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PASCO, Wash. — R. James Cook sees many agricultural problems he wishes he could work on.
"In many ways I wish I was just starting out, with all that I know now," the celebrated Washington plant pathologist said. "It would be so much fun."
Cook received the prestigious Wolf Prize for agriculture in 2011 for his 40 years researching plant pathology and crop and soil sciences at Washington State University and USDA Agricultural Research Service. Now retired from WSU. he operates the Plant Health International website, which is an information source for farmers, researchers and students.
Cook delivered the keynote address during the Far West Agribusiness Association winter meeting in Pasco, Wash.
"My goal has always been to provide enough information for farmers and agribusinesses to make the right decisions," he said.
Cook would like to research why grass seed grows better when fields are burned. He believes the diseases pythium root rot and rhizoctonia are involved, and the burned field leads to better conditions for the crop.
Pythium and rhizoctonia pathogens occur in the soil for multiple crops, although Cook primarily focused on their effects on wheat roots throughout his research.
Wheat seeds without a seed treatment will be 40 to 50 percent infected in the embryos within the first 24 to 48 hours after being planted into moist soil, Cook said.
Pythium removes root hairs, which Cook said was a major discovery, as it eliminates the wheat plant's ability to reach out for the nutrients it needs to thrive.
Cook used soil fumigation as a check and research tool to see what wheat with healthy roots would look like and help distinguish disease sources. It helped him fight the pervasive idea that wheat monoculture diminishes yields because the soil selectively depleted the nutrients, when the crop is depleted of its roots.
After conducting further research, Cook also fought against the long-standing idea that "toxic straw" was affecting wheat yields in stubble-mulch farming, finding the same results when he used oatmeal or grass clippings. Cook found that pasteurizing the soil eliminated pythium, and said work is being done currently at WSU to find resistance to pythium and rhizoctonia. The discovery helped usher in direct seed and conservation tillage systems.
"I've learned one thing: whoever gets there first with an explanation for something, it's really hard to replace it with a different explanation," he said.
Even though he emphasized crop rotation as the best way to control diseases, Cook spent the bulk of his career studying continuous wheat plotting.
"That's the scientific frontier," he said. "We know we can control these root diseases for the most part if we wait long enough."
Cook sees a need to research diseases in the field instead of the laboratory. The molecular biology field is attracting researchers interested in working in the lab, so that they don't know how to conduct a field plot or test, he said.
"My whole philosophy was to test my hypotheses in the field first and then if they were verified, take work to the lab to study in more depth," he said. "When you do field research, you take a risk just like a farmer takes a risk — how many experiments did I lose from winterkill, from elk eating my wheat or other things that can go wrong. It is a challenge but it's certainly interesting and I found it to be a lot of fun."
Plant Health International: http://planthealthinternational.com
Far West Agribusiness Association: http://www.fwaa.org/


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Ben Roethlisberger shakes early injury – Steelers blast Seahawks. Ben Roethlisberger was down on the Heinz Field turf, his right knee throbbing, and feared the worst. Turns out, the searing pain was only temporary. Just like his team's slow start. – ESPN News Services
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Seahawks melt down in Steeltown – Seattle has 164 yards of offense in 24-0 loss to Steelers AP On the Everett Herald
Recap: Pittsburgh vs. Seattle – Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers emphatically rebounded from a Week 1 loss by shutting out the Seattle Seahawks, 24-0. – THE SPORTS NETWORK
Seahawks face a surly Steelers bunch – Going into this game at Pittsburgh, Seahawks fans had reason to worry. The Steelers were wounded after a first-week beating by Baltimore. The game was away from the West Coast, which usually means bad things for the Seahawks. And the Seahawks didn't show great in their opener. Eric Williams News Tribune
There's no defending this Cardinals defense – Sunday wasn't the first time a long touchdown pass to Larry Fitzgerald gave the Arizona Cardinals a fourth-quarter lead they could not hold. Mike Sando ESPN NFC West Blog
Carroll's thoughts on Sidney Rice's injury – Thanks to AFC North blogger Jamison Hensley for passing along comments from Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll regarding the reported torn labrum receiver Sidney Rice is dealing with: Mike Sando ESPN NFC West Blog
The Seahawks' offense is playing a sad song – Blame the lockout. Blame the Seahawks for committing too strongly to this youth movement. But it doesn't change the reality that the Seahawks have built a 2011 roster that must struggle before it makes progress. Jerry Brewer – SeattleTimes.com
DB's were horrible in Pittsburgh Browner had three passes completed against him on one third-quarter drive alone, capped by the 2-yard touchdown catch he gave up to Pittsburgh's Mike Wallace. Danny O'Neil – Seattle Times
Pete Carroll hopes ailing Sidney Rice can play next week | Seahawks notebook Fox Sports reported the receiver had a torn labrum in his shoulder and might need surgery. Danny O'Neil – Seattle Times
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Jerome Cohen, a law professor at New York University and human rights advocate, yesterday visited former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) at a hospital in Taipei and was said to be planning to establish a committee to review Chen's human rights.
It was the first time Cohen had met Chen since the former president was imprisoned for corruption.
During a 60-minute conversation Chen was eloquent despite speaking weakly, Cohen, 82, told reporters outside the Taipei Veterans General Hospital yesterday morning.
Dozens of Chen's supporters held placards bearing slogans such as "Save A-bian" and "Political persecution" while chanting "A-bian, not guilty" outside the hospital.
Asked for his opinion on medical parole for Chen, who is suffering from various health problems, including depression, Cohen said he intended to collect as much information on the case as possible before making an assessment.
Responding to a media inquiry about how Chen's case would be handled in the US, Cohen said there were three possible scenarios; granting medical parole, sending him back to prison or reaching a settlement and having Chen hospitalized for treatment — inside or outside of prison. He added that the decision on which hospital Chen stayed in would probably have to include consideration of where Chen's family lives so that it would be easier for them to visit.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Gao Jyh-peng (高志鵬), who accompanied the professor on the visit, said Cohen was planning to establish a committee to make a complete review of Chen's human rights and is scheduled to visit Taiwan again in February.
The committee will conduct a comprehensive investigation before reaching a resolution early next year on whether it would appeal for Chen's human rights, Gao said.
Gao said that Cohen asked Chen in detail about his treatment in prison and hospital, such as the size of his cell, the numbers of permitted family visits, correspondence and a refusal to allow Chen to work in the prison factory.
Chen told Cohen, who played an integral role in securing Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's (陳光誠) release earlier this year: "It would be better to be ruled by the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] than by [President] Ma [Ying-jeou (馬英九)]" because no one could help him get out of prison, Gao said.
If Cohen, who was Ma's professor at Harvard University, and the committee decide to support Chen Shui-bian's human rights, "it will be up to Ma whether to respect his professor's cause," Gao said.
The former president's office expressed its gratitude for Cohen's visit and refuted Ma's comment that Chen Shui-bian had received "the best possible medical treatment" in a press release issued yesterday afternoon.
The office said that according to a Control Yuan report, Chen Shui-bian is suffering from four life-threatening complications, including severe depression, and requires further treatment. The former president should not be sent back to prison, the office said.
Cohen, who earlier met briefly with Ma, met with Minister of Justice Tseng Yung-fu (曾勇夫) in the afternoon.
Vice Minister of Justice Wu Chen-huan (吳陳鐶) told reporters after the meeting that Cohen did not offer his position on or suggestions about Chen Shui-bian's medical situation.
It is a "domestic issue," Wu cited Cohen as saying.
Cohen asked whether the former president's judicial cases were all closed and whether his and his family's assets had been confiscated, to which Tseng said that four court cases were still pending and that the assets could be confiscated only after final verdicts are given, Wu said.


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Alabama. Ohio State. Michigan. Florida. Notre Dame. Mississippi?
Alabama. Ohio State. Michigan. Florida. Notre Dame. Mississippi?
Ole Miss muscled in on the powerhouses that usually dominate national signing day, landing some of the most sought-after prospects in the country on college football�s annual first-Wednesday-in-February frenzy.
The Rebels, coming off a promising 7-6 season in their first season under coach Hugh Freeze, had the experts swooning by signing three of the bluest chips still on the board and building a well-rounded class otherwise.
The day started with defensive end Robert Nkemdiche from Loganville, Ga., rated the No. 1 recruit in the country by just about everyone who ranks them, deciding to join his brother, Denzel, in Oxford, Miss.
�I feel like it�s the right place for me,� Nkemdiche said after slipping on a red Ole Miss cap. �I feel like they can do special things and they�re on the rise. I feel like going to play with my brother, we can do something special.�
Nkemdiche originally committed to Clemson last year, then backed off that and narrowed his picks down to LSU, Florida and Mississippi � and the Rebels beat the big boys.
They weren�t done. Coaches in the Ole Miss war room were exchanging hugs and high-fives again a couple hours later when Laremy Tunsil, a top-rated offensive tackle from Lake City, Fla., picked the Rebels over Florida State and Georgia.
�Tunsil to Ole Miss I think was the biggest surprise of the whole (recruiting season),� said JC Shurburtt, national recruiting director for 247Sports.com.
And, as if the Ole Miss needed more good news, highly touted defensive back Antonio Conner from nearby Batesville, Miss., chose the Rebels over national champion Alabama.
The end result was a class good enough to even catch the attention of LeBron James.
�Ole Miss ain�t messing around today! Big time recruits coming in. SEC is crazy,� the NBA�s MVP posted on his Twitter account.
Crazy good. While the Rebels racked up, it�s important to remember they still have plenty of ground to gain on the rest of their conference competition.
Nick Saban reloaded the Crimson Tide with a class that Rivals.com ranked No. 1 in the country.
SEC powers Florida, LSU and Georgia pulled in typically impressive classes. SEC newcomer Texas A&M cracked the top 10 of several rankings. Even Vanderbilt, coming off a nine-win season, broke into the top 25.
It�s the cycle of life in the SEC, which has won seven straight BCS championships. Stock up on signing day and scoop up those crystal footballs at season�s end.
Signing day didn�t do much to soothe the scars left from a difficult season for Southern California.
NCAA sanctions limited the number of scholarships coach Lane Kiffin and the Trojans could hand out this year, and then as signing day approached USC had several players who had given verbal commitments change their minds.
The most notable defection on signing day was five-star defensive back Jalen Ramsey of Brentwood, Tenn., who flipped to Florida State. Defensive end Jason Hatcher from Louisville, Ky., bailed on USC and signed with Kentucky, and defensive end Torrodney Prevot from Houston not only reneged on his USC commitment, but he landed at Pac-12 rival Oregon.
�People expected (Prevot) to flip from USC, but they thought it would be to Texas A&M,� Shurburtt said.
USC�s class won�t be lacking blue chippers. Quarterback Max Browne from Washington is considered the next in a long line of topflight Trojans quarterbacks, and Kenny Bigelow from Maryland is rated among the best defensive linemen in the nation.
Kiffin will be banking on quality to make up for the lack of quantity, but that�s a precarious way to play a game as uncertain as recruiting.
Alex Collins, a top running back prospect out of Plantation, Fla., announced on Monday night that he was going to Arkansas instead of Miami.
It was considered a huge victory for new Razorbacks coach Bret Bielema.
But on Wednesday morning, when it was time to make it official, Collins� letter of intent didn�t come spinning through the fax machine in Fayettville, Ark.
There were some odd reports about Collins� mother not being happy with her son�s decision to go so far from home.
College coaches aren�t allowed to talk about specific players before they sign, but Bielema did acknowledge during his signing day news conference that Arkansas� class of 22 players could �grow by one.�
Ohio State and Michigan received two thumbs up from experts on their signing day classes. They all had the Buckeyes and Wolverines around top five in the country.
After that, there was a drop off. Nebraska received solid grades and Penn State, despite NCAA sanctions that limited its class to 17 signees, held up pretty well.
�That�s a tribute to the job (Penn State coach) Bill O�Brien and the staff did,� Shurburtt said.
But signing day 2013 signaled that Urban Meyer�s Buckeyes and Brady Hokes� Wolverines are primed to pull away from most of the Big Ten, and maybe � just maybe � give the league a team or two that can challenge those SEC teams for a national title.
Notre Dame followed up its best season in more than two decades with recruiting class that coach Brian Kelly hopes can keep the Fighting Irish contending for more national titles.
The class includes a famous name in Torii Hunter Jr., the son of the All-Star outfielder. Hunter Jr. is a top-notch receiver prospect, though he broke his leg during an All-Star game and it could be a while before he�s back on the football field.
Linebacker Jaylon Smith from Fort Wayne, Ind., is generally regarded as the jewel of a class that experts have ranked among the best in the country.
�I love agreeing with experts,� Kelly said.
Oklahoma hopes it has found the next Sam Bradford in Cody Thomas, a pocket passer from Colleyville, Texas.
One small problem. Thomas is also a big-time baseball player who could draw interest in the major league draft this summer.
�We wouldn�t have pursued him if we didn�t feel there was a great chance he�d be playing football,� Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said.
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said recruiting classes �don�t always pan out. Of course, they always seem to pan out at Alabama.�
AP Sports Writer David Brandt in Oxford, Miss., and Associated Press Writer Tom Coyne in South Bend, Ind., contributed.
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Jim should change the 10th anniversary picture, the one where he's got his middle finger curled. If he curled his index finger instead, his left hand would indicate 23, in binary. In the current picture, his fingers indicate 27.
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Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, has launched Accellerase 1500, the next generation of its cellulosic ethanol enzyme product. Genencor introduced the product at the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) 2009 National Ethanol Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Accellerase 1500 is another significant step toward commercialization of biofuels and other biochemicals made from cellulosic feedstocks, such as agricultural residues and bioenergy crops. It also reinforces Genencor's position as a global leader in second generation ethanol innovation.
"We're on course to fast-track commercialization of cellulosic ethanol," says Philippe Lavielle, senior vice president, business development, Genencor. "Accellerase was a breakthrough in the industry. Now, by launching this improved enzyme product, we reach another important technical milestone toward commercial-scale production of transportation fuel and other biochemicals from renewable, non-food feedstocks."
Accellerase 1500 will lower one of the major cost hurdles to producing ethanol or biochemicals from cellulosic feedstocks, such as corn stover, sugarcane bagasse, wood chips, wheat straw, and switchgrass. In addition, Accellerase 1500 has a significantly improved formulation and higher activity resulting in higher ethanol yields and robust operation in a wider variety of processes. The product is based on Genencor's patented gene expression technology and the division's 25-year history of biofuels research.
Accellerase is critical to the hydrolysis step of converting biomass to ethanol or other biochemicals. In this step, plant material is broken down into sugars for fermentation to ethanol.
Genencor supplies Accellerase as part of its dual-strategy to drive forward the cellulosic ethanol industry, which includes its dedicated enzyme business, and its joint venture DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE), which develops and provides integrated technology packages for biomass ethanol production.
Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, is a world leader in industrial biotechnology and a pioneer in enzyme innovation. Genencor improves process and product performance for a spectrum of industries, from biofuels and laundry detergents to animal nutrition and food. As part of a large global organization, Genencor has a manufacturing and distribution network that spans more than 40 countries. In collaboration with customers, technology leaders and other stakeholders, Genencor supplies competitive, biobased solutions. These innovations create value throughout the supply chain, from raw material to finished product.


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It seems that 3D displays are everywhere these days, and although they are slightly less common in government, that will begin to change. For example, Epson's new line of 3D projectors, designed specifically for education and training, is the kind of thing that could turn up soon in agencies. And many of the monitors GCN has reviewed over the past year have had 3D capabilities, even if they were not a main focus of the unit.
But there are two kinds of 3D technology to choose from today, active and passive. They are actually quite different, with various competing advantages and flaws. For any device you are thinking about bringing into your agency, you're probably going to want to decide if you need an active or passive display first, and then start your shopping from there. What are the differences?
First, let's look at the basics of 3D, and then go into how different devices create it. As you well know, your monitor screen is flat. And the images it creates will also be flat. The same is true for the images made by any projector. To make an image look 3D, some illusions must be employed.
This 3D trickery works because of what happens after you see an image. Your brain does much of the post-processing work, and somebody figured out that by sending inputs that are slightly offset from each other independently to your left and right eye, that your brain perceives the flat surface as being in three dimensions. Although richer data is used in 3D today, and a few more tricks are employed, how 3D works is still very similar to the old stereoscopic viewers of yesteryear.
(Interesting fact: people with one very dominant eye or who are blind in one eye can't see 3D images because they only receive one set of inputs, so their brain, rightly in this case, interprets a 2D image as being flat.)
The difference between active and passive 3D is in how these images are achieved, and actually refers to the glasses or viewing device used.
Active 3D Display
Active 3D could also be called powered 3D, because it requires that the glasses used be powered somehow. Early models used standard AA or AAA batteries, but the newest ones use rechargeable cells that draw power from special cradles, or even from a computer's USB port when plugged into it.
That power is used to electronically block or shutter first the left and then the right lens. Data that is meant for your left eye is blocked from getting to your right one, and vice versa. So long as the actual display has a high enough refresh rate so that each eye can get at least 60 frames per second, an image on the screen will look 3D.
The biggest advantage to active 3D is that your brain actually gets the full image at the intended resolution. First your left eye gets the full image, and then your right. They are slightly offset in different ways to trigger the 3D illusion, but you are seeing the full screen independently with each eye. This allows for some very precise 3D applications to be displayed.
Unfortunately, active 3D has a lot of problems, which is why it's less popular overall than passive 3D. First off, the glasses are rather bulky because they have to house the batteries or connection to a power source. They are also expensive, up to several hundred dollars a piece depending on the model, so equipping a lot of people with active 3D glasses is often not practical. Also, because images are constantly being blocked from alternating eyes, they tend to appear a bit dimmer.
Finally, all that constant shuttering can make some people ill. Almost nobody can actively perceive the shuttering lenses because they flash too quickly, but some people can tell that something's not right. Extended use can trigger eye strain as the brain tries to compensate, or even severe headaches. I know, because it happens to me with active 3D, even with very short periods of use. It's really put a dampener on a few trips to the amusement park where I tried to ride those simulations which use active 3D glasses. And there's not much I can do about it, other than avoid active 3D applications.
Passive 3D Display
Most people experience passive 3D when they go to a 3D movie at the local movie theater. The dark glasses they hand out there have no battery component. In fact, passive 3D is a lot like how it worked with those old blue and red lens type of glasses from the 1950s, only the modern ones work with full color images.
Passive displays have a special filter that works with the polarized lenses in the glasses. Your left eye only sees the odd lines and your right eye only sees the even lines. Without the glasses, the screen looks normal.
One of the best features of a passive display is that the glasses are not only lightweight, but cheap. You can get a pair for about $3.
The biggest disadvantage with passive displays is that each of your eyes is seeing only part of the image. The polarizing on the glasses you wear combined with the filter on the display blocks out either the even or odd lines. That means that there is less precision with passive 3D displays, though it's difficult to notice unless you sit really close to the screen or cover up one of your eyes.
Some companies are getting around this in pretty unique ways. The Epson educational projector I mentioned at the top of this article that uses a passive display is actually two projectors working in tandem. The glasses block out one signal or the other, but the properly attuned lens lets the viewer see the full image of one projector all the time.
Is one better?
Both active and passive displays have their uses. Active displays are able to show very detailed 3D images, but require expensive and somewhat bulky glasses, though they are starting to look a bit cooler and feel a little better. And then there are folks like me for whom the active 3D's constant shuttering induces headaches. I don't know how many people like that are out there, but I doubt I'm the only one.
Passive 3D only offers half the resolution when in 3D mode, though it can be argued that users really do get the whole picture. It's just reassembled inside their brain. For most applications, passive 3D is probably fine, but if you need to do something that requires extreme precision, such as with medical or warfighting data, passive might not be good enough.
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New to 3d. Just had Sony W8 Panasonic blue ray combo installed.
Fantastic active 3d, Avatar spectacular.
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I honestly don't understand... I have a Samsung 6030 model. 1080p 120hz active 3D with a LG Surround 3D movie player.. I have never experienced a greater sound, 3d image combo in my life.. Some of the IMAX 3d movies I have, have been some of the best movie watching experiences in 3d I've ever watched "Hubble spacecraft". The glasses were $19.99 at best buy. Light weight and super easy to turn on. The active 3d picture could not be any more clear and crisp. and I'd assume if I was a 70 year old male with eye problems to Begin with I'd might have a issue with a slight eye strain but nothing more then passive 3d or any tv watching at that matter.. The only issue iv ever had is converting 2d to 3d TV and blue rays.. If u want the full 3D experience u need to buy a 3D converted movie. 2d to 3d conversion looks like garbage,passive or active.. The 3d converted movies can run u anywhere from 29$ to 40$ but is well worth the investment if u are a 3D, surround sound nut like i am. I also am a tv sales rep at best buy so take my word.. Active is the way to go. Believe me u can tell the difference from full 1080 compared to 540 in each eye. Also don't listen to LG, if u want full 3D experience go with Panasonic gt60 plasma or Samsung 8000 model
After contacting Sony and going through a lengthy process of checking and factory resetting, by phone, my w805 is faulty! So maybe the 3d is ok, but not risking it, upgrade to w905 active! Got the ok from Sony to exchage/refund but store where purchased adamantly refused either until THEY had tested it. Be aware of returns policies.
I have gone from a sony kdl-40hx803 active 3d to a sony kdl-47w805 passive 3d. My impression is that where the w has impressive 2d picture the 3d is very disappointing images in the foreground are out of focus/not sharp and there is a lack of depth to the whole picture, as opposed to the hx the 2d quality is noticeably inferior whereas the active 3d has superior depth and foreground image quality. The passive glasses are lighter so more comfortable to wear, but for the amount quality lost viewing 3d in passive my choice would be put up with the more uncomfortable/heavier glasses and watch active the gain in viewing active 3d is worth it.
So overall I'd say active is better than passive - I am disappointed with the w's 3d, but the style and 2d do get a winning vote. :-[
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All of you artists have heard of the call for art for the annual Holiday Art Gala in downtown Leavenworth and now it is time for artists and anyone who appreciates the arts to put it on their schedule to attend the annual affair on Friday, at the Heritage Center on Delaware.
All of you artists have heard of the call for art for the annual Holiday Art Gala in downtown Leavenworth and now it is time for artists and anyone who appreciates the arts to put it on their schedule to attend the annual affair on Friday, at the Heritage Center on Delaware.
The Gala starts at 5 p.m., so, you can plan to stop in to view the art on your way home from work. Or, plan to dine out someplace downtown and then stop in. The awards are handed out at 7:30 p.m., so it is not really a long night and you still have plenty of time to go out elsewhere if that is in your plans.
It is easy to make the Gala the place to be though, since we always have a bit of finger foods and some drinks and we always have live music. The holiday art show has been a Leavenworth tradition for many years. It used to be held on Sunday afternoons at the Carnegie. One year, with a new person taking charge and making it into a real gala affair, we blew our welcome at the Carnegie by having way too many art pieces and guests for the venue.
Since then, the Leavenworth County Artists' Association has been giving its gift of art to the community at the Heritage Center where there is plenty of room to display the art and for the live music, food, and drinks.
Lately, the interest in purchasing art from the show has been strong enough that the association is allowing patrons to buy and remove the art that evening so that they do not have to return two weeks later when the show is over. That means that if you want to see the art, it is a good idea to show up on the gala night because some of it will be leaving the hall before the night is over.
Keep in mind that the gala is not intended to be primarily an art sale. It has always been the association's gift to the community by bringing in many pieces of art made by local and regional artists. By adding the other amenities to the show, it makes it a fun evening and the place to be in Leavenworth on the First Friday in December.
The show is judged by a professional artist, usually from the Kansas City area, and there are cash awards and honorary awards given on the evening of the gala. The guests also get to vote for their favorite piece and have a voice in the People's Choice Award. We watch pretty close to ensure that no one stuffs the ballot box with multiple ballots.
The variety of art is astounding. Of course you will see plenty of art done with traditional and familiar media, but you will also see some outstanding hand-made jewelry, wood carvings and wood turnings and some fiber art. Since quilts are such a huge medium in itself, we do not invite quilts as each quilt may take up more space than a number of other pieces of art. Leavenworth is the Queen City of quilts, though, and there are multiple opportunities to see great quilting at other venues.
For my part, I am entering a bit of fiber art. I spin and weave wool and I often make triangle shawls on a triangle loom that I made myself. For the first time, I have made a basic white or ecru shawl which I used for a blank canvas on which I embroidered a feather pattern in dark grey yarn. I think that it looks more like an Indian woman's shawl and I have no idea how the judge will take it, but it is something new for me in shawl making.
If you want to see the Indian feather shawl and probably 100 more pieces of art, then meet me at the Heritage Center on Friday between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. I'll probably be the only one there in sandals.
Matt Nowak lives in Lansing and works as a natural resources manager.


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Teen ambushed, robbed and pistol whipped in city alley TuesdayBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 17. 2013 3:12PM
MANCHESTER — Police are looking for the second of two gunmen who allegedly ambushed, robbed and pistol-whipped a 17-year-old teenager while he was being driven to the store by a friend Tuesday night.
Jovan Callaghan of Spruce Street accepted a ride from a friend he thought was driving him to the store, police said.
The driver instead quickly pulled into an alley and stopped the car, police said. Two gunmen walked up, pointed their weapons at the teenage passenger and robbed him of cash and an iPhone, police allege. One of the robbers then struck Callaghan in the face with the butt of his handgun. The two ran.
Callaghan got out of the car and walked home, police said. Police met with Callaghan about 11:45 p.m. about the reported robbery.
One of the gunman is identified as Alexander Cummings, 17, of 82 W. Hillcrest Ave., Manchester, police said. Police arrested Cummings about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at McDonald's at 196 S. Willow St. Police detained Cummings and located a loaded handgun in the men's bathroom where they believe Cummings stashed it just before they arrived, police said.
Cummings was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and robbery. He could enter no plea to the felony charges at his arraignment Wednesday in 9th Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, so a probable cause hearing was set for July 31.
A police prosecutor said a prior armed robbery charge against Cummings has been bound over to the Hillsborough County North Grand Jury.
Bail on the new charges was set at $25,000 cash/surety, with conditions barring contact with the alleged victim.
The second robbery suspect is described as a black male with light skin, about 5-foot-7, thin build. He was last seen wearing shorts and had a red shirt covering his face.
Police also are trying to locate the driver of the car.


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The Church cannot prepare for the new millennium "in any other way than in the
Holy Spirit. What was accomplished by the power of the Holy Spirit 'in the fullness of
time' can only through the Spirit's power now emerge from the memory of the
The Spirit, in fact, makes present in the
Church of every time and place the unique Revelation brought by Christ to
humanity, making it alive and active in the soul of each individual:
"The Counsellor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,
he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have
said to you" (Jn 14:26).
45. The primary tasks of the preparation for
the Jubilee thus include a renewed
appreciation of the presence and activity of the Spirit, who acts within
the Church both in the Sacraments, especially in Confirmation, and in
the variety of charisms, roles and ministries which he inspires for the good
of the Church: "There is only one Spirit who, according to his own
richness and the needs of the ministries, distributes his different gift for
the welfare of the Church (cf. 1 Cor 12:1-11). Among these gifts
stands out the grace given to the Apostles. To their authority, the Spirit
himself subjected even those who were endowed with charisms (cf. 1 Cor 14).
Giving the body unity through himself and through his power and through the
internal cohesion of its members, this same Spirit produces and urges love
among the believers".(32)
In our own day too, the Spirit is the principal agent of the new evangelization. Hence
it will be important to gain a renewed appreciation of the Spirit as the One who builds
the Kingdom of God within the course of history and prepares its full manifestation in
Jesus Christ, stirring people's hearts and quickening in our world the seeds of the full
salvation which will come at the end of time.
46. In this eschatological perspective, believers should be called to a renewed
appreciation of the theological virtue of hope, which they have already heard
proclaimed "in the word of the truth, the Gospel" (Col 1:5). The basic
attitude of hope, on the one hand encourages the Christian not to lose sight of the final
goal which gives meaning and value to life, and on the other, offers solid and profound
reasons for a daily commitment to transform reality in order to make it correspond to
God's plan.
As the Apostle Paul reminds us: "We know that the whole creation has been groaning
in travail together until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the
first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption
of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved" (Rom 8:22-24). Christians are
called to prepare for the Great Jubilee of the beginning of the Third Millennium by
renewing their hope in the definitive coming of the Kingdom of God, preparing for it
daily in their hearts, in the Christian community to which they belong, in their
particular social context, and in world history itself.
There is also need for a better appreciation
and understanding of the signs of hope
present in the last part of this century, even though they often remain
hidden from our eyes. In society in general, such signs of hope
include: scientific, technological and especially medical progress in the
service of human life, a greater awareness of our responsibility for the
environment, efforts to restore peace and justice wherever they have been
violated, a desire for reconciliation and solidarity among different
peoples, particularly in the complex relationship between the North and the
South of the world. In the Church, they include a greater attention
to the voice of the Spirit through the acceptance of charisms and the
promotion of the laity, a deeper commitment to the cause of Christian unity
and the increased interest in dialogue with other religions and with
contemporary culture.
47. The reflection of the faithful in the
second year of preparation ought to focus particularly on the value of unity within
the Church, to which the various gifts and charisms bestowed upon her by the
Spirit are directed. In this regard, it will be opportune to promote a
deeper understanding of the ecclesiological doctrine of the Second Vatican
Council as contained primarily in the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium. This
important document has expressly emphasized that the unity of the Body of
Christ is
founded on the activity of the Spirit, guaranteed by the Apostolic
Ministry and sustained by mutual love (cf. 1 Cor 13:1-8). This
catechetical enrichment of the faith cannot fail to bring the members of the
People of God to a more mature awareness of their own responsibilities, as
well as to a more lively sense of the importance of ecclesial obedience.(33)
48. Mary, who conceived the Incarnate Word by the power of the Holy Spirit and
then in the whole of her life allowed herself to be guided by his interior activity, will
be contemplated and imitated during this year above all as the woman who was docile to the
voice of the Spirit, a woman of silence and attentiveness, a woman of hope who, like
Abraham, accepted God's will "hoping against hope" (cf. Rom 4:18). Mary
gave full expression to the longing of the poor of Yahweh and is a radiant model for those
who entrust themselves with all their hearts to the promises of God.
Year Three: God the Father
49. 1999, the third and final year of preparation, will
be aimed at broadening the horizons of believers, so that they will see
things in the perspective of Christ: in
the perspective of the "Father who is in heaven" (cf. Mt 5:45),
from whom the Lord was sent and to whom he has returned (cf. Jn 16:28).
"This is eternal life, that they know
you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent" (Jn 17:3).
The whole of the Christian life is like a great pilgrimage
to the house of the Father, whose unconditional love for every human
creature, and in particular for the "prodigal son" (cf. Lk 15:11-32),
we discover anew each day. This pilgrimage takes place in the heart of each
person, extends to the believing community and then reaches to the whole of
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AUBURN — Before the late U.S. Air Force Maj. David L. Brodeur was deployed to Afghanistan, his superior officer told him he could defer the assignment.
Ret. Lt. Gen. Dana T. Atkins said he told the bright young fighter pilot that he could postpone the assignment, but he thought it would be a good opportunity for him to be positioned for school and an accelerated promotion.
He told Mr. Brodeur to go home and discuss it with his wife, and that he would support whatever decision he made. The next morning he was informed of the decision that he was expecting, because of the selfless person the major was.
"David told me, 'Sir, if I don't go on this deployment, some other son, some other husband, some other father would be selected. I don't feel good about casting this burden on someone else. It's my turn, and I'll go.'"
Mr. Atkins, speaking to more than 300 people who turned out for the unveiling of a massive bronze and granite memorial to the 1994 Auburn High School graduate, said he was not surprised by Maj. Brodeur's decision.
"I had come to know that he embraced the core value of service before self more than any other airman I've ever known," said Mr. Atkins, who is president of Chronicle Media in Augusta, Ga. "David chose to serve, knowing full well a brutal war was in his future. ... He is a hero for simply stepping forward."
Maj. Brodeur was 34 when he and seven other American service members and a contractor were gunned down by an Afghan military officer at Kabul International Airport on April 27, 2011.
Since his death, Auburn town and school officials, residents, the military and others have taken on several endeavors to honor the F-16 pilot. The latest was the memorial unveiled Saturday at the rear entrance to the high school, which has been renamed Maj. David Brodeur Square.
Friends and former classmates, who established a foundation in the major's memory, raised tens of thousands of dollars to help pay for the memorial. The design of the project and much of the other work were volunteered.
The focal point of the memorial shows a bronze depiction of the major in a jet on a 7-foot by 10-foot granite wall. The helmet that the major is wearing has the inscription "Klepto," short for kleptomaniac. It was the nickname his military comrades gave him when he got his pilot wings, based on a prank the major played. The story is that David was a big prankster. There was a lawn ornament at the home of an officer on base that David and his wife frequently walked past. One day, the ornament ended up in David's front yard and he was blamed for taking it. But no one knew who did it.
Underneath the depiction is a 3-foot by 6-foot bronze plaque that describes the life of Maj. Brodeur. A large semicircular area around the base of the memorial has a floor consisting of granite, bluestone and bricks with the names of people who purchased the bricks to help fund the project.
A stone bench around the perimeter provides a place for students to use before and after school and for teachers to use as an outdoor classroom.
At Auburn High School, Maj. Brodeur was a member of the varsity soccer team and captain of the track team. After graduating with honors in 1994, he got a congressional recommendation to attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs after a year at Valley Forge (Pa.) Military Preparatory School. It was during his time at the Air Force Academy that he met his wife, Susan. The family grew to include a son and daughter.
Family, friends, state and town officials, and military personnel who knew Maj. Brodeur attended the memorial dedication. U.S. Rep. James McGovern presented the family with an American flag. He urged students and adults to learn from the major's example of selflessness to become better citizens and help make the world a better place.
Col. Scott Manning, currently the commander of the ROTC program and an adjunct professor at Yale University, flew in combat with Maj. Brodeur during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He said Maj. Brodeur was "one of the most exciting, energetic, enthusiastic" people he has ever known.
The two met in the winter of 2003 in Saudi Arabia as plans were being made to conduct a military operation in Iraq. He said he told Maj. Brodeur that he was needed to help with the planning and that there was no guarantee that he would fly, which was his passion. He said the major told him, "Sir, it doesn't matter. I'm here to do whatever needs to be done."
The two became good friends and stayed in contact after they had gone different ways, he said.
"Dave was my brother and I miss him," said Col. Manning, choking up.
School Superintendent Maryellen Brunelle said she never got to meet the hometown hero, but she has since learned that he was a man of great character and integrity.
"I am confident that as a district, each time our students and staff pass by this square and members of the community take time to visit, that those qualities that David Brodeur believed in, hopefully it will be something that each of us will strive harder to emulate," she said.
The major's father, Lawrence A. Brodeur, thanked everyone on behalf of his family for their support, dedication and hard work during the past 2� years. He said his son was always very proud of his Auburn roots, his local experiences and education.
"He understood and appreciated that the experience he had here and the lessons he learned here prepared him well for the life that he chose after Auburn," Mr. Brodeur said. "On David's behalf, we thank the community and those who touched David's life. This is a wonderful tribute to a proud native of Auburn."
After the memorial dedication, a reception was held at J. Anthony's Italian Grill in North Oxford.
On Sunday, 500 people are expected to run the third annual Major David Brodeur 5K, scheduled to depart from North American Martyrs Church. The money is used for scholarships and grants for Auburn High School students.
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are you guys sure about folding your resume and cover letter like that?
Jacy85: I am now quite convinced that you're right. However I would hardly call someone lacking in commone sense just because they happen to listen to their career services office. Maybe their suggestion of manila envelopes was ridiculous but I generally put a lot of faith in what they say.


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Kroger, the largest supermarket operator in the U.S., reported better than expected Q3 results as easing food prices helped fuel higher sales volume. The company, which operates grocery chains such as Kroger, Ralphs, Smith's and Food 4 Less, reported net income of $316.5 million, or 60¢ per share, for the third quarter ended Nov. 3, compared with $195.9 million, or 33¢ per share, a year earlier.
Excluding benefits from a settlement with credit card companies and a reduction in its obligation to fund a union pension fund, Kroger earned 46¢ a share in the latest quarter. Total sales, including fuel, increased 5.9% to $21.81 billion, topping the average analyst estimate of $21.65 billion. Kroger raised its full-year outlook for earnings per share, excluding the two special items, to a range of $2.44 to $2.46. It had forecast $2.35 to $2.42.
Kroger (KR : NYSE : US$26.25), Net Change: 1.19, % Change: 4.75%, Volume: 13,418,335


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Company moves American headquarters to Shippensburg
Volvo Construction Equipment could add hundreds of jobs
The grand opening of Volvo Construction Equipment's new American headquarters and the start of wheel loader production are being celebrated in Shippensburg, Cumberland County.
The move is part of the company's $100 million expansion.
Volvo Construction Equipment makes road building and earth moving equipment such as wheel loaders and excavators
The company applied for state grants and a job creation tax credit, according to the Department of Community and Economic Development, and has a commitment to create 300 jobs within three years.
Volvo Construction Equipment currently employs 800 people in Shippensburg and that number is expected to grow to more than 1,000.
The company moved its headquarters from North Carolina.
You can visit the Volvo careers page here.


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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Thursday, March 8, that they have completed their coaching staff by naming Bob Ligashesky as special teams coordinator, Phil Galiano as assistant special teams coach, Jay Butler as head strength and conditioning coach, Joe Vaughn as assistant strength and conditioning coach and Kevin MacConnell as director of football operations.
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Licorice Assortment
On my recent trip to San Francisco I was excited to check out the licorice assortments at both Miette Patissiere and The Candy Store, as both were known for their large variety for sale. I wasn't disappointed at all! (The only sad part was that they were $12 a pound.)
Fruit Filled Rockies - these are gorgeous little nibbles. The dark licorice tube is filled with a firm fondant-style fruit creme. Not quite sweet, they do have a salty bite through and through. There are two different pinks there, one raspberry and the lighter one is, as far as I can tell, orange. The brown one is more smoky, with a strong salty component. 6 out of 10
Schoolkrijt by Venco (Netherlands) is a very common licorice in Europe, kind of like our Good & Plenty but much milder. It's much like the Rockies, in that it's a tube of licorice filled with a creme. Then the whole thing is panned with a crunchy mint shell.
The flavor combo is kind of medicinal, like a cough drop, but I rather like that. Peppermint, licorice and some molasses. I've had these a couple of times before, but this particular sampling was very fresh. The outside was crisp and the inside was soft and chewy.
UPDATE: Seems I couldn't get these out of my mind and have bought at least two pounds (not at once) since this review for personal consumption. So the rating gets updated to a 9 out of 10
Griotten by Venco (Netherlands) were completely new to me. If I've seen these before I've completely blocked them out. They look like little raw sugar cubes, but pick one up and it's too light for that. Why, it's a little spongy too!
It's like a cross between a marshmallow and a gummi. Soft and chewy, but not too dense or tacky.
The flavor is mild, with only a delicate hit of licorice and anise and not terribly sweet either with a mix of the grainy sugar coating and a little salt. 7 out of 10
Heksehyl Zoete are also something that I've never tried before. Kind of a baby step in the licorice world, they're more of a molasses candy than a licorice one.
The smoky molasses is a good background for the light licorice flavor. No salt here, just a light coating of sugar to pull it all together. Very soft, very chewy. Kind of chocolatey. 7 out of 10
Kokindjes (Netherlands) were one of the few salty licorices I picked up.
The cute little buttons are nice and soft. While I like a hard glycerine-style licorice sometimes (Katjes), I really enjoy the chew of licorice as a feature. As a lightly salted licorice, it was very mild, but I was disappointed that it didn't have a huge licorice kick.
There was a slight metallic tinge for me and a fleeting glimpse of damp cat-inhabited basements. 5 out of 10
Honey Tops (Netherlands) were the one piece that I thought was one that I'd had before, it didn't look quite the same, not quite as amber and there is no bee on this hive. The flavor is a round with only the slightest honey tint, some mild licorice (no anise). They're pretty firm. These and the Kokindjes were the last ones I finished. 5 out of 10
(I was guessing at the brands here based on who sells what. There could be other companies that make these same varieties.)
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Love the app, I just threw some money your way and bought it
I come from a long time user of Ultraedit, but it's getting a bit bloated and clumsy. Some features I am really missing from the UE & UES side of things are listed below. If Sublime could integrate these features it would be even more awesome sauce than it already is!
1. Favourite filesA quick selection area or popup which you can use the keyboard or mouse to select saved favourite files, this would save me and I'm sure other people a lot of time. This is by far the most missed featured from UE & UES that I am missing, slowing me down a bit wandering huge file structures.
2. Trim trailing spacesvia menu / short cut key & right menu context
3. Selection to upper casevia menu / short cut key & right menu context
4. Selection to lower casevia menu / short cut key & right menu context
5. Tab indentation doesn't remember between filesMaybe a global tab size in a settings panel we can change?
6. Convert tabs to spacesvia menu
7. Convert spaces to tabsvia menu
8. Always show code collapse and expand nodesOn/Off via settings menu
9. Code collapse and expand allvia menu / short cut key
10. show current file encoding in base bar with tab size and language type detection
11. Hide/Show preview side list in context menu right click on document.
12. Maintain tab indentation when navigating via cursor movement via arrow keysEg. if your in a function then have 2+ lines blank tab indented, navigate through them using the cursor up and down and you will find you loose the tab indentation position.
function bob(){ // code comment
// blank lines above will loose cursor tab indentation position via arrow key navigation
Menu: Edit / Convert Case / Upper CaseKeymap entry: { "keys": "shift+f5"], "command": "upper_case" }
Menu: Edit / Convert Case / Lower CaseKeymap entry: { "keys": "ctrl+f5"], "command": "lower_case" }
You can also create your own Context.sublime-menu file to add these commands to the right-click menu.
See here for a plugin from facelessuser
Have a look at these options in Preferences > Settings -- Default[code]"trim_automatic_white_space": true,"trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": false,[/code]
Edit > Convert Case > Upper Case (CTRL + K, CTRL + U)
Edit > Convert Case > Lower Case (CTRL + K, CTRL + L)
You can customize this at the user, project, and syntax levels.
Left click the "Tabs: X" text in the lower right corner of the window. Select "Convert indentation to spaces"
Left click the "Spaces: X" text in the lower right corner of the window. Select "Convert indentation to tabs"
I don't believe this is possible on file open, but CTRL + K, CTRL + 1 will collapse the first level; CTRL + K, CTRL + 2 will collapse the second level, etc.
CTRL + K, CTRL + 1 to collapse all. CTRL + K, CTRL + J to expand all. If you have Vintage enabled, you can use zc to collapse the current block, or zo to expand it (from command mode).
Bottom right shows tab size/spaces, and current syntax. File encoding in File > Save With Encoding, and these settings:
"default_encoding": "UTF-8",
"fallback_encoding": "Western (Windows 1252)",
Maybe you mean CTRL + K, CTRL + B (hide/show the sidebar?) Otherwise see Sidebar Enhancements from tito
I believe if you're at the end of the line, you'll stay there whenever possible. Might be wrong.
"trim_automatic_white_space": false,
If I understand what you're looking for, the setting is:
// Hides the fold buttons unless the mouse is over the gutter
"fade_fold_buttons": false,
You can create a command to toggle this (or any other) setting via the Command Palette by adding something like this in your User/Default.sublime-commands:
"caption": "User: Show/Hide Fold Buttons",
"command": "toggle_setting",
"args": {"setting": "fade_fold_buttons"}
Adding a toggle to a menu -- but why would you want to? the palette is much faster -- is very similar. Look at the default menus in Default/*.sublime-menu
Hope this helps,Alex
Some very helpful tips there, thanks for your replies all
However there is one thing just driving me crazy.... The tab indentation.
Eg:Make a html file, then inthe body type
------- press enter for empty line (note it keeps tab indent) -----------
------- press enter for empty line (note it keeps tab indent) -----------
------- press enter for empty line (note it keeps tab indent) -----------
------- press enter for empty line (note it keeps tab indent) -----------
So what you have entered and expect is:
What we actually get is:
Tabs are gone... And if I am many tabs in, then I end up pressing tab like there's no tomorrow...
Try it, once you have made entered that, if you try to navigate to the empty tab indented lines you will notice that the tab indent has been lost and you end up pressing tab for each line you made that was empty.
This happens in so many places.
Is there an option to save tabs, even if there is nothing on the line?
Try one of:"trim_automatic_white_space": false,"trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": false
Not sure I understand you correctly but I think that what settings you are looking for is:
"trim_automatic_white_space": false
It's true by default but you want it to false.
Nice one thanks


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Omicron Delta Kappa Inducts Mississippi College Student Leaders
Founded nearly a century ago in Lexington, Virginia, Omicron Delta Kappa is a growing leadership honor society on hundreds of colleges nationwide.
Mississippi College's chapter is a strong one with nearly 40 new inductees on the Clinton campus this fall. Earlier this month, the Christian university's ODK group inducted its new officers and members during ceremonies at Anderson Hall.
The officers include: president Zach Schurch, a biology/medical science major from Starkville, Ashley Howard, the ODK service chair from Madison, and secretary Briana Pearson, an elementary education major from Brandon. Scott Lee serves as the new vice president and will take over as president next year.
"Being elected president of ODK meant a lot to me and I'm thankful that my classmates gave me such a great honor," Schurch said. "It's given me an opportunity to learn about leading an organization and this will help me with my future in dental school and eventually as a dentist."
Schurch, 22, is a Starkville High graduate and the MC senior is involved with the Shawreth Order of Mississippi College. He studied abroad at the Christian university's London Semester program.
Launched in 1914 at Washington & Lee University, ODK's distinguished alumni include Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning of the University of Tennessee, Chick-fil-A President S. Truett Cathy of Georgia State University, and FedEX CEO Fred Smith of Rhodes College in Memphis. For its first 60 years, the group only inducted men, and added women in 1974.
An English professor and director of Mississippi College's Writing Center, Steven Price is the faculty advisor of the campus chapter of ODK.


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After the release of the DRU-700A, Sony decided to up the speed for DVD+R
writing from 8x to 16X. The new model to do just this is the DRU-710A and the
main differences
from the previous model is the 16X recording speed for the plus format and
48X for CD, up from 40X.
Since Sony is one of the biggest optical storage manufacturers, it will be
interesting to see how this drive will perform and how it will
face the strong competittion which already supports 16X recording for both
as well
as 4X for Double
Double Layer DVD+R system uses two thin embeded organic dye films for data
storage separated by a spacer layer. Heating with a focused
laser beam irreversibly modifies the physical and chemical structure of each
layer such that the modified areas have different optical properties to those
of their unmodified surroundings. This causes a variation in reflectivity
as the disc rotates to provide a read-out signal as with commercially pressed
discs. Below is a picture showing the structure of a DVD+R DL media.
For more information about DVD+R DL technology, you can visit the DVD+RW
Alliance website or
Philips Research website.
The SONY DRU-710A also supports:
- Specifications
DVD+R DL: 2.4X CLV (max.)
DVD+R: 16X CAV (max.)
DVD+RW: 4X CLV (max.)
DVD-R 8X Z-CLV (max.)
CD-R: 48X CAV (max.)
CD-RW: 24X Z-CLV (max.)
DVD-ROM (single layer): 16X CAV (max.)
DVD-ROM (dual layer): 8X CAV (max.)
CD-ROM: 48X CAV (max)
DVD±RW: Random
Access Write (DVD+RW/DVD-RW/CD-RW), Sequential Write (DVD+R/+R DL/+RW,
drive uses the RPC II region control, allowing a user to change the drive's
at most 5 times, which however can easily be bypassed with various utilities,
for example Kprobe's RPC setting feature:
Below are the drive's main specs as given by DVDInfoPro:
Lastly, let's see what additional information KProbe software returns:
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European retail package includes the Sony DRU-710A, a quick install guide,
an IDE cable and mounting screws. Also included is an extra front
panel bezel, black in color, which you can swap with the white bezel that
standard. Included software is Nero v6 OEM version.
The retail package did not contain any CD/DVD media and
unfortunately no DVD+R DL.
Now let's take a look at the drive itself.
The Sony DRU-710A looks more or less the same as the previous 540A series
and it has all the appropriate logos indicating the supported formats. On
the front, the user will distinguish the DVD+R DL logo! As we said, SONY also
provides an additional black bezel that can easily be mounted, making
for a better match
black cases.
Removing the screws and opening the drive's cover voids the drive's warranty.
For reference reasons, we post the following pictures. You can click on the mainboard
picture for a higher resolution image:
- Installation
The drive was installed as secondary master and under WindowsXP recognized
as a "SONY DVD RW DRU-710A". The drive arrived
with firmware BY01.
Below is a picture from Nero Burning Rom, showing the drive's specs.
In our tests, we will compare the drive with the Philips DVDRW1640P and
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Lepus americanus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Lepus americanus is taxonomically distinct from all North American Lepus and not known to hybridize with any species. For the most part, L. americanus is geographically isolated from congeneric species.
There are currently 15 recognized subspecies: Lepus americanus americanus, L. a. bairdii, L. a. cascadensis, L. a. columbiensis, L. a. dalli, L. a. klamathensis, L. a. oregonus, L. a. pallidus, L. a. phaeonotus, L. a. pineus, L. a. seclusus, L. a. struthopus, L. a. tahoensis, L. a. virginianus, and L. a. washingtonii (Hall 1981).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Murray, D. & Smith, A.T.
|Johnston, C.H. and Smith, A.T. (Lagomorph Red List Authority)
Lepus americanus is a widespread species. Populations seem to be healthy, overall, although there exists concern over the status of southeastern USA populations. The status of distinct subspecies along the Pacific coast is unclear.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Lepus americanus appears in boreal and mixed deciduous forests of North America. It occurs in all provinces of Canada, except Nunavut. In the USA it is present in Alaska, as well as the western mountain states of Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and Colorado, and small pockets in high elevation areas in New Mexico, Utah, and California. Its distribution also includes the Great Lakes region and eastern states of Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Historically in mountain portions of West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, but those populations seem to have declined recently.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland I, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon); United States (Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
|Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
|Population is more or less continuous in Canada and Alaska but patchily distributed in the contiguous USA. Populations in the boreal forest fluctuate according to a 10-year cycle, where their densities may vary 100-fold over the span of several years. Southern populations may be noncyclic or fluctuate with reduced amplitude.
The status of southeastern populations is unclear, but the range limit may be receding northward. This may be related to habitat loss, increase in predator (especially coyote) numbers, and perhaps climate change and loss of snow during winter.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Lepus americanus is associated with boreal and mixed deciduous forest of North America. It requires fairly dense vegetation, which it uses as cover. This species requires snow cover, because of its white winter pelage. Two subspecies along the Pacific coast fail to turn white and may be more common in Pacific forests with little or no winter snow cover. Requires mixed forest with dense understory. Typically, stands aged 25-40 years are ideal. L. americanus also seems to favor edge habitat. Diet consists mostly of grasses, forbs, sedges, and ferns (Murray 2003).
The total length of L. americanus is 36.0 - 52.0 cm (Banfield 1974; Hall 1981). The breeding season of L. americanus is from March to September and is subject to photoperiod control (Murray 2003). The average number of litters by L. americanus varies according to location with 1.9 litters per year in Alaska and 3.8 litters per year in Wisconsin (Murray 2003). Litter size varies according to location and number of previous litters produced (Murray 2003).
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|5% of the total population is utilized. It is modestly used for food, and to a small extent the fur is used by natives.
|Major Threat(s):
|Southern populations may be subject to excessive habitat loss and fragmentation, perhaps climate change plays a contributory role as well.
|Conservation Actions:
In some southern states, hunting has been closed either temporarily or permanently to try to restore populations. The efficacy of such efforts usually has not been monitored carefully. In some cases hares have been stocked in an attempt to bolster the populations. This method also seems to have limited utility because captive-bred hares are highly vulnerable to predation and transplanted wild hares often succumb to death in captivity during transport. Conservation and management efforts have been recommended for the New Mexico extent of L. americanus, stemming from the restricted distribution and low abundance (Frey and Malaney 2006).
Lepus americanus is known to occur in the following U.S. National Wildlife Refuges (NWR):
Tetlin NWR (as of 2003)
Sherburne NWR
Seney NWR (as of 2004, reported as abundant)
Innoko NWR
Koyukuk NWR
Red Rock Lakes NWR (found in forested areas)
Kodiak NWR (as of 2006, reported as common)
Alaskan Peninsula/Becharof NWR (as of 2003)
Rachel Carson NWR (as of 2001, reported as common).
|Murray, D. & Smith, A.T. 2008. Lepus americanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T41273A10411354. . Downloaded on 21 September 2018.
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After a long and agonizing two weeks of soccer hell, Premier League football has returned. That two week spell was, for me, excruciating painful. Very few quality matches were on offer. There were far too many storylines that revolved around issues that had nothing to do with football on the pitch. But now we're back with a full assortment of Premier League matches.
Kicking the action off this morning is Tottenham Hotspur against Chelsea in a massive crunch match between Andre Villas Boas and the former team he managed. The fact that the match is being played at White Hart Lane is a bonus especially how vocal the home supporters can be. Let's hope there's an early goal in this one to open the match up for a treasure chest of goals.
Thanks to the Champions League matches being played next week, we have six Premier League games to choose from during the 10am-Noon ET timeslot. High-flying West Bromwich Albion will provide a tough test for Manchester City at the Hawthorns. Manchester United should comfortably win at home against Stoke. Liverpool plays Reading at Anfield where the Reds hope to get all three points. Fulham against Aston Villa promises to be an entertaining match at Craven Cottage. West Ham will hope to wipe away the loss against Arsenal by beating Southampton at home. And last but not least, Swansea plays Wigan at the Liberty Stadium. If the Swans want to show people that they're still a force to be reckoned with this season, today is a must-win for Michael Laudrup's team against former Swansea gaffer Roberto Martinez.
The late kickoff today is Norwich at home against an Arsenal team that is currently buzzing after their win against West Ham United. If Norwich is to make any mark on its season, today is the day to show us what Chris Hughton's men can do. This, I predict, will be a much tougher match for Arsenal than most people think.
Before, during and after today's Premier League matches, post your rants, raves, questions and observations below.
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With the ratings of her TLC show continuing to decline, a new report states Kate Gosselin is worried about having to get a real job.
According to Popeater, Kate, 36, is going all out for the new season of her show in hopes that it will be a big success. "This season Kate has been told to bring her A-game," a TV producer tells Popeater. "If her ratings drop to the 1 million mark this will be her last season, and then Kate would have to get a real job."
Ratings for Kate Plus 8, her TLC show following her divorce from Jon Gosselin, has steadily averaged 1.6 million viewers per episode. A far cry from the staggering 10 million viewers that tuned in for the episode in which Jon and Kate formally announced their divorce.
"You are going to see Kate spend another night camping, but this time without Sarah Palin. You will see her explore Sydney, meet with aboriginals and even swim with sharks in an attempt to win back viewers," adds the source.
Another source assures Popeater that TLC is still Team Kate. "TLC hadn't really done 'Kate Plus 8' in a series way until now — it was just sporadic specials that people had trouble finding," the source says. "TLC does believe in her."
However, it seems Kate does have reason to be worried as the Monday night premiere episode of Kate Plus 8 only brought in 1.3 million viewers.
In other Kate news, TMZ is reporting that Kate is being sued after failing to pay $10,476 for marriage counseling services back in 2009.
Despite getting her divorce from Jon finalized in December 2009, it seems Kate had previously requested that one of the Pennsylvania-based counselors of Creative Energy Options company "fly to Los Angeles to perform marriage counseling, then refused to pay for service or travel fees."
The company's president, Dr. Sylvia Lafair, told TMZ they had reached out to Kate several times, but that she has yet to make any payments.


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WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Four days into the search for a missing pregnant woman in Maui, her half-sister and a group of volunteers got their first serious clues, finding a skirt, shirt and bra that appeared stained with blood. The sister recognized the items as belonging to 27-year-old Carly Scott and the searchers called police.
That led to a turning point in what started as a missing persons case — the discovery of a jawbone that would eventually help authorities file a murder charge against her ex-boyfriend, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press.
Scott's mother, Kimberlyn Scott, declined to discuss the details of the case but told The Associated Press she now believes the man charged with killing her daughter, 24-year-old Steven Capobianco, is responsible and the only one who knows where her body is.
"We wanted something else — we wanted a different answer than it was Steven," Kimberlyn Scott said. "For me, personally, it took a while, and I have only recently come to the conclusion that it was Steven."
After the discovery, police began investigating Scott's disappearance as a homicide. Then last week, a grand jury indicted Steven Capobianco, 24, on charges of murder and arson.
The person, who was not authorized to discuss the case, declined to reveal exactly how authorities linked the jawbone to Capobianco, the father of Scott's child.
He is accused of killing Scott and burning her sport utility vehicle to cover up the crime. The Makawao woman's burned 1997 Toyota 4Runner was found on the island's north shore.
An indictment says Capobianco intentionally or knowingly caused Scott's death "in an especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel manner, manifesting exceptional depravity" during the period from Feb. 9 to Feb. 13.
During that period, he also set fire to Scott's property, the indictment said.
Capobianco has pleaded not guilty. Shelly Miyashiro, the public defender who represented him at his arraignment, didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
The person said it became clear that Scott was dead when maggot-infested clothes belonging to her were found.
Jeff Simon, co-founder of Maui Search and Rescue, the volunteer organization that directed the search, said police found human remains at the site after the clothes were identified.
"At that point, we stopped and got in touch with the Maui Police Department," Simon said.
Searchers were led to the site because of a tracking system in Scott's phone that pinged her last location. It was in a jungle area between two small bays along Hana Highway, a popular tourist drive along Maui's east coast.
Early in the search for the missing redhead, Capobianco told Hawaii News Now that he had nothing to do with hurting Carly Scott, who went by the nickname Charli.
He said she had picked him up the night before her family reported her missing and drove him to a site where his truck had broken down. After he fixed the truck, she drove behind him but he eventually lost sight of her and figured she made it safely to her destination, he said.
Kimberlyn Scott said the volunteers searchers were key to finding initial answers and she's confident authorities police have pieced the mystery together properly, even if she's not sure of every piece.
"I'm confident that it is being handled properly and I'm glad that it's moving forward," she said.
Kimberlyn Scott said her next priority is to find her daughter's body. She also wants to push for state legislation to make killing a fetus a crime, and highlight other missing persons cases in Maui and around the country to spur action.
Hawaii law doesn't consider a fetus a person for purposes of homicide charges.
Kelleher reported from Honolulu. Garcia can be reached on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oskargarcia


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Trekkie pays £45,000 for rusty shuttle
Captain's flog
A dilapidated shuttlecraft prop used in the original Star Trek series has sold at auction for $70,000 (£45,000). Some Trekkies have far too much cash in their hands.
As you can see from the image below, the 24ft long shuttle, which had been acquired by a collector years ago, has clearly seen better days. This didn't stop a last-minute bidding war, though, which pushed prices up over three times its original $20,000 offer.
The "partially-restored" Galileo NCC-1701/7 shuttlecraft of the USS Enterprise was up for grabs in an 11-day online auction by Kiko Auctioneers that ended last week.
Employee Brooks Ames said the early bid was pushed up heavily in the last 90 seconds, when three avid collectors locked horns.
According the auctioneer, the new owners plan to restore the shuttle and display it in a museum. Looks like it might require a lot of space… on the vinyl front tier. ®


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"Accurate and timely data capture is such an integral part of the supply chain process today as it relates to running the entire [freight] company – from sales prospecting, to quotes, to operations, to finance, to customer notification – [to create] a cohesive, optimized logistics process." –Gene Gander, vice president of sales-Americas for CargoWise edi
It's OK to roll your eyes when the talk turns to driving business efficiencies through information technology (IT) improvements. Lord knows, it sometimes feels like the IT community speaks a whole different language, one filled with all sorts of clunky terms ('optimization' is my favorite) and inscrutable acronyms (SOP, EDI, etc.)
Thing is, though, properly designed and deployed IT systems really DO bring efficiencies to the table. I talked with a small family-owned moving company in Texas not long ago, a company that's been investing heavily in IT upgrades over the past five years, and they told me one of the end results of their systems improvements was the elimination of 270 human "touches" to a shipment – especially where the exchange of bills of lading and other paperwork is concerned.
That's a tremendous amount of time and effort the business Is no re-focusing elsewhere – and time is probably the most precious commodity companies have in the freight market these days, especially since shipment "speed" still remains the watchword of the day in many cases.
"We operate in a global freight and logistics environment that is considerably more dynamic and complex than it has been in the past," noted Gene Gander, vice president of sales-Americas for CargoWise edi, a freight IT provider based out of Chicago.
"This is especially true in the current worldwide economic situation where new business paradigms are increasingly necessary to meet existing and future business challenges," he stressed. "The entire freight … process is evolving as global economic changes occur, and today requires more advanced and efficient IT tools to support these market dynamics."
Gander believes there are seven distinct ways IT solutions can be applied across a wide scope of business functions that can automate and integrate various company processes and cohesively manage them throughout the entire freight process.
• Provides a Consistent SOP (standard operating procedure) Process: In too many cases today there are fragmented communications solutions in a disparate global operating system that may serve one business segment more so than another, said Gander. This requires multiple data entries and is redundant in nature. A single SOP system for supply chain visibility can access necessary shipment data and integrate information across business functions, saving time and creating companywide efficiencies. With integrated information, sales reps can enter critical data that is used to facilitate increased sales and customer service by monitoring project status and meeting customer deadlines, while operations management can use the same information for reporting and oversight without requiring additional data entry. IT optimization provides cross-functional management visibility as a by-product of the sales effort, but is also an invaluable communications tool for ongoing operations.
• Increases Ease of Training: Ongoing training of changing IT system methods is critical to effective global freight operations. The establishment of a single integrated IT system through one provider permits a more effective and freight-specific systems training process across departments, business functions and company branches. This can provide efficiencies for both company employees and customers using training manuals on-site, or on a remote or on-demand Web-based basis.
• Creates Deeper Customer Profiles: The sales and marketing process is the first contact with the customer/prospect your company has, stressed Gander, so a single customer-specific operational profile of the customer and shipment parameters and variables can be an invaluable operating tool. Changing customer organization details, contacts, and procedures once a logistics process is underway can be an administrative nightmare with multiple data systems within a company. A single and comprehensive data system with a common point of customer input ensures continuity for the entire team, which has access to the same updated information to ensure a seamless flow of quality information. A properly integrated customer profile does not require sales to send multiple memos, but rather enables the system to automatically inform operations of how to most efficiently manage that account regardless of organizational changes.
• Consolidates Reporting: An effective, consolidated IT system can create a valuable reporting tool that offers superior, electronic data mining, funnels important shipment data and documents throughout your company's business functions without redundancies, improves the workflow and enhances the decision-making process for management while ensuring data quality through a single and consistent electronic reporting system, noted Gander. Using accurate and timely information that flows in all directions helps to create efficiencies by avoiding miscommunications – while also creating a "greener" electronic, paperless work environment in the process.
• Improves the Customer Service Process: A properly integrated IT system can significantly improve customer service by providing accurate shipment data for both the company and customer. IT efficiencies enable a more precise customer record to be entered into a CRM (customer resource management) tool that is both accurate and cross-functional, Gander said. IT solutions with an integrated CRM process enables sales, operations and finance to work from the same records, maximizing companywide operating efficiencies and greatly enhances the customer experience through improved reporting of shipment status.
• Creates Centralized Data Efficiencies: A robust single system and transparent IT solution can also enhance the nature of the data quality and efficiencies throughout your organization, Gander pointed out. By creating a centralized database that is accurate and accessible to all parties in the pipeline, maximum efficiencies are created by centralizing information regardless of skill level or geographic location. Entering data only once reduces possible errors caused by multiple touches, and saves money and resources by not having to re-key it multiple times. The cross-functional visibility created by one integrated IT system enables it to be viewed and managed efficiently from both ends of the supply chain.
• Enables Greater Supply Chain Visibility: The electronic entry of shipment information, as opposed to manual entry, allows the data capture to be pushed out through the extended supply chain more accurately and timely, Gander said. For instance, an export data entry does not just start with the arrival of information with an IT-efficient system; but rather when the foreign export is initiated for shipment management. This provides more immediate end-to-end supply chain visibility for all trading partners.
"Ultimately implementing a robust, single-source IT infrastructure can greatly lower hardware and software costs, while streamlining all business functions and improving workflow productivity," Gander believes. "This ultimately enables [freight companies] to more efficiently manage global operations electronically through a single software provider, allowing your operation to provide consistency, improved and timely shipment status communications and vastly improved global supply chain visibility."
It's a tough market out there as carriers, owner-operators, freight forwarders, logistics providers, and freight brokers all jockey for a shrinking pool of business. Having the right IT tools in place can make your business, no matter how small, more efficient and thus a more nimble competitor. At the very least (to steal a phrase from my compatriot Tim Brady) it's something to think about.


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Two people survive plane crash
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Two people survive plane crash
FAA to investigate what happened
Emergency workers are investigating a small plane crash in southern Greenville County.
Officials said the Dunklin Fire Department, EMS and the Greenville County Sheriff's Office were called out to Aeronca Road around 11:13 a.m.
Asst. Chief John Hooper said the plane had just taken off from the Oak Hill airstrip on Oak Hill Road. Moments later, Hoopers said the plane crashed in an open field across the road. The plane struck a tree and fuel leaked out, Hooper said.
Hooper said two men on the plane survived and appear to be doing okay.
Both men were taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
The FAA has been called to investigate.