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So you know someone who likes to watch, but doesn't like to play? Check out our list of new home videos which will have movie and TV fans sitting on their backsides while everyone else is singing Christmas carols...
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So maybe you know someone who doesn't approve of the new live-action adaptation, but enjoys the original cartoons instead? Check out the ultimate edition in this amazing set which includes every episode of the original TF cartoon series as well as a variety of bonus features!
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Blu-ray
Fans of fast-paced action will love this new ilve-action adaptation of the classic military cartoon. Accelerator Suits and nanomites make this an update for the 21st Century!
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So you know another fan of the classic cartoon instead of the new, live-action film? Pick them up the complete series of the classic cartoon in this cool footlocker box set which includes a variety of bonus features, including the original cartoons, interviews, and more!
Terminator: Salvation Blu-ray
Those futuristic sci-fi fans on your list will love this fourth installment in the fan-favorite Terminator series starring Christian Bale as John Connor, the leader of the resistance. Set in a post-apocalyptic future in which the maniacal machines have all but won, this is one hit film die-hard sci-fi fans won't want to miss!
Fight Club 10th Anniversary Blu-ray
Including a variety of new special features and Tyler Durden's amazing story in hi-def, there's nothing better for that fight fan on your list than this amazing story of self-awareness, understanding, and bare-knuckle brawling. Tyler Durden comes to life in this ultra-violent, over-the-top tale of despair, rage, and frustration. Just remember, you are not your ****** khakis!
Rocky The Undisputed Collection Blu-ray
Speaking of fighting...if the person on your list is more of a classic fighting fan, be sure to pick them up this ultimate version of the unforgettable Rocky franchise. Including all 6 movies in the series as well as a 7th disc with a ton of bonus features, the fight fan on your Christmas list won't know what hit 'em! Go get 'um Rock!
There you have it, some amazing holiday gift ideas for everyone on your list who - like us - enjoys robots, comics, dragons, cartoons, superheros and all things pop culture!
From our homes to yours, have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
- The Figures.com Crew


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Bob would like to share this article he wrote for our employee newsletter with you, our valued customers. Here is the article in his own words.
Like the solid old earth itself, whole grains have been here a long time. Grains have supplied a wholesome diet since creation. Years ago when, through my wife Charlee, I discovered the profound need for whole grains in everyone's diet including my own, I have had a strong desire to produce those healthy grains. That desire has been fulfilled in Bob's Red Mill, of which you are all a part. Having a dream about something is one thing – fulfilling a dream with reality is another. As our company has developed over many decades and I take stock of how far we've come, it has certainly occurred to me that I have made real progress on those early dreams.
Now, in my 8th decade, all that's left is to insure the continuation of it all. So here is what I've done recently. We have a 35 year lease with an option to buy this property effective just three years ago. Our unique and wonderful stone mills are the heart of our production and we are currently running 10 stone mills around the clock. This past month we received from the manufacturer in Denmark our order of additional and replacement milling equipment. We now have 10 new, complete stone mills and 12 sets of new replacement millstones. We are not going to run out of mills to make our products or the place we make it in for a long time!
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(Jessie's BB10 bio can be found here.)
How much is Jessie going to love being the center of attention of the athletes...the group as a whole will be sucked up to no doubt, and Jessie will be sucked up to by all the "losers" plus by the other athletes. And he didn't even have to win the HOH himself, it was won for him! Now trying to recall if he ever won HOH his year. I remember Jessica did and then Eric kind of ran it.
And why does Jessie spell his name with an I? The male form is Jesse! Jessie is short for Jessica. Not to be rigid about gender roles or anything....


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Bucs place Contreras on DL, bring back Morris
DETROIT -- Apparently, there was a reason Jose Contreras had difficulty throwing strikes during his costly relief appearance in Monday's 6-5 loss to the Tigers: He couldn't bow his back -- a baseball euphemism for giving extra effort.
The Pirates on Tuesday placed Contreras on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his lower back. To take his place, right-hander Bryan Morris was recalled from Indianapolis, where he had been optioned only Monday morning.
Taking over in the seventh inning of a game the Bucs trailed, 4-3, Contreras allowed two runs, one on a bases-loaded walk, one of four passes he issued. Thus the Pirates' ensuing two-run rally in the eighth wasn't enough for a comeback win.
Contreras joined the Pirates earlier this month after completing his rehab from last June's Tommy John surgery. He has appeared in seven games, with five strikeouts and six walks in five innings.
Morris returns hoping to pick up where he left off. The former No. 1 Draft choice (2006, by the Dodgers) has made 11 relief appearances for the Bucs, with a 1-2 record and 3.45 ERA in 15 2/3 innings.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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|2012-09-13, 11:16
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Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 31
|2012-09-13, 11:32
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
On the other hand, AI in general gets odd. Right now my "Lydia" acts quite differently in each character's universe. The most hilarious is my assassin's world. We'll enter an instance, Lydia will say "I've got your back." and then she'll exit the cave. Meanwhile, in my 2h warrior's world, Lydia is on the ball, switching from ranged to close combat almost like we discussed it beforehand.
|2012-09-13, 11:53
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Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 31
Well, considering the complexity of the game's contents, I guess there is room for variation and, as expected, a deluge of bugs/strange things.
For example, I've had Skyrim for several months already, but yesterday, for the first time ever, I witnessed one of the infamous flying/skyrocketing mammoths. Never seen one before and yet, there it was.
However, it seems that this third playthrough is much more bug-riddled/attracting for me than the first two. There is the unlootable draugr and dragon issue that's kind of worrying me (having to use console commands every time sounds horribly tedious to me) and I'm not really in the mood to start a fourth PT just to circumvent that (and, in the worst case scenario, run into a brand new batch of bugs). Let's hope it was just a one-time thing. I'm about to go fetch Jurgen's horn in his tomb, so I'll see whether the draugr will be lootable this time...or if I have to resign myself to using CCs from now on. *SIGH*
|2012-09-13, 13:28
|Link #3166
Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 31
Nope. It might sound strange to some guys, but I'm fine with the vanilla game - and kind of adamant to stay that way. I did try some cosmetic mods a couple months earlier, but failed to retain any interest in them.
|2012-09-13, 13:43
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Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 31
Just tried exploring Ustengrav to collect the horn and, yep, still can't loot Draugr. Something must've broken somewhere - either at the beginning or during a save, but only the devil knows where and what. Maybe with the addition of Dawnguard and some of the updates, the game has become too complex and is now a bit more bug-prone?
If that's the case, it's not a pleasant prospect...
|2012-09-13, 13:52
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 33
Did you uninstall mods? If you tried that than yeah, it probably is something that got screwed up, saved, and will now stick.
About dragon attacks and when they happen and frequency and such...I've noticed with my computer that certain mods make it so that no dragons attack. If I use a mod that affects the environment (only certain ones), I'll get no dragon attacks. It happened with me with Skyrim Performance Plus mods. Also, I installed a mod which made all blacksmith stations full fledged stations (such as adding smelters to Skyforge and the Riverwood blacksmith station, adding a tanning rack to Skyforge, etc.), and I had to get rid of that because dragons wouldn't attack me then.
|2012-09-13, 15:27
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Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 31
Nope. I had Skyrim uninstalled some time ago when I decided to clean up my HDD, then reinstalled when I got bored and wanted to redo the Skyrim storyline from the beginning with better understanding of the do's and don't's (like using markfordelete commands a lil' too liberally, unintentionally breaking some quests, etc.). And the mods weren't installed. Right now, the game remains sternly mod-less.
Anyhow...I just loaded some earlier saves...and UGH! *gnashes teeth*
The can't-loot-draugr bug was already present during the escape from Helgen...which means I do have to restart the campaign. T_T
And, no, it's not a mod issue, I just spawned a draugr in front of me in the Helgen tunnels using the console, promptly killed it and finally managed to search its inventory. Looks like it was a corrupted save or something of the sort. From what I hear through the grapevine, saving right before a fight can trigger such corruptions - and it so happens I did make such a save before stumbling upon two Stormcloaks in the tunnels. Guess that's where things got iffy in the database.
|2012-09-13, 16:32
|Link #3171
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
Aye, there's flakiness in the save process itself, particularly once there's a lot of history or if something complicated was going on as you tried to save (like in a combat).
Considering that it remembers where you dropped every freaking staple or ticket stub in the universe and even bodies hang around long after the wolves should have eaten them -- the data structure for a save must be pretty nightmarish.
|2012-09-13, 17:51
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Goat Herder
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: The middle of the Middle of Nowhere
Age: 30
Bethesda and quick-save/auto-save generally don't mix, it was flawed in FO3/NV and I imagine it's no different here. Oh, how I wish someone would make a CASM for Skyrim already.
|2012-09-13, 18:05
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
I have a character save management mod that I love dearly. It does backups of saves and lets you bring in only the saves for the character you're about to play. Sadly, no, it doesn't make the save mechanism itself any safer.
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|2012-09-14, 05:09
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Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 31
I find it particularly sad that there is no validation/integrity check for those saves (though I guess it'd require quite some CPU power considering the sheer amount of items/database entries to verify); it'd spare the player the hassle of leafing through his/her earlier saves to find where the corruption lies and where he/she could safely start anew. Some of us players don't always think about saving as frequently as possible. T_T
Anyway, I once again stumbled upon the Breezehome alchemy bug. I'm not really sure what causes it, but console commands inevitably came to the rescue. On the plus side, draugr and dragons are once again searchable...but who knows, maybe Skyrim is silently trolling me and is actually waiting for me to realize that Falmer|(insert other race here) are unsearchable. >_>
Still, it looks like I do already have a bug somewhere in this fourth playthrough, because I've had two CTDs in the past twelve hours: one when trying to add a sneaking enchantment to my boots and the other when trying to talk with a Whiterun denizen. Jesus, this game really has become very delicate/brittle...
Oh, and those marauding vampires are absolutely murderous - twice they've visited Whiterun during nighttime and, by the time I arrived on the scene, they had already killed a dozen named characters and guards. Not sure I like these Radiant events... -_-;
|2012-09-14, 05:24
|Link #3175
Did someone call a doctor
Join Date: Apr 2007
Age: 34
Really? The vampires that attack WR in my game never make it past the gates. The guards and the redguard dudes there (still) destroy them.
Speaking of saves I accidentally overwrote my latest save. damn nigh on had a heart attack, since it'd be quite a while since I had done a proper save outside of quick saves (which had been replaced by another character), thankfully got a little app called Shadow Explorer and was able to restore the save.
How'd you fix Breezeholme? Mines all spick and span except for that one corner that looks like a spiders nest.
|2012-09-14, 05:27
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Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 31
Well, the vampires that made it through usually had two heavily armed thralls with them and once they got the gate guards down (somehow this also happens when I enter Whiterun and suddenly find a vamp spawning behind me), they started running around attacking whatever passerby they could find.
As for the Breezehome bug fix, apparently either
- you uninstall Dawnguard, make the Breezehome furniture purchases then reinstall the DLC
- or you use these console commands:
1. save the above instructions in a file named BreezehomeBug.txt
2. place the file in Skyrim's root folder
3. load your most recent Skyrim save
4. open the console and type this: "bat BreezehomeBug" (without quotes).
Seeing that Dawnguard apparently causes some more bugs (database becoming too large and thus more error-prone?), I do not know if I'll actually uninstall the DLC or deactivate the data files for the time being to save myself a few white hairs, or if I'll keep it to enjoy the DG perks. I do appreciate the ability to craft arrows by myself, after all - among other things.
|2012-09-14, 15:48
|Link #3179
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: who knows?
well since Dota 2, PoE and Darksiders 2 managed to screw with my RPing and Time in skyrim(2 weeks without playing this shiet), thus im still waiting for a Proper patch to fix Breezehome and some quests.
|2012-09-14, 15:59
|Link #3180
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 40
Breezehome troubles, eh? I had a good mod for it once but went south on me after finishing Dawnguard and I couldn't use the bed, so I had to find a replacement which finally allowed my character to sleep.
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Im sure this has been asked before but maybe some of your opinions have changed...
How long is too long (in your opinion) to be engaged for? a year? 2 years? 3 or more etc.
Im sure this has been asked before but maybe some of your opinions have changed...
How long is too long (in your opinion) to be engaged for? a year? 2 years? 3 or more etc.
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I think it depends on the wedding. An average wedding takes roughly a year to plan so I feel like longer than that isn't really necessary. I guess it all really depends on the couples though.
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how ever long the couple needs to be engaged. doesn't really matter to me how long people take once they're engaged, not really any of my business.
I'm confused as to why people think a year is too long? I want a decently sized wedding which will probs require a lot of planning/saving for it, so i always figured i'd get engaged and get married like a year and a half later to have lotsa time to plan, and good venues sometimes have a long wait.
I've been engaged for a year and we're just starting to think about planning it all. I'm still at university so we need to know whether I'll have a job when I've finished (this year) and where we will be based as we're moving to a different place in a couple of months. The organiser I bought says to allow for 12 months for planning the wedding so we probably won't be married until 2014.
Like most others have said, it depends on the couple and their situation.
I don't think it can ever be too long. When you get engaged I don't think you need to be ready at that moment to get married. Yes, you have to see yourself getting married to that person, but not right then. Idk. I want to be engaged for 3-4 years. My grandparents were engaged for 22 years...yeah that might be pushing it but they just never got arround to getting married.
I think two years is the longest, because I think if you're not realistically in a position to be planning and getting married, then there's no point in getting engaged.
how ever long they want to be engaged for
I don't think it really matters, but I would say longer than two years seems kind of pointless.
What happens in the heart simply happens.
We will be engaged for 20 months, which is longer than I would have liked, but it's how things worked out. I would have preferred closer to the year mark. But the reality is, there is no perfect amount of time generally, and the circumstances are different for everyone.
People who get engaged with no plan to start planning a wedding or even get married get a side eye from me. You get engaged because you're ready to get married, not because you just want a pretty ring and a fiance.
So this is life, eh? Hmm, I'm surprised; not what I was expecting. I guess I'll roll with the punches, and take it one day at a time. I'll find love where I least expect it. I'll laugh till I cry. I'll make the best of every moment. And most importantly, on the day I die, I guess I'll be able to look back and say, "Damn, what a ride!".
RIP My darling. We'll all miss you, now until forever.
We'll be engaged for 3-5 years by the time we tie the knot. It's my school mostly in the way. I go to school eight hours away from home. So getting married now isn't really all that practical. I have to do a year or two of grad school for my master's after that, which I am trying to do nearer to home, but we'll see. We got engaged last June haven't made an official announcement of it yet though.
We know we want to get married, just circumstances that our beyond our control really (I'm dependant on scholarship money at my current school) are keeping us from doing what we want to do.
Proud to be a MASS-HOLE.
i wouldnt go around telling people i was engaged until i had a ring and we were ready to plan for a wedding, but as far as privately we can agree that we want to get married "at some point". i wouldnt really care about someone else's engagement unless they were super young in which case i would probably roll my eyes. usually when i hear that other people are engaged i dont notice or keep track of how long it lasts. two of my good friends from college were engaged for a year and a half before they got married and it honestly seemed like it was a few months lol
the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
I guess I just think it's weird when people are stuck in the "let's just talk about it" phase of the engagement for long periods of time.
"You guys are basically dating. You went to the grocery store to get stuff to make tacos. You don't do that with someone you're just banging!"
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Researchers concluded that zinc supplementation may reduce anger and depression in young women
Mood disorders, such as depression, can be devastating for those affected. Unfortunately, some people do not benefit from medications used to treat these conditions, either because the medications don't work or the side effects are intolerable.
To look at how zinc might affect mood disorders, researchers invited 30 young women to participate in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. The women were randomly selected to take a multivitamin or a multivitamin with 7 mg zinc daily for ten weeks. Blood levels of zinc were measured, and psychological tests were administered before and after the study.
After ten weeks of supplementation, the researchers found that compared with the women taking the multivitamin alone, those who took the multivitamin plus zinc experienced:
The researchers concluded that zinc supplementation may be an effective way to reduce anger and depression in young women.
This study looked at using a 7 mg zinc supplement to improve mood in young women. The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for zinc for women 19 years old and up is 8 mg per day. So the zinc supplement used in the study was relatively low dose that falls in the range of zinc intake that is safe for adult women.
To make sure you get enough zinc, try the following:
Lastly, avoid getting too much zinc. Zinc can interfere with the absorption of other minerals, so you don't want to overdo it.
(Eur J Clin Nutr 2010; 64:331—33)
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This role entails active program coordination for all phases of Tesla's Supercharger deployment projects from site development through commissioning and close-out. The ideal candidate will have solid experience managing infrastructure projects, be a clear-headed problem solver, work fluidly in right to left schedules, juggle tens of projects simultaneously with no drops, and exhibit impeccable interpersonal skills. S/he will also be very high energy, with an optimistic approach to complex scenarios.
- Coordinate and support 5+ Project Managers in the field, each driving 6+ projects
- Record, track, coordinate and (re)allocate assets across multiple projects, from design phase, through construction, commissioning and close-out
- Develop, draft and revise project Gantt charts and other tools to ensure optimal allocation of human and material assets over time
- Track and coordinate material production, purchase, shipping and delivery
- Track, coordinate, and report on status of all required AHJ approvals
- Assist with due diligence regarding property ownership, utility service, and permitting
- Maintenance and organization of construction drawings and shop drawings
- Manage any applicable rebates and incentives
- Quickly flag potential scheduling or cost issues and frame potential solutions for consideration
- Administer construction contracts
- Manage and approve payment to vendors ensuring work has been completed per schedule
- Confirm punch list items have been corrected before approving final payments
- Obtain, review and approve general contractor's turnover package
- When necessary, coordinate with property owners/managers, general contractor and other critical vendors
- As necessary, conduct project site visits to review project schedule, quality of work and compliance to construction documents
- Minimum 5 - 7 years project/construction management experience in a relevant category
- Established track record of managing and delivering multiple simultaneous projects on time and within budget, and adhering to the highest quality and standards
- Able to communicate effectively to a wide range of individuals
- Ability to identify potential problems and resolve before they become costly to correct
- Ability to develop new design approaches that can save time and money
- Ability to effectively manage General Contractors
- Working knowledge of construction documents, commercial leases, and construction exhibits
- Ability to function autonomously, working independent of a support staff, in a fast-paced environment, ability to manage changing priorities
- Ability to travel (up to 25-50%) as required
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Israeli supermarkets reported bread shortages Sunday morning as a result of a strike by flourmills in protest to the rising cost of imported wheat. The Israeli Defense Forces also received less bread than usual, reported Ha'aretz.
The flour producers' strike was launched last Monday in response to a decision to put a freeze on flour prices. Industry and Trade Minister, Dalia Itzik is expected to meet with flourmill executives late Sunday in order to determine whether to raise the price of bread.
The cost of wheat has risen due to the recent devaluation of the Israeli shekel against the dollar and other major currencies. The Israeli government has avoided raising the price of flour and bread, fearing this would only intensify the nation's inflation problem. — (menareport.com)
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If you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, avoid eating unripe papaya. Papaya that is unripe contains a latex substance that may cause contractions of the uterus. Papaya or papaya enzymes are
sometimes recommended for soothing
indigestion, which is common during
pregnancy. Although a fully ripe papaya is not thought to be a problem, it is not known for sure if papaya is completely safe during pregnancy.footnote 1
The papaya enzyme that helps soothe indigestion is called papain, or
vegetable pepsin. Papain is found in the fruit's latex and leaves.footnote 1 Unripe papaya latex may act like
prostaglandin and oxytocin, which the body makes to start labor.
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Papaya (2010). In A DerMarderosian, J Beutler, eds., Review of Natural Products. St. Louis: Wolters Kluwer Health.
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Jimbo's Naturally is holding a hiring fair next weekend for all five of its locations, including the new Horton Plaza store opening in September.
The Carmel Valley-based grocery chain specializing in natural and organic foods says it is hiring for all stores and positions in anticipation of the new location, which is expected to create more than 100 jobs, about 30 of them in food service.
Jimbo's Hiring Fair
When: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17
Where: Westfield Horton Plaza, first level next to Victoria's Secret
The 28,000-square-foot store in part of the old Mervyn's space will be the chain's largest yet, 50 percent larger than the average size of its four stores in San Diego, Escondido, Carlsbad and Carmel Valley.
This much-anticipated downtown location will offer more prepared foods for on-the-go residents. Like the other stores, the one at Horton Plaza will also have a juice bar and made-from-scratch bakery.
The Organic Retailer and Consumer Alliance earlier this summer named Jimbo's Naturally one of the top 12 GMO Right-to-Know Grocers, also known as the "Diligent Dozen," for its work with manufacturers and local producers to transition to non-GMO ingredients and its leadership in advocating for GMO labeling.
The job fair is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Westfield Horton Plaza, on the first floor next to Victoria's Secret.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Domestic Violence
Identifying and Avoiding Possible Abuse
My high school student told me her stepfather threatened her with a pair of scissors. She went to live with her grandmother for a week. Now she is back home. She said he cried and was sorry and she`s sure he won`t do it again and she will never be in the house alone with him and take the same precautions for her little sister.
I told her that he will be violent again unless he gets help. She will still stay mostly in the house and go to her grandmother`s when her mom is not at home. I would like to at least be able to give her a list of things to look out for, that might give her a chance to leave before the violence happens. Is there such a list?
I appreciate your attention to this matter. I am not sure that equipping this young girl with strategies to avoid her stepfather or attempts to manage his behavior will suffice. Please consider consulting or making a formal referral to those agencies that deal with child abuse on a regular basis. Our primary responsibility is to protect children from harm, especially when you suspect abuse that may be occurring I am aware that it could prove to be difficult for many professionals involved with children, i.e., teachers, counselors, medical professionals, etc., to make this type of forecast. Her stepfather demonstrated behavior which appears volatile in nature--to threaten a child/adolescent with a pair of scissors is of concern. The fact that she is protective of her stepfather is normal; however, supporting her desire to maintain a reasonable distance from him may not be sufficient in this case. I think it may prove difficult for a child to learn ways of predicting adult behavior, just as women who are in battering relationships cannot always predict or control an abusive event. Over 60% of adult respondents in a particular study indicated that they never really felt they had control over the batterer`s behavior, so I doubt if this youngster will be able to do the same. The dynamics within the family system probably need further exploration by individuals trained in the area of child abuse. Therefore, I would strongly urge you to consult those agencies that deal with child abuse on a regular basis, such as Franklin County Children Services or Hamilton County Children Services.
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MARTINEZ — An "all for one, one for all" mentality led a group of young gang members to kill a 16-year-old Oakley boy at an Antioch house party for high school students, a prosecutor told jurors Monday.
Leon Moreno, Ricky Mendoza and Tony Martin, all 20, are on trial on murder, attempted murder and gang charges in connection with the Aug. 20, 2011, shootings in which Martin Navarro was killed and a 17-year-old female party guest was wounded in the shoulder.
In opening statements Monday, Deputy District Attorney Danielle Douglas said Navarro was killed because the defendants believed him to be a rival gang member, but it was unclear why the teenage girl was shot.
The shootings happened at a birthday party for twin boys, whom Douglas said are not affiliated with any gang. Their family members were hanging out inside the house, while 30 to 40 teenagers were in the garage with a DJ playing loud music.
The prosecutor said the gang jumped Navarro, and Mendoza shot him inside the garage after his ex-girlfriend, Antioch resident Jessica Juarez, pointed him out as a "snitch." Juarez, along with alleged gang members Christopher Donaldson and Carlos Guzman, is awaiting trial in the case.
As Navarro lay dying, dozens of teens ran screaming from the party. Martin then fired at a car full of teenagers, wounding the girl, Douglas said.
Defense attorneys said much of the prosecution's case is built on the testimony of George Hellums, a former gang member now in a witness protection program. They said his self-serving account of what occurred is in direct conflict with the statements by other witnesses.
Defense attorneys said there is no evidence that their clients were armed and forewarned jurors of conflicting evidence as to who was armed and inside the garage that night.
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Get an overview of this hotelOverlooking historic James Bay District in Victoria
Popular property highlights
Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites is 3 blocks from the Parliament Building, 4 blocks from the Royal BC Museum, and 2 blocks from Undersea Gardens.
Property Amenities
Indulgences on site at this hotel include a restaurant, complimentary wired and wireless Internet access, and an indoor pool.
Accommodations at Harbour Towers offer complimentary wireless Internet access, TVs with premium cable channels and coffeemakers.
Guest Highlights
- Central, quiet location
- Walkability
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Overall room comfort
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Hotel Amenities
Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites offers a restaurant and bar serving dinner and drinks. The 24-hour business center offers print services, a computer with high-speed Internet access, and 10 conference rooms. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access is available in public areas. Banquet facilities, wedding services, and event catering are available. Express check-in and -out, luggage storage, concierge services, and dry cleaning/laundry services can be arranged by the multilingual staff at the front desk.
This is a smoke-free hotel.
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Multilingual staff
- Number of meeting rooms - 10
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Express check-in
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 10
- Number of floors - 12
- Total number of rooms - 196
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 1200
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 12917
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Indoor pool
- Wedding services
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- Free Wi-Fi
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- Television
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- Cable TV service
- Ceiling fan
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board
- Free WiFi
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Phone
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Vics Steakhouse - Serving dinner and drinks in a casual, elegant environment. Canadian fare, with local flavors from the Victoria area is on offer. Affordable wine selections are available at the bar.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near this Victoria, BC hotel; fees may apply.
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 5 children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for CAD 25.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for CAD 25.00 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of CAD 35 (varies based on length of stay)
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Breakfast fee: between CAD 14.00 and CAD 15.00 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: CAD 15 per night
- Pet fee: CAD 35 (varies based on length of stay)
- Crib (infant bed) fee: CAD 25.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: CAD 25.00 per night
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Up to 5 children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Missouri dairy grazing systems are resilient, repeatable and robust, says Joe Horner, dairy economist at the University of Missouri.
Grazing-dairy producers and MU Extension specialists will tell why at the Missouri Dairy Grazing Conference, Oct. 23-25, in Springfield, Mo.
The conference, held every other year, attracts national attention, Horner says. "Missouri grazing dairies are different than they were 15 years ago."
Conference headquarters will the Howard Johnson Inn, 333 S. Glenstone Ave.
Dairy graziers will share their stories. "Our producers have dealt with drought, heat stress and high feed costs," Horner says. "They survived and evolved to be stronger over time. We've grown robust systems. All became hybrids of some kind."
Most of Wednesday and Thursday feature a variety of speakers, telling of progress. On Friday, optional tours will go to dairy farms.
In the past, the MU grazing dairy at Mount Vernon was an optional tour. "We have so much to show, we will spend a half day there this year," says Stacey Hamilton, MU Extension state dairy specialist. He will give background on the feeding studies. That includes residual feed intake and dry matter intake.
The dairy research and extension are part of the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Columbia.
Other topics at Southwest Center include "Novel Endophyte Fescue Plots," "On-Farm Pasture-Measuring Tools," "Reproductive Trials" and "New Zealand and U.S. Genetics."
A trade show and reception will be at the hotel after the MU farm tour.
Charles Fletcher of Edgewood Dairy, Purdy, Mo., will give the conference welcome and closing remarks. Fletcher pioneered grass-based dairying.
Much of the conference will be about building strong systems, both cows and pastures, Horner says.
"We have forage-growing and cow-breeding systems that synchronize calving and peak milk production with the grass-growing season," he says.
Scott Poock, MU Extension veterinarian, uses fixed-time artificial insemination. This reduces breeding time. Even better, it starts the milking season earlier for most cows.
Many of grazing dairy farms are seasonal. They stop milking before Christmas and resume at calving time, about Feb. 1.
Seasonal milking gives a break from the 365-day milking year on most dairy farms.
Several speakers will tell about risk management, ranging from forage in drought to erratic milk prices.
Breakout sessions the second afternoon give a hint of range of topics, Horner says.
They include "Partial TMRs" (total mixed rations), "Attracting and Retaining Employees," "Heifer Development from Birth to Calving," "Ammoniating Tube Wrapped Baleage," "Economics of Pasture Irrigation" and "Benefits of Dung Beetles in Pastures."
Maps will be given at the conference to those taking optional tours on their way home.
Registration fees cover program and several meals. Early registration ends Sept. 30, with a late fee after that. For registration and other information, contact the MU Conference Office at 573-882-9558 or go to the conference website at dairy.missouri.edu/grazing/conference.


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Two experienced and entertaining storytellers – Bob Patterson and Kaye Byrnes – will join the great artists, heart stickers, food and fun at this weekend's Cedar Key arts festival.
They will perform at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Cedar Key City Park, for visitors to the Old Florida Celebration of the Arts Festival.
Both are long-time veterans of the Florida Storytelling Association and entertain and educate with storytelling throughout the state at schools, businesses, events, concerts and now at the Cedar Key Arts Festival.
Bob Patterson tells enchanting tales about Old Florida and its wild rivers, accompanied by a 12-string guitar.
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text: How to get $10 billion for roads By Don Surber November 26, 2011 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I have figured out how to finance completion of U.S. 35 from the Buffalo Bridge northwest to the Ohio River, which remains one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in the state.My plan does not involve slapping a toll of $2 each way on cars or raising taxes or sending someone to the Senate until he is 120 and has the seniority needed to knock down road money.The $187 million price could be paid in a manner that would improve the state's credit rating.This plan is so good and so fair to taxpayers that it will never pass in West Virginia.I would scale back pension benefits to something taxpayers can afford.That means the elimination of retiree health benefits and making state employees and the like wait until they are 65 to qualify for Medicare, just as most people in the private sector must wait.My plan makes too much sense to pass. State employees, teachers, county workers and municipal employees -- about 100,000 people -- would be up in arms.But the state right now faces an unfunded liability of $17 billion to pay pensions and retiree health benefits to state workers, many of whom can retire and collect their pensions at age 55 -- it is earlier for uniformed personnel. These unfunded liabilities affect the state's credit rating, which Standard and Poor's now sets at AA, just one step below the federal government's rating of AA-plus.West Virginia was prudent with its finances for nearly 20 years as it shored up its credit rating. But the state cannot achieve financial nirvana until it sheds that $17 billion albatross in unfunded liabilities for pension and other post-employment benefits.Legislators have valiantly tried to protect public pensions because public employees are where the votes are in the Democratic primary, and thanks to gerrymandering, the Democratic primary is the only one that matters in most of the state.The time has come to trim employee benefits. West Virginians cannot afford to pay pensions and health benefits to 55-year-olds, some of whom move on to other jobs. Let them retire, but make them wait for a pension until they are actually retired. I have thought about the need to cut benefits for some time, but it took the retirement of a lieutenant at 44 from the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department to show me just how screwed up our system is.The deputy did nothing wrong. He did nothing immoral. He played by the rules that our Legislature wrote. Presumably, he won't start collecting his pension benefits for another six years.But at that point, since he passed the 20-year mark in law enforcement, he can collect a full pension. Yet he is not retiring. He is changing jobs. He is in his prime in law enforcement. A private security company hired him.In the private sector, a man changing jobs after 22 years might be vested in a pension plan, if one existed, and could start collecting benefits when he turned 62 -- maybe later. It depends on the plan.Government needs to follow suit, and it should make no apology to its employees.Nothing personal, but a system that allows people to start collecting a pension at 50 while they continue to work is expensive, and taxpayers cannot afford such extravagant benefits.This is a problem throughout the United States. One estimate holds that the states have $3 trillion worth of unfunded liabilities in their pension plans.That is $3 trillion not being used to build highways, modernize schools or even hire more government workers. At a minimum, we must stop providing health insurance for retirees, especially the ones who retire before they are eligible for Medicare.That would eliminate $10 billion in unfunded liability right there. At $10 million a mile, that $10 billion would pay for building 1,000 miles of roads in West Virginia.Beginning with U.S. 35 northwest from the Buffalo Bridge.Surber may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. His blog is at http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 DHHR: WV medical marijuana law will need $2 million in upfront costs 2 Malfunctioning aircraft lands safely at Yeager Airport 3 Vintage West Virginia: Putnam Village 4 Gazette editorial: Is it time for health care for all yet? 5 Correctional officers need raises, lawmakers told Protests; bullies; GOP Previous Story Charleston Daily Mail -- Short takes: Nov. 26, 2011 Next Story


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Harriet Lane was one of a number of women who served as the official White House hostess without being married to the President. She was greatly admired and well-liked even though by the end of his term her uncle James Buchanan was almost universally disliked. Referred to as the "Democratic Queen" and the "first lady of the land," Lane was a superb hostess with a self-confidence that allowed her to push the boundaries and set new trends. She was also a woman of great warmth and generosity whose legacy is still felt today.
Harriet Lane was born on March 9, 1830 to Elliot Tole Lane and Jane Ann Buchanan Lane. The youngest of four children, her mother died when she was 9 years old and her father died when she was 11. Her father was a successful merchant, leaving the children with adequate resources, but at 11 years old Harriet needed a guardian. Her brothers were old enough to make their own way and her sister was already in boarding school, but Harriet didn't adjust well to boarding school, so she went to live with her bachelor uncle James Buchanan.
Harriet's mother, Jane, was Buchanan's favorite sister and he knew and loved her children. He gladly took Harriet into his home and tended to indulge her and her sister who came to him during holidays from school. Harriet did go to boarding school later at Charles Town, Virginia and at the Academy of the Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C. where she graduated with honors. She was an outgoing, friendly girl who enjoyed the social activities which went along with her uncle's position as a senator and from 1845 to 1849 as Secretary of State in Polk's administration. But her most advantageous experience was as Buchanan's companion when he was appointed Ambassador to the Court of St. James in 1854.
Harriet was a great success in London. She served as her uncle's hostess and they dined often with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Queen even gave her the title of "Honorary Ambassadress" to the Court with the courtesies generally given to the wife of the Ambassador and called her "the dear Miss Lane." London society was the perfect preparation for her time at the White House.
James Buchanan was elected President of the United States in 1856. Out of the country for the preceding 4 years, he was one of the few experienced politicians who had not become embroiled in the controversy over slavery in the territories. With experience as Ambassador to both Russia and England, many hoped that his diplomatic skills could prevent the breakup of the Union. This wasn't the case. He became increasingly unpopular as his term went on and by the time Lincoln took office, the Confederate States had formed and elected Jefferson Davis as their President.
In spite of her uncle's unpopularity, Harriet Lane became one of the most well-liked First Ladies since Dolly Madison and brought elegance to the White House that wouldn't be seen again until Jacqueline Kennedy. She gave new life to Washington society which had been very somber while Jane Pierce was First Lady. Ships and babies were named after her; she set fashion trends; and she established new customs for the White House.
As mistress of the house, Harriet dismissed all of the slaves on staff whose owners were receiving money for their service, and hired a new staff. She invited artists and musicians to the White House and set up large tents on the lawn for concerts and served refreshments for all who came. For State dinners, Harriet carefully determined seating arrangements to seat Northern and Southern guests at different tables and to separate guests who were on bad terms.
Only 26 when she went to the White House, Harriet possessed the self-confidence and grace of an older woman. She seemed equal to any social situation from soothing angry Congressmen, to entertaining members of the royal families of both Japan and England. But it would be a mistake to assume she was just an ornament to her uncle. While Harriet presided as White House she was determined to make a difference in people's lives. Her three favorite causes were hospital reform, prison reform, and the needs of American Indians. The Chippewa called her "the Great Mother of the Indians" for her work in obtaining medical and educational services for them.
Once her time in the White House and the Civil War were over, Harriet could focus on herself. She had always had admirers, but none made a great impact until she met Henry Eliot Johnston. They were married in January of 1866 when Harriet was 35 years old. In spite of the death of James Buchanan, this was a happy time as Harriet and Henry had two sons born in November 1866 and 1870.
She spent her time being a wife and mother, and contributing to her causes, until tragedy struck Harriet's life again. In March 1881, their oldest son James Buchanan Johnston died of rheumatic fever, followed in October 1882 by the loss of their second son Henry Eliot Johnston Jr. to the same disease.
As a memorial to their sons, the Johnston's set up The Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children which eventually became the Teaching and Research Center of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Then in May of 1884, Harriet unexpectedly found herself alone when Henry died of pneumonia.
Harriet Lane's life had always been active, taking care of her uncle and his guests, cantankerous Congressmen, visiting dignitaries and then her family. This part of her personality wouldn't change. In 1886, Harriet sold their home in Baltimore, Wheatland which she had inherited from her uncle, and many of her possessions. She found a home in Washington, D.C. in the center of the action and resumed her life in society. Beginning with a dinner at the White House where she put the young First Lady, Frances Cleveland at ease, for the next fifteen years no guest list would be complete without the name of Harriet Lane Johnston.
When Harriet was the First Lady she greatly impressed one visiting dignitary, the Prince of Wales. It only seems fitting that the last major event she attended was the coronation of the Prince when he became King Edward VII of England in August 1902. After she returned that fall she was diagnosed with cancer. She spent the next few months getting her affairs in order, then traveled to her summer home in Rhode Island where she wanted to spend her last days. Harriet Lane Johnston, America's "Democratic Queen" died July 3, 1903.
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Launching Spacecraft From Airplanes: A Brief History
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) headed to the moon in June 2009 with a camera system and a suite of other instruments it would use to measure the surface. The LRO's high-resolution images would build maps far more detailed than those used by the Apollo missions. In fact, it even spotted the relics of those missions: rovers left by the Apollo and Soviet Luna missions in the 1960s and 1970s.
There are five cars on the moon, still sitting there 40 years after their heyday. The Soviets were the first to do it. In 1970, the Luna 17 spacecraft landed a remote-controlled, eight-wheeled, seven-foot-long car on the moon. Later, the U.S. one-upped the USSR by landing three manned vehicles on the surface. In 1971 and 1972 Apollo 15, 16, and 17 carried 10-foot-long LRVs (lunar roving vehicles). The final rover to land on the moon was from the Soviet Luna 21 mission in 1973.
On the earlier Apollo missions, astronauts on the moon had to pull wheeled carts full of equipment to drill and sample soil and set up cameras and antennae. The NASA rovers used mounts for equipment, and allowed the astronauts to venture farther away from their landing-module base camps. These rigs were vital to both the Soviet and U.S. space programs. Here's a deeper look at the five rovers that first landed on the surface of the moon and their missions.
In November 1970 the Soviet spacecraft Luna 17 touched down on the moon and deployed a ramp; then the seven-foot-long, five-foot-tall Lunakhod 1 remote-controlled rover drove onto the surface. Lunakhod 1 used eight electrically powered wheels and carried equipment such as cosmic-ray detectors and spectrometers. It hauled along four video cameras and antennae that sprouted from the bathtub-like body of the rover to transmit video back to Earth. The antennae also received commands from the scientists on Earth who operated remote arms to collect samples, examine the moon's surface, and send photos back.
Solar cells powered all the equipment; they received a long charge during the lunar daytime (equal to about 13 earth days). The rover then hunkered down for the very long, very cold night. A small nuclear heater kept Lunakhod 1 from freezing every night, when temperatures would drop to minus 240 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Soviet scientists planned on Lunakhod 1 operating for about three spells of lunar daytime (about 40 earth days of operational time, not counting the lunar nighttime when the rover slept). But the remarkable unit lasted almost four times as long, until September 1971, and covered about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) during that time. When it finally lost touch with its earthbound operators, Lunakhod 1 had performed hundreds of geological tests and sent back thousands of photos. It had wandered into an area invisible to telescopes on Earth. In fact, its exact final location was a mystery until March 2009, when NASA's LRO cameras spotted it.
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CAMP PENDLETON — By Col. Richard B. Rothwell, USMC
Almost everyone knows the massive base is there at Camp Pendleton, even if it is a bit puzzling. You can't miss it if you travel the 17 miles of Interstate 5 between Oceanside and San Clemente. Even so, there is not much to see.
With the exception of tidal lowlands marking the mouth of the Santa Margarita River, a narrow strip of coastal plain on the west ends abruptly with cliffs that rim the ocean. To the east, your eyes can follow the plain for about a mile until a line of rugged hills blocks your view. What lies beyond is a mystery. The hills turn light green in the spring, but for most of the year they are shades of brown.
Even at a distance, we often know of the base's existence. Concussions from exploding artillery shells rumble through our neighborhoods and startle our animals. We know this place today as Camp Pendleton — 125,000 acres of prime real estate, a land developer's dream, denied by the presence of some 40,000 Marines and sailors and a sizable civilian contingent who live or work there.
To some, Camp Pendleton is a geographic godsend — a barrier protecting San Diego County from the overdevelopment that has consumed so much of Orange County. To others, it is an enigma. What is going on in that largely unseen area? Why can't it be done somewhere else?
There is no doubt that Camp Pendleton is a powerful member of the North County community in both a regional and national sense. Over the past three years, there has been more than $3 billion worth of work performed on the base. From a broader perspective, Marines and sailors trained there have answered our country's call from World War II through Iraq and Afghanistan.
Another aspect of Camp Pendleton is not so well understood or appreciated: It's a window into our past. The Marine Corps presence is just the latest chapter in the long history of the land.
For thousands of years it was home to Native Americans. Franciscan missionaries performed the first Christian baptism in Alta California while passing through with Gaspar de la Portola. The land was once part of Mission San Luis Rey, the largest of the Spanish missions.
As Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores, it was part of a huge and hugely successful cattle ranch under the flags of Mexico and the United States. At its grandest, the ranch encompassed more than 220,000 acres, extending from Oceanside north into Orange County, encompassing present-day Mission Viejo. Famous California families — the Picos, Forsters, Floods, and O'Neills — are part of the story. Historical buildings there remind us of those times and its people.
One of the most endearing and enduring features of Camp Pendleton is that, unlike so much of Southern California, the men and women who lived those stories would recognize large tracts of the base if they could walk them once more. The Camp Pendleton Historical Society is dedicated to helping the Marine Corps preserve and tell the history of this land.
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Fieldbus Protocols Continue Pushing into Mainstream Process Applications, and Innovative Users Are Forcing Their Network Infrastructures to Evolve Along with Them
This article was printed in CONTROL's October 2009 edition.
By Jim Montague, Executive Editor
Don't get too comfy. Sure, most digital fieldbus protocols are well beyond their awkward childhood and teenage years, and they're maturing into responsible young adults who are able to cooperate and interact with each other. Their many parents must be justifiably relieved and proud.
However, some new and ominous challenges remain, and our grown-up fieldbuses already are beginning to take on some challenging and unusual roles and tasks, such as safety instrumented functions (SIFs) that will allow them to serve in safety instrumented systems (SISs) or anyone of several wireless networking methods.
For instance, Ethernet-based protocols, wireless and even Internet-based networking are continuing their march down from the enterprise and larger consumer realms, and onto the plant floor and out into the field. Several observers say this push will force fieldbuses into sub-networks for production operations and process applications, while Ethernet flavors run above to reach higher-level asset management systems.
Others speculate that the dual progression from point-to-point hardwiring to twisted-pair to wireless and from highly centralized control to powerful distributed intelligence will make traditional control rooms obsolete. If all the smarts are in a super-smart network gateway in the field, why go back to a control room? This evolution may be logical, if not inevitable, but it also raises a question—will some of the useful potential of fieldbuses be wasted if they just serve as segregated commodities?
However, the good news is that most of the fieldbuses have been coordinating their efforts around electronic device description language (EDDL) for several years. The original partners included the Fieldbus Foundation (www.fieldbus.org), Profibus Nutzerorganisation (PNO, www.profibus.com) and HART Communication Foundation (www.hartcomm.org) with assistance from the OPC Foundation (www.opcfoundation.org), and they formed the EDDL Cooperation Team (ECT, www.eddlcoopteam.org). More recently, ECT has been working to welcome in new capabilities provided by the field device tool/device type manager (FDT/DTM) protocol and its FDT Group (www.fdtgroup.org), again with matchmaking from OPC and its OPC-UA technology method. This latest effort is known as the Field Device Integration (FDI) group, and its team members are drafting specifications now.
So, while complete plug-and-play interoperability may not have arrived yet, many persistent and crippling protocol translation problems have gone away or are vanishing, often with added help from improved linking devices. In general, fieldbuses have been getting a lot easier to use.
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Despite their recent gains and cooperation, digital fieldbuses have traveled a long and winding 10 to 15 year path to acceptance and adoption. Their developers and advocates have demonstrated plenty of patience in slowly chipping away at reluctant end users to get them to improve or replace old networking technologies. Fortunately, they've also had help from some enlightened end users hungry to gain the labor and material savings, otherwise-unobtainable signals and data, and operating efficiencies that fieldbuses can deliver. And, after struggling for a decade or two, some fieldbuses are breaking through to some long-awaited "overnight" successes in many major process applications.
"We've been using digital protocols for 'smart devices' for many years. The earliest installations used vendor proprietary protocols, such as Honeywell's DE and Foxboro's Foxcom, which were installed in the early 1990s," says John Kinsley, of Saudi Aramco's (www.saudiaramco.com) Process and Controls Systems department. "We started piloting Foundation fieldbus (FF) technology in 2000. The initial field trials were limited to monitoring only segments typically in utilities areas or non-critical processes. Our first plant-wide installation was commissioned in 2004. Based on this experience and other pilot plants, we standardized on FF for process control applications and all new facilities in 2005."
Kinsley reports that, while FF's basic architecture hasn't changed much in the past four years, its adoption and use are growing rapidly. "Our installation base and experience level with FF technology has grown considerably. Since 2005, we've installed FF at seven grass-roots facilities with over 35,000 FF devices. The percentage of FF devices versus total I/O continues to increase as more devices are introduced to the market. On some of our earlier projects, the percentage of FF I/O versus conventional was approximately 25%. This number is closer to 40% on more recent projects. We've also increased the number of devices per segment as our confidence in the technology has grown."
Of course, FF isn't Saudi Aramco's only network. Kinsley adds that his company uses proprietary fieldbuses for MOV networks, gas chromatographs and tank gauging. "We're also at the early stages of adopting the IEC 61850 standard for substation automation," he says. "We have pilot installations in operation, but are still evaluating the technology. One of the critical components in the adoption of a new technology is to ensure there are sufficient numbers of suppliers for the end devices. We're in the process now of reviewing supplier capabilities before moving towards a wider adoption of IEC 61850. Also, we typically don't have a mixture of different fieldbuses in one facility. However, where we do, the data are interfaced to a central DCS that provides communication between the busses."
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YAML needs a schema language. This page is an index of ideas and discussions and proposals about a YAML Schema Language.
- A Schema in the YAML context is something external to a YAML document that adds structural information to the document.
- A Schema Language is a text format for describing a schema.
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- A parser or a loader should be able to apply a schema document to the loading of YAML document.
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- A Schema Language encoded in YAML is not a requirement, but is at least tempting.
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- It might be good to define a more verbose YAML format for Schema, a structure that every parser uses. Then if we want a more compact format for eveyday use, it could be compiled into the more verbose format.
- SchemaProposalYGNI - Ingy's proposal for a schema language.
Example YAML Documents
One good approach to designing a YAML Schema language is to find a big set of real (or realistically ficticious) YAML formats in use, and then designing a language around them. The following is a list of known use cases. Schema proposals should strive to handle all these cases.
Other implementations
http://www.kuwata-lab.com/kwalify/ implements its own syntax for specifying the schema for a YAML document. It's currently available for Java and Ruby only. http://rx.codesimply.com/ is a scheme system for json and yaml, with alpha-version implementations in Perl, JavaScript?, Ruby, Python, and PHP.


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Johannesburg – He's the last player to score a hat-trick in the Soweto Derby, and Jerry Sikhosana says he's not surprised that his record still stands to this day.
While playing for Orlando Pirates in the mid-90s, Sikhosana used to torment Kaizer Chiefs when the sides met in South Africa's biggest fixture.
In 1996, he hammered in three goals past Brian Baloyi, the then Chiefs 'keeper, in a 4-1 Pirates Cup semifinal romp that remains one of the most memorable derbies of the modern era.
As the Buccaneers prepare to face Amakhosi again in this Saturday's Absa Premiership derby (Soccer City, 3.30pm), Sikhosana says there are many missing elements.
"Today's strikers are not hungry enough," he said when quizzed about why his record of a hat-trick in a derby has stood for so long.
"To some players, the derby is just an ordinary game. But it is not. You can't treat it like that. You have to see it as a special game."
Sikhosana bemoaned the absence of camaraderie among players today, saying he had noticed they would be too busy paying attention to gadgets instead of uniting in song.
"The players of today are simply too ignorant. They hardly listen to supporters. When they are on their way to the stadium, they have these big headphones on; they are playing with their phones, or they just have no time to hear the fans out, even when they are shouting their names. Players are too concerned about their fancy cars, and they will never know the importance of the derby," he said.
Nevertheless, Sikhosana expects Saturday's match to live up to expectations, with both Chiefs and Pirates in terrific form and occupying the top two slots in the Premiership standings. "It should be an interesting match," he said.
But Sikhosana warned that while both teams are in good nick, form will be of no consequence on Saturday. "Form is irrelevant in this match. You can't go there thinking 'we've won the previous match, so we'll win the derby'. It's all about who wants it most."
He cited an example of that memorable match 16 years ago, when he scored a hat-trick. "We (Pirates) went into that match having lost 3-0 to Real Rovers in midweek. Over the weekend Chiefs had beaten Rovers 5-0, and when we got to the FNB Stadium, the Chiefs fans were displaying high fives everywhere, saying we should brace ourselves for defeat. That didn't happen because we rose to the occasion," the now Tembisa-based Sikhosana said.
Chiefs' goalkeeper on that afternoon was the legendary Baloyi, for whom Sikhosana later became a constant menace in this fixture.
Looking ahead to Saturday's game, Baloyi – who played for Chiefs for more than a decade – echoed Sikhosana's statement that an epic clash is in prospect. "It's been a while since a derby has been so highly anticipated," Baloyi said. "Pirates have been the form team for the last two years, and Chiefs have started this season very well. You can call Saturday's match an early championship decider."
Baloyi added Pirates should be boosted by the return of striker Benni McCarthy, who was in the matchday squad for last night's clash against Chippa United.
"It's a huge shot in the arm for Pirates to have Benni back in time for the derby. Even if he doesn't start, all the players will see his presence in the dressing room as a major boost. He did well in the last derby (in March)."
Chiefs, meanwhile, will equally go into the match in high confidence following their 3-0 drubbing of Ajax Cape Town, Baloyi stated. "They had to bounce back after that disappointing result against Platinum Stars (on November 24). Now that they got that first loss out of the way, they can focus on staying top of the table."
Interestingly, Baloyi did not share Sikhosana's view that today's players are focused on finer things and have neglected the importance of the derby. "Maybe we as a past generation are at fault – we should shoulder the responsibility of showing the players the way, educating them. But we must also accept things have changed."
Asked for a prediction, Baloyi picked Chiefs to emerge victorious, whereas Sikhosana was undecided. "Eish, it's too close to call," the Pirates legend said.
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