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This is an excellent Tutorial about how to use Active Serve Pages (ASP). It explains in detail from very basic components to how to write advanced ASP code. For beginners, the step-by-step instructions on how to install Microsoft's Personal Web Server (PWS) or Internet Information Services (IIS) on different operating systems are very helpful. I especially like the Examples/Quiz section. Each example window has two panes which display ASP code and the output side by side. This feature allows students to conveniently study the code on the left pane and see the result on the right pane. This is really a nice feature and on-line learning tool.Technical Remarks:This tutorial is very well organized for on-line learning. It has topics on the left of the window so users can easily choose a topic from the list. It also has two navigation buttons (previous, next) at the bottom of each page so users can move from one page to another. I don?t see any technical problems to use the material.
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Mark Zuckerberg's New Wife Suffers From Bad Press
Why the bad rap? Mark Zuckerberg's new wife and longtime love, Priscilla Chan, isn't a fan of giving interviews. But even without consenting to publicity, she's found herself at the center of a pile of negative stories. To find out how and why she's become a target for the media, head over to Powerwall, where the Daily Intel breaks it down. (Powerwall)
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New representative joins Mutual of Omaha office - Omar Sangurima has joined Mutual of Omaha as a sales representative in Marlboro. He is associated with the David C. Whelly division office in Poughkeepsie.
Sangurima previously worked for Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. in Poughkeepsie as a customer service supervisor.
He is a graduate of Empire State College in Saratoga Springs and expects to graduate in December from Marist College's MBA program.
Mutual of Omaha is a full-service, multiple-line organization providing insurance and financial services products for individuals, businesses and groups.
Credit union welcomes loan officer - Susan Lyke Cooper has joined Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union as a mortgage loan officer.
Cooper has more than 10 years of experience in the mortgage industry. Before joining the credit union, Cooper was employed with Key Bank in Orange County.
She attended Purchase College, SUNY, to study real estate practice, appraisal studies and computer studies.
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Reservations available for monthly chamber breakfast - It's not too late to make reservations for Wednesday's contact breakfast sponsored by the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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AZTEC — The city will kick off summertime fun with a celebration that includes carnival rides, live music, a parade with pets and a classic car show this weekend.
A community staple since the 1960s, Aztec Fiesta Days begins at 5 p.m. Thursday with a carnival in Riverside Park and continues through Sunday.
"The theme is 'Cruising into summer,' the welcoming of the season, our town party, if you will," said Amanda Hawks, treasurer and director of marketing for the Aztec Chamber of Commerce.
One of the annual highlights comes Saturday after sundown with the burning of Old Man Gloom, a tradition in which the community casts their worries and woes, written on scraps of paper, into a towering bogeyman that is set ablaze, sending people's troubles and bad spirits up in smoke.
Santa Fe burned a Zozobra, a moving marionette that is 50 feet tall, and members of the Pilot Club, a San Juan County all-female service organization, wanted to do the same in Aztec.
The first Old Man Gloom burning was held in the late 1960s, according to Cathey Wright, former president and past member of the now-disbanded club.
"We built it every year," Wright said. "I used to make the head, paint a face on — a scary face. We had a metal frame stored in Farmington, and we'd cover it with a big sheet, make the hands and head out of papier mâché and stuff it with bags full of shredded paper area banks donated. We'd throw in some firecrackers, too. We'd bring it to Aztec on a trailer, and the kids would follow it into town. Mario Chávez (son of former Aztec Mayor Flavio Chávez) would wear a costume and dance around the effigy, then the kids would toss candles on it to get it going."
Though intended to be a menacing figure, the effigy some years was given an added twist for fun. One year, Old Man Gloom was made into a cowboy, replete with a big papier-mâché cowboy hat, Wright said.
"It was supposed to chase away those bad spirits and help crops grow," Wright said. "Aztec being a farming community, it seemed fitting. Even at that time, Farmington had built homes and businesses where apple orchards were and Aztec had more farmland."
New this year is a different venue. Previously held in Minium Park, the carnival, vendor booths, car show and live music will all take place in Riverside and Hartman parks.
A new band performing its first gig is Aztec funk band ...And Beyond.
"We're a bunch of guys who've been working a long time trying to get a project together, and now we've got something really good," said the band's keyboard player and singer, Bryan Paul. "We play around 60 percent originals. We'll do a wide variety of sounds, from Prince, The Meters, Ray Charles, a country song, some reggae and calypso — even a straight-up rockin' blues song."
Mayor Sally Burbridge was undecided which event during the four-day celebration was her favorite, but she said the burning of Old Man Gloom neared the top of her list.
"I do like just the idea of that kind of renewal Old Man Gloom represents," Burbridge said. "Your worries are gone, and then you're ready to move forward for whatever lies ahead."
Bennett's Amusements Carnival: 5 to 11 p.m. in Riverside Park, 500 S. Light Plant Road
Bennett's Amusements Carnival: 5 to 11 p.m. across from Riverside Park
Free movie: Walt Disney's animated film "Frozen" will be shown at dusk in Minium Park, 200 N. Park Ave., sponsored by the Aztec High Key Club.
Aztec Ruins Lecture Series: "The New Deal: The Program in our New Mexico Parks and the Northwest Corner" by Kathryn Flynn, 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Aztec Ruins National Monument. Free admission.
All You Can Eat Breakfast: 7 to 11 a.m. at the Aztec Senior-Community Center, 101 S. Park Ave. Prices are $5 for adults, $3 for children.
Deacon's Yard Sale: 8 a.m. to noon at the Aztec Presbyterian Church, 205 N. Church Ave.
Navajo United Methodist Center — New Beginnings Golf Tournament: 8:30 a.m. at Hidden Valley Golf Club, 29 Road 3025 in Aztec.
Charity 5K Trail Run/Walk: 9 a.m. at Tiger Park, 1301 Old Spanish Trail. Proceeds go to the Aztec Animal Shelter.
Vendor Booths: Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Riverside Park
Cruisin' into Summertime! Parade: 10 a.m. in downtown Aztec. Parade forms are available at the Aztec Visitors Center, 110 N. Ash Ave. Entry is free. Registration starts at 9 a.m.
Kids-N-Pets Parade and Costume Contest: 10 a.m. Entry is free. Registration starts at 9 a.m.
Live music: 10 a.m. to noon Second Chance will perform at Riverside Park
Hot Spot Classic Car Show: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hartman Park, 500 Llano St. Winners announced at 3:45 p.m.
Live music: Noon to 2 p.m. San Juan College's Company will play at Riverside Park.
Bennett's Amusement Carnival: Noon to 11 p.m. in Riverside Park.
Bluegrass Jam: 1 p.m. at the Hiway Grill, 401 NE Aztec Blvd.
Live Music: 2 to 4 p.m. Ramblin' Fever will be performing at Riverside Park.
Live Music: 4 to 6 p.m. ...And Beyond will be performing at Riverside Park.
Go-Kart Races: 6 p.m. at Aztec Speedway, 300 Legion Rd. Free admission.
Live Music: 6 p.m. Battle of the Bands II at Crash Music, Aztec Theater, 104 N. Main Ave. Admission is $6.
Burning of "Old Man Gloom": 9 p.m. at Riverside Park's Roping Arena
Bennett's Amusement Carnival: Noon to 7 p.m. at Riverside Park
Live Music and Dinner in the Courtyard: 4 to 7 p.m. The Crags will be performing at Wines of the San Juan, 233 N.M. Highway 511 in Turley. More info: 505-632-0879
James Fenton covers Aztec and Bloomfield for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4621 and firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him @fentondt on Twitter.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo (KKCO) -- KKCO 11 News has learned that Grand Junction City Councilor Rick Brainard is no longer employed by West Star Aviation.
Brainard, who was sworn into his new post just yesterday, is not one of the 96 employees listed on the company's online directory. KKCO 11 News confirmed that Brainard was no longer employed by the company, but details about the departure were not available.
According to a biography Brainard provided to KKCO 11 News before the city elections, he's worked with West Star since 2005. He was the General Manager from 2005 until 2008. From 2008 to 2011 he was the Vice President of Sales. His most recent title was VP of Business Development.
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The 2013 officers of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition, or LAGCOE, one of the world's pioneer oil and gas expos held in Lafayette, have been announced by executive director Angela Cring.
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[ed. this is the CEO presentation from the HarrisData User Conference of May 22-25].
Logistics: The Soldier's Perspective
"Troops in action should never have to turn their backs on the enemy to fetch further supplies"
"Troops should not be encumbered with supplies beyond immediate needs"
Lt General Henry S. Aurand, mid-1930s.
As we approach the Memorial Day holiday, it is appropriate to begin the presentation by honoring those who gave so much of their lives for all of us. You may note that the General and I share a name, this is no accident as I am his grandson.
Lt General Aurand was a logistics instructor at the War College in the 1930s. The problem facing army logistics then – ensuring enough supply of ammunition, food, and fuel to front line troops – is similar to the problem facing enterprises today as we focus on just in time production and lean supply chains – and is similar to the problem facing IT departments today as we supply decision makers with the key business intelligence they need when they need it. During the 1930s the General looked for ways to improve the Army's ability to supply troops in the field, and on maneuvers in Louisiana saw a team from IBM using punch cards to manage steel inventory. It was not until 1944 as Commanding General of the Normandy Base Section that he could order punch cards used to manage inventory – and successfully distribute supplies to the forces liberating Europe.
Many of you have toured HarrisData offices and will recognize our old friend the IBM 917. This one is programmed as a four quarter annual list of the order history file – it is conveniently labeled via plastic tape. Should a friendly sales tax auditor from Minnesota stop by for a visit, you would send a memo to the good people in lab coats to reprogram the IBM 917 to create a list of sales history for Minnesota. Results could take weeks. A business person's only alternative would be to take scissors and paste to the full printed list.
By the 1970s things improved for the people in the data centers. The productivity tools shown (above) include an IBM RPG Debugging Template, an IBM Flowcharting Template, and a Pansophic Systems report layout ruler with a magnifying strip in the center. When combined with a modern keypunch – one which printed characters along the top of the card as shown above – a programmer could more rapidly produce or enhance a computer program such as the IBM System/3 one-up label program (the card deck in the clip) which is among HarrisData's oldest intellectual property. It is much faster to insert a card to select only order history records from Minnesota than to write a new program. I still use the magnifying strip and flowchart template on occasion.
Online Processing – aka "Green Screens"
Client Server – aka "Blue Screen of Death"
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The newer revolutions in data processing are listed without pictures – you can still find these in production today. The original online processing of the 80s featured green screens for data entry and report selections, but a business person would still need a visit to data processing to handle ad hoc requests like sales history from Minnesota to hand the sales tax auditor. With PCs the 90s brought client server and the feared "blue screen of death". Here the business user could load the entire sales history into a spreadsheet, then sort and select Minnesota orders for the auditor. The 00s featured the web, allowing access to massive amounts of data without overloading the desktop machine. At each step the business user gained faster access to information, and better focus on the important information. On product of all these revolutions was the ability for business people to get key information fast enough to implement Just in Time production and lean supply chains – no more "Just in Case" inventory to cover for delays in delivering information.
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Now more than 25 other tablet brands
Now that we are in the 10s, the tablet computer has taken over for business people. The tablet as epitomized by the Apple iPad is being adopted at an incredible rate – 40 million of them within two years of the product introduction. Why has this technology grown so quickly? Two big reasons: first when you press the on button the iPad is ready for you. No more waiting for a reboot – turning the PC on in the morning, getting coffee, reading the Wall Street Journal, then wondering why you still have to wait before using the computer. Second is the lack of stuff needed to use the iPad, all you need is your finger. No mouse, no keyboard, no cables, you don't even need training! Just point and go! The only drawback is that when I was younger my mom taught me not to point – pointing was impolite.
The tablet makers have an answer for that as well – Android tablets have a nice voice interface. Just tell the tablet what you want to do, no more impolite pointing. Be sure to say please and thank you to keep mom happy.
And there is more! Microsoft is not known for tablets, but they do have the Xbox gaming system. At a recent press conference the demonstrated the Microsoft ERP system using the active gaming interface – although press reports said it was kind of boring. Imagine controlling your work by using American Sign Language – or combining work with exercise by using semaphore signs—month-end close aerobics for all!
The important thing in this slide is the Computers Arise! poster on the lectern. This poster was produced by Ted Nelson in 1976 – I have had a copy of this poster on the wall of my residence or office for the past 35 years. Once again a slide I share a name with, but Ted Nelson is not a relative – he is the creator of hypertext. If you look at the back side of the poster you will see my favorite software license term of all time: "Make no mistake, these packages are not ready yet." [ed. the reverse side of the poster has this term, the OmniLicense from HarrisData does not have this term.] Thus Ted Nelson may also be considered the inventor of vapor-ware.
Ted Nelson offers a vision for the future of computing in this poster – it depicts a computer breaking chains and the words "Computers Arise!". With the arrival of tablet computers, his vision of the future has arrived – no cables, no peripherals just you and your tablet. We all will work with computers in this world in new and different ways. For example I'll use football referee signs along with voice and finger pointing: [ed. demonstration of imagined user interface.]
(points to record)
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Delay of Payment. Penalty 5 percent. Re-Invoice.
(points to next record)
[end of demonstration]
Well, it may not look quite like that. Now I should answer your real question, what is HarrisData going to do with tablets?
Hide this slide unless Mousetrap Project is announced!
(throws virtual flag, rotates arms around each other in front of chest)
False start. Loss of Slide.
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The heck with this slide, lets talk about what HarrisData is doing. Last year when Apple announced the iPad we recognized that it meant big changes for the entire software industry. We also realized HarrisData is in a position to lead those changes. The whole way people interact with computers has changed – our software will change as well for both HarrisData and RTI customers.
The first thing we did was to set ground rules for how HarrisData will implement these changes. All R&D related to the new products will be made available to our current customers by the normal product fix and upgrade processes. All products will be the same no matter how they are delivered – the on-premesis, cloud, and hybrid products are the same code, they simply use different license forms. That means that as you move to HD5 or RTI 6.0, you will begin to receive enhanced tablet functionality as soon as it is available. While the tablet projects like "Mousetrap" are enormous, HarrisData can and will divide the projects into discrete deliverables that can be made available as they are completed. You will see several new features from the "Mousetrap" throughout this conference. The "Mousetrap" projects are on an expedited time-line, look for more information through HarrisData's Lunch & Learn series as more components are completed.
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|Javal I agree with you 100 percent. It would be much better at a site where Stonewall served. The museum in the Valley is the VMI Hall of Valour on New Market Battlefield . It mainly honors the Cadets of New Market and is run by
VMI Nice museum . If this is a newly aquired item why not display it at Chancellorsville or Guiena Station. They are the sites where the litter was used. By the way Pvt. the trains tracks being right there at the Shrine is fitting since that is the reason Jackson was taken 26 miles to that site. He was going to be put on a train and taken to Richmond . I thought it was fitting to see how close he got to the train as part of visiting that site.
Just seems to be out of place up in Pennsylvania since he wasn't with Lee then. Having taught for 30 years and taken kids on field trips and in my travels since run into many kids on field trips at various historical sites. It is hard enough to explain what happened at a site. To have to explain this is here but it didn't happen here is not a good thing.
As to battlefields I understand the importance of Gettysburg but I would much rather visit the other battlefields. Not so crowded ,easier to get around to see the monuments and walk on the field without bumping into a hoard of people. I have spent time at Wilson Creek where I was the only person on the whole field it seemed like. Now it didn't have the impact that Gettysburg did but it is of importance. I was just at Shiloh in June. Had the field mostly to myself.
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The fire that damaged the roof the Asbury United Methodist Church in York on Friday morning was caused by a malfunction of a heating unit, York City Fire/Rescue Services Chief David Michaels said Saturday.
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Michaels said the fire damage was contained to the church's roof, on a portion of the roof's underside in the area of the Sunday school classrooms. The damage did not extend further than the roof, Michaels said. However, there is some water damage to the second floor below the portion of the roof where the fire was, he said.
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The alarm at the church in the 300 block of East Market Street came in around 7:15 a.m., Michaels said.
"Crews arrived, they entered the church and on investigation, they noticed an odor of something burning," Michaels said. "They looked around and didn't see anything obvious.They had to go look to see what they could find."
Firefighters found a ladder that went up to the roof assembly, and they found fire burning under the roof, Michaels said.
Crews were able to get hose lines in place to contain the fire. The fire did not spread nor did it burn through the roof, Michaels said.
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The Des Moines school board is beginning a search for a new schools superintendent. The Register asked Wong about the ideas behind the model, and what qualities he would look for in a superintendent.
Q. What is a mayoral leadership model, and what are the benefits of adopting it?
A. For a long time, our school systems have been governed by an elected school board. But some of the large urban school districts are moving toward mayoral leadership. The mayor would appoint school board members who would then select a superintendent.
The rationale behind that is coherence. Particularly in large urban districts, there are a lot of well-entrenched interests such as jobs, school building improvements and projects specific to certain schools. But if we're talking about reducing the racial achievement gap - collective district-wide priorities - this model makes only one office ultimately accountable.
Q. Which school districts have adopted a mayoral leadership model, and what have been the results?
A. About 15 school districts are doing this, including Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. In Boston and Chicago, the earliest adopters in the 1990s, state lawmakers passed legislation to enable the switch.
They do, by and large, produce good student performance. I compared these large urban districts with their large urban peers. They are closing the achievement gap.
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A. Providence, Rhode Island, is a small district with about 24,000 kids, and New Haven, Conn., has about 20,000 kids. Bridgeport, Conn., (about 24,000 students) is considering having the mayor appoint the school board.
Providence and New Haven are also doing reasonably well compared to peer districts with similar student demographics. Their elementary schools are doing well, but the middle schools still need improvement. The high schools are comparable with other districts. The dropout rates are lower than the state average, but comparable to similar systems.
Q. What school districts should consider adopting a mayoral leadership model?
A. I don't know enough about Des Moines right now. But the social demographics of these systems usually show they're predominantly poor and have a large minority population.
The first factor to consider is if the school district has a large percent of schools that are persistently low-performing, or did not make the AYP - adequate yearly progress. That may call for some more attention to strengthening policy cohesion and leadership.
The second one is financial challenges. So if you have a district that is experiencing budget deficits, you have tough decisions to be made with limited resources. The office of the mayor, in general, has the know-how and experience with collective bargaining and budget planning to help improve financial management.
The third one is if the taxpayers and the general public have expressed concern about the quality and direction of the school system, often the mayors are in the most appropriate position to respond to the concerns.
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A. Data are becoming very important in an education system. If you're looking for a new superintendent, you don't want just someone who will collect and track data. The question is how are you going to use the data?
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A. Leaders must understand we are now in a resource-limited era. They need to have a sensitivity and deep knowledge of fiscal realities, and leverage stakeholders to work together.
In the old days, we might just hold public forums. Now we need to hold public forums to educate the public on the limited resources and to build partnerships.
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Yes, I know that MP3Gain is lossless. No, I am not talking about how MP3Gain is limited to 1.5dB steps (though this is another reason).
What I am thinking is this:
Psychoacoustic models tend to encode louder signals with more bits, right? This is why remasters (compressed) tend to use higher bitrates than older versions. Correct?
If we are then encoding a VERY LOUD album with LAME -aps for instance, then normalizing it down say 10.5dB (for a really bad one), aren't we wasting bits? Wouldn't we be able to save some bits by normalizing it down to 89dB FIRST, then encoding it?
I know wavegain is NOT LOSSLESS, but I am (incorrectly) assuming that this is just a theoretical lossiness, not a perceptible one. If this is the case, couldn't we argue that wavegained tracks will be of lower bitrates while still maintaining transparency (the goal, afterall, of -aps)?
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The discussion below basically concludes that running a wavegain analysis, then applying the recommended scalefactor to lame (via the --scale switch) will save bits due to high-frequency bloat inherent in the mp3 format. Lots of people have since chosen to use this method over mp3gain, and in fact it can be automated now from within EAC using Wack, or my own Omni Encoder. Read on!
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Tigre, Hanky, HansHeijden, and John33,
I don't think that going to a greater bitdepth, or even to floating-point calculations, alters the problem in principle. If we carried out the entire wavgain process, for example, from a floating-point input all the way down to floating-point silence, we have still lost all the information in the original signal; the asymptote is still complete loss.
I agree that in practice the amount of loss is likely to be so small as to be imperceptible, and that higher bitdepths will eliminate noise that would be introduced by dithering otherwise. But the basic problem is still there.
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HYANNIS — During an arrest of a Hyannis man on a drug warrant Wednesday, police arrested a second man who came to his house and allegedly had marijuana in his vehicle, police said.
Cedric Little, 50, of Hyannis, and Kevin Jones, 30, of North Truro, were both charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
After a three-month investigation, Barnstable police Detective Brian Guiney obtained a search warrant for 5 Lynxholm Court, Little's residence, according to Barnstable police Detective Lt. John Murphy. Police arrested Little around 5:30 a.m. and found about 2 pounds of marijuana, drug distribution materials and $700 in cash, Murphy said. The drugs have a street value of about $8,000, he added.
A vehicle driven by Jones pulled into the driveway during the arrest, and Guiney smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle, according to Murphy. One ounce of the drug, $655 in cash and distribution materials were found in Jones' vehicle, and he was arrested, Murphy said.
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Parents and carers of children with dyslexia are invited to attend a free awareness event.
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It is designed to provide parents with information about dyslexia and other literacy difficulties, advice on supporting children with dyslexia at home and an opportunity to discuss concerns and share advice with other parents.
Glenys Heap, head of educational development at Dyslexia Action, said: "For parents of a child with dyslexia it can be frustrating to know how best to support their child.
"Whilst schools have a responsibility in ensuring children learn to read and write and are able to access the curriculum, parents and carers have an important role too. In our experience the best outcomes for children with dyslexia are when there is coordinated support between home and school.
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Biz Stone is a long-time vegan, and has helped Farm Sanctuary encourage people to save animals, not eat them. Now, he and his Twitter co-founder Evan Williams are backing Beyond Meat, a company that makes vegan meat subsitutes.
According to Co.Exist, the two are providing funding through their company Obvious Corporation. Stone says he heard about Beyond Meat from someone at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, another corporation backing them. "These guys are coming at the meat analogue industry not as a novelty kind of thing or hippy dippy. They were coming at it from this big science, super practical, scalable angle. They were saying, 'We want to get into the multi-billion-dollar meat industry with a plant-based meat," says Stone.
Beyond Meat sells vegan chicken strips that they say are a "humane protein upgrade that will fool your taste buds while helping your health and the environment." Founder Ethan Brown says the environment was part of his reason to replace meat with a new product. "What fascinated me that we'd be sitting around in these alternative energy conferences, these big hotels with fancy speakers, and at the end of the day you'd sit down and have steak. There's a misallocation of focus. People haven't focused on this area. So many greenhouse gas emissions are because of livestock."
The company hopes to start selling "beef crumbles" soon, as well as soy-free products. The Veggie Chicken Strips have already hit some Whole Foods stores in California.
Stone warns, though, that not all vegans will be into the veggie meat. "For people who are actually repulsed by meat, they're not going to like this," he said. "The first reaction I had was, I know this is a meat analogue but if someone were to serve this to me in a restaurant I would have said 'I think this is a mistake. There's something about the mouth-feel, the fattiness. It feels fatty and muscly and like it's not good for you when you're chewing it. For a long-time vegan, it's a little bit freaky."
About Jennifer MishlerJennifer Mishler is a writer, and a vegan and animal activist. When she's not writing, you can often find her volunteering or advocating for animal, environmental and human rights causes. Along with writing for Ecorazzi, she has contributed writing for nonprofits like Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and enjoys blogging. She resides in the Washington, DC area (and loves all the vegan food it has to offer). Follow Jennifer on Twitter: @jennygonevegan.
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Monday of the Third Week of Lent
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Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Namaan the leper. Today's first reading is absolutely beautiful. It is the story of an army commander who had more than he ever imagined, including leprosy. His illness brought him to his knees and to the river Jordan. It is there he discovered "there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel" (2Kings 5:15ab).
Have I allowed my trials and tribulations to bring me closer to the one true God?
Conversation the easy way. Every conversation to God requires an admittance of powerlessness. I am not as strong as I think I am. I am not as intelligence as I think I am. I need a Savior.
The atheistic group Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is demanding that Governor Scott Walker remove a tweet he sent from his official twitter account. At first, I thought the poor governor had sent some scandalous or outrageously shocking or appalling or terrible or awful message to his followers. Instead, this is what he sent: "Philippians 4:13″ That's it.
If you look it up, it reads: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
FFRF co-presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Baker wrote in a letter to the governor. "To say, 'I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me,' seems more like a threat, or the utterance of a theocratic dictator, than a duly elected civil servant."
Wow! Immediately, I thought to myself, This outrage to belief is unbelievable. It appears I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Next, I thought, Wait. Tens of thousands of politicians in the United States have used Bible verses and asked for God's blessings in their speeches and among their supporters. Using Twitter is no different. Now they can communicate with their followers with ease.
Finally, I said to myself, The FFRF is doing what they do best: intimidate. Their philosophy is simple: Create hysteria around a simple tweet and maybe we can persuade Gov. Scott and others like him to never send out a religious tweet again.
I don't know if you remember, but not too long ago, President Obama made a comment that ruffled a few GOP feathers. He said:
"We are not just going to be waiting for legislation…I've got a pen and I've got a phone."
Imagine for a moment if the GOP came out with a statement along the same lines as the FFRF: "To say, 'We are not just going to be waiting for legislation…I've got a pen and I've got a phone,' seems more like a threat, or the utterance of a dictator, than a duly elected civil servant."
What do you think about that? Sounds pretty ridiculous, right? Sounds like they may have taken his words out of context, right? And although we all know "the pen is mightier than the sword," I don't believe the President intends to use it as a weapon of mass destruction on the Constitution.
It's time for the FFRF to take it easy. Relax.
Take it easy. Naaman was a man who always thought big, real big. After all, he was accustomed to being in charge, giving out orders, moving great armies and invading great cities. He wore big hats and a lot of them.
But it nearly cost him his life. It's for these same reasons he had a rough time listening to and accepting the advice of a little Jewish servant girl. "If only my master would present himself to the prophet in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy" (2Kings 5:3).
What are you saying? A Jewish prophet can cure me, a great commander, of leprosy? Who are you trying to fool???
And yet, humble people have a way of gaining our respect and trust. The little Jewish girl ended up convincing her "master" to go and try it out.
On his journey to the prophet's home, Naaman took with him horses and chariots, a letter from the King of Aram, ten silver talents, six thousand gold pieces, and ten festal garments. He must have said to himself, This is going to cost me a lot of convincing and a lot more money!
But none of these things turned out to be necessary. The only thing Namaan had to do was wash himself three times in the river Jordan. That's it.
Wait? Are you serious? Is that all? How can this be? How can it be so simple? I thought you were going to wave your hand or a magic wand all over me and heal me! This is ridiculous!
I have had similar reactions from people who have not been to confession in years. Forgiveness is ridiculously simple. What takes time and some effort is getting there.
Holiness is not complicated or costly. It doesn't require an army moving mountains, but faith the size of a mustard seed.
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|Outcomes of De Vega versus biodegradable ring annuloplasty in the surgical treatment of tricuspid regurgitation (mid-term results).
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|PMID: 20719725 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare De Vega semicircular annuloplasty and a new biodegradable ring annuloplasty technique in patients requiring surgical intervention for tricuspid valve disease with concomitant disease of the mitral valve.
METHODS: Between January 2004 and May 2008, 129 consecutive patients underwent annuloplasty procedures to correct tricuspid valve regurgitation during a concomitant mitral valve operation requiring replacement. Additionally, 24 patients underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR), 11 underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), 5 underwent AVR plus CABG, 3 underwent mitral valve replacement plus atrial septal defect (ASD) closure, and 2 underwent ASD closure. The patients in this study were assigned to 2 groups: Kalangos ring annuloplasty was performed in 67 patients (group 1), and De Vega semicircular annuloplasty was performed in the remaining 62 patients (group 2).
RESULTS: Both tricuspid valve repair techniques produced a low rate of complications; however, the number of patients who developed residual tricuspid regurgitation was significantly lower in group 1.
CONCLUSION: The biodegradable ring annuloplasty technique may be used easily and safely in moderate and severe cases of tricuspid regurgitation; however, larger clinical series are necessary to confirm our promising results.
|Halil Basel; Unal Aydin; Hakan Kutlu; Aysenur Dostbil; Melike Karadag; Dolunay Odabasi; Cemalettin Aydin
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Blood Pressure
Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty / adverse effects, methods*
Coronary Artery Bypass
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Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications, surgery
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Corrections officer Navinia McGee waits with lottery tickets in hand at the Country Farms in Wilmington. McGee says if she's the lucky winner, she'll help family and charities that focus on the elderly. / Special to The News Journal/SAQUAN STIMPSON
WILMINGTON -- Alvin Pulliam smiled Tuesday as a lottery machine cranked out big dreams at a buck a ticket.
By midday Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot hit $355 million -- nearing the record, with sales going on to a 9:45 p.m. cutoff for the night's 11 p.m. drawing. Depending on sales, the interstate jackpot could tie or top record prizes in the state and nation, Delaware Lottery Director Wayne Lemons said.
"I'd give the money to my church, my mother, my brother, my sister, my daughter, a couple of employees, and the rest of it, I'd just enjoy, just kick my feet up and relax," said Pulliam, 40.
Awaiting tickets at the Country Farms store on Miller Road, the city resident said co-workers at nearby Closic's Baby and Teen Furniture teased he would win big and disappear. "But I told them, I'd never forget y'all because you gave me a chance when I was down and out."
Store manager Jay Patel, 30, of Wilmington, said sales topped 500 tickets an hour.
His friend Rocky Mehta, 42, of Pike Creek, pitched in to help keep ticket lines moving.
Sales also were fast at his Gulf gas station in Elsmere, Mehta said. "Everyone wants Mega Millions," he said. "Who doesn't want to be a millionaire?"
But, he whispered, "I've got the winner in my pocket." And while the money would have 45 times the buying power in his native India, Mehta said, "if this country gave me this kind of money, I would stay here, in the land of opportunity."
Frenzied ticket sales were reported in recent days in participating states -- including Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey -- along with Washington, D.C., and the Virgin Islands.
Forget that a ticket's chance of winning was calculated at about 1 in 175 million -- or about 625 times slimmer than the chance of being hit by lightning this year.
It's already the largest Mega Millions jackpot Delaware has seen since the state joined the lottery's pool last January, Lemons said.
Mega Millions set the record in 2007 for the top lottery prize in U.S. history at $390 million, Lemons said. In the interstate Powerball game, sold here since its 1992 debut, the record is $365 million, set in 2006, he said. "That was the highest ever offered in Delaware."
Powerball and Mega Millions winners pick multiyear payments of the jackpot or lower lump sums in cash.
Mega Millions has a $355 million 26-year annuity or $224.2 million cash.
On Tuesday, Powerball had a $34 million annuity prize -- less than a tenth of Mega Millions.
In Mega Millions, players pick -- or have the computer randomly select -- five numbers from 1 to 56 and a Mega Ball from 1 to 46 for 11 p.m. drawings Tuesday and Friday. A dollar more can add a "Megaplier" to double, triple or quadruple winnings short of the jackpot if a 2, 3 or 4 ball is drawn. Other than the jackpot, prizes run from $2 to $250,000.
Tickets also help the state's bottom line. "We keep 30 percent of each dollar on Powerball or Mega Millions," Lemons said.
Some states tag lottery profits for specific uses such as senior citizen services, but profits from the Delaware Lottery go to the state's General Fund allocated by state lawmakers.
Many hopefuls dreamed of aiding others, like corrections officer Navinia McGee, 43, of Wilmington. After helping her parents, siblings, church family and friends, she said, "I'd definitely help charities, especially for the elderly, because I love working with them."
Rich Cillo, 61, of Brandywine Hills, director of facilities for Amtrak, said after shares for their four daughters, he and his wife would start a pet rescue.
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Martin got tickets Tuesday in the city, saying, "it would be great to have a Delaware winner." But he said it would be special to win on tickets he bought Monday in Philadelphia while visiting his stepson, Aaron Shaw, who's recovering after a major surgery.
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West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2013 registration updates, including group sitesApril 7, 2013 at 8:32 pm | In Community Garage Sale Day, West Seattle news | 3 Comments
More than 70 sales are now on the list for the ninth annual West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day, just under five weeks away, Saturday, May 11th. Thanks to everyone who's registered so far to help make sure it's a big, fun day of selling and shopping, finding new treasures and meeting neighbors you never knew you had – sales all over the peninsula, usually more than 200, from Admiral to The Arroyos, Pigeon Point to Highland Park, and sometimes beyond! If you have signed up, please be sure you have a receipt from PayPal as well as the confirmation from us – our records so far show a few people have made it through the first part of the process but not the rest of the way – e-mail email@example.com if you're not sure. Ready to sign up? Here's the link!
If you want to participate but don't have room for a sale or just don't have that much stuff, the two traditional group sites (both WSB sponsors) are doing it again. The courtyard/parking lot area between Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (4410 California SW) and Ginomai art center is open for registration, reports Hotwire's Lora Swift – e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve a free space! Lora will then follow up as the date gets closer with a PDF map of the courtyard/lot showing where you'll be. Meantime, C & P Coffee Company also is participating again – we don't have details of their signup process yet, but we'd suggest inquiring at the shop. Whether you'll be selling or shopping (or both), watch for updates on the official website and the official Facebook page., as well as here on WSB.
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I hope the couple on Beach Dr with all of the baby girl clothes participate again this year! It's the only sale I will go to.
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What is the purpose of the fee? Is it just to be listed on the site? Thanks
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Yes, for being on the map and having an ad listed. Kind of like an admission fee for any event – it covers administrative, production, and marketing costs – we promote this around the region. When we took WSCGSD over six years ago, after its founding organization closed, we lowered the fees, and have not raised them since. Anything over our costs gets plowed back into WSB operations, as does most of our revenue (which otherwise comes entirely from advertising – we do not charge subscription fees, unlike a growing number of news operations, online and offline, and we offer free services that others charge for – job listing, obituaries, etc.) – TR
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