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Guns for Sale - Crescent Arms (?) -- 16 Ga, Long Tom, 36" Barrel Shotgun
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Crescent Arms (?) 16 Ga Long Tom, 36" Barrel Shotgun
• Crescent Arms (?) 16 Ga Long Tom, 36" Barrel Shotgun – sn - none: This shotgun is a single shot, break action with a hand cocked hammer. Barrel is 36" long and has a pin style front sight, bore is bright with some marks. Stock is plain with a deep gouge on one side and cosmetic scratches, forend is plain with some scratches and a gouge. Receiver is stamped on the left side with "LONG TOM". Barrel is stamped "Proof Tested 16 GA" on the left side, "Barrel and Lug Forged in One Piece" on the right side. Barrel is lightly pitted, receiver is case colored but has lost some of its finish. See photos.
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U.S. corn futures are expected to start higher Wednesday as weakness in the dollar and gains in crude oil support prices.
Traders predict corn for December delivery, the most actively traded contract, will open up 2 cents to 3 cents a bushel at the Chicago Board of Trade. In overnight electronic trading, the contract rose 1 1/4 cents, or 0.2%, to $7.28 3/4 a bushel.
Weakness in the dollar helps lift the grain markets as it makes U.S. commodities more attractive to foreign buyers. Rising crude oil prices are supportive to prices because ethanol is made from corn.
Additional strength comes from ongoing concerns output will fall short of expectations due to poor weather this summer and planting problems in the spring, traders said. Traders worry the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in upcoming crop reports, will lower its estimates for how much corn was planted and will be harvested.
"Overnight prices ended higher, with ongoing concerns about this year's crop production figures an ongoing supportive feature," said Brian Hoops, president of Midwest Market Solutions, a brokerage in South Dakota.
Traders are paying close attention to the USDA's output and acreage estimates because of concerns about strong demand outstripping supply. Corn futures reached record highs on supply concerns in June and have since pulled back about 11%.
Crop concerns increased this week after the USDA's Farm Service Agency issued acreage data that indicated farmers may harvest fewer acres than previously expected. The data showed farmers reported to the agency that poor weather prevented them from planting more acres than expected, analysts said.
Grain users also are worried unfavorable weather--notably a July heat wave--has reduced the yield potential for acres that were planted. Harvest will begin in major Midwestern corn-producing states next month.

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LG Optimus 2X Unboxing and Hands-on
- LG Optimus 2X vs Apple iPhone 4: ultimate camera + video comparison
- LG Optimus 2X Benchmark results
- LG Optimus 2X Full HD 1080p video playback test
- 3D gaming on the dual-core LG Optimus 2X
- LG Optimus 2X vs Samsung Galaxy S vs Apple iPhone 4: Browser shootout
Today we at PhoneArena got our hands on something really exciting for us, and, we guess, for you too – the LG Optimus 2X - the first cell phone to hit the market with a dual-core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset. Other phones with this chipset are coming soon, but the Optimus 2X will stay forever in our hearts as the first with two 1GHz cores we touched. This is the dawn of a new year in mobile technology, folks, so read our initial impressions
Our LG Optimus 2X arrived with a charger, microUSB cable, and an HDMI cable for hooking the phone to your TV. The HDMI cable is an especially nice touch, saving you the trouble to buy one, and look for compatibility.
The phone itself feels solid in the hand, with its 4.9 ounces (140 grams), and a tad on the large side, but thin enough at 0.43" (11 mm) thickness. The sides have the bare necessities – volume buttons on the right, and a power/lock button at the top, which are easy to press, with a nice feedback. On the top are also the standard audio jack, and an HDMI port with a protective cap, which is very easy to pry open. The bottom hosts the microUSB port and two stereo speakers, which, we have to tell you, are very capable.
The elevated square module on the back hosts the 8MP camera sensor with LED flash, which transitions nicely into a chromed strip running along the middle of the back cover with etched Google branding. The camera department is where the big added bonus of the dual-core chipset shines – an ability to record 1080p full HD video – check for our samples on the PhoneArena YouTube channel in a bit. The Full HD video was eating about 85MB per minute, so half an hour 1080p video will run you roughly 2.5GB out of the 8GB internal storage.
The LG Optimus 2X has a 4" display with 480x800 pixels of resolution, which, judging from the wide viewing angles, is with IPS-LCD technology. The display seems bright, with vivid colors, which can be expected from LG – after all, these guys make the Retina Display for the Apple iPhone 4. The four capacitive Android buttons below the screen are very responsive. All in all, the LG Optimus 2X has a spartan industrial design, which feels very streamlined, with a whiff of quality materials, like the soft- touch plastic on the back, and the metallic strip.
The Android 2.2 Froyo interface got some LG skinning going on over it, but not to the extreme, just a dock at the bottom with four app shortcuts, the main menu is almost stock. The interface and list scrolling feel very fluid, but we expected nothing less from a handset powered by Tegra 2. We ran some benchmarks, and got 2777 on Quadrant, and 74.4 frames per second on Neocore, which are the highest results we've seen on a literally out-of-the-box phone.
In the app list we have a few preinstalled games, as well as something called the Tegra Zone, which showcases news related to the 1GHz dual-core chipset, as well as games that will look particularly good on it. NVIDIA is pushing hard to position the Tegra chipset as a gaming platform too, so expect the Tegra Zone to be populated more and more with time.
What can we say, folks, the LG Optimus 2X is definitely a winner now in the Android universe. NVIDIA said they intend to push hard to enter the mobile industry, and LG will be their Trojan horse way back last summer, and now we are seeing the first fruit of their collaboration. The Optimus 2X seems like an amazing handset, and we can't wait to spend some quality time with it in the next few days, and give you a full review!
More LG Optimus 2X coverage by PhoneArena:
- LG Optimus 2X vs Apple iPhone 4: ultimate camera + video comparison
- LG Optimus 2X Benchmark results
- LG Optimus 2X Full HD 1080p video playback test
- 3D gaming on the dual-core LG Optimus 2X
- LG Optimus 2X vs Samsung Galaxy S vs Apple iPhone 4: Browser shootout
33 Comments
1. based (unregistered)
still can't touch the iphone 4
2. narley (Posts: 357; Member since: 14 May 2009)
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....
wow not even sure how to go about ripping your comment to shreds. it would be so easy.
we'll wrap it up quickly here...
go watch its benchmark.
you lose.
3. neters (unregistered)
they see me trollin'.... they hatin'....
5. cc161777 (unregistered)
Neither can anyone else, you need a case.
12. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
U cant compare the two phones becusae they r six monts apart... Ifeel like this hardware is amazing but too bad it runs android.
4. based (unregistered)
*An Android phones comes out*
people-OH MY GOD A PHONE THAT KILLS IPHONE!
*reviews come out* - the *insert phone name here* 8mp cam takes great pics, but not as better then the iphone 4 5mp, the screen is super clear but you still have to zoom in to read.
android fans- :(
13. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
Agreed. Why does android always have to beat the iPhone. Why can't people just let the iPhone be. Why always compare to it. (Well that can all be answered in one statement: Its amazing...) And ya, the iPhone has better res than any other phone... and it actually is nice... oh and why lg, if you can make the retina display, do u not give us one!
24. lacp (unregistered)
Idiot! jealous of the android al optimus 2x!
6. IdiotCM (unregistered)
Excuse me ....
Could u tell me ....... which screen that u can read without zoom in ?
Just because the camera is suck but overall performance is better ?
Apple fans :( (Or something that design by Apple but made by sammy)
14. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
ALl of them... look at the res
25. lacp (unregistered)
suck? why? You already had one in the hands? what stupidy! It seems like the IPhone 4 it's the best phone in the world!...
7. Tristann (Posts: 76; Member since: 04 Nov 2010)
He's a troll lol.... dont feed the trolls :]
8. LXH (unregistered)
it's really good. Now the price is the main point !
9. John (unregistered)
God! What an ugly phone!!! LG, stop making cell phones, you are embarrsing yourself
15. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
It is ugly... iF they can make iphone parts why not make it look good... the iphone does...
26. lacp (unregistered)
IPhone 4 it's a piece of shit, a big craphone.
10. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
the iphone4. internals are a low end galaxyS phone (not as strong as a regular galaxyS), the display is LG. the only thing apple does is put software on it.
16. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
yes... but then how is it faster then the galaxy s? maybe the one thing apple does put on it makes it amazing? did u think of that?
31. weezy (unregistered)
It's faster because doesn't really multitask..and on the web doesn't play any flash while loading pages.
11. just that (unregistered)
man...how long iphone fans are gonna cry like that? they dont admit that their phone is past...really....ok some brands copied iphone bla bla, but iphone UI...hmmm...soh simple, boring, so old fashion...iOS its just an almost mac...just do the basics and thats it..its a beautiful phone but inside is past..nothing really new..maybe in iphone5 apple fans...by the way, im an apple fan too, but mac fan...i was an iphone fan..open your mind...anthena problem?? LOL
17. Dumas (unregistered)
The reason why people always comparing Androids to the iPhone is simply because Android phones are the closest thing to an iPhone that won't get them stuck on a retarded AT&T plan. Bottom line is, the Android phones can do anything and everything an iPhone can. It is only limited by the lack of quantity and quality of the apps and developers on the Android Market. What does one do with an iPhone that one can't do with an Android on a day to day basis? Both phones can surf the net, send and receive text and email, play Angry Birds and watch porn!
All this hatred between Android and the iPhone needs to stop. Truth is, yes, this LG phone can out perform an iPhone in every category, but no matter how good any Android gets, it will never win over iPhone fans. It doesn't mean you won't enjoy this phone any less than you would an iPhone.
If anything, blame Steve Jobs for the recent rise in Android; it was his exclusive deal with AT&T that gave Google the opportunity to fill the pockets of millions of iPhone deprived customers on other carriers with an iPhone-like phones. Let's just see what happens after the release of the iPhone on every other network.
18. monkeyfeet (Posts: 32; Member since: 27 Jan 2011)
Well said.
19. Totoro (unregistered)
"and LG will be their Trojan horse way back last summer" - what a cryptic phrase...
21. Huck33 (unregistered)
thanks for the video
How do you managed to get the phone?
22. LOl (unregistered)
What the reason for comparing the phone that have an anthena problem with the other one that doesn't ?
23. martini (unregistered)
Best phone ever made what price will it be if you know him?
27. yup (unregistered)
i like them both. and as long as they compete we will always have a cooler phone to upgrade to.
28. Muthu (unregistered)
is der any diff in design btw LG optimius 2X korean version and international version?. if you look at the korean version of optimus 2x there are only two capacitive touch buttons at the bottom but here in the demo phone you got 4 buttons. which will be the global version?
29. chinakidoliver.iab (Posts: 75; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
that phone is far from ugly yet the iphone is 6 moths old and ur still comparing it tho i rather have that phone
30. quad (unregistered)
Wide viewing angles? Again wide viewing angles? Where?


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Unless your children go to a highly unusual charter school, you can't expect them to graduate with much in the way of financial education. The best you can hope for is a "Personal Finance" class consisting of 9 weeks learning how to read a paycheck and figure out taxes.
That leaves the burden of childrens' financial literacy firmly in the laps of the parents. Banks, books, podcasts and web classes all offer a variety of tools to help you with this responsibility, but one of the best has been with us for centuries: allowance.
To use this tool effectively, you can't just shell out some bills at regular intervals. Teaching with allowance starts by making some basic decisions about how and why allowance appears.
Earning Allowance
One of your first decisions needs to be how allowance happens in your home: why your children receive money in the first place. There are a wealth of approaches here, all equally valid:
Allowance is a given, part of being a member of the family.
Allowance is earned by completing a basic list of chores or responsibilities.
Allowance is earned by high performance on key tasks (such as grades), and can be lost with poor performance.
Allowance is a special occurrence, earned only by unusual circumstances.
Allowance is a responsibility, requiring management and planning.
Which you choose will depend on your goals for an allowance. Is it a gift to your children, a way of securing compliance with household chores, or a teaching tool? Again, all are valid — you just need to be clear about your goals to make the best decision.
Presenting Allowance
How you present allowance is as important as why it happens. You can simply hand over money on specific dates or days, or you can use allowance day as a chance to teach basic money concepts.
The "three bucket" system teaches basic budgeting by dividing allowance into three pieces: one for spending, one for saving, and one for gifting — either to a charity, or as part of the yearly run of holidays and birthdays.
Other families "tax" allowance by drawing savings contributions out of the allowance before handing over a child's "take home pay." Going through the "pay stub" each time prepares kids for handling their own pay checks as they get older.
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What happens if your child wants an expensive item, or a small item after she has spent all of her allowance? Do you…
Make her wait until payday?
Loan her money against the next allowance?
Loan her money and charge interest?
Offer opportunities to earn more money via chores or other tasks?
As with why allowance happens, the best answer will depend on your goals for allowance.
Allowance, like any financial topic, is complex and personal. There's no single right answer we should all follow. Whatever answers work best for your family, you'll find them by always keeping in mind your reasons for paying allowance. With those in mind, you'll make the best smaller decisions for accomplishing those goals.


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- Melissa is married to to Ben Falcone, who played Air Marshall Jon in "Bridesmaids"
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College football notebook: Gophers coach suffers postgame seizure
Minnesota coach Jerry Kill's seizure problems returned Saturday, hospitalizing him shortly after his postgame news conference following a 21-13 loss to Northwestern.
Kill met with reporters and answered questions for about 10 minutes after the game, looking healthy and strong. But moments after returning to the locker room, school officials said he had another seizure.
Team medical staff attended to him immediately, and an ambulance arrived at TCF Bank Stadium quickly after the seizure. Kill was taken to a hospital, where he was alert and resting comfortably, according to a news release issued by the school about two hours after the game.
It was still too early to tell whether Kill would be available to coach next week at Wisconsin. He suffered several seizures last season in his first year at Minnesota, most notably on the sideline during a loss to New Mexico State in September.
Texas QB Ash leaves game
Starting quarterback David Ash went to the locker room in the fourth quarter of No. 15 Texas' 63-21 loss to Oklahoma with a left wrist injury.
Ash, smashed by Oklahoma's Chuka Ndulue after releasing an incomplete pass, didn't return. Coach Mack Brown provided no update on Ash's status, but he had a bruised welt on his injured left wrist when he came off the field.
Kick return sets mark
Sophomore Marcus Murphy returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter against No. 1 Alabama, setting a Missouri single-season record with four kick returns for scores.
Murphy broke the mark of three by John Moseley in 1973. The return came two plays after the game resumed following a 38-minute delay due to lightning and cut the deficit to 28-7.
Wake players suspended
Two Wake Forest players were indefinitely suspended for violating unidentified athletic department policy.
Coach Jim Grobe said backup safety Duran Lowe and second-string offensive tackle Devin Bolling were suspended. The Demon Deacons didn't play this weekend.


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I was an AR at a recent youth game, partly through the first period, players complained about a player having metal cleats. The cleats were inspected and it was difficult to tell whether they were metal or a plastic composite. The referee asked the opposing coach if he found the cleats acceptable. The coach said they were metal and the boy was ejected.
My understanding is there is no provision on the shape or type of cleats. However, if they appear dangerous, then they need to be removed. The cleats were adidas and I notice they sell many shoes with metal cleats. I am assuming that they are not banned from competition or how would they be sold.
Answer (October 25, 2005):
Let it be sounded from the rooftops: There is no ban on metal cleats!! There is only a ban on dangerous equipment of any sort worn by players. Unless these particular cleats had sharp and dangerous edges, they should have been allowed. Metal cleats are no more dangerous per se than plastic cleats.
However, we should also note that many leagues and associations have special local rule exceptions on the matter of player equipment and flatly forbid the use of metal cleats (or any screw-type cleat) in their matches. When in doubt, read the rules of the competition before you take a game in that league or tournament.
Also let it be sounded from the rooftops, even more loudly: COACHES SHOULD HAVE NO INPUT IN REFEREE DECISIONS!! Referees make their own decisions or they consider turning in their whistle and badge.
At a recent game where I was an assistant referee, I signaled a corner kick. A player came to take the corner, placed the ball in the corner arch with her hands, and then she tapped the ball with her foot, and said to her team mate "take it" and she then proceeded toward the opponent's goal. The team mate came up to the corner arc and started to dribble the ball up field in preparation for a cross.
Since first player had not kicked the ball, only tapped it, and the ball had really not moved, I did not consider it being in play, and therefore I flagged for indirect free kick to the defending side because the team mate had touched the ball twice.
The coach argued that the tap is in fact a kick and the ball is in play at that point. The referee allowed the corner kick to be retaken.
Is the above sequence valid or is there in fact an infringement?
Answer (October 25, 2005):
The tap of the ball is fine, as long as there is some detectable movement.
As the R&D Director for a very large boys league, I get some strange twists and turns of league and USSF rules. Our league has obviously adopted a policy coincident with that of USSF Policy 531-8, Sect 2: Unregistered Referee in Emergency. We encourage teams to agree on the use of a substitute official for matches in which a referee was not assigned or no-shows. We require that they indicate this agreement to appoint the volunteer official on our written match record card.
Recently, an incident was caused when two teams decided, at half time, to substitute the volunteer official with an affiliate of the other team for the second half of the match. Unfortunately, a string of contentious calls resulted in a termination of the match prior to full time.
The teams contend that there is not rule in the league manual, nor in USSF policy specifically prohibiting teams from "splitting" the volunteer referee duties. I contend that the wording of 531-8 requires the use of a single emergency official, unless he is unable to continue - i.e for medical or similar reasons.
Am I missing something - is there another USSF or FIFA directive which deals with this, or is it simply a matter of Law 18?
Answer (October 20, 2005):
An answer for you that cannot be disputed, as it comes straight from the Laws of the Game. The opening sentence of Law 5, The Referee, states: "Each match is controlled by a referee who has full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed." Not two referees and not a rotating list of referees. Just _a_ referee for the match. There is your reinforcement for Policy 531-8.
We might also add that changes are allowed for injury, sickness or an unforeseen emergency, such as something of a dire nature happening to a member of a referee's family and the referee had to get to the hospital right away--the kind of thing would be understood by all.
Is it permissible for a referee to upgrade a card from yellow to red after play has been restarted?
Boys Under-16 state-level match. Referee whistles for a foul on the far side of the pitch. All the spectators, including the trail AR, on the near side see the offending player kick (possibly kick at) the fouled player while the latter is still on the ground. Before restarting play after a delay of a minute, Referee shows a yellow. We are astounded that the offending player is not sent off.
A couple minutes later, Referee whistles for a foul closer to the AR on our side. AR confers with Referee, presumably sharing information on the earlier foul. Referee pauses match to confer with each coach, apparently acknowledging his error. Play continues.
Referee determines that offending player commits another cautionable offense. Referee shows second yellow, then red. From spectator's point of view, second yellow card appears to be compensation for earlier error. Match proceeds without incident.
Rather than waiting for the offending player to commit a second cautionable offense, could the Referee have changed the card from yellow to red after hearing more about the original foul from the trail AR? What effort should the trail AR have made to provide information to the Referee on the apparent violent conduct? (Assume that the pregame did not cover this circumstance.)
Answer (October 20, 2005):
A referee can neither rescind nor initially issue a caution/yellow card or send-off/red card once play has restarted. Nor may a referee "upgrade" a disciplinary punishment already given. The referee must submit a full report to the competition authority, whose task it is to sort out the problem.
Of more concern is the suggestion that the referee, in order to make up for his error, "found" a cautionable offense so that the player could be sent off. This is foolish and should be discouraged. Referees should have the courage to say "I made a mistake" and get on with the game, without also appearing to give a "make-up" call. We are already accused of this sort of thing too often. This situation also points out the necessity of a conference within the officiating team (including ARs seeking to advise the referee if they have relevant information) before play is restarted.
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Somehow, Ndamukong Suh's foot ended up in Matt Schaub's groin region Thursday and, as is routine procedure, the NFL will review the play and determine just how much malevolence was attached to the act.
"In our normal course, we identify hits for potential discipline," Ray Anderson, the NFL's vice-president of football operations, said Friday (via NFL.com). "Certainly, that will be one that will be reviewed after the weekend's slate of game as part of normal course of action. … It drew our attention."
Suh, the Detroit Lions' defensive lineman who was fined and suspended two games for stomping the arm of a player in a Thanksgiving 2011 game, was blocked by offensive lineman Derek Newton and, as he fell to the turf, Suh landed a kick that crumpled the Houston Texans' quarterback.
"It appeared to be a little out of the ordinary, let's just say," Anderson said on "The Dan Patrick Show" (via Pro Football Talk). "It didn't appear to be a natural football move, but we'll withhold judgment until we see all the angles."
Suh's past will be considered, particularly that 2011 stomp on the Green Bay Packers' Evan Dietrich-Smith.
"Certainly, we have to go on a player's history," Anderson said. "That will certainly factor into our thinking. . . . If you're a repeat offender you really aren't entitled to the benefit of the doubt."
Suh was unavailable for comment after the game.
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They are Bobby, the manager, and Katie, a 19-year-old waitress, at the Denny's in the Flying J at the Trans Canada Highway at Assiniboia Downs.
I had a diabetic lady and her husband in Winnipeg for appointments, and we got stranded unable to make it back to Portage. We weren't alone, but these two employees looked after us for 15 hours straight, always smiling, joking, never complaining.
All stranded motorists were treated with the best of customer service. Bobby and Katie ran that place on their own because other staff couldn't make it to work.
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VICTORIAN Environment Minister Ryan Smith has declined to answer questions in Parliament about whether he excused himself from cabinet decisions over a $50 million government grant to a solar energy company in which he owns shares.
Sydney-based Silex Systems is behind a large-scale solar power plant proposed to be built near Mildura.
The state is providing funding of $50 million to Silex for the project, which has been on the drawing board since 2006.
Mr Smith also owns shares in two companies involved in coal seam gas exploration, it emerged yesterday, leading the opposition to say it was ''extraordinary'' he thought this was appropriate for an environment minister.
In question time in Parliament yesterday, the opposition demanded to know if Mr Smith had excused himself from the cabinet decision-making process over the $50 million grant to Silex. The funding was awarded by the Brumby government in 2010, and the Baillieu government confirmed in April this year that the funding would continue.
Mr Smith refused to say whether he had absented himself from cabinet when it decided to endorse the funding.
While saying he had ''acted appropriately at all times'', Mr Smith repeatedly declined to say whether he had been involved in the decision in any way.
Later, the government issued a statement declaring Mr Smith was not a member of the cabinet sub-committee that decided on the Silex Systems grant.
''Nor has he attended any meeting of that committee at which matters relating to [Silex Systems] have been discussed,'' government spokesman Paul Price said.
But the opposition said all decisions made by cabinet sub-committees were eventually brought before the full cabinet for endorsement.
Mr Smith also owns shares in two publicly listed companies involved in coal seam gas projects. The companies are Brisbane-based Galilee Energy, and Molopo Australia, which has eight gas projects in Queensland.
Asked if these shareholdings were appropriate for an environment minister, Mr Price said Mr Smith had ''appropriately disclosed his interests'' in the companies, in accordance with state parliamentary rules.
The state opposition's scrutiny of government spokesman, Martin Pakula, said it was ''entirely inappropriate'' for an environment minister to own shares in companies involved in coal seam gas projects and exploration.
''The minister will no doubt be making decisions about … coal mining and gas exploration, and it is absolutely untenable for the minister to be engaged and involved in those sorts of decisions while he holds shares in mining companies and coal seam gas companies,'' Mr Pakula said.
Coal seam gas extraction and exploration has become a controversial issue in other Australian states, with debate over whether the mining technique damages the environment.
In Victoria, only 24 coal seam gas exploration licences have been granted by the state government, and none has resulted in any mining taking place.


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FIELD HOCKEY HOT Premiere, THE LIFE & More Set for 11th Hour Theatre Company's 2014-15 Season
11th Hour Theatre Company announces its 2014-2015 season including a world premiere musical as its main stage production, and four musicals in its Next Step Concert Series.
11th Hour will present its first world premiere musical Field Hockey Hot with music, lyrics and book by Michael Ogborn. Set in 1986, Field Hockey Hot is the story of coach Shipley Barnes and the Applebee Academy field hockey team. When Applebee's star goalie, "Sticky Vicky," is badly injured two weeks before the championship, Shipley will stop at nothing to win the title. It's a zany comedy featuring crazy gender-bent characters, 80s pop inspired music, and a world where field hockey rules all.
"After Michael came to see our production of Reefer Madness, he called me and said he wanted to write a musical for 11th Hour. As a company solely dedicated to presenting musicals we are completely thrilled to be contributing to the musical theater canon," said Michael O'Brien, Producing Artistic Director of 11th Hour Theatre Company. "We have been collaborating with Michael for the last two years, workshopping the production and casting the show so Michael could write with specific voices in mind."
11th Hour continues its Next Step Concert Series, the only series in the city that focuses exclusively on readings of new and seldom seen musicals. This year's musicals feature The Life, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Ira Gasman, and book by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman; Dogfight with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and book by Peter Duchan; Dani Girl with music by Michael Kooman, and book and lyrics by Christopher Dimond; and A New Brain with music and lyrics by William Finn, and book by William Finn and James Lapine.
"The Next Step Concert Series gives us an opportunity to introduce Philadelphians to new and seldom seen musicals and to take some risks on pieces that we are passionate about," continued O'Brien.
Nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including best musical, The Life features an amazing score by musical theatre legend Cy Coleman. This powerful and exhilarating musical depicts the pulsating and tough life on the Times Square streets in the 1980s, before the days of Rudy Guliani and Disney.
Dogfight tells the story of three young Marines on the eve of their deployment to Vietnam who set out for a final wild boys' night. Their mission is to win the "Dogfight" - a cruel game to bring the ugliest girl to the party. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace enlists Rose, a self conscious but optimistic waitress, she rewrites the rules and teaches him the power of compassion.
When Dani, a precocious nine year old, loses her hair to leukemia, she embarks on a magical quest to get it back. Simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking, Dani Girl is a tale of life in the face of death, hope in the face of despair, and the extraordinary power of the human imagination.
A New Brain is a show about making the most out of life in the face of tragedy. When a neurotic, frustrated composer is confronted with a terminal illness, he begins his search for the song that he will be remembered by...but will his search cost him precious time to be with those who love him most? The show is in fact William Finn's autobiographical account of his own battle for life when he was afflicted with a seemingly terminal illness.
11th Hour Theatre Company is a dynamic, boutique company committed to producing high quality musical theatre that favors intimate, story-driven musicals over flashy, budget-busting spectacles. Now in its ninth season, the company has presented twelve Philadelphia premieres and has received thirty-two Barrymore nominations and eight awards, including two consecutive awards for "Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical" (The Bomb-itty of Errors, The World Goes 'Round), several individual artist awards, and the first-ever June & Steve Wolfson Award for An Evolving Theater.
For further information, please call 215-735-7356.


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Lisa Cresswell Wilkinson
Over The Rainbow - Poem by Lisa Cresswell Wilkinson
Way up high above we see the purity in the sky
A rainbow full of hope after the rain passes by
Shining in the distance red and yellow blue and green
Oh what a beautiful sight, that mankind has ever seen
The rainbows only visit us, once in a little while
Theyre here to lighten up our life, to raise a happy smile
Next time you see a rainbow and its shining oh so bright
Just look up to the heavens and you'll never lose your sight
Comments about Over The Rainbow by Lisa Cresswell Wilkinson
David Harris (4/8/2007 6:12:00 PM)
Lisa, I just fell in love with this rainbow, it had a pot of gold at the end of it. A shining lady that glitters holds a pen and is called Lisa. Another one here for my favourites. Top Marks from me. Thanks you for sharing it my friend.
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Jolanta Gradowicz (6/2/2006 4:06:00 PM)
Your poem is as colorful and nice as a beautiful rainbow can be, Lisa :) (Report) Reply
Tracey Collins (6/2/2006 10:15:00 AM)
Another well writen poem. rainbows are nice to look at. (Report) Reply
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star family-friendly hotel, walk to Alanya Aquapark
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This family-friendly Alanya hotel is located by the sea, within 1 mi (2 km) of Alanya Culture Center and Alanya Aquapark. Damlatas Caves and Alanya Archeological Museum are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
Along with a full-service spa, this hotel has a restaurant and an outdoor pool. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a fitness center, a bar/lounge, and a poolside bar are onsite.
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This hotel is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
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- Buffet meals, snacks, and local beverages included
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Xperia Kandelor Hotel - All Inclusive is an all-inclusive hotel. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
This Alanya hotel has its very own private beach. In addition to a full-service spa, Xperia Kandelor Hotel - All Inclusive features an outdoor pool and a spa tub. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This all-inclusive hotel also offers a children's pool, a fitness center, and a sauna. Guests can use the outdoor pool at a partner property. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Xperia Kandelor Hotel - All Inclusive has designated areas for smoking.
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24-hour room service is available.
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The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, and manicures and pedicures. The spa is equipped with Turkish bath/hammam.
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Tugging Excitedly on their leads, four brace Beagle puppies instinctively know they are about to track a rabbit. The puppies' exuberance on this sweaty, end-of-summer September morning is heard in their joyous barking. Pushing their noses downward to the ground, they already are sniffing for rabbit scent. Their tails oscillate rhythmically like windshield wipers on a lazy, rainy day.
Holding steady to the leads while the long-eared, tricolor and chocolate Beagle puppies pull vigorously, brace Beagle breeders Ron and Josephine "Doby" Gray can't help but smile. It's been a bumper-crop year. The 6 and 7 month-old puppies are among 12 promising derby-age Beagles whelped from five litters sired by four noteworthy males. Their pedigrees, enriched with Purina Award winners and top producers, read like a Who's Who in Brace Beagling.
Five puppies are from litters split with friends; the others are from their own litters. All were born at their Gray's Beagles kennel in Georgetown, Pa. With double the usual number of pups to train and determine which ones to take to next spring's Federation derby field trials, Ron is barely keeping up. It's a good problem to have, he concedes, with a twinkle in his eye.
Pulling out a large black ledger, Ron scribbles notes by the names of the dogs he is running. "Royal Coco" and "Romeo" are males, and "Dimond" and "Debonair" are females. Those who follow Ron and Doby Gray's hounds know their trademark of giving males names that start with "R" and females names that start with "D." Brace beagles compete in male and female 13-inch and 15-inch classes, thus some beaglers run exclusively male or female classes.
"As the good ones come along, we run males and females," Ron explains. "We always try to develop the best hound we can."
Just weeks out of the puppy starting pen, these young hounds are learning to be field trial competitors. Honing their instincts to track rabbits, Ron focuses on training them solo as well as bracing them with other Beagles. In a trial, they will be judged as part of a two-dog brace. Their ability to accurately track a rabbit, with the least amount of lost motion, is fundamental to winning. They must be able to run the front and back of a brace.
"You can't hurt a good dog by running it too much," says Ron, a veteran beagler and member of the Brace Beagling Hall of Fame. "The key is not all dogs need the same amount of work. You have to follow that dog and find out its secret."
The black ledger helps Ron track their progress. He jots down notes describing desirable traits like having a good mouth, or barking with enthusiasm, and not being competitive or aggressive by bumping or pushing a brace mate. He watches for accurate tracking close to the rabbit line and a steady, slow pace. Never mind that a rabbit may make widespread jumps twisted with turns and double backs.
"The slower the dog, the more accurate and straighter the line," Ron says.
The secret to running quality brace Beagles seems to come as naturally to Ron and Doby Gray as does their secret to a good marriage. Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this muggy September weekend, Ron and Doby have been sweethearts since high school in Jeannette, Pa. Their Gray's Beagles partnership is forged in their shared love for Beagles and respect for each other's contributions.
"This sport is our hobby, our life," says Ron, his voice trailing off. "I like it so much, I don't have to win everything."
"When we started out, the big thing was trying to make second series," says Doby. "If you did, you'd get your picture in Hounds and Hunting."
Since their start in brace beagling field trials 42 years ago, Ron and Doby have made many second series. They have bred, owned and handled two Purina Outstanding Field Trial Brace Beagle Award class winners, two National Field Champions and nine Pennsylvania State Champions. They are the breeders of 34 Field Champions, most handled by Ron to the required three wins and 120 points. They have won 1,440 trophies for placements in derby, licensed and sanctioned field trials.
Their well-rounded endeavors include judging field trials and running field trials as devoted members of their home club, the Coraopolis Beagle Club, in Clinton, Pa. Ron is on the board of the National Brace Beagle Championship and for eight years represented brace beagling on the Beagle Advisory Committee of the American Kennel Club. No one is their stranger. Ron's friendly, easy nature and Doby's contagious smile have welcomed many beaglers to the sport.
Field Trials & Families
Rabbit hunting led Ron to try his luck at a sanctioned trial with his large, red female Beagle, Gray's Whiskey Run Red, at the invitation of Joe Koda. Ron, who managed ramp services for United Airlines at its hub in Pittsburgh, met Koda, a member of the Coraopolis
Beagle Club, through Koda's work at the Sky Chef Kitchen.
The trial, held Father's Day weekend, 1969, at Beaver Valley Beagle Club in Freedom, Pa., was a family outing, with Doby and their three children, all under the age of 5, coming along. "There were so many families with children. We loved it," Doby says. "The children enjoyed playing outdoors together."
"We won the trial out of about 20 dogs and got a ribbon," Ron says, fondly recalling their start in brace beagle field trials. "We beat out a near Field Champion."
Later that year, Ron and Doby became members of Coraopolis.
The era called for a faster-running hound than competes today in brace beagle field trials, accounting for Ron's success with his gundog Beagle, "Whiskey." The oldest Beagle field trial sport in the U.S., brace beagling dates to 1890, when the first trial was held in Massachusetts. The sport and the hounds have evolved to become a precision tracking competition, where every inch of the rabbit line is important in a field trial.
Heavier with a lower, longer body than most types of Beagles, the brace Beagle is known for his slow, ponderous movement, long ears and deep voice. Bred to work the line slowly and accurately, the brace Beagle never chases the rabbit. A handler places the dog on the rabbit trail after a cottontail is flushed from the brush. At a trial, shaggers and the gallery chase out a rabbit, and a spotter shouts, "Tally ho!"
Almost as soon as they started in field trials, the Grays began breeding Beagles, crossing their bitches with males that produced qualities they needed. Their first litter, whelped in 1970, was sired by FC Appledale Barney out of Gray's Debbie. "Most of our breeding goes back to George Nixon's Pearson Creek Beagles from hounds we got from Joe Koda," Ron says.
Enjoying their hounds and the camaraderie at field trials, the Grays competed whenever they could. In 1973, Doby took the children to a trial at the Oil Creek Beagle Club in Tionesta, Pa., while Ron worked, hoping she could finish Gray's Ralph, a 15-inch tricolor male Beagle who only needed another win to become a Field Champion. After the trial, she called Ron and reported they hadn't done anything, though that was not exactly how the trial went. "Ralph" was in the last brace of a class of 63 dogs. In second series, he made the high brace. When Ralph and his brace mate came to a check, a tricky spot where the rabbit made a turn, Ralph kept working the check, barking on the scent and tracking the rabbit line. He worked through the check and won the trial, becoming Gray's Beagles' first Field Champion. Doby drove the children to Ron's office, sneaking in while he was out, so they could prominently display Ralph's trophy and rosette on his desk. When Ron came back to his office, his eyes got big, and he exclaimed, "You lied to me!"
"After that, I never lied again," laughs Doby.
Sanctioned trials held every month and the annual state championship offered opportunities to compete with finished Field Champions. In 1974, the year after Ralph became a Field Champion, he captured the male class at the Pennsylvania State Championship. He also won the Absolute Award when braced with the winning female Champion. That day, Ralph outperformed more than 200 Beagles. It was a proud moment for Ron and Doby.
Though placements in sanctioned trials do not earn points toward a dog's AKC Field Champion title, they do help prepare hounds for licensed trials. They also provide a training ground for people wanting to learn how to judge trials. In 1973, Ron judged his first sanctioned trial.
"Judging helps you develop your own dogs," says Ron. "I probably judged 200 sanctioned trials before taking a licensed trial."
Years later, Doby complained to Ron about how a judge had scored one of their Beagles. "He asked me, 'Did you look at all the braces?'" she says. "I had not."
His comment led to Doby following Ron's lead in becoming a judge of sanctioned trials to learn more about the sport. Five years later, she judged her first licensed trial.
Ron still watches as many braces as he can. "I like to watch the stud dogs and also their pups run," he says. "At the Federations, you see dogs from around the country. I try to watch every brace."
For many years, Ron and Doby juggled family life with beagling. Their daughters, Dannette and Christine, played softball, and their son, Ron Jr. took part on baseball, football and wrestling teams. When Ron retired in 2000, after a 40-year career with United Airlines, he finally had ample time to devote to beagling.
It wasn't long before a daily ritual evolved. Every morning, Ron loads his truck with a few hounds and drives half an hour to Coraopolis Beagle Club, where he meets up with fellow retired club members Bill Bushmire, Jim Watson III and Dick Shafer. Besides running dogs, they enjoy one another's company.
Founded in 1932, Coraopolis holds five licensed and seven or eight derby trials a year, as well as the International Brace Beagle Federation and the National Brace Beagle Championship. Some of the largest brace beagle field trials in the country are held here. Ron is the field trial secretary, although he has served the club in every officer role. Doby manages the kitchen, often preparing and serving meals to more than a hundred people.
'Our Own Little Beagle Club'
Three moves over the course of the Grays' marriage have each time produced better facilities for breeding and training field trial Beagles. "We have our own little beagle club here," Ron says, describing their operation on 12 1/2 acres in rural Georgetown, Pa., where they have lived for the past 20 years.
Two training grounds, a puppy starting pen, two heated kennel buildings, one that is used specifically for whelping puppies, and ground kennels comprise a dream setup. Even before their house was built, Ron and Doby built the first kennel, a 10 by 16-foot storage building that Ron customized, dividing it into 15 individual dog kennels and adding insulation and gas heat for cold Pennsylvania winters.
Shortly after they moved, the state conservation department helped the Grays develop a natural wildlife habitat on land that abuts the highway and runs alongside their house. Grain sorghum and clover were planted to attract turkey, deer and rabbits. Later, Ron mowed strips through the entire property, enabling them to maximize its use for training Beagles.
Surrounding their property is Raccoon State Park, a lush 33,000-acre park used for hunting, boating, hiking and camping. Each autumn, Ron enjoys deer hunting during bow season, usually bagging a white-tailed deer. The park provides a sound barrier that serves the Grays and their hounds well. Though the past summer has been unusually hot for Pennsylvania, the Grays' lawn is green, meticulously mowed. Running to greet visitors are "Chester" and "Donut," Beagle house dogs. They bark a welcoming "Hellooo." Two people-friendly Labrador Retrievers, "Maggie" and "Cutter," complete the house dog menagerie. The kennel buildings look like quaint cottages. On this warm day, the doors are open, showing walls decorated with framed AKC Field Champion certificates, plaques, trophies and photographs from field trials. Individual kennels are numbered, and the dogs' registration papers, protected in plastic sleeves adhered with matching numbers, hang above the kennels.
Doby opens some of the kennel doors. Out pops the heads of Gray's December and Dan Arts Jolette. Their sweet, soulful eyes would melt any dog lover's heart. Explaining her love for Beagles, Doby says, "They don't ask anything from you except to be petted and fed. I can have a bad day, but when I come to the kennel to see the dogs, they make me smile."
Among their 38 Beagles are four male Field Champions and 14 female Field Champions. The rest are young hounds competing and being developed for trials. Some of the retired dogs live in spacious ground kennels. No Beagle sits idle in his or her pen. Ron and Doby enjoy letting their dogs trail rabbits in their 2 1/2-acre fenced enclosure.
Though there are fewer sanctioned trials today than years ago, they still can be found, plus the state championship continues to draw a large entry. Ron has held every office in the Pennsylvania Association. Doby is the secretary-treasurer for the Tri-State Association, and she helps promote entries in the state championship by producing a program book where beaglers advertise their top dogs and kennels.
The heated whelping kennel is designed to comfortably accommodate up to four pregnant bitches, although it is seldom at capacity. Though Ron and Doby breed about three litters a year, Doby offers a puppy delivery service to brace beaglers. She estimates that 76 litters have been born at their Gray's Beagles kennel. Baby monitors with video cameras allow Doby to watch dams and puppies when she is in the house. The wooden whelping boxes are sterilized between litters and during use. Pads placed under the whelping box floor provide warmth to newly born puppies. Stocked with supplies for caring for puppies, the whelping kennel is well-equipped.
"We move our pregnant bitches into the whelping box about two weeks before they are due to deliver," Doby says. "I start dams right away on Purina Pro Plan Performance or Pro Plan Puppy. Both formulas provide optimal nutrition during pregnancy and nursing. We also keep them in good condition through exercise."
Ron and Doby currently are working on a four-generation Field Champion bitchline consisting of FC Gray's Dot, FC Gray's Deb, NFC- FC J&B's Deb and a potential Field Champion female puppy named Gray's Debonair. Great-granddam "Dot," who produced five Field Champions, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009.
Ron practices linebreeding, choosing distantly related breeding partners. Field Champions are 2 to 3 years of age before bred. "When I work puppies I learn what a dam may or may not have put in her pups," he says. "This tells me what I need to look for in the sire when I breed her the next time. Do I breed for more mouth or more stay or other traits?"
When evening comes around, another daily ritual begins. Ron and Doby go together to the kennel. Ron cleans the individual dog kennels, and Doby feeds Purina Dog Chow and gives fresh water. She washes all the bowls and cleans the kennel building. When the work is done, they steal away to the enclosure to watch a brace run a rabbit.
When the brace beagle Federations start next March, Ron will know which of the derby-age dogs he'll be taking to the Southern. It's been 26 years since Gray's Dixie II made the high brace in the second series at the International Federation her derby year. Though Dixie lost her rabbit, her amazing career included becoming a Field Champion in three trials at 9 months of age and winning the 1985 Pennsylvania State Championship.
As long as they make second series, it will all work out.


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As technology changes at warp speed, Coates Hire is embracing the ride and deploying innovations that deliver multiple benefits for customers and the company.
In the civil, infrastructure and contracting space, some of the advances have been ground-breaking. A GPS tracking system for expensive equipment in remote areas such as mining sites. Mobile scanning devices that fast-track the inspection and delivery of equipment. And sonar measuring tools that ensure new roads adhere to bitumen compaction standards.
Garry Newton, Service Operations Manager and Project Manager Mobility at Coates Hire, says the company is three years into a technology overhaul that reflects changes around the world.
"We could see lots of different ways that we could harness technology, not only to help our own business processes but also to provide our customers with more information," Newton says. "So that started the journey."
Part of the strategy involves regular brainstorming sessions with employees and input from clients that highlights technology ideas that in the past may have been put in the too-hard basket.
"It's all those seemingly pie-in-the-sky things that you think about but never actually used to talk about," says Newton, who adds that a trial of a customer extranet providing a secure internet platform for product and safety information is one of the concepts to materialise out of those sessions.
Coates Hire is one of the first hire companies in the world to use MEAPs, or mobile enterprise application platforms, to streamline its asset management processes and deliver a better customer experience.
Using an app on mobile hand-held devices to scan and monitor about 300,000 individually barcoded pieces of equipment ranging from drills to excavators, the company has transformed pre-hire inspections and equipment returns. The app uses the device's laser barcode scanner and GPS capabilities to submit the status of an asset – eliminating manual data entry and a massive amount of paperwork.
Newton says about 6 million fleet inspections a year are now all handled electronically, and has resulted in increased availability of equipment, much faster turnarounds and a superior auditing trail of equipment.
"Although it has cost a lot of money up front, you get the payback at the end," he says.
Conceding there are challenges with technology innovations, Newton says the biggest dilemma is the rapid pace of change and the growing range of software and hardware choices. For example, any tech rollout must be able to be applied to the three key operating systems – Windows, iOS (Apple) and Android. "That makes the complexity a lot higher," Newton says.
Nevertheless, technology has opened up a world of opportunities for Coates Hire and its clients. Mobile and GPS systems allow live streaming over tablet devices of information about the status and location of products. Newton says as a result there is robust equipment data, while technicians can quickly be sent to a site when breakdowns are identified.
Most importantly, downtime for equipment has been slashed. As just one example, a Victorian pilot trial monitoring the turnaround time for the receipt of products by clients noted an improvement in the typical delivery time from about four hours to two.
"So we halved our turnaround time and customers were rapt," Newton says.
In remote areas, GPS tracking provided by Coates Hire has proven particularly helpful. One miner with thousands of lighting towers was constantly losing them in isolated, scrubby bushland before the GPS systems were installed. The lights have also been fitted with automated operational switching gear – removing the need to employ permanent workers whose sole task was to drive around far-flung areas to activate and deactivate the lights.
Closer to home, Coates Hire has installed sonar devices on some road compactors to electronically measure compaction rates that must be met during road works, bypassing an old system whereby engineers painstakingly drilled holes in the road to test field density compaction.
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Laboratory Tests
Latent TB infection
Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis begins with a skin or antibody test for latent TB infection. This is not used as a general screen, but is targeted at those who are at a high risk for contracting the disease and at those who work or live with high-risk patients. These tests may also be done as part of a physical examination prior to starting school or a new job. Positive results may indicate a latent TB infection and should be followed by other investigations such as chest X-rays to look for signs of active disease.
Active Tuberculosis
To diagnose TB of the respiratory tract, 3 - 5 sputum specimens are collected first thing in the morning when they are most likely to contain the most TB bacteria. If extrapulmonary TB is suspected, samples are collected based upon where in the body the infection is likely to be. Multiple samples of gastric washings/aspirates or urine may be collected and submitted to the laboratory. Sometimes cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), biopsied tissue, or other body fluids are also collected.
A presumptive diagnosis of TB can be made by examining a smear of the patient's specimen under the microscope after it has been stained with a special stain to detect acid fast bacteria (AFB). Positive AFB smears are likely to indicate a TB infection, since M. tuberculosis is the most common acid-fast bacillus, but the smears cannot distinguish between the different species of "acid-fast" bacilli.
A genetic probe or molecular TB test can add additional information. It amplifies/replicates genetic components of TB and can narrow the identification to a group of mycobacteria (of which M. tuberculosis is the most common). While AFB smears and genetic tests may provide results the same day that the samples are submitted, both positive and negative results must be confirmed by culture, which can take 6-12 weeks dependant on sample type.
AFB cultures are set up using decontaminated, digested, and concentrated body samples. Nutrients and incubation provide a supportive environment for the slow growing mycobacteria. The results of cultures are definitive: They can tell your doctor what organisms are present and what drugs are likely to kill them but they take time - days to several weeks for positive samples, up to six to twelve weeks to confirm negative results.
Once M. tuberculosis has been identified and treatment has begun, AFB smears and cultures are used to monitor the effectiveness of treatment.
Non-Laboratory Tests
X-rays are often used as a follow-up to positive TB skin and antibody tests to look for signs of mycobacteria growth and to help determine whether someone has active tuberculosis or a latent TB infection. Infection with TB can cause a number of characteristic findings on x-rays, including cavities (holes) and calcification in organs such as the lungs and kidneys. More information on radiological tests can be found at The Royal College of Radiologists.


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>> Fall 2009 is "the make or break season" for small designers, according to Eric Wilson of The New York Times. Stores are reducing their orders by 20 percent or more for Fall, and some are already trying to cancel their Spring orders, which puts small businesses, especially those without independent financial backing, in a tenuous position. Basically, Wilson points out, "The more stores that close, the more designers will follow." And in show season, the cost of samples and putting on a show doesn't help with the strain.
"We're just trying to survive." »
Andrew Buckler of Buckler sums the feeling up best: "To be honest, we're writing this whole year off. We're just trying to survive."
Peter Som and Christina and Swaim Hutson have already felt the pinch, and young designers are doing all they can to prevent the same happening to them. Flora Gill and Alexa Adams of Ohne Titel are lowering some prices and moving their dress production from Italy to New York. Brian Reyes is sharing a patternmaker with Lyn Devon and plans to split the cost of a Paris space to meet retailers with other burgeoning designers. Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai of Vena Cava are focusing on scheduling trunk shows for their $400 to $600 dresses and starting a blog.
Already, these labels have low overhead — they work out of their apartments, employ interns from fashion schools to sew and mail Fashion Week invitations, and can make a collection for under $25,000 if the fabrics are basic. It's just that when the retailers hurt, they're less willing to work with small designers — causing those designers to hurt. Eric Wilson portends that "the age of the young designer may be coming to an end" — let's hope he's not right.
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The Spanish-language Univision televison network normally ignores stories about the costs that illegal immigration imposes on U.S. communities. It frames the story of illegal immigration as a melodrama in which the illegals have a right to come to the United States and demand full incorporation into American civic life.
But last week reporter Lourdes Del Rio reported two stories from Brooks County in South Texas that told of the county's struggles to pay the costs associated with the rising number of deaths among illegal immigrants who die while attempting to evade the Border Patrol.
"Last year the number of cadavers in the area reached 129, double the number from the year before," said Del Rio. She explained that the deaths occur among those who seek to walk around the Border Patrol checkpoint on Highway 281 near Falfurrias, hoping to reach a rendezvous point with a vehicle north of town.
Falfurrias is about 70 miles north of the border and sits astride a major smuggling corridor. The deaths usually occur when the immigrants, who often pay thousands of dollars to smuggling organizations, cannot keep up with the groups that hike across hot, sandy, and sparsely vegetated rangeland. They fall behind, dying gruesome deaths from hyperthermia and dehydration.
Brooks County Judge Raul Ramirez said costs for the county are particularly high when the deceased immigrants cannot be identified and turned over to the consulates of their home countries. In these cases, the total cost for recovery, autopsy, and burial is about $1,380 for each person.
Judge Ramirez explained that because Brooks County is not on the border, it receives none of the federal impact aid that is designated for border counties. Clearly frustrated by the rising toll in human suffering and costs to the county, he told Del Rio. "This is a situation we have had for years, but never at the level we have now reached."


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|From: Joshua Zucker (joshua.zucker at gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 20 12:13:44 EDT 2006
Hi Matthew and all, I'm also using PLT Scheme for a project that involves lots of floating-point calculation, namely my attempts at http://recmath.org/contest. I'm still roughly in the top 10 on the contest despite running on just one CPU and using the relatively-slow PLT Scheme floating point for most of the arithmetic. I credit the fast development-test-explore-revise cycle for that. My code is quite short, quite simple, easy to improve -- not because I'm a good programmer, but just because of the support that HtDP and PLT give. But your recent email makes me wonder if I could get a significant speedup in my central loops by doing something special with my floating-point numbers ... it also makes me think that it's pretty hopeless. Should I write some of those innermost loops in C and then call them somehow? (Do you have a reference on how to do that?) I've done some profiling so I know exactly where my code spends most of its time (divided almost equally among the innermost loops of several floating point calculations). of course there are also ways (by rearranging my data structures, and using better computational geometry algorithms than the naive ones I've implemented so far, and so on) that I can get a speedup of a factor of a few by doing some more work programming in PLT Scheme. Thanks, --Joshua
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