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With the launch of the evolution wireless G4 series and two brand-new XS Wireless 1 Dual Sets, Sennheiser is bringing a wide portfolio of new wireless solutions to NAMM.
Meanwhile, studio microphone manufacturer Neumann is presenting a re-issue of the U 67, the quintessential studio workhorse of the 1960s.
But it is not all about products: The Sennheiser and Neumann booth (Anaheim Convention Center North, Level 1, Booth No. 14110) is once again continuing its tradition of presenting a diverse and exciting roster of musical talent. This year's artists performing on the booth stage include singer-songwriter Rie Sinclair, contemporary roots duo The Talbott Brothers, and many more.
Alongside evolution wireless G4 and the XSW 1 Dual Sets, both available from April, Sennheiser will be showcasing upgrades to its Digital 6000 wireless microphone system as well as the AMBEO portfolio, with immersive audio workshops also held at the booth (daily at 10.30 a.m. and 2 p.m.). Neumann will be demoing its wide range of studio monitors and microphones, including the U 87 Rhodium Edition and the U 67, in dedicated active set-ups.
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"It is our pleasure to present four days of live performances on the Sennheiser Stage during this year's NAMM convention," says Byron Gaither, Artist Relations, Sennheiser. "While our booth will showcase the latest audio technologies from Sennheiser and Neumann, the Sennheiser Stage provides a great opportunity to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the show floor and experience great artists putting these innovative mics into action."
Thursday, Jan 25th – Day 1
11:30 a.m. – Randell Kirsch and LuAnn Olson
12:30 p.m. – Ronee Martin
1:30 p.m. – Michael Mell
2:30 p.m. – The Talbott Brothers
3:30 p.m. – Rie Sinclair
Friday, Jan 26th – Day 2
11:30 a.m. – Jaq MacKenzie
12:30 p.m. – Astral Queen feat. Nina Storey and Mark McKee
1:30 p.m. – Ari and the Alibis
2:30 p.m. Marcus Eaton
3:30 p.m. – Julia Othmer
4:30 p.m. – Nu Blu
Saturday, Jan 27th – Day 3
11:30 a.m. – Dixie Jade
12:30 p.m. – Luci
1:30 p.m. – Lola Lennox
2:30 p.m. – Debby Holiday
3:30 p.m. – Chaka Blackmon
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1:30 p.m. – George Krikes feat. Pretty Polly
2:30 p.m. – Ari and the Alibis
3:30 p.m. – Marina V.
Sennheiser will also be participating in various events and panels taking place during the AES Pro Sound Symposium.
January 25 to 27, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Anaheim Hilton, Huntington C, Level 4 – Sennheiser will participate in the Wireless Spectrum Update 2018 Expert Panel alongside Lectrosonics, AT/Alteros, PWS and RAD.
January 25 to 27, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Anaheim Hilton, Huntington C, Level 4 – During the Wireless Microphone Spectrum, Technology and Product Discussion Sennheiser's Eric Reese, Brian Walker, and Thom Salisbury will be hosting sessions to discuss current and future use of wireless microphones, as well as the trade-offs between specific wireless technologies and differing spectrum ranges.
The discussion will look at the differences between analog and digital wireless as well as the use of alternate frequency ranges such as VHF, UHF, ISM, DECT, and 2.4G in various applications. This technology discussion will also include specific product innovations across the Sennheiser wireless product lines and new products announced at NAMM.
January 25 to 27, at 5:00 p.m., Anaheim Hilton, Huntington C, Level 4 – Sennheiser will participate in the Entertainment Wireless Technology Q&A Panel, an open-format question and answer panel with leading industry experts on various entertainment wireless topics.
On Sunday, January 28, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., AES and TEC Tracks join forces for a special Silent Jam session, where participants using Sennheiser wireless headphones will be able to audition the specific monitor mix that each musician has requested onstage. Engineering this session will be Eagles' monitor mixer Mark Frink, and the performing musicians will include Brian Hardgroove, John Kurzweg and Jono Manson, as well as special guests. The session will take place at the Anaheim Hilton, Manhattan, Level 4.
Visit Sennheiser and Neumann at the NAMM Show, January 25 to 28, Anaheim Convention Center North, Level 1, Booth 14110.


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Very clear, that makes sense, ..thanks!Yes, x is the distance measured in hoops. So 0.5 means paint the middle hoop red and follow its path. It won't, of course, remain in the "middle"! The distance of the point x=0.5 from the point at which the top was being held is d(0.5,t) and it's d(x,t) that you solve for. No integrating as such.I think we see a different coordinate that x? x is the number of cycles? It need to be converted to stretched factor (=force) and then integrated to get actual distances between points?image1.JPG
The angled lines are the characteristics, think of them as lines along which information flows.
x and t are the independent variables, x is from 0 to 1, t is from 0. d(x,t) is the dependent variable.
So how did you solve it and saw strange answers? With a numerical tool like Matlab, or Mathematica?


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As global LGBTQ acceptance grows, more mass-market brands are speaking to potential customers with gender-diverse marketing. But adoption is slow in the U.S. as Americans grapple with accepting social change. Although more Americans than the global average (59%) say the nation is becoming more tolerant, they're are also the most likely to say that society has gone too far in allowing people to dress and live as one sex, even though they were born another (36%), according to a 2017 Ipsos study of 27 countries.
It was a big step for big brands to engage same-sex couples as Ikea did in 1994. Since then, brands from Honey Maid to Tiffany began a new wave a few years ago. Other brands like Target in 2015 removed gender classifications to their products. Today some shoppers identify on a spectrum between the binary male and female genders. Others don't recognize gender at all. For those who are new to these concepts, the University of Wisconsin created this informative guide and transgender vlogger Riley J. Dennis explains genders in great detail.
Younger North Americans are leading the shift in gender-neutrality. Marketers should take note both in terms of targeting products to youth audiences today and in terms of the trend these consumers will carry forward as they become mature shoppers tomorrow. In June 2017, a D.C. resident became the first person in the country to get a gender-neutral driver's license. Parents in Canada and later the U.S. have successfully registered their babies without gender assignments. The move inspired the term "theybies." Last year, Canada made it a crime to use the wrong gender pronoun under its Human Rights Code.
Not surprisingly, some universities have been at the forefront. The University of Kansas Libraries took that a step further. In fall 2016, it launched a campaign with staff buttons featuring preferred gender pronouns and a "You Belong Here" tagline. The feedback was generally positive.
"The time was right to engage in this conversation and convey to users that libraries are places where such dialogue and difficult conversations can take place," says Christine McWard, director of communications & advancement for the University of Kansas Libraries.
The fashion industry has long experimented with gender-bending and retailers like Zara and H&M have featured gender-less collections. Earlier this month, Estee Lauder's MAC Cosmetics launched the MAC Nicopanda makeup collection at retail giant Macy's. "I made this collection for everybody; of course, girls, who look amazing, and boys and everyone in between," says unisex fashion designer Nicola Formichetti, in a video posted on YouTube.
Americans more likely to misuse gender pronouns
Up to now, mass brands have largely tip-toed around using language that recognizes the gender spectrum. In general, consumers aren't entirely informed, or perhaps don't entirely embrace the concept. Compared to people in other English-speaking countries in the Ipsos study, Americans are most likely to refer to a transgender person incorrectly using their assigned birth gender. They also are twice as likely to misuse the correct pronoun than their cultural peers in the U.K., Australia and Canada.
"You can posit that incorrect pronoun usage is ignorance or you can posit that it's willful," says Julia Clark, an Ipsos SVP. She says that because Americans are the most likely to say that being transgender is "a sin" the issue clearly takes on a religious flavor. "It suggests that it comes from a position of intolerance rather than ignorance," she says.
Coke breaks the pronoun barrier
Coca-Cola broke the language barrier with an Super Bowl 2018 ad campaign called "The Wonder of Us." It used a variety of gender pronouns and, significantly, "them" to declare that there's a beverage for everyone. Despite the ad's gauzy inclusiveness, the mention of "them" roared "I see you" to non-binary people.
"We purposely did not highlight any single vignette or person in the commercial, as we want to encourage our fans and consumers to interpret and internalize each scene and make it their own," says a company spokesperson.
ALSO. GUYS DID YOU NOTICE AT HALFTIME IN THE SUPERBOWL @CocaCola USE GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUNS IN THEIR AD?!
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Condé Nast also took a direct approach with its "Them" magazine launched in October 2017 to celebrate the LGBTQ community. Brand partners Burberry, Google, Lyft and GLAAD supported the debut. This makes them well-positioned to gain and build loyalty with the next generation of potential customers.
Tweens care less about gender
Younger tweens are aware of and accepting a range of genders. Most tweens say they are fluid as a gender, according to a 2016 Ipsos study of U.S. Tweens ages 10-13. The majority also said they care more about who a person is as a person than whether they are a boy or girl.
"Many marketers in the U.S. are late to reflect this dynamic in their communications," says Janet Oak, an Ipsos SVP. "It's the more progressive companies that are willing to embrace and reflect what's real because they understand that while it can be polarizing, in the long run, it will make consumers even more loyal to them."


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Many of our readers are by now familiar with the grand jury system, a tool of state repression used to harass, intimidate, and gather information on political activists in the U.S. While the power the government has is immense, their ability to disrupt our movement is not insurmountable! There is currently a grand jury underway in Santa Cruz, CA., and animal rights proponent Brittany Kenville has been subpoenaed. The staff of CG stands by Brittany, and we urge all of our readers to do the same. Clicking on her image above will allow you to make a donation through her tumblr page, please chip in to help with her legal costs. Brittany's statement about her subpoena follows below.
My name is Brittany Kenville. I have been subpoenaed as a witness to the grand jury convened in San Francisco in relation to events that took place in Santa Cruz, California in 2008. Grand juries exist to determine whether there is enough evidence for a person or persons to be indicted. Subpoenas are used to force the appearance at grand juries by anyone the prosecution feels may provide evidence in support of their case.
Grand juries operate in secrecy, and witnesses who choose to testify are not allowed to have a lawyer present when doing so. In cases like this, grand juries are used as a tool to strike fear in and intimidate activists, and also to neutralize them from action. They spread seeds of mistrust throughout activist movements, and they operate under the assumption that people in activist communities are inherently guilty by association. I am adamantly opposed to these proceedings. I believe that they are unjust and an appalling misuse of prosecutorial power. Using grand juries to harass activist communities does not serve justice, it is simply a means of political repression.
I have been working with an attorney, and I plan on exercising every right that I have in response to my subpoena. I have the complete, unfaltering support of my family, my friends and my fellow activists. I encourage anyone else who is subpoenaed to reach out, seek counsel, do research, and learn your rights in these proceedings. I hope everyone reading this will learn more about the grand jury system and join me in standing up against its use as a tool of harassment.
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The official fees in Benelux for trademarks will increase from 1st January 2019.
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This has implications for applications and renewals. After 1st January 2019 fresh applications and renewals in more than 1 class will be more expensive.
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Which of the following client business question(s) below can be answered in the Opportunity stage?
- The clients want to better position its brand portfolio
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- The clients want to know how can they compete with other players
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Category AdvisorDeep dive for the category dynamics, help prioritize innovation opportunities within existing and adjacent categories
Market & Brand AdvisorDecode drivers of brand choice, understand strengths and weaknesses of brands, find unclaimed spaces
Demand SpacesUses a demand strategy approach - that identifies, sizes the opportunities, and develops the activation strategy to capture the demand
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- Demand spaces uses a demand strategy approach, can identify current, emerging and latent demand
In demand spaces solution, each Demand Space is sized by?
- Nielsen RMS data
- Survey data
- Third party data
- Desk research data
How can Demand Spaces help drive client business growth?
- Tell client where to innovate
- Help client better manage their product portfolio
- Tell client how to play, how to optimize their brand positioning
- Help client ensure their future execution in line with the whole brand strategy
In the sorting exercises, consumers can...
- Look into the products they have grouped together by scrolling over each group
- Move product sorting from one group into another group
- Name each product group they have created
- Choose not to group some products
What does the size of the clusters in the category Advisor Landscape Map mean?
- The size means the sales value of each cluster
Which of the following modules is not included in the MBA solution suite?
- Attraction module
- Price module
- Innovation module
- U&A module
How can MBA help clients to identify and prioritize opportunities?
- Provides indications of where today's needs can be pushed further at an idea generation level to nourish the innovation funnel
- Size and monetize each opportunity
- Pay attention to respondents most engaged in the category
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Effective and ethical supervision of mental health professionals requires understanding of and skills in handling the supervisory relationship. In addition to monitoring client welfare and assisting with supervisee growth and development as a clinician, clinical supervisors need to be aware of boundary issues inherent in the relationship. These boundary issues often create legal and ethical dilemmas for the supervisor.
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"You decided not to report what?"
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Star Member StarfishSaver (4,477 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212474597Please stop criticizing Nadler for not arresting Lewandowski on the spot yesterdayNeither the Judiciary Committee chairman nor Congress, as a whole, has the power to arrest anyone "on the spot," even under their inherent contempt authority.There's a procedure that must be followed.Among other things, the committee has to first vote to recommend he be held in contempt. That's done in markup, a proceeding that requires several days notice and that must be postponed an additional week if the minority requests.If the measure passes, it is sent to the floor for a full House vote.Once the contempt resolution is passed on the floor, Congress has now officially cited the witness for contempt. At that point, there are three different avenues that can be taken for enforcement:1) refer the citation to the US Attorney for DC and ask them to enforce the citation with an arrest or prosecution. Since the US Attorney reports to the Attorney General, good luck with that;2) go to court to ask it to enforce the contempt citation; or3) use its Inherent Contempt power and order Lewandowski to be arrested or fined.But as soon as that order is issued, Lewandowski's habeus corpus right kicks in and he can ask a court to determine if the arrest is valid. Upon receiving Lewandowski's petition, the court would likely issue a preliminary injunction, prohibiting the Sergeant-at-Arms from arresting him and blocking any effort to exact a fine, pending resolution of the case.And, assuming the court eventually rules that Congress can arrest him, it's not clear how that arrest would actually be carried out since, among other things, it hasn't never been established whether the Sergeant-at-Arms jurisdiction extends beyond Capitol grounds.The whole "use their contempt authority to arrest him on spot" demand has no basis in law or procedure.
Star Member mcar (29,020 posts) 1. Stop getting in the way of a good DU Dem bashing. Facts are irrelevant!
Star Member sharedvalues (6,578 posts) 2. Ok, so: hold in contemptAnd let them fight the Inherent Contempt arrest warrant in the courts.Nadler and the Dems could be doing this.
Star Member Hortensis (33,110 posts) 5. Good post. Yes, Wm Barr would have to prosecute the people'scase against Lewandowski for contempt of congress. That'd be like expecting the corrupt, black-hatted sheriff in an old western to protect the nice farm family against the avaricious rancher instead of murdering and running them off the land. Not going to happen.I did hear Judiciary is considering the option of fining these people, which apparently would not require Barr's cooperation. A single fine cannot exceed $100,000. Which makes me wonder how many times Lewandowski was in "inherent contempt" of congress yesterday. ?"And the only thing that talks around this administration is money. So if you start fining him, let's say, $5,000, $10,000, $15,000 a day, at some point, you are going to get him to comply." ~ Jackie SpeierSomeone else commented on the commonality of greed among these people.
PoliticAverse (21,049 posts) 10. inherent contempt (which would be prosecuted by Congress itself) is different than the criminalcontempt which is prosecuted under the DOJ.
Star Member StarfishSaver (4,477 posts) 11. ThanksI'm not even sure if they can sustain a contempt charge.First, unlike many others, he didn't defy the subpoena. He showed up and testified. Second, his refusal to respond to some questions was based on the White House's invocation of executive privilege. That's not contempt on his part.And, finally, while he was rude, obnoxious and evasive in his responses, that doesn't rise to the level of contempt. He answered the questions, regardless how obnoxiously he did it. I think a court would be hard-pressed to accept "he showed up, answered all of our questions except the ones he was told not to answer under executive privilege, but we didn't like his tone" as a basis for putting someone in custody for contempt.That's not to say he shouldn't be held in contempt, but to say a decision about this is not as cut-and-dry as some people assume and the committee needs to consider and weigh a number of factors. They don't have the luxury of just yelling "lock him up!" regardless how satisfying that might be to some of us.
Baked Potato (22 posts) 7. He shat on himself and his family honorHe is the poster boy for the definition of a liar. He probably ruined his chance at Senator. The Easter Bunny will fly past his house in protest.That's a good start...
bluestarone (6,575 posts) 16. Agree here on Lewandowski BUT just wondering after this threadWHO would make the decision on IF the House could use Inherent Subpoena? (and actually arrest someone) It would definitely be useful sometime down the road right?
Star Member JI7 (75,350 posts) 29. there is a lot of misinformationsomeone actually thought trump would not be able to make appointments during various impeachment processes.and some think you only need a majority of Democrats to get impeachment when you need a majority of the entire house.
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However, dye-terminator chemistry originated as a one-tube response without fake stops, but displays various incorporation prices for the four color terminators leading to failing of long-examine sequencing. Lately, ThermoSequenase, a recently created enzyme mutated to help make the incorporation uniform, allowed the improvement of lengthy read sequencing (5). However, routine sequencing gets the drawback of an extended reaction period (2- to 3-hr reaction) due to its requirement of temp cycling. At the moment, two independent options for planning DNA templates can be found. One can be DNA cloning utilizing a plasmid vector and the additional can be PCR. Although Regorafenib distributor PCR offers restrictions on the size or sequence to become amplified, it is extremely convenient to get ready template(s) straight from plasmids in and cells from tissues without cloning and library construction (6). From this aspect, PCR allows automation of template preparation because it can amplify very rapidly DNA fragment(s) from a large number of samples. However, in the direct sequencing of PCR products by using Dye-terminator chemistry, unreacted 2-dNTP and primers must be eliminated to avoid interference with the subsequent sequencing reaction. Although efforts have been made to quickly purify the PCR product such as enzymatic degradation using exonuclease I and shrimp alkaline phosphatase, most protocols are time-consuming, laborious, and expensive (7, 8). To overcome the above problems, we pursued a completely different approach. Based on the property of promoter-dependent RNAP, we predicted that the chain termination method using this group of enzymes would be useful. First, RNAP does not use primers and cannot incorporate 2-dNTP, Regorafenib distributor but can incorporate nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) Regorafenib distributor and 3-dNTP. This would allow direct sequencing without any CSP-B purification steps. Second, it is much faster to process (240 bases/sec) than polymerase (60 bases/sec), thus reducing the reaction time (9, 10). Third, the turnover of RNAP allows us to amplify the signal without temperature cycling. This reaction does not require a denaturation step to hybridize the sequencing primer to the template. Finally, a large amount of sequencing product can be transcriptionally amplified from a small amount of DNA template. Cunninghum (11) reported that T7 RNAP can produce 600 molecules of transcripts from 1 molecule Regorafenib distributor of DNA template. Axelrod and Kramer (12) reported the use of T7 and SP6 RNAPs for chain termination reaction with radioisotope-internal labeling. However, their data showed a variation in peak heights due to variation in the incorporation of 3-dNTP, in agreement with our unpublished data. Moreover, the chain termination method using the wild-type (wt) RNAP and 3-dNTP produced many false ladders caused by nonspecific stopping of polymerization. Thus, despite the possibility of applying RNAP for the sequencing technique, there has been no further development due to variation in the incorporation of 3-dNTP and the lack of any fluorescent substrate for the chain termination reaction. In this paper, we describe a completely new RNAP-based sequencing method named, transcriptional sequencing. For accurate, long-read sequencing, we developed the four-color dye-3-dNTPs (dye terminators), which carry a long carbon spacer (= 4), connecting nucleotides and fluorescent (rhodamine) dyes, and mutated T7 RNAPs to improve the uniformity of the incorporation rate of 3-dNTP. We also purified the RNase-free yeast pyrophosphatase (PPase) to inhibit pyrophospholysis that leads to degradation of specific 3-dNTP-terminated fragments on transcriptional sequencing, resulting in improvement of peak uniformity. This method made possible a rapid isothermal sequencing reaction in 30 min, based on the high processivity of RNAP and complete prevention of false stops by the newly designed dye-3-dNTP. PCR immediate sequencing using RNAP can conquer the tedious measures of eliminating primers and 2-dNTP, therefore permitting in great reduced amount of period and labor make it possible for planning of much bigger amounts of sequencing samples. Components AND Strategies Synthesis of Rhodamine Dye Mounted on 3dNTP. The (13) with small modification. Building and Enzyme Purification of Mutant T7 RNA Polymerases (RNAP). Mutant polymerase genes had been built by PCR-mediated site immediate mutagenesis (14). 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The Grammy awards are tonight, and even though I don't care about awards shows I've been thinking a lot about music. It absolutely blows my mind that throughout the history of time humans have been able to produce a seemingly endless stream of original music. Every day millions of people are writing original songs and recording sounds and lyrics that have never been heard before. It's pretty ridiculous especially considering that there are only 12 notes to choose from! It's also amazing to think about how music has developed over time and built upon itself to create new genres. Just look at Bruno Mars' new song Finesse and how it combines elements of modern pop music with 1980s funk and new jack swing. Then you can take it one step deeper and look at the musical genres that influenced that movement … and then that movement … and then that movement … and on it goes.
Music got me to thinking about originality and what it actually means to do or create something new. The interesting thing about originality is that every unique thing is influenced by something that came before it. Just look at people for example. While I am uniquely me and no other me has ever existed before in the history of time, I'm really just a product of my ancestors. The same goes for literally everything. While I am the first person to write this exact blog post that you are reading, the ideas and words in it are ideas and words influenced by things I've read and learned from other people. Every new thing is really just a remix of something old.
One of my hobbies is mashing up and remixing music. I essentially take a bunch of songs that already exist and I put them together in a creative way to make something uniquely awesome. The more I've thought about it, the more I've realized that that's exactly what I spend every day of my life doing. Every day I pick up something new from the people and world around me and I try to mash it up and remix it into something I call Matt. And while that may seem like a sad thought (since humans like to feel special), I actually think it's pretty inspiring. It's inspiring because it shows me that originality is all about relationship. You aren't uniquely you because of the thoughts that only you have thought, but instead because of the thoughts that other people have thought. Surprisingly, the more you incorporate other people, the more unique you become! Who I am is a collective version of who you are and who everyone before me was!


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Students in the English as a New Language program at May Moore recently celebrated love and unity at the school's Family Fun Night, performing songs like "All You Need Is Love", "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the "The Polar Bear Stomp" for their families using props. They also collaborated on crafts and shared heart-shaped cookies.
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Residents of the Bayview retirement community hopped to work Saturday on their latest beer-brewing project.
"My nephew makes beer, so I've tasted some beers that were homemade, and I thought it would be a fun things to do here at Bayview," said resident Dottie Neufeld.
Neufeld has lived at Bayview in Queen Anne for the past seven years, and made the suggestion that residents try their hands at brewing.
"We have another group that's winemakers," she said. "We've been checking the sugar content of the grapes."
When the timing is right, they'll go east of the Cascades to harvest their grapes.
While planning how to add beer brewing to Bayview's list of activities, Neufeld learned that fellow resident Barbara Beaumont's family has been crafting beer for years.
Brian and Lynn Beaumont grow the hops at their Queen Anne home. Their son Taylor remembers his dad and uncle brewing beer since he was in high school.
"As soon as I could start drinking, I started doing it," Taylor said.
The Beaumonts brought a harvest of centennial and cascade hops to Bayview on Saturday, where they brewed a fresh hop pilsner in the garden plaza.
"It's as fresh as you can get," Brian Beaumont said.
The last batch was a pale ale.
"The thing is, when I started brewing, there wasn't all these great beers," Brian Beaumont said of the Pacific Northwest's many craft beers.
Taylor Beaumont brought the pilsner grain to be steeped and reaped of its sugars for the beer. He said the 5-gallon batch needed four pounds of hops.
Residents spent an hour picking the hops off their vines while the grain steeped. Taylor Beaumont brought beers for them to sample as they worked, including the pale ale they made last time.
"We've just been calling it Bayview Brew," said Neufeld, who spent part of Saturday taking votes on a label for the beer.
Another resident's granddaughter is an artist who works on graphic novels, she said, and made three sample labels; she will color in the winner.
"It's kind of a nod to the Green Lake milk carton derby," Neufeld said.
Bayview residents participated for a second year in the Lucerne Seafair Milk Carton Derby on Green Lake back in July. They are the only retirement community that has competed so far.
Since it was decided that a pilsner would be the latest beer to try, Neufeld said she's noticed many residents drinking that style when she's walking around Bayview, so she's convinced it was a good choice.
Many residents came by to help or observe the beer-making process, but it will be another two weeks before the brew is ready to bottle. Last time the beer fermenter was left in Barbara Beaumont's closet.
"She was babysitting the burping baby," Lynn Beaumont said.
Taylor Beaumont hopes to start his own brewery someday, and he documents his brewing on Instagram @hawkhops12.
"We've been brewing for the last couple years now," his father said, "but Taylor has really taken off."


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5 Web Design Trends in 2016
For some of us, the GIFs of the '90s web design or midi background music still haunts our internet user dreams! Nothing like listen to music and the website you just came to starts competing with the music in your headphones!
A big side effects of an increase in mobile devices and Google's emphasis on responsive websites has been many sites look alike. The shift toward responsive design isn't solely to blame the booming business of WordPress theme market, and responsive frameworks and UI kits have made responsive websites easier to create than ever.
Gone are the days of Read More
Best Santa Clarita Web Design Company 2015
The votes are in, and Santa Clarita Valley Signal has awarded Stark Social Media Agency Best of SCV for 2015 in the Web Design Company category. Some local sites that Stark Social developed during the 2014-2015 year include Congressman Steve Knight, Assemblyman Scott Wilk, SCV Fixit, 38th Assembly District Central Committee, Broadscast.com a radio show hosted by Jackie MacDougall and Kim Goldman, the Santa Clarita Valley Mayors Prayer Breakfast and My Kids Tutoring Center located in Newhall to name just a few.
Stark Social Media Agency is a boutique and niche marketing firm that provides quality web Read More
5 Web Services To Give You An Unfair Advantage in 2016
With 2016 just around the corner we thought it would be helpful to share some of our favorite web services to help give your business an unfair advantage in 2016.
Not all web hosting companies are created equal, and there is an ocean of web hosting companies out there. So what makes Media Temple better than most web hosting companies?
Their customer service is top notch. I know we are not the only ones that have talked to a customer service rep and became frustrated with the lack of options. Media Temples' has many reasonably priced options to help solve Read More


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At an agile gathering in St. Louis a few years ago, I learned a pretty nifty game/simulation to help people (especially those unfamiliar with programming) learn basic concepts of TDD. Taught by the ever-so-sensational Amitai Schleier and Mark Balbes, I've been meaning to write about this for more than a year. Thanks to a curious member over at the Agile Uprising forums, I finally put it to words. With all credit to Amitai and Mark, this fun little simulation is a good addition to your mentoring toolkit. Continue reading
Rebooting Metrics for Agile
I've been measured as a 3.6 out of a possible 5 "performance" points. I've been measured on my sales volume per hour. I've even been measured on my percentage of overtime hours as a percentile representing "efficiency". From salespeople, to service workers, to manual laborers, it's nearly impossible to meet a worker that hasn't been exposed to metrics as a form of management, motivation, or appraisal.
Deming, Drucker, and a host of wisdom spoke on the utility of metrics and, over time, business leaders have responded. An obsession with metrics is everywhere and there is no question that measurements of valuable business processes can help improve outcomes necessary for success. Enter the pursuit of (demand for?) "Agile metrics". Continue reading
Oh, the Horror!
Practice C# program number two is progressing. If you feel brave and opt to inspect the Github link provided, you'll probably feel the same awkward sense of confusion at the use of "progressing", however.
This post is a call–or plea–for help. My console-calculator program is an attempt to discover how I might use object-oriented design and expand my technical knowledge. At this point, I feel as though I'm regressing into the same patterns that limited me ten years ago. In addition, I'll share my thoughts and feelings as a novice trying to learn programming on my own – and what lessons I'm extracting for Agile coaches. Continue reading
C# Project Two: Better Than an Abacus!
To continue my adventures in self-study and learning object-oriented programming (with C#), I've started a new project with Deborah: a simple calculator! I imagine anyone interested in second-grade mathematics will be giddy with anticipation!
As always, I plan to commit my project to GitHub and make it public for all to see. By doing this, I hope to encourage new friends to participate and provide comments, advice, and ideas. I'll further reiterate that I am a novice, therefore exposing my code intentionally makes me vulnerable to ridicule and places me out of my comfort zone. Continue reading
It Has Ended!
If you're not interested in reading through this post, but would like to be a mentor on my next C# project, please connect with me! Let's write a program together!
148 lines of code, 12 commits, 6 public comments on Github, and about 12 total hours of programming/collaboration. My first C# project, a console tic-tac-toe game, is at a point where I'm comfortable calling it "done". (Author's side note: this is also my first program written since 2005!)
Every award winner loves to give thanks, so I'd like to express gratitude for Deborah Lee — my "team member" and project mentor — and Daniel Albuschat for being a collaborator through Github. It was awesome learning from both you!
This post describes a novice's thought process for refactoring, what changes I committed to feel "done", and my concluding thoughts on this project. Continue reading
The other night, I met up with my programming partner-in-crime, Deborah, to pair program and finish the great tic-tac-toe project. I'm both embarrassed and ashamed to admit, after uncountable years advocating and observing the benefits of pair programming, this was my first time ever navigating / driving "for real."
Before setting a timer, we started with a bit of instruction on how to pass and receive between methods. I was under the impression that I couldn't create a method to return something (bool, int, etc.) without first receiving data of the same type. Why did I think this? Your guess is as good as mine.
With that bit of futility squashed, we set a timer (10 minutes), and started pairing to update my "computer makes a move" method to select a random location on the tic-tac-toe grid (from current state where computer simply chooses an index in ascending order). Continue reading
It Has Begun
I've started my first C# project — with a peer reviewer / guide — and I'm feeling especially embarrassed over how challenging this simple exercise has been for me. I promised to be as transparent as possible, therefore this post explains the project, provides links to my code (in GitHub), and describes my thought process and feelings. Continue reading
Be My Peer Reviewer
"Getting lost is just another way of saying 'going exploring."
― Justina Chen, North of Beautiful
Today, I finished the 25th lesson from Bob Taber's "Core C# Fundamentals" course. A total of 22 hours of video instruction on the most basic, beginner-level concepts of the .NET framework.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, my novice background in programming, coupled with zero prior experience to object-oriented design, has made this journey of self-study somewhat daunting. The obvious lack of technical knowledge aside, I feel like my questions and observations will be in the realm of irrelevance: that the entire programming world is light-years ahead. Who has time for a novice? I don't like feeling useless and alone.
Armed with 22 hours of knowledge in writing simple console applications in C#, I have a request: would you be my peer reviewer? Continue reading
The Tip of the OO Iceberg
Author's plea: Be gentle…
Diving more into lessons and self-study of object-oriented programming with C#, I've begun learning about what inheritance can do for a programmer by practicing with abstract and sealed classes. It's a mindset change, for sure.
Given the majority of my experience with code has been in procedural languages from days long gone, the first lesson I encountered introducing static methods caused me to move from feeling intimidated to completely confused. My inexperience (and ignorance) with OO was causing me to blend method with function as I know it: why the hell wouldn't I want a method to be accessible without first creating an instance of the class? If I want to use a method, damnit, let me use it!
But after continuing more into classes and inheritance tonight, I'm realizing that a method is not a function akin to my experience. There's a whole level of abstraction here that makes me nervous; no one likes to be working with something that makes him/her uncomfortable, let alone knowing there's so much more that still needs to be understood. If I'm uncomfortable now, just wait until later…! Continue reading
C# From Scratch
I am a terrible programmer.
Or, at least, that's what I tell people is the reason I gravitated away from code and towards organizational behavior, dysfunction, and systems thinking. I've decided not to be a "doer", but rather, someone who doesn't actually do anything: an Agile coach. When I think about programming, I feel envious of those that create and master the art of coding. When I think about programming with Agile–and the organizational environment to cultivate amazing people–I sense that I can contribute to others' realization of success. While that feeling is joyful, I admire those "doers" every day as they build software that delights customers.
(At a recent employer, after my hire, a programmer casually quipped that the company "hired someone who doesn't do anything to help do something.") Continue reading


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If you move into South Carolina from another state and establish a permanent residence, you must apply for a South Carolina driver license. If you own any vehicles they must also be registered in our state. If you have a valid driver's license issued by the state from which you moved, you can use it for 90 days, after which time you must surrender it and obtain a South Carolina driver license.
Military Personnel (and their dependents) and students temporarily in South Carolina are not required to obtain a South Carolina Driver's license. However, you must have a driver's license from your home state to operate in South Carolina.
You have 45 days to transfer your out of state vehicle registration to South Carolina.
Each county in South Carolina also has its own DMV office. The Beaufort County office is located on Munch Drive, in Beaufort, and can be reached at 843-379-8822
Visit this link to the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles for more information and the forms that you need to make your transition a smooth one.


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DisseminACTION: disseminating science in the information age (www.action-euproject.eu: a website for researchers and parents)
www.action-euproject.eu is a website designed at the University of Cagliari, by the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, within the project "ACTION – Aggression in Children: unravelling gene-environment interplay to inform Treatment and InterventiON strategies", a collaborative project which includes twelve international partners, funded under the 7th Framework Programme for Research, technological Development and Demonstration.
Its aim is to properly disseminate official news, events, medical discoveries carried out within the project, with an intent to connect European researchers and citizens with the official source of ACTION's scientific research.
One of the main problems of the so called "web 2.0" is represented by the growth of viral misinformation, which contributes to create rumours and hoaxes around scientific threads. In order to avoid this kind of problems, www.action-euproject.eu is also designed to directly reach its audience even with social networks integration and with newsletters.
Informatics is the discipline that studies the information processing through automated elaborations. The term appears for the first time in 1957, and since that time Computer Science has grown, reaching an unthinkable evolution, so that the common devices we use in our everyday lives (personal computers, notebooks, tablets, smartphones) are more powerful than the NASA calculators at the time of moon's landing. This evolution leads to privacy and security matters: our devices process everyday an important number of sensitive data, and are everyday exposed to the risks of computer security.
This website has been designed following usability guidelines, with a logical sitemap, an easy system of options, a clear graphic style, a responsive graphic template and a robust Content Management System, in order to ensure the website security and a rigid privacy policy.
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Ok, let's all have a breather and talk about something unrelated to fashion for a second.
Ermm… ok, erm, how about Yankee Candles? YEY!
So, I love a good candle, right, tee lights, candelabras, pillars, scented, novelty. You name it, I'll burn it. However, upon stepping into the world of fashion and retail, I was introduced to a whole new world of high-end candles and my nostrils have never been so spoilt in all their mediocre lives.
My Boss, par example, favours Jo Malone. She has a house filled with gorgeous glass encased scented candles from the mistress of smelly waxy gorgeousness. A wander around her home is like a sensory journey through time itself. She even burns them at work, which is lovely because my desk is right by hers. However, their less than accessible price tag means that their scent never wafts around my flat through any fault of my own.
I regularly pop by the Jo Malone counters at Harvey Nichols or Selfridges to have a sniff. I even get the odd free hand massage because I'm apparently on their mailing list (some administrative mishap that went very much in my favour). When I pop by the Harvey Nichols AW12 show this Wednesday, the show will inevitably be scented by Jo Malone, Blackberry and Bay may be spritzed onto cards on each chair and perhaps Pomegranate Noir will waft from strategically placed candles throughout the evening. Oh, heaven.
However, as I said, I just can't fathom £38.00 on something you actually and purposefully destroy by fire. So, I have to get my kicks some other way.
Yankee Candles are like a pompous poor person's extremely extravagant indulgence. If you like scented candles but can't stand the toilet cleaner smells from the IKEA range or the sickly sweet scents from some gift-set candle, Yankee is the way to go.
Don't get me wrong, they're not cheap, this one's all about value and comparison. Case and point: they're comparatively practically Primark prices next to Jo Malone and you get a lot more wax for your dollar. So, a sound investment all round!
Switch on QVC or Bid Up.TV now and they're probably flogging the Christmas Yankee Candle range, they're huge in the US and you can find them in House of Fraser, Hoopers and even Clinton's Cards. Mind you, I drive an hour down the M65 to Colne to get mine at bargain basement prices from Boundary Mill Outlet Store (love a good outlet store) and stock up.
Yes, I drive an hour down the M65 to bulk buy scented candles. I am, truly, that person.
I'm currently burning Fluffy Towels in my living room, the smell reminds me of my mum's fresh laundry on a Sunday afternoon. We have French Vanilla in our guest bathroom, which evidently doubles up as an air freshener when the cat has deposited a little turd in his litter tray! That's price per use value right there! I also have the musky harmonies of Midsummer Night in the ensuite (Adam's choice) for those manly grooming sessions and have a Beach Walk scented Yankee in-car air freshener hanging from my rear-view mirror!
I entreat you to pop by your local stockist and have a sniff. Oh and the trick to picking your favourite scent is to avoid sniffing the candle itself, but sniff the lid because you'll get a better idea of the candle's scent when burned. (Adam told me that. :D)
I've recently begun regressing. It's a worry. I've graduated University, got a proppa job, started paying council tax and have even considered life insurance. However, I have also booked a holiday to Disney World, started wearing graphic T-shirts straight out of Big Bang Theory (when no one is looking) and recently spent a few hours in the new Lego store at Manchester Arndale, playing with lego bricks.
I have always been the level-headed, Mr. Organiser, the one who mums and dads used to say "he is old headed". Yet, upon stepping into formal adult-dom I've become a big fat child. Nothing is as good an example of this than my recent trip to the Lego store at Manchester Arndale.
I had had the review booked for a while but post-Manchester Evening News Diary Party hangovers and Vet's visits somewhat prevented my trip to the new store. However, I finally made it, met the lovely Manager Heather and began my tour.
"We prefer to consider the store an experience rather than a shop," says Heather, a scouser who has recently relocated to leafy Chorlton to run Lego's ninth UK stand-alone store, "it's such a unique toy, it caters for all ages."
Ah, so I'm not alone in my regressive stance as adult-turned-child? Apparently not, just before my meeting with Heather, she had been ordering a shed-load of bricks for a gentleman who was building a city! There is also an elderly couple who shop at the Manchester Arndale store who have a who room dedicated to Lego, with a Lego train running through it! I was getting heart palpitations at the thought, I once had a whole bedroom dedicated to Knex (do you remember Knex?) I had Knex Ferris wheels, roller-coasters, cranes. It is, truly, my most macho memory.
So the store is about play, there are digital play stations, building play stations, interactive areas, a pick-a-brick wall and play sets piled floor to ceiling, the full length of the store.
What was nice to see was that mums, dads, kids, grannies, grandads and couples without kids were all having a giggle, making their Lego alter-egos and sampling the toys and creations on display. I think of this philosophy when explaining mine and Adam's recent Disney World holiday booking to less than convinced friends and acquaintances. They wonder why two 'adults' want to go to a holiday destination built for children. I just reply, you're never to old for Disney. I think the same is true for Lego.
It's getting chilly, it's getting dark early and I've stocked up on a fortune's worth of Berocca. Yes, it's Autumn/Winter my lovelies! It is, truly, my favourite time of year. Living in the North West of England in not-so-sunny Manchester means that Summer is, pretty much, a write off. However, we can always count on Manchester to provide a blissfully cold and crisp Autumn.
But who can we count on to provide the clobber?
Look no further than your local TK Maxx. Now, I'm a relatively recent convert to the ways of TK. There is a rather fabulous lady in my mother's social circle, called Jacquie, who swears by TK Maxx and I've never really understood why. Whilst I agreed the CK briefs were reasonable, I didn't think there was much more there.
That all changed when TK Maxx took me for dinner earlier this year. I'm such a fickle blogger. But no, I wasn't bought – I was enlightened! TK Maxx buy direct from designers (or their distribution agencies) and actually buy into the world's biggest and most fabulous labels. The reason they can't broadcast this on their adverts is because the brands they buy make them keep quiet about it. But honestly, they're jam-packed with THIS SEASON'S designer labels! YES, HONESTLY!
Now, I popped down south last week to see what was in-store (literally) for TK Maxx this coming season and sampled some lovely food and drink with the likes of Pearl (totes not her real name) of Fashion Pearls Of Wisdom, Mark of A La Male, Leroy of Diary of a Clothes Horse, Amy of Wolf Whistle, Jen of Jen Little Bird and loads more fabulous peps.
To make it easier for you to shop the rails, here are some of this season's trends and the hot picks from TK Maxx!
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Loving that AW12 is well and truly on its way. I don't know about you but, despite the random blast of hot sun sweeping the nation this weekend, I'm looking forward to the cold weather. Wrapping up warm, hot chocolate, Christmas markets and GLOVES! (I love gloves).
Anywho, no one is looking forward to AW12 more than retailers, after a horrific summer, punctuated by disappointing bank holidays, Jubilees, Olympic mania and Royal weddings – if they don't make some dosh now, when will they!?
Here are my top favourites of what's on our teleboxes RIGHT now.
TK Maxx Autumn/Winter 2012 TV Ad (UK)
I adore that bloggers get a mention – one of TK Maxx's biggest B2C channels. Shame that TK Maxx can't flaunt the unbelievable brands they have in store (because of buying agreements) because the clothes used in this advert rival the ones you'd see in an advert for any high-end department store. FACT.
Favourite moment: The voice-over man's laugh 😀
Marks & Spencer (M&S) – For Every Woman You Are TV Ad (UK)
It's true, we haven't seen a woman like you before. Someone old, someone big, someone black, someone typical. WHO KNEW DIVERSITY WAS SO FABULOUS? Well, we all did but kudos to M&S for doing it without being sickly.
Favourite moment: they fact that the first look is a stunner on every single model.
Debenhams – Life Made Fabulous TV Ad (UK)
I rather like that Debenhams are making their Designers At Debenhams initiative an absolute focal point of their marketing strategy. It is, after all, the best bit about Debenhams! It was Jo Hooper who introduced Designers at Debenhams in the early 1990s and she recently told the Telegraph's Stella Magazine that "people believed it would never catch on. I watched it go from making a couple of million pounds to making a hundred million." READ THE INTERVIEW HERE.
Favourite moment: they almost make you believe that Henry, Julian and Jasper all work in the same room and actually have the time to hand-make their Debenhams line alongside their own designer collections. Lolz.
I can't wait for the next string of fabulousness from our TVs INCLUDING a rather exciting ad from TV newcomer, BHS who is undergoing a re-brand ahead of AW12. Watch this space!
I'm nursing a steady, but certainly not unflattering hangover, as a result of last night's Manchester Evening News Dairy Party. The Diary is the society column and the party was filled with all those who have been mentioned in the inches over the years (and me).
The party was big, the carpet was red, the guests were dressed in everything from bespoke sequin, as worn by Diary editor Dianne Bourne, and jeans and t-shirt, as worn by some unknown casual peeps. The drinks were flowing, as was the chocolate fountain, everyone knew everyone (or pretended they did) and it was nice to let one's hair down after a manic few weeks at work.
You can see all the Schleb pictures from the night on the Manchester Evening News website HERE.
But, here are some snaps you WON'T see anywhere else…
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The 2016 SIPS Recognition & Awards Reception was held on October 28 to recognize staff receiving service awards for their years of work and faculty receiving recognition for contributions to their fields.
Congratulations to all awardees, with special recognition to Ed Cobb and Kathy Howard for their 35 years of service!
2015-2016 Staff Service Awards
5 years of service
Steve Gabriel (Hort)
Kathi Colen Peck (Hort)
Heather Scott (Hort)
Sean Moriarty (PBG)
Sara Carpenter (PPPMB)
Scott LaGreca (PPPMB)
Leah Cook (SIPS)
10 years of service
Louise Gray (Hort)
Brett Welch (Hort)
John Shiffer (PBG)
Judith Kolkman (PPPMB)
RJ Richtmyer (SCS)
Jeni Wightmann (SCS)
15 years of service
Anna Stalter (PlantBio)
Jamie Crawford (PBG)
Yen Mei Cheung (awarded in Geneva) (PPPMB)
Dennis Lawrence (PPPMB)
Linda D'Amato (SIPS)
Kari Richards (SIPS)
20 years of service
Dawn Moser (SCS)
Max Welcome (SIPS)
30 years of service
Jim Ballerstein (Hort)
Kevin Maloney (Hort)
Jon Shaff (PlantBio)
Elaine Davis (SIPS)
35 years of service
Ed Cobb (PlantBio)
Kathy Howard (SIPS)
Faculty Awards and Recognition
- Susan Brown – Wilder Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) (read more)
- Frank Rossi – Named Man of the Year by the New York State Turfgrass Association (NYSTA) (read more)
- Larry Smart – Promotion to full professor
- Hannah Swegarden – 2016 Future Leaders in Science Award from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) (read more)
- Tom Whitlow – Selected as a Frank Rosenblatt Faculty Fellow for his longstanding and deep commitment to the Hurlburt Residential College for Environmental Education and Awareness (read more)
- Kenong Xu – Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (read more)
Plant Biology
- Bill Crepet – SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service (read more)
- Jim Giovannoni – elected to National Academy of Sciences (read more)
- Kevin Nixon – SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (read more)
Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Mike Gore – Early Career Excellence in Maize Genetics Award from the Maize Genetics Executive Committee (read more)
- Michael Mazourek – Cap Creal Editorial Journalism Award from the NYS Agricultural Society: "to inspire more coverage of the positive aspects of agriculture in NY State" and Grist 50 2016 "The 50 People You'll Be Talking About in 2016" "Meet the innovators, organizers, and visionaries who will lead us toward a more sustainable future, in the coming year (and beyond)." (read more)
- Susan McCouch: Crop Science Society of America Presidential Award
- Mark Sorrells: Crop Science Society of America Research Award
- Steve Tanksley: Japan Prize (read more)
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
- Adam Bogdanove — Noel T. Keen Award for Research Excellence in Molecular Plant Pathology (APS) (read more)
- Alan Collmer – Outstanding Faculty Award from the CALS Alumni Association (read more)
- Marc Fuchs — Wine and Grape Foundation Research Award for 2016 (March 2016) (read more)
- Chris Smart – became a fellow of American Phytopathological Society (APS) (read more)
Soil and Crop Sciences
- Toni DiTommaso – Excellence in IPM award from the New York State Integrated Pest Management (NYS IPM) Program (read more)
- Janice Thies – Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America and of the American Society of Agronomy


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Nirmalamma (1920 – February 19, 2009) was an actress in the Telugu film industry of India. She has acted in more than 800 films. She was well known for her grandmother roles in several films. Her debut film was Garuda Garvabhangam in 1950. Nirmalamma has worked along with almost all famous artists in Telugu Cinema like P. B. Srinivas, NTR, ANR, S.V. Ranga Rao, Rajendra Prasad, Venkatesh and many more. She is one of the artists who appears in almost all of the movies of S.V. Krishna Reddy and E. V. V. Satyanarayana. She has had unforgettable roles in the films Chinnodu-peddodu, Padaharella Vayasu, Kanakamahalakshmi recording dance troop, Gang Leader, Mayalodu, Egirey Paavurama, Rendilla Poojari, Devatha (Shobanbabu's movie), Chinnarayudu, Dalapathi, Alibaba Aradajanu Dongalu, Sitharatnam Gaari Abbayi, Mamagaaru, Aa Okkati Adakku, Karthavyam, Chalaki Mogudu and Chadastapu Pellam. She has established Nirmala Arts and produced Chalaki Mogudu Chadasthapu Pellam starring Rajendra Prasad, directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao. Her last movie was Premaku Swagatham, directed by famous director S.V. Krishna Reddy.1 Her last public appearance was in the Vajrothsava celebrations of Telugu cinema where many celebraties remembered her the fact that she has played as mother/grandmother for many generations of Telugu Cinema.
She had no natural children but did adopt a child. She received the Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Mayuri.


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2019 Bentley Bentayga Price & Specs
The new 2019 Bentley Bentayga Diesel – photographs and recordings, cost and determinations, particulars of Bentley Bentayga Diesel, the primary diesel display in the historical backdrop of the British organization Bentley Motors. Extravagance British SUV premium-class Bentley Bentayga got a diesel 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 with 435 drive from the German hybrid Audi SQ7 TDI . The nearness of a diesel motor in the engine of a British SUV has fundamentally decreased the cost of a diesel form by right around 30,000 pounds contrasted with a fuel Bentley Bentayga. Offers of the new 2019 Bentley Bentayga Diesel in Britain will begin in January of the following 2017 at a cost of 136,000 pounds.
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It ought to be noticed that the diesel variant of the British hybrid just in little subtle elements contrasts remotely from its gas twin sibling. There is a snazzy dark lattice for the edge of the radiator grille, the air conduits and the spaces for the lower air admission of the front guard, and the Diesel sign put over the front entryway moldings and extraordinary light-composite 21-inch Mulliner Driving Specification wheels in silver or dim.
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Particulars of 2019 Bentley Bentayga Diesel. In the engine of the British diesel SUV premium-class introduced a wonderful motor from Audi SQ7. This is a 4.0-liter diesel 32-valve V8 bi-turbo (435 HP 900 Nm) with electric supercharging in the organization with 8 programmed transmission ZF. The diesel motor, programmed transmission and the all-wheel drive framework give a hybrid a stacked mass of 2390 kg with increasing speed from 0 to 100 kmh for 4.8 seconds, a best speed of 270 kiches, diesel fuel utilization in a joined method of movement of only 7.9 liters. At one service station, the diesel variant of Bentley Bentayg can defeat more than 1000 km, in a tank, coincidentally, 85 liters of fuel are put.


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The Battle of New Berlin took place during the FAN-Prussia war. A group of about 400 Prussian soldiers(all that really remained of the country's miliatary defense) bravely fought back against nearly 3000 soldiers of the FAN alliance. The defense of the city was lead by General Horton. The city was bombed continously by hostile forces for nearly 5 days until the first of FAN soldiers enterned the city.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
WINTER CHALLENGE-new poll
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Please take the time to vote again.
I am trying a new service, b/c there were problems with the other poll.
If you for some reason cannot vote try using a different browser. AOL browser has issues.
4 comments:
- Connie said...
I completely missed the first poll-glad I found it before it was too late.....
- February 28, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- Missie said...
Left my vote!
- February 28, 2009 at 8:05 PM
- Julie said...
I voted also, I must have missed the first.
- February 28, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- Amelia said...
I voted.. and here's the link to my winter pictures, even though I am late for the challenge :)
- March 1, 2009 at 7:24 PM
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Melting Beeswax for Projects
Raw beeswax is a wonderful by product of honey harvesting. Beeswax uses number into the thousands. But raw wax fresh from the hive needs cleaning before use. Melting beeswax with a solar wax melter is one safe way to get it ready for crafting and other projects.
When I became a beekeeper, I didn't want to waste anything produced by my bees.
So, my beeswax cappings represented many possibilities for producing other products and crafts.
Of course you can melt beeswax in several different ways. But, I was delighted to find out that it was possible to make your own solar beeswax melter.
How Do Beekeepers Get Extra Beeswax?
When beekeepers harvest boxes of honey, the uncapping/extracting process yields extra wax.
The wax cappings are cut off individual honey cells – allowing the liquid to be spun out.
Some folks don't use an extractor. They cut the whole piece of honeycomb from the frame and squash it to release the honey.
This cut and strain honey harvest method yields even more beeswax for the beekeeper to use.
However, the honey bee colony must rebuild the entire honeycomb structure next year.
Some honey will still be present in the capping wax that has bee removed. Wax cappings can be put into a mesh bag or strainer.
I often hang my cappings inside a strainer bag over a bucket for a day or so. This allows most of the good honey to drip into the clean bucket for me.
Once, I no longer see drips, I pack the wax cappings into a smaller bucket. This is set aside for a few days until I have time to process (render) my beeswax.
Melting Beeswax with the Sun
For hundreds of years beekeepers have been harnessing the power of the sun. This includes melting beeswax into a usable form.
For larger amounts of wax, I have a large solar wax melter. It is ugly but gets the job done and can stand up to the demands of sitting outside all the time.
Are you a small scale beekeeper with just a little beeswax? If so, you can make your own solar wax melter in any shape or size.
And, you don't need fancy plans to do so – but its okay if you want to get fancy.
What Does it Cost to Make A Solar Wax Melter?
A beekeeper with a small amount of beeswax to clean and melt can make a wax melter for under $10. All you need are a few materials and a little patience.
Materials for DIY Solar Wax Melter
- styrofoam cooler (or other insulted box)
- aluminum foil ( or small pan)
- 1 cup of water
- cheese cloth (or nylon, tshirt material)
- small sheet of glass with taped edges
- a sunny day
Assemble Your Wax Melter
Step 1: Purchase a small Styrofoam cooler. You can use an old plastic cooler as well or an insulated wooden box.
The point is that we want something that will hold in the heat.
My little white disposable cooler was about $6 at the grocery store. It will last several years, if I don't break it!
Step 2: Place a sheet of aluminum foil in the bottom of the cooler. The sheet should be big enough to cover the bottom and extend up the sides just a bit.
You may choose to use a small pan instead. That's fine as long as it fits well into the bottom of the cooler.
Step 3: I pour a cup of water into the bottom of the cooler. (on top of the foil or inside your pan). I want a thin layer of water to cover the bottom.
This water will catch the melting beeswax! It helps separate even more honey residue from the wax and makes it easier to remove from the box when cooled.
Removing impurities from your beeswax is important, if you want to produce clean burning candles!
Step 4: Place your mound of beeswax cappings inside a piece of straining material.
You can use a strainer bag, cheese cloth or t-shirt material. I search for old, clean nylon curtains at the thrift store!
Step 5: You need to suspend the cappings over the water reservoir in the bottom. We do not want it to touch the water.
This can be accomplished using tape, pins or the weight of the glass top. Anything that pulls the mound of cappings up off the bottom.
It is okay to use a couple of bricks in the bottom to help hold up the capping too!
Step 6: A piece of glass that completely covers the top of the cooler is necessary. Clean glass lets the energy of the sun through and prevents its release.
In partnership with our insulated box material, the air inside the box will heat up and melt the beeswax.
You may see some condensation on the inside of the glass. Don't worry, this is ok.
Working with glass must be done with care. A suitable piece of "safety glass" is the best option.
But, an old window works well as long as it will fit your melter box tightly.
If you have nothing else, you can purchase window pane glass at most small hardware stores. ($5) It will break easily and it will cut you too.
Children should not be involved with this part of the process. I always tape the edges of any piece of glass to reduce the chance of cuts.
Step 7: We have water in the bottom, beeswax cappings suspended above (on strainer material) and a tight-fitting glass top. You only need 2 more items.
What is the last requirement for anyone wanting to make your own wax melter? A sunny day and patience.
Here in South Carolina it is hot as @#[email protected] in the summer. My small melter does a great job of melting beeswax by the end of the day.
Place your wax melter in a sunny location out of the way. And, don't open it to take a peek, LOL.
Removing Melted Beeswax From The Solar Melter
Once the day is over and all the wax has melted, you are almost done. It gets really hot inside the box. Do not remove the glass or contents too quickly.
Let the box cool in the shade for an hour or two. Carefully remove the glass top-using 2 hands.
The strainer material will have some dark, gunky beeswax "stuff" on top. We call this "slum gum". I throw it away!
In the bottom of your cooler, you will find beautiful wax. Underneath the wax is the water that we added earlier.
It will have honey residue. Do not feed this to the bees-it can make them sick.
Now you know how to make your own solar beeswax melter and use it.
You will find so many uses for beeswax. Beeswax is valuable! Our bees work so hard to produce wax and honey.
It is my goal as a beekeeper to make use of every bit. And who couldn't enjoy the benefits of a few beeswax candles?
Or maybe you could make some homemade beeswax furniture polish?
Beeswax is used for many crafting projects – you can even make your own Christmas Ornaments.
Beekeeper Charlotte


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Isle of Beauty
"Often conquered, never subdued," Corsica will challenge you. The infinite sea, never-ending roads, interminable passes: can you solve the riddle of this place without losing your bearings? A place so untamed that even the boars run wild. Just hop on your bicycle, and the cycling cavalcade will lead you to the ends of the earth . . . and to the very edges of bottomless cliffs. Enigmatic, the island cultivates mystery. Why do its pinhead-shaped stones seem so intent on throwing themselves into the sea? Like an outstretched hand, with the hollows of its phalanxes and rocky folds, the island seems to beckon. Truly impregnable? Remember, "often conquered…"
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Delayed departure or return, single occupancy, travel insurance, bike rental (for several destinations) and much more: ask our consultants!
From day to day
Day 1 - Arrival in Nice and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2 - Ferry from Nice to Bastia (6 hrs) and transfer to the hotel.
Day 3 - Bastia, Erbalunga, Luri, Pino, Nonza, Saint-Florent (83 to 87 km).
Day 4 - Saint-Florent, Agriates Desert, l'Île Rousse, Corbara, Sant'Antonino, Lavatoggio, Lumio, Calvi. Looped route via Belgodère (76 to 96 km).
Day 5 - Free day or looped route via Monte Maggiore, Col de Salvi, Muro, Speloncato, Monticello, Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna, Algajola (83 km).
Day 6 - Calvi, Notre-Dame-de-la-Serra, Col de la Croix, Partinello, Porto (75 or 81 km).
Day 7 - Free day or looped route via Evisa, the Aitone forest, Col du Vergio. Looped route via Cristinacce, Ota (73 to 80 km).
Day 8 - Porto, Les Calanches, Piana, Cargèse, Sagone, Col de San Bastiano, Ajaccio. Looped route via Pevani (81 to 89 km).
Day 9 - Ajaccio, Porticcio, Marmontaja, Olmeto-plage, Propriano. Looped route via site de Filitosa (79 to 99 km).
Day 10 - Propriano, Viggianello, Ste-Lucie-de-Tallano, Levie, Figari, Bonifacio (89 km).
Day 11 - Free day.
Day 12 - Bonifacio, Col de Parmentile, Bucca ll'Oiu, Route de Palombaggia, Piccovagia Porto Vecchio. Looped route via Figari, Levie, Zonza, Col de Bavella, L'Ospedale (42 to 121 km).
Day 13 - Free day or looped route via Ospedale, Col de Bavella, Zonza or looped route via Golfo di Sogno, Ribba (25, 27, 93 or 105 km).
Day 14 - Transfer from Porto Vecchio to Bastia (2.5 hrs). Ferry from Bastia to Nice (6 hrs) and transfer to the hotel.
Day 15 - Transfer to Nice airport and flight back to Montréal.
Elevation Profile
The package includes:
- round-trip air transportation for passenger, baggage and bicycle with Air Transat;
- transfer between airport and hotel;
- 14 nights in two- to four-star hotels (double occupancy);
- 14 breakfasts and 4 evening meals;
- bus transfers;
- ferry transfers;
- baggage transportation (one bag per person, 20-kg maximum);
- mechanical assistance and access to a relief vehicle;
- daily route plans;
- taxes;
- protection from the Compensation Fund for Customers of Travel Agents (CFCTA). No charge since January 1st, 2019.
Equipment (e.g., bicycle) is not included.
Start/Finish: Montréal-Trudeau/Nice > Nice/Montréal-Trudeau
From 12 to 25 cyclists, accompanied by our guide.
Price of land portion of trip (taxes included): $3550
Package excluding air transportation for passenger and bicycle.
Bike rentals available. Additional charge.


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For the 2008 season we will have an LAU tournament as in 2007. The tournament will be in Ft. Worth at Gateway Rugby Park on April 26 & 27 , in conjunction with the men's DI, DII and DII club championships. It will be a big weekend- so plan to attend! There will be a trophy for the top team.
There will most likely be 4 LAU teams- ER, HOA, TX and MO. OZ, RG and GP, as unions will combine with one of these 4 teams, depending on numbers.
Match Schedule (in pdf):
9:00am Missouri vs Texas
10:30 ER vs HOA
4:30 Trial Match TBD
5:45 Trial Match TBD
Click here for the Participants Packet.
**I will be attending as an injured reserve (IR) for the TRU Women's team…and may be doing a bit of touch judging, so of course I will bring your scores!