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Family villa with pool not far from the Mediterranean sea and the town 'of Sciacca with private parking, garden and a large park ulivi. Strutturata in three separate villas offer a welcoming and comfortable not only independent and beautiful for its magnificent views the valley but also practical for different private and seasonal. Staying in a villa, you can quickly reach all the cities 'art of Sicily with its rich archaeological sites that are HERITAGE OF HUMANITY'.
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Reform Incentives In the News
Reform Incentives Referenced In the News and on the Hill
Testimony of Daniel W. Yohannes,CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Before The House Committee on Foreign AffairsApril 25, 2013
Bush's Millennium Challenge is still changing the developing worldStephen Dinan
The Washington Times
April 25, 2013
Contractors: good value for money or drain on aid resources?Les Roopanarine
The Guardian
April 25, 2013
The MCC EffectMillennium Challenge Corporation
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The effects of the MCC EffectAndria Hayes-Birchler
Poverty Reduction Blog, Millennium Challenge Corporation
March 1, 2013
Carrots All RoundThe Economist
March 2, 2013
Policymakers in developing countries say: "Try COD aid"Rita Perakis
Center for Global Development Blog
February 25, 2013
Sarah Rose
Does the 'MCC Effect' Exist?
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Does the "MCC Effect" Exist? Results from the 2012 MCA Stakeholder Survey
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Getting More Development Bang for Your Foreign Assistance BuckBradley C. Parks & Zachary J. Rice
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Bailouts and Earnings Sour Early Market Mood
So much for those better-than-expected earnings out of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. And never mind that bailout of American International Group Inc. Equities are headed for another rough opening as investors wake up to the reality of a lending environment that is still strangled by mistrust, and the knowledge that the AIG bailout by the Federal Reserve comes at a heavy price for the insurance giant.
Dow futures are down 120 points and shares of Goldman Sachs have lost 7.5%, Morgan is off by 16%, and AIG is down 43% to $2.13 a share. The morning data on housing starts, which showed the slowest pace of housing construction in 17 years, is adding to the sour mood, as it underscores this basic reality: until the housing market recovers, all of those industries that made their leveraged bets on the back of housing will not, either.
In addition, some of the morning action may reflect a re-think of the Fed's decision not to cut interest rates at its meeting yesterday. "Fed days are crazy, and now people may be realizing they didn't get the rate cut they were looking for – the Street is really fragile here," says Ryan Detrick, analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
The cost of default insurance on Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs has risen — to $825,000 for $10 million of bonds for Morgan, and $500,000 for $10 million of bonds for Goldman for five years. "Nothing's making much sense right now," says a broker at Phoenix Partners Group. What may be hurting the brokerages is the dislocation in the funding markets.
Three-month LIBOR, sort of a traded version of the federal-funds rate, a rate that historically tracked the funds rate, spiked to 3.0625% from 2.87625% Tuesday, putting it more than a full percentage point higher than the funds rate. It suggests that liquidity is tight, as banks do not want to lend money to each other.


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Average First Frost and Freeze Dates
Angie Enyedi, NWS Jacksonville
First Frost
November is climatologically when most inland sites across the NWS Jacksonville forecast area have their first frosty morning. For frost to form, similar conditions conducive to dew formation are needed, including light low level winds and low level moisture. Frost forms when the temperature at the ground reaches freezing, or 32 °F. If the dew point temperature (which measures the amount of moisture in the air) also nears freezing, then the moisture in the air near the freezing ground changes from water vapor to solid ice crystals and the ice will deposit itself on objects that had also reach freezing, which includes grass, plants and roof tops.
Many times frost is observed when measured temperatures are in the mid 30s and not at the freezing mark. Why is this? Standard temperature measurements are made generally bewteen 4 and 6 feet above ground level. The coldest air is the densest, which means that it will linger at ground level. The actual temperature near ground level can be many degrees below the observed temperature. This is why sometimes observed temperatures are warmer than freezing, despite a widespread frost indicating freezing temperatures at ground level.
The NWS Jacksonville will issue a Frost Advisory for northeast Florida when widespread frost is expected (and a freeze warning is not in effect). For southeast Georgia, a frost advisory will be issued until the first hard freeze event is experienced, then frost advisories will resume, if necessary, after March 1st.
Below is a map of the average date of the first frost (based on temperatures of 36 ° F or lower) across the NWS Jacksonville forecast area.
First Freeze
NWS Jacksonville will issue a Freeze Warnigs when forecast temperatures are expected to remain below 32 ° F for 2 or more hours. Freeze warnings will continue to be issued throughout the cool season as needed for northeast Florida. Freeze warnings will not be issued for southeast Georgia after the first widespread hard freeze of the season (temperatures 27 ° F or less). Freeze warnings will resume for southeast Georgia as needed after March 1st.
Hard Freeze Warnings will be issued as needed for the entire forecast area when minimum temperatures are expected to fall at or below 27 ° F for 2 or more hours.
Freeze Watches will be issued typically within 24 to 36 hours of a forecast freeze event.
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Vendor Profile: The Antibody, The Scientist, and an Adorable Sheep; The Story of Abcam
British-based Biotech Makes A Home in Massachusetts, Working to Discover Medicine
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Last week I wrote about my experience at the US Chamber's Small Business Summit, and noted that I would be profiling some smaller businesses who work with pharmaceutical manufacturing companies as vendors.
These vendors are enormously important because as we've said before, researching and manufacturing medicine doesn't happen in a vacuum. The business relationships between pharmaceutical manufacturers and the smaller companies they hire to help them research a new drug can positively impact thousands of jobs and communities. Take, for example, the vendor relationship footprint in Massachusetts, where more than 9,960 vendor relationships with just 17 pharmaceutical companies fuel $4,191,718,269 of spending within the state.
Abcam, Inc. is a great example. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Abcam employs about 75 people (700 globally) as part of their work making research tools, providing technical support, and other research-based services.
Bill Campbell is the Director and General Manager, and took a few moments to talk about what they do, how their business feeds into the larger process of making medicine, and what's going on with that adorable sheep.
So, tell me what Abcam does, how do you fit into the process of discovering new medicines?
BC: We provide high-quality protein research tools, expert technical support, fast global delivery, and up-to-date and honest data on those tools to companies that develop new medicines. Our growing range of products include primary and secondary antibodies, biochemicals, proteins, peptides, lysates, immunoassays and other kits. These tools enable life scientists to analyze components of living cells at the molecular level, which is essential in understanding health and disease.
How did Abcam get started?
BC: The idea for Abcam came early in 1998 out of a laboratory in the University of Cambridge, UK. The principal founder Jonathan Milner was working as a Post-Doctoral researcher studying the newly discovered breast cancer protein BRCA2 in Professor Tony Kouzarides' laboratory. The project slowed because of problems finding quality antibody reagents that had honest and up to date information about their uses and limitations. It was frustrating. It was then that Jonathan and a number of other people in the laboratory, came up with the idea for a web-based antibody company of like-minded scientists. Tony invented the name which is a hybrid of antibody (ab) and Cambridge (cam). The idea was that Abcam would sell the best antibodies in the world with the most comprehensive, honest and up-to-date datasheets, fast delivery and helpful customer service & technical support. It was a tough vision!
A lucky break came when Jonathan met and discussed the idea with Dr David Cleevely (a Cambridge telecoms entrepreneur) who was smart (or some said crazy!) enough to join him in the venture. So in the summer of 1998, Jonathan left the world of academia to work full-time on Abcam, which he describes as the scariest thing he has ever done. Initially Abcam had a small amount of money from David, family, friends and Jonathan (after re-mortgaging his house; he has a very understanding wife!), but they realized that they needed a big injection of capital to build a website to accomplish the vision and increase production of Abcam's own antibodies. A business plan was written and the Directors went out confidently to raise money from venture capitalists. However, the next couple of years were really tough as Abcam struggled to convince the VCs that a viable business could be built from such an idealistic vision.
Things were looking really bleak and Abcam needed to get some sales quickly, so Jonathan took an ice-bucket full of popular antibodies around the University of Cambridge laboratories in order to get friends and colleagues to buy them, which they did (thanks guys!). Hence the legend of Abcam's humble beginnings from an ice-bucket was born!
Our first notable successes arrived in the early part of the new millenium: Chromatin antibodies, loading control antibodies and GFP antibodies. Then we had two further lucky breaks. First, some local business angels (people from the Cambridge business community who wish to help technology businesses get started) were convinced to invest and second, some like-minded scientists and talented individuals were recruited (who form the basis of Abcam's management team today) and this succeeded in boot-strapping the company through those difficult times. Of course there was also tremendous determination to prove that those venture capitalists were wrong and that a successful profitable company, that would also make a valuable contribution to life science researchers, could be built on such a business plan.
Any advice for other new startups and vendors?
BC: Recruit good people and do not give up on your dreams.
Now what about that sheep?!
A lot of researchers ask where we got the idea for Molly the sheep. It was simply because Dolly the sheep was making headline news at the time, so we created the body out of a molecular space fill model and gave her antibody legs, and thus the molecular Dolly became Abcam's Molly.


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CHARLESTON - Thelma Donaldson Files, 76, died at 12:35 p.m. Nov. 13, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born Aug. 16, 1926, in Charleston, daughter of the late Overton and Marie Williams Donaldson, she was of the Baptist belief. She was a lifelong resident of Charleston, where she worked for the Brown Shoe Company for 36 years before retiring in 1992.
She was preceded in death by her son, Gary DeLane Files on April 23, 1994; and one brother, Charles Donaldson and one sister, Bertha Lee.
Survivors include: her daughter-in-law, Darlene Files of Diehlstadt; and two grandchildren, Gary Don Files and Lori Beth Files of Diehlstadt.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Kelley Grubbs, pastor of Murray Lane Baptist Church of Sikeston, will officiate.
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The EXPO is FREE and includes health screenings, cooking demonstrations, over 70 product and service exhibitors, as well as leading experts talking about diabetes management, behavior change and prevention. Learn tips to stay healthy from head to toe.
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16 Expert Answers for Eyes, Lips, Skin
Q: Can Waxing Over a Mole Cause Cancer?
A: The worry expressed by some doctors is that waxing over moles—especially the raised variety, in which precancerous cells may be present—could precipitate a cancerous spread. This is not so, says Jeffrey Dover, M.D., director of Skincare Physicians in Boston. But he still advises against waxing over any irregularly shaped or raised mole ("why even risk irritation?"). And be sure to have the mole evaluated by your primary care physician or a dermatologist.
Q: Does Cutting Your Cuticles Make Them Grow Back Faster?
A: No, says Ji Baek, owner of New York City's posh Rescue Beauty Lounge. Even so, you really shouldn't cut them (though snipping a hangnail here or there is fine), as they're there to protect your nail bed from germs. Instead, gently push them back daily with a hand towel after showering. And, after you apply moisturizer or eye cream at night, rub the excess onto your cuticles to keep them soft.
Q: Do Pheromones in Perfume Really Turn Men On?
A: For now, the answer is no—but that doesn't stop the fragrance companies from trying! (See Pheromone and Pherose perfumes.) "Releaser pheromones" are reputed to be able to attract the opposite sex among some animal species. Humans can and do detect pheromones; however, there is no good evidence that we can actually use them to lure in a mate, says Charles J. Wysocki, a member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. Until scientists get to the bottom of the pheromone debate, expect these substances to keep popping up in perfumes.
Q: Can You Develop an Allergy to Cosmeceuticals Over Time?
A: What you're probably experiencing if you suddenly develop an adverse reaction to an alphahydroxy-acid product, vitamin-C serum, or retinoid (i.e., Retin-A or retinol) after using it for a while is increased sensitivity, not necessarily an allergy, says Jeannette Graf, M.D., a dermatologist in private practice in Great Neck, NY. The reason? Many of these products disrupt your skin's normal way of functioning, which, though it may provide instant benefits, leaves you less able to tolerate environmental aggressors (not to mention sunlight) with continued use. "Irritation is never desirable," says Dr. Graf. "Don't think you need to get worse to get better." If you suffer from redness, itching, or puffiness as a direct result of applying a product, discontinue using it immediately. Contact your dermatologist if the reaction doesn't subside in two days.


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Majestic Border
Category: Nature
Photo and caption by Lou Barton
This image was taken on the US-Mexico border just to the west of Big Bend National Park. The border, etched into the mountains by the Rio Grande river, snakes through the mountainous territory prevalent in the area.
Location: Approximately 15 miles west of Lajitas, Texas, USA
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)_When it's time to help the kids with their math homework these days it can feel more like helping them learn a foreign language. That's because there's a new way they are learning their times tables.
District 51 says the change was factored in after in-depth research on both state and national standards.
This program was selected with the goal of getting more students interested in math, by helping them understand it better and to get all schools on the same page..
"Every district school was allowed to adopt any program they wanted for their students, but we have a very high mobility rate, so we found out it wasn't serving our students very well as they moved around the district," says Mathematics Curriculum leader Julie Schmalz.
But the switch has been a challenging equation for both parents and teachers.
"Anything you teach for the first time is always a challenge, but this is teaching new ways of doing things you've done your whole life differently," says Rim Rock Elementary Teacher Todd Bishop.
Bishop has been teaching for 14 years. Just like the parents of his students he learned to multiply using the traditional U.S. Algorithm and had to adjust to the new conceptual algorithm.
But after some problem solving, Bishop sees the benefit it offers the students. He says it helps children understand how numbers work together by breaking them down into more manageable groups.
Perhaps you've noticed your child breaking down numbers by using a box. That box is known as an Array.
Bishop gives an example of how it works compared to the traditional method of multiplying 85 by 23.
"If we use the new way this curriculum teaches we would do an expanded notation on it we would take these numbers apart. 80 plus 5 and 20 plus 3. Then we put them into an Array, so we would go 80 and 5 and 20 and 3 and we would multiply these together.1600, 240, 100 and 15," Once the Array is filled in you take the four numbers, add them up and get the answer which is 1955.
"Instead of just going through a pattern and magically coming up with the answer in the traditional algorithm they actually see how the numbers are working together," says Bishop.
Once students get the new theory down, then they are taught the traditional short cut parents are most familiar with.
Bishop says the two add up to equal knowledge that can keep students at the head of the class and hopefully build more math minded generations in the future.
The District's website is full of resources for parents to help their students succeed. It has parent brochures, student math handbooks that explain the new theory and other helpful homework tips. Click on the attached link to head to the website.


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Inside Triathlon's Parting Shot: Kelly Williamson Playing It Cool
- By Inside Triathlon
- Published Jan 14, 2013
- Updated Jan 14, 2013 at 6:09 PM UTC
After sustaining a foot injury at the Hy-Vee Elite Cup, American pro Kelly Williamson was nervous about her start a week later at the Ironman World Championship 70.3 at Lake Las Vegas. "I actually had kind of a bum foot for most of the week from Hy-Vee," she said. "I had to take a little more rest, but it was probably good for me." Good? Williamson not only finished second at Vegas, but also ran a 1:23:19 half-marathon, the fastest female split by six minutes. Photographer Jeff Clark caught up with her at the finish line. "Kelly was totally spent," he said. "We had the cooler and she wanted ice—she said her feet hurt a lot. I asked if she would like to just jump in the cooler and she was excited. So we pulled it onto the backdrop and did it. I washed the tops off the drinks after that."
This photo originally appeared in the November/December 2012 issue of Inside Triathlon.
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'The Hobbit': Lights, Camera, Action — Finally
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Bilbo Baggins's journey through treacherous lands swarming with goblins and orcs, deadly wargs and giant spiders, shapeshifters and sorcerers has begun filming, at long last.
"The Hobbit" movie kicked off shooting in Wellington, New Zealand, today, "and the mood is really great," a spokeswoman for the New Zealand production company 3Foot7 Ltd. told The Wall Street Journal on Monday.
After several delays due to financial woes and union threats to boycott the film — health problems for director Peter Jackson earlier this year put off filming for four months — the first scenes of the $500 million two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's widely read novel are being shot at Stone Street Studios in Wellington, before crews head out on location to New Zealand's alpine peaks, rain forests and wilderness. So far, 3Foot7 hasn't given any details about other locations, but filming is expected to take place at Matamata on New Zealand's North Island later this year.
"The Hobbit" takes place 60 years before in the same fantasy setting of Middle Earth as Tolkien's epic "The Lord of the Rings," which Mr. Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in an Oscar-winning trilogy. All three of the "Rings" movies were shot in New Zealand. Actor Martin Freeman takes the title role as Bilbo Baggins; several stars from that series will reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey, Cate Blanchett as the elf queen Galadriel, and Elijah Wood as Frodo.
New Zealand nearly lost "The Hobbit" late last year due to a union dispute but the production was deemed so vital to the economy that Prime Minister John Key stepped in and brokered a deal with filmmakers that included a wider tax rebate and changes to labor legislation. Government officials have said the movie could create more than 1,000 jobs and stimulate $1 billion in spending.
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Special Issue "Advances in Remote Sensing of Forestry"
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2012)
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. David L. Skole
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, 1405 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Website: http://www.goes.msu.edu/content.cfm?ID=14
Phone: 517-355-1778
Interests: global carbon cycle; biophysical remote sensing; land cover change; deforestation; tropical forests; REDD+; carbon remote sensing
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years there has been substantial progress by the research community developing ways to detect land cover change in tropical forests with remote sensing. What was initially a focus on measuring the conversion of tropical forests to non-forest, recent advances have made it possible to increase the variety of disturbances that can be detected for closed tropical forests to include logging and understory fires. Thus, there are now methods available to remotely detect a full range of disturbance intensities, from outright clearing to low levels of degradation, over large areas. Yet in spite of this progress two important next steps are needed. The first is to expand the measurement and monitoring capabilities to open forest systems, such as savanna woodlands, and to develop the means to measure trees outside of forests in agricultural landscapes. The second is to apply the technical means to the deployment of measurement, reporting and verification systems (MRV) to support carbon and climate change policy
Papers in the special issue will move on from the starting point of basic closed tropical forests monitoring and focus on the use of a variety of sensors and spatial resolutions to monitor the full suite of landscapes necessary to support the emerging REDD+ programs. This will include applications from a range of sensors and scales, including optical, microwave, and LiDAR. The purpose of this monitoring approach is to measure continuous fields of land cover and assign biomass and carbon attributes to these data sets. It will require monitoring deforestation, degradation, reforestation, agroforestry and trees outside of forests at the landscape level. Select papers will describe various technical approaches to forest carbon tracking, as well as information systems that can be developed to support a range of carbon monitoring needs.
Prof. David Skole
Guest Editor
- tropical forests
- forest disturbance
- remote sensing
- Lidar
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Goldsmith Should Never Have Gone For The Gold
Who gets the upper hand when two of the world's top dealmakers swap companies? Back in 1990, Lord James Hanson traded his 49% stake in Newmont Mining Corp. to his old friend, Sir James Goldsmith, for the Anglo-French financier's 1.7 million acres of timberland held by Cavenham Forest Industries Inc. From the beginning it seemed clear that one of these investment pros would come up short. After all, prices of timber and gold are driven by economic countercurrents.
Now it looks as if Goldsmith placed the wrong bet, while Hanson's move into timber has turned up aces. In the 2 1/2 years that Goldsmith, along with Lord Jacob Rothschild, has held his stake, Newmont has returned about $50 million in dividends, a paltry 1.5% annual yield on the $1.3 billion tied up. Admits Kenneth S. Richards, a director of Goldsmith's General & Oriental Investments Ltd.: "The cash flow certainly hasn't been as good as timber."
SUDDEN INTEREST. That's an understatement. Just look at Cavenham. It's churning out more than $100 million in cash a year. Buoyed by a tentative U.S. recovery and environmental restrictions on cutting that have helped lift prices, Cavenham should report $134 million in operating profits this year, up 33% from last year. "We've been delighted" with the investment, says Hanson PLC Vice-Chairman Martin G. Taylor.
Goldsmith tripped up largely because his apocalyptic predictions of economic disaster never materialized and thus failed to lift the price of gold--and Newmont profits. In late April, Sir Jimmy and Rothschild reduced their stakes by selling shares at $39.50 each--their value when the original trees-for-gold deal was struck. The buyer: big-time investor George Soros, whose sudden attraction to gold helped fire up gold prices, sparking a rise from $341 an ounce to nearly $360 within three days. The activity helped boost Newmont shares into the forties and gave Goldsmith and Rothschild a window to sell more shares at $44.50. Altogether, the sales brought in $690 million, and Goldsmith still holds 19.5% of Newmont and Rothschild 2.3%.
Now in semiretirement from the takeover world, Goldsmith recently has had a spotty track record--failed raids on two big British companies, BAT Industries PLC and Ranks Hovis McDougall PLC. "He's pretty disillusioned with takeover bids," says one source. But despite the Newmont sales, he still believes in gold's inevitable rise and is buying gold options and futures, which are more sensitive to gold sentiment. (Goldsmith didn't return phone calls.)
COAL TRADE. At Hanson, the word is natural resources. Moving away from its longstanding industrial and consumer products base, Hanson has been buying huge supplies of coal and aggregates, along with timber. In 1992, $4.4 billion in sales, or 28% of the total, came from natural resources, accounting for 31% of profits. Now, Hanson is wrapping up plans to swap its remaining gold interests to Santa Fe Pacific Corp. for its coal properties, valued at $500 million.
For Goldsmith and Lord Hanson, who once collaborated on the failed takeover of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., it's a sharp divergence of views. Hanson is betting on recovery to boost his resource and industrial holdings, while Goldsmith is still gambling on economic trouble to bolster gold. Clearly, both can't be right.


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Getting a trim this afternoon could have helped kids living with a difficult disease.
The Hair Lounge in Lincoln held a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation today.
They offered car washes, a bake sale and hair cuts.
All the proceeds will go to the foundation, which supports Juvenile Diabetes research.
This is the fourth year in a row the salon has held the fundraiser.
Organizers say the cause is personal, because several salon employees have family members with Juvenile Diabetes.
The salon is hoping to raise $7,000 for the foundation through a series of fundraisers.


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Time to winterize your houses folks... I hear it's expected to be a long, cold one.
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Miscellaneous thoughts on politics, people, math, science and other cool (if sometimes frustrating) stuff from somewhere near my favorite coffee shop.
Word is that OPEC is also planning on sending up a giant satellite which will block out the sun and kill solar power plants. Evil bastards.


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The Hindu: Sheela Murthy Comments on Immigration Reform Bill
When one of India's leading newspapers needed informed commentary on the Senate immigration reform bill, it turned to a leader in immigration with a world-class reputation: none other than Sheela Murthy, founder and president of the Murthy Law Firm.
In a recent interview with Dr. Narayan Lakshman, U.S. correspondent for The Hindu, Murthy commented extensively on proposed changes to the H1B and L-1 visa programs. [See Immigration Reform Brings Agony and Ecstasy, by Narayan Lakshman, The Hindu, 17.Apr.2013.] Amid concerns in India that the bill would not only increase fees for outsourcing firms that heavily depend on H1B and L-1 employees, but subject them to stricter regulation, Murthy told The Hindu that the new fees could help pay for border protection measures, a move necessary to gain political support for the broader package of immigration reforms.
Ms. Murthy highlighted the positive changes in the Senate's proposal, which would boost the annual limit on H1B visas from its current level - 65,000 - to 110,000 per year, and increase the master's cap to 25,000 per year. According to The Hindu, Murthy "explained that the increased H1B quotas could significantly relieve the pressure within the system that came from the long waiting times for visa processing related to the rapid exhaustion of the annual quota."
Earlier this month, she told The Hindu that the H1B cap season closed in less than a week, with 125,000 applicants vying for only 65,000 available H1B slots; those who are not successful this year cannot reapply until next April, and would not be able to begin working here until October 2014. Expanding the H1B program in the manner proposed by the Senate would go a long way to remedy the mismatch between supply and demand.
That said, it's too soon to predict how much of the Senate's initial proposal will make it into a final bill on which all parties - Senate, House, and President Obama - can agree. In the mean time, various Senate committees and subcommittees will debate and amend the bill before it reaches the Senate floor for a vote. Once the House passes its version of CIR, representatives of both chambers will hash out their differences in a House-Senate conference committee. Only after both chambers pass an identical bill can the measure proceed to the President's desk for signature, giving it the force of law. Much can change until that point, and it's safe to say that much will. We will keep our readers informed as the process unfolds.
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Small Business Innovation Research:
DOD's Program Supports Weapon Systems, but Lacks Comprehensive Data on Technology Transition Outcomes
GAO-14-96: Published: Dec 20, 2013. Publicly Released: Dec 20, 2013.
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What GAO Found
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs within the military departments use a variety of practices and tools to facilitate technology transition--the act of passing technologies developed in the science and technology environment on to users such as weapon system acquisition programs or warfighters in the field. GAO identified some common transition practices and tools across SBIR programs. For example, specific initiatives, such as the Commercialization Readiness Program, are used by each SBIR program and focus resources on enhancing technology transition opportunities. Transition facilitators are also used by each program to provide a network of personnel who manage SBIR activities that support technology transition. GAO also found some different practices and tools used to support technology transition efforts, such as the Navy Transition Assistance Program, which provides consulting services and helps showcase SBIR projects in an effort to improve small businesses' abilities to transition their projects. Transition facilitation efforts are supported by administrative funds provided through each program's SBIR budget and from other funds received from their respective military department. A recent increase in the amount of administrative funding that can come from SBIR budgets is expected to help the programs enhance their transition facilitation efforts.
GAO was unable to assess the extent of technology transition associated with the military department SBIR programs because comprehensive and reliable technology transition data for SBIR projects are not collected. Transition data systems used by DOD provide some transition information but have significant gaps in coverage and data reliability concerns. The military departments have additional measures through which they have identified a number of successful technology transitions, but these efforts capture a limited amount of transition results. SBIR transition reporting requirements recently established by Congress have led DOD to evaluate its options for providing transition data. GAO identified several challenges to attaining complete and accurate technology transition data. For instance, the lack of a common definition for technology transition across SBIR programs could cause reporting inconsistencies. Additionally, tracking transition can be challenging because of the sometimes lengthy period between SBIR project completion and transition to a DOD user. DOD initially plans to use transition data from Company Commercialization Reports--viewed by DOD as the best available source--to meet the new transition reporting requirements. However, SBIR officials indicated that addressing transition reporting requirements is a longer-term effort, and there is no specific plan including a time line for when DOD will be able to support those requirements. Without a plan that establishes a time line, it is unclear how and when DOD will begin to provide the technology transition information expected by Congress. Although Congress did not specify when reporting was to begin, it expects DOD to report new transition-related information to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to meet the new reporting requirements. However, unless DOD communicates its plan and accompanying time line, the congressional committees to whom the Small Business Administration reports may be unaware of the data quality issues with the transition-related information DOD plans to use to support reporting in the near term.
Why GAO Did This Study
To compete in the global economy, the United States relies heavily on innovation through research and development. The Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 initiated SBIR programs across federal agencies in an effort to stimulate innovation through small businesses. DOD spends over $1 billion annually to support SBIR awards. The Conference Report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 mandated that GAO assess the transition of technologies developed through the DOD SBIR program. This report examines (1) practices the military department SBIR programs use to facilitate the transition of SBIR technologies, and (2) the extent to which SBIR technologies are transitioning to DOD users, including major weapon system acquisition programs. GAO reviewed SBIR program documentation and data. GAO also interviewed officials from DOD's Office of Small Business Programs and the military departments to determine the practices used to facilitate technology transition and assess SBIR transition outcome data.
What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that DOD establish a common definition of technology transition for SBIR projects, develop a plan to track transition that will improve the completeness, quality, and reliability of transition data, and report to Congress its plan for meeting new SBIR technology transition reporting requirements. DOD partially concurred with these recommendations, but cited challenges to improving transition data. GAO believes options are available to address the challenges.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: DOD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) officials recently indicated that the department is still working on implementing this recommendation. Further information should be forthcoming from DOD later this year.
Recommendation: To improve tracking and reporting of technology transition outcomes for SBIR projects, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Office of Small Business Programs to establish a common definition of technology transition for all SBIR projects to support annual reporting requirements.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Open
Comments: DOD's Implementation Directive Better Buying Power 3.0 includes a specific action that the Director of OSBP will develop a reporting system to document successful transition of technologies into fielded systems and programs of record. This system is expected to be in place by October 2015 and will be based on the existing Market Research Center of Excellent (MARCO) tool. In addition, OSBP has created a frequently asked question page and has updated their data input instructions for small businesses to use when inputting data into the Company Commercialization Report (CCR) database. OSBP has also instituted functional CCR improvement to improve accuracy. Finally, steps have been taken to have the federal contracting database, FPDS-NG, changed to the system is able to capture prior SBIR/STTR contract numbers when reporting a new SBIR/STTR phase III award. This change still needs to be voted upon by the Change Control board and if passed, then the systems will needed to be updated by the General Services Administration. We are leaving this recommendation open until this process has been completed.
Recommendation: To improve tracking and reporting of technology transition outcomes for SBIR projects, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Office of Small Business Programs to develop a plan to meet new technology transition reporting requirements that will improve the completeness, quality, and reliability of SBIR transition data.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Open
Comments: DOD's Better Buying Power 3.0 Memo states that the Director of OSBP will develop a reporting system to document successful transition of technologies into fielded systems and programs of record. This system should be in place by October 2015 and will be based on the existing Market Research Center of Excellent (MARCO) tool. We are leaving this recommendation open until this project is completed.
Recommendation: To improve tracking and reporting of technology transition outcomes for SBIR projects, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Office of Small Business Programs to report to Congress on the department's plan for meeting the new SBIR reporting requirements set forth in the program's fiscal year 2012 reauthorization, including the specific steps for improving the technology transition data.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
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Intellectual Property:Patent Office Should Define Quality, Reassess Incentives, and Improve ClarityGAO-16-490: Published: Jun 30, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 20, 2016.
Intellectual Property:Patent Office Should Strengthen Search Capabilities and Better Monitor Examiners' WorkGAO-16-479: Published: Jun 30, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 20, 2016.
Intellectual Property:Survey of U.S. Patent Examiners (GAO-16-478SP, June 2016), an E-supplement to GAO-16-479 and GAO-16-490GAO-16-478SP: Published: Jun 30, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 20, 2016.
Apr 8, 2016
Federal Research:Information on DOE's Laboratory-Directed Research and Development ProgramGAO-16-486R: Published: Apr 8, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 8, 2016.
Jan 20, 2016
Federal Research Opportunities:DOE, DOD, and HHS Need Better Guidance for Participant ActivitiesGAO-16-128: Published: Jan 20, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 20, 2016.
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GPS:Actions Needed to Address Ground System Development Problems and User Equipment Production ReadinessGAO-15-657: Published: Sep 9, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 9, 2015.
Jul 30, 2015
Facial Recognition Technology:Commercial Uses, Privacy Issues, and Applicable Federal LawGAO-15-621: Published: Jul 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 30, 2015.
Mar 13, 2015
Defense Science and Technology:Further DOD and DOE Actions Needed to Provide Timely Conference Decisions and Analyze Risks from Changes in Participation [Reissued on March 13, 2015]GAO-15-278: Published: Mar 4, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 4, 2015.
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Federal Research:DOE Is Addressing Invention Disclosure and Other Challenges but Needs a Plan to Guide Data Management ImprovementsGAO-15-212: Published: Jan 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 2, 2015.
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Last year the author published a monograph of seventy-two pages, "Das Ulcus Problem im Lichte moderner Röntgenforschung," which was favorably reviewed in the Archives (48:169 [July] 1931). The present work enlarges the monograph to include the entire digestive tract. The high degree of excellence is retained. The illustrations are numerous, well chosen, clear and beautifully reproduced. The text is concise and direct; the subject matter seems to be presented by a clinician rather than a roentgenologist. The bibliographies are quite complete.
The first thirty pages are devoted to the esophagus: its anatomy and physiology and the various types of pathologic changes, including foreign bodies, ulcer, diverticulum, varicose veins, benign and malignant strictures, idiopathic dilatation of the esophagus and diaphragmatic herniation. Two hundred and fifty pages are employed in a similarly detailed discussion of the stomach and duodenum. This section includes the work previously presented in monographic form, and in addition
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In a latest in the series of top level exits in the banking circle in India, Falguni Nayar, in an exclusive conversation confirmed to ET Now that she has quit Kotak Mahindra Bank. Falguni said, "I have quit Kotak to start my own entrepreneurial venture, I will be here for 1-2 months." Sources at Kotak confirmed that Shanti Ekambaram who is heading the Wholesale Banking at Kotak Mahindra Bank will take over from Falguni as the MD of Kotak Investment Banking.
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Atlanta Bread Company Reopened in May
By DeAllous Smith
When arriving for early morning flights, Sarah Parker usually grabs a healthy warm breakfast with a side of orange juice at the Atlanta Bread Company in the Airport's Atrium.
However, Parker deviated from her usual when the Atrium location closed for remodeling on April 15.
She ventured out and purchased a breakfast combo from another food and beverage concession in the Atrium.
The store reopened on May 15, and Parker's usual is now a brand new facility. The refurbishment includes a new ceiling, equipment, flooring, furniture and tables.
Since the company remained at the same location, contractors were able to move quickly on the project. Crews completed the designs and constructed cabinets off-site and installed them at the location.
"The Atlanta Bread Company is a popular destination for travelers and employees," added Concessions Manager Kyle Mastin. "The company offers a healthy menu that features made-to-order sandwiches, grilled Panini sandwiches, soups and salads."
In 2006, the Atlanta Bread Company's Atrium store, a 24-hour operation, generated $3.6 million in sales. The store's revenue is among the highest revenue generators for the brand.
Passengers seeking an Atlanta Bread Company location on the other side of security may travel to Concourse C.
Customers dining at the concourse location will enjoy the same menu selections and plenty of seating overlooking the tarmac.
Right after the store's closing, Parker said, "I'll miss my warm sausage, egg and cheese croissant. But, I'm excited to learn that the store is remodeling. I can't wait for the reopening."
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You are invited to join us and taste the Little Karoo…! in Afrikaans we say: "Proe die Klein Karoo!…"
Joubert-Tradauw is a family-owned private cellar in the Tradouw Valley in the Klein Karoo region on the famous R62 route. The farm is located just outside the picturesque village of Barrydale. Life around here is mainly about two things; fruit of the vine and the work of human hands. Step into the clean, crisp air and onto the rich, fertile soil of the Tradouw Valley.
Let's drink to good health. Gesondheid!
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To understand the effects of pollutants once they are released into the environment, scientists and engineers need to know how the pollutants move and transform in the atmosphere, surface water, and groundwater.
These studies involve measurements carried out in the laboratory and the field to understand process mechanisms, coupled with mathematical modeling to provide long-term predictions.
Faculty in the department are involved in research involving nutrients that impact water quality and ecosystems, legacy pollutants such as toxic metals, pesticides and flame retardants, and emerging pollutants such as pharmaceuticals. Research spans investigation of particle-scale sorption and mass transfer processes to watershed-scale transport processes. Research in the department also evaluates how some toxic chemicals present in water bioaccumulate in the food chain.


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BELPRE - A Belpre man was arrested Tuesday at his Walnut Street residence after police recovered dozens of packets of bath salts, a synthetic drug banned last year, officials said.
Michael E. Packard, 45, of 511 Walnut St., was arrested Tuesday morning by the Major Crimes Task Force, said Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks.
Agents executed a search warrant on the home and recovered 50 packets of bath salts.
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The Major Crimes Task Force recovered 50 packets of bath salts Tuesday at the Walnut Street residence of Michael E. Packard, 45, in Belpre.
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Packard admitted to receiving the items through the mail, but claimed the substance was a glass cleaner that was legal in all 50 states, said Mincks. The powder substance tested positive for the presence of MDPV, the active ingredient in bath salts that is illegal in Ohio and at least 34 states.
Packard was charged with second-degree felony possession of a bulk amount of MDPV and transported to the Washington County Jail.
The Major Crimes Task Force is composed of representatives from the Marietta and Belpre police departments, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification, the Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney and Sheriff's offices and the Washington County Prosecuting Attorney and Sheriff's offices.


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Enjoy our signature combo Chicken Salad on Croissant and a bowl of Tomato Florentine soup or something heartier like our Pizza Du Jour with a side Caesar Salad.
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Upper Crust prepared salads are the perfect complement to a great lunch or light dinner; made using high quality pastas, grains, nuts, fresh vegetables, herbs and flavorful spices, sauces and dressings. Upper Crust soups are homemade from scratch; our selections change daily so please call ahead to see 'what's cookin' that day! All soups are served in a 16 oz mug or a sourdough bread boule with artisan breads and spreads.
Chicken, croutons & Parmesan cheese with Caesar dressing
Turkey, apple, Brie cheese & walnuts with raspberry vinaigrette
Chicken, bacon, avocado, cheddar cheese, bleu cheese & red onion with bleu cheese dressing
Bacon, asiago cheese, egg, tomato, onion & carrots with maple bacon dressing
Turkey, carrots, red cabbage, bell peppers & walnuts with raspberry vinaigrette
Cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, red onions, kalamata olives, pepperoncini & feta cheese with Greek dressing
Goat cheese, toasted pine nuts & almonds, cranberries & red cabbage with raspberry vinaigrette
Your choice of any two: ½ sandwich , ½ salad or soup du jour
A great lunch or light dinner; Upper Crust sandwiches are made to order using only the highest quality ingredients... tender oven-roasted in-house chicken breast, fresh-baked breads and croissants, rich cheeses, flavorful sauces and dressings, crisp leaf lettuce and ripe beefsteak tomatoes. pick your favorite and enjoy!
President Brie, sliced Granny Smith apples, lettuce & raspberry vinaigrette dressing
Chicken, bacon, avocado, sprouts, lettuce, tomato & peppercorn cream
Ham, salami, pepper jack cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato & chipotle mayo
With golden raisins, walnuts & lettuce
Turkey, feta, kalamata olives, red onions, red peppers, lettuce, tomato & Greek dressing
Lettuce, tomato, humus, boursin, cucumbers, bell peppers, red onions, black olives & sprouts
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The Obama administration will weigh 15 alternatives for improved passenger rail service between Boston and Washington, ranging from modest upgrades to a new high-speed Northeast Corridor that would allow trips between Philadelphia and New York City in about 40 minutes.
The 15 "preliminary alternatives" were unveiled Tuesday by the Federal Railroad Administration.
The FRA plans to come up with a single "preferred alternative" by mid-2015, complete with cost estimates and possible construction schedules.
The goal is to lay out a feasible plan for investing in the nation's busiest rail corridor through 2040, with proposals for updated equipment, more trains, new stations and possible new routes.


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North Conway Fall Foliage and The White Mountains are Open for Business in spite of the government furloughs. Call Bartlett Inn for a fall vacation in New Hampshire's Scenic White Mountains!
North Woodstock, NH – The leaves continue to turn and visitors are still flocking to enjoy the foliage this week in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Despite the recent federal shutdown, which affects employees of the White Mountains National Forest (WMNF), visitors are unlikely to be affected in this scenic mountain region.
"With no entrance gate or toll booth, New Hampshire's White Mountains should appear mostly unaffected to visitors" said Jayne O'Connor, President of the White Mountains Attractions Association (WMAA). "The State Parks are open, the private businesses and the scenic drives are open, and even the National Forest campgrounds are open, because they are operated by a vendor.
"Where visitors will see a difference "she said "is in the federal welcome centers and ranger stations, as these WMNF centers will be closed, so visitors will need to get their maps and services from the private or State visitor centers instead."
Private and State visitor centers are available in towns such as North Woodstock, Franconia, Littleton, North Conway, Lincoln and Intervale.
Local attractions and New Hampshire State Parks, such as Franconia Notch, Crawford Notch, Pinkham Notch and the lofty Mt. Washington State Park are surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest, but are not affected by the shutdown.
"The Flume Gorge, Cannon Mountain, the Mt. Washington Auto Road, the Mt. Washington Cog Railway and Conway Scenic Railroad's 'Notch Train', all with operations in NH State Parks, are open with all their services available." O'Connor continued.
The more than 1,200-mile non-motorized trail system throughout the White Mountain National Forest will remain accessible to outdoor enthusiasts, and popular driving tours, such as the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, welcome "Leaf Peepers" as usual. "Basically, nothing has changed," remarked O'Connor. "Visitors can go ahead with their plans. The attractions are open along with restaurants, retail stores, campgrounds and lodging properties." She stated that the foliage is nearing its peak in many areas and should not be missed.
The WMAA has detailed schedule information of all the White Mountains Attractions and foliage updates at www.visitwhitemountains.com. Free area maps and brochures as well as suggested driving/hiking itineraries are available at their Visitor Center located at exit 32 off I-93 in North Woodstock, NH.
North Conway Fall Foliage and The White Mountains are Open for Business in spite of the government furloughs.


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straight to circular?
Can I use a circular needle to do a scarf? Is it more complicated? I wanted to do a block pattern. 6k 6p 3 times for 6 rows then 6p 6k 3 times for 6 rows.
I'm still kind of a beginner, but I thought the circulars might be nice... they look fun.
I use circular needles for almost everything
You can use circular needles for flat OR circular knitting.
How: Just cast on and knit without joining the ends of the first row (joining the ends of the row would make a circle and lead to knitting a tube.)
BUT I wonder: Are you asking if you can change the pattern to make a tubular piece, or are you asking if you can use the circulars to make a flat piece? You could do either, but of course the tubular scarf will be twice as thick, and half as wide unless you double the number of stitches in a row (it would be called a round if you knit circularly).
I use circs for 99% of the knitting I do. I find it is more comfortable for me. The weight of the knitting sits in your lap and is not held up by your wrists when you use circs. Also, knitting on circs is much easier to store than on straights. I like it much better. Good luck and happy knitting!
I think circular needles are easier to knit with sometimes. They aren't as bulking and are nice to use on car trips are anywhere where you don't have room to really spread out and make yourself at home. I did a really long (8 feet) scarf on circs (size 7, about 15 stitches) and found that it was just easier to use, put away and somehow made to k1p1 ribbing less tedious.
(is it terrible to say that ribbing is tedious!?!?!?)
I am asking if you can do flat :0)
though would I still get the block effect I'm looking for if I'm using circular for flat?
Yes you can use circs for flat knitting. I do it all the time. I have not learned how to knit in the round yet. Knitting on circs as opposed to straights gives you the same effect as knitting on straights. There is NO difference to the FO.
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Translation of bilious in Spanish:
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- Two day old full term male with bilious vomiting and a palpable right lower quadrant mass.
- The usual onset is 10 to 12 days of age, with presenting symptoms of gastric retention, bilious vomiting, ileus, abdominal distention and bloody stools.
- When a neonate develops bilious vomiting, one should suspect a surgical condition.
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- On the walls, liverish or bilious colours such as some shades of green can be difficult, as can very bright fluorescent shades.
- All the big noses and bilious hues of the two worlds seemed to have made appointments there.
- Overall, though, this is a fine car, and so long as you opt for a colour less garish than the test version's bilious yellow, it offers a discreet way to have some motoring enjoyment.
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While pitchers Zac Bowers and Grey Hoke played a game of "Can you top this?" on the pitching mound, Russ Radcliff spoiled the fun of what was a marvelously well-pitched game.
When you father is a high school baseball coach, you spend your springs, summers and falls on the diamond and in dugouts, right?
C-I (Camden, S.C.) sports editor
While some in Kershaw County have griped and moaned about the unseasonable spring weather, when you are from Upstate New York and finally see grass on the baseball field well, let Randy Stokes describe the scene at Optimist Field Monday morning.
Wilson right-hander Trevor Edgerton broke three Camden bats.
Janet Elliot was concerned about how Alajmal and jockey Ross Geraghty started Saturday's $50,000 Carolina Cup steeplechase.
If the Springdale Race Course were a Las Vegas casino, Dave Washer would be the person you would want rolling the dice for you in a game of craps.
It just might be time to break out the rabbit's foot, find a four-leaf clover or, taking a page from "Major League," sacrifice a live chicken because doing everything in reverse did not work for North Central baseball coach Robbie Cash.
Proving, once again, that he can train --- and win --- with anything which has four hooves, a mane and a halter, Hall of Fame conditioner Jonathan Sheppard picked up a rare score over timber on the undercard of Saturday's Carolina Cup.
Lose three. Gain one.
Maybe, this is a sign that Zac Bowers' luck is changing for the better.
Born in Kentucky before moving to England for a short time, and later, moving to Kirkwood, Pa., before being sent to Camden, Alajmal might be considered a citizen of the world.
For at least this one cold and soggy Saturday, Aiken's Ford Conger Field could have been dubbed Springdale Race Course south.
That grimace on the face of Randy Stokes spoke volumes.
Sophomore Erin Blizzard fired a perfect game at visiting Richland Northeast as Lugoff-Elgin rolled to a 10-0, five-inning victory on Tuesday night.
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While many Kershaw County residents are trying to figure out ways to stay cool indoors, football players from the three public high schools have been ...
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Changing Lives In Britain And Scotland 1750-1850
Posted 31 January 2012 - 09:31 AM
Also, i was listening to the Larkhall Academy mp3 files and they said i sould know about crop rotation and runrig farming processes, e.g. plowing and harrowing. How much depth dso i need to k now these in.
Many Thanks.
Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:12 PM
The Larkhall files cover the domestic system - just listen to the stuff about 'rural housing or housing in the countryside on track 6.
You would never get a question solely on crop rotation. You need to know what crop rotation is and why it's a good thing. It might come up in a question such as 'describe improvements in farming in Scotland after 1750' or 'explain why improvements in farming led to greater output' where you would mention crop rotation among other improvements.
Runrigs - you may well be asked to describe the run rug system, or explain why it was inefficient. So again you just need to know what they were, you won't be asked a 4 mark question just on ploughing or harrowing! You may also be asked to describe improvements in technology in farming, so you need to know the old tools so you can compare them to the new machines. Also that farming using these old methods was difficult, back breaking and labour intensive in case you're asked about working conditions under the old farming system.
Hope this helps.
Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:54 PM
Sorry for asking so many questions but i was listening to the Larkhall MP3 file on political representation and on the radicals topic, it mention a strike and other actions taken by the radicals. What do I need to know about the radicals (I know about Bonnymuir and Peterloo).
Thank You !!
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 06:36 PM
Try these:
"Describe the methods used by the Radicals in Scotland".
"How successful was the Radical movement in Scotland?"
"Explain why there was opposition to the Government 1750-1850"
"Describe the events at Bonnymuir / Peterloo"
It's not a good topic because it's quite 'bitty', it wasn't a large, cohesive movement with a single defining aim.
Posted 06 February 2012 - 07:13 PM
Posted 07 February 2012 - 11:50 AM
You would talk about the events in a more general question on methods used by the Radicals or evidence of discontent or unrest. The horrible question I mentioned earlier was on evidence there wasn't much support for the Radical movement.
I'll try to keep it simple since you don't need a great deal of detail. There had been unhappiness and unrest for some time. The so called 'Radical War' in Glasgow was really only about a week of uprisings. At the start of April a 'proclamation' (poster) appeared calling all workers to strike and to rise up against the Government. Many, many thousands did go on strike across central Scotland (not just Glasgow), and there were also reports of small skirmishes with troops, people parading with arms and so on. A group of men left Strathaven to march to Cathkin where they were told they would meet up with a larger force. Nothing really happened! They were warned of troops waiting for them, some went home, some went to Cathkin where they found nobody so they also left! However the ringleaders were later arrested. There were other similar small marches / demonstrations in Stirling, Paisley etc that either ended in nothing or small fights with guards.
Why did it all fail? Well, firstly 'insurrection' was brutally dealt with by the Government. A number of Radical leaders were swiftly arrested, hung and beheaded for high treason and others deported. Government posters appeared threatening anyone who sided with the Radicals including striking, marching and so on. Secondly, it was very badly organised without a major driving force. This may be due to the fact that many of the leading Radicals were already in prison before the 'war' even started but there is also lots of evidence that the Radicals had been infiltrated by Government spies who were trying to organise events (badly - so they didn't succeed) in order to 'out' Radical leaders. This would explain why so many demonstrations seemed to be known about by troops who could lie in wait for them.
Posted 07 February 2012 - 02:29 PM
Scotland's history
Start at the battle of Waterloo as it gives background to the unrest, then watch the Radical War link. Also of relevance to your time period is The Electoral Reform Act, the People's Charter and the Fight Against Cholera.
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Posted 08 February 2012 - 06:11 PM
Reasons why unrest grew in the countryside after 1750 are:
The Enclosure Movement and the introduction of new machinery meant there was less need for manual labour,
Thousands of farm labourers lost their jobs,
Anger was directed against new machinery (threshing machine).
As a result,
Captain Swing Riots started in England in 1820s,
Landowners sent threatening letters signed Captain Swing,
Some labourers, e.g. Tolpuddle Martyrs, tried unsuccessfully to form unions to improve working conditions.
And we use the textbook by Craig Madden in class when we need to but we are not given it to take home.
So, is this all i need to know and what are the swing riots you talked about (do i need to know about it and if so, what is it?)
Posted 13 February 2012 - 12:49 PM
I meant to say before - people often differentiate between militant Radicals (those who took direct action) and other Radicals (who wanted reform but were peaceful) in case it comes up in a source.
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I'm a mean, green, fighting machine! That describes me, a snapping turtle, to a T.
I don't go looking for trouble, but I don't let anyone push me around either. Not that they can--I weigh close to twenty pounds.
Look, I've paid my dues. I had a tough childhood. Back then I spent most of my time hiding under pond weeds from herons, gulls, muskrats, minks, raccoons, bigger turtles, bull frogs, and fish like bass and pike. I ate a lot of pond scum in those days.
Now the tables are turned. I go after a lot of those guys now. I surprise them with camouflage and speed. I wait just under the water looking like a moss-covered rock (it's this algae that grows on my shell), until one of those characters strolls by. Then, quick as a wink, I shoot out my neck and grab him with my razor-sharp jaws. My claws do the rest.
Yeah, I 've got a good, strong shell, wicked jaws, and I'm agile. And if I'm really ticked off, I let off my stink bomb--musk. Mucho offensive, you know? You've probably heard I can bite through a broom handle. Well, I can't. And besides, why would I want to? But you know what I like best about myself? My tail. It's as long as all the rest of me. Nice-looking, too.
I'm not into sunbathing like a lot of other turtle types are. Lying out on a log all day just makes you a sitting duck. Speaking of which, I could really go for a little duckling right about now. Hey, what's so bad about that? You eat chickens, don't you?
If you go swimming in my pond, you really don't have to worry about me. I don't go after people in the water. I'm too smart for that. I pull inside my shell (as much as I can fit; I kind of stick out around the edges). Then I make my escape to deeper water as soon as I can. But corner me on land and that's another story. Don't cross me there!
Which reminds me of last spring. I woke up, crawled out of the mud, and found my pond had been drained. Can you fathom that? So I decided I better go look for another watering hole. This teenager stops his car while I'm trying to cross the road and comes toward me with a big stick.
I think to myself, "You want to fight? Wait 'till I get my jaws on those pudgy toes hanging out of your sandals." But he uses the stick to push me to the other side of the road and gets back into his car and drives away. Go figure! As he drives off, he says,"Have a nice day, little dude!"
'Little dude', my foot! I must be twice his age!
Look, don't get me wrong. I don't have an attitude. I just watch out for myself. Hey, who are you looking at, anyway?
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The famed conductor pretty much expresses my views in the first 3 minutes here. His quote about the adagio of the Ninth Symphony (the least well-known movement) are oft-quoted. One should conduct it "from your knees," as if in worship. Beethoven should be be declared "a saint...What does the Pope know?"
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And we are certainly not likely to ever agin see the likes of Toscanini. I have the complete 9 Beethoven symphonies on CD [NBC Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall] -- from when RCA was releasing the complete recordings.
The project was never completed, and a newer CEO [there have been so many] expressed amazement when told that RCA had in its vaults some of the greatest musical treasures ever recorded.
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When Huddle, a promising UK internet software start-up, was looking to fund the next phase of its expansion, it looked to the US. Alastair Mitchell, chief executive, said the UK market had proved too "conservative".
"It's becoming even harder to raise venture capital in the UK, despite the government's best efforts to improve it," Mr Mitchell said.
"So not only do we want to be in the US because it is a big market, but the process of raising money is extraordinarily more simple and successful, which is why you have this big talent drain of companies going from the UK to the US. The VCs have bigger funds, take bigger risks and invest earlier in the lifecycle."
Huddle, which develops online collaboration tools and has raised $10.2m (£7.1m) from a group of investors led by Massachusetts-based Matrix Partners, is the latest in a string of UK technology companies that have been looking to the US for funding.
Many companies planning to float on the stock market are opting for the Nasdaq over the London Stock Exchange. Sophos, the Oxfordshire-based security software company, for example, was planning a Nasdaq listing, after a failed initial public offering in London at the end of 2007. Before it managed to float, however, it was acquired by Apax Partners, the private equity group.
MessageLabs, another UK IT security provider, was also tempted by the bigger valuations on offer in the US. "We had a huge debate over where to list MessageLabs and we ended up going with London. We knew we would take a big hit on valuation by listing in the UK, but it didn't make much sense to move to the US. We were tempted though," said Jos White, one of the company's founders.
In the event, MessageLabs was sold to US rival Symantec before any float could take place.
"The majority of our UK and European clients contemplating an IPO are considering a US listing," said Jean Tardy-Joubert, banker at Qatalyst Partners, a technology advisory firm.
"While valuation and the ability to address a significantly larger pool of tech-savvy investors is a consideration, the key driver is having an acquisition currency more widely accepted in the US, where most of the potential targets are located."
The flotation of Promethean World six weeks ago was the sole technology listing on the main board of the London Stock Exchange since 2007, but its poor performance – the shares have mostly traded below their float price of 200p – has discouraged others.
There are just 44 technology companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, with a collective valuation of $42bn. That is compared with 543 on Nasdaq with a valuation of $2,000bn.
Bankers say there is a disconnect between some of the world-leading technologies that UK entrepreneurs have created and investors' willingness to invest in them. Cambridge-based Autonomy, for example, is a global market leader in enterprise search, but faces deep suspicion among many of the analysts covering the stock.
"Although there are a number of world-class technology companies in the UK such as ARM, Autonomy, CSR and Sage, the sector remains marginal from an investor's perspective," said Mr Tardy-Joubert.
London's technology ecosystem never really recovered from the dotcom crash of 2001. At the height of the dotcom boom, investment banks such as Goldman Sachs had teams of 30 or so technology-focused bankers in London. Today Goldman Sachs employs only six. The lack of specialist knowledge is making it harder to inspire investors.
"Bulge bracket firms used to have specialist equity sales teams across a number of sectors, but today most banks have reduced the number of specialists as part of the last downturn," said Thierry Monjauze, a Harris Williams technology banker.
"Equally, contrary to the US market, institutional investors in the UK and across continental Europe are not sector focused. That combination, to a large extent, explains why tech companies looking to go public in Europe are often misunderstood from an equity story and valuation perspective."
Phil Pearson, head of technology investment at GLG, the London hedge fund, says that technology can be too difficult for non-specialists to get right.
"We need to be constantly on top of the data flows. It is just a lot of hard work. If I were a UK long-only fund, I would probably relax a lot more if I just owned Tesco."
Paul Guely, managing partner at Arma Partners, the technology advisory firm, warns against technology companies giving up on London entirely. Many UK companies which opt to list in the US can find themselves lost and ignored among bigger US rivals and investors who find foreign companies too exotic.
"If you are a £300m to £500m technology company, you matter in London in a way you wouldn't in the US. Companies may trade at a small discount in London but the market can be more flexible and supportive. I am surprised and dismayed that so few companies have figured that out," Mr Guely said.
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Half of private technology companies consider floating on foreign exchanges, survey reveals
More than half of private UK technology companies are considering floating on foreign exchanges, according to a survey by Deloitte, the professional services group, writes Philip Stafford.
Asked to name the two most attractive markets for technology company floats in the next 12 months, 80 per cent preferred Aim as their first choice.
However, among the second choices Deloitte found 40 per cent were considering Nasdaq, 9 per cent Euronext and 4 per cent the New York Stock Exchange.
Deloitte's study found there was likely to be a trickle rather than a flood of companies coming to market in the next year, with only 20 per cent seeing the next 12 months as a good time to list. "Capital markets have shown some return to life. However, ongoing market uncertainties may increase the frequency of dual track processes, with companies running initial public offerings and acquisition or divestment processes in parallel," said Joel Greenwood, technology corporate finance director at Deloitte.
This year the only technology company to brave a main market listing has been Promethean World although Aim, London's junior market, has welcomed Emis, CSF Group and Digital Barriers, the cash shell founded by Tom Black, the former chief executive of Detica.
Deloitte's survey suggested the pull of the US market may have been overstated, however, despite the greater access to capital and higher valuations attached to technology stocks there. About 67 per cent of UK respondents felt the cost of regulatory compliance in the US was too high.
Instead of listing, technology companies are likely to be in a mood to strike deals, Deloitte found. A desire to consolidate a fragmented market, sell off unwanted assets and raise capital meant that 60 per cent of respondents were optimistic about the outlook for mergers and acquisitions in the next 12 months.
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Especially when there are flu and virus outbreaks in your community, added protection against germs is often warranted. Try these homemade essential oil mists — an easy way to add antiviral and antibacterial yet natural scent to your home. They are proven allies in the fight against germs, and they don't pose the health dangers of many store-bought disinfectants [1].
This formula takes a few seconds to make. I like to make it in a colorful spray bottle.
Combine ingredients in a spray bottle; shake to blend.
Use liberally on non-staining surfaces or simply spray upward in the center of the room, being sure to avoid contact with eyes.
Use an eyedropper to place the following in a small glass jar with a lid (a baby food jar is ideal):
Mix well. To use, add 4–8 drops of this base to one cup of purified or distilled water in a spray bottle, shaking to mix. Store in a cool, dark place.
You can change the essential oil blend of the formulas above as you like, but the following list of essential oils are known to be highly antiseptic. (Interestingly, many of the most germ-killing plants are also used as spices in cooking.)
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