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Dutch technical and safety equipment vendor acquired by Ets Descours et Cabaud subsidiary
Dutch technical and safety equipment distributor NOMAG BV has been acquired by Destil BV – part of Ets Descours & Cabaud – in a transaction advised by leading SME M&A advisor BCMS.
Founded in 1973, NOMAG is a regional supplier of leading brands of tools, workwear, cleaning products and related equipment, serving a wide range of industries from oil & gas to construction.
Headquartered in Lyon, Descours et Cabaud is a leading industrial equipment supplier with 450,000 customers in nine European countries plus North America, generating €3bn a year in sales.
The acquisition strengthens Destil's Dutch footprint outside of its French heartland, and all 28 employees will be retained.
BCMS Deal Leader Derk Kropholler said: "This is a very fragmented sector with many owner managers close to retirement age. So we expect to see further consolidation in the major European markets.
"NOMAG and Destil are a great fit together and we're delighted that we've found a new home for the business."


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Social networking finds us friends we never would have met off-line, and products we never would have heard of. LinkedIn connects professionals, Facebook connects friends, and applications like Spotify and Pandora connects us with our music.
Now, there's a network for connecting genes and diseases.
Inspired by social networking methods, researchers at The University of Texas' Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) have developed techniques for discovering connections between genes and the diseases they may influence, like diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease.
The techniques outperformed all current genetic linkage tests on the market, and uncovered potential new genes of interest for a variety of diseases.
The research results were published in May in the online and open-access journal PLOS ONE.
Common Ground
Inderjit Dhillon is a computer science professor who studies social network analysis. And Edward Marcotte is a professor in chemistry and biochemistry looking for collections of genes shared across species with the goal of identifying potential disease genes in humans.
When the two professors met a year and half ago at a presentation, and got to talking, they found that they were working toward the same goal.
"As we started talking we realized that both of us were basically trying to predict missing links," said Dhillon, who won the the 2013 ICES Distinguished Research Award. "In social networking analysis, it could be between people, or between people and the groups they might belong to or want to join. Whereas, in [Marcotte's work], the goal is to predict, as of yet, undiscovered links between genes and diseases."
Dhillon and Marcotte, and their respective research teams, decided to combined forces to create the first "social network" for genes and associated phenotypes, with a focus on finding genes associated with human diseases.
The network is built on a collection of hundreds of thousands of known human gene-to-gene interactions, integrated with thousands of gene-phenotype associations that Marcotte compiled from humans and an array of other organisms, including zebra fish, fruit flies, bacteria, yeast, and even plants.
Although the network is designed to look for human disease genes, including genes from non-human organisms in the network is a smart move because of the shared genetic history between all life. Identifying shared clusters of genes in different species and their phenotypes can help locate potential disease genes in humans, even if those genes have a seemingly unrelated effect in other organisms. Research that Marcotte published in 2010 made this point clear, finding, among other connections, that the same cluster of genes that influence cell wall repair in yeast aids in blood vessel growth in humans. The research was profiled by renowned science writer Carl Zimmer in The New York Times.
The genes that are shared or connected between disparate species and phenotypes is one of the most striking and important features of of Dhillon and Marcotte's network map.
Mice, plants, and people
Finding genes that might influence a disease required the whole network to be scanned for gene-disease connections, and the connections to be ranked. This system is based on a "guilt-by-assocation" approach that suggests new connections based on previously known connections between genes, and between genes and diseases.mic
It's a method akin to Facebook scanning its huge database of users for common interests to come up with a selection of "friend suggestions," said Dhillon.
A network map included in the research is arranged around diabetes. It's a web of known connections between genes, genes and phenotypes, and the resulting predicted connections. Included in the network are genes and phenotypes from humans, mice and plants.
"You can think of diabetes like an interest group, and the gene AVPR2 as a person," said Dhillon, referring to a gene related to kidney function in mice included on the graph.
In this map, amongst known connections across various species, two new gene predictions are highlighted as being potentially important to diabetes based on known connections: AQPI, a gene that influences mouse kidney function, and MYBL2, a gene that influences response to salt stress in plants.
"So the gene AQPI might be linked to diabetes as there are multiple paths [in the gene-phenotype network that suggest this connection."
From Computers to the Cinic
Diabetes is just one disease that Marcotte and Dhillon investigated with this method in the study. Known gene connections were confirmed, and new potential disease genes found for leukemia, prostate cancer, schizophrenia, and breast cancer, among other conditions.
Dhillon and his research group developed two state-of-the-art machine learning methods to find connections and make gene-phenotype predictions: Katz and Catapult. Both methods identify common genes and associated phenotypes across organisms and rank their likelihood of contributing to a defined disease. But they analyze the data in slightly different ways, with each method having its own networking strengths.
Catapult is good at recovering gene-disease associations that are already known, adding further evidence to support current knowledge. Katz on the other hand, is better at finding associations between diseases and genes that have not been studied well, but make biological sense. For example, a top Alzheimer's Disease prediction by Katz includes BDKRB2, a gene that is highly expressed in the central nervous system, and associated experimentally with high levels of beta amyloid protein, the main component of plaques often found in the brains of those with Alzheimer's Disease.
"Both of the algorithm properties can be very useful in different situations. We therefore decided to present both [in the paper]," said Martin Singh-Blom, a former post-doctoral researcher in Marcotte's lab and lead author in the research paper.
Both methods also outperformed current gene-disease prediction methods, with Katz having more than a 15 percent probability of recovering a gene in the top 100 predictions for a disease. PRINCE, another gene-phenotype linking method used widely in research, has only a 5 percent probability.
Having a new tool to help tie genes to diseases is invaluable for geneticists, said Singh-Blom, and also for the development of genetic tests used by doctors for serious diseases.
"Angelina Jolie's recent mastectomy is an example of the benefit this kind of knowledge has given us," said Singh-Blom, referring to the preventative surgery the actress underwent after genetic tests revealed she carried a variant of the BRCA1 gene strongly associated with breast cancer.
"By improving our knowledge of how mutations in genes cause diseases we can improve our ability to assess the risks and benefits of preemptive treatments like that."
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His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece, Christodoulos Paraskevaides, was born at Xanthi in 1939. In 1962 he graduated from the School of Law and in 1967 from the School of Theology. In 1961 he was ordained deacon, and priest in 1965. He served as a preacher and senior spiritual father at the church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary at Palaio Phalero for nine years, and, for seven years he served as a Secretary of the Holy Synod. He took part in many religious missions abroad. He is a Doctor of Theology, he has a degree in French and English, and he also speaks Italian and German . He is the author of many scientific and constructive books. He has been writing articles in religious press and in dailies. He was elected Metropolitan of Demetrias in 1974 and Archbishop of Athens and all Greece in 1998. Source: www.ecclesia.gr


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NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- A federal prosecutor said in closing arguments five former employees of Bernard Madoff's New York investment firm played critical roles in the deception.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Zach began his final arguments Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. He told jurors the five defendants played critical roles in Madoff's massive deception of investors.
The defendants say they were deceived by Madoff, 75, who is currently serving a 150-year prison sentence. Madoff acknowledged his business was basically a Ponzi scheme that used new investors to pay dividends to old ones, a fraud he kept going for years.
Zach said the defendants helped Madoff by faking records "out of thin air" and deceiving regulators.
Because Madoff and a number of other people pleaded guilty after the fraud was uncovered in 2008, the trial is the first where prosecutors have aired their evidence in court. Former employees Jerome O'Hara and George Perez allegedly faked customer accounts while managers Annette Bongiorno and JoAnn Crupi allegedly created fraudulent trading records. Daniel Bonventre, who began working for Madoff in 1968 and headed back office operations at the firm, "cooked the books," prosecutors said.
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For a while it was getting boring watching the junk bond market set new record-low yields each day but now at least we have a possible milestone within sight and some drama to look forward to: (when) will the market's average yield fall below 5%? It's dropped again to 5.065% (yet another record, of course, besting the 5.084% seen a day earlier), per a benchmark Bank of America Merrill Lynch index, and the average price rose to 106.98 cents on the dollar, also a record, also beating yesterday's previous record high. An equivalent index from Barclays puts the yield even lower, at 5.02%.
The sight of an average junk bond yield with a four handle (market parlance for the first digit being a 4) still sounds absolutely preposterous, but it's frighteningly close, and frighteningly likely, at this point. In today's Wall Street Journal, Francesco Guerrera writes that deal financiers at a recent get-together sounded "almost apologetic for how easy it is to raise money in the current environment" and hints that things could soon sour:
"The financing market is as good as we have ever seen it," [Leon] Black, now the head of the private-equity firm Apollo Global Management (APO) said at a conference organized by his old boss at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. As declarations go, Mr. Black's comment is to Wall Street what prime minister Harold Macmillan's "we have never had it so good" was to Britain in 1957: a statement of fact and a bearish signal for the future. (Within years, Mr. Macmillan's government had become deeply unpopular. By 1963, he was gone.)
Guerrera correctly points out that fund managers care less about how low junk-bond yields have gotten than they do about the extra yield that junk bonds still offer versus comparable Treasuries. That spread stands at 4.3 percentage points, which is well above the all-time low 2.4 percentage points seen at the market's peak in 2007, back when underlying Treasury yields were much higher. He also cautions about the recent resurgence of so-called covenant-lite loans, an investor-unfriendly structure that's a fixture in dealmaking circles during buyout booms, and that market also last peaked in 2007.
Checking in with the two big junk-bond ETFs Tuesday morning, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) is down three cents to $95.99, and the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) is up three cents to $41.83.


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Merriam man's Marine dream survives cancer battle
Daran Wankum gets rare honor from U.S. Marine Corps
A Merriam man whose dream of becoming a United States Marine was put on hold after being diagnosed with cancer has seen it happen for him after all.
Daran Wankum said he had his sights set on being a Marine, following in the footsteps of his grandfather.
When he was 18, he started to get double vision. His father, Eric Wankum, said he got the call about his son's diagnosis.
"I didn't think at all. I stopped the car and started crying, that's what I did for five minutes," he said.
Daran Wankum had been diagnosed with brain cancer, and doctors said he had a large tumor.
"I was in shock at first," Daran Wankum said. "I didn't think this could be real. I thought it wasn't. I thought it was a big old dream or something."
He said he feared his true dream of being in the Marines wasn't going to happen. But he found out the Marines would be there for him after all."Right before my surgery, all of the recruiters at the recruiting office where I signed up came and stood by at my door for 24 hours before surgery," he said.
That wasn't the only way he was able to draw strength from the Marines. Daran Wankum recently returned from Washington, where he attended a ceremony to make him an honorary Marine, an award only given to 22 other people in the history of the corps.
KMBC 9 and the Dream Factory helped him take his family to Washington so they could be with him when he received his honor from the Marines.
Eric Wankum said his son's personality is in line with Marine standards.
"Strength, and the ability to move on," he said.
Throughout the ordeal, Daran Wankum's dedication to his goal has not wavered. He said he not only wants to be a Marine, he also wants to win his cancer battle.
"Being able to say that I had cancer, that's going to feel great," he said.
Daran Wankum received his treatment at the University of Kansas Hospital. The TrueBeam radiation technology helps radiation oncologists pinpoint and attack his tumor while protecting the surrounding brain tissue.


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Click to listen: I am My Choices (2.25 min.)
Choose better thoughts, words and actions.
Click to listen: I am My Choices (2.25 min.)
(4) Anonymous, August 7, 2008 2:48 AM
(3) Doame, August 5, 2008 10:24 AM
Fantastic way to look at my life.
(2) charles L. richman, August 5, 2008 10:01 AM
Everything Rabbi Pliskin writes is great.
I had the distinct pleasure of attending morning minyon's in an apartment house off of Haggadah Street in Jerusalem when I was on sabbatical at Hebrew University at Mt. Scopus in 2003-04. At the minyon there were books authored by Rabbi Pliskin, e.g., Wisdom, Courage, Kindness, Enthusiasm, and my favorite of all---Guard Thy Tongue (Lashon Horah). I recommend them all and my wife and I didn't hesitate to purchase them all at a Jerusalem book store. His books should be required reading in schools, and all adults should give themselves the opportunity to read each of Rabbi Pliskin's insightful, meaningful books.
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Indeed, it is important to think thru on our choices and actions.
I may not always appreciate the outcome of the choices I make, however, it doesn't really mean that I don't like myself.
I live and learn between what I can and what I shouldn't do, and I have the capability of making dramatic improvement in my life.
This is the first time in a while I've listened to Rabbi Pliskin's audio commentary, and the first time commenting on it. He is indeed a very smart and wise person giving insight on something to think about.
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POTTSTOWN - In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Pottsotwn Building Industries Exchange (NARI-BIE), offers tips for homeowners affected by flood damage to avoid home repair scams.
According to NARI-BIE, con artists often show up at a homeowner's door after a disaster, offering an array of services and demanding a hefty down payment up front. They might offer a 'great deal,' based on using materials left over from a neighbor's job, but homeowners should beware that a 'great deal' isn't always what it seems. Frequently, these fly-by-night operators drive vehicles with out-of-state license plates, or set up temporary offices from which they can move quickly once authorities start looking for them. Before writing that check, and especially before allowing any unknown individual into your home, NARI suggests that a homeowner:
• Get the name and address of the company that person allegedly represents.
• Get all details of the offer in writing and carefully review it. Be sure you understand everything in the contract and that any verbal promises made are included in the contract.
• Determine how long the company has been in business and call organizations with which the contractor is affiliated, such as NARI or other trade associations, to determine the firm's legitimacy.
• Ask for references and contact each one.
• Remember that any legitimate company that wants your business will be more than willing to allow you the time to do your homework. Don't fall prey to high-pressure tactics such as 'this is the only chance you have' or 'by tomorrow the extra materials will be gone.'
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• Come to your door unsolicited.
• Use high-pressure sales tactics.
• Request full payment before completing the work.
• Give a post office box without a street address or phone number.
• Promise to begin and complete the work more quickly and cheaply than any other company.
• Say they just finished work on your neighbor's house and have just enough materials to do repair work on yours. They might say they can give you a better bargain if you let them do the work today since they have the supplies now.
NARI-BIE, a nonprofit trade association serving the construction industry and their allied businesses, since 1952, is the sponsor of the Pottstown Home Show, returning to Sunnybrook March 1-3, 2013, and local contractor referral organization. Additional information about NARI-BIE services and programs may be obtained by visiting http://pottstownbie.org, their office at 801 N. Charlotte St., or by calling 610-323-1700.
NARI is a professional association whose members voluntarily subscribe to a strict code of ethics. Homeowners may wish to search www.NARI.org for additional tips, or to find a qualified professional who is a member of NARI. Homeowners may also call the NARI National hotline at 847-298-9200 and request a free copy of NARI's brochure, 'How to Select a Remodeling Professional.'


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With the announcement of Stephenie's Breaking Dawn/Blue October signing tour we have received many questions about this group, most of them asking… "Who is Blue October?"
I thought I would take a moment to introduce those of you who are unfamiliar with the group to the music of Blue October and its relationship to the Twilight Saga.
Blue October appeared on Stephenie's radar for for the first time during the writing of New Moon. The Sound of Pulling Heaven Down exemplified the happiness that Edward felt in his reunion with the love of his life, Bella, after the traumatic events of the year without her. The song Hate Me was included with the playlist as an alternative song choice for Edward's POV as he acts on the heart wrenching decision to leave Bella. Following the release of New Moon the group had yet another song grace the air waves – a song many Twilight fans were drawn to because of its harmony with chapter 15 in New Moon – the chapter we know as Bella's drowning. That song was called Into the Ocean. Never has any other song so paralleled the pain and helplessness of letting go as painted by Into the Ocean, and to this day sits on many Twilight playlists as a favorite.
With the long awaited release of Eclipse came another wonderful playlist with Blue October again taking a prominent place on that list. The song Overweight signified the worries that encompassed Jacob's life. Just as before yet another Blue October song found its way onto many fans personal Eclipse playlists. That song was Calling You and when listened to from Edward's POV you feel the the absolute devotion and joy he has for Bella's final choice to stay with him…as the song so eloquently states, "I can't believe you actually picked me."
As you can see, just like Muse, Blue October has been long associated with the series and has been a fan favorite from its chart topping album Foiled to its newest release Foiled for the Last Time. We are excited to experience this once in a life time book signing event with not only our favorite author, but with an artist who has exemplified so many of our most memorable Twilight moments in song.
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I did not go AWOL exactly. I got a full-time job working in a High School as an aide for a mental health program. It is awesome but I am doing that on top of being a sign language interpreter and a captionist.
Needless to say, I have a lot on my plate. We all know I like to fill my plate up ;)
I don't have as much time to blog and cook like I used to but I hope to keep it up somewhat.
Yesterday was one of my most favorite days of the year...the first day of fall! I'm so ready for cozy sweaters, crock-pot meals and pumpkin spice lattes!
If anyone else is excited already for Thanksgiving, and just cannot wait, you oughtta try out a Thanksgiving sandwich. I actually made this months ago because I was spontaneously hit and overcome with a craving for a Thanksgiving dinner. That is not so easy to come by in the middle of May so I made this gem.
It tastes like the holidays. Trust me.
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1.5 lbs of turkey breast
1/3 cup apple cider
1/3 cup chicken stock
1/2 tablespoon thyme
2 cloves of garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
1 box reduced-sodium stuffing
1 can cranberry sauce
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Combine all of the turkey ingredients in a crock pot and cook on low for 5-7 hours. Shred with two forks.
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In its most recent Mutual Fund Monitor report, released in September, Corporate Insight highlighted trends in how mutual fund advisors use social media.
Corporate Insight monitors 17 asset management firms. Of those, eight offer guidance on using technology and social media, and were included in the report. Of those, half don't advertise their educational materials. Corporate Insight noted that just Putnam and BlackRock prominently display their technology outreach efforts on their homepage.
That advisors are adopting social media in their marketing strategies is a well-established fact, but Corporate Insight found that despite Facebook outnumbering other social media sites in number of users (Facebook had 1 billion active users as of October, according to company info), LinkedIn, with 175 million users as of August, was used by all of the advisors in the survey, compared with 71% who use Facebook.
Within a firm's technology education efforts, social media is the most common subject, sometimes to the extent that no others are discussed. Half of the firms that provide tips for advisors to improve their technology initiatives address topics other than social media. Those topics usually include mobile technology and email. Corporate Insight pointed to Allianz as an example of a firm that does a good job of explaining how advisors can use social media platforms and how to evaluate that part of their marketing campaigns. Putnam and iShares were also mentioned as firms with exemplary technology information that wasn't limited to social media.
Naturally, compliance is top of mind for advisors using social media (although an August SEI Quick Poll found content, not compliance, was advisors' No. 1 concern regarding social media use). Some firms, especially Lord Abbett, are explicit in rules regarding social media, including suggestions for technology solutions to help stay compliant.
Corporate Insight listed some best practices for firms to make the most of their technology and social media educational resources:
- Centralize and promote resources so they're easy to find.
- Provide concrete, practical steps.
- In addition to social media, include information on mobile technology, webinars and effective email strategy.
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This is part three in a series of articles on jobs gained and lost since December 2007.
The first article was an interactive map from Tableau: Job Gains and Losses in the Recovery by Job Type (Healthcare, Education, Mining, Construction, Finance, Real Estate, etc).
The second article Job Gaining and Job Losing Industries 2007-2012 displayed data in an interesting pie chart fashion by Salil Mehta who has a blog on Statistical Ideas.
This article contains another look at the data, but focus is on jobs gained or lost in the recovery.
Data for all three posts is courtesy of Economic Modeling Specialists.
The recession ended in June of 2009, but the data I have is annual. Data in the following charts uses December of 2009 as a proxy for the start of the recovery. Once again, pie charts are by Salil Mehta.
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Top Losing Jobs in the Recovery
Top Gaining Jobs in the Recovery
For comparison purposes here are the December 2007 thru December 2012 charts once again.
Job Gaining Industries 2007-2012
Job Losing Industries 2007-2012
- From 2007 thru 2012, 12 industries lost jobs.
- Since December of 2009, there were only 5 industries that lost jobs (and utilities only barely).
- As far as government jobs go, we can certainly afford to lose more.
- Information was a solid job loser every period
Gainers vs. Losers Analysis
If one listens to all the ads from for-profit schools as well as retraining hype from President Obama, one might actually think we need more IT training. As I have stated repeatedly, one cannot retrain a brick-layer into a programmer. Besides, there is a vast sea of skilled programmers (already trained) who do not have a job.
I don't have a breakdown of healthcare and social services jobs, but the distinction between nurses, social workers and temporary care givers in terms of pay is without-a-doubt dramatic. I expect the economy added far more lower paying jobs than it did high-paying registered nursing jobs.
Accommodation and food service jobs certainly tend to be low-paying jobs. Indeed, many food service jobs are part-time only, with no benefits at all. I suspect most waste management jobs are low-paying jobs as well.
Compare the job gains in the recovery with job losses since 2007.
Construction, manufacturing, and information tend to be relatively high-pay jobs. In the period 2007-2012 the economy shed roughly 2.36 million construction jobs, 1.98 million manufacturing jobs, and 380,000 information jobs (a total of 4.69 million high-paying jobs). Note that construction and information lost jobs even in the recovery.
Simply put, the US shed more high-paying jobs in the recession than the economy gained jobs of any kind (high or low-paying) in the recovery.
Involuntary Part-Time Employment
Part-Time Job Analysis
Its better to have a part-time job than no job. However, it's certainly better to have a full-time job than a part-time job if one is seeking full-time employment.
Roughly an additional 5 million workers went to involuntary part-time employment during or shortly after the recession. Only about one million of those jobs are now full-time, not necessarily in the same field, or at the previous pay scale.
Unemployment Rate Artificially Low
The official unemployment number is artificially low because it does not include any of the following:
- Involuntary retirement to collect social security
- Involuntary part-time-employment
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The FinePix F600EXR is another in what is becoming a very long line of Fujifilm compact megazooms featuring the company's unique EXR CMOS sensor design and EXR image processor. The F600EXR was the third it released for 2011, and in January 2012, Fujifilm announced three more. The EXR sensor is designed to improve dynamic range and low-light performance and, as with past EXR models, it works, at least compared with your average point-and-shoot camera.
However, as I will go on to mention several times in this review, this is more than just a simple point-and-shoot and has a lot of modes and settings to explore. It may require some patience and experimentation to get the best photos.
|Key specs
|Fujifilm FinePix F600EXR
|Price (MSRP)
|Dimensions (WHD)
|4x2.4x1.2 inches
|Weight (with battery and media)
|7.7 ounces
|Megapixels, image sensor size, type
|16 megapixels, 1/2-inch EXR CMOS
|LCD size, resolution/viewfinder
|3-inch LCD, 460K dots/None
|Lens (zoom, aperture, focal length)
|15x, f3.5-5.3, 24-360mm (35mm equivalent)
|File format (still/video)
|JPEG, RAF (raw)/H.264 AAC (.MOV)
|Highest resolution size (still/video)
|4,608x3,456 pixels/1,920x1,080 pixels at 30fps
|Image stabilization type
|Mechanical and digital
|Battery type, CIPA rated life
|Li-ion rechargeable, 300 shots
|Battery charged in camera
|No; external charger supplied
|Storage media
|Bundled software
|My FinePix Studio 3.1, Raw file converter (Windows); FinePix Viewer 3.6, Raw file converter (Mac)
As with most compact cameras, photo quality really comes down to expectations and what you plan to do with your photos. In general, the F600EXR's photos are very good and it is capable of taking some excellent shots. However, it may take a lot of adjusting of settings, shooting in raw, or experimenting with its EXR modes to get the best results. If that's not something you're willing to do, this probably isn't a good choice. Its EXR Auto mode is very good as auto-shooting modes go, but even tweaking that mode's settings can get you better shots.
The biggest photo quality issues for the F600EXR are noise and sharpness. Even at ISO 200, photos look soft and there is visible noise when photos are viewed at full size. As ISO sensitivity increases you'll see more noise, and moreover, photos start to look a little like paintings. Now, if you're not going to do enlarging or heavy cropping, this won't matter much. Colors are very good right up to ISO 800, too--natural and bright--and because of the F600EXR's dynamic range capabilities, you can somewhat avoid the extreme highlight blowouts typical of small-sensor point-and-shoots.
The lens has very good center sharpness, but gets much softer out to the sides and in the corners. Fujifilm keeps barrel and pincushion distortion under control as well as fringing. Shoot in raw and you can see the corrections it makes when processing JPEGs in camera.
Video quality is on par with a basic HD pocket video camera; good enough for Web use and casual TV viewing. Panning the camera will create judder that's typical of the video from most compact cameras. The zoom lens does function while recording, but in quiet scenes you will hear its movement and if you have the camera set for continuous autofocus you may hear it focusing, too. Along with settings for full HD and 720p at 30 frames per second, the F600EXR can record at up to 320fps for slow-motion clips, though the resolution is pretty bad at 320x112 pixels.
|General shooting options
|Fujifilm FinePix F600EXR
|ISO sensitivity (full resolution)
|Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
|White balance
|Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light, Underwater, Custom
|Recording modes
|Auto, EXR Auto, Program, Shutter speed priority, Aperture priority, Manual, Scene, Advanced
|Focus modes
|Multi, Center, Tracking
|1.9 inches (Wide); 3.9 feet (Tele)
|Metering modes
|Multi, Spot, Average
|Color effects
|Standard, Vivid, Soft, Black&White, Sepia
|Burst mode shot limit (full resolution)
|8 shots (up to 6 in raw plus JPEG or raw)
The F600EXR has fairly exhaustive shooting options for a point-and-shoot. You get the usual suspects such as Auto and Program, and 18 scene modes including an Underwater option for use with an add-on case. Then you get Manual and Aperture- and Shutter-speed-priority modes giving you some extra control over aperture and shutter speed. Available apertures include f3.5, f7.1, f10 at the wide end and f5.3, f11, and f16 at the telephoto end; shutter speeds go from 1/2,000 second to 8 seconds.
Then there are the EXR modes. These consist of High Resolution Priority, D-Range Priority, and High Sensitivity & Low Noise Priority. The High Resolution Priority setting uses the full 16-megapixel resolution for photos, while the other two shoot at 8 megapixels to improve dynamic range in high-contrast scenes or reduce noise in low-light photos. (Fujifilm's site has a full explanation of the EXR technology if you're interested.) If you're not sure which to use, there's an Auto EXR mode that includes scene recognition and that can also recognize which EXR Priority option to use. It's effective and reliable as long as you're OK with the possibility that you'll end up with 8-megapixel photos if the D-Range and High ISO & Low Noise Priority modes are used for your shot.
Lastly, there's an Advanced mode with a shoot-and-pan 360-degree panoramic option as well as Pro Low-light and Pro Focus choices. The Low-light mode snaps off several photos and then combines them into one lower-noise photo, while the Pro Focus creates a shallow depth of field by digitally blurring the background.


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First green grass of spring is not enough to supply nutrient needs of grazing cows
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Turning cow herds out to graze pastures at the first sign of green grass harms forage growth later in the season. But there's another big reason to wait, says a University of Missouri beef nutritionist.
Cows don't benefit from early grazing as much as most herd owners believe.
Early grazing provides little quality and small quantity of grass, says Justin Sexten, Columbia. Herds need more nutrients than they get from early grass.
"Early pasture growth contains mostly water, only 25 percent dry matter," Sexten warns. "Producers see this when they describe their cows as being 'washy.'" Early grass has a high rate of passage through a cow's digestive tract. In other words, don't stand behind them.
After a hard winter, a cow nursing a calf needs extra feed until pastures are ready for grazing.
"With only 25 percent dry matter in the diet, a cow must eat 150 pounds of grass to meet her needs," Sexten says.
A cow would walk constantly trying to find that much grass.
Quantity of growth at first green-up is minimal. "A cow can't get a full mouthful of grass with each bite."
The answer won't appeal to farmers tired of winter feeding chores. Cows need continued feeding before grass grows large enough to supply nutrient needs. That means more hay and possible grain supplement.
Delayed grazing helps cows and pastures, Sexten says.
Rob Kallenbach, MU Extension forage specialist, agrees. "Grass that is nipped too short too early removes plant reserves needed for spring growth. Cool-season grasses stored sugar reserves in the lower stems last growing season. The reserves jump-start growth."
Nipping too early removes reserves and the green leaves needed for photosynthesis. Early removal slows growth all season.
Early grazing makes a lose-lose situation, the specialists say.
Management may be more critical than usual this year as pastures recover from last summer's record-breaking drought.
Sexten says to delay turning herds onto pasture until at least a 5-inch growth shows.
"Allow 2,000 pounds of dry matter per acre to accumulate," he says. "Focus on the nutrient needs of the cows."
A lactating cow's daily nutrient demand equals 2.5 percent of her body weight. A dry cow requires 2 percent of body weight. Accurate cow-weight estimates are needed. Many producers underestimate how big their cows are when calculating feed needs.
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Cows nursing a calf and preparing for rebreeding later this spring need nutrients. Cows with poor body condition scores are less likely to rebreed on time.
Spring-calving cow herds reach their highest nutrient requirements in April and May. Late snows delayed grass growth but brought moisture needed for that growth.
Both Sexten and Kallenbach advocate weekly or biweekly measurements of pasture dry matter growth and plotting the forage accumulation. That data guides the turn-in date for the next grazing paddock.
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When I went back to Australia, I left both pairs of Oakley Frogskins there to make sure I wasn't going to lose or break them here in Japan.
I kept my cheap $20 Polaroid pair here so I had something to wear on the
occasional, very rare sunny Tokyo day.
While they do a reasonable job they're not as good as those Oakleys. It just so happens that browsing through the Bingo recycle shop I saw one of the limited editions Frogskins for a bit more than a quarter of what I paid for my brand new ones looking practically brand new. The catch? They're bright neon yellow.. Aye, there's the rub..
They quite loudly scream, "HERE I AM". They will soon be dubbed my "Elton Johns".
But you know what, I get looked at plenty as it is, and the fact that they have Fire Iridium mirror finish lenses mean I can look at those hot Japanese girls unknowingly while they try to work me out, makes me feel more ok about it.
While the price was great, I saw just after I got my change back a 5% off coupon which would have instantly saved me a couple hundred yen. The Japanese cashier gave it to me and said "Next time". What an A**. Great customer service yet again.
Saturday, 26 September 2009
The Neon Yellow Frogskins
When I went back to Australia, I left both pairs of Oakley Frogskins there to make sure I wasn't going to lose or break them here in Japan.
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Spring Clean For The September Queen
I'll admit that I'm a messy person. I'm the worst to clean up. Apart from the massive cleanup I did when I left the Tomioka apartment, here everything has pretty much been the same since I arrived in Yotsuya.
I must have been bored or disgusted with the accumulation of junk and odds and ends that have been constantly been building up for two years that I commenced a spring clean in earnest.
One of the most interesting things I noticed was all the old ticket stubs from visits to all the places I went to in Tokyo, and the other parts of Japan like Miyajima, Hiroshima, and the Kansai area. My laxness has mostly slowed things down considerably.
I won't say the excitement has gone, just mellowed. There are many things I'm yet to see and do. I haven't even been to Roppongi yet. Can you believe that?
Anyway, the one thing I couldn't find was my "Making Out In Japanese" book. Where the **** is it?
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Silver Week
I'm always happy to get more holidays.
We had a Respect For The Aged day on the 21st, substitute 22nd off, and 23rd the Autumn Equinox holiday. Five days off! Having Thursdays off I got an extra day too.
In Shibuya there was some festivities going on so with camera in hand I took a few snaps.
I tried a Gibson Les Paul Goddess tonight.
It's the lightest Gibson I'd ever tried. What I liked about it was the transparent pickups and a nice ebony fingerboard. What I didn't like were the single volume and tone control.
Looks like Gibson marketed this to appeal to women for it's light weight. It sounded really nice. It was reserved until the end of the night and I almost bought it had the person not came to collect. Lucky for my wallet.
Because of the usual exorbitant airfares around holiday time I decided to stay in Tokyo, which usually meant a lot of sleeping in. For something different, on the Sunday we had lunch at Paul.
I had the usual Quiche Lorraine with a side of chips.She had this crepe and egg.
What I really love are the "refill" bread baskets. We usually go two or three of these. Great value all around. That's why we keep coming back.
Sunday's also cheap icecream day. Today there also happened to be cheap 198 yen Haagan Daaz at Gourmet City. By the time I got there most of what I could grab was Green Tea which is not so bad. It's quickly becoming a favourite. I'll miss this flavour when I go back home.
I also felt like getting some alcohol, so I got some new Kirin "Cola Shock". It's a coke and 5% vodka mix. It tastes only of cola. The slight light-headedness gave away the alcohol content.
On the Wednesday 23rd, we went to Higashi Shinagawa along the waterfront. It's always nice walking along the water but there weren't many people around, and that took away a bit of the atmosphere of the place.
I was hoping for better weather to do Mt Fuji. That and the fewer buses making their way there, make going there this year less likely. Not happy about that at all.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
GH1 Sample Pics and Drinking Hijinks
Last Saturday I went to a party.
At first it was turning into my worst nightmare. I was the only native English speaker at first, and most of the others were guys. Thankfully two cute Japanese girls joined the proceedings a little later and Jimmy was much, much happier to be there.
Unfortunately the alcohol didn't quite go the distance as usual, but I had a good amount to keep me happy. The okonomiyaki tasted good too.
As usual last night we had station beers outside Yokohama station.
For once, we had a girl approach us (in contrast to the drunk salarymen). She looked at me first. She didn't speak very good English but from what I kind of understood she wanted (cheap) English lessons and/or a boyfriend.
A guy that was hanging around us gave her a candy, and told her we were dangerous. We got a little suspicious thinking it may have been some kind of scam, so myself and one of the others bailed to catch one of the last trains. Jude took her to the Hub for a beer.
Looks like everything has turned out ok from the last I heard from him. By the way, there's a new Krispy Kreme inside Yokohama Station now. Uh oh..
Although I haven't taken many pictures with my new GH1, I have to say I'm really happy with the quality of the photos and video. Even low light photos have turned out better than I expected. Here's a few to give you an idea..
This is the cat that lives under our apartment. There's some really nice detail in the fur.
During the week we ordered some Pizza Hut delivery. 2,400 yen for two pizzas. Japanese pizzas don't have as much meat as back home, but these both hit the spot that night. Yum.
Speaking of food, this menu display outside Hidakaya looks appetizing doesn't it? It's not unusual to go into a restaurant based on the look of the fake plastic food. We come here often. The price is right.
When I first arrived in Japan, I thought there were more vending machines than people. After the apocalypse there will only be cockroaches and these.
This is looking across into Kabukicho, Shinjuku with the JR line in the foreground.
Here is Ichigaya station. I was quite surprised how this turned out considering the low light in the area. I was expecting it to be slightly out of focus. It captures a nice atmosphere.
I've done a few videos that look nothing short of amazing. They're not what I want to show for public display (It's mostly the mess everywhere in the apartment). Hopefully soon I'll show you all something wonderful of Tokyo with this great camera.
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Thursday, 10 September 2009
I Got A GH1
What have I been doing? Hmm..
I went to Zushi Beach and had a great swim. The water was invitingly warm.
I really wanted to go to the beach at least once this Summer. I can cross that off my "to do" list now. Zushi is in the Kanagawa prefecture, about an hour and a half from central Tokyo. You can get there either by the Keikyu line (to Shinzushi), or JR's Shonan-Shinjuku, or Yokosuka line.
It was end of season, so not the plethora of bikini girls around. It was mostly a family atmosphere and a whole lot of windsurfers. It's a clean beach and quite nice. You could see Mt Fuji at sunset. I think I'll be back here again for sure. It's not that far from my old apartment in Tomioka. Shame that I never came here when it was closer.
It must have been something I ate, but on Monday morning my stomach was tight, and feeling nauseous I rushed to the bathroom to hurl. I had to call in sick. After using four of my leave days last year due to sickness, I really didn't want to do it. I actually really like my Monday's schedule, and I hope my kindy kids didn't miss me too much.
I went to Akihabara today to get myself a new camera.
I settled on the Panasonic GH1. I've been deliberating between this and the Nikon D5000 for ages, and still couldn't make a clear decision. The Panny's feature set is overall better, but I like the feel of Nikon.
I tested some photos this evening with my two lovely model "hentai' dolls I bought today for 840 yen for both.
The low light focusing is a little tricky, but I think it turned out ok. I was impressed with the detail I didn't even notice with my own eyes. The electronic viewfinder will take a bit of getting used to.
I'll pass final judgement until I've taken more pictures and video. The Japanese menus aren't hard to work out though.
For some reason black is the most expensive, but I got a good price. The Gold and Red looked really cheap to me. An SLR can be any colour as long as it's black!
I may still get the Nikon D5000 anyway, instead of buying an adapter for my Nikon lenses which would cost almost half the Nikon!
Now I can get back into taking some pictures and videos of this strange place.
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Less than a week after defecting from the Democratic Party to vote with the Republicans up in Albany on new leadership for the legislative body, Monserrate has returned to the fold, if you will, and now says that he will again vote the Democratic line, leaving the State Senate deadlocked at 31-31, which makes things even more confusing than our great-grandfather's handwritten recipe for bathtub Night Train he devised during the Great Depression. (Oh, if only in these rough economic times we could decipher the directions to that magic elixir!)
Monserrate is doing his best to save face and not look like he caved in to the intense pressure he was apparently feeling from his supporters, labor unions, and the Reverend Al Sharpton (we know we wouldn't want that guy calling us day and night trying to change our mind – that could drive anybody nutty). The rogue senator is spinning his "prodigal son" return as the culmination of a grand achievement to enact reform up in Albany.
(For those of you unfamiliar with Albany politics, a word of caution that what you might take to mean "reform" has a completely different definition once you are on the hallowed grounds of the State Capitol. You might take reform to mean sound fiscal policy, innovative approaches to health care, and general across-the-aisle cooperation to benefit the state, when really the most startling "reform" in upstate politics in the past few years is when they tried to change the Wednesday menu in the legislature cafeteria from meatloaf to chicken fingers. A Quinnipiac Poll found that state legislators preferred chicken fingers to meatloaf by about 3 to 1, but when then-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno tried to attach a rider to the bill to officially change the menu that would have okayed a new stadium for the New York Jets on the West Side of Manhattan, Sheldon Silver had the bill stalled in an Assembly committee. To this day, legislators suffer through an arguably overcooked slice of meatloaf every Hump Day.)
Back to Monserrate: the state senator claims that by embarrassing the Democratic leadership, said leadership has seen the error of its ways and will now support important legislation that Monserrate backs, which they previously had been lukewarm on. Now, we realize we don't possess the acute political acumen of our esteemed representatives in the State legislature, but from what we know of Albany politics, grudges are not easily forgotten. Something tells us that Malcolm Smith and his cohorts are paying lip service to Monsey's demands now, but that Monserrate has about as much pull up in Albany now as one Olsen twin in a tug-of-war contest.
(In the interest of setting the record straight: last week we said that the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee defended Monserrate against cries that he should step down at very nearly the same time he was switching parties. In fact, the DSCC forwarded a blog post from March that criticized state senators Frank Padavan and Martin Golden for urging Monserrate to give up his post, citing the example of Joe Bruno, for one. So they weren't officially supporting him last week, but Senate Democrats did back when the assault charges were announced, and now the DSCC is just forwarding an email. Truthfully, we're totally confused.)
Anyway, one of the most interesting things about this whole debacle has been the reaction of Monserrate's former colleagues in the City Council, especially the ones from Queens who had to try and work with Monserrate.
Last week, we noted that Eric Gioia used Twitter to point out that both Monserrate and Pedro Espada, Jr. of the Bronx – Monserrate's co-conspirator – could end up in jail soon. And then last week, Councilman John Liu, whose district abutted Monserrate's former council district and had to work with him on all sorts of issues, not the least being the Willets Point rezone that Monserrate threatened to derail, was quoted in the New York Times as saying, "I can't say I'm totally shocked that Hiram is in the middle of all this. I personally think he's having the time of his life."
Pol Position recalls attending a meeting organized by Monserrate of 32BJ union members to show support for a bill that would require developments that use government subsidies to hire union members, such as doormen and janitors, to work in the buildings once they were completed.
At one point, the legislators in attendance (which were, in fact, Gioia, Monserrate, and Liu) were asked to sign their name to a petition supporting the legislation. Monserrate had clearly failed to mention that this would be part of the evening's festivities to Liu, who was obviously misled into attending and visibly upset.
To his credit, Liu said he couldn't support a bill he didn't know enough about, which was a pretty stand-up move considering there were over 100 booing union members in the room who are used to getting their way (just ask Monserrate now), but would promise to give it careful consideration in the future.
(In case your wondering, a) this will be the last parenthetical aside in this column, and b) Gioia signed the petition, but he was once a member of 32BJ when he himself worked as a doorman, so his support was understandable, whether he knew about the petition beforehand or not.)
We wonder if Monserrate is still enjoying that spotlight?


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To spice things up, the Gamemakers in this version of The Hunger Games introduce the tall, creepy Slenderman to a fight for survival amongst young kids.
It sort of completely screws with the intention of The Hunger Games. As quoted from the video, "I just wanted to hunt other children!" Yes. Yes, don't we all. Until the Slenderman comes to mess everything up.


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Farmingdale, N.Y. - Junior forward Chavel Harrison (Brooklyn, N.Y.) tapped in a rebound for the lone tally of today's non-conference men's soccer game to give Brooklyn College a 1-0 win over Farmingdale State with 4:41 left in double overtime. The Bulldogs improved to 1-1 overall with the victory, while the Rams fell to 0-3 on the season.
Farmingdale State outshot Brooklyn 19-14, including 12 shots in the second half, but could not find the back of the net as junior goalkeeper Stamatis Boundouris (Brooklyn, N.Y.) made five saves in the game.
Junior goalkeeper Angelo Viteritti (East Northport, N.Y.) kept the Rams in the game with eight saves in the 105 minutes of play. The rebound on his final save off a shot from junior midfielder Dmitry Prokofyev (Tula, Russia) as the Bulldogs stormed the net would bounce to Harrison in front for the game-ending tally.
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Post subject: what value for the Being is there , becoming Inediate
I have been here and have read some experiences , not all , I have read Joachim's book and maybe I have missed it , but in most all the experiences I read it is not clear to me what value , I do truly want to experience this style of living for myself and no doubt there are progressive stages while living this style , but it would be great just to read the value rather than going through the experiences .
My experiences with fasting has been to 7 days at most then I seem to lack the value for the fast and to continue further seems to lose it's need , my mind looks for greater reasons , the strength to go on usually comes from the mind for me .
Thus I would greatly appreciate some real value to becoming complete Inediate Living , I know how we each are a world of differrences and I expect not all have found the same value to Living the Inediate Style .
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For me it generally splits into four: Health, Freedom, Maximizing one's Potential, and because it's the Right thing to do.
I'll start from the end. Humans were never meant to eat the kind of food we normally eat and especially not in such quantities and frequency. Most of the things we eat we wouldn't if it wasn't for cooking and processing in general, which is another unnatural thing. Does anybody eats raw chicken? How many people take raw eggplant and take a bite? And what about all the spices we put into our food, and salt? Grains and legumes are another example. There are actually some legumes that could kill you if they aren't cooked first. We invented something that doesn't occur in nature: extreme heat without the substance being burned to ashes. You need lots of processing and seasoning before you can or want to eat this stuff. That's why abstaining from food or living on the occasional fruit just for taste (not hunger) is the Right thing to do.
When one doesn't eat and the body doesn't get affected and self-sustains itself, there's lot of room for living up to one's potential and experiencing a different kind of reality. I think abstaining from food also comes along with the killing of the Ego. That's my own personal theory, though. I think eating is a very animalistic, instinctive act, that humans aren't really aware how it affects their psyche when they do so. Eating is a form of Killing something. If you can live without killing, why wouldn't you?
As for health it's quite obvious as the food we eat usually doesn't suit us and especially with today's industry where even the most pure form of food, fruits, are contaminated by toxins. Everything nowadays, in one way or another, is toxic.
Freedom... well, if you think about it, the main reason for the rat race humans are stuck in is because of food. The reason we go to work is so we could pay for our next meal. People generally slave themselves to food consumption, most of which they don't really need. Without food you are literally baggage-free. Homeless people wouldn't need to eat from the garbage or depend on other people for eating. They could just live freely under the sky with no worries for their survival. Having "the next meal" is such a pervasive act that when it is no longer an issue, your entire world is changing, you feel less confined. Money doesn't become an issue anymore.
I don't think Inedia should be the goal, but living according to what is natural. That's why, first of all, eating raw fruits is a natural act. Fruits
to be eaten, so in a way, when eating them we are aligning with nature. It highly depends on WHY you eat, though. One shouldn't eat out of hunger, out of need for survival, but solely for taste or sharing an experience either with the fruit itself or with another person. I'm mostly a fruitarian for the past 8 months and let me tell you that there's a significant difference in when I eat a fruit vs. something refined/cooked. The experience I have when eating a fruit is of much more awareness, balance, stillness... when eating something cooked you feel like you want to eat more and more and more and it's much more difficult to stay in the moment and pay attention to your eating. It's especially true with wheat products such as bread. After just a couple of chewing you already feel the need to swallow it even if it's not completely broken down to pieces yet in your mouth. Anything I eat that isn't a fruit, I feel unbalanced and a need to eat a fruit in order to balance myself back. When I eat a fruit I don't need anything afterwards, and I'm not tempted to eat in large quantities.
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It's definitely in Joachim's book.
Perfect health
from the need to eat or drink (and equally, the freedom to eat on social occasions whenever you wish)
-- the time, money and energy spent in food-related activities
-- a dramatic decrease in household rubbish as well as the faeces and urine of humans and the animals we breed for food
Increased personal energy
-- said to accompany the shutdown of digestive and cleansing systems
Spiritual growth
-- daily life becomes simpler, easier, happier and more tranquil
What is it like to live completely without food for many weeks, months or longer?
If I do not try this I will never know, because only my own experience gives me knowledge. Other people's experiences can only give information.
All those reasons have great appeal to me!
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Shahram Izadi wants to make interacting with computers more natural. For one of his touch-based interfaces, the research scientist has improved on Microsoft's already impressive touch table, Surface, to present information in a completely new way.
Surface projects infrared light and detects its reflection from fingers or other objects that are on or above a screen, enabling users to work with data displayed on the screen. Izadi's variation, called SecondLight, uses a second projector and a switchable diffuser to add another physical layer of data.
The system projects one image on the table's surface and a second, hidden image above it; passing a semiopaque object over the table reveals the second image. For instance, a user who holds a sheet of paper over an image of a human body might see the bones of the skeleton. Ultimately, Izadi envisions specialized tablets that could interact with SecondLight to facilitate collaboration; doctors working on the same patient, for example, could each add or view new data. --Kristina Grifantini
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lady4string wrote:Do you think that Rosalie and Emmett were immediately a couple after she rescued him or do you think they had a lot of issues? The way Edward told it, he made it sound like they were an immediate thing, but I imagine Rose to have issues with men especially since she found him not long after her transformation.
I don't think Bella and Rosalie will ever be as close as she is with Alice or even Esme, but I think they would remain friends for the rest of their existence. I think Rose gained respect for her for the decision to carry out the pregnancy and tough it out. I don't think she was necessarily jealous because her main issue with Bella being a vamp was that she was throwing away her potential to have a family. If she was jealous, I don't think she would really care either way.
I have very conflictin feelings when it comes to Rose. I really wanted to dislike her, but after BD I just couldn't. I think that Nessie brought Rose and Bella closer. Rose understood better than anyone else the desire to have a child and she was the only one who really stood by Bella in her decision to have the baby even though it would, esentially, kill her. I do believe that she wished Bella wouldn't throw her human life away b/c as Rose says, she wishes there had been someone there to keep her from becoming a vamp. I think though, that Bella's decision to go through with the pregnancy gave Rose a new respect for her.
I believe that while Rose probaby did have issues with the rape that it was, as was said, that the memories of her human life were strong but more like they had happened to someone else than her. She says that when she saw Emmett that she was reminded of her human friend's child. I think she saw in Emmett a link to her past life that she could keep with her for eternity. I also think that Emmett's happy go lucky, love everyone attitude was the perfect partner to Rose's selfish, dissatisfied attitude.
I think that while she still harbors some resentment at being turned into a vamp against her will (or more accurately, without anyone asking her opinion at all) that she doesn't necesarilly hold it against Carlisle. Though she wishes that she would have been given the choice I think she still respects and loves Carlisle for all that he has done for her and the example he has been.twihart wrote:One of the things I have been thinking about is how Rosalie feels about Carlisle. She comments that she wishes someone had been there to vote for her and says none of their stories have a happy ending or they would be under a gravestone. This all reflects how unhappy she is being a vampire which is directly because of action taken by Carlisle. Wouldn't these commments seem to be pointed at him?


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Guru "In Full", a Manifestation of Radhika
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Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
A Vyasa-puja lecture
Murwillumbah, Australia: (morning)
I offer my humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my paramaradhya Srila Gurudeva, nitya-lila-pravista om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja. I offer the same unto my siksa-gurus, nitya-lila-pravista om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja and prapujyacarana nitya-lila-pravista om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktiraksaka Sridhara Maharaja, and unto the lotus feet of our whole guru-parampara. I offer my puspanjali unto their lotus feet.
It is stated in verse six of Sri Gurvastakam by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura:
nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyai
ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya
tratrati-daksyad ati-vallabhasya
vande guroh sri caranaravindam
["Sri Gurudeva is always present with the sakhis, planning the arrangements for the perfection of yugala-kisora's amorous pastimes (rati-keli) within the kunjas of Vrndavana. Because he is so expert in making these tasteful arrangements for Their pleasure, he is very dear to Sri Radha and Krsna. I offer prayers unto the lotus feet of Sri Gurudeva."]
What is the meaning of nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyai? What is that guru doing?
Devotee: He's rendering intimate service to the Divine Couple.
Srila Gurudeva: What services is he rendering? The answer is very secret.
Devotee: He performs pleasing services.
Srila Gurudeva: He not only does this. Sometimes he rebukes Krsna in many ways, and sometimes he also cheats Him. [An example of cheating Krsna is as follows: Krsna may ask that guru (in his form as a maidservant of Srimati Radhika) if Radhika has come to the Vrndavana forest to meet Him. That maidservant may reply, "No, Her mother-in-law would not allow Her to leave the house." Although Srimati Radhika is actually hiding in a nearby grove, Krsna believes the maidservant. His anxiety to meet Radhika thus increases, and when they meet shortly after this, that meeting is more meaningful. -ed]
Guru must be like this: nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyai. He must be serving the Divine Couple Radha and Krsna, and especially Radhika. The gopis make so many arrangements for Their meeting. Ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya. They engage in all the methods of cheating Their fathers and mothers and husbands for the purpose of the successful meeting of Radha and Krsna, and for the purpose of serving Them. A guru is very expert in all these activities.
We see in our guru-gayatri, krsnanandaya dhimahi. This refers to both Krsna and Krsnaa. [Spelled in Sanskrit, k-r-s-n-a with a long 'a' at the end.] A male can serve Krsna, but no male can serve Krsnaa. Krsnaa is Radhika. Therefore, in his service to Radhika, for rati-keli-siddhyai, the perfection of Radha-Krsna conjugal love, a guru cannot serve in his male form. Parama-pujyapada Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja and my Gurudeva are both serving there in their female forms as gopis [click "Unedited" green tab above to see acutal words]. In that realm my Gurudeva is Vinoda Manjari, Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Thakura is Nayana Manjari, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is Kamala Manjari, Srila Jiva Gosvami is Vilasa Manjari, Srila Rupa Gosvami is Rupa Manjari, and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami is Rati Manjari. These manjaris can serve Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.
Dhrstadyumna dasa: And our Srila Prabhupada?
Srila Gurudeva: If you fully surrender, by body, mind, words and ego, then I may tell you. Otherwise, I will not. I know who he is, but you do not know. None of the ISKCON leaders know. Your Prabhupada has cheated them all, in the sense that he has not revealed himself to them at all. He is rati-keli-siddhyai ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya.
So, I offer pranama to my Gurudeva in that very form. He is cheating others, and he is even cheating Krsna. By such 'cheating,' he brings Krsna to serve His most beloved Radhika. In Sri Caitanya-caritamrta it has been very openly told that Srimati Radhika is the guru of Krsna. Why not take shelter in the lotus feet of She who is the guru of Krsna? Our guru is there, in Goloka Vrndavana, serving Radhika.
This verse does not apply to ordinary, bogus gurus who fall down twenty times or thirty times. It also doesn't apply to gurus who can fall down. I do not accept them as gurus. Actually, guru is one who can serve Radhika. If a guru has fully controlled his senses, but he is not directly serving Radhika, he is only partially guru.
It is stated in verse one of Sri Upadesamrta by Srila Rupa Gosvami:
vaco vegam manasah krodha-vegam
jihva-vegam udaropastha-vegam
etan vegan yo visaheta dhirah
sarvam apimam prthivim sa sisyat
["A wise and self-composed person who can subdue the impetus to speak, the agitation of the mind, the onset of anger, the vehemence of the tongue, the urge of the belly and the agitation of the genitals can instruct the entire world. In other words, all persons may become disciples of such a self-controlled person."]
Such gurus totally follow the instructions of Srila Rupa Gosvami:
atyaharah prayasas ca
prajalp niyamagrahah
jana-sangas ca laulyam ca
sadbhir bhaktir vinasyati
["Bhakti is destroyed by the following six kinds of faults: (1) eating too much or collecting more than necessary, (2) endeavors which are opposed to bhakti, (3) useless mundane talks, (4) failure to adopt essential regulations or fanatical adherence to regulations, (5) association with persons who are opposed to bhakti, and (6) greed or the restlessness of the mind to adopt worthless opinions." (Sri Upadesamrta, verse 2)]
utshan niscayad dhairyat
sanga-tyagat sato vrtteh
sadbhir bhaktih prasidhyati
["Progress in bhakti may be obtained by the following six practices: (1) enthusiasm to carry out the rules which enhance bhakti, (2) firm faith in the statements of the sastra and the guru whose words are fully in line with the sastra, (3) fortitude in the practice of bhakti, even in the midst of obstacles, or patience during the practice stage of bhakti, even when there is delay in attaining one's desired goal, (4) following the limbs of bhakti such as hearing and chanting and giving up ones material sense enjoyment for the pleasure of Sri Krsna, (5) giving up illicit connection with women, the association of those who are overly attached to women, and the association of mayavadis, atheists and pseudo-religionists, and (6) adopting the good behavior and character of pure devotees." (Sri Upadesamrta, verse 3)]
dadati pratigrhnati
guhyam akhyati prcchati
bhunkte bhojayate caiva
sad-vidham priti-laksanam
["Offering pure devotees items in accordance with their requirements, accepting prasadi or remnant items given by pure devotees, revealing to devotees one's confidential realisations concerning bhajana, inquiring from them about their confidential realizations, eating with great love the prasada remnants given by devotees, and lovingly feeding them prasada – these are the six symptoms of loving association with devotees." (Sri Upadesamrta, verse 4)]
A partial guru may even follow this verse:
smrtyoh kramena rasana-manasi niyojya
tisthan vraje tad-anuragi-jananugami
kalam nayed akhilam ity upadesa-saram
["While living in Vraja as a follower of the eternal residents of Vraja who possess inherent spontaneous love for Sri Krsna, one should utilize all his time by sequentially engaging the tongue and the mind in meticulous chanting and remembrance of Vrajendranandana Sri Krsna's names, form, qualities and pastimes. This is the essence of all instruction. (Sri Upadesamrta, verse 8)]
beautifulgdStill, if he is not like Rupa Manjari and Rati Manjari, and if he is not serving them, he may be a guru in part, but not in full. The highest quality of the guru is service to Radhika, as I have just explained. In this way, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura is writing, vande guroh sri caranaravindam. I bow down to my Gurudeva, and all gurus in the line of Sri Rupa Gosvami. Such a guru is not only the prakasa (manifestation) of Nityananda Prabhu or Baladeva Prabhu, but he is also the prakasa of Radhika. Such a guru is the most exalted. As Ananga Manjari, even Baladeva Prabhu takes shelter of Srimati Radhika's lotus feet. How beautiful and glorious She is.
In this evenings class we will discuss guru-tattva, from beginning to end. Whether you are lady devotees or male, you should be ready to speak.
Prema-prayjona dasa: Gurudeva, you said that a partial guru has controlled the six urges like vaco-vegam, manasa, krodha-vegam, etc. Such gurus, even with that partial quality, will not fall?
Srila Gurudeva: They will not fall down, but they are not perfect gurus. Those who are serving Srimati Radhika personally are gurus of the highest caliber.
Prema-prayjona dasa: Regarding the ones who have fallen down, they're not even partial gurus?
Srila Gurudeva: No. They are not even devotees, what to speak of being gurus. They are not only cheating others, but they are cheating themselves.
Gaura Premanande.


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During World War II, the shipyard turned out scores of ships and submarines, assembling new destroyer escorts with prefabricated sections brought in from as far away as Colorado. Warships damaged in battle were also repaired and refitted in the base's drydocks. By the end of the war, Mare Island had produced 17 submarines, four submarine tenders, 31 destroyer escorts, 33 small craft and more than 300 landing craft.
Mare Island's sprawling National Register historic district boasts hundreds of buildings built between 1854 and the end of World War II, including ranking officers' mansions (c. 1900), duplexes for junior grade officers (1940), and ammunition depots (1856-1960s). Building 46 (1855), which served as an active pipe shop until 1984, is scheduled to reopen as the Mare Island Artifact Museum in 2004. St. Peter's Chapel (1901), the West's first nondenominational military church, features 29 stained glass windows designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. At Alden Park, visitors can inspect a German Marder Suicide Submarine and Torpedo (1944) and explore bomb shelters built during World War II.
Closed in 1996, Mare Island was conveyed to the City of Vallejo in 2002 for reuse and redevelopment. The City is currently negotiating with a master developer on a plan that would provide "seven million square feet of commercial space...1,400 residences, new recreational and open spaces, and revived historical areas."
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard, a National Historic Landmark, is roughly bounded by Mare Island Strait, Causeway St., Cedar Ave., Mesa, Ribeiro and Tyler rds. It is accessible from the Tennessee St. exit of I-80. Because access is limited, contact the Mare Island Historic Park Foundation in advance for tour information at 707-557-1538 or www.mareislandhpf.org. Further information can also be found on the developer's website: www.lennarmareisland.com. Visitors may also be interested in the nearby Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum at 734 Marin St. in downtown Vallejo, or viewing the shipyard from sea on the Baylink Ferry (www.baylinkferry.com). Mare Island has also been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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