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Most of us understand bridges to be structures that help us keep our feet dry. However, in the latest exhibition at the Mitsui Memorial Museum, "The Bridge in Japanese Art: From Ama-no-Hashidate to Nihonbashi," it turns out that we've only been partly right. The bridge is also a device to help us see Japanese art better.
You might think that the clue is in the name of certain bridges. For example, because of its twin arches reflected in the placid waters below, the bridge at the main entrance of the Imperial Palace is called Megane Bashi, literally "Eyeglasses Bridge."
But that only looks like a large pair of glasses. What this exhibition is trying to do is use the concept of the bridge as a way of seeing and making sense of a diverse body of art spanning hundreds of years. The show includes rough-looking tea bowls, vivid ukiyo-e prints, gorgeous folding screens emblazoned with gold leaf, and luscious lacquered boxes, among other items.
It is this variety of media — along with other variations, such as period, style, and subject matter — that can sometimes make any wide-ranging exhibition of traditional Japanese art somewhat overwhelming. Faced with examples of calligraphy, faded Buddhist scroll paintings, vivid shin hanga (new prints from the Taisho/Showa era 1926-89) and ink-and-wash paintings of nature scenes, we might not really know where to turn, with the result that we lose focus and become passive consumers of random images rather than actively engaging with the art.
By introducing the recurring motif of bridges, this exhibition hopes to obviate these dangers and give us a constant point of reference for comparison. Think of it like the thread that Ariadne gave to Theseus in the Greek myth of the Minotaur to guide him through the labyrinth. This gives a unity to what would otherwise be a confusing mass of charming objects.
It also adds resonance to the venue, which is located close to Japan's most famous bridge, Nihonbashi (Japan Bridge). This was originally a wooden structure built in Edo Period (1603-1867), famously used as the point from which to measure all distances in the country. The present bridge — an ornate, twin-arched stone structure surmounted by a beautiful bronze statue of a dragon — was built exactly 100 years ago.
Although dragons are often conceptualized as fire-breathing monsters, in Japan they are more often seen as deities associated with particular bodies of water. Nihonbashi's dragon, it seems, has ancient roots.
Some of this can be traced in "Tawara-no-Tota," an illustrated book from the 17th or 18th century. This shows Tawara-no-Tota Hidesato, a legendary warrior, defending a bridge against a rampaging dragon that is perhaps symbolic of the often wild power that Japanese rivers can unleash after a heavy rainstorm.
Because of the way in which they link two separate areas, bridges have become symbols of the transition between two different worlds. This can be seen in the case of Ama-no-Hashidate, a pine-tree-covered sandbar that serves as a natural bridge across Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture. This is considered one of Japan's "big three" scenic sights, along with the pine-clad islands of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture and the sea-washed tori gate of Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. But because of its great beauty, Ama-no-Hashidate is also regarded as a kind of heavenly bridge. It is typically viewed by pilgrims bent upside down looking through their legs.
Impressive scenery has always provided inspiration for artists. At this exhibition we can compare Sesshu Toyo's detailed yet highly stylized ink-and-wash view of Ama-no-Hashidate (15th century) with Masataka Shimada's soft-focus realist treatment of the same scene (19th century). Although stylistically very different, both artists infuse their works with some of the scene's mystical magic, creating art that transcends mere depiction.
A scene like this would also be a reason to travel, which in the Edo Period meant crossing many other fascinating bridges. One suspects that, rather than noting milestones, the travelers in those days measured progress by the bridges they crossed. Katsushika Hokusai's series "Famous bridges in various provinces" (19th century) captures this feeling, with his diminutive figures slowly wending their way over a variety of picturesque and memorable bridges.
Just as they helped the travelers, so the bridges help us to navigate and cross the stylistic gaps in this diverse show.
"The Bridge in Japanese Art: From Ama-no-Hashidate to Nihonbashi" at the Mitsui Memorial Museum runs till Sept. 4; admission ¥1,000; open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mon. For more information, visit www.mitsui-museum.jp.


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In 1997, Vanderbilt economist John Siegfried and Montana State University economist Wendy Stock set out to create a comprehensive picture of economics graduate education in the United States. They had noticed that although the number of economics Ph.D.s awarded in this country had remained about the same since the 1970s, the percentage earned by Americans was declining. The researchers wondered if there was something about the programs that was driving potential American economists into other fields, or to begin an economics program but not finish.
Over 15 years, they examined factors that contributed to completion or attrition, completion times, employment outcomes and how well programs taught skills needed at work. They were able to not only describe how graduate economics education has evolved over that period, but also suss out some characteristics of programs and students that could predict success or failure in the field.
The researchers found that there simply was not much a department could do to make its students complete their degrees more quickly or at higher rates—except for one thing: office space. And it makes sense, Siegfried said: Most of the first-year curriculum is dedicated to problem sets, not reading. By providing students with dedicated study areas close to one another—rather than letting them scatter across the library or work at home—students are more likely to collaborate and learn from one another. If an economics department that doesn't offer office space really wants to boost its graduation rate, "they should park some trailers on campus for students to use," Siegfried says.
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What the researchers did not find was any one particular factor that might explain why fewer Americans were earning Ph.D.s in economics. "Almost everyone who is accepted to an economics Ph.D. program enrolls in an economics Ph.D. program," Siegfried said. "They are just not applying."
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Table of Contents
I. Covering the Basics
II. Understanding Nose Angles
III. Utilizing Nose Angles in Conjunction with Hyzer Angles
While most players are familiar with nose angles and hyzer angles, they often fail to make the connection between the two. The purpose of this article is to outline their dependence and how that affects the disc's flight. I will also try to dispel some common myths of angles and their effects on disc behavior. While many players may find this article overly basic, I'm hoping that it will also benefit some players by helping them add some shots to their repertoire.
I. Covering the Basics
To start this article, I will define the terminology that I will be working with.
*all definitions targeted at right-handed back-hand throwers*
In general, the more extreme the angle, the greater the effect on a disc's flight.
II. Understanding Nose Angles
Most high-speed drivers will require a nose down release to fly far. A nose up release will cause these discs to slow down, rise, and fly more overstable. For shots that you want a straight flight or have the disc turn over, you will usually need a nose down release.
However, when throwing sidearm or shorter throws with a midrange or approach disc, getting the nose too far down will often make the disc turn over too much. Although this is also dependent upon disc velocity and RPM's, a combination of too much nose down angle, too much velocity, or too few RPM's will often make slower discs turn over and roll. For an example of this, if you take a stable to overstable midrange and throw it hard and slightly nose up, it probably will not turn over too badly.
These are fairly common problems amongst throwers that have not mastered a finesse game. Overall, not all throws will require a (very) nose down trajectory. Throws like sweep hyzers, knife hyzers, and air bounces will actually require the disc to fly nose up.
However, it must be noted, that the nose angle of the disc will not always be the angle on "front" of the disc in relation to the line between you and your target. The nose angle may also shift during the flight depending upon the trajectory and direction the disc is moving. I outline these differences in the next section.
III. Utilizing Nose Angles in Conjunction with Hyzer Angles
Not all shots are meant to be thrown on the line connecting you to your target. Depending upon which line you wish to take and the disc flight path that you desire, you will often need to throw the disc off line and with varying degrees of nose angle. In reality, the true nose angle of a throw is whatever angle the leading edge of the disc is in the direction it is traveling. For example, with a hyzer angle, the nose down line is slightly off to the left of center. Similarly, the nose up line is off to the right of center. For anhyzers, reverse this relationship.
Utilizing this relationship will help you achieve various types of shots more easily. Many people want to throw a hyzer that flattens and then travels flat or turns over. I refer to this type of throw as a hyzer flip. These throws will require a nose down orientation on launch and this translates into a required trajectory slightly off to the left (5-15 degrees) of center. Throwing the disc straight out or to the right will yield an overstable flight.
The extent to which you can manipulate the flight of a hyzer flip varies a lot on the disc's stability, your power, and any roll angles during your follow through. For example, to throw a roll curve, you must put the disc out slightly to the left with hyzer angle, with good power, a large wrist roll over, and an understable disc. I have sketched out the flight paths of several types of hyzer flip shots that you may find useful.
For sweeping hyzers, you will want the disc to fly nose up. The nose up orientation on these throws is to the right of center. Similarly, the amount of hyzer angle, power, disc stability, and wrist roll will affect disc flight. For example, a knife hyzer will require a steep hyzer angle with a lot of power, an overstable disc, and a wrist roll under. I have sketched out the flight paths of several types of sweeping hyzers that you may find useful.
Do keep in mind that you can make each of these types of throws easier to accomplish by altering the direction of your footwork. If you start at the back right of the teebox and finish at the front left (while keeping your throwing shoulder pointed at your target), this will close your stance a bit and make hyzer flip shots easier. If you start at the back left of the teebox and finish at the front right, this will open your stance and make sweeping hyzers easier. A gentle hyzer or a flattened hyzer out to the right may not require a significant footwork change.
The best advice I can give in regards to mastering angle manipulation is to practice and do not be afraid to experiment with different combinations. You may be surprised what types of shots you may find that will help your game in the long run.
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News analysis: Just 18 percent express anti-Mormon voting bias in new Gallup poll
Janie4 Boise, IDSept. 20, 2012 2:16 p.m.
Kevin LANGEMEIER: You have stated the problem precisely. Many, and as many more learn of the teachings of Mormonism, have learned Mormonism is not Christianity. I think the fact that Mormons in the last few years have decided to try and move toward inclusion in Christianity is why there is 18% to begin with. The Mormon faith is what it is but it is not Christianity and that is why so many Christians have a problem with this election. Even as Liberty University welcomed Mitt Romney to speak at the 2012 convocation, the school teaches Mormonism as a cult. This creates great unrest in Christian voters. I am afraid many voters may just not vote because they believe they have no moral choice. It is unfortunate the GOP embraced a Mormon candidate. Prejudice aside, this Presidential race and what is at stake in our country is just too close for the GOP to have taken this path.
BlueHusky Mission Viejo, CAJuly 9, 2012 4:01 p.m.
Sadly, Romney strikes me as a phony. Unlike Obama, who may go overboard with his intellectual, nuanced dialogue, Romney's blithe statements like, "Iran will have a bomb under an Obama administration, under a Romney administration, they will not." defy a rational justification. Uh, how you gonna do that, Mitt?
Here is a quote from a prof I used to know: "There is a great surplus of simple answers, but a huge shortage of simple questions." Romney speaks only to the simple. Hoping they will believe him, forgetting that he is 180 degrees off from his 2008 campaign. I remember. I campaigned for the 2008 Romney.
I'll vote for the 2012 Obama.
SLC gal Salt Lake City, UTJune 26, 2012 11:39 a.m.
These articles are disgusting.No wonder we as a nation are in trouble when we look at superficial things, but not the content of their character.
(I know for many, religion is so NOT superficial, but there are different levels everywhere you go. Harry Reid is a Mormon, and Southern CA would have to be absolutely encased in ice and snow before I'd vote for him).
JWB Kaysville, UTJune 26, 2012 8:55 a.m.
All you have to do to look at some polls and their results is watch Jay Leno on the street asking people the basic dumb questions and those educated people not knowing the answer. In the 1950s and 60s even Readers Digest aimed at their audience at an 8th grade level. Just because this is the United States of America, doesn't mean that we are smart.
I have noticed that some of President Obama's speeches are sounding by the tone of voice very much like Jeremiah Wright's type of voice and demeanor. That type of preaching is a way for the President to bring in religion through the tone of voice. The President has always spoken down to us as a nation, but now he is using his preaching voice for his campaigning.
People don't always know what religion means in today's world. They can't hear because of the noise around them, whether in Utah or other places. The President will bring in what he thinks is religion to motivate people. I looked at the people in Egypt who have not had freedom and they want a revolution. President Obama went there criticizing USA
atl134 Salt Lake City, UTJune 23, 2012 11:59 a.m.
"Blacks are very Opinionated folks and to vote 95%+ Obama tells you it is racial but let's not forget that whites overwhelmingly voted for Obama too"
First off, what you should be noting is that Kerry got roughly 90% of the black vote, so it's mostly a Democratic preference rather than a racial one though he did get a few extra points for being black. Consider that Romney has 80% of the LDS vote in a recent poll, this is pretty similar since something like 70-75% of LDS members vote Republican anyway so Romney being LDS gets him a few extra points, just like Obama.
Second, Obama won the election 53-47 while having about 2/3 of hispanics, a majority of asians and 90+% of black voters so by default he had to have less than 53% of the white vote which is not "overwhelming white support".
atl134 Salt Lake City, UTJune 23, 2012 11:53 a.m.
Right after I sent that in I was thinking "wait, if this article is from a Gallup poll...that means there's a new one." This time though it's Democrat-Indepdent-Republican
Black: 97%D 95%I 95%R
Woman 97%D 96%I 92%R
Catholic 95%D 92%I 97%R
Hispanic 94%D 89%I 93%R
Jew 92%D 89%I 95%R
Mormon 72%D 79%I 90%R
Muslim 69%D 58%I 47%R
Atheist 58%D 56%I 48%R
atl134 Salt Lake City, UTJune 23, 2012 11:45 a.m.
@Utah Blue Devil
Actually I'll look up full results, this is a very old poll, a Gallup one from 2007. There may be some disparity between "unwilling to vote for" in the poll I'm using and "less likely to vote for" that other polls use.
Willing to vote for...
Catholic: 97% liberal 94% conservative
Black: 95%L 92%C
Jewish: 93%L 91%C
Woman: 96%L 82%C
Hispanic: 92%L 84%C
Mormon: 75%L 66%C (this is pre-prop 8 a huge reason, along with Romney being the nominee, for the reversal of late)
Married 3 times (Giuliani): 74%L 60%C
72yr old (McCain): 59%L 63%C (this is why anti-mormonism didn't cost it for Romney, McCain had the bigger handicap)
Gay: 81%L 36%C
Atheist: 67%L 29%C
Yeah, old people was the only category at the time conservtives were more willing to vote for than liberals. Now that Mormons switched one can see that everyone is more willing to vote for those that are more likely to be of their political persuasion.
Samaritan01 Yuma, CO.June 23, 2012 10:25 a.m.
Imagine if you will someone who openly acknowledges being prejudiced against Blacks or Hispanics, Catholics, Presbyterians, etc.. Now imagine that 18% of the population bears that same exact prejudice, this is not good news for Latter-Day Saints however it may be better than expected.
t702 Las Vegas, NVJune 23, 2012 9:05 a.m.
If the 5% anti black Americans bias is true, why the heck democrats kept playing the race card?
"There is evidence of noise in the poll based on the fact 25 percent of Democrats said they would not vote for a Mormon..." How does this explain why they are in love with Harry Reid, the Mormon?
To say that you vote for someone just because he is Mormon is no worse than voting for someone because he is black or white. Blacks are very Opinionated folks and to vote 95%+ Obama tells you it is racial but let's not forget that whites overwhelmingly voted for Obama too. Like MLK said, let's judge the man on the content of his character not the color of his skin or religion.George Bush is not Mormon, Harry Reid is yet Mormons overwhelming support Bush and oppose Reid, it's not about religion is it?
Midwest Mom Soldiers Grove, WIJune 23, 2012 8:24 a.m.
Most of the people I know have more of a problem with Romney's tendency to tell tall tales and flip-flop than where he goes to church. As columnist, Michael Cohen, for The Guardian points out, in his June 21st column, "Mendacious Mitt", "the United States has never been witness to a presidential candidate, in modern American history, who lies as frequently, as flagrantly and as brazenly as Mitt Romney." Not exactly an article of faith with any religion that I know of.
zabivka Orem, UTJune 22, 2012 9:28 p.m.
@mojules -- That is hardly a fair comparison. A person's religious background influences his or her decisions in everyday life. Mitt can change is religious ideology, but he cannot change his ethnicity. If I had it my way, we'd have an agnostic in the White House. Then we could end all the whining about the president's religion.
JoeBlow Far East USA, SCJune 22, 2012 9:22 p.m.
"I want someone that other nations fear"
I find that sad. And you wonder why other nations want nuclear weapons.
I want someone that other nations respect.
UtahBlueDevil Durham, NCJune 22, 2012 8:42 p.m.
Alt134 - if those numbers are current, that is indeed great news. In the 2008 election the numbers ranged from 17-19, about the same range. Probably the same people as well. Go figure....
"I want someone that other nations fear, not mock at."
Ummmm, first of all who is mocking the current president? When was the last time you heard North Korea, Iran, or Venezuela kick sand out way? They made it a regular practice during the last administration. Bush Senior, Clinton, Reagan, all "respected" internationally. Bush the Second was not. So lets be real careful what we are after here. If the goal is to intimidate our enemies, long term we will have big issues with China. Economically in the future we will have a hard time matching their economic potential simply because of the numbers of people\citizens in play. We would be far better off if our fellow nations respected us, not feared us.
Even under Reagan, terrorist neither feared nor respected us... and were not afraid to strike at us. Under Bush II, again, no fear, despite the pounding they took. Respect provides far more leverage than fear. Fear should be the last resort.
DC Alexandria, VAJune 22, 2012 8:31 p.m.
Now how many told the truth in the poll?
MoJules Florissant, MOJune 22, 2012 6:41 p.m.
Just??? So how would society look at us if "just 18%" would not vote for a person because he is black? I would consider both being very close minded. So when I vote for Romney, it won't be because he is a Mormon and Obama is black, it will be because I want someone to save this economy and to get our nation back in a safe zone. I want someone that other nations fear, not mock at.
atl134 Salt Lake City, UTJune 22, 2012 4:41 p.m.
"I wonder what percent have an anti black American bias....?"
I think polls from Gallup had that at around 5%.
Mark B Eureka, CAJune 22, 2012 4:25 p.m.
to Hemlock: A candidate running for office would accept the votes of anyone if the opportunity presented itself, even if they publicly returned a donation. All votes count the same.
floridian navarre, flJune 22, 2012 4:20 p.m.
Hey, DN, your headline seems rather odd, no? "Just" 18%, when it was only 17% before. And, does "just" mean you think it is good. Methinks something like "One in five express anti-Mormon..." would have been better.
Kevin Langemeier Omaha, NEJune 22, 2012 4:17 p.m.
Actually anyone that would understand the truth of Mormonism will see them as Christians
hedgehog Ann Arbor, MIJune 22, 2012 3:41 p.m.
So much for "exposure". Almost half the nation doesn't know he's mormon. I'd be interesed in how many Americans actually know what mormon is.
The last time the nation took interest in a 1% niche religion is when donny and marie were on TV.....35 years ago.
Hemlock Salt Lake City, UTJune 22, 2012 3:34 p.m.
What was the anti-Catholic bias against JFK? Those biased against Mormons are either the far left or the extreme religious fundamentalists. Romney doesn't want to be associated with either.
UtahBlueDevil Durham, NCJune 22, 2012 1:44 p.m.
I wonder what percent have an anti black American bias....?
"The poll also found that 43 percent of Americans do not even know Romney is a Mormon."
Wow, doesn't that say something. Talk about taking the stance of "standing for something".
What an opportunity lost. People should be voting for him because of his morals, not because of unidentifiable morals.
JAHS vacaville, caJune 22, 2012 1:44 p.m.
An interesting observation is that almost all news article headlines about this, report that 18 % would not vote for a Mormon. I actually found one article with a headline that said "80 percent of Americans would support Mormon for president". ie. Glass is half full (or 80% full).
Hutterite American Fork, UTJune 22, 2012 1:10 p.m.
I am, however, anti republican.
TOO Sanpete, UTJune 22, 2012 12:59 p.m.
NOT voting for a man just because he is a Mormon is just as dumb as voting for the man just because he IS a Mormon. Sadly, we will have both types of people in this country.


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The ITER Agreement--Four Decades for Me and CountingBy Michael Roberts
The agreement that was recently signed by seven major scientific powers to construct ITER (formerly known as the International Thermonuclear Engineering Reactor) represents a milestone in international scientific collaboration. More than an agreement to build a multibillion dollar scientific facility, this accomplishment represents a joint statement on how these seven Parties, representing half the world's population, can work together toward a common, major, and long-term scientific goal.
ITER is a joint international research and development project that aims to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power. The partners in the project–the ITER Parties–are the European Union (represented by EURATOM), Japan, the People´s Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the USA. ITER will be constructed in Europe, at Cadarache in the South of France. For more information, please see www.ITER.org
It has been a long time coming. In 1968, I was one of 60 US fusion scientists who joined hundreds of researchers from other nations at the first International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) fusion energy conference in the USSR in Academgorodok, near Novosibirsk. The tokamak magnetic confinement experiments–the basis for ITER–were first broadly discussed in an international forum there. In addition to the technical discussions, and despite the Cold War tensions, we got to know each other through personal interactions, e.g., playing frisbee, exchanging token gifts. I believe these interactions led to successful bilateral fusion activities arising from the 1973 Nixon-Brezhnev Atomic Energy agreement.
During the 1970/80s, frequent broadly based informal interactions between U.S. fusion scientists and their European Community counterparts built a straightforward working trust between many of us on both sides. In November, 1979, now representing the US Department of Energy, I sat down for the first time in a bilateral program negotiation with my Japanese counterparts, trying to implement what President Carter and Prime Minister Fukuda had recently agreed should happen. In front of us was a first year plan of 29 research exchange visits, and both programs' governmental and technical leaders expected us staffers to report back soon. We kept sending notes requesting more time and after EIGHT HOURS of argument brought in our recommendations for the first annual plan of activities. Two decades later, with the help of smooth running prior staff work, we would be able to approve plans of hundreds of complex interactions in literally one minute at formal meetings, leaving time for substantive discussion of program issues.Multilateral engagement in fusion intensified in 1982, when French President Mitterand led the Versailles Summit to adopt an initiative on Technology, Growth and Employment including a Fusion Working Group. I had the good fortune to participate in this activity that developed a Western world fusion plan in 1983-4. This in turn led to discussions with the USSR toward a world program plan for major facilities. By the time of the November, 1985 US-USSR Geneva Summit, Academician Evgeniy Velikhov had conceived of what has become ITER, an idea that was adopted by President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev and then presented to the European Community (EC) and Japan. When ITER was born, international fusion was based principally on collaboration among the EC, Japan, US and USSR. In the next decade, US fusion bilaterals developed with China and Korea led to working relationships with fusion programs in these countries. A bilateral arrangement with India, the last major fusion program state not in the international collaboration milieu, is just now being developed as a result of the meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Singh in mid-2005. Nonetheless, there is a long history of personal US-India fusion relations; as the head of the Indian fusion program, I and other international colleagues worked together on the IAEA's International Fusion Research Council and built personal friendships that facilitated India's involvement with ITER. With bilaterals with India now being developed (starting with the EU, US, and Korea), all the world's major fusion programs are now interacting through ITER and, in part, through bilaterals as well.
Strengthening these many bilateral programs was the multilateral International Energy Agency (IEA) fusion activity. In each of the bilaterals and in the IEA and IAEA fora, I was privileged to be the US Executive Secretary or US working level representative, providing a quarter-century of continuity for US international fusion collaboration. In these roles, I learned to listen, persuade, compromise and generally find ways to implement agreed policies. During these years, the underlying bilaterals and multilaterals have matured, and the scientific and administrative work on the ITER project has advanced. These activities enabled the building of trust among us representatives of the involved governmental authorities (the Parties to the ITER Agreement) and built a strong base for serious ITER negotiations conducted at the political and diplomatic level since 2001. While the early years of ITER (~1985-2000) could be said to have focused on the "What of ITER" (i.e., the scientific objectives, basis, approach and design), the formal governmental negotiations since 2001 have turned to the "How of ITER" (i.e., resources, governance, legal matters)–a shift of emphasis that has implications that go well beyond fusion research.
Those most directly interested in the "What of ITER" are fusion scientists, since the issues addressed are largely fusion technical ones. I believe the broader science community also has an interest both in ITER science and in the funding competition ITER represents. The "How of ITER," on the other hand, directly affects government elements outside of the fusion program, and scientific communities outside of the fusion community, because it is applicable to large-scale scientific collaboration in general. Clearly, the ITER Agreement starts out with a purpose statement specifically directed at ITER, but virtually every other provision deals with How the Parties will interact with each other and the Director General as the project evolves. The ITER Agreement addresses issues such as governance, resources, and intellectual property rights, rather than plasma confinement, heating and diagnostics. These negotiations, recently formally concluded, involved the technical (Energy for US) and foreign (State for US) ministries of each of the Parties, including specialists from many sectors. As a participant in these negotiations, privy to the many individual discussions and considerable time and human resources required that led to consensus on a myriad of difficult points, I believe it highly unlikely that any person or Party would seriously entertain trying to redo these compromises for the next large project. Therefore, I believe that the ITER Agreement, once signed and entered into force, should be a most useful document with lasting value as it will represent a significant body of governmental agreements on how to work together. This would then be available for use with only minor changes for future large-scale international scientific collaboration. I appreciate the opportunities given to me by my former employers, ORNL and DOE, and all my colleagues, at home and abroad, to participate in and contribute to these unparalleled experiments in international collaboration and welcome the next generations of researchers to build on these foundations of hard-won trust, continuity of service, and crucial support at highest political levels around the world.
Michael Roberts, recently retired from the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, within the DOE Office of Science, was responsible for US international fusion programs from February 1979 through April 2006; he joined the ORNL Fusion program in 1966. He has served as Chair of the IEA Fusion Power Coordinating Committee and as Chair of the ITER Contact Persons. The views in this note are his alone and do not purport to represent those of the US DOE.
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NYSTATIN - nystatin suspension
Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
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Nystatin is an antimycotic polyene antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces noursei. Structural formula:
Nystatin Oral Suspension, for oral administration, is cherry/mint flavored, containing 100,000 USP Nystatin Units per mL. Inactive ingredients: alcohol (≤ 1% v/v), 49.8% (w/v) sucrose, purified water, glycerin, sodium citrate, magnesium aluminum silicate, flavors, saccharin sodium, xanthan gum, benzaldehyde, edetate calcium disodium, methylparaben and propylparaben.
Gastrointestinal absorption of nystatin is insignificant. Most orally administered nystatin is passed unchanged in the stool. In patients with renal insufficiency receiving oral therapy with conventional dosage forms, significant plasma concentrations of nystatin may occasionally occur.
Nystatin is both fungistatic and fungicidal in vitro against a wide variety of yeasts and yeast-like fungi. Candida albicans demonstrates no significant resistance to nystatin in vitro on repeated subculture in increasing levels of nystatin; other Candida species become quite resistant. Generally, resistance does not develop in vivo. Nystatin acts by binding to sterols in the cell membrane of susceptible Candida species with a resultant change in membrane permeability allowing leakage of intracellular components. Nystatin exhibits no appreciable activity against bacteria, protozoa, or viruses.
Nystatin Oral Suspension is indicated for the treatment of candidiasis in the oral cavity.
The preparation is contraindicated in patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any of its components.
This medication is not to be used for the treatment of systemic mycoses. Discontinue treatment if sensitization or irritation is reported during use.
No long-term animal studies have been performed to evaluate carcinogenic potential. There also have been no studies to determine mutagenicity or whether this medication affects fertility in males or females.
Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with nystatin oral suspension. It is also not known whether nystatin oral suspension can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Nystatin oral suspension should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.
It is not known whether nystatin is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when nystatin is administered to a nursing woman.
See DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION.
Nystatin is well tolerated even with prolonged therapy. Oral irritation and sensitization have been reported. (See PRECAUTIONS: General).
Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea (including one case of bloody diarrhea), nausea, vomiting, gastrointestinal upset/disturbances.
Dermatologic: Rash, including urticaria has been reported rarely. Stevens-Johnson syndrome has been reported very rarely.
Other: Tachycardia, bronchospasm, facial swelling, and non-specific myalgia have also been rarely reported.
Oral doses of nystatin in excess of five million units daily have caused nausea and gastrointestinal upset. There have been no reports of serious toxic effects of superinfections (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Pharmacokinetics).
2 mL (200, 000 units) four times daily (in infants and young children, use dropper to place one-half of dose in each side of mouth and avoid feeding for 5 to 10 minutes).
NOTE: Limited clinical studies in premature and low birth weight infants indicate that 1 mL four times daily is effective.
4-6 mL (400,000 to 600,000 units) four times daily (one-half of dose in each side of mouth). The preparation should be retained in the mouth as long as possible before swallowing.
Continue treatment for at least 48 hours after perioral symptoms have disappeared and cultures demonstrate eradication of Candida albicans.
Nystatin Oral Suspension, USP, 100,000 USP
Nystatin U/mL, is available as a cherry-mint flavored, light creamy yellow, ready-to-use suspension in:
2 fl oz (60 mL) bottles with 0.5 mL, 1 mL, 1.5 mL, 2 mL calibrated dropper
1 Pint (473 mL) bottles
1 Gallon (3785 mL) bottles (For repackaging only)
Store at 20°-25°C (68°-77°F) [see USP Controlled Room Temperature]. Protect from freezing.
PHARMACIST: Dispense in a tight, light-resistant container as defined in USP.
Manufactured by: Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,
Haifa Bay, Israel 26110
Distributed by: Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.,
Hawthorne, N.Y. 10532
Issued: February, 2006
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So in Arkansas, a politician's military record seemingly isn't considered relevant by the voters, and the theme may be the same across a war-weary America ("In Arkansas, a military record is no magic bullet," Dana Milbank column, May 14). However, a successful military stint or career means quite a few things that the average American does not comprehend.
In the truest definition, serving in the military is being subjected to a dictatorship -- to serve a democracy. It's truly sad that it is heard over and over, "I'm going into politics to serve," yet the majority have never served where the service is unilateral.
Ronald J. Eureka, Streetsboro
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Insomniac Games is responsible for two of the PlayStation 3's most impressive titles in Resistance: Fall of Man and Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction. We caught up with Brian Hastings, Chief Creative Officer at Insomniac, to discuss the studio's games, the power of the PlayStation 3 and new IPs.
VideoGamer.com: Could you give our readers a brief bio, detailing your history in the video games industry.
Brian Hastings: I joined Ted Price and Al Hastings in 1994 when the company was called "Xtreme Software". Back then I was our only gameplay and tools programmer as well as our IT specialist. As our company grew I gradually focused less on programming and more on gameplay, design and story. Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal was the last game I did programming on, and since then I've focused mainly on the creative direction, design, writing, voice direction and game tuning.
VideoGamer.com: Resistance was pretty much the big PS3 launch title and remained the premier title for many months after launch, especially in the US. Were you under pressure to ship the game whether it was finished or not?
BH: There was tremendous pressure on all developers to hit launch, but I think it's a testament to Sony's long term strategy that they didn't force developers to release their titles for launch if they weren't ready. A lot of Sony's first party titles that have come out this year were originally slated as launch titles, and those developers, along with Sony, made the choice to give the titles the extra time to be great rather than rushing them to launch. If we had been significantly behind schedule or if Resistance wasn't up to our own standards, I think Sony would have agreed to let us release later. But after E3 2006, as we showed Sony the latest builds of Resistance, it began to look like it could be their highest-profile title at launch and that's when the pressure really heated up. We had never been in that position before, where all eyes are on us and every minute detail of the game comes under a microscope. People began holding up Resistance as if it alone had to justify paying for a PS3 on launch day, and any minor flaw in the graphics became fodder for console war arguments about the power of the PS3. So there was definitely enormous pressure on us in that regard, and it was a huge relief when we finally went gold and started getting some really great reviews and great feedback from players.
VideoGamer.com: What didn't make it into the game that you wish you'd have had time for?
BH:In every game there are always lots of things you know you could do better if you had an extra month, or two months, or three months. In Resistance there are lots of little things we could have made better with extra time - things like enemy hit reactions, enemy variety, and certain presentation and pacing issues in the storytelling. I'm by no means disappointed with the final product, but there are always these polish and tuning issues that you could keep doing forever if you didn't have a ship date. If we had somehow had an extra six months of development time, the one major thing I would want to focus on is "wow moment" set pieces. Resistance is a really fun adrenaline ride with great weapon strategy, but we never really created those game-defining moments of spectacle that put you in a situation you've never seen before. That's something we're designing into our games from the beginning now, but there really wasn't time to pull it off in Resistance.
VideoGamer.com: Online play was a key part of the overall Resistance experience. The PS3 is often criticised for not having a service as well built as Xbox LIVE, but certain games on PS3 seem to have benefited from this - Burnout Paradise is certainly a more seamless online experience without the LIVE interface. What are your views on what Sony is offering?
BH: I think that once Sony makes the XMB accessible from within games then a lot of LIVE's advantages go away. I actually like a lot of things about Sony's online strategy and I think they have a couple key advantages over LIVE already. The most important being the fact that they support dedicated servers for their games, which allows us to create a lag-free play experience and avoid host advantage problems. Another factor, as you mentioned, is that the PSN's more open approach to online gives the developer more freedom to design the online experience any way they want. Sometimes this is good and sometimes it's bad, depending on how the code is implemented. Ultimately the actual multiplayer experience in the games comes down more to developer implementation than the overall platform. What makes or breaks a game's community are things like Clan implementation, matchmaking, ladders, stats, parties, tournaments and friends lists. How you implement those in the game, or whether they are there at all, comes down to the developer and not the overall network platform. That said, there are some things I really like about LIVE that I wish Sony did. The standard headset in the Premium Xbox 360 SKU helps build community a lot, for one thing. And I really like Achievements and I wish that was part of all PS3 games. We've actually been doing something similar in the form of Skill Points in all our games since 1999, but it'd be great to have that be part of an overall score and be able to compare your score to other players like you can in LIVE.
VideoGamer.com: Although a launch game, Resistance still stands up well visually today. How pleased are you with the game engine you've created on the PS3?
BH: Our game engine continues to evolve and improve every year and I'm very pleased with where it's at right now. The visuals in Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction are quite a bit better than in Resistance - higher res textures, detail maps, more layered shaders, and much better bloom and specular effects just to give a few examples - and it all runs at double the frame rate of Resistance. The tech and gameplay teams have moved tons of things over to the SPUs that used to run on the PPU. Collision and physics are entirely running on SPUs now, which allows us to put much more on the screen at once than we were able to with Resistance. Moving more and more code to the SPUs is an ongoing process and I think we'll continue to see major benefits from this for several more years.
The tech team has a lot of amazing stuff in the works right now that will improve the engine much farther within the next six months, so as happy as I am with the engine right now I know it's going to be at a whole new level pretty soon. That's one of the big advantages for us, I think, in being a launch title on the PS3. All developers are in a kind of technological arms race this generation to push the limits of the hardware, and the PS3's distributed architecture is complicated but it offers an immense well of power to draw from that keeps giving better results the more time you spend with it. So by being a launch title we kind of got a year head start on a lot of other developers and we're able to have our second generation engine out there competing with a lot of games that are running on first generation tech. That's not meant as a slam on anyone else's products, just that every month of development time and experience on the PS3 pays dividends and we've been really fortunate to get started early.
VideoGamer.com: Moving onto Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, am I right in thinking you've used an enhanced version of that engine?
BH: Yes. There were many major tech improvements between the two games. In addition to the ones I mentioned earlier, Ratchet & Clank on the PS3 uses texture streaming which allows us to get about 150 MB of extra VRAM in each level. This allows for much higher resolution textures than we used in Resistance, as well as more texture variety. The tech team also created much more advanced shader technology than what we had a year ago, and that has made a huge improvement to the look of our characters and environments. Improvements to lighting technology also helped a lot. Even though we weren't going for ultra-realism, the improved lighting really helps the overall look. There are literally hundreds of tech improvements I'm not listing here, including the massive optimizations that allowed us to run at 60 frames per second. The amount of action we're able to put on the screen at 60 frames per second really dwarfs what we were able to do a year ago at 30 frames per second. What's most exciting is the way things are headed right now I think we'll see just as big a leap from our second generation engine to our third as we did from the first to second.
VideoGamer.com: What did you learn from Resistance that has helped the game engine mature for this new game?
BH: I don't think you can pick any one thing to point to. Any new piece of hardware has strengths and weaknesses and you need to learn how to maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses. The more experience you have with the hardware and the more iterations you do on your engine, the better the results. A lot of the things we've learned about taking advantage of the PS3's tech are going straight up on our R&D page at Insomniacgames.com and we're continuing to post more articles there all the time. You can find out a lot there about what we've learned and what choices we've made along the way to get our engine to where it's at now.
VideoGamer.com: At times the game has an almost Pixar quality to it. Given that CG movies take years to create, when did work begin on Tools of Destruction and what kind of budget did it take to bring it from the drawing board to store shelves?
BH: Preproduction work began in early 2006, and production work started around October of 2006. It's probably similar in a lot of ways to how Pixar is able to release a title every year even though each title takes over a year to make. We don't talk about what our budgets are, but I will say that we've never approached a problem by just throwing money at it. We've gotten where we are by steadily improving our techniques and growing a talented and passionate team. Video games aren't like major league baseball where you can buy yourself a World Series winner by picking out all-stars ala carte. Passion, team chemistry and refining your development process will yield better results than simply pumping more money into your budgets.
VideoGamer.com: Weapons always play a major part in the Ratchet & Clank series (and the same is true of Resistance). What are your favourites in the latest game and how do you keep coming up with new ideas?
BH: The Groovitron and Mr. Zurkon are two of my favourites. Both are ideas we had discussed in the past but weren't able to pull off on the PS2. Making every enemy in the game dance was previously impossible due to RAM limitations, and Mr. Zurkon was a little impractical on the PS2 because he needed one-liners for almost every enemy and situation in the game which simply took up too much disc space. It was really great to be able to finally do both of them and they add a lot of humour and personality to the gameplay.
As far as how we come up with weapon ideas, it's a collaborative process that everyone contributes to. We all have our own different brainstorming techniques that bring out our creativity. Personally, whenever I'm working on new weapon ideas I try to approach it from multiple angles at the same time. For instance, I'll imagine every enemy setup I can think of from our previous game and think to myself "what kind of strategy would I have wanted to use there that I didn't have?" The mini-turrets in going commando came about from this approach. Another angle is to think of "what would create a really stunning visual effect?" The Alpha Disruptor concept was initially based on just creating amazing visual spectacle. Another question I ask is "what is an interesting game mechanic that can be created by a weapon?" The suck cannon in the first Ratchet & Clank was something I thought of while trying to find a way to use enemies against each other. And, of course, a great question to ask is "what would be really funny to do in the game?" We've had a lot of memorable weapons come out of just answering that question.
VideoGamer.com: Is it odd to be an independent studio, yet producing some of Sony's key titles for their next-gen system? Do you ever do any work with Sony's studios?
BH: I don't know if it's odd, but it is a really great feeling to know we've been able to deliver two of the PS3's key titles. We're certainly proud of that and I know Sony really appreciates what we've done so far. In terms of inter-studio collaboration, that's something that we're trying to do more all the time. We're trying to create a bit more of an open development community where teams share tech ideas in a way that benefits all parties involved. Our R&D site is one way we do this, and our technology team also collaborates with other studios, sharing techniques and ideas. Our hope is that tech development in general becomes more open and collaborative, which should help improve the quality of games across the industry and also reduce development time.
VideoGamer.com: Do you ever look at rival systems (Wii, Xbox 360, PC) and wonder what you could create for them?
BH: That's something I did a lot more the last two hardware generations. I remember being jealous of the N64's perspective correction and z-buffer, and then in the next generation I envied the Xbox's high end GPU, hard drive and extra memory. But in this generation the PS3 has the most advanced hardware and there isn't really anything in particular I'm all that envious of. The most obvious example would be the Wii controller, I guess, but for the kinds of games that I'm interested in making I honestly prefer the PS3 controller.
VideoGamer.com: Looking ahead, a sequel to Resistance seems a given considering its success. Are there more new IPs to come from Insomniac or are you content with Ratchet and Resistance alternating over the years?
BH: We're always evaluating new ideas for IPs and we want to continue making new games. But it's also a big risk and a big investment any time you do something new, so when you manage to have a hit game, like Ratchet & Clank or Resistance, you want to develop it and explore it. We're definitely going to be making new games, and hopefully we'll do it even more often than we have in the past. But we also want to continue the story arcs of the franchises we've created, so it's a matter of finding the right balance.
VideoGamer.com: Finally, being one of the PlayStation 3's most high profile dev teams, what does the future hold for the system? Ratchet looks stunning, but is there more to come?
BH: We're already seeing a big leap in what people are able to do with the PS3 now compared to a year ago, and we're going to see just as big a leap between now and the end of 2008. The best looking titles will always be the ones that were built from the ground up on the PS3 and take advantage of both its internal architecture and its storage space. There are a lot of games in development right now that were built around the PS3 architecture so we'll be seeing some really amazing stuff over the next year. I think we're going to continue seeing major leaps each year in what people are able to do with the machine for at least three or four more years.
VideoGamer.com: Thanks for your time Brian.


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Reintroducing Myself
Eric Hinkle
It's been almost a year since I last wrote an article. I've still been around, watching quietly as the eUSA slowly reshapes itself. I was thrilled to see Pizza The Hut banned permanently (see previous article from day 1502)and then his new citizen General Eric Cartman Lee banned as well. While I haven't been following the events of the eUSA as closely as I should have been, I've still been watching. However, I'm ready to get back into the thick of things.
Just one problem: many of you no longer know me. Either you've forgotten about me or you're new and have never seen me around. So this is just me saying hi and that I'm hoping to get back into things. My beliefs stated in my few previous articles still stand true today. I hope to fight for the welfare of the American people. With this in mind, I will be looking to make a Congressional run sometime in the near future.
But until I can fully get back into things, I will keep you occupied with a joke.
Q: Why are jalapeños so annoying?
A: 'Cuz they're jalapeño business.
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Što je ovo?Čitaš članak koji je napisao građanin eRepublika, virtualne strateške igre za više igrača koja se temelji na stvarnim državama. Kreiraj svoj vlastiti lik i pomogni svojoj državi da stekne slavu, dok se ti dokazuješ u ulozi ratnog junaka, renomiranog izdavača ili financijskog stručnjaka.


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pratikchirania <pratik(dot)chirania(at)hp(dot)com> writes: > 1. I am in Costa Rica, using Windows Server 2008 R2/Windows 2003 with > PostgreSQL 8.3/9.0 > 2. System Date/Time Settings shows "CST/Central America" with UTC-6 as extra > display > 4. There is NO DST for CST (Central America) a.k.a America/Costa_Rica to the > PostgreSQL database through the pg_timezone_names view Well, if you want no-DST behavior, this is wrong: > show timezone > "CST6CDT" That timezone specifies daylight savings behavior (CDT). As it happens, it's going to follow the USA rules for when to switch, but any switch would be wrong for Costa Rica. You need the America/Costa_Rica setting. Now having said that, it appears that the reason you got "CST6CDT" by default is that we map the Windows "Central America Standard Time" and "Central America Daylight Time" registry strings to that. This seems clearly wrong. A look at the tzdata "northamerica" file shows that noplace in Central America other than Mexico has observed DST with any regularity, and certainly none of them could be said to follow USA DST rules. Mexico is a separate case, because there are separate "Central Standard Time (Mexico)" and "Central Daylight Time (Mexico)" entries, which we map to "America/Mexico_City", which seems proper. I think we ought to map "Central America Standard Time" to plain CST6. (Or we could map to one of America/Costa_Rica, America/Guatemala, America/El_Salvador, etc, but that seems more likely to offend people in the other countries than provide any additional precision.) I am not sure what we ought to do with "Central America Daylight Time", but on the evidence here I wonder whether that setting exists in the wild at all. Magnus, AFAICT from the commit logs, that lookup table was your work to begin with --- do you remember anything about the reasoning for the Central America entries? regards, tom lane
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|JAMES C. McGEE
ca. 1833 - ____
ca. 1843-____
|Author - Marcia Farina
|James C. McGee was born in Illinois between 1833 and 1835. He was the son of William McGee and Sirena Tungate. Burial records show the spelling of "Sirena" for his mother's given name; James' second daughter was named "Cyrena Alice".
William McGee was apparently deceased by the time of the 1850 census. As the eldest son James would have shouldered much of the hard labor on the family farm, but since there were several McGee sons, he was able to marry within a few years.
His first wife was Rebecca M. Pope. They married on November 1, 1855, in Hancock County. Marriage License
Rebecca was the daughter of Elijah Pope and Jane D. Wallis or Wallace. She was born July 7, 1835 (date calculated from tombstone inscription), in Illinois, and died December 11, 1861. She was buried in the Pope Cemetery in Tennessee Township, McDonough County, Illinois.
The daughters of James McGee and Rebecca Pope were:
Four months after Rebecca's death, on April 13, 1862, James married her sister, Elretta Caroline Pope, also the daughter of Elijah Pope and Jane D. Wallis or Wallace. Marriage License
Elretta was born August 25, 1843 (date calculated from tombstone inscription), in Illinois. She died February 21, 1865, and was also buried in the Pope Cemetery.
The son of James McGee and Elretta Caroline Pope was:
When Elretta died, James had three children under the age of 10. The elder daughter, Emma, and Clay went to live with Rebecca and Elretta's sister, Martha Pope Parker and her husband. The younger daughter, Alice, apparently stayed with her father - although we might surmise there was some moving back and forth in the years between Elretta's death and the 1870 census. Alice was only 5 and Clay was only 2 when Elretta died, and James did not remarry until late in 1866.
His third wife was Mrs. Frances A. Grigsly, nee Long. They married on December 12, 1866, in Hancock County. Frances was born in either Illinois or Kentucky between, approximately, 1843 and 1845.
The children of James McGee and Frances Long were:
We have found no record of either James or Frances after the 1880 census.
enumerated November 9, 1850, dwelling #1601
Cyrene McGee, 36, female, value of real estate 1600, born IN
enumerated July 24, 1860, dwelling #3284
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James M Kee, 25, male, farmer, value of personal estate, born IL
enumerated July 15, 1870, dwelling #64
McGee, James, 36, male, white, laborer, value of personal estate 400, born IL, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
enumerated June 12, 1880, dwelling #90
McGee, James C, white, male, 44, married, farmer, born IL, both parents born IN
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I have the following situation:
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-I started a NAT-network on Libvirt (bridge name virbr1);
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Western Wheelers are proud to bring you their first annual Crooked Mile Show n Shine to coincide with the In the West Festival on Saturday 24th October 2015 at Holland Park, West Wyalong.
Everyone welcome. Come along and share your appreciation for cars. Vehicle entry $10, participate in the main street float parade at noon then proceed to the show n shine. Gates open to the public at 2pm, gold coin donation. Peoples Choice award.
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The world's fastest sport compact cars are set to return to Victoria for the first time in more than seven years, as Melbourne Jamboree hits Calder Park, October 24th, 2015.
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The French Festival is being held on October 24th 2015 at Langley Park in Perth's CBD. Theres so much to do and the event covers all things French from market style food and arts and crafts stalls, workshops, French entertainment, restaurant area and car display.
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Grathwol, Robert P., 1939-
Building for peace.
Washington D.C. : Center of Military History : Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O.,] 2005
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Grathwol, Robert P., 1939-
Building for peace.
Washington D.C. : Center of Military History : Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O.,] 2005
|Material Type:
|Government publication, National government publication, Internet resource
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|All Authors / Contributors:
Robert P Grathwol; Donita M Moorhus; Center of Military History.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
|0160723728 9780160723728 0160723736 9780160723735
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|Shipping list no.: 2006-0288-P.
|xx, 483 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
|Combat to occupation --
From occupation to mutual defense --
Defending the West, 1950-1953 --
Construction in the mid-1950s --
Managing construction in Germany, 1956-1966 --
Engineer Command, 1966-1974 --
The transition period, 1974-1978 --
Decade of consolidation and growth --
Managing design and construction --
Programs and projects --
Supporting the combat forces --
Improving the community environment --
Europe transformed, 1988-1991.
|Series Title:
|U.S. Army in the Cold War; CMH pub, 45-1-1.
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|U.S. Army engineers in Europe, 1945-1991
|by Robert P. Grathwol, Donita M. Moorhus.
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Traces the U.S. Army's engineering construction activities in Europe, beginning immediately after World War II in 1945 and ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played a central role in building and maintaining the infrastructure in support of the U.S. and NATO forces that stood on the front lines of the Cold War. This study, covering almost a half-century of military construction in Europe that cost more than $5 billion, serves to record not only the achievements of Army engineers but also their contribution to the legacy of the peaceful triumph of democracy.
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Tami Hoag
Suspense novelist Tami Hoag took the plot for her latest book, Down the Darkest Road, directly from the headlines. Down the Darkest Road takes a look at what happens to a family after a child is murdered. As the book begins, Lauren Lawton lost her 16-year-old daughter four years ago. The aftermath has been devastating to the family. Lauren's husband, unable to deal with the tragedy, killed himself, while she has become a walking shell of her former vibrant self. And Lauren's youngest daughter, Leah, is adrift, unable to enjoy a normal life because of the looming shadow of her missing sister.
Hoping to start over, Lauren and Leah move to a small town where no one knows what happened to them. As soon as they arrive, the unimaginable happens: Lauren sees the man who killed her daughter. At least, he's the man she believes is the killer. She doesn't have any proof, and the local police can't act on her hunches. Adding to her panic is the fact that Leah is about to turn 16 — the same age as her other daughter when she was murdered. Is the killer back to take Leah, too?
With complex characters and crisp, believable dialogue, Down the Darkest Road is a sophisticated thriller. Meet Hoag during this discussion and signing session. 6:30 p.m. Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-524-8597 or visit www.murderbooks.com. Free.
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An Awesome Gal and Her Awesome Pup
Posted by Amanda Lipsey | Tags: Dog-friendly , Inexpensive , Routes & Rides , U.S. - Montana
Since my border collie came to live with me a few months ago, I have been learning how to incorporate a dog into my car-free lifestyle. I had a bike respite coming up, and I didn't want to leave my four-legged friend out of the fun. So I've been figuring out how to tow a dog on an overnight. In preparation for a longer self-contained bicycle trip, Astro and I scheduled a mid-August shakedown overnight last summer.
Photo of the Week 12.07.12
Posted by Michael McCoy | Tags: Photo of the Week
From To the Sugar Shack and Back: An Alberta Overnight, by Dave Buchanan. This story has generated the most comments out of any of the 100+ Bike Overnight stories that have posted over the past two years.
To see more photos, go to the Bike Overnights Flickr Group, where we're still holding steady at 111 members!
Four Days with an Almost 4-Year-Old
Posted by Dana DeBruyn | Tags: Family , Routes & Rides , Rail-Trails , U.S. - Michigan
As a family, we had participated in a few organized day-ride events for charity. The kind where there are cookie and fruit breaks every 10 miles or so. Could our family of three transition from a SAG-supported, group atmosphere to a multi-day, self-supported bike overnight? Our son Clayton was a month shy of four years old. He loves his Weehoo bike trailer and the adventure of riding and seeing new things. From the beginning, we suspected he was up for the challenge; however, were we as his parents ready?


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In three Lancet articles (references below), Peter M. Rothwell et al of the University of Oxford in England concluded that " long-term use of aspirin for cancer prevention in middle age in addition to appropriate dietary and lifestyle interventions" is beneficial. They drew their conclusions from their analysis of over 200 studies involving several million patients.
Eric Jacobs, PhD, a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society, referred to the studies as "important new evidence that long-term daily aspirin, even at low doses, may lower the risk of developing cancer." Even so, the decision to initiate regular aspirin use should be individualized after a discussion between patient and physician…..Because these results are new, it will take time for the broader scientific community to evaluate the data in the context of existing knowledge and to consider whether the clinical guidelines should be changed ... Clinical guidelines require a systematic analysis of for whom the benefits of aspirin use are likely to outweigh the risks."
Summary of the study findings related to regular aspirin use
Regular aspirin use leads to
o significant reductions in the risk of cancer, metastasis, and cancer mortality."
o a reduced risk of vascular events in patients taking aspirin, but an increased risk of major bleeding.
o reduction in the risk of colorectal and other gastrointestinal cancers compared with nonusers.
o Cancer mortality was 15% lower among regular users of aspirin
o metastasis was 35% to 40% less common.
o Major extracranial bleeding did occurred less often in patients using low-dose aspirin (OR 0.32, P=0.009) compared with those who did not use aspirin.
Here are the references to the 3 studies if you would like more in depth statistics and analysis: Rothwell PR, et al "Short-term effects of daily aspirin on cancer incidence, mortalilty, and nonvascular
death: Analysis of the time course of risks and benefits in 51 randomized controlled trials" Lancet 2012
Rothwell PM, et al "Effect of daily aspirin on risk of cancer metastasis: A study of incident cancers during
randomized controlled trials" Lancet 2012
Rothwell PM, et al "Effects of regular aspirin on long-term cancer incidence and metastasis: A systematic comparison of evidence from observational studies versus randomized trials" Lancet Oncol 2012;
comparison of evidence from observational studies versus randomized trials" Lancet Oncol 2012;


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Anaïs Tangie, Gourmet Gal
Most people's first glimpse of Anaïs Tangie is a blur; she's running around the SoCo Farmers' Market at the OC Mart Mix on Saturday mornings, repositioning food trucks, setting up a children's area, arbitrating minor disputes between vendors, and somehow finding the time to take newcomers on a tour of the market.
So, too, is she a blur in the kitchen at her culinary collective, Picnics Kitchen in Costa Mesa, darting from a grill pan just about to burst into flames to a simmering pot of beans threatening to propel its lid into the air, then running to the back to get service plates. She even multitasks during preparation for her Sunday-evening Farmers' Market Feasts, drawing patrons into the large teaching kitchen and inviting them to peel back the lids (carefully, please!).
To see Tangie work, you'd think she had been working for a decade in food service, and in a way she has, but not in the normal manner. Given the dreaded business-plan assignment in an entrepreneurship class at Orange Coast College, the émigrée from Montreal refused to phone in the essay; she wrote up a proposal for a catering company called Special Eats OC, which focused on meal delivery for people such as cancer patients who have special dietary needs, and then launched the company in partnership with a friend.
It hasn't always gone smoothly or lucratively—to pay the bills, Tangie is also an accomplished nanny, who bonds more or less instantly with children—but that entrepreneurial spark refuses to be extinguished.
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She got involved with the SoCo Farmers' Market after reading about it on Facebook, going up to the information booth and offering to help with social media and marketing. She became so engrossed in the market that in practically no time at all, she was promoted to manager. Today, the SoCo Farmers' Market is the county's most serious challenger to the huge Irvine market, thanks mostly to its location and Tangie's curation of the vendors.
She still wanted to cook, though, so she found partners and took over the space that was Picnics Kitchen on 17th Street in Costa Mesa. The former gourmet shop now sells farmers' market produce, contains a juice and elixir bar, and features Tangie's cooking of the market's offerings three times a week—Sunday (the "Farmers' Market Feast"), Monday and Wednesday evenings.
"My mission is to nourish people with food; they get so overwhelmed," says Tangie. What's next? She is focused on expanding the collective to include classes and demonstrations. "I'm dreaming of a night market, though," she says wistfully, pointing out that Orange County only has two evening markets, both on Thursdays.
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• Tangie is no vegan. "MEAT!" she squeals. And she can be found indulging at The Pine for Korean barbecue. "I love the different textures, the flavors, the varieties you wouldn't be able to find elsewhere." Pig ears? Intestines? Trotters? Bring it on, and cook it right in front of her. 8902 Garden Grove Blvd., Garden Grove, (714) 638-5757.
• Tangie calls OC Mart Mix "the perfect complement to the SoCo Farmers' Market." It has a cheese shop, a high-end coffee shop, a spice store, restaurants and independent small shops, creating a space that was sorely lacking in Orange County. 3313 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa; ocmartmix.com.
• Slapfish may be a new player on the mobile food scene, but Tangie has been a fan for a long time. "That was one of the trucks that came to the SoCo Farmers' Market," she recalls, "and it's just brilliant. I love that [Andrew Gruel and Jethro Naude] were able to open a restaurant." twitter.com/SLAPFISHseafood.
• "TJ Maxx and Marshalls are totally underrated for kitchenware," says Tangie. "I bought my favorite knife, a $15.99 Calphalon, and a set of Le Creuset pots [at TJ Maxx]." The knife did heavy-duty cooking until it snapped when faced with a coconut, and Tangie has been haunting the stores ever since looking for a replacement. 3900 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 641-1362; tjmaxx.com.
• She may be a Costa Mesa girl, but Tangie ends up in Santa Ana's Artists Village for Lola Gaspar's ravioli with quail egg and the tequila- and mezcal-laced craft cocktails. "Everyone needs a place to drink," she says. 211 W. Second St., Sana Ana, (714) 972-1172; lolagaspar.com.
• "I went to Detroit Bar for the first time to see Delta Spirit play," says Tangie, a fan of the indie rock band's unusual instrumentation, "and I go back whenever someone I think is interesting is playing." 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, (949) 642-0600; detroitbar.com.
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Dawood Ibrahim's green Accent car burnt in Ghaziabad
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India's most wanted terrorist and Underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim, who has been reportedly hiding in Pakistan, faced the ire from the people in Ghaziabad near Delhi. Green Hyundai Accent car, which was once owned by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Mumbai, was auctioned on December 9, 2015. Chakrapani bid successfully for the green Hyundai Accent car for a mere Rs.32,000. Chakrapani, who is also the right-wing Hindu leader said, 'Our organisation has decided to burn the car publicly at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad between 1 pm and 2 pm.' Accordingly the Car was burnt.


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Vallejo will be able to stretch out its foreclosed and abandoned home rehabilitation program another year, thanks to a $50,000 grant donation.
The Solano Association of Realtors, partnering with the city's Housing and Community Development Division, has garnered the competitive grant from the California Association of Realtors.
The money leverages existing federal dollars that the city could not spend without finding a way to come up with a 25 percent matching donation. Specifically, the grant complements $200,000 in federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds set aside to acquire, rehabilitate and resell abandoned or foreclosed single-family homes to first-time low-income home buyers, according to the Oct. 25 City Manager's Bi-Weekly Report.
The home rehabilitation program, for which the city typically partners with local nonprofit agencies to carry out, is part of a larger affordable housing effort funded by HOME funding.
That local match, said Housing and Community Development Division Manager Ann Putney, was formerly covered by the now-defunct Vallejo Redevelopment Agency. Since the state's dissolution of all redevelopment agencies, Vallejo relied on dwindling department funding to cover the local match until it could not longer do so this year, Putney said.
"This is the first time that I'm aware of that we've used an outside source like that," Putney said. "I would love to see it be an ongoing partnership, if it's available."
In an assessment of the city's use of federal funds for housing and community development efforts in the 2012-2013 fiscal year released last month, the division reported acquiring and rehabilitating three "foreclosed housing units for eventual resale to qualified lower-income families," adding that three "foreclosed housing units acquired in a prior reporting period were resold to qualified families."
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It was not immediately clear what the future of the city's home rehabilitation program will look like, if other external grants are not found in coming years. City Senior Analyst Guy Ricca, who works directly with the HOME program, did not return calls for comment Wednesday.
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I met Gene, Delores, Tom, Mike, and Dennis when I was 13. I have very fond memories of the entire Willis family. Gene was always able to put a smile on my face. May God bless the Willis family. Love and miss you Gene. You will always be in my heart.
Gene is what you call a true friend.He was my friend for over 25yrs+. He would give you his shirt off his back.He will be missed.you will be in my Prayers tonight