text: I have a new 1 1/2 acre account. The lawn is flat with only a handfull of trees. When I picked up the account, I was told that it would not be nessicary to bag the clippings. They only want the lawn mowed every 7 days, but this time of year and with fertilizer (that I applied) it's growing like crazy. I have been bagging it up to this point but it takes a much longer time to bag. This account is an older couple which is also my neibghbor, so I want the lawn to look good. Should I just discharge the clippings even though there are a lot of them. I don't want to double cut. If needed, I can dump the clippings in the woods. So, what should I do, bag or not bag until the lawn slows down, what would you do?


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Funny! Is it Claudia Brucken? After Propaganda, she had a solo career for at least one album. I think I have a few of her 12"s, which were pretty good.
Speaking of Propaganda, they had a reunion show of sorts in February. Strange how this is all connected. It must be a conspiracy.
CLAUDIA BRÜCKEN - p:Machinery/PROPAGANDA (London, 02.03.2011)

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Comics, Art for the Idiosyncratic
With little pressure to conform to storytelling or visual norms, comics are rife with artists like Jason Shiga, who bends and splices genres, and whose aesthetic sense is readily identifiable as his own.
One of the best books I've read this year is Jason Shiga's Bookhunter (Sparkplug Comics, 2007). The joy and pleasure I get from this work starts with the art; perfectly expressive cartoon figures, richly detailed backgrounds, and shades of brown for color that give the book a vintage feel, like sepia or black and white in film.
There's also the narrative, which is a crazy mashup of period piece (1970s Oakland, California), police procedural, and action-thriller. There's also the twist: the police in question work for the public library, and are on the trail of a thief who stole a bible from the rare book room of the Oakland Library.
Shiga fills the panels of Bookhunter with images of '70s library technology -- card catalogs, microfilm readers, databanks on magnetic tape – that, for some, will bring back memories of days past and, for others, will be windows into a seemingly alien, analog and proto-digital world. While reading Bookhunter, one realizes it could only have been a comic.
Writer: Jason Shiga
Publisher: Sparkplug
Publication date: 2007-05
Length: 144 pages
Image: http://images.popmatters.com/columns_art/h/huston-bookhunter-cover.jpgCompared to other popular visual and storytelling media, comics are an exceptional enabler of the idiosyncratic, or the airing of peculiarly individual narratives, interests, and obsessions. This is not a technical matter -- in purely formal terms Bookhunter could be a movie or TV series – but rather this is a question of where different media fit into contemporary cultural economies and along the array of artistic practice.
One reason that comics are so well-suited to the articulation of singularly odd and innovative narrative visions is that the barriers to entry are low, not just in comparison to film and television, but in absolute terms, as well. At base, all you need is 1) a tool for drawing and 2) a surface for drawing on. Ideally, both will be made for easy reproduction. As a general matter, pencil and paper will do the trick.
The low barriers to entry not only mean that just about anyone can become a writer and artist, but also that just about anyone can actually afford to do so, too. While digital technologies have made filmmaking and television production more accessible than ever, working on a shoestring in those media is still a much different proposition than it is in comics where, again, pencil and paper will suffice. Financially, comics can sustain idiosyncrasy much more readily than movies or TV.
The relatively low financial stakes in comics further means that small audiences are rarely a reason why a book won't get made. It also means that there are fewer pressures to conform to storytelling or visual norms. Comics are rife with artists like Jason Shiga who bend and splice genres, and whose aesthetic sense is readily identifiable as his own.
Even the biggest publishers with the biggest titles can afford to indulge their creators. While this is not always a good thing, letting artists run wild in the corporate garden can produce deliciously creative results like Warren Ellis' and Stuart Immonen's Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. (Marvel Comics, 2006-2008), which, despite the lack of creator ownership, is as singular as any small press book. In film and television, because the pressures to find and categorize the potential audience are more intense, works that defy such pigeonholing are more difficult to get made and then, to get distributed.
This is not to suggest that there aren't artists making highly individual works in film and TV, of course, but the ability to be productive in that way in those media is more circumscribed than it is in comics, where the creator can set her/himself up at home, writing and drawing in her/his off-hours, and making copies for distribution at the local copy shop (or, even, individual handmade copies).
That image of the lone artist working at home points to another reason for the amenability of comics to idiosyncratic art: while the medium often is collaborative, it in no way needs to be. The digital technologies that make film and TV production more accessible financially also make it technically possible for a single individual to be their own studio, but that is not, I think, the best way to work in those media. Even at their most stripped down, the skill sets required to make film and TV are different enough that few can manage to work on their own in an effective and efficient way.
The collective nature of authorship in the production of narrative moving image works makes those forms interesting and exciting, but it also makes them fundamentally different from comics, where the individual creator can, in fact, exercise their particular demons and fixations without having to compromise her/his vision with others.
When considering distribution, the differences between comics, film, and television begin to blur. In all three, reaching a wider audience still largely requires business, and possibly corporate, partners. However in all three, there are increasing opportunities for creators to retain creative control over their work while relying on others for distribution. Individual artists in all of these forms can also self-publish online, but in all cases the internet is a noisy, crowded, and cluttered place that poses challenges for any independent producer to navigate and get noticed.
When getting down to the most basic ability to share one's work with others, the simplicity of comics production is matched by the simplicity of distribution. I can carry a stack of comics with me and hand them out, or sell them, to whomever I find that shares my interests or is intrigued by my work, and I can do this with relative ease and minimal cost, as compared to comparably handing out a film or TV show, both of which require additional technology to be seen, not excluding costlier production. In much the same way as individual artists can control the production of their work in comics, so too do individual readers control their experience in ways that is not quite possible with moving image media.
The potential for such individual exchanges is why comics conventions, especially those that cater to individual creators and small publishers, work as effectively they do for writers, artists, and readers alike (in fact, I purchased my copy of Bookhunter at this year's Stumptown Comics Festin Portland, Oregon).
The apparent simplicity, and sometimes crudeness, of comics makes it easy to look on the form as necessarily lacking in artistic value. What this impression misses is the creative latitude and freedom that the medium grants to artists. One of the truths hidden in the "comics aren't just for kids anymore" cliché is that comics are a medium wherein it is possible, common even, for an artist's vision, in all of its idiosyncrasy, to flower.
As much as I love film and television, I know that I will find more unique and singular works in the catalogs of small and independent comics presses than I will in theaters or on TV.


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"The song I dedicated to you that one day is now but a sad song of love; Let the wind blow it away to that summer day when we first met" ~Calc. [I should be doing other things now OTL]
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Napoli are reported to have made an enquiry into potentially signing Manchester United's Danny Welbeck.
The forward has struggled to make himself a first team regular at Old Trafford, prompting reports that he will be looking to leave the club in the summer.
Now, numerous English newspapers are reporting that Azzurri sporting director Riccardo Bigon has already enquired whether the England international would be interested in moving to Serie A.
Premier League sides Tottenham and Everton are also reported to be interested in securing the player's services. Corriere dello Sport say that it would need a bid of around €12m to prise the 23-year-old from the Red Devils.
However, it is thought that United will wait until a new full-time manager has been appointed before making a final decision on the future of any of their players.


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· It's one of the easiest ways to get next season's look now. Cardigans have been cropping up all over the Milan catwalks, adding refinement and restraint to the romanticism of the best shows.
· At Prada the cardigans were often dip-dyed by hand and shrunken in size, emphasising the fullness of that collection's skirts. As is typical for a house that likes to do things differently the cardigan is attached across the stomach by a coloured raffia brooch rather than by buttons.
· At Prada's sister label Miu Miu they were worn over beaded dresses, while at Alberta Ferretti they contrasted with the chiffon worn underneath.
· But not all of the cardigans were understated. At Dolce & Gabbana a little cardigan jacket had the prerequisite amount of shimmer.


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If you are an Almost Home adopter, we'd love for you to bring your "graduates" and visit with other Alumni, as well as get brought up to date on the latest rescue news, and enjoy some fun interaction!! If you are interested in fostering or adopting, please come out (feel free to bring your current pets) and ask questions of our representatives and also of other adopters!
Before you come, please review the Bark Park rules here. We do not recommend bringing small children, as there are often quite a few very large dogs enjoying off-leash time - not always the best environment for little ones!!
If you come to meet us, please look for our representative(s) in an Almost Home t-shirt.
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Willis, Drew
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- Illustrating and designing
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- found: Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet, 2007: ECip t.p. ([illustrations by Drew Willis]) Data view (Drew Willis grew up in Houston and attended the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He is a graphic designer and an illustrator.)
- found: Drew Willis illustration, via WWW, Sept. 21, 2012 (contact: email@example.com)
- found: Peek you, via WWW, Sept. 21, 2012 (lives in New York, NY; attended Academy of Art College and Boston College)
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Kids' English Idiom Art Contest Video
Kids' English idiom Art Contest - Winners Announced!
First Place:
Title: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Artist: Ada, age 9
School: School Herastrau, Romania
Second Place:
Title: Gold on a Chameleon's Back (a self-created English idiom, meaning ❛something valuable in an unwanted person❜)
Artist: Geethma, age 10
School: Sampath Rekha International Art Academy, Sri Lanka
Third Place:
Title: A Picture Says a Thousand Words
Artist: Alema, age 11
School: Kapolei Middle School, U.S.A.
A video showing a small sampling of the many beautiful entries submitted to this contest has already been posted on youtube. Check it out by clicking on the following link: http://youtu.be/66c6I4g2Yno
Kids' English Idiom Art Contest 2013 - Entry Deadline Approaching!
To learn how you and your class can participate, please refer to the Kids' English Idiom Art Contest Rules 2013 here.
On the...
When someone tells you that something is on him, he is telling you that ❛he is paying for it❜. For example:
When entered Mama Rosa's Restaurant, Luigi proudly turned to us and said that dinner was on him.
In some situations, a business might also offer you one of its products or services for free. Which of the following English idioms could you use ❛when a business, e.g. a restaurant or a bar, gives you something for free❜?
When a business does not charge you for something, e.g. a meal or a drink, the free product or service is said to be...
a) on the hook
b) on the hill
c) on the hop
d) on the house
Check your answer here.
A Car or Truck that Consumes a lot of Fuel
According to consumerreports.org, the most fuel-efficient vehicle on the road today is the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. What would you call ❛a car or truck that uses a lot of fuel❜?
A vehicle that is expensive to drive because it uses a lot of fuel can be called...
a) a gas sizzler
b) a gas gulper
c) a gas guzzler
d) a gas boozer
Check your answer here.


text: Glaciers are quickly becoming an endangered geographical species, so it might be best to come check them out so you can tell your grand kids what they looked like. Though the Going-to-the-Sun Road is be a modest road trip in itself, at only 50 miles long, you'll see more unforgettable sites on this little stretch of road than on many much longer trips. You'll cross the Continental Divide at an elevations of well over 6,000 feet and spot the mammoth glaciers of the aptly named Jackson Glacier Overlook. Be prepared, those of you who don't deal well with heights: a portion of the route is carved into sheer vertical cliff.


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Employment Lawyers and Law Firms in Madison, NJ
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Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg, P.C.
New Jersey Employment Law Attorneys(973) 744-4000
Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg, P.C. is located in Upper Montclair, New Jersey and provides a variety of legal services to clients throughout New Jersey and New York. Employment law practice areas encompass employment law including discrimination, retaliation and whistleblower...
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Resnick Law Group
Roseland, New Jersey Employment Lawyers(973) 781-1204
Resnick Law Group is a Roseland, New Jersey employment law firm exclusively representing employees in claims against their current, former or prospective employers. The attorneys believe in giving average citizens the advantages otherwise reserved for the companies who are guilty...
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Arseneault & Fassett, LLP
New Jersey, Chatham White Collar and Criminal Defense Attorneys(973) 635-3366
Arseneault & Fassett, LLP is located in Chatham, New Jersey. The law firm specializes in criminal defense including white collar crime for both state and federal cases. Their nearly 100 years of experience means that you can depend on high-quality legal services. The attorneys are...
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Abromson & Carey
Newark, New Jersey Social Security Disability Attorney(973) 623-5593 or (888) 512-7031
Abromson and Carey in Newark, NJ, helps clients who have been denied Social Security claims or disability payments. The firm is dedicated to making sure clients get the financial assistance they need. For 29 years, the firm provides clients with professional, thorough and practical...
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Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
Commercial Law Firm(973) 898-6502
Becker & Poliakoff is a diverse commercial law firm with more than one hundred forty five attorneys and lobbyists practicing in thirteen (13) offices throughout Florida, New York City, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and Prague, Czech Republic. The Firm is a member of Legus, a national...
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Brady, Brady & Reilly, LLC
New Jersey Personal Injury and Criminal Defense Lawyers(201) 702-1821 or (877) 915-5746
The law firm of Brady, Brady & Reilly (BBR) is located in Kearny, New Jersey. We have been serving people in North Jersey since 1965. Since then, our attorneys have acquired a reputation for achieving results at trial. Our knowledge of the law and our tenacity in the courtroom have...
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Clyde & Co
International Law Firm in New Jersey(973) 210-6700
Clyde & Co is a dynamic, rapidly expanding global law firm focused on providing a complete legal service to clients in our core sectors. We advise businesses that are at the heart of worldwide commerce and trade. Our combination of sector expertise, commercial attitude and in-depth...
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Cozen O'Connor
Business and Litigation Matters(973) 353-8400
Ranked among the top law firms in the country, Cozen O'Connor has 575 attorneys in 22 cities on two continents. We are a full-service firm with nationally recognized practices in litigation, business law, and government relations, and our attorneys have experience operating in all...
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David M. Cohen, LLC
Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation Attorney in New Jersey(973) 239-5900
David M. Cohen, LLC have decades of experience handling cases like yours, working day in and day out, helping people recover from serious accidents. Find out how our services can help you get on the path to healing.
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DLA Piper
Global Law Firm(973) 520-2550
DLA Piper became one of the largest legal service providers in the world in 2005 through a merger of unprecedented scope in the legal sector. While large in scale, the merger strategy was simple – to create an international legal practice capable of taking care of the most important...
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Duane Morris LLP
IP, Telecommunications, Information Technologies, Energy, Endangered Species(973) 424-2000
Duane Morris LLP, a full-service law firm with more than 700 attorneys in 24 offices in the United States and internationally, offers innovative solutions to the legal and business challenges presented by today's evolving global markets.
Evolving from a partnership of prominent...
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Einbinder Dunn & Goniea LLP
New York Business & Franchise Attorneys(973) 921-2000
At Einbinder Dunn & Goniea LLP, our lawyers have been counseling businesses of all sizes as well as individuals for more than 20 years. Our story begins in 1990, when Michael Einbinder and Terrence Dunn became partners. We shared a vision to offer clients real value-by providing...
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Epstein Becker & Green, PC
Health Care & Life Sciences, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Corporate Services, & Employee Benefits(973) 642-1900
Epstein Becker Green offers domestic and multinational companies comprehensive legal counsel and support. The firm is uncompromising in its pursuit of legal excellence and client service in its areas of practice: Health Care and Life Sciences, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Corporate...
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Ford & Harrison
Employment & Labor Law Firm(973) 646-7300
Founded in Atlanta in 1978, Ford & Harrison has built a national practice in all aspects of labor and employment law with 18 offices across the country. More than 190 labor and employment lawyers at the firm strive to provide clients with sound legal advice, practical counseling...
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Fowler White Boggs PA
Business and Litigation Law Firm(973) 273-9800
At Fowler White Boggs P.A., our lawyers are leaders in their respective fields, providing experienced, knowledgeable, trusted and valuable advice to clients.
We have five offices throughout the state of Florida, in addition to the national and international reach we have with...
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Fox Rothschild LLP
Nationwide Full-Service Law Firm(973) 992-4800
Since our founding in 1907 in Philadelphia, Fox Rothschild LLP has enjoyed a reputation for excellence in the fields of business, corporate and securities, labor and employment, real estate, creditors' rights, litigation and tax and estates law. Over the past twelve years we have...
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Gage Fiore LLC
Full-Service Law Firm in Florham Park, NJ(973) 377-4243
Gage Fiore LLC is a full-service law firm with office locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Our highly skilled lawyers provide legal services across a wide range of specialties, including: car accidents, civil rights, criminal law, DUI, divorce, employment & labor, family law,...
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Garces & Grabler
NJ Full Service Law Firm(800) 923–3456
Garces & Grabler, founded in 1991, is a full-service law firm with seven convenient law office locations throughout New Jersey. We provide a broad range of legal services to both individuals and businesses. We provide aggressive legal representation with proven results.
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Giblin & Combs
Morristown, New Jersey Auto Accident, Personal Injury & Malpractice Practice Lawyers(862) 345-6319
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Ginarte O'Dwyer Gonzalez Gallardo & Winograd, LLP
Personal Injury Attorneys in New Jersey and New York(973) 854-8400 or (888) 446-2783
Ginarte, O'Dwyer, Gonzalez, Gallardo and Winograd LLP serves personal injury clients in New York and New Jersey. The law firm has represented victims of accidents for more than 30 years. The lawyers have a combined 150 years of experience that they use to win cases.
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Goldstein, Vespi & Vazquez Law Firm
Alternative Dispute Resolution Lawyers in New Jersey(973) 595-5727
Goldstein, Vespi & Vazquez is a full service, regional law firm with a reputation for providing the highest quality, result-driven legal services to corporate and individual clients.
Our clients are a diverse mix of businesses and people who have a common desire to collaborate...
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Greenberg Minasian, LLC
New Jersey Personal Injury Attorneys(973) 325-0071
At Greenberg Minasian, LLC, we have experienced trial attorneys dedicated to fighting for the rights of injury victims and their family members. They represent people in various personal injury, workers' compensation, and wrongful death cases in various communities and counties including...
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text: I said to DH this morning, ME: "if we are not able to get a good rate (ex. 55US/nt) at a value for our next trip (will be during value season) we will have to pay 77US/nt". ME: "Maybe we should consider going to the Comfort Inn if I can get that cheap 36 US/nt price. We also have to consider that we will be staying a lot more nights then last time (at least 8 vs. 5 on last trip)" DH39: "Are you nuts? Theres no way we are staying off-site. 77 US/nt isn't so bad and you have to consider we can use the Magical Express for free. And I bet the shuttles off-site will not be as convenient as the WDW transportation (which DH loved)" I am so happy. POP CENTURY here we come. By writing this post, please understand that I am not trying to offend those who stay off-site. I'm sure for the same (or much less) money you can get wonderful accom. and much larger then the small value rooms at WDW. Its just that we loved staying on-site so much on our first trip we would prefer to do this next time. Suzy V.


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Monday, February 15, 1999 Published at 17:51 GMT
UK Politics
Blair backs modified food
GM food is on the menu in 10 Downing Street
By Political Correspondent Nick Assinder
Tony Blair has pitched himself into the centre of the "Frankenstein foods" row with a personal endorsement of the products.
In an unusual move, he ordered his spokesmen to express his "frustration" over the way the issue is being debated.
And he has revealed that he - and by implication his family - are happy to eat genetically modified food and that it is not banned from their menu.
He believes the foods, if properly approved, could be healthier, tastier and cheaper than their "natural" counterparts.
Downing Street spokesmen have been ordered to put out a robust line over the issue, stating: "The prime minister is very strongly of the view that this product is safe. He has no hesitation at all about saying that.
Gummer trap
The prime minister has been careful not to fall into the same trap as former Tory minister John Gummer, who was filmed attempting to feed a burger to his daughter to underline his view that beef was safe.
But his enthusiastic support for GM foods risks painting him in the same light.
The campaign against the foods is gaining ground and the prime minister is facing opposition not only from the media and the Tories, but even many in his own party.
His revelation that the official government caterers have not banned GM foods at such residences as Downing Street, Chequers and the foreign secretary's country home, Chevening, has put him at odds with the House of Commons.
The catering committee, headed by Labour MP Dennis Turner, banned GM foods months ago and is not about to change its mind.
Mr Turner, along with other Labour MPs like Joan Ruddock, has challenged the official government line and demanded an inquiry.
Labelling bill
Shadow spokesman John Redwood has also published a draft bill calling for clearer labelling of all GM foods.
Against this storm of opposition and emotion - understandably encouraged by recollections of recent food scares - it is almost impossible for the facts to fight their way into the daylight.
On that basis alone, the pressure for a ban on GM foods will intensify and Mr Blair could find himself at the wrong end of public opinion.
The revelations that former Labour advisors are involved in helping the manufacturers of the foods and that ministers and officials have had numerous meetings with representatives of the industry only boost the feelings of unease.
Many MPs, notably Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, are convinced the government will eventually have to climb down over the issue.
But the prime minister has painted himself into a corner. If he is right and there is nothing to fear, then the government will have to launch an all-out campaign to counter the current fears.
If ministers fail to turn the tide of public opinion, Mr Blair could find himself at the sharp end of the sort of food scandal that did the Tories such damage.
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Klipsch has released a special headphones for Android called Image S4A. Klipsch Image S4A headphone is coming with an inline remote control that could be used only by installing the Klipsch Control App which is free to download in the Android market.
The inline remote can help you pause or play music track, forward, or rewind tracks. Within the remote, there is also a mic for voice command on your Android phone and it can handle phone call as well.
Klipsch Image S4A headphones is compatible with Android 2.1 or above, so if you want one of this quality headphones you have to make sure that your phone has been installed with a proper Android OS.
You can pre-order this headphone right now for just $99.99. As a bonus, it also coming a carrying case, clip and three ear tips sizes.


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Manufactured By: Memphis Grills
Memphis Small Grate Kit for Memphis Pro and Advantage Pellet Grills
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- Model #: VG4000
- Please allow a 3-4 week lead time to receive the product.
- The VG4000 Small Grate Kit fits the Pro Built-In and Freestanding Model as well as the Advantage and Advantage Plus.
- This small grate kits allow additional primary cooking surface to be added to your Memphis Pellet Grill. These kits can add between 272 and 543 square inches of cooking surface, depending on the model of grill you have.
- Nickle-plated grates allow for a easy clean are a good cooking surface to get the perfect sear marks.
The Small Grate Kit from Memphis Pellet Grills for the Pro and Advantage Models is a secondary source of cooking surface that adds an additional 272 square inches of cooking surface.


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An inmate has asked two different federal appeals courts to stop his execution for the murder and rape 16 years ago of an elderly Tuscaloosa County woman.
MONTGOMERY | An inmate has asked two different federal appeals courts to stop his execution for the murder and rape 16 years ago of an elderly Tuscaloosa County woman.
Eddie Duval Powell appealed Tuesday to the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming he should not be executed because he is mentally challenged. He made the same plea to the Alabama Supreme Court, which on Monday refused to stop the lethal injection set for Thursday.
Powell is also appealing to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging a ruling by U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins of Montgomery. Watkins last week rejected Powell's appeal that his execution should be stopped because the state recently switched a key drug used in executions. The 41-year-old Powell claims the new drug, pentobarbital, might cause him pain and suffering. Alabama prisons officials switched to it because of a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental.
Powell would become the fourth person executed in Alabama this year.
Powell was convicted of the March 25, 1995, shooting death of Mattie Wesson during an early morning burglary at her home in the Holt community in Tuscaloosa County.
Powell was working at a Tuscaloosa restaurant and had been living with a co-worker in a house across the street from Wesson's home. Powell was accused of breaking into the home, raping Wesson and shooting her as she tried to escape. Wesson's blood was found later on Powell's pants and on a jacket Powell had borrowed from his roommate.


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December 2012
Photo of the Day set for December 2012. Penn State's University Park campus.
Center Theatre marks 30th anniversary with 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
The Center Theatre Players will mark their 30th anniversary of presenting theatre for the Penn State Beaver Brodhead Cultural Center with a production of "Jesus Christ Superstar," 7:30 p.m., July 26, 27, and 28, in the campus Student Union Building. Tickets are on sale, and advance ticket purchase is recommended. Tickets are $15 for all ages. All seating is general, and tickets are non-refundable. Tickets can be purchased Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Beaver campus Ross Administration Building, suite 202. In addition, tickets can be ordered by mail by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope with a detailed request for tickets, contact information, and a check payable to Penn State. Mail request to: Brodhead Cultural Center Penn State Beaver, 100 University Drive, Monaca, PA 15061. If available, tickets will be sold on the night of each performance beginning at 6 p.m. in the auditorium lobby. For more information, contact the Brodhead Cultural Center at 724-773-3610 or email@example.com, call the Events Hotline at 724-773-3600, or visit www.beaver.psu.edu/Brodhead.
Preparing for 11th annual Trash to Treasure
Trash to Treasure volunteers preparing Beaver Stadium for the June 2, 2012 used goods sale.
Penn State Equine Science Showcase and Quarter Horse Sale April 28
The 10th anniversary edition of the Equine Science Showcase and Quarter Horse Sale will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on April 28 in the Snider Agricultural Arena on Penn State's University Park campus.
Campus United Way Committee conducts gourmet food sale
The public is invited to enjoy Joe Corbi's gourmet pizza, pastries, breads, and pretzels to help the Penn State Beaver United Way Committee raise funds for the United Way of Beaver County. A large selection of food items and holiday gifts is available, including gourmet pizza, cookie dough, cinnamon rolls,chee-zee bread, cinna-bread, pretzels, calzones, pumpkin rolls, cinnamon twists, pies, and cheese cakes. All proceeds benefit the United Way of Beaver County.
Checks are payable to Penn State UW Benefit Fund and orders can be placed with any of the following members of the United Way Committee:
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Volunteers needed to prepare for Trash to Treasure's Big May Sale
This May, enjoy the experience of working in Beaver Stadium for a good cause. Those interested in working with Trash to Treasure can sign up alone or bring friends and/or co-workers for a rewarding activity that greatly benefits many local organizations and the Centre County United Way.


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Internet news outlets and other IT alert services are publishing information regarding a serious vulnerability with Java 7. Java is used by some websites and web services, including TTU Blackboard and Banner INB.
While the continued use of these and other TTU Java-enabled web applications is still safe, the TTU IT Division warns that due to the announced vulnerability, other Java-enabled websites on the internet could be infected with malicious code. Visiting an infected website and executing its Java applet can result in complete compromise of your computer, including the exposure or loss of any confidential or personal information stored therein.
To best protect yourself from this and other computer vulnerabilities, the IT Division recommends following Safe Computing Practices including:
Some departments and users may wish to consider disabling Java entirely if they know Java is not needed on their systems, at least until Oracle Corp. releases a patch to correct the vulnerability. IT Help Central has created an AskIT article which provides additional information and assistance for local IT support personnel and advanced users who wish to disable Java, found at https://www.askit.ttu.edu/portal/guestviewsolution.jsp?solutionid=130111164630482.
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Microsoft has a new site for IT Pros called Thrive. There are a ton of resources here for IT Pros regarding Certification, Career Planning, ramping up your technical skills and more.
There are even some of my own webcasts in the virtualization section of the site!
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Juve stay third after defeat at Reggina
MILAN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A depleted Juventus missed the chance to go second in Serie A after a stoppage-time penalty gave lowly Reggina a 2-1 home win on Saturday.
Nicola Amoruso converted the controversial spotkick after Mohamed Sissoko had caught the striker in the head attempting an overhead kick. Juve midfielder Cristiano Zanetti was dismissed for protesting after the final whistle.
Forward Franco Brienza had put second bottom Reggina ahead when he latched on to Bruno Cirillo's mishit effort and slotted home on 32 minutes.
Italy outcast Alessandro Del Piero equalised with his 11th goal of the league season when his long-range strike on 71 minutes squirmed under keeper Andrea Campagnolo, who otherwise had a good game.
Third-placed Juve are a point behind AS Roma, who host fourth-placed Fiorentina on Sunday. Inter Milan, 11 points clear at the top, visit in-form Sampdoria.
Claudio Ranieri's side felt hard done by after Pavel Nedved, Mauro Camoranesi and Sissoko, a January signing from Liverpool, had penalty appeals turned down.
Juve believe a number of key refereeing decisions have gone against them this season.
'If you have seen the whole match you can understand. We are just bitter. Three penalty episodes for us is only the tip of the iceberg,' Ranieri said.
The club are back in the top flight after spending last season in Serie B having been found guilty of gaining favourable referees in a match-fixing scandal.
Juve, who suffered their third league defeat, pressured in the second period but they lacked a cutting edge with strikers David Trezeguet and Vincenzo Iaquinta ruled out through illness and injury. Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was also rested.
Earlier, Parma edged out of the relegation zone but threw away two points in a remarkable 4-4 draw at mid-table Torino.
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Over recent years Tom Dale has produced a body of work for both galleries and public spaces, bringing to both the same dexterity and questioning vision. Terminal Blue will concentrate on the following pieces, two of which are important works in the development of his practice that are for the first time, to be fully realised, as well as one set of works that have been commissioned especially for John Hansard Gallery.
Terminal Blue - the title work of the exhibition - forms the first part of the show, uniting art specifics, as much of Dale's work does, such as questions of scale and definition, with more phenomenological ones. The piece is partially participatory, consisting of a banner being flown across the sky by plane in the form of a giant-sized colour swatch that details the shift from dark blue to light blue. Seen across the skyline at a specific time, details and a copy of the colour swatch, including the commercial paints names of the colours, will be printed in the local press giving people in the city the opportunity to make a comparison with the swatch and sky that day.
Another work is Infinity Wall, an apparatus that enables the gallery space to continually record, produce and destroy its own memory in real time. The printed images, which will emerge from one of the gallery walls, only to be shredded minutes later, will accumulate in the space over the duration of the exhibition leaving the detritus of its own memory to mingle with the other works in the show.
Key to the exhibition will be an important new body of work which will occupy the central gallery space. A series of sculptures will take their cue from an earlier series of digital images, and, like the two central commissions, these objects will in their own way seek to make sense of the changing dynamics between interior/exterior space which Dale sees as something born out of the impact of digital and virtual space.
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Characters and Story
Dynamic characters promise to take a story's audience on a journey. The key issue to understand is that it is because characters in stories act out to resolution and fulfillment issues of human need that they engage the attention of an audience. When introducing a story's characters, then, writers need to suggest in some way that their characters are "ripe." By that I mean a character has issues that arise from a story's promise.
For example, if courage is the main issue in a story, the storyteller can set a character into an environment designed to compel them to act. That's how a story's promise is made visible. It establishes both why characters act and why a story's audience should care.
Viewers want to care, to believe in the possibility of what a story's characters can accomplish. In that way they experience that belief in themselves. That's why a storyteller often arranges a story's elements to deliberately beat down and place characters in great danger, so the story's readers can more powerfully experience their rising up unconquered. Just as we secretly imagine ourselves, standing in their shoes, doing as well.
For example, in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are designed to be strong-willed characters in love with the idea of love. They are characters who refuse to allow anything, even death, to be obstacles to their love proving itself. By their actions, they bring this story about love to life in a way readers have enjoyed for centuries. Because their actions arise from the story's dramatic purpose, they manifest the story's movement to fulfillment.
Once the storyteller understands the role their characters serve for an audience, they can better perceive why such characters should be introduced in a particular manner:
In a way an audience can understand and identify with a particular character and their goals.
In a way that the audience is led to care about the outcome of a character's goals and issues while also perceiving how they advance the story toward its resolution and fulfillment.
That's why it's important a storyteller introduce characters in a way that allows an audience the time to take in who the characters are and what issues they have to resolve. Often this can be done simply by limiting the number of characters introduced in a scene. Many popular movies, for example, have only one or two main characters in a scene. Large group scenes are the exception, not the rule. The purpose of this is so the audience can clearly identify with an understand a character's issues.
Second, the actions of a story's characters should advance a story toward its resolution and fulfillment along its story and plot lines in a discernible way. If characters serve no dramatic purpose in a scene -- if their actions don't serve to advance the story -- save their introduction for a later time.
Characters in a story should be designed by the storyteller to have emotions that suggest how they will react to a story's events. In a story about courage, characters might confront their feelings about lacking courage. That's the internal side of the equation. The storyteller then puts them into an environment that compels them to react. By how they react, they set out the story's dramatic purpose and give voice to their feelings and concerns as the action of the story exerts pressure on them. By resolving questions based on the inner conflicts of characters, a story has meaning to those in the audience with similar feelings and issues.
Story events that have no real effect on a character's inner feelings -- a character's sense of mattering -- serve no purpose in a story. Worse, they can confuse an audience. They see characters with certain issues reacting to events that don't clearly elicit those responses. Or that elicit responses that seem out of sync with what they know about a character. Or a character's issues have been kept hidden in a way the audience has no way to feel engaged over how or why characters are responding to a story's events.
The deeper issue here is that the storyteller have a sense of how the types of characters that populate a story arise from a story's dramatic purpose. That their emotions arise from setting out that purpose. That the events of the story clearly compel those characters to respond based on a sense of who they are. That all of these are blended together to recreate a story's journey along its story line from its introduction to its fulfillment.
Well-told stories populated with dynamic, dramatic characters with larger than life passions and needs act out issues those in the audience might struggle with. Such characters battling with other determined characters to shape a story's course and outcome bring a story's dramatic purpose to life in a fulfilling way.
Creating such characters is another art in the craft of storytelling.
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CHICAGO (CBS) — Common may be in jeopardy of losing his Chicago condominium to foreclosure, according to an online report.
Bank Of America has filed foreclosure paperwork, saying the Chicago rapper has not paid his $2,285 monthly mortgage payment since March, TMZ reports.
Bank of America is seeking $345,389, which includes the amount of the mortgage, plus interest and penalties.


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Collaborative Development of Innovative Blood Testing Technology
Leading companies and institutes in protein diagnostics and micro-nano-bio research, including Philips, imec, Hytest, PolyAn, Bremen University, and Eindhoven University of Technology, have joined forces to investigate next-generation technologies with the goal of enabling new, highly sensitive, point-of-care blood tests. Within three years, the project aims to develop a novel, polymer microtechnology device; bio-molecular interfacing technologies; and biophysical discrimination technologies. In addition, the goal is to integrate these into a prototype for high-resolution detection of protein biomarkers.
Blood tests provide pivotal medical information and are used in 70% of all medical diagnoses. Today however, in the vast majority of cases, a conclusive diagnosis can only be reached with the accuracy and reliability of a central hospital laboratory. Patients could therefore greatly benefit from near-patient, high-quality testing that is sufficiently swift, robust, and convenient to be used in community care centers, at doctor's offices, and even by patients at home.
Imec and its associated lab at the University of Ghent will contribute to the project by developing polymer-based microtechnologies for biomarker detection integrated in a functional prototype device. The key innovation challenge will be to integrate the new NextDx micro/nano-biotechnology in a compact system without compromising sensitivity. To do so, the aim is to develop a highly sensitive platform based on polymer optical cartridges. Optical detection systems have been proven to be very sensitive, while polymer technology is known to be cost effective and allows compact integration and packaging.
The NextDx sensor concept is based on the detection of bio-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles in an optical field. After actuation by an external magnet, the target molecules in the sample end up locked between the active sensor surface and the nanoparticles, after which they can be detected optically. Imec will develop precision polymer waveguides to generate a well-defined optical field that will allow detection with single nanoparticle resolution.
By the end of the project, NextDx aims to demonstrate an integrated micro-nano-bio system (MNBS) platform technology for extremely sensitive protein detection, within a few minutes, directly in blood plasma. The partners will also have integrated these technologies into a prototype system for biomarker detection. In addition, this prototype biosensing system will be demonstrated for the rapid detection of a representative cardiac biomarker: cardiac troponin I.
For more information, visit www.nextdx.eu.


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Dr. Liz Wagstrom
It's been a very long road to the January 2017 implementation of the U.S. Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD). The first regulatory action concerning antibiotic resistance was implemented in 2003. For many years prior to that, the FDA had been studying the potential for antibiotic use in animals to have a public health impact.
"Before the VFD rule and Guidance 213, Guidance 209 stated that the FDA believed that production uses, for improving nutritional efficiency and growth promotion, of antibiotics that are medically important was injudicious, and remaining therapeutic uses, which were for disease prevention, control and treatment, should be under veterinary oversight," said Liz Wagstrom, DVM and Chief Veterinarian for the National Pork Producers Council.
Guidance 213 and the VFD work together, in order to explain to sponsors how to change labels and what new research is needed to achieve therapeutic claims. The VFD rule laid out the changes to antibiotic usage in order to make it more feasible to have VFDs across a wide range of products.
"The general purpose of the VFD is to ensure antibiotics are being used properly, but I think the agency expects to see a reduction in use," Wagstrom said. "However, there could be some in FDA who will say that if more people use treatment with higher doses, we may not actually see a reduction. Their definition of success would be that they could say the antibiotics being used with veterinarian's orders are at the right dose for the right disease for the right duration."
The FDA is continuing to refine the VFD process. Currently, they are looking at antibiotics that don't have a duration listed on the label and assessing concerns to determine if modifications are needed. Extra label use is another area that is being reviewed. Antibiotic use and resistance will continue to be monitored globally, which could result in additional changes. Changes won't happen quickly, but you should expect an ongoing review process.
Will the VFD Reduce Antibiotic Use?
Without good data on how and why antibiotics are being used now, Wagstrom says it's hard to know how much they'll change. For example, of medically important antibiotics, tetracycline has the highest sale in animal agriculture. Tetracycline can be used for growth promotion as well as disease prevention, control and treatment in multiple species. All uses of tetracycline will be allowed to continue with the exception of growth promotion.
"Because we don't currently know what percent is being used for growth promotion, it's hard to anticipate how use might decrease. Some veterinarians may not write a VFD for some uses, while some farmers may try to get by without antibiotics because they don't want to pay for a veterinary call," she said. "There's also a lot of uncertainty around maintaining a veterinary-client relationship and how that might affect use."
Alternatives to Antibiotic Growth Promoters
Starting in January when the VFD is implemented, the challenge for animal food producers is to find alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) to minimize the risks of affecting overall production and animal performance.
"To assist in the transition from AGPs to alternatives, we are providing customers with feed additives to reduce feed costs and lessen susceptibility to enteric diseases all while increasing animal performance with the use of enzymes, probiotics, prebiotics, organic acids and minerals," said Bob Buresh, PhD, Executive Manager, Technical Services – North America at Novus International.
Stress and disease will continue to play havoc with dairy and beef cow health. Mineral nutrition oxidative balance and energy requirements play an important role in maintaining dairy and beef cows' immune system, keeping them healthy and productive.
Challenge of transition period and calving: Inflammation affects immunity which can lead to infection and reduced performance.
Solution: ALIMET® provides cattle with a proven source of the amino acid, methionine. However, methionine provides benefits beyond just being an amino acid source. ALIMET offers anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties which increase feed intake to keep transition cows healthy during this physiologically demanding time.
Challenge of weaning stress: A decrease or fluctuation in feed intake, even for a matter of hours, can cause a change in the gut barrier function.This can create a condition referred to as "leaky gut" syndrome that is susceptible to bacteria, mycotoxins and other toxic compounds.
Solution: AGRADO® Plus and MINTREX® help support gut health in newly weaned beef calves while optimizing immunity and enhancing performance.
Challenge of heat stress: When an animal becomes heat stressed, dry matter intake is reduced and metabolic changes interfere with mobilizing energy reserves.This insufficiency in energy results in decreased milk production coupled with increased oxidative stress.
Solution: Antioxidants, like AGRADO Plus, are an important tool to improve feed efficiency, digestion and gut function and reduce the impact of oxidative stress.
Challenge of immunity: Vaccine failure caused by poor animal nutrition.
Solution: The MINTREX and MAAC® product lines provide highly bioavailable trace minerals that are essential in building immune response and combatting infections by raising antibody titers and decreasing SCC.
The nutritional demands for dairy cows are immense especially during the times of peak lactation, calving and breeding. These physiological demands as well as other external factors place stress on the reproductive system of the dairy cow, delaying her return to normal estrus cycles. This in turn can result in reduced conception rates and increased days open. These reductions in reproductive performance ultimately cost the cow as well as the dairyman. Management conditions can be right for optimizing breeding but if the cow's nutrition is not optimized, she may not be cycling or developed other sub-clinical challenges preventing her from becoming pregnant. MINTREX has been shown in multiple conditions to improve reproductive parameters.
Figure 1 shows a multi-herd commercial trial in Spain where cows supplemented with MINTREX had a 9 percentage point improvement in first service conception rates. Industry standard estimates $450 per pregnancy on a large commercial dairy, so in a 1000 cow herd, a 9 percent increase in conception would mean 90 more pregnancies. The increase in pregnancies would generate $40.50 per cow. Subtracting out the cost of MINTREX results in a return on investment of $30.00 per cow per year.
Not only is a dairy cow more reproductively effective when her nutrition is balanced, but she is healthier and more productive as a whole. Nutrition can have a strong influence on the cow's ability to fight off infection and respond to traditional vaccinations and treatments. The trace minerals zinc, copper and manganese are essential in supporting a dairy cow's immune function and health. They play critical roles in antioxidant pathways and maintain structural integrity of epithelial barriers against infection. Deficiencies negatively affect a dairy cow's immune function and her natural defense against disease challenges. When that happens, the animal is more susceptible to health disorders and reduced overall performance.
Somatic cell count (SCC), antibody titers and milk production during times of stress are three key measures of herd health. MINTREX works to improve enzyme function and support the immune system in dairy cows, resulting in improved health indicators.
Novus is passionate about cow comfort, oxidative balance, well-being, and sustainability for dairy cows and dairy farms. That's why we have developed program specifically designed to help dairies excel in these four categories of cow performance. The NOVUS C.O.W.S. Program® helps dairy producers analyze their herd's daily activities and provides producers with the information to help them ensure the comfort and well-being of their cows. To create this one-of-a-kind program, Novus partnered with the University of British Columbia Animal Welfare Program to develop a nationwide benchmarking study. Its goal is to evaluate dairy operations and provide ways to improve cow comfort, enhance their oxidative balance and promote the well-being of the herd while, at the same time, contributing to sustainability in the dairy industry.
In its first year, the C.O.W.S. program measured approximately 140 dairies across California, Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Vermont and New York. The C.O.W.S. program continues to expand in order to service your needs.
Contact Rachel Hieston at firstname.lastname@example.com for information on getting your first C.O.W.S. assessment started!
Novus hosted its second annual Ruminant Mineral Symposium in Little Rock, Arkansas, October 10 – 12th. There was a great turn out for the meeting with a strong agenda presented. In addition to the presentations, attendees had the opportunity to tour the MINTREX manufacturing facility in Little Rock. The main theme of this year's symposium was analyzing trace mineral status of an animal and using the latest methods and technologies for formulation to optimize mineral usage by the animal. Key take-away points from each of the presentations are below. Contact your Novus Sales Representative for a full copy of the meeting proceedings.
Dr. Bill Weiss – Update on Minerals: The more we learn, the less we know
Dr. Jeff Hall – Vitamin–Mineral Problems and Their Diagnoses in Cattle
Dr. Lance Baumgard – Leaky Gut's Contribution to Heat Stress and Ketosis
Dr. Johnathan Wilson
What is your official title at Novus?Application Systems Manager
How long have you been with Novus?Nine months
In your role what is the most interesting thing you do?
I supervise and coordinate new ALIMET® system
installations, repairs and upgrades.
What is your favorite Novus product?
What accomplishment or moment in your career are you most proud of?
I obtained a PhD in Grain Science from Kansas State University.
What is the oddest or hardest question a customer has ever asked you?What
do you mean we need to stop making feed or grinding corn if we have to
use a cutting torch or angle grinder in the mill? Do you expect us to
stop production every time we need to do that?
The answer is yes.
In your opinion, what is the biggest challenge facing the animal agriculture industry today?The
general public is constantly inundated with information about the food
supply chain and production agriculture, but they lack an in-depth
understanding of what production agriculture entails on a day-to-day
operational basis. The gap between farm to fork is now greater than
ever. As members of the food supply chain we have a duty to address
this growing concern by consumers so sound decisions in regards to
regulation and production practices can be made.
What would be your first move if you were tasked with helping the industry overcome that challenge?For
years, the agriculture industry has made efforts to educate the public
about where their food comes from or how it is produced. Today, the
highly engaged, influential consumer can't get enough of it. It's our
job as members of the agriculture industry to make sure that information
is available and it is presented in a way that the general public can
understand it.
When you are not promoting Novus products, what do you like to do? Keeping
up with my two daughters, trying not to introduce new words into their
vocabulary while I watch K-State sports and explaining to them that 5
and 7 isn't quite old enough to go hunting with dad, but that day is
If you could go to dinner with any three people, dead or alive, who would you choose? Carl Sagan, Patton Oswalt and Neil Gaiman
If you had to choose only one book for your library, what would it be?Sandman
What is your favorite beef/dairy/pork/poultry product to eat?Smoked BBQ brisket


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Wednesday, 21 June, 2000, 09:31 GMT 10:31 UK
Is nuclear power in retreat?
Germany has become the first leading economic power officially to announce its intention to phase out the use of nuclear energy.
The deal, agreed by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and the chiefs of Germany's top utilities, will mean all nuclear power stations in Germany could be closed within the next 20 years.
Critics say that abandoning nuclear energy will lead to job losses and mean importing electricity from countries with bad nuclear safety records. They say this could increase electricity output - and therefore carbon dioxide emissions - from conventional power plants.
Is this the death knell for nuclear power? What future is there for nuclear power now? Should other countries follow Germany's lead?
This debate is now closed. Read a selection of your comments below.
Your reaction
Nuclear power will always be in use as not only is it a way of constant power but it is also the way for any country to define itself as a super power to its neighbours. So Germany will never totally get rid of it.
Trevor, UK
Richard L, UK says "I was in Berlin when the reactor near Kiev blew up. I can remember being told not to go out in the rain. Many Germans remember it."
Well, you probably won't want to be going out in the rain very much once fossil fuels are belching sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere either.
Corey Watts, Australia
It, indeed, is the death knell for the Most Destructive Power unleashed by human brain and skill. The safeguards
are wafer thin. One accident conjured or by chance, could cost hundreds of thousands of human lives and irreparable damage to the environment.
Whether you like nuclear power or not it might be worth pointing out that the Greens have received support from the German trade unions who see more work for coal miners in a nuclear free future. Personally I've still not decided if I prefer the risks of global warming or nuclear accidents, though here in Sweden global warming may be the lesser of the two evils.
Patricia van der Veer, Atlantic Canada
Investing in more nuclear technology will mortgage our future and that of future generations. We will pay the price for centuries to come. Renewable technologies harness the energy that comes from the sun (solar does it directly, wind and wave indirectly).
There is massive scope for increasing renewable energy production and efficiency.
Eric Boher, Australia
It seems clear to me that, in the developed world at least, nuclear power is dead in the water. This might be the result of several things - secrecy by the industry, arrogance by scientists towards the general populace, but the bottom line is that it isn't economically viable.
The only sustainable long term replacement for Nuclear is to improve energy efficiency, so we don't need to make up the shortage that's going to be caused by it's inevitable demise. If governments spent a fraction on energy efficiency programmes that they've blown on Nuclear power, we could make gains, improve the environment and save the country a fortune.
The Greens are in a tight spot, without nuclear power fossil fuels will have to be used. Which do they hate more, nuclear power or global warming?
Nuclear power is the cheapest power source per KWH and not nearly as polluting as fossil fuels stations, I find most fears about nuclear power to be mostly unfounded. Germany should consider that fossil fuels will quickly be exhausted and the re-activation of a nuclear energy program would be disastrously expensive
The way things work in New York where I live I don't want to trust any politician or scientist or whatever of the safety of the nuclear plant up the Hudson river which licked a couple of months ago without the public being notified. Let the damn nuclear plants die, it was a bad idea to begin with.
Claudia, USA
Does anybody stop using planes because of air crashes? What is an alternative to nuclear plants: coal, oil, gas? Aren't these sources limited and environmentally dangerous? It's better to improve the safety of the nuclear plants rather then make stupid political decisions.
My definition of a green is someone who thinks the environment should be protected for ourselves and future definitions. I am a green by that definition. I was the best in my year at school in maths, physics and chemistry, at different times; I have a good degree in an engineering discipline.
It is perfectly reasonable to be educated in the sciences and technology and to have green views. Being green is not about being ignorant of science; and science is a very useful tool in determining what we need to do to protect the environment. This green vs science rubbish is nonsense.
The real issue is green vs irresponsible exploitation, depletion and destruction of natural resources.
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All existing technologies
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Does Germany really want to be reliant upon France, a country which refuses to open up its electricity sector to competition in breach of EU rules?
Okay, replace nuclear power with oil and gas but what will happen when that runs out in a few decades? I guess the politicians will be gone by then so they don't care.
Why not reduce the consumption of energy? This may sound farfetched, especially in developed countries where demand is very high. However, sooner or later, all citizens of the world must realise that every single source of energy will ultimately be exhausted.
Mark Denney, England
Much of what we need and enjoy today depends on electricity. Currently there is no replacement for nuclear power. So, I am strongly in favour of continued development of nuclear power, until we have a better alternative.
Simon Tompsett, UK
Unfortunately, "greens", in general and idiot politicians, in particular, know little about the physical sciences. If renewable energy was viable, it would be in widespread use since the fuel costs are free. Nuclear power is the least "evil" form of electricity supply, and should actually be used to replace fossil fuel sources until the elusive alternatives become practical.
This issue is not all plain sailing and it is one of a few spectacularly badly formed ideas from a government where the Greens hold the balance of power. On a state level, there are large objections due to the level of redundancies and this issue is certainly not cut and dry. With 30% of energy generated by nuclear fuel, it is difficult to see where the alternative source will be.
Nuclear power was sold to us in the 1970's as the new, clean and efficient form of energy. Why the sudden change of heart? Do the authorities only tell us half-truths about sensitive subjects like nuclear fuel and GM food products?
You cannot "dis-invent" nuclear power. The Germans say they are becoming nuclear-free but once the reactors have been shut down, what will they do with all the uranium? This decision causes more problems than it solves.
Paul R, UK
I was in Berlin when the reactor near Kiev blew up. I can remember being told not to go out in the rain. Many Germans remember it.
Nuclear power stations around the world are being shut down amid fears of environmental disasters.
However with fossil fuel reserves dwindling, what will we replace nuclear power with?
Renewable sources have a useful contribution to make but there simply aren't enough viable hydropower sites and other forms are still experimental.
We must not lose the nuclear expertise we have gained, for a time will come when the choice is either nuclear electricity, or no large-scale electricity. I know which I would prefer.
Adrian Langford, England
In actual fact, Sweden previously announced it would close all its nuclear plants, then had to stop the closure programme since it had no clean replacement source of energy, and insufficient non-nuclear generation to meet the country's power requirements
Scott Hill, England
A referendum held in Italy in 1987 phased out nuclear power in that country. It became the first major industrial power to do so. That means Germany comes second.
At last, the Germans have realised that nuclear electricity generation is expensive and unacceptably dangerous. The nuclear power and reprocessing industry was only established as a front for producing material for weapons.
Nuclear power of some form still remains the only source of power that does not contribute to any greenhouse effect that may exist.
Anti-nuclear campaigners are, by definition, pro-pollution through the burning of fossil fuels. Renewable sources are all very well, but until they are in full-scale use then every time we switch on a light we burn more fossil fuel.
Until anyone can come up with anything better, nuclear power is essential for us to continue to enjoy the lifestyle to which we have become accustomed.
Germany has 30% of its electricity produced by nuclear plants. The vast majority of the rest is made by burning coal and gas, thereby increasing global warming. To make up for the 30%, Germany will have to build new power plants which, unless they use renewable energy, will increase the amount of CO2 Germany produces.
Perhaps, Germany will decide to buy electricity from its neighbours like France, which currently makes 70% of its electricity from nuclear plants!
Nuclear power itself is safe, it's the waste produced that is not. The trouble is that the world's supply of oil, coal and gas will not last forever and if nuclear power stations are to close, then an alternative must be found.
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Using multiple studies and assessing over 11,000 women from around the world, a study has found HIV is highly prevalant among trans women
Transgender women are 49 times more likely to have HIV than the general population, a new study has found.
Suggesting nearly a fifth of all trans women worldwide have HIV, the study involved over 11,000 women in 15 different countries from around the world.
Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the authors say: 'Our findings suggest that transgender women are a very high burden population for HIV and are in urgent need of prevention, treatment and care services.'
The data, conducted between 2000 and 2011, was only available from 'male-predominant HIV epidemics' including the US, three European countries, five Latin American countries and six Asia-Pacific countries.
The investigators believe many of the infections will have been acquired via unprotected anal sex, and trans women are more likely to engage in sex work.
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Dr Stefan Baral, who led the study, told The Huffington Post it does not seem like it is a 'priority' for governments or health care providers to care about the needs of trans communities.
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Educational Program for Various Health Literacy Levels to Improve the Health of Individuals With Heart Failure
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