance and expose gaps in defense.
Balance is related to structure because a well-balanced body recovers quicker from stalled attacks and structure is maintained. Wing Chun trains the awareness of one's own body movement derived from muscular, tendon, and articular sources. Performing Wing Chun's forms such as Chum Kiu or the Wooden Dummy form greatly increase proprioception. Wing Chun favours a high, narrow stance with the elbows kept close to the body. Within the stance, arms are positioned across the vitals of the centerline. Shifting or turning within a stance is carried out variantly on the heels, balls, or middle (K1 or Kidney 1 point) of the foot depending on lineage. All attacks and counter-attacks are initiated from this firm, stable base. Wing Chun rarely compromises structure for more powerful attacks because this is believed to create defensive openings which may be exploited.
Structure is viewed as important, not only for reasons of defense, but also for attack. When the practitioner is effectively 'rooted', or aligned so as to be braced against the ground, the force of the hit is believed to be far more devastating. Additionally, the practice of 'settling' one's opponent to brace them more effectively against the ground aids in delivering as much force as possible to them.
While the existence of a "central axis" concept is unified in Wing Chun, the interpretation of the centerline concept itself is not. Many variations exist, with some lineages defining anywhere from a single "centerline" to multiple lines of interaction and definition. The most commonly seen interpretation emphasizes attack and defense along an imaginary vertical line drawn from the center of the practitioner's chest to the center of the enemy's chest. The human body's prime striking targets are considered to be on or near this line, including eyes, nose, throat, solar plexus and groin.
Wing Chun techniques are generally "closed", with the limbs drawn in to protect the central area and also to maintain balance. In most circumstances, the hands do not move beyond the vertical circle that is described by swinging the arms in front, with the hands crossed at the wrists. To reach outside this area, footwork is used. A large emphasis and time investment in training Chi Sao exercise emphasises positioning to dominate this centerline. The stance and guard all point at or through the center to concentrate physical and mental intent of the entire body to the one target.
Wing Chun practitioners attack within this central area to transmit force more effectively, since it targets the "core center" (or "mother line", another center defined in some lineages and referring to the vertical axis of the human body where the center of gravity lies). For example, striking an opponent's shoulder will twist the body, dispelling some of the force and weakening the strike. Striking closer to the center transmits more force directly into the body.
The vertical punch is the most basic and fundamental in Wing Chun and is usually thrown with the elbow down and in front of the body. Depending on the lineage, the fist is held anywhere from vertical to horizontal (palm side up). The contact points also vary from the top two knuckles, to the middle two knuckles, to the bottom three knuckles. In some lineages of Wing Chun, the fist is swivelled at the wrist on point of impact so that the bottom three knuckles are thrust forward adding power to the punch while it is at maximum extension.
The punches may be thrown in quick succession in a 'straight blast' or 'chain punching'. When executed correctly, it can be used as a disorienting finisher but is often criticised for encouraging weaker punches that don't utilise the whole body. Wing Chun favours the vertical punch for several reasons:
Variations on a front kick are performed striking with the heel. The body may be square and the knee and foot are vertical on contact (Chum Kiu), or a pivot may be involved with the foot and knee on a plane at an angle (Mook Jong). At short distances this can become a knee. A roundhouse kick is performed striking with the shin in a similar manner to the Muay Thai version with most of the power coming from the body pivot. This kick is usually used as a finisher at closer range, targeting anywhere between the ribs and the back of the knee, this kick can also become a knee at close range. Other kicks include a stamping kick (Mook Jong) for very close range and a sweep performed with the heel in a circular fashion (Bil Jee).
Every kick is both an attack and defence, with legs being used to check incoming kicks or to take the initiative in striking through before a more circular kick can land. Kicks are delivered in one movement directly from the stance without chambering/cocking.


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People ask me with reasonable frequency why I left technology to go into the wine business. Sometimes the decision to have left a good job and open a wine shop does seem mad. I spent the majority of my technology career working on Fixed Income Derivatives and Foreign Exchange systems at various banks, including Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, and Bank of America. The people were interesting, the work was challenging (in a good way), and I learned so much. I was even paid well.
Why then did I leave? Although various factors played into it, the only real explanation is passion. I didn't want to come home and read about technology, but now, even after several years in the wine business, I come home and still want to read about wine (and bringing work home in the form of tasting is definitely a big perk of the job).
The wine business is also challenging, in a very different way than the tech world. I have learned a huge amount here, too, which is one of the things I love so much about wine – that there is always more to learn.
The people I have met over the last few years are linked by one very important thing: yes, you guessed it – passion. Whether they work for a distributor, an exporter, or they are growers/producers/proprietors, people are generally not in this business to make a lot of money. But what they do have is a genuine love of wine; an excitement about great wine, the fun of finding an inexpensive but still great wine, the sheer joy of wines that are full of terroir. That ability to be transported to a place in the world by what is in a glass is something very dear. And that, in a nutsell, is why I went into the wine business.
One of the joys of having a wine shop is bringing wines that inspire us to our customers. There are some producers who seem to exude passion for their wines and their vineyards from every pore. They know the vines intimately, they are involved in every step of the process, and go to tremendous lengths to make sure their wines are not just some of the finest wines available, but are terroir-driven, complex, nuanced, and full of character.
This month at Maslow 6, we are focusing on winemakers and producers who seem to stand out even amongst a small set of amazing producers, and are noted for their passion.
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PAUL – Waunita Joyce (Salsbury) Rogers, age 85, was born at home near Republic, Kansas, on March 4, 1928. She went to be with Jesus on Thursday, March 28, 2013.
Joyce was born to Harry and Beulah Salsbury. She had one sister and two brothers. Joyce was third in birth order. Joyce attended school at an elementary country school she walked to every day. She went to high school in Clyde, Kansas, where she lived with her sister. She attended teachers' summer school and taught for one year at a country school prior to marriage. Joyce was married for 64 years to John Rogers. They were married in Clyde, Kansas, after John returned from the Army in World War II. She and John moved to Rupert in 1957. She resided north of the Paul for 54 years on a homestead farm drawn on the A&B Irrigation District. She moved to the City of Paul, two years ago after her husband passed away. She has resided there since.
Joyce and John started attending the First Baptist Church in Rupert upon their arrival in Rupert and Paul. They later helped start a Baptist church at Norland. When that church failed, they started attending the Rupert First Christian Church and have been faithful members at that church since that time. Joyce was head of the Missions Committee for many years and spent many hours gathering support for foreign and home missions and fixing bulletin boards to display mission projects. She loved attending the ladies' group meetings as well and served many times at the harvest dinner and other special events. Joyce was also an active member of the Art Guild and attended many craft shows selling and displaying the beautiful, artful things she had created. For many years, after moving to Idaho, Joyce was a member of the 57 Desert Dozen, a group of homestead ladies who had joined together and formed a home extension club. They had many meetings, picnics, and friendship times over the years.
Joyce taught one year in a country school. After becoming a wife and mother, that became her full-time job. She spent countless hours supporting her husband and sewing beautiful things for their four daughters to wear to church and school. Every Easter meant a new dress, new white shoes, a little purse, gloves, etc., to dress up her daughters for Sunday service. She loved plants and had a huge garden and multiple flower beds around the home. She kept them spotless of weeds and always blooming. Just ask the neighbors. You could always see Joyce out hoeing or spraying or something. She and John had a 60-sow pig operation for many years that consumed much of her time, as well as his.
She is survived by three of her four daughters, Linda (Darrel) Rothauge, Dala (Tom) Walton, and Karla (Hermie, Me) Bott; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one brother in California; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, John; one daughter, Jana; her father; mother; sister; and one brother.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, where friends and family may call from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Burial will be in the Paul Cemetery.
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February 20, 2007 1:27 PM PST
HP reports higher revenue, profit
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The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company said net income rose 26 percent from $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion, or from 42 cents per share to 55 cents, for its first quarter of fiscal 2007 ending January 31. Revenue jumped 11 percent, from $22.7 billion to $25.1 billion, it said.
Revenue from the company's PC group jumped 17 percent to $8.7 billion in the quarter, and the software group's revenue increased 81 percent to $550 million, buoyed by HP's acquisition of Mercury Interactive, the company said. The company also announced ceasing investments in its pension plan for certain employees, directing a resulting $500 million gain into an early retirement plan, and instead will offer a more lucrative 401(k) plan.
"It was a good start to the year with another solid set of results," Chief Executive Mark Hurd said in a conference call with reporters, pointing to improved profit margins and broad revenue growth. And he raised guidance for financial performance of the current quarter, boasting that it's the sixth consecutive quarter he's done so.
Factoring out some one-time charges, the company had net income of 65 cents per share--3 cents better than the average prediction of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call. HP also exceeded those analysts' revenue projection of $24.3 billion by about $800 million.
However, Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi cautioned in a report Friday that earnings guidance issued by HP is typically conservative, and that investors have begun factoring in that practice. Consequently, many expected HP to beat analyst earnings-per-share expectations materially, he said.
Indeed, in after-hours trading, HP stock dropped 53 cents, or 1 percent, to $42.60.
HP forecast revenue of $24.5 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2007, a notch above the $24.1 billion expected by analysts. Earnings per share are expected to be 63 to 64 cents, he said, which compares cleanly to 63 cents expected by analysts.
"The Personal Systems Group continues to perform very well," Gartner analyst Carl Clauch said, adding that another strong point was the "rapid absorption of Mercury into the software business (that improved) already impressive margins there."
Hurd expressed pleasure at the PC business gains--in particular the simultaneous gains both in market share, with a 19-percent unit shipment increase, and in operating profit, which increased from $293 million the previous year to $414 million. HP's PC market share surged at the end of 2006 at the expense of No. 2 Dell, which trails by a significant margin.
"You can get more share, but you may not like the results. Being able to be both is key," Hurd said. "I'm particularly pleased we achieved these share gains while posting record operating margins."
Imaging and printing revenue increased 7 percent to $7 billion, with revenue from printing supplies such as paper and ink cartridges increasing 11 percent and printer unit shipments increasing 18 percent. And printing continues to be HP's cash cow, with operating profit of $1.1 billion despite the smaller revenue base compared to the PC business.
Kodak hopes to win some business by promising lower-cost ink cartridges, but Hurd professed to be unworried that profit margins will be affected or that an ink cartridge price war might erupt.
"To be blunt, I like our chances to be pretty competitive," Hurd said. "It all comes down to being able to deliver value to customers."
For servers and storage systems, HP revenue increased 5 percent to $4.5 billion. The strong points were the company's ProLiant line of x86 servers, whose revenue increased 10 percent over the year-earlier quarters.
High-end servers, though, were weaker. Revenue declined 6 percent in the Business-Critical Systems group, with a 75 percent increase in Itanium-based Integrity server revenue offset by declines in PA-RISC- and Alpha-based systems being phased out.
"We're still concerned they're not delivering the kind of revenue growth with the high-end server and storage business that they ought to be," Claunch said. "It's the one area in the company that's not shining."
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- So, how much of this was due to actual increases in margins and sales and how much was from laying off people last quarter? Hurd's been playing the latter game now for many quarters and this game plan won't last forever.
HP is becoming more like IBM with stale products and is quickly losing its edge on the consumer side.
It won't be long before HP's on the skids too- O mean how many people can you layoff?
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- All of this increase in profit is coming on the backs of laidoff workers, hammering suppliers on costs (who now do most of HP's development) and slashing R&D budgets. Where are the compelling new technologies? You can only go so far branding other companies' products and not providing any innovation on your own.
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- My 2002 HP computer...
- My 2002 HP desktop computer has Just Worked perfectly since the day I bought it. Never a repair, never a software problem, never a problem of any kind.
As for the operating system, I have never had a virus, never had a worm, never had any spyware, and never needed to reinstall Windows. I guess my computer forgot to read Apple's silly propaganda. -lol
My next computer is going to be an HP too.
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I spent a decent chunk of my evening yesterday writing this piece for SB Nation about how Vince Young is no longer worthy of ridicule, at least for his play on the field. The shirtless clubbing, suicidal disappearing acts and punching people because they flash him an upside down "Hook 'Em Horns" gesture, however, are still fair game.
The Steelers have only played the Titans twice since VY was drafted in '06 and both have come in the last two seasons when Kerry Collins was enjoying his final stint as a starting quarterback in the NFL. While this could present an advantage for the Steelers, since Young has yet to go against Dick LeBeau's vast array of blitzing packages, the unfortunate recent history the Steelers defense has had against running quarterbacks like Michael Vick has me a little concerned that that negates that edge.
Young had the top passer rating of all QBs last week in manhandling the Raiders. He even hit dropsyhands Nate Washington for a nice 56-yard touchdown to notch the Titans first score in the opening frame. While he did lose a fumble,
Of course, stopping Young and possibly everything short of Dennis Dixon not repeatedly turning the ball over is secondary to trying to stop Chris Johnson. The Steelers held Cop Speed to 15 carries for 57 yards in the 2009 opener, which would up being his second worst performance of last season, his worst being a nine-carry, 34 yard performance against the Colts in Week 5.
The key to those figures is that they both came with Collins as the starter at QB. Not only is Young playing better than he has at any point in his pro career, his ability to run makes it more difficult to defense the Titans running game. With Collins, you can stack the box on pretty much any formation where the team isn't spreading its receivers and you're not going to get burned particularly badly. Casey Hampton will probably be out and be missed some, but Chris Hoke always proves a more than capable back-up when Big Snack is gone. Jonathan Scott starting at left tackle, however, is a scenario I'm a lot more worried about.
As it was last week, the key to the Steelers winning is not allowing touchdowns. Roddy White might have had a huge statistical game, but Matt Ryan's rating was significantly lower throwing to him than any of his other receivers. The same principle is true this week. The Steelers would obviously much rather deal with VY breaking off the occasional 15-yard run than Chris Johnson beating them for a 76-yard touchdown. Johnson will likely get his numbers, but as long as they don't come in huge scoring chunks like they did last week, this is a game the Steelers can win.
Dixon struggled with all of his sideline passes last week and was finally able to start moving the offense when the playcalling focused on working the middle of the field. Oh, and not skipping passes into the dirt. I wouldn't be surprised if forcing sidelline throws weren't a huge part of the Titans defensive gameplan.
That said, I think this is the most difficult game the Steelers face in Roethlisberger's absence. Even more so than the Ravens in two weeks. I can't say I'm expecting a win, but I see the possibility of one if things fall the right way. Maybe Dixon can shake off some of the jitters he admitted to having at the beginning of last week's game and put together an entirely solid performance. While Vince Young is improved, he isn't exactly an elite QB yet either. He's capable of being forced into costly mistakes. Turning him into the VY of old and the Steelers could put themselves in amazing position to start their season.
Does He Have Getting Away From The Steelers Speed?
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tags: big snack, dennis dixon, jonathan scott, week 2
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- Spatula said...
I think the Steelers defensive schemes will give Young fits (didn't he score a 6 on the Wunderlick -- and that was a do-over?)
- Roach said...
No, he does not have that kind of speed...
- Dave said...
I concur with Roach and point back to my claim some weeks ago that the Steelers will go 12-4 because nothing they do with regard to expectations ever EVER makes sense
so much for that whole VY being good thing
- Spatula said...
Called it.
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