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MEMPHIS, December 2 -This holiday season, Ducks Unlimited is offering youngsters a rare treat: A children's book that touts the joys of duck hunting and the importance of habitat conservation.
In that same holiday spirit, with every purchase, DU will donate an additional copy of the book to the elementary school or local library of your choice. All you have to do is provide the name and address of your favorite library, plus $5 to cover the shipping and handling charges, and DU will do the rest.
With your help, hundreds-even thousands-of kids who might not have anyone to take them duck hunting will be able to develop an appreciation of the outdoor experience through this rare children's book that promotes hunting and conservation. A small gesture on your part can pay huge dividends for the future of ducks and duck hunting.
"This is a great chance for parents and grandparents to pass along the joys of duck hunting to their own children and grandchildren," says Don Young, DU's Executive Vice President. "And perhaps even more important, it's an opportunity for these same folks to reach out to the broader community and touch the lives of kids who might not otherwise be exposed to the pleasures of duck hunting or the imperative of wetlands conservation."
A Good Day for Ducks is a charmingly written, beautifully illustrated picture book (for children ages five and up) that tells the story of a young boy's first trip to his grandpa's duck hunting camp. It is there that Justin, a youngster from the big-city suburbs, discovers the joys of becoming a participant in the natural world-of working Grandpa's retriever, putting out decoys, and watching the ducks fly.
To further entice kid's to embrace the outdoor life, DU has included a real working duck call with the book. The book and duck call can be ordered for $21.90 by calling 1-800-45-DUCKS or by visiting www.ducks.org/bookstore/ Again, for an additional $5, DU will send a copy of the book to your favorite library.
With more than a million supporters, Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest wetlands and waterfowl conservation group. Wetlands are nature's most productive ecosystems, but the United States has lost more than half of its original wetlands, and continues to lose more than 170,000 wetland acres every year.
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Well it sounds great and well it is pretty sweet...
One downside it doesn't work with the Ox locker.
The combo of the Super 35 Ox kit and the 35 truss would be awesome, BUT since the diff cover is welded to the truss and the Ox doesn't use a standard cover
Guess i'll have to weld up my own truss and skip the diff cover as the attachment point.
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Hi all! I have been to puerto rico on multiple occasions, I compiled a few tips on how to travel and enjoy puerto rico on a budget:
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If you're planning a trip to Puerto Rico, check out this great Video of fun things to do:
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Get a look at San Juan, Pirilo Restaurant, Ocean Park Beach, Acapulco Restaurant, Finders Keepers, Old San Juan, La Danza Restaurant, El Morro Fort, Rosa De Triana Tapas Bar, Liga De Arte, La Parguera, Gina's & Johnny's Boats, Boquerón Beach, El Yunque Rainforest, La Cueva Del Mar Restaurant, Kasalta Bakery and more!
Where would you stay? Flamenco beach and go to town or Culebra town and go to the beach.....and any suggestions?
My wife and I will be attending a conference in Puerto Rico in May, 2016 and are debating should we extend and stay a few more days (4) in San Juan and see some Puerto Rican culture / food/ history.
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I will be travelling to the Carribean in April (will be going a cruise there) and we start in San Juan. We have about a day in San Juan. Now I was already checking out what to do there, and I found something that looks fun: a trolley running through the old town. But what I cannot find whether it is still running at the moment, all the posts online are from 2013 or so ...
Can any of you give me the answer whether that trolley is still running or not!
Thanks a lot!!
Will be staying in San Juan pr from March 1, 2015 to Saturday. Anyone else staying around then
Hi everyone! My boyfriend and I are looking to book a vacation in late February/March to either the USVI or Puerto Rico. I've been to the Bahamas (Eleuthra) and have been wanting to go back there or to St. Lucia, but we are limited to US territories (my boyfriend doesn't have a passport). The main goal for the vacation is to relax and find our own little slice of paradise surrounded by incredibly beautiful, secluded, pristine beaches with crystal blue waters that feel untouched. I also love…
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On December 20th I will likely be taking a taxi from San Juan airport to the Fajardo ferry terminal (to go to Vieques). If your plans align, would you like to share a ride?
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This is one of many strange experiences we've been having. We just so happened to go to a shopping center we never go to, and ended up seeing this object. It was coming towards us in a reddish/orange glow. Red was a lot more prominent. There was NO flashing lights at all, the red was flickering like a candle. We waited to see what it was- we thought it was a helicopter- But when it was going over top of us, the red light started dimming untill you saw a black circle with a small red dot, then the red dot dissapeared and we were left watching a GIANT black BASKETBALL SIZED object just fly across the sky. It was better than any UFO video I've ever seen. Someone suggested it could've been a beacon copter- but it made no noise and went over top of us. Multiple people witnessed- and I have a video recording on my phone that is clear. I would love to talk to a field investigator soon. I also have a video with two women talking about the object we saw. They were frightened. The videos are on my phone and I am out of data so I cannot upload the video- I will be glad to send it or show it in person.
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Fort Bragg cuts July 4th celebration, cites budget woes
Officials at Fort Bragg have called off an annual July Fourth celebration, citing budgetary concerns.
Lt. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn said in a release issued Thursday that the $120,000 in overtime costs make the festival too expensive to put on this year. Allyn says Fort Bragg needs to prioritize its spending in advance of civilian furloughs and budget cuts.
Officials say the annual event has been held for more than 30 years and typically draws more than 50,000 people from the area.
Bragg officials say they're also reviewing other programs and services and have made some changes, like cancelling weekend controlled burns and mowing and landscaping contracts.
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Intel has developed a new set of Atom processors designed for the use in TVs. The Atom CE4100 is wound around a 45nm technology chip and runs at a speed of 1.2Ghz.The technology is well suited managing screens, playback, hardware decoding of up to 2x high definition video streams.
Additional features include hardware decode for MPEG4 video, which is ready for DivX Home Theatre 3.0 certification, an integrated nand Flash controller, support for DDR2 and DDR3 memory and 512K L2 cache.
This technology was demonstrated by Intel's chief technology officer Justin Rattner recently in a press conference. He also provided some other functions that the new kit could perform. Meantime, he hoped to get new applications for the product, based on the software development kit as announced by the company.
TV is gradually becoming an application than a device, the Intel chief added.
Adobe has also added its Flash software on the TV. So now, the TV sets with the widgets and Flash, will gain a major attraction like that of Smartphones.
It supports internet and broadcast applications on one chip and is the newest SoC in a range of processors to bring internet content to digital TVs, DVD players and advanced set top boxes.
Eric Kim, senior vice president and general manager, Intel Digital Home Group, said: "Traditional broadcast networks are quickly shifting from a linear model to a multistream, internet optimised model to offer consumers digital entertainment that compliments the TV such as social networking, 3D gaming and streaming video. At the centre of the TV evolution is the CE4100 media processor, a new architecture that meets the critical requirements for connected consumer electronics devices."
Another interesting announcement was made yesterday at the Intel Developer Forum by Canadian firm TransGaming, a partner of Intel which is bringing its GameTree gaming service to CE 4100-powered devices, making PC games capable of running in Linux-based Intel CE SoC environments.
Furthermore, since GameTree is cloud-based, it is "uniquely suited" to the modern and often diskless CE environment, according to US research firm The Diffusion Group. Colin Dixon, Senior Partner at The Diffusion Group, adds that taken together, these announcements made at the Intel Developer Forum are a "powerful endorsement" for open Internet services.


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Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, the chief of Stand Up America U.S., a national security expert and a Fox News contributor, says the "Certificate of Live Birth" released in April by the White House as "proof positive" of President Obama's Hawaiian birth is a forgery, but the FBI is covering the fraud and no one in Congress is willing to tackle the situation because of fears of a "black backlash" if the failings of the nation's first black president are revealed.
In an interview today with Greg Corombos for WND, Vallely, who previously has expressed concerns about the U.S. Constitution and whether the Obama administration is in violation, said, "His actual birth certificate has never been found in Hawaii nor released from Hawaii hospital there, Kapiolani Hospital there, if it in fact did exist."
"We've had 3 CIA agents retired and some of their analytical associates look at it and all came to the same conclusion that even the long-form was a forged document," Vallely said.
"No members of Congress will take this on. The word I get out of Washington is that they don't want to challenge this because it would be in fact a felony offense and in some cases may be even treasonous and [they are] afraid of a black backlash from some of the urban areas," Vallely said.
"But that's a very poor excuse for not taking necessary steps to make sure this president in fact is a legitimate president under Article 2 and he is a born U.S. citizen."
The structures of government designed and intended to uncover wrongdoing, in this case, are on the wrong side, he said.
"I think they're [the FBI} covering for this administration. I think the corruption within this administration is so proliferated through the agencies of government now, we're just in a bad situation here. I think the lack of confidence in our government is growing and many feel that not only all the members of Congress but even our courts are corrupted at this time," he said.
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The BBC is to spend an extra £30 million a year on new TV programmes in a push to double its international audience to 500 million viewers.
BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, will now have a content budget of £200 million a year to compete for international audiences with the likes of Netflix and Amazon.The additional spending on "high quality" British programmes was announced yesterday as part of a new strategy for the commercial unit.
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Anyone see this quote from Shonn Greene?
Shonn Greene believes "something's got to change" at the quarterback position, and it's time to "see if somebody else can do it."
"You feel bad for Mark (Sanchez), but at the same time you want to win games. We're not here to protect people's feelings... If somebody's not getting the job done, you see if somebody else can do it. It's the same with coaching, or any position. You don't mean to belittle someone or say 'he sucks.' That's just the harsh reality," said Greene. This comes on the heels of an anonymous Jets player saying Tim Tebow is "terrible." There's a clear divide in the locker room, and it's obvious Greene thinks Sanchez is the terrible one. Players can think what they want, but things aren't expected to change any time in the immediate future. Sanchez will start in Week 11 against the Rams
I agree Sanchez is a ****ty QB but Shonne Greene also SUCKS and is the last person that should be saying anything. This kind of stuff has to start destroying that team from within and they need to clean house. Cromartie is also a total loser and I wouldn't be surprised if he was behind some of the in-fighting.


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I want to get ctgp on an iso so i can play it on dolphin. I used wit to add all the files on the iso but there are 2 lines in the riivolution xml that i don't understand.
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I skipped these lines but now the course menu looks like this:
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Former champion Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38KOs) is ready to return to the ring in either April or May, but his trainer Freddie Roach is recommending a longer period of rest.
Last Saturday in Las Vegas, Pacquiao was brutally knocked out in the sixth round of his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao doesn't care about the return opponent; he just wants to get back in the ring. He doesn't have a problem with returning in April or May. Top Rank had previously reserved a date of April 20th for Pacquiao, with Brandon Rios as the tentative opponent.
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I would have to go with Roach on this one.
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wtf..5 or 6 months is a long time to stay away from the ring..3 or 4 months are even enough..what is he gonna do till september??? He will rust like a mofaka...
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this guys a badass. doesn't care who his next opponent is.
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¿Did Roach give Marquéz that $2,000(or an amount somewhere in that line) he claims he always had in his pocket for who ever knocked Paquiao down? Marquéz should get an extra 2K for knocking him down twice(the 2nd time, OUT!)..
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Never liked Mannys fighting style or his bs humble shtick but there's no denying the guys a pitbull born to fight. That being said a Bradley rematch would sell well because of the controversy of the first fight and a Rios fight would be ridiculous action, although Manny might take more punishment in that fight even though it will probably be more one sided. At least with Bradley there's no fear of a lot of punishment cuz of Bradleys lack of power.
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Like to see him and Rios rumble!
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Pacquiao seems fired up, Roach makes some good points but it depends on Pacquiao too I think he'll come back strong.
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Your guest this evening is Blanda Okamoto, MSPT
And tonight, we're talking about aerobics.
Blanda Okamoto Thank you for having me!
moderator It's certainly a pleasure to have you by, Ms. Okamoto
Blanda Okamoto I'm glad to be here!
moderator So, why don't you begin by telling us a bit about what you do.
Blanda Okamoto I am a physical therapist in Denver and I specialize in orthopedics.
moderator So, where should one begin, when building an aerobics program for themselves?
Blanda Okamoto First you need to find an activity that you enjoy and define your goals. Weight loss? Increased energy?
moderator How would one go about finding an activity?
Blanda Okamoto After defining your goals, Try a variety of activities that increase your heart rate. Do you enjoy walking, biking, dancing, running?
If you are not sure, then try a variety of different activities, maybe even at a gym with their different equipment, and see which ones you enjoy. Anything that gets your heart rate up in the target zone and uses large muscle groups for prolonged periods is considered aerobic.
moderator Is it necessary to join a club or gym?
Blanda Okamoto No, it is not. You can walk outside, bike outside, go dancing, rent exercise videos, purchase home equipment.
moderator What do you make of those exercise videos? Are they really useful?
Blanda Okamoto It depends. Some are not worth your time because the moves are too complicated to follow or last for only a short period of time. I recommend that you rent videos at the stores before purchasing them.
moderator Let's say I decide that I want to lose weight... I'm assuming that's why most people get into aerobics, for the most part.
Blanda Okamoto Is that your only goal?
moderator For the sake of argument, let's say it is. What is a good activity to pursue?
Blanda Okamoto Any activity that increases you heart rate into the target zone and that you can do for a prolonged period of time, meaning 30-60 minutes. Examples are like what I described above such as walking, Stairmaster and the like. It need to be something you enjoy especially if your goal is to loose weight. The reason for this is that consistency is one of the biggest keys to loosing weight. If you choose an activity that you don't like, chances are you won't stick with it.
moderator Is it possible to actually gain weight by working out, when you trade fat for muscle?
Blanda Okamoto The answer is yes. Muscle does weigh more than fat. However, you will usually notice a difference in the way your clothes fit and will loose inches. That is a good sign of progress in the right direction.
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In their home. I set up directly across from an open window on a very gloomy day. Still, enough light. Although I would have had more room had I set up length-wise in the room, I would have been next to the window and not across from it and so one half of the scene would have been too shadowy. I had my Speedlite and umbrella with me, but I didn't want to introduce two different colour temps or have to fiddle with lighting.
Twin girls Grace & Jessica. They were born at 34 weeks and were in intensive care for the first couple of weeks. They are now 4 weeks old and only 4 & 5 lbs. They were by far the tiniest babies I've done so far and was extremely cautious of their itsy-bitsyness so I settled on only a couple different shots. The session took a total of 2 hours, I got peed on only once and one of the girls peed on the other one's head!
I wanted to get them both in the vintage bucket which I found on eBay but they were just so tiny that no matter how much stuffing we put in, they ended up sinking down. So I settled on just the one who was up for the challenge.
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Arindam Chaudhuri promises to get Kafila page unblocked
Until Nikhil Pahwa of Medianama.com informed me, I had no clue that India's unjust and arbitrary internet censorship regime had finally affected Kafila. Medianama published on Friday 15 February a list of 78 URLs that the Department of Telecommunications had ordered ISPs to block. 73 of them were webpages critical of the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), whose Arindam Chaudhuri has a long history of complaining about the Internet.
The Kafila page in question is simply a copy of a 2011 press release put out by The Caravan informing the public that it was taking down Siddhartha Deb's profile of Arindam Chaudhuri because of a defamation suit file by an associate of IIPM. I republished the press release here. The original source of the release on The Caravan's website has also been blocked; they have republished it as well.
Medianama managed to get a copy of the 14 February blocking order (.pdf here), which as you can see is marked restricted and instructs ISPs to not mention the URLs in their compliance letter – part of the Indian government's (lame) efforts to make sure its censorship of the internet remains secret and thus unquestioned.
A few hours later, Livemint.com quoted Gulshan Rai, technocrat and chief architect of India's draconian internet censorship regime, as saying that the blocking orders came from a court in Gwalior. This is part of the problem with internet censorship (or "regulation," the Orwellian term the government prefers): not only did the court in Gwalior not give Kafila or any of the others a chance to defend itself. Thereafter, having blocked the content, neither the hon'ble Gwalior court nor the Department of Telecommunications thought it fit to inform those whose content was being blocked. Is this not against the principles of natural justice?
A data analysis by Medianama shows that of the 73 URLs, 26 are blog posts, 25 are news sites and 9 are satire. Amongst the blocked news items are this Indian Express report of a PIL against IIPM, this mild and unoffensive interview of Siddhartha Deb in the Wall Street Journal, and a Times of India report on a Karnataka High Court judge's question about Shahrukh Khan's association with IIPM.
The spoof site Faking News has published all their blocked articles about IIPM in one single page. The Unreal Times (which is funny enough to be blocked in Pakistan) has lampooned the government for the blocking. Their blocked article had made fun of Chaudhuri's attempts to control his image on Google. Many other articles making fun of IIPM and Arindam Chaudhuri on that site have, however, not been blocked.
I had an encounter of sorts with Arindam Chaudhuri this afternoon at the CNN-IBN studio, in a Sagarika Ghose-hosted show that will be telecast tomorrow (Monday) at 10:30pm IST. I took him on against imposing such censorship. After the show, however, Chaudhuri explained that an IIPM "channel partner" (an agent who helps IIPM get students) in Gwalior had got the court order and that Chaudhuri himself had not looked at the list of URLs before the interim order was obtained. He said "sorry" to me for the blocking of the Kafila page and agreed with me that a mere press release about the lawsuit between IIPM and The Caravan should not be blocked, but added that he was not directly responsible for the blocking. He said that IIPM had now been asked to become a party to the case and would now tell the Gwalior court to order unblocking of the Kafila page in question, as also the satire sites and other URLs that he does not find are making "defamatory" claims against IIPM. I write this post partly to hold him to this promise. He said his press release yesterday had made it clear he was not against satire.
His main grouse is with the University Grants Commission; a notice against IIPM on the UGC website has also been blocked. Chaudhuri told me that IIPM has so far filed only four lawsuits against only four organisations. These are, The Caravan (along with Penguin India publishers and Siddhartha Deb), Careers360 magazine, the UGC and the AICTE. Two articles about IIPM on the Careers360 magazine that have been blocked can be read here: one, two.
Medianama is updating their excellent coverage of the issue on a live blog. Siddhartha Deb's controversial profile of Chaudhuri is available here.
Melanie Alter-ego permalinkFebruary 17, 2013 9:41 PM
Good for you, Shivam. I am sure that he will not be able to unblock the site tomorrow or even two months from now. Govt orders are not at a phone call away from Arindam's suite. Will watch the programme for sure. I do not buy Arindam's story about being unaware of the sites that have been blocked but I think that I buy less your story of meeting him outside the studio and his apologizing. As they say, you might be making it up fwiw. Do you really believe that defamatory statements should not be removed from the net under the guise of freedome of expression? Armchair activists like you are equally at fault for the ham-handed brand of internet censorship, as you guys have no idea that calling your dad an idiot is freedom of expression, saying he is a pedophile is defamation. And if you want that to remain on the net because you, dear you, are running Kafila, then so be it.
prasad permalinkFebruary 17, 2013 9:44 PM
No.F.2-19/2007 (MPC)
It is hereby informed to the public at large and students that Indian Institute of Planning
and Management (IIPM) is not a University within the meaning of Section 2(f) of the University
Grants Commission Act, 1956. Further, as per Section 22 of the University Grants Commission
Act, 1956, IIPM does not have the right of conferring or granting degrees as specified by the
University Grants Commission under Section 22(3) of the University Grants Commission Act. It
is further clarified for information that IIPM is neither entitled to award MBA/BBA/BCA degree
nor it is recognized by UGC.
The public and students are also hereby informed that the universities established either
by a Central Act or a State Act or an Institution deemed to the university under Section 3 of the
University Grants Commission Act can confer or grant only those degrees which are specified by
the University Grants Commission under Section 22(3) of the University Grants Commission
Act, 1956. A list of degrees specified by the University Grants Commission is available on the
University Grants Commission website http://www.ugc.ac.in for information of all concerned.
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faiz permalinkFebruary 18, 2013 7:34 AM
i do not understand why the piece by deb is characterized as "controversial". in fact it seems quite accurate and fair minded. i am also quite disappointed that the central thrust of this piece is regarding kafila and chaudhuri's promise to unblock it. that's all good, but surely your first concern should be the obnoxious intent of chaudhuri and his lawyer's effort in steering any critical discussion of himself and the IMPM in the first place? frankly this looks all too self serving.
Melanie permalinkFebruary 18, 2013 11:18 PM
Dear Shivam,
I do not understand why you have mixed up comments of mine along with that of Alter Ego. Can you please unscramble the two sets of comments, please? Here is what I had written, "Good for you, Shivam. Will watch the programme for sure. I do not buy Arindam's story about being unaware of the sites that have been blocked." Incidentally, I watched the programme and noticed that you could barely get your words in. Like Alter Ego, I do wonder whether he agreed to get the Kafila page unblocked, outside the studio, as he did not seem in that kind of mood inside it! Quite the bully, as you pointed out during the programme! Hope that word will not be liable for defamation!!
joseph permalinkFebruary 22, 2013 11:56 PM
This fellow calls himself a management guru?


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If you are living at metro-cities, you would always have the possibility to be seizure by violence. I never came into such a situation, but It does not mean I will not We discussed with friends, what would be our behavior when we come across somebody saying "give me your whole money" etc sometimes I hear at the news, a guy was seizure by violence and was threatened with a drawn knife. The result of our discussion was "escape if you can", "give whatever you have without taking any risk" and "oppose and defense yourself" what I want to ask, would you, for example start with an atemi, walk to side and prepare for a possible randori (probably, there would be 2-3 more guys waiting at the corner) or would you just do what he wants (certainly the situation would change if your family-girlfriend etc is with you at the moment-you would have to protect them too)
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Jury deliberation could start Monday in the case of a former Stroud Township man charged with sexually molesting two children, and a woman charged with not protecting the children.
Darren Ennis, 41, and Lauren Ennis, 34, are co-defendants in a trial that began Thursday and continued Friday. The trial has included testimony from Monroe County Children And Youth Services.
Darren Ennis is accused of molesting the children, now ages 12 and 10, on two occasions between December 2009 and May 2012, when the alleged offenses came to light and charges were filed.
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In response to a serious shortfall in its budget that came to light last year, CERN looks set to delay the start-up of its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by twelve months. The measure is part of a new long-term plan published by the lab's management, which proposes the transfer of SFr500m – about £210m – from other areas of CERN's budget to pay for the collider. According to the plan, the LHC would not collide its first protons until April 2007.
In September last year CERN shocked its member states – which fund the lab – with the news that the LHC would cost some SFr850m more than originally budgeted. In response the Council of the member states told the management to revise its spending so that CERN could pay for the extra costs without increasing its overall budget.
The saving of SFr500m identified by the management would not lead to a reduction in the number of CERN's own staff but would involve cuts in support staff provided by industrial contractors, including engineers. It would also mean a drop in the number of student researchers and scientific fellows that the lab could fund in coming years. In addition, the plan would mean limiting the operating time of certain experiments, including shutting down the Super Proton Synchrotron in 2005; scaling back travel and other general overheads; and reducing the amount of R&D on potential new facilities, such as a neutrino factory or an advanced linear collider.
Some savings would also be made by postponing the start-up of the LHC, although a spokesman for the lab said that the collider would have been delayed anyway because of a shortage of superconducting cable needed for the collider's magnets.
All of these measures, however, would still leave the lab facing a shortfall of SFr350m. This could be paid for by holding back final payment for the LHC until 2010 or by increasing CERN's overall budget. The latter would allow financing of the machine to be complete by 2009 and would enable limited R&D to continue but would not be popular among member states. Switzerland, however, has agreed to advance CERN SFr90m to pay for the LHC, money that will be deducted from Swiss contributions in later years.
CERN's Council will decide on the management's plans at a meeting in June, allowing it to take into account the findings of an external review committee set up in October to identify budget cuts.
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After splitting with Boston University last weekend, Providence College slipped from third to fifth in this week's USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll and to sixth in the USCHO.com poll.
The Friars (5-1-1) let a three-goal first period lead slip away in Friday night's 4-3 loss at BU, but bounced back with a 3-1 win at home on Saturday.
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How to remove noise in images?
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I need a bit of help here:
1) Point me to a good free extension, which may help me reduce noise in JPG files with lots of noise in them (especially in digital cameras - you know, for example, how bad look pictures taken in low-light conditions or with high ISO settings - over ISO 200)... or...
2) Point me to a good tutorial which may produce the same effect in a few steps:-)
I've seen FILTERS -> NOISE in Fireworks, but there's only ADD NOISE and not REMOVE NOISE :-D
See an example:
I've tried (sometimes) the Gaussian Blur from Effects, but it BLURS the image, removing the noise - the more you blur it, the better noise-reduction you experience, but that's not what I am searching for... I would like to remove like more than 90% of the "noise" pixels, while preserving the image's quality and sharpness... I know Photoshop now has such a filter...
...and what about Fireworks?
Thx!!!! :-)
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Never tried it, so I can't tell if it works, but sounds it might.
If anyone has, please let us know before I go on a shopping spree.
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In the filter drop down menu go to the noise filter and use the median setting. This helps to hide the JPEG compression artifacts.
Or try despeckle...
If it's a big source file apply the filter and then resize it (smaller).
De speckling is a nightmare. You can spend hours retouching or you could just fly back up into outer space and retake the photo, use the flash this time though. Don't these astronauts have any sense?!?!
Good luck....
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or you could just fly back up into outer space and retake the photo, use the flash this time though. Don't these astronauts have any sense?!?!
Good luck....
billions of dollars spent on the space program, and this is what you get.
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i've actually developed a way of doing it. you can use a sort of pseudo-anti aliasing. basically copy the picture onto four layers above it, so that you have 5 layers. at that point make each other top four layers 20% transparency and select each layer and press an arrow key once or twice, a different direction for each layer. that should offset the pictures and then when finished it may look a bit blurry, but it will be smoothed. of course, that doesn't work all the time. if it doesn't you can try exporting the picture in 256 color and then import that image back in and attempt to overlay it onto the original picture. neither way works 100% of the time, but when they do, they will make your life much easier.
Wow that does work very well. Kind of a pain, but it works. I really like the Alien Skin Image Doctor filters with also has the JPG repair kit. Its absolutely amazing, only downfall is its not free, but works very well with FW8.
Posted 30 January 2007 - 03:22 PM
First add gauss blur(set 6), then corect contrast (-10/50). Duplicate the bitmap and select MixingMode Luminosity set to 70%.
Not perfekt but simple.
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Thank you all for the suggestions/techniques :-)
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Interesting ideas! I may try them... (but nothing too simple, unfortunately...)
Thank you all for the suggestions/techniques :-)
Why not just use the Blur brush? Great for despeckling, dust, scratches, jpg compression, etc.
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"For certain things, it's important to use cadavers. [The tests] involved people who had donated their own bodies," Tingvall told Expressen.
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Songwriter showcase at Devil Mountain Coffeehouse
Five songwriters are set to perform March 15 at Walnut Creek's Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church for the Devil Mountain Coffee House.
Claudia Russell's eclectic folk music contains traces of all her musical loves -- blues, western swing, rock and count, drawing from original compositions, obscure gems, folk and pop classics and contributions from her many talented friends.
Steve Coyle, fingerstyle guitar star, cofounded The Waybacks, in 1999 and fronted that band through 2007. He has since gone solo.
Rachel Garlin is a singer-songwriter whose character-filled songs tell the stories she has collected in her life as a teacher and traveling troubadour. Her four records feature songs noted for vivid, lyrical imagery.
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More than 50 artists will exhibit a wide variety of artwork at two locations at Walnut Creek's spring art sale March 22-24.
The Civic Arts Education's Artists' Market will feature a wide range of painters, sculptures, photographers, glass artists, ceramists and more. This sale runs at the Shadelands Art Center, 111 N. Wiget Lane, Friday 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunda from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A reception with refreshments and entertainment will be part of the Friday event.
The Clay Arts Guild's Warehouse Sale will include bargains on dinnerware, raku, sculpture, vases, wall hangings and garden ceramics. The sale, which runs in conjunction with CAE's Artists' Market, takes place at the clay studio in Civic Park on Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and March 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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"Peaceable Kingdom: Animals, Real and Imagined," a juried show devoted to investigating our storied and rich relationship with the animal world, will be on exhibit March 3-May 19 at the Bedford Gallery inside the Lesher Center for the Arts.
"Peaceable Kingdom" invites prominent curators to assemble a collection of innovative and appealing works by national artists. This exhibition will explore the presence of animals in the visual arts, and how they appear as metaphors, totems, objects of fear and sources of emotional attachment and affection.
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DVC to present Shakespeare's 'Richard III'
Diablo Valley College Drama will stage its production of Shakespeare's "Richard III," directed by Beth McBrien, March 15-April 7 at 321 Golf Club Road in Pleasant Hill.
In "Richard III," Shakespeare paints a portrait of obsession, seduction and betrayal.
Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 28 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m. For tickets, call DVC's box office at 925-687-4445; for more information, go to www.dvcdrama.net.
Big Band/Generations Tribute Show March 8
Generations In Jazz along with many of your friends from our community. In a the spirit of "We all play together," the Generations in Jazz Foundation has brought together for one night the Big Band of Rossmoor, Juice, Bob Athayde & Friend, Dominant 7 and Chef's Touch Catering for a fun night of food and music. The Tribute Dinner and Show will take place at the Lafayette Veterans Memorial Building (aka the Lafayette Events Center), 3780 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 8 and dancing at 9 p.m.
This event celebrates all those who volunteer in Lafayette and "play together."
For more details, call the Chamber at 925-284-7404 or visit www.lafayettechamber.org.
Lafayette author to sign his book about prison reformers
Ted W. Fuller will sign his new book "Prison Reform Catalysts" Friday March 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Sequoia Room of the Lafayette's Community Center, 500 St. Marys Road.
The room is on the south, or Moraga, side of the main building.
The book contains profiles of 21 men and 16 women who helped bring about improvements in mainly U.S. penitentiaries, jails, and juvenile detention facilities.
Members of the Lafayette Senior Center's Creative Writing Workshop are sponsoring the event. Guests are invited to stay for part or all of the regular workshop that takes place in the same room from 3 to 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Town Hall's 'Farnsworth Invention' through March 2
Town Hall Theatre will present six more performances Aaron Sorkin's "The Farnsworth Investion," the final one being Saturday, March 2.
Joel Roster, Town Hall's director of education, takes on "The Farnsworth Invention" by Sorkin ("The West Wing," "The Social Network") that tells the story of Philo Farnsworth and his race to develop the most influential technological innovation of the 20th century -- television.
Upcoming performances are Feb. 22 and 23 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m., and Feb. 28, March 1 and March 2 at 8 p.m.
The theater is at 3535 School St., at the corner of School Street and Moraga Road in Lafayette. For more information call 925.283.1557 or go to http://www.townhalltheatre.com/
'Tokens of Affection'warms hearts through March 9
When it's cold outside, come in and enjoy the warmth of Lafayette Gallery's winter show "Tokens of Affection," on exhibit through March 9 at the gallery, 50 Lafayette Circle, Lafayette.
Cards and gifts, ceramics, paintings, prints, glasswork, jewelry and photography, all created by local artists who love what they do, will be on display and for sale. Valentines cards and more have arrived.
A free champagne and chocolates reception will be held Friday, Feb. 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the gallery; all are welcome.
'Lightness of Seeing' photography show open
The Moraga Art Gallery's new show, "The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing," features the unique combination of Dave E. Dondero's hyper-realistic California landscapes and Erik Wilson's thought-provoking and often ironic urban scenes.
The two have been friends for 30 years, but this is the first time their work has been seen together in a show celebrating the "lightness" of the fleeting visual moments life brings us, whether the telling expression of a stranger or the play of clouds above a solitary oak.
The show, which opened Jan. 16, runs through March 23, and admission is free.
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DVC to present Shakespeare's 'Richard III'
Diablo Valley College Drama will stage its production of Shakespeare's "Richard III," directed by Beth McBrien, March 15-April 7 at 321 Golf Club Road in Pleasant Hill.
In "Richard III," Shakespeare paints a portrait of obsession, seduction and betrayal, and offers up one of the most diabolical and outrageous villains in all of literature.
Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 28 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m. For tickets, call DVC's box office at 925-687-4445; for more information, go to www.dvcdrama.net.
Children's Chorus auditions continue through February
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"As a young boy I dreamed of racing my bike professionally. With the support and guidance of many, I was able to pursue those dreams," Hunt said on his team's website.
Hunt began his professional career in 1996 when he signed for Miguel Indurain's Banesto team and has since featured for BigMat - Auber '93, MBK-Oktos-Saint Quentin, Mr Bookmaker, Unibet.com, Credit Agricole and the Cervelo TestTeam.
"Through the difficult times and memorable moments, the experiences during my career have been far more fulfilling and memorable than I would have ever imagined," he added. "Those moments will stay with me forever, have matured me and have given me a lifetime of experiences. I know cycling will always remain a part of my life, whether I am a professional or city commuter, as it is my passion. "After reflecting on my career and considering my future and family, I have made the decision that this will be my last season of racing."
Meanwhile, Cofidis rider Jean-Eudes Demaret has also confirmed his retirement from racing .
"GP Fourmies, last race of my career. My head is ready to move on to something else, even if I still have one year left with Cofidis," the Frenchman tweeted.
He is the second Cofidis rider to sign off at the weekend after team-mate David Moncoutié raced the last stage of his career at the Vuelta a Espana.
Demaret, 28, has suffered from Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammation of the bowel.