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By Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Entomology Specialist
Gardeners have long used oils to control plant-damaging pests, but for many years their use was limited to the dormant season. Today, however, the new horticultural oils on the market are more versatile and safer to use on more plants. Horticultural oils are now one of the best ways to control a wide variety of plant pests during the growing season.
How Horticultural Oils Work
These oils (except neem oil) kill insects by
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To Control Diseases
Horticultural oils prevent the spread of viruses by aphids, including watermelon mosaic, squash mosaic, and potato virus Y. Oils also curb the spread of viruses that humans transmit by hands or tools (for example, tobacco mosaic virus). Additionally, oils control powdery mildew. Diluted horticultural oils, mixed with baking soda, control this common fungus.
Effects on Beneficial Insects
Most beneficial insects, such as green lacewings
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when they return. However, small, soft-bodied beneficial insects such as predatory mites
can't move out of the way fast enough and are killed. If you rely on beneficial mites to
deter other pests, think twice before using oil (or any other pesticide). Better still,
release beneficial mites several days after you treat with the oil spray.
Petroleum-based Oils
Most horticultural oils contain naphthene and
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hydrocarbons. However, the newest horticultural oils contain only tiny amounts of those
How to Apply Oils
Most often, gardeners apply oils with a hose-end
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Temperature Restrictions
Labels of most horticultural oils warn against applying them to plants when temperatures are below 40 o F or above 90 o F. Labels continue to include this advice despite increasing evidence that this temperature range is conservatively narrow. It's more important that the plant shouldn't dry out, and humidity should be low enough (45 to 65 percent) for oil to evaporate quickly.
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Lately, the lyric "momma told me there'd be days like this" has been on repeat. Between the sun's rays giving our scalp a royally red glow and the chlorine from our BFF's pool, our strands have taken a serious beating this summer — and it's not even August yet! We really should've followed our mother's advice — it's important to wear many hats (literally).
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Faculty and Students Awarded Grants for Service-Learning Projects
At the start of the spring semester, six students and four faculty members received good news and learned that their applications for the Community-Based Service-Learning Civic Engagement grant had been approved. The College's Center for Community Engagement funded the grant submissions to be put towards spring semester service-learning courses.
Students Sandy Brannigan, Emily Green, and Mallory Milligan were seeking funds for their Social Change through Service (PSJS 250), taught by Professor Lee Chase. The funds will benefit CP Rochester, a non-profit organization to help support people with physical and developmental disabilities who are working to accomplish individualized life goals. The $400 grant will help the students create a video series on manners, proper workplace behavior, and proper workplace attire. The money will also buy CP Rochester an HDTV for clients to view the video as a group and engage in reflection.
Chemistry Professors Dr. Irene Kimaru and Dr. Kimberly Chichester, along with their Analytical Chemistry II Lab (CHEM 316L) class, are using their grant to work with non-profit community partner Lots of Food. The organization turns disused food into edible landscapes. Kimaru and Chichester's class is putting the $250 grant towards hydrochloric and nitric acids to extract lead from the soil.
Dr. Natalie Masco, Professor in the Wegmans School of Nursing, and her Complementary and Alternative Therapies (NURS 314) class are using the $250 grant to benefit the patients of the Mercy Outreach Center. The students are researching and presenting on the uses of complementary and alternative therapies such as massage, chiropractic care, acupuncture, and hydrotherapy to the patients. The funds are being used towards equipment, supplies, and books. It is also creating a fund for patients who would benefit from alternative therapies but cannot afford it.
Senior Karlee Platts received a grant for her Reading Gender (WGST 214) class, taught by Dr. Jill Swiencicki. The grant will support Melita House of Mercy Outreach Services, which provides support and shelter for homeless teen women and young women with children. Platts, in partnership with Lindsey Kocher, who is a service scholar, will develop a scrapbooking workshop to encourage self-esteem, family history, and community-building. The money will be used for a digital camera, digital photo printer, and albums to create books to enable reflection and goal-setting.
Pharmacy Professor Dr. Amy Parkhill and fourth-year pharmacy student Tia Lum received a $500 grant to help Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation. Teens Living with Cancer is a support group and social network dedicated to enabling young people with cancer to live their very best lives today. TLC's program called TLC fit is intended to enhance fitness, quality of life, and community among those affected. Parkhill and Lum, along with their class Advanced Pharmacy Practice (PHAR 6400) class, will use the funds to purchase exercise equipment and help meet the program's goals.
Student Sean Lavin, under the instruction of Professor Lee Chase in Social Change through Service (PSJS 250), will use his $200 grant to benefit the Center for Youth's Monroe High School After-School Program. Two tablets will be purchased with the grant to integrate technology, documentation, reflection, and academic learning within a new Green Room and Horticultural Club. These were previously developed through Gannet Foundation funds obtained through Fisher's Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement.
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Rockport accident claims one, not two, lives
ROCKPORT – The Parkersburg News and Sentinel on Saturday incorrectly reported that two men had died Friday after a two-vehicle accident near Rockport.
Greg Starcher, 21, of Rockport, died at Camden Clark Medical Center following the accident Friday afternoon on West Virginia 21 near Rockport.
The News and Sentinel incorrectly quoted Chief Deputy Shawn Graham as saying both drivers involved in the accident died. The other driver, Jamie Thompson, 32, of Mineral Wells, was transported to CCMC and later flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown where he was treated and released, according to hospital officials.
The Wood County Sheriff's Office reported Thompson was driving a Ford F-150 southbound about 2:15 p.m. Friday when he swerved into the northbound lane of W.Va. 21, in the 5000 block, and struck a Chevrolet S-10 driven by Starcher head-on. The cause of the crash has not been determined, deputies said.
After the collision, Starcher's vehicle was forced into a nearby house.
Damage to the house at 5823 Southern Highway, Rockport, owned by Earl Ryan, was not immediately known, but there was a hole left in the front of the house after the incident, Graham said.
Starcher was pronounced dead at CCMC, according to police.
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Eva's big brown chewy nipples harden as she presses two handfuls of hooters together with her nicely manicured fingers, looking at us over the offering with a naughty smile. Getting on her knees, she gives us sideboob shots, then stands up and presses her fists playfully into her paps. She kneels like a pinup girl on the couch, then leans back and slides her thong down even as she presses her tits together with her upper arms, creating a vibrant vista of jugs for our awestruck eyeballs. Denys DeFrancesco and his camera crews capture great low angle shots looking up at her mountainous mammary range. Miss Notty then works herself up with a big glass dildo, rubbing it between her globes and cramming it inside her pie. She squats on the grass and fucks herself with the toy, while at the same time squeezing her num-nums together with her hands. Then Eva leans over the couch, banging herself with the dildo and letting it stick out of her ass like a handle...a handle we could use to pull Eva over to us so we can start sucking and fucking those phenomenal floppers!! Eva is our Model of the Day. Judging by this post-Christmas delivery of delight, we guess Santa doesn't finish making his rounds until after the official holiday! ;)


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Having a Blues Brothers momentDecember 02,2013
Although they have been around for 20 years, I only very recently learned about a band from Newfoundland called Great Big Sea. I had an opportunity to see them in concert last week in Stowe, and thought they were phenomenal.
As I was leaving the show I mentioned to a fellow concert-goer that I planned to catch another Great Big Sea concert in the future. He informed me that this wasnt going to be possible as the group would be breaking up next month at the end of their tour.
At first I was crushed. But then a thought occurred to me; like any good band, they would have to break up in order to get together again and have a reunion tour.
This got me to thinking. I used to be in a high school rock band back in the 70s. Maybe it was time to get the boys back together.
The difference between most band reunions and the one I was contemplating is that most bands at some time or another used to be good. The name of our band was Rude Awakening, and it would be fair to say we were true to our moniker. People travelled from all around to hear us play. And once we started playing they began traveling again, usually towards the exits at a high rate of speed. We were an interactive band. If you arrived expecting to hear good, recognizable versions of popular songs you experienced a Rude Awakening.
We were bad. But we sure had fun.
I remember when we first made the decision to start a band. My older brother Bruce played guitar, and I was a drummer. After several talent show fiascos as the duo Alburys No Nuts we determined that, in order to fill out our sound as well as the seats in the audience we needed more instruments. So we began to recruit new members. We set our standards very high. First and foremost you had to have an amplifier. The bigger the better. Secondly, it really helped if your dad had a station wagon we could use on weekends to haul these amps the size of trash Dumpsters to various gigs.
We found a keyboard player and second guitarist quickly and were down to choosing a bass player. There were two finalists. One was in All-State Band, his father was a professional musician, and he had eight years of lessons.
The second candidate recently picked up a bass guitar at a yard sale, had been teaching himself by playing along with a Smoke on the Water record for about three weeks, and worked Friday and Saturday nights, when we were going to practice, at Kentucky Fried Chicken, where every day he worked he was allowed to take home a large bag of chicken.
It really was a no-brainer.
So every Friday and Saturday night starting at 10 p.m., we would suck down several pounds of fried wings, breasts and thighs and practice into the wee hours of the morning. We compensated for our collective lack of talent with sheer volume. Whenever something didnt sound quite right, we would walk over to the amps, crank them up a little and keep playing.
Im exaggerating a bit here. We practiced for hundreds of hours, and I would like to say that we were actually quite good. But I cant.
As a little aside, I did a lot of background singing. My fellow band members gave me a wireless microphone the only one we had. I only found out recently that wireless microphones werent invented until years after the band broke up.
Anyway, we had an ambitious friend who worked as our manager, and he arranged a slew of gigs. The band played at high school dances, battle of the bands contests, a dance-a-thon and even a Bar Mitzvah. We played at plenty of places, but for some reason, never at the same venue twice.
It didnt matter. We were legends in our own minds, and had a blast. I needed to get the band back together. I was determined to make it happen and wasnt going to let anything stand in the way of this effort. I would be enjoying camaraderie, music, and good times with my band mates in the very near future, and it would take my mind off of all the problems in the world. Nothing was going to stop the Rude Awakening reunion.
I picked up the phone and gave my brother a call.
Me: Bruce, we need to get the band back together.
Bruce: What band?
Me: Rude Awakening.
Bruce: I dont think so.
Me: You sure?
Bruce: Yeah.
Me: All right. Never mind.
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My December birthday triggers a trip down memory lane. I realize how blessed I've been with my marriage with Fran, with bright and responsible (now adult) children, and with circumstances leading me to work for a newspaper in a little country town (Woodstock) in 1947.
My college experience with The Daily Illini and the opportunity to cover the Illinois basketball team at the time (The Whiz Kids as that group of outstanding Illinois high school alumni were called) was the right circumstance to appreciate a career in local journalism. Local journalism provides an opportunity to investigate, question, praise and become closely associated with the community leaders and builders.
With my career in public relations and newspaper writing, I've had the good fortune to meet and report on many national figures. My 1954 trip to the Illinois State Fair was a milestone to meet and cover President Eisenhower during his speech at the fairgrounds.
Visiting with Ernie Banks when he spoke at our Little League dinner in 1962, and his earlier visit in 1958 to help raise funds for Woodstock Christian Care, are enjoyable memories. So are visits and photo sessions with celebrities such as Richard Nixon (1972), President George H.W. Bush (1992), Farm Bureau leader Charles B. Shuman (1950), Orion Samuelson (1960), Sen. Everett Dirksen (1956), Ron Santo, Bill Murray, Red Skelton, Satchel Paige and Mother Teresa (June 1981).
Other celebrities I was fortunate to meet as a photographer and editor include Neil Armstrong, Adlai Stevenson, Dick Butkus, Mickey Rooney, Shelly Berman, Geraldine Page, Jackie Robinson, Barack Obama, Gayle Sayers, Rosalyn Carter, Nelson Rockefeller, Barbara Bush and Ronald Reagan.
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Annual tree-lighting ceremony on the Woodstock Square begins at 7 p.m. Friday when Miss Woodstock Theresa Narusis throws the switch to light the downtown. The Woodstock choir directed by Paul Rausch will help establish the Christmas season.
Festivities continue with an 8 p.m. performance of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" at the Opera House. The play tells the story of the six horrible Herdman kids who come to Sunday school to take parts in the pageant because they were told they'd get treats. Kathie Comella is directing her 18th holiday production.
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I have set a date to hang up the horns - December 22. My baby will be 14 months old... I guess that is more than long enough to pump. Then Lilah won't have a bottle anymore. We don't give her bottles at home, she only gets them at the babysitter. She'll be home with us for two weeks and then go back to the babysitter - do you think that it is possible to just not give her bottles anymore at that point? Or should she have bottles with cow's milk or something?
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Hawkeye: Hawks Birthday of Remembrance
Here we go again fans; having survived another week in the confines of Wonderland.
Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor were planning a trip to Fairhaven, over in the never land of Utopia until Sweet Leanor decided to count all of their Tupe. {Money} They concluded with great "rapidity," That their meager funds would not get them a Taxi Ride to the greater Wonderland International Airport! Hawkeye often wonders where Homo-sapiens get all of their funding for travel. Their livelihoods would not support the high cost of a ticket to the unknown, so how does a person who rides around in an old beat up pick up manage to fly two or three times a year?
They decidedly haven't the funding through gainful employment, so what gives? This is something for the Local Candidates of Hawkeyes choice to look in to before Hawkeye sets his foot in the polling booth! If Candidates really and truly wish to clean up Hooterville, they can begin with a few simple investigations by watching who is on the frequent flyers list, especially those who are departing Wonderland! Our local F.B.I. Contingent is no longer stationed in Hooterville, so this leaves it up to the Citizenry to conduct their own investigations into Fraud, Waste, Abuse, of the systems of Hooterville! In order to fulfill campaign promises, we first of all need to make the promises, then show the voting public just how serious we are at full filling those promises. Over..
Hawkeye, holding true to form will head for the campaign rallies with the best barbecue's! This is a beginning. Then while Hawk is stuffing his face, he will make time to listen to what the candidate has to offer. This time around, it goes deeper than just your average "Hope & Change, Better Education for our Chillren, and a Moa, {Chicken} in every pot! We have got to get real, and we can do so by grilling the candidates who really and truly wish a change for the betterment of Wonderland.
First, we need a fresh circle of local politicians, and Department leaders. These are the younger Homos that have invested in education, and in addition to that education, have managed to gather a few Morals, and Scruples along the way. With this under their belt, they must vow to be honest upright and clean in their dealings with Wonderland funding, including government "Grants Monies!" Anyway at the risk of beating John Browns Mule in to the dirt, we will get the drift, and in doing so will get off the subject! Humm..
And now a little bit more about Hawkeye.
Hawkeye celebrated his Birthday by working a full day at the office. Sweet Leanor insisted that Hawkeye have a lunch break in that he could partake of the Nice Italian meal that she prepared for him. In addition to that, Sweet Leanor baked Hawkeye a nice Birthday Keke, {Cake} complete with candles and Icing! Leanor sang Happy "69th" Birthday to Hawkeye while Hawk picked his nose at the table.. Humm. Hawkeye never went back to work after the Meal and the wonderful company.
Hawkeye is wondering when the last transport will depart from Wonderland for "Swains Island?" Hawkeye wants to be there for the opening of the Olympic Games in the year 2020. By this time we can hold figure skating competition on the Iced over lagoon! At the rate the Ice Caps are melting, we will be able to have snowball fights in Hooterville. The scientologist's say that we can now actually see "Greenland" as it is so named! The Ice Covered Tundra is "No Mo!"
Does this actually have anything to do with the "Killer Drought" that we are experiencing in the Midwestern states? Those poor Farmers are really sweating it out, {In More ways than one!} We a-gwinna be outta Korn Purdy darned quick. At least das wot da Scientologist's say. Humm.. Hawkeye knows one fang fo sho: "It ain't f&%kin funny no mo! The prices of Corn have skyrocketed literally overnight. We can no longer meet our demands for Bio-Fuel with corn base. The Bio-fuel refineries have refused to offer any relief for the Farmers who are now struggling to make ends meet. The parts of this whole scenario are that there is still mo relief in sight! One old Homo said that the weddahman always say dey a gwinna be 20% chance of H20 but dat dare 20% nevah comes! At any rate folks, it will get better before it gets worse. Those rich folk will have to wash their Limo's with recycled Sewer Water, right after the Family dishes have been washed! Over! Hawkeye had a glance at Revelations in His King Jamie Read the other day, but after reading about all the "Three Legged Gorillas" and Donkeys with six lips, he got scared and picked up his copy of the Koran!! These guys were apparently on some stronger Opium when they wrote those words.. Humm..
We will leave it at that until next week:
In the Interim, Kindness and love is the key to our survival!
Hawkeye & Sweet Leanor.


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Other universities were always telling me what to think
Criminal justice programs are highly opinionated and political. Other universities were always telling me what to think; whereas when I visited here, they were trying to teach students critical thinking skills, rather than what to think.
I chose Bradley's Criminal Justice Studies program because I could tell the students and faculty here want to go deeper. Most criminal justice programs teach you how to be a good police officer, but at Bradley we are learning how people think, why people commit crimes, and how to keep them from re-offending. Many of my classmates are going on to graduate school or law school.
Through my internship and research for school, I realized I wanted to be a lawyer. The more you learn about the criminal justice system, the more you see how prosecutors make arguments and bring charges. I feel as if they have the most influence, and I am looking to be the person to make the change.
When I began my freshman year, I immediately got involved with the Bradley Mixed Martial Arts Club. I started training under Bradley's Grand Master, which has been awesome because there are only a handful of grand masters in the world. MMA has also given me an amazing opportunity to help others. The MMA Club practices in the Markin next to a room where students are training service dogs. After seeing how the Paws Giving Independence group operated, I knew I had to get involved. I talked to the people who own the St. James Apartments where I live, and they made a special consideration for me. I am now training a hypoallergenic service dog who will eventually go live with someone in a wheelchair.
I'm really proud of Bradley for hosting the Late Night BU events. There is a good population of students on campus who know that drinking isn't for them, and Late Night BU offers those students an alternate social scene. Having LNBU and Markin open really late, you see kids are now out socializing more instead of being stuck in their dorms because they don't want to drink.


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Week In Politics: Chicago Teacher Strike, Libya Attack
By editor • Sep 14, 2012
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Audie Cornish talks to regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the Chicago teachers strike and the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya.


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Energy Express AmeriCorps is recruiting volunteers to spend the summer weeks helping 3,000 children in rural and low-income West Virginia communities maintain or gain reading skills through Energy Express.
A program of the West Virginia University Extension Service, Energy Express is an award-winning, eight-week summer reading and nutrition program for children living in West Virginia's rural and low-income communities.
"This program is designed to help shape the lives of the children, but in the process, we find that the volunteers often have a life-changing experience, too," Alicia Cassels, literacy and academic success specialist with WVU Extension Service, said.
Any person age 13 or older with an interest in helping children can volunteer at Energy Express. Volunteers are needed Mondays through Fridays from today to Aug. 2, with the exception of Independence Day, July 4.
Volunteering is flexible, as volunteers can choose to help one hour, one day, one week or every day. Any amount of time is appreciated.
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Okay, I'm due back to work on the 1st december - boohoo! I'm so worried how ds will take it being away from me (and me being away from him!!). At the moment I'm trying to bf exclusivly, but I find he still takes a 1oz supplement (formula) during the day. I have no idea how much to put in a bottle for him for each feed. I've read on Kellymom that he could take between 2 and 4oz per feeding - when I tell dh this he says no way it must be more! I will have a total of 1hour to either bf or express my milk each day at work (my lo will be in the crèche at my work), but I'm not sure if the dc prefer for me to come and feed ds or to let them do it As I work in a hospital I know it will probably be difficult for me to get away.
I'm also worried about my supply. I don't know why but I just can't seem to get it up! (hence, why ds is back to supplements) I try to pump, but more often than not I can't get the time to and on the very rare occasion that ds sleeps for 4hrs at night I'm too tired to get up and pump. I've been taking more milk plus for a couple of days, but have yet to see a difference, I eat oatmeal every morning, I drink 2-3 cups of fennel tea a day, I take a fennel supplement 3x a day and I drink on average 2 litres of water a day too! I try to take a nap with ds in the afternoons ,but it's not always possible so the tiredness isn't helping, I know. I'm worried my supply will just eventually disappear once I go back to work and I really do want the bfing to work for at least 6months if not longer.
The other thing worrying me is how he'll do sleeping. Right now it's impossible to get ds off to sleep any other way but in my arms or when I bw him with my wrap or rs. As soon as I try to put him down he wakes and starts to cry. At night we co-sleep which I'm ok with, but I feel dh isn't.
Ladies, I desperately need your help here! I'm getting so down and worried and need some help. I've posted a few of my issues before , but just needed to get it all off my chest. Any advice would be great.
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A push for immigration reform
December 30, 2013 —
LIBERTY, NY — A handful of residents turned out in front of the Liberty offices of Congressman Chris Gibson on December 12 to urge him to support immigration reform.
Kat Fisher of Citizen Action New York said it was part of a "national fast and day of action to draw attention to the failure of House Republicans to vote on immigration reform."
Richard Kirsch, a Columbia County resident, who appeared at Gibson's Kinderhook office, said: "I am fasting, along with Rep.
Gibson's constituents throughout his district, to ask that he take action to remedy the moral crisis that is our broken immigration system. Republicans and Democrats in the Senate together passed legislation months ago, but Rep. Gibson and the House Republicans are blocking a vote to provide a pathway forward for aspiring citizens."
Stephanie Valle, a spokeswoman for Gibson, issued a statement that said, "As always, we welcome the input of all of our constituents and appreciate the time people took today to register their views in our district offices. An open and active political dialogue is what makes our country great.
"Listening to our farmers and constituents, it's clear our immigration system is broken and in need of reform. We need serious policy reforms, including a means to enforce the ultimate agreement. "For instance, the Senate bill will only reduce illegal immigration by 33% to 50%; that does not solve the problem, and we can do better than that proposal. We must reform our system in a way that works, which means we need to improve on the comprehensive approaches offered thus far so that we don't repeat the mistakes of 1986 and end up again with new laws that still don't work. We're confident that goal is achievable. We are, at once, a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. Going forward, we need to reconcile these two principles in a manner grounded in reality and experience and insist on reform that works."


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by Anton Shilov
Nvidia Corp. will only release its next-generation GeForce graphics chip code-named GF100 (NV60, GT300, G300, etc) in March, 2010, a media report citing market rumours suggests. Even though the timeframe still belongs to previously announced launch schedule of code-named Fermi products, it was generally thought that the novelties will be released in January or February.
The leading supplier of graphics processors has reportedly notified its partners that it would officially launch the GeForce "GF100" graphics chip in March '10, reports DigiTimes web-site. In addition, Nvidia plans to release a rather mysterious code-named GF104 chip in Q2 2010. The GF104 graphics processing unit will target the high-end market, according to the media report, which is quite strange as previously it was believed that the GF100 will be the next-gen high-end graphics solution from the company.
It is believed that Nvidia has to delay the release of the new graphics processing unit (GPU) because of abnormally low production yields, which means that either actual chips are very expensive to manufacture or demonstrate low performance. Earlier this month it transpired that Nvidia had to reduce the amount of activated stream processors inside GF100/Tesla T20 chips that will power Tesla 2000-series computing boards aimed at high-performance computing (HPC) market.
Nvidia did not comment on the information regarding launch timeframe of the GeForce graphics chip code-named GF100.
The only official comment concerning production of the next-gen lineup was made by the company's chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang in November '09, who said that production of the GF100 would be ramped only in Q1 FY2011. Nvidia's first quarter of fiscal year 2011 begins on the 26th of January and ends on the 26th of April, 2010.
The flagship Fermi graphics processor will feature 512 stream processing engines (which are organized as 16 streaming multi-processors with 32 cores in each) that support a type of multi-threading technology to maximize utilization of cores. Each stream processor has a fully pipelined integer arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and floating point unit (FPU). The top-of-the-range chip contains 3 billion of transistors, features 384-bit memory GDDR5 memory controller with ECC and features rather unprecedented 768KB unified level-two cache as well as rather complex cache hierarchy in general. Naturally, the Fermi family is compatible with DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.x and OpenCL 1.x application programming interfaces (APIs). The new chips will be made using 40nm process technology at TSMC.


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I agree with PP, go with your instincts!!
My favorite comment is that I should dream feed so that the baby can sleep for a longer stretch at night. So, yes, like I'm going to take the extra time so I can pump just to bottle feed? Waking up and night and feeding my LO doesn't bother me!! Pumping bothers me!!


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Paradise Hotel
By Georges Feydeau
Directed by Gus Kaikkonen
One of the funniest farces by the all-time grandmaster of the form, Paradise Hotel centers on an unhappily married engineer, Benoit Pinglet, who arranges a secret rendezvous with his business partner's gorgeous young wife, Marcelle. When the lovers arrive at a notorious Parisian love hotel, their plans become complicated by the hotel's oddball staff and eccentric guests—including Pinglet's lascivious maid and the young philosophy student she's set her sights on, a thick-headed friend of Pinglet's with four beautiful daughters, plus Marcelle's husband to boot! A classic, fast-paced bedroom farce full of hilarious mistaken identities ensues.
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Holiday show coming to Narrowsburg
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NARROWSBURG, NY — "Once Upon A Time: The Best Holiday Show Ever – Even If You've Seen Them All!" is a new holiday variety show by DJM Productions, Inc., in association with the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, that will be presented on Saturday, December 7, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (two shows only), at The Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St.
"Once Upon A Time" will feature music, carols, dancing, singing and comic vignettes all celebrating the best of the holiday season with new material and many old-time favorites. The cast includes Manhattan's Off-Broadway and cabaret-scene talent, along with local faces. The show stars Melanie Boland, Dale Church, Karen Case Cook, Dave McCracken, Doug Spagnola, and special guest stars Paige Bodnar and Drake Eshleman. Bodnar and Eshleman will perform the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier Pas de Deux from "The Nutcracker" and are students at The Dance Center in Port Jervis.
Producer and playwright Dave McCracken is a theatrical producer for DJM Productions, Inc. and the Tony-Award winning production company The Glines, Inc. DJM Productions has been producing quality stage entertainment for over 25 years.
Tickets cost $15, $10 for children under 16. Visit www.DJMProductions.com for discounts and coupons. No children under five years old admitted. Doors open 20 minutes before each show time. The running time is 65 minutes, no intermission. For tickets or information, call 845/252-7272.


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The Karnes County Historical Society expressed thanks to County Commissioner James Rosales and Karnes City City Manager Don Tymrak for helping orchestrate the loading of the cannon onto the trailer.
The society also expressed thanks to everyone who helped roll the cannon from its location next to the courthouse to the back parking lot where it could be raised and set onto the trailer.
Kurkey estimates completion of the restoration to be Jan. 1, 2014. The cannon will be moved back to the courthouse grounds after completion of the exterior work on the courthouse.
This cannon restoration is being made possible thanks to the funding provided by the children of Gladys (Schendel) Crews and Steve Crews III. They will be donating funds in their parents' memory to be used for the restoration of this artillery piece.
The society also expressed thanks to Mark Cowan with the Texas Historical Commission for his assistance in providing documentation requirements and other recommendations critical to the successful restoration of this cannon.
The Karnes County Historical Society received authority from Commissioners Court to coordinate the restoration of the cannon. Questions or comments regarding this project can be directed to Sue Carter, 210-710-4896.


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Two equal conferences of ten with cross conference playoffs to decide the ultimate champion.Conference make ups could change each season depending on chosen criteria.
That's the way to go. It removes the stigma of the SL 2 being an inferior competition AND it results in many derby games and less travelling.


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Judge says investigation involving Walker open
The judge overseeing the investigation into former aides of Gov. Scott Walker says the probe remains open.
Walker said on Tuesday that he hoped the so-called "John Doe" investigation would end as early as this week.
But retired Waukesha County Judge Neal Nettesheim told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his home Wednesday "that would be pure conjecture."
Nettesheim says, "The John Doe is not completed. It is still open."
The investigation began in May 2010 and has resulted in six people being charged with crimes and four convictions. One person, Tim Russell, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors in his felony embezzlement case and has a plea hearing set for Thursday.
Another former Walker aide Darlene Wink has a Jan. 10 sentencing hearing.
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- Title
- Radical changes in strategy of high technology new ventures
- Author(s)
- Benjamin, Eyal
- Abstract
- Business strategy occupies a significant place in the business literature, being one of the main pillars of business design and implementation. Scholars and practitioners agree that a strategy well designed and implemented should secure an organization a sustainable competitive advantage within a market. The Resource-Based View (Barney 1991) demonstrated the role of strategy in aligning resources and competences of organizations with their environments. Strategy literature addressed issues of strategy change, noting the cost and risk involved, frequently associating change with poor performance and/or reaction to an anticipated decline. Later research (Lumpkin & Dess 1995) focused on entrepreneurial strategizing, effectual or causal behavior of entrepreneurs (Sarasvathy 2001a) and their ability to aggregate a bricolage of resources in order to 'create something from nothing' (Baker & Nelson 2005). Nevertheless, most of the available literature has not related to fastmoving environments, such as the high technology industry; an industry involving venture capital investors, characterized mainly by its agility and hyperdynamics. New ventures operating in this arena are challenged to realign their strategic orientation, sometimes in an extreme and radical manner. Research to date has not covered in full the issue of Radical Strategic Changes (RSC) of those ventures. The frequency of RSC, and investors' perspective on this type of change in their portfolio companies, are at the focus of this study. This research proposes that RSC in high technology new ventures is more frequent than observed in established organizations. It further suggests a linkage between the resources of a new venture and the ignition of a radical change in its strategy. The thesis seeks to evaluate the factors and effects of RSC in high technology new ventures by testing the frequency of the RSC phenomena, followed by the exploration of the factors igniting RSC. Results indicate that the appearance of RSC in high technology new ventures is more frequent than in established organizations and as derived from the literature. It further suggests that internal unfavorable events, as opposed to entrepreneurial opportunities, are more likely to drive radical strategic changes. The investors' perspective and implications are discussed as well, demonstrating the importance of the investor-investee relationship in the process of strategy formation in general and for radical strategic change events in particular. As stated by one of the venture capital investors: 'I can hardly think of a successful company that did not change its strategy. It must be a necessity for success.'
- Publication type
- Thesis (PhD)
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Enterprise
- Publication year
- 2010
- Keyword(s)
- Entrepreneurship; High technology; Israel; New ventures; Strategic change; Strategic reorientation; Strategies; Venture capital
- Coverage
- Australasian Digital Theses collection
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2010 Eyal Benjamin.
- Thesis Supervisor
- [L. Murray Gillin]
- Thesis Note
- [Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology, 2010.]
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