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> I have just spent about an hour browsing the Internet trying to identify
> the detailed differences between 'Discovery', 'Powerpack' and
> 'Powerpack+". It is remarkable but I could not find a single site that
> explained this. Mandriva's site has the vaguest decriptions that could
> hardly give a newcomer to Mandriva much confidence. I want to make sure
> that I choose the version that contains exactly what I need before buying.
> How can I find out?
Goto this link: http://www.mandriva.com/en/individua...2006comparison
I don't think they made a comparison page for 2007, but little has changed in
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Born: April 7, 1938
Thomas Francis Banchoff is a professor of mathematics at Brown University. He specializes in geometry and the use of computer graphics in teaching and research.
In March 1999, Banchoff and a planning group suggested expanding the MAA mission statement from "To advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the collegiate level" to
To promote communication, teaching and learning, and research in mathematics and its uses, especially at the collegiate level, for all who are interested in the mathematical sciences.
Banchoff gave the first Leitzel Lecture, on "Teaching Stages," on August 1, 1999. He and Davide Cervone designed the interactive Mathematics Awareness Month 2000 poster.
1960 University of Notre Dame, B.A.
1962 University of California, Berkeley, M.A.
1964 University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.
Banchoff has been a professor at Brown University since 1967. He won the MAA's Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics (1996) and a Lester R. Ford Award (1978) for expository writing. He has served as an associate editor of Mathematics Magazine (1978-81) and an associate editor of the American Mathematical Monthly (1982-85).
Banchoff and his work were featured in a 1984 Newsweek article, "Images of Hyperspace." One of Banchoff's favorite books, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, was made into a movie in 2007, and he served on the consultant board for the movie. Banchoff wrote the introduction for the movie edition of the book, published in 2008. He is also interested in the life of Flatland's author Edwin A. Abbott.
A Conference to Celebrate the 65th year of Thomas F. Banchoff: A Man of Many Dimensions was held in 2003.
Faculty webpage at Brown University (new version)
Research profile at Brown University
"Passing the Scepter: Thoughts from a Departing President" (pdf), March 2001 MAA FOCUS
"Tom Banchoff: Multidimensional Mathematician" (pdf), February 1996 Math Horizons
The Mathematics Genealogy Project
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As a master graphic artist, designer and photographer who has many years experience taking photographs of the natural environment, people and the world around me, my attention was recently drawn to a photograph taken by Kevin Frayer showing the damage in Lebanon caused by an Israel air strike. What made a light go off inside my head was that this picture alleged to show a banner strung across rubble saying "Made in USA" and cast a dark shadow upon my country.
I felt insulted by this photograph and then gave it a closer look noticing that the type fonts upon the banner were clearly generated by a computer and even covered the folds in the banner. This photo had clearly been doctored and manipulated and released for propaganda purposes by Hezbollah sympathizers. To prove this to myself I made an analysis of the photograph which confirms that it was indeed a doctored photograph that had been manipulated using a computer. So much for truth in advertising!
Figure 1 shows the original photograph with the caption, "Lebanese youth stand on a banner in protest against the United States in the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli bombardment in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006. On the second day of a United Nations ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah, Lebanon's Defense Minister said that 15,000 Lebanese soldiers will be deployed in south Lebanon by the end of the week." (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) AP - Tue Aug 15, 10:25 AM ET
Figure 2 shows an enhancement of this banner. Note that the text is not hand painted or done using spray paint as is the case with most such banners or graffiti one sees as a result of people expressing themselves after a natural disaster or man made destruction. Rather, the type fonts upon the banner are commercial fonts of a style one would easily have access to using a graphics art and photo manipulation program upon a computer, something I know given I have produced thousands of graphic images and photographs and regularly use such programs to create art and designs.
Figure 3 shows an enlargement of the "USA." Note that the type fonts fall over the fold in the banner and do not follow the curves of the banner. This is exactly how the type fonts would appear if dropped onto the banner using a computer graphics program. Also the "U" seems to have been flipped horizontally as it is thinner on the left than upon the right, indicating that each letter was dropped in separately and then fitted into space.
Figure 4 shows "Made in" which has been enhanced to reveal a halo effect around the lettering which is very typical of computer generated graphics. Apparently the area beneath these letters was doctored to remove markings and then the letters were dropped in using a computer graphics program.
After making this discovery for myself I wondered who is this person Kevin Frayer and what other photographs has he taken? Also I was curious why a major media provider like the Associated Press would distribute such photographs internationally and take them as genuine when they were so obviously faked?
A search on the Internet immediately revealed that Kevin Frayer had published other photographs which were suspected as having been manipulated. In A Reprise: Media Photo Manipulation by Ricki Hollander there is a photograph by Kevin Frayer of a picture of a Lebanese woman among bombed out ruins. This same or very similar type photograph was also shown among ruins in a different setting suggesting such photographs have been planted or other wise manipulated. (See photo below).
Figure 5 shows a photograph submitted by AP photographer Kevin Frayer on July 31, 2006. The caption reads:
A photograph of a Lebanese girl is seen in the rubble of a mosque that was hit in an Israeli missile strike in the village of Qana, southern Lebanon, Monday, July 31, 2006. At least 56 residents of the village were killed when Israeli warplanes attacked the village early Sunday morning.
(Note: The number of 56 victims has since been "corrected" to half that.)
Figure 6. In yet another staged photograph by AP photographer Kevin Frayer a dead baby is paraded about for the camera with the caption:
A critical review of this sequence of photographs reveals that a number of photojournalist photographed the same dead baby at different times, that the scenes of what some have termed the Qana Massacure which sparked riots by Hezbollah supporters at the United Nations building in Beirut were staged and reinacted by Salam Daker, 39, Head of Operations for the Lebanese Civil Defense in Tyre, to project Israel as baby killers and do not reflect truth in reporting.
Clearly this indicates that Kevin Frayer is submitting manipulated photographs to the Associated Press and that these are being used as propaganda to sway public opinion and perhaps effect political decisions. In fact, according to Ricki Hollander, Kevin Frayer's photographs are not the only ones out of the war torn Lebanon that are being questions. Apparently their is a cottage industry of fraudulent photojournalist taking pictures and then using computers to manipulate them, submitting them to news services, probably getting paid handsomely for their forgeries and building a reputation for themselves.
Ricki Hollander states that, "Reuters was forced to withdraw over 900 pictures taken by Adnan Hajj after Charles Johnson of the Little Green Footballs blog exposed the fact that the news agency's photographer doctored images he had taken of the Israeli/Hezbollah war, darkening and enhancing smoke spirals in the photographs."
Figure 7 shows a photograph doctored by Adnan Hajj which was removed by Reuters along with some 920 other photographs by Adnan Hajj. On August 9, the New York Times published an article about Adnan Hajj's doctored images, entitled "Bloggers Drive Inquiry on How Altered Images Saw Print." ABC news also reported these this doctored photograph showing the original and manipulated version.
An excellent review of numerous other manipulated photographs coming out of Lebanon is featured at The Reuters Photo Scandal: A Taxonomy of Fraud. The author has done an excellent job of describing various forms of fraudulent photography including:
Given the fact these manipulated photographs and their captions tend to slant public opinion and view Israel and the United States as villains, I would seriously question the ethics of the Associated Press and other news services in distributing such doctored photographs. This is akin to creating a great fraud upon the America public and the international audience! How many people around the world will look at these doctored and manipulated fraudulent images and get the impression that America is the great Satan that Islamic fundamentalists would like them to believe it is?
News services need to begin questioning the authenticity of photographs they publish and at least have them scrutinized by experts to determine if they have been manipulated. Apparently many photographs are submitted by free lancers who are bias in their reporting to the extreme that they doctor and manipulate their images for political or propaganda purposes. The fact that these photographs are then being distributed around the world by agencies like the Associated Press and Reuters makes them puppets on a string, being exploited by photo terrorists!
The real story here may not be the photographs we are seeing so much as the lies we are being told by the photographers submitting manipulated photographs to the world press. It is certainly realized that when terrorists take a hostage and make a video of their heads being cut off or them being shot, that this is done for propaganda and to terrorize the world. It may not be so obvious that when free lancers from a war zone submit photographs with cut lines that are anti-American or anti-Israel, that these are manipulated photographs; that they are lies told and propagated by those who are hostile to the United States and our allies.
The war on terrorism involves not only a war of weapons, but a war for the heart of humanity. Such terrorist organizations as al-Qaida and Hezbollah know that they can use propaganda to sway world opinion as well as to raise money to support their terrorism. When faked and manipulated photographs are given the stamp of approval by major press agencies which beam them around the world , then are shown to people in a position to contribute money, these images help collect donations and fund future acts of terrorism. Therefore the distribution of fraudulent and manipulated photographs by the major press agencies is contributing to the coffers of terrorists organizations.
This practice by major press agencies of permitting terrorist or terrorist sympathizers to use the media to distribute manipulated and/or fraudulent photographs and/or video around the world needs to be stopped. By letting our enemies, the enemies of democracy, use the media to distribute their lies around the world is contributing to our own destructions.
Such corruption of photojournalism is scandalous! At least one other professor of journalism agrees with me. David D. Perlmutter, Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies & Research at the University of Kansas School of Journalism & Mass Communications, has an outstanding piece on the "Fauxtography Scandal" entitled, Photojournalism in Crisis. Also Gary Hershorn, Reuters News Pictures Editor for North America has helped bring this issue to light and open a debate with respect to what is permissible in terms of using software to edit photographs.
I would certainly suggest that dropping text into a banner drapped across ruins of a bombed building that says "Made in USA" is NOT a permitted usage of photo editing software! Fortunately the truth is gradually being brought to light as Licia Corebella reports in Altered war: Manipulated photos highlight untruths in Mideast conflict and as Liz Marlantes accounts in 'Doctored' War Photos Ignite Controversy: Photographer Charged With Altering Mideast Conflict Photographs Is Fired.
I am a strong advocate of a free press and as such I understand that to remain free the press needs to remain credible, honest and true to its subscribers, and not act as a puppet for terrorist or enemies of our state and nation. Certainly the old adage, "Do not believe everything you read in the newspaper," is true when it comes to journalism in the 21st Century. In fact, I plan on giving every photograph I see by Kevin Frayer and others in Hezbollah controlled areas a very close look and doing the same with any image that is associated with an anti-American or anti-Israel caption. You might be wise to do the same, least you want to be brainwashed by al-Quida, Hezbollah and other terrorist organization supporters and sympathizers!
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Mad Sally has gone nuts for youtube, the Web site where people post a
wide array of videos. It's becoming sort of the new meeting place of the
weird and wonderful. Sally has been posting videos of the Pirate Guys,
and she's been building a following. Today one of her videos was honored
as one of the day's best comedy videos.
You can see them by going to our home
Our friend the Castaway Wench is traveling in Europe and will be in Copenhagen
on the 19th. And she wants to know if there are any parties going on in
the Danish capitol.
Let us know if you hear of anything and we'll pass the word on to her.
Because she's looking for pirates wherever she goes! If you meet her,
write to Mad sally at firstname.lastname@example.com
and tell her about the encounter, and she'll post the information on the
Castaway Wench's blog.
Don't bother looking for us in the Big Apple this week. That journey
is off. We were going to tape an appearance on the new shrink show –
Dr. Keith Ablow. They wanted to do an episode on what it's like to be
on a reality TV show, and the episode would have put the Buccaneer Baur
family in the Big Apple for Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Sadly, the Ablow show has been unimpressive in its initial episodes (a
polite way of saying the show blows chunks), so a new producer decided
they needed "more drama, more tension, more Dr. Keith fixing broken
families." We decided they needed to go to hell, because we're not
broken and don't need fixing. We're pirates. If you have a problem with
that it's your problem, not ours.
So, no free trip to New York, no book reading event, no NY media or dropping
in at the bar, Otto's Shrunken Head, where they're holding a big TLAPDay
party. At least not this year.
But if you're in New York, definitely drop by Otto's Shrunken Head, 538
E.14th St., and give a shout out to our agent, Scott, who plans to be
in attendance. And maybe our editor at NAL, Liz, will be there as well.
She was recently voted hottest editor in the book biz, so you want to
meet her. Remember, the party starts at 10 p.m. and features a couple
of pirate bands.
If you're not in NY, visit our calendaarrr page
to find a party near you!
Don't forget to cast your vote in the online debate to answer that age-old
question – Pirates or ninjas? Go to our home
page and scroll down to the link for the pirates vs. ninjas page.
Hurry! As of this writing pirates are ahead, but it's closer than it should
be. I think those ninjas are sneakin' up on us!
Our friend hevnsnt has posted the instructions for making a cannon that
can be fired from your office cubicle on Talk Like a Pirate Day. The cannon
is made of a film cannister, a lighter, Binaca and some other interesting
Look for it at http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/239/48/
So there's a special shout-out to hevnsnt for the coolest creation we've
seen in a while.
Just a reminder that our summer-long contest, Buccaneer Bachelor, will
conclude Tuesday with the announcing of the wench who has captured the
heart, or the hook or some other piece of Cap'n Slappy. Their final entries
have been submitted and will be posted online before the end of the day.
Check out the special, one-of-a-kind medallion
created by ship's jeweler Sid Stevens, then click the link to the blog
to see what they lasses have written for the last assignment.
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The tapes were not unknown, like the 1967 Brubeck Quartet final concert in Pittsburgh, released in 2011. One selection from the performance, "That Old Black Magic" pairing Bennett with Brubeck (with alto great Paul Desmond taking five) and his rhythm section (Eugene Wright, bass and drummer Joe Morello--see photo above) appeared on a couple previous Brubeck collections. The rest of the performance, however, has never been released. Until now.
May 28, Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony, will release the complete performance as Bennett-Brubeck: The White House Sessions. It features two brief sets by each with Bennett joining Brubeck for a few tunes at the end. Bennett brought his own trio: pianist Ralph Sharon, who remained with him for decades, bassist Hal Gaylor and drummer Billy Exiner, who worked with Bennett for many years. Included, of course, are "Take Five" and "Castillian Blues" by Brubeck, and "Just In Time," "Lullabye of Broadway" and "San Francisco" by Bennett.


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Photoshop Magnetic Lasso Tool, Page 1
Removing the Background > Adobe Photoshop
What this image has going for it is a very distinct edge, which makes it a perfect candidate for the magnetic lasso tool. I ruled out the background eraser because there were color variations in the background that were very similar in color to the leaf color. The duplicate channel trick wouldn't work for the same reason, and the edge is just too ragged to trace it with the pen tool. Using the magnetic lasso for the initial selection and taking a few minutes to clean up the selection in quick mask mode, I was able to isolate the leaf in this image in about ten minutes.
The magnetic lasso tool detects and snaps to the edge of an object as you to trace along its outline. The Magnetic lasso tool options used for this image are shown to the right. The lasso width controls how close the edge you need to stay as you trace the image. Frequency controls how often points are laid down, and edge contrast helps you fine tune the edge detection.
As you drag along the edge of an object, the tool drops fastening points to anchor the selection.
Here's a few helpful shortcuts you should know about working with this tool: If you get too far away from the edge, you may get a point in the wrong place. You can back up and remove points by clicking the delete key as you use the magnetic lasso tool. You can also add points manually by clicking once where you want to place a point. If you find yourself using this tool often, it's a good idea to get familiar with some of the other shortcuts on page 140 of the Photoshop 5.0 User's Guide.
When you get all the way around your object, your cursor will change when you hold it over the first point. Clicking once will close the selection and you'll see the selection marquee surrounding the image as shown below.
As you can see, the magnetic lasso failed to detect the object's edge around the stem area of the leaf. We can correct this fairly easily by zooming in and switching to quick mask mode.
Continue on to the next page to learn how to clean up the selection using Photoshop's quick mask mode.
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Anyone anxious to get those unused pills out of the medicine cabinet can take them to any of the seven locations throughout Washington County hosting safe drop-off locations for National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday.
An initiative by the U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Agency and sponsored locally by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the spring collection day is held to provide easy and safe places for people to dispose of medications rather than dumping them down the toilet or leaving them at risk of being stolen.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, anyone can anonymously and easily take any medication they no longer use or want to locations across the county, where officials will be collecting items to turn over to the Drug Enforcement Agency for proper disposal.
"Our objective is to get the drugs out of the medicine cabinets so they're not readily acceptable to members of the younger generation," said Sheriff Larry Mincks.
The event is held twice a year, once in spring and once in fall and is completely free for the community to help protect the environment, families and children.
"There may be people out there that don't know how to get rid of drugs they have and are reluctant to pour them down the drain or trash them," Mincks said. "This is a safe opportunity for us to take care of that for them."
Fact Box
Saturday, April 26; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Anonymous, safe drop-offs of unwanted or expired medications
Local Locations:
- Belpre Senior Center
1614 Washington Blvd., Belpre
- Corner of Second and Putnam Streets in Marietta
- White Oak Pharmacy
8465 State Route 339, Vincent
Fort Frye High School
420 5th St., Beverly
- Buckeye Hills/Area Agency on Aging
1400 Pike St., Reno
- Devola Medical Center Parking Lot, Devola
4727 State Route 60, Marietta
- Hardware Components Inc.,
1021 Park Ave., New Matamoras
Mincks said the department will take any drug, though they are focused on prescriptions, and always hope to collect more in painkillers and opiates, as they pose the most risk.
"Medicine cabinets with drugs in them are a primary target for young people who are seeking to get high, and are also targets for people breaking and entering," Mincks said.
The sheriff's department has a collection center at its offices that people can use 24/7, and Mincks said the department encourages people to drive there rather than flushing them or tossing them, where they can get into the water supply or into wrong hands.
"We are particularly pleased to host this because we really urge seniors to make use of such an event as a true safety measure," said Susie Casto, the manager of the Belpre Senior Center, which has served as a drop-off site for several years. "I think we don't give enough thought about our medications unless we really need them, and there's stuff in the medicine cabinet that goes unnoticed."
Casto said because seniors are often perceived to have more medications than what might be considered usual, they can become targets.
Several locations reported that a lot of the traffic they see during the events is seniors.
"They have spouses that pass and they might have more medications around, and this day provides a good way to get rid of them," said Charlene Parsons from White Oak Pharmacy in Vincent, another one of Washington County's drop-off locations.
Parsons said throughout the several years she has been at the pharmacy, there is always a lot of participation, and the pharmacy strives to educate customers about the dangers of improperly disposing of pills.
The sheriff's department drop-off sites, which will be staffed with a deputy, several volunteers and a nurse, will accept anything from pills to syringes to liquid vials.
The DEA comes to collect all pills, and the sheriff's department, in partnership with the Memorial Health System, properly disposes and incinerates the needles and liquids the DEA does not accept.
Sheriff's deputy Beth Mayle said the department tends to collect about 200 pounds of pills at each event.
"We're most concerned with children," Mayle said. "We want them out of the house, because you don't want kids to get into them."


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Sylvia Garcia, left, Bob Lanier and Kathy Whitmire agree in 2006
It was a bit of a dramatic moment in local politics when, in 1997, outgoing Mayor Bob Lanier and a former Mayor Kathy Whitmire got together at Lanier's place and endorsed former cop commander Lee Brown to be the next mayor. After all, Lanier had shoved Whitmire off the pedestal six years earlier, and they had never been pen pals afterward. (Note to modern folks: Facebook had not come along yet, so we use an anachronistic term describing friends who write to each other).
Ah, but that magic will be missing from this year's mayoral stage. Lanier is squarely for candidate Gene Locke, who served under Lanier as city attorney, and today candidate Annise Parker issued a campaign fund-raising invite listing Whitmire (who now lives in Hawaii) as a supporter.
In 1981, Whitmire was city controller and used the position as a soapbox for her campaign for mayor against incumbent Jim McConn. Now Parker is controller, and if she uses the position to up her profile while on government time, well . . . it would be deja vu all over again. And of course Whitmire was the first, and only, female mayor of H-Town.


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here's what I would do... maybe not what everyone would do.
To make sure that your ribbing all works out well, you need to cast on a multiple of 4 (88 st instead of 90).
every round for 4 inches, you're going to K2, P2
here's where it gets a little harder because you want the decreases to be even around the hat. 88 is a multiple of 8 so we'll use that as our multiple.
for the broken rib pattern, you will
round 1: k1, p1
round 2: K
round 3: k1, p1
round 4: *k6, k2tog* repeat to end
odd rounds: repeat round 1
round 6: *k5, k2tog*
round 8: k4, k2tog
round 10: k3, k2tog
round 12: k2, k2tog
round 14: k1, k2tog
round 15: *k2tog* repeat across, you will have one stitch left. k2tog this with the next stitch on the needle.
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Post subject: weaning a 4 month old baby
Hi, my baby is 4 months old and last week I started to give him a couple of spoons of baby rice in the morning. Im breastfeeding and just seem to feed him all the time. I havent really noticed any change in his feeding but dont know if i should be giving him any more than about 4 or 5 small spoons. When is the right time to start upping the amount and how often i give it to him?? Please help.
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:43 pm
Post subject: weaning baby
I started my four month old with a little baby rice the same as you for one week, week two I gave her some baby porrage about four mouth fulls at tea time 5pm ish week three I gave her porrage in the morning then a few mouth fulls of veg puree (carrott and cauliflower) mashed up with a blender and a little of her milk to thin it and a little rice or porrage before bed then every day just increase the spoon fulls. my baby is now on three good portions a day she is now 5 months and loves her food alot. hope this helps
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Please advise ... at the moment my babies feeding routines is -
0830 Breakfast 4/5oz Milk followed by a mixture of porridge and fruit (a couple of teaspoons)
1230 Lunch between 5-8oz milk (usually about 5/6oz)
1630 Dinner 4/5oz Milk followed by a mixture of Baby Rice and pureed veg/poultry/fish/red meat,
2030 Supper 5-8oz milk.
We have also started giving her a yoghurt during the day. Every time i try finger foods she gets too excited and nearly chokes and is not interested in a drinking cup at all.
Whats next? When i look at recommended eating plans they look so different to ours. i want to try and get her last feed to be around 1930 so we can get her to bed earlier. She is 6.5 months old
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Internet restored at numerous Dallas ISD schools after power outage at district building
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Tens of thousands of STAAR tests were administered today in our district with no impact caused by the Internet outage.
That said, about 88 students took the STAAR-L science test requiring Internet access last year districtwide in 5th grade. If the same number took it this year and with the internet outage impacting less than one-fifth of our schools, the number of tests that couldn't be administered was likely significantly less. Overall, the internet outage caused by a transformer fire near one of our facilities had minimal impact on STAAR testing.
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Technical Abstract: Recent findings suggest that there may be greater potential for lignin modification in plants than previously considered. Viable mutant plants that are unable to produce (sufficient quantities of) normal lignin monomers due to natural or biogenetic mutations appear to utilize other plant phenols to create a functional, yet modified "lignin" polymer. These phenols do not necessarily come from the normal monolignol biosynthetic pathway and were therefore unanticipated. While this unexpected metabolic plasticity means that attempts to downregulate lignification by targeting pathway enzymes may not always be successful because plants may still make as much "lignin" from other phenolics, it provides significant opportunities for engineering lignin to create new "lignins" with different properties. The potential to induce plants to create their lignins from other components can be considered. While these components may not be totally of our choosing, it is reasonable to assume that some possibilitie within the realm of existing plant biochemistry have the potential to produce lignins that allow more extensive "exploitation" of plants. An issue remaining to be resolved is whether these polymers are true cell wall structural components.


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Marietta Industrial Enterprises will pay $50,000, and its president will spend two days in jail and nearly six months on home confinement after pleading guilty to failing to report violations of a permit under the federal Clean Air Act.
An attorney for the company said the violation stemmed from the company using an alternative pollution control measure but not notifying the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
"The guilty plea from today only involves the company's failure to report a deviation," not excessive emissions, said Whitnie Kropp, legal counsel for MIE.
The pleas were entered Friday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and announced in a joint release from the Ohio Attorney General and U.S. Attorney's offices.
MIE agreed to plead guilty to a felony count of failing to report violations of the company's permit, while President Scott Elliott pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of being an accessory after the fact for failure to notify, the release says.
"We will not tolerate an intentional failure to operate properly installed and permitted air pollution controls," Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said in the release. "This type of behavior threatens Ohioans with unnecessary pollutants."
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Marietta Industrial Enterprises pleaded guilty Friday to a felony count of failing to report violations of the company's permit in connection with its mineral processing operation.
Company President Scott Elliott pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of accessory after the fact.
The violations involved failing to notify the Ohio EPA when the company turned off one of its pollution control devices. The company said it was done for safety reasons and other control measures were used.
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Under the plea agreement, which is still subject to the approval of U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley, MIE will pay a $37,500 fine, with an additional $12,500 community service payment going to the Warren Township Volunteer Fire Department.
The fire department was not directly involved in the case. Kropp said the company chose the department as the entity to receive the payment.
"We were committed to making a donation that would be local to the Marietta area," she said.
MIE is located on Ohio 7 in Warren Township.
The state and federal release says the situation involved MIE's medium carbon ferromanganese alloy crushing line, emissions from which are controlled by a baghouse utilizing a large electric fan.
"According to court documents, company employees began turning off the fan when processing medium carbon sometime in 2006," the release says.
The company's permit requires it to disclose in quarterly and annual reports when the baghouse hasn't operated properly, but the company did not do that, according to the release.
In its own release, MIE said the fan was turned off when processing materials that posed a fire or explosion hazard when accumulated in a confined space.
"MIE substituted alternative pollution control measures, but failed to notify EPA of the practice, as required by the Clean Air Act," the MIE release says.
The alternative measures, including having the area enclosed, were allowed under the permit, Kropp said.
The practice stopped in 2009, and the company has since hired an environmental manager "and made compliance with federal and state environmental laws a company priority," the MIE release says.
As part of his plea to the misdemeanor charge, Elliott agreed to a sentence of 48 consecutive hours in jail and five months and 28 days of home confinement with electronic monitoring.
"The maximum sentence is one year in jail," said Elliott's attorney, Robert Cochran, of Columbus. "This is the sentence that Mr. Elliott agreed to with the government."
In addition, MIE said its upper management and owners will perform 200 hours of community service, with 100 hours to be performed by Elliott.
The company will also be on probation for three years and must correct any deficiencies identified in an environmental audit of its facilities, U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart said in the government release.
"These steps will ensure safety for the community and employees going forward," he said.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Ohio EPA and the U.S. EPA Criminal Investigation Division jointly investigated the matter. During the investigation, a related civil case filed on behalf of OEPA against MIE in Washington County Common Pleas Court was put on hold, state officials said. The status of that case going forward was not clear Friday afternoon.


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by Dale D. Humburg
"By three o'clock, large flocks of mallards began to leave the lake and prairies and headed east and southeast for the river and refuge from the stinging blasts of wind and snow. The bands of waterfowl sensed that this was the end for them at this latitude," wrote William C. Hazelton in Days Among the Ducks.
Actually, the ducks Hazelton described "sensed" key changes in their environment long before the December blast ultimately pushed them southward. While a dramatic change in weather was the immediate signal for the birds to find food and habitat elsewhere, the internal clock that determined their departure was set months before by the gradual lengthening of spring daylight.
Among waterfowl, regular seasonal movements (i.e., migration) are driven by changing photoperiod, the relative length of day and night during a 24-hour period. As a result, migration is physiologically "hard-wired" in waterfowl and other migratory birds. Beginning in spring, increasing day length affects hormone response and starts the clock ticking. Accumulation of fat, migration, breeding, and the molt follow in succession over the next weeks and months.
The prompt for fall migration is not as clear but is most likely related to the timing of reproductive events and molting. The result, however, is just as predictable. During a period of long days with gradually decreasing daylight, birds again accumulate fat reserves for migration and become restless—in a behavior known as zugunruhe—setting the stage for their departure south.
And that's a good thing. If not for their innate departure schedules, waterfowl would not be prepared for migration and seasonal changes in weather and habitat. The northern prairies and parklands, for example, become increasingly inhospitable places for waterfowl as fall progresses. By mid-November the average high temperature in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is below freezing, and by January the average low temperature in Bismarck, North Dakota, falls below zero. By this time, most ducks have long since migrated south to their wintering grounds, where habitat conditions are much more favorable.
Recent climate trends notwithstanding, general patterns of temperature and precipitation in North America have remained largely unchanged for millennia. For example, snow accumulated in Bismarck from November to March still begins to melt in April, creating optimal breeding habitat for returning waterfowl. Precipitation in St. Joseph, Missouri, usually declines after May, and the germination and growth of seed-producing plants in drying wetland basins provide food for fall migrants. And in south Louisiana, annual peak rainfall often occurs in September, recharging coastal wetlands for early migrating blue-winged teal and later for wintering waterfowl. Along with photoperiod, seasonal changes in habitat conditions account for the general timing of waterfowl migrations that have developed over thousands of years.
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Yet this is where the predictability of migration stops. Year to year, migratory departures are triggered by short-term changes in weather and habitat conditions. And waterfowl hunters pay considerable attention to day-to-day changes in weather—cold fronts, temperature, precipitation, and wind—as the waterfowl season approaches and throughout the days that follow opening day.
Fall weather affects habitat conditions and the availability of food needed for birds to store energy-rich fat reserves prior to migration and to replace these reserves following long-distance flights. Historically, annual plant seeds, aquatic plants, acorns, and other mast provided the food resources the birds needed for migration. On the contemporary landscape, however, agriculture plays a much more important role. Regardless, understanding the amount and distribution of food can help waterfowl hunters assess whether habitat is suitable for migrating and wintering waterfowl—and waterfowl hunting. A spring frost affecting the acorn crop, untimely summer flooding that reduces annual seed production, rain-delayed crop harvests, and a number of other weather and habitat interactions can have a significant influence on whether or not waterfowl delay, stay, or go away. In general, less food means more rapid transition and departure of ducks and geese.
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Great Little Gadget
Reviewed by A Caplen. Review Posted 17/11/2010
I have just bought this little wireless adapter and plugged it into my desktop computer which does not have a wireless card as it is somewhat older than my laptop, but still useful, adding this little dongle was a great idea and I have to say it does a great job and it was so cheap, I ran the disc again because the first time it was not good but then it started working and just like they say in the discription it is a powerful little gadget
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low standard
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 16/10/2010
I bought the item above and was disapointed with its performance. The output a mere 65Mbps an increase of 11Mbps,hardly worth the bother and certainley not worth the cost
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Reviewed by Dennis Parker. Review Posted 14/10/2010
I was looking for something to improve the signal strength and speed in one room of the house where it is very low and often not at all. The description of this product seemed to be ideal. Once installed, I was left with no signal where I was hoping to improve and considerably reduced signal strength in other parts of the house where I normally have excellent strength. As a result I have returned to my original set-up and put this product away, in short a waste of time.
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Edimax Wireless Adapter
Reviewed by Mike George. Review Posted 28/07/2010
I live in an old house with very thick walls, and consequently a low wireless signal in many rooms. Decided to try this as a cheap fix, and it really is good. Highly recommended!
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Simple and effective communications
Reviewed by Richard. Review Posted 10/07/2009
Good solid product. Note this is not a true N-draft device (max. 600Mbps) but has a maximum speed of 150Mbps! However, given the 802.11n specification has yet to be finalised (decision due December 2009), this is a good product to use on existing and migrating networks.
The device is very small (1/2 length) and comes with a USB cap which unfortunately cannot be clipped to it once its inserted, thus can be easily lost. This size makes it particularly useful for laptops/netbooks.
The device requires its installation CD to install drivers which work for both 32bit and 64bit editions of Windows Vista. It is compatible with Windows Zero Configuration - by far the easiest way of connecting to networks.
I gave it a 4/5 rating because of: it's speed limitations, the removable cap and lack of native Vista driver support.
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Reviewed by Dennis. Review Posted 14/10/2010
Just writing to correct my previous rating (don't know where that came from) - Overall product rating 0 not the 5 listed. Don't be tempted to buy this product.
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Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 25/10/2010
No problems installing it but the signal is too weak to connect
to internet even with the computer standing next to the router. A complete waste of time
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Reviewed by Tracey. Review Posted 20/08/2010
Bought two of these for my children's xp computers. One refused to connect to the BT hub no matter what I tried (rebooting the hub, changing channel etc) the other connected fine but it ran at 6 mbps at best. Put the old Linksys wireless g adapters back on and both computers work consistently at 54 mbps.
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Broad sidewalk cafes, Berlin's oldest beer garden and the boutiques between restaurants and bars make the former working class district of Prenzlauer Berg, or Prenzl'berg, a great place to people-watch. It's one of the most desirable places to live among arty singles and young couples.
My 2 bedroom apartment is right at one of the hot spots of the city, with two central tram lines right outside the door ( M10, and M2).
M10 takes you in a few minutes to touristic attractions like Mauerpark and its famous Sunday Flea Market, as well as the new Berlin Wall Museum.
M2 takes you right to Alexanderplatz, the most famous Berlin Square withit's huge Television tower and rotating restaurant at the top, for breathtaking views over Berlin.
The apartment is in an old heritage-protected building from 1907 with 3.20 meter high ceilings, thoroughly renovated and furnished in style. It's just perfect for a couple, but the charming small second bedroom is very cosy aswell.
The apartment is fully equiped and you will also find tips and notes on funky Restaurants, Bars and other places you shouldn't miss, most of them in walking distance.
You will find everything you need during your stay, making it a great starting point for your trip around the city.
The Area:
There aren't museums to speak of in Prenzlauer Berg, but you can still sightsee.
Two blocks away from the apartment you have the famous Kollwitzplatz, which is named after the famous Berlin artist and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz. It is one of the most lively squares in Prenzlauer Berg, surrounded with tons of Cafés, Restaurants, little Boutiques and Curiosities shops. There's also a weekly organic food market on the square and President Clinton even came to dine here at Gugelhof while on a state visit.
The block in the northwestern corner of Prenzlauer Berg holds the KulturBrauerei ('culture brewery'), one of Berlin's gems. This 19th century brewery complex shut down production in 1967, but it now makes a living on the night shift. A nightlife Mecca that with its red bricks, towers and chimneystacks resembles an old town setting. A cobblestone pedestrian way courses through the center of the former beer brewery, whose 20 buildings with 40,000 square meters are filled with bars, restaurants, clubs, galleries and a cinema. Now that it's also home to the district's tourist information centre, it has established itself as the best place to start and end a day in the Kiez (district). 20,000 visitors each weekend can't be wrong; this is one of Berlin's special corners.
From here, you can head south on Kastanienallee, which is full of more restaurants, bars, and several funky shops. Or, head north to the U-Bahn Eberswalderstr. to speed to your next destination. If you didn't fill up on food at the beer garden, grab a curry wurst to-go from Konnopkes Imbiss (under the U-Bahn tracks between Schönhauser Allee and Danziger Str.). It's been grilling sausages since 1930 and along with Prater Beergarden, is one of the icons of the neighbourhood.
If you are looking to dip deeper into the famous Berlin Nightlife after all the coffee, food and beer, you are most welcome to ask me for tips and point you in the right direction.
The same goes for culture tips, museums and other city highlights.
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Prenzlauer Berg is the first area in Berlin with its own tourist information centre, inside the Kulturbrauerei complex near the Eberswalderstrasse U-Bahn station. The staff can inform you about events in the area, nightlife, guided walks, and about what to see in Prenzlauer Berg. The centre is also involved in erecting German and English-language signs throughout the district with information for visitors. Visit their English-language website before exploring the area.
TIC Prenzlauer Berg, G-1, Schönhauser Allee 36, Kulturbrauerei, tel. 44 35 21 70,. Open 12:00 – 18:00, Thu-Sat 12:00 – 20:00.
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This is THE perfect appartment to have for your stay in Berlin. With the M2 and M10 stop right in front of your door, innercity Berlin lies at your feet. The appartment itself is cosy and complete.
Renee, the owner of this appartment is very friendly and accurate, no fuzz and quick replies! I would rent it again if I come over to Berlin.
Me and my husbond had a wonderful stay in Berlin and Renee's flat was the perfect base.
The flat fully met our expections from the pictures on the internet.
Renee was a helpful and flexible host. Renee told us about interesting places to see in Berlin.
We had a wonderfull stay in this apartment. It's very comfortable and cosy. The shower is great and it's really quiet inside the apartment. Renee is a great host, it was wonderful that we could check in and out in the time we wanted.
The location is good. Allthough the street it self is not a very interesting one, but just a 2 minute walk brings you near nice shops and restaurants. And a 5/10 minute walk leads to the best streets of Prenzlauer Berg. And the metro stops right across the front door. Price/Quality is perfect!!
Heel mooi en smaakvol ingericht appartement. Douche is wat klein, maar fijn!! . In de kleine slaapkamer heb ik wel een gordijn gemist. Vanaf een uur of vijf s morgens kwam er aardig wat licht binnen. Ook was het matras wat aan de harde kant.Verder een super appartement. Heerlijk thuiskomen na een lange dag shoppen en sightseeing. De communicatie met Renee verliep zeer goed. Helaas hebben we haar niet getroffen, maar door de goede communicatie, gastvrijheid en flexibiliteit kan ik wel zeggen dat ze een zeer goede gastvrouw is.
Het appartement is gelegen in een hele leuke wijk. Heel veel leuke restaurantjes, bakkerijen en winkeltjes. Heerlijke rustige buurt. 2 tramlijnen brengen je snel naar leuke plekken in de stad. Alexanderplatz is lopen in ongeveer een half uur te bereiken. Wij hebben fietsen gehuurd. Alexanderplatz, unter den linden etc. is ook met de fiets heel gemakkelijk te bereiken.
Al met al een echte aanrader!!!
Einfach nur toll!!! Die beste Ferienwohnung die wir bisher in Berlin hatten. Super liebevoll eingerichtet und sehr nette Kommunikation mit Renee. Sehr gern kommen wir wieder wenn frei ist.
Mine forældre og jeg havde bestemt os for en ferie i Berlin!
Jeg ville gerne vise dem den fantastiske by.
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Alle spørgsmål vi havde inden vi tog afsted - blev besvaret med meget kort ventetid. Og alle med flere informationer end blot spurgt efter.
Lejligheden er rigtig hyggelig og har det den skal have. Man bor rigtig centralt - 2 min gang og 5 min med Tramline - så står du på Alexander Platz og er klar til at "erobre" Berlins skønhed.
Så vil helt klart anbefale denne skønne lejlighed til alle jeg kender a som skal en tur til Berlin!
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When Stephen Rhodes first came to Pacifica to be the new city manager, he hoped to focus on economic development.
"And that has happened. Things are moving along in that direction," he said.
But during the six years Rhodes has been here, the economy took a nosedive. Pacifica has had few opportunities to build up the economy. Projects that had been approved sat idle because owners could not get loans.
Rhodes had to change his game plan. He became a member of a leadership team that outsourced police dispatch, tree trimming and street cleaning. Some employees were reassigned; a few faced layoffs. Vacant positions in some departments won't be filled.
"It was harder than what I imagined, but overall it's been rewarding," he said, reflecting on the last six years. "We faced serious financial issues. Who knew the economy was going to go down like it did?"
Nevertheless, every day he sought a balance between two overriding philosophies near and dear to Pacificans -- preserving the environment and encouraging development. Those values sometimes conflicted.
"That's a reflection of the community values," he said.
What advice would he offer his successor? Again, it would come down to balancing high environmental standards with adequate growth and development.
"You do have to balance those," he said. "To have a good environment, you have to have a healthy community. That's been a challenge in Pacifica. We've gone too far on one side and forgotten how to support the services that go with that. Sometimes that gets lost in a lot of places."
To facilitate Pacifica's projects, Rhodes developed a working relationship with Coastal Commission staff and with other regulatory agencies to work through problems. The Coastal Commission recently approved the city's plan to charge for beach parking, but the approval came after years of meetings and correspondence.
"You have to get them to understand the community's needs and how they can be consistent with their goals. We needed to make the two goals work so they could approve it. Our role is to advocate that side of the equation. You've got to do the homework and be able to advocate how the pieces can fit together for a mutual agreement. It's not easy and it's a continuing thing. Everything is taken on a case-by-case basis."
Pacifica is making do with fewer employees; so are other governmental agencies.
"You have to move in measured steps when you don't have enough people to do everything at the same time. Some projects get pushed further down the list," he said.
Despite the economy, Pacifica made progress on major projects under Rhodes' watch. The general plan is being reviewed and updated. Utilities along Palmetto Ave. are being undergrounded. The city has acquired some of the land for the headlands trail and established a shuttle -- Devil's Slide Ride -- from Pacifica to the new hiking and biking trails. Small beautification projects will add up to big results and make a difference about how people feel about their community.
Plans for tasteful development are in the works or under study.
"I think Pacifica needs to focus its effort on filling in Palmetto Avenue, doing something with the Beach Boulevard property and perhaps something at the quarry," he said.
The city took the lead on completing environmental studies for the city-owned property on Beach Boulevard and drafted specs for a developer. That plan proposes a hotel, restaurant, shops and a library/media center.
"I would advocate everyone get behind the library foundation's work. The community would do well with a new library," Rhodes said.
Mayor Len Stone said he is thankful Rhodes stayed on so long as city manager.
"I'm very happy with his contribution over a difficult time in the city's history. I think he was able to help move us forward even though we are in extremely challenging times. He's done a fantastic job moving projects forward -- the Beach Boulevard development, the Palmetto streetscape and undergrounding -- and he's done a lot to help move the library project forward, among other things," he said.
Rhodes hired three department heads -- the police chief, planning director and Parks, Beaches & Recreation director -- with an eye toward those individuals having a customer-service orientation.
"The basis of the selection was helping people achieve what they want to achieve and being connected to the community," he said.
He won't take a stand one way or the other about the idea to outsource the police department to save money.
"I've tried to take a position of helping the process work, not point it in any direction," he said. "Let the process take its course. I want them to have all the information, then the community will decide how to move forward."
Rhodes spent the last six years as the city manager, but when he retires in June, it will be after 37 years working in public service in California and Oregon. He's originally from the Bay Area. He and his partner, Doug Hedden, plan to stay settled in Pacifica.
"Pacifica is a nice community to be in," he said.
They are going to travel, which they have always enjoyed, but take short road trips to explore places relatively close, or maybe take the train around the country.
Rhodes would like to stay active as a volunteer, but he doesn't know with which organizations he will volunteer. And he's looking forward to being able to start reading a book and not stop for hours.
"I'll have more time for reading," he said. "I'm looking forward to that. I can't read in short installments."
His reading list includes "A History of the French Language" by Peter Rickard, "Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child" by Bob Spitz and "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" by David McCullough.
"I probably will start going to movies again, and maybe see more matinees," he said enthusiastically, looking forward to movies that span the genres from animated, to Woody Allen, to adventures and anything with Matt Damon in it.


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Santa Fe Christian Schools has announced that it will allocate $1 million in tuition assistance for the 2011-12 school year. Santa Fe's financial commitment ensures that a private Christian education is accessible to interested families. The ability to provide $1 million for the next school year alone marks a milestone for the school, having disbursed $2.7 million in tuition assistance over the past five years.
Santa Fe's Chief Financial Officer Steve Kuptz notes, "it's a blessing that our school is able to come along side new and existing families to provide a private Christian education during these very difficult economic times."
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