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Takeout barbecue — with even a vegan option — for your picnic.
Cut into the watermelon these days and you're likely to notice something missing. Where are the seeds? Maybe, like me, you've bitten into said watermelon and noticed something else missing. Where is the taste?
Perhaps this is a minor issue to inspire a crusade, but to me it's just the final straw. Tomatoes are bred to ripen to a bright red on command, to stay firm and to survive being shipped halfway or more across the country. But that's a crusade for another time.
In memory at least, watermelon used to be an incredibly reliable fruit -- juicy and sweet with firm, crisp flesh. Yet in the past few years it seems that every watermelon I cut into is either pale pink with a green taste or so overripe it has a tasteless, mushy texture. Since it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to verify the ripeness of watermelon without cutting into it, consumers are basically at the mercy of the supply line.
I can't prove that seedless watermelons are responsible for this trend, but it's hard to ignore the fact that the incredible watermelons of my childhood all had those telltale black seeds, while the watermelons that have recently disappointed me are consistently seedless.
Seedless watermelons are part of a greater trend toward convenience food. It's easy to remember a time when supermarkets didn't sell lettuce washed and bagged, squash pre-peeled and cut into chunks, or a quarter of a watermelon wrapped in plastic. This type of packaging might cut down on work in the kitchen, but that's not why stores are using it. They're selling it because they can charge more for it.
Of course, the reason that they keep selling it is that people are buying it. According to a 2006 consumer report by the National Watermelon Promotion Board, 60 percent of respondents prefer seedless watermelons, while only 18 percent prefer seeded watermelons. That's a shame. Watermelon seeds may be a little inconvenient and they may make watermelon a bit messier to eat, but they're also a lot of fun. A few generations from now, will children even be able to conceive of a watermelon seed-spitting contest?
Barry Leicher, who owns Leicher Family Farm in Chicora, Butler County, thinks they probably won't. He's growing seeded watermelons this year. "I
think the seeded ones taste better," noted Mr. Leicher, but they also picked seeded watermelons because they are an organic (noncertified) farm, and pressure from insects and animals makes seeded watermelons a better bet.
Growing watermelons at all is a complex business. Vines produce male and female flowers. The male flowers provide pollen, and the female flowers must be pollinated at least 30 to 40 times to produce good fruit.
Producing seedless watermelon seeds adds another layer of difficulty. The plants that grow from seedless watermelon seeds are sterile, so in order to produce watermelons, about one-quarter of each field must be sown with normal, seeded watermelon plants to provide the pollen.
In recent years, breeders have developed seeded plants that grow marble- or fist-sized watermelon, so that they can be crushed, ensuring that the pollen is transferred to the seedless plants.
Because seedless varieties are difficult to grow, small farms rarely go to the trouble. Because smaller producers usually have to sell watermelons at a higher price, they are less likely to be able to pass off the cost difference to buyers. Large, conventional farms can pass along the cost difference because they are more driven by market demands.
Because very few stores sell seeded and seedless side by side, most consumers don't consider that if they were buying seeded watermelon, they'd probably be paying less.
But, after all this work, we still don't have an answer to the question: Is there a difference in the quality and taste of seedless vs. seeded watermelons?
Bob Omlor, owner of Honeydale Organic Farms in Darlington, Beaver County, is something of a local watermelon expert. He thinks that seedless watermelons can taste just as good as seeded, if they're grown properly, but he has found that commercial watermelons can rarely stand up to those grown on small farms, especially organic farms, and he has the numbers to back it up.
"We also did something a lot of people don't," said Mr. Omlor. "We had a device called a refractometer. It's a simple little optical device. You put the juice on it ??? and it reads on a little dial and it tells you what percentage of sugar you have," also known as the "brix."
In his experience, "If they check 8 or above they're pretty decent. A lot of ours checked 11 or 12. The highest we've ever had were 13 or 14. A lot of the commercial ones would be 4, 5, 6."
Sweetness isn't some random characteristic of watermelon (or any fruit).
Mr. Omlor explained, "You need to give it good fertilizer for one, and that's one reason a lot of times the organically grown watermelons are sweeter. In many cases when they're fed with regular chemical fertilizer, it grows a nice big watermelon fast but it doesn't give it the minerals that give [watermelon] their sweetness."
So while seedlessness isn't necessarily to blame, evidence suggests that buying seedless watermelons out of season or from the grocery store is usually going to result in watermelons that weren't raised with the same care and attention as those you can buy at your local market, unless, of course, your grocery store is buying local watermelons. Before Mr. Omlor retired, he sold some of his watermelons to the East End Co-Op and Whole Foods, as well as to farmers markets in Beaver County. Buy organic, local (and usually seeded) watermelon, and you are much more likely to relish every sweet, crisp, juicy bite.
Of course, that's not the most satisfying answer. The National Watermelon Board Consumer Report also discovered that 70 percent of consumers would purchase more watermelon if it had "a sweeter flavor," but almost as many reported they would purchase more if it were available to them year-round. These two desires are clearly at odds. The problem with all of this plant breeding and advertising is that it seems to have made people believe that we can make fruits and vegetables do anything we want.
We've tried changing the watermelon, but that hasn't gone so well, so maybe now we need to try changing our expectations.
This year, local watermelons won't be available until mid-August at the earliest, and some farmers tell me they won't be available until early September. Let's make it a new tradition: Watermelon for Labor Day.
Restaurant critic China Millman can be reached at email@example.com or 412-263-1198.
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The tart and fruity side of it comes through in compotes, crumbles and of course, pies.
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SOLAR 2013: Industry Honors ASES Award Winners
Gathering for their 58th annual Solar Energy Conference, ASES members honored their most inspiring leaders tonight at a gala awards banquet. This year's awardees ranged from pioneer-mentors like Bruce Brownell, an early practitioner for and advocate of passive solar design, to emerging professionals like Penn State University Ph.D. candidate Lucas Witmer.
ASES presented the Rebecca Vories Award to Paulette Middleton of Panaroma Pathways, in recognition of her outstanding volunteer work on behalf of the Society; the John and Barbara Yellott Award to Witmer, for his work to advance building system design; and the Hoyt Clarke Hottel Award to the University of Wisconsin's Sandy Klein, for his contributions to educational software for solar system design and modeling. The Passive Pioneer Award went to Brownell, of Adirondack Alternative Energy, for his early recognition and application of passive solar design concepts. Ambient Energy's Renée Azerbegi, recognized for her work in changing the relationship of people and buildings to solar resources and technologies, will be presented with the Women in Solar Energy (WISE) Award tomorrow at the annual WISE luncheon. ASES Board member and Technical Divisions Committee Chair David Comis was named an ASES Fellow for his years of exemplary service to the Society.
ASES awarded its highest honor, the Charles Greeley Abbot Award, to Henry Red Cloud for his work to improve the lives of Native Americans nationwide through the use of renewable energy. Red Cloud founded Lakota Solar Enterprises on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to produce an affordable, replicable solar air-heating system that saves tribal families 20 to 30 percent on their annual heating costs. In honor of past and future generations of Lakota people and of all the "solar warriors and warriorettes" in attendance, Red Cloud sang a Lakota song passed down from his grandfather and through the generations. For the song, about honoring the sun and its part in the water and life cycles, he asked those present to stand and contemplate their own part in this cycle of life, in preserving the earth's resources and honoring the sun.
Laura Bankey, director of conservation at the National Aquarium, gave the keynote address. She described the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and its unique vulnerability to the effects of climate change, from sea level rise and extreme storm events to the hypoxia that can cause fish kills. For the National Aquarium, this growing threat has meant an evolution in how it engages its 1.5 million visitors per year. It has evolved from teaching about the region's animals and their habitats to inviting visitors to join the Aquarium in efforts like planting trees and restoring wetlands. The Aquarium's Thoughtful Choices campaign teaches visitors about conserving natural resources, reducing waste and building healthy communities.

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WASHINGTON, Thursday—Our son, Elliott, finally was able to depart last night. The last snowstorms have been a little disturbing to anyone who wished to travel anywhere by air and he was obliged to change his plans several times. However, even leaving later than he intended, he will be in Fort Worth, Texas, sooner than would have been possible before airplanes were an accepted mode of travel.
It is interesting to talk to any young man today who is very keen about his work, because he is able to tell you of a number of things which seem to be successful even in these troublous times. The successful things usually show that it takes imagination and initiative today to do something which really goes over. If you have both, you seem to succeed.
The State of Washington provides me with an interesting letter and a newspaper clipping this morning. My correspondent asks that I answer her question in my column. This is the question: "I am enclosing a clipping. Is this called free speech?" The clipping is from a paper called "The Statesmen Index", of December 30th, and is headed: "The Poet's Corner." The name of the poem is "Rejected." The gist of it is that the present President of the United States "came to the gates of Hell and the Devil answered the bell." All the faults of the Administration come in for a rhymne, including personal things such as his wife, and finally he is rejected, and these are the closing lines:
At last he said: "Let's make it clear,
You'll have to move, you can't stay here,
For once you linger with the mob
I'll have to hunt myself a job."
Strange to say the author is, "Unknown."
Certainly, Madame Correspondent, this is freedom of speech. Anyone in this country has a right to state his or her opinion about anyone else. Even if you disagree with the opinion you must uphold this right, because that same right allows you to express your opinion freely as well. You are worried because you were taught to respect the office of the President of the United States regardless of politics, but this is not an attack on the office or even on the Presidency. It is an attack on the man and perhaps it is better to have more freedom and less enforced respect.
Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to the Executive Board of the National Federation of Women's Clubs and listening to a speech by a young Chilian woman doctor who holds one of their scholarships. This young woman is one of the leaders among women in Chile and it was interesting to see her interest in democracy.


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THE Daily Telegraph has today launched a petition aimed at stopping the vile and abusive trolls on Twitter, facelessly and mercilessly attacking not just celebrities and sports stars but other everyday users simply for the thrill.
Our goal is to push for Twitter to be obligated to work with authorities when these cowards break the law, bully or abuse others simply because they can, hiding behind the anonymity of their keyboard.
#StopTheTrolls: Sign the petition here (Twitition has returned to normal, making sign-up a simple process)
Change.org: Sign our petition to make internet trolls and bullies accountable for their Tweets
(We have also established a new petition at change.org for those not on Twitter to register their support)
Already our #StopTheTrolls petition is being supported by Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke, Dally M medallist Ben Barba and fellow league star Josh Dugan, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, New South Wales Police Minister Mike Gallacher and celebrity Charlotte Dawson. And you too can make a difference.
#StopTheTrolls comes after Wests Tigers captain Farah contacted police over anonymous comments about his mother, who died in June.
"Whilst I'm all for banter on Twitter and people expressing their opinions, this was personal about my late mother who I am still grieving about," he said, reading from a prepared statement.
"As a rugby league player ... I know I will get positive and negative messages and I need to be accountable for the way I respond. However, the tweet I received last night clearly crossed the line and was personal abuse of the worst possible kind. Not only to myself, but to my family."
Have you been trolled? Tell us below or simply have your say on #StopTheTrolls
It's no secret bullying and cyber bullying can lead to self-harm and we are determined to make a difference in the lives of people that feel helpless to stop it.
People should not be forced off Twitter by trolls - that's simply ignoring the problem. We must stop treating the symptoms and tackle the real issue – stamping out trolling and bullying.
Digitally sign our petition to help try to make Twitter a better place for all users. Join our campaign and show your support to #StopTheTrolls
Celebrity Twitterer Charlotte Dawson, a victim of trolls, said: "Everybody has a right to enjoy Twitter. If a Twitter user is subject to bullying, harassment and intimidation, they shouldn't have to stop using Twitter."
Attorney general Nicola Roxon said: "Cyber bullying is reprehensible and has no place in our society.
"It is against the law to use social media in a harassing way.
"What we need is strong cooperation from governments, law enforcement and the community. But we also need the assistance of US based social networks like Twitter.
"I have already discussed this issue with the NSW Government and want to work cooperatively with all my state counterparts."
You can show your support by helping #StopTheTrolls become a world-wide trending topic on Twitter, ensuring it gains the attention of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. You can also "Like" our Facebook page dedicated to #StopTheTrolls as a way of showing your support.
Here's a few tips to protect yourself against trolls and bullies online:
Trolling is sustained, targeted and vicious behaviour towards a person online, often from a fake or anonymous account. If it happens to you this is what you should do:
Take a screen grab of the offending message with the user's name and Twitter handle and save it as evidence.
Report the user to the social media outlet or forum moderator. In extreme cases you can also make a complaint to the police.
Don't engage with the troll, just block them. Ignoring them is their worst nightmare.
Remember, trolling is not just criticising or disagreeing with someone or even saying something offensive. It is targeted abuse towards an individual.
So let's make the real trolls pay and keep the Internet fun for the rest of us.
Change.org: Sign our petition to make internet trolls and bullies accountable for their Tweets
(We have also established a new petition at change.org for those not on Twitter to register their support)
If you need help, support or advice, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636
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Re: st: an ordinary two-way table
"Michael Blasnik" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: an ordinary two-way table
Fri, 11 May 2007 11:10:06 -0400
I just recalled that I had written a program with the same goal a while back and it will do what you ask:
program define tabvals
version 8.0
*! v 1.0 M Blasnik
syntax varlist( min=1 max=2) [if] [in], values(numlist) [MISSing] *
if "`missing'"!="" {
local novarlist "novarlist"
marksample touse , `novarlist'
local var: word 1 of `varlist'
qui levels `var' if `touse', local(hasvals) `missing'
local addvals: list values - hasvals
local tempobs: word count `addvals'
if `tempobs'>0 {
local origN=_N
qui expand `tempobs'+1 in l
tempvar real
qui gen byte `real'=(_n<=`origN')
qui replace `touse'=1 in -`tempobs'/l
forvalues i=1/`tempobs' {
local obsn=`origN'+`i'
local val: word `i' of `addvals'
qui replace `var'=`val' in `obsn'
noi tab `varlist' if `touse', subpop(`real') `missing' `options'
else {
noi tab `varlist' if `touse' , `missing' `options'
Hopefully there aren't any word wrap problems or you may need to fix this code up. It lets you specify a values numlist that applies to the first variable in the tabulate command. It allows you to specify a second variable but does not create new values for that one. Since it relies on Stata's tabulate command, it provides all of the options allowed with tabulate.
Michael Blasnik
----- Original Message ----- From: "Giovanni Vecchi" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:07 AM
Subject: RE: st: an ordinary two-way table
Chris and Nick, thanks for your suggestions. As you both say, the
problem with tabcount is that it does not allow row and column totals.
I'm always puzzled when I find Stata unable to offer easy answers to
easy questions (as the one raised in my posting). Faced with the
failure to produce a simple two-way table, I ask myself: is it me or
is it Stata? And my answers start looping ... "it's me", "it's Stata",
"it's me", "it's Stata",... time goes by, frustration/irritation start
off, etc...
A quick reaction to Nick's suggestion. In my opinion, there is an
issue on the opportunity cost of pursuing a Mata-based strategy. My
guess is that it is high for most Stata users.
My point: ordinary two-way tables should be within the reach of
Mata-almost-illiterate users. Needless to say, I am an outstanding
member of this club.
A bottom line: hope StataCorp is sympathetic to my argument... :)
- Giovanni
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The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 features songs from the past 24 years of the Annual Benefit Concert. Through the generosity of the artists and Apple, a portion of iTunes and label proceeds will benefit The Bridge School. To purchase online, open iTunes, go to the iTunes Store, and search for "The Bridge Collection." Or, if you have iTunes downloaded on your computer, click on the links to get to the albums directly:
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Volume 5 tracks include:
- Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (Live) - Neil Young
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- I Will Play for Gumbo (Live) - Jimmy Buffett
- A Pirate Looks At Forty (Live) - Jimmy Buffett
- Listenin' to the Radio (Live) - Adam Sandler
- Hey Hey What Can I Do (Live) - Adam Sandler
- Viva la Vida (Live) - Chris Martin
- He Doesn't Know Why (Live) - Fleet Foxes
- Love Remains the Same (Live) - Gavin Rossdale
- Comedown (Live) - Gavin Rossdale
- Tell Me Why (Live) - Elvis Costello & Emmylou Harris
- Brand New Heartache (Live) - Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris & Neil Young
- Mr. Soul (Live) - Buffalo Springfield
- No One Said It Would Be Easy (Live) - Sheryl Crow
- Hide Your Love Away (Live) - Sheryl Crow
- Kiss Me Deadly (Live) - Billy Idol
- Running With the Boss Sound (Live) - Billy Idol
- If It Wasn't for Bad (Live) - Elton John & Leon Russell
- Monkey Suit (Live) - Elton John & Leon Russell
- Greenville (Live) - Lucinda Williams
- Born to Be Loved (Live) - Lucinda Williams
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Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972.
Crazy hope and finite experience.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©1994
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|Paul Goodman; Paul Goodman; Paul Goodman; Paul Goodman; Paul (Soziologe) Goodman
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|Spine title: Crazy hope & finite experience.
"A Gestalt Institute of Cleveland publication"--Page [ii].
|ix, 144 pages ; 23 cm.
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From the publication of Growing Up Absurd in 1960 until his death in 1972, Paul Goodman had the ear of the young radicals of the New Left, pouring forth books and articles on education, technology, decentralization, and of course, the war in Vietnam. Yet Goodman saw himself primarily as an artist rather than a political thinker or sociologist, and many of his books, even during the 1960s, were works of poetry, drama, and fiction. He had also practiced as a psychotherapist and joined with Frederick Perls and Ralph Hefferline in producing a new synthesis in psychological thought, Gestalt therapy, which has since become an international movement. In an age of specialization, few writers have taken on so broad a range of concerns. Crazy Hope and Finite Experience is a final summing up of the thought and life of this self-described "old-fashioned man of letters." This book brings together for the first time five personal essays, all written near the end of his life, in which Goodman discusses his sense of the world and how he was "in" it, his politics, his spiritual and religious attitude, his sexuality, and his calling as a literary artist. For those already familiar with one or another aspect of his work, Goodman's self-assessment will provide new insight into the credo that underlies his whole career. For those learning about him for the first time, it offers a vivid sense of the man and his perspective. And for psychotherapists - especially Gestalt therapists - the book will fill in the picture of Goodman as a theorist whose work was crucial to the development of a new approach to therapy.
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January 15, 2010: Bellevue Salon Owner Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison in Connection with Unlicensed Cosmetic Treatments
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Criminal Investigations
U.S. Department of Justice Press Release
For Immediate Release
January 15, 2010
United States Attorney
Western District of Washington
Contact: Emily Langlie
Public Affairs Officer
(206) 553-4110
Bellevue Cosmetologist Injected Women with Unknown Substance She Claimed was 'Restylane'
XIN HE, aka FAITH HE, 46, of Issaquah, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 13 months in prison and one year of supervised release for a felony count of Misbranding of a Drug While Held for Sale and two misdemeanor counts of Receipt & Proffered Delivery of Adulterated Device. HE was convicted at a bench trial October 30, 2009. She was ordered into immediate custody by U.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pechman. Today Judge Pechman observed that HE persisted in "risky and dangerous behavior," offering unlicensed treatments despite warnings from employers, regulators, agents and others.
According to testimony at trial and records filed in the case, FAITH HE used counterfeit Botox© and Restylane© on customers at her Bellevue beauty salon. FAITH HE was not a medical doctor licensed to use injectable treatments for wrinkle removal such as Botox and Restylane. According to the indictment, as early as 2004, FAITH HE injected a substance that she later represented was Restylane into the face of a Snohomish, Washington, woman. Court records indicate the woman's face became inflamed and she sought treatment from a dermatologist. The material injected into the woman's face was confirmed later not to be genuine Restylane. The Washington State Department of Health investigated and issued a cease and desist order to FAITH HE in July 2006. The order was issued after HE offered to inject an undercover agent with what she claimed was Botox at HE's Issaquah home. Despite that order, in April 2008, FAITH HE was once again injecting patients in a Bellevue salon. A Bothell woman had to be treated by a plastic surgeon after the locations FAITH HE had injected became hard and swollen.
In court today Assistant United States Attorney Kathryn Warma urged the court to reject the defense request for a probationary sentence saying, "This defendant cannot be trusted. She is a liar and manipulator. (By injecting unknown substances), she was exposing every person she treated to risk of death." Ms. Warma noted that until the court ordered HE into custody, "No one, nothing, had stopped her before."
Each year in the United States, including the State of Washington, consumers are injured by individuals who are neither licensed or trained to perform medical procedures. Oftentimes, the people performing these cosmetic treatments use drugs and devices not approved by the FDA for use in the United States. The injuries range from severe burns, infection and permanent scaring. The FDA has investigated cases where some consumers have died after receiving such treatments from individuals not licensed to perform such procedures.
This was a joint investigation between the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Both the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Department of Licensing assisted with the investigation.
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On Friday, July 10 at 3:00 p.m. Heather will be sworn in as LakelandPD's newest officer.
Heather was born in December of 1991 in Lakeland, FL. She grew up in Lakeland and attended Lake Gibson Senior High School where she graduated in 2010. She began her career at the City of Lakeland in the Parks and Recreation Department in 2012. In 2013, she began working at the Lakeland Police Department as a Public Safety Aide. Heathers' dream was to become a police officer. In 2014 the Lakeland Police Department made her dream come true and sponsored her through the Kenneth C. Thompson Institute of Public Safety. Heather is the oldest child in her family with one sister, Amy (20), and one brother, Garrett (17).
We wish Heather all the best. Thank you for service.
January 6th at The Lakeland Center
LAKELAND, FL (December 31, 2013) - The City of Lakeland will be hosting a ceremonial Mayor Inauguration and Swearing In Ceremony on Monday, January 6th at 7:45 a.m. at The Lakeland Center's Hollingsworth Ballroom (701 West Lime Street). The morning will start with a meet and greet followed by an invocation from Pastor David McEntire at 8:15 a.m. City of Lakeland Mayor Howard Wiggs will be sworn in as well as Commissioners Don Selvage, Edie Yates and Jim Malless.
Immediately following the ceremony, the regularly scheduled City Commission meeting will take place from the Hollingsworth Ballroom and not City Hall.
Swearing In Ceremony Agenda
7:45 a.m. Welcome Reception
8:15 a.m. Invocation - Pastor David McEntire
Presentation of Colors - Lakeland Police Department
Welcoming Remarks
Song- Brock Family Singers
Swearing In Ceremony
Song- Brock Family Singers
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Wood Knocking is the action of hitting two pieces of wood together(usually a tree) to create a noise. The goal in this technique is to get Bigfoot to answer by wood knocking back or by making a sound. This actually does occur with other known apes as a way to communicate over long distances. No Bigfoot has ever actually been seen beating a tree or creating such a sound, but there has been reports of people hearing the sounds of distant wood knocking throughout forests. Other theories suggest that Bigfoot isn't using wood at all, but rather clapping, making noise with its mouth, or pounding on its chest. Chest pounding is a way gorillas communicate, and the noise can travel long distances.
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Some thinking about drinking...
The holidays are behind us now and the courts will soon be processing those folks, who were arrested for DWI. Maybe you avoided a DWI but have other "costs" such as behavior that embarrassed you or your loved ones at the office party or at a friend's party. Maybe you said something while intoxicated that hurt someone close to you. Perhaps you woke up the morning after drinking and couldn't remember what was said or done the night before or maybe there is just this ongoing sense of anxiety and worry over how much you drink. (Want help now? Skip to the final paragraph!)
Even if none of this happened to you personally, it is always good for folks, who drink alcohol, to stop and assess their relationship to the drug from time to time. Now is as good a time as any… Do you know if you are a "low risk" drinker or a "high risk" drinker?
According to recently released literature from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), 35% of adults in the United States do not drink at all, 37% of adults always drink at "low risk" levels, and 28% of adults drink at "heavy or at-risk levels". This latter category, roughly 3 in 10 adults, drink at levels that put them at risk for alcoholism, liver disease, and other chronic health problems.
While the number of drinks per day and the number of days per week of drinking are important variables in determining risk for problems associated with the abuse of alcohol, there are other variables such as age, gender, and family history that also come into play when assessing risk. For instance, individuals, who choose to drink AND have a first generation family member with alcoholism or drug dependence, is four times MORE likely to develop similar dependence than are those individuals without a comparable family history. First generation family members are considered to be parents and siblings.
Because of the way women's bodies metabolize or process alcohol, they tend to develop alcoholism and problems associated with alcohol abuse faster than do males. Historically, women tended to get to treatment later in their disease than did men. There have been a number of societal variables that contributed to that outcome including responsibility for children and social stigma. Hopefully, the last couple of decades have seen improvement in those arenas.
All individuals over 65, regardless of gender, are at risk for developing drinking related problems. As we age, our bodies tend to deal with alcohol differently than when we were younger. Additionally, individuals with mental health issues such as depression and bipolar disorder are significantly at risk for development of co-occurring substance use disorders.
With regard to numbers of drinks per day and number of days drinking per week, a nationwide survey by the National Institutes of Health looked at the drinking patters of 43,000 U.S. Adults. The results of the study indicated that only about 2 in 100 people, who drink less than 4 drinks per day (males) or 3 drinks per day (females) AND have no more than a total of 14 drinks per week (males) or 7 drinks per week (females), develop alcohol abuse or alcoholism. For both genders, "low risk" drinking for those over 65 is considered to be no more than 3 drinks per day AND no more than 7 drinks per week.
So what constitutes a drink? Historically, one 12 ounce beer, 5 ounces of unfortified wine, and one ounce of 100 proof liquor have been considered a drink. With the advent of microbreweries and craft beers, this equation has become more complicated due to higher levels of alcohol typically found in those beers. This makes it necessary for folks, who choose to drink, to be more educated about how much alcohol they are putting into their system in order to stay within the "low risk" category.
Just because it is "low risk" doesn't mean "no risk" to the drinker or to the public. Individuals can easily be too impaired to operate a motor vehicle even if drinking in the "low risk" levels. In North Carolina, everyone is assumed to be too impaired to operate a motor vehicle at a blood alcohol level of .08 but that doesn't mean that a person can't be impaired at lower levels. Research indicates that loss of judgment and inhibition control actually occurs around a blood alcohol level of .04. Medications, whether legally prescribed or not, can cause greater impairment for individuals when combined with alcohol. The blood alcohol concentration may not be higher but the level of impairment can be significantly more dangerous.
There are many resources available for folks, who would like to check their risk levels for developing alcohol related problems. One good on-line resource is NIH Publication No. 13-3770. Contact your physician for assistance, go to your EAP representative at work, or call one of the many qualified behavioral health counselors in the area. For a listing of some of those resources, visit www.assessmentsbyyount.org or call 828-454-5253 for additional information. Additionally, email with questions may be sent to email@example.com.
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Savi Technology has introduced a new low-profile version of its active, RFID tag for military and commercial container shipments in severe, supply-chain operating environments. Called the Savi Tag ST-656, the ISO container door tag comes in a new U-shaped form factor that clamps tightly onto the left door of the container, enabling the RFID electronics to be protected on the inside of the container while a low-profile plate on the outside contains an antenna that communicates with fixed or mobile reader networks. The flat external plate also contains a beeper for audio alerts of the tag's location and status.
The combination of a low-external profile and the protected RFID components reduces the risk of damage to tags in harsh operating environments while retaining the same performance and features of the Savi Tag ST-654, which has become the standard, active tag providing real-time visibility of military supplies for the Department of Defense and other allied defense organizations.
The ST-656 includes an onboard processor, memory and radio transmit and receive capability. These RFID components are protected on the inside of the container, enabling users to recover critical manifest data--even if the outside is damaged.
The active tags are based on ISO 18000-7 standards operating at 433.92 MHz, which has proven to be the most effective RFID frequency for bending around metal objects such as large ISO containers that are tracked and stored.
Savi's family of active RFID tags are based on Savi's EchoPoint technology that combines UHF (433.92 MHz) and LF (123 kHz) for long-range and more precise spot-level location. This technology also enables data to be written on a tag while it is in transit, as well as to capture important data about the shipment from mobile readers.


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The purpose of this website is to give you all the information you need to make a highly informed decision on which Acura best fits your wants and needs and WHO you choose to make this important decision with. If you looking for information on Acura's for sale in Orange County, an Acura dealership and Sale's Consultant in Orange County to do business with or Acura vehicle reviews this site will cover all of those things.
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History of Acura
Acura is a brand well-known for its sporty models which encompass all the needs of an enthusiast driver while giving equal focus to luxury and craftsmanship. Every Acura model is designed to be as stylish and outstanding as possible. Acura's distinct design elements and core values ensure that every car they deliver brings loads of driving pleasure, cutting-edge safety technology and utmost occupant comfort all in one sharp-looking and extremely desirable package.
Acura – The Beginning:
Acura is the luxury division of Honda – one of the world's foremost names in everything automotive. Since 1986, Acura has grown tremendously owing to their consistent production of appealing models which catered those seeking a driving experience balanced between sporty and luxury. Their focus was and still is to set new standards in design and engineering with innovation, aesthetics and precision engineering. In fact, the "A" badge which each Acura model proudly bears was styled to resemble a set of calipers – which indicates their commitment to precision and high standards.
What Makes An Acura:
Acura cars are known for delivering elevated levels of dynamic performance and an engaging drive without compromising on passenger safety or comfort whatsoever. Their engineering technology extends to cover a range of inputs to increase vehicle handling and feel, engine efficiency and refinement and advanced active and passive safety technology.
Acura Engine Technology:
One of the most significant contributors to the Acura driving experience is the engine and driveline. Honda's expertise and prowess in this field is close to unmatched with millions of engines on the road having negligible or absolutely no failures whatsoever. Their VTEC – or variable valve timing and lift electronic control – is famous worldwide as one of the most reliable and efficient technologies ever; delivering enthralling performance and incredible fuel economy from engine displacements rarely classified as "large". The smooth and high-revving nature of these engines and the fact that they deliver good doses of power and torque all across the rev range are hugely responsible for the thrilling driving experience an Acura brings you.
Acura's transmissions are also amongst the most enjoyable with manual and automatic options available with various four and six cylinder engine combinations. Their Sequential SportShift automatic transmission is known to have one of the quickest and smoothest shifts in production today.
Dynamics and Handling – The Acura Way:
Improving the dynamics of a vehicle mean controlling every element which makes the car behave like it does. One of Acura's technological highlights is their Super Handling All Wheel Drive and an advanced Vehicle Stability Assist which uses an array of sensors to monitor vehicle speed, throttle and steering position, lateral G forces and yaw to deliver a safe and stable drive without compromising on enjoyable and engaging performance.
Acura's safety technology starts with their Advanced Compatibility Engineering which is the base for constructing the chassis. Rigorous crash and impact tests have yielded one of the safest passenger cells in production with highest rated safety scores for Acura from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) consistently.
Acura's inclusion of brake assist technologies such as antilock braking systems with electronic brakeforce distribution and the use of larger brake rotors all round with cooling ducts deliver stopping power of the highest caliber.
Acura was the first manufacturer to offer an airbag as standard fitment before it became mandatory. Today, Acura's sophisticated airbag technology with an Occupant Position Detection System and a pair of front, side and curtain airbags offers maximum protection for occupants of all sizes. Back in 2009, Acura was the first manufacturer to have every model in their lineup designated an IIHS Top Safety Pick.
Acura Car Models:
Originally in the late 80s and the 90s, Acura models were mostly Honda performance and entry luxury models spruced up and thoroughly redone to qualify as high quality luxury sports cars. The most notable examples are the Legend, the Integra and the iconic NSX which was recognized by many as an everyday supercar.
Come the 2000s and Acura released their TL luxury saloon, the MDX SUV and in 2001, the RSX – a car which replaced the Integra and went on to became a hit amongst the tuner community; the reason which led to its demise in 2006 with Acura wanting to focus more on luxury models than those mostly driven by teenagers.
Fast forward to 2004 and Acura introduced the new TL along with the new TSX; both of which went on to record top sales numbers. The Acura RL premium luxury saloon followed in 2005 which was aimed straight at the Germans – the BMW 5 series and Mercedes E class. The RDX compact SUV followed in 2006.
In 2007, the first Acura designed in their US facilities was unveiled – the ZDX crossover coupe. It featured contemporary styling and a good balance of on and off road capabilities.
In 2012, Acura introduced the ILX – a new entry-level luxury car in a more affordable segment to invite more customers to take their first step in the world of Acura.
Acura is also present in motorsports and racing participating with several renditions of Acura models in GT championships, American Le Man Series and the 12 hours of Sebring among others.


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The Canadians are in danger of being eliminated in the opening round for the fourth time in as many WBCs
Former Toronto Blue Jays great Joe Carter rejects Ryan Dempster's claim that he didn't intentionally hit troubled Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez
Major League Baseball has suspended Canadian pitcher Ryan Dempster for five games for hitting Yankees star Alex Rodriguez
Ryan Dempster threw one pitch behind A-Rod's knees and two more inside at Fenway Park on Sunday
Baseball's haves picked up more players from the have-nots at Tuesday's trade deadline
The Texas Rangers won the Ryan Dempster sweepstakes, acquiring the Chicago Cubs ace for two minor leaguers
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An amnesiac femme-fatale the titular blonde is fate's doleful instrument in this little known neo-noir from Italian writer/director Sergio Rubini. Dark destiny takes an innocent young man with a limp and throws him onto a nocturnal autostrada littered with blood and a burst suitcase full of cash, with a woman running screaming into the night. A tragedy of gothic proportions played first as an unlikely love story takes you inexorably where so many noirs have taken us before. A blameless life and an accepting obscurity are not enough to protect the mild protagonist from a wild furiously indifferent universe.
Director Rubini is not passive. He takes his camera and literally spins it around scenes and events. Colors have a brightness and profundity that fuel both the emotional intensity of the protagonists, and telegraph the dangers that will entrap all the players in the end. Kinski when she returns to her erstwhile existence is embodied in red – lips, dress, and her car. Dark and vengeful destiny pursues her in black, and the hapless anti-hero stumbles along in white – ignoring Fate's little hurdles that more than once give him a chance to escape.
Patience with an early slow pace more concerned with characterisation than narrative drive is amply rewarded in a dénouement of almost unbearable hysteria.


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The following is a macro level study guide of the educational essentials to the city smaller than Disney World.
In the coming week, Bay Area movie goers will have the rare opportunity -- in fact the first in nearly a century -- to see a film widely considered one of the most emblematic of the Bay Area's long-forgotten movie making past.
The play uses professional wrestling as a metaphor for all sorts of perceived American sins, and treats promoters and athletes alike as partners in a flashy scam whose spectacles separate enthralled and willing suckers from their cash.
When you have a tendency to write about San Francisco, and you have been doing it enough, certain themes keep coming back around, whether you want them to or not.
Whether you are a San Francisco native, a longtime resident, or a weekend visitor, this city has some of the best romantic spots to share a special anniversary, impress a first date, or even take the plunge and propose to your significant other.
Politics is always a festive target for comedians and performers, but leave it to a gaggle of famous drag queens to impregnate 2012's election fodder with some of the best if not fertile material around.
The spectrum of choices at Outside Lands Festival this year were quite excellent, allowing all generations to live in their element, or to experience a taste of the future or past.
Nearly every week, Del Seymour walks people around the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, opening eyes and doors into what is one of the most complicated, diverse and bustling 20 blocks in the country.
Once out of the city, head north over the Golden Gate Bridge and spend the first night and a day exploring Bolinas, a very cool, old hippie town.
This month marks the 90th anniversary of the Castro Theatre, San Francisco's last fully functioning movie palace. With its towering and pulsating neon sign, the theatre is in the heart of one of the easiest recognized and most visited neighborhoods in the world.
The cars and stars shone brightly on a balmy San Francisco evening, as the top deck of the Metreon became the lavish location for Japanese automaker Lexus to introduce its new line.
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk will be on display at San Francisco's DeYoung Museum until August 19th. Put this exhibit on your list.
Peet's Coffee & Tea has announced to the world that it intends to be acquired by Joh A. Benckiser, a major stakeholder in Reckitt-Benckiser. Reckitt-Benckiser is the company that manufactures and markets the most widely distributed rat poison on the market, d-CON.
My summer journalism students decided they would like to try their hand at food writing. And so a recent afternoon found us circling the wagons, literally, in pursuit of a tasting lunch at the SoMa StrEat Food Park in San Francisco.
I recently sat down with comedian Nico Santos to talk about his upcoming headlining show in San Francisco. This outlandish and controversial comedian had a lot to say!
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When to Use a Travel Agent
Strongly consider using a travel agent instead of doing it yourself in the following cases:
Group trips/sales.
Getting 25 people on the same plane with seats together at an affordable price is no job for a dilettante. Call a travel agent immediately when traveling with a large group. Be firm and clear in your instructions on your budget, time and date restrictions, and other requirements.
Top 10 Group Travel Survival Tips
Family travel.
I consider family travel just a smaller subset of a group trip -- we want sensible flight times, the fewest connections and shortest overall travel time possible, seats together throughout, hotel rooms with enough sleeping space, a car that can accept a child's seat, etc. A good travel agent understands all of this intuitively, and can save you the headaches of sorting through all of this yourself.
When looking for a package deal.
There are so many package deals out there, at hotels you've never heard of, with itineraries so vague you're not sure what country you're visiting, that you probably need some assistance. (See Are Vacation Packages a Good Deal? for more help.)
When you fly frequently.
When you fly frequently, and especially when it's SEM (Someone Else's Money), having a good travel agent can be essential. No hours on hold, no endless Web surfing, no hassles; just a quick phone call, and your e-tickets arrive in your inbox.
When traveling to an exotic locale or new "resort" area.
I once took a trip to a new resort that hadn't completed its plumbing installation, overlooked a beach at an oil drilling site and was plagued with thefts. I rented a car and disappeared for the rest of the trip, swallowing the cost of the hotel.
A good travel agent has an ear to the ground and will know whether a new hotel in an exotic location is safe and ready to welcome travelers. Many travel agents routinely visit hot new locations (often on the tab of the resort -- see Potential Conflicts of Interest below).
Additionally, if any components of your itinerary collapse, your travel agent is accountable to help try to set things right. If you made all your reservations yourself, you're up the creek without the proverbial paddle.
The Five Worst Trip Planning Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
When you don't have time.
You might save a few dollars in fees, while you lose two hours in research. What is your time worth? Travel agents earn their keep by doing work you don't have time to do.
When you have all the time in the world.
If you have a relationship with your travel agent, you can ask them to keep an eye out for good deals to your favorite locations. Sure, email notification services can do the same, but your travel agent might catch something a "bot" might not.
When you have the itinerary from H-E-Double Hockey Sticks.
If you have a particularly sticky itinerary -- one with stopovers, rented cars in every city, several hotels and the like -- you might want to get a pro on the job.
When you have a great travel agent.
If you've found the world's best travel agent right in your neighborhood, throw her all your business. You won't do better anywhere else. She can see everything the booking engines can see, and sometimes more. She'll make a living, you'll become a preferred customer and the world will be a better place. (Well, maybe not, but we can try.)
When to Do It Yourself
I do believe there are times when you can just make your bookings yourself:
Routine travel.
If you're booking a simple roundtrip flight, you can probably do it yourself online with your preferred airline. This way, there's no third party to consult if you have to make quick, simple decisions about departure times, prices or other factors. You make a few clicks and it's done. No travel agent is going to make this process simpler or likely even cheaper.
When you're working on word of mouth, or with Mom and Pop operations.
Many small hotels, B&B's, local car rental joints or similar outfits don't register on the average travel agent's radar screen. When a friend tells you about this great and affordable little cabin that you can get by calling the local bait shop, make the call yourself.
Why You Still Need a Travel Agent
What to Ask a Travel Agent
A good travel agent will answer the following questions honestly and without resistance.
Do you apply a surcharge to my purchase? How big is it?
I think it is unfortunate that travel agents have been forced to apply a surcharge to get paid for the valuable work they do. And usually they're worth the small fee. I have no sympathy, however, for agents and agencies that institute a surcharge and don't tell their customers until after the fact.
Does the price quote include all taxes and other charges?
The odd travel agent will quote you the base price on a flight or hotel stay; then when you try to pay, it's much higher. Even online booking engines quote final prices; expect your travel agent to do so as well.
What about incentive programs?
Are agents getting paid to steer you to a specific airline, cruise company, hotel or car rental agency? You want to know.
Are there airlines that do not appear in their computers?
Some airlines are more equal than others. Some airlines, such as Southwest and other smaller discounters, may not participate in the central reservations system. Good agents will know to check those airlines' sites when appropriate.
Do they routinely work with vacation package companies?
The truly creative agent might not just offer you an airfare, but might find a vacation package that could even come in cheaper than the flight.
How to Create the Perfect Itinerary
Potential Conflicts of Interest
An agent who is paid to find the best airfare, but is simultaneously paid by airlines to steer customers to their flights, encounters a clear conflict of interest. While most agents should be assumed honest, you want to know about these arrangements, as the agent is put in a tough position of saving you a few bucks or making a few more bucks for himself.
It's a conflict of interest, a little like when a real estate agent represents both the buyer and the seller. Whose interests are they protecting? Besides their own, of course. Please understand that I'm not attacking travel agents' right to make a living. But when an agent sells out the customer on the other end of the phone to the airline on the other end of an incentive program, we have a problem.
Familiarization Trips
Often called "fam" trips, these are partly educational trips for travel agents and partly favors from travel companies, who often expect to be "paid back" with sales to that destination. Probably a necessary evil, but when someone recommends a new locale she's just visited and loved, remember that she didn't pay as much as you will to visit there. Again, ask the tough questions.
An "override" refers to an incentive program where agents are rewarded, in commission increase or other perks, when they sell a minimum number or dollar amount of reservations for a particular airline, hotel, car rental company, cruise line or the like. The temptation to steer passengers to that company can be overwhelming, even if it's not entirely in the best interests of the traveler.
Overrides are primarily an issue at large companies; your average local company can't get anywhere near the numbers required for most overrides.
I'm not slamming agents by highlighting these issues; remember, one just saved me $2,000. I'm merely reinforcing my eternal credo: Caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). Do your homework to find that "Good Travel Agent," and you won't regret it.
Go Anyway,
Ed Hewitt
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Economic Development
The Pension Offensive
Public pension officials are getting aggressive about holding companies accountable for portfolio losses.
It's not just the bear market. Public pension officials have suffered from the vagaries of the stock exchange in the past. What's pushing them now to flex their muscles and demand corporate refunds and reform is the feeling that they've been had.
"The Enrons of this world caused this to happen," says Max Patterson, executive director of the $1.6 billion Houston Firefighters' Relief and Retirement Fund. "The magnitude of damage was so severe that all of a sudden you have governors and state legislators demanding action be taken." The most persistent call is for funds to recover losses, but there's also pressure on them to be more aggressive in holding corporations and investment-bank advisers accountable in the future.
As a result, pension officials have begun policing corporations, muscling their way into boardrooms and hauling CEOs into court. Although it's a role CalPERS, the $150 billion California retirement- fund giant, has been playing for more than a decade, public pension plans generally have avoided going on the offensive. Now that's changing. "We're coming after corporate America," says Michael Fitzgerald, the treasurer of Iowa who is a trustee of his state's retirement fund. "Even if we're small, we're taking up arms."
In terms of recovery, there is a marked move toward class-action lawsuits--banding together to go after culpable corporations, boards of directors, accounting firms, investment bankers or any other responsible party that might have money in the bank. Security litigation was a hot topic among officials attending the National Association of State Treasurers annual meeting and a pension conference in June. It certainly got Fitzgerald's attention. Iowa's $15 billion pension fund lost upwards of $32 million on WorldCom stocks and bonds alone.
Under Fitzgerald's direction, Iowa is hiring a law firm to monitor cases having to do with corporate malfeasance. If Iowa has an investment in any of those companies--especially investments such as those in WorldCom that were bought when the fraud was taking place-- the state will file lawsuits against the corporate boards, the underwriters selling the state the company's bonds and the accounting firms auditing the corporate books. The state will also work in concert with other state retirement plans that have suffered similar losses. "We've never done this before," Fitzgerald notes, "but it makes sense for pension funds to carry the mantle and sue these companies ripping us off."
California has already taken the lead in a class-action suit against Enron. And the political barometer is rising in other states. While Massachusetts has signed on to the action against Enron, State Treasurer Shannon P. O'Brien, who is running for governor, was criticized for not initiating the suit. O'Brien's political opponents are making a campaign issue out of what they call her lack of aggressiveness against Enron.
It isn't just the companies themselves that are drawing the fire of litigation. The Florida State Board of Administration, which oversees the $90 billion statewide retirement fund and which lost $300 million in Enron investments, is suing Alliance Capital, an asset management company. Alliance managed to snap up Enron equities for the retirement fund even as the energy company was spiraling toward bankruptcy.
Meanwhile, three of California's statewide pension funds filed a $318 million lawsuit against six banks that underwrote WorldCom bonds. The basis of that suit is that investment bankers failed to do adequate due diligence before bringing the bonds to market.
The list of lawsuits goes on. The big names that are usually in the fray, such as the New York State Common Retirement Fund, are keeping their lawyers busy, but so are smaller, less high-profile funds such as the Retirement Systems of Alabama.
Apart from litigation, there's the matter of calling corporations to account and changing the way they govern themselves. North Carolina Treasurer Richard Moore will give you an earful about pension funds "utilizing our market clout to make these markets better and safer for all investors and our pensioners." As Moore points out, pension funds have the leverage to force change: Of the roughly $12 trillion in investments in public marketplaces in the United States, roughly two- thirds of it is owned by either mutual funds or pension funds--and in many instances pension funds are the largest clients of mutual funds.
That's market clout. But that leverage is dispersed--among pension funds and within the funds themselves. In most state and local funds, equity holdings are managed by outside money managers. Not only do the public funds use managers to buy and sell stocks, they also tend to delegate their proxy rights to those managers, reducing the state's or locality's ability to determine corporate policy.
Moore says he is setting up new ground rules for the ways in which money managers interact with his fund. He will require that they ask specific governance and accounting questions about companies they buy and give the fund's trustee--Moore--a "score" on the quality of the corporation's financial transparency and on related accounting issues.
He is also going to use his stock proxies more aggressively to send signals to corporate leaders about what kind of actions and behavior his fund, as an owner of the company, will tolerate. Moore plans to target such practices as the use of stock options, loans to corporate officers, the independence of directors and corporate pay. "We are the largest owners of corporate America," he points out. "We need to do a better job of acting like owners."
The Houston Firefighters Fund has been practicing corporate- governance pressure for years. The fund regularly votes the proxies in companies it owns. What's more, "if we see things we don't like, we don't just vote no," Patterson says. "We write them letters and tell them why." As to delegating proxies, Patterson, who is on the board of the Government Finance Officers Association, points out that money managers "don't pay attention to corporate-governance issues. They focus on financial numbers."
While a fund such as CalPERS has a huge staff and can readily assign personnel to corporate-governance issues, even small funds can find ways to do it. Houston Firefighters has only four investment professionals on staff and they've been able to add governance issues to their portfolios. "It's a question of whether it's important enough," Patterson argues.
Many funds that have not wanted to be openly active--or feel they don't have the resources to be--have stayed abreast of corporate- governance issues through membership in the Council of Institutional Investors. The council was formed in 1985 to keep its members informed and let them know what actions they could take to support positions important to public pension funds. While some of the 120 public- pension members are high-profile funds--CalPERS, for instance, is a member--many are not and they have tended to leave it to the council to testify before Congress and deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission on relevant issues.
Since the Enron and WorldCom debacles, however, a number of council members are on a more militant track. "We've been hearing from funds that are normally very quiet," says Peg O'Hara, the council's managing director. "In the past, corporate governance was kind of regarded as peripheral to a fund's true duty. It wasn't something to draw attention to. That could change."
O'Hara notes that when pension funds band together to make their will felt, they can be effective. A decade ago, many funds united in a decision not to invest in companies that did business with apartheid- ruled South Africa. "Some people thought the divestment campaign was an equal factor in getting results--along with the selective contracting some state and local governments adopted," O'Hara says, adding that a united move to force corporate-governance standards could work, too.
But there are other considerations in using investments to change policy. One of them is the impact on portfolio performance. The limits on South Africa-related investments may have been successful politically, says Girard Miller, chief executive officer of ICMA Retirement Corp., but the sanction-conscious investments did not outperform the general market in the long term, and once South Africa started putting reforms in place, funds that held on to sanction policies were punished in the marketplace.
Nevertheless, Miller (whose retirement group offers services to public employees in defined-contribution plans that let them control their own investments) says his company is interested in corporate governance and sees a need to develop a symposium on the issues.
Beyond trying to influence policy in corporate boardrooms, several pension funds are working together to weigh in on the governance of the investment banks that advise them on investments. With North Carolina, New York and California in the lead (and representing some $400 billion in investments), several funds are demanding that any Wall Street firm that does business with them--be it as money managers or bond underwriters--agree to take steps to limit the influence its investment bankers have over analysts who make research recommendations for investors.
The action comes in response to a lawsuit on this issue that was brought earlier this year against Merrill Lynch by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. In settling that suit, Merrill agreed to limit conflicts of interest. Fund officials have contacted Wall Street firms with requests for similar changes. For North Carolina's Moore, the issue is a no-brainer. "You can't do business with a firm that has a system that encourages bad information," he says.
The joint effort also is key. "To really make this thing work, I need more market force than just the $60 billion that I represent," Moore says. His goal is to form a coalition representing $1 trillion in assets.
Yet for all the aggressive action they've taken so far--lawsuits, the exertion of proxy power, the demands on Wall Street firms--and the talk of more to come, there is plenty of skepticism about whether the activist attitude will last.
"The issue might not sustain itself long enough for people to truly change," Patterson says. "A pension fund will jump on a band wagon and rally around and raise hell with managers and companies. As the market takes off again, though, it will slip back into the way it did things. Basically, pension plans react to where the fire is."
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I built this site for a local car dealership who wanted to make their inventory information available online. The client has been extremely happy with the CMS side of things and have been happily adding and updating content for a few months now. The basics of the design weren't done by me, I just took their photoshop mockup and turned into what you see. Not that it's bad, but I could've done it better ;)
My own experience was interesting. I really love SS, it's very easy to pick up and work with to create a clean site. My only gripe is the hassles I had finding a host on which it would work! I ended up going with a host from the list of suggested hosts in the wiki. From that point I only had a few issues relating to memory exhaustion, but was able to solve them with help from the host and also the extremely friendly and helpful ppl in the IRC channel. I've been upgrading to newer version as they're released and it just keeps getting better! More stable, better performance, keep up the good work!
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Whether creating electricity or moving planes, this engine continues to inspire innovation
Lee S. Langston
In an aircraft gas turbine, all of the turbine power is used to drive the compressor (which may also have an associated fan or propeller). The gas flow leaving the turbine is then accelerated to the atmosphere through an exhaust nozzle to provide thrust or propulsion power. Gas turbine or jet engine thrust power is equal to the momentum increase in the mass flow from engine inlet to exit, multiplied by the flight velocity. The actual thrust force produced in the engine (and pulling the plane forward) is the summation of all the axial components of pressure forces on the internal surfaces of the engine exposed to the gas path flow.
A jet engine can be small enough to be handheld and produce a few pounds of thrust (1 pound of thrust is equivalent to 4.45 newtons of force) to be used on model airplanes or military drones. (The retired Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, nicknamed "Jetman," attached four such small jet engines—each producing 50 pounds of thrust or about 223 newtons—to a back-mounted wing and flew across the English Channel in 2008 and over the Grand Canyon in 2011.) On modern commercial jet aircraft, gas turbines are typically in the range of 30,000 pounds of thrust (or 136,000 newtons), with the largest currently at about 100,000 pounds of thrust (445,000 newtons) on Boeing's long-range 777 airplanes.
The jet engine shown in the figure at right is a turbofan engine, with a larger-diameter compressor-mounted fan. Thrust is generated by air passing through the fan alone (called bypass air) and through the gas generator itself. The combination of mechanisms greatly increases the fuel efficiency of the engine. With a large frontal area to pull in a higher mass of air (with the trade-off that the configuration does engender higher aerodynamic drag forces at cruising flight velocities), the turbofan engine generates peak thrust at takeoff speeds. It is therefore most suitable for commercial aircraft, which need most of their lift to get off the ground, not to maneuver once in the air. In contrast, a turbojet does not have a fan and generates all of its thrust from air that passes through the gas generator. Turbojets have smaller frontal areas (and thus lower drag at high flight velocities) and generate peak thrusts at high speeds, making them most suitable for fighter aircraft that travel at much higher velocities than commercial craft.
In nonaviation gas turbines, only part of the turbine power is used to drive the compressor. The remainder is used as output shaft power to turn an energy conversion device, such as an electrical generator, or to compress natural gas in a pipeline so it can be transported. Shaft power land-based gas turbines can get very large (with an output as high as 375 megawatts, enough to power about 300,000 homes). The unit shown in the figure at right is called an industrial or frame machine. It is constructed for ruggedness and long life, so weight is not a major factor as it is with a jet engine. Typically frame machines are designed conservatively but have made use of technical advances in jet engine development when it has made sense to do so.
Lighter-weight gas turbines derived from jet engines and used for nonaviation applications are called aeroderivative gas turbines. Aeroderivatives are used to drive natural gas pipeline compressors, power ships and produce electric power. They are used particularly to provide peaking and intermediate power for electric utilities, because they can start up quickly. Peaking power supplements a utility's normal output during high-demand periods, such as summer air conditioning in major cities.
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For our old archive starting form 2005, click here.
"Outsourcing" became part of the Business lexicon during the 1980s and refers to the delegation of non-core operations from internal production to an external entity specializing in the management of that operation. "Outsourcing" is utilizing experts from outside the entity to perform specific tasks that the entity once perform itself.
The process of "Outsourcing" formalizes the description of the non-core operation into a contractual relationship between the client and the supplier. Under the new contractual agreement the supplier acquires the means of production which may include people, processes, technology, intellectual property and assets. The structure of the client organization changes as the client agrees to procure the services of the outsourcer for the term of the contractual agreement.
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Full Text of Cuomo's Remarks on Parking Placard Abuse
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) When we reported last week that Governor Cuomo was continuing to issue thousands of parking placards a year, his office told us he was "reviewing" the matter. That's a pretty standard brush-off that politicians give reporters -- they don't want to magnify a story by giving you a quote, and they hope by saying they're reviewing it the whole story will go away and they will never have to think about it again.
But that wasn't the script here.
To recap, we reported that the the state division of homeland security was continuing to issue some 3500 placards a year, despite Cuomo's election slogan of promising to "end business as usual." The placards say the bearer is on "official police business," even though, in many cases, the placards go to elected officials and state staffers who have no law enforcement responsibilities.
With them, staffers can (and sometimes do) park anywhere, any time in New York City, where to say parking is at a premium is like saying water is valuable in the Sahara.
And having a placard means it's that much easier to drive to work, or on an errand, rather than use mass transit, at a time when many officials are encouraging people to reduce carbon emissions and relieve congestion by taking mass transit.
Despite repeated requests, we couldn't get the division of homeland security -- or anyone in the Cuomo administration -- to explain who got the placards, or why.
But it turns out, the matter really was under review. The state inspector General, Ellen Biben, has investigated several instances where placards were reported to be used in appropriately. Her conclusion: the whole system is flawed and needs to be redesigned. Cuomo agreed -- his remarks follow.
Here's the full text of Governor Cuomo's remarks on parking placard abuse, from a question-and-answer session with reporters in Albany today.
And here's the audio if you want to listen along.
"Police Placards are actually an abuse that goes back fifteen, twenty years I'll bet when you look. Every nine months there's a story on abuse of a police placard. It's one of those situations that the design of the system is prone to abuse.
"There are a number of specific case of alleged abuse of police placards.
"Police placards are issued to state employees, elected officials, to be used when they are on official business and they are put in the windshield of the car and the car is allowed to park in areas. They are also used to gain admission to secure areas.
"A number of specific incidents were being investigated by the inspector general. The inspector general has reported that she believes the entire system is flawed and that unless you redesign the system you will have those incidents of abuse recurring.
"And that does make sense to me and we're going to follow the recommendation of the inspector general and reform the system. We will be announcing that shortly."


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Please help with lighting project?
I found this post,and this person is obviously wanting to do the same thing as I am.
You're talking to a major newbie here (someone who should probably not mess around with this stuff! But I'm on a mission!). I have a very dark "cupboard" in my kitchen. It really needs a light in there. I would like to hang a light that I have - but it is the kind that is hard wired. I have a plug kit that would work and I would like to convert the light to be able to plug it into a socket. My question is this - Is it as simple as connecting the wires? What about the green/ground wire from the light? The plug kit I haveis a two prong. I wasn't able to find a 3 prong plug with the tioggle/rocker switch attached."
The answer to it was this,"Use a three conductor whip or 2/c, ungrounded with a GFCI only. Or, you could skip all the trouble and go the easy route-battery powered lights which require NO AC."
BUT ... I do not know what those things are.Is that what I would ask for at the hardware store?
I have a chandelier I recieved as a birthday gift that has two sockets,without switches,and a ground wire,and a red bedroom with 1920's style window.One over head light,and one lamp,and still not enough lighting.
Now it is time for me to turn the chandelier into a hanging lamp,but everything I learned in shop class has escaped me.
It is a two wire lamp ,with two sockets,with ground,but I want to connect a turnstyle switch cord to it.(I think that's what it's called...the cord has a switch that you turn the knob).
How can I eliminate the need for a ground,as I have nowhere to ground it to?
Do I just put electrical tape over it,or do I have to replace the sockets,which do not have a switch,or do I connect the ground to the base of the lamp?
If it were a lamp that didn't require a ground,I wouldn't need help,but I have no idea how to do what I need to.
Please take a few minutes to answer this ?
So, what you're saying is that you have a chandelier that is intended to be hung from a ceiling box?
The lamp has a ground wire (which is required for code I think).
You want to wire the chandelier to a cord that has a switch in-line.
Where do you want to connect the cord for power? Do you want to plug it into an outlet?
If you could provide a bit more info, maybe I or someone else can help.
I am going to hang it from two industrial hooks ,instead of an electrical box.
Yes ,you understand corectly.I want to wire the lamp,as if it were meant to be plugged in, and I need to know if 18 guage (the size of the extension cord) will be right or do I need to buy an extension cord that has a three prong( may have just answered my own question?
That will work won't it?
An extension cord with three prongs.
Forgive me ,I was very tired when I posted this.
Bear in mind,it will be wired into a box soon.I just need to know if the thing works on both sides.
I am only going to hang it on the cord rig for one time.
Then I'm hiring an electrician.
For future reference,
If I didn't have a three prong cord,and I wanted to ground it somewhere,can I ground it to the hook?
It seems strange to attach a wire to the base of the lamp itself, like my handy TIME LIFE basic wiring book suggests.
Shouldn't the ground be wired to the place where it will be attached from?
So you want to create a swag fixture.
Your dilemma appears to be the ground. Chain hung Chandeliers that require a ground use braided bare wire along side of the lamp cord that is laced through the chain and connected to the proper wire or grounded outlet box. I have seen a few swag fixtures do this also.
1920's Hmmm.... your wiring system is probably 2 wire Hot & neutral.
Unless you live in Chicago or NYC odds are your system is not in metal conduit or armored cable. If it were and metal connections were intact this could be turned into your ground.
Unless your house was rewired and the recepticals have a ground... double check that you have a green wire in the receptical box...and it s connected....turn the power off 1st. It is not legal nor is it nice to install a grounded outlet in a two wire system... This gets done...
You could study hard and make a system or have a ground wire system installed. For a little more $ you could rewire the house.
IMHO No one will advise you to disregard the ground wire on your fixture.
I have seen this alot.
Consider buying table or floor lamps designed without a ground wire.
Sell the chandelier on E-bay or at garage sale.
PS "can I ground this to the hook" only if the hook has a ground wire running to your solid galvanized water line (do not use the gas line, )or you run the wire to the exterior of the house ...drive a copper clad rod 8' down in the ground and clamp the wire to the rod. Read the proper grounding chapter again.
That reminds me,when the roofers were here to replace it, they got shocked badly and we had to turn off the electric, but the house is grounded.
What could that have been?
Most of our house has been rewired.
We do have two wires in all of our electrical outlets,and conduit boxes.
I want to use this light because it was a birthday gift.
I want to wire it ,like we did in shop class,using an extension cord,and a switch,inline,with two wires.
I want to eliminate the ground,by replacing the sockets,and make a swag lamp out of the frame .
It's pretty,and made of decorative metal, and goes well in the room.
Anywho,you have answered my question.
Thank you very much.
Now it's time for a new topic.
I've got two ways you can do this:
First off, you need to connect the ground. It is there for your safety.
Use 3-wire cord for the lamp. #18 is fine, as long as it doesn't exceed the capacity of the wire (I think 18 is good for 7Amps for appliances, etc).
Method #1: Using a plastic switch box (the smallest one you can find that will fit the switch), put the switch in-line on the cord. Not pretty, but it would work. Use some sort of strain relief on the cord.
Method #2, much prettier, and more fun:
I was going to suggest a Radio Shack Plug 'N Power setup, but I cannot find these products on their web site any longer. Perhaps they have been discontinued.
Leviton makes, or used to make the same thing.
It's home automation, works by sending signals on the AC power line.
You could buy one 3-wire appliance module and one controller.
Just plug your hanging lamp (with 3-wire cord and plug) into the appliance module, and plug into a 3-wire receptacle.
Plug the controller module into a convenient receptacle, set the house and device codes, and you've got your switch, from anywhere in the house.
You can buy wireless systems as well, where you can mount a wireless controller anywhere, or use a keychain remote.
I have lots of this stuff sitting around in my attic, and am thinking of putting it to use again.
Kind of an off-beat idea, but it would work, it is legal, and it's fun to use!
Plug the ungrounded fixture into a GFCI protected receptacle and forget it.
Next we will be telling the guy to just buy a new house with the lights already installed. :laughing:
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"My wife wasn't in the limelight, which made it easier. The key is to keep it happy, light, and fun. There can be a lot of drama, like when you have kids. And both of them have jobs where they are taken to different places. It's the communication that really needs to drive that relationship."
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Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was voted the greatest New York athlete ever, with Babe Ruth coming in a close second, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Jeter — a five-time World Series champion — earned 14 percent of the vote, while 11 percent tipped their hats to Ruth, according to the poll conducted by the Siena College Research Institute.
Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and former Jets quarterback Joe Namath rounded out the top five.
This might be a fun topic for debate if Babe Ruth didn't do the bulk of his damage in New York. Ruth is the best baseball player ever. His stats are so sexy, his baseball-reference page is blocked by SNY's web filter. He played in seven World Series with the Yankees and won four of them. Even though he converted to being a full-time position player before coming to New York, he randomly pitched in five games in his Yankee career and got the win in all of them.
The more interesting argument is over the second-best New York athlete of all time. Here the case for Jeter could be made, I suppose, since he plays a premium position, is the Yankees' all-time hit leader, and has the five rings and all. But I think it's tough to even call him the second-best Yankee; that distinction should probably go to Mickey Mantle.
Who else, though? I'd love to put a Met in the discussion but, as good as Tom Seaver was, he probably didn't contribute as much to the Mets all told as Mantle did to the Yankees. Lawrence Taylor? I could make that case. Patrick Ewing? Mike Tyson before 1990?


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INSERT [LOW_PRIORITY | DELAYED | HIGH_PRIORITY] [IGNORE] [INTO] tbl_name [PARTITION (partition_list)] [(col,...)] {VALUES | VALUE} ({expr | DEFAULT},...),(...),... [ ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE col=expr [, col=expr] ... ]
INSERT [LOW_PRIORITY | DELAYED | HIGH_PRIORITY] [IGNORE] [INTO] tbl_name [PARTITION (partition_list)] SET col={expr | DEFAULT}, ... [ ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE col=expr [, col=expr] ... ]
INSERT [LOW_PRIORITY | HIGH_PRIORITY] [IGNORE] [INTO] tbl_name [PARTITION (partition_list)] [(col,...)] SELECT ... [ ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE col=expr [, col=expr] ... ]
INSERT inserts new rows into an existing table. The
INSERT ... SET forms of the statement insert rows based on explicitly
specified values. The
INSERT ... SELECT form inserts rows selected from
another table or tables.
INSERT ... SELECT is discussed further in the
INSERT ... SELECT article.
The table name can be specified in the form
tbl_name or, if a default database is selected, in the form
tbl_name (see Identifier Qualifiers). This allows to use INSERT ... SELECT to copy rows between different databases.
MariaDB starting with 10.0
The PARTITION clause was introduced in MariaDB 10.0. It can be used in both the INSERT and the SELECT part. See Partition Pruning and Selection for details.
The columns list is optional. It specifies which values are explicitly inserted, and in which order. If this clause is not specified, all values must be explicitly specified, in the same order they are listed in the table definition.
The list of value follow the
VALUES or
VALUE keyword (which are interchangeable, regardless how much values you want to insert), and is wrapped by parenthesis. The values must be listed in the same order as the columns list. It is possible to specify more than one list to insert more than one rows with a single statement. If many rows are inserted, this is a speed optimization.
For one-row statements, the
SET clause may be more simple, because you don't need to remember the columns order. All values are specified in the form
col =
Values can also be specified in the form of a SQL expression or subquery. However, the subquery cannot access the same table that is named in the
INTO clause.
If you use the
LOW_PRIORITY keyword, execution of the
INSERT is delayed until no other clients are reading from the table. If you use the
HIGH_PRIORITY keyword, the statement has the same priority as
SELECTs. This affects only storage engines that use only table-level locking (MyISAM, MEMORY, MERGE). However, if one of these keywords is specified, concurrent inserts cannot be used. See HIGH_PRIORITY and LOW_PRIORITY clauses for details.
For more details on the
DELAYED option, see
Default values
If the
SQL_MODE contains
STRICT_TRANS_TABLES and you are inserting into a transactional table (like InnoDB), or if the SQL_MODE contains
STRICT_ALL_TABLES, all
NOT NULL columns which does not have a
DEFAULT value (and is not AUTO_INCREMENT) must be explicitly referenced in
INSERT statements. If not, an error like this is produced:
ERROR 1364 (HY000): Field 'col' doesn't have a default value
In all other cases, if a
NOT NULL column without a
DEFAULT value is not referenced, an empty value will be inserted (for example, 0 for
INTEGER columns and '' for
CHAR columns). See NULL Values in MariaDB:Inserting for examples.
If a
NOT NULL column having a
DEFAULT value is not referenced,
NULL will be inserted.
If a
NULL column having a
DEFAULT value is not referenced, its default value will be inserted. It is also possible to explicitly assign the default value using the
DEFAULT keyword or the
DEFAULT() function.
If the
DEFAULT keyword is used but the column does not have a
DEFAULT value, an error like this is produced:
ERROR 1364 (HY000): Field 'col' doesn't have a default value
Duplicate values
By default, if you try to insert a duplicate row and there is a
UNIQUE index,
INSERT stops and an error like this is produced:
ERROR 1062 (23000): Duplicate entry 'dup_value' for key 'col'
To handle duplicates you can use the
IGNORE clause,
INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE or the
REPLACE statement.
Ignoring errors
INSERT stops and rolls back when it encounters an error.
By using the IGNORE keyword all errors are converted to warnings, which will not stop inserts of additional rows.
How to specify the column names:
INSERT INTO person (first_name, last_name) VALUES ('John', 'Doe');
How to insert more than 1 row at a time:
INSERT INTO tbl_name VALUES (1, "row 1"), (2, "row 2");
Using the
SET clause:
INSERT INTO person SET first_name = 'John', last_name = 'Doe';
SELECTing from another table:
INSERT INTO contractor SELECT * FROM person WHERE status = 'c';
See INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE for further examples using that syntax.
MariaDB until 5.5.28
- MySQL and MariaDB before 5.5.28 didn't give warnings for duplicate key errors when using
IGNORE. You can get the old behaviour if you set OLD_MODE to