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To me Chris Matthews is a raging alcoholic who I think has the potential to do something awful to himself on live TV. Matthews (and in fairness others too) represents every thing that is wrong with cable news these days. At times it reminds me of the old "interviews" that Vince McMahon used to do with "wrestlers" on the WWF shows.
by David Bauder
NEW YORK (AP) — To his boss, Chris Matthews has become a statesman. His critics probably have other words.
The veteran MSNBC host raised his profile as much as any member of the television commentariat during the presidential campaign. His 5 p.m. "Hardball" show has seen viewership jump by 24 percent this year from 2011, 17 percent for the rerun two hours later.
Matthews symbolized MSNBC's growing comfort in being a liberal alternative to Fox News Channel. He engaged in an uncomfortable on-air confrontation with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, seemed nearly apoplectic when President Barack Obama flubbed his first debate and had to apologize for appearing grateful that Hurricane Sandy might have helped Obama's re-election effort.
With Keith Olbermann out of sight, Matthews essentially replaced him as the commentator that most annoyed conservative viewers.
"During the run-up to the Iraq War, he just became really, really partisan and became even more so when MSNBC decided to become the anti-Fox," said Geoff Dickens, who used to watch Matthews as a fan and now monitors him regularly as part of his job with the conservative Media Research Center.
Matthews is not afraid to say what he thinks. He's a former newspaper columnist and one-time aide to a 1980s era Democrat, House Speaker Tip O'Neill. He seriously considered running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania a few years back, where he probably would have been asked repeatedly to explain why he voted for George W. Bush in 2000.
"He's as good as he's ever been," said Phil Griffin, MSNBC president. "He's at a place in his life where he's really comfortable in his own skin. He's a statesman. He has so much knowledge and I think he understands it better. He's always been great, but I really think he's been at the peak of his game."
Iraq turned Matthews against Bush. He said war and peace, and civil rights, are the issues that drive him most and explain his enthusiasm for Obama.
Matthews seemed personally offended by efforts in individual states to tighten voter registration and identification laws. Republicans called it an attempt to curb voter fraud; Matthews said it was to suppress voters friendly to Obama. He said Republicans would use welfare and other issues to subtly appeal to white voters still uncomfortable with a black president.
His repeated attention to the issue "irritates some people, because they can't stand being called bigoted. It drives them crazy. And I agree, it would drive me crazy."
The issue drove his confrontation with Prebius, which occurred on "Morning Joe" during the GOP convention. Matthews challenged Prebius about playing the "race card" during the campaign and for references to Obama's birth certificate. It devolved into a schoolyard insult match.
Prebius later called Matthews "the biggest jerk in the room." Matthews doesn't seem to have any regrets.
"I'd been talking like that for awhile," he said. "He didn't like it. I didn't expect he would. I felt that I had in my presence the guy who represented the party and it was an opportunity I shouldn't let pass. It's one of those moments in the campaign that's going to have endurance."
The one quote Republican critics repeatedly throw back at Matthews is when he reacted to an Obama speech in 2008 by saying "I felt this thrill going up my leg."
Matthews points out that he said something similar in 2004, after Obama addressed the Democratic national convention. Its frequent citation annoys Matthews, who knows it will never leave him, but probably also because he thinks people miss the point. He was speaking more about what Obama represented — a black man seeking the highest office in a land with a troubled racial history — than Obama himself.
It hasn't exempted himself from some high-level teasing, like when Obama appeared at the campaign's Al Smith dinner after the president's disastrous first debate.
"I particularly want to apologize to Chris Matthews," Obama said. "Four years ago I gave him a thrill up his leg. This time around, I gave him a stroke."
Matthews said "Hardball" has gotten a sharper focus. The editorial opinion has moved to the front of the show. Saying what he thinks isn't hard; Matthews' flirtation with running for the Senate ended in part because the need to adhere to party orthodoxy wouldn't mix with a man comfortable with voicing a dozen opinions per minute.
Like most in his trade, Matthews seems a little lost with the end of a long campaign. He's done a few speculative 2016 stories, not recognizing the subject is enough to send most people screaming from the room.
Every day is one day closer to another election, though.
"He is sort of the model figure for who we are," Griffin said. "He doesn't stick out loving politics and being passionate about politics. It comes across in everything we do … And that's Chris."
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Supporting Austin's reputation as a top source of human capital, the Austin Chamber is working with multiple partners including the City of Austin and local companies to highlight both job seekers and a strong and growing job market through the Welcome Booth at the South-by-Southwest Trade Show; and participating in first official Tech Career Expo @SXSW, where dozens of companies will be looking to recruit local talent, with a wide variety of Austin companies participating, including Chamber members Bazaarvoice, Compass Learning, Whale Shark Media and Vast.com.
On March 8th, additional events include the Austin, Texas Ed Tech Ecosystem Breakfast, co-sponsored with Compass Learning; and the Town Hall on Higher Education with Secretary Arne Duncan with Austin Community College and TechNet.
The Chamber will also be announcing a new, advanced talent portal to aid both talent and job seekers looking to live and work in Austin.
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My Glide docking run produced the following warning:
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This error indicates a problem generating conformers for this ligand. If it is due to a correctable structural problem with the ligand (e.g., bad geometry), you can fix the structure and then try docking it again. If the structure is OK and ConfGen fails to generate conformers, you could consider generating conformers with MacroModel and then docking them in rigid-docking mode.
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Anyone between 12 and 25 years old (inclusive) can apply to join the YRG - you don't need to be a super-brain* or have any previous experience, but you do need to be:
- passionate about young people's rights
- a current YACVic member (if you are not a current member you can become a member for just $3), and
- able to attend a four hour meeting on one Saturday each month and able to commit to roughly the same amount of work between meetings.
We strongly encourage young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and from rural and regional Victoria to apply.
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Getting your glamour photo lighting just right, can be one of the most challenging aspects of any shoot. Over the next few minutes, we are going to take you through the process setting up the ideal studio lighting for your next indoor photo shoot.
No matter whether you are a beginner or a pro, the ever evolving cutting edge of glamour photo lighting means that everyone has something to learn by keeping up to date with the very latest developments.
Choosing the Right Equipment for Your Shoot
One of the most important aspects of getting your studio lighting just right is making sure you choose the correct equipment.
In some respects, working on an indoor set is a lot easier than an outdoor one. An indoor glamour set will give you far greater levels of control over lighting levels and angles than you could expect with natural outdoor lighting. This greater control means that you can get the conditions exactly right, and make sure your model is photographed at their best.
Due to the limited availability of natural light that comes with the indoor set up, photographers looking for the perfect glamour photo lighting are forced to rely heavily on having the right studio lighting and flash lighting available to them.
The Conventional 3 Light Setup
The 3 light set up is the standard among indoor glamour shots, and can always be called upon as your go to lighting arrangement for any shoot.
So how does it work? As the name suggests, there are 3 elements which make up the 3 light set up, and each has a very specific role to play in giving you the perfect glamour lighting.
Firstly you have your key light. This is your main light source for your lighting setup, and everything else really stems from the placement and intensity of this light. Placed at different sides or angles to your subject, the key light has the power to take your glamour photography to the next level.
The second light source used in the 3 light set up is sometimes called the fill light. These fill lights works with your main key light to emphasize shadowing and minimize the contrast effects in your photos.
With the third and final light source – the separation light (also known as kicker light, rim light) – you can separate the darkness between the subject of your glamour photography, and the darkness of your background.
Using Flash in Your Glamour Lighting
Using flash lighting correctly can be a tricky and complicated thing to get right. Applying a direct flash to the subject of your glamour photo lighting can create unnatural shadowing with the potential to ruin even the best glamour photography shoot. If you really have no choice but to use a direct flash, you would do best to position your model in as open a space as possible. Make sure you keep them away from walls which the light can bounce off.
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Getting your glamour lighting just right has the power to make your models look sensational. But it all starts with choosing the right photo light equipment.
If you know the kind of shoot you are aiming to create before you go into it, an experienced glamour photographer can choose the lighting technique which best suits his vision.
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Parklane Hotel Dongguan
- Location: Changan Town
- Address: No.222 Dezheng Middle Road, Changan Town, Dongguan
- Tel: 0769-85333333 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 东莞柏宁酒店(原东莞长安国际酒店)
- Lowest Price: On Request
Opened in 2002, the Parklane Hotel Dongguan is a garden-style business hotel located in central Changan Town of Dongguan. It is about a 20-minute drive to the Shenzhen Baoan International Airport and one-and-a-half hours to Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport.
The Parklane Hotel Dongguan offers 388 well-appointed guest rooms. Each room features free broadband Internet access, safe box, minibar, and refrigerator. Bathrooms include a bathtub, bathrobe, and hair dryer.
As for dining, the hotel offers a Chinese restaurant, a Western restaurant, a Japanese restaurant, a café, and a bar, which give guests a variety from which to choose. Barbecue is also available. For recreation, a fitness center, swimming pool, sunbathing area, table tennis room, tennis court, children's ground, chess and card room, beauty room, sauna, and and a massage are available. Other facilities in the hotel include a business center, meeting room, wireless Internet access, parking lot, and store. The Parklane Hotel Dongguan also provides services such as foreign currency exchange, ticket booking, and postal, among others.
- Payment Method: pay using our secure online payment service or pay at the hotel at some hotels.
- Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.
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|Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Color Television, Coffee/tea maker, Telephone, Hair dryer, In-room safe, Electronic Lock, Iron and ironing board, Refrigerator, Mini Bar, Bath and Shower, Non-smoking rooms available, , Free for Internet
Hotel Amenities: Elevator, Parking, Business Floor or Executive Floor, Air-Conditioned Facilities, Indoor Swimming Pool, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon, Sauna, Business Center, Gift Shop, Gymnasium , Billiards, Tennis court, Suitable for wheelchairs, Meeting Room, Ballroom, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Fire Detector, KTV, Night club, Chess & Playing Cards Room, Table Tennis room
Dining Facilities: Chinese Restaurant, Western Restaurant, Japan Restaurant, Cafe, Bar
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- Address: No.222 Dezheng Middle Road, Changan Town, Dongguan
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- Tel: 0769-85333333
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So, you've started the first week of virtual schooling…and you've realized that you're totally in over your head. You have no idea how to do any of this. Set up a learning space? You don't even have a desk for your kid. The kitchen table should have been good enough, but somehow, it's not working. You had lofty plans for getting extra work done early in the week so that you could occasionally take a day off later in the week. Visions of sitting down with your feet up for a couple of hours while your kids got their work done, or of completing normal household tasks while they were doing schoolwork. You thought your spouse would be coming home to a clean house with contented children, dinner ready to go on the table any minute…and instead, you have chaos. The living room looks like it's exploded. The kitchen is worse…and you haven't actually fixed a "real" meal all week. As a stay-at-home parent, you thought you'd at least have time to throw in a batch of cookies…but it turns out, you really, really don't. Your days are filled with dragging the toddler out of the big kids' rooms so that they can get their schoolwork done, and helping the big kids with their schoolwork, and there are so many different things that they have to have done and so many different times that they have to do it all, and…
It's a little bit crazy, especially at the start. There will be times when you wonder what on earth you've gotten yourself into, and times when you think you've absolutely lost your mind, and times when the idea of keeping it up for even one more day makes you seriously contemplate chucking in the entire routine and going back to a brick and mortar school.
Step back. Take a deep breath. You can do this.
You can get your child through this year—and they can excel, instead of just getting by. You can develop a daily plan that gets all the schoolwork completed and still allows time to accomplish chores, sports, and all of the other things that need to fit into a day. Your house may never be perfectly clean. There certainly aren't going to be cookies every single day—but there will be days when you can find the time to squeeze in a quick batch (even if they're Pillsbury).
You can keep your toddler entertained while schooling an older child. You can keep your baby on a schedule—it just may be a slightly different schedule than the one that you're used to. You can figure out how to teach algebra, even though you haven't taken a math class since high school.
You can do it.
It will take time. A new schedule won't be born overnight. But as you work at it a little more every day, you'll start to see changes.
You'll be done with your schoolwork by the end of what would be a normal school day. You'll get chores done before your spouse gets home. You'll learn how to get dinner on the table in spite of doing everything else at the same time.
You'll learn the subject that your child is struggling with well enough to teach it. You'll learn to communicate with your child's teachers, well and often, because that's what it takes to make the year a success. You'll develop a different relationship with your child than you've ever had before—closer, with more mutual respect, as you learn what makes them tick and they start to recognize what sacrifices you've made to give them this opportunity.
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PAM 414: Microbiology/Immunology
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Covers basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology. Emphasis is placed on the application of microbiology concepts to clinical practice, including the systemic diseases caused by these organisms, control of microorganisms, antibiotics, the host-parasite relationship, and the establishment of disease. The immune system is discussed in detail, including topics on resistance to disease, immunity and serology, and immune disorders.


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MONTGOMERY — A Mount Hope man was charged with attempted murder after he drove his vehicle into a bench at Benedict Park and beat up the man who was sitting there, police said.
Montgomery town police said Eric Schmidt, 51, of Beacon, and an acquaintance, Jennifer Tranchini, 39, of Mount Hope, were sitting on a park bench about 1:40 p.m. Wednesday when Anthony Tranchini, 46, of Mount Hope, drove his vehicle into the bench.
Tranchini then got out of his car and hit Schmidt multiple times, seriously injuring him, according to police.
Schmidt was taken to St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh and then to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Jennifer Tranchini was uninjured.
Anthony Tranchini was arraigned before Montgomery Justice Raynard Ozman and sent to Orange County Jail on $250,000 cash bail or $500,000 bond on multiple charges, including second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault.
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Nenad Gajin: Cocek
Nenad Gajin (acoustic and electric guitars)
Nenad Gajin (acoustic and electric guitars),
Slobodan Trkulja (sax, kaval), Aleksander Banjac (keyboards), Vladimir Samardzic (bass), Marko Dordjevic (drums).
Composed by Nenad Gajin.
Recorded: Serbia and France, 2008
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
A little research has informed me that "Cocek" is a form of Serbian folk music closely associated with dance. To many it is tied to Gypsy brass music and belly dancing. There are sections of this tune, as played by guitarist Nenad Gajin and a fine group of musicians, where it would be very easy to dance. In fact, it would be almost impossible not to get out of your chair. But there are other parts where it might be better to sit it out and try to drink everything in. I suspect one could get drunk very fast listening to this. I guess that's part of the tradition as well. The Eastern European ethnic sounds are immediately alluring. The fusion elements added to those strains carry the music a great distance beyond its original borders. Saxophonist Slobodan Trkulja, Gajin, and keyboardist Aleksander Banjac each takes an outstanding turn. I am thrilled to have been introduced to this exciting fare, which is a boiling pot of folk music mixed with jazz-rock spices. You will also like the taste, perhaps with a hard drink or two.
Reviewer: Walter Kolosky
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School of Social Work becomes major player in national research on substance abuse
The School of Social Work has become the third social work program in the country to be funded as part of a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) initiative to stimulate the development of federally funded social work research on substance abuse.
The university joins two other top-10-ranked programs at Washington University in St. Louis and Columbia University, said Barbara W. White, dean of the School of Social Work.
The Substance Abuse Research Development Program will focus specifically on substance abuse among under served populations (particularly African Americans and Mexican Americans) and will emphasize factors at the individual, family, organizational, societal and cultural levels that influence substance abuse and substance abuse treatment.
The five-year, $2 million Research Development Program will involve both research and training activities to develop substance abuse research among faculty and students in the School of Social Work and related disciplines.
In addition to this newly funded initiative from NIDA, three other federal grants totaling $4.3 million were awarded as follows:
Research Scientist Richard Spence is the principal investigator of these three grants.
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We're creating a solution which is basically a ubuntu desktop connected to a projector and managed by a iPad, is there something I can install on the ubuntu box so that I could play a video from youtube from the iPad, using the same thing you use to play to a Apple TV, so instead of 'View on Apple TV' it would be 'View on UbuntuBox'
This should do the trick!
shairport, allows you to stream from apple devices to your linux box just as if it was an airport or apple TB. It works great! https://github.com/albertz/shairport
and airplayer for streaming video. https://github.com/PascalW/Airplayer


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I do not know if it is possible but this drives me up the wall.
A) When trying to view my disks/partitions (more than 16) using explorer in "computer" and it has the cool new Disk Used/Free bars, but the column sort order is reading left to right, instead of columns.
A picture would be better, but here is an ASKII pic. When set for View TILES mode, it looks like this, where you read the next one from left to right.
Disk A [=====-----] Disk B [=====-----] Disk C [=====-----]
Disk D [======----] Disk E [=====-----] Disk F [=====-----]
Disk G [=====-----] Disk H [======----] Disk I [=====-----]
Disk J [=====-----] Disk K [======----] Disk L [======----]
Disk M [====------] Disk N [====------] Disk O [====------]
Disk P [======----]
Quick try and find the space used on the F disk.
Doesn't it make much more sence, and allow a person to View and Scan and Find something alphabetically if it would sort like this?
Disk A [=====-----] Disk G [=====-----] Disk L [=====-----]
Disk B [======----] Disk H [=====-----] Disk M [=====-----]
Disk C [=====-----] Disk I [======----] Disk N [=====-----]
Disk D [=====-----] Disk J [======----] Disk O [======----]
Disk E [====------] Disk K [====------] Disk P [====------]
Disk F [======----]
If you were laying out columns in Word, Excell, a Newspaper, or even in a book, or anywhere else other than a MS computer, wouldn't the above be the method used?
When set to View CONTENT, sorting is correct, I can still get the cool Freespace icon, but then it wastes space, Without seeing them ALL in a nice sized window. The sort is correct, but the space is poorly utalised.
Disk A [=======================------------------------]
Disk B [=======================------------------------]
Disk C [=======================------------------------]
Disk D [=======================------------------------]
Disk E [=======================------------------------]
Disk F [=======================------------------------]
Disk G [=======================------------------------]
Disk H [=======================------------------------]
Disk I [=======================------------------------]
Disk J [=======================------------------------]
Disk K [=======================------------------------]
Disk L [=======================------------------------]
---About here I have to start scrolling,
and there are often removable disks to go also---
B) The same bad sorting is in my Control Pannel. HOW do people find anything in there when it is set to small icons or large Icons? Open up the control pannel, and switch to the small icon or large icon view, and Alphabetically find the power options. The control pannel cannot be set to a "details" type of view with a straight column, unless you resize the window, forcing it to one column.
If your thinking "It's you man, your brain doesnt work" and the above looks perfectally normal to you, then dont try and answer the question. If you understand what I am saying, then please tell me how to rearange this mess on Windows 7.
It really adds to the insanity, when some of the usual explorer file sorting is "normal" for columns. EX: Open up a folder with hundreds of items , and switch to LIST View , then try other views. With the normal file exploring, I am usually in Details mode, so the crasyness there never bothered me.


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Debbie Cuthbertson.
I AM pleased to announce that Debbie Cuthbertson has been appointed arts editor.
Debbie is a multimedia journalist with extensive experience in print, online and broadcast media. She was founding editor of abc.net.au/arts from 2009-11, managing the ABC's national arts coverage online, including breaking news coverage of major arts stories.
She has held many roles with The Age, including most recently as night editor of The Age tablet app. Her overseas experience includes working on BBC News Interactive's entertainment desk, producing rolling coverage of major events including the Oscars, BAFTAs and Cannes.
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Get ready for a new reality TV series called, "Kourtney and Khloe Take the Hamptons." It is a spinoff series set to air on the E! channel in the fall of 2014. However, according to Radar Online, March 26, 2014, those living in the Hamptons don't plan to roll out the red carpet for the Kardashian sisters.
It seems that the people who live in the Hampton area have taken to Twitter to voice their disapproval over the Kardashians in their part of the world. Many locals threaten to move, others have tweeted "There goes the neighborhood." While a few said that, it would be worse if it were Kim moving into the neighborhood.
Kourtney and Khloe will open a pop-up Dash clothing store when they temporarily move to Long Island. Nicole Barylski, the Deputy Editor, and Nicole B. Brewer, the Executive Editor & Publisher, are hoping that the two Kardashian sisters do well in the Hamptons. A thriving store is good for the local economy. They said that it isn't strange to see a member of the Kardashian family in the Hamptons. Film crews are not out of place either because the "Real Housewives" franchise film there.
"The fact that they're going to put down roots out here is a big deal because it's going to impact the economy somehow. People will either decide to avoid the Kardashian store completely, which could affect the surrounding stores or on the flip side you could have the place so completely and utterly mobbed that hopefully the businesses around it will benefit from the overflow."
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The Level,
Brighton. (see map on right for location).
Café located outside of the park
Kiosk inside the park, with ice cream, chips, sandwiches and more
Skate Park
Paddling pool
Swings, slides, climbing frames, bridges and sand pit
How to get there:
It's between the bottom of Ditching Road and Lewes Road, Not far from London Road and St. Peter's Church.
Extra Info:
This has been a popular area for leisure and public events since Regency times. Originally it included the area now covered by Park Crescent, which was laid out as a cricket ground for the Prince of Wales in 1791, and is commemorated by the Bat and Ball public house in Ditchling Road.
Brighton & Hove City Council and the Brighton Public Skate Park Project Team has seen proposals for a new, concrete park at the Level. On this page you will find details including visualisations for this project. The site has amazing potential for developing skating and other wheeled sports within Brighton & Hove, and also could hold major national and international demonstrations and competitions. Significant funding is already secured for full redevelopment of the Level.


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Ojai, CA - Four UCLA singles players and one doubles team competed in the backdraw at the Pac-10 Championships in Ojai on Saturday. Anya Loncaric and Kate Jolson were singles winners, while the doubles team of Loncaric and Shilpa Joshi claimed a victory as well.
In doubles, Joshi and Loncaric beat Joanna Kao and Jessica Leck of Stanford, 8-6. Loncaric's singles win was also over Leck, 6-0, 6-1. Jolson defeated Kathy Chi of Washington, 6-2, 6-3.
Laura Gordon and Shilpa Joshi also competed in the backdraw, but were defeated. Joshi lost to Cindy Sureephong of Arizona State, 6-3, 6-4, and Gordon lost to Chris Martinez of Washington State, 6-3, 7-6.


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Task manager reports 2.53 GHz, but CPU-Z reports 1192 MHz. My windows is a fresh install of the Windows 8 Pro Upgrade. When I used the Consumer Preview, task manager would report different frequencies, but in my current installation this doesn't happen.
I'm currently running on battery, 64-bit, Intel Core i5 540M.


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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Purported haunted LA hospital Linda Vista, famed for ghost hunters and Dexter roles, is becoming a retirement home. The famed "haunted LA Hospital" has not only been made news for being featured in countless film and TV projects but also for being credited as a home for the afterlife. But soon, your loved ones can live there too.
In a recent press junket, one reporter invited to visit the Linda Vista Hospital was actually told to show up wearing "closed toe shoes". If that warning wasn't enough, the pictures taken inside that hospital might convince you.
But for now, Maurice Ramirez, executive vice president of Am cal Multi-Housing Inc., says the former hospital will soon get a major facelift. A $40 million conversion will be made to the facility, used by Rob Zombie in projects, for senior assisted living.
But will the renovations get rid of the purported clams about ghosts? Hospital's caretaker Francis Kortekaas will remember holding a child's hand in the abandoned hospital, and sinks turning on when no one was around.
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LeBron James welcomes Ben McLemore to Miami (Isaac Baldizon/ Getty).
Miami Heat overlord LeBron James has only strengthened his credentials so far in the 2013-14 season, posting the sort of stats that would look like video-game numbers if not for the fact that those games have actually gotten pretty difficult. Through his first 25 games of the season, James has averaged 25.2 points on 59.7 percent shooting from the field and 41.1 percent from long-range, 6.8 rebounds, and 6.5 assists. While LeBron's game has not been without flaws throughout his career, he's rapidly getting rid of those, too.
Yet stats can only tell so much of the story, and there's still no match for the sheer spectacle and terror of a top-level LeBron James highlight. In the first quarter of Friday night's Heat home game against the Sacramento Kings, LeBron dribbled to his left around Kings point guard Isaiah Thomas and saw rookie Ben McLemore set up in the hope of taking a charge on the cusp of the restricted area. James issued McLemore a rude welcome to competition against the sport's best player, soaring for a forceful, brutal one-handed dunk that sent him to the floor.
I'd wish McLemore better luck next time, but I'm pretty sure there isn't going to be a next time. LeBron has a way of teaching effective lessons.
The dunk proved to be a sign of things to come — the Heat came away with a comfortable 122-103 win. As usual, LeBron did a little of everything, finishing with 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting, eight assists, and six rebounds. Plus one play we won't soon forget.
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The 2014 Winter Olympics' Opening Ceremony is going to be watched by the world tonight. Sochi is in the limelight. Can you forgive them for the stray dog incident? How about the unfinished hotels? Can you forgive them for that?
If you feel no remorse toward the past week of events, then go out and celebrate America by watching the 2014 Opening Ceremony at The Nomad Bar, located off Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis.
The Nomad Bar, known for their prix fixe, meaning fair price in French, has a variety of world renown beverages and meals to compliment their gypsy-like name. Diners can indulge in several winter themed drinks to watch the chilly Opening Ceremony, including the Hot Cocoa Ole, Patron Café XO topped with Swiss Miss, and a classic Hot Toddy.
Make sure to look for the 19 Minnesotans representing Team USA throughout the entire Winter Olympics.
Leif Nordgren (Marine, MN)-Biathalon
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Israel is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and yet only 20% of the land is arable - and half of that has to be irrigated. More than half of Israel is arid or semi-arid, and the rest of the country is dominated by steep hillsides and forests. Yet thanks to cutting-edge technology, Israel not only produces most of its own food, but also exports $1.3 billion worth of agricultural produce annually. This includes farm products as well as some $1.2 billion worth of agricultural inputs and technology sold overseas every year.
Because Israeli farmers and scientists have had to contend with a difficult environment and limited water resources, their experience is especially relevant to the developing world. Development of greenhouse equipment, seed and livestock propagation, fertilizers and pesticides have enabled Israeli agriculture to prosper in adversity. In addition, farmers have learned to develop high value-added and innovative farm products that enable them to compete in markets with lower-cost producers. Water management, recycling, desalination and transportation in the National Water Carrier have enabled the country to overcome drastic shortages.
Every three years, the country's accomplishments are showcased in the national Agritech exhibition; in September 1999, the exhibition drew a record 9,000 overseas visitors from more than 100 countries.
Water Problems and Possibilities
Israel has striking rainfall inequalities. While the north of the country enjoys a relatively generous rainfall of 700 millimeters each year, the central region receives only 400-600 millimeters and the south sees a meager 25 millimeters annually. The National Water Carrier, which transports water from north to south, has helped to remedy these regional imbalances.
Beyond transportation, Israel has developed effective solutions for the dearth of water in some areas. Efficient water management has increased agricultural output 12-fold during the past 50 years, while water consumption has remained constant through rigorous maintenance of infrastructure, replenishing of aquifers and the allocation of appropriate quotas and pricing to discourage wasteful consumption.
The use of recycled water has provided another solution. Out of 1.1 billion cubic meters of water used for agriculture in 1998, approximately 250 million cubic meters were recycled effluents. The Water Commission forecasts that by 2010 one third of all crops will be irrigated with "cleaned" water. Twenty-four desalination plants in Eilat, the Dead Sea region and the Arava Desert supply another 161 million cubic meters of irrigation water each year.
Another 70 million cubic meters of water are generated annually from underground sources; geothermal waters found beneath the surface of the Negev desert are also used. Farmers have found that salt water produces "sweeter" crops than regular water. "Desert sweet" tomatoes and melons, for instance, fetch premium prices on European markets.
Cloud seeding (injecting clouds with iodine to increase the percentage of water that each cloud yields) has proven effective. Exploration (using sophisticated seismological techniques), prevention of pollution, soil conservation and drainage have all maximized water use. Landscaping to redirect floodwaters, computerized calculations to chart routes of runoff water and the strategic placement of trees and crops have also prevented desertification.
Every Drop Counts
Perhaps the most innovative development in water utilization has been drip irrigation, conceived in Israel some 35 years ago. Today, networks of plastic pipes with small openings for each plant or tree are strategically placed across fields. Via the drippers, controlled amounts of fertilizer can be pumped through the irrigation pipes to the plants a system known as "fertigation".
Traditionally, drip irrigation has been used in regions where water is scarce, but it has also been effective where rainfall is high because of its precision. For example, experiments in Northern California in "precision" irrigation caused some types of tree to grow three times faster. Fast-growing trees can increase profits for timber growers and at the same time minimize environmental damage by reducing the number of trees that need to be felled.
Half a dozen Israeli companies sell plastic piping and a full range of accessories for drip irrigation. Many also specialize in designing customized irrigation systems for gardens, parks, farms and entire regions, installing them and then providing consultation and maintenance. Exports of irrigation equipment totaled almost $300 million in 1998.
Other types of irrigation include: pressure irrigation methods; buried irrigation, which prevents infiltration by tiny roots; spray irrigation, which is suitable for orchards; and sprinklers used for entire fields. These systems can be very simple or high-tech. Options range from the basic turn on/off variety with volume clocks, to more sophisticated computerized systems, which include sensors to monitor the moisture level of the soil and check changes in the diameter of the stem or fruit. Other accessories include filter traps to sweep dirt away and low flow drip emitters for soil-less media in greenhouses. Minute or ultra-low-rate (ULR) irrigation methods have been developed to apply water at rates of less than one millimeter per hour.
Bugs at Bay
Plagues of insects, fungi and weeds beset farmers worldwide, and Israeli companies have developed a range of pesticides and herbicides as well as non-chemical and biological control methods. Israel is home to the world's largest producer of generic agro-chemicals. In 1999, Israel exported over $117 million worth of these pesticides and growth regulators.
Manufacturers produce large quantities of methyl bromide and formaline for disinfecting the soil. Environmentally friendly detergents, which coat leaves, have been developed to create a physical barrier between the parasite and the leaf without harming the leaf. Fungicides to prevent rotting in grapes as well as chemicals to combat pests in citrus fruit and powdery mildew in groves and vineyards are also produced. Other recent developments include a defoliant for cotton and herbicides for early treatment of weeds.
With environmental protection in mind, biological pesticides have been developed. Natural predators, which wipe out a particular pest without damaging the crop itself, are also cultivated. One kibbutz breeds tiny spiders, which prey on mites that can destroy strawberries, and exports them by the million to California. A Jerusalem-based biotechnology company developed fungi designed to attack powdery mildew, and bacteria to destroy moths. Another company developed a polyethylene film, which acts as an insect repellent by blocking ultra-violet rays.
Growth Industry
The Dead Sea region, which provides bromine for pesticides, is also rich in potassium, phosphor and magnesium, which are ingredients for agricultural fertilizers. Israel exports both ready-to-use fertilizers and raw materials to manufacture fertilizer worldwide.
Foliage fertilizers from potassium phosphate, potassium sulfide and nitrogen potassium phosphate are manufactured locally. Israel is also one of the world's largest producers of potassium nitrate, a highly soluble fertilizer suitable for a variety of plants and crops. Two additional highly soluble fertilizers, mono-ammonium phosphate and mono-potassium phosphate, are also produced.
Fertigation has led to the development of a new generation of soluble fertilizers for injection into irrigation systems. Basic chemicals such as nitrogen or ammoniac nitrogen with trace elements of iron, quartz, manganese and copper, which enrich the soil and enhance the growth of plants, have been combined to develop soluble fertilizers.
Greenhouses for Hot Climates
Invented by the Dutch for cooler climes in Northern Europe, the greenhouse has been adapted by Israel for use in arid regions. Some 3,000 hectares of greenhouse cultivation enable farmers to overcome restrictions imposed by soil quality, arid climate and limited water supply.
Greenhouses can be erected in places where the soil is unsuitable. Irrigation systems overcome the problem of water scarcity, and curtains and skylights can be regulated to filter out or admit sunlight and provide temperature control. Plastic covering provides for thermal disinfecting of the soil prior to planting, covers the soil for heat collection, prevents growth of weeds and pests, and minimizes evaporation and the escape of fertilizers. Netting above the plants can keep out scales, mites and other pests while more sophisticated netting can act as a thermal screen, cooling plants during the day and keeping them warm at night. Fogging systems can be used for climate control.
All these systems can be operated by computer programs designed to generate a micro-environment on the cutting edge of 21st-century farming. Several Israeli companies manufacture and export woven high-tech plastic sheeting and specialize in custom greenhouse projects, including consultation, installation and maintenance. Because of the high initial investment, greenhouses are best suited for high value-added crops such as vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants and spices, and for intensive farming. Israeli greenhouses, for instance, average three million roses per hectare and yield an average of 300 tons of tomatoes per hectare each season.
Best of the Breed
Israeli scientists have developed seed varieties that are resistant to disease, provide higher and better-quality yields with less water even in hot climates, and produce food with a longer shelf life. In 1998, Israel exported over $35 million worth of such seeds.
The process of developing a new seed can take five years or more, but the latest biotechnological methods have reduced this time by 20%. Recent innovations include a variety of hybrid cotton with longer, stronger fibers, which gives a higher yield while requiring less water; some varieties are grown in natural colors of brown or green.
Sophisticated methods of crossbreeding have developed seeds that minimize the need for fertilizers and pesticides, producing high added-value crops, e.g., cherry tomatoes, greenhouse tomatoes and Galia melons. Seedless, cantaloupe-sized and black-skinned watermelons as well as saucer-shaped zucchini are profitable new developments.
In an effort to develop the most appropriate animals for the Middle East's hot and arid climate, Israeli breeders have found that the European Holstein cow adapts well. It boasts very high milk yields that are rich in protein and fat. The Holsteins' output has been aided by computerized feeding and milking systems, enabling the local dairy and beef industry to supply most local needs.
The emphasis in poultry breeding has been on disease-resistant chickens and turkeys that can survive in extreme heat. Israeli layers have among the world's highest annual egg output at some 280 per bird. In addition, 195,000 tons of chicken and 121,000 tons of turkey meat are produced each year. Israel is also the second-largest breeder of ostriches in the world after South Africa, but the meat, which is not kosher, is exported. Israeli foie gras is of such high quality that it is exported even to France.
Breeders have also been successful in developing improved strains of sheep and goats, which are especially important in the Arab and Bedouin sectors as a source of milk and meat. The hybrid Awassi sheep is larger, woollier, has higher milk yields and can be raised in arid, semi-arid and sub-tropical climates. The Assaf sheep is a cross between the Awassi and the German Friesian and has improved milk and meat production; most importantly, the Assaf has three lambings every two years, which is 50% higher than in regular Awassis. Male Saanen goats imported from Europe and crossbred with the local Mamber breed produce a high milk yield goat. Israeli breeders can supply reproductive material (frozen semen and embryos) from improved breeds of sheep and goats that are especially suitable for arid regions of Asia, Africa and America.
Israel is also a world leader in fish breeding. Fish are bred in small ponds, which produce up to 500 kilograms of fish per cubic meter of water annually. Innovative re-circulation systems enable water in these super-intensive farms to be recycled.
Upgrading Global Agriculture
Eighty percent of farms are owned and run by kibbutzim (collective villages) and moshavim (cooperative villages). The remaining 20% are mainly citrus groves in the center of the country owned by large private companies. Kibbutzim often develop, design, manufacture and market their own agro-technology inputs. Drip irrigation was developed in a kibbutz and all major manufacturers of the equipment are kibbutz-based.
These farmers work closely with the country's ten agricultural research institutes, including the Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) and the Hebrew University's Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot. Twenty-five professional and marketing associations also fund R&D, as do various government bodies and hundreds of private firms in the biotechnology and computer software sectors.
Manufacturers of agro-technological inputs and their customers increasingly realize that their products are most effective when accompanied by professional services. Drip irrigation systems and greenhouses are more productive when the infrastructure is custom designed, installed and later maintained to meet a customer's specific needs. Productivity of fertilizers, pesticides and genetically developed seeds and livestock can be maximized by consultation with professionals.
Experts are now specializing in upgrading agricultural production for entire regions. Companies take on turnkey projects that incorporate more efficient water use, irrigation systems, crop and seed choice. They also advise on seasonal timing to fetch the best prices on world markets, on choice of fertilizer and pesticide to minimize environmental damage, and on the selection of livestock. Farmers of a particular region are then trained to use their newly acquired technologies.
Israeli agro-technology, from irrigation and efficient water management to fertilization techniques and genetically improved seeds and livestock, has dramatically improved local yields, and could go a long way towards feeding a hungry world.
Israeli professionals are currently planning rural development projects in Thailand, the Philippines and Brazil. In the Gap region of Turkey, an area half the size of Israel, experts are upgrading the province's agriculture based on more efficient use of water from the Tigris River. The key word in these projects is sustainability. Companies stress that agro-technologies must not only be appropriate for a particular region or climate, but local farmers must also be trained to use and maintain the systems they purchase.
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Weighty Considerations
Poultry growers can ensure higher profits by producing a flock of the same size and weight. Scientists at Israel's Agricultural Research Organization's department of environmental engineering have developed a device that sorts live fowl, enabling breeders to produce flocks of uniform size. Birds are moved on a conveyor belt fitted with sophisticated hooks which hold the birds as they are weighed and sorted by size via a precise electronic weighing system. A small flag in one of four colors attached to the hook indicates the bird's weight. The chicks are removed manually from the conveyor and placed in different pens according to the flags. Up to 2,600 birds an hour can be sorted in this manner, yielding big savings and thus enabling the system to pay for itself within 12 - 14 months.
Cutting Edge Technology
A range of manual pruners developed by Haifa-based Easy Cut Ltd, for use in both commercial agriculture and home gardening makes it easier to pick delicate fruits, vegetables and flowers without damaging them, thereby increasing output by 20-50%. Based on the bio-mechanics of the human hand, the pruners have a lightweight gripper mechanism that enables the picker to hold a branch or fruit, without flattening or crushing its stem. The gripper mechanism can also be sold as an independent component, and attached to ordinary pruning shears or clippers. The pruners' designs vary according to the type of fruit, quality and size being cut, but all are designed to grip, cut and harvest fruit using one hand. The pruners also make it possible for the picked fruit to be conveyed to the collecting mechanism without hand contact. This is very important for consumers in certain countries like Japan.
No More Bad Apples
Fruitonics Ltd. has unveiled a new automatic fruit sorting system. While weight and color may be judged automatically, until now quality grading for blemishes has always had to be done by hand. Optigrade II performs all these functions simultaneously, comparing each piece of fruit to an ideal image and charting its variation from the ideal, according to thousands of images. The system can detect blemishes only a millimeter or two in size - hardly visible to the naked eye. It not only looks at the skin but can also detect brown spots under the skin. It can even be taught to recognize unique or unusual blemishes by using artificial intelligence. Infrared and the latest sensing technology sort up to 10 pieces of fruit per second and the criteria for quality can be adjusted to the type of market for which the fruit is destined. Fruitonics claims that the labor-saving system pays for itself in less than two years.
Firm Understanding
Most apple, pear, kiwi and persimmon crops are stored for long periods of time in controlled-atmosphere, cold-storage rooms. Because the oxygen level in these rooms is very low, it is difficult to monitor the quality of the fruits. However, Eshet Eilon of Kibbutz Eilon has recently completed the development of a central, remote-controlled system for monitoring the firmness of fruits inside cold-storage rooms, based on acoustical technology. In each room, a sample of fruits is placed on small monitoring units containing a small thumper and a piezo-electric sensor. Computer analysis of the vibration created inside the fruits by the tiny thumpers provides a continuous, clear picture of the fruits' firmness. The system can also monitor and even control the ripening process of fruit which was harvested while still green.


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BOULDER—Senior ski team member Andreas Haug was Thursday named to the Capital One Academic All-District 7 Men's At-Large team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Haug is now automatically nominated for Academic All-America honors.
Haug was one of 12 student-athletes honored in District 7, which encompasses Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming. Even more impressive is the fact that the at-large team is a catch-all team for golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. Nationally, the United States Collegiate Ski Coaches Association alone honored over 250 skiers who have above a cumulative 3.5 grade point average.
Haug, who just last week graduated with degrees in, has a cumulative grade point average of 3.98 and has just two A- grades in his entire career. Haug has now been honored on the All-District 7 team three times and has also earned mention on the Academic All-America team twice, the third team as a sophomore and second team last year.
He became the first CU student-athlete to win both of CU's career awards for his accomplishments both in the classroom and as an athlete. He was named the Senior Male Scholar Athlete for having the highest GPA amongst all senior male student-athletes, and was also given the CU Sports Performer of the Year (CUSPY) award for Career Male Athletic Achievement.
Off the mountain, he won the Tom Hansen Pac-12 Conference Medal, was a four-time member of CU's 4.0 Club, a six-time member of the Dean's List, the CU Scholar-Athlete Award winner twice, the NCAA Elite 89 Award winner in 2012, a four-time member of the USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Team, and seven-time member of either the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll or the CU AD's Honor Roll.
On the mountain, he became just the third men's alpine skier to participate at four straight NCAA Championships in the past 20 years for the Buffaloes, helping the Buffs to two NCAA Championships (2011, '13) in that timeframe. He was the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association Men's Alpine MVP in 2011 and the RMISA Men's Giant Slalom Individual Champion in 2014. He was twice named All-RMISA and twice the RMISA Skier of the Week.
Haug secured a job with Goldman Sachs in New York City prior to graduation in a process that included over 300 candidates nationwide.


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High Resolution gamma ray detector array using Geiger mode avalanche photodiode array (silicon photomultiplier)
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
This invention describes a new gamma ray detector array made of (1) an array of scintillator crystals, (2) a light guide for light diffusion and direction, (3) an array of single-element silicon photomultiplier device (or its equivalent), or a multiple-element silicon photomultiplier device (or its equivalent), (4) light reflector for re-direction of light photons, (5) charge-division resistor network, and (6) charge sensitive amplifiers. The main features that are new in this invention include (1) the use of light reflector between the light guide and the array of silicon photomultiplier to re-direct light photons toward the sensitive area of the silicon photomultiplier; (2) direct coupling of the silicon photomultiplier's output to the charge division resistor network for signal multiplexing in order to minimize the number of charge-sensitive amplifier required for a detector array and to eliminate the noise from the amplifiers being included in the multiplexing of signals.
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Fonality (News - Alert), the innovative provider of business phone systems and integrated communications solutions, recently launched a new marketing program for channel partners.
Officials said that the new Marketing 360 program has been designed to amplify partner marketing and sales efforts. It offers sales and marketing co-investment funds and tools to ensure channel partners have everything they need to be successful selling Fonality.
"Our channel program is a critical part of our strategy for growth, so we want to provide the right information and tools at the right time to ensure our partner's success, said Daryl Reva, senior director of product and channel marketing for Fonality, in a press statement." The Marketing 360 Program is a key component in our overall channel program, which is dedicated to making it easy for our partners to attract, engage, and sign new customers.
The program boasts of a self-service print portal where partners can customize, co-brand, and order printed sales collateral and eBooks using Fonality's market development funds.
Some of the other elements of the program includes: a 60-day marketing action plan, co-branded email campaigns and email templates, monthly marketing webinars, sales presentations, product videos and client case studies and testimonials.
Access to this program will be available through the Fonality Partner Exchange, the company's online community for partners.
Michael Henochowicz, president & CEO of OPC Marketing, Inc., manufacturer of SpitFire Dialers, said: "This new program will greatly enhance our shared mission to offer the most flexible, easy to use, and integrated software products and exceptional customer service and technical support."
Just a couple of days back, TMCnet reported that Fonality has formally introduced new company branding and a new way to purchase Fonality solutions that applies to both hosted/cloud and on-premises deployments.
Related definitions that you should know as you increase your understanding of predictive dialers include:
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TC TO MARGARET A. CARLYLE; 22 September 1837; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18370922-TC-MAC-01; CL 9:314-320.
5. Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London, / 22nd September, 1837—
My dear Mother,
It is yet hardly a week since we parted, and I am sending you a Letter: I know very well it will be welcome at any time; and my hand being still unoccupied with regular work, nay still more a Letter having just arrived from Rome, what better can I do than write even now this morning before setting to anything else?
There are no franks at present; therefore I cannot send you Jack's Letter, but must content myself with a summary. On the whole indeed I may also say there is nothing whatever in it except what we heard at Ecclefechan, together with the new assurance that our good Doctor still continues well and hearty, and is eagerly desirous to have me write to him. It is addressed to Jane here; the Doctor not knowing for certain whether I should have arrived yet. They have sad work with the cholera, especially with the absurd measures taken by his Holiness against the cholera.1 You would see in the Examiner perhaps how a young man was massacred by the mob at Rome on suspicion of his meaning to poison the people and infect them with this pestilence!2 Jack mentions the same anecdote; and adds that there is not a village but is shut up each against intercourse with the others; guards at the gate; strangers refused admittance; and all the natural hubbub, ignorant panic and confusion one can so well fancy in such a case. The best is, Jack is himself in good heart, with his whole party; and of opinion that the misery is past the worst. The weather he says is grown cooler, and not likely to be so hot again. They have no cholera where he is in Albano; and suffer only from the stupidity and panic of the people, being restricted in their drives to the immediate neighbourhood of their own village. We must hope the best, dear Mother; and that the misery will pass soon, without hurt to those we love. I wrote to Jack yesterday, and sent him the last Number of the Examiner, with strict charges to lose no time in writing. It is surely a wretched thing in Lady Clare to have flung herself right into the sphere of such a thing, after flying from it so long; as for Jack, poor fellow, he is seeking daily bread for himself, and was obliged to go.— The only other news he writes, is a wish that Jane "would seek him a wife," whereby his solitude might be lessened!3 We may calculate on some five weeks before we hear from him again: if aught were to go wrong, of course we should hear of it directly. We must trust always in One that has preserved us long.
That friday night, after leaving you all, we went prosperously on, with occasional showers; finally with a bright moonshiny night, thro' pleasant country; the Coach sometimes left altogether to myself, then occasionally filled for a stage or two, but never so as to crush one. On the whole I got along with less suffering than usual; and was landed safely at the door next night between five and six; Jane waiting for me behind the door, and soon getting tea ready. She had not received the Newspaper; it had been too late, and did not arrive till next day. Your Manchester Newspaper I doubt would be in the same case, tho' I did what was possible, and got it put into the very first office we passed. On the Monday I sent you another more authentic with two strokes on it. I despatched one of the same to Dumfries, to Annan and Ecclefechan and Templand. This is the first Letter I have written Northward yet. My news are not great hitherto: I found all well but one thing, the health of my poor Goody. She has a little cough again for the last ten days; not much, but yet far more than I want. It seems to abate perceptibly since I came back, and I think will ere long disappear; but it is an ill omen for commencing the winter with; it must lead us to take double and treble care, and first of all to let nothing fail for want of flannel. She is in good heart otherwise, and I do think on the whole stouter than when I went. The new Servant has also been ailing; she was rather seriously ill, and very much frightened at it, while Jane was absent: she is now better again, but not understood to be without danger of relapses: Jane has taken the precaution of writing to Kirkcaldy, to the Fergusses there, so that she can have, in case of extremity, a new Scotch servant sent thence at a week's war[ning.] This one is a very good girl, I believe; and we have still good hope that she will be able to hold on.4 Before Martinmas (the best time for Kirkcaldy) it will be decided. Jane was very proud of her umbrella; and says, it is a thing "to make one almost long for a rain to put it up in." I told her of the attempted purchase of dressing-gowns, and made her laugh at the failure. As for my shoes, dear Mother, do not vex your heart another instant about them. I find the old ones can be soled again and will serve another year: nay the List [selvage cloth]-shoes themselves are so thick and warm there is hardly need of any other.— As to myself, I am hardly out of the fever of my travels yet; but as I said the road did me less ill than usual; and were I once at work again, I shall be strong enough for anything required of me. Mill's people are wanting me much to give them an Article on Walter Scott: I have no great appetite for that, yet know not but I may do it; something or other I shall certainly fall to soon. But the Lectures, I suppose, will be the thing; I ought to make ready for them. Meanwhile I find John Sterling here, and many friends; all kinder each than the other to me; with talk and locomotion the days pass cheerfully till I rest, and gird myself together again. They make a great talk about the Book; which seems to have succeeded in a far higher degree than I looked for. I have not got to Fraser yet to hear what his report is; but everybody is astonished at every other bodys being pleased with this wonderful performance! You would notice the Examiner criticism last week: it is said to be by one Fo[r]ster whom I do not know. The Glasgow Argus was not by Hunt's son, nor I know not by whom. The next Examiner I will send sooner; you might forward them to Alick, or keep them till he come.— Alas, dear Mother, I was interrupted at the top of the second page (at great length by John Sterling), and it is now clearly too late for this day's post! I will keep the sheet till tomorrow, and then finish. Jane says she will then write a postscript herself. Good night then my dear Mother. Oh me, how many things I would say, and have nothing but a miserable scrap to say them on! May the good Father, who knows all hearts, keep you always and comfort you in all your wayfarings! We shall meet, if it be His will, and not part again.
[JWC's postscript:]
My dear Mother, you know the saying "it is not lost what a friend gets."5 and in the present case it must comfort you for losing him— Moreover you have others behind—and I have only him—only only him in the whole wide world to love me and take care of me—poor little wretch that I am. Not but what numbers of people love me after their fashion far better than I deserve—but then his fashion is so different from all these and seems alone to suit the sort of crotchety creature that I am— Thank you then for having in the first place been kind enough to produce him into this world and for having in the second place made him scholar enough to recognise my various excellencies and for having in the last place sent him back to me again to stand by me in this cruel east wind. God bless you all— If I am not strong enough this winter to go out in the rain I will make a slight drizzle with the shower-bath and stand under it with my fine new umbrella—I will write you a letter all to yourself before long God willing6
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Saturday morning.—My dear Mother, this is the greatest dud of a letter I ever wrote; but you must take it for want of another. I hope the man will give it you tomorrow morning; then you will go and hear Gadsby7 with better appetite. I am going to clear out the Garden today; and then bethink me next week what is to be done.
We have hard sunny Eastwind weather, which will dry all manner of stooks, and bring Jamie and the other Harvesters bravely thro'. I find it still warm enough. Jane has brightened up the house in my absence, and made it all like a new pin. Also there is far more money in it than I expected. Let us be thankful! About the beginning of the month I will try to send some Books. I will write again soon.
Mr Martin the minister of Kirkcaldy is dead.8
Jenny will hardly ever be able to make out all this. Give my love to her; take care of yourself and her; and let R. be a douce Goodman. Here ends.
A long gap occurs here;9 nothing but a few bright fragts to kindle into visibility the oblivious darkness of 5 or 6 once busy years,—busy enough to both of us, and heavy-laden with anxious emotion and continual endeavour, while they passed! I cannot find when her next visit; but mine, I know was to Annandale, in Autumn 1837: I will note some of the main occurrences.
Early in Jany 1837, it must have been, when Book on Frh Revolution was finished. I wrote the last paragrh of it here (within a yard of where I now am), in Her presence, one evg after dinner, damp tepid kind of evg, still by daylight; read it to her (or left her to read it? probably with a "Thank God, it is done, Jeannie!")—and then walked out, up the Glo'ster road Kensington way; don't remember coming back, or indeed anything of quite distinct for 3 or 4 months after. My thots were by no means of exultt character; pacifically gloomy rather, something of sullenly contemptuous in them, of clear hope (except in the "desperate" kind) not the smallest glimpse. I had said to her, perhaps that very day, "I know not whether this Book is worth anything, nor what the world will do with it, or misdo, or entirely forbear to do (as is likeliest); but this I cd tell the world, you have not had, for 100 years, any Book that came more direct and flamingly sincere from the heart of a living man;—do with it what you like, you ——!" My poor little Jeannie and me, hasn't it nearly killed us both! This also I might have said had I liked for it was true. My health was much spoiled; hers too, by sympathy, and more than sympathy, by daily helping me to struggle with the intolerable load. I suppose, by this time our money too was near done; busy friends, the Wilsons pri[n]cipally, Miss Martineau and various honble women, were clear that I ought now to lecture on "German Literature," a sure financial card, they all said; and set to shaping, organising, and multifariously Consultng about the thing; whh I, unwillingly enough, but seeing clearly that there was no other card in my hand at all, was obliged to let them do— The Printing of F.Rn, push as I might, did not end till far on in April; "Lectures," 6 of them, of whh I could form no image or conjecture beforehand, were to begin with May.
'Monday, May 1st, 3 p.m. in Willis's Rooms' is marked (by Nephew John, from Abstract of Letters to Mother) as date of my first Lecture. It was a sad planless jumble, as all these 6 were; but full enough of new matter, and of a furious determinatn on the poor Lecturer's part not to break down. Plenty of incondite stuff, accordingly, there was; new, and in a strangely new dialect and tone: the audience intelligt, partly fashionable, was very good to me; and seemed, in spite of the jumbled state of things, to feel it entertaing, even interesting. I pitied myself, so agitated, terrified, driven desperate or furious! But found I had no remedy, necessity compelling:—on the proceeds we were financially safe for another year. That was my one sanctn, in the sad enterprise.
Mrs Welsh from Templand, was certainly with us a second time at prest, tho' I nowhere find it marked in writing: returning to dinner from that first Monday's performance, I gave to my Darling & her, from some of the gold that had been handed me, a sovrn each, "to buy something with, as hansell of this novelty,"—whh little gift created such pleasure in these generous Two, as is now pathetic to me and a kind of blessing to remember! When this second visit of our kind Mother's began, or how long it lasted, I have no recollectn. Probably I left her here for Company,10 setting off for Annandale; whither I made all haste, impatt for shelter and silence, so soon as the hurlyburly cd be got to end. One wish I had, Silence, silence!— In the latter half of June (by Manchr or how, is abolished for me) I certainly got thither. My health had suffered much by Frh Rn and its accompanits; especially in the later months, when I used to ask myself, Shall I ever actually get this savagely, cruel busss flung off me, then, and be rid of it? A hope whh seemed almost incredible.
Mind and body were alike out of order with me; my nervous system must have been in a horrible state. I remember, in walking up from the Livrpl-Annan Steamboat with Brr Alick (what is still a luminous point, and nearly the sole one for many weeks thereabts), Alick had to call for a moment in some cottage at Landhead;11 and I waited, leaning on the mile-stone, whh I knew so well from my schooldays, and looking back towards Annan, and the unrivall[ed] prospect of sea and land whh one commands there,— Solway Sea to St Bees Head, and all the pretty Cumberland villages, towns, and swelling amp[h]itheatre of fertile plains and airy mountns, to me the oldest in the world, and the loveliest,—what a changed meaning in all that! Tartarus itself, and the pale Kingdoms of Dis, cd not have been more preternatural to me; and I felt that they cd not be more so. Most stern, gloomy sad; grand and yet terrible; steeped in woe!— This was my humour while in Annandale; except riding down to Whinnyrigg12 for a plunge in the sea (7 miles & back) daily, when it wd serve, I can recollect of nothing that I did then; all speech (except, doubtless, with my Mother) I did my utmost to avoid. Some Books I probably had,—Pickwick & Johannes Müller (in strange combinatn, and Pickwick the preferable to me!) I do partly recollect of here: but the reading of them was as a mere opiate. In this foul torpor, like flax thrown into the steeping-pool, I seem to have staid above two months, —staid in fact till ashamed to stay longer. As for "recovery," that had not yet considbly; in truth it never fairly came at all. The year before this (nay it was in 1835, two years before) I noticed a faint mote immoveable, tho' always on wing, flickering betwn me and the page I was reading;— a "musca volitans,"13 as I aftds learned to call it; and there, disregarded now, but never long absent, it still flickers, and will. On the underlid of one eye, I also noticed, for long years coming, a certn tiny brown-yellow spot, whh I nicknamed Frh Revn; and there, I suppose it might be noticed this day, except that I have long ceased shaving, and now never look. Enough, enough!—
Of my Darling's beautiful receptn of me when I did return, there was something said already; to me all speech of it is inadequate; for now, in my sad thot, it is like a little glimpse of Heaven, in this poor turbid Earth, I all-too unworthy of it; alas, how thrice unworthy!— A day or two ago, I discover, crowded into my first Letter from Chelsea as her Postscript, these bright words, touching and strange to me, of the like purport!— — A little keepsake of an umbrella (no doubt the prettiest Dumfries wd yield) had come along with me,—whh I have now forgotten.


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Italy and California have a lot in common, which could explain why some simple Italian dishes featuring fresh ingredients are popular in the Golden State. While red sauce is the most familiar in Italian pasta, as you look into Northern Italy the tomatoes and olive oil give way to creamy butter as the most popular pasta topping. Northern Italy is a major dairy region, much like California, which is the largest milk and butter producer in the United States.
This delicious dish is very simple to prepare, combining cooked pasta with the rich and natural taste of California butter. The dish only takes as long as it takes you to cook the pasta.
A sprinkling of toasted bread crumbs adds a nice crunch. For a California variation on this recipe, substitute grated Dry Jack for Parmesan. Dry Jack is an aged form of Monterey Jack, both of which were created in California.
Hearty enough to serve as a main course with a green salad on the side, California-Style Buttered Pasta is also a great accompaniment to any type of meat or chicken dish. It also goes well with fish because its rich yet subtle flavors do not overwhelm even the most delicate fish.
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2 tablespoons salt
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Peter and Gordon: Just married in Australia under UK law
Peter Fraser and Gordon Stevenson are the first same-sex couple to be married under UK law in Australia. They share their story with Reg Domingo.
"We are so grateful that the UK has bought in this legislation to allow couples where at least one is a British citizen, to marry here and in other countries that don't yet have equality under the law," says Peter Fraser.
"There is a great satisfaction in achieving legal status," adds Peter's husband, Gordon Stevenson. "Even if it's not yet recognised here, it is a step in the right direction that the Australian government has allowed these wedding to take place here."
The men, who tied the knot on Friday, June 27, at a ceremony in the British Consulate in Sydney, are the first same-sex couple to be married under UK law in Australia. Equal marriage laws passed in the UK in 2013, thereby allowing same-sex couples to marry in Australian cities, as long as one partner has British citizenship. Peter, 43, and Gordon, 61, are dual nationals of the UK and Australia.
"I never thought it would be possible when we met," Peter says. "I just wish we could have done it years ago."
The pair met in 1995 when Peter, born and raised in the UK, travelled to Australia for a working holiday. In Sydney, he met Gordon, who was born in Scotland but had lived in Australia with his family from a young age.
"We have rarely been apart since," Peter says.
Such was their connection that, shortly after meeting, they travelled to Melbourne where they would exchange rings. "In those days, we thought that was as close as we'd get to a real wedding," Peter says. "I guess that was our engagement – 19 years is a pretty long one!"
Above: Peter and Gordon at their marriage ceremony at the British Consulate in Sydney. Photo: Cec Busby
When law reforms passed in the UK legalising same-sex marriage in 2013, the couple took the news in their stride. "I felt a sense of justice, that a wall of discrimination had been brought down," Gordon says.
It wasn't until the British Consul released information stating same-sex couples can get married under UK law in Australia did the news really hit home. After nearly two decades, Peter and Gordon would finally be married.
"Essentially we have been living as if we were married for many years, our love for each other and relationship will not change, the difference is in recognition," Peter says. "When people say they have a boyfriend or partner that means one thing, when people talk about a husband or a wife, it means something different to most people.
"You are declaring to everyone the permanent nature of your relationship and asking society, the government, your friends and family to acknowledge that. All the time LGBTQI couples are denied that right, we are second-class citizens whose relationships do not have equal standing with everyone else's."
The significance of being the first same-sex couple to tie the knot under UK law in Australia is not lost on either men. Indeed, it's a source of immense pride and honour.
"While we had not planned to be first couple, and only found out when we signed the documents two weeks ago, it is a real privilege to be the first of, I'm sure, many couples, who will now choose to marry in the country that they call home," says Peter.
"It feels important," adds Gordon. "In a way we can represent the aspirations of people in Australia who want to get married but can't at the moment."
But while Peter and Gordon are officially hitched in the eyes of British law, their marriage is not recognised in Australia. No doubt their union, and many others to come, will add weight not only to the current Senate Inquiry into the recognition of overseas same-sex marriage, but also to the broader gay marriage debate in Australia.
"Iknow there is a lot of support on both sides of federal politics – I hope the LNP Party room allows a conscious vote on the issue," Peter says. "I think that we are one step closer, the Australian Government had to give its permission to the UK to conduct the ceremonies here.
"There is a Senate Inquiry into the recognition of overseas same sex marriages. If anyone would like to write a submission in support to the Senate, they can do so via Australian Marriage Equality's website."
"David Cameron, the UK Prime Minster, said, 'When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change'," Gordon says. "I think that says it all really."
Above: Gordon and Peter celebrate their marriage in Sydney on Friday. Photo: Cec Busby
- TOPICS: Gay marriage, Gordon Stevenson, Marriage equality, Overseas marriage, Peter Fraser, Same-sex marriage, UK marriage
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SCARTGreat to see Peter & Gordy rockin the Kilts & makin History. Your families are proud of you.