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Microsoft's Patterns
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this Connector solution is the best way to integrate the two Microsoft products. This
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A POPULAR Leigh headteacher has died while on a half term holiday in Spain.
Bob Knight who has been head at Darlinghurst School, in Pavilion Drive, since 2002 tragically passed away while on vacation at the age of 58.
Parents and pupils were informed of his death on Thursday afternoon after by text message and through a letter posted on the school's website.
The school will be open on Monday when a special assembly will be held in his honour.
Tributes have already poured for Mr Knight, who oversaw the school's passage into academy status.
A joint statement from the school's head of governors Emma Howe and acting headteacher Emma Nicholls said: "Our principal Mr Knight died suddenly and unexpectedly during the half term holiday.
"At this stage we do not have any further details and the thoughts of all the governors and staff are with Mr Knight's family at this sad time.
"The school will be open as usual on Monday and we will be holding a special assembly for the children. We will also be making arrangements for supporting the school community, children and staff, through this difficult time.
"Mr Knight was very proud of our school and what we have all achieved. We will miss him very much. May we take this opportunity to thank you in advance for your support over the next few days and weeks."
Jane Theadom, head of learning at Southend Council, called Mr Knight a "highly respected" local headteacher and education leader.
"Our thoughts are with Bob's family as they come to terms with their loss and also with the Darlinghurst school community."

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Detailed Planning for Public Facilities
The Comprehensive Plan calls for the development of detailed plans for the provisions of public facilities for a district or subdistrict, including parks and athletic fields, be in place prior to or concurrent with the first rezoning approval in that district or subdistrict. To create these detailed plans, a multi-disciplinary team was assembled in mid-2010 comprised of representatives from the agencies and organizations responsible for providing the anticipated public facilities in Tysons. The team is working diligently to refine the recommendations contained in the Comprehensive Plan. Below is a timeline of their work. A map of proposed public facility locations was also developed.


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Is anyone in here an athiest or agnostic?
I am athiest and just curious if anyone else shares the same (non) beliefs.
I have never really had any reason to believe otherwise.
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Is anyone in here an athiest or agnostic?
I am athiest and just curious if anyone else shares the same (non) beliefs.
I have never really had any reason to believe otherwise.
then: adverb - at that time; at the time in question
than: conjunction & preposition - introducing the second element in a comparison
I suggest Jermainism, it will turn your life around.
I'm agnostic. I can't say what I believe one way or another, because I have absolutely no idea. Anything is plausible, but I think its very likely that we are just a growth, and a complete accident. There is no reason or meaning to life.
I can't say that I know that for sure, which is why I don't say that I'm "atheist" but its the most likely scenario in my opinion.
Atheist here. While I respect the various religious beliefs of everyone, I do not share any of them.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
I grew up Christian and was very serious about it most of my life. In recent years, I've mostly walked away from it for various reasons.
"If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy
I'm similar to this.Originally Posted by Isaac@Section216
But I will say, I respect most other's beliefs unless they just plain don't make any sense what so ever. I won't state any of those I find to be nonsense to avoid offending anyone....
Here's a thread from last August about this. It has some good stuff in it and is worth a read.
I too consider myself an Atheist, but I married a person of faith & understand why that is important to some.
You guys need Jesus.
I bow only to Jeebus....
I'm in this camp.Originally Posted by Isaac@Section216
Was raised Christian. Agnostic now.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Raised Christian, became agnostic, sometimes I feel atheist. I am dabbling in a type of Buddhism that doesn't involve belief in anything supernatural. It's a philosophy more than a religion.
I'm Christian slash hardcore Pacers fan, lol
The NBA ... it's fannnnnnnnn-tastic! I LOVE this game!
raised non religiously, became christian, not sure as of now
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Raised Catholic, then became an atheist, then agnostic, then flip flopped between atheist and agnostic, then a believer in a God/Gods but didn't choose a side, then christian, and then back to Catholic.
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Let me put the snakes back in the coolers and address this topic....
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Originally Posted by Isaac@Section216
^^^^What he said. I believe in right and wrong..that regardless of who's right, whether it be the Hebrews, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, etc, etc....that if there is a God, then He isn't a vengeful God and would not be so consumed with pride that you wouldn't get into heaven simply because you didn't worship him....you would be judged on the entirety of your actions.
[QUOTE=Chauncey]^^^^What he said. I believe in right and wrong..that regardless of who's right, whether it be the Hebrews, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, etc, etc....that if there is a God, then He isn't a vengeful God and would not be so consumed with pride that you wouldn't get into heaven simply because you didn't worship him....you would be judged on the entirety of your actions.[/QUOTE]
Well, one would think so. It makes perfect sense to me, but then since your sins are forgiven, it doesn't matter how you have behaved, ONLY that you have faith. This is what sticks in my craw. Am I confused? Good deeds and behavior matter less than faith alone? Anybody with some religious experience care to school me on this?
Oh good (God), now I'm getting religious advice over the internet.
Don't thank me, I'll kill ya.
James 2:14-26Originally Posted by Knucklehead Warrior
What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless. Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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not an atheist but no completely specified religion.. just believe there is a god and thats all i believe i need
THANK YOU!Originally Posted by naturallystoned
Nowwwww, what about deeds without faith? Is it possible for a person to be on good behavior, do good deeds, and still be confused or doubtful about his faith? i.e. Do the deeds confirm the faith, even if the individual is uncertain he has faith?
I assume a person can say he is agnostic, but still perform at the same level as someone who has strong faith, therefore both faith and deeds are needed.
Thanks for the scripture. Got any others?
Don't thank me, I'll kill ya.
"The free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23)Originally Posted by Knucklehead Warrior
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8,9).
God doesn't judge by the number of good deeds you do, or the number of bad. A person can only sin once, doubtful but this is theoretically, and do thousands upon thousands of good things, and if he doesn't believe in that Jesus was sent to absolve us of our sins he won't have a place in Heaven.The most common misconception about being accepted by God and entering into heaven, and perhaps the most common misconception about Christianity in general, is that God's approval is something which has to be earned or merited. He will only love us and accept us if we happen to be good enough.


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UM Gusman Concert Hall
April 19, 20, and 21, 2012 7:30 pm
April 22, 2012 3:00 pm
Mozart's glorious music takes center stage in this timeless satirical masterpiece which pits master against servant and wife against husband. Presented by Frost Opera Theater in collaboration the Frost Symphony Orchestra. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.
Tickets: 305-284-2400
$15 General Admission, $10 Seniors
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ARE you the borough's most romantic resident, looking for a way to declare your love to someone special this Valentine's Day? - if so, the News may have the answer.
We have teamed up with Odeon cinema at Merry Hill, to offer one loved up resident a money can't buy opportunity to declare your love or marriage proposal on the big screen.
The unique prize will consist of a VIP trip for two to the cinema to see a film of your choice showing on Sunday, February 14.
As part of the prize the lovebirds will be given the back-row Premiere seats as well as selected cinema snack treats to enjoy throughout the film.
And VIP treatment will continue after the movie, when the lucky couple can enjoy a romantic meal for two, up to the value of £40, as they are wined and dined at the nearby Pizza Express restaurant.
So if you are ready to take the plunge with your valentine this year in a unique and memorable way, then all you have to do is enter our online competition.
But romantics need to be quick to enter, as the closing date is Friday, February 12 at 11am.
For a chance of winning, all you need to do is tell us in a few words, why you deserve the romantic prize.
Click on the box below to enter and don't forget to send us your name, address, and telephone number with your answer. As well as up to eight words you would like Odeon to put up on the big screen.
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Voters in Arizona's Maricopa County have re-elected Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the face of Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement law.
With 82 percent of the county's precincts reporting, the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" in America won a sixth term convincingly with 53 percent of the vote.
Arpaio, 80, is best known for vigorously cracking down on illegal immigrants in his county - moves that won him admirers in and outside Arizona but also created a fissure dividing Latinos and law enforcement.
He was one of the state's most vocal supporters of SB 1070, which requires law enforcement officers to check the papers of anyone they suspect is an undocumented immigrant. The Supreme Court struck down other provisions of the law, but ruled that the so-called "show your papers" provision was constitutional. Immigrants however, are not required to carry their immigration papers on them at all times.
"I would like to get together with the Latino community, but they scream at you and I just can't sit down" with them, Arpaio told a local NBC affiliate in Arizona on Tuesday night. "We'll let them get their senses, we'll talk and I'll let them know what I do I have to get back to the Latino community without them screaming and yelling and we can talk about it."
Arpaio's career is apparently coated in Teflon, with his candidacy surviving a federal investigation into corruption, a lawsuit into civil rights violations and findings by Maricopa County investigators that his department misused $99 million in jail funds.
Democrat Paul Penzone received about 42 percent of the vote and Independent Mike Stauffer had about 4 percent.
Meanwhile, in Pinal County to the south, openly gay Paul Babeu has won a second term as sheriff.
With 72 of 102 precincts reporting, Bebeu had 53 percent of the vote.
Bebeu, a Republican, held off three primary challengers during the primary and Democrat and Independent candidates Tuesday night.
The 43-year-old Bebeu had been running for Congress but pulled out when the Phoenix New Times revealed in February that he was gay and had had a bitter falling out with a former lover who was an illegal immigrant. The story included photos of a shirtless Bebeu that had appeared on gay dating website. Bebeu, who had built a reputation as a no-nonsense lawman who cracked on illegal immigration, said his personal life was his own business and many in his department stood by him.
Bebeu first came into the national spotlight in a re-election campaign ad in 2010 for Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.


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Brent crude oil rose slightly to just above $110 per barrel on hopes of stable growth in China on Wednesday, but weak euro zone retail data and U.S. jobs figures kept gains slim.
Front-month Brent futures traded 26 cents higher at $110.10 by 1442 GMT, after losing nearly 1 percent in the previous session. U.S. crude fell 3 cents to $88.47.
New Communist Party chief Xi Jinping said on Tuesday the Chinese government aimed to stabilise exports and make policies more targeted and effective, which prompted early strength in oil and equities.
"Chinese sentiment is pulling markets in general higher, and this is due to the statement from the new Chinese leadership with regards to maintaining a stable environment during 2013," Filip Petersson, an analyst at SEB in Stockholm, said.
Brent was still well below Monday's high above $112 per barrel, and price gains were capped as news of a sharp fall in euro zone retail sales increased worries about demand.
The volume of retail trade in the 17-member euro zone fell 1.2 percent in October from September, the biggest drop since April.
The euro zone's economy, which generates about a fifth of global output, slipped into recession in the third quarter of this year and is expected to contract for all of this year.
"It's a stalemate. There was some hopeful data from the U.S. last week and positive noise from China (this week), but Europe's a big worry," said Richard Langkemper, an analyst at Argos North Sea Group in Rotterdam.
Similarly, data in the United States also pointed to challenging economic conditions that could limit demand for oil.
U.S. private-sector employers added 118,000 jobs in November, shy of economists' expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed.
Political and civil unrest in Egypt and Syria and a running dispute between Iran and the United States over Iran's nuclear programme have threatened to disrupt exports from the Middle East, triggering worries about supply.
"Media coverage is significantly increasing on the Syrian chemicals (weapons), and we need to keep in mind that the threat about the potential use of weapons of mass destruction have been in the past justification for intervention," said Olivier Jakob from Petromatrix consultancy in a research note.
Iran said on Tuesday it had captured a U.S. intelligence drone in its airspace, but the White House said there was no supporting evidence.
Elsewhere in the region, Israel announced that it remained committed to the peace process with the Palestinians, briefly sending oil prices lower.
Indicating that a solution seems distant, however, the European Union has summoned Israel's ambassador to discuss the bloc's concerns over Israeli plans to expand its settlements in the West Bank.
Gains in oil prices were also limited by worries that any delay in an agreement to avert a fiscal crisis in the United States may push the world's top oil consumer into recession, darkening the outlook for demand.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers are locked in a battle over measures to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year, a programme of $600 billion of spending cuts and tax increases.
Data from the American Petroleum Institute showed that total U.S. stockpiles dropped by 2.2 million barrels in the week to Nov. 30.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release its weekly data later on Wednesday, after analysts forecast a 300,000 barrel drop in U.S. stockpiles. (Additional reporting by Ramya Venugopal in Singapore; editing by Keiron Henderson and Jane Baird)


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Fairfax County is home to a diverse range of birds. (Bird species information)
Songbirds are a common and familiar sight throughout Fairfax County. Songbirds have a highly developed vocal structure and song pattern. Songbirds (passerines) include crows, jays, swallows, mockingbirds, thrushes, chickadees and finches.
Migratory waterfowl and other coastal birds can be seen in generally restricted wetland areas of Fairfax County. These birds include: geese, ducks, heron, bitterns and egrets.
Bird of prey can be seen throughout Fairfax County. Birds of prey (raptors) include eagles, falcons, hawks, and owls. (Bird of prey information)
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Land of Opportunity, Part III
October 2, 2012
Margarita Galban is a familiar face at Sierra House Elementary School. Sitting at a low table in the cafeteria, teachers, students and administrators stop to say "hello."
"She's a celebrity. We love her here," Sierra House Principal Ryan Galles said.
Galban has a long history in California. She came to the state more than 20 years ago and moved to Tahoe in October 2004. In that time she has raised four children, perfected her English, opened and closed a restaurant, worked with the Lake Tahoe Unified School District and received her General Education Development degree, also known as the GED.
Galban said she loves to learn and has pursued knowledge in one form or another her whole life. She attended primary and secondary schools in Mexico before enrolling in the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma in Puebla, where she studied for five years to get her degree in human rights and social sciences.
The degree led her to an organization dedicated to helping farmers in the rural areas. The group, called the Confederacion Nacional Campesina, or the national farmers confederation, fell under the umbrella of the department of agrarian reform.
After three years of work with the CNC, Galban decided to come to the United States. She wanted to save enough money to open her own office, and she'd heard that the U.S. was a place of opportunity where she could make enough money to start out on her own.
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In 1990, she moved to Union City, Calif., where she worked for a catering truck. She fell into the job because of her connections, she said, and even though the job had nothing to do with her degree or ultimate goals, she stayed for three years.
"When I came here, I came with friends that I knew from school. And they all worked in the catering truck. So it surrounded me and was my first chance at work," Galban said in Spanish.
The chances of moving back to her country became remote when she met her husband, Jose Aguirre, in California. Both of them had enrolled in adult English classes at James Logan High School, where they stayed for six months to refine English-speaking skills gained in Mexico.
"I studied English, but I couldn't speak it. I didn't know how to pronounce all the words, and my friends would laugh at me," Galban said.
In 1993, Galban and her husband moved from Union City to Hayward, Calif., where she accepted a job managing Ponderosa Apartments. Again her connections helped her secure the job – a couple of Peruvians who had been running the property recommended her – and she stayed for six years. The pay and the housing were good, and the couple decided it was time to start a family.
Galban and Aguirre had their first three children in the Ponderosa properties. But with more children came more work, Galban said, and her idea of starting her own office or continuing her education fell to the wayside.
"I arrived in the U.S. to work, thinking that I would save money, but after I arrived I had my first daughter and after that I had my second daughter. So it became more housework. It was like I didn't have time to go to school," Galban said.
Starting a family and a business
Galban's third child was born with Noonan syndrome, a disease which causes abnormal development in many parts of the body. In her son's case, it meant convulsions or seizures, and silence. To this day, her 14-year-old son doesn't speak.
"He required a lot of time. I left the work at the properties. The truth is that I dedicated myself to my children more than anything. I thought I couldn't keep going to school because at that time I had a lot of doctors appointments with my son," she said.
Galban would call an ambulance at least two times a month for the boy. The family had the insurance to cover many of the hospital bills, but the out-of-pocket payments stacked up. They couple was always paying bills, she said.
In 2004, the family took what was supposed to be a quick vacation to Tahoe. But when Aguirre was offered a small location for a restaurant, the two decided to try their luck in the basin. Later that year, they opened the Caballo Negro Taqueria near the Y.
"We worked seven days a week, 24 hours a day. And for reasons of destiny, I became pregnant once again, and I couldn't work with (Jose) like I wanted to," Galban said.
"We had a lot of work and a lot of clients, but we dedicated all our time to the business. To pay for all the costs of the restaurant and the house, we just couldn't do it," she said.
The Caballo Negro closed its doors less than three years after it opened. Aguirre started working as a handyman and Galban increased her involvement with the Family Resource Center and the district schools.
She also started looking into expanding her education. Galban had heard that transferring Mexican credits to the U.S. could be difficult and tedious, and she feared that her 20-year-old degree had lost its relevance.
So she decided to start from the beginning, and went after her GED in 2009.
"I was part of the first generation of people to graduate from the Spanish GED class in South Lake Tahoe. I've always loved to learn and I saw that my daughters were already mature enough to help with my sons. I was able to go to school again," she said.
Galban already spoke English, and was familiar with complicated medical terms because of her son's condition. But she wanted to perfect her language skills, and the GED offered her that opportunity.
"Language is a huge barrier for us. Sometimes to listen to it is different than how we write it. The main challenge I faced was the language and the dedication of most of your time to work. You dedicate yourself to your work and you no longer pay attention to trying to learn," Galban said.
Vicky Peoples, an adult education teacher and education specialist in El Dorado County, has helped students from 17 to 80 years old prepare for the GED test. They all share a desire to receive the diploma, but their reasons vary. For some, the GED will help them get into college or secure a job. For others, their pride is on the line.
"The people who come in always stress that they feel really bad. Maybe they've raised family, maybe they've raised grandchildren, and they don't like to say they don't have the high school diploma. And it doesn't mean they haven't been successful. Often the older students have been very successful. It's a life goal. They have a reason that drives them to get their diploma," Peoples said.
The things they left behind
After receiving her GED, Galban enrolled in Lake Tahoe Community College, where she studied grammar, writing and reading. Now, she's enrolled in a class about child and adolescent psychological development.
Galban said she's fallen behind the times when it comes to political activism, and doesn't think she could adapt to a California organization like the farmers' group she worked with in Puebla. And many of her studies dealt with Mexican laws that are either outdated or irrelevant in the U.S.
She said she wants to perfect her English, and eventually would like to write novels about the things many Latinos she knows left behind when they immigrated. Galban still has family in Mexico, family she hasn't seen since she left the country. It hasn't been easy to miss parties and birthdays, funerals and weddings, she said.
Her eldest daughter is enrolled in San Jose State University, and Galban said she also wants to be a social worker. Her other daughter is a junior at South Tahoe High School, and her youngest is a first-grader at Sierra House. Her eldest son is also at the high school, where he studies in a special needs program.
Before moving to the high school, Galban's son studied at Sierra House with Carolyn Lyons, a special-education teacher at the school. In that time, Lyons said she got to know Galban and her love of learning.
"Margarita tries to make sense of the language barrier. It's important for her to learn and that's why people are drawn to her. The thing I love about her is that she tries to bridge the gap between English and Spanish speakers. And she doesn't even know she does this," Lyons said.
For Galban, she just wants to keep learning and help her children do the same. None of her them want to move to Mexico though. They're too accustomed to living in California, she said. They have a good life here, but it's not complete.
"There's a lot of talk about what we gain, how you become an American when you move here and how we become wealthier, but we lose a lot of things when we move. Not economically, but we leave family, we leave careers, we leave friends," Galban said.
"My children have grown up making adopted families here. People say we have more opportunities in this land, that it's the country of dreams, but we lose a lot, too," she said.


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I dont see my topic, but my question is can you get the stomach virus again right after you`ve had it? My whole family has just gotten over the stomach virus, and now my nephew has it and I want to know can I get it again? My family and I had diarrhea and omiting all over the carpet and bed and I want to know how can we quarantine the house so no one else gets it, because my sister does hair sometimes.
Because there are many, many different types of viruses, whenever you are exposed to a virus that you don't have immunity to, you can get infected with it, even if you have recently been infected with a different virus. But, if you are exposed to the same virus, you probably already have immunity to it because you were sick before and have gotten over it. So you really can't assume that you'll get sick. Often it takes a few weeks for a virus to work its way through a family.
Viruses on surfaces are fairly easy to kill with standard cleaning agents, but it sounds like you and your sister have a big clean job up on your hands. Best of luck to you.
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University of Cincinnati


text: The 2nd annual Fountain Valley Eggnog Mile was held at Fulton Middle School in Fountain Valley on Saturday. Some 41 competitors entered to see if they could drink eggnog and run a mile without "losing" it. The prize? A gallon of eggnog, of course. Winners from each heat: Summer Ordaz, Brian Lu and Nick Arciniaga.


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NaturEner, which designs, develops and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects, hosted Montana Gov. Steve Bullock at its San Francisco corporate offices on Tuesday. During the visit, the company says it updated the governor on NaturEner's Montana wind energy facilities and its plans for future development in the state.
According to NaturEner, it owns and operates three Montana wind energy projects, located in Glacier and Toole counties, that total 399 MW and represent approximately 62% of the existing wind power fleet in the state. The company also says it has invested over $875 million locally.
Bullock toured NaturEner's 24/7 real-time Operations Center and was also briefed on the company's wildlife conservation measures at its 189 MW Rim Rock project. As the company announced earlier this month, these measures include the installation of radar detection systems for eagles and the positioning of trained avian biologists at different locations with the ability to immediately pause wind turbine operations.
'Montana's great wind resource is creating good-paying jobs across our state and supporting rural communities,' said Bullock. 'This meeting allows me the opportunity to couple my firsthand experiences at the Glacier and Rim Rock Wind Farms with a better understanding of how renewable energy is powering the American West and helping to expand Montana's economy.'


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Horseflies and Meteors
Like bugs streaking down the side window of a moving
car, colorful Perseid Earthgrazers could put on a remarkable
show before midnight on August 12th and 13th.
August 7, 2002: Splat! There goes another bug on the windshield.
Anyone who's ever driven down a country lane has seen it happen. A fast moving car, a cloud of multiplying insects, and a big disgusting mess.
The next time that happens to you, instead of feeling grossed out, try thinking of the experience as an astronomy lesson. Your car is Earth. The bugs are tiny flakes of comet dust. The carnage on your windshield ... it's a meteor shower.
Right: A fiery meteor? No. It's the splat of a horse fly. From "That Gunk on your Car: A Unique Guide to Insects of North America." This disgusting smear reminds the author of a Leonid fireball he saw in 1998.
Kids love the analogy; indeed, it's a good one.
Earth, like a speeding car, races around the Sun sweeping up everything in its path. There are no insects in space, but there are plenty of small asteroids and bits of comet dust. They hit Earth's atmosphere--splat!--and disintegrate as fiery streaks of light called meteors.
Coincidentally, many of those specks, which scientists call meteoroids, will be about the size of tiny insects--perhaps as small as a flea or a mite. They make vivid streaks across the sky not because they're big, but because they are fast-moving. Perseid meteoroids hit our atmosphere traveling 59 km/s (132,000 mph).
Like bugs, meteoroids accumulate mostly on the front windshield. In this case, we mean the front windshield of our planet. Earth's windshield is the atmosphere. The atmosphere protects us from the solar wind and assorted bits of space debris much as a car's windshield deflects the elements from its passengers.
Below: Tiny comet flakes like this are at the heart of fiery-looking Perseid meteors. This one is only 10 microns across. Some are as large as tiny insects. [more]
Earth's front windshield is the early morning sky. Earth circles the Sun dawn-side first, scooping up whatever lies on that side of the planet. Because Earth rotates once a day, everyone gets a daily turn looking out the front windshield. It's overhead around 6 a.m. local time. Those dark hours just before sunrise are usually the best for meteor watching.
That's why most experts suggest looking for Perseids just before dawn. No matter where you live, the shower will climax when Earth's "front windshield" is overhead.
But Earth, like a car, has many windows; the front isn't the only one. What about the others?
Rear windows tend to be dull. Not many bugs accumulate on the rear pane of a car and, likewise, not many meteoroids catch up to Earth from behind. Earth's "rear window," the early evening sky around 6 p.m., is not a good place to look for shooting stars.
Side windows (the ones to the left and right of passengers
in cars) are more interesting. Zooming down a bug-infested country
lane, side windows don't collect many insects. But the ones they
do collect are worth examining. Bugs that strike side windows
do so at a shallow angle; they leave remarkable streaks, long
and colorful.
This happens to meteors, too. Go outside on Sunday, August 11th during the hours just after 9 p.m. The constellation Perseus--the source of the Perseids--will lie low in the northeastern sky. Meteors streaming from Perseus then will skim the atmosphere horizontally, much like a bug skimming the side window of an automobile. Astronomers call such shooting stars "Earthgrazers." They leave colorful, long-lasting trails.
"These meteors are extremely long," says Robert Lunsford, secretary general of the International Meteor Organization. "I've never been able to capture an Earthgrazer on film. Being shy, they tend to hug the horizon rather than shooting overhead where most cameras are aimed."
"There are exceptions," he added. "The most spectacular Earthgrazer I ever saw was a Leonid. I was facing east when a vivid orange streak crawled over the hill low in the east. It climbed high [and traversed the southern sky]. The event lasted at least 5 seconds--an eternity for a meteor watcher."
Right: "Ouch!" by artist Duane Hilton. You can find more of Duane's art, along with lesson plans and activities about the Perseid meteor shower, at Thursday's Classroom.
"Earthgrazers are rarely numerous," cautions Bill Cooke, a member of the Space Environments team at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "But even if you only see a few, you're likely to remember them."
If you don't spot any on Sunday night, he added, try again after nightfall on Monday, August 12th. The shower will still be going strong and Earthgrazers will be possible then, too.
Perseid Earthgrazers: shy, remarkable, long, colorful. And no gooey residue. Catch some if you can!
Editor's note: This story offers a casual definition of Earthgrazer -- i.e., any meteor that skims more or less horizontally through the atmosphere and leaves a long, colorful trail. Meteor scientists use a more precise definition: "We say that an Earthgrazer is a meteor that comes from a point that is below the horizon -- usually between 0 and 10 degrees below," notes Bill Cooke.more information
That Gunk on your Car -- A Unique Guide to Insects of North America\
Summer Meteor Shower -- (Science@NASA) The Perseid meteor shower peaks this year on Aug. 12th and 13th. The warmth of northern summer makes it one of the year's most inviting sky shows.
Perseids Photo Gallery -- (SpaceWeather.com) Find out what sky watchers saw last year.
The Extraordinary Geomagnetic Perseid Meteor Shower -- (Science@NASA) A geomagnetic storm triggered dazzling auroras during the peak of the 2000 Perseid meteor shower.
International Meteor Organization -- more information about meteor showers
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The common Russian etymology of the name Samoyed, meaning "self-eater," deepened the Russians' already exotic image of far-northerners. The most probable linguistic origin of Samoyed, however, is from the Saami -- saam-edne, "land of the people" [Andrei V. Golovnev and Gail Osherenko, "Siberian Survival: The Nenets and Their Story," Cornell University, 1999]
Which would make the name a variant of Suomi "Finn." The native name is Nenets. As the name of a type of dog (once used as a working dog in the Arctic) it is attested from 1889.


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Otley ratepayers will pay 17 per cent less precept this year – but the town council has still come under fire for "overspending".
The decision to reduce the 'parish tax' for the coming year to bring in £265,000 was welcomed at this week's policy and resources committee meeting.
The cut, which follows a 25 per cent increase last year, means Band D householders will pay just under £60 for the next 12 months.
Councillor Carl Morris (Lab, Manor), proposing the change along with a £340,100 budget for 2014-15, said: "The precept has gone up and down a bit like a yo-yo for various reasons, but we said last year that we'd return the grant (the Labour group made an additional increase to the precept due to last-minute doubts about a £28,000 grant from Leeds City Council, which it then received) and we have done."
He described it as a "consolidation budget" following the funding of some big projects in 2013-14, including the Orchard Gate toilets re-build and move into the Otley Core Resource Centre – schemes, he insisted, that had been about becoming a "service based council at the heart of the community".
The Lib Dem group, however, which backed the precept cut but not the budget, questioned the accuracy of the proposed figures and especially the projected reserves of £74,252 and £20,000 toilets income.
Lib Dem leader Councillor Jim Spencer (Lib Dem, West Chevin) argued that the 'real' final figure for the reserves should be just £34,000 – £40,000 less.
And Councillor Philip Bye (Lib Dem, Prince Henry) described the estimated toilet money as "pure fiction. We think it will be about £9,000."
Councillor Sandy Lay (Lib Dem, Danefield) added: "The budget's actually going up by 4.5 per cent and the idea we're squirrelling away large reserves is just not true. This council is spending more, though you may be asking less this year for the precept."
Coun Morris, however, said many of those concerns were simply due to "a disagreement over the way a spreadsheet is laid out" and that a number of 'underspends' underpinned the £74, 252 reserves figure.
He also rejected claims that Labour had not been exercising tight enough financial control during its time in charge.
He said: "Over the last four years our precept average has been £61.09 – only 41p more than what the previous administration was raising in its last few years."
Council leader Councillor John Eveleigh (Lab, Ashfield) added: "We're getting services now being delivered from this building that we've never had before and everything this council is doing is community focused."
Coun Morris pointed out after the meeting that the proposed budget had to be signed off beforehand by the council's executive officer and accountant.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford says expanding Medicaid coverage is a social experiment doomed to fail.
Weatherford opened the annual session of the Florida Legislature with a speech that criticized extending health insurance coverage to roughly 1 million Floridians.
"I believe it forces Florida to expand a broken system that we have been battling Washington to fix, and I believe it will ultimately drive up the cost of health care," Weatherford said. "This inflexible plan, thrust upon us by the federal government, is not aimed at strengthening the safety net. It pushes a social ideology at the expense of our future."
Weatherford empathized with those who cannot afford health insurance, recalling his parent's struggles when his brother Peter fought and lost a battle with cancer. But he said the federal approach "crosses the line of the proper role of government" and is destined to fail.
Weatherford's stance puts him at odds with Gov. Rick Scott who supports expanding the program for three years.
House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, countered that the Medicaid expansion would save lives.
"Expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act is not just an achievable approach to ending Florida's problem of a vast uninsured populace," Thurston said in a response taped for the Florida Channel. "It's also a means of accelerating Florida's economic recovery to restore our shared prosperity."
Weatherford during his speech also pledged to toughen the state's ethics laws and make changes to prevent a repeat of last fall's elections where some voters spent hours waiting in line.
He also vowed to pass a law that would grant in-state tuition rates to the children of immigrants who are in the country illegally. A federal court last fall ruled that charging higher tuition to those students violated their equal protection rights.
Copyright 2013 by News4Jax.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Leadership Skills for Laywers
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Great lawyers are also great leaders. Lawyers at all levels are required to engage in problem solving, decision making, listening and communication, delegation, and supervision. The ability to advance professionally can depend as much on leadership skills as legal skills!
Thiruvendran Vignarajah, Esq., the Division Chief of the Major Investigations Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City, will talk about importance of leadership skills, and offer suggestions on law students can develop and display them on the job!
- Contact Name:
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Cardiovascular Morbidity in Testicular Cancer Survivors: Study of Risk Factors and Assessment of Pharmacogenomic Determinants of Toxicity
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Evidence has emerged that patients cured with cisplatin-bleomycin chemotherapy from disseminated testicular cancer (TC) develop a large number of cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) several years later. Recently, we observed an increased incidence of cardiac events 10-20 years after chemotherapy, possibly as a result of increased occurrence of CRF. Additional cardiovascular damage was observed after treatment: disturbed diastolic function of the left ventricle, microalbuminuria and increased endothelial damage parameters. Furthermore, a metabolic syndrome (syndrome X) with insulin-resistance, dyslipidemia, hypertension and endothelial damage was found in about one third of our cured patients. The investigators hypothesize that endothelial damage and metabolic changes caused by the bleomycin and cisplatin chemotherapy are the main causes for the observed increase in cardiovascular disease in these young cancer survivors. Genetic susceptibility may be an important determinant of individual risk of toxicity in individual patients.
- To identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) following testicular cancer.
- To obtain insight into the pathway(s) of CVD development, by examining whether clinical CVD following testicular cancer is associated with a preceding unfavorable cardiovascular risk factor profile and/or with treatment-related factors.
- To investigate genetic polymorphisms in pathogenetically important pathways that are potentially involved in the development of treatment related cardiovascular morbidity following testicular cancer.
Patients with non-seminomatous testicular cancer who have been uniformly treated with orchidectomy and cisplatin-bleomycin combination chemotherapy at the University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands, since 1977 but before 2000 are eligible. 380 patients with non-seminomatous testicular cancer fulfill these criteria. A close routine follow-up of these patients after treatment has been done at the University Hospital Groningen. Clinical characteristics of these patients, treatment details including outcome and long-term follow-up are being registered systematically. From all patients who agree to participate assessment of their cardiovascular risk factors and the presence of subclinical cardiovascular damage will be performed by means of several measurement techniques. Also genomic DNA will be collected for studies on polymorphisms in pathogenetically important pathways. For the total cohort of patients several different late effects phenotypes of cardiovascular damage and cardiovascular risk factor patterns will be derived from the available data. These toxicity phenotypes will be used to select cases and controls from the total cohort to test candidate genetic polymorphisms on their association with occurrence of toxicity. The association of the different genetic polymorphisms with the toxicity phenotype will be estimated by comparing cases with different toxicity phenotypes with controls without that phenotype.
POSSIBLE RESULTS This research will provide insight into the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease after treatment for testicular cancer. The main outcome will be the possibility to select individually those patients who are likely to have an increased risk to encounter specific cardiovascular toxicity during or after chemotherapy treatment for TC. This will provide opportunities for the tailoring of potential toxic treatment and/or guide primary and secondary prevention strategies for serious side effects of chemotherapy treatment.
|Non-seminomatous Testicular Cancer
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Cardiovascular Morbidity in Testicular Cancer Survivors: Study of Risk Factors and Assessment of Pharmacogenomic Determinants of Toxicity. (KWF RUG 2004-3157)
|Study Start Date:
|July 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with non-seminomatous testicular cancer
- Have been uniformly treated with orchidectomy and cisplatin-bleomycin combination chemotherapy at the University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands, since 1977 but before 01-01-2000 are eligible.
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00161174
|University Medical Centre Groningen
|Groningen, Netherlands, 9713 GZ
|Study Director:
|Elisabeth G.E. de Vries, MD, PhD
|University Medical Center Groningen
|Responsible Party:
|J.A. Gietema, Princiapl Investigator, University Medical Centre Groningen
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00161174 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 8, 2005
|Last Updated:
|April 28, 2015
Keywords provided by J.A. Gietema, University Medical Centre Groningen:
testicular cancer
cardiovascular morbidity
cardiovascular risk factors
pharmacogenomic determinants
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Testicular Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Genital Diseases, Male
Endocrine System Diseases
Testicular Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
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Organic mushrooms are a fairly common item.
"There's not really much difference between an organic mushroom and a regular mushroom," said Fred Recchiuti, general manager at Basciani Mushroom Farms, Avondale, Pa.
The company does not grow its own organic mushrooms, but partners with growers who do.
"Most mushrooms are inherently organic," said Joe Salvo, president of Ponderosa Mushrooms & Specialty Foods, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
Specialty mushrooms in particular are grown under organic conditions without pesticides and fertilizers and use sawdust as the predominant growing medium, he said.
Sometimes, it's just a question of whether a grower wants to go spend the time and incur the expense of becoming certified, he said.
The company has offered an organic program in response to customer requests practically since when it was founded in 1994.
Ponderosa offers 10 kinds of organic specialty mushrooms, including shitake, oyster, maitake, king oyster, brown beach and white beach.
The company also provides certified organic white and brown mushrooms, including portabellas.
Everything that Sebastopol, Calif.-based Gourmet Mushrooms Inc. grows is organic, said Bob Engel, chef liaison.
The company switched to organic in 2003.
"My sense was that this was very important to our establishing ourselves in the retail marketplace," he said.
If a company offers a high-end, specialty variety to retailers, "being organic really gives you a leg up," Engel said.
Dole Mushrooms in Kennett Square, Pa., is starting its 11th year in the organic mushroom deal, said Gary Schroeder, director.
The company got involved with the organic category in response to requests from consumers and retailers, he said.
Organic sales have been "very stable," he said. "It's been a nice business."
Organic mushrooms are popular in part because of their nutritional attributes, just as conventional mushrooms are, he said.
White button mushrooms and various kinds of portabellas are the company's mainstays.
Portabellas and baby portabellas are Dole Mushrooms' biggest organic movers because they hold up well and have the best flavor, Schroeder said.
Organic mushrooms seem to have weathered the recession well.
"The recession was hard on us," Engel said. "But we bounced back."
It was difficult to determine whether the dropoff during the recession was the result of the effect on the organic category or on the mushrooms category as whole, he said.
"My thinking is that the recession was a situation of all boats sinking at the same time — yachts and rowboats together," he said.
At Dole, organic sales "stayed surprisingly stable" during the recession, Schroeder said. "We thought that was a very good sign."
Schroeder said the situation was the same for conventional varieties, as well.
Because of the similarities in the growing methods between organic and nonorganic specialty mushrooms, the prices are becoming more and more comparable, Salvo said.
But that's not necessarily the case for basic organic white and brown mushrooms.
"The yield on organic is considerably lower than nonorganic, and that, for the foreseeable future, will keep it at a much higher price plateau," Schroeder said. "If you pay the same for the inputs, but you can't get as much out in terms of yield, you're going to have a higher unit cost."


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This is not exactly about web advertising, but I thought it was interesting to talk of the two main (and only?) dot.coms that today have merged. I'm talking about Buongiorno and Vitaminic, Buongiorno is one of the main web and wireless advertising providers in Europe, with Vitaminic is something like Mp3.com, for what concerns music. You can read the press release online (pdf). This time it's in English
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HIGHWORTH manager John Fisher is concerned that last month's ill-disciplined clash with Thame will cause major damage to his team's campaign.
Three Highworth players were sent off in the 2-0 victory on December 28 – while the hosts had four men dismissed – and those suspensions are now kicking in.
Skipper and top scorer TJ Bohane is banned for one game after picking up his fifth booking in Oxfordshire, while fellow forward Brad Clark was dismissed for two bookable offences, so has been handed the same punishment.
Chris Flanagan and Toby Clark both start three-game bans after their red cards, while Lewis Page is ruled out for a prior suspension.
Fisher is hoping that tomorrow's Hellenic League Premier Division clash at Reading can beat the elements so that Bohane and Brad Clark will be available for the Wiltshire Senior Cup quarter-final at Melksham a week tomorrow.
However, if the game is called off, and Reading's club website suggested yesterday that the chances of the fixture getting the green light looked unlikely, then Fisher will be faced with major availability problems for a high-stakes cup clash.
"The fallout from the Thame game is going to cost us," said Fisher.
"You don't really realise the damage that's been done until the suspensions kick in.
"The trouble is we've got no midweek games now so these bans could end up running for a month to six weeks.
"We need to be playing on Saturday so that we can get two of them back for the following Saturday, but judging by the forecast it's not looking very promising.
"We need TJ and Brad available for the Melksham game as they are big players for us."
Meanwhile, Highworth are set to host a celebration for the club's 120th anniversary in 2014.
The club's committee is organising a reunion of all past and present players, committee members and supporters of the club Anyone who has been involved at Highworth over the years that is interested in attending is urged to contact club secretary Fraser Haines on 07939 032451.


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RECAP: Would modify the existing State Supreme Court.
Ballot Summary
Proposing a revision of Article V of the State Constitution relating to the judiciary. The State Constitution authorizes the Supreme Court to adopt rules for the practice and procedure in all courts. The constitution further provides that a rule of court may be repealed by a general law enacted by a two-thirds vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature. This proposed constitutional revision eliminates the requirement that a general law repealing a court rule pass by a two-thirds vote of each house, thereby providing that the Legislature may repeal a rule of court by a general law approved by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature that expresses the policy behind the repeal. The court could readopt the rule in conformity with the public policy expressed by the Legislature, but if the Legislature determines that a rule has been readopted and repeals the readopted rule, this proposed revision prohibits the court from further readopting the repealed rule without the Legislature's prior approval. Under current law, rules of the judicial nominating commissions and the Judicial Qualifications Commission may be repealed by general law enacted by a majority vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature. Under this proposed revision, a vote to repeal those rules is changed to repeal by general law enacted by a majority vote of the legislators present. Under current law, the Governor appoints a justice of the Supreme Court from a list of nominees provided by a judicial nominating commission, and appointments by the Governor are not subject to confirmation.
This revision requires Senate confirmation of a justice of the Supreme Court before the appointee can take office. If the Senate votes not to confirm the appointment, the judicial nominating commission must reconvene and may not renominate any person whose prior appointment to fill the same vacancy was not confirmed by the Senate. For the purpose of confirmation, the Senate may meet at any time. If the Senate fails to vote on the appointment of a justice within 90 days, the justice will be deemed confirmed and will take office. The Judicial Qualifications Commission is an independent commission created by the State Constitution to investigate and prosecute before the Florida Supreme Court alleged misconduct by a justice or judge. Currently under the constitution, commission proceedings are confidential until formal charges are filed by the investigative panel of the commission. Once formal charges are filed, the formal charges and all further proceedings of the commission are public. Currently, the constitution authorizes the House of Representatives to impeach a justice or judge. Further, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may request, and the Judicial Qualifications Commission must make available, all information in the commission's possession for use in deciding whether to impeach a justice or judge. This proposed revision requires the commission to make all of its files available to the Speaker of the House of Representatives but provides that such files would remain confidential during any investigation by the House of Representatives and until such information is used in the pursuit of an impeachment of a justice or judge.
This revision also removes the power of the Governor to request files of the Judicial Qualifications Commission to conform to a prior constitutional change. This revision also makes technical and clarifying additions and deletions relating to the selection of chief judges of a circuit and relating to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, and makes other nonsubstantive conforming and technical changes in the judicial article of the constitution.
The proposed bill proposes that three justices be added to the seven-member court. Additionally, two divisions - civil and criminal - would be created within the high court with five justices each. The governor would be in charge of appointing the chief justices for each division and two would alternate as chief justice of the entire court. Appointees would have to be confirmed by the Senate. The proposed legislation also grants the House access to investigative files of the Judicial Qualifications Commission and sets aside at least 2.25 percent of the state's general revenue to fund the judicial branch.
Several judicial reform measures were proposed by the legislature in early 2011 for the 2012 statewide ballot. The proposals were developed following the removal of three legislatively-referred measures in 2010 by state courts. Measures removed from the ballot included: Florida Redistricting, Amendment 7, Florida Property Tax Limit, Amendment 3 and Florida Health Care Freedom, Amendment 9. Judicial reform proposals filed legislators include amendments to judicial qualifications, appointee certification, judicial retention, court rules, release of court records and splitting the Florida Supreme Court into two courts.
The proposed measure, according to reports, is supported by the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Civil Justice Chairman Eric Eisnagle said dividing the Florida Supreme Court into two branches would speed the review of both criminal cases and civil litigation. He said, "This bill is intended to bring more efficiency to the high court's ability to address all types of cases."


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Crop scientists are asking farmers for help. They know plants were attacked by a bacterial disease called Goss's leaf blight and wilt. But University of Minnesota's (MSU) Dean Malvick wants farmers to send diseased leaves.
Goss's can reduce ear size, or at its worst, kill the plant completely. The disease has a long history in the U.S., but it remained fairly isolated for decades until recently. Malvick wants to know whether the bacteria affecting Minnesota fields are the same as the ones wilting corn across the Midwest, or whether they are some sort of variant.
The disease was first confirmed in Minnesota in 2009 in 2 fields. Last year [2010], there were maybe 40 fields infected. Reports of the disease have increased "dramatically" this year [2011] in the state.
Malvick said he doesn't have a final tally for 2011, but the area affected will be much higher than in 2010.
He said researchers don't know why Goss's is increasing so fast. Its rapid increase over the last few years is something researchers are concerned about.
Goss's wilt and blight of maize is caused by the bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis_ subsp. nebraskensis. It is a persistent and economically serious disease of susceptible maize hybrids in several states of the USA. In 2009, it was reported for the 1st time outside the U.S., from Canada.
The bacterium can also affect some grasses, which may serve as pathogen reservoirs. Symptoms include systemic wilting of plants and/or leaf lesions and blighting. Infection of leaves, stems and roots occurs primarily through wounds (mechanical, hail, or insect damage), and plants are susceptible at all growth stages.
The pathogen is seed transmitted and overwinters on crop debris and maize kernels. Disease management includes cultural practices to minimise inoculum, crop rotation, and use of resistant crop varieties.
Other subspecies of C. michiganensis affecting different hosts are found elsewhere, including sepedonicus (potato ring rot) and michiganensis (bacterial canker of tomatoes), which can cause severe yield losses on their respective hosts.


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Jaxen is an open source XPath library written in Java. It is adaptable to many different object models, including DOM, XOM, dom4j, and JDOM. Is it also possible to write adapters that treat non-XML trees such as compiled Java byte code or Java beans as XML, thus enabling you to query these trees with XPath too.
You can download Jaxen via the releases page.
XOM 1.1 bundles Jaxen 1.1.
Bob McWhirter talked about Jaxen at Software Development 2003 West.
Check out these Performance Benchmarks comparing dom4j and Jaxen against Xerces and Xalan.
Sun chose Jaxen for the XPath engine for the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) and the Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.0 and 1.1.
Since the reference implementation of Java API for XML Messaging is based on dom4j and Jaxen, that means you can use Jaxen to query SOAP messages on the Java platform too!
Check out Elliotte Rusty Harold's book chapter on XPath and Jaxen
Alex Chaffee wrote XPath Explorer to help visualize results of XPath expressions.


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The Hawk HT-10 Brake Pad is the next step up the from the Blue 9012 pads when brake bite is being considered. The hawk HT-10 Pads deliver mild to high torque, with a smooth initial bite to give you control of your car. The HT-10 Pad gives you a consistant pedal feel so you know how your car will react when it is time to slow down. The Hawk HT-10 Brake Pad can operate effectively in temperatures between 300-1300°F. The smooth brake modulation and brake release characteristics the HT-10 Brake Pad is a great choice for your race car.
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Hard-To-Find Cult Tome Reissued, SDCC Exclusive Announced...
Back in 2010, artist Dan LuVisi sold the movie rights to his sci-fi graphic novel Last Man Standing (LMS): Killbook of a Bounty Hunter to Paramount Pictures (read our story HERE). Published by Heavy Metal, the first edition of the book quickly found a devoted fan following (including myself), selling out fast and fetching upwards of $400 on Amazon for a copy.
As the LMS motion picture deal moves forward (2015-2016 release window), those looking to immerse themselves in LuVisi's rich sci-fi vision are being given a second chance. Dark Horse Comics is set to reprint the hard-to-find cult tome. The massive hardcover book (15" x 12", 272-pages) will include thirty pages of all-new material and a new cover (pictured top). Like the original release, the reissue takes the form of a scrapbook filled with maps, history, over forty character biographies and dossiers, tons of faux advertisements, and much, much more. Pre-orders of the re-issue are currently being accepted at Amazon, LMS priced at $40 and slated for release this December.
For those that can't wait until this winter, Dark Horse has announced that a limited San Diego Comic-Con exclusive edition is currently in the works, with a special cover shown above, which will only be for sale through Dark Horse at Comic-Con International 2013. Further details to be announced.
Source: Dark Horse/ Dan LuVisiMore on Last Man Standing: Meet Gabriel—last of a genetically engineered breed of supersoldiers known as the Paladin. After winning an interstellar war between Earth and Mars, Gabriel is celebrated back home and given the new title of Protector of Amerika. All goes well for the newly entitled superhero as he begins to rid the streets of the scum that plagues it. However, as Gabriel is distracted by his duties, a terrorist organization known as Pandemonium frames the hero for a series of atrocious crimes.
Now stripped of his title and prestige, Gabriel is sentenced to the notorious Level-9 Facility, where he endures nine long years of torture and imprisonment. But as the clock ticks down to Gabriel's eventual demise, he is introduced to the elusive Agent O, who offers the Paladin a chance at redemption. Learn his story—and that of his allies and enemies—through Gabriel's eyes, as he begins to orchestrate his revenge in the scarred and vivid world of New Amerika.


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"Our new corporate name leverages the tremendous goodwill and name recognition that we have achieved in Europe and North America for our EOS orthopedic imaging system," said Marie Meynadier, Ph.D., CEO of EOS imaging."EOS is clearly changing the way radiologist/orthopedist teams can now diagnose and treat deformative and degenerative pathologies in all age groups, from children to geriatric patients. Without EOS, radiologists and orthopedists have to interpret what they're looking at in a 2D x-ray. Now, with EOS, they can have a complete view of their patient's skeletal anatomy: life-sized, standing up, and in 3D from all angles. EOS imaging is working to establish EOS as a new modality in orthopedic imaging, with very low X-ray exposure1 to the patient and efficient patient workflow for the physician," added Dr. Meynadier.
"Among radiologists and orthopedists, EOS has now become synonymous with upright, full-body, ultra-low-dose images due to its uniqueness in the medical imaging market," said Hervé Legrand, Vice President of Marketing for EOS imaging. "Orthopedic surgeons are prescribing an EOS exam as they would order an X-ray, a CT scan, or an MRI exam. As a result of this strong branding of EOS, It is logical for us to align our flagship product name with our company name, EOS imaging."
About the product and the company EOS imaging
EOSwas developed from a Nobel Prize-winning technology by a team of engineers, orthopedic surgeons and radiologists as a complete orthopedic imaging solution. EOS allows full-body imaging of patients that enables global assessment of balance and posture as well as a 3D bone-envelope image in a weight-bearing position, and provides automatically over 100 clinical parameters to the orthopedic surgeon for pre- and post-operative surgical planning. EOS is a total solution in orthopedic imaging available in the U.S. since receiving FDA 510(k) clearance. The company EOS Imaging has corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. (185 Alewife Brook Parkway, Suite 410; toll-free: +1-866-933-5301), and Paris, as well as an office in Montreal, and is targeting a $2 billion orthopedic imaging marketplace.


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I was diagnosed with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma on March 4, 2013. I have been getting treated with Gemcitabine and cisplatin (3 times a month) until the cisplatin started causing hearing damage. I will now be getting carboplatin instead.
Overall, I'm tolerating treatment well. I feel good and have gained 15 pounds, but I'm wondering if I should be doing something more. I'm just curious if anyone has had any success with alternative treatments or more aggressive therapies.
I'm also feeling a bit isolated. There are no support groups in my area that are suitable for me. Wondering how I might connect here or on another website with local people willing to meet face to face in the Philadelphia / South Jersey area.


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Might as well have the best. America's oldest and all time favorite healthy snack in this vintage looking, food safe, enamelware POPCORN bowl. A welcome gift. Each bowl contains - U.S.A. grown EDEN Organic Yellow Popcorn; high oleic expeller pressed EDEN Organic Safflower Oil; our finest triple washed EDEN Sea Salt; EDEN Organic Garlic Gomasio, a low sodium, toasted sesame and sea salt condiment; and EDEN Quiet Moon snack mix that's delicious and crunchy in popcorn balls and caramel corn. Recipe for Eden Popcorn Balls is printed on the back of the popcorn package. A touch of nostalgia and really good snack food.
Note: Due to availability, bowl design may vary.
Popcorn is one of America's oldest snack foods and still the favorite. It's quick, fun and satisfying. Not only is it low calorie and low fat, it's rich in fiber and 100% whole grain. Each American eats 55 to 60 quarts of popcorn per year and not just in movie theaters. Over 70% of popcorn is bought in raw or popped form and eaten in the home.
EDEN Popcorn Gift Bowl will be enjoyed by everyone. Each includes a vintage looking, food safe, white enamelware bowl with bold lettering on it stating POPCORN. Each is filled with a 20 ounce resealable pouch of EDEN Organic Yellow Popcorn; 16 ounces expeller pressed EDEN Organic Safflower Oil; 14 ounces of triple sea water washed EDEN Portuguese Sea Salt; 3.5 ounces EDEN Organic Garlic Gomasio (sesame/salt condiment) that's delicious sprinkled on popcorn in place of salt; 4 ounces EDEN Quiet Moon snack mix; and a 40 page Easy EDEN Recipe Book. Delight with a designated popcorn bowl that's sure to create happy faces.
EDEN Organic Yellow Popcorn - 20 oz - Certified organically grown on U.S.A. family farms. A variety with excellent popping qualities for large, tender morsels bursting with pure corn flavor. Non-organic popcorn was on the USDA's 1999 list of top ten foods most contaminated with toxic pesticides and chemicals. EDEN Organic Yellow Popcorn is a wiser choice. Reseal and refrigerate after opening for optimum moisture retention and popping.
EDEN Organic Safflower Oil - 16 oz - Made from high oleic safflower, U.S.A. high plains organically grown. Cold expeller pressed and lightly filtered, protecting nutrients and flavor. All purpose oil, delicious and versatile. Great with salads and for all cooking and baking needs. It has 10g of beneficial monounsaturated fat and is a good source of vitamin E, a natural preservative. The amber glass bottle protects from ambient light caused photo-oxidation. Makes delicious, rich, golden popcorn.
EDEN Sea Salt - 16 oz - White sea salt from the environmentally protected salt marshes of Algarve, southern Portugal that has supplied the world with sea salt for thousands of years. Hand harvested and triple sea water washed for a smooth natural sea salt. Loaded with important trace minerals absent in commercial salt.
EDEN Organic Garlic Gomasio - 3.5 oz - A low sodium table condiment made from roasted organic whole sesame seed, garlic, and our finest sea salt. Its nutty sesame and garlic flavor and low sodium content make it perfect on popcorn in place of salt.
EDEN Quiet Moon - 4 oz - Organic dry roasted and raw seeds mixed with our prized organic wheat-free tamari roasted almonds, 'healing' Montmorency dried tart cherries, and organic raisins. A powerhouse of joy and antioxidants. Delightful mix of flavors and textures. A pure and pleasing snack that compliments popcorn.
Recipes - 40 page Easy EDEN Recipe Booklet. 40 pages of quick and easy recipes, plus a Caramel Corn recipe using Quiet Moon. See this site's free recipe section for over a dozen popcorn recipes and topping.
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Apply the Actively Aerated Compost Tea, AACT, directly to the soil or as a foliar spray. You may dilute the AACT with up to four parts water that has been treated to breakdown the chlorine or chloramine. AACT is alive. Please protect the life in AACT; keep the container out of the sun and apply the AACT within 6 hours from the time it was bottled. AACT is not for human consumption, do not spray on flowering or fruit plants that you plan to eat.
Customers will need to bring their own clean 1, 3 or 5 gallon container or they can purchase a 1 gallon container for $3.00 or a 3 gallon container for $6.00.
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My husband is undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer and is losing a lot of weight. He barely has an appetite and finds it hard to eat when he does want something. Can you please give us some suggestions for nutrition?
Katrina Claghorn, Registered Dietician at Penn Medicine responds:
Unfortunately loss of appetite often occurs with esophageal cancer. The first step is to calculate your husband's nutritional needs. The American Cancer Society has a calorie calculator located here: http://www.cancer.org/healthy/toolsandcalculators/calculators/app/calorie-counter-calculator You should keep a calorie count to monitor his intake - ideally he should do this with you so that he, too, becomes aware of how much he is eating.
Get the most bang for the buck with the foods he eat choose calorie dense foods e.g. yogurt, pudding, peanut butter and crackers. Also, he should eat small amounts frequently.
He may need to drink high calorie drinks to meet his nutritional goals. You can make him smoothies and shakes, or you can purchase commercial products such as Carnation Instant Breakfast and Ensure.
If his loss of appetite becomes so severe that it prevents him from eating he might want to discuss an appetite stimulant with his doctor.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series. View the entire transcript from the Focus on GI Cancers webchat.


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Cypress Loveseat
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Discover Comfort and Durability: The Cypress Outdoor Wicker Loveseat
- Deep-seat comfort combined with contemporary style
- Relax in luxury in this 2-seater loveseat
- Superior craftsmanship and durable materials
- A smart investment in outdoor living
- Choice of 4 cushion colors with contrasting piping
- Allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery
Comfortable patio furniture extends your home's interior living space to the great outdoors. And patio furniture doesn't get any more comfortable than this! With extra deep seating, super-comfy cushions, and contoured armrests, this Cypress Loveseat lets you relax in style and luxury on your porch, patio or deck. Made from long-lasting resin wicker over a rustproof aluminum frame with top-quality cushions, it's built to last for many years of enjoyment.
The high-density polyethylene, all-weather faux wicker is infused with UV inhibitors that prevent fading and cracking ordinarily caused by sunlight. The frame is made from heavy-gauge, powder-coated aluminum that will not rust or deteriorate. The cushions are covered with solution-dyed Sunbrella® acrylic fabric, which is long-lasting, fast-drying, mildew-resistant, and fade-resistant even in the worst sun conditions. The quick-drying polyester cushions are wrapped solid foam. Don't settle for flimsy look-alikes; once you compare materials and dimensions you'll see that with Cypress patio furniture you're getting top-quality, long-lasting, super-comfortable furniture at a smart price.
Product Details
- High-Density polyethylene (HDPE) all-weather resin wicker infused with UV inhibitors, powder-coated steel frame, polyester cushions with Sunbrella® acrylic fabric covers
- 56" W x 33" H x 32-1/2" D overall
- Seat is 50" W x 25" D
- Loveseat weighs 72 lbs.
- Weight capacity is 500 lbs.
- Wicker should be covered in winter; store cushions indoors
- Imported fabric
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