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Wuhan oil prices continue to rise
Outside the plate by a strong push last week, Jiangcheng oil prices continue to rise. Recently the local climate and relatively warm for growing vegetables, cabbage, Brassica campestris, and other red vegetables are cheap, thus pulling down the overall vegetables.
Last week, reporters from the Wuhan Baishazhou big market was informed that the soybean salad oil price is 12,000 yuan / ton, over the previous week's 10,900 yuan / ton, up 10.09 percent; oil prices traded 11,400 yuan / ton, and for the last week 10,450 yuan / ton per ton rose 9.09 percent; vegetable oil last week, also a sharp rise in turnover for the price of 11,900 yuan / ton, over the previous week, rising 8.18 percent per ton.
Bottled oil prices also rose. Compared with the previous week, or the larger S is the soya bean oil, up
Vegetables, 20 varieties of vegetables last week, an average price of 1.35 yuan / kg, compared with the previous week's 1.48 yuan / kg compared to a decrease of 8.78 percent. The larger decline is the red species Brassica campestris, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, cabbage, dropped by 44.2%, 29.9%, 25.7%, 25.3%. Among them, Chinese cabbage, Brassica campestris red as a result of external reduced prices.
In addition, last week to monitor dozens of species of large aquatic average 10.8 yuan / kg over the previous week fell 1.19 percent. The Pelteobagrus, mandarin fish, Hualian prices, the decline of 7.32 percent, 6.82 percent, 6.28 percent; carp, herring and prices unchanged last week.


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Graph of the Day: Accumulated deforestation for non-Brazil Amazon countries, through 2012Posted by Jim at Friday, July 05, 2013
By Rhett A. Butler
26 June 2013
(mongabay.com) – Peru had the largest extent of forest loss in 2012, losing 48,000 hectares, an increase of 15,431 ha or 47 percent over 2011. Venezuela (11,606 ha), Colombia (10,069 ha), Bolivia (6,975 ha), Suriname (6,569 ha), Guyana (3,713 ha), Ecuador (1,663 ha), and French Guyana (1,338 ha) followed. In terms of percentage change, Colombia (118 percent) and Suriname (114 percent) had the rate of increase over the period. Bolivia saw a 66 percent decrease in deforestation.
Deforestation rates for Amazon countries outside Brazil
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Tasty soy dogs with a rich "ballpark" flavor. Delicious on
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is expanding its wireless crowdsourcing disaster-recovery information services with an application that lets users pinpoint damage using their smart phone's GPS.
The new feature, set to be unveiled by BAE Systems and Eye Street Solutions Inc. on Dec. 17, is an add-on to FEMA's official mobile app aimed at enhancing situational awareness for citizens, first responders, emergency managers and recovery teams during or following a disaster.
The app's new Disaster Reporter feature allows users to upload photos and report incident information from their smartphones – making good on announcement FEMA made last summer promising an app that would allow users to upload photos of hard-hit areas.
BAE said the new add-on allows reports and photos uploaded via cell phone to be pinpointed on an interactive map, using the GPS technology in users' smartphones. The feature was developed alongside FEMA's Digital Engagement team, BAE said in a statement.
Tracking the sprawling damage done by major s a difficult challenge for emergency responders and community relief volunteers. Crowdsourcing gives FEMA the ability to quickly provide real-time images and intelligence to the people who need it to make decisions on when and where to deploy resources, BAE officials said.
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In an effort to provide the public with accurate information on recent questions or statements made in the press about the City of Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the City is providing the following answers and clarifications. Additionally, several media articles on legislation for an authority at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have contained misinformation. Recognizing that there are many complexities surrounding the authority discussion, the City is focusing on these major topics that are important to the ongoing conversation:
Incorrect statement: Airport Bonds are not backed by the City's AAA bond rating.
FACT: The City's existing Airport Revenue Bonds are rated: AA1 Moody's, A+ S&P, A+ Fitch. They are repaid wholly by revenues generated at the Airport. The City of Charlotte - the issuing unit - has an overlying G.O. rating of AAA from all three agencies. Should Airport revenues be insufficient to pay the debt, the City could use other available funds, an option that would not be available to an authority. If the Airport becomes an authority, new ratings will be determined for airport revenue bonds without the benefit of the City's strong credit characteristics and the highly rated "umbrella" issuer will no longer be present or have any responsibility for new debt issued.
Incorrect statement: The City did not approve a Capital Investment Plan for the Airport in 2012.
FACT: On June 25, 2012, City Council approved the Aviation department's 5-year CIP (FY13-FY17), which totaled $1.04 billion. The projects included in the Airport's CIP include airfield projects, terminal complex projects, general aviation projects, cargo development projects, and other miscellaneous airport improvement projects. Each of the enterprise funds (Aviation, CATS, Storm Water, and CMUD) have their own capital investment plan (CIP) funded by dedicated fees/charges that are dedicated to each enterprise fund. The various enterprise CIPs are separate from the General CIP.
Incorrect statement: CMPD's presence at Charlotte Douglas International Airport is because the City needed a place for 50 officers and $5.6 million once funded by federal stimulus dollars.
FACT: The expiration of Federal stimulus dollars for police officers and the decision to place CMPD in charge of security at the Airport are entirely separate issues. After the stimulus grant ended in FY 12, the City Council approved shifting the funding for those officers to the City's General Fund/City revenues (property and sales taxes), as was planned all along. Security and law enforcement staffing levels at the airport are based on the CMPD's assessment of need. The 17 (not 50 as reported) new airport officers were separate additions to the budget and fully funded by Aviation.
Incorrect statement: The recent error in distributing bonds was the Finance Department's responsibility, not the Airport's.
FACT: It is true that only the City Finance Department "disburses" City bond funds. However, the Aviation Department determines where the money is spent. In 2010 the Finance Department responded to a routine inquiry from the Internal Revenue Service concerning the use of the 2004 Aviation Revenue Bonds. The Finance Department consulted with the City's tax counsel who determined that the Airport was financing projects from the proceeds of the 2004 bonds without regard to Federal tax law.
Incorrect statement: The FBI, Homeland Security and the FAA investigated the Tisdale case and absolved the Airport of any responsibility.
FACT: These agencies never conducted independent investigations of the Tisdale case. The City Manager, Aviation Director and Police Chief agreed that CMPD would lead the multi-jurisdictional task force to conduct an investigation.
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A Gifts of the Heart Benefit is Saturday, February 16 in Menomonie.
It's a benefit for the Free Clinic of the Greater Menomonie Area.
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On a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, Ashleigh Banfield walks into
Primo's on McKinney Avenue, drawing stares and whispers from the
people inside. The looks on their faces form a question: "Isn't
that the girl in the glasses?" Or "Didn't she used to be on Channel
Right on both counts. Little more than a year after moving from
evening anchor at KDFW-TV to cable network MSNBC, Ms. Banfield, 33,
distinguished herself during the Florida election crisis by being
crisp, decisive and informative.
Dubbed "the girl in the glasses," TV Guide raved about her as an
up-and-coming cable news star; TV newsmagazine Extra declared her
one of the sexiest new anchors in America; and People lauded her
"astute, breezy delivery." Why, even Jay Leno made her a guest on
The Tonight Show.
Arguably, only George W. Bush benefited more from the 2000 election
than Ms. Banfield and yet "this career path of mine has not always
been easy," she says. "For anyone who thinks it's been a wonderful
incline, it's been peaks and valleys all along."
Her exhilaration
But at the moment, please excuse her for feeling like Leonardo
DiCaprio in Titanic: "I'm the king of the world!" Much of her
exhilaration is based on the fact that her colleagues at NBC have
become her most vocal supporters.
"She has brought a freshness in a cookie-cutter industry," raves
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of The News with Brian
Williams on MSNBC and Tom Brokaw's primary substitute as anchor of
NBC Nightly News.
"She has dared to bring some individuality," Mr. Williams says,
"while maintaining the goals and ethics we all operate under. She
has stepped up to the plate and taken on major-league pitching with
great ease. She's proven to be very popular since day one."
And on television, popularity means ratings. Fueled partly by Ms.
Banfield's success during the stalemate in Florida, MSNBC's ratings
jumped 200 percent, prompting the network to give her and co-anchor
Lester Holt their own show, Newsfront, airing five days a week,
from 6 to 7 p.m.
More than any other event, Florida established her credentials, Mr.
Williams says, "because the TelePrompTers were turned off for over
a month. There's no way to write what we broadcast in a
breaking-news situation. That was seat-of-the-pants television for
all of us, during which Ashleigh managed to bring the arcane nature
of electoral politics down to a conversational level. And she did
so without dumbing it down. She smartened up our coverage by making
it understandable."
Return to Dallas
So, with Florida a memory that "felt more like six years" than a
sleepless six weeks, her return to Dallas for last month's
Celebrity Waiter Gala gave her time to reflect and celebrate. And
those glasses! For one night, Dallasites shelled out thousands of
dollars for the right to be photographed while wearing what has
become for her as much a symbol as Walter Cronkite's closing line.
("And that's the way it is.")
For the record, they're $400 Lafont eyeglasses, made of titanium
and purchased in Dallas, which remains one of her favorite cities.
She lived here from 1995 to 1999, spending her free time singing
with an R&B band, Tommy Hyatt and the Haywires, and becoming a
regular at restaurants all over town.
Primo's, Breadwinners, Eatzi's, Vietnam, The Green Room ... she
loved them all, even if working in Dallas was not always as
heavenly as the food.
She came from Calgary, where she had gone from overnight producer
to morning anchor to prime-time anchor - to being "demoted" to
five-day-a-week reporter.
Lynn Watson, assignment editor at the Calgary station, worked with
Ms. Banfield on the morning show, and though it wasn't his decision
to demote her, he knows why it happened. "It was a ratings thing,"
he says. "I consider her a friend. On air, she's great."
And off air?
"I never chummed around with her too much," he says. "We got along
well. I had no problems with her," though apparently other people
A Calgary newspaper reported recently that during her time in
Alberta, not everyone at the station was taken with her. "A few
resented her driving ambition," the article said, "and insiders
still talk of a 'bitter but entertaining' rivalry between her and
fellow journalist Sandra Jansen, one that reportedly had the
newsroom divided into Sandra and Ashleigh 'camps.'" (Ms. Jansen
declined to comment.)
"I suffered a very public demotion in that city," says Ms.
Banfield, who then made the emotional decision to leave her native
"It was wonderful and horrible all at the same time," she says of
Dallas. "My first year at Channel 4 was not an easy one. I had a
very difficult time. I did not enjoy it. I had a difficult
co-anchor. He was not very forgiving. He was not a supportive
partner on the air, which is too bad, because, if anything, I
needed the help."
Ms. Banfield declines to name her co-anchor, but it had to have
been Tim Ryan, who was and is the morning anchor at Channel 4.
"Honestly," Mr. Ryan says, "I really don't care to dignify her
comments with a response."
She was eventually promoted to co-anchor on the prime-time news,
where her partner was Steve Eagar, who continues to anchor the 6, 9
and 10 p.m. newscasts. Before leaving Channel 4, Ms. Banfield won a
regional Emmy and an Associated Press award.
"Ashleigh made me feel like I was so square," Mr. Eagar says. "I'm
the boring, married guy with three kids. Ashleigh was the fun,
out-on-the-town person making new friends and meeting new people,
which is how she's always been. She's very dynamic, and besides
being very talented, she's very focused on what she wanted to
accomplish, so it hasn't surprised me at all about where she ended
Speaking her mind
If anything, Ms. Banfield isn't hesitant about saying what she
thinks. Aside from her experience with her original co-anchor at
Channel 4, she is equally outspoken about other chapters in her
rather young life.
At one point, she followed a boyfriend to Vancouver, where no one
would hire her.
"There were comments made to me about my race," she says, "that
suggested I was not particularly of need at that point. There was a
very heavy Chinese concentration in Vancouver. I was told by a news
director, 'We love your credentials, but unfortunately, your last
name isn't Chung.'"
Disenchanted, she left Vancouver for Calgary, although it meant
leaving behind her boyfriend, with whom she hoped to continue the
romance, albeit from a province away.
"He took up with someone else, behind my back," she says. "And then
later, I found out there had been this secret affair going on the
whole time."
It also irks her to hear about the meteoric rise of former actress
Andrea Thompson, who left her job as a series regular on NYPD Blue
to become news anchor at a New Mexico station and then, out of the
blue, was offered a coveted anchor slot on CNN.
Nude photographs of Ms. Thompson surfaced recently, prompting Ms.
Banfield to join the chorus of critics.
"It's difficult for women in this business anyway, but to have
taken nude photographs ... If that's what your choice in life is,
that's your choice, but to assume that you can cross over any other
barrier and do any other job is really pushing it," Ms. Banfield
But her criticism of CNN goes even further. She now lives in a
$4,000-a-month, 1,000-square-foot apartment on Manhattan's Upper
West Side. Before she begins her morning commute each day to the
MSNBC studios in Secaucus, N.J., she awakens to the roar of
newscasts coming from a bank of televisions. CNN is conspicuously
"CNN's not even much of a competitor anymore," she says. "They just
really dropped the ball."
Flamboyant personality
Her own flamboyant personality got its start in Winnipeg, where Ms.
Banfield was the youngest of four children born to an architect and
his wife, who "owned a high-end real estate company. We were never
for want," says the daughter whose education took place largely in
private schools.
"As a child, I was very precocious," she says, "and always a clown
... a naughty clown who was always getting into trouble. I always
had an interest in performing or communicating or talking or
debating or arguing."
During her days in an all-girls academy, she took a starring role
in plays by volunteering for parts normally reserved for males.
Because her voice was and is a deep alto, it often startles people
to hear it coming from someone so undeniably elegant and beautiful.
But the same woman whose love of cigars won her a mention in Cigar
Aficionado magazine made her mark as an adolescent by playing Fagan
in Oliver Twist and the Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Dreaming of being a foreign correspondent, she ended up at Queen's
University in Kingston, Ontario, as the only Banfield to choose a
path other than the business world. She has a sister and two
brothers, whose occupations range from commercial Realtor to owner
of three Toronto hedge funds to devising mutual funds for the Hong
Kong Bank of Canada.
When not even persistence could land her a job in Vancouver, she
took a Canadian securities course in preparation for becoming a
stockbroker, which she never wanted to be. But then came Calgary
and Dallas and finally MSNBC, where Ashleigh Banfield, glasses and
all, is suddenly being noticed by the world at large.
"By some people's reckoning, she's already arrived," says Mr.
Williams, her network colleague. "I don't know what else is out
there on her horizon. But there's every reason to believe that her
future is paved with gold."


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Do you have a sigh glass on the liquid line of your air conditioning system at the condensing unit? It should look the photo in this video post. It is a small glass window in the small copper line near the outside portion of your air conditioning unit. This is a little window on the performance of your air conditioning unit refrigerant.
Look at the glass when the unit has been running for a while. The glass should be clear. If there are bubbles in it then your system is likely low on refrigeration or you have some other problem. In this video you can see the green center. There is a color chart shown around the perimeter of the glass to indicate what changes in color mean. This color dot is intended to indicate if you have excessive moisture in the refrigerant which can get into the system during charging. In this case green is good. If it shows that the refrigerant is wet then the system may not cool well and you may need a new filter dryer.
If the glass is clean and clear it does NOT mean you are also in the clear. It just means the system is not low enough to show up in the glass. You should still have yearly evaluations of the system normally in the spring for cooling and in the fall for heating. The glass will not show a system which performing near proper performance and thus you may be losing energy. A checkup should be done by a licensed HVAC contractor. This will insure the system is running safely and efficiently.


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In June, Costco will officially change its store-branded credit card from American Express to a Visa card issued by Citi. The wholesale club is promising a seamless transition, but some longtime Costco customers have concerns: Will my credit score or history be dinged? Can I opt-out? [More]
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If you're included in the one in five consumers who obtain an annual credit report, perhaps you've noticed an error in your report and have tried to get that fixed. But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says that could be an exercise in futility, as the three major credit-reporting firms might not be paying attention to any information you submit to make your case. [More]
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Back in 2005, a woman in Colorado went to buy a car at her local Subaru dealership. Little did she know she'd spend the next five years trying to convince people she was not a Colombian terrorist. [More]
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In 2004, a hospital staffer accidentally checked off "deceased" on a heart surgery patient's discharge papers. That one little tick mark on one document resulted in years of headaches for that woman, as she has attempted time and again to prove to the three credit bureaus that she is not a zombie. [More]
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While living where he rented, he had many problems with the system, salt was gone too soon, the timer was defective, etc.... Everytime they came out he was charged $65.
In June 2011, he bought his own home. My finance called Rainsoft to install the system in his new home. They were charging him outrageous price to move the unit & for installation. My finance moved the unit himself to his new home. They continued to call & offer him to install the unit at different prices. When they lowered the price which was $ 345, he agreed. On 2-5-13 the unit was installed. We then noticed that are water bill spiked up every month after that. We went to the utility company regarding are bills, they immediately said that we had a leak somewhere.A service guy came out from the utility company & told us, who ever installed, created a leak. Not only have the promises not been fulfilled, the system was POORLY installed, which caused an underground leak. We called Rainsoft, & of course they wanted to come out when there was no one home. I refused, until they came out on 4-3, same guy & said that there was nothing he can do about the leak & of course he didn't want to take the blame. So now we have to break our driveway to find the leak that he caused when installing. We Never had any problems with our water usage or consumption, until they came out.
I'm overwhelmed & upset that they can get away with this. Who knows what we are going to spend This is a nightmare!!!!!
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There's no such thing as a wrong decision. Things just don't always work out the way I expect.
I was offered a new position at my company after my department was dissolved due to a recent acquisition. The job was sold to me as "customers will call in and yell at you." It would be a stepping stone to a sales position, if that's where I wanted to go. That's where the money is.
I took a few worrisome days and sleepless nights, negotiated here and there, but I had made the decision the instant they handed me the offer letter: I want out of corporate life.
I spoke to my dad about it, framing it as a choice between a very clear path and an opaque path.
"Which is which?" he asked.
"The corporate job, that's the clear path."
"No, it's not." He's right; working for other people is never a clear path. Who's to say when the next round of lay-offs will be?
The CEO called me to talk me into the job, but I don't want a life wherein my day is dictated by the few people who are actually making money worthy of the stress.
So I chose freedom.
Almost instantly, the depression that's been hounding me for the past several weeks, the illness that's been keeping me home "sick" from work at least once a week, began to lift. I could sleep. I could wake up and look forward to my day.
So what now?
I've spent the past three years building up my yoga teaching reputation, and the yoga community in Santa Barbara is beautifully supportive and exploding right now; two more studios are opening this month in an already saturated market. There is no dearth of opportunity there.
I'm looking into various education opportunities, now that I have the luxury of time: massage school? Buddhism studies? Physical therapy?
I don't have to make a decision now, but even if I did, it would be the right one.


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Delta CEO: Nobody had to tell us to stop Tel Aviv flights
Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson made it clear Wednesday that it was Delta's decision to stop flights to and from Tel Aviv, not the federal government's, that caused the carrier to suspend service there.
Speaking to analysts and reporters on Delta's Q2 earnings call, Anderson said Delta made its decision to pull Tel Aviv flights well before the FAA at midday Tuesday put a 24-hour ban on U.S. airlines' flights into Ben Gurion International Airport.
"We make those decisions independent of the FAA. We made the decision … well before we heard anything from the FAA because a Hamas missile lands a mile from the airport on the north side where we approach on final in a 747," Anderson said.
"So we're going to make those decisions totally independent. We appreciate the advice and consent and the intelligence we get, but we have a duty and obligation above and beyond that to independently make the right decision for our employees and passengers," Anderson said.
He clarified that Delta "would absolutely respect" any directives that the FAA may issue, like the "notice to airmen," or NOTAM, issued Tuesday, that prohibited Tel Aviv flights.
"But even they lift the NOTAM, we will still may not go in, depending on what the facts and circumstances are," he said.
Delta offers one round trip a day between New York Kennedy and Tel Aviv.
As to earnings, Delta reported net income of $801 million, or 94 cents a share, on revenues of $10.62 billion in the three months ended June 30. That compares to $685 million, or 80 cents a share, on revenues of $9.71 billion in second quarter 2013.
Excluding items and charges, Delta earned $889 million, or $1.04 a share, in the second quarter. That compares to $844 million, or 98 cents in second quarter 2013.


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Volume 82, Issue 5, November 1987
Comparison of target detection capabilities of the beluga and bottlenose dolphin82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395192View Description Hide Description
The echolocation detection capabilities of a beluga (D e l p h i n a p t e r u s l e u c a s) and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (T u r s i o p s t r u n c a t u s) were directly compared in a target detection experiment. Both animals were trained to detect targets in the presence of masking noise. Targets were stainless‐steel, water‐filled spheres 7.62 and 22.86 cm in diameter. Target ranges of 16.5 and 40 m were used with the 7.62‐cm sphere and 80 m with the 22.86‐cm sphere. Masking noise with a flat spectrum from 40–160 kHz was projected from a spherical transducer placed 4 or 5 m, depending on the target distance, from the animal hoop station in line with the target. Target detection performance was determined as a function of masking noise level at each target range. The echo‐to‐noise ratio (E e /N 0)max for the beluga at the 75% correct response threshold was approximatly 1.0 dB compared to about 10 dB for the dolphin. The differences of each animal's detection performance across the threee ranges were consistent with target strength and transmission loss differences. It is speculated that the difference in performance between the two species may be due to differences in critical bandwidth, signal processing capability, or echolocation strategy.
Speech masking. I. Simultaneous and nonsimultaneous masking within stop /d/ and flap /J/ closures82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395193View Description Hide Description
This article reports on investigations of the relative roles of simultaneous and nonsimultaneous masking on detection thresholds using natural speech utterances. Thresholds were obtained for 15−ms probe tones placed in the stop or flap closures of /ada/ and /idi/. Threshold elevations due to simultaneous and nonsimultaneous masking could be explained by the dynamics of neighboring speech spectra. Nonsimultaneous effects were related to spectra at least 30 ms around the probe tone. Although simultaneous masking is usually stronger than nonsimultaneous masking, the relative amplitude of adjacent speech segments in natural speech is sufficiently high near formant regions to cause noticeable effects of nonsimultaneous masking.
Effects of spectral flattening on vowel identification82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395194View Description Hide Description
The identification of front vowels was studied in normal‐hearing listeners using stimuli whose spectra had been altered to approximate the spectrum of vowels processed by auditory filters similar to those that might accompany sensorineural hearing loss. In the first experiment, front vowels were identified with greater than 95% accuracy when the first formant was specified in a normal manner and the higher frequency formants were represented by a broad, flat spectral plateau ranging from approximately 1600 to 3500 Hz. In the second experiment, the bandwidth of the first formant was systematically widened for stimuli with already flattened higher frequency formants. Normal vowel identification was preserved until the first formant was widened to six times its normal bandwidth. These results may account for the coexistence of abnormal vowel masking patterns (indicating flattened auditory spectra) and normal vowel recognition.
Accents, focus distribution, and the perceived distribution of given and new information: An experiment82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395195View Description Hide Description
This article reports on an experiment examining some perceptual consequences of correspondences between accent patterns, the distribution of plus and minus focus, and the distribution of new and given information in Dutch spoken sentences. ''Accent patterns'' refer here to the distribution of intonational accents over spoken sentences. Each accent marks a sentence constituent as p l u s f o c u s, i.e., as highlighted by the speaker. Constituents not so marked are called m i n u s f o c u s. The main questions examined here are to what extent are plus focus constituents generally perceived as conveying n e w information, and minus focus constituents as conveying earlier introduced or g i v e n information. The linguistic material for the experiment was formed by brief radio news items, each two sentences long. Leading sentences determined the distribution of new and given information in target sentences. The accent patterns and, hence, the possible focus distributions in the target utterances were varied systematically by manipulating their synthetic pitch contours according to the rules for Dutch intonation. Subjects were asked to rate on a scale from 1–10 the acceptability of each possible combination of a leading with a target utterance. Results showed that the most preferred or acceptable distributions of new and given information closely match the distributions of plus and minus focus. It was also found that new information can hardly ever acceptably be associated with minus focus, but given information can rather often, although not always, acceptably be associated with plus focus. This appears to be limited to certain conditions, defined by a combination of syntactic and focus structure of the sentence. In these conditions, plus focus cannot be perceived only as signaling new information, but also as highlighting thematic relations with the context. These results are related to work on text‐to‐speech systems.
On the possible role of auditory short‐term adaptation in perception of the prevocalic [m]–[n] contrast82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395196View Description Hide Description
Acoustic information about the place of articulation of a prevocalic nasal consonant is distributed over two distinct signal portions, the nasal murmur and the onset of the following vowel. The spectral properties of these signal portions are perceptually important, as is their relationship (the pattern of spectral change). A series of experiments was conducted to investigate to what extent relational place of articulation information derives from a peripheral auditory interaction, viz., short‐term adaptation caused by the murmur. Experimental manipulations intended to disrupt the effects of such adaptation included separation of the murmur and the vowel by intervals of silence, presentation to different ears, and reversal of order. Other tests of the possible role of adaptation included manipulation of murmur duration, murmur–vowel cross splicing, and high‐pass filtering of the excised vowel onset. While the results of several experiments were compatible with the peripheral adaptation hypothesis, others did not support it. An alternative hypothesis, that the manner cues provided by the murmur are crucial for accurate place judgments, was also discredited. It was concluded that, at least under good listening conditions, the perception of spectral relationships does not depend on peripheral auditory enhancement and probably rests on a central comparison process.
Differences in human and monkey sensitivity to acoustic cues underlying voicing contrasts82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395144View Description Hide Description
Humans and monkeys were compared in their differential sensitivity to various acoustic cues underlying voicing contrasts specified by voice‐onset time (VOT) in utterance‐initial stop consonants. A low‐uncertainty repeating standard A X procedure and positive‐reinforcement operant conditioning techniques were used to measure difference limens (DLs) along a VOT continuum from −70 ms (prevoiced /ba/) to 0 ms (/ba/) to +70 ms (/pa/). For all contrasts tested, human sensitivity was more acute than that of monkeys. For voicing lag, which spans a phonemic contrast in English, human DLs for a /ba/(standard)‐to‐/pa/(target) continuum averaged 8.3 ms compared to 17 ms for monkeys. Human DLs for a /pa/‐to‐/ba/ continuum averaged 11 ms compared to 25 ms for monkeys. Larger species differences occurred for voicing lead, which is phonemically nondistinctive in English. Human DLs for a /ba/‐to‐prevoiced/ba/ continuum averaged 8.2 ms and were four times lower than monkeys (35 ms). Monkeys did not reliably discriminate prevoiced /ba/‐to‐/ba/, whereas humans DLs averaged 18 ms. The effects of eliminating cues in the English VOT contrasts were also examined. Removal of the aspiration noise in /pa/ greatly increased the DLs and reaction times for both humans and monkeys, but straightening out the F1 transition in /ba/ had only minor effects. Results suggest that quantitative differences in sensitivity should be considered when using monkeys to model the psychoacoustic level of human speech perception.
Consonant reception in noise by listeners with mild and moderate sensorineural hearing impairment82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395145View Description Hide Description
The goal of this study was to determine the extent to which the difficulty experienced by impaired listeners in understanding noisy speech can be explained on the basis of elevated tone‐detection thresholds. Twenty‐one impaired ears of 15 subjects, spanning a variety of audiometric configurations with average hearing losses to 75 dB, were tested for reception of consonants in a speech‐spectrum noise. Speech level, noise level, and frequency‐gain characteristic were varied to generate a range of listening conditions. Results for impaired listeners were compared to those of normal‐hearing listeners tested under the same conditions with extra noise added to approximate the impaired listeners' detection thresholds. Results for impaired and normal listeners were also compared on the basis of articulation indices. Consonant recognition by this sample of impaired listeners was generally comparable to that of normal‐hearing listeners with similar threshold shifts listening under the same conditions. When listening conditions were equated for articulation index, there was no clear dependence of consonant recognition on average hearing loss. Assuming that the primary consequence of the threshold simulation in normals is loss of audibility (as opposed to suprathreshold discrimination or resolution deficits), it is concluded that the primary source of difficulty in listening in noise for listeners with moderate or milder hearing impairments, aside from the noise itself, is the loss of audibility.
A pulse ribbon model of monaural phase perception82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395146View Description Hide Description
This article presents two sets of experiments concerning the ability to discriminate changes in the phase spectra of wideband periodic sounds. In the first set, a series of local phase changes is used to modify the envelopes of the waves appearing at the outputs of a range of auditory filters. The size of the local phase change required for discrimination is shown to be strongly dependent on the repetition rate, intensity, and spectral location of the signal. In the second set of experiments, a global phase change is used to produce a progressive phase shift between the outputs of successive auditory filters, without changing the envelopes of the filtered waves. Contrary to what is often assumed, listeners can discriminate between‐channel phase shifts once the total time delay across the channels containing the signal reaches 4–5 ms. In this case, however, the discrimination is largely independent of signal parameters other than bandwidth. A highly simplified model of the cochlea, consisting of an auditory filter bank and units that record the times of the larger peaks in the filter outputs, is developed to explain the two contrasting sets of results.
Detection of simple and complex changes of spectral shape82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395147View Description Hide Description
In most of the previous studies (see Green, 1987) concerning the detection of a change in spectral shape, or ''profile analysis,'' the listener's task was to detect an increment to a single component of an otherwise equal‐amplitude, multicomponent background. An important theoretical issue is whether listeners' sensitivity to more complex spectral changes can be predicted from these results. In the present investigation, the sensitivity of a single group of listeners to a wide variety of simple and complex spectral changes was determined. After collecting the data, it was noted that almost all the thresholds could be predicted by a simple calculation scheme that assumed detection of a change in spectral shape occurs when the addition of the signal to the flat, multicomponent background produces a sufficient difference in level between o n l y t w o regions of the spectrum. Unfortunately, this scheme, while successful for our limited set of data, fails to account for other ''profile'' data, namely, those obtained when the number of components is altered.
Edge effects on frequency discrimination of tones presented in low‐ and high‐pass noise backgrounds82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395148View Description Hide Description
Previous research has indicated that frequency discrimination performance is poorer for tones presented near the sharp spectral edge of a low‐pass noise than for tones presented near the edge of a high‐pass noise, or for tones in the same low‐pass noise with high‐pass noise added [Emmerich e t a l., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 8 0, 1668–1672 (1986)]. The present study extends these findings in order to investigate how the steepness of the spectral edges of low‐ and high‐pass maskers influences the discriminability of tones presented near these edges. Frequency discrimination was measured in each of three high‐ and low‐pass noise backgrounds (which differed in the steepness of their filter skirts). The following results were obtained: (1) In the low‐pass noise background, frequency discrimination performance improved as the filter skirt became more gradual; (2) in the high‐pass noise background, performance first improved and then became poorer as the filter skirt became shallower; and (3) performance in low‐pass noise was poorer than that in high‐pass noise for the two steepest slopes employed (96 and 72 dB/oct) but not for the shallower slope (36 dB/oct). Results are discussed in the context of lateral suppression and edge pitch effects, and of a trade‐off between possible edge effects and masking.
Perception of amplitude and frequency modulated signals (mixed modulation)82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395149View Description Hide Description
This article discusses the detection of mixed modulation, i.e., simultaneous amplitude and frequency modulation (MM). The investigations have incorporated both a sine wave modulating signal and an irregular modulating signal, a very narrow noise band, of a specified center frequency. The results revealed that for a sinusoidal low‐frequency modulating signal, amplitude and frequency changes that were separately subthreshold could be detected by listeners in mixed modulation. This indicates summation of sensations caused by simultaneous AM and FM modulation. This effect was not observed in the case of the irregular modulating signal. A hypothesis is advanced that the perception of modulated signals is governed by two mechanisms, viz., temporal and spectral. The operation of the two mechanisms depends mainly on the modulating frequency. The type of modulation does not play any significant role in this case.
Auditory intensity discrimination in the chinchilla82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395150View Description Hide Description
A positive reinforcement conditioning procedure was used to train chinchillas to respond to intensity differences between successively occurring tone bursts. Intensity difference limens were measured at 0.5, 1, 4, and 8 kHz at five intensities ranging from 10‐ to 55‐dB sensation level. The intensity difference limen decreased from approximately 8 dB near threshold to approximately 3.5 dB at the highest level. The intensity difference limens for the chinchilla were considerably larger than those for humans as well as several other mammals; however, the results were similar to those obtained for the parakeet. The present results from intensity discrimination appeared to be related to previous data for the discrimination of amplitude modulated noise.
Signal detection analyses of delays in neonates' vocalizations82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395151View Description Hide Description
Signal detectionanalyses were applied to momentary delays in the regular peeping of newborn chicks that occur in response to acoustic stimuli. Pulsing 1000‐Hz tones at various intensities were repeatedly presented to chicks at 0 and 4 days posthatch. Durations of delays on both stimulus and control (mock) trials were collected in histograms. These histograms were then used to draw receiver operating characteristics (ROC curves) given variable definitions of what constitutes a ''yes'' response. Areas under these ROC curves were used to evaluate various ways of measuring the delay, as well as the effects of habituation, intensity, and age. Time to the second poststimulus peep was identified as a sensitive indicator of responsiveness. Habituation decreased responsiveness by about 5% per trial over the first three trials. Each dB of intensity increased responsiveness by about 1%. Maturation increased responsiveness by about 21 dB over 4 days. These ROC curves show that momentary delays in the vocalizations of newborn chickens are appropriate measures of auditory signal detection. Similar analyses could be useful in other psychophysical studies that depend on the changing rate of repetitive responses.
Comodulation masking release in a forward‐masking paradigm82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395152View Description Hide Description
Waveforms that yield comodulation masking release (CMR) when they are presented simultaneously with a signal were used in a standard forward‐masking procedure. The signal was a 25‐ms sample of a 2500‐Hz tone. The masker was a band of noise centered at 2500 Hz, 100 Hz in width, and 200 ms in duration. Presented with the masker were two or four cue bands, each 100 Hz wide and centered at various distances from the masker band. These cue bands either all had the same temporal envelope as the masker band (correlated condition) or their common envelope was different from that of the masker band (uncorrelated condition). In the initial experiments, (1) detectability of the tonal signal was 7–18 dB better when the masker band was accompanied by cue bands than when it was not—an effect that would be expected from past research on lateral suppression—but further, (2) the signal was about 3 dB more detectable in the correlated conditions than in the uncorrelated conditions. In follow‐up experiments, these CMR‐like differences between the correlated and uncorrelated conditions were substantially reduced (although not eliminated) by presenting a contralateral, wideband noise that was gated synchronously with the masker and/or cue bands. The implications are that the initial results were attributable in part to the ''confusion effects'' known to exist in certain temporal‐masking situations, and that listeners are able to obtain greater information about the temporal extent of a masker band from correlated cue bands than from uncorrelated bands. It is suggested that the small CMR‐like difference that did remain in the face of controls for confusion may be attributable to a form of dynamic lateral suppression, where the magnitude of suppression covaries perfectly with the magnitude of the envelope of the narrow‐band masker. It appears, then, that no explanations beyond confusion and lateral suppression are necessary to account for the reported CMR‐like effects in forward masking.
Monaural envelope correlation perception82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395153View Description Hide Description
The ability to discriminate between simultaneously presented 100‐Hz‐wide bands of noise with envelopes that were either similar or dissimilar was measured. The center frequencies of the noise bands,f L and f L +Δf Hz, were systematically varied. When the bands of noise were separated by an octave, Δf=f L , discriminations were at chance levels. For frequency separations less than an octave, Δf<f L , discrimination was best for f L =2500 and 4000 Hz, somewhat poorer for f L =1000 Hz, and impossible for f L =350 Hz. Listeners were also asked to discriminate between bands of noise with envelopes that were either perfectly or partially correlated, and bands with envelopes that were either uncorrelated or partially correlated. The data suggest that, when transformed to an equal‐variance scale (Fisher's z), equal changes in Fisher's z lead to equal changes in detectability, regardless of the correlation of the envelopes of the reference signal.
Auditory localization in the vertical plane: Accuracy and constraint on bodily movement82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395154View Description Hide Description
In two preliminary experiments, listeners were instructed to limit increasingly the movement of their heads and/or bodies while attempting to localize narrow bands of noise centered on 2.3 or 8.3 kHz. With increasing constraint on movement, the high‐frequency band was incorrectly perceived as elevated above the horizon. The low‐frequency band, when actually elevated above the horizon, was not so regularly perceived incorrectly as being below the horizon, a finding inconsistent with a previous report. A third experiment, which more closely replicated the task conditions and strategies of the previous study, did tend to reveal the anomalous low‐frequency error. The error is explicable as a default response to which listeners whose sensitivity to the vertical dimension, in general, appears imperfect are prone. From various reports, it emerges that about 25% of presumed normally hearing people exhibit this insensitivity.
Changes in head position as a measure of auditory localization performance: Auditory psychomotor coordination under monaural and binaural listening conditions82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395155View Description Hide Description
Two experiments examined the capacity of listeners to turn and face an active sound source. Tests were conducted with sources located in the subject's forward field (an arc extending from 60° to the subject's right to 60° to the left). Localization performance was determined under both monaural and binaural listening conditions, using both brief pulses and sustained pulse trains as target signals. Not unexpectedly, the ability to orient the face to a hidden sound source was very poor under monaural conditions if the listener received only a brief (100‐ms) tonal pulse. When continuous pulse trains were employed, localization, even under monaural conditions, became quite accurate. Across conditions, this complex motor response produced results in agreement with those that have been obtained when subjects were only required to report their spatial impressions. In particular, performance with binaural pulse trains was observed to vary as a function of the frequency of the target signals employed. Descriptions of the head movement response, along with a discussion of some of the implications of ear–head coordination, are presented.
Acoustic transfer characteristics in human middle ears studied by a SQUID magnetometer method82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395156View Description Hide Description
The middle‐ear transfer characteristics for sound in 14 human temporal bones were determined using a SQUIDmagnetometer method. With this method, the cochlea and middle ear remain intact. Postmortem changes were studied using a guinea pig. The mass‐loading effects of the applied magnets were determined and were found to be negligible. The mean umbo displacement was equal to the mean of six other studies. Lever ratios varied between the individual temporal bones and as a function of frequency.
Numerical methods for solving one‐dimensional cochlear models in the time domain82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395157View Description Hide Description
In this article, a robust numerical solution method for one‐dimensional (1‐D) cochlear models in the time domain is presented. The method has been designed particularly for models with a cochlear partition having nonlinear and active mechanical properties. The modelequations are discretized with respect to the spatial variable by means of the principle of Galerkin to yield a system of ordinary differential equations in the time variable. To solve this system, several numerical integration methods concerning stability and computational performance are compared. The selected algorithm is based on a variable step size fourth‐order Runge–Kutta scheme; it is shown to be both more stable and much more efficient than previously published numerical solution techniques.
Electrokinetic model of cochlear hair cell motility82(1987); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.395158View Description Hide Description
Recent experiments have shown that isolated outer hair cells of the cochlea can vibrate under the influence of a transcellular oscillating electric field. Since high voltages have been measured in the cochlea, this result might suggest a basis for electromechanical feedback. A mechanical model of the hair cell has been developed and adapted to test the electrokinetic theory of motility, a postulate of which is that cochlear voltage gradients act on charged proteins embedded in the cell membrane to deform the cell. From the model it was deduced that the amount of charge density required is within the physiologic range. The significant result is that the amplitude of cell elongation for a fixed voltage amplitude is virtually constant for frequency less than a certain cutoff. The value of this frequency depends on the various physical parameters of the system and especially on the spacing between cells. Power transfer to the basilar membrane appears to peak near the cutoff frequency, and the amount is not very dependent on cell length, but is highly dependent on cell spacing.


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Dr. Dale Shackle, 71, of Lakewood Ranch, Fla., died Tuesday (Oct. 9, 2012).
Friends will be received Monday (Oct, 15) from 6 to 8 p.m. at Chandler Funeral Home, 609 West St., Caldwell, Ohio 43724. A Funeral Service will be held Tuesday (Oct. 16) at 11 a.m. in the Chandler Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Olive Cemetery in Caldwell.


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The St. Marys golf team figured it would cause concern for other schools as the season progressed, and the Blue Devils held up their end of the bargain during Monday's Class A, Region I Meet at Williams Country Club in Weirton.
Behind a 5-over par 77 from freshman Drew Wells, St. Marys earned one of two qualifying spots and advanced to next week's state tournament for the third time in school history and the first time since 2008.
"No matter what happens next week in Wheeling, we will have everybody back next year so we are going up there to get some experience and enjoy," St. Marys coach Howard Meeks said.
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Drew Wells
While St. Marys was the lone representative from the Mid-Ohio Valley to survive yesterday's 40-degree temperatures as a team, several local golfers punched their ticket who were not members of a qualifying team.
One year after losing in a playoff to a teammate for the last individual qualifying spot at regionals, Parkersburg South sophomore Alex Schreckengost found redemption after shooting a 7-over 79 at the Class AAA, Region I meet at Preston Country Club.
"I was fighting all the way through my round - my putting saved me a lot," Schreckengost said.
Parkersburg Catholic junior Ben Collie also was looking to prove himself after missing the cut for last week's Little Kanawha Conference all-tournament team by one stroke. At the Class A, Region IV meet at Big Bend Golf Course, Collie overcame two double-bogeys in his first three holes and finished with an 8-over 79.
"I shot 1-under on the front at LKC then blew up on the back - that night, all I was thinking about was the only tournament that mattered and that was regionals," Collie said. "I put LKC in the past, put it totally out of my mind and focused on today. I started off slow then kind of got the nerves out of my system and played each shot one at a time."
Gilmer County's Austin Cunningham matched Collie's 79 and claimed the other individual qualifying berth at Big Bend Golf Course, while Tyler Consolidated's Corey Wells kept his Class A postseason hopes alive after turning in an 81 at Williams Golf Course.
Class AAA, Region I
KINGWOOD, W.Va. -A subpar performance from defending state champion Wheeling Park kept several schools in the hunt for a possible upset, but the Patriots (236) were able to finish second behind University (231) and hold off challenges from third-place Parkersburg South (241) and fourth-place Parkersburg High (251).
"Wheeling Park was ripe for the picking," PHS coach Don Snider said.
Scoring for the Big Reds were sophomores Austin Davis (83), Lucas Prine (84) and Lauryn Davidson (84).
"We have a solid base for next year," Snider said.
For South, freshman Adeena Shears just missed the cut with an 80 and senior Trent McCutcheon closed out his high school career with an 82.
"At one point, Adeena was 1-under - she just couldn't get any putts to fall on her second nine," South coach Sherry Morris said. "We'll be in good shape for next year. In the top eight to 10 kids, we only had the one senior."
Schreckengost kept his season going for another week after converting six one-putts on his last nine holes.
"I thought we had a chance as a team because Wheeling Park didn't have their 'A' game," Schreckengost said. "Today would have been a lot better if the whole team was up at state."
Class A, Region I
WEIRTON, W.Va. -Region I runner-up St. Marys (249) fell just seven strokes shy of matching regional champion Madonna (242) even though the Blue Dons were playing on their home course.
The Blue Devils' lineup not only included Wells finishing one stroke off the pace for medalist honors (claimed by Madonna's Michael Rogers with a 76), but also Coleman Lamp recording an 85 despite battling a back injury and Robbie Harper carding an 87.
Wells turned in one of his better rounds of the season after opening 1-under through his first five holes.
"We actually beat Madonna by more strokes on our home course during our invitational than they did today on their home course," Meeks said.
Class A, Region IV
TORNADO, W.Va. -Charleston Catholic (233) and Buffalo (240) were the two favorites to advance, but Parkersburg Catholic (247) nearly put a crimp in their plans. Fourth-place Williamstown (255) was followed by Wirt County (263) and Gilmer County (265) in the team standings.
"It was disappointing we couldn't make it as a team," Collie said.
A solid performance on the green enabled Collie to reserve his plans for Wheeling.
"In the last five holes or so, I made three testy par putts from about 4 feet," Collie said.


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Most of the time I read Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. I have been reading SF for as far back as I can remember with Fantasy a close second. Considering the thousands of books I have read and reread over the years I have avoided picking out a "favorite" author or book. There are some I continue to read as old friends but I am always willing to pick up something new and give it a try. That is the only way I know to find new favorites.
SF & Fantasy Writers
Here are some homepages and websites of writer's and worlds I keep going back to. I have specific reviews of some of the works, and links to buy them from Amazon.com here. Even if you don't want to buy the books, let me know what you think about the reviews.
General SF & F Links
Here are the homepages of some publishers of SF & Fantasy.
Mystery Links
I also read mysteries. There are not very many writers I search for these days, I tend to prefer the older writers. The bad part of that of course is they have a hard time adding to their body of work once they are dead. A couple of general interest sites for mystery readers are The Mysterious Home Page and MysteryNet.com: The Online Mystery Network: The place for everything mystery. Again, some specific reviews and links for buying are here.
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Of our delivery she said,
All of the food items I ordered — broccoli, bananas, ground beef, yogurt, in addition to the pasta and fish — tasted fresh and were very good. I also like knowing which stores are providing the food. Placing an order was easy and my delivery person, Josie Kaluzny, was very nice. And since I'm the type of cook/baker who will pay a little more for certain products, I'm sure I'll order from artizone again.
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Johnston � About 80 people turned out for a special lunch at Hurd Auto Mall last week to honor longtime Saab mechanic Vinny Hirst Jr. Lunch was served in the service mall and dignitaries included three former Saab executives � Keith Hart, John Moss and David Schurk � as well as Dean and Don Gregson of the former Wigwam Saab in North Providence, which Hurd acquired in 2008.
�He�s a man of few works who gets things done,� said Dave Leonard, service advisor at Hurd who organized the tribute.
Hurd president Chris Hurd delivered a speech honoring Hirst�s 41 years of service to Saab, and delivered a framed letter from the president of Saab North America, a letter signed by Hurd and plaques, one of which had been refurbished, honoring Hirst�s skills over the years. �Vinny fell in our laps in a fantastic way,� he said.
And Hirst lived up to his reputation by declining to speak at the presentation. �I�m a man of few words and you know that,� he said. He later said the surprise honor had been partly given away by the unexpected appearance of his wife and son.
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About Jeff Masters
Dr. Masters co-founded wunderground in 1995. He flew with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990. Co-blogging with him: Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:38 PM GMT on January 26, 2007
Winter is back to normal across most of the Northern Hemisphere this week, as Europe finally got its first major snowstorm and cold air outbreak. A powerful low pressure system swept across Europe this week, causing numerous flight delays and traffic accidents across Germany, France, and Austria. About 5,000 vehicles were stranded in eastern France when the A6 motorway was cut off by snow. Over 200 police and firefighters were sent to help stranded motorists. Over a meter of snow fell in the Alps, bringing ski areas their first decent snows this winter. London got their first significant snow of winter, as well.
Figure 1. The long-range forecast for February, March, and April. Image credit: Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society.
The 2-week forecast from the GFS model foresees a fairly normal winter pattern for the next two weeks over the Northern Hemisphere. The long-range forecast for the rest of winter and early spring (Figure 1) from Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society also predicts a fairly normal weather pattern for the coming three months. Most of Europe, North America, and northern Asia are predicted to have near normal to slightly above normal temperatures. Record high temperatures are most likely over portions of Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia.
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Beware of the Dark Side. Anger, Fear, Agression. The Dark Side of the Force are they. Easily they flow. Quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the Dark Path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will.
Contributed by: Asteaband
Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Contributed by: akashamultimedia
Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us.
Contributed by: Lion
Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.
Soon will I rest, yes, forever sleep. Earned it I have. Twilight is upon me, soon night must fall.
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
Source: Star Wars
Contributed by: cv
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
Contributed by: Raquel
"What's in there?" Questioned Luke, "Only what you take with you." Answered Master Yoda. (About the dark side and fear)
Source: Star wars
Contributed by: Morrigan
Fear is a path to the dark side.
Source: The Phantom Menace
Contributed by: Mahu_jedi
The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.Death is a natural part of life.Rejoice for those who transform into the force.Miss them do not, mourn them do not.Attachment leads to jealousy.The shadow of greed that is.
Source: Star Wars Episode III
Contributed by: greenkoi
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Present your product in the Theme- and Countrypavilions of the COMPOSITES EUROPE 2016. Enjoy internationality and get an overview over the Composites market of each country. Be part of this special meeting place!
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We also offer a full-service package which includes all the main stand components. We also take care of organising and carrying out the stand construction and fitting work for you. This reduces the level of resources required for organisational matters, freeing you up to make optimum use of your time at the event.
Also this year, the nova-Institut and the COMPOSITES EUROPE jointly offer a stand on the subject of "bio-based composites". There you will find all the composites with a reinforcement of natural fibers, wood or cellulose fibers, bio-based thermoplastics and thermosets as the matrix for glass and carbon fibers, and more.
Are you one of the pioneers, when "bio-based composites" are highlighted and presented separately? The pavilion is located centrally in the fiber area in Hall 8a.
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Choose your stand on a total area of 345 m² in a prime location (8 sqm row or corner stand 11 m²) in hall 8b.
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In the new special area, the Lightweight Technologies Forum, information is presented on the subject of lightweight construction. The development of lightweight material systems will go more on individual material groups and be an optimal configuration of different material components. The special surface offers exhibitors the composites as well as other material sectors various forms of participation from the info counter to the own stand. The focus is on knowledge sharing and networking.
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After a lot of trial and error I found the problem.
It turns out the error message was telling me what I needed to know, I
just did not realize it.
When comparing test and production I forgot to compare configuration
files so when I added the necessary "use Apache2::Upload;" to
startup.pl on production things started working a whole lot better.
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Miami, FL - "employment agencies" search results
About Employment Agencies
These days it can be difficult to find a job, especially when everyone else is looking for a job right along with you. Many people are turning to employment agencies, and even more people are turning to the job hunting services on the internet to help them find their next job. But when you are in as competitive of a job market as there is today, you may want to think about using local employment agencies to help you find that next steady job. There are a lot of good reasons to use local employment agencies, and it can become very clear as to why local employment agencies should be your one and only choice in your next job hunt. Local employment agencies utilize the internet job hunting websites just as you do, but they know how to really use those sites to find every job that you may be qualified for. Many employment agencies use the internet job hunting sites, and local employment agencies can use them on your behalf to find the local companies that are hiring for the occupation you are qualified for. The internet job hunting websites are truly powerful when being used by the right people, and the professionals at your local employment agencies know how to use the internet sites to your local advantage. Not every company that is hiring uses the internet job hunting sites. Many local companies have long-standing relationships with the local employment agencies, and that is something that you want working to your advantage. Some of those relationships date back to the days before the internet, and relationships that strong are the main attraction that local employment agencies should hold for you. The local companies that are not advertising in the newspapers or on the internet are operating that way for a reason, and that reason is their relationship with the local employment agencies. If you truly want to find the local jobs that no one else knows about, then you want the strength of the local employment agencies working for you.
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England striker Wayne Rooney has apologised to supporters for the team's exit from the World Cup, reports BBC Sport.
The Manchester United forward was part of the teams that were beaten by both Italy and Uruguay in the opening two matches in Group D.
Those losses eventually saw the Three Lions eliminated from the tournament after Costa Rica defeated Italy on Friday.
It is the first time England have failed to qualify from the group stage of the tournament since 1958.
Rooney took to his official Facebook page to say sorry to the England supporters, writing:
Absolutely devastated to be out of the World Cup.
Going into each game we had great belief in ourselves but unfortunately it hasn't worked out.
Sorry to all the fans that travelled and at home that we haven't done better...gutted!
Rooney scored his first goal in a World Cup finals when he equalised against Uruguay in Sao Paulo.
However, two goals from Liverpool striker Luis Suarez were enough to down the Three Lions before Costa Rica's surprise win over the Azzurri confirmed their departure from Brazil before the knockout stages.
Rooney also received support from Manchester United team-mate Robin van Persie, as BBC Sport reported.
The Netherlands striker is quoted as saying:
I don't think you can blame him for scoring a goal, working his socks off and missing three chances by inches.
Wayne is a great player and part of why I came to Manchester United.
If you look at his performances, the things I've seen and heard were very good.
He played as a left winger, gave the assist for the 1-1 against Italy and played well as far as I know.