text: The Breezeboot's Frigid Gnasher wiki last edited by Marino on 11/16/13 05:15PM View full history OverviewBreezeboot's Frigid Gnasher was the reward for a quest known as The Pirate Ship, which was offered by Breezeboot Swordrattler, a gnome pirate shipwrecked off the coast of the Western Wastes. Breezeboot required several supplies to repair their vessel, which they were using in an attempt to circumnavigate Velious in an attempt to properly map the area.The required items were:Sail - Huge Drake Wing which is obtained by slaying Tranala in Western Wastes.Rope - A 100' Waterproof Rope found in a haunted chest at the bottom of the ocean in Cobalt Scar.Lumber - Seaworthy Planking found randomly on the floor of the Iceclad Ocean.Upon returning these three items to Breezeboot, he would offer the BFG as a reward.EffectsSince there are no guns in EverQuest, a user's skill using the weapon was based off of their archery skill. The primary feature of the weapon was it's right-click effect, which took 10 seconds to cast. The knockback effect would send an enemy roughly 100 feet back.Removal from the GameThe quest was eventually removed from the game due to exploits made capable by the weapon's effect. The knockback effect was relative to which way the caster was facing, which meant that the user could face away from an enemy far away and "push" it towards themselves. This worked on almost all mobs, even ones that were designed to remain static in a specific spot when encountered. While the quest was removed shortly after the release of Shadows of Luclin, those who had already obtained the item were allowed to keep it. Though, certain enemies were altered to resist the knockback effect.TriviaWhen the spell Identify was cast on a user holding an item, a message would typically reveal lore about the item that was not listed in the item's stats. The message received when casting Identify on the Breezeboot's Frigid Gnasher was simply "Model 9000." An obvious nod to Doom's BFG9000.


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Until Marvell Wynne II was about six years old, he wanted to be a veterinarian. He loved animals, and his mother, April Wynne, always had Persian cats around the house. But then Wynne changed his mind, and decided to become a professional soccer player.
His father, Marvell Wynne Sr., played outfield for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs for seven seasons, so an athletic career didn't seem so outlandish. Yet Wynne remembers telling people his goal and hearing, "Uh huh. What are you going to study in school?"
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On June 25, 1999 (letter dated June 24, 1999), a complaint was filed with the Department of Public Instruction by XXXXX against the Kimberly Area School District. This complaint alleges a violation of special education law regarding the implementation of programs for children with disabilities.
Pursuant to 34 CFR 300.660-662 of the regulations implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and ss. 115.762(3)(g) and 115.90(1), Wis. Stats., the Department of Public Instruction investigated this complaint. In investigating a complaint, the department reviews a district's compliance with state and federal requirements. During this investigation, department staff reviewed relevant education records of the child and written materials submitted by the complainants and the district. Department staff spoke by telephone with one of the complainants and the director of pupil services.
Section 115.782, Wisconsin Statutes
(1) NOTICE; CONSENT. (a) The local educational agency shall notify the parents of the child, in accordance with s. 115.792, of any evaluation procedures the agency proposes to conduct, the qualifications of the individuals who will conduct the evaluation and their names, if known.
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(b) The local educational agency shall obtain informed consent from the child's parent before reevaluating a child with a disability, except that such consent need not be obtained if the local educational agency has taken reasonable measures to obtain such consent and the child's parents have failed to respond.
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Section 115.792, Wisconsin Statutes
Procedural Safeguards.
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(b) The local educational agency shall establish and maintain procedures to ensure that a child's parents are provided prior written notice whenever the local educational agency proposes to initiate or change, or refuses to initiate or change, the identification, evaluation or educational placement of the child, or the provision of a free appropriate public education to the child.
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(2) NOTICE. The notice required under sub. (1) (b) shall be in the native language of the child's parents unless the local educational agency determines that it clearly is not feasible to do so and shall include all of the following:
(a) A description of the action proposed or refused by the local educational agency.
(b) An explanation of why the local educational agency proposes or refuses to take the action.
(c) A description of any other options that the local educational agency considered and the reasons why it rejected those options.
(d) A description of each evaluative procedure, test, record or report that the local educational agency used as a basis for the proposed or refused action.
(e) If the notice proposes to evaluate or reevaluate the child, the qualifications of the evaluators and their names, if known.
(f) A description of any other factors that are relevant to the local educational agency's proposal or refusal.
(g) A statement that the parents of a child with a disability have procedural safeguards under this section and, if this notice is not an initial referral for evaluation, or reevaluation, or a notice of an individualized education program meeting, the way in which the parents may obtain a description of the procedural safeguards under sub. (3).
(h) Sources for parents to contact to obtain assistance in understanding this subchapter.
(i) The rights specified in s. 115.78 (4).
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34 CFR 300.500 Definitions of "consent," "evaluation," and "personally identifiable."
(a) As used in this part: "Consent" means that--
(1) The parent has been fully informed of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is sought, in his or her native language, or other mode of communication;
(2) The parent understands and agrees in writing to the carrying out of the activity for which his or her consent is sought, and the consent describes that activity and lists the records (if any) that will be released and to whom; and
(3) The parent understands that the granting of consent is voluntary on the part of the parent and may be revoked at any time.
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This complaint concerns a child who has a speech and language disability. On December 1, 1998, the district sent the complainants written notice of its intent to reevaluate the child. The notice states that the parents and the child are IEP team participants; that the IEP team is responsible for the reevaluation; and that the IEP team will first review existing information about the child to determine whether further evaluation or testing is necessary to assist in identifying the child's educational needs and in making a determination of whether the child continues to have a disability. The notice informs the parents that they would be notified of any determination that further tests are necessary and that the district would request their written consent for such testing. Included with the notice is a statement of the procedural safeguards available to parents. The complainants maintain that they never received the December 1 notice.
On December 4, 1998, the child's speech and language pathologist contacted the complainants by telephone to discuss the child's reevaluation. The parents and the speech and language pathologist agreed that additional testing would be conducted on December 10, 1998. On December 7, 1998, the district sent the complainants a form entitled "Notice and Consent for Additional Tests." The notice identifies the areas to be evaluated, the specific tests to be used, the name of the evaluator, and her qualifications. The form also requests the parent's written consent for additional testing.
The district's speech and language pathologist reevaluated the child on December 10, 1998. The complainants state that they did not receive the December 7 notice and consent form until December 11, 1998. The complainants never signed and returned the form to the district to provide written consent for reevaluation of the child. District staff administered tests to the child prior to obtaining written parental consent.
A school district must provide written notice to the parents of a child with a disability a reasonable time before it proposes or refuses to reevaluate a child. Reevaluations are conducted by the IEP team to determine whether the child continues to have a particular category of disability or a different disability; the present levels of performance and educational needs of the child; whether the child continues to need special education and related services, and whether any additions or modifications to the special education and related services are needed.
In conducting a reevaluation for a child, the district must first conduct a review of the existing evaluation data available for a child to determine whether additional tests and other evaluation materials are needed. A school district must obtain informed, written parental consent before administering tests or other evaluation materials to a child with a disability as part of a reevaluation, except that such consent need not be obtained if the district has taken reasonable measures to obtain such consent and the child's parents have failed to respond.
On December 1, 1998, the district sent the complainants written notice of its intent to reevaluate the child. On December 4, 1998, the district and the complainants verbally agreed that additional testing of the child would be conducted.
The district sent the complainants proper written notice, dated December 7, 1998, of its intent to conduct additional tests and requested written parental consent for the testing. The district reevaluated the child on December 10, 1998. The complainants assert that they did not receive the December 7 notice and consent for reevaluation until December 11, 1998, and they never provided written consent to the district for reevaluation. The district did not obtain written consent from the parents prior to the child's reevaluation. The complaint is substantiated.
The Kimberly School District shall, within 30 days of receipt of this report, submit to the department a corrective action plan (CAP) to ensure that the district obtains written, informed consent from the complainants prior to the child's reevaluation and from the parents of each child with a disability prior to each child's reevaluation, except that such consent need not be obtained if the district has taken reasonable measures to obtain such consent and the child's parents have failed to respond.
The CAP shall include the activities the district will undertake to implement the directives, the personnel responsible for each activity, the date by which each activity will be completed, and the type of documentation that will be submitted to the department as evidence of completion of each activity. If a CAP requires the district to develop one or more products, the district may submit the product(s) as part of the corrective action plan. The CAP will be reviewed and the district will be informed if any revisions are required. The district will implement the CAP after the department has approved it.
This concludes our investigation of this complaint. This letter is not intended, and should not be construed, to cover any other issues regarding compliance with the IDEA or Chapter 115, Wisconsin Statutes, which may exist and which are not specifically discussed herein. Under the Wisconsin public records law, ss. 19.31-19.39, Wisconsin Statutes, it may be necessary to release this document and related correspondence and records upon request.
signed JSP
Juanita S. Pawlisch, Ph.D., Assistant Superintendent
Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy


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by Paul Davies
Yet again – it was a weekend of two halves experienced by competitors in the 2014 RPNYC Moore Wilson's Winter Series.
Classic Millpond - 2014 RPNYC Moore Wilson's Winter Series
This week – we have two unique views on the racing – the Classic from a competitors viewpoint – and Sunday's event report brought to you from the bridge of the Race Committee Boat 'Bloody Mary'…
Classic Yachts & Two Handed PHRF Series
After two weeks of rain, wind, snow and hail, the usual suspects gathered in keen anticipation on Saturday morning. The course was laid, with an eye to the forecast 30 knot southerly, the Classic yachts faced a comparative marathon from the Inner Harbour to Evans Bay's Shoal Pile, then around Somes/Matiu Island to return to the finish line. The Two Handed fleet had a windward/leeward course set to test the skills and stamina of the foredeck crews.
With a timely start at 1030 hours, the fleet all pointed east and – in now familiar conditions – barely made progress before the race was recalled, and substituted with two hours of aimless drifting along the start line before being abandoned.
Your humble correspondent has depleted his reservoir of similes for 'windless'. He does not know what he may be able to say if circumstances repeat.
On the basis that a picture paints a thousand words, then (from left to right), Loloma, Lizzie, and Galatea, mirrored off the OPT
With the fully crewed series nearing completion the series may well be wrapped up in a fortnights time.
Revs - 2014 RPNYC Moore Wilson's Winter Series
Sunday Fully Crewed Series
As if to taunt those who wallowed in the near mirror-like conditions of the day prior – Mother Nature greeted sailors to a Sunday that would illustrate winter sailing in Wellington at its finest.
The breeze was out of the South – 18 gusting 30 from the South. It was thermals all round and even whispers of 'reefs in' were heard as the boats were rigged.
Suffering a severe case of near-fatal 'man-flu' the Regatta Director took his place on the Bridge of the Race Committee Boat 'Bloody Mary' anchored at the southern end of Evans Bay under the watchful eye of Race Officer Ken Burt and watched as a 1.5nm course was laid with military precision by Ken and his Team.
Division A started promptly at 1215, with the fleet spread evenly along a most generous, if not, bias-free start line. Wedgetail (Meric Davies) took full advantage of the pin, and tacked along the eastern shore to easily clear the fleet and lead around the top mark from REVS (Mark Gordon) and The Guarantee (Geoff Herd).
Wedgetail looked to have the jump on the fleet, before a blown kite allowed REVS to storm past in to the lead. Wedgetail made up the lost ground to take the gun from REVS and The Guarantee.
Results soon showed that the kite exploding cost Wedgetail top podium honours for the day, with REVS taking out the day on both PHRF and General Handicap, with The Guarantee banking two seconds. Wedgetail filled third on PHRF and Rocket Science taking third on General Handicap.
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In Division B all eyes were on Brent Dewhurst and the Team on Gucci to see if their reputation of excelling in the breeze would again come to the fore. Talk on the docks also mentioned the sensational form of the 1020s in the fleet: Floating Free (winners from week 3) and Eat My Shorts.
Off the start line, it was the regular fleet leaders Black Diamond (Jamie McDowell), Testarossa (Grant Reid) and MRX Red (Matt Stevens) who showed their noses at the front of the pack. Comment was passed that Dewwy and the Gucci crew were 'deep…..very deep!' and would need more spades than a deck of cards to get out of trouble. Also back in the fray were the four Youth Scheme Elliott6's – with all crews hiking hard in conditions at the top of their range.
As the fleet passed the Committee Boat to the bottom mark Gucci had pulled a rabbit out of the hat and were chasing the leaders hard.
At the end of the second lap it was Testarossa yet again smelling gunsmoke, from MRX Red and Gucci in third.
It was Floating Free who again took top honours on General Handicap from Gucci and MRX Red. The Gucci team would claim the day with wins on PHRF and IRC. Testarossa would have to settle for a well-deserved second on PHRF from Eat My Shorts.
With four races completed – and the drop only coming in to play after the last race is completed – the Moore Wilson's Winter Series will yet again come down to the last race day – scheduled for two weeks time.
Series sponsor, Chris Coad was out on the water again. You can check out his photos right click here!
The Moore Wilson's Winter Series runs every second weekend from June – August.
Everything you need to know – including a full copy of the results can be accessed on the RPNYC website right click here
You can keep up to date with the 2014 Moore Wilson's Winter Series page on facebook – where you can share gossip, tell tall tales, and even look for crew. Anyone can join – but remember – this page does not replace the website or Club Notice Board for all the really really official stuff!
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The man who fired a shot during a November break-in at a McSherrystown home likely armed himself because he was planning to assault someone, the lawyer prosecuting the case said this week.
Jeremy Ian Streeb, 25, appeared Monday in Adams County court and pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the Nov. 7 break-in in the 600 block of North Street, as well as charges from two other burglaries.
Before Streeb entered his pleas, Adams County Judge Michael A. George warned him that his agreement with prosecutors exposes him to a maximum penalty of 72 years in jail and $95,000 in fines.
And because negotiations on a sentence were not part of Streeb's plea deal, the severity of his sentence would be left up to a judge, George said.
Still, Streeb, followed through with his plans, pleading guilty to three counts of burglary, and one count each of possessing instruments of a crime and illegally carrying a firearm.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in March for the pleas.
The charges to which Streeb pleaded stem from two separate cases.
Streeb, who formerly lived in Trailer 18 at 2160 Hanover Road, was arrested Nov. 7 after he broke into a home in the 600 block of North Street in McSherrystown. The home was occupied at the time Streeb entered it, police said. And when one of its residents - Katherine Chambers - unknowingly walked into the room Streeb was in, Streeb was standing there with .22-caliber revolver pointed at her.
Chambers grabbed Streeb by the arm and took him to the ground, and her husband came to her aid, court documents indicate. Streeb fired a shot at some point during the struggle, but he told police he wasn't trying to harm anyone, rather he was trying to kill himself, according to the documents.
Streeb also told police he broke into the home because he wanted to steal items his ex-fiancée had left there, court documents state.
But Assistant Adams County District Attorney Brian Sinnett, who prosecuted the case against Streeb, told the court that prosecutors believe he had another motive in the break-in.
"The commonwealth's allegation is there was an assault planned," Sinnett said.
Meanwhile, Streeb's attorney, Adams County Public Defender Kristin Rice, told the court that her client told police the whole incident was meant as a "suicide by cop" attempt.
Outside the courtroom, Sinnett said Streeb's intent in entering the residence isn't clear, but the fact he brought a gun along, and was carrying additional ammunition with him, lends itself to the theory assault was his motive. Sinnett declined to go into detail about who prosecutors believe Streeb had planned to assault.
One of the burglary charges to which Streeb pleaded stems from the McSherrystown incident. The other two stem from burglaries within the trailer park where Streeb lived. Streeb stole three bottles of prescription medications from one trailer on Sept. 18, and from another trailer on Oct. 31, he stole the .22 he had with him in McSherrsytown.
Sinnett told the court that the victims of the burglaries learned only on Monday that Streeb would plead guilty, and initially, they had not submitted requests for restitution for any items that were stolen from them.
Streeb also could be ordered to pay restitution as part of his sentence.


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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/193796
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- Title
- The effect of metallicity on Cepheid magnitudes and the distance to M33
- Author(s)
- Scowcroft, V.; Bersier, D.; Mould, J. R.; Wood, P. R.
- Abstract
- We present the results from a multi-epoch survey of two regions of M33 using the 3.5-m Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO (WIYN) telescope. The inner field is located close to the centre of the galaxy, with the outer region situated about 5.1 kpc away in the southern spiral arm, allowing us to sample a large metallicity range. We have data for 167 fundamental mode Cepheids in the two regions. The reddening-free Wesenheit magnitude Wvi period–luminosity (PL) relations were used to establish the distance modulus of each region, with μinner= 24.37 ± 0.02 mag and μouter= 24.54 ± 0.03 mag. The apparent discrepancy between these two results can be explained by the significant metallicity gradient of the galaxy. We determine a value for the metallicity parameter of the PL relation inline image=−0.29 ± 0.11 mag dex−1, consistent with previous measurements. This leads to a metallicity corrected distance modulus to M33 of μγ= 24.53 ± 0.11 mag.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 396, no. 3 (Jul 2009), pp. 1287-1296
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Catalogues; Cepheids; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: individual: M33
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- 0035-8711
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- Copyright © 2009 Royal Astronomical Society. The accepted manuscript is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive publication is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.
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Ticon are Filip Mardberg and Fredrik Gilenholt. The story of their musical involvement dates back to 1991 when they found mutual interest for underground dance music. Around 1995, they made their first track in Fredrik's bedroom, but it wasn't until the Swedish and Malmo based label Digital Structures contacted them in 1999 that things started to get clear and they formed Ticon. After releasing on almost every now classic trance label they earned a spot in the growing group of respected trance producers. Released in April 2001 on Digital Structures, their first full length album 'Rewind' received fantastic reviews and is today a milestone in progressive music. It's been a great journey from the first releases, and with landmark albums like 'Aero' and 'Zero Six After' to the latest '2:AM', released in 2008, they have earned a top spot position in the trance and club scene.
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Pictured above is the City Hall desk of Michael Bloomberg, roughly 60 hours before the conclusion of his twelve year term as the Mayor of the City of New York. As the box suggests, the departure process has already begun.
You can approve of his performance or you can lament it, but there is little question he has been an effective manager, working from this distinctly unceremonial open-plan space, known as the "bullpen," surrounded by aides and deputies. His desk is no different than any other—not even an Aeron chair.
With a hard rain coming down outside, a few stray staffers packing, and the lights mostly off this afternoon, the historic building was possessed of a lonely and melancholy air befitting the end of an era. Bloomberg took office at one of the lowest moments in the city's history; he departs from a place he has remade as no other figure since Robert Moses.
Next week, a new resident will come in and the lights will come on and the furniture will be rearranged. What will his desk look like, and how long will he sit at it? The city waits.
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Clinical features and outcomes of neck lymphatic metastasis in ovarian epithelial carcinoma
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
2 Department of Health, Penghu Hospital, 10 Chung-Cheng Road, Makung, Penghu 880-41, Taiwan
3 Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 10002, Taiwan
World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2013, 11:255 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-11-255Published: 3 October 2013
Neck lymph node metastasis (NLNM) in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is rare and treated as advanced stage cancer. However, ovarian cancer with lymphatic metastasis may manifest a different clinical course from peritoneal carcinomatosis.
The authors retrospectively assessed 20 patients with EOC and pathologically diagnosed as NLNM between January 2001 and December 2010. The patients were divided into two groups according to the time of NLNM identification. Statistical methods included Kaplan-Meier, log-rank, and Cox regression analysis.
Eleven patients were diagnosed with NLNM at the same time of surgical exploration of EOC (Group A) and nine patients at cancer recurrence 43.3 months after initial surgery (Group B). In Group A, patients with tumors confined to the pelvic cavity had no recurrence or had isolated lymph node recurrence (ILNR), and survived longer than patients with abdominal tumor spreading (P = 0.0007). In Group B, 2 patients showed ILNR. The median survival time after NLNM was 42 months in Group A and 6 months in Group B (P = 0.01). Cox model demonstrated that non-serous histology, brain metastasis, and NLNM identified at cancer recurrence were major predictors for poor overall survival (Hazard ratio [HR] = 18.67, 6.93, and 4.52; P = 0.01, 0.02, and 0.04, respectively).
A subgroup of EOC patients with NLNM who presented limited pelvic cancer had much better overall survival than patients who had cancer spreading beyond the pelvic cavity or were diagnosed with NLNM at cancer recurrence.


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University of California, Santa Cruz, Earth & Planetary Sciences Dept., Santa Cruz, CA
Ph.D., Earth & Planetary Sciences, June 2009, Advisors: Dr. Daniel Farber, Dr. Elise Knittle
Thesis: 10Be geochronology of geomorphic features within the western Central Andean
margin: Tectonic and climatic implications.
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B.A. Geology, May 2001, Advisor: Dr. David Bailey
Thesis: Petrogenesis of xenoliths in Miocene basalts of northeastern Oregon.


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Bears at 49ers-Predictions?
Surprising development greeted us this morning-apparently 49ers quarterback Alex Smith will not play tonight. Given that this will be San Francisco backup Colin Kaepernick's first career start, and Bears backup Jason Campbell's 71st, one might think this would provide confidence. However, I still remember Eric Hipple's first start against the Bears on Monday Night Football in 1981.
Ditka on the stroke he suffered Friday: "I'm Iron Mike, c'mon!" Love ya, coach.
Mike Mulligan has an interesting article in today's Tribune. Apparently there were unofficial conversations at the end of the 2009 season between Jim Harbaugh and the Bears, indicating mutual interest in Chicago's head coaching job should Lovie Smith be fired. But Smith wasn't, and that ship has sailed. But I was secretly hoping at the time that Harbaugh would end up coaching the Bears.
Now-I'd love to hear everyone's predictions on tonight's game. I think the Bears, led by Jason Campbell, CAN win this game. Whether they will or not, I don't know.


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Originally posted by Jim Yingst: Re: the update flag. After a new update is received, how long would the update flag stay true? After the servlet sees the flag is true and so refreshes its content from the DB - what happens the next timeit needs to do a search? Does it check the flag again? Is it still true? How does the servlet know whether the update it last refreshed from is good enough, or whether there's a newer update available? Maybe the servlet sets the update flage to false each time it refreshes from the DB. Aside from possible concurrency issues (what if the DB receives an update while the refresh is occurring?), what if there's more than one servlet running, e.g. on different machines, connected tothe same DB? Is that possible? Is the update flag attached to the DB, or the server? Who sets it to true, and who sets it to false? I suggest that if you do use a scheme like this, it would probably be better to store the time (and date) of the most recent update. That way any servlet can read the last update time from the DB, and see if it's later that the last refresh done by that servlet. (Each servlet would have to store the time of their last refresh.) Make sure all times are obtained from the same source.
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The Ol' Razzle Dazzle is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins. Higgins wrote the album after a break from music to refocus her life on education and other personal pursuits. After playing Lilith Fair in the summer of 2010, Higgins decided to come back to music and worked with Butterfly Boucher on her new album.You can listen to and download "Hello Hello" below. Be sure to check out the video from Missy as well!
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Superbowl Sunday
On Sunday I got all dressed for church and ready to go, but Adi's been on a matching phase lately and wanted me to match her(she even matches my pajamas at night!) So she asked me to change my outfit so we can be matchy matchy.
15 weeks!
Then after church, Jay made a ton of food for dinner & the Superbowl. We ate so much we were in a food coma the remaining of the night.
you hold that bucket of chips, hun!
chips for me & the girls
chips for Jay.
It was a great Sunday. Hope your weekend was great as well!
outfit 1: cardigan: f21 | peplum wool skirt: oasap c/o(buy it here) | heels: ?(old)
outfit 2: top: J.Lo via kohl's | skirt: asos | blazer: banana republic
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I may have to share that with my husband!
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And I would not say no to a bucket of chips :)
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another restyle for the project this week~
if you're like me and love detailing on clothing but are too
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take one thrifted shirt with all the fancy detailing you are too
incompetent, lazy, time-pressed to do yourself * cut out the fancy part in a semi-circle kind of a way * make up your most basic peasant top according to the first tutorial google provides * and, look!
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Saturday my cousin and I took our aunt out deep sea fishing aboard the FV Tacklebuster, in Depoe Bay Oregon. The ocean was beautiful and the weather was fabulous. I hooked the first fish of the day and with in a few drifts had my limit of six rock fish. I started pounding the bottom in search of a ling cod. Two drifts later I had a nice ling. Shortly after the boat limited out and it was time to head home. A great day to spend on the ocean.
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Archive for February, 2010
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
- CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21 http://bit.ly/9WOmvh #
- Kinda sad not to wake up this morning and start another adventure with @samluce Good to be home though! Very good to be home! #
- CMO: #kidmin Quit being a loner. Go meet someone! http://bit.ly/azILdY #
- Eye-Fi'd 123 photos to Facebook. #
- Eye-Fi'd 1 photos to Facebook. #
- Eye-Fi'd 1 photos to Facebook. http://is.gd/8YuX0 #
- Eye-Fi'd 1 photos to Facebook. http://is.gd/8Yzvb #
- CMO: #kidmin Called to kidmin? http://bit.ly/9p5o4c #
- CMO: #kidmin Dear kidmin curriculum publishers: Conclusion http://bit.ly/aF5V3P #
- Conclusion to my open letter to #kidmin curriculum publishers. http://bit.ly/d50K1B #
- Fun seeing all this snow in Austin. I never expected to see this much snow in Austin. #
- Funny how many Austin peeps are posting pictures of the snow. Everyone is so excited! It's like when a West Virginian sees a UFO. #
- Speaking of UFO's http://twitpic.com/14xfac #
- @chadswanzy yup… ill be up in a few. in reply to chadswanzy #
- CMO: #kidmin Texas Snowmen http://bit.ly/cyWPN8 #
- Had a Super Sonic Breakfast Burrito for breakfast. Love those things till i just found out they're almost 600 calories. Ouch! #
- CMO: #kidmin Coffee with Kennedy and Kummer http://bit.ly/a6xizO #
- I love it when my wife plays the piano… What an amazing gift she has. I'm a lucky dude. #
- I love Texas. Snow yesterday… T shirt today. @samluce eat your heart out! #
- Heading up to the office… Good meeting/lunching with Corey S. #
- CMO: #kidmin Bringing big city quality to the small church http://bit.ly/aZ5Ujv #
- CMO: #kidmin Time with the "sign guy†http://bit.ly/cLOrCl #
- CMO: #kidmin A little Algerian hate in Louisville, KY http://bit.ly/bx2nGy #
- Home, home home, home, I'm going home! Put a little sing-song jingle to that and you'll have it.
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App of the week: FireFTP
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
If you don't manage a self-hosted website, you can probably ignore this App of the Week.
If you do, let me introduce you to my App of the Week, FireFTP. Most people I talk to use Filezilla as their FTP manager. It's free and it's good. I have a copy as well, but I've only used it once or twice in the past year, ever since I started using FireFTP.
FireFTP seems to do it all. At least, it does everything I need when it comes to managing files on multiple websites I run. What I like about FireFTP is that it's not a separate application like Filezilla. It's a Firefox plugin. I go up to the toolbar and select FireFTP and it opens a full featured FTP client within a tab on my browser. It's great and I've had not complaints in the last year.
The only thing I'll caution you about is as any Firefox plugin. At times Firefox will release a new update and not all plugins are up to date. This has been the case with FireFTP on more than one occasion. During these times I might use Filezilla or wait to update Firefox until I feel most my plugins are updated.
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Brand confusion
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
I was looking for an image for a blog post about the Olympics and I came across the logo to the left. I was kind of surprised. I have watched more of this winter Olympics than just about any other. Even while in Nashville last week, I watched what I could. However, I've never seen this logo yet it appears to be the official Olympic logo. I remember the controversy a few years ago about the design of the London Olympic logo, how no one liked it even though millions had been spent on it. I imagine that Canada spent a fortune on this logo, yet I can't say I've ever seen it.
I did go back and look at the logos of past Olympics and most were recognizable (Okay, I didn't recognize Torino, but I honestly don't remember Torino at all. Where was I and why didn't I watch any of it?). I even vividly remember Barcelona's logo and that was almost 20 years ago.
There's a lesson here. I've been at churches that have experienced brand confusion. The church had a new logo, yet various people in the church hadn't gotten the memo and were still sending out notes on the old letterhead. Even right now at the ministry I'm at, there is some definite brand confusion for the Children's Ministry. There's never been a official logo (although a clip art graphic found it's way on a few documents) and since I've been here, I haven't been committed to anything until we officially re-brand.
How clear is your brand? Do your volunteers recognize it? Do your parents? How about your kids? I think we've all found ourselves in the middle of brand confusion. If that's the case, what is your exit plan?
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Switching teams
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
Watching the winter Olympics these last two weeks, I've noticed something that I've found really strange… even a little disturbing. I'm not sure I even know how I feel about it, perhaps you can help me process.
So, a handful of athletes at this Olympics from a variety of countries have switched national teams in order to compete. There are some athletes not quite good enough to make their national team, so they've been granted dual-citizenship with another country so they can compete for their team. It seems to be a win-win, the athlete gets to compete at the Olympic level and the other country gets a stronger athlete than what they have available.
This happens in other places too. Athletes switch teams at times for a better opportunity. People switch companies to get out of certain situations or take a promotion. Even in ministry, we sometimes resign at one church to work at another due to a variety of reasons. This happens all the time and I don't have any problem with it. That's life.
However, why does switching teams at the Olympic level grate on my nerves a little? I know the athletes aren't giving up citizenship, just becoming dual citizens. However, national citizenship seems like such a bigger deal to me, not something someone just does so they can get into the Olympics (I don't have much perspective on this though, perhaps if I was just barely outside of Olympic level competition, I'd consider dual citizenship as well). On the other side, it doesn't seem exactly fair that another country would offer citizenships just to help their standings in Olympic competitions. They don't represent that country. I remember hearing of one girl who switched teams. When asked about it, she happily said she had not ever visited, but looks forward too.… Read the rest
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My new sign guy wants to be your new sign guy
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
Okay, Matt McKee is my "sign guy," but only when I see a bad sign for him to blog about. When I need a sign, I call Cory Richmond. Last week when I was in Nashville hanging out with Jim Wideman and for about 90 minutes a few of us hung out with Cory to see what he had to offer. First off, Cory is Jim Wideman's son-in-law. Secondly, Cory is Yancy's husband. But more importantly, Cory's a print media guru… he really knows his stuff! For the 90 minutes we had with Cory, he spent time looking at graphics, logos and t-shirt designs our churches were working on. He also showed us some of the designs he's done for current clients, which includes Bro. Jim's church and stuff for Yancy.
Need a logo? Need T-shirts? Need banners? Stands for your banners? Need advice on signage? Need see-through window coverings? Cory's your guy. He can actually do more than you think you know. I was amazed at all the options he offers.
Here's the special deal though. Corey offers a print club that's a really good deal. I like his work and the service he offers, but his print club makes using Cory a no-brainer.
Club Level One
Pay $50 a month and get:
- Banners at $3 per square foot (You can't get banners that cheap, I promise you that)
Club Level Two
Pay $100 a month and get:
- Banners at $3 per square foot
- Two 2.5′ x 6′ banners a month
- Free shipping
Club Level Three
Pay $200 a month and get:
- Banners at $3 per square foot
- Two 2.5′ x 6′ banners a month
- Two 2.5′ x 6′ banner stands (not every month, just once)
- One 4′ x 8′ banner a month
- Free shipping
Each level is fantastic depending on what you need.… Read the rest
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Save me from this kingdom of comfort where I am king
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
Kingdom Comfortable from Gateway Church on Vimeo.
Save me from this kingdom of comfort where I am king and take me to the kingdom of life where the King is king. It's the final and most powerful line of this poem from local Austin slam poet, James Wilson. It's a profound message our culture needs to hear. It's a profound message we all need to really get.… Read the rest
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Accountability from a skinny man works
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
Okay, so I almost forgot to post this. Before I left for my road trip I asked Sam Luce to hold me accountable. I'm in the middle of my biggest loser competition with my staff and being on the road where I'm eating out for almost every meal would be tough. It's during these occasions that I tend to over-indulge. So I asked Sam Luce to hold me to my commitment. In the end, my goal was to weigh less than I did when I began.
So, Sam was a gracious accountability partner. Maybe it was a dumb thing for me to ask him to do it, but he didn't make a big deal out of it. Every now and again, he'd give me the evil eye when I was reaching for an extra cookie after dinner. There were a few meals that did not fare well for my plan, but I just tried to eat as much as Sam ate. I figured that if I ate what a skinny man eats, I'd probably lose some weight.
So, I've got some bad news and some good news. I came home late Monday night and my biggest loser weigh in was the following day. For my official weigh in I was one pound heavier than the week before. I was actually quite pleased as I expected worse. I had a bit of a cold all week and just didn't feel up to running on the treadmill once. The good news, by Tuesday I weighed in a pound lower than the previous day and on Wednesday morning, I was another pound lower. I'm on track to have lost 4 pounds this week, taking me to a record low for this competition.
I know there are probably very few people who care, but since I brought it up before I left, I figured I'd be true to my word and share how I did.… Read the rest
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Graphics: Stock XChange
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
When designing stuff for ministry, I rarely do anything from scratch. To be honest, I know very few designers that do anything from scratch. They usually start with something. Either it's a background, a texture or sometimes a pre-designed element. Sometimes you can find something great in a basic Google image search. You can almost always find great stuff at iStock, but you'll have to pay for it. If you're looking for better graphics than you'll typically find on Google image search, but free unlike you'll find on iStock, check out Stock XChange. From what I gather, it's a massive collection of user contributed images and graphics. Sign up for a free membership and look for what you need. It's been a great resource that I've used for years. Click here to visit the Stock XChange.… Read the rest
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Dinner with the Lads
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
Last Wednesday, after our coffee with Kennedy and Kummer, Sam and I rushed down to Franklin, TN for a dinner appointment with the Lads Band. On multiple occasions I've attempted to book the Lads for an event at my church. Both times either the even changed or they weren't available. However, I got to know Steve King from the band through our back and forth emails. Since I knew I would be in Nashville for my infuse retreat, I tried to see if we could connect for dinner or something.
We had such an incredible time. I first fell in love with this band when I heard their song "creator" back in 2002 or 2003. Their music video of that song made it to the annual WOW DVD (Do they still make those?) and it was such a fun and funky song. I know that Fellowship Church made that song one of their staples in kids and wore it out. Now the Lads have targeted older elementary kids, and they're so passionate about it.
Here's what I loved about the Lads. They're not just a performance band. They totally on mission to impact kids at the most critical age. They put on a great show, but they want their ministry and impact to last beyond the show. They've put together some great devotional material, cool comic books and DVDs that kids can use beyond the show for a lasting impact. When they're not touring, they're hard at work developing new tools to impact kids.
For about two hours, we talked about life in the United States (they're from New Zealand), ministry we're all involved in and about how we can better reach 3rd-5th graders. These guys are so passionate about their mission. They're the real deal for sure! I'm just so glad I got some time with them like I did.… Read the rest
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Pray for significant outreach happening now
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
Over the years you have probably seen my posts about my friends who serve the people in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Their names are Joel and Heidi Hayslip and Burknia Faso is one of the poorest countries in all of Africa. However, the door is wide open for ministry, and the Hayslips are doing some very strategic work. Burkina Faso is a predominantly Muslim state, but the government is very open to ministry team coming in. As a result, Joel and Heidi are equipping churches by raising up and training children's pastors to reach the children of the remote villages. Reaching adult Muslims is a nearly impossible task, yet the children are so open to Jesus and as a result, thousands of children, their parents and often tribal leaders are coming to faith because of the work being doing with the children.
So, Joel and Heidi have been in Burkina Faso for about 7 years, but just recently they've connected with Operation Christmas Child (Samaritans Purse). You may have participated with them, they distribute the shoe boxes to children in need. Well, in Burkina Faso the focus has primarily been on distribution of tens of thousands of these boxes. Joel and Heidi have been instrumental the last two years in working with Operation Christmas Child by setting up actual outreach programs around the distributions and training the volunteers in ways to minister to the kids and families during the distributions. It's very exciting.
So, as you're reading this, outreaches have already begun. In the next 8 days, 21 volunteers (African local who Joel and Heidi trained) will do 63 outreaches that will impact over 20,000 kids. They've been working very hard to be ready for this and the potential is absolutely amazing. This week, please be in prayer for Joel and Heidi, the teams working so hard and the kids who will get shoe boxes.… Read the rest


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Just days after Instagram announced that they had withdrawn support for Twitter's card feature, Twitter have retaliated by rolling out their own built-in image filters.
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Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with music manager, Stix (Derek Luke) while dealing with the unexpected challenges her new life will bring as she and her two sisters (Carmen Ejogo and Tika Sumpter) strive to become a dynamic singing group during the Motown-era.
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If the film is a sudsy show-business Cinderella story in which Emma's youngest daughter, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks), ascends to glory, Houston's presence makes it a cautionary tale.Stephen Holden, New York Times, 08.16.2012
Houston's performance proves that this could have been the first step not merely in a comeback but in a major re-invention. She had the instincts of a superb character actress.Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly, 08.16.2012
Whitney Houston deserved better than to go out onscreen with this botch job remake of a 1976 soap opera that never deserved another thought.Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, 08.16.2012
Noteworthy only for featuring Whitney Houston's last screen appearance.Bruce Diones, New Yorker, 08.26.2012


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Shrub, unarmed, gland-dotted. Leaf: odd-1-pinnate; stipules bristle-like, ephemeral; leaflets with minute stipule-like appendages. Inflorescence: raceme, spike-like, terminal. Flower: petal 1 (banner), ± purple; stamens 10, exserted, filaments fused near base; style puberulent. Fruit: indehiscent. Seed: 1.
± 15 species: North America. (Greek: deformed, from 1 petal) [McMahon & Hufford 2004 Amer J Bot 91:1219–1230]
Unabridged references: [Wilbur 1975 Rhodora 77:337–409]
1. Main leaf axis without prickle-like glands; leaflet midrib generally ending as awn-like gland 0.5–1.5 mm ..... A. fruticosa
1' Main leaf axis with prickle-like glands; leaflet midrib generally ending as sessile, head-like gland <= 0.5 mm ..... A. californica
2. Plant hairy; longest calyx lobe (except gland at tip) 1–2 mm ..... var. californica
2' Plant ± glabrous; longest calyx lobe (except gland at tip) 0.5–1 mm — s North Coast Ranges, n San Francisco Bay Area (Marin Co.) ..... var. napensis
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Cikala Was found in December 2001 in southern California during his first winter (i.e., in juvenile plumage). The accipiter, or woodland, hawks demonstrate particularly extreme reversed size dimorphism - with the average weight and size ranges of males and females not even overlapping. Rarely is it not obvious, based on size, what gender a bird is. This bird, a male, was brought to a rehabilitation center with an impact injury to the right side of his head from hitting a car or window. He suffered severe head trauma, which has resolved itself for the most part, but permanently lost vision in that eye. He was transferred to the High Desert Museum in Bend in early 2002 and to CRC in 12/04. He is easily startled and flies somewhat erratically due to the blind eye.
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A medium-sized accipiter, it is always larger than the similarly feathered Sharp-shinned hawk. Identification in the field, however, is difficult. The Cooper's hawk is considerably smaller than the Goshawk; however, the juvenile Goshawk has similar plumage. It is the most slender and long-tailed of the accipiter hawks. With experience it can be identified by its shape and stiff wing beats. A very aerodynamic bird, its shape and long-toed foot is especially successful in hunting birds.
Female is approximately 1/3 larger than male but both sexes are similarly colored. The back and upper wings of this species, in adult plumage, is brown to blue-gray while the underparts are barred red in color. Like other woodland hawks, the wings are short, round and powerful. The tail is rather long and round with 4 bands of light and dark. Legs are yellow with extremely long toes. Eyes turn a red-orange color in adult birds.
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We chose this particular seat mainly because of Martin's peculiar aversion to pannier racks (and mud guards for that matter?!?) – it fits on a small bracket that fixes onto the pole below the seat post (sorry bike-geeks – don't know the proper name for it!) so no need for a rack. To be fair it's quick release mechanism has worked a treat for us. We each have a bracket on our bikes and we swap the seat easilly between the two bikes as needed. Generally one of us would drop little M off at her nursery, which is quite near to our home, and then cycle onto work leaving the bike seat in the nursery's buggy store. Then the other one of us would pick her up in the evening, pop the seat into its bracket and carry on home. It works a treat. And little M always loved it.
And where did you put your stuff…what did you do when it rained…and didn't you stink when you got to work? I hear you say. Well I'm getting to that! I often carry a laptop for working at home or meetings. I have a basket on the front of my bike for this and whatever else I need. I don't generally carry lots of other stuff, just a waterproof and some lunch. My commute is only about 20mins and mostly downhill so, at my pace, I don't get into much of a lather on my way to work (although there are showers there should I feel the need). Martin always used a small rucksack for his gear (usually just a change of clothes), which little M never seemed to have a problem with. When it rains, unless it's reeeally bad we kept on cycling. The rain cover we bought that was specially designed for the bike seat was rubbish. An all-in-one waterproof for little M worked much better – she stayed dry whilst we faffed with the bike seat straps which we always had to do outside because taking a bike loaden with a toddler up or down the steps into our flats just isn't possible.
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No matter how much I love cycling, I would never say that safety isn't an issue. Some of the publicity in recent days has highlighted accident rates. A really signficant insight for anyone considering cycling in cities (with or without children) is that far, far fewer cyclists die in collisions with vehicles on minor urban roads than die on major rural ones. Good news for urban cycling commuters who know their backstreets well. And how do you find yourself a quiet commute? Get yourself some of the brilliant, free, cycling maps produced by Transport for London (and many other councils outside of London too). These maps show official cycle routes AND routes through less busy streets and greenspaces. They help you avoid emerging, unexpectedly onto a snarled up nightmare, make it easier to side-step nasty junctions, and generally introduce you to the nicer side of London – I've found some beautiful backstreets following these maps. In my view these types of maps are essential, and given the accident statistics probably save lives. It would be nice if cyclists could safely cycle on every road but we're definitely not at that point yet!
What works for us might not be the best set up for you. There are all sorts of options available now for getting your family and stuff around by bike and more appearing all the time. The Donkey Bike, a British designed load carrying bike came to my attention this week. It's designed for carrying stuff, rather than kids, in urban areas. Looks great and has a sensible price tag! I'm sure it can't be long before it gets adapted to carry children too.
I need to start doing some proper research about what set up would work for our family now that we are four. I've spotted a couple of options already whilst out and about (see the pictures below). One of the main challenges we face is lack of storage space. We're bursting at the seams with 7 bikes stored in our shared hallway already. Wouldn't it be great if there were secure on street parking facilities for bikes? I reckon you'd get about half a dozen bikes (if not more) in your average car parking space – to me that means the maths work!


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SA close to exporting maize to ChinaComment on this story
Johannesburg - South Africa, the continent's biggest corn producer, is close to starting its first exports of the yellow variety of the grain to China, according to the biggest organization representing local farmers of the crop.
Talks between the governments are in the final stages, Grain SA chief executive Jannie de Villiers said in a June 25 interview.
His association is liaising with South Africa's Agriculture Department.
The government "is in full support of it," he said.
"They have gone through the whole process of doing pest-risk analysis and submitted all the paper work to the Chinese so they can approve of our maize," he said, using the local term for corn.
South African yellow-corn exports more than doubled to 1.2 million metric tons in the season ended April 30 from a year earlier, the Crop Estimates Committee said on April 29.
Shipments of the grain almost quadrupled to a 14-year high in the 2011 season after traders found new markets from Japan to Spain for a surplus that followed a bumper crop.
Local farmers may produce 13.9 million tons of white and yellow corn this season, the biggest harvest since 1981, when the nation had an output of 14.1 million tons, the committee said.
"Things have already been concluded, we are just waiting for the political signing on this agreement and then we will be able to sell to China," said De Villiers.
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Technical bilateral negotiations have been concluded, Makenosi Maroo, a spokeswoman for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, said in an e-mailed response to questions today.
"The final formalities and signing at the appropriate political level are still required."
South Africa uses white corn to make staple food known locally as pap, while the yellow type is mainly used to feed animals.
The sooner the deal gets approved the better as this will encourage South African farmers to keep producing surpluses, "which will also be good for the local consumers," De Villiers said.
Yellow corn for delivery in July declined 0.2 percent to 1,902 rand a ton by the noon close on the South African Futures Exchange yesterday.
The white variety fell 1 percent to 1,792 rand a ton. - Bloomberg News
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The Jazz Club of Sarasota presents another one of its popular "Jazz on the Water" cruises, Sunday, May 4, 2014, 3-5 p.m., aboard LeBarge, which departs from Bayfront Park in Sarasota. Guests will enjoy the swinging sounds of the Michael Royal Trio with Royal on keyboards, Johnny Moore on drums and Michael Ross on bass. Tickets are $30 for Jazz Club members; $35 for non-members. Snacks and beverages will be available for sale; guests are requested not to bring coolers. Boarding begins at 2:30 p.m. For tickets, call 941-366-1552.


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Got a hour of shop time today as the little colt and mom got to go outside today...
My router table seemed to be the best bet to start the tenons.
I clamped a couple of blocks behind the fence at the final depth needed for the tenons.
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With a support under the leg I did three passes on each depth to get the 1 3/4" tenon started.
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Total of 12 passes on each leg to get me started.
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Now to make the final tenons.
Hand saw to do the vertical cuts and the shoulders. Quick clean up now with a sharp chisel.
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My bandsaw was then used to cut most of the waste out on the other two chunks that had to come off each leg.
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Rome - Diego Maradona announced Friday he has asked the European Union (EU) to step in as arbitrator amid an ongoing feud with the Italian authorities over an alleged 39m euros in unpaid taxes.
The Argentine football legend is accused of building up the huge tax bill during a spell playing in Italy where he led Napoli to their only two league titles, at the end of the 1980s and start of the 1990s.
In 2005, he was ordered to pay 37.2 million euros, 23.5 million euros of which were interest on the debt.
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Italy clearly wants Maradona to pay up, but after announcing his case would be taken up at the EU by European deputy Crescenzio Rivellini, who belongs to the PDL party run by Silvio Berlusconi, Maradona claimed his innocence.
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Maradona's tax woes resurfaced last October when he was served with papers over the alleged unpaid 39-million-euro debt while in Milan for a sponsored event.
A source at the Equitalia tax recovery agency said that move had simply been formal procedure since the papers only have a 180-day validity and therefore have to be renewed whenever Maradona is in Italy.
Maradona added Friday he would make himself "available to hold talks" with Equitalia.
Rivellini, who describes himself as "Neapolitan and fan of Napoli (football team)", claims he had taken up the case to "get justice for the Italian victims of tax authorities who are far too intrusive".
He added that Equitalia "wants to make an example of Maradona".
Maradona's lawyer, Pisani, said: "Diego is innocent" because he has "never been found guilty of tax fraud. If the authorities suspect wrongdoing, it's up to them to show the proof".
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According to Rivellini, "the EU will announce a decision within four to six weeks" an "Diego will go to Brussels for the announcement".
Maradona scored 115 goals in 259 games with Napoli, where he is still adored having steered the team to league titles in 1987 and 1990.
He also led Argentina to the World Cup in 1986.
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