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Giant clams (Tridacna spp.) inhabit the shallow coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, and their colorful mantles make them perennial favorites of aquarists. Healthy Tridacna specimens will contain millions of tiny symbiotic algae (technically, dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium), thus proper lighting is a prerequisite for success. This article will discuss the lighting requirements of commonly available Tridacna species, including T. crocea, T. derasa, T. gigas, T. maxima, T. squamosa and Hippopus hippopus.
Proper lighting of a reef aquarium has always been controversial, and it seems it remains so as new products enter the market. Recommendations for effective lighting for any photosynthetic organism may be based on observed depths at which organisms are collected (see Figure 1). While these observations can lend valuable information, they are not without caveats. For instance, an organism may be found in only a few inches of water, and this might lead an aquarist to believe it requires intense lighting when it in fact it lives in a crevice or in shadows for most of the day. On the other hand, a photosynthetic organism living in deeper water might possess the ability to adapt to very intense lighting. Sometimes lighting decisions are based on casual observations of what works and what does not. A Tridacna clam may seem to be doing well under weak lighting for a few months only to succumb to problems associated with "light starvation."
Before getting started, perhaps we should define some of the terms used in this article.
Autotrophic. Possessing the ability to be self-sufficient without feeding. Plants are autotrophs, but animals having a symbiotic relationship with algae (such as many corals and Tridacna clams) may receive enough nutriment from zooxanthellae to be considered autotrophic. If an animal must feed in order to survive, it is said to be heterotrophic. If the animal receives a portion of its food through symbiosis but must feed to make up the remainder, it is mixotrophic.
Clade. A group of organisms considered to have evolved from a common ancestor.
Compensation point. Every plant and algal species (including zooxanthellae) has a minimum requirement of light called the compensation point. This is the point at which oxygen production by zooxanthellae meets their requirements and that of the Tridacna clam (or any other photosynthetic organism).
At the other end of the scale is the saturation point. This is when the zooxanthellae have absorbed as much light as possible and are photosynthesizing at maximum capacity. Increasing the light intensity will not increase the rate of photosynthesis but will in fact possibly damage the zooxanthellae in a process known as chronic photoinhibition. See the "Xanthophylls" entry of this glossary for the definition of dynamic photoinhibition.
Mycosporinelike amino acids (MAAs). A group of proteins capable of absorbing ultraviolet radiation and thus protecting the photosynthetic apparatus from damage. Originally isolated from a mycosporine fungus.
Photosynthesis. The link between the inorganic and organic worlds. In corals and clams, chlorophyll A and chlorophyll C2 (as well as accessory pigments including peridinin) harvest sunlight (in the form of photons) and convert it to electrons. This flow of energy converts water and carbon dioxide into simple sugars and other organic compounds, including amino acids (some of which are leaked to the animal host, thus providing nutriment).
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Radiation falling between that which promotes photosynthesis, generally considered to be between 400 nanometers (violet) and 700 nm (red). Maximum PAR in the tropics at noon on a clear day is about 2,200 microMol-photons per square meter per second (µmol/m2/sec). A good estimate for converting lux to PAR is to multiply lux by 50.
Our questions when addressing lighting issues of Tridacna clams should include:
What is the minimum light requirement (compensation point) for each of the Tridacna species?
Is it possible to provide too much light? What about ultraviolet radiation?
What other factors are involved?
It is a pipe dream of many hobbyists to have a listing of depths at which Tridacna clams and corals are collected. It would then be such an easy matter to estimate lighting requirements. Or so it would seem. Examine the maximum depth distributions of Tridacna species listed in Figure 1 (Fatherree, 2006).
Many types (clades) of zooxanthellae have been identified through genetic fingerprinting. Of hundreds of clades, seven are known to infest the tissues of Tridacna clams. These are clades A, A2, A3, A3a, A5, A6 and C1. Table 1 lists them by the host Tridacna species. With a bit of detective work, we can determine the environmental preferences of the zooxanthella clade and hence its host clam.
As a footnote, Tridacna clams are not "born" with Symbiodinium species infesting their tissues. Instead they acquire zooxanthellae in a process called "horizontal transmission," where symbionts must be acquired from the ambient water column. There is good reason to believe that Tridacna species exhibit a high fidelity to certain zooxanthellae clades.
Clade A zooxanthellae are generally considered relatively hardy (resistant to a number of environmental shifts) and are found in scleractinian corals, octocorals, hydrocorals, clams, anemones and zoanthids. Most hosts of clade A zooxanthellae are found in the Caribbean, with sporadic reports of occurrences in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii, the Red Sea and the western Pacific (Korea). Clade A is considered ancestral to all other Symbiodinium lineages.
What follows is a breakdown of each of the various A clades. Refinement of genetic fingerprinting has revealed quite a number of variations of the clade originally described as A.
Reported depth range: less than 33 feet
Reported geographical range: Caribbean and Pacific
Host species: Zoanthus sociatus, stony coral Meandrina meandrites, the photosynthetic clam Corculum cardissa, Gorgonia ventalina, Bartholomea annulata, a Pacific hydrocoral Heliopora and the "giant clam" T. gigas.
Symbiodinium pilosum. Found in the Caribbean zoanthid Zoanthus sociatus. These are high-light adapted (they respond poorly to low-light levels), tolerate high temperature swings and are able to produce and incorporate protective xanthophylls (diadinoxanthin and diatoxanthin) into chlorophyll protein complexes. Iglesias-Prieto and Trench (1997) found this zooxanthella to be the least adaptive in respect to light intensity of six zooxanthellae examined (high light is tolerated while low light is not).
Symbiodinium meandrinae. This zooxanthella was discovered within the tissues of the Atlantic stony coral Meandrina meandrites. It is now considered clade A2 (LaJeunesse, 2001). Banaszak et al. (2000) found two zooxanthellae clades (A and C) within M. meandrites, while Baker and Rowan (1997) report clade B. This leads to confusion over the actual identity of S. meandrinae. Trench (1997) clarifies the situation by listing S. meandrinae as clade A.
Symbiodinium corculorum. This species was originally isolated from the photosynthetic Pacific clam Corculum cardissa. Iglesias-Prieto and Trench (1997) suggest this zooxanthella species has limited photoacclimation capability, and the symbionts (S. corculorum and C. cardissa) perform best under high-light intensity. This clam is limited to a depth of 33 feet (Gosliner et al., 1996) and is thus considered tolerant of high light. Symbiodinium corculorum is now considered clade A2 (LaJeunesse, 2001).
Besides those animals previously listed, clade A2 is also reported to be found in Gorgonia ventalina (Puerto Rico and Jamaica), the pesky anemone Bartholomea annulata, the Pacific hydrocoral Heliopora and T. gigas.
Clade A3 (Symbiodinium fitti)
Reported depth range: 7 to 49 feet
Reported geographical range: Atlantic and Pacific
Host species: Tridacna clam (species unreported, Baille et al., 2000), T. crocea, T. derasa, T. gigas, T. maxima and another "giant clam" (Hippopus hippopus; LaJeunesse, 2001).
Comments: Tolerant of higher light levels (Hennige et al., 2006). A3 zooxanthellae are known to produce one ultraviolet-absorbing compound — the mycosporinelike amino acid (MAA) mycosporine-glycine (absorption maximum in the UV-A range of approximately 331 nm; Banaszak et al., 2006). Thornhill et al. (2008) found A3 zooxanthellae lowered their chlorophyll content when exposed to a very low temperature (50.9 degrees Fahrenheit) and did not recover within three weeks of exposure (the end of the experimental period).
Clade A3a
Reported depth range: Not indicated in study
Reported geographical range: Philippines
Host species: Tridacna species (LaJeunesse studied clams in several genera but found A3a only in an unidentified Tridacna species)
Reference: LaJeunesse, 2005
Clade A5
Reported depth range: Not indicated in study
Reported geographical range: Palau (Caroline Islands)
Host species: Tridacna squamosa
Reference: LaJeunesse, 2001
Clade A6
Reported depth range: 3 to 33 feet
Reported geographical range: Okinawa, Philippines
Host species: Tridacna species
Reference: LaJeunesse et al., 2004
Clade C1 (S. goreaui). Originally found within the sea anemone Ragactis lucida (Trench, 1996) but expanded by LaJeunesse et al. (2003) to become the pandemic generalist zooxanthellae clade C1. Considered to be adaptable to a wide variety of environmental conditions.
Reported depth range: up to 65 feet
Geographical range: Bahamas, Japan, Korea, Great Barrier Reef, Atlantic and Mexican Caribbean, Taiwan, Hawaii and Indonesia
Host species: Tridacna derasa, T. gigas, T. maxima and others
Photosynthetic Capacity
Photosynthetic capacity describes how, in this case, zooxanthellae perform in given amounts of light: What is the minimum required, how much is enough, and how much is too much? Recall that the compensation point is defined as the minimum; the saturation point indicates maximum photosynthesis and photoinhibition (whether chronic or dynamic) is too much.
Sophisticated scientific instruments can measure compensation and saturation points as well as photoinhibition, and fortunately, researchers have provided some pertinent information to us.
Figure 3 shows the average photosynthetic capacity of five T. maxima specimens (experiments I have performed generated similar results).
Tridacna crocea. Known to be infested by only clade A or A3. Known depth distribution of A3 zooxanthellae is 7 to 49 feet, although T. crocea inhabits waters to depths of about 20 feet. The zooxanthellae is tolerant of high light and can produce at least one natural sunscreen, allowing exposure to ultraviolet radiation. The clam also benefits from these sunscreens, as during low tide clams can be exposed to the atmosphere and UV-A and UV-B in the same amounts as any beachgoer. Low temperatures (such as those encountered during shipping) can harm this clam's zooxanthellae.
Metal halide lamps will provide maximum flexibility in placement of the clam. If other sources are used, situate the Tridacna closer to, instead of further from, the lamps. Based on results of scientific research, it is practically impossible to provide too much light to T. crocea.
Tridacna derasa. This Tridacna species is known to harbor at least two zooxanthellae clades (though likely not simultaneously): clades A3 (7 to 49 feet) and C1 (up to 65 feet). Tridacna derasa is reportedly found at depths up to 80 feet. Clade A3 zooxanthellae are intolerant of short-term exposure to low temperatures.
Recommendations for lighting are difficult to make because we cannot tell which zooxanthellae clade inhabits the clam. Provide as much light as possible, acclimate the clam slowly to the new lighting for a period of about two weeks and watch for signs of zooxanthellae loss (bleaching).
Tridacna gigas. As far as we currently know, T. gigas can contain the most varied number of zooxanthellae and is reported to contain the most varied types, including clades A, A2 (less than 33 feet), A3 (7 to 49 feet) and C1 (up to 65 feet). Tridacna gigas is found at depths of up to 65 feet. (See lighting recommendations for T. derasa.)
Tridacna maxima. Tridacna maxima harbors zooxanthellae clades A3 (7 to 49 feet) or C1 (up to 65 feet), and this compares well to T. maxima inhabiting depths of up to about 50 feet. Research has shown that T. maxima is a strict autotroph (meaning its zooxanthellae supply almost all of the clam's nutritional requirements). Obviously, light intensity would be extremely important to this clam species. Researchers have reported that a minimum of 274 µmol/m2/sec or about 13,700 lux is required to meet minimal requirements. This light intensity corresponds to the maximum amount of light seen at a depth of 50 feet. Laboratory tests found the best survival rates (100 percent) when T. maxima specimens were maintained under metal halide lamps; while 90 percent was observed under mercury vapor lamps and only 70 percent under 54-watt fluorescent lamps. (See Figure 3 for a photosynthesis/irradiance curve for T. maxima.)
Tridacna squamosa. Data indicate that T. squamosa inhabits depths of up to about 135 feet. Water clarity probably plays a role, but there is more to the story. Genetic fingerprinting of zooxanthellae found within this clam species has revealed clades A and A5. Interestingly, clade A is known to require a great deal of light and, in fact, research has shown that T. squamosa requires a minimum amount of light (170 µmol/m2/sec, or about 8,500 lux). If this minimum is not meet, this species must feed in order to survive.
Hippopus hippopus. Hippopus hippopus is known to contain only zooxanthellae clade A3, which has been reported from depths of 7 to 49 feet. Hippopus hippopus is found in shallow water up to about 20 feet deep. Previous comments about the lighting requirements of T. crocea are applicable to H. hippopus, too.
Feeding Tridacna Clams
In suboptimal lighting conditions, feeding might take on an added importance for at least some Tridacna species. Researchers have used green algal species such as Tetraselmis subcordiformis to feed some tridacnids. In the old days, we had to culture algae for use as a food source for filter-feeders, but today is a different story. With the number of prepared foods for filter-feeders nowadays, finding a suitable off-the-shelf product should not be difficult.
Tridacna clams are known to absorb nutrients such as nitrate and phosphorus from the water column, but research has shown that this occurs only under optimal lighting conditions.
In conclusion, Tridacna clams will likely fare better under more intense lighting sources.
Mike Columbia, TN
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Happy State Bank is purchasing the Bank of America Center in downtown Amarillo.
So Bank of America, which must move from its leased space in the center, is buying another downtown building from Happy State Bank.
Both real estate deals are expected to close in 60 days, HSB Chairman and CEO J. Pat Hickman said Thursday.
Hickman declined to disclose sales prices in either transaction.
Bank of America remained mum about its plans for relocation, confirming only that it does plan to move and has entered into a conditional contract to purchase a building at 406 S. Polk St. from HSB.
"We are finalizing plans and do not have any specifics to share at this time," Bank of America spokeswoman Nicole Nastacie said.
With the purchase of the to-be-renamed Bank of America Center, HSB's downtown real estate holdings increase to almost four and a half blocks.
The combined appraised value of the Bank of America Center at 701 S. Taylor St. and its accompanying parking garage and open-air lot at 800 S. Fillmore St. is more than $6.9 million, according to Potter-Randall Appraisal District records.
HSB will move its downtown branch from leased space in the Petroleum Building at 203 S.W. Eighth Ave., once Bank of America vacates its leased space in the Bank of America Center, Hickman said.
"We will not occupy the building at the same time," Hickman said.
Bank of America's lease expires in April 2009, Nastacie said.
Purchase of the Bank of America Center will delay but not deter HSB's plans to develop a high-rise structure on a full block it owns at Southeast 10th Avenue and South Pierce Street, Hickman said.
"We are still following through with those plans," he said.
"My board has said to continue down that line. Realistically, I think it (the Bank of America Center purchase) will probably put it (the high-rise) back a year or so.
"But I don't think, in any fashion, this is going to stop what we were going to do."
Hickman said speculation that HSB bought the Bank of America Center because the high-rise project could be too expensive is "absolutely false" and that plans for the acquired building and new construction fit HSB's strategy.
"We can pretty easily do both projects," he said.
"There are a number of strategic reasons that we would want to do so, and we'll just let the world watch and see what we do."
HSB partnered with Amarillo developer Perry Williams, a member of the HSB board of directors, to buy the Bank of America Center and its parking facilities from Amarillo Tower, a Chino, Calif., real estate partnership.
Phone calls for comment to Amarillo Tower partner David Long were not returned.
Built in 1977, the Bank of America Center contains almost 208,000 square feet in six stories and a basement, according to an Internet listing for available tenant lease space by CAP Commercial Realty of Amarillo. CAP Commerical has handled management of the building for Amarillo Tower.
A tunnel running beneath Southeast Eighth Avenue connects the building on the north side of the street with the parking garage on the south side.
Bank of America has a pending deal to purchase a building at 406 S. Polk St. from HSB, Hickman said.
HSB acquired the building and Citibank operations there in its purchase, earlier this month, of eight Citibank branches in the Texas Panhandle.
PRAD lists the appraised value of the Polk Street bank property at $466,712.
Hickman said HSB will not occupy the entire Bank of America Center, leaving room for current and future lease tenants.
"We want to encourage all those wonderful tenants to stay," he said.
"We hope to make that building a hub of activity once again."
Happy State Bank almost doubled the size of its downtown property holdings with the pending purchase of the Bank of America Center.
Here's a breakdown of property HSB owns in the city's heart:
1 Two blocks containing the Bank of America Center, 701 S. Taylor St., and its accompanying parking garage and open-air lot to the south. The purchase is being made in partnership with Amarillo developer Perry Williams, a member of the HSB board of directors. Combined appraised value: $6,927,134.
2 A block at Southeast 10th Avenue and South Pierce Street now cleared to become the site of a proposed high-rise building. The combined appraised value of the individual lots that compose the block is $734,723, but that figure includes $169,193 for structures HSB has had razed since the properties were last appraised
3 Four-fifths of an undeveloped block at Southeast Ninth Avenue and South Pierce Street intended to be the site of parking for the high-rise. Combined appraised value of the individual lots: $534,800.
4 A half-block at Southeast Ninth Avenue and South Buchanan Street currently occupied by Kelly Tire Service. HSB Chairman and CEO J. Pat Hickman said in January the half-block could possibly become the site of a future drive-through banking facility. The property's appraised value is $333,806.
5 HSB has a pending deal to sell property it owns at 406 S. Polk St. to Bank of America. HSB acquired the Polk Street property in its acquisition, earlier this month, of Texas Panhandle Citibank branches. The appraised value of the property is $466,712.
Appraised property values listed come from Potter-Randall Appraisal District records.
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Democrat Party
Two Memorable Events From Last Night
Two events from last night stand out. First, Timothy Cardinal Dolan praying for the unborn at the Democrat Convention in his closing prayer. Just such an eventuality is why the Democrat powers that be didn't want the Cardinal to be there to begin with. Good for the Cardinal.
Second, Jennifer Granholm, former Democrat governor of Michigan, doing the best Howard Dean parody I have ever seen. ( The impact is somewhat blemished when one recalls that GM is facing bankruptcy again. Oh well.)
And that was that, nothing else of note. Bye Democrats. Continue reading
Democrat Party Chairman for Palm Beach Hates Christians.
Mark Alan Siegel, the Palm Beach County Party Chairman for the Democrat Party, forgets one of the fundamental rules of life: If you are going to say something stupid and bigoted make sure you are not on video!
Here is his apology after he realized his words were going viral on the net:
"I apologize to all Democrats and Floridians for my ill chosen words last night. After watching the interview I realize that what I said did not accurately make the point I was trying to establish. More importantly I apologize to all Christians, Jews and other people of faith for any embarrassment or anger my remarks may have caused. Throughout my life I have practiced religious tolerance among all people of faith. I am sincerely sorry for any remarks I made that may have diminished that record. I alone am responsible for my remarks and I pray that they are not taken as the position of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party."
Here is the statement of Yael Hershfield, interim director of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League in Florida:
"The Anti-Defamation League is glad to see that Mr. Siegel has issued a sincere apology for his offensive comments about Christians, and that he made it clear he was solely responsible for them. Religious bigotry has no place in politics and civil society." Continue reading
God Returns to Democrat Platform Chicago Style
Over the protests of their delegates, the Democrat powers that be have reinserted God and pro Israel language back into their platform. The voice votes in the video above clearly indicate that the Democrats did not get the two-thirds votes necessary to amend their platform. An example of why I refer to the Democrat Party and not the Democratic Party. Interesting that the top Dems thought it necessary to make these changes. No doubt they feared that they were being killed in the blogs and the new media over this, and they could just see the GOP ads talking about the Godless Democrat platform and the Democrats taking an anti-Israeli stance. The fact that they did not have the two-thirds vote necessary to amend their platform was of small moment. Simply keep voting and then finally just declare that your side won! Democracy Democrat style in action. Continue reading
Abortion, More Abortion, Yet More Abortion
Hattip to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. William H. Seward, Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, once described a series of sermons he attended as "Hell, More Hell, Yet More Hell". Sustitute Abortion for Hell, and how fitting that is, and it is an apt description for the Democrat convention yesterday, prior to the convention reaching the prime time viewing hours of 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Central Time. The affection for slaying kids in the womb was so extreme that even the pro-abort David Brooks of The New York Times noticed it:
"You know, you're electing someone — we're going to spend four more years with these people — and after this speech, I think a lot of people will say, 'Yeah, I think I kind of do,'" Brooks said.
"The one cavil I will have … is this speech has — [it] reinforces something we've heard all night, which was how much the crowd goes crazy and how passionate they are about abortion and gay marriage and the social issues. And tonight has been about that.
"And to me it should have been a lot more about economics, growth, and debt. And that better be the job of day two and day three because they did not do it here." Continue reading
Compare and Contrast, or Reason Number One Why I Am A Republican
The Democrat platform on abortion:
The President and the Democratic Party believe that women have a right to control their reproductive choices. Democrats support access to affordable family planning services, and President Obama and Democrats will continue to stand up to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood health centers. The Affordable Care Act ensures that women have access to contraception in their health insurance plans, and the President has respected the principle of religious liberty. Democrats support evidence-based and age-appropriate sex education.
The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right. Abortion is an intensely personal decision between a woman, her family, her doctor, and her clergy; there is no place for politicians or government to get in the way. We also recognize that health care and education help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thereby also reduce the need for abortions. We strongly and unequivocally support a woman's decision to have a child by providing affordable health care and ensuring the availability of and access to programs that help women during pregnancy and after the birth of a child, including caring adoption programs.
President Obama and the Democratic Party are committed to supporting family planning around the globe to help women care for their families, support their communities, and lead their countries to be healthier and more productive. That's why, in his first month in office, President Obama overturned the "global gag rule," a ban on federal funds to foreign family planning organizations that provided information about, counseling on, or offered abortions. And that is why the administration has supported lifesaving family planning health information and services.
The Republican party platform on abortion: Continue reading
The Party of Death in Convention Assembled
Playing up the War on Women meme and the Todd Akin gaffe, the Democrats are going to be celebrating their most sacred
rite right at their Convention in September:
Democrats said that they will feature Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parent Action Fund, Nancy Keenan, president of the NARAL Pro-Choice America and Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University student whose plea for federal birth control funding drew the ire–and a subsequent apology–from Rush Limbaugh.
What's more, the Democrats are expanding their list of women ready to assail the GOP on women's issue, adding Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski and actress Eva Longoria to the list that already includes Sen. John Kerry and Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren.
This goes hand in hand with their rejection of Cardinal Dolan's offer to pray at the Democrat convention. Dolan is giving the benediction at the Republican convention this week, so in an effort at even-handedness, he offered to do so for the Democrats. This offer was rejected out of hand. Why? It would have been smart politics for the Democrats to have the Cardinal pray for them, perhaps the visuals marginally helping them with Catholic voters. Yet they turned up their nose. I can think of three reasons for the rejection: Continue reading
The Party of Gendercide and the Words of Abraham Lincoln
Live Action today released a second video showing that Planned Parenthood, an organization that I have designated Worse Than Murder, Inc, has no problem with sex selection abortions. Go here to read my post on the first gendercide video released by Live Action. Today the House failed to muster the two-thirds vote necessary to pass the Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act which would have banned this unspeakable evil. The Obama administration opposed the bill. Obama has never found any form of abortion he opposes and Planned Parenthood has his complete allegiance. In the House 276 Republicans voted in favor of the bill, 7 against. Democrats voted 161 in favor of gendercide and 20 against.
The core of the Democrat party today is abortion. The vote on gendercide demonstrates just how extreme this allegiance is. As in the days of slavery, the Democrat party champions the notion that we can, in good conscience, ignore the rights of portions of the human race, and that the unborn, like the slaves of old, are mere property and may be destroyed at the mother's will and whim. The words of Lincoln should be our battle cry against this old evil in a new form: Continue reading
Party of Death
Nothing like partying at a facility dedicated to slaying the most innocent among us to get some Democrats apparently in the holiday mood.
The women's auxiliary of the Harris County Democratic Party will hold their politically correct-named "Holiday Party" on December 8 at the late-term abortion business Planned Parenthood runs in the southeast party of Houston that has gained national attention and controversy.
The location is no surprise given the close relationship the Democratic Party has with abortion advocates, especially in Houston. Houston Mayor Annise Parker spoke at the opening of the massive new Planned Parenthood abortion business (the location of the party) in June 2010, saying, "It's not about the building; it's about people's lives; it is not about women, it is about families; and it's not about what we do here today, it's about our future."
Parker lives with her life partner Kathy Hubbard, campaign treasurer for Planned Parenthood and Parker's bid for re-election as Houston Mayor was endorsed by Planned Parenthood. Continue reading
Why Do Those Bitter Clingers Vote Republican?
Liberal elites frequently profess astonishment at why so many middle class Americans vote Republican. Thomas Frank in 2004 published a book, What's The Matter With Kansas , in which he bemoaned the fact that his fellow Kansans, or former fellow Kansans I should say since he resides in Washington DC, did not share his love of the Party of the Jackass. Lee Siegel at The Daily Beast has a brilliant column in which he explains the political facts of life to the Liberal elites in the form of a letter from Occupy Harvard to their parents:
The man you think is a "sucker" because he votes for Republican candidates who don't seem to give a hoot about him will vote for them every time. He looks at you, the crowd of The-Fix-Is-Always-In, and he casts his lot with the crowd of wealth and initiative.
You see, Mom and Dad, they don't lie about his prospects. They tell him that he has to sink or swim. They don't disrespect his willpower by promising that government will make life easier for him. They tell him that they respect his individuality. They tell him straight out what you, the liberal elite, know to be true but will never say. They tell him that life in America is winner-take-all, and that they are the people who will let him keep what he has. They tell him that his religion, his wife's capacity to reproduce, his children—whether they are "successful" or not—are his treasure. They tell him that they don't care if he is a person of modest ambition, little sophistication, and humble means. What they value is his capacity to change his own life.
What you tell him is that he should put his life in your hands. Yet you scorn his religion. You mock his faith in the sacredness of conception. You deride his belief in family. You tell him that his love for hunting makes him a murderer, and that his terror at being economically displaced makes him a xenophobe and a racist. Then you emasculate his hope for the future by telling him that if his ship comes in—that dream of a ship that makes the grinding disappointment of daily life worth living through—you'll help yourself to a big slice of it. And you expect him to believe your rhetoric about fairness and equality when, all the while, you are accusing him of gullibility in his politics and bad faith toward the least fortunate of his fellow citizens. When, all the while, you are living untouched by your own policies. When you are cushioned against life's hardness, not by government, but by simply knowing other people in your class. You expect him to buy your talk about equitable distribution of wealth when you are sailing through tax loopholes off into the sunset. For this man, his emotions make all the rational sense in the world. Continue reading
GOP Pro-life Win in New Hampshire
One of the consequences of the Republican sweep in 2010 is that the Republicans control many state legislatures by very wide margins. A host of pro-life legislation is making its way through these GOP chambers. One of the latest pro-life bills to be enacted into law is a parental notification law when minors seek to have an abortion in New Hampshire. The text of the law may be read here.
On its way to becoming a law it was vetoed by Governor John Lynch. Lynch is a Democrat, a Catholic and a pro-abort, a combination all too common in our nation. The veto was overridden in the New Hampshire legislature on June 22 by votes of 266-102 in the House and in the Senate 17-7. Continue reading
Abortion Foreign Policy
Hattip to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. Secretary of State Clinton has been at war with Prime Minister Harper of Canada in regard to abortion and the G8 summit meeting, which just concluded yesterday, for months, as the above video from March indicates.
These efforts continued up to the G8 summit, as Clinton wanted to hold any aid hostage until woman's health was defined as including a right to slay the unborn, as this post by Anna Halpine and Greg Pfundstein at National Review Online indicates:
On the agenda at the G8 summit in Canada is promoting maternal and infant health in the poorest parts of the globe. The high rates of maternal and infant mortality in many countries are an impediment to democracy and social development, to say nothing of a human tragedy for these communities. Commitments of resources from the G8 countries to address these problems should be welcomed and commended. Why, then, is the Obama delegation threatening to derail these agreements? Continue reading


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Malinda Ann Kline and Keith Wade Heaton were united in marriage at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2012.
The Rev. Dean Williams officiated at the ceremony held at Mill Hall Park.
A reception was held at Nittany Valley Fire Department, Lamar.
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The bride graduated from the former Lock Haven High School in 1993 and received an associate degree in elementary education from University of Phoenix in 2011. She is employed by All Things Bright and Beautiful, Avis, as a preschool teacher.
Heaton graduated from the former Bald Eagle-Nittany High School in 1989. He is employed by Clinton County Corrections Facility.
Maid of honor was Renee Golla, Castanea, sister of the bride.
Bridesmaids were Stacie Smith, Williamsport; Christine Trays, Mill Hall; and Tiffany Spotts, Beach Creek.
Flower girls were Sophia Heaton, daughter of the bridegroom, and Alyssa Golla, niece of the bride.
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BEIJING -- For decades Chinese families preferred baby boys to baby girls.
That's slowly changing. China's booming economy and family attitudes have growing numbers of parents hoping for daughters.
The funny things parents do to make their little ones smile. And what a smile Zhu Mei En has.
"She is the joy of my life," beamed Li Hai Ying.
Girls Rule
When Li Hai Ying and her husband Zhu Wenhao discovered they were having a girl two years ago, they were ecstatic.
"The Chinese culture traditionally favors boys so when you have a girl, couples will sometimes have an abortion. But not us," Zhu, a Beijing resident, said.
Zhu and Li Hai, both Christians, are not alone.
More and more, Chinese families are beginning to reconsider the centuries-old preference for boys.
"Boys are desired because they will support and look after the parents in their old age," Li Hai said. "Also, boys have a better chance of finding work and supporting themselves. But people's attitudes about this are changing."
Especially when it comes to the role of women in society and their ability to thrive in a predominately male culture.
"I own my own business here in the city and I am able to provide for my family," Chen Ke Er, a young female entrepreneur in Beijing, said. "So unlike in the past, today more women are getting an education. And they are entering the workforce and doing well."
Savings on Girls
For Zhu Wenhao, and growing number of families, having a girl is seen as a huge savings on the family budget.
"In Chinese culture if you have a boy, the parents are responsible for buying him an apartment before he gets married," Wenhao said. "Add to that the cost of educating him and all the other expenses, it adds up."
While a growing number of Chinese people, especially in the big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou prefer a girl, in the vast majority of the countryside boys are still sought after.
And because the traditional preference for a male offspring is still strong, Chinese women continue to practice sex-specific abortions, especially in rural areas.
The result is a severe gender imbalance.
China's One-Child Policy
Decades under the controversial "one child per couple" policy has left China with more men than women.
"The government's attempt to keep the birth rates down has been a huge success, but the consequences of this social experiment are devastating," one Beijing resident said.
A Chinese government-backed study says in the next 20 years there'll be more than 24 million men of marrying age unable to find spouses.
In some parts of the country, the male-female ratio is so acute, that women and girls are kidnapped from neighboring countries, brought into China, and forced into marriages.
"The one-child policy has contributed to this problem, and that needs to change," remarked one concerned citizen. "But it is only half the problem. We have to change people's view about just having boys."
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The Chinese government is trying to gradually fix the problem. Earlier this year authorities reduced the fines for wealthier couples living in Beijing and Shanghai wanting two or more children.
There's also a discussion at senior governmental levels about changing the one-child policy within the next five years.
It would be welcome news to Zhu Mei En's parents, who are part of a new generation of Chinese couples whose expectations of a family have changed.
"I cannot afford to have another baby just yet, but definitely down the road, in a couple of years, it would be nice to have that option," Zhu said. "But for now we are very thankful to God for our baby girl."*Originally broadcast on May 18, 2011.
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HE'S CALLED "Matty Ice" as a compliment, a nod to his ability to shake off some of the worst starts and circumstances the quarterback position can experience and play the last few minutes as if someone pressed restart.
Nineteen times in his four-plus seasons, Matt Ryan has driven the Atlanta Falcons to victory in the waning minutes of a game, including three straight occurrences leading into Sunday's game against the Eagles.
Just perfect. A defense coming off two fourth-quarter meltdowns, a defense that just saw its coordinator fired, that will have Todd Bowles talking into DeMeco Ryans' ears for the first time this Sunday, will have its first test against a guy whose fourth quarters make Eli Manning seem like a hack.


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One person was killed and at least three others were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center after a crash mangled several cars on John Young Parkway on Monday afternoon.
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Recently AT&T formally proclaims that they will permit VoIP applications to function on their mobile network. This new gets joy to the whole mobile phone user who uses 3G allowed mobile phones. This means that now 3G and EDGE mobile network consumers will be able to employ Skype and other VoIP applications on their mobile phones. This will allow VoIP applications to run productively on iPhone.
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Sussex Community College is delighted to announce an exhibition of work by Activist Artist, Lauren Rosenthal on display from Friday, September 19 through Friday, October 14. In addition to presenting a suite of sculptures based on hydrological and topographical data, she will be creating site-specific drawings directly onto the walls of the gallery. An Opening … [+]
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Ann Marie Stock, Professor of Hispanic Studies & Film and Media Studies (PhD University of Minnesota), is a specialist in cultural studies and new media. In her scholarship Dr. Stock analyzes the impact of globalization on local representation, the intersection of visual culture and sociopolitical transformation, and the role of film and media in identity formation. Grants from Mellon, MacArthur, NEH, Fulbright and Rockefeller have supported her research in Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico and elsewhere. She is the author of On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition (UNC Press, 2009) and editor of World Film Locations: Havana (Intellect, 2014) and Framing Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Critical Perspectives. (Univ. of MN Press, 1997). With expertise in Cuban cinema, developed during some 50 research and consulting trips to the Island, Dr. Stock has founded and directs Cuban Cinema Classics, an initiative that makes available subtitled Cuban documentaries in the U.S. She contributes her expertise as programmer and juror with film events including Sundance, International Festival of New Latin American Cinema (Cuba), Kerala International Film Festival (India) and Cinergia (Costa Rica). During 2005-06 she was a Scholar in Residence at the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research and a Researcher at the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) in Havana. At the College of William and Mary she has served as Reves Faculty Fellow in International Student-Faculty Research and faculty director of the College's New Media Summer Institute in Washington D.C. Her efforts have been recognized with numerous honors including, most recently, the Plumeri Outstanding Faculty Award at William and Mary.
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On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition (2009). Ann Marie Stock.
On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition... "The 1990s were a time of dramatic transformation for Cuba. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the island nation plummeted into an era of scarcity and uncertainty known as the Special Period, a time from which it emerged only slowly in the new century. On Location in Cuba views these pivotal decades through the lens of cinema. Ann Marie Stock conducted hundreds of interviews and conversations in Cuba to examine individual artists' lives and creative output--including film, video, and audiovisual art. She explores the impact of the Cold War's end, the economic crisis that ensued, and the decentralization of the state's political, economic and cultural apparatus."
"The study is crafted with the nuance of an insider (the result of some 50 research trips to Cuba over a 20-year period), the perspective of an outsider, attuned to contemporary debates about globalization and transnational cinemas, and the commitment of a cultural bridge-builder, looking to increase dialogue and exchange between the U.S. and Cuba...Stock's book is a lively and indispensable guide to this transitional moment in Cuban culture and society." --John King, The Americas
"This is an important work that contributes to broader questions about the response of the Cuban people to this pivotal moment in their island's history...The author addresses the theoretical questions that relate to cinema and identity, and finds intriguing answers in the cultural production of the Cubans themselves." --The Latin American Review of Books
"Covering the important recent cultural debates and the opening up of Cuban screens to new work, On Location in Cuba makes a significant contribution." --Michael Chanan
|Framing Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Critical Perspectives (1997). Ann Marie Stock, editor
"Arguing for a 'postnational critical praxis,' Stock has gathered twelve essays on audiovisual culture in Latin America which, taken together, examine the geopolitical assumptions often underlying audiovisual criticism and the politics of production and reception across cinema's first century." --Kathleen Newman review


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Laureate Mu enjoys Christmas luncheon at Joubert residence
Members of Laureate Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, led by Ann Hayes, Esther Trahan, and hostess, Brenella Joubert sang favorite Christmas carols at the luncheon held on Dec. 3.
Members of Laureate Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi on hand for the group's annual Christmas luncheon at the home of Brenella Joubert on Dec. 3 were, from left, seated, Nancy Tislow, Jean Hanks, Connie Joubert; standing, Gloria Stutes, Glenda Atkinson, Shirley Griffin, Gloria Cart, Brenella Joubert and Elsie Rowell.
Brenella Joubert hosted the annual Christmas luncheon of Laureate Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at her home on Dec. 3.
Guests Esther Trahan and Ann Hayes led the group in singing favorite Christmas carols.
Following the entertainment portion of the meeting, the group's members, Glenda Atkinson, Gloria Cart, Shirley Griffin, Jean Hanks, Connie Jaubert, Elsie Rowell, Gloria Stutes and Nancy Tislow, and their guests, Jesse Joubert, Esther Trahan and Ann Hayes, enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared by the hostess and members.
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FOR Ant Genn, early musical success was quickly followed by excess. Born in Sheffield in 1971, Genn was playing guitar for Pulp by the time he was 16. Music soon took him further afield, touring the world with one-time Britpop darlings Elastica and eventually to London, where he had a lost summer sleeping on Robbie Williams's floor. He went on to produce records for UNKLE and Joe Strummer.
This whirlwind youth had a price or, as Genn puts it, "the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection - if you go that high you've got to go that low".
He had developed serious crack-cocaine and heroin habits that cost him some teeth and almost his life. "It all started when I took acid when I was 14," he says. "My brother gave me some when I got back from a party at Jarvis Cocker's house. I suppose I was trying to get out of the world I was actually in, and in some way experience something different to my own reality. I went through all the drugs until I got to the big two and was basically a hardcore addict for a very long time."
Genn did eventually manage to wean himself off drugs and, in a chance encounter, met multi-instrumentalist Martin Slattery, once of Shaun Ryder's Black Grape and Strummer's Mescaleros. Both being wounded veterans of British music, the pair recognised each other as kindred spirits. So they formed a band together, The Hours. Two years on, the band are being tipped by none other than Cocker himself, who recently enthused: "They understand what music is for. Let them into your life - you won't regret it."
Unsurprisingly, with such a glittering CV, Genn is feeling the pressure of expectation. "It definitely raises the bar and makes you work that bit harder," he says. "You really want to make something that means something to people." Yet while running the risk of attracting more attention for the stature of their former band mates than their music, he acknowledges the benefits of The Hours' vast experience. "Martin and I have been very lucky to work with some amazingly talented people," he says. "When you collaborate with someone like Robbie Shakespeare [from reggae production team Sly and Robbie], who has worked on over 100,000 songs, you can only learn from it. You've just got to hope some of it rubs of on you, don't you?"
Working with a songwriter of Cocker's calibre also led Genn to place great emphasis on his lyrics. "Unless your lyrics are going to be good and mean something, then don't even approach the microphone," he says. "It also made me more intolerant of bad lyrics, lyrics that people don't really think about, of which there are obviously a lot."
In 1996, Genn also found himself living and collaborating with Robbie Williams - he was with Williams the first night he met Slattery at London's Metropolis Studios. "I was fresh in London, bumming around on different people's floors like you do, and Robbie just said I could stay at his. We just hung out at his for a summer and wrote some songs together. He's really into Biggie Smalls and Tupac and we introduced each other to some good music."
Now Genn's life has entered a new phase, and he sees his work with Slattery as his best. "We're a bit like one of the great football partnerships, Dalglish and Rush," he laughs. "Martin is just an incredible natural musician. It's the music we have made that is telling us we're a big band and we will just have to wait and see what plans the music has for us." After his battle with addiction, Genn has every reason to be optimistic. The Hours' current single, Ali in the Jungle, has him sing: "It's the greatest comeback since Lazarus." One would be hard-pressed not to agree.
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- Francesca said...
'please adjust your dress before leaving' is hilarious! glad the info helped. x
p.s. love the dress in the post below, the pleated skirt especially. and pockets are essential!
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lindo todo aquí =)
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Increíble el baobab de tela!
Qué ganas de volver a LOndres a perderme por ahí.
Abrazos y buena semana
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Relate that to the position on Vietnam.
So, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, felt very strongly that we had a moral obligation, really, to take a position against the war in Vietnam. We saw people of color, poor people, struggling for self-determination, that we didn't have a right, ah, to go thousands and thousands of miles away or to send other people to bomb, to kill, to destroy, and we took a strong position against the war in Vietnam and encouraged the young men in SNCC not to support the draft.
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Coming out of Bellville, Texas, Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner recorded some tough raw blues accompanying himself on guitar and harmonica. Bonner was schooled in the sounds of Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reedn and played a rack harp and often performed as a one-man band adding cymbals and/or drums to his act.
Like many rural blues singers, Bonner's first musical experiences were in singing spirituals as a child. He took up the guitar when he was about 13 years old and began to build up his experience following a move to Houston a few years later where he won a talent contest that led to a radio gig and local exposure. He journeyed to Oakland in 1956, cutting his debut single for producer Bob Geddin's Irma label (as Juke Boy Barner) before signing on to Goldband Records in 1960, where he was billed as the One Man Trio.Read more


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directory size using Net::FTP or ssh
Hi all,
I have user directories on a FTP server, and I am usign Net::FTP module to manage directories...
I can find the file size using ftp->size(); function but i am unable to get the directory size.
I am trying to do as under:
my $ftp = Net::FTP->new("127.0.0.1", Debug => 0) or die "Cannot connect to FTP Server: $@"; # connect
Please let me know How I can find the directory size.
Also, can someone tell me how to get the directory size from an FTP Server using
ssh. I want to the Unix du command to get the directory size as it will be a lot faster.
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You can't get the size of the directory using Net::FTP. FTP doesn't transmit the size of a directory, you have to do a recursive calculation to get the size of a directory.
Use a command line FTP tool to view a FTP directory listing, it never shows the size of the directory.
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Thanks pradeep,
I have written a recursive routine to calculate directory size and it works great. Hope it proves helpful for others.
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Re: directory size using Net::FTP or ssh
Really cool Rakish, but this will recurse only 1 level into the directory hierarchy, what if it has more than 1 levels?
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Rakish, check this out http://www.go4expert.com/showthread.php?t=2348
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I've ate here numerous times. I always order the lean brisket and side of bacon with green beans. The waitress does need to indicate a gluten allergy on the ticket. I'm extremely sensitive to contamination and I've never had a reaction here.
I'm new to this place, but I was impressed with my meal, had half chicken with their vegetables and more. Not a dedicated gf menu but accommodating, friendly, knowledgable staff. Waitress was good looking too. The fryer is shares so be aware. Atmosphere is wonderful.
yum...has a small of what does contain gluten...amazing bbq
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I've been there twice since. Being diagnosed celiac. They are very knowledgable here! Even the waitstaff! There's so much here that's gluten fee it's incredible. Definitely loved both visits!
I've spent a long time trying to find good BBQ around Detroit. I've been to Slow's, Union wood shop, and red smoke. I thought they were all under smoked and not very good. Lockhart's is SOLID. I tried all the meats, they were all great except for the sausage. The ribs and brisket stood out as some of the best I've had. The sausage was not very good but good enough that I sill ate it the next day. Their collard greens were prepared fresh and were delicious. The brown beans were not very good. The sauces were pretty on point one could argue for another competing restaurant's sauce but that's about it The meal did cause me to take a four hour nap even though I saved most my ribs, sausage, and a little pulled pork.
In one word, Amazing! This is delicious bbq, and we lived in Texas for many years and had our fair share of good bbq. In fact, they do not have a gluten free menu but it is actually a glutenful menu. It shows a handful of items that have gluten while the rest of the menu is gluten free. If you love bbq or just like it, you will enjoy Lockhart's. I had a sampler plater while my wife indulged on pork tacos.
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Pioneer Hotel Legend.
The Legend of the Pioneer Hotel!
It was a disturbing time in Lubbock, Texas, in 1958. The town was already stirred up after the strange unexplicable
dissaperence of two Lubbockites the previous year. It was January 16, 1958, when a tourist couple from Nebraska came
to stay at the brand new Pioneer Hotel. What took place that night, was the start of one of the most disturbing killing
sprees in the state of Texas. The Nebraska couple had spent a day just wandering around Lubbock. That night, they were
asleep in thier hotel room on the 4th floor when the stranger sneaked in to their room and tied their necks to the bed
and hanged the couple outside of thier hotel room. No one saw the man enter the room or leave it, and stranger, no one
heard any noise coming from that room. After weeks of investigation, the police found no evidence of who could have
commited the murder and found no sign of how the killer got into the room. So they decided to leave the case alone.
A few weeks later, a man from California stayed at the hotel for the night. He was just passing through this small
town when his car got a flat tire on the back right wheel. So he took the car to the first shop he found, and due
to the lack of speed of the shop, he had to stay over night. He found the closest hotel with the cheapest room. This
hotel just happened to be the pioneer, and the cheapest room just happened to be the one on the 4th floor. The man had
no idea of the history of the room or hotel, so he went in to have a night of rest and maybe make the meeting in Dallas the
next day. According to the police report, it wasnt a very peaceful night. This murder im not going to elaborate
on for the details are just a bit gorry. But the investigation started the same, and ended the same with no explination.
There was one more murder in the hotel, and again, it was in the same room on the 4th floor. the investigation started
the same and ended the same, no evidence of any kind. so after much consideration, and no explination of how it happened,
and no murderer, they decided to close down the hotel. But, this is not the end of the story. In the late 70's there
were a total of 3 deaths in the hotel. All of the victims were high schoolers looking to have fun in the "haunted" hotel.
But, the murders weren't all in the same floor.
One kid was found on the stairs, almost all of his bones were broken and looked as if he had been pushed down the flight
of stairs. All the kid's friends that were there at the time had the same story, and this was the same for the girl who was
found there three months later. The story was that they had seen a man and got frightened, so they started running.
The man heard them and started yelling and followed them to the stairs. Their friend didnt make it that far, and heard him
screaming, but then it had stopped, and when they went back to find him, they made it to the staris, and there he was. The
story was the same for the girl and her friends. The third kid had an overdose in the room ont the 4th floor. There was
no mystery to that.
That is the story of the Pioneer Hotel. They say that if you make it on to the 4th floor, you can see the murderer hanging
the couple from Nebraska. Then he will start to chase you.
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With the authorization and encouragement of President
Neal C. Wilson and the other officers of the General
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the Ministerial
Association has undertaken to prepare this volume to furnish
reliable information on the beliefs of our church. It would
be difficult for any one author to state the beliefs of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church comprehensively and accurately.
But individual authors, rather than committees, write the
best books. So we have combined the efforts of many with the
efforts of one person, P.G. Damsteegt, who had the task of
preparing the initial draft of each chapter.
Damsteegt, a unique blend of scholar and evangelist, was
born and reared in the Netherlands. After finding Christ
while serving as an aeronautical engineer in the Dutch Air
Force, he pursued a theological education in Europe and the
United States. In 1977 he was granted a Doctor of Theology
degree from the Free Reformed University of Amsterdam for a
historical-theological and missiological study of the
Biblical foundations of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Damsteegt presently teaches at the Seventh-day Adventist
Theological Seminary of Andrews University in Michigan.
A Christ-centered manuscript on Adventist doctrines
prepared by Norman Gulley, professor of religion at Southern
College of Seventh-day Adventists, provided both inspiration
and material for this volume. In addition, it has had the
benefit of thousands of hours of research among Adventist
and non-Adventist sources and thorough evaluation and
discussion by various committees.
The church's ten world divisions selected a committee of
194 persons who went over each chapter, suggesting
corrections, additions, and deletions. A smaller committee
of 27 church leaders, theologians, and pastors met regularly
with Damsteegt to give additional supervision to the
preparation of this work.
Among the many who gave special attention to this volume,
sharing their counsel, checking sources, researching
materials, rewriting, and editing, are Roy Adams, C.E.
Aeschlimann, Philippe Augendre, Francis Augsburger, Samuele
Bacchiocchi, Roberto Badenas, B.B. Beach, Enrique Becerra,
Bekele Biri, P. Bolling, F.A. Botomami, DeWayne Boyer, C.E.
Bradford, G.W. Brown, Walton J. Brown, Jetro Fernandes de
Carvalho, D.W.B. Chalale, Gordon Christo, Gerald Christo,
Paul Clerc, J.N. Coffin, P.J. Colquhoun, Robert Cunningham,
A.D.C. Currie, Raoul Dederen, P.M. Diaz, O.C. Edwards, Rex
D. Edwards, W.H. Endruveit, Duncan Eva, A.J. Ferch, Philip
Follett, Marsha Frost, E.R. Gane, A.A. Godfrey, Clifford
Goldstein, Norman Gulley, C.B. Hammond, H.G. Harker, Gerhard
Hasel, R.R. Hegstad,Hans Heinz, Bekele Heye, D.B. Hills, B.
Holanger, Frank Holbrook, Minoru Inada, Rolando Itin, W.G.
Johnsson, Bruce Johnston, Erwin Kilian, G.E. Knowles, Rubens
Lessa, M.E. Loewen, Enrico Long, Edwin Ludescher, S.H.
Makaleta, David Marshall, P. Maynard-Reid, D.P. McClure,
Lyndon McDowell, John H. McFarlane, K.J. Mittleider,
Jerry Moon, Haroldo Moran, Joaquim Morgado, Ekkehardt
Mueller, Baraka Muganda, Eric Murray, A. Mustard, Ira
Nation, R.R. Ndhlovu, Ralph Neall, J.D. Newman, D.M. Niere,
R.W. Nixon, J.J. Nortey, Etzer Obas, S.O. Omulo, Jan
Paulsen, Leon Phillips, Chek Yat Phoon, L.D. Raelly, Alex
Rantung, George W. Reid, Leslie Rhys, George E. Rice, David
Ripley, C.B. Rock, Mrs. Nel Rogers, Reinhard Rupp, W.C.
Scales, Walter Schultschik, Neal Scott, W.R.L. Scragg, W.H.
Shea, H.C. Shin, Georges Steveny, R.A. Tabingo Yoshibumi
Takahashi, R.W. Taylor, Brad Thorp, L.P. Tolhurst, James D.
Unger, Leo Van Dolson, Lutz Vollrath, Werner and Nancy
Vyhmeister, Loron Wade, A. V. Wallenkampf, M.H. Wauran, Joao
Wolff, Yukio Yokomizo, James Zachary, and Z.M. Zubaid.
Laurel Damsteegt, a trained Bible scholar, gave constant
counsel and encouragement to her husband and, along with
Mary Louise Mc Dowell, did the extensive word processing
required to prepare the preliminary manuscripts. And
Ministry editors David Jarnes and Kenneth Wade did most of
the final editing and setting up of the manuscript for
Special tribute should be paid to J.R. Spangler, associate
secretary of the Ministerial Association and editor of
Ministry magazine. Dreams too seldom become tangible. His
did. You hold it in your hands. Without his vision this book
would not likely have been conceived. Without his
persistence it would not have been published.
W. Floyd Bresee
Secretary, Ministerial Association
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists


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Antitrust Antitrust Antitrust Bring Back Antitrust
After 18 years in operation, after a federal law mandating that hospitals work to prevent needle-stick, and after two successful lawsuits resulting in BD paying more than $400 million for violating anti-monopoly statutes, Retractable Technologies made only $34 million in global sales last year. BD, with an inferior, more expensive product, sold $8.4 billion, the payouts to its competitor serving only as the cost of doing business. In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control estimated 380,000 needle-sticks at hospitals every year. Today, they estimate 385,000. "You turn on the TV and watch politicians talk about unleashing the power of the free market, that's absurd," Shaw says. "The American public is being denied a free market, being denied competition."We need a new antitrust for a new predatory era.
Ping City
Net Neutrality: Cats, Comcast, Cost and Comments
John Oliver and Last Week Tonight do an extended piece on Net Neutrality.
Landlines? Who needs them?!?
"(TL;DR summary: AT&T is buying entire legislatures to rewrite the laws to allow them to become a fully unregulated company with no wholesale obligations, creating a de-facto monopoly. They can (and likely will) use it to squash or hurt wireless competitors as well, as they're permitted to favor their own subsidiaries with the network built and created over a hundred plus year monopoly, and Comcast is fully on-board because they'd like to split the market created when all their competitors are dead)" Paul Timmins, the telco nerd behind TelcoData.US (Previously), expounds on how the big players in the telecom business (AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast) are ruining the future of connectivity in the US.
Is this a new law?
New anti-piracy system will hit U.S. Internet users next week. And here's a primer on the Copyright Alerts System (CAS) or six strikes system, also from the Daily Dot.
These Are The Prices AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Charge For Cellphone Wiretaps. After a flurry of public records requests to over 200 police departments, the ACLU has obtained a trove of documents detailing police tracking of cell phone location, call logs and more, including a price list for subscriber information from every major US carrier. [more inside]
All I want is to be left alone in my average home... But why do I always feel I'm in the twilight zone?
In August 2011, 35 ACLU affiliates filed 381 requests in 32 states with local law enforcement agencies seeking to uncover when, why and how they are using cell phone location data to track Americans. So how long do American cell phone carriers retain information about your calls, text messages, and data use? According to data gathered by the US Department of Justice, it can be as little as a few days or up to seven years, depending on your provider. (Via / More)
Oligopolypse Now
Even after the Justice Department announced attempts to block AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile, many see a heightened chance of it going through if T-Mobile is weakened. AT&T, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile have hired a bunch of former U.S. government officials to try to complete the deal, with Verizon's CEO cheering them on. Yesterday, T-Mobile's CMO Cole Broadman seems to have just blogged a major upcoming weakness - no iPhone 5. Sprint opposes the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, and is tying its fate to being the sole iPhone 5 carrier with unlimited data. Today Apple sent invites out for an event this coming Tuesday where the details of the next iPhone are set to be revealed.
Pay what they want, or don't play (flash games) at all
"The U.S.A. Is Only A Few Minutes Wide"
Wired: "Who 'Ruled the Air' in 1910, and Who Rules It Now?". Also see: Vintage AdBrowser (Previously): Communications Ads of the: 1910's, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's.
Apple jailbreaks itself
Apple Inc. is making a version of its iPhone that Verizon Wireless will sell early next year, according to people familiar with the matter, ending an exclusive deal with AT&T and sharpening the competition with Google Inc.-based phones. [more inside]
AT&T Just Killed Unlimited Wireless Data (and Screwed Everybody in the Process) AT&T is likely just the first, since carriers rarely do anything alone (like when everybody launched unlimited voice calling in lockstep), and Verizon's CTO has rumbled that plans with "as much data as you can consume is the big issue that has to change." And so it is.
AT&T Network Better Than You Think
According to an article in yesterday's NY Times, AT&T's network is much better than our conventional wisdom (or Verizon's marketeers) thought. And, that perhaps the issue with iPhones and coverage is really the fault of the iPhone itself, not AT&T's network.
The Year of Net Neutrality
We're only two weeks into the year, but net neutrality issues hit the ground running. The FCC already has three different inquiries open. (also) (previously) The 700 Mhz auction threatens to disrupt an already converging telecom industry. AT&T's post-merger commitment to net neutrality ends this year, and they plan to test the filtering waters, despite recently opposing the practice. And today, a leaked memo revealed that Time Warner will test tiered internet services soon. The Internet as we know it, and communications in general, might be headed for some major changes in 2008.
Is Traditional Phone Service Doomed?
Verizon goes Vonage? ATT, announced this week that it's giving up on residential phone service. And here, from the look of it, Verizon is starting to offer what I believe is Internet-based phone service. Is the Internet the future of phone?
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q264 High Profile Quality Variation
(Click thumbnails to open the full-size images.)
These show the PSNR of q264 High profile across the three test machines. These show the relationship of the different speed-quality settings so that future charts can use only one of the settings to avoid clutter. For q264, speed-quality (usage) value 4 looks like a reasonable choice to represent the overall PSNR.
q264 Quality
One of the main questions to answer is how does Haswell's HD Graphics 4600 quality compare to the prior generations.
These compare the PSNR between the different CPUs at speed-quality setting 4 (the middle one). Haswell's Baseline profile quality at setting 4 is essentially the same quality as Ivy's. More importantly, Intel's newer Haswell architecture shows a relatively large increase in encoded video quality for the Main and High profiles.
q264 Speed
These compare the speed between the different CPUs at speed-quality setting 4 (the middle one).
Surprisingly, for the Baseline profile has1 is slower than both ivy1 and sb1. Perhaps Intel has de-emphasized the Baseline profile in their design due to its relatively lower importance to customers. It may be that relatively few customers are using Baseline because even mobile devices support the more complex profiles.
Beyond the Baseline profile, it looks like Haswell's HD 4600 sacrifices some speed to get the increase in quality over Ivy Bridge's HD 4000. Note that that ivy1 has a 3.5 GHz base clock and has1 has a 3.4 GHz base clock. That accounts for some of the drop, but not much.
Given that Quick Sync is very fast but has typically been lower quality this speed sacrifice for higher quality makes sense. And in fact it would have been nice to push this trade-off even further at the higher quality settings given that the user can choose the speed-quality setting that suits them.
HD 4000 (Ivy) vs HD 4600 (Haswell): High Profile Quality and Speed Spreads
These somewhat cluttered charts compare the speed and quality of encoding between the Ivy Bridge and Haswell chips at various speed-quality settings for the High and Main profiles. Haswell has Ivy well covered in the PSNR domain; even the fastest Haswell encode is higher quality than the highest quality Ivy Bridge encode.
The speed charts show that Haswell covers a much wider range of speeds, with that range centered slower than Ivy.


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