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"When is the last time you heard a vendor proudly say that their product or service was closed and proprietary? However, it also seems that every time a new IT architecture sweeps through the market [...], the lessons of the critical value of standards needs to be relearned."
Matthew Gardiner, writing about security standards for cloud applications, gives a shrewd account of the eternal tension between the idea of standards and the actual implementation of standards. "Why is it," he says, "that everyone loves standards in concept, including those for security, but often standards definition and deployment is less than speedy? Why doesn't everyone involved just pull together and solve this obvious problem now, instead of waiting until we are all suffering from lack of standards?"
One answer he gives is a lack of vision on the part of the customer. It's a controversial remark, but made with justice. Gardiner is referring to a lack of long-term thinking on the part of customers, who use proprietary interfaces because that's what's available from vendors. The need to take decisions for today rather than tomorrow has the unfortunate consequence of making tomorrow worse than it needs to be.
And there's a vicious circle here. If customers buy proprietary because that's what's available, then vendors have no incentive to shift to standards. In fact they have every incentive to focus on protecting their proprietary intellectual property and targeting market share over long-term customer value.
Happily, I see standards organizations not as third parties in this dilemma, but as agencies of the industry. Good standards bodies represent the needs and goals of the customers. They work to reconcile and balance the requirements of all stakeholders in the industry. They can therefore be a more considered, aggregated voice for the customer community.
But I must stress that this benefit extends to vendors too. As players in the development and implementation of standards, vendors get to contribute to the forward engineering of the industry's capabilities. Instead of competing for market share based on proprietary offerings, they can work to continually raise the baseline of performance across the industry – and then compete on real value-adds in a much larger market.


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"The Canyons" is one of those movies that makes you feel worse just for having watched it.
This isn't because it stars James Deen, an actual porn star, or Lindsay Lohan, whose private life and the public consumption of it have become a spectacle that approaches pornography, if not surpassing it.
It's because Paul Schrader, the once-brilliant screenwriter of such films as "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull," has fashioned a movie that seems to exist to be repugnant. Maybe that's the point; it was written by Bret Easton Ellis. Nearly every character in this movie is unlikable.
Schrader uses, at the beginning of the movie and at various points throughout, images of broken-down, closed theaters. What's he illustrating here? The death of film? Something important like that? He's probably trying to, but it'll take a smarter person to tell you how it fits. (Short answer: It doesn't.) But if film is on its deathbed, "The Canyons" isn't going to do anything to resuscitate it.
Lohan plays Tara, the girlfriend of Christian (Deen), a trust-fund kid who, in an effort to keep his father off his back, wants to make a slasher movie. On Tara's advice, he hires Ryan (Nolan Gerard Funk), an inexperienced actor and the boyfriend of Christian's assistant, Gina (Amanda Brooks), as the lead actor. The joke, if it is one, is that Christian and Tara don't even like movies that much.
The four of them sit around a restaurant table in a seemingly endless opening scene, facing the camera, talking, talking, talking. Christian brags about how he and Tara troll the Internet for sex partners, and later that night they do just that. It's tawdry by intent, but hardly provocative. Or interesting, even.
Christian suspects Tara of cheating on him with Ryan, even as he cheats on Tara with Cynthia (Tenille Houston), who once shared acting classes with Ryan because, you know, only about six or seven people live in LA. This leads to all manner of melodrama, danger and, most horrifying of all, incriminating texting.
Oh, maybe there's some murder and stuff in there, too.
Once you get past the novelty of Deen's casting (and he's not terrible as the increasingly unhinged Christian), all eyes turn to Lohan. She has become a punch line for a generation, but beneath the chuckles there is a real sadness. She showed genuine promise as a young Disney star but infamously wasted her talents in the endless pursuit of ... well, it depends on which tabloid you read. Whatever the case, every mile she has driven herself is etched on her face. She looks tired, worn out, and you have to believe it isn't just the character.
For its tiny budget (much of it funded by a Kickstarter campaign), Schrader's film looks good, in a sterile way. And there's the watching-a-car-wreck fascination that Lohan provides (even though she's the most talented actor here by an order of magnitude).
All that does not a movie make. But as an exercise in depression, "The Canyons" excels.
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† Actual dislocation of the hip, with the femoral head lying completely out of the acetabulum, seldom exists at birth. It develops as a gradual process that should be watched for throughout the first year of life in every child. The possibility of recognizing at birth the dysplastic hips that will progress to subsequent dislocation was investigated by (1) examining 3,500 newborn infants specifically for skeletal deformities and (2) securing pelvic roentgenograms from 150 unselected newborn infants for a study of normal dimensions, averages, and ranges. It was found that in the newborn infant the usual physical criteria (such as unilateral shortening of the extremity) for the diagnosis of congenial hip dysplasia are inadequate and unreliable and that discrepancies between the clinical and the x-ray findings (such as a high acetabular index) were distressingly frequent. Congenital hip dysplasia was diagnosed in 32 of the 3,500 infants. It is impossible as yet to tell which joints will become stable spontaneously, which will persist as subluxations, and which will progress to frank dislocations. Since the treatment is simple, it should be applied in all cases that suggest a hip dysplasia.
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One of two southern New Mexico girls accused of killing their foster mother faces a murder trial now that a plea agreement has been scrapped.
Desiree Linares and fellow 16-year-old Alexis Shields are accused of smothering Evelyn Miranda in her San Patricio home in 2011 and of stealing her car, cellphone and computer.
Linares withdrew her no -contest plea to first-degree murder and multiple other charges.
The plea agreement called for her to be held as a juvenile under age 21.
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30,000 Nicaraguan Students Receive Free Laptops
Thanks to the One Laptop Per Child program, 30,000 Nicaraguan students from low-income neighborhoods are starting school this fall with their own laptops. A representative of the Zamora Terán Foundation, distributor of the laptops, says that eventually the organization plans to give all 600,000 of the country's grade school students their own computer.
The program's XO laptops are designed for learning and come equipped with 52 educational activities, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a camera. Schools that participate in the program are set up with a free Wi-Fi connection.
Despite he controversies that have surrounded free laptop programs in other countries, teachers in Nicaragua say the program helps increase student enrollment.
"Enrollment is up 15% since we started providing the computers because the children get excited about receiving a device like this," says Martha Patricia Hernández, director of the San Francisco de Asís School in Diriamba, which has participated in the program since 2010. Hernández notes that without One Laptop Per Child, computers would be unaffordable for her students and their families.
Teachers and school directors also receive a laptop as part of the program. According to Hernández, this allows educators to conduct research and stay updated with the latest educational practices.
Félix Garrido, Zamora Terán's director of education and operations, says that the goal of One Laptop Per Child is to transform Nicaragua's educational landscape. Currently only 56% of Nicaraguan students finish grade school. In 2013, according to the Global Information Technology Report, Nicaragua ranked 125th out of 144 countries in the capacity to use information technology.
Worldwide, over 2.4 million children use laptops provided by the One Laptop Per Child program.
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Create this fun birthday invitations for your next party. The colors are vibrant, the stamping is easy to do and the beadlets make the card spring to life.
- "Let's Party" stamp set by Stampin' Up, or something similar
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- Two 4" x 6" Treasure Tape sheets
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- White cardstock, 4.25" x 5.5"
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- Using the Spectrum stamp pad, stamp "Let's Party", cakes, presents, and the party hats on the white cardstock.
- Peel back the white liner and lay the 4" x 6" Treasure Tape sheet on the white cardstock you just decorated.
- Cut the white taped cardstock with your scissors in a slightly curved pattern, to be about 1/4 to 1/2 inch smaller than your card front.
- Peel off the red liner and begin decorating your rubber-stamped areas by laying the flat-backed cabochons on the hats, cake and present images.
- Using the various colors of Braid, lay the thread on the images as if to replicate bows, pom-poms etc. Use our photo as a guide.
- Lay the 1/16" Ribbon all around the edge of the white cardstock.
- When thread decorating is complete, lay your card in the shallow pan and cover all remaining sticky areas with the Diamond Beadlets.
- Using strips from your other Treasure Tape sheet, attach the decorated white cardstock to the center front of your orange card.
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Found this when reading today that Chris Hughton, former Birmingham City manager, wrote a column for the Workers Revolutionary Party. Some interesting and at times controversial names included. Definitely worth a look.
I had been thinking of compiling a team of past and present footballers who happened to have interesting or even extreme politics. Of course, problems arose. Would a fascist winger track back to help out a commie fullback? Would that fullback overlap for the winger? The answer is: probably. Nevertheless I decided to make two teams – one with vaguely right-wing sensibilities, from Thatcherites to full-blown Nazis; and the other made up of old-school socialists, squatters and even a Situationist prankster (kind of).
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As the delighted owner of six fleshlights, I don't know how a list showing different pleasure or intensity ratings make any sense - each one is SO pleasurable and intense that my toes curl with pleasure during every masturbation session. I am 60 years old, have a beautiful wife who gives me absolutely GREAT blowjobs, and yet I am always amazed at how great each fleshlight feels. My collection consists of:
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Each sleeve has its own unique feel and I love each of them. Each is very intense and very pleasurable. Each certainly rivals a real bj in just tactile stimulation. Of course, it doesn't come close to the pleasure of a true, loving human partner, but the pure sensation that the fleshlights deliver is amazing to me. I have a difficult time rating one over another, because each one is so good! If I get any more, I would probably get a lotus garden and a sword for their different textures. Thank you , forum, for your advice (especially powerhouse and GayKazoo) for helping me make these choices. If you have any suggestions for additional sleeves, please tell me. I am into intense texture all the way!


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One of the most influential and prolific Italian writers of the twentieth century, Pirandello is a pivotal figure in the development of both modern theatre and narrative. Concerned with crucial themes such as the relativity of truth, the multiplicity of identity, and the fallacy of human reason, Pirandello's writing explores the enigmatic and grotesque spectacle of modern life. His poetic and philosophy was so peculiar that his name turned into an adjective, a privilege granted to very few artists. The abundance of his production, the variety of the genres he used, and the controversial nature of his worldview place Pirandello among the most important authors of European Modernism, a writer whose theatrical accomplishments had an …
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Zurn Pipe Fittings Class Action Settlement
By Mike Holter
Thousands of homeowners may qualify to participate in a $20 million class action lawsuit settlement over defective plumbing systems manufactured by Zurn Pex, Inc. and Zurn Industries LLC.
The Zurn plumbing settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit known as In re: Zurn Pex Plumbing Products Liability Litigation that alleges Zurn sold defective F1807 Pipe Fittings between 1996 and 2010 that prematurely degrade, leak and cause damage as a result of corrosion. The class action lawsuit also claims that the warranty Zurn provided with these F1807 Fittings should pay for repairs related to their alleged failures. It is seeking money damages for current and former owners of structures containing the defective Zurn pipe fittings and a court order requiring Zurn to honor future warranty claims for damage resulting from the F1807 Fittings.
Zurn denies any wrongdoing but has agreed to a $20 million class action lawsuit settlement to avoid ongoing litigation.
Class Members of the Zurn class action settlement include any person or entity that owns or owned a building or property containing brass crimp fittings and connectors manufactured to ASTM standard F1807 and which were made from a type of brass commonly known as "yellow brass." People and entities that paid for damage or repairs caused by a leak of a Zurn F1807 fitting or connector may also file a claim in this settlement.
You can tell if your plumbing system contains Zurn's F1807 Fittings because they are stamped with "Qpex." The fittings (known as QestPEX Crimp System, Qicksert fittings, and Qick/Sert insert fittings) can be located at joints in the plastic pipe. You can learn more about the F1807 Fittings by visiting www.PlumbingFittingSettlement.com.
Class Members that experienced at least one leak in a Zurn F1807 Fitting due to corrosion or are able to demonstrate through a "flow test" that corrosion is causing a differential in water flow of more 50% between the hot and cold lines of one or more system fixtures are eligible to seek benefits under the Zurn plumbing fittings class action lawsuit settlement.
These benefits include, but are not limited to:
Payment of Property Damages Due to Leaks: Receive up to 60% of documented damage resulting from each leak (up to $100,000) that occur(ed) during the seven year claims period. You must provide proof of the presence of the F1807 Fittings in the subject property and documentation sufficient to support the claim (photographs, invoices, video, or other support) and establish that the root cause of the leak was corrosion of the Zurn F1807 Fittings. Claims filed without supporting documentation may not be paid.
Re-Plumbs of Structures that have Experienced Multiple Leaks: If you own a Small Structure or Medium Structure that has had two or more leaks prior to April 1, 2020, or a Large Structure that has had five or more leaks prior to April 1, 2020, whose root cause was corrosion of F1807 Fittings, you may request to have your plumbing system replaced by an approved contractor. The Claims Administrator will pay you up to 60% of the re-plumb cost, with the balance to be paid by you before the work is done.
For Small Structures and Medium Structures, such payment by the Claims Administrator will be subject to a cap of $7,000 and within an overall per claim cap (meaning the cost of re-plumb plus the cost paid due to the leak that led to the re-plumb) of $100,000. For Large Structures, the cap will be $100,000, including both the amounts paid for the re-plumb and the amounts paid as a result of property damage from the leak that led to the re-plumb.
If the third-party Remediation Contractor is unable to perform the re-plumb, or if you do not wish to use the Remediation Contractor to do the work or do not wish the re-plumb to be done with a Zurn Pex plumbing system, the Claims Administrator will pay a contractor of your choosing a cash equivalent out of the settlement fund equal to what the Settlement Agreement provides would have been paid to the Remediation Contractor for the work.
The ONLY way to receive any money benefits from the Zurn plumbing settlement is to submit a Claim Form with supporting documentation and information to the Claims Administrator by the appropriate deadline. For a leak or occlusion that occurs on or before April 1, 2013, Settlement Class Members must complete and submit a Claim Form no later than April 1, 2014 (the "Past Claims Deadline").
For a leak or occlusion that occurs after April 1, 2013, Settlement Class Members must complete and submit a Claim Form no later than 12 months after an eligible leak or occlusion occurs. However, no further claims will be allowed after April 1, 2020 (the "Future Claims Deadline").
Claim Forms and more information on your rights in the Zurn Plumbing Fitting Class Action Lawsuit Settlement can be found at www.PlumbingFittingSettlement.com.
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Social Security is going to start paying out more in benefits this year than it's collecting in taxes -- close to $29 billion more.
It will be Social Security's first deficit since it was over-hauled under former President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. Since then, the program has been taking in more money than it has been spending.
The problem is that the government has not been saving that extra money, it has been spending it.
"This is not just a wake-up call, this is it. We're here," said Mary Johnson, a policy analyst with the Senior Citizens League, an advocacy group. "We are not going to be able to put it off any more."
Now Washington will have to start borrowing money, much of it from foreign governments, to pay for the Social Security program for its senior citizens.
The government is expected to post a record $1.5 trillion budget deficit this year, with trillion dollar deficits to follow in the years to come.
The deficit begins just as baby boomers start retiring and some are worried it will lead to reduced benefits. Experts say that Social Security is projected to drain its trust funds by 2037 unless Congress formulates a plan of action.
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The "Trump train" was derailed in Wisconsin as voters in the Badger State gave Ted Cruz a major victory over "The Donald." The big question now is – are the Republicans headed for a contested convention this summer?


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[The Air Transport Association] appreciates that DOT shares our goal of providing safe, reliable transportation, treating customers fairly and providing the best service possible.
The airline industry supports increased communication and full transparency, ensuring that our customers always know exactly what they are getting every step of the way; and market forces – not additional regulations – are already providing customer benefits.
As the DOT statistics demonstrate, airlines already have made many service improvements and many of the regulations formalize procedures already in place, including prompt delay notification, one-way fare advertising, and irregular-operation contingency plans.
Here's the full statement. Looks pretty tame, doesn't it?
The other trade group, IATA, was a little annoyed by the new regs. In a statement sent to the press, it called the new rules "short-sighted" and predicted airline passengers might suffer as a result.
It's particularly unhappy with new rules that affect international airlines, saying, "This intervention into international airline business practices will result in increased cancellations, higher ticket prices and greater inconvenience for passengers."
The usual chorus of airline apologists was surprisingly quiet after the DOT's announcement.
And that has me worried.
If, as the government claims, these rules are so helpful to airline passengers, then we should see passengers doing backflips because they're so happy, and airlines threatening to sue the DOT for overregulating their business.
Instead, passengers are lukewarm to the new regs, wich failed to address the two most important issues to them (peanut allergies and fare transparency). They believe more regulations are needed.
And airlines? I think it's possible they are pleased with the government's actions. Sure, they have a few new rules to worry about. But on the big issue — disclosing their highly-profitable ancillary fees — they dodged a bullet.
Even with a supplemental rulemaking later this year that promises to clarify surcharges at the point of sale, the airlines still get to charge these unconscionable a-la-carte fees as they have been, through most of 2012.
That's another year of confusing and deceptive pricing — another year of ill-gotten profits.
Has the federal government just done the airline industry a big favor masquerading as new regulations?


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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
Part of our definition/description of what it means to be a living thing on Earth includes the assertion that living things are made of cells and cell products. In other words, we consider the cell to be a pretty fundamental structural aspect of life.
Cells in our world come in two basic types, prokaryotic and eukaryotic. "Karyose" comes from a Greek word which means "kernel," as in a kernel of grain. In biology, we use this word root to refer to the nucleus of a cell. "Pro" means "before," and "eu" means "true," or "good." So "Prokaryotic" means "before a nucleus," and "eukaryotic" means "possessing a true nucleus." This is a big hint about one of the differences between these two cell types. Prokaryotic cells have no nuclei, while eukaryotic cells do have true nuclei. This is far from the only difference between these two cell types, however.
Here's a simple visual comparison between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell:
This particular eukaryotic cell happens to be an animal cell, but the cells of plants, fungi and protists are also eukaryotic.
Despite their apparent differences, these two cell types have a lot in common. They perform most of the same kinds of functions, and in the same ways. Both are enclosed by plasma membranes, filled with cytoplasm, and loaded with small structures called ribosomes. Both have DNA which carries the archived instructions for operating the cell. And the similarities go far beyond the visible--physiologically they are very similar in many ways. For example, the DNA in the two cell types is precisely the same kind of DNA, and the genetic code for a prokaryotic cell is exactly the same genetic code used in eukaryotic cells.
Some things which seem to be differences aren't. For example, the prokaryotic cell has a cell wall, and this animal cell does not. However, many kinds of eukaryotic cells do have cell walls.
Despite all of these similarities, the differences are also clear. It's pretty obvious from these two little pictures that there are two general categories of difference between these two cell types: size and complexity. Eukaryotic cells are much larger and much more complex than prokaryotic cells. These two observations are not unrelated to each other.
If we take a closer look at the comparison of these cells, we see the following differences:
Examination of these differences is interesting. As mentioned above, they are all associated with larger size and greater complexity. This leads to an important observation. Yes, these cells are different from each other. However, they are clearly more alike than different, and they are clearly evolutionarily related to each other. Biologists have no significant doubts about the connection between them. The eukaryotic cell is clearly developed from the prokaryotic cell.
One aspect of that evolutionary connection is particularly interesting. Within eukaryotic cells you find a really fascinating organelle called a mitochondrion. And in plant cells, you'd find an additional family of organelles called plastids, the most famous of which is the renowned chloroplast. Mitochondria (the plural of mitochondrion) and chloroplasts almost certainly have a similar evolutionary origin. Both are pretty clearly the descendants of independent prokaryotic cells, which have taken up permanent residence within other cells through a well-known and very common phenomenon called endosymbiosis.
One structure not shown in our prokaryotic cell is called a mesosome. Not all prokaryotic cells have these. The mesosome is an elaboration of the plasma membrane--a sort of rosette of ruffled membrane intruding into the cell.
This diagram shows a trimmed down prokaryotic cell, including only the plasma membrane and a couple of mesosomes. A mitochondrion is included for comparison:
The similarities in appearance between these structures are pretty clear. The mitochondrion is a double-membrane organelle, with a smooth outer membrane and an inner membrane which protrudes into the interior of the mitochondrion in folds called cristae. This membrane is very similar in appearance to the prokaryotic plasma membrane with its mesosomes.
But the similarities are a lot more significant than appearance. Both the mesosomes and the cristae are used for the same function: the aerobic part of aerobic cellular respiration. Cellular respiration is the process by which a cell converts the raw, potential energy of food into biologically useful energy, and there are two general types, anaerobic (not using oxygen) and aerobic (requiring oxygen). In practical terms, the big difference between the two is that aerobic cellular respiration has a much higher energy yield than anaerobic respiration. Aerobic respiration is clearly the evolutionary offspring of anaerobic respiration. In fact, aerobic respiration really is anaerobic respiration with additional chemical sequences added on to the end of the process to allow utilization of oxygen (a very common evolutionary pattern--adding new parts to old systems). So it's pretty reasonable of biologists to think that a mitochondrion evolved from a once-independent aerobic prokaryotic cell which entered into an endosymbiotic relationship with a larger, anaerobic cell.
So is there any real evidence that the distant ancestors of mitochondria were independent cells? Quite a lot, actually. And of a very convincing type. Mitochondria (and chloroplasts, for that matter) have their own genetic systems. They have their own DNA, which is not duplicated in the nucleus. That DNA contains a number of the genes which are necessary to make the materials needed for aerobic cellular respiration (or photosynthesis, in the case of the chloroplast). Mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA molecules are naked and circular, like prokaryotic DNA. These organelles also have their own population of ribosomes, which are smaller and simpler than the ribosomes out in the general cytoplasm. Mitochondria and chloroplasts also divide on their own, in a manner similar to the binary fission of prokaryotic cells.
Then there's that interesting outer membrane, another feature chloroplasts share with mitochondria. The manners by which large objects enter cells automatically create an outer membrane (actually a part of the big cell's plasma membrane) around the incoming object.
This discussion suggests a very interesting question. Endosymbiosis is a very widespread phenomenon. The more we look, the more examples we find throughout the kingdoms of life. So, if a mitochondrion is the distant descendent of an independent prokaryotic cell, is it then an organism living inside a larger cell? Or is it just a part of that larger cell? Is it an independent organism or not?
Before you leap to a conclusion, think a bit. Certainly, mitochondria are absolutely dependent upon the cells in which they reside. Like any long-time endosymbiont, they long ago gave up many of the basic life processes needed for independent life. And the cells in which they reside are completely dependent upon their mitochondria, because the anaerobic respiration they could do without the mitochondria wouldn't provide nearly enough energy for the cell's needs. In fact, it's very probable that the evolution of big, complex eukaryotic cells wasn't possible until the "invention" of aerobic respiration.
But there are many endosymbiotic relationships in nature which are just as interdependent. For example, no termite could survive without the population of endosymbionts that lives inside its guts, digesting its woody diet for it. And the protists and bacteria that make up that population can't survive outside the termite. Complete interdependency.
Now, the termite and its passengers look a lot more like independent creatures to us than a cell and its mitochondria. But they are actually no more independent of each other. So if we decide that the mitochondrion is just a part of the cell, then don't we have to also decide that the endosymbionts inside the termite's guts are just parts of the termite? If not, how do we justify insisting that there's a difference?
Before you get too frustrated trying to sort this out, allow me to relieve your mind. There is, in fact, no answer to this question. Just the reinforcement of a very important lesson. Despite our human need to sort our world into neat, clean categories, the real universe often doesn't cooperate, and this is just such a case. We want to be able to decide "two separate organisms" or "parts of the same organism" in cases like this, but reality shows us that there are many situations which fall somewhere between these two categories. This is a lesson we learned when we examined the "alive" vs "not alive" issue, and again when we tried to decide how to functionally describe species. We want neat categories; nature doesn't cooperate.


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Hundreds of companies around the world were involved in the production of slide rules from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Click on one of the names below to see the objects in this collection that were associated with that firm.
"Slide Rules - Index by Makers & Retailers" showing 2 items.
Relay/Ricoh Duplex Slide Rule for Lutz (151P)
- Description
- This ten-inch, two-sided bamboo rule is coated on all sides with white plastic and has a plastic indicator with white plastic edges. Metal L-shaped endpieces hold the rule together. On one side, the base has LL/0, L, K, A, D, DI, P, and LL0 scales, with B, S, ST, T, and C scales on the slide. The top left edge of the base has a date stamp: Q.S–3. The right end of the slide is marked: LUTZ (/) NO.151P. It is also marked U.S. The bottom right corner of the base is marked: MADE IN JAPAN.
- On the other side, the base has LL/1, LL/2, LL/3, DF, D, LL3, LL2, and LL1 scales, with CF, CIF, CI, and C scales on the slide. The rule fits in an orange leather case marked on the flap: LUTZ (/) SLIDE RULE. Inside the flap is written in pen: PHIL (/) KRUPEN (/) 9518 SEMINOLE ST (/) SILVER SPRING, MD. The back of the case is marked: MADE IN JAPAN.
- The Lutz Company began to manufacture drawing instruments and artists' materials in Guttenberg, N.J., around 1892. After World War II, the firm imported slide rules made in Japan by Ricoh Measuring Instruments (known from 1948 to 1950 as the Nippon Slide Rule Company, from 1950 to 1958 as Relay Industries, and from 1958 to 1963 as San-Ai Measuring Instruments). The letter Q in the date stamp suggests that the slide rule was made in 1968. Compare to 2009.0019.02; unlike this rule, that rule defines the mathematical meaning of each scale.
- The physicist Philip Krupen (1915–2001) donated this slide rule to the Smithsonian in 1986. Krupen received his B.S. degree from Brooklyn College in 1935, worked on the development of the proximity fuze during and after World War II, earned a master's degree in physics from George Washington University, and spent a total of 38 years working for the U.S. government before his retirement in 1973.
- References: State of New Jersey, Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey (Trenton: T. F. Fitzgerald, 1902), 296–297; Paul Ross, "Relay/Ricoh Slide Rules," Journal of the Oughtred Society 9, no. 2 (2000): 64; "Philip Krupen," Washington Post, February 23, 2001, B07.
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- date made
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- maker
- Ricoh Measuring Instruments
- ID Number
- 1986.0790.04
- accession number
- 1986.0790
- catalog number
- 1986.0790.04
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Ricoh Duplex Slide Rule Sold by Staedtler-Mars (944-24)
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- Numerous slide rule manufacturers also sold rules made by other companies. For instance, the German pencil-manufacturer Staedtler, which used the trade name Mars for slide rules, marketed this ten-inch bamboo rule coated with white plastic and held together with metal L-shaped endpieces. Staedtler's own rules had distinctive light blue slides, but this rule is entirely white. It was made as model 151 between about 1960 and 1972 by the Japanese firm known as San-Ai Measuring Instruments and then as Ricoh Measuring Instruments. Several companies besides Staedtler sold these rules, including Lutz.
- On one side, the base has LL/1, LL/2, LL/3, DF, D, LL3, LL2, and LL1 scales, with CF, CIF, CI, and C scales on the slide. The right end of each scale identifies the meaning of the letters, i.e., the C and D scales are marked with an x. The right end of the slide has the company logo of a Greek soldier's head and is marked: STAEDTLER (/) MARS (/) 944 24. On the other side, the base has LL/0, L, K, A, D, DI, P, and LL0 scales, with B, S, ST, T, and C scales on the slide. The indicator is clear plastic with white plastic edges. The bottom edge of the rule is marked: JAPAN.
- The rule fits in a brown leather case with a loop for attaching to a belt. The flap is marked: STAEDTLER (/) MARS. The back bottom of the case is marked: JAPAN. A blue and white cardboard box is marked on the end: STAEDTLER MARS (/) 1 BAMBOO SLIDE RULE 944 24 (/) Duplex Log Log 10". See 2009.0019.02.01 for instructions. Compare to 1986.0790.04.
- The mathematician and theoretical computer scientist Harley Flanders received this instrument as a gift, but he never used it.
- References: "A Modern Brand Rich in Tradition," Staedtler, http://www.staedtler.com/brand_with_tradition_gb.Staedtler?ActiveID=3049; David A. Davis, "Relay/Ricoh Archive," http://www.oocities.org/usra482b/page3.html; Peter M. Hopp, Slide Rules: Their History, Models, and Makers (Mendham, N.J.: Astragal Press, 1999), 213.
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- date made
- 1960-1972
- maker
- Ricoh Measuring Instruments
- ID Number
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"Detectable levels of ammonia were reported at industrial sites to the west of the Orica facility," Orica said in a statement.
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"Early investigations show that the release was caused by the lifting of a relief valve on the ammonia plant, which has now been reset, and the plant is continuing to operate.
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May 7, 2006, 08:17 AM
My son has my SKS and I'm looking for a light handy replacement , thinking about a Ruger mini 30 . Anyone tell me the good/bad experiences you've had with yours , do you recommend or not .
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May 7, 2006, 08:48 AM
I've had one for years,stainless w/synthetic stock.I like it,reasonably accurate and works every time.I keep a little 4X fixed power scope on it,hits what I point it at.Sorta like an M1 carbine on steroids.
Ranger J
May 7, 2006, 05:32 PM
I have one but it is not nearly as accurate as my SKS. You might consider a Saiga.
lee n. field
May 7, 2006, 06:36 PM
My son has my SKS and I'm looking for a light handy replacement , thinking about a Ruger mini 30 .
Any reason not to get another SKS?
May 7, 2006, 08:43 PM
Any reason your not considering one of the many AK clones?
May 7, 2006, 08:52 PM
+1 on the Saiga.
May 7, 2006, 09:00 PM
+1 on another SKS, preferably Russian or Chinese.
May 7, 2006, 09:54 PM
I had a stainless one for awhile. It was fairly accurate until the barrel warmed up then the groups opened up quit a bit. It was kind of picky about what ammo i fed it. Didn't like Wolf ammo at all.
All in all it was an okay rifle. I finally traded it for a Yugo SKS, a Russian Mosin-Nagant M-44 and a hand full of cash. I'm much happier with the SKS.
May 7, 2006, 10:29 PM
I've never held one, but I wouldn't get one for defense based on the experiences of one crack-commando unit, the A-Team. They shoot thousands of rounds and never once hit anybody.
wayne in boca
May 8, 2006, 06:33 AM
Johnnytang,you are confusing the Mini 30 with the Mini 14.The reason the A-team couldn't hit anything is that the sun reflected off Mr. T's jewelry and got in their eyes.
May 8, 2006, 02:24 PM
I own several SKSes and a stainless Mini-30. With a single notable exception (a Chinese "commercial" SKS) average accuracy is a toss-up. With the stock magazines, so is reliability. Aftermarket "high-caps" are another matter in both. IME, one has to go through a sizeable number of them in order to come up with three or four reliable examples in both flavors.
The Mini with its shorter, lighter barrel does seem to open up the groups a bit more and sooner than an SKS with extended rapid-fire, but so what? You're not going to take either varminting down in Prairiedog Town, it doesn't really matter when plinking, and if you're in a real firefight you have more pressing matters to worry about (like having it go "bang" every single time it needs to, "how much ammo do I have on me?", and "how can I "GTFOH" with my skin intact?").
May 8, 2006, 09:11 PM
im sorry, but suggetting to a man a gun that he is trying to replace is extremely retarded.
a454me: if you want a mini-30 then go for it. great for youngsters and i find that they are great for hog patrtol too because they are reliable and handle simular to a short shotgun. and from a cold bore, its as good as any gun. the mini-30 is a little more limited in the magazine selection though.
May 8, 2006, 09:16 PM
i would say go for the mini-30 as well, for the simple fact that your son has the sks and if you ever want to shoot it than shoot his, and vise versa. i would rather have two different kinds of rifles over having two of the same type, especially when someone you know has one. when my dad gets a rifle or handgun then i normally don't get the same, just for the fact that we can shoot each others.
May 9, 2006, 10:27 AM
My Mini 30 would not cycle surplus ammo, only high $ rem. and other commercial ammo, I spoke with several gun shops and was told mini30s were known to have this problem, I loved the gun, but could not afford the high price ammo, ( I had purchased 500 surplus rounds that cycled perfectly through my SKS), I sold the thirty ...
Your thoughts please!
May 9, 2006, 12:38 PM
Mine feeds everything I put in it as long as I use the stock mag or the four 20-rounders I culled from the two dozen or so I tested. Surplus or commercial, ball, SP or HP, brass or steel cases.
If yours didn't, a trip back to Ruger would've fixed it and they have a well-deserved rep for making it right for their customers no matter what. They've even been known to refund shipping for egregious problems if the piece is new.
While I only know about a dozen folks who own Mini-30s personally, I've never heard from any of them that theirs had any chronic problems with mil-spec ammo. One surplus type or even a certain commercial brand, perhaps, but certainly not everything original mil-spec. FWIW, virtually all of them routinely use whatever mil-spec ball they can get cheapest with at least satisfactory results.
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Fashion business publication WWD names J.C. Penney CEO Johnson "newsmaker of the year"
Famous or infamous? Yes, he is that controversial inside retail circles and on Wall Street. We may need to wait until this time next year to know for sure if J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson being named "newsmaker of the year" is a good thing or a bad thing.
Johnson said he is ready for 2013 when "the fun begins," as more products, shops and brands fill Penney's stores.
That's what Johnson told influential fashion industry publication Women's Wear Daily which named him newsmaker of 2012 in its Monday issue.
When told of his selection, Johnson responded to WWD that he wasn't sure if it was "a good thing or a bad thing."
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"It's a good thing. Johnson has established himself as a retail iconoclast, willing to rewrite the rules of the game in his high-stakes reinvention of the 110-year-old Penney's. In terms of speed and scope, he's leading a retail overhaul of unprecedented proportions — resculpting Penney's prosaic selling floors into a "specialty department store" with ultimately 100 individual specialty shops within the box, adding better brands to modernize the mix while tossing out the dogs, and developing a cleaner, easier-to-navigate layout with coffee stops, gelato stands and high-tech advancements for service. He's also introduced a controversial everyday low "fair and square" pricing scheme that eliminated coupons and the high-low price promoting Penney's was addicted to, though clearances are still staged."
Over the weekend, traffic was brisk at Penney stores after it flooded email boxes with 20 percent off friends and family discounts. Shoppers are also showing up with coupons redeemed online from codes on the back of holiday buttons Penney has been passing out in stores since Black Friday.
Johnson, who was the industry trade publication's editors' pick, said he didn't "feel any pressure externally or from investors. I'm really focused on rebuilding J.C. Penney. We are not feeling any pressure other than doing the right thing for J.C. Penney."
Critics — armed with Penney's three consecutive quarters with sales declines of more than 20 percent — continue to pounce on Johnson. The stock is down 50 percent so far this year.


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Anyone know if the Lumines is the 'full' game or just the base XBLA on without all the extra modes that they sold as DLC?
I read someone said Amazon said it did. Now that i am looking myself Amazon says no, but i remember myself buying this awhile ago for the DLC. I'm almost positive it is on disc. I'll try to double check this afternoon if i can.
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I don't know how to avoid adding too much muscle but in general, people that are lacto-paleo, meaning they eat raw dairy including milk with their paleo/primal diet, tend to gain more muscle weight (and an extra layer of skin) than those that avoid it.
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Que Huong Restaurant
Que Huong Restaurant
4134 University Ave
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This weekend, I got a chance to check out Que Huong Restaurant. I've been wanting to check out Que Huong Restaurant since reading Dennis of A Radiused Corner's post. While a lot of the dishes looked really interesting in his post, the ones I thought looked most interesting were the different flavored wings.
I've also been wanting to expand my experience with Vietnamese food, since the only Vietnamese food I usually eat is pho. I know that there are quite a few posts by fellow San Diego bloggers on this spot, but I didn't get a chance to review them prior to my visit.
Once inside, I was pleasantly surprised by the decor. The place looked pretty nice, with a lot of large tables and the seats all had seat covers. There were a lot of interesting menu options.
We ordered Hanoi Style Grilled Snapper Cake. The snapper was served on a sizzling plate and accompanied by lettuce, rice noodles, pineapple, cucumbers, pickled carrots and a shrimp sauce.
I had expected actual fish cakes made out of snapper, but these just seemed to be fried pieces of snapper. The snapper by itself was really salty, but once wrapped in lettuce, some pineapple, pickled carrots, cucumbers and vermicelli, it wasn't too salty. I really liked the combination of so many flavors and thought they all worked well together. I didn't really like the shrimp sauce that you are supposed to dip the fish in.
W also ordered Marinated Deer Meat. I love deer meat and other gamey meats and was surprised to see it on the menu, so of course I had to order it. The meat was served on a sizzling plate with onions. The meat was gamey and you could definitely taste that it was deer. Sometimes when I get deer meat at a restaurant, the taste is so mild, it just tastes like beef.
We tried to order the eel with coconut sauce but they were out of it, which wasn't a big surprise. Eel has been really expensive lately and a lot of restaurants won't serve it or have raised their prices.
Finally, we got wings. We asked if we could do two different kinds, and they allowed us. We chose fish sauce wings and tamarind wings.
The tamarind wings were sweeter and crispier. I liked them.
The fish sauce wings tasted good too, but they also were more wet from the fish sauce. BF preferred the fish sauce wings. I preferred the tamarind ones.
When I left, I had to take a picture of the money tree I had seen when I entered. When I first arrived, I saw a small one. I thought it was so cool looking. It had little charms and money made into origami birds and butterflies hanging from the tree. As I went to take a picture, the waiter pointed out to me that they had a full size version for a better picture. I'm not sure how I missed such a big tree. Perhaps I need something like this in my house…
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Hey Kirbie – I'm glad you finally got to try Que Huong. The Cha Ca (fish dish) you had is much different from the traditional version, but it is pretty good. Personally, i prefer the fish sauce wings…..
Hi Kirbie, the shrimp sauce was too pungent for me too. But loved the dish, I think it was Cha ca thang long or something like that.. The smaller wings here are great.
hi kirbie – i love their fish sauce wings – they let us do the combo flavors too. i like the tamarind ones as well. the owner is really super nice. he comped us a banh xeo when we visited the 2nd time. i'd like to try that fish dish you had….looks pretty good!
my husband and i liked the pork and shrimp jack fruit salad with shrimp chips (this is actually pretty easy to make) and the banana blossom salad (okay, haven't tried making that – the banana blossom thing seems intimidating) and the caramel prawns in ginger and black pepper sauce. what i would give to have that sauce right now.
hi kirbie – i believe my first 2 posts are in my march archives, then the 3rd one in april (during my bday – we got shafted by the waiter because he wouldn't let us sit in a large round table with a lazy susan even though the restaurant was nearly empty).
i didn't like their banh xeo because it's too big and kind of messy. i like the smaller and crisper crepe at pho hiep grill in eastlake. of the wings, i liked the fish sauce ones a tiny bit better.


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Each Monday, I am including a clip of an interview with Lynn Anderson on this blog. In this particular interview, Lynn discusses some issues that are especially pertinent to any church leader (or anyone else). This particular clip deals with sexual temptation and ministry. Past videos have discussed "shepherding" and "loneliness."
Lynn Anderson has mentored, coached, and encouraged many church leaders. I encourage you to visit his website, "Mentornetwork.com" if you have not already done so. Check out his materials for training "shepherds." I used this material in our church and found it to be very helpful.
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Call for Papers: New challenges for the EU Internal Security Strategy
In addition to addressing ongoing issues in cross border policing, the EU's Internal Security Strategy has highlighted new areas for development within the EU cross border law enforcement framework. Changing political and security realities are also having an impact on the EU law enforcement landscape. This UACES funded collaborative conference on Policing and European Studies will be holding its third conference in order to explore these changes. This network plans to hold its third conference on this theme, on the 30th March 2012 at the University of Abertay Dundee.
We invite research papers (maximum of 6,000 words) from doctoral and early career researchers, as well as more established academics, practitioners and policy makers, from across a range of disciplines such as police and security studies, law, criminology and sociology, political science, International Relations, European studies, psychology, and management and organisational change.
Proposals for papers are invited covering these strands, in particular, but in no means confined to the following areas;
• Policing the border in a post-Stockholm Europe
• Policing human trafficking in the EU
• Policing economic crime in the EU
• Cybercrime and EU Policing - new technologies, new policing?
• Adapting to transnational policing.
Please send an abstract of 150 – 200 words to the organisers by the 18th November 11. You will be notified if your application is successful by Friday the 2nd December 11, with registration for the conference being opened after that date.
NB: Limited funding will be available to assist with expenses of PhD students / early career academics.
Please contact the conference organisers if you require further information as to this conference, or the research network generally.
Dr. Maria O'Neill, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Abertay Dundee, Bell Street, Dundee DD 1 1HG, Scotland, UK. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
For further details about this UACES collaborative research network see the UACES website http://www.uaces.org/networks/policing/index.php or the research network website at http://policingandeuropeanstudies.abertay.ac.uk/ .


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Tricare, the military's healthcare insurance provider, has launched a new online tool to help users determine if they are impacted by change to coverage areas set to take place later this year.
Military retirees younger than age 65 and surviving spouses can go to www.tricare.mil/psazip to see if they are affected by the Tricare changes. Starting Oct. 1, many of those living 40 or more miles from military medical facilities or base closure sites will be moved from Tricare Prime, a managed care program, to Tricare Standard, a fee-for-service health insurance option.
The move will impact more than 171,000 people, according to Tricare.
The website also offers information on approved contractors and includes a signup to receive alerts to other Tricare changes.
Tricare's provider in Alabama, Humana, now offers Tricare Prime throughout the state but that availability will shrink to the 40-mile zone this fall.
The change will not affect active-duty service members or their families or those using Tricare Remote.
There are four Medical Treatment Facilities in the state: Lyster Army Community Hospital at Ft. Rucker, Maxwell Air Force Base 42nd Medical Group in Montgomery, U.S. Coast Guard Clinic in Mobile and Fox Army Health Center at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.
According to the Pentagon, the move is expected to save some $45 million to $56 million per year.


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From the daily archives: Monday, May 3, 2010
Weekend Wear: Chambray and Lace
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Remember this dress? Here it is, out for a spin in my (very windy) neighborhood park. Despite the breeze, it's a nice change from the usual rooftop locale. Steven took these photos for me before an evening of grocery shopping followed by dinner at Little Star Pizza with friends. There's always a long […]
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Sounds like we're close to the finish line!
Thanks to Matthew A. C. Cohen, we now have a completely original (and fantastic!) score for the pilot. He's been working his tail off on this project, and it sounds... Read more
Screening date set!
I'm very excited to announce that a screening date has been set. Details in the mini-poster contained within this update. More details to come in January!
Picture lock!
Achievement unlocked! We are at picture lock. For those of you who are hearing that inexplicable combination of words for the first time, it basically means the pilot's edited, but... Read more
Two down, three to go!
We just completed the second of five shoot dates for "Kinda Related", and we're really liking what we're seeing (and hearing...and smelling...) so far!
We also have a terrific first... Read more
Crew Roll Call!
Thank you all so much for the generous donations. The project is well into pre-production, and we begin filming on September 8th. I wanted to share the many fine crew... Read more


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Ever since Justin "Ross" Harris was charged with murder after leaving their 22-month old son, Cooper, in a hot car, questions have swirled around Leanna, his wife of eight years. In a July 3 probable cause hearing, Detective Phil Stoddard testified about a bizarre jailhouse conversation between Ross and Leanna Harris. According to Stoddard, Leanna asked him, "Did you say too much?"
But despite testimony that Harris, 33, sexted a half dozen women while his son died, Leanna Harris has not abandoned him.
In a victim's impact statement obtained by PEOPLE, Leanna Harris pledged her support for her husband – and insists that Cooper's death was accidental.
"Ross was a wonderful father and he loved Cooper with all of his heart," she wrote. "Because I saw how he treated our little boy for 22 months, I know without a doubt he would never have knowingly allowed any harm to come to our son. I want you to know what a loving father he was."
Leanna Harris, 30, also adopted a forgiving tone about her husband's alleged online behavior. "Whatever issues that transpired in our marriage is between God and us, for He will judge those moral sins," she wrote. "The rush to judgement by the public and the mainstream media has left me with little confidence in our legal system and our society."
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While Harris sits in jail without bond, Leanna says she has grappled to come to terms with the loss of her son – and her husband. "I have been seeing a counselor for my grief due to the loss of my child and my husband," she wrote. "Treatment will likely last the rest of my life."
"The death of my son is still unreal," she continued. "Not a moment goes by when I don't think about him or what our future would have held. The amount of grief this has caused is indefinable. It cannot be explained in words or emotions. I now live a tortured existence. I depend on my Lord for strength and guidance."
Justin Ross Harris worked at Home Depot until he was let go in July. Leanna worked as a dietitian – but is also unemployed. "I had to transfer my job to Alabama," she wrote. "My return to work has been delayed due to the media hounding me. I did lose a consulting job I have had in Alabama for four years due to the media. As of 8/1/14, I have been out of work 43 days."
"The storm around my family has prevented us from grieving in the right way, if there is a right way," she writes. "Some days, I completely break down because I miss my baby and my family so much. August 2nd would have been my precious boy's 2nd birthday."
Justin Ross Harris has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bond in the Cobb County Jail. His attorney, Maddox Kilgore, says the death was unintentional and calls Cooper's death a "tragic accident."


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Borthwick spins EPP to victory
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Leg-spinner Scott Borthwick's six wickets skittled a DY Patil Academy XI for 87 to give the England Performance Programme a crushing innings-and-193-run win at Mumbai.
Having amassed a commanding 484 for six yesterday on the back of opening batsman Joe Root's 166, the EPP made short work of their opponents on the last day of three.
Once Graham Onions and Steven Finn had bowled tidily, Borthwick broke a first-wicket stand of 32. Stuart Meaker then struck three times in succession before Borthwick demolished the middle and lower order. Fellow spinner Simon Kerrigan made the other breakthrough.
Borthwick returned figures of 6-38 and Meaker 3-8 as the hosts, who made 204 in their first innings, were dismissed in 32 overs today.
Finn will remain with the senior England party, travelling with them to Kolkata tomorrow ahead of next week's third Test at Eden Gardens. Meaker, who has been injury cover for Finn since the start of the month, will stay in Mumbai with the EPP squad that he was originally part of.


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To the Editor:
I am honored to be part of the New Jersey delegation that will travel to Tampa for the 2012 Republican National Convention Aug. 27-30. Our governor, Chris Christie, is not only the head of our delegation but will also give the convention keynote speech.
I look forward to sitting in the front and center of the convention floor while our governor speaks to a national and international audience.
I am also humbled to be a part of the delegation from across the country that will formally nominate Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to be the standard bearers for the Republican Party in the November election.
Regardless of whether you are a Republican, a Democrat or an unaffiliated voter, I urge you to watch not only the Republican convention but also the Democratic National Convention, which will follow in a couple of short weeks. You will learn about the philosophy of the two parties and the candidates who are running to lead our nation for the next four years.
While both parties have their strengths and weaknesses, there are definite differences. When President Barack Obama took office, he promised to reduce the budget deficit in half or he would be a one-term president. He not only failed to reduce the deficit, but it has doubled under his watch, burdening our future generations with a government deep in debt.
The Romney-Ryan team and the Republican Party believe in running an efficient government, reducing taxes to allow the American people to keep more of their hard-earned money. They will work to create more jobs in the private sector to help millions of Americans go from unemployment to a job that will support themselves and their children.
I urge everyone to take time to learn about the candidates and their platforms, and regardless of your party affiliation, vote for the candidates you feel will lead this nation to a better future for all our citizens.
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Police are looking for the person who abandoned a Shih Tzu at a Lower Saucon Township animal hospital, where it got loose, was struck by a car and died.
Police said a worker at a Hess Express gas station saw the leashed dog tied to the door of the North Saucon Animal Hospital at 3604 Route 378 about 6:30 a.m. today.
At 7:04 a.m. the dog got loose and ran into traffic on Route 378, where it was struck by a car and killed, police said.
The dog didn't have a license, just a tag on its collar with the name "Dolly," police said.
The worker at the gas station notified police, police said.
Police say abandoning an animal is a summary offense and the matter is under investigation.
Police ask anyone who may have witnessed the dog being abandoned or about any missing Shih Tzu named Dolly to call the department at 610-317-6110.