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For the first time in the history of the Rotary Club of Elkins, President Pat Schumann extended an invitation to former members and members of the club's sister organization in Tucker County to attend its annual family picnic. The invitations resulted in more than 90 Rotarians, past and present, and members of their families, joining the picnic at Alpine Shores picnic grounds on Monday evening.
"I am extremely pleased to see so many of our former members and members of the Tucker County club joining us," Schumann said. "I think we have a good thing going here and look forward to next year's event."
Several of the guests from Tucker County expressed delight in being asked to join the celebration. Many former members of the Elkins club also expressed excitement about being asked to attend.
Expert chef Tom Williams, with the help of Rotarians Dan Bucher, Mike Taylor and others, prepared his famous barbecued chicken. Hot dogs were also a part of the fare accompanied by baked beans, coleslaw, rolls and soft drinks.
Several engaged in games for the young and young-at-heart. It appeared that the young usually won more so than the young-at-heart, however.
Attendees were entertained with hits from the past and present by the "Rotary Rambles," a local country and pop band.
The Randolph County Community Arts Center will present musicians, yodelers and dancers from Helvetia at a free Brown Bag Concert at the RCCAC at noon Wednesday.
The performers will offer a sample of Swiss yodeling, folk songs, and dances presented at the community celebrations in Helvetia throughout the year. There will be music from two alphorns, flag-tossing and the traditional talerschweingen (a coin tossed in a milk bowl that rolls to produce a distinctive musical sound.) The songs will be sung in the Canton Bern dialect as passed down through several generations of Helvetians.
The concert is sponsored by Davis Trust Co.
Last week I mentioned that the last "Fresh Food Friday" would be at the town square on Aug. 29. Well folks, I was wrong again. (I don't know where I keep getting all this wrong information. I think the dates are being changed on me on purpose.) The last Fresh Food Friday of the summer will be Aug. 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Throughout the summer, these events have been sponsored by the Randolph County Development Authority at the town square. Vendors provide fresh food, mostly prepared on site, as the customers watch, lending a touch of European-style dining to Friday afternoons.
Everyone is invited to gather at the town square and enjoy "lunch under the sky" one final time for the summer.
Third Ward Elementary School will celebrate its "First Day of School Holiday" on Aug. 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This is a full day of school so parents may leave after the balloon launch beginning at 11 a.m. The students will then get ready for lunch. This is a "holiday" because the school is celebrating the "First Day of School" in the excitement of education.
Organizers said it is a "holiday" because employers in the local area are asked to support this educational endeavor by permitting their working parents time off with pay to attend the event. Last year, 18 employers let their staff members off with pay to participate.
According to Principal Barry S. Band, it is a proven fact that parental involvement is critical to a child's academic success. In his bulletin announcing the event, Band said, "The goal for our students is to make them aware of various business careers for their future. Henceforth, by permitting parents to attend the "First Day of School Holiday" from their own business careers, each business demonstrates the importance of family relationships as it relates to the workplace."
The celebration will begin with a breakfast for parents and students who wish to participate. An opening assembly and activities in the classroom will follow. The culmination of the celebration will conclude with a special holiday send off.
Band also said, "The 'First Day of School Holiday' is a time for students, teachers and parents within the community to come together to build partnerships for learning. This will be unique for the school and the community forming a continual partnership among parents, teachers and students, all working together toward the common goal of ensuring an excellent education for the children a Third Ward Elementary School."
Here is one more reminder: Davis & Elkins College is welcoming returning and new students next week. On Aug. 23, community businesses will have an opportunity to share in orientation festivities at the college. The administration and staff invite area businesses to take part in the "vendor fair" on Hermanson Plaza (by the chapel) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
This is a great opportunity for business owners to showcase what their business can offer locally to incoming students and their parents. For instance, this is a great opportunity to make a basket full of useful items for a student to use during exam week, or for a birthday or other special occasion, and have it displayed on your table, along with plenty of rack cards or business cards for parents to take home as a reminder of what is available for them right here in the community. This would be a great time, too, for local attractions to advertise what they have to offer as entertainment venues. Vendors are to provide their own tables and chairs.
For more information, call Scott Goddard at 637-1352 or Kara Fisher at 637-1301.
The Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce will host its initial book review of "Unleashing Capitalism," edited by Russell Sobel on Sept. 5, at noon in the meeting room of the Holiday Inn Express. Sobel will be present to lead the review. Chamber members and guests are invited to attend. Call the chamber office at 636-2717 if you plan to attend so they will know how many books and lunches to order. Davis Health Systems is sponsoring this event.
The chamber's quarterly meeting will be on Sept. 10 at 11:45 a.m. at the Randolph County Community Arts Center. Call the chamber office to make reservations to attend. They need to know how many lunches to prepare.
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Abilene prison memorial service honors fallen corrections officers
ABILENE, TEXAS - Corrections officers who have died in the line of duty were remembered in a memorial service at the French M. Robertson unit Wednesday.
According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 13 officers died in 2012 and a total of 69 officers died since 1882. During the memorial, the names of the 13 officers who died last year were read aloud as a bell rang for each of them.
The memorial service was rich with symbolism, including an empty table and a horse without a rider to signify the loss of each officer.
"It shows that person can no longer do those functions of being on a horse and watching the offenders do their work," Assistant Warden Charles Siringi said. "[The table], we can no longer share a meal or a conference with them because they're no longer there."
Siringi said he knew one of the officers who had recently passed away. Siringi met Agricultural Specialist Jason A. Prosser when he was the superintendent at the Ramsey Unit. He said he is thankful he had the opportunity to honor Prosser on Wednesday.
"He went to pick up the offenders that work on his crew and when he got in there--to the offenders housing--he had an immediate heart attack and he died instantly," Siringi said. "The offender workers apparently were the first people on site to see him have the distress and he died in the arms of the offenders before anybody else could come and help."
Everyone who attended the memorial was given a black and blue ribbon to wear.
"The blue represents the thin blue line separating our peace and freedoms from chaos and anarchy," Corrections Officer Daniel Rogers said. "The black represents our mourning at the death of an officer who died protecting [our] peace and freedoms."
Rogers said the memorial was a good reminder that working as a corrections officer can often be dangerous.
"I've been with the Texas department of criminal justice now for about five and a half years [I've] served with many coworkers over that time that have been injured in the line of duty and this is just a reminder of what could happen," Rogers said.
The following people died in 2012 and were recognized Wednesday: HR Specialist Phillip G. Hill, Counselor Lorraine M. Quinn, Agricultural Specialist Jason A. Prosser, Corporal Barbara Ester, Officer Tracy Hardin, Officer Britney Meux, Sgt. Ruben H. Thomas, Officer Ryan Tvelia, Officer William Wright, Officer Jeffery McCoy, Officer Timothy Betts, Sgt. Mary Ricard, and Officer Larry Stell.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- A man who was arrested in Sacramento, Calif., has been returned to Augusta on murder charges.
Christopher Gary Smith is accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Doniel Hicks at River Glen Apartments last year.
Smith has been indicted for murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.


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Total, InterOil Aim for New Asian Gas-Export Plant
Papua New Guinea could have a second multibillion gas-export facility ready to roll by the end of the decade, after Total and InterOil finalized a deal to develop some of the country's biggest natural gas fields.
France's Total bought a majority stake in the Elk and Antelope gas discoveries with an upfront payment to U.S.-based InterOil of US$401 million, the companies said in a joint statement. Payments to InterOil of up to US$3.5 billion hinge on confirmation of the size of the natural-gas resource, and a final investment decision on constructing a plant to process the gas into liquefied natural gas, or LNG, for export.
"You could see a final investment decision on an LNG plant in about two-and-a-half years, and you'd look at shipping cargoes by about 2020," Michael Hession, InterOil's chief executive, told MoneyBeat.
The upfront payment to InterOil is lower than the US$613 million outlined in an early stage agreement announced by the two companies in December, partly to take into account the recent entry of Oil Search into the project, Mr. Hession said.
Assuming the Papua New Guinean government and landowners exercise their rights to take a 22.5% interest in the project, Total will end up with 31.1%, InterOil 27.5% and Oil Search 17.7%.
InterOil has said that Elk and Antelope are among the largest natural-gas discoveries in Asia in the past two decades, though so far the company has provided only an early stage "contingent" estimate. It put the amount of natural gas at 7.1 trillion cubic feet to 11.8 trillion cubic feet in a slide presentation Wednesday. Payments from Total would reach US$1.62 billion at the lower end of the range, rising to US$3.50 billion at the upper end.
To feed growing Asian demand for fuels that burn cleaner that coal, international energy companies are increasingly exploring in countries that previously played little part in energy markets. Papua New Guinea, better known for its jungles and tribal society, is due to start receiving a revenue windfall later this year, when Exxon Mobil $19 billion LNG project starts up.
Mr Hession said the joint venture regularly speaks to Exxon about possibly supplying its plant with some gas from Elk and Antelope.
However, building their own standalone LNG plant is Total and InterOil's "base case" plan, he said.


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The Board of Trustees of North Shore Community College are unanimously recommending that Dr. Patricia Gentile become the fourth president of North Shore Community College (NSCC). Dr. Gentile is currently Dean of Advancement, Enrollment Management & Cape May County Campus, Atlantic Cape Community College, New Jersey.
The trustee's recommendation, which concludes a 9-month Presidential search, will be voted on by the Board of Higher Education on October 22. If approved, Dr. Gentile will assume the presidency in January 2014, taking over from Interim President Janice Forsstrom, who served in this capacity since Dr. Wayne M. Burton's retirement July 31 after 13 years as President of NSCC.
In accepting the vote of the Trustees, Dr. Gentile said, "I am deeply honored to be chosen by the Board of Trustees as the next president of North Shore Community College. I have found the North Shore community to be composed of passionate educators, caring and dedicated professionals, and mission-driven leaders who create real opportunity for each and every student that experiences the college. It will be a joy to join such a dynamic and visionary team!"
Chair of the NSCC Board of Trustees Richard Yagjian said, "We found in Dr. Gentile someone who met all of our requirements for experience, commitment and values. In addition we believe she will be a charismatic, transformational leader who will help elevate NSCC to its next level."
Dr. Gentile has been with Atlantic Cape Community College since 1999 and until her most recent promotion in July 2013 which added enrollment management responsibilities, Dr. Gentile oversaw all non-credit services, workforce development, personal development and contractual programs, including the Health Professions Institute and Casino Career Institute in Atlantic City, the Technology Studies Institute, and the Institute for Service Excellence, as well as all customized training contracts and consulting services for business and industry in both Atlantic and Cape May counties. Since 2005 she has overseen the college Foundation, college resource development, public relations and communication services and was appointed the COO of the college's Cape May County Campus in 2009.
Dr. Gentile has extensive higher education classroom experience, having taught at Atlantic Cape as an Adjunct Instructor in the Business Department and since 2003 as an Affiliate Faculty member with Regis University in Denver Colorado for their online Masters in Nonprofit Management degree program.
Prior to Atlantic Cape, Dr. Gentile served in an executive position with several nonprofit organizations – as the Chief Operating Officer of the Children's Defense Fund in Washington DC, Chief Executive Officer of two large mid-Atlantic Girl Scout Councils and the Women's Humane Society in Pennsylvania. She has served as a volunteer member and as an officer on several nonprofit boards of directors. She continues to volunteer with the Cape May County Chamber as a member of its executive board. At the beginning of her career, Dr. Gentile taught in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at both the elementary and secondary school levels and later was an associate specializing in nonprofit organizational governance and strategic planning with The Conservation Company (TCC), a national consulting firm.
Dr. Gentile holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated magna cum laude and an MBA with a joint major in Finance and Public Policy/Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was awarded The Alfred G. Buehler Fellowship in Public Finance. She received her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Higher Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
There were 72 applicants for the position, with 13 candidates selected to interview. Finalists were selected by a 16 member Presidential Search Committee with participation from the college, community and the MA Board of Higher Education. The search was facilitated by Liz Rocklin, senior consultant with R.H. Perry & Associates, who reviewed all applicants to make sure they met minimum qualifications. From the 13, five were selected as finalists, with two-day candidate interviews
Conducted September 9 - 24, which included opportunities for many college constituencies to meet and provide feedback on the candidates. All feedback was compiled and forwarded to trustees for review prior to their decision making.


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Our third stop was with the incredibly cooperative Bald Eagle. I've never spent so much time with a Yellowstone Bald Eagle as this one which stayed on this one perch for two and a half hours! We spent an hour with him, leaving once the light was too much for my taste. I wish we'd been on him much earlier because the hoar frost on the tree where he was perched was to die for! That's what really made the shot which disappeared as time went on and the day warmed up to zero degrees. But let's look at the major problem with this shoot. Can you tell what it is?
If you said background, you hit the nail on the head! The top shot is the very first vantage we had of the eagle. Since they normally don't stick around, we made our "record" shot. I went vertical to grab a little something in the lower right corner to attempt to overcome the horrible scuz clouds in the background. I could only take this so long and once I figured out this guy wasn't go nowhere, I moved!
I like the middle image background the most but that's probably because the light was still OK. If you compare the top and middle image, you can see where that gray scuz really does suck for a background. The bottom image, I like the background because it says winter but by the time I got to this location, the light had become hard. The physically distance I walked from the top frame to the bottom was about 60yards. This is in part because of the major change I wanted in the background. It is also because of the trees on our side of the Firehole River we had to shoot through. The eagle was on the other side of the river and that along with the warmth of the sun is probably why it stayed around so long. By the time we left him, it was coming up on 13:00 and we'd only traveled a few miles since the beginning of the day. Excuse me now, I'm really excited to look at the rest of the day's images.
Photos captured by D3x, 600VR w/TC-20e on Lexar UDMA digital film


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Florida's Motor Vehicle "Lemon Law"
Chapter 681, Florida Statutes provides remedies for persons who purchase or lease in Florida, new or demonstrator motor vehicles which have defects that cannot be corrected after a reasonable number of repair attempts, or which cause the vehicle to be out of service for a specified number of days because of repair. The vehicle must have been used for personal, family or household purposes; or acquired from the first owner for the same purposes during the first owner's first 24 months of ownership; or the owner or lessee must be a person who is entitled to enforce the warranty. This law applies to any defect or condition that substantially impairs the use, value or safety of the vehicle that is reported to the manufacturer, or to the manufacturer's dealer or other authorized service agent, during the first 24 months of ownership. Such defects can include, but are not limited to, faulty paint, leaks and mechanical problems.
If the manufacturer is not successful in repairing the same defect after three attempts, then the vehicle owner or lessee must notify the manufacturer of the defect in writing by registered or express mail to give the manufacturer a final opportunity to repair the defect. The manufacturer has 10 days from receipt of the notification to direct the vehicle owner or lessee to a reasonably accessible repair facility. After the vehicle is delivered to the repair facility the manufacturer has no more than 10 days to fix the defect (45 days for a recreation vehicle).
If the vehicle is out of service for repair of various defects for a cumulative total of 15 or more days, the vehicle owner or lessee must send written notification of this fact to the manufacturer by registered or express mail. After receipt of the notification, the manufacturer or authorized service agent (usually the dealer) must have at least one opportunity to inspect and to repair the vehicle.
The manufacturer must either replace the defective motor vehicle or refund the full purchase price, depending upon the wishes of the vehicle owner/lessee, if the vehicle cannot be conformed to the warranty provided by law within a reasonable number of attempts. It is presumed there have been a reasonable number of attempts if either: 1) the same defect continues to exist after the final attempt by the manufacturer; or 2) the vehicle is out of service for repair of one or more defects for 30 or more cumulative days (60 days for a recreation vehicle) and the manufacturer or service agent had at least one opportunity to inspect or repair the vehicle after receiving the notice from the owner or lessee.
The replacement vehicle remedy includes payment by the manufacturer of collateral (reasonable expenses wholly incurred as a result of the acquisition of the vehicle) and incidental charges (reasonable expenses directly caused by the substantial defects) paid by the owner/lessee. An offset for use of the vehicle is charged to the owner/lessee based upon a formula contained in the statute.
The refund remedy includes payment of collateral charges, if these were not included in loan financing or lease payments, and incidental charges. Depending upon the type of financial arrangements made to purchase or lease the vehicle, the amount of any net trade-in allowance, cash down payment, and periodic loan or lease payments also may be refunded. An offset for use of the vehicle is charged to the owner/lessee based upon a formula contained in the statute. If the purchase was financed, the manufacturer must pay the lien holder according to its interest (balance due or pay-off of the loan). If leased, the manufacturer must pay the lessor an amount specified by the statute. The lessor cannot charge the lessee an early termination penalty.
In order to force compliance with the law, there are certain steps that must be taken by the vehicle owner or lessee.
If the manufacturer has in effect a state-certified informal dispute settlement program, and the owner or lessee has been informed in writing how and where to file a claim with the program, then the owner or lessee must first attempt the certified informal dispute settlement program. This information should be found in the vehicle's warranty booklet or owner's manual.
If the manufacturer's certified informal dispute settlement program does not decide the dispute within 40 days of the date the dispute is filed, or if the owner or lessee is not satisfied with the decision, or the manufacturer does not have a certified informal dispute settlement program, the vehicle owner or lessee must apply to the Florida Attorney General's Office to have the dispute arbitrated by the Florida New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board, before filing a civil action in court under the Lemon Law.
Vehicle owners or lessees can obtain a Request for Arbitration form from the Attorney General's Office by calling the Lemon Law Hotline at (800) 321-5366, or (850) 414-3500 The form and additional information about the Lemon Law is also available online via the web site of the Attorney General's Office at www.myfloridalegal.com/lemonlaw . Once the request is approved for arbitration by the Florida New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board, the Board will hear the dispute generally within 40 days. The consumer may ask for a continuance of the hearing, but this will waive the 40 day period. The consumer does not need to have a lawyer for this hearing, but may do so if desired. If the Board decides the case in favor of the vehicle owner or lessee, the manufacturer must comply with the decision within 40 days of its receipt.
Adverse decisions of the Arbitration Board can be appealed to the circuit court. A petition to appeal must be filed within 30 days of the receipt of the decision. If a decision of the Board in favor of the owner or lessee is upheld by the circuit court, the owner or lessee can recover against the manufacturer the amount awarded by the Board, plus attorneys' fees, court costs and $25 per day for each day beyond the 40-day period following the manufacturer's receipt of the Board's decision.
NOTE: If the motor vehicle is a recreational vehicle (RV), towable RV's are not covered by the Lemon Law and the Lemon Law does not cover the "living facilities" of motorized RV's (those portions of the RV designed, used or maintained primarily as living quarters). In addition, disputes must be submitted to the RV Mediation/Arbitration Program (not the Florida New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board) which is administered by DeMars and Associates, 800-279-5343. The dispute will be submitted to mediation first, during which the parties can, with the help of a neutral mediator, agree to attempt to resolve both living facility complaints and mechanical complaints. If no resolution is reached during mediation, the dispute will be referred to arbitration. The arbitrator will not be the same person who served as the mediator. The arbitrator will be limited to consideration of matters that are covered by the Lemon Law, unless both parties agree in writing to expand the scope of the arbitration hearing to include claims involving the living facilities. The time limits for compliance with and appeal of arbitration awards are the same as those for decisions of the Florida New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board.
The Lemon Law also provides that an owner or lessee can file an action in court to recover damages caused by a violation of the Lemon Law. If the owner or lessee wins such an action, recovery will include the amount of any pecuniary losses, litigation costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and other relief the judge decides is fair and just. However, a separate suit to only collect attorneys' fees the consumer has incurred in the hearing before the Board is not allowed.
Vehicles taken back by a manufacturer must have their vehicle titles marked to show that they had been repurchased under the Lemon Law. This fact must also be disclosed to persons purchasing these vehicles after they have been repurchased by the manufacturer.
The statutory procedure for getting relief under the Lemon Law is technical and there are strict time limits and other requirements. The time frames and dispute resolution programs differ if the motor vehicle is a recreational vehicle.
Vehicle owners or lessees should either be able to follow detailed guidelines, or seek the assistance of an attorney. Vehicle owners or lessees can also call the Lemon Law Hotline at (800) 321-5366 or (850) 414-3500 (if out of state) for assistance. In addition, at the time of purchase or lease of a new or demonstrator vehicle, each vehicle owner or lessee must be given a "Consumer Guide to the Florida Lemon Law" booklet by the selling/leasing dealer.
If you believe you need legal advice, call your attorney. If you do not have an attorney, call The Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service at (800) 342-8011 or the local lawyer referral service or legal aid office listed in the yellow pages of your telephone book.
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Fractal dimension measurement in ImageJ. Wayne Rasband, NIH. using the Box Counting Method.
To use ImageJ on the solid fractal images here:
Tool source page:
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Calculate the so-called "capacity" fractal dimension. The algorithm is called, in fractal parlance, the "box counting" method. In the simplest terms, the routine counts the number of boxes of a given size needed to cover a one pixel wide, binary (black on white) border. The procedure is repeated for boxes that are 2 to 64 pixels wide. The output consists of two columns labeled "size" and "count". A plot is generated with the log of size on the x-axis and the log of count on the y-axis and the data is fitted with a straight line. The slope (S) of the line is the negative of the fractal dimension, i.e. D=-S.
A full description of the technique can be found in T. G. Smith, Jr., G. D. Lange and W. B. Marks, Fractal Methods and Results in Cellular Morphology, which appeared in J. Neurosci. Methods, 69:1123-126, 1996.
This article does not state whether or not the border is 4-connected or 8-connected. Perhaps it makes no difference.


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Beulah (AP) More than 420 firefighters were on–hand in southern Colorado Monday morning as crews try to get a handle on the fast–growing Mason Fire in the San Isabel National Forest. About 5,000 people have been evacuated so far, as the flames continue to threaten 300 homes, 20 commercial properties and 100 outbuildings or other structures.
Lightning sparked the blaze last Wednesday, but officials say the fire is just 5%t contained. Weather similar to Sunday is expected in the area , but with higher humidity and lighter winds. There's also a chance of rain Tuesday.
A highly–trained Type I Incident Management Team was en route to the fire Monday morning. So far, no homes have been lost, though flames have crept into some people's yards.
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Harkers Hormoform
Hormoform is a supplementary feed, which was probably the first truly scientifically, formulated supplementary feed ever offered to the racing pigeon.
Harkers Hormoform is a scientifically forumulated supplementary racing pigeon food. After two years of trials, the food shows improvements in fertility and virility, helping youngsters to grow healthily. Hormoform is a feed supplement which is designed to supplement any mineral or vitamin deficiency in the basic diet of a racing pigeon.
Hormoform is a compound of energy-yielding fats and oils, animal and vegetable protein, yeast, cod-liver oil, malt extract, amino acids, vitamins, minerals and trace elements supported on a cut-wheat base.
Typical Analysis
Protein 12%, Oil 8.8%, Fibre5.1%
The protein in Hormoform is designed to complement the protein in the traditional pigeon diet not replace it.
Nutrient Content
Vitamin A, Nicotinic Acid, Vitamin D3, Calcium, Pantothenate, Vitamin K Biotin, Vitamin D1 (Thiamine), Inositol, Vitamin B2 (Riboflavine), Choline, Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), Amino Benzoic Acid, Vitamin B12, Lysine, Chloride, Cystine Glycine, Iodine, Calcium, Cobalt, Sodium Chloride, Copper, Phosphorus, Manganese, Zinc, Iron, Arginine, Methionine, Tryptophane


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We would like to cheerfully welcome you to the Hotel Den Engel.
You will find ample parking for your car and secure parking for your two-wheeler when staying with us.
Make yourself at home
We have video surveillance in our lobby.
The terrace in the garden provides a great relaxing area.
Culinary greetings from the kitchen
All our clients are catered for in our dining room and bistro - café with an imaginative menu prepared by our qualified chef, including vegetarian and diabetic fare. We commend you to use the seats outdoors if the weather is suitable.
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Ask our sympathetic staff about the cable TV that is included in all our rooms.
Our hotel's guests enjoy the fact that international newspaper await them in their room.
A trouser press can be found in your room for your convenience.
All the hotel rooms are equipped with a bathroom with a shower. Once you're finished showering grab your bathroom's blow-dryer to dry your hair quickly.
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On business days: from 09:00 to 22:00
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Occupational Safety and Health Investigations of Places of Employment
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing this notice to confirm the effective date of the direct final rule, published on January 16, 2014 (79 FR 2789).
Unified Agenda
Amendments to Occupational Safety and Health Investigations of Places of Employment
5 actions from January 16th, 2014 to May 2014
January 16th, 2014
January 16th, 2014
- Direct Final Rule
March 17th, 2014
- NPRM Comment Period End
March 17th, 2014
- DFR Comment Period End
May 2014
- Notice
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DATES: Back to Top
The direct final rule published at 79 FR 2789, January 16, 2014, will become effective on April 16, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Back to Top
Teresa Schnorr Ph.D., Director NIOSH Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies (DSHEFS); 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226; 513-841-4428 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Back to Top
On January 16, 2014, HHS published a direct final rule (DFR) to make minor technical amendments to the regulatory text in 42 CFR Part 85a (79 FR 2789). On the same date, HHS simultaneously published a companion notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed identical amendments. In the preambles to both documents, HHS indicated that if no significant adverse comments on the DFR were received by March 17, 2014, the agency would publish a document in the Federal Register withdrawing the NPRM and confirming the effective date of the DFR within 30 days of the conclusion of the comment period. HHS received one public comment that was not a significant adverse comment, but rather was in support of the companion NPRM. Because HHS did not receive any significant adverse comments to the NPRM within the specified comment period, we have published a notice to withdraw the NPRM [INSERT CITATION FOR NOTICE TO WITHDRAWAL NPRM]. Therefore, consistent with the DFR, the technical amendments to 42 CFR Part 85a will become effective on April 16, 2014.
Dated: April 3, 2014.
Kathleen Sebelius,
[FR Doc. 2014-07988 Filed 4-9-14; 8:45 am]


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Integrated telephony and the roadmap to Bayonne 3.0
I have noticed many of our sister free software projects have recently incorporated features commonly associated with Bayonne. Asterisk 1.4, for example, introduces a native scripting language. The excellent community fork of Asterisk, OpenPBX, had planned to use embedded io for this purpose.


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Curious Cape Buffalo
Category: Nature
Photo and caption by Torger Totusek
I was mesmerized by this photo and I remember it well. These two juvenile Cape Buffalo were with a large herd. As I was panning and adjusting my zoom lens these two came in to my view and turned toward me as if to say, "who the heck are you?" I really love their inquisitive look.
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Location: Application Technology Research Unit
Project Number: 5082-22000-012-00
Start Date: Dec 28, 2010
End Date: Dec 27, 2015
The development and survival of Anomala orientalis (oriental beetle, OB) larvae will be evaluated on a variety of woody ornamental species. The relationship between constitutive and induced defensive compounds in the roots, along with total carbon and nitrogen levels, and development and survival of OB will be determined. OB larvae have caused considerable damage to trees and shrubs in ornamental nurseries and in production of small fruits such as blueberries and cranberries. Despite the damage this species causes in woody nursery and small fruit crops, there has been very little research evaluating trees and shrubs as hosts for OB. Species and varieties of trees and shrubs that are poor or marginal hosts would either not need protection from OB or acceptable levels of protection might be achieved by lower rates of insecticides. Data will be analyzed each season and adjustments will be made to experimental design if necessary. If we identify species that are especially good or poor hosts for OB, we will conduct additional testing on varieties within those species and closely related species to see if their quality as hosts is similar (good or poor). This information will be used to identify suites of characteristics (chemical compounds, nutritional, etc.) that make a woody plant a viable host for larval OB. This data could then be used by plant breeders to develop varieties resistant to OB.


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A remake, using the Source graphics engine, of the highly popular game Counter Strike. The game is very controversial amongst gamers because hardcore players of the original Counter Strike refuse to acknowledge it because of the changes the development team made such as bigger hitboxes, lower powered weapons and the dirty AWP scope..
"Oh no, not another Counter Strike vs Counter Strike Source thread"
Jaketehl33t가 작성 2006년 07월 20일 (목)
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
The newest Counter-Strike version that came with Half-Life 2.
Improved graphics, and physics.
Improved graphics, and physics.
Dude, wanna play some CS?
Nah, im stickin' it to CSS.
Nah, im stickin' it to CSS.
n00b가 작성 2005년 03월 19일 (토)
A completly new game engine to the original sierra engine. Better grahpics, physics, and all new bump maping. All weapons remained the same, and some argue weather the game play is better, worse or the same.
Counter strike Source is better! Worse! Who Cares!!! ITS FUN!
sam mcneil가 작성 2006년 10월 06일 (금)
abbreviation css but who doesnt know that?
compared to CS 1.6 this is ther noob version
compared to CS 1.6 this is ther noob version
counter strike source guy : omg this game is so easy!!
*goes into 1.6*
cs:s guy : not -.-
*goes into 1.6*
cs:s guy : not -.-
LuuS3R!가 작성 2006년 12월 19일 (화)
A ghetto ass video game that looks like shit and plays like shit. If you're gonna play a REAL military game download americas army freaks! AND FORGET World of Warcraft too, or better yet get outside and get some fresh air gamers!
Play Americas Army or dont play at all and get some fresh air nerds!
Bertish가 작성 2005년 06월 21일 (화)


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It is with great pride and enthusiasm that I return to the building that has helped me grow into the educator that I am today. I return with a vast amount of personal growth, experience, and knowledge that I am eager to share with the students, parents, faculty, and community. I return with two quotes that I strive to live by, "Lead with Vision" and "Work Hard, Make No Excuses, and Finish the Task at Hand." I have a vision, a vision that takes Troy Buchanan High School to new heights. I envision a school where students are safe, and where students are disappointed when Saturday arrives. I envision a school where the faculty is well versed in its content, but more importantly well versed in building positive relationships with students and parents. I envision a place where: academics are just as, if not, more important than activities, extra-curricular as well as co-curricular opportunities are valued educational tools, and technology is rooted in the core content of every class. I envision a TBHS where parents are deeply involved in the educational process of their children, where the community's needs are being satisfied by the educational process of it's children; a place where the community motto is "Proud to be a Trojan". In short, I believe we can be the premier High School in the Premier School District in the state of Missouri. Is this a lofty goal? You bet!
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You may or may not have known this but Ancestry.com just updated their US City Directories. I've looked at a few of the directories for Columbus, Ohio on Ancestry.com but I stopped. The reason was that I could not connect the images to the people on my tree in the same fashion as I could Census records, and the like.
Finally, Ancestry has indexed the Columbus City Directories from 1862 to 1960. That's HUGE! I have worked with only one family and it will take a long time to connect every record to just the Hoppe and the Brown families. I haven't even started connecting Geiszler families. Let's just say, I'll be busy.
Just a word of caution, it is in Beta form. I think I've discovered what this means. It looks like Ancestry.com used an OCR (optical character recognition) to index their records. In many cases, this has worked splendidly. In other cases, not so much. For instance, There are farm more Brown persons in the 1920s and 1930s directories. The directories use ditto marks rather than list Brown for the hundreds of persons with the name. That makes a lot of sense pre-computer era. Unfortunately, the OCR interprets the ditto marks as the letter M. Sometimes my Samuel Brown relative will be recorded as M Samuel (first name M) or Samuel M (last name M). I make adjustments in the index entry easily and attach the record for Samuel to my tree.
The other problem I see is when a person (or series of persons) are not indexed at all. Some names are skipped over, and it seems to always be August Hoppe for some reason. Some groups of names seem to occur on the Brown pages when an odd character is found and the OCR will cut of its interpretation for a series of names until it understands another entry further down the page. Perhaps there was something wrong with the paper for this cluster of names which made the OCR technology not work exactly. Again, it's Beta and I'd expect strange errors like this.
My only complaint, and it's a small one, is there is no way to report the second 'error.' I can report when an image is of poor quality or the like. However, there is no way to report that a name or group of names is not indexed. I haven't found a way to insert an index entry for the missing name either. So, if Ancestry.com would create an option on their 'report problems' for missing entries, then I could let them know and feel like I'm helping them move out of the Beta testing phase.
In any case, I'm having a blast with the ability to connect the US City Directories database entries for my family. I don't even mind that I have to do the hard work (meaning there are no shaking leaf hints). See you in about two months as I go through each person in the directories and all of the possible years they can be found. It's going to be a fun, long while!!!! ;)
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A Study of Avastin (Bevacizumab) in Combination With Standard of Care Treatment in Patients With Lung Cancer
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Hoffmann-La Roche
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First received: May 9, 2011
Last updated: June 1, 2016
Last verified: June 2016
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This open-label, randomized, multicenter study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with standard of care treatment in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients will be enrolled at documentation of progression of disease (PD) after 4-6 cycles of first-line treatment with Avastin plus a platinum doublet-containing therapy and a minimum of two cycles of Avastin maintenance treatment prior to PD. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment arms to receive either Avastin plus standard of care treatment or standard of care treatment alone.
Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Drug: Standard of care treatment
Drug: bevacizumab [Avastin]
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Open-label, Randomized, Phase IIIb Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Standard of Care +/- Continuous Bevacizumab Treatment Beyond Progression of Disease (PD) in Patients With Advanced Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) After First (1st)-Line Treatment With Bevacizumab Plus a Platinum Doublet-containing Chemotherapy
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: lung cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer
Drug Information available for: BevacizumabU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Hoffmann-La Roche:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Progression-free survival according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Response rate according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Disease control rate according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Duration of response according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Safety (incidence of adverse events) [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: A
Drug: Standard of care treatment
Investigator's choice of standard of care treatment on Day 1 every 21 days until unacceptable toxicity or withdrawal of consentDrug: bevacizumab [Avastin]
7.5 or 15 mg/kg intravenously on Day 1 every 21 days until unacceptable toxicity or withdrawal of consent
|Active Comparator: B
Drug: Standard of care treatment
Investigator's choice of standard of care treatment on Day 1 every 21 days until unacceptable toxicity or withdrawal of consent
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients, age >/=18 years
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
- Documented progression of disease (locally recurrent or metastatic) per investigator assessment following first-line treatment 4-6 cycles of Avastin plus a platinum doublet-containing chemotherapy regimen and a minimum of 2 cycles of Avastin (monotherapy) maintenance treatment prior to first progression of disease
- No treatment interruption of Avastin treatment greater than 2 consecutive cycles (42 days) between the start of first-line treatment to start of Cycle 1 of second line treatment
- Randomization within 4 weeks of progression of disease
- At least one unidimensionally measurable lesion meeting RECIST criteria
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Mixed, non-small cell and small cell tumors or mixed adenosquamous carcinomas with a predominant squamous component
- History of hemoptysis >/=grade 2 within 3 months of randomization
- Major cardiac disease
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|Beirut, Lebanon, 11-236
|Beirut, Lebanon, 99999
|Beirut, Lebanon
|Aguascalientes, Mexico, 20230
|Mexico City, Mexico, 14140
|Mexico City, Mexico
|Breda, Netherlands, 4818 CK
|Den Haag, Netherlands, 2504 LN
|Eindhoven, Netherlands, 5623 EJ
|Harderwijk, Netherlands, 3844 DG
|Maastricht, Netherlands, 6202 AZ
|Nieuwegein, Netherlands, 3435 CM
|Muscat, Oman, P.O Box 35
|Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, 975 17
|Bratislava, Slovakia, 826 06
|Kosice, Slovakia, 04001
|Nitra, Slovakia, 949 88
|Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain, 48903
|Alicante, Spain, 3010
|Madrid, Spain, 28033
|Madrid, Spain, 28040
|Madrid, Spain, 28046
|Valencia, Spain, 46010
|Valencia, Spain, 46017
|Zaragoza, Spain, 50009
|United Arab Emirates
|Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, 15258
Sponsors and Collaborators
Hoffmann-La Roche
|Study Director:
|Clinical Trials
|Hoffmann-La Roche
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 23, 2016
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Takeda M, Yamanaka T, Seto T, Hayashi H, Azuma K, Okada M, Sugawara S, Daga H, Hirashima T, Yonesaka K, Urata Y, Murakami H, Saito H, Kubo A, Sawa T, Miyahara E, Nogami N, Nakagawa K, Nakanishi Y, Okamoto I. Bevacizumab beyond disease progression after first-line treatment with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy in advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (West Japan Oncology Group 5910L): An open-label, randomized, phase 2 trial. Cancer. 2016 Apr 1;122(7):1050-9. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29893. Epub 2016 Feb 1.
Gridelli C, Bennouna J, de Castro J, Dingemans AM, Griesinger F, Grossi F, Rossi A, Thatcher N, Wong EK, Langer C. Randomized phase IIIb trial evaluating the continuation of bevacizumab beyond disease progression in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer after first-line treatment with bevacizumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy: treatment rationale and protocol dynamics of the AvaALL (MO22097) trial. Clin Lung Cancer. 2011 Nov;12(6):407-11. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2011.05.002. Epub 2011 Jun 25.
|Responsible Party:
|Hoffmann-La Roche
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01351415 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 9, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 1, 2016
|Health Authority:
|Spain: Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Bronchial Neoplasms
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
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Americans claim top two spots in Stage 4 of Amgen Tour of California
Cyclist Tyler Farrar edges Ken Hanson in Santa Barbara finish
It was still a sweet homecoming even if the end was a little bitter. Former Santa Barbara resident Ken Hanson was just edged out by fellow American Tyler Farrar in Stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California that finished up in Santa Barbara.
Farrar traveled the 83.6 mile distance from Santa Clarita to Santa Barbara in a winning-time of three hours, fourteen minutes and nine seconds.
Hanson, who lived in Santa Barbara for five years and just recently moved to San Diego, held a late lead but was caught with about 50 meters left and settled for second.
Hanson is excited for Thursday's Stage 5 which begins in Santa Barbara at 11 a.m. and ends in Avila Beach at around 4 p.m. Hanson is a graduate of Cal Poly.
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Texas Giant roller coaster reopens at Six Flags
Photo: Brad Loper/Staff Photographer
Ride operators secure guests on the Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington on Saturday. The ride opened for the first time since the July accident in which a woman fell to her death.
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POSITION: Defenceman
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Minnetonka, MN, USA
DRAFTED: ANA: 2008-17 overall
|WCHA All-Rookie Team (2009) WCHA Second All-Star Team (2011) NCAA West Second All-American Team (2011) NHL All-Rookie Team (2012) Traded to Toronto by Anaheim with Joffrey Lupul and Anaheim's 4th round pick (later traded to San Jose San Jose selected Fredrik Bergvik) in 2013 NHL Draft for Francois Beauchemin, February 9, 2011.
Twitter: @Jgardiner272
TRANSACTIONS: Originally Anaheim's first choice, 17th overall, in 2008 Entry Draft.
2011-12 SEASON: Played 75 games for the Maple Leafs collecting 30 points (7 goals, 23 assists) with 18 penalty minutes. Played 4 games for the Toronto Marlies (AHL) collecting 2 assists with 2 penalty minutes. Ranked 1st among rookie NHL defencemen in assists and points. Ranked 3rd among NHL rookies in average icetime per game (21:35). Registered over 20 minutes of ice-time in 56 games this season. Made NHL debut Oct. 6 vs. Montreal. Collected 1st NHL point (assist) and (+2) rating Oct. 20 at Boston. Registered 1st multi-point game (2 assists) Nov. 22 at Tampa Bay. Registered a careerhigh (28:34) of ice-time Nov. 25 at Dallas. Assigned to the Marlies Jan. 15. Recalled from the Marlies Jan. 16. Scored 1st NHL goal and added an assist Jan. 24 at NY Islanders (Al Montoya). Scored a goal and a (+3) rating Feb. 6 vs. Edmonton. Collected 2 assists Mar. 17 at Ottawa. Collected 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist) and a (+3) rating Apr. 5 vs. Tampa Bay. Assigned to the Marlies Apr. 7. Healthy scratch 7 times this season, most recently Jan. 14 vs. NY Rangers. Played 17 playoff games for the Marlies collecting 11 points (2 goals, 9 assists) with 10 penalty minutes. Ranked 1st among Marlies defencemen in playoff goals, assists and points.
CAREER: 2010-11: Played 10 games for the Marlies collecting 3 assists and 4 penalty minutes. Played 41 games for the University of Wisconsin (WCHA) collecting 41 points (10 goals, 31 assists) with 24 penalty minutes. Ranked 1st (tie) on Wisconsin in assists and 3rd in points. Named to NCAA West Second All-American Team. Named to WCHA Second All-Star Team. Joined the Marlies after season with Wisconsin was complete. Made AHL/professional debut on Mar. 18 at Syracuse. Collected 1st career AHL point (assist) Mar. 23 at Grand Rapids.
2009-10: Played 41 games for Wisconsin collecting 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) with 20 penalty minutes. Played 7 games for Team USA at IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship collecting 3 assists and a (+9) rating. Won gold medal with Team USA.
2008-09: Played 39 games with Wisconsin collecting 21 points (3 goals, 18 assists) with 16 penalty minutes. Ranked 3rd (tie) on the team in assists and 9th in points. Named to WCHA All-Rookie Team.


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Issue No.12 - December (1978 vol.27)
pp: 1213-1216
S. Wendling , Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence, University of Besancon
This correspondence presents a device for designing unitary transformations based on the Hadamard transform process. The notion of "invariants" within the power spectrum of one-dimensional transformations is developed and the specific case of some widespread transformations is considered. The results are extended to two-dimensional transformations and a character recognition experiment using the invariants thus obtained is presented.
power spectrum, Character recognition, Hadamard?Haar?Fourier transform, metric invariants by translation
S. Wendling, G. Gagneux, G. Stamon, "A Set of Invariants Within the Power Spectrum of Unitary Transformations", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol.27, no. 12, pp. 1213-1216, December 1978, doi:10.1109/TC.1978.1675030


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|sea hibiscus
| USDA PLANTS Symbol: HITI
U.S. Nativity: Exotic
Habit: Shrub or Subshrub Hardwood Trees
|Talipariti tiliaceum var. tiliaceum L.
Jump to: Distribution Maps | Sources
Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Malvales: Malvaceae
|Synonym(s): mahoe
|Native Range: Old and New World Tropics (BAIL);
|EDDMapS Distribution:
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State(s) Where Reported invasive.
Based on state level agency and organization lists of invasive plants from WeedUS database.
|Invasive Listing Sources:
|Faith Campbell, 1998
|Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
|Reichard, Sarah. 1994. Assessing the potential of invasiveness in woody plants introduced in North America. University of Washington Ph.D. dissertation.


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China: A tough balancing act
Global Economic Outlook, Q2 2014
China wants to maintain adequate growth, but it also wants to restrain the growth of credit in the shadow banking system. As such, the government is taking steps to resolve imbalances.
The economic slowdown in China continues, raising questions about the appropriate direction of government policy. First, consider the numbers. In the first two months of 2014, industrial production was up 8.6 percent from a year earlier, the slowest rate of growth since the start of 2009 when the world was in the midst of the global financial crisis. In addition, retail sales for the first two months were up only 11.8 percent from a year earlier, a considerable slowdown compared with the past few years. Additionally, exports were actually down 1.7 percent in the first two months compared with a year earlier, which reflects the impact of weak demand in Europe as well as rising wages and an increased currency value in China. Finally, the growth of fixed asset investment, while still strong at 17.9 percent in the first two months of 2014, has decelerated considerably.
The economic slowdown has been brought about by weakness overseas as well as a tightening of credit market conditions by the Chinese authorities.
The economic slowdown has been brought about by weakness overseas as well as a tightening of credit market conditions by the Chinese authorities. In recent months, the government has indicated that it is more interested in addressing fundamental structural problems in the economy rather than focusing on growth. It has said that it is content with growth in the neighborhood of 7.5 percent, which is quite slow compared to recent years.1 And yet the continuing and perhaps unexpected deceleration in the economy has evidently caused concern. Consequently, Premier Li Keqiang said in March that the government will boost the growth of fixed asset investment in order to stabilize the economy.2
It is interesting that the government is focusing on investment rather than consumer demand. One serious criticism of the government is that it has allowed far too much investment, much of it wasted and much of it leading to excess capacity and, consequently, low or negative returns. The result is likely to be serious trouble for the financial industry, which has funded much of this investment. Consequently, the new emphasis on investment can be seen as a setback for the cause of reform. Or it can be seen as a compromise by the government, which is trying to balance a desire for reform with a desire to maintain growth. The problem with allowing a sharp slowdown in economic growth is that it could exacerbate excess capacity, suppress profit margins, and cause further stress in financial markets.
With credit growing faster than GDP, the economy is becoming more dependent on credit to drive growth, thus setting the stage for trouble down the road. China faces a tough balancing act. It can attempt to keep the economy growing by allowing more expansion of credit. Yet this risks trouble in the future when servicing debts becomes more problematic, especially if many debts go bad as expected. The other option is for the government to try to solve the credit dilemma by cracking down on credit creation. Yet doing so creates the risk of a slowdown in economic growth. By allowing a default in the domestic private sector recently, the government sent a message that there is risk in lending money foolishly. This may help to restrain excess credit growth as well as shift toward more realistic pricing of credit. Indeed, risk spreads have increased lately. On the other hand, the government's indicated direction may lead to a sharp tightening of credit market conditions, slower economic growth, and more defaults.
Shadow banking
The big question now is to what extent the government will continue efforts to slow the growth of credit through the shadow banking system. Doing so will be critical in reducing the risk of bad debts. There has indeed been a slowdown in the growth of nonbank credit in the so-called shadow banking system. Yet, at the same time, there has been a commensurate boost to traditional bank lending. It appears that the government has encouraged banks to bring assets back onto their balance sheets. As such, bank loans accounted for 64 percent of new credit in the first two months of 2014, compared with 55 percent of credit during all of 2013. Trust company lending fell from 11 percent of new credit in 2013 to 5 percent in early 2014. Evidently, the government has made it more difficult to shift money from the interbank lending market to off-balance-sheet lending vehicles. Yet while the government has slowed the growth of shadow banking, it has been averse to slowing the growth of overall credit lest this lead to a further slowdown in economic growth. Consequently, it apparently has allowed for accelerated formal bank lending.
A big part of the shadow banking system in China has involved trust products. Specifically, large banks have raised funds by selling trust products with high returns to wealthy individuals. The money raised is loaned to companies and individuals who lack access to cheap credit through the formal banking system. This, of course, resulted in a massive increase in credit and, it is feared, a massive increase in potentially bad debt. After all, many of the loans went to property speculators who built ghost towns and empty shopping centers. In March it was reported that some Chinese banks were curtailing their involvement in this market, although this could not be confirmed. Trust products in circulation increased 46 percent in 2013, reaching 10.9 trillion yuan (roughly $1.7 trillion). About half of the trust products will mature this year. If some banks have chosen not to sell more trust products, it could reflect fears that defaults on loans will force the banks to bail out the trust products. The result would be lower bank profitability.
Despite the slowdown in shadow banking, there has been a rush into Internet-based money market funds that offer depositors a high rate of return with the ability to withdraw at any time. Formal bank deposits offer a return capped by the government. Such funds are not regulated, nor are the deposits insured. As such, some analysts worry that they represent yet another risk to China's financial health. China's government has pledged to deregulate bank deposit rates. Once they do this, the allure of nonbank vehicles will diminish. As such, it was noteworthy that, recently, the governor of China's central bank said that deposit rates will be freed within one to two years, a pace faster than many analysts had expected.3
If China is to grow through innovation and entrepreneurship, then capital markets will have to operate on a more market-oriented basis and channel funds to start-ups and small businesses.
In addition, the Chinese government has approved trial plans for the establishment of five privately owned banks. These banks would compete with the large state-run banks and would be the start of larger plans to create a more market-based system of financial intermediation. Also, Premier Li said recently that he intends to promote Internet banking in China. The head of China's bank regulator said that "while private banks are subject to the same regulation as other banks, they should have also their own characteristics, especially focusing on serving small and medium-sized companies."4 Interestingly, almost 90 percent of bank capital in China is now supplied by the government. One of the frequent complaints about China's banking system is that, due to the overwhelming dominance of state-run banks, smaller businesses have often been starved of capital. If China is to grow through innovation and entrepreneurship, then capital markets will have to operate on a more market-oriented basis and channel funds to start-ups and small businesses.
The Chinese government has doubled the band around which the currency can move before government intervention takes place. This is part of a gradual move toward a more freely floating currency, which in turn is part of a larger effort at financial market liberalization. The move was expected. Until recently, most analysts would have expected this to mean more room for appreciation of the currency. Earlier there was substantial upward pressure because, with an external surplus, China was experiencing a large inflow of capital—which has only accelerated recently in anticipation of further appreciation. Yet the central bank recently allegedly engineered a drop in the currency, causing uncertainty on the part of currency traders. This action means that the currency could go in either direction—just as the government probably hopes.
Specifically, the move allows the currency to move up or down by as much as 2 percent against a basket of currencies. If the renminbi hits that limit, the government will intervene to prevent further movement. Yet it is a rare day when a floating currency moves that much. As such, the move effectively makes the Chinese currency a floating currency, except during periods of unusual stress. The US government, long a critic of Chinese currency policy, welcomed this action. However, investors now face a more uncertain environment, especially as there is now risk of depreciation. It is interesting that, while the action is meant to remove the government from currency valuation, the fact that the government may have pushed the currency down means that it effectively remains a player. The current downward pressure on the renminbi may no longer involve the government directly. Rather, it may simply reflect market fears of further intervention by the government. More will need to be done in order to create a more truly liberal financial system. The government will have to ease capital controls, free deposit interest rates, and become more transparent about monetary policy.
EndnotesView all endnotes
- Reuters, "Instant view: China aims for 7.5 percent economic growth in 2014," March 4, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/05/us-china-parliament-instantview-idUSBREA2404D20140305.
- Reuters, "WRAPUP 1-China says plans to speed up investment, stabilise demand," March 20, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/20/china-economy-idUSL3N0MH1CS20140320.
- Reuters, "China top leader reaffirms economic reforms," March 22, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/23/china-economy-idUSL4N0MK01K20140323.
- Sophie Song, "China banking reform: 10 private companies including Alibaba and Tencent allowed to set up private banks," International Business Times, March 11, 2014, http://www.ibtimes.com/china-banking-reform-10-private-companies-including-alibaba-tencent-allowed-set-private-banks.


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Eros (Cupid)
Your Field Guide to Spotting Eros (Cupid)
Eros is easy to identify – how many guys do you know who fly around naked, with a bow and a quiver full of arrows? If you see him, though, hide. Or else you might get stung by one of his love arrows.
Physical Description
Sex: Male
Age: Young man or baby
Build: Slim as a young man, extremely pudgy as a baby
Complexion: Pale
Hair color: Light brown, blond, or strawberry blond
Facial hair: None
Scars/marks/tattoos: None
Jewelry and accessories: Wings
Clothing: Nude
Armor: None
Type of weapon: Bow and arrows
Typical Companions
- Aphrodite, his mother (they're almost inseparable)
- Psyche, his wife
- Young lovers
- Doves
- Dolphins
Other Notes
Known hangouts: Eros is known to loiter around the woods, looking for young people to shoot with his love arrows.
Escape vehicle: Eros' wings allow him fly away from crime scenes.


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MARTINSBURG - The sounds of construction work echo outside of James Rumsey Technical Institute as the Step-Up for Women program students work on building sheds to develop their trade skills.
The Step-Up for Women program, provided through West Virginia Women Work, is a state-funded, nonprofit program offered to area women.
"What we do is provide job training for women, and it's kind of unique because we provide training in the construction trades. They learn entry-level skills in the trades of construction and electrical," said Melissa Pletcher, program coordinator for Step-Up for Women.
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As a new addition, students will be able to learn entry-level skills in plumbing beginning this current spring semester. The Step-Up for Women program has been located at James Rumsey for the last six years and is a 11-week program offered to women ages 18 and older.
Students receive on-the-job training by participating through job shadows with local companies as well as working on various projects with community groups. This semester, Step-Up students will build cabins and a pavilion for the Eagles' Wing Girls and Horses summer camp to receive job site training and experience.
"Our program will bring in those women in who don't have the time or monetary resources to go back to school for two or four additional years. They have to provide for their families now. We make the option available to them in three months to gain some marketable, entry-level skills to put them to work," Pletcher said.
Fact Box
West Virginia Women Work
3274 Hedgesville Road,
Martinsburg, WV 25403
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
In addition to hands-on education, the women enrolled also receive a math refresher course, an introduction to heavy equipment and instruction on how to market their skills to potential employers in job interviews and resume writing guidance.
"When they complete the program, there is a number of opportunities that are available to them. The students can take the plumbing and electrical exams to obtain their apprentice license," Pletcher said.
"We also provide them the avenues necessary on how to apply and to get into the various trade unions, such as carpentry, electrical and operating engineers just to name a few. Some students also choose to work for local private contractors as well," she said.
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Pletcher said the Step-Up for Women has a 75 to 80 percent job placement for graduates.
More information on the Step-Up for Women program or enrollment for the summer 2012 or fall 2012 semester is available by contacting Pletcher at 304-754-9258 or wvwomenwork.org.