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Feb 4, 2014 The Facebook newsfeed celebrates one of its own. Which product changed the news business forever?
Box headed for IPO
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Feb 3, 2014 The cloud storage company focuses on helping businesses share data.
Facebook launches Paper app
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Feb 3, 2014 The new iPhone app seeks to streamline the experience of reading Facebook.
Facebook is dead. Long live Facebook.
Queena Kim
Jan 30, 2014 The company looks a lot better to investors than it did a year ago
"A communist party casino" - Despite the lift of IPO ban in China, investors remain unhappy
Rob Schmitz
Jan 2, 2014 China has announced it will lift a one-year ban on new stock listings in the new year. The market for initial public offerings was frozen by China's government in late 2012 in attempts to reform a trading system deemed too risky. Traders in Shanghai aren't encouraged.
Can Nasdaq move past Facebook debacle in 2014?
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Dec 31, 2013 Nasdaq will pay out a total of $41.6 million in claims related to the Facebook IPO troubles.
Post-Twitter IPO: "Suddenly everyone thinks you're Santa Claus"
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Dec 24, 2013 Things can get a little awkward this time of year for the newly-rich, as certain friends and family members raise their holiday gift expectations.
Obama to meet with tech execs about NSA spying
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Dec 17, 2013 President Obama is meeting with tech industry leaders this morning. One of the big issues on the table is the National Security Agency's big surveillance program.
Facebook is being added to the S&P 500. So what?
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Hilton's IPO and the future of the Hilton empire
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Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday claimed his political rivals had hatched a plot to deny him a victory in the upcoming October 7 presidential vote.
"They say I am trampling on things, that I am violating laws. It is absurd ... but what is behind it all is not absurd: a conspiracy to try to deny the will of the people," Chavez, 57, charged at a military promotion ceremony.
The opposition "is out there in Europe and the United States, charging that the National Electoral Council is controlled by Chavez. All of that is part of the destabilising plan," he added.
The leftist firebrand said he was sure that "no military official or general ever again will allow himself to bow down to that grotesque Venezuelan bourgeoisie".
On Sunday Chavez staged a huge rally despite his lingering health concerns as he and rival Henrique Capriles formally launched their campaigns ahead of October elections.
After 13 years in power, Chavez is facing his first serious election challenge as he vies for a new term that would cement his legacy both at home and abroad as Latin America's leading leftist.
Chavez - a socialist who has been battling cancer for more than a year - could rack up 20 years in office if he is re-elected on October 7 and serves out his full term.
The youthful and telegenic Capriles, 39, is the former governor of Miranda state.
Venezuela's sometimes fractious opposition has united behind Capriles, a centre-leftist who says he admires Brazil's model of addressing poverty while fostering liberal economic development as opposed to Chavez's embrace of nationalisation at home and confrontational bluster abroad.
Most opinion polls put staunch US critic Chavez firmly in the lead, but Capriles is counting on undecided voters - estimated at 35 percent of the electorate - to help him win.
Capriles has claimed he will handily defeat Chavez, even predicting a 10-point margin of victory. He has vowed to tackle what he calls the country's three main problems - poverty, unemployment and violence.
The Venezuelan government has disclosed few details about Chavez's health. In May, Chavez sought treatment in Cuba, his closest regional ally, after a recurrence of the cancer he first disclosed last year.
Doctors in Havana removed a tumour from his pelvic area last June, but after pronouncing himself fully recovered from cancer, Chavez reported a new lesion in February and returned to Cuba for additional surgery and radiation therapy. - Sapa-AFP
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Blu-ray sales low: format victory a hollow one?
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Blu-ray victory hollow?
A new report shows the Blu-ray disc player sales are falling, despite Toshiba dropping its HD DVD format players back in February. The sales of Blu-ray disc players were expected to skyrocket but a NPD Group study found the opposite. US sales of standalone Blu-ray players fell 40 percent from January to February, still in the midst of the HD DVD fall, before increasing by just two percent in March. This leads many to believe the price of Blu-ray players and media still isn't low enough for mainstream adoption.
The NPD concludes consumers aren't willing to spend the extra money on what they perceive to be a minimal increase in quality over standard DVDs, a claim it backs up with the 5 percent rise in sales of upconverting DVD players in the first quarter of 2008. Other reasons could include the HD players' high prices and the poor economy, as well as HD downloads offered from the likes of Microsoft.
Standard DVD players sales are also down, to the tune of 39 percent in Q1, but surprisingly, HD DVD player sales fell 13 and 65 percent month-to-month from January and February, respectively. Despite the format's demise, HD DVD discs are still on sale and at a discount, while the players themselves can play and upconvert standard DVDs, which helps extend their longevity. [via T3]


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You can assume quite a bit about the state of a used car just from its mileage and model year. The wear and tear of heavy driving and the passage of time will have taken an inevitable toll. The same appears to be true of aging in people, but the analogy is flawed because of a crucial difference between inanimate machines and living creatures: deterioration is not inexorable in biological systems, which can respond to their environments and use their own energy to defend and repair themselves.
At one time, scientists believed aging to be not just deterioration but an active continuation of an organism's genetically programmed development. Once an individual achieved maturity, "aging genes" began to direct its progress toward the grave. This idea has been discredited, and conventional wisdom now holds that aging really is just wearing out over time because the body's normal maintenance and repair mechanisms simply wane. Evolutionary natural selection, the logic goes, has no reason to keep them working once an organism has passed its reproductive age.
Yet we and other researchers have found that a family of genes involved in an organism's ability to withstand a stressful environment, such as excessive heat or scarcity of food or water, have the power to keep its natural defense and repair activities going strong regardless of age. By optimizing the body's functioning for survival, these genes maximize the individual's chances of getting through the crisis. And if they remain activated long enough, they can also dramatically enhance the organism's health and extend its life span. In essence, they represent the opposite of aging genes--longevity genes.
We began investigating this idea nearly 15 years ago by imagining that evolution would have favored a universal regulatory system to coordinate this well-known response to environmental stress. If we could identify the gene or genes that serve as its master controllers and thereby act as master regulators of an organism's life span, these natural defense mechanisms might be turned into weapons against the diseases and decline that are now apparently synonymous with human aging.
Many recently discovered genes, known by such cryptic names as daf-2, pit-1, aak-1, clk-1 and p66Shc, have been found to affect stress resistance and life span in laboratory organisms, suggesting that they could be part of a fundamental mechanism for surviving adversity [see table on page 54]. But our own two laboratories have focused on a gene called SIR2, variants of which are present in all organisms studied so far, from yeast to humans. Extra copies of the gene increase longevity in creatures as diverse as yeast, roundworms and fruit flies, and we are working to determine whether it does the same for larger animals, such as mice.
As one of the first longevity genes to have been identified, SIR2 is the best characterized, so we will focus here on its workings. They illustrate how a genetically regulated survival mechanism can extend life and improve health, and growing evidence suggests that SIR2 may be the key regulator of that mechanism.
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WE FIRST DISCOVERED that SIR2 is a longevity gene by asking what causes individual baker's yeast cells to grow old and whether a single gene might control aging in this simple organism. The notion that an understanding of yeast life span would tell us anything about human aging was deemed preposterous by many. Aging in yeast is measured by counting how many times mother cells divide to produce daughters before dying. A typical yeast cell's life span is about 20 divisions.
One of us (Guarente) began by screening yeast colonies for unusually long-lived cells in the hope of finding genes responsible for their longevity. This screen yielded a single mutation in a gene called SIR4, which encodes part of a complex of proteins containing the Sir2 enzyme. The mutation in SIR4 caused the Sir2 protein to gather at the most highly repetitive region of the yeast genome, a stretch containing the genes that encode the protein factories of the cell, known as ribosomal DNA (rDNA). More than 100 of these rDNA repeats exist in the average yeast cell's genome, and they are difficult to maintain in a stable state. Repetitive sequences are prone to "recombining" with one another, a process that in humans can lead to numerous illnesses, such as cancer and Huntington's disease. Our yeast findings suggested that aging in mother cells was caused by some form of rDNA instability that was mitigated by the Sir proteins.


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Tolls to pay for the Brent Spence Bridge replacement may be unpopular, but a letter writer says they are necessary.
I was thinking about our role as stewards of the region. As the current residents, we have an obligation to take care of what we have, and to do what we can to leave this region better for those who will follow.
Added fees, taxes and tolls are never popular, but sometimes they are necessary. The residents of Hamilton County have repeatedly stepped up and paid for major infrastructure improvements that contribute to the quality of life for all people who live in this region. Great American Ball Park and Paul Brown Stadium are two recent examples. These facilities provide not only a source of entertainment, but more importantly civic pride, and reinforcement that Cincinnati is indeed a major league region.
Residents of Hamilton County support the Cincinnati Zoo, one of the finest in the nation and visited by families from throughout the region. I suspect that the citizens will once again step to the plate and find a way to renovate and preserve two of the most iconic and valuable cultural resources in the community - Music Hall and Union Terminal.
I encourage our neighbors in Northern Kentucky to consider tolls for the Brent Spence Bridge not just as a new fee, but rather as an investment in the overall improvement of the region all of us call home. I suggest that tolls for the new bridge are more than just a fee, they are a down payment on a transportation system that will literally carry our region forward for decades to come.
Doug Moormann, vice president, Development Strategies Group LLC
Newly elected councilman is a breath of fresh air
I don't know Kevin Flynn, have never met Kevin Flynn, but I like Kevin Flynn. How refreshing to hear from a political type that they truly follow their "real beliefs."
Krista Ramsey's article ("Flynn figures way to remain himself," March 2) presented what I term to be an interesting appraisal of the man recently voted Cincinnati councilman. That he examined the facts, explored the finances, and then reversed his position, speaks to his character. He did not let the gravity of the streetcar issue color what in the end he felt was the prudent approach to take for the city.
Whether you were pro or con streetcar, Mr. Flynn's taken position was a fresh breath of action in our city's management and development. Let's all hope real evaluation, not political self-serving, becomes a path for other elected officials in our city. Take a lesson, fellow councilmen.
Dennis Speigel, East Walnut Hills
Streetcar project will soon be known as 'Flynn's Folly'
Krista Ramsey's fluff piece on Cincinnati Councilman Kevin Flynn failed to mention that the only reason he was elected was because of his opposition to the streetcar project. This is borne out by the fact that he ran for City Council twice before when there was no streetcar controversy and he failed to get elected. Like a true politician, once he took office he forgot his anti-streetcar stance and became one of its staunchest supporters. As cost overruns begin to accumulate, the streetcar project will come to be known as "Flynn's Folly."
Lewis J. Chizer, College Hill
Parents also play a role in kids' dental health
Dr. Julie McKee, Kentucky Department for Public Health dental director, was quoted in the article "Kids' oral health in spotlight" (March 1) as saying at a recent summit on children's oral health, "Oral health is not the full responsibility of dentists. It is the responsibility of health providers, schools, public health and lawmakers." I have one question: Do parents or guardians share any link in this "chain of responsibility"? Hopefully, Dr. McKee's omission regarding the role of parents was inadvertent because when the state has no expectation of any parental responsibility, the government yet again becomes an enabler of irresponsibility.
Greg Ellison, Edgewood
Tax break article gave readers one-sided view
I was very disappointed that the article "City tax breaks benefit well-off neighborhoods" (March 2) left readers with a very one-sided, negative viewpoint that hints of class warfare that has become so prevalent throughout a very liberal Obama administration.
Unfortunately the analysis looks only at one side of the equation and does not take into account the economic impact that attracting and retaining affluent homeowners into the city creates. What group of people would you prefer to attract, the individuals in Section 8 housing on food stamps, welfare and a plethora of public assistance, or a group of affluent, tax-paying, consuming professionals that have a very positive economic impact within the city?
If you take into account the situation of our public schools and the deteriorating condition of our surrounding neighborhoods, you can only come to the conclusion that not only are these tax breaks necessary, but the very economic vitality of our city depends upon them.
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Maddow: Right now I'm ...
Watching: Mad Men and the miniseries First Among Equals on DVD.
Listening to: Music from Lucero, M.I.A. and Steve Earle on her iPod, as well as "trashy" thrillers and mystery novels.
Clicking on: BoingBoing.net, Wired.com, TalkingPointsMemo.com and ForeignPolicy.com. "I'm online all day, every day!"
Reading: The Christians and the Fall of Rome by Edward Gibbon and a bartending book from the '40s called Here's How! "It makes me happy when the decline and fall of the Roman Empire bums me out."
Following: Broadcaster Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports), humorist John Hodgman (@hodgman) and author Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) on Twitter. They "are all brilliant."
It's no exaggeration to say that The Rachel Maddow Show cemented MSNBC's place as the anti-Fox News Channel during the 2008 presidential election. Although Rachel Maddow's nightly political gabfest is a place for liberals to get fired up, the Rhodes Scholar is not quite giving President Obama a free ride. In a post-show chat, we asked Maddow, 36, about that, her competition and whether she plans to marry her longtime partner, artist Susan Mikula. The inside scoop:
Has President Obama disappointed you?
No, but I never thought he was going to be a liberal. I thought he was running as a pretty centrist Democrat, and I think he has governed as a pretty centrist Democrat.
How do you stay up on the news?
I exist, essentially, totally online in my news-gathering experience, and that means you can seek out what you want and find almost as much depth as you want on any one thing that you want.
I guess you don't have a favorite broadcast news anchor, then?
I've actually never watched network news my whole life. Growing up, we were not a network news family.
What about your cable competition, Sean Hannity or Larry King?
I've never actually seen a whole prime-time show on Fox, and I've never seen an episode of Larry King. I was booked to go on [King's] show in January 2008, but that was the night that MSNBC offered me a contract to be exclusive, so I had to cancel.
Is there someone you'd like to have on your show who won't do it?
Dick Cheney or his daughter Liz Cheney, who has done every other cable news show in the world but won't come on my show.
What do they say?
Liz Cheney has been very friendly, but the answer's always no. She even ran ads on her website talking about how people on MSNBC don't want to debate the real issues. I was like, "Come on, I'll debate anything with you." The [former] vice president's office doesn't bother responding.
What would you ask him?
It would be a long discussion. I would essentially treat it like a trial.
Do you and your partner want to get married?
We live in the state [Massachusetts] where the right has existed for the longest, and we have not made a decision to get married. This spring, we will have been together for 11 years, and our relationship is serious and happy, mature, monogamous. We like having the right, and we think that everybody should have the right, but we're making our own decision about whether we should exercise it.
Do you want kids?
No. We both have really rich family lives with our extended families, and neither one of us has ever wanted to have kids.
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Bear Bibeault wrote:I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to accomplish by your description, but be aware that hacking around is likely to create more confusion that just doing things in a straight-forward manner.
That said, the only other way to generate a POST from a browser other than a form is via Ajax.
Bear Bibeault wrote:Seems to me that a better solution would be to refactor the original servlet to use a lower-level API that both forms of input could share. How are you planning on validating the CSV?
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Kenyan environmentalist-activist Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, as announced in October.
Her arrival in Oslo has touched off press coverage on the links between environmental conditions, human rights and peace, featured in this Reuters story recounting a debate between critics and supporters of awarding the Peace Prize to an environmentalist.
While Ole Jacob Sending, a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, apparently felt that "much research shows that deforestation and other environmental degradation has never been more than a small factor in spurring conflicts," Brookings Institute scholar David Sandalow drew the connections:
[Sandalow] said conflict in the troubled Darfur region in Sudan was linked to drought and poor land management that spread deserts.
And a communist insurgency in the Philippines had underlying causes of poverty caused by land-grabbing and logging. He said that the Nobel Committee had been wise in saying that "peace on earth depends on our ability to secure our living environment."
And he noted that the environment was sometimes a first area of cooperation to help states overcome mistrust.
"It's no accident that in the 1970s, as doors between China and the United States opened for the first time in decades, the Chinese government sent a panda to the United States as a symbol of rapprochement," he said.
There will be a live webcast of Friday's ceremony in Stockholm, and a video and text archive of Maathai's address. Maathai will be on a speaking tour in the New York area later this month.
(Thanks, Rebecca)
Update: Wangari Maathai's own words on the links between human rights, democracy and the environment, excerpted from today's (Dec. 10) New York Times:
...many local and international wars, like those in West and Central Africa and the Middle East, continue to be fought over resources. In the process, human rights, democracy and democratic space are denied.
I believe the Nobel Committee recognized the links between the environment, democracy and peace and sought to bring them to worldwide attention with the Peace Prize that I am accepting today. The committee, I believe, is seeking to encourage community efforts to restore the earth at a time when we face the ecological crises of deforestation, desertification, water scarcity and a lack of biological diversity.
Unless we properly manage resources like forests, water, land, minerals and oil, we will not win the fight against poverty. And there will not be peace. Old conflicts will rage on and new resource wars will erupt unless we change the path we are on.


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UBS, ATR on AAPL
Financial firms ATR and UBS both held a $50 price target for shares of Apple just days ago, but the firms expressed very different views Thursday following Apple's announcement of financial results for the Mach quarter. American Technology Research on Thursday downgraded shares of Apple to "Hold" with a price target of $46. The firm cited concerns with slowing revenue growth and high investor expectations in its report. Meanwhile, UBS remained bullish on Apple, suggesting Mac sales could see a boost over the next several quarters. UBS increased its price target to $54, and maintained a "Buy" rating.
Concern over sustainability of growth
American Technology Research said it is concerned with Apple's slowing top-line growth, as indicated by lower than expected average selling price trends in both the company's iPod and Mac businesses. Average selling price declined 28 percent quarter to quarter, indicating stronger growth in lower cost products such as the iPod shuffle. The average price for Macs declined 9 percent quarterly, with a mix shift towards the Mac mini and iMac G5. The firm also cited high investor expectations, which will likely be met by a decreasing number of "big up side surprises" in the near future. "In our view, investors do not believe AAPL's guidance and have much higher unpublished expectations."
ATR believes 2 million out of the 5.3 million music players Apple shipped during the March quarter were iPod shuffles. (In line with 's estimate of 1.8 million units).
"We continue to believe Apple remains the best-positioned to capitalize on the digital music opportunity with arguably the industry's most powerful and complete stack of hardware, software, and service." Additionally, the firm believes that Apple's Mac business could accelerate with new product momentum and as more "switchers" buy Macs.
UBS maintains positive outlook
UBS remained bullish on Apple, suggesting Mac sales could see a boost over the next several quarters and issuing a new target price of $54 a share. "While some may have expected higher iPod sales & higher guidance, we believe results are impressive in terms of margins & laptop sales ... We also believe desktop sales in March were adversely impacted by anticipation of the Tiger OS set to ship in the June quarter. As a result, Mac sales could see a boost over the next several quarters from current levels."
AAPL continues slide
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Texas firm, Justice Department settle immigration probe
Infinity Group and its related entities reached an agreement to settle a U.S. Department of Justice investigation alleging the companies violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act by demanding more or different documents than U.S. citizens are required to present.
Clute, Texas-based Infinity Group provides project-based temporary skilled labor to client companies and employs more than 1,000 temporary employees in the United States.
The investigation determined that Infinity Group entities, which utilized the E-Verify system, required non-citizens to present specific U.S. Department of Homeland Security-issued documents to establish their identity and employment authorization while not making similar requests of U.S. citizens, according to the Department of Justice.
After receiving notice of the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Employment Practices' investigation, Infinity Group immediately changed its employment policies and practices to conform to the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Infinity Group will train its human resources personnel on the Immigration and Nationality Act's anti-discrimination provision; pay $53,800 in civil penalties; create a $35,000 back pay fund to compensate any individuals who suffered lost wages as a result of its practices; and be subject to monitoring by the department and reporting requirements for a period of two years.
The company has no comment on the agreement at this time, said Jimmy Lapier, Infinity Group's employee/labor relations manager.
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Jerry Jones says maybe now Saints fans won't ask him, 'Are you here to get our coach,' when he lands in New Orleans
MOBILE, Ala. — New Orleans saints head coach and Dallas-area resident Sean Payton was reinstated by the NFL on Tuesday following his yearlong suspension as part of the bounty scandal, and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that's also good news for him.
"I'm excited for the NFL. I'm excited for Sean. I'm excited – really excited – for the fans of New Orleans," Jones said Tuesday from Senior Bowl practices. "It's going to be wonderful to land in New Orleans and not have everybody that I think so much of, all those fans in New Orleans that are also at times Cowboys fans, I'm excited to not have them say to me, 'Are you here to get our coach?' That's going to be a good trick when I touch down in New Orleans. And I can't tell you how many people say that every time I go. I've spent a lot of my life in and out of New Orleans. I love Louisiana. He's an outstanding coach. I'm proud for the Saints. Proud for him. He's a good friend."
Payton worked for the Cowboys from 2003 to 2005 as part of Bill Parcells' coaching staff. Rumors circulated a few months ago that Jones could pursue Payton as the Cowboys' next head coach if he decided to fire Jason Garrett.
Payton was reportedly headed to Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday and was scheduled to address the media at a Senior Bowl practice some time Wednesday.
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Unfortunately, Ackman is little more than a stock trader. There is no record of his having contributed anything to the management of any company in which he has invested. Warren Buffett bought BNSF because he believed railroads will prosper from the carriage of America's commerce. Hedge funds tried to get into the railroads a decade ago, but decided they didn't like the idea of actually having to manage a complex venture, especially one that consumes large quantities of capital. The "raider" mentality is to strip the companies so raided and in the case of railroads that only guarantees the involved railroad will be less successful going forward. Not a good formula for guys whose greatest contribution is moving money around.
This guy bought a big piece of Target just before the biggest recession since the 1930's.
I bet he will try to get a merger with KCS initiated or push the rail line project to the Wyoming coalfields forward faster than cp planned 5 year goal to increase value and stop CP from spinning off baluable line which help all of its competitors?!
i wonder if the plan (if any) involves a reit-like (track, etc.) spin-off and an operating company... this might complicate things as it might open up more access.
Something tells me this is will be good for shor-term investors, but bodes ill for Canadian employement numbers.
This will definitely be a good thing for stockholders.I can see him replacing the Canadians at the top with Americans who know how to compete.Since Cp went public they have had one excuse after another as to why the business was off. They blame bad weather for 1/2 the year and headwinds for the other 1/2 of the year.
It worked for Buffett so of course everyone is going to go off of precident and say it's a good deal, I think it's more promising that an AI like Ackman is involved, Icahn and Whitworth would get the same reception http://www.linkedin.com/in/ralphwhitworth
I agree with "slickdave" this is a conservative Canadian company run by conservative Canadians. It will continue to limp along for another 125 years, but will never truely compete until it is run by someone who is willing to put some dollars into infrastructure and streamline the union workforce.
There are certain train crews that can only take a particular numbered train from point A to B. If there is another train that gos A to B, by a different number, they don't have to run it?! Crazy. Same origin, same destination, same track, same everything, but a different symbol.
Also the infrastructure is in serious need of upgrading, there is nearly 700 miles of main line track warrent control.... that means trains have to stop and line switches them selves, just like they did 100 years ago.
There is a tremendious oppourtunity to improve this RR with some shaking up of priorities. This RR can make $$. There is alot of business out there, that we just can't handle right now.
Slickdave - CPR has been a privately owned and publicly traded railroad company for it's entire lifetime...you must be mistaking us for CNR which was a Federal govt. Crown Corporation that was privatized in 1995. Casey Jones - CPR has been pouring money into it's infrastucture for the last 25 years I have worked there and has "streamlilned" the union workforce to the point where it is desperately short of manpower in certain areas of it's operations. Do you have any idea how much it costs for one mile if CTC signalled track equipped with remote control switches and how much it costs to maintain and operate it? Finally, your comments regarding which crews man respective trains clearly indicates you know nothing about the operation of trains and the calling of crews. I sincerely hope you two don't make investment decisions based on what you think you know about Canadian Pacific Railway.
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|Use of a Single Q Guide Catheter for Complete Assessment and Treatment of Both Coronary Arteries via Radial Access during Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Review of 40 Consecutive Cases.
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|Background: It is normally necessary to use more than 1 coronary catheter in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We explored the utility of a single guide catheter (Q) strategy for complete coronary assessment and treatment in PPCI. Methods: Fifty-seven consecutive STEMI cases undergoing invasive management were included. Radial access was the default route (6 cases via femoral access). Among radial cases, a TIG catheter was used first on 6 occasions (perceived low likelihood of subsequent PCI) and a Judkins right followed by an EBU catheter on three occasions (stock issue). A Q guide was used as initial default in the remaining 42 cases. Two anterior STEMI cases had recently undergone angiography and did not require right coronary reinspection. Procedural and outcomes data were recorded prospectively. Results: The Q catheter allowed complete assessment and treatment in 33 cases, 6 cases requiring a second catheter and one patient dying prior to right coronary imaging. Territories of infarction were: anterior (n = 18), inferior (n = 14), inferoposterior (n = 3), lateral (n = 1), inferolateral (n = 2), inferoposterolateral (n = 2). Sixty-three out of 65 lesions were treated successfully. Median catheterization laboratory door to balloon time was 18 minutes (IQR 15-21 minutes). There were no catheter-related complications. Conclusions: A default Q guide catheter allows rapid effective imaging and treatment of both left and right coronaries in the majority of STEMI cases suitable for radial access PPCI. (J Interven Cardiol 2011;**:1-8).
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So, Naruto from Tsunade's Heir and the Heritage story was conceptualized with a white jacket. So my avatar is kind of a visualization to help. Think this, minus the hoodie and gloves.
The Heritage one would have red trim and be heavier, as well as longer (to maybe mid-thigh) as it is more of a utility coat as that Naruto has more of a focus on craftsmanship than battle or responsiveness.
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Well, rather, I think I've just read so many that there aren't that many good ones left unread. When I think about it like that I get kind of saddened...
Fanfiction should have enough of a twist to be at least a little refreshing for a fanfic reader to read. Fanfiction should strive for internal consistency if not consistency to source material. We should all be very f*cking proud of fanfiction.
Also, I have several fanfics up for adoption. Like half of them. Actually, if you want one then you can have it provided you can display a good writing skill. Except for Tsunade's Heir. That one's mine. And I will finish that thing no matter how long it damn well takes.


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Former Kitsap County Commissioner Ray Aardal Dies
Former Kitsap County Commissioner Ray Aardal has died.
Aardal died Dec. 16, one day short of his 84th birthday. He succumbed to an undisclosed illness in Grants Pass, Ore., where he lived his later years.
The imposing former Bremerton accountant with slicked-back graying hair had a long history in politics.
In Olympia in the 1970s, he was a commissioner overseeing the former Department of Highways. In 1977, he became the first chairman of the Washington State Transportation Commission overseeing the new Washington Department of Transportation.
Journalist Adele Ferguson said not all DOT staffers were fond of Aardal, because he was always looking over their shoulder.
"They're supposed to just set policy," she said. "He worked very hard as a commissioner."
Aardal lived on Erland's Point, and attorney and former legislator Gordon Walgren was his neighbor, friend and accounting client.
"Ray was a tough Norwegian," Walgren said, adding that Aardal always stuck to his guns.
"I'm glad that he was able to represent us."
Also during the 1970s until 1980, Aardal ran at least three times for a 23-District seat in the state House of Representatives, but never won.
After that, the seasoned Democrat was more successful at home.
He served as a Kitsap County commissioner from 1983 to 1988. During the time, he was the voice of business and growth as Silverdale began to turn into the region's economic hub.
"He was a businessman, so he was really pro-business," said Paul Pazooki, a friend and local commercial developer.
As commissioner, Aardal worked to get infrastructure into Silverdale that would support the new commerce hub. He saw that a gazabo at Waterfront Park was built, and that a former church on Silverdale Way was turned into a community center.
Silverdale incorporation was a big topic in the mid-1980s, and Aardal argued strenuously against it.
He and former fellow Commissioner John Horsley worked hard to regulate exotic dancing in Kitsap County.
He also was known for his negotiating skills.
"He was very quiet and easygoing, but he got people to come together," Pazooki said.
Aardal was an owner of the Hearthstone restaurant in Bremerton, once considered the finest in the area. The restaurant was a common meeting and drinking place for local politicians.
In May 1988, Aardal resigned as commissioner after pleading guilty two months earlier to sexual abuse. The case involved him touching the breasts of a 15-year-old girl he knew over a year, according to Kitsap Sun archives.
A movement to recall Aardal had gained steam as he served 28 days of a 45-day sentence in the King County Jail. He was replaced by Billie Eder.
Aardal largely disappeared from the public eye after that. He moved to Grants Pass, but came to visit family in Kitsap during Christmases.
According to an obituary submitted by the family, Aardal grew up in North Dakota, served in the Navy and fished in Alaska. He was a University of Washington graduate.
He is survived by wife Elsie, two sons and a daughter.
No service is planned. He will be buried at Eagle Point National Cemetery in Oregon.
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The bubbly rhyme of author Shana Corey and the soft artwork of Will Terry combine to celebrate Halloween fun in Monster Parade, a Bright and Early Book from Dr. Seuss. The short sentences and controlled vocabulary make this book perfect for young readers who are sounding out words on their own. Whether reading alone or together, Monster Parade is the perfect way to wind down after a night of trick-or-treating or anytime.
I'll bet you had a favorite book when you were a child? Maybe it was a book that spirited you away to new worlds or introduced you to a character you admired. Maybe you loved the sound of an adult reading to you as you got ready for bed. Perhaps it was the discovery that the words strung together just so could help you create pictures in your imagination. Here are some of my personal favorites that I've shared with my son.
The Good Dinosaur asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. This exciting, new, 3D computer-animated Disney·Pixar feature film will debut in theaters on November 25, 2015.
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Kaleigh Bondor was named state champion during the Ohio High School Speech League State Tournament.
Kaleigh Bondor had been preparing for the moment for four years. Finally, earlier this month, it happened — she was named state champion in the impromptu speaking portion of the Ohio High School Speech League state tournament.
"I am going out with a bang," said the McKinley High School senior. "This was a culmination of four years of hard work."
About 900 teens descended on Canfield High School for the tournament, representing schools across Ohio. About 120 of them were qualifiers from the Canton district, including Stark, Carrollton and Tusky Valley students.
Last year, Bondor was state runner-up in impromptu, which made this year's win even sweeter.
"I am very, very happy," she said, explaining that in impromptu speaking you get a different topic each time you speak. The topic that put her over the top during the last round was about a quotation about how you should not pay attention to what critics say, because a statue has never been raised for a critic.
"I am kind of unusual because I like to give four examples," Bondor said. "Some speakers only do two, others do three. I do four because I feel it balances out the speech, but it is really whatever the speaker chooses."
A strong interest in music and theater helped the four-time state qualifier decide to get into speech in high school.
"I have always been into music, theater and expressing myself vocally," she said. "Speech is something I knew I wanted to do."
With the help of her coach, Manuel Halkias, she succeeded.
"I could not have done this without my coach," Bondor said. Her plans include becoming a high school math teacher by way of Marietta College or Kent State University. She eventually wants to get a master's degree and a doctorate in math to teach at the university level.
"Taking speech has been one of the best decisions of my life," Bondor said. "It has set a foundation for every goal and opportunity I will have into my adult years. My coach is really the one who supported and encouraged me to succeed as well as I have. I could not have done it without him."
Halkias said he is the lucky one, not only with Bondor, but with all his students.
He has been coaching for 28 years at McKinley. "I work with so many wonderful young people. I have been blessed with so many talented people that I have the opportunity to work with."
Also at the tournament, Kathy Patron, director of Forensics at Perry High School, was inducted into the Ohio High School Speech League Coaches' Hall of Fame. She was presented by Louis Mattachione, former Perry coach of 35 years and her high school coach; and John Weaver, a former student and current Perry assistant coach.
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Other winners during the recent Ohio High School Speech League State Tournament were:
• P.J. Calac, second in dramatic interpretation, GlenOak High School
• Angela Peretta and Daniel Rodriguez, sixth in duo interpretation, Central Catholic High School.
• Alexis Klaiber, fifth in humorous interpretation, Perry High School
• Abhishek Bhargava, second, and Joe Fahmy, sixth, in international extemporaneous speaking, Jackson High School
• Rose Milnes, second in original oratory, Jackson
• Samantha Ash, second in prose-poetry reading, Central Catholic
• Jad Hamdan, second, and Hayden Smith, sixth, in U.S. extemporaneous speaking, Jackson and Perry, respectively
• Karen Zimmer and Corey Anderson, quarter-finalists in person policy debate, Perry
• In team competition, Jackson High School placed fourth in the state. Perry placed 10th.
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Local Agencies Document Links Between Animal Cruelty, Human Violence
In Ontario, a humane society collaborates with a child welfare agency on a cross-reporting project.
January 1, 2002
Animal Ordinance Violators Go Back to School
In Kansas City, Kansas, new program teaches first-time offenders the ABCs of responsible pet ownership.
November 1, 2001
The Devil's in the Details
The First Strike campaign releases findings from first national study on the connection between animal abuse and violence against humans.
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Acting for Animals in Arizona
In the Grand Canyon State, the furred and the feathered have new support from an anti-cruelty coalition.
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Tufts Animal Care and Condition (TACC) Scales for Assessing Body Condition, Weather and Environmental Safety, and Physical Care in Dogs
These body condition scales were designed to help animal control officers, cruelty investigators, veterinarians, and others more accurately determine the condition of a potentially neglected dog.
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Read about the sad passing of our board member, John Kirkwood.
Vol. V, Issue 9
September 2007
News Updates
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Over the past year or so, I have been asked by several interested friends and colleagues about Ireland's new found wealth, the successful peace process, and the future of the Ireland Institute.
Our mission is to promote peace, reconciliation, and economic development in Ireland. Some would argue that we have achieved our mission. Others insist that we still have work to do. While peace and prosperity have come to the island, the reconciliation process is only now beginning, according to some.
Either way, this organization is in an exciting transition. Having successfully managed programs for over 1500 young people from Ireland's most disadvantaged communities, the Institute now looks to the next horizon.
While we pass from one objective to the next I am reminded of some important contributors to the culture and heritage of Pittsburgh's Irish community who passed away recently.
John Kirkwood, a board member of the Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh passed away earlier this month. He was committed to peace and reconciliation in Ireland and assisted many companies in Ireland with investment, advice, and friendship. He will be missed.
Mary Folan, in my mind, the matriarch of Irish Pittsburgh, passed away last week. Mary and her husband Mike ensured that Irish Culture was secure in Pittsburgh, encouraging their children, nieces, nephews, and others who knew them to promote the music, language, dance, and sports of that island.
As John and Mary move on to their next horizon, I know they will be pleased that the Institute and the many other organizations that care about Ireland will do the same.
I once read that death is a journey toward a new horizon. May John, Mary, and Ireland be at peace.
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Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny may cut some of the older members of his frontbench from the last Dáil to clear the way for some of the party's newly elected, younger TDs.
Labour leader Eamon Gilmore, meanwhile, has already let it be known that there will be places on the frontbench for his party's three Dáil newcomers — Sean Sherlock, Ciaran Lynch and Joanna Tuffy. Such changes are an attempt to re-engergize the parties with some political youth and new faces.
Fine Gael, which won 20 new seats, has 51 TDs, compared to 31 following the 2002 election.
The Omagh District Council has appointed an independent mediator to attempt to reach an agreement on a plaque for the planned memorial that will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Omagh bombing. Twenty nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed when a Real IRA bomb exploded on August 15, 1998.
The victims' families feel that the Council's choice of language for the plaque does not reflect the truth of the event. The Council members assert that nothing has been decided on or ruled out. Omagh District Council chief executive Danny McSorley said he wanted the views of everyone to be taken into account. The professional facilitator will lead a series of discussions in order to prepare a report for consideration, which will help create a successful and consensual outcome.
A competition was launched in April to provide a permanent tribute at the bomb site and nearby memorial garden. The winning design was submitted by a Dublin team, artist Sean Hillen and architect Desmond Fitzgerald and its theme is "Constant Light".
It includes a 4.5m tall glass obelisk with a heart inside which will mark the site of the explosion. Though the pillar is almost constantly in the shade, the designers will use 31 mirrors placed in the Memorial Garden around the corner - each one mounted on top of a pole, representing those who died. Light reflected from these will be beamed down the street and onto the heart inside the pillar.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) Education at a Glance 2007 document sparked criticisms from
teachers about Ireland's below-average spending at all levels of education.
The 4.6% of gross domestic product invested in education in 2004 placed us
almost bottom of a list of all developed countries and significantly below the
5.2% spend in 1995. When spending per student was measured from primary to
third level, Ireland remains below OECD and EU averages.
Number of Irish Trips abroad up 12%
The number of visits abroad by Irish people was only slightly fewer than the number of trips being made to Ireland, according to tourism figures from the Central Statistics Office.
Irish travelers made 2.04 million trips abroad between April and June of this year, compared with 2.13 million visits by tourists to Ireland. For the first time since beginning to publish reports in1990, Irish trips abroad in the first three months of the year were larger than the number of visitors coming in to Ireland.
55% of people who came to Ireland took the trip for leisure reasons and they stayed an average of 6.7 nights, which was down from 7.3 nights for the second quarter last year.
The figures also show that Irish visits abroad and overseas visits to Ireland for reason of business showed large increases on the second quarter of last year, growing by 27% and 15% respectively.
The number of visits by residents of Britain to Ireland fell by 1%, the number of visits by residents of other European countries grew by 4%.
Visits from the United States and Canada were up by 2%, and visitors from other destinations fell 1.3%.
Ireland began accepting Burmese refugees as part of a program by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. 50 men, women, and children from an isolated camp on Burma's border with Thailand have come to Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, where they will be prepared for permanent resettlement to Castlebar. Another group of 45 people will arrive in mid-November. Six other European countries are participating in the initiative.
"Resettlement is considered only as a last resort when
all other options for these people have been considered," said a spokesman for
the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
A third-year student in CBS Synge Street, Dublin, Abdusalam Abubakar tried to mathematically crack the world's most hacker-proof encryption system to win the top prize of €5,000 at a competition in Valencia. He faced competition from 81 entrants from 30 countries including China and the United States. It also took the top prize in the Irish Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in January.
Abdusalam was born in Somalia and learned English in Kenya before moving to Ireland with his family. His project deals with the RSA encryption code used when, for instance, anyone pays for goods over the internet using a credit card to ensure the details cannot be read by someone else. He developed a new method to crack the code which banks and others will find useful as a way of helping them make their transactions more secure from hackers.
Presenting the prize, European Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik said the two crucial elements of Europe's future is its young people and our research ability.
Speaking at the
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas International Conference at Cork
City Hall, Eamon Ryan,
Green Party TD, described the challenge of climate change as being as
"mammoth" a task as that which faced the Republic's revolutionary leaders as
they began building the State.
Ireland, he said, should aim to be oil-free by 2050.
a SINCERE THANKS TO ALL OUR HOST FAMILIES THIS SUMMER!
The last Wider Horizons group of the summer is due to return home on October 10. The group from Monaghan & Armagh has received on-the-job training, personal development, exposure to American culture, and new insights into the problems at home through conflict resolution. After their program the participants return to Ireland, hopeful of securing employment and living in peace.
The Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh would like to thank all of the host families who have worked with us this summer to create a safe and supportive living situation for the participants. Our host families have been key to the success of these programs.
We are looking forward to new Wider Horizons groups next spring. We rely on our dedicated base of host families, as well as families new to the program, to help us provide quality programs for the young people. We are always looking to build up our pool of host families, so please encourage interested relatives or friends to contact us.
If you are interested in becoming a Host Family, please contact us at (412) 394.3900.
Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland have climbed five places in the latest FIFA rankings, bypassing Northern Ireland in the process.
The Republic are up to 32nd place, despite just claiming one point from their last two Euro 2008 qualifiers.
Northern Ireland have slumped nine positions to 36th, while Scotland's fine run of form has seen them rise to 14th. England are ninth, following their recent victories over Israel and Russia.
A win over Ukraine and a draw with France sees Roberto Donadoni's side replace Brazil at the summit, with the South American side falling to third behind fellow Copa America finalists Argentina.
Germany move up one place to fourth, Holland are fifth, a rise of two places, while France's recent home defeat to Scotland drops them two places to sixth. Iberian rivals Spain and Portugal are seventh and eighth.
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Friday, September 21st
The Dublin City Ramblers in Concert at "Molly Brannigan's Traditional Irish Pub and Restaurant" 660 Washington RD. Mt. Lebanon. Information 412.341.7827. Opening for The Ramblers are Cue Ball at 8:00 pm; The Ramblers at 10:00 pm. Tickets in Advance $20, Door $25.00.
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Boys of the Lough appear in Concert at The Hillman Center for Performing Arts at Shadyside Academy, 423 Fox Chapel Road. Tickets through ProArts www.proartstickets.org or 412-394-3353.
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Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh 2008 Opening Luncheon at Church of the Epiphany's McDowell Hall. Information John Webber 412.758.5446 or Email: email@example.com
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Pittsburgh Irish Feis at the Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena; contact any of the local Dance Schools.
Pittsburgh Ceili Club will sponsor a Ceili at the Morningside VFW, Chislett Street, Morningside 8:00 PM. Information Mary Anne McGill 412-363-8686.
Thursday, October 18th
The Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Pittsburgh, will present an evening of entertainment with Irish Fleadh Champions with the touring company 'Echoes of Erin' in Music and Dance, at Cefalo's in Carnegie. 7:30 PM. Tickets in advance $12, at door $15. Information: www.ccepittsburgh.org Email: email@example.com
Sunday, October 21st
The Gaelic Arts Society of Pittsburgh presents the program "The Celts of Brittany" presented by Kathleen Mullooly; 2:30 PM at Synod Hall Social Room. Information Earl McCabe 412-761-1844.
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Paddy's Pour House located on Main Street in Carnegie, PA hosts live entertainment every Friday and Saturday night starting at 9:00 p.m. Tuesday nights join Dennis Murphy with "Get Educated and Entertained as only 'Murph' can" from 8:00-12:00. For more information, visit their website or call (412) 279-0770.
Catch the Thistle and Shamrock every Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m. on WYEP 91.3FM for Celtic music performances and discussions.
AOH Division 32 Carnegie will hold Fish Fry's at the Ukrainian Club in Carnegie on the following Fridays:
Friday February 23rd - Friday March 30th
Times are 3:30-7pm. For more information click on link above.
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PEG TILLERY | Resources for growing food
Hello, dear readers. Chris Smith has always been one of my personal gardening heroes and his shoes can never be filled properly.
But, I promise, I'll do my best to keep our readers up to date on the latest and most usable tips and techniques to grow healthy and nutritious fruits and vegetables. However, I also am a total horticulture geek, so this column will often alternate between information on growing fruits and vegetables and a wide variety of other plant related topics. Today, we'll start with vegetables.
One of my all-time favorite resources for growing produce in our area is "The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide." It's available through Seattle Tilth and also for sale at several local nurseries, bookstores and online at http://seattletilth.org/get-involved/gardenstore for $19.50, which includes shipping and handling. Or, you can receive the publication as part of the course materials provided in the WSU Kitsap Extension "Organic Gardening — Food You Can Eat" course offered over four Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Norm Dicks Government Center, 345 Sixth Street in Bremerton. Dates are Feb. 15 and 22 and March 8 and 22.
This course is taught by seasoned Master Gardeners who have been growing their own nutritious produce for many years. They'll share tips, techniques and even their own successes and failures. The course is $150 for all four classes or $45 for individual classes. To register, email email@example.com or call 360-307-4378 or 360-337-7157 Ext 0.
Another great resource in a very user-friendly format with lots of illustrations and easily understood and absorbed information is "Starter Vegetable Gardens — 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens" by Barbara Pleasant, from Storey Publishing. It retails for $19.95. Pleasant gives this great advice: "Start small by growing the foods your family loves, and expand your plant selection as your skills develop." I wish I'd written those words.
I highly recommend renting a p-patch plot at any of our local community gardens throughout the peninsula. It's a great way to learn gardening when you're a novice. Costs are quite reasonable and include water and sometimes soil amendments.
The main requirements for growing vegetables are good soil, adequate water, adequate fertilizer when needed, enough sun and correct temperatures. Soil is something to build up over several years. If this is your first year growing veggies, be gentle with yourself and in your expectations. It takes several years to cultivate good healthy soil for growing vegetables. Also remember that most vegetables are annuals. That means they have a finite (often short) growing season and are started from seed or purchased as starter plants from other sources. Annual plants require regular watering and proper amounts of readily absorbed fertilizer. Some vegetables only need fertilizer at planting and in their first few weeks. Others may need fertilizer several times during the growing season.
Many new gardeners grow their first crops of vegetables in containers. I recommend trying this method, if you're at all hesitant or apprehensive. Lettuce, radishes, snap peas, chard, kale, beets and even beans grow quite well from seed in containers. In selecting seeds be sure to check the days to maturity found on the back of the packet. Our growing season is relatively short. You'll have the best success with plants that reach maturity in 45 to 70 days.
Heat is another factor to consider. Some seeds will germinate at very low temperatures, others need 70 or more degrees to germinate. The seeds listed above will germinate easily in our early spring (March and April) temperatures, as long as they have good sun during the day. I grow the above veggies from seeds, but I also often purchase starts from the Master Gardener Plant Sale each May as well as from our local nurseries.
I love to grow a particular variety of carrots each year called Parisianne Market Carrots. They are ball shaped carrots that taste so delightfully carroty. I start them from seed sown directly into raised beds in mid-July through the first week in August. These tasty carrots freeze well and are also easily left in garden beds through December. We harvested the last of ours on Dec. 23.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is another method to purchase nutritious veggies and other produce. This is the time of year when local CSAs are accepting memberships/customers. For a list of local CSAs, contact the Kitsap Extension Office 360-337-7157.
Several CSAs provide learning opportunities to their customers. Members in CSAs pay a specific amount at the beginning of the year and then during the growing season pick up produce every week. It's a good thing and it supports and sustains our local agriculture.
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Two ways you can go blonde this spring
Spring has (almost) sprung and that leads many women towards lighter locks, but don't forget there are many variants of blonde to choose from. Take for example two of my favorite blondes who took to the red carpet recently, Blake Lively and Emma Stone. Each looked flawlessly done and each had a different tone of blonde. While Blake Lively's hair was its usual warm, golden, beach blonde shade, Emma Stone's was a cool, almost platinum shade of blonde — and yet each shade was perfectly suited to the woman wearing it. Remember that really cool blonde tones can be a bit stark on paler skin, and golden blonde tones can go brassy easily, so make sure you talk with your colorist about what they recommend for you.


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Although these memory inspection methods are useful, they only measure the object heap. Objects are not the only things that contribute to a program's RAM footprint. The only thing you can say for sure about the relationship between the memory usage calculated with the Runtime methods and the actual amount of memory your program requires is that the actual requirements are much larger.
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Investors may not care about the sequester. Investors, in fact, don't seem to care about much in the way of the proverbial headwinds, and why should they? Stocks have been on an almost uninterrupted tear for four years, even if they're falling today on fears about a Berlusconi administration in the Eternal City.
But the sequester matters in terms of the consumer, as did the payroll tax. All of the machinations coming out of Washington, D.C., in fact, will have an effect on the consumer, driving down spending, and cutting into already tepid economic growth, Bank of America Merrill Lynch economist Michelle Meyer wrote.
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Two of the biggest US banks just slashed their fourth-quarter US growth outlooks following the soft spending data.
Goldman reduced its fourth-quarter GDP estimate by 0.2 percentage point to 1.3%. JPMorgan cut its call to 1.5% from 2%.
Of course, the forecasts will be revised on coming data, but the risk is more downside revisions if data continue to disappoint. If growth flags, the economy will likely need more help from the Fed.
"We believe the weak tracking of fourth-quarter will reinforce the Fed's case for taking out insurance against downside risks, and we continue to anticipate that the Fed will announce that Treasury purchases will persist after Operation Twist expires at year-end," J.P. Morgan said.
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Alex Hassan
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Casey Frawley
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Frawley is an outstanding infielder who can really play the game at the highest level. He is an excellent line drive hitter who shows surprising power.
Joseph Mercurio
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Mercurio shows a strong accurate arm and good receiving skills. His best tool is the bat. He makes consistent hard contact with very good bat speed.
Phil Negus
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Negus showed an 88 mph fastball that worked for 5 K's in 2 innings. He has a live arm and 3 solid pitches. He also showed raw power at the plate with good bat speed and strength.
Lee Vermeel
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Verweel can spot his 86 mph fastball and has a great upside. His arm is clean and easy and is very projectable with a great pitcher's body.
Sam Mahoney
- C - 2006 - Belmont, MA
Mahoney has a strong arm from behind the plate with a 1.96 pop time. He's got excellent raw power from the left side with lift in his swing. He also hit a towering home run in the games.
Robert Van Woert
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Michael Click
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Mark Brown
- OF - 2006 - Lansdale, PA
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David Ploof
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Arllen Cruz
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Scott Szpyrka
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Christopher Wojick
- C - 2006 - Uncasville, CT
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Bobby Abreu
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Abreu is a runner, he can make things happen on the bases. Swings the bat well and has very good range in the outfield.
Dan Capeless
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Capeless has a chance to be a high level college hitter with power.
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Matthew Smith
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Kyle Vazquez
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Jeff Vigurs
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Jordan Warncke
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Jadd Schmeltzer
- 1B - 2007 - Tappan, NY
Schmeltzer has a big body that generates excellent arm speed. He pitched at 86-87, touching 88, and pitches well off his fastball. He showed good athleticism for his size and has raw power at the plate.
Gregory Annarummo
- 3B - 2007 - Rehoboth, MA
He has a strong, athletic body with good arm speed from the mound. Annarummo knows how to pitch. He is also a very good third baseman and an excellent hitter with power.
Bobby Jacobs
- C - 2007 - West Chester, PA
Jacobs showed a strong arm with a 1.99 pop time and good actions defensively. He has a balanced approach at the plate and makes hard contact.
Matthew Taliercio
- SS - 2007 - Norwalk, CT
He has tremendous hands at the plate from the left side. Taliercio has strength in his swing and projectable power. He also showed a strong arm and athletic actions from the outfield.
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Anthony DePaolo
- RHP - 2008 - Centerville, MA
DePaolo is an aggressive player with good tools. He has a strong arm from the outfield at 88 mph and also has an 85 mph fastball on the mound.
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