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Nancy Grudens-Schuck and Elena Polush, Faculty and P&S, Ag Education & Studies
Over the last 15 years, Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) has helped farmers conduct more than 650 on-farm research trials on various topics ranging from crops to livestock to horticulture. This research shared the goal of making farming more profitable and more ecologically sound by involving farmers more directly in the agricultural research process. The leaders of the organization were interested in learning about and prioritizing on-farm research needs, ideas, and topic areas that the members and non-members had. In a situation of finite resources and continued interest in diversification of the agricultural producers, the leaders of the organization have to pay careful attention to operational priorities and make wise choices in regard to funding opportunities, funds allocation, and partnership building. There has been a long history of working relationships between PFI and the College of Agriculture. Both organizations shared the interest to improve on-farm operation, diversify agricultural production, and sustain rural communities. To strengthen the established partnership was viewed as critical to a continued and mutually beneficial collaboration between the two organizations. The faculty involved graduate students to gain research experience and learn application skills by working on the project conceptualization, design, and implementation and engaging in dialogical relationships with the stakeholders. The study was proposed at the inaugural meeting of the ISU-PFI Advisory Group.
The goal of the study was to provide the leadership of the Practical Farmer of Iowa (PFI) with a basis to guide the members' decisions in regard to how and where to focus on- farm research efforts. The specific objective of the survey was to generate and prioritize high quality ideas for on-farm research for sustainable agricultural production.
The nature of the study was a needs assessment. The research was grounded on a participatory action methodology that emphasized (1) the value of stakeholders' inclusion; (2) the construction of collaboration between a research team and the PFI representatives through the processes of defining goals, choosing methods, analyzing data, and using findings, (3) the power of knowledge production and use; (4) the importance of meaningful construction through shared beliefs and experiences; and (5) the significance of empowering people through the process of shared power and ownership. The study utilized a survey method. The survey employed the Delphi technique, which required the participants to respond to two different types of questionnaires. The two-step process first asked respondents to provide ideas for on-farm research. These ideas became the basis for the second questionnaire. The same respondents ranked the ideas in the second survey. Both rounds of survey were mailed. Individuals responded individually, independently, and confidentially, as per the Delphi survey methodology and the ISU Committee on Human Subjects. The study was conducted from February to August 2004. The first round of the survey generated over 132 research ideas related to on-farm research related to sustainable agriculture. The first survey was sent to 43 individuals in Iowa, all of them deeply committed to, and engaged in, thinking about or practicing agricultural research. Most were actively farming at the time. The sample included 31 regular (farming) members of PFI, six ISU researchers, and six farmers who were not members of PFI. The sample from PFI included crops-only, livestock-only, and combined crop and livestock operations; horticulture (market garden or vegetable); and operations that produced some agroforestry products. Non PFI members represented different regions of the state and of unknown commodity. Twenty-four usable surveys from the first round were returned, yielding a return rate of 56%. Livestock-only farmers (7) did not respond to the first round of the survey. The second questionnaire was sent to 24 first-round respondents. The second asked respondents to rank 77 research topics in six categories. The rate of return for the second was 92%. The second round asked respondents to identify the top 4-6 research ideas (depending on the size of the category). The collaborative team of researchers and PFI representatives analyzed the data generated in both rounds of the survey. The findings were shared with the participants of the survey. The survey results were presented at the farmer-researcher collaborative learning meeting of Advisory Group that included a representative of PFI leadership, the College of Agriculture administration, and faculty with research and extension appointments. A press release memo was prepared by the researchers to be used by PFI to broadly communicate the results of the study by posting the information on the organization website and sharing the document with the PFI Board. The findings were shared at the PFI Cooperators meeting that employed a focus group approach to structuring group interaction, generating collective feedback, and constructing the organizational meaning of the findings to stimulate further actions.
The study contributed to PFI organizational capacity building by providing the members and leaders of the organization with concrete and prioritized ideas organized in distinct categories that were reflective of on-farm specializations and represented the needs of various producers that comprise the organization. It served as a model of building partnership between researchers, extension specialists, and practitioners (farmers) in the state of Iowa. It engaged administrators, researchers, and members in a dialogue in relation to on-farm research needs and priorities. It allowed the members of organization to have their voices heard and jointly co-construct the meaning of the study. This participatory-action research will lead to shared value and utilization of the findings guiding the PFI and Iowa State University collaborative processes of on-farm research priority setting and decision making. PFI leaders will make informed decisions pertaining to allocating organizational resources. In seeking extramural funding, the PFI members will be able to better link their needs with the specific objectives of potential funding sources. Utilization of the study results by: 1. 44 participants of the study, that included PFI members and non-members; 2. Estimated 10 members of the PFI Board of Directors; 3. Over 600 members of PFI; 4. 40 participants of the PFI Cooperators Meeting; 5. 4 administrators of the College of Agriculture; 6. 8 members- participants in the farmer-researcher collaborative learning meeting of the Advisory Board; 7. 4 departments in the college of agriculture; 8. Approximately 10 participants in Agricultural Research Service planning team of the Soil Resource Management Workshop; 9. 10 graduate students in AGEDS 660 class; 10. 20 participants (estimate) in the round-table discussion at the 2005 American Evaluation Association annual meeting.
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Ten years ago, superstar Kanye West was in the studio with the Grammy-nominated Nappy Roots for the follow up to their Atlantic Records debut Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz – one of the biggest selling rap albums of the year. West was producing a song for their next album and was in the studio to help them choose a track to write to and record. While listening to several of West's productions, the group ran across an instrumental that immediately jumped out to them, but to their dismay, West told them that he already had plans for that song and he intended to keep that track for his own Roc-A-Fella Records debut album The College Dropout. The guys continued to press on about how much they wanted that particular song and tried to convince West to let them to use it on their album instead of "These Walls", but West stuck to his guns. That track later became one of his career-defining singles "Jesus Walks".
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Plan to stop by the West University Library this Saturday, November 3, from 10 AM to 2 PM for the Fall Book Sale. We have a wonderful selection of children's and adult books. Whatever you're looking for - cookbooks, history, fitness, current fiction - you'll find it at the Friends of the West University Library Fall Book Sale.
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Next Wednesday, October 24, at 3:15 PM children will have the opportunity to create their own paper plate mask. Using their imaginations, children can glue a variety of ears, noses, eyebrows or other features to paper plates and create a unique mask. The program will appeal to children ages 4 to 11 years. The Library provides all supplies - you bring your imagination.
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Friday September 28 at 4 PM, Dance Houston will present an introduction to salsa. Learn the fundamentals of salsa dancing. It's fun for all ages. Space is limited to 30 people. Free tickets will be handed out before the workshop on a first-come first-served basis.
The program will be at the Senior Center, 6104 Auden, next door to the Library. Call 713 668-8273 for more information.
The happy news at the West U Library is - Margaret had her baby girl Thursday September 13. Baby Melina weighed 7 lbs 6 ounces and has a full head of dark hair. Mom and baby are both doing well.
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Our adult book discussion group resumed meeting this Wednesday. 14 people attended for the discussion. The book selection for October is Extremely loud and incredibly close by Jonathan Foer. Copies are available at the Library checkout desk. This selection coincides with the Gulf Coast Reads event.
The following link will give more information on this book. http://www.gulfcoastreads.org/index.html
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"Mad Men" Recap: 411, "Chinese Wall"
By early September 1965, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is being forced into a wartime mindset, and while Don Draper is a supreme commander when he's not hitting the Jamesons too hard, he makes two crucial mistakes late in this episode and it's hard to imagine any of this working out on the bright side. Sure, SCDP will be fine — well, most of it anyway — and everything will work out on the business end of things, but Don makes a bad play, and then a worse one. And given the magnitude of this screwup, Draper could possibly be facing his most brutal confrontation with his true past before the season ends.
It's a Beatnik Beach Party with Joyce and Abe! Peggy and Joyce pile into the car after crazy times at Jones Beach, where Peggy has to shake the sand out of her hair and Joyce wonders aloud whether that is actually sand. It is Jones Beach after all — it could be medical waste, it could be Malt-O-Meal, it could be any number of things. So then Abe piles into the back seat with Peggy, and apparently all that "Nurenburg on Madison Avenue" claptrap is all in the past. Peggy and Abe are cozy and mega-sexual: they go back to Peggy's place, and Abe is all over our Peggy, telling her that her shoulders make her look like an Olympian. That's a nice compliment — much better than, "Your job makes you look like a fascist!" We're not privy to the whys or hows of this new state of affairs: on "Mad Men," we're simply asked to accept that things happen because, well, they do.
Ken is at dinner with his fiance, her mother and Laura Palmer's dad (Ray Wise) when he runs into an old colleague from BBDO, who offers condolences about the loss of Lucky Strike. Ken, of course, goes into total apoplexy and rushes off to track down Petey, who is at the hospital while Trudy gives birth to Campbellspawn. Pete similarly craps his pants and when he is unable to get Roger on the phone, he calls Don. Don tells Pete to wake Bert Cooper and go directly to the office.
So everyone is gathered at Roger Sterling's Korova Milk Bar: Bert's in his jammies and everyone is somewhere on the scale between morose and screaming. Sterling is trying to act surprised that all this is happening and then is prodded to — oh, I don't know — call Lee Garner Jr. and ask why the hell he's doing this. So Roger gets on the phone and slyly puts his finger on the receiver to fake the call. He blows out a lot of faux outrage — "Thirty years, I have to hear it on the street?" What a guy. He then offers to fly down to Raleigh to try to change Garner's mind. It strikes me that Sterling might have considered flying down to Raleigh about 30 seconds after their disastrous dinner wrapped up, but one of the underlying messages this season is that Roger is somewhere below Danny Siegel in the roster of essential SCDP personnel.
Don returns to his apartment and tells Faye about the bloodbath. Faye tries to be comforting, saying "Look at that face," like she's kissing a puppy. ""You're the most hirable man on Madison Avenue." Don doesn't think it's come to that, but one has to wonder just how quickly Draper would be snapped up. It's not like his equals at BBDO or, more to the point, Ted Chaough would get out of the way for Draper, and I wonder if their bosses would ax them in order to bring in Don if SCDP hits the skids. I don't think we're going to find out what would happen — the destruction of SCDP is unlikely at this point.
Pete goes back to the hospital waiting room and tells his father-in-law about Lucky Strike, and Trudy's dad treats this whole SCDP thing like Petey's been hitchhiking through Europe or playing bass on tour with the Four Seasons for the past year and a half and now it's time to get serious about his career. He also throws Ted Chaough's name around, which is a lot like throwing poop around. Meanwhile, Peggy and Abe are getting pants-happy in Peggy's apartment, which means Peggy will have a nice post-coital smile when she arrives at SCDP and discovers that 68 to 72 percent of the agency's business is out the door.
Now, about that: Roger calls Bert to let him know that Garner said he can't go for that, no can do, but he's calling from a nice suite in Manhattan, not North Carolina. God, Roger's been such a mongoose this episode, you'd think Rudyard Kipling wrote a story about him. Again, this is one of those plot points that would be impossible in 2010 — the hotel's main number would show up on SCDP's caller id. Of course, Roger could probably use his iPhone and maintain the charade.
Immediately afterward, Bert calls a full staff meeting to announce that Lucky Strike is up in smoke, then turns it over to Don Draper Superstar, who rallies the troops by telling them ""We're going to push ourselves and it will be exhilarating." By the looks of it, the boiler-room atmosphere that awaits our heroes looks about as exhilarating as full immersion in fish guts, but maybe I'm not the type-A personality who gets jazzed about 80-hour work weeks. The whip will be cracked. When the head of accounting gives a very tired spiel about financial policy and asks for questions, Danny's hand shoots up, but nobody sees him because he's about the size of a fully-grown Manhattan bedbug.
Don then ushers the creative team to his office, where Danny assumes he's going to be the first to get a swift kick out of the Time-Life Building, but Don assures the homunculus that if he's in the room, he's still alive. He tells them that the SCDP brass will be in charge of shaking the trees for new business while creative does everything to retain the current clients. Peggy, who showed up late and a little flushed, is told that she will take the lead on getting Playtex on board, because having Don do it might make the situation look desperate.
Still at his Manhattan hotel room and now looking for company, Roger calls Joan to apologize for all the subterfuge and to let her know that he's got a bed under him that could use some testing. She is equal parts disgust and sympathy, telling him that if he had said something sooner, they might have been able to do something about Lucky Strike. Sterling just wants her to get down to his room and "comfort him," but Joan isn't buying, mainly because flopsweat isn't sexy.
Back where people are actually trying to keep the company afloat instead of hiding from their problems, Peggy starts talking about Playtex Living Gloves in a way that could make anyone want to do a sink full of dishes, describing them as the things that will save a woman's hands for the things she really like to touch, which is making Stan and Danny get a tad squirmy. Then Abe shows up pretending to be a delivery boy, which brings to mind at least a few dirty blues songs, and Stan and Danny go off to snicker: ""Am I wrong, or is she giving it off?" Squiggy asks Lenny.
Ken and Pete (who spends much of his time in various states of semi-consciousness when padding around SCDP in this episode) make calls to current clients to assure them of SCDP's solidity and then gather to discuss the state of things, but in the middle of this confab, Don is pulled away by Megan the Sex Robot for a call from Glo-Coat, who basically tell Don, "Thanks for the fine work on Glo-Coat, but would you please hold this anvil while we throw you in the Hudson?" Completely infuriated, Don breaks his Clio and storms back to the meeting to castigate Petey for spending so much time on the birth of his child that he let Glo-Coat skip out. Campbell leaves to return to not worrying about Glo-Coat, and he is greeted by Ted Chaough, who gives him a baby gift and starts talking up a big-time position with CGC, where he undoubtedly will oversee some great accounts like, say, Union Carbide, lawn darts and Super Elastic Bubble Plastic.
Roger goes to Joan's apartment and, smooth operator that he is, immediately insults her choice of pajamas — jammies are big in this episode. Somehow, he manages to kiss her without getting a frying pan to the back of his silver skull, but Joan pushes him away, telling him "I can't do this anymore." I suppose I could understand this relationship at one point, but Roger has never been more pathetic — he was dealing from a stronger position when he was vomiting oysters a few seasons back.
In his office with Faye, Don tells her the clients are "dropping like flies," and then insists that Ms. Miller should tear down this Chinese wall and start funneling her clients to SCDP. And this infuriates Faye, who tells Don that the only thing that keeps her alive in the business is her integrity, but Don acts like she just said all of that in Mandarin. He tells her, "I'd do it for you," but Faye tells him she would never ask in the first place. It's worth noting that Don and Roger aren't really that far apart here in terms of spiral, it's just that Sterling doesn't keep his cool as well, and while Don has mostly earned everything that is now being taken from him, Roger inherited Lucky Strike and is now acting like a bratty child who just found out that the silver spoon is silverplate.
We haven't had any frat-boy hijinks from Stan in at least an episode, so now it's time for him to get inappropriately randy with Peggy: as she gets ready to pitch Playtex, Stan pretends that he's some kind of enlightened spiritual leader who can peer into her soul and teaches her deep-breathing exercises. And of course, he puts his fat tongue in her mouth and she has to push him off of her. Peggy could be reading a P&L statement and Stan would think she was hot for him.
Roger finally announces that his fake entreaties to Garner and Lucky Strike have resulted in just as little success. Don goes off on Roger for letting his only account go by the wayside, but this friendly family gathering is interrupted by Megan the Sex Robot, who lets them know that Trudy just gave birth to a baby girl. Pete seems as pleased as Pete seems capable of seeming pleased, and then the gang excuses themselves to attend the funeral of a fellow adman in hopes of siphoning some business — SCDP is reduced to scooping roadkill in hopes of turning it into a feast. (By the way, if you think MSR has been unusually visible this episode, you're probably sensing a big move. Well, keep your pants on, so to speak.) But when Roger complains to Bert about Don being out of line, Bert gives him the high hat: "Lee Garner Jr. never took you seriously because you never took yourself seriously," Bert tells him.
As Peggy prepares for her Playtex pitch, Stan decides to let her go into the pitch with lipstick on her teeth, since the only appropriate move after being spurned for trying to force your beefy self on a co-worker is to let them potentially scuttle increasingly precious business. Everything goes fine, although the Playtex guy spends most of the meeting trying to tell Peggy about the unfortunate confluence of cosmetics and dentistry in her mouth and it comes off like just another schmo trying to make time with her. Ultimately, Playtex is impressed, but after the meeting, Harry the Deflating Device informs her of the smear.
The funeral is clearly a cautionary tale. While Freddy Rumson points out potential business that might be stolen while the deceased is eulogized as a great creative man who was "given to" his company by his family, who sit through all these niceties as if each fine sentiment were a hot knife. He was just another guy who sacrificed his family for office success and died in his early 50s of Lucky Strikes and Jamesons.
When Megan stays late to help Don, she really stays late to help Don — out of his pants. But seriously, folks: Megan is one worshipful receptionist of French extraction with an eye toward winning the Draper Matrimonial Sweepstakes. "You're in my head all day and you don't know anything about me." Well, in a few moments he will know her in the Biblical sense, but MSR promises Don that she will not wail and rend her garments like Allison did. Plus, she'll prop up "Mr. Draper" (she says, salaciously) whenever he needs it and probably not pitch much of a fuss when Faye Miller shows up. Megan is a remarkable convenience.
Roger goes home to find Jane (making what I think is her first appearance this season, since Peyton List was so busy wasting her time earlier this year with "FlashForward") wearing the kind of gaudy housewife clothing one would expect Lucille Ball to wear on "The Lucy Show." She presents him with a box full of copies of his terrible memoir and she tell him, "I'm so proud of you" and nuzzles him. Hollow praise and hollow affection for a hollow autobiography by a hollow man.
Don goes home to the man cave and discovers Faye, who has apparently had a change of heart about giving up information about her clients, and presents Heinz on a silver platter. While she also seems ready for a roll on the Sealy, Don is exhausted (well, of course he is), and just asks her to cuddle. Aww.
Now, clearly Don has set himself up for something terrible, especially if Faye ever gets wind of him making time with the MSR, but as we've noted before, Matthew Weiner learned the game of red herrings from the best practitioner in television history, David Chase. (Still wondering what happened to the Russian in "Pine Barrens," are you? The world will never know.) There might never be a real payoff, but it just lies there in the background, creating tension. Then again, 68 to 72 percent of SCDP business has fallen away. Tension is not exactly a rare commodity.


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He'd have to be the second coming of Dan Marino for me to want another Haluska in a Cyclone uniform.
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The only answer to "who/what is GeronimusClone?" is in fact "GeronimousClone". You're like The Todd on Scrubs.
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GC, he's obviously all man. And I don't think Ellen would go *****, even for GC...
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He'd have to be the second coming of Dan Marino for me to want another Haluska in a Cyclone uniform.
Seems pretty disrespectful to Sean, who walked on here, and gave 100%...
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Seems pretty disrespectful to Sean, who walked on here, and gave 100%...
Agreed. We as fans couldn't ask for a better team player than Sean. Well, maybe other than Petey
Interesting that the coach mentioned he thought he would thrive in a spread offense.
Good luck to Blake, hope he continues to improve and wants to be a Cyclone.
I don't know how anyone could put down Sean. He was a great cyclone! Good luck to Blake, and maybe we will see him in an Iowa State jersey.
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I don't know how anyone could put down Sean. He was a great cyclone! Good luck to Blake, and maybe we will see him in an Iowa State jersey.
I said the same thing before Sean came.
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Line the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round mixing bowl or deep 8-inch square container with foil. Spread ice cream in container, packing firmly. Cover and freeze 8 hours or until firm.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x8 inch pan.
Prepare cake mix with egg and almond extract. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven according to package instructions, until center of cake springs back when lightly touched.
Beat egg whites with cream of tartar, salt and sugar until stiff peaks form.
Line a baking sheet with parchment or heavy brown paper. Place cake in center. Turn molded ice cream out onto cake. Quickly and prettily spread meringue over cake and ice cream, all the way to paper to seal. Return to freezer 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Bake the Alaska on the lowest shelf, 8 to 10 minutes, or until meringue is lightly browned. Serve at once.
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He is VERY GOOD. They are in our district and had the chance to watch him in person and on tape a lot. He is very fast and throws a nice ball.
As long as its not basketball he's playing. I don't think I can stand watching someone constantly throw up a shot without setting his feet. Other then that I wouldnt mind if he is an actual talented football player and could come contribute.
Just hearing the name makes me think of Adam and thus boils my blood.
Weird, I don't give Adam a second thought.
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Just hearing the name makes me think of Adam and thus boils my blood.
Let it go man. That was then, this is now.
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Let it go man. That was then, this is now.
Thanks for the sage advice, but I probably won't ever forget that. I know I'm an anomaly in the Cyclone nation because as a group we are quick to forget, forgive and move forward.
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DH and I are VERY close to finally listing our house this spring after hemming and hawing about it for three years.
What I can't figure out is: where are we supposed to go after we sell? What do people usually do if they've sold their home and haven't bought a new one yet? I mean, even if we found one we liked right after selling ours, the chances of everything going smoothly and the closing coordinating with the sale of our old home are probably slim to none.
We were qualified for two mortgages, which would allow us to buy another one while still owning this one. But the idea makes me nauseous, in case ours does not sell or we get no acceptable offers.
Would it make sense to rent a place out for a short time period? Is that even possible? Living with family/friends is not really feasible as we have three kids and two dogs!


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Should I be panicking about my Bank of America password?
(Keeping this anonymous because I'm worried my security's compromised and don't want to make it worse.) So for about the past six weeks, the log-in process on the Bank of America site has been behaving strangely for me. When I go to the BOA site I see my online userID in the normal way and click on it. That then takes me to the sitekey confirmation page where --weirdly-- my password is now showing up in plaintext on the login page, above the sitekey image. The first time this happened it was displaying my then-current password, which I immediately logged in with and changed. Since then, every time I go to log in I see the old password in plaintext, above the sitekey. When I enter either my then-current or my actually-current password it's rejected and I need to go through the reset process before I can successfully log in. I'm not freaking out, because there's no strange activity in my accounts. But still, it's unnerving. So..... what might be going on here, and what should I do about it? [more inside]
Need guidance on message-digest based password generation algorithms.
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The state of recovery for western Wisconsin's housing market was the focus of The West Side Monday, April 21. The subprime mortgage collapse of 2008 sent the U.S. economy into a deep recession. Host Rich Kremer and his guests took the temperature of the real estate market of the Chippewa Valley during a special spring housing show.
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Currently, I have a data set which is "mm:ss" and needs to stay / be calculated that way.
The problem is, Microsoft Excel, Google Spreadsheets and OpenCalc all interpret "mm:ss" as "hh:mm" and to add insult to injury add ":ss" (in form of ":00") to anything I copy into Excel/GSheets/Calc.
I have found no way to remove this, except to use "Search and Replace" first ":" then "00" and then at last apply the custom format 0\:00\:00 or 0":"00":"00. (I also tried to get "=Concatenate" to work, but that didn't work for me at all...)
Additionally, using the "0\:00\:00" is in fact only working if I already have a spreadsheet. When I copy the original data (from MS OneNote) into a cell formatted with 0\:00\:00, I don't have the problems described, but the copied data still contains ":", as MS OneNote doesn't have a "Search and Replace" function. My only idea is to take an extra step and copy the data to Notepad and back.
But both approaches are no solution, because my next step should be to sum up those numbers.
Which doesn't work, because any base numbers look like "1234" and not "12:34" (twelve minutes thirty-four seconds, i.e. I am not talking about 12:34 AM/PM (time) but duration!) as they should.
As far as I understood, to sum up minutes properly, I have to use the custom format "[h]:mm:ss", but the problem is that I first have to get the data to (basically) "0:mm:ss" from currently "hh:mm:00". But it is important to remember that those aren't in fact hours! (i.e. /60 doesn't work, because it produces wrong numbers!) The "hh" in question are actually "mm", but because Excel/Calc/GSheets forces their data-interpretation on me without any way of recource of changing this setting, I am out of options.
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After years of dispute, Germany's center-right governing coalition has agreed to enact tougher penalties for human trafficking and forced prostitution.
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For years, both conservative and FDP lawmakers have been pressing to reform the prostitution laws that were passed in 2001 by the governing coalition of Social Democrats and Greens led by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Though the legislation helped free prostitution from the stain of immorality, experts say it also led to a sharp increase in the sexual exploitation of women -- mainly because authorities failed to properly regulate the industry. Most recently, a report by the European Union's commissioner for home affairs, Cecilia Malmström, showed that human trafficking in Europe has risen sharply.
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"From Baltra Airport to Puerto Ayora" Isla Baltra Transportation Tip by MalenaN
Isla Baltra Transportation: 2 reviews and 10 photos
The first time I arrived to Baltra was with plane and I was going on a cruise. We (the people going on the cruise) were met at the airport by our guide and, as we were visiting the highlands on Santa Cruz and Charles Darwin Research Station before boarding the boat, we took a bus from the airport to Canal de Itabaca. Frequent ferries are crossing the canal, and on the other side our bus was waiting. The second time I arrived to Baltra was in the end of the cruise when we were all taken to the airport. I was not flying back to the mainland, but was going to Isla Isabela.
From Baltra Airport I took one of the free buses going to the canal. It is a short bus ride, maybe 10-15 minutes. Canal de Itabaca is the narrow canal between Isla Baltra and Isla Santa Cruz. Here you put your bags on the flat roof of the ferry, before boarding it. Tickets for the ferry is sold onboard and I paid $ 0.80 going to Santa Cruz, but only $ 0.50 going the opposite way almost a week later. At the dock on the Santa Cruz side of the canal I immediately found a bus to Puerto Ayora. My big backpack was put on the roof and I went inside to take a seat. Tickets were sold on the bus and it was $ 1.80 (July 2011). To Puerto Ayora it took less than an hour and in Puerto Ayora the bus stopped on Av Charles Darwin, just opposite the harbour. You can also take a taxi from Canal de Itabaca to Puerto Ayora and it is $15 (July 2011).
When it was time to go back to the airport I took a taxi from my hotel in Puerto Ayora to Terminal Terrestre, from where the buses leave. The taxi was $ 1.00. I arrived to the bus terminal at 8am and the next bus to Canal de Itabaca was leaving at 8.40, so they are not very frequent.
Update June/July 2013: Now I paid $0.80 each time I took the boat over the canal. The bus from the canal to Puerto Ayora was still $1.80, but they didn't put the big luggage on the roof, but in a compartment below. There are a few buses from Puerto Ayora to the canal each morning. To take a taxi between the canal and Puerto Ayora was now $18.
Update July/August 2014: The boat over the canal was now $1 and the bus to Puerto Ayora $2. Taxis between the canal and Puerto Ayora was $18.
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As of last Friday she weighed 27lbs and was 33.5 inches tall.
Since 12 months she only gained 1 lb but grew 4 inches taller!
Mommy to my outspoken, sassy little lady, Payton Elaine since 10/13/2009!
23lbs 7oz and 30 inches long~! But her arms and legs are long so all her clothing are 24months or bigger. But we still fit some 12months oneies!!
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I have a lil peanut she's 18.5 pounds and 28". Just got weighed and measured on Friday.
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I myself would lean towards the Sony as I am partial to their TV's and I've never had an issue with any Sony TV I've ever purchased.
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I myself would lean towards the Sony as I am partial to their TV's and I've never had an issue with any Sony TV I've ever purchased.
I understand Samsung is rated #1 with Sony a close 2nd. Walmart has a program running on their tv's that has the screen split in half vertically. You can see the difference in the two pics at the same time. One shows HD at 1080 I believe and the other half show non-hd?? Anyway, it also show how well the motion option works to keep fast action sports pics from smearing. Great sales pitch. I also saw the same program being used in CompUSA and Comp had great prices and salesmen who knew the products. I have an old Sony that has not gave me any problems in 8 years. Happy Shopping!!
Hey, I subscribe to Consumer Reports and they did a fantastic review on flat-screens. I scanned it into a pdf file a while back and gave it to a few grateful friends. Here's a copy for you, if you like. It's 8mb, so may take a few seconds to download: TV Recommendations from Consumer Reports
I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but one of the most important things to consider is viewing distance. Why? Because the further away you are from the screen, the less detail you can see. Imagine that you see your neighbor's television through the window, when you are standing 50 feet away, on the sidewalk. Can you tell if he's watching a Blu-Ray disc or a DVD? No. Heck, it could be VHS at that distance and you wouldn't know the difference.
How close do you need to be in order to distinguish between High Definition and 'regular', old-fashioned, standard definition programming? It is a combination of viewing distance and screen size. The further away you are, the bigger the screen has to be, before your eyes would appreciate any difference between a VHS tape and a Blu-Ray disc or HD programming from a cable box. Obviously, if your TV is the size of a movie theatre screen, you probably could stand 50 feet away and see all the detail that is present in an HD source.
But if you're determined to sit 12 feet away from a 32 inch screen, "High Definition" isn't going to do a thing for you. No way, no how. You've got to change one of the variables, i.e. distance or screen size. If you stick with a 32" screen, you would need to sit closer than 8 feet from the screen to appreciate a 720p set. You would need to sit closer than 6 feet away to appreciate a 1080p set.
On the other hand, if you simply cannot move closer than 12 feet, you would need to enlarge the screen to 40 inches (or bigger) to appreciate a 720p set or get a 60 inch (or bigger) screen to appreciate 1080p content.
Here is a chart that might help. http://hd.engadget.com/2006/12/09/10...o-screen-size/
If you don't choose a proper viewing distance and correlated screen size, it's just not going to matter all that much which brand or type of TV you buy. You might as well buy the cheapest you can find. They will all give you a similar picture (what your eyes actually see) to that old bulky CRT type television that you may be replacing. The screen might be a little shorter, though. And, they are easier to move around.
And if your cabinet is 34" across, then that should allow a 37" tv? Unless it is 34" diagonal, in which case, I would consider ditching it so as to make full use of your $600 budget with a bigger screen.


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Greetings from the afterlife!
It's me, Alexander Cartwright. Today marks the 119th year since I passed on from the physical realm into Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez's closet (no, it wasn't a dream, Benny). Every once in a while when I am called upon or when I feel there is a pressing need, I'll make a return on the anniversary of my death. So as my mere presence today indicates, there are some scores that need asettlin'. To hell with Ouija boards, we've finally moved into the 21st century, which is more than we can say for Mr. Selig.
Back in October it was brought to my attention by Bart (Giamatti) that that nitwit
snake oil used car salesman was once again promulgating lies about the origins of the game for which he serves as steward. This time, when prompted by an autograph expert about his stance on that roaming band of drunken hacks, The Mills Commission, he gave this response:
As a student of history, I know there is a great debate whether Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright really founded the game of baseball. From all of the historians which I have spoken with, I really believe that Abner Doubleday is the "father of baseball." I know there are some historians who would dispute this though.
Thank you for taking the time to write to me. I hope that this has been helpful. I appreciate your interest in this most interesting historical subject.
Allan H. Selig
Do you hear that? That's the sound of me dying of laughter.
What tommyrot! What bunkum! What flapdoodle! What codswallop!
Let me tell you something, Bud: Abner Doubleday no more invented baseball than Al Gore invented the internet. (And please allow me take this time to offer a short aside on Doubleday. I do not mean to diminish the man's contributions to our country in the War of Southern Backwardness — particularly at Gettysburg — but, to put it in terms that readers of this weblog will understand, the man's PMARG (pincer maneuvers above replacement general) was barely above 2.3…FOR HIS CAREER. Decent, but hardly warranting the "national hero" label. Moreover, his success at Gettysburg can primarily be attributed to an unsustainably high DHOCBIP (direct hits on cannon balls in play).)
Now, some rebellious youngsters who have opted to reject the "Great Man" theory of history have arrived at the conclusion that the modern game of baseball was not invented but "evolved" over the course of many years with contributions from many individuals. I am here now to say that these children, too, are sorely mistaken. There is nothing wrong with the "Great Man" theory of history. Selig and Co. just have the wrong Great Man.
Do not be fooled; I, Alexander Cartwright, am the undisputed father of baseball. Even the United States Congress had the good sense to declare it so in 1953. All the information you need is right here on my "Wikipedia" page. To believe otherwise at this point is to see the light and nevertheless remain in the shadows.
Speaking of "the light," Denton True informs me that I am late for lunch. It's taco day!
Until next time,
Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr.
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MTA wants motorist levy to fund training of mechanics
- From: The Advertiser
- January 20, 2014
MOTORISTS would pay an extra $5 a year for each registered vehicle they own to fund training of auto mechanics through a plan being proposed by the Motor Trade Association.
The levy would raise about $6.5 million a year and could be used to subsidise training, provide incentives or fund remedial literacy and numeracy education for potential apprentices.
The plan is based on a model currently operating in the construction industry.
The MTA says an automotive industry training fund is needed to address shortages of apprentices driven by "a lack of incentives for mature-aged apprentices and a lack of suitably prepared applicants" graduating high school.
In its policy platform released ahead of the March 15 state election, the MTA says the skills shortage in the motor trades "affects living costs of and services available to" the majority of South Australians who own at least one registered motor vehicle.
MTA chief executive John Chapman said the lack of apprentices meant motorists often faced long waits for vehicle maintenance and repairs, particularly after a crash.
"That can mean that you are without a car for quite a period of time," he said.
Employment and Skills Minister Grace Portolesi said the government already ran programs aimed at boosting apprenticeships and would not consider adding a levy to car registration.
"To ease cost of living pressures, this government is reducing car rego by $148 for the typical motorist," she said.
A board of industry, government and union representatives would administer the fund.
The Liberal Opposition has released a flexible apprenticeships policy, backed by the MTA, which would allow students to start a full-time apprenticeship earlier and complete their SA Certificate of Education outside of school hours.Originally published as MTA wants levy to fund apprentices
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@HerdBaseball Survives Against FIU; Advances to C-USA Tournament Semifinals
Senior Aaron Bossi was 3-for-5 with 3 RBIs
Boster's Career Night Leads @HerdBaseball past FIU at C-USA Tourney
Boster became the all-time winningest pitcher in Herd history
Herd's Waggoner Named C-USA Coach of the Year; Five Earn All-Conference Honors
Marshall's Donnelly, Lane also receive top C-USA awards
DJ Gee of @HerdBaseball Named to C-USA All-Academic Team
Senior outfielder is one of 12 student-athletes selected
Chase Boster Named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week
Senior is tied for the most wins all-time in program history
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Head coach Jeff Waggoner enters his 10th season at the helm of the Marshall baseball program. In nine seasons, he has compiled a 197-288-1 record along with a birth to the Conference USA Championship in 2008. His 197 victories are the second most in program history.
After the 2013 season, Waggoner saw two Thundering Herd players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. A total of 12 players were selected over the last three seasons, while 26 of his student-athletes have received an opportunity to play professional baseball under his tutelage. Aaron Blair (first supplemental round - 36th overall - to the Arizona Diamondbacks) and Isaac Ballou (15th round to the Washington Nationals), the 2013 draftees, became the 14th and 15th members of the Herd to be selected after serving on one of Waggoner's teams.
One year prior, pitchers Joe Church (17th round to the San Diego Padres) and Mike Mason (24th round to the Colorado Rockies) were selected.
Waggoner's last three teams have produced All-Conference performers, with Blair and Ballou garnering All-Conference USA first team honors in 2013 after Blair and Sergio Leon were named All-Freshmen in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
The 2011 season featured eight players who would go on to be drafted by MLB teams and two players who were signed as free agents. Greg Willams (Texas Rangers), Mike Mason (Texas Rangers), Joe Church (Los Angeles Angels), Isaac Ballou (Pittsburgh Pirates), Kenny Socorro (Chicago Cubs), Arik Sikula (Toronto Blue Jays), Shane Farell (Toronto Blue Jays), Rhett Stafford (Oakland Athletics) were each drafted in the 2011 MLB, marking the most drafted players in a season in Marshall baseball history. Victor Gomez (Atlanta Braves) and Ian Kadish (Toronto Blue Jays) were also picked up by big league teams as free agents.
Along with the most drafted players in a season, Waggoner's club had four players earn Conference USA honors. Kenny Socorro was selected to the All-Conference USA team as an infielder and freshman, Aaron Blair, was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team. Kyle Blank and Arik Sikula both earned academic recognition through the conference, after being picked to the Conference USA All-Academic team.
A total of 41 records have been broken under Waggoner, including 23 team and 18 individual marks. Waggoner has also posted victories against 13 ranked opponents, including knocking off then No. 1 Rice in 2009. In 2010, MU defeated No. 17 Ohio State and No. 25 Rice during the regular season. In 2012, Waggoner led Marshall to a senior day victory over No. 13 UCF. In 2013, his squad topped No. 19 Houston in games one and two of a three-game series.
In 2007, during his second season at Marshall, Waggoner led the Herd to 30 wins, the most in program history. The Herd notched a 30-30-1 overall record and finished sixth in C-USA with a 10-13-1 mark, and a berth in the 2008 Entergy C-USA Baseball Championship tournament hosted by Tulane.
At the tournament, Marshall defeated third-seeded Tulane twice, and second-seeded Southern Miss twice, before falling to Houston in the championship game, 3-2. All three of those teams were NCAA Regional participants in 2008, while the Herd finished one run shy of its first NCAA Regional appearance since 1978. For his efforts, Waggoner was named All-Pavlovich Team Coach of the Year in "Collegiate Baseball" Newspaper.
During his seven seasons with the Herd, 24 Marshall players/signees have been given a chance to play at the professional level. In the 2010 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, Kevin Shackelford, Ryan Kiel and Aaron Blair were selected. Other notable players drafted include Steven Blevins, Tommy Johnson and Nate Lape in 2008, while Eddie Rush and Dan Straily were picked in 2009.
Straily is one of a dozen currently playing at the next level and has made his way into the Major Leagues. The right-handed arm spent two seasons at Double-A Midland before being promoted to Triple-A Sacramento during the summer of 2012. Straily ultimately received a call from the Oakland Athletics and pitched in 39.1 innings over seven starts at the conclusion of the 2012 season before becoming a regular member of the A's rotation in 2013.
Prior to the 2010 campaign, the Herd placed three players (Blevins, Lape and Gomez) on All-C-USA teams, while two (Lape and Gomez) were named to all All-Mideast Region squads. Adam Yeager, Gomez and Lape have all played summer ball in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League.
In his first season with the Herd, Waggoner led the squad to a 21-32 record which included a 15-11 mark at home. The Alliance Ohio native helped lead Marshall to a 5-18 record in C-USA picking up series wins against both Memphis and Houston, and picked up a win against UCF.
Before taking over the head coaching position at Marshall, Waggoner spent two seasons as an assistant with the nationally-ranked North Carolina State University Wolfpack.
While with the Wolfpack, Waggoner was a part of two N.C. State teams that had a combined record of 81-41 and played in two NCAA tournaments. In 2006, N.C. State finished second in the ACC Tournament and was runner up in the NCAA Austin Regional. The Wolfpack ranked as high as seventh in the nation that season while finishing third nationally in hitting (.333) and second in the ACC in fielding percentage (.970). A total of six players were named to All-ACC teams, with two (Ramon Corona and Matt Camp) claiming All-America honors.
Waggoner's responsibilities with the Wolfpack included player development, recruiting, academic support, travel and directing N.C. State's summer baseball camps.
Before his arrival in Raleigh, Waggoner spent two seasons at Kent State University. The Golden Flashes captured the 2004 MAC Tournament Championship during his tenure and also had seven players selected in the Major League Baseball draft, including first round draft pick Emmanuel Burriss who now plays for the San Fransisco Giants.
He was also an assistant coach at George Washington University from 2000-02, where he helped guide the Colonials to a school record for wins in a season (42) and the Atlantic 10 championship in 2002. George Washington led the A-10 and was among the national leaders in both batting average (.326) and home runs (91) that season. The Colonials posted a two-year record of 80-45 during Waggoner's stay, and five GW players were selected in the MLB draft.
Before his two years at George Washington, Waggoner spent the 2000 season at the College of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y., helping St. Rose earn a berth in the Division II College World Series in 2000.
Waggoner has worked with two collegiate summer baseball teams. He was the head coach of the Arlington Senators of the Clark Griffith League in 2002, guiding the Senators to a 32-10 regular-season record, the Clark Griffith League championship, and the All-American Amateur Baseball Association (AAABA) national championship. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach for the Schenectady Mohawks of the New York Collegiate League in 1999 and 2000.
Waggoner lettered two years as a catcher at Cleveland State University, and graduated with a sport management degree in 1998. He played two years at Crowder College in Neosho, Mo., prior to transferring to Cleveland State.
Waggoner received his master's degree in Educational Psychology from St. Rose in 2001. He has two daughters, Kacee and Madelyn.


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IICD Admission 2016 – Indian Institute of Crafts & Design offers various UG and PG Professional Diploma Programme for the academic session 2016 – 17. Candidates can check all the details like programme details, application form, eligibility criteria from this page given below.
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Bills disgruntled safety Jarius Byrd would welcome trade
Contrary to a report, Bills safety Jairus Byrd has not requested a trade, but, according to a source close to the situation, he would welcome a change of scenery at this point as he plays out the 2013 season on the franchise tag. Sources said the Bills sought further clarity from the NFL about his status, inquiring as to whether, if he were traded, if a new team could possibly alter his contract.
The word back from the NFL Management Council was as expected. As a franchise player, no changes to Byrd's contract could be made by any team after the July 15 deadline to extend the contract of a franchise player. So given that any team that acquired Byrd would essentially be only renting him for the season, with Byrd eligible for unrestricted free agency unless he was franchised again (at a 20 percent raise), trade talks haven't really gotten off the ground.
Teams will not part with what Byrd -- a playmaking safety just entering his prime -- is worth, given the uncertainty about his future with their club. Byrd is currently dealing with foot injuries, and will not face New England in the season opener Sunday. It's only logical to wonder if he had contract security beyond this season if he might be more willing to extend himself medically to play.
The sides could not get close on an extension this summer, with Buffalo floating offers worth about $7 million a season, sources said, which is similar to the franchise tag value. Regardless, it would be difficult to see Byrd back in Buffalo in 2014 at this point. With the trade deadline now pushed back, perhaps the Bills assume a pick for him at some point if they believe it is worth slightly more than the compensatory pick his departure would net them, particularly if the rebuilding team struggles early on.
With the trade deadline now at the midpoint of the season, trading Byrd then would cost the team acquiring him only half of his $6.92M salary, and would also cut his cap number in half, which would increase the number of teams able to assume the contract.


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Watch 'Frances And Friends'
Are you interested in what the King James Bible teaches? "Frances and Friends" comes on Channel 344 on Direct TV, Monday through Friday, at 10 a.m. You can email your questions the first hour and…
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