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NBC's Fall Line-up Brings Nerdiness Into the Mainstream
The new fall season of TV is upon us, and it's ripe with lots of promise and lots of disappointment. But I'm usually up for trying to find a new TV addiction to take Lost's place between seasons, so I decided to give some of these new shows a shot. However something's changed since the last time I decided to do that, and I began to notice a pattern as I flipped through the channel guide last week. Among the new detective shows, sitcoms, and courtroom dramas I've come to expect from the major networks, a certain theme began to show up on NBC's line-up: nerdiness. From the looks of things, NBC is hoping to recreate the success of Heroes by tapping into a similar crowd. The majority of their new shows either have nerds as main characters or deal with topics typically preferred by nerds, science fiction in particular. Besides that, most of these shows sounded like they might actually be pretty good. So I packed my DVR with all the nerd-centered shows I could find and set to watching them. For the most part, I was not disappointed. You can check out a breakdown for each show after the jump.
Time: Monday 8/7c
Premise: A regular guy accidentally gets tons of classified info from a government super-computer downloaded into his brain, which he uses to prevent terrorist plots.
Review: This is my favorite of the new shows, and I thought I was going to hate it, based on the premise and the stupid look on the main character's face over on the right. The setup gets even more ridiculous when you find out that the titular character gained all this knowledge through an e-mail containing a series of pictures encoded with all this classified data. To add to the insanity, all this data was sent to him from a PDA. That's right: all the secret information from the CIA and the NSA can be contained on one portable device. Luckily, all that is put into the first 15 minutes, allowing the rest of the show to to just take off from there.
Since I'm going with a nerdiness theme, I should state that Chuck is a realistic and likable dork. He plays online video games (Gears of War makes an appearance), is only mildly awkard in social situations, and works for the "Nerd Herd" — essentially a take-off on the "Geek Squad." What's great is he's not a completely socially inept tard like most stereotypical TV nerd (see my impressions of The Big Bang Theory below). He reminds me of a lot of people I know, myself included, and that makes him a good character to watch get into these insane situations. Chuck eventually gets mixed up with agents from the NSA and the CIA to help stop a terrorist bombing. One of the agents is played by Firefly's Adam Baldwin, to add to the nerd factor; the other is played by a hot girl I've never seen before, but who does a good job playing the seductive assassin.
If you ignore some of the more ridiculous parts and just enjoy it, this is a very entertaining show. The writing is top-notch, the acting is solid, and the characters — from the protagonist to even his sister's boyfriend — all have some depth to them. These characters are what's going to keep me tuning in for the next few weeks. Oh, but my favorite bit about the pilot? Porn saves the day.
Time: Monday 9/8c
Premise: A drama where people around the world develop super powers.
Review: Do I even need to discuss this one? This show rules, and it most likely paved the way for all these other shows to get the green light. The characters are intriguing, the special effects are superb, and the story just grips you from episode to episode. If you plan to start watching this one though, just make sure to check out Season 1, or you may be more than a little lost. And if you liked the first season of Heroes, the second season isn't likely to disappoint.
Time: Monday 10/9c
Premise: A man inexplicably begins jumping backwards and forwards through time, helping change people's lives along the way, while trying to manage his own.
Review: I love time travel stories, so I knew I had to check this one out. That and I found out the show co-starred Moon Bloodgood, who did an excellent job in the cancelled-way-too-soon Daybreak and, well, just look at that picture below:
Hot damn.
Anyway, if you read the premise and thought "Quantum Leap," you aren't alone. In that sense, this show might appeal to the fans of that one; but the one thing that this shows lacks in comparison to Quantum Leap is an explanation as to why the protagonist, Dan, keeps time traveling. The pilot hinted that an explanation may come later in the season, but they might lose some viewers if they don't start offering some big clues soon.
Another big difference from Quantum Leap is that the main character keeps jumping back and forth through several points in a timeframe until he fixes whatever he's supposed to fix. This means he ends up seeing several different outcomes for the people he tries to help before he gets it right. These jumps happen randomly and have consequences on his present-day life, as he goes missing for several days each time.
This show apparently lost a lot of viewers when the pilot aired, most likely due to a poor time slot following Heroes. Personally, I may give this one a couple more episodes before I decide whether to keep watching it or not. It's an interesting twist on a tried-and-true formula though, so I'm hoping they manage to keep it interesting.
Bionic Woman
Time: Wednesday 9/8c
Premise: A woman gets in a car crash and is put back together with bionic implants that give her super-human abilities.
Review: This show appeals on a nerdy level right off the bat, since its a modern remake of a 70′s TV show, which itself was a spinoff of The Six Million Dollar Man — a show referenced today even by people who weren't alive when it first aired ("Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology."). Thankfully though, this new show has much better production values, eliminating the need for slow-motion and odd sound effects to highlight when cool powers are being used. Add Katee Sackhoff from Battlestar Galactica playing the villain, and you've got one pretty nerd-centric show.
In the pilot, the story and action worked well for the most part, but there were unfortunately a few too many cheesy points in the show, which I mostly blame on the writing. For a large chunk of the program the main character got either horribly depressed or angry, but we barely got enough of the character before to understand why. Of course it could just be my reaction if I were in her situation would probably be something along the lines of, "Superpowers? Awesome!" But it just began to grate my nerves when the show would be in the middle of an interesting moment and then one cheesy line of dialogue or emotional montage would ruin it. Now that they've gotten the setup out of the way though, maybe future episodes can focus less on overly dramatic bits and more on cool sci-fi action.
As much as I wasn't enthralled with the main character though, I thought the villain, the first Bionic Woman, was awesome. During the big showdown between the two super-powered females, I found myself rooting for the villain, just because she had the better lines and was more interesting and mysterious overall. Apparently, viewers of the show are already calling for her to replace the main character at some point in the season. It's doubtful they'll do that, but I certainly wouldn't complain if they did.
Overall though, the premise and the special effects are enough to make me keep watching future episodes, though I don't know for how long. The action scenes in previews for new episodes are already looking awesome however.
Now that I've delved into some decent nerdy shows on NBC, let's take a look at one absolutely terrible show on CBS:
The Big Bang Theory
Time: CBS, Monday 8/7c
Premise: A sitcom involving two nerds, their two nerd friends, and their hot next door neighbor.
Review: Cute girl. Stupid show. There weren't really any characters I could relate to or find all that funny. The nerds were way over the top and they're very existence made almost no sense to me. I mean, aside from the usual quirks typically associated with geeks — obsession with all science fiction TV shows, RPGs, and comics — they're also scientific geniuses; yet they live in a run-down apartment and don't seem to have any careers to speak of. You may disagree, but the genuine nerds I've met were mostly smart, but not competing-with-Einstein smart. And the girl? She's a pretty stereotypical dumb blonde. and that's about as far as her depth goes. Besides which, if you've got a show that hinges on a girl being jaw-droppingly hot, then you need an actress that actually is jaw-droppingly hot. I mean, she's not unattractive by any means, but not hot enough to really stand out in Television Land; plus her attractiveness drop a notch every time she opens her mouth. About the only good thing I can say about the show is that the tall skinny guy had some pretty funny lines. Kind of like Frasier's brother, but in a T-shirt with The Flash on it.
So essentially, it's a situation comedy, where the situation makes no sense from any angle, and the comedy just isn't funny. The whole show is just a big, predictable cliche. I see this one having a very short run. But then again, what do I know? I was pretty sure American Idol wouldn't last two episodes.


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I'll admit that I'm a bit obsessive when it comes to mechanics. Bicycles included.
This is about my 2010 Schwinn Madison. I notice that when I slide my rear wheel into the dropouts (or track end) it doesn't sit perfectly centered between the stays (both chain and seat). I can get it centered if I move it about a bit and hold it as I carefully tighten the axle nuts. I measured the frame alignment as per Sheldon's string method, and I get 31mm on the button from the seat tube on each side.
The bike rides just fine. I can ride straight with no hands, and it doesn't show any other symptoms of misalignment other than the wheel not centering in the dropouts without a little tweaking.
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Ok so you go to a stockyard or buy a calf from your neighbor because it was so cute, well now you must learn how to care for your new little baby. Many people believe you can stick a calf in a field to let it graze but that is not always the case.
1Buy a bottle. Many stores like Tractor Supply sell these farm-animal bottles. The bottle should be four pints.
2Buy a bag of formula. This is also sold at Tractor Supply, it should be called milk replacer and comes in 50 pound bags but you must make sure that it is called the medicated formula so your baby calf will get the nutrients it needs.
3Put some water in a pot on the stove to warm.
- Do not make the bottle too hot. You can test it by putting a little bit on your arm and make sure it is not too hot or cold,
4Open your bag of formula. Inside there should be a cup.
- Don't panic if it is not sitting in plain sight. You might have to dig around to find it.
5Fill this cup up with the formula to the very top line DO NOT go above the line.
6Take the cup and pour its contents into the bottle.
7Add the water.
8Shake the contents to mix together the water and formula.
9Put the nipple on and feed the contents of the bottle to your calf.
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- If your calf won't eat, you should put some milk in a syringe and give it to them. If they still won't eat, wait an hour and try again when they get hungry. They will eventually eat.
- If you just bought a calf you must make sure that the ingredients to make a bottle are exact if to much is given the calf could become ill with scours.
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When should a "cold" clear itself up?
My son is 3 months old and has had a non-stop "cold" for over a month now. I have taken him to the doctor 3 times and been told there is nothing that can be done-just to give it time. I do not want him on medicine if he doesn't need to be but I am getting frustrated. He does not carry a fever just so congested that the mucus comes out of his eyes, he has a cough and he is crabby. We have a humidifier going at night in his room and I suction him out throughout the day. I am beginning to think maybe he has allergies..... Any thoughts or similar experiences?
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Thanks for the info. We went to the doctor this morning and he was diagnosed with reflux. As odd as this is, cold like symptoms are a symptom of reflux. The doctor said we should notice a difference within 24 hours. Crossing my fingers!posted 06/01/2010 by Tina1220
Have you tried saline drops in conjunction with the suctioning? Little Noses has saline drops as well as various generic brands out there. They're just saline and will help loosen up the nasal congestion before you suction him out. We also found that putting a small pillow under our son's mattress allowed him to sleep at a bit of an elevated angle and some of the congestion to drain at night. I don't think he's old enough to have seasonal allergies because in order to develop an allergy you have to be exposed to the allergen usually more than once. Since he's only 3 months old, he's probably not developed any seasonal allergies yet. Unless you have a dog or cat that he might be allergic to...The doctor's right, though. If it's just a cold, then there's not much they can do for it.posted 06/01/2010 by megcoates
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I've been dabbling here and there with mapping for the past year, and I keep wishing that I had my own unique stockpile of free-to-use objects, something akin to the amazing ones that can be found on the dundjinni user forums, but unique and all-my-own. So, I have decided I am going to start work on some high quality, 600DPI object that I can use in my commercial projects. I only just started, but I thought I'd share a couple here. Hopefully I'll end up with a decent variety of all the things one might expect to find in a town, dungeon, castle, or forest. Anything I post on this forum will be creative commons and free to use without attribution or royalty.
I've really got to stop starting big projects and work on finishing them...
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In summary, the WMD/fostering democracy narrative on Iraq, which served the mission well at first, has over time degraded to the point that it is a serious liability. To ensure our mission's success and continuance beyond the present administration and to retain party electability, this difficult problem must be addressed.
There are few historical precedents to draw upon, in part because information control is particularly difficult in this era, despite our efforts in the area, especially the innovations of former Secretary Rumsfeld. But we can look to what some of the leading public relations firms do when faced with similar circumstances in other fields. In Hollywood, for instance, when a movie star's credibility is impugned by rumors, the first step is to deny the rumors and discredit those who spread them, as we have done, with mixed results. But when the problem becomes unmanageable, many troubled celebrities have salvaged their careers by finally "coming clean" with their audience, admitting their transgressions and regaining public sympathy.
It is our contention that the time has come for us "come out" on the Iraq war. We need to jettison the current narrative for the war effort, as it has become an albatross for the administration. In its place, we recommend a bold, new, virtually untested tactic: telling the truth. Obviously we can't tell the whole truth, especially with regard to our secondary goal of destabilizing the Muslim world by fomenting sectarian violence throughout the region (needless to say, it wouldn't help to acknowledge profiteering efforts or the ad hoc creation of loose money pools for black ops either). But the truth that we should tell is the simple tale of the necessity of securing energy reserves in order to maintain American global dominance.
The new story would be short and logical: The nation needs to secure its energy future, and that means controlling the bulk of the world's oil reserves, before other nations get to them first. We would endeavor to tie this broad objective to the lifestyles of regular Americans—SUVs, plastics, air conditioning, etc., and their continued affordability. Of course, these messages should be processed through the usual test marketing channels and should be subjected to the analysis and recommendations of prominent message consultants.
The new talking points need not come from the POTUS himself, at least not until the new "true" narrative has been well established in the media. We recommend giving the bulk of the heavy lifting to administration officials who are seen in focus groups to be considered more "serious" and "intelligent" by the public: Vice President Cheney, for instance, or Secretary Rice. At the same time, we can utilize friendlies in the press to laud the honesty of the White House, and to elicit sympathy for an administration that, after all, only had the nation's best interests at heart. This should also be accompanied by a series of related entertainment efforts—a major network miniseries about a near-future dystopian scenario in which the country has run out of oil, for instance.
This suggestion may sound radical, perhaps even suicidal, but when we examine the facts at hand, it seems we can do no worse in promoting the war effort than we already have. Polls show support for the war has bottomed out at about a third of the nation, and research has shown this third, sometimes referred to as "the base," will support whatever this administration does—we literally cannot lose them. In fact, market research indicates that this demographic would be particularly favorable to starkly imperialist foreign policy goals—they have never quite been comfortable with what they consider to be "touchy-feely" objectives in Iraq, and would likely be even more firm in their support for war than before if we revealed an aggressive motive. It is also a known that this demographic has the least difficulty with the prospect of being deceived by leaders "for their own good."
With the two thirds of Americans who describe themselves as anti-war, reactions will be more mixed. Some will be further embittered, but we will likely win back the majority of conservatives, who will again support the war effort if presented with a rational reason for it that directly impacts our economy. Some of the center-left will also peel off from the anti-war majority, and even the far left will gain some respect for the effort if we "level" with them. In general, many will feel an appealing sense of security, preferring a sense of global power over the current media climate of total fear. All told, the "truth" initiative has a good chance of winning back majority support for a continued military presence in Iraq.
A secondary positive this recommendation's implementation would generate is that we can use the same truthful justification for future operations, not only in Iran, but in Syria, Venezuela, Colombia, and anywhere else we may conduct operations in the future. This will greatly reduce the expenditure of assets and brain-power on continued efforts to demonize leaders in these nations in anticipation of future invasion.
Negatives include increased international umbrage, especially from powerful and energy-hungry entities such as China and Russia. While these nations and others surely already suspect our true intentions, such honesty may be perceived as "impolite" and a sign of disrespect. Still, it is highly unlikely that either would be willing to challenge us militarily, excepting minor proxy wars which will no doubt occur regardless of our rhetorical strategy.
In conclusion, we urge the recipients of this report to look past their natural human aversion to admitting malfeasance in this matter. Truth be told, almost everyone has already decided that we are liars, and those who haven't never will. Our credibility is at its ebb, and can only be bolstered by changing direction. The truth may seem like a bizarre thing to tell the public, but it is incontrovertible fact that it can't possibly be worse than what we're telling them now.
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Abandoned, derelict vessels pose significant environmental and navigational hazards in the Pacific Northwest. Is the often-costly removal of these wrecks a state or federal responsibility?The answer is both. Environmental and law enforcement agencies exist at both levels to control this problem and reduce the threats. And in the case of the Columbia River, a shared boundary of Washington and Oregon, it's even more crucial to strengthen the federal-state partnership.
To that end, Govs. Chris Gregoire of Washington and John Kitzhaber of Oregon joined other officials in a Coast Guard flyover of the Columbia River, where they were shown 33 vessels that are abandoned or in serious disrepair. And to their credit, the governors called upon their legislatures and the federal government to increase accountability of boat owners and crack down on enforcement, while urging more federal support of cleanup projects.
This issue is complicated, but a basic principle is easily understood when the topic shifts from waterways to public and private lands. As Gregoire stated, "We would never allow someone to simply abandon their broken-down car on their front lawn, and expect the public to pay to clean it up." And regarding public areas, Kitzhaber said: "Oregon and Washington's shared waterways are too important environmentally, economically and socially to have people using them for backyard salvage operations."
Clark County residents have a keen understanding of this issue. In August 2011, the greater efforts of the Coast Guard, the Washington Department of Ecology, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and a Seattle salvage company were needed to remove the Davy Crockett — a 431-foot barge and former World War II-era Liberty Ship — from the banks of the Columbia near Camas. Seven months and $24 million were needed to complete the removal project, and the state began a lengthy pursuit of the vessel's owners. From the Davy Crockett, 800,000 pounds of debris and almost 33,000 gallons of oil were removed; another 1.6 million gallons of oily water were extracted from the river.
Elsewhere in Washington, a derelict fishing vessel that sank in Penn Cove in Puget Sound was raised last month after leaked oil threatened Whidbey Island's mussel beds.
Clearly, these two incidents — and the multitude of other vessels spotted by Gregoire and Kitzhaber during their flyover — illustrate the seriousness of the threat posed by abandoned vessels. According to an Associated Press story, Gregoire advocates tougher legislation to prevent neglected boats, plus more authority by the state to hold boat owners "to a higher degree of accountability." At the federal level, more financial resources will be needed for removal projects, beyond what is available in the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
Although the primary threat is to the environment, major navigational hazards are also created when abandoned vessels break loose and run adrift. It should not have taken seven months and $24 million to remove the Davy Crockett. We hope the initiative taken by Gregoire and Kitzhaber will accelerate state and federal attention to the problem.


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There is a DoS vulnerability in the REXML library included in the Ruby Standard Library. A so-called "XML entity explosion" attack technique can be used for remotely bringing down (disabling) any application which parses user-provided XML using REXML.
Most Rails applications will be vulnerable because Rails parses user-provided XML using REXML by default.
An attacker can cause a denial of service by causing REXML to parse a document containing recursively nested entities such as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE member [
<!ENTITY a "&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;&b;">
<!ENTITY b "&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;&c;">
<!ENTITY c "&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;&d;">
<!ENTITY d "&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;&e;">
<!ENTITY e "&f;&f;&f;&f;&f;&f;&f;&f;&f;&f;">
<!ENTITY f "&g;&g;&g;&g;&g;&g;&g;&g;&g;&g;">
<!ENTITY g "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx">
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Please download the following monkey patch to fix this problem.
Then fix your application to load rexml-expansion-fix2.rb before using REXML.
require "rexml-expansion-fix2"
doc = REXML::Document.new(str)
If you have a Rails application, copy rexml-expansion-fix2.rb into a directory on the load path (such as RAILS_ROOT/lib/), and put the following line into config/environment.rb.
require "rexml-expansion-fix2"
If your application is Rails 2.1 or later, you can simply copy rexml-expansion-fix2.rb to RAILS_ROOT/config/initializers and it will be required automatically.
By default, XML entity expansion limit is 10000. You can change it by changing REXML::Document.entity_expansion_limit. e.g.
REXML::Document.entity_expansion_limit = 1000
This fix will be made available as a gem and used by future versions of rails, but users should take corrective action immediately.
Credit to Luka Treiber and Mitja Kolsek of ACROS Security for disclosing the problem to Ruby and Rails Security Teams.
Credit to Michael Koziarski of Rails Core Team for creating the monkey patch to fix the vulnerability.
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- 2008-11-09 12:40 +09:00 fixed a bug of the monkey patch.


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Don't bet on big fall in oil—even with slowdown
With debt crises either side of the Atlantic, Europe flirting with recession and Libyan oilfields returning to production, it is tempting to be bearish on oil. Tempting but risky.
November 22, 2011 2:48 by Reuters
Despite all the financial and economic gloom, 2011 has been a record year for oil with Brent crude at its highest-ever average above $110 per barrel, and few analysts forecast a big drop in price, even those who expect an economic slowdown.
Rising demand for fuel from China and other emerging economies, declining output from traditional suppliers including the North Sea and interruptions to production in key exporters such as Libya have kept the oil market tight.
And unless the United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, slips into a double-dip recession, oil prices are likely to stay strong, at least until the end of the northern-hemisphere winter.
"Pessimistic scenarios for oil have not been realised," said Harry Tchilinguirian, head of commodity market strategy at French bank BNP Paribas. "World oil demand is growing and, if supplies don't increase, either inventories have to fall or prices rise: both have been happening."
Global oil demand is likely to have increased by about 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) this year to more than 89 million bpd, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which advises major industrialised economies on energy policy.
Next year, world demand for oil will rise even faster, by about 1.3 million bpd, the IEA forecasts, as China,India, Brazil and other emerging economies all use more.
"While headlines are full of…the spectre of recession, it is easy to overlook the fact that oil demand has resumed its growth path and 2011 levels are the highest in history," said David Wech, head of energy studies at consultancy JBC Energy.
While demand has increased, supply has been inconsistent, with the uprising against former dictatorMuammar Gadaffi removing up to 1.6 million bpd of high quality Libyan oil this year and hiccups in production in Russia, Britain, Norway and Nigeria.
Other factors are also supporting oil.
Despite low levels of consumer confidence, US economic data has consistently out-performed forecasts over the last quarter, bolstering US crude for the last two months.
As the United States moves into an election year, there are widespread expectations that the US Federal Reserve will launch a new round of monetary easing in an attempt to buoy the US economy and increase employment. In the past, such moves have led to rallies in asset prices, particularly oil.
Economists say it would take a significant fall in economic growth to dent oil demand and tip the balance in the oil market towards surplus. And as even more conservative forecasts see global growth around 3 percent, that looks very unlikely.
If oil prices did start to decline, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would be likely to step in to curb output, as it did in 2008 during the depths of the financial crisis, analysts say.
If necessary, key OPEC members such as Saudi Arabia are likely to accommodate the resumption of Libyan oil exports by trimming their own production, analysts say.
This is even more likely given the rising cost of production for OPEC members in the Middle East Gulf, which analysts at Deutsche Bank now estimate as high as $86.50 per barrel.
If prices were to approach that level, pressure to reduce output and deliveries to the market would intensify greatly.
Many analysts see the chance of modest falls in oil prices if economic activity in Europe is hit hard by the euro zone debt crisis, but even the lowest forecasts are relatively high.
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The 2011 Import and Export Market for Provisionally Preserved Vegetables in Romania
- May 2010
- Region: Romania
- 20 pages
- ICON Group International
On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on provisionally preserved vegetables in Romania face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying provisionally preserved vegetables to Romania? How important is Romania compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of provisionally preserved vegetables vary from one country of origin to another in Romania? On the supply side, Romania also exports provisionally preserved vegetables. Which countries receive the most exports from Romania? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?
This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for provisionally preserved vegetables in Romania. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for provisionally preserved vegetables for those countries serving Romania via exports, or supplying from Romania via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.
In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Romania fits into the world market for imported and exported provisionally preserved vegetables. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Romania in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Romania is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Romania compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes.
After the worldwide summary in Chapter 2 of both imports and exports of provisionally preserved vegetables, Chapter 3 goes into detail on imports, but for each major country of origin serving Romania. A "major" market is defined as a country where Romania represents a substantially large share of either imports or exports. For each major country exporting to Romania, one can thus observe how important Romania is to that exporting country compared to other countries of the world. Chapter 4 does the same, but for exports of provisionally preserved vegetables originating from Romania, for each major country of destination. In doing so, one can discover the share that Romania has in each major market; this share value is often used as a measure of competitiveness for Romania. In all cases, the total dollar volume and percentage share values by major trading partner are provided. Combined, Chapters 3 and 4 present a the total picture for imports and exports of provisionally preserved vegetables to and from Romania to and from all other major countries in the world. "Provisionally Preserved Vegetables" as a category is defined in this report following the definition given by the United Nations Statistics Division Classification Registry using the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3 (SITC, Rev. 3). The SITC code that defined "provisionally preserved vegetables" is 0547 . SHOW LESS READ MORE >
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency Administrator Juan M. Garcia recommended Friday that farmers and ranchers who plan to participate in FSA programs register in advance. Producers are encouraged to report farm records and business structure changes to a local FSA Service Center before April 15.
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FEMA extends deadline to seek flood assistance
Saturday, November 5, 2011
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has again extended the deadline for residents in six Missouri counties to apply for federal disaster assistance.
FEMA spokesman John Mills says the new deadline is Dec. 10 for residents of Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Lafayette and Platte counties to apply for grant money. He says the state had requested the extension.
Mills says people with flood insurance, and those without, all are eligible to apply. He says many people are combining FEMA money with disaster loans from the Small Business Administration to bring their homes to their condition before the summer Missouri River flooding.
FEMA already has distributed more than $2.7 million, while SBA has approved about $4.7 million in disaster loans for homes and businesses.
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mySkiva Cloud Wifi Router makes your existing USB hard drive(s) cloud enabled in seconds without requiring any signup or monthly fees.
What is mySkiva Cloud Wifi Router?At first glace it looks like any other router but do not let looks deceive you. An ultra low power cloud server is built into this great Wifi Router. It consists of:
- Wifi Router: High performance 300 Mbps 802.11n Wifi Router.
- Cloud Server: You just connect a USB hard disk and then you can access it from anywhere/anytime.
- Cloud Apps: Mobile apps that let you access your own cloud from your smartphones or computer/laptop.
Why would I want to have one?
- Easy: Fully setup in 30 secs with our App.
- Private: Creates your own personal cloud.
- Green: Just uses 6W of power. One tenth of a standard light bulb's power.
- Secure: Only you and your trusted ones get access.
- No Fees: No monthly fees or signup.
- Safe: Easy backup of your smartphone data.
- Fast: 300Mbps Wifi Speed great for HD video streaming.
- Always Available: You can access your data from anywhere anytime.
- Expandable: Using a USB hub you can attach as much storage as you want.
- Warranty: Comes with 12 months of replacement warrantly.
- Sharable: All family members can back up their phone media and share files.
This app makes your USB drive(s) (not included with router) accessible from anywhere in the world. It can do following:
- It can back up all your photos and videos with single tap. Multiple people can use cloud storage. Each member's data get saved in a separate folder.
- You can share selected photos/videos with other users of the same cloud.
- You can put your music library on USB hard drive connected to router. This app will let you play your music from your smartphone from anywhere.
- You can put movies and other files on USB hard drive and can access it from anywhere using this app.
- App can download files for offline access.
See following video for detailed demonstration of this app.
It is possible to plug multiple USB HDDs or sticks to router with the help of USB Hub.
Here is a setup that is serving 8 TB space on cloud and local LAN !!!
This app is revolutionizing the way Wifi routers are setup. It enables you to setup up the router in under 30 seconds.
This app also shows status of the router whether it is connected to internet or not. It shows how many wireless clients are connected. Now the surprising part: This app works from anywhere not only from home. It means that you can control your router's settings and see its status from anywhere. It enables you to manage router of your friends or parents who live far away from the comfort of your home.
Android App is under development and will be released by the end of this year (2013).
Below video shows how easy it is to setup this router using our "Zero Config" technology.
First and foremost this product is a Wifi Router. So we have worked on its performance and range enhancement from very early on. We have achieved up to 50-70Mbps wireless throughput on this router and a range much higher than any router in its category.
Here are the technical specs for the tech savvy:
What if you need to access your USB drive content/files from your laptop from outside of home? Not a problem. We have you covered!! You don't need to install any application. You can get access to your USB storage using native windows file browser. It is simple to setup. See following video on how to setup.
We have not forgotten Mac users. File browser access is available for them as well. See below video for short demonstration:
Note that you can also access files using NAS/Samba server method but that method will work from your local LAN only. Please check "NAS and SmartTV" section for more details.
What if you have to access an important file and you don't have time to do file explorer setup or simply you have just web access? You are covered here as well. All you need to do is to point your browser to #cloudname#.myskiva.com and provide log-in details and voila you have access to your files.
Each router is given a unique URL for example #cloudname#.myskiva.com. You can choose #cloudname# from available names. Now if you are outside of your home/business and want to access your files through a web browser just type in this URL in your web browser like IE, Chrome or Firefox. Then provide username as "cloud" and your cloud password and now all files will be accessible to you.
See following screen recording to see how easy it is to access your files from the web browser.
Within home/office this router's connected USB drives will show up as network share so you can easily access this share by just typing the name of router in your windows file explorer. For ease of access you can map the shared folder to a drive letter in windows.
Below is the demonstration video for Windows:
Below is the demonstration video for Mac:
Playback on SmartTV / PS3 / XBox
In addition if you own SmartTV or game console like PS3. They will automatically show this router as a DLNA media server and all media files (photos, music and videos) can be played wireless on them. We have tested Samsung SmartTV and PS3. We are going to test many more devices and will post updates here about our testing.
Below is a small demonstration of smooth 1080p video streaming over Wifi on Samsung SmartTV (Note that video is noisy because of camera). It also shows how you can access photos and music using built-in Samsung Link application:
Hardware design and firmware are completed. We have also done small batch production for 1800 routers. We have done beta testing on number of routers. Now we need your support do mass production so that we can make it available to all.
Our apps for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch are ready and currently being polished for final release. We have made good progress on Android apps and aiming to release them by the year (2013) end.
These 1800 routers are ready to ship for early backers.
Now we need your support to:
- Run mass production of router at high enough quantities that makes production cost efficient. So that we can offer it to you at an affordable price.
- Finish our implementation of Android apps.
- Finish all the planned improvements in iOS apps.
- Implement more innovative features mentioned in the stretch goals section.
If we are able to raise more money than our original goal we will be doing following awesome features. These will be available to all backers for free.
Remote Desktop from Internet: You will be able to use a web browser or our provided client application to connect to home wifi router. After authentication router will scan local network at home for remote desktop servers and present you the list. You at that time can choose the PC you want to connect and get access to it.
Home Network Share Access: Cloud app will be enhanced so that not only you can access USB storage connected to the router but also it will be able to access the windows shared folders on other PCs in your home network.
Media Streaming in Cloud App: Right now cloud app downloads and plays the media files like mp3. We will enhance the application to do media streaming so that playback starts right away.
Remote Access of IP Cameras: Cloud app will be enhanced to show live feed from IP cameras at home.
This router will come with 12 months replacement warranty. You can find detailed information of warranty terms at http://skivatech.com/index.php/product-support/warranty.
Please join us at http://facebook.com/skivatech for more updates.
Design: We have been testing our routers for more than 6 months now. We have completed multiple iterations and improved the quality to rock solid. We feel that router is stable and ready for deployment at homes and businesses. We have a strong support team in case you encounter any problem.
Manufacturing: We have passed through all the necessary regulatory approvals including FCC, CE and ROHS. We have done production of 1800 routers and numerous months of testing. We have partnered with a strong manufacturer in China and we should not have any problem delivering products on time irrespective of the quantity.
Apps: Apps have gone though multiple iterations of development, testing and improvements. In an unlikely event if you face any issue with the apps, our engineering team will solve it on high priority and respond quickly.
Currently it is exlcusively available from Indiegogo . Please visit following link to check details and get one: http://igg.me/at/mySkiva


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West Chicago D-94 to offer free GED classes
WEST CHICAGO – West Chicago Community High School District 94's Adult Education Program will offer free summer GED classes.
The classes, which will prepare students to take the GED exam, are funded by state and federal grants that allow all instruction and materials to be made available at no cost to students.
Registration will take place at 6:45 p.m. April 7. Students should enter through Entrance B on the west side of the high school, 326 Joliet St.
Classes will be held from 6:45 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from April 7 through June 11 at the school.
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Clinical Features and Treatments of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - An Update
Nearly two million people are affected with IBD [e.g., Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis] in the U.S. These inflammatory conditions are a group of several distinct disorders which probably explains the diversity of extent and activity of inflammation within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The age of onset is usually in the 20s and 30s, although there is a slight second peak in incidence in the 50s to 60s. Men and women are equally affected in IBD as opposed to IBS, which is female predominant. Revised and updated 2009.


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Friday, September 2, 2011
Students and community members will gather at William Woods University Tuesday for a 10th Anniversary Remembrance Service of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11, 2001.
The observance will be at 1 p.m. at Thurmond Chapel on the William Woods campus.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, the Rev. Travis Tamerius, WWU chaplain, said the remembrance service will be "a time of commemoration and a time to celebrate the better days ahead."
About 3,000 people were killed along with the 19 terrorists who hijacked several airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Another hijacked plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pa.
The WWU service will include inspirational readings and recollections of the national tragedy. Several members of the community and the campus will share stories of the men and women who lost their lives during the attack led by al-Qaida terrorists who claimed responsibility for the destruction. Those gathered at the event will observe a moment of silence and reflect on the events of that day, followed by musical tributes to the victims.
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A Not So Wonderful Ending
I just finished the main briefing of the staff at my winter palace. There is much to be done in preparing for the many galas, balls, and festivals we hold for the winter solstice. The trails must be groomed and the tack for the carriages cleaned and polished. The groundskeepers grumble about the difficulty of keeping the fountains operating in the cold and polishing all the statuary. Housekeeping staff is especially difficult this time of year, and I wonder if I will have to reduce their remuneration even more to extract obedience.
Affects Concrete Pumpers and Others
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has three main regulatory classifications for their diesel powered engine rules: Off-Road, On-road Truck & Bus and Portable Equipment. We will try to explain the basic portable equipment rules or (PERP) in this article, a CARB rule that dates back to early 1997. The Board originally approved the statewide PERP regulation on March 27, 1997, and subsequently amended it on December 10, 1998, February 26, 2004, June 22, 2006, March 22, 2007, and December 11, 2008. For the detailed history of the program go to the CIAQC's website or this link: www.ciaqc.com/assets/perp_changes/perpisor.pdf
On CARB's website, it says, "Owners or operators of portable diesel engines and certain other types of equipment can register their units under (CARB's) Statewide Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP) in order to operate their equipment throughout California without having to obtain individual permits from local air districts."
Many of us are enduring a real long drought when it comes to work, income, and prospects for improvement. Personally, I am one of you; I know that jobs in California are as rare as a coherent government policy. The outlook is better if you can survive, and I do mean survive, for another 14 months or so. I'm optimistic that voters will act on what their bellies and bank accounts demand and finish the changes they began last November. Reality can focus the mind, even for Jerry & The Takers.
CARB Hearings a Circus of Zealotry
I attended a CARB AB 32 related meeting on August 24th in Sacramento. The only item on the agenda was "Analysis of Scoping Plan Alternatives." In plain English, CARB's plan to address California's majority voters commitment to cap and trade, all part of the effort to stop man-made global warming and rising oceans. Oops, that's right, the global sea level this summer is a quarter of an inch lower than last summer, according to NASA scientists, in sharp contrast to the gradual rise the ocean has experienced in recent years. Apparently, more rain and snow are accumulating on land and the Antarctic and its sea ice extend more than normal. So, who cares about facts? Texas is burning up!
My middle-leaning fellow attendees and I expected that the lawyers and advocates for the Green Industry, the NGO's, and nonprofit green groups of every shape and size with earth-friendly acronyms for names like the NRDC, ALA, EDF, FOE, WWF, and of course the CRPA and AIR, would probably steal the show. There seems to be more of these save-the-planet groups than businesses in America these days. This must be the green job growth that Obama and the left have been promising! I also expected lobbyists from the renewable energy industry—windmills and solar panels along with their backers, mostly utilities and venture capitalists—all of whom actually have very little personal capital in the game in comparison to the taxpayer. Of course, the legal industry attached to all of the above was circling for an opportunity to lobby their wares and feed off the euphoria.
We have been following a "moonbeam" in California, and it has now evolved into a "Sun King." The original Sun King was King Louis XIV of France. He reigned for 72 years (1643-1715), and during 54 of them he personally controlled France's government. During his reign France became the ideal culture, since he put great care into its enhancement so he could boast it to the world. He chose the sun as his emblem because it was associated with Apollo, the god of peace and arts who gave life to all things and regulated everything as it rose and set. He vacated earth in 1715 after arguably spending lavishly during his entire reign.
The Palace of Versailles is one of his fancy bungalows that many people visit to see how the other half lived. It is important to remember that even France thought this type of governance and extravagance needed to end, and so it did 75 or so years after his death.


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May 4, 2016
Tallahassee, FL-- May
Simon Cowell's hit show the X Factor is looking for new talent in the Tallahassee area.
Hundreds passed through Tallahassee's Little Theater Today.
All singing their hearts out with hopes to snag the ONE spot available for the new season of X-Factor.
The winner from Tallahassee has an all expense paid trip to move onto the next round of auditions in Dallas, Texas on May 26th.
Michael Brooks a finalists says, "We'll Tallahassee is really a small city. So for them to come here is a great opportunity for people like me. I believe that mostly your talented people are in smaller cities."
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Medical Term:
In the United States , cardiovascular disease is the leading
cause of death among both sexes, and coronary artery disease
is the commonest cause of cardiovascular disease.
Myocardial infarction causes 35% of deaths in men between 35
and 50.The death rate is higher for men than for women
between the ages of 35 and 55.However, after the age 55, the
death rate for men declines but the rate for women continues
to climb.
Exact cause is unknown.
However there are a number of risk factors. Control of these
risk factors has been shown to reduce the severity and
complications of the disease.
Early stages: No
Later stages:
Angina pectoris
(burning, squeezing, heaviness, or tightness in the
chest that may extend to the left arm, neck, jaw, or
shoulder blade). See Angina Pectoris.
Not all people with ischemia will
present with angina. Ischemia without angina is called silent
ischemia. It is not yet understood why ischemia is sometimes
Family history of coronary artery disease,
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of ischemia and the presence and extent of the coronary artery
Diagnostic tests may include electrocardiogram (measures
electrical activity of the heart), echocardiogram (measures
sound waves), exercise-tolerance test, thallium stress test,
blood studies to measure total fat, cholesterol and
lipoproteins, X-rays of the chest and coronary angiogram
(cardiac catheterization).
Balloon angioplasty
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sexual activity once medical permission is
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Research Interests
Physical geography
Coastal geomorphology
Modeling coastal evolution using digital photogrammetry, GIS, and remote sensing techniques
Shoreline mapping and change analysis
Beach dune morphodynamics and sediment budget
Holocene coastal evolution in context of climate change
B.S. Agricultural Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Allahabad Agricultural University, Allahabad, India, 1994
M.S. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India, 1998
M.S. Agricultural Sciences, Food Security and Natural Resource Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, 2002
Ph.D. Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, 2007
Professional History
Research Scientist Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011–Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007–February 2011
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada, September 2002–December 2006
Researcher, Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada, September 2002–May 2007
Contractor, Ministry of Natural Resource, Ontario, Canada, September 2005–March 2006
Contractor, Greenwich Dunes, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada, February 2005–August 2005
Course Instructor, Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada, May 2004–August 2004
Research Assistant, Department of Landscape and Plant Ecology, University of Hohenheim, Germany, September 1999–July 2002
Irrigation Engineer, EPC Irrigation Limited, Coimbatore, India, June 1994–June 1996
Selected Publications
Houser, C., and Mathew, S., 2010, Alongshore variation in foredune height in response to transport potential sediment supply: South Padre Island, Texas: Geomorphology, v. 125, p. 62–72.
Mathew, S., Davidson-Arnott, R.G.D, and Ollerhead, J. 2010. Evolution of beach-dune system following a catastrophic storm overwash event: Greenwich Dunes, Prince Edward Island, 1936-2005. Canadian Journal of Earth Science. 47(3): 273-290.
Mathew, S., Trembley, T.A., Caudle, T.H. and Andrews, J. 2009. Morphological change analysis using multi-temporal lidar and digital photogrammetric data along Bolivar Peninsula (abs.). in Texas Coastal Conference, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Collins, E. W., Tremblay, T. A., Caudle, Tiffany, Vincent, Jeffrey, and Mathew, Sojan, 2009, Texas STATEMAP Program (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 2, p. 31.
Mathew, S. and Collins, E.W. 2008. A comparison of digital photogrammetric and lidar high resolution digital elevation models of Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA (abst.), in joint meeting of The Geological Society of America, Houston, Texas, USA. v. 40, no. 6, p.503.
Mathew, Sojan, Davidson-Arnott, R. G. D., and Ollerhead, J., 2008, Coastal geomorphic changes along Greenwich Dunes, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada (abs.), in Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston.
Mathew, Sojan, Davidson-Arnott, R. G. D., and Ollerhead, J., 2008, Remote sensing approaches to quantify beach/dune evolution following overwash during a catastrophic storm (abs.), in Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston.
Mathew, S., and Davidson-Arnott, R. G. D., 2005, Quantifying coastal evolution using historic aerial photos and digital photogrammetry (abs.), in Proceedings, Canadian Coastal Conference, Dortmund, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Mathew, S., and Davidson-Arnott, R. G. D., 2004, Photogrammetry as a research tool for coastal evolution studies, in Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Mocton, New Brownsick, Canada.
Mathew, S., Schmieder, K., and Boeker, R., 2003, Application of remote sensing and GIS in the classification of marcrophytes as an indicator of nutrient load in Lake Constance, Germany, in Proceedings, Canadian Coastal Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Mathew, S., and Senthevel, S., 1999, A critical evaluation of farm ground water utilization status in Coimbatore District, in Annual Conference of Ground Water Board of India.
Mathew, S., Joseph, M. V., and Elias, A., 1996, Design and development of a system for Vermi-wash (abs.), in Annual Conference of Indian Association of Agricultural Engineers, Thrissur, Kerala.
Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, 2002–2005
Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Travel Grant, 2005
University of Guelph, Graduate Research Travel Grant, 2004
Arthur D. Latornell Foundation Research Scholarship, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, 2004
University of Guelph, Arthur D. Latornell Foundation Research Travel Grant, 2003
International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, 2003
Deutche Akademishe Auslander Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship for Higher Studies in Germany, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, 1999–2001


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Sensory threshold is a theoretical concept used in psychophysics. A stimulus that is less intense than the sensory threshold will not elicit any sensation. The concept can be applied to all senses as in:
Several different sensory thresholds have been defined;
- Absolute threshold: the lowest level at which a stimulus can be detected.
- Recognition threshold: the level at which a stimulus can not only be detected but also recognised.
- Differential threshold the level at which an increase in a detected stimulus can be perceived.
- Terminal threshold: the level beyond which a stimulus is no longer detected.
In aviation
Aviation use. When related to motion in any of the possible six degrees of freedom (6-DoF), the fact that sensory thresholds exist is why it is essential that aircraft have blind-flying instruments. Sustained flight in cloud is not possible by `seat-of-the-pants' cues alone since errors build up due to aircraft movements below the pilot's sensory threshold, ultimately leading to loss of control.
- In flight simulators with motion platforms, the motion sensory thresholds are utilised in the technique known as `acceleration-onset cueing'. This is where a motion platform, having made the initial acceleration that is sensed by the simulator crew, the platform is re-set to approximately its neutral position by being moved at a rate below the sensory threshold and is then ready to respond to the next acceleration demanded by the simulator computer.
See also
- Dark adaptation threshold
- Detection theory
- Critical flicker fusion threshold
- Odor detection threshold
- Perception
- Perceptual measures
- Psychophysics
- Sensory analysis
- Threshold detection
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I had a miscarriage in Feb 2013. We went through the whole waiting period of not being able to try and we have been trying. I'm starting to get worried that I might not be able to conceive but I'm also worried that I might not have the same symptoms. I heard that your second pregnancy is different from the first. Before the miscarriage I had cravings, using the bathroom a lot, tender breast. I'm afraid that I won't know if I'm pregnant because of my body change. Is this normal and has anyone else been through this? Really need answers feeling horrible that I won't get pregnant again. I have PCOS on top of everything else.
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Some retirees say $100,000-lus pension packages are normal
A retired Loomis schools superintendent and a former Del Oro High School principal are on the list of local school retirees making more than $100,000 annually. Alfred "Bud" Nobili, retired Placer County Superintendent of Schools and former principal of Del Oro High School, receives an annual pension of $170,785 through the California State Teachers Retirement System. Gigg Powers, former superintendent of the Loomis Union School District, receives $113,310 a year. Other Placer County Office of Education retirees making the list are Ronald Andrade, former deputy superintendent, who receives $115,782 a year; and John Reinking, former superintendent, who receives $113,229 annually. Mark Warner, former assistant superintendent for the Placer Union High School District, receives $102,725 yearly. Kevin Ramirez, former president of Sierra College, receives $135,724 each year. "To me, it's a lot of money," said Barbara Leak, of Loomis, who works for the Loomis Fire Protection District. "It's not so much the pension, but what they were making before their retirement. As public employees, are they really worth the inflated salaries they're being paid?" Leak said. The State Teachers' Retirement System pays retirement benefits for education employees in California. A calculator, on the department's website, allows employees to estimate their retirement benefits. Those benefits are based on factors such as an employee's age at retirement, number of school years worked and paid into the retirement system, final and highest compensation, and unused sick leave. Nobili recently said he didn't want to comment on his pension, but did mention that he worked in education for over 41 years. Andrade said because retirement benefits are based on certain factors, and because the Placer County Office of Education never bought into enhanced retirement options, his pension amount is normal. "I don't think there is anything unusual about my retirement," Andrade said. "There is no special augmentation, no special treatment … beyond the normal retirement system." Andrade worked in education for 38 years, 18 of those were spent with the Placer County Office of Education. Jay Stewart, assistant superintendent of the Loomis school district, said retirement benefits differ for everyone depending on their circumstances. "Employees pay in eight percent of their salary to STRS and the district pays 8.25 percent of salaries to STRS. Again, this is the same for all STRS employees up-and-down the state. Gigg also retired under this system." Stewart said. Chris Paull, of Loomis, said he considers the pensions of public retirees, like Powers, fair. "My family is in education. The system is set up to take care of educators," Paull said. "He (Powers) worked forever in the system." Doug Marquand, assistant superintendent at the Placer Union High School District, said, "When an employee retires, we provide them (STRS) with their highest annual salary and their current accrued sick leave. Marquand said the retirement system then takes this and calculates the retirees pension. "Because their pension is granted based on STRS or PERS criteria over their entire career, our district may not have some of these variables. Many of our employees have worked for other districts that they will receive service credit (from)," Marquand said. Gold Country Media's Bridget Jones contributed to this story. -------------------------- EDUCATOR SALARIES — LOOMIS UNION SCHOOL DISTICT: Board members: $0, no retirement Principals: $89,928 to $94,693 Assistant Superintendent: $110,547 Superintendent: $136,936 Source: Loomis Union School District PLACER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT; Board members: $60 per meeting, $2,880 maximum Principals: $96,985 to $117,886 Assistant superintendents: $104,260 to $126,728 Superintendent: $152,958 Source: Placer Union High School District


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hi again,i have 3 swordfish in my tank,and for the last few day's the swordifh and the balloon fish have been resting on bottom of the tank,i fed them this morning and none of the fish seamed to be eating,there very lifeless.1 of the swordfish has fin rot,so have moved her to hospital tank,
was just wondering why the rest where all at bottom of tank,iv tested the water using the api testing kits,amonina is on 0,ph is at 6.5,nitrates is at 0.5 and the nitrites is on 0, could some1 plz give me some advice as to what to do,iv put meds in for fin rot
what's the temperature at? That could be the issue...or something else I'm not quite sure.
hi the temp is at 27,28 at mo,i turned it up cause they had white spot,but that cleared
Hmm...well the ideal pH for mollies is 7 or 8, but yours is pretty close so I don't think that would be affecting them too much. Have you had these fish for awhile or are they new?
we've had the swordfish and the dalmation mollies for about 2 months,averything was fine until saturday night,i do water chages every sat,since the water became good
it was saturday night i noticed that 1 of the swordfish had fin rot so have moved it out and treated it with fin rot med,only fish that are not at the bottom are the rainbow fish and the silver tipped sharks.
The water change could be the issue. They might just be a little stunned from that. If I were in your position, I would just wait a day or two. Keep putting a little bit of food in the tank just in case.
ok shall do that,thx so much. :-)
swordfish not acting look it should be
hi again,
when i woke up this morning 1 of my swordfish has died.
and the other 2 are still lying on bottom of tank,1 is swimming very strange sideways,and when the currant catches him,he just tips to 1 side,any idea's how i can save them :-(
The API test kit does not give Nitrate readings at 0.5, are you sure you do not mean NITRITES. If it is Nitrite then your tank is going through a mini cycle.
Is the tank planted?
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