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Photo: Benziger Family Winery
- The business owners drive hybrid cars, and electric golf carts are used on the property.
- Energy is saved by the use of the human-made cave dug into the mountainside – the temperature is naturally cool for the wines, so air conditioning is not needed. Kathy said the savings covered the cost of the project.
- The garden provides produce for staff members, and its also sold to a few area restaurants.
- Nearly three million gallons per year of water are saved – as is the associated cost – through the use of the recycling pond.
Kathy Benziger-Threlkeld welcomed me to her familys business with a warm greeting under an apple tree in a courtyard garden. She quickly ushered me into an electric golf cart equipped with blankets, umbrellas, and water should the fall day become uncomfortable, and we took off on the winding, hilly paths that cut through the mountainside winery.
Nestled into the edge of Sonoma Mountain in Californias glorious countryside, the vineyard is situated on what was once a volcano. Wappo Indians lived on the land for more than 4,000 years, evidenced by the obsidian arrowheads they created from the lava rock.
After the volcano had burned out and become extinct, its top collapsed, creating a bowl shape. I like to think of it as a wine goblet, Kathy said. It was layered with thick, rich volcanic soil and covered with vegetation in all hues of green sprinkled with a rainbow of spectacular colors.
We quietly rolled up to a row of vines sporting golden, red, and husky green leaves as well as gleaming clusters of deep blue grapes. She reached out and snared a few, handing them off to me for a taste. I was enchanted, and curious.
Photo: Benziger Family Winery
She quickly shepherded us back onto the cart, and we wheeled away from the rows of sunlit vines to a small, lush garden, multicolored with herbs, fruit trees, and tall grasses. As I surveyed the varieties in the garden, she uncovered a cooler and pulled out a pair of crystal wine glasses, then poured a sample, explaining, This sauvignon is made from the grapes we just tasted.
Kathys brother Mike Benziger led the family to found the winery in 1980. Were a bunch of New Yorkers who kind of had a wild itch, said Kathy, adding that she has five brothers and a sister.
When Mike, the oldest at 57, graduated from college, he took off across the country to find himself. He ended up working in the wine business, and, while under the owners wing, he found his passion. Mike learned the ropes from cellar rat, and after two years he made the decision to start his own family winery.
Today, six of his siblings, a brother-in-law, and two grandkids work alongside Mike at the winery – the nine family members are among more than 50 staff members running the 85-acre compound and business, producing wines that are sold nationwide as well as exclusives available only from the winery itself.
I like to call Mike a chef, said Kathy. He adds a little spice, a little tobacco, and he builds each blend with a unique flavor. The vineyards business practices differ from many of its wine-producing competitors in the region and elsewhere thanks to Mikes commitment to creating a fully sustainable winery.
He met Jim Fetzer, a leader in the local sustainable winery movement, and hired Alan York, a biodynamic consultant, who helped transform the Sonoma mountainside into a closed-loop system that works in harmony with nature. According to Kathy: Mike read up on sustainability, and it intrigued him. It resonated with him to the point that he realized this is the way to create our wine, to give it a sense of place and a sense of expression.
Kathy was sold on the concept when she visited the winery in 1996, just as the conversion from traditional farming to biodynamics began. More than 30 acres of the estate are gardens, woodlands, wetlands, and riparian areas. They create a support system for life on the mountainside, including the grapevines.
We walked through the garden, along paths dividing herb gardens flush with sage and lavender blooms, while hummingbirds hovered over the blossoms. Peach, pear, and persimmon trees arched above. Kathy reached out and plucked a ripe, fuchsia pomegranate from a limb heavy with fruit, cracked it open, and offered half to me. We nibbled the sweet burgundy seeds as we walked among the fragrant plants.
Photo: Trish Riley
What we do with biodynamics is invite nature back in, said Kathy.
Soon we were back on the trail and stopped at a high point overlooking terraced gardens secured by a recycling pond lit by the November sky.
Next she took us past the chardonnay tanks where white wines are processed quickly to take advantage of their fresh flavors, and we pulled to a stop before an imposing castle-like arched wooden door – entrance to the human-made cave theyve drilled into the mountainside – the barrel womb. Pulling back the heavy doors, we ventured into the cool, quiet resting place for hundreds of barrels of wines that were fermenting at various stages.
Photos: Benziger Family Winery
Our final stop was the wine shop, where visitors sample wines and peruse seasonings, olive oils from the gardens, and other culinary treasures. I strolled through the shop, selecting a few remembrances of this luscious vineyard.
As I headed out of the winery, I passed beneath an archway labeled Education and Good Times, and I heard Kathys voice echoing in my head, Thats our mantra here.
Trish Riley is the author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Greening Your Business (Alpha Books, 2009, with Heather Gadonniex) and The Complete Idiots Guide to Green Living (Alpha Books 2007), as well as many travel books and articles about environmental issues.
Developed by Austrian scientist and philosopher Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s, biodynamics is a holistic approach to farming, creating a self-sustaining ecosystem. Biodynamics differs from organic because, although it is based on natural growing practices, it goes beyond the plant to encompass the soil, the life force of plants and nature, honoring a connection to the land and recognizing the spirit of the place. Benziger was the first winery in Napa Valley and Sonoma County to achieve biodynamic certification from the Demeter® Association in 2000.
Photo: Benziger Family Winery
We farm the property, not the vine. We look at everything as a whole, said Kathy Benziger-Threlkeld. Nature farms these fields. Its nature in harmony; biodiversity at its finest. Conventional farming pushes nature out. What we do with biodynamics is invite nature back in.
Woodlands, wetlands, insectaries (gardens planted to attract insects to help maintain the balance of predators and prey), and fruit, vegetable, and herb gardens thrive in the natural environment, creating a sustainable ecosystem and replenishing resources. Cover crops and bug highways help promote natural diversity.
Everything on the property is recycled and used to create compost teas for natural fertilizers. Vegetative waste is recycled as compost to nourish the soil. So synthetic fertilizers arent needed. Native habitat for predatory bugs and animals helps control pests so pesticides arent used. Pirate bugs are attracted to keep white flies at bay, and owls fly in when gophers are on the scene.
Water uncontaminated with synthetic petrochemicals drains from the fields into a recycling pond, where its purified by the native plants and soil. Then its reused for irrigation as needed.
The diversity of plants helps ensure a wide variety of nutrients in the soil, as opposed to modern monoculture growing techniques that sap resources from the ground.
Benziger Family Winery is positioned 1,000 feet high on the side of Sonoma Mountain, where the land gets 360 degrees of exposure and has different soils based on varying exposures to the elements and different temperatures. This makes the vines grown here different than anywhere else. The vineyard farms, harvests, and ages each block of vines separately, creating a spice rack of wines to choose from.
When you fertilize a plant, its like mainlining, according to Kathy. The cells grow fast, so the cell walls are thinner. Theyre more susceptible to disease and bugs, and you have to fight those off. When you grow naturally, cell walls are thicker and more resistant.
We know that flowering happens within two or three days of equinox. The healthier the garden gets, the more in line with nature it grows.
We dont have a silver bullet to pull if theres a problem. Biodynamics is about reading the book of nature. Its not what the grower can do to the grapes while theyre growing; its what you can do with the conditions theyre grown under.
Learn more about biodynamics at www.demeter-usa.org.
For an article by Trish Riley about organic gardening, click here.


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Not sure if I am bummed about this or super happy. I am leaning towards super happy because with this Monday comes the potential for sunshine, and after the weekend we had here it will very much be welcomed. It's still early, but I am hoping for no more snow.
And that's all I will say about the weather. Just please… no more snow.
You know what I still find really weird?
That people are actually making the recipes I create. I mean, I know that is the point of this whole site and what I do, but still, every time I read a comment, get to see an instagram photo (my favorite!! I love seeing your photos) or read an email about one of you guys making a recipe and loving it, it is the most awesome thing. Makes me smile every time. To me, it's a little surreal.
Even when family members text me about recipes I get exited.
Last night my cousin was looking for a gluten-free recipe to make for her roommate. Every time Abby texts or calls looking for recipes I get so pumped that she is going to make something. She is always sending me photos of dishes she had made.
It's super fun and since we are far apart, it's an awesome way to stay connected.
I always fear that people are going to hate whatever they try. I mean, everyone's got different tastes, so it scares the living daylights out of me.
I know, I gotta get over it, can't please everyone…but I'll always try. It's a habit I don't think I will ever be able to break. Unless you start to get on my nerves. Then I would be fearful if I were you. Just kidding!
Sort of.
Moving along.
This salad. It is sort of raw fish, but sort of not. It's about as raw as fish is going to get around here. Maybe I am still developing the taste buds (and braveness) to like raw seafood, but as of right now I am gonna be saying, no.
So I seared my tuna and called it poke mostly because I liked the way it sounded. That's how I roll.
Honestly though, this salad is so good and super quick to make too. The flavors are heavy on the tropics which seems to be all I am craving lately.
The tuna cooks in like two minutes and it is super important to not go any longer than that. If you cook the tuna through it's just going to be dry and flavorless. Leave it extra pink and pretty.
And there is also some wonton crisps. Baked not fried because I am tired of frying after these, + these. Baked works awesome. Still so good.
Oh and this salad? It's so not one of those boring Monday salads. NOOO. I would not do that to you guys. Nope. this salad will brighten your day – even if your Monday doesn't include sunshine (or happens to be snowy!).
Seared Ahi Tuna Poke Salad with Hula Ginger vinaigrette + Wonton Crisps.
Seared Ahi Tuna Poke
- 4-8 cup spring greens
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro
- 1 cup fresh pineapple diced
- 1 jalapeno or red chile sliced
Hula Ginger vinaigrette
- 1/2 cup hot chile sesame oil or toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chile garlic sauce or sriracha or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- 1 lime zested + juiced
- 2 teaspoon fresh ginger grated
- 1 clove garlic grated or minced
- back and white sesame seeds toasted
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Arrange the wonton strips in a single layer (or as best you can get them) on a greased baking sheet. Spray the wontons with olive oil spray and a good sprinkle of sea salt. Bake in the preheated oven for 5-10 minutes, watching them closely to make sure they don't burn. They are done when they are a light golden color and crisp. Remove from the oven and set aside.
In a small sauce pot mix together 1/4 cup soy sauce and 1 teaspoon cornstarch until smooth. Add 1/4 cup pineapple juice, 1/4 cup honey and 1 teaspoon chile garlic sauce. Place the pot on the stove over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer 3-4 minutes until the sauce is just beginning to thicken and coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat.
Heat a large cast iron skillet on high and add the sesame oil. Sear the tuna steaks in the skillet for 1-2 minutes, flip and brush the seared side with the soy sauce mixture. Sear another minute or 2 and then remove the steaks from the pan, brushing them with the remaining soy sauce mixture. Slice into strips.
Combine the spring greens, cilantro, pineapple chunks and jalapeño (or red chile) in a bowl and toss.
In another small bowl make the vinaigrette. Combine the hot chile sesame oil, soy sauce, pineapple juice, rice vinegar, chile garlic sauce, tahini, 1 teaspoon lime zest and the juice of 1 lime, the fresh ginger and garlic. Add 1-2 tablespoons black and white sesame seeds.
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Cermaq Reports Operating Profit in Q2 of NOK 60 million20 July 2012
NORWAY - Cermaq reported an EBIT pre fair value and biomass write-down for the quarter of NOK 60 million (NOK 318 million). Low salmon prices and operational challenges negatively impacted the result in Mainstream, while EWOS reports good results also in second quarter.EBIT pre fair value and biomass write-down in second quarter 2012 was NOK 60 million compared to NOK 318 million in second quarter 2011. Mainstream accounts for most of the reduction mainly caused by significantly lower salmon prices.
The result for second quarter is below our expectations. Mainstream has experienced several operational challenges with negative impact for the farming results, says CEO Jon Hindar.The issues are however mainly solved during second quarter and we expect improved operations and reduced cost development in second half of 2012, continues Hindar.
EWOS reported an EBIT pre fair value of NOK 114 million in second quarter compared to NOK 128 million in same quarter last year. Volumes sold were 260 thousand tonnes of fish feed, an increase of 6 percent compared to second quarter 2011. Higher volumes came primarily from growth in Norway and Chile where volumes increased by 14 per cent and eight per cent, respectively.
EWOS continues its volume growth and contributes with a good result, says Jon Hindar. I am also impressed that the challenging capacity expansion project in EWOS Norway has been completed on time and budget and that the entity is able to meet expected volume growth during the peak season, continues CEO Jon Hindar.
Mainstream Chile reported an EBIT pre fair value loss of NOK 24 million (profit of NOK 33 million). EBIT pre fair value per kilogram, gutted weight, was negative NOK 4.7 (positive NOK 8.0). Apart from lower sales prices, seasonally low volumes and increased production cost from harvesting out two sites with slow growth and high feed conversion ratio impacted the results negatively. Potential quality problems with third party supplies have been indicated as a possible cause for the slow growth.
Mainstream Norway reported an EBIT pre fair value loss of NOK 3 million (profit of NOK 87 million). EBIT pre fair value per kilogram, gutted weight, was negative NOK 0.3 (positive NOK 12.4). The EBIT per kilogram for Nordland and Finnmark was NOK 0.7 (NOK 11.7) and negative NOK 0.9 (positive NOK 14.1), respectively. In addition to lower salmon prices, increased production cost from harvesting out three poor performing sites in Finnmark and severe algae bloom issues in Nordland contributed significantly to the second quarter results for Mainstream Norway.
Mainstream Canada reported an EBIT pre fair value of NOK 11 million (NOK 93 million), excluding the NOK 27 million biomass write-down from the IHN outbreak. The corresponding EBIT pre fair value per kilogram, gutted weight, was NOK 2.3 (NOK 14.8). The reduced profit was mainly caused by lower prices. Apart from the IHN outbreak, the biological performance in Canada has been good during the quarter.
"Mainstream has experienced a severe IHN outbreak, and addressed this incident with the urgency and immediate actions required, irrespective of the cost incurred. Mainstream Canada is currently looking into the possibility to obtain compensation from the federal government or its insurance provider," concludes Jon Hindar.
Outlook. Mainstream has reduced its expected sales for 2012 with 14 thousand tonnes, to 111 thousand tonnes, mainly from shifting sales pattern for Coho and trout. The reduced growth rate in feed in second quarter is expected to continue during second half of 2012.
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Turning out an essay, a dissertation, or a work placement assignment can be an arduous task. But if you bone up on the basics of project management you could avoid that frantic feeling when your deadline approaches. Let's start at the very beginning:
1. Vision and aim
"Defining your project is like sharpening a stick. If it's narrow, it will go deep. If it's too broad, you'll get it slithering around," says Andrew Gale, senior lecturer in project management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, (UMIST). But whatever the subject matter, being able to explain it clearly and simply is crucial. "An intelligent, uninformed person should be able to understand you," he says.
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"Any project must have a plan," says Andrew. "If for some reason, you find yourself doing something that's not on your plan you should either stop doing it or change the plan. Otherwise you get mission creep." As we go along you'll gather that project management is not terribly suited to scatty people who love risk and the thrill of the unknown. Andrew continues: "You need to know what you've got to achieve, how you're going to achieve it and when you're gong to finish it."
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It's important to plan for success," says Ian Cammack, teaching fellow at Lancaster University's Management School. "But what will you do if things go awry?" He recommends identifying potential threats to your project in advance and thinking about possible responses. "For example, if your dissertation is based on survey data what would you do if you only received 5% response rate?"
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Write down what you need to do to succeed, he suggests. If your objective is to complete a 'critical review of literature', write a comprehensive list of activities needed to achieve this. It should include 'searching key journals,' identify critical themes, and so on. You may think this sounds like a shopping list in which you would write, 'Go to shop in high street for gloves, pop into market for bananas'. But with project management you need to know how long each bit will take, so that you can stick to your time frame.
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"You must be absolutely clear about what time you have to commit to the project," says Andrew. "This is your time budget and you need to be on top of that." Luckily, any student project is linked to a credit system which gives a very clear idea of how much time you should be putting in. "If it's 10 credits, that equals 100 hours of effort," he says. "Unfortunately, students usually start projects with a big bang and then they leave it very late to complete." Instead, spread your effort to gain maximum benefit. "If you spent one hour over five weeks that would be more effective than five hours in the fifth week," says Andrew, "because it allows ideas to develop in your mind like a snowball."
6. Keep on track
To find out whether you really have a grip on things he suggests a hypothetical test. "If you're stopped in the street and a stranger asks you what's your essay about, without having to think about it, you should be able to tell them in one sentence precisely what that is. If you can't do that you don't know what you're doing," he says.
7. Project control
"Your plan is something you should be referring to every day like a diary. It's your control mechanism," he says. "It helps you to see how you're doing and allows you to make changes so that you meet your objective at the end." Safe plans mean safer projects so Andrew advises writing all project-related information into a hard back book, allowing only one page for your main strategy. This enables you to refer to it at a glance. You can draw your plan as a simple bar chart, setting your activities against a time line.
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Don't assume that your project will go to plan just because you started well, says Andrew. Don't breath a sigh of relief until you've handed it in. Then, undertake a review. "See what lessons can be learned," says Ian. "If you were doing a dissertation, reflect on the process and what went well - and what didn't go so well."
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Submitted to: Virus Research
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Publication Acceptance Date: 6/5/2000
Publication Date: 9/1/2000
Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Genetic information for the phosphoprotein gene from twenty-three Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolates representing all defined pathotypes with different chronological and geographic origins was examined. This protein is important for viral replication and hence may be important in the ability of NDV to cause disease. The ability to produce more than one protein from this gene was confirmed and the mechanism by which this occur resembles measles-type viruses. As a result of these and other studies NDV should be placed in its own category as an avian paramyxovirus separate from its mammalian counterparts. The existence of two major NDV types was confirmed. One group consisted of viruses isolated from the U.S. no longer detected in poultry. A second group was composed of virulent viruses found in the U.S. and worldwide that emerged during the early 1970's.
Technical Abstract: Nucleotide sequence was determined for the phosphoprotein (P) gene from twenty-three Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolates representing all defined pathotypes with different chronological and geographic origins. Sequence variation, with synonymous substitutions dominating, occurred throughout the P gene. An exception was a highly conserved central region containing the transcriptional editing site. Four G nucleotide additions were detected in NDV P gene mRNA potentially creating open reading frames. However, only one in-frame stop codon exists among all isolates that would allow for a potential V protein. A second potential stop codon does not exist in the P gene consensus sequence among all isolates with more than one G nucleotide addition at the editing site. This precludes a possible W protein. A second potential alternative start site exists among all isolates that could encode a predicted C protein for NDV. Comparison of predicted P gene usage demonstrates that NDV more closely resembles the morbilliviruses and not its currently designated rubulavirus family members. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates there are two clades of these viruses. One group includes viruses isolated in the U.S., while a second cluster includes viruses originally considered exotic to the U.S. The second group includes virulent viruses circulating worldwide whose population expanded exponentially, during the 1970's.


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Shure describes the SRH1440 as a "professional" set of headphones designed for "mastering and critical listening". This puts them right at the other end of the sonic spectrum to bass-heavy "DJ" headphones.
We're not surprised, then, that the 40mm neodymium drivers focus on providing insight and balance rather than sledgehammer-like bass slam. Crisp and well-defined, the top-end detail here is a particular highlight, matched with lean-but-muscular bass and an up-front mid-range. They also benefit from the airy presentation of good open-back cans. Their satisfying and challenging signature is comparable to that of the AKG Q701 - a real audiophile tone, in other words.
If you're averse to bright-sounding headphones, you may find the SRH1440 a little intense. They're particularly adept at revealing the granular texture of vocals. Technically it's impressive, but some will prefer a warmer, smoother take. However, they are fully capable of handling harsher sounds, disarming any true sibilance before it reaches your ears.
They may make us think of the Sennheiser HD 650 in design, but the sound is actually very different - and a comparison is pertinent when they are two top picks in this field. Where the Sennys are smooth and dark, the Shure SRH1440 are much more revealing, if a little less relaxing.
These are serious headphones that strive for accuracy rather than comically-over-egged impact. The bass is taut and fast, but if you're after occasional "in da club" antics, you may be disappointed with the relative paucity of the stuff here. We're not, though - there's enough warmth and bass presence here to let the SRH1440 take on casual listening duties as well as the hard stuff, in our opinion. And another flexibility bonus, they don't particularly need an amp, being quite happy running off a portable music player.
The particular mid-range headphone club the Shure SRH1440 are part of is a strange one. They supposedly retail for £406, but can be had for under £250, just like the AKG Q701. At the lower price, they're a very attractive option. Cheaper than their closest-sounding Sennheiser rival, the old HD 600, and a little warmer than the Q701, there's a lot to like about these headphones.
The Shure SRH1440 are excellent headphones. Revealing, comfortable and versatile - as long as you keep them indoors - they perform at the level of the top dogs in their class. Some may prefer a relaxed listen, but these are among the best sub-£250 headphones around.
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I fly a lot. I use professional headphones by Bose while I'm flying my PA-28a Piper Aircraft. When I'm not in the pilot's seat I use the Bose Quiet 15 for listening to music and audio books. If I'm traveling transcontinental I always bring my Bose Quiet 15 headphones. I've tried Shure and Sennheiser HD 650 but they just can't keep up with the Bose Quiet 15. The title says it all "QUIET 15". These are the best noise cancelling headphones on the market today. If you want the best all around noise cancelling headphones then these are it period!! You wont be disappointed.
So sad to see companies taking the wrong Sennheiser way. Also it is clearly a home product, not a pro studio, sound and design. At least this looks a little nicer than laughable Sennheiser designs.
You can not have the best sound AND keep out noise, it does not work that way. The Bose quiet 15 are good for keeping out noise, but very average sound.
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Path Maker
Book by: Gabriel Woodworth
Status: Finished
Genre: Historical Fiction
Chapter1 (v.1) - Path Maker
Everyone has a routine one way or another. I wake up at 6:52 AM exactly everyday. I then lay out my clothes for the day. I
prefer a size small black T-shirt without and graphic or design, 32x32 blue worn out jeans and cotton white socks. I then take a shower I stay in fifteen minutes; twenty five if I am washing my my
hair and have to shave.
When I get out of the shower I brush my teeth, flosh, and follow up with two brands of mouthwash. As I put on my towel to dry off I drink my Tea which I had prepared beforehand. It helps remove the taste of the mouthwash. As I make my way back to my bedroom I make myself a glass of water to drink as I get dressed.
Next I put on my laptop and check any missed mail in my sleep. There is usually nothing worth noticing: A friends birthday invite to the local bar, Drama between two ex friends fighting over the same man, Some attempt to say philosophical whispers, but end up looking like spoiled and sheltered brats, and my personal favorite: Watching how people react to simple statements as if it were against the word of god.
When I am done with this I put on my laid out clothes for the day and spray myself with my favorite cologne. I am ready; ready to start my day now that my morning ritual has begun. As I walk to the bus stop I pick up my daily pack of cigarettes and make the small talk with the stores employees. I know that smoking is a bad habit, but it helps me in setting in my mask; my appearence of a normal person.
I do not drive so I take the bus to work. I do this because I know myself; I know what would happen if I did: I would become lazy. I got a job at a local retailer and it has its ups and downs like any other job. My coworkers are nice enough, no one does anything worth noticing. I am polite and soft spoken, contrary to my true self.
No, that wouldn't be correct, since even I don't know who my true self is. My days are filled with enate word and body play with my customers and coworkers. I often visualize dismembering them: it helps the day go by. When my shift is over I check my phone and see if my girlfriend has called or sent me any messages. She is a nice girl, christen, and comes from a good family.
I think she think's if she holds on to me long and hard enough I can change. But, you can not change how someone is; even more so how they were born. I keep my silence and let her believe what she wants. I go with her to her friends and families events, I have sex with her when she wants it. I tell her I love and in a sense I do, but not in the sense most would think. I equate it equal to loving your favorite kind of pen.
In the end she just helps with adorning my mask with better jewels. They are all props for a character I thought up on a whim. When I am finally able to make my way home and wind down before the set of my next ritual I get undressed and throw my clothes into my dirty laundry bin. I have another cup of tea and make something to eat, usually something light like fruit or a salad. It will give me energy and not weigh me down when I begin.
After my meal I do the dishes and see if any thrash needs to be taken out as I throw out the rest of my of cigarettes. When everything is taken care of I begin my my ritual again. Though, this ritual is a bit different than the first. I open my closet and remove the false back I have given it when I bought this house. Some people make hidden cellars, some make dry wall cutouts. I myself prefer the simpler methods;they work better.
I remove a suitcase from the closet and set it on my bed. I put in the lock code and thumbprint needed to open it. Staring into the contents of the suitcase I always find myself in deep thought. How have I gotten this far? How has no one been able to stop me? What would hell be for someone like and even more so what would heaven be? What were to happen if those who thought they knew me found out everything about me? Would they accept me or would they run in fear?
My train of thought is halted and I am forced back into reality. The roar of the crowd fills my house and smell of blood and meed come with it. The sound of metal slicing against metal and bone crash through the air as well. This is it; This is what I wait for every night. This is the reason why I pretend to be who I am and have my set of rituals. Everything is for this exact moment.
It appears in front of me; my door. The dried blood on it only makes it look more divine. In the center of it is an engraving; the word means life In greek and it is exactly that which it gives me. It gives me which nothing here in this world can; it gives me life. And, just as quickly as it appears this door of life opens to me. Drowning me in the light of its world and sounds. I am ready.
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Inspiration: The 22nd of November
Looking at the calendar of November alerts me to the day of the 22nd. It is circled in our family because it is the birthday of our youngest son. Each year, my wife and I reflect on previous birthday celebrations. But, history forces us to reflect on two special events that happened on Nov. 22, 1963.
It has been 50 years since the assassination of President John Kennedy. We frequently ask, "Do you remember where you were when you heard that the president had been shot?" It definitely was a story that controlled all reporting on television, radio and in the newspapers.
But, on that very same day 50 years ago, another event happened in England that saddened many. It was the day that C.S. Lewis died.
Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Nov. 29, 1898. When Jack (nickname) was 9 years old, his mother died of cancer. During the next six years, he and his brother, Warren, attended four different boarding schools. It was in the teen years that he abandoned his childhood Christian faith, becoming a devout atheist.
At 18 he entered the British Army, was sent to the battles of World War 1 in France, and was wounded one year later. After recuperation he was reassigned back in England.
Lewis returned to academia as a successful student, soon to become a successful teaching fellow. He stumbled on to the George McDonald novel, "Phantastes." This was the beginning of Lewis' road to professing faith in Jesus Christ. One evening, Lewis had a long talk on Christianity with J.R.R. Tolkien and Hugo Dyson. That evening's discussion was important in bringing about the following day's event that Lewis recorded in "Surprised by Joy:"
"When we (Warnie and Jack) set out (by motorcycle to the Whipsnade Zoo) I did not believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and when we reached the zoo I did."
Lewis compared his atheism to dreaming and his newly grasped Christian theology to being awake.
"When you are awake, you can explain wakefulness and dreaming. But from inside a dream, you can't explain wakefulness." Lewis also wrote, "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen not only because I see it but because by it I see everything else."
Lewis is more popular as an author today than at any time during his life. "The Chronicles of Narnia" alone have gone on to sell more than 100 million copies in 40 languages. Also included in his long list of books are "Mere Christianity," "The Screwtape Letters," "The Great Divorce" and "Space Trilogy."
In "Mere Christianity," C.S. Lewis makes this statement, "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg — or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us."
As you reflect on these words this 50th anniversary year, I pray you have made your choice on Jesus Christ.


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Posted by Brian Hopkins on March 13, 2013
The term "one-trick pony" allegedly originated back in the 19th-century days of the traveling circus, where low-end ones were sarcastically called "dog and pony shows." The really bad ones got the reputation of having a pony that only knew one trick. Today many IT shops are in danger of becoming like those sad circuses, having one or at least a very limited set of technology tricks to help their firms seize opportunities quickly. For example, I routinely talk to business people who say they avoid IT at all costs when they have new analytic needs; at these firms, IT has only one response to all new requests for data – update the data warehouse or a data mart in a slow and expensive waterfall development process.
One term keeps occurring, as I talk to businesses about this issue — they want to be real-time. We've been using the term for years to talk about a wide range of things, from embedded C to extreme, low-latency analytics. I think all of these miss what the business is really after — the ability to use more information more quickly to take rapid action in response to unanticipated changes in their environment. Five-year technology strategies are out; but many can't get their head around this new world, which is why a recent Forrester study showed that IT is increasingly losing control of technology spend. How do we get back in the game?
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Oktoberfest party goers glug 6.9 million litres of beer
Organizers said 6,9 million litres of beer were consumed at the 179th Oktoberfest, as the biggest folk festival in the world came to end in Munich on Sunday.
The annual German beer festival that opened on September 22 drew 6,4 million visitors from around the world, down from the record 6,9 million who drank 7,5 million litres of beer in 2011.
The local Red Cross reported that more than 800 people drank themselves into state of unconsciousness over the course of the festival.
A police spokesman the department responded to 2000 and had been strained to its "limit and beyond" as a result. Much of the crime, however, was confined to pickpocketing.
Some 116 oxen and 57 calves were eaten this year, with the beer to wash all those meals down costing up to 9,50 euros (12,40 dollars) per litre.


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With this article I present to you an adventure in the urban suburbs of my city, Como, where I photographed some rail level crossings. In these photos you can see many signs of carelessness, degradation, and poor maintenance.
If the nineteenth century was the period of construction of major rail lines, the twentieth century and the present one are the domain of cars and roads. Both are present in the territory, and often, roads and railway lines meet at a rail crossing. Here I present to you where this happens in the suburbs of my city.
In these photos you can see the most common types of rail level Italian crossings, that were widely used since the '70s. At that time, there wasn't a light signal available, but the closure of barriers was anticipated by the continuous sound of a bell and by the rotation of the blades.
And this is the light signal used in Italy, now present in every rail crossing:
This is a rail crossing near the fraction of Albate:
As you can see, the light signal is missing the hood and the blades aren't present. A symptom of the slow abandonment of investments in the railway sector.
Other signs of carelessness:
Meaningless writings are everywhere, as in this case:
Another small rail crossing in the fraction of Grandate:
A modern train from Como to Milano:
Another example of carelessness in Grandate:
All these photos were taken with a Superheadz White Slim Angel camera and a Lomo Smena 8M.
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The coming crisis in antibiotics
Antibiotic drugs save lives. But we simply use them too much — and often for non-lifesaving purposes, like treating the flu and even raising cheaper chickens. The result, says researcher Ramanan Laxminarayan, is that the drugs will stop working for everyone, as the bacteria they target grow more and more resistant. He calls on all of us (patients and doctors alike) to think of antibiotics — and their ongoing effectiveness — as a finite resource, and to think twice before we tap into it. It's a sobering look at how global medical trends can strike home.
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Biebs Tells A Fat Chick She Looks Like A Beached Whale, Makes Her Cry, Starts Doing Pushups In Hot Chick's Grillmix
DM – Justin Bieber is alleged to have called one of his young fans a 'beached whale' in at a hotel in Perth, Australia while on his current tour. Staying at the city's Hyatt Regency, a guest reported four girls in bikinis were at the hotel's pool when the 19-year-old pop star looked over at one of them and reportedly said: 'What are you, Hawaiian or something?', in reference to the girl's figure. The girl, described as being gorgeous with long dark hair and a size 14, is said to have answered, 'No, I'm not.' Justin is then said by The Sun newspaper to have remarked: 'You look like a beached whale!' The highly-offended girl is claimed to have replied, 'Are you serious?' Justin added insult to injury by then reportedly saying: 'You should go on (weight loss reality show) The Biggest Loser!' Even more hurtful is that another guest from the hotel has backed up the story adding that Justin made a gesture with his hands to indicate a large belly.After the incident occurred the girl and her friends left the hotel's pool looking downcast and deflated, while Justin is said to have thought it was funny and was smiling to his minders nearby.
Hate on The Biebs all you want but this is a power move. Just stroll out to the hotel pool, tell some size 14 chick that she looks like a beached whale and that she should go on Biggest Loser, make her run away in tears and then just casually start doing pushups right in the hot chick's face. That's how the Biebs does shit. Just no regard for human life whatsoever. That's why Kendall Jenner should be dating The Biebs not that Eurotrash fraud Harry Stiles. Dude isn't even good looking. Hit the gym pip squeak and buy some proactiv while you're at it.
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The new version LipidXplorer v1.2.7 can now be downloaded. It includes some minor bug fixes and some speed improvements for MFQL lipid identification.
2013-06-26 New release: LipidXplorer Version 1.2.6
The new version LipidXplorer v1.2.6 is out. It comprises smaller bug fixes on reporting syntax errors and errors with the GUI. The MS-Tools panel was crashing, this is fixed now, too. Further, I finally added the LX-Merge tool to the LX package. Please see LipidXplorer Installation for instructions.
2013-04-03 New release: LipidXplorer Version 1.2.5
The new version LipidXplorer v1.2.5 is out. The main changes include the possibility to run LipidXplorer from command line, additional elements and some important bug fixes. See README for details. Please see LipidXplorer Installation for instructions.
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This place is a rip-off. I made my appointment, gave my insurance info, they called my insurance company then called me back and said I was authorized and they are in my insurance company's network. GREAT! Had a good experience getting my MRI. I get the bill & EOB from my insurance company. It was billed as out of network! I have been trying to correct this issue for over 5 months now and it is as simple as this place re-submitting the bill with the corrected facility name/tax ID # that matches the contract they have with my insurance company! They are listed as Highland Open MRI/Highland Diagnostics, however, when they bill the insurance company they are listed as FS Diagnostics and use some tax ID # of some radiologist named Amjad Safvi. BEWARE TO OTHERS!!! I am still trying to get this sorted out. Mr. Fraz Satti has been made aware of what he needs to do several times by myself & my health insurance representative and has yet to re-submit the bill. I looked his facility up on my health insurance website (CIGNA) and found his facility as in-network to have my MRI done. His representative, Rosela, took my insurance info when I called to make the appointment and said she would call them to get the procedure authorized. She called me back and said I was authorized and they are in my insurance compay's network. They submit their bill to my insurance company for $2600 but do not use the facility name on the bill that they have contracted with my insurance company to provide in-network benefits. Instead, they use some other tax ID# for some radiologist named Amjad Safvi, who is, of course, listed as out of network with my insurance company. They play stupid every time I call them and assure me they are going to re-submit with the correction. I am going to file with small claims court soon if this is not resolved because I mistakenly sent payment of over $1300 before I realized the billing mistake.
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Situation Resolved!!
SUBMITTED: Friday, January 10, 2014POSTED: Friday, January 10, 2014
Today, Mr. Satti fulfilled his promise to get my problem resolved. I am completely happy with the outcome. He acknowledged his billing company was at fault and will be cutting ties with them in the near future as it was reflecting poorly on his business. He does genuinely want people to have a great experience when they come to his facility.
As I stated before, when I had my MRI procedure done I had a nice experience. I had never had one done and was nervous but they have the open MRI which doesn't make you feel like you are in a coffin. Everything was very professional, they have very flexible hours and a clean environment so I really would recommend having your imaging work done here. The only thing I was dissatisfied with was his billing company and how they completely screwed up the claim submission and the length of time it was taking to get any answers.
Please consider my situation resolved and I would go back here if I ever needed any imaging work done, I would just be very mindful of looking at my EOB more carefully before I submit my payment!
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SUBMITTED: Wednesday, January 08, 2014POSTED: Wednesday, January 08, 2014
I have recently spoken to Mr. Satti who has assured me he is trying to resolve my billing issue with his billing company. He says it takes time to get this straightened out but assures me he will get it resolved. I will update this report when this is resolved.
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Mr Satti is investigating my billing problem
SUBMITTED: Thursday, December 26, 2013POSTED: Thursday, December 26, 2013
Mr Satti contacted me today & assured me he is working with his billing company to correct their billing error. He acknowledged there is a discrepancy my insurance company says they paid out to his facility over $800 and his billing company claims they only received about $400. it appears the billing company is the problem here. Nonetheless, Mr Satti said he will keep following up to get the situation resolved. I will update when this is cleared up. Also, just to be clear, he is a very nice man and I had a great experience actually having my MRI performed, however, I am not thrilled with the amount of time I am spending getting the billing issue corrected.
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Our Hostel, Lazybones, on account of the two lazy loping cats that roam the place has courteous, english speaking staff and made us feel welcome from the outset explaining the tours on offer and inviting us to the dumpling party in just a few hours. We were put at ease about our surroundings and even the 4 flights of stairs to our room didn't bring us down from our immediate liking for the place. The room, a slightly sickly shade of green overlooking traditional rooftops with skyscrapers in the near distance was without the smell with which we had become accustomed (thankfully) and had the cosy flip flops tucked under the bedside ready for our use.
A quick trip to Carrefour for a bout of stares, some socks and a selection of snacks (&pineapple beer - who would have thought!) and back to the hostel in time for the dumpling party.
We sat next to Cian and Jenny who we were briefly introduced to on check in as Cian was putting together a note to other guests about a trip to a Giant Buddha he was trying to gauge interest in. We were interested and added our name to the note at least giving us someone we could say hi to during our stay. Covered in flour, we worked for an hour in a sweatshop like dumpling production line before 30 mins later eating our produce messily with chopsticks together with some hot 'blow your head off - please give me a beer - sauce'. Well worth the experience to meet others and once we were sufficiently full we sat in a group discussing our travels and plans and necked a few Tsingtao beer (6 for 3 quid) and for me and Kate, two weeks in, it was our first experience of the fun backpacker bar atmosphere. The bar ran out of cold beer (which was quickly restocked), and Kate made her way through a few of the coctails even though I have been trying to convince her to switch to the cheaper beer alternative. Discussions of China entailed including the amazing contrasts of the place & it sent me to bed happy about where we are and what we are doing and already reminding me that we will not want to say goodbye to this great country in a little over 2 weeks.
With our Panda tour in the morning at the ungodly hour of 7.30am - we slinked off to bed just after midnight. First impressions of Chengdu - friendly, modern and homely - a breath of fresh air for a big city.


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By Tang Hsiang-yi, The China Post Friday, March 15, 2013, 1:46 pm TWN
Japanese choreographer Hiroaki Umeda has a 10-year plan. He launched a choreography project titled "Superkinesis" in 2009, exploring body movements in unique ways, usually combined with sound, images and lighting. The project's fourth choreography, "Temporal Pattern" (形式暫留), premieres today at the Taipei International Festival of Arts.
"I chose three different traditional dancers from Cambodia, India and Taiwan to work with me, a Japanese dancer, to discover the diversity of Asian dance," said Umeda in early February when he and the dancers were doing a three-week intensive rehearsal.
"The challenge of this piece is to find a movement system within the different styles of dance while keeping their own characters," he added.
The three dancers are Rady Nget from Cambodia, Hema Sundari Vellaluru from India and Cheng Yu-jung (鄭郁蓉) from Taiwan. Nget specializes in the monkey role of Cambodian classical mask dance Lakhaon Kaol. Vellaluru has training in classical Indian Barathanatyam and Kuchipudi dance forms, as well as contemporary dance techniques. Cheng graduated from the dance department of Taipei National University of the Arts, where she learned Chinese dance, modern dance and ballet.
"Every time we practice, we spend half an hour on improvisation. Umeda is like a DJ who plays different styles of music for us to improvise. He sometimes gives us a theme, for example, moving the center of gravity. For me, his rehearsal method is unprecedented," said Cheng.
In addition to "Temporal Pattern," Umeda is also presenting his solo work "Haptic" (觸.覺).
"This is a work about colors. The concept is light 'touches' our eyes rather than our eyes 'see' the lights," explained Umeda, who has brought "Haptic" to Europe and the U.S. The 25-minute work is destined to bring audiences a new perspective on the physical and psychological dimensions of color and light.
'Temporal Pattern' & 'Haptic' (形式暫留&觸.覺) ► 7:30 p.m. March 15 (Fri.) and March 16 (Sat.) / 2:30 p.m. March 16 (Sat.) and March 17 (Sun.) / Experimental Theater (實驗劇場) / NT$800 / www.artsticket.com.tw
Putting Literature on Stage
An adaptation of author Wang Ting-jun's (王鼎鈞) 12 essays into a stage play, Greenray Theater (綠光劇團) presents "Temperature of a Single Man" (單身溫度), telling stories of people who came from China to settle down in Taiwan during the 1950s. They are also commonly known as "waishengren" (外省人), or Chinese people from outside Taiwan.
Written by Wu Nien-chen (吳念真) and directed by Ko Yi-chen (柯一正), "Temperature" is the second project of the Taiwan Literature Theater (台灣文學劇場), which aims to turn literary works into theater. The first, "At the Time of Memorial Festival" (清明時節), was based on the works of author Cheng Ching-wen (鄭清文).
"Temperature" follows the life of lead character Huadi (華弟), illustrating a single man's relationships with his family members, career and lovers. Next to him are women in different phases of his life, giving social context and reflecting the shifting of generations.
Many of Greenray Theater's productions tackle Taiwan social issues. Actors often speak Taiwanese during the performances, creating a sense of familiarity. This time the focus is transferred to waishengren, marking a breakthrough for the troupe. ■
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An Easter treasure hunt Sunday on Mount Werner will benefit the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.
For a fee of $5, skiers and snowboarders will have the chance to win more than 15 prizes including 2005-06 adult and youth season passes -- one each -- to the Steamboat Ski Area.
Registration starts at 8 a.m. Sunday at the Winter Sports Club tent across from the gondola building.
Participants will receive an entry form for a prize drawing and a clue leading them to the first of four sites on the mountain. They will pick up additional clues and entry forms at each site.
Treasure hunters must be able to ski or ride blue runs.
They will be able to collect as many as five entry forms for the drawing, which will be held at 4 p.m. at the base area tent.
Completed entry forms must be turned in at the tent by 3:30 p.m. Winners do not need to be present to claim prizes, and each participant can win only one prize.
Other prizes include a round-trip airline ticket, a pair of skis, outerwear and gift certificates.
The treasure hunt is a variation of an Easter egg hunt formerly hosted by the Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp., which hid two eggs containing season passes on the mountain.
The resort handed the event over to the nonprofit Winter Sports Club, which trains youths in Nordic, Alpine and freestyle skiing and snowboarding programs.
"It's obviously another great show of support from them for youth in the community," said Rick DeVos, director of the Winter Sports Club.
An Easter Sunrise Service is at 6:45 a.m. Sunday on Mount Werner. The gondola opens at 6 a.m. to take worshippers up the mountain, and those wishing to participate are encouraged to be ready to load by 6 a.m. Tim Selby, associate pastor at the United Methodist Church, will lead the sunrise service.


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Dances with Dirt is one of those races that leaves the participants telling stories months, even years after they cross the finish line. Off the Couch contributor Sarah Knutson took on the task of finding out what's behind the buzz and nearly came away with a registration form in hand. Here's her take on the race.
The exuberantly irreverent Dances With Dirt website proclaims: "Weak, wimpy, treadmill running pansies who are afraid to get some dirt in their shorts need not apply."
Well, then.
It's a throw-down that some will take as an insult, but a good many others consider an invitation.
Those brave souls are part of a growing group of half-marathon and marathon finishers looking for "the next challenge," races that require grit as much as talent; and where merely finishing is the accomplishment.
For them, the Dances With Dirt trail race offers its second running at Devil's Lake, near Baraboo, on Saturday.
The race is part of the Dances With Dirt series: four races over the course of the year. Each installment features tough terrain at an intimidating-sounding venue. (The other locations are Hell, Mich., Gnaw Bone, Ind., and Green Swamp, Fla.)
With a 50-mile team relay as well as individual half marathon, full marathon, 50K, and 50-mile categories, the event won't be for the faint of heart – or leg strength.
The elevation change is huge," noted VP of Race Operations Randy Step, and he couldn't be happier about it.
Dances With Dirt first organized a summer race at Devil's Lake in 2009 after a team based out of Baraboo won the Indiana edition and recommended their home venue. After hosting 500 participants in its inaugural year, race organizers this year are expecting 800 people to take part.
While the vast majority of ultramarathons take place on trails, the terrain may present a daunting challenge for half and full marathoners used to pavement.
"It takes awhile to get into the mindset" of trail racing, said Step.
A competitor splashes through the inaugural Dances with Dirt at Devil's Lake. Photo courtesy of Sadlershots.com
The usual strategy of following the runners ahead won't fly in this trail event. Last year, two distracted runners took a wrong turn and subsequently sent a dozen more racers off course.
Dances With Dirt organizers aren't apologetic – taking the approach that it's your own dang fault if you don't follow the markings! The course is marked with orange blazes every 100 steps, so runners can identify quickly if they've left the correct trail. At common misturns, signs proclaiming "Wrong Way, Moron" get the message across with gusto.
For the overly ambitious and/or slightly crazy folks out there, there's still time to get in on the adventure – go to www.dwddevilslake.com to find the registration for each category and much more information.
Run the Keweenaw: The Keweenaw Trails Alliance offers an equally challenging test this weekend, a three-race festival on the bluffs off the Lake Superior shoreline. The Trails Alliance organized the festival to keep alive the great event started by Jeff Crumbaugh and the Great Lakes Endurance Series.
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The army's initial investigation into the killing of five Indian soldiers in Poonch on August 6 has indicated that they were asleep when specialist Pakistani troops pumped bullets into them from point-blank range, top sources have said.
HT was the first to report on August 11 that the slain soldiers were shot at close range when they were probably resting.
Despite the army's reluctance to comment on the killings, sources unofficially said it was highly likely that the soldiers were asleep. There was no firefight with the Pakistanis - a clear indication that the men were sleeping.
But senior army officials said it would be premature to comment as the in-house probe by the commander of the Rajouri-based 25 Division was not yet over.
The probe is also looking into a few other issues. Three of the soldiers had bullet injuries in the chest - a sign that they were either not wearing bulletproof vests or the protection offered by the jackets was ineffective. The use of silencer-fitted weapons by the Pakistanis is also being considered.


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Defender calls for killer instinct
Christophe Berra is confident Wolves are going to benefit from a changed style of play provided they can kill teams off when they get the opportunity.
Saturday's 1-1 draw with Charlton was Wolves' second successive home draw, and saw them once again let slip a lead just as in the previous two Molineux fixtures against Crystal Palace and Bolton.
The defender however believes the team are still coming to terms with a more possession-based style which will ultimately pave the way to success.
"It was a disappointing afternoon for us because we should be winning games like that," he said.
"We were so comfortable in the first half and had a lot of the ball and got our goal.
"In the second half they had nothing to lose and closed us down and we didn't play as well.
"We really have got to kill teams off when we get the chance.
"Being ahead 1-0 is always a dodgy lead and they had a chances mainly on the counter attack and then got one from a cross which flashed across the box before the shot came off the post.
"Before that we had a couple of chances to kill the game off and if it had gone to 2-0 then we'd probably have done enough.
"It is a difficult league and we have had three difficult games in a week.
"Charlton have just come up and were coming to Molineux trying to make it difficult for us and stop us creating chances.
"We had to break them down and had done that but from there we needed to push on and get a second goal.
"It is still a work in progress and the signs are positive in that we are playing better and more attractive football as seen with the build-up before Sako's goal."
There was frustration from the stands as Wolves failed to register a first home win in three, but Berra shared the views of boss Ståle Solbakken that such feelings were perfectly understandable.
And he says the players are keen to ensure they remain among the npower Championship front-runners heading into another busy spell of games.
"I can understand the fans' frustrations but I think it is going to come good in time," he added.
"We are a big club with big expectations and want to be up towards the top end of the table.
"It is a marathon not a sprint and there is a long way to go.
"We have to keep on picking up points but need to turn these draws into victories."
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Pete Townshend Honored with Les Paul Award
The Who guitarist Pete Townshend received the Les Paul award at the 28th annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards in Anaheim, California on Friday night. NME reports that Townshend won the award, which recognizes the best in audio technology and production.
Accepting the award, Townshend said: "Before accepting this award I had no idea what kind of event it would, or even how far Anaheim was from anywhere, but I'm so glad I accepted. When I was 17 or 18, I got a couple of tape machines at home, and in the tradition of the great, great, great Les Paul and a couple of other people who did the same thing, I took these machines into my home and took these machines into my home to write music. From that moment on, I waited and waited and waited, and every idea that I ever had, or every hope that I ever had for a device that would do something that I wanted to do, you fabulous people made it for me."
He added, "I've been lucky that I could afford expensive equipment and eventually a studio, and you can see me at home fiddling with different machines. But out on the road now, with iPads and other bits and pieces, I'm very capable of doing things with those things as well. I just need to carry my guitars, keyboards, and cables, my mic stands. But I can record it all on my iPhone. It's such an honour to be here."


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Jan 10, 2014 - StaffEmanuel R. "Smitty" Schmidt, of Lander, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at home. He was 93 years old.
Per his request, there will be no services.
Emanuel R. Schmidt was born Aug. 12, 1920, in Lander, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rein) Schmidt.
After he graduated from Riverton High School in 1938, he enlisted in the 115th Cavalry of Wyoming. When World War II started, he transferred into the 515th Parachute Division and served in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He returned to the states at the end of the war, settling in Riverton for several years before moving to Washington.
He owned and operated Smitty's Auto Body Shop for many years and also worked at Northern State Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, Wash., before he retired.
He and his wife traveled a great deal in later years, always returning to Riverton, his second home.
He was a lifelong member of the 115th Cavalry Association of Wyoming.
He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Nora; daughters Lynn Hamilton and her husband Rick and Lore Schmidt; grandchildren Janice Gill and Neil Hamilton; and great-grandchildren Nicholas, Thomas J., Ricky, Makayla and Gavin.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Jake Schmidt and Henry Schmidt; and sisters Katherine Schmidt, Elizabeth Turner and Marguerite Dow-Mowery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Clear Lake Fire Fighters Association, P.O. Box 186, Clear Lake, WA 98235, or a charity of the donor's choice.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lemley Funeral Chapel of Sedro-Woolley, Wash.
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Last year, Tom Menino raised $1,171,133 in campaign contributions -- a fairly impressive sum when you remember that the maximum individual donation in a calendar year is $500.
He's a little behing that this year. Menino's report for mid-December puts him at $828,647 for the year through 12/15, according to my math. He had already hit the million-dollar mark by that point in 2007; he then added another $146k in the final two weeks of Happy Holiday fun.
This year, he has already deposited just over $80,000 since the 15th -- but that still leaves him almost a hundred grand shy of a million for the year, and more than $250k shy of his '07 total.
Still pretty impressive -- but not knock-'em-out, scare-'em-from-running impressive.
The big question is whether a million represents just about all the dough he can squeeze out in a calendar year, or if there's another level he can take it to next year, with the election on the line. In 2005, his last election year, he raised $1.3 million, which was a very big bump up from his previous levels -- but can he go up yet another notch?
The answer is probably yes, especially if he calls in some fundraising help from folks he's helped out in the past (paging Secretary and Mr. Clinton!). Still, it's tough to boost the number when the max is so low -- you have to draw in new, untapped donors somewhere.
If he boosts his fundraising by 50% next year, that gives him a total of about $3 million to spend for the year. That's almost double the $1.7m he spent defending his title in '05 -- but that was against weak competition. Maura Hennigan spent less than $700,000 that year, much of it her own. Michael Flaherty already has about $450,000 on hand, and from what I'm told he believes he can raise at least another million if he runs. And we have no way to guess what Sam Yoon can raise, from local-area progressives and Asian-Americans nationally, if he runs -- but I'd put his over/under well above Hennigan's figure.
Of course, the economic climate might not be favorable for fundraising next year, for anyone.


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Dell was in San Francisco last week to host its Enterprise Strategy Update, staking its claim to the x86 top spot with the announcement of its big converged infrastructure platform, the Active System 800.
Three years ago, Dell was just another PC/server maker fighting for market share in a commodity market. The ultra-lean manufacturing processes that had previously allowed it a significant price advantage over its competitors had been eroded as other manufacturers emulated Dell's approach, leaving it with little to differentiate it from its competitors other than memories of past advertising campaigns. While its reputation for poor support and burning batteries was behind it, my personal perception of Dell, strongly colored by the large number of Dell laptops that expired at my hands, was not good.
However, in the last two years my view of Dell has been slowly changing. A new focus on data center technologies, a string of successful acquisitions and some fresh blood in key leadership positions has revitalized the company, forcing me to reassess Dell's position in the enterprise technology ecosystem. Suffice to say, this is not the Dell I used to know.