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Josh Hamilton - 2008 Allen & Ginter
Address Used: c/o Mike Dixon, Genesis Marketing Partners 1145-D Executive Circle Cary, NC 27511
The Allen & Ginter cards are some of the best modern cards to get autographed TTM. Opening up this Josh Hamilton must have been a sweet experience. Hamilton probably gets a lot of mail, but it is worth sending him something.
Jim McMahon - 2008 Allen & Ginter
I really like it when players personalize the autograph. How cool is this card? It makes me want to get a couple stamps out and send McMahon a letter right now. McMahon was quite a character in his playing days, making as much news off the field as on. The beer in his hand at his draft press conference is classic. McMahon did things his own way, and won. I have a lot of respect for a player like that.
Max Scherzer - 2008 Allen & Ginter
Max Scherzer was traded in December 2009 to the Detroit Tigers. Scherzer went 9-11 with a 4.12 ERA in 30 starts last season with Arizona. This kid has a live arm and hopefully he can get the hang of the American League.
Curtis Granderson - 2008 Allen & Ginter
Granderson got an early Christmas present when he was traded to the New York Yankees on December 9, 2009 in a three team blockbuster (which Max Scherzer was also in). Hopefully the New York night life doesn't keep Curtis from getting to his fan mail.
Mike Cameron - 2008 Allen & Ginter
In December 2009 Cameron signed a 2 year contract to play for the Boston Red Sox. What a good looking autograph he has. The Allen & Ginter cards really make the auto stand out. Cameron might be getting up there in age, but he can still play ball. He should help the Red Sox battle with the Yankees in 2010.
Andrew "William Ocean" Litz - 2008 Allen & Ginter
Address Used: 315 W 39th St Rm 607 New York, NY 10018.
This is what makes Allen & Ginter so interesting. I had no idea who Andrew Litz was. A simple google search reveals that Mr. Litz is the 2009 US Air Guitar Champion. I will have to check out some youtube videos of William Ocean in action. Perhaps 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter could include some Guitar Hero legends in this years set.
Pete Weber - 2008 Allen & Ginter
Address Used: 1305 Arlington Dr Florissant, MO 63033
This is a real gem. Weber was one of the greatest bowlers of all time. But he didn't make many friends at the ally. He battled alcoholism, and many players gave him the cold shoulder. Pete is the son of Dick Weber. Dick Weber is ranked 3rd all-time on the PBA's list of the 50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years, Pete is ranked 4th.
Kevin Van Dam - 2008 Allen & Ginter
Address Used: c/o D&R Sports Center, Inc. 8178 W Main St. Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Kevin Van Dam has been a professional fisherman since 1990. He has won the BASS Angler of the Year Award four times. Kevin is a two time ESPN Bassmaster Classic winner. He also won ESPN's Outdoor Sportsman of the Year Award in 2002.
Frank Morris - 2008 Allen & Ginter
Address Used: 5274 N Candlestick Ave Boise, ID 83713
Frank Morris is the 2005 World Champion Rubik's Cube Solver. You know what I found kind of ironic when I looked up who Frank Morris was? Another man, also by the name of Frank Morris, escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and was never seen again. Something about escaping from Alcatraz and solving a Rubik's cube go hand in hand.
Pat Neshek - 2008 Allen & Ginter
Address Used: PO Box 43127. Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
Pat is a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 121 career games Neshek has a 2.91 ERA. His unique delivery makes it hard to pick the ball up coming out of his hand. Pat also sports one heck of an autograph. The 2008 Ginter card is probably the perfect card to score a Neshek autograph on.
Joe Nathan - 2008 Allen & Ginter
As a San Francisco Giants fan, it pains me to think about the trade that sent Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser to the Chicago White Sox for catcher A.J. Pierzynski. What an epic failure of a trade that was. Joe started as a short stop with the Giants organization. He converted to pitching and has turned himself into one of the best closers in the game.
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International Youth Ice Climbing Camp France 2014
Location: Guillestre, Hautes Alpes , France
02 - 08 March 2014
The main goal of this youth ice climbing camp is to learn many
forms of ice climbing, one pitch, or routes with many pitches. Whatever your
level there is something for you in this area. Please click on this link to check climbing information about climbing sites.
The camp is situated in Guillestre, near Briançon in Southern Alps of France (region Rhones Alpes, departement 05, "Hautes Alpes). This is the same location of the international Ice Climbing event of L'Argentière la Bessée.
Accommodation and Food
Campers stay in the Youth gite called "Auberge des 4 vents". The telephone number is + 33 4.92.45.04.32 and email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
Rooms for 4 people, breakfast and dinner are provided by the
gite and are included in the price.
Staff / leaders
All staff are qualified to supervise this event and are Alpinism instructors.
Young people from ages 16 to 22-years-old can participate. They should be able to lead climb at a minimum of 5b French grade, and should be autonomous or self-reliant for managing belays. We will be offering places to maximum of 4 participants per country Federation.
Participants younger than 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult climber/coach, who is able to look after him or her during this meet.
Climbing harness, winter alpinism shoes with ice crampons, climbing helmet, belay device and 05 quick draws (UIAA standard/CEN), 2 ice axes (could be rented from staff), one avalanche detector (could be rented by staff), 05 ice screws, sun glasses & cream, sleeping bag, head torch, winter climbing clothing and wash kit, water bottle and any personal medication.
Participants should get themselves insurance for accident, rescue, third party liability and travel which is valid for participating in the programme of climbing and trekking. This cover note of insurance should be presented to the organisers on arrival.
Entry visas
If your representatives need to obtain entry visa, please confirm their names and passport numbers to the contact emails as soon as possible as Visa processing is a very lengthy process.
230 EUR per participant, payable on arrival to the organiser. Accommodation, full board, leading and organisational costs included (except midday lunch/snacks) .
Registration deadline: 25 of February 2014.
For additional information about registration and arrival hours, please contact email@example.com.
Christian is a member of the National Commissions of Youth and Mountaineering of FFCAM, member of Pyrenees Regional Committee and head of Mountaineering and Youth sections at CAF-Toulouse.
International Youth Ice Climbing camp in Guillestre, France (Photo: FFCAM)
International Youth Ice Climbing camp in Guillestre region of France (Photo: FFCAM)
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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Minnesota Valley Canning Company headquarters, c.1937.
Minnesota Writers Project display booth, Minneapolis Auditorium, 1940.
Map showing three Minnesota–Wisconsin boundaries proposed during the late 1840s. Created by Alan Ominsky and reproduced in Lass, William E., "Minnesota's Separation from Wisconsin," Minnesota History 50 (Winter 1987): 311.
Minnesota's first two American Indian nurses, Elizabeth Sherer and Josephine Parisien, c.1925. The Minnesota Department of Health started a Chippewa Nursing Service in 1923, hiring American Indian nurses to provide public health nursing services on reservations in northern Minnesota.
Map of Minnesota's western boundary south of Lake Traverse.
Cover image of "Minnesota: A State Guide"
Mirror Room, Burbank-Livingston-Griggs house, 432 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, c. 1972.
MISLS class at Fort Snelling, c.1944
MISLS students in mess clothing, Fort Snelling, c.1944.
Postcard of the Missabe Mountain open pit mine in Franklin, c.1915.
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- Range. 800 yards.
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|Tim Craft
Tim Craft is in his third season as an assistant basketball coach at East Carolina University and his fourth year as a member of Jeff Lebo's coaching staff.
Craft originally joined Lebo at Auburn University as the director of basketball operations for the 2007-08 season. He was elevated to assistant coach the following year and served in that capacity for two seasons. The Tigers averaged nearly 18 wins per season during his three years at Auburn.
As an assistant coach, he played a key role on Auburn's 2008-09 team that finished with the second most wins in school history by going 24-12 overall, placed second overall in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with a 10-6 record and reached the quarterfinals of the NIT.
The Tallahassee, Fla., native went to Auburn after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Gardner-Webb University from 2004-07. He helped guide the Bulldogs to the 2004-05 Atlantic Sun regular season championship in his first year. It was Gardner-Webb's first A-Sun title in any sport.
During his three years in Boiling Springs, N.C., Craft coached four all-conference players in his three years. He recruited and coached Tim Jennings, the first two-time Atlantic Sun Defensive Player-of-the-Year. He helped assemble a top 50 national recruiting class for Gardner-Webb in 2006 (No. 49 by hoopscooponline.com).
Prior to coaching at Gardner-Webb, Craft spent two seasons as an assistant at Pensacola (Fla.) Junior College (PJC) under coach Paul Swanson. In 2003-04, the Pirates went 20-10 and were ranked as high as No. 13 nationally.
At PJC, he coached Joel Anthony, a former UNLV standout and current member of the Miami Heat. Anthony was the 2007 Mountain West Player-of-the-Year. Twelve players signed Division I scholarships during his two years at PJC and 10 of the 11 sophomores graduated during his tenure.
Craft began his coaching career as the assistant varsity coach and head junior varsity coach at Robert F. Munroe School in Quincy, Fla., in 2000-01. He was promoted to the Head Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach at Munroe the following season in 2001-02 before moving to PJC in 2002-03.
Craft earned his bachelors of arts degree in history with a minor in secondary education from the University of Florida in 2000.
Born Feb. 3, 1977, Craft is married to the former Jessica Arenas of Tallahassee, Fla., and they have two daughters, Lola Anne Craft (5) and Macy Caroline (3).


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Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis Overview
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Psoriatic arthritis is a joint disease characterized by both psoriasis and a related form of inflammatory arthritis. Psoriasis is a common skin condition. A person with psoriasis typically has patches of raised, red, scaly skin. The affected skin can look different depending on the type of psoriasis the individual has. Arthritis is joint inflammation. Psoriatic arthritis is a particular type of aggressive and potentially destructive, inflammatory arthritis.
Psoriatic arthritis is an autoimmune disease, meaning that the immune system attacks one's own tissues. Rarely, a person can have psoriatic arthritis without having obvious psoriasis. Usually, the more severe the skin symptoms are, the greater the likelihood a person will have psoriatic arthritis.
Psoriasis affects a small percentage of white people in North America, and is less common in African-American and Native-American people. Psoriatic arthritis affects approximately 15% of people with psoriasis. Many people who have psoriasis may not know that they have psoriatic arthritis.
Males and females are equally likely to have psoriasis. Of patients with psoriatic arthritis, males are more likely to have the form in which the spine is affected (spondylitic form), and females are more likely to have the form in which many joints on both sides of the body are involved (rheumatoid form).
Psoriatic arthritis usually develops in people 35-55 years of age. However, it can develop in people of almost any age.
Psoriatic Arthritis Causes and Risk Factors
The cause of psoriatic arthritis is not known. It may result from a combination of genetic (family), environmental, and immune factors. A significant percentage of people with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis have a close relative with the condition. This inherited tendency may be the strongest underlying risk factor. Sometimes psoriasis may be linked to previous infections.
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Prince Tennis Shoes
Prince tennis shoes are loaded with technology to give you the extra advantage you need on the court to dominate your opponent and take home the title. Duraskin II is a durable material placed in the forefoot to prevent abrasion due to toe drag, Energy Return is a highly elastic material placed in the forefoot to provide a responsive ride, the heel is in direct contact with the ShockEraser, bypassing the midsole, for maximum cushioning and improved responsiveness, Prc 1000 is an abrasion resistant rubber compound that provides exceptional durability and traction for long-lasting performance on hard surfaces. Prince tennis shoes come with a 6 month outsole wear guarantee.
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Speed is the name of the game when it comes to the Prince tennis shoe Lightspeed Series. The Renegade 2 LS is designed to provide great support in an ultra-lightweight package. Featuring breathable mesh panels, ShockEraser PRO cushioning, and a PRC1000 outsole, this tennis shoe provides what you need to ace the competition.
The Rebel 2 was built to be the lightest and fastest shoe on the court; providing lightweight support, stable cushioning and durable traction making it the shoe of choice for many players on tour.
The Prince Grinder tennis shoe collection includes the men's and women's T-14, T-24, T-22, T-10 and T-8. These performance shoes are engineered for motion control and stability.
The T-22 Prince tennis shoe collection is Prince's best-selling team tennis shoe and comes in a wide variety of team colors. It features five Prince tennis shoe technologies for stability and a lightweight synthetic microfiber upper outsole combined with air meshes for superior breathability. The ShockEraser midsole insert absorbs heavy impact and dissipates shock. The WyshBone, injected TPU shank increases lateral and medial stability and provides mid-foot support.
The Prince Traditionalist tennis shoe collection includes the men's and women's Scream 3 Mid, the Scream 3 Low and the QT Scream. These shoes are built with a comfortable foot bed, good sidewall support and a generous fit.
The men's and women's Prince Scream 3 Mid-rise and Scream 3 tennis shoe is made from a three-fold combination of lightweight synthetic microfiber, leather and air mesh for a long lasting breathable upper outsole. The ArchBridge TPU shank and ShockEraser midsole insert work together to provide midsole support, absorb midsole impact and dissipate shock in the heel.
The men's and women's Prince tennis shoe QT Scream is made from lightweight microfiber synthetics, features a removable two density, molded EVA ShockEraser insole and a Duraskin II toe guard.


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This topic provides you with information about the common administration and troubleshooting tasks and tools associated with Group Policy.
Common tasks
Useful tools
Local Group Policy Editor
Group Policy Management Console
Technical reference
These links will take you to additional information on the Microsoft Web site.
Start the Group Policy Management Console
Edit Group Policy objects
Work with Group Policy objects
Delegate Group Policy tasks
Use security group filtering
Use Group Policy management reports
Edit registry-based policy settings
Use scripts and command-line methods
This section describes the Microsoft Web site downloads and tools associated with this version of Windows that help you configure and manage Group Policy.
Local Group Policy Editor is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that you can use to edit local Group Policy objects (GPOs). Local Group Policy Editor and the Resultant Set of Policy snap-in are available in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, and Windows 7 Enterprise. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=139815.
You can find this MMC snap-in in the following location: %windir%\System32\gpedit.msc
To open the Local Group Policy Editor, click Start, click Run, and then type gpedit.msc.
To manage domain Group Policy across an enterprise, you must first install the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). The GPMC consists of a MMC snap-in and a set of scriptable interfaces for managing Group Policy. The GPMC is included with Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), which is available for download at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130862.
RSAT enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 R2 from a computer that is running Windows 7. RSAT includes support for the remote management of computers that are running either a Server Core installation or the full installation option of Windows Server 2008 R2.
Installing RSAT does not automatically install the GPMC. To install the GPMC after you install RSAT, click Programs in Control Panel, click Turn Windows features on or off, expand Remote Server Administration Tools, expand Feature Administration Tools, and select the Feature Administration Tools and Group Policy Management Tools check boxes. It may be necessary to run MMC with elevated privileges even if your account is in the Computer Administrators group. To open MMC with elevated privileges, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and then point to Run as administrator. If Windows displays a security message asking your permission to run this program, click Allow. In the command prompt that opens, type mmc.exe to start MMC. In the console tree of MMC, click File, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then select Group Policy Object Editor and click Add.
Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell and scripting language that you can use to automate many of the same tasks that you perform in the user interface by using the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). To help you perform these tasks, Group Policy provides more than 25 cmdlets. Each cmdlet is a simple, single-function command-line tool.
You can use the Group Policy cmdlets to perform the following tasks for domain-based Group Policy objects (GPOs):
Maintaining GPOs: GPO creation, removal, backup, and import.
Associating GPOs with Active Directory® containers: Group Policy link creation, update, and removal.
Setting inheritance flags and permissions on Active Directory organizational units (OUs) and domains.
Configuring registry-based policy settings and Group Policy Preferences Registry settings: Update, retrieval, and removal.
Creating and editing Starter GPOs.
To use the Windows PowerShell Group Policy cmdlets, you must be running either Windows Server 2008 R2 on a domain controller or on a member server that has the GPMC installed, or Windows 7 with Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) installed. RSAT includes the GPMC and its cmdlets.
You must also use the Import-Module grouppolicy command to import the Group Policy module before you use the cmdlets at the beginning of every script that uses them and at the beginning of every Windows PowerShell session.
You can use the GPRegistryValue cmdlets to change registry-based policy settings and the GPPrefRegistryValue cmdlets to change registry preference items. For information about the registry keys that are associated with registry-based policy settings, see the Group Policy Settings Reference. This reference is a downloadable spreadsheet.
For more information about the Group Policy cmdlets, you can use the Get-Help<cmdlet-name> and Get-Help<cmdlet_name>-detailed cmdlets to display basic and detailed Help.
For Group Policy downloads, go to the following resources on the Microsoft Web site:
Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7
Group Policy Settings Reference
Microsoft Download Center Web site
For information about deploying Group Policy, go to the following resources on the Microsoft Web site.
Planning and Deploying Group Policy with Windows Server 2008
Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step-by-Step Guide
For operational information about Group Policy, go to the following procedures on the Microsoft Web site:
Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Multiple Local Group Policy Objects
Step-by-Step Guide to Controlling Device Installation Using Group Policy
Your Guide to Group Policy Troubleshooting
For more information about Group Policy, go to the following technical references on the Microsoft Web site:
Core Group Policy Technical Reference
Group Policy Settings Reference
Group Policy ADMX Syntax Reference Guide
Windows Client TechCenter
Group Policy Home Page on TechNet


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Bicester Village attracts around 5.5 million visitors annually, of which two-thirds are tourists. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Britain outside London. It's also a hit with Chinese visitors: Of the 150,000 Chinese visitors that came to Britain last year, two-thirds came to Bicester Village. They are drawn to the scheme because it sells high-end fashion brands for less than they would pay at home.
This provides insight into how cities can use development, even outside city centers, to attract tourists from the new economic superpowers. Economically, it will become increasingly important to do so.
Earlier this month, research firm Euromonitor International published an annual survey of those in the British tourism industry, in its World Travel Market 2012 Industry Report. Travel professionals said that increasing numbers of visitors from China, Russia, and Brazil represented the biggest change in world tourism in the coming decade, and two-thirds (63 percent) of them were already adapting their business models for this.
It is up to those in central government, planners both inside and outside of big cities, and the built environment sector to help enable this shift to happen. It is where the money is.
This means enabling more developments like Bicester Village, even though they will have to happen in areas outside big cities. Eight out of ten Chinese visitors to London are happy to sit on a coach for a couple of hours each way to take advantage of the bargains on offer, so location is not so much of an issue. Indeed, the Chinese ambassador reportedly told the prime minister, David Cameron, in 2010 that to attract more Chinese visitors we must "build more Bicester Villages." That is something to listen to.
There's also pressure in London and other big cities to design hotels that cater for Chinese sensibilities. This may include bigger restaurants in hotels so they can fit in more private dining rooms, and gaining a deeper understanding of how to design hotels using feng shui principles. In Britain, feng shui got a bad name in the early 2000s as interior decorators on TV went mad for it, but we need to get over that stigma: this can affect where people spend cash.
We should also be looking to roll out more public WiFi in our cities. Guidebooks will become obsolete as visitors increasingly use smartphones to work out what they want to do next. For this reason, it is important to provide more WiFi spots in hotels, cafés, tourist attractions, and other public spaces.
All this is feasible and within the grasp of those in the built environment. Unfortunately, there are two other major obstacles that can only be solved by central government.
The first is infrastructure development, and airport capacity in particular. Debate rages in Britain about whether we should build a third runway at London Heathrow, expand our other airports, or build a new airport elsewhere. Unfortunately, while this talk is ongoing, it means that nothing's actually being done on the ground. Government must start upgrading the infrastructure needed to cater for new visitors.
The second is Britain's visa rules, which impose tough criteria on Chinese visitors looking to visit. This is an area where retailers and property owners are lobbying the government to make changes.
Richard Dickinson, chief executive of the New West End Company, which represents retailers and property owners around London's Oxford Street, estimates that relaxing visa restrictions could be worth up to £1.2 billion a year for the British economy now, and up to £3.1 billion a year by 2020. It's all very well for the government to go on trade missions to China trying to tempt visitors -- indeed, another one started this month -- but Britain won't be able to capitalize unless it's then easy for these people to come here. Government must immediately look at what it can do to change the onerous rules for these visitors.
This isn't just an issue for Britain. Any world city that wants to get a share of the changing world tourism market must look at how it can adapt to cater for tourists from BRICS countries. In Britain, that is likely to mean complementing our historic city centers with out-of-town "tourist trap" retail schemes.
If that means a few more Bicester Villages, that's fine by me.
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Gardening Articles: Landscaping :: Yard & Garden Planning
Quick Cut Flowers
by Joan Huyser-Honig
A riot of color. That's the rosy definition of my yard's unruly borders, where colorful annuals and self-seeded dill, parsley, and forget-me-not tumble together. "It's the cottage garden look," I kept telling my husband. "It's a mess," he repeated.
But when my mother-in-law retired, took up gardening, and in a few seasons transformed her yard into a floral Eden, I took stock. American landscaper T. H. Everett wrote, "The joy of being able to cut flowers freely, lavishly, to decorate the house and to give to friends, is an end that justifies a lot of gardening effort." My mother-in-law has that joy. My mess of flowers doesn't cut it.
So I polled floral experts across North America, looking for the best annual cut flowers. "I want flowers that are easy to grow and widely adapted with a long vase life," I told them. Though their cumulative choices topped six dozen, these eleven garnered top marks from California to Ontario.
Asters (Callistephus chinensis)
Vase life: 7 to 14 days. Easily grown and transplanted, asters reigned in the 1880s. But they don't bloom in six-packs for spring bedding plant sales, so marigolds and petunias have eclipsed them. Annual asters, also called China asters, flower in all colors but orange. They sport blooms 1- to 4-inches across on strong-stemmed plants 20- to 36-inches tall. Single-flowered types ('Single Marguerite', 'Single California Giant') look like multicolored daisies. Other China asters resemble pompons ('Giant Princess', 'Powderpuff') or peonies ('Opus'). No matter which shape you choose, one plant makes a bouquet.
Asters grow in all zones and flower from late July until hard frost, even in light shade and poor soil. Though most newer China asters are wilt resistant, you should change their location each year to prevent aster yellows, a disease that stunts plants and turns flowers a sickly chartreuse. Cut when flowers are half-open; recut stems underwater.
Celosia (C. argentea cristata, C. a. plumosa, C. a. spicata)
Plume celosia
Vase life: 7 to 10 days. "Most celosias are easy to grow and look good both fresh and dried," says John Dole, assistant professor of floriculture at Oklahoma State University and co-chair of research for the Association of Specialty Cut Flowers. Skip dwarf bedding plants; you need celosias 20- to 40-inches tall for dramatic vertical accent in arrangements.
Cockscomb types (C. argentea cristata), such as 'Chief Mix', boast 6-inch, cauliflower-shaped heads in reds and golds. 'Century Mix' (C. a. plumosa), available in red, yellow, rose, and cream, is the number-one cutting favorite for Rosalind Creasy, landscape designer and author in Los Altos, California. "It has big, feathery, foot-long plumes. It's real easy to grow from seed and often self-seeds," she explains. Wheat celosia (C. a. spicata) is distinguished by long, narrow leaves and finger-length, wheatlike flower spikes in pink ('Flamingo Feather', 'Pink Candle') and white with red foliage ('Amazon').
Celosia flowers midsummer to frost. Cockscomb and plume types grow well in zones 2 to 11, if you keep the soil moist. Wheat types need long, warm summers (zone 6 and below) for optimum flowering, Dole says. Cut celosias when a quarter of the florets at the base are open. Dip stem ends in boiling water to extend vase life.


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- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2-1/2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
- 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 4 cups buttercream frosting of your choice
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with water, beating well after each addition.
- Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- For filling, in a large bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. Beat in confectioners' sugar and remaining vanilla.
- Place bottom cake layer on a serving plate; spread with half of the filling. Repeat. Place top layer on cake; frost top and sides of cake with buttercream frosting. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 12-14 servings.
Reviews for Cupid's Chocolate Cake
"Have made this cake about 6 times. Love the contrast of the dark, moist chocolate cake with the whipped cream filling and butter cream frosting. It's a new family favorite."
"This is the best layer cake going! Instead of buttercream frosting I used a soft whipped chocolate frosting with light cream and butter; it was the right touch! My family talks about it days later after it has been gone!"
"I've made this over and over again. It is the best chocolate cake ever and successful everytime. We affectionately call it the "Butter Cake." I always use the frosting that goes with Taste of Home's recipe Easy Red Velvet Cake. It's a delicious combination."
"Have made 4 times. Is now our family's favorite chocolate cake. Dark and moist. What more is there to say?"
"Maybe it is b/c I made this as a sheet cake and omitted the filling, but it was not that great, it was not that chocolatey."


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Vinyl 2010 Partnership
- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Vinyl 2010 Partnership
- Submission Document: Download
Full SubmissionVinyl 2010 Partnership input and contribution to the zerodraft for the outcome document of Rio+20 (UN Conference on Sustainable Development) 1. Introduction Vinyl 2010 the 10-year Voluntary Commitment for Sustainable Development of the European PVC industry has been a Partnership registered with the Secretariat of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development since 2004. The World Summit on Sustainable Development that took place in Johannesburg (2002) served as a catalyst and contributed to shape the work done by Vinyl 2010 in the years to come. Our industry is confident that Rio+20 will provide a clear indication on a shared Roadmap to a Green Economy and secure a renewed political commitment for Sustainable Development. The European PVC industry welcomes this opportunity to submit input to contribute to the zero-draft for the outcome document of Rio+20. Our input on expectations for the outcomes of Rio+20 is based on the concrete experience of Vinyl 2010 as a UNCSD registered Partnership and on the lessons learned on the ground during the implementation of our 10-year Voluntary Commitment. Concretely we recommend to: 1. Support and recognise Voluntary Agreements and Public-Private Partnerships as effective tools for a faster transition to a Green Economy. 2. Strengthen the role of the UNCSD Partnerships for Sustainable Development. 3. Support Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in their transition towards a Green Economy. 4. Adopt a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach based on sound science for sustainable Green Growth. 1.1. Background: the Vinyl 2010 experience for Sustainable Development Polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, is one of the most widely used polymers in the world. Due to its very versatile nature, PVC is used extensively in many industries and provides several popular and necessary products in construction, automobiles, electric and IT cabling, smart & credit cards, packaging, fashion & design, medical devices, amongst other things. PVC has many qualities that meet key sustainability criteria amongst other things it is lightweight and highly durable which contributes to an efficient use of natural resources. However, by the late 1990��s these qualities were being eclipsed by concerns over the use of certain additives as well as the lack of recycling options for PVC products once they had reached their end-of-life phase. Aware of these concerns, in 2000 the European PVC industry took the ground-breaking step of launching the Vinyl 2010 Voluntary Commitment. This Voluntary Commitment was a 10-year plan aimed at creating a sustainable development framework and improving product stewardship across the life cycle of PVC. Its objective was to minimise the environmental impact of the PVC production, promote the responsible use of additives, support collection and recycling, as well as to encourage social dialogue between all of the industry stakeholders. Vinyl 2010 is the legal entity set up to provide the organisational and financial infrastructure needed to manage and monitor the progress towards the goal set in the Voluntary Commitment. It groups European vinyl resin manufacturers and plastic converters, as well as producers of stabilisers and plasticisers. The four founding members are: the European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM), the European Plastics Converters (EuPC), the European Stabiliser Producers Associations (ESPA) and the European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates (ECPI). Vinyl 2010 operated through projects covering technology, research, organisation (e.g. recycling schemes) and communication (e.g. on best practice). Total expenditure in waste management projects reached 6.6 million Euro in 2010 alone (more than 57 million Euro were spent in the 10 years). Resource allocation in terms of time and efforts was quite large, too. Originally signed in March 2000 and covering the EU-15, the Voluntary Commitment has since been expanded as the EU has enlarged to cover all EU-27 countries. The establishment of an infrastructure for the collection and recycling of PVC in Europe is one of the most significant achievements of Vinyl 2010. Prior to 2000, PVC had been dismissed by many as an unrecyclable material destined to be landfilled. At the time there were virtually no recycling systems in place. Today, thanks to Vinyl 2010, over 260,000 tonnes of post-consumer waste were recycled in 2010 alone. Other notable achievements include: The phasing-out of Cadmium stabilisers from PVC products in the EU-27 by 2007. Lead stabilisers are on track to be fully replaced by 2015. On-going research, testing and expert evaluations of PVC plasticisers. The establishment of a Research & Development programme on new recycling and recovery technologies. A decade later, Vinyl 2010 is widely regarded as a leading example of industry self-regulation working in practice and delivering concrete results. All major targets have been met or exceeded, and a new sustainable business model involving the whole PVC value chain has been created. 1.2. VinylPlus: the new 10-year Voluntary Commitment of the European PVC industry In 2010, as the 10-year programme was reaching the end of its foreseen lifetime, the Vinyl 2010 Board together with the four founding associations decided to move forward with a new 10-year Voluntary Programme under the name of VinylPlus. The new commitment builds upon the achievements of Vinyl 2010 and the increased awareness of the importance of Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility within the PVC industry. VinylPlus is even more ambitious than its predecessor in terms of targets and scope. It aims to achieve a quantum leap in recycling rates, technological innovation and stakeholder engagement over the next decade. The new programme has been developed bottom up in an open process of extensive stakeholder dialogue, including private companies, NGOs, regulators, civil society representatives, and PVC users. VinylPlus is built around addressing five challenges to ensure that PVC contributes to Sustainable Development and a Greener Economy in Europe: achieving the recycling of 800,000 tonnes of PVC and the development of innovative recycling technologies; addressing concerns about organochlorine emissions; ensuring the sustainable use of additives; enhancing energy efficiency and the use or renewable energy and raw materials in PVC production; and promoting sustainability awareness throughout the whole PVC value chain. These challenges are based on The Natural Step System Conditions for a Sustainable Society. 2. Expectations for the outcome of Rio+20 The Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development acted as true inspiration for the European PVC industry. The document Contributing to Sustainable Development published by Vinyl 2010 in August 2002, addressed the four key objectives of the Summit: protecting the natural resource base of economic development, notably freshwater, energy and land; integrating environment and poverty eradication; making globalisation sustainable, by redressing imbalances in, and generally improving, living and working conditions; enhancing good governance and participation. This document was aimed at presenting examples of how the PVC industry and its products could make a positive contribution towards the pursuit of the Summits objectives, and how to move forward. Furthermore the commitment taken by the European PVC industry was, and is, fully in line with the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development which states that the private sector has a duty to contribute to the drive towards sustainability. Vinyl 2010 approach was therefore further defined, in line with the spirit of the Agenda 21 Chapter 30 Strengthening the role of business and industry, in particular concerning: Social Responsibility The issue of Corporate Social Responsibility is becoming more and more relevant in contemporary society. This is due to the fact that it is clearer in everyday experience at individual, business and societal levels that real, stable and long-term progress requires social sustainability in addition to economic growth. We believe Voluntary Commitments from industry are part of the Corporate Social Responsibility to make effective progress on sustainable development Cradle to grave approach Vinyl 2010 was (to our knowledge) the only Voluntary Commitment involving the entire upstream and downstream chain from raw-material production to post-consumer waste in a single industry SME's contribution Bringing together around 21,000 companies, Vinyl 2010 (and now VinylPlus) is a model for Corporate Governance aimed at Sustainable Development and Durable Consumption because it looks at the entire life cycle of a product and because it actively includes Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Transparency Vinyl 2010 (and now VinylPlus) closely involves external stakeholders and policy-makers (i.e. Members of the European Parliament and EU Commission Officials). An independent Monitoring Committee has been set up to supervise the implementation of the Voluntary Commitment. EU enlargement The Vinyl 2010 initiative became ever so more significant in the context of an enlarged European Union with 27 Member States. Rigid regulatory approaches were unlikely to be effective in ashort timeframe, as they could not answer market diversities, local financial constraints or consumer's behaviour. With reference also to the Chapter V of JPOI, Vinyl 2010 was cooperating with the EU new Members and trade unions with the objective of raising health, safety, and environmental standards to higher levels and to harmonise sustainability goals. The aim of Vinyl 2010 was also to obtain a gradual enlargement of the Voluntary Commitment to the new EU Member States. Vinyl 2010 is now an integral part of the PVC industrys ethos in Europe, setting a series of principles and values enclosed in the concepts of Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development: Voluntary action getting on with tackling the sustainability challenges of PVC in a proactive way. Measurable targets and deadlines. Continuous improvement to always accept that the journey to sustainability requires constant evaluation and learning along the way. Collaboration ways of working together within the industry to find solutions that no single player can implement, and reaching out to a much broader stakeholder group. Transparency opening-up, sharing and recognizing of the gap between where we are now and where we aim to be. Scientific rigour and research make sure that technologies, processes and materials are assessed according to strong credible and scientific sustainability principles. Dialogue create more debate with external contacts and those who have something to say about PVC, and be open to listening and learning from others in a positive and receptive manner. Responsibility no one is going to secure a place for PVC in the sustainable future other than the industry itself. Seeking business prosperity we need businesses successful businesses along the value chain of PVC that means making an acceptable return on investment, and being competitive at the same time as seeking the route to sustainable development. Priority to sustainability innovation research, design and innovation should have no goal other than improving the sustainability potential of PVC including its market competitiveness, as well as openly challenging components, materials and practices that do not make sense in terms of sustainable development. As it was the case for the Johannesburg Summit, the European PVC industry, now represented in VinylPlus, expects that the outcome of Rio+20 will give a clear indication on a shared Roadmap to Green Economy, setting inspiring principles and frameworks, as well as helping (our) industry to be an active partner in the transition to a global Green Economy. Based on our experience we suggest considering the following aspects: 1. Support and recognise Voluntary Agreements and Public-Private Partnerships as effective tools for a faster transition to a Green Economy. 2. Strengthen the role of the UNCSD Partnerships for Sustainable Development. 3. Support Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in their transition towards a Green Economy. 4. Adopt a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach based on sound science for sustainable Green Growth. In the next sections these four suggestions will be analysed in more details. 2.1. Support and recognise Voluntary Agreements and Public-Private Partnerships as effective tools for a faster transition to a Green Economy Vinyl 2010 has been a clear success and is a perfect example of industry self-regulation working in practice. It has been a learning-by-doing process, and in a certain way it has helped to revolutionise the PVC value chain in Europe. The programme has demonstrated that successful industry voluntary agreements can be effective and that, sometimes, self-regulation (without forgetting the role of institutions and decision-makers) can achieve results faster than regulations. In addition, this proactively voluntary approach and, in our case, the involvement of the entire value-chain, can provide a ready platform for collaboration and dialogue with regulators as well as for the implementation of certain policies within the industry (e.g. REACH, BATs, etc). The experience of industry��s initiatives like the Vinyl 2010 Voluntary Commitment and product stewardship schemes like the Forest Stewardship Council are demonstrable proof that self�\regulation can be effective in meeting Sustainable Development goals and in helping the transition towards a Green Economy. The 2nd Communication on Environmental Agreements of the EU Commission welcomed voluntary commitments as a way to achieve environmental improvements. The comments6 received from EU MEPs about the achievements of Vinyl 2010 are encouraging and stimulating our industry to work even harder in order to accomplish the new, more ambitious goals set by the VinylPlus commitment. The key to the success and spreading of such initiatives is that they are recognised by policy-makers and stakeholders as making a real contribution towards Sustainable Development and a Greener Economy. In the complex, fast changing and interconnected world we live in, Sustainable Development cannot be achieved only by decree. It is very important for a voluntary commitment to be credible and the only way to do so is by including measurable objectives and deadlines, but it is also fundamental to act within an institutional framework which involves regulators and stakeholders. The European PVC industry is therefore calling on policy-makers to: Take account of the achievements of initiatives such as Vinyl 2010. Support voluntary agreements when formulating new policies to promote sustainable Green Growth. 2.2. Strengthen the role of the UN CSD Partnerships for Sustainable Development Partnerships for Sustainable Development (voluntary, multi�\stakeholder initiatives aimed at implementing sustainable development) were an important complementary outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was designated by the WSSD as the focal point for discussion on partnerships that promote Sustainable Development. At its eleventh session in 2003, the Commission stressed that Partnerships in the context of the WSSD process and its follow�\up should be developed and implemented in accordance with a set of agreed Criteria & Guidelines. Since 2004, Vinyl 2010 has been a Partnership registered with the Secretariat of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. In our experience, the CSD Partnership programme represents an important and effective tool for advancing the Sustainable Development agenda: not only implementing multi�\stakeholders plans for Sustainable Development (as outcome of the WSSD), but also because it can represent a global benchmarking platform. Vinyl 2010 has been participating in the UNCSD Partnerships Fair since 2006 to exchange views on its approach, initiatives, best practices and achievements. Comments and suggestions received have been encouraging and supporting our industry in its efforts towards the achievements of the set targets. We believe that the potential contribution by Partnerships towards Sustainable Development and Green Growth could be further exploited, not only in terms of ��on�\the�\ground�� implementation mechanism, but also in terms of knowledge, experience, best practices and transferable skills sharing. Not all Partnerships have the possibility to participate in the Partnerships Fair and there should be more opportunities for interaction and information exchange during the year (e.g. regional events, online Partnerships platforms, etc.). In addition, even if the Partnerships Fair is an official part of the CSD, it is not always recognised as such by many delegates. The Partnerships credibility and contribution to the CSD work might be enhanced by mainstreaming in some form the most relevant outcomes of the Partnerships interactive discussions in the High-level segment and with Major Groups. Finally, in our participation in the UNCSD Partnerships Fair we have learned that the best contributions to the implementation of multi�\stakeholders plans for Sustainable Development and to the sharing of best practices and lessons learned are coming from those Partnerships that have clearly defined measurable targets and deadlines; clear roles and defined leadership (and accountability) for the implementation amongst partners; and a transparent regular reporting system. We recommend to taking these elements into account as part of the Criteria & Guidelines for Partnerships registration for the next decade; stricter criteria, though, should be balanced by stronger recognition of the role, contribution and achievements of the Partnerships, with the objective of strengthening the engagement of business and civil society. 2.3. Support Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in their transition towards a Green Economy According to the EU Commission��s DG Enterprise and Industry, whilst over 99% of all enterprises in Europe are SMEs, 90% of SMEs are actually micro-enterprises with fewer than 10 employees and the average company has just five workers. However, these micro-enterprises account for 53% of all jobs in Europe, so their importance to the European economy is enormous. Their small size and limited resources mean micro-enterprises face particular problems. Finding the finance to get a new business going, or to grow an existing one is a difficult challenge. The administrative tasks, or red tape, which all firms have to carry out weigh particularly heavily on Europe's micro-enterprises. And finding staff with the right skills, willing to work for a small firm can be a problem, as is ensuring they have the time to update their skills and keep up with developments in the field. This is also true for the management of environmental issues. Representing around 21,000 SMEs, Vinyl 2010 and now VinylPlus, believe that trade associations and industry voluntary programmes can play an important role in reaching out to SMEs and helping them in achieving significant environmental targets in their transition toward a Green Economy. But it is of paramount importance that governments and institutions, and consequently other external stakeholders, recognise the efforts made by the industry. In the case of Vinyl 2010/VinylPlus, for example, the inclusion in the Public Procurement Specifications of the use of recycled materials, such the PVC collected and recycled by several SMEs with the help of Recovinyl8 would support the industry efforts to boost collection and recycling throughout Europe. Incentivising initiatives aimed at improving eco-efficiency of the SMEs, as it happening in the case of the Care+ programme, could support and accelerate the transition towards a Green Economy. 2.4. Adopt a LCA approach based on sound science for sustainable Green Growth Popular schemes to evaluate and promote green products are often based on environmental labels. Labels should have the role of educating consumers, incentivising eco-design and encouraging environmental responsibility. Existing environmental labels, unfortunately, have been and are often developed as a voluntary pass/fail scheme to label products, based only on partial environmental criteria and political choices. A few years ago, during an Eco-label hearing at the European Parliament, one of the arguments raised claimed that science should not take precedence over policy-making. This clearly illustrates the viewpoint of a group of stakeholders who reject the very notion of sound science in favour of scaremongering and emotional laden decisions, without even considering the practical damage that such choices could do to our economies and the social contribution that products that would be effected deliver. The PVC industry therefore endorses LCA approaches as an effective technical and scientific tool to take sustainable choices. This is also in line with the principles of the EU directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC). IPPC advocates for life cycle thinking in order to take appropriate actions and avoid shunting the environmental impacts from one phase of the life cycle to another. LCA can provide a standard methodology based on a common and reliable inventory data and it can be clearly seen how LCA is the only unique instrument to be used as common approach in many different kinds of environmental related issues.


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This past Saturday, I was fortunate to be in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to take part in the dedication of a memorial to Hall of Fame inductee Les Paul. The memorial is in Prairie Home Cemetery, where the legendary guitarist is buried. The event was attended by Les' family and friends, including his son Russ. Michael Braunstein, Les' longtime manager and the executive director of the Les Paul Foundation, served as the emcee of the event. Others in attendance included Lou Pallo, who played guitar in the Les Paul Trio for almost 30 years, Henry Juszkiewicz, the chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar, and Ron Sturm, the owner of the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City, where Les played shows every Monday night, from 1995 until his death in 2009.
All of the speakers heaped tons of praise on Les. His son said, "He was a person who hit a lot of hearts," and that was clear from the commentaries. Lou Pallo said: "He was a genius. He was a great, great, great musician." Gibson's Juszkiewicz also called Les a "genius," and he talked about his inventiveness. Speaking about the house where Les lived in New Jersey, the Gibson CEO said: "Everywhere in that house were inventions. His mind was always going." He also characterized Les as an "astute business person. He knew what was happening in business. He was a renaissance man."
Michael Braunstein recalled talking to Les in 2007 about where he wanted to be buried: "He said he wanted to be here in Waukesha. He wanted to be with his mom, he wanted to be back home." The memorial surrounds the grave of Les, who died in 2009 at the age of 94, and the grave of his mother, Evelyn Stutz Polsfuss, who died in 1989 at the age of 101.
The memorial was commissioned by the Les Paul Estate. Rock of Ages of Barre, Vermont, designed, built and installed the 500-square-foot granite monument. It includes a biography of Les, as well as a list of his numerous awards. "The memorial shares Les' legacy with all who visit the site," said Braunstein. "Les chose to be in Waukesha. We know the people of his hometown will cherish this site as Les Paul cherished his hometown."
"We wanted to extend his legacy," Les' son said. "He was someone special. He was someone we all loved. And he was someone we all miss."
Les Paul was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. In 2008, less than a year before his death, he was the Museum's American Music Masters honoree. He came to Cleveland and took part in the all-star concert. The show featured a who's who of guitar players, including Slash, Duane Eddy, Billy Gibbons, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Richie Sambora, Lonnie Mack, James Burton, Lenny Kaye and Steve Lukather.
Over the years, Les was very generous to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. However, the first time we approached him, back in 1994 before the Museum opened, he said he was giving everything to the Smithsonian Institution. I would call him from time to time, trying to see if I could change his mind. Then, one day he called and said he was coming to Cleveland and wanted to see the Museum I kept calling him about. I said yes, and gave him a tour. It was a busy summer day, and many of the visitors came up to him and said "hi." At the end of the tour, Les said: "You are right. This is where my stuff belongs. If I gave my things to the Smithsonian, I'd be lucky if they put one guitar on the wall, and it would be next to Judy Garland's red slippers and no one would care about my guitar!"
I then proceeded to make many visits to Les' house in New Jersey. I picked out several cool artifacts, including a prototype of the Les Paul model guitar and a guitar he called the "Clunker," which he said was the guitar he used the most onstage and in the studio. We mounted a fabulous exhibit on the Museum's second floor, and Les and his trio came out to play at the opening. The exhibit is still in the Architects of Rock section of the Museum, and if you have not seen it, you should check it out. Les Paul was a great man, and I am so honored to have been able to get to know him over the years.
Click here to see pictures from the Les Paul memorial dedication.
WATCH: Legendary guitarists talk about Les Paul


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ZF-5551: Zend_Translate_Adapter::setOptions() sets disable_notices option after the option was used
Zend_Translate_Adapter::setOptions() uses foreach to loop over the options arrays. Assume the following options array:
$options = array(
'locale' => 'en',
'disable_notices' => true
On the first loop foreach executes setLocale() method which in turn may use disable_notices option to disable/enable throwing a notice. But disable_notices option is set on the second loop, therefore an 'old' value was used.
My proposal is to replace foreach with the following code:
$locale = false;
foreach ($options as $key => $option) {
if ($key == "locale") {
$locale = $option;
} else if ((isset($this->_options[$key]) and ($this->_options[$key] != $option)) or
!isset($this->_options[$key])) {
$this->_options[$key] = $option;
$change = true;
if($locale !== false) {
setOptions() is not a static method. It is called at initiation and set when reading the translation file.
To disable notices afterwards in the mid of a script execution is really a no-go which leads to problems in normal cases.
It is not necessary to call setOptions() in the mid of a script. The same applies to the following code:
$options = array(
'locale' => 'en',
'disableNotices' => true
$Translate = new Zend_Translate(Zend_Translate::AN_GETTEXT, '/path/to/lang/', 'lt', $options);
I encountered the issue on the test script of my application. I agree that it is not a normal case.
Maybe... but also the second example will not work.
You are giving "lt" and "en" as locale at initiation... now which one should the adapter use ? In this case the notice even makes sense as you are not allowed to set two locales at once.
Behaviour changed with r13715.
BUT: Setting multiple options with the same method call, when these options are dependent from each other is not supported.
THIS MEANS: When options dependent from each other are given you must seperate them.


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Welcome to the Open Source as Prior Art Project Wiki.
If you want to help please join the mailing list and/or contribute to this wiki: Things that can be done right now
The topic of this Project is: Open Source as Prior Art (should probably be renamed to FLOSS as Prior Art, just to be neutral about some political/social issues). Thus you need to know what FLOSS and Prior Art is. Here you can find some basic information:
- Free/Libre/Open-Source Software - FLOSS
- Open Source Definition
- Open-source Software
- Prior Art - Introduction to Prior Art
- Patent Top Ten - Top 10 things you should know about patents
Things that can be done right now
Use already existing publications as Prior Art
- HowTo search for Prior Art in the Internet ( HowTo search for Prior Art in the Internet )
- This HowTo is a step-by-step guide on how you could perform a coordinated search for Prior Art in the Internet.
- Prior Art meta-search engine
- (will be) a system to aid your search for Prior Art
- Example Prior Art search
- An example where the HowTo search for Prior Art is used on one specific patent
- Publication Categorization
- If you have no idea, what kind of software might be used as Prior Art for a specific patent, then look here. Basicly this is a mapping between USPTO categories and FLOSS categories.
- Request for Prior Art Mailinglist
- This might become a mailinglist where you can ask for associations to specific patents. So more people might help you to find appropriate starting-points for your Prior Art research.
Make electronic data more valuable as Prior Art
- Guideline for Developers
- What can you do to ensure your program can be used as Prior Art in 20 years
- Tagging Prototype
- Easier searching for Prior Art (or for reusing appropriate code in your own project)
- OSSTag
- A Social Tagging Engine
USPTO and Prior Art
- Patent Law - some important excerpts regarding Prior Art
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
- 900 Prior Art, Classification, and Search
- Printed and electronic publications as Prior Art
- Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Issues Related to the Identification of Prior Art During the Examination of a Patent Application . - In 1999 the USPTO issued an RFC, here you find the RFC itself and lots of comments
- Proposed Rule Changes to Focus the Patent Process in the 21st Century, Januar 2006 (link)
- Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on "Patent Quality Enhancement in the Information-Based Economy", April 5th, 2006, including Video-Stream
- CAPAS - Computer Aided Prior Art Search
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
- Milestones - General Project goals -- what people can do to help
- Motivations - The motivations behind this project
- Questions for the USPTO - Questions posed to the USPTO by members of the OSS community
- Glossary - Words, phrases, and acronyms explained
- Out of Scope - Patent reform alternatives outside the scope of this project
Recent Events
Tagging Workshop September 2006
Tagging Workshop 2006 Sep - agenda + attendees + presentations + conclusions
See the Wiki User's Guide for help on using this Wiki.
This page is talking about a proposal.
Here I will very soon publish a framework for an official timestamping service, which I regard as essential for assigning legally provable publication dates, which are also needed for free and open source software publications.
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The Department of Applied Plant Science emphasizes the relationship between the art and science of plant culture. This relationship affects production on thousands of acres as well as on a smaller, more urban scale in residential gardens and in the ornamental use of plants where art is specifi cally emphasized. In all these areas, plants are an integral part of the human experience. The emphasis on both production and aesthetics in the department's degrees and programs has prophetic roots:
"There is a great work for the Saints to do. Progress, and improve upon and make beautiful everything around you. Cultivate the earth, and cultivate your minds. Build cities, adorn your habitations, make gardens, orchards, and vineyards, and render the earth so pleasant that when you look upon your labors you may do so with
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Yes, yes, we know this looks quite a bit like gym class back in the day. But kickball was pretty awesome back then. Turns out, it still is. Adults (yes, proper grown ups in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s) gather up every week to relive their childhoods and kick a little sentimental butt while they do so.
WAKA, or World Adult Kickball Association for you newbies, has brought the schoolyard sport back to Utah, where four local leagues play at Liberty Park, Cottonwood Regional Park and Ben Franklin Park in SLC and, a bit further south, at Flat Iron Mesa Park in Sandy.
It's baseball inspired, if you've forgotten the gist over the past couple decades, but played with a big rubber ball. And instead of a bat, you use your feet to kick the ball. From there, it's pretty much the same as America's Pastime. Run to first, then to second, then to third before making it to home. Don't get out along the way. Fly balls, fouls, strikes, tying at the base all work basically the same as baseball. Only this is way more fun. How can it not be with names like "I'd Kick That," "Sit on my Base" and "Ballz and Dollz"?
"It's perfect for people that may not have time to go to the gym but always have time to go out for a beer," says Tiffany Ficklin, PR director for the World Adult Kickball Association in a retro-esque film promoting the sport at kickball.com.
And beer it up, they do. After each game, the teams round up local bars, like a Bar Named Sue, Lumpy's, Poplar Pub and Oscar's Social Club, with pints in hand to reminisce over the steal into home or the killer catch by the other team or to simply drink.
Summer season is underway now at Liberty Park (Capitol League) and Ben Franklin Park (Summit League), but registration is still open for the Mountain and Beach leagues. For more info, visit kickball.com/kickball/#UT or swing by Liberty Park (Thursdays at 6 and 7pm) or Ben Franklin Park (Sundays at 3pm) to see how it all goes down.
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Electric counterbalanced sit-down lift trucks
Eight models of the RX60 series of 80-volt electric counterbalanced sit-down lift trucks are offered. Capacities range from 5,000 to 10,000 pounds. Enhancements include an improved rail that strengthens the mast and limits deflection, travel speeds of 12 miles per hour, and lift speeds of 100 feet per minute. The vehicles include a heavy-duty cast ductile iron steering axle, major electrical component placement inside the counterweight, and thermal protectors. Linde Material Handling-North America, 843-875-8319, http://www.lmh-na.com Booth. 641.
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Monday, 12 September 2011
Remembering 9/11 – from the Health Standpoint
Yesterday – September 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of 9/11 – was a sobering event for many. It becomes even more sobering to realize the toll – both physical and psychological – that the events of a decade ago had on the survivors.
One way to evaluate the damage is to view a website from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) titled The Health Effects from the Collapse of the World Trade Center. This website features comprehensive data on many health-related aspects of the event, including studies from multiple government agencies, environmental data, follow-up studies (including updates on the rescue dogs), and bibliographies. The site also provides quick links to relevant materials in NLM databases such as PubMed, TOXLINE, and the NLM Catalog.
Another informative, health-focused, government site comes from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC): The World Trade Center Health Program. This site provides resources for responders and survivors of the events as well as an index of scientific articles which can be filtered by types of effects, groups of survivors, and other parameters.
Together, these two websites provide a comprehensive starting point for gathering information on the public health impact of the collapse of the twin towers.


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The use of a light induced fluorescence (LIF) instrument to estimate the total content of fluorescent active pharmaceutical ingredient in a tablet from surface sampling was demonstrated. Different LIF sampling strategies were compared to a total tablet ultraviolet (UV) absorbance test for each table...
Inhibition of collagen-induced platelet aggregation by DT-TX 30, a combined thromboxane-synthetase inhibitor and -receptor antagonist in man ex vivo
Profound and sustained inhibition of platelet aggregation by fradafiban, a nonpeptide platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, and its orally active prodrug, lefradafiban, in men
Localisation of fluorescence-labelled recombinant tissue-type Plasminogen activator (rt-PA) on thrombi in vitro
Corporate governance culture – an interview-based ethnography of two boards of directors using grounded theory
This paper draws upon the broad range of research conducted on corporate governance and narrows the focus to a new model for governance that places culture as the focal point. The purpose of the research is to analyse the influence of culture on the creation of value added boards, the role of the Ch...
By enrichment of contact sites between the two mitochondrial boundary membranes it has been shown that this fraction contained a high activity of glutathione transferase and hexokinase which was bound to the outer membrane pore protein (Ohlendieck, K. et al. (1986) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 860, 672-68...
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Today's installment comes from assistant track & field coach Lindsey Malone. Just completing her fifth season as CU's combined events and jumps coach, Malone had a trio of athletes score for CU at the inaugural Pac-12 Conference Championships. Sophomore Genny Mayden and junior Brianne Beemer placed third and fourth, respectively in the heptathlon, while senior Adam Salzmann placed third in the decathlon.
What is your favorite summer time activity?
I love hiking, biking, running, swimming, kayaking, painting, grilling, traveling and going to drive-in movies with friends and family.
Favorite vacation destination and why?
My favorite vacation destination is anywhere with (fellow CU assistant coach and husband) Casey. We've had the amazing opportunity to travel the world for track and field and have seen phenomenal places. Vacation for us is anywhere we can be together. We appreciate spending time in Colorado as much as being anywhere else in the world.
What was your first summer job?
My first summer job was doing chores for an elderly neighbor up the street. I helped her with everything from pulling weeds to cleaning her house. She was incredibly nice and always made me a delicious snack. I thought it was the greatest gig until I discovered babysitting which is the most high energy and lucrative business opportunity for a 13 year old.
What was your most memorable summer job experience?
I worked at the National Seed Storage Laboratory in college (at Colorado State). I was a seed analyst and worked in a high security lab which required codes to enter different areas. I met one of my best friends at the lab and we spent summers cryogenically freezing seeds and detecting seed viability through germination. We called ourselves "the Germinators."
Explain one aspect of your job during the off-season that fans may not realize
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The most important thing current student-athletes should be doing this summer to make the greatest gains in track and field is technique work for their respective events. Technique work is closely followed by making improvements in strength, flexibility and nutrition. The athletes who focus on mastering technical aspects of their events during the summertime have the greatest gains during season.
What is your favorite moment here at Colorado so far?
It's hard to narrow it down to just one.� I'd have to say welcoming my first recruiting class in the fall of 2007, seeing the mens team win the Big 12 Championship team title in 2008 and watching my first recruiting class graduate this year as incredibly accomplished students and athletes.
A summer-time activity you enjoyed growing up that is NOT your current sport?
I loved playing volleyball with my sister, football with my brother, basketball with my dad, and hiking with my mom.
Best advice for youth that are beginning to compete in athletics.
Try lots of different sports and have fun!
If you could sit in with one other coaching staff at CU for a game/event that is not your sport, which staff would it be and why?
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I'd invite Oprah Winfrey to Colorado. I'd take her to Snooze for breakfast, Beau Jo's for lunch and Pasta Jay's for dinner. She'd love these eateries as much as I do and would add them to her favorites. Somehow we would manage to have time to hike around Chautauqua, catch shows at the Denver Center for Performing Arts and Red Rocks, and run the Bolder Boulder.


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