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Do you know mattress cleaning is one of the vital parts of your life? Only a few peoples know that a person spends an average of one-third of his life while sleeping. Professional Mattresses cleaning in Melton , We encounter the immense numbers of bacteria, grime, dirt, and sweat every day, which may severely affect our atmospheric condition at our home, even may contaminate the air that we used in breathing. Continuous exposure to this affected air may result in severe lung disease. That is why regular professional cleaning of your home and office mattress is quite essential for our health.
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I keep telling you guys this, but some of you non-developmental biologists dare to disagree — but it's true, I'ma gonna tell you, developmental biology is the greatest scientific discipline of all time. We have confirmation, too: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2012 has been announced, and it goes to two developmental biologists, John Gurdon (about time) and Shinya Yamanaka. It also goes for research in stem cells.
Gurdon carried out the initial crucial experiment years ago. He sucked the nucleus out of an adult frog skin cell and injected it into an enucleated frog egg. What happened next was that in some cases, the nucleus was reprogrammed into a pluripotent state — instead of being a skin cell with its specific suite of active and inactive genes, it was transformed into an egg cell equivalent, and went on to divide and dutifully create a genetic copy of the donor frog…a clone. This was the precursor to all the animal cloning experiments that have gone on since.
Gurdon's experiment worked, but we didn't know how — we knew that the environment of the cytoplasm of the egg cell somehow reset the epigenetic state of the skin cell nucleus, but we were blind to what was actually doing the work.
Enter Yamanaka and his colleagues. What they did was figure out what genes constituted the reset button of the cell, and by expressing them could force adult cells to revert to a pluripotent state. Their approach is a kind of brute force global activation of the four genes identified as key triggers in mammalian cells, but it works: adult mouse cells have been transformed, and then go on to develop into clones of the donor, and it also works on human cells, although no full human clones have been produced — just tissue collections in a dish, or teratomas in mouse hosts.
These are important steps in developing tools to allow us to sculpt adult cells into tissues and organs and whole organisms. Notice that the work was done at Cambridge and Kyoto which, for the geographically challenged, are not American universities. There is good stem cell work being done in the US, but it's hampered by regulations and restrictions that European and Asian universities do not suffer from. Unleash all the developmental biologists, because we must rule all the things everywhere!

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AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID (a mox i SIL in; KLAV yoo lan ic AS id) is a penicillin antibiotic. It is used to treat certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections.
Take this medicine by mouth with a full glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take at the start of a meal. Do not crush or chew. If the tablet has a score line, you may cut it in half at the score line for easier swallowing. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Take all of your medicine as directed even if you think you are better. Do not skip doses or stop your medicine early.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
|Wagner: DIE WALKÜRE [Includes RealAudio Selections]
|Band 6
Act III: Ride of the Valkyries excerpt : "[Die Stute stösst mir der] Hengst!" ... "Heiaha! Heiaha! [In Wald mit den Rossen]"
Marie Van Cauteren (s), Gerhilde
Mathilde Bauermeister (s), Ortlinde
Camille Seygard (s), Helmwige
Marie Maurer (s), Grimgerde
Marguerite Marilly (s), Siegrune
Carrie Bridewell (ms), Rossweisse
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (a), Waltraute
Louise Homer (a), Schwertleite
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra--Alfred Hertz
February 12, 1903 (?)
[See discussion of Band 5 above. If this cylinder was recorded in 1902, the conductor would be Damrosch, and the following cast changes would be involved: on January 13, Scheff (Helmwige), Seygard (Grimgerde); on February 11, Maurer (Schwertleite), Isabelle Bouton (Grimgerde); on February 27 (matinee), Maurer (Grimgerde).]


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(CNN) -- Police in Bahrain regularly resort to beating anti-government protesters, despite officials' pledges to stop such practices, a human rights group said Sunday.
A Bahraini government spokesman denied that allegation and others made in the Human Rights Watch report.
"The allegations are absurd, and unfortunately, we ask for human rights organizations not to rely on unreliable sources," said government spokesman Abdul-Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.
Human Rights Watch said interviews revealed at least five instances in the past month in which police severely beat detainees -- some of whom were minors, according to a report issued after representatives from the group finished a five-day visit to the island nation.
Visible injury marks appeared to confirm details of accounts from former detainees interviewed by Human Rights Watch, the organization said.
Treatment of prisoners inside police stations and formal detention facilities has improved, Human Rights Watch said, and Bahrain appears to have made "rapid progress" in eliminating torture inside police stations after a committee last year recommended installing video cameras there.
But now, according to Human Rights Watch, beating and torture of prisoners is continuing at informal facilities and in secluded outdoor areas, where detainees have been taken for up to two hours before they're transferred to police stations.
"Bahrain's leaders need to make clear that they will investigate and punish those responsible for abuses when the cameras are off," Human Rights Watch said.
The Bahraini government spokesman said Human Rights Watch's relationship with political activists "is such that they don't check the legitimacy or facts behind the allegations."
CNN has not independently confirmed the rights group's report.
Al Khalifa said the government has taken steps to implement recommendations made by an independent commission last year. Dozens of officers are currently being investigated under a new government system to look into torture allegations, he said.
Sunday's Human Rights Watch report comes amid growing global scrutiny of the human rights situation in the Gulf state.
Earlier this month opposition groups in Bahrain and politicians around the world called for officials to cancel a Formula 1 race as violent clashes continued between activists and authorities. The Bahrain Grand Prix continued as scheduled, but protesters used the international spotlight on the race to call for the release of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a detained human rights activist who has been on a hunger strike for more than two months.
The activist, who was arrested last April for his role in anti-government demonstrations that swept through his country, is protesting his life prison sentence. Last June, al-Khawaja and seven other Shiite opposition activists were found guilty of plotting to overthrow the country's Sunni royal family.
On Sunday, Bahrain's information ministry denied that it was force-feeding al-Khawaja, saying in statement that al-Khawaja gave consent for doctors to insert a naso-gastric tube for nutrition after his blood sugar dropped.
Demonstrations in Bahrain failed to gain the traction of other Arab Spring uprisings after a crackdown by authorities in the island state, backed by troops from nearby Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
In November of last year, Bahrain's Independent Commission of Inquiry issued a report critical of authorities' reactions to the protests, which began in February 2011, spurred by uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
The independent commission, set up by Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, found that between February and April of last year, 35 people were killed in unrest there.
Two senior international advisers to Bahrain's chief of public security told Human Rights Watch they had visited some of the informal facilities identified by the group, but found no evidence of detainees being taken there and mistreated. The chief said the government planned to improve police training to stop abuse, according to Human Rights Watch.
Earlier this month, the state-run Bahrain News Agency published a statement responding to another report by Human Rights Watch that alleged Bahrain had not lived up to its commitments on reform.
The nation's Ministry of Human Rights and Social Development dismissed the criticism as rash, saying that Human Rights Watch report "had ignored the positive developments in the country and the continuation of the reform process," and that it was committed to the protection of human rights.
CNN's Elizabeth Joseph, Mohammed Jamjoom and Peter Wilkinson contributed to this report.


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Magic Fusion Starring Steve Valentine
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The Loft Theatre presents Magic Fusion, starring world-class magicians from around the world. Showtimes are: 7:00p seven days a week, with additional shows on Thursdays, Fridays(* Friday 9:00 Magic After Dark is Adults (18+) ONLY), and Saturdays at 9:00p and on Sunday at 4:30p. The show is approximately 75 minutes long, and appropriate for all ages. During busy seasons we may add shows, so please check our website at http://www.thelofttahoe.com for the most up-to-date schedule.
Save $5.00 per ticket. Advanced Tickets are $32.00 (+tax/fees) for adults and $22.00 (+tax/fees) for kids. Day-Of-Show tickets are $37.00 (+tax/fees) for adults and $27.00 (+tax/fees) for kids. Don't miss our KIDS FREE show at the Sunday 4:30p matinee (buy one adult ticket, get one kids ticket free, 16 and under).*
Reserved seating is available on our website, or in-person from our kiosk in the Heavenly Village by the fountains starting at 11:00a, or from our Box Office on our ground floor entrance in the Heavenly Village starting at 3:30p daily.
The Loft is located in the Heavenly Village, right next door to the Heavenly Toy Shop, and a few doors down from Starbucks. We highly recommended buying your tickets in advance through our website, as demand for the show is high year-round.
Are reservations recommended for Taste at The Loft ?
Yes, we highly recommend advanced reservations for Taste at The Loft, which is conveniently located adjacent to the theatre. We feature exquisite homemade American tapas and small plates from culinary expert Frank Trotta. Please visit http://www.opentable.com to make your reservation. Also consider after-show dessert with our famous table-side S'mores or a specialty drink from one of our trained mixologists. For more information on Taste at the loft, including online menu, please visit http://www.opentable.com/the-loft-tahoe or call 530-523-8024.
When do doors open for The Loft Theatre-Lounge-Dining?
Taste at The Loft and Lounge opens daily at 4:00p. (or 5:00 depending on the season) The Theatre will seat 15 minutes prior to each show, but come early and enjoy the restaurant, lounge, and our strolling magicians, who perform throughout the venue.**
Does The Loft serve beverages?
Yes, The Loft Lounge proudly features a full-service bar. We pride ourselves on our exquisite list of fine wines, beers, and handcrafted cocktails hand-made by our mixologists. Ask to see our menu of creative and delicious cocktails. A menu of non-alcohol drinks is also available.
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
With the exception of our Magic After Dark series (which is 18+), Magic Fusion at The Loft is suitable for all ages. It is recommended that children under the age of 12 be accompanied by an adult. Admission for children 2 years of age and under is free (lap seating only). For groups with infants, house-right aisle seating is recommended in the event the child needs to be taken out of the theatre.
Can we stay after the show and enjoy Taste at The Loft /Lounge?
Yes, we encourage our guests to stay after the performance to enjoy The Loft offerings. Whether you want dinner, drinks, appetizers, or a little desert, The Loft bar/ lounge is open nightly until 2:00a. And don't forget about our strolling magicians who work throughout the night doing table-side magic. The Loft also features musical guests in the lounge after the last show, so make sure to check out out website for current Lounge Entertainment offerings.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The Loft Theatre is conveniently located in the Heavenly Village, considered by most to be Town Center. It is within walking distance to all the major attractions on the South Shore. The Loft is the only business accessible through either the ground floor of the village or from the 3rd floor of the Heavenly Village Parking Garage. $5 flat-fee after 5:00p for all Heavenly Village guests. Additional paid parking located in the lot behind Raley's.
What can/can't I bring to the event?
No outside food/beverage. No photography during the performance. Mobile phones are required to be in the silent position during the performance. Strollers are permitted, but must be stored prior to the performance - our hosts are more than happy to assist you. We can accommodate the presence of walkers, canes, wheelchairs, and other assistive devices during the performance if needed by a patron; otherwise, these items too may be stored.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Our VP of Operations, Frank Trotta, is easily accessible via email, and responds quickly. Please feel free to reach out to him at email@example.com.
For general box office inquiries and for help with ticketing, please don't hesitate to contact the Box Office Manager, Andrew Hester, at firstname.lastname@example.com. You may also call us anytime during business hours at 530-523-8024. For general inquiries and other questions, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Is my registration/ticket transferable?
Yes, tickets are transferable; however, any Will Call tickets must be picked up with the driver's license and credit card used to purchase the tickets. Will Call is not encouraged, as Box Office lines can be long close to show time. Paperless Mobile or Print-At-Home tickets are highly recommended; you can then walk past the box office with your ticket(s) and head straight upstairs to The Loft for seating or pre-show dinner/drinks.
Is The Loft ADA accessible?
Yes, The Loft is fully ADA accessible and compliant. We have wheelchair lifts, ramps, and elevators. ADA seating for Magic Fusion is available; tickets can be purchased online, over the phone during business hours, or at our box office and kiosk locations in the Heavenly Village.
Refund Policy
There are no refunds or exchanges for tickets to The Loft Theatre events. All ticket sales are final.
* NOTE: The Loft reserves the right to adjust ticket prices at any time, notably during peak travel times, shoulder seasons, or for individual shows without warning. These prices will be reflected online and at our box office/kiosk locations.
** Hours may change depending on a number of factors, including weather, availability, and level of activity in the village.
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Mimicking early drum sequencers, SoundMachine transforms a 32x32 size Lego pallet into a lo-fi musical score, capable of reading the placement and color of Lego bricks and converting this information into MIDI input.
SoundMachine's inventor Mark Crosbie published the project on his website thinkbricks.net, an online database for Lego lovers where users can upload their homebrewed creations and share advice with fellow enthusiasts.
Crosbie was inspired by a project named "Soundmachines" by Berlin-based design studio The Product: "I was immediately struck by the simplicity and elegance of their three-turntable design, and started to replicate it in Lego."
He then transferred this aesthetic to the workings of a step sequencer, using Lego's Mindstorms NXT 2.0 brick scanners to read where bricks are placed, before sending this information to a laptop via USB. This input is then fed into Ableton Live (a composing and performance program) and converted into actual music using Ableton's library of drum-samples.
The NXT brick-sensors can detect six different colors: blue is the background color for the score, while white is used to separate notes and black bricks defining the borders of the score. This leaves red, green and yellow bricks to represent different notes to be added to the score. Each score consists of four tracks, with eight notes for each track, but Crosbie says he is looking to expand the project: "I've built three SoundMachine units to work together to compose more complex musical pieces," but he admits that he's "not much of a musician, so for now I play drum-machines and other 'techno' instruments."
Crosbie's other Lego creations include Cue-boid, a cube-shaped robot with caterpillar tracks, and a fully functional rendering of Google's StreetView car in Lego.


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This antique carved ivory piece is a pin cushion in disc form. This allowed the pins to be pushed flush into the sides so it wouldn't snag other items in the work bag. The cushion around the sides is silk and is stuck with some old hand made steel pins.
Both sides are carved with concentric circles and black scrimshaw style inking accentuates the center and border. The condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or other damage. The silk cushion is intact and original. It measures 1 1/8" in diameter and has a silk wrist loop on top. The ivory grain pattern and patina are lovely.


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DWTS13 Casting Rumors – The Typecasting of Season 13, Part I
It's that time of year, again – time to take all the wacky rumors and all the wacky casting patterns we see from season to season and hypothesize who we might actually get to see 🙂 This year is interesting, in that we already definitely know one of the celebs, are fairly certain about two others, and have got definite suspicions about another two – almost takes a bit of fun out of the guessing, no? 🙂 But I'm sure there will be at least one celeb who's name we haven't heard – and at least one we've never heard of, too…thankfully, even unpredictability becomes predictable after awhile! But let's get it on with it, shall we? Oh, and if you're feeling nostalgic (and want to see how effective using these cast types as a template can be), check out the typecasting of season 10, season 11, and season 12 🙂
The Olympian
Previous examples: Kristi Yamaguchi, Shawn Johnson, Apolo Ohno, Natalie Coughlin, Misty May-Treanor, Maurice Greene, Louie Vito, Evan Lysacek
Advantages: The winningest of the 12 types, their obvious advantage is their athleticism – you won't see these guys struggling with strength or endurance moves. In addition, the same tireless work ethic that helped them medal in the Olympics will likely carry them through the toils of the competition. They also seem to be adored by the masses, as many are seen as "hero" figures – which translates into a formidable voting fanbase.
Disadvantages: For those specializing in sports that are less "artistic" (i.e. swimming, running, volleyball), it might be a bit hard to really get into the character of the dance and truly perform to the crowd. Previously incurred injuries (or the fear of incurring an injury that might hinder their participation in subsequent competitions in their sport, a la Misty May-Treanor) may also slow them down & limit their mobility. Read more..


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Protecting Data through Object Oriented Programming
This is the eight installment in a series of articles about fundamental object-oriented (OO) concepts. The material presented in these articles is based on material from the second edition of my book, The Object-Oriented Thought Process, 2nd edition. The Object-Oriented Thought Process is intended for anyone who needs to understand the basic object-oriented concepts before jumping into the code. Click here to start at the beginning of the series.
In keeping with the code examples used in the previous articles, Java will be the language used to implement the concepts in code. One of the reasons that I like to use Java is because you can download the Java compiler for personal use at the Sun Microsystems Web site http://java.sun.com/. You can download the J2SE 1.4.2 SDK (software development kit) to compile and execute these applications and will provide the code listings for all examples in this article. I have the SDK 1.4.0 loaded on my machine. I will provide figures and the output for these examples. See previous articles in this series for detailed descriptions for compiling and running all the code examples in this series.
Checking Account Example
In this column we will focus on how to protect data from either unintentional mistakes or intentional malicious behavior. To accomplish this we will continue in our development of an ATM example. In the previous column, we developed a simple checking account example. Let's do a quick review of this class before we proceed.
Figure 1 shows the UML class diagram that corresponds to our latest design.
Figure 1: UML Diagram for Checking Account Class
Listing 1 displays the code that corresponds directly to the class in Figure 1.
class CheckingAccount {
private double balance = 0;
private void setBalance(double bal) {
balance = bal;
public double getBalance(){
return balance;
public void deposit(double dep){
setBalance(balance + dep);
public void withdrawal(double with){
setBalance(balance - with);
Listing 1: CheckingAccount.java
In effect we now have the following components to our CheckingAccount class.
- The private attributes
- balance
- The private implementation
- setBalance()
- The public interfaces
- deposit()
- withdrawal()
- getBalance()
Now that we have developed the CheckingAccount class - let's use the class in an actual application.
Creating an Application
It is important to realize that an application must be created before utilizing a class. In Java, an application is defined by a method called main(). Technically, everything in Java is considered a class (except for some primitives like int and float). To get a application up and running we will create 2 Java files and each of these files will contain a class. These 2 files will contain the CheckingAccount class and the main() application class (I put only one class per each file). We have already seen the CheckingAccount class, the barebones main() application class is contained in listing 2.
class TestCheckingAccount {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Listing 2: TestCheckingAccount.java
The line of code that contains main() defines this as an application - basically the entry point to the applications. Notice that the file names must match the class names. Thus, the class TestCheckingAccount is contained in a file called TestCheckingAccount.java. At this point the TestCheckingAccount application will execute but it doesn't do anything. What we want it to do is utilize the CheckingAccount class that we have created. We can instantiate a CheckingAccount object in our application by adding the code in Listing 3.
class TestCheckingAccount {
public static void main(String args[]) {
CheckingAccount myAccount = new CheckingAccount();
Listing 3: TestCheckingAccount.java
When this code is executed an actual CheckingAccount object, called myAccount, is created; however, we still have yet to do anything with it. To illustrate what we can do with the newly created object, let's examine what the value of the current balance is. Since we initialized it to 0, we should expect that to be the value.
This is a great opportunity to explore how data in an object is actually protected. Consider the possibility that a rogue employee decides to write an application which will inspect the balances of all checking accounts. At first, this seems like a very simple problem to solve - simply write code that inspects the attribute balance directly. The code may look something like Listing 4.
class TestCheckingAccount {
public static void main(String args[]) {
CheckingAccount myAccount = new CheckingAccount();
System.out.println("balance = " + myAccount.balance);
Listing 4: TestCheckingAccount.java
The logic of this code dictates that the balance will be printed when the println() is executed.
System.out.println("balance = " + myAccount.balance);
This line attempts to access the attribute balance of the myAccount object. In a proper object-oriented design, it is unacceptable for an application to have uncontrolled access to an attribute. This is a security issue. You never want uncontrolled access to data in an object. In fact, this data protection is already designed into the CheckingAccount class. Remember that the balance attribute was declared as private. Thus, when we try to compile the code in Listing 4 the compiler acts as a security guard and will not let the code compile. The compiler produces the following error:
TestCheckingAccount\TestCheckingAccount.java:6: balance has private access in CheckingAccount
System.out.println("balance = " + myAccount.balance);
Pay special attention to the word private. Since we (properly) declared balance as private, the attribute is protected from uncontrolled access. You may be wondering what the term uncontrolled access actually means since we have used it several times already.
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The Faculty of Amherst College consists of (1) the President, the Dean of the Faculty, Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors appointed to regular full-time or part-time tenured or tenure-track positions; (2) all individuals on non-tenure track, renewable contracts, who teach regularly in the College curriculum and whose primary affiliation is with Amherst College; and (3) all persons with visiting teaching appointments, for the duration of their appointment at Amherst College, provided that appointment is their primary professional responsibility at the time (Voted by the Faculty, May 1990).
Subject to the reserve power of control by the Trustees, the Faculty (a) shall have the power and the duty to fix the requirements of admission, the course of study and the conditions of graduation, to establish rules for ascertaining the proficiency of students and for the assignments of honors, to determine the academic calendar, and to fix the times of general examinations; and, (b) may establish rules of conduct to be observed by the students and penalties for the violation thereof.
The exercise of any of the powers conferred on the Faculty, that involves a change in the educational policy of the College, shall take effect only after the resolution of the Faculty shall have been submitted to and approved by the Trustees. It is always understood that the Trustees reserve to themselves the power of developing the educational opportunities of the College by uniting or dividing and by increasing or decreasing departments.
The Executive Committee of the Faculty is known as the Committee of Six. The composition of the Committee, its powers, procedures and responsibilities, are more fully described in Sections III and IV of the Handbook.
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The Faculty of Amherst College is organized into departments and programs. The departments, however, are less formal and more flexible than in many other institutions. Departments are expected to reach decisions in a collegial fashion. Each department, by election, will recommend to the President of the College one of its members as Chair.
a. Department Chairs.
The responsibility of being Chair will be shared by the members of the department, generally by the tenured members, although an untenured member may serve as Chair. Members of the department should also share where appropriate the regular administrative work of the department so that it does not fall upon the Chair alone. The term of appointment may vary, but usually a Chair serves no more than three consecutive years. The President reserves authority, under special circumstances, to appoint or to remove a Chair of a department.
Each department operates under a budget approved by the Dean of the Faculty and the Treasurer and voted by the Board of Trustees. This budget is under the control of the Chair or other designated member of the department. No commitments should be made for any departmental expenses without prior approval of that person and any bills or vouchers submitted to the Comptroller must have that person's written approval.
The Dean of the Faculty will annually inform each Department Chair of the current policies and procedures pertaining to the Chair's responsibilities in such matters as hiring, reappointment, tenure and promotion of faculty; budget projections; and the submission of course proposals for approval.
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Indranil wrote:
If refueling is a luxury not accorded to India, then why put those draggy, heavy, RCS increasing probes on the fighters? We even got them on our C-130s for special-ops!
With IFR, you can stage your aircraft further inland. In combat sorties, especially in strike roles, an aircraft uses up a significant amount of its fuel in TO and reaching altitude. You could have your refuelers 100 km from the borders where they top off the fighters and let them play. You could strike 500 km inside Pakistan using Tejas. Also, imagine point defence or CAP roles. The fighters will be in our territory and the ideal configuration is a loadout of only A2A missiles and only internal fuel. IFR can help you reach this config, or as close to it as possible (small DTs) without sacrificing endurance.
I am dead against "F-35 for India". But, that is my opinion and OT for this thread.
I will stick to fighters initially and talk about C-130s later
In fact I am also asking why we are putting those heavy refuelling probes on all fighters. I do agree that for oversea roles and for overseas deployment refuelling is useful.
I have myself made the "takeoff with half fuel and full bomb load and top up" argument but I am questioning the utility of that in the India-Pakistan context and in the India China context for several reasons and I want to know the rationale.
Pakistan radars are watching India all the time. Refuelling is typically done at high altitude, in good weather. Refuellers cannot really be hovering around 30-40 km from the border - at least for long periods flying steadily at 20-25000 feet suckling fighters. That refuelling has to be done maybe 100km+ inside. They will still be visible clearly to Paki radar and any attacks will be met by a welcoming committee.
The situation over Tibet/China is not much better. But I do agree that refuelling can be done on the Indian side to give maximum range to Indian fighters. But the fact is that targets in Tibet are mostly in South Tibet - within 500 km. Chinese targets in the east are 2000 km away - out of reach without having refuellers flying over Tibet.
I would have thought that an aircraft loaded with dumb bombs going to dump on a target is not what the future is looking like. I see the future as a plane with a medium load of 2-4 smart munitions or stand off munitions and not a "full load" of 8-20 dumb bombs requiring overflying the target. Flying out with drop tanks is perfectly acceptable for this. Every single image of Gripens over Libya or F-16s over Iraq, despite having access to refuellers typicaly carried 2 drop tanks and 4 AAMs (maybe 6 depending on the aircraft). I do not believe that there is any point sending up fighters with 8 or 12 AAM for so many reasons. A combat air patrol even as escort would be 4 -6 AAMs - + 2 drop tanks. Drop the tanks and you have better agility and if there is no engagement you don't have to return with a huge load of AAMs whose carriage life you have used up in a fruitless flight. There is nothing wrong in doing a top-up refuel for a plane with drop tanks. It is done all the time AFAIK
The C-130 case is different. We (India) have had several instances where we have transported men and special forces over long distances for overseas ops or humanitarian work. Refuellers for that role should not be forgotten in our eagerness to talk combat combat combat


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Tim Keller: 'Acidic' Culture Partly to Blame for Christian Divorce Rate
Tim Keller: 'Acidic' Culture Partly to Blame for Christian Divorce Rate
In a culture that's "acidic" and "corrosive," Pastor Tim Keller acknowledged that it's hard for Christians not to be negatively influenced particularly when it comes to views on marriage and divorce.
Speaking on the Focus on the Family radio program Tuesday, Keller tried to give Christians the benefit of the doubt when analyzing the high divorce rate among believers.
"If you go out in the rain even if you have an umbrella on or a raincoat, you're still going to get pretty wet, fairly wet, somewhat," the Redeemer Presbyterian Church pastor illustrated.
"If two Christians get married, both of them have to swim against the tide of the culture. If one of them does and one of them doesn't it still may end up in divorce. It's not all that surprising then that we are getting wet."
Christians, nevertheless, are doing better than the culture when it comes to intact marriages, Keller noted. "But at the same time, we are living in a very acidic, corrosive place. It's really tough. There's pornography thrown at you. There's the popular culture you get through TV and movies."
The culture ultimately "undercuts what you are reading in the Bible," the influential pastor lamented.
But Keller's wife, Kathy was not content to give people a pass. She said on the radio program that the real problem of divorce stems from "Christians not understanding how Christianity works."
"People who call themselves committed Christians may be assenting to certain truths without ever having taken the Gospel in as the center that energizes their whole life," she said.
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"Unless you do that – meaning my life is laid down for you in the imitation of what Christ did – then you're operating out of a very self-serving template when you get into a relationship."
In studying gender roles, and in writing their new book, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God, Kathy Keller said that both the husband and the wife are to take on the role of Jesus in the marriage – with the husband dying to himself to sanctify his wife, and the wife taking on the role of Jesus as a servant.
When the Gospel isn't in the center of a relationship, that's when you have problems, she summed. She said from the very beginning humans are all about looking out for number one. And fighting the "me" mentality is hard work.
But both Kellers agreed there are ways to fight it and make a marriage stronger. Pastor Keller said that the biggest way is by identifying ways you are being self-centered in the marriage rather than serving the other person.
He spoke candidly about some of his own struggles saying that one of his biggest sins is "trying to make myself impervious to people's criticisms by working so hard, I overwork, so if anyone says anything to me I can say you don't understand how hard I work."
He said he and his wife, after many years and discussions, have identified that as his main struggle – "its selfish servanthood."
But because his wife was able to identify the problem and call him out on it, they were able to make breakthroughs in their marriage.
Kathy Keller compared this problem solving method to that of a "player-coach." She said she and her husband are like two players on a field, but if they are having a disagreement or one of them is doing something wrong, the other one has to take on the role of a coach and blow the whistle. They then have to step off the field and figure out what is going wrong.
This kind of vulnerability and understanding takes years to achieve, she said, but husbands and wives are meant to be "vehicles of sanctification in each other's lives."
The three-part marriage series continues through Wednesday on Focus on the Family. The series is exploring a biblically-rooted understanding of God's design for marriage. Earlier, the Kellers discussed the idea of a "consumer mentality" that has taken hold of the landscape of relationships and marriage, making it easy for people to walk away.


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Qld Govt blames state problems on federal funding drop
A $350 million federal funding drop over four years could have paid for 85,000 normal births or 150,000 hip replacements, Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls says.
The blame game over the state's health and education funding shortfalls continued on Thursday when Mr Nicholls accused Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan of peddling a "miasma of mistruths".
Mr Nicholls called a press conference to provide media with documents he said proved the Federal Government had reduced the Queensland funding by $751million over four years.
He said Mr Swan had made a many "spurious claims" in the past 48 hours and he wanted to set the record straight.
Mr Nicholls said that money could have been spent on maintaining employment and on services in Queensland.
"Between the (Federal) budget brought down in May and the mid-year update released in November - Queensland is missing out in net terms … almost $350,000 (in health funding) over the forward forecast," he said.
"Queensland has put an extra $816 million into the budget this year, a 7.8% increase."
Earlier, Mr Swan had told a press conference that the Queensland Government had cut $3 million from the state's health budget while the Federal Government had delivered a $600 million increase.
"They signed up to a health agreement, which delivers a record 21% increase in federal funding, but because (Premier Campbell Newman's) now got into a bit of political trouble, by cutting health budget in Queensland by $3 billion at his last budget he's now seeking to save his political hide by concocting an argument about federal funding which is entirely untrue and not credible," he said.


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More than a third of the Fulton alumni players on the field at any given time Friday could be Kuebels.
Four Kuebel brothers – Aaron (34 year olds), Matt (33), Ben (25) and Jared (23) – will suit up together for the first time when the Steamers' alumni take on Amboy.
Making the game even more interesting for the Kuebels is the fact that their parents, Tony and Kathy (Nauman), are Amboy graduates. Also, a brother-in-law – Jeff Daniels – and a cousin's husband – Jay Kemp – will play for Amboy.
"When my dad found out about this, he brought it up to us," Aaron said. "There was a little smack-talk going back and forth there."
For Ben, his older brothers were his heroes.
"You see them as the best athletes in the world," he said. "They were definitely role models."
Aaron recalled a fond memory of Ben's respect for his older brothers.
"When my brother Matt won the state title his senior year [1998] in wrestling, on the way back from state, Ben might have been in like second or third grade," Aaron said. "He said to our dad, 'You know what dad, it's pretty cool.' Dad goes, 'What's pretty cool?' Ben said, 'I'm the brother of a state champion.'"
Matt and Aaron got to play together for 2 years in high school, while Ben and Jared got to play together for one season.
"It's going to be pretty special, because Matt and I are linemen, and they're running backs," Aaron said. "So, we get to block for them."
Matt admitted to being hesitant to play at first.
"They finally talked me into it," he said. "It's that one opportunity to play with your brothers."
Former Fulton head coach Jim Proud was the first person contacted about coaching the alumni team, but was unable to because he's going to have cataract surgery, according to Aaron.
The Steamers will be coached by Dave Sheer, Tuffy Meurs, Bobby Jones and Benji Grant, who are all involved with the Fulton youth football program. Sheer and Meurs will be honored at halftime of the alumni game for their many years of service with the youth program.
The strong and silent type, Jared, chose not to speak.
Other family connections
• Father David (1980 grad) and son Andy Hamstra (2005)
• Brothers Jason (1995 grad) and Wyatt Heyvaert (1998), and Tyler Geerts (2007), and soon-to-be brother-in-law Joe Wiersema (2004)
• Brothers Matt (2012) and Jerritt Hartman (2009), and cousin Luke Pidde (1998)


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Stocking Up
This story appears in the April 1997 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
After nearly 20 years in sales and sales management for a large manufacturer of printed forms, labels and electronic printing systems, Jim O'Brien was getting antsy. The business plan he was writing in his head was getting more and more detailed. And when the future of the company he was working for began to seem less than certain, O'Brien, along with five fellow salespeople--Paul Hoffman, Jeff Porter, Mike Ryan, John Talaga and Sue Sharkey (pictured, left to right)--made the jump to form Print Management Partners Inc., a Des Plaines, Illinois, company that, not surprisingly, brokers printing services and also offers electronic printing and forms-management services.
O'Brien's business plan showed the company needed about $500,000 during the first year of operation for office equipment, an inventory of forms, and to fund receivables. In theory, Print Management Partners was ready to roll, but O'Brien wasn't ready to hold the grand opening until he knew the business could be funded.
"I thought it would be a big mistake for us to launch headlong into the business without any funding," he says. "At the time, the biggest asset I had was the 401(k) plan from my previous employer, so naturally, my first thought was to see what could be done with that." In fact, all the newly minted Print Management partners had 401(k) plans, and, in the aggregate, these had more than enough assets to fund the business. The trick was unlocking the funds.
"The way I saw things was that a 401(k) plan can buy stock in any company," says O'Brien, "so why not directly from my own--or, better yet, through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan [ESOP] established by Print Management Partners? This was the safest investment we could make because we understood the business inside and out and had control over its destiny." But everybody O'Brien talked to, including investment bankers, brokerage firms, attorneys and financing consultants, said it couldn't be done because 401(k) plans are restricted to purchasing shares in publicly held corporations.
Of course, O'Brien and his partners could have liquidated their 401(k) plans. But, he says, there's a steep penalty right off the top, and the distribution from the liquidation must be reported as income in the year in which it is received. A good-sized distribution will push the recipient into the higher end of the thirtysomething-percent tax bracket. No, thank you!
The litany of no's gnawed at O'Brien. After all, an ESOP was the most democratic way possible to run a company. How could laws be on the books to prevent employees from furthering the cause of their own company?
But one day, instead of hitting the brick wall, O'Brien walked right through it when he talked to attorney Greg K. Brown, an ESOP specialist in the Chicago office of law firm Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly. With little fanfare, but a great deal of confidence, Brown said the deal could be done.
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Brown counseled O'Brien that while the transaction could be done from a legal perspective, it would require assembling a highly specialized team of financial professionals for all the moving parts. Looking back on the transaction, O'Brien says putting this team together took no small amount of time and skill.
The first decision--which attorney?--was easy since Brown was an ESOP specialist and the only lawyer who had assured O'Brien the transaction could be completed. Brown's task was to serve as the architect of the ESOP. He not only had to draft the documentation that created the ESOP but also had to define and engineer the relationship of the ESOP to the 401(k) plans held by each of Print Management's founders.
Next, O'Brien needed an evaluation specialist. Specifically, if the ESOP was going to purchase common shares from Print Management Partners, it needed a qualified opinion about what those shares were worth. For public companies, this is not an issue since the shares are valued every day by the trading that occurs in the market. But with a private company like Print Management Partners, it's not so cut and dried.
O'Brien selected Greg Heebink of Brownstone Associates Inc., a financial consulting company in Milwaukee. While competence is certainly a factor with any evaluation specialist, so too is chemistry because the valuation consultant must rely on input from the company's officers and shareholders to do his or her job correctly. If they can't see eye to eye, the job can't be done. With Heebink, the chemistry was good.
Next, O'Brien needed a brokerage firm to act as the custodian for the ESOP stock. O'Brien chose Smith Barney. For this old-line brokerage firm, O'Brien's deal represented a perfect way to make some money the old-fashioned way. After all, Print Management's current and future employees would need to either establish or roll over their 401(k) plans somewhere--and if Smith Barney was already the custodian of the ESOP, it would have an edge in getting Print Management's 401(k) business, too.
Finally, O'Brien needed a good accountant. "Who doesn't?" you say. But with an ESOP in the picture, the tax issues are even more complex. "We wanted a partner on board who could help us think through the strategic issues on an ongoing basis," says Brown. Incidentally, O'Brien also needed a 401(k) administrator to keep track of employees' stock purchases. Accountant Jeff Weidner of The Accountants Group Inc. in Lincolnshire, Illinois, also an ESOP specialist, filled both roles.
By April 1996, about four months after Print Management Partners was incorporated, all the pieces were in place and the transaction could be executed. O'Brien and his partners then instructed Smith Barney, the custodian of their 401(k) plans, to purchase shares in the Print Management Partners ESOP, for which it was also custodian. As a result, cash ($427,000 in total) went from each 401(k) to the ESOP and from the ESOP into Print Management Partners' bank account. Then stock certificates in Print Management Partners were issued to the ESOP in the names of each employee making the investment.
Tricky, yes, but when it was all done, O'Brien and his partners had successfully tapped their 401(k) plans without any tax consequences, funded their new company without giving up equity or bringing in outsiders, and kept the balance of their savings intact.
Pros And Cons
When reviewing the transaction, O'Brien is quick to point out that the structure Print Management Partners and its team engineered had merit well beyond the initial financing.
First, with an ESOP in place, Print Management Partners now has an effective tool to attract, retain, give incentives to and reward employees, with several options for accomplishing any of these objectives. For instance, Brown says, "commencing in 1997, we are issuing ESOP stock to everyone in the company so everybody has a stake in what the company is doing." That's the incentive.
As for the reward, says O'Brien, "we have the option, for example, of passing profits to stockholders via 401(k) matching [contributions], without it being taxed. There are now several options we have to manage profits and pay a fair tax."
Second, O'Brien points out that the ESOP delivers built-in liquidity for company shares. "The reason most private businesses rarely last more than one generation is because there is nobody to buy out the founders or other stockholders when they are ready to retire or move on," he says. "But the ESOP means the exit strategy is already in place because when shareholders leave, they have the option of selling their holdings to the ESOP at a fair price."
Third, O'Brien says, Print Management Partners was able to fund its start-up operations without searching high and low for outside investors who would extract a high price in terms of ownership in the company. In the end, Print Management Partners didn't give up any equity--no small feat for a start-up company.
All of this esprit de corps seems to have paid off for Print Management Partners. After its first full year in business, the company reported profits on sales of nearly $4 million. And for 1997, O'Brien anticipates double that.
But in addition to Print Management's future success, O'Brien hopes the company's trail-blazing technique will help other would-be entrepreneurs cut loose from corporate America with nothing more than a pat on the back, some severance pay and a 401(k) investment. For these people, finding seed capital for a new venture is akin to being Dorothy in Oz. Their solution is always with them--they only need to click their heels twice.
David R. Evanson, a writer and consultant, is a principal of
Financial Communications Associates in
Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
Contact Sources
The Accountants Group Inc., 101A Schelter Rd., #202, Lincolnshire, IL 60069, (847) 634-3990;
Brownstone Associates Inc., 250 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202, (414) 225-5860;
Oppenheimer, Wolff &Donnelly, 180 N. Stetson Ave., 45th Fl., Chicago, IL 60601, (312) 616-1800;
Print Management Partners Inc., 640 Pearson St., Des Plaines, IL 60016, (847) 699-2999.


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Moving is hard.
Moving is SUPER hard.
Moving sucks.
Moving is The Worst.
Moving day was June 30th. It was 104 outside that day. With the exception of my brother for a couple of hours, we had no one to help us. Everyone was working, or out of town, or just jerks. (j/k. No one was a jerk. Everyone just happened to be out of town or working that day.)
While Tony and Ethan moved boxes and furniture, I cleaned each room to perfection in the hopes of getting every dime of our deposit back.
That day was one of the most, if not THE most miserable day of our lives.
But we got through it and at 2am, all of our furniture and belongings were moved and the house was spotless.
The next day, we met with the landlord to do a walk through and boy, was he impressed. In the 6 years we had been there, he hadn't come to look at the house once, not even when we had asked him to fix all of the things that were breaking/needed repaired. (Which is why we had to move.) He told us he was sad we were leaving. He told us the leasing agent explained to him that if he had fixed All Of The Things, we never would have moved and he asked us if that was true. (DUH, of course it's true.) Then he apologized for not fixing All Of The Things. "It's just… out of sight, out of mind, I guess." So, because HE didn't have to live with broken things, he wasn't bothered at all to fix them. If we had made more stink about it, he totally would have done it! Truthfully, he is a really nice guy. He just wasn't very smart when it came to keeping good tenants in his house. Anyway, he was so impressed with the way we left the house, he gave us all $2500 of our deposit back three days later. So, that was nice.
We are slowly making this house into our home. But I do mean slowly.
We still have a ton of boxes that we need to empty. I still do not know where a lot of things are (but I found the wine opener last week, you guys! IMPORTANT THINGS.) We still need to buy new furniture and decorate and I'm just a little bit stressed about that because we're having Gabriella's birthday party here in a few days. But people will understand that we just moved in, right? I should stop stressing about that, yes?
I do love our new place. It is clean, it is pretty, it is comfortable and I get to get ready in this bathroom every day.
I feel so much more comfortable and peaceful here. It makes such a difference living in a space that you love and aren't ashamed of. It' not a super fancy house, but it is lovely and perfect for us. I feel grateful to be here and look forward to making many memories with my family and friends here.


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Springdale police said an apparent robbery where a robber allegedly tied up a family with zip-ties and demanded them to undress last week was a hoax.
Authorities said the man who reported the robbery, Fernando Monter-Verde, asked his co-worker Joseph Samuel to rob him.
Police said Samuel told investigators that they planned to stage a robbery in which Samuel would force Monter-Verde to have intercourse with his 14-year-old stepdaughter.
"To think that somebody has the ability of putting that into play, premeditated, involving somebody else. It's twisted," said Janette Soler, who lives in the apartment building where police said the hoax took place.
Police said they became suspicious of Monter-Verde after searching surveillance video from a nearby home improvement store where they suspected the zip-ties came from. Investigators said the video showed Monter-Verde buying the zip-ties to use during the hoax.
Officials are holding both Monter-Verde and Samuel in the Washington County Jail. Monter-Verde and Samuel were charged with conspiracy to commit rape, false imprisonment and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.
Monter-Verde was also charged with filing a false police report.