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Exports up again for California
January 14, 2011
California's exporters racked up another impressive performance in November, even while failing to keep pace with growth in the overall U.S. export trade.
The $12.49 billion in goods California businesses shipped abroad in November exceeded the $10.95 billion sent to foreign markets in November 2009 by a healthy 14.1 percent, according to an analysis by Beacon Economics of foreign trade data recently released by the U.S. Commerce Department.
"On the bright side, this was our best November ever in inflation-adjusted terms, and it did mark the thirteenth consecutive month of year-over-year increases in California's export trade," said Jock O'Connell, Beacon Economics' International Trade Adviser.
"The not-so-good news is that California was decisively outpaced by the nation as a whole in overall merchandise export growth in November, 19.4 percent to 14.1 percent," he added.
California's export trade includes a relatively high percentage of re-exports, items that were previously imported into the U.S. and which have had no significant value-added prior to being shipped abroad.
"California's numerous trading companies do a superb job sourcing goods from around the world and matching them with foreign customers," O'Connell said. "That's why California's re-export trade leaped by 36.3 percent in November." In contrast, exports of goods manufactured in California grew by just 6.7 percent over November 2009, while overall U.S. manufactured exports surged by 16.7 percent. Likewise, exports of non-manufactured goods rose by 16.4 percent in California, while increasing by 22.9 percent nationally.
In an interview with LM, O'Connell noted that the ports of LA/Long Beach and Oakland are reporting a surge in outbound volume, but that export figures can be deceiving.
"When measured in true value, the cargo is still marginal," he said. "The vessels are coming in with expensive commodities from China and the Far East, and leaving with hay and waste material. It's not what we would describe as a fair balance."
California accounted for 11.1 percent of all U.S. merchandise exports in November, but just 9.6 percent of its manufactured exports. The state's exports of non-manufactured goods did represent 12.4 percent of the nation's exports of those goods, but fully 19.8 percent of the nation's shipments of re-exported goods came from California.
As a consequence, O'Connell says California's export trade has a less immediate positive impact on the state's economy and on its propensity for job creation.
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How some people do not have access to safe water for drinking and bathing.
Students review the water cycle, investigate how the water supply of a region can become contaminated, and suggest possible ways to improve water quality.
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Students will explore the possibility of drinking recycled water, look at how astronauts recycle water in space, and determine their own water footprint.
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Bringing music and movies to life
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The world is strapped for cash right now and many of us are looking for ways to save money. If you're reading this site then we can probably assume you have more than a passing interest in music so here are a few things that you can do right now (and for little or no cash) to make your music sound better!
No matter what the spec of your music system the sounds coming from it have to compete with any background noise where you're listening. If you're in a nice quiet listening room at home then great! If you're on an underground train using ear buds then things won't sound quite so rosy! Anything you can do to lower the background (or ambient) noise will help achieve a better sound as your music has fewer things to compete with. Even shutting the listening room door may help, and if you're on that noisy public transport, investigate a set of noise cancelling headphones.
Our lives are often busy and it's easy to forget that system setup will degrade a little over time. So, take a few minutes once in a while to disconnect and reconnect your plugs and sockets (it allows them to clean themselves), reset your speaker spikes to remove any wobble and clean records etc. You system will thank you for the attention.
If your music is being ripped from a CD to a library system like iTunes there are often settings in the host program that will let you choose a format and date rate (file size) to compress at. WAV is the highest quality (it's basically the same data as on the original CD). MP3, AAC and the like all throw data away but choosing a higher data rate (like 256 or 320kb/s) will keep more of the detail and sound better as a result.
In iTunes go to Preferences -> General -> Import Settings to experiment with different choices.
Music is well known as a relaxation aid but, you're unlikely to get the most detail from your music if your mind is racing with other thoughts. So, sit down, grab a glass of your favorite tipple and enjoy the music.
If you're choosing a system you'll need to be alert so that you can hear changes between components and make the right buying decisions. You and your ears are the perfect measurement tools to use when deciding if a system or component is right for you. If you're a bit tired or a bit too relaxed your attention will be blunted and a quick cup of coffee might be just the thing to prick up your senses!
So there you are. All easy to do and all will help make your music sound better!
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Hi! I´m kind newbie in this. I´ve broke many BES test installations (and 1 or 2 productive :-s) but now everithing is working fine. BUT I have a question. This is my scenario:
2 BES Enterprise. One is running last ZCB version and is in production. Second one is on testing eviroment. Both share same SQL 2005 DB.
Problem is when I try to move one user from one server to another. I´ve read the hole RIM doc but it still doesn't work.
My BES version is 4.1.6 bundle 170 (SP6 + mr6)
Anyone knows how to solve it???


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In the technical writing world in general, and at IBM in particular, writers are becoming more involved in the software design and development process. We're beginning to embed product help directly into the product UI. Our goal is to eliminate the need for our clients to interrupt their work and go looking for help. No longer will separate, independent documentation be the only content that we deliver. The techniques that we use are Progressive Disclosure and Embedded Assistance.
IBM's own Andrea Ames presented these techniques to the Society for Technical Communication summit in May 2012. A blog post by Sarah Maddox (http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/stc-summit-day-2-progressive-disclosure/) gives an overview of what Andrea said. I'm not going to give a summary of the summary; you can read Sarah's post yourself. But what I will do is give a quick example of what embedded assistance is and how it can make using software easier by delivering information when you need it and where you need it.
For example, in SmartCloud for Social Business, when you start a Community you must choose one of the access options. The options are Restricted, Moderated, and Open. In the old way of doing things, the options would be simply listed. But what do these mean? How do you choose? In the old way, you would have to first find the documentation, and then find the section in the documentation that contained the information. And that's if you even bothered to look; most of us would probably pick the best-looking option, cross our fingers, and hope for the best.
The new way is to add text to the option so that now you can quickly decide the type of access that you want for your Community. The options, as shown in the graphic below, are Restricted (people must be invited to join), Moderated (anyone in my organization can see content but must request to join), and Open (anyone in my organization can join).
Help should be easy to use, easy to understand, and easy to find, and there's nothing easier to find than text right there on the screen.
And although we've made a good start at this, we still have a ways to go. For one thing, it's a whole new way of working. Writers must work with the UX people to make sure that our content has a place, and also work with the developers to get the changes implemented. And like any new way of doing things, the transition is not without its challenges. People who are accustomed to working alone are now working together. Where before we only had to confer with colleagues who were familiar with our own domain (because writers spoke with other writers, designers with other designers, and developers with other developers), we now have to speak to each other. And lets face it, designers and developers are just plain weird. They would no doubt say the same about writers.
But on the other hand, we all learn new things, and because of this our jobs are far from tedious. We also learn the problems and issues and stumbling blocks that our counterparts face in their day-to-day work. And there's a thread that binds us; we all have ambitious plans and tight schedules, and we all feel a little down when the schedule is just a little too tight or the plan just a little too ambitious, forcing us to let something go until the next release.
Overall though, for me this is a welcome change in my job description. Not only do I get a chance to influence the design of a product and the way that a product works, but I also get to think more and write less. And I like thinking!


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What kind of Map styles are you interested in? Can you Link some examples?
(I'm reposting this here as I had it in General Discussion before.)
I've already had one cartographer here from this site make a map for the Stregoneria RPG (completed now, go to www.stregoneriarpg.com to have a look at it, the PDF is free to download) and now I'm branching out and developing a software-based fantasy card game together with a computer programmer and need a map for the world it is going to be based in. I'm after a low fantasy map with an edge of realism to its design. I'm willing to pay (via Paypal) to have one made/to be able to use one somebdy has already made. I don't want anything too big, something that looks good and visible on an A3 sized poster.
I will want to see samples of your work beforehand if you are going to make the map from scratch. I'm happy to provide a hand-drawn guide to follow i required.
Thank you.
What kind of Map styles are you interested in? Can you Link some examples?
Well thats a Map of the user Torstan, you can contact him about your Commission.
It doesn't have to be that exact same style, if you're interested and think you can do something similar, then by all means show me some examples of your work. I'd rather people approach me about wanting to make the map than me having to approach them.
The last map in your portfolio is fantastic. That style would be perfect (picture 5 out of 5.)
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[Intro: Joe Budden]
She ain't got a leg to stand on
Don't even trip
[Verse 1: Joe Budden]
I can take you all over the world though, even tell you pack light
The last lad couldn't even get a cab ride
She don't do the blogs, but if she did, she'd be on mad sites
Ass so mean that I'm always on her bad side
Uh, now she don't ever stress me 'bout my whereabouts
Never seems concerned with other birds that she may hear about
She mind hers, it's my turn, that shit she barely care about
Look amazing on me, why I'm always tryna wear her out
She don't ride like you, no she don't taste like that
Not with a waist like that, do I let her go to waste like that?
She a mix between Kama Sutra, yoga and porno flicks
Funny how her breath get shorter when I give her long dick, uh
And I'm telling y'all straight up
Might think I imagined shorty even when she not made up
She kill 'em in Levi's, see why, it ain't even fair
Look good in whatever she wear, how could other women compare
They can't
[Hook: Tank]
I done put another in your space
Damn after you, it's been hard to replace
I just want the same judge sitting on the case
She gon' hate, but she know
She don't put it down like you
Down-down like you, down-down like you, down-down like you
She don't put it down like you
Down-down like you, down-down like you, down-down like you
She don't put it down like you
Girl you working with the killer
Ain't nobody fucking with ya
She don't put it down like you
Down-down like you, down-down like you, down-down like you
She don't put it down like you
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
I can see the stars in the day time
Bitch, I miss you like a deadline
And the girl I'm with is just the girl I'm with
I mean it's working out, so we're staying fit
But you know love is nothing, ask Stan Smith
But I gotta keep a bad bitch like Brad Pitt
Remember our first kiss? Or our last kiss?
I used to go dummy in that pussy, crash test
You be fucking that nigga like you was fucking me?
Ha, fuck that nigga, he can't fuck with me
I'm Tunechi bitch and you know that, and that pussy throw back
But any given night, I'd still pop that ass like a Prozac
Girl you know you got that murder, a beast in that La Perla
And every time we cut, I used to shred her; Ninja Turtles
And I know you still love me and I know ya still for me
That's why we still fucking, cause she don't put it down like you
[Verse 3: Joe Budden]
Love being around mine, no downtime, still nothing else even matters
Can't even walk slow through that mall, cause paparazzi running after
Baby girl working it like a pro, slow it down or move it faster
Whether them lights on or them lights off, like I'm sleeping with the clapper
Still she watching what she eat, yet that ass keep getting fatter
How I'm sexing her, makes that ex of hers no longer be a factor
Plus her and I already know, you done turn them all to Casper
Climb with the former rather latter, you already know which one I'd rather
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Frequency Domain Modeling of a Capacitor
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A capacitor with an applied sinusoidally time-varying voltage difference is modeled. A wide frequency range is considered and the impedance of the device is computed. Solver accuracy is addressed. The relationship between the frequency domain impedance and the steady-state capacitance and resistance of the device is discussed.


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1. An inaugural dissertation on the dropsy: read and defended at a publick examination, held by the medical professors, before the Rev. Joseph Willard, S.T.D. president, and the governors of the University at Cambridge, for the degree of Bachelor in Medicine, July 3d. 1795
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I have failed to make any strength gains in the bench press in the last year or so. I recently switched to 5/3/1 from WSB mainly because I have weak shoulders and I really need the military press day. I also switched from gear to raw at this time as well.
I have always had a big arch (pretty much female gymnast flexibility), but I am beginning to think the largely reduced range of motion and reduced stability with the big weights is what's been holding me back. When I bench I am on more my traps, not really my upper back, is this reducing my ability to use my back as a strong platform?
Has anyone else met someone who arched hard all the time and didn't get anywhere?
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Over 2 million Iraqis have fled to neighboring countries. Victims of organized militant groups, most are traumatized into never going back-but where do they go from here?
"Stalked" Continued...
ALEPPO and DAMASCUS, Syria-Thousands of Iraqi Christians have found threats like this under their front doors or stoops, in stairwells or shoved through their courtyard gates: "Be informed that we will cut your heads and leave your dead bodies with no organs and no heads in your stores and houses. We know your houses and we know your family. We will kill you one after the other. Depart the Muslim areas."
Others have received text messages in Arabic like this one sent to a Christian family in Mosul earlier this month: "When your head is put over your back [an expression describing how sheep are slaughtered] then there is no chance to feel sorry for you. It will be too late. Allah is the supporter who gives swords to his warriors."
Christians sometimes receive the threats while shopping in the market or repairing a carburetor. They are often personal and usually signed by "al-Mujahideen," "al-Jihad," "al-Tawheed company" or other militant groups, splinters of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Few ever identify who is behind the threats but all reach the same conclusion, as one recipient put it: "To stay is to be killed."
(Note: This article in several places uses sources not identified or identified only by their first name. This is at the sources' request and WORLD's recognition that their lives are at risk.)
As a result, over 2 million Iraqis-about 25 percent of them identified as Christians-have fled to neighboring countries, mostly Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt. (View the map.) Judging from extensive conversations with Iraqis living in Jordan and Syria, few want to go home. While at least 40,000 Iraqis have been killed in fighting, random violence, and terrorism since the U.S. invasion in 2003, these refugees are the Iraq War's living casualties-psychologically damaged from the prolonged terrorism, afraid of the next text message or the letter on the doormat, and helpless before a fearful future.
"This is different from other refugee situations in the past," Roger Winter, the former U.S. Special Representative for Sudan and past president of the U.S. Committee for Refugees, told me. "The bad guys are directly stalking Christians and other targeted groups in order to kill some and get their community out. The organized stalking to drive them out makes them so vulnerable."
How can Americans help and how should president-elect Barack Obama respond, particularly as Iraq approaches key elections in early 2009? He and the galvanized Democrat-led Congress have promised to withdraw troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office-a step likely to diminish what few steps the United States has taken to ease the refugee problem.
Casualty numbers in Iraq will be much lower in 2008 than in past years, but recent violence in Mosul, where several dozen Christians have been killed in the last two months and militants have bombed homes belonging to Christians, demonstrates how quickly militants can reignite a terror campaign. For example, on Nov. 12 militants shot and killed a woman waiting for a bus to go to work, then went to her home, where they shot and killed her sister and stabbed her mother. The attackers then set off a bomb that destroyed the house and wounded three policemen who had arrived to investigate.
Syrian church leaders say these and other similar episodes are propelling newly displaced families across the border into Syria this month. "At least 120-150 families have arrived to our different churches over the last couple of weeks, adding to our lists," wrote one in a Nov. 15 email. "Most of these families arrived with their hand bags and nothing else in their hands. It is a pitiful situation, and we feel handicapped and paralyzed and not able to help them."
In 2007 only 1,600 Iraqis of the millions at risk received asylum to enter the United States: Humanitarian groups charged that the United States is not doing enough to resolve a refugee crisis it helped to create. In 2008 the number is set to be far larger-over 12,000-after Congress and the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security agreed to accept additional cases. But the higher number still helps only a portion of those that under the 1951 Geneva Convention for granting permanent asylum to refugees can demonstrate "a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion."
Lacking approval for resettlement, Iraqis have only temporary status in neighboring countries, little opportunity for finding work to make a living, little money to pay for housing and other necessities, and little hope for their future. That plight seems to fall hardest on Christians and other minorities, who in addition to the day-to-day hardships face discrimination and persecution in the wider Middle East.
The problem is most evident in Syria, where approximately 350,000 Iraqi Christians out of over 1.2 million total Iraqi refugees currently live. The Syrian border is only 80 miles from Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city with at one time a sizeable Christian population. Christians in recent decades made up about 4 percent of Iraq's general population, but according to church leaders in Syria they make up over 30 percent of its Iraqi refugee population.
That's not reflected in the official tally of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), where 14 percent of active Iraqi refugee cases across five countries are listed as Christians while over three-fourths are Muslims. Church leaders in Syria contend that locally hired UNHCR case officers, who are predominantly Muslim, routinely reject Christian applicants. UN officials deny that, but case officers who routinely refer Muslim applicants to Muslim help groups do not give Christian applicants church-based contacts. Case officers also do not tell Christians that if they have relatives living in the United States they may apply directly to the U.S. embassy for asylum. Even most church leaders in Syria, when asked, were not aware of that provision.
The Syrian government permits Iraqi passport holders to enter with a visa but does not allow them to hold jobs that could go to Syrians. Syria has no public assistance available for health care, schooling, or the legal services needed to file for refugee status. Syria also will not accept Iraqis as permanent residents. "We are suffering too much and there is no help," said Raad Noori Yousif from Mosul. He and his family came to Syria over a year ago after his 19-year-old son was kidnapped and released. He sold his home to pay $20,000 in ransom, but a week later militants demanded more money. In Syria, Yousif said, "we get help from the UN or from churches, but not much."
In Damascus Iraqis have taken over parts of Jaramana, an urban enclave close to Old City walls where the apostle Paul was lowered in a basket to escape Jews who wanted to kill him. Then, the dusty streets were wide enough only for two camels to pass; today, five-story buildings closely line those same streets, and cars jockey to squeeze by one another. On one corner an Iraqi changes money for evening shoppers, quickly folding thick wads of Iraqi dinars and Syrian pounds into baggy pants pockets. Behind him another Iraqi tosses dough for flat bread into the air, crouching then throwing it inside his street-front bakery.
It's all part of the informal economy springing up among the refugees: They barter with one another as money-changers, barbers, or bakers but cannot integrate their trades into Syrian communities. In that sense it's fitting that the nearly 500,000 Iraqis who pack the close streets of Jaramana have renamed the area Fallujah Place. In crowded walk-up apartments of not more than two bedrooms along what's now called Tikrit Street, extended families of a dozen or more make temporary homes and subsistence livings however they can.
Water comes only once a week in this part of Jaramana, according to Abu Zaid, who arrived in the city 14 months ago and used to own a supermarket in Baghdad. The water supply, always short in late summer, is tapped out by the bulging refugee population. Zaid says some Muslim families have returned to Baghdad, but Christian Iraqis aren't going back; in fact, many are still leaving. Zaid, his wife, and youngest son drove to the Syrian border after militants killed an older son and kidnapped his brother-in-law. The family eventually paid a $30,000 ransom for the brother-in-law's release.
Zaid's extended family remains far-flung: Some family members are in northern Iraq, and two of Zaid's brothers have resettled, one in Detroit and one in Canada. Through Lutheran Social Services, a private refugee resettlement agency that contracts with the U.S. government, Zaid hopes to emigrate, but he believes it will take "at least two years."
In the meantime, most Iraqi refugees say they have been welcomed at existing churches or have formed small fellowships on their own. At least one Baptist church has sprung up in Jaramana: A pastor from Baghdad, himself a refugee, leads in worship about 125 Iraqis who meet in a basement on Sunday evenings.
Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city at 3 million residents, is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. In 1915 it became a sanctuary for Armenians escaping the genocide carried out by the Ottoman Turks: Many Armenians walked across the mountains of southeastern Turkey to avoid the massacres, arriving in Aleppo naked and penniless, and the Armenian population in Aleppo between the world wars swelled from about 300 families to over 400,000. The massacres also drove other Christian communities from Turkey to Aleppo.
With the rise of Arab nationalism following World War II, and later radical Islam, many Armenians moved east to Soviet Armenia (now independent) and west to the United States. Today more than 100,000 Armenians live in Los Angeles County; 60,000 live in Aleppo. A generation ago one-quarter of Aleppo was Christian, but today it is less than 10 percent. Thousands of Iraqi Christians taking refuge in Aleppo have helped those sagging numbers, but there are "more conflict-displaced people in the region than at any time since the Palestinian exodus in 1948," said Rasek Siriani of the Middle East Council of Churches.
At Aleppo's Armenian Orthodox church Father Dativ Michaelian and his team are working with over 200 Iraqi Christian families. Michaelian says about 50 families in the last year have emigrated: 46 to America, four to Armenia, none to Iraq. His church is providing school fees for 2,000 Iraqi children (including some Muslims), assisting with housing and other necessities, and taking part in a once-a-month food distribution to refugee families. Michaelian's grandparents fled Turkey for Aleppo: "We know what it means to leave everything. We take the responsibility. It is not something new to accept refugees and take care of them."
Most of the families from Iraq that attend Armenian churches are from Baghdad or Mosul. Parsegh Setrak, his wife and three children, along with his brother and his family, are Mosul residents who came to Aleppo in 2006 after working with U.S. contractor Bechtel for three years. Setrak, 54, received threats against his family by letter. He said militants tried to kidnap his daughter, now 19, on her way to school, and later followed her home: "Many girls were being kidnapped and killed from school because the girls are Christians."
When Bechtel closed Setrak's construction project after several bombings, Setrak decided it was time to leave. The family sold everything it had in Iraq and now lives off those proceeds, paying $330 a month for a fourth-floor apartment in a building where the elevator only goes to the second floor. Setrak said he assumed he and his family could emigrate to America because of his involvement with a U.S. contractor (technically he is right; a Department of Homeland Security fact sheet says that Iraqis who worked for a U.S. contractor "can apply directly without a UNHCR referral"-but only in Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq). Two years after applying for immigrant status with UNHCR his family has heard nothing and was turned away from applying at the U.S. embassy.
"Here life has stopped," Setrak told me-and Michaelian interrupted, "We as Middle Easterners don't want Christian churches to empty." Setrak's 21-year-old son Masis quickly replied, "But we want to live, too." Later Michaelian concluded, "The bridges are broken to go back to Iraq, especially for the Christian."
For now the Iraqis have nearly doubled the size of some worship services, Michaelian says. He welcomes the change and recognizes that the Iraqis have questions and special needs, so once a week he holds a meeting just for them. It includes a time for devotions or Bible study and for questions about medical care, schooling, and other matters. Usually about 125 Iraqis show up for the Wednesday night gatherings, which often become a time to recount tragic experiences.
The refugees at the meetings are from as far away as Basra in southern Iraq, from Baghdad, and from the predominantly Christian towns in the north. "You try to talk about this as a subject, but when your life is the subject, it's very scary," said a refugee from Mosul. The refugee says his father received multiple letters, one containing a bullet, threatening to kill his two sons, both in their 20s. At one point the family paid protection money to militants to keep the sons from being taken, and also borrowed $50,000 to pay ransom after militants kidnapped an uncle.
Historic churches in Aleppo-Armenian Orthodox, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Chaldean, Baptist-have formally banded together to share responsibility for the Christian refugees. The U.K.-based Barnabas Fund provides a monthly stipend for the Iraqis, underwriting church-based food distributions, medical care, and other services. Barnabas also is working with churches to purchase land in Aleppo to build additional housing for Iraqis. Caritas, the Catholic charity based in Rome, provided funds for Iraqi families via the Catholic churches in Aleppo, but the support ended in August. No other international charity organizations that typically show up in refugee camps are at work in Syria with the Iraqis.
"George" is a lay leader in the Syrian Orthodox church who helps to distribute monthly food rations and to run a medical clinic for Iraqis. On a balmy Thursday night in October he and a team of workers gather in the lower offices of the church while Iraqi families line up outside in a walled courtyard, passports and ration cards in hand. Everyone needs documents to receive a cash stipend and a black plastic bag containing rice or bulgar, oil, tea or milk powder, and frozen meat. On this particular night school children also received backpacks donated by Barnabas Fund: Young families get diapers and formula, and new arrivals receive a room fan.
Four hours after the distribution begins George and other church workers have given away nearly 180,000 Syrian pounds ($4,000) and about 110 food ration bags. It's too late to finish: Workers tell the remaining Iraqis to come back on Saturday.
George has been helping Iraqi families for over 10 years, starting after the first Gulf War. He says the UN and many private relief groups helped refugees then but have done comparatively little this time; meanwhile, rents have gone up "and food prices have doubled this year. We help them but we don't know how long we will be able to."
George makes regular visits to Iraqi families. One routine stop is with Nisreen, a widow whose husband died from injuries in the Iran-Iraq war. Mosul terrorists after Sunday evening services on June 3, 2007, murdered her 24-year-old son and sole financial support, church deacon Besman Yousef, along with a Chaldean priest and two other deacons. She grieved the traditional 40 days, she said, then left for Syria. She has relatives in Sweden and hopes to move there, but like many Iraqis who register with UNHCR in Syria, she waited six months for her first interview with the agency and since that time, now nine months later, has heard nothing else about her request for asylum.
George also visits Raad Ghanem Youssef, who came to Aleppo with what remained of his family three months ago after his son and daughter were kidnapped: Terrorists already had killed his brother and another son. "We are looking for leaving Iraq and Syria for good, and going to Europe or America," Youssef told me: "We have applied to the UN and have had two interviews, but we count only on God."
Youssef has tried unsuccessfully to get medical treatment for his son, who has memory lapses and shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder following his kidnapping. Like many heads of families, Youssef keeps copies of the family's refugee documents in a plastic Ziploc bag tucked inside his shirt-ready at a moment's notice should there be a sudden break in his case.
Despite the trauma and well-founded fear for families like Youssef's, the numbers are against their being accepted for emigration to the United States. And so is U.S. policy.
Even a decade after the Vietnam War ended, the United States accepted refugees from Indochina at a rate of about 14,000 per month, according to refugee expert Winter, who at that time worked on refugee resettlement at the State Department. Back then the United States interviewed refugees and processed asylum cases directly, taking into account U.S. interests as well as adherence to the Geneva Conventions on refugees. Now contact with refugees seeking asylum in the United States is likely managed by UNHCR, and because the agency employs case officers from the region, asylum cases are more likely to be determined based on local conditions-or bias-than U.S. interests. Officers do not have to say no to applicants; they simply do not process their applications. "This international approach makes refugee resettlement the last option," Winter says. "In other words, it is supposed to not happen."
For all the hardships, in many ways that is just fine with longstanding church leaders in Syria. They see dwindling church populations in Syria, Lebanon, and now Iraq, and know they are fighting for the survival of Christian orthodoxy in the Middle East. Their dilemma: They want to help Iraqi refugees, just not all the way to Europe or America.
"It is very important for us as oriental churches to have this presence in the lands of revelation of our faith, for ourselves and for other Christians," said Antoine Odo, president of the Chaldean bishops of Syria. "We as churches have the experience of living with Islam. It will be very negative if we go abroad, and if we no longer have the presence of Christianity with Muslims. It is important to give Islam the opportunity to live with another religion."
Odo predicts that when the Iraqi refugee crisis subsides, 70 percent of those living in Syria will have emigrated to other countries, 15 percent will remain in Syria, and 15 percent will go back to Iraq, where Odo traces his own family history to the town of al-Qosh, once the ancient Jewish town of the prophet Nahum, later a Christian village, in a region now majority Sunni Muslim and Kurdish. "Even the Muslims need historical references. Even if they are in opposition, Christians represent something that comes before them," he said.
But a return to Iraq requires more protection from remaining militant groups, something dependent on continued U.S. military presence and a commitment to rebuilding broken communities. As Winter says, "No one wants to see Christian communities out of Iraq but to ask families to stay, that's more difficult."
Iraqi refugees to the US
The United States asks nearly all Iraqi refugees to first apply through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), an agency that may reject a refugee application or refer it to the U.S. departments of state and homeland security. But as this graph shows, of a cumulative total of over 34,000 cases referred by UNHCR to U.S. authorities-out of over 2 million refugees-only slightly more than 15,000 have been granted asylum to live in the United States-more than 12,000 coming in fiscal year 2008 alone.
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Perfect Presents Under $50
Every year, community-minded Americans haul out the decorations and put on their party faces to entertain their friends and neighbors—but store-bought pumpkins and cardboard masks simply won't do for the residents of the two fabulously frightful block parties shown here. On "Halloween Highway" in Hackensack, New Jersey, haunted homeowners have been creating elaborate themed showplaces for more than 15 years, while the festivities on a two-block stretch of Manhattan's Upper West Side are organized by an active neighborhood block association.
A patch of colorful pumpkins sets the scene for Halloween fun in the front yard of this Hackensack, New Jersey, home. The community event is also a fundraiser for local charities.
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[Course Listings]
Dr. Billy P. Helms, Department Head
Office: 200 Alston Hall
In addition to completing the specific prerequisites included in the descriptions of the following courses, all students seeking to enroll in 300- or 400-level courses in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration must have attained junior standing, which is defined for purposes of this policy as having earned 55 semester hours.
All C&BA students must, prior to seeking to enroll in any 300- or 400-level C&BA course, complete or be enrolled in the following prerequisites: EC 110 and EC 111; MATH 112 and MATH 121, or MATH 115 and MATH 125; CS 102; AC 210; ST 260; and LGS 200 (or their equivalents). Failure to fulfill all prerequisites prior to enrolling in a 300- or 400-level C&BA course will result in administrative disenrollment from that course.
EC 110 and EC 111 or their equivalents are prerequisites for all courses in the finance program except FI 302.
FI 301 Introduction to Financial Institutions and Markets. Three hours.
Overview of the financial systems in which business operates, with emphasis on financial institutions, instruments, and markets.
FI 302 Business Finance. Three hours.
Prerequisite: EC 110 and AC 210 or equivalent.
Study of financial objectives of business enterprise, sources of capital, and financial management of business assets. Emphasis is on establishing a framework for making financing, investing, and dividend decisions.
FI 311 Intermediate Financial Management. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 302.
Development of advanced practices of financial management and their application to decision making in the business firm.
FI 331 Principles of Real Estate. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 302 or permission of instructor.
Survey of various aspects of real estate business and economics, including marketing, finance, development, law, appraising, etc.
FI 334 Introduction to Real Estate Property Management. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 331.
Provides an introduction to the principles of real property management and covers all aspects of the property management process. Students are shown how to maximize the asset value of income-producing real estate for investors/owners through the use of finance, marketing, and management techniques.
FI 341 Personal Insurance Planning. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 302.
Introductory study of life insurance and "personal lines" of property insurance, especially homeowners' insurance and auto insurance. Economic environment of insurance and how to read and evaluate insurance contracts. Examines different types of life insurance contracts as well as savings and investment alternatives and their uses in estate planning.
FI 389 Computerized Management Information Systems (also EC 389). Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 302.
Introduction to the components of computerized management information systems and applications of computer-based systems to business decisions. Students may not receive credit for FI 389 and EC 389.
FI 411 Corporate Financial Policy. Three hours.
Prerequisites: FI 301 and FI 302.
An integrative course designed to give the student experience in problem solving in finance. Cases will be used to permit students to apply what they know to specific business problems. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course.
FI 412 Money and Capital Markets. Three hours.
Prerequisites: FI 301 and FI 302.
An overall view of the financing process and the role of financial markets. Areas covered are characteristics of instruments traded in money and capital markets; determinants of and the relationships between different asset prices; and international aspects of financial markets.
FI 414 Investments. Three hours.
Prerequisites: FI 301 and FI 302.
Study of the various investment media together with analysis models of investment management. Emphasis is on investment decision making and portfolio analysis.
FI 415 Advanced Investment Topics and Portfolio Management. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 414.
Advanced models for investment management are developed and their application in decision making is discussed. Emphasis is on the use of models for portfolio selection.
FI 416 Monetary Theory and Policy (also EC 416). Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 301.
Analysis of the role of money in the economy and the conduct of monetary policy. Emphasis is given to the money supply process, the demand for money, and the choice of monetary-policy strategies and procedures.
FI 419 Financial Engineering. Three hours.
Addresses managing financial risks such as adverse stock price movements, adverse interest rate changes, and adverse commodity price changes, with specific attention given to employing futures, options, and swap contracts.
FI 421 Bank Administration. Three hours.
Prerequisites: FI 301 and FI 302.
Survey of analytical methods in banking, including study of the powers of various government agencies. Emphasis is placed on managerial aspects of commercial banking.
FI 423 Public Finance (also EC 423). Three hours.
Prerequisite: EC 308.
Study of principles of taxation, government expenditures, borrowing, and fiscal administration.
FI 431 International Finance (also EC 431). Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 301 or EC 309 or EC 430.
Introduction to the field of international finance. Course deals primarily with international financial markets and the macroeconomics of international financial flows. Topics include foreign exchange and international securities markets and international banking.
FI 432 Real Estate Appraisal. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 302.
Study of the sources of real estate value and techniques for estimating property value; study of effective use of appraisal information.
FI 436 Real Estate Finance. Three hours.
Prerequisites: FI 301 and FI 302.
Study of the institutions of real estate finance and of factors affecting the flow of funds; investment analysis and procedures involved in real estate financing.
FI 441 International Financial Management (also EC 441). Three hours.
Prerequisites: FI 302 and EC/FI 431.
Study of the application of principles of financial management in an international setting, primarily from the perspective of nonfinancial, multinational firms.
FI 442 Business Risk Management. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 302.
Analysis of risks facing business and governmental entities. Various methods of both controlling the risks and financing the risks, including both insurance and non-insurance alternatives. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course.
FI 443 Property and Liability Insurance. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 302.
Current financial, legal, and social problems concerning the property-liability insurance industry. Role of government in providing insurance and topics in the management of property-liability insurance companies and agencies.
FI 444 Life and Health Insurance. Three hours.
Prerequisite: FI 302.
Detailed analysis of life insurance and health insurance with emphasis on their role in employee-benefit planning. Specific provisions of qualified retirement plans. Current problems facing the life insurance industry and analysis of the distribution system for life and health insurance. Topics in management of life and health insurance companies and agencies.
FI 452 Economics of Regulated Industries (also EC 452). Three hours.
Prerequisite: EC 308.
Examination of form and impact of regulation on American industries. Encompasses both traditional public utility regulation and newer social regulation (e.g. environmental regulation, health and safety regulation).
FI 491 Independent Study in Finance. One to six hours.
Students may earn degree credit for only one independent study course (491). Individually directed research and reading.
FI 492 Internship. Three hours.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and a grade point average of 2.5 or higher. Students may earn degree credit for only one internship (492).
Students are selected through a competitive process for assignments in approved business or public sector organizations. The internship is administered through the C&BA Office of Student Services.
FI 497 Special Topics in Finance. Three hours.


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Attention all craft beer enthusiasts who live to discover bold brews and push the sensory envelope. A new member of the Deschutes Brewery Bond Street Series is set to debut in mid May and will be available in 22oz. bottles through September. Red Chair IPA is named after the oldest operating lift at Mt. Bachelor, a classic old school double that locals flock to on fresh powder mornings. This beer has been wildly popular with our pub regulars, who always seem to know when we have hit on something special. Red Chair will be the latest in a volley of experimental hop beers originating at our Bond Street pub in downtown Bend.
Given the wild reception and enthusiasm shown by the public for the likes of The Abyss, The Dissident, Hop Henge, and Hop Trip, we are confident that there is no shortage of folks out there who appreciate innovation. Clearly people understand and appreciate the importance, or dare we say, the absolute necessity of our continuing to be experimental and cutting edge.
Red Chair is a bright copper beauty (think freshly minted penny) with a solid head and perfect lacing that typifies Deschutes ales. It has a plush body with satiny caramel flavors derived from seven varieties of malt including British crystals, German pilsner, and domestic versions of cara-pils and Munich. Despite all of this, Red Chair is still a hop forward ale, but not in the way many have gotten used to. You will find no cloying, mouth puckering bitterness here. In its place a straight up succulent citrus punch to the nose. This is due to the experimental nature of some of the hops, as well as, how late in the process they were added.
To say that the seemingly contradictory elements of caramel maltiness and citrusy hops get along would be an understatement; they coexist in blissful harmony. Red Chair would pair exceptionally well with hot-n-sour soup, enchiladas with mole sauce, or thin crust margarita pizza. But don't take our word for it, get a little experimental yourself and enjoy this wonderful beer with any food you see fit, or all by itself.
John "Abe" Abraham, Brewer


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Im having a real bad problem. I had run zimbra and was working on it when i had to immediately shut down my comp because the lights went and my ups was running out....What finally happened was the ups ran out before the comp could shut down properly and so zimbra wasnt stopped....the next time i started it nad ran "zmcontrol start", it only started LDAP. zmcontrol status gave me the following...
Cannot determine services - exiting
zmcontrol stop gives the following:
Stopping mta...Done
Stopping spell...Done
Stopping snmp...Done
Stopping antivirus...Done
Stopping antispam...Done
Stopping imapproxy...Done
Stopping mailbox...FAILED
Killing mysqld with pid 5995 /opt/zimbra/bin/mysql.server: line 58: kill: (5995) - No such process
.............................. gave up waiting!
Stopping logger...Done
Stopping ldap...Done
Nothing was working...i tried reinstalling zimbra....
this is what i get:
Checking for prerequisites...
sudo...FOUND sudo-1.6.8p12-4.1
libidn...FOUND libidn-0.6.2-1.1
curl...FOUND curl-7.15.1-1.2.1
fetchmail...FOUND fetchmail-184.108.40.206-1.2
gmp...FOUND gmp-4.1.4-6.2.1
Checking for installable packages
Found zimbra-core
Found zimbra-ldap
Found zimbra-logger
Found zimbra-mta
Found zimbra-snmp
Found zimbra-store
Found zimbra-apache
Found zimbra-spell
The Zimbra Collaboration Suite appears already to be installed.
It can be upgraded with no effect on existing accounts,
or the current installation can be completely removed prior
to installation for a clean install.
Do you wish to upgrade? [Y] n
*** WARNING - you are about to delete all existing users and mail
Delete users/mail? [N] y
Select the packages to install
Install zimbra-ldap [Y] y
Install zimbra-logger [Y] y
Install zimbra-mta [Y] y
Install zimbra-snmp [Y] y
Install zimbra-store [Y] y
Install zimbra-spell [Y] y
The system will be modified. Continue? [N] y
Shutting down zimbra mail
Backing up ldap
bdb_db_open: unclean shutdown detected; attempting recovery.
bdb_db_open: Recovery skipped in read-only mode. Run manual recovery if errors are encountered.
and it just stops there....nothing else..just keeps waiting!!
Please can someone help me??
Im running on Fedora 5..


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Variable WM9 : Edad de la mujer
Resumen General
Tipo: Contínua
Formato: numeric
Ancho: 2
Decimal(es): 0
Rango: 15-49
Casos válidos: 8448 (8448)
Inválido: 233 (0)
Mínimo: 15
Máximo: 49
Media: 31.3 (32.9)
Desviación estándar: 9.4 (9.8)
Archivo: wm
Women aged 15-49
Fuente de información
The eligible woman selected for interview
Pregunta textual
How old were you at your last birthday?
Manual del encuestador
Age (WM8 or WM9) is one of the most important questions in the interview, since almost all analysis of the data depends on the respondent's age. This question must be asked independently of the information on the Household Questionnaire. Even if you already asked the respondent her age when you were completing the Household Questionnaire, you must ask again for her date of birth and age on the Questionnaire for Individual Women. --- Enter her age in completed years, that is, her age at her last birthday. If she knows her age, write it in the space provided. If she does not know the answer to either of these two questions, probe for clues that might indicate her age. Ask how old she was when she was first married or first gave birth. Try to find out how long ago she got married or had her first child. (You may be able to find out the age of her oldest child if the child is still living. You may be able to relate her age to someone else in the household whose age is known. You may be able to determine her age based on how old she was when an important event occurred, and the number of years that have elapsed since.) You MUST fill in this information. Do not leave this blank. Finally, before moving on to the next question, verify that the respondent is indeed eligible. If the woman is younger than 15 or older than 49, you have to terminate the interview. Do this tactfully by asking two or three more questions and then thank the respondent for her cooperation; write 'INELIGIBLE' on the cover page of the questionnaire, and correct the age and eligibility information for this woman on the cover page and in Columns HL5 and HL6 of the Household Questionnaire.


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Type of Station: SPECIAL AGENT OFFICE
Region: National Programs (HQ)
State/Territory: NORTH CAROLINA
Contact Information:
252 946-3361252 946-3361
This system serves information from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Corporate Master Table (CMT) System. The CMT data is updated twice a year. Some of the information may not be current. Request a Correction to this Office's Information.


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Lexington, N.C. -- People are questioning how a North Carolina man operated a $600 million Ponzi scheme that attracted 1 million investors, even though regulators had received dozens of complaints about the company.
Authorities say Paul Burks is the mastermind of one of the biggest investment scams in U.S. history. His online company ZeekRewards was based in Lexington, N.C. The Securities and Exchange Commission closed ZeekRewards in August. Burks has agreed to pay a $4 million penalty.
Investigators say he siphoned millions for his personal use, but he hasn't been charged. Burks says he never told anyone to invest more money than they could afford. Investors say they were duped.
They also didn't know regulators had received nearly a dozen complaints about ZeekRewards but failed to take action for months.
June 19, 2012: Popular Penny Auction Website Based In The Piedmont
August 23, 2012: Victims File Lawsuit Against ZeekRewards
August 27, 2012: Zeekrewards' Receiver Addresses Media
August 28, 2012: ZeekRewards: Creator Refuses to Comment
October 22, 2012: ZeekRewards Receiver, Ken Bell, Recovers Nearly $300 Mil
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Workshop Identifies Issues and Opportunities as Vietnam Seeks to Meet Growing International Demand for Legal Wood Products
22 October 2009 | News story
On October 8-9, 2009, 30 officials from the international cooperation, wood processing, forest protection, and management and planning departments of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the customs department of the Ministry of Finance, and the Environmental Police of the Ministry of Public Security, together with representatives from the US Embassy, companies, business associations and NGOs, met in Nam Dinh to discuss the challenges Vietnam's wooden furniture exporters face in complying with new laws seeking to keep wood products made from illegal timber out of major international markets.
The Nam Dinh workshop was co-organized by IUCN, MARD, and the Vietnam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES), which represents 151 timber and wood processing companies. It was the third in a series of meetings convened by IUCN over the past 18 months as part of a multi-stakeholder process, involving government, business, and civil society, to help Vietnam understand and respond to new market requirements. The workshop targeted government officials responsible for supporting industry efforts to comply with these requirements and thereby ensure continued access to major export markets.
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CLEVELAND - Cleveland city schools are making a push to find more teachers.
This comes after many students have gone close to 50 days without full-time teachers in the classroom. Parents and council members who all backed the levy have been upset and outspoken at the lack of permanent teachers.
The school district has been understaffed all year, and today they'll be holding a teachers fair to try and fill vacancies.
CEO Eric Gordon says the district is in the midst of significant hiring for the first time in 15 years.
The teachers fair will be from 8:30-11:00 am at the Barbara Byrd Bennett Professional Development Center. Another fair will be held on October 20 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the same site.
Applicants must have photo ID and a valid teachers license for the walk in screening.
The board is hoping to attract "teachers with a heart for urban education."
The district has about 80 open positions.


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San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - From start to finish, the veteran-laden San
Antonio Spurs played with the confidence of a team in search of its fifth
NBA championship.
Tony Parker tallied 20 points with nine assists and the Spurs connected on 14
3-pointers in a 105-83 rout of the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of their
Western Conference finals series.
Kawhi Leonard and Matt Bonner each canned four shots from beyond the arc as
the Spurs set a franchise record for most 3-point makes in a playoff game.
Leonard finished with 18 points, while Bonner poured in 12 off the bench.
The Spurs, making their eighth appearance in a conference final in the last 15
years, led nearly the entire game while holding Memphis' postseason leading
scorer, Zach Randolph, in check the whole way.
Averaging 19.7 points per contest during these playoffs coming in, Randolph
scored just two while missing his first seven shots from the field. He
finished 1-for-8 for the Grizzlies, who are making their first appearance in a
conference final.
Memphis, winners of eight of nine coming in, had not lost a game by double-
digits since Game 1 of its quarterfinal set with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Quincy Pondexter made five 3-pointers en route to a team-best 17 points, while
Marc Gasol and Mike Conley poured in 15 and 14 points, respectively, in the
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Green Roofs – My Ah-Ha Moment
Standing with Barbara Deutsch on the green roof at Casey Trees here in Washington, DC, I had my ah-ha moment. Now, Gary has done a great job of explaining what a green roof is and how it works, but I needed to experience one for myself. So we went on a… Read more »


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"We feel good feeding babies the most nutritious vegetables grown in the world."
Burch Farms began in 1950 on a 35-acre field in Faison, North Carolina. Today the farm covers 2,500 acres. Jimmy, Bill and Ted Burch own the farm with Jimmy's wife Theresa Burch and son Jimmy Burch Jr. Since the 1800's their family has worked in the fields and they don't plan on stoppin' anytime soon.
Sweet potatoes and butternut squash
After 3 years the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association (NCCIA) certified Burch Farms as organic growers. Organic farms do not use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Instead, the Burch family maintains a high crop yield by using crop rotation and carefully harvesting vegetables only at the peak of flavor-generally 120 days from plant to pluck.


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Spring Training: Tuesday in photos
Team photographer Chris Vleisides sent along some photos – we'll share a few as Chris prepares for the annual "Photo Day" on Wednesday. Photographers from various media outlets will be on hand…the photos that you'll see on Crown Vision, in the yearbook and on baseball cards will be taken. Let's take a look at today's pics. First, newly acquired righty Jeremy Jeffress was on the mound. Take a good look at it – because if you stepped in the box against Jeffress, you would hear the ball but you may not see it. He has a power curve and a fastball that tops 100 mph!
Here's 2010 Paul Splittorff Pitcher of the Year John Lamb, the youngest player in camp (he will be 21 in July).
Fellow 20-year old Salvador Perez has drawn rave reviews for his catching prowess this spring. Perez won the organization's Frank White Defensive Player of the Year award in 2009.
New teammates Lorenzo Cain and Jarrod Dyson compared notes as Hall of Famer George Brett watched batting practice.
Below, we take a look at new shortstop Alcides Escobar in Royal blue…followed by Mike Moustakas.
@HoltzyKC reported the following on Twitter:
"Want to know why Moustakas has a chance to be special? Running through fundamental drills and he is asking tons of questions to get better."
We second that – photographer Chris witnessed the power hitter working on bunting and seeking advice from eight-time Gold Glove winner Frank White.
And who better to "close" out this photo post than two-time All-Star reliever Joakim Soria?


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2005 FourTrax Foreman 4x4 ES/FourTrax Foreman 4x4 Features
FourTrax Foreman 4x4 ES/FourTrax Foreman 4x4
Boasting an all-new 475cc engine and next-generation chassis, the new Foreman offers TraxLok, Honda's switch-operated 2WD/4WD system, plus a choice between manual shifting or Honda's Electric Shift Program (ESP).
Features & Benefits
Unique features
- SUV styling features flowing fenders with integrated headlights and taillights for a rugged, adventurous look.
- TraxLok® enables the rider to shift between 2WD and 4WD with the simple push of a switch. Quiet operation and smooth engagement are key features of the system.
- Torque-sensitive front differential reduces torque steer for less steering effort.
- New dual front disc brake calipers feature a patented built in scraper system to remove mud and snow from inside the front wheel to help prevent build-up of debris between caliper and rim to ensure consistent braking performance.
- Brake pads feature thick long wear material with improved mud durability, feel and control. Pads feature internal scraper that gives audible warning when pad life is low.
- Patented new oil cooling system features dual oil coolers for greater cooling capacity.
- All new four-stroke 475cc OHV air-cooled longitudinally mounted engine allows direct drive shaft alignment to both front and rear wheels for improved drivetrain efficiency.
- New style overhead valve arrangement features angled valves in a hemispherical combustion chamber for straighter intake and exhaust flow for improved engine performance.
- Patented new oil cooling system features dual oil coolers for greater cooling capacity. The first cooler is located in the traditional position in front of the engine. The second cooler is mounted higher in a protected position under the front fender away from mud and debris and is fed a cool supply of air through a front fender duct. Oil is first routed to the lower cooler then to the second high mounted cooler before returning to the engine.
- Rubber-cushion engine mounting and gear-driven counterbalancer reduce vibration.
- Snorkel-type air intake system is specially designed for water crossings.
- Integral electric carburetor heater system improves driveability and ensures smooth operation in cold conditions.
- Closed crankcase vent system safeguards against engine oil contamination.
- USDA-qualified spark arrester/muffler is constructed of stainless steel.
- TraxLok is easily engaged by pushing a switch on the right handlebar. An electromagnetic mechanical clutch unit (EMCU) located on the center of the propeller shaft engages 4WD with a quiet two-way roller clutch. Unlike mechanical designs, TraxLok ensures smooth operation by employing a magnetic switching mechanism that engages when front and rear wheel speeds vary by less than 6 mph.
- ES model features ESP™ (Electric Shift Program) for push-button upshifting and downshifting. The rider shifts simply and precisely with the press of the upshift or downshift button mounted on the left handlebar. An onboard electronic control module (ECM) monitors information from four sensors-engine rpm, countershaft speed, shift drum angle, and shift spindle angle-to control the speed of the electric shift motor's gear and clutch engagement. Gear engagement speed varies according to rider style: The transmission shifts more quickly when riding style turns sporty. A neutral lockout at speeds greater than 2 mph ensures available engine braking when descending hills. To ensure smooth shifting, the transmission cannot be shifted from neutral to first gear or reverse gear at engine speeds above 3000 rpm. ESP is not battery-dependent, operating whenever the engine is running. Should the rider ever need to shift manually, the ES model is also equipped with an auxiliary shift lever in the tool kit.
- Super-heavy-duty automatic clutch for excellent driveability and towing capacity.
- Convenient five-speed transmission with reverse.
- Maintenance-free shaft drive with torque-sensing front differential routes power directly from the longitudinally mounted engine without inefficient directional changes.
- Convenient electric starter, with auxiliary recoil starter and an automatic internal decompression system.
- Wet sump with large, 3-quart capacity.
- CD ignition with electronic advance for excellent performance and reliability.
- Reusable foam air filter.
- Rugged frame and suspension provide an exceptional 7.5 inches of ground clearance.
- Independent double-wishbone front suspension uses KYB shock absorbers to give 6.7 inches of travel.
- Steel swingarm and dual KYB rear shock absorbers give 6.7 inches of travel.
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Eigenmodes of a Room
Application ID: 63
When designing a concert hall, it is extremely important to take the resonances into account. For a clear and neutral sound, the eigenfrequencies should be evenly spread through the registers. For the home stereo owner, who cannot actually change the shape of his living room, another question is more relevant: where should the speakers be put for the best sound?
To illustrate the effects we are going to calculate every eigenfrequency below 100 Hz, together with their corresponding eigenmodes. The eigenmode shows the sound intensity pattern for its associated eigenfrequency. From the characteristics of the eigenmodes, we can draw some conclusions as to where the speakers should be placed.
The eigenmodes differ slightly from the exact solution for an empty room. The equations are only solved in half the geometry and then analyzed everywhere using coupling variables.


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|Burning ceremony retires tattered flags
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Members of Holyoke Boy Scout Troop 32 are pictured as they start flags on fire in one of three barrels in a Tuesday, March 17 flag-burning ceremony. Tattered flags were destroyed in a respectable way. Scouts are pictured from left, Duncan Brandt, Caleb Kafka and Cody Fricke, with fireman Brian Adams on hand at far left.
The ceremony was part of Brandt's Eagle Scout project and also contributed to the Hometown Heroes FCCLA Chapter Service project by Nicole Brandt, Geoffrey Mattson and Duncan Brandt.
Pictured below, from left, are Mattson, Duncan Brandt, Nicole Brandt, Fricke and Kafka. Prior to the flag-retiring ceremony, the FCCLA project members showed a Hometown Heroes video of interviews they conducted locally, as well as with people on the 16th Street Mall in Denver. That program opened with second grade students singing In the Heart of America. Teachers and students also shared thoughts on the topic of heroes as part of the afternoon program. It was conducted for local students after CSAP testing that morning, and community members were invited, as well.
Continuing with their Hometown Heroes theme, Brandt, Brandt and Mattson, along with the FCCLA chapter, hosted a potato bar Thursday evening, showing the video of the flag-burning ceremony while guests were enjoying their meal. The video prepared by the trio was then shown, and guest speakers included American Legion Commander Shirley Kadlec and Chief of Police Phil Biersdorfer.


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Defender leaves Brentford
11:11 25 May 2012
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Transfer News: Marcel Eger has left the club
Brentford defender Marcel Eger has left the club by mutual consent.
The 29-year-old German made 22 appearances for the Bees after joining from St Pauli last summer but has not made an appearance since the west Londoners' 3-2 defeat to Huddersfield in January.
"On behalf of everyone at Brentford Football Club, I would like to thank Marcel for his contribution and wish him all the best for the future," manager Uwe Rosler said.
"He fulfilled an ambition by coming to play in England and was well liked by the players, staff and supporters.
"He was a complete professional during his time here.
"He played 22 games for us and would have played more but for an ankle injury.
"Marcel represented both himself and the Club in the perfect way throughout his time at Brentford and will always be welcome at Griffin Park."


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"This (the Cyclone Tailgate Tour) has been our way of saying �thank you' to Cyclone Nation for its support. Meeting so many passionate Cyclones, providing a fun evening of entertainment geared to kids and making an impact in communities around the state was a key summer initiative for our department. It was a huge success!"
- Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard after the conclusion of the first-ever Cyclone Tailgate Tour
AMES, Iowa � For the first time ever, fans of all ages interacted with Iowa State coaches, student-athletes, spirit squads and other staff members in the first year of the "Tailgate Tour," a six-stop state-wide caravan.
Click the links at the right to read a recap, see photos and watch videos of each of the tour stops. The support at each tour stop was spectacular, as thousands of fans flocked to each event that included inflatable attractions for kids, door prizes, merchandise and speeches by ISU coaches.
"Getting around the state to meet and greet Cyclone alums and boosters was important to growing our fan base," Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard said. "We also tried to give something back to these communities by visiting local hospitals, community centers and elementary schools. We were thrilled by the number of attendees and feel that a meaningful Cyclone presence was created in each of the six communities visited."


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Every minute a decision is made that affects the future well-being of people, plants and animals. More sustainable approaches can be gained through professional development.
Learning is the key to transforming the day-to-day way that people treat the planet. It is the link between knowledge and action, between knowing and doing. More opportunities for learning are urgently needed, from accredited courses to on-the-job training. CEC wants to build capacity in communications, learning and knowledge management. We seek high-quality content and experience from all regions and create opportunities to place these skills and solutions in the hands of people at work.
Over many years, our work in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has evolved from a focus on environmental education into the interactive and participatory realm of new learning for sustainability. CEC is working to establish the World Conservation Learning Network (WCLN) and The Institute with Royal Roads University.
In our Strategic Plan 2009-2012, CEC focuses on learning as the link between knowledge and action, exploring the following questions:
- How can we help people learn what they need and/or want to learn in order to do things differently and better support sustainability goals, such as those of IUCN?
- How can we help people to make the best use of the knowledge available globally?
This CEC work area encompasses formal, accredited certificate programmes as well as informal learning on-the-job (capacity development). It also aims to help conservation and sustainability actors such as IUCN manage their knowledge and leverage the power of learning.


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Difference: SansaView (r15 vs. r14)
SanDisk Sansa View
Current Status
There is still a lot of work to be done. The firmware can be disassembled with an ARM disassembler, but nothing has been done. We need to get the LCD working and figure out the GPIO.
High quality PCB scans:
Hardware wise it seems very similar to an upgraded v1 Sansa E200. The SoC looks like an evolution of PortalPlayer with nVidia GoForce magic applied.c. nVidia purchased the PortalPlayer company prior to the release of the GoForce 6100 chip, so that would seem reasonable. Also- the same PortalPlayer provided/supported mi4 style firmwares are used, and the firmware even mentions "PP6110".
mi4 firmware (two images). Decryptable with a recent mi4code. mi4 files signed with the same "dummy" DSA signature that the v1 Sansa E200 used are accepted by the View. In other words, the View's original firmware can be successfully modified and flashed.
Disk layout and hidden partition
See SansaViewFirmwarePartition.
UMS mode
You can initiate UMS mode by doing the following steps:
Another way to initiate UMS mode if your OS does not communicate to it via MTP is to just plug it in and wait a bit. The player will attempt to reset the MTP connection, and then when it realizes that is not helping, it will switch to UMS.
I attached the `lsusb -v` output of both the Sansa View in MTP and UMS mode. -- BlakeJohnson - 18 Feb 2008
Recovery Mode
Recovery mode looks similar to the Sansa E200. You can initiate recovery mode by doing the following steps:
Warning: Only move firmware files to the device when in recovery mode. Do not format the device while recovery mode. Do not interrupt file transfers while in recovery mode. Disobeying these warnings may or may not brick your player, but I'm not going to be the one to test them. However, I have recovered from several bad flashes using the above method.
Manufacturing Mode
Pre-boot or manufacturing mode is done exactly the same as recovery mode except hold the middle button instead of the 'Home' button when you plug the USB cable in. We may be able to do some fiddling with the e200tool while in this mode.
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Video: Honoring The Victims Of The Navy Yard Massacre
Video: FBI Releases Video Of Killer Inside Navy Yard
Video: Video Footage of Shooter at Washington Navy Yard
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- More than a week after he killed 12 people inside building 197 at Washington Navy Yard, the FBI filled in many of the gaps about Aaron Alexis' last days, and gave more details about the deadly shooting spree. They FBI also released images and video from the shooting that showed Aaron Alexis inside the building on Sept. 16.
FBI Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave spoke first at the press conference. Parlave tells reporters that Alexis arrived in D.C. on Aug. 25, and lived in hotels. She says he began work at Navy Yard on Sept 9. Alexis was a contractor for a private information technology firm and assigned to a project at the Navy Yard. According to the FBI, he stayed at hotels in Bethesda, Md., in the Pentagon City area of Arlington, Va. and the Residence Inn in Southwest Washington, D.C.
According to Parlave, on Sept. 14, in addition to buying a Remington 870 shotgun and ammunition at a gun shop, Alexis purchased a hacksaw at a home improvement store in Northern Virginia.
Parlave says that Alexis gained entry to building 197 at 8:08 a.m. the day of the shooting with the use of a valid pass.
According to Parlave, images from Navy Yard show him walking in the hallway and stairwell carrying a shotgun. Parlave says the Remington had been sawed off, and handwritten etchings were present on shotgun. Etched into the barrel were the words "end to the torment" and "better off this way." The etching of "My ELF weapon" is believed to reference delusions Alexis was having at the time. He thought he was being controlled by low-frequency waves, according to officials.
Parlave says Alexis gained access to a Beretta handgun during the hour-long shooting and used it. He was able to kill 12 people and wound four others.
The FBI says both weapons were recovered at the scene and were submitted to the FBI Laboratory for forensic analysis. Purple duct tape covered the end of the stock of the shotgun. A roll of purple duct tape was found in Alexis backpack hanging on the back of a stall door in the fourth floor of the men's bathroom, say officials. Electronic media was also found in the backpack.
Alexis' blue Toyota Prius rental car was found in Parking Garage #28. When his hotel room was searched additional electronic media was found, say police.
According to the FBI, "Analysis of the electronic media recovered from Alexis' belongings revealed several relevant communications." Parlave tells reporters that there are indications that Alexis was prepared to die during shooting, but no indication that he was targeting specific individuals. They believe that Alexis shot randomly at people. According to the FBI, Alexis did not talk to anyone to indicate an attack prior to the shooting.
The FBI says a document from the electronic media stated, "Ultra low frequency attack is what I've been subject to for the last 3 months, and to be perfectly honest that is what has driven me to this."
Parlave says that the investigation concludes Alexis acted alone.
NCIS Special Agent Michael Monroe also spoke at the press conference. He says that NCIS has been working with law enforcement on the shooting. He says special agents responded to the scene immediately. According to Monroe, NCIS agent entered within five minutes of the report that shots were fired. Monroe says two special agents were engaged in two areas of building. One agent pulled an injured Metropolitan Police Department officer to cover after he was shot, says Monroe.
DC's US Attorney Ronald C. Machen tells reporters that it appears that Alexis was mentally unstable. Search warrants were critical in understanding Alexis' motivations in the shooting, according to officials. To family and friends of the victims, Machen said, "The emotional scars will not be soon forgotten...We are all truly heartbroken for your loss."
Carl Vasilko, Special Agent in Charge for ATF in DC, said to the families, "ATF expresses our sincere condolences...it's most important that they know that law enforcement cooperation between all of these investigations was seamless and outstanding..."
A fire alarm was pulled in the building. The FBI is still trying to determine who pulled the fire alarm.
Authorities have determined that a law enforcement officer shot Alexis on the third floor of building 197.
The FBI released the following timeline of Alexis' activity during the morning of Sept. 16:


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Concrete Contractors: A Very Busy Year
Types of work %
Top 20 Commercial Concrete Contractors*
Top 20 Tilt-Up Contractors
Top 20 decorative contractors
Tilt up and decorative work for CC100 companies
The 20 fastest growing companies in 2005
Growing or declining?
Editor's note: It's always interesting for producers to learn what concrete contractors are thinking and how their businesses are doing. Thanks to the editors of CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, THE CONCRETE PRODUCER's sister publication, we have a detailed look at that segment.
The following article is an excerpt from CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION's annual CC100 report, which appeared in July 2006. For the full article, the complete list of the top 100 concrete contractors, which includes residential work, and more, visit the magazine's Web site atwww.concreteconstruction.net.
In December, 2004, The Brookings Institution, an independent research organization, issued a report on the forces that will affect U.S. building trends over the next 25 years. "In 2030, about half of the buildings in which Americans live, work, and shop will have been built after 2000," said Brookings' Arthur C. Nelson. That's a lot of buildings, and the concrete industry made big strides in that direction during 2005.
Last year was the best year by far since the boom of the late 1990s, with concrete-related revenue increasing almost 20% for the CC100 contractors, led by a 20% increase in revenue from commercial construction. Anecdotal reports indicate that growth in 2006 may not be quite that dramatic, but overall volume will remain at a very high level. The following are a few observations from our survey of 2005 financial results in the concrete industry.
Concrete-related revenue increased slightly less rapidly to $6.47 billion, an increase of 19%.
Based on our November 2005 report showing the entire concrete industry at $110 billion, the CC100 contractors represent about 6% of the industry.
We asked contractors filling out the CC100 survey form for their thoughts on the factors currently controlling the concrete construction business. Here are some of their responses:
— The author is Editor in Chief of CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION. Editorial assistant Colette Palait provided the list research. For the full listing of CC100 companies, visitwww.concreteconstruction.net.
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North Central College prelaw students Kerby Kniss '15 and Alec Phillipp '14 will learn about fair housing law firsthand when they begin internships this fall in Chicago. Both have been accepted to The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Undergraduate Internship Program.
Kniss of Lanark, Ill., is majoring in political science with a minor in conflict resolution. Phillipp of Plainfield is majoring in sociology/criminal justice with a minor in political science.


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The main cast for the much-anticipated movie adaptation of E.L. James' bestseller "Fifty Shades of Grey" has been set following the hiring of Eloise Mumford as Kate Kavanagh.
Mumford has signed on to play sexy student Anastasia Steele's best friend in the film, which will star Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson.
PHOTOS; 'Fifty Shades of Grey' stars
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson has also cast Luke Grimes as Christian Grey's brother, Elliot; Victor Rasuk as Anastasia's close friend, Jose; and Jennifer Ehle as her mother, Carla.
The movie is expected to be released in 2015.


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How it All Started
Marilyn Strauss, founder of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, tells the story of how the Shakespeare Festival became a reality…
Production History
There are 30 productions in the Festival's 23-year history.
2015 King Lear
The Merchant of Venice (produced indoors)
2014 The Winter's Tale
2013 As You Like It
2012 Antony and Cleopatra
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2011 Macbeth
2010 King Richard III
2009 The Merry Wives of Windsor
2008 Othello
2007 Romeo and Juliet
2006 King Henry V
2005 Much Ado About Nothing
2004 Julius Caesar
2003 Hamlet
Marilyn Strauss, Founder
Marilyn is a former Broadway producer, who returned to her home town from New York where she co-produced five plays, earning a Tony award, for the Irish drama, Da, an Off Broadway award (Obie) for Getting Out and a Tony nomination for the musical Pump Boys and Dinettes.
Felicia Hardison Londré, Honorary Co-Founder
Felicia Hardison Londré is Curators' Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Honorary Co-Founder of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival.


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Designed by Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse, Berthold released Nofret in 1984.
This contemporary serif recalls her earlier design, Diotima. Narrower in proportion, it is an elegant typeface with calligraphic influences and beautiful italics.
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