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Greetings cooking hounds,
This past month we became the owners of a ceramic charcoal fired cooker/bar-be-cue. To say that we are having a blast with it, would be a true understatement. Last night DebbieW and Michael came for dinner, and I whipped up a pizza with olives, mushrooms, garlic, red onion, and pepperoni. I am attempting to include the pics of last nights dinner, pre-cooked, and how it looked taken right off of the grill. I've been active of late on a bar-be-cue forum where you are able to "preview" a post, to see if you want to make changes and/or to see if your pictures will be able to be seen. As I can't preview here, please excuse this post if my pics don't show up. Obviously I'm hoping that they do, but if not, I'll learn how to do this as per Chowhound instructions.
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Mass Effect - Downloadable Content Announced
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What use is having our very own Bioware mole if he can't offer any suitable insights?
As for this DLC… have to say it's too little too late for me. If it had come out last month I may well have picked it up. But I've played through the game twice (and a bit of a third) and I'm Mass Effected out. That there is little true differences in the game even when going full out paragon or renegade doesn't help. An extra hour and a bit of new stuff is not enough to entice me to do the same stuff I've already done twice.
Maybe I'll look at Mass Effect again shortly before number 2 is due out and consider scooping up all the DLC for a single last playthrough in readiness for the sequel.
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No matter what your age, skill level, or interests, there's a sport, activity, or program for you and everyone in your family. The City of Fredericton has recreational facilities and activities geared to adults, kids, and seniors, to help you keep your body active, your mind challenged, and your future healthy.
Skating, swimming, team sports, parks, hiking—Fredericton is a city that cares about helping you stay active. This is your starting point for all recreation programs, outdoor sports fields, indoor sports facilities, pools, trails, rinks, parks, and much more.
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Metal Line switches glow with 7 luminescent multicolor options
The setting of the individual colors is particularly easy to realize by means of the wire connectors, which are conveniently coded. Three flat plug connectors are used to control the colors red, green and blue. By combining several flat plug connectors, the additive colors cyan, magenta, yellow or white can be created.
The new MSM Multicolor family offers the same diameters as the standard ring illuminated version in 19, 22 and 30 mm. The switches with area illumination use a scratch resistant ceramic actuator and have housings with diameters of 19 or 22 mm. Housings are made of robust stainless steel for both ring and area illuminated versions.
High seal protection and impact resistance ratings of IP67 and IK07, make the switches particularly suitable for use in equipment subjected to harsh environmental conditions, or applications that require protection from vandalism.
The MSM series provides a moving actuator, which is ideal for use in applications where both status indication and tactile feedback are desired. In addition to the MSM series, as well the MCS series also with a mechanical actuator, SCHURTER's piezoelectric (PSE) and capacitive (CPS) switches include options for multicolor illumination. Through a complete offering, SCHURTER provides various technologies in metal line pushbutton switches for a host of specific applications.


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Hello to all of you!
Im in the process of recoding the tar command, (unix) and I ran into some problems/questions lately.
1.) What I do is, read a file, stat() on the file, create a header for my tar file, write into the tar file. And after I do the same for the rest. Is this more or less correct?
2.) Im having trouble with executables. I open an executable with emacs, you see very strange things. If I copy and paste this into a new file, it does not want to run no matter the encoding I put. Also reading the executable, the "read" command, doesnt read beyond the first 10 characters no matter what.
3.) If you open with emacs the executable or a tar file, you see ^@^@^@^@^@^@ and stuff like that all over the place. This is what a tar command (for example) does to make sure everything is in blocks of 512. How do I imitate this? I cant just write ^@^@ as it doesnt work. (im guessing ^@ is some binary code).
If you could help with those questions, I would be already very grateful. Im still in the thinking stage (as it is a big project), but those questions could really help me in doing the tar command.


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Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (map) Downtown
Sat., Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. and Mon., Feb. 25, 8 p.m. 2013 All Ages
Chief cultural blogger for the Telegraph of London. Prodigious recorder of more than 50 albums. MacArthur genius. Theologian. Poet. Queer activist. Composer. The guy wears a lot of (size 60) hats, but first and foremost: Stephen Hough plays piano and will forever and ever reign at the high altar of my personal pianoforte pantheon. Our very own Oregon Symphony is thankfully hosting Mr. Hough on his latest visit to Portland—this time 'round for a pair of concerts featuring the sometimes romantic, sometimes explosive, always kick-ass Piano Concerto No. 2 composed by Franz Liszt. If Hough's last appearance with the symphony was any indication, the pride of the Wirral Peninsula will be fueled by dark chocolate and British puddings, with his virtuosic wonders on full display as he gives all 88 keys the proverbial what-for. Look, I realize the social calendar of most Mercury readers has been full for weeks now, but c'mon... Fuck the cat show. Fuck the unicycle convention. Fuck the locally sourced paleo potluck. Globally adored virtuosos like Stephen Hough don't come to town every week, you know. Did I mention a Beethoven symphony is also on the program? Bring a change of shorts (you'll need 'em) and I'll see you at the Schnitz, goddammit. ANGRY SYMPHONY GUY
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Annual inflation in Europe's largest economy, Germany, held steady in August, new data indicates.
It suggests there's still a risk that the euro zone rate will fall and it increases the dilemma for the European Central Bank over whether to take action.
Preliminary data from the Federal Statistics Office showed consumer prices rose by 0.8% in the month.
It's well below the ECB's inflation target of just below 2% for the euro zone.
Preliminary inflation data for the single currency bloc, due tomorrow, is forecast to show the annual rate slowing to 0.3% from 0.4% - already its weakest level since October 2009.
That outcome would boost the chances of further ECB measures being introduced to target low inflation.
Data published earlier showed Spanish consumer price inflation came in at minus 0.5%, lower than in July, and Belgian annual inflation fell to its lowest level since November 2009 this month.
With inflation in what the ECB considers a "danger zone" of below 1%, the central bank cut interest rates to record lows in June and launched a series of measures to pump money into the sluggish euro zone economy.
Economists generally said the ECB would likely wait to see the impact of these measures before announcing further action despite the low inflation readings published on Thursday.


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Fargodome arena addition hits snag
FARGO - What once was a wave of enthusiasm for a small-arena addition to the Fargodome has slowed to a ripple.
This much is certain: North Dakota State University athletic department leaders are less confident than they were a year ago of the arena getting built.
It would be home to the Bison men's and women's basketball teams that university officials say need new digs.
Naming rights, which would pay for NDSU's $15 million share of the estimated $30 million-plus project, are in limbo. Construction costs usually go up each year and the dome's escrow account, which would pay for the city's half, is at $24.6 million, down from the estimated $28 million last January.
"But without NDSU's participation, it's a no-go," said Fargo City Commissioner Brad Wimmer.
That would mean renovation of the Bison Sports Arena, current home to the basketball teams, would be a go and remain the future home of NDSU's winter sports.
"We had hoped to have a decision on the dome sooner than now," said NDSU Athletic Director Gene Taylor.
NDSU raised $8 million for the BSA renovation as part of a campuswide fundraising drive that began in 2005. That included a $1 million gift from local businessman Shelly Ellig.
Taylor said about $6 million remains from that pot after multiple purchases that included a new scoreboard and new weight training equipment.
Both Taylor and Senior Associate Athletic Director Erv Inniger said the spring flood and Tuesday's half-cent sales tax vote for flood relief had the focus of city leaders.
"That stopped everything," Taylor said.
Wimmer, however, said commissioner support for the project has not wavered.
"If NDSU would like to participate, we're ready to jump in," he said. "But we realize what the economy has done for NDSU and all those things."
The struggling economy has made Inniger's job of finding a naming rights donor that much tougher.
"For the money that we're asking, it's very, very difficult right now," Inniger said. "A lot of companies are saying we can't cut employees' salary and give you guys a big chunk of money."
Inniger said he's more optimistic about raising the necessary capital for the BSA project. It was scheduled to be renovated anyway with a new weight room, offices and practice facility.
If the arena portion is included, estimates put the project at more than
$16 million.
"I'm more confident what the Bison Sports Arena can do for us," Inniger said. "There's a much greater potential in doing the Bison Sports Arena now than the Fargodome project."
That appears to be the sentiment of 30 top donors, who responded to a feasibility study conducted by the NDSU Development Foundation.
Taylor said the survey showed they were not clear on the purpose of the BSA renovation if it was not going to be used for basketball. He said there is no concrete timeline for a decision on the dome addition.
"I'm not as confident now as I was last summer," Taylor said.


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Report: ARM aims to take 20% of notebook PC market
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LONDON Warren East, CEO of processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc, has said he expects companies making processors based on the ARM cores will take between 10 and 20 percent of the notebook PC market in 2014 or 2015, according to a Dow Jones report. That would be much higher penetration than Intel would make into the smartphone market, the report also quoted East saying.
Processor architectures from Intel, known for performance, and from ARM, known for power efficiency, have dominated in PCs and mobile phones, respectively, for many years. Now the two companies are starting to make inroads into the other's traditional home turf. While Intel supplies chips and does much to define system architecture, ARM licenses the processor core to chip making partners and leaves them to work with OEMs.
While ARM aspires to get between 10 and 20 percent of the notebook PC market by 2014 or 2015 ARM expects Intel will have some success in smartphone but only achieve about 5 to 10 percent penetration of the smartphone market, the report said. "It's going to be quite hard for Intel to be much more than just one of several players. But they'll be a perfectly credible player," the report quoted East as saying.
In the PC market East argued that ARM-based processors will be lower cost than those coming from Intel. ARM processor suppliers are used to receiving about $20 for a chip going into a smartphone. Even if they increased the price to about $25 as they tailor their chips' features to address PCs, this would provide stiff competition to Intel, which has commanded prices of $80 to $200 for its processor chips, the reported quoted East as saying.
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Plumeria cutting sale: The Southern California Plumeria Society holds its annual cutting sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8 at Casa del Prado Room 101 at Balboa Park. The sale features many colors and varieties. Merchandise will be available, such as shirts, jewelry, books and fertilizer. Admission is free (cash or checks only for purchases). Visit www.socalplumeriasociety.com .
San Diego County Flower & Plant Association's Plant Sale: Wholesale nurseries will be selling locally grown plants ---- indoor and outdoor ---- from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 14 at The Flower Fields, 5704 Paseo del Norte in Carlsbad. The event serves as a fundraiser for the San Diego County Flower & Plant Association. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for plant information. The sale is free to attend with paid admission to The Flower Fields: $11, general; $10, seniors; and $6, children ages 3 to 10. Visit theflowerfields.com or call 760-431-0352.
Poway Standard Flower Show: The Poway Valley Garden Club hosts its annual show and sale, with floral and horticulture displays and contests, gardening talks, a plant sale and more; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 14; Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road, Poway; free; powayvalleygardenclub.org .
Ecke Ranch Charity Plant Sale: Take home show-quality begonias, geraniums, SunPatiens, Osteospermum and other plants from noon to 4 p.m. April 14 on a rare public day at Ecke Ranch, 800 Ecke Ranch Road (off Quail Gardens Drive) in Encinitas. Proceeds benefit the Community Resource Center. Visit www.crcncc.org or call 760-230-6305.
"Children's Ladybug Eco Event": Weidner's Gardens hosts an event starring those lovable aphid-eating beetles from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 14 and 15. There will be free ladybug samples for children and ladybug crafts (small fee). There will be information available about the ladybug's role in the landscape and displays for adults and children, including the "Good bugs Bad bugs" display. Weidner's is at 695 Normandy Road in Encnitas. Call 760-436-2194.
American Society of Landscape Architects presents walking tours : The ASLA is offering four free walking tours around San Diego County at noon April 26. Liz Ketabian and Mark Steyaert with the Carlsbad Parks and Recreation Department will host a walk highlighting trails within The Crossings golf course, Veteran's Park, Legoland California, The Flower Fields esplanade along Armada Drive and the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Discovery Center. Meet at the clubhouse at The Crossings at Carlsbad, 5800 The Crossings Drive. UC San Diego senior landscape architect Diana Bergen will lead a tour through one of the walking paths on campus. Meet at the intersection of Hopkins and Voigt drives. (Park in the Hopkins parking structure). Michele Greenberg-McClung, recreation supervisor for La Mesa, and landscape architect Jon Wreschinsky will lead a 45- to 60-minute walk on one of the city's urban trails. Meet at the La Mesa Railroad Depot (La Mesa Boulevard and Nebo Street). Mike Singleton of KTU+A Planning and Landscape Architecture leads a group on one of Balboa Park's trails and will talk about the design process of the trail maps at Balboa Park. Meet at Sixth and Upas in Balboa Park. Visit asla-sandiego.org .
Del Mar Rose Society show: Hundreds of roses ---- a variety of modern and old garden roses ---- will be on display from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 27 and 28 at the Del Mar Library, 1309 Camino del Mar. The exhibition features entries by Del Mar Rose Society members as part of their 2012 Rose Show. Exhibitors' entries will be judged by accredited American Rose Society judges and rosarians Dick and Sue Streeper. Classes are hybrid teas, floribundas, shrubs, climbers, miniatures and old garden. There are artistic classes such as picture frame and spring bouquet, and even a fragrance class. There is also a special section for novice exhibitors. Email show chairwoman Kathy Reed at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.delmarrosesociety.org .
Canfield House reception: The Del Mar Village Association presents a Olde Del Mar reception at the home known as "the Pink Lady" from 6 to 8 p.m. April 28. The evening will feauture cocktails and hors d'oeuvres from Pacifica Del Mar and Cafe Secret. White attire is optional. The house was built in 1910 for businessman Charles A. Canfield. The house is at 420 Avenida Primavera in Del Mar. Tickets are $150. Reserve by April 14. Visit delmarmainstreet.com .
Spring Garden Festival: The Water Conservation Garden, the Heritage of the Americas Museum and the Ornamental Horticulture Department at Cuyamaca College present the 19th annual festival, this year themed "Urban Farming." The festival is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 28 at Cuyamaca College, 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway in El Cajon. Experts will talk about raising chickens, beekeeping and vegetable gardening. The college will offer horticulture demonstrations along with its biggest plant sale of the year. There will also be presentations on installing a washing machine grey water system, sustainable straw bale buildings and permeable pavement. Ms. Smarty Plants will lead an owl education program about the Water Conservation Garden's barn owls, Hoot and Holla. Visit www.cuyamaca.edu/springfest or www.thegarden.org .
Arbor Day celebration: Carlsbad's Arbor Day event is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. April 28 at Stagecoach Community Park, 3420 Camino de los Coches. Tree maintenance displays and information booths will be available. Volunteer registration begins at 8 a.m. Volunteers should come prepared to plant trees; bring work gloves, hats, shovels and closed-toe shoes. Visit www.carlsbadca.gov/parksandrec or call 760-434-2824.
Earth Day Festival: Alta Vista Gardens' free Earth Day Festival is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 28. The Duchy of Brandenberg Medieval Village will feature arts and skills, children's stories and sword-fighting demonstrations from a time long ago. Children's activities include planting tasting for nutrition, composting and worms, crafts and a drum circle. (Bring your drum.) There will also be musical performances, plant sales, craft vendors, a speaker from the Climate Reality Project, a guided tour of the gardens and a free cooking class (reserve to email@example.com). Alta Vista Gardens is in Brengle Terrace at 1270 Vale Terrace Drive in Vista. Visit altavistagardens.org .
"A Victorian Party Among the Petals": The Fallbrook Garden Club's flower show, its 80th, is open to all gardeners who want to submit their flowers. The show will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. April 28 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 29 at the Fallbrook Community Center, 341 Heald Lane. The show is free to attend. Visit www.fallbrookgardenclub.org .
San Diego Zoo's Garden Festival: See the zoo's foliage and insects with during displays, tours and tastings from May 10 to 13. Examples include the renovated carnivorous plant bog, a millipede, edible plants and bug snacks. Dr. Zoolittle will present his Gross Bugs show, and moms (presumably) will enjoy the orchid house. The festival is free with paid admission to the zoo: $42 for ages 12 and up and $32 for children ages 3 to 11. The zoo is in Balboa Park at 2920 Zoo Drive in San Diego. Visit sandiegozoo.org .
Art in the Garden Tour: San Dieguito Art Guild presents its 18th annual Mother's Day weekend tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 12 and 13. Visit several North County homes and stroll through the gardens to view original works of art by members of the San Dieguito Art Guild. The collection of art will include original drawings, paintings, fine art prints, sculptures, photographs, gourd art, jewelry and more. Each home will serve refreshments. Tickets are $20 and available at Off Track Gallery, 937 S. Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas. Admission includes souvenir booklet and map. Proceeds benefit the guild. Visit offtrackgallery.com/tour.
Easter lilies at Balboa Park: The Botanical Building's annual Easter lily display runs through April. There is no cost to view the lilies. The Botanical Building, at 1549 El Prado, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays through Wednesdays. Visit balboapark.org .
Dos Valles Garden Club: Meets from 10 a.m. to noon April 10 at St. Stephen Catholic Church, 31020 Cole Grade Road in Valley Center. Speaker Gisele Schoniger is featured in a program titled "Supercharge Your Soil: Transform Plain Old Dirt Into Fabulous Soil." Visit www.dosvallesgardenclub.org or call 760-742-0290.
Ramona Garden Club: Meets at noon April 11 at the Woman's Club, 524 Main St. in Ramona. Susan Fowler will bring wildflowers that she has gathered locally, and she will discuss their uses by American Indians. She'll also discuss the wildflower blooming season and optimal viewing spots. Members and guests can bring in samples for identification. The meeting starts with a potluck lunch. Visit ramonagardenclub.com or 760-789-8774.
San Diego Cymbidium Society: Meets at 7 p.m. April 18 in the Ecke Building at San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas. Alex Nadzan will speak on "Orchid Hybridizing Basics." Nadzan, a member of the Palomar Orchid Society, has developed an orchid hybridizing program devoted to creating compact and cold-tolerant cattleya hybrids. A culture class, "Rescue Potting Mixes for Orchids in Distress," precedes the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 760-931-0502.
San Diego North County African Violet Society: Meets from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 10 in the Community Room at the Vista Library, 700 Eucalyptus Ave. in Vista. In the cultural class, Lucinda Guymon will explain how to grow Episcias , cousins of the African violet. For the program, Barbara Conrad will pot small plantlets for everyone to take home. Members and guests can enjoy coffee, tea and desserts. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 760-433-4641.
Temecula Valley Rose Society: Meets at 10:15 a.m. April 19 in the Community Room at Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road. Landscape designer Greg Rubin will give a presentation on "Landscape Design With Native Plants." A light lunch follows the program, which is free. Visit temeculavalleyrosesociety.org or call 951-677-0028.
Landscaping seminars: Evergreen Nursery holds seminars at its locations in Oceanside (3231 Oceanside Blvd.) and Carmel Valley (13650 Carmel Valley Road). Visit evergreennursery.com/seminar-schedule-2012 .
• 10 a.m. April 21: Starting a Vegetable/Herb Garden. Learn the best techniques for growing in containers, raised beds or in the ground.
• 10 a.m. May 5: Choosing and Caring for Fruit Trees. This fruitful discussion will focus on apples, apricots, figs, nectarines, pears, peaches, persimmons, plums, and pomegranates.
"Solving Common Landscape Problems": Landscape designer Doug Kalal gives a free lecture at 6:30 p.m. April 25 at the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. Visit 2minutegardener.blogspot.com or call 619-200-7066.
Succulent potting workshop: Local succulent plant expert, author and designer Debra Lee Baldwin will lead two-hour workshops at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 5 at Oasis Water Efficient Gardens nursery, 10816 Reidy Canyon Trail, Escondido. Participants will learn how to create beautiful, easy-care succulent container gardens. Baldwin will demonstrate how to pair succulents with pots, and assist participants as they select succulents and create their own container combos. Fee is $35. Participants receive a 10 percent discount on plants. Registration required. Contact Baldwin at email@example.com.
Free electronic waste collection in Encinitas: The Solana Center for Environmental Innovation is holding e-waste drop-off events from 9 a.m. to noon during every fourth Saturday. Recycle San Diego will collect the items. Dates: April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 22 and Oct. 27; Solana Center, 137 N. El Camino Real, Encinitas; solanacenter.org or 760-436-7986, ext. 213.
Compost bins for sale: The nonprofit organization Solana Center for the Environmental Innovation sells compost bins from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 137 N. El Camino Real in Encinitas. There are bins for vermicomposting (worms) and bins for regular composting. Gardeners can use compost to enrich soil and boost plant vigor, conserve water, reduce the need for fertilizer and fight pests. Doing so, advocates argue, diverts valuable organic matter from landfills and reduces the amount of waste that's transported from neighborhoods to waste disposal and processing centers. Encinitas residents pay $35 for either bin. Carlsbad residents pay $50 for regular compost bins or $40 for worm bins. Bins are $89 for residents of other cities. Visit www.solanacenter.org .
Native plant garden: Anthropology students at Cal State San Marcos have teamed with the San Diego Archaeological Center to create a native plant garden, which highlights ethnobotany, conservation and sustainable design. The center is at 16666 San Pasqual Valley Road in San Pasqual Valley. Go to www.sandiegoarchaeology.org or call 760-291-0370; closed Sundays and Mondays.
ReStore offers building supplies: ReStore is a discount building supplies store run by San Diego Habitat for Humanity. The store stocks granite, plants, door hinges, lighting, bathtubs, appliances, cabinets and more at 10222 San Diego Mission Road in San Diego. Sales from the store help fund projects for Habitat for Humanity; in the past year, sales have helped to build four homes. Donations accepted; go to www.sdhfh.org/restore.php (also find information about volunteering at the store). ReStore is open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Ask the Designer: The Water Conservation Garden in El Cajon offers 45-minute landscape consultations with a professional designer by appointment. Those interested should bring photos of the house and the area to be redesigned, as well as photos of a favored design. Consultations are $75 each; make an appointment by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or calling 619-660-0614, ext. 10.
Less guesswork: The Water Conservation Garden in El Cajon is offering a full-color plant list with photos called "Nifty 50: Plants for Water Smart Landscapes," that shows gardeners an easy way to select drought-tolerant plants. Each listed plant is noninvasive, easy to maintain and drought-tolerant. Free copies available at the garden, or visit www.thegarden.org.
Smoke alarms installed: The Burn Institute is offering free smoke alarm installations to qualified seniors in San Diego County. Seniors must be 55 or older, own their own homes and live in San Diego County to qualify for the ongoing program. Email email@example.com or call 858-541-2277, ext. 13, to make an appointment. Go to burninstitute.org.
Water-efficient garden open: Oasis Water Efficient Garden, which offers wholesale and retail sales, is open at 10816 Reidy Canyon Trail in Escondido, next to Fentiman Farms. The garden specializes in cactuses and succulents, as well as other drought-tolerant materials. Oasis is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays; go to www.oasis-plants.com or call 760-744-8191, ext. 3550.


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Women's Caucus - ABA 2012 Midyear Meeting - New Orleans
Sunday, February 5th, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Sheraton New Orleans, Napoleon Ballroom C, 3rd Floor
The February meeting of the ABA Women's Caucus will be held on Sunday, February 5th from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the Sheraton New Orleans during the ABA Midyear Meeting in New Orleans.
We have a packed agenda, which includes a special program (from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.), Town Hall Meeting on Gender Equality. Please join American Bar Association President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III and President-Elect Laurel Bellows for an interactive conversation moderated by Lauren Rikleen and Estelle Rogers, co-chairs of the Women's Caucus. How should the ABA take even more steps to advance gender equality generally and within the profession? What other organizations should the ABA be working with to advance gender equality? How can men help in this struggle? How can we move beyond best practices?
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Class Act: Jon Lester Thanks Fans in Full-Page Boston Globe Ad
Former Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester is leaving town with a touch of class. The once (and fans hope future) Sox ace took out a full-page ad in Sunday's edition of The Boston Globe thanking fans for their years of support. The ad comes just days after Lester and Sox outfielder Jonny Gomes were traded to the Oakland Athletics.
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.@JLester31 thanks Boston in tomorrow's @BostonGlobe: http://t.co/QWRAoV9RpB pic.twitter.com/zEMUgCrDLC— Boston.com (@BostonDotCom) August 3, 2014
NVRQT is Lester's official charity, which is dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer. Lester survived his own fight with cancer at the age of 21.


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Khaled Meshaal spent four days addressing crowds in Gaza, urging them on to acts of further violence. "The leader of Hamas, sitting next to the Hamas leader of Gaza, a man who praised Osama bin Laden, this weekend openly called for the destruction of Israel. Where was the outrage? Where were the UN resolutions? Where was President Abbas?" asked Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. It's a really good question. If Netanyahu had spent four days urging Israelis to wipe Gaza off the map, think the world would have remained silent?
That old Taliban feeling
According to one report, a new peace plan being discussed for Afghanistan would see the Taliban take over government of parts of Afghanistan's south and east, with insurgents being drafted into the cabinet. Whether or not it's accurate, would Canadians be comfortable with a return of Taliban rule to some parts of the country and still view our sacrifices there as justified?
Beer Store blues
The Star has discovered the obvious: Ontario's LCBO situation is far less egregious than The Beer Store, in which a small coterie of foreign-owned beer companies are allowed to run the entire province's retail beer business, deciding which of their competitors get stocked and which don't, which get shelf space and which get stuck way in the back where no one can see them.
No money for Mexicans
Ottawa has reportedly stripped foreign migrant workers of special parental benefits even though they contribute $3.4 million a year towards Employment Insurance. "Effective Monday, EI's special parental, maternal and compassionate benefits are only available to those who are authorized to work in Canada year-round. "As a result, the 30,000 migrants workers employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program can no longer take leave and collect a fraction of wages while caring for their newborns or sick children, said Chris Ramsaroop of Justicia for Migrant Workers, a workers' advocacy group. Migrant farm workers have never been eligible for full EI benefits because they are seasonal, but they had been able to access the special benefits for up to 35 weeks even if they were outside Canada during the off-season."
An Ottawa spokesofficial says the benefit program was "inconsistent" with the EI's mandate, which is to help people get back into the workforce.
Isn't Kevin Page great?
This oughta be good: Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page is to release the first report in more than a decade on how the federal government spends $43 billion on pay, pension and benefits on federal workers. "The federal payroll is the government's biggest single operating cost and some would argue is probably one the least scrutinized and poorly managed. Some have estimated that the total compensation cost of the average public servant has reached more than $110,000 a year when pensions and all benefits are rolled in. Page began the report more than a year ago and has examined the growth of the public service and the wage bill over the past 20 years. It counts the study among the major reports the office has undertaken."
You want to bet that if Page announces the cost of the civil service (including himself) is too high, the Tories will suddenly forget how much they wish they hadn't hired him?
The high cost of Snakeheads
The CBC says "labour brokers" in China may be charging Chinese miners up to $16,000 for a chance to work in Canadian mines, where they would be paid $10 an hour instead of $25 to $30 like Canadian miners earn.
If only we had those F-35s now
CTV says Ottawa has developed a "contingency plan" to join NATO if it decides to go after Syrian chemical weapons supplies. Canada would send its Joint Incident Response Unit, which handles chemical, biological and radioactive attacks, and a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART).
No squabbling for you
Justin Trudeau, in Quebec, says constitutional squabbling is out if he gets to be party leader. "These are old, old fights that are still very important to a small fragment of this population that's outraged that I said, 'Can we please move to something else?' Well, I'm going to repeat it: Can we please move on to something else?" I'm not sure anyone thought another round in the swamp was a good idea, but it's good that he made it clear.
Bad bankers. Bad
If you're one of those people who thought Wall Street got off scot free from the 2008 meltdown they helped [precipitate, think again. The New York Times reportrs that the biggest U.S. banks (which have returned to awarding themselves healthy annual bonusus for their good work) are girding for a storm of civil suits accusing them of selling shoddy mortgages."Regulators, prosecutors, investors and insurers have filed dozens of new claims against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and others, related to more than $1 trillion worth of securities backed by residential mortgages," it says. That's on top of a $200 billion suit Washington has launched, charging the beanbks with duping Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the federal mortgage agencies. The banks figure the civil suits could cost them in the neighbourhood og $300 billion if the courts rule against them. Are they prepared? As of June, they'd set aside just $22.5 billion. .
In more bad news for bankers, HSBC is to pay $1.9 billion to settle a money-launcdering case in the U.SD., where it was accused of helping clean up cash for Mexican drug cartels and those nice folks in Iran. In canada, meanwhile, bonuses for bankers are surging. "Royal Bank, Canada's biggest by assets, and National, the sixth-largest lender, boosted variable compensation by 11% in the year ended Oct. 31, the biggest increases among the country's main banks." That's because Canada has good bankers. Everyone else has bad bankers.
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Reputation Acquisition in Debt Markets
This paper studies reputation formation and the evolution over time of the incentive effects of reputation to mitigate conflicts of interest between borrowers and lenders. Borrowers use the proceeds of their loans to fund projects. In the absence of reputation effects, borrowers have incentives to select excessively risky projects. If there is sufficient adverse selection, reputation will not initially provide improved incentives to borrowers with short credit histories. Over time, if a good reputation is acquired, reputation will provide improved incentives. General characteristics of markets in which reputation takes time to work are identified. Copyright 1989 by University of Chicago Press.
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Becoming a patent agent isn't really up there with "pilot" in the childhood dream stakes. Like most people in the profession I stumbled upon it, but now that I'm here I can say that I've definitely made a fantastic career choice.
After the monotony of the short period of laboratory-based work that I undertook as part of my degree, I decided that a career in the lab was not for me and that my future lay in the business world. As much as I wanted out of the lab, however, I was equally keen to keep a foothold in science. I had really enjoyed the theory that I had learnt over the years and was keen to use it in some way in my career. I also wanted to work toward further qualifications, and in hindsight it's just as well because the requirement to study for and pass exams is definitely one of the most demanding aspects of the early stages of this career.
Entry into the profession requires a good honours degree in a science subject. A PhD can be helpful, but is by no means essential. Some firms view it as an advantage, while others like to employ new graduates, who are considered to have an up-to-date knowledge of a broad range of fields of science. For some firms a working knowledge of French or German is also an advantage due to the potential of dealing with documents in these languages should you wish to do pan-European work.
Landing a training place is fairly difficult and you have to be persistent and, dare I say it, lucky. But getting a job does not mean that all the obstacles are behind you. There is a significant series of hurdles of which every new trainee should be aware-- qualification exams! To qualify as a Chartered Patent Agent in the UK you must pass seven foundation and four advanced exams. Quite a tough load. The examinations are held every November in London, with most candidates working their way through all the foundation exams before moving on to the finals.
Generally it takes a minimum of 4 years to become qualified in the UK. Additionally, most UK patent agents also seek qualification as European Patent Attorneys. This involves sitting a further four exams, held annually in March. The European exams can only be sat once you have practised in the profession for 3 years.
Be warned, the exams are tough and failure rates are high, especially for the UK advanced papers. One notorious recent paper had a pass rate of just 14%. Further, whether or not you want to spend most evenings and weekends between September and November studying should be an important consideration before embarking on this career path.
Training is carried out on the job. Most trainees work directly under a qualified patent agent who is responsible for both assigning your workload and providing the instruction and guidance required for doing it. Most firms also have an internal programme of tutorials or study days that teach the more theoretical side of the job and further help in preparing for the exams.
The rewards for toughing out the years of training and exams are great. Firstly, the day-to-day work itself is varied and interesting. Essentially, as patent agents we provide advice to our clients on negotiating the nuances of the patent laws so that they will obtain commercially relevant and important monopoly rights that will serve to protect their inventions and products from being copied by their competitors.
Scientists are employed as patent agents for their understanding of the inventions that they are dealing with, be they vaccines or heart valves, surfactants or agrochemicals. There is very little "treadmill" work in this profession. Every invention is different, and behind every invention there is a different inventor to correspond with, or a different company to build a relationship with.
Direct interaction with clients is an important part of the job. It is not unusual for a trainee, once reasonably experienced, to advise clients on the basics of the strategy that they should adopt to protect and enforce their patent and other intellectual property rights. This is one aspect of the work that really highlights the "real-world" application of the job. Patent and other monopoly rights such as trademarks are of huge importance to many companies, as they serve to give an edge over their rivals in an increasingly competitive business world.
For the majority of people, remuneration is an important factor when considering any career, and the profession on the whole fails to disappoint. Starting salaries can be reasonably low, but as you learn more of what the jobs entails, and have sat a few exams and generally become more of an assistance than a liability around the office, your salary will quickly increase. Once qualified, the world is your oyster. The high demand for patent attorneys in the UK has led to a situation where, in many cases, you can effectively "name your price".
Of course, it's not all about money and, often, working environment and location are important considerations too. Although the majority of the profession is based in London, there are thriving and expanding practices in virtually every city in the UK. Further choice is offered by the opportunity to work either in-house, as part of a dedicated patent department within a large company, or in private practice where you will advise a whole range of clients from the proverbial "wacky inventor" to multinational blue chip companies.
In summary, the profession is obscure, but lucrative, and a bit of persistence through the initial qualifying exams will be more than rewarded by an exciting and varied career.
* Gordon Stark completed a BSc in immunology at the University of Edinburgh before becoming a technical assistant (trainee patent agent) with Glasgow-based patent agents Murgitroyd & Company in June 1998. To date he has passed seven of the 11 UK exams that he needs to become a fully-fledged patent agent.


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While the details are rather scarce on this one, it looks like the Samsung Galaxy Note may be coming to AT&T. Well, that is what this image would make you think anyway. Bottom line, the web has churned up a rendered image of the Galaxy Note with AT&T branding. That being said, we have no idea if or when an official announcement will be coming, however with CES just a little over a week away at this point — we suspect that may be a good time. And assuming an announcement comes soon (during CES) we could see the Galaxy Note available with AT&T sometime during the first or second quarter of the year. And lastly, a recap of the specs — 5.29 inch Super AMOLED display, 2 megapixel front facing camera, 8 megapixel rear facing camera, A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and TouchWiz 4.0.
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Sunday's NBA Odds
(TheSpread) – The NBA Schedule for Sunday features just three games. Here is a look at the odds and over/under totals for all three contests taking place.
The featured game of the day has the Toronto Raptors hosting the Portland Trail Blazers at 1PM ET (View Matchup). According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Raptors are favored at home, as they have odds of -2 points against the Blazers. The over/under total for the game has been set at 194 points. Portland is 7-2 overall, 3-1 on the road and 6-3 against the spread. Toronto is 4-6 overall, 2-2 at home and 5-5 against the spread. Portland has won eight of its last nine against Toronto and covered in seven of its last eight against the Raptors.
The other featured game on the day has the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Detroit Pistons at 9:30PM ET (View Matchup). According to oddsmakers, the Pistons are favored on the road, as they have odds of -2.5 points against the Lakers. The over/under total for the game has been set at 204 points. Los Angeles is 4-7 on the season, 3-3 at home and 5-5-1 against the spread. Detroit is 3-5 overall, 1-3 on the road and 4-4 against the spread. The Lakers have won seven of their last eight against Detroit, covering in six of the seven wins.
For a look at the odds and over/under totals for all of Sunday's games, see below
NBA Opening Odds & Over/Under Totals for Sunday, November 17
701 Portland Trail Blazers +2 (194)
702 Toronto Raptors -2
703 Memphis Grizzlies -2 (189)
704 Sacramento Kings +2
705 Detroit Pistons -2.5 (204)
706 Los Angeles Lakers +2.5
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Let s raise a glass of Drano to Chesapeake Energy s Aubrey McClendon!
By Lauren Pagel
November 19, 2010
This past Sunday, Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, was interviewed on CBS 60 Minutes.
Although he defended natural gas extraction, he also acknowledged that hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) a process that facilities the extraction of natural gas from over 90% of wells drilled in the United States injects the equivalent of Drano through the water table groundwater that provides drinking water for much of America.
Finally, a major energy industry CEO is admitting the truth that fracking chemicals are toxic, like Drano.
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Have you seen the documentary Food Inc.? I just finished watching it, right before writing this post. Wow, I have no words. It was not my first food related documentary, but the images and message of this one, really stuck with me. I hope you have the chance to watch it and take in the message.
Two days ago I made a huge pot of Cannellini beans because I was craving any type of bean dip. Then the image of warm dip inundated my mind.
I was picturing a salty, crusty, warm dip for lunch. That image quickly turned into one of little tarts.
Experimenting with with different types of Gluten Free crusts has been fun. I get to play in the kitchen a lot. Oat Flour doesn't make a flaky crust, but is very flavorful and healthy.
for the crust, makes about 8-9 tarts
You'll need either small tart pans, or a mini muffin pan to use as a mold.
- 3/4 cup Oat Flour
- 2 tsp Grapeseed Oil (or any other oil)
- 2.5 tbsp cold Water
- Salt, to taste
-Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until they're well incorporated and the dough isn't dry anymore.
-Take about 2 teaspoons of dough in you hand and form a ball. Place in the mold and shape it with your fingers to fit the mold.
-Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
for the filling
This will make more than what you actually need. Use the leftovers as dip or sandwich spread.
- 3/4 cup Cannellini beans, cooked
- 2 ounces of Goat Cheese
- 1 tsp dried Parsley
- Oregano, fresh
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
-Put all the ingredients in a food processor except the fresh oregano. Process until completely smooth. You may need to add a little liquid (I used rice milk) to make it smoother.
-Fill the tarts. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Top with fresh oregano and serve warm.


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Samsung samples 2-GHz dual-core A15 processor
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Samsung Electronics has started shipping the industry's first samples of a dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor for high-end tablet PCs.
The 2-GHz Exynos 5250 is built on a 32-nm high-k metal gate low-power process technology and doubles the performance over the previous 1.5-GHz Cortex-A9 family with 14 bn DMIPS. It is set to go into volume production in the middle of 2012.
The Exynos 5250 was designed for 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA) resolution displays which reflects the significance of advanced display technology transitioning toward ever higher and sharper resolutions. The memory bandwidth is doubled to 12.8-Gbyte/s, a key requirement for a processor to support WQXGA resolution displays.
To maximize power efficiencies at the system level, the Exynos 5250 has an embedded DisplayPort (eDP) interface that is compliant with panel self-refresh technology (PSR) applied to the timing controller (T-CON). The embedded PSR technology enables static images to be refreshed directly from the frame buffer memory incorporated in the T-CON, resolving the need for regular display refresh instructions to be made by the application processor in cases such as reading static web pages or e-books.
The 3-D graphics processing capabilities includes stereoscopic support for high end 3D gaming, user-interfacing and 3-D video playback.
It also includes an embedded image signal processor enabling 8 megapixel resolution images at 30 frames per second, a full HD 60 frame per second video hardware codec engine for high resolution 1080p video recording and playback, a HDMI 1.4 interface and embedded booting device interfaces such as SATA, UART, USB and external ports such as USB3.0, eMMC4.5 and eSD3.0.
"The ARM Cortex-A15 brings unparalleled performance to our Exynos processor family and the exploding mobile marketplace," said Dojun Rhee, vice president of System LSI marketing for Device Solutions at Samsung Electronics. "Designers need an application processor platform that delivers full high definition multimedia capabilities, fast processing speed and high performance graphics to meet end users' expectation for a connected life on the go. The advanced low-power, high-performance processor technology of the new Exynos 5250 continues to deliver an unprecedented level of performance for users to enjoy a completely new mobile experience."This article was first published in our sister publication EE Times Europe.
Related links and articles:
Qualcomm surveys mobile processor horizon
Samsung shrinks Exynos dual-core processor
Samsung Orion to ship as Exynos next month


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Police are concerned about a 54-year-old woman who went missing from her Eynsham home this morning.
Jacqueline Gulliford was last seen at about 7.30am and does not have access to a car.
Investigating officer Pc Martyn McHale, from Witney police station, appealed for anyone with information to call 101.
He said: "We have some concern that she might not be in the best frame of mind and so if anyone can help find her, please contact police."
Police described the missing woman as white, about 5ft 4in tall, with curly brown hair and glasses. She was wearing a purple coat.


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As nervous as a teenager about to go on her first date, Jessica Mitchell waits for Special Forces Ranger Ryan McAdams - her best friend for the past year - whom she's never met! They've been pen pals while Ryan was away fighting for their country and Jessica was secretly fighting her own demons back home. She knows widower Ryan's fears of returning to civilian life and his hopes of reconnecting with his son. Now she can't wait to meet him face-to-face - to hear his voice and see his smile…
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Milestone Watch: Johnson, Segares
A couple of appearance milestones to keep in mind for tonight's game. Now returned from ankle surgery, should Gonzalo Segares play tonight, he'll move past Zach Thornton and into sole possession of third place on the club's MLS regular season appearance list at 216 matches.
Whenever Segares does this, it'll mean the club will have its top three appearance leaders currently with the club. Assistant coach C.J. Brown leads the list with 296 matches while midfielder Logan Pause is second with 278.
Also of note, Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson will pass Ring of Fire member Piotr Nowak and moving into 13th on the club's regular season appearance list if he plays tonight. The pair currently sit tied with 114 games played.
Larentowicz lays down the gauntlet
Fire midfielder Jeff Larentowicz was visibly frustrated with his team following a 3-2 defeat to Seattle in their last match before the World Cup break.
Larentowicz said this week he felt the team had taken steps to come back in force with the team's return to league play.
"I think we've done okay, we've had two games and won both," he told Chicago-Fire.com. "This is a difficult month where we have to take care of all our games. Now that other teams have played, we're playing at the bottom of the table and we have to fight our way out. Taking care of home games is important but we have to take it one game at a time.
"Toronto is a good team, they've already played an MLS game and done alright but it's always about us. It's about the things we do. The effort is there, we have to take care of little things and Wednesday is the first chance."
Larentowicz of course is trying to balance captain duties with real life.
Unbeaten run vs. TFC
With the Fire needing wins, perhaps it's good to start out a busy month of July with Toronto FC. That's because TFC is the MLS team the Fire have the longest unbeaten streak against, going 5-0-3 against the Reds in their last eight match.
Last time the Fire lost to TFC? A 4-1 defeat at BMO Field on May 8, 2010.
Commemorative Jerseys
In honor of Independence Day this week, the Fire will wear commemorative patriotic jerseys vs. Toronto. The special shirts are already up for auction online and via text and will be available for bid through the end of halftime at the Foundation Tent on the Northeast concourse.
All proceeds go to benefit the Chicago Fire Foundation.
What's special tonight?
Along with patriotic jerseys, tonight is $2 hot dog night at Toyota Park, courtesy of Red Hot Chicago. Fans will be limited to five per transaction.
The Fire will also hold a post-game fireworks show following the match. Because of the show, parts of the north parking lot will be closed with fans being directed to the East parking lot (see map below).


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The inaugural First Stewards symposium, which will continue through Friday at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., is expected to be attended by some 300 coastal indigenous tribal elders, leaders, scientists, witnesses and other scientists and policy leaders from around the nation.
The Hoh, Makah and Quileute tribes and the Quinault Indian Nation created the symposium, saying tribal coastal people are among the most affected by climate change.
"We need everyone engaged in working on adaptations, mitigation and strategies and solutions to climate change," said Micah McCarty, chairman of the Makah and the First Stewards steering committee.
"Even the polar bears and people of the Arctic Circle cannot escape the secondhand smoke of the vehicle tailpipe and the smokestack that leave such a large carbon footprint," he said. "Arctic Circle villages must adapt and change now while still trying to preserve their culture and way of life.
"The rest of us have a little time if we act now," McCarty said.
He and Ed Johnston, Quinault fisheries policy spokesman, pushed for the conference, said Debbie Ross-Preston, coastal information officer for the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, a support-services organization for 19 member tribes in western Washington state.
"It was their idea," Ross-Preston said.
A large delegation of Makah will attend, said Meri Parker, Makah general manager.
"We're pretty excited about it."
Among the Hoh delegation will be Vi Riebe who, along with her mother, will be part of a group providing activities for children during the conference, Ross-Preston said.
Five regional panels — including a West Coast panel — will discuss the impact of climate change on indigenous coastal cultures and explore solutions based on millennia of traditional ecological knowledge.
Traditional knowledge is needed to make climate science and subsequent models meaningful on a human and local scale, organizers said.
"Tribes are the natural choice to lead the nation in the response to climate change, beginning with this symposium," said Billy Frank Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
"Coastal Indian people are already dealing with the effects of climate change," he said.
"The glaciers that feed our life-giving rivers are melting.
"Reservations are flooding more often, forcing some tribes to have to move their homes to higher ground."
Among them are the Quileute in LaPush, a coastal tribe at the mouth of a river that experiences flooding and now has major structures in the tsunami zone.
The Quileute will be represented by a delegation of six people at the symposium.
Attending will be Quileute Tribal Council members Naomi Jacobson and Chas Woodruff, as well as elder Chris Morganroth III — who will speak on the West Coast panel Wednesday — tribal member Sharon Pullen and Quileute Royalty: Jonah Black, Mr. Quileute; and Alexis Ward, Miss Quileute.
"It is important for us to be present during this very important gathering and to have multigenerations represented," said the Quileute Tribal Council in a statement.
Frank Geyer of Quileute Natural Resources said:"It is important to make people aware that this phenomenon is happening and the potential impact that it can have and is having on native peoples of the coast.
"Climate change impacts the habitat in which our natural resources live — both on land and in the waters.
"These resources are vital to the culture, economy and well-being of the tribe. They have always depended on their natural resources for their existence."
Among the issues that will be discussed are the acidification of the oceans, which makes it difficult for shellfish and other creatures to form shells, and rising sea levels.
"Most coastal reservations are at the mouths of rivers and at sea level, so they cannot afford the loss of land through either flooding or rising sea levels," Geyer said.
Regional panels will share climate adaptation strategies from coastal and island ecosystems nationwide, including Alaskan natives and a large contingent of indigenous U.S. Pacific islanders.
"We want to see meaningful collaboration borne out of this first symposium that, over the coming years, yields effective work to make changes in the way we live on Earth to sustain all of us for centuries to come," McCarty said.
Climate change is real, said Paul Dye, marine program director for the Nature Conservancy, one of the partners in the symposium.
"Native coastal peoples are experiencing coastal-destroying impacts now, and we have to get serious about tackling the problem on a global scale," he said.
He emphasized that there are ways to slow the process and adapt to change.
"We're not helpless," he said.
"Conserving resources, treating the ecoystem that supports you with respect and being willing to adapt to changing conditions are proven methods of survival that native coastal people have practiced for thousands of years," he said.
Climate change is something that coastal peoples have always dealt with, said Robin Stanton, media relations manager for the Nature Conservancy's Washington state program.
"But the change is happening so fast now that it's necessary to make conscious efforts to adapt."
In addition to the Nature Conservancy and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, conference partners include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and National Marine Fisheries Service, the National Congress of American Indians and the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.
Other partners include Salmon Defense, United South and Eastern Tribes, Uncas Consulting Services, American Native Renewables and EA Engineering, Science and Technology.
For more information, visit www.firststewards.org.
There, Ross-Preston said, a blog will update viewers during the week.
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PARENTS and children in a Hampshire community are being reminded about stranger danger after a schoolgirl was approached by a man near her home.
The 12-year-old girl was playing near her home in Horton Heath when a man drove up in his black car, wound the window down and started talking to her.
Officers have launched extra patrols in the area around Burnetts Lane in an attempt to try and get to the bottom of what is being treated as a "suspicious incident" as well as reassure residents in the area.
Safer Neighbourhood Teams have also been visiting local schools, including Wyvern College, to remind students about their personal safety and the importance of not talking to strangers.
House to house patrols have also been stepped up to gather information, as well as speaking to parents and children as they arrive and leave school, as investigations continue.
Police are keen to stress that no physical contact was made with the girl and there was no attempt to grab or touch her.
The worried youngster was able to run home quickly, telling her parents what happened, who reported it to the police.
A man has been arrested in connection with the incident and has been released on bail pending further enquiries.
A spokesperson from Hampshire police said: "If anyone is concerned about the behaviour or a motorist or anyone acting suspiciously then they should contact the Safer Neighbourhood Team.
"We treat every report seriously and investigate it thoroughly, so if anyone is in doubt, they should call us."
Anyone with information about the incident should contact Eastleigh police station on 101.


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Palmerton Lions plan meeting
Palmerton Lions club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, at the Fireline Hotel, Palmerton. A special presentation will be made to Tammy Muniz of Palmerton who serves as Palmerton High School Leo Club adviser. Members are busy planning their "community spirit night" to be held on Monday, May 2 and are also planning a health fair to be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Palmerton Community Center, franklin Ave., Palmerton. The health fair is being co-sponsored with the Blue Mountain Health System.
Any individual or business interested in learning more about Lionism, or attending a club meeting may contact membership chairman Nick Hawkey at (610) 826-6465 or you may email him at email@example.com.


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1Navigate to your Devil May Cry installation folder
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3Create a folder here called "backup intro"
4Select the files "AMDLogo.bik", "Capcom.bik", "Ninjatheory.bik" and "UE3_logo.bik" and move them into the newly created folder "backup intro"
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On Monday Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave a speech at the National Defense University in Washington excoriating the military establishment he inherited on taking the job almost two years ago. Many saw the address as an attack on his predecessor in the job, Donald Rumsfeld. But while Gates did upbraid the Rumsfeldian fascination with high-tech weapons and the slimming down of fighting forces these would supposedly allow, the prime target of his address was something Rumsfeld himself had railed against as well, the Pentagon bureaucracy, in a speech to Pentagon bureaucrats on September 10, 2001, only hours before a hijacked airliner crashed into the building and killed 184 people. What's remarkable is how little has changed since 9/11.
Gates, of course, spoke to a military embroiled in two difficult wars, which gives his words greater urgency. Yet some of the problems he's denouncing are rooted in the same ones decried by his predecessor. Rumsfeld had spoken during peacetime, which meant he focused on inefficiencies in the way the Pentagon buys its weapons and uses uniformed personnel to perform duties such as guarding gates at military bases and cooking for the troops that he argued could better be done by civilians.
"In this building, despite the era of scarce resources taxed by mounting threats, money disappears into duplicative duties, bloated bureaucracy, not because of greed, but gridlock. Innovation is stifled not by ill intent but by institutional inertia," Rumsfeld warned in 2001. "Just as we must transform America's military capability to meet changing threats, we must transform the way the department works and what it works on." He spoke of launching a major push to wring inefficiencies from the way the Defense Department does business, although that effort was sidelined the next morning when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.
In this week's speech, Gates blamed that same Pentagon inertia for hampering U.S. success in Afghanistan and Iraq. He cited the laggard efforts to develop better armor to protect soldiers, and drones to tell them where the enemy is hiding. "Why did we have to bypass existing institutions and procedures to get the capabilities we need to protect our troops and pursue the wars we are in?" Gates asked. "For every heroic and resourceful innovation by troops and commanders on the battlefield, there was some institutional shortcoming at the Pentagon they had to overcome."
Gates stressed that for the foreseeable future, the U.S. is likely to be fighting an unsavory stew of insurgents and terrorists rather than modern militaries armed with columns of tanks, armadas of ships and fleets of planes. "As then-Marine Commandant Charles Krulak predicted 10 years ago today, instead of the beloved 'son of Desert Storm,' Western militaries are confronted with the unwanted 'stepchild of Chechnya,' " Gates said. Combat in that messier realm, he argued, requires lots of cheap weapons and not so many of the glamorous ones.
High atop Gates' hit list of such unneeded weapons are F-22 fighters beyond the 183 already deployed or in the pipeline. The Air Force insists it needs perhaps twice as many of the $350 million fighters for possible wars with China or Russia. Lockheed Martin, the F-22 Raptor's builder, announced Tuesday that the plane had passed a major milestone by accumulating more than 50,000 flight hours. "The war fighter has put the Raptor to the test," the company said. "F-22s have flown in multiple Red Flag events, Northern Edge exercises, deployed to Kadena Air Base Japan, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and flown in the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough Air Show." But wait there's more: the F-22 recently dropped "a small-diameter bomb at supersonic speed for the first time." Yet don't let that reference to "war fighter" fool you: the F-22 has yet to fly a single real-world combat mission, even as the Army and Marines have been stretched tight by waging war for close to seven years.
Such gleaming trophies, Gates acknowledged, "are strongly supported in the services, in the Congress, and by the defense industries" the so-called "iron triangle" that makes reshaping Pentagon spending so difficult. The F-22, for example, is assembled from parts made by 1,000 subcontractors spread across 44 states. That's why even as Gates spoke, Congress was sending the White House a defense budget for the fiscal year that begins October 1. Although Gates has repeatedly said the Air Force's planned buy of 183 is sufficient, Congress included $523 million in the 2009 budget to begin building 20 more.


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Aironi target Bath upset
Italian minnows Aironi have been challenged to "make a statement" in this season's Heineken Cup - and that could be bad news for Bath.
While Bath are expected to emerge as comfortable victors when they visit the 6,000-capacity Stadio Luigi Zaffanella on Saturday, Pool Four opponents Aironi have no intention of rolling over.
"The Bath match is absolutely huge for us," said Aironi's defence coach Rowland Phillips. "We appreciate Bath will be strong favourites, but we want to continue developing our game and, be it on Saturday against Bath or some other time somewhere else, we want to make a statement."
He added: "We want to make that statement and not just drift through this Heineken Cup campaign. We want to play a real part in it and be of some influence in our group.
"I know others may have different ideas about Italian rugby, but I can assure you the one thing they don't lack is passion. And that passion to both improve and be competitive is one of the great strengths of the Italian game."
Viadana-based Aironi, formed earlier this year, lost their European opener away to Ulster last week and they are struggling in the Magners League, but Phillips added: "The big plus is having a group of players who are so keen to learn. No-one was suggesting there would be miracles in our first few months, and it is vital we build on what we are doing towards next season and the seasons after that."
While Bath look to kick-start their European campaign following a 12-11 home defeat against Biarritz last Sunday, Saracens also need a response when they face Pool Two opponents Leinster at Wembley on Saturday.
Saracens are on the back of a 25-10 loss to Clermont Auvergne and realistically cannot afford another defeat, while Northampton will be wary of a Pool One appointment with Edinburgh at Murrayfield after scraping past Castres last time out.
Elsewhere on Saturday, Jonny Wilkinson is expected to be rested for Toulon's Pool Two clash against Munster in Limerick, Newport Gwent Dragons host Heineken Cup holders and Pool Six favourites Toulouse, with Clermont visiting Racing Metro.
Friday night's action sees London Irish, fresh from beating Munster, aiming to strengthen their quarter-final claims from Pool Three when they tackle the Ospreys in Swansea, and Cardiff Blues visiting Castres.


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