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Everyone around you is getting promotions and big raises. Unfortunately, you just got news that you will be receiving the standard 2% raise and no promotion this year.
You're bummed because you worked really hard this year. You even worked harder than some of your coworkers that got promotions, so what gives? Why didn't you get the promotion?
One small detail might be holding you back.
Professional Designations and Certifications
These things are key in advancing your career in many fields. If you don't have the professional designations or certifications, you'll get passed over constantly by those that do. It doesn't matter if you are the best employee in the world.
Some companies simply won't promote you or give you that fat raise you deserve unless you join the club and get the professional designations or certifications.
In my career field, that designation is actually a license. As an accountant, getting a Certified Public Accountant license is a huge key to unlocking the door to your career growth. If you don't have a CPA license, you could easily be left in the dust.
When I worked in public accounting, you would never be promoted to the manager position and you would definitely never make partner if you didn't have your CPA license. It's a sad truth, but without it your career would hit a brick wall after just 5 years out of college, if not sooner.
Have You Figured Out The Simple Step Yet?
The step is to find out what professional designations, licenses or certifications your superiors have and get them yourself.
If you're not sure what licenses your superiors may have, you can try searching for them on LinkedIn and see if anything pops up. If that doesn't work, chances are your superiors will have certificates hanging in their office or you'll see the designations they have on their business cards.
Once you know what licenses your superiors have, find out how to get them and see if it is worth the time and cost involved to obtain the designation. For example, the CPA exam required 150 credit hours of college courses, a $2,000 study course and countless hours of studying.
It didn't result in a raise or promotion directly related to my new license, but I did get a small bonus that covered my costs. However, it paid off in bigger ways.
Certifications and Designations Provide Instant Credibility
While I didn't get a raise from my then current job when I earned my CPA license, it gave me instant credibility when I was looking for a new job closer to home. Having my CPA license immediately opened doors for other accounting positions because people knew I was serious about my field of study.
Having my CPA license allowed me to get a big bump in my pay, too. A CPA license can be worth an pay increase of 10%. Of course, everyone will have different experiences based on their work history and current company.
Earning a license or professional designation might be a quick process or a long endeavor but most will pay off in the long run. Just do your research and see what designation you might need to get ahead in your career.
Do you have a professional license? Did it help you get ahead in your career?


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Mr Davis, barely known outside the Westminster village, was a Europe minister under John Major and a highly-respected chairman of the public accounts committee, scoring several "scalps" during the last parliament.
The 52-year old former businessman told supporters: "We need a fundamental policy review, with an open debate involving informed opinion in and outside the party."
Holding his press conference at the Royal College of Pathologists, in London, Mr Davis, who is MP for Haltemprice and Howden in Humberside, added: "It is true that my public profile has been lower than others in the party.
"I chose to spend my time as chairman of the public accounts committee, focusing on getting value for every pound of taxpayer's money spent on the delivery of high quality public services - practical issues that people care about.
"After two crushing defeats it is time to make a clean break. The public wants a decent and capable alternative to Labour. Our failure was that we could not provide it.
"But that does not release us from the painful necessity for thought about making ourselves relevant. We cannot hide from the 21st century and the real world in which we live.
"My ambition is clear: to lead a modern, bold and dynamic party, trusted by the electorate, ready to take office again."
The bookies have installed Mr Davis as a distant third to the frontrunner, Mr Portillo, with right-winger Mr Duncan Smith having seized second place with his leadership bid earlier this morning.
Ann Widdecombe ruled herself out of the running yesterday, when she realised she had few supporters within Westminster, despite her popularity among Conservative party members.
Yet to declare is the former chancellor, Ken Clarke. He is currently on a business trip for British American Tobacco in Ho Chi Minh City - although he is expected to return to the Commons in time for the Queen's speech tomorrow.
Speaking in Vietnam, Mr Clarke said: "The leadership contest is moving too quickly and nothing I have seen or heard, even in Vietnam, has convinced me otherwise.
"I can think about my future just as well here, far from the hothouse of Westminster, as I can anywhere else."
Mr Duncan Smith, the shadow defence secretary, earlier today launched his own Tory leadership bid saying that the party "must accept the need for change" and "close the book on divisions on Europe".
He said he wanted to broaden the base and appeal of the Conservative party, which had allowed itself to be painted by opponents as "a narrow sect".
He also promised a Tory frontbench open to all, and said those who wanted to campaign for the euro would be allowed to temporarily stand down from their positions during any future referendum campaign.
"We need to shed the associations that bind us to past failures but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives," he said.
"There is no future for the Conservative party in attempting to be more like New Labour. We should not try to out-Blair Mr Blair."
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Does anyone have experience trapping turtles? I built a trap and I don't know if I have a location problem or a technique problem.
I review and test this knife in the jungle while making traps. please check it out
In this video I show a quick and easy Pig spear trap. Hope y'all enjoy
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Hurricanes still missing rewards for efforts
RALEIGH, N.C. — Kirk Muller says it's about time his team is rewarded for its recent work.
The Carolina Hurricanes have lost nine of their last 10 games and are falling further from the playoff picture. The team's saving grace, however, is that they play in the fledgling Southeast Division, which may have just one team qualify for the playoffs this season: Its champion.
So for the 'Canes, who lost 5-3 to division foe Washington on Tuesday night at PNC Arena, the focus is more on winning the division. Of course, that requires winning games first.
Tuesday was a classic example of how things are going more often than not of late. Carolina was the better team throughout the game but in the end it didn't factor in the result.
Washington had just 19 shots on goal to Carolina's 34, though the Capitals' five goals came on their first 11 shot attempts. But a medley of ill-timed unforced turnovers that led to scoring opportunities for the Capitals, of which they responded at least twice, and some other snafus gave Washington just enough room to earn the victory.
But for the most part, especially given that this team has now been without goaltender Cam Ward for more than a month, the 'Canes believe they are playing well enough to win games.
"The staff is behind these guys," Muller said after Tuesday's loss. "The leaders are pushing them the way they are and guys are having performances like tonight. Usually you get rewarded somewhere.
"We're being tested now, and I'd call a spade a spade if we didn't play well, but there's been a few games lately where we're not getting points where we deserved better."
But at some point, the Hurricanes (16-17-2) need to do even more to get that reward. Points just don't come easily in the NHL, and as long as Ward is out, the Canes need to improve in front of him. Not having defenseman Justin Faulk may have been an even bigger blow in some respects.
Faulk hasn't played since March 19, a span of six games, and there's no certainty when he will return, so the team made a move Tuesday to bolster its defense.
Carolina picked up Marc-Andre Bergeron from the Tampa Bay Lightning for forward Adam Hall and a seventh-round draft pick this summer. Bergeron has played in 478 career games scoring 82 goals and delivering 150 assists. He was also on the Edmonton team in 2006 that lost in the Cup finals to Carolina in seven games.
The newest Hurricane was impressed with what he saw and experienced in his first game Tuesday, even though moving forward that won't include fellow defenseman Joni Pitkanen, who broke a bone in his leg and is out for the season.
"It's a very good hockey team," Bergeron said. "I'm used to playing against these guys, but playing with these guys tonight I was like, 'Wow, these guys are very good.' I'm very glad to be here. I just want to help these guys, it's why I'm here and it's my job."
In part, Bergeron should help lift one of the worst power plays in the NHL — a strength he's known for around the league — and it just so happened that Carolina netted two goals with a man advantage on Tuesday.
Kiri Tlusty, who has been around since last season and had the first hat trick of his career Tuesday, believes the reward Muller spoke about is coming, and when it does it make come in droves.
"If we stay with the plan like we did tonight we have a chance to win most of the games," Tlusty said. "We need a win. We have to win the next upcoming game and then it's going to be a snowball, it's going to keep rolling. We did plenty of good things tonight. We have to stay focused."
Tampa Bay visits Raleigh on Thursday and the New York Rangers come in Saturday night.
With 13 games remaining, the 'Canes are five points out of the eighth playoff spot but just four points from the top of their division. So the reward of earning a playoff spot is there for the taking.
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Speak & Spell: New Apps Turn Phones into Multimedia Search Appliances
About five years ago, in a previous life at another technology publication, I wrote that I wished I could "Google my sock drawer." I was being facetious, but my point was that searching the Web had become so easy that it left me yearning for equally convenient ways to search other things, like the books in my local library, the stores in my neighborhood, the recordings in my CD or DVD collection, even the everyday stuff in my house.
Well, the idea of searching your sock drawer isn't so tongue-in-cheek anymore. You still can't ask Google to find the missing half of your favorite argyles—but you can use the new Amazon Mobile app to take a picture of your sock drawer, then have Amazon send you a link to a page where you can buy a matching pair online.
You can also use the popular Shazam app on the iPhone to capture a few seconds of a song playing on the radio, and find out instantly what it's called, who recorded it, and where to buy it. You can use the Street View feature of the new-and-improved Google Maps application on the iPhone to take a virtual stroll down Boston's Newbury Street and decide which stores you want to visit. Once you get there, you can use a location-aware app like Urbanspoon or Yelp to find interesting restaurants. And you don't even have to type in your search terms anymore: Vlingo's new iPhone app and the latest version of the Google Mobile app can work with spoken-word input just as easily.
My point is that the newest search-related applications, especially those for advanced wireless devices like the iPhone, are lending new meaning to the very concept of search. Finding entertaining media, useful products, and interesting places no longer requires a PC, a keyboard, a Web browser, or even a traditional search engine. On the query side, devices like the iPhone 3G have built-in cameras and microphones that let them capture unconventional types of input for a search, such as photos, spoken instructions, or snippets of music. They can also fill in key pieces of context on their own—for example, by grabbing your current location from the built-in GPS chip. On the output side, the devices can supply links, reviews, videos, maps, even walking directions. The end result—a new level of connectivity to the people, things, ideas, and places around you—is, to my mind, one of the best reasons to invest in a broadband-capable smartphone. (I admit to being an iPhone chauvinist, but similar experiences are available on other gadgets, such as the high-end Blackberry devices and the T-Mobile G1 phone.)
I've been playing around lately with three mobile search applications in particular. Each one illustrates different strengths of the mobile platform. And together, they've brought me full circle, to the point where I wish that conventional desktop or laptop-based search tools had some of the same capabilities as these mobile marvels.
The first is the new Google Mobile app on the iPhone, released November 14. The app has two functions. It's a convenient portal to the browser-based versions of many of Google's other Web services—Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Talk, Google Reader, et cetera. But it's also a freestanding search engine, with a compelling new keyboard-free "voice search" option. All you have to do is lift the phone to your ear, as if you were making a phone call; the iPhone's accelerometer takes that as the cue to start listening for a spoken query, like "Quantum of Solace Boston showtimes." Take the phone away from your ear, and the software sends your voice snippet to Google for processing; within seconds, the search results show up on screen. There's a fun, Star Trek quality to the whole operation, except that the phone doesn't talk back. (Maybe that's the next improvement Google will roll out.)
Second, the new iPhone app from Cambridge, MA-based Vlingo, which came out December 3, also lets you initiate Google searches by speaking. With Vlingo, you have to tap the "Press + Speak" button to start the process, rather than holding the phone up to your ear, which is an annoyance, once you've gotten used to the Google method. But the Vlingo app does do several cool things that the Google app doesn't. For example, you can speak an address or business name and see the location on a Google map, automatically call anyone in your contact list by speaking their name, or dictate a status update for your Facebook or Twitter account. The Blackberry version of Vlingo's speech-recognition app, which has been out since June, goes even further, letting users dictate e-mail and text messages. I fully expect to see Vlingo's engineers add such features to their iPhone app.
Both the Google Mobile app and the Vlingo app put an end to typing out search queries. But despite my general enthusiasm for these new voice-driven mobile search tools, I have to say that their speech-recognition algorithms still need work. Converting speech to text seems to be one of those problems, like building a foolproof A/V system for lecture halls, that experts are still going to be working on 30 years from now.
When I tried to speak the search term "Rahm Emanuel" into the Google Mobile app, the application came back with the transcriptions "roman manual," then "robin manual," then "brahmin manual." (Thankfully, however, it got "Barack Obama" right the first time.) It fared a little better with "Xconomy," one of the words I always like to use to torture speech-recognition systems, coming back first with "astronomy" and "taxonomy" and finally getting "Xconomy" on the third try. The Vlingo app got "Xconomy" right the first time—but I have a hunch that's because the folks there knew I was evaluating the software.
The third mobile search tool I've been enjoying recently involves videos rather than voice. It's WikiTap, an iPhone app released in September by Veveo, an Andover, MA-based startup I've covered several times. The app is a mobile-friendly mashup of Wikipedia and YouTube. Those two information sources might, at first blush, seem to blend about as seamlessly as Charlie Rose and Paris Hilton. But as it turns out, they go together remarkably well.
Veveo's first mobile product was an "incremental search" tool called vTap, designed to make it easier to find the video you want on a mobile phone by narrowing down the list of possible matches as you type. WikiTap works the same way. To find the Wikipedia listing for my favorite film-score composer, Bernard Herrmann, I only had to enter "bernard h" and Herrmann popped up as the top match. But here's the really cool thing about WikiTap: as soon as you click on a search result, the program brings up both the Wikipedia listing and related videos culled from YouTube and other sources. The videos presented alongside the Bernard Herrmann article, for example, included a YouTube slide show featuring Kim Novak, star of Vertigo, one of the many Hitchcock films Herrmann scored, and was followed by a video on the top 15 horror film themes of all time (Herrman's music for Psycho, of course, topped the list).
I've found that leaping back and forth between Wikipedia text articles and related YouTube videos is a surprisingly fun way to kill a few hours. The pairing seems so natural that I now feel like there's something missing when I visit Wikipedia on the conventional Web. There's nothing new about the concept of multimedia reference works, of course—encyclopedia publishers like Britannica have been publishing CD-ROM and DVD-ROM versions of their content, spiced up with a few QuickTime videos, since the mid-1990s. But in these older works, the videos (which usually turned out to be clips from recycled 1960s educational documentaries) always felt to me like an afterthought—they were there more because the platform could support them than because anyone thought they were essential. WikiTap, like Wikipedia itself, is a gleefully crowdsourced hodgepodge where you never know quite what you're going to find. The whole point is to make unexpected connections, and to see and hear things that you can't understand just by reading about them.
And that's the fun of the new mobile search applications in general: they lead you into experiences you never would have had otherwise. Which is part of the reason I'm still feeling like the money I put down for my iPhone 3G is the best $299 I ever spent.


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What to do about our polluted Almaden Lake?
Almaden Lake, the centerpiece of Almaden Lake Park, offers a serene landmark for everyone driving into or out of Almaden Valley.
Unfortunately, appearances can be deceiving. The man-made body of water is actually one of the most polluted bodies of water in California, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District is obliged to clean it up.
A number of community outreach meetings have been held, and the next is scheduled for Sept. 5 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Almaden Community Center, 6445 Camden Ave. Suggestions have ranged from turning the lake into playing fields for youth sports teams to creating two smaller lakes or making the lake, which was once a quarry, much shallower to keep sediment from piling up.
Anyone who plans to attend the meeting, where updates on alternatives will be discussed, is asked to RSVP to neighborhood liaison Tony Mercado, email@example.com or by calling 408.630.2342.
Assemblyman Paul Fong's district director to speak
Evan Low, mayor of Campbell and also district representative for Assemblyman Paul Fong, will be the speaker at the Sept. 9 meeting of the Almaden Valley Community Association.
Low will update the organization on activities of the state Assembly. Fong represents the 28th District, which includes much of Almaden.
The meeting takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Almaden Community Center.


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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in the Bowman v. Monsanto case, which dealt with issues surrounding patent exhaustion—limiting how long patent holders can control the use and sale of an item—and the patenting of living organisms.
The court ruled unanimously in favor of Monsanto, concluding that patent exhaustion does not apply to this case and that Vernon Hugh Bowman violated Monsanto's seed license.
In delivering the opinion of the court, Justice Elena Kagan wrote:
"Under the doctrine of patent exhaustion, the authorized sale of a patented article gives the purchaser, or any subsequent owner, a right to use or resell that article. Such a sale, however, does not allow the purchaser to make new copies of the patented invention. The question in this case is whether a farmer who buys patented seeds may reproduce them through planting and harvesting without the patent holder's permission. We hold that he may not."
The court also made clear that this is not an overarching decision, as patent cases of this nature can only be decided on a case-by-case basis:
"Our holding today is limited—addressing the situation before us, rather than everyone involving a self-replicating product. We recognize that such inventions are becoming ever more prevalent, complex, and diverse. In another case, the article's self-replication might occur outside the purchaser's control. Or it might be a necessary but incidental step in using the item for another purpose."
For more details, check out my February story on the implications of this case.
Monsanto had another big win in March, when an anonymous provision to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill, dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act" by opponents, went unnoticed as the bill was passed in Congress and signed by the president. The provision, set to expire in September, protects Monsanto and other biotech firms from litigation related to the safety of their genetically modified seeds.
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I have a Singer 501 A (with the extended bed) in the original case and original foot peddle with a brand new walking foot for it. (bobbin case in tact & has been serviced) I am wanting to sell it what would be a good price for it?
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Windows 7 SP1 Update Blocks Software Adding Context Menu
This has been happening since the release of SP1 for Windows 7. I don't know if it is exactly that update, but it is one of them that causes a blockage of software adding menus to your context menu. The software that I'm having issues with is PowerISO and Unlocker.
This is a pain in the ass because now I have to restore to before SP1 was installed and it takes forever to reinstall SP1 with updates. Please fix this.
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Do you have x86 or x64 OS? Are you installing the correct version for your OS? (Sorry, have to ask). I have x64 and SP1, and the x64 version of Unlocker added the correct context menu entry for me.
It doesn't fix your problem, but for Unlocker, try Lockhunter as well. A Guy
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MLB to host amateur tournament in the Dominican Republic
Major League Baseball will host a tournament of amateur talent in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from Sunday, August 12th through Wednesday, August 15th. The tournament will feature four teams: two teams consisting of July 2, 2013 eligible players from the Dominican Republic; a team from Puerto Rico; and the USA Baseball 15U National Team.
Eight games will be played in Estadio Quisqueya beginning with a day-night doubleheader on Sunday, August 12th. The first game, set for 2:00 p.m., will feature Puerto Rico against the first Dominican Republic team, while the second game will feature Team USA and the second Dominican Republic team at 7:00 p.m. Two day games will be played each day from Monday, August 13th through Wednesday, August 15th, with the first game beginning at 9:30 a.m., followed by the second game at 2:00 p.m.
"We are excited to bring together prospects from the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Puerto Rico, just as we have in past ventures with players from Canada and Venezuela," said Kim Ng, Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball.
The eight-game tournament follows a series of showcases and tournaments previously held in the Dominican Republic designed to provide MLB Clubs, managers and scouts with a setting to view and evaluate top eligible amateur players from the Dominican Republic and other countries.
Rosters and a complete schedule of games will be announced in the coming days.


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Comprehensive Design Studio V-VI Project
Winter-Spring 2013
Designed for the Savannah Philharmonic Symphony, The Savannah Conservatory of Music is a new center for music education and performance experience unlike Savannah has ever had before. The center exists as a landmark destination for the city and will provide a variety of performance facilities for the Savannah Philharmonic Symphony and other community or visitng groups. Situated on the west end of River Street amongst the street's historic shipping warehouses, the idea takes inspiration from the history of shipping, as well as the abundance of ballast stones on the site, and the unique condition of 3 at grade entry levels.
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We are world-renowned for our bloodless medicine and cardiac and vascular surgery programs and are leader in breast care, oncology and joint-replacement services.
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Cheryl Atkinson, Lorain City Schools superintendent, listens to a speaker at Monday's board meeting.
On Monday, the Lorain school board voted to reclaim the building.
The board unanimously approved a resolution to terminate the lease it has with the Coalition for South Lorain so it can demolish the building. A new Whittier Middle School is planned for the site.
The new building is a part of the district's plan to construct several new buildings using funds from the Ohio School Facilities Commission. After recent discussion about where the buildings would go, the board decided that the site of the former Lincoln Elementary on East 31st Street offered the most adequate space for a new middle school, board member Raul Ramos said.
"We've been open and up front with the Lincoln Community Center since the lease was signed," Ramos said. "When we received approval from the state to continue with the project, everyone knew the demolition of Lincoln was inevitable."
Ramos said the board will work with the Coalition for South Lorain on a timetable for leaving the building. Demolition likely will not be completed until next year, and a new Whittier building is still a few more years away, school spokesman Dean Schnurr said.
The new Whittier will be similar to the other new middle schools in the district and will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology and enhanced academic facilities, according to a press release.
Lincoln Community Center Director Leon Mason said he found out about the board's intentions to terminate the lease on Friday and called the move a shock. Violent crime has drastically decreased since the center opened, and Mason said he's worried that the board did not give him enough time to find a new location.
"I'll do whatever I have to do to keep this open," he said.
Mason hopes to begin a grant-writing and fundraising drive to raise nearly $500,000 for a new facility, but he said he'll need at least six months.
The center has become a place where South Lorain children spend their free time, playing sports or just hanging out. The most important thing, Mason said, is that they are staying off the streets.
The facility has only two full-time employees, both paid for using grants, and the cleaning is done by children who are doing court-ordered community service.
The center was created by several community organizations, including the Lorain Police Department, as a way to stop violence in South Lorain, which erupted with several murders in 2005, including the shooting death of 15-year-old Samarrie Soler.
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It's not lights out for repairs: roads service
The Government has refuted a claim that street lights would have to be switched off to save money for road repairs.
The Department of Regional Development was responding to a statement from Gordon Best of the Quarry Products Association.
A spokeswoman said: "There is absolutely no risk of street lights being switched off to allow potholes to be repaired, as Mr Best claims.
"Funding made available to Roads Service for maintenance activities this year was less than it has been in recent years, but this followed an all-time high level of spending on road maintenance during the last three years."
The spokeswoman said that Roads Service already carried out regular inspections and condition surveys to ensure the road network is maintained to defined standards and serious road defects are detected and repaired.
She added: "These arrangements, together with the experience and professional judgement of our engineers, ensure that the roads remain safe and do not fall below satisfactory and serviceable levels."
In an open letter to Assembly members, Mr Best had said urgent action needed to be taken to maintain the roads network to acceptable standards.
He said that, in a number of regions, the roads resurfacing budget through to next April would be exhausted by the end of this month.
He had claimed that "in many cases" roads managers were faced with a choice between filling potholes or keeping street lights on.
Mr Best said: "We are calling on the Executive to give roads maintenance the priority it deserves by ring fencing £110m a year for a minimum of three years."
The DRD said that, over the last three years, £788m has been spent on developing and maintaining the road network.
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After Zeus kidnapped Europa, Agenor ordered her brothers -- Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix -- to search for her, instructing them not to return until they had found her. It was a hopeless quest, and all three brothers became exiles. Phoenix founded the country of Phoenicia, and Cilix established Cilicia.
Cadmus consulted the oracle at Delphi and was told to follow a cow that he would find near the oracle; where the cow lay down to rest, he should found a city. He followed the cow to the future site of Thebes. There he instructed his men to bring water so that he could offer a sacrifice to Athena; however, the men encountered a giant serpent which was sacred to Ares, and they were all killed. Cadmus came upon the carnage and gave battle, eventually slaying the serpent. A voice then spoke to him, prophesying that he himself would eventually become a serpent.
Cadmus was left with a site for a city, but no one to help build it. Athene intervened, telling him to sow the serpent's teeth in the earth. He did so, and armed men sprang up from the teeth. They fought one another until only five were left; these five became the ancestors of the noble Thebans. Cadmus then spent eight years in servitude to Ares, as a penalty for the killing of the serpent.
Afterwards, Cadmus married Harmonia, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. The couple had four daughters (Ino, Semele, Autonoe, and Agave) and one son (Polydorus). Near the ends of their lives, Cadmus and Harmonia left Thebes and went to Illyria. There they were transformed into serpents, as the voice had foretold.


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Sony KDL-70XBR7
70" BRAVIA® XBR® 1080p LCD HDTV with 120Hz anti-blur technology
120Hz and 240Hz Refresh Rates LCD HDTV-Steve
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Item # 158KD70XB7 | MFR # KDL70XBR7
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Our take on the Sony KDL-70XBR7 by Crutchfield's Steve Kindig
The 70" Sony KDL-70XBR7 is a stunning display in every way it's the largest flat-panel LCD we've ever carried. Its screen provides 80% more viewing area than a 52" TV. The stylish piano-black cabinet places the speakers out to the sides of the screen to create spacious sound that stays anchored to the on-screen action. On the inside, Sony's most powerful video processing technologies ensure that all your video sources look their best.
Motionflow 120Hz processing ensures smooth, natural motion
Every LCD TV maker takes a different approach to 120Hz processing, but Sony's Motionflow technology is one of the most sophisticated and effective. First, it actually reduces blur in the original source image captured by the camera, then it doubles the video frame rate by inserting 60 entirely new frames between the original 60 frames. The system analyzes the motion of specific on-screen objects as well as overall movement in each scene, adjusting the amount of enhancement to create seamlessly smooth, sharp pictures.
10-bit LCD panel and video processing for more accurate colors
Another key factor determining picture quality is the color resolution of the LCD panel and video processing circuitry. The KDL-70XBR7's 10-bit LCD panel can display 1024 levels of gradation for each primary color red, green, and blue compared to only 256 steps for the 8-bit panels found in most TVs. And 10-bit video processing takes full advantage of the panel's exceptional color resolution to show even the subtlest shadings.
Enjoy better-looking non-HD video, too
High-def video looks amazing, but realistically, we'll probably still be watching some standard-definition programs for a while yet. And that's when you'll really appreciate BRAVIA Engine 2 PRO video processing. This collection of Sony technologies works to reduce noise, enhance detail, and optimize contrast on a scene-by-scene basis even on 1080p sources.
Versatile inputs keep you ready for the latest HD sources
The KDL-70XBR7's "jack pack" includes four advanced HDMI connections that will ensure maximum picture quality as high-def formats evolve. Sony calls them 24p True Cinema capable, which means they can accept the 1080p/24 output from a Blu-ray player. Most movies are originally shot at 24p (24 frames per second), so this feature lets you see video in its most flawless form. One HDMI input is placed on the side of the TV so it's easier to hook up an HD camcorder or video game console.
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Product Highlights:
- 70" screen (measured diagonally)
- widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio
- high-gloss black finish with floating glass accents
- built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required)
- built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required)
- 1920 x 1080 pixels
- selectable Motionflow 120Hz anti-blur technology for clearer motion
- 8-millisecond pixel response time
- 1500:1 contrast ratio (15,000:1 dynamic)
- 10-bit display panel & video processing for over a billion possible colors
- BRAVIA Engine 2 PRO digital video processing
- Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE) dynamic backlighting for better contrast and black levels
- wide-range fluorescent backlight for extended color range
- Deep Color and x.v.Color support
- 1-tuner picture-in-picture
- TV Guide On Screen® program guide
- built-in stereo speakers (10 watts x 2, plus 12 watts x 2 for woofers)
- illuminated multibrand remote control
- BRAVIA Sync simplifies remote control for compatible Sony components (HDMI-CEC)
- picture settings memory for each video input
- 9 A/V inputs, including:
- 3 composite video (2 rear, 1 side)
- 1 S-video
- 2 component video (accepts signals up to 1080p)
- 4 HDMI v1.3 (3 rear, 1 side) accepts signals up to 1080p (60Hz, 24Hz)
- PC input: analog RGB (D-Sub 15-pin)
- RF input for antenna/cable signals
- optical digital audio output for Dolby® Digital
- Ethernet port for streaming content from a DLNA-enabled networked computer
- side USB port for digital photo/MP3 playback with Sony cameras and flash memory drives
- DMex port for expanding the TV's capabilities by connecting optional BRAVIA Link add-on modules
- RS-232C port for communicating with compatible home theater control devices
- Energy Star® 3.0 compliant see our article on TV power consumption for more info about this and other testing standards
- detachable stand
- wall-mountable (bracket not included)
- 72-7/8"W x 39-7/8"H x 6-1/8"D (42"H x 15-7/8"D on stand)
- weight: 191 lbs. with stand; 160 lbs. without stand
- warranty: 18 months parts & labor in-home service
- Our 60-day money-back guarantee
What's in the Box:
- 70" Widescreen LCD TV
- Pedestal stand
- Wireless remote control (RM-YD024)
- 2 "AA" batteries
- 6.5' Power cord
- Operating Instructions
- 4 Machine screws with lock-washer and flat-washer installed on each one
- Quick Setup Guide
- Limited Warranty sheet
- Safety and Regulatory Booklet
- End User License Agreement
- Notice And Licenses For Software Used In This Television
- Digital Broadcast Reception notices
- Bravia Internet Video Link brochure
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Inputs and Outputs Notes
NTSC/ATSC/QAM Tuners: The TV is equipped with an analog NTSC tuner, a digital ATSC/8VSB tuner, and a digital QAM tuner for receiving unscrambled digital cable channels. It is not CableCARD compatible. You do not need to connect an external HDTV set-top box in order to receive High-Definition programming.
Native Resolution: This TV has a full HD native resolution of 1920 x 1080 with over 2 million pixels (more than twice the pixels of 720p HDTV). The TV's four HDMI inputs can accept 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p and 1080/24p signals, and the two component video inputs can accept 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p signals.
10-Bit Processor and 10-Bit Display: The BRAVIA XBR7-Series HDTV combines a 10-bit processor and 10-bit panel to create and display billions of colors. Using both a 10-bit processor and 10-bit panel allows for 64 times the level of color expression in 8-bit panels, resulting in smoother color transitions and helping to avoid giving the picture a "paint-by-numbers" look.
Live Color Creation System With WCG-CCFL: Live Color Creation is a special Sony function that achieves precise, wide color reproduction using a combination of advanced chroma signal processing algorithms. A special Wide Color Gamut (WCG-CCFL) backlight is combined with Sony's Live Color Creation circuitry. The benefit is clear blues, natural greens and overall vibrant colors in all scenes.
BRAVIA Engine 2 PRO Video Processor: BRAVIA Engine 2 PRO is Sony's most advanced video processing system, utilizing the latest generation of Digital Reality Creation technology to render a supremely sharp, crystal clear image from any video resolution. It uses Digital Reality Creation--Multi Function (v2.5) to create a high density video signal that traditional interpolation video processing cannot achieve. The television features two DRC settings - Mode 1 (recommended mode), and Mode 2 (especially effective when original standard-definition signals have been up-converted to 1080 format). The television also features a DRC function which allows you to customize the level of detail (Reality) and smoothness (Clarity) for input sources.
Motionflow 120Hz Technology: Motionflow 120HZ technology doubles the frame rate to help remove judder in film sources, HD content, broadcast movies and primetime programming, creating smoother, more fluid motion that delivers a natural and realistic viewing experience. You can choose between three settings: High, Standard, or Off.
Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE): Part of the cinematic drama in film-making comes from details found in shadows and dark areas of the picture. Sony's Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE) uses real-time image processing to dynamically adjust backlight levels for improved contrast without masking details the filmmaker intended you to see. ACE delivers deep blacks in darker scenes, as well as fine details in shadows and other dark areas of the picture for a difference you can truly see. Sony's Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE) builds on the TV's excellent on-contrast ratio performance of 1,500:1. A Dynamic Contrast Ratio of over 15,000:1 is achieved by using real-time image processing to adjust the contrast along with optimizing backlight levels.
Dynamic Video Noise Reduction: Dynamic Video Noise Reduction adaptive technology analyzes the motion, sharpness, and brightness of each scene in real time to identify various types of noise and reduce unwanted artifacts without compromising the video signal.
x.v.Color Technology: The Sony LCD TV features x.v.Color Technology. Thanks to this technology, the color space of the television has been greatly expanded. 1.8 times as many natural colors as existing HDTV signals can now be faithfully reproduced by this television. The television offers two additional x.v. color settings - Video Color Space (displays moving pictures that are more faithful to the original source by matching the color space of the source) and Photo Color Space (matches the output color space within the output signal from the equipment connected to the USB (photo), Network (photo), HDMI or component input jacks.
24pTrue Cinema (24p Input Capability): Many movies are filmed at 24 frames per second (fps) and prime time TV programs are video taped at 24p. Seizing on an opportunity, some studios are taking a purist approach and encoding high definition video content such as Blu-ray Disc in 24p. Sony has taken advantage of this by including 24p input capability via HDMI on this television producing images that are smooth and natural looking.
DMex (Digital Module Extender) Ready: Sony's Digital Media Extender (DMex) ready televisions offer a digital connection path for the addition of optional Sony modules like the new BRAVIA Internet Video Link (DMX-NV1, sold separately). With innovative DMex expansion capabilities featuring the Emmy award winning XMB user interface, the KDL-70XBR7 is not merely a TV, but a powerful entertainment platform that not only meets your needs today, but expands easily to meet tomorrow's needs as well.
Digital Media Port: Sony's Digital Media Port connection allows the use of an optional Digital Media Port adapter such as the TDM-NW1 to connect digital devices directly to select Bravia HDTVs. By using these optional Sony adapter, the television can show photos and videos or play the music stored in select Sony Walkman, iPOD, PC, mobile phones and other digital devices. Your personal digital device even recharges while connected via the optional adapters.
USB Port: The TV offers easy access to JPEG photos and MP3 music files stored on a Sony digital camera connected via USB interface or Sony Micro Vault USB flash drives through its side-panel High Speed USB type-A port. Photos can be viewed as a Slideshow with or without music or in an Thumbnail view with up to 60 images at one time. Photos can also be rotated 180-degrees. Music files can be played repeatedly or in a random order. You can also view factory preset visual effects during MP3 audio playback.
Note: Sony does not guarantee or assure the USB functionality on this TV in the following cases - Use of non-Sony brand USB equipment, Use of video or audio clips process on a computer, Use of files obtained from the Internet or from a printed film processing center.
DLNA Compliant: DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compliance allows BRAVIA XBR7-Series HDTVs to access digital photos from DLNA-enabled PCs and other devices through a wired Ethernet connection. DLNA stands for the Digital Living Network Alliance, an Industry Standard Networking Capability supported by leading companies in the consumer electronics industry that allows DLNA compliant products to work with one another. This TV is a DLNA Certified digital media photo player that can display JPEG photo content from your DLNA Certified networked computer. Using the television's rear-panel Ethernet port, a DLNA-enabled PC can be accessed from the comfort of your living room or family room via the KDL-70XBR7, where you can enjoy photos stored on your PC with friends and family, without having to view them on your computer.
PC Compatible: The television can be used as a monitor for your PC through the TV's RGB HD-15 input or HDMI input. The TV supports the following PC resolutions - VGA, SVGA, XGA, WXGA, SXGA and HDTV. You can adjust Phase, Pitch, Horizontal and Vertical Position and Wide Mode of picture.
TV Guide: You can use the Sony LCD TV's on-screen TV Guide to find the show that you want to watch. The TV Guide allows you to search for shows by program categories and by keyword. The TV Guide provides up to two days of TV programming information. The TV Guide is available with cable service (without a cable box) or over-the-air antenna.
P&P Feature: The TV comes features P&P (picture and picture) to allow you to view two pictures simultaneously. P&P provides two windows side by side with A/V inputs and TV channels. The main window can be from the Video, Component, HDMI, DMPORT, or PC inputs while the sub window comes from a TV channel from the VHF/UHF/Cable input.
BRAVIA Sync: This TV is equipped with BRAVIA Sync, an HDMI Control function that allows communication between Sony TVs and other Sony equipment when they are connected via HDMI. Once the supported equipment is connected, the following operations are available:
- Turn off the equipment automatically when you turn off the TV
- When the connected equipment is turned on by One-Touch-Play, the TV will automatically turn on and select the respective HDMI input
- Automatically turn on equipment listed under the External Inputs on the XMB when selected
- Camcorder transport control
- When a Sony A/V receiver with BRAVIA Sync is connected the following
additional operations are possible:
- Turning on the A/V receiver when the TV is turned on
- Automatically switching the A/V receiver's input to the TV
- Adjust the volume and muting of the A/V receiver with the TV's remote control
Xross Media Bar (XMB) Interface: Sony's award-winning Xross Media Bar provides a logical and fast way to access set up menus, user controls, and more. The on-screen display comes to life by pushing the XMB menu button on the remote. Navigation through the menus is smooth and fast.
Picture Modes: You can select one of the following picture modes:
- For Video:
- Vivid: enhances picture contrast and sharpness
- Standard: displays a standard picture for typical viewing environments
- Cinema: used to view film-base content; suitable for viewing in a theater-like environment
- Photo: used for viewing still image content
- Custom: allows you to store your preferred settings for Backlight, Picture, Brightness, Color, Hue, Color Temperature, Sharpness, Noise Reduction, MPEG Noise Reduction, DRC Mode and DRC Palette
- For Photo:
- Vivid: enhances picture contrast and sharpness
- Standard: displays a standard picture for typical viewing environments
- Original: images resemble the printed pictures from your photo album
- Custom: allows you to store your preferred settings for Backlight, Picture, Brightness, Color, Hue, Color Temperature, and Sharpness
Advanced Video Settings: In addition to the Picture mode, the Advanced Video Settings menu also features the following:
- Black Corrector: enhances black areas of the picture for stronger contrast
- Advanced Contrast Enhancer: automatically optimizes the backlight and contrast
- Gamma: adjusts the balance between bright and dark areas of the picture
- Auto Light Limiter: reduce glare such as in scenes where the entire screen is white
- Clear White: emphasizes white and light colors
- Live Color: makes colors more vivid and reproduces clear skin tones
- Color Space: select the range of color reproduction from Wide to Normal
- White Balance: adjust the color temperature color by color
- Detail Enhancer: enhances the details of the picture
- Edge Enhancer: enhances the outline of the picture
CineMotion 3/2 Pulldown Processing: This function optimizes the display by automatically detecting film content and applying a reverse 3-2 pulldown process. Moving pictures will appear clearer and more natural-looking. The television provides two CineMotion settings - Auto 1 and Auto 2.
Video/Photo Optimizer: This features sets the television's picture settings to optimize the image quality of video (moving pictures) or photo (still image) content. This feature is only available for 1080i/p (excluding 1080/24p) content connected to the component or HDMI input.
Game/Text Mode: This mode provides the optimum screen settings for viewing images with fine lines and characters that are input from video game equipment and PCs.
RGB Dynamic Range: This function of the television produces natural color by changing the luminance tone reproduction of the HDMI input color signals (RGB).
Light Sensor: In the menu, you can activate the automatic picture brightness control. A light sensor measures the amount of ambient light in the room and adjusts the picture brightness level accordingly. The light sensor can be turned off if desired.
Color Matrix: This feature allows you to reproduce the color-difference signals. You can choose between Auto (Automatically optimizes based on signal) or Custom (select either ITU601 or ITU709 which normalized the tone when color tones look unnatural).
Theater Mode: During this mode the television's picture settings will be set for a cinema-like experience and the television's audio will be switched to the audio output of the attached speakers of your BRAVIA Sync audio system connected via HDMI.
Screen Modes: You can choose from the following Screen Modes:
- 4:3 Default:
- Wide Zoom: Enlarges the center portion of the 4:3 picture proportionately, while the left and right edges of the screen are stretched to fill the screen
- Normal: Displays the 4:3 picture in its original size with black bars at the left and right sides to fill the screen
- Full: Stretches the entire 4:3 picture horizontally only to fill the screen
- Zoom: Enlarges the entire 4:3 picture proportionately to fill the screen (useful for watching Letterbox movies)
- 16:9 Wide Mode:
- Wide Zoom: Enlarges the picture to fill the screen with minimal distortion
- Normal: Displays a 4:3 picture in its original aspect ratio when the original source is 4:3
- Full: Displays the picture at its original size
- H Stretch: Enlarges the picture horizontally to fill the screen when the original source is 16:9; it is also useful for HD channels with 4:3 content
- Zoom: Enlarges the picture proportionately, both vertically and horizontally
- Auto Wide: Automatically changes screen settings base upon incoming video signal and content.
Favorites: Using this feature, you can manage your preferred TV channels, External Inputs, Photo content, Music content and Background TV themes for easy access.
Background TV: Background TV displays images of current video on your TV that are similar to a screen saver. Background TV is available from the Cable/Antenna, Composite and DMPORT inputs.
Freeze Function: Press this button once to display a frozen image of the current program in a window on the screen. Press again to show only frozen image on the TV screen. Press again to return to the program.
Jump Function: This feature allows you to jump back and forth between two channels. The TV alternates between the current channel and the last channel that was selected.
Label Channels: This feature allows you to assign labels such as station call letter to the channel numbers. You can use up to seven characters.
Input Label: Each of the television's inputs (except PC/DMPORT) can be labeled with names (DVD, Cable Box, Satellite, BD, VCR, Receiver, DVR, Game, Camcorder or PC) instead of video 1, video 2, video 3, etc.
Caption Vision/Info Banner: This feature allows Closed Caption and/or channel programming information to be displayed on the TV screen. You can choose from CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4, Text1, Text2, Text3 and Text4. Digital Channel's Closed Captions can be customized. You can select Text-type, Character-size, Character-style, Character-color, Character-opacity, Edge-type, Edge-color, Background-color and Background-opacity.
Sound Settings: The Sound Settings menu allow you to make the following adjustments:
- Sound Mode: You can customize the
bass and treble or use one of the two preset sound modes:
- Dynamic: enhances both treble and bass
- Standard: suitable for spoken dialogue
- Custom: allows you to store your preferred settings for bass and treble
- Treble, Bass, Balance: You can individually set the treble, bass, and balance settings as desired.
- S-FORCE Front Surround: S-FORCE front surrounds provides a virtual surround experience made possible using just two front speakers. When turned off, the normal stereo or mono reception resumes.
- Sound Booster: Sound Booster provides a fuller sound with greater depth and width by emphasizing the high and low frequency sounds. You can select High or Low for the amount of boost you desire.
- Voice Zoom: Adjusts the clarity of human voices by emphasizing or softening vocals.
- Steady Sound: Steady Sound equalizes volume levels so there is consistent output between programs and commercials.
- Volume Offset: adjusts the volume level of the current input (TV or video input) relative to other inputs.
- Woofer Level: increases or decrease the low frequency sounds.
Timers: There is one event timer and a sleep timer built in. The event timer is set for the day, time, channel, duration and volume. The sleep timer switches the television off after a specified amount of time. The sleep timer can be set to 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, or 120 minutes.
Power Saving: This feature reduces the power consumption by adjusting the backlight brightness of the TV's screen. This also enhances the black level of the television. You can select from Low, High, Off and Picture Off.
Parental Control: You can select a viewing limitation based on the TV and movie ratings. Three presets are available (Child, Youth, and Y. Adult) or the limitation can be customized to specific industry ratings. The control is accessed and protected by a 4-digit password.
Channel Block: This feature allows you to block specific channels regardless of program ratings. A 4-digit password needs to be set up prior to blocking channels. The blocked channel can only be viewed by entering the correct password.
Remote Control
Backlit Wireless Remote Control: The TV comes supplied with a wireless remote control (RM-YD024). The remote control is preset to operate Sony brand video equipment. The remote is also programmable to work non-Sony brand equipment such as DVD, VCR, DVR, Satellite or Cable. In addition, the remote control's buttons are backlit with a press of one button for easy operation when the lights are turned off.
Mounting Options
Pedestal Stand: The display comes supplied with a tabletop pedestal stand which must be attached using the supplied hardware. The television weighs 191 lbs with the stand attached.
Optional Wall Mount Brackets: The stand can be removed, allowing you to wall-mount the TV using an optional wall-mount bracket. The TV has 4 threaded screw holes with a horizontal spacing of 15-3/4" (400mm) and a vertical spacing of 11-3.4" (300mm). The screw holes all accept M6 (6mm) screws. The TV weighs 160 lbs without the stand.
Inputs and Outputs Notes
HDMI: The KDL-70XBR7 features four HDMI inputs, including one on the side panel. One input also has left and right RCA audio jacks. The HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) terminals provide an uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. With an HDMI-to-DVI cable, you can connect the TV to a DVI-equipped A/V component. When connecting to a DVI-equipped component, the RCA audio inputs are used. The HDMI input will accept 1080/24p, 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, and 480i signals.
Component Video Inputs: The two component video inputs will accept 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, and 480i signals.
PC Input (RGB): A 15-pin HD15 jack allows you to connect your personal computer to the display. There is also a corresponding stereo mini-jack (3.5mm) for the computer's audio signal.
Analog Audio Outputs: These stereo RCA audio jacks allow you to listen to the TV's audio through your stereo system. In the menu you can set the output to Fixed (volume controlled by the receiver/amplifier) or Variable (volume controlled by the TV's remote control) operation.
Note: You must turn the TV speakers off in the menu in order for the audio outs to function.
Digital Audio Output: Optical digital output that connect to the optical digital input of your digital audio equipment that is PCM/Dolby Digital compatible. Dolby Digital Audio signal from the HDMI input will be output as PCM.
LAN (10/100): The television features an Ethernet port (LAN 10/100) which can connect to a Local Area Network using an optional Ethernet cable (sold separately). You can use this connection to connect to a network and receive software updates from the Internet.
DMPORT: This Sony proprietary port connects to Sony Digital Media Port equipment (sold separately) to display photos, videos and music from the television.
DMex/Service Port: This USB port is for service use only unless you are connecting the optional Bravia DMex external module.
Remote: This is a RS323C, D-sub 9-pin port for receiving an external remote control signal.
Side Panel AV Inputs: For convenience, there are two A/V inputs on the left side panel of the TV. Included is an HDMI input as well as a stereo RCA input with a composite video input.
Side Panel USB Port: The unit's side-panel USB type-A port is used to connect USB equipment to access photo files and music files.
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"During the countless hours I've spent at city parks with my four children," Lisa Summers of Sonoma recently wrote to her City Council, "nothing in my mind stands out as a more constant and insidious disruption to the quality of life in the valley than the ever-increasing use of leaf blowers."
Summers requested that the blowers – also know as debris blowers, since they kick up much more than leaves – be banned. The council is scheduled to discuss blowers at its Wednesday meeting.
"In light of the ongoing BP oil spill," Summers wrote her elected officials, "I ask you to take a hard look at the frivolous use of gas-powered tools where safe, quiet and environmentally friendly alternatives exist." She apparently had brooms and rakes in mind.
On the other side of the county, in Sebastopol, Councilman Guy Wilson brought the idea of a blower ban before the council, at the request of residents, in November. The city manager is currently drafting alternative options for the council to consider.
"Sebastopol should ask itself why we allow these blowers in the first place," Wilson said in a recent interview. "What reasonable purpose do they serve? It's kind of like a bad habit that has gone on and on. We need to look at their use in a critical way."
Another Sebastopol resident has posted various informative videos and links on leaf blowers at www.tv1.com/vlogs/167/posts/246.
Various Marin County cities already ban blowers, as do dozens of California cities and many U.S. cities, both large and small. In l975, Carmel was the first to ban blowers.
"Leaf blowers erode top soil," Summers said in a recent telephone interview. "They de-hydrate the soil and blow away the protective covering of leaves, exposing plants to all kinds of pathogens, which is also bad for the roots. They are like a tornado blast that injures plants and opens the way for disease."
Summers also expressed concerns about "the long-term risk of exposure to noise and airborne contaminants by the workers who use them – who are often subordinate to large landscaping companies or even municipalities."
"Noise pollution has a serious impact on health," according to Sonoma resident Georgia Kelly of the Praxis Peace Institute. "Stress, hypertension, hearing loss and heart attacks can be associated with high noise levels. For people who work at home and older retired residents, neighborhood noise pollution is especially disturbing."
The editor of the Sonoma Index-Tribune, Dave Bolling, recently wrote an editorial titled "Banishing the mechanical banshee." He describes the blowers as "shrieking, mega-decibel, hydrocarbon-spewing, two-stroke tornadoes."
"There is a movement emerging from the lawns and gardens and landscapes of America," Bolling notes, "a voice of protest that is gathering itself together from small, polite complaints, merging into louder, irritated grumbles and ascending into angry exclamations that is beginning to demand an end to a cultural phenomenon that seemed to arrive, uninvited, from some other, non-human dimension."
A No Blow coalition had its first meeting in Orinda on June 26, at the invitation of the group Quiet Orinda (www.quietorinda.com). More than a dozen persons heard reports from a member of Zero Air Pollution (www.zeroairpollution.com), which successfully persuaded the city of Los Angeles to pass a ban in l997. A health scientist with the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District also presented, followed by a physician. They both spoke about the deadly health consequences of kicking up particulate matter, especially to vulnerable children. Reports on that meeting are available by an internet search of No Blow.


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Rays-Phils postponed; Shields to start Saturday
Friday night's game was scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. ET, but never got started. The news of the postponement finally came at 9:53 p.m.
The game will be rescheduled as part of a day-night, separate admission doubleheader on Sunday.
The regularly scheduled 1:35 p.m. game on Sunday will now begin at 1:05 p.m. The second game, which is the Friday makeup, will begin at 6:35 p.m.
James Shields, who was scheduled to start Friday night, will start Saturday afternoon's contest.
- 142 wins
- 110 wins
"I've still got a lot of bullets in the old brazo [arm]," Shields said.
Alex Cobb and David Price will start Sunday, but the order they will pitch has not yet been decided.
Cliff Lee was scheduled to start for the Phillies on Friday night, but he will not start Saturday. Kyle Kendrick will start for the Phillies, as originally scheduled. The Phillies have not yet announced their starters for Sunday, but speculation suggests Lee and Cole Hamels will get the starts.
The Rays and Phillies fought inclimate weather during the 2008 World Series, prompting Rays manager Joe Maddon to show an ironic smile before remarking about Friday night's weather and the weather they experienced in Philadelphia during that Fall Classic.
"It's just uncanny," Maddon said.
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Officials in the Netherlands said the country's plan to kill more than 500,000 geese to control the population and limit damage to crops has been put on hold.
Provincial lawmakers signed an agreement, along with the bird protection group Vogelbescherming, in 2011 to cull the geese using gas starting in 2014.
Now that agreement has been put aside after other animal rights groups called for ministerial intervention, Dutchnews.nl reported Wednesday.
Animal rights group Dierenbescherming wrote to farm minister Sharon Dijksma, telling her gassing is "very painful," labor-intensive and would cost more to execute than the damage the geese are causing to crops.
The government has agreed to look at alternative ways of cutting the geese numbers, including destroying nests and eggs, and making the landscape less attractive to the birds.


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Community Harvest Project, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to growing, harvesting and donating fresh, high quality fruits and vegetables to local hunger relief efforts thanks to thousands of individuals, families and groups from our community and across the globe that come to our farm and orchard every year.
The Community Harvest Project (CHP) Orchard Assistant will work under the supervision of the Orchard Owner at Cheney Orchards in the town of Brimfield in western Massachusetts. Currently, the orchard designated for CHP use is approximately 4-5 acres and consists of approximately 3,000 apple trees. Expansion to additional acreage is possible and highly likely over the next few years.
This is a hands-on position where you will work, under the supervision of the Orchard Owner, on pruning, fertilizing, spraying, and mowing of the orchard. During harvest, the Orchard Assistant will oversee volunteer groups and participate in the picking, sorting, bagging and boxing process.
Specific requirements for the position include:
- Interest and commitment to Community Harvest Project's overall mission and purpose
- Knowledge of orchard operations, some orchard experience
- Experience in operation of tractors and all related farm/orchard equipment
- Comfort with leading volunteer groups 4-6 weeks/year
- Flexible schedule based on seasonal task variation (30-40 hours/week, 9-12 months/year)
- Annual salary $30,000 - $35,000 based on qualifications
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to email@example.com or:
Community Harvest Project
Attn: Ken Dion, Operations Director
37 Wheeler Road
North Grafton, MA 01536


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Senators pick Winthrop's Leblanc
Chris Leblanc, a former All-Scholastic from Winthrop who played last season for the South Shore Kings, was drafted in the sixth round (No. 161) by the Ottawa Senators.
Leblanc, who was not ranked by Central Scouting, is headed to Merrimack in the fall to play for Mark Dennehy.
The 6-foot-4 senior center played a large part in leading Winthrop to the Division 2 North final in 2012, notching 24 goals and 22 assists during the 2011-12 season and surpassing 100 points for his career. LeBlanc was a two-time All-Northeastern Conference selection and two-time captain for Dale Dunbar's Vikings.
Last season for South Shore, Leblanc had 13 goals and 20 assists in 44 games.
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wikiHow to Make a Homestyle Tomato Soup
Homestyle tomato soup is a perfect thing to warm up to, especially on a cold winter day. Read on to find out how to make it!
1Chop the vegetables, namely:
- Onion (1)
- Tomatoes (4-5)
- Garlic (4-5)
- Carrots (3-4 medium sized ones)
2Boil 400 milliliters of water and add all the chopped vegetables except the tomatoes.
3Add spices:
- Pepper (1 teaspoon)
- 2 cloves
- 1 teaspoon of salt into the boiling mixture.
- Add spices that you would use to add a spicy touch to your regular dishes.
4Grind the chopped tomatoes to a thick paste consistency. Dilute it by adding some water.
5Add this paste into the boiling mixture and allow it to boil until the raw smell of the vegetables vanishes.
6Make cream for the soup by adding:
- 2 teaspoon Maida
- 1 teaspoon butter or ghee
- 40-50 ml milk
7Mix all of these ingredients together in a bowl.
8Add the cream to the soup by constantly stirring it (if you don't stir, it will create lumps in your soup). This cream will make your soup a bit thick.
9Allow it to cook.
10Add chopped coriander and serve it hot with a splash of pepper powder.
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Functional analysis of CD4+ CD25 bright T cells in kidney transplant patients: Improving suppression of donor-directed responses after transplantation
Background: The role of CD4+ CD25bright regulatory T cells (Treg) in controlling alloreactivity is established, but little is known whether antigen-specific Treg are induced in fully immunosuppressed kidney transplant patients. Methods: The frequency and function of CD25bright T cells of nine stable kidney transplant patients before and 0.5-2yr after transplantation were measured. Patients received triple therapy consisting of cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone. To investigate the influence of transplantation and immunosuppression on Treg function, we compared their suppressive capacities pre- and post-transplantation using mixed lymphocyte reactions and kept the CD25-/dim effector T-cell (Teff) population constant. Results: After transplantation, the percentage of CD4+ CD25bright T cells significantly decreased from 8.5% pre-transplant to 6.9% post-transplant (median, p=0.05). However, the lower percentage of post-transplant CD4+ CD25bright T cells was not associated with reduced, but rather improved suppressor function of these cells. The proliferative response of pre-transplant Teff to donor-antigens was more profoundly suppressed by post-transplant Treg than by pre-transplant Treg (pre-transplant 18% vs. post-transplant 55% median, p=0.03) and was comparable against third party antigens at a CD25bright:CD25-/dim ratio of 1:20. Conclusions: In immunosuppressed kidney transplant patients, the donor-directed suppressive capacity of CD4+ CD25bright regulatory T cells improved, which may contribute to the development of donor-specific hyporesponsiveness against the graft.
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|CD25+ T lymphocyte, CD4 antigen, CD4+ T lymphocyte, alloimmunity, antigen specificity, article, cell function, cell isolation, cell population, controlled study, cyclosporin, effector cell, flow cytometry, human, human cell, immune response, immunosuppressive treatment, interleukin 2 receptor alpha, kidney donor, kidney failure, kidney graft rejection, kidney transplantation, low drug dose, lymphocyte count, lymphocyte function, lymphocyte proliferation, mixed lymphocyte reaction, mycophenolic acid 2 morpholinoethyl ester, peripheral blood mononuclear cell, postoperative period, prednisone, preoperative evaluation, priority journal, regulatory T lymphocyte, tacrolimus
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|Clinical Transplantation
Sewgobind, V.D.K.D, van der Laan, L.J.W, Klepper, M, IJzermans, J.N.M, Tilanus, H.W, Weimar, W, & Baan, C.C. (2008). Functional analysis of CD4+ CD25 bright T cells in kidney transplant patients: Improving suppression of donor-directed responses after transplantation. Clinical Transplantation, 22(5), 579–586. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0012.2008.00827.x


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Testing has long taken a backseat to development and release deadlines, often viewed as the last gateway before payday. Cloud-based infrastructure has led many managers to believe that scaling just happens, and load testing is no longer essential. Devops and agile methodologies were designed to increase product quality, but in many cases, their rapid release cycles and lack of change management structure have actually hampered proper quality assurance — particularly in regression and UX testing.
Time to market is more essential than ever, and continuous release cycles have put the days of "throwing a build over the wall" behind us, but product quality is every bit as important as release speed, and businesses must consider both.
In this webinar, our panel will discuss these topics:
- How have modern methodologies and tools changed the relationship between development and quality assurance?
- What are the benefits of integrating testing and monitoring throughout the development life cycle?
- How can businesses benchmark and quantify the effectiveness of testing efforts?
- How are performance-sensitive industries such as gaming and financial services approaching testing, and what can we learn from them?
- How should businesses approach organizational, operational and technical change necessary to incorporate testing into their SDLC?
Speakers include:
- Cormac Foster, research director, Gigaom Research
- Ryan Shriver, director of technology, SingleStone
- Keith Miller, technical director, Activision
- Mark Gilbert, VP, Professional Services, Apica
Register here to join Gigaom Research and Apica for "Integrated testing: balancing speed and quality in application development," a free analyst webinar on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 10 a.m. PT.


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I've been working on a webisode project that will hopefully go into effect soon. I'll be demonstrating a recipe from "Buckeye Cookery" every week. This is a cookbook that's been passed down in the generations on Dan's side of the family, it was originally published in 1876. It's absolutely fascinating and beautiful, every recipe in it is completely from scratch and seasonal. There are recipes on how to use every part of the animal down to their stomach, hoof, heart, etc. Instructions on how to capture yeast and bake bread to perfection. And, well, you'll just have to wait and see! Today I traveled all the way out to Waconia to meet with the Executive Director of the Carver County Historical Society, Wendy. She also happens to be a historic cookbook expert and has extensive knowledge about "Buckeye Cookery" specifically. We determined that my copy dates from sometime between 1877 and 1879. Oh, and she had soooo much information to share, I'm very very excited to continue to explore this cookbook and it's terminology and have Wendy as my guide. Let me just tell you, I'm excited one day to make the Pig's Head Cheese! (it's not technically cheese, more like lunch meat, made by boiling a pig's head in water...mmmmm...?!)
Anyways, somehow I found time to make some delicious ice cream over the weekend, I borrowed this recipe directly from Serious Eats (thank you, Jen!!!). If you have an ice cream maker please make it, it requires no sugar and tastes divine. I chose this recipe because I still have rosemary in the garden and was able to use some homemade maple syrup. Let me tell you, I have this silly looking ice cream maker that my grandma's had since the '50's and it works juuuust fine:)
Here's the link to the recipe: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/11/maple-syrup-rosemary-ice-cream-recipe.html
And here's how I made it complete with pictures....