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Warning: The following post contains more weird and unexplainable occurrences. What you are about to read is true. What you make of it is up to you.
Crazyland, ON I'm pleased to announce that, in the few hours since my rant about the Jets ticketing practices, the team's SeatExchange website was relaunched, and it appears as though the odd ticket is popping up here and there. I'm still not entirely confident about my upcoming trip, but at least there is a small (very small) glimmer of hope. Luckily, if there is any chance at all that I'll get my hands on a ticket, I'm the kind of girl that can and will make it happen.
Now, many of you are probably thinking that I'm an idiot for booking flights, etc to see a hockey game before I actually had a ticket, and that's most likely because you're a cunt. This isn't my first rodeo, cowboy! Finding tickets isn't usually a problem ANYWHERE. Winnipeg is a freakin' anomaly. I've never faced such adversity in my lifetime. Besides, I'm flying to Winnipeg on points, and since Aeroplan is pretty much the shittiest travel points system around, they have plenty of blackout dates that like to shift based on demand. I knew I wanted to go to Winnipeg in the first week of February before family birthdays and potential moves start to heat up, and I saw that the Jets had two home games at that time – Florida and Toronto. Both teams are sure to make for interesting stories, so I was happy with either. Aeroplan dictated that Florida would be the game I saw, and I booked it right away before the point level went up (it does that closer to the day of travel – shitty, right?). Besides, I don't want to waste too many of my points on hockey. Living abroad, I always make sure to have enough points to fly around the world and back. It's like insurance if things go to Hell while I'm overseas!
So, I booked up my flights and hotels BEFORE I had my ticket secured, but that's nothing unusual because I know I'll always get a ticket. In the very least, there are always scalpers, right? Apparently not in Winnipeg, as most scalpers were arrested last year for pushing Jets tickets. Yeah, after reading that the anxiety really began to set in. Now, when I say I'm doing everything in my power to find a ticket, I'm doing EVERYTHING in my power without resorting to fucking the entire Jets sales team. I've scoured every inch of the Internet a thousand times. I've called Guest Services at some of the "nicer" hotels in Winnipeg looking to see if they sell to guests. According to them, they aren't expecting to get any tickets this season due to hysteria over the shortened schedule. Thanks, Don! Thanks, Gary!
I found myself a bit exhausted this evening trying to figure out what to do with my Winnipeg trip. Do I cancel? Do I redirect my flight to Vancouver or Calgary, and do the Western swing instead? It is going to be REALLY hard to get a single seat in a dry market like this – one ticket is often harder than two! It is going to be REALLY expensive to get a ticket even in the nosebleeds. And it is REALLY fucking far to go all that way for a nosebleed seat in the first place. Oh, did I mention it's a balmy -35 degrees this week?
Speaking of expensive… The Jet's official SeatExchange site charges processing fees of nearly $20! The organization made a huge deal about how this new system will help to combat the circulation of fraudulent tickets and other unethical issues. Yeah, with fees like that, you seem pretty stand up, Winnipeg (sarcasm). And I'm sorry, but StubHub is more than a trustworthy site. If you did get scammed, yes, you'd have to deal with unpleasantness at the rink, but you'd be getting your money back – no question. I never even think twice about using StubHub, and some NHL organizations embrace it! If you go on the Sabres website, they direct you to StubHub for all your ticket purchasing needs!
Anyway, this whole battle over the ethicality of reselling Jets tickets in Winnipeg was starting to feel a little familiar. I thought back to the dream I had the night before the Lockout ended. At the time, I didn't think too much of it as far as "prophetic" dreams go. I mean, the Lockout ended the night I had my first hockey dream since last season. Could be a coincidence, but I'll take it. But now things seem a little more eerie, perhaps it wasn't the Lockout I was "predicting." Perhaps, it was this!
In the dream I am in the upper bowl of an unfamiliar hockey arena. The hockey arena seemed more like a theater, and the ushers dressed accordingly. I had never been to this place before, but in the dream I believed it to be MSG. As I looked down to the ice I could see the Panthers and the Rangers warming up far below. I thought it was odd that I would purposely sit in the nosebleeds for a potentially high drama game, and started to wonder what I was doing all the way up there. I also couldn't find my seat. The usher, a woman with a really bad perm, told me that my ticket was a fake, and that she wasn't sure how I managed to get in the gates, but that I could stay if I wanted to.
For some reason the dream did seem important to me at the time. You know how sometimes you wake up and you think, "I'm supposed to remember this?" This was one of those times, but I wasn't sure why. I mean, fake tickets isn't something I've ever been faced with before and wouldn't have crossed my mind otherwise, and yet here it is again in Winnipeg up close and personal!
Now the NHL schedule wasn't released for several days after the night the NHL/PA came to an agreement over that long marathon session in New York in early January. How could I have known that a fake ticket to a Florida Panthers game would be an actual problem this year. I didn't know which teams I was going to be seeing. All I knew is that when the schedule did come out, if the lockout DID end, Winnipeg would be a top priority given the possibility that I could be in Saudi Arabia before March!
Maybe you think this dream is nothing to get paranoid about, but I kind of do. It's because of this dream that I'm being extra cautious when it comes to looking for tickets now. Clearly, phony tickets have been a problem in Winnipeg, and I already had a dream that I got duped seeing the team that I *should be* seeing when I'm there. And let's not forget that there are some creepy coincidences with this dream, too:
1. Florida Panthers are the opponent in both dream and reality!
2. The home team wears a blue jersey in both dream and reality!
3. MSG and MTS (Centre) are only one letter off!
4. I was uncharacteristically seated in the nosebleeds in the dream, and it's starting to look like that's where I'll be if I can get a seat anywhere in Winnipeg.
5. Both New York and Winnipeg have professional sports teams with the name Jets!
6. I will actually be in New York the day I fly to Winnipeg! No lie!
Anyway, I'm not sure what I'm going to do at this point, but I'll keep you posted on the epic drama that is to be my first (AND ONLY) trip to MTS Centre. Thanks to my subconscious, I'll be sure to be extra careful. One must always take note whenever the Panther(s) show up in my dreams, after all. But before I go, one more bit of creepiness to close off another classic insane Psycho Lady post. The day after the NHL schedule was released, and I had already booked my flights to Winnipeg, I got a phone call from a certain "psychic" that you may remember from those horrible AZ Prophecy days back in '09. This was the first call of THAT nature since that whole AZ period. Here's what happened. I haven't edited a damn thing:
Psychic: You're going to WINNIPEG!?
Psycho: How do you know I'm going to Winnipeg?
Psychic: You're going to a hockey game, aren't you? A lot of hockey games, actually.
Psycho: I am going to ONE game in Winnipeg.
Psychic: Yeah, I see someone giving you tickets while you're there.
Psycho: Why would they be giving me tickets? I'd already have a ticket.
Psychic: I don't know. Someone is giving you tickets.
Psycho: OK. Well Winnipeg isn't the first place I go to. I'll give you a dollar if you can guess where I'm going first.
Psychic: Hmm that's weird. A map of Tampa Bay just popped into my head. Are you going to Florida or something?
Psycho: Florida MAY be the team that is playing in Winnipeg…
Psychic: Did that just blow your mind?
Psycho: Maybe.
Well, hopefully she's right about the ticket thing, and I manage to find one somehow, someway. Unfortunately, the last thing she said I'd like to ignore, as I REALLY want nothing to do with the past, but perhaps I should have thought of that before booking the flight, "Umm… Whatever happened to that AZ guy?" Dammit, NO! I'm trying to get over the crazy! Let's not forget where the old Winnipeg Jets call home, after all! Maybe I really should cancel this trip! Hmm… But where's the fun in that?!
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Scotian Shelf large marine ecosystem
The Scotian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) surrounds the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and extends to the shelf break, more than 200 nautical miles (nm) from the coast at some points. To the north it is separated from the Newfoundland Labrador Shelf LME by the Laurentian Channel. To the South it extends to the Fundian Channel (Northeast Channel). The Scotian Shelf LME has a complex topography consisting of numerous offshore shallow banks and deep mid-shelf basins. It tends to be divided into eastern and western systems. The eastern Scotian Shelf includes Emerald Bank. The Nova Scotia Current hugs the coastline in a southwestward direction and enters the Gulf of Maine through the Northeast Channel. For a general summary and comments on this LME, see Zwanenburg, 2002, and Hempel, 2002.
The Scotian Shelf LME is considered a Category II ecosystem (moderately high productivity, 150 -300 gC/m2-yr) according to SeaWiFS global primary productivity estimates. Productivity in this LME is influenced by changes in environmental conditions and temperature. A decrease in ambient temperature is noted on the eastern Scotian Shelf. (Zwanenburg et al., 2002). There is a lack of long term data for many of the trophic levels within this system. There is a need for more monitoring and research. The recent changes to research vessel survey protocols broaden the collection of ecosystem monitoring data to include abundance and distribution of phytoplankton, zooplankton, as well as an increased suite of physical oceanographic parameters. A monthly Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (CPR) is being conducted in collaboration with the Allister Hardy Foundation, Plymouth, England. A recent initiative by Canada and the United States, entitled the East Coast of North America Strategic Assessment Project (ECNASAP, see Brown et al, 1996), is an attempt to gather and synthesize additional physical and biological data for the east coast of North America, from Cape Hatteras to the Labrador Shelf.
Fish and Fisheries
Systematic fishery surveys of the shelf made between the 1960s and the present are the richest and most consistent source of information available concerning this Large Marine Ecosystem. Changes in distribution patterns and changing growth rates appear to be a response to changes in environmental conditions. There were significant declines in abundance and size for many commercially exploited fish species on both eastern and western subareas of the shelf, indicating that the limits of exploitation had been reached. The decrease in size, related to fishing effort, occurred both on the eastern shelf and on the western shelf. For information on demersal fish communities in response to exploitation, see Pauly et al (2001). The trawlable demersal biomass declined from a maximum of 450,000 metric tons in 1973 to less than 15,000 tons in 1997. However, total finfish biomass has shown an increase since the mid 1980s. The pelagic fish biomass also increased, although it showed fluctuations between 1970 and 1997. There has been an exponential increase in grey seal abundance since the 1960s. Harp, hooded, and harbor seals are found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence domain, and so are Beluga whales.
Fishing effort increased rapidly with the establishment of Canada's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone in 1977. The commercially exploited fish include capelin, turbot, Atlantic halibut, white hake, silver hake, cod, haddock, and pollock. Pelagic species include the Atlantic herring and the Atlantic mackerel. Invertebrates include snow crab, northern shrimp and short fin squid. Both snow crab and northern shrimp prefer cold water and the increased landings for both those species coincide with the cooling of the eastern shelf (for more information on shrimp, see Scotian Shelf Shrimp and its integrated management plan ). There has been a recent increase in landings of less utilized species such as monkfish, cusk, white hake, and skate. A management scheme taking into account species interaction and biomass production is being initiated to address the overexploitation of the LME's main fisheries (cod, haddock, flounder, and other demersal fish). When the cod fishery collapsed on the Eastern shelf, a cod moratorium was imposed in 1993 and remains in effect. Overfishing led to a number of fishery closures in the early 1990s.
A recent initiative by Canada (DFO) and the United States (NOAA), entitled the East Coast of North America Strategic Assessment Project (ECNASAP, see Brown et al, 1996), gathered and synthesized data on the biological components of the east coast of North America, from Cape Hatteras to the Labrador Shelf. Also review Zwanenburg et al for decadal changes in the Scotial Shelf LME. The University Of British Columbia Fisheries Center have produced information on fish catch statistics for this LME.
Pollution and Ecosystem Health
For information on marine pollution and the protection of this LME's offshore environment, see Environment Canada (EC) and the Canada-Nova Scotia offshore petroleum board's (CNSOPB) joint project . There is a need to assess the wider ecological costs of over exploitation of the fisheries resource (See Hollingworth, 2000). The effects of the fisheries on the biophysical habitat are not well understood. More research is needed on the local and internal processes and externalities that affect the system, such as El Niño and levels of Greenhouse gas emissions. The International GLOBEC Cod and Climate Change Program (CCC) studies the response of different cod populations to climate changes in various regions of the cod's North Atlantic range, including the Scotian Shelf. Canada is a key participant in SCOR (Scientific Committee for Ocean Research) and ICES (International Commission for Exploration of the Sea).
The Scotian Shelf ecosystem has been exploited for hundreds of years. Exploitation intensified with the arrival of the Europeans in the 15th century. Their arrival saw the commercialization of the cod fishery. Since then, commercialization has intensified with the development of more efficient technologies and the expansion of markets. After World War II, the development of distant water international fleets increased the level of exploitation of the Scotian Shelf fisheries to the point of collapse in the mid 1970s. The Canada-Nova Scotia offshore petroleum board (CNSOPB) is responsible for the regulation of petroleum affairs in the province. The presence of oil raises issues of multiple uses of the marine environment.
The Scotian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem falls under the jurisdiction of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The fisheries of the Scotian Shelf after 1945 were regulated under ICNAF (International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries), consisting of all the industrialized fishing nations of the world operating in that area. ICNAF's effectiveness, however, was limited by the voluntary nature of compliance to its rules. The limited development of Canada's domestic fleet prompted Canada to establish a 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone in 1977. Single species quota management continues. While there is a stated desire to change to an ecosystem level approach (see the web site for the Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management Project), there are no explicit objectives within fisheries management plans for the ecosystem. The results of the activities of the many single-function management agencies would be better served by an integrated approach to management objectives.
- Brown, S.K., R. Mahon, K.C.T. Zwanenburg, K.R. Buja, L.W. Claflin, R.N. O'Boyle, B. Atkinson, M. Sinclair, G. Howell, and M.E Monaco. 1996.
- East Coast of North America groundfish: Initial explorations of biogeography and species assemblages. Silver Spring, MD: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Dartmouth, NS: Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 111 p.
- Brander, K.M. 1995. The effects of temperature on growth of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). ICES J. Mar. Sci. 52: 1-10.
- Frank, K.T., R.I. Perry, and K.F. Drinkwater. 1990. Predicted response of northwest Atlantic invertebrate and fish stocks to CO2-induced climate change. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 119: 353-365.
- Frank, K.T., R.I. Perry, K.F. Drinkwater, and W.H. Lear. 1988. Changes in the fisheries of Atlantic Canada associated with global increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide: A preliminary report. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1652. 52 pp.
- Hollingworth, C.E. 2000. Ecosystem effects of fishing. Proceedings of an ICES/SCOR Symposium held in Montpellier, France, 16-19 March 1999. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 57, no. 3.
- Mills, E.L. and R.O. Fournier. 1979. Fish production and the marine ecosystems of the Scotian Shelf, eastern Canada. Mar. Biol. 54: 101-108.
- Pauly, D., M.L. Palomares, R. Froese, P. Sa-a, M. Vakily, D. Preikshot, and S. Wallace. 2001. Fishing down Canadian aquatic food webs. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58: 51-62.
- Prescott, J.R.V. The political division of large marine ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean and some associated seas. In K. Sherman and L.M. Alexander, eds. Biomass Yields and Geography of Large Marine Ecosystems. AAAS Selected Symposium 111. Westview Press, Boulder CO. 395–442, 1989. ISBN: 0813378443.
- Zwanenburg, KCT, D. Bowen, A. Bundy, K. Drinkwater, K. Frank, R. O'Boyle, D. Sameoto, and M. Sinclair, 2002. Decadal changes in the Scotian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem. In K. Sherman and H.R. Skjoldal, eds. Large Marine Ecosystems of the North Atlantic—Changing states and Sustainability. Elsevier. 105-150, 2001. ISBN: 0444510117.
Disclaimer: This article is taken wholly from, or contains information that was originally published by, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth may have edited its content or added new information. The use of information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.

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Sri Lanka – World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (WOCCU) survey team are continuing to assess the damages and needs along the southern coast toward Galle, an historic outpost heavily affected by last month's tsunami.
In the small town of Beruwela, an hour from the capital city of Colombo, the deadly tsunami completely destroyed the town's small credit union, leaving only a pile of rubble. Many of the town residents are now living in refugee camps. Many others, including the Beruwela credit union chairman, were killed; trapped by a stalled train or crushed under piles of concrete. "The people tried to run away," explained D.M.G. Pathama, manager of the Beruwela credit union. "But a train had stalled on the tracks. It blocked the road and many of them were trapped and died, crushed by the wave."
WOCCU is working closely with SANASA, Sri Lanka's credit union federation and central liquidity facility, to assess the damage to credit unions and their members. Eighty-five of the 90 credit unions in the Galle District, including Beruwela and Modara Patuwatha credit unions, were affected in some way by the tsunami, reported SANASA Development Bank. Of those, 23 were completely destroyed.
Further down the coast in the town of Hikkaduwa, John Ikeda, WOCCU project development manager reported from the scene, the Modara Patuwatha credit union was flooded, though the building remained standing. According to chairman E. Benat, the credit union ledgers were partially destroyed, but efforts are now underway to reconstruct them; a challenging task for an institution that still registers every transaction by hand. "Our members who have managed to save their passbooks are bringing them in. We are using these passbooks to help rebuild our books," said Benat.
Kudawella West credit union serves members in a small fishing village further south. Several hundred boats in the village's small harbor were completely ruined. Some of the boats were pushed high into the surrounding hills by the force of the wave. G.S.P. Jayaratna, fisherman and Kudawella West credit union member for 13 years, was one of the many fishermen in the village who lost his boat to the tsunami. "My home, my boat, everything is gone – washed out to sea," he told Ikeda. Despite this, Jayaratna hopes that, with help, his credit union can be revived. "Now is a difficult time for everybody," Jayaratna said. "With help, I hope to buy a new boat, to rebuild again."
Individuals or organizations wishing to support the Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund can make a contribution to Worldwide Credit Union Foundation via World Council's website at www.woccu.org/disaster_relief or via the National Credit Union Foundation's website at www.ncuf.coop.
El Consejo Mundial de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito es la asociación gremial y agencia de desarrollo para el sistema internacional de cooperativas de ahorro y crédito. El Consejo Mundial promueve el crecimiento sustentable de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito y otras cooperativas financieras en todo el mundo a fin de facultar a las personas para que mejoren su calidad de vida a través del acceso a servicios financieros asequibles y de alta calidad. El Consejo Mundial realiza esfuerzos de defensa activa en representación del sistema global de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito ante organizaciones internacionales y trabaja con gobiernos nacionales para mejorar la legislación y la regulación. Sus programas de asistencia técnica introducen nuevas herramientas y tecnologías para fortalecer el desempeño financiero de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito y profundizar su alcance comunitario.
El Consejo Mundial ha implementado 290 programas de asistencia técnica en 71 países. A nivel mundial, 57,000 cooperativas de ahorro y crédito en 105 países atienden a 217 millones de personas. Obtenga más información sobre el impacto global del Consejo Mundial en www.woccu.org.


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13 Year-Old Kenyan Invents LED System That Protects Livestock, Lions and Humans
Posted By Timon Singh On March 9, 2013 @ 10:00 am In Animals,Environment,News | 3 Comments
Richard Turere [1], a 13 year-old from Kenya, has been making waves at the TED conference [2]with his innovative invention — a LED system that prevents lions from killing livestock (and also humans). Richard, whose family lives within the Nairobi National Park [3] boundaries and raises livestock, had always seen lions as a threat to their livelihood. As such, Richard said he always "grew up hating lions". However after taking part in a global talent search last year, Turere came up with an ingenious solution.
At first Richard used lion's natural adversary-fire, however that backfired when he noticed "it was helping the lions see through the cowshed." Next Richard tried a scarecrow, but that had a limited effect.
"I was trying to trick the lions. But lions are clever," Richard said. "On the first day, the lions came, saw the scarecrow and left. The second day, they came and realized it wasn't moving, and killed the cows."
Richard then discovered that lions were afraid of moving lights, so he hooked up a bunch of lights to an old car battery [4] and connected it to an indicating system. It worked
"The lights flash and trick the lions that I'm walking around the cowshed when I'm sleeping in my bed."
Richard's invention was so successful that other farmers asked him to install similar systems for them. Now, it has been put into use all over Kenya to scare animals that might harm the livestock. Richard has also been rewarded for his efforts and has received a scholarship to the best college in Kenya [5].
"A year ago," said Richard, "I was a boy in a savannah grassland. I saw planes fly over and I said I'd be inside one day. I had a chance to come by plane for the first time for TED [6]. I got to come by plane to come to TED. My dream is to become an aircraft engineer and pilot when I grow up."
Unsurprisingly the 13 year old genius received a standing ovation after talking at TED! Deservedly so.
Via PSFK [7]
Images © TED and blieusong [8]
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[1] Richard Turere: http://blog.makezine.com/maker/richard-turere/
[2] the TED conference : http://blog.ted.com
[3] Nairobi National Park: http://www.kws.org/parks/parks_reserves/NANP.html
[4] he hooked up a bunch of lights to an old car battery: http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/26/a-12-year-old-learns-to-scare-lions-richard-turere-at-ted2013/
[5] Kenya: http://inhabitat.com/tag/kenya
[6] TED: http://inhabitat.com/tag/ted
[7] PSFK: http://www.psfk.com/2013/03/ted-lion-lights-kenya.html
[8] blieusong: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blieusong/
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Peppers tasty and excellent source of nutrition
Mary Ann Lienhart-Cross
Food & Nutrition
Welcome to autumn — a wonderful time of the year to prepare meals around the last of the garden and also prepare soup and chili. I know this has been a grand champion year for growing peppers and there are so many great items that you prepare with them. Since we eat first with our eyes, the colors of red, yellow, orange, purple and green sweet peppers are an added bonus for many recipes.
All peppers, whether sweet or hot, are members of the capsicum family and are native to the new world. For centuries, chilies (hot peppers) have been put into medicinal use, particularly as a topical healing agent. Even today, many commercial liniments contain oleoresin of capsicum. The plant that produces peppercorns, piper nigrum, is native to Asia and is not related. If you enjoy eating peppers, that is good as they are good for you. Peppers are a rich source of vitamin C, superior to even to citrus, and they contain as much vitamin A as carrots.
If you are looking for more ways to include fresh vegetables and fruits in your healthy eating plan, join the Elkhart County Extension Homemakers for its "Creative Holiday Ideas" program on the last Saturday of October. The club will be sharing light, healthy food ideas for this holiday season. The $5 charge at the door covers the cost of a recipe and ideas booklet as well as food samples. We're also asking all who attend to bring a non-perishable food item. Now, more about peppers.
The most widely available sweet pepper is the bell pepper, named for its bell-like shape. Green bell peppers are the most common, but red, yellow, orange and purple are now available year-round. There are also the new colored mini sweet peppers that are great snacks and have so many food preparation possibilities.
Most green peppers, if left on the plant, will turn red, but most of the red ones in the grocery store are a red variety. The colored peppers are sweeter than the green and the flavor is milder. All bell peppers have a mild flavor and a crisp, crunchy texture.
Roasting peppers is time consuming, but the flavor makes it so worth the time invested. The directions for roasting and peeling sweet and hot peppers are the same. When handling hot peppers, use caution to prevent irritation of skin or eyes. Wear gloves and wash hands well afterwards.
Hold peppers over open gas flame or charcoal fire, or place under a boiler. Turn often until blackened on all sides. Transfer peppers into a paper or plastic bag; close and set aside until cool (15 to 20 minutes).
Peel peppers; halve; remove stem and seeds. Lay halves flat and use dull side of a small knife to scrape away any black bits of skin and stray seeds. Slice into 1/4-inch strips.
A tasty way to eat roasted red peppers is to roast two red bell peppers, then put sliced peppers in a medium bowl. Add one clove of finely minced garlic, 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil and 1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano. Salt to taste. Toss to blend and let marinate at room temperature for one hour before using.
For information on how to preserve peppers, Purdue University offers an excellent publication, "Let's Preserve Peppers" CFS-593-W. You can download a free copy on the Web at www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/CFS/CFS-593-W.pdf.
Mary Ann Lienhart-Cross is county extension director and an extension educator in health and human sciences at Purdue Extension Elkhart County. Reach her at email@example.com or 574-533-0554.


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I haven't had a pap yet, and my dr isn't gigving me one til' I am 19 weeks, and some infections cause mis. and preterm birth. I am just 16 weeks now.
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Worm Jump and its variation, Speed Jump, are both simple casual games for Android devices, where you'll need to help a little worm find a way out of the scrubs by going really high. You should use the leaves to jump, try to collect as many berries as possible and always avoiding to fall down.
The game play is quite fun, despite not being original at all, and the graphics are better than we expected, it works just well on a Samsung Tablet. As for the options, you can enable HQ, show First Person Shooter and allow high sensitivity, but you should also be able to change the level difficulty, because it's first it's too easy. There are two game modes: campaign and the simple endless mode.
Hyperkani is the developer of Worm and Speed Jump, with have different features but are the same game overall. Fun but nothing too spectacular, don't expect a lot, just simple entertainment.
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i must say that i really love the new expansion , Lawtia have gained a few points in agility , and i must say those dolls look "divine".
I can see , imagine many many new strategies .....
Even thou a certain maid will help with the night, you out there with Eskatia cards know how blessed you are!
LOL now i have to find a way to raise my sphere lvl to 4+ without getting killed lol
So any ideas for strategies with the new expansion using lawtia. ??
NOte: its with the release of new expansions like these that you realize how expensive this game can be lol (I want them all !!!! $.$)
5 star cards are undisclosed yet ?? i hate it when you tease me alteil


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SMG Team Places 1st in US, 2nd in World in CME Group Trading Challenge
It started in a McDonald's. After registering for the annual CME Group Trading Challenge, a team of four students in the Mathematical Finance program—a team that would ultimately place first nationally and second globally in the challenge—sat down to lunch at the fast food restaurant in Kenmore Square. They noticed a scratch on their table that closely resembled a lighthouse and, at that moment, Team Lighthouse was born. It was the first of many real-life observations that would direct them through an intense competition and perhaps the easiest consensus of the four-week challenge.
"We liked the symbol of a lighthouse," said Lingchen Guo (MSMF'15), an analyst on the team, "and thought that it sounded like the name of an actual futures company."
With their team name chosen, Lingchen (Frank) Guo (MSMF'15), Sarah Hochstatter (MSMF'15), Duyong Lee (MSMF'15), and Anastasios (Tassos) Mallis (MSMF'15) began their path to victory in the CME Group Trading Challenge, a worldwide online competition where teams of undergraduate and graduate students trade a variety of CME Group products from multiple asset classes in a simulated trading environment.
Occurring on a real-time professional trading platform provided by CQG, CME Group's Trading Challenge, hosts a growing number of teams and countries each year. In 2014, nearly 400 teams from 31 countries participated, including four other BU teams.
The diversity of the competition can be seen in Team Lighthouse itself, whose four members come from the US, China, Korea, and Greece. Their range of backgrounds worked to their advantage, giving them knowledge of foreign exchange, one of the six asset classes in the challenge.
The Trading Challenge lasts four weeks and includes a practice round, a preliminary round, and a championship round. Over the course of the competition, the team's analysts, Guo and Hochstatter, carefully watched market news, anticipating fluctuations, spikes, and drops. The pair reported their findings to Lee and Mallis, who traded based on these market reactions—and their own gut reactions.
Nerves of steel
Mallis took the night shift, trading from midnight to 7 a.m., and though he lost a lot of sleep, he didn't lose much money, making responsible but substantial trades in the early market hours. It was Lee who took chances during his 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. shift. As Mallis puts it, he made the small trades that laid the foundation for Lee, who built higher and higher upon it.
"You need to lay ground so you can begin to construct buildings," Mallis said. "Duyong constructed tall buildings. He has nerves of steel."
The traders made educated orders and trusted in the strategy that Guo and Hochstatter devised. With adjustments made from the preliminary round to the championship, their strategy earned them a spot in the winner's circle. Team Lighthouse placed second in the world and first in the US.
"It was about having the stomach to believe in your strategy," Mallis said.
Learning from everything
From meeting deadlines to delegating functions to communicating properly—whether that meant providing helpful market information or simply texting the group in a timely fashion—the team learned a number of lessons about succeeding in the marketplace.
"The competition combined fundamental and quantitative knowledge," Mallis said, "and we learned a lot from our Program's courses."
Led by Executive Director Dr. Ahmad Namini, who emailed students encouraging them to join the CME Group Trading Challenge, the MS in Mathematical Finance (MSMF) program is a 17-month program including a summer internship that focuses on the three disciplines of finance, applied mathematics, and computer science. The results create candidates with core competencies in creating effective investment strategies, quantitative analysis, and risk management. Each January the graduates start their careers in investment banks, commercial banks, trading firms, and even financial technology and insurance companies. The Program is one of the pioneering programs, which brings hard-to-find talent to the financial industry.
Team Lighthouse's journey will end a long way from the scratched McDonald's table they started at. Placing in the top four they collect a cash prize and an invitation to visit Chicago for CME Group's Day of Market Education. The invitational conference provides students with an exclusive look into CME Group and the financial industry. Business experts will deliver presentations relevant to the global marketplace, and attendees will view live open outcry trading, learn about CME Group's electronic trading platform, CME Globex, and join industry leaders for a networking reception and dinner.


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I was on Pinterest not to long ago and I saw an article about how to keep kids busy during the summer. I showed Lily one of the articles about making homemade ice globes. After she looked at it she said something like "Well, what's the point?" I didn't have an answer I just thought it was kinda cool. Well evidently she thought it was cool too because next time we were at the grocery store she said we needed to buy some balloons. That was like a week ago and today we finally got around to starting the project. It's very simple. All you need are some balloons, water and some food coloring. I guess you don't really need the food coloring but it will make the final ice globe more exciting.
For the first balloon I held it open while she squeezed some food coloring in it.
Then we filled it with water.
By the third balloon she was doing it all by herself.
We filled up 5 of them. I think in the original article I read they used water balloons… but hey everything is bigger in Texas so we used regular size balloons.
Make sure you have space in your freezer. I just cleaned our freezer out a couple weeks ago so it was relatively empty. Put each balloon in the freezer.
Than it becomes a waiting game.
How long do you think it will take these things to completely freeze? I am guessing a long time so I told Lily we will check them tomorrow morning. I am not completely sure what the point of this is but Lily said once they freeze she is gonna bust them out of the balloon outside and play with the ice. Anything that keeps her busy is ok with me!
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Investment regulators offer anti-scam tips
Monday, July 25, 2011
The Missouri secretary of state's office says complaints about loans, investment seminars and investments in precious metals have increased in the past year.
The office's securities division reports that some of the top complaints involve offers of promissory notes in exchange for cash, and bogus representations of gold or silver as a safer investment.
Other complaints arise from investment seminars that offer free meals as a come-on. Regulators say the advice offered at the seminars can be poor and put people's savings at risk.
Securities officials say anyone considering a new investment or broker should consider calling the state's Investor Protection Hotline, at 1-800-721-7996.
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On Tuesday, October 11 at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall, the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble will present a free concert under the direction of Stephen Peterson. Franz Krommers Partita from 1808 will be performed along with Grand Central Station by Michael Torke from the 21st century. Works from the 20th century by Aaron Copland and Michael Colgrass complete the program.
For more information about the 300 concerts a year that the Ithaca College School of Music presents, please visit www.ithaca.edu/concerts or call 274-3717.
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Students who spoke on the impact of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a gathering in his honor, heard from one woman whose own life has largely been dedicated to the same work.
Dezie Woods-Jones, a longtime civil rights activist, spoke before more than 120 people, including elected officials, during the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration.
The first woman to run for mayor of the city of Oakland, Woods-Jones served in various political positions on the city council, including vice mayor, and worked in several administrative positions for more than three decades in Oakland's Peralta Community College District, where she finally retired in 2002 as the assistant chancellor of external affairs. She is now the president and CEO of DWJ & Associates consulting firm.
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One of the most frustrating things about doing business in China is the paper work. The seemingly endless paper work…. I was cc'ed on an email the other day from one of our China lawyers to one of our clients. The client had signed the documents required for a WFOE using the wrong ink. The… Continue Reading
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Five Things To Consider In Forming Your China Company. Plus The Most Important One Of All.Posted in China Business
Very helpful post over at the always helpful International Business Law Advisor Blog. The post is appropriately entitled, The 5 Key Factors You Must Consider When Establishing a Foreign Corporation [link no longer exists] and it lists out the following: Decide on Corporate Form: The post talks of determining the right corporate form for the country in… Continue Reading
Forming A China WFOE. How Long Will That Be Going On?Posted in China Business, Legal News
More from the Doing Business in China Seminar I co-moderated last week. My law firm does a considerable business in forming China WFOEs. Unlike forming a company in the United States, which costs very little in out of pocket costs (always less than USD$1000) and takes almost no time at all (a few days at… Continue Reading
Forming a China WFOE — Getting StartedPosted in Legal News
Cheating a bit here, but since I am on the road, I cannot help it. I'm cheating because this post is nothing more than the typical email we send to our clients at the commencement of our work for them in forming a China WFOE. But I don't feel bad because what better way to… Continue Reading
Leasing Requirements For A China WFOE To BePosted in Basics of China Business Law, Legal News
I have always had trouble getting my head around the fact that to secure approval of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE or WOFE) in China, the WFOE must first lease appropriate space. But how can a yet to exist entity do anything, much less lease space? In my email box this morning was an… Continue Reading
Forming A Chinese Company. Do It Right Or Do It ALL Wrong, But Don't Do A Rep Office.Posted in Basics of China Business Law
Every couple of weeks my firm gets an email or a phone call from a small business that is seeking to justify forming a Rep Office in China instead of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE). These small businesses typically go into advocacy mode explaining why their business can and should be a Rep Office… Continue Reading
What It Takes To Get A WFOE/WOFE Registered In China.Posted in Legal News
There are some excellent China company formation companies and there are some where you are all but guaranteed to waste your money. Some of these company formation firms (truly, always the better ones) call my firm in to assist when they are facing a new or unusual or difficult situation. Sometimes a foreign company using… Continue Reading
China Company Formation Law Is Clear — WFOEs Are EasyPosted in Legal News
Around 25% of my law firm's China legal work is done with US or European attorneys, and a good chunk of that work is helping them help their own clients form a Wholly Foreign Owned Entity (WFOE) in China. The law firms that retain us do not have their own lawyers in China but because… Continue Reading
China Consultant, Protect ThyselfPosted in Legal News
China's recently stepped up effort to root out foreign companies doing business in China without being registered to do so has caused a rash of China consultants to retain the China lawyers in my firm. From our work in forming China WFOEs for these consultants, we have learned that many China consultants are falling dangerously short… Continue Reading
Doing Everything Right In China, Part II — Form A China WFOEPosted in China Business
As our regular readers know, we are big fans of foreign companies entering China as a Wholly Foreign Owned Entity (WFOE). We blogged on this initially in "China WFOE v. JV" and then again in "To Succeed In China Know The Now." In "Chinese Company Formation — Forming a Wholly Foreign Owned Entity (WFOE) in… Continue Reading


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Palestinians dismiss U.S., Israel reports of Mideast progress
Netanyahu postpones Forum of Seven meet; White House: Obama wants confidence-building measures.
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday dismissed Israeli and U.S. announcements of "progress" regarding the Middle East peace progress.
"There is absolutely nothing new, as of this moment, regarding the situation facing the peace process," Nabil Abu Rdainah, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, told Reuters. He said Abbas would brief the Arab League, which meets in Libya on March 27-28, about the situation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that progress had been made toward resolving the diplomatic crisis with the United States over the contentious plan to build more Jewish homes in East Jerusalem.
"We are trying to find the golden path between our will to advance the peace process along with the United States, and between maintaining the standard policy of all Israeli governments," said Netanyahu just before boarding a plane back to Israel early Thursday.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, meanwhile, that U.S. President Barack Obama had "asked the prime minister to take steps to build confidence for proximity talks so that progress can be made toward comprehensive peace".
"I think we're making progress on important issues. But nothing more on substance to report than that," Gibbs said on Thursday.
Netanyahu arrived back in Israel on Thursday evening, and was set to convene his forum of top seven ministers immediately to update the ministers on the results of his Washington visit. That meeting was postponed until Friday.
Despite the prime minister's comments of progress, Netanyahu's meeting with UObama earlier this week has been defined as a failure.
Netanyahu had delayed his departure from Washington in an effort to seek consensus after an Israeli announcement of housing construction in East Jerusalem during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's trip to Israel earlier this month prompted a chill in bilateral relations.
Due to the controversy with Obama, Netanyahu changed his schedule on Wednesday and canceled a number of interviews and press conferences, remaining at the Israeli Embassy throughout the day and giving directives to his advisers, Yitzhak Molcho and Ron Dermer, who held talks with Mideast envoy George Mitchell and senior White House officials.
On Wednesday afternoon, while Netanyahu's and Obama's advisers were meeting, the White House released a statement condemning Israel's plan to build 20 housing units on the site of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem.
The Prime Minister's Bureau released a statement that there were no limitations on rights of ownership in Jerusalem.
A meeting between Netanyahu and Obama on Tuesday and a shorter meeting later that day had failed to bridge their serious disagreement over the continuation of the peace process and construction in East Jerusalem. Obama asked Netanyahu to clarify his positions on a letter delivered last week to the administration about Israeli gestures to the Palestinian Authority and his willingness to seriously broach the issues in the indirect talks. The president also asked Netanyahu to put these assurances in writing.
Mitchell met with Netanyahu at his Washington hotel on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to smooth over the rift.
Netanyahu's speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference Monday and his meetings with senators and Congress members Tuesday added to the tension, since he reiterated the message that there would be no concession regarding construction in Jerusalem.


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UNEP at the Global Transition Dialogue#2
17-18 March 2012, New York
Fulai Sheng the Senior Economist at UNEP's Economics and Trade Branch participated in a two day dialogue that took place at the Pace University in New York on the 17th and 18th of March 2012. He presented the Briefing Papers that UNEP ETB produced a few weeks ago on the following topics: employment, poverty reduction, valuing nature, advisory services, trade, health, indicators and finance.
See the full speech of Fulai Sheng
21 March 2012, New York
With Reflections on Sustainable Development Goals, Green Economy, IFSD & Other Issues
Dialogue organized by Centre for Environment and Development (CED) and the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York
The objective of the session was to evolve a more dynamic dialogue between broader section of stakeholders gathered in New York for Rio+20 negotiations in March 2012 and forge new hope towards a positive outcome at Rio+20.
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22 March 2012, New York
Green Economy in the context of Sustanable Development and Poverty Eradication: Sharing National Experiences on Frameworks for Action
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Rio Preparation Forum: Opportunities and Challenges of a Green Economy
23 March 2012, New York
This workshop was organized by The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and co-sponsored by United Nations Environment Programme New York (UNEP) and the Danish industrial biotech firm "Novozymes"
The Chief of UNEP's Geneva-based Economics and Trade Branch, Steven Stone participated at this workshop.
Experts from Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Nature's Conservancy, World Resources Institute, national experts, including Mr. Santiago Lorenzo, Deputy Director General for Multi-lateral Environmental Agreements for Mexico's Ministry of Environment and the United Nations gave presentations on the Green Economy with an emphasis on possibilities for cooperation between the public and the private sector.
Further areas of discussions included the contribution of green economy in poverty eradication and the challenges for LDC's and developing countries that are willing to achieve a Green Economy.
Lastly, the workshop included a panel discussion on "green energy solutions", with the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for a green economy and a sustainable future.
Roundtable on Equity and Sustainability
Hosted by IBON International, ITUC, UN NGLS and the United Methodist Church
Experts explores the importance of promoting greater equity within and between countries and generations in the context of Sustainable Development
ILO-UNEP Side Event On Youth and Green Jobs
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Creating an engaging and seamless customer experience is critical in any successful website development strategy. In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, a website needs to take into account a user's needs and intents to deliver an optimized experience.READ MORE
In March, Forrester released its latest Search Marketing Wave report, the first since 2012. From our experience and Forrester's insights, we've gathered a few areas of focus for a successful and scalable search strategy.READ MORE
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This month, we're featuring Lisa Edwards, head of marketing at ForSaleByOwner. Lisa shares where marketing is headed, how companies can stay competitive in a constantly evolving landscape, and more.READ MORE
At Rise's recent Internet Marketing Leadership Series event in New York, focused on customer experience, we heard from a number of marketing experts who shared their insights on building trust through customer-led experiences. Creating a digital experience that resonates with your audience is a challenging and rewarding process that's akin to training for the digital marketing Olympics.READ MORE
This month, Risers shared details about their roles, how they work within their teams, and their favorite parts of working at Rise.READ MORE
As a member of our talent acquisition team, my colleagues and I are often asked What's the culture like at Rise? What type of candidate do you look for? or What makes someone successful at Rise? The answer to all of these can be addressed by one statement. We hire someone who's a Riser.READ MORE
Millions of Americans will gather around their televisions, computer screens, and mobile devices to watch this year's NCAA March Madness games. Check out this infographic to see just how much they'll be streaming, the amounts they'll be betting on their brackets, and other fast facts, historical spending stats, and trends around one of the biggest sports traditions of the year.READ MORE
It is now very common to hear of AOR relationships specific to public relations, digital, and creative, or even more granular areas like media or user experience. Given that customers are more empowered than ever before and are leaving behind an incredible wealth of data, there's another area where taking a centralized approach will prove important to a brand's marketing success: analytics.READ MORE
There's no doubt that the skills marketers need to be successful have evolved. A few decades ago, marketers operated in a Don Draper fashion, measuring success strictly in terms of mass appeal. That's evolved to strategies that focus on personalization and measure success not only by the number of eyes that see an ad or piece of content, but by the engagement it receives and the conversions it drives.READ MORE


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HeliBars Horizon ST
HeliBars has released its newest addition to its growing line of multi-axis adjustable handlebars – the Horizon ST. This new patent pending handlebars system was designed to provide the most comfortable riding position possible.
Yoshimura R&D of America, the leader in performance, has released Rear Suspension Linkage kits for the 2011 GSX-R600 and GSX-R750, available immediately.
American V-Twin
Spyke Inc has acquired all assets, including intellectual property, inventory, machinery, tooling and molds of STD Development, a 30-year-old American manufacturer of aftermarket engine components for American made V-twin motorcycles.
Motorcycle Solo Sag Scale
ASV Inventions' patented Solo Sag Scale is a suspension sag measurement tool that off-road riders can use by themselves, without wrangling a friend's help.
Off-Road Motorcycle Clutch Plates
Barnett Billet Clutch Pressure Plates for off-road motorcycles and atvs are CNC precision machined from aerospace quality billet aluminum.
But then Barnett takes it one step further by attaching a tempered steel surface that we guarantee to never wear out.
GSXR Slip On
Two Brothers Racing, the leader in American-made Top Level custom performance exhaust systems, announces the release of their 2011 Suzuki GSX-R600/750 Slip-on Race Systems.
Shortly after the brand new '11 GSX-R's were released, TBR engineers went to work developing the most dynamic and progressive GSX-R system ever. The results are impressive.
Harley-Davidson Spring Clutch
Our clutch spring conversion kit for the 1998 – 2011 Harley-Davidson Big Twins includes a CNC machined 6061-T6 billet aluminum pressure plate and two sets of six, heavy-duty coil springs.
Designed to replace the stock diaphragm spring and pressure plate, this spring conversion kit provides a smoother, more controllable clutch engagement.
Two Brothers Exhaust
Two Brothers Racing, the leader in American-made and engineered performance exhaust systems, announces the release of their 2011 Honda CRF250R and CRF450R M7 Slip-on Exhaust Systems.
Motorcycle Accessories
So your favorite V-Twin rider got the new iPad for the holidays and now can't take a cruise on his motorcycle without updating his or her Facebook status?
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Motocross Parts
Following in the tradition of their performance streetbike hard parts line, Yoshimura R&D of America has announced that they now offer a complement of quality-engineered hard parts for a host of off-road motocross and ATV applications.
Retro Custom B120 Wraith
Confederate could have just cut to the chase with the Wraith and called it "The Question".
Custom Cycle Control Systems Inc. recently announced their new one-off custom handlebar program. Now for the first time, CCCS can accommodate the most discriminating builder's demands and build a set of bars custom designed to your specs for your bike. If you can "think" it, CCCS can build it. Climax Hidden Hand Control Systems produces by far the cleanest looking "self-contained" handlebar systems available.
The hand controls are completely concealed…All the lines, wires, and cables run through the bars and exit below the top tree.
Whether dual-sporting, pavement pounding or roosting in the dirt, excess heat is the enemy of consistent four-stroke engine performance and reliability. That's why FLUIDYNE Powersports builds radiators for Suzuki's entire DR-Z400 lineup: the SM-designated Supermoto, S-model dual-sporter and the dirt-only DR-Z400.
These radiators keep Dr. Z's do-it-all Thumper motor properly cooled in less-than-optimal conditions that can lead to overheating, short-term power loss, premature oil breakdown or worse.
Renthal has developed a new quick change rear chainwheel carrier to fit the Ducati 1198 and 1198S Superbikes. This carrier will also fit the Streetfighter and 1098 models. This is a direct bolt on replacement for the one piece OEM steel carrier and allows for easy rear sprocket changes along with a significant reduction in weight.
The Renthal carrier is machined from lightweight billet aluminum and when used in conjunction with our hard anodized aluminum rear chainwheel, the weight savings is a full pound, which will provide a greater transfer of power to the rear wheel.
Peak engine performance is achieved at optimal coolant temperatures.
Unfortunately, like most motocross motors, the new-generation, fuel-injected CRF450R engine struggles to maintain its cool in less-than-optimal moto conditions such as threading the needle through technical wooded trails or pinning it down desert sand washes. At various levels, this can lead to overheating, short-term power loss, premature oil breakdown or worse.


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A helmet scaled to the size of a giant begins to tell the story of the historical Carthaginian military commander Hannibal Barca, who is the inspiration for an exhibit of artworks by Creighton sculpture professor Littleton Alston.
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The show opens Feb. 1, in the Lied Art Gallery at Creighton University The exhibit, titled Hannibal, runs through Feb. 28 with a reception Feb. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. Alston will host a gallery talk from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Feb. 8. All events are free and open to the public.
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Alstons sculptures are included in public and private collections throughout the country, and his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. His artwork ranges from classical figurative bronze sculptures to stainless steel abstract works. Some of Alstons recent public art commissions include sculptures for Werner Park in Papillion, Dreamland Park and Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza in Omaha, the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln and the World Food Prize Foundation Headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa.
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BISMARCK (UTN) How many colleges do you know that operate a grade school? Or provide child care for students who are parents? Or student housing?
Unlike colleges in the mainstream, these and other practices designed to support and retain tribal students are the norm at United Tribes Technical College.
How UTTC does things differently for the success of its students has emerged as the central focus of an institutional self-study to prepare the college for a new round of accreditation.
Preparing the interesting and detailed descriptions about UTTC's approaches to higher education will take a couple years worth of assessing, reflecting, discussing and writing. And that is the work of a new campus steering committee.
Twenty-six members of the UTTC Self-Study Committee began work on the process during a retreat November 5-6. The two day event followed an October organizational session that launched UTTC into a process that will lead to reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA). With the college's current 10 year accreditation period expiring in 2011, UTTC is ahead of the two-year planning curve recommended by NCA.
If there is one thing United Tribes has been keen on since its earliest days, it is accreditation, the "holy grail" of educational effectiveness and credibility. UTTC President David M. Gipp successfully pursued the process beginning in 1977 when he became the college's leader. UTTC has maintained its accreditation status ever since, regularly expanding the scope of its approved educational offerings. A crowning achievement was earned in 2004 when UTTC became the first tribal college to receive accreditation for its online associate degree programs in Early Childhood Education and Injury Prevention.
The current self-study effort is led by committee chairman Russell Swagger, the college's vice president of Student and Campus Services, who intends to make the process less formidable than some perceive it to be, and more creative.
The current self-study effort is led by committee chairman Russell Swagger, the college's vice president of Student and Campus Services, who intends to make the process less formidable than some perceive it to be, and more creative.
"This process is about engaging people and helping them become visionary in their thinking," said Swagger during the meeting.
Borrowing a phrase from his mentor, UTTC Finance Director Shirley Bordeaux, Swagger said his goal for committee members is to have them look upon this as something they 'get to do,' not something they 'have to do.'
Representatives of all major divisions of the college attended the retreat, including two faculty members who served on the last self-study committee in 2001. The well-prepared agenda included presentations to the whole group and smaller group activities.
Leaders at United Tribes are encouraged by what they perceive as less rigidity in the NCA reaccreditation process. They believe that institutions now have more flexibility than what may have existed previously to evaluate their own circumstances and gain accreditation for well-designed educational programs that may differ from what is common elsewhere.
To demonstrate, a UTTC staff member who is a talented artist introduced a series of tribal characters in a thought provoking PowerPoint presentation. Each image represented universal tribal characteristics that would help interpret elements of the self-study from a tribal point of view and potentially lead to a graphic or animated supplement to a printed report.
Since the beginning of the tribal college movement in the early 1970s, tribal college leaders have had mixed feelings about accreditation. The main benefit is for students who seek to transfer their credits to study at other institutions. What is seen as less desirable is to undergo evaluation by mainstream education professionals who may have little or no experience with tribally-controlled education or tribal people. In the absence of something more culturally suitable, tribal colleges have subscribed to accreditation. Leaders at United Tribes see the current self-study as an opportunity to create an indigenized model of accreditation.
"The challenge for this group is to use this process to articulate what it means to be in a tribal setting," said Dr. Phil Baird, Vice President of Academic, Career and Technical Education, during the retreat. "This is what's at the very essence of our mission. We are a tribally controlled institution. Everything we do is about protecting, preserving and promoting a tribal higher education model."
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The answers to those questions will evolve as the committee resumes meeting in the near future; a date has not been set for the next session. Chairman Swagger will be ready to describe his vision of the tribal college model for accreditation, a presentation that was dropped from the retreat meeting because of time limitations. Another activity will involve the listing of accomplishments and challenges over the time of the current accreditation period since 2001, according to Kathy Johnson, Enrollment Services Director, a member of the committee. The information will be assembled into a timeline, known as the "River of Time," Johnson said.
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The No. 10 ranked Humboldt High baseball team moved within one game of the state tournament after they edged No.3 Clear Lake, 4-3 Monday night (July 21) in a Class 3A district championship game in Clear Lake. Humboldt, 23-6, will play in a substate final on Wednesday, July 23, against Algona in a 7 p.m. game at Garrigan field in Algona. Algona advanced by beating Gilbert, 8-7.
The Wildcats produced eight hits against Clear Lake, including a 2-run homer by Nick Laing in the 5th. Brenden Schnell and Chris Witzke scattered 10 Lion hits on the night from the mound with Schnell striking out 7.
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Clear Lake defeated Webster City 9-2 in the other district game in Clear Lake. In district play at Boone on Friday, Algona beat Nevada 11-1 in 6 innings and Gilbert topped Boone, 4-1. Gilbert and Algona play in a district final at Boone on Monday. A substate final is set for July 23 at a site to be determined.
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Type: Wish
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Won't Fix
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Release Branch 10.04
Component/s: framework, specialpurpose/pos
This is an umbrella task to groups all issues related to the synchronization process.
A subtask will be created for each identified issue.
I selected framework and POS as affected components, because for the moment the synchronization process is mostly used to sync POS terminals. But it could be used for other needs.
Downgrading priority, I see no need why this should be flagged as Critical.
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Yes you are right, Scott. I hope to find some time to work seriously on this in... 2010...
We have a customer using entity sync and experiencing the problems in this issue.
We are interested working with other parties on this subject. If there is already substantial work done we are interested to compensate financially for it.
Please let me know if there is any progress here.
Hi Hans,
What kind of problems is your client experiencing?
First some things are worth to be said, in the following
- it leans on a simple POS/MCS configuration (or client/server which is actually the same)
- the jobs (push and pull) are scheduled and running on the client only
There are actually several knows issues:
- Syncing stay in running status though the related job "crashed". For instance if an issue occurs (eg, in order of possible apparition: net crash, power outage on the POS, or server crash for any reason, etc.). This is a small issue, and I'm not even quite sure it's a design flaw, but it's rather really designed this way (to keep things under control). Note that I did not design nor wrote the EntitySunc stuff, so it's only an hypohesis.
- I still wonder if we should really automate the clearing of the running state (put the status to not startged) when an issue occured, like Pankaj Jain suggested.
- This because there is already the "Reset run status" from webtools -> entity sync status for doing it manyually, so and I don't see the point to reboot the client for that. And I prefer to keep a hand on that.
- Else if really needed we could use the underlying resetEntitySyncStatusToNotStarted service. But we should really take care of not firing several push or pull jobs. Because by default the jobs are scheduled to run respectively every 5 minutes and each hour. I suspect the other issues Pankaj reported ("An instance is already running", "Connection refused") could be related to this... Also not sure, but it seems it's more a problem on the client side than for the server, ie more a problem for the push job.
- I still wonder if we should really automate the clearing of the running state (put the status to not startged) when an issue occured, like Pankaj Jain suggested.
- Some entities miss in the pull syncing. According to Deyan Tsvetanov, this might also appear during an interruption. This would be really more annoying and Deyan makes good propositions. But it seems Pankaj never crossed this issue and I did not neither so far: to be clarified.
- RMI is slow. I think everybody agree on that, but this clearly needs more work
- Pankaj crossed an issue with EECAs. IMO EECAs are delicate beasts and should be carefully used, but it might be an issue indeed. The idea is to avoid having duplicated creation on the other end if an EECA is already creating a new entity on one end. So the EECA should be only on one end.
This is a 1st effort trying to clarify the situation. I hope we can all cooperate on this and end with a common and shared solution.
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Here is a quote from a Deyan's message he sent us personnally
There are some major issues that CAN be fixed in the current implementation: error recovery - due to interrupted connection between the two servers, sync speed - RMI can be removed , etc.
There is however a major issue that CAN NOT be fixed in the current implementation: the list and sequence of entities to be synchronized gets created by entities' timestamp - date_created_tx and last_update_tx. It works as long as the clocks of all the syncing parties are in sync. You can easily achieve this by using NTP for example - reliable enough. But if the clock of one of the parties gets un-synced for just few minutes, and during those few minutes records get inserted or updated than you are in trouble. Syncing the clock back won't help you because you won't be able to sync the broken records due to foreign key constraint issues. Examples I could give but I guess you could think of such by yourselves.
So IMHO the best approach for synchronization is not the timestamp but the TRANSACTION LOG. This approach is used in all major databases - m$ $ql, oracle.
For a customer I've implemented a transaction log based on triggers and stored procedures. The transaction log, triggers and the stored procedures however I implemented only postgresql as that was the customer's database. It's easy to implement ms sql or oracle version though. It works perfectly, much much much faster than RMI, recovers if the sync process is interrupted , etc. My goal was to implement this mechanism using entity engine level triggers and eventually commit it, but unfortunately still pretty busy with other things so we don't have resources that can be dedicated to work on that task at the moment, we're trying to work out the world financial crisis.
So if you find what i say reasonable you could go ahead with the triggers and SPs. For that you need database that supports triggers - so mysql won't work.
That was just the first part.
The second part is to identify all the tables that you need to synchronize. Some of them will be only pulled, some of them pushed only and some of them synced in both directions. Next you need to test, reset the database and test again and again until you identify the correct list of the tables so your sync process doesn't end up with FK insert / update errors. That is pretty easy but time consuming task - it takes few days to complete.
So that's all I can say for now, without getting your bored with details
Here is a quote from a Deyan's message he sent us personnally
So about the transaction log:
I have a table called TRANSLOG with the following structure:
CREATE TABLE translog
id bigserial NOT NULL,
"table" character varying(30) NOT NULL,
operation character varying(6) NOT NULL,
"statement" character varying NOT NULL,
created_on timestamp with time zone NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
CONSTRAINT id_fk PRIMARY KEY (id)
Records in the TRANSLOG table are being inserted by the triggers for the table we are "watching" for changes on INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE.
The STATEMENT column contains executable SQL statement which is generated by the trigger function. The following screenshot shows some data in the TRANSLOG table: (see attachments)
So every time some database action is performed on the tables we are "watching" we get a TRANSLOG entry.
Each translog entry has a sequence ID. So when we want to PUSH that transaction log to the main server we actually execute the statements ON the main server. We execute the statements wrapped in a transaction which gets rolled back if an error has occured.
The translog push gets invoked by a stored procedure which gets called by a scheduled reoccuring job in ofbiz.
For each sync SP execution we store a record in a table called TRANSLOG_EXEC_LOG . There we keep the currently reached translog_id so we know from where to start the next time
when the sync SP is invoked.
So in general that's the mechanism. Pretty simple to implement, pretty simple to troubleshoot and pretty error resistant . Here's the screenshot of TRANSLOG_EXEC_LOG: (see attachments)
The result message could be either OK or the DB error message - either a constraint error or some other error. We always know which was the last successfully executed statement (
last_command_id ). If there is an error then we know at which statement the error has happened - the next after the last successful one.
That's all in general.
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I think now that having a link to the thread is maybe easier (at least for me, though not a solution for screenshots) here it is. There are some interesting answers from David recently...
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I think that nobody wants to go further on this. So I close this issue after having updated the related page in wiki from our discussions.
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|Fix Version/s
|Release Candidate Branch 10.04 [ 12314832 ]
|Won't Fix [ 2 ]
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