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In Which Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer Get PWN3D by the Totally Bogus, MLK 'Zionist' Letter
More: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pamela, in a vodka haze, screeched:
Martin Luther King would be spinning in his grave if he knew how he was being exploited by the bigots, Jew-haters, racists, demagogues he fought so hard against. If only those who so egregiously use him would heed his words and wisdom.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was an opponent of the jihad against Israel. While there are some disputed quotations circulating in this connection, here are some key and authenticated MLK quotes. Take them to heart today:
(a bunch of fake quotes)
Well, as it so happens, I own the website where Pamela (& her sidekick Poison Shorty) claims these quotes are "authenticated." In 1999, back in the dawn of Teh Interwebz, "Letter to an Anti Zionist Friend" was circulating on Usenet and in SPAM emails. One of the very first debunkings done by CAMERA (before they turned into a propaganda spam machine) was proving that this "Letter" was never published in the Saturday Review, and never written by MLK.
Anyone clicking from Pam's site, or Jihadwatch, or anywhere, will find this message:
It has been brought to our attention that this page is being linked by some questionable sites. Therefore we have removed all quotes and reminiscences that we have not been able to personally verify.
jewish-history.com has attempted to track down the source of this Internet hoax and find out who could have composed this bogus letter, without success. There is no evidence that Dr. King uttered these words at a speech given at Harvard, and whether or not he may have said something like this to someone in a private conversation is impossible to verify.
The hoax appears to have originated with either Marc Schneier or Michael Salberg in spite of vehement denials from CAMERA and the ADL. Somebody obviously thought it would be cool to make up a bogus MLK quote in support of a cause that he may or may not have endorsed.
We warn everyone to be wary of "quotes" from famous people that they may encounter on the Internet.
Unfortunately, the communication from CAMERA, which we received in 1999, also contained a number of unverified, bogus quotes attempting desperately to link MLK to the cause of Israel. Look, we know that he had a bunch of Jewish friends, but he had his own battles. He did not have the time or the energy to embrace someone else's agenda. We have removed those quotes from our website and apologize to anyone who may have been misled by them.
I am deeply sorry that I did not check my referer logs earlier, or correct the letter that I received 14 years ago from CAMERA which debunked the "Letter" but then included a bunch of other fake quotes.
UPDATE: Pamela is no longer linking to jewish-history.com, but has replaced Authenticated MLK Quotes with three links to three different sites (all of which rely on the same sources which I removed from jewish-history.com as unreliable). Musta done a bunch of frantic drunk Googling.

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Breakfast – it's one of the most important meals of the day and one I never skip. I know for some people, though, it's a challenge to pull together something healthy early in the morning amidst the rush of getting ready for work or getting kids ready for school. Even Neil and I (who get up super early to accommodate our extremely slow pace in the mornings) sometimes find it challenging to "get it together" re: breakfast and more often than not, I will set out an array of items for us to choose from – yogurts, granola bars, bananas. As I was looking at the breakfast table the other day, which included a very sad looking banana, Neil wondered aloud when I might be making some banana bread. Then it hit me. Instead of eating all the breakfast items separately, why not incorporate them in a loaf so that breakfast would be a "one stop" affair? So for my fifth post for Liberté, I set about creating the perfect breakfast loaf. I have a couple of favourite recipes for banana bread that I use on a regular basis and this is a melange of a couple of them plus a favourite muffin recipe! I used Liberté Honey Greek yogurt 0% for a little added sweetness.
The resulting loaf was the perfect breakfast (or, let's face it – any time of the day snack). Light yet substantial (the yogurt provides the protein we all need at breakfast) with some different textures thanks to the granola and moist thanks to the yogurt. I replaced butter with a small amount of vegetable oil which I think helped it stay moist for 5 days after I baked it (it does well reheated in the microwave for about 30 seconds), it's a recipe I will be making again and again.
Banana bread with granola and Greek yogurt
Breakfast in a slice - bananas, granola and yogurt in one tasty loaf!
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/4 cup ground flax seeds
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup packed dark-brown sugar
- 1/2 cup Liberté Honey Greek yogurt 0%
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup granola
- 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
- Preheat oven to 375˚F.
- Lightly oil a 9" loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oats, flax baking powder and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, brown sugar, yogurt, and oil.
- Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients, and mix in flour mixture until just combined.
- Gently fold in the granola and bananas.
- Pour mixture into the prepared loaf pan and bake fro about 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool for 5 minutes before removing from tin. Serve warm.
- The loaf keeps well for a few days - to freshen it up, pop a slice in the microwave for about 15-30 seconds.
Breakfast in a slice? What could be more perfect? Well actually, Neil thinks that this might be better with some chocolate chips in it – and perhaps it would – what I love about recipes like this is how easy they are to customise with add-ins (think dried fruits, nuts, chocolate chips….)
For more fabulous recipes and to discover their Greek yogurt line, visit Liberté now.
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4 L4Deads: The Sacrifice Is Out
Valve send word that The Sacrifice, the DLC for both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, is now available on Steam.
"The new DLC is available free of charge to all Steam gamers who own a copy of L4D and/or L4D2. And, for a limited time, L4D and L4D2 (as well as their respective Steam bundles) are available for 66% off the regular price."
That said, my Steam doesn't seem to be updating. Hmm. Oh, now it is.


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This Friday night, the most-anticipated football game for local Section 9 teams this season will take place at New Paltz High School, when the host Huguenots (7-0 overall) host the Marlboro Iron Dukes (7-0 overall).
Both teams sit atop the standings in Section 9, Class B with the postseason looming. New Paltz is coming off last weekend's 14-7 win over Red Hook, and Marlboro enters this week after beating Ellenville, 28-6.
The Poughkeepsie Journal reached out to both head coaches, and we interviewed Marlboro head coach Rich Ward earlier in the week.
Click on this video to watch our video interview with Ward, who discusses his team's effort throughout the season, what he expects heading into Friday night's game, and how this week's game will prepare the Iron Dukes for the playoffs.
The Huguenots' head coach, Tom Tegeler, said the game is similarly a big deal — not only at New Paltz High School, but throughout the town.
"Everyone is really excited," Tegeler said. "The community is hugely involved. We've had dinners every night. We're expecting a lot of people there (at the game)." Just like Ward, Tegeler said the game will pit two of the best teams in the area, and will likely be a challenge throughout. "They're a great team," he said, referring to the Iron Dukes, "and they're well-coached."
The Journal will at Friday night's game, providing live scoring updates from the field. Just check out our Sports department's official Twitter feed, and look for the #MarlNP hashtag for updates every team a team scores. And as always, be sure to look for a full game story and photos in Sunday's edition of the paper, as well as our website!


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Open from 27/03/2021 to 23/10/2021
Small and Quiet
Las Palmeras is a small, very quiet and comfortable campsite on the Costa Brava, where we are sure our clients will have an unforgettable stay. The facilities are designed especially families minded, where you will find everything necessary to make your stay enjoyable.
Tourist destination
The prestigious travel magazine National Geographic Traveler, published in 2012 its list of the world's best tourist destinations, one of which is the Costa Brava. The inclusion of the Costa Brava on this list is a result of the positive evaluation made by the National Geographic Editorial Committee.
Natural park
Another attraction of our campsite is that it's situated next to the Natural Park of Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, a unique area where you can see the fauna and nature of this region. We are just a kilometer from the small, traditionally agricultural village of Sant Pere Pescador, far from the tourist crowds.
At 250 meters is a long sandy beach with shallow waters and monitored by lifeguards during the summer months which makes it really safe for children. You will find Beach bars for eating or having drinks during the day or to enjoy the nightlife scene. A privileged location for practising windsurfing and kitesurfing, with schools for those who wish to start practising these sports.
Environmental quality
Las Palmeras campsite has been awarded with the Badge of Guarantee of Environmental Quality, thanks to its policy of respecting the natural environment and continuously minimizing its environmental impact.
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Turkey coma, food baby, sugar high — when it comes to Christmas calories, there's really no end to the overloading (or over-serving). And, because mom's homemade apple pie, a second mug of eggnog, and that figgy pudding might all be impossible to resist, we're saying, "Don't resist!"…or, at least don't feel guilty if you go for the eating gold. Yes, here at R29 HQ we spend as much time agonizing over our lunch orders as we do picking out our outfits — and we spend double the amount of hours on both during the celebratory season.
Look, we all understand the need to indulge, so we've rounded up our very own festive food philosophies to offer some moral support. Think of it as an editors' eating list to comfort your cookie habit…or help you find an alternative to those mashed potatoes you love so much. Some of us fill half our plates with veggies, some of us stock up on special super foods, and some of us say "the more desserts the merrier," but, in any case, we're all paying a bit more attention to our waistlines as the trays of homemade treats pour in, and you're invited to peep our seasonal pantries so you can have your cake…and fit into that hot new cocktail dress, too.


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Q: Where can one buy English toasting bread in the Chicago area? I bought a loaf earlier this year at a store in the Crest Hill area. But since then have been unable to find it in a store. Worse yet I can't remember the name of the store at which I bought the English toasting bread or the brand name.
—Howard R. Hansen, Crest Hill, Ill.
A: I don't know where you can find English toasting bread in the Chicago area. I called Spencer's Jolly Posh Foods, at 1405 W. Irving Park Road in Chicago, and they don't carry it. Maybe someone reading this can help. Email me, dear readers, if you know of a store carrying English toasting bread and I'll forward the information.
To his credit, Mr. Hansen did his homework before writing me. He did an online search for "English toasting bread" and found many mentions to a toasting bread made from the same dough used for English muffins.
"The bread I bought did not have the coarse texture or the open spaces like English muffins,'' he wrote in a subsequent e-mail. "When one is looking for a sandwich bread that doesn't compress between your fingers like standard white bread and doesn't overwhelm the flavor of the ingredients than English toasting bread is a good choice."
Mr. Hansen thought Brownberry's Butter Split Top bread was similar in texture to the English toasting bread he is looking for.
Ajit Patel, a staffer at Spencer's Jolly Posh Foods, was unaware of any substitutes. He described English toasting bread as a bread that toasts up crisp on the surface while the texture remains soft underneath.
My advice is to keep looking, both at your local stores and online, for that elusive loaf.
You might also want to try baking your own. This recipe for "English Muffin Toasting Bread" comes from the King Arthur Flour Co. Web site (kingarthurflour.com). It is based on an old recipe by James Beard.
P.J. Hamel, a web producer for community and education who writes and edits the baking blog for the Norwich, Vt.-based flour company, says the recipe has more to do with English muffins than English toasting bread but she described the loaf as making the "best toast ever."
"Its craggy holes capture melting butter, while its texture offers a toasted slice with soft interior, and crisp-crunchy exterior," she wrote on the blog.
Hamel told me this loaf is so easy to make that it is "everyone's first bread recipe and has been around at least since the 1970s."
Give it a try, Mr. Hansen. Even if it's not exactly the same, nothing beats a freshly-baked homemade loaf of bread — toasted or not. (Just to be safe, Hamel sent me a link to a King Arthur recipe for a classic white sandwich loaf. "It's not squishy," she said. Try this one, too: http://bit.ly/aPJFNk
English muffin toasting bread
Yield: 1 loaf
A recipe from King Arthur Flour Co.
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon instant yeast
1 cup milk
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil or olive oil
cornmeal, to sprinkle in pan
1. Whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and instant yeast in a large mixing bowl.
2. Combine the milk, water, and oil in a separate, microwave-safe bowl, and heat to between 120 to 130 degrees. Be sure to stir the liquid well before measuring its temperature; you want an accurate reading. If you don't have a thermometer, the liquid will feel quite hot (hotter than lukewarm), but not so hot that it would be uncomfortable as bath water.
3. Pour the hot liquid over the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl. Beat at high speed for 1 minute. The dough will be very soft.
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4. Lightly grease an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan; sprinkle the bottom and sides with cornmeal. Scoop the soft dough into the pan, leveling it in the pan as much as possible.
5. Cover the pan, and let the dough rise till it's just barely crowned over the rim of the pan. When you look at the rim of the pan from eye level, you should see the dough, but it shouldn't be more than 1/4-inch over the rim. This will take about 45 minutes to 1 hour, if you heated the liquid to the correct temperature and your kitchen isn't very cold.
6. Remove the cover, and bake the bread in a 400-degree oven for 22 to 27 minutes, till it's golden brown and its interior temperature is 190 degrees. Remove the bread from the oven, and after 5 minutes turn it out of the pan onto a rack to cool. Let the bread cool completely before slicing.
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CBS News chairman Jeff Fager rejected Lance Armstrong's demand for an apology over a story that raised doping allegations, saying it stands by its report as "truthful, accurate and fair."
Armstrong's attorneys demanded an on-air apology from "60 Minutes" on Tuesday over allegations on the show's May 22 episode that Armstrong tested positive for a banned substance at the 2001 Tour de Suisse.
Also read: Scott Pelley to Take Over CBS 'Evening News'
"Lance Armstrong and his lawyers were given numerous opportunities to respond to every detail of our reporting for weeks prior to the broadcast and their written responses were fairly and accurately included in the story," Fager said in his response.
The objections from Armstrong's attorneys come as Scott Pelley, the reporter on the story, prepares to take over Monday as the anchor of the "CBS Evening News." Fager, the executive producer of "60 Minutes" as well as the CBS News chairman, wasted no time trying to dismantle them.
Armstrong's former teammate, Tyler Hamilton, said on "60 Minutes" that Armstrong tested positive for the banned substance EPO at the 2001 Tour de Suisse but that "people took care of it" and "figured out a way for it to go away." Hamilton has twice tested positive for banned substances, and said Armstrong gave him drugs.
Pelley reported that a letter from a government investigator to the lab that tested Armstrong said that Armstrong's urine sample was "suspicious" and "consistent with EPO use." Pelley futher reported that Armstrong and his team manager met with the lab director, and later made two donations totaling $125,000 to the organization that polices doping.
"We alerted '60 Minutes' producers in advance of the show that virtually every single one of these allegations was false," Armstrong's attorneys said in their letter to Fager on Tuesday. "We provided evidence to prove it, and we warned CBS that the defamatory message that it sought to convey was an outrage. '60 Minutes' went ahead with the broadcast anyway."
The attorneys argued that since Armstrong did not test positive, and there was no meeting to cover it up, "the suggestion by host Scott Pelley that Mr. Armstrong's charitable contributions… were corrupt is the baseless icing on the defamatory cake."
They also note that Martial Saugy, the Swiss lab director, told The Washington Post after the report aired that he had no knowledge of Armstrong testing positive or of any cover-up.
Armstrong has always denied doping, and denied allegations by former teammate Floyd Landis that Landis and Armstrong received banned blood transfusions to improve their performance.
Fager's full letter to the lawyers:
60 MINUTES stands by its story as truthful, accurate and fair. Lance Armstrong and his lawyers were given numerous opportunities to respond to every detail of our reporting for weeks prior to the broadcast and their written responses were fairly and accurately included in the story. Mr. Armstrong still has not addressed charges by teammates Tyler Hamilton and George Hincapie that he used performance enhancing drugs with them.
1) The letter from Keker & Van Nest, Mr. Armstrong's attorneys, claims that there was no "positive" or "suspicious" test from the 2001 Tour de Suisse:
Mr. Armstrong's teammate, Tyler Hamilton, told 60 MINUTES about the 2001 Tour de Suisse test. Included in his interview are the same facts that Hamilton reported under oath to U.S. federal officials under the penalty of perjury.
60 MINUTES also reported that the Swiss Anti-Doping Laboratory Director, Dr. Martial Saugy, told U.S. officials and the FBI that that there was a "suspicious" test result from the Tour de Suisse in 2001. This was confirmed by a number of international officials who have linked the "suspicious" test to Armstrong. In recent days, Dr. Saugy finally confirmed to the media that there were "suspicious" test results.
2) The letter from Armstrong's attorneys claims that 60 MINUTES was inaccurate in reporting about a meeting
60 Minutes reported there was a meeting between Dr. Saugy, Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Bruyneel. Dr. Saugy refused our requests for an interview, but after the broadcast he confirmed that the meeting took place. Mr. Armstrong, after our broadcast, said he couldn't recall that any such meeting took place.
3) Mr. Armstrong's lawyers claim our story was "shoddy," while we found at least three inaccuracies in their letter:
They claimed that 60 MINUTES reported the meeting took place at the Swiss lab; they claimed that 60 MINUTES reported the meeting took place in 2001; and they claimed that 60 MINUTES said it was a "secret" meeting. All three are wrong.
David Howman, managing director of the World Anti-Doping Agency, told 60 MINUTES that any meeting between Mr.Armstrong, Mr. Brunyeel and the Swiss lab director, Dr. Saugy, would be "highly unusual" and "inappropriate."
Jeff Fager, chairman, CBS News, executive producer, 60 MINUTES


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kcapifony 2.1.6
kCapistrano is an open source tool for running scripts on multiple servers. It's primary use is for easily deploying applications. While it was built specifically for deploying Rails apps, it's pretty simple to customize it to deploy other types of applications. This package is a deployment "recipe" to work with symfony (both 1 and 2) applications. This is a fork to make working with our deployment system more easy.


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Clone Your Own
Grow shrubs from stem cuttingsBy Carla Burgess
Taking cuttings is an inexpensive way to multiply some of your garden favorites or to propagate a friend's or neighbor's plant that you've been admiring. In addition, it may be the only way to obtain plants that are hard to find or lost to the nursery trade. To produce a plant that has identical characteristics (such as bloom color), the only way to ensure an exact copy, or clone, is to propagate it using vegetative techniques such as by rooting a stem cutting.
Many kinds of woody plants are fairly easy to grow from stem cuttings, if you follow a few guidelines. Start by learning a bit about the propagation requirements of the species you select, as some will not produce roots via stem cuttings.
It's critical to take the cutting at the right time. Depending on the species, plants will root in either or all of the following stages of growth: softwood, semi-hardwood or hardwood. Forsythias and camellias, for example, may be propagated from softwood, semi-hardwood or hardwood cuttings. Blueberries, on the other hand, are best rooted from softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings. Take your cue from the growth stage of the plant, not the calendar.
Identifying growth stages
- Softwood—new growth that is slightly firm; stems will snap easily when bent.
- Semi-hardwood—the current season's growth that has partially matured or "hardened"; at this time, leaves will have reached their full size.
- Hardwood—the mature growth from the previous year's growth; plants are dormant at this stage. With deciduous species, hardwood cuttings may be taken after leaves have dropped and up until the time that new shoots appear. Don't take the term "hardwood" literally—brittle stems (from two or more seasons ago) are generally no longer viable for cuttings.
Your success also depends on using the right growing medium and providing proper moisture and other environmental conditions. Your set-up doesn't have to be fancy: It can be as simple as a pot covered with a plastic bag.
Growing medium
A soil-less mix is the best medium and usually includes combinations of peat, perlite or sand. The medium needs to be coarse, or porous, so that air can circulate around the stem. You can make this mixture yourself by combining equal amounts of peat and perlite (1:1 ratio). Other possible recipes are 1 part peat: 1 part sand. Use sharp sand such as builder's sand, not children's sandbox sand. In lieu of peat, you can substitute the same amount of coir (coconut husk fiber) or very fine pine bark (you may need to sieve it to remove any large pieces). The growing medium should be thoroughly moistened before you insert cuttings. Don't add any fertilizer until after roots have formed. The medium should be kept moist but not saturated or the cuttings will rot. Fill the cutting "bed" with at least 3 inches of medium. Make sure containers have adequate drainage holes.
Rooting aids
Cuttings will produce roots faster and in greater abundance with the aid of a rooting hormone. Two types of synthetic rooting hormones are widely used. Naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) is found in products such as Rootone, which is sold in powdered form. Indolebutyric acid (IBA) is the primary ingredient in products such as Dip 'n Grow, a liquid form. Some rooting hormones are also available in gel form. Liquid form is highly recommended for new propagators working with woody cuttings, but powder is acceptable. If you can't find rooting hormones locally, check mail-order gardening catalogs or search for sources online.
Taking and sticking the cuttings
Take cuttings from plants that are free of disease and not drought-stressed. Use sharp hand pruners or a knife to sever the stem. Make a clean cut, leaving no ragged edges. A typical cutting is 4 to 6 inches long. However, cuttings of slow-growing or dwarf plant varieties will necessarily be shorter, as there is a scant amount of new growth each year. Before sticking the cutting, remove the leaves from the lower one-third to one-half of the stem. Also remove any flowers or seeds. Dip the base of the cutting into the liquid hormone for 1 second, give it about a minute to dry, then stick it into the medium just deeply enough that it can support itself—in general, no more than a third its length. (If using powder, tap the cutting gently to shake off excess powder.) You may insert several cuttings into the same pot, or use a communal bed such as a pan or flat. Do not push cuttings all the way to the bottom. Place cuttings 1 or 2 inches apart, with no leaves touching. If inserting cuttings into individual pots, cover with a clear or opaque plastic bag to maintain humidity. If using trays, cover with a plastic lid. Whatever type of containers you choose, be sure there are adequate drainage holes.
Tending the cuttings
If you root cuttings indoors, place containers in a relatively warm location underneath fluorescent lighting, if possible (fixtures or "shop lights" with bulbs are readily available at hardware stores). During the growing season, cuttings may be rooted outdoors. Cover containers and place in a location out of direct sunlight. If your modified greenhouse becomes overheated, cuttings will perish. Water your medium if necessary, or mist cuttings with a spritzer or spray of the hose. You should see a little "fog" from the humidity inside. Remove the cover only if necessary to vent excess heat or to add water.
Wait at least three weeks before disturbing the cuttings. Most cuttings will root in several weeks to a couple of months. You'll know that roots have formed if you feel a bit of resistance when you give the cutting a gentle tug. Pot the rooted cuttings individually and apply a dilute fertilizer initially. Pamper your young plants, and wait for a season or two before transplanting them in the garden.
Tips & Tricks
If it is warm outdoors and you'll be transporting them some distance, seal fresh cuttings in a plastic bag and carry them in a cooler. It is very important that they not dry out.
The following simple containers may be used for rooting cuttings: A terrarium or plastic bin topped with a piece of plastic. A plastic soda bottle or milk jug inverted over the top of a pot. A plastic pot placed inside a sealed plastic bag.
Manipulating peat and perlite sends up a large amount of dust. Before handling it, spray water inside the bag to wet it down. You may want to wear a dust mask while mixing the medium.
Some articles suggest you "wound" the base of the cutting before sticking it. If wounding is suggested, do not "grate" or otherwise peel the bark off the cutting. You will make just a small, shallow incision.
"Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants" by Richard Bir
"Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses" by Michael Dirr
"Plant Propagation by Stem Cuttings: Instructions for the Home Gardener" (NCSU Horticultural Information Leaflet #8702) by Frank Blazich (Download at www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8702.html or contact your Cooperative Extension agent to request a copy.)


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rebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr visited a Baghdad church that was the scene of a deadly 2010 attack as well as one of the Iraqi capital's main Sunni mosques on Friday, an apparent overture to other religious groups as opposition mounts against his rival, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The cleric's stops at the holy sites - a rare public appearance by Al-Sadr outside predominantly Shiite parts of Iraq - came as tens of thousands of protesters angry over perceived second-class treatment gathered in Sunni-dominated areas to maintain pressure against al-Maliki's Shiite-led government.
Al-Sadr, wearing his signature black cloak and turban, said he visited the Our Lady of Salvation church to express sorrow at the attack and send a message of peace to Iraq's Christian community.
The visit comes amid rising sectarian tensions a year after the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
Al-Sadr grudgingly backed fellow Shiite al-Maliki following elections in 2010. But last year he joined Iraq's minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds in calling for al-Maliki to resign.
Al-Sadr, since coming to prominence following the U.S.-led 2003 invasion, has frequently made overtures to Sunnis and others. But militias loyal to him were some of the worst perpetrators of sectarian violence last decade, and he is still viewed with hostility or suspicion by many Sunnis, Kurds and others.
At the church, al-Sadr sat quietly in the front pew, listening and nodding as Father Ayssar al-Yas welcomed him. The priest then gave al-Sadr a tour of the recently renovated church, pointing out places where attackers in 2010 killed priests and worshippers during a church service ambush. Over 50 were killed in the attack, blamed on Sunni extremists.
Al-Maliki himself attended a ceremony to officially reopen the church last month.
Al-Sadr's heavily protected convoy then made its way to the al-Gailani mosque, one of Baghdad's most prominent Sunni places of worship, shortly before midday Friday prayers.
As he entered the mosque, one worshipper called out that he is "the unifier of Sunnis and Shiites." Another hailed him as "the patriot, the patriot."
Al-Sadr this week spoke up for the Sunni protesters, and echoed that sentiment again Friday.
"We support the demands of the people, but I urge them to safeguard Iraq's unity," he said in brief comments inside the mosque following the Sunni imam's speech and midday prayers.
As he left, women in the courtyard ululated and showered him with candy.
Protesters, meanwhile, massed in several Sunni areas around the country.
The demonstrations appeared to be some of the largest in a wave of rallies over the past two weeks that erupted following the arrest of bodyguards assigned to Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi, one of the central government's most senior Sunni officials.
The detention of female prisoners has been a focus of the demonstrations, though the protests tap into deeper Sunni feelings of perceived discrimination and unfair application of laws against their sect by al-Maliki's government.
Iraqi authorities this week ordered the release of 11 women facing criminal charges and pledged to transfer other women prisoners to jails in their home provinces in a nod to protesters' demands.
But demonstrators Friday continued to press for more prisoners to be released.
Several thousand people took to the streets amid tight security outside Baghdad's Abu Hanifa mosque after the midday prayers. They demanded the release of detainees, and held banners with slogans against the politicization of the judiciary and calling for an end to corruption.
Their chants included: "Iran out!" - a reference to what many Iraqis see as their neighbor's influence over the government - and "Nouri al-Maliki is a liar."
Local TV broadcast what appeared to be tens of thousands of protesters massed along a highway near the western city of Ramadi, which has been the focus of demonstrations and sit-ins in recent weeks.
About 3,000 people gathered in the northern city of Mosul, where they called for the release of female prisoners and to end to what they say are random arrests of Sunnis. Among their chants were: "Down, down with al-Maliki" and "No to sectarianism."
In the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk, about 1,000 protested to demand the release of Sunni detainees.
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JayP wrote:A sorry state of affairs for sure. Lets just hope theres not enough right wing conservative idiots in America to vote him in if he runs for President!!!
WP101 wrote:aye he's a prick, got everyone (including the law by the looks) in his pocket though, what can ye do?
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For the second-straight UFC event, every fight on the card will be made available for live viewing.
UFC officials today announced that the three UFC 130 fights not already slated for broadcast on pay-per-view or Spike TV will be aired on Facebook.com.
The Internet stream features Bart Palaszewski vs. Gleison Tibau, Chris Cariaso vs. Michael McDonald and Renan Barao vs. Cole Escovedo.
UFC 130 takes place May 28 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Following the cancellation of Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard III, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Matt Hamill was promoted to the main-event slot.
Palaszewski (35-14 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a longtime IFL and WEC fighter, now makes his UFC debut. Since a career-worst 2-7 skid that resulted in a brief WEC exit in 2009, Palaszewski has posted four victories in five fights. However, a four-fight win streak recently came to an end with a close split-decision loss to Kamal Shalorus at WEC 53, which marked the organization's final show.
Meanwhile, Tibau (22-7 MMA, 8-5 UFC) looks to build on a decision win over Kurt Pellegrino at March's UFC 128 event. Tibau is 3-1 in his past four octagon outings, with his only loss coming to top contender Jim Miller.
McDonald (12-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a 20-year-old Californian who made his pro debut at just 16, recently picked up his fifth straight win when he scored a unanimous-decision victory over Edwin Figueroa at UFC Fight Night 24. (He also earned a "Fight of the Night" bonus with the effort.) The onetime WEC fighter has suffered just one career loss, though he avenged that defeat to former WEC champ Cole Escovedo in a 2010 Tachi Palace Fights title bout.
Cariaso (11-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a former EliteXC and Strikeforce fighter who went 1-1 in the WEC, recently posted a successful UFC debut. At UFC Fight Night 23, he scored a decision win over fellow WEC bet Will Campuzano to post his fourth win in five fights.
WEC vet Barao (25-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) comes to the octagon on the strength of a virtually unblemished professional career in six years of competition. The Brazilian graduated from the lighter-weighted sibling of the UFC following back-to-back WEC wins over Anthony Leone and Chris Cariaso. He now has posted 25 straight wins since an unsuccessful pro debut in 2005.
Escovedo (17-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a former WEC featherweight champ, makes his UFC debut on the heels of a 6-2 run. The former IFL, Strikeforce and DREAM fighter recently rebounded from back-to-back losses to Michael McDonald and Michihiro Omigawa with a first-round submission win over Steven Siler at a January regional event in Utah. Sixteen of his 17 pro wins now have come via stoppage.
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Next week's Newsweek cover features a smug-looking workout clothes-clad Sarah Palin standing majestically in front of the empty skies that represent her qualifications for President.
As far as wacky Newsweek covers go, I'd prefer a cover with a computer-rendered Zombie Eleanor Roosevelt about how she'd write her legal opinions if she were a 116-year-old Supreme Court justice. (Answer: with adorably illegible old lady scribble cursive.)
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Sunday, 31 July 2011
Sunday Blessings - A Son 's Sacrifice
Posted by Amrita at Sunday, July 31, 2011
Labels: Sunday Blessings
9 Fertilize my soul:
- Buttercup said...
Amrita, my heart is breaking for this child's family. Prayers!
Sending prayers and good thoughts to you, too!
- 1 August 2011 at 03:44
- Felisol said...
Dear Amrita,
What an unselfish sacrifice, but in vain. This was a heartbreaking story from the poor people.
But also one of love till death.
How blessed we are, who have a Saviour who died once and for all so that we could get free.
You sure have a vast mission field.
- 1 August 2011 at 04:19
- David Edward said...
happy Birthday to you dear sister, and soldier of Christ. your life is precious to Him.
- 1 August 2011 at 20:39
- Joseph Pulikotil said...
Hello Amrita,
Very heart touching story and a very powerful message which should be kept in mind by all of us.
I hope you had a wonderful birthday.
- 1 August 2011 at 22:06
- Nadwrażliwiec said...
It was great story about great sacrifice. People can sacrifice their life - I read many stories about people who had hidden Jews in their homes during 2nd World War - their could lost their life, but final result was the rescue of hundreds of Jews. But Jesus made something better - He died not only for people, who where good, and not only for people, who lived 2000 years ago. He died for all people from all nations, all ages, all centuries.
- 2 August 2011 at 00:59
- John Cowart said...
Hi Amrita,
You have written a powerful story of sacrifice here. This girl's mind-set was so loving. And your linking it to the Cross sets just the right tone.
John Cowart
- 2 August 2011 at 13:25
- Crown of Beauty said...
What a heartbreaking story Amrita. TO think that she died in vain. A blessed reminder to take the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross seriously, May His sacrifice never be wasted in my life!
- 3 August 2011 at 18:04
- Amrita said...
My dear friends I really appreciate all your comments
- 3 August 2011 at 20:46
- Amrita said...
Thank you for your birthday greeting David
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Canada's Forgotten Cartoonists: Doug Wright
Well the good people at Raincoast Books sent me a birthday present: this gorgeous large format coffee table book, The Collected Doug Wright, Vol. 1!
Naw, I'm kidding about it being a birthday present. It did arrive just days before my birthday but they actually sent it to me hoping I would review it here on the TI blog. Well, thanks good people at Raincoast! I am only too happy to oblige -- and for a couple of excellent reasons: first, because this is an absolutely beautiful and fitting tribute to a tremendously talented and prolific cartoonist who deserves better than to be forgotten in obscurity, and second, because Doug Wright was a Canadian cartoonist based in Hamilton, Ontario... and I am a Canadian cartoonist based in Hamilton, Ontario! So this one's for the hometown team - yeah! Go Hamilton Cartoonists!
This book is a labour of love conceived of and beautifully designed by internationally acclaimed cartoonist Seth, with a thoroughly fascinating biographical section researched and written by Brad McKay. I'd love to shake the hands of both these gentlemen for their dedication in making this handsome volume a reality. Even though Doug Wright's Family was an important part of the comic strip culture of my youth, I had all but forgotten it ever existed. When I showed this book to friends and family they all reacted as I did: surprise... delight... and recollection. I wouldn't doubt that millions of Canadians of a certain age ( uhh, that would be age 45 ) would likewise recall spending time with Doug Wright's Family each weekend in their local papers.
For those who care about such things, let me tell you, the design of this book will just about make you weep tears of joy. I don't know how many books Seth has designed, but if there are more like this to come, Chip Kidd better watch his back. (As if Seth weren't already talented enough as a cartoonist. Yeesh!)
Before you even get close to the 'main course' of this book (the seemingly endless pages of Doug Wright's Nipper comics) you will spend hours luxuriating in the front section. Here you'll learn the fascinating details of Doug Wright's early struggles to develop a syndicated comic strip. Even for those of us who think we know Doug Wright's work, there are many revelations, such as the fact that Wright's big break came in 1948, when Jimmy Frise, the creator of an immensely popular Canadian comic strip, Juniper Junction, died suddenly at age 57.
Seth has filled this front section with a cornucopia of rare and obscure Doug Wright artwork. I am grateful that he astutely chose not to bleach out the weathered and browning paper surfaces of printed samples, and often includes the small markings, whited out corrections and hand-written border notes on the many pieces of original art he shares with us. These details add warmth and charm to the material, and leave you feeling as though you are sharing in what must have been a glorious experience for the designer - the opportunity to flip through all this beautiful artwork and decaying newsprint. Those like me who love spending time in old bookstores will understand what I mean.
One thing that really struck me as I saw Wright's early illustration work for the first time is how accomplished a draughtsman he was. This becomes even more amazing when we learn that he was self-taught. The many examples presented of his work during these years will appeal especially to fans of the European 'ligne claire' school that originated with Tintin creator, Hergé.
Finally there is the long and generous Nipper section of the book. This will be the work we (45 year old) Canadians remember so fondly. Actually, as Seth points out in his introduction, most of us remember the strip as "Doug Wright's Family". (You'd have to be even older than 45 to recall the days when it was known as Nipper - and there's an interesting story in the book revolving around that name in the book).
Finally, I'm presenting this strip below for a couple of good reasons: First, because it shows the kind of unsentimental humour that Doug Wright typically employed - and that, frankly, left me a little unnerved as a kid. I never got "the belt" as a kid... but I had plenty of friends who did! This was not something you ever saw in Hi and Lois or Family Circle. And second, this actually happened to my father-in-law when my brother-in-law was a kid! I'd heard the story many times at the family dinner table on Sunday nights. So yesterday I brought the book along and showed this strip to my in-laws. They all had the same reaction: surprise... delight... recollection...
... and laughter.
The Collected Doug Wright, Vol. 1 is available from Raincoast Books.
13 comments:
Happy Birthday! I completely linked to your blog from my blog about the new Doug Wright book. I just got it a few weeks back and it's amazing.ReplyDelete
Hey LeifReplyDelete
Everyone else seems to be wishing you a happy Birthday, so I'll do the same.
I hope you plan on doing something on Len Norris. He was a Vancouver cartoonist strongly influenced by the Brits. I have fond memories as kid pouring over a couple of compendiums my Mom had of his work.
Oh! Happy birthday! And like you, I grew up with Nipper in the Weekend Magazine. Wanted to have a Hot Rod just like Nipper's but couldn't figure out how he made it. Completely lost track of Doug Wright after Weekend Magazine stopped coming.ReplyDelete
- Charlie Allen6:26 PM
LEIF.....Wow....your'e way too young to be doing the great stuff you're doing. Happy Birthday, toddler!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Leif! I love the Doug Wright cartoons!ReplyDelete
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I remember reading Wright's comics every weekend when I was a kid...but I don't remember if it was Nipper or Doug Wright's family. I have to get this collection...I loved those comics.ReplyDelete
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!...you're still just a baby. :)
Thank you all for your wonderful birthday greetings! I'll have to make a note to turn 45 more often...ReplyDelete
Happy birthday, Leif! Many happy returns of the day!ReplyDelete
PS-- do you find it intimidating to have a father in law who believes in taking off his belt to smack his children when they don't behave? Does it help to keep you on the right path?
Thanks David! You know, I used to be afraid of my father-in-law... but we gave him his first grandson and we've been golden ever since.ReplyDelete
Ahhhh.... nothing levels the playing field like a grandson.ReplyDelete


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Under Parker's guidance, redshirt freshman quarterback Michael German had just seven starts in 2011, but earned the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year honors and was picked as the Newcomer of the Week four times. German was also a finalist for the Sports Network's Jerry Rice Award which honors the freshman of the year in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Parker spent the previous five seasons serving as wide receivers, quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Norfolk State. Under Parker's guidance, two Spartan quarterbacks threw for more than 2,000 yards in a single season.
Two of his All-MEAC players, quarterback Casey Hansen (Philadelphia Eagles) and wide receiver Chris Bell (New Orleans Saints) went on to sign free agent contracts in the NFL.
Parker has extensive experience coaching on the offensive side of the ball. He served as an assistant and offensive coordinator alongside current TSU head coach Rod Reed at Seabreeze (Fla.) HS from 1993-2001. His offense went on to set Florida high school's all-time record for passing yards completions and touchdowns.
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As a player, Parker played two seasons at TSU before finishing his eligibility at Bethune-Cookman College, now University. In just two seasons with the Wildcats, Parker caught 125 passes for 1,765 yards, and earned a share of the Wildcats' all-time reception record (125). Parker led the conference in receptions in 1990 with 58 and broke the Wildcats' single season record with 67 catches in 1991. He received first-team All-MEAC honors in each of those seasons. He capped his career by receiving first-team All-America honors in 1991.
For his efforts, he was inducted into the Bethune-Cookman Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.
After college, Parker played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL (1992), the Charlotte Rage (1994), Orlando Predators (1995-98) of the Arena Football League, and the Rhine Fire of the World Football League (1995).
In 2008, he was selected to participate in the NCAA's Coaches Academy, which is designed to identify and nurture minority coaches, in 2008.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live was the destination for Hip Hop fans on Thursday night.
Not only did Kimmel do a deep dive into the medulla oblongata with Kanye West, he also debuted his latest edition of Mean Tweets exclusively featuring hip hop artists.
Rae Sremmurd, Lil Yachty, and Big Sean all catch a tweet. DJ Khaled has to read a tweet about his weight, Lil Wayne gets hit for looking like a gremlin, and Pusha T has to answer for his braids.
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Just-noticeable difference
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In the branch of experimental psychology focused on sense, sensation, and perception, which is called psychophysics, a just-noticeable difference or JND is the amount something must be changed in order for a difference to be noticeable, detectable at least half the time (absolute threshold).[1] This limen is also known as the difference limen, difference threshold, or least perceptible difference.[2]
For many sensory modalities, over a wide range of stimulus magnitudes sufficiently far from the upper and lower limits of perception, the 'JND' is a fixed proportion of the reference sensory level, and so the ratio of the JND/reference is roughly constant (that is the JND is a constant proportion/percentage of the reference level). Measured in physical units, we have:
where is the original intensity of the particular stimulation, is the addition to it required for the change to be perceived (the JND), and k is a constant. This rule was first discovered by Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795–1878), an anatomist and physiologist, in experiments on the thresholds of perception of lifted weights. A theoretical rationale (not universally accepted) was subsequently provided by Gustav Fechner, so the rule is therefore known either as the Weber Law or as the Weber–Fechner law; the constant k is called the Weber constant. It is true, at least to a good approximation, of many but not all sensory dimensions, for example the brightness of lights, and the intensity and the pitch of sounds. It is not true, however, for the wavelength of light. Stanley Smith Stevens argued that it would hold only for what he called prothetic sensory continua, where change of input takes the form of increase in intensity or something obviously analogous; it would not hold for metathetic continua, where change of input produces a qualitative rather than a quantitative change of the percept. Stevens developed his own law, called Stevens' Power Law, that raises the stimulus to a constant power while, like Weber, also multiplying it by a constant factor in order to achieve the perceived stimulus.
The JND is a statistical, rather than an exact quantity: from trial to trial, the difference that a given person notices will vary somewhat, and it is therefore necessary to conduct many trials in order to determine the threshold. The JND usually reported is the difference that a person notices on 50% of trials. If a different proportion is used, this should be included in the description—for example one might report the value of the "75% JND".
Modern approaches to psychophysics, for example signal detection theory, imply that the observed JND, even in this statistical sense, is not an absolute quantity, but will depend on situational and motivational as well as perceptual factors. For example, when a researcher flashes a very dim light, a participant may report seeing it on some trials but not on others.
The JND formula has an objective interpretation (implied at the start of this entry) as the disparity between levels of the presented stimulus that is detected on 50% of occasions by a particular observed response (Torgerson, 1958), rather than what is subjectively "noticed" or as a difference in magnitudes of consciously experienced 'sensations'. This 50%-discriminated disparity can be used as a universal unit of measurement of the psychological distance of the level of a feature in an object or situation and an internal standard of comparison in memory, such as the 'template' for a category or the 'norm' of recognition (Booth & Freeman, 1993). The JND-scaled distances from norm can be combined among observed and inferred psychophysical functions to generate diagnostics among hypothesised information-transforming (mental) processes mediating observed quantitative judgments (Richardson & Booth, 1993).
Music production applications[edit]
In music production, a single change in a property of sound which is below the JND does not affect perception of the sound. For amplitude, the JND for humans is around 1 dB (Middlebrooks & Green, 1991; Mills, 1960).
The JND for tone is dependent on the tone's frequency content. Below 500 Hz, the JND is about 3 Hz for sine waves, and 1 Hz for complex tones; above 1000 Hz, the JND for sine waves is about 0.6% (about 10 cents).[3] The JND is typically tested by playing two tones in quick succession with the listener asked if there was a difference in their pitches.[4] The JND becomes smaller if the two tones are played simultaneously as the listener is then able to discern beat frequencies. The total number of perceptible pitch steps in the range of human hearing is about 1,400; the total number of notes in the equal-tempered scale, from 16 to 16,000 Hz, is 120.[4]
In speech perception[edit]
JND analysis is frequently occurring in both music and speech, the two being related and overlapping in the analysis of speech prosody (i.e. speech melody). While several studies have shown that JND for tones (not necessarily sine waves) might normally lie between 5 and 9 semitones (STs), a small percentage of individuals exhibit an accuracy of between a quarter and a half ST (Bachem, 1937). Although JND varies as a function of the frequency band being tested, it has been shown that JND for the best performers at around 1 kHz is well below 1 Hz, (i.e. less than a tenth of a percent (Ritsma, 1965; Nordmark, 1968; Rakowski, 1971). It is, however, important to be aware of the role played by critical bandwidth when performing this kind of analysis (Nordmark, 1968).
When analysing speech melody, rather than musical tones, accuracy decreases. This is not surprising given that speech does not stay at fixed intervals in the way that tones in music do. Johan 't Hart (1981) found that JND for speech averaged between 1 and 2 STs but concluded that "only differences of more than 3 semitones play a part in communicative situations" ('t Hart, 1981, page 811).
Note that, given the logarithmic characteristics of Hz, for both music and speech perception results should not be reported in Hz but either as percentages or in STs (5 Hz between 20 and 25 Hz is very different from 5 Hz between 2000 and 2005 Hz, but the same when reported as a percentage or in STs).
Marketing applications[edit]
Weber's law has important applications in marketing. Manufacturers and marketers endeavor to determine the relevant JND for their products for two very different reasons:
- so that negative changes (e.g. reductions in product size or quality, or increase in product price) are not discernible to the public (i.e. remain below JND) and
- so that product improvements (e.g. improved or updated packaging, larger size or lower price) are very apparent to consumers without being wastefully extravagant (i.e. they are at or just above the JND).
When it comes to product improvements, marketers very much want to meet or exceed the consumer's differential threshold; that is, they want consumers to readily perceive any improvements made in the original products. Marketers use the JND to determine the amount of improvement they should make in their products. Less than the JND is wasted effort because the improvement will not be perceived; more than the JND is again wasteful because it reduces the level of repeat sales. On the other hand, when it comes to price increases, less than the JND is desirable because consumers are unlikely to notice it.
Haptics applications[edit]
Weber's law is used in haptic devices and robotic applications. Exerting the proper amount of force to human operator is a critical aspects in human robot interactions and tele operation scenarios. It can highly improve the performance of the user in accomplishing a task.[5]
See also[edit]
- Absolute threshold
- Color difference
- Limen
- Minimal clinically important difference
- Mutatis mutandis
- Psychometric function
- Sensor resolution
- Visual perception
- Weber–Fechner law
- ^ Weber's Law of Just Noticeable Difference, University of South Dakota: http://apps.usd.edu/coglab/WebersLaw.html
- ^ Judd, Deane B. (1931). "Chromaticity sensibility to stimulus differences". JOSA. 22 (2): 72–108. doi:10.1364/JOSA.22.000072.
- ^ B. Kollmeier; T. Brand; B. Meyer (2008). "Perception of Speech and Sound". In Jacob Benesty; M. Mohan Sondhi; Yiteng Huang (eds.). Springer handbook of speech processing. Springer. p. 65. ISBN 978-3-540-49125-5.
- ^ a b Olson, Harry F. (1967). Music, Physics and Engineering. Dover Publications. pp. 171, 248–251. ISBN 0-486-21769-8.
- ^ Feyzabadi, S.; Straube, S.; Folgheraiter, M.; Kirchner, E.A.; Su Kyoung Kim; Albiez, J.C., "Human Force Discrimination during Active Arm Motion for Force Feedback Design," Haptics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 309, 319, July–Sept. 2013
- Bachem, A. 1937. Various types of absolute pitch. Journal of the Acoustical Society Of America, volume 9, pp 147–151.
- Booth, D.A., & Freeman, R.P.J. (1973). Discriminative measurement of feature integration. Acta Psychologica (Amsterdam).
- Middlebrooks, John C. and David M. Green. 1991. Sound Localization by Human Listeners. Annual Review of Psychology, February 1991, volume 42, pp 135–159, doi: 10.1146/annurev.ps.42.020191.001031
- Mills, A. W. 1960. Lateralization of high-frequency tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society Of America, volume 32, pp 132–134.
- Nordmark, J. O. 1968. Mechanisms of Frequency Discrimination. Journal of the Acoustical Society Of America, volume 44, pp 1533–1540.
- Rakowski, A. 1971. Pitch discrimination at the threshold of hearing. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Acoustics. Budapest, volume 3, 20H6, 376–376.
- Richardon, N., & Booth, D.A. (1993). Acta Psychologica (Amsterdam).
- Ritsma, R. J. 1965. Pitch discrimination and frequency discrimination. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Acoustics, Liège, B22.
- 't Hart. Johan. 1981. Differential sensitivity to pitch distance, particularly in speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, March 1981, volume 69, part 3, pp 811–821.
- Torgerson, W.S. (1958). Theory and method of measurement. New York: Wiley.


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Adam Lambert Covers Instinct, Ponders Gay Fanbase
Adam Lambert covers Instinct, looking as faboo as ever. He really does have a great head o' hair and whoever taught him how to line his eyes in sooty black kohl had mad skills.
While we know Glambert is stylish and is a rarity, being openly gay while signed to a major label, he is not with a massive gay fanbase. That's what Instinct sought to discuss with the singer. Why hasn't the LGBT community embraced Lambert and his music more fully?
Can he forgive them their 'Trespassing,' pun intended?
Well, the 'Better Than I Know Myself' crooner has a theory about his lack of sizable gay following.
"As a community, we're a little bit resistant to a gay male pop star ourselves," Lambert said. "It's very easy for people to look at my origin, which is 'American Idol,' and automatically assume that I'm a commercial sellout or a puppet or a flash in the pan. I don't think I'm any of those things."
He continued, offering a gender-specific theory, saying, "There's something weird there. We're very eager to celebrate a strong female. But to celebrate a fellow gay man — it gets catty sometimes." He does have a point…
Still, Lambert hopes that the music contained within 'Trespassing' will pull the gay community to his lair this time out. "This is the kind of music I listen to," he declared. "I know the style of vocal I have is kind of big. It has a certain edge to it. I've always loved rock, but I also love stuff that is more groove-based, more funky, more soulful, more dance music."
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Our stunning pleached Ornamental Plum trees have been carefully and expertly trained over a number of years to create these specialist trees that are sometimes called hedging in the sky or stilt hedging. Pleached Ornamental Plum trees are ideal for screening purposes, to divide spaces or create a feature.
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It is a two person job (minimum) to place the rootball in the hole. Then, using 50% of the original soil and 50% compost, fill in the hole and firm around gently. Avoid banking it up around the collar of the tree. Planting pleached trees with a large stake and tie kit - instructions are in the online planting guide.
Formative pruning has already been carefully and expertly carried out on all our pleached trees including this ornamental plum. You will just need to carry out maintenance pruning going forwards. This involves pruning to maintain the shape of the tree and also removing any diseased or damaged branches.
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Eden 'Pitch Dr' Prabir faces BCCI ire over media outburst
The controversy surrounding the Eden Gardens pitch and the Dhoni-curator tiff took a new turn on Friday with the BCCI stating that 'Pitch Dr' Prabir Mukherjee faced punishment for his outburst in the media.
Veteran Eden Gardens curator Prabir Mukherjee is in trouble with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over his outburst in the media prior to the commencement of the ongoing third Test between India and England in Kolkata on December 5.
BCCI Vice-President Niranjan Shah on Friday hit out at Mukherjee for what he called a breach of the Board's "code of conduct" and said the curator cannot escape punishment now.
"Tell me, which other curator in the past has gone and talked to the media like he has done. There is a code of conduct that the Board has established and he should have adhered to it instead of airing his views in the media. He cannot go scot free," Shah, a former secretary of the BCCI, told PTI from Rajkot.
Mukherjee was in the centre of a huge controversy prior to the beginning of the third Test when he termed the demand of India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for a turning track at the Eden as "unethical". He even threatened to go on medical leave when the BCCI sent East Zone member of the Board's pitches and grounds committee Ashish Bhowmick to oversee the preparation of the wicket, after 83-year-old Mukherjee refused to toe Dhoni's line.
"It is unethical to tamper with the pitch as per the liking of the captain. I have not done it in my life. Why should I do it now? What happens if the pitch does not last for five days? Let them give me in writing then I will do it," the outspoken Mukherjee had maintained.
Mukherjee's outburst had led BCCI to rush Bhowmick to take charge of the Eden, something that might have hurt the octogenarian. "This is the treatment I get after more than two decades of my service at CAB (Cricket Association of Bengal). It was an insult for me," Mukherjee had told PTI.
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"There is no issue at all. We have sorted out the differences. Prabir Mukherjee was the Eden Gardens curator. He will be in-charge of the Test match against England stating on December 5 and the India versus Pakistan ODI on January 3, next year," CAB chief Dalmiya said after his meeting with the veteran curator.
It now remains to be seen whether Mukherjee is asked to prepare the wicket for the high-tension Indo-Pak ODI or given the sack following Shah's comments.
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