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Vikings' pick at No. 51: Stanford RB Toby Gerhart after trade up
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings have traded again, moving up to pick No. 51 and selected Stanford running back Toby Gerhart.
Gerhart (6-foot, 231 pounds) was ranked as the No. 4 halfback in the class by ESPN Scouts Inc., which described him as a "willing and effective pass-blocker." That no doubt factored for a Vikings team that lost third-down back Chester Taylor in free agency.
UPDATE, 6:40 p.m.: The word is the Vikings sent their second- (No. 62) and third- (No. 93) picks for Houston's second-round pick. So, they have no more picks tonight. Unless they deal up again from the top of Round 4.
For his college career, Gerhart played in 38 games (26 starts), rushing 671 times for 3,522 yards (5.25 average) and 28 touchdowns.
He sustained a season-ending knee injury in the 2007 season opener, then came back to rush for more than 3,000 yards over his final two seasons, including 1,871 yards on 343 carries (5.45) as a senior to earn several first-team all-America honors.
He ran the 40 in 4.56 seconds at his campus workout and benched 225 pounds 22 times.
Gerhart also played baseball for two seasons at Stanford.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Wordless Wednesday - Creedens
This group shot of the Creeden family was taken in 1934 in Celina, Ohio. From left to right, the adults are Lena Gleagall Creeden and her husband Daniel Creeden, Ida Belle Creeden Stout, Julia Creeden Balleweg and possibly her husband Lorenz Balleweg?, Anna Niehaus Creeden and her husband Charles Creeden. The two little girls in the front are Julia's daughters. I'm not sure who the boy and the other girl are, but they are probably either Julia's or Ida Belle's children. The Creeden adults are siblings.
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Heimerman takes over the helm of the Northwestern State program from venerable coach Leon Johnson, who announced his retirement last month after 31 remarkable seasons.
Johnson was head men's coach upon his retirement and had served as head coach of both programs at different times during his career.
Heimerman's appointment, announced Thursday by NSU director of athletics Greg Burke, is subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, which includes Northwestern.
A 1998 NSU graduate, Heimerman has been part of the track and field coaching staff since his competitive career ended.
He had officially served as head women's coach for nearly exactly six years, while continuing to work with the throwers for the men's program as well.
"As a student-athlete, graduate assistant, assistant coach, and head women's coach, Mike has 18 years of experience with our department and specifically with the track and field program."
"I had a high degree of confidence in him based on what I've seen during a period that parallels my tenure as athletics director," said Burke.
"Still, when Coach Johnson stepped down, we went through a search process, the first head coaching search for the track and field program in 31 years.
"After vetting several candidates and then sitting down with Mike, I know he is best-equipped to take over. He has a good handle on the many good things going on within the program and at the same time, is determined to continue to elevate the program's status on all fronts -- competitive, citizenship, academic. I look forward to working with Mike and congratulate him on this well-deserved appointment," said Burke.
Heimerman recently guided the 2011 Lady Demons to their highest-ever Southland Conference finish, second, and has personally coached 11 of NSU's last 16 NCAA All-American athletes, including 2011 NCAA women's discus champion Trecey Rew Hoover.
The women's program has set new marks for high academic achievement under his leadership, highlighted by Rew, an Academic All-American and the USA Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's 2011 Field Events Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Along with Rew, some of the highly accomplished competitors Heimerman has helped develop at NSU include four-time All-American javelin thrower Cody Fillinich, 1999 USA Juniors javelin champion Latrell Frederick, a three-time All-American; and two other USA Juniors javelin champions, Dawn Comeaux and Randy Fauntleroy.
"Mike was a tremendous athlete and has carried his competitive spirit into coaching. He's been at my side for the past 16 years and has done a super job as an assistant coach, and a head coach," said Johnson. "Mike took over the women's program and it's never been in better shape. He deserves this and he will be very, very good at it."
Heimerman capped his competitive career with an eighth-place finish at the 1998 USA Outdoor Championships in the shot put.
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Oct. 7, 2013
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin volleyball team keeps improving this season and the national coaches are recognizing that as the Badgers are ranked 19th in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 Coaches poll released today. It is the highest ranking for a UW team since being ranked 19th on Oct. 13, 2008.
The Badgers (14-2 overall, 3-1 Big Ten) jumped up four spots in the poll after losing at then-No. 10 Nebraska in five sets last Saturday. Wisconsin has been ranked or receiving votes in the coaches' poll all season long. UW was ranked 23rd last week, 25th on Sept. 9 and has been receiving votes all other weeks.
The Big Ten Conference continues to dominate the poll with eight teams in the top 25. Penn State moved up one spot to fourth while Michigan State continues to move up and is ranked seventh this week. Minnesota drops three spots to 11th after getting swept by the Huskers. Ohio State falls two places to 14th after losing in three sets at then-No. 24 Purdue. Michigan drops back three spots to 17th after a 3-2 loss to Illinois. Purdue rounds out the Big Ten teams in the poll at 20th while Illinois receives votes.
Wisconsin continues its six-match stretch against ranked teams as well as a four-match road swing this weekend. UW travels to No. 14 Ohio State (14-2, 2-2) on Friday for a 6 p.m. first serve from St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The road trip wraps up on Saturday at No. 4 Penn State (12-2, 3-1) with a 7:30 p.m. match from Rec Hall in University Park, Pa.
AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 PollWeek #6: October 7, 2013
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Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Oklahoma 79; California 76; Duke 68; Western Kentucky 55; Colorado 53; Illinois 46; Kansas 42; Creighton 32; St. Mary's (CA) 32; Miami (FL) 26; Iowa State 16; Cal State Northridge 12; Kansas State 5; Butler 3
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PubCon 2012 Las Vegas Coverage, Day 3 Morningby Pearl Higgins on 10/18/2012 • No Comments | Internet Marketing Conferences
It's the home stretch folks, and in case you missed it, we had some great coverage up last night. Those of you on the East Coast may have already turned in for the night, so catch up on yesterday afternoon's sessions, and then join us for Doc Searls, ROI, and a great competitive intelligence session.
PubCon Las Vegas 2012, Thursday, October 18th
- In case you missed it, they were giving away cars in the exhibition hall! Just kidding, but there was some pretty great stuff to be had.
- Doc Searls, Senior Editor, Linux Journal Keynote opener on the third day is all about vendor customer relationships, how to do it right, how to do it wrong, and the future of vendor management.
- Doc Searls emphasizes the need for a VRM As customers, we are all familiar with the ways that we are managed by our vendors. We need flip that relationship and invest in a Vendor Relationship Management system. There so much potential to build tools for customers to manage the marketplace. We need VRMS that let us set our own policies, preferences, and terms of service.
- Alan K'necht, Founding Partner, Digital Always Media, Inc. There are 4 steps to the social marketing funnel: cocktail party, trust building, the first date, and the loyal customer. Track every step, you don't know where business is going to come from in social.
- Bonnie Stefanick, Senior SEO Analyst, Internet Marketing Ninjas Bonnie tells the audience that developing a mature level of optimization takes time. She offers up six tips: Tip 1. Define macro and micro conversions (macro might be clicks, sales, and leads, micro might be video views, document downloads, or newsletter signups) Tip 2. Set up conversion tracking properly- audit your analytics
- Bonnie takes the audience through tracking your ROI Tip 3. Track lots of keywords- both short-tail phrases and long-tail phrases Tip 4. Use tools Tip 5. Analyze site in sections TiP 6. Create time bound milestones-Measure revenue
- Chris Winfield starts off the Competitive Initelligence panel with a list of tools you need to be using Here are just a few of the 18 tools Chris offered up for thinking competitivly: Crunchbase, Whogotfunded, SeekingAlpha, Copyright.gov, Thomasnet, & Domaintools.
- Chris Winfield, CMO & Managing Partner, Blueglass "There are only three competitive intelligence tools I couldn't live without: Rapportive, Google, Evernote"
- Matt Siltala, Founding Launcher, Avalaunch Media "Pinterest traffic results in an average time on page of just about 10 minutes, with an average page visit of about 5 page views. This is good; this is buyer intent type traffic. You need to find a way to use this competitvly."
- Matt Siltala has a list of tools you should be using with Pinterest Matt gets the audience excited about looking past the pretty pictures in Pinterest with tools like PinPuff, Pinerly, & Repinly. These are the tools that will allow you to get in to analytics, by tracking categories, traffic, and influence.
- Kristy Bolsinger, Senior Associate, Price Waterhouse Coopers LLC "There are five good reasons for doing a competitive audit: benchmarking, illuminating opportunities, ideation, identifying competitive objectives, & revealing customer expectations." Kristy took the audience through her process, and offered up some of her favorite tools: Radian6, Prosodic, & Web analytics
Day Three Morning Takeaways
ROI: Convergence of Online Marketing and Analytics:
The panelists urged the audience to be creative with your analytics; make sure that you are tracking things in a variety ways. You may not see the value of something tedious like tracking your top 100 keywords, but those steps are so important to setting up a baseline. You are looking for deeper insights. Likewise, capture and measure as much as you have budget for, you may not need that data now…but you may want to see what has been causing changes down the line. Invest in tools.
Competitive Intelligence- Social Media Tools and Tactics:
How are you leveraging your different social channels to promote the content on them, and across your platforms? Start with thinking competitively about what you are doing, and what others are doing in your niche. The number of tools out there can seem daunting at first, but the return on a little bit of research and analytics is worth it, if it can help you turn traffic to conversions.
For more PubCon 2012 coverage check out:
PubCon Las Vegas 2012: Day 1 Coverage
PubCon 2012 Las Vegas Coverage: Day Two, Morning
PubCon 2012 Las Vegas Coverage: Day Two, Afternoon
PubCon 2012 Las Vegas Coverage: Day Three, Afternoon
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Jennifer McLeland
- Bachelor's Degree, Greenville College, triple major in Social Work, Biology and Psychology
- Master of Social Work, emphasis in health, Saint Louis University
- Masters in Nonprofit Management, Washington University in Saint Louis
- Health Care
- Research
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- Alpha Sigma Nu
- National Association of Social Workers
Jennifer McLeland has been a faculty member at Fontbonne University since 2009. She has experience working with children that have cancer, families impacted by Alzheimer's Disease, and in various health care settings.
Jennifer teaches Counseling and Case Management in Health Care, Death and Dying, Advocacy and Case Management, and Strategies for Evaluating Social Service Programs.
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This young German producer is definitely an AYNE favorite. He released this dreamy rendition of Kaskade's hit single "Angel On My Shoulder" for free yesterday. It is quite friache, so I suggest any immediate download…if you know what's good for you.
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Industry News : Kodak: Court Approves $650M of Interim Financing and Normal Business Operations
Court approves first day motions allowing Kodak operations to proceed in ordinary course, including uninterrupted payment of employeesJanuary 23, 2012
The judge set February 15, 2012 as the date of a hearing to issue the final order regarding first day motions. As announced earlier, Kodak and its U.S. subsidiaries filed to reorganize its U.S. business under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Non-U.S. subsidiaries were not part of the filing.
"The Court's immediate approval of these critical first day motions is an important first step, enabling us to continue to operate our U.S. business in ordinary course, and putting us on the right path to a successful reorganization," said Antonio M. Perez, Kodak's chairman and CEO.
The interim DIP approved as part of the first day motions represents the first portion of the fully committed $950 million DIP credit facility that it obtained from Citigroup to enhance liquidity and working capital.
Kodak also reported the court approved additional "First Day Motions" that assure the company's ongoing business will not be disrupted. In this regard, Kodak received authorization from the court to: pay U.S. employees in the usual manner and to continue their healthcare and other benefits programs without disruption; pay certain pre-petition wages and reimbursable U.S. employee expenses; maintain and administer customer programs and honor pre-petition obligations to customers including all pending orders, warrantees and other customer programs; and continue to use existing cash management systems and maintain existing bank accounts. kodaktransforms.com.
Information for suppliers and vendors is available at (800) 544-7009 or (585) 724-6100. The court case number is 12-10202 (ALG).


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William M. Armstrong, Jr., 43
A third generation Medwayite, he enjoyed summering at Nauset Beach his entire life, and moved to Hyannis permanently in 1998.
An accomplished carpenter and craftsman, he worked on projects throughout New England and New York for more than 25 years. He was also an avid motor and water sportsman, who especially enjoyed such activities when surrounded by family and friends.
He was the father of Brandon M. Armstrong, 14, of Hyannis, and Ashley M. Armstrong, 16, of Mendon. He was the son of William M. Armstrong Sr., and Ellen A. (Sherry), and brother of Jane E. Armstrong, all of Hyannis. He also leaves many uncles, cousins, and many dear friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville.
Col. Peter L. Brune, 65
Odenton, Md.
He was the husband of Pamela L. Brune.
Born and raised in Hyannis, he graduated from Barnstable High School in 1959, where he was a leader in both academics and athletics. He went on to graduate from Brandeis University in Waltham in 1963, again excelling both in sports and in the classroom.
Col. Brune began his 22-year Air Force career at Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in September 1963, graduating with honors in December 1963. He was an aircraft maintenance officer and logistician, and led organizations at every level from flight lines at bases around the world to Air Force Headquarters in the Pentagon.
He served combat tours on Guam and in Thailand during the Vietnam War, and saw overseas duty in England as an exchange officer with the Royal Air Force. He was also assigned to every geographic region of the United States, and attended numerous Air Force and Military Service schools, including USAF Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., The Royal Air Force (RAF) Staff College at RAF Bracknell, England, and the U.S. National War College at Fort Leslie J. McNair in Washington, D.C.
His career was marked by accelerated promotion at every level and assignment to only the most critical and demanding positions. Col. Brune retired from the Air Force in October 1985, and joined the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Linthicum.
At Westinghouse, later to become Northrop-Grumman, ''Just Plain Pete'' Brune, as he wanted to be known after his retirement from the Air Force, worked in the Airborne Early Warning (AEW) business area. This division produced the E-3 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) radar, and Mr. Brune was quickly assigned to head a new Logistics Department for the division.
Rapid advancement also marked Mr. Brune's career at Northrop-Grumman, and he soon moved on to head up all Production Programs, such as the Japanese 767 AWACS Program. Mr. Brune capped his career by taking over advanced AEW Development Programs, providing direction to a team that ultimately won the Australian Wedgetail competition, an effort which has resulted in the design and production of a new generation of modern AEW radar. Mr. Brune retired from Northrop-Grumman in June 2003.
Col. Brune was in a leadership role from his first days in the Air Force onward, and he certainly enjoyed this aspect of his professional life the most. While he was a recognized aircraft maintenance management and technical expert, he most loved people, and particularly enjoyed building successful organizations and developing and encouraging people to strive to be the best.
He was dedicated to his family. His early interest in sports carried over into family life and expanded into things the family could do together, like traveling, camping, sailing, skiing and golf. A boat owner for many years on the Chesapeake, he liked nothing better than to cruise the family sailboat to destinations both planned and undetermined, particularly if family and friends were involved. In the winter months, skiing was his passion, and he visited skiing venues all over the East, the West and Canada, again most often with family and friends. In later life, he and his wife also were able to travel widely, both to visit a spread-out family and to see new places all over the globe.
Besides his wife, Col. Brune is survived by a daughter, Lisa Randall of Alta Loma, Calif.; two sons, Michael Lastovic of Guntersville, Ala., and Craig Brune of Mt. Sinai, N.Y.; a stepson, Gregory Lowe of Odenton; and eight grandchildren.
A celebration of life memorial service was held at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Annapolis, Md.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway, Annapolis, MD 21401; or to the American Cancer Society.
Steven Patrick Clough, 37
Bellevue, Wash.
He was the husband of Wendy Jane Burns for 10 years.
Born in Malden, he was raised there and in Hyannis, where he attended Barnstable schools.
He began his professional career in security systems, first as an installer, and later was promoted to a successful sales executive in Security and Access Control. He worked for Sonitrol Midatlantic in Massachusetts, and at the time of his death was employed with Sonitrol Pacific of Bellevue.
After his wedding in Hyannis, the family lived in Mansfield before moving to Bellevue in 2005.
He enjoyed spending time with his wife, daughters and extended family. In addition he was an avid Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots fan. He was a former member of the Oak Street Club House in Cincinnati, Ohio and a member of St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue.
In addition to his wife, survivors include his daughters Maggie Leah and Melissa Jane of Bellevue, Wash.; his mother, Maria Doyle, of Everett, Wash.; his father and stepmother Bill and Irene Clough, of Lake Stevens, Wash.; his sisters, Mandy Granquist of Lake Stevens, Wash. and Katie Doyle of Everett, Wash.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A vigil service was held and a funeral Mass celebrated at St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue.
Eileen M. Flanagan, 71
Rhinebeck, N.Y
She was married to James J. Flanagan for nearly 50 years.
Born in Flushing, N.Y., she was a graduate of The Dominican Academy, and Washington Secretarial School in New York City.
She worked for CBS Television in New York City, and as a real estate broker in the Red Hook/Rhinebeck N.Y. area for more than 25 years. She was a summer resident of Cotuit for 16 years.
She was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Osterville and of St. Christopher's Church in Red Hook, where she served on the Altar Guild.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her son, William R. Flanagan of Holmdel, N.J.; her daughter, Susan Flanagan of Clinton; her granddaughter, Kerry Flanagan of Holmdel, N.J.; and and her sister, Rita Ann Derleth of Greenwich, Conn.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at St. Christopher's Church in Red Hook. Burial was in Mosswood Cemetery in Cotuit.
Memorial donations may be made to ''St. Antony's Orphanage'' (helping children in India) or to ''Oblates of MI Lamala Center'' (a Catholic school project in the Congo). Donations may be mailed to the Burnett & White Funeral Homes (address at www.Burnett-White.com) for handling.
M. Kent Fletcher, 88
He was the husband of Jean (Bowser) Fletcher for 64 years.
Born in Winchester, he was a graduate of Reading High School and Bentley College.
He worked at M. Bates Boat Yard in Marblehead prior to serving in the U.S. Navy during World War Ii. He was employed as a production manager at F.B. Hicks Co. in Cambridge, and later in Woburn, for 50 years.
Mr. Fletcher was active civically, serving as a member of the Town of Wakefield Finance Committee for 24 years and as president of the Mystic Valley Elder Services. He was past-president of the Hartshore House Association and of the Friends of Quannapowitt.
He and his wife summered at Sandy Neck in Barnstable for more than 60 years, and he was past-president and treasurer of the Sandy Neck Colony Association. The couple skied at Sugarloaf USA and owned a camp there.
Mr. Fletcher was a talented cabinetmaker and an accomplished whistler. He was known for his dry sense of humor.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Susan J. Ernst of Vassalboro, Me.; two grandsons, James Ernst of Windaham, Me., and Christopher Ernst of Sidney, Me.; two great-grandsons; a nephew; and two nieces.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to Friends of Quannapowitt.
Margaret 'Tanta' LaForge, 100
Marstons MIlls
She was the wife of the late Raymond LaForge; and sister of the late ''Chuck'' Faulmann, who also lived to be 100, and the late Arthur Faulmann.
Born in Chicago, she was the caregiver for Mrs. Burgess in Marstons Mills for many years.
She is survived by a niece, Jean Whiteley of Estero, Fla.; and great-nieces Nancy Venezia and Patricia Harnois, both of Marstons Mills, Phyllis Cervelli of Hanover, Catherine Grady of Barnstable, and their families.
A graveside service was held in Mosswood Cemetery in Cotuit.
Roy H. Manning, 70
He was the husband of Cheryl A. (Field) Manning.
Born in Pittsburgh, Penn., he was raised in Weymouth and Milton. He moved to the Cape in 1968, and lived in Marstons Mills for 28 years.
He worked for more than 20 years for the Barnstable Municipal Airport as an Operations Specialist, and served as shop steward for the Airport Workers Union.
He was a member of the Mariner's Lodge AF & AM in Cotuit, and was a Shriner.
Besides his wife, he is survived by his son, Jason A. Manning of Alexandria, Va., and his daughter, Heather A. Manning of Boston.
Memorial donations may be made to Joslin Clinic, 1 Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215.
Maria G. Vicente, 74
She was the wife of the late Armando L. Vicente, who died in March.
A graduate of Barnstable High School, she spent most of her life in Osterville. She was known as the ''Flower Lady,'' as she loved gardening and being outdoors. She also enjoyed going to yard sales.
She was the mother of Richard, Armando Jr., Albert, and Amancio Vicente, all of Osterville, and the late Steven Vicente.
A funeral Mass was celebrated in Our Lady of Assumption Church in Osterville. Burial was in Mosswood Cemetery in Cotuit.
Memorial contributions may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer Center, 10 Brookline Place, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445.
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Best-in-class inkjet deinking reinforces the unprecedented environmental performance of the Fujifilm B2 inkjet press
Fujifilm is pleased to announce the results of Jet Press 720 deinking trials carried out by the International Association of the Deinking Industry (INGEDE). The recent trials achieved levels of deinking previously unseen with inkjet print, and represent a milestone in the ability to remove the ink from an inkjet sheet.
Axel Fischer at INGEDE comments: ``We do these kinds of trials on a regular basis but we were very surprised with the levels of deinking that were possible with the Jet Press 720 samples. These types of results are in the same league as those achieved with offset inks but we've never before seen such great results with inkjet print.´´
Deinking tests by applying the INGEDE Method 11 have also been carried out by UPM, with very high scores being achieved, and results indicating the ``good deinkability´´ of sheets printed by the Jet Press 720. All quality requirements were met and four out of six parameters even fulfilled the target of 100%.
Mr Hideaki Kawai, product planning manager of the Digital Printing Business, Graphic Systems Business Division at Fujifilm's Tokyo headquarters, adds: ``Every aspect of the Jet Press 720 has been developed to help printers to achieve the utmost efficiency, and the deinkability of the printed output is no different. We had every faith that the Jet Press 720 would achieve very positive de-inking results but INGEDE's trials add further credence to our assertions that the Jet Press 720 offers unprecedented environmental performance.´´
Alongside the deinkability of the Jet Press 720 output, the B2 inkjet press provides a number of other significant environmental benefits. The advantage of digital print in terms of optimising the number of printed copies produced and minimising the amount of unnecessary over-runs is one key benefit, alongside a considerable reduction in the number of make-readies required. On some short-run jobs on traditional sheet-fed presses, the number of make-ready sheets can represent a significant percentage of the total run, up to 25% in some cases. This problem is significantly reduced with the Jet Press 720 as very few make-ready sheets are required.
Also, the Jet Press 720 removes the need for a number of the pressroom solutions used on a typical offset press, for example founts, sprays and potentially harmful VOC washes, and of course removes the requirement for larger quantities of water. The Jet Press 720 requires only two consumables in addition to the water-based ink. These include a wash for the inkjet print-heads and a solution used for pre-coating the paper prior to printing.
Finally, as part of the life cycle analysis Fujifilm carries out on all its products, the company estimates that the carbon footprint of the Jet Press 720 compared to an equivalent B2 sheet-fed press (internal estimate*1) is approximately 25% less.
The ground-breaking B2 sheet-fed digital inkjet press, the Jet Press 720, can be seen in action for the first time in Europe on its stand 9-CD360 at Ipex. Visitors to the show can arrange to see the press at any one of five presentations per day during which time the Jet Press 720 will demonstrate its benefits by printing a live job.
The Jet Press 720 is set to revolutionise the business of short-run printing. The press is particularly suitable for traditional commercial printers looking to improve competitiveness for short-run work and digital printers who are looking to offer a wider range of digital print services.
Provisional specifications*2:
Productivity: 2,700 B2 sheets per hour
Resolution: 1,200 x 1,200dpi, 4 variable dot sizes (minimum size: 2 picolitres)
Paper size: 542 x 382mm (min), 750 x 530mm (max)
Printable area: 720mm x 520mm
Paper weight: 100gsm – 300gsm
Input paper capacity: 800mm in height (max)
Output paper capacity: 600mm in height (max)
Variable data support: Yes
Workflow: FUJIFILM Workflow XMF
Dimensions: 2.7m (D) x 7.3m (L) x 2.0m (H)
*1: Effective CO2 produced (Kg) estimated on a print run of 1,000 sheets.
*2: The specifications are provisional and are subject to change without notice


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Another day, another Marvel NOW! spotlight, this time it's the new Deadpool series from the writing duo of Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan and artist Tony Moore (The Walking Dead).
Last week, when Marvel first began teasing their new books, fans were curious what newcomers Posehn and Duggan would bring to the table on Deadpool. Today, IGN learned that the comedic duo will be bringing all kinds of mayhem to the Marvel Universe that only the Merch with a Mouth is equipped to face. Duggan elaborates:
"It starts with a man who has decided that America has a lot of problems that can only be fixed by bringing back our former leaders, our great American Presidents. But that's not how it works out. Once they're back, they have a completely different idea of what they need to do and what the country needs. It's a distasteful job having to send our presidents back, but Deadpool is up for the job and is suited for it. They're not equal in terms of their planning, but in their own way they have returned corrupted. We think it's going to be a very fun first story that leads to other funny stories."
Posehn and Duggan have some pretty big plans for the character beyond that, with the intention of sticking around long-term despite their busy stand-up comedy and television careers. Artist Tony Moore certainly knows Deadpool has a lot of craziness ahead of him, as is evident in the updated costume he's given the character below:


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Thank you for your kind comment. They are very handsome creatures with a lot of character. They are quite large, standing about 4' (140cm) tall and like to hunt snakes.
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|As-salamu Alaykum. First I would like to thank you for your beautiful and well-organized site! I know for sure that when it comes to Islam the boundaries of nationalism are broken down, and especially when it is based on marriage. Islam does not stop us from marrying a Muslim from different countries. Yet some Muslims are being pressured to marry from their own specific culture, being told that it would cause less problems in their marriage, even though the Prophet himself married an Egyptian woman. As a Muslim, personally I believe that it's based on the character of a person, not their culture or language. Our parents still say that Prophet Muhammad was a unique person, and it would take us hundreds of years to find a person like him to marry. They also say that most of the people who married from different races divorced soon afterward. I believe that is not true, since I have many friends who are mixed, and living a good life with their partners. Please help us, the Muslims who would like to marry from different cultures, so we could give good reasons to our parents about it, about how Islam does not care about national boundaries and etc. and please give historical or modern examples if possible.
|Sahar El-Nadi
Thank you for your interesting question and for contacting Ask About Islam.
You raised many key points: the importance of marriage in Islam, spouse selection criteria, the Islamic concept of equality, the parent-child relationship, and Prophet Muhammad as a practical role model for all, despite his superiority.
I encourage you to read more on each of these topics to gain insight into the Islamic social system, as I can not cover all of them in details here. Let's start by explaining the goal of marriage in Islam to be able to understand the selection criteria, and whether nationality is a relevant factor.
Marriage in Islam as a Social Institution
Islam regards marriage as life's most valuable institution and offers detailed guidelines to help it succeed as a lifelong commitment, with specific goals to be considered when choosing a partner.
The focus of life for a Muslim is fulfilling one's duties towards Allah; oneself; the Ummah; and humanity, within the system of Allah, in order to attain contentment and happiness in this life and the next. Consequently, marriage should help reach this objective through providing a stable, affectionate relationship, and a peaceful home. Allah says what means:
{Among His signs is that He created for you spouses of your selves in order that you may repose to them in tranquility and He instilled in your hearts love and affection for one another; verily, in these are signs for those who reflect (on the nature of the reality).} (Ar-Rum 30:21)
Islamic Criteria for Selecting a Spouse
Marriage is a case-specific human interaction, each case is unique. We cannot generalize failure or success based on individual cases. Many couples of the same race or culture divorce every day, and many others are happy in inter-cultural marriages.
The key factor for success in relationships is compatibility: healthy communication, personal traits and social conditions acceptable for both partners, and a similar focus for the relationship. Compatibility is based on character, intellect, faith, and general orientation in life. Within this context, race and culture have a minor effect on the bonding of two human souls and minds.
Islam abhors discrimination, since diversity is one of its principles as a universal religion. The Qur'an teaches that taqwa — righteousness — is the factor for preference:
{Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.} (Al-Hujurat 49:13)
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) instructed Muslims to choose their spouses based on level of piousness. You can see this clearly in the following traditions:
- A woman is married for four things, i.e., her wealth, her family status, her beauty, and her religion. So you should marry the religious woman; (otherwise) you will be a loser. (Al-Bukhari)
- If someone with whose piety and character you are satisfied comes to you, then marry him. If you do not do so, there will be disorder in the earth and a great deal of evil. (At-Tirmidhi)
- The whole world is pleasure, and the best pleasure of the world is the righteous woman. (Muslim)
Logically speaking, as Islam allows marriage to a non-Muslim woman, it certainly has nothing against marrying a fellow Muslim from a different race. Islam — in its early days — encouraged freeing slaves and marrying them to elevate their status. The Prophet himself — as you noted in your question — married into families of other races and faiths. This must be a very clear lesson for all of us: that the measure of preference is piety, and other traits follow in importance. The question is: how do we determine if someone has taqwa?
Prophet Muhammad as a Role Model for a Perfect Spouse
Comparing a future spouse (male or female) to Prophet Muhammad is actually essential for making a good marriage decision. The Prophet's biography is not just a nice story, but an eternal inspiration. His life is meant to be a comprehensive manual in exemplary Muslim behavior. His being a prophet of God should actually encourage us to look for partners who love his traits and follow his model.
We should use his example as a blueprint for future spouses if we want our homes to be as happy as his house was. Consequently, a prospectful spouse's taqwa is determined by checking their behavior against the Prophet's Sunnah.
Islam: Religion vs. Tradition
Some Muslims regard Islam as just a religious system of rituals and worship, so in social matters, they adhere more to their local traditions than to their Islamic system. Yet, Islam is in fact a complete "culture"; a lifestyle covering all aspects of daily life.
Muslims worldwide — regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, whether they realize it or not — share a unique common identity, based on Islam's core values. So Muslims who practice Islam are supposed to have a lot in common and to choose it above all else.
This is the solution to your problem Zahra: if Muslims in a society apply Islam as a whole, in every aspect of their lives, within the context of the Muslim global community called the Ummah, there will not be much emphasis on local traditions as bases for critical decisions such as marriage.
Tradition will maintain its local identity in colors, food or building style, but life decisions will be based only on Islam, and in such a mature cultural environment, no one will care much about the race or cultural background of a good Muslim spouse.
Parents Role in Marriage
Parents enjoy highest esteem in a Muslim family, second only to God's. Yet, Islam also grants each adult, sane individual freedom of choice, particularly when it comes to setting up a new family, and provided Islamic rules are followed.
The duty of parents is to help search for a suitable Muslim prospect using their expertise in life and unconditional love for their children; their opinion is essential and to be highly respected and considered. However, acceptance or rejection of a spouse remains up to the person involved. Contrary to common misconceptions, Islam doesn't teach parents to choose spouses "on behalf" of their children, nor to force them to marry without their consent.
Importance of Communication in Inter-Cultural Marriages
Successful relationships need effort. Good communication becomes doubly important in an inter-cultural marriage. Communication is not just about conversations, but many other factors, so I advise couples considering such a marriage to seek in-depth training and counseling in effective communication skills and conflict resolution.
Good communication is especially important in disputes, when two sides of each person's psychology would influence the reaction: on one side, their native culture and their education level, and on the other side the universal Islamic culture with its timeless humane values calling for restraint and wise judgment, and for turning the negative energy of anger into a positive reaction.
Each one of the couple also has two channels of communication to manage: with their family to help them accept the marriage (if it fulfils Islamic requirements) then with the partner to discuss differences and learn together about their common culture of Islam. The more their intention is to please Allah, the higher their chances of long term success.
I hope this answers your question, please stay in touch.
Useful Links:
Distinguishing Culture from Religion Concerning Marriage
A Closer Look at Mixed-Faith Marriages
Marriage Is the Prophet's Sunnah
Settling Cultural Differences Between Spouses


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Tagging the interlanguage of Chinese learners of English
|Milton, John C. P.
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|Proceedings joint seminar on corpus linguistics and lexicology, Guangzhou and Hong Kong (Language Centre, HKUST, Hong Kong, 1994), 19-22 June 1993, p. 127-143
|This study reports on a newly emerging application of the techniques of corpus linguistics: the analysis of corpora of interlanguage. Here, we describe the initial stages of the collection and tagging of a corpus of the written interlanguage of Chinese learners of English. While there are differences between this and other studies of interlanguage corpora (e.g. Granger et al., this volume) in collection techniques, size of corpora, learner varieties, proficiency levels and approaches to tagging, together they provide a novel approach to the analysis of learners' writing. More importantly, they furnish data about student performance that are crucial for the development of new pedagogical instruments. This study has as its ultimate goal the creation of automatic grammar and writing tutorials that will address some of the most persistent difficulties non-native writers have in dealing with English syntax, lexis and semantics.
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Canon PowerShot S100 Photos
Popular Cameras
Ahead of our full review, here are 59 sample JPEG photos and a full HD 1080p movie taken with the new Canon PowerShot S100 compact camera.
The S100 has a 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, an ISO range of 80-6400, a 24-120mm lens, built-in GPS and 2.3fps burst shooting.
A gallery of full-size photos and a 1080p video taken with the Canon PowerShot S100.
Canon PowerShot S100 JPEG Images
Canon PowerShot S100 Movie
This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 1920x1080 at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 15 second movie is 64.7Mb in size.
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Would it be too much to ask to have the images rotated before posting them?
Pretty good, but I still prefer the images from the S95
mmm, images are soft and lots of distortion (fuzziness) in the corners of some images, edges in macro photos are very jagged (over aggressive NR maybe?). overall I'm not that impressed, good (especially at higher iso's but otherwise not wow).
There is fuzziness, but mostly it is the London-fuzzines. You can´t zoom in on a fogy day without getting fuziness.
I am suprised in a positive way, these are the best s100-pics I have seen up to now. Considering the tester did nothing to get the best out of the cam!
As a s95-user I can say that I never took JPG without seting sharpening to +1 and very often I set EV to -0,33. Here I would like to see some pics with NR at min.level and may be colour with +1. Most likely this would give a kick to these pics.
The S100 seems to have a very conservative approach, like most canons before! Good for postprocessing, not so good if you only use defaults.
Nothing to write home about really, not significantly better than a compact like the Ixus 220 HS and a lot worse than a DSLR like a EOS 550d.(I own both)


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HSLDA insists a couple should not be forced to have their son undergo dangerous treatment for cancer he no longer appears to have.
HSLDA Founder and Chairman Mike Farris is traveling to Lansing to represent the Stielers before the Michigan Court of Appeals, which will hear oral arguments on Wednesday morning, July 11. Please pray for the Stielers as we prepare for this next challenge in the battle to defend their fundamental parental rights. We would also appreciate your ongoing support as the expenses for this case continue. You can donate to the Home School Freedom Fund online.


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Jake Stone to compete in this weekend's State Bodyboarding titles on the Sunshine Coast
Friday, 19 July 2013
International Bodyboarding Association (IBA) World Tour competitor, Jake Stone (Buddina, QLD) will now be competing in the two-event State Bodyboarding Titles series, further adding to the A-list cast of Queensland Bodyboarding talent who will vie for their chance to represent Queensland at the Australian Bodyboarding titles at Coffs Harbour in November this year.
"I'm really pumped for this weekend's contest and psyched to see some of the best talent the Sunshine Coast has to offer. I love competing with the local crew," said Stone, 24, who will join a host of eager bodyboarders who will be looking to etch out a place for themselves in the Queensland State Bodyboarding team and eager to take on one of the World's best.
The NMD Stox State Title is the first of a two event series taking centre stage on the Sunshine Coast this weekend 20th and Sunday 21st of July. The Stealth State Title is the second and deciding event that will take place back on the Gold Coast Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of September.
The Queensland two-event State Bodyboarding Title series is the premier State bodyboarding series and will determine the Queensland Bodyboarding Team to compete at the National Bodyboarding Titles to be run by the International Bodyboarding Association Australasia (IBAA) in Coffs Harbour, NSW in November.
- Grommets Under 14
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- Juniors Under 18
- Open Men's - open to all ages
- Senior Men's 23-35
- Open DK - open to all ages
- Masters36-45
- Grand Master Over 45
- Junior Women Under 18
- Open Women - open to all ages
IBA Australasia has offered the following allocations for the Queensland team in the Australian Titles in 2013:
Open Men 6
Junior Men 6
Cadets 6
Grommets 2
Seniors 2
Masters 2
Grand masters 2
Drop Knee 2
Open Women 2
Junior Women 1
The NMD Stox Queensland State Bodyboarding Titles are proudly supported by NMD Stox, Be the influence, Stealth, VS, Inverted Bodyboards, Hog's Breath Cafe, World Surfaris, Chiko, the Queensland Government, Riptide Magazine and Surfing Queensland.
This event is proudly supported by the Sunshine Coast Council and Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd
Spectators and competitors are encouraged to interact via Instagram under the Hashtag #SQLD
Competitors and spectators can call the Surfing Queensland Event Hotline after 6:30am each morning of competition for a confirmed start time and location Ph# (07) 30306388
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THE latest tool in the fight against wild dogs has left many in the pastoral industry in WA scratching their heads.
Queensland producers are now using donkeys as part of the arsenal in controlling wild dog attacks on their sheep stations.
Queensland Landmark wool manager Bruce Lines recently organised a shipment of 128 donkeys which were purchased by producers from all over the State.
The donkeys allegedly have a good track record of warding off dogs and Mr Lines said they would act as guardian animals.
But he admitted producers would have a lot of work to do to get the donkeys to bond with the sheep.
Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) pastoral committee executive officer Edgar Richardson was a little baffled by the news but said at this point most pastoralists were willing to try anything.
"Wild dogs have decimated the small stock industry in the Southern Rangelands," he said.
"So if someone says it will work then I bet anyone out there will give it a go."
However there was the serious issue of controlling the donkeys, which were already considered a pest in the pastoral regions.
Mr Richardson said the only way around it was to only use female sterilised donkeys.
"Sterilisation would be the first step, they are already a massive pest and you wouldn't want to exasperate that problem," he said.
In response to claims the donkeys act as guardians, Mr Richardson was sceptical.
"There are huge numbers in the East Pilbara and the Kimberley and there is still a serious dog problem up there," he said.
"Although the possibility of training them is likely, but I don't know how you would get them to bond with the sheep, just put them in a yard and hope for the best maybe."
PGA wild dog spokesman Will Scott said the idea was nothing short of ridiculous.
He said the situation in the Kimberley and the Pilbara proved that it didn't work.
"If they do control dogs then why have we spent millions of dollars shooting them from helicopters up there," Mr Scott said.
"It is the biggest load of rubbish I have come across."
Mr Scott said even if it did work and donkeys did aid in chasing the dogs away, it was not a solution to the problem.
"All you are doing is shifting the problem onto someone else, you still have to kill the dogs," he said.
"It is out of desperation that we are going down this path."
According to Mr Scott the only way to effectively control the problem was through baiting, shooting, trapping and fences.
"It is how they were controlled in the 1900s," he said.
"We need to stop trying to invent the wheel."


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man onrpg is so boring, good bai
I dunno how! I've just been playing all day now I'm all..tired. @_@ and cyphers is patching way too slow..
Come back to Vindi~ I've been playing more often. Finally got to 50! Do stuff with me. Q.Q
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Solving the energy crisis with affordable, renewable clean fuel — in Hobbs, NM
Joule has pioneered a CO2-to-fuel production platform, effectively reversing combustion through the use of solar energy. Free of feedstock constraints and complex processing, this platform can achieve unrivaled scalability, volumes and costs without the use of any agricultural land, fresh water or crops.
Unlike products derived with complexity from petroleum or biomass, Joule Sunflow® products are produced in a direct, continuous process from abundant resources. The novel CO2-to-liquids conversion requires only sunlight, non-potable water and proprietary catalysts that are tailored to produce specific products, including ethanol and hydrocarbon fuels that are inherently compatible with existing infrastructure.
…This uniquely modular system can achieve replicable productivity, whether installed across 100 or 1,000 acres, mitigating scale-up risks and ensuring stability of supply. At full-scale commercialization in ideal locations, the company ultimately targets 25,000 US gallons of Joule Sunflow®-E (solar ethanol) or 15,000 US gallons of Joule Sunflow®-D (solar diesel) per acre annually, for approximately $1.20/US gallon ($50/barrel).
Joule has successfully pilot-tested its platform for over two years, initiated demonstration-scale operations, and assembled a specialized team to lay the groundwork for commercial deployment. The company is moving rapidly to commercialize Joule Sunflow-E, with Joule Sunflow-D and additional hydrocarbon fuels to follow.
Phew! The link above is from the "about us" statement at their website. Wander through the whole site starting here. Looks interesting. A winner if it works.
Had this link in the hopper for a short spell and just got round to clicking through.
Milestone: commercial grade ethanol from wood and green waste
After months of frustrating delays, a chemical company announced Wednesday that it had produced commercial quantities of ethanol from wood waste and other nonfood vegetative matter, a long-sought goal that, if it can be expanded economically, has major implications for providing vehicle fuel and limiting greenhouse gas emissions…
The company, INEOS Bio…said it had produced the fuel at its $130 million Indian River BioEnergy Center in Vero Beach, Fla….The company said it was the first commercial-scale production of ethanol from cellulosic feedstock, but it did not say how much it had produced. Shipments will begin in August…
The process begins with wastes — wood and vegetative matter for now, municipal garbage later — and cooks it into a gas of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Bacteria eat the gas and excrete alcohol, which is then distilled. Successful production would eliminate some of the "food versus fuel" debate in the manufacturing of ethanol, which comes from corn…
The plant, which uses methane gas from a nearby landfill, has faced a variety of problems. One was getting the methane, which is a greenhouse gas if released unburned, to the plant's boilers. (The plan is to eventually run the plant on garbage that now goes to landfills.) Another problem was its reliance on the electrical grid.
The plant usually generates more power than it needs — selling the surplus to the local utility — and is supposed to be able to operate independently. But when thunderstorms knocked out the power grid, the plant unexpectedly shut down and it took weeks to get it running again, said Mark Niederschulte, the chief operating officer of INEOS Bio…"We've had some painful do/undo loops," he said…
The Department of Energy hailed the development as the first of a kind, and said it was made possible by research work the department had sponsored in recent years…
INEOS has a goal of eight million gallons a year.
If they can get up to consistent production of commercial-grade, commercial quantities of ethanol, a number of goals become practical. Replacing fossil fuels is the most obvious. But, even the process of producing fuel to be burned is freeing up land to produce more cellulosic products which absorb carbon while growing.
High Plains aquifer shrinks, profits dwindle for irrigating farmers
Forty-nine years ago, Ashley Yost's grandfather sank a well deep into a half-mile square of rich Kansas farmland. He struck an artery of water so prodigious that he could pump 1,600 gallons to the surface every minute.
Last year, Mr. Yost was coaxing just 300 gallons from the earth, and pumping up sand in order to do it. By harvest time, the grit had robbed him of $20,000 worth of pumps and any hope of returning to the bumper harvests of years past…
The land, known as Section 35, sits atop the High Plains Aquifer, a waterlogged jumble of sand, clay and gravel that begins beneath Wyoming and South Dakota and stretches clear to the Texas Panhandle. The aquifer's northern reaches still hold enough water in many places to last hundreds of years. But as one heads south, it is increasingly tapped out, drained by ever more intensive farming and, lately, by drought.
Vast stretches of Texas farmland lying over the aquifer no longer support irrigation. In west-central Kansas, up to a fifth of the irrigated farmland along a 100-mile swath of the aquifer has already gone dry. In many other places, there no longer is enough water to supply farmers' peak needs during Kansas' scorching summers.
And when the groundwater runs out, it is gone for good. Refilling the aquifer would require hundreds, if not thousands, of years of rains…
Kansas agriculture will survive the slow draining of the aquifer — even now, less than a fifth of the state's farmland is irrigated in any given year — but the economic impact nevertheless will be outsized. In the last federal agriculture census of Kansas, in 2007, an average acre of irrigated land produced nearly twice as many bushels of corn, two-thirds more soybeans and three-fifths more wheat than did dry land.
Farmers will take a hit as well. Raising crops without irrigation is far cheaper, but yields are far lower. Drought is a constant threat: the last two dry-land harvests were all but wiped out by poor rains.
In the end, most farmers will adapt to farming without water, said Bill Golden, an agriculture economist at Kansas State University…Some already are. A few miles west of Mr. Yost's farm, Nathan Kells cut back on irrigation when his wells began faltering in the last decade, and shifted his focus to raising dairy heifers — 9,000 on that farm, and thousands more elsewhere. At about 12 gallons a day for a single cow, Mr. Kells can sustain his herd with less water than it takes to grow a single circle of corn.
…And while the big pivots have become much more efficient, a University of California study earlier this year concluded that Kansas farmers were using some of their water savings to expand irrigation or grow thirstier crops, not to reduce consumption.
A shift to growing corn, a much thirstier crop than most, has only worsened matters. Driven by demand, speculation and a government mandate to produce biofuels, the price of corn has tripled since 2002, and Kansas farmers have responded by increasing the acreage of irrigated cornfields by nearly a fifth.
Economics still rules. Enforced ethanol demand inflated the price of corn. Farmers aren't in business to refuse higher profits. They plant more corn. They have federal crop insurance and hedge funds to help cover unanswered questions.
And if you have a six-figure investment in the hardware and plumbing to make pivot-irrigation work, you ain't especially interested in switching over to crop systems using less water.
Brazil aids Cuba's move into a market economy
Dilma Rousseff and Raul Castro
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Brazil is easing Cuba into the free market economy with a generous package of aid in cash and kind and joint projects that give the Latin American country a pre-eminent position in Havana's heady mix of communism and experimental capitalism.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appeared to be in the right place at the right time when she flew into Havana in a spirit of revolutionary camaraderie and clinched deals that secured Brazil's status as the senior partner in a long-term, multifaceted relationship…
Rousseff followed in the footsteps of populist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva…The "excellent" ties secure Brazil an advantageous position in Cuba's hugely porous economy, hungry for basic consumer goods, investment and modernization. Economic upgrading in all sectors and a phased end to Cuba's international isolation offer lucrative opportunities for Brazil's state and private sectors.
Brazil will invest $640 million in a $900 million modernization of the Mariel container port, west of Havana, led by the Brazilian firm Odebrecht.
Brazil is also giving Cuba $400 million in credits for food imports and investing $200 million in modernizing Cuban agriculture. Rousseff pledged Cuba a long-term commitment to help its economic regeneration…
Brazilian interest in the modernization of Cuban sugar industry is linked to Brazilian plans to promote its pioneering production of cane-derived ethanol, which has led to most new cars in Brazil being fitted with flex-fuel technology to run on ethanol or gasoline or a mixture of both.
The port modernization program also fits in with Brazil's plan to forge fruitful partnerships that will benefit its aim of making its exports of both commodities and manufactured goods more competitive in the international markets.
Cubans say they need the Mariel port to be ready for expanded trade with the United States, whenever the U.S. embargo is lifted. The embargo, begun in 1960, is the longest on record.
Now, which will provide long-lasting trade and commercial relationships? Efforts like this from Brazil or the usual capitulation to Gusano voters in Florida by Congressional politicians?
Free rides for Rick Perry on corporate jets are just part of the job
Pilgrim Chickens on the left – with his favorite chicken plucker
On a July morning in 2008, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and several aides boarded a plane for Washington to lobby on ethanol use, an issue important to corn growers and livestock owners in his state.
The growers favored federal rules requiring the use of the corn-based fuel in gasoline, but beef and chicken suppliers said the rules would raise the price of feed stocks. Mr. Perry was firmly in the livestock camp, and he took his case straight to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, urging him to waive the ethanol mandate to lower the cost of corn.
While executives from the livestock industry did not attend Mr. Perry's private meeting at the E.P.A., the governor would not have made it there without them — literally. The Hawker 800XP plane that Mr. Perry and his team flew from Austin to Washington and back was provided by Lonnie Pilgrim, one of the world's largest chicken producers and a leading critic of the ethanol mandate…The poultry magnate also flew the governor to Washington in June to take part in a news conference on the issue.
The two trips, each valued at $9,179, were among more than 200 flights worth a total of $1.3 million that Mr. Perry has accepted — free — from corporate executives and wealthy donors during 11 years as governor, according to an analysis of Texas Ethics Commission records by The New York Times.
Although many of the trips were for political or ceremonial events — not unusual for elected officials — others involved governmental functions, including some that were of interest to the planes' owners. As a result, a group of well-heeled businessmen has effectively helped underwrite some of Mr. Perry's activities as governor.
The head of a Texas oil refinery spent almost $20,000 flying Mr. Perry and his staff to a trade meeting in Mexico, where the governor asked Mexican energy officials to consider more joint ventures with Texas oil companies. Other Texas business owners have paid Mr. Perry's way to Washington to lobby on immigration, testify before Congress and meet with the homeland security secretary.
Mr. Perry's travels adhere to Texas ethics laws, and he is far from alone in accepting gifts of air travel. But among politicians he stands out for taking private flights for activities that are considered part of his job as governor. That is different from campaign travel or the sort of quasi-official trips for which officeholders normally use private planes, like attending a conference or giving a speech.
Texas ethics laws, of course, is a contradiction in terms. Ethics has little or nothing to do how Rick Perry or pretty much any other Texan governs. Taking care of the Big Boys is what counts. The Texas legislature will make certain laws are bent, broken, or stapled together to allow for as much influence as "grassroots" organization like the Petroleum Club or Chickenpluckers International require.
RTFA for lots of details, anecdotes, the sort of corrupt practices considered trivial in Texas.
Sugarcane grown for ethanol fuel cools Brazil's climate
Sugarcane grown to power Brazil's cars and trucks as an alternative to climate-warming fossil fuels has a beneficial side effect: it also cools the local air temperature…
Researchers warned that this does not mean replacing Amazon forest or other natural vegetation with sugarcane fields. The benefit comes when sugarcane is introduced into existing agriculture, replacing pasture land or crops like soybeans.
Sugarcane manages this win-win feat by its ability to reflect sunlight and to "sweat" out cooling moisture into the air, said lead researcher Scott Loarie of the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Plants draw moisture from the soil and emit it into the air in the process of photosynthesis…"We showed that with sugarcane, it was these evaporative cooling effects that were much more significant than the albedo (reflectivity)," he said, speaking of research published online in Nature Climate Change.
Sugarcane is used in biofuel that powers about a quarter of the motor vehicles in Brazil, and in that way, it helps to keep some of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, which affects global climate.
However, because of its efficiency at emitting cool moisture, it also can push down local temperatures by 1.67 degrees F (0.93 degrees C) compared to other crops or pasture.
Now, if we could only figure out how to do this with kudzu?
Drink Beer, Make Fuel
They're also beta-testing a diesel-hybrid for Peterbilt
A brewing company in Chico, Calif. is adapting a new system at its brewery that will make its own high-quality ethanol fuel from discarded beer yeast.
The Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., working with the E-Fuel Corporation, will start testing the system in the second quarter of this year, and hopes to move to full-scale ethanol production in third quarter.
"This has the potential to be a great thing for the environment and further our commitment to be becoming more energy independent," said Ken Grossman, founder and president, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Currently, Sierra Nevada resells almost 1.6 million gallons of unusable "bottom of the barrel" beer yeast waste to local farmers to be used as dairy feed. The waste contains 5 to 8 percent alcohol content, including enough yeast and nutrients to enable the ethanol system, the MicroFueler, to raise that level to 15 percent alcohol, allowing for an increased ethanol yield.
We usually drink local beer. I guess we're going to have to think about switching to Sierra Nevada. What a thoughtful, responsible company.
Next-gen Cellulosic Ethanol scores benefits all the way round
Saying "fill 'er up" with cellulosic ethanol instead of gasoline or corn-based ethanol may be even better for our health and the environment than previously recognized, a new University of Minnesota study shows.
Cellulosic ethanol—made from wood, grasses, or the non-edible part of plants—has fewer harmful effects on human health because it emits smaller amounts of fine particulate matter, an especially damaging component of air pollution, the researchers find.
Earlier work showed that cellulosic ethanol and other new biofuels also emit lower levels of greenhouse gases…
The study is the first to estimate the economic costs to human health and well-being from gasoline, corn-based ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol made from biomass.
"To understand the environmental and health consequences of biofuels, we must look well beyond the tailpipe to how and where biofuels are produced. Clearly, upstream emissions matter," Hill says.
The paper also points out that other potential advantages of cellulosic biofuels, such as reducing the amount of fertilizer and pesticide runoff into rivers and lakes, may also add to the economic benefit of transitioning to next-generation biofuels.
If you stay up-to-date with the science, none of this is surprising. But, it surely is useful to have a compact chunk of research at hand to pass along to beginners. Uh, that includes politicians, of course.
Sugar-based ethanol stateside – finally
The American ethanol industry, the world's largest, is about to get a little sweeter. Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF), an international investment group, says it is on schedule to open up the first commercial sucrose-to-ethanol plant in America. LGF, which is 80 percent owned by Inverandino, a Colombian business group, tells Earth2Tech it plans to have four ethanol plants and three sugar mills in operation in Louisiana in the next 10 years pumping out 100 million gallons of sugar-based ethanol a year.
In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, LGF has been buying up shuttered sugar mills and dormant equipment in the devastated Gulf region, and now owns three mills in Louisiana. Prices were probably pretty good for those hurricane-ravaged mills and LGF says that a sucrose-based ethanol industry could help revitalize the area…
This is a good experiment for the American ethanol industry, which has come under heavy fire for using so much corn for fuel. Sugar can give an eightfold return on the fossil energy used to make it while corn only yields 1.3 times the fossil energy used. Count sugar in as a potential major player in U.S. biofuels market.
All overdue, of course. Northern tier states with an excess of sugar beet product should have been in on this already.
Sugar cane mills can sell the bagasse for cellulosic ethanol production as that ramps up, as well.


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Ironically, developing countries of the global south who don't have enough electricity can leapfrog conventional power and go straight to solar and wind.
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A wildfire burning out of control at the edge of Yosemite National Park is threatening power and water service to the city, prompting California Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency.
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While Japan is busy trying to keep babies from drinking irradiated water, officials in nearby China are getting ready to roll out a reactor they say is more advanced and safer than the one currently poisoning Tokyo's water supply.
The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that can supplant coal and oil. But new research by the Environmental Protection Agency is casting doubt on the assumption that gas offers a quick and easy solution to climate change.
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When first lady Michelle Obama started an organic garden at the White House, she sparked a national discussion on food, obesity, health and sustainability. But the green action on the White House lawn hasn't made it to the White House roof, unfortunately.
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The United States' century-long reign as the world's greediest energy nation is over. China has usurped the throne, as expected, though Beijing reportedly disputes the title. The International Energy Agency, which keeps track of these things, also points out that China's per capita consumption is below the global average and far less than the U.S.'
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With high-profile deals, expanding infrastructure and a growing list of models, the electric car is finally arriving, but, as they say, your mileage may vary. Charge that Tesla Roadster in Georgia, where they burn coal to power the grid, and you may as well be driving a Prius.
While British Petroleum and federal regulators are certainly at fault for their reckless behavior, every American who uses oil—which is to say every American—is incriminated in this ecological holocaust.
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An Arizona utility official has responded to Los Angeles' high-profile boycott of his state by threatening to starve L.A. of electrical power generated in Arizona. L.A. officials quickly fired back by pointing out that while the city gets about 25 percent of its power from plants in Arizona, it partly owns those facilities.
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President Evo Morales is pressing forward with his nationalization program in Bolivia, seizing four private electric companies Saturday morning. The government now controls 80 percent of the country's power generation.
You've heard of offshore oil drilling, how about offshore wind farming? The first offshore wind project has been approved to be built five miles off the Massachusetts coast over the objections of Cape Cod residents and vacationers who worry it might disturb their view. The $1 billion project could power 400,000 houses.
A new documentary investigates the "true social and environmental costs of coal power" and debunks the myth of clean coal. America and China both use much of the world's energy and have much of its coal. This fight is only going to heat up. Check out extensive clips after the jump.
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Hoping to become the "Saudi Arabia of tidal energy," the Scottish government is offering 10 million pounds to spur innovation in wave power. Some say the incentive is unnecessary, since private companies are already racing to figure out the best way to generate electricity from the ocean.
The impresario behind this newfangled clean-energy box sees one of his mini power plants in every home, but it's not clear if the little miracles even work.
A Norwegian company thinks it can squeeze enough electricity out of the natural phenomenon of osmosis to power China. Right now the company's plant can barely heat a tea kettle, but officials hope to power a village in a few years, and a lot more after that.
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Renewable energy projects are sprouting up across the country, much to the delight of environmentalists. Or is it? Green power, it turns out, is very thirsty. Developers are requesting billions of gallons of water annually to cool, cleanse and maintain their solar farms and other projects—billions more than we may have.
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It takes a lot of someone else's water to keep L.A.'s palm trees growing and its Jacuzzis bubbling, but Angelenos are defying their moochy reputation and conserving like nobody's business. The city's mayor thanked his citizens for their double-digit cuts in water and power consumption last month—in the thick of summer no less. Update
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With biomass pioneers advancing their technology, the smelly stuff that you throw away today may be providing electricity for your home tomorrow.
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Hollywood has given us many a laptop-wielding hacker who causes explosions, blackouts and mayhem with a few malicious keystrokes, but such scenarios may not be confined to preposterous action flicks anymore. The Wall Street Journal reports that cyberspies from China and Russia have infiltrated the U.S. electrical grid, mapped it and left a little something behind.
Determined to show just how adolescent they can be, U.S. representatives in Baghdad have expressed dissatisfaction and suspicion over a pair of power plants that Iranian and Chinese companies plan to build in Iraq. One American military official described the contracts this way: "As you know, it's not always as it appears."
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