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Britain could become the first country in the world to legalise the creation of babies with three biological parents following a government-commissioned consultation launched yesterday.
Scientists want ministers to give the green light to a controversial fertility treatment that eliminates a host of genetic conditions, such as muscular dystrophy.
The babies would be created by engineering an egg to carry a small sample of healthy DNA from a third biological parent as well as the mother and father.
The technique, being developed by researchers at Newcastle University, involves removing DNA from the nucleus of a woman's egg before fertilisation and implanting it into the "shell" of a donor egg which has had the DNA from its nucleus removed.
The egg is then implanted back into the mother using traditional in vitro fertilisation methods.
By using the "shell" of the second woman's egg, doctors believe they can cut damaged genetic material out of the family line.
The technique is currently forbidden, but ministers have ordered the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to explore the issue and make recommendations on whether the benefits outweigh any ethical concerns.
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, will use the regulator's report - which is expected by the end of the year - to decide whether to give the technique the go-ahead. If he approves, it could become legal as early as next year, making Britain the first country in the world to allow human trials.
Experts that accept the technique, which involves genetically modifying a human egg or embryo, enters "uncharted territory" and raises serious ethical questions.
Although the resulting babies would inherit a tiny fraction of their DNA from the donor, the procedure would spare all future generations from rare and debilitating conditions.
It would not affect how the children look or their characteristics.
But critics said it amounted to "playing around with the building blocks of life."
In addition to the moral implications of engineering embryos, there are questions over how the procedure would affect on a child's sense of identity .
Prof Lisa Jardine, chairman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, said: "We find ourselves in uncharted territory, balancing the desire to help families have healthy children with the possible impact on the children themselves and wider society."
She said that since Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, was born in 1978, IVF has since become commonplace.
She said: "Here, we are going that mile further, which is a genetic modification of the egg. I feel very strongly that once we have genetic modification we have to be damn sure that we are happy, because this is not about us. This is not about our children. It's not even about our grandchildren. It's about many, many generations down the line, what the consequences might be."
About 99.8% of our DNA, including all our visible characteristics, is contained in the cell nucleus and is passed down from our father and mother in equal measure.
The procedure would eliminate defects in the mitochondria, tiny structures which contain just 37 genes, supply power to cells and are inherited solely from the maternal side.
An estimated one in 200 children born in Britain each year is thought to have some form of mitochondrial disease, with defects in anywhere between a handful and 90% of their mitochondria. In the vast majority of cases, where the number of defects is low, there are no symptoms and the condition is never even diagnosed.
But in about one in 6500 people the level of damage causes the development of severe medical conditions including muscular dystrophy and ataxia, a neurological condition affecting balance, co-ordination and speech. - ©The Daily Telegraph


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How Life Adapts to Its Environment
If on Earth there's one thing we've done well, it's in the many ways we've adapted to our environments. If "Jurassic Park" taught us anything, it's not to stay out of the long grass, it's that life finds a way. Earth is home to an abundance of life, from microscopic bacteria to towering redwood trees, and from the highest mountain peaks to the deepest sea trenches. Survival means competing for food and space, especially where both are scarce. That's where things get interesting.
Charles Darwin theorized about how life finds a way—by gradually adapting its structure or behavior to suit its environment—in "On the Origin of Species". As part of evolution, adaptation can take millions of years, but it can also happen over just a few generations. Here are some of the most interesting ways that life on Earth has adapted to its habitat.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Butterball has entered a licensing agreement with Monogram Food Solutions, LLC, a Memphis, Tenn.-based manufacturer of processed meat, to launch a new line of turkey meat snacks featuring jerky, turkey bacon jerky, turkey nuggets and turkey snack sticks.
"We are excited about our partnership with Monogram, a leader in the meat snacks industry, who will be using Butterball turkey in a new, innovative meat snack offering," said Bill Klump, senior vice president of corporate marketing with Butterball, LLC. "We look forward to introducing these high-quality, delicious turkey meat snacks to customers and consumers."
Monogram is gearing up to add turkey protein to its operation in Chandler, Minn., with the production of Butterball turkey meat snacks. Production begins in May for the following variety of new turkey meat snacks:
"Butterball is an iconic national brand with a tremendous heritage," said Wes Jackson, president of Monogram Food Solutions. "We are honored to be working hand-in-hand with the folks at Butterball to bring premium turkey into the meat snack section with these healthy, great tasting products."
New Butterball Turkey Meat Snacks offer customers a better-for-you, lean protein product in the meat snack category, currently dominated by beef jerky (95%). Butterball Turkey Meat Snacks have no added MSG, are low-fat, low-calorie, low-carb and high in lean turkey protein, and at 220 mg/ounce, Butterball Teriyaki Turkey Jerky has less than half the sodium found in most national brands of beef jerky (550-600mg), according to the company.
Monogram will round out the new Butterball Turkey Meat Snack line with Turkey Snack Bites and snappy Giant Smoked Turkey Snack Sticks, all made with lean, nutritious Butterball turkey.
These products will hit retail and convenience store shelves nationwide this summer.
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Big rig trucks, semi-truck, tractor trailers, 18-wheelers are generally commercial vehicles, rarely, if ever, are they used as personal vehicles. This is the defining characteristic that makes them stand out and if you were involved in an accident with one of these vehicles, chances are they were used for commercial purposes.
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Former George Washington University President Lloyd Elliott, who died Jan. 1 at 94, is remembered as an unassuming leader who consistently put students' best interests above all else.
From humble roots as a public school teacher from a family of educators in West Virginia, Dr. Elliott became a 23-year leader of the university who helped transform it into a respected residential academic institution.
Dr. Elliott served as president from 1965 until 1988. During that time, he increased the university's endowment from $8 million to $200 million, oversaw the building of three libraries on the Foggy Bottom Campus, and emphasized the study of world affairs, leading to the renaming of GW's School of International Affairs to the Evelyn E. and Lloyd H. Elliott School in 1988.
Dr. Elliott's daughter, Patricia Kauffman, remembers her father saying that, as a child, he went to school 24 hours a day, seven days a week, because his own father, a public school teacher, was always educating him. Dr. Elliott's early experience as a public school teacher and administrator imbued him with a sense of principle when it came to educational priorities.
In the mid-1980s, for example, when the White House requested use of the Charles E. Smith Center for a high-profile meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Dr. Elliott refused,
citing a disruption to students' lives and studies during finals week.
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"He always had a twinkle in his eye, but people who knew him knew when he was deadly serious," Ms. Kauffman says.
During his tenure as president, his behind-the-scenes leadership style allowed faculty members and administrators to flourish, Ms. Kauffman says.
"I can say it was truly never about him. It was about getting the right person for the right position and giving them every opportunity and encouragement to succeed," she says.
Richard Southby, executive dean and distinguished professor of global health emeritus, was both a colleague and a close friend of Dr. Elliott.
"He was gracious and supportive," Dr. Southby says. "Once he made a decision, though, he was firm. He was a very solid administrator without being flamboyant—he didn't need to have his name in the press. He stood up for things he thought were important."
One of those things was his decision, in 1965, to disband the university's football team, which cost the university a great deal of money, even though the team wasn't particularly successful. Syracuse University had recently made the same decision, although the president of that institution reinstated the football team after alumni and students helped raise the money to cover the program.
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"I remember that he faced a lot of resistance from students and alumni," Ms. Kauffman says. "What he said was, if you can raise the money, like Syracuse did, that's fine, but before the money goes to football, we need libraries, classrooms, and more professors."
Dr. Elliott's focus on educational excellence included overseeing the construction of three libraries on the Foggy Bottom Campus: the Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, the Jacob Burns Law Library, and the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.
"He was extraordinarily proud of the libraries," Ms. Kauffman says. "I remember when Gelman got its millionth book. He was very excited."
Dr. Elliott's focus on learning, as well as his calm demeanor, was also crucial when he was tasked with keeping the university operating during anti-Vietnam War demonstrations on campus, which attracted many protesters due to GW's location.
After his retirement from GW, Dr. Elliott became the first president of the National Geographic Society Education Foundation, the National Geographic Society's educational arm, and stayed involved with GW.
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In fact, Dr. Elliott—the honorary chair of the Elliott School's board of advisers—attended the body's most recent board meeting in November.
"Dr. and Mrs. Elliott were deeply engaged in the life of the school that bears their name," wrote Michael E. Brown, dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs, in a letter to students, staff, and faculty of the school after Dr. Elliott's death. "Having a former university president as a senior adviser was extremely valuable for the school."
Dr. Elliott and his wife, Betty, who died in 2009, were married more than 70 years and were both honored at the Alumni Service Awards in 1987.
"At a personal level, I can say that getting to know Lloyd and Betty has been one of the greatest privileges of my tenure as dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs," Dean Brown wrote.
Ms. Kauffman says she hopes the university community will remember her father's character.
"He cared about students above anything else. He cared about their opportunities, about making opportunities for them. He was absolutely what you saw—he never pulled punches. And people knew it intuitively."
–An earlier version of this story appeared in GW Today.
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Ambassador Edward "Skip" Gnehm, BA '66, MA '68, Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs, first met former University President Lloyd Elliott in a room of the Washington Hotel in 1965. At that time, GW had been operating without a president and Mr. Gnehm was representing a restless student body as its president.
"In his quiet, calming voice, he told me he'd been offered the position of president of the university, but that he'd said he wouldn't accept it until he'd had a chance to talk to student leaders," Mr. Gnehm told a crowd gathered at a university memorial service for Dr. Elliott on Feb. 26.
Over the course of several hours, Dr. Elliott explained to Mr. Gnehm his vision for the university and how he planned to lead it.
"His vision became the university community's vision and with patience and great perseverance, he brought people together," said Mr. Gnehm, who went on to earn two degrees from GW and become a professor in the school named for Dr. Elliott and his wife, the Elliott School of International Affairs.
Mr. Gnehm's story was just one of several tributes that colleagues, friends, and admirers paid to the university's 14th president. To learn more about the service, as well as see a video about Dr. Elliott's legacy, visit gwtoday.gwu.edu/lloyd-elliott-remembered.


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The Chestnut Ridge Women's golfers held play on April 25. Chairwoman for the event was Pat Corridoni.
The game of the day was "Lizzards/Gizzards." Jenny Farabaugh won the event and the 50/50 winner was Pat Corridoni.
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I've been experiencing a performance problem with deleting blobs in derby, and was wondering if anyone could offer any advice.
This is primarily with 10.4.2.0 under windows and solaris, although I've also tested with the new 10.5.1.1 release candidate (as it has many lob changes), but this makes no significant difference.
The problem is that with a table containing many large blobs, deleting a single row can take a long time (often over a minute).
I've reproduced this with a small test that creates a table, inserts a few rows with blobs of differing sizes, then deletes them.
The table schema is simple, just:
create table blobtest( id integer generated BY DEFAULT as identity, b blob )
and I've then created 7 rows with the following blob sizes : 1024 bytes, 1Mb, 10Mb, 25Mb, 50Mb, 75Mb, 100Mb.
I've read the blobs back, to check they have been created properly and are the correct size.
They have then been deleted using the sql statement ( "delete from blobtest where id = X" ).
If I delete the rows in the order I created them, average timings to delete a single row are:
1024 bytes: 19.5 seconds
1Mb: 16 seconds
10Mb: 18 seconds
25Mb: 15 seconds
50Mb: 17 seconds
75Mb: 10 seconds
100Mb: 1.5 seconds
If I delete them in reverse order, the average timings to delete a single row are:
100Mb: 20 seconds
75Mb: 10 seconds
50Mb: 4 seconds
25Mb: 0.3 seconds
10Mb: 0.25 seconds
1Mb: 0.02 seconds
1024 bytes: 0.005 seconds
If I create seven small blobs, delete times are all instantaneous.
It thus appears that the delete time seems to be related to the overall size of the rows in the table more than the size of the blob being removed.
I've run the tests a few times, and the results seem reproducible.
So, does anyone have any explanation for the performance, and any suggestions on how to work around it or fix it? It does make using large blobs quite problematic in a production environment…
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Wallabies captain George Gregan is baffled by the eight-week ban handed to South African forward Bakkies Botha as the fallout continues from Saturday night's Tri Nations battle in Brisbane.
The Springboks did nothing to soothe Australia's anger when they left for New Zealand yesterday, claiming the Wallabies' reaction to the spiteful match, which Australia won 29-9, was "totally unacceptable" and that South Africa did not play "like a bunch of sissies".
Gregan questioned the length of Botha's ban for attacking the face of Australian hooker Brendan Cannon, which will cost him only one Test appearance and enable him to play in October's World Cup. "Personally I can't see how you can get eight weeks for attacking someone's eyes," Gregan told Sky News.
"I think that's probably the last thing you can do in rugby."
Cannon and Wallabies coach Eddie Jones, who led the assault on the Springboks, would not comment publicly yesterday on Botha's ban or the four-week penalty handed to South African prop Robbie Kempson for a late and high tackle.
But Jones stood by his claims the Springboks were "a disgrace for international rugby" following the allegations of biting, eye gouging and spitting.
Cannon said he still had "a big set of fang marks" on his right shoulder yesterday but the player responsible for them escaped without penalty because TV footage was unavailable.
South African team manager Gideon Sam said the Springboks were happy to be leaving for Dunedin, where they meet the All Blacks on Saturday.
"We're going into a country that understands tough rugby and that's what we talk about - we play tough rugby," Sam told ABC radio.
"We're never going to play like a bunch of sissies."
Sam said Jones and Gregan were out of line for saying South Africa condoned foul play.
"It's totally unacceptable," Sam said.
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Also, since this is a backpacker tour, meaning none of us, including the tour guide, are very mature, we had a photo stop outside the sign for the town called "Three Cocks." I mean really, who could resist? Apparently this is tame compared to some other names found throughout the UK.
Those are bilingual signs with the Welsh name for Three Cocks below it. So now you know how to say Three cocks in Welsh. Awesome.
Anyways, we ended up in Hay-on-Wye. I don't know if anyone else was that excited but this has got to be one of the coolest little towns ever. It's just filled with book shops. Every store is a bookshop! The town castle? Oh, it's a book shop too! And we are talking bargains as many of these shops buy overstock. So you can pick up new and old books for a pound each. I didn't buy anything since books are heavy and I still have plenty to read.
However, I did get to see some first editions and full sets of Jane Austin and Charles Dickens. A map shop had original old maps. And the castle bookshop had stacks of postcards and really old early 1900s photos of people traveling to Africa. I could have spent hours digging through all the stuff.
Here's a picture of my favorite bookshop.
It was located in the yard outside the castle and featured some very weather beaten books on shelves lining the whole area. It's the honesty bookstore because you have to be honest and drop the money for any books you take into a box.
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When the rain pours outside it is a good time to dream of those warm, sunny destinations. Here's a fantastic oceanfront villa in Thailand currently for sale by Sotheby's. To start with that magnificent entrance, the promises of views to come are grand.
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Here Are 6 Of The Splashiest Media Weddings Ever
With the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on the horizon, global media just can't get enough news relating to the big day.
While the world media elite may not have an ancient monarchy to inherit, it's still a big deal when the rich and powerful folks in the business get hitched.
From Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch to stars of The View and executives at CBS, the ceremonies are big, bold, and expensive.
Donald Trump and Melania Knauss
Donald Trump's third wedding, this time to Melania Knauss, took place on January 22, 2005 in Palm Beach, Florida. Among the 450 guests were HIllary Clinton, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Rudy Giuliani, Star Jones, Simon Cowell, and Kelly Ripa. Knauss wore a $100,000 Christian Dior gown fitted with more than 1,500 hand-stitched crystal rhinestones and pearls. Guests snacked on a five-foot high, 200-pound, seven-tier Grand Marnier chiffon cake with nearly 3,000 icing roses.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
On October 25, 2009, real estate scion Jared Kushner married Ivanka Trump, the daughter of Donald Trump at a relatively understated wedding at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Ivanka wore a Vera Wang gown — inspired by Grace Kelly — while Regis Philbin, Barbara Walters, Rupert and Wendi Murdoch, Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, and Andrew Cuomo were among the 500+ guests.
Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr.
Married in secret on September 21, 1996, Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr. had a relatively small wedding of 40 guests. Held on Cumberland Island —located off the coast of Georgia — in the First African Baptist Church. Candles and kerosene lamps lit the chapel, which had no electricity. Bessette wore a $40,000 floor-length Narcisco Rodriguez gown, made of pearl-colored silk crepe, hand-rolled tulle silk veil, and long silk gloves. Her shoes, made of beaded satin, were by Manolo Blahnik. Among the guests were Kennedy's cousin, Anthony Radziwill, who served as best man, and Caroline Kennedy, the maid of honor.
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"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure," said Luna in a sing-song voice. (OP10)
"She didn't enjoy it very much," Luna informed him. "She doesn't think you treated her very well, because you wouldn't dance with her. I don't think I'd have minded," she added thoughtfully. "I don't like dancing very much." She retreated behind The Quibbler again. (OP10)
"That was funny!"
Her prominent eyes swam with tears as she gasped for breath, staring at Ron. Utterly nonplussed, he looked around at the others, who were now laughing at the expression on Ron's face and at the ludicrously prolonged laughter of Luna Lovegood, who was rocking backwards and forwards, clutching her sides.
"Are you taking the mickey?" said Ron, frowning at her.
"Baboon's … backside!" she choked, holding her ribs. (OP10)
"Of course not," said Hermione scathingly, before Harry could answer. "The Quibbler's rubbish, everyone knows
"Excuse me," said Luna; her voice had suddenly lost its dreamy quality. "My father's the editor."
"I - oh," said Hermione, looking embarrassed. "Well … it's got some interesting … I mean, it's quite …"
"I'll have it back, thank you," said Luna coldly, and leaning forwards she snatched it out of Harry's hands. Riffling through it to page fifty-seven, she turned it resolutely upside-down again and disappeared behind it, just as the compartment door opened for the third time. (OP10)
"Oh, yes," said Luna, "I've been able to see them ever since my first day here. They've always pulled the carriages. Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am." (OP10)
Luna did not seem perturbed by Ron's rudeness; on the contrary, she simply watched him for a while as though he were a mildly interesting television program. (OP11)
Luna took a treat breath and then said, without so much as a preliminary
hello: "I believe He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is back, and I believe
you fought him and escaped from him."
"Er -- right," said Harry awkwardly. Luna was wearing what looked like a pair of orange radishes for earrings, a fact that Parvati and Lavender seemed to have noticed, as they were both giggling and pointing at her earlobes. (OP13)
"You can laugh!" Luna said, her voice rising, apparently under the impression that Parvati and Lavender were laughing at what she had said rather than what she was wearing."But people used to believe there were no such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!" (OP13)
"D' you mind not offending the only people who believe me?" Harry asked Hermione as they made their way into class.
"Oh, for heaven's sake, Harry, you can do better than her," said Hermione. "Ginny's told me all about her, apparently she'll only believe in things as long as there's no proof at all. Well, I wouldn't respect anything else from someone whose father runs The Quibbler."
Harry thought of the sinister winged horses he had seen on the night he had arrived and how Luna had said she could see them too. His spirits sank slightly. (OP13)
"It's good, isn't it?" said Luna happily. "I wanted to have it chewing up a serpent, to represent Slytherin, you know, but there wasn't time. Anyway … good luck, Ronald!" (OP19)
"Mistletoe," said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry's head. He jumped out from under it. "Good thinking," said Luna very seriously. "It's often infested with nargles." (OP21)
"Dad's reprinting!" she told Harry, her eyes popping excitedly. "He can't believe it, he says people seem even more interested in this than the Crumple-Horned Snorkacks!" (OP26)
"We were all in the D.A. together," said Neville quietly. "It was all supposed to be
about fighting You-Know-Who, wasn't it? And this is the first chance we've
had to do something real -- or was that all just a game or something?"
"No -- of course it wasn't --" said Harry impatiently.
"Then we should come too," said Neville simply. "We want to help."
"That's right," said Luna, smiling happily. (OP33)
"The Crumple-Horned Snorkack can't fly," said Luna in a dignified voice, "but they [thestrals] can, and Hagrid says they're very good at finding places their riders are looking for." (OP33)
Luna and Neville were
bewitching the doors along the opposite wall -- then, as Harry reached the very top of the room, he heard Luna cry, "Collo -- aaaaaaaaargh..."
He turned in time to see her flying through the air. Five Death Eaters were surging into the room through the door she had not reached in time; Luna hit a desk, slid over its surface and onto the floor on the other side where she lay sprawled, as still as Hermione. (OP35)
"Oh … well …" she shrugged. "I think they think I'm a bit odd, you know. Some people call me 'Loony' Lovegood, actually." (OP38)
"Oh, no," she said, smiling at him. "They'll come back, they always do in the end. It was just that I wanted to pack tonight. Anyway … why aren't you at the feast?" (OP38)
Harry: "Have you…" he began. "I mean,
who … has anyone you known ever died?"
"Yes," said Luna simply, "my mother. She was a quite extraordinary witch, you know, but she did like to experiment and one of her spells went rather badly wrong one day. I was nine."
"I'm sorry," Harry mumbled.
"Yes, it was rather horrible," said Luna conversationally. "I still feel very sad about it sometimes. But I've still got Dad. And anyway, it's not as though I'll never see Mum again, is it?"
"Er – isn't it?" said Harry uncertainly.
She shook her head in disbelief. "Oh, come on. You heard them, just behind the veil, didn't you?"
" You mean…"
"In that room in the archway. They were just lurking out of sight, that's all, you heard them." (OP38)
"Oh no," said Luna. "No, I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up.... It always does in the end." (OP38)
Harry: She walked away from him and, as he watched her go, he found that the terrible weight in his stomach seemed to have lessened slightly. (OP38)
From Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
"I don't think you should be an Auror, Harry," said Luna unexpectedly. Everybody looked at her. "The Aurors are part of the Rotfang Conspiracy, I thought everyone knew that. They're working to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within using a combination of Dark Magic and gum disease." (HBP15)
Harry: Surely nobody in their right mind would have let Luna Lovegood commentate? (HBP19)
"I could hear the match commentary from here," said Ron, his voice now shaking with laughter. "I hope Luna always commentates from now on... Loser's Lurgy..." (HBP19)
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Town of Waukesha — After years of being in the works, including a 2013 approval, the Walgreens/Aldi project on the southwest corner of Sunset Drive and Highway X in the Town of Waukesha is no more.
"It's dead," said Town Chairman John Marek. "It's an incredible loss for the town. It's a very large loss to the residents that are immediately in that area. We had a low-impact, high-quality development in Walgreens/Aldi. It couldn't get any better. It was an incredible location."
Marek said he has known that Walgreens/Aldi was backing out "for quite some time." And he blames one person for the developer pulling out shortly after beginning construction last fall and for the town losing $5 million in tax base.
"They had it with the harassment from Joe Banske," Marek said. "So they pulled out. The constant changing of hours and Joe's nonsense of saying building a Walgreens would attract crime. They had it with Joe's constant rhetoric."
The disagreement over hours of operation was a point of contention last year in the town. In July, the Town Board approved Walgreens to be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., with a 24-hour drive-through pharmacy. The approval was against the Plan Commission's recommendation of a 24-hour store and against Walgreens' request in its plan of operation application of 24 hours unless the manager adjusted.
The application, however, noted the minimum hours of operation would be 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and weekends. Mark Lake of MRED-Cummings, who owned the parcel, agreed to those hours. However, the item returned to the Town Board on Aug. 22 for reconsideration, and Lake wanted a 24-hour operation. Marek then sought to amend the board's previous decision, but the measure did not meet with support from the majority of the board. Marek then asked for a Title 4 review done to overturn the town's decision, but multiple attorneys said this type of review wasn't applicable.
Marek dishing blame was nothing new to Banske, who previously surveyed residents in the area to get their thoughts on the development.
"His comments are all the same," Banske said. "He's trying to perpetuate an image of near-constant harassment. What he's trying to do is smear me."
Marek said a developer proposing a bar/grill has shown interest in the site. Banske said he didn't know about Walgreens backing out until a resident who had knowledge of the situation called him. Moreover, Banske was skeptical that Marek already has interested parties.
Contrary to Marek's comments, Banske said he feels the foreclosure of the Fox Run Shopping Center and the proposed Meijer development on Sunset Drive has "changed the landscape" for that Walgreens site.
Banske added that the developer isn't obligated to tell the Town Board that it's not building anymore. And while the town won't get the revenue from the project, Banske is proud of the effort he put into the project.
"We worked with (the developers), and I worked with the neighbors to mitigate the impact it was going to have on them," Banske said. "We exerted a lot of energy into this, but sometimes that's what developers end up doing. They look at the project again to see if it still makes sense."
The supervisor said small-retail developments with more suitable hours for the neighbors could be considered in the future.
The abandonment of the project is somewhat stunning, given the lengthy process the development went through, which borders a 50-home subdivision. It started in 2009 when the Plan Commission and Town Board approved changing the town's comprehensive land-use plan on that corner from low-density residential to a mixed use. Two of the board members were then later recalled.
With a new Town Board in place, it denied a zoning change in early 2012, which would have made way for the new stores. Homeowners who were selling the property to MRED-Cummings petitioned for annexation into the city. But the city denied the request because it wasn't going to change the area from residential. The development returned to the Town of Waukesha last summer, and the Town Board approved the stores.
"With a matter of developing the property," Marek said, "we're back at square 1."


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When it comes to Arab-Israeli diplomacy the American monopoly on mediation needs to be terminated. The reason is simple. Washington's systematic failure over several decades has disqualified it from acting without adult supervision.
Rather than the marriage counselor who must be balanced because both spouses are angry, the US is the arbitrator who sleeps with and solicits bribes from the more powerful disputant, and fixes outcomes accordingly. Given the US mantra that it cannot want peace more than the parties themselves and that negotiations without preconditions are the only acceptable formula–meaning that Israel has a veto over every decision large and small–it is high time the Obama administration makes room for the many who value peace more than occupation.
In November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly recommended the establishment of separate Arab and Jewish states in Palestine. Israel was established the following year, and currently occupies all of the territory allotted by the world body to both states. It is a reality that could not exist without consistent and increasingly uncritical American support of Israel.
Since the 1970s, the international community has routinely prescribed a two-state settlement to resolve this prolonged conflict. It took the United States until the 21st century to join the community of nations in endorsing a Palestinian state, though this never went beyond the declarative level. Indeed, the main achievement of the diplomatic process initiated by Washington in 1991 and monopolized by it ever since, has been the exponential acceleration of Israel's illegal settlement enterprise. The reality is that a process carefully designed to fragment and disenfranchise Palestinians to the largest extent possible, and consolidate Israeli control over Palestinian lives, would not have proceeded differently.
Last month, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) submitted an application for UN membership for the missing state to the Security Council. In response, Washington all but declared a global state of alert. The ferocity of its campaign to deny Palestinian statehood, including the credible threat of yet another veto on Israel's behalf, the incessant bullying of friend and foe alike, and punitive Congressional sanctions, conclusively demonstrate that the US is incapable of mediating anything other than a one-state outcome, comprising perpetual Israeli domination from the River to the Sea rather than equality between them.
American claims of support for Palestinian statehood ring more hollow than ever. Consider President Obama's September 2010 proclamation from the UN rostrum that he hoped to see Palestine as a member of the world body. Yet, he has stopped at nothing to prevent it. Similarly, Washington consistently enables further settlement expansion and systematically shields Israel from censure and consequences, while verbally opposing Israeli colonization of Palestinian land.
This begs the question why does Washington remain so committed to extending its perfect record of abysmal failure? The answer increasingly provided by Palestinians and Arabs alike is that the US is devoted to its monopoly precisely because it views its involvement as a success–for itself and Israel, at the Palestinians' and the international community's expense. If there are indeed other factors that explain why Washington opposes even a symbolic Palestinian diplomatic initiative, and goes rabid at the very suggestion of multilateralism, these have yet to be persuasively presented.
For those Arabs who still listen to President Obama's speeches, the contrast between his proclaimed support for Arab self-determination and determined opposition to its Palestinian variant was at least as clear as daylight on a cloudless afternoon.
Obama fools only himself if he thinks Palestine will not be the litmus test of American intentions towards the region's peoples. By yet again sabotaging a Palestinian attempt to break free of perpetual Israeli domination, he has made a mockery of American claims to support not only Palestinian but also Arab aspirations. In Tunisia Obama at least had the sense to hail the uprising once Ben Ali's plane reached 30,000 feet. In Palestine, he poured copious amounts of fuel on a raging regional fire despite repeated warnings from the four corners of the world.
While Obama's total embrace of Israel was as objectionable to Arabs as it was delightful to Avigdor Lieberman, it was the American President's insistence on business-as-usual yet again that grated most. Denouncing diplomacy at the United Nations as "unilateralism" in order to preserve America's monopoly over the "peace process" only added insult to injury.
Not all successful mediators are neutral, yet America's seemingly limitless devotion to the colonizer against the colonized cries out for a counterweight. To the extent Washington succeeds in excluding other actors from the equation, it will increasingly be called to account by the region's citizens. As Ben Ali, Mubarak, and other trusted American friends are forced to make room for more representative leaderships, Washington's startling incongruence with the spirit of the times is creating a massive problem for itself.
It is anyone's guess when, how, and by whom American interests in the region will pay the price of US Middle East policy. In order to minimize that cost, and retain what prospects remain for a constructive relationship with the Arab world, Washington's politicians would do well to at least stop digging. To paraphrase Obama's message to Syria's Asad: if he cannot lead, he should follow and if he refuses must get out of the way before being forced aside.
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text: Back in January, Imagination Technologies announced its next-generation Series6XT graphic architecture, providing a glimpse at the graphics capabilities likely to make their way into Apple's future A-series chips. Apple, a minority investor in Imagination Technologies, has used the company's integrated graphics since the original iPhone back in 2007, with Apple's latest A7 chip using the G6430 Series6 graphics package. AnandTech has now published an in-depth look at the so-called "Rogue" architecture used in Imagination's current and upcoming graphics packages. The piece was made possible by Imagination taking a rare step to provide increased transparency about its technology as part of an effort to compare and contrast its offerings with NVIDIA's highly publicized Tegra K1 processor with 192-core Kepler graphics. The article is a fairly technical discussion of how GPUs in general and the Rogue architecture in particular function, but basically it outlines how Imagination is trying to redefine "cores" with respect to its designs. Imagination has historically described its graphics architectures in terms of Unified Shading Clusters (USCs), popularly referred to as "cores" as in the "quad-core" G6430. But with NVIDIA now advertising 192-core graphics, Imagination needs to show how its upcoming six-cluster GX6650 can equal or outperform NVIDIA's Tegra K1. Imagination lays out its case for emphasizing the use of more efficient but less powerful 16bit Arithmetic Logic Units (FP16 ALUs) over FP32 (32bit) ALUs in its Rogue pipelines, a move that actually makes for improved overall performance in mobile-focused settings. With the upcoming Series6XT, Imagination has placed even greater focus on FP16 ALUs, improving performance even more. MacRumors forum member chrmjenkins provides an excellent summary of what all of the technical details mean: AnandTech compares the specifications of GX6650 to NVIDIA's Tegra K1 and Imagination's G6430 from the A7 chip, showing the significant improvements possible for future iOS devices. As for when Apple will be able to bring the new Series6XT graphics to its iOS devices, historical data on intervals between announcement of new designs from Imagination Technologies and their implementations suggests that A9 chips in 2015 would be the most likely target, but it is possible that Apple could surprise and bring the new graphics to the A8 later this year. As shown in delivering a 64-bit architecture for the A7 last year, Apple has shown that it is able and willing to be aggressive in its chip designs, and as a significant investor in Imagination Technologies likely is able to press forward more rapidly than other licensees. Article Link: 'Rogue' Series6XT Graphics for Future iOS Devices Detailed


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Woo hoo! Guess who got their internet back last night? I'm so happy as I've missed the blogosphere and keeping up with all of your projects. Here's some that I did while we were without power and climbing the walls:
I took two mason jars and spray painted one red and one green. Once they were dry, I printed these sweet holiday images from the Graphics Fairy and Mod Podged them on. Then I added a thin layer of Mod Podge over the images and sprinkled on some German glass glitter.
I finished each off with some white tea-stained seam binding. I'm going to use these as candleholders during the holidays.
My boys destroyed our Scrabble game so I'm left with some random letters. Lucky enough, I had the ones I needed to spell out "noel." And they fit perfectly in this little Goodwill frame that I painted black months ago.
I added a burlap backdrop. Loving the rustic look!
Two super simple projects to keep my mind occupied post-hurricane. It feels good to be back and I can't wait to pop on over to see all of your posts that I've missed.
Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday and Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.
Sharing my love of all things shabby, thrifty, crafty and cheap! Formerly known as One Cheap B*tch.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Holiday Mason Jars & Noel
2 comments:
- Dee @ A Lapin Life said...
I'm glad you have your power back Jeanine.
The scrabble frame is so cute! The mason jars have a wonderful old fashion charm.
- November 10, 2012 at 6:02 AM
- ileana said...
Beautiful jars!
- November 12, 2012 at 12:13 PM
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Gorguts post new song
Is this the part where we pretend we haven't heard it already?
I haven't, since you're asking.
I have a ton of other albums in physical copy to absorb, so I'm coping with the posted tracks for the time being.
You know I edit out every time you type "deathsters", "doomsters" etc, right?
Of course I know Dev.
And I'm not doing it on purpose, because your edits take place on "words" that are actually implemented in metal music journalism.
I don't know how old you are, but back in the mid '90s, Vanesa Warwick from MTV's Headbangers' Ball was using the terms "deathsters", "doomsters" etc, in the same way "youngster" is being (frequently/casually) used in English English.
And Vanessa was an English citizen too, speaking English English, of course.
I'm not doing it because I don't consider their relevance in the great big world of slang and/or abbreviations but honestly, because it just sounds kinda silly (not a dig at you btw). Like "blacksters" just sounds bad, and not in an incidentally racist way either
I didn't have the slightest clue as to what "blackster" could mean, until you made it clear in our previous conversation.
Anyway, I guess I should review my choices in the near future with regard to this matter.
Wasn't the whole album streaming on Spotify
I'm not sure about that, I just saw the news posts in the band's sputnik page.
Yeah, its been streaming on Spotify for over a week.
Greece has access only to Spotify's free of charge services.
Is it a free stream or fees have to be paid in order to access it?
Well I pay and I have access to the stream, don't know about 'free' users though.
Eventually, the album will be streaming at bandcamp too.
" Is it a free stream or fees have to be paid in order to access it?"
I think that everything that you can stream on spotify is available to all users, free or paid. The paid just has some added benefits which would actually be cool if I didn't already download everything.
I'm not doing it because I don't consider their relevance in the great big world of slang and/or abbreviations but honestly, because it just sounds kinda silly (not a dig at you btw).
So you're power tripping? ; )
Dose this mean I have to stop calling people hipsters :D
^ Yes, because it sounds kinda silly.
they already released this song like 2 weeks ago on soundcloud. o.0
Is it a free stream or fees have to be paid in order to access it?
Wow then this leaked super fucking early.
new go-gurts
Dumb argument up top too. Leaving in "deathsters" and "doomsters" is completely harmless. And besides, that stuff is vintage Voivod.
I don't get it. I already got the album on pre-order from Seasons of Mist. Whole album slays btw
obscura is still one of the shittiest albums i have ever bought. ever. and there's been a lot of shitty albums since i was 18.
ok so 3 months ago then
I already bought this on itunes?
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Just a couple days ago, Univision unearthed major facts in the Fast and Furious scandal surely set to shake up the American media. Among their findings: 57 unreported guns used by Mexican drug cartels to commit crimes. Of these 57 weapons, 3 were used in a massacre on January 30, 2010.
And the liberal media reacted with...complete silence. On Sunday alone, ABC, CBS and NBC all had a blackout of coverage revolving the groundbreaking report.
Here is a perfect example of Univision contradicting the Obama Administration's claims. Yet, nothing nothing but crickets from the liberal media.
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"I talked Emile," recalls Hardwicke, referring to her Lords Of Dogtown featured player. "And he had lots of nice things to say about Kristen from Into The Wild."
Hardwick maintains most of the actors they auditioned for Edward were handsome "but they all looked like the All-American guy."
Pattison was different. "He had everything we needed," Hardwicke notes. "And he had that angular face and kind of mysterious Edward aura."
Source.Bob Thompson: Director says Twilight stars will shineWith director Catherine Hardwicke deep into post-production for Twilight, frenzied young fans are anxiously awaiting the results of the film set for release on Dec. 12.
To say that a fanatic following has blossomed around the novel and now the movie is, like, such an understatement. The film version of the award-winning and best selling Stephenie Meyer book will be one of the totally major events of the Christmas season.
The peculiar thing is Hardwicke, who made a name for herself with teen flicks Thirteen and Lords Of Dogtown, had no idea what she was getting into at first. She says she responded to the teen love conflict amidst vampires at an isolated Washington State high school.
But it didn't take long into filming in and around Portland, Oregon, for the director to find out all Twilight eyes were on her and the production. Good thing for Hardwicke she realized before shooting that casting would be especially critical to the success of the movie.
Fans already knew that and hopes she got it right. Hardwicke thought she had when she hired the actors. Now she's happy to say she did, especially with the pivotal leads.
That would be Kristin Stewart who plays Bella, a lousy athlete and an awkward teen hopelessly devoted to the mysterious Edward (Robert Pattison), a vampire trying to kick his bloody habit.
"When I first read the book, I thought 'This is powerful, crazy and original," Hardwicke says. "I got swept away with the voice of the character, this young girl who falls in love and is even willing to cross over to other side."
So it's not a coincidence that Hardwicke picked the Twilight leads she did. And here's why.
L. A. actress Stewart, 18, first made a name for herself as Jodie Foster's sullen diabetic daughter in 2002's Panic Room. She also received decent notices playing the cranky sister in the fantasy adventure Zathura. But it was her brief heart-felt role in Into The Wild opposite Emile Hirsch that got Hardwicke interested in her for the Twilight part.
"I talked Emile," recalls Hardwicke, referring to her Lords Of Dogtown featured player. "And he had lots of nice things to say about Kristen from Into The Wild."
Then she met Stewart and was convinced that the young actress could pull of the complicated part of "a clumsy and shy teen who didn't like the spotlight" but who ends up "so obsessed with her true love she's willing to give up who she is."
On the other hand, the Pattison selection took a great deal longer. He won out from over 5,000 other acting hopefuls. And it's his second role of a lifetime. Pattison was doing low profile theatre roles and part-time modeling when he landed the part of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
That was a start. But Hardwicke discovered there was much more to the 22- year-old actor born and raised in London.
"It was a massive challenge to find Edward," the director says. "Not many actors can live up to the image in the book - the pale skin and the other-worldly beauty."
Hardwick maintains most of the actors they auditioned for Edward were handsome "but they all looked like the All-American guy."
Pattison was different. "He had everything we needed," Hardwicke notes. "And he had that angular face and kind of mysterious Edward aura."
Besides that, Hardwicke hints she may include a few surprises in the movie that aren't in the book. But not too many. We'll find out when the film's released in December.
Meanwhile, she's hard at work doing post in L. A. after filming in the very rainy Portland last winter and spring.
"I got so moved by the love story in the thriller," says Hardwicke. "I hope the movie has that too."
And ShockTillYouDrop.com reports on the rumour that New Moon will be released late 2009.
It's just a rumor at this point, but word was leaked on the internet that Summit Entertainment, who will be releasing a movie based on Stephenie Meyer 's #1 New York Times best-selling novel Twilight on December 12, has also optioned the movie rights to the second novel in the series, New Moon, with plans to adapt it for release in December '09.Source.
This would confirm what Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey told Ryan Rotten back in March which you can read here, saying that the script for the sequel was ready to go:
"The goal is, we've got the [sequel] script ready to go and come December we want to shoot it for about the same time - for the weather and stuff we don't want to be in the heat of the winter. Obviously, you know the next book and know we can go out into the sun a little bit more. Hopefully, we'll have it ready to go and ready to start prepping for the beginning of next year."
The popular love story between a high school girl and a young vampire who hasn't aged in 90 years is being adapted by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) although there's no word if she'll continue onto the sequel as well.
Stay tuned for more information as we get it.
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Largest DWI Enforcement of the Year runs through Sept. 3
Largest DWI Enforcement of the Year runs through Sept. 3
A statewide driving while intoxicated (DWI) enforcement campaign runs through Sept. 3, and its relevance is underscored by 2011 statistics showing 68 percent of deaths in drunk driving crashes involved drivers that had alcohol concentrations twice the 0.08 legal limit.
The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign is coordinated by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Office of Traffic Safety, and is also being conducted nationally.
"Half a million Minnesotans who have a DWI on record can tell you how their arrest turned their lives upside down," Col. Kevin Daly, chief of the State Patrol, said in a news release. "The hard consequences of drunk driving can be easily avoided by planning ahead and making smart decisions."
During the past five years, 2007–2011, 651 people were killed in Minnesota drunk driving crashes, accounting for one-third of the state's 2,165 total road deaths: 2011 there were 111; 2010, 121; 2009, 112; 2008, 137; 2007, 170. Officials said the 34 percent reduction in drunk driving deaths from five years ago points to motorist making smart plans for a sober ride and the effectiveness of enhanced enforcement and education campaigns.
In 2011, 29,257 motorists were arrested for DWI, the average alcohol-concentration of an offender was 0.16. One in seven Minnesota drivers have a DWI on record.
The consequences of a DWI result in the loss of your license for up to a year, thousands in costs and possible jail time.
Repeat DWI offenders, as well as first-time offenders arrested at 0.16 and above alcohol-concentration level, must use ignition interlock in order to regain legal driving privileges, or face at least one year without a driver's license. Offenders with three or more offenses are required to use interlock for three to six years, or they will never regain driving privileges.
Each year in Minnesota, 40 percent of the alcohol-related traffic deaths involve repeat offenders.
Tips to prevent drunk driving include:
• Plan for a safe ride — designate a sober driver, use a cab/public transportation, or stay at the location of the celebration. Let family/friends know you are available to offer a safe ride home.
• Buckle up and wear protective motorcycle gear, the best defenses against a drunk driver.
• Report drunk driving. Call 911 when witnessing impaired driving behavior. Be prepared to provide location, license plate number and observed dangerous behavior.


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Historic Butte buildings featured in 'Dust to Dazzle' tour
BUTTE, Mont. - Butte's Dust to Dazzle tour showcases historic renovated buildings in town.
Peggy Guccione, owner of one of the buildings featured, said, "the tour is to raise appreciation for historic buildings in town and they do have 'dust to dazzle.'
Guccione explained the tour is a good chance for the public to see first-hand the restoration process.
"They have some in the 'dust' stage that people have just renovated or purchased and the 'dazzle' after they're finished," she said.
This year's tour will showcase six turn of the century buildings including an old hotel, an apartment building, a craftsman home, and a mansion.
Steve Keuch, who also owns a house featured in the tour, said, "it's just fascinating... it just blows you away what went on in Butte in all it's different stages."
The Butte-Anaconda historic district is one of the largest areas of its type in the country, and there are some 4,000 historic buildings in the Mining City.
The homes on the tour represent just a small part of the town's history.
Debra Pascua lives in one of the featured historic mansions. She explained, "the architecture here is very grand. If you think about how this neighborhood looked at the turn of the century around 1900, there was a huge richness to it.
Chuck Schnabel, whose family has been working non-stop to renovate the Grand Hotel, said, "it's been a labor of love. We like the old building is has a lot of great character, great feel, it's a matter of getting it back to where it was."
It was a booming and rich town, and the "Dust to Dazzlers" said the restorations will not just be for looks. They hope the sweat put into renovations will help revitalize the town.
Schnabel said, "Butte's hay day... to get back to that will also bring business back."
The tour costs $12, and the money raised goes to renovating and preserving other buildings in town.


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Project Heckelmith (Spring 2013)
Maureen Heflinger, Gwen Buttemer, Chris Gamboa
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of German composer Paul Hindemith's death, the Nix Ensemble will present a program of all Hindemith works, featuring the rarely performed Trio, op. 47, for Heckelphone, viola and piano. Audience members will have the opportunity to participate in the reading of a virtually unknown comic play by the composer, and the Nix Ensemble will present works from Hindemith's vast output that reveal the humorous side of his music. The concert is free and open to the public. Come experience the ingenious music and outrageous humor of composer Paul Hindemith, and enjoy German pastries and refreshments!
Read more about the event in the Boston Globe!
Date: 4:30pm on June 2, 2013
Price: Free
Location: Arlington Street Church // 351 Boylston Avenue, Boston, MA 02116


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MA in Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences
The Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences (RS & GS) MA program is designed for students with diverse natural science and social science backgrounds who desire specialized training in the use of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in environmental and natural resource analysis and management. The curriculum is designed to train students in both the underlying theory and application of remote sensing (e.g., image processing), spatial analytical methods (e.g., spatial statistics), and digital cartography and geographic information systems. Students are trained for careers in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors where there is high demand for professionals with advanced technical skills who can organize and analyze spatial data sets. Applicants to the RS & GS program are expected to have basic competency in calculus and statistics. Candidates who do not have the required quantitative skills may be admitted, but they will be required to do independent work or additional coursework to acquire the necessary background. Students should consult the director of graduate studies to ascertain if they have the required background.
Course Requirements
At least eight courses (32 credits) must be completed as follows:
Core Courses
- CAS GE 501 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing
- CAS GE 505 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- CAS GE 509 Applied Environmental Statistics or CAS GE 516 Multivariate Analysis for Geographers*
Electives (five courses, selected in consultation with advisor)**
- CAS GE 502 Field Methods in Remote Sensing
- CAS GE 509 Applied Environmental Statistics
- CAS GE 516 Multivariate Analysis for Geographers
- CAS GE 529 Modeling and Monitoring Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes
- CAS GE 585 Ecological Forecasting and Informatics
- GRS GE 640 Digital Image Processing in Remote Sensing
- GRS GE 645 Physical Models of Remote Sensing
- GRS GE 648 Remote Sensing of Vegetation
- GRS GE 805 Spatial Data Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems
- GRS GE 840 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing
- GRS GE 845 Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems
*Course taken to fulfill statistical methods requirement cannot be double counted as an elective.
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Support Remains in Place
By Paul Cherney
Nothing much has changed.
All the sideways travel in the markets that occurred from the last week of October until this past week represents a sturdy base of support. Those levels are 1425-1317 for the Nasdaq and 926-867 for the S&P 500. I do not expect these levels to break.
There is probably still a reluctance to commit to the long side ahead of the Dec. 8 deadline (Sunday) for Iraq to declare all unsanctioned weapons.
The closer we get to Tuesday, Dec. 10, the more the odds build for the re-establishment of a more consistently positive price trend.
Support: The S&P 500 has multiple stairsteps of support within the broad 926-867 area: 915-907, 910-904 (which makes the 910-907 area a focus of support), and 897-887.
Immediate Nasdaq support is 1426-1407, then 1395-1371.
Resistance: The S&P 500 has resistance at 932-965. Immediate intraday resistance is 932-944.
The Nasdaq has resistance at 1445-1461.45, then 1474-1506 and 1492-1568, which makes the 1492-1506 area a focus of resistance.
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911 at Seven
By age seven most children have begun the process of understanding. It's basic stuff like reading, writing, right and wrong, and a myriad of other things that allow their little brains to make sense of the world. Our brat-child 911 however, seems to be suffering developmental delays, still clinging to the easter bunny and tooth fairy even though he saw mom slip the quarter under his pilliow that night he pretended to be asleep. Perhaps it's that if he lets go of the childhood myths he'll have to face the dreaded onset of adulthood and accountability. And 911 remains an ambivalence-magnet with half the population believing he's an honest and trustworthy little being and the other half knowing that he is the spawn of consummate evil. The dichotomy persists in spite of proof after proof of his misdeeds. In our time, 911 has become the litmus test of honesty vs. denial.


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BEND, ore. - The City of Bend Police Department conducted a Pedestrian Safety Detail on Wednesday. The operation was held at the intersections of SE 15th Street and SE Riviera Drive.
The primary focus of this detail was to raise pedestrian safety awareness of drivers and pedestrians through education and enforcement of pedestrian right of way laws. The detail was conducted between 10:30am and 2:30pm; warning signs were posted prior to entering the pedestrian safety operation zone.
The results of the operation were as follows:
- Fail to Yield to a Pedestrian: 10 citations & 5 written warnings
- Cell Phone Use: 6 citations & 1 written warning
- Fail/improper use Safety Belt: 1 citations & 0 written warnings
- Other infractions: 6 citations & 1 written warnings
- One vehicle was impounded.
- Total Citations: 23
- Total written warnings: 7
Funding for this PSE is made possible through a grant from Oregon Walks and Oregon Department of Transportation. For additional information, please contact Lieutenant Chris Carney at the Bend Police Department at 541-322-2978.


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I've already had a look at this thread, but it's slightly different as mine is a Compact.
I've popped all the clips, but there is something still holding the door card on quite firmly behind the top of the door pull, in the area highlighted in red. I've tried giving lifting it and also applying as much force as I feel I can get away with, but it still won't come free.
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Original post made by Jag Singh, Duveneck/St. Francis, on Oct 13, 2006
To add insult to injury, Bush claimed that Iraqis are willing to be maimed or killed in the pursuit of freedom – a freedom where fatalities have resulted in approximately, 'four 9/11's every month! Given the U.S. population is about ten times that of Iraq, this is equivalent to about 80,000 U.S. fatalities each month.
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on Oct 14, 2006 at 12:28 am
this is the most recent Pentagon report; it's not a bed of roses in Iraq - - we are truly in a mess, with no easy way to stay, or pull out. Americans have been duped again by a duplicitous presidential administratioin; will we ever learn? Web Link...
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on Oct 16, 2006 at 1:26 pm
I went to "Iraq Body Count" on the web. It states that the estimated amount of Iraqi deaths so far in the "war" is between 44000 and 49,000. This is certainly a far cry from 600,000. Iraq Body Count seems to be somewhat liberal in its leaning, so it seems that it would be in their best interests to give the highest number they could come up with.
I think that someone is lying (as usual).
I find it disgusting that the truth is in the hands of mass media which has its own agenda.
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Quote: For the 2007 model year, GM's popular midsize trucks — the Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, and Hummer H3 SUV — will get new, larger-displacement inline four- and five-cylinder engines. The new Vortec 2.9L I-4 and Vortec 3.7L I-5 deliver more horsepower and torque than the engines they replace, giving the vehicles increased performance. The Vortec 2.9L DOHC four-cylinder with variable valve timing (VVT) replaces the previous 2.8L four-cylinder and delivers 185 horsepower (138 kW) and 190 lb.-ft. of torque (258 Nm). The Vortec 3.7L DOHC five-cylinder with VVT replaces the previous 3.5L engine and is rated at 242 horsepower (180 kW) and 242 lb.-ft. of torque (328 Nm).
The H3 is a POS...an LS7 couldn't redeem that monstrosity. That being said, I think the lame engine is actually helping sales numbers (if not profit): they're so marked down right now I've been seeing them EVERYWHERE...while H2s are clogging up the lots the uber-discounted h3 seems to be moving pretty well.
I think the engine is its only weakness, well that and the on road performance mandated by the off-road performance, and the visibility. They really should find a way to get the "LS4" in there, I think it could do wonders.
Displacement on Demand on a 4 Banger. what'll that get? 35Mpg? 40?anyway These trucks IMO are good looking ESpecialy the Canyon. and with more power. now I'm realy like the truck.but seriusly that H3 needs a Diesel or as stated earlyer a V8 or a V6 somthing bigger then a 5 banger
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Does GM have the entry level V-8 5.0L replacement? They replaced the 5.7 with the 5.3, but you never hear about their smallest V-8. A small V-8 is what the Colorado, Canyon, and H# need. You get better torque numbers with the V-8 versus the inline 6.
The smallest they've got physically would probably be the 4.8 but thats just an unstroked 5.3. It is just 4 cylinders long, I think it could probably fit.
Quote:Does GM have the entry level V-8 5.0L replacement? They replaced the 5.7 with the 5.3, but you never hear about their smallest V-8. A small V-8 is what the Colorado, Canyon, and H# need. You get better torque numbers with the V-8 versus the inline 6.
If a 4.6 can fit in the Explorer then a 4.8 can fit in the Colorado/Canyon/H3.
I think it is a good idea. I don't know how significant this upgrade would be for people in this market. From my experience with the colorado, it is almost on par with the last gen tacoma. HP/TQ #'s aside, just the general feel of the drive, interior, and quality materials/build is still not to par imo, but thats ok too. It's still a heck of a bargain too. The tacoma costs much more too. I think they should drop the I5 and use a 6 cyllinder engine. The I5 isn't a smooth engine comparable to it 6 cyllinder competition; however, its much more economical, which may give it a good market/cost advantage given the current feul prices. I'm only speaking of 1 competitor, there are many others in this segment.
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" Ferdinand Porsche
Quote:The H3 is a POS...an LS7 couldn't redeem that monstrosity. That being said, I think the lame engine is actually helping sales numbers (if not profit): they're so marked down right now I've been seeing them EVERYWHERE...while H2s are clogging up the lots the uber-discounted h3 seems to be moving pretty well.
i sat in a colorado i have to say that might have been the cheapest thing imaginable. but thena gain alot of these trucks are work trucks so interior isn't a big deal. as for the h3. i hate it. people who cant or dont want to spend h2 money still want a hummer so they buy up those crapmobiles. the interior is cramp, 0-60 in 11.4 and the only thing it has going for it is the bodystyle.
Quote:. . . 0-60 in 11.4 . . .
The H3 is not really that slow come to think of it(I'm going on a much faster time for the H3 btw, I think it was in the area of 9-10 secs). I'm pretty sure we all see cars slower than the H3 moving safely in traffic everyday, Beetle soft tops, old VW Cabrios, Prius', Escapes/Tributes, various HD pickups etc. I would prefer it if only people who spent lots of time off road bought them but oh well.
I don't know about that HD pickup part. Diesels maby. but my dad's 454 1 ton can run circles around that time. of cource it does have 350FT LBs
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It looks like the power will be close to the class leading Toyota and Nissan. The Colorado/Canyon is also pretty light I think. If the 0 to 60 time dosn't come down to at least low 7sec range something is really wrong. I remember back when I got my S10 the Ranger was the only truck that could compete with it. The Japanese trucks were all weak with 3.0l V6s that made no power, their 4 were better. Those older Japanese trucks were smaller less powreful, maybe a bit better in certain areas but would get owned by a Ranger or S10. Now look at it, they absoloutley spank any American truck in this segment. Full size trucks are there next mission and I think it will take even more hard work for them to gain any market share due to the domestic cheap price, rebates, and massive rental/fleet sales. However the private use is going to increase if they do as well or better than the domestic trucks in most areas. They have'nt really spanked them at anything yet. I know its coming though and a sad day that will be for GM, Ford, and Dodge....if they let it happen.
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Chevy c20 1964 restoration spares
A friend of mine is restoring a 1964 Chevy C20, conditions are fairly good but he's looking for spares apparently hard to find to the impossible...
the "hardest" are the biggest body mounts, not the "round shaped" but those made with a massive block of rubber and steel bracket attached, i've not pictures to show per now.
He heard they're not available anymore is that true? If yes the best solution is probably to get a couple of new steel mounts that work with regular round rubber bushing, any suggestion?
He's also looking for the parking brake drum and shoes, that seems to have a weird shape, we cannot understand if it's just completely worn out or not, if you look that by the side the surface is not flat but slightly U shaped, kinda, i've checked also underneath the drum and you can see that shape as well, so it might be made like this by the manufacturer to keep the shoes centered...(i know, i've good imagination).
We need two more things, the plastic cover of the parking brake lever and #4 wheel cover for the MY 1964.
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And his $6+ fee is the lowest in the market I am sure.
You are consistently wrong in this thread.
The lowest online trades now are $3.95.
Again I do not think the impact is meaningful at all
This is just targetting the frequent day trading (for the most part) and it is little more than an increased brokerage fee that:
They are. Win big at a casino and watch them withhold before paying you out and make you fill out the tax form.
And being an accountant you should know net casino winnings are taxable.
quote:IDGAF if all of China thinks it, that doesn't make it true.
PLENTY view day trading as a form of gambling.
quote:You are confusing the word "risk" with "gambling." Any investment trade involves risk, but that does not make it gambling.
I would say the majority of people that are familiar with it and practice it view it as a form of gambling.
quote:Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm really beginning to question your intelligence level.
You know what I am saying is correct anyway.
So if my father has 5 mil. in the market and moves it around over the next couple years, you think it would be ok to take $1,500, because, "hey, who needs 1500 when you have 5 million?"
quote:Completely irrelevant to the point that this is just another attempt by the government to punish producers and give it to takers.
I doubt it will to any appreciable level
and give it to takers.
Completely irrelevant to the point that this is just another attempt by the government to punish producers and give it to takers.
So to make sure we understand your argument..... short time trading is like gambling, thus it should be subjected to a tax.... that no other form of gambling is, because after all it is gambling?
quote:Some markets ARE illiquid.
Shouldn't some markets be illiquid?
Doesn't the role of a "liquidity provider" go against capitalism?
Can't you say that about the financial industry though? Bunch of skimmers
Who frankly often do not put their clients first.
quote:It's far from a fait accompli.
If a tax is going to go up or be created
quote:Because no one EVER passes a tax along to their customers....
Main impact will simply be a less profitable trading account to the institutional investors.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm really beginning to question your intelligence level.
Why do you capitalize 'gov' when you post it? It's not a proper noun. Is it just a subliminal message that you think government is all important?
quote:Sounds like he's a washed up day-trader. He probably was gambling. Which probably why all of his trading was in the past...
I thought you said you knew about short term trading???
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A recent Washington Post article reports that Senator Charles Grassley is proposing a bill that would increase the Smithsonian Institution's accountability to the public. The Senator's proposal comes after expense reports for Lawrence Small, the Smithsonian's Former Secretary, were publicly questioned. Although the Smithsonian's Board of Regents ultimately determined the questioned expenses were reasonable, we wonder if the Smithsonian had been more transparent from the beginning, might it have avoided all this negative attention? If so, perhaps then the American people would not have doubted what we at Charity Navigator already know - that that Smithsonian is in good financial health. It's just further evidence that transparency and accountability is important to donors, and without it, even financially healthy charities can be called into question.
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Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Infrastructure Workshop 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
This workshop is designed to help explain the significance of the BCP and coordinate efforts of infrastructure service providers (powerlines, waterlines, etc.) that cross the BCP or that pass through endangered species habitat outside of the preserve.* If you are responsible for planning, constructing, or maintaining public service infrastructure in western Travis County or Austin, please plan to attend the 4 .5-hour training workshop.
This is a great opportunity to:
- Learn about the BCP and procedures for projects in sensitive habitat
- Hear from experts on oak wilt and other corridor considerations
- Ask questions of management staff from the BCP, Austin Energy, LCRA and others
- If you are field personell, there will be a hands-on section of the training held on a nearby preserve.
Please feel free to pass this invitation along to others.
*BACKGROUND: In 1996, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a 30-year regional permit to the City of Austin and Travis County that allows incidental "take" of eight endangered species. "Take" could include the removal of occupied endangered species habitat or species displacement due to development of habitat areas. The permit holders created the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP) which established the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (BCP) to protect the 8 endangered species which include the golden-cheeked warbler, black-capped vireo, 6 cave invertebrates and 27 species of concern.
When & Where
The Commons Center at JJ Pickle Research Facility
10100 Burnet Road
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)
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Hello forum members,
How much high frequent antenna signal must I have for a good digital picture?
My signal status is mostly "signal strength 60-80" "signal quality 85-90"
Sometimes I get blurred or square blocks on my T.V.
Could I amplify my antenna signal up to, say +20 db, without the risk to introduce
intermodulation in the T.V.tuner?
I know it's a technical question but I hope some one can help me out.
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After the success of her film English Vinglish, both her husband Boney Kapoor and filmmaker R Balki are keen to work with Sridevi. However, the actress is still not certain about her next step.
While Balki, of Cheeni Kum and Paa fame, plans to cast Sridevi in a sequel to his wife Gauri Shinde's film, Boney has plans to produce another film which will do justice to her tremendous acting skills.
Sources close to the actress reveal that the intention is to take her 'comeback advantage' to
another level and that English Vinglish should and must not be a one-off success.
The audiences will surely be eager to watch her in another film very soon.