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LOS ANGELES - Jeff Henley ('67), was named chairman of Oracle in January 2004 after 13 years as the database giant's CFO. During Alumni Weekend last October, Henley received UCLA Anderson's 2004 Outstanding Alumnus Award. In a recent interview with Anderson Assets editor Paul Feinberg, Henley demonstrates the thoughtfulness and vision he brings to his post at one of the world's most successful companies and offers his thoughts on a wide range of business and economic issues.
Q. First things first, what role does management education play today, as institutions seek to provide the human capital that will drive business here and abroad?
A. I think one of the reasons America is a leading economic power is because of its higher education in business and the sciences. International students come to the United States for technology and business training. It's been true for Japan and Japanese students for years; now you're seeing it more and more with other countries, such as India and China.
International students learn good business management — things like asset allocation — and they apply these lessons to their businesses back home. As these things helped the American economy, they also help foreign economies. I view (this) as a good thing. We're helping the world become a more rational place by exporting quality economic ideas.
Q. So, what about the globalization of U.S. corporations? Are you as concerned as some seem to be about job outsourcing?
A. It makes people nervous to see jobs moving offshore to countries like India and China. But, of course, jobs have been moving overseas for decades, only now we're seeing new types of jobs going to other countries - things like call centers and IT jobs. But there is a diversity of jobs in the United States and no one knows what future jobs are going to look like. I don't think there is a danger of all our jobs going to India.
People fear the unknown. When I was in business school, the great fear was automation. That was pervasive in the '60s. We wondered what people would do when their jobs became automated. A hundred years ago many Americans worked on farms, and there were fears as industrialization eliminated farming jobs. But the great thing about the American economy is that it is constantly evolving. We find new jobs — whole categories of new jobs — in new industries. One thing America does well is that it keeps reinventing itself.
The movement of jobs offshore raises the living standard in countries like China and Brazil and as the living standards go up (the citizens) become consumers of American products. In the 1960s Japan was relatively poor, but as their GDP on a per capita basis went up they became some of the biggest consumers and biggest savers and investors. It is great for underdeveloped countries; it lifts their GDP and helps us export goods.
Politicians fan the flames of fear. Is there any cause for concern? Of course, if you've lost your job, you have a reason to be concerned. People need retraining and education during their lifetimes, so they can find new jobs.
Q. In the past, corporations touted their stability. Today, while stability is important, being on the cutting edge seems equally essential. What's the key to staying one step ahead?
A. Standing still is a risky strategy. I'm a believer in new marketing, new products. It's especially true in technology but I think it's true in any business. You need to listen to your customers; you need to know all about your competition. That's the way the world works. That's one area where business school really helps: learning to look at the underlying elements and how to consistently evolve your strategy. We're constantly grappling with ways to stay ahead and evolve.
Q. We've heard you speak about how changes in the corporate culture of Oracle helped improve the company. How does something "intangible" like culture impact something "tangible" like the bottom line?
A. Oracle is a global company and we decided that in all of the countries, in all of the divisions, we would do things the same. The same best practices, same data storage. By changing the culture and going to a uniform model, people had to accept that everyone would be doing things the same way and we would work together for best practices.
Interestingly, a lot of Oracle's customers are doing that now, it's a trend, and it's more efficient from an information standpoint. The issue is a lot of employees rebel; they don't think it is possible. People need to accept that they can operate differently. More and more we're going to see centralized business models.
Q. Andrew Groves wrote Only the Paranoid Survive and you've quoted him before. Do you believe that's true?
A. I really believe it. It's particularly true in technology where there can be abrupt changes. One danger is not adapting to change; when a competitor gets ahead, you have to be really careful.
There is a global threat as well. We're going to see more software companies in India and China. You can never be complacent. It's a wonderful way to think about things. Complacency is the kiss of death. Wang/Xerox — there are companies that are not around anymore or have gone through a downgrade because they couldn't stay ahead. Reinvention is inevitable.
Q. Finally, what did winning the Distinguished Alumnus Award mean to you?
A. When you reach a certain point in your career and your life achievements, you receive some recognition in the business community — you get a title and you get recognition from your school. Everyone enjoys being recognized. It's an honor.
But it's good for UCLA Anderson, too. Over the years they'll be honoring a lot more people. The program is great, they're bringing in good people and they're getting good skills and training. Over the next 30-40 years a lot of UCLA Anderson alumni are going to rise to the top. There's going to be lots of CEOs, lots of chairman of the boards who come out of the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management is perennially ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award-winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective admissions, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning environment. UCLA Anderson students are part of a culture that values individual vision, intellectual discipline and a sense of teamwork and collegiality.
Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson School of Management provides management education to more than 1,400 students enrolled in MBA and doctoral programs, and some 2,000 executives and managers enrolled annually in executive education programs. Recognizing that the school offers unparalleled expertise in management education, the world's business community turns to UCLA Anderson School of Management as a center of influence for the ideas, innovations, strategies and talent that will shape the future.


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A joint OECD-India seminar on good e-government practices took place in New Delhi on 4 December 2009. The one-day seminar was held together with several bilateral meetings with Indian officials.
The seminar was opened by Deputy Secretary-General Richard A. Boucher and His Excellency, Mr. Chandrashektar, Secretary responsible for e-government in the Department of Information Technology in the federal Ministry of Communications & Information Technology.
The aim of the seminar was to exchange experiences focusing on three areas:
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Madison, Wisconsin - February 5, 2013
The Wisconsin court system is proud to join the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) in celebrating Digital Learning Day (external link) on Feb. 6. The court system actively supports the use of innovative teaching tools in Wisconsin classrooms, not only on Digital Learning Day, but year 'round, said Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson.
Abrahamson is the state co-chair of iCivics, an online civics education website (www.icivics.org) (external link) featuring curriculum-aligned online games, lesson plans and teacher guides for middle- and high-school students. iCivics is among innovative teaching resources highlighted by DPI as part of the Digital Learning Day, a national celebration.
"iCivics not only provides a fun way to involve students in learning, it provides teachers with valuable resources to help get the job done well," Abrahamson said.
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iCivics was founded by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to help revitalize civics education in the United States. In 2010, O'Connor visited Wisconsin to promote iCivics at the invitation of Abrahamson and the State Bar of Wisconsin, which co-sponsors iCivics. Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is the other co-chair of iCivics in the state.
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by Robert VerBruggen
At first glance, How to Train Your Dragon looks very promising. It combines all sorts of kid-friendly attributes: non-bloody fighting, virtual pet care, some light RPG elements, a story that is derived from a popular animated movie, and a good helping of mini-games.
The graphics, sound, and basic controls are solid, if not jaw-dropping. Most of the animations are decent, the textures make the world look somewhat cartoonish, and the load times never get too annoying. The voiceover work is good, though the dragons make annoying comments while fighting, and the music is unremarkable. If the controls don't feel comfortable at first, they're customizable.
How to Train Your Dragon's story, meanwhile, does exactly what it should do in a kids' game: it stays out of the way. This game's events happen after those in the movie, but you'll never get more than a vague sense of who the characters are or what's going on.
The problem is that everything just feels a little flat. Despite a whole world filled with arena fights, plants you can feed to your dragons, side missions, and colorful characters, the game just seems tedious. Given that it takes maybe 15 hours to complete, that's a lot of tedium.
Primarily, the issue is that the less action-oriented elements - such as feeding and taking care of your dragons and carrying out the weak side missions (most of which just require you to roam around collecting stuff) - take up too much time. This game just isn't compelling in these ways, and the developers would have done better to focus on what kids really want to do: get in fights with other dragons.
Take, for example, the mini-games that earn you experience points. Many are simple matters of timing (you have to hit a button repeatedly to fill a meter and stop when it hits the right spot), and none are particularly inventive. Perhaps the best is Flying Shepherd, in which you pick up sheep and return them to a fenced-in area. The developers could have found some way to take the dragon concept and run with it for these games, but instead, they gave us the equivalent of a bargain-bin Wii title.
When you go to use the experience points you earned in the mini-games, you find that the RPG elements aren't convincing, either. There are definitely kids who love RPGs (we have fond memories of Final Fantasy games on Game Boy circa 1994), but here, to "level up" each dragon and learn new combos, you're stuck grinding on practice fights against enemies that hardly move. When you want to return to the fights that matter and make the game progress, you have to go back and take care of your animal first. You can distribute the points you earn among your dragon's various attributes, but it doesn't have a huge effect on the actual fighting.
Then there's the pet care. Some kids (and adults) don't mind carrying a Tamagotchi around and cleaning up its waste once in awhile, but who wants to take a break from making a dragon breathe fire to feed the thing some carrots and put it to sleep? Who wants to run around the overworld hub looking for bugs and plants for a pet-food recipe? As you acquire more and more dragons (you'll unlock about 30 by the end, of which you can train up to four at a time), this can suck up more and more of your time.


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The rectangular marble tablet is carved with a rosebush in full bloom, its branches mostly downturned. Under the bush is a lamb, a familiar symbol for Christ.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)
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The year of death is not visible today, but Delaware County Burials (published online by Delaware County Genealogical and Historical Societies) comes to our rescue once again. It shows Mrs. Slough's date of death as April 7, 1852.
Matthias Slough and Lydia Hollenbaugh were married in Delaware County on May 17, 1845. The 1850 Federal Census shows Matthias (miller) and Lydia living in nearby Franklin County with four young children, James Slough (lawyer), and William Hollenbaugh (laborer).
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Fast forward to 1880 and we find Matthias, an invalid at 62, living in the home of his daughter Abigail and family. Delaware County Burials lists Matthias Slough's date of death as February 9, 1882.
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Senior Kevin Josephson and junior Dan Fanion were selected to the All-Northeast Conference Second Team on Tuesday afternoon. Josephson and Fanion helped the men's golf program to another successful season in 2011-12, which included a second consecutive New England Championship for head coach Kevin Giancola's squad.
Fanion came on strong at the end of the season for the Blue Devils, picking up piece of ninth at the NEC Championship (75-75-79=229) which came on the heels of a second place finish at the New England Championship, where he shot a 71 and a 74 for a two day total of 145.
Josephson posted a 74.8 average per round during his final season in New Britain, which featured three top-10 finishes throughout the year. The Connecticut's native best finish came at the New England Championship where he took home fourth place honors after shooting a two day score of 147 (77-70).
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Discoverer Desktop can convert tables and crosstabs to graphs or charts so you can analyze and present data graphically. Graphs and charts of tables and crosstabs are especially effective for presentations of results.
This chapter explains how display data on a graph.
The topics covered in this chapter include:
The following figure shows a table and its resulting graph. This sample shows a bar graph, but several other styles are also available.
To display Worksheet data as a graph:
Display the worksheet that you want to see as a graph.
Choose Graph | Show or click the Graph button on the worksheet tool bar.
The first time you display a graph, the Graph Wizard walks you through the process of defining the graph's features. Then, a graphical representation of the worksheet appears in the Graph window.
When you are finished working with the graph, click the Close button on Graph window. You can also click the Minimize button on the Graph window.
The graph retains its design features when closed. The next time you open it, the graph has the same appearance.
Figure 3-2 shows the features on a typical graph.
To work with the graph, use the Graph menu on the worksheet window or the Graph tool bar on the Graph window. To show or hide the Graph tool bar, choose Graph | Toolbar. The following figure identifies the icons on the Graph tool bar.
Note: You can also show or hide the status bar in the Graph window. Choose Graph | Status Bar.
The Graph Wizard walks you through the process of creating a graph. These dialog boxes only appear the first time you create a graph of a table or crosstab. To make any changes to a graph later, use the Modify Graph button on the Graph tool bar.
To create the initial graph with the Graph Wizard:
Display the worksheet that you want to see as a graph.
Choose Graph | New Graph or click the Graph button on the worksheet tool bar.
The first Graph Wizard dialog box appears:
Select one of the graph types. Scroll to see additional choices.
To expand the text description at the bottom of the box, put the pointer on the text.
Click Next.
Select one of the graph formats. Scroll to see additional choices.
Click Next.
To add titles to the graph, enter them in the appropriate boxes. See Figure 3-2 to see the locations of the titles.
To format the axes labels, click the formatting button next to each feature to see the Font dialog box for that element.
Select the font choices and click OK. Repeat for the other design elements that you want to format individually.
Click Next on the New Graph wizard dialog box.
Select options for the data on the graph:
Y-Axis Scale - enter numbers in the Minimum and Maximum boxes to set the upper and lower boundaries of the y-axis; usually the Minimum value is zero. The Maximum value is normally a value higher than the maximum data point value.
Decimals - enter a number for the number of decimal places on the y-axis scale; enter 2, for example, to display the scale numbers as 100.00.
Show Gridlines—click each option to show gridlines on the background of the graph.
Graph Series By—select one or the other option:
Column - plots the rows on the x-axis and the data for each row in the graph.
Row - plots the columns on the x-axis and the data for each column in the graph.
Click Finish. The Graph window appears with the new graph in it.
You do not have to update a graph manually. As you analyze data on tables and crosstabs, additional data displayed as part of the analysis is automatically added to the graph and appears the next time you display the graph.
For example, if you display a column of percentages for the data, that column's data becomes data points on the graph. Likewise if you pivot a column to the page axis, the graph is automatically updated to reflect that change.
Click the Modify Graph tool on the Graph window's tool bar or choose Graph | Edit Graph.
If you choose Graph | Edit Graph, the first Graph Wizard dialog box for modifying the graph appears. It has the same options as the original Graph Wizard dialog box. You can then step through the dialog boxes modifying the graph in the same manner that you created the original graph.
If you click the Modify Graph tool, a dialog box appears for modifying the graph.
The tabs across the top of the dialog box offer the same features as the Graph Wizard dialog boxes that you initially used to create the graph.
Here the Options tab is selected. Compare the options shown in the figure above with Figure 3-9. You can see that the two provide the same options.
Use the Type, Format, Titles and Legends, and Options tabs to change the graph details as required.
Click OK.
In addition to modifying the y-axis scale with the Modify Graph dialog box shown above, you can also choose Graph | Scale. The dialog box that appears includes additional options to set the y-axis scale units, plot the scale linearly or logarithmically, and to set the size of the gap between plotted data points.
In the Graph window, click the New Graph Type button on the Graph window tool bar.
The dialog box for a new graph type appears.
Click the new graph type. The graph changes to its new type.
If you do not want to change the graph's current type, click on the Graph window (off the drop-down list) and the list closes.
Here are samples of two types of graph that plot the same data.
You can show or hide the legend and X labels by clicking the buttons on the tool bar.
To display the legend and X labels:
Click the Show/Hide Legend and Show/Hide Labels buttons on the Graph window tool bar. You can also choose Graph | Legend and Graph | X Labels.
Note: These buttons and commands are toggles—that is, click a button to show the data; click it again to hide the data.
Here is a sample graph showing both the legend and X labels from the rows on the original table or crosstab.
You may need to resize the graph or its window depending on the type of graph and the amount of plotted data. You can resize most portions of the window and graph.
To select the window or graph so you can resize it:
Put the pointer on the edge of the window, edge of the graph, or on one of the other resizable sections of the graph. The pointer changes to a resize arrow.
Drag the mouse pointer to resize the window or graph.
The following figure shows some of the places you can drag the pointer to resize.
On most of the graph types, dragging on the graph produces a set of reference lines that you can use to visually correlate the graph's data points with the vertical and horizontal scales. On the pie graph and donut graph types, however, dragging pulls sections of the graph out so you can call special attention to them.
Here are some examples:
You can rotate 3D graphs to view them from a different perspective.
To rotate a graph:
A dialog box for rotating the graph appears.
Hint: Before you begin to rotate a graph, write down the X Angle and Y Angle numbers and note the position of the slider so you can return the graph to its unrotated position after experimenting with rotation.
Select the options for displaying the graph:
3D - displays the graph with both the X Angle and Y Angle set at 45 degrees; this is the standard 3D display.
Full 3D View - displays the graph based on the positions of the dots and slider on the dialog box; this option must be selected to drag the dots. Turning off this option returns the graph to the standard 3D display.
Shadows - displays shading on the edges of the graph's features to enhance the 3D representation.
Drag the dots around the x- and y-axis circles.
Dragging the x-axis dot rotates the graph from left to right.
Dragging the y-axis dot rotates the graph from top to bottom.
As you drag the dots, the reference figure represents the amount of rotational change to the graph. The X Angle and Y Angle numbers also change as you drag the dots.
Hint: You can also enter numbers for the X Angle and Y Angle in the respective boxes. Entering numbers instead of dragging the dots is often a good way to get the exact rotation for a series of graphs.
To rotate the graph in the z-axis, drag the slider under the reference figure.
Dragging the slider increases or decreases the amount of depth to the graph.
Click Apply to rotate the graph based on the settings in the dialog box.
Click OK when the graph is rotated as you want it.
The tool bar on the Graph window includes a set of colors and patterns for changing the colors and adding patterns to the graph.
To change a color or pattern:
Drag the color or pattern from the tool bar onto the portion of the graph you want to change.
Put the paint jar onto the portion to recolor, and release the mouse button.
You can recolor the plotted data, the axes, the legend background, and the graph's background.
If you apply a pattern to a graph that has a color, the black bits of the pattern become the color. A graph can be patterned or solid colors, but not both.
If you want a colored pattern, first drag a color down to the graph, then drag a pattern down to the graph.
To remove a pattern from the graph:
Drag one of the colors from the tool bar onto the pattern on the graph.
The pattern is removed and the graph becomes a color.
To create a custom pattern:
Double-click on a pattern on the tool bar.
Put the pointer on the pattern bitmap. The pointer becomes a pencil tool.
Click on the squares to reverse their color. The sample on the right shows the new pattern.
Click OK when you're finished.
The new pattern replaces the original one you started with on the tool bar.
Double-click on a color on the tool bar.
The Color dialog box appears.
The dialog box expands to show the tools for defining a custom color.
Click on one of the empty spaces in the Custom colors panel.
To edit one of the custom colors already in the panel, click on it instead.
Drag the reference marker around in the colors.
As you drag the Reference Marker, the Color|Solid box shows the new color. Color refers a dithered color if your computer is set to show dithered colors. Solid refers to the nearest solid (undithered) color. Note that luminance remains constant as you drag the marker.
Drag the slider up and down to change luminance. Hue and Saturation (Sat) remain constant.
You can also type the color numbers directly in their boxes.
When the new color is correct, click Add to Custom Colors. The new color is added to the panel of new colors.
Click OK when you're finished.
The new color replaces the original one you started with on the tool bar.


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Now I am a long way off being comfortable to race on my new set up.
I was out today on my 10 Edge and Temavento RC70
Wind was 15-18 knots.
My vmax was 29 knots and I can tell you, I felt like the world was going past me waaaaay too fast. I have been over 40 knots on my TT at a local speed spot but, this was over chop and felt like all I was waiting for was an explosion, which did happen on nearly every long tack.
I am getting good upwind angle ( I think ) 40 degrees, and maintaining 15 knots max, off the wind I am exploding, just totally out of control though I know that will come with more experience.
What kind of speeds are people doing upwind and downwind?


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I've posted the quizzes for "Life of the Party" and "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" in the quiz area.
Also, the quotes for "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" and "Lineage" have been completed and are up on the quotes page.
I've posted some LiveJournal icons, from all five seasons. The link to those can be found under Fluffy Puppy.
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Several RASC Centres are providing opportunities for the public to observe the rare transit of Mercury on Monday May 9, 2016.
Mercury will take over seven hours to move across the face of the Sun. The planet will appear as a small black dot silhouetted on the Sun''s face.
Transit of Mercury – Monday May 9, 2016
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It seems appropriate on this May the Fourth, to welcome the Yukon Astronomical Society into the fold of the RASC. Our Board voted yesterday to approve their application to join us as the RASC Yukon Centre.
Let's give a big "Welcome" to our 29th Centre!
Many of you have never attended a National GA. The assembly of RASC members from across Canada will take place in London from May 19 to the 23rd. If you love astronomy the way I do, then attending one of these conferences is a absolute mandatory bucket list item. Plus it's only $20 a day to attend, and that price includes Astrocats if you attend on the Saturday or Sunday.
Leo Major, Virgo and The Mercury Transit
According to mythology, the Nemean Lion named Leo had a reputation of terrorizing and preying upon people to satisfy its appetite. This man-eating beast was indestructible as weapons comprised of bronze, stone and even iron could not penetrate its skin. But the lion was no match for the mighty Hercules who strangled Leo and placed him in the night sky to show off his conquest.
To all Members, regarding the Board of Directors election, the campaign period has ended. As noted previously, there are 3 Director's positions open for election with 4 Candidates standing for election.
Karen Finstad, our dedicated and diligent Secretary, having completed 2 years of her 3 year term, has advised that due to urgent family matters, she cannot complete her term and will be stepping down as of the 2016 General Assembly.
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Mellon Foundation Awards $563,000 in Support of Graduate Student Internships
NEW YORK, June 29, 2007 Columbia University Libraries has received a $563,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a three-year pilot project that will award a series of internships to graduate students to collaborate with librarians in the organization and description of primary source collections. The project is scheduled to begin July 1, 2007.
With 36 internship positions over the next three years, the total project expects to process approximately 2,593 linear feet of previously inaccessible collections, making Columbia's "hidden collections" visible.
"With this project, libraries and the academic programs they serve will partner to advance their respective missions – improving access to collections and strengthening graduate education," said James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian. "We are enormously grateful to the Mellon Foundation for this opportunity to further those goals."
The internships will benefit the Columbia community as well as researchers, scholars and educators worldwide. By facilitating the processing of Columbia's large special collections, the project addresses the need to provide timely access to Columbia's primary source collections that require processing and preservation to make them available for research and learning.
At the same time, graduate students enhance their knowledge of primary sources relevant to their own work and learn to understand the nature, origin, and uses of primary sources in ways that would have been impossible without the internships. This will allow them to better structure research projects and better evaluate sources used.
"As a historian, I am always delighted to see an initiative that helps make original materials available to scholars while giving graduate students valuable training in the use of primary resources. As provost, I am very grateful to the Mellon Foundation for supporting this project," said Alan Brinkley, Provost and Allan Nevins Professor of American History at Columbia University.
The project will include primary source collections from three major units of the Columbia Libraries system: the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, and the Burke Library of the Union Theological Seminary.
Three of Columbia University's schools will also participate: the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Journalism, and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. The 3-year program would allow for 8 graduate students the first year, 12 for the second year, and 16 during the final year.
Internships will be awarded on a competitive basis, with students submitting formal applications that will be reviewed and evaluated by a search panel. Successful applicants will be matched with collections in their fields of specialization, thus allowing them to learn from and contribute their own expertise to the organization of collections.
Columbia University Libraries is one of the top ten academic library systems in the nation, with 9.2 million volumes, over 65,650 serials, as well as extensive collections of electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, and other nonprint formats. The collections and services are organized into 25 libraries, supporting specific academic or professional disciplines. Columbia Libraries employs more than 400 professional and support staff to assist faculty, students, and researchers in their academic endeavors. The Libraries' website at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/ is a gateway to its print and electronic collections and to its services.


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"American Idol" season 12 contestant Matthew Farmer said he lied about receiving a traumatic brain injury while serving in Iraq.
The contestant said he has quit his involvement in the contest now that his fabricated tale has been revealed, The Hollywood Reporter reported Friday.
During his audition, Farmer told judges Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban he sustained a life-threatening brain injury from an improvised explosive device while serving in Iraq. To make matters worse, he said the medication he took made him sterile, making the birth of his young daughter a miracle.
"It was ALL lies," Farmer wrote in a statement to guardianofvalor.com. "I in fact HAVE lied since a younger age and had a problem with it. I am coming out and making a statement (even though I was instructed not to) because I DO want to come clean."
Farmer initially denied making the claim, saying the show's producers heavily edited his audition clips to create the tale, The Hollywood Reporter said.
A fellow soldier who roomed with Farmer said he didn't receive a brain injury in combat, but from an overdose of acne medication and alcohol.
"I was a sniper section leader attached to his company and lived in the same room with him until he was Medevaced from Ramadi because he got drunk while he was taking Accutane," the soldier wrote to stolenvalor.com. "He was never involved in one single direct fire engagement, was never wounded, and made up this whole lie to try and make his story sound good to 'American Idol.' "


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National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) provides county level crop (Corn, Soybean, Sorghum, etc) data. I want to calculate crop acres on each subwatershed from the county based data.
I'm using ArcGIS 9.3. I created a join in ArcGIS with the spreadsheet I acquired from NASS. The county level crop data is a shapefile. Watershed (subwatershed) boundaries is also in a shapefile format.
What is the best way to deal with this situation?


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Cozy winter raglan
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Have I mentioned my dislike for top-down sweaters? It's true, I would rather knit from the bottom up. My dissatisfaction lies in the hem and cuffs. First, the stitches never look tight enough no matter how many needle sizes I drop. Second, my cast offs are always too tight. I have tried all the various bind offs out there and the only one that works adequately enough to get the garment over my hips is the sewn cast off, which yields an edge that invariably appears too loose and rather sloppy. Finally, no matter how I work the rib, my hems flip without a good blocking or gentle steaming. However, top-down sweaters are quick and fast and what do you know, I've just knit another one! I'm cold, remember?
Pattern: A basic top-down raglan with a 33″ bust (1.5″ neg ease) (Ravelry link)
Yarn: Queensland Collection Kathmandu DK Tweed in #406, 6 skeins
Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm)
Actually, I knit this in December but I refused to finish it until I first settled on a finished hem for my Francis Revisited. There is something about the top-down sweater that I find very appealing. It does not feel like a real sweater until I divide for the armholes. Perhaps there's no commitment until the divide whereas I feel committed to an Adult Sweater as soon as I cast on all of the body stitches for a bottom-up garment. Who knows?
Despite my grumblings about the hem and cuffs, I love this garment! I intend to live in it! The yarn is so soft and comfortable! However, there are important things to note about the yarn itself. I used this same yarn in my DROPS 88-4 cardigan, a project from which I learned some important lessons. First, although my swatch last year grew, it did not grow nearly as much as the sweater did over the course of last winter. With this yarn on US 6 (4.0 mm) needles, my unwashed stitch gauge was 5.25 sts/inch, my washed stitch gauge was 5 sts/inch and the gauge taken from the stockinette part of the DROPS sweater was 4.89 stitches/inch! In planning this sweater, I used the 4.89 stitch/inch gauge and added 1.5″ of negative bust ease. When this grows, I will be prepared!
The neckline was even front and back but I used short rows on the ribbing to lengthen the back neck.
After a blocking and a very, very gentle steaming, the bottom hem seems to stay in place. Still, you can see how my ribbing stitches appear loose and rather untidy. All in all, I will call this a successs. I believe the yarn makes this virtually foolproof. I originally intended to knit a cabled pullover with this yarn and I bought 11 balls. Since I only used 6 skeins for this sweater, I need to find a good way to use up my remaining stash. All stashed yarn needs a purpose, after all!


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Hong Kong in 4k on a Galaxy Note 3???
I recently visited Hong Kong on a business trip, and actually ended up with a rare free day to do something. Unfortunately, my DSLR is in for repair right now, and the only camera I had with me was the one on my phone – the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
The Note 3 impressed me on its spec sheet by being able to shoot full motion video at 3840×2160, or UHD resolution. (Sometimes also called 4K) However, I was pretty skeptical whether this tiny camera could really be useful at that resolution. The tiny form factor and the sensor size didn't seem capable of such resolution. Still, since it was the only camera with me, I figured it was worth a test. I decided to shoot everything in UHD, and then deliver an edit in both UHD and 1920×1080, taking advantage of the higher resolution source material by panning/zooming around.
I shot in a wide variety of lighting conditions, both during the day and at night, taking full advantage of my free day, and a little bit of extra time the day afterwards.
Here's the cut, posted on YouTube in full UHD resolution:
Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised what I could accomplish with this little camera. It's probably too noisy and compressed to be of much use to anyone really needing to master in 4k, but I enjoyed the latitude in reframing shots for 1080p. There are a couple of quirks that would keep me from using this in real, paid production work, but it would definitely be a camera that I'd set up if I needed extra coverage of an event.
The camera DESPERATELY needs some kind of stabilization. Rolling shutter is bad on this sensor, and the H.264 recording codec doesn't like a huge amount of motion. I used 2 tricks to help fix this – first, I found a small cell phone clamp at a local electronics store for less than $10.
This one even came with a small tripod. The second technique I used was to press the phone onto the glass of a window. It worked great on several shots on board the trams. You get whatever the glass is facing, and don't have any other options, but the image is rock-solid stable.
Auto-iris cannot be turned off on the phone, so I had to fix this a few times in Premiere Pro with animated Brightness/Contrast filters.
There are also moments where horizontal lines will appear in the frame, almost like the codec just couldn't handle the content. These were rare, but visible in a few shots.
The most annoying problem, which I couldn't fix, and you'll see in the final video, is what I call the "focus Pop" or autofocus "snapback." About every 30 seconds, you'll see a moment where the entire picture seems to go "pop". Seems like the lens just gets tired of holding the same focus for too long, and, for lack of a better phrase, it "blinks." This is a real pain – I'm hoping Samsung has a firmware fix, or some Android developer takes a look at it. The only solution I found for this was to edit around it as much as possible. I left it in a few shots to show people what I'm talking about, and it kind of added to the future feel of the video.
Trying to play the clips back in QuickTime was painful. The MP4 files this generated wouldn't play back smoothly from the operating system. However, the Media Browser in Premiere Pro performed well with the shots. So did the hover scrub thumbnails in the project bin.
(As an aside – set yourself up a "junk" Premiere Pro project on the desktop, and use it ONLY for media browsing. Makes life so much easier.)
The footage drops direct into Premiere Pro without any need for transcoding. I found that setting playback at half res was perfect for my 2011 MacBook Pro. Premiere Pro uses a pretty straightforward way of adjusting quality/performance. In the Source and Program monitors, there's a menu for visible resolution – full, 1/2, 1/4, etc. Set it as high as it'll go, without dropping frames, and you've balanced your performance for your hardware.
In Premiere Pro, one thing you'll notice right away is that the frame rate of the clips doesn't always conform to 29.97fps. The majority of clips actually came in at 30.02 fps, and some had other frame rates. I tried using the default setting at first, but ran into trouble with some of the speed changes later on. Don't use the trick of dragging/dropping clips onto the New Sequence Button. The wonky frame rate will create a timeline with a time base of 10.00 frames per second. For best results, I selected all the clips, and used Modify Clip -> Interpret Footage to set all the clips at 29.97fps. This can be done once and forgotten about – it's not a rendered function. This didn't affect the visible playback rate of the clips, which makes me think there's something odd about the default rate in the clips. Maybe Premiere Pro isn't detecting it properly, or the metadata in the clip is written wrong.
Rather than deal with the nonstandard frame rate, I created a custom sequence preset at 29.97fps at 3840×2160 resolution, and dropped all the clips into that.
The Warp Stabilizer was used on multiple handheld shots, trying to get slow, smooth motion. Don't even try it for really shaky stuff – the wobble and the blurring are too much even for the Warp Stabilizer. But holding a high shot, and trying to be steady, worked really well with warp stabilizer. You won't be able to tell those weren't tripod shots.
I had to get artistic with the sunset – I'm still not happy with it, but I only was able to shoot it once. No second chances. The camera shoots really wide angle, and the time-lapse I did lacked any focal point for the eye, so I gave up trying to deliver in 4k at that point. I added a cut and zoomed in 200% to get a decent framing. Even at 1080p, that shot is soft and artifacted. I added some noise to balance out the blockiness, but it's still visible.
I did some minor color work by using the new "Direct Link to SpeedGrade" function. I will say that my 2011 17″ MBP kept up admirably up until this point. SpeedGrade was great, but then bringing the project back to Premiere forced me to render some sections of the timeline before it would play back. The Lumetri Effect that SpeedGrade adds is heavy, and my 3 yr old GPU wasn't up to the task. (Would love to try this on a Retina MacBook. Hint Hint to my boss! 🙂 )
Oh, one important note on rendering previews – In Premiere Pro CC 7.2 and higher, you can now edit the Sequence Settings! I was able to change the Preview settings to QuickTime, ProRes, 3840×2160, and get full 4k previews for the rendered sections of my sequence.
All in all, this was a fun project to play around with. I hope that someone fixes the lines and the "focus pop" in the camera – here's hoping that it's just a firmware issue or a camera app issue. If those two problems are addressed, this will make an excellent pocket "2nd coverage camera" for 1080p shooters, with lots of room to reframe what you get.


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No. 11 ODU Visits Elon For A Saturday Night Match
By ODU Athletics
Sept. 15, 2011
NORFOLK, VA-- The ODU Soccer Monarchs travels to Elon for the first of three straight road games. Game time is 7 p.m. in Elon, NC.
The Phoenix are 2-3-1, but have won their last two, including a 3-1 win at Campbell Wednesday night. Junior forward Chris Thomas leads Elon with three goals and two assists, while Junior midfielder Gabe Latigue leads the team with three assists. ODU is 4-1-1 against Elon, but the Phoenix defeated the Monarchs in 2009, 1-0.
The Monarchs are fresh off winning its 36th annual Stihl Soccer Classic with wins over nationally ranked East Tennessee State and Monmouth.
ODU moved up to 11th in the national polls this week by Soccer America. ODU is also 12th by College Soccer News,17TH BY TopdrawerSoccer, 21st by the NSCAA, and 23RD by Soccer Times.
Individually, two Monarchs picked up some national honors in junior midfielder Jordan LeBlanc(Haverford, PA.) and sophomore forward Tim Hopkinson were honored for their efforts In the Monarchs two victories over the weekend.
Hopkinson,(Nottingham, England) recorded two goals and an assist as the sophomore forward scored the Monarchs' second goal and assisted on the third in a 4-0 victory over #19 East Tennessee State on Friday and then had ODU's final goal in a 3-1 triumph over No.13 Monmouth on Sunday. Hopkinson was named to the Stihl Soccer Classic all-tournament team and also was chosen to TopDrawerSoccer's National Team of the Week, and was named the NSCAA National Player of the Week. Jordan LeBlanc (Haverford, PA.) was the MVP of the Stihl Soccer Classic, and was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week.
Joining LeBlanc on the Stihl Classic All-Tournament team was Victor Francoz and ALex DeJohn.
After Saturday's game at Elon, ODU will begin CAA play at George Mason on Sept. 24 and Sept. 27th at fifth ranked North Carolina.
Click on the video link below as head coach Alan Dawson previews the road trip.


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Snuggles with my two little ones. They are my whole heart. Date nights with my husband to the same four restaurants lol. We are creatures of habit. Wine, preferably red, or Prosecco. Tea and lots of it. My garden is my happy place. I have a small flower farm and flower stand and I hope to expand this passion of mine. We have four hilarious little ducks, 1 Indian Runner and 3 Muscovy. Strolls around our beautiful neighbourhood. Cozy coffee shops and skinny vanilla lattes or London Fogs. The ocean is SO good for my soul, I could never live away from it. Dark dark chocolate. Movies and cuddles on the couch. I looooove Maui. Boots all year round, definitely. Sushi. I am proud to be Canadian. I will own a french bulldog one day. Places I have travelled: England, France, Scotland, Turkey, Greece, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Mexico, Oahu and Maui and a few more little snippets of Canada and the U.S. I hate being late. Pinterest, I am obsessed. Instagram, I am relatively new to it, but fully addicted. My mom is one of my best friends. I have a growing cookbook collection. I try to practice living a life full of gratitude. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day, Kim :)
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In November 2002, a vehicle traveling in Yemen and believed to be carrying terrorists was destroyed by a Hellfire missile. What makes the kill historic is that it was executed by a flying robot. The first unmanned aerial vehicle to kill human beings, the MQ-1 Predator has changed the rules of warfare.
Built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the Predator has been operational in Bosnia since 1995 and now is flying missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Air Force deployed the latest version, the MQ-9 Reaper, to Afghanistan last October.
The Predator, which has an operational ceiling of 50,000 feet, is flown remotely by a "pilot" and two sensor operators housed in a trailer on the ground. The UAV has a nose camera, variable-aperture TV and infrared cameras, and a synthetic aperture radar to see through smoke, clouds, or haze. The RQ (R for "reconnaissance," Q for "un-manned") model flies long-endurance, medium-altitude surveillance missions, while the MQ ("multi-role") version can carry up to four Hellfire II anti-armor missiles, two laser-guided bombs, and a 500-pound, GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition precision bomb.
Today, the United States and other countries are increasing their use of UAVs for civilian missions, such as law enforcement, border control, and ocean surveillance. Even Hollywood has discovered their potential, putting them to work as movie camera platforms. Here's an aircraft that has changed not just the real world but the world of fantasy as well.


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In Oracle Portal, a page is an object that has a user-defined layout, contains portlets and items, and carries additional attributes that store information about the page (the page's metadata). Each time you display a page, it is dynamically assembled and formatted according to the content and layout associated with that page.
Much of this guide goes into detail about the underlying structure of pages and content. This section takes a high-level look at pages and provides information about putting them to best use. It includes the following subsections:
Note:For information on how to publish a page as a portlet, see Chapter 8, "Performing Actions on Pages".
In Oracle Portal, pages are created from base page types. Page types define the allowable content of a page and the information that is stored about a page. Depending on the page type, page content might be portlets, items, URLs, PL/SQL, or standard Web encoding languages, such as HTML and Java. Page information is gathered through attributes that accept values. When users create a page, they enter or select values for the page's associated attributes. Some attribute values are required, and some are optional.
The different page types have attributes in common as well as attributes unique to their types. Examples of attributes associated with base page types include the page's internal name, display name, description, and associated procedures.
Standard—These contain and manage items, portlets, tabs, and sub-page links.
URL—These provide a route to another Web page, identified by its URL. When a user clicks the page link, the Web page referenced by the link is displayed.
PL/SQL—These consist of PL/SQL code that executes when the page URL is accessed.
JavaServer Pages (JSPs)—These are an extension to servlet functionality that provides a simple programmatic interface to Web pages. JSPs are HTML pages with special tags and embedded Java code that is executed on the Web or the application server. JSPs provide dynamic functionality to HTML pages. They are compiled into servlets when first requested, and they run in the servlet container.
Custom page types are extended base page types. That is, they are page types that carry attributes in addition to the ones provided with a base type. You can create custom page types from the base types standard, URL, and PL/SQL.
The standard attributes that come with these page types are fixed and unalterable. This means that you can build custom types with attributes additional to the standard attributes; but you cannot build custom types that omit any of the standard attributes.
Additionally, there are Mobile pages and Navigation pages:
Mobile pages enable page creators to produce pages specifically for mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cell phones.
Navigation pages are special page types for providing standard navigational objects across multiple pages. For more information about navigation pages, see Chapter 13, "Designing Your Portal's Navigation".
Oracle Portal provides different page types to accommodate different needs:
The Standard page type is provided for building portal pages declaratively, using a page creation wizard. This is the most commonly used page type.
The URL page type is provided for cases where the portal page/sub-page hierarchy will include content (typically) outside the portal. Because pages that use the URL page type have properties, like standard pages, the page designer can set access controls, assign attributes, and set attribute values.
The use case for the PL/SQL page type is much like that for the URL page type. That is, its purpose is to support building a hierarchy of pages that are accessed in a uniform way. But instead of a page that accesses content through a URL, the page designer creates a page that accesses content through a PL/SQL procedure that executes when users click the link to the page.
JSPs are provided for the inclusion of dynamically executed Java code within the framework of an HTML page.


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Riverside Police Department
Detective Charles "Doug" Jacobs III
Riverside Police Detective Doug Jacobs was slain on January 13, 2001 after he and fellow officer Ben Baker responded to a report of loud music at 3140 Lemon Street. The initial call was broadcast to Officer Baker. Detective Jacobs responded to assist.
Officer Baker walked up to the house and saw a man in the downstairs apartment through a closed screen door. Baker asked him who was playing the music. That man, later identified as Steve Woodruff, told Officer Baker that his mother was playing the radio upstairs.
Officer Baker walked upstairs and saw a small radio on the second floor landing. He turned the music down and a woman, later identified as Polly Carr, shouted at Baker to get off her property. Officer Baker tried to explain to her why he was there, but Carr continued to yell.
The neighbor who had originally called the police, came to the upstairs landing, wanting to speak with Carr to solve the problem. However, Claude Carr, Polly Carr's son, yelled from inside their apartment to "leave my momma alone." Moments later, Woodruff appeared at the bottom of the stairs and also yelled at Officer Baker to leave Carr alone. At this point, Officer Baker realized he was outnumbered and called for backup. The neighbor left.
Detective Jacobs arrived a short time later and joined Officer Baker on the landing. Baker stepped forward and took hold of Carr's wrists to arrest her for disturbing the peace. Claude Carr stepped out of the apartment onto the landing and attempted to intervene in the arrest of his mother. Detective Jacobs took hold of Claude Carr's arm to place him under arrest for interference in a police investigation. Officer Baker released his hold on Polly Carr and took Claude Carr's right arm to help Detective Jacobs.
Officer Baker was about to place handcuff's on Claude Carr's wrists when he heard a gunshot. He dropped the handcuffs, grabbed his gun, and saw Steve Woodruff at the bottom of the stairs aiming a handgun at him. Officer Baker returned fire as he saw Detective Jacobs laying on the landing floor. Detective Jacobs had been struck in the head by the gunshot. Officer Baker radioed for help and dragged Detective Jacobs inside the apartment where he tried to administer medical aid.
Assisting units were immediately summoned to the scene. Woodruff fled back into his downstairs apartment. Arriving officers surrounded the apartment building and demanded that Woodruff come out of the apartment. Woodruff threw a rifle out of the front of the apartment but refused to come out. A few minutes later, Woodruff stepped out of the apartment, having removed all of his clothing. Naked, Woodruff was taken into custody without further resistance. Detective Jacobs was transported to Riverside Community Hospital, where he later died as the result of his injuries. No one else was injured.
The suspect, Steve Woodruff, African American 37, DOB 6/20/63, resided at 3142 Lemon Street, was booked for 187 P.C. (homicide).
Sheena Stone and Edrina Washington watched from across the street as Jacobs was carried away by paramedics who arrived within two minutes of the officer-needs-assistance radio broadcast.
"You could tell he was hit bad," said Stone, 28. "They were pumping his chest but he wasn't responding. His arms were limp. You couldn't see his hair because it was covered with blood.
Stone and Washington said officers then ordered everyone off of the street as they closed off the area. Officers from Moreno Valley, Riverside Community College, University of California, Riverside, and the Riverside County Sheriff's Department responded to the area to assist.
Funeral services for Detective Doug Jacobs III took place at Harvest Christian Fellowship Church on Thursday, January 18, 2001, at 10:00 a.m. Graveside services and interment followed at Olivewood Cemetery, located at 3300 Central Avenue in Riverside.
Officer Baker retired from the Department as a result of the shooting.
Jacobs, a five year veteran of the Riverside Police Department left behind a wife, Tamara Jacobs, age 32, a stepson, Nicholas , age 10, and a daughter, Rachel, age 7 months. He was also survived by his father Charles D. Jacobs II., his mother Catherine Corine Miller, his half-brother Raymond Miller, and a stepsister Tara Schofield.
Doug Jacobs was a life long resident of Riverside. In his youth he attended St. Thomas Elementary School, Chemawa Middle School, and Arlington High School. He later attended Riverside Community College, the University of La Verne, and most recently, was enrolled in a Master of Arts program at Chapman University.
Doug's interest in law enforcement was sparked by his grandfather, George Boutin, who is a retired Riverside County Deputy Sheriff. Doug began as a Riverside County Sheriff's Explorer, where he attained the rank of Post Captain. In 1988, he was certified as Reserve Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). He remained there until being hired as a Deputy Sheriff by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office (LASO) in 1990. Doug distinguished himself early on as a Deputy by graduating number one in his academy class. He then served in a variety of assignments, until leaving LASO in 1995 to work for the Riverside Police Department (RPD).
After becoming a Riverside Officer, Doug was recognized for his outstanding effort and achievement. In 1998, he was honored as the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce "Officer of the Quarter."
Doug was promoted to the rank of Detective in March of 2000, and was awaiting reassignment from a field position to Investigations.
A slideshow presentation documenting Doug's funeral service may be viewed by clicking here or on his photograph at the top of the page.


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In the spotlight: Messianic John (Trystan Gravelle), centre, with Stephen (Danny Webb) and Ruth (Geraldine James) in the National Theatre production of 13 NATIONAL THEATRE/MARC BRENNER
"I HAVE always thought that the theatre is a kind of surrogate religion," The Guardian's longest-standing theatre critic, Michael Billington, says. "It has its disciples and its adherents." He's laughing, but we both know that there is some truth in this.
Western theatre is rooted in the miracle and morality plays of the 13th century; so religion and the stage have long been entwined. Billington, perhaps one of theatre's most devoted disciples, is not alone in seeing parallels between the rituals and roles of church and theatre.
For the new incoming artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, in Covent Garden, London, Josie Rourke, her love of theatre was fuelled by her Roman Catholic upbringing. "[It] is born from hours and hours spent in church. . . I read in church as a child, and the act of reading out loud and listening to others read out loud profoundly influenced me." Her journey into storytelling began with perhaps the greatest story of all, that in the Bible.
Interpreting faith: right, left to right: William Tyndale (Stephen Boxer) and Lancelot Andrewes (Oliver Forde Davies) wrestle with the Bible in Written on the Heart
This influence works both ways; some find that their love of theatre develops into an appreciation of the rites of faith. This was certainly the case for my father, who started out training as a theatre director and ended up as the Bishop of Hertford.


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October 22, 2013 - Chuck Hunt
I cleaned up leaves and black walnuts out of my yard and driveway last weekend. Four trailer loads to the city of Blue Earth brush site. By Monday morning it looked as if I hadn't done anything; there were a lot of leaves and walnuts that had returned. Especially the black walnuts – they returned in greater numbers than before. We have picked up a lot of the green and black, strong-smelling things this year. After picking up only about four total nuts last year, we have picked up hundreds and hundreds this fall. It is a prolific crop. The squirrels are having a hay day. Cars driving by on the road create a multiple popping sound as they run over the nuts on the street. We picked up enough walnuts to fill two large boxes and two five-gallon pails and gave them to a friend who actually spends the winter cracking them open and saving the nuts inside. It is a lot of work to do that. Then, when he had enough to crack, we continued to pick up several more buckets full, several more garbage cans full and also tossed hundreds into the trailer along with the leaves to go to the brush site. And there are still more to pick up now. The sad part? There are still a bunch in the tree, ready to fall. That is right, I said 'tree.' We don't own a black walnut orchard, we have one tree. And, that one tree sits on our property line, so half of its walnuts actually fall on my neighbor's yard. So, that means that all of these black walnuts I have been talking about are only half the output of this one tree. It's crazy. And, scary. The tree throws more walnuts at my head while I am busy picking up those that are the ground. And our tree is not the only one in town doing this. Every black walnut tree in Blue Earth – and there are quite a number of them – is dropping tons of the things. Farmers and old timers tell me that when there is a bumper crop of black walnuts and acorns from oak trees (and there a lot of those this year, as well) that it means we are in for a long, tough winter. If they are right, and judging by the number of walnuts my one tree has pooped out this fall, we are in for one horrendous winter the likes of which Minnesotans have not seen since the end of the Ice Age. Based on my black walnut crop, I predict snow as high as an elephant's eye and temperatures so cold even the hardiest of Minnesotans will be booking a flight south come January.
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Two years ago it was the same, plenty of walnuts. Unfortunately I have about a dozen of the trees in my yard, courtesy of my Great-Grandfather. I also tried giving them away, but no takers. No one wants to go through the "work" of removing the nuts from the shell.
Good thing is I live in the country, so I can let the leaves blow and the walnuts lay...
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Phthalo Blues are pure and clean primary blues with superior covering power. They have a very high tinting strength and tend to overwhelm other pigments, but if color strength can be controlled, they make predictable mixed colors. In oil form, blues are very deep and slow drying. When mixed with other colors or if chlorine is added, Phthalo Blue quickly tends towards green. When using alone, mix with some white, as Phthalo Blue can be semi-transparent and almost black on its own. It is among the most compatible of modern colors with mineral colors and is considered more reliable than Prussian Blue, while sharing the same physical and color properties. Phthalo Blue is a good color for glazing.
Phthalo Blues are completely lightfast and stable and are permanent for all paint uses. They are currently used in inks, coatings, and many plastics due to their stability and are considered a standard pigment in printing ink and the packaging industry.
Phthalo Blues have no significant hazards, although those made before 1982 contained some PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls).
Developed by chemists using the trade name Monastral Blue, the organic blue dyestuff now known as Phthalo Blue was presented as a pigment in November 1935 in London. Its discovery was accidental. The dark color was observed in a kettle where a dye was being made from a British dyestuff plant. The demand for such a pigment came from commercial printers who wanted a cyan to replace Prussian Blue.
Bocour Blue, Cyan Blue, Helio Blue, Heliogen Blue, Intense Blue, Monastral Blue, Phthalocyanine Blue, Rembrandt Blue, Thalo Blue, Winsor Blue.
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Phthalo Green is a transparent, cool, bright, high intensity color used in oil and acrylics. It comes from a Phthalocyanine Blue pigment where most of the hydrogen atoms have been replaced with chlorine, forming highly stable molecules. It has similar pigment properties and permanence to Phthalo Blue. It is slow drying and an excellent base color for mixing a range of bright greens. Phthalo Green is considered a very good alternative to Viridian because it is intense and mixes well and can be used to emphasize mineral colors in various tints. However, its tinting strength is very high, so it can overpower other colors. This pigment most closely resembles the discontinued and toxic Verdigris.
Phthalo Greens are completely lightfast and resistant to alkali, acids, solvents, heat, and ultraviolet radiation. They are currently used in inks, coatings, and many plastics due to their stability and are considered a standard pigment in printing ink and the packaging industry.
Phthalo Green has no significant hazards, but it contained PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) until 1982.
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