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Wish you were John Legere? CEO receives HTC One (M8) with 24K Gold finish as a gift from HTC
Obviously a call like that didn't happen, but our point is that if you were John Legere for a day, it could! And to top it off, the T-Mobile CEO received a heck of a present today from Jason Mckenzie and the gang at HTC America. Nothing big. Just an HTC One (M8) finished in 24 carat gold. Legere promptly showed off the device on Twitter, possibly breaking the record for most drool emitted from a tweet.
What a life. Spending all day talking about new handsets and slates (there is the boring spectrum part, but that is what CTO Neville Ray handles), spending all evening chatting about smartphones and tablets, and even dreaming about devices and new Un-carrier initiatives. So who wants to be John Legere?
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1. XperiaFanZone (Posts: 2227; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
"Nothing big?"
17. StraightEdgeNexus (Posts: 3689; Member since: 14 Feb 2014)
that looks stunning
24. StraightEdgeNexus (Posts: 3689; Member since: 14 Feb 2014)
Lol no Design of Htc One is what i've fall in love. No sarcasm sh*t.
26. Jkennedy (Posts: 9; Member since: 29 Dec 2013)
I was responding to Xperia
2. NokiaFTW (Posts: 2072; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
How about a 24K gold Lumia 1020? That would be SWEEEET!
22. Arte-8800 (banned) (Posts: 4562; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
lumia 925 and 930 looks much sexier
3. frustyak (Posts: 225; Member since: 08 Mar 2010)
I'll betcha he could get at least a hundred bucks on eBay for that - sweet!
4. newbey123 (Posts: 639; Member since: 19 Mar 2012)
Gold is too gaudy, make it platinum and we have a deal.
5. Slammer (Posts: 1515; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
Alan F,
Your use of "Most innovative and consumer friendly carrier", is somewhat subjective to personal opinion. I haven't seen anything in bottom line that translates to consumer friendly in long term form. Tmobile is essentially skewing numbers to parry price plan perception. Somebody within the tmobile camp is going to pay for all this consumer friendly offerings. Take a guess who it will be. Yes. The consumer.
John B.
7. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
So they're innovatively screwing the consumer. There's nothing wrong with what Alan said!
9. Planterz (Posts: 2110; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
With T-Mobile I pay less than I did with Verizon. I get unlimited everything, where with Verizon I had to pay $10 extra for texts (1000, even though I used less than 100), and I was limited to 4gb data/mo. WIth T-Mobile I can bring my own phone, and I'm not locked into a 2 year contract. Plus there's the fact that my speeds with T-Mobile are anywhere from 2 -10 times as fast as they were with Verizon.
I pay less, and the service is magnitudes better. Skew that, you ignorant tard.
11. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
I think he's saying that the way they're going, it will be unsustainable, and saving a quick buck in the short run will hurt customers in the long run.
I'm with you. I like the fact that my family is saving almost $100/mo over what we paid for Sprint, but not knowing the specifics of T-Mobile's finances, I can't speak to whether John B. is right or not.
12. Slammer (Posts: 1515; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
Saving money is a great benefit, but I dont think you're completely perceiving the landscape as I view it. Tmobile's latest offering was to offer a $40 entrance plan that promises no overage charges. I admit to the attraction. However, it is exponentially, a quite possible bait and switch(in which tmobile says it hates). The fine print says Tmobile will cease data services once the monthly allotment reaches the limit of 500mb. You can continue your service the following months at the same price if you stay within this range, OR mige to higher ground at more of a cost. So this is hypocritical and not consumer friendly. The attraction is no more innovative than any other carrier has tried and the customer is still getting derailed by possible bait and switch. No higher profiled customer from Verizon or AT&T is going to transcend to this offering. Prepaid services offer the same if not more.
John Legere is a big talker that is looking for the spotlight and the people that are being attracted to his sound bites are the media that TMO is most likely paying into and the consumers willing to save. Can't blame those willing to save, but the bottom line becomes boss and Tmobile's other offerings are of spending more than what these types of consumers are willing to pay into recovering these costs. This is classic "Ready to sell the business" practice.
John B.
13. downbeat4 (Posts: 94; Member since: 03 Dec 2010)
You must stay confined within a 2 block radius at all times. TMOBILE's network is a joke in most places. Yes they have fast speed in some areas and yes they have unlimited data (kind of), but what good is it when your phone won't connect. They rope you in with "unlimited", which is actually unlimited 2G (2005 speeds) and charge you extra for 4G (1gb ,3gb, 5gb or unlimited 4g ) And then they pop you with "domestic roaming". If you're away from a TMobile tower and have paid for 1GB of 4G, you're alloted 10mb to roam. Once you've made that 1 FB post or app download, you're shut down until you either a. Get back to a TMobile service area b. call and add more data or c. your bill cycle renews. Sounds like fun. Oh and BTW, the cost of 1 line, w/ say, the S5 on JUMP w/ TMobile for UNLMTD T/T &1GB of 4G= $87.50 per month. The S5, on Verizon EDGE, w/ UNLMTD T/T and 1GB of data= $77.08 per month. This is just one example, there are plenty other scenarios where VZW comes out on top as far as savings....and if you thing that Verizon's services and network are inferior to TMOBILE'S, then I'm sorry to break the bad news to you, but you're delusional my friend. What TMobile has done do the industry is killer, but now that Verizon has stepped up and made some big changes to their plans, no one can touch what they offer.
6. maherk (Posts: 4857; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
I just went to t-mobile store next to me to check the gear fit, and while I was there I had my hands on the m8 and S5. While the back of the S5 looks and feels better than my note 3 (much better than pictures), it looks like crap while compared to the m8, actually everything in the store looks crap compared to the M8, from the 5s, Z1s, Note 3, Flex and many others. Not just the looks of the phone, but also the way it sits in the palm of the hand is very pleasing. With that said, will I chose it over an S5 or my note 3? I believe not, other than the looks and the speakers(which isn't that decisive for me), the S5 has what I want in a phone, since after a week or two I will get used to the looks of the M8 if I get it and then I ll start missing what touchwiz and the S5 would have offered.
btw, the fit is hell of a gorgeous gadget.
10. karkavelas (Posts: 70; Member since: 25 Oct 2013)
We call that brainwash...
8. amats69 (Posts: 1523; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
that is one sexy beast in gold!
14. horialin (Posts: 21; Member since: 29 Jan 2014)
Now here is e guy who can't complain about that black bezel. More bezel in front, more gold to the back.
15. tiara6918 (Posts: 2111; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
I want one
16. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
Rich people always get stuff for FREE... O.o
The poor and the dumb, will certainly pay HTC back for this gift to the unneedy. Xd
18. NokiaFTW (Posts: 2072; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
And what does the guy that dropped off HTC's CEO to MWC in his bike get?
20. andynaija (Posts: 985; Member since: 08 Sep 2012)
Just wondering if carat is spelled with a c, then why is it written 24K?
25. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3823; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
Carat = the measurement of the weight of a diamond
For instance, a 2 carat diamond weighs twice as much a 1 carat diamond.
Karat = The amount of gold in a gold substance
24K gold is 100% gold, 18K gold is 3/4 gold mixed with other metals.
In other words, they used the wrong word in the article.
27. andynaija (Posts: 985; Member since: 08 Sep 2012)
Thanks for the info.
28. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3823; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
No problem. I did an internship at a Zales when I was in high school. I sold both, so it was required that I knew the difference.
21. JMartin22 (Posts: 2013; Member since: 30 Apr 2013)
Did you make this article to make fun of us for not being a high profile, rich corporate executive?
23. Arte-8800 (banned) (Posts: 4562; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
no ,,, if you want you or us or myself can afford to buy this by saving up for 3months and buy one...
3000 dollars is not much.....? i earn 480Euro aweek, even if you earn less we still can afford to buy it


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Benson, a minor writer but beloved by generations (reportedly the late Queen Mother's favorite author!), is an author you don't trip over by yourself, and probably even less now than 25 years ago; someone has to tell you about him. For me, it was an older gay man I'll call "Ray" whom I used to work with and who took me under his wing (and when I say "older," well, he was probably about 34 at the time), whom I lost touch with decades ago. The pseudonym is simply so that other people who knew him don't recognize him; I don't mind if he recognizes himself, but I'm guessing he'll never find this, and given his very common name, I'm unlikely to be able to find him.
I was a terrible gay back then; I'd gone straight from the suburbs to a very heterosexual college campus at a very conformist historical moment. So the gaps in my subcultural knowledge were stunningly wide. I thought Ray was amazing. He seemed so amazingly well-read and knowledgeable about art and culture and history, and in retrospect I think he may have been self-taught, which makes all this even more impressive; almost certainly he came from a modest cultural background. He had an intellectually informed, allusive cultural manner, and a set of exaggerated physical mannerisms (which he code-switched in and out of) that you don't see nearly as much anymore.
In those days, before Jack McBride or Ellen, there was no "gay" on TV, unless you count Jack Tripper; and being comfortably gay and out was seen by everyone as an aggressive act. Writing about this reminds me that I came of age as one gay world was passing away and another was taking its place, which of course every gay person does, but I think that inflection point—1985, let's call it, the year I turned twenty—was a particularly sharp one. Certainly it looks it in retrospect. As one marker of the change, people my age and younger as a general rule are totally comfortable with their smartphones, for everything from ordering groceries to requisitioning bed partners. And people Ray's age and older don't do any of those things with their mobile devices.
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When Brandon Longley was 15 he was part of a state championship hockey team for Elk River. When he was 20 he figured he was washed up in hockey, having failed to earn a scholarship after three years in the USHL.
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"Sometimes you get second chances and they work out," said Longley, the team's elder statesman at 26 and one of the few college athletes who's worked for a living and owns his own house.
Longley contributed 12 goals and nine assists this year. In his career, he logged 36 goals and 29 assists in 102 games. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound right winger played on the team's top line the last year and a half "with a Swede and a home-grown Green Bay boy" — Johan Ryd and Scott Pulak.
Longley was a defenseman as a sophomore on the Paul Martin-led Elk team that won the 2001 state championship. But he didn't stick around for two more years, opting to cast his lot in the USHL. He played two years for Green Bay and another for Des Moines, where his coach was former a Elk, Reggie Simon.
His goal of a Division I scholarship never materialized, and Longley dropped out of hockey for two years, except for playing in a men's league for fun.
He settled in Green Bay because that's where his then-girlfriend was, got a job with a sports warehouse selling archery equipment, and bought a house.
Longley started thinking about college hockey again when former Elk teammate Tim Madsen, who had joined the staff at UW-Stout and asked if he'd like to come back. Longley was skating in men's league with a former St. Norbert player, Tom Cianslone, a volunteer assistant for the Knights. When Cianslone heard what Longley was thinking he recruited him for St. Norbert, located in the Green Bay suburb of De Pere.
Longley knew he would be joining a top-notch small college program there. The Knights coach is Tim Coghlin, who has a 390-108-40 record in 18 seasons with seven Frozen Four appearances, two national titles and three runner-up finishes. He assembles a team older than most D-III teams as all his players have juniors experience.
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Coghlin was delighted to add Longley.
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Longley said he got some family help in keeping up his mortgage and continued to work in the summer. That first year, had to wait until the second semester to enroll, saving up money and working right up to the first week of classes.
"It was a little different," he laughs. "That was my first time in college. A lot of the people I was going to school with were the same age as my youngest brother."
That included teammates who, of course, tagged him "the old man" and "Grampa," but Longley was OK with that.
Longley joined the Knights at mid-season and played 16 games on the third line, capped by a national finals victory over Norwich in Lake Placid. N.Y. As a junior he was on the first line for a national runner-up team that lost to Norwich in the finals. This year they got back to the top.
The Knights, who led the nation in defense, capped a 25-4-1 season beating Hamline 4-0 in the national quarterfinals, then Norwich 4-3 last Friday and Adrian 3-2 on Satruday.
With the U of M hosting nationals this year, at Ridder Arena (where the Gopher women play), Longley was able to close his career with a big rooting gallery.
"That was pretty cool, after playing out East (previous years) where we'd have maybe 15 or 20 fans. All of my family was there and a lot of friends I hadn't seen in 10 years. One guy told me the only other time you have this many family and friends around is your wedding."
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Jockey Club Seeks Tougher Equine Medication Rules
- Mar 30, 2012
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The Jockey Club officially released its "Reformed Racing Medication Rules" March 30, but broad adoption of the policies hinges on action by regulators in all racing jurisdictions.
Work on the document began last year and was outlined at The Jockey Club Round Table conference in August. A draft included parameters for administration of race-day furosemide, commonly called Salix or Lasix, but that language was stripped from the final document.
The methodology for the proposed revised regulations was outlined in the March 31 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine.
"We have been refining this document since then and the result is a dramatically streamlined set of regulations that is on par with international standards," said Jockey Club president and chief operating officer James Gagliano. "It creates a new enforcement scheme with far stiffer penalties and deterrents for repeat offenders.
"We look forward to continuing our collaboration with industry organizations and national, state, and local regulatory agencies to see these rules adopted."
The rules are based on the premise that horses should compete only "when free from the influences of medication." Furosemide is currently used on race day, but an executive summary of the rules indicates it would be banned through a "transitional process."
The rules call for equine drug testing only by laboratories accredited by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium; stronger sanctions for repeat violators of medication rules; medication histories of all racehorses; surveillance of horses within 24 horses of a race; mandatory rest periods for horses that suffer exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage; publishing of administration and withdrawal guidelines for controlled therapeutic drugs; and "best practices" for improved security and monitoring of horses.
The Jockey Club said it is "encouraging" all jurisdictions to adopt the rules, which are a tightening of model rules approved by the Association of Racing Commissioners International and already in place in some states.
The debate over furosemide use on race day has been divisive for the racing industry, and there has been no indication this year that proponents of the medication intend to back down.
"As we have said many times before, The Jockey Club believes that the overuse of medication endangers our human and equine athletes, threatens the integrity of our sport, and erodes consumer confidence in our game," Gagliano said. "Horses should compete only when they are free from the influence of medication, and these reformed rules represent a giant step toward achieving that goal."
Breeders' Cup has banned use of race-day furosemide in its 2-year-old stakes during this year's World Championships. The American Graded Stakes Committee (AGSC) had planned to pull grades from all 2-year-old stakes that aren't furosemide-free this year but earlier this year said it needs more time to study the policy.
"Safety and integrity are values that are paramount to the viability of Thoroughbred racing," Breeders' Cup president Craig Fravel said in a statement. "We must dedicate our efforts to adopting uniform national rules that ensure a level playing field and that ensure those who do not wish to abide by those rules can no longer compete against those who do."
The AGSC falls under the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, whose president, Dan Metzger, said reformed drug rules "provide a reasonable and common sense approach to achieve uniformity and impose severe penalties on those who repeatedly violate rules. Adoption of these revised rules will provide our industry with necessary, responsible, and positive reform."
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New York (Aug. 12)
Mr. Julius Rosenwald, the merchant prince of American Jewry, who is believed to be the richest Jew in the world, entered his 70th year today.
Mr. Rosenwald, who was born on August 12th, 1862, at Springfield, Illinois, started business in New York, in the whole-sale clothing firm of Hammerslough Bros. He soon transferred his activities to Chicago, where he has remained, acquiring the firm of Sears Roebuck and Company, the largest mail order business in the world, of which he is President.
Mr. Rosenwald is a great benefactor both of Jewish and non-Jewish philanthropies and humanitarian institutions. In Jewish affairs, he has been most closely identified with the activities of the Joint Distribution Committee, contributing generously to its funds for the work it is conducting among the Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1925 he gave a million dollars to the United Jewish Campaign of the Joint Distribution Committee, and in 1928, he followed it up by a contribution of 5 million dollars for its Jewish Colonisation work in Russia conducted under the direction of Dr. Joseph Rosen, which resulted in the establishment of the American Society for Jewish Farming Settlements in Russia, of which he is Honorary President jointly with Mr. Felix M. Warburg.
Mr. Rosenwald is also one of the leaders of the American Jewish Committee, of which he is Vice-President, and when Mr. Louis Marshall, the President of the Committee died, Mr. Rosenwald gave half a million dollars to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, for a Louis Marshall Memorial Endowment Fund.
Mr. Rosenwald is one of the few leading personages in the Joint Distribution Commiee and the American Jewish Committee who did not join the extended Jewish Agency when it came into existence through the efforts of his friends, the late Louis Marshall and Mr. Felix M. Warburg. He explained that he was not entering the Jewish Agency because he does not believe in subsidised immigration, which he considered would be the character of the Jewish Agency's immigration activity in Palestine.
I have contended, whether rightly or wrongly, he said, that the only way to help our co-religionists is to help them where they are. My unwillingness to join in the Palestine movement is not at all based upon my being opposed to Zionism. I am not opposed to Zionism. I have been willing to do my share to help any efforts made in Palestine for years, and have done so, but I have never been a believer in subsidising immigration to the extent of moving people in masses from one country to another and trying to establish them in Palestine, the Argentine, or anywhere else.
At the same time, when American Jewry was seething with indignation over the Passfield White Paper defining British policy in Palestine, and a big protest demonstration was held in New York, Mr. Rosenwald was among those who appeared on the platform to show that he identified himself with the attitude adopted by American Jewry on this question.
Mr. Rosenwald has established a Julius Rosenwald Fund for the purpose of promoting human welfare, stipulating that the whole amount, principal and interest, must be spent within 25 years of his death. "I believe that we of the present should not try to guide the destinies of oncoming generations," he has explained in this connection. "They will meet their own needs wisely and generously". "Being an optimist," he added, "I have great confidence in the future."
Mr. Rosenwald is a generous friend and benefactor of the Negro, especially in encouragement of rural education among the coloured people of the Southern states of America. There are over 4,000 such Rosenwald schools in the 14 states of the South, representing an investment of over twenty million dollars.
Mr. Rosenwald's work on behalf of the Negro has earned him the double hostility of the German Hitlerists who hate both Jews and the coloured people, and the "Voelkischer Beobachter", the chief Hitlerist organ, published on one occasion a long front-page article headed "Jewish-Negro Army," with the sub-title "Julius Rosenwald spends twenty million dollars on Negro children," and asserting that "the purpose of Rosenwald's contribution towards Negro education is to create a Negro army in order to protect Jewish interests in the event of the 100 percent Americans attempting to liberate themselves from the dictatorship of Jewish capital."
There are 350,000 Negro children in America obtaining their education through the Rosenwald Fund, it said, and they are all being trained to be of service to the Jews.
Only this month, Mr. Rosenwald gave a million dollars to the Berlin City Council for the establishment of a dental clinic for children in Berlin.
Mr. Rosenwald's services to humanity have been recognised by the bestowal on him of various distinctions, among them the Harmon Medal for international work, and the Gotthein Medal for the most meritorious service to American Israel.
Mrs. Rosenwald, to whom he had been married for nearly 40 years, died in May 1929, leaving her estate of over a million dollars to her husband and children, relying on them to carry out her wishes with regard to charities. She shared her husband's philanthropic interests, and she was particularly interested in the Girl Scouts movement in which she was a National Vice-President, and in a fund established for providing day nurseries for coloured children. Mr. Rosenwald remarried recently, his wife being the mother of Mrs. Rosenwald junior, the wife of his son, Mr. Lessing Rosenwald.


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Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. (1934-2015) was the founder of the Center for Nonviolent Communication, an international peacemaking organization. He is the author of Speak Peace in a World of Conflict and the bestselling Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life that has been translated into more than thirty languages.
Dr. Rosenberg was the 2006 recipient of the Global Village Foundation's Bridge of Peace Award, and the Association of Unity Churches International 2006 Light of God Expressing Award.
Growing up in a turbulent Detroit neighborhood, Dr. Rosenberg developed a keen interest in new forms of communication that would provide peaceful alternatives to the violence he encountered. His interest led to a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1961, where he studied under Carl Rogers. His subsequent life experience and study of comparative religion motivated him to develop the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process.
Dr. Rosenberg first used the NVC process in federally funded school integration projects to provide mediation and communication skills training during the 1960s. The Center for Nonviolent Communication, which he founded in 1984, now has hundreds of certified NVC trainers and supporters teaching NVC in more than 35 countries around the world.
What set Marshall apart from the thousands of conflict resolution and communication trainers he's influenced, was his exceptional capacity to role-play interactions with the audience. Whether it was an argument between warring spouses, or warring villages, a dialogue between a victim and perpetrator, or modeling an interaction between a counselor and her patient, these role-plays offered a unique, moving and powerful experience to all who hear them.
Visit a Memorial Page for Marshall on Facebook and see a list of quotes about Nonviolent Communication here.
With guitar and puppets in hand, a history of traveling to some of the most violent corners of the world, and a spiritual energy that fills a room, Rosenberg was a revolutionary leader whose legacy will carry on far beyond his death.
"I would like to suggest that when our heads are filled with judgments and analyses that others are bad, greedy,
irresponsible, lying, cheating, polluting the environment, valuing profit more than life, or behaving in other ways
they shouldn't, very few of them will be interested in our needs. If we want to protect the environment, and we
go to a corporate executive with the attitude, "You know, you are really a killer of the planet, you have no right
to abuse the land in this way," we have severely impaired our chances of getting our needs met. It is a rare human
being who can maintain focus on our needs when we are expressing them through images of their wrongness."
- Dr. Marshall Rosenberg
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today endorsed the "Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2013" as a major step in reforming the outdated, lengthy and wasteful process the government uses to choose the services of design and construction firms for federal contracts.
"We commend Chairman Graves for recognizing the burdens current federal procurement practices place on the design and construction industry," said AIA President Mickey Jacob, FAIA. "Rep. Graves' bill will go a long way toward streamlining the competitive bidding process. It also ensures that the government gets the most for its money by removing impediments that discourage many firms from bidding for federal work."
"We urge Congress to pass this important reform bill as soon as possible," Jacob said.
Current rules cost design and construction firms more than $260,000 on median to compete for a federal design build project. That's because federal contracting officers have been increasing the number of finalists on projects, which forces firms to "bet it all" on a single project or – worse for the government – not bid on federal contracts at all. With more finalists, it actually costs the government more money to review the lengthy proposals, which is doubly inefficient for both the government and the competitors.
The Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act helps alleviate this problem in part by restricting the authority of contracting officers to require more than five finalists on a project, among other things.
Design-build reform has been a major legislative priority for the AIA. In May, AIA First Vice President Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA, testified before the House of Representatives Small Business Committee, calling for reform of the design-build contracting process so that design and architectural firms can bid on federal contracts without fear of bankrupting themselves in the process.
About the American Institute of Architects
For over 150 years, members of the American Institute of Architects have worked with each other and their communities to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings and cityscapes. Members adhere to a code of ethics and professional conduct to ensure the highest standards in professional practice. Embracing their responsibility to serve society, AIA members engage civic and government leaders and the public in helping find needed solutions to pressing issues facing our communities, institutions, nation and world. Visit www.aia.org.


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Using the coordinate transformation theory, we propose a way to control the field distribution of electromagnetic wave in a waveguide filling with properly designed transformation media. The results show that the field distribution of the electromagnetic wave can be compressed and amplified in both longitudinal and transverse direction. A realizable layered waveguide based on the discrete optical transformation is also designed to manipulate the field distribution of the electromagnetic wave. Potential applications, i.e., turn a narrow (wide) slit into a large (small) window, are investigated in detail.
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Unless you aspire to becoming a 21st century Unabomber (come on, it's crossed your mind) and live in a remote wood cabin, far from the corrupting tentacles of electricity, you'll have had a damn hard time recently avoiding Baltimore three-piece, Future Islands.
Notwithstanding their now infamous performance (passionately eccentric, or deeply weird, depending on the generosity of your indulgence) on The Late Show with David Letterman, Singles is Future Islands' debut release (albeit their 4th LP) for a major label, and has seen them receive a large amount of radio and press exposure. Adding to their pop-cultural momentum, the band also became the toast of this year's SXSW, garlanded with the respected 2014 Grulke Prize for Developing US Act. (Damon Albarn won the Career Award for Non US Act).
The Letterman appearance also marked their network television debut, and it would be hard to imagine a more memorable emergence into mainstream recognition. Future Islands' performance of single 'Seasons (Waiting on You)' became an immediate web phenomenon, frontman Samuel T. Herring seemingly demonically possessed with passion and soulful intensity, howling and barking, stomping and sliding around the stage with a wide-eyed and compelling magnetism. Herring managed to convey both fiery power and a striking vulnerability, the whole scene left the audience feeling like they'd been allowed to witness some deeply private ritual of dark incantation/groove freak-out.
Singles (possibly a reference to the broken heart beating within these songs, or to the break-out commercial intent of their first major-label offering) doesn't wander too far from the template established with lead single, 'Seasons (Waiting on You)'. Driven by slick and fluttering basslines, precise electro beats and warm 80's R&B synths, it is Herring's voice that remains their most powerful and idiosyncratic instrument.
Despite the band's current hip cache, Future Islands' lyrics are absent of any hipster posturing. Nakedly heartfelt and clear, they read like tender pastoral poems. The polished sheen of the electro aesthetic is juxtaposed against the rural, often gothic landscapes within these songs, and with the frequently ragged theatricality of Herring's voice.
Penultimate track 'Fall From Grace' finds Herring finally opening up the full-throated throttle of his fearsome lungs, achieving angry beauty as he screams "was it all in me?" while ruminating on the death of love. Despite this apparent desolation, final track 'A Dream of You and Me' sees the return of a certain optimism ("People lie, people love, people go/But beauty lies in every soul").
There's something weirdly Phantom of the Opera about Samuel T. Herring, something reclusive and vaguely sinister. He can be huskily gruff, gently raw, elegantly expansive, soulful and occasionally demonic, a suspicion is aroused that this man spends his winters moonlighting with death-metal bands in some dark Norwegian forest. This is a singer who loves to hurl his voice through the register, and you're never quite sure what kind of noise is going to issue from his mouth.
This eccentric power makes Singles an intriguing album and sees Future Islands consolidating the sound they have long established as their signature. The sometimes overwrought emotional force of the vocals is balanced by the beautifully clean synth-pop on which they are built.
Rating: ★★★
Singles by Future Islands is out now on 4AD.
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Cult of Mac reports that it has been discovered via the iOS 6 beta 3 that you will no longer need to input your Apple ID password when you want to download a free app from the App Store. Cult of Mac first reported on the matter when iOS 6 beta 1 was released, when it discovered that users were no longer being prompted to enter their password when downloading updates of games or apps they already owned, or re-downloading previous purchases. Now it looks like this has been extended to the downloading of free apps, which makes a lot of sense really. I'm sure we've all wondered why we were having to bother to enter our password when downloading a free app in the past, well now we won't have to, assuming Apple keeps this new feature in the final gold master version of iOS 6.
Source: New In iOS 6: App Store Doesn't Require A Password To Download Free Apps | Cult of Mac
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Information management needs to evolve
Workplace processes are constantly evolving these days, and information management (IM) is no exception. Across all business lines and industries, digital transformation is pushing organisations to move away from physical filing systems to cloud-based digital solutions, according to Alyssa Blackburn, information strategy manager at AvePoint.
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The Canon ST-25 Printer Stand is designed for the imagePROGRAF iPF605 printer. The stand comes with 4 wheels, making it easy to move the printer for when you need to perform maintenance, load paper or change ink cartridges. The stand also makes it easy to store the printer in an out of the way location when not in use so you can save valuable floor space. Included with the stand is a large capacity print basket to catch prints as they come out of the printer - especially useful for large print jobs.


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China, a major importer of U.S. corn grain and dried distillers grain solubles, has officially granted full regulatory import authorization for Monsanto Company's MON 87460 trait, the biotechnology trait in Genuity DroughtGard Hybrids, as part of a broader series of approvals. This represents a significant step forward for technology approvals in China.
In 2012, more than 250 farmers in the Western Great Plains planted DroughtGard Hybrids on their farms as a part of Monsanto's Ground Breakers program. In 2013, the product was introduced in the Western Great Plains under stewardship requirements. Farmers who purchased DroughtGard Hybrids for planting in 2013 signed a grain stewardship agreement committing to use the grain as on-farm feed or to sell the grain for domestic use due to pending import approvals in key export markets. With the approval in China, Monsanto will remove the grain stewardship requirements, and grain will no longer be required to remain in the domestic market.
"The import approval of this trait is great news for U.S. farmers," said Lisa Safarian, U.S. row crops lead for Monsanto. "With full import approvals in key export markets, farmers can market their grain more broadly this year and plant with confidence in 2014." Safarian added, "This approval also provides expanded access to another tool that can help farmers more sustainably manage their risk."
The Genuity DroughtGard Hybrids system combines germplasm selected for its drought-tolerance characteristics, the drought-tolerance biotechnology trait and agronomic recommendations. The system is designed to help the corn plant use less water when drought stress occurs. This improved hydro-efficiency creates the opportunity to conserve soil moisture and can help reduce yield loss from drought conditions, while also maintaining top-end yield potential under normal, well watered conditions. Monsanto's Dekalb DroughtGard Hybrids have consistently shown about a five bushel per acre yield advantage over competitors' products.
Drought tolerance is one component of Monsanto's Yield and Stress efforts to protect or improve yield and achieve more consistency of returns. Yield and nitrogen utilization traits are also in Monsanto's R&D pipeline. The drought tolerance trait in Genuity DroughtGard Hybrid's represents the first commercial offering of the company's joint R&D collaboration with BASF on yield and stress technologies.


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I just happened to be near an OQO display and so was Drew Carey. He was fondling the new OLED Model 2+… and so I couldn't. Sheesh! After hearing him as a bunch of technical questions, he made the critical mistake of asking "how much?"
Of course, I couldn't miss the opportunity presented, so I did what any self-respecting geek would do. I shouted out "Drew, it can be YOURS…. if the Price is Right!" He laughed, the crowd laughed and…. I still didn't get to touch the new OQO.
I'd never cut it in Hollywood… but then again, if we were at my home in the sticks, I think I'd get even odds against Drew. ;)


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Polska / dolnośląskie
|Synagogues, prayer houses and others
|Sites of martyrdom
|Judaica in museums
|dolnośląskie / inne (before 1939)
|strzeliński / Strehlen (before 1939)
|Strzelin / Strehlen (before 1939)
|Other names:
|Strehlen [j. niemiecki]
Strzelin is a town of Lower Silesia, situated 37 kilometers south of Wrocław, at the border covered with mixed forests Strzelińskie Hills. The Hills are a part of Sudeckie Przedgórze and Wrocław Plateau, both belonging geographically to Silesian Plain. They are built mostly of granite, which is still extracted in many places. The granite quarries in Strzelin are one of the largest in Europe. They are the providers of a very good rock material and are one of the major tourist attractions.
The area of the municipality is 171, 64 km2. The municipality has a farming and industrial character.
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The first mentionof Jews in Strzelin dates back to 1336 roku. The name of the first known Strzelin Jews was Musko, who was mentioned in histrical documents dated 21st February 1336. Three years later, Pope Benedict XII church sextons to evict Jews, Jordan and Eckhard, out of Strzelina, as well as Sycha, the widow of Strzelin Jew Mucho, for giving evidence in an inheriance case.
In the Middle Ages, Jews lived on ul Żydowska (Jewish St.), which was mentioned first in 1441. The synagogue was situated on the same street, the first mention of that dating back to 1439. There is no information about a local cemetery. Strzelin Jews were probably buried in the cemetery in Wrocław. Jews were banished from Strzelin at the end of the 15th century, just as in the other towns of Dolny Śląsk (Lower Silesia).
The Jewish community revived only after a emancipation edict, dated11th March 1812 by Friedrich Wilhelm III. The number of Jews in Strzelin rose steadily, from 86 in 1845 to 163 in 1880 but, in the 20th century, that number clearly fell.
In 1933, the Jewish community of Strzelin numbered 36, of whom 17 were members of the synagogue congregation. Among theem were Max Prinz, Alfred Schnell and Ernst Levy. Members of the board included Fritz Jacob and I. Pakula. There was a Chevra Kadisha burial society chaired by Dr Gerstel. Four children received religious instruction.
Following Hitler's rise to power, the situation for Jews in Strzelin worsened significantly. Some Strzelin Jews decided to emigrate. However those who remained, shared the fate of all the Jews of Dolny Śląsk. The first deportations from the Wrocław region began in 1940. Several Strzelin Jews were transported to Wrocław, and from there to temporary camps for Dolny Śląsk Jews. Hanna Holaender, on 30th August 1942, was transported to Theresienstadt during the Operation V deportations. Magda Schnell was transported to an unknown camp in the east on 3rd May1942.
The fate of some Strzelin Jews is known from German sources. Ilse Else Boehm was deported from Wrocław, on 13th April 1942, to the ghetto in Mińsk. Margaretha Bruck was deported from Berlin on 14th November 1942. Eugen Schnell, who had lived in Berlin, died in the B
Local history
Strzelin was founded at the crossroads of trade routes from Wrocław to Kłodzko and from Brzeg to Świdnica. The valley of Oława river was a place where the passing merchants stayed for the night.
The first accounts of Strzelin are from 1228 and they refer to Radosław, the town's Komes (administrative dignitary). The sources from 1245 mention the castellany in Strzelin, which suggest that the town was a center of the Piast Dynasty authority. In 1292 prince Bolko Świdnicki, called the Strict, had awarded Strzelin with city rights. This ruler had contributed to the great development of the town. Moreover, he surrounded it with a fortified wall made from local granite. In 1336 Bolko II Ziębicki was defeated by the Bohemian (Czech) army and the Ziębickie principality with Strzelin fell under the rule of the Bohemian king.
In the first half of the 15th century the Strzelin lands suffered greatly due to the Hussite Wars. This led to the economic weakening of the region. However the second half of the 15th century and the 16th century was a period of rapid development of the town – especially of shoemaking, dressmaking, drapery, brewing and metal processing industries. The extraction of granite was also a significant source of income.
In the 16th century the nobility in the town was already predominantly German, while the common people were Polish. The Jews also lived in the town, next to Germans and Poles. The economic and social flourishment of the town was halted by the Thirty Years War. The Strzelin land was the place of the confrontations among many foreign armies. The city was plundered by the Swedes as well as by the Imperial, Brandenburg and Saxon armies and the Polish mercenary cavalry – Lisowczycy.
In 1675 the last prince of the Dynasty of Piasts, Jerzy Wilhelm, died and the Legnicko-Brzeskie principality (including Strzelin) fell under the Imperial rule. In the 18th century the town was also an arena of the battles in the Austro-Prussian War. As a result, since 1761 Strzelin belonged to Prussia for almost 200 years.
In 1780 the town had 2,139 inhabitants. During the Napoleonic wars Strzelin lands were the arena of a great battle fought west of the town, next to the village of Szczawin. In 1813 the Russian army marched through the town. At this time the Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Prussian Kink Fr


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VALUABLE community work carried out by volunteers, police officers and police community support officers across the region has been recognised at the first Neighbourhood Policing Awards presentation in Devizes.
The awards were set up by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon, Angus Macpherson.
Mr Macpherson had been due to address the invited audience and present the awards. But he is recovering in the Royal United Hospital in Bath after collapsing a couple of weeks ago.
In his absence, the awards were presented by the Chief Constable Pat Geenty.
Kieran Kilgallen, chief executive of the Office of the PCC, told the gathering: "If Angus was here today I am sure he would be telling you just what an important part volunteers play within the communities of Wiltshire and Swindon."
One such volunteer is PCSO Maria Downham nominated by Collingbourne Kingston Parish Council for the care and concern shown to the residents of her local community over the past year, which was felt to go beyond the call of duty.
The council said: "Maria shows a great deal of compassion and patience in her dealings with the numerous weekly call-outs from an elderly vulnerable person who lives in the village on her own and suffers from confusion. Maria was instrumental in finding a long-term solution to this lady's needs and continues to demonstrate concern for her wellbeing.
"Maria is a friendly, highly approachable person with a ready smile and a 'can help' approach.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Thanks to the musings of his former owner, Peyton Manning's return to Indianapolis this Sunday for his first game as a visitor has turned into something less than the warm-and-fuzzy homecoming it could have been.
If any of that bothers No. 18, it's not showing.
Dictating the terms of his Wednesday news conference as effectively as he orchestrates his offence from the line of scrimmage, Manning paid virtually no heed to this week's comments from Colts owner Jim Irsay.
Manning said he had no comment when asked for his reaction to Irsay saying he had to give up the old Indy offence's Star Wars numbers in a quest for more Super Bowl rings.
Bucs battle MRSA
TAMPA, Fla. -- One of three members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who have been diagnosed with MRSA has had surgery to get rid of the staph infection.
Coach Greg Schiano said Wednesday that guard Carl Nicks had surgery Tuesday night and is doing well.
The two-time All-Pro was diagnosed as having MRSA in a blister of the left side of his foot during training camp in August. He was treated with antibiotics and appeared in two regular-season games before the Bucs announced that Nicks had a recurrence.
Kicker Lawrence Tynes also was found to have MRSA in August and is on the non-football injury list. A third case was discovered last week, but rookie cornerback Johnthan Banks has not been sidelined by the infection.
Suh fined $31.5K: source
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press the NFL has fined Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh $31,500 for a hit on Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden.
The person spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the fine had not been announced.
Suh said he was unaware the NFL was reviewing his hit on Weeden on Sunday. Suh wasn't penalized, but it was shown on a video posted on NFL.com as vice-president of officiating Dean Blandino said he wanted to look at it for "potential helmet to the body."
Suh was fined $100,000 for an illegal block on Minnesota centre John Sullivan in Week 1.
Locker limping at practice
NASHVILLE -- Titans quarterback Jake Locker practised Wednesday for the first time since injuring his knee and hip less than three weeks ago, but Tennessee coach Mike Munchak doesn't expect him to play Sunday against San Francisco.
Wearing a brace on his right knee, Locker participated in individual and seven-on-seven drills. Locker took a couple of snaps in full team drills. He was walking with a noticeable limp near the conclusion of practice.
Munchak said Wednesday, "We're not saying (Locker's) out, but we're going forward like Ryan (Fitzpatrick) is starting."
Locker sprained his hip and the medial collateral ligament in his right knee Sept. 29 in a 38-13 victory over the New York Jets.
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Starring Jason Segel, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell
Okay, ladies this is a very special addition of "We See Chick Flicks". Both because I loved, loved, loved this movie and for the PENIS factor. Yup, you've probably heard about it, and maybe some of you have already seen it, but this movie is very, how shall I put it, frontally loaded. And we're not talking a little peek, we're talking the WHOLE pecker (and might we add, the 6-foot-something actor shows his…height). We're talking full view, slightly hard schlong. Most movies who deign to show the whole male form, wimp out with a little glimpse of the turtle head, but Jason worked hard (pun intended) to show us his full potential. While getting fully hard would have warranted an X-rating, he got right up to that point, a point which we will refer to as "getting long" [Meaty! — Editor], and let me tell you, he's got nothing to be ashamed of. Now. Moving on. The Lowdown: Written by Apatow-staple and Freaks and Geeks alum Jason Segel, Forgetting Sarah Marshall begins with an excited Peter Bretter (Segel) eagerly awaiting the return of his actress girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). In anticipation of their "steamy reunion," he removes his clothes, and is ready to get busy. Little does he know, he is actually about to get dumped. Now, this is a very funny premise for a movie, getting broken up with while naked, but it's even funnier (and slightly sadder) when you know that it actually happened to the actor in real life (rumors are it was with Freaks costar Linda Cardellini). Though in real life he got dressed halfway through the breakup, a fact that the moviemakers thought was too depressing to include. The rest of the film is pretty formulaic. Peter is devastated, so he goes on a vacation to Hawaii in an effort to forget about her; instead he ends up vacationing with her and the priceless British rocker she left him for. And hilarity ensues. Of course he meets someone to distract him, Rachel (Mila Kunis), the hotel hostess who is gorgeous, easy-going, and of course perfect for Peter, and with a few stumbles here and there, life goes on. Though, however obvious the plot may seem, the execution is fresh and funny, and has heart—without getting cheesy. It's refreshingly different from other Apatow hits like Knocked Up and Superbad in that it doesn't rely on the gross out factor for laughs, and everyone will leave with a little more love and respect for Jason Segel. The usual Apatow suspects make cameos: Jonah Hill as a slightly homosexual hotel worker, and Paul Rudd as the stoned surf pro. But two people really steal the show, and that's Russell Brand, who plays Aldous Snow, the ridiculous, sensitive, and sexually motivated rocker Sarah left Peter for, and Kenneth from 30 Rock, aka Jack McBrayer, who plays a pious virgin having trouble with sex while on his honeymoon.
The Verdict: Take your man, take your best friend, just don't take your mom, as looking at penises with parents is always awkward. This is one of those unique romantic comedies that's appealing to both men and women. Everyone will love this movie, because it is uniquely human and real, but also hysterical. I saw it by myself and was guffawing to no one in particular in my solo chair (you know, the one that has its own row), and I'd do it again!


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The female cyclist was then taken as a priority to St George's Hospital, Tooting.
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JOE Launchbury has been nominated for the LV=Young Player of the Year Award.
Having achieved so much already, it seems odd to include the Wasps lock among the crop of emerging players, but he is still only just 23 and only made his England debut in the 2012 Autumn Internationals.
He is nominated alongside Billy Vunipola, Jack Nowell, George Ford and Anthony Watson, and Owen Williams.
Launchbury said: "To be nominated for this award along with the England Player of the Year Award 2014 is a big honour for me.
"There are so many young players in the Aviva Premiership now who are playing well week in week out, so you could name any one of those to be on this shortlist."
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Pok Pok does not have an official happy hour. (At least not as far as I can tell.) But they do have good drinks and small plates...which is EXACTLY what most happy hours have. And so I decided that they needed to be included in the blog. (It's okay to break the rules every once in awhile, right?)
I'm not sure what led Pok Pok to its fame in the first place (besides the food, of course). I wish that I could say that I had been there before it got big. (Because it got REALLY big.) I assume that it only took one food review to make this place the top of everyone's "must try" list. By now, though, I'm guessing that it's been reviewed, pictured, or at least mentioned in hundreds of publications nationwide. It's that kind of place.
And it's grown to be so big that they actually had to move what used to be the adjoining Whiskey Soda Lounge across the street. Now instead of sitting at the bar to wait for your table, you can wait out the hour (or more) across the street. The Whiskey Soda Lounge opens for business at five and are happy to let you know when your table at Pok Pok is ready. They've got small plates (quite a few to choose from) and beverages, seating inside and out, and the place might just be enough if you are interested in the flavors of Pok Pok without the long waits.
What they don't have, though, is much to choose from if you are not a meat eater. Almost everything on the menu contains some sort of fish sauce or dried shrimp. I checked in with our server, though, and she was able to make a suggestion. I ended up with the deep fried green papaya salad (minus the dried shrimp). It had an interesting texture and came with a super yummy sauce. It wasn't something that I could have turned into dinner...but it was fun to share.
To drink I had the Rhubarb Blush. It was hot out and this sounded especially refreshing. It was made with gin, fresh lime and rhubarb bitters. It was not, however, the favorite at the table. Multiple glasses of the Mango Alexander were ordered during the short time we were there. I had one small sip and was completely impressed with the flavors. It's made with mango, fresh lime, coconut creme, and vodka. We all decided that this drink was the next to be recreated at home.
Next up is Pok Pok Noi or Ping or whatever else the Pok Pok people come up with. I wouldn't say that they are taking over...but it is nice to know that you can find one in almost every area of town.
Food: Meets
Drinks: Exceeds
Service: Meets
Ambiance: Meets
Value: Nearly Meets
Three teachers reviewing Portland's happy hours. Like most teachers, we don't have a lot of money to throw around on fancy dinners, but that doesn't mean that we don't really, really want to. Happy hour gives us the opportunity to try new places and sample new foods without spending much cash.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Pok Pok & Whiskey Soda Lounge
Labels: drinking vinegars, outdoor seating, Thai
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I avoided Pok Pok for years. I've lived in Portland since 1999 and I even lived near Pok Pok on SE Division but was discouraged by the long longs and longer waits. I finally went a few months ago and the wait wasn't that bad (I think it was a Thursday night)--maybe 15 minutes. The food was fantastic! It's definitely a place for meat-eaters. I'd go back but probably not when it's super busy.ReplyDelete
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Date Posted: May 27, 2010
West Layayette, IN—An American company has signed a three-way partnership license agreement with firms in China and Denmark that allows them to use a patented yeast product to produce cellulosic ethanol in their pilot and production facilities.
Officials from the Purdue Research Park-based company Green Tech America Inc. signed an agreement to permit China's COFCO Corp. and Denmark's Novozymes A/S to use the yeast developed by Purdue researchers, led by Nancy W. Y. Ho, to produce cellulosic ethanol in their plants in China.
The public signing of the agreement took place Wednesday (May 26) at the China-U.S. Advanced Biofuel Forum in Beijing.
"This is Green Tech America's first international licensing agreement," said Ho, the company's founder and president.
"COFCO and Novozymes have proven records in developing the processes for the production of cellulosic ethanol, and we are very glad to partner with them in providing our yeast for their production of cellulosic ethanol."
The yeast, known as the Ho-Purdue yeast, produces ethanol from cellulosic materials, including wood chips, grasses and agricultural wastes like corn stalks, more efficiently than conventional yeasts.
It ferments glucose and xylose, two major types of sugar recovered from cellulosic biomass. Conventional yeasts ferment only glucose.
Ho is a research professor in Purdue's School of Chemical Engineering and also is affiliated with its Energy Center.
She began cellulosic ethanol research in 1980 in Purdue's Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering.
The China-U.S. Advanced Biofuel Forum is hosted by the National Energy Administration of the People's Republic of China and the U.S. departments of Energy and Agriculture.
The signing of the agreement was part of the forum's official agenda.
Ho and Gerard Benner, Green Tech America's vice president of finance, represented GTA at the event.
"The invitation for signing the agreement at the China-U.S. Advanced Biofuel Forum symbolizes the determination of both governments in supporting the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol as a renewable biofuel for transportation," Benner said.
"For COFCO and Novozymes to forge a partnership for cellulosic ethanol production and to license the Ho-Purdue yeast at such a public event is their way to announce to the world that they are determined to produce cellulosic ethanol in China. It also confirms their belief that the Ho-Purdue yeast is the best option for such production."
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As one who enjoys murder mysteries and historical novels in equal measure, I always relish reading historical mysteries and have several favourite authors within the genre. The Medieval Murderers are a collaboration of such writers joining forces to write novels with a central theme to which they give their own particular spin within their preferred time period. The Medieval Murderers are (in no particular order) Michael Jecks, Bernard Knight, Susanna Gregory, Ian Morson and Philip Gooden.
Following the sacking of Jerusalem in 1100 AD an English knight is entrusted to return to England with a sacred relic, a piece of the true cross said to bear spots of Christ's blood. The relic comes with a warning, however: it is said to have been cursed by its owner when the crusaders had committed terrible slaughter in the Holy City. Anyone who touches the relic is destined to die as soon as it passes from their hand. Such is the lure of this relic than men would kill to possess it but whoever does possess it always dies. This story is the history of the relic as it is passed from person to person down the centuries leaving a trail of death in its wake.
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I've read books by several of these authors previously, although Ian Morson and Philip Gooden were new to me, and I found the premise of this book intriguing enough to buy it but sadly, the story turned out to be something of a disappointment for several reasons.
The story kicks off with a prologue written by Simon Beaufort, a pseudonym of Susanna Gregory, who explains the origins of the curse and this is then followed by five 'acts' in chronological order and concludes with a very brief epilogue. Each act is written by one author whose sleuth solves the murder in his time period whilst handing on the baton to next writer and thus moving the story forward in time.
It's a great idea and I really looked forward to enjoying what was essentially five novellas which would give me a chance to enjoy previously known characters such as Crowner John, Sir Baldwin and Matthew Bartholomew as well as introducing me to William Falconer and Nick Revill, two characters I'd never come across before.
Unfortunately, what works within a full length novel where there is scope for character and plot development isn't always possible within the format of a novella and some of the 'acts' seemed a little sketchy and the solving of the crime was somewhat rushed. In this respect, I felt that some of the writers were much more adept at condensing their stories into this shorter format than others.
Each novella is roughly between 80 and 100 pages in length which doesn't really allow a huge amount of time to develop more than a very basic plot. Act One written by Bernard Knight takes place in late twelfth century Devon and features Crowner John, moving on to Oxford University in 1269 in Act Two, where William Falconer, Regent Master at the University takes up the sleuthing challenge. I'd never come across William Falconer or his creator, Ian Morson before and this book at least gave me an opportunity to sample his work.
The action then moved up to Leicestershire with Sir Baldwin and Simon Puttock and although this was the longest novella at just about a hundred pages, I felt it was the one that worked the least well or at any rate it was the one I least enjoyed.
With the fourth act, I was on more familiar territory with Matthew Bartholomew of Cambridge, the creation of Susanna Gregory. I enjoy Susanna Gregory's books and she seemed to be up to the challenge of writing a successful and satisfying crime novella.
Strangely, although I expected to enjoy the early Medieval action more than that of the Elizabethan era, it was that particularly 'act' from Philip Gooden which I enjoyed the most. This was the fifth and final act. It was a pleasure meeting Nick Revell, an actor in an Elizabethan troop known as the Chamberlain's Men who told his tale with energy and humour and it's certainly whetted my appetite to read more about this most enterprising and entertaining of men.
The epilogue skips forward four centuries to 2005 and give us a rather poignant conclusion. This is only two pages in length but manages to wrap up everything very neatly.
All writers have different styles of delivery, of course, and this did lead to a certain unevenness with this book and also prevented the story from flowing quite as smoothly as it perhaps should have done if it had been told by just one writer. That being said, I didn't totally dislike any of the stories, though some certainly worked better than others. The book was very like the curate's egg, being good in parts and the Elizabethan part, I'd rate as excellent.
I'm sure as this series continues, all the writers will improve and the books will possibly meld together in a more even style. This book certainly demonstrates that there's an art to short story and novella writing which comes more easily to some than others. I'm not certain I'll be rushing to buy any more books in this particular series but for anyone who hasn't read any of the authors before, it's a great way to sample their work. For me, it's introduced me to two other writers in this genre I'd never come across before and I'll definitely be seeking out more of Philip Gooden's wonderful Elizabethan sleuth, Nick Revill.


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