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The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod began work in Ethiopia in 2000 as part of a larger East Africa strategy for training leaders among several people groups in East African countries. The LCMS began mercy work in Ethiopia in 2001 by supporting a garden at the Baro Bethel Bible School. Other projects since then have included gardens for Christian schools, a women's micro-enterprise project, wells, clinic repairs and food assistance.
Because East Africa has been the target of many years of mission work by various evangelical groups, the LCMS strategy has been to provide complementary strategy, resources and personnel to support the work of existing mission partners from other Lutheran groups.
The LCMS works with various synods (which are similar to LCMS districts) of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY). A partnership agreement was signed by the LCMS and the EECMY in January 2010 that formalizes the relationship for mutual mission as church bodies and provides a framework for exploring each other's understanding of our Lutheran identity.
Because the growth of the East African church has been explosive in recent years, a great need exists to train indigenous leaders who can minister to the large numbers of people who are newly baptized and to many other new villages that have asked for the Gospel. Therefore, the main thrust of LCMS work has been to help build regional mission training centers (MTCs), in cooperation with a number of synods of the EECMY, where national leaders can be mentored and trained in evangelism and church planting. Training seminars for women in these facilities is also a priority. The LCMS is additionally working in the Kakuma, Hagadera and Ifo refugee camps where more than 150,000 Sudanese, Ethiopian, Somali and Ugandan refugees live.
The EECMY is one of the largest and fastest-growing Lutheran church bodies in the world. The first congregation of this church body was organized in 1929, and its building was constructed in 1948. By 1959, the EECMY claimed 20,000 members, and today it claims an estimated 5.2 million members, with 2 million children attending Sunday school on any given Sunday. The EECMY is served by more than 2,000 pastors in 20 semi-autonomous synods, and its annual growth rate is estimated at 15 percent.
The LCMS works in mutual mission efforts with leadership in three synods of the EECMY, as well as in coordination with its central office. As with many other Lutheran church bodies in Africa, this mission relationship between the LCMS and the EECMY is helping to convey a confessional Lutheran understanding of Lutheran identity based upon biblical fidelity.
Though Ethiopia is one of the poorest nations in Africa, the church here exists largely within its own capacity at the local level and reaches out into the community with various ministries. When asked why the church has grown so dramatically, one EECMY pastor responded, "Commitment to proclaiming the Gospel from the leadership down, strong commitment to prayer and strong tithing by the people no matter what they have."
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Man today sucks! It's our first big storm of the season. We woke up this morning and it is SO wet! I even heard momma saying to dad this morning she heard on the news we have 45 mile per hour winds today. I'm not sure if that is fast. But when we went out to pee pee Bridgette was blowing all over the yard. And now we have to spend the whole day in the laundry room because mom says she doesn't want our wet muddy paws on the carpet. Darn it! I wish we could potty inside, we hate going out in that. We got two more days of this bad weather and then it should be sunny again.
Rain rain go away!!!
My dog lives in this house. You are welcome to come and visit me anytime but we have a few things that you must understand before you visit. I vacuum and clean daily but my dog lives in this house too. You may be leaned on and find my dog in your lap a few times but he does this because he loves people and wants to say hello. So if you feel that you are too good for his love then you are not welcome here because this is my dog's home too.
My dog lives here and is well mannered and very clean but if you are one of those people who think all animals are dirty and smell, then go away. You are not the type of person that I care to associate with. If you don't like the sound of barking, then my home is not going to be a comfortable place for you to visit.
Do not expect me to lock my dog in another room during your visit. I have trained my dog well so he will not do anything to you except maybe want a pat on the head. I will not subject my dog to feel as if he is being punished by locking him away for no reason. That would be cruel.
When you walk into my home, be careful not to trip on a stuffed toy or ball. These are my dog's treasures and I will not take them away from him just to show you that I keep a clean house. My dog knows where all his toys are. They may not look like much to you, but to him, they are worth more than gold.
You see, this is OUR home. Yes, my dog who lives here, have been together since he was a small puppy scampering around the house. I raised him into well mannered, beautifully behaved dog. I am proud of him. I consider him my personal gift from God. He has done nothing but give me his endless love and devotion for many years. I love him dearly and want to make his years happy ones. As happy as he made mine.
When you go home to your family, my dog stays here with me. A fine and loving companion. He is MY family and I wouldn't change that for the world. When it was cold and there was no heat, we kept each other warm. When I was sick, he stayed right by my side, as I did his when he was not having a good day. A better friend I could not ask for.
When no one else cared, my dog did. He has given me nothing but pure joy and I love him endlessly. So please understand that I am not being rude. I'm just looking out for my best friend.
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We've been tagged by my pal Precious who was tagged by Chipper who was tagged by Biscotte, who was tagged by Austin who have been tag by Oscar, Bella, Sasha and Tucker, who was tagged by Bella, who was tagged by Lola, who was tagged by Sadie, who was tagged by Crystal, Who was tagged by Shiloh in a neat sort of way! He is celebrating his 20th diary entry and has given tree rosettes to 10 of his pals. He is asking us to "pay it forward" and keep on giving. He is asking us to send rosettes to 10 of our pals (5 if you can't do 10) and to keep on giving!
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The Italian challenger and New Zealand defender bobbled among the huge spectator fleet for more than two hours Saturday waiting for enough wind to start Race Four of America's Cup 2000; but the expected, moderate sea breeze failed to develop and the race was postponed until 1:15 pm on Tuesday ( 7:15 pm Monday EST, and 4:15 PST.) It was the third time in this best-of-nine series that a race has had to be called off due to too little wind on the Hauraki Gulf, an expanse of water just north of Auckland that is noted for its strong winds.
The score remains at three races for Team New Zealand to none for Italy's Luna Rossa as the Italian challengers struggle to find the combination of race strategy, speed and good fortune that will put them on the scoreboard.
|"Another Decisive Victory for Team New Zealand."
With a third decisive victory in medium conditions the big question finally was answered on Saturday. Yes, New Zealand's NZL 60 is faster than Italy's ITA 45, and the struggling Italians are in a desperate battle to win even one race in the best-of-nine series. The victory leaves Team New Zealand only two races from another America's Cup victory, and the Italians will have to win five of the next six to take the cup away.
Although the New Zealanders have continued to say at the post race press conferences that they see no speed difference in the boats and the Italians say they would do better if they could improve their starting tactics, it has become clear that the black boat is faster than the silver onemarginally faster at times and considerably faster at other times.
The boats started at opposite ends of the line with Luna Rossa at the left and Team New Zealand well to windward. Both had clear air and were up to speed, but again the home team was on the right side, looking for better wind. Their position gave them the starboard-tack advantage each time the boats came together, but they did not find any wind shift to the right. In fact, the wind pulled slowly to the left more than 15 degrees as the boats went through 15 tacks. The slow shift to the left should have given the Italian boat a clear edge, but the Kiwis arrived at the weather mark with a lead of 19 seconds.
At times as the boats met on opposite tacks, there was no gain or loss from the previous encounter, but almost imperceptibly at first, and then more obviously, the big, black sloop began to gain a few feet with each encounter, until she had a clear lead and the Italians were given no choice but to fall in behind and follow around the mark. The defender's advantage was not just raw speed in a straight line; she tacked and got up to speed faster, she was able to point high to advantage and foot off with devastating results.
Again it was the impeccable starting tactics of the New Zealanders that won them the right side of the course. NZL 60 entered the starting area from the right side, which gave her the starboard-tack advantage, but this time Italian skipper Francesco de Angelis was able to shake off the Kiwis and head towards the race committee boat. Not far behind him at the wheel of NZL 60, and in a position to control the action, was the pit bull of match racing, Russell Coutts.
Coutts hassled the Italians for the next two minutes and then dropped in behind them, forcing them toward the line. If Luna Rossa had tacked to gain the right end of the line, the boat would have been in peril of NZL 60 forcing them over too soon, so the Italians reluctantly opted for the left. At the gun, they were near the pin and three seconds off the line, while the defenders were up to speed about a third of the way down the line from the committee boat, and came within a whisker of being over early.
The Italians tacked almost immediately in a first desperate effort to gain the right side, but they could not come close to crossing and NZL 60 tacked on their lee bow. For a minute or two the Italian boat seemed to lift out to windward, but as the Kiwis got up to speed and began to pinch to weather, Luna Rossa bailed out to the left. This sequence continued up the leg, with the challengers appearing to hold their position each time; but with the wind going slowly left they should have been gaining.
When the wind stopped pulling left two thirds of the way up the beat, Team New Zealand bounced into a clear lead and was not seriously threatened from then on.
The New Zealand boat is capable of higher speeds than Luna Rossa. When she lays off, even three of four degrees. Her speed jumps dramatically. She will hold even with her competitor in normal upwind mode, but given the opportunity to lay off a little she will leap forward. Her slightly greater beam gives her a bit more stability, so when she bears off, instead of healing over and gaining speed slowly, she seems to stand up to the extra pressure and jump ahead. So far in this series she has not been behind at any mark of the course.
At the post-race press conference New Zealand design coordinator Tom Schnackenberg declined to give any insight into the physical details of the boat. "I don't really want to talk about that." He said, "it is all part of a continuum. It is not just one or two modes, it is much more complex than that." It must be assumed that what Schnackenberg meant by a "continuum" was the ongoing design development that began for the New Zealanders before the 1995 America's Cup match, which they won five races to none against Dennis Conner.
This design package applies to all parts of the boat and rig, and it is noteworthy that the New Zealand sails are different from those on the Italian boat. The Kiwi main is fuller, which may be part of the reason for her ability to accelerate quickly. Her mast is stiffer, which gives better control over the deep mainsail. The boat has a bow that has not been seen before on an America's Cup boata bit steeper out of the water for additional measured sailing length, and it is combined with a very long stern overhang for extra sailing length when heeled over. The winglets on the keel's ballast bulb are placed close to the center of the bulb, rather than at the aft end, as with other AC boats. These features have been revealed, but what unseen goodies might be lurking in the bowels of the New Zealand hull, or inside her spaceage mast, or what subtle sophistication could be working to advantage in her sails, keel and rudder, are Kiwi secrets and likely to remain so.
Schnackenberg's statement is a clear indication that these are not haphazard differences, but are part of the overall design scheme, which the Kiwis expect to extend well beyond America's Cup 2000.
On the first downwind leg of Saturday's race, the wind eased off to about 10 knots and the boats held virtually even, with Luna Rossa gaining one second. But at the start of the second weather leg, the Kiwis doubled their lead quickly as they sailed into an increasing breeze. With this extra elbow room, they were able to play the shifts and find the patches of greater wind to work out to 1:11, at the second weather mark.
Near the bottom of the second run, the New Zealand spinnaker developed a tear along the bottom when it snagged on a snapshackle during a jibe. But the foot cord on the sail held as they were approaching the leeward mark and they took a chance on it not ripping further, and left it flying. Again their decision was the right one and they headed into the final weather leg with a one-minute lead.
The last beat to windward was more of the same, with NZL 60 playing the wind to perfection and gaining 43 seconds. They held nearly all of this to the finish to cross 1:39 in the lead. Again the reaction on the New Zealand boat was subdued and professionala few hand shakes, and couple of back slaps and a determination to keep up the good work.
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UPDATE 1-India's Modi to bet $1.5 bln on palm oil plan as imports surge
* Targets 8 mln T palm oil output in next five years -sources
* Govt identifies nine states to cultivate crop -sources
* Would be blow to key exporters Malaysia, Indonesia (Adds comment, extra graphic link)
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NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - India plans to spend $1.5 billion in the next three years to help farmers grow oil palm trees in an area the size of New Jersey, government sources said, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushing to make the nation self-sufficient in edible oils this decade.
Modi is targeting India's $10 billion import bill for edible oils, its third-highest overseas spend after oil and gold, and has already been considering buying oilseeds directly from farmers and boosting government support for growing rapeseed, soybeans and peanuts.
A successful Indian push into palm cultivation would drag on international markets for the commodity, hitting Indonesia and Malaysia as they are currently the only major growers of the crop.
"We've identified nine states with suitable climatic conditions but we were apprehensive that the long gestation period would dissuade farmers from adopting the crop," said one of the sources involved in the planning. He declined to be named as he was not authorised to speak with media.
"That's why we've decided to earmark 10,000 crore rupees ($1.53 billion) that will largely be spent on supporting the farmers." Continuación...


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4929 E. Chandler Blvd.(480) 753-4485http://www.capriottis.com/">www.capriottis.com
Who said Thanksgiving only comes once a year?
Not at Capriotti's, a finalist in recent years for the honor of being home to Ahwatukee Foothills' "Best Sandwich."
Now, thanks to such "classics" as "The 'Bobbie'" — a 9-, 12- or 20-inch sub made with home-made turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and mayo — it's no wonder Capriotti's finally broke into the top spot last year and won again in 2009.
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The Army is allowing only limited exceptions to its hiring freeze now underway, while few current employees would escape unpaid furloughs if sequestration hits.
The military services recently announced an immediate hiring freeze and outlined the potential for furloughs and other steps that might be needed if they must absorb automatic cuts of up to around 10 percent in many of their programs starting in early March. The Army is one of the government's largest employers of federal workers, with about 280,000 civilian employees.
In a memo dated Tuesday, the Army manpower office said that no new "tentative or firm job offers of civilian employment will be extended after the date of this memorandum. Firm job offers extended prior to the date of this memorandum will be honored provided that the individual's entry-on-duty date was established for a date certain."
Also, internal recruitment actions limited to current Army employees "may continue with an area of consideration no wider than the local commuting area associated with the position in question."
Meanwhile, temporary employees are to be terminated and term employees' appointments will lapse upon the expiration of their current appointments.
Exceptions to the hiring freeze and to the ban on extending those positions can include jobs in theaters of military operations, persons who have placement rights such as those returning from overseas assignments or from injury, and those supporting certain health and counseling programs.
In a separate planning document, the Army said that its commands should plan for unpaid furloughs of up to 22 days through the rest of the year, starting no earlier than about April 16, if sequestration hits.
"If a furlough becomes necessary, it is anticipated that it will be centrally managed to some degree, with few exceptions granted. Commands should await further guidance for specific exceptions and implementation actions," the memo said.
The furlough days would be "discontinuous" although the memo does not specify a schedule. The Navy previously said it would spread out 22 days of furloughs as one day a week starting around the same date.


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Find practical tools for restoring relationships in the Beatitudes Part 41
We all run into disagreements now and again. Whether it's at home, the workplace, or even in church, it's helpful to know how to resolve arguments gracefully.
What does it truly mean to be at peace with God? Part 42
The gospel of Jesus Christ is a message of peace to all mankind. But can you honestly say you know God's peace?
Let's learn about the One who invented peace Part 43
Are you a peacemaker? Do you work to bring people together when disagreement arises? Let's look at the context of the beatitude, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God."
Continuing a fascinating study about Jesus' Sermon on the Mount Part 44
It doesn't seem fair that those who promote peace can fall under persecution. And yet, it happens time and time again. We're looking at the beatitude, "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake."
Find out what Jesus meant when He said "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake" Part 45
It's not always easy standing up for what we believe. Especially when the result is persecution.
Let's look at Jesus' words in Matthew chapter five "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake" Part 46
The Bible warns us that life won't be perfect, even for those who follow God. But few things are more painful than persecution.
Encouragement for keeping the faith, when persecution comes your way Part 47
Do you know someone going through a hard time because of his or her faith? Maybe you're paying a price at the office, or have a loved one who's been rebuffed for sharing their beliefs.
Jesus Christ is right beside us in those difficult moments Part 48
History is full of examples of men and women who've been persecuted for their faith. But it's not something relegated to the distant past. Does persecution still happen today?
Knowing how to rejoice in God, even in the midst of persecution Part 49
It's one thing to stand strong when your beliefs are challenged. But it's even harder to consider yourself blessed in that awkward moment! Let's look to Scripture and find wisdom in knowing how to rejoice in the midst of persecution.
Concluding our study of the Beatitudes with a powerful reminder Part 50
As followers of Christ, we don't live for this world. We have the hope of heaven to look forward to one day!
What Jesus said about lust, and getting our hearts and minds into alignment with God's original plan Part 16
Our culture has distorted God's good gift of human sexuality. But there's a way to find freedom from sexual sin!
Discover practical ways we can work with God to deal with lust Part 17
If you, or someone you know, has struggled with pornography and lustful thoughts, you're aware of how hard it is to find freedom on your own!
Discover how using the Beatitudes as our guide can change the way we respond to our loved ones Part 25
In the heat of an argument, it's easy to pass blame onto the other person, often without regard to how we've contributed to the situation!


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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a EUR8 million (USD11 million) loan to the Seychelles Cable Systems Company (SCS) for the installation and operation of the island nations first international submarine fibre-optic cable. The planned 1,930km cable will link the main island of Mahe to the existing Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) in Tanzania, and is expected to be operational by the second half of 2012, according to a report on Afriquejet.com.
The project will also benefit from a EUR4 million grant from the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund to support shareholding in the project by the Seychelles government. A statutory dividend from this equity stake will be used to provide free internet access for schools, libraries, hospitals and other social development-related services. The EUR27 million overall project cost will be financed through 40% equity and 60% debt, the EIB said.
Long-term debt will be co-financed equally by the EIB and the African Development Bank, and equity contributions split between three shareholders the Government of Seychelles, Cable and Wireless Seychelles and Airtel. SCS executive Benjamin Choppy who is also permanent secretary for ICT in the Seychelles signed the deal with the EIB, which he called a key milestone for the project, and stressed that the cable will dramatically improve voice telephony and internet access in the Seychelles, with international transmission capacity predicted to be seven times cheaper than current prices. The EIB previously supported the EASSy project to connect 20 coastal and landlocked countries in East and Southern Africa using a high bandwidth undersea fibre-optic cable and terrestrial links.
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I know about NSOR , too pricey .
Any other places to get a tm 5" lift kit installed on a 1999 Blazer ?
I know about NSOR , too pricey .
Any other places to get a tm 5" lift kit installed on a 1999 Blazer ?
call carrier springs in abby, they quoted me 3000 for parts and labour, take them about day and a half, they do good work, they did the lift on my truck, only costed me 300 bucks,
sport trucks unlimited and nsor have rediculous prices for everything
I've only ever dealt with NSOR, and I really don't think their prices are all that bad... especially once you're in their system, I started getting better deals on parts, etc...
I'm sure Carrier is good, but so is NSOR. I had no problem paying a bit more at first, since they stood by their work and are awesome people to deal with.
IFS lifts are not quick or cheap to put in.Originally posted by jblazes
Any other places to get a tm 5" lift kit installed on a 1999 Blazer ?
If this is a wheeler, best to find a friend and do it yourself.
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I live in Surrey. I own an armoured vehicle. Draw your own conclusions.
N.S.O.R lifted my IFS truck, and ya its not cheap. The kit (stage 2 procomp for an 88 runner) plus a steering stabilizer, boots for all shocks, idler arm, wheel alignment, and labour with tax................................2484.83$$$
Not a great deal, but not a bad deal.
My truck is an IFS which is much more difficult than a solid. If i was going to do it, it would have taken me way more time to install than them. Not to mention all the running around for misc. ****..............................All in All, the install was only 576$. If u got the extra 576$ let them do it. You will have your truck back in 1-2 days, with a pro job done on it.
BUT if u feel confortable doing it yourself go for it.
8-10 hours for installation
we charge $70/hr, so $560-$700 depending on broken bolts/ problems arising plus you will want an alignment so another $60-$70 for a proper one
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95 Vmax, Bigbore approaching 275hp
01 R1 9.85 in the .25M
81 yota pickup, rusty frame gotta go for SALE
where u located brent
95 Vmax, Bigbore approaching 275hp
01 R1 9.85 in the .25M
81 yota pickup, rusty frame gotta go for SALE
Do it yourself, I have done many before and 2 days taking it easy with a couple beers is the best way to understand your rig. If your going to wheel it might as well understand as much as you can about it.
Its very easy you need: (Besides Kit)
Drill + Bits
5" Grinder with cut off
Good set of tools
Jackstands + Jack
Case of beer
2 good friends
93 Limited/SAS/37x13.5/4:88/8" Lift/8000lb Winch/Locked F+R/Sliders
When entering a 4-way stop the truck with the BIGGEST tires has the right of way!
I thought about doing it myself , but i don't have a welder or welding skills . And it i only get 1 day a week off from work , so i would never have time to do it my self .
I have also recondsidered even doing a Suspension Lift ,and just saving up a little extra $$$ and gettting a SAS done . nothing to extreme , just some Dana44's and 33" tires , no regearing(i have 3.73's in the rear with a lsd now ) or lockers for now . If i gather the parts needed my self I wonder how much it would cost to get it installed ?
big bucks $$$$$$ to get someone else to install........................I would think they would probably quote atleast 40 hours labour............ and i'm thinkin thats even being generous.
75-80 an hour = over 3000 atleast
If u aint doin it, u better start lookin for an 85 and prior, it would be cheaper............................good luck
Well , i just made my self look like an idiot , thanks for the info . your right it would be in my best interest to just buy a trail only rig and beat on it , instead of chopping up a daily driver . Thannks , i don't know why i missed that idea .
I'm not sayin to not do a sas, I'm just sayin if u cant do it your self than a cheaper way to go is get an 85 or prior runner because they are solid axle. 85 is the last year of the solid axle and the first year of the EFI, therefor this would be the ideal year.
But if u can pick up a truck already done out for a good deal than thats always the cheaper route.
Best of Luck
Danny it's a 99 blazer not a toy dude...that being said, sell the blazer and buy a toyota!
edit: .....unless that's what you were talking about already
Exo'd, dual'd, locked f/r, hydro
oh ya, sorry dude disregard the toyota info, and ya just ditch the blazer and get a toy.....................
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Challenging an "Unelected Junior Senator"
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC.
Kirsten Gillibrand, currently serving as New York's Junior Senator, will face her first statewide election this Tuesday. Gillibrand assumed office in January 2009 after being appointed by Governor Paterson to fill Hillary Clinton's seat, after she became Obama's Secretary of State. As she gears up for this year's special election, Gillibrand is trying to convince New Yorkers upstate and downstate that she deserves to complete the Senate term that ends in January 2013.
Gillibrand has garnered a lot of big name support and endorsements, but Gail Goode, her opponent in next Tuesday's Democratic primary, says there's no reason Gillibrand should get such easy access to a Senate seat. Goode is a lawyer and deputy borough chief in New York City's Tort Unit.
"We know that our junior unelected Senator was appointed by an accidental Governor and that New Yorkers should have a choice, they should have a choice of a real Democrat, and I believe that I am that real Democrat."
Both candidates were guests on The Brian Lehrer Show today, discussing Gillibrand's record on gun control, marriage equality, the TARP bank bailout bill, the economy, and of course, the proposed Islamic community center and mosque in lower Manhattan.
So what should voters think about Gillibrand's 100 percent approval rating from the NRA when she started her term? Gillebrand says was representing a different constituency when she was in Congress:
"In the House, I represented a very rural district, one that didn't have a lot of big cities. It also didn't suffer from the level of gang violence, gun violence and gun crimes that other parts of the state suffer from. Now that I represent the whole state, and 20 million people, and many cities and areas that do suffer from significant gun crime, I've really focused my attention on how I can reduce gun crime and how I can crack down on gun trafficking in particular."
Gillibrand noted that she recently received an endorsement from The Brady Campaign, a leading gun-control advocacy organization. She told Brian it wasn't that she hadn't cared about the gun problems affecting New York City when she was a Representative, it was just that they didn't really affect her district.
Goode begged to differ, saying it was "disengenous" for Gillibrand to say that gun control is not just an issue for cities, call it an issue for the entire United States.
And where do the candidates stand on Park 51, that local community board issue, that has blossomed into a huge national fracas? Here's what Gillebrand had to say:
"The community board made a decision to support the mosque. Many people who lived through 9/11 are on the community board so I support their decision. I also support those who are looking for solutions...If the developers and those who want to build the mosque would look for another location I will support that. I think it's something that could bring the community together."
Goode, who is presenting herself as the more progressive candidate, was much clearer in her support for the project, saying "This is not a mosque. It is a cultural center. It is supposed to bring people together."
The one issue that the candidates agreed on was the need to build better infrastructure, in particular high speed rail, and develop more renewable energy. They did not talk about how they would pay for it.
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The Rosson Family has been in the commercial cattle business for generations however the decision was made in 1991 to pursue building a registered Angus program. The herd started with and initial draft of fifty females purchased from Ankony Angus in Nebraska. These daughters of Lovana, Cornerstone, and Bold Ruler have been mated heavily AI to some of the best bulls in the breed with many daughters retained. In 1997 the pursuit of genetic progress continued with the embryo partnership program with Brownwood Farms of Louisa, VA. Some of the very best daughters of 6807 in the entire breed were secured as donors.
OCC Blackcap 740C (6807 X 5367) was the top
selling cow sold through the 1997 Ohlde Cattle Company Sale in Kansas. 740C along with GDAR Queen Cary 092 serve as our two anchor donors. 092 (6807 X AAR New Trend) was the top selling cow from the 1998 GDAR Female Sale. The year 1999 proved to be the crowning step in the progression of establishing one of the best Angus herds in the nation with the purchase of the entire Wampler herd of Harrisonburg, Virginia. The Charles Wampler & Sons herd is one of the oldest performance tested herds in the country and one of the foundation members in establishing performance testing and the development of the BCIA Central Bull Test program in Virginia. With the rich history and genetic strength of these three combined efforts, the Quaker Hill Program is poised to be a dominate force in the Angus breed and the overall cattle business in Virginia as well as the nation.
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George Zimmerman has a Latin American mother with light brown skin and a white, U.S. – born father.
I have a Latin American mother with light brown skin and a white, U.S. – born father.
Both George Zimmerman and myself have legal names in the U.S. that belie the full backstory of our blood ties.
While my legal name is Giselle Stern Hernández in Mexico, my legal name in the United States is Giselle Stern.
Between our skin tones and bone structure, we can "pass" for other things besides Latino/Latina. Depending on hair styles, clothes, makeup, jewelry, or the context of the moment that we're in, we can be pegged for such nationalities as Mexican to Italian to Greek to Israeli. (Yes, I've been identified by others in all of those ways.)
This choice that George and I have to amplify or to tamp down a part of our identity is a powerful privilege chip that many people living in the United States don't have to cash in.
Trayvon Martin didn't have that privilege.
My friend Mr. Vulcan also doesn't have that privilege. He was born and raised in the States, right here in California. Yet, he likes to tell the story of walking up to Customer Service at our local Home Depot. As he approached the counter, the Home Depot employee started waving their arms, saying, "Let me go get someone who speaks Spanish."
My husband will also not have that privilege, once he arrives to the U.S.
But back to me and George. In more than one interview, the Zimmerman family asserted that they didn't want to bring up the fact that George was mixed race and half-Latino for the following reason:
The defendant's brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr., told Fox News Latino the family chose not to publicly identify with their Hispanic roots since the fatal shooting in order to emphasize self-defense – not race – as the central issue in the case.
"Our family very deliberately left the injection of another racial element off the table," said Robert Zimmerman Jr., explaining the family decision was made by a concerted push by the brothers' Peruvian mother. "Any color or race is capable of racism so claiming to be 'not white' and therefore 'not culpable' is a moot point."
My head exploded when I read that. The simple fact of that deliberate choice, particularly in the U.S., reeks of tremendous race and class privilege.
But the fact that the decision was made by "a concerted push" by their "Peruvian mother" doesn't surprise me one bit.
Jorge Ramos from his Univision show, Al Punto, conducted an interview with Gladys Zimmerman and Robert Zimmerman, mother and brother of George Zimmerman. At the 7:15 point in the video, Mr. Ramos asks Ms. Zimmerman directly in Spanish about the fact that both of her sons have visited Peru on more than one occasion. He then follows it up by talking about the discrimination that exists in Latin America, "not only against indigenous groups, but also towards people who have darker skin."
When Mr. Ramos specifically asks her about this discrimination in Latin America, Ms. Zimmerman gives an answer that does not directly acknowledge anything of what Mr. Ramos just said. And then she states, "My sons don't see skin color…I don't see skin color."
I cannot speak about Peru. But I can speak about Mexico. And Jorge Ramos knew exactly what he was talking about when he asked that question.
From my very first days in Mexico, through all of my ten years there, when I told people that I was from New York, I'd get asked some version of the following:
1. Were you afraid to live in New York with all of the black people?
2. Wasn't New York unsafe, with all of the black people who live there?
3. New York must have been very scary/dirty/loud with all of the black people in it, right?
I'd love to tell you that this was only once in a rare while. This was all the time. Across class lines and city/pueblo lines. These questions came from Mexicans who had been undocumented in the States and Mexicans with papers who went for the weekend to Texas to do some shopping.
These questions have come from people in my own family.
The only thing that ever came a close second to the fear of blacks were the homophobic comments about, "all of the gays that lived in New York," as well as anti-semitic comments about, "all of the Jews that were there as well."
And while I've been filled with a rage and a sadness and a feeling of, "I knew it," since George Zimmerman's not guilty verdict this past Sunday, I also feel like I've been carrying a dirty secret.
Because I'm absolutely, 100% sure that if you live in Latin America, you can't miss, you cannot truly fail to notice the tremendous value placed on light skin.
You can be poor, but you better not be black. Because then it's game over.
When my friend A Tall Drink of Water married her husband, the chatter that swirled around her from other Mexicans was that she'd be, "bettering the race," when she got pregnant.
Do I even need to tell you that she has white skin, blue eyes and blonde hair?
Do I even need to tell you that her husband is like my husband, with dark skin, dark brown eyes and black hair?
And blacks in the U.S.? Demonized to within an inch of their lives by the majority of Latin America.
So within my rage and sadness about the George Zimmerman verdict is my rage and sadness about the refusal of many of both of my people, North American and Latin American alike, the stubborn refusal of many of them to recognize that not only do we have a profound race problem, but that the roots of that same racism run as far back as to the conquests and colonizers of both countries.
So I'm definitely not going to play along with the whole, "I am Trayvon Martin" campaign. Please.
Because the reality is that on paper, I have more in common with George Zimmerman than most people care to admit.
And if I were to have murdered Trayvon Martin in Mexico?
I'm pretty sure that I would've walked free there as well.


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Alex Ferguson's wines expected to score with buyers - Christie's
By Michael Roddy
LONDON (Reuters) - To take his mind off the pressure of "the beautiful game", retired Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson collected vintage wines that will be sold at auction starting in Hong Kong in May, Christie's said on Wednesday.
The collection of about 5,000 bottles assembled by one of soccer's most successful managers will be sold along with memorabilia signed by Ferguson and has a pre-sale estimated value of 3 million pounds ($5 million), the auction house said.
The cellar consists almost 75 percent of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, a French Burgundy which Christie's International Director of Wine David Elswood said "is probably the wine in vogue, the wine of the moment in terms of demand.
"So hopefully that's going to draw the attention of not just Alex Ferguson fans but wine fans too," he told Reuters.
He expects big interest among Asian buyers, who have been snapping up top-flight wines for years and where about 60 percent of the lots will be on offer on May 24. About a third of the cellar will be offered in London in June and about 10 percent through Internet sales later that month.
"Even if you disregard the Alex Ferguson connection the quality of the wine, the type of wine, is generally what sells very strongly in Asia at the moment," Elswood said.
The cellar spans every year of Ferguson's career with United from 1986 until he retired in 2013. It includes lots from 1999, the year United won a treble of the English Premier League, the Champions League and the FA Cup, a feat never previously accomplished and not duplicated since.
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Potawatomi Falls is just upstream of Gorge Falls and is reached from the same parking area. Potawatomi is the name of one of the native tribes. This waterfall is wheelchair accessible. Gorge Falls is just a short walk away.
In low water, as pictured in the below right, the waterfall is segmented, with most of the water going to the right. In high water the river covers the entire rock separating the two segments with a sheet of white water.
The Black River Scenic Byway starts north of US 2 near Bessemer. There are signs on US 2. Gorge Falls is about 14.5 miles north of US 2. The scenic area is on the right and is clearly marked. The falls are a short walk from the parking area.
Nearby Falls
Gorge Falls is just a short walk away. From Potawatomi Falls you can hike or drive downstream to see Rainbow Falls and Sandstone Falls, or upstream to see Conglomerate Falls. The minor Algonquin and Chippewa Falls are further upstream. North of Ramsay on the Black River you can find Gabbro Falls. It is a 40 mile drive to Manabezho Falls. To the west along the Wisconsin/Michigan border you can find Saxon Falls and Superior Falls.
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WAN-speed: Gigabit (10/100/1000)
ETH-ports (LAN): 4
ETH-speed: Gigabit (10/100/1000)
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Hard reset instructions for Netgear VEVG2500 (Numericable)
If your VEVG2500 (Numericable) router is not working as it should, dropping connections or not being
responsive, you should first do a reset of the router to see if the problems persist. Other
scenarios where you might want to reset your router is if you've forgotten the password or
misconfigured it and can't get access anymore.
Your can reset your Netgear VEVG2500 (Numericable) in the following way(s):
With the reset button
- Have the router powered on (if just booted wait around one minute for it to load)
- With a sharp pen or paper clip, press down the Restore Factory Settings button and hold it for about 7 seconds
- When the power light starts to blink you can release the reset button and wait for the router to start up
- The power light will be solid (not blinking) once the router is started.
The 30-30-30 resetIf the above instructions don't work you can always try the 30-30-30 reset as follows:
- When router is powered on, press the reset button and hold for 30 seconds. (Use a paper clip or something sharp)
- While holding the reset button pressed, unplug the power of the router and hold the reset button for 30 seconds
- While still holding the reset button down, turn on the power to the unit again and hold for another 30 seconds.
This process usually works for resetting any router to it's factory setting.
Note: It is worth reading more about how to reset routers with the 30 30 30 reset and what the risks and considerations are when resetting your router this way, instead of just rebooting it.
Default factory settings for Netgear VEVG2500 (Numericable)
If you have performed a reset of your VEVG2500 (Numericable) device or not changed the defaults, you should be able to access it with the following settings:
Default Gateway IP: 192.168.0.1
Default admin username: admin
Default admin password: password
Default subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
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Arsène Wenger has revealed the latest team news ahead of Sunday's Premier League game against Manchester United:
Laurent Koscielny will certainly be out, he has a hamstring strain and it looks like it will be three weeks, something like that.
on Arteta and Flamini…
Both are out.
on Francis Coquelin…
Francis should be okay for Sunday, yes.
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(October 25, 2012 - Buffalo, MN ) … The Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) Convention continues to grow in 2013, with additional booth space added to the show and a mobile app in the works. The dates of the 42nd annual show are March 12-14, 2013 in Saint Paul, Minn.
The convention – featuring a pre-show nutrition symposium on March 12 and exhibits and educational sessions on March 13-14 – will convene at Saint Paul RiverCentre in downtown Saint Paul. Also held in conjunction with the 2013 MPF Convention will be the North Central Avian Disease Conference, scheduled for March 11-12 at the same location.
"Last year MPF expanded into a second hall, which proved to be an excellent way to bring additional exhibiting companies into the convention," said 2013 MPF President Allen Behl. "This year, we're expanding the second hall to include even more booths. It's definitely an exciting time for MPF!"
Plans are in the works, as well, to offer attendees a mobile app for their iPhone, iPad or Android devices. "Smartphones and tablet computers certainly have changed the way people organize their lives and businesses," said MPF Executive Director Steve Olson. "Our new app will allow attendees to have instant access at their fingertips to the two exhibit halls and the list of exhibiting companies, education sessions, real-time surveys and feedback, and much more. We're working on the development of the app now and will debut the finished product in February."
Further details on the 2013 show will be available later this year, with registration and hotel reservations opening online for attendees on December 7. For more information, visit MPF's Web site, www.midwestpoultry.com and connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MPFConvention) and Twitter (@MPFConvention) or use the Twitter hashtag #mpf13.
Potential exhibitors may contact Exhibits Manager Teresa Sorenson to inquire about booth space: email@example.com or 763/ 682-2171.
Please direct all general questions and requests for information to Lara Durben, MPF Communications & Program Director, at 763/682-2171 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
About MPF:The Midwest Poultry Federation's primary purpose is to host an annual regional convention emphasizing on-farm poultry production. The convention's goal is to offer cutting-edge information to attendees through a balanced offering of exhibits and educational workshops. The Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) was formed in 1971 and held its first convention in Minneapolis in 1972. The MPF's membership consists of 12 state poultry organizations, representing 8 states. www.midwestpoultry.com.


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Symptoms: Sphacelial (conidial) "honeydew" sporulation has been reported on pearl millet (Frederickson and Mantle 1996). Formation of sclerotia has not been reported.
Pathogen and disease characteristics: Occurrence of the disease has usually been the result of artificial inoculation, except for the observation by Sundaram (1974), which, because of the location, may have been Claviceps sorghi.
From sorghum: Sclerotia (4-6 × 2-3 mm) bear a small distal sphacelial cap. White medulla is bound by thin red-brown cortex. Flower parts are persistent on sclerotia. Stromata are initially pale, translucent, and proliferate from sclerotium at one or two places. Stipes are purple in distal part of stipe. Stipes measure 8-15 × 0.3-0.6 mm; capitula are subglobose, 0.5-1.3 mm; perithecia measure 86-135 × 123-226 µm; ascospores usually up to 45 × 0.8-1.2 µm. Macroconidia are hyaline, mononucleate, oblong to oval, slightly constricted at center with a vacuole at each end, 9-17 × 5-8 µm. Microconidia are hyaline, mononucleate, spherical, 2-3 µm diameter (Frederickson et al. 1991).
Host range: Sorghum, pearl millet, guineagrass (Panicum maximum). The literature is not clear.
Geographic distribution: Infection on pearl millet has been observed in Zimbabwe and possibly in Nigeria and India. Geographic distribution of the pathogen on sorghum is wider than that reported for pearl millet.
Nomenclature discrepancies: The literature suggests cross-infection of pearl millet with Sphacelia sorghi McRae. Futrell and Webster (1966) reported that 1 percent of inoculated florets became infected in Nigeria. Sundaram (1974) reports infections in India, with subsequent cross-inoculations onto sorghum and pearl millet. Few experimental details are described. Dwarakanath Reddy et al. (1969) produced 20-percent infection on pearl millet. Frederickson and Mantle (1996) achieved successful inoculations with C. africana. Frederickson et al. (1991) indicate that there are at least two Claviceps species--C. africana and C. sorghi--that have been lumped under Sphacelia sorghi in the literature.
Seed transmission: No information available. Literature does not indicate if sclerotia form in pearl millet.
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Mental problems of soldiers' kids tied to wars
By Alina Selyukh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The longer U.S. soldiers were deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the more likely their children would be diagnosed with mental health problems, according to a study published Monday.
The study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, analyzed medical records of 307,520 children of active-duty Army personnel, aged 5 to 17 years old. It found almost 17 percent of them exhibited mental health problems.
"Children of parents who spent more time deployed between 2003 and 2006 fared worse than children whose parents were deployed for a shorter duration," the study's researchers wrote.
The lead researcher was Alyssa Mansfield, who was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the time the study was conducted.
The U.S. Army reported some 562,000 members in active duty and more than 570,000 children of such members in 2010. Just under two-thirds of all active-duty servicemen and women were married and 15 percent were raising children as single parents.
The children whose parents deployed at least once, for an average of 11 months, as part of the U.S. Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan were especially likely to suffer from adjustment, behavioral, depressive or stress disorders than those whose parents never went to war, the study found.
Boys were more likely to have mental health problems than girls, according to the report, which reviewed records for patients cared for at military medical facilities and at civilian facilities using military medical insurance.
"We used to think about deployment as a single experience: I go, I'm away, it's difficult and then I come back. Well, it's a way of life in the military that deployments continue to occur and families have to manage the consequences," said Dr. Stephen Cozza, psychiatry professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Continued...


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Tomorrow is the deadline for the Governor to decide on HB 89. This morning, it was reported by a GCO member that the Governor's office is not receiving very many telephone calls regarding HB 89. Here is the pertinent portion of his report:
After asking him to pass a request to the Governor to sign HB89 into law, I gave my usual thanks for taking what must be one of a great many calls. Instead of the usual (surprised) "you're welcome," this gentleman's comment was, "Actually, I haven't gotten many."
That statement by a member of the Governor's staff is a matter for concern today, as tomorrow is the deadline for the Governor's decision. Can you do something about this today and tomorrow? Can you ask the Governor to sign HB 89?
Can your friends and relatives call?
Is there anything more important you can be doing today and tomorrow for the future of your right to bear arms?
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If you share this goal, then today is the day for you to act! Please contact the Governor and urge others to do the same.
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Keith McGill might be a football player now, but he may want to consider long-distance running as a future hobby.
He is running with the ones, he is running with the twos, he is running with the threes and when they are all gone he is running with just himself back and forth, back and forth on Utah's football field.
McGill, a 6-foot-3 senior cornerback, is trying to lose about 10 pounds to get himself to a playing weight of around 210 pounds.
Before one gets any images of a soft, pudgy corner, it should be noted that McGill is in better shape than probably, oh, say, 95 percent of the population.
The problem is, Pac-12 receivers likely fall in that other five percent. Utah's coaches want their corners to be as light and fleet-footed as possible. So McGill runs, and runs some more. This isn't the way he imagined his preseason camp would go, he acknowledges. He has been penciled in as a starter since spring, but extra pounds, a concussion and inconsistent play have found him in a battle for a starting role with Utah's younger corners.
"I'm just trying to get back in the rotation and get these things right," he said.
Unfortunately for McGill, few things have gone as planned since he came to Utah in 2011.
A transfer from Cerritos College, McGill was considered one of the top recruits in the nation and thought to be the immediate answer to Utah's experience and depth problems in the secondary.
Instead, he played in just five games before suffering a season-ending injury against Arizona State and missed the 2012 season as the shoulder problems continued.
The year off helped him heal his shoulder, but he has had a difficult time finding his game again.
McGill was inconsistent in spring ball, in coach Kyle Whittingham's estimation, and his weight problems have done nothing to gain favor.
"We're absolutely disappointed," a tight-lipped Whittingham said. "Yep, for sure."
McGill said he knows the team is counting on him, but he doesn't doubt he'll be ready for the opener on Aug. 29.
"It's not too frustrating to deal with," he said. "I've dealt with a lot more difficult things in the past. I just need to keep losing weight and it's coming along."
Keeping his morale up is his cousin, Davion Orphey, a JC transfer who is pushing for his own starting spot at corner.
"I keep telling him to just do what the coaches say and he'll be fine," he said. "He is all right. He is motivated."
That McGill is still in line for a starting role speaks to two things Utah's lack of depth in the secondary and his talent.
In his first practice after a three-day absence with a concussion, McGill snagged one interception and nearly had another one. They are the kind of plays the Utes believe he can make, not only against Utah's backups but the premier receivers in the Pac-12.
"He has good technique," Whittingham said. "It still needs a little more refining, but he has great length and size. But that size right now is to his detriment."
McGill hears it and he knows he has to get the weight off.
So he takes a short break, then runs, and runs some more.
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La Mirada, Calif.
Of note • Had 12 tackles and one pass breakup in five games in 2011. … His cousin is Davion Orphey, a junior for the Utes. ... First team All-American safety as a junior college player in 2010. ... Majoring in sociology.


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Hi Mama's I hope everyone had an awesome Mother's Day! I sure did. It was very low key which is just what I needed after the week I had last week…ugh. Mama's I wanted to pull out my hair. If was as if little aliens came and nested in my kid's brains and their sole mission was to drive me crazy. If it's your first time reading my blog I have 4 kids ages 7, 6, 2 and 9 months. They are always a handful, but last week there were really amped up, I mean like someone slipped them each a 2 liter of Mountain Dew and kept it coming all week long. My daughter Camryn got a note from school 3 out of 5 days which really sucked. She has ADHD and we are trying our best to get it under control with meds being a super last resort (don't judge me). My son Brandon had an awesome week at school, but at home he was so silly and acted like he was deaf all week and couldn't hear a thing I was telling him. He had the giggles about everything and that darn near drove me bonkers. I would tell him something and he would forget it 30 seconds later. My 2 year old, Daniel decided that he was not going to do his "stinky poos" in his pull up or his potty, but on my floor and on his bed like a puppy! He even decided to take it a step further by using my wall as a canvas for his "stinky poo" drawing…let it sink in…yep he drew on my wall with his fingers in poo! I 'bout flipped out because I was up, alert and wide awake while he did this. He was supposed to be napping. He got up to go to the potty and I gave him a special treat and tucked him back in bed. When I checked on him again he was asleep so I decided to have a cup of tea while my daughter Hannah was finally settled. I was sitting about 12 feet from his bedroom door at my dining room table and I see his hair peep out of the door and here he comes running out butt naked. I knew something was terribly wrong when I say the brown finger print he left on the door frame. I ordered him to be still while I put him in the tub (no water of course) while I assessed the situation in his room. It was a BIG STINKY MESS! I had to disinfect the entire room with my daughter on my hip. She's teething and for some reason she feels the need to have me put her on my hip in my Moby Wrap. Ok this baby weighs about 20 lbs so imagine a 20 lb rock snuggling on you while you clean up poo, cook, vacuum, dust, wash clothes, etc. She's teething so I completely get it, but gimme a break!
So Mama's I would say that this may have been my worse wee so far as a Mama. The good news is I survived and that means you can too! That week is behind me and I am refreshed and rejuvenated for the weeks to come. Remember in all your parenting ups and downs to "Breathe". I know I say that often and I honestly can't tell you if I remembered to breathe it out last week or not, but I'm here and ready for this week's adventure. I love being a Mama and I often time have to remember that this is a journey not a sprint. So hold on tight and enjoy the ride! Happy Monday Mama's!!
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A study scheduled for presentation at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society will show "the first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil,"according to lead researcher Ben Wen, Ph.D., vice president of UnitedEnvironment and Energy LLC, Horseheads, N.Y quoted in Science Daily. The key is that this is a solid catalyst […]
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uploaded from pacres on flickr. PetroSun is paying catfish farmers in Mississippi to convert their ponds to algae production. Here's the deal, according to Terri Chiang, an authorized agent for PetroSun BioFuels "initially, we have arranged for the landowner to receive $50 per water acre signed into the program as a sign-up, one-time payment. Additionally, the […]
Algae biofuels at around $33/gal
A piece on Greentech Media puts the cost of biofuels from algae at around $33/gal(US). That leaves plenty of room for process/growth/yield optimisation then.
Algae to biofuel: vertigrow's view
It would only take 10% of the surface area of the state of New Mexico to meet the US energy needs if it were devoted to algae production according Val Kurtz, ceo Valcent Products, speaking in this video. Thanks to Hugh Baker
Nexant Chem Systems looks at algae for biofuels
Nexant ChemSystems, a petrochemical consulting firm, is setting up a multi-client study into algae for biofuels. It will be thorough.
Greenshift wins algae grant
Green shift gets grant from Montana state to develop algae, according to Greenshift. Good to see algae getting some traction so early in the year, but there's a long way to go yet.
The good, the bad, the ugly 2008/2009
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A Short Essay on Biofuels and Related Matters
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Solix plans algae biofuel plant in Colorado
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Re: v.6 RevolutionPlot3D
DrMajorBob wrote:
> There's an example in help for RevolutionPlot3D (under Possible Issues):
> RevolutionPlot3D[{t, t^2}, {t, 0, 2}, AxesLabel -> {x, y, z},
> Ticks -> None]
> that, when evaluated, IS revolved about the z axis, but the output cell
> BEFORE I calculate the cell (by pressing enter) is NOT revolved about the
> vertical axis. How did that happen?
No, it's still revolved around the vertical axis, but the graphic has
been knocked over (by dragging with the mouse).
> Oh!!! I see the same thing in other examples... in help for
> RotationAction, for instance.
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Interesting review. Not sure I agree with the negative points raised though:
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3. What would have helped are comparison shots with similar mirrorless cameras, as well as shots of resolution patterns in order to quantify the resolution of the sensor+lens.
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Top light heavyweight contenders Glover Teixeira and Alexander Gustaffson will face-off in the UFC Fight Night 109 main event on May 28 from Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. Now go behind-the-scenes as these two former title challengers prepare for their upcoming ... Read More »
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UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson full fight card
The UFC 192 PPV event is set to take place on Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The event will be headlined by the UFC light heavyweight title fight between champion Daniel Cormier and challenger Alexander Gustafsson. The ... Read More »
Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson to headline UFC 192
UFC officials have announced that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will defend his title against Alexander Gustafsson in the main event at UFC 192. The event will take place October 3 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. A ... Read More »
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Glover Teixeira headlines UFC Berlin
UFC officials have announced that former UFC light heavyweight title challengers Alexander Gustafsson and Glover Teixeira have agreed to do battle in the main event of UFC Fight Night Berlin on June 20. Gustafsson( 16-3) is coming off a first ... Read More »
If Daniel Cormier Beats Gustafsson, 'The Mauler' Might Just Be Done!
Recently Anthony "Rumble" Johnson just beat Alex "The Mauler" Gustafsson. It seems like the next challenge for Anthony Johnson is Jon Jones and nobody really knows what's next for Cormier and Gustafsson. But here's what we do know….. A Cormier/Gustafsson ... Read More »
UFC Fight Night 37- weigh-in results
So you can watch the fighters take to the scale or if you prefer just getting text based updates we have you covered there as well. The O2 Arena will host the festivities today as 20 fighters look to hit the mark on the scales. Read More »
UFC Fight Night 37: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa full card
The next UFC event will take place on Saturday, March 8, from the O2 Arena in London England. UFC Fight Night 37 will be headlined by the UFC light heavyweight bout between former title challenger Alexander Gustafsson taking on undefeated Jimi Manuwa. The co-main event will consist of a lightweight bout between explosive fighters Michael Johnson and Melvin Guillard. Read More »
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text: Joe Thornber <thornber btconnect com> skrev: > > This evening I added a 36 GB drive to our department server. I did a > > vgextend on it and somehow it all went terribly wrong. It seems to me > that > > the new drive got added twice, but with different UUIDs. Of course > there > > is no way vgchange will bring it online. Is there a solution to the > > problem? I downloaded LDE from <http://lde.sourceforge.net/> to have a > > look at it, but I don't know what to alter. I run Slackware 8 with > Kernel > > 2.4.8 and LVM-1.0. The attached files contain output from pvdata -U -V > -PP > > on all three partitions. > > You're right sdb1 appears to have been added twice with seperate > UUID's. I'm at a loss to explain this at the moment. Did you run > pvcreate more than once on sdb1 ? (I want to know where that extra > uuid came from). Well here's the full story: I added the new disk, made a new LVM partition, ran pvcreate on it. Did a vgextend vg1 /dev/sdb1. Rebooted. No vg:s found, Panic: root not found. Spent a bunch of hours hackaing a Slackware 8 boot floppy with LVM 1.0 support. It found the vg. Next idea: Maybe it's because of devfs. I hacked the disk a bit further yo use devfs, and now it didn't find the VG:s. I started looking for any LVM list archive, found something about small initrd:s so I put an 8 MB initrd image on the root floppy, and wow, the VG was there. Tried to put a larger initrd on the boot partition and re-ran lilo. Rebooted, no success. Later I realised that a initrd_size=8912k might have done the trick. Booted from the floppy again and did a vgreduce vg1 /dev/sdb1. Now it would boot. Here I should really have backed up everything to a non LVM partition, but instead I did a vgextend vg1 sdb1. Re-ran lvmcreate_initrd, re-ran lilo and rebooted. That's where I am now. Two SDB1:s with separate UUID's. Can this be fixed or should I format and reinstall? It would really feel bad because I've never had to format and reinstall a Linux system except for the occasional hardware failure. --------------------- Rasmus Wiman SAMI Labs


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Among the legacies of the Bush disaster in Iraq is the fact over 30,000 fighting men an women were wounded in combat and thousands more are leaving the service with a range of disabilities. Isaac Stevens was injured while training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and as a result became paralyzed. He was discharged, but due to Army bureaucratic paperwork, he will not receive his full disability payment for up to a year after leaving the service. Many discharged with disabilities fame similar waits until the paper work catches up with the disabled person. Stevens was living in a homeless shelter fighting off sexual advances until he was rescued by a serviceman's organization. "When I got out, I hate to say it, but man, that was it. Everybody just sort of washed their hands of m, and it was just like, OK, you're on our own." Nearly 20,000 men and women were discharged over the past two years with disabilities and most are caught up in the bureaucratic maze which deprives them of financial assistance.
According to Operation Homefront, a typical soldier who was making about $3,400 a month will only receive about $770 during the time right after discharge. The military has recently changed its policy and is now allowing those discharged to receive full pay for up to 90 days after leaving the service. Amy Palmer of Operation Homefront who works with the disabled, points out "nobody is assigned to them. You're on your own once you get out."
American society still does not grasp the full financial extent of the war in Iraq. Thousands of disabled soldiers will be seeking medical and financial assistance for years to come due to the misadventure in Iraq. The irony of super patriot George Bush, who never failed to emphasize how much he cared for the troops, is how little he has done for them, particularly once they are out of the service.


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Joan Guzman workout
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Undefeated former two-time world champion Joan "Little Tyson" Guzman (33-0-1, 20 KOs) trains hard for his WBA World light welterweight championship fight next Friday November 30th at the BB&T Center. The 36-year old Dominican shows off an incredible physique, unspoiled by the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Acquinity Sports head trainer Herman Caicedo and assistant trainer "Irish" Micky Ward promised their charge will "feast" on undefeated challenger Khabib "The Hawk" Allakhverdiev (17-0, 8 KOs) of Russia in their 12-round bout.
Fans who can't make it in person can catch the fight on Bounce TV (WFLX Fox 29 locally in Palm Beach County) and The Pursuit Channel (Channel 240 Dish and 604 DirecTV). The combined broadcast will reach a worldwide audience of 115 million homes.
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Santa and Rudolph Arrive at the Fairmont
WTOP's "Man About Town" Bob Madigan announced the much awaited arrival of Santa and Rudolph for the 8th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Fairmont Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30. The annual event, which benefits Toys for Tots, opened with a raffle drawing, the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves' Color Guard and entertainment by the Georgetown Visitation Madrigals. Santa and Rudolph descended the stairs to pose for photos in front of the Grinch-themed Gingerbread Village created by the hotel's gifted pastry team. The tree was lit and children decorated holiday cards as everyone enjoyed complimentary hot chocolate, mulled wine and cookies.


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I've been tagged by Redefining Sanity for this meme. The rules are:
- The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
- Each player answers the questions about themselves.
- At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
And here's the meme:
What I was doing 10 years ago: I was at Georgia Tech taking final exams... waiting for my next co-op quarter to start in Alabama!
Five things on my To Do List today:
- Laundry and more laundry
- make orange juice with the boys before the oranges go bad
- this week's meal plan & grocery list
- send out the giveaways
- find a file on our old computer and send it to a friend in GA
Snacks I enjoy: pretty much anything chocolate. Pringles are good, too. Oreos. I wish I liked fruit more...
Things I would do if I were a billionaire: set up college funds, pay off our house, build a new one, give to the church, some to charity, do some fun shopping, and there would still be... what? a few million left over to save for a rainy day, right? LOL!
Three of my bad habits: talking before I think about what I'm going to say, starting but not finishing something, looking off to the side while having a conversation (I don't know why I do this... it drives me crazy when I catch myself!)
Five places I have lived:
- Ocean Side, CA
- Bay City, TX
- Wilmington, DE
- Evans, GA
- Eau Claire, WI
Five jobs I've had:
- cashier at Kroger
- lifeguard at a local waterpark
- hoagie sandwich maker at a local sub-shop
- data entry clerk for the GA Tech Housing Department
- Process Control Engineer for Mohawk Industries
Five people I want to know more about (a nice way of saying TAG!):
1. Mama of Boys
2. Our Lovely Life
3. justkc
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The Utah Division of Water Quality has completed an in-depth, multi-year review of the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District plan to clean up contaminated groundwater in southwest Salt Lake County and is asking the public to weigh in on the proposed permit.
The Jordan Valley Southwest Groundwater Treatment Plant has worked for years on its plans to remove and treat groundwater tainted by historic mining in the southwestern Salt Lake Valley
The division is poised to sign off on those plans now that there are standards on the Great Salt Lake for selenium and mercury that could be generated by the groundwater treatment and that caused public concern when a permit was first proposed a few years ago.
The division is taking comments from the public for 45 days, May 15 through June 28. It will host a public information meeting and hearing, 6 p.m., June 17, in the Department of Environmental Quality Board Room, 195 N. 1950 West, Salt Lake City.
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, which operates the $24 million water treatment plant, removes contaminants largely comprised of dissolved salts and trace amounts of metals. The water treatment byproducts travel through a 21-mile pipeline into the Great Salt Lake, while the plant furnishes up to 14 million gallons of drinking water per day for Salt Lake County residents.
"Limits in the permit, the most extensive of any we have ever issued, are calculated to protect the wildlife and aquatic life dependent on the Great Salt Lake ecosystem," said Walt Baker, director of water quality. "In addition, water treatment at the Southwest Groundwater Treatment Plant benefits the valley's water quality by preventing the further migration of contaminated groundwater."
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Game Informer - The Best BioWare Characters
Game Informer has a new opinion article about the Best BioWare Characters.
Other than Minsc and Alistair (Yes, whiny Alistair) I never really cared for anyone in a Bioware game. They were mostly good, sure, but not truly stand out good. If you want real CRPG standouts, look at Forgrimm from the Drakensang games, or Harold from Fallout 1/2, or Diego from Gothic, or just about *anyone* from Anachronox.
You're not fair. Anachronox had abnormally awsome both playable and nonplayable characters. "Heroes", "villans" and those in between (grandpa who "if falls down, I get all his mystech") were all too good to be true.
Since it's unbeatable even by Drakensang, FO1/2 and Gothic, don't expect Bioware to make Anoxcharacters "killer".
But there were some Bioware characters that were made more than okay. Who didn't have a crush on Vicky (BG2) for example? And who wouldn't want to play another game with Garrus (ME series)?
I quite liked HK-47 at the time :)
Drakensang? Gothic's Diego? Uh ok.
By the way, the best squad member in ME was Wrex, not Garrus. They just kicked him out after the first game because EA.
This guy.
Tomi Undergallows was popular they hired another voice actor to replace him.
Deekin was cool too.
I think one of the key signs of Bioware's cluelessness is when they actually started defending Caspinar.
Minsc - the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be. HK-47 was great, too. Shale was pretty good, I'll give it third place. I don't remember anyone from the Neverwinter series…
Varric did have some great moments. The bit where he was telling the story about meeting his brother in DA2 was great stuff.
Hmm yes, Shale was up there.
Can't say I have a definite favorite though.
I cared for practically everyone in BG2 except Mazzy and Cernd. Other that BG2, I did get really fond of Garrus. I wouldn't say Bioware is bad at character writing. I suppose that is necessary though as their games are always require/encourages you to carry x number of companions :)
And as for Viconia, I was more of a Branwen fan personally (it's the Teutonic/shield maidenesque blonde thing) and kind of liked the sultry smoothness of Safana's voice and character too.
@ Purple_Blob. I'm with you on Cespenar. I don't get Lucky Day's point at all. He's kind of like the AD&D version of Orko from He-Man. "Why bastard sword you think, no parent?" :P
Morte was a Black Isle character; not a Bioware one. *finger shake*.
I liked Xan in the first Baldur's Gate. "Our quest is doomed". Pessimistic party members are too few and far between in games, I think.
I also liked Mazzy in the second Baldur's Gate. Really wanted to help her become a paladin, and was actually a bit surprised/disappointed that she couldn't reach her goal within the game.
The more fleshed out characters in later games are hampered by not leaving enough room for the player's imagination, I think. Xan only had a few lines and didn't play a big part in the story, but I kept him in my party along with the ever optimistic Garrick, becaused I could imagine their banter. Made the party less than optimal in battle, but that's role-playing.
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