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The Two Farm Systems: They are similar in that neither farm system is very deep at the position but yet the two organizations could not be more different when it comes to their crop of third base prospects. The Mets have more proven commodities hitting-wise at the position in Wilmer Flores and Aderlin Rodriguez, but neither of them, especially Rodriguez, project to be more than serviceable defensively at third while the Yankees have some high upside third sackers but they are considerably further away from the big leagues.
The most big league ready third baseman in either farm system is the Mets' Wilmer Flores. The Venezuelan right-handed batter hit a combined .300 with 18 home runs [50 extra-base hits in all] between high-A St. Lucie and Double-A Binghamton last season. The closest thing to a sure thing offensively, he has a lot more power potential in the tank. Defensively though, he's merely average at best at third. His range is very limited and because of his lack of speed he doesn't project to play anywhere else well defensively outside of first base.
That is certainly the case with the Mets' Aderlin Rodriguez. Listed at 6-foot-3 and an ultra-conservative 210 pounds [he's more like 240 pounds], he has virtually zero range at the hot corner and frankly projects best at first base despite boasting above average arm strength. And while he's not nearly the same hitter Flores is for average, he has mammoth power potential. It's not just long-term power potential either, it's 'now' plus power. Think of a Jesus Montero type power-wise and defensively, but not nearly as consistent a hitter.
The Yankees have two high-ceiling third basemen who can actually play the position well defensively, including Dante Bichette Jr. and Miguel Andujar, the latter of which has the chance to be very special on both sides of the ball, but neither are even out of the low-A ball level yet.
Bichette, the son of former Colorado Rockies slugger Dante Bichette Sr., hit just .248 with three home runs for the Charleston RiverDogs in low-A Charleston last season. The 20-year old is both a much better hitter and a more powerful hitter than his pedestrian numbers in his first taste of the long-season leagues would suggest. He shows good plate discipline, patience, and above average power potential, but the swing was tinkered with too much last year. Defensively he's solid, not spectacular, but his agility and range are superior to that of Flores and Rodriguez. The only defensive question mark with him is whether or not he will physically outgrow the position down the road.
Andujar will be 18 years old by the start of the 2013 season and has one of the highest upsides in either organization at any position. The Dominican native hit just .232 with one home run in his debut season with the Gulf Coast League Yankees last season after skipping the Dominican Summer League level entirely, but he boasts plus arm strength, great range, an advanced offensive approach, and average to above average power potential for such a slender guy. He has an Adrian Beltre-like ceiling on both sides of the ball, he just physically has to get stronger in the coming years.
The Yankees continue to have better lower level, high upside depth in the form of Matt Duran, a fourth round pick out of high school in 2011. A .300 hitter in his debut season that year, he struggled his first time under the lights last season, hitting just .221 on the year. However, he made the adjustment and hit .288 with all three of his home runs in the final 21 games of the season. Blessed with a tireless work ethic, he has the chance to not only stick at third base long-term but potentially thrive there defensively if he keeps his conditioning in check.
Keeping the line moving of potentially high-end third base prospects at the lower levels for the Yankees is Christopher Tamarez, a Dominican native who just hit a whopping .338 with 18 doubles and six home runs in the Dominican Summer League last year. The former shortstop is transitioning to third base now and shows he can handle the defensive duties, but while the power numbers have been great recently there is still a question mark as to his long-term power potential now that he's a corner infielder. He needs to get physically stronger.
Both organizations have potential utility type players currently playing third base, including the Mets' Zach Lutz, Josh Satin and Dustin Lawley, and the Yankees' Kevin Mahoney and Rob Lyerly. Satin, Lutz and Lawley are essentially the same players; right-handed batters, good body types, solid average power, average hitters with sound plate discipline, and serviceable defense who can split some time in the outfield and/or first base.
Mahoney and Lyerly are quite different, not only between themselves but in comparison to Lutz and Lawley. Both are left-handed batters with average power potential which limits their ceilings as everyday big league third basemen. Mahoney in particular though is a defensive wizard at third, can play an above average second base, and a Double-A All Star last year, can draw some walks too. He has the best chance of the group to carve himself a career as a big league bench guy given his defensive prowess.
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Power: Even though the Yankees have a lot more higher ceiling depth at the lower levels right now, it's all projection at this point. While Andujar, Bichette Jr., Duran, and Tamarez could change things down the road, the combination of Flores and Rodriguez with their 'now' power is just too much to ignore. Advantage: Mets
Hitting For Average: Again, the Yankees' lower level guys have the chance to hit for high averages down the road but they haven't done it yet. While Aderlin Rodriguez doesn't project to hit for average, Wilmer Flores already does and so do the likes of Satin, Lutz and Lawley. This is one category though that could quickly change over the next year. Advantage: Mets
Defense: Unfortunately for the Mets, they don't have one standout defensively at the hot corner. Only Wilmer Flores projects to be average and that's a best case scenario, and the Yankees have a number of fine defensive third base prospects right now, and that's not even including Mahoney below since he doesn't project as a starting type player. Advantage: Yankees
Overall Potential: Keeping in mind that only Wilmer Flores is a viable third base prospect defensively for the Mets [Aderlin Rodriguez will have to switch positions defensively], despite their offensive track records to date they simply can't overcome the depth the Yankees have of quality defensive guys to man the position, all of whom have high offensive upsides of their own. Advantage: Yankees
Highest Ceilings: Miguel Andujar (Yankees), Dante Bichette Jr. (Yankees), Wilmer Flores (Mets), Aderlin Rodriguez (Mets), Matt Duran (Yankees)
Best Power: Aderlin Rodriguez (Mets), Wilmer Flores (Mets), Dante Bichette Jr. (Yankees), Miguel Andujar (Yankees), Matt Duran (Yankees)
Best Average: Wilmer Flores (Mets), Dante Bichette Jr. (Yankees), Miguel Andujar (Yankees), Christopher Tamarez (Yankees), Matt Duran (Yankees)
Best Defense: Miguel Andujar (Yankees), Dante Bichette Jr. (Yankees), Matt Duran (Yankees), Christopher Tamarez (Yankees), Wilmer Flores (Mets)
Best Speed: Miguel Adujar (Yankees), Matt Duran (Yankees), Dante Bichette Jr. (Yankees), Christopher Tamarez (Yankees), Zach Lutz (Mets)
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The Westminster village sniggered a bit when Gordon Brown announced he'd be holidaying in Southwold last summer.
Rolling up your trousers for a cold paddle on a Suffolk beach somehow seemed rather un-prime ministerial.
But hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Looking back, it seems nothing short of a political masterstroke. And oh how George Osborne must be wishing he'd joined him.
After a donkey ride and a cornetto, Mr Osborne could have curled up on his deckchair and leafed through a nice James Bond novel.
Instead he went to Corfu and lived one.
Luxury yachts and Russian billionaires, Martinis and Mediterranean sunsets sound like a scene from the Quantum of Solace.
It's the sort of opulence to make a Bond villain's scar throb with envy.
Shaken and stirred
But unlike Daniel Craig's Martini, Mr Osborne emerges both shaken and stirred.
For amongst the glittering beau-monde he spied Peter Mandelson.
Fatefully, they gossiped as politicians do. Apparently some harsh words were said about Gordon Brown (no doubt enjoying his fish and chips on the prom a thousand miles away). And somehow it all ended up in the Sunday papers.
This spoiled Mr Mandelson's return to the Cabinet. And if you do that, you'd better be prepared. It's the political equivalent of spilling Goldfinger's drink. Or stepping carelessly on Rosa Clebb's stilettos.
Mr Osborne has been reaping the whirlwind ever since. For in politics, just as in MI6, it's Live and Let Die.
George Osborne will not be appearing on the Politics Show this Sunday.
The Conservative Party have buried him deeper than a baddies underground laboratory from which global domination is planned.
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By Bill Archambeault
September 2007
MBA President David W. White Jr., whose term begins Sept. 1, has
focused on reforming criminal sentencing and the legal profession's
environmental practices as his two main priorities for the 2007-08
term, whose theme is "Speaking with One Voice."
White, a principal at Breakstone, White & Gluck PC in
Boston, is a personal injury lawyer with more than 20 years of
experience. Despite his focus on civil law, White is making
criminal sentencing reform his primary goal this year.
A Criminal Sentencing Symposium has been scheduled for
Oct. 23 at the Statehouse.
"My biggest priority for the year is working on criminal
sentencing reform in Massachusetts. There's no question that
criminal sentencing in Massachusetts is not working. People who are
incarcerated are not getting rehabilitated at all."
Many of those in jail are there for drug and alcohol charges,
but aren't given access to badly needed treatment, White said.
"We're talking about changes that would increase treatment,
education and training, increase opportunities for parole," he
said, while also increasing supervision after release.
With limited resources for or emphasis on reform and supervised
release, there's no incentive to parole prisoners, White said.
"It's not just providing supervision, it's also providing
support," he said, and that leads to unacceptably high recidivism
"We've pretty much guaranteed that a person will commit another
crime when they get out," he said.
In addition to reforming a badly broken system, White says there
are financial considerations, as well. He estimates that it will
cost $1 in reform expenses to save $7 currently spent on
"You're saving a lot of money. At the same time, you're rebuilding
families, rebuilding communities. It's a win-win-win situation,"
White said, adding, "We spend more on criminal justice than public
While the public generally favors criminal justice reform, White
said, the Legislature is wary of facing vehement objections in the
public and the press, even if those voices are in the
White is also concerned about reforming the Criminal Offender
Record Information system because requests for the CORI status of
prospective teachers, coaches and employees is growing unabated,
but those requesting the records often find the information
confusing. For example, White said, an employer may not realize the
distinction between a prospective employee who's been found guilty
and one who's been arrested but cleared of all charges.
"Employers look at CORIs and they're very difficult to read,"
White said, suggesting also that CORI reports should be limited
after a period of years with no criminal activity. "I believe in
the basic good of people, that most people can be rehabilitated.
Obviously, some people will never be rehabilitated, but I'm not
talking about serial killers and rapists. It's a critical time to
face these questions. I believe society is ready to move forward on
these questions."
Making it easier to be green
The second priority has nothing to do with rewriting laws or
enforcing statutes, but White feels strongly that the environment
is a pressing issue on which the legal profession needs to not only
reform, but also lead the way.
This year, the MBA will issue an "Eco-Challenge" to the legal
community in Massachusetts.
"The earth is at a crossroads. Human pollution is causing
significant climate challenges," he said. "The generation right
behind us is going to be significantly impacted unless we do
something. We have to change that culture. The business of law can
be an example of how businesses can be run efficiently and
"I believe that law firms in Massachusetts can be leaders in the
nation in the implementation of recycling," White said. "There are
so many ways that lawyers can change simple habits and affect the
amount of energy they're using."
Whether it's turning lamps off at the end of the day, installing
energy-efficient equipment and light bulbs, and recycling/reducing
paper, White sees room for tremendous energy savings.
"If a firm is buying new computers or a new refrigerator, they
need to make an energy-conscious choice," he said. Likewise, he
said, if a firm is building new offices, they should achieve
certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
(LEED is the Green Building Rating System certified for energy
"Everybody should be doing it, and there's no reason lawyers
shouldn't be taking the lead. It's also good for the image of
The details of the Eco-Challenge are still being decided, but
White has high hopes for making an impact, starting with the MBA's
staff and offices at 20 West St. in Boston and 73 State St. in
"We look forward to challenging law firms across the state to be
the most energy conscious," he said.
"Massachusetts has a real chance to be the national leader in
this effort," he said. "Conservation is critical to slowing demand
for electricity. Sensible conservation will also allow the time to
develop alternative resources."
So far, the only other state bar association making an
environmental effort is Oregon's, White said.
Other areas of focus
In addition to criminal sentencing reform and the Eco-Challenge,
White said he will continue to maintain the MBA's strong
relationship with the judiciary. That will include a collaborative
effort with the courts on establishing plain English jury
instructions, which MBA Treasurer Valerie A. Yarashus will co-chair
on the MBA's behalf.
"Effective communication with jurors is critical to having an
effective system of justice," White said.
White says plans are underway to enhance member services, including
creating a Web-based, interactive forum that "will be a way for our
members to get instant access to the wisdom of the rest of the
He is hopeful that the forum will serve as an additional measure
to increase interaction between the MBA's leaders and its
White wants members to let him and the other leaders know what
they want from the MBA.
"We're looking for ideas, so I hope members come forward with
their ideas on how to make the MBA an even stronger organization,"
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2013 Minifigs:
So, if you know me at all, then you probably know that the Baldur's Gate series of PC role-playing games are my favorite games of all time. Running on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules, this classic CRPG series lets you explore the Forgotten Realms and beyond, while gathering a party of colorful companions, discovering dark secrets about your heritage, and fighting off powerful villains who would use your power for their own ends.
Now, the original Baldur's Gate was released back in 1998, and the (usually considered superior) sequel, BG2: Shadows of Amn, was released in 2000, so there's a good chance visitors of my site haven't played these games. If that's the case, I recommend you pick them up on GOG.com (the links above will take you there) and play 'em. I've even made my own set of guides for beginners. So just forget these silly LEGO things and go play it.
But, here they are anyway:
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The heroes of Baldur's Gate II. From left to right: Jan Jansen, Keldorn Firecam, Aerie, Jaheira, Imoen, the Bhaalspawn, Minsc, Viconia De'Vir, Edwin Odessieron, Yoshimo, and Korgan Bloodaxe.
I first made these minifigs back in 2005 (the original versions are at the bottom of this page), but massively improved them in 2013.
No, this isn't every character in the game, just my favorites. Maybe one day I'll make Anomen, Nalia, Cernd, Valygar, and Mazzy for completionist's sake.
For clarification, this guy I called the Bhaalspawn is my protagonist. I always see the Bhaalspawn as a ranger in red dragonscale with the Celestial Avenger katana, since that's how I first played the game.
The party you start off with in the lovely Chateau Irenicus: Minsc, Jaheira, and Imoen. I tried to make the characters more closely resemble their portraits in my new decal designs.
Of course, Minsc and his miniature giant space hamster Boo are the most iconic characters in the series. Boo even makes an appearance much later in another BioWare game, Mass Effect 2.
Some of my favorite other NPC's in BG2: Keldorn, Aerie, Yoshimo, and Jan Jansen. You haven't really played BG2 until you've played it all the way through with Jan Jansen in your party.
Much to the annoyance of anyone trying to play BG2 as an evil character, there are only three evil-aligned NPC's: Korgan Bloodaxe, Edwin Odessieron, and Viconia De'Vir. Of course, they're also some of the best party members you can get, and have some pretty amusing banter if you bring all three along.
The villains of BG2: Jon Irenicus and Bodhi from Shadows of Amn and Amelyssan the Blackhearted from Throne of Bhaal.
Irenicus is one of the best villains in any game, though admittedly a lot of this is due to the superb voice acting of David Warner.
You know, somehow I don't think any page of Dungeons & Dragons minifigs would be complete without Drizzt Do'Urden, who is basically the face of D&D and the Forgotten Realms. I used to read R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt books when I was a kid, but I couldn't get into his newer installments...
Drizzt makes appearances in both Baldur's Gate games. I based my old Drizzt minifig's armor on the appearance of his armor item in Baldur's Gate, but this time I updated to a more modern Todd Lockwood outfit. I'm not really a big fan of the dull grey-brown leather and practically-straight, identical "scimitars" that Lockwood gave Drizzt, but hey...
Older Minifigs (from 2005-2006)
We'll start off with Sarevok, the main villain of Baldur's Gate 1:
I'm still pretty proud of this little minifig, even though it's old. I've seen him pop up all over the Internet in peoples' avatars and such.
Sarevok unmasked. You can see a bunch more photos of this minifig over here on Brickshelf.
The old version of my Drizzt minifig, based on his armor's appearance in Baldur's Gate 1, and on the older covers of the Salvatore novels, which I prefer in many ways over the new ones.
Wait, who the heck is this elf chick in the ridiculous armor? Why, it's Lady Aribeth de Tylmarande (what a mouthful) from Neverwinter Nights, BioWare's overall disappointing successor to Baldur's Gate! I'm not even sure why I made her.
The Solar from Throne of Bhaal!
Anyway, if you want to see the rest of my older BG2 minifigs, you can check 'em out over here on Brickshelf. There's a bunch of stuff in there, like the character portraits and some fight scenes and Drizzt's party and some random archer lady from a canceled comic book series called Sojourn.
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A Remembrance of Things Passed
The last time Congress took up major financial regulatory legislation they got it completely wrong. The result created a virtual certainty that within ten years we would face a combined economic and financial crisis the likes of which we had not experienced since the Great Depression.
It was 1999, and Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) — now a vice chairman of the global banking giant UBS — had ascended to the chairmanship of the Senate Banking Committee in the Republican-controlled Congress. It was Gramm who became the point man for the financial industry and chief sponsor of the deregulation plan known as Gramm-Leach-Bliley, the so-called Financial Services Modernization Act. Today, of course, there are many who point to the passing of that bill, and the following year's Commodity Futures Modernization Act, as having played a key role in eliminating many of the regulatory controls over a financial industry that was then allowed to run amok.
Unfortunately, at the time there were not many in Congress who didn't buy the line being peddled by the big bankers and investment firms and their lobbyists: that "modernization" was needed to encourage the financial "innovations" that would enhance the "competitiveness" of America's superior "free markets". That's why, they argued, we needed to dismantle many of the core regulatory standards and provisions that had been put in place in the wake of the 1929 Crash and subsequent Depression-era banking crisis — including, for example, the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act which prohibited bank holding companies from owning other financial firms and separated commercial banks from securities firms and investment banks.
One of a handful of Senators who opposed Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the whole blind march toward financial deregulation was Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND). On May 6, 1999, as Senator Gramm brought his deregulation plan to the Senate floor, Dorgan sought time to speak. Given what we've gone through in the last three years especially, with the disastrous excesses of the financial sector and the utter failure of regulators and policymakers previously to rein them in, only a fool wouldn't listen to those whose warnings at the time have since proven so correct.
So with the help of C-SPAN's new digital video library we offer the following clips from the Senate remarks by Byron Dorgan on May 6, 1999.
Clip 1 (0:52)
Gramm appears annoyed that Dorgan seeks time to speak.
Clip 2 (4:08)
Calling the legislation "a terrible idea" Dorgan details the recent 1998 wave of bank mergers, including that of Citibank with insurance giant Travelers, and the ongoing concentration of bank assets in fewer and bigger banks.
Clip 3 (8:13)
In this, the longest running clip, Dorgan discusses the 1998 meltdown and subsequent Fed-led bank bailout of the unregulated hedge fund Long Term Capital Management; Glass-Steagall and the lessons of the 1920s; the dangerous growth (mild by today's standards) of unregulated derivatives; and the problem of having banks that are "too-big-to-fail".
Clip 4 (1:34)
Dorgan recalls what happened in the late 1970s and early 1980s after the Savings and Loans were deregulated and hundreds of billions in S&L bailouts.
Clip 5 (1:55)
The legislation then under consideration, Dorgan says, would "raise the likelihood of future massive taxpayer bailouts."
Clip 6 (1:11)
"The horses are out of the barn"
Clip 7 (0:32)
Dorgan describes the dangers of allowing banks to engage in proprietary trading in derivatives, and predicts that someday we will ask why we didn't understand the consequences.
Clip 8 (0:59)
Saying he knows that Gramm's deregulation plan — the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 — is going to pass, Dorgan warns "you are begging for trouble."
Later that same night the Senate passed Gramm's bill by a near party line vote of 55 to 44. Dorgan was pleasantly surprised at the time that all but one Democratic Senator voted with him. But the fix was in, as it were. Inside the Clinton administration, those who had been resisting the push for financial deregulation, such as Clinton's first Labor Secretary Robert Reich and former Council of Economic Advisors chairman Joseph Stiglitz, were now gone. On July 1st the House passed its version, which had been sponsored by Republicans Jim Leach of Iowa and Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. of Virginia.
The next day Lawrence Summers — now director of the National Economic Council in the Obama administration — became Secretary of the Treasury. Summers had replaced his mentor Robert Rubin, previously CEO of Goldman Sachs, who left Treasury to join the Board of Directors of Citigroup. Rubin, along with Summers and Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, had been busy serving the deregulation 'Kool-Aid' for several years, under the guise that "modernization" would bring "innovation" and greater "competitiveness." As recently as last month Rubin was still saying "virtually nobody" saw the financial meltdown coming.
Because the House and Senate-passed versions of the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley bill differed, it was sent to a conference committee to come up with a single version. In an effort to get more Democratic votes in Congress, the administration pushed some modifications that ostensibly were designed to strengthen some anti-redlining provisions under the Community Reinvestment Act, thereby making loans more available in lower-income communities. And they passed around the 'Kool-Aid' on that. It is clear now, of course, that the bill simply made it easier for banks and other financial institutions to pursue predatory lending practices.
The final version was taken up and passed on November 4, 1999. The Senate vote was 90 to 8. Among those currently in the Senate only Democrats Byron Dorgan (ND), Barbara Boxer (CA), Russ Feingold (WI), Tom Harkin (IA), Barbara Mikulski (MD) and Republican Richard Shelby (AL) voted against it. The House vote was 362 to 57, with Bernie Sanders of Vermont, now a Senator, among those voting "Nay".
During the debate prior to Senate passage, Dorgan reiterated many of the objections and warnings he had raised earlier that year. Ten years later, his warnings having gone unheeded while also having been proved so accurate, Senator Dorgan published a book Reckless: How Debt, Deregulation and Dark Money Nearly Bankrupted America (And How We Can Fix It!)
Unfortunately, Senator Dorgan has announced he will retire from the Senate at the end of this year. So has Senator Ted Kaufman (D-DE) and current Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT). With the myriad problems that must be directly and effectively addressed in a new financial reform plan, these three Senators are among those that stand to play key roles in crafting the specifics of that plan. They and their colleagues need to put in place the toughest possible rules and a framework to get the financial system to do what it's supposed to do — invest in the growth of the economy for the benefit of all Americans. Dorgan, Dodd and Kaufman should "not go gentle into that good night". This time it's crucial that they get this right.


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Jeff Gordon will drive a special paint scheme celebrating 20 Years of DuPont and Hendrick Motorsports. Since his debut in the Sprint Cup Series, Gordon has 86 wins. "DuPont gave a young guy with a dream a shot – and I'll never forget that," said Gordon. "They have been a partner in so many more ways than just sponsoring our team. Over two decades, not only have they supported the business of racing at Hendrick Motorsports and my career, but we have built very strong relationships with all of the DuPont employees. You can see photos of the car below.
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Still need to pick up snacks for your Super Bowl party (or, just for your super weekend)? Our local markets have some ideas for you!
At the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket on Saturday, February 1, stop by the information tent to find some crowd-pleasing recipes. And be sure to swing by between 11am and 1pm, when, in addition to recipes, they'll be serving up Divine Brine pickles and beer-battered onion rings.
Then at the Park Slope Farmers Market on Sunday, February 2, check out Danascara Cheese, which brings its sheep's milk cheeses from upstate New York, and would be a great addition to a Super Bowl spread. They're joining the market this week as a full-season vendor, so welcome them, and say hi to all the vendors who are out there each week, even in the cold!
The GAP Greenmarket runs Saturdays from 8am-4pm at Grand Army Plaza. The Park Slope Farmers Market runs Sundays from 10am-4pm along 4th Street at 5th Ave.
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Wray Museum in Archaeology
As you enter the door of the Wray Museum, a life-sized model of a Bison Antiquus greets you. Crafted by Lance Bohall, this sculpture gives the viewer a real sense of the size of the Bison hunted by the Paleo Indians 10,000 years ago. In 1972 Robert Jones was digging an irrigation system south of Laird, CO, when he began to uncover bones-thousands of bones. The site was excavated from 1973 to 1975 by the Smithsonian Institute lead by Dr. Dennis Standford with funding from the National Geographic Society. Excavators found 41,000 bison bones, 248 stone artifacts, thousands of small animal bones and land snails. Part of the actual bone bed from the Jones Miller site and artifacts from other archaeology sites in Yuma County are on display at the Wray Museum.
Riddles From the Past, Resources for the Future is an exhibit that highlights Colorado Archaeology. Assembled by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, this pictorial review includes the development of Mesa Verde, Chimney Rock, the Granby site, and other Colorado sites.
The Wray Archaeology Club spent six months with over 600 hours of volunteer time to clean, catalog, and display the 800+ stone artifacts at the museum. The Wray Museum Arrowhead Display contains Archaic, Paleo, and Woodland points, scrapers, and knives.
The Beecher Island Room at the Wray Museum
The Beecher Island Room has been recently remodeled with help from the Beecher Island Association, Kitzmiller-Bales Trust and the Gerber Trust, and the East Yuma County Historical Society. The room is devoted to the Battle of Beecher Island and the Beecher Island Memorial Association Annual Reunion.
The Battle of Beecher Island took place on September 17, 1868 and lasted for nine days. Twenty years after the historical battle, two of the surviving scouts returned to the battle site and with the help of local community members erected a monument. In 1899 a reunion was held to commemorate the battle and has been held every year since.
The 1863 Mountain Howitzer Cannon is one of the two cannons that were originally donated to the Beecher Island Memorial Association by the United States Arsenal at Rock Island, Illinois in October 1916. They were secured through the efforts of Congressman Tumberlake at the last session of Congress in 1916. Congressman Tumberlake had attended the 1915 reunion of the Battle of Beecher Island and had acquired a lively interest in the historic spot. Although the Mountain Howitzer Cannon was not used in the Battle of Beecher Island, it was used in the Civil War and afterwards on the Western Plains. Today, there are very few of these cannons that still exist. The cannon is mounted on a replica carriage, in order for a better understanding of its historical use.
An incredible detailed painting, entitled Forsythe's Fight on the Arickaree, features Captain Allison Pliley, one of the army scouts involved in the Beecher Island Battle. Mrs. Patricia M. Lorenz, granddaughter of Captain Allison J. Pliley, commissioned it in 1966. She had long desired to commemorate the participation of her grandfather in the literal taming of the West. Two years before the centennial anniversary of the battle, Irene Selonke created a remarkable and vivid mural of the battle. Irene Selonke is an artist of note. Her work has been exhibited at the Lever House, New York, the Merrill Chase Galleries in Chicago and the Garden of the Gods Gallery in Colorado Springs. She has been recognized as one of the "Women Artists of the West" and is listed in the "Who's Who in American Artists, 1971" and "World Who's Who of Women". We are fortunate that one of her paintings has found a permanent home at the Wray Museum.
The Beecher Island Room also features a diorama of the battle created by local artist Scott Chartier. This detailed portrayal of the battle took 3 years to research and complete. Also on display are memorabilia and photographs from the annual reunion.
The Trophy Room
A favorite of Wray's school children is the Trophy Room. Dale Whomble, an area resident, hunted and fished around the world during the winter months when he was not farming. He accumulated many wonderful trophies, which he displayed in his home. After his passing, his children donated his collection to the Wray Museum. In this room you will see bears, a wolf, leopard, cheetah, lions, eland, gazelle, many other animals, and fish.
This room also contains a mounted Migratory and Occupant Bird Collection from Barr Lake, which came from the original Beecher Island Museum. The birds were mounted and researched by L. Ray Hersey who was an avid naturalist in the 1910s and 20s.
Shady Rest Country Store
The Shady Rest Country Store Collection was donated to the Museum by Edwin "Bud" and Virginia Loeffler who started collecting old store items when they were first married in 1951. Over the years they accumulated a wonderful, large assortment of items.
Virginia was born in Armel to James and Myrtle Donaldson. In 1928 her parents built the Shady Rest Camp and Store in Wray and ran it until 1937. Bud traveled the northern states and parts of Canada for CF & I and brought home many treasures from his route. This country store has something for everyone and offers a peek into the stores of the past.
William B. Coston Photography Exhibit
William B. Coston came to Wray with his father at the age of 15 in 1886. He learned the art of photography while helping Mr. Marsh in his photograph studio in Greeley, CO. He became Wray's first photographer in 1900 when he opened his studio in a small shed next to his home. The William B. Coston Photography Exhibit features over 70 photos of early day Wray and the surrounding area. Included in the photography display are Mr. Coston's cameras, a replica studio and a beautiful 1861 Steinway Square Baby Grand Piano in rosewood finish that has a unique story of its own.
Rotating Exhibit Gallery of the Wray Museum
Wray, Colorado: "The Village of Yesterday, the Town of Today, and the City of Tomorrow"
For 130 years Wray has been growing and evolving into the town we know and love. Displays in the Rotating Exhibit Gallery feature a variety of uniforms that citizens have worn over the years. A uniform is standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Uniforms created a sense of solidarity and pride for the wearer; make them easily recognizable and also distinguish them for the service they do. Uniforms not only make them feel proud but also have an imposing effect on others. The presence of a person in a uniform, can change the mood of people around. Stop by to view our School, Military, Band, Civic, Recreational, and Professional Service uniforms as well as memorabilia from area businesses and local celebrations.
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An isolate(s) is cultured on to an agar plate, and a liquid suspension is made of colonies that grow on the plate. Measured amounts of the bacterial suspension are mixed with small amounts of agarose. These agarose 'plugs' are treated in such a way to break down the wall of the bacterial cells embedded within. When the wall of the cells are broken down the cells are washed and then mixed with an enzyme (endonuclease) which digests the cell DNA into many fragments. Gel electrophoresis is then set-up and digested cell 'plugs' are embedded to the top of the gel. An electrical pulsed field is created and applied to gel in a buffered environment. After 18hr distinct DNA banding patterns may be visualised with staining and UV light.
Figure: PFGE of isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium
We comply with PulseNet typing protocol which uses a standardised Pulse field electrophoresis (PFGE) method to subtype and analyse certain groups of bacterial isolates.
NSSLRL is connected to the European Pulse-Net network where molecular patterns are sent to a centralised server database for comparison with other isolates.
Figure: PFGE of isolates of Listeria spp.
BioNumerics is software from Applied Maths BVBA (Sint-Marteens-Latem, Belgium) to analyse and compare *.tif images and *.bdl files from PFGE gels.
The following picture is representative of dendogram analysis that is produced from this software.
Multi locus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) is based on repetitive DNA sequences called tandem repeats which mutate at a high rate. The NSSLRL performs MLVA on S.Typhimurium isolates while an MLVA scheme for S.Enteritidis is currently being evaluated. For S.Typhimurium repetitive elements of 5 genes are analysed. A multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is performed using flourescent primers to amplify the regions of interest. The PCR products are then analysed by a sequencer to produce accurate size measurements. The peak sizes allow the number of tandem regions in each region be estinated. The results of the 5 genes are combined to give an MLVA pattern or allele string for each isolate, e.g. 03-14-06-12-311. MLVA patterns from different isolates can be compared. MLVA allows discrimination between isolates which would otherwise appear homogenous, e.g. S.Typhimurium isolates of the DT104 family which appear clonal using PFGE. This technique helps in the detection of Salmonella outbreaks and also in tracing links between animal and food sources and human infections.


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The Ford Mustang has been one of the all-time favorite racing machines in the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series for years with top road-course specialists behind the wheel such as Tommy Kendall, Dorsey Schroeder, Parnelli Jones and the first time Mustang champion in 1967: Jerry Titus.
The Mustang has been and still is a car to contend with in sportscar and touring races. Currently the car is running in both the Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge and the SCCA SPEED World Challenge series. Plus the brand now has its own series, the Ford Mustang Racing Challenge for the Miller Cup.
The car has been a choice of amateur racers for the years, especially the SCCA and National Auto Sport Association (NASA), plus other road-racing series around the globe.
John Force, the 14 time National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) champion straight-lined the Ford Motor Company's Mustang for years. His Funny Car team currently consisting of Mike Neff, Robert Hight and Ashley Force Hood run the Mustangs. They are not the only team in the top Pro series or the Sportsman series that race the Ford brand in drag-racing.
The one series that mainly runs on ovals is one of the premier series in North America, based in Daytona Beach, Fla. with a second home where many of the teams reside in Charlotte, N.C.
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is by far the top stockcar series with not only a worldwide audience but with drivers that stretch across the globe, even if most are from the USA.
Ford Racing, the motorsports arm of the Ford company, has been involved in off-road, drifting, drag racing, sports car racing, monster truck and many road racing series for many, many years. Of course they have been active in NASCAR but 2010 will mark the debut of the Mustang in the history of NASCAR.
"We're excited about Mustang coming to NASCAR," said Brian Wolfe, director of Ford North America Motorsports. "It's the most successful product nameplate in racing history, and it seems only right that it should be coming to the most popular form of racing in North America."
Per the Ford Racing press release, this idea has been in the works for some time and they have already "gone through the official NASCAR submission and approval process for the new car, and, once templates are finalized, production of Mustang parts will start so teams can build the first cars for testing later this fall". The new 2010 Mustang will make its debut in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
"We had been talking with NASCAR for some time about Mustang as part of its vision for a 'muscle car' rollout for the Nationwide Series. We both saw it as a way of differentiating the series from Sprint Cup," said Wolfe. "We loved the idea, so we jumped on the chance to extend Mustang's racing legacy to a new series reaching a huge and loyal audience. Mustang has dominated other forms of racing, including NHRA drag racing, Grand-Am Cup road racing, and Formula D drifting, and now it's coming to NASCAR Nationwide."
Ford teams are major players in the top three NASCAR series with wins and championships in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series where thy currently run and will continue to campaign the Ford Fusion. The Ford F-150 has carried drivers to championships in wins in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
In the Nationwide series, Ford cars have been active in taking race wins and titles. Ford's last championship in the second-tier NASCAR series was in th hands of Carl Edwards in 2007.
"We're excited about the new car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and particularly the new body styles such as the Ford Mustang," said NASCAR President Mike Helton. "It's going to be one good-looking race car."
Ford has not said exactly when the Mustang will be shown to the public but it will be later in the season. "I think race fans -- and Mustang loyalists - will be very pleased when we publicly roll out the first car later this fall," said Wolfe.
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Whales and Sunsets in Gros Morne National Park
On Friday afternoon, July 11 just as the skies opened up we started driving from Corner Brook to Gros Morne National Park. The forecast was calling for good weather so we hoped the heavy rain was localized and sure enough as we headed north from Deer Lake it began to clear and by the time we reached Woody Point it was sunny again. We checked into the comfortable Victorian Manor Efficiency Units (http://www.grosmorne.com/victorianmanor/) and shortly thereafter our friends Martin and Molly Ware arrived. Our plan was to show them some short hiking trails that we had discovered the previous fall and have dinner at the Merchant Warehouse which just opened last year on the Woody Point waterfront.
Walking the Beach Trail in Woody Point
After a short hike along the Beach Trail (trailhead 21 0433316 E 5482899 N) we wondered down to the Merchant Warehouse and chose a table on the deck overlooking the ocean. No sooner had we sat down than we spotted a couple of minke whales cruising for their dinner. Our waitress told us that minke whales had been frequent visitors to the Woody Point area this summer but we think it is the very first time we have seen whales from our dining room table!!
We saw minke whales from the deck of the Merchant Warehouse
For supper we had a mix of dishes and we really enjoyed their most popular dinners – the "cod bites" served with a caesar salad as well as the deep fried cod . The Merchant Warehouse is more than just a place to eat. One of our favourite groups, the "Once" was playing there to a sold out crowd the next night. Contact the Merchant Warehouse to find out what other musical events they have planned for this summer-ph. 709-453-2485.
The deep fried cod and caesar salad were delicious
After supper we headed to Trout River where we wanted to walk on the waterfront boardwalk and see the sunset. We weren't disappointed and the warm weather had lots of people strolling along the beach. A high band of cloud came along and the sun highlighted the cloud as it set. Awesome!
Head to the Trout River boardwalk for great sunsets
The next morning (Saturday, July 12) we enjoyed a great breakfast on the deck of the Victorian Manor. The sun shimmered off of Bonne Bay and we could see Gros Morne Mountain in the distance. This deck is a real bonus and we feasted on eggs and sausages while we planned the day.
We enjoyed eating breakfast on the deck of the Victorian Manor
We suggested to Martin and Molly that they might like to check out one of the community trails in Trout River so after packing up we drove to the Old Man – Lighthouse trailhead in Trout River (21 U 0418042 E 5481221 N) . The 800 meter (1 way) trail climbs steeply at first before traversing the flat marine terrace. This trail has very good vistas of the community of Trout River as well as its fishing boats and wharves. The route traverses past fields of wildflowers and we saw buttercups, hair bells , blue flag iris, and daisies along the way. There is a 140 meter side trail to the Old Man which is a pinnacle shaped rock formed when sea levels were higher at the close of the last ice age.
Walking on the Lighthouse Trail near Trout River
For our picnic lunch we headed to the Parks Canada day use area at scenic Trout River Pond. Then before heading back to Corner Brook, we drove to one of our favourite lookouts in this area which provides an excellent view of Trout River Pond. The coordinates of the lookout are: 21 U 0418535 E and 5479155 N. The southern part of Gros Morne National Park has much to recommend it and we will be back before the summer is over to check out more of its hikes and other activities.
The southern part of Gros Morne Park is also home to the unusual Tablelands


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The hedge fund universe is dominated by funds with more than $1 billion dollars under management, a new study finds.
Investment research firm PerTrac found that while such big-money funds made up less than 3.9% of the the total, they manage 60% of assets under all single managers.
American hedge funds run by single managers represented 42.3% of worldwide hedge fund assets, with British-run funds coming in a distant second with 25.6% of total assets. Better than half of hedge funds operate in U.S. dollars.
PerTrac concluded that investors seek safety in larger funds even though smaller hedge funds offer a better return on average.
In 2011, 322 single-manager hedge funds managed assets greater than $1 billion.
Institutional investors were even more likely to flock to large hedge funds and funds of hedge funds (FoHFs), PerTrac found. FoHFs with assets over $1 billion rose in number by 18% last year, even as the total number of FoHFs fell 4.8%.
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Monday marked the 7th year in a row that Greenville, SC has hosted the USA Cycling Championships!
It also marked the last year, as the race will move to Chattanooga, TN for at least the next 2 years. I am sure the people of Chattanooga are very excited and hopefully the city will embrace the event like Greenville has.
It does make me a little sad because the race gets the city of Greenville excited about a sport that I have really come to love in the last couple of years. It also brings an awareness to the sport that helps all of us cyclists be respected and safe on the roads.
As I mentioned Friday, George Hincapie has been an awesome advocate for cycling in the area, which results in the huge cycling community that we have in Greenville. The USA Cycling Championships helps breed that interest in the sport and further grow it.
The good news, I had big plans for spectating this year! First, I rode my bike about a mile from my house to Cleveland park, where I was able to see the riders 4 times during the first two loops of downtown.
Coming into the park…
The first loop, I watched from across the street…
Then I crossed to the inside turn and they were so close I could have reached out and touched them as they rode by!
The speed they keep as they go through these sharp curves is unbelievable. It is really so cool to see athletes at the top of their sport performing at this level.
I met up with some friends in the park, then after the first two loops, we rode our bikes about 1/2 a mile into downtown and stopped by the Hincapie store that was set up on the street.
Side bar: I totally scored at the sale, getting a full Hincapie Cycling kit for $64! The shorts themselves normally retail for $99. I also got a teal sleeveless cycling jersey for $35, that would have been $79 at full price.
The actual kit is not exactly like this, but similar:
This is the exact teal jersey:
I don't have many quality cycling jerseys/shorts so I am super excited about this deal!
After our little shopping trip, we took off for Paris Mountain. The race inlcuded 4 loops of the mountain, which is only about a 5k climb to the top, but has roughly 2000 ft. of climbing in that short distance. Our plan was to get as close to the top as we could before the race came behind us.
It was really cool riding out to and up Paris Mountain because all of the spectators were cheering for us as we climbed too! We ended up making it almost to the top and stopped on a super steep incline after the police came through to warn us the riders were coming. It was only their second time up but the lead pack had split to about 28 riders and they were just grinding up the climb!
I had gotten a great picture of them climbing on my iPhone, but my phone died immediately after so it didn't save 😦
After they passed, we finished the climb up to the top, where it was a HUGE party! People had been tailgating there all morning and they were partying it up with music blasting and tons of cowbells, noisemakers, etc. It seriously reminded me of something you would see at Tour de France, with people chasing the riders up the climbs and all. It was awesome to experience this side of the race for the first time.
We chatted with friends and hung out until the riders finished the 3rd loop, then we busted it back into downtown so we could see the finish.
It looked like it was going to be a close finish with a group of 4-6 riders chasing down Timmy Duggan through the final loops of downtown, but he held on and won the USA Cycling Championship for the first time!
Tim is a little guy, short and very compact, but he packs a ton of power in that little body. The best part was that he and his teammate Ted King were the only two riders from their team (Liquigas-Cannondale) at this race. Some of the other teams had 6-8 people, which gives them a huge advantage. Tim said in the interview that with only the two of them, that left very little option other than to ride hard and do everything right.
We walked past Timmy and Ted on our way out and they were very friendly to everyone, signing autographs, taking pictures and just chatting with spectators. It was very cool.
Finally, I rode home from downtown, finishing with about 23 miles on the day.
It was a fantastic day and a great way to spectate the event. I hope that we have the opportunity to bring this back to Greenville after the 2 years in Chattanooga is up!


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Shadow education secretary Damian Green also promised more specialist technical schools and improved adult learning.
Almost a quarter of companies reported a skills shortage last year, according to government figures.
Mr Green said it was "sensible" to focus on this rather than increasing the number of university students.
'Left behind'
He added: "Not only will this transform our poor performance on competitiveness, it will enhance the chances in life of those whose abilities are practical rather than academic.
"These are the children who are too often left behind in our school system, and who are treated much better in other European countries, who adopt the approach we are suggesting."
The CBI estimates that poor skills cost the British economy £10bn a year.
He promised to look at Germany's "dual system", where older students spend more time in the workplace.
Mr Green added: "The biggest long-term educational handicap this country faces is a lack of technical skills.
"We fall far behind our competitors in non-degree qualifications, and this is where any sensible government would concentrate, not in increasing the number of graduates."
The Conservative Party has already promised a voucher-style system, under which parents would be able to "spend" the amount allocated for each child on the state school of their choice.
It has also promised to abolish undergraduate tuition fees.
Universities say this would reduce student numbers. The government has set a target of getting "towards 50%" of young people into higher education by 2010.
Liberal Democrat education spokesman Phil Willis said: "We support an increase in vocational courses.
"But, with Conservative plans to cut 450,000 University places, they are pulling up the ladder for young people who want to continue with higher education after obtaining technical skills.
"This should not be a polarising 'either/ or' situation. Young people should be given the option of studying in vocational programmes and going to university."


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For some reason there doesnt appear to much make up in this months favourites, although I'm sure that will all change next month as I've just started using a couple of things that I've been loving! My first favourite is this lovely heat defence styling spray from Tresemme.I always have this worry that spraying my hair when its dry will cause it to look greasy although with this it's not a problem. I also think its really well priced at £3 in Asda considering you get 300ml and it smells great. Another product I've been loving from Tresemme is this spilt remedy serum which I did a full review on here. I had to pick up this Radox shower cream after hearing so much about it and love the smell! My skins also been loving this Almond Body Butter from the Body Shop which sadly featured in my empties yesterday. I haven't used the Biore cleanser long enough to comment on a change in my skin - although it had to be a favourite purely for the warming sensation which is more common in masks. This Japonesque brush was a great find at just £3.50 and I've loved using it this month. Finally I discovered MUA nail polishes! This ones in Pistachio ice cream and I cant wait to try more!
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10 Fun Facts About Kissing
Smooching, frenching, snogging, lip-locking, sucking face, necking, pecking, tongue wrestling, tonsil hockey. Call it what you want, I'm talking about kissing. It's a strange phenomenon when you consider the mechanics — putting your mouth on another human's mouth, touching tongues, swapping spit. How the heck did we come up with that? This strange act, when done properly, can make life worth living. A new book, Kisstory: A Sweet And Sexy Look At The History Of Kissing by Joanne Wannan, explores the history of our favorite amorous pastime. After the jump, ten facts you probably didn't know about the kiss. [The Daily Mail]
- The word "kiss" comes from the German word "kussjan." Does that mean that Germans invented kissing? Wouldn't have thunk it.
- The average person spends about 15 days kissing throughout the course of a lifetime. That's like a full vacation.
- Making out is a good workout. Engaging in lip lock for one minute burns 26 calories. So hitting the lips for an hour is way more effective than hitting the gym for an hour.
- Kissing messes with your hormones. A peck on the cheek can raise your hormone levels enough to shorten your life by a minute. A great excuse to shake hands instead.
- The French translation for the tongue kiss is called "roulant une pelle," which translates to "rolling a shovel." Hmmmm … sexy.
- In the 1500s in Naples, kissing in public was punishable by death. In all fairness, sometimes I want to kill people who are overdo it in public.
- The first onscreen same-sex smooch happened in 1922 between two women in Cecil B. DeMille's silent prison flick,"Manslaughter." Take that "Wild Things."
- Minnesota man Alfred Wolfman holds the record for kissing the most people. In 1990 he smooched 8,001 people in eight hours. Holy Chapstick!
- College students Matt Daley and Bobby Canciello broke the Guiness World Record last September for the world's longest continuous kiss. They sucked face for nearly 33 hours. Get it, boys!
- Kissing is a dirty act. Just one kiss with tongue can transmit up to 278 types of bacteria. Those of us with OCD tendencies should try to forget this next time we get anywhere near a pair of lips.


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Hi folks,
I'd like to make some beautiful documents and publish them as PDFs (e.g. as ebooks, etc). I don't have any particular piece of publishing software in mind, but I'm looking for premium templates of the Envato standard. Is there an Envato site that sells something like this? Got any other suggestions for me?
Cheers, Alastair.
Maybe something here: http://graphicriver.net/category/print-templates/brochures ?
Hey Keith,
Thanks for the suggestion. I've had a look – it's not exactly what I need but there's certainly some things there that could be repurposed to my uses.
Cheers, Alastair.


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Expecting the file qm.ini under a "qmgrs" directory when using the -md DataPath parameter for crtmqm when creating a multi-instance queue manager
Technote (troubleshooting)
You follow the example of crtmqm mentioned in the following section of the MQ online documentation:
WebSphere MQ 7.0.1 > WebSphere MQ > System Administration Guide > Configuring and managing WebSphere MQ > Availability, recovery and restart > Using WebSphere MQ with high availability configurations > Using WebSphere MQ with a high availability cluster on UNIX >
Creating a queue manager for use in a high availability (HA) cluster
This is the actual text:
crtmqm –md /MQHA/qmgrname/data –ld /MQHA/qmgrname/log qmgrname
You customized it and provide the name of the queue manager, such as QM1
crtmqm –md /MQHA/QM1/data –ld /MQHA/QM1/log QM1
You noticed that the resulting qm.ini for QM1 is created under the following directory structure:
However, you have scripts that navigate the directory structure and look for the subdirectory "qmgrs", such as in the following default structure:
Resolving the problem
It seems that there is some confusion due to the example provided in the MQ online documentation.
The usage of the directory "data" in the section below was only for illustration purposes to provide a concrete example, and it is not a requirement that a directory called "data" must be in the directory structure.
The value for the DataPath parameter (flag: -md) is any suitable directory structure with the proper ownership and permission for the usage of the userid "mqm" and groupid "mqm". There are no restrictions regarding the name or depth of the directories. You do not need to include a subdirectory called "data" in the structure.
The general format for the full path of the qm.ini when using the -md flag in crtmqm is:
Usage Actual location of the qm.ini file
-md DIRECTORY DIRECTORY/QMgrName/qm.ini
If you want the file QMgrName/qm.ini be located under the subdirectory "qmgrs", then you will need to specify a directory structure that contains "qmgrs".
Some examples are shown below.
Notice that the last example is the closest to the structure of "/var/mqm/qmgrs/QM1/qm.ini". It has the proper levels and parent subdirectory "qmgrs" for the actual queue manager.
Usage Actual location of the qm.ini file
-md /MQHA /MQHA/QM1/qm.ini
-md /MQHA/QM1 /MQHA/QM1/QM1/qm.ini
-md /MQHA/QM1/data /MQHA/QM1/data/QM1/qm.ini
-md /MQHA/qmgrs /MQHA/qmgrs/QM1/qm.ini
-md /MQHA/mqm/qmgrs /MQHA/mqm/qmgrs/QM1/qm.ini
Notice that when using the DataPath parameter, there will still be some files in the corresponding directory for the queue manager under /var/mqm/qmgrs/QM1, (and this is normal, do not delete them), such as:
++ Notes regarding changing the DataPath after queue manager is created:
The MQ online documentation indicates that it is possible to change the DataPath after the queue manager is created:
WebSphere MQ 7.0.1 > WebSphere MQ > System Administration Guide > Configuring and managing WebSphere MQ > File system support> Directory structure on UNIX and Linux systems
"You can modify the location of a queue manager log and data directories of an existing queue manager by editing the DataPath and LogPath attributes in the qm.ini file when the queue manager is stopped."
However, it is critical that directory structure of the old DataPath must be copied into the new DataPath. Otherwise, the new DataPath will not have the required directories and files. But if you are not thorough with the copying task and ensure proper file permissions and ownership, you may encounter problems.
Another approach is to delete the queue manager using dltmqm (which will delete the appropriate directories) and recreate the queue manager with the desired DataPath. This will ensure that the existence of the appropriate directories and files under the new DataPath.
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Decoding infant DNA poses ethical dilemma
WASHINGTON — Little Amelia Sloan became a pioneer shortly after her birth.
The healthy baby is part of a large research project outside the nation's capital that is decoding the DNA of hundreds of infants. New parents in a few other cities soon can start signing up for smaller studies to explore whether what is called genome sequencing — fully mapping someone's genes to look for health risks — should become a part of newborn care.
It is full of ethical challenges.
Should parents be told only about childhood threats? Or would they want to learn if their babies carried a key gene for, say, breast cancer after they are grown? Could knowing about risks alter how a family treats an otherwise healthy youngster? And how accurate is the technology — could it raise too many false alarms?
This is the newest frontier in the genetic revolution: how early to peek into someone's DNA and how to make use of that health forecast without causing needless worry.
"This was something that was looming over the horizon," said Dr. Alan Guttmacher, a pediatrician and geneticist who heads the National Institutes of Health's child health division. Last month, NIH announced a $25 million, five-year pilot project in four cities — Boston, San Francisco, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Kansas City — to start answering some of the questions before the technology is widely offered for babies.
Today, the 4 million U.S. babies born annually have a heel pricked in the hospital, providing a spot of blood to be tested for signs of at least 30 rare diseases. The newborn screening catches several thousand affected babies each year in time for early treatment to prevent death, brain damage or other disabilities. It is considered one of the nation's most successful public health programs.
A complete genetic blueprint would go well beyond what that newborn blood spot currently tells doctors and parents — allowing a search for potentially hundreds of other conditions, some that arise in childhood and some later, some preventable and some not.
"If I truly believed that knowing one's genome was going to be transformative to medicine over the next decade or more, then wouldn't I want to start generating that information around the time of birth?" asked Dr. John Niederhuber, former director of the National Cancer Institute who oversees one of the largest baby-sequencing research projects to date.
At Niederhuber's Inova Translational Medicine Institute in Falls Church, Va., researchers are mapping the genomes of newborns, along with their parents and other relatives for comparison. The long-term goal of the privately funded study is to uncover genetic patterns that predict complex health problems, from prematurity to developmental disorders.
But the experimental tests will turn up some gene mutations already well-known to cause serious ailments, and participating parents must choose up front whether to be told. They don't get a full report card of their baby's genes. Only ones that cause treatable or preventable conditions — so-called medically actionable findings — are revealed, to the family's doctor.


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An eagle-eyed shop worker who spotted a dodgy £20 note smashed a ring of fraudsters who had come from London to spend their fake money.
The assistant was on the till at SK Fruits in The Bridge, Chippenham, when she realised something was wrong with the bank note she had been handed.
Fearing it was a fake she checked it with a counterfeit currency pen, which showed she was right, and she refused to serve customers Claire Gill, 32, and Aurimas Radzius, 26.
She also called the police the pair were caught in their car, which was parked nearby, with Gill's older sister Valerie, 33, at the wheel.
When the vehicle was searched officers found a further £1,280 of dodgy £20 notes in the door pocket.
The trio have now all received suspended jail term after the court heard the women had children to care for.
But Claire Gill was also told she would not get her Vauxhall Astra back after a judge ruled it be forfeited as it had been used in the crime.
The sisters and Lithuanian Radzius came to Wiltshire from west London in February last year with a 15-year-old girl.
Tessa Hingston, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court that Claire Gill and Radzius went into Peacocks and Savers, in Swindon, where they used fake £20 notes to buy items.
She said they used the large bills to buy small items so they would get the maximum 'clean' change.
The gang then moved on to Chippenham where they continued their fraud at Poundland in the High Street before moving to SK Fruits Miss Hingston said the worker thought the note was 'not quite what she would expect from a £20 note. It seemed too clean and the wrong thickness of paper'.
After checking it with a counterfeit currency pen she refused to accept it and called the police.
Miss Hingston said: "The defendants had left the scene but were sitting in a vehicle outside and were all arrested by the police.
"As a result they didn't have time to agree any type of story as to what they were doing and all gave different versions and led about where they had been."
However CCTV footage and till receipts showed they had been in the four stores passing two notes in one shop and one in the other two.
Valerie, of Isleworth, and Claire Gill and Radzius, who live together at Hounslow, pleaded guilty to delivering counterfeit currency with intent.
The teenager, who is now 16 and had a child while on bail, was initially charged but prosecutors dropped the case against her when the other pleaded guilty.
Dominic Benthall, for Valerie Gill, said his client is the mother and sole carer of five children aged three to 13.
She also has a brother who is on kidney dialysis whose wife is terminally ill with cervical cancer.
Tom Coke-Smyth, for the other two, said Claire Gill was the 'primary carer' for children aged five and ten saying a custodial sentence would have a huge impact on them.
He said in the past she had been forced out of her home by domestic violence and lived in her car for a while.
Radzius, he said, worked as a roofer and had foolishly got involved in the escapade.
Passing sentence, Judge Douglas Field said: "I am quite satisfied that you travelled down from London with a quantity of these counterfeit £20 notes in Claire Gill's car and it is fortunate that you were caught at an early stage.
"The authorities make it quite clear that this sort of offence has to be met with imprisonment.
"I have to decide today whether all or some of should go to prison immediately or whether your sentences of imprisonment should be suspended."
He imposed 12-month jail terms, suspended for a year, and ordered the sisters to observe night time curfews for two months and Radzius to do 130 hours of unpaid work.


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1 November 2014
Bolt Action tournament
The event, co-organised by Lisburn Gaming Club and ourselves, will take place in Laganview Enterprise Centre.
The event is a one day Bolt Action tournament with 3 games each lasting no longer than 2 hours.
You can view and download the rulepack "Manual of Operations: Battlefield Briefing for Operation Blind Redemption" below.
The event is £10. And most of the details of the day are contained in the tournament rulepack.
You can ask further questions on the Facebook group page or why not join the Lisburn Gaming Club forum,
Hope to see some of you guys at the event. :)
Hope to see some of you guys at the event. :)


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NEW YORK (AP) A former executive at UBS has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle civil insider trading allegations by state regulators in New York.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo had accused former UBS municipal securities chief David Shulman of selling his personal holdings in auction rate securities in late 2007 as markets for that type of investment were on the verge of collapsing.
Investigators say Shulman had inside information about the impending collapse, and sold his $1.45 million in auction rate securities ahead of the firm's customers.
"While thousands of UBS customers received no warning about the auction rate securities market's serious distress, David Shulman – one of the company's top executives – used insider information to take the money and run," Cuomo said Thursday.
The settlement requires Shulman to serve a 30-month suspension from acting as a securities broker.
Shulman's lawyer, Robert Anello, says his client has not admitted any wrongdoing, but is "pleased to have closure on this issue."
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St. Petersburg FL (SPX) Sep 20, 2013
Acidification of the Arctic Ocean is occurring faster than projected according to new findings published in the journal PLoS One. The increase in rate is being blamed on rapidly melting sea ice, a process that may have important consequences for health of the Arctic ecosystem.
Ocean acidification is the process by which pH levels of seawater decrease due to greater amounts of carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans from the atmosphere.
Currently oceans absorb about one-fourth of the greenhouse gas. Lower pH levels make water more acidic and lab studies have shown that more acidic water decrease calcification rates in many calcifying organisms, reducing their ability to build shells or skeletons. These changes, in species ranging from corals to shrimp, have the potential to impact species up and down the food web.
The team of federal and university researchers found that the decline of sea ice in the Arctic summer has important consequences for the surface layer of the Arctic Ocean. As sea ice cover recedes to record lows, as it did late in the summer of 2012, the seawater beneath is exposed to carbon dioxide, which is the main driver of ocean acidification.
In addition, the freshwater melted from sea ice dilutes the seawater, lowering pH levels and reducing the concentrations of calcium and carbonate, which are the constituents, or building blocks, of the mineral aragonite. Aragonite and other carbonate minerals make up the hard part of many marine micro-organisms' skeletons and shells. The lowering of calcium and carbonate concentrations may impact the growth of organisms that many species rely on for food.
The new research shows that acidification in surface waters of the Arctic Ocean is rapidly expanding into areas that were previously isolated from contact with the atmosphere due to the former widespread ice cover.
"A remarkable 20 percent of the Canadian Basin has become more corrosive to carbonate minerals in an unprecedented short period of time. Nowhere on Earth have we documented such large scale, rapid ocean acidification" according to lead researcher and ocean acidification project chief, U.S. Geological Survey oceanographer Lisa Robbins.
Globally, Earth's ocean surface is becoming acidified due to absorption of man-made carbon dioxide. Ocean acidification models show that with increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, the Arctic Ocean will have crucially low concentrations of dissolved carbonate minerals, such as aragonite, in the next decade.
"In the Arctic, where multi-year sea ice has been receding, we see that the dilution of seawater with melted sea ice adds fuel to the fire of ocean acidification" according to co-author, and co-project chief, Jonathan Wynn, a geologist from the University of the South Florida.
"Not only is the ice cover removed leaving the surface water exposed to man-made carbon dioxide, the surface layer of frigid waters is now fresher, and this means less calcium and carbonate ions are available for organisms."
Researchers were able to investigate seawater chemistry at high spatial resolution during three years of research cruises in the Arctic, alongside joint U.S.-Canada research efforts aimed at mapping the seafloor as part of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf program. In addition to the NOAA supported ECS ship time, the ocean acidification researchers were funded by the USGS, National Science Foundation, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Compared to other oceans, the Arctic Ocean has been rather lightly sampled. "It's a beautiful but challenging place to work," said Robert Byrne, a USF marine chemist. Using new automated instruments, the scientists were able to make 34,000 water-chemistry measurements from the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker.
"This unusually large data set, in combination with earlier studies, not only documents remarkable changes in Arctic seawater chemistry but also provides a much-needed baseline against which future measurements can be compared." Byrne credits scientists and engineers at the USF College of Marine Science with developing much of the new technology.
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On Monday, it came to my attention that AltEnergyStocks.com's email list was not functioning properly, and and our morning emails had not gone out for over a week. We have fixed the problem, email subscribers received an email containing all the articles we'd published since the the system stopped working. Since this may have inundated many of our subscribers, I'd like to provide a quick summary of each of the articles to help you pick and choose the ones you'd like to go back and read:
Also in this email:
Sorry for any inconvenience the delayed emails caused readers.
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Batteries and Tales From The Valley of Death John
Petersen worries about Tesla's (TSLA)
chance of crossing the Valley of Death as it launches it's
"first credible commercial product."
Turbine Ramps Revenue, Earnings Not So Much Debra Fiakas
questions Capstone Turbine (CPST)
management's ability to turn rapidly growing revenues into
IPOs good for early-stage companies and advanced biofuels? Jim Lane looks at
how biofuel IPOs have fared, and compares the results to raising
private money.
Gas Liquids are Following Natural Gas Off a Fracking Cliff Tom
Konrad looks at how natural gas developers' shift from "lean" to
"rich" natural gas plays will affect the market for natural gas
liquids (ethane, propane, butane, etc.)
Retrenches Debra
Fiakas CFA looks at Rentech (RTK)
and wonders if the company can make its renewables business pay.
7 Series vs. Climatemaster Trilogy Geothermal Heat Pumps: The
Best of the Best Tom Konrad compares two new variable
speed geothermal heat pumps from Waterfurnace (WFIFF)
and Climatemaster (LXU).
A comment made him revisit this analysis, and write an even
more in-depth look at how well these impressive machines
From The EV Black Knight John Petersen embraces the
epithet "The EV Black Knight" and lists the reasons he's
skeptical about EVs.
from VODville: Lessons learned in the journey towards advanced
biofuels Jim Lane draws lessons from how biofuels
companies have negotiated the Valley of Death.
to Play the Solar Revival Tom Konrad uses a report from GTM
Research as the basis for tips on which solar stocks to buy and
Clean Energy Stocks for 2012: July Update Tom Konrad looks
at what's happened to his eleven annual stock picks in the last
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Power: Cash to Invest Tom Konrad notes that Alterra power
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IPPs, but its valuation does not reflect this.
Report on Drought and Biofuels Jim Lane looks at how the
drought in much of the US will affect biofuels companies.
- Where's Western Wind Energy's Cash Grant? Tom Konrad investigates the fate of Western Wind's delayed 1603 Cash Grant. A reduced grant has since been awarded (as he predicted), and the company is arguing the case in Wahington for the whole grant to be reinstated.
Also in this email:
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