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Happy Thanksgiving Day! November 22,2012
It is almost here and I can almost taste the greatness. I don't know why I wait a whole year for this meal but my guess is that is why it is so special. I hope you can all enjoy the day, savor the smells of the roasting bird and your gathering of family and friends. Today I also like to begin to think how I will deck my halls and start the magic at home. I always watch the Macy's Parade and the dog show just because it is tradition. I hardly ever want to break tradition and change things up so as long as I can do this I will.
I have been taking pictures again to highlight a few more good things that would be fun to have during this magical time of the year, Christmas! I love our five foot twig trees because they look good tucked into small spaces. For instance by the fireplace, in a bedroom, or you can easily put them on a counter space or table and I think you might agree they really look good with our Folkart Angels of the House. We have our large angel holding Vickie's new quilt and she has a pieced heart that she wears around her neck so well and our new small angel is just taking everything in. I wanted to also point out the Thomas Nast gift boxes tucked into the tree. The boxes come in black and white and colored for $10.00. Good things come in these boxes. Let me think, gift certificates to a favorite shop and jewelry that sparkles, just tell Santa to be creative and we think we might be able to help out with the rest. You might also notice the Newest "Vintage Santa" on the mantel in his old glittered red coat. He just got in after open house so we did not get to show any of you. He is $38.75.
I could not resit taking a shot of the "Pine Tree Quilt", "Orchard House" and "Marmee's Wish". I have to say the way the quilts work together makes me very happy and I know my customers enjoy this too.
The next photo is the cover of Mercantile Gatherings, it just came in. UMMMMM, UMMMM, UMMMMMMMMMMM, I could have never dreamed this is a million years. You never know who is watching you and what will come of it. I am truly humbled and speechless. I hope you will have a chance to read about us and get better acquainted. The pub is $8.00 and we were awarded a 10 page spread. We started shipping it out today. If you are interested please give us a call on Friday.
The circulation for the pub is 5000 and growing.
I love our Vintage Santas and thought you might like to see a few more views of them in different settings through out the shop. It is hard to pick a favorite and it is so fun to group them up . It is a good thing for sure.
I also have a two ornaments we have really been excited about for this Christmas season. There is an old red glass Belsnickel, that is $9.90 and a Silver Glass Ball that is $7.50, but they aren't just ordinary ornaments that hang on a tree. These photo ornaments have a wire holder that balances and doubles as a hanger. You could put a wedding photo for a first Christmas, A baby photo for a first Christmas or your grand children even your parents first Christmas the ideas just keep on flowing.
Knowing how busy things were in the shop at Open House you could have missed them completely. I think it is worth a second look.
Our Paperwhite bulbs are blooming! Each of the bulbs have three blooms, the stalks are so sturdy they aren't falling over and the scent is not overwhelming. I would say Maggie helped me find just the right bulbs for us this season. You will need to get them going about 2 1/2 weeks prior to Christmas to have thm blooming for you in time for you and your holiday guests to enjoy. These make the perfect hostess gift, you can even put them in a vintage jar and get them started then hang an old tag greeting around the neck of the jar. Remember we have wonderful old Vintage stamping kits or just great Vintage tags already to use.
I walked out the door tonight and turned around and I had to come back get my camera and share myFarmshouse Christmas window with you. I love our Flea Market platters, so useful this time of year and they look so beautiful and only $105.00 for the complete set. Next the vintage collanders are so easy to use and decorate with and then we have the old hanging cupboard which really brings things home. I have to call next week to see if we can get more but if I can I think you will find there is a perfect place for one in your ow decor.
Wishes from me and the shop girls for a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!


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Ending the Paper Trail
Software solutions attempt to tackle virtually every pharmaceutical packaging issue.
Freelance Writer
Software is available to help with nearly every possible packaging project. It would be impossible to cover every software offering in one feature, but this article will highlight a few of the latest solutions.
Large pharmaceutical companies rely on Kodak Design2Launch because it not only streamlines package design and labeling but also supports marketing, video, Web content, and printed materials.
Everything starts with research, and everything can be researched on the Internet today—but not always very easily. Web surfing can lead a lot of browsers down a lot of blind alleys. Using continually updated database servers may solve this problem. Elsevier Engineering & Technology (New York City) offers a Web-based subscription system for researching new designs, new materials, line equipment, changing FDA mandates, and other data needed during packaging development.
Illumin8 accesses Elsevier's full-text content, scientific abstracts from 4000 publishers, patents, and billions of Web pages. It extracts and analyzes solutions, which are then categorized under organizations, products, technologies, approaches, and experts. "It's about eliminating mistakes and avoiding reinventing the wheel," says Joe Buzzanga, product manager. "This helps zero in on the external world of information, discover what has been tried, and stimulate ideas that will work—things you didn't think of before."
Many things come into play when developing packaging: FDA regulations and guidances, product protection, marketing strategy, and manufacturability. New software packages are available to help with all of these areas.
Streamlining Package Development. Kodak's Corporate Solutions Group (Stamford, CT) provides a workflow solution for content management across the enterprise. It's called Kodak Design2Launch Solutions. Jennifer Bergin, corporate solutions manager, says that Kodak's comprehensive products fully integrate planning, analyzing, designing, executing, and managing enterprise processes for artwork and labeling.
"We have had particular success within the pharma area because of the compliance issues faced and FDA approvals," Bergin says.
"Kodak Design2Launch Solutions is a combination of hardware and software and is highly configurable. This is a bonus, because most enterprises have a lot of legacy systems already implemented," explains Ron Malloy, vice president of sales and strategy.
The content management tool allows package designers to track the approval stage of any project. Projects are often handled in multiple divisions across countries. "The software is FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant and provides a trail for other types of compliance," Malloy adds.
"Eighty percent of packages that are recalled globally are recalled because of something that is wrong on the package," Bergin says. "Ingredients, use directions, claims, and disclaimers all need to be linked within the right routing inside the organization. Our Content Certification module essentially holds all the content so the stakeholders of the critical content are all linked."
Paxonix Inc. (Waltham, MA), a division of MWV, aims to streamline packaging development by "housing all assets in one place," says Kent St. Vrain, vice president of sales and marketing. "If you are the designer and you put up the latest version of your design, 99.9% of the people in your company can only access that latest version. They can't change it or download it, but they can make comments using what amounts to electronic sticky notes. And everybody's notes are on this same document for everyone else to see. No multiple versions or hidden comments are floating around."
When it comes time for actual approvals, this is where the true time savings lies. "Using this validated electronic system, all the approver needs to do is open his or her laptop wherever he or she is in the world and handle approvals electronically," St. Vrain says.
AutoProof Pro MultiCheck is an all-in-one inspection solution that performs image comparisons, text comparisons, OCR and reads bar codes on a single document in one batch process.
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Managing the Risk in Blister Packs. Peter Schmitt, managing director for Montesino Associates LLC (Wilmington, DE), says his firm works closely with customers designing blister packaging. Montesino offers "training, technical troubleshooting, business and product development, and technology development," he says. "One of these services we offer is finite-element analysis (FEA). We work with many parts of the supply chain: pharm aceutical companies themselves and their in-house packaging operations, contract packagers, machinery and tooling manufacturers, and even material suppliers."
Software can be key to successful design. "Customers will tell us that they have a certain shape of product and would like to simulate the packaging process," Schmitt says. "Usually the two most important things we are analyzing for them are the material distribution and barrier. We do this, and we then animate this process and produce a video so they can see what their process would look like when forming the blister for the package."
Currently, Montesino provides this service using e-mail to transmit files. However, in 2009 they will be launching the ability for customers to handle all of this online through a Web-based format. "Customers will be able to open screens, input the data themselves, and simulate what they need," Schmitt says. "The biggest benefit is the ability to make mistakes without repercussions. Mistakes can be costly in pharmaceutical packaging, especially mistakes that impact the results of stability testing."
Klöckner Pentaplast offers the use of FEA software through its BlisterPro service to speed development, reduce time to market, and increase line efficiencies. "Package designers, technicians, and engineers can explore the effects of tool geometry, film characteristics, and process conditions before running experiments, thereby avoiding expensive production line trials and tooling costs," explains Daniel Stagnaro, business manager, pharmaceutical films, Klöckner Pentaplast. "The program provides thickness distribution, surface area and barrier evaluation, and permeability estimates of CAD-simulated cavities. Using these calculations, package engineers are able to design optimal blisters considering product shapes and barrier requirements and to select the right material helping to reduce the numbers of stability tests."
Running a profitable production line demands good communication. Are all machines running efficiently? Are operators being used in the most effective manner? Are all data being communicated to the proper level? Software could be the glue that holds it all together.
Software for HMI. Parker CTC, Parker Electromechanical Automation, a division of Parker Hannifin Corp. Automation Group (Rohnert Park, CA), offers both hardware and software solutions to make HMI (human-machine interface) simple.
"The specific products that the CTC division provides are visualization, including HMI," says Andy Balderson, product sales manager. "Our software is available as a stand-alone solution. It can be integrated into the user's computer or hardware or can be integrated onto our own industrial computer platforms that are designed for use in harsh environments."
Interact Xpress is a distributed HMI software product that is designed to interface with equipment in nonregulated areas. "This product is designed to streamline operations where all that is really needed is a simpler way for the operator to control general packaging," Balderson says.
InteractX is the next step up. It is designed for validated critical process areas. "You can make the screen and operations very easy for the operator," he says. "There are styles you can apply to the screens so they all have a similar look and style, which reduces training time and makes it very easy for the operator to understand and work with."
InteractX will interact with the Interact Xpress product, providing cross-connectivity. The look and feel of graphics are exactly the same. "It provides tools for compliance, such as setting up full electronic signatures," Balderson says. "Rather than needing extensive scripting as in other software products, InteractX lets [operators] use a simple check-box format to create any compliance application. A free demo version of both products is available on our Web site."
Giving Operations a Shot in the Arm. Parsec Automation Corp. (Brea, CA) offers a product called TrakSYS that is designed to improve the efficiency of all processes, including packaging. "We manage the process so you can get more first-pass quality yield from your operation," says Eddy Azad, CEO. "We do this by looking at the whole picture: what is happening on your line and what are the causes for stumbling blocks. Then we provide the information needed to improve line efficiency and productivity."
"Our software works without disrupting the operations or impacting the validation," Azad says. "It can monitor the different pieces of equipment and monitor the operations of the personnel. It looks at the impact of maintenance. It looks at the consumables used and ranks the vendors supplying them. To make this specific to the pharmaceutical industry, we have put in compliance for 21 CFR Part 11, so all the actions are kept in an accurate audit trail."
Systech�s Packaging Execution System consists of its machine, line, and plant-level products. Systech�s software offering provides customers with protection, optimization, and clarity throughout their packaging operations.
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TrakSYS is installed on a main server. The location can be anywhere. It crosstalks to all existing software packages, PLCs, HMI applications, historians, and databases, including a number of proprietary systems made by specific OEMs. "We have developed all protocols. If there is absolutely no way to connect, we can put in our own sensors and also collect manual data," Azad says.
Because of the level of compliance and tracking needed and new product pedigree issues that are on the horizon, inspection is the fastest-growing area in software today.
Countering Mistakes and Counterfeiting. Complete Inspection Systems Inc. (Indiatlantic, FL) offers AutoProof Pro, a base system that can include various software modules to inspect original regulatory documents and compare them with finished labels, cartons, and inserts. AutoProof provides software solutions that compare unlike materials such as a Word Doc with a final insert. Multicheck reads and compares variable information labels. Q-Spec adds other features such as measurement, bar code reading, and color verification. Finally, Stealth checks returned goods to detect and eliminate counterfeiting.
Gary Parish, president, says that software modules can read and compare the original document format to the final insert document and check for accuracy, even if the original source is 20 pages long and the insert is one page. "It will match them automatically, in any language. It is in the Unicode format," he says.
Digital watermark technology is an emerging capability the firm is starting to offer. Parish says that he sees this as a growing market. "A soft watermark will not transfer so it is impossible to counterfeit it," he says. "The watermark will not photocopy, and it is impossible to scan. Basically invisible to the naked eye, it can go right over the design, taking no space."
Line-Level Intelligence. Three software products from Systech International (Cranbury, NJ) together create a complete packaging execution system. "We primarily started as a company providing critical inspections for packaging lines: lot, expiration, date, color, and blister inspections," says Joe Ringwood, COO. "Over the years, we have evolved the software end and now have three product lines. Sentri is our inspection product that sits at the machine level. Advisor is a line-management software product sitting over the line itself. Guardian is a plant-level system."
Guardian product resides on the packaging plant's main server. Advisor software communicates between Sentri and Guardian. "From an optimization standpoint, Guardian also communicates to the main business application software," he says, adding that "we are able to upload to any format."
A packaging line will have cameras or bar code scanners that perform inspections. "Our software package resides inside of a high-speed computer with a graphical user interface (GUI)," Ringwood explains. "The computer is connected to all of the intelligent devices on the line in order to receive pass-fail signals." Ringwood says that one key advantage to using a packaging execution software system, rather than connecting directly down from an enterprise-type business system, is that it limits the need to revalidate when you upgrade or update the main business software.
Creating the screens that the operator will use for Parker CTC, Parker Electromechanical Automation can be done on a laptop, on a desktop, or on the Parker HMI hardware itself.
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Sparta Systems (Homdel, NJ) is an industry leader for global quality and compliance management systems. "TrackWise, a Web-based software solution, provides pharmaceutical packagers with a solution for managing quality and compliance across the entire supply chain," says Jon Rabinowitz, director of marketing. "The platform provides organizations with an enterprise-class solution to ensure quality and compliance in the highly regulated pharmaceutical industry with mandates such as FDA's CGMPs."
TrackWise addresses deviations, nonconformance, customer complaints and adverse-event reporting, corrective and preventative actions (CAPA), calibration and preventive maintenance, and more. Using the program, packaging engineers are able to manage, monitor, and report quality and compliance initiatives easily to streamline processes and promote industry best practices.
"Many companies are using paper-based or disparate software systems that only act as point solutions for each business unit," Rabinowitz says. TrackWise gives packagers a flexible, configurable platform to manage and view all issues pertaining to quality management and compliance across the organization."
Pilgrim Software (Tampa, FL) offers a software suite that automates all internal and external company activities, both regulatory and nonregulatory. Just a few highlights include audits to make sure everything in the plant and all suppliers are complying with all ISO, GSP, FDA, and EU regulations. Nikki Willett, vice president, marketing and regulatory affairs, notes that she is seeing packaging changing because of many diverse issues: added regulations, changes in harmonizing packaging across the globe, and the environmental movement. Software can help companies stay informed.
For instance, four key software modules can be used for monitoring packaging compliance. The CAPA solution can pinpoint sources of any nonconformance for fast targeting and correction.
The SmartEngineer solution allows collaboration of 3-D CAD models across the company from the design area, through all management routing, to the engineers on the line who can check for new package manufacturability well before any issues may arise in production.
An employee training and certification solution keeps everyone on the line aware of changes or new procedures.
"We also offer an equipment calibration solution that helps companies schedule their equipment maintenance and calibration schedules," Willett adds. "This program ensures that all key pieces of equipment are always in top condition."
To address all packaging operations for regulatory compliance, maintenance schedules, out-of-spec conditions, and item-level data collection manually would be an impossible task. Even automation will need the streamlining that only sophisticated software can offer. Luckily, there is a range of solutions. Whether looking to integrate in-house or the Web, there is something to suit every need.

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3 or 4 night stay at Leithen Lodge Country Estate & Beauty Spa's Private Apartments from only £149
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Join Leithen Lodge Country Estate for a blissful three or four night break for two or four from just £149, enjoying the ultimate getaway in one of the Lodge's luxury private apartments. As part of your stay you will also receive afternoon tea with homemade jam and scones upon arrival, as well as a fantastic 50% off Guinot professional beauty treatments!
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Greensburg Salem football coach focuses on bright spots
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When the high school football season began, Greensburg Salem first-year coach Dave Keefer knew certain things had to happen for his team to have a successful season and make the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs.
"We were one win from achieving that goal," Keefer said Wednesday after Greensburg Salem dropped a 30-22 contest to Plum in a game played with underclassmen. "We didn't have enough Gardner Points."
The Golden Lions, who finished 3-7, would have rather played Friday than Wednesday night, but Keefer said his team deserved to play a 10th game.
"I wanted the extra game for my seniors, but I couldn't find anyone who would agree to that," Keefer said. "But Plum agreed to play with underclassmen."
Keefer was pleased with how the young players competed.
Junior running back Lenny Grebeck rushed for 150 yards, caught four passes for 80 yards and scored three touchdowns. Quarterback Brady Mason completed 9 of 15 passes for 112 yards.
"I thought the offensive line played well," Keefer said. "Sure we would have liked to win, but we gave everyone a chance to play."
A couple of mishandled punts in the fourth quarter gave Plum (1-9), a Class AAAA team, great field position, and the Mustangs took advantage to pull out the win and snap their 25-game losing streak.
Greensburg Salem had a chance to tie the score in the final seconds, but Mason was intercepted by Plum's Nick Robb to end the threat.
"The season was comparable to any traditional season, filled with ups and downs," Keefer said. "We talked about how we'd respond to adversity, and sometimes we didn't."
Keefer mentioned the Franklin Regional game, when the team was down 21-20 through three quarters and let it slip away.
"What we have to continue to do is grow as a program," Keefer said. "It was a good season. I was proud of how we competed and how they continued to work."
One of the areas that Keefer said must improve is defense. Greensburg Salem allowed 33.6 points per game.
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There is a real spirit world that many people have overlooked. Because these "spirits" are invisible to the human eye, people have a tendency to disregard any thought of their activity in human affairs.
However, these "spirits," led by Satan the Devil, have set up whatever form of religion you want to keep your eyes off God's true way of life. In ancient Egypt they worshipped both gods and goddesses. They were really "fallen angels" who had transgressed against the One True God's way of life.
Some of the Israelites took images of these "false gods" with them out of Egypt. God brought plagues upon the Israelites until these images were found and discarded.
But Abraham had another son that the promises were not made through his seed – Ishmael. The "promises" of the coming Messiah and the birthright for inheritance of the greatest wealth any nation or peoples had ever amassed was to go through Isaac, Jacob [Israel], and Joseph (I Chronicles 5: 1-2).
Ishmael was exceedingly jealous of Isaac receiving the "promises" because he was born thirteen years before and was the firstborn in his own eyes. However, the birth of Ishmael should never have occurred. Sarah offered her handmaiden to Abram to fulfill the "promises" God made to Abram. She thought God needed help to fulfill the "promise" of a son to carry on the family name and receive the "promises" at the precise time in history.
The Bible forecast that Ishmael would "be a wild man; his [descendants] hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren" (Genesis 16: 11-12).
Israel remained under the leadership of the True God, but Ishmael did not. Ishmael grew as God said in numbers. They lived alongside of Israel. The Messiah, the Son of God, came and died for the sins of the world. Christianity sprang up. Satan and his angels took note. They caused a merging of paganism with Christianity, so the Middle Ages saw a paganized Christianity – not the truth, rather a counterfeit.
Ishmael wanted the birthright back – but not actually thinking in those terms. Satan sent visions and dreams to a man named Mohammad in 610 AD. He wasn't sure if they were from God or the Devil, but his wife convinced him they were from God, and he was to be God's prophet. The descendants of Ishmael worshipped 650 different gods. Mohammad came along and forced the reduction of gods to one – Allah.
Demons gave him what to write down in what eventually became the Koran. Satan and his angels, invisible to the human eye, had now given the world a "false" Christianity and the "false" Muslim religion.
God promised Ishmael would have a large population and twelve princes would come from his descendants, but God's covenant would be established with Isaac (Genesis 17: 20-21).
Wars raged, starting in 632 AD and continued during the Middle Ages, between the Roman Empire and the Arab Ottoman Empire. The Crusaders from Europe were composed of some of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel who live in modern day France, Great Britain, the low countries of Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg, as well as Spain, Sweden, and Italy.
The battles were for ownership of Jerusalem that was holy to both religions. The [un]Holy Roman Empire said you convert to our religion or die as a heretic. The Muslims had been given an [un]holy book that taught that the unbeliever in Allah, called an infidel, must convert or die.
The stage was set for blood to flow wherever the two religions met face-to-face. True Christianity is concerned about developing the Divine nature of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. The Bible says clearly in John 15 we must "bear fruit" that shall remain a part of our character – love, joy, peace, gentleness, kindness, longsuffering, faith, self-control, etc. The Bible says you will know REAL Christians by their fruit!!!
Look at the history of the Roman Catholic Church when they had absolute control during the Middle Ages. It was one of violence, deceit, drunkenness, confiscation of the property of anyone accused of being a heretic. The list goes on and on.
Look at the violent history of Islam until this very moment in history. They hold training camps to teach terrorism. They blow up innocent people. They plot to overthrow countries and exact THEIR Islamic law upon the citizens. They want the birthright!!! They have signs that say THERE IS NO SON OF GOD – ALLAH IS THE ONLY GOD.
Is it any wonder people are turned off to God! Where is someone living His words? Us I hope!!!


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Jennifer Aniston
Ashley Judd
After reading a comment about how talent nowadays is because of the last name, that got me thinking who was 'born' into acting, nevermind how much talent the genes carry.
Actor - Parent/Family
Angelina Jolie - John Voight
Drew Barrymore - the Barrymore clan
Nicolas Cage (Copolla) - the Copollas
Michael Douglas - Kirk Douglas
Kiefer Sutherland - Donald Sutherland
Charlie Sheen & Emilio Estevez - Martin Sheen
Tori Spelling - Aaron Spelling
Gweynth Paltrow - Bruce and Blythe Danner
Mariska Hargitay - Jane Mansfield
I'm sure there are tons more - keep adding
Jennifer Aniston
Ashley Judd
Kill him.
Kill her.
Kill It.
Kill everything... that IS the solution!
┌П┐(_)┌П┐twitchy molests my signature!
Aaron Spelling was a TV producer, not an actor.
If we're talking about showbiz families in general, the list is long. Christian Slater, Kate Hudson, the Arquettes, just about any male or female ingenue you can think of, Joely and Natasha Richardson, all the Redgraves, Macualey Culkin (father an actor, aunt is Bonnie Bedelia, brother is an actor), Joaquin Phoenix, the Baldwin brothers, Melanie Griffith (Tippi Hedrin), Warren Beatty and Shirley Maclaine (brother and sister)...
^^Aaron Spelling did start out as an actor before he was a producer.
Jennifer Jason Leigh-Vic Morrow
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Owen Wilson/Luke Wilson
Rob Lowe/Chad Lowe
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Michelle and DeeDee Pfeifer
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Dean and Dean Paul Martin.
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Ben Stiller and parents.
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Henry and Jane and Peter Fonda.
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Mary Martin and Larry Hagman.
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North Korea attempted to lure foreign tourists to the hermit country to help celebrate a major anniversary, pledging to make "every possible sincere efforts" to show visitors a good time.
Preparations are under way at the scenic Mount Kumgang to arrange transport and lodging for foreigners who have apparently showed "keen interest" in visiting the communist nuclear-armed nation.
There are no official figures on how many foreign tourists visit North Korea each year, but their cash - the North charges exorbitant prices for everything from beer to accommodation - is a major boon to the moribund economy.
The resort at Mount Kumgang, where a South Korean tourist was shot dead by a soldier in July 2008 after allegedly straying from the area, was developed by the South Korean giant Hyundai Asan and opened in 1998.
It once earned the impoverished North tens of millions of dollars a year from South Koreans eager to see the other half of the Korean peninsula, but the tours have been banned since the fatal shooting of the South Korean housewife.
The development, which has since been deserted, "is fully open to all tourists in the blooming best tour season of April", a spokesman for the tourism authority in the Mount Kumgang area told state media KCNA.
The spokesman pledged "all kinds of special privileges" to tour firms willing to go there, stressing the North was in celebratory mood for the centenary of the birth of its founding president, Kim Il-Sung, on April 15.
"We welcome all the tourists coming to Mount Kumgang and will make every possible sincere efforts to let them spend pleasant days in the best scenic spot," said the spokesman.
The resort in the coastal Mount Kumgang was developed with South Korean money as a symbol of reconciliation between the two Koreas, who are still technically at war after the 1950-53 conflict ended only in an armistice.
But the 2008 shooting there and a general deterioration in ties has seen the North and South fail to agree to find a compromise on tour groups from South Korea returning.
Frustrated with the long stalemate and desperate for foreign cash, Pyongyang last year stripped Hyundai Asan of its exclusive right to run tours to the idyllic area that boasts breathtaking views, lush vegetation and waterfalls.
Foreign tourists face immense restrictions on visits to North Korea, which can ordinarily only be made as part of a closely watched tour group. Most areas of the country are off-limits and visitors are forbidden to talk to the locals.
Pyongyang on Sunday renewed criticism of what it called South Korea's "grave provocation" over Mount Kumgang. Seoul has been lobbying for a blanket ban on all foreign tourists going there.
The North is set to lavishly commemorate the anniversary with various festivals and events including the launch of a satellite that has drawn widespread condemnation from the international community.
Pyongyang insists it is a peaceful space project but Washington and Seoul see it as a disguised missile test banned under UN resolutions.
The North, which desperately needs foreign aid to feed its 24 million people, slammed Saturday the US suspension of food aid over the disputed launch, calling the move an "overreaction".
The communist regime under the late ruler Kim Jong-Il set 2012 as the year to become a "strong and prosperous nation". - Sapa-AFP
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This year food prices have experienced drastic increases. It is reminiscent of the Book of Revelations in the Bible! Corn is up 20%, wheat is up 7.53%, soybeans are up +17.93, pork is up 7.45%, sugar is up 25.75% and beef is up 16.43%. There could truly be a famine in the land if prices continue in this fashion. This is a global phenomenon.
From the demand side, many emerging market countries such as China and India have middle class populations that are developing expensive taste and want to expand their dietary base by demanding meats as their wallet size increases.
From the supply side, crop yields have become more of an issue. This summer Russia, which is the third largest wheat exporter globally, banned wheat exporting, causing wheat prices to spike worldwide due to extreme heat conditions causing a lose of approximately 20% of their winter crop.
According to an article on Bloomberg by Elizabeth Campbell, hog and beef prices are rising due to higher demand. Ironically, wheat and corn make up feed for cattle, so if these price spikes continue to move higher, cattle herders will be forced to pass these costs along to consumers, thus seeing a possible increase in beef prices.
Sadly, there is not much a person can do to control this, outside of becoming a vegetarian. However you can invest in futures contracts or the more popular option of using exchange traded products ((ETPs)) to invest in commodities, such as beef and hogs.
Here are two ETPs that invest in livestock, COW and UBC]. Below we will examine both funds side by side.
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From looking at the table, an investor sees that UBC has a lower fee and has experienced a higher rate of return for the year. Unfortunately, all ETPs are not made equally. UBC's YTD return is much higher then COW's, which is mainly due to their index weights of hogs and cattle. UBC has a higher allocation to Hogs then COW and hogs have experienced greater price appreciation YTD. However, COW has higher assets under management and has a higher 30 day average daily volume, which would allow the average investor to enter and exit positions in COW much easier then UBC. So when evaluating ETPs you must consider all factors and not just returns.
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Passengers aboard AirTran Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, increased 6 percent compared to June 2010 carrying 70,600 passengers to six nonstop destinations including Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, New York and Boston. Plus, SkyWest Airlines' (in partnership with AirTran) flights to Milwaukee posted a 5 percent gain. Frontier Airlines with nonstop flights to Denver gained 2 percent. Delta Air Lines, offering nonstop flights to Atlanta and Detroit, was up 2.5 percent compared to last year. US Airways, offering nonstop flights to Charlotte, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, carried 20,442 passengers.


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#3 Winthrop Gets Past #6 Liberty, 80-72
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Reggie Middleton scored a career-high 26 points to lead No. 3 seeded Winthrop to a 80-72 win over No. 6 Liberty in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Championship played Tuesday, March 2, at the Winthrop Coliseum. Winthrop (17-13), which has won eight of the past 11 Big South championships, advances to the Semifinals and will play No. 2 seed Radford on Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. at Kimbel Arena in Conway, SC. The game will be broadcast live by ESPNU.
In addition to Middleton's production, senior forward Mantoris Robinson earned a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds while Matt Morgan had 13 points. Jesse Sanders led the Flames with a career-high 25 points while Kyle Ohman had 22.
Liberty (15-16) jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead on a pair of baskets by Sanders and a 3-pointer by Ohman, but Winthrop bounced back to score 13 unanswered points to lead 13-7. The Eagles took the lead at 8-7 on a 3-pointer by Robinson. Morgan got the Eagles first points on a 3-point play. Winthrop took a six-point lead at 17-11 following a jumper in the lane by Justin Burton. Another jumper by Burton doubled the lead at 22-11 with 11:16 left in the first half. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Middleton and another trey by Burton put the Eagles up 35-25 with 2:30 remaining in the half. After Ohman cut the Winthrop lead to six, Charles Corbin made a put back basket that sent the Eagles to intermission leading 37-29.
Winthrop built its largest lead of the game at 12 as it led 45-33 with under 16 minutes left in the game following a bucket by Morgan and another 3-pointer from Middleton. Liberty then went on a 21-12 run to get back to within a bucket at 56-54 with 8:35 left in the game. Sanders converted two free throws to make the score 47-41. The Flames still trailed by six at 55-49 after an Ohman 3-pointer with 10:07 remaining. On the following possession, Sanders slipped inside for a layup to make it 55-51 at the 9:16 mark. A 3-pointer by Jeremy Anderson got the Flames to within two before a driving baseline shot by Andre Jones gave the Eagles some breathing room.
Sanders worked free again for a 3-point play in the paint to get Liberty to within a point, but Robinson answered for Winthrop with a jump hook and Middleton hit a driving layup after a steal to give the Eagles a five-point advantage at 62-57. Following a Flame miss, Middleton drove the lane and was fouled. He made two free throws to move the lead back to seven at 64-57 with six minutes left to play. A three-point play Middleton put the Eagles up 69-60 with 4:54 left. Evan Gordon got the Flames back to within six at 73-67 with a 3-pointer. A deep 3-pointer by Ohman made it 73-70 with 1:41 left to play.
Jones came up with a loose ball rebound off a miss by Patrick Konan and was immediately fouled with 42 seconds left. Jones hit both free throws to push the lead back to five. Sanders was fouled on a drive to the bucket and connected on two free throws with 37 seconds left. Middleton was fouled on the inbounds play and hit one of two free throws for a career high 26 points that made the score 76-72. Liberty missed twice and Morgan was fouled on the rebound with 19 seconds on the clock. He hit both to give Winthrop a 78-72.
Winthrop, which came into the game shooting 38 percent from the floor, connected on 50 percent (28 of 56) thanks to the 8 of 12 performance by Middleton. The Eagle defense limited Liberty to 39.3 percent (24 of 61).
"Liberty's a very hard team to play and I had a great deal of respect for them coming into the game. As far as our team is concerned I am really proud of our ball club. At tournament time every game becomes a grind. Sometimes I think we take a little heat about our style of play, but our style of play wins championships. So, tonight's game was a grind out game."
"I thought it was a very well played game. I'm looking at stat sheets and (Winthrop's) not shot the ball that well against anybody but us. You've got to give them credit. They're a very, very good defensive team. They've got great experience and toughness. They took everything that we threw at them, but at the same time I'm extremely proud of our players-how they withstood a barrage of made shots, how they took punch after punch, figuratively, and battled back and we had shots down the stretch but couldn't quite pull it out. But, you've got to give them great credit."


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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center says there is a high risk of severe weather that could include tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri.
The highest risk area for severe weather Tuesday extends from south-central Oklahoma to south-central Kansas.
The prediction center says there is a moderate risk of severe weather that could include tornadoes extending from northern Texas, across much of Oklahoma to central Kansas, and into western Arkansas and southwestern Missouri, where a Sunday night tornado is blamed for at least 116 deaths in Joplin.
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The best part about Australia is that they get games way later than we do. That means, while we're eagerly awaiting the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, Australia is still freaking out over Bully. Here are some great quotes from Australian people that have no idea what they're talking about: Jane King, the head of Parenting Australia, said,...
Brazilian Judge Bans 'Bully'
A judge in Brazil has pulled a bully move of his own banning the sale and distribution of Rockstar's Bully: Scholarship Edition citing that it's unacceptable "that everything in the game takes place inside a school." Retail outlets as well as web sites that sell or promote the game will have 30 days to follow the judge's order. It's...
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It's time to return to Bullworth Academy, this time with exciting new mini-games in Bully: Scholarship Edition for the Wii and X-Play will have the review right after biology class. Watch Larger Version of this Video
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The release of the Wii and 360 port of Bully is stirring up controversy among Canadian teachers. "We're asking retailers to be responsible," Emily Noble, president of the Canadian Teachers' Federation, said Monday. "Yes, they can sell it and make a buck out of this, but is this the kind of marketing that they want to be [doing],...
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Grab your funny cardboard hats and tassels: Bully for the Wii and Xbox 360 is almost here. Now subititled Scholarship Edition, this version of the educational institution mischief generator features some new content and a couple of graphical updates to make everything shinier than before. Check out the trailer we've procured from Rockstar...
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lossyWAV 1.0.0 released., Added noise WAV bit reduction method.
lossyWAV 1.0.0 released., Added noise WAV bit reduction method.
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lossyWAV 1.0.0b released:
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Usage : lossyWAV <input wav file> <options>
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-h, --help display help.
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I have not followed the development and just discovered this now. I read the older threads and the wiki article and did some testing myself, and I have to say, this software is really great . Even the high quality preset sometimes give a tremendous decrease in bitrate. Also I checked out the thread for the next version, and everything (and more) I could think of is already on the 'wishlist'. Keep up the good work
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On Monday, February 13, 2012, beginning at 8:30 am, Texas A&M University's contractor will begin construction along the outside lane of northbound FM 2154 (Wellborn Road) between FM 60 (University Drive) and Joe Routt.
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Finally, opening day is here. Three things I have noticed so far: 1. The Texas Rangers may be in trouble. There pitching is not good enough to overcome the losses in that lineup. They need to bring Jurickson Profar up sooner, rather than later. Too bad Ian Kinsler is not team player like Michael Young. 2. Jayson Werth has no business hitting second in the Nationals lineup. He is, at best, a 6th or 7th place hitter and you do not want Bryce Harper hitting solo home runs. 3. I know this is obvious, but Stephen Strasburg is amazing. He does not seem to have is best stuff, leaving a lot of balls up in the zone, yet he has 4 scoreless so far.
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The huge target wearing that No. 13 jersey seemed to make the catch instinctively, effortlessly.
He juked a defender for a couple of extra steps before being tackled.
The crowd crowed louder than usual.
Penn State scored another touchdown three plays later.
No. 13 would not catch another pass in the victory against Navy.
That didn't matter.
"I feel like this new position is a second chance for me, like a re-birth into football."
Paul Jones once was part of a special quarterback haul at Penn State.
Kevin Newsome came first from Virginia.
Rob Bolden joined from Michigan.
Jones came from Pittsburgh.
Penn State, long viewed as a system bent on winning with one-dimensional pocket passers, was now luring one dynamic, multi-talented prospect after another.
But it quickly began falling apart.
Newsome failed to win the starting job in 2010 and eventually transferred. Bolden's true freshman flourish was grounded by injury, then poor play.
He left this past summer.
Only Jones was left, but he was struggling as well.
He redshirted his first season, then lost a second because of academic issues.
But the worst of it?
Jones seemed primed to benefit from a fresh start and NFL tutoring with O'Brien. Then he was beaten out for the backup job by a true freshman.
He is 6-foot-3 and nearly 260 pounds and can run well. Stories tell of him throwing a ball 80 yards in practice.
And yet something was missing.
Quarterbacks set the tone in practice, they command huddles, they rely on instincts to feel a rush.
They must absorb every nuance of a playbook thicker than most text books.
Not every high school camp sensation can do all of that.
Not every one will even want to.
O'Brien has said over and again how much he loves Paul Jones.
Great kid. Smart, funny personality. The kind of player who makes everyone around him feel better.
He just wasn't seeing Jones as his future quarterback.
The two met frequently in O'Brien's office through the spring and summer.
"Well, I said something joking around," is how Jones began the story early Saturday evening. "We were watching Patriots' film and (tight end) Aaron Hernandez caught a lot of balls that game, and I said, 'Coach, that's me.'
"Then we had a talk and he said, 'Well, you should try,' and I said, 'Sure, I'll try.'"
But it really wasn't that easy.
Star quarterback prospects don't easily give up quarterback dreams.
Jones heard the "experts" praise him for years before Penn State. He heard the fans calling for him once he got there. He even convinced some with those touchdown passes in a Blue-White Game.
But O'Brien kept shooting straight.
He knew that Jones, with his hands and his size and his athleticism, could not only be a unique talent as a Penn State tight end and receiver, he could do the same in the NFL.
Finally, Jones convinced himself, at least enough for now.
"There's not really that many mixed feelings," he said. "Me and coach talk. We talk about the pros and cons and everything. We have a good relationship.
"I've said everything, I cried a little bit, but at the end of the day when I left his office I knew exactly where he was coming from, he knew where I was coming from. I'm just open to playing a new position this season, and we'll see where it goes from there."
He's still only a redshirt sophomore with time to grow into a new position - or time to leave Penn State to try quarterbacking somewhere else.
No one knows how this will end.
But we do know how something begins.
"I ran the route, and I turned around, and I kind of jumped a little bit because the ball was coming toward me," he said, describing his first catch. "I tracked it in and as soon as I caught it my body just went numb."
The home crowd let loose.
Frustration melted into relief.
"It felt real good. That's the happiest I've ever been . . .


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On Monday I gave a guest presentation to Craig Jones' graduate seminar class in Carleton University's School of Social Work. My presentation sought to answer two questions:
1. Why should government play a role in creating affordable housing?
2. Which level of government is responsible?
With those questions as a backdrop, here are 10 things one needs to know:
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"That's ninety-nine degrees of fun right there!"
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One of those wonderfully positive developments pending in New Jersey Freemasonry I mentioned in a post somewhere below is the symposium the Scottish Rite will host on May 19. Coming to the podium are Ill. Robert Davis of the Valley of Guthrie, Oklahoma; Ill. Chris Hodapp of the Valley of Indy; and Ill. Brent Morris of the Valley of, among others, Washington, DC.
I believe the reputations of these nationally treasured scholars and brethren speak for themselves, and I predict you'll learn not only some more about Freemasonry from their presentations, but also be shown new ways to look at our Craft.
Click here to register. It's only $50 per person, which covers breakfast and lunch, and souvenirs. This is open to (regular/recognized) Master Masons.
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Jay Chia and Stella Gan will join the firm in Singapore from Cargill. Chia will provide technical support and advice for the electronic trading platform in the region, while Gan will run Asian clearing services.
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This week
You still have time to plant bulbs! Its a good idea to get them in soon, to give them a chance to establish some roots, but you could plant them up until the ground freezes.
Keep on watering! Last weeks rain was great, but it was so dry all summer that the moisture doesnt last long. Give new trees and shrubs (and maybe those that are a couple of years old, too), a good drink by turning your hose on to a pencil-sized trickle and leaving it at the base of the plant for about half an hour. Its important to water evergreen trees and shrubs, because theyll continue to transpire moisture over the winter.
Stock up on a few bags of potting soil and mulch, and store them where they cant freeze so youll have them available for houseplants or covering bare spots in the garden.
Make sure youve emptied all your glazed or terra cotta containers and stored them where its dry to prevent cracks.
This month
Drain hoses and store them. If possible, coil them and store them on the floor, or drape them over a rounded hose hanger instead of a single hook. This will keep them from getting a permanent kink in them, as they may do if theyre hanging over a skinny hook.
Even if you dont want to cage trees and shrubs just yet, get some small steel posts in place around them. If you start to see rabbit damage this winter, itll be easier to put chicken wire cages up to protect them if you dont have to drive stakes into frozen ground first.
When you cut back peony tops, be sure to rake up leaves that drop off, too. Peonies are susceptible to fungal diseases, so you want all the old foliage and stems (which can harbor fungal spores) out of the garden.
Clean and oil hand tools before you put them away for the winter.
When the tops of your asparagus plants are completely frozen back, cut them off at the base, and cover the bed with a couple of inches of compost.


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Springdale girl gathers gifts for shelter pets
A lot of girls for their 10th birthday would ask for Silly Bandz, Barbie Dolls or Nintendo Wii video games, but Isabella Walsh isn't one of them.
Instead, she requested from her friends at Colfax Upper Elementary School in Springdale something that she felt would have a deeper impact — something less selfish and closer to her heart.
"She didn't want presents," said her mom, Michelle. "She just wanted to collect food and supplies for the animals in the shelter. She's always been a big animal lover."
Walsh celebrated her 10th birthday on Sunday at the Bouquet Pool in Springdale with about a dozen girls, most of whom also belong to the Allegheny Valley Junior Girl Scout Troop.
Between them, the group collected more than 35 pounds of cat and dog food, 30 pounds of treats, 40 toys and about 35 food bowls, leashes and grooming supplies.
The items were donated the next day to Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley in New Kensington, where Walsh was able to spend some quality time with the beneficiaries of her party.
"This is my present — being here," she said, rubbing her face against a shelter cat in her arms. "I always have loved cats. This is the only thing I wanted to do."
Walsh's birthday — actually Thursday — arrives at an opportune time for the New Kensington animal shelter, according to office manager Jody Berisko.
Like all of the other shelters in the area, Animal Protectors is inundated with cats and kittens during their breeding season during the summer months, making it difficult to care for all of their animals.
"The number of cats we see always goes up this time of the year," Berisko said. "With the pregnant cats everywhere, it's endless.
"We are so appreciative of Isabella's donation. It's inspiring to see someone that young care that much about homeless animals and do something about it. It helps a lot, especially now."
Summer brings strays
The problems facing the Animal Protectors shelter in New Kensington are represented on a larger scale at the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania.
According to Executive Director Dan Rossi, the Pittsburgh-based shelter takes in about 1,000 cats per month between June and August.
That's more than twice the number they take in during the other nine months of the year, he said.
The increase is due primarily to the breeding season, but the warmer weather also draws more strays out of whatever structures they took refuge in over the winter. Others escape while their owners vacation, and some are left behind when people move.
"It's tough," Rossi said. "We could build a building the size of Consol Energy Center and it wouldn't be enough to hold them. We're able to manage thanks to our foster program, through which about 300 households take in some of the cats until they're adopted."
Orphans of the Storm, an animal shelter near Kittanning, experiences a 50 percent increase in the number of cats coming in during the summer.
The number of dogs coming in also increases, according to assistant manager Beth Ann Galbrith, by about 20 percent, particularly around the Fourth of July holiday when dogs frightened by fireworks run away from home.
To help combat the problem, Galbrith said, the shelter offers discounted spay and neuter programs from June through August. The shelter banks on receiving more community and personal donations over the summer and holds a handful of fundraisers, like its July 21 golf outing at the Kittanning Country Club.
"We're always looking for help," Galbrith said. "We're always looking for foster homes, and obviously all donations help, whether they're monetary, food or supplies."
Employees of Animal Protectors in New Kensington are hoping Walsh's donation inspires others to do the same.
Based on the expressions of Walsh's 7-year-old sister, Carissa, and friend, Morgan Fitzgerald, as they helped her donate to the shelter, it's entirely possible.
"I want to do this for my birthday next year," said Fitzgerald, 10. "It's really cool. It could start a trend."
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There are so many different programs and languages out there to analyse your data
Which do you use and why?
SPSS seems to work well for me and it produces pretty Kaplan-Meier survival curves.However, since I'm starting to work with large batches of survival data, it might be time to use something more programmable, like R.
Recently, the NY Times contained an article on the R. The article can be read here:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html
I don't find it intuitive but Matlab is growing on me..............slowly!
"Nothing shocks me.....I'm a scientist!"Indiana Jones
Hi generally, in routein calculation or test Excel base calculation is done, but in some area where complecated calculation or stastical comparasion is needed (eg Bioavaibility / Bioequivalance studies) SPSS or other software may be used.
Until recently I've always used Origin because it is a standard amoung many electrophysiologists, but with my imaging analysis I have needed something a lot more powerful. With the help of a very able undergrad, Matlab is becoming my tool of choice but I'm going to have to give R a look. If the language is simpler than matlab and the data handling is easy I could become a convert.
Thanks for the info
I normally tend to use Graphpad Prism on my Mac, both for statistical analysis and for generating publication-quality graphs from the data
It's really good software.
Prism4 for me. But I'm definitely not doing anything more complicated than a t test. Also, I agree with the last reply, prism is good for pub quality graphs.
Same here. Im stuck on Prism 4 by GraphPad.
Moving this poll to manuscripts preparation forum.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." -- Einstein
basic EXCEL works well for a basic mathematic calc for higher calc the others are essential while EXCEL is easy and basic to use others require skill study and practice
impossible! let's do it................
Excel mostly. Used as much as possible for its ease of use.
Nice article. I didn't know the major media is aware of R. R is my program.
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Our lab uses origin, but I am more comfortable with SPSS and SAS. We also have recently started to use MatLab for optical imaging data, so I am muddling through the tutorial. I hope that it soon becomes more intuitive, or at least more comprehensible.
ancora imparo
exel is good for basic analysis but in large nos data, it is giving a problem. sigma plot, simga state and matlab are very goog software for analying statistics data and easily plot a graph. one more software is Prism. it is also using for ploting graph and giving good result.
Kedar Singh
We use sigma plot , SPSS, PRISM minitab and few more uncommon ones.
Gaganjot SinghTruth seems so closer now......
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Great Boat!
About myself
I've been kayaking for about 9 years now and have paddled numerous places in B.C. as well as a little in California and New Zealeand.
About the test environment
I've been paddling the Fluid Solo Expedition for about 5 months now and after the intial 20 minutes or so it took to get used to it (different than my last creek boat - the Blunt, which I also liked) it has become my new best friend on the river. I've paddled it on the very large volume Fraser river through Hell's Gate and went through no problem. I've paddled it on medium volume rivers like the Upper Fraser section which is a world class stretch of class 3 - 5 whitewater .... and I've tried on very low volume creeks with back to back waterfalls.
The Fluid Solo Expedition is an incredible kayak that has so far proven to be a great performer in all types of whitewater - small volume and big volume. It's stable in boils and whirlpools, large waves and seam lines. It also excels, as would be expected of a great creek boat, on the steeps. It's incredibly easy to boof, it accelerates quickly when you want it to and seems to just hop over holes without effort. This boat also turns on a dime!! (you almost have to be careful to not overcorrect). One thing about this boat is that it's a bit heavy .... but word has it that they are planning to trim the weight down. The outfitting in this boat is great in the fact that it fits a large range of people and leaves ample room for gear, both in front of the bulk heads as well as in the rear hatch (which ia a really nice feature). One last thing about the Solo's .... a great feature they have in their cockpit ..... a Rib like support that is placed across the hull for two reasons. The 1st is to add incredible strength (ridgidity) to the hull, and 2nd as act as a "Step" in the off chance you get vertically pinned in a drop. Amazingly enough, about 3 weeks after I got my boat and a friend got hers, I watched her get vetically pinned at some completely random spot between two rocks and climb out of her boat with no problem thanks to the "Step"!!! (If you check out the Fluid Kayak website, it shows pictures of the "step" as well as the rest of their outfitting. I understand that they are making some slight modifications to improve their outfitting so it will be interesting to see how they much better they can make things. I hear they are also coming out with a med Solo next year too!!
Overall, I give this kayak two thumbs up. It performs well and is designed well. Like I said, I'm curious to see the improvements they are going to make since the boat has little to improve on.
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Can You Eat Rice & Beans and Still Lose Weight? – Leandro Carvalho Brazil Buttlift Answers
Ok So there is No Secret that I'm a Latina Girl! Cuban to be Exact! I mean, just check out the Booty I have… Jennifer Lopez, Watch out!
So when I was perusing the Message Boards back in the Team Beachbody Chat Area, This one particular headline & Chat Thread completely caught my eye:
It Asked:
"Can You Eat Rice and Beans and Still Lose Weight??"
To the Latin Community who is trying to lose weight and also get healthy and fit, this is a burning question because the staple of alot of Latin Cultures is Some form of Rice And Beans.
For Cubans it's : White Rice and Black Beans (Arroz con frijoles)
For Puerto Rican's: It's Arroz con Gandules (Which is Rice with Pigeon Peas)
For Nicaraguans it's Gallo Pinto: Which is basically A Mix of White Rice and Pinto Beans (and it's freaking Awesome!)
But if you are trying to lose weight, isn't eating Rice and Beans a big No No??
First here is MY Take on it:
As a Latina Girl on the quest for a hard body and more fat loss, I currently stay AWAY from Rice. I'll have me some black beans or pinto beans when I feel like eating something of Substance if I don't feel like eating Meat because Beans are a great source of Protein.
The Generous plates of Arroz con frijoles and Vaca Frita are no longer part of my Daily or Weekly Menu.
On a very special occasion I may have a tiny serving, but I've pretty much gotten use to not eating Rice and Beans on a regular basis.
However, Leandro Carvalho, Creator of Beachbody's Super Popular Program, Brazil Butt lift, shares his Expert opinion on whether you 'Can eat Rice & Beans and Still Lose Weight"
Click on the Image Below to see what Leandro Carvalho Brazil Butt lift Creator Has to Say About this Subject
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Basically, Just like everything else, it all comes down to moderation.
Personally, I would only reserve a bowl of Rice and Beans as a 'Treat' Meal once a week if you absolutely MUST have it while you are trying to lose weight.
Or you can substitute the White Rice which gets stored as sugar basically, with Brown Rice.
Personally, I hate Brown Rice, so what I will do, if I need a frijoles negros fix is just have a small cup of Black Beans all by themselves.
So there you have it.
Can You Eat Rice & Beans and Still Lose Weight?
Technically, YES!
But you MUST have it in moderation, (A little bit everyday is NOT what I consider Moderation) I'd say maybe once a week and I would account for it in my Treat Meal.
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The Works is where kids explore how things work! Our mission is to inspire the next generation of innovators and engineers.
The Works Museum ignites excitement in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning for kids in grades K-6 and gives them fun engineering experiences that develop 21st Century skills like persistence and problem solving.
Children visiting The Works get their hands on interactive engineering exhibits in ways they can't anyplace else. The Works also provides resources for elementary teachers to help them bring engaging engineering education to their classrooms. Families explore together at The Works Museum and at programs delivered right to their schools. And, through all of these experiences, our community has more young people excited to keep learning about STEM into middle and high school. We've already seen some of these students grow up to be engineers, teachers, and mathematicians. We know our programs help build bright futures for every child through engineering experiences that engage and inspire.
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Tall Wonders Giraffe Exhibit Grand OpeningFebruary 11, 2010 at 11:30 am
Exactly one year from the February 2009 groundbreaking for Tall Wonders, the Sacramento Zoo is proud to announce the ribbon-cutting celebration event on February 11, 2010 at 11:30 am. The grand opening celebration continues President's Day weekend for all Zoo visitors.
Everyone can visit the Zoo Friday, February 12 to Monday, February 15, and see Val, Skye & Goody in their new home. For the very first time, visitors will be eye to eye with the stately residents on the 1,100 square foot raised deck. The elevated platform also provides a magnificent view into the neighboring zebra and ostrich area.
The state-of-the-art block barn (yes, it's heated!) provides warm nights for the three giraffes, while the expanded grounds allow for leisurely giraffe-size strolls during the day.
With the finishing touches almost completed, we are grateful for the community's support and commitment to the project. We are just dollars away from reaching the $2 million goal. The Sacramento Zoological Society is 100% committed to providing the best possible care and facilities for the Zoo's animals. With continued community support, we will improve and enrich the Zoo for future generations.
Sacramento Zoo – Wildly Inspiring!
Open since 1927, the Sacramento Zoo is home to over 140 native, rare and endangered species and is one of over 200 accredited institutions of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Located near the corner of Land Park Drive and Sutterville Road in William Land Park, the Zoo is wholly managed by the non-profit Sacramento Zoological Society. This Sacramento treasure inspires conservation awareness through education and recreation. Open daily from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, general admission is $11.00; children ages 3-12 are $7.00 and two and under are admitted free. Parking is free throughout the park or ride Regional Transit bus #6. For information, call 916-808-5888 or visit saczoo.com.
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No Classic Rare Games On Revolution?
Posted by Anthony Dickens
IGN.com editor reports that no Rare owned franchises will be available on Revolution's Virtual Console.
IGN.com editor Matt Casamassina has posted an article on his blog, saying that both Microsoft and Rare employees have confirmed to him that certain Rare-owned franchises will not be appearing on the Virtual Console.
"Well, here's something interesting from the Game Developers Conference 2006. Met with some Rare / Microsoft people who confirmed once and for all that Revolution's Virtual Console will not see any Rare-owned licenses"
The Rare developed franchises in question are Jet Force Gemini, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie and Conkers Bad Fur Day. There has been discussion about these titles for quite a while, with no official announcement made, we'd still have to consider these as pretty conclusive comments.
Rare also developed the ground-breaking GoldenEye title for the Nintendo 64, another title that is unknown if it will actually appear on the Virtual Console. However, other Nintendo owned franchies like Donkey Kong 64 and Diddy Kong Racing will be appearing on the Virtual Console.
This could be a bitter blow to Nintendo as almost all of Rare's work on the Nintendo 64 was considered to be excellent and some of the best titles on the system. We'd hope that everyone can do the right thing here, and do whats best for the gamers. Maybe make them available on both Virtual Console and Xbox Arcade? Sadly, that's very very unlikely.
[via blogs.ign.com, computerandvideogames.com]