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The 1996 Freedom to Farm Act and World Trade Organization negotiations have left U.S. farmers with little more than a seed bag full of unkept promises. And assurances that growers could rely more on markets and less on government for income proved to be an impossible guarantee.
That's how a Texas A&M agricultural economist views the current state of agriculture in Texas. And, he says, if government continues to back away from farm support, producers could suffer increasingly hard times as they make a transition from a government safety net to a high wire act with nothing but thin air between them and disaster.
That's the plight Ron Knutson sees for farmers as the U.S. Congress debates the next farm bill. Knutson and Luther Tweeten, agricultural economist from Ohio State University, took that debate to Texas farmers recently at the Texas Agricultural Policy Summit in Lubbock.
The two disagreed on the role government should continue to play in agricultural policy.
Knutson argued that without adequate government support, farmers, especially in Texas, will be forced to cut production costs and productivity to stay in business.
Tweeten contended that farmers outside the purview of government support manage just as well as or better than farmers covered under U.S. farm legislation.
"The unkept promises of the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act got us where we are today," Knutson said. "In 1996 farmers were promised higher levels of exports, higher commodity prices and higher incomes. They got none of those things."
He said the WTO promised lower European Union subsidies, fewer trade barriers and streamlined procedures for trade dispute resolution.
"Farmers may have gotten one, possibly two of those. We still have no concessions from the EU."
Knutson said policy currently under debate would allow farmers to react to agricultural issues as they exist and "adjust production accordingly."
He said bases have been eliminated and counter-cyclical marketing loans added. He also said affordable crop insurance is part of the package. "But we still have the ability to step in when needed with direct payments. The ability to provide emergency AMTA payments when necessary is important," he said.
He expressed concern over continuation of EU farm subsidies.
"As the United States pursues a market-oriented farm program, the EU continues with commodity supports sufficiently high to maintain prices for farmers."
He said changes in EU economics "are masked to get around WTO regulations. Our policies are more logical."
Knutson said "the Promised Land" for farmers is 1940s-era agricultural policy, which set parity prices and production controls. "I don't think that's politically feasible any longer," he said. "The plus side of the 1996 law was flexibility for farmers."
He said the 1980 program supported by then-Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, the fencerow-to-fencerow program "led to economic bust much worse than today."
Knutson said trade agreements also have fallen short of their lofty goals. "In WTO, we didn't get the kind of program we had hoped to get and until we do, we have to maintain flexibility in government policy to provide needed subsidies to farmers."
He said he had no problem with a free market system. "And I believe we can get there with a long period of adjustment, if we could work in a system where no one subsidized agriculture. The problem would be the adjustments required until we get to that point."
He said prices, in the short run, would fall as farmers depended on export markets. Lower incomes also would result as government payments are withdrawn. "Farmers would experience even more price and income instability."
The bottom line would be a higher level of production and marketing risks. "For Texas, the potential to return to a system of dryland agriculture would be significant because the cost of irrigation would be prohibitive."
Tweeten favors "a quantum change in farm policy. Do we really want to get half of our net income from taxpayers?" he asked. "Do we want bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., telling us what market decisions should be? Do we want the U.S. Senate telling us what our incomes will be?"
He contends that the theory that farmers have to have help because commodity prices are too low is wrong.
"Prices are low because of government programs," he said. "About half of the agricultural sector relies totally on the market for income. That sector has no greater variation in income than the sector that is covered by farm programs. The rate of return on investment is about the same as for the covered commodities."
Tweeten said figures showing the deflated state of farm income often are misleading. "Most farmers in this country are part-time and have another occupation that provides the bulk of their incomes."
Commercial farmers, he said, do much better, even though they get a substantial part of their income off the farm. "That's a trend that will grow," he said.
Tweeten said markets work. "If we go to agricultural supports and supply controls, we take a step backward. If we idle resources, we lose markets and taxpayers lose."
He said government payments to farmers "are like a drug habit." In time payments produce less of a high because benefits are capitalized into land costs. Higher government outlays, he said, end up in the hands of landowners through elevated rental rates.
"We set ourselves up to get hooked on payments, but the benefits pass on to the landlords."
Tweeten said too few farmers are leaving the industry. Technology has improved productivity so much, he said, that farmer attrition is not enough to reduce supply.
"Technology in agriculture has improved labor productivity by 4 percent a year," he said. But only 2 percent of the nation's farmers are leaving, either through death or retirement. Nothing is being done to adjust to that change, he said. "We need more out-movement."
Tweeten said farm commodity programs "are no longer economically justified."
They exist, he said, because of politics. "Republicans and Democrats engage in a bidding war for votes and farm states tend to attract a lot of attention. It's cheaper for politicians to go after votes in agricultural states (than in urban ones). Consequently, farmers still have political clout."
Tweeten said Congress "will provide farm support but should find a reasonable compromise, including changes to support farm income while keeping costs down."
He said direct payments could be compatible with WTO regulations. "Market loans and deficiency payments, however, need to be adjusted and there should be a limit above a specified level."
Tweeten also recommends changes in the way crop insurance is subsidized. "It's not good for taxpayers," he said, "to subsidize 50 percent to 60 percent of the cost. They should cover only administrative costs."
He also recommended a support program funded by farmers. "They contribute funds into the program in good years and withdraw it in bad years. The government supplements can then be spread out much further with these matching funds."
Knutson said that policy does not consider multiple years of poor crops and low prices.
"In Texas, we've had four years in a row of bad prices and bad crops. The biggest challenge for Texas is dealing with high risks and high production costs."
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UPDATED: Mass. woman seriously injured in Route 101 crash in TempleBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
June 24. 2013 6:06PM
TEMPLE— A Massachusetts woman was flown by helicopter to UMass Worcester Medical Center Monday morning after a crash on Route 101.
Valerie Hatch, 70, of Danvers, Mass., was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit, Temple-Greenville Police Sgt. Michael Needham said Monday evening.
Police and emergency workers responded to the scene around 9:30 a.m. for a report of a car versus truck crash in which a person had been ejected from a vehicle.
Hatch was driving a 2006 Honda Elantra east on Route 101 when , according to witnesses, the Honda crossed the yellow line and struck a westbound commercial vehicle, Needham said.
Needham said Hatch was found partially ejected from the Honda. He did not know what her specific injuries were. The other vehicle was a 2013 Freightliner owned by Admiral Metals of Woburn, Mass., and was driven by Ronald Rose, 49, of Nashua. From the scene Wilton-Lyndeborough Ambulance took him to St. Joseph's in Nashua for medical treatment. Needham said Rose had minor cuts and bruises.
Due to the severity of her injuries, Wilton-Lyndeborough Ambulance took Hatch to Monadnock Mountain Spring Water Inc. on Route 101 where there was enough space for a helicopter to land to take her to UMass Worcester, Needham said.
What caused the Honda to cross the yellow line into oncoming traffic remains under investigation, Needham said.

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Just wanted to ask everyone what they thought of "Urban Wolf" raw food.I am feeding my chihuahua it and she can't wait to have dinner. Meat is not a problem because my husband and I own a Butcher Shop. Thank You
I've never used it but found this on their site as a list of ingredients:
All Food Ingredients are Whole Ground or Freeze Dried: Natural Calcium Carbonate, Blueberries, Cranberries, Cultured/Goat Milk Powder, Parsley .
May I ask how much it costs?
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." -Will Durant
urban wolf
I think I pay aabout 35.00 for about 4lbs.
The calcium carbonate is just a replacer for bone. If you were to give your pup a chicken neck with some meat or 1/2 chicken breast on the breast bone, a tiny bit of organs, add juiced blueberries, cranberries and parsley, you'd get the same thing. I think it would be much less expensive if you just did it yourself. If you choose to feed a small portion of veggies, at least you can add variety. You can also feed eggs with the eggshell for calcium. I don't understand the need for milk in a dogs diet . We do feed the odd bit of cheese but that's more for treats than a mainstay of our dogs' diet.
Would you feel comfortable enough to not use the Urban Wolf?
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." -Will Durant
I fed Urban Wolf for a bit, and frankly, their recent ingredient changes, and the way they dealt with them, are really disappointing, IMHO.
Ignoring the fact that the mix ends up being extremely heavy in veggie content, they've recently done one of these change the ingredients, say it's just a label change (which would mean there were previously un-marked ing.) and then change the whole formula to include the addition of huge amounts of oil. For the people I know who still feed this, it was all a very frustrating ordeal with an impression of little accountability on the company's part.
So all that said, I'd have to agree with LuckyPenny.
Chihuahua on Urban Wolf
I would not mind at all to feed my 4yr. old chihuahua Urban Wolf. It was the best that I could come up with at the time. She is doing great and has lots of energy. I went to dogfood analysis but could not find Urban Wolf, I sent them an e-mail but it came back for some reason. I will have to do some searching if their is something better. I had her on Royal-Canin Chihuahua which is not good, that is why I changed food. I would appreciate if someone could recomend a better food. Thanks.
If you're looking for a good quality food, I'm a firm believer in CaniSource. It's a dehydrated raw food (none of the ingredients are cooked - they're dehydrated to retain the original nutrients). They use only ingredients that are fit for human consumption and it's made in Canada with Canadian sourced ingredients. My Katie is doing fantastic on it! Compared to Urban Wolf, it would be a lot cheaper as you have to add your own meat to Urban Wolf. CaniSource already has the meat in it (it's 70% fresh beef). It's also great because it's in a kibble form so you don't have to do anything to it if you don't want to (no need to hydrate or mix anything in with it) and Katie LOVES it! She literally dances around at dinner time and if I'm not moving fast enough, she'll bark at me!
I feed the Scruffster Orijen - I believe it's an excellent product.But a processed food is still processed so he also gets to share my veggies, he gets raw twice a week (I have reasons for not doing exclusively raw so let's not go there..ty). And bones of course.
I ordered a large bag of Urban Wolf a year ago just to "have" it, just in case I couldn't get fresh vegetables at the store for some reason. (Because Japan is small, sometimes a really nasty typhoon will send vegetable prices through the roof for 6 weeks straight. Like, $6 for a head of lettuce. Ouch.)
What happened instead was the Fukushima nuclear accident and most of the food coming into the stores near me was what I considered "iffy"-- could be fine, but no way to know-- so it ended up being a lifesaver for us in a way I couldn't have predicted.
If you are a "prepper" and store food for your family "just in case", I think a bag of Urban Wolf might be something to consider. (Plus lots of cans of sardines and mackerel, of course, which are edible by not only humans but also dogs AND cats alike.)
That said, the other options mentioned above also seem very good. I guess the idea is to get something that can last in storage a good long time.
You can take the Urban Wolf out of its original packaging and put it into large mason jars for airtight storage if you prefer. Mine kept just fine in its original packaging for a full year despite the humid Tokyo climate, but once I opened it I transferred the rest into large storage jars.
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Hi all,
Ok im trying to access my home computer which is running RealVNC server, from my computer in College which is behind a proxy, thus i cant connect to my computer at home.
I was thinking if i set up Bouncer on my box in college as follows:
bouncer.exe --bind 127.0.0.1 --port 9999 --destination MyHomePC:443 --tunnel CollegeProxy:8080
(My college proxy allows HTTP, HTTPS, SSH)
Then have my RealVNC server at home listening on Port:443
I should be able to connect to my home computer by typing this in the RealVNC viewer dialog box on my College box: 127.0.0.1:9999 and then just connect?
Im quite new to this, so im sure ive probably got it wrong, but i would be grateful for any advice or alternative suggestions you can give me!
I wont be in college for a while to try it out so i just want to see if anyone knows if it would work?


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A man operating a large industrial crane on Rosecrans Street near Kellogg Street was seriously injured when the machine tipped over at a Point Loma work site on May 5.
After the crane tipped over, the victim was pinned inside against an electrical box on the ground, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Lee Swanson.
Emergency crews spent more than an hour cutting through the crane to free the victim, who was subsequently airlifted to a hospital for treatment of major injuries.
Swanson said the crane apparently toppled over while the user was using it to move a cargo container.
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An Ocean Beach man has been ordered to stand trial on charges of robbery and premeditated attempted murder of the owner of a jewelry store in El Cajon who was repeatedly struck with the blunt end of a hatchet.
Travis Scott Kelley, 24, was also ordered to stand trial for attempted mayhem, three burglaries, assault, elder abuse, grand-theft firearm and fraudulent use of another person's credit card. A trial date was set for May 27.
The victim, Carl Hamlin, 75, testified at last month's preliminary hearing before El Cajon Superior Court Judge John Thompson about the Jan. 22 incident, which left him with a concussion and skull fracture.
Deputy District Attorney Gordon Davis said Hamlin had more than 200 stitches to close a head wound.
The alleged getaway driver, Ali Armeen Toombs, 21, of La Mesa, was ordered to stand trial for robbery, felony assault, burglary and fraudulent use of another person's identification.
The store's security camera footage was shown at the hearing. Davis said Kelley's fingerprints were found on the inside door and that Hamlin's blood was found on his person and on the passenger side of the getaway car.
Davis said Kelley faces a life term in prison if he is convicted of premeditated attempted murder.
Kelley was arrested Jan. 24 in Ocean Beach by the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force.
They have pleaded not guilty. Kelley and Toombs remain in jail on bail figures of $1 million and $300,000 respectively.
— Neal Putnam
San Diego lifeguards were called out early April 29 when a man and woman jumped from the Ocean Beach Pier. Lifeguards launched a boat and fire-rescue helicopter.
The man, identified as being in his 20s, was in the surf, holding on to a quarter-inch-thick line. A lifeguard jumped from the pier to rescue him, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department officials.
The man's companion was not immediately spotted, and a search was initiated. She was spotted on the beach a few minutes later and said she had made it to shore on her own.
The victims were evaluated at the scene and taken to a hospital, according to officials.
San Diego lifeguards were notified April 29 of a person being dragged out of the water at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach.
An unidentified man in his 30s was found face down, wearing a full wetsuit.
Witnesses pulled the victim from the water and began resuscitation efforts.
Lifeguards, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and police responded. Lifeguards transported the medics and patient from the beach to the parking lot.
Officials said that by the time the victim left in the ambulance, he was talking. He said he had been swimming but gave no other details of what happened to him.
Loma Portal Elementary School will host its 2014 Home & Garden Tour and Craft Faire on Saturday, May 17 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Home & Garden Tour will feature eight homes in the Loma Portal neighborhood, offering views, charming architectural details, recent renovations, beautiful interior design, amazing spaces for entertaining and a variety of wonderful gardens — all unique to Loma Portal.
The craft fair will take place on the front lawn of Loma Portal Elementary throughout the tour. Vendors will offer a variety of one-of-a-kind items for sale. In addition, a drawing will be held for opportunities to win exciting prizes such as valuable gift certificates from community businesses.
Tickets to the event are $20 in advance or $25 the day of the event, and may be purchased online before the day of the event at www.sandi.net/-lomaportal.
Tickets are also available in the main office of Loma Portal Elementary School, located at 3341 Browning St.
For more information, call (619) 223-1683.
All proceeds from this event directly benefit Loma Portal Elementary's school wide music program.
The fundraising EOD Warrior 5K and 1K Kids Run benefiting wounded warriors will be Monday, May 26 on Memorial Day from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at NTC Park at Liberty Station.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) is a joint-service military occupational skill within the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force, utilizing specially trained teams to disarm unexploded ordnance.
Upward of 1,500 people are expected to particpate in this second annual event, which supports the EOD Warrior Foundation.
The foundation provides financial assistance and support to active-duty and veteran wounded, injured or ill EOD warriors and their families, as well as maintaining the EOD memorial.
The race cost is $25 to $45 for adults, $10 for kids.
"The race itself starts at 9 a.m. with registration at 7:30 a.m.," said event spokesman Wade Hilderbrand. "There will be a beer garden and a silent auction. It's very family friendly."
In the last six years, the EOD Warriors Foundation has provided assistance to more than 350 EOD families including providing more than $300,000 in grants and assistance to 53 families, 21 of which had newly combat-injured.
For more information visit www.eod-warrior5k.org.
The Ocean Beach Historical Society presents another installment of OB EXPOSED!, featuring photographic impressions of Ocean Beach and Point Loma.
The culmination of the annual contest takes place Friday, May 16 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Masonic Center, 1711 Sunset Cliffs Blvd.
The main event will feature KPBS "Wonderland" series documentarian Noah Tafolla.
OB EXPOSED! is a photo exhibit and contest open to all levels and ages. Old photos, new photos, color or black-and-white pictures are welcome, but they must have been taken in the Ocean Beach or Point Loma areas.
Winning categories
• Best in Show: best color, best black-and-white, best vintage (historic), best "special effects";
• Best Child's Under Age 16 & People's Choice (voted by show guests).
Photos in the above categories will be judged and eligible for prizes. Winners in each category will be awarded cash prizes and a ribbon. Photographers are asked to donate image to the OBHS archives.
• Professional Category: for exhibit only. Not judged.
• Professionals can display cards and/or brochures by their work. They may donate photos if they choose to.
Submissions are due May 15 to: OB Business Center, 4876 Santa Monica Ave., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The limit is five total photos, other than the vintage (historic) category. OB Exposed! forms are available at the OB Business Center.
All photos must be mounted on white or black card stock, matboard or other art paper. No frames.
Fill out the form and attach to the back of the photo. Include a $2 entry fee per photo.
The Ocean Beach Historical Society is not responsible for lost or damaged photos.
For more information, visit obhistory.wordpress.com.
USPS LETTER CARRIERS TO HELP 'STAMP OUT HUNGER' May 10
United Postal Service Office says its letter carriers care about the people in the communities they serve.
On Saturday, May 10 they will do a lot more than deliver mail and packages. They will also pick up non-perishable food donations left at mailboxes as they visit every home in the nation.
It is a very simple and easy concept: the public is asked to leave nonperishable food in a sturdy bag by their mailbox on May 10.
The food will be collected and delivered to local charities that provide it to people who need it — right in the same community.
Hunger and malnutrition in America are more serious problems than most people realize. With high food prices and current economic conditions, more families than ever struggle to keep food on the table.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual study measuring food security in the United States, the number of Americans living in food-insecure homes is more than 50 million,
Through hard work, dedication and compassion ― and the support of customers in the communities they serve letter carriers collected over 74 million pounds of food last year and over 1 billion pounds during more than two decades.
They are "Building on a Billion" this year and counting on the public's generosity once again to help feed the hungry.
Follow the USPS hunger-fighting campaign on twitter.com/USPS and "like" them at facebook.com/USPS.
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I 've created a new user called test but I want to see that he has only select privileges on the table.
My problem is since all the users connect thru the front end and to access the tables in a particular schema,
I have cretaed public synonym for all the tables and I've granted select,update,insert,delete to public privileges.
NOw, this user from our other office want to see the data thru oracle so I want to give him access only to view the data.
Even if I give revoke insert,delete,update on table_name from test,
it doesnt work.
Can you please let me know how to handle this? I need to send this userid id as soon as possible.
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Enable this section if you have TMC26X motor drivers. You'll need to import the
library into the Arduino IDE. See the
file for the full set of sub-options.
Enable this option for SilentStepStick Trinamic TMC2130 SPI-configurable stepper drivers. You'll also need the
Arduino library. See the
file for the full set of sub-options.
To use TMC2130 stepper drivers in SPI mode connect your SPI2130 pins to the hardware SPI interface on your board and define the required CS pins in your
file. (e.g., RAMPS 1.4 uses AUX3 pins
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Enable this section if you have L6470 motor drivers. You need to import the
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into the Arduino IDE for this. See the
file for the full set of sub-options.
This feature can be used to talk to slave devices on the i2c bus, passing data back to the host. With additional work the
class can be used to build a full protocol and add remote control features to Marlin, distributing load over two or more boards.
Enable for Spindle and Laser control. Adds the
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commands to turn the spindle/laser on and off, and to set spindle speed, spindle direction, and laser power.
SuperPid is a router/spindle speed controller used in the CNC milling community. Marlin can be used to turn the spindle on and off. It can also be used to set the spindle speed from 5,000 to 30,000 RPM.
You'll need to select a pin for the ON/OFF function and optionally choose a 0-5V hardware PWM pin for the speed control and a pin for the rotation direction.
See the Laser and Spindle page for more details.
Enable to add support for a filament width sensor such as Filament Width Sensor Prototype Version 3 . With a filament sensor installed, Marlin can adjust the flow rate according to the measured filament width. Adjust the sub-options below according to your setup.
Only a single extruder is supported at this time.
Only one extruder can have a filament sensor. Specify here which extruder has it.
Distance from the filament width sensor to the melt chamber.
The range of your filament width. Set these according to your filament preferences. The sample values here apply to 3mm. For 1.75mm you'll use a range more like 1.60 to 1.90.
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Hi folks! It's been some time since my last article, I promise I'll be more active!:)
Actually I've been pretty busy reviewing projects and helping devs structuring their apps, and what I saw most of the times is this: Angular gives you lots of features out of the box, which is why you probably chose it, but it appears that most devs are not taking full advantage of them. The features I'm talking about are Dependency Injection and Observables , but in this article I'll be focusing only on Dependency Injection.
DI is not just an 'add-on' of the framework, it's a built-in mechanism which powers Angular's most useful features and there's nothing that prevents you from exploring every single possibility it offers!
If we had to give DI a description, it is a pattern which lets you inject services (classes) into components without creating them manually and passing them through a constructor. Who provides the right services? Angular of course! And the mechanism is dictated by the way you compose your modules,
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That's cool! But take a breath and think: what is a dependency?
A dependency is needed by in order to work properly. Most of the times a dependency is a service, but it could be something else. In fact, a component can have a dependency on Classes, Values or Objects. Let's see the tools we have and how useful they are in our apps!
Remember that when you use the class name to specify a provider, Angular takes it and interprets it this way:
What this means is that we can take a class, even a blank one, and change it with another one:
This is pretty useful for mocking services during development, and it can be used to introduce a new service keeping the old class-name as well for compatibility reasons.
useValue is useful when you don't want to provide a class, but a value (or an object!). Remember that a dependency is something that's needed by something else, and a component could require an object! This is an awesome feature and we'll discuss this later, for now just notice this: the base class we provide is overwritten by the object, therefore it's useless.
It would be better to provide a string name, instead of an useless class, this way:
But again, this approach can lead to name collisions, and as always, there's a better way that we'll cover in a while!;)
useFactory does what it says: it uses a factory (a simple function) and Angular provides the returned value of that function. This is useful when you have to do some checks or some operations before knowing what to provide.
Again, we're using a string to identify the provider, it's time to solve this.
Now we're facing the issue of providing string names AND providing classes that will be overwritten (and are, therefore, useless). What can we do?
Angular gives us InjectionToken (previously OpaqueToken, with some differences) which does exactly what it says: it creates a token (a name) to use in our provide field, instead of using strings or classes. Since every instance of InjectionToken is different, we don't have to worry about naming collisions, even if we specify the same value at initialization phase.
Remember that those values are simple descriptions, they do nothing to our logic. So now we can use that token both in the module and the component, awesome!
This is where I wanted to end. You can use Dependency Injection to inject a configuration object into your modules , which you can use to configure your services! Sounds confusing? Let's make an example.
Imagine we have a service which talks to an API, let's say… , for example! It's the most famous Headless CMS which lets you build your own custom models (city, person, employee, etc…), a sort of WordPress without templates. Since your data will only be accessible through the API, the team released some SDKs to facilitate the process of making the calls. Let's make a service which uses this SDK (a really simple library) and let's put this service into its own module, .
Beautiful! Now, the SDK needs to know our Space ID (our work area) and our Access Token in order to work. Let's save them somewhere, shall we? Why don't we create a file with an object in our module to st —
This is what you should NOT do if you want to create a reusable module. You're making a useful module which can be reused across other apps, and if your module grows enough you could even think about publishing it to npm. It wouldn't be nice to write on the GitHub page:
Ouch. What a bad idea. Your module needs to be configured from the outside! And if you read my previous article, you might have an idea on how to do that.
Yes! You probably already know that RouterModule uses a custom method in order to provide our configuration to the router: our Routes! They are in fact configuration objects!:) Let's copy the approach.
So, here's what to do:
That's awesome! Now let's dig into our and ask for that object into the constructor, as we always do with services, but with a different syntax:
Voilà! Now you have a [not really] awesome reusable module which can be configured from the outside!
I made for you a working example, you just need to replace the Space ID and the Access Token with your own (in AppModule ) and ask for one of your content types in AppComponent (in my case it was ''):
Thank you for reading, see you soon! 😃
Our other speciation metrics support the above assertions: experiments with natural selection led to clusters that were significantly more discrete, in terms of both compactness and separation (genomic distance and the Davies-Bouldin index), than random clusters, whereas experiments without natural selection did not (
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Mean and standard deviation (error bars) of the distance of the farthest individual from its cluster's genetic centre ( A ), the distance between the genetic centers of all pairs of clusters ( B ) and the Davies-Bouldin index ( C ) for the five experiments. For ( A ) and ( C ) the lower the value the more compact the cluster and the more it is separated from other clusters. For each experiment, the values are given for a global k-means clustering algorithm (blue), the species-clusters generated by the simulation (red) and random clusters (green) (* P <0.05).
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So, what does the average Oklahoman really know about the Incas? Far too little, thanks to their civilization being all but obliterated by the Spanish Conquistadors. To give them some credit, the Spanish didn't just bring diphtheria, smallpox, forced labor and unparalleled cruelty to the Americas; They also brought some of their more. . . delicate recreational activities which, coalescing with the rugged new terrain and traditions of the native peoples, formed the unique culture of Latin America we know today. The most obvious result of this (and my personal favorite, of course) is the food. Yes, the Spanish had the foresight not only to preserve some Inca recipes, but also to use the indigenous ingredients to create a whole new cuisine.
For some perspective, Europeans did not eat corn or potatoes until they discovered South America. Yes, before the fifteenth century, most of the world had no corn and no potatoes. Corn and its derived products are everywhere now. It's a part of the food you eat every day in many ways you're probably not aware of. But it isn't just the plant that's pervaded every continent. The ways in which it was used by indigenous peoples (the tortilla, anyone?) have been immortalized in the familiar staples of the Mexican food we all know and love. Latin America may have been conquered by Europe, but its food, in turn, has conquered the world.
So we arrive at Inca Trail, the restaurant in Oklahoma city (and the only one I know of) which specializes in Peruvian cuisine. The first thing I want to get across about this place is that it isn't Mexican food. Sure there are similarities, heavy use of beans, rice and corn being among them, but the flavors and preparation are something completely unique. And perhaps the best example of Peru's contribution to food is ceviche.
Ceviche is a blend of chopped seafood (fish, scallops, shrimp, etc.) marinated in lime. There are many different styles, but the dish and most of its variations originated in Peru. Being such a point of national pride, my parents and I decided it would be the best way to start a Peruvian meal (after a complimentary cup of warm soup.) Inca Trail offers four different preparations, but how could we not go for the one called "Leche de Tigre?" ($7.99) That's "Milk of the Tiger," which turns out to be an appropriate name in more ways than one. The base of this particular ceviche is the highly acidic liquid runoff used to cure the fish, made up of lime juice and other seasonings. The glass is filled to the brim with the opaque (yes, it looks a little milky), pink liquid, and densely packed with bits of fishy goodness. According to the menu, the dish is both an aphrodisiac and hangover cure. That's right Kids! Leche de Tigre can be your drink of choice for prom night and the morning after!
Take your first bite and you'll see what they're talking about. A spoonful of the fish cocktail is mouth-puckering tart. Served chilled, it manages to have explosive flavor while still being cool and refreshing. The kernels of corn on top, something I'd never seen used in ceviche before, are actually a great idea, providing a nice crunch for contrast. But even after a couple bites it still has time to surprise you. Yes, it'll be faint at first, but lurking within the glass is the kind of spiciness that sneaks up on you. When your face starts to flush, you'll realize the dish's pink tint comes from a healthy dose of chili pepper. But don't let me dissuade the faint of heart. I'm a wimp when it comes to spicy food and this is just the right amount; Perfect for getting the blood flowing (hey, it is almost valentines day, isn't it?)
The ceviche is a hard act to follow, but the rest of the meal turned out to be diverse and just as interesting. My meal was the Parrillada Inca ($17.99), a platter of assorted meats (does this come as any surprise?) so big that the sides come on a separate plate. It covers all of the important bases: steak, pork, chicken and sausages, all with a side of rice, beans and Inca salad. The meats are all tender and juicy, grilled and marinated in what the menu calls "traditional Peruvian spices." The chicken in particular is cooked in a charcoal oven and has great flavor and dark, crispy skin (just the way I like it).
Dad ordered the half chicken as its own dish ($9.99), while Mom had the Tacu Tacu ($10.99), a stir fry of rice and beans topped with sirloin steak and salsa criolla. But the best part of this dish, by far, is the fried plantains. This is the one thing I require you to try if you come here. The firmer, less-sweet cousin of the banana, plantains are a revelation when fried. Crisp on the outside, tender and warm in the center, they're the best natural candy you'll ever have.
The menu is too big and diverse to be summed up with just these three dishes, but everything Inca Trail does, it does very well. The meats are all well-seasoned and fresh, with a wide variety of veggies and starches (Peru has over 2800 native varieties of potato, after all). If the plantains don't satisfy your sweet tooth, they offer some fabulous desserts such as a traditional Flan custard, or ice creams made from fruits native to Peru (both $3.95). Another distinctly Peruvian treat is Chicha Morada ($2.50), a drink that dates back to Inca times made from sweet, purple corn and a hint of fruit juice. In my humble opinion, this was one of the best meals I've had in recent memory.
When I think on my meal there, all I can say is: they've done it again. This is city has managed to provide a home for yet another restaurant so interesting and well-executed, so far removed from our own culture, it seems to have dropped out of the sky. Like the fabled vehicle that came from somewhere out there just to land in the Andes? Nah, if the Incas really had aliens on their side, Pizarro wouldn't have stood a chance. The credit for this wonderful food goes to the hard-working people in every culture who, through pure trial and error, tirelessly worked to discover the different combinations of spices and methods of cooking that work so well, and that we now take for granted; And especially to the people who keep those recipes alive so they can be shared in a city like this one. We're lucky to have them.
*Inca trail is open daily for lunch and dinner. You can peruse their menu here: http://incatrailokc.com/


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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — The death toll in from a magnitude-6.9 earthquake near Mexico's border with Guatemala has risen to five, with authorities confirming two more deaths in Mexico.
The director of civil defense for the Mexican border state of Chiapas says a total of four people there were killed by falling pieces of roofs or walls.
Luis Manuel Garcia Moreno said Tuesday that about 9,000 homes in Chiapas were damaged.
In neighboring Guatemala, President Otto Perez Molina said a baby died when parts of the ceiling collapsed on the newborn in the San Marco medical center. Perez Molina said 33 people were injured in Guatemala.
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Bold smokehouse flavor comes bursting through in this tender sliced pork. A colorful slaw served alongside provides a nice contrast to the full-bodied flavor of the pork.
2 Pork Loin Roasts
Vegetable oil
2 cups smoky barbecue sauce
1 cup apple cider
1/2 cup yellow mustard
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp. liquid hickory smoke
Cabbage & Carrot Slaw:
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
2 tbsp. heavy cream
2 tbsp. sugar
2 cups green cabbage, shredded
1 cup red cabbage, shredded
1 cup carrots, shredded
1 cup red onion, slivered
1. Brush loins with oil. Cover with foil; cook at 350°F for 30 min. Uncover; cook 45-60 min. more. In last half, brush with juices.
2. Combine ingredients from BBQ sauce to liquid smoke in saucepan; whisk. Boil; reduce heat to med. and simmer for 15-20 min.
3. Slaw: Combine vinegar through sugar and whisk. Add remaining ingredients; toss.
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The following is a news release from the Texas Rangers.
The Texas Rangers today announced that right-handed pitcher Matt West has been activated from the 60-day disabled list.
To make room for West on the 40-man roster, infielder Jeff Baker has been designated for assignment.
The move was made in order that West may be on the active roster for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League. West spent the majority of the season on the High-A Myrtle Beach disabled list continuing his rehab from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on August 22, 2012. He was recalled and placed on the 60-day DL in a paperwork move on August 20. He made one appearance on rehab for the Arizona Rangers during the regular season and then participated in the Arizona Instructional League before joining the Saguaros.
The 22nd Arizona Fall League season opened on Tuesday. West is one of seven Ranger minor leaguers played for the Surprise Saguaros, joining pitchers Ryan Harvey, Will Lamb, and Nick McBride, catcher Jorge Alfaro, and infielders Brett Nicholas and Ryan Rua.
Baker batted .279 with 11 homers and 21 RBI in 74 games for the Rangers this season, his first year with the club. He is eligible for free agency at the end of the 2013 season.
GENTRY NAMED RANGERS PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER: Outfielder Craig Gentry was selected Rangers Player of the Month for September by media members who cover the team on a regular basis. He batted .354 (23-65) last month with 10 stolen bases, 10 runs, 2 doubles, a triple, 5 RBI, and 4 walks. His 10 steals in September were tied for the American League lead, while the .354 average ranked second in the league.


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Judas Priest's K.K. Downing on Leaving Band: 'I Wish Things Could Have Been Different'
When guitarist and founding member K.K. Downing left Judas Priest earlier this year, it came as a surprise, but it wasn't exactly a shock. He's 60 years old, after all, and had definitely done his time in the trenches after spending more than 40 years in the studio and on the road. In fact, a lot of people assumed he was retiring to pursue a life of well-deserved leisure, running the golf courses on his property.
As it turns out, Downing's reasons for leaving the band were a little more complicated — and all too familiar to anyone who's watched their favorite bands splinter over personality conflicts. Without getting too deeply into the specifics, Downing revealed in a recent interview that it "pretty much came down to an unsettlement on my part with working relationships."
""It's like anything else. If anybody out there is thinking it's hard to live with one woman, they should try to live with four guys and hold it together," continued Downing, laughing. "It gets to be like that, but obviously, with certain things, I just wasn't completely happy with the way things were, with the way it was, [and I just felt like] it was probably best if I stepped down, and I did."
That doesn't mean Downing is without regret over the way things ended. "I wish things could have been different, so I could have continued," he admitted. "I was very instrumental in creating Judas Priest, and it was a hard bullet to bite. But I thought that if this is gonna be the way that it's gonna be, then perhaps it's time to step down."
"It was a massive consideration," he continued. "Obviously, the fans, who I love, and many of them have become very good friends. But I just hoped that they would appreciate that I couldn't continue with the way that I felt inside for reasons which I'll… I mean, certain reasons I will never, ever disclose."
Judas Priest, currently completing dates on its Farewell Epitaph World Tour (we reviewed Tuesday night's performance right here) while working on songs for the band's next album, their first with Downing's replacement Richie Faulkner.
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Welcome to the Ocean Science Discovery Center at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Visitors to the Ocean Science Discovery Center will learn about the Institution's ocean science research and the vessels and tools developed by WHOI engineers and scientists for use in that research. Visitors will also find WHOI merchandise in the Gift Shop located in the Ocean Science Discovery Center.
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Short videos provide an introduction to WHOI, show a day in the life of the deep submersible Alvin, and highlight the 1985-1986 discovery and exploration of the wreck of the Titanic. Visitors can step inside a full-size model of the inner sphere of Alvin and imagine life at the ocean floor while watching vivid footage taken at deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites.
Other exhibits and videos feature the life forms and natural processes of the deep sea. The Center does not have aformal fee but rather a suggested donation of $3 per person for those 10 years of age and older. We also ask that groups of 10 or more people call for a reservation at (508) 289-2663.
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Yesterday I commented that I was having trouble figuring out what made an RPG "great". Then I realized that an easy way to answer this question is to just look at the major RPG titles that have come out in the last few years. By looking at recent A-list titles, it's pretty easy to see what makes RPGs great and which features are most important for success:
1. The game must have awesome cutting-edge graphics and cater directly to computers made in the last two years. If your game doesn't have a bunch of crap with bump-textured pixelshader bling mapping, it's not an RPG. RPGs are defined by how far out on the bleeding graphical edge they are.
2. The game should have a few choices, but not too many. These choices should be clearly clearly defined between good and evil, such as "save orphanage" vs "burn down orphange". Don't confuse the player with grey areas, unintended consequences, or outcomes more complex than the accumulation of "good" and "evil" points.
3. The game should have
multipletwo endings. One of which should be fuzzy kittens "good" and the other should be chaotic jackass "evil".
4. The game should have challenging combat. People play RPG games because they like a solid challenge that takes many attempts to overcome, even for veteran players. Make sure people can't overcome these obstacles by gaining strength elsewhere in the game or finding a non-combat solution, as that would be cheating. If you aren't kicking the player back to the loading screen once in a while, then your RPG sucks.
5. The game must have good boss fights. A good boss fight is one where the player fights a single enemy for a very long time while drinking lots of health potions. It doesn't matter if the boss makes sense or not, or if they are even fair. If you need to introduce a twelve foot tall human with 5,000 hit points and endlessly respawning minions, then so be it, because good RPGs have good bosses. The boss should also egg the player on by repeating a few taunts over and over during the fight.
6. The game should have as many plot-driven doors as possible. Players love to go on lengthy sidequests unrelated to the central plot so they can fetch keys to open otherwise normal doors.
7. There must be a romance subplot where the player can win the affections of a hot young chick. It doesnt matter if they are playing as an 87 year old wizard or a surly orc, the romance subplot in the game should be focused on a single attractive young female. If you allow the player to choose their gender, then make sure the game is fair to female players by allowing them to seduce the hot chick as well.
8. There Should Be A Bigass Sword. People love games where they quest for a big honkin' sword. It doesn't matter if they are playing as a wizard or a rogue or would normally have no use for a sword. If you want a good RPG, then the player needs to be sent to get a sword the size of a telephone pole.
9. The game should have a middle-ages fantasy setting, because RPG games have wizards and dragons. Don't confuse people with non-RPG settings like outer space, a cyberpunk dystopia, or a modern city. You need to package your RPG game in an RPG setting. And speaking of packaging: The game needs great box art. And by "great" I mean it has a half-naked woman.
10. If the plot seems a little thin, spice it up by putting some crap in there about destiny and prophesy or somesuch.
If you follow these ten steps, you're sure to have a stellar RPG on your hands. (But hype it up before launch just to make sure!) If your game sells poorly, it doesn't mean your game sucks. It just means your game was so awesome that people decided to pirate it.
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PC Hardware is Toast
This is why shopping for graphics cards is so stupid and miserable.
Crysis 2
Crysis 2 has basically the same plot as Half-Life 2. So why is one a classic and the other simply obnoxious and tiresome?
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Yankees fall late in CC's return to Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE -- A warm ovation trailed CC Sabathia as he walked off the field at Miller Park, more of a thank you for that splendid half-season of 2008 than in response to anything that happened on Saturday. But the Brewers had plenty to be happy about on the latter front, too.
That late summer of dominance now just a memory, Sabathia served up three home runs in a disappointing return to Milwaukee and Rickie Weeks drilled a seventh-inning RBI single off reliever Alfredo Aceves, lifting the Brewers to a 5-4 victory over the Yankees.View Full Game Coverage
MILWAUKEE -- A warm ovation trailed CC Sabathia as he walked off the field at Miller Park, more of a thank you for that splendid half-season of 2008 than in response to anything that happened on Saturday. But the Brewers had plenty to be happy about on the latter front, too.
That late summer of dominance now just a memory, Sabathia served up three home runs in a disappointing return to Milwaukee and Rickie Weeks drilled a seventh-inning RBI single off reliever Alfredo Aceves, lifting the Brewers to a 5-4 victory over the Yankees.View Full Game Coverage
"His mistakes have gotten hit. That has been the biggest difference," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Sabathia. "In the past, maybe he got away with a few more mistakes, but right now he's not getting away with them. And that's the thing about pitching -- it can happen quick."
Weeks' go-ahead hit drove in Jonathan Lucroy, who pounded a one-out double to right-center and advanced to third base on an Aceves balk. Will Smith retired three batters in the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez set the Yankees down in the ninth to log his 15th save.
Making his first appearance in Milwaukee since '08, Sabathia escaped with a no-decision and lowered his ERA -- from 5.75 to 5.28 -- thanks to three unearned runs, but he certainly wasn't pleased with the outing, in which he permitted eight hits over 5 1/3 innings.
"I'm not going to sit here and kill myself and be negative," Sabathia said. "I'm just not doing that this year. We'll go from here and I'll be back out there in five days ready to go."
Carlos Gomez started the evening by rocketing a tape-measure home run off a glass window of the left-field restaurant, about three-quarters of the way up, sprinting around the bases to celebrate the blast.
The Brewers capitalized when shortstop Brendan Ryan booted a two-out ground ball in the third inning. Lucroy belted a two-run homer to right-center on an 0-2 pitch and Aramis Ramirez jumped on the next pitch Sabathia threw for a solo shot, marking Milwaukee's first back-to-back blasts of the season.
"They just seem to happen together," Sabathia said. "I don't mind giving up solo homers; like the one to Gomez, what are you going to do? It is what it is, but when you've got guys on base, you've got to make better pitches."
Ryan, a top-rated defensive infielder who was making his first start of the season, said that the ball smacked the heel of his glove.
"It just rips your heart out," Ryan said. "CC was starting to cruise there for a minute, and then obviously three runs follow. We really wanted to get out of that inning for him, and then they put a couple at-bats together, and the next thing you know, it costs you three."
The Yankees managed three runs (two earned) and eight hits over six innings against Milwaukee starter Kyle Lohse, including Mark Teixeira's sixth home run of the season, a sixth-inning solo shot to left field.
Brett Gardner tripled home Jacoby Ellsbury for New York's first run in the third inning, and Carlos Beltran added a run-scoring single.
After the back-to-back homers, Sabathia settled down and retired eight batters in a row at one point, but he left with the bases loaded in the sixth; the result of a walk, a Khris Davis single and a Caleb Gindl infield hit on which Sabathia could not cover first base in time.
Dellin Betances came out of the bullpen and bailed out Sabathia, striking out two and freezing the bases loaded, and the Yankees responded by tying the game in the top of the seventh -- a rally that would be wiped out just a half-inning later.
"It definitely felt good, especially because we came back to tie that ballgame," Betances said. "CC has done a lot for me, so that's the best I can do, come in there and try to do the best."
Kelly Johnson worked a pinch-hit walk and Ichiro Suzuki delivered a pinch-hit single against Tyler Thornburg in the seventh, and Alfonso Soriano tied the game with a pinch-hit, cue-shot RBI single off Zach Duke that beat the shift as it rolled through the vacated second-base hole.
"It worked out, but those hits like that are tough to swallow sometimes," Lucroy said.
When Weeks' hit rolled through the left side of the diamond, chasing home the go-ahead run, Ryan couldn't help but wonder what might have been if that third-inning grounder had nestled into the webbing of his glove instead of clanging off the heel.
"It feels pretty awful," Ryan said. "Big difference in the game. We rallied, but take those three runs away and we probably didn't need to."
Much has been made of Sabathia's transition into a different pitcher in the later stages of his career. The room for error is smaller now than ever, something that his high mileage -- some of it traced right back to here in Milwaukee -- has made necessary.
"It's not going to happen overnight," Sabathia said. "You just make better pitches and start reading swings. I feel like I did a better job of keeping the game close, I guess. I'll keep battling and go from here and try to get better."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat.


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LOS ANGELES, July 27 (UPI) -- Less than a month after Bobby Brown quit the New Edition summer tour, the 45-year-old singer said he's returning for the final six shows.
Brown suddenly departed the tour July 11 for what he described as a medical issue.
A source, whose name wasn't reported, told RadarOnline.com Brown had a heart stenting procedure.
"He's fine," Bobby Brown Jr., 21, told the website. "He's about to go back and finish the last six shows."
His ex, Kim Ward, said the medical issue had nothing to do with his previous problems with drugs.
"It has nothing to do with him relapsing. It's definitely about his health," she said. "It's a serious health issue."
The New Edition summer tour is slated to wrap up Aug. 3 in Los Angeles.


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A Whole Lotta Leela
US Issue Number: 026
UK Issue Number(s): 041, 042
Title Caption: The #1 Selling Comic of 3006!
Published (US): July 26th 2006
Published (UK): January 11th 2007
The Story
Act I
Bender has signed up for a course in alien weapons repair, and the school sends him a new weapon each week to repair. Meanwhile Leela is depressed that she won't be able to find a man and eventually gives up on dating. Bender attempts to use a time rifle on the Professor but it malfunctions and explodes, splitting Leela into her baby, teenage, elderly and modern years. Leela has to look after them all to avoid changing her past and future, but it turns out to be too hard, such as teenage Leela getting a nose ring which causes modern Leela to get one as well.
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- In the opening page, Fry is a giraffe, Amy is a puppy, and Leela is an octopus.
- Morbo presents the alien firearm repair advertisements.
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June 7, 1920 - February 10, 2013
Warwick, NY
Josephine Grillo, of Warwick, passed away on February 10, 2013 at Newton Memorial Hospital, Newton, NJ. She was 92 years old.
Born on June 7, 1920 in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lena (Fontana) Ragonese.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Jack (John) Keeffe and her second husband, Joseph Grillo.
Josephine was formerly a Bank Teller with Chester National Bank, Warwick.
Preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Hoye in 2012, she is survived by a son, Jack Keeffe and his wife, Diane of Queens; her grandchildren: Christopher Hoye, Stephanie Tomaselli, Jeffrey Hoye, John Keeffe and Christian Keeffe; her great-grandchildren: Matthew Hoye, Lucas Hoye, Travis Tomaselli, Wyatt Tomaselli, Abigayle Hoye, Preston Hoye, Gianna Keeffe, Charlotte Keeffe, and Kingston Keeffe; many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sisters: Connie Dinkelmeyer, Theresa DeRosa and Rose Crupi, and a brother, Joseph Ragonese.
Visitation will be on Friday, February 15th, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Ave., Warwick, NY. A funeral service will be held at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Cremation will be private.
Memorial donations may be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
For further information, directions or to send an online condolence, see www.lsvpmemorialhome.com


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While many young people and their families take advantage of summer's waning days with one last vacation, members of Contra Costa Children's Chorus are gearing up for a busy season and getting to know their new artistic director.
Andrew Brown became the artistic director of the 30-year-old Central County chorus this summer and recently spent a week at music camp getting to know his new singers.
"I love working with young people, especially with an organization like CCCC," said Brown, who received his bachelor of music degree from La Sierra University and his masters of music at Holy Names University. "Young people are capable of extraordinary things when challenged to do them. But it takes discipline and focus and commitment to each other. And, these kids are the best of the best. They could be playing sports or hanging out with friends at the mall, but they chose music."
Brown, also the artistic director of Vallejo Choral Society and a longtime conductor with Piedmont East Bay Children's Chorus, believes in starting musical training as early as possible.
"We've found that kids studying music have a willingness to discipline themselves, a willingness to train their minds in a certain way that gives them a real edge," Brown explained. "When you're in a choral rehearsal for two hours, your brain is stimulated in a very, very deep way. When you walk out of rehearsal, your learning curve is very high. You remember information better, are open to new ideas and can adapt to new environments."
Brown feels the exposure the choral students receive from touring nationally and internationally helps them socially as well.
"They meet kids from other cultures and visit with their families. It's a great way to learn and to become a good world citizen," he said. "When they come back to their school in the Bay Area, their sense of the world is very different."
The organization plans a national tour for next June or July and an international tour for summer 2016.
One of Brown's goals is to build the musicianship of each student.
"We'll focus on the inner ear and learning to sing absolute pitch," he said. "It gives singers such confidence to be independent musicians and not rely on the piano to bang out the notes for them."
A longtime advocate for the benefits of music in all aspects of development, Brown began his career as an orchestral conductor. The clarinetist received an artists diploma in instrumental conducting from the Hartt Conservatory in Connecticut, and went on to work as a conductor throughout the United States.
In 1996, he returned to California and began working with youth choirs, which changed his career trajectory.
Brown lives in Martinez with his wife Stella, a music educator for the Mt. Diablo Unified School District, as well as a choral conductor and pianist ("Children's choir runs very deep in our family life," Brown added). Their daughter Kate also sings and plays violin, and their son Tem plays cello.
Contra Costa Children's Chorus students meet once a week for two hours, with advanced singers meeting twice a week. Students range in age from 6-16, with a special MetroGnomes group for ages 4-6. New student auditions take place Sept. 3. For more information, go to www.


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Redford looks back at Sundance with eye to future
Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:24pm EST
By Bob Tourtellotte
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival opens its 25th edition on Thursday with founder Robert Redford hoping for a cultural shift in the arts and embracing new forms of distribution like the Internet to escape a gloomy industry outlook.
Sundance, the top event for U.S. movies made outside Hollywood's major studios, starts on Thursday night with the premiere of clay-animation comedy "Mary and Max," but Redford told reporters at an earlier news conference he was focused more on the future than the past 25 years.
The actor used his fame and fortune to found the Sundance Institute for filmmaking, which in turn put its brand on the Sundance festival starting in 1985.
Despite its growth from an event with hundreds of film lovers to one that attracts tens of thousands of fans, major stars, a crush of media and corporate sponsors looking to sell products, Redford said Sundance remains "a festival of discovery" for new talent and new voices in world cinema.
This year's Sundance has been overshadowed by the gloomy economy, but the number of films screened remains roughly the same at just over 120. While tourism figures show lodging bookings are down about 6 percent from last year, organizers say festival ticket sales are up. Official numbers won't be compiled until after the event ends January 25.
Hollywood film executives, talent agents and others have told Reuters they are bringing 5 to 10 percent fewer staff, but many of them are lower-level employees who don't attend the screenings. Sundance organizers say it appears fewer companies have come to Park City hawking their wares.
"I always believed they would exhaust themselves, and I think that's beginning to happen," Redford said, alluding to companies he called "ambush marketers."
He also saw the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama as a positive, despite the fact it comes smack in the middle of Sundance and, as a result, has caused fewer media to caravan into this mountain town east of Salt Lake City.
Redford hoped the Obama administration would be far more friendly to the arts, and if that were to happen it would be good for the future of independent cinema.
Independent films had a tough 2008. Several distributors, such as Paramount Vantage and Warner Independent Pictures, ceased to exist or radically changed business plans.
The quality and range of independent movies has improved with titles such as "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Juno," but with that has come more independent films competing to reach theaters and revenues per film have fallen.
Still, Redford saw hope that independent filmmakers would find new ways to make movies and reach fans, beginning with Internet-based distribution.
"Art," he said. "will always find a way."
(Editing by Eric Beech)
"If you judge people, you don't have time to love them." -- Mother Teresa
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C.R. Bard Inc. has agreed to acquire Rochester Medical Inc., a developer and supplier of silicone urinary incontinence and urine drainage products, for about $262 million, or $20 a share.
The medical technologies developer, which is based in the Murray Hill section of New Providence, said the deal — expected to close this year — will enhance its position in the global urology homecare market, estimated at $930 million. C.R. Bard said Rochester Medical's products and technology provide a strong platform for a combined portfolio to compete in that market.
"Rochester's double-digit growth product portfolio, including their customer access programs, is a key building block in our strategy to access faster growing markets over the long term," said C.R. Bard CEO Timothy Ring in a statement. "We believe that strengthening our position in the home care market, and specifically the larger and fast-growing intermittent self-catheter segment, is strategically important at this time."
The transaction is structured as a merger, requiring shareholder and regulatory approval. The deal has been approved by boards of directors for both companies. Rochester Medical is based Stewartville, Minn.
It's the second major transaction in a matter of weeks for C.R. Bard, which also acquired Medafor Inc. in August in a deal that could be worth up to $280 million.
C.R. Bard said by 2018 about 1.8 billion people globally will be affected by some from of lower urinary tract or bladder outlet obstruction. Urinary retention and incontinence are common chronic conditions with these patients that require product solutions outside the hospital.
In the case of urinary retention, C.R. Bard said a patient may need to self-catheterize up to 2,000 times a year. Rochester Medical manufactures the Magic 3 intermittent self-catheter. The product line involves multi-layer construction designed with a soft outer layer and hydrophilic coating to reduce irritation, while having a firm inner layer for ease of insertion.
Male urinary incontinence is also a chronic condition typically managed with incontinence pads or male external catheters. C.R. Bard said Rochester Medical markets an extensive line of products for these patients.


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Here are 20 thoughts (with an Eagles slant) on this weekend's playoff action:
1. On Nov. 21, the Giants sat at 6-4. They had just come off a 17-10 loss to the Eagles at New Meadowlands Stadium. A loss in which their offense punted nine times, turned it over twice, scored one touchdown and one field goal in 13 possessions. A loss in which Vince Young led an 18-play, 80-yard game-winning drive in the fourth quarter. The Packers, meanwhile, were 10-0 on Nov. 21. They were coming off a 35-26 win over the Bucs. They had scored 30+ points in four straight games and seven of their first 10. And they were the odds-on favorite to repeat.
2. Which is part of what makes yesterday so remarkable. The Giants went into Lambeau and beat the Packers soundly, 37-20. They are now 2.5-point underdogs entering Sunday's game in San Francisco and are in great position to compete for their second Super Bowl title in five years, despite going just 9-7 in the regular season. So, how'd they do it? Let's start with the Giants' offense and Eli Manning, who completed 21 of 33 passes for 330 yards, three touchdowns and one interception (114.5 QB rating). In two playoff wins, Manning has completed 44 of 65 passes (68 percent) for 607 yards (9.3 YPA), six touchdowns and one interception. He's now two wins away from having one more Super Bowl ring than his brother.
3. Waiting for Manning and the Giants are the 49ers, who knocked off the Saints, 36-32. With 14 seconds left in the game, San Francisco lined up at the Saints' 14 yard line, down 32-29. I was watching the game with a bunch of friends. The feeling in the room was this: Don't make a mistake, Alex Smith. Be smart. Even if you don't score, a David Akers field goal will force overtime. But looking back, the truth is that to get to the Super Bowl, your quarterback is going to have to make a play at some point. This was that point for Smith and the 49ers. He dropped back and hit Vernon Davis in the end zone. Not only did Davis catch the ball, but he simultaneously crushed Saints safety Roman Harper, for the game-winning touchdown. A moment Niners fans won't soon forget, and a moment that reminded many of Terrell Owens making a similar catch against the Packers 13 years earlier.
4. In the AFC, the Ravens handled the Texans, 20-13, to advance to the AFC championship game in New England. Joe Flacco is in his fourth season. And while the Ravens have won a lot of games with him, the quarterback needs to be evaluated individually. That's a long way of saying Sunday's game is huge for Flacco at this point in his career. He's only 27 years old and in his fourth season, but as I mentioned with Smith, at some point, your quarterback has to make a play. The Ravens' offense was unimpressive against a good Texans defense. The Patriots' defense has holes, and Tom Brady will be on the other sideline, not T.J. Yates. The Ravens will have to rely heavily on Ray Rice and their defense, but at some point, Flacco will be expected to make a play. Baltimore scored just three points after the first quarter Sunday. That won't get it done against New England. Big spot for Flacco.
5. The most boring game of the weekend was the Patriots' 45-10 win over the Broncos. Not much to really say about that one, as Tebow-Mania came to and. Taking a step back, Tim Tebow was good for the league this year. Did some (ESPN devoting a full hour to him comes to mind) get carried away? Of course. But in Week 13, after the Eagles lost to the Seahawks on Thursday night, I went to Boston for the weekend. I was watching NFL games at a bar that Sunday afternoon, and you know which game captured my attention? Broncos-Vikings. Denver scored 28 second-half points en route to a 35-32 win. As I said last week, I'm not sure Tebow will even be the Broncos' starter at this time next year, but he certainly gave Denver fans some great memories this season, including last week's win over the Steelers.
6. Last week, I mentioned how the Texans added a new defensive coordinator (Wade Phillips) in the offseason, switched systems, lost Mario Williams for the year and still improved dramatically in just about every defensive category. The one area I probably undersold them was the play of their rookies. Houston's top two picks - J.J. Watt and Brooks Reed - combined for 20 tackles (15 solo), five sacks and a forced fumble against the Ravens. Danny Watkins and Jaiquawn Jarrett, the Eagles' first two picks, could very well end up being good players. But Watt and Reed provided quite a contrast to what we saw from the Birds' rookies this season.
7. And the 49ers have done a pretty good job of disproving the whole lockout/shortened offseason excuse too. With a new head coach (Jim Harbaugh), they went from 6-10 to 13-3 and are now one win away from the Super Bowl. Alex Smith set career highs in pretty much every statistical category. San Francisco signed Carlos Rogers to play cornerback, and he had a great year. And first-round pick Aldon Smith had 14 sacks (not including the one he had on Drew Brees on Saturday).
8. Speaking of draft picks, the Eagles and Giants both selected wide receivers in the first round in 2009 and defensive ends in the first round in 2010. In '09, the Eagles traded up to get Jeremy Maclin (19th overall). The Giants picked Hakeem Nicks at No. 29. In 2010, the Birds took Brandon Graham with the 13th pick, and New York selected Jason Pierre-Paul at No. 15. I'm not making this point to rip the Eagles. The truth is, Maclin is a really good player. And it's unfair to properly evaluate Graham until we see how he performs when healthy. But Nicks and Pierre-Paul are already superstars. This is going to be a comparison worth monitoring for years to come.
9. More on Nicks: in two playoff games this season, he's got 13 catches for 280 yards and four touchdowns. The Giants have gotten huge YAC plays from either Nicks or Victor Cruz in each of their last four games. Against the Packers, Nicks took a Manning pass 66 yards for a touchdown in the first half; about 49 of those yards came after the catch. And he also came down with the 37-yard Hail Mary. In case you're wondering, here's a look at how Nicks and Maclin stack up (regular season only):
10. One more comparison to make: LeSean McCoy and Ray Rice. Rice wasn't all that productive on Sunday, accumulating 80 yards on 25 touches. His longest run went for just 9 yards, although Rice did have a 20-yard catch. Why compare him to McCoy? Because Rice is a free agent this offseason and was a second-round pick (55th overall) in the 2008 draft. McCoy was the 53rd pick overall a year later. His contract is up after the 2012 season, but the Eagles could lock him up this offseason. Here's how their numbers from 2011 compare:
|Rushing Yds.
|Receiving Yds.
|Total Yds.
Rushing yards are nearly identical, although I should mention that McCoy played one fewer game. And while McCoy's receiving yards were down, it should be noted that he had 592 through the air in 2010. Keep an eye on what happens with Rice's contract situation, because the Eagles and McCoy could be looking at his deal as a model to follow.
11. Special teams played a key role this weekend. Jacoby Jones' fumble on a punt return in the first quarter led to a Ravens touchdown. And the Saints fumbled twice on special teams; both led to 49ers field goals. That got me thinking about the Eagles' special teams. According to Football Outsiders, that unit took a step back in 2011, ranking 18th overall. The kicking game ended up being fine with Alex Henery, but the return game was terrible. That's something else to keep in mind as the Eagles tweak their roster this offseason. They need to improve in the return game.
12. Last offseason, we threw around several names when discussing how the Eagles would upgrade at right cornerback: Ike Taylor, Carlos Rogers, Johnathan Joseph, Nnamdi Asomugha, Jimmy Smith. Taylor had a nightmarish game last week against the Broncos. Rogers had a career year. Joseph was a second-team All-Pro. And Smith, the rookie, is playing a lesser role with the Ravens. I expect Asomugha to bounce back in 2012, but that's not how I expected things to play out in 2011.
13. I don't remember which broadcast it was, but they mentioned that Gregg Williams rushed six or more defenders more than any team in the league this season. Williams was the Saints' defensive coordinator, but is expected to join Jeff Fisher in St. Louis this offseason. Over the weekend, I brought up the possibility of Jim Washburn joining them both. On the surface, a Washburn/Williams reunion doesn't make sense: A defensive coordinator who likes to send big blitzes and a defensive line coach who likes to rely on pressure from the front four? But Tommy Lawlor over at IgglesBlitz.com recently had a good post about how Williams has run several different kinds of defenses in his career. That point relates to the possibility of Washburn and Steve Spagnuolo working together here. Good coaches evaluate their personnel and craft the system around it, don't they? That's why I'm not ready to discount the possibility of Washburn and Spagnuolo meshing.
14. The Giants' defense had plenty of good moments, but the Packers' offense has itself to blame for not executing when it had chances. Green Bay dropped six passes, and Aaron Rodgers missed throws that we never see him miss. Rodgers was sacked four times, and Green Bay turned it over four times also. The Packers' offense delivered its worst performance of the season at the worst possible time.
15. Two announcing notes: Did you hear Moose Johnston reference the concussions of Kevin Kolb and Stewart Bradley during the Saints-Niners game? Kolb and Bradley were allowed to re-enter the Packers game in Week 1 of the 2010 season after suffering concussions. Johnston brought their names up after Saints tight end Jimmy Graham took a big hit from Donte Whitner early on. Meanwhile, in the Giants-Packers game, Troy Aikman talked about how much Green Bay missed Cullen Jenkins. The Eagles had plenty of misses this offseason, but Jenkins was not one of them.
16. OK, I lied. Some more viewing notes:
- Fox's Tony Siragusa said Chris Ivory's nickname was Baby Brontosaurus. Is there any way to check if that's even remotely close to being true? And if it is, it's officially the worst nickname of all-time.
- Quite a few commercials about the new Burger King fries. I've tried 'em. Same taste, just a little thicker.
- At what point did Subway think: You know, if we can get Jay Glazer and Michael Phelps to do a commercial together, I really think we'll sell a lot more sandwiches?
- I used to be a constant "flipper" during commercial breaks. Now I just look at my phone and catch up on Tweets. Anyone else find themselves doing that more and more during games?
17. My favorite play of the weekend might have been Justin Smith bull-rushing Jermon Bushrod, reaching over him and dragging Drew Brees down. Eagles offensive lineman Evan Mathis Tweeted this during the 49ers-Saints game:
There's nobody in football that plays harder than Justin Smith. I'm convinced he's a robot.
Smith, of course, forced a Maclin fumble in the Niners' 24-23 win over the Eagles during the regular season. Had that not happened, the Birds would have had the ball at the San Francisco 32 with 2:06 left, down just one point and needing a field goal to take the lead.
18. The idea that you just have to get into the playoffs, get hot and anything can happen is true (to a point). We're seeing it with the Giants. And we saw it last year with the Packers. It's also true that in many cases, you need the quarterback to be hot. Alex Smith played well on Sunday, but can he put together a three-game stretch that's good enough? And more importantly, from an Eagles perspective, can Michael Vick put together a three- or four-game stretch that's good enough? It'll be interesting to see if Joe Banner or Andy Reid reference the Giants when they address the media at some point this offseason.
19. Luck always plays a little bit of a role. The Texans and Ravens both fumbled three times. Houston lost one that led to a Ravens touchdown. Baltimore didn't lose any. Oh, and don't forget that Neil Rackers' 50-yard field goal that hit the crossbar.
20. Leftovers: The Ravens are 17-1 at home the past two seasons. The Eagles are 7-10. ...The worst call of the weekend had to be the Greg Jennings non-fumble that should have been ruled a turnover. How did that call hold up after a booth review? I didn't think that one was even close. ...Good job by Aikman to point out that Rodgers had Jennings wide open on the play where Osi Umenyiora stripped him. ...At one point, the Packers had a seven-possession stretch of three fumbles, two punts, one turnover on downs and one field goal. That's where the game was lost.
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