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Submissions from 2011
Interpolation of the GNSS Wet Troposphere Delay, Johnny Lo and Ahmed El-Mowafy
Upgrade a Medium Size Enterprise Power System with Wind and Solar Sources: Design, Financial and Environmental Perspectives, Thair Mahmoud, Daryoush Habibi, and Octavian Bass
Tuning Fuzzy Systems to Achieve Economic Dispatch for Microgrids, Thair Mahmoud, Daryoush Habibi, Octavian Bass, and Stefan W. Lachowicz
Complex mapping of aerofoils - a different perspective, Miccal Matthews
Lubrication analysis and numerical simulation of the viscous micropump with slip, Miccal Matthews and Yvonne Stokes
Transmission power control in single-hop and multi-hop wireless sensor networks, Mahir L. Meghji and Daryoush Habibi
Multivariate Geostatistical Simulation via Joint Approximate Diagonalisation: A Case Study, Ute Mueller and Jacqueline Ferreira
A Robust Mobile Business Card Reader using MMCC barcode, Siong Ong, Douglas Chai, and Alexander Rassau
Numerical Modelling of Interrogation Systems for Optical Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors, Daniel P. Oswald, Steven J. Richardson, and Graham Wild
A new resource distribution model for improved QoS in an integrated WiMAX/WiFi architecture, Golam Rabbani, Joarder Kamruzzaman, Iqbal Gondal, and Iftekhar Ahmad
Dynamic Resource Allocation for Improved QoS in WiMAX/WiFi Integration, Golam Rabbani, Joarder Kamruzzaman, Iqbal Gondal, Iftekhar Ahmad, and Rafiul Hassan
Multi-Access Environments in Next Generation Networks, Rajeshkumar Ramraj, Iftekhar Ahmad, and Daryoush Habibi
Numerical analysis of wavelength conversion based on semiconductor optical amplifier integrated with microring resonator notch filter, Mohammad Razaghi, Mojtaba Gandomkar, Vahid Ahmadi, Narottam Das, and Michael J Connelly
Modeling Tool to Support Budgeting and Planning Decisions for Pump Overhauls, Steven J. Richardson and Melinda Hodkiewicz
Analysis of Circular Elastic Plate Resting on Pasternak Foundation by Strain Energy Approach, Sanjay Shukla, Ashish Gupta, and Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Dynamic Passive Pressure from c-ϕ soil Backfills, Sanjay Shukla and Daryoush Habibi
Analytical Expression for Factor of Safety of an Anchored Rock Slope Against Plane Failure, Sanjay Shukla and Md Monir Hossain
Stability analysis of multi-directional anchored rock slope subjected to surcharge and seismic loads, Sanjay Shukla and Md Monir Hossain
Dynamic Active Thrust From c-Ф Soil Backfills, Sanjay K. Shukla
An Analytical Expression for Dynamic Passive Pressure from C-phi Soil Backfill with Surcharge, Sanjay Shukla, Nagaratnam Sivakugan, and Braja Das
A State-of-the-art Review of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Slopes, Sanjay Shukla, Nagaratnam Sivakugan, and Braja Das
Analytical Expression for Dynamic Active Earth Pressure from C-phi Soil Backfill with Surcharge, Sanjay Shukla and Muhammad Zahid
Arching in Inclined and Vertical Mine Stopes, Shailesh Singh, Sanjay Shukla, and Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Taylor's Slope Stability Charts Revisited, T. Steward, Nagaratnam Sivakugan, Sanjay Shukla, and Braja Das
Arching in Soils Applied to Inclined Mine Stopes, Ching Hung Ting, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, and Nagaratnam Sivakugan
An Intelligent Approach to High Quantity Automated Machining, Majid Tolouei Rad
Efficient CNC Milling by Adjusting Material Removal Rate, Majid Tolouei Rad
Development of an Autonomous Friction Gripper for Industrial Robots, Majid Tolouei Rad and Peter Kalivitis
Design of RF/Microwave Efficient Buildings Using Frequency Selective Surface, Irfan Ullah, Daryoush Habibi, Xiaoli Zhao, and Ghaffer Kiani
Transmission Improvement of UMTS and Wi-Fi Signals Through Energy Saving Glass Using FSS, Irfan Ullah, Xiaoli Zhao, Daryoush Habibi, and Ghaffer I. Kiani
A Fibre Bragg Grating sensor as a receiver for acoustic communications signals, Graham Wild and Steven Hinckley
Distributed Optical Fibre Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring, Graham Wild and Steven Hinckley
Optical Fibre Communications and Sensing System Experiments for Undergraduate Photonics Laboratories, Graham Wild and Geoffrey Swan
The development of acoustic experiments for off-campus teaching and learning, Graham Wild and Geoffrey Swan
Computer Based Experiments for Off-campus Teaching and Learning of AC Electricity, Graham Wild, Geoffrey Swan, and Steven Hinckley
A Fibre Bragg Grating Based Reed Switch for Optical Fibre Intrusion Detection Systems, Graham Wild, Geoffrey Swan, Steven Hinckley, and Steven Hinckley
Three-dimensional visualization of scratch-induced subsurface damage in TiSiN/TiN multilayer coating using focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopic tomography technique, Pui Ching Wo, Paul R. Munroe, Zonghan Xie, Zhifeng Zhou, and Kwok Yan Li
Damage-tolerant, hard nanocomposite coatings enabled by a hierarchical structure, Jiang Xu, Xiang Zhen Mao, Zonghan Xie, and Paul Munroe
Effect of Cr alloying on friction and wear of sputter-deposited nanocrystalline (MoxCr1-x)5Si3 films, Jiang Xu, Zong-Han Xie, and P Munroe
Hydrothermal synthesis of cubic α-Fe2O3 microparticles using glycine: Surface characterization, reaction mechanism and electrochemical activity, Chung-Yang Yin, Manickam Minakshi, David E.I. Ralph, Zhong-Tao Jiang, Zonghan Xie, and Hua Guo
Adaptive coordinator switching scheme for mobile sensor networks, Kartinah Zen, Daryoush Habibi, and Iftekhar Ahmad
A numerical simulation of diffusion charging effect on collection efficiency in wire-plate electrostatic precipitators, Jian Ping Zhang, Yu Ying Du, Helen Wu, Yu Liu, Jian Xing Ren, and Dong Mei Ji
Nanoindentation of hard multilayer coatings: Finite element modelling, Xiaoli Zhao, Zonghan Xie, and Paul Munroe
Submissions from 2010
Trend analysis and short-term forecast of incident HIV infection in Ghana, Patrick Aboagye-Sarfo, James Cross, and Ute Mueller
Call Admission Control Scheme for Improved Quality of Service in WiMAX Communication at Vehicular Speeds, Iftekhar Ahmad and Daryoush Habibi
Call Admission Control Scheme for the IEEE 802.16e at Vehicular Speeds, Iftekhar Ahmad and Daryoush Habibi
High Utility Video Surveillance System on Public Transport using WiMAX technology, Iftekhar Ahmad and Daryoush Habibi
Photovoltaic micro-cell design for distrubuted power in sensor networks, Gary A. Allwood, Graham Wild, and Steven Hinckley
Photovoltaic Micro-Cell Design for Distributed Power-over-Fibre Optimized for 850nm & 980nm, Gary Allwood, Graham Wild, and Steven Hinckley
Power-over-Fibre for Distributed Optical Fibre Smart Sensor Networks, Gary Allwood, Graham Wild, and Steven Hinckley
Comparison between neural network based PI and PID controllers, Mohammed Hassan and Ganesh Kothapalli
Challenges and Opportunities for Simulation Modelling Integrating Mine Haulage and Truck Shop Operations, Melinda Hodkiewicz, Steven Richardson, and Richard Durham
Effect of Vertical Seismic Coefficient on the Stability of Rock Slopes Against Plane Failure, Md Monir Hossain and Sanjay Shukla
Simulation of a Hybrid Polywell and Stacked Gradient Poly-Homojunction CMOS Photodiode, Paul V. Jansz and Steven Hinckley
Effect of a Polywell geometry on a CMOS Photodiode Array, Paul V. Jansz, Steven Hinckley, and Graham Wild
A Comparison of Grinding and Electric Discharge Machining to Fabricate a Stepped Mirror Structure for a Stationary Optical Delay Line, Paul Jansz, Graham Wild, Steven Hinckley, Yimeng Yang, and Peter Duncan
Barcodes for Mobile Devices, Hiroko Kato, Keng Tiong (Alf) Tan, and Douglas Chai
Shear strength of randomly distributed moist fiber-reinforced sand, J Lovisa, Sanjay Shukla, and N Sivakugan
The use of alignment cells in MMCC barcode, Siong Khai Ong, Douglas Chai, and Alexander Rassau
Bandwidth Allocation and Routing Information for Wireless Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, Rajeshkumar Ramraj
The viscosity approximation to the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation in optimal feedback control: Upper bounds for extended domains, Steven Richardson and Song Wang
Design Charts for Rock Slope Stability Against Plane Failure Under Seismic Loading Condition, Sanjay Shukla and Md Monir Hossain
Discussion of "Fiber-Reinforced Fly Ash Subbases in Rural Roads" by Praveen Kumar and Shailendra Pratap Singh, Sanjay Shukla and Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Analytical Model for Fiber-Reinforced Granular Soils under High Confining Stresses, Sanjay Shukla, N Sivakugan, and A K Singh
Design of functionally graded carbon coatings against contact damage., Rajnish K. Singh, Zhifeng Zhou, Lawrence Kwok Yan Li, Paul Munroe, Mark Hoffman, and Zonghan Xie
Can soil arching be insensitive to Ñ"? , S Singh, N Sivakugan, and Sanjay Shukla
Evolution of an Experiment: Introduction to the Oscilloscope and Resonance in Pipes, Geoffrey Swan and Graham Wild
JPEG compression of monochrome 2D-barcode images using DCT coefficient distributions, Keng Teong Tan and Douglas Chai
A New Perspective on First Read Rate of 2D Barcodes in Mobile Applications, Keng Tiong (Alf) Tan and Douglas Chai
A Color 2D-barcode for Mobile Applications: Design Tips, Keng Tiong (Alf) Tan, Douglas Chai, Hiroko Kato, and Siong Ong
Integration of part classification, cell formation and capacity adjustment, Majid Tolouei Rad
Distributed sensing, communications, and power in optical Fibre Smart Sensor networks for structural health monitoring, Graham Wild, Gary Allwood, and Steven Hinckley
Acoustic Transmissions for Wireless Communications and Power Supply in Biomedical Devices, Graham Wild and Steven Hinckley
Optical Fibre Bragg Gratings for Acoustic Sensors, Graham Wild and Steven Hinckley
Pspice simulation of an electro-acoustic communications channel, Graham Wild and Steven Hinckley
Spatial Performance of Acousto-Ultrasonic Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor, Graham Wild and Steven Hinckley
Wireless Acoustic Communications and Power Supply for In-vivo Biomedical Devices, Graham Wild and Steven Hinckley
Analytical Modelling of Interrogation Systems for Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors, Graham Wild and Steven Richardson
Acoustic Education: Experiments for Off-Campus Teaching and Learning, Graham Wild and Geoffrey Swan
AC Electricity Experiments for Off-Campus Teaching and Learning, Graham Wild, Geoffrey Swan, and Steven Hinckley
Effects of TiN sublayers on the response of TiSiN nanocomposite coatings to nanoidentation and scratching contacts. , P C. Wo, P R. Munroe, Z F. Zhou, Kazunori Y. Li, and Zonghan H. Xie
Vibration investigation of passive control using rubber bearing, Helen Wu
Mechanics of Active Earth Pressure Under Surcharge and Seismic Loading Conditions, Muhammad Zahid, Sanjay Shukla, and Daryoush Habibi
Submissions from 2009
Quality of Service in WiMAX, Iftekhar Ahmad and Daryoush Habibi
Cooperative work supplemented by eGroups: learner perspectives, Yasir Al-Abdeli
Human-Computer Interaction Experiments in an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment for e-Learning Applications, Tomasz Bednarz, Con Caris, and Octavian Dranga
A High-Resolution Wavefront Compensating System using a Liquid-Crystal on Silicon Chip, Seow Hwang Eng, Fred Reinholz, and Douglas Chai
Twisted-Nematic Liquid-Crystal-On-Silicon Adaptive Optics Aberrometer and Wavefront Corrector, Seow Hwang Eng, Fred Reinholz, and Douglas Chai
A New Algorithm to Improve Mobile Sensor Node Connectivity Based on Link Quality Indicator, Daryoush Habibi, Iftekhar Ahmad, and Kartinah Zen
Developing a Career in Digital Forensic Management, Andrew Jones
Novel colour selection scheme for 2D barcode, Hiroko Kato, Keng T. Tan, and Douglas Chai
On Three Simple Experiments to Determine Slip Lengths, Miccal Matthews and James Hill
Geostatistics: A Mathematical youngster, Ute Mueller
Efficient optimization of network protection design with p-cycles, Hoang Nguyen, Daryoush Habibi, and Quoc Phung
Performance of mobile camera on colour 2D barcode, Siong K. Ong, Douglas Chai, and Keng T. Tan
Numerically Controlled Oscillator with Spur Reduction, Hans-Joerg Pfleiderer and Stefan Lachowicz
Area-to-point Poisson kriging analysis for lung cancer in Perth areas , Changying Shao, Ute Mueller, and James Cross
A simplified extension of the conventional theory of arching in soils, Sanjay Shukla, Gaurav Gaurav, and Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Stress within a cohesionless granular fill in a storage vessel with sloping walls during initial static loading. , Sanjay Shukla, J. Loughran, and N. Sivakugan
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The cruelty of sucking gallbladder juice (bile) from live bears in China
World Journal, Wednesday, April 15, 1998 "The cruelty of sucking gallbladder juice from live bears in China" Reprinted from:
(By Youn Show Lee; translated by Vicky Ho Lynn from the Chinese)
A few months ago while on a business trip, I had a chance to visit Angel Bridge at the foot of Long Day Mountain in China. At that time, we also went to explore a large bear farm which is surrounded by forest and beautiful scenery --- it is truly an isolated paradise. All of sudden I saw about fifteen large cages with bears in them. The farm owner told me this is a gallbladder farm, the purpose of which is to continuously extract fluid from the bears' gallbladders. Because of the high demand, it is an extremely profitable business.
When we arrived at the farm, the bears and the caretaker seemed to be getting along very well, all was calm. Suddenly four huge men showed up and the bears suddenly started screaming fearfully and rocking their cages hard as if they saw a ghost. The caretaker told me every morning at eight o'clock liquid is drawn from their gallbladders. Around seven-forty-five, the bears become agitated and have no appetite to eat and they start screaming and crying desperately for help.
In white uniforms, and without any emotion on their faces, the four men went into one of the cages. They quickly used a steel wire to snatch the bear by the neck, at which point the bear's eyes bulged out and it started gnashing its teeth and crying. They are so scared to death and this trauma causes them to defecate at the same time.
In the bear's stomach, there is a hole with a steel tube inserted directly into the gallbladder. Outside the area there is a plastic tube connected to the steel tube for drawing the liquid. The area is covered tightly with surgical tape. When the time comes, the tape and cover are removed and a syringe is used to withdraw the green liquid from the gallbladder. Three big men went in and pressed bear's 4 legs with force and inserted a syringe into plastic tube. When the dark green gallbladder juice was sucked from bear's body, the poor bear opened her mouth so big, her two eyes were bulging and her entire body was trembling so hard throughout the whole procedure.
This kind of severe torturing went on for about two hours until all the bears had been subjected to the same torture. The crying and screaming was so hard and loud and echoed the entire mountain and valley. It frightened me so much, my heart ached and my head started spinning.
After this unthinkable torture, the bears used their paws to hold their stomachs. They curled up and shivered and I could see tears in their bright little eyes...
Around 10:30, someone cried out that there had been an accident in cage number 5. We followed the owner to rush into the bear farm and were shocked at what we saw. A brown bear had managed to pull out his own intestines and was holding them up in the air, roaring and screaming, as if he were madly "protesting" the cruelty and insanity of the humans. There was blood all over the cage. It was so difficult to watch such a suicidal scene. Never in my life had I been in such shock or so devastated. At that time, someone rang the security alarm, immediately people rushed into the bear farm and waving the sharp ax and big steel hook. The owner shouted :"Hurry to 'rescue' the bear paws!" The man in the cage was reluctant to continue to go forward. But the owner stamped his feet and kept yelling: "You have to cut them off while the bear is alive. That is the only way they are saleable!" Right after that, I saw the sharp ax swung and the number 5 bear's paws were immediately chopped off with blood gushing out.....
Perhaps the killing smell filled in the cage number 5. The other bears then suddenly started to cry and scream sadly and desperately again and had the tendency to be violent. It shook the whole island. The farm owner had a butcher background. When the bears appeared ready to act violently and workers were panicking and running away, the owner stopped them and ordered them to put "steel jackets" on five of the most aggressive bears and give them a shot of morphine. As soon as the bears saw the "steel jackets", they immediately became quiet. It seemed the bears all got the painful lessons from the "steel jackets", otherwise they would not calm down so quickly.
This whole unbelievable incident affected me so deeply that their sad and innocent faces haunted me day and night and will continue to haunt me until the day I die. I felt a strong need to expose this incident to the world. Please widely distribute this true story and hope that everyone who reads this will do something to stop this kind of insanity from Chinese bear farms and to help these desperate poor creatures. Definitely, the Chinese Animals protection law needs to be improved, urgently.
Reference: Vicky Ho Lynn, founder of "Asians for Humans, Animals & Nature(AHAN)".
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World Journal, Wednesday, April 15, 1998
"The cruelty of sucking gallbladder juice from live bears in China"
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Legal Overview of Bear Farming and the Trade in Bear Bile
Laura E. Tsai
Animal Legal and Historical Center
Publish Date: 2008
Place of Publication: Michigan State University College of Law
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Legal Overview of Bear Farming and the Trade in Bear Bile
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Bears throughout the world are exploited for their bile, which is considered a prized ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine. Asiatic black bears in China, South Korea, and Vietnam suffer on bile farms, where they are kept in small cages and painfully "milked" for their bile for the duration of their lives. Wild bears are also targeted, as their bile is considered more potent. As a result, American black bears, whose population is still healthy, are the new target of both legal and illegal hunting and trade of their parts.
The laws regulating bear farming are few. Bear farming is legal in China, where about 7,000 bears suffer on farms. China's Wildlife Protection Law lists Asiatic black bears under Class II protection, allowing for a limited number of permits to kill wild "nuisance" animals each year. The law also encourages domestication, breeding, and utilizing endangered wildlife resources. However, killing wild bears and international trade in bear parts is illegal, although the law is rarely enforced. Many wild bears in China are killed, and an illegal international trade thrives.
Although bear farming has been illegal in South Korea since 1992, over 1,300 bears remain captive on farms while farmers hope that legal farming will resume. Wild bears over the age of ten can be legally killed for their gallbladders in South Korea. There is also thought to be a black market in bile between South Korea and China. In 2005, the Vietnamese government agreed to slowly phase out bear farming. However, the methods used to extract bile are even more inhumane than those used elsewhere, and over 3,400 bears continue to suffer on farms in Vietnam.
The laws regulating trade in bear gallbladders and bile are inconsistent and difficult to enforce. Asiatic black bears are currently listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources' (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, and on Appendix I of the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species (CITE, which bans the trade of Asiatic black bears and their parts. However, American bears are on Appendix II, which allows for some trade. As it is nearly impossible to differentiate between bear species from their gallbladders, Asiatic black bears are often illegally traded internationally.
For CITES to be effective, international cooperation is essential. Although all of the bear farming nations are signatories to CITES, they have failed to implement the trade controls necessary to enforce the agreement. The CITES Management Authority in China is even trying to implement a system in which bile from farmed Asiatic black bears could be traded internationally. CITES is also limited in that it only address international trade; trade occurring within a country's borders is regulated solely by the individual country.
In the United States, trade in bear parts is regulated by the federal Lacey Act and a patchwork of state laws. The Lacey Act makes is a federal offense to buy, sell, or transport in interstate commerce any wildlife parts which were taken in violation of a federal, state, or foreign law. As written, the Lacey Act should be effective against poachers as well as smugglers. However, the Lacey Act rarely leads to convictions. Without the resources to enforce various laws, few violators are caught. Those that are benefit from widely inconsistent state laws. Some states allow for hunting of bears, some allow for trade, and some states do not regulate bear hunting or trade at all. As such, hunters caught with gallbladders in a no-hunting state can easily claim they are from bears in a state where hunting is permitted. Similarly, smugglers can illegally acquire gallbladders in one state, then transport them to another where trade is legal.
Penalties for violating hunting or trading laws also vary widely from state-to-state. For example, a trafficker in Colorado may face up to three years in prison and a $100,000 fine, while a trafficker in Kentucky may receive only a $100 fine. In such a lucrative business, where gallbladders overseas are worth more than their weight in gold, heftier penalties need to be in place if they are intended to deter future conduct.
Due to the current failure of federal and state laws to combat the bear-parts trade, Congress is currently considering the Bear Protection Act of 2008. If passed, this bill would amend the Lacey Act to further protect bears from becoming victims of illegal hunting and trade of their gallbladders and bile. It would do so by making state laws more consistent, and extending protections to bears affected by the gallbladder trade in the same manner that other wildlife species are currently protected. However, even if passed, the bill would not affect legal hunting of bears. By continuing to allow hunting with few resources to ensure it is done legally, bears are still at risk.
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The leader of an extreme right-wing Jewish group has been condemned for claiming that a proposed Muslim community centre would lead to attacks on Jews.
Roberta Moore, head of the UK branch of the Jewish Defence League, wrote to Camden Council complaining about the proposed conversion of a shop in Cricklewood, north London.
Why the BBC chose Rosh Hashanah to screen its Panorama documentary looking at the spate of "price tag" incidents in Israel is anyone's guess. Regardless, it brought to British attention a phenomenon that Israel has been grappling with for some time.
A member of the far-right Golden Dawn party will represent Greece on the Council of Europe's Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination.
The appointment of Eleni Zaroulia, the wife of Golden Dawn's party chairman, has been condemned by members of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Hats off to Sir Elton John, who in a recent UK concert dedicated a song to Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal journalist who was brutally murdered 10 years ago in Pakistan by his Islamist abductors just because he was an American Jew.
Adverts encouraging people to "Support Israel" and "Defeat Jihad" that have been described by an American hate monitor as "inflammatory" are being posted on the New York subway system.
More than half of British voters would be willing to back a party that promised to "prioritise traditional British values over other cultures", a survey of the levels of support for UK extremist groups has revealed.
Politicians have condemned the violence as Islamist riots that began in Libya earlier this week have spread to other parts of the Arab world.
A video attacking the Prophet Mohammed has sparked an attack on US embassy in Libya in which the American ambassador was killed.
To what extent is the rise of right-wing extremism in Europe, including Golden Dawn in Greece, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) and the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands (PVV), due to the financial crisis? Many believe it to be so.
Police raids on neo-Nazi groups in Germany last week could boost efforts to ban the country's biggest far-right party.
The raids turned up incriminating material including 1,000 election posters for the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), which has an estimated 7,000 registered members.


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Joe has the field to himself for the moment. But he might have an alibi for Kallie's disappearance if he was indeed at Danette's. Danette told Linden only that she'd told Kallie her boyfriend was coming over, not that he actually had. In any case, I'm not sure Kallie would have gotten in a car with Joe after we saw her duck his notice earlier. Also, it's unclear what his tie might be to the biohazard bags that held the Pied Piper's victims' remains. If Joe is the Pied Piper, his pipe appears to be … fast-food potatoes. He gave Lyric his hash browns last week, and this week Tiffany recalls the man with whom she made the video let her have his fries.
Lingering questions
What's the story on Joe?
Where's Kallie?
What happened to the chaplain who Ray bloodied in the premiere?
Last things
"Pied Piper," if it sticks, is originated by an early suspect, Goldie. That strikes me as unusual. Most often, it seems, unidentified serial killers' nicknames originate with journalists. The recently deceased Night Stalker (Richard Ramirez), for example, got that name after a brainstorming session at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.
The Bullet-Holder interactions are among the best things about this season, and one this week was the best yet. It starts with Bullet mocking a carrot-munching Holder: "Man, you look like a rabbit. Like some big, hairless, albino Bugs Bunny." From there, it's a friendly swapping of rabbit factoids -- they have three eyelids, Holder says; they're unable to vomit, Bullet adds.
'The Killing' recap: 'Seventeen'
Andrew Lincoln was 'terrified' to join 'Walking Dead'
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Jack Garland
From BoxRec
Name: Jack Garland
Born: 1908-01-02
Died: 1985-11-29 (Age:77)
Hometown: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Boxing Record: click
Garland had a proven amateur background before turning pro. In 1927 he won both the Army and Impreial Services championships at bantamweight and was a quarterfinalist at the ABA championships. In 1928 he again won both the Army and Impreial Services championships, before capturing the ABA bantamweight title. In August of that year he represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam. He was knocked out of the games by Vittorio Tamagnini, who won the gold medal for Italy.
Olympic games results
1928 (as a bantamweight)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Ernest Mignard (France) PTS
- Lost to Vittorio Tamagnini (Italy) PTS


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ryan Hunter-Reay finally picked up his IndyCar championship and $1 million bonus Thursday night during the season-ending banquet at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Simon Pagenaud was honored as rookie of the year, and Charlie Kimball won the Tony Renna Rising Star Award.
Josh Freund, chief mechanic for Hunter-Reay, accepted the IZOD IndyCar Series Chief Mechanic of the Year Award.
Kyle Moyer of Andretti Autosport accepted the Team Manager of the Year Award.
Jim Campbell accepted the manufacturer's award on behalf of Chevrolet.
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If I set up DFS-R and it is scheduled vs all the time, what will happen in the following scenario:
Joe makes a change to files.txt at 9am. and saves changes Sandy makes a change to files.txt at 11am and saves changes Vince makes a change to files.txt at 1pm and saves changes
The servers sync changes at 6pm
Will all of those changes sync or will only Vince's sync since they were the last?
Will files that are open that have changes made still sync?
Will pst files sync?
Here is a FAQ that I found which answers the questions:
Steve Deming
The leading principal of DFS-R is "Last writer wins". In the given scenario it means that between 3 versions of the same file, only the one that's the latest will sync. You should consider adjusting your replication schedule according to the frequency of changes made on said files.
Even though in some cases you might find files in the DFSR PRIVATE directory (under ConflictAndDeleted), it is not a straight forward process getting them back to their original location. You should keep that in mind.


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Michelle Malkin's awesome new book taking on Pres. Obama's 'you didn't build that' nonsense publishes today!
Benjamin Netanyahu declares victory; 'Is it a violation of the Logan Act' to congratulate him?
Congratulations are pouring in from Israel and America.
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'Get tissues': March for Life attendees in DC explain #WhyWeMarch [photos]
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'Where is the pink sneaker mafia?' Wendy Davis now kinda backs 20-week abortion ban
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DOJ to seek death penalty against accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Hate to raise the noise level a bit on the carb balancing mantra, but here:
I've used everything there is, from the Eyeball through a UniSyn through Harmonisation -n my decades of doing The Balancing Act. By Ear works, but you need to have a feel for it. UniSyn works, but is crude. Manometers work but are a kludge to set up. The Harmonizer is easy to use and deadly accurate but you need vacuum fittings on the carb or intake. I added vacuum ports to my R60's slide-valve carbs and use a Harmonizer in the shop and on the road.
But the shorting method is quick to use and reasonably accurate ( I would give it about 95%). The shorting adapters are easy to make (use an aluminum piece off of an NGK sparkplug and a couple of inches of M3 machine screw which "fits" better than a #6x32 screw).
Main thing is to UNDERSTAND what the principles are and what you are doing and just not going through the motions.
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Turn on two switches - leave them on for 5 minutes
turn one off
One bulb will be on (the switch you left on)
One bulb will be hot (the switch you turned off)
One bulb will be off (the one you never touched)
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Here...I'll try to reword the puzzle:
There are two rooms connected by a door. This door is closed and sealed of all light passing through it. There are no other ways into either of these rooms besides one door in the room with the light switches that is hermetically sealed, boarded, welded, and sealed by 87 billion billion quantum robots upon you entering the room to start the puzzle. You can not see outside of any room once it's door(s) are closed and sealed.
You are in one room that has three handicap and child accessible, two position (on or off), switches who's on/off positions are clearly labeled in contracting writing, raised lettering, and braille.
In the other room there are three light fixtures that each have a UL/ETL certified to be in proper operating condition incandescent light bulb installed in them.
These fixtures, and their bulbs, are placed in such a manner as to be reachable by every living thing on this earth.
The light fixtures are operated by the three light switches in the room you are currently in. Each light switch turns on only one of the light fixtures.
The light fixtures are situated such that the heat generated from one turned on incandescent light fixture's bulb will immeasurably effect any other fixture or bulb.
You are in the light switch room by yourself, and shall remain alone throughout the duration of this puzzle. No other person or thing, besides what has been provided said forth in this writing, shall assist you in this puzzle. Nothing can be moved in any way, shape, or form, EXCEPT the light switches (on or off), you (of course), and the door (open or closed).
The door can only be opened one time. When this door is opened you may enter the other room. Upon entering the other room you may NOT reenter the previous room for any reason. You must solve the puzzle upon entering the light fixture room. You have no time limit, and may remain there until any/all bulbs burn out if you so desire (good luck with that).
The puzzle begins upon you entering the room with the light switches in it, and the connecting door, to the room with the light fixtures in it, has been properly closed/sealed.
You may not use the restroom at any time during this puzzle.
You are naked and have nothing with you. You are not allowed to bring anything concealed in any orifice, or otherwise, with you..
There are 25 million instantaneous backup generators that each have 25 million instantaneous backup generators in case of power outage.
In case of any other emergency the puzzle is over and you should seek safety immediately.
No food or drinks allowed.
Good luck.
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This is quite simple
Bulbs - Back to the Logic Puzzles
This is one of my favorite logic puzzles (Edit: it is more a practical than a logic puzzle).
Imagine you are in a room with 3 switches. In an adjacent room there are 3 bulbs (Edit: let's say in lamps which are on a regular table) - all are off at the moment, each switch belongs to one bulb. It is impossible to see from one room to another. How can you find out which switch belongs to which bulb, if you may enter the room with the bulbs only once?
Edit: No help from anybody else is allowed.
Edit: Find out which switch belongs to which bulb - identify all 3 switches (so find out what bulbs are switches 1, 2 and 3 connected to)Spoiler for Solution
Switch on a bulb for a min. then switch off.
Now switch on another and enter the room.
you can see the bulb which is switched on and by touching the other two bulbs u can derive which bulb belongs to which switch.( the bulb switched on must be hot)
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Historic 1866 Washington1866 5C Five Cents, Judd-470, Pollock-562, Low R.6, PR64 Cameo NGC.
Five Cent Pattern Struck in Nickel
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Five Cent Pattern Struck in Nickel
Judd-470, PR64 Cameo
Design. On the obverse, a portrait of George Washington faces right, the legend IN GOD WE TRUST above, and the date below. A wreath of laurel on the reverse encloses the so-called Short 5, with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around. Struck in nickel, with a plain edge.
Commentary. Collecting Washingtonia was extremely popular in the 1850s and 1860s. Mint Director James Ross Snowden was particularly anxious to obtain needed specimens for the Mint Cabinet. The large number of Washington five cent patterns created in 1866 may have originated with this trend in mind. USPatterns.com estimates a population of fewer than 12 survivors.
Physical Description. An attractive, near-Gem example of this popular pattern. The fields are well mirrored and the devices sharply defined. A small number of contact marks are scattered about the fields, consistent with the grade. Above-average eye appeal. NGC Census: 1 in PR64 Cameo, 4 finer. PCGS Population: 5 in PR64, 8 finer, none as a Cameo in any grade (12/08).
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State expects drop in revenueBy Neal P. Goswami
VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | July 25,2014MONTPELIER — State economists have downgraded Vermont's projected revenue growth from 4.8 percent to 3 percent, requiring $31 million in cuts to the 2015 fiscal year budget.
Gov. Peter Shumlin and Secretary of Administration Jeb Spaulding announced the revenue downgrade at a Thursday morning news conference. Shumlin, a Democrat, emphasized to reporters that the state's revenue is still projected to grow by 3 percent.
"Let's remember that we have seen growth in revenues, pretty substantial growth, $90 million in 2013, and we are seeing growth this year. The difference is between 4.8 and 3 percent," he said.
But the revenue downgrade will require budget cuts that are likely to impact some Vermonters.
"Instead of projection of 4.8 percent that we based our budgeting on, instead it will be a growth rate of 3 percent. So, obviously, that drop in revenue, which works out to roughly $31 million, will need to be adjusted in our (fiscal year 2015) budget," Shumlin said.
Vermont and the country have seen growth "coming out of the worst recession in American history," the governor said. The fiscal year 2014 budget grew by 3.1 percent, or $46 million. The new revenue forecast projects $45 million in growth for the current fiscal year.
Shumlin met with his cabinet Wednesday night and asked for 4 percent reductions in individual department budgets. The 4 percent reduction is needed to meet an overall 2 percent reduction in the state budget because Shumlin said he will not raise taxes. He also pledged not to shift any burden to the property tax, reduce debt reduction obligations or squeeze retirement plans.
"We're going to make this small adjustment to our $1.4 billion budget by insisting … that we not raise broad based taxes — income taxes, sales taxes and rooms and meals taxes. In other words, we're not going to ask hardworking Vermonters to make this relatively small adjustment by raising revenue. Vermonters' taxes are high enough," he said.
"We balance budgets the old-fashioned way, by making cuts — real cuts," the governor added.
Spaulding said the administration is required under statute to present a rescission plan to lawmakers when there is a downgrade of more than 1 percent. Department heads were to receive a memo Thursday afternoon outlining the administration's rescission request. They must respond by Aug. 1 with their plans.
"I've given them broad guidelines with which to work, given them as much latitude as we possible can. We'll wait and see what their recommendations are," Shumlin said.
The administration has put a freeze on new hiring, but Shumlin said budget cuts will not include cutting the existing work force.
"We do not project having to do any layoffs to meet this small adjustment," he said. "This is not a big enough rescission to necessitate layoffs."
Cuts made to the budget may "not necessarily" extend across the board, according to Shumlin. "We'll make the cuts wherever we feel we can do it with the least hardship for Vermonters," he said.
The revenue downgrade follows national trends, Shumlin said. Later Thursday state economists Jeff Carr and Tom Kavet briefed the Emergency Board, a fiscal panel that includes the chairs of the Legislature's money committees, on their latest projection. Their report echoed the governor's assertion.
According to the report, the national economy retracted by 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the year. It rebounded somewhat in the second quarter by growing at a 2.7 percent rate. But as a result, economists around the country are revising projections for the current fiscal year.
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Best known for his genius in art and architecture, Michelangelo was also an accomplished author of homoerotic poetry.
The African-American gay male literary tradition consists of a substantial body of texts and includes some of the most gifted writers of the twentieth century.
Combining elements of incongruity, theatricality, and exaggeration, camp is a form of humor that helps homosexuals cope with a hostile environment.
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NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell.
On January 8, 2014, a text entry in the docket for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals noted that attorneys from the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) have joined the challenge to Utah's same-sex marriage ban as co-counsel to the plaintiffs in Kitchen v. Herbert. The entry reads as follows: "Notice of appearance filed by Mr. Shannon Price Minter and Ms. Kathryn Kendell for Laurie Wood, Moudi Sbeity, Kody Patridge, Derek Kitchen, Kate Call and Karen Archer." The entry of NCLR signals an important development in this case, which has the potential to be heard by the Supreme Court and thereby to invalidate bans of same-sex marriage throughout the country.
Scottie Thomaston at Equality on Trial first reported on the text entry, which was later confirmed by Minter, NCLR's legal director, who said, "[W]e are thrilled to be joining Peggy Tomsic and her team at Magleby|Greenwood P.C. in this historic litigation. The case is especially meaningful to our Executive Director [Kate Kendell], who grew up in Utah, and whose daughter and her partner were among the hundreds of same-sex couples who recently married there."
Lead counsel Peggy Tomsic of Magleby & Greenwood, P.C. welcomed the participation of NCLR: "We believe it is in our clients' best interest now that the case is on appeal, and particularly since it is on an expedited briefing schedule, to have a national organization with significant experience litigating and winning marriage equality cases to enhance our perspective and fire-power as we move forward."
Tomsic added, "We also wanted a national organization that has a real connection with Utah. Kate Kendell, NCLR's Executive Director, was raised in Utah, worked here as a lawyer for many years, and has a daughter living here who finally had the opportunity to marry the love of her life when Judge Shelby issued his ruling."
The case at the Tenth Circuit is an appeal of the decision handed down on December 20, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby that ruled Utah's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Relying heavily on the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings in Windsor v. U.S.A. and Lawrence v. Texas, Shelby wrote that the ban denies gay and lesbian couples their rights to due process and equal protection. "The state's current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry and, in so doing, demean the dignity of these same-sex couples for no rational reason," he asserted.
Among the important points established in the ruling is that marriage is a fundamental right to which homosexual as well as heterosexual couples are entitled. Although Judge Shelby considered the question of whether laws effecting gay people should be given heightened scrutiny, he ruled that the Utah marriage laws fail to pass constitutional muster even on the most deferential level of review.
Since Judge Shelby did not stay his ruling and the Tenth Circuit subsequently declined to issue a stay, couples were able to apply for marriage licenses and marry immediately after the ruling was issued. Between the December 20 decision and January 6, 2014, when the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the ruling pending a decision by the Tenth Circuit, more than 1,300 same-sex couples wed in Utah.
Utah's appeal to the Tenth Circuit has been expedited. The opening brief is due to be filed on January 27 and briefing is expected to be concluded by February 25.
NCLR, which was founded as the Lesbian Rights Project by Roberta Achtenberg and Donna Hitchens in 1977, brings to the litigation a wealth of experience in the struggle for marriage equality.
Renamed the National Center for Lesbian Rights in 1989, the organization now defines itself as a non-profit public interest law firm "committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education."
In 1994, Kate Kendell joined NCLR as Legal Director; in 1998, she became Executive Director. Kendall came to NCLR from her position as a staff attorney for the ACLU of Utah, where she litigated a variety of high profile cases. At NCLR, Kendell has propelled the organization into a nationally recognized leader in protecting and expanding glbtq rights through legal action.
Legal director Shannon Price Minter joined the organization in 1993 as a recent graduate of Cornell University Law School. As an intern, Minter helped spearhead a legal aid program for young people who had been forcibly hospitalized for psychological treatment to change their gender identity, an issue of particular interest for Minter, who attended Cornell as a woman but subsequently transitioned to become a man.
During his years at NCLR, Minter has been involved in several high profile cases. In 2001, for example, Minter represented Sharon Smith in her successful attempt to win the right to file a wrongful death suit after her partner, Diane Whipple, was mauled to death by a neighbor's dogs in San Francisco.
He also gained national recognition in 2008 when he argued the "Marriage Case" before the California Supreme Court, which resulted in marriage equality in the state before the passage of Proposition 8. In 2009, he appeared before the Court in the unsuccessful effort to nullify Proposition 8, the initiative that overturned marriage equality in the Golden State.
Although NCLR is best known for its work on behalf of marriage equality in California, it has been involved in seeking recognition of glbtq relationships for a long time. It has also either represented plaintiffs or filed amici curiae briefs in the marriage equality suits in numerous other states, including those that resulted in victory in Connecticut, New Jersey, Iowa, and New Mexico, and two that are now pending in Tennessee and Idaho.
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Memphis marijuana 'advanced hobbyist' gets weekend jail time
A former Shelby County employee found last year with a bumper crop of marijuana growing in his home saw his chances for diversion go up in smoke Monday when he failed a drug test in court.
Even before traces of marijuana were found in Joseph Wells' system, Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan said she was concerned that he saw no problem with growing, smoking and sharing pot.
"He accepts responsibility, but then says he's an 'advanced hobbyist,'" the judge said. "He's so proud of what he's doing. It's like he's the Good Samaritan. I don't think he realizes how serious this is."
Skahan gave him a two-year sentence, but suspended all but 30 days he will have to serve on weekends.
Wells, 43, who resigned from his job with the Shelby County Human Resources Department, was arrested Sept. 3 after narcotics officers with a warrant found more than 90 pot plants -- including some he said were at least eight years old -- growing throughout his house at 1585 Lookout in Frayser.
Also found were about a half-pound of harvested marijuana and three guns, records indicate.
Wells told the judge he had grown marijuana since he was a teenager and that he shared it with friends, including some who were sick and needed relief.
His attorney, Arch Boyd, said Wells is "very embarrassed" over the situation and that his client is a good citizen who otherwise has no criminal record and has a good work history.
"This was all over the news," Boyd told the judge, "and the TV stations had to go down eight houses before they could find anyone to say something bad about Mr. Wells. He was a good neighbor."
State prosecutor Glen Baity called Wells' pot-growing hobby "outrageous behavior" that the defendant shows no sign of abandoning.
"His whole attitude is bizarre," said Baity. "He says he's done wrong, but he's still hanging out and playing poker with his dope-smoking friends."
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By Daniel email@example.com Three young teenagers with a gun robbed a 50-year-old man of $5 while he was walking in a park, police said. Aged 13 and 14, the teens attacked their victim with a handgun and took the only money he had, a $5 bill, according to Clayton County Police. The man, Augustin Askukem, of Morrow, was walking on Jester Creek Trail, in the park next to Clayton County Headquarters Library on Battle Creek Road, according Capt. Greg Dickens, Clayton County Police Department spokesman. Askukem said he saw three young men, described as black males wearing white T-shirts and tan pants, run up to him. On of the boys allegedly said, "You should give us all you have on you," according to a police report filed by Officer Michael Wheeler. Askukem reportedly said, "I have nothing to give you. All I have is $5 on me," and the three teens took the bill. "He was accosted by three teenage males armed with a handgun," Dickens said. "The teenage suspects demanded his money. Mr. Askukem gave the assailants what they demanded ... and was not injured." A witness told police he saw the trio of teens coming out of the library, where they stopped him and asked for a cigarette. He told them he didn't smoke, and they ran toward the creek and the park trail, according to the police report. Police found the gun, where it had apparently been discarded in the woods. Police caught two teens, matching the witness' and victim's descriptions. The two came out of the woods into Pointe Clear Apartments. One of them was 13. The other was 14. Both are Clayton County high school students. Police said they expected to arrest the third teen soon.
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E3 2014: Far Cry 4 Opening Sequence Demo at Ubisoft Press Conference
The opening of Far Cry 4 from Ubisoft's E3 2014 Press Conference is as twisted as it is exciting.
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Woah! Cool! I can speak & understand hindi it will be fun >_<
Judging by the choice of song starting to play at the end there- I detect the first game path choice incoming in 3...2...1...
I heard "Stop de Vaas, Not shoot the Vaas!"
am I the only one that thinks fc4 looks bad. cant take the main bad guy seriously at all. looks like such a pusy
Awesome cannot wait for this one.
I swear the writers for the FC games are amazing.
Aint no FC3
Is Vaas about to lose his crown as most deliciously psychotic villain ever?
plot twist?
that trailer exceeded my expectations. good job ubi
@raheel134 Hindi, actually. Well, can't say anything because both these languages are totally identical. Anyway, I'm happy to finally be able to understand a foreign language in a game.
@djpetitte I'm sold for his style. I like it!
@djpetitte Yep. You're the only one


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"I've done everything I could to the best of my ability. Thank you for the unconditional love and cyber hugs. You inspire me." — Selena Gomez opened up on Instagram thanking her fans for their support.
No matter what the real reason is (drugs, heartache, shopping addiction…), Sel appears to be continuing with her mission of R&R while having some quiet time at a lake. An insider source whispered to Billboard that Selena "was burnt out after a relentless year of back-to-back films, concerts, TV, touring and all the promotional work that goes along with it. She needed a break." Apparently her team called her two-week stay at Dawn at the Meadows "Project Wellness," and people close to her are still insisting it had little to do with substance abuse issues.
"She's not that girl," the insider said. "Does she party and have the occasional joint? Yes. Does she drink when she goes out? Yes. But she's not struggling with drug addiction or alcoholism. I've never seen her out of control. There's no needle dangling out of her arm."
I've heard a lot of different rumors about this, as I'm sure you have. What do you think, minions? With two conflicting sides of a statement, there's always a truth and a lie. Which one is your money on? XOXO