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Every year, writers and other media personalities like to latch onto a handful of players and hype them non-stop. Whether it's due to immense college success or a great story, these players end up becoming huge names before they are even drafted.
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There are several players in a similar situation this year, players who have been so highly regarded that their reputations and names are being looked at before all else.
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Further consideration of the use of narrow trait scales (ABSTRACT)
Christiansen, N. D., & Robie, C.
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Christiansen, N. D., & Robie, C. (2011). Further consideration of the use of narrow trait scales. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 43, 183-194.
This study examined whether inclusion of narrow personality trait scales improved prediction of job performance enough to overcome increased capitalization on chance characteristics of the sample. Data were obtained from 262 midlevel managers who had completed a personality inventory and had been assessed using multisource performance ratings. Three methods of combining trait scores organized under the 5-factor model were compared in order to better understand the contribution of variance specific to the narrow traits in the prediction of performance: common factor scores, unit-weighted composite scores, and regression-weighted composites. Results showed that on average the sets of facet scores explained an additional 9% of the variance in performance beyond summated composites and 10% beyond the factor scores (4% and 5% after correction for shrinkage). Contrary to the idea that broadband predictors would fare better with broad criterion constructs, the increment was similar whether the criterion was a single dimension of performance or overall job performance. Recommendations include reporting results from multiple levels of the personality hierarchy, and suggestions are made for situations where sample size limits the number of predictors advisably entered into a regression equation.
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Help with with S745 Walkman
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone had some info on the custom EQ settings. Well, the clear bass is quite obvious but I don't understand what 0.4, 1.0, 2.5, 6.3, 16KHz bars are for. I know that they are different frequencies, I guess, but I would like learn to learn to manipulate them better. I have the all frequencies to +1 currently and the sound quality seemed to have gotten better but I'd like know more. Thanks in advance. :)
Experiment and find settings that make your headphones & iem's sound good. Then you've solved the problem. It's all about what makes you smile.
I found this post by dfkt helpful dealing with how to work with a simple equalizer like the Sony players have. Beside the advice to trust my ears the most important part I drew from it was to lower the bands instead of raising them.
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Different (or diversities) of Gifts given by the Holy Spirit -1 Corinthians 12:8-11
In this study we are going to look at the first category i.e. Diversities or different kinds of gifts as given by the Holy Spirit. These nine gifts of Holy Spirit are mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12. As a Christian you can ask God for these gifts to manifest in your life. Remember that the Holy Spirit gives these gifts to us as He chooses (verse 11).
The nine gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12 are...
1) The word of wisdom
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WA's lucrative sandalwood industry is set for a big shake-up amid fears illegal harvesting is pushing the fragile resources towards extinction.
A parliamentary inquiry has spent 18 months on all aspects of the industry and will recommend what are expected to be sweeping reforms next month.
In a written submission, WA Police identified the growing market for illegally harvested timber as a major concern.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Murray Smalpage said criminals were attracted to sandalwood because the penalties for illegal harvesting were small but the profits big.
"We predict an increased involvement of organised crime unless regulation is significantly tightened," he said.
Sandalwood grows wild in WA's Goldfields and sells for up to $15,000 a tonne on international markets where its fragrant oil is highly prized.
The extent of the illegal harvest is not known but recent seizures by police and wildlife officers were valued at millions.
But the penalty under the 1929 Sandalwood Act is just $200.
The inquiry also examined concerns about the management of the legal market in WA.
At public hearings, it heard claims of cartel-like arrangements and monopolies that allegedly favoured a small number of private interests.
The Forest Products Commissions is responsible for regulating sandalwood supplies, with only 3000 tonnes a year allowed to be harvested from crown lands.
Most is sold overseas, with only about 500 tonnes available to local oil producers. Nearly all of that is sold to one company - Albany-based Mount Romance Australia, which has held contracts since 1996 to buy wood at a fixed price of $10,000 a tonne.
The inquiry has examined that deal, noting in an interim report last year that the price appeared to be below market prices.
Kalgoorlie MP Wendy Duncan said she hoped for strong findings to ensure the industry's long-term future.


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1977 Ph. D., Civil Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
1970 M.S., Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
1967 B.S., Building Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Professional affiliations: Past chairman of the Committee on Design of Steel Building Structures and the Committee on Metals, Co-chair of the Tension Membrane Structures Standards Committee, of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (SEI/ASCE). Member of the AISC Committee on Specifications, Chair of its technical committee on Member Design, TC – 4, and member of the editorial committee, TC – 2. Member of the AISC Connection Prequalification Review Panel.
Research Areas: design of steel buildings, drift control, semi-rigid connections, leaning columns, nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of steel framed buildings, resistance of steel structures
Teaching: Has taught the full range of lower and upper division courses in the areas of structural analysis and design for buildings; including basic and advanced steel design, basic and advanced concrete design, indeterminate structural analysis, analysis of special structures, Computer applications to structures.
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Nanni, Antonio, Geschwindner, Louis F., and Pardo, Jorge, "Performance of a Concrete Masonry Slab System-Preliminary Results", Proceedings, Fifth North American Masonry Conference, Vol 3, Urbana-Champaign, Ill., June 3-6, 1990, pp. 1029-1039.
Geschwindner, Louis F. and Ostag, William P., "Performance of a Concrete Masonry Slab System-Preliminary Results", Proceedings, Fifth North American Masonry Conference, Vol 3., Urbana-Champaign, Ill., June, 1990, pp. 1123-1134.
Nanni, Antonio and Geschwindner, Louis F., "Design and Testing of Masonry Slab System", The Masonry Society Journal, The Masonry Society, Vol. 9, No. 2, February, 1991, pp.36-46.
Geschwindner, Louis F., "A Simplified Look at Partially Restrained Beams", Engineering Journal, American Institute of Steel Construction, Vol. 28, No. 2, Second Quarter, 1991, pp. 73-78.
Ikwut-Ukwa, Uche, Sanvido, Victor E., and Geschwindner, Louis F., "A Practice Based Structural Design Information Model (SDIM)", Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 7, No. 4, October, 1991, pp 390-411.
Geschwindner, L.F., "The Leaning Column in ASD and LRFD," Proceedings, National Steel Construction Conference, Orlando, March 1993, AISC, pp. 19.1-19.17.
Carter, Charles J., and Geschwindner, L. F., "The Economic Impact of Overspecifying Simple Connections," Engineering Journal, American Institute of Steel Construction, Vol. 30, No. 1, First Quarter, 1993, pp. 34-36.
Geschwindner, L.F., "A Practical Approach to the Leaning Column", Engineering Journal, American Institute of Steel Construction, Vol. 31, No. 4, Fourth Quarter, 1994, pp. 141- 149.
Geschwindner, L.F., "Practical Design of Unbraced Moment Frames with Leaning Columns", Proceedings of the Structures Congress 13, Boston, Mass., April 2-5, 1995, ASCE, pp 527-542.
Geschwindner, L. F., "Penn State Architectural Engineering", Journal of Architectural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 1, No.3, September 1995, pp. 133-139.
Geschwindner, L.F., "Architectural Engineering - Engineering Education for the 21st. Century," Proceedings of the Construction Congress, San Diego, October, 1995, pp. 314-321.
Khudada, A. E., Geschwindner, L. F., "Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Steel Frames by Modal Superposition," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.123, No. 11, November, 1997, pp. 1519-1527.
Geschwindner, L. F., "A Practical Look at Frame Analysis, Stability, and Leaning Columns," Proceedings of the North American Steel Construction Conference, Las Vegas, February 23-25, 2000, AISC, pp. 1.1-1.29.
Geschwindner, L. F., "A Practical Look at Frame Analysis, Stability and Leaning Columns, 2000 T. R. Higgins Award Paper", AISC Engineerinfg Journal, 4th Quarter, 2002.
Geschwindner, L. F. and R. O. Disque, "Flexible Moment Connections for Unbraced Frames Subject to Lateral Forces – A Return to Simplicity," AISC Engineering Journal, 2nd Quarter, 2005.
Geschwindner, L. F., "Evolution of Shear Lag and Block Shear Provisions in the AISC Specification," AISC Engineering Journal, 4th Quarter, 2006.
Geschwindner, L. F., "Recent Developments in Connection Design in AISC 360-10," Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Connections in Steel Structures, Ed. Bjorhovde, R., Bijlaard, S. K., and Geschwindner, L.F., AISC June 23-25, 2008.
Carter, C. J. , and L. F. Geschwindner, "A Comparison of Frame Stability Analysis Methods in ANSI/AISC 360-05," AISC Engineering Journal, 3rd Quarter, 2008.
Geschwindner, Louis F., "Special Structures", Section 4, Structural Steel Designer's Handbook, 3rd Edition, Frederick S. Merritt and Roger Brockenbrough, Editors, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1999, pp. 4.1-4.61.
Geschwindner, L.F., "Torsion," Chapter 4, Steel Design Handbook - LRFD Method, A. R. Tamboli, Editor, McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1997, pp. 4.1-4.31.
Air-Supported Structures, ASCE Standard 17-96, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY, 1997. Responsible for authoring document.
Geschwindner, Louis F., "Special Structures", Section 4, Structural Steel Designer's Handbook, Ed. Frederick S. Merritt and Roger Brockenbrough, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993.
Geschwindner, L.F., Disque, R.O., and Bjorhovde, R., "Load and Resistance Factor Design of Steel Structures", Prentice Hall, 1993.
Geschwindner, L. F., Chapter 5 Contributor, "Guidelines for Design of Low-Rise Buildings Subjected to Lateral Forces," Ajaya Kumar Gupta and Peter James Moss, Editors, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. 1993.
Geschwindner, L. F., Supporting Computer Programs for "Fundamentals of Structural Analysis", by H. H. West, John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
West, H.H., and L. F. Geschwindner, "Fundamentals of Structural Analysis," 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Geschwindner, L. F., "Unified Design of Steel Structrures," John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
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Dan Woolley traveled to Haiti on Sunday, January 10 with a contractor, on assignment for Compassion's Child Survival Program. The team were filming in Port-au-Prince before returning to Hotel Montana just before the earthquake struck.
Rescue workers were able to pull Dan from the rubble on Friday. He has received medical treatment and will be returning to his wife and children as soon as possible.
Search efforts are still under way to locate and rescue the project's contract videographer.
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Dan Woolley works at Compassion International as the Internet Program Marketing Manager. He has been heavily involved in developing the rescuebabiesnow.org website for Compassion's Child Survival Program.
Dan tweets at @webguydan and manages a personal website with his wife, Christy, about family activities in the Colorado Springs area. He is a graduate of Azusa Pacific University. The Woolleys have two sons.
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Modern Languages and Classics Curriculum
A major in French requires nine courses beyond French 20100 (Intermediate French I), and must include advanced grammar and composition, phonetics, civilization and literature. In addition, a senior paper and a course in French history are required. Students are also encouraged to supplement their majors, as scheduling allows, by taking courses in such areas as: religion, philosophy, other literature, art history and music history. French majors are required to have a study experience abroad, either in France or another French-speaking country and a 2 hour capstone.
The Spanish major requires at least nine courses in Spanish, chosen in consultation with the Spanish faculty from SPAN 20200 (Intermediate Spanish II) and beyond. Courses should include advanced grammar, civilization (both Peninsular and Spanish American) and literature courses.
In addition, Spanish majors must complete an approved study-abroad program with a family home-stay component and the senior Capstone project, SPAN 49000.
Study Abroad Requirement
Foreign language majors must study abroad for at least one term. They may participate in any of the programs described below; other options to satisfy this requirement must be approved by the Department.
Faculty members of the department lead study abroad programs in France, Spain, and Latin America during a regular twelve-week term of the year, or during an intensive three-week session.
Students may choose to spend more time abroad at Centers of the Institute of European Studies in Nantes, Paris, Freiberg, or Madrid. Students who complete their major work while abroad for a year must take at least one upper-level course (30000 level) in the department during their senior year.
Foreign Language courses are offered in the following subject areas:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- Classical Studies
(via Hiram's affiliation with John Cabot University in Rome)
- English as a Second Language
- French
- Japanese
(via Hiram's affiliation with Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan)
- Literature in Translation (taught in English)
- Spanish
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This curriculum unit is intended primarily for the high school biology and chemistry classroom. The focus is on chemistry and cellular functioning as it relates to diabetes.
Insulin assists the cellular uptake of glucose liberated during carbohydrate digestion and also regulates the storage of glucose as glycogen. Diabetes is a disease resulting from insufficient insulin production or destruction of the insulin by the immune system.
The development of recombinant human insulin in the 1980s has been a major improvement to the treatment of diabetes. The gene which produces insulin is located on chromosome 11 of humans and was successfully inserted into K-12 strain of E. coli bacteria. All animals use insulin, so why were pig and cow insulin used to supplement human insulin? Why not squirrel, elephant or starling insulin?
As a culminating activity for the unit, students are challenged to evaluate their risk of developing diabetes, based on current lifestyle choices. They also design a drug delivery system for insulin, or some other large polypeptide. They must consider cost, effectiveness, and patient comfort.
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Death By Cube ReviewBy Russ Fischer - Posted Jan 28, 2010
Square Enix isn't exactly a publisher that's known for "space shoot 'em up" games. Yet, some unlikely games make a compelling argument for considering a new shooter bearing the Square Enix brand; however, if you did that, you might end up buying Death by Cube and that would be a big mistake.
The Pros
- Offers new twists on classic Robotron formula
- No shortage of mayhem and energy
- Such a cute little robot!
The Cons
- Feels like a grind
- Strategy fails and spamming rules
- What's with all the blood?
Square Enix isn't exactly a publisher that's known for space shoot 'em up games. Yet, some unlikely games (late '90s shooter Einhander comes to mind) make a compelling argument for considering a new shooter bearing the Square Enix brand; however, if you did that, you might end up buying Death by Cube and that would be a big mistake.
Rubik Wouldn't Touch This One
Death by Cube is pretty simple. On a plain field of play -- decorated only by changing light patterns -- you'll fly a cute little robot against waves of aggressive cubes and droids. The controls are classic Robotron: left stick moves and right stick fires. Shoot at an enemy and it explodes in a massive shower of blood (or red oil, as the case may be) that goes everywhere and can obscure your vision. Shoot enough stuff and you'll earn a higher point multiplier. If you die, your multiplier resets to zero.
And, In a Sense, That's It. Move, Shoot, Stay Alive.
Robotron and descendents like Smash TV (which also enjoyed big splashes of gore) didn't have much of a risk versus reward mechanic. Survival was the key, but there wasn't much of a bonus for surviving by any particular strategy. Death by Cube definitely offers a bonus for using a few additional tricks; however, there's no actual strategy to it beyond that most unappealing game design concept: spamming.
Dash and Shield, Dash and Shield…Over and Over Again
Death by Cube adds two new elements to the basics of moving and shooting. One is the dash, which stuns enemies (visually indicated with a color change to yellow) and weakens their defense. Stun multiple baddies at once and you'll earn a bonus. The other option is a shield, which can absorb and then re-fire enemy shots. When faced with an overwhelming volley of enemy fire, the shield becomes your best friend, but it can be overloaded quickly.
Because of these two mechanics, survival strategy should be an equation in which four elements -- moving, firing, dashing and the shield -- are properly balanced. You can buy different robot personas, which emphasize various parts of that equation. One adds great spread shots, while another diminishes your firing capability but greatly improves the shield. There are alternate robots that have great homing shots, a super-fast stream of fire but slow movement speed, and slightly slower but far more powerful shots.
Death by Spam
In reality, the gameplay equation comes down to something pretty simple: dash frantically as often as possible while shooting in whichever direction has either the most movement or (if you've dashed through a group of enemies) the most yellowed targets. Should you be unlucky enough that cubes with firing capability are on the field, use the shield as often as possible, and then dash when dropping it. The dash is usually (but not always) enough to get you to safety until the shield can be used again; otherwise, you'll be shield-less and dead within seconds.
There are a few mission types and each new mission must be bought with coins won in previous exploits. In simple time attack levels, you have a set time in which to destroy all enemies. There are pure survival waves and levels where you attack or defend a base. The most devilish mission may be the type where, in addition to waves of enemies, you have to shoot large, static cubes. These explode with deadly force, killing nearby enemies and, in some cases, you.
Earn Your Pain
Each mission has point goals for bronze, silver and gold awards. You'll need at least the bronze to "pass." That's where some of the mission types get difficult -- in the harder versions of the levels with static cubes, just getting to bronze can be tough. It isn't fun, as there are too many elements in play. Death by Cube isn't complex; it's just unnecessarily complicated.
There's a thin line between the bottomless well of appeal that a game like Geometry Wars has and the endless supply of frustration Death by Cube offers. Here, the visuals are at proof-of-concept levels (or "intentionally campy" levels, depending on how defensive you're feeling) and the action isn't up to snuff. Those prototype-level visuals obscure important details and often make you feel as if you've been killed for no reason, while the need to randomly spam the dash and shield mechanics removes any sense that skill is needed. There's rarely the joyous sense of escape when you survive one more wave, nor the thrill of satisfaction after earning a higher multiplier. Other shoot 'em ups offer good rewards alongside the white-knuckle tension. Instead, Death by Cube just feels like a grind.


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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONK AND NEAGLE DISCOGRAPHY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are 2 releases in this Monk And Neagle discography... * 2004 - Monk And Neagle * 2007 - The Twenty-First Time Monk And Neagle began performing together when Monk asked Neagle to play with him on tour with Shane and Shane. Neagle released his own independent solo record before the two officially signed with Flicker Records as a group. Their debut self-titled album followed in August 2004. Monk and Neagle as of recently have signed with Reunion Records. Their second album, The Twenty-First Time, was released in 2007, and peaked at #17 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart and #12 on the Heatseekers chart. As of January 2011, the duo's website is no longer registered, and they no longer appear on the roster of artists at Flicker Records. In Him, TorrentTracts - July 2012
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By Grace Thornton
Mary Hicks said the stained glass windows in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Georgiana, in Butler Baptist Association have captured her attention for years.
In fact, she's been captivated by them ever since 1939, when her mother started carrying her in her arms to "big church."
"The windows have been a part of this church as long as anyone can remember," Hicks said. "If you could see them, you would understand why we wanted to keep them."
Keeping them — or not keeping them — became the question when the church's 1922 building was deemed structurally unsound two years ago and the congregation chose to level it and rebuild on the same spot.
But Hicks said the issue of the stained glass was never really a question at all.
"We decided in complete agreement to incorporate the old with the new and blend the two together," she said. "The windows mean so much to the older members, and it would mean a lot to the younger members coming up through the church also. The windows give them a sense of their Christian heritage."
The windows, she added, share Christ's Word — one features Christ with the children, another shows Him praying in the garden of Gethsemane. There are 14 windows total, eight of which share some sort of straightforward biblical message.
And now they are part of the new sanctuary of First, Georgiana, which opened Oct. 30.
"We were able to have them restored — they had been transferred once from a previous building and had also been through a fire," said Pastor Allen Stephenson. "The church was founded in 1865, and our first two churches on this site burned. We believe the windows have been around since at least the turn of the century."
As the church's fourth sanctuary was being constructed, the congregation met in the community's Ga-Ana Theatre, graciously loaned by its owners for Sunday services.
And during the two-years' time between tearing down the old sanctuary and opening the new, the congregation was not only working to preserve the old windows but also finding ways to incorporate new opportunities for ministry.
The new sanctuary — like the old — seats 220.
But the accessibility of it and the classroom space built around it minister to members — especially senior adults — in a profound way.
"We were very fortunate to have the big, three-story (educational) building through my childhood, but the staircases were narrow and hard to get around in," Hicks said. "Now the church is all on one floor and much easier to get around in."
With the new facility, First, Georgiana, also made another big step in opening its arms wide to the community.
"We just signed an agreement to be a special-needs shelter with the Red Cross. In the future, if there is a disaster, they can bring in a generator and we can accommodate 100 folks who might be diabetic, be on a breathing apparatus or have other special needs," Stephenson said. "This is not just a building for the church — it's a place where the community can come and feel safe."
He said church members realized after Hurricane Ivan hit in September 2004 that their community was more than just a stop-off point for people fleeing Florida when storms are imminent.
"We had more need in the six or eight blocks around us than anywhere else I know," Stephenson said. "We want to create a relationship with the community for intentional, relational kinds of witnessing."
Church members are excited about the new possibilities for ministry, he said.
"Before the carpet went down in the sanctuary, we all came together and wrote our favorite scriptures on the floor," Stephenson said.
At both the 11 a.m. homecoming and 2 p.m. dedication services, the church packed out the new sanctuary and an overflow room where people participated in the services by closed-circuit television.
"It was an incredible day of testimony — we glorified God and got the focus off man," he said.
Glorifying God was not a difficult thing to do, Hicks said — the inspiration of the new and legacy of the old in the sanctuary that day was overwhelming. "We are just so blessed."


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Title: Mineralization, Plant Availability, and Water Quality Consequences of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Land-Applied Municipal Biosolids
Project Type: Research
Start Date: 3/01/2010
End Date: 2/28/2011
Congressional District: NC 02
Focus Categories: Wastewater, Nutrients, Non Point Pollution
Keywords: biosolids, mineralization, nitrogen, phosphorus, land application, water quality
Principal Investigators: White, Jeffrey G; Hardy, David H.; Israel, Daniel; Lindbo, David L; Osmond, Deanna
Federal Funds: $ 38,000
Non-Federal Matching Funds: $ 32,720
Abstract: The ultimate goal of this project is to develop improved nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)availability coefficients that are needed to determine agronomically appropriate rates for application of different types of municipal biosolids to different receiver crops growing on North Carolina's diverse soils. Biosolids are the largely organic solids, semisolids, or liquid suspensions generated via treatment plant processing of municipal wastewater. Wastewater solids are first processed into sludge which receives additional treatment to produce biosolids for application to agricultural and forest lands and reclamation sites. As North Carolina's population continues to increase, our wastewater treatment plants generate ever-increasing quantities of biosolids, the majority of which are recycled via application to agricultural land. Biosolids are valuable sources of organic matter, which can improve soil chemical and physical properties for crop growth, and of nutrients, especially N and P, to fertilize crops. The majority of biosolids N is in organic forms that need to be mineralized into plant-available N (PAN: nitrate + ammonium) prior to plant uptake. Biosolids P is largely inorganic and may become unavailable after contact with soil; biosolids organic P requires mineralization to permit uptake. Research is needed to determine the biosolids N and P mineralization-availability coefficients required to determine appropriate rates of biosolids to apply to North Carolina agricultural lands. This will optimize crop nutrient uptake efficiency and minimize the quantities of excess N and P available to potentially contaminate ground and surface waters, thus protecting North Carolina water quality.
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This morning I saw the first dark-eyed junco, a spring bird returned home, and because the junco reminds me of the circularity of seasons and life, I thought of John O'Donohue and his writings on 'the boldness of dawn.' Here are a few lines from Anam Cara—
Each day, the dawn unveils the mystery of this universe. Dawn is the ultimate surprise; it awakens us to the immense "thereness" of nature. . . We come out of the darkness of winter into the possibility and effervescence of springtime."


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Argonne physicist Lydia Finney is developing new methods for fuels and metalloproteomics research at the Advanced Photon Source.
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Lydia Finney is a physicist in the X-ray Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source. She leads research in the area of bioinorganic chemistry. Combining X-ray fluorescence and separation science, she is developing new methods for fuels and metalloproteomics research. Finney is the author of more than 40 peer-reviewed works, which have been cited in over 800 publications.
Lydia obtained her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Northwestern University as a Fannie and John Hertz Fellow. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Biosciences Division of Argonne National Laboratory. She received her B.S. from SUNY at Albany. Lydia cares about mentoring and outreach for women scientists and students, and works as part of the Women in Science and Technology Steering Committee. She is also the mother of two young, energetic boys.
1) What inspired you to work in STEM?
Science was always easy and fun for me. I had teachers from high school through college who encouraged me to continue in it.
2) What excites you about your work at the Energy Department?
I love the new challenges every day and solving problems that are important to our nation. My work is always new and changing.
3) How can our country engage more women, girls, and other underrepresented groups in STEM?
The encouragement I've received over the years from my teachers and mentors has been very influential in my life. I think it's very important for young people to hear that encouragement.
4) Do you have tips you'd recommend for someone looking to enter your field of work?
I encourage anyone considering a career in research to participate in summer internships. There's no better way to learn what research is like, and whether it suits you.
5) When you have free time, what are your hobbies?
I enjoy running and hiking.


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Interview with Presentation Zen Master Garr Reynolds
"If you can get to Presentation Zen, you can do it all", said Mitch Joel in a recent Compete blog post. Mitch recommended that I interview Garr Reynolds to get on my way. Garr is the author of the best-selling book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery and the Presentation Zen blog. As someone who has spent her share of time developing and delivering PowerPoint presentations I was eager to contact Garr and begin the path to becoming a presentation master!
Garr is currently Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University where he teaches Global Marketing and Multimedia Design. Garr is the former Manager of Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple Computer, Inc. in Silicon Valley. A sought-after speaker and trainer around the world, he's a longtime student of the Zen arts and resident of Japan. He currently lives in Osaka where he is Director of Design Matters Japan.
I often refer to what I do in marketing as visually and verbally telling Compete's story. What's the number one thing you think makes a great story verbally? What about visually?
Emotion. Where there is emotion there is connection. If you speak like a real human being — which means reading slides is out of the question — and focus on your audience's pain and the meaning of your brand or product or event in the context of that pain, then your story begins to hit people at a level that is more visceral, more emotional, and more memorable.
Visually, emotion matters too (as advertisers know very well), but above all clarity is the most important element in a visual. Visuals must not be decorative or contain superfluous elements such as logos or clip art, etc. High-quality photography is very effective as are simple and clear quantitative displays.
What can marketers do to better connect with customers when delivering their brand stories?
Stop sucking at presentations. Presentations with powerful visuals that augment your story can be very effective, but poor visuals or typical death-by-PowerPoint slidemares of bulleted lists and bad pie charts is much, much worse than using no slides at all.
What's important is to understand your audience and know your story inside and out. If you know your story, if you have internalized it, then you don't have to worry about memorizing a script. Don't think in terms of memorizing your story, think in terms of internalizing it. Great actors do not memorize a script, they internalize it, it becomes part of them. If you internalize you are free to be in the moment with that particular audience. It does not matter if you have given a similar talk 100 times before, each audience is different. The more your story is internalized, the more it has become a part of you, then you have much more freedom to engage with this unique audience in a natural, conversational way.
They say that marketing is conversation. Well, your marketing presentation is quintessentially about conversation as well, and you can't memorize conversation…you must keep it real.
You've written about the importance of removing barriers to communication. Are there 2 — 3 principles that apply across mediums (PowerPoint, web, print) in effectively delivering a marketing message?
Restraint, brevity, and beauty. Related to these three precepts is the concept of empty space. Whether we are talking about slides, web pages, or documents, careful and thoughtful usage of empty space or "white space" leads to messages that get noticed, understood, and remembered. More professionals need to realize that empty space is not nothing but rather a powerful something. Protecting negative space in a visual display or document is a good example of the kind of restraint that leads to brevity and beauty, both of which are appreciated by the viewer. Simplicity is our driving force, and simplicity contains myriad elements including restraint, brevity, and beauty.
You recently revisited your post, "Stand and Deliver: The comic & the presenter," in which you recommend looking to comedians like Jerry Seinfeld for presentation inspiration. Is there anyone else, comedian or otherwise that you think "gets it right" when it comes to presenting? What's the one thing that person does that the rest of us can use today?
We can learn presentation and speaking lessons from unexpected places, which is why I often compare presentation mastery to other fields such as jazz, the Zen arts, documentary film, and comedy, etc. I admire the presentation skills of such people as Sir Ken Robinson, Steve Jobs, Al Gore, Rob Carter (FedEx CIO), comedian Bill Cosby, etc. There are lessons to be found even in observing fictional characters as well. For example, I'd have to say that Yoda is one of my favorite speakers of all time. Yoda understood the importance of economy in verbal expression. "Judge me by my size, do you?" Brilliant!
Never use a paragraph when a single sentence will do. A lesson for presenters today is that we should say only enough to get the point across and help our audiences understand. No more, no less.
At Compete, a lot of our business revolves around complex data sets. What recommendations do you have when delivering data-rich content in written and/or graphic formats?
First of all, throw out all your bad PowerPoint habits and invest in books by Stephen Few, Edward Tufte, and Nancy Duarte's new book called "Slide:ology." Also read the classic "How to Lie with Statistics" by Darrell Huff. Ask yourself if the data is really necessary to make or support your point. If (and only if) it's absolutely necessary then do whatever you can to decrease the noise of the visual and increase the signal. Noise on a slide would include unnecessary colors, logos, clip art, or even thick lines and tic marks on a chart, etc.
Usually information and meaning are more important than mere data so be very careful and make certain you review your "data-rich" slides with a critical eye. Here's a simple tip, rather than just giving a chart a title such as "Inflation rate," change your title to something more meaningful such as "Inflation rate doubles" or "Inflation rate up 4%," whatever underscores the point you are making with the chart. And if you have very complex data (that needs to be shown), consider distributing that in a handout instead.
Who should I interview next for the Compete Blog?
I suggest Dr. John Medina, author of the best-selling book "Brain Rules" — his ideas will change the way we all work and learn.


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On August 24, 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined the term "planet", effectively demoting Pluto to just a dwarf planet. The least qualified people chronically afraid of advancements of our understanding of cosmos, immediately flooded the blogosphere and social media with a wave of protests. One can truly judge the "severity" of an issue by the involvement of proponents of pseudo-sciences such as astrology. Nevertheless, the resistance faded as many realized that Pluto's classification had no impact on their lives; with the exception of those who, as Sheldon Cooper brilliantly put, "participate in the mass cultural delusion that the Sun's apparent position relative to arbitrarily defined constellations at the time of your birth somehow affects your personality".
Unfortunately, some, to this day, have not forgotten about the unlawful demontion of their beloved so-called planet, which, by the way, exerts less gravitational influence on you that the computer you are using to read this article. The goverment of the state of Illinois decided to take the matter into their own hands by declaring Pluto a fully-pledged planet. Obviously, their motives have nothing to do with that fact the Clyde W. Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930, is a native of Illinois?! – The entire matter is just borderline ridiculous. Once again, politicians who have no education in the matter, make a decision just to appease their own anxieties. What truly surprises me is that this is not coming from an enlightened state such as Oklahoma (although they are trying really hard to keep up), but the very home of Barack Obama, who above all, values rational thought.


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Hey keksz, can you add two legs in it? It would be an awesome exosuit!
that sounds like a good idea...maybe...who knows :D
we will see.
Yeah Robert and while your at it, you can also animate the exosuit :P
sure why not?
Awsome. Let the mech-aggedon begin then :P Time to talk to Kris.
I think you mean ar-mech-geddon
Missiles on gattling cannons eh? PLA FTW!
How about have both Defense turrent & exosuit!
a mech that turns into a turret =D
OH MY ............DAYUM....Ultimate Base Defense !!
Dude ok seriously now stop it. You are making us look bad lol.
The hell are you eating? I want some of that lol.
Really nice work man.
if it's continue like this, CnC Untitled would beat the hell out of every Cnc Gen Mod xD
"The hell are you eating?"
Cheese crackers - want some?
lol thx.
oh why thanks, i love Crackers :3
is these ingame?
No it's just a render but several assets from this render are being used ingame just like the gatling gun and the supply truck.
This could be mistaken for a level in an FPS, Impressive work.
Oh, thank you! :)
Well the borders between RTS and FPS are getting fairly thin these days :P
Even on a 10-year old engine?
No not really lol. Was just talking generally about modern RTS games.
Imagine though if C&C Generals had an engine like C&C 3, oh the possibilities
Yeah? Most likely the newer C&C 3 or whatever wont allow creation for mods! Thats why a lot of players keep their old games because of the incredible mod base is forever expanding! Practically getting a new game that way!
as usual, pure epic!! like watching a movie!!
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A gatling gun defense infront of a established PLA forward base somewhere in the arabian desert fighting off GLA forces.
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Edgewater Resort may have a new owner.
Javin Montgomery, who currently owns Taylorsville Lake Marina, along with the Settlers Trace gas station and store near the entrance to the marina, submitted a winning bid on the resort during a sale conducted earlier this month.
Jerry Sewell, who manages the marina and other properties owned by Montgomery, confirmed that they did place the high bid, although he refused to give the amount.
"We've got it under contract. That's all I can tell you at this time," said Sewell.
People with business to conduct with the Spencer County Sheriff's Office this week have been lining up outside at a mobile trailer that has been in use for several weeks now since Sheriff Buddy Stump has closed his office because of mold issues.
This in spite of a vote last week by the Spencer County Fiscal Court to lease a building a block away for the sheriff to relocate his offices until the mold issue can be addressed and cleaned up.
The Spencer County Dairy Dynasty continues. Spencer County High School FFA recently took their fourth straight national title at the National FFA Dairy Judging Contest at the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis.
The team won in convincing manner, as all four members scored in the top seven individually, winning by 148 points over teams from Florida, Ohio, California, Minnesota and elsewhere.
Students to present "Dracula"
The Spencer County High School and Middle School drama department will be presenting their production of "Dracula" October 27-30 at 7 p.m. and also on October 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults.
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George Ella Lyon's term as Kentucky Poet Laureate has only a few months remaining, but the Harlan County native's story collection project, "'Where I'm From': A Poetry of Place," will live beyond her tenure as the state's literary ambassador.
Lyon's goal with the project is to collect, from each of Kentucky's 120 counties, individual stories fashioned on "Where I'm From," her iconic 1993 poem that has been used as a model for poetry writing in communities around the world.
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Spencer County Sheriff Buddy Stump filed a lawsuit last week against the Spencer County Fiscal Court and its individual members after the court had been unable to agree on where to relocate his office in the midst of an apparent mold outbreak.
The suit, filed in Spencer Circuit Court last Friday, lays out the timeline of mold-related events dating back to July 11, up until October 7, when Spencer County Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Brummer became ill and was hospitalized for five days after he'd spent time in the building's booking area.
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So, there's an awesome pitch contest going on at Melodie Wright's blog. I really encourage you all to check it out!
Okay, and I've received the Leibster award from Hope, but since I've already gotten this one a few times I'm going to send her a big THANK YOU and skip the part where I reveal too much about myself. I also got this skunk award from Lara and Leigh! At first I was like, oh my gosh! Someone found an ap. for smelling through the computer and they caught me right after I ate Taco Bell. (haha, guess I can't help but reveal a little bit about moi) But then I read what this award actually means and it's just about the sweetest thing anyone has ever given me :)
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So passing it onto some people who always make me smile when the day just about goes to crap. (I'm trying to pass this to people that didn't get it from either Lara or Leigh, but know that you're totally on my list too!) And I'm writing this now (Jan. 28th) but since my blog is so booked, you won't see it until Feb 2nd. So if you got this award from someone else in the meantime, know that I gave it to you first! ME! :)
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Capella (Alpha Aurigae)
Capella is a multiple system in which the dominant components are two post-main-sequence G-type stars, each with roughly the same temperature as the Sun, a radius of about 10 times that of the Sun, and a mass of 2.5 solar masses. One has a luminosity of 50 times that of the Sun, the other of 80 times. This pair, separable only by spectroscope, lie less than 100 million km apart and orbit each other every 104.02 days.
Capella is a source of X-rays, probably because of surface magnetic activity similar to that seen on the Sun, but which star is responsible is uncertain. Capella also has a faint companion that is itself a double, made of two dim red dwarf M stars, that orbits almost a light-year away from the main pair.
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|Jul 3 2009, 05:07 PM Post #1
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|Everybody has to have AT LEAST one supercool talent. Mine is that I can vaporize my spit and when I open my mouth it looks like warm breath on a cold day. So, any double-jointed contortionists? What's your cool talent?
|Jul 3 2009, 10:51 PM Post #2
you can vapourize your spit? ive never heard of that one....
uhm uhm uhm, well i can do that thing where you turn part of your eyelid inside out, and it stays there...(like this, though I think it looks less disturbing...) I can (or used to be able to) burp the alphabet on command, (yup, can still do a, b, c at least), uhhhh, my thumbs repeatedly crack(i just got 25 on the one thumb), and I can pop my shoulders in and out in a fairly disturbing fashion. Uhm, i can do that tongue thing, where you curl it into a 'clover'(among other things. the 'clover' looks like this link, though not as pronounced. uhm, i can flare my nostrils! XD I think thats it.
Basically the easy circus-freak stuff. I've not quite developed any of them into state-changing magic tricks(liquid to gas, vaporisation) ....in fact I try to not do most of them, as I'm sure popping your shoulder out cant be good for you, and id rather not get my eyelids stuck inside out.
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|Jul 3 2009, 11:42 PM Post #3
haha, so I can do this thing, as im walking, if you cover the lower half of my body it (should) look like im floating (aka marching band marching, very hard to do correctly)
uhhhh I can move with a 10-20 pound horn in my face sticking out like 2-3 feet from my body, and create an smooth (loud sound) and keeping it up for 8 minutes straight
kinda like this
hmm not much else I guess haha
EDIT: That baritone is a small one, I use a big one
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|Jul 4 2009, 02:20 AM Post #4
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I can try to teach you the spit thing. Its quite interesting.
Alright, so you know how you run your tongue against the roof of your mouth quickly to make a click? Do that without breathing through your mouth (keep it closed). This generates the spit. You may want to drink a glass of water before you do this.
This is the more complicated part. So, basically, put your fist over your closed lips and blow without letting any air escape. Do this as hard as you can. Your jaws should after you do this a few times.
Third, and final:
Open your mouth, do not blow, just let the vaporized spit come out on its own.
Notes: do not breathe any time during this process. To see it best, you should see the profile of the person doing it. If you want to try it out yourself, use a mirror, so you can see it from a side view.
I think the eyelid thing is gross.
Don't you talk to me about flaring nostrils. I am the king of flaring nostrils. Absentmindedly, I do it all the time.
I used to have this thing where I could crack my whole hand repeatedly.
One weird thing is that when I walk down the stairs, my ankles crack every three or four steps. It annoys me.
Finally, can any of you solve a Rubik's Cube? I did it for the first time two days ago and I have been practicing. my best time is something like 3 minutes 30 seconds.
|Jul 4 2009, 04:55 AM Post #5
i can regularly get to the last 5 things in a rubiks cube, but then i get stuck.
for my thumb thing, my hand cracks first
my ankles also crack when I go down the stairs usually, butI cant always just choose to crack them. they just crack... alot. my knee does sometimes too
i will try the spit thing sometime
also, nice darth! lol, those are real skills, not weird ones.
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|Star Gazing
|Jul 4 2009, 03:53 PM Post #6
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I can't whistle, but I can whistle by using my fingers.
(Is that weird?)
Edited by Star Gazing, Jul 4 2009, 03:54 PM.
|Jul 4 2009, 04:08 PM Post #7
ha, i wouldnt say its weird, but it is rarer.
i can only do that sometimes...i cant remember how though. my mom is good at it and she showed meonce
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|Jul 4 2009, 05:57 PM Post #8
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|I can whistle by sucking in.
|Jul 4 2009, 08:01 PM Post #9
ohh I can do that too!!
And tehol, they may be actual skills, but all of this is, haha, this has almost no application in real life, except if I join DCI (Drum Corps International, aka, professional marching band)
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|Jul 4 2009, 08:53 PM Post #10
i guess.
when i try to whistle in, i just make a bit of a higher pitched noise.
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I signed up to run a half marathon a few months ago thinking it would keep me jogging as the weather turned cooler. The weeks flew by and for a while, I managed to keep up the weekly long runs, squeezing a few in on vacation or on Saturday mornings. But at some point, shortly before Labor Day, I got buried under the crush of back to school craziness. Thanks to the Jewish holidays, the preschool calendar for my four-year-old twins operated in fits and starts for all of September. Then there were writing deadlines, the infamous NYC kindergarten applications hanging over my head, out of town houseguests, a nasty virus that swept through our home - you name it, I ran out of time to train. Or rather, I ran out of time to train the way I wanted to.
But this morning, as I contemplated whether or not I was really ready to run 13.1 miles (or whether I really wanted to for that matter), I decided this was one of those moments I couldn't flake out. I had to get tough. It would have been too easy to hit the snooze button and roll over. I knew I would feel victorious no matter how long it took me to finish the race. I decided this was a moment that called for follow through.
I quickly put on my shorts and sneakers, made breakfast for the kids, got them dressed for basketball practice and with 15 minutes to spare, met up with a group of women who were in many ways in the same exact boat as me. All of us are time strapped moms who decided that taking two plus hours for ourselves to run two hilly loops of Central Park was worth the effort. We were also running for Charley's Fund to raise money to help children suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. So there was an added incentive to finishing the course.
Before I had a chance to doubt myself, the starting horn sounded and we were off. As I jogged at a comfortable, easy pace, I couldn't help thinking about how much motherhood demands mental toughness. I've interviewed dozens of fit moms over the last year and have found an important reason they continue to push themselves to exercise and train in spite of their busy schedules is that it reinforces their feelings of confidence and strength.
Former competitive gymnast Delaine Mathieu says her regular running and cycling workouts remind her of the resolve she once had when she would fall off the balance beam in practice and the coach would make her get back up and finish the routine.
"When I find myself wanting to give up when parenting gets tough, I think like an athlete: Stay strong, dig in and above all else, get back on the beam," the San Antonio, TX mother of two girls told me.
Los Angeles mom Jessica Cribbs employs a similar mindset, especially now that she is juggling a toddler son and newborn daughter at home. She says the determination she developed as a college athlete sprinting down the basketball court comes into play on a daily basis in her household.
"You do what it takes, because you're either in it focused and ready to go, or things will fall apart," she says.
The attitudes expressed by the moms I've interviewed reflect what sports psychology researchers have found about the strong connection between exercise and self-esteem. A 2005 study of middle aged and older women in the U.K. found that exercise over a 10 week period boosted feelings of achievement, empowerment and well-being. According to the researchers Hardcastle and Taylor, "The participants noted changes in social (caring) and domestic (physical activity) priorities: guilt-free exercise sessions became part of their weekly routines."
I've had the same experience as I've continued to exercise through motherhood. What I get out of pushing myself in a road race or finishing a tough spin class or even just making it to the gym for a quick circuit through the weight room is a sense that I can follow through - I'm tough enough to push through the challenge at hand. Whether it's sticking to my guns when I've told the kids no more screen time or not caving in when my son or daughter clamors for something in a store or just powering through the day after a child has been throwing up all night and I've got to rearrange everyone's schedules to take my other one to school, get to the doctor, meet deadlines for work, and figure out what to make for dinner, I know I can do it because I've done it before in other situations. Exercise is a meaningful way to visualize and physically remind myself, when it counts, I'm one tough mother.


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An ombudsman to protect soldiers from abuse in the military will be powerless to force the Ministry of Defence to produce documents that could incriminate the department, a group of lawyers and former officers said last night.
Draft legislation to create the post – announced by the Government earlier this year in response to a series of critical articles in The Times about military justice – will not change a system that is failing to handle complaints about bullying and harassment, they said in written evidence to the defence select committee.
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After all these years, the envelope-stuffing come-on is still alive and well, according to New Jersey Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman, who has just announced a $130,000 settlement with a company that promised big bucks from stuffing envelopes at home.
"This settlement should serve as a clear cautionary note to consumers," Hoffman said. "When an offer seems too good to be true -- especially if it's a work-at-home ad offering thousands of dollars in return for little work -- it may very well be a scam, designed to enrich a con artist while wasting your money and time."
David Brookman and his company, Capital Enterprises, Inc., lured consumers through ads that promised, "Get Paid From Mailing Our Special Letters From Home! Potential Earnings Of Up To $5,000 Or More Weekly!"
Instead, investigators said that, of Brookman's approximately 13,000 customers, only 45 – less than 1 percent – ever made more than $100 from the envelope stuffing program. Approximately 11,000 made no money at all. The most any consumer ever made from Brookman's work-from-home scheme was $520 over a 10-month period.
Meanwhile, according to the state's lawsuit against Brookman, consumers who signed up for the work-at-home program had to pay a registration fee. After paying the fee, they found the terms and conditions substantially changed, often including a requirement to make further payments.
"Schemes like these prey on economically stressed consumers who are lured by the promise that they can make good money by working at home," said Eric T. Kanefsky, Director of the State Division of Consumer Affairs. "Unfortunately, it is often those who can least afford to get ripped off, that are themselves victimized. We are committed to stopping work-at-home and other scam artists."


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White-Berried American Beautyberry
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The Windmill Wizard
By Rick Fredericksen • Aug 2, 2013
At the same time utility companies erect modern wind turbines across the Iowa countryside, old fashioned windmills are rusting away on abandoned farmsteads. But there's one man who is out to preserve the crumpled icons, one windmill at a time. Meet the Windmill Wizard.


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Artist: Andrea della Robbia (Italian, 1435–1525)
Date: ca. 1475
Culture: Italian, Florence
Medium: Glazed terracotta
Dimensions: confirmed: 64 3/4 in., 920 lb. (164.5 cm, 417.3 kg)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1921
Accession Number: 21.116
The Florentine sculptor Luca della Robbia (1399/1400–1482) used tin glaze in a new and imaginative way, by mixing batches of white glaze with oxides of various metals in a finely powdered form. When fired, the resulting glazes were colored in their entire mass with blues from cobalt, yellows from antimony, greens from copper, purples and violets from manganese, and oranges and browns from iron rust. These colored glazes were applied to the already fired terracotta sculptures in a liquid form with water admixed, and fixed in a second firing. They covered the sculptures with washes of color in areas needed for clothing and background details, much as paints would do for a picture. The colors were permanent and could be exposed to the weather.
Luca's family continued the use of his innovation in their workshop in Florence and elsewhere until late in the sixteenth century. His nephew Andrea, the creator of this large relief, also made freestanding busts and reliefs with religious, heraldic, or moralizing subjects, as here, with the figure of Prudence, one of the Cardinal Christian Virtues. It is likely that this large relief, which has part of the brick wall adhering at the back from its original installation, was once placed in a prime location with reliefs of the three other Cardinal Virtues (Courage, Justice, and Temperance). The encircling wreath of four fruiting plants is very typical of the della Robbia workshop. The segments probably indicate the seasons of the year, with pine cones for winter, grapes for autumn, lemons for spring, and gourds for summer.


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