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Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction
Green Party's Jill Stein Praises WikiLeaks, Calls Julian Assange a Hero
Venturing Into "the Capitalist Labyrinth" (Video)
Bernie's Next Revolution: New National Group to Launch to Promote Progressives
Water Is Life, Oil Is Death: The People vs. the Bakken Pipeline in Iowa and the Dakotas
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FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that although Clinton and her team were "extremely careless" in their use of a personal email server, his agency recommends that no criminal charges be brought against her.
Some previously released emails have since been redacted, but the 22 now declared top-secret are the first to be withheld outright.
Two emails on Hillary Clinton's private server that a federal auditor deemed "top secret" include a discussion of a news article detailing a U.S. drone strike and a conversation that could inappropriately point toward highly classified material, U.S. officials told The Associated Press.
For some 20 years, in another and more youthful phase of my life, I was one of the (apparently) several hundred thousand Americans who possessed a "top secret" security classification.
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From the memo detailing the right to assassinate U.S. citizens worldwide to the paper negotiating the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, the U.S. government has kept many documents classified for dubious reasons. David Wallechinsky of AllGov looks at 11 of them.
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There can be little doubt that government retaliation against whistle-blowers is not an isolated event, nor even an agency-by-agency practice. The number of cases in play suggests an organized strategy to deprive Americans of knowledge of the more disreputable things their government does.
An investigative video created by The Guardian examines alleged WikiLeaker Bradley Manning's psychological condition before he was dispatched to Iraq, concluding that he was probably not fit for overseas duty and that security at his station was remarkably lax.
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In a plea deal with Israeli authorities, former soldier Anat Kamm has admitted to leaking more than 2,000 classified military documents to the Haaretz newspaper, including information on an Israeli operation aimed at killing West Bank Palestinian militants.
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Ronald Goldfarb, writing in The Hill, points out that 90 percent of the 16 million classified documents generated each year should be open in the first place. "The burden," he writes, "ought to be on those classifying confidentially to make the clear case for secrecy, and the presumption should be for openness."
Acting as if we live in some sort of fantasy world, the Obama administration and the Pentagon have both forbid their hundreds of thousands of federal workers to view the WikiLeaks secret cables—unless those employees have the requisite security clearance.
U.S. officials are warning foreign governments that the WikiLeaks website is about to let fly with another batch of sensitive diplomatic documents that will be "harmful to the U.S. and our interests."
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The release of some 400,000 classified military documents on the Iraq War has led the U.N. to call on the Obama administration to investigate American troops' human rights abuses. Leaked documents tying British forces to possible war crimes sparked a demand for a public inquiry in the U.K. as well.
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The Pentagon is once again articulating its oft-cited trope that release of classified documents on the WikiLeaks website could endanger U.S. and allied troops and Iraqi civilians as the whistle-blower site prepares to publish even more classified files on the Iraq War.
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Since 2004, U.S. operatives have been crossing the borders of friends and foes alike in a secret global hunt for al-Qaida. According to a bombshell report in The New York Times, a dozen or so raids have been conducted in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere since Donald Rumsfeld issued a secret order with the backing of the president.
By simply deciding that something is a "state secret," the Bush government has avoided answering for its brutal treatment of innocent victims in the war on terror. This is a perversion of the principle of American justice.
Asked to what extent the State Department had covered up corruption in the government of Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the department's top Mideast official told the House Oversight Committee that information that could "damage" the U.S. relationship with Iraq is considered "confidential." That didn't go over well with committee Chairman Henry Waxman, who then threw down the gauntlet.
In 2005, the Justice Department issued two secret opinions on torture that endorsed and protected the administration's desire to use physically and psychologically traumatizing interrogation techniques. Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey reportedly warned his colleagues that they would be "ashamed" when their work became public.
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In his typically reassuring style, Dick Cheney has stated that his office is not a part of the executive branch of the U.S. government and is therefore not bound by certain White House rules, reports "The Blotter" on abcnews.com.
You didn't happen to see, oh ... let's say, about 160 FBI laptops, did you? They're really important and some of them have top-secret info inside them. The FBI seems to have lost track of them in the last four years. Oh, also while you're looking, keep an eye out for the 160 weapons it just reported missing.
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Britain's Sun newspaper has obtained a copy of a "top secret" tape that depicts the adolescent joy of two U.S. fighter pilots as they gunned down a British convoy, killing Lance Cpl. Matty Hull and injuring four others.
The Defense Department says it has learned of a plot to spy on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances traveling through Canada. Though it released few other details, the U.S. Defense Security Service says it found tiny transmitters hidden in Canadian coins.
The National Security Council has blocked publication of an article critical of the Bush administration's Iran policy, claiming that it contains classified information. The piece was written by two former government Mideast experts, who have accused the NSC of playing politics: "They don't want us to say how many opportunities this administration has missed to put relations with Iran on a better track."
Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) is but which has been stamped "Draft" by the Bush administration to keep it from becoming public.
Washington Post reporter Dana Priest threw Bill Bennett's gambling history back in his face when the conservative pundit attempted to lecture Priest on ethics.
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When Pa. Sen. Rick Santorum went on Fox to make what turned out to be a bogus claim about WMDs in Iraq, did he violate federal law by holding classified documents up to the camera? Greg Sargent has more….
The CIA officer reportedly fired for leaking classified intelligence information is Mary O. McCarthy, who until 2001 was senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council.
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Bush & Co. have launched FBI probes, polygraph investigations and warnings from the Justice Dept. to stem leaks of classified (and non-classified) information to reporters.
Imagine if Bush were to spend an equal amount of time addressing the problems surfaced via the leaks….
Of course he never would do that, but perhaps he could ask Karl Rove what kind of information he has leaked….
Even though Germany sat out the invasion of Iraq, its spies in Baghdad passed on reams of information to the U.S. command, according to classified Berlin files.
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Announcement: WebSphere Application Server Community Edition Version 220.127.116.11 is now available
IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V184.108.40.206 is a lightweight Open Source-based Application Server which is certified to the Java Enterprise Edition 6 full Profile (Java EE Profile) specification.
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition provides a platform to support situational as well as multi-tier enterprise applications with no up-front costs, while providing optional fee-based support offerings and a path to more advanced capabilities through the WebSphere Application Server family.
Note that WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V3.0 is the latest major release. The previous major release was the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V2.1. This news provides the details about new features in the latest release as well as significant changes over the previous V2.1 release.
The WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 3.0 is based on Apache Geronimo 3.0 which integrates Apache Karaf 2.2.1, Apache Aries 0.3, Apache Tomcat 220.127.116.11, Apache OpenEJB 4.0, Apache OpenWebBeans 1.1.1 and other open source components.The significant upgrades to various components of WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V3.0 are as follows:
- Based on Apache Geronimo Server V3.0
- Apache OpenEJB V4.0
- Apache OpenJPA V2.1.1
- Apache ActiveMQ V5.4.2
- Apache ActiveIO V3.1.2
- Apache Geronimo Yoko V1.2
- Apache Pluto V2.0.1
- Apache Tomcat V184.108.40.206
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V3.0 enhancements are as follows.
Based on Apache Geronimo 3.0 and other open source projects CE 3.0 is based on Apache Geronimo 3.0 which integrates Apache Karaf 2.2.1, Apache Aries 0.3, Apache Tomcat 184.108.40.206, Apache OpenEJB 4.0, Apache OpenWebBeans 1.1.1 and other open source components. Refer to CHANGES.txt for a detailed list of patches.
Java SDK upgraded The supported Java SDK 6 for CE 3.0 has been upgraded to IBM SDK 6 SR9 FP1.
Installer and runtime support for new platforms CE 3.0 now supports the following platforms as recommended/compatible ones:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 w/SP1
Fedora 15
openSUSE Linux 11.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Version 6.1
Ubuntu 11.04
Refer to platform requirements for information about all supported platforms.
Architecture changes By introducing OSGi into Java EE world, below are the major architecture changes in CE 3.0:
Based on Eclipse Equinox OSGi framework, and supports Apache Felix.
Uses Geronimo kernel for lifecycle management and dependency management.
Converts Geronimo repository into an OSGi bundle repository to simplify deploying and using available bundles.
Uses OSGi classloading mechanism to share classes among components.
Technology improvements With the architecture changes, CE 3.0 provides the following technology improvements:
Integrates the JNDI component from Apache Aries, which allows OSGi services injected into Java EE modules using @Resource annotation.
Provides an OSGi Blueprint Container with standardized declarative, fine-grained, dependency injection for OSGi enterprise applications, and automatic OSGi bundle dependency resolution and provisioning.
Provides the abilities to dynamically update OSGi services and load multiple version of bundles into the same server.
Supports Java EE 6 specification as below, and provides backward compatibilities to Java EE 5 applications.
Java context and dependency injection
Restful web service
EJB in WAR
Annotation based servlet
Asynchronized servlets and ejbs
And other technology updates in Java EE 6.
Support various types for Java assets CE 3.0 provides various ways to install and administer Java assets, such as command line mode, administrative console, Karaf shell or development tools. It supports deployment and management of different types of Java assets:
OSGi Enterprise applications
Pure OSGi bundles
Web application bundles(WAB)
Blueprint applications
Java EE applications.
Usability improvements CE 3.0 has the following improvement on usabilities:
The installation wizard can be used to install CE Eclipse Plug-in(WEP) to your existing Eclipse during installation.
The administrative console is reorganized into two sets of mode: basic and Advanced modes, and there is a search box on the navigation panel to help you locate specific tasks more easily.
The administrative console can be used to manage and deploy OSGi bundles, Web Application bundles(WAB) and Enterprise Bundle application(EBA).
The EJB portlet can provide better configuration and viewing of the OpenEJB container.
The JMS portlet can provide better ActiveMQ administration through the administrative console.
OSGI Portlet enhances the administrative console to better manage the OSGi framework and bundles.
The hot deploy feature can be used for both Java EE assets and OSGi bundles. Use /deploy directory for Java EE assets and Aries application. For OSGi bundles, use /hotbundles directory.
The server provides improved ability to consume server.xml for Apache Tomcat to reduce barriers to running Tomcat based applications on CE server.
High availability and security improvements CE 3.0 has the following improvements on clustering and security:
EJB failover such as multicast and multipoint scenarios provided by embedded OpenEJB component.
JMS master/slave clustering to persist JMS messages with different scenarios provided by embedded ActiveMQ component.
HTTP header based authentication to support single sign on and validate authentication information passed by HTTP headers.
SPNEGO support to allow HTTP users to log in and authenticate only once in their desktop, after that they can receive automatic authentication from the CE server.
Ability to accept encrypted passwords in deployment plans and encrypt passwords in config.ser. Use encrypt command to generate encrypted strings using CE system configuration.
gogo commands for CE CE 3.0 ships Apache Karaf as one of its component, and provides CE specific gogo commands to manage Java assets and the server. Apache Karaf shell supports tab auto completion, easy to extend. It replaces GShell used in previous CE versions.
Development environment CE Eclipse Plug-in (WEP) for 3.0 is based on Geronimo Eclpse Plug-in (GEP) 3.0, which supports Eclipse Helios or above, and supports Rational Application Developer (RAD) 8.0+. WEP also provides the following enhancements and features:
Bundle installation from WEP.
Working with OSGi free tool to provide OSGi application development support.
Embeded Karaf shell from Eclipse server view.
Creating custom server assemblies.
New datasource pool wizard for EAR application.
New security realm wizard for various applications.
Implementation of refactoring support in Eclipse. When performing a refactoring operation, you can preview all the changes to be carried out for the application, such as artifact ID and <context-root> element of a Web application.
Profiling mode to start a Geronimo server in Eclipse. You can start a Geronimo server in profiling mode if Test and Performance Tools Platform Project is installed.
New versions of LDAP servers CE 3.0 now adds the following directory servers as recommended:
IBM Tivoli Directory Server v6.3
Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition v220.127.116.11.0 See supported directory servers for information about all supported directory servers.
New versions of database servers CE 3.0 now adds the following database servers as recommended:
MySQL Community Edition v5.5.9 or later See supported database servers for information about all supported database servers.
Document information
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Software version: 3.0
Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Software edition: Elite, Enhanced, Entry
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Scale Buttons MLx Home | MLx menu | MLx buttons | Widgets | Index | What's New
(These scale commands change the scaled copy of the image for display. To make a 'permanently scaled' copy of an image for further processing, use the scale pixel operations.
There are two scale buttons. The one in the images collumn can work on some or all of the displayed images. The one in the Top Image collumn will work on the front image window. Scaling operations affect only the a copy of the array that is used for display. The original image array is not affected. This means that any scaling operation can be 'undone' by scaling differently.
There is one exception: if the Use Orig 8-bit parameter is Yes, then the scaled array and the original array for 8 bit images are one and the same. This saves memory when working on large 8 bit images.
The scaled arrays are used for the gray level image display, color overlays, Concentration Histogram Images, and histograms. All of these are therefore affected (or controled by) the scaling operations.
Linear scaling: Limits are asked for. The defaults are the last limits used, unless the control key is held down. In that case the defaults are always the limits of the image array, (that is the original data).
(I plan to add a mouse scaling function). Typing in the limits is particularly useful for fixing the scaling so that a CHI will have the desired axis limits.
Clipping: Values equal to or less than the specified minimum are set to zero. Values equal to or greater than the specified maximum are set to 255. Values in between are scaled linearly.
Scaling is done primarily for display or for histogramming and scatter plots (CHI's).
These scaling options need a histogram to work. Due to a certain programmer's laziness (me), these work only on fixnums or positive integers. Therefore, they won't work for ratio images, images with negative values (many difference images), etc. This is because the integer images have natural bins (the value of the pixels), whereas the other images have to have bins made for ranges of values.
Rather than doing that, I've included the prescale option, which in effect does the same thing: an array is scaled to integer values, and then this array can be scaled for display. (See the note about the prescale menu item, below.)
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This is the same as linear scaling, except that the limits are chosen so that the specified percentage of outlying pixels are clipped.
This function is fast for integer pixels (fixnum images - unsigned byte 8, for example) and slow for real valued images. This is because a histogram is calculated and used for the integer images, but the entire image is sorted for the real valued images. Making a histogram for the real valued images requires histograms variable bin size, which is more complicated than what I have time to do right now. DSB
Histogram equalization flattens the intensity distribution histogram. The pixel intentensities are shifted while still maintaining their monotonic relationship such that equal numbers of pixels are assigned to each gray level. (The limited number of gray levels causes the 'flattened' histogram to not be really flat, but to have spikes or a comb shaped appearance.) The result is that detail appears in the image background or in features that cover a large area of the image, while small objects become all black or white, and tend to loose their detail. (Roughly, small objects have few pixels, thus few gray levels.) See the example in the tutorial article. Also see Russ 1990, pp. 34, 35
This is NOT linear scaling. Axes are not implemented for histograms or CHI's for this type of scaling. For a group of images, each image is equalized by itself - a group or cumulative histogram is not used (I don't know why you would want it).
Fixed Limits
Manually input what values in the image will be black (0) and white (255). For a group of images, the global limits of the selected group is presented as the default. All of the images in the group will be scaled to these limits.


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It seems Jennifer Lawrence's brother Blaine tied the knot recently, and the wedding—with J.Law in all her bridesmaid-ing glory—made the cover of the latest issue of Martha Stewart Weddings.
The mag calls the J.Crew bridesmaid dresses ivory, but it looks to me like they're soft peach, right? (Click here to see the ivory.)
Arabelle Long Dress in Silk Chiffon from J.Crew, $365.
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DEMING, Wash. – Liam Ryan grabbed a win in the 600 Open division that he'll remember for a long time, with a last lap pass that grabbed him a victory on Sun Drop/Les Schwab night at Deming Speedway.
Joining him in victory lane was Brock Lemley, Tristin Thomas and Haley Constance.
Ryan, admittedly, started the 600 A Main with a race car that was way tight for the first ten laps, as he rolled around in the fourth position during the early going. A lap 10 yellow gave Ryan the opportunity to work on his shock package, with his cockpit adjustable shocks playing a big factor in the outcome of the feature.
Dialing the knobs to loosen his car up, Ryan found the top groove of turns one and two and quickly rocketed into second place and rapidly closing on race leader Chase Schmidt. Around lap 13, Ryan showed a nose to Schmidt on the outside of one and two but couldn't complete the pass. On the subsequent circuit, Schmidt moved his car into the high groove as well, taking Ryan's line away. Ryan remained patient and waited for slower traffic. When the slower traffic came into play following the white flag, Liam struck, railing the high groove again as Schmidt took low to try and deal with the slower car.
Schmidt unfortunately chose the wrong line, as the lapper dove low, giving Liam the edge on the high side which he used to make the pass coming out of turn two to secure the lead and the win. Schmidt would roll home second and Jared Peterson third. Austin Sheridan was fast time. Heat wins went to Peterson, Dustin O'Brien and Madison Hess.
Brock Lemley came out of a heated early battle with Derek Holmwood with the lead in the Shots 2 Go Espresso 1200 main, and ended cruising to an easy win as many of his fellow competitors fell away due to attrition. Lemley survived multiple cautions to lap up to 4th place in picking up the win, his second of the season. Tyson Cross finished second and Frosty Metcalfe was third. Jared Gundersen set quick time. Heat wins went to Nate Vaughn and Steven Hendrickson.
It came down to the wire for Tristin Thomas in the 600 Restricted division, but when the dust settled, it was Thomas standing tall with the A Main trophy. Thomas led easily until hitting traffic around lap 16. The lapped cars, while slower, held a tough line around the inside of the track, and no one had the gumption to work the high groove.
Thomas settled into line while second place Ashley Thompson and third place Eli Schmidt closed. In the end, Thomas only ended up lapping one car, but neither Thompson nor Schmidt could use the outside groove, and it was Tristin taking the win. Heat race wins went to Sawyer Sorgenfrei, Dylan Resch and Brandee Wood. Thomas set quick time.
Haley Constance made a last lap pass to win her second straight Kasey Kahne Junior Sprint A Main and third overall of the season. Constance and Lynden Lebedynski had a spirited battle that ended with Lebedynski trapped behind a lapped car on the inside of the race track on the last lap. Constance used the clear lane around the top to take the lead and the win, followed by Lynden and Allison Johnson. Cain Cress was quick time. Heat winners were Cress and Lebedynski.


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Duke Energy Renewables Acquires Two Arizona Solar Farms Dec. 12, 2011
Duke Energy now owns two large-scale solar farms in Arizona the companys first in the American West.
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, purchased the Ajo Solar Project and Bagdad Solar Project from Recurrent Energy in August. Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) will buy all of the output from both solar farms from Duke Energy Renewables under the terms of two 25-year power purchase agreements. (APS originally signed these agreements with Recurrent Energy.)
The Ajo Solar Project, located in Pima County (near the community of Ajo), uses nearly 21,000 photovoltaic (PV) solar panels that can collectively generate almost 5 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The project achieved commercial operation in late September.
The Bagdad Solar Project, located in Yavapai County (near the town of Bagdad), will use about 72,000 solar panels that can collectively generate 15 MW of electricity. The project is expected to achieve commercial operation by the end of this year.
This acquisition puts Duke Energy in a position to help Arizonas largest and longest-serving energy service provider deliver even more affordable, zero-emission renewable power to its customers, said Duke Energy Renewables President Greg Wolf. For Duke Energy, this landmark deal doubles our portfolio of commercial solar projects in operation and instantly expands our footprint to the western United States.
These projects represent an important step in realizing our mission to establish solar as a mainstream source of electricity, said Arno Harris, CEO of Recurrent Energy. Were thrilled to have a partner of Duke Energys caliber step into the ownership role for these innovative solar projects.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
International engineering and project management company AMEC designed and built the Ajo and Bagdad projects. AMEC will be responsible for operating and maintaining the sites under the terms of five-year service agreements with Duke Energy Renewables.
Duke Energy Renewables already owns seven PV facilities in operation: a 14-MW solar farm in San Antonio, Texas, a 6-MW project in Orlando, Fla., and five 1-MW sites in North Carolina. The company is building a 5-MW facility in Murfreesboro, N.C. In addition, Duke Energy Renewables owns more than 1,000 MW of electric-generating capacity at 10 U.S. wind farms. Since 2007, Duke Energy has invested more than $1.75 billion to grow its commercial wind and solar business lines.
About Duke Energy Renewables
Duke Energy Renewables, part of Duke Energys Commercial Businesses, is a leader in developing innovative wind and solar energy solutions for customers throughout the United States. The companys growing portfolio of commercial renewable assets includes ten wind farms and eight solar farms in operation in seven states, totaling more than 1,000 megawatts in electric-generating capacity. Learn more at www.duke-energy.com/renewables.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is available on the Internet at: www.duke-energy.com.
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Throw out your router table.
By misanthropist
from Lompoc, CA.
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Comments about Central-Machinery 1 Horsepower Wood Shaper:
I'll never use a router table again, and I've used a few. Smooth, stable, powerful, and relatively quiet. Fantastic for the money. Only problem is that if you intend to use router bits a small modification is required. As another reviewer noted, drill and tap a pair of appropriately sized holes between the existing clamp studs and you'll be happy.
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very nice
By wood man
from rialto ca
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i love mine, i dont think you can beat it,if you can, i have not found it yet,
(32 of 34 customers found this review helpful)
cant beat the price
By cmb
from Baltimore, MD
This is a nice heavy machine for the money, even the stand is heavier gauge than I am used to with these HF machines. it runs fairly quiet and you cant beat the price, I got mine on sale so it was under $300. if you look around at routers and router tables you will quickly realize that is beyond a bargain. If you look at other clones like Grizzly, this one also has the largest table size which is nice. and although the description says it has wooden fence covers, mine came with nice Aluminum ones, so double bonus. The nice thing about this machine is that it comes with an arbor to hold shaper bits as well as collets for both 1/4 and 1/2" router bits. which is a lot of flexibility. the only snag is, that it seems that the holes for the bolts that hold the fence in place were drilled in the optimal place for using shaper bits, which have a generally larger diameter, which makes perfect sense as it is sold as a shaper. But it mean the fence is slightly forward to account for this larger diameter use. its only an issue when using small 1/4'' router bits, you cant quite back the fence up enough to get as close as you need with a small diameter bit. So the remedy is to use a bigger Diameter router bit, or as I plan to do, drill and tap a second set of holes in the table so I can locate the fence farther back when needed. just a small modification to make this a 100% useful tool so I give it 5 stars still for the price alone.
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Power House with options!
By Mike
from Washington, DC
Rock Solid machine, Adjustable cast iron fence base, mine came with aluminum fences instead of the wood ones pictured. The ability to use any bit from 1/4" shaft through 1/2" shaper bits is great. My table was flat & true. The dust collector/safety shield works adequately (safety great, dust collection not as good as a fence mounted collection port). Heavy machine. Hint- Harbor Freight's 1000 lb mover's dollies make great mobile tool bases (some modification needed on a tool by tool basis), I have my 14" Band Saw, Shaper, and 17" Drill Press mounted on them with no stability or mobility problems.
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Not bad for Harbor Freight
By Allens Wood Working
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I bought this shaper a few years back, it was on sale and I thought i would give it a try. You can use cutters or router bits, I mainly use router bits in the 1/2" shank. I have found with its low rpm around 3500 you have a little more finish sanding and you need to run your wood a little slower. I also had to replace the fence, the one that came with it was junk. I make a larger one so I could cut my 5 1/2" crown and be able to put feather boards on. It has lasted three years and still going. I don't use my router table any more. This is not a high quality piece, but if you take your time it should work for a small shop. If it does break down I will mount my router underneath.
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Good product, but check all parts carefu
By nkr
from Hartford City, Indiana
The shaper is well designed and powerful enough for my needs (creating replica molding for an old house). The instruction manual could be written a bit more clearly and updated to match the currently shipping product. The collet nut shipped with the shaper had its threading and bore off center. The store gave me a replacement which worked fine, so check all parts carefully!
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Nice Machine
By home builder
from New Orleans, La
Just bought this machine and with in a hour i had it all together.looks like a sturdy
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was not too happy with this
By ukolney
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this shaper was shipped to the eastern Caribbean it got there in good condition , and was set up for used the following day after used it run for twenty minutes and the motor keep shutting down .I let it sit for an hour or so will run for about 20 minutes or so and will shut down each time it shut down the waiting time became longer ,and the running time became shorter and shorter .At this time it no longer run I am stuck with a lemon .cant send it back to the usa I am now looking for a motor to replace it.It deed a better motor
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Not a fan
By mdperky
from Western PA
I purchased this shaper to be primarily a router table. I was purely led by price and what seems like a very durable cast iron top etc. This shaper has limited routing capabilities. The bit does not go low enough to work on small projects. Mine would not go lower than 3/4 inches above the table (straight 1/2" rabbet router bit (yes, I did install the table spacers). The out feed fence vibrated loose causing the cut to be deeper and deeper as I went through my first test cut. There was a massive amount of tear out at the end of the cut as well. This shaper is not for me and will be returned to HF. I'm going with my original plan for a router table for my router.
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1. Issuing Building Permits.
2. Performing inspections on all building components, including structural, plumbing, mechanical, electrical and life safety.
3. Developing and enforcing environmental protection measures, such as stormwater and erosion control regulations.
Current Adopted Codes
Effective June 18, 2012
2012 International Building Code
2012 International Residential Code
2012 International Residential Code Appendix G
2012 City of Daphne Supplemental Code for Residential Structures in Addition to the International Residential Code 2012.
2012 International Fuel Gas Code
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Site Containment
Erosion and sediment control involves the implementation of site specific Best Management Practices (BMPs) to insure that sediment and construction debris do not leave construction sites. The City's Site Containment Inspector is responsible for inspecting all permitted home and commercial sites in Daphne to ensure compliance. If a site has chronic non-compliance, the City can ticket the contractor and/or owner or issue a stop work order until site conditions reach compliance status.
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Checklist for Applying for Building Permits:
- 2 Sets of plans
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Texas Theatre will return to that tragic November day with films
Over at the Texas Theatre, the Aviation Cinemas guys plan to honor President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday, the day of his assassination, 48 years ago.
They will re-create the theater's programming of Nov. 22, 1963, with clips from War Is Hell, starting at 1:20 p.m. (a replay at 4:45) and Cry of Battle at 2:45 and 6:10 p.m.
Tickets will cost $1, the price charged that day, when accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was captured at the Oak Cliff theater, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd.
And in a treat for the conspiracy-minded, the Warren Commission-challenging documentary Rush to Judgment will screen at 7:30 p.m. followed by the 1964 film Naughty Dallas at about 10. Don't click here.
John Slate, the Dallas city archivist and the "JFK Conspiracy guy" in the 1991 film Slacker will introduce each film.


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on November 17, 2013 - 12:01 AM
DULUTH, Minn. – Kassidy is an 8-year-old girl and something of a tease.
After leaping high to corral a rubber toy that looks like dead mallard, the 62-pound chocolate Lab takes a victory lap to the backyard fence, around the garden and directly past Nero, a similarly sized 2-year-old male black Lab being held to wait his turn.
Nero's frustration is palpable. Like Kassidy, he loves to run, leap and fetch. The only thing that the two dogs might like better than playing in the backyard of Heath and Kristin Wiersma's Kenwood neighborhood home would be having a pool of water to leap into.
Both dogs participate in the sport of dock jumping, with everyone in the Wiersma family – Heath and Kristin, both 38; 12-year-old Kiara and 11-year-old Kylee – serving as handlers. Heath and Kylee work with Kassidy and Kristin and Kiara with Nero, a rescue dog the family adopted from Animal Allies in February.
Competitive dock jumping started in Minnesota and Wisconsin about 13 years ago, said Heath Wiersma, a Duluth, Minn., firefighter for almost 13 years.
Incorporated as Dock Dogs, it's the fastest-growing canine sport in the world with 10,000 dog-handler teams competing, Heath Wiersma said.
His colleague Perry Ludwig and his dog Lily introduced him to the sport, and when Kassidy was a 1-year-old he gave it a try.
"We practiced one day, and I fell in love with it, and Kassidy fell in love with it," he said.
The sport has a junior division for handlers so that Kiara and Kylee can compete in the same events and with the same dogs as their parents.
But the spotlight is on Kassidy because, for the first time, Heath and Kassidy qualified for the dock-jumping world championship. The event concludes today at a convention center in Dubuque, Iowa.
Kassidy was named "biggest-jumping dog" – the overall winner – in four previous competitions this year. It was a fifth event, in which Kassidy placed fifth overall, that won dog and master the invitation to Dubuque.
The competition consists of three events. In "extreme vertical," the dogs leap over the water to snatch a toy – in competition lingo it's a "bumper" – suspended in the air at gradually higher positions. In "speed retrieve," the dog runs 20 feet on the dock, leaps into the water and swims to the bumper at the end of the pool, 38 feet away from the dock.
In "big air," the handler throws the bumper, the dog leaps off the dock after it, and the distance from the end of the dock to the point where the dog's rump hits the water is measured.
Kassidy will compete in two divisions: the veterans division, for dogs between 8 and 10 years old; and the masters, for dogs that have made five "big air" jumps between 20 and 22 feet in high-level competitions. Kassidy's best jump is better than that: 25 feet 5 inches, still well short of the world record of 31 feet.
But Nero may not be playing second fiddle for long.
"The way Nero is progressing … I think that he'll be extremely good next year," Heath Wiersma said, sounding just a tad wistful. "He's going to surpass (Kassidy) in everything next year."
There's just a hint of a friendly family competition. When Kassidy's best extreme vertical jump of 5 feet 10 inches was reported, Kristin Wiersma chuckled before announcing that Nero's best was 6 feet. Nero also is slightly ahead already in the speed retrieve and not far behind Kassidy's "big air" with a best of 24 feet 3 inches.
There's also a chance for intergenerational rivalry. Heath Wiersma said Kylee's best scores with Kassidy haven't exceeded his – yet. Because of Nero's rapid progress, Kiara and her mom kept passing each other's marks all summer, Kristin Wiersma said.
The family aspect of Dock Dogs is one thing both parents said they particularly like.
"It's great time to spend together as a family," Kristin Wiersma said. "And it's something we can do with our dogs. We don't have to kennel them and leave them behind. For us, we got dogs because we wanted companions. And we love having them. We love doing things with them."
Some of the family time includes practice sessions at area lakes from about late May through late August, Heath Wiersma said.
"You bring them to a lake and they see a dock and water; they go berserk," he said. "They love doing it that much."
Many of the dogs in competitions also are hunting dogs, Heath Wiersma said. But although he is a hunter, neither of the dogs hunts with him. There's a possibility Nero might someday. As for Kassidy, it turned out that her love for running, jumping, swimming and retrieving was matched by a distaste for guns.
"She does a great job in the woods until the time I shoot my first bird," he said. "And then she's done."


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Egyptian designer runs afoul of Saudi princess, gets 500 lashesAugust 27, 2012
11:35 am
CAIRO — Human-rights activists are demanding the release of Nagla Wafa, an Egyptian wedding planner and designer sentenced to 500 lashes and five years in prison in Saudi Arabia following a business dispute with a princess.
Wafa ran afoul of a royal in the Saudi kingdom over the finances of a joint business venture, according to her family. She was reportedly accused of cashing a check from the princess but not following through on their deal to start a restaurant.
"As of May of 2012, Ms. Wafa has been subjected, on a weekly basis, to 50 floggings per week within the 'Al-Malz' Prison. She currently faces 200 more floggings ... despite her suffering from distortions to her spine," the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights said in an online statement.
Accusing Saudi Arabian authorities of unlawfully detaining the 39-year-old mother of teenage twins, the organization said the case was a "blatant violation" of human rights and filed a complaint with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Nashwa Ismael, Wafa's mother, who lives in Cairo, said her daughter wasn't accused of fraud charges until about 20 months after she was arrested in 2009. Ismael said the family wasn't able to find a Saudi Arabian lawyer to take Wafa's case until June, when they first went public with the issue.
"Nagla's case should have appeared before a business court and she should have been notified of her accusations right away," Ismael told The Times.
Ismael added that since the family decided to go public, Saudi Arabian authorities have kept Wafa from outside contact. She was previously allowed one phone call a month.
"Last time I spoke with her was about a month ago. She was utterly devastated and tired because she lost everything, her sons, her livelihood," Ismael said.
Egypt's National Council for Women has also sent a letter to the Saudi Arabian ambassador in Cairo demanding Wafa's release for "lack of conviction." The council urged Saudi Arabian authorities to halt Wafa's flogging sentence.
About 2 million Egyptian expatriates currently live and work in Saudi Arabia. Over the years, Egyptian human-rights activists and protesters have repeatedly accused Saudi Arabian officials of mistreating Egyptian nationals, who travel to there seeking better job opportunities.
In April, the two Arab countries had a falling out when hundreds of Egyptians protested outside the kingdom's embassy in Cairo for the release of Egyptian lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi, who was arrested on drug charges while traveling to Saudi Arabia for a pilgrimage.
The protests forced the kingdom to recall its ambassador and shut down the embassy. At the time, analysts said Egypt-Saudi relations hadn't witnessed such a strain since Egypt signed the Camp David Peace treaty with Israel in 1979.
As Egyptian human-rights advocates continue to demand Wafa's release, Saudi Arabian and Egyptian officials have not commented on the case.
Essam Al-Arian, vice chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, has become one of the few Egyptian politicians to push for her freedom.
"The [Egyptian] foreign ministry is still silent about Nagla Wafa, who is imprisoned in Saudi Arabia. Why doesn't the kingdom announce the truths of the case so that such regretful mishaps do not recur? We need clarity," he said on his official Twitter account.
Wafa's mother said Egyptian officials have failed to reach out to the family to learn more about Nagla's case.
"The Egyptian ambassador in Saudi Arabia is more worried about his prestige and salary, rather than doing his job by helping the Egyptian people residing in Saudi Arabia. These kinds of problems have affected many Egyptians abroad, not just us," she said.
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The government took billions from the corrupt treasury and basically bought off the population. Every citizen got a taste.
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Saudi Arabian family sold their soul to the devil many years ago. It is a brutal regime and quite the dictatorship. Of course the United States wouldn't want anyone to know that, so they keep it on the hush hush.
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AAaaaaahhhhh....the Middle East...a beacon of liberty and justice, and beacon of free speech and free of unreasonable punishment.
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This is why you shouldent work in these fucked up countries in the first place.
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i doubt shaming the Saudis is going to work
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March 27, 2002
Hybrid Electric Honda Civic Hits Dealerships This Week
American Honda Motor Company announced last week that the new Civic Hybrid is expected to begin arriving at dealerships this week. The manual 5-speed version of the sedan, which combines a gasoline engine with an electric motor and a battery pack, has earned a fuel economy rating of 46 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 51 mpg on the highway. The vehicle will also be available with a continuously variable transmission (CVT), which has earned city/highway fuel economy ratings of 48/47 mpg. Honda expects to sell 2,000 Civic Hybrids per month and will make the vehicle available at all of its U.S. dealerships. The manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) for the Civic Hybrid is $19,550 for the manual transmission and $20,550 for the CVT version. See the Honda press release.
If you want to find other high-mileage cars that achieve low air emissions, you're in luck: the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released the 2002 version of its "Green Book," an environmental guide to cars and trucks, last month. Although the full "Green Book" is only available for a fee, the highlights are available online for free at GreenerCars.com


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Hindi Film Festival – 2012
Hindi Film Festival - 2012 organized by the Department of Hindi Studies of the University of Kelaniya was commenced on 09th January 2012 at Sri Dharmaloka Convocation Hall. His Excellency Shri Ashok K. Kant, the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka participated in the opening ceremony as the Chief Guest.
The Hindi Film Festival has been organized in collaboration with the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka to celebrate the 37th World Hindi Day. The Film Festival will be held till 13th January 2012 and is scheduled as follows.
09th January - 6.30 p.m. Char Adhyay
10th January - 6.30 p.m. Black
11th January - 6.30 p.m. Border
12th January - 6.30 p.m. Iqbal
13th January - 6.30 p.m. Koi Mil Gaya
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Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness Charlie Marlow Quotes
Quote 25
"But I am of course aware that next day the pilgrims buried something in a muddy hole.
And then they very nearly buried me." (3.46-47)
Marlow is almost fated to die alongside Kurtz. This is not remarkable per se. Marlow and Kurtz's lives paralleled each other – it should come as no surprise that they almost share the same death.
Quote 26
"I remained to dream the nightmare out to the end, and to show my loyalty to Kurtz once more. Destiny. My destiny! Droll thing life is – that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself – that comes too late – a crop of unextinguishable regrets." (3.48)
Marlow shows contempt for Fate. He cannot fathom it or its purpose. But he does learn from it; he learns of his deepest self but is also left with "a crop of unextinguishable regrets." In Heart of Darkness, Fate does not seem to have a happy ending for anyone.
Quote 27
And indeed nothing is easier for a man who has, as the phrase goes, 'followed the sea' with reverence and affection, that to evoke the great spirit of the past upon the lower reaches of the Thames. The tidal current runs to and fro in its unceasing service, crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea. It had known and served all the men of whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled - the great knights-errant of the sea. It had borne all the ships whose names are like jewels flashing in the night of time, from the Golden Hind returning with her rotund flanks full of treasure, to be visited by the Queen's Highness and thus pass out of the gigantic tale, to the Erebus and Terror, bound on other conquests – and that never returned. It had known the ships and the men. (1.6)
Marlow's love for the sea turns his eyes to its past and glorious history. He recounts all the pioneers of the Thames River, all commissioned to exploration by the crown. It is obvious from Marlow's tone that he reveres these historical figures.


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The Jew of Malta
by Christopher Marlowe
Character Role Analysis
Ferneze and Barabas
If you sat Ferneze and Barabas down in the principle's office, they'd probably swear up and down that (1) their actions are justified and (2) they have absolutely nothing in common. Being clever, you'd know they're both wrong.
Both of these guys can be read as Machiavellian characters. They're each willing to do immoral things to reach their ends, whether that means twisting religious principles, outright lying or breaking treaties and promises. But why? What are their goals?
When Ferneze justifies confiscating the Jews' property, he says
…we take particularly thine
to save the ruin of a multitude;
and better one want for a common good
than many perish for a private man. (1.2.96-99)
In other words, he's working for the common good. (Or so he says.) He "preaches the Jews out of their possessions" because he thinks that saving Malta from the probably-not-fun attentions of the Turkish army is more important than being fair to the Jews. He bargains with and betrays Barabas in the fifth act is done to restore order and safety in Malta.
Not Barabas. Barabas is a lot more like the Joker: insanely complicated set-ups and a self-proclaimed desire to mess everybody up. Where Ferneze's goals are clear throughout, Barabas's motives erode over time into a sort of gleeful, destructive anarchism.


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N.C. Senate Candidates Come Out Swinging
If the general election's opening days are any indication, neither of the Senate candidates in North Carolina is terribly interested in running on their own records.
It makes sense, given that both the incumbent, Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, and Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis are unpopular in the state – as are the institutions they represent. But while in some races – Alaska and Oregon, for instance – feature some uplifting biographical ads, that will not be the case in the Tar Heel State.
To wit: Mr. Tillis's campaign is out Thursday with a blistering memo from senior adviser Paul Shumaker making the case against Sen. Hagan. The short version: The Tillis camp plans to make the same argument against Ms. Hagan as she successfully did in 2008 against her predecessor, Elizabeth Dole.
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The lines of attack are cookie-cutter Republican talking points in 2014. Ms. Hagan, Mr. Shumaker writes, is a rubber stamp for President Barack Obama, voted seven times to increase the debt ceiling and, in the attack that will appear in every advertisement backing Mr. Tillis for the next six months, voted for the Affordable Care Act and parroted Mr. Obama's claim that people could keep health care plans they liked.
And there are the standard-issue energy complaints tossed at vulnerable 2014 Senate Democrats: Even though Ms. Hagan may say she's for building the Keystone XL pipeline, Mr. Shumaker writes, it doesn't matter because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Mr. Obama have not acted to build it.
Ms. Hagan, the Tillis memo reads, has "proven completely ineffective in forcing Harry Reid and President Obama to move forward with the Keystone energy pipeline that would create tens of thousands of American jobs. When it's not an election year, Kay Hagan has been a loyal lieutenant for Harry Reid and President Obama. She has failed the people of North Carolina and repeatedly put President Obama's liberal spending agenda ahead of growing our state's economic future."
This comes a day after Ms. Hagan's camp released the case against Mr. Tillis. While slightly more specific, it too will sound familiar to Democratic attacks against Republicans elsewhere.
In the Hagan camp's eyes, Mr. Tillis "will be forced to defend his divisive and offensive remarks, his abysmal, anti-middle class record in Raleigh, his newest slew of fringe positions, and his heavy load of ethical baggage."
The highlights: A bevy of attacks on Mr. Tillis's tenure as North Carolina state House speaker, during which he shepherded an array of national GOP priorities, including funding cuts to public education and Planned Parenthood, opposing Medicaid expansion and approving voting restrictions Ms. Hagan's campaign will use to energize the state's African American voters.
Mr. Tillis didn't help himself during his primary victory lap Wednesday when he stumbled through an answer about raising the minimum wage during an interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC – saying the decision should be left to state legislatures but then dodging when Mr. Todd reminded him that he is the speaker of the North Carolina state house.
Democrats gleefully forwarded the clip to reporters, with Senate Democrats' campaign arm dubbing it "Thom Tillis's Minimum Wage Train Wreck."
Watch for much more of this as North Carolinians are in for six months of their Senate candidates blasting each other.
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Well built....
2003 Ford Taurus SES
Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?)
"Coolness Factor"
Build Quality
Ease of Use
- Sound Quality
I am still building so I can't atest to the sound quality yet but I am sure it will pound. The sub seems overbuilt which is awesome, fits in a relatively small sealed enclosure. So far extremely impressed.
Pros: Soild construction, impedance options, small enclosure size, trim ring, grill system, DVC......
Cons: Packaging is my only complaint. Rockford sends the allen head mounting screws and driver but the bag they put them in is very fragile. One screw almost migrated into the area of the box with the sub. Otherwise no complaints.


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July 20, 2011
Green Travel: take a lesson from the past
Green Travel: take a lesson from the past
I've delved into a green way of living during the last few years. Recently I have really begun to focus on how to help make things I do every day...
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July 18, 2011
Green Travel: Tales from the Road – Carmageddon
Green Travel: Tales from the Road – Carmageddon
Carmageddon was the easiest way to get around town. The closure of a relatively short section of the 405 freeway this weekend had people screaming ...
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July 15, 2011
Green Travel: cloth or disposable?
Green Travel: cloth or disposable?
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Johnson On Cotton: New Lows Bring Fresh Buying
Given the reduced net long position of specs, some short covering, if not new long initiation, was behind Thursday's rally. Mills may have also been doing some pricing but whether any new business was occurring is unknown.
One possible explanation for cotton's defiant activity is the vast majority of Chinese buying of US cotton is not from its mills but related to Beijing's efforts to rebuilding strategic reserves and not a factor with mill activity.
Cert (deliverable) stocks are down to 95,286 bales with nothing under review. The current level is comparable to 953 contracts, a very small number. First Notice Day for the May contract is not until Tues, Apr 24 but the index funds will roll their long Mays from Mar 29 to Apr 12. With exports showing a significant gain, the level of deliverable stocks is unlikely to grow and there is also the increased likelihood of a strong taker(s).
The May contract is the lead month in regards to open interest and where any short-covering by funds will occur. This behavior may explain the improvement in the May/Jul spread the past few days but the narrowing since mid-Feb is likely due to commercials adjusting their hedges.
US EXPORTS – Last week's push to new multi-week lows resulted in strong sales of US cotton. As of the week ending Mar 15, 200K bales were sold principally to China and Vietnam with smaller purchases made by Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia and South Korea vs cancellations by Colombia, Taiwan and Mexico. As of the 33rd week, commitments have risen to 11.503 mln running bales, 820K above the USDA equivalent of 10.68 mln running bales. When viewed from statistical (480-lb) bales, commitments are at 11.85 mln bales, 850K above the 11 mln bale figure used by the WAOB/USDA.
Shipments were also quite strong, as well, with 309K bales leaving US ports/borders. China was by far the largest taker with 203K or 66% of the weekly figure. Turkey, Vietnam, Mexico, South Korea and Indonesia accounted for the bulk of the remaining shipments. With 19 weeks left in the year, 6.21 mln running bales have been shipped, 58% of the USDA total. To put the remarkable increase in shipments over the past 2 months in perspective, with the exception of 2010/11, this year's percent of exports to total (projected) exports is above 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. As for 2012/13, Mexico and China made limited purchases for a weekly combined figure of 87K pushing the total up to 816K bales.
US COMPETITIVENESS/WORLD EXPORT PRICES – Cash prices declined around the globe the past 5 business days due to weakness in US cotton futures. The A indexes dropped .65 to 98.01 with the Cotlook version and off .74 to 97.02 with the USDA calculation. Benin and Mali (part of the Afr Fr Zone) remain the cheapest growths at an average price of 96.65.
Brazil is a close third at 98.00, with Uzbekistan and Greece rounding out the top 5 at 99.30 and 99.55.
The two most competitive quotes from the US, MOT (Texas) and Memphis/Eastern, are 100.00, only 3.35 cents above the cheapest.
Comments made by various informational organizations such as ICAC have indicated very little cotton is left for sale by the African Free Zone and Greece only had a limited amount of cotton for export (1 mln bales per USDA). Hence, despite all the bearish talk of global ending stocks of 62.3 mln bales being the second largest on record, true, available stocks for export is a very, very small number with just over 4 months left in the marketing year.
In addition, mills must have enough cotton on hand to make the transition from this crop year to 2012 which in many instances mean there will not be availability until January 2013.
As an aside to US exports and exportable prices, Cotlook used detailed customs information released yesterday and listed the suppliers of cotton imported by China in February. India was the largest supplier with 54% followed by the US with 25%, Uzbekistan and Brazil with 8 and 6% respectively.
This crop year (Aug to Feb), China imports are just over 2.8 mln tons (12.85 mln bales). In light of the strong level of imports in the past 3 months, Cotlook is raising their import estimate for China to 19.73 mln bales vs the USDA of 18.5 mln bales. If Cotlook's figure is correct, it will exceed the current record of 19.284 mln bales set in 2005/06.
On-Call – The changes on the latest CFTC On-call report were minor with mill call sales being reduced by 509 contracts involving the May with July up 984. On the producer call purchase side there was a 400 increase in the Jul. On a net basis, there are 8,184 more May to be priced by mills than producers. As for Jul, mills have 11,738 more to price vs producers. The market break of the past few weeks have not seen as much pricing as one would expect by mills suggesting they may be using more options and/or futures to be used to price outstanding contracts with merchants.
US export sales and shipments have made a remarkable turnaround in the past two months and at the very least indicate an increase of 500K to 11.5 mln statistical bales. If sales and shipments are maintained over the next two weeks (Thurs, Mar 29 and Apr 5), the USDA may increase exports by 750K and possibly 1 mln bales to 11.75 if not 12.00 mln bales.
As good as US exports have been of late, they have been even better with other growths such as the Afr Fr Zone, Brazil, Uzbekistan and Greece. Australia continues to make sales as well but there is some nervousness with their final output in terms of quality and quantity in light of the potential for above average rainfall during harvest (Apr to Jun) per their own Meteorological Dept.
The accelerated buying is in response to the 'partial' export ban from India but as mentioned in my last report, I do not look for new sales to be allowed and the 2 mln bales sold but 'in limbo' are unlikely to be shipped. The Indian government indicated on Mar 12/13 a panel of ministers would meet on or near Mar 27 to review the issue but I see the extension as a delaying tactic.
In my pre-USDA supply/demand reports I will detail the break-down by country with global ending stocks and where and by how much the changes have occurred but of the 62.3 mln bales, China accounts for 32% at 20.08 mln bales.
China's stocks are up no less than 73% on this year vs 2010 and accounts for 57% of the world increase of 15 mln bales. Brazil and India stocks account for a combined 28% of the world stocks and certainly in the case of India, their ending stocks figure differs from that of Washington. Brazil's exports are forecast at a record currently and any additional increase seems unlikely meaning as with India, their internal stocks will not be available to the rest of the world.
Combined carry-out in these three countries, China, India and Brazil, are 60% of the world total and account for 70% of the global increase from 2010 to 20011.
Besides closing at a 2-week high, the May contract also closed above its 10 and 20-day moving and is only 3 cents away from the 50-day moving average of 92.67. Friday carries a negative daily cycle but my technician says "it looks too dangerous to sell at this price level".
Assuming prices do not give back much of its hard-earned gains of the week on Friday, old crop futures will close higher on the week. With only 6 days left in the month and the end of the quarter, spec funds will be giving serious thought as to how much of their new shorts in May or Jul put on the past few weeks will be maintained. I suspect much of the increase in the December open interest is also spec shorting but they are waiting for the outcome of NASS' planting intentions report to be released next Fri, Mar 30 before making any adjustments.
Weather into and through April will carry increasing importance with the December and rainfall chances over the next two weeks across the High Plains shows at least 2 systems moving across this area but amounts will have to be much better than that of late to offset the unusually warm weather and high winds if soil moisture is to improve.
Sharon C Johnson, @Copyright 2012
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Cotton – Southwest – Sprouting Bolls; West Texas Dry, Others Just Right – AgFax
Bolls are sprouting in soggy central and southeastern Texas, where it has rained 9 straight days and even more in some areas. There are numerous insurance issues related to loss


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A woman was arrested for suspected driving under the influence after crashing her car and then fleeing on foot Monday in Smithfield Township, state police said.
At 1:55 a.m. Monday, Justine J. Cramer, 31, of East Stroudsburg, was driving a 1995 Toyota Camry south on Route 209, approaching the Milford Road intersection. The car went over a raised traffic island, damaging the undercarriage, hit a traffic sign, continued through the intersection and hit a guard rail.
Cramer fled on foot, but was found shortly afterward and showed signs of intoxication, police said. Police are awaiting blood test results before deciding whether to file charges.
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A furious Ulster Unionist Assemblyman has accused the D.U.P. of cynically exploiting a sensitive planning application in Randalstown.
M.L.A. Trevor Clarke and South Antrim M.P. William McCrea have been broadly supportive of the 92 residents who have objected to an extension at the John Mulholland Motors showroom on Castle Road.
County Hall gave it the green light; however, despite continuing concerns about the impact that a new access road will have on residents living nearby.
Nevertheless, the approval was granted and was then formally rubber-stamped by Antrim Borough Council.
[Source: Antrim Guardian]
Widespread anger and revulsion has followed an attack of vandalism on the football pitch at Crossmaglen Rangers G.F.C.
In a clearly calculated and pre-meditated attack, weed killer was sprayed on the football pitch, defacing its surface with offensive and obscene language and graffiti.
It's believed the perpetrators may have entered the premises sometime overnight on Monday, July 29 to carry out the deed. With the effects of the weed killer not becoming apparent on the grass surface for several days, it was mid-week before club officials noticed anything untoward.
[Source: Examiner Newspaper]
In life they were inseparable, always by each other's side – no matter where they went. And now in death, the bright young Chada brothers will forever be side by side, as they were buried together on Friday afternoon, August 2, close to their family home.
Two hearses carrying two small white coffins drove side by side through the village of Ballinkillen, traveling the short distance from the Chada home to the nearby St. Lazerian's Church.
Despite having their own rooms, Eoghan (10) and Ruairí (5) were so close that they used to sleep together in the one bed. This closeness was echoed throughout the funeral mass, in kind words spoken by the extended family, community and parish priest.
[Source: Carlow Nationalist]
Lawyers acting on behalf of Cavan nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady, who is charged with murder in Boston, Massachusetts, have accused the State prosecution of acting improperly in the case and, as a result, have asked for a judge to dismiss the charges against her.
Ms. McCarthy Brady (34) has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder of a baby, Rhema Sabir (1). Ms. McCarthy Brady, who was living illegally in the U.S. at the time after her visa expired, was the infant's nanny when the baby died on January 14 earlier this year.
The Lavey-native has been in custody since her arrest in connection with the baby's death and is currently being detained without bail at Framington State Prison near the city of Boston.
[Source: The Anglo Celt]
With the Internet now a part of just about every kind of family gathering, it's, perhaps, inevitable that the technology would soon become part of the funeral.
With emigration now more prevalent in people's lives, a Clare funeral director is offering to stream funerals online to grieving loved ones living overseas who cannot get home.
P.J. Murphy, of Murphy's Funeral Home in Kilmaley, explained the service is offered through a secure site, which can only be accessed by a password that changes for every funeral.
"If there is a family member who can't be present because they are abroad, we can organize it in such a way that the family can communicate with them. So at least they can kind of feel as if they are in some way involved with the funeral. It just might help someone in the grieving process that they would feel in some way connected."
[Source: Clare Champion]
A leading Cork health facility has warned the 63 percent of Corkonians who have never been screened for sexually transmitted infections (S.T.I.) that they could be passing on life-threatening conditions to their partners.
"People need to protect themselves. They could be carrying an infection and not even be aware of it, and a newly infected person is at their most infectious," according to Phil Corcoran of the Sexual Health Centre.
One person in Ireland is diagnosed with H.I.V./A.I.D.S. every day, and the condition is becoming increasingly prevalent among younger people – gay and straight.
[Source: Cork Independent]
Police are treating a petrol bomb attack at a house in Derry as a hate crime.
A P.S.N.I. spokeswoman says the petrol bomb was thrown at the back of a house in the Currynierin Estate around 2 a.m. last Thursday.
"No damage was caused to the house," she said.
The spokeswoman said three people were seen running away from the scene.
[Source: Derry Journal]
Lifeguards in County Donegal rescued 17 people in July, according to the latest figures from Irish Water Safety.


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Beyond File-Sharing, a Nation of Copiers
By JOHN LELAND
Published: September 14, 2003
The week the music industry brought suit against 261 users of Internet file-sharing services, Donald L. McCabe was in St. Louis to talk about a different form of digital copying. Mr. McCabe, a Rutgers University professor, has made a career of studying the cheating of American high school and college students. His most recent study found that cheating was spreading almost like file-sharing. Of more than 18,000 students surveyed, 38 percent said they had lifted material from the Internet for use in papers in the last year.
More striking to Mr. McCabe, 44 percent said they considered this sampling no big deal. Because the Internet makes it easy to copy information, he said, "it's made it much more tempting."
"I'm not sure it's shifted values yet," he continued. "But for a lot of students, it's heading in that direction."
In fact, for many people, that shift has already come. Like file-sharing — which 60 million Americans have tried — cutting and pasting from the Internet is just one part of a broader shift toward all copying, all the time.
Consider a night out in the wireless city: Throw on a faux-vintage sports jersey, grab a bootleg Prada bag and head to the Cineplex for the sequel to a movie based on a television show. Afterward, log on to KaZaA and download the movie's title song, based on a digital sample. While you're online, visit a blog with links to published movie gossip and use your pirated e-mail program to send tidbits to your hundred closest friends. Curl up with a best seller by Stephen E. Ambrose or Doris Kearns Goodwin, who last year admitted to slipping materials from other texts into their books.
Most of these activities would have been difficult or impossible a generation ago. They differ widely in their legal and ethical implications. (For example, you can't prosecute someone just for producing "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.") But together they suggest a broad relationship between new technology and a value system that seems shaped to it. In a nation that flaunts its capacities to produce and consume, much of the culture's heat now lies with the ability to cut, paste, clip, sample, quote, recycle, customize and recirculate. It is tempting to ascribe the Culture of the Copy to college students, but its values run deeper. The United States economy shed 44,000 manufacturing jobs last month, continuing a long-running trend away from production. Since the 1980's, when liberalized trade laws made it easier to "outsource" manufacturing to subcontractors in the developing world, companies like Nike or Tommy Hilfiger have competed in what Naomi Klein, in her 2000 book "No Logo," described as "a race toward weightlessness," in which production is a hindrance, not an asset. In the brand market, value lies not in making things but in copying one's logo onto as many of them as possible.
D.J.'s, file sharers, handbag cloners, student plagiarists and some bloggers simply do what brand companies do: they reproduce work made elsewhere at lower rates, adding their own signature and mix. The legal ramifications may be different, but the action is the same.
"The quintessential American company was Enron , which made nothing," said Neal Gabler, author of "Life the Movie." In today's culture, he added, "the product is almost immaterial; it's the consciousness about it."
"What the Internet does is, it pries everything out of moral context and lets people feel knowing about it," he said, because the skills used to cut and paste something with a computer are more valued than those used to manufacture it.
"In a sense, Internet technology is a metaphor for the new morality. As long as you can get it, it doesn't matter how."
On a recent morning on Canal Street, crowds of shoppers, most past their undergraduate years, brought the metaphor to life, plucking up fake Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Kate Spade handbags. A New Jersey woman named Linda Dorian, plumping for two bootleg Vuittons, compared her purchases to downloading music. "Somehow everybody seems to be making out," she said. "I don't see any poor rock stars. I don't see any poor designers."
Besides, she added, buying the fake is cooler, just as Grokster, a file-sharing program, has a cachet the Wal-Mart CD counter cannot match. "Shopping for copies is getting to be a trend," she said.
As technology has produced a new ecology of copying, it has pushed into uncharted territories of ethics and the law, said Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of "Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity" and director of communication studies at New York University. He said he has had 10 percent of his students turn in whole papers copied from the Internet, not realizing that he could Google them into big trouble. "We're coming up on 10 years of widespread use of the Internet," he said. "We should have better discussions of a code of ethics for dealing with these materials. The rule of law will always incompletely and perhaps negatively affect the Internet."


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Athletic, Maybe, But Cheerleading Not a Contact Sport, Court Rules
Is cheerleading a "contact sport"?
Not according to a Wisconsin appellate court, which is good news for the lawsuit brought by ninth-grade cheerleader Brittany Noffke, who reportedly fell while practicing a three-person stunt and suffered a head injury. Noffke, a member of the Holmen High School cheerleading team (Go Vikings!), sued Kevin Bakke, another cheerleader who allegedly failed to properly spot Noffke.
Click here for a report from the Marquette University Law School Faculty blog.
The appellate court ruled that cheerleading is not a contact sport for purposes of a Wisconsin statute, which provides that a participant "in a recreational activity that includes physical contact between persons in a sport involving amateur teams" is liable only for causing injury to another participant by acting "recklessly or with intent to cause injury." Therefore, the statute did not bar Noffke's negligence claim against Bakke.
The court concluded, according to the Marquette blog, that, although "the risks and the athleticism involved in cheerleading are comparable to those in contact sports," cheerleading is not a "contact sport" because "it does not involve physical contact between opponents."
Huh. Seems reasonable enough to us. Law Blog Readers, any thoughts? (And please keep your comments respectful.)


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Congratulations to Denny Hamlin on his NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Win
Congratulations to Denny Hamlin for claiming his first victory of the season in Sunday's Heluva Good! 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Denny was able to hold off Matt Kenseth, crossing the finish line a mere .281 seconds ahead! Way to go Denny!
Click here for more on the Heluva Good! NASCAR Sprint Cup Race.
Denny Hamlin piloted the No. 11 FedEx Autism Speaks Toyota at the FedEx Autism Speaks 400. and you can check out his Die-Cast Car here!
The Denny Hamlin Die-Cast Car is Here!
On May 15, Denny Hamlin piloted the No. 11 FedEx Autism Speaks Toyota at the FedEx Autism Speaks 400. The special paint-out featured a mostly white background overlaid with blue puzzle pieces. Denny was pleased to be racing for Autism Speaks and joining in raising funds for research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism while increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders and advocating the needs of individuals with autism and their families.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each die-cast will directly benefit Autism Speaks. You can show your support and order now!
To pre-order your FedEx GROUND AUTISM SPEAKS Die-Casts, please call 800-701-2179, Monday -Friday 9:00am EST to 8:00pm EST. Use promo code number AUTISMSPEAKS to receive your sales pricing!
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The FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks delivers
It's been a couple of weeks since the "FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks," but we're still feeling the love from our friends in NASCAR community. The race weekend, May 13-15, was an overwhelming success thanks to our partners at FedEx, Dover International Speedway and Dollar General. Here's a recap in case you missed all of the excitement on TV.
On Friday, May 13, Autism Speaks rolled into Dover International Speedway ready to raise funds and spread autism awareness. Autism Speaks President Mark Roithmayr kicked off the day with a live interview on the SiriusXM radio show "The Morning Drive." Roithmayr and host Mike Bagley discussed Sunday's Sprint Series race and the ways NASCAR fans can help raise autism awareness. Later in the day, Mark was joined by FedEx No. 11 Toyota driver Denny Hamlin for a press conference at the speedway's media center. In addition to featuring a special Autism Speaks puzzle piece logo schemed car, FedEx would donate $100,000 Autism Speaks if Hamlin won the race. Following the press conference, Red Horse Racing Competition Director Terry Cook treated everyone to a tour of the truck series team's trailer. Terry and his wife are wonderful autism advocates within NASCAR community. A special thanks to Terry and the Red Horse Racing team for featuring theAutism Speaks puzzle piece logo on the hood of their No. 17 truck.
Saturday began with another Mark Roithmayr radio interview on SiriusXM radio, followed by a check presentation ceremony with our friends at Dollar General prior to the start of the Nationwide Series race. Rick Dreiling, CEO of Dollar General, Reed Sorenson, driver of the Dollar General No. 32 Chevy and his crew chief Trent Owens, who is a parent and autism advocate, presented Autism Speaks with a check for an amazing $1,193,256. In an effort to raise funds for the autism community, in April, Dollar General partnered with Autism Speaks for a month long fundraising campaign and Reed's No. 32 Chevy was adorned with theAutism Speaks puzzle piece logo, helping to spread autism awareness from racetrack-to-racetrack throughout Autism Awareness Month. Late Saturday afternoon, Jacob Boenizi, a special guest of FedEx and Autism Speaks arrived in Dover. After his mom posted o nAutism Speaks' Facebook page that Jacob, an 11 year old on the spectrum from Mesa, AZ, was a huge NASCAR and Denny Hamlin fan, he was invited by FedEx to serve as the Grand Marshal for Sunday's Sprint Series race.
Sunday…Sunday…Sunday. Sprint Cup Series race day! All of the families who were guests of Autism Speaks received a special treat courtesy of FedEx. They met with driver Denny Hamlin in the FedEx suite prior to the start of the race. Denny took time out of his busy schedule to sign autographs and take pictures with all of the kids, including his biggest fan, Jacob. In addition to hanging out with Denny, Jacob went on a tour of pit row and met NFL legend Joe Gibbs. Shortly thereafter, Denny joined Mark Roithmayr for a live pre-race interview on the SPEED channel to talk about NASCAR's commitment to autism awareness. While walking back from the interview, it was wonderful to see almost every car lined up in pit row featuring an Autism Speaks puzzle piece logo — a heartfelt show of support from the NASCAR community.
Time for the start of the big race. Jacob joined Mark onstage for driver the introductions, where they met NASCAR hall of famer Bobby Allison, and greeted the likes of Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Denny Hamlin also presented Autism Speaks with a check for $50,000 from FedEx to goes towards vital research and advocacy initiatives. As grand marshal, Jacob was given the special honor of announcing "gentleman start your engines" prior to the start of the race. Standing before thousands of fans and on live national television, the young fan from Mesa nailed it, spurring a huge ovation from crowd. It was truly an inspiring moment for everyone in attendance to hear Jacob says those words with such determination and confidence. He was the perfect ambassador for the autism community. Be sure to see for yourself:
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Although Denny Hamlin didn't win (Matt Kenseth finished first), the Sprint Cup Series race was a huge success thanks to FedEx, Dover International Speedway and all of our friends at NASCAR who worked hard throughout the weekend to bring attention to the needs of families and individuals affected by autism. Thanks to everyone's efforts, a message of understanding and hope prevailed in Doverand was broadcasted by FOX on televisions across the country. In addition, a young NASCAR fan on the spectrum was given the experience of a lifetime. You couldn't ask for a better finish when the checkered flag finally waved, signaling the end of a memorable weekend.
We snapped plenty of pictures from the FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks. To view them, visit the Autism Speaks Facebook page.
Tune In: FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks on Sunday, May 15
On May 15, NASCAR comes to Dover International Speedway! Sunday's FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks starts at 1 p.m. EST on Fox. Look out for the #11 FedEx/Autism Speaks car driven by Denny Hamlin. If he wins, FedEx donates an additional $100,000 to Autism Speaks! Check local listings for time and channel in your area.


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View the original article at: http://www.countryweekly.com/news/danny-gokey-idolizes-lauren-over-scott
So you might've thought American Idol was over this season. But comparisons still continue between winner Scott McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina, at least here in Nashville.
Both are playing the Grand Ole Opry this week—the week of CMA Music Fest—as they try the country music waters. And fans still argue over who should've won.
We posed that question to former Idol contestant-turned-country singer Danny Gokey—the one with the glasses—last night (June 7) at the Country Weekly Fashion Show & Concert [1].
No doubt about it, Danny says: Lauren should've won.
"I mean, if you're talking purely about the voice," Danny said backstage, "Lauren wins."
[1] http://www.countryweekly.com/fashionshow
[2] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/shania-and-taylor-open-cmt-music-awards
[3] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/country-stars-jittery-runway


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Definition of raphide in English:
A needle-shaped crystal of calcium oxalate occurring in clusters within the tissues of certain plants.
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- Occasionally, calcium oxalate raphide or druse crystals were observed in this tissue.
- The callus consists largely of parenchyma with raphides and is supplied by eight to ten collateral bundles.
- In monocots, calcium oxalate is most often laid down and usually as bundles of needle-shaped crystals known as raphides.
Mid 19th century: via French from Greek rhaphis, rhaphid- 'needle'.
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