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Climate Change and the Minnesota State Climatology Office
Observing the climate.Jim Zandlo, State Climatologist
The State Climatology Office manages a great deal of climate data for Minnesota some going back as far as 1819. We can and have produced time series graphs and maps based on those data. Most of the data represent observations taken by National Weather Service Cooperative observers. Other networks such as the Soil and Water Conservation Districts have also generated considerable data over the years. Virtually all climate data that exits for Minnesota are available from web pages designed and maintained by the State Climatology Office.
The State Climatology Office does not write or run global climate models. The Office does, however, devise and run models on a smaller scale to convert climate data into other forms which are generally diagnostic in character.
Observed data is different from global climate model output sometimes also referred to as 'data'. Observed data represents conditions that have already occurred. Global climate model output represents conditions forecast to occur in the future. This note, 'Observing the Climate', is intended for the most part to address only observed data.
Non-climatic influences on the climate observing system.It is important to note that readings of climate measuring devices, thermometers and precipitation gages and the like, observe not only the large-scale climate per se but also the effects of a myriad of conditions which the individual stations might be subject to. Some of the effects at a local station such as those due to land-use changes where, for instance, farm land changes to urban use might be considered local climate change. Other effects, such as moving a thermometer from the north side of a house to its south side might be termed site bias change. Changing from one type of equipment to another can introduce equipment bias. There exists the possibility of observational errors which can arise from occasional inadvertent or chronic misreading of an instrument. Data that is recorded incorrectly such as for the wrong day or somehow incorrectly entered into computer files could be termed transcription error. Temperature data may also contain a bias of a degree or two or more due to the time of day that the observations were made. For instance, consider an observation made every day early in the early morning.
On one day, a 10 deg minimum is observed for the preceding 24 hours. The recording thermometer is reset but the observed minimum for the next 24 hours can be no greater than the current temperature which will probably be close to the 10 degrees just read since minimum temperatures tend to occur near the end of night. If temperature in the following evening gets no lower than, say, 20 degrees the reading the next day will nonetheless be the 10 degrees read for the preceding day.That is, for morning observations lowest minimums tend to be 'double counted'. In a similar way afternoon observations tend to double count the highest maximums and so tend to be warmer on the average.
It is perhaps an applied climatologist's curse that they have probably seen concrete examples of all the above influences over the course of their investigations and so are unable to ignore them. That said, applied climatologists have sought ways to correct the data for such influences. The national archivist of climate data or the National Climatic Data Center, known to climatologists simply as 'NCDC', has versions of the climate data sets that have been corrected in various ways. The simplest corrections use the time that temperature observations were made to estimate the bias that is in the data and then subtract that bias. Similarly, estimates of urban effect biases are subtracted. When the various effects that can be calculated from known conditions at an observing site are removed there are still the other effects such as site bias that remain.
NCDC and others have devised various ways to estimate and correct for changes in the bias through time at a particular site by using the data in the geographic vicinity of the site. This process is called homogenization. NCDC offers subsets of the entire data set for which such corrections have been made. Note that this process of homogenization has been changing quite recently. An earlier version of homogenized data produced results for Minnesota that were problematic. The State Climatology Office does not at this time use the 'Version2' homogenized data from NCDC. The stations for which data have been homogenized, the Historical Climate Network (HCN), represent only about 20% of the set of all stations in the state. Further, the 'Version 2' data set has not yet been analyzed in the way that the first version was analyzed to assess the adequacy of the data for Minnesota. For now, the State Climatology Office of Minnesota produces temperature analyses that have corrections for time-of-observation bias applied but have not been 'homogenized'.
Observed Trends in Minnesota
Temperature[Note: Except for buoy data, all the temperature information presented here have had a correction for 'time-of-observation bias' applied. All available monthly temperature data in Minnesota have been interpolated to regularly spaced points, or 'grid points'. Area averages, such as for a climate division, are simply calculated as an average of all the grid point values within the area. The graphs refer to this use of data with the label '(from grids)'. JAZ]
Temperature has been rising in Minnesota. There are many facets to such a general statement that need to be understood.
Over the period from the start of the NWS record in 1891 to the early 1980s, Minnesota's average annual temperature essentially did not change; its trend was essentially zero. Since the early 1980s, the temperature has risen slightly over 1°F in the south to a little over 2°F in much of the north; the trend has been upward. Much of the warming in the record seems to have occurred in the last 2 or 3 decades. That is, while the absolute increase (so far) is 1°F to 2°F the closer to the present that the trend is assessed, the greater the apparent rate at which the temperature is rising; the period of record used in an analysis can strongly affect the trend that is perceived.
The modest rates of change, 1°F to 2°F per century across Minnesota, correspond well with the larger scale changes depicted by many analysts. As already noted, rates of change dramatically increase, however, in the most recent 20 to 30 years. For instance, when only the period from 1980 to the present is considered, the rate of warming is more than 5°F per century everywhere in Minnesota. For that shorter period values generally increase from the southwest to the northeast. The highest calculated recent trend was actually for east central Minnesota at more than 9°F per century. Care should be taken not to over attribute the differences between divisions. Since divisional results are based on less data than statewide averages, they can be expected to have a greater amount of uncertainty. For instance, the northeast warming slower than the rest of the state over the long-term record (less than 1°F) and the east central in recent data appearing to be warming by more than 3°F faster than the southeast division look anomalous. Such local variations likely reflect local influences such as land use changes rather than global features.
Apparently, something has changed in our temperature climate perhaps about 30 years ago. Something of a case can be made that the rise is not unlike what happened over the turn of the 19th to the 20th century but it also resembles what climate models indicate should be happening due to 'greenhouse gas' influences. The record most certainly contains 'natural' fluctuations but it very likely contains human-caused fluctuations in addition to those natural conditions.
Minimum or 'overnight low' temperatures have been rising faster than the maximum temperature. Winter temperatures have been rising about twice as fast as annual average temperatures. Since these differences are both indicated by 'greenhouse gas' climate model results they add strength to the attribution of recent changes in temperature to anthropomorphic causes. Because they are so large, trends in annual temperature will tend to be dominated by trends in winter and minimum temperature.
The patterns of variations in the difference of the recent 10-year period 1997-2006 from the current 'normal' values (1971-2000 average) has some features worth noting. Some stations at sites that tend to be colder than other nearby stations (e.g. Embarass, Tower) have become part of the recent record in northeast Minnesota. Without those 'cool' stations in much of the normal period record of 1971-2000 the area in their vicinity would have generally looked warmer than it tends to look now. So, the map of the 'current' 10-year average shows a 'bullseye of coolness' (a lack of warming) in northeast Minnesota. This example serves to illustrate that changes in the data in or around a particular location can create local anomalies that have to nothing to do with the general climate per se. In this example differences in the microclimates around Embarass together with changes in observing sites produce the geographical feature, not a change in the general climate. A south to north gradient in the most recent warming like seen from the north verses south time series graph is small. The station-based anomaly in the northeast does help to explain why the divisional average temperature trends in the northeast were a fair amount less that the other 2 northern division trends.
Lake Superior water temperature has been measured at buoys in the lake since the early 1980s. Such a time period is too short to put the data into an adequate historical context but the tendency of the 20+ year record is certainly upward. Work by Jay Austin shows a 4+ deg rise in the last 25 years. While that is more than the average air temperature has risen in Minnesota, it is more comparable with either the amount that the minimum air or the winter (DJF) temperature has risen particularly in the last few decades.
Precipitation, snowfall, and snow depthGenerally, precipitation has been rising albeit not uniformly in time since the dust bowl years of the 1930s.
The Minnesota-wide average precipitation graph shows few years since 1990 that have received less than the median amount for the full 100+ year record. That is, the recent record is changing because of a lack of low values and not so much because the high values are getting higher.
Distributions are the relative frequency at which various amounts of precipitation fall. For instance, very roughly, a 4-inch rain occurs about once in 25 years at any given point in Minnesota but a 6-inch rain only occurs about once in 100 years. Using the entire daily National Weather Service precipitation data set counts of various precipitation amounts were made for all years of the record. Ratios of the counts of particular amounts, here 2 inches, to any measurable amounts were graphed through time to see the behaviour through time. That is, the question 'are larger precipitation events as portions of the total precipitation in a year changing?' can be addressed. The answer is that, yes, the amount of precipitation occurring as large events has been increasing for decades but about 100 years ago that fraction was similar to or even higher than what it is today.
A common practice fits the set of maximum daily precipitation values for each year at a place to some particular mathematical distribution form, here the general logistic distribution. This graph shows those annual values in pink with a black line running through them as a running mean. Once the distribution function is found, a 'return period' (RP) can be readily calculated. For Grand Meadow that fitting process was repeated for each overlapping 30-year of its record. The values of the corresponding 100-year RP are shown as the filled in green dots with a black line as the running mean. Fitting to all available data at any given point in time yielded the open light green circles. It can be seen that the estimated precipitation corresponding to the so-called 100-year return period (RP) varies from just over 5 to just over 8 inches depending on which 30-year period is chosen. Further, the calculated RP can jump suddenly when a new high value is added or subtracted from the set used to find the distribution. Like the graph of the fraction of heavy events to all events, the return period appears to be rising but about a century ago it was comparable to today's levels.
Snowfall and snowdepth are difficult observations and are difficult to analyze due primarily to many non-climatic influences. Siting for the observation is particularly important. That said, both snowfall and snowdepth are expected to be strongly influenced by changes in temperature, precipitation (the liquid equivalent amount), and atmospheric humidity. The interactions with those other changes are not entirely obvious. For instance, more precipitation may occur but if it's warmer more may fall in liquid form and not snow. From the accompanying graph, snow has recently been increasing in the north which may reflect increasing precipitation while temperatures are still cold enough to produce snow. In the south, however, snow is decreasing in spite of increasing precipitation likely affected more critically by increasing temperature. Another possible effect is that more precipitation is probably accompanied by higher humidity which contains more energy that may cause more snow melt.
Atmospheric HumidityHumidity measurements for Minneapolis-StPaul extend back to 1902. Early in the record, the measurements were taken on the roof of the old Court House building then after 1938 at the Wold Chamberlin Airport (MSP). The record starts with one measurement per day at 6pm (hour 18) and doesn't expand to every hour until decades later. For that reason, time series graphs back to 1902 use just the hour 18 data.
Perhaps the most dramatic feature of the long-term time seasonal time series is the recent (last few decades) 8°F or so rise in winter (December-January-February) dewpoint temperature versus the quite modest recent rise of perhaps 2°F for summer (June-July-August). However, for the century plus period of record the overall tendencies are relatively small; summer and winter dewpoint temperatures are now at levels fairly similar to what they were 100 years ago.
Recently at MSP the dewpoint temperature has been rising faster than the temperature. But the rise in heat when expressed as 'equivalent temperature' (Teqv) has been rising even faster since it sums the heat change of both! As with temperature alone the rise is most pronounced for the winter months.
Perhaps it should be no surprise that the number of days on which the dewpoint was greater than 70deg at hour 18 was much lower in the dust bowl years than today. However, today's counts are essentially the same as what was observed just after the dust bowl years ended.
One of the more dramatic recent changes in Humidity is the decrease in the diurnal range of dewpoints which was small to begin with. It seems more unusual in the sense that there is no similar condition early in the record as is the case with many other variables. The recent drop is likely associated with increasing minimum temperatures.
Lake ice outIce out, like snow, is one of many results of both temperature changes and humidity changes since both represent heat changes. A more detailed examination of ice out changes has been assembled that show the effects statewide.
Lake ice out has been getting earlier in the last few decades. The rate at which it has been getting earlier is greater in the recent record than for longer periods. Much of the change appears to arise from a lack of 'late dates'.
Other Climatic ParametersOther aspects of the climate such as wind, cloudiness, soil and water temperature, evaporation and the like have no doubt also experienced changes through time. Such characteristics of the climate have not been so uniformly observed in time nor space, as have temperature and precipitation. As such data become more readily available they will also be examined for trends and other behaviours. A recent study on stream flow trends in Minnesota has been published.
OverviewThe most recent 2 to 3 decades of Minnesota climate have exhibited substantial changes that are consistent with warming and moistening and that are coherent. That said, the current values of many of the indicators have been at similar values in the observational past, namely, about 100 years ago. It seems very plausible that different agents were at play then and now. The current condition is no doubt an amalgamation of more than one influence.


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Life is always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.
Lucia walked in quick confident strides. She could tell she was being followed. The follower was a middle aged man with a goatee.
'6ft, weight undetermined, Caucasian, most likely a hired thug, judging by the cheap jeans and leather jacket.' She listed the information in her head, which she gathered from a quick glance as she was pretending to tie her runners. A normal person would feel trapped. Their palms would sweat, their stomach would slosh undigested material around otherwise causing 'butterflies', perhaps they would try to run or shake him off, perhaps they might go into a public area and hide amongst the crowds. Would they be afraid? Yes. Wouldn't you? Lucia felt none of these things. She hadn't even a developed concept of them. A fourteen year old young woman, unarmed, on her own and she felt nothing. Her mind just went through the procedure.
"Follower is unsuspicious. No other potential followers recognised. "
She was in a crowd. Busy pedestrians were on their way to work and other casual duties. She saw what she needed.
"Elderly pedestrian. Female. Dependant on walking stick. Small handbag on right shoulder."
The old woman was hobbling along, looking quite lost. Lucia tracked her movements as a fox tracks a wounded rodent. The pensioner meanwhile clutched her bag cautiously as the crowd pushed her around like a plastic bag caught in the breeze. Lucia felt no pity. She saw opportunity. The woman pushed through the crowd to a garda, who stood by his car, carelessly chatting on his mobile to someone Lucia didn't care about. When the elder was but a metre from the garda, she wheeled around and pretended to just notice the follower who, realising he had been spotted, began to thrash through the sea of people. She ran at the woman.
'What are you-'was all the old woman had time to say before the youth kicked the stick from under her to causing her to lose her balance. Lucia made a useless effort to pull the handbag from the lady's grasp. The garda spotted the commotion and sprinted over to the scene. He grabbed onto Lucia's waist and pulled her off. Lucia had to concentrate to stop herself from pushing free from the garda's clutches.
'What are ye at?' He shouted into her eardrum, as he dragged her away from the shocked elder.
Someone from the crowd moved over to the baffled woman and helped her up. Blood oozed from a shallow cut on her thumb. Lucia probably scratched it in the tussle. The dismayed woman looked at the girl, her creased face filled with venom.
'How dare you!' she spat.
Lucia began to cry. 'I-I am sorry. He said he'd kill me if I didn't. Please don't let him hurt me.' She wailed.
The garda screwed up his face.
'Easy there. Whose gona hurt ya?'
She pointed at someone in the crowd. He had a goatee and wore cheap jeans. He froze in the middle of bounding toward them. He then turned around and plunged through the crowd in haste.
'Stop!' The garda called, releasing Lucia and chasing after the thug.
She was free now and nobody was following her. The old woman waved her stick, encouraging the garda.
'Go on get him! Bloody hooligan!'
The old woman seemed a lot more confident now. Perhaps it was just being lost which unnerved her. Nobody was watching so she stopped crying. She felt something. It was like her heart was sinking and pressure was building in her head. She wanted to properly cry now, her breathing became sharp gasps. She must have felt it before. Lucia was never able to identify emotions. It was difficult for her. The emotion she was feeling was obviously a sense of frustration, but she did not know that. She had grown up giving names to what she felt instead of relating them with other people. She looked again at the old woman, who was still watching the garda chase the thug into the sunset. She decided to name the feeling- lost. She felt lost. She wanted to go somewhere quiet now.
'Hold on there.' Someone said in a commanding voice, grabbing her by the arm.
It was another garda. He wore the signature high visibility jacket. His face had a fat moustache filled with crumbs. In his free hand was a steaming cup of hot coffee.
'I believe you owe this woman an apolo-.' This was as far as he got. Lucia felt what she called orange. It was her favourite colour when she was younger and when she felt orange she did bad things so she named it orange, so as to make herself feel better. It had no effect though, she still did "bad things". In a quick move she freed herself and attempted to knock the cup into his ugly face. Her aim was to blind him but the hot tea only scalded his neck and arm.
'You little whore!' He yelped.
She took a deep breath through her nose, smelling coffee and began to run. The garda chased after her like a bull in the Spanish bull fighting festival. The coffee had only succeeded in slowing him down. Lucia would have to outrun him. This wasn't easy because of the fact people get out the way when they see a guard running whilst no-one did the same with Lucia. In fact three people jumped out and tried to stop her. Those people got a fright and her fist in their guts. She came to some stairs and leaped down them. At the last step she tripped. Her body smashed against the pavement. Her shoulder stung and her palms had scratched against the pavement causing skin to peel. When she tried to move her ankle screamed in protest. It felt tender, even the slightest movement was agony. She could hear the patter of the garda puffing down the stairs. She held her breath and lifted her body up. She hobbled as fast as she could up to an old building site and stopped under a graffiti covered bridge. It was covered with beer cans and cigarette butts. It smelt of sewage. Lucia would have run further. She stopped when she saw a figure at the other side of the wide tunnel under the bridge. This figure had a goatee. He looked surprised at first but then happy.
'Fancy this darlin.' He said reaching into his jacket.
He was foreign. His accent was West Virginian. She took a deep breath. She was determined to escape free. In that breath she noticed a faint smell among the sewage. It was coffee. She didn't even have to look behind to know that the garda was there. The man with the goatee took out a switch blade and clicked it.
'Well howdy there sir, I was just about to pick up my little sis from school when she went all skrits and I had to chase her all the way down here. Very sorry.'
'Yeah? Then what's the knife for?'
The American frowned darkly. 'So I can gut ya like a fish when you come over here. Got it?'
'I am warning you. I will use this.' He said holding out a can of pepper spray.
'You think that'll stop me from stabbing your eyes out. Come on try it Irishman.' He taunted raising his hands.
It was another opportunity. Lucia took advantage of it. With her good foot she propelled herself towards him and kneed the thug in the groin. He wailed and buckled. In the heat of the moment she forgot to move her head to the right and his forehead smashed into her. She bit her tongue; she tasted the iron tang of hot blood in her mouth. But she had to ignore it. Her hand shot out and palmed his face. It was a convenient way of giving your victim a concussion without the burden of hurting your knuckles. Her other hand grasped where he was holding the knife and she dug her nails into his skin. His grip loosened and the knife was now in her possession. She wasted no time, plunging the weapon where his diaphragm would be. She pushed him away and took a few steps back, keeping a safe distance. The American groaned. His knees buckled and he collapsed to the ground. She turned to the garda who held the spray in shaky hands. He opened and closed his mouth as if wanting to say something but lacking the words. Lucia took the knife and held it to her neck.
'W-wait don't.'
'I am tired of killing.' She announced, her words slightly slurred. Her accent was rich and almost unique. It surprised the garda.
'Put that down. You can stop killing. I will help you.'
She looked at the pepper spray then back to the man's face. He took the hint and hitched spray back into his belt.
'Okay? Now put it down.'
She stared at him for what seemed like an eternity. Slowly, she put the knife on the ground and stepped away from it. The garda walked over to her.
'Alright now. Where's your family?'
Lucia leapt at his face. She bit into his cheek, feeling the blood dribble down her chin. She held on, grinding her teeth deeper into the soft flesh. She let go and reached for his belt as he held his hands up to his face and took the spray. The garda screamed almost inhumanly as she burned his wound. He held up his hands to stop it and flung out wildly. Lucia stopped when he was on the ground. Now she had to act fast. She approached the dying American.
'Why did you attack?'
'I just wanted to show you a good time.' The American gibbered, his face pale from blood loss.
Lucia looked at his wound then at the pepper spray. She wondered something. The garda began to scream again. So she hobbled away.
She had tried to clean up the blood in a nearby puddle. But it was dry and stuck to her clothes. The water had turned crimson. At least she had been prepared for this. She was taught how to survive. But she still needed her family. They were essential for now. But what should happen if they become a burden? Lucia needed to talk to Soot. She was like Lucia. She was family. Lucia hoped she wasn't dead yet.

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>Cross Training>Another car vs biker
12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
We had a couple of bikers hit in our little town this past July. The driver was texting( ) and mowed over two bikers...one died.
The saddest part is her husband passed away from cancer a couple of years ago and their two children are now orphans.
Charges are pending but that does not mean much to the family left behind.
I run the road she died on almost every run. It is hard not to think about what happened.
Runners seem to have a bit of an advantage as they can run towards the cars while bikers, sadly, have to ride with the traffic flow.
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas" Davy Crockett
Options,Account, Forums
Recently a cyclist in my state was mowed down by a car going at high speed from the other lane (i.e., going the other direction) -- it swerved across the road and ran him over.
I don't think there is any "being safe" that protects you from getting run over by a car at high speed swerving across the road and hitting you, except staying off the roads entirely
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.


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Date: Thu Oct 21 11:29:53 EDT 2010
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You draw me a dragon, I counter with kangaroo - Samsung gifts customized Galaxy S III to a loyal fan
0. phoneArena posted on 29 Aug 2012, 06:09
Samsung Canada got playful with a loyal fan of the brand after a heated drawings exchange on Facebook gone viral. The guy, named Shane, did a wall post listing all the Samsung gear he's got - a TV, a laptop, and a Galaxy S - asking for a free Galaxy S III to replace his golden oldie phone. In return, he gave them a picture of a dragon he drew all by himself, and it shows...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. mercorp (Posts: 1043; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
Limited edition!!!!!!
7. dickwyn (Posts: 621; Member since: 07 May 2012)
This is not a limited edition phone it is a one of a kind device
3. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
This is just so freaking BAWS.
5. Adithya7184 (Posts: 319; Member since: 05 Mar 2011)
by hearing this news, ifans will be frustrated...apple will sue him instead of gifting one...lol
6. Peter27 (Posts: 233; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
This is how you get new fans Apple and not by suing your competition!!!
This shows who is really after money and who is not.
8. ibap (Posts: 785; Member since: 09 Sep 2009)
Oh, oh. Now we'll be treated to a slew of copycats.
9. ahomad (Posts: 175; Member since: 15 May 2012)
or copydragons!!!
11. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3814; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
Wow. Many cool points to Samsung for this one. Good to see some companies still care about their loyal consumers.
13. alterecho (Posts: 1099; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
He'd wished he omitted the RAWR part.
14. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
I wish my white GSIII had a green dinosaur on the back. :(
16. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
Samsung rules for their customer loyalty.


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|From: Michael Vanier (mvanier at cs.caltech.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 5 02:41:02 EDT 2004
Tim, Scheme and lisp are very similar, and both are great languages (so much for flame wars). If you know one it's pretty easy to learn the other. The main differences are: -- Scheme is much cleaner in its design (e.g. only one namespace for functions and variables, consistent naming conventions). Core scheme also has a shorter learning curve. -- Common lisp has a huge set of functions and data types built-in which are very handy, but learning them will take you a while. Many schemes (e.g. PLT scheme) also have lots of libraries and data types, but other schemes don't. -- Very good common lisp compilers to native code exist. Some scheme compilers to native code exist as well (e.g. bigloo) but I don't think they can produce code that runs as fast as the best lisp compilers. -- The macro systems of the two languages work differently. The lisp system is quite simple but it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot. The scheme system is more complex, but much safer. -- Scheme has first-class continuations (call/cc), lisp doesn't. Some of the PLT researchers have written papers on how to use continuations for web-based programs which may be of interest to you. Continuations are a pretty tricky subject, but they're very powerful. -- Scheme has better tutorial material (e.g. How to Design Programs, SICP). -- Scheme has the DrScheme IDE, which is excellent. I gather there are excellent lisp IDEs out there, but I've never used one. What's more important than the choice of scheme vs. lisp is to choose a good implementation, because scheme and lisp implementations vary a lot. For scheme I swear by PLT scheme. For lisp I like both clisp and sbcl (Steel Bank Common Lisp). HTH, Mike > From: Tim Johnson <tim at johnsons-web.com> > Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 19:15:23 -0800 > > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > > I would welcome comments that would aid me in making a choice between > learning scheme or lisp. > > My specific circumstances are that my income comes primarily from > web-based database programming. > > Although I've learned at least a dozen programming languages in my time, > I concentrate primarily on C, python, and rebol these days. Rebol, not > well known, appears (to me) to be the most scheme(or lisp)-like, and my > experience with rebol has lead to my interest in scheme/lisp. > > All of the languages that I currently work in have robust resources for > CGI, database access and web content rendering. It appears that both > scheme and lisp communities provide such resources as well. > > My R&D time and budget is limited, I'd like to investigate both > languages thoroughly, but that is probably not feasible. > > Comments, pointers to existing discussions on this subject will be > appreciated. I'm not interested in introducing an argument over > languages. > > TIA > tim > -- > Tim Johnson <tim at johnsons-web.com> > http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com >
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"We have been in close partnership with the management team at Five Star Flour Mills over a number of years," Mr Taylor said in a statement to the ASX on Thursday.
"GrainCorp's stake ... is in line with our stated strategy of providing a direct connection between Australian grain growers and the processor of that grain," he said.
GrainCorp, which is the nation's biggest listed agribusiness, will get the right to appoint a director to the board of Five Star.
The 10 per cent stake will cost approximately $10 million and will be funded from existing cash reserves.
The grains giant has seen a flurry of activity since Treasurer Joe Hockey blocked Archer Daniels Midland's $3 billion takeover bid for the company last year on national interest grounds.
It remains on the hunt for new chief executive since Alison Watkins departed to Coca-Cola Amatil in the wake of the failed bid.
It is understood potential candidates are concerned about the position given a potential change of control situation if ADM, which still owns almost 20 per cent of GrainCorp, makes a fresh bid.
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On the subject I have following 2 opinions.
First the length of a patent should be variable depending on the field of the patent. The idea behind this is: researching something can be incredible expensive (chemestry) or not (computer science). Computer Science like the famous one click patents, or the scrollbar patent... these costed nada in research and thus also the grant should be as small. If you had to pay millions to get something done, you should roughly be able to get that as monopoly revenue + some business usual revenue gain + maybe a risk compensation. But there it stops. I know this is difficult to implement, as sometimes a patent is difficult to assign a specific field. But IMHO the patent office should be able to dymically set a time frame, depending on the estimated costs of the patent.
Definetly the "one size fits all" regulation we have now, is IMHO not constitutional legal (at least in europe). Since one of the highest constitutional rules we have "law may not treat equal things unequally. But also not treat unequal things equally". The first one is well known as "anti-sexism" principle, but the second is less known... and IMHO patents do treat unequal things equal, just for comfort, because its may be difficult to make them more just. I know many lawyers would conter me on this interpretation, its also expected since if you would share it, it would make patent law illegal, from the moment on, its not something many would want to achive (and yes constitional lawyer do make politics! Altough they often say they don't they do.)
My second opinion on patents/copyrights is: Alough a single person never has any idea, I'm not strictly against them. In my opinion a human mind is to some degree like any other "machine" also. What you don't put into, doesn't get out. For every invention, for every story, for every intelectual capital you can expost make a research and discover the series of inputs that this person was given, so the "output" he gave was no surprise. Also there is sometimes considerable knowledge existent within groups, transported just by talk, sharing ideas/emotions and so on... However it takes often considerable work to translate this implicit knowledge in explicit knowledge. That is to write a story is muuuuch more work than to tell it your kid as goodnight story. The same about ideas in patents. Many groups had some sort of implicit knowledge/techniques sometimes given on from master to apprentice for generation. It takes however additional work to sit down, and to write a document, so that everybody else can also now do this technique, without having to visit the master and learn in person. That is the sort of work that needs to be compensated by copyright and patent laws. And in the case someone did not research something himself, but for example just wrote down and made publically available what was "secret" knowledge in a closed group before, he needs to compensated for the work to aquire that knowledge and to write it down. Not for the work that "secretive group" needed to develop it first place. You may ask, when now more than one of a group would have been willing to write such a document, to make their group internal knowledge public, why just give the money to the one who brings the document? Well I think it is unfair to some regard, but its something we IMHO can live with, its a race, and thus encourages to be quick about it. Which is for the society as whole good I think.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — If Dustin Byfuglien wants to be a forward, let him, because he's making a hash of things right now as a defenceman.
Byfuglien is talented, no doubt, and loves to bull his way into the offensive zone and create havoc. The problem is he doesn't have the ability or inclination to recover and get back into the play and protect his own goal. For a defenceman, well, that's just unforgiveable.
Byfuglien is not alone in his poor results to date, as the Jets' 0-3 record will attest, but he's an on-ice leader, and the team just has to get good play from him if they are to win games. He's not a spare part, he's a piston, and the Jets' engine just isn't firing right now.
The Jets need Byfuglien to be a force, and he has the raw ability to fulfil that expectation, but some harnessing or a change of position seems prudent.
Defence takes discipline and game management, two things Byfuglien isn't displaying right now. Maybe playing forward isn't the answer, but allowing his current playing trend to continue just won't do. In his career body of work, there's evidence to suggest forward is where he belongs.
He was unmanageable for teams when he skated up front with the Chicago Blackhawks and was a major factor as the young Hawks cut down the Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers en route to the 2010 Stanley Cup.
There are very few possible responses to a 265-pound power forward in the NHL, and while the Jets struggle to find some offensive chemistry, Byfuglien could provide the tonic.
Winnipeg spends very little time as a team between the dots in the offensive zone, and in today's NHL, that's a recipe for no goals. Byfuglien can live and feast in that area and provide all kinds of room for linemates. He has produced in this role, and while the player may prefer his perch on the blue-line, he's not giving his team what it needs right now.
Rule No. 1 for NHLers is defence first, and though there are plenty who like to freelance, it's no good if it costs your team.
Byfuglien was minus-3 in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes and is now pointless and minus-3 on the season.
Pointless is an accurate way to describe his current approach to the game.
The disinterest in backchecking after offensive forays and lack of direction in his own zone are headscratchers. Byfuglien was a major producer from the point last season, piling up 20 goals and 33 assists, but the bulk of those points came in the first half of the campaign.
Teams figured out how to take advantage of his wandering ways and cut down his opportunities as the season grew older and games became more important.
Not coincidentally, the Jets, then known as the Atlanta Thrashers, plummeted in the standings from a playoff position to 12th in the Eastern Conference.
The Jets are now 0-3 and the current formula isn't working.
Coach Claude Noel is looking for answers and has made a few tweaks, but adding and subtracting with fourth-liners and swapping around sixth and seventh defencemen is a lot like carrying an umbrella in a monsoon. You still end up all wet.
It's too early to panic, and Jets management will be the first to say as much, but they've lost their sense of humour with three losses to open the season and anything that gives the team a little confidence should be welcomed.
The Jets can't afford Byfuglien being an oddity who sometimes performs and sometimes goes his own way at the expense of his team. He's no longer a man-child, as he was described during his early pro days; he's a veteran and a leader, and the Jets need to be able to rely on him.
Right now, that's a stretch.
Whether it's on defence or up front, Byfuglien needs to find his game and some consistency.
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The Waratahs, Reds and Rebels are considering merging their operations to form an eastern seaboard powerhouse under a radical proposal to be put before the ARU board at the end of the month.
In what could be the biggest reform to the structure of rugby in Australia since the game turned professional, the three east coast clubs would retain their independence but report to a head of Super Rugby, who would be answerable to ARU boss Bill Pulver. Each franchise would hand over limited control to the ARU but keep its board and retain ownership of its assets.
Fairfax Media understands that the proposal, while still in the early stages of negotiations, seeks to pool the three unions' assets and create a bigger, more powerful player in the Australian sporting landscape. It would also bring Australia a step closer to the centralised model used in New Zealand, where the five Super Rugby teams maintain control over their own administrative and membership operations but cede control to the NZ Rugby Union on issues including high performance.
The Brumbies and Force are understood to have opted out of the proposed collaboration at this stage but have not ruled out joining the new entity in the future. The concept is understood to be driven by Pulver, using the commercial success of the Queensland Reds - who are targeting 50,000 members by the end of the year - as a template.
QRU chief executive Jim Carmichael is said to be a front-runner to head the new operation if it gets off the ground. It has been in the works since Christmas but was first floated seriously at a meeting of Super Rugby chief executives two weeks ago. Pulver would not comment on the details but said in a statement the ARU met regularly with Super Rugby bosses to talk through options for the future. ''I've made no secret of our financial challenges at an administrative level,'' he said. ''Like any business, we need to organise ourselves in a way that will set us up for success and so naturally we've been discussing possible options to improve the way we work together. Doing nothing is not an option and our discussions within the Australian rugby community will continue.''
The ARU board will meet next on February 24 and it is understood the proposed east coast collaboration is high on the agenda. The ARU already controls the Rebels, bringing the Melbourne club under its control last year after founding backer Harold Mitchell cut off his funding. But NSW and Queensland, by some way the two biggest rugby markets in the country, are said to favour the proposal.
Talk of further centralising the Australian Super Rugby teams has been on the agenda for some time against a backdrop of the game's difficult financial circumstances. The ARU is trying to save money to avoid going into receivership and, among other measures, has imposed a controversial $200 levy on every junior team and senior club in the country. The NSW and Victorian Rugby Unions have rejected the levy.
The governing body, which largely props up the Super Rugby clubs but exerts no control over their operations, finished with a $10 million surplus last year despite bringing in $140 million in revenue. That revenue is projected to drop to $100 million this year and $80 million in 2015 because of the World Cup. Wallabies players have already agreed to have their match fees slashed from $14,000 a Test to $10,000.
It is not clear what changes would be made to each franchise's corporate structure but a rebranding of the chief executive role to general manager in each outfit is one possibility.


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Everyone on the professional circuit envies Ernie Els. He makes the golf swing look so easy.
He is a huge man with arms like a blacksmith's.
Yet he has a beautiful, graceful rhythm and never looks as if he is trying to hit the ball hard.
Players in the past such as Lee Trevino and Jonny Miller had very idiosyncratic swings. But the modern action is more grooved - none more so than Els'.
Ernie's hands are like huge plates of meat.
But he grips the club extremely lightly as he stands over the ball.
You could easily pull it out of his hands with a little tug. He holds the club as if it were an egg!
If you want to check your grip is right, try this.
Ideally, as you look down you should be able to see two or three knuckles of your left hand and two on your right.
Many club players find they have the right hand twisted too far round to the right.
If you had a look at Tiger's swing you'll have learnt about all the key parts of the classic swing.
And some of my other six choices have some quite unusual habits.
But with Els, there's never been a clearer case of someone just being born able to swing a golf club right.
Look how balanced he looks as he gets ready to start his downswing. You wouldn't believe he's 6ft 3ins and 15 stone.
It's just a question of getting himself in the position to let his natural swing run its course.
The best thing to do with Ernie is just watch him hit the ball - as often as you can.
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Patrol is the cornerstone of the Police Department. These are the officers out in the community responding to calls for service day and night, maintaining order, ensuring safe traffic flow, and providing the overall sense of security and well being for the community.
Personnel assigned to the Patrol section are trained to handle anything from a simple parking complaint to an in-progress assault with a deadly weapon. They are dedicated to perform their assignments as professionals, even under the most difficult circumstances. Patrol personnel are responsible for keeping abreast of all internal department policies and procedures intended to help them perform their job more efficiently.
Patrol personnel are charged with the responsibility of applying law enforcement solutions to complicated community problems. Patrol personnel give life to the philosophy of Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving (COPPS) in their day-to-day operations. It is the responsibility of Patrol personnel to apply available department resources to their fullest potential.
When critical incidents occur beyond the normal capabilities of Patrol, such as large scale civil disturbances or crimes involving the use of sophisticated weaponry or hostages, Patrol can depend on the specialized capabilities of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team and the Hostage Negotiations Team (HNT).
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The Traffic section is comprised of three motor officers under the direct supervision of a traffic sergeant. A commander has administrative responsibilities over the section. The primary responsibility of the traffic section is traffic enforcement duties and collision investigation. The Traffic section provides selective traffic enforcement at various locations throughout the City and twelve (12) school locations at the request of the community members, School District personnel and City officials.
The Traffic section has one officer who specializes in Child Car Safety Inspections.
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- Effective Jan 1, 2014, a new law prohibits the transfer of ownership of a vehicle to a relative or a revocable living trust until all parking or toll–violation fines and penalties reported to the DMV are paid by the transferee.
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- Effective Sept. 16, 2014, a new law known as the "Three Feet for Safety Act", will require a motor vehicle driver passing a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction to pass with no less than 3 feet between any part of the vehicle and any part of the bicycle or driver. When three feet is not possible, the motor vehicle must slow to a reasonable and prudent speed and only pass when no danger is present to the bicyclist. Failing to do so can incur a fine, regardless of a collision or not.
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Union City uses a five phase, seventeen-week training program, which includes a three-week orientation phase, three four-week training phases with a dedicated field training officer (FTO) assigned to the recruit, and a two-week shadow phase in which the FTO is in an observation mode to evaluate the recruit's performance and determine whether the recruit is ready for solo patrol.
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The Union City SWAT Team is comprised of a 12-member tactical response team supported by a hostage negotiation team (HNT). The team is supervised by two team leaders and two assistant team leaders. The tactical team includes two trained sniper/observer positions.
Tactical team members are selected through a competitive selection process consisting of a physical fitness test, firearms proficiency, an oral interview, and a psychological test. Newly selected team members must successfully complete a two-week basic SWAT school along with ongoing in-house training.
The tactical team attends 12 hours of training every month. The snipers train an additional 4 hours a month. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the tactical team receives additional training in civil disturbance and terrorist incident response. Training is the responsibility of the team leaders and assistance team leaders, who develop and facilitate training with outside agencies.
SWAT is prepared to respond to crisis situations including barricaded suspects, hostage rescues, natural disasters, and civil disturbances.
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The COPPS unit officers have a variety of responsibilities and are involved in several programs that include, but are not limited to, crime prevention, nuisance abatement through the Community Health Action Team (CHAT), and neighborhood dispute mediation.
The Crime Prevention program provides such services as residential and commercial security surveys, presentations to community groups on crime prevention and related topics, coordinating neighborhood watch programs and providing statistical data to the public on request.
Members of CHAT are comprised of Police, Neighborhood Preservation, Fire, Building, Public Works and Alameda County Housing personnel who work together to find solutions to issues affecting the quality of life in our communities.
The COPPS unit is often instrumental in resolving neighborhood disputes within the city. These disputes can range from chronic barking dog complaints to neighbors disputing over a property fence line. The COPPS unit also routinely participates in crime prevention and neighborhood watch presentations to various groups and organizations.
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The Union Landing Shopping Complex Policing Team consists of one corporal and two officers. The team works out of the Police Sub-Station that is located across from the Century 25 movie theaters.
The Union Landing team is responsible for the overall security of the complex. Besides investigating all crimes and incidents that occur in the complex, they also assist merchants with loss prevention and general security needs.
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A two-hour citywide demonstration on behalf of the Leningrad Jews has been scheduled for tomorrow from 12 to 2 p.m. The rally, sponsored by the New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations will be addressed by Mayor John V. Lindsay, Cultural Affairs Commissioner Dore Schary, Rabbi Steven Riskin of Lincoln Square Synagogue, labor leader Harry Van Arsdale, a representative of Terence Cardinal Cooke, the president of the Protestant Council of Churches and others. The co-sponsors of the demonstration have asked Jewish businesses in the city to close for the two hours. That appeal is being carried on the American Jewish Congress' phone-in "hot line." An Emergency Vigil to Help Save Soviet Jewry is planned for tonight at the East Meadow Jewish Center on Long Island, to be followed by a mile-and-a-half march to Temple Emanuel. Rabbi Arthur Schneier of Park East Synagogue, president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today that Secretary of State William P. Rogers had told him in Washington yesterday that he and President Nixon had discussed the matter twice over the weekend and were initiating action that Rogers disclosed to him off the record.
Michael Harrington, chairman of the Socialist Party U.S.A., and A. Philip Randolph, honorary co-chairman and a top civil rights and labor leader, urged President Nixon and all other Americans yesterday to "speak out firmly and forcefully on the grave issue" of the Leningrad trial and sentences of "so-called hijackers." They accused the Kremlin "of a return to outright use of terror to suppress all dissidence among its people and of conducting a campaign of anti-Semitism which has culminated in the trial, conviction and sentencing to death of two Jewish defendants for a 'crime' that was never committed." The party called on President Nixon to "let the Soviet rulers know that they cannot pursue their outrageous course without paying a severe penalty in the court of world opinion," and on "all freedom-loving Americans to protest this outrage by Communist Russia." Harrington and Randolph said the Socialist Party U.S.A., the American affiliate of the Socialist International, was "gravely concerned with the implications in this case." About 75 Jewish students marched in protest against the Leningrad sentences today around a gallows erected at the Isaiah Wall near the United Nations. A skull hanging from a noose was labeled Dymshitz and Kuznetzov, the two Russian Jews sentenced to death for their alleged role in a hijack plot. The demonstration was organized by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry.
There will be a rally in Philadelphia at noon tomorrow, coordinated by the Jewish Community Relations Council and the ad hoc Greater Philadelphia Emergency Council for Soviet Jewry. The latter was formed by Rabbi Sheldon C. Freedman, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the Rabbinical Council of America, and Leonard Schuster, a retailer who wants communities across the country to Join in the "grass roots movement." A dozen members of the Emergency Council–from the Philadelphia Union of Students, the Jewish Students Union of Philadelphia Community College and the Collegiate Council of Young Israel of Philadelphia–Draved freezing temperatures last night to demonstrate at Independence Hall. They lit eight flares for Soviet Jewry in the spirit of Chanukah. The Canadian Jewish Congress has arranged for a national march on the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa on Sunday, and has sent pleas to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the Department of External Affairs, Soviet Consulates in Canada and Soviet President Nikolai V. Podgorny. The CJC said 15,000 Canadians had already sent appeals of their own. There was a rally in Winnipeg last night and others are scheduled for Toronto and Montreal. A nine-day daylight vigil continues at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, and a four-day 24-hour vigil continues outside the Soviet Consulate in Montreal.


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THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY Required Report - public distribution Date: 10/28/2011 GAIN Report Number: ES1106 El Salvador Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2011 Approved By: Henry Schmick Agricultural Counselor Prepared By: Miguel Herrera Agricultural Specialist Report Highlights: El Salvador has abolished Article 30 of the Planting Seed Law which required imported seeds to carry a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the seeds did not contain Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). El Salvador ratified the Cartagena Protocol in 2003. The Environment Law, effective since 1998 provides guidance on assessing the environmental impact of GMOs. Even though there is no legal impediment to use GMOs, and GMO corn field trials have been successfully completed, El Salvador's Ministry of Environment has not completed the necessary steps on the regulatory framework for their continued safe use and commercialization. Section I. Executive Summary: El Salvador is a net food importer. White corn, red kidney beans, and rice are major staples. The U.S. is the main supplier of yellow corn for animal feed, rice, wheat, vegetable oil, tallow, soybean meal and cotton, among other products. Currently there are no restrictions on imports of agricultural biotechnology products. The only law that regulated trade of biotech products was the Planting Seed Law that became effective in September 2001. Title IV of this law – Final and Transitory Dispositions, Chapter I, Article 30 stated that it was prohibited to import, conduct research on, produce or commercialize Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) seeds. Due to over three years of pressure from the private sector and to the rising food costs, the Government of El Salvador (GOES) decided to abolish Article 30 (Please see Section III. Biotechnology Policy). The other law that addresses biotechnology is the Environment Law, effective since May 1998. Article 21 Part "Ñ" of this law provides regulations for carrying out environmental impact studies to determine if GMOs are harmful to the environment and Article 68 provides guidance on procedures to create bio-safety norms. El Salvador also ratified the Cartagena Protocol and it has been in effect since December 25, 2003. El Salvador's biotechnology regulatory system is still being developed. The Environment Ministry conducted a project financed by the Global Environment Fund (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Program from July 2002 to August 2004 to define the legal framework for a law that would provide guidance for proposals to regulate GMOs and also to define coordination among the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment, and Health regarding biotechnology. In May 2011, the Ministry of Environment launched the second phase of the GEF program with a $1.0 million funding level to work for four additional years on "Safety of Modern Biotechnology" (Refer to Section III. Plant Biotechnology Policy). The previous administration's presidential Technical Secretariat was making a proposal for a Special Ruling for the Safe Use and Commercialization of GMOs that was to be presented to the National Assembly for approval and ratification. Once this step was accomplished, a Biosecurity Committee was to be created to assure the compliance with the ruling (Please see Section III. Biotechnology Policy). However, with a change in government on June 1, 2009, the future of GMO's is on hold until the new administration decides on a current course of action. The main applications for biotechnology have been in the cultivation of vegetable tissue and propagation of vegetable materials in vitro. The National Center for Agricultural and Forestry Technology (CENTA) of the Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) is the main GOES institution offering tools to develop improved crop varieties. CENTA has mainly focused on creating improved white corn, rice, and red kidney bean varieties to increase productivity. The National Food Commission composed of the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Health has formulated a proposal for the "Special Ruling for Food Safety of Modern Biotechnology Derived Products" with the objective of complying with Article 11 of the Cartagena Protocol. MAG has created an Institutional Biosafety Commission to formulate proposals for the registration of agricultural inputs derived from biotechnology, including the creation of proposals for special rulings. The Ministry of Environment gave oath on May 20th, 2009, to the Scientific Committee for Biosecurity. The Committee will serve as an advisor and is composed of representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment, and Health, from the Chamber of Agriculture (CAMAGRO), from the Agricultural Input Association (APA) and from the National University. However, this Committee has not met since taking oath because there is a lack of a Ruling for the function of the Committee. The private sector has been active in biotechnology, carrying out several activities geared to support the safe use of biotech products. (Please see Section III. Biotechnology Policy) Section II. Plant Biotechnology Trade and Production: El Salvador does not produce any genetically modified crops and there are no crops under development that would be in the market in the coming year. El Salvador does not produce biotechnology crops developed outside the United States that have not passed through the U.S. regulatory system. El Salvador, however, does import biotechnology products mainly from the U.S.; these are yellow corn, white corn, soybean meal, cotton, and corn-soy blend (CSB). El Salvador has been a food aid recipient for the past decade and continues to receive food assistance from the U.S. and Europe. Wheat, soybean meal, yellow corn and vegetable oil are the main commodities imported to El Salvador as food assistance. Field-testing of biotechnology crops has been conducted to study the behavior of GMO crops in the local environment. Two companies presented on July 2008 the requests to import two varieties of genetically modified (GM) corn to evaluate their development in experimental conditions. The authorization was granted on December 2008 and the cultivation of the crop, with irrigation systems, was started that same month. A cost/benefit analysis has been carried out by the National Center for Agricultural Technology (CENTA) and by the Ministry of Environment to determine the viability of these crops. The results of the analysis were made public and provided positive findings. However, the current GOES administration, specifically the Ministry of Environment, is holding up the process mainly due to politically inclined opposition to the use of the technology. Section III. Plant Biotechnology Policy: The regulatory framework for agricultural biotechnology is in the development stage in El Salvador. Through the first phase of the UNEP/GEF-funded project, the GOES has written a proposal for a regulatory framework that includes national policy for biotechnology, a national policy for bio-safety, an administrative and regulatory system for imports of GMOs, a decision making support system, and a mechanism for social participation and consultation. Public consultations have concluded and a "Special Ruling for the Safe Handling of GMOs," whose objective is to provide the environmental permit for any activity or project that implies genetic handling or production of GMOs was published in the Official Gazette on July 1, 2008. The initiative is a complement to the creation in 2003 of the National Bio-safety Commission composed of members of the Ministries of Agriculture (MAG), Environment (MARN) and Public Health (MSPAS), the National Commission for Science and Technology (CONACYT), and private sector representatives. An additional effort has been the creation of El Salvador's Biotechnology Clearing House (BCH-El Salvador), available at the MARN's web site http://www.marn.gob.sv/. In May 2011, a second phase of the UNEP/GEF program was launched by the Ministry of Environment with a funding level of $1.0 million to be executed in 4 years. The objective of this program is to implement a regulatory framework and strengthen the capacity of the government agencies involved directly or indirectly with the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol. There will be private sector participation in the process mainly through the Agricultural Technology Innovation Foundation (FIAGRO) and the Agricultural Input Provider Association (APA). Under the proposed regulatory framework, MARN would be the institution in charge of enforcing the safe handling of GMOs and coordinating with MAG and MSPAS on appropriate bio-safety applications. Currently there is no list of approved biotechnology crops for food, processing, feed or environment. El Salvador requires labeling for packaged foods mainly for health and consumer information. Nutrition facts and ingredient lists are part of the label. Labeling for food products that contain GMOs is required under Article 128 of the Consumer Law; however, this rule is currently not being enforced. For additional information on labeling regulations please refer to www.fas.usda.gov under Attaché Reports and search for El Salvador's Food and Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) report. El Salvador signed and ratified the Bio-safety Protocol also known as the Cartagena Protocol on April 23, 2003, which has been in force since December 25, 2003. There is no impact on trade at this time due to the Protocol. Progress towards implementing biotechnology laws and regulations has been slowed by a lack of access by the legislative branch to scientific information about biotechnology. Until recently, political party agendas affected the ability of the government to obtain approval from the National Assembly for new government policies. However, an agreement among center right political parties gave way to the abolishment of Article 30 of the Planting Seed Law which was the only impediment to begin the use of biotech crops in El Salvador. In addition, El Salvador still has many gaps in the National Administrative and Regulatory System to be able to respond to the current challenges presented by the movement across borders of modern biotech products, especially with respect to the permit requests, their movement through the proper channels and the authorizations to carry out activities with GMO's. At this time, only the Ministry of Environment is partially complying with the obligations of the Cartagena Protocol and there is lack of coordination among competent institutions to respond to permit requests for the access of GMO's to the country. The private sector has formed a "Biotechnology and Biosecurity Commission" that is coordinated by the Agricultural Research Foundation (FIAGRO) to promote the application of biotechnology and its safe use in the El Salvadoran agricultural sector. FIAGRO has also created the "Biotechnology Network of El Salvador" that is composed of businessmen, academia, technical experts, independent consultants, and government institutions. The objective of this network is to drive agricultural biotechnology through the formulation of biotech oriented projects that assist in resolving specific problems and also provide value added and innovation opportunities. The network has formulated the following projects with a biotech profile: Molecular characterization of Bourbon Coffee. Micro dissemination in vitro of cedar and mahogany trees through the germination of plantlet. Genetic study of "Loroco" (Fernaldia sp) through morphologic, biochemical and molecular markers. Cultivation and transformation of soy biomass for energy production. In addition, FIAGRO is working on a Risk Analysis Guide for the release of genetically modified cotton and white corn seeds. Section IV. Plant Biotechnology Marketing Issues: There are no obstacles to marketing biotechnology products in El Salvador at this time. Being a densely populated developing nation, El Salvador must rely on imported food to satisfy local demand. The United States is the main trading partner for El Salvador and U.S. products are regarded as being of higher quality than others available in the market and also safe to consume. Until recent increases in food prices due to climate change, biotechnology was not a main priority of the government and consuming public, and food safety issues that could affect product marketing were more related to food borne diseases. Section V. Plant Biotechnology Capacity Building and Outreach: On July 8th, 2009, USDA funded a biotechnology outreach activity carried out in El Salvador with the cooperation of the National University of El Salvador and the Salvadoran Foundation for Social and Economic Development (FUSADES). Two experts on biotechnology and on Cartagena Protocol regulations were invited to give presentations for academia, NGO's, farmer groups and government institutions. USDA conducted an outreach activity that was held on June 28-30, 2010, in Honduras to address biotechnology and food security. A delegation of 12 Salvadoran government officials was invited and used USDA Food for Progress funds to attend the activity which included conference presentations and field visits. Additionally, the 2004 Food for Progress Government-to- Government Agreement between USDA and El Salvador made funds available to finance Norman Borlaug Fellowships to train researchers, scientists, faculty members, and policy and regulatory officials on agricultural topics that can include biotechnology. El Salvador would benefit from future training to raise the knowledge and capacity to apply transparent science-based regulations to agricultural biotechnology. The Ministries of Agriculture, Environment, and Health could benefit from this training, as well as the standards and regulatory setting agency CONACYT and FIAGRO. Topics such as traceability and coexistence could be included in this training. Along the same lines, training for academia and assistance to include biotechnology as part of agricultural and other educational areas would be beneficial. Providing training, as well as funding, for the National Center for Agricultural Technology (CENTA) to develop local biotechnology and support the dissemination of imported biotechnology would be beneficial as well. Section VI. Animal Biotechnology: There is no legislation or regulations in place at this time related to the development, commercial use, import and/or disposal of genetically-engineered animals or products derived from these animals. The relevant government entities that might have a role in the regulation of the genetic engineering of animals would be the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environment, and the standard setting body National Center for Science and Technology (CENTA). There are no active organizations that lobby for or against the genetic engineering of agriculturally-relevant animals; however, there is a group of NGO's that generally oppose any type of genetic engineering or biotechnology. El Salvador does not actively participate in discussions related to the genetic engineering of agriculturally-relevant animals in international organizations mainly due to the lack of funds for this type of activities.


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Funeral services for Wilmer Joseph "WJ or Tonkey" Turner, 89, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Antioch Baptist Church in Lake Arthur. Pastor Micheal Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of Fondel Memorial Chapel.
Wake service will be held today, Friday, June 6, 2014, from 5-9 p.m. at the church.
Mr. Turner died Saturday, May 31, 2014, in a Jennings hospital.
Born in New Iberia, he resided in Lake Arthur most of his life, where he was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and served as an ordained deacon, Sunday school superintendent, head usher and treasurer. He retired from law enforcement from the Lake Arthur Police Dept. and Jeff Davis Sheriff's Dept. He was a World War II Army veteran, past First Commander of VFW in Lake Arthur and member/finance officer of the American Legion, along with being a member of the Masons.
He leaves to cherish his memory, five daughters, Wilma McZeal of Kinder, Brenda T. Harris of Houston, Texas, Rena (Ervin) Moses of Jennings, Darlene Turner and Madeline Turner, both of Lake Arthur; three sons, William (Jackie) of Lake Charles, Walter (Liz) of Atlanta, Ga., and Kerry (Stephanie) Turner of Lake Arthur; 60 grandchildren; 150 great-grandchildren; five great great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marylene Turner; a daughter, Vida Mae Turner; and a son, Benny.
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Sep 28, 2012 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports EditorWolverine senior Aaron Nirider was just one stroke out of the playoff for the 4-A championship.
Aaron Nirider took a turn in the right direction before he started his junior year on the Riverton High School golf team.
"I become more passionate about the game," said Nirider, now a senior, about his decision to make golf a top priority. "It's my second life other than my family. I love being out on the golf course. This is my home. I feel welcomed out here."
The change took him all the way to a third-place finish last Saturday at the Class 4-A boys state golf tournament at the Three Crowns Golf Course in Casper, just one stroke out of first place.
Nirider also has a sixth-place finish from the 2011 state golf tournament at the Riverton Country Club.
He works part-time at the Riverton Country Club.
"I'm very happy with myself," Nirider said. "I practice every day. I play almost every day in the summer."
State tournament
Nirider put himself into state title contention with a 74 on the first day, then opened the final 18 holes shooting a 33 on the front nine.
Nirider had the lead after he made the turn to start No. 10.
"I had no idea that I was leading the whole thing," Nirider said. "I try not to get ahead of myself. I just think about my next shot."
Nirider said his game plan on the final nine holes was to get his pars.
"I knew I could put together a good score on the final nine holes," Nirider said. "I just had to believe that I could get pars. I didn't want anything else."
In the stretch drive, Nirider hit a couple of bogeys and a birdie.
One of the bogeys came on No. 18 in the final hole of the tournament.
"I was about 130 yards from the green, and I pushed it right into the water," Nirider said.
The outcome could have been worse.
"I took a drop and got up and down for a bogey, which I was very happy with," Nirider said.
Junior Nathan Green from Green River won the Class 4-A title in a one-hole playoff over Kelly Walsh senior Austin Hinchey.
Green had a pair of 73s for his total of 146. Green birdied the first extra hole to claim the individual championship.
"Nathan is a great golfer," Nirider said. "When I play with him, I don't see a lot of mishits out of bounds or in the water. He is pretty straightforward."
Hinchey scored a 75 on the first day and cut four strokes off the second day with a 71 to force the playoff for his 146.
"Austin has his days," Nirider said. "I have seen in previous tournaments, he can go low as a 68 or high, like a 79 or 80.
Team finish
The Wolverines came up with a third-place finish at the Class 4-A state tournament. RHS was a 326 on the first day and a 335 on the second to finish with a 661. The Wolverines were second the week before at the Class 4-A West conference tournament.
"I didn't think that we would get third at state," Nirider said. "We have a lot of individual talent on the team."
Kelly Walsh won the title (620) and Cheyenne East placed second (652).
"We have three good golfers then we have three good golfers that are young," Nirider said. "We just had to do it."
Golf future
Nirider has an offer play golf next year at Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington. Nirider said former RHS golfer Zach Waxler helped make the connection. Waxler played golf for Eastern and is now on the Utah State University golf team. The head coach for the Lancers is Casey Jones.
"Zach is the one that talked to the coach," Nirider said.
Nirider is keeping every door open before he signs with a college.
"I don't want to close any doors for sure," Nirider said. "Getting third will help my future."
Riverton High School results from 4-A state golf tournament
Aaron Nirider, 74-73--147; Preston Ward, 84-82--166; Lars Becker, 80-90--170; Jordan Yowell, 88-97--185; Ryan Axthelm, 95-0--185
Whitney Aschenbrenner, 93-100--193; Lincoln Horath, 109-100--209; Kendra Miller, 106-125--231.
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US opposed A.Q. Khan release in private
Washington, Dec 1 : The Bush administration stayed silent when rumours floated in early 2008 that Pakistan was about to release from house arrest disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of Islamabad's nuclear bomb, but did oppose the move in private.
Struggling to get Pakistan's help in the war against Al Qaeda, Washington could not risk reminding the world of a case Pakistani officials kept saying was closed, the New York Times said referring to Washington's silence over the move to release "the man who created the world's largest black market in nuclear technology".
The then assistant secretary of state for South Asia Richard A. Boucher wrote on April 10, 2008, that the embassy in Islamabad should "express Washington's strong opposition to the release of Dr. Khan and urge the Government of Pakistan to continue holding him under house arrest."
Releasing him, he wrote, would "undermine" what Pakistan had done to fight proliferation, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks.
"The damage done to international security by Dr. Khan and his associates is not a closed book," he wrote, noting that the United States and others were still dealing with the Khan network's sale of technology to Iran and North Korea "and possible other states".
The world, he said, was dealing "with the reality that the uranium enrichment technology and nuclear weapons designs that were sold to Libya are now available to other states and non-state actors."
Khan was released 10 months later. (IANS)
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A former state employee filed suit against Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, accusing her of carrying on an inappropriate relationship with a female aide.
That employee, Carletha Cole, was arrested in October on charges that she illegally recorded a conversation with Carroll's chief of staff, and then gave the recording to reporters.
In a 16-page court filing, the Cole's attorney, Steven Webster, said it was the lieutenant governor's Chief of Staff John Konkus who recorded the conversation that started the controversy. Webster said there was no reasonable expectation of privacy, because Gov. Rick Scott had asked Carroll's staff to record conversations within the office.
To help prove her case, Webster said Cole had to expose a secret relationship between the lieutenant governor and a female travel aide.
"We do believe that their relationship, would suggest that, the lieutenant governor would have wanted to discredit my client because of what she knew about their relationship," Webster said.
Cole described Carroll's relationship with the travel aide as "bizarre" in the court documents. She said on one occasion she opened the door to Carroll's office and caught the two in "…what can only be described as a compromising position."
"We do believe that the time will come when details maybe necessary, further details, but as of right now, I think it's sufficient to say that there was inappropriate behavior by our estimation," Webster said.
Florida Democrats say the accusation hurts the Lieutenant Governor's office - and party.
"It seems the only headlines Lt Governor Carroll makes are negative. Floridians who expected Scott's administration to focus on creating jobs instead of defending themselves from alleged sex scandals have yet another reason to be disappointed with his record," a spokeswoman for the Florida Democratic Party said. "This is one more brand damaging moment that the GOP can't afford."
Sources close to the governor's office said the defense had been threatening to release this information for months and that the document was filed only to embarrass Carroll.
"It's a simple matter of what is she going to do to get away from a five year sentence if she's convicted of this crime," Carroll's attorney Jeffrey Soud told Channel 4.
For those in Carroll's corner, such as the President of Florida Federation of Republican Women, they say it's not a partisan issue.
"The people of Clay absolutely adore her and I do not know anyone who is not respectful of her statewide, especially women, regardless of what your political affiliation is," Cindy Graves said.
Republican activist Chelsi Henry said this will not hurt the lieutenant governor.
"The lieutenant governor is a woman of integrity and honor," Henry said. "She's come out and said very frankly, no sugar-coating, that they're lies."
A spokesman for Scott's office calls the accusations "Outrageous," and says they don't warrant further comment. The state attorney in the case is also remaining silent.
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text: Micro Power Electronics, Inc., a subsidiary of Electrochem Solutions, Inc., today announced that Jeffrey VanZwol, Vice President of Marketing for Micro Power, will speak about battery power innovations at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Seth Fletcher, editor for Popular Science magazine, is moderating the panel titled "Portable Power: The Quest for Longer Lasting Batteries" and Mr. VanZwol will join additional panelists and industry veterans Dan Friel of Leyden Energy, Joseph Keating of Infinite Power Solutions and Bret Lewis of the Wireless Power Consortium to speak on this topic. "Mobile device users continue to expand the applications running on their devices, and battery performance becomes more essential to their business and social interaction," said Mr. VanZwol. "This session will provide a progress report on the new battery technologies that will improve the user experience with mobile devices." The panel session will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall N258 in Las Vegas. Mr. VanZwol has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of technical marketing including product management, product marketing, marketing communications, and partner management. He has extensive presentation experience on a wide variety of battery topics and has presented at conferences such as Advancements in Battery Technology and Power Management Conference, Battery Power, Power Systems World, and the Military Technology Conference. With more than four decades of success, CES reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables innovations in consumer electronics. For more information on the panel, please visit: http://www.cesweb.org/conferenceprogram/search/results.asp?categoryID=2093 About Micro Power Electronics, Inc. Micro Power Electronics, Inc. is ISO 13485 and 9001:2008 certified, as well as ITAR registered. A subsidiary of Electrochem Solutions, Inc., Micro Power supplies custom battery systems to the portable medical, handheld Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) and commercial military markets. Micro Power has more than 25 years of experience developing battery solutions.


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I've been searching the Web for the most accurate Star Trek universe galactic map, but to no avail...each one either not detailed enough or just plain crappy! Does anyone here have one to share, or can at least point me in the right direction?
If you can't tell, I'm brand-spankin' new to this wiki, so please cut me some slack ;-) Thanks! --Wfortney65
- The writers tend to change the locations of the different powers often, the best example being that the originally, DS9 was going to be on the oposite side of Federation space from the Klingons, but later, they needed to be near the klingon bordor. So there is no official map, but the one best researched would be Star Trek: Star Charts in my personal opinion. Of coarse, even that one has several made up info points, and some just plain mistakes -AJHalliwell 04:15, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I found a pretty good map here http://www.startrek-voyager.info/milkyway3.gif