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D3RegASouth: Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be amazed. In this article we will be covering not one, not three, but FIVE conference previews! Yes you heard that right! However, such a feat is not able to be completed alone, which is why I've brought in my dear friends the Real ASouth and our resident RegNEC…
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A Look at the Singles and Doubles ITA Rankings with D3RegionalNEC
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Much like the teams we cover, we have our ups and downs. I admittedly was not as active on twitter or with new articles as I have been, and for that I apologize. Behind the scenes things are still getting done (like three hour Skype calls with other writers), so don't fret. Besides, I'm here now,…
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D3RegionalNEC's HUGE Weekend Recap
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Last night as I went through the weekend's results, I was ready to start a tweet storm of scores and my thoughts on everything. However, before clicking send, I realized—tweet storms are usually pretty dumb. If you have a lot to say, maybe don't go on a platform that limits you to 140 characters. So…
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Regional Roundup – Mid-Season Review
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Now that we are beyond the mid-season point and all of the writers have already come out with their mid-season reports, I wanted to throw my hat in the ring and give it a shot. D3RegionalNEC and D3West have already covered pretty much all of my teams, but I wanted to do some quick hitters…
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D3RegionalNEC's Mid Season Report, Part II: The Northeast Region
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Back again for part two of my midseason reports, this time focusing on the Northeast. I realize we're well past mid-season at this point, especially for my teams, but with the weather finally beginning to improve a bit, it still feels like there's a whole lot of tennis ahead of us. Anyway, just like part…
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A Look Back, A Look Forward: The Week in Regional NE+C
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First things first, what a weekend we just had! Saturday afternoon on twitter was intense, following all the matches between my teams, most notably Wheaton vs Wabash and Vassar vs Rochester. I knew Wheaton and Wabash would be close, and as the match progressed it was clear it was going to come down…
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Northeast ITA Preview
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I can't remember an ITA quite like this year's Northeast tournament. Often considered one of the weaker ITAs (a fair assessment), this tournament has recently gone one of three ways: Skidmore dominates, Heinrich dominates, or someone comes out of nowhere to make a run (anyone remember when Drew won the doubles a few years ago?).…
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2017 Season Kickoff – The Blog, 10 Burning Questions
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Did y'all miss us? Well, I hope you did, because we've got some great things in store for you this year. I promised some big things over the summer and those things will hopefully come to life as we move throughout the season. If you need an introduction again, we are The Blog, the only…
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New England Women's Post-Season Update
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I really liked the format that D3NE used for his NE Men's Post-Season Update, so I'm going to copy his format and give you the NE Women's Post-Season Update! I'll go over each of the top 20 teams in the NE region (according to the 4/28/16 ITA rankings) and talk about NCAA Team, NCAA Doubles,…
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NE Postseason Update
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NE POST-SEASON UPDATE Ok, boys and girls. It's conference tournament time, so I'm here to give you a giant NE update. Very quick looks at every team in the top 20 of the region, and what needs to happen for them to make the promised land, otherwise known as NCAAs. Lots of teams to write…


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Generating income and combatting Vitamin A deficiency… the case of scaling up Orange-fleshed sweet potato locally
Pilot efforts to develop markets for orange-fleshed sweet-potato (OFSP) to generate income and help combat vitamin A deficiency in Ghana is accelerating.
Dr. Ted Carey, who works for the International Potato Center as the regional sweetpotato breeder and Ghana country manager based in Kumasi at the CSIR Crop Research Institute, said the variety was introduced in 2005, but without much promotion, the variety is not as patronised as expected; hence the pilot project called 'Jumpstarting Orange-Fleshed Sweet potato in West Africa through Diversified Markets" which seeks to stimulate demand for OFSP through market-led innovations.
He notes that micro nutrient deficiency is a serious public health problem in Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. OFSP can significantly reduce vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among vulnerable populations, particularly young children and lactating mothers.
Dr. Carey noted that while sweetpotato is well-known, and often commercially important crop in West Africa, OFSP varieties are not widely available. And since the nutritional value of OFSP is not widely recognized, therefore it is not yet sought after by consumers and marketers, he added.
Speaking to the B&FT during a media site visit to the Volta Region, Dr. Carey said it is therefore pointless for the CSIR Crop Research Institute top release more varieties until such time that demand for OFSP is reasonably high.
The trip's first stop was at Sogakofe where the team had the opportunity at first hand, to visit Vekon Bakery, run by Veronica Konu and she employs golden sweet potato by partially substituting wheat flour with puree made from OFSP, which is an exciting growth item for her bakery business which employs around 150 women.
Veronica Konu's bread is well-patronised at a roadside market where inter-city buses stop, and she is in the process of expanding her bakery business with a newly constructed three-storey complex that even provides temporary accommodation for her employees and was visited by the team.
At the bakery, Mr. Emmanuel Darkey, an entrepreneur and chairman of the Ghana Sweetpotato Innovation Platform with vast experience in the vegetable export business, and also an exporter of OFSP, told the media team that Madam Konu was introduced to sweetpotato to bake bread by himself and the researchers some years ago, but she initially refused.
She is one of the success stories of stimulating OFSP consumption through her bread and other pastries and she indicated that the demand is on the rise with hoteliers like Hotel Cisneros and schools patronising her bread.
She observed that previously her children visited the hospital regularly but since she employed the OFSP puree in her bread, they are all healthy. She bakes with five (50 kg) bags per day and employs 500 kilos of sweetpotato puree and the ratio used is 1:3. She sells the loaves for GH¢3, GH¢2.50 and GH¢5.00. She even attested that she used to wear glasses when baking because of the heat but she now doesn't wear them anymore due to the benefit of consuming the sweet potato.
The team then proceeded to Abor in the Akatsi District where they interacted with Mr. Dorsese, a reliable supplier of both vines and roots as growing material and an early adopter of OFSP, and the team witnessed how the business has improved life for himself and his family.
Among the by-products we witnessed is a honey since bees patronise the vine during flowering, pasteries and fufu, a local dish using cassava and plantain. He roofed his house with Domod roofing sheets and had a satellite dish hanging on the roof. The team visited a farm to observe at first hand the production process. Prior to adopting OFSP, Dorsese was a maize and cassava farmer. He said the only challenge with planting OFSP is weevil attack and too much rain. To combat this he continuously covers the ridges when it's fruiting and the potatoes are planted on elevated ridges.
Emmanuel Darkey exports OFSP to Holland, France and England and dispelled the fact that because it is sweet, it's bad for men but rather said it was an aphrodisiac, he added. It can be employed in bread, gari, biscuits and the leaves are good for palaver sauce and even juice.
Dr. Carey said in Nigeria, in Osun State, over 200 schools employ OFSP in the school feeding programme and Kofi Annan is the most high profile personality who is championing the product in Ghana together with his wife Nani. He said the vines takes between 90 to 120 days to harvest.
The International Potato Center is known by its Spanish acronym CIP and CIP is a member of the CGIAR Consortuim, an international organization made up of 15 centers engaged in research for a food secure future.

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Swedish Pastorat
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A pastorat is the geographical area that a minister has responsibility for within the Swedish State Church. It is made up of one, two, or more parishes (församlingar) depending on the circumstances. The head minister (Kyrkoherden) of the parish often had assistance by another minister called a Komminister (sometimes called Kaplan). The parish that the minister lives in is called the mother parish or moderförsamling. The other parish(es) in the pastorat is called the annex parish or annexförsamling. Multiple pastorats make up a Kontrakt. Sometimes the parish records of the whole pastorat would be kept in one book, other times there is a separate book for each parish.
While you are searching for your ancestors in the parish records, you should find out:
- If you are working in the moderförsamling or an annexförsamling.
- If you are working in an annexförsamling and cannot find your people, check the records of the moderförsamling.
- If you cannot find your people in the records of the moderförsamling, check the records of the annexförsamling.
Johansson,Carl Erik. Cradled in Sweden. Logan: Everton Publishers Inc. 1995
Sveriges Släktforskarförbund Wiki Community., "Pastorat". Wiki-Rötter, January 2011.


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Looking On will have needed his comeback run at Windsor and has shown more than enough to suggest he could win a race at this level. All of Blue Deer's recent runs have been on the Polytrack, however, and he's trying a new trip this evening while COLINCA'S LAD carries a penalty for last weeks' win here over 1m4f. But we shouldn't overlook the fact that the 10-year-old is a regular winner in this grade and Rosie Jessop's claim accounts for half of the extra. He can go in again as Standpoint is much better on the all-weather and Cantor is still a couple of pounds higher than his most recent win, though is unexposed on Turf.
Colinca's Lad (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Made all, soon clear, reduced lead over 1f out, tiring but kept on gamely final furlong, always holding on, won at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gd beating Reggie Perrin (8-2) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Looking On 5-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, went far side 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 8th of 10, 12l behind Aldwick Bay (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in May.
Hawaana (IRE) 17-2 (9-7) Held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Copper Canyon (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Standpoint 50-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 13, 14l behind Ibtahaj (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jun.
Blue Deer (IRE) 5-1fav (9-7) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, unable to get back to winner, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Shaunas Spirit (8-10) at Kempton 1m app hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.
Saharia (IRE) 6-1 (8-8) Dwelt, always behind, 8th of 9, 6l behind Lastkingofscotland (8-6) at Lingfield 7f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (6) pol in Jan.
Phluke 18-1 (9-1) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 13, 10l behind Bold Cross (8-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in May.
Cantor 8-1 (9-2) Led after 1f, brought field to near side rail in straight, driven along 2f out, headed 1f out, held when rider dropped reins inside final furlong, one pace, 2nd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Tawseef (8-13) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (6) sft.
Ermyntrude 8-1 (9-1) In touch, headway to 3rd over 4f out, led entering final 2f, ridden and pressed over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied close home, just held, 2nd of 12, hd behind Tinkerbell Will (8-11) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Jun.


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Boom Penrith youngster Bryce Cartwright has been identified by the surging Sydney Roosters as the player they need to nullify in Saturday's NRL clash between the two teams.
The 20-year-old rising star tore apart the reigning premiers South Sydney last week and left a strong impression on the Roosters heading into this weekend's game at Penrith.
"I think Bryce Cartwright is really one to watch. He's only young, but he's got a lot of talent," Roosters' centre Blake Ferguson told AAP.
"I think containing him will go a long way to winning the game on Saturday."
The nephew of Panthers legend John Cartwright, Bryce barracked for the Roosters as a child.
He is part of a pack that has earned the respect of Roosters forward enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.
"They've been outstanding," Waerea-Hargreaves told AAP.
"I watched them against the Bunnies last weekend and Cartwright on the edges is playing well.
"They've got some big front rowers … it's going to be tough."
The Roosters should regain the services of four Origin players in backs Mitchell Pearce and Michael Jennings and forwards Boyd Cordner and and Aidan Guerra.
Cordner and Guerra started to emerge as impact players during the Roosters run to the 2013 NRL title, but have now graduated into frontline forwards with Origin and Test experience.
"They were running around as maybe juniors or starting off their NRL careers and now they've got games under their belts," Waerea-Hargreaves said.
"The experience they have got now is a hell of a lot better than what they did have, so they are going great."
The third-placed Roosters have won their past three games, and six of their last seven.
"We're going well, were travelling nicely," Waerea-Hargreaves said.
"Obviously, there're still a lot of things we need to be working on, but we're sitting there.
"We know as a playing group we've got a lot to learn and a lot to improve on.
"This is the business time of the season and everyone starts doing everything they can to prepare well for each game coming into the back end of the season.
He said focus was off areas such as nutrition and recover now, and it was time to knuckle down.
"This is where you want to start gelling and getting combinations going and start rolling to finals."


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Welcome to my site. I document science, tech, education and other interesting stories.
Ray Kurzweil, futurist and computer scientist, has recently suggested that our world is not getting any worse, our information about the world is just getting better. Ostensibly, his statement holds some truth. As events unfold around the globe, one can watch in near real-time on reddit live feeds, twitter or other social media outlets. The instant and, what appears to be constant, information does yield a picture of world in turmoil. But, is Kurzweil correct? Are we simply living in a safer time, yet with better information?
Terrorism is Up in the European Union
Using a dataset of all terrorism attacks and deaths in the European Union (EU), the following analysis shows that terrorism in the EU is markedly up over the entire dataset, 1969-2016. Over the previous 2 decades the rise in terrorism is particularly noteworthy. The terrorism attack rate in 2016 is 4 times higher than the rate in 2015 and 5 times higher than any other year from the previous 2 decades.
While most of the attacks in the 70s and 80s were motivated by nationalistic and separatist ideologies, the bulk of the recent terror attacks were motivated by Islam. In fact, Islam was the motivation for 100% of the terror attacks in the EU over the last 3 years. In 2014-2016, each terror attack, and thus all injuries and deaths, were motivated by Islamic terrorists.
Deaths in EU are Up
When the terrorism data are normalized by week, which allows us to compare 2016 to previous years, we see that not only are attacks up, but so too are deaths. The attack and death rate data from 2015 and 2016 are also statistically significant and different from the previous 2 decades, 0.00078 and 0.0069 p-values respectively.


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World 3-1,
EditWorld 3-1
When 3-1 begins you'll be standing on the sand near a platform with a cannon at its center. Swarming over the sand will be a new enemy, Sandmaarghs. They'll eat you if you get too close, so watch for their shadows and stay on the move. Standing roughly at the level's center is a huge rectangle shaped structure lined with enemies and doors. The doors lead inside and to different parts of the structure. If you want, you can explore the base of the structure for hidden goodies such as a Propellor Box and a Plus Clock.
Enter the cannon; it's aimed by moving the Circle Pad or the 3DS itself. You'll see a Thwomp on the side of the structure; just above it is a gold ring. Fire Mario into the gold ring to land in the proper place on the structure.
Once you're on the structure, run past the Thwomp to the left. You should encounter some new enemies: a Blokkablok and a Wallop. The Blokkablok looks like a series of blocks strung together. It will follow a set path, never attacking you directly. Smash the breakable blocks to kill it. The Wallop looks like a miniature Thwomp and won't attack you directly either. It will mock your movements, obstructing your path. You can get past them by jumping quickly, then running around them while they jump. You'll come to a door. Enter it to make your way into the structure.
You'll enter a room with a sand pit at its center that's also home to a trio of Pokeys. There's a pathway running along the edge of the room, above which hangs a pair of Thwomps. Skirt along the wall, avoiding the Thwomps. Once you evade them you'll encounter another Blokkablok. Ignore or defeat it and jump into the Exclamation Point Warp Box at the end of the room. This will teleport you to a platform suspended high above the sand pit. You'll find the checkpoint flag there.
Grab it and continue through the nearby door. The door will lead back to an outside ledge. Bricks will start sliding in and out of the wall. You can use them as a staircase to reach the next door, situated on a platform above you.
This door will lead you into a room filled with Wallops. Maneuvering around them all can be tricky, especially since the sides of the room are lined with spikes. Try luring groups them to one side, jumping and then running around them while they're in mid-air. Once you're past the Wallops you'll encounter a Thwomp guarding another door. Get past the Thwomp and use the door.
You'll exit back outside, finding yourself this time on the roof of the structure. There will be some thin pillars scattered about the area. Use them to climb the last bit of the way to the Flagpole and finish the level.
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HONG KONG, June 26 (Reuters) - Reduced bank liquidity in China's onshore loan market is pushing up loan pricing as the country's banks try to curb lending after last week's credit crunch in the interbank market and stock market slump, loan bankers said on Wednesday.
Some Chinese state-owned and commercial banks have already asked borrowers to increase the interest margins of existing loans or renegotiate the margins on deals in the pipeline after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said that the onus was on lenders to better manage their balance sheets.
"We will temporarily increase pricing of loans that haven't been drawn or fully drawn yet. It applies to all clients," a Beijing-based banker at a Chinese commercial bank said.
The policy change could push more Chinese companies into borrowing in the offshore loan market to access cheaper and more readily available funds, bankers said.
It could also affect Chinese banks' appetite for and ability to participate in syndicated loans for Asian companies.
China's money markets spiked last week after authorities allowed cash market conditions to tighten.
The average overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR), the average interbank lending rate offered by 18 Chinese commercial banks, rose to 13.4 percent last Thursday, while the one-week repo rate in China's money market climbed to 11.2 percent, the highest in 10 years.
One of China's "big four" state-owned banks - Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China - issued an internal note asking for higher margins on loans that had not been drawn yet immediately after last week's cash crunch, a Shanghai-based source at the bank.
Another major Chinese commercial bank asked all branches to only allow borrowers that agree to increase loan margins to 130-140 percent of the PBOC rate to draw funds in a video conference late last week, a source at the bank's Beijing branch said, a move which could cut smaller companies out of the market.
"Bigger companies need more funds and tend to agree with it, but the smaller ones will not draw funds at this time because they can't afford it," the Beijing-based commercial banker said.
Another loan banker at a city commercial bank said that the bank is only able to release funds to borrowers that pay more than 100 percent of the PBOC rate.
Bankers said that it is common practise for Chinese banks to prioritise deals with higher returns in times of reduced liquidity and that the increase in pricing is likely to be temporary until market conditions readjust.
"When liquidity is tight in the market, banks always give priority to those who pay higher margins," the source said. "This is when banks gain more bargaining power."
The change in policy means that small and mid-sized banks are likely to restrict lending and banks trying to limit credit will prioritise lending to companies with strong credit profiles over riskier firms, Moody's said in a report on June 24.
Money market fluctuations could also temporarily hit some foreign banks' ability to lend as they rely on China's interbank market for renminbi liquidity.
Toyota Motor Finance (China) Co Ltd recently postponed the drawdown date on its 1 billion renminbi dual-tranche revolving credit to early July from the end of June, sources said, adding that the delay could have been a result of banks' tightened liquidity.
"We suspect that some lenders might have problem providing the funds," another source said. (Editing by Tessa Walsh)


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Here's my delayed Wonderfest report! I have spent the past week catching up on work, sleep, and the pollen in Maryland is so bad right now, that my allergies have rendered me a shell of the man that I was. So thank you for being patient!
Wonderfest. What can I say? Meeting people I have known (sometimes for many many years online) in real life was a true treat. It's rare that you can hit it off so instantly with a crew of people, and it truly felt like a little family by the time the weekend was over – everyone seemed genuinely sad to see each other go! Mike Salzo – a true artisan who does not realize how talented he really is. (that actually goes for all of these guys, to be honest). Kevin Witte – one of the RPF's greatest Admins, and enthusiastic X-Wing miniature encyclopedia. Quincy Cutshaw – a modeler born with that exacting eye for detail that comes from being an engineer, and our local expert on eateries – he never steered us wrong! Sean Sides – nicer than Santa Claus, and the only guy with the balls to make the Galactica and all of the rag tag fleet and make it seem effortless. Charles Adams – a fellow modeler not afraid to share information, and had the distinction of being the mellowest-yet-simultaneously-over-enthusiastic guy in a room full of wound up nerds. Rick Ingalsbe – the man responsible for a few of our model-making brethren being featured in the film 5-25-77, ace Star Destroyer modeler, and another super-nice guy. Rob McFarlane – the living embodiment of 1960s cool – if he was a watch, he'd be an Accutron Spaceview. Jeff Waclawski – my WF travel companion, talented SLA man, and a great friend. Kip Hart – the biggest personality in the room, with a great ability to tell it like it is – and an ACE 3D file artist. Greg Watson – you were there in spirit, ya bastard!! Ryan Comer – you too, brotha! And last but soooo not least, Gene Kozicki – this guy has more cred in his pinkie than I do in my entire body, and is somehow more sarcastic than me as well – I am in awe of his generosity with what he shares with the community, and was the reason we got to bask in the glory of two of Hollywood's ace model gods.
So I woke up at 4AM on Thursday and packed everything into the trailer so that we were on the road by 5am. The trip to Louisville was relatively uneventful, and we arrived around 4pm, and hung out with Kip and Sean in Jeff's room as people trickled in. Mike and Kevin showed up shortly thereafter, we met up with Gene and Rob that night in the bar, and Lorne Peterson and Pat McClung joined us all! Lorne Peterson is of course one of the two longest running employees at ILM, who recently retired after 33 years in the business. He has the distinction of having worked on all six Star Wars films, all three Indiana Jones films, and so many more. Pat McClung also worked on ESB and is probably best known for being the fella behind all of the classic Aliens models – the Sulaco? Yeah, he built that!! The highlight for me was when everyone traipsed up to my room, and checked out the models we brought to display. Having Lorne see my Escape Pod was surreal – he built the original! And Pat was bemused to see the Probe Droid pods that he "banged out in 45 minutes" – I agonized over them for MONTHS!
Friday was spent setting up the Studio Scale display, helping Jeff set up the tables in the vendor area, and dinner with everyone again – everyone else had trickled in, and we were a TEAM. Over the rest of the weekend, I got to see a large section of the film 5-25-77, met many new friendly faces, rekindled friendships with the classic attendees, saw some absolutely top notch model work in the contest room, and was sorely tempted by many products in the vendors room. It was truly the most successful Wonderfest yet, professionally and socially. Thanks again to everyone mentioned above, as well as Dave Conover and Brian Ludden, who are responsible for the easy set ups and break downs at the show, as well as for inviting me and everyone else to showcase our builds.
So Monday morning, Jeff and I woke at 4am to get on the road by 5 – that would put us back in Baltimore my 3:30 pm, and I was to have a nice relaxing transition into the house, and then go to dinner with Lisa. However, about two hours or so into the trip into rural West Virginia (we had breezed out of Kentucky), Jeff's truck suffered a catastrophic failure – we thought it was the transmission! With the help of my trusty iPhone, I determined we were 5 miles West of Milton WV, which turned out to be a super small but VERY helpful town. A tow truck was sent, and the problem was quickly diagnosed as most likely being a failure of the Durango's transfer case, which is the 4 wheel drive brain/hub. Since he couldn't tow the Durango safely, the driver (Carlos) called for a flatbed trailer. Bear in mind the truck is FILLED with six very fragile, large, and expensive Studio Scale models. Not too long after calling for back up, Carlos towed the trailer, and the other fella towed the Durango to Harrisonburg, which was a demoralizing 20 minutes back the way we came. We were taken to a transmission shop, and Jeff then had to rent a gigantic U-Haul truck as it was the only thing available with a ball hitch. We unpacked, repacked, and got back on the road. Fourteen hours later, we were home – weary, tired, frazzled – but safe. Not a model was harmed, amazingly. And as of this writing, Jeff has his truck back, in perfect working order.
Next year, I'm flying there.
Thanks for reading, and again – Greg, you were there in spirit, man. We missed you!
For the Twitter pics I uploaded live from last weekend, Click here!


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Wisconsin court stenographers have special message for Badgers
Wisconsin and Nigel Hayes' rapport with stenographers has been one of the best off-the-court stories of the NCAA tournament, even inspiring its own t-shirt that eventually had to be pulled due to compliance concerns.
So stenographers at the Wisconsin Court Reporters Association had a special message for the Badgers on Wednesday, ahead of the team's second straight Final Four appearance.
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Even if the average person doesn't quite understand what's going on here, we're sure that Nigel Hayes does.
Wisconsin plays undefeated Kentucky on Saturday for the right to go to the national championship game.
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The Yukijirushi (Snow Brand) contaminated-milk scandal was the product of corporate arrogance aggravated by a bunker mentality. President Tetsuro Ishikawa's apologies meant little after he admitted he had no idea what goes on in his plants. Having helmed the number one dairy products company for several decades and never experienced a year without a profit, the executive couldn't comprehend that something could actually go wrong.
Such an attitude can be expected to excite outrage in consumers, but before that it was the media's prerogative to be furious. Individual reporters will sometimes display impatience when given the brush-off, but the entire coverage of the Snow Brand calamity has been rife with resentment and payback, an attitude exemplified in an exchange between Ishikawa and an anonymous reporter after one of the press conferences. As Ishikawa tried to flee the press, who obviously were not satisfied with his answers, he yelled at them to leave him alone. "I haven't slept in days," he said, to which the reporter barked back, "Neither have I!" (Ishikawa made good on his petulant remark — he entered the hospital.)
The media themselves are often accused of arrogance, so when they get their comeuppance it can be pretty tough. Last year, after TV Asahi's news department reported that vegetables grown in Saitama Prefecture contained unacceptable levels of dioxin, farmers in the prefecture protested loudly and were vindicated when the broadcaster found out its figures were faulty. They apologized and retracted the report, but it wasn't enough. The farmers sued.
Ever since then, the media have generally laid off dioxin reports, even though it's a well-documented fact that Japan produces more of the pollutant than any other developed country. At the time they were still smarting from the keelhauling they'd received for supposedly over-reporting an outbreak of O-157 bacteria in Kansai connected to kaiware sprouts. With the Yukijirushi scandal, however, there is no question that the contamination was caused by corporate negligence, and once the media sniffed "coverup," they went in for the kill.
It's difficult to feel sorry for Ishikawa and the other executives, but the entire company, as well as their distributors and suppliers, are being made to suffer. The media has essentially demanded that they be present when Yukijirushi carries out the required hansei (reflection on one's mistakes).
So, not only do they get the standard photo op of all the top brass bowing in contrition, but they are allowed to follow harried Snow salesmen on their rounds as they pass out coupons for free butter and cheese to victims (who sometimes refuse them, probably because cameras are present). Supplementary hansei includes ski jumper Masahiko Harada, who is sponsored by Yukijirushi, voluntarily "restraining" his sports activities; as well as cancellation of the new series of commercials for Yukijirushi products featuring legendary actress Sayuri Yoshinaga.
Some news producers have realized that they need to pull back a little from the attack. Dairy farmers have complained to various news organizations that the coverage is unfairly implicating them in Yukijirushi's troubles. Last week, TV Asahi's "News Station" (the show sued by the Saitama farmers, and thus understandably sensitive to such criticism) went directly to the barn of an independent dairy farmer who told viewers that milk itself was still very safe.
With all this fuss the public can be expected to over-react, since it always does. After the Wakayama curry poisoning incident two years ago, curry sales dropped dramatically, even though everyone knew it was an isolated incident. What's baffling about Yukijirushi is that the company didn't understand this very fundamental aspect of public relations.
The pharmaceutical company Santen does. Last month, about a week before the Yukijirushi scandal broke, an extortionist told Santen that he had contaminated some of their eye drops. The company immediately recalled the product and told the media, knowing that the slightest hesitation could mean disaster.
In the meantime, a day doesn't pass without yet another report of a food company recalling its products. Of course, it's summertime and the food poisoning is easy, but the media seems to be taking credit for all this sudden corporate accountability. And they deserve it, even if a lot of the recalls seem to be, like the Santen action, more or less pre-emptive: Get there before the reporters do.
Coverups of corporate malfeasance are unforgivable for obvious reasons, but they are treated as particularly sinister by the media because nothing incenses newspeople more than being denied the opportunity to do their job. When several Yukijirushi executives kept reporters waiting by showing up an hour late for a scheduled press conference, they were practically lynched. The press's angry reaction received as much coverage as the press conference itself.
The media seems to be telling viewers, "See, this is what we have to put up with from these lying bastards."


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The Dutch first landed on Java, an island that makes up the many of Indonesia, in the early 1600's. They established their headquarters at Batavia on the northwest coast of the island in 1619. At the beginning of the Dutch's settlement in Java they weren't very prosperous, but were quite cozy and became vassals and paid tribute to the rulers of the Mataram who controlled most of Java.
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By Michael A. Fletcher
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Thursday, July 1, 2010; A11
State governments desperately need money. Congress is in no mood to spend it. And the reckoning will begin Thursday, when the new fiscal year will start for most states.
Nothing less than the nation's nascent economic recovery hangs in the balance. States say that if they do not find financial rescue they will have to cut services and workers. That would deliver a potentially crippling blow to the economy, which needs higher employment levels to fatten wallets, promote spending, bolster tax revenue and reduce dependence on expensive social services.
States face a combined deficit of $89 billion in the fiscal year that begins Thursday, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. And because every state but Vermont is required to balance its budget, the only recourse is cutting employees or vital programs, including education spending, medical services, programs for the disabled and elderly, and police and fire protection.
All that cutting could mean the loss of 900,000 jobs -- in the public sector and in private companies that rely on state business, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal research group.
President Obama has called for $50 billion in aid for states, but concern about the federal deficit has made lawmakers wary about significant new spending.
"We may be looking at a culture and lifestyle around this country that will start to remind people of the Depression, not a recession, if we cut through these budgets much more," said New York Gov. David A. Paterson (D), who was among a small group of state chief executives who descended on Congress on Wednesday to make a last-ditch plea for federal help.
Although the downturn has not hit the Washington region, with its relatively stable federal workforce, as hard as it has some parts of the country, Virginia and Maryland have eliminated jobs and imposed employee furloughs in the past year. Both states have proposed cuts to a wide range of programs, including education and local government aid for the coming budget year -- cuts that will have to go deeper without a new round of federal help.
A bill that would funnel federal money to states by helping them with a larger share of their Medicaid costs has failed repeatedly in Congress, most recently last week.
Cindy Mann, the federal director of Medicaid, said she was on the phone last week with the Massachusetts health secretary when word came that the legislation had failed again in the Senate. "She just got what the budget looks like without the [higher federal Medicaid match]. There's going to be a lot of sticker shock," Mann said. "It's going to wreak a lot of havoc on the states."
A recent Pew Research Center survey found that most Americans think that states should solve their budget crises without federal help. Paradoxically, however, most respondents also said they oppose reductions that would have to be made for states to balance their budgets.
Thirty states have already included a new round of federal money in their budgets, assuming that Congress was sure to approve it given its past support and the fiscal chaos likely to ensue if the money is not forthcoming. But there is now serious doubt that the federal government will provide new aid to extend a program in the stimulus bill that is scheduled to expire at the end of December. Only nine states that have budgeted the federal aid have contingency plans for what to do in its absence, according to a survey by a state legislatures group.
"The states are going to have to go back and take some action," said Brian Sigritz, director of state fiscal studies for the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO). "There is a lot of concern about a cliff with stimulus funding and how fast it drops off in fiscal 2011."
The recession has sent state revenue declining sharply for two consecutive years -- the first time that has happened since state budget officials began tracking them in 1979. State general fund spending was down $74 billion -- 11 percent -- since peaking at $687 billion in 2008, according to a recent survey of states by NASBO and the National Governors Association. Revenue was beginning to stabilize this year, but with the emergency federal money drying up, states are being forced to make draconian cuts that economists warn undermine the stimulus effort.
"More and more economists are talking about a double-dip recession," said Raymond C. Scheppach, the NGA's executive director. "These cuts could be the straw that breaks the back."
Beyond harming the larger economy, deep cuts by states would also jeopardize social services even as stubbornly high unemployment rates and other lagging effects of the downturn are fueling demand for the services. With Medicaid and education comprising the lion's share of state budgets, the cuts are likely to hit key programs.
Since the recession began, states have experienced sharp increases in their Medicaid rolls, which are projected to grow by 21 percent between 2009 and the next fiscal year, which begins July 1 for 46 states. Some states have responded by reducing some reimbursement rates for health-care providers and curtailing some services, although they are prevented from limiting eligibility by the new health-care law. In education, more than 100,000 teaching jobs could be on the chopping block.
States pushed through $26 billion in tax and fee increases last year. But, overall, lawmakers are reluctant to raise taxes, particularly as the economies in so many states are listing, leaving governors little option but to make deep cuts.
States have shed more than 200,000 jobs since the downturn hit in 2008. Some have cut payments to Medicaid providers and trimmed prison spending. Arizona has sold assets, such as office buildings. Michigan created incentives to urge teachers to take early retirement. California is among the states that raised tuition costs and slashed budgets at public colleges and universities, igniting protests.
In Illinois, a state wracked by fiscal problems even before the downturn, $5 billion in unpaid bills -- which account for 18 percent of the budget -- is being rolled forward into the new fiscal year. Alan Henry, a spokesman for the Illinois comptroller's office, said some of the 200,000 unpaid bills date back as far as November.
"We get thousands of calls a week from vendors," Henry said. "Across the state, agencies are closing down or cutting back their workforces because they are not getting the money from the state. It is a mess."
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Is it Okay to Give Sad News to a Person With Dementia?
Should we tell someone with dementia the sad news that a relative has died?
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Yes, the person has the right to know this information, no matter what stage of disease she's in. How she responds and how well she remembers depends on the person and the circumstances.
Don't avoid telling because you fear a strong reaction. The person may cry, grieve, or respond negatively -- all honest and reasonable responses to a significant loss.
If she asks for details, tell her; if she seems to forget, however, let it go and don't issue fresh reminders every day.
Give this information at the person's best time of day in a quiet place that's free of distractions, TV, and other people. Take his or her hand and don't hide your own tears. These nonverbal expressions are powerful communicators to people with cognitive and communication problems.
Do reminisce about the deceased in order to establish the link. (Saying, "I know Mary was your favorite niece" is better than "You remember Mary, don't you?")
Realize that sharing this information benefits you, too. Even nonverbal people with dementia may stroke your hand or murmur words of comfort so you can grieve. They may even be expecting or awaiting such information and can communicate having received it, bringing everyone some peace.
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We had the unfortunate experience of having to tell my 94 year old mother that my older sister passed away at age 64 from advanced breast cancer. She cried for about 5 minutes, got up to go to the bathroom, and, upon returning, had forgotten the conversation. In the 4 months after we told her the news, she experienced a fall, which led to hospitalization and eventual placement in an assisted living facility with hospice and additional nursing services, as she experienced a noticeable decline in cognitive as well as physical functioning. Another older sister and I are there regularly, but she has ceased asking about my deceased sister. I have consistently sensed that she is mourning, but has forgotten the reason why. She does say she's sad when asked how she is, but her communication skills right now are very poor. While I believe we did the right thing in telling her when my sister passed, I suffer from continual guilt that somehow we precipitated this very noticeable decline by telling her.
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: involving or including two distinct communities of people : of, relating to, or being a society composed of two distinct or separate communities often with conflicting interests In the Canadian federation, there is a strong bicommunal element, given the fundamental English-speaking and French-speaking division. — Ronald L. Watts, Autonomy and Ethnicity: Negotiating Competing Claims in Multi-ethnic States, 2000 In any case, neither the EU nor any supranational structure would possess any innate advantage in attempts to resolve bicommunal disputes such as that in Northern Ireland. — Derek W. Urwin, Regions and Regionalism in Europe, 2004 Perhaps most importantly, Rwanda can be described as a bicommunal society. This term refers to a society where over 80 percent of the population belongs to one of two well-defined identity groups. Also, the two groups in Rwanda are not in balance. Bicommunal societies are marked by social differentiation and segregation, which often results in political separation or conflict. — John James Quinn et al., Ethnic Conflict and International Politics, 2004
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Each Halloween, there are too many witches, princesses and monsters to count. Costumes can be cute, funny and scary but rarely do they make people think about the impact of recycling. Make an environmental statement next time you have the opportunity to dress in costume with your recycling-themed ensemble.
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If the costume is for a child, he may fit into a real recycling bin with the bottom cut out and the edges smoothed with sand paper. If not, find a large box that will cover the trunk of your body and paint it recycle-bin blue. Paint the recycling symbol on the front and back of it with white paint. Cut two slits on the top front and top back of the box, then attach suspender-like shoulder straps with rope, ribbon or twine. Look through your recyclables and hot-glue items like bottles, cartons, cans, newspapers, wrappers and bags to the top of the box.
Dress entirely in brown to be earth or dress entirely in blue to be ocean. Attach trash and recyclables, like bottles, cans, papers, paper cups and plastic utensils to your clothes with sticky tape or safety pins. Tell everyone that you are a polluted ocean or the polluted earth, and raise awareness about recycling.
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Dress in green from head to toe. Use green hairspray on your hair or wear a green hat. Wear green lipstick or paint your entire face green. Wear green accessories such as hair ribbons, necklaces, belts and gloves. Wear a name tag that reads Guy Gone Green or Miss Gone Green.
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Use light-colored canvas or burlap to make a bag that fits over your body. Attach a handle made out of rope. Write an environmental statement such as "I am not a plastic bag" or "I used to be a water bottle" on the front and back of the bag with permanent markers or paint. Decorate the bag with recycling symbols.
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Bangkok hotel in Bang Rak, near Patpong Night Market
Popular property highlights
Located in Bang Rak, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Sri Mariamman Temple and Patpong Night Market. Lumpini Park and MBK Center are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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This hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a business center, and conference rooms.
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All 75 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, plus free WiFi, free wired Internet, and LCD TVs with cable channels. Other amenities available to guests include DVD players, minibars, and room service.
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Hotel Amenities
Triple Two Silom features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access.
Business amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and a meeting room. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, a garden, and concierge services. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle and an area shuttle.
- 24-hour front desk
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- Total number of rooms - 75
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Triple Two Silom has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
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Minimum check-in age is 16
Check-in time ends at midnight
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If you not her type would it matter
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If you're not her type, I don't think confidence will change her mind.
A guy being confident can make me more likely to like him if he wasn't already my type
If she's telling you that, it means she's not interested. Plain and simple. I don't think confidence has anything to do with it honestly. You're better off moving on and finding someone who does like you.
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no, if you aren't my type and i have made that evident and you use your confidence to keep persisting with me i would think you're cocky and arrogant
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Loading varying file/pixel size versions of the same background image depending on viewing deviceAsked by lenardchengtw on June 11, 2016 at 12:44 PM
Hi! Thanks for resolving my previous issue with the iPhone 5 background image scaling.
A related question: how do I keep the same image and scaling, but cause a smartphone to load a reasonably smaller file size that is still aesthetically pleasing but faster to load, and a desktop to load a high res one?
Someone else asked something similar but that was for two different background images.
Thanks in advance!
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I have checked your form and the image you're currently using will load a bit slow on a mobile device, I notice that you're using the same image for desktop and mobile version of your form.
As you already read on another workaround, I think you will need to use a different image for mobile devices, you should be able to achieve it by using some CSS codes, changing the background image based on the screen size, for example, this is a sample code that will help you to change the background image:
@media screen and (min-width: 480px){
background-image: url("URL to image here");
Here is a link with more info about @media rule it should help you to understand how to change the background and how to change other elements based on the screen size: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_mediaquery.asp
Doing this you will avoid to load the same image, so loading an image with a lower size than the current image you have, the form should load fine.
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hi kevin, thanks for your answer. i tried inputting that code you provided but i think the loading times are the same.
the code you provided in language means:
load background image: url("URL") if the device screen has a minimum width of 480 px, right?
does that mean i have to add a code that says:
load background image: url("another background i upload separately that is a smaller file size") if the device screen has a maximum width of 480 px to accomodate smaller devices?
i'm trying to see if there's a way to just modify the currently uploaded background to a smaller resolution if its a handheld device, so that i can preserve the dimensions. uploading a new image seems like the last resort if i risk having it encounter rescaling problems again.
You are most welcome, Lenard, I'm glad the workaround for the image scaling worked to your satisfaction.
Yes, you are correctly reading the code that my colleague provided above - it will set an image to be loaded on screens larger than 480 pixels.
To set up a special image to be loaded on screen smaller than 480 pixels, we would instead need to use max-width in our @media query:
@media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
.supernova {
background-image: url("URL of the smaller image for mobile goes here");
Having a separate smaller sized file for mobile devices should help improve loading times on mobile devices. I would recommend editing your main (high res) image in an image editor, and scaling it down to what still looks good on a mobile device. Then, upload that edited image somewhere and use it inside the above provided codes, so that devices with smaller screens will be loading that smaller image instead of the high resolution one.
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This hotel represents the height of modern cool in a practical and peaceful location. RY 03/08
This hotel is located near the university in the centre of Zurich, just a short tram ride from the old town and all sights.
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text: One of the first projects being conducted at the center looks at improving the technology used to coat surfaces with anti-heat or friction material using a robotic arm that can spray those coatings on metals. Another is studying human performance in manufacturing operations. As part of those research efforts, the center also will have a visualization lab that will allow engineers to do three-dimensional modeling.CCAM is a "cornerstone of innovation" that "provides a place for researchers and industry partners to collaborate on the innovative technologies of tomorrow," said Will Powers, executive vice president and CFO of Rolls-Royce North America, which donated the land for the building on its Crosspointe campus, where it makes components for jet engines. Construction of the building, which is owned by the University of Virginia Foundation, was financed with $11 million from state Recovery Act bonds, a $4 million federal grant and a $2.5 million grant from the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. Those involved say the center allows industry and universities to solve real problems and gives companies a low-risk environment in which to examine new ideas. "The factory floor today isn't designed for experimentation, it's designed for efficient production. When you're interrupting that with experiments, then you disrupt the intended purpose of the factory," Lohr said. "Having an independent location where you can do research and do it at the same speed as you would at a factory, it takes that risk out of the equation." Lohr said when you're making really expensive parts, "you don't want to send one to the lab and cut it up after you've invested all the money making it â¿¿ you want to sell it." Similar public-private collaborations are taking place across the world. In the U.S., BMW partnered with Clemson University in Greenville, S.C., for research that focuses on automotive technology, Lohr said. And President Barack Obama announced a $30 million federal investment in a manufacturing innovation institute in Youngstown, Ohio that will bring together manufacturing firms, universities, community colleges, and non-profit organizations from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.


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Early assessment of the impact of alien species: differential consequences of an invasive crayfish on adult and larval amphibians
Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e del Territorio, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca. Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy.
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Aim Early assessment of the impact of invasive alien species is crucial to set up timely management, but often the impact is evident when it is too late for action. We evaluated relationships between the alien crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, the distribution of native amphibians, and the abundance of their larvae. We assessed whether considering measures of reproductive success provide a more prompt measure of impact than considering just species distribution.
Location One hundred and twenty-five wetlands in Northern Italy, in an area recently invaded by P. clarkii.
Methods We surveyed wetlands to assess the presence of breeding activity of amphibians and the distribution of P. clarkii. We measured the abundance of amphibian larvae before metamorphosis through pipe sampling. We built models analysing the relationships between amphibian and crayfish distribution, while taking into account spatial autocorrelation and environmental features. Analyses were performed at both the species level (generalized linear models and spatial eigenvector mapping) and community level (constrained redundancy analysis).
Results In terms of breeding site distribution, only two amphibians (Lissotriton vulgaris and Hyla intermedia) were negatively associated with P. clarkii, while the relationships between other the species and P. clarkii were positive or not significant. However, larval abundance for all amphibian species was negatively associated with the alien crayfish. Analyses performed at community and single species levels yielded consistent results.
Main conclusions Procambarus clarkii impacts amphibians through different processes. Newts probably avoid invaded wetlands for breeding. Other species attempt breeding in wetlands with crayfish, but suffer very low success. Considering distribution data alone would not provide a correct picture of the impact of this alien species; measures of reproductive success may allow a more accurate assessment of the impact.


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1953, Russia. With the advent of perestroika, singer and songwriter Grebenshikov became the first Russian rock artist to record and perform in the West. At school in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), he translated western songs and performed them with a beat group. In 1972 he formed Aquarium, which became the most famous of Russian rock groups. Among its members were Sasha Titov (bass), Seva Gakkel (cello) and Diusha Romanov. Grebenshikovs early writing method was to adapt foreign material to the Russian language. Thus Bob Dylans Knockin On Heavens Door became Knocking On The Doors Of Grass, and George Harrison was honoured in In The Temple Of Radjah Krishnu and a David Bowie tune became Song Of The Silent Days. Aquarium also had hippie and reggae phases in its musical evolution. By the mid-80s, however, Grebenshikov had achieved a personal voice, best heard on his biggest Russian hit, This...


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Dutrows clash in Hutcheson
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - It will be brother against brother and, more important, top 3-year-old prospect against top 3-year-old prospect Saturday, when trainer Anthony Dutrow sends out A Little Warm against the Rick Dutrow-trained D' Funnybone in the Grade 2, $150,000 Hutcheson at Gulfstream Park.
A Little Warm, who will go off as perhaps the slight favorite in the seven-furlong Hutcheson, will attempt to build on his 1 1/2-length victory in here earlier in the meet. The Spectacular Bid, which was decided over a sloppy track, was the second impressive win in a row for A Little Warm, who Tony Dutrow said has become a different horse since that race.
"He's always been a pretty laid-back horse, but I'm starting to see a big difference in the aspect of him being more confident and mature," he said. "I always spend time with him around the barn in the afternoons, and before, he had always been kind and nice about things. Now he's a major handful."
A Little Warm rallied from mid-pack in his two victories, but Dutrow said he wouldn't be surprised to see A Little Warm a little closer to the pace Saturday.
"I'm not predicting anything, but he showed in his last work and the way he's acting that he's got run on his mind, and we may see him show more speed on Saturday, especially with the stretch out," said Dutrow.
Dutrow downplayed the significance of his match-up with Rick, his younger brother.
"Ricky is an awesome trainer, and going up against him is never a fun thing for me or any other trainer," he said. "But what's more important to me is that my brother has a very nice horse, and I'm anxious to send my colt up against a quality horse like D' Funnybone. If we can beat him, then the racing community should recognize A Little Warm as a quality horse as well."
D' Funnybone has not started since finishing 13th and last after pressing the early pace in last summer in New York.
"He's ready to run," said Rick Dutrow, who also entered Radiohead in the Hutcheson but scratched him Saturday morning. "Seven furlongs is a good distance for him and a good distance to start him back. I won't rule anything out with him down the road. This race will tell us what to do, I'm sure."
Wildcat Frankie will be back to take another shot at A Little Warm, who handed him his only defeat in three starts in the Spectacular Bid. Wildcat Frankie rebounded from that setback with a 1 1/4-length victory at a mile two weeks ago.
Ibboyee is a three-time New York-bred stakes winner. In his 3-year-old debut, he finished fourth as the 2-5 favorite in , his lone start against open company.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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So here it is...this is how the Lolly Pop idea started. This one above is the original version of the Lolly Pop Top anyways. I was playing with scraps in my desk. Most of the time my cards are just created for fun, sometimes with someone in mind and plenty other time is just fun to challenge my self with a challenge out here in Blog Land. This card was born out of pure fun and experimenting. After I was done with my card I really quite loved it. It sat there on my desk for a couple of days and then I thought it might be worth submitting it to the April/March submission call. I had wanted to send a card to the previous submission call but I just didn't get around to it. Well, as I was getting ready to submit this card to the Paper Crafts magazine. My very first submission ever I realized that because all the little circles came from scraps. I had no clue who the manufacturers were. I looked in my supplies to see if i could recreate the Lolly Pop with other papers still keeping with the rainbow like theme and what do you know in my supplies I had a paper pad from K&Company (Color Basics Radient.) with a good gradient of the rainbow colors. It was just perfect. So I changed the top of the Lolly Pop you see above for the one you see below.
i LOVED how it turned out. I also still loved the original version up on top and planned on making a card with it at some point. Just today I saw this Paper Scraps Challenge over at Moxi Fab World and decided to bring out that Lolly Pop Top made out of scraps out from my little jar were I save little embellishments I make that for one reason or another don't end up working out in the project that I might be working on. I was beyond excited that The Paper Crafts Magazine accepted my very first submission, it made it special that it was a card that was all me...and it really puts a big smile on my face to see how many of you have liked it, have pinned it over at Pinterest ( trust me it has not gone unnoticed by me). I have enjoyed seeing your recreations of it too. Thank you! so much to you all from the bottom of my heart.
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Hey Wendy! Thanks for linking this up to the Paper Scraps Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)ReplyDelete
I love both of the cards and it's so interesting to hear you thought process behind them. I too popped over from Pinterest. I saw your card on my niece's board. I'm always trying to keep track of where products come from too and I think it's very difficult!! Congratulations and submit some more cards. Oh and aren't your kids and husband just too sweet with their excitement.ReplyDelete
Such a fabulous idea! Great cards.ReplyDelete
- Carole W.April 5, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Such fun cards! You've given me inspiration for my nephew's birthday card. Thanks for sharing your great idea!ReplyDelete
I love both cards, but I gotta say ...it's the one made from scraps that I love just a little bit more. Congrats on getting published!!ReplyDeleteReplies


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