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Computerworld posted a story this week about a new botnet, TDL-4, that is virtually indestructible. It is so sophisticated that it is almost impossible to defeat:
"TDL-4," the name for both the bot Trojan that infects machines and the ensuing collection of compromised computers, is "the most sophisticated threat today," said Kaspersky Labs researcher Sergey Golovanov in a detailed analysis Monday.
"[TDL-4] is practically indestructible," Golovanov said. Others agree.
"I wouldn't say it's perfectly indestructible, but it is pretty much indestructible," said Joe Stewart, director of malware research at Dell SecureWorks and an internationally-known botnet expert, in an interview today. "It does a very good job of maintaining itself."
Golovanov and Stewart based their judgments on a variety of TDL-4's traits, all which make it an extremely tough character to detect, delete, suppress or eradicate.
For one thing, said Golovanov, TDL-4 infects the MBR, or master boot record, of the PC with a rootkit -- malware that hides by subverting the operating system. The master boot record is the first sector -- sector 0 -- of the hard drive, where code is stored to bootstrap the operating system after the computer's BIOS does its start-up checks.
Because TDL-4 installs its rootkit on the MBR, it is invisible to both the operating system and more, importantly, security software designed to sniff out malicious code.
The article goes on to say that TDL-4's strongest weapon is that the botnet nodes communicate with the C&Cs are public P2P networks, not closed networks that they had created in the past. Thus, if security researchers want to take down the P2P structure they would have to take down a lot of legitimate traffic as well. This is reputation hijacking and spammers have been doing it for years when they send out spam from Hotmail or Gmail IPs, host content on Blogspot, break into legitimate websites so that they serve malware, and so forth. This is the same thing except it piggybacks onto the public P2P communication channels.
Thus, the botnet is invisible to security software and if anyone wants to take it down, there's too much collateral damage. If the C&Cs get taken down, the public channels can tell the nodes to update to the new C&Cs.
Alas, the botnet cannot be touched.
Or can it?
A couple of days ago, a lawyer in Microsoft disputed this claim; no botnet is indestructible. Also from Computerworld:
No botnet is invulnerable, a Microsoft lawyer involved with the Rustock takedown said, countering claims that another botnet was "practically indestructible."
"If someone says that a botnet is indestructible, they are not being very creative legally or technically," Richard Boscovich, a senior attorney with Microsoft's Digital Crime Unit said Tuesday. "Nothing is impossible. That's a pretty high standard."
"To say that it can't be done underestimates the ability of the good guys," Boscovich said. "People seem to be saying that the bad guys are smarter, better. But the answer to that is 'no.'"
"[Waledac] was a proof of concept that showed we are able to poison the peer-to-peer table of a botnet," Boscovich said.
"Each takedown is different, each one is complicated in its own way," said Boscovich. "Each one is going to be different, but that doesn't mean that there cannot be a way to do this with any botnet."
The article goes on to say that one of the good guys secret weapons is the relationships that have been cultivated during the past few takedowns amongst security researchers. Taking down a botnet requires a major coordination effort amongst several parties – private industry (usually two of three different companies) and law enforcement. Once a company does it, and then twice, they start to get into a rhythm. Once that process has been done a few times and the major players know what they are doing, it gets easier the next time.
Not only that, but Microsoft obtained legal clearance to shut down Rustock. Precedent has been set once before and this case law can be used to do it again in the future.
That's not to say that taking down a botnet is easy. It isn't. In fact, it is getting more difficult because botnet operators are trying harder to stay under the radar. But to suggest that their activities cannot be tracked, traced or disrupted is incorrect. Everything is traceable if you're willing to go back far enough. And botnet operators cannot be too small otherwise it destroys their cost model: you need to move a lot of product because the conversion rate of spam or malware is so low… unless you do phishing but even then you have to succeed regularly. But if you succeed regularly, eventually you start to attract attention. When that happens, it is no longer easy to hide in the shadows.
Sometimes in legitimate business, a company can grow too fast and bring about its own downfall (doing things on a large scale is far different than doing them on a small scale but if you want to make the big money, you have to scale up). If a botnet operator wants to make the big money, paradoxically, that success can lead to its downfall.
We can only hope.


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By Associated Press
MOSCOW, Idaho - A carnival worker who hit a telephone pole with his SUV blamed the crash on two friends having sex in the back seat.
Joshua D. Frank, who had been living on the Latah County Fairgrounds, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of failing to notify a police officer of a traffic accident. He was fined $188.
Frank told Moscow police he was driving near downtown early Saturday while a man and woman were having sex in the rear of the vehicle. According to a probable cause affidavit, he said the movement caused the SUV to become "tippy" and he lost control of it.
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Moscow. Carnival workers. Sex in a moving vehicle. Three great ingredients for a story. We're picturing a car chase going by the Kremlin with James Bond sexing up a gypsy woman as he switches gears in his Astin Martin. Nyet. It was in Idaho. And some dude's friends were copulating in the backseat. He bumped into a telephone pole because his friends wild bucking and thrashing got his SUV all loose-y goose-y. We're guessing that his eyes were squarely on his rearview instead of the road. It could have been worse. NBA player Eddie Griffin once got in a car wreck while beating off to a porn DVD while driving his Escalade in a grocery store parking lot. His fine was $375 or double what Joshua Frank paid. That sounds about right.
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Owner signs over 21 horses in Downham Market
Equine charities joined forces to collect 21 horses from land in Downham earlier this week.
The owner has now signed over the horses after contacting the RSPCA to prevent future welfare issues.
The RSPCA co-ordinated the collection from land off Bennett Street on Thursday morning, which was also helped by the police.
World Horse Welfare, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Bransby Horses from Lincolnshire and the Horse Rescue Fund, in Beccles, were also involved in the operation.
A statement issued by the RPSCA says: "The RSPCA assisted in a multi-agency operation with local police, and four equine charities to remove horses from a location in Downham.
"This was carried out with the full co-operation of the owner to prevent future welfare issues.
"The horses are now being looked after across four charities."
A stallion along with a number of foals were found within the herd, which are mainly black and bay cobs.
New homes may be sought in the future for some of these horses by the charities.
One of the people involved in the operation was field officer for World Horse Welfare, Jacko Jackson.
He said: "The whole thing was co-ordinated by the RSPCA and done in a way that the horses were not stressed and nothing was put to sleep.
"The way all the agencies worked together, it was a real pleasure."


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Wide range of skills
Our Trustees are all volunteers and give a great deal of time and expertise to Dementia Care. They bring to us a broad range of business experience and are responsible for governance of the charity and its strategic direction. In addition, a number of our Trustees have personal experience of caring for someone with dementia and all are deeply committed to supporting the work of Dementia Care.
Our trustee meetings take place every two months, typically at 4.00 pm on a Monday. There are also four sub-committees that again meet once every two months:
- Care Quality,
- Health & Safety,
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As a Trustee you can join these sub-committees if these areas are of interest to you, or if you have the relevant skills and/or experience.
All Trustees undergo an induction process and necessary training when you join us.
For trustees who wish to be more involved in understanding how our day-to-day services operate and in being involved with the people receiving our care, we will obtain an enhanced DBS clearance.
Trustees serve for three year terms, but can apply for re-election. You can find out more about the role of a Trustee on the gov.uk website.
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How to Get Bigger Biceps in One Week
If your goal is to obtain larger, stronger, denser and more defined biceps in just a week, forget about dangerous gimmicks like steroids. The real answer is to start an aggressive weight-training program and fuel your body with specific nutrients to support fast muscular development. By keeping your bicep exercises varied and your protein intake high, you should notice measurable gains in just seven days -- perfect for when you need to boost your physical appearance and strength with little time to spare.
Step 1
Perform wide-grip standing barbell curls. Stand in an upright position while holding a barbell, hands positioned on the wide grips with your palms facing out and your elbows at your sides. Keep your upper arms still and lift the weight up to your chest, using only your forearms. Hold the bar steady for a moment and return it slowly to the starting position. Complete three to five sets of eight reps each.
Step 2
Perform Zottman curls, which work both biceps and forearms. Stand upright, holding a dumbbell in each hand, with your palms facing inward toward your body. Keep your upper arms still and curl the dumbbells upward while rotating your wrists to face your palms up. When the dumbbells reach shoulder-height, pause for a moment and rotate your wrists so your palms face downward. Maintain this wrist position and lower the weights. As they reach the starting position, rotate your wrists once more so your palms face your body. Complete three to five sets of eight reps each.
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Perform concentration curls. Sit on a weight bench while holding a dumbbell in your right band between your legs. The backside of your right upper arm should be pressed against your inner thigh, with your palm facing your left thigh. Keep your upper arm still and curl the weight upward to shoulder height. Pause for a moment and slowly return to the starting position. Complete eight reps before switching to the left arm and doing the same. Complete three to five sets total.
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Load up on foods rich in protein, complex carbohydrates and unsaturated fats. The protein is necessary for synthesizing muscle tissue and making gains in muscular density, size and strength, while the complex carbs will give you the energy you need to engage in lengthy strength training sessions with intensity. Ideal protein sources include lean cuts of meat, fish, chicken, turkey, nuts, peanut butter and whey protein powder.
- Consume about 1 g of protein for every pound of bodyweight. Doing so while maintaining a balanced diet of healthy, nutritious carbs and unsaturated fat may have you consuming more calories than you would normally, but this is necessary for making rapid bodybuilding progress.
- Exhale on the hard part of each exercise.
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He took leave of Mr. Sewell with patronising affection, and bade him come to him if he ever got into a tight place with his parish work; he would let him have all the money he wanted; he had more money than he knew what to do with. "Why, when your wife sent to mine last fall," he said, turning to Mr. Corey, "I drew my cheque for five hundred dollars, but my wife wouldn't take more than one hundred; said she wasn't going to show off before Mrs. Corey. I call that a pretty good joke on Mrs. Corey. I must tell her how Mrs. Lapham done her out of a cool four hundred dollars."
He started toward the door of the drawing-room to take leave of the ladies; but Tom Corey was at his elbow, saying, "I think Mrs. Lapham is waiting for you below, sir," and in obeying the direction Corey gave him toward another door he forgot all about his purpose, and came away without saying good-night to his hostess.
Mrs. Lapham had not known how soon she ought to go, and had no idea that in her quality of chief guest she was keeping the others. She stayed till eleven o'clock, and was a little frightened when she found what time it was; but Mrs. Corey, without pressing her to stay longer, had said it was not at all late. She and Irene had had a perfect time. Everybody had been very polite, on the way home they celebrated the amiability of both the Miss Coreys and of Miss Kingsbury. Mrs. Lapham thought that Mrs. Bellingham was about the pleasantest person she ever saw; she had told her all about her married daughter who had married an inventor and gone to live in Omaha — a Mrs. Blake.
"If it's that car-wheel Blake," said Lapham proudly, "I know all about him. I've sold him tons of the paint."
"Pooh, papa! How you do smell of smoking!" cried Irene.
"Pretty strong, eh?" laughed Lapham, letting down a window of the carriage. His heart was throbbing wildly in the close air, and he was glad of the rush of cold that came in, though it stopped his tongue, and he listened more and more drowsily to the rejoicings that his wife and daughter exchanged. He meant to have them wake Penelope up and tell her what she had lost; but when he reached home he was too sleepy to suggest it. He fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow, full of supreme triumph.
But in the morning his skull was sore with the unconscious, night-long ache; and he rose cross and taciturn. They had a silent breakfast. In the cold grey light of the morning the glories of the night before showed poorer. Here and there a painful doubt obtruded itself and marred them with its awkward shadow. Penelope sent down word that she was not well, and was not coming to breakfast, and Lapham was glad to go to his office without seeing her.
He was severe and silent all day with his clerks, and peremptory with customers. Of Corey he was slyly observant, and as the day wore away he grew more restively conscious. He sent out word by his office-boy that he would like to see Mr. Corey for a few minutes after closing. The type-writer girl had lingered too, as if she wished to speak with him, and Corey stood in abeyance as she went toward Lapham's door.
"Can't see you to-night, Zerrilla," he said bluffly, but not unkindly. "Perhaps I'll call at the house, if it's important."
"It is," said the girl, with a spoiled air of insistence.
"Well," said Lapham, and, nodding to Corey to enter, he closed the door upon her. Then he turned to the young, man and demanded: "Was I drunk last night?"
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In a previous post, I talked about the company "Jackpot" which manages few restaurants in Shimokitazawa. The Italian restaurant "La Befana" is one these. I've only been there for lunch so I can't give you any idea on their dinner but their lunch fares are good. You have a big mixed salad (below), choice of Pizza (that they bake in a stone oven) or fresh Pasta and a drink for ¥1,100. You can also update that lunch menu to Four antipasti + Pasta or Pizza + Drink for ¥1,600. There is an even more "deluxe" lunch menu but please go check it out by yourself.
It might not be the best pizza in town, but their thin doughed "Pizza Margherita" (mozzarella, tomato, basil) is worth it, tasting like a real Italian pizza with a nice smoky flavor from the fire.
The restaurant is a minute away from the Shimokitazawa station West Exit.
Open everyday.
Lunch 11:30-14:30 (L.O.)
Dinner until 23:00 (L.O. 22:00) except on Sunday and holidays (L.O. 21:00)
Setagaya-ku, Daita 5-31-3
Click here for a MAP
La Befana (Italian), Shimokitazawa
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I want to learn more about Colonial American to help with my genealogy research. I didn't learn much about this in school (or didn't retain anything) other than the bit about Paul Revere. I went to a small private Christian school so the emphasis was on religion and compared to what my children learned in public school there is a lot I missed and in some instances what I was taught is not the same as what they learned. I´m looking for nonfiction or historical fiction without too much romance. The heaving and sighing kills me but I can handle a little bit of romance if it is worth it. Any mysteries would be a bonus as that´s my thing. I am especially interested in books about settlers to the North Carolina, GA, and Alabama area since that is where my family immigrated from Ireland, Scotland, and England. Some of my family were Quakers fleeing religious persecution in Ireland and England. I wouldn't mind some books about things on the other side of the pond. I made a list and would love for anyone to help by adding any books you know of that might be helpful. Don´t worry too much about me not liking them. I don´t mind checking them out to see.
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The site can be approached by the track to the right of Fernbank on the road to Holm. On my second visit I saw that the barred wooden gate merely lay across the fence, ingress lies by a middling height 'Orkney gate'. They're making these things taller and tighter but I got by just moving the top a little. Didn't want to lay the thing down in case it became tangled - if you do the same take into account the barbwire around the fencepost (I wondered what the scratching noise was !). The closest I could approach from this field was the mounds' field boundary, there will be a way in but it looks as if that would involve a lot of 'going around the houses' as I can see no convenient trackway (from the main road leastways).
I was intrigued by the amount of stone protruding from the ground in various alignments as I traversed the wide trackway. Fortunately the site is very close to the fieldfence. This runs at 35 degrees west of north. From here the view runs from mound 5 in the RCAHM's 1946 inventory at the extreme left to the barely perceptible mound 3 at the right. The individual item that first strikes one is where a large area of stones is exposed. Nearer to there is a layer of what appears to be dark earth above the stones. But though the site in general bears a resemblance to the Grimsquoy mound/s near the airport by the Sands of Wideford, which has been call a burnt mound, it is too great a distance from the Rashieburn itself to be one. However of more obvious importance is something that the last archaeological report did not mention so must have been exposed since then. In a mound to the left of the one just mentioned is a very short length of drystane-walling two stones long and four or so courses high. A few metres to the right, apparently in another mound from my limited perspective, there is another stone at the level of the upper course. Perhaps a continuation. As with Grimsquoy one has to wonder what the number of mounds was originally, have there been additions to a lesser number or a sub-division of such?
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Sunday, June 12, 2016
Jane, the Fox, and Me
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You really succeeded in making the fox look real! Thank you so much for sharing the pattern. <3 Cute mushrooms too! :-)ReplyDelete
Oh how cute is that, and what a lovely sweet fox, I love fox's so will be sure to do one at some time... thank you so much as always for sharing.AmberReplyDelete
I love these photos and the fox is the cutest thing ever. I have never heard of this book and was bullied a lot as a child which I can still remember so I am going to seek out your book. Really lovely work though.ReplyDelete
Carol, I was such a social misfit in school; this book really resonated with me. I hope you find a copy, and I wish I could have read it as a teenager :-)Delete
It is on hold in my local library and I'm picking it up tomorrow. Thank you for the recommendation. Anything to help dilute those horrible memories would be welcome. Sorry you too were at the receiving end. CxDelete
I would love to know what you think of it, after you read it.Delete
The way social media is today, I think being the brunt of bullying would be truly terrifying, and inescapable.
Es tan lamentable el acoso escolar, tan deplorable! Y desgraciadamente seguimos teniendo noticias de él casi a diario... Tu muñequita y su zorro son adorables, Bet y las fotos una maravilla, es un disfrute mirarlas! :)ReplyDelete
I've never read the book but what lovely tribute.ReplyDelete
I've never heard of the book, but will surely check it.ReplyDelete
I have also crocheted a fox recently :)
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Blue creeper birds' heads earrings. Horniman Museum, London
Hummingbirds necklace. The British Museum
Hummingbirds earrings
Scarab beetles bracelet
Monkey teeth necklace. Horniman Museum, London
Tiger claws brooch. The British Museum
And the following jewelries are creepy for me for another reason - they just look disturbing. These pieces are commonly called "lover's eye" miniatures, and they were very popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The idea was quite interesting and romantic: since just the eye of one's lover was visible, the piece could be worn while the identity of the lover remained secret. Though another explanations says that the eye symbolized the ever-watchfulness of one's lover. Anyway, the look of these brooches makes me feel uncomfortable.
And how about you, would you wear anything of the kind if it is in fashion?


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Melton runner Jason Barton was in top form as he raced to a new personal best and top six finish in a 550-strong field at Whitwick last week.
Barton joined the Stilton Striders squad for the Carl Rutt Memorial 10k, the latest round of the Leicestershire Road Running League.
The race, hosted by the Hermitage Harriers, is held annually on a ruthless hilly course, but he clocked a superb pb of 34min 57secs to cross the line in sixth.
Next across the line with another strong run was Luke Eggleston in 39.05, while Stuart Shaw (39.53) also broke the 40-minute barrier.
Mark Stoneley clocked 41.10, just ahead of Nick Brown (41.25), making his welcome Striders return, and Darren Glover (41.38)
Natalie Teece was first Striders lady home in 104th place overall in a time of 42.40, followed by Katie Hateley (47.03), Louise Houghton (50.11), Sarah Proctor (51.06), David Hall (51.47), and John Houghton (52.07).
Just six seconds separated Vanessa Walker and Laura Pickard who completed the squad and recorded a strong personal best of 58.16.


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Good article. However...
"But in the world of Windows, Unix and Linux servers, D2D backup has decimated tape backup and relegated it to an archive medium."
Can the commentariat think of any large business where this has happened ? I can't.
Oracle loves a bit of flash and disk hardware, flogging compute-and-storage all-in-one Exalogic systems with software on top, but it's partial to tape, too. Not only does it supply tape, it's one of the top four manufacturers, alongside HP, IBM and SpectraLogic, of very high-end libraries. Like IBM, it has its own storage …
I love the way that some people consider disk to disk to be a backup. What happens if your server gets stolen or destroyed? That'll be the instances where the customer was happy they kept using tapes then.
Tape is and probably always will be a nice cheap and reliable option for backups. I can't see the overly expensive RDX cartridges replacing them unless the cost of HDD's drops like a stone.
... And seriously, removing the oldest backup tape from the media pool and relagating it to being a long term archive is not unusual, is it? I mean, it's not like everybody doesn't gracefully retire their tapes that way after they get past X age...
I can't see why most SBE's would want to commit to an archive system more expensive than that, when most probably don't realise their IT people retire old tapes and bring in new ones that way, so the 5 minutes it takes to find the tape(s) marked "Q3 2007 backup" is probably not going to be a major driver for spending.
If Oracle want to help with tape libaries then IMO the best thing they could do would be to produce shelves the size of the tapes for common tape safes, because that's about all SBE's would buy in the current economic climate for something they don't really need. :/


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LG G Flex Brings Back the Phone's Natural Curve
Joanna Stern reviews one of the first phones with a curved—and even flexible—screen.
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CacaoNet Exploratory Consultation on Cacao Genetic Resources: legal and policy aspects of germplasm exchange (access and benefit sharing). 31 March and 1 April 2015
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CacaoNet/Bioversity International (2015) CacaoNet Exploratory Consultation on Cacao Genetic Resources: legal and policy aspects of germplasm exchange (access and benefit sharing). 31 March and 1 April 2015, Bioversity International, Maccarese, Rome, Italy. 54 p.
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There are 2 international cacao collections, one maintained at CATIE in Costa Rica and the other at the Cocoa Research Centre (CRC) in Trinidad and Tobago. The materials in the collections have been included under Article 15 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) through a formal agreement signed in 2006 for CATIE and 2009 for CRC. The germplasm is distributed with an accompanying Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA) (template from of the ITPGRFA. The SMTA includes an Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) agreement for the distribution and receipt of germplasm. In addition to the 2 collections maintained at CATIE and CRC, the International Cocoa Quarantine Centre, Reading (ICQCR), UK ensures the safe movement of cacao germplasm between countries and regions. The materials maintained at the ICQCR mainly come from the 2 international collections but they also can manage materials provided to them by a national programme. The rest of cacao genetic diversity is maintained in national collections and farmers' fields and in the wild, and is therefore outside the scope of the ITPGRFA because cacao is not an Annex 1 crop, which by definition is within the scope of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nagoya Protocol and bilateral agreements. The FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), including plants, animal, microbial and forests, is the overarching inter-governmental body discussing all aspects of genetic resources for food and agriculture. The work of Bioversity International over the years in this area can provide guidance. It was therefore suggested that CacaoNet and Bioversity organise an exploratory consultation on cacao genetic resources access and benefit sharing policies and agreements, which took place in Rome 31 March and 1 April 2015.


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The GoSee Projecta Rechargeable Power Pack PS 800-P was starting to fail. Was it just flat and not charging properly or was the main battery failing?
A GoSee visit to Battery World Geelong, Victoria solved the problem. Roger Langham checked it out in his comprehensive workshop.
The battery seemed ok but the turbo charge that he placed it on solved the problem.
The four and a half year old Power Pack was handed back fully charged in perfect condition.
Rogers advice is to ensure that it is placed back on normal charge after every use and to even re-charge on a weekly basis if it is not being used. This will keep it in prime condition Roger says.
GoSee uses the battery pack as an emergency vehicle starting aid in case our Engel refrigerator runs the car battery flat.
Not that is has yet even after three days and nights of continuous running.
It is also used to power an inverter for 240v power for a laptop and to recharge mobile phones while GoSee is out on the road.
The latest model Projecta Rechargeable Power Packs are available at Battery World outlets priced at $169. Battery World Geelong also supplied new batteries for our five-year-old GoSee Toshiba Satellite laptop computer.
Battery World is also up to speed on battery recycling to help protect the environment -
GoSee office works anywhere off battery power
Serious solar panel helps keep battery power topped up in the Defender
Rob added Thumper with an inverter for big battery reserves
Arkarool Wilderness Sanctuary battery powered bush camping
Solar panels top up battery power on this Heaslip option


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8th Annual "Never Forgotten" Game
Location: Fennville High School
Date: February 22nd, 2019
Fennville Blackhawks vs. Saugatuck Indians
Girls Varsity Contest 6:00 pm
Boys Varsity Contest 7:30 pm
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Thanks to all our golfers, volunteers, and sponsors of the 6th Annual WLHT Golf Outing. With your generous support, we raised enough funds to donate just over 20 AEDs to schools across Michigan. Thank you for the continued blessings and make sure your family's school system or neighborhood school is ready for a cardiac emergency.
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We cannot express our gratitude to Hope College and to both the Saugatuck and Fennville communities. With the money raised from the night, the Wes Leonard Heart Team will be donating another 9 AEDs. Our mission to help prepare schools for cardiac emergencies is only accomplished through a TEAM effort!
THANKS for your continued SUPPORT!!!
Thanks to Back to Health Chiropractic
We were so lucky to be selected as their charity of the year in 2016! Over the course of 12 months, Back to Health Chiropractic, their employees, and patients donated just over $32,000 to the Wes Leonard Heart Team. These donations helped the WLHT donated an extra 22 AED's this year to schools around Michigan. If you have a chiropractic need, please visit or give them a call.
The Wes Leonard Heart Team thanks you from the bottom of our hearts, for preparing schools around Michigan for cardiac emergencies.
This site and our mission are dedicated to Wes (1994-2011)
Wes had a love for life and for the "game" that was infectious. His enthusiasm was inspiring. He was truly happy playing any sport he could. He was often heard asking his mom for a little more time to play "Just One More Game". Wes was taken from us far too early. While we don't believe that this was his destiny, we will make sure his legacy will be carried on for many years to come. We are going to work with the same enthusiasm, drive and love he had every day to honor him and other children lost to SCA providing others a chance at "Just One More Game."
Public Act 388 of 2016.
It was signed into law on Dec. 28 and will take effect at the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year. This bill would add CPR instruction and AED training to the existing health education content standards for schools in Michigan.
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Fall is ComingPosted: October 3, 2013 Filed under: General 4 Comments
Just as leaves changing on trees is a sure sign of fall, around the O'Shea Estates a sure sign is the delivery of Wood Pellets (a whole 'nother story) and the covering of Lake O'Shea.
This year, the pellets and the Lake were both covered and delivered on the same day:
Wood Pellet delivery day means stacking alot of 40lb bags. The tractor can only lift 1,000 pounds and each pallet is 2,000 pounds (1 ton). So, I would pull the tractor up to the pallet, load about 9 bags into the bucket then drive the tractor into the garage and unload said 9 bags onto an empty pallet, stacking as high as I can reach. Repeating this process about 33 more times.
Garage Before Pic:
Garage After (2 days later)
Up next I will be removing the bucket of the tractor and replacing it with the plow- a sure sign of Winter.


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Please visit our Open House at 717 Chalmers AVE E in WINNIPEG.
OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, October 28th, 3-5PM
Showings start Wed Oct 24, Open house Sun Oct 28 3-5pm, OTP Mon Oct 29 8pm. Good solid 3 bedroom bungalow, on a quiet dead-end street across from a lovely park, just down from an elementary school. Lots of upgrades have been done, just bring your creative touch to make it your own! Maintenance free vinyl siding exterior, shingles 03, Polar windows throughout in 2009/2010 with lifetime transferable warranty. insulated front & back doors, maintenance free PVC railing on front step. New 100 amp panel in 08, and hi-eff Lennox furnace in 01. Central air. Bright & sunny living room with coved ceilings, hardwood floors under the carpet. Good sized master bedroom, with triple closets. Generous dining space off the kitchen. Fridge and stove are both included. Four piece bath with good storage. Open unspoiled basement is solid and dry, ready to become your dream recroom space. Fenced in backyard, with paved parking pad for up to 4 vehicles. Close to downtown, and all the amenities at Regent! Great opportunity!


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December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Small boat rescues a seaman from the 31,800-ton USS West Virginia. Note the two men in the superstructure. The USS Tennessee is inboard. View full size. Office of War Information.
I'm not the only thing that happened on December 7.
45 years to the day after this was taken, I was spending my first day in US Navy boot camp. I am still in the US Navy Reserves, and am very proud to serve.
I've been past these sunken ships, and their memorials several times, and it is an experience unlike any other.
Here are a couple more pictures too. One on Dec 7, and one possibly Dec 8.


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Polarization tensors via homogenization theory
Polarization tensors corresponding to near zero volume inhomogeneities was introduced in the pioneering work by Capdeboscq-Vogelius. A beautiful application of the polarization tensor to an inverse problem involving inhomogeneities was also given by them. In this article, we take an approach toward polarization tensor via homogenized tensor. Accordingly, we introduce polarization tensor corresponding to inhomogeneities with positive volume fraction. A relation between this tensor and the homogenized tensor is found. Next, we proceed to examine the sense in which this tensor is continuous as the volume fraction tends to zero. Our approach has its own advantages. In particular, it provides another method to deduce optimal estimates on polarization tensors in any dimension from those on homogenized tensors, along with the information on underlying microstructures.
People: Tuhin Ghosh, Venkateswaran P. Krishnan and M. Vanninathan
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Gregory Crewdson is a renowned photographer, if you do not already know it, is the envy! In order to achieve his shots with perfect stagings and perfect quality by many, the artist is accompanied by a team of 60 people used to film sets! And it is no coincidence because his photographs are all inspired by fantasy films codes which gives off a strange atmosphere and a mysterious story!
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OK OK I admit it
Mini The Black has had such a calling to me that I just had to start him.
I'm stitching him for my Mum for her birthday (that is the excuse I used to justify starting him!!), however her birthday is April the 29th so I have my work cut out for me - I'm not entirely convinced I can get him finished in time . . .
. . . only time will tell and I not going to fret about getting it done. I know Mum will love it if its ready in time or not lol
Love you all!!
Monday, 12 March 2012
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The exhaustive second volume of this definitive biography treats the admiral's supreme command of the British Navy and the bittersweet Lady Hamilton years.
British biographer Sugden is a scholar's dream: He provides a gracious introductory bibliographic essay on previous works about Nelson and Hamilton, includes extensive maps of significant battles and even offers such helpful extras as a diagram of an "expansion" of Merton Place, Nelson's last home in Wimbledon. Nelson: A Dream of Glory (2004) covered Horatio's formative years: early patronage, solid marriage to Fanny and rise in ranks over the four years of wars with the French, culminating in his fame at the battle of Cape St. Vincent. This installment opens as the gravely wounded rear admiral, having lost his right arm in the disastrous defeat at Tenerife, returns to England to convalesce in Bath with his wife and aged father. Considering that his death at the Battle of Trafalgar looms in the near distance, and that the book weighs in at over 900 pages, there is a great deal to magnify over these few years. Equally epochal were the push back of Napoleonic aggression in the Mediterranean and the explosion of Nelson's passion for the spirited second wife of elderly Lord William Hamilton. Having gained heroic stature for destroying the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, Nelson then turned to repulse Napoleon's forces from the Kingdom of Naples, before lingering rather too long there among the lotus-eaters, to the detriment of his reputation and marriage. Sugden judges sexy Emma harshly in comparison to saintly Fanny, while Nelson is portrayed as a veritable cauldron of conflicting emotions (vanity, humility, honor, guilt), a man who yearned to do his duty yet craved a bit of happiness, too.
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It was a pleasant surprise to receive a QSL letter today from 1050 ESPN Radio Anchor Bob Galerstein. Bob kindly replied to my email report of reception during the excellent opening from the U.S.A. on the 12th January at Noordhoek. WEPN was heard with a huge signal via the Sony SWF-M37V Ultralight and 220 Metre BOG (Beverage On Ground).
1050 WHN (previous call sign) used to get through quite regularly with their country music format during the early 1970's when I first began dxing. I used to enjoy listening to an almost "local quality" signal, via an old Sierra domestic valve receiver and modest 30 metre receiving antenna.
Despite two or three previous attempts over the years, I never managed to obtain a QSL from the station until today. Thank you Bob for your kind reply !
Bob's reply also represents an unexpected 100% return from my 8 recent reports to the U.S.A. It's gratifying that all the recipients have kindly managed to find the time to reply to a distant listener way beyond their respective target areas.
Google Earth Image of WEPN's transmitter and three antenna tower array, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey. A favourable night time pattern results in good Trans-Atlantic reception in Fish Hoek at times.


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Efficient, agile, smart, Seattle's steel mill keeps the fires burning. (@MikeSiegel7) Pics: http://t.co/6L93UK4MfG pic.twitter.com/gCV7b1zNVC
— Seattle Times Photo (@SeaTimesPhoto) May 27, 2014
Thanks to Amy for the tip about a rare photographic look inside West Seattle's Nucor Steel plant – we say "rare" because they've had a "no photo" policy in the past, but either they've made an exception or it's changed, because the photo gallery published on SeattleTimes.com this week is definitely a closeup look inside. The photo in the tweet above is just one of the images; go here to see the others. They were published with a feature story about the steel mill that appeared in the Times' Sunday magazine Pacific Northwest (here's the online version).


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Winter Bird Feeding
The frigid temperatures can take a toll on wildlife. Birds look for reliable sources of food for wintertime survival as food is harder to find or buried under the snow. So, don't forget to keep bird feeders stocked with bird seed and think about offering higher calorie/higher fat foods that will help with the sudden temperature drops and the harsh winter conditions.
Glenlaurel offers several sources of food for our avian friends and while guests enjoy watching them during breakfast; they tend to hover over the feeders all day long. Take a peek out the Glasgow Dining Room windows and you'll enjoy a delightful show!


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Well, a buddy came by last night, and we played two games of a new set of naval rules that I am working on.
The fight was pretty simple... each of us had a 1st rate, a 3rd rate, a 5th rate, and a sloop. He sailed the the sloop "Defiant," the 5th rate "Bounty," the 3rd rate "Headstrong," and his flagship was the "Argonaut." I had (in the same order) the "Surprise," "Venus," "Harpy," and "Dauntless." Crews were of average size; he had some pirate crews, and I had some marines, but otherwise it was the same.
Above is the first turn. My fleet is on the left. I sent the Venus around the smaller island with an idea towards boarding the enemy (the Venus gives you a reroll on boarding, and I had some marines on board.) The Harpy and the Dauntless went towards the middle, while the Surprise headed off towards the other flank.
Turn two. Uh oh... the Argonaut and Bounty all head towards my poor sloop, who hopes to sneak by without getting too badly hammered. I get the Harpy and Dauntless into line to cross the T on the incoming Headstrong and Defiant (which isn't as terrible as it could be for the Headstrong, which gets to roll double dice for its bow chaser.)
The Surprise tries to get past the oncoming enemy, firing away as it does.
The Dauntless and the Harpy prepare to fire.
I forgot to take photos for a while! Well, this is later in the battle. The Harpy has the Headstrong and Argonaut cross right in front of her, and gets absolutely pummeled by cannon fire.
Here that fight is again. I eventually rammed the Argonaut and tried to take it, but unfortunately it didn't work out, and my crew was decimated and eventually surrendered.
So the rules seemed to REALLY work. They need a little tweaking (I am thinking about changing up a tiny bit how many times you can fire/do stuff, and the crew is a little vulnerable right now to shooting.) But overall I was really happy with them, ESPECIALLY with how movement, speed, and damage to sails is represented... I made some FANTASTIC little markers that I am not ready to share yet (they aren't all painted up) but when they are done, I'll share them and maybe the rules too. Super, super simple, but they seem like they really work.
Anyway... a new era for The House of War, and I hope people enjoy!


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What a glorious week we've had here at Houston, are you enjoying the sunning and warm weather as much as we have? We know it's kind of a bummer that there was only a total of 3 days of Winter this season, but hey, we didn't choose to live in Texas to be buried in snow, right?On average, there are 204 sunny days per year in Houston. This piece of factoid bring about this week's topic: WINDOWS! Do you have windows in your home?
Flirty floral patterns have been blooming everywhere in interiors including; wallcoverings, fabrics, window treatments, rugs, accessories and even lighting! From large scale prints to old school vintage inspired botanicals, these florals have been reinterpreted to look updated and fresh and they can be incorporated in a variety of interior styles from classic to contemporary!
No matter what type of home, whether it is a mega mansion or a ranch style, you have windows; unless you have a post-apocalyptic, zombie proof, safe house. With so many styles, designs, and ideas out there it can be hard to know what kind of treatments to use for your windows.
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Here is April's "Tip of the Month",
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Sargent produced over 900 works in oil and well over 2000 works in watercolor over his career. The quality and size of the show is fantastic, with many of Sargent's best watercolors on display and many haven't been seen for decades. The show is organized into sections like his paintings in Venice, portraits or his paintings in quarries, etc.
The work is in fantastic condition--they looks like they were painted this morning, much of it was originally acquired by the Brooklyn and Boston museums and there are over 93 pieces in the exhibition.
there were also displays on Sargent's techniques, paper and videos by other artists demoing Sargent's techniques. There are also several oil paintings mixed in--really just a top notch and brain boiling show. After I went through the show my brain was on fire, like when my fan turns spins on my laptop.
I really felt incredibly impacted by this show and I will be processing it for a long time. Never a wasted stroke, never something ugly, wrong, odd or unpleasent--nope, just fantastic design, technique, passion , beauty and restraint. This was Sargent painting for pure joy and every piece shows this and an artist mature in his rapture.
The brookly Museum itself is a fantastic place and probably overshadowed by the New york Museums like The Met, The MOMA, etc. They have a lot of other great exhibitions going on as well like the African Innovations exhibitions featuring some really fantastic African sculptures and masks.
There was also a great drawing show Fine Lines going on as well which featured sketchbooks from Sargent as well as William Meritt Chase, drawings by Thomas Ridgeway Knight, Thomas Eakins and more.
encaustic painting in the museum which also has a fantastic exhibit of Egyptian art and sculpture. There is soo much in the Museum I'll have to go back to see it all as there was just some work I couldn't make it to all in one day.
What's a trip to NYC without some hot honey-coated peanuts? After we ate our dinner at the Stage Door on 34th we walked around a bit before the bus back to Philly. I saw this street artist doing a caricature of a couple.
After the Bolt Bus ride back to Philly I was pretty tired but gut up early and headed down to help set up the exhibition on PAFA's 11th floor for the After School Program. Everey year we hang up the best of teh best of the students work from the program. Each weekday for 19 years there is a free art class at PAFA open to any high school student to attend in painting, drawing, and Illustration, which I have taught for the past 3 years.
Al Gury put the program together and its a great opportunity for any kid to come and get a real college level class on art but also a great opportunity for MFA 1 and 2 students to get real teaching experience as all of the teachers are grad students from PAFA's MFA Program.
The students generate an amazing amount of art over the semester, we don't have room to display it all but we managed to get examples of just about everyone's work up for the parents to see.


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This blog is now dead with no immediate plan to revive it. I kept most of the archives (only removing some rants, but not all of them) in case it would be of some use to someone. Don't you hate it when your trusted bookmark is removed by its author?
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Waterfalls in the lower part of the North Island, New Zealand
The Mangaharakeikei Falls are clearly visible about 1 km. South of Tokomaru on State highway 57. ( Mangaharakeikei, Lit:manga: stream: harakeke: flax bush. These [flax bushes]can be seen to the left of the falls)
Situated about 40Ks north of Rotarua around the eastern side of the lake
This one is a bit off the beaten track but well worth the drive.
banded bellbird blackbird boats butterfly chaffinch deer dotterel drops due falcon fern forest gannet gannets godwit goldfinch harrier heron historic home island john-bob kakariki karariki kawau kingfisher korokoro kotuku kotuoko little monarch native nz orchid owl park pauatahanui pied pigeon plover rewarewa rimutaka rotorua scaup shag silvereye snow somes sparrow spider spoonbill starling sun_orchid sunrise swan tern track tracks trees tui wainuiomata wairarapa waterfalls white white-faced white heron wildflower wom wood yellowhammer zealander


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Accessibility and implementation in UK services of an effective depression relapse prevention programme: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
View the published study protocol.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a cost effective psychosocial prevention programme that helps people with recurrent depression stay well in the long term. It was singled out in the 2009 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Depression Guideline as a key priority for implementation.
The research had two main aims:
Interviews were conducted with stakeholders involved in commissioning, managing and implementing MBCT services in each of the four UK countries, and included interviews with stakeholders in areas where MBCT services are being implemented successfully and where implementation is not working well.
In depth case studies were undertaken on a range of MBCT services to develop a detailed understanding of the barriers and facilitators to implementation.
The information from this work will be used to inform the development of an implementation plan which will include a range of methods to address implementation barriers. View the full research findings published in Health Services and Delivery Research in April 2017.
The project was covered in a recent blog from the NIHR dissemination centre: Preventing Depression with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: From Evidence to Practice.
A site about MBCT, for MBCT teachersRead more
Preventing depression with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: From evidence to practiceRead more
Resources collated by Willem Kuyken, Mark Williams and Becca Crane in 2012 - we will providing updated resources soon.Read more


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Densité : 296.41 hab./km²
Superficie : 2 510 km²
Capitale : Saint Denis
Principales villes : Saint Paul, Saint Pierre, Le Tampon, Saint Louis, Le Port, Saint Benoit, Saint André
Point culminant : Piton des Neiges 3 069 m.
Langue(s) parlée(s) : Réunionnais, Français
Langue(s) officielle(s) : Français
Monnaie : €uro
Fête nationale : 14 juillet
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Réunion (, ; previously Île Bourbon) is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.
Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France. Like the other overseas departments, Réunion is also one of the 27 regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic with the same status as those situated on the European mainland.
Réunion is an outermost region of the European Union and, as an overseas department of France, is part of the Eurozone.


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I wouldnt, but depends on if you made the right mods and didnt destroy the great sound these had when orignal. To me modified Altecs are always less valuble from a collectors stand point and usualy dont sound as good as orignal. But I do understand many need some work some times you just got to do what you must;)
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High-tech weather equipment can help you plan seed purchases and avert lawsuits.
Last summer, Illinois grower Mike Deutsch planted his 113-day corn nearly a month late because of wet fields. While weather delayed his planting, weather data from his farm helped him decide not to switch to a shorter-season hybrid.
His gamble on the 113-day corn paid off. Even though Deutsch planted the corn May 27, the longer-maturing hybrid produced a bumper crop in a shorter season, just as Deutsch expected based on his weather information.
The Maple Park, IL, grower is among an increasing number of farmers who now record weather on their farms with computerized equipment. Personalized weather systems provide important records like wind speed and direction on spraying days, average heat units for the farm and conditions conducive to disease. Growers like Deutsch use these records to help chose hybrids, short-circuit potential lawsuits and treat a field before a yield loss occurs.
Measuring heat units Deutsch learned from his weather information that later-maturing hybrids often adapt to a shorter season even if heat units run short. Typically, a 113-day hybrid needs about 2,710 heat units to fully mature. But he has seen hybrids mature earlier and with fewer heat units. This gave him the confidence to plant the 113-day hybrid late.
After planting, he checked the number of heat units daily from weather equipment installed on his 40-ft. tower used for television and two-way radio. Number of heat units and other weather information were downloaded to his computer through a cable running from the tower into his office.
Last year's sunny weather worked in Deutsch's favor. Heat units quickly built up and he relaxed. In the end, the hybrid produced a bumper crop with about 2,400 heat units. He believes the hybrid outproduced any earlier-maturing hybrid he might have planted.
The increased yields Deutsch received probably paid for his investment in weather equipment. His Weather Wizard system from Spectrum Technologies cost about $1,200 when it was installed three years ago.
"I don't think I could farm without it now," Deutsch says. "It is one more piece of information to use, ask questions about and learn from. I've learned how hybrids adapt. I know I can push maturities and take a chance. I've also learned sunny days push heat units more than temperature."
Provides protection Deutsch also learned that a computer file of his farm's weather provides insurance verification. He recently used a computer wind graph to verify wind damage to a crop for an insurance claim.
Other growers keep computer records about weather on spraying days to verify wind direction and speed. These records will serve as evidence in case a problem arises from the spraying.
Severe disease risk also may be spotted with weather equipment and software, according to Mike Thurow, Spectrum Technologies. For example, software can suggest when conditions are ripe for a severe outbreak of gray leaf spot in corn and white mold in soybeans. "Long wet periods with moisture on the leaves and the sun not drying it out will get gray leaf and mold going,"
Thurow explains. "More and more farmers, even though they can't change it, now look at how weather compares from year to year and its impact on crops and maturity," he adds. Weather must be a variable taken into account with precision agriculture.
Plus, growers can use weather information for other buying decisions such as how much LP gas to purchase for drying the crop at harvest.
"The technology of weather instruments is more affordable than ever," Thurow says. "It used to be prohibitive in price."
A look at several businesses that sell weather stations shows an array of equipment and options available for growers. Here are just a few of the products available on the market today.
Mini weather station Thurow of Spectrum Technologies suggests a simple, affordable system called the WatchDog for first-time weather watchers. The WatchDog is a portable digital data logger that can be attached to a post in any field and left unattended for months. The basic unit to measure temperature costs about $200. A mini radiation shield to protect the device if installed in the field is $44. Growers may connect a rainfall collector that empties itself for $84. Other sensors such as a $25 soil temperature probe may be added.
The WatchDog includes a battery and enough memory for two to three months of data, measured every half hour. A grower may download the data into a laptop computer at the site or bring the logger back into the office for downloading. The WatchDog is just one of many weather devices available from the company. Contact Spectrum Technologies Inc., Dept. FIN, 23839 W. Andrew Rd., Plainfield, IL 60544, 800/248-8873.
Wireless equipment A weather station from Oregon Scientific eliminates the wires from the weather equipment to the office monitor. The company's cable-free weather station, model WMR918, features solar power and sells for $550. The model includes an indoor touch-screen control sensor that displays 20 weather conditions, from barometric pressure and trends to rainfall rate and daily and accumulated amounts.
The model includes sensors for temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, and rainfall. The system also offers a weather forecasting system with weather icons. The forecasts, which are based on electronic barometric-pressure sensing, are 75% accurate, according to the company. Solar cells, batteries and an AC adapter also are included.
Growers who want to monitor and graph the weather information on a computer may purchase a software and cable package not included in the system.
For more information about this model and other weather equipment, contact Oregon Scientific, Dept. FIN, 19861 S.W. 95th Place, Tualatin, OR 97062, 800/853-8883.
Industrial-strength reporting A heavy-duty weather station for the more serious weather watcher is available from RainWise.
the System 10 Remote (S-10R) weather station for farms. The unit can sit anywhere gathering information for up to a year. Growers may download the information into a laptop or take the logger to an office. A radio may be incorporated to send the information from 1 to 18 miles.
The system includes a monopod mount for sensors. Ten sensors are available: wind speed, wind direction, temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, solar radiation, hours of sunlight, rainfall, precipitation and leaf wetness. Connections are provided for evaporation, soil moisture, soil temperature, submersible temperature, water level and snow depth. The system and software cost $3,385.
The price of the company's line of industrial stations ranges from $1,500 to $10,000. Consumer weather stations cost from $359 to $2,990. Contact RainWise Inc., Dept. FIN, 25 Federal St., Bar Harbor, ME 04609, 800/762-5723.
Economical weather watching A company that began by building pocket barometers offers a line of weather equipment for home and farm use. The Ultimeter 2000 System from Peet Bros. includes a keyboard/display unit that connects to a wind speed and direction sensor and indoor and outdoor temperature sensor. It also provides barometric pressure and an alert when pressure quickly drops, indicating a possible storm. The system sells for $379 and includes all cables needed for installation. Growers may purchase other sensors to increase the system's capabilities.
The model 800 offers the same features as the Ultimeter 2000, except that it does not measure barometric pressure. It sells for $249. The company manufactures a full line of weather equipment. Contact Peet Bros. Co. Inc., Dept. FIN, 1308 Doris Ave., Ocean, NJ 07712, 800/872-7338.


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Jack: Straight from the Gut
They called him Neutron Jack. They called him the world's toughest boss. And then Fortune called him "The Manager of the Century." In his twenty-year career at the helm of General Electric, Jack Welch defied conventional wisdom and turned an aging behemoth of a corporation i
making the reader work hard...
If you want to learn the names of every person who ever worked at GE during Jack Welch's 40 years there, you'll find this book invaluable. If you want to learn something about what made GE successful, however, good luck picking out the few saplings of wisdom from the thick forest of names.
Golf and tennis fans will also find the book fascinating for its endless catalog of golf and tennis resorts nationwide. Apparently being anywhere near the top at GE requires moving to Fairfield, Connecticut and aping the Lifestyles of the Bland and WASPy.
One interesting thing I learned is that GE went from 0 percent employee ownership to 31 percent during Jack Welch's tenure as CEO, primarily through granting of stock options to top managers such as Jack himself. Jack doesn't talk about this except to say that he's proud of the number. He doesn't get into the question of whether the investors from 1980 are happy now that they own less than 70 percent of the company. Nor does he talk about...
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|Wang, Liu, Liu, Chang, Wang & Zhang, 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.003
• The phylogenetic relationship of Eared Pheasants was resolved based on 45 loci.
• Asymmetric historical gene flow occurred between both parapatric and allopatric sister species.
• Allopatric sister species exhibit significantly divergent ecological niches whereas parapatric sister species show niche conservatism.
• Ecological divergence may have been the main factor that promoted ecological niche divergence.
One of the most contentious theories in current ecology is the ecological niche conservatism, which is defined as conservatism among closely related species; however, the ecological niche can also be shifted, as documented in several cases. Genetic drift and ecological divergent selection may cause ecological niche divergence. The current study aims to test whether the ecological niche is conserved or divergent and to determine the main factor that drives ecological niche divergence or conservation. We analyzed the phylogenetic relationship, ecological niche model (ENM) and demographic history of Eared Pheasants in the genus Crossoptilon (Galliformes: Phasianidae) to test niche conservatism with respect to different geographically distributed patterns. The phylogenetic relationship was reconstructed using ∗BEAST with mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) and 44 unlinked autosomal exonic loci, and ENMs were reconstructed in MAXENT using an average of 41 occurrence sites in each species and 22 bioclimatic variables. A background similarity test was used to detect whether the ecological niche is conserved. Demographic history was estimated using the isolation with migration (IM) model. We found that there was asymmetric gene flow between the allopatric sister species Crossoptilon mantchuricum and C. auritum and the parapatric sister species C. harmani and C. crossoptilon. We found that ecological niches were divergent, not conserved, between C. mantchuricum and C. auritum, which began to diverge at approximately 0.3 million years ago. However, the ecological niches were conserved between C. crossoptilon and C. harmani, which gradually diverged approximately half a million years ago. Ecological niches can be either conserved or divergent, and ecological divergent selection for local adaptation is probably an important factor that promotes and maintains niche divergence in the face of gene flow. This study provides a better understanding of the role that divergent selection has in the initial speciation process. The platform combined demographic processes and ecological niches to offer new insights into the mechanism of biogeography patterns.
Keywords: Crossoptilon; Eared-pheasant; Divergent selection; Ecological niche modeling; Genetic drift; Gene flow
|Fig. 1. Map of the study area indicating the occurrence points used in for the background similarity test of Ecological Niche Models (ENMs) and the location of DNA samples used in demographic analyses. (The occurrence points (circles) were from bird-watching records (http://birdtalker.net), the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (http://www.gbif.org) and our unpublished survey data. Occurrence points that were far from each other (at least 10 km) and were randomly chosen in ArcGIS software were used for the background similarity test. The study area was the minimal convex polygon of those occurrence points with an additional 200 km. Triangles represent the locations of DNA samples. The area surrounded by the black dashed line was the study area used for the background similarity test.
Pengcheng Wang, Yang Liu, Yinong Liu, Yajing Chang, Nan Wang and Zhengwang Zhang. 2017. The Role of Niche Divergence and Geographic Arrangement in the Speciation of Eared Pheasants (Crossoptilon, Hodgson 1938). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.003


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New computer-assisted program to improve cognitive skills
In May we launched our cognitive remediation program in our Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment (IPRT) program. Cognitive remediation is an evidenced-based practice to improve basic cognitive skills such as memory and concentration using computer software and web based programs. The cognitive deficits our program targets are problem solving, processing speed, reasoning and logic, concentration, planning, attention, working memory, organization, and working memory, as well as, short and long term memory.
Ten members of our staff became certified as Cognitive Remediation Specialists and were trained in the Neuropsychological Educational Approach to Remediation (NEAR) model. They consulted and worked together on this program with Dr. Alice Medalia, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Psychology) and Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Medalia is an international leader in the field of cognitive remediation and an advocate of recovery-based interventions that address cognitive dysfunction in people with psychological disorders. She has written Cognitive Remediation for Psychological Disorders, along with Dr. Nadine Revheim, Research Psychologist in the Program of Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, NY and Tiffany Herlands, PsyD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Rehabilitation Psychology at Columbia Presbyterian Eastside.
Groups meet twice a week in our Vocational Resource Center over a period of ten weeks. In the beginning of group participants discuss with staff what they previously worked on in the last session and decide what they want to accomplish for the current session. Group members then work individually on a computer with software and web based programs to practice their skill. The last fifteen minutes of the session are dedicated to "bridging", which is done in a group setting. This refers to the process of generalizing cognitive skills and compensatory strategies learned on the computer to everyday life. To evaluate an individual's progress within the program, pre and post assessments are given to each participant to measure their cognitive functioning.
Below are some screen shots from the computer programs that participants use to develop specific skills. An individual's level of computer literacy is not a barrier to program participation, as all cognitive remediation programs are user friendly and only require the participant to 'point and click.'
This exercise is called Stocktopus. The goal of this exercise is to trade items in order to attain goal items. This exercise targets problem solving, attention, concentration, and working memory.
Cognitive remediation is on the forefront of rehabilitation; it is a program that helps participants with mental illness to improve their level of functioning in everyday life whether it be in school, work, social interactions or independent living. Kevin B., one of the participants states, "The group is fun. I feel much better about myself now."
We'd like to thank the Fay J. Lindner Foundation for funding this program.


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Pictogram Punches Bookmark
Last week I mentioned that I made a make'n'take for my crafting vacation. So today, I thought I would share it.
I decided to design a little 3D make-n'take using the Pictogram Punches stampset and one large paperclip.
I must admit that I am loving this stamp set. It's fun, versatile and coordinates beautifully with the punches!
I found these large paper clips at my local dollar store and sandwiched them between 2 scallop punch outs with Stampin' Dimensionals!
2 mini classes! If you live in London ON or surrounding areas, check them out and contact me today to join!
Thanks for stopping in and have a great day!
Happy Creating!
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