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As we previously reported, Spartacus: Vengeance's Brett Tucker will guest star as a Scotland Yard detective , and we've got a sneak peek of the handsome newcomer and Beckett getting all dressed up for a case.
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The Complainant is Drake University of Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America, represented by McKee, Voorhees & Sease P.L.C., United States.
The Respondent is Drake State University of Rockford, Illinois, United States.
The disputed domain name <drakeu.org> is registered with GoDaddy.com, Inc.
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on April 7, 2009. On April 8, 2009, the Center transmitted by email to GoDaddy.com, Inc. a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On April 8, 2009, GoDaddy.com, Inc. transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details. The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy" or "UDRP"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").
On April 13, an e-mail communication was received by the Center from the Respondent, presenting an informal response to the Complaint. The following day, on April 14, 2009, the Center received an additional e-mail communication from the Respondent, containing a "final addendum response to the complaint". The Center acknowledged both communications on April 15, 2009, indicating that if no further messages or formal Response were received from the Respondent, these communications would be forwarded to the administrative Panel on appointment. There have been no further communications from the Respondent in this case.
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on April 20, 2009. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was May 10, 2009. The Respondent did not submit any formal response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent of the expiry of the Response period on May 12, 2009.
The Center appointed William R. Towns as the sole panelist in this matter on June 3, 2009. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
The Complainant, Drake University, is a private university founded in 1881 that currently offers more than 70 undergraduate majors in addition to advanced degrees, including postgraduate degrees in law and pharmacy. The Complainant owns a number of federal trademark registrations for DRAKE issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and claims to have used the mark in commerce in the United States since as early as 1881.
The Respondent registered the disputed domain name <drakeu.org> on November 28, 2006. The disputed domain name resolves to the Respondent`s website, on which the Respondent`s educational services purportedly are offered. "Drake" is prominently displayed at the top of the Respondent`s website, the contents of which are asserted to be copyrighted by "The Trustees of Drake State University". The home page of the Respondent`s website also refers to "[t]he Drake faculty". There is no disclaimer respecting the Complainant on the Respondent`s website.
According to the WhoIs information maintained by the concerned registrar, the Respondent is located in Rockford, Illinois. The Respondent`s website, however, represents that "Drake State University is an outreach organization headquartered in California". The notice of dispute that the Complainant sent to the Respondent`s WhoIs mailing address in Rockford, Illinois was returned by the U.S. Postal Service as undeliverable.
The Complainant maintains that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar if not identical to its DRAKE mark, in which Complainant has established rights through registration and through continuous use of the mark for over 125 years. The Complainant asserts that it is well known for its educational services, and alleges that the Respondent intentionally chose a domain name confusingly similar to Complainant`s DRAKE mark in order to engender confusion among students and to trade on the goodwill developed in the Complainant`s mark.
The Complainant asserts that it has not authorized the Respondent to use the Complainant`s mark, and that the Respondent has no relationship, association or affiliation with the Complainant. According to the Complainant, the Respondent has never been known by the disputed domain name. The Complainant argues that there is no evidence that the Respondent (Drake State University) actually exists – that is, no record of any state university or other educational institution by that name in either Illinois or California. Further, according to the Complainant, the Respondent`s WhoIs mailing address and telephone number are fictitious.
The Complainant argues that while educational services may be offered on the Respondent`s website, any such offering of services is not bona fide. According to the Complainant, the Respondent is not accredited by any accreditation body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and the Respondent`s website serves merely to provide a veneer of legitimacy to an otherwise illegitimate service. Further, the Complainant maintains that the Respondent cannot establish rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name in connection with an offering of services that relies exclusively on creating a likelihood of consumer confusion as to an affiliation with the Complainant.
The Complainant maintains that the Respondent registered and is using the disputed domain name in bad faith. The Complainant asserts that the Respondent knew or should have known of the Complainant`s rights in the DRAKE mark when the disputed domain name was registered. The Complainant further contends that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name for no apparent purpose other than to trade upon the goodwill in the Complainant`s mark. According to the Complainant, the evidence establishes that the Respondent is acting in bad faith by intentionally attempting to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to the Respondent`s website by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant`s DRAKE mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the Respondent`s services.
The Respondent did not formally reply to the Complainant`s contentions. As previously noted, however, the Respondent submitted an informal response to the Center on April 13, 2009, followed by an addendum thereto on April 14, 2009. The Respondent asserts in its submission of April 13, 2009, that the Complainant cannot assert exclusive rights to the surname "Drake" in connection with educational services. According to the Respondent, Drake State University bears the surname of its founder, James M. Drake. On this basis, the Respondent claims an equal right to use "Drake", and denies any bad faith.
Nevertheless, in the addendum submitted by the Respondent on April 14, 2009, the Respondent states that after consulting with legal counsel the Respondent is taking steps to cease its services under the "Drake" name. The Respondent indicates that it would like to default in this matter, and requests a period of three weeks to make preparations for this change in brand. In the event of a decision on the merits under the Policy, the Respondent requests that the disputed domain name be cancelled rather than transferred to the Complainant.
The Policy is addressed to resolving disputes concerning allegations of abusive domain name registration and use. Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation v. Bay Verte Machinery, Inc. d/b/a The Power Tool Store,
WIPO Case No. D2002-0774. Accordingly, the jurisdiction of this Panel is limited to providing a remedy in cases of "the abusive registration of domain names", also known as "[c]ybersquatting". Weber-Stephen Products Co. v. Armitage Hardware,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0187. See the Final Report of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process, paragraphs 169 and 170.
Paragraph 15(a) of the Rules provides that the Panel shall decide a complaint on the basis of statements and documents submitted and in accordance with the Policy, the Rules and any other rules or principles of law that the Panel deems applicable.
Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy requires that the Complainant prove each of the following three elements to obtain a decision that a domain name should be either cancelled or transferred:
(i) The domain name registered by the respondent is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights; and
(ii) The respondent has no rights or legitimate interests with respect to the domain name; and
(iii) The domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
Cancellation or transfer of the domain name is the sole remedy provided to the Complainant under the Policy, as set forth in paragraph 4(i).
Paragraph 4(b) of the Policy sets forth four situations under which the registration and use of a domain name is deemed to be in bad faith, but does not limit a finding of bad faith to only these situations.
Paragraph 4(c) of the Policy in turn identifies three means through which a respondent may establish rights or legitimate interests in a domain name. Although the complainant bears the ultimate burden of establishing all three elements of paragraph 4(a) of the Policy, panels have recognized that this could result in the often impossible task of proving a negative, requiring information that is primarily if not exclusively within the knowledge of the respondent. Thus, the consensus view is that paragraph 4(c) shifts the burden to the respondent to come forward with evidence of a right or legitimate interest in the domain name, once the complainant has made a prima facie showing. See, e.g., Document Technologies, Inc. v. International Electronic Communications Inc.,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0270.
The Panel finds that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant`s DRAKE mark, in which the Complainant unquestionably has demonstrated rights for purposes of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy. The critical inquiry under the first element of the Policy is whether the mark and domain name, when directly compared, are identical or confusingly similar. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Richard MacLeod d/b/a For Sale,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0662. See also Magnum Piering, Inc. v. The Mudjackers and Garwood S. Wilson Sr.,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1525. The disputed domain name incorporates the Complainant`s mark in its entirety, and as such is confusingly similar under this standard. The addition of the letter "u" does not serve to dispel confusing similarity between the disputed domain name and the Complainant`s mark, and given that the Complainant is a long-established university, may in fact compound the confusion ("Drake U").1
Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Complainant has satisfied the requirements of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy.
As noted above, once the Complainant makes a prima facie showing under paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy, the burden is shifted to the Respondent to come forward with evidence of rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. It is uncontroverted that the Complainant has not authorized the Respondent to use the DRAKE mark. The record nonetheless reflects that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name, which incorporates the Complainant`s mark in its entirety, and uses the disputed domain name to divert Internet users to a website from which the Respondent appears to offer educational services that appear to compete with those offered by the Complainant. This is sufficient in the Panel`s judgment to constitute a prima facie showing under paragraph 4(a)(ii). See, e.g., Document Technologies, Inc., supra; Compagnie de Saint Gobain v. Com-Union Corp.,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0020.
Pursuant to paragraph 4(c) of the Policy, the Respondent may establish rights to or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name by demonstrating any of the following:
(i) before any notice to it of the dispute, the respondent`s use of, or demonstrable preparations to use, the domain name or a name corresponding to the domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services; or
(ii) the respondent has been commonly known by the domain name, even if it has acquired no trademark or service mark rights; or
(iii) the respondent is making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name, without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert consumers or to tarnish the trademark or service mark at issue.
There is no evidence in the record that the Respondent has been commonly known by the disputed domain name. The Respondent`s name ostensibly is "Drake State University", and no evidence has been presented that the Respondent is commonly known as "Drake", "Drake University" or "Drake U".
The Respondent maintains that is has rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name because "Drake" is a surname – namely, that of its founder, James M. Drake. Whether this is in fact the case is unclear; there is no mention of James. M. Drake on the Respondent`s website. Regardless, the use of a confusingly similar domain name to trade on the goodwill of another`s mark does not qualify as a bona fide offering of goods or services. See Barceló Corporación Empresarial, S.A. v. Hello Domain,
WIPO Case No. D2007-1380. The Respondent likely was aware of the Complainant when the disputed domain name was registered. As noted earlier, the Respondent prominently displays the Complainant`s DRAKE mark on the home page of its website, which also contains references to the "Drake faculty" and attributes copyright ownership to the "Trustees of Drake State University". The Complainant has submitted evidence of actual confusion among students who have mistaken the Respondent`s website for that of the Complainant.
Taking into consideration the totality of circumstances in the record, the Panel is persuaded that the Respondent more likely than not had the Complainant`s mark in mind when registering the disputed domain name, and that the Respondent`s aim in registering this confusingly similar domain name was to trade on the goodwill in the Complainant`s mark. This does not constitute the use of the disputed domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services. Nor in light thereof can the Respondent credibly claim to be making a legitimate or fair use of the disputed domain name, regardless of whether "Drake" is a surname. See Aubert International SAS and Aubert France SA v. Tucows.com Co.,
WIPO Case No. D2008-1986.
Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Complainant has satisfied the requirements of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy.
Paragraph 4(b) of the Policy states that any of the following circumstances, in particular but without limitation, shall be considered evidence of the registration and use of a domain name in bad faith:
(i) circumstances indicating that the respondent registered or acquired the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the complainant (the owner of the trademark or service mark) or to a competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess of documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name; or
(ii) circumstances indicating that the respondent registered the domain name in order to prevent the owner of the trademark or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, provided that the respondent has engaged in a pattern of such conduct; or
(iii) circumstances indicating that the respondent registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor; or
(iv) circumstances indicating that the respondent intentionally is using the domain name in an attempt to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant`s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the respondent`s website or location or of a product or service on its website or location.
The examples of bad faith registration and use set forth in paragraph 4(b) of the Policy are not meant to be exhaustive of all circumstances from which such bad faith may be found. See Telstra Corporation Limited v. Nuclear Marshmallows,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0003. The overriding objective of the Policy is to curb the abusive registration of domain names in circumstances where the registrant is seeking to profit from and exploit the trademark of another. Match.com, LP v. Bill Zag and NWLAWS.ORG,
WIPO Case No. D2004-0230.
As noted earlier, the Panel draws an inference from the circumstances of this case that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant`s rights in the DRAKE mark when registering the disputed domain name. The Respondent`s registration of the disputed domain name with knowledge of the Complainant`s existing trademark rights is evidence of bad faith. See Ticketmaster Corp. v. Spider Web Design, Inc.,
WIPO Case No. D2000-1551. The Panel also is persuaded from the record that Respondent chose the disputed domain name primarily for the purpose of exploiting and profiting from the Complainant`s mark, which constitutes bad faith. See Aubert International SAS and Aubert France SA, supra. The Panel concludes that the Respondent has used the disputed domain name in bad faith in an intentional attempt to attract Internet users to the Respondent`s website for commercial gain, by creating a likelihood of confusion in terms of paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy. See Edmunds.com v. Ult. Search Inc.,
WIPO Case No. D2001-1319.
Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Complainant has satisfied the requirements of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy.
For all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the domain name <drakeu.org> be transferred to the Complainant.
William R. Towns Sole Panelist
Dated: June 17, 2009
1 The Complainant observes that "U" is commonly used as an abbreviation for "University" in the context of domain names.
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Vintage car with bunting
This is a beautiful framed button print, which would make a fabulous wedding present or a special anniversary gift.
It features a vintage style car with a host of colourful buttons floating above which make up the shape of a heart. There is bunting on the car that says Mr & Mrs which can be customised to whatever suits the occasion (as long as it's not too long). The couple's names appear with a heart between them and the wording opposite is 'And so the adventure begins'. The couple's initials also appear on the car registration. The car can be any colour you prefer.
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Neanderthals may have been mating with modern humans 100,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought, a new study based on several different methods of DNA analysis has found.
Scientists provide the first genetic evidence of a scenario in which early modern humans left the African continent and mixed with now-extinct members of the human family prior to the migration "out of Africa" of the ancestors of present-day non-Africans, less than 65,000 years ago.
"It's been known for several years, following the first sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2010, that Neanderthals and humans must have interbred," said Professor Adam Siepel, from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in US.
"But the data so far refers to an event dating to around 47,000-65,000 years ago, around the time that human populations emigrated from Africa. The event we found appears considerably older than that event," said Siepel.
"One very interesting thing about our finding is that it shows a signal of breeding in the 'opposite' direction from that already known," he said.
"That is, we show human DNA in a Neanderthal genome, rather than Neanderthal DNA in human genomes," said Siepel.
This finding, the result of several kinds of advanced computer modelling algorithms comparing complete genomes of hundreds of contemporary humans with complete and partial genomes of four archaic humans, has implications for our knowledge of human migration patterns.
People living today who are of European, Eurasian and Asian descent have well-identified Neanderthal-derived segments in their genome.
These fragments are traces of interbreeding that followed the "out of Africa" human migration dating to about 60,000 years ago.
They imply that children born of Neanderthal-modern human pairings outside of Africa were raised among the modern humans and ultimately bred with other humans, explaining how bits of Neanderthal DNA remain in human genomes.
Contemporary Africans, however, do not have detectable traces of Neanderthal DNA in their genomes. This indicates that whatever sexual contact occurred between modern humans and Neanderthals occurred among humans who left the African continent.
"Ancestors of present-day African populations likely didn't have the opportunity to interbreed with Neanderthals, who lived largely outside of Africa," said co-author Ilan Gronau, a former member of Siepel's Lab who is now at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Centre, Israel.
The team's evidence of "gene flow" from descendants of modern humans into the Neanderthal genome applies to one specific Neanderthal, whose remains were found some years ago in a cave in southwestern Siberia, in the Altai Mountains, near the Russia-Mongolia border.
"The signal we are seeing in the Altai Neanderthal probably comes from an interbreeding event that occurred after this Neanderthal lineage diverged from its archaic cousins, a little more than 100,000 years ago," Siepel added.
The study appears in the journal Nature.
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Welcome to Weekend Potluck 384,
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This week's features – Best Ever Baked Beans, Instant Pot Ribs and Gravy, Easy Chocolate Fudge and Raspberry Lemonade Cocktail Spritzer.
Each Friday morning, stop by Sweet Little Bluebird for our Weekend Potluck party, a place where top food bloggers come to link up their best and latest recipes! Each week we feature the most viewed recipe from the previous party along with recipes that caught our attention. We also have a featured recipe from one of the hostesses.
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Best Ever Baked Beans by Dance Around the Kitchen
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Instant Pot Ribs and Gravy by The Bearded Hiker
Easy Chocolate Fudge Anyone Can Make by Southern Home Express
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Easy Raspberry Lemonade Cocktail (Spritzer) by Sweet Little Bluebird
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Repulse, a new online first-person shooter by Aeria Games, has had a fair amount of time in development to work on bugs, and has been released on February 1, 2012. To that point I was able to spend some time in the closed beta, and in the subsequent open beta, to participate in the game and offer some information on what promises to be an entertaining (and to many players, familiar) trip into the old school-style pastime of fragging.
If you have a hankering to participate in mindless online violence, this game should be right up your alley, although my personal take on it is that there is not a lot that's new about it – it takes me back about ten years or so.
Look familiar? Unreal Tournament FTW!
The game is very reminiscent of the old shooter, Unreal Tournament, both in feel and in action. It offers three player settings: Assault, Sniper and Engineer, each of which you can assign specific weapons and items appropriate for that class. One of the extremely helpful things you can do with these classes is switch between them as needed for the current situation by choosing between the F1, F2 and F3 keys – in short, you aren't stuck with one player and one load-out; if it's to your advantage to suddenly be a sniper, with the press of a button you can suddenly be one.
While in the classic FPS mode there are certain abilities that are not available to the player, in the action mode a number of interesting things are added, such as wall jump and cloaking (using certain body suits). There are a number of armor selections that you can choose from (provided that you have the funds available) as well as a large assortment of weaponry and helmets, each with different specs, which hopefully helps you fine-tune your character as much as possible.
You will find much that reminds you of the good old FPS games you grew to love (if you're old enough that is). Different game modes such as Assault, Death Match and Capture the Flag are the same basic operations featured in a lot of games from way back when. You won't find a lot of surprises here, and I didn't see any way (so far) where you could customize your player's speech and sentences, but perhaps I either missed that or it will be a possibility as the game continues its development. What I see now are automatic phrases like "I'm too handsome to die!" I hear that one a lot, because it happens whenever someone frags me, which seems to be often with my 59-year-old reflexes.
Joining a match of your liking is easy, once you choose Action or Classic FPS, and either Pro or Rookie within those choices. That brings you to a list of games – choose one that has some room with a format or map you like, double click on it, hit the green START button on the bottom right-hand corner and you're loaded into the game.
The action is fast, and it's pretty tough to hide and snipe at people (I like camping in a good spot and picking people off, and this game makes it hard to do that). If you manage to find a fruitful area, don't stay there too long, because the guy you just snuffed is almost guaranteed to come back to where you are to see if he can get even. It doesn't seem to matter how secure your area is – someone seems to always end up behind you, and the next thing you know is that the room is spinning, and you're yelling, once again, "I'm too handsome to die!"
The good points of this game for me are that it's fast, and the controls are intuitive and there's nothing new as far as a learning curve. You can load up and run into a game almost as soon as you enter with little or no actual experience other than with first-person shooters in general. It looks the same, it acts the same, and you're good to go once you have your weapons of choice loaded on your character.
The rigs of today will easily be able to run Repulse. The minimum requirements stated by the game include 4GB of hard drive space (it does warn you that it may take up to 5 GB of free space to allow you to download the installation program, temporary files and the final installation); memory requirements are modest, with 512 MB memory being the minimum, and 1GB or higher preferred. For gamers ten years ago, these requirements would be huge; for today's crowd they are considered fairly light, I would assume. My machine can probably run a small airport, so I didn't even look at these requirements other than to note them for this article, but for those who are on the edge, just be prepared.
Being an online game and free is a good thing. If you want to get specific weaponry or backpacks, armor and helmets other than the standard load-out, you're going to have to pay, which is to be expected. I went ahead and spent $20.00 on their currency (Aeria Points) in order to at least have some good gear to get my sniper going. But you can see where this is going. It's free to play the game, but if you want to survive a little longer, and have a little more firepower and space in a backpack to store extra items, you're going to have to cough up a little dinero. And one more thing definitely worth mentioning: the items you buy in the store are temporary, largely lasting from seven to fifteen days. It's understandable, but it remains to be seen whether or not this game is going to have enough attraction for the FPS crowd to draw a large number of players in to spend real money. Let me elaborate…
Because I believe that the Unreal Tournament series has a good basis of comparison here, let me note that you can log in to an untold number of online games in even the ancient original Unreal Tournament. Unreal Tournament 2004 offers additional types of games and vehicles, and Unreal Tournament 3 is playable on Steam. In none of these games is it necessary, once you own the game, to purchase additional equipment to play competitively. You find the weapons as you go, and no player has an advantage in armor class, nor can they achieve an advantage. What you have is what you have, although you can boost your protection with armor or shield belts that you can occasionally find throughout any map. Additionally, the maps are endless, many having been player-created, and the weaponry, which is around a dozen various items from a semi-automatic pistol (the "Enforcer" in the original UT) to the Redeemer, which pretty much obliterates everyone in a square mile when it hits.
This isn't an advertisement for the Unreal Tournament series, however, but a simple question: if players are able to go online and frag people all day and all night and not spend any money other than for their internet connection, are they going to go in large numbers to play Repulse, which offers much less variety and costs real money to beef themselves up?
I like the speed of Repulse and the relative ease of joining a game of one's choosing. What a slow old guy like me doesn't like, however, is that there is no option for offline play to practice maps against bots. There are a limited number of maps in Repulse at present, true, but it does get a bit demoralizing trying to learn these maps while you're constantly screaming and dying as you learn them. Additionally ( and I am sure that there are a lot of FPS players who feel the same way), if you don't want to spend your money on virtual items to help you keep from dying and to be more effective in fragging, you're at a disadvantage when compared with players who do spend the money.
I like the game, if I can keep up. It remains to be seen as to whether or not Repulse will be competitive with the FPS world at large. If the numbers of maps increase, and perhaps the prices to purchase virtual weapons and armor decrease (or perhaps occasional lotteries or giveaways to lucky players may find their way into the game's internet page), Repulse has good possibilities. Right now, I am in a wait-and-see frame of mind where Repulse is concerned.


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The Ag PhD Crop Scouting Reports are supplied by contributors to Hefty Seed Co., based in Baltic, South Dakota. Find more online at www.agphd.com and www.heftyseed.com.
Augusta, AR
As flood waters go down slowly, it is day to day on the rice coming out from underneath the water. It is stretched pretty badly, but overall I'm a little more optimistic that we may save more than I thought. Obviously there are some fields that will be a total loss. We have to get herbicide on the ridges of the fields we think we can save to check the grass up. One day at a time. — Joey York
Soybeans planted last week need a shower to get through the crust. Be sure and get your residual down on soybeans being planted this week. Apply paraquat with a residual product if planting on stale beds. Pigweeds are up and thriving! — Joey York
Georgetown, IL
Along with our recent cool and wet weather, insect pressure may cause early season stress to plants. Corn nematodes and slugs will cause early season corn damage. Watch for wilted plants, stunted growth, yellowing, and slime trails that indicate the presence of these pests. — Evan Zimmerman
Princeton, IL
I spoke with a couple of farmers today who were considering skipping their pre-emerge application to get their beans planted. This can become an ugly situation if the weeds grow too big, too quickly. Post-emerge options can be limited and/or expensive on some weeds species. Stay the course with your soybean pre-emerge. You will be much happier with the results. — Mike Denton
2 oz/acre of Fierce plus 2 oz/acre of Fierce XLT is a great waterhemp program. This combination gets you 2.33 oz of Valor, 1.75 oz of Zidua and 0.5 oz of Classic. — John Becker
Sheldon, IA
After a farmer gets done spraying a dry product like Valor or Authority, be sure to take out all of your screens and carefully clean them. Some of the product may not be dissolved and will bleed into the spray solution, causing injury to your crops later. — Adam Sauer
With the recent heavy rains, some fields may have had some washouts occur. Usually after planting, the row is the lowest point for the water to run. A light shower usually will leave the plant alone, but a large amount of rain in a short amount of time may cause the row to start to erode. If it erodes enough, the seed could be left exposed or even washed away entirely. This will cause reduced stands and may warrant some replanting. Another place to watch is where did all the water go? If you have a lower spot in the field, all the sediment might pile up and bury other spots in the field, smothering out what has already exposed. — Nathan Kloft
Breckenridge, MN
There were a number of conventional corn acres planted in the area and growers are scouting fields now and determining what to spray. Without the help of the Roundup, the herbicides will need to have their full effect so as to not take any chances for escapes. Follow label guidelines and use full rates and often times 15 gallons of water per acre. — Tia Johnson
Fairmont, MN
With the cold weather we had the last week in April, most were unsure of how it was going to impact their crop stand. With a lot of corn emerging, now is critical time to scout and find out if your stand is where it should be. Chilling or cold temperature injury can cause delayed plant growth, kernels that didn't germinate, and leafing out underground. — Sam Geistfeld
Hancock, MN
In many areas there are Liberty Link, Roundup Ready, and Xtend soybeans being grown. In order to make it clear what beans you have planted in your fields, I would recommend putting colored flags in field approaches. Green flags indicate Liberty Link soybeans, and checkered flags indicate Xtend soybeans. This will help you and your neighbors when spraying herbicides. — Nathan DuHoux
If you planted Liberty beans this year, remember that Liberty has specific requirements for it to work well. Liberty is a contact herbicide, so ideally you should use 15-20 gallons of water/acre. Use 2 lbs/acre of AMS with Liberty as well. Next, it's important to use good pressure when applying this product (60 lbs/acre). Flat fan nozzles will give you the best coverage. Do all of these things on a warm day, and you should get good results from Liberty. — Aaron Giese
Some beans planted in the last 10 days have some emerged plants and some beans laying in loose, dry top soil or in open seed furrows. You may see missing plants in the next week or so as we start to "row" beans. With recent rains early this week, most of these seeds will germinate and fill in the stand, and everything will be just fine. Do some digging in different places over the next week to confirm there are no other problems in the field. — Adam Gibson
Janesville, MN
A majority of the crop is in with the nice weather the past 7-10 days. However, some growers didn't get a pre on their beans, and now with the rainy weather the beans will likely emerge before they can get into the field. In this scenario we have fewer options to choose from when trying to decide what to spray once the field conditions are fit to go again. — Josh Bruns
LeRoy, MN
Have you experienced heavy rain and washing after planting? There have been some circumstances where growers have gotten such heavy rain they will need to replant some areas due to washouts. The worry was that since they had their pre-emerge applied, they wouldn't be able to replant those areas, but that is not the case. You can plant soybeans following applications of all pre-emerge herbicides like Valor, Authority, or Sharpen products. — Grant Lunning
Marshall, MN
There are some farmers in the area looking for an inexpensive option to spray their pastures this spring. A popular new product that has less volatility than your typical 2,4-D is called Freelexx. It's a new formulation of 2,4-D designed to be used on many non-cropland areas, including pastures, rangeland and Conservation Reserve Program acres. Use this product at 1 qt/acre. — Jeff Gladis
Some farmers in the area did not get a pre-emerge treatment on their corn fields before the corn came up. With the huge price drop in HPPD herbicides versus last year, the popular choice appears to be Resicore (which contains active ingredients found in Surpass, Callisto, and Stinger). Some are using Resicore along with Atrazine and Roundup on their first post-emerge spray in corn. It's working very well on emerged weeds and should give a good deal of soil residual control as well. — Jeremy Jensen
If you chose Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans this year for your soybean varieties, there are quite a few new tankmix additions added to the list that require the use of an additional adjuvant. If tankmixing any products with Xtendimax, be sure to check out www.xtendimaxapplicationrequirements.com. This site tells you all the products that can be added with Xtendimax and what adjuvant you need to pick up for your tankmix. — Dave Timmerman
Soybeans will start to emerge after 130-155 growing degree units (GDU) accumulation. With the warm weather last weekend and early this week, soybeans are starting to break the surface. Be mindful of herbicide selection as some can be harmful to emerged soybeans. — Mike Homandberg
Olivia, MN
For added ragweed and broadleaf control in sugar beets, many growers add in 4 fl oz/acre of Stinger. Remember to target small weeds for best control. — John Scheibel
Pennycress and Russian thistle are two weeds I have seen in the fields this year that I do not normally see. Luckily, Engenia or Xtendimax will be pretty good on these weeds in your Roundup Ready Xtend Soybeans. — Aaron Spronk
With more rain in the forecast, now would be a great time to look at your herbicide program. Here are a few things to keep in mind. HPPDs have really come down in price and are a cheap yet effective option in corn. If you are unable to get a pre on, make sure to use a residual product post. Finally, make sure you are using multiple modes of action to prevent resistance. — Tony Hagen
If you did not get your pre-emerge on your soybeans before the rain, there are still options with residual to use. The group 15 products (Warrant, Dual, Outlook, Zidua, Anthem) can be applied after the soybeans have cracked and will provide you with residual to help hold back the weed pressure. — John Scheibel
Thief River Falls, MN
With a lot of the wheat popping up in our area, take extra caution when applying a pre-emerge bordering a wheat field – make sure the wind is blowing away from that sensitive crop. Adding a drift and deposition agent like Latch at 4 oz/acre will help reduce the drift of your pre-emerge. — Jordan Swanson
Cold temperatures will hinder growth over the next 7-10 days. The seed treatments that have been applied will greatly help the germination process to fight the cool soil temperatures. With that being said, do not spray your pre-emerges at these temperatures especially if you need burndown activity of emerged weeds. You might have to wait and apply an early shot of glyphosate (if resistance is not an issue) and a post-emerge tankmix to control weeds when they are emerging at the same time as your soybeans. — Alex Yaggie
Winthrop, MN
If you're like many growers in the area, you have some soybeans in the ground that have not yet been sprayed with a pre-emerge herbicide. Typically you need to get the pre-emerge on within 3 days after planting. Have no worries, there are other products that can be used if the beans start to emerge. Look at products like Outlook, Dual II Magnum (or a generic version), Warrant, etc. — Tyler Gasow
As this rain gives you a break from the field, plan out what you will need to finish out early-season applications when things get rolling again. Having a plan and getting everything picked up will help you finish up faster when we are able to get back out there. — Matt Vogel
I have had a few calls on soybean maturity and planting dates. In our area we can still plant a 2.0 maturity up to the end of May. After recent rains, it may be a few days before planting resumes. If you feel it might get later, contact your seed dealer and make plans to change varieties so seed can be available. — Dean Christiansen
Bertrand, MO
Many farmers will be using XtendiMAX or Engenia on their dicamba tolerant soybeans soon in our area. Something to remember is to use recommended rates, recommended spray nozzles, and be aware of sensitive crops down wind. Also watch your speed and boom height as they can help control any off target movement of herbicides. — Albert Duenne
Several farmers in our area are planting their soybeans right now. Even though it feels a little late in the season, they are sticking with a good seed treatment to protect the seed and young seedling. Based off previous results a number of them are also adding QuickRoots to help get the root development needed to bring in more nutrients and produce additional yield. — Albert Duenne
Hayti, MO
With rain in the forecast, today and tomorrow may be the last days for most farmers to plant cotton. Many fields are still too wet from the last rain. — Danny Stevens
Sidney, MT
I talked to a couple growers who have had foaming issues with PowerMAX. Make sure you have some defoamer/anti-foam on hand to avoid any issues. — Chester Hill
Laurel, NE
Now is the time to be thinking about pasture spraying. Farmers and ranchers in this area have had good luck with some of the newer pasture herbicides like GrazonNext and Chaparral. — Kody Urwiler
West Point, NE
Be sure to scout your fields and check for good stands at this time. We're seeing some issues here and there. — Jared Steffensmeier
Hurdsfield, ND
Early planted corn is up! Take the time to get out and check your stands and emergence. — Emily Kline
Lisbon, ND
Be scouting your spring wheat fields as they will need to be sprayed soon. Some farmers are finding they have both grasses and broadleaves emerging. Where they are trying to kill both with one pass, Huskie Complete at 13.7 oz/acre is the predominant choice. — Spencer Schultz
Mohall, ND
I've been getting questions about burndown on wild buckwheat, dandelions, and kochia ahead of soybeans. All of these problem weeds can be solved with virtually no downside risk by using Xtendimax or Engenia as a burndown if you plant Xtend soybeans. At full rates of either of these two products, you will have clean fields, relatively quick burndown, and a little bit of residual as well. — Ron Hefta
Aberdeen, SD
If you are looking to control buckbrush in your CRP or pastures, a popular option is 3 oz/acre of Chaparral. This would also work well on Canadian thistle and wormwood sage. — Tanner Johnson
Baltic, SD
Rain is creating some problems in fields here. The forecast is for more rain over the next few days, which will keep the soil saturated for some time. This is a recipe of nitrogen loss. I strongly suggest that you consider a pre-sidedress nitrate test when the corn gets to V6 so that we can add N if needed. — Rob Fritz
There are going to be plenty of soybean acres planted back into last year's bean ground. Keep in mind that if you sprayed Flexstar last year, you cannot spray it again this year. The Flexstar label for our area allows 1 pt/acre every other year. — Tyler Koenig
Centerville, SD
Due to the timing of rain, there are some corn pre herbicides that have not been put down yet. There are options that can be sprayed early post on corn. Examples include Resicore, TripleFLEX, and Acuron, and can be applied up to 11-inch corn. Acuron Flexi is another option and can be applied up to 30-inch corn. — Tim Brouwer
I have been seeing a lot of leafy spurge popping up in pastures in the area. To control this troublesome weed, I recommend Tordon 22K at 1 qt/acre. If you like to use a combination product, use Graslan L, which is 2,4-D choline plus Tordon, at 1.5 pts/acre. Graslan L is a much safer and less volatile form of Grazon P+D. — Travis Petty
Freeman, SD
I have heard of some grass problems in fields going to soybeans. Remember to spike in Roundup with your pre-emerge herbicide. Even if your pre has activity on grass, adding Roundup will virtually guarantee control and is quite cheap. — Lee Dockendorf
With the heavy rains down here, soybeans will be starting to come up before producers can get back out in the field. Growers who did not get their pre-emerge on before the rain can use Anthem Max at 4 oz/acre or Anthem at 8 oz/acre. Zidua and Cadet are the components. These products can be used up to the 3rd trifoliate. — Matt Zilverberg
Gettysburg, SD
A few guys say they have been seeing thistles and wormwood growing in pastures. Apply GrazonNext at 24 oz/acre plus 1 pt/100 of NIS. — Kyle Hawkinson
Huron, SD
I received a phone call today about destroying a poor stand of corn and then replanting back to corn right away. They wondered what to spray to remove the corn. Options are very limited. Corn killers used in soybeans (Assure, Fusilade, Select) are not labeled to plant back to corn soon enough. Gramoxone does not seem to work that well on corn, especially if it is small and the growing point isn't out of the ground. The best option is Liberty. Just make sure the corn doesn't contain the Liberty gene. The only other option is tillage. — Garritt Dykstra
When spraying metribuzin on your soybean fields this spring, make sure you know what the pH of your soil is. If your pH is 7.4 or higher, it would be wise to reduce the rate. Applying too much metribuzin in a high pH soil will cause crop injury. When pH is high, metribuzin becomes much more active in the soil. By cutting your rate, you will not dampen your weed control. — Kyle Wiese
Kimball, SD
Soybeans are popping out of the ground in our area. Most pre herbicides cannot be sprayed over emerged soybeans. Growers with beans out of the ground will need to change their program. Warrant and Outlook are both decent choices for post-emergence residual. — Mike Erickson
New Underwood, SD
While walking through alfalfa fields, I noticed a lot of yellowing leaves and unhealthy looking plants. I would use Headline at a 9 oz/acre rate to get control of the yellowing. Remember the harvest interval is 14 days after application. — Tyler Price
Watertown, SD
Due to the cool conditions, wait until next week to spray your wheat acres. You will have better weed control and less crop injury. — Russ Werning
I have been hearing there are a lot of weeds coming through on the wheat acres. If broadleaves are the only problem, farmers are using products like Huskie and WideMatch. If grasses are also in the mix, Huskie Complete, Wolverine Advanced, or GoldSky are the products they're using to get the fields cleaned up. — Beau Wensing
Keep in mind that if you are spraying in adverse wind conditions, you could add a product such as Latch at 4 oz/acre with 5 to 20 gal/acre of water. — Jack Beutler
Quincy, WA
When starting up irrigation on hard, compact soils, injecting a calcium product can really improve water infiltration and soil structure. — Ty Whitaker


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Accepta 3552 is a high performance; technically advanced marine diesel fuel oil conditioner and stabiliser. It is a scientifically formulated marine diesel additive made using a blend of biocides, dispersants and anti-oxidants all carried in aromatic naphtha.
Accepta 3552 is a highly efficient fuel oil treatment that comprises a complete and balanced marine diesel additive with an array of performance benefits, providing valuable operating assurance and reliability.
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- Technically advanced diesel fuel oil conditioner and stabiliser
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Clif Bar Peanut Toffee Buzz ($0.99, Publix)
2.4 oz / 68g
Ingredients: organic brown rice syrup, soy rice crisps, organic roasted soybeans, organic soy flour, organic rolled oats, dry roasted peanuts, apple fiber, organic oat fiber, organic milled flaxseed, inulin, psyllium, organic evaporated cane juice, peanut toffee, organic peanut butter, cocoa butter, soy flour, soy lecithin, peanut flour, natural flavors, sea salt, green tea extract.
Calories: 250
Cals from fat: 50
Total Fat: 6g (9%)
Sat Fat: 2g (10%)
Sodium: 200mg (8%)
Potassium: 250mg (7%)
Total Carb: 42g (14%)
Fiber: 5g (20%)
Sugar: 20g
Protein: 11g (22%)
When I drink green tea I get a little loopy. I don't know if I steep it too long or what; my purveyor of fine teas says I drink them too fast and my blood pressure drops, which is an interesting theory. Anyway, it makes the idea of this bar feel a little bit dangerous; contains green tea extract! And he's drinking coffee! Go ahead and dial the 9 and the 1!
This bar is remarkably bland. There's a little icing stripe which adds some sweetness but I'm honestly left with almost zero aftertaste. Sort of a dry finish, too. The texture is just 'clif bar' to me at this point, but the taste of this bar is markedly different and sort of strange; I don't really get the toffee taste. Its slightly sweet and peanutty with this crazy drop off dry mouth finish. I probably won't buy this one again, but it is an interesting experience. I guess we'll see how hyped up on caffeine I am after this and a cup o' joe. I feel like I might bounce around like daffy duck or something wooHOOwooHOOwooHOO!
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Episode 10 - Meta Terminator
Meta Programming in Ruby
#class GoodTerminator
# likes_to_protect [:john_connor, :sarah_connor]
# likes_to_destroy []
#class BadTerminator
# likes_to_protect []
# likes_to_destroy [:john_connor, :sarah_connor]
Panda Level
- Implement a method "protects?" where you can pass in the name of a person to check if he protects them
- Create a method in the Terminatorable module called "good?" that will tell if a Terminator is good or bad
- Create a spec that if the Terminator is trying to destroy someone, they are bad
Tiger Level
- Create the GoodTerminator and BadTerminator classes
- Update the specs to test the GoodTerminator and Bad Terminator
Eagle Level
- Split the methods into
- Alternatively, rename to
configurationthat accepts a hash of people to protect and people to destroy
Copyright: 2012 Jesse Wolgamott, MIT License (See LICENSE)


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New leader in the Les Sables-Azores-Les Sables
The Mini class' singlehanded Les Sables-Azores-Les Sables race has a new leader this morning. For the majority of this leg back from Horta, Czech sailor Milan Kolacek on Follow Me has been ahead, but with 330 miles to go to the finish the north has started to pay with Nicolas Boidevezi on Fondation terrevent.org pulling into pole position in the Proto class at the latest sched.
With an area of high pressure over the Bay of Biscay the northerly boats look set to continue to have more pressure with the easterly gradient stronger where they are.
Interestingly another boat that could do well from hanging on to Boidevezi's coat tails is Switzerland's Simon Koster on Go For It, as he is in third place on the water, despite sailing in the Series class aboard his Nacira. Making 10.4 knots to Follow Me's 6, it seems likely that Koster will be able to make up the 21 miles he trails the Czech sailor over the course of today. However Aymeric Bellmoir on Tout le monde chante contre le cancer is also doing well in the Series class, just 13 miles behind Koster.
Overnight several of the southerly boats, such as leg one winner Aymeric Chappellier on La Tortue de l'Aquarium La Rochelle, currently third in the Proto class, have gybed north to get a piece of the action.
Others, notably Benoît Marie currently fourth in the Proto class, are sticking to the direct route to Les Sables d'Olonne. But this tactic won't come good for another 24 hours as the high recedes west and stronger WNWerlies fill in across the Bay of Biscay.


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Project Description
The apartment complex consists of 4 blocks each adapted to the landscape. The buildings have full framed structural diagram whose reinforced concrete load-bearing frame is made of plain, flat platelike and straight bar elements.
Foundations – monolithic reinforced concrete slab.
Walls and partitions – small concrete masonry blocks.
Doors, windows and glass panels – Shuco metal-plastic profiles, energy efficient double-pane insulated windows.
Façade finishing – natural wood material.
Balcony railings – metal railings.
Thermal insulation – rockwool panels.


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Kaminsky all-around star
MADISON, Wis. -- Aspiring videographer. Team jokester. Proud Wisconsin student.
"Call me Joe College if you please," Frank Kaminsky once wrote on a blog post explaining his decision to return to the Badgers for his senior season.
It's worked out quite well for the versatile 7-footer. Wisconsin is the top seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament a year after a Final Four run.
Lacking a McDonald's High School All-American pedigree, Kaminsky might be the unlikeliest player in a while to ascend from relative anonymity to college basketball stardom and a potential player of the year. He might be one of the most entertaining, too.
"The GoPro is just something for the chronicles, for the archivists," Kaminsky said on Senior Day at the Kohl Center when asked why he strapped the mini-camera to his chest to film celebrations before and after a win.
Nearby, guard Josh Gasser chuckled. Teammates always seem to be laughing around Kaminsky after games.
Basketball and a sense of humor are Kaminsky family traits. Kaminsky's father, who is also named Frank, said his son was always the tallest kid in class going back to grammar school.
"The way he compensated for that was he was the class clown, the class goof. He likes to have a good time, likes to be with his friends," said the elder Kaminsky, who has coached and also played college basketball at Lewis.
Dad knows what his son was going through.
"He tells people 'My dad and I are both goofs," the elder Kaminsky said. "There's no doubt about it."
Few would also dispute that the younger Kaminsky is perhaps the hardest-working player on the Badgers (31-3). Kaminsky had to earn his time after averaging 10 minutes a game two seasons ago as a sophomore.
"Frank -- he's always the last one to leave the court after practice. When you see the P-O-Y doing that, it kind of rubs off on other guys," said forward Nigel Hayes in spelling out the abbreviation for "Player of the Year." Like Kaminsky, Hayes makes teammates laugh.
"I think it lets other guys know that if Double-A is doing this, I think we should probably be doing it as well," Hayes said matter-of-factly. "'Double-A' is All-American."
Double-A and the rest of the Badgers open tournament play on Friday night in Omaha, Nebraska, against 16th-seeded Coastal Carolina.
Kaminsky's rise began on Nov. 19, 2013, when he went 16 of 19 in a win over North Dakota to set the school single-game scoring record with 43 points. He turned into a star during last year's run to the NCAAs, highlighted by a 28-point performance against Arizona in the regional final.
As it turned out, there wasn't much drama in Kaminsky's decision to return for his senior year.
"It was the best decision I've ever made in my life," he said. "It wasn't even much of a decision."
A double-double threat every time he takes the floor, Kaminsky has become a media favorite because of his personality and dry sense of humor. While he likes goofing around, he doesn't particularly like to do interviews.
All the talking he has had to do has been an adjustment.
"He's handled it well," the elder Kaminsky said. "In terms of all the individual attention, he doesn't care one iota about it. ... Frank's focus is on his teammates and his team. That's where it should be."
Statistically, Kaminsky tops the Badgers in scoring (18.2 points per game), rebounding (8.0) and field goal percentage (55 percent). He is averaging a team-high 1.6 blocked shots while also shooting 39 percent (34 of 86) from 3-point range.
Match up Kaminsky with a shorter, quicker player and he posts up for a bucket. Guard him with a big man and Kaminsky can move outside to shoot the 3 or drive into the lane.
Put a double team on Kaminsky and he will adjust and find the open shooter. It's no wonder Kaminsky is drawing raves.
Coach Bo Ryan likes the way he has handled the notoriety.
"Shows how grounded he is. You guys have heard me say this 100 times. I go back to your parents and first teachers and he obviously got some pretty good advice as he was being raised," Ryan said.
"He really likes his teammates, he likes his classmates, he likes the campus," Ryan added. "What a joy to know that there are people like that out there in this athletic world."


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The Indian calendar of Landslide disasters is literally dotted with catastrophic events, most of which, by hindsight, look self imposed and probably avoidable. If landslides could plead their cases in the courts of law, a great majority of them will come out unscathed, after convincingly proving that the boot is on the other leg. It is we who have flouted the basic rules of slope safety by one hand, while turning over the pages of the landslide calendar, by the other hand, without remorse. The increasing frequency and the fatal consequences of landslides are the proof enough that our approach to landslide disaster mitigation in India has thusfar been lackadaisical. While we are justly proud of our Armed Forces, National Disaster Response Force, Indo-Tibetan Police, Border Roads Organization and others for their heroic deeds of rescue, saving lives at the expense of their own, it's the sad ground reality that our preventive and mitigatory actions are no match to the scale and complexity of landslide problems we face, and time has come when we should either vow to pull the plug on the prevailing pedestrian and whishy-washy approach to landslide disaster mitigation in India , or further slide down to the tipping point.
Whenever major landslides strike different parts of India inflicting untold misery, we often ritualistically shed crocodile-tears to console the kith and kin of those killed or injured with tons of sympathies, and compensate lives lost with some promises and money. Experts and managers-in-charge hurriedly summon meetings, seminars and conferences which often end up with research papers, investigation reports and recommendations. By now, we have scores of reports and piles of recommendations, but, alas, the very same exercise is bound to repeat when the next major landslide hits us. Between the two landslide disasters, our effort has never been forceful enough to take the bull by the horns and permanently fix at least such of those landslides which stare us in the face, 24 x7!
The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) took suo moto cognizance of the above ground reality bearing in mind the fact that India is on the fast track of development, and disasters due to landslides can no longer be allowed to frustrate progress. Currently, our approach remains pedestrian because the associated engineering practices are unremarkable, the existing institutional mechanisms appear dysfunctional, the culture of safety is on the decline, and worst of all, the frequency, intensity, damage potential and the devastating impact of landslides are on the increase, accentuated by extreme weather events, unregulated urbanization and non-engineered construction.
Recognizing the severe limitations of the conventional approach, INAE built the roundtable meeting of landslide experts on 11 May 2015 in New Delhi, on the foundation of a series of nationwide pre-roundtable consultations aimed at answering vital questions, otherwise languishing on the back-burner. The roundtable concluded that a proactive strategic and determined approach, powered by a strong political and administrative will, can put us back on the track to safety because, unlike earthquakes and tsunamis, most landslides are predictable, preventable, and controllable, if managed with appropriate interventions of Science & Technology.
Of the various recommendations made at the roundtable, the most significant is the one seeking the establishment of an autonomous and empowered National Centre for Landslide Management for focused, coordinated and holistic attention to landslide management. Currently, many institutions in India are engaged in pursuing diverse aspects of the subject, but there is no visible excitement, binding force, coordinated effort, and accountability to the nation. Under the National Disaster Management Act of 2005, we created National Institute of Disaster Management. It, inter alia, runs training programmes on landslide management, way below the state-of-the-art level. It being the disaster mitigation face of India, now is the time for a SWOT analysis to know how much it has delivered, what difference it has made on the ground, and how it could be strengthened to measure upto its responsibilities? Geological Survey of India is the national nodal agency on landslides for over a decade, but that does not diminish the need for an autonomous center because the existing institutional mechanisms have fallen short of delivering, all these years, and their mere cosmetic reorganization or strengthening will not suffice. The proposed Centre should play the role as an apex national institution for landslide management, and be accountable to the nation.
There are large parts of our country in which hazards due to landslides co-exist with other hazards, like floods and earthquakes. In these multi-hazard areas, the landslide risk reduction plans will necessarily have to be subordinate to the multi-hazard risk reduction plans. Currently no such plans and strategy exists. If they do, they are insensitive to the multi-hazard reality. It is in this background that the roundtable has laid emphasis on preparation of short- (0-3 years), medium- (3-10 years) and long-term (10-20 years) landslide management plans at the national, state and district levels in the multi-hazard context, through multi-disciplinary teams, within one year. Besides frontally addressing the present and the emerging challenges, providing strategies for coordinated action, and promoting sound engineering practices, the roundtable saw the need for a standing order to ensure regular updating, reaffirmation and re-notification of the various plans, in keeping with their dynamic nature.
One wonders why India, with such a rich pool of human resource, has resigned to the option of living with landslides, relying for so long on palliative and quick-fix approaches to landslide remediation. Paucity of funds, absence of delivery capacity, and urgency to deal with immediate landslide danger are generally being cited as the reasons. The capital intensive nature of permanent measures and unaffordability are the arguments often advanced to justify inaction. However, the truth is that the benefits of permanently fixing landslides far overweigh capital investments. It is with this thinking that a time-bound national programme for controlling all major landslides has been recommended with onetime funding by the Central Government. There is the need to ensure that the solution finally picked for adoption out of a plethora of technological possibilities, must necessarily pass through the process of comparative evaluation of all options, with the eco-friendly bias.
No matter what we do, the success will continue to elude us if we do not fortify landslide management by introducing innovative techno-legal and techno-financial practices. For all ongoing and new development projects involving landslide risk management, the project construction and the corrective action for countering the construction-related, visible or anticipated slope failures and environmental damage before, during or after the construction stage, ought to be considered in design as its inseparable parts. This could be achieved by discontinuing the conventional practice of reflecting the costs of corrective actions as separate budget items, and by creating innovative techno-legal and techno-financial enabling environment. Adequate budget for the above purpose, including the maintenance costs, must be sanctioned as a package and all major landslide projects should pass through a mandatory peer-review by independent panels of experts.
The INAE roundtable, inter alia, unmasked the contentious link between the poor quality of detailed project reports (DPRs) and the contractual disputes, and cost and time over-runs. Ensuring eco-friendly and techno-economically sound DPR's was therefore considered critical to efficient project implementation. The need for accreditation of consultancy firms, capacity building of technical agencies within the Government, strengthening of the institutional arrangements for vetting and approvals of DPRs, a Third Party Inspection and audit, Disaster Impact Assessment of all major projects, and permitting mid-course modification of ongoing sanctioned works (to account for the new information exposed during investigation) was underscored.
There is a widespread disappointment in the country on the quality of landslide investigation. What the credibility of pathology report means to a patient, so does the quality of the investigation report means to the landslide management. Often times, there is a visible disconnect between the actually implemented control measures in the field and the landslide investigation report. The reasons for this are many. Landslide investigation in difficult terrains and inclement weather need higher expertise, more time to plan and out-of-the-ordinary implementation capacity which we seldom possess. Even in cases where adequate time is available, there are not many institutions and trained teams in our country with multi-disciplinary expertise to scientifically formulate an investigation plan, carry out credible investigation, and deliver peer-reviewed recommendations for time bound implementation. Then there are real-life situations in which Geotechnical investigations cannot be planned and frozen in time and space because of site complexities and ensuing uncertainties. A thorough Geotechnical investigation should therefore be a mandatory prerequisite to the planning and design of landslide control measures.
The other recommendations of the roundtable call for initiatives- to establish strong communication between senior professionals, development planners and decision makers for building teams and teamwork; create pace-setting best practices of community-centric early warning systems and accord the highest priority to R&D on topics such as earthquake-induced landslides, role of extreme weather events in landslide studies, approaches to landslide risk and damage assessment, development of innovative technologies for effective utilisation of landslide debris and other wastes, and unfolding of fundamental mechanisms of the most problematic Indian landslides.
A very strong case has been made for credible and comprehensive documentation of landslides and landslide disasters. The emphasis stems from the fact that the universe of landslides is fascinating because every inch of landslide exposed, deepens our questions and taxes our imagination. What a landslide reveals at its surface, if not explored deeper, may sometimes make us conclude at the expense of what is hidden, not-known, unseen or not-understood. Our ensuing research papers and study reports naturally reflect more of our own perceptions built on the pile of observations and past experience known for subconscious loyalty to the widely accepted trends and theories. In many cases, vital field evidences get erased even before landslide investigations begin and facts get lost until they resurface in some other landslide at some other time and location. Many landslide case-records published after due process of scholarly studies and debate go seldom challenged because the publications appear scholarly at their face value. The need to write credible monographs is therefore critical.
"We cannot solve the problems we have created with the same thinking which created them", said Albert Einstein. And according to Seneca, "If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him." Clearly we need a sense of direction, clarity of ideas and the excitement of building Team India. In Bob Proctor's words: "If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your hands!"
(The writer is Chairman, Forum on Engineering Interventions for Disaster Mitigation, Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi)
Published Date: 16th July 2015, Image Source: http://www.dnaindia.com
(Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Vivekananda International Foundation)


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Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), dispatched an assortment of drugs, Public Health Officers and Health Education & Health Promotion Team to Baringo County following an appeal by the County Health Department about malaria outbreak in Tirioko Ward, East Pokot Sub-County.
The County Health Department said they received reports of malaria upsurge on 22nd August 2019.
After dispatching a health response team to the affected areas, it was found out that four children had already died from the outbreak. The report also indicated that 200 other cases are being monitored by the medical team to prevent more deaths.
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A Perfect Red is a marvelous story about the history of the "discovery" of cochineal by Europe in the 16th century. The tiny scale insect is one of the most compelling red colors in the natural dye palette and its introduction took Europe by a storm, garnering huge fortunes for Spain and England (who pirated tons of cochineal bounty from Spain). Author Amy Butler Greenfield details the challenges that it took to bring this dyestuff to market from the fall of the Aztec empire to Perkin's discovery of mauve. Her 300-page book reads like a natural dye bodice-ripping historical romance without the bodices and is full of richly drawn characters: conquistadors, swashbucklers, royalty, merchants, indigenous uprisings and secretive dyer's guilds. Highly recommended reading.
The past few years of the Great Cochineal Upheaval have felt like a chapter from Greenfield's book. In the fall of 2009 we were greeted with the news that there was no cochineal extract available. Cochineal growers decided that the cost and effort of raising cochineal was too steep for the prices they were being paid and they plowed under their nopal cactus fields and planted cash crops such as artichokes and kiwis. As cochineal is also one of the major natural food colorants that is approved in the US, Brazil and the European Union, prices naturally spiked, rising to levels we had never seen before and we found ourselves priced out of the cochineal market. We have been anxiously monitoring the situation and early this spring we were told to wait another year because they were using most of the harvest to re-seed the fields.
Dyers were dejected. Even though lac and madder filled some of the gap in our red palette, the workarounds to those wonderful cochineal fuchsia, red, pink and purple colors just weren't the same. Finally the price for cochineal insects started declining and we just received word that the price for cochineal extract is at its lowest point since the turmoil began. Taking a deep breath, we jumped in and purchased some extract.
It is a simply beautiful, very high quality colorant. Rich, red and glowing, it instantly energizes the palette. The purples with cochineal are unbelievably vibrant and it makes a very perfect (and more economical) fire engine red when combined with madder. It is so potent that 2% plus some cream of tartar in the dyebath makes a stunning deep crimson color on wool.
Cochineal dyes to its deepest shades when you use a higher percentage of alum mordant (15-20%) and some cream of tartar in the dye bath (2-6% depending if you also mordanted with COT). If you have mineralized or hard water with calcium, magnesium or iron in it, use filtered or distilled water for the clearest colors.
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text: Plaxtol Local History Group - Feb update PLAXTOL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP: FEBRUARY MEETING Kent in the 20th Century "We have all heard of the Vikings, the Romans and Queen Victoria but what of the history of Kent in the 20th century?" said Bob Ogley who talked for an hour without any visual aids or notes and held us all spellbound with his cavalcade of Kent history. He spoke authoratively having himself written four volumes of a history of 20th century Kent. He talked of the heroes of Kent in the world of sport, flying and speed. Such heroes as the Wright brothers,Malcolm Campbell and Sydney Wooderson, all of whom lived in Kent. Kent has a magnificent literary heritage with such famous names as H.G.Wells, Siegfried Sassoon, E. Nesbitt, Enid Blyton and Ian Fleming to name a few. We have engineering successes such as the Queen Elizabeth II bridge and the Channel Tunnel. There have been tragedies in Kent too and we remembered the Dover-Zeebrugge ferry disaster, the floods in 1953 and the hurricane in 1987. The hurricane changed Bob Ogley's life, for the following day he hired a plane, pilot and photographer and photographed the damage from the air. Having failed to interest any publisher in the resulting book he published it himself, selling 265,000 copies and becoming a national best seller. The pace of life has changed since we were a front line county in the second World War. We shall not see Kent miners or hop pickers any more but we were reminded that we too are a part of the history of Kent. David Gurney arranged a display of local photographs and posters of the 1920 Plaxtol Grand Fete and Coronation Celebrations in 1953. V. Dussek Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 9th March at 8pm in the Memorial Hall when Sarah Pearson will give the Mollie Lewis Memorial Lecture entitled Sandwich - The Completest Medieval Town in Kent.


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A joint Thai-Indonesian commando force stormed a hijacked Indonesian jetliner with 50 hostages aboard, police broadcasts monitored Monday said. Earlier, Indonesia had agreed to part of the demands made by hijackers holding 44 hostages in Bangkok. A Thai government spokesman said Indonesia agreed to free 53 political prisoners moments before a Monday night deadline set by the hijackers passed.
The five gunmen who seized an Indonesian airliner Saturday and have since held it at the Bangkok airport demanded the release of 80 politi cal prisoners and a $1.5 million ransom.


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Feature: AI
"We think it is inevitable that artificial intelligence will begin to play a bigger role in the pharmacy," says Michael Wysong, CEO of CARE Pharmacies Cooperative.
Adds Peter Miles, manager of Hilton Family Pharmacy in Hilton, N.Y.: "When the switch happens and the computers start to apply data and come up with diagnosis or plans — well, that really can't be that far ahead."
Essentially, these next-generation AI wonders tap into the technology's ability to do a lot of the thinking and strategizing for you. Of course, it's always your call if you want to trust an entity whose heart literally beats with all the warmth of an Intel or similar multiprocessor. But if you're curious about what the future of what business software will look like for pharmacists, here's a sampling of what's coming down the pike:
AI App Makers
You can start dabbling in artificial intelligence right now — and for free — with open source software like Datumbox. Targeted to businesses with one or more programmers on staff — or an extremely brave PC power user — Datum is an AI platform that enables you to design and build your own AI apps from scratch.
Specific tools you can create with Datumbox include:
- AI Sentiment Analyzers: These tools enable you to unleash an app on the web, social media, and similar digital locations that will see what people are saying about your company and/or products and services — and also determine if the sentiments behind those posts are positive, negative, or neutral.
- AI Text Readability Analysis: This tool can be used to ensure the marketing copy for your pharmacy business is extremely accessible — or conversely, appeals to a more discriminating audience.
- AI Gender Analysis: Whether it's soaring praise or withering criticism, this tool will enable you to determine who's behind posts about your company — a man or a woman.
Similar software includes Lexalytics and Bitext.
AI Dashboard Maker
One of AI's notable characteristics is its ability to retrieve data from all corners of the web and then package it in easy-to-understand graphic dashboards.
|While it'll be a while before we all have an IBM Watson supercomputer atop our desks, there are a number of artificial intelligence business tools pharmacists can use right now that will help you run smarter, faster — and ahead of the competition.
Qlik, for example, enables your pharmacy to develop AI dashboards that can monitor dozens, hundreds — or even thousands — of websites and/or web properties across cyberspace, and then bring back all that data for instant analysis.
With Qlik, you'll be able to compare and contrast the performance of all your websites in terms of clicks, visits, purchases, successful calls to action, and more. Plus, the software promises to bring back associations and insights you may not have thought of to consider. Similar products include Metric Insights and Tableau.
AI Self-designing Websites
Grim fact — not all of us are da Vincis in the making. Fortunately, with Grid — an online service that will auto-design a website for your pharmacy — that doesn't matter anymore, when it comes to designing your online business presence.
With Grid, you simply upload the content you want on your website — text, images, and video — and the service does the rest, placing everything just where it's supposed to go. Once all your components are in place, you also have the ability to tweak the resulting design. You can get an in-depth look at how Grid works with its introductory video on YouTube. A similar online service is Wix.
AI Call Center Matchmaker
Any pharmacy business exec who has winced listening to a call center rep clashing with a customer will want to look into Afiniti.
Designed to find "birds of a feather" personality matches between your call center reps and your customers, Afiniti processes more than one billion calculations per second in its never-ending quest to sniff out the personality of anyone who happens to be calling your business.
Essentially, the AI software works by retrieving, storing, and analyzing psychographic and demographic data on customers across the United States, which it sources from the world's identity data brokers, including Allant, Acxiom, Experian, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TARGUSinfo. Specific data that Afiniti is incessantly gobbling up includes income level, credit-card usage, profession, gender, telecommunication usage patterns, responsiveness to marketing, political persuasion, and travel habits.
Most likely, it also knows if your toenails need trimming.
Meanwhile, Afiniti analyzes the other side of the equation — the personalities of the call center reps at your pharmacy — by studying how your reps interact with customers over a 60-to-90-day period, and by crunching data from a 20-minute survey that you can administer to your call center reps when they're first hired. The result: In a perfect world, you get a match made in bits-and-bytes heaven that hopefully will result in a better customer service experience and perhaps heavier sales.
AI Early Warning Lawsuit Alerter
When it comes to lawsuits, the only thing better than an attorney who strikes sheer terror in the opposition is one who can scope out potential lawsuits before they happen — and steer you clear of any trouble.
That's the premise behind Intraspexion, ingenious lawsuit prevention software developed by seasoned attorney and company founder Nick Brestoff.
|Intraspexion founder Nick Brestoff
Intraspexion works by relentlessly analyzing every single email your employees send or receive from the outside world, and then studying those emails for telltale signs of trouble ahead. As soon as it finds an email it believes could be the start of an impending lawsuit, it instantly alerts your attorney or in-house counsel, requesting human intervention. According to Brestoff, Intraspexion's accuracy had been verified by a third-party source at 99%.
Interestingly, Brestoff's Intraspexion software is built on Google's TensorFlow — a free, open source, deep-learning software developed by researchers and engineers on the Google Brain Team.
"TensorFlow is quickly becoming a viable option for companies interested in deploying deep learning," says Rajat Monga, engineering leader at TensorFlow at Google.
Currently, Brestoff's software — which is being pilot-tested by a New York Stock Exchange-level company — is only programmed to analyze employee emails for potential employee discrimination suits, simply because those suits are among the most common.
But Brestoff says he can easily rework his code for pharmacists to do the same kind of monitoring for breach-of-contract suits, fraud suits, and more than 150 other categories of lawsuits that businesses must dodge every day.
Concludes CARE Pharmacies Cooperative's Wysong about the coming age of AI: "When you contemplate the role that artificial intelligence could play in improving preventative medicine, coupled with the expanded role of the pharmacist, any responsible provider would want to figure out new ways to deploy these technologies in the ultimate service of their patients and customers." CT
Joe Dysart is an internet speaker and business consultant based in Manhattan. You can contact him at email@example.com.
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Well, this is a turn up for the books! Two giants of the Designer Toy world collaborating on a special release for Tokyo Comic Con! Next week in Tokyo (surprising, considering it's called Tokyo Comic Con) will see a new Coarse Paw! released with Instinctoy! Paw! Pastel Rainbow! Very much fitting in with the Instinctoy vibe.
Feels like an age since we last saw a production Paw! figure from Coarse. Two heavy hitters going together is always a good thing. Ok, so the pastel rainbow colourway isn't going to be for everyone's taste, but bah gawd it looks good to us! We are not certain on the run size of this Pastel Rainbow Paw! but we know that it will cost 30,000YEN (£207).
Now the important shizzle. Trying to get hold of this piece ain't going to be easy. Honestly, we tried to translate the information from the Instinctoy website HERE but it's convoluted. We know that Paw! is part of the A frame of products being released over the course of the 30-1st December weekend at Tokyo Comic Con. It is a first-come first-served business with the A frame products. From what we can gather, if you're attending Tokyo Comic Con you'll need to queue up at the 10H exit to start receiving a wristband to allow purchase. You can only purchase either one product from A or one product from B. Anyways, you're gonna have to need a little bit of luck, a decent TCC mule or an online release to get hold of this beaut in the near future.
We are going to keep our ears to the ground for an online release and keep you coarseheads updated when/if information is known!


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Callee Kelly
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Hi everyone, im new here.... my daughter is 3 and a half and I am having major difficulty with her. She will be kicked out of her daycare soon if her behavior doesnt improve soon she sees a family therapist, and she is starting behavioral therapy this week. But between her pediatrician, therapist and teachers at school they all say she is showing major signs on ADHD & ODD .... my heart is broken. Me and her dad divorced when she was 11 months and i am remarried and have another baby (1 year old) and she hates my husband... he is VERY strict and doesnt allow her talking back or acting out like she does normally (he has a 8 year old who is an angel ) i think he "loves" her as much as he can, because she isint his kid but i dont believe that he really "likes" her and were going through alot of changes on top of all this... im just devastated about all of this. i love her more than anyone or anything on this earth... her pediatrician prescribed Tenex ( 1mg daily, half in the morning, half in the afternoon) and im just so scared to give it to her because shes SO YOUNG! plus all i see if it makes them tired and can maybe change their personality. I just want her to mind and be a good girl.... as in a NORMAL 3 year old
anyone have any advice or heard of or been a mom of a 3 YEAR OLD on Tenex
anyone have any advice or heard of or been a mom of a 3 YEAR OLD on Tenex