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On Wednesday, the U.S. currency continued to strengthen against most of its competitors. The EUR/USD remained under pressure against the positive macroeconomic statistics publication from the United States. The orders for durable goods in April rose by 0.8 %, which indicates increased demand from the U.S. consumers and the positive factor for economic growth.
The euro was down against the ECB officials statements backdrop which reinforced expectations monetary policy easing, although it was slightly strengthened at the beginning of the day. The ECB Novotny said that inflation in the euro area was significantly below the target level ECB's 2%, and so low that there was a decrease growth risk. Novotny made it clear that the current discussions are directed toward interest rates lowering. The European Central Bank President Draghi said the ECB kept in mind the risks related with too long low inflation period still he did not see the deflation risk.
The Bears actively sold the GBP/USD pair yesterday. The States pleased investors with positive orders for durable goods and consumer confidence from Conference Board. Together with the EUR/GBP cross-course short positions closing - British pound significantly weakened against its U.S. counterpart.
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A subcutaneous RFI chip is probable the best technology- at least from a convenience standpoint, but people are already howling about this idea.
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Southington moved into the top 10 in The Courant state ratings for the first time this season at No. 9 after its 28-21 win over then No. 7 Glastonbury. Hand-Madison and Ansonia retained the Nos. 1 and 2 positions. There is a Monday game – Rocky Hill vs. Bloomfield – that will have an impact on the area ratings so check back later tonight for the complete rankings:
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Jenn Hanna accomplished something special during last month's Ontario women's curling championship. Some considered it the impossible.
The Ottawa Curling Club skip began the tournament with one victory in her first five games.
Nobody thought her team would have a chance to win the title after such a horrible start.
But she and her teammates recovered to win their last four games of the round-robin, got into the playoffs and put together four more victories to capture the title at the Rideau Curling Club.
"I'll be honest. The fact that we won it that way, I wouldn't have wanted it to happen any other way," said Hanna during a break from practice earlier this week.
"I think it was so cool that we were 1-4 and basically out of it," she said. "We won all those games in a row, I find that just incredible."
Now comes the biggest test of all for the team -- the Scott Tournament of Hearts national championship that begins tomorrow in St. John's.
There, Hanna, along with Pascale Letendre, Dawn Askin, Stephanie Hanna, the skip's younger sister, and spare player Joelle Sabourin, will compete against the best women's teams in the country.
Fresh in their minds will be the improbable way the team of twentysomethings captured the Ontario title.
"What I really admire about my teammates is they dug so deep," said Hanna. "I think the one thing that set us apart from the other teams that made the playoffs was we really wanted it. I'm sure (the other teams) wanted to be there too, but we played like each one of those games was our last game and we put everything out there.
"I'm so proud of the girls for that. For sure, that helps us going into the Scott."
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If you like coming to this site and root for the day that my head will explode, well this may be your lucky day. As the great Frank Costanza said "I HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ISSUE 1: How the hell can any of you, my fellow Mets fans, see anything positive in acquiring Gary Mathews Jr. and don't tell that I'm overacting negatively to this deal, if I want to fucking rant about a broken down valise of a ball player who sucks so badddddddddddddlllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy the Angels lined is fucking pockets with $20 FUCKING million dollars to get rid of him, I'll rant and I'll rant hard and I'll rant all night long. And of course the Mets were the only dumb ass' in baseball that would take him on.
I'm not pissed with GMJ (as we Tiwits from the Twitterland call him) and yeah he's just going to a spare part being paid spare change but don't you Polly-Wilpons see that this guy is could be taking up one of 25 valuable roster spots on this team? I hate to wish bad on someone, as we all know God don't like ugly, but you have to hope that GMJ sucks so bad in spring that the Mets release him.
And to all of "Angel Pagan is an All Star" worshipers you need to get over that as well. I don't want to attack Pagan who is a good player but some of you Mets fans have built this guy up to the point if I were Pagan's agent I'd bring in your Tweets and message boards posting to make his case in arbitration.
Back to GMJ (take a Dramamine because this is going to be one rocky post, I'm going all over the road here ) this poor bastard is not even an average Major player anymore. Check this out from Ball Busters blog:
{After the Mets completed their trade for Gary Matthews Jr. on Friday, committing about $2.5 million and a middle reliever to land him, one talent evaluator dug into his team's scouting reports, wondering if maybe his general impression that Matthews was a player in decline was wrong.
The reports for his team were clear: Matthews is a player to be avoided. Slow bat. Declining range. And above all else, a player who wants to be a regular and will be an unhappy distraction in your clubhouse when he's not in the lineup every day.
Said an executive with another team of the Mets' efforts to acquire Matthews, which have been extensive, including the discussion of one possible four-team deal this winter: "Baffling."
His OPS the past three seasons: .742, .675 and .697; the last number ranked 90th among 104 outfielders with at least 300 plate appearances. His slugging percentage of .361 ranked 96th among 104 outfielders with at least 300 plate appearances. He is now 35 years old.
I asked a scout with a team not involved in this deal for his observations on Matthews' play. His response:
"I still see Matthews as an expensive extra outfielder. The Angels knew they were fooled by his Texas numbers before they went after Hunter. He should still be able to play center field while Beltran is out, but he hasn't shown any sock since he was outed for receiving shipments of HGH a couple years ago. His bat has been dragging through the zone the last couple years. Nevertheless, he should benefit from getting more consistent at-bats in NY than he had been getting in Anaheim."
His defense? Well, Mark Simon of ESPN Stats & Information sent along his year-by-year UZR/150 ratings from FanGraphs. Let's just say there's a trend in the numbers:
- 2002: 23.8 (1st among 107 outfielders with at least 500-plus innings)
- 2003: 6.6 (33rd of 105)
- 2004: 21.3 (9th of 107)
- 2005: 18.7 (15th of 112)
- 2006: 1.0 (46th of 108)
- 2007: -12.2 (88th of 108)
- 2008: -13.7 (94th of 112)
- 2009: -24.6 (109th of 115)
The winter's market has had other guys who could have fit the role of extra outfielder. Randy Winn. Jeremy Reed. Endy Chavez, who reportedly is making progress in his rehabilitation.
To sum up the view of Matthews within the game: He can't hit for average, can't hit for power, his defense ranks statistically among the worst outfielders in the majors and, to top it off, rival scouts have been reporting that in recent years he has been a clubhouse negative.
If Matthews were a free agent, he would be a player who might get a $500, 000 non-guaranteed minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. And yet the Mets opted to commit $2.5 million and to trade a serviceable pitcher in Brian Stokes to get a player whose effectiveness might have ended years ago.
Very strange.}
I threw up twice while reading that. I don't care if GMJ was PAYING the Mets to let him play, the guy is 35 years old, not very productive on offense and his defense has decline sharply every year. Yes, I know this just a temporary move until Carlos Beltran comes back and you may be right that I should save my anger with the Mets for more important fuck ups (I'll get to one more in a sec) but I'm mad because is GMJ the only type of player the Mets can attract ? Think about it, they have tried to give away Luis Castillo who is ten times a better player than GMJ but with a $12 million dollar nut, they can't find a taker. The mere fact that the Artie Moreno would pay over $20 million dollars (just about the Pirates and Marlins total payrolls) to ship Mathews sorry ass out of Anaheim should have all Mets fans up in arms.
The one bright spot in this muck is Omar Minaya coming out and saying that the centerfield job is not Angel Pagans it's an open competition, which of course I applaud. But it better not be just a two man event with Pagan and GMJ.
Issue 2: First let me clean the spittle off my screen here as I was screaming as I wrote that last section of this post.
As you know I've been clamoring for the Mets to host a Fan Fest during the winter at $iti Field. I bring this up today for two reasons one, the Baltimore Orioles are having theirs today at Camden Yards and from reading the tweets from Orioles Prospects, the place is full of fans and players signing autographs and spreading good cheer. So on a beautiful sunny day in NYC what am I doing? Ranting like a fucking lunatic when I'd rather be at $iti Field and a Mets Fan Fest, which is where all of us Mets fans should be. But you'd have to have forward thinking management to do this instead of the Skill Sets whose version of customer service is out of the Henry Hill School of Business Management : "FUCK YOU, PAY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Another reason why today would have been a great day for Mets-Fest is you could have tied in raising money for Haiti along with pushing your product. Charge everyone 20 bucks to come to the ball park with proceeds going to UNICEF for relief aid to Haiti. I bet there are tons of giveaways that weren't distributed during the season, you could sell raffle tickets for them and for other used items like bats, batting gloves and the like and use that money for charity as well. I'm not saying the Mets are not charitable, in fact one of Freddy Skill Sets admirable traits is his generosity to charities but not only would a Mets-Fest raise a ton of money for a good cause, it would also give the Mets some badly needed positive press.
End of rant……….a Jehovah's Witness is ringing my bell time for an ass kicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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It's impossible to read this issue without being reminded of the nearly-arrived Iron Man 2 film. With Hollywood's attention captured, Tony Stark's Q Rating is riding particularly high, even for him. With that spotlight shining bright, the hope is that the product made available can capitalize on the cross-promitional extra visibility; something that is familiar to casual film-goers, while also challenging enough to show the vitality of the character's inspirational origins. In doing that, the thinking goes, new readers can find the very potential of superhero comics. Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca deliver with a story for the masses, that pushes Iron Man into a new era, and pushes him towards the horizon.
When this volume of Invincible Iron Man launched, the character was in a particularly dark place. Iron Man had arisen to the post of World's Top Cop, and all it had cost him was almost every friendship he had. Though resolute in his decision-making, Tony Stark was haunted by the choices he'd been forced to make. The burden weighed heavily. He soon lost that lofty job, and was forced on the run by the man who'd taken his throne. In the end, the only way to escape his pursuer was to wipe his mind clean, trusting that he would be restored by backup. Well, his genius has since been restored, and in that restoration came an unexpected blessing; the follies of Civil War have finally been expunged from Stark's base characteristics. No history has been changed, no gross retcons employed, but Tony Stark and readers alike can finally move beyond the ramifications of that story, and focus on the future. And the future is now.
In many ways, Invincible Iron Man is to Iron Man: Extremis what Astonishing X-Men was to New X-Men. Both stories corralled the broad, ambitious intellectual goals of prior series, and tempered them with magnetic characterizations for greater mainstream success. Extremis was a very smart story, so much so that it was nearly prohibitive. Fraction's Iron Man is no less intelligent than was Ellis', but it somewhat diffuses that pure emphasis with a balance of charisma and interpersonal relationships within the story. Fraction's Tony Stark is not satisfied being the most intelligent man in the room. He also has to be the most well-liked.
Much like Beyonce, Invincible Iron Man #25 is all about the upgrade. The most obvious upgrade is to the Iron Man armor, the science of which is explained in a conversation between geniuses, because hey, that's what they're there for. Also upgraded is the threat levels of Stark's world. The concept of "asymmetrical warfare," assures that no matter how much Tony tricks out his suit, it will still be his mind that he relies on most heavily. Luckily, his mind has had some pretty major upgrades, too.
This property has a unique opportunity to coalesce film and comics synergetically (not a word, but Tony Stark would use it). The broad theme of de-weaponizing Stark's corporate interests is likely to be present in both mediums. But the real unifier will be Tony Stark himself. Robert Downey Jr.'s charismatic portrayal of the man behind the mask was the key factor to the first film's success. Fraction and Larroca's commitment to rebuilding Tony from the ground up has been the key to theirs.
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I have forgotten to bookmark the URL
,but I accessed them through jlHudson.net/Germination.
That site gives the proper usda site for the Deno databases.
Dr. Deno's books are now in the public domain
I have forgotten to bookmark the URL
Is there any way you can provide the url address. I can't seem to find the site.
I think this is it:
Thanks, I never learned how to do that and should learn.
It is one of the very very few things i have learned LOL usually i am inept and get the kids to help me
Thank you to your kids!
As far as I know, you can still get a paperback copy:
Seed Germination Theory and Practice:
This book is self published and self distributed. The book is priced at $20 postpaid anywhere in the world. The First Supplement @ $15, and The Second Supplement @ $15 are also available postpaid. Send all orders to:
Norman C. Deno, 139 Lenor Drive, State College, PA 16801 USA
Apparently he is not publishing anymore nor selling them.
But it is a PDF file that you can download if you want to spend the time.
Gee, maybe I should have clicked/read the link? ;)
That's too bad- some research is best done on the couch. (Though I suppose now you can do it with any one of those e-readers, but it's not the same.)
Print it out and bind it!
Paper copies are good in that you can add your own notes
and put stickies in for your favorite references.
And you don't have to fire up the 'pooter to get a quick answer! (Not a fast process in my house.)
I have the first publication, but it'd be nice to have all three. I may copy the supplements to a disc or one of those stick-drive thingys & take it to a print shop. I just can't see myself printing & punching 200+ pages. (And it'd probably finish off my poor old printer!)
Thanks for posting this, BTW~
Yes, Thanks CL. I meant to post the link, but hadn't yet.
The site is sometimes hard to access, but you'll get through eventually. Unfortunately, as I was on page 37 of printing it, my 15-20 year old trusty laserjet got stuck and started screeching at me, which it's never done before. As I couldn't fix it, I'm waiting to get a new one.
nedweenie, the book is definitely not being printed, as Dr. Deno sent my money back, saying that he's 89 years old and so not publishing it anymore.
How about a sticky at the top of this forum (or just below Kelly's database?) with the URLs going directly to Deno's works?
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These links to Dr Deno's "Seed Germination: Theory and Practice" and the two supplemental books are free downloads at the USDA National Agriculture Library online site. I know this book is out of print and nearly impossible to find. I hope this information is useful.
Title: Seed germination, theory and practice.
Title: First supplement to the second edition of Seed germination theory and practice.
Title: Second supplement to Seed germination theory and practice.
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I agree - this is wonderful - Deno has been an enormous help to me in past years. I wish, however, that he could have kept this project going - he seemed to have more great ideas on the back burner :)
Thanks! Karen.
This is very good news. On December 28, 2010 I talked to Dr. Deno via telephone about his seed germination books and their availability. He still had some paper copies available but he was not going to print any more copies once his current stock was gone. Dr. Deno doesn�t use Email, so I sent him a letter on December 29, 2010 with a check for the books. In the letter I suggested that if he was not going to continue publication of his books, he consider placing his books in the public domain because if he failed to do so, his books would be under copyright lockdown for many years under US copyright law. I also suggested that he place the original text documents in the public domain and not scanned pages which introduce the possibility of transcription errors.
Google Books only makes Dr. Deno�s books available in the �Snippet view� or �No preview available� modes and his works are not in http://www.archive.org/details/texts at all.
Google Books: �Norman Deno�
The good news is that Dr. Demo did donate the documents to the USDA on or about 2010-5-12 per the following URL:
Here is the information of interest
c.contributor.author: Deno, N. C.
dc.date.accessioned: 2010-05-12T12:26:25Z
dc.date.available: 2010-05-12T12:26:25Z
dc.date.issued: 1993
dc.rights: This item has been deposited with the permission of the rights holders or are now in the public domain.
Google Books has better copies of these documents. Will Google Books recognize the USDA public domain declaration? I will send Google Books an Email to see if they will accept the USDA delectation. I am going to compare my copies with the ones from the USDA website; I believe mine are a latter printing. The USDA website PDF documents have OCR-to-Text so you will be able to cut and past if you need to use parts of the book in a DG post.
I now start all my Hibiscus seeds using the Demo Method. The only problem with the Demo Method is that it works too well and little Hibiscus seedlings quickly become big Hibiscus seedlings.
Thank you for a great find. I will repost this link on the Hibiscus forum.
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I just had an idea!
Let's send thank-you cards (something with flowers) to Dr. Demo for placing his books in the public domain. His mailing address is as follows.
Dr. Norman C. Deno
139 Lenor Drive
State College, PA 16801 USA
All DG Forums should be interested in this so please get the word out.
This was a very kind thing for Dr. Deno to do. I bought all his books years ago, and they have helped me immensely. His Outdoor Treatment for seeds is the bees.
Here are more-direct links, for free downloads, which the USDA National Agriculture Library website called "persistent URLs".
Thank you, Dr. Deno!
Select "View/Open", be prepared to wait a while, then "File ... Save As"
Title: Seed germination, theory and practice.
Title: First supplement to the second edition of Seed germination theory and practice.
Title: Second supplement to Seed germination theory and practice.
Everyone, thank you for the additional information and sensibilities of thanks and appreciation for Dr. Deno. I bought his first book years ago and it's been my germination bible, even if not intended for that originally.
I haven't done (or tried) this yet, but now that these books are digitalized, has anyone tried the search function to collect data like, for instance, making a list of which seeds do okay with fall sowing? I don't know what's possible along these lines yet, but lacking excel (which perhaps I can remedy with those google spreadsheets), wouldn't it be great if we could make lists for different germination criteria/methods of seeds this way?
Would anyone mind if I asked DG admin to give this thread a sticky?
The three Books by Dr. Deno were scanned from paper copies and converted to PDF documents. Adobe Acrobat has a OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function which was used on the three books so they all text searchable using the text search capability in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. Microsoft Desktop Search, which is built into Windows-Vista and Windows-7 and a free download for Windows-XP, can also search these PDF documents. I don�t see any technical reason why we could not data-mine Dr. Deno�s books to create Excel or Open Office spreadsheets. The one thing I would be carful of is that OCR is not always 100% correct so the extracted data would have to be reviewed and spellchecked.
A better solution would be to convince Dr. Demo to donate the original source documents to the USDA. That would eliminate any error associated with OCR scans. I have two out of the three very clean copies of Dr. Deno�s books from January 2010 and I have considered running them through my OCR software and comparing the resulting text with the USDA copies to identify errors using majority logic.
If you don�t have Excel try using Open Office. The latest version is quite good and I was pleasantly surprised when I opened a moderately complex Excel document using Open Office.
I wanted to let other DG members know that I have post a modified Deno Method, on the Hibiscus Forum, which uses a layer of hydrated Parchment Paper (AKA Baking Paper) to prevent the root hairs from growing into the kitchen paper towels which are used to maintain hydration during germination. The addition of hydrated parchment paper exceeded my expectations with high germination rates and no root entanglement with the paper towels. For additional information see this link:
Dr. Deno�s Seed Germination Books are now in Public Domain
That's a great experiment!
Have you compared relative entaglement between parchment and coffee filters, or maybe newsprint?
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I have thought about using other paper layers to prevent root entanglement. First of all, I have no intention of replacing paper towels as the outer layer because they are food safe, are specifically engineered to absorb and hold water and hold together when wet. Root entanglement only became a problem after I realized that there were some advantages extending the time seedlings remained in the Deno Bag. Also some species of Hibiscus (i.e. tropical�s) are more prone to this problem than others.
I would reject news paper for several reasons:
* News paper is not rated as food safe.
* The chemicals and inks use in the printing process are unknown and vary.
* News paper would quickly disintegrate into pulp once wet.
Over a year ago, I did try a layer of coffee filters but the results were inconclusive. First I used filter paper for a kitchen coffee maker which was too small and I wasn�t keeping the seeds in the Deno Bag for extended periods of time, like I am now doing. What I need to do is rerun the tests using filters for large commercial coffee brewers. I also looked into using libratory grade filter paper but the prices are ridiculous.
I updated my post on the Hibiscus Forum with the final results for the Hibiscus seeds I am testing in the current batch. I also outlined an idea I have for using a Deno Bag to send seedlings through the mail, which admittedly needs more work. I am looking for a 6�x6� plastic framework which can be repurposed to support the paper layers during transport. I have the plastic parts to make a frame but it would not be a help to others. One possibility would be to cutup a polyethylene jewel case used to ship CD�s but even that may be to complicated.
>> I did try a layer of coffee filters but the results were inconclusive.
I understand. Agreed, anything purchased by labs would be impractically expensive unless you had grant money. They tend to be even denser and smoother than coffee filters, so i would expect even less root pentration.
Since they are smoother, i wonder if they hold the humidity as high as paper towels (which have lots of surface area.) But if the deno bag is sealed, I;'m sure RH would be 100% at all times.
>> News paper would quickly disintegrate into pulp once wet.
Good point. I already proved that to myself about tissue paper and toilet paper. Once I tried sprinkling fine vermiculite over the coffee filter, but all it did was make it harder to see light-colored seeds.
I used to worry about germinating seeds gettting enoguh oxygen if I coverd them over, but now I trust that oxygen can go through any kind of paper easily.
But do you have to let CO2 out if you keep seeds in a plastic bag for a long time?
>> using a Deno Bag to send seedlings through the mail,
Great idea! But if oxygen diffusion is needed, maybe the bag needs a small hole. Or can it migrate through ziplock plastic? Water can, VERY slowly, and that's more polar than O2.
From what I read, adult roots are happy inside wet plastic, but adults leaves and stems tend to rot. I wonder if they need to be drier, or have more oxygen, or both? Would sedling leaves resist rot longer?
>> One possibility would be to cutup a polyethylene jewel case used to ship CD�s but even that may be to complicated.
My own interest is in shipping dry seeds without paying $1.71 for a bubble mailer at First Class package rates, and without having them crushed by high-speed rollers. It should be easy to send 1-3 pkts of tiny seeds for 44 cents!
The idea of a CD or DVD mailer is appealing, but I think the trick for "business envelopes" will be a stiff envelope + padding around the edges to hold the rollers apart by 0.2" while the seeds sit in a gap in the padding. This gap should be near the center so the rollers are most likely to miss it or be supported above it.
(The total thickness must be significantly less than 1/4" or they will reject it.)
Someone suggested that UHaul sells thin foam for packing china. I figure I would make the envelope itself out of thin chipboard like cereal boxes or FedEx overnight envelopes or USPS Flat Rate Large Envelopes.
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1Assuming that you have a code-name and a character, check out the primary weapons. These will be our main weapons until you get a higher rank so be careful on your weapon of choice. If you have just started I suggest a gun with low recoil, accuracy and o.k. power such as the K2 (better for mid - long range but has slow rate of fire), P90 (better for close combat but has low accuracy) or the M4A1 (M16A2 has a weird spray pattern. M4A1 has pretty much average everything except for extremely fast rate of fire). For snipers, the PSG1, often regarded as the best sniper and used by most of the experts, is available. The PSG1 has 5 bullets so if u miss u can try again.
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3This paragraph is for sprayers. If you are a sniper go to the next paragraph. For enemies who are far away, DO NOT RUSH THEM. They can here your footsteps and they will attack you. Instead try to predict where they are going to go, switch to M9(knife) and run to where they are going on a detour route and wait for them there. If there is no detour follow them by walking (press shift). Although this is slower, they cannot hear you. When you are close to them, just rush them and shoot them. For those that are close to you but haven't seen you rush them as well. For those who have seen you and are close to you, try to back away and get behind cover while jumping in zig-zag formation. This is harder for them to aim. Try to take cover but if there is no cover, shoot them while jumping around the in circles (called bunny hopping) until they die.
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2.6 Peoples of the Coastal Plain
Adapted from Intrigue of the Past by the UNC Research Laboratories of Archaeology, LEARN NC web edition, page 3.5.
When Europeans arrived in the late 1500s, North Carolina's northern Coastal Plain was home to two different cultures. Algonkians lived closest to the Atlantic edge, in the Outer Coastal Plain or Tidewater. The term Algonkian isn't a tribal name; it refers, rather, to the family of languages spoken by tribes who lived from Canada to Carolina. Iroquoian speakers — the Tuscarora, Meherrin, and Nottoway tribes — lived more inland, on the Inner Coastal Plain. The Tuscarora generally lived from just south of the Neuse River to where the Virginia border is today. The Meherrin and Nottoway stayed between the Roanoke and Chowan Rivers.
Through their research so far, archaeologists have sorted out the political and social boundaries of the various groups who lived in the north coastal region. Hints of their lives prior to European contact survive in their old villages and camps. Based on the distinctive items each group left, archaeologists call the Algonkian speakers Colington and the Iroquoian speakers Cashie (pronounced ca-shy).
Colington peoples
Archaeologists rely on artifacts they find in the soil for their understanding of the past. Fragments of pottery often survive, and so archaeologists categorize pottery-making Indian cultures by how they made and decorated pottery. By 800, North Carolina's coastal Algonkians, whom archaeologists refer to as Colington peoples, were making pots tempered with crushed shells and decorated with fabric impressions. Carved lines and geometric patterns added flair to the rims. The pots included small, simple bowls; large, hemispherical bowls, looking much like today's wide-mouthed mixing bowls; and medium-sized, cone-shaped bowls, whose bottoms stuck securely in hearth ash or sand.
The other Colington artifacts aren't much different than those used by other contemporary groups in the state. They molded clay into pipes. They fashioned stone into triangular arrow points, blades, tools for woodworking, and milling stones. They turned bone and shell into hoes, picks, ladles, fish hooks, sewing awls, and punches. They also carved bone and shell into jewelry, such as tubular beads and gorgets. Sometimes, people used altogether different materials, such as freshwater pearls and copper, for adornment. A panther mask archaeologists found may have been used for ceremony.
The Colington were the people Europeans first met and wrote about in North Carolina. They had lived in the same general territory since about 800 CE, a territory that spanned the Tidewater from southeastern Virginia into the northern half of North Carolina, as far south as present-day Onslow County.
Colington society and village life
Colington society — like that of most eastern Algonkians — revolved around chiefdoms, formal religion, and a priesthood. Chiefdoms claimed distinct chunks of the Tidewater, and their various territories scattered across the region. Politically similar to the Appalachians' Qualla people, Colington chiefs apparently ruled democratically rather than autocratically. While their power was nothing to trifle with and they could sway decisions with persuasion, they generally governed by consensus. That is, they listened to and did what a council of representatives from the chiefdom's villages decided was best. The chief's village, which archaeologists call the capital village, was usually bigger than others in the chiefdom, and it tended to be centrally located
within the claimed area.
The Colington Algonkians used several types of settlements, ranging from capital villages, common villages, and seasonal villages and camps for specialized activities. Capital villages were centers of political and religious activities. Smaller than capital villages, common villages were those bound to and loyal to the chief. Apparently, most were seats of farming with at least some people always there. Some were stockaded, but others were not. The seasonal village, as its name implies, was occupied at certain seasons. On Colington Island, for example, archaeologists found a place where people spent summers fishing and collecting shellfish.
Archaeologists believe that each Colington chiefdom stretched over a territory that could support the agriculture, hunting, gathering, and fishing needed to support a large population. Most capital and common villages sat along sounds and estuaries, or on high banks and ridges next to major rivers and their tributaries where sandy loam good for agriculture existed. The water bodies, depending on what they were, also provided shellfish, turtles and even alligators. The upland oak and hickory forests were sources of nuts, game, and other resources.
Colington life was, in many ways, similar to other Indian groups across living across North Carolina after 1000 CE. They had permanent, sometimes stockaded villages; they had agriculture, but never stopped relying on wild foods. They fashioned distinctive pottery. They traded and formed alliances. They had priests and chiefs, but they made important decisions by consensus.
Burial practices
The Colington people did, however, have a form of burial quite different from most other North Carolina people living then. They, along with their Iroquoian neighbors, used ossuaries, or communal burials, where the bones of many were placed in a large grave at one time. Some ossuaries, such as ones along the Chowan River in Currituck County or at Gloucester in Carteret County, had as many as 58 persons buried together — old and young, male and female.
Apparently, the tradition of mass burials was part of a strong northern tradition that made its way south to the Carolina coast. It brought with it not just a way to bury the dead, but ways to prepare the dead for burial.
Colington communities had mortuary temples tended by priests. In the temples, deceased people were kept until it was time for burial. It's still unclear how often ceremonies for mass burials occurred. It's also unclear whether there were different temples for political and religious leaders and for common people. And it's not clear where the ossuaries were in relation to the villages. It seems, but archaeologists aren't sure yet, that the ossuaries were placed in cemetery areas on a village's northern edge. Sometimes offerings, such as shell beads or bone pins, accompanied the burials.
European contact
By 1650, European expansion brought Colington life to an end. Many Algonkians died from European diseases to which they had no immunity. In 1675, the remaining members of the once-powerful Chowanoke tribe were put on a Gates County reservation. After the middle of the eighteenth century, there is no more mention of these people in colonial records.
Iroquoian-speaking Tuscarora, Meherrin, and Nottoway tribes were the Colington Algonkians' neighbors after 800 CE. The Tuscarora lived in the Inner Coastal Plain, forming a confederation of three tribes. Together, the Tuscarora tribes claimed the area from the Roanoke to the Neuse rivers and the western estuarine border (or where the tide meets river currents) to the fall line. The Meherrin and Nottoway lived farther north, occupying the Meherrin and Nottoway river basins.
Archaeologists label the pottery these Iroquoians made as Cashie, and so this has become the name for their culture and lifeway between 800 and 1750.
Cashie village life
Archaeologists find many similarities in how the Colington and Cashie people lived. The Cashie used the same kinds of tools and jewelry as the Colington. They located their villages, farmsteads, and hunting or collecting camps in places to take best advantage of what the territory offered. Some villages had stockades, while others were open. The Cashie traded with the Colington for pottery, conch shells, and shell-bead jewelry.
Because the soil of the Inner Coastal Plain is the most productive in the state, Cashie agriculture was not tied to floodplains, as it was in the Piedmont, Mountains, or Tidewater. The Iroquoians settled on loamy uplands along streams, where the best soils were located. The early European explorer John Lawson wrote descriptions of young men working hard in fields of corn as well as hunting to provide food for their families. This practice of men working fields was not just true of Iroquoian tribes, but of Tidewater and Piedmont groups Lawson observed.
What's left of one small Cashie village sits by the Roanoke River at a site called Jordan's Landing. Although the Cashie village at Jordan's Landing has not been completely excavated, archaeologists can tell that it was stockaded, and its shape was oval. Near the village are long ridges of fertile sandy loam, and a lush oak-hickory forest covers the ridge above the river. Clearly, people chose this site with an eye to the nearby variety of wild foods and arable land for agriculture. Food remains recovered at Jordan's Landing show the Cashie grew corn and beans. They ate hickory nuts and several kinds of animals: deer, bear, raccoon, possum, and rabbit. Fish, turtle and terrapin, mussel, and turkey were also eaten.
Political life and rank
Like the Colington Algonkians, the Cashie Iroquoians typically buried people in ossuaries. But apparently, Cashie ossuaries were family rather than community burials. Most have only two to five people placed in them. Also, where Algonkian ossuaries tend to have few if any grave offerings, the Cashie generally put tools such as bone awls and jewelry such as shell beads in the graves. Some had so many offerings that archaeologists wonder if they suggest social status or rank for the family buried there.
Besides this ceremonial difference, the Cashie organized their political life differently than the Colington. Unlike the Algonkian's Tidewater chiefdoms with its capital villages and allegiances, each Iroquoian village was autonomous. European accounts tell of a Tuscarora Confederacy composed of three tribes, but each seemed to retain political independence.
Oak Island
While the Algonkians and Iroquoians dominated most of North Carolina's coast, small tribes of Siouan-speaking people wedged in the southern corner below the Cape Fear River. Two of them were the Waccamaw and Cape Fear tribes. Archaeologists draw them under the cultural label Oak Island.
Oak Island — as a culture and way of life — is still a puzzle because little archaeological work has been written up or done. Presumably, Oak Island Siouans were more affected by goings-on in South Carolina than in North Carolina. Archaeologists think this because the styles and techniques of their pottery were more like those to the south than those to the north.
Yet Oak Island people, too, sometimes used ossuaries, especially in areas closest to the borders with their Iroquoian and Algonkian neighbors. Presumably, they ate the same foods, lived in the same kinds and sizes of villages, and used the same kinds of everyday tools and jewelry that other coastal groups did.


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And its true. I started feeling married the first time I committed to myself to be with this person. Yes, there were things that I held on to, but even some married people I know still have their own apartments, their own bank accounts, etc.
The things that changed after the wedding: I no longer had the anxiety that one day the whole thing would be over, randomly and out of the blue. And I felt more comfortable talking to my husband about anything because I knew he was now stuck with me! But those two things feel natural like walking or breathing now. Even my wedding ring feels like its always been there.
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Users of Internet Explorer should now be able to see my sidebar where it should be–at the side of the page, but it naughtily refuses to line up with my banner. Anybody with the requisite knowledge of code know how to correct this?
You need to add top:0; to #sidebar in your CSS. I use a Mac and it also fails to line up using Safari. top:0 fixes Safari as far as I can tell, assuming you want the sidebar to be next to your banner.
Thanks for the tip–I tried it, but as you can see it doesn't seem to work (unless I did something wrong!).
Hi Austin-
Go search through Food Blog S'cool.
Sorry I haven't linked to the exact post (not a blogger user so it doesn't stick in the ole brain)… but several have asked about this exact problem and received quite a bit of help.
ps- your mussel pineapple curry is on my next weekend to-do list!
mcauliflower: Ta muchly, will have a look, and if it works you'll know the next time you come here!
You should post on your efforts with the curry, I'd love to see how it turns out.
mccauliflower: Oh hey, I just saw you're from Oregon! I'm originally from Sandy (near Mt Hood) and went to university in Eugene!
I left the comment about adding a top:0 to #sidebar. Looking at the source of you page, I don't see it.
I don't use blogger, so I'm not sure what you have to do to edit your templates. Do a View Source in whatever browser you use and look for the #sidbar section just after /* Content near the top of the page contents. That is where the top:0 needs to be added.
anon: I tried adding top:0; but it just shoved the entire sidebar to the top of the page! Thanks anyway though… Guess I'll spend some more time at Food Blog S'cool.
Hmm, so I guess you want the sidebar to line up with the edge of the banner? Or do you want the banner to line up with the sidebar?
Please describe exactly what you want the page to look like.
I need the sidebar to shift towards the left, so that the right edge of the sidebar is in line with the right edge of the banner. And I'd like for it to be this way on both IE and Firefox. Is this clear enough?
Unfortunately, the blogger template is not the most recent version of the template. The later versions make it easier to postion the sidebar.
You can fake it and get pretty close by changing #sidebar like so:
postion: relative
right: 16%
Anon: Thanks, but relative and 16% violently crashed my sidebar to the far LEFT margin of the page directly on top of the body text!
Sorry. I haven't been back lately to see the results. It looks like you managed to fix it (with Safari) anyway.
It looks ok for me now.. Did you fix it? If not, send me an email and I'll help.


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OGDENSBURG -- The 35th annual Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club Expo returns to the Golden Dome at Ogdensburg Free Academy on State Street Friday through Sunday March 25 to 27.
The event will feature dozens of vendor displays, concessions, carnival games, a health fair and entertainment. Cars, boats, RVs, trucks, products and crafts will all be on display.
Hours will be 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Last year, the event netted over $70,000 to help offset operating expenses for the Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club.
More than 400 volunteers help make the event possible. The Ogdensburg City School District also plays a key role in the event by allowing the club to utilize the facilities.
Admission price is $3 per person or $15 for a family of six or more.
For more information, call 393-1241.


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I decided to cut the suggested water volume for the bagged version of this since it'd be closer to the amount I'd use for 1 cup instead of 2.
1 bag/6oz almost boiling water. Very dark liquor, almost a coffee color w/ reddish tins. The aroma is that of a rich and complex black tea. Unfortunately, the taste is that of the aroma. I'm getting more of the floral aspect, but no chocolate. :(


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And now a note from Mayor Jeff Scrima
I have in my typewriter-calloused fingers an email sent by Mayor Jeff Scrima last November to a constituent (who asked to remain anonymous) regarding the possible closing of Main Street for Friday Night Live in Waukesha. I'll skip the Scrima language and get right to the point:
I will also tell you for the record, after reviewing the street closing situation this last summer, that I do NOT believe Main Street should be closed, except for extreme situations. Closing smaller side streets, such as Gasper and Clinton, will be my recommendation in the future for Friday Night Lives and Art Crawls. Keeping Main Street open is critical as this is the main business artery and the easiest path for out-of-town visitors to navigate.
"I go with the wind, and right now, the prevailing wind blows from Vichy." – Casablanca, 1942


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Burn Prevention and Workplace Safety
Workplace Facts:
- a fatal workplace injury occurs every 103 minutes
- a disabling workplace injury occurs every 8 seconds
To Reduce the Incidence/Severity of Burn Injuries Employers should:
- have and enforce safety protocols
- conduct work site safety surveys at least annually
- encourage employees to ask when they are unsure of procedures
- provide updated MSDS sheets
- maintain properly operating safety equipment
- install several brightly painted safety showers and eye wash stations in each high risk area
- provide a thorough safety orientation for all new employees to include the emergency evacuation route
- allow each new employee to work with a safety-conscious supervisor during the orientation period
- provide interesting programs for mandatory safety meetings
- provide updated safety information for all employees on a regular basis
- provide safety reminders such as bulletin boards and posters between the monthly meetings
- provide an accessible means of calling for assistance (i.e. portable telephones, walkie-talkies)
- stay involved with accident prevention since LIVES depend on it
Employees should:
- know and follow safety protocol
- don't take chances or shortcuts
- ask questions when unsure of procedures
- know the location of and the operating procedure for emergency and safety equipment BEFORE the emergency
- seek professional counseling before problems get out of hand
- know the location of all safety showers and eye wash stations BEFORE you need them
- don't be distracted by work-related or other problems
- know what to do if an accident happens (i.e. first aid, CPR)
- participate in safety programs
- report potential hazards as soon as they are noted
- when working with strong chemicals use appropriate personal protective equipment
On-Site Emergency Care of Burn Victims
Thermal Burns—caused by flame, steam, hot liquid or contact with a hot surface.
Before Medical Help Arrives:
- Stop the burning process using low-pressure water.
- Provide first aid measures as needed (CPR as indicated).
- Treat or prevent shock
- Control bleeding (burns don't bleed—if it is present there is another cause)
- Have someone call for Emergency Medical Assistance.
- Keep the victim warm using blankets.
- Stay with the victim until help arrives.
NOTE: Tar Burn—Cool the tar with water. Do not attempt to remove the tar while at the accident scene.
Electrical Burns—caused by contact with electrical current
Before Medical Help Arrives:
- If the victim is being held by the source turn the current off or use a non-conductive item to knock victim away from the source before attempting resuce.
- If clothing has ignited use low pressure water to extinguish the flames.
- Provide first aid measures and CPR as indicated.
Chemical Burns—caused by contact with a hazardous chemical
Before Medical Help Arrives:
- If in the powder form, brush off as much as possible before using water.
- Immediately use low-pressure water (safety shower).
- Remove contaminated clothing, jewelry and contact lenses WHILE under the water.
- Stay in the shower for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour before leaving for the hospital.
- Take the MSDS sheet for the chemical to the hospital with the person.
- Do not use neutralizing agents.
If the eyes are involved:
- Flush eyes thoroughly using eye wash stations.
- Hold the eyelids open WHILE flushing.
- Remove contact lens WHILE flushing with water.
- Do not use neutralizing agents.
These instructions apply to Thermal, Chemical and Electrical burn injuries:
- Provide first aid, assist breathing using CPR if necessary, stop bleeding, treat for shock and prevent further trauma.
- Keep the victim warm and wrap in sheet and blankets.
- Stay with the victim and provide emotional support.
- Contact your physician.
Every year in the United States many individuals are burned in work-related accidents. Frequently these burns are more severe than burns sustained in the home because of the intense heat, high voltage electricity and concentrated chemicals used in the Industrial setting.
Although the incidence of work-related burns are decreasing, additional measures can further improve the safety of the work environment. On-the-job safety should be a shared responsibility between the employer and the employees with the assistance from health professionals in the community.
Doctors Hospital is committed to aiding in the prevention of the devastation of industrial burns in cooperation with industries. This information is offered to help alert you to potential burn hazards and provide guidelines for emergency burn care.


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The question: Is the $90 billion devoted to infrastructure in President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill a good approach to boosting construction employment, and if so, what should the San Diego region spend its share on?
Here's a preview of how our eight panelists weigh in on this latest attempt to jump start the economy. The full story will appear at 6 a.m. Saturday. In the meantime, participate in our poll and "vote" what you think.
Dan Seiver, San Diego State University
Answer: Yes
Although more would be better. America's infrastructure is crumbling. We need to spend more to repair our roads, bridges, schools, etc. Infrastructure investments provide a higher rate of return than almost any other government spending. The effect on employment is not large however, since much of the construction and repair work is highly capital-intensive, that is, multimillion-dollar projects may use lots of big machines but not many workers. Locally, San Diego's roads are in poor shape, but the water mains, some of which were installed in 1930, are even worse, and fail regularly. In 2010, a major break on North Harbor Drive blocked access to Lindbergh Field. If possible, I would definitely put some of the money to work on the water system.
James Hamilton, University of California San Diego
Answer: No
The $90 billion includes $10 billion to capitalize an "American Infrastructure Financing Authority" on the premise that Washington is good at picking the most promising investment opportunities. After the half-billion in federal funds poured into the losing Solyndra solar project and the problems facing the California High Speed Rail Project, I am skeptical of that assumption. By far the most productive infrastructure investment that America could make at the moment would be to build the Keystone oil pipeline extension. This could be financed entirely by private funds and would generate significant new revenue for the government. The only reason that Americans aren't employed in building it right now is because the White House has so far prohibited its construction.


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Larry Johnson is the new In 'n Out burger. Just five carries and two yards into his late-career term with the Redskins, the one-time Pro Bowling running back has been swapped out for youngster Chad Simpson.
Must be to improve the stagnant running game, right? Not so fast: Simpson is a special teams guy who spent last year with the Colts serving as a return man, was waived, and failed to survive roster cuts in Buffalo.
(Chan Gailey survived roster cuts in Buffalo. Almost anyone can do it.)
And Johnson's agent suggested today that he was released because several of the Redskins' special teamers are injured, and Johnson doesn't do specials teams.
So Simpson's here for special duty.
Fine, but WHAT ABOUT THAT RUNNING GAME LARRY JOHNSON COULDN'T IMPROVE? (We yell because we care. Care never to see another 18 yards on 17 carries like the Redskins earned against Houston.)
Well, it's unclear. Jason Reid wonders if Simpson is meant to spring incumbant return specialist Devin Thomas to the stable of backs, but would Shanny even bother replacing Thomas' 28 yards per return (and total lack of role on offense) with Simpson, who's averaged 24 in his career?
And why, when the Redskins could have promoted a practice squadder to special teams -- Ryan Torain comes to mind -- did they get Simpson instead?
It's enough to make one's head spin, and this is one ride it's best not to board: ultimately, what Washington does in shufflling about two or three middling players to find the most useful mix isn't going to help the ground game much anyway.
Simpson might be a good stopgap during injury, but the Redskins would be better off using Johnson's spot to try fixing what ails their offense. Clinton Portis needs more effective backups -- undrafted third-stringer Keiland Williams is no more a solution than LJ ever was -- but even he's getting nowhere thanks to the Redskins' weak offensive line.
Special teams is important, sure, but it's hard to imagine the Redskins can't dig up a guy already on the roster who can handle kick coverage for a night. The Redskins, we've learned already, have at least one more pressing issue, and it hasn't been able to press at all.


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As 2012 comes to an end, many credit unions marked another momentous year when it came to growing their member rosters.
Many credit unions had a banner 2012 in member growth. But many didn't. This print preview from next week's edition explores that issue.
In the aftermath of the NCUA's release of second-quarter data, several interesting pieces made their way to my inbox last week. One analysis that stirred quite a bit of debate came from The Financial Brand, stating that if current merger and closure trends continue, there will be half the...
The only way to change the trend is to increase the relevancy at the lagging smaller credit unions (and a couple of the larger ones, too) that members apparently feel are irrelevant.
As drought-stricken businesses across the country are in dire need of assistance, the Obama administration asked the regulators to find ways to provide aid. The NCUA responded by informing 1,003 credit unions of their eligibility for low-income designation and allowing them to opt-in rather than slogging through paperwork.
For fun, let's pick apart what the Independent Community Bankers Association said about the NCUA's move.
A mission trip to Malawi, Africa has given Tom Glatt Jr., owner of Glatt Consulting, a new perspective.


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Scott Brown's tweets unsteady market
Credit: Associated Press
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown inserted himself into the high profile back and forth about the fiscal cliff yesterday — possibly sending the stock market on a roller coaster ride — when he posted on Facebook that he was rushing to Washington, D.C., to review a proposal that President Obama had offered to Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell.
Brown wrote at roughly 12:30 p.m. that he was jumping on a plane to D.C. "Just learned that the Pres. Reached out to Senate GOP leadership with a proposal."
The stock market hit what was dubbed the "Brown bottom" and started climbing minutes after Brown posted, BusinessInsider.com noted. But it plummeted again after CNBC's John Harwood tweeted that the claim of a new proposal was false.
A Brown aide insisted the senator was just keeping supporters informed after receiving a letter from McConnell indicating Obama had a new plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. The government is just days from automatic tax hikes and deep cuts that could send the country back into recession.
In other gaffes, Brown once mistakenly claimed he saw a picture of Osama bin Laden's body, and claimed he had met with "kings and queens."
"He's obviously somebody who enjoys being in the thick of breaking events," said Leonard Steinhorn, political history professor at American University.


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Before installing the MySQL Enterprise Monitor components, gather credentials (root user IDs and passwords) for all the MySQL servers you plan to monitor. The Agent installation requires a dedicated user ID in each monitored MySQL server; the installation can create this user for you, or you can create it yourself in advance, but either way requires a root login to the MySQL instance.
With MySQL 5.5.16 and higher, you can configure these user IDs to authenticate using the PAM Authentication plugin. Currently, MySQL Enterprise Monitor does not support authentication through the Windows Native Authentication plugin. See MySQL Enterprise Monitor 2.3 Release Notes for details of the MySQL Enterprise Monitor configurations that are and are not supported under the various authentication plugins.
Optionally, gather credentials for your My Oracle Support account, which you can specify in the MySQL Enterprise Monitor User Interface configuration step immediately after everything is installed and started.
The following sections outline the users associated with the MySQL Enterprise Monitor.


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INDIANAPOLIS - Strategy became almost as important as speed Saturday as Scott Dixon withdrew an earlier qualifying run and took the provisional pole with just over two hours remaining on the first of four days of time trials for the Indianapolis 500.
Dixon, driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, took advantage of Indy's unique qualifying format, which allows each entry up to three tries each day. His team canceled out a four-lap average of 225.178 mph and the New Zealander made the gamble pay off with four laps above 226 for an average of 226.366.
That came only moments after Ryan Briscoe, the first driver to qualify on Saturday, withdrew his earlier speed of 224.833 and put his Team Penske entry on top with a run of 226.080.
"I don't think (the track) has changed a whole lot," Briscoe said. "We were being conservative on the earlier run, and so was Dixon."
Penske teammate Helio Castroneves, who had his car pulled out of the qualifying line earlier in the day, made his first attempt minutes before Briscoe and came up short at 225.733, just shy of Ganassi's Dan Wheldon, who had held the provisional pole at 225.840 after the initial flurry of qualifying.
"It's so close, it's not over yet," said Castroneves, a two-time Indy winner and two-time pole-winner here trying to give team owner Roger Penske his 15th Indy pole. "Six o'clock is the deadline. Let's see what happens. Right now, it's just a matter to keep composure and fix little details. Whatever they're going to say, I'll follow."
After a rain-interrupted opening week of practice for the May 25 race, there was a long line of cars ready to go when the opening time trials began at noon with the top 11 positions in the 33-car field up for grabs.
Danica Patrick, just two weeks past making history as the first woman to win an IndyCar race, set the early pace with a four-lap run averaging 225.197 mph on the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval.
That drew a huge cheer from the crowd of about 40,000 at the sprawling speedway, the biggest spectator turnout for pole day in more than a decade.
Patrick set off a national "DanicaMania" in 2005 when she qualified fourth, the best starting position for a woman at Indy.
But Wheldon, the 2005 Indy winner, spoiled her storybook moment Saturday when he came out about 20 minutes later and pushed Patrick to the middle of the tentative front row.
Patrick, who was doing an interview in the media center during Wheldon's run, just shook her head and smiled ruefully when Wheldon's speed was announced.
If her team was willing to gamble, Patrick still had a chance at the pole and was running laps above 226 in practice after Dixon, Briscoe and Castroneves qualified.
"If we make some changes, we can go faster," Patrick said.
"We definitely are ready to do whatever we have to do to be the fastest car out there (Saturday)."
Other early qualifiers included Andretti Green's Tony Kanaan at 224.794, Vitor Meira of Panther Racing at 224.345, Marco Andretti of Andretti Green at 224.162, Ed Carpenter of Vision Racing at 223.835, Tomas Scheckter of Luczo Dragon Racing at 223.779 and rookie Graham Rahal of Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing at 223.355.
The 19-year-old Rahal, son of 1986 Indy winner Bobby Rahal, was the fastest of the drivers transitioning from the defunct Champ Car World Series into the recently unified IRL IndyCar Series.
Any of those qualified drivers were in danger of being bumped out of the tentative lineup by cars completing faster qualifying runs later Saturday.
By the time the initial qualifying line ended and the track was opened for practice, five drivers had qualified and then been bumped. That included rookies Mario Moraes, Will Power and Oriol Servia, all transitioning from Champ Car, as well as veteran Ryan Hunter-Reay. Rookie Hideki Mutoh initially was among the top 11, but his car failed inspection and his speed of 223.653 was disqualified, putting Davey Hamilton, another bumped driver, back into the tentative lineup.
A.J. Foyt IV and Bruno Junqueira, another transition driver, both spun without hitting anything. Foyt was on a warmup lap, but Junqueira had just begun a qualifying attempt.
All of those drivers were eligible to take up to two more shots at qualifying in the first round.
Eleven more spots will be decided Sunday, with the final 11 positions to be determined in qualifying next Saturday. After that comes "Bump Day" next Sunday, the last chance for drivers to knock the slowest qualifiers out of the field.
With the entry list beefed up by the open-wheel unification, 32 cars took part in practice Saturday.
Indianapolis 500 partial lineup
Saturday qualifying positions 1-11
Positions 12-22 today; Positions 23-33 May 17
(Car numbers in parentheses; r-rookie; all engines Honda)
Row 1
1. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara, 226.366 mph
2. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara, 226.110
3. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara, 226.080
Row 2
4. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara, 225.733
5. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara, 225.197
6. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara, 224.794
Row 3
7. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara, 224.417
8. (4T) Vitor Meira, Dallara, 224.346
9. (27) r-Hideki Mutoh, Dallara, 223.887
Row 4
10. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara, 223.835
11. (12) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara, 223.496
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My name's Calum MacLeod. I am an amateur sports writer from Essex. I have two main passions in life; writing and sport! Good job really!
I am a bit of a sporting mix in that I am an England cricket fan but Scotland fan when it comes to football and rugby. I also support Lancashire CCC and just to round it off nicely, Newcastle United. Nobody can ever accuse me of glory seeking!
I write about my passion and whether you agree or disagree with my opinions, I hope you enjoy reading them.
Whats up my bro.
We sell Levitra via internet!
Your girl will be blithe !
Hey Calum,
My latest 'And Another Thing', this time about how the media are to blame for many of England's failings, is out:
I would really appreciate it if you would take a look, and leave a comment if you have an opinion.
Thanks for the fan add Calum. Appreciate it mate, thanks.


text: If you're from San Diego, you probably spent hundreds of dollars and hours playing Street Fighter 2 in Megacades all over the county and maybe even the big screen tournaments at the now defunct Yellow Brick Road in UTC. Perhaps you even saw a SF-induced knife fight in the parking lot, too. If you've ever been to Willy Santos' Rancho Penasquitos Workshop location, you'll see a mint-condition SF2 right next to a 720 game. So it only makes sense that the new shop deck is an homage to the skaters' favorite character. Stop in and if Willy is hangin' out, challenge him to a game (make him pay!) But if Mike Stacks calls next, you're bummed. Ha-duken!


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Motilal Oswal has maintained neutral rating on Bharti Airtel with a target of Rs 265 in its November 8, 2012 research report.
Motilal Oswal has maintained neutral rating on Bharti Airtel with a target of Rs 265 in its November 8, 2012 research report.
"Bharti Airtel reported broadly in-line 2QFY13, excluding the one-time income from favorable judgment in a case related to interconnect payments, which positively impacted reported revenue/EBITDA/PBT/PAT by INR5.9/2.4/3.5/2.4b respectively. However, the positive impact on PAT was partially offset by an INR0.6b onetime tax expense related to dividend distribution tax for Indus Towers. Consolidated proforma revenue grew 1.7% QoQ to INR196.9b. Consolidated proforma EBITDA grew 5.1% YoY and 4.5% QoQ to INR61.1b led by better performance in Africa and Indian non-mobile segments. Consolidated proforma net profit declined 48% YoY and 29% QoQ to INR5.4b due to higher-than-expected finance cost and tax rate."
"Proforma India and South Asia revenue grew 0.8% QoQ to INR138.3b. Proforma EBITDA grew 2.6% QoQ to INR44.7b largely driven by 13% QoQ growth in non-mobile, while proforma mobile EBITDA declined 1% QoQ. India mobile traffic declined 2.1% QoQ (vs 4% decline for Idea); mobile RPM remained flat QoQ at 42.7p Africa EBIDTA increased 8.4% QoQ to USD298m on a 3% QoQ revenue growth (20% QoQ traffic growth, 15% RPM decline). EBITDA margin improved 140bp QoQ to 27.2%. Consolidated net debt declined ~2% QoQ to INR668b on INR appreciation but increased 4.5% QoQ in USD terms to USD12.7b due to consolidation of BWA venture acquired from Qualcomm.1HFY13 capex was USD1.4b. Rationalization in channel commissions led to ~150bp improvement in SGA costs for India & SA, lower than the 240bp savings reported by Idea; Bharti has a relatively higher proportion of dongles and post-paid revenues."
"While Africa business and operating performance surprised positively, India mobile business continues to be impacted by hyper-competition, despite recent corrective measures like rationalization of channel commissions. We believe sustained RPM improvement would be imperative for a turnaround in India business. We upgrade FY13E EBITDA and EPS estimates by 3-5% to incorporate the one-time interconnect income and better-than-expected proforma results; our FY14E estimates remain largely unchanged. We expect 7% EBITDA CAGR over FY12-14E. At CMP of INR271, the stock trades at EV/EBITDA of 6.9x FY13E and 6x FY14E. Maintain neutral with a target price of INR265/sh," says Motilal Oswal research repot.
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Receiver Presents New Works by Brooklyn Artist Jason Villegas
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new work by Jason Villegas
November 8- 28, 2008
Opening Reception
Saturday November 8, 2008
Brooklyn based artist, Jason Villegas, showcases his new works at Receiver Gallery. Plush fabric sculptures, wall paintings, installations and video work reflect the common theme of consumption of products, sex, death and information.
Villegas' work is an unpolished and coarsely made tribute to global capitalism and progress. Using and consuming whatever acquirable materials are available to him, Villegas deconstructs and reconstructs clothing and knock of fashion products to create tanks, weaponry, orifices, and animals. He works primarily in low-tech materials in order to maximize the invasion into a space. Cardboard, fabric, found objects, and detritus formulate site-specific configurations of these elements and images. Although unavoidable narratives arise from the use of characters and sales parody, it is not the artist's intention to provide linear information. Villegas intends the viewer to become consumed within the relentless devouring, multiplying and destructive nature of paint splatters, immediate drawing, cosmic beast wall paintings, amorphous sculpture, and impoverished landscapes.
The artist will be in attendance and refreshments will be served.


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Dear Fellow Nebraskans:
This week marked an important day in our state's history as we opened a new Nebraska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters on the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln.
This 140,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility replaces several aging, 1960s-era buildings and an underground facility that was utilized by the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency and served as the site of our state emergency operations center.
The new Joint Force Headquarters will house elements of the Nebraska Army and Air National Guard and Nebraska Military Department, the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, the state's emergency operations center, the Nebraska National Guard's joint operations center, and a dispatch center for the Nebraska State Patrol. This facility will help us better coordinate responses to emergencies and natural disasters for many years to come.
By bringing together significant components of our state's emergency response community under one roof, we will be able to provide a higher level of readiness to respond to unpredictable emergencies and natural disasters. This will increase our ability to better assist our state's citizens in times of need.
Additionally, the new joint force headquarters will serve as the primary state headquarters for our Nebraska National Guard forces. It will bring together our Nebraska National Guard Adjutant General's operations, training, administrative, communications and logistical staffs together in a facility designed to better prepare our Army and Air National Guard members for the future.
What we have learned and relearned over the past months and recent years is that realistic training between the various elements of local, state and federal government is very important in maintaining the high level of readiness that we must have to respond to whatever the future holds. This new Joint Force Headquarters will be an important tool in helping us as a state maintain that readiness.
This facility is part of Nebraska's continuing effort to ensure that the men and women of the Nebraska National Guard, and their families, are able to prepare themselves for diverse missions closer to home, while still honoring the legacy of the Citizen Soldier concept.
The Nebraska Army and Air National Guard, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, and a dispatch center of our Nebraska State Patrol will work and train together utilizing modern and technologically improved equipment. We will ensure that we stand ready to provide the support that our citizens deserve whenever needed.
I am very proud of the work these dedicated teams of Nebraskans are doing for their neighbors and friends during their hours of greatest need. They live by the mottos of service before self, of commitment to duty, and of dedication to one's fellow man.
The Joint Force Headquarters will provide the resources to fully support the statewide collaboration that is the essential element in our success as a state.
Dave Heineman
Governor of Nebraska
Source: http://www.governor.nebraska.gov/columns/2012/10/05_joining_forces.html


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At work, if you have a problem or are confused about something, do you speak up? Or, if you're in school, do you raise your hand in class when you have a question or want to make a statement?
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