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At The Plate – Iowa fought back in this one scoring twice in the ninth inning to tie the game at four, only to lose it in the bottom of the tenth. Ryan Sweeney continues to pound the ball as he went 2-for-5 with his fifth home run, two RBI's, and a run scored, he's hitting .404 this season. Brian Bogusevic is just as hot as he went 3-for-4 in the loss, he's hitting .394 on the season. Brad Nelson extended the game in the ninth inning with a pinch hit two run homer, his fourth of the season to tie it at four.
On The Mound – Chris Rusin was really good just didn't get any help from his offense is this one. Rusin went six innings giving up two runs on four hits while walking two and striking out one. Hisanori Takahashi couldn't keep things tied during his outing, he went one inning giving up one run on one hit while striking out one. Blake Parker was decent out of the pen going two innings giving up one run on one hit while walking one and striking out three. Zach Putnam took the loss in this one, he worked a third of an inning giving up one run on three hits.
At The Plate – The Smokies just continue to roll on as they walked away with another win Friday Night. Jae-Hoon Ha filled up the score book going 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, and three runs scored. Rubi Silva had a big night as well going 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run, three RBI's, and a run scored. Rafael Lopez knocked in the other run for the Smokies and that's all they would need, Lopez finished the night 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.
On The Mound – Alberto Cabrera was outstanding for the Smokies going six innings giving up one run on three hits while walking three and striking out six to earn the win. Kevin Rhoderick was touched up a little bit again, he went two-thirds of an inning giving up one run on two hits while walking one. A.J. Morris also allowed Clearwater to get closer in his one inning of work, he gave up one run on one hit while walking one and striking out one. Trey McNutt got the train back on the tracks in this one to earn his second save of the year. McNutt went 1.1 scoreless innings giving up one hit and striking out one.
At The Plate – Daytona jumped all over the Flying Tigers early and often en route to a 7-3 victory Friday Night. Javier Baez is rounding into form right now, he went 2-for-4 in this one with a double, two RBI's and a run scored, he's now hitting .253 on the year and .341 in his last ten games. Dustin Geiger was also productive going 2-for-4 with three RBI's, he's an RBI machine, he now has twenty-one on the season. Chad Noble was 2-for-4 with two runs scored while Taiwan Easterling was 2-for-4 with a run scored, and a stolen base.
On The Mound – Ben Wells battled command issues but was able to work effectively enough to earn the win. Wells went 5.2 innings giving up three runs, two earned, on one hit while walking five and striking out one. Eduardo Figueroa found some trouble out of the pen going two-thirds of an inning giving up two hits while walking one and striking out one, and would have given up a couple runs if not for the work of Hunter Cervenka. Cervenka bailed out Figueroa while working 2.2 scoreless innings to earn his second save of the season, he didn't give up any hits while walking three and striking out four.
At The Plate – Kane County might not have another loss all year that stings as much as this one, and they really only have themselves to blame. The cougars lead 5-1 in the ninth inning but gave up four in the ninth and lost in the tenth, they made five errors in the process. Rock Shoulders continues to hit, he was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored, he's hitting .403 on the season. The bulk of the damage was done by the bottom of the Cougars order. Eight hitter Oliver Zapata was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored. Nine hitter Yaniel Cabezas was 3-for-4 with an RBI, and a run scored.
On The Mound – Pierce Johnson continues to dominate as of late, he went 5.2 innings giving up one run, unearned, on five hits while walking two and striking out seven. Jeffry Antigua was great out of the pen going 2.1 scoreless innings giving up two hits while striking out three. Then things went bad, Nathan Dorris was roughed up in one-third of an inning, he gave up four runs, two earned (sending a theme?), on three hits while walking one. Eddie Orozco was officially charge with the blown save and the loss, he worked 1.1 innings giving up one run on three hits while walking two.
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There's tons of things in the new EA. The two biggest is the modeler is now integrated and the new unit testing. I'm going to do a few short demos of each and some of the things they offer. First the modeler not only allow you to open a model and see what was created in the full SQL Developer Data Modeler but it allows for drag and drop.
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In Reply to: Implications of term posted by Barney on May 19, 2001
: : : : : : : : : : : Now I realize that "white trash" refers to poor U.S. Southerners with Caucasian complexion. But what does the term imply in terms of habits of life, social relations, ethics and such? Thanks for the help.
: : : : : : : : : : Think Bundy as in "Married with Children".
: : : : : : : : : Insensitive? Superficial? Wanna-be self-indulgent? Lascivious? Confused? Am I on the right track?
: : : : : : : : First let me say that labeling people and assigning classes by accident of birth or how much cash they have just AIN'T the American way. I put together the following after my daughter told me her teacher said "poor white" isn't a negative term. It's just what certain white people are called in the South, he said. Wrong! Read on:
: : : : : : : : In "Whistlin' Dixie: A Dictionary of Southern Expressions, " (Pocket Book, 1993) Robert Hendrickson explains that "poor white" and "poor white trash" are not neutral terms used to refer to people who are white and poor. These terms are slurs used to denigrate people who are viewed as poor, white and of low character:
: : : : : : : : "poor white - 'In discriminating Southern speech, it (poor white) was not (emphasis mine) used to include all white person who were poor.The 'poor whites' were those who were both poor and conspicuously lacking the common social virtues and especially fell short of the standard in certain economic qualities.' (W.T. Couch, 'Culture in the South,' 1941)
: : : : : : : : An old black Southern rhyme goes:
: : : : : : : : My name is Sam,
: : : : : : : : I don't give a damn.
: : : : : : : : I'd ruther be black
: : : : : : : : Than a poor white man.
: : : : : : : : poor white trash - Lower-class white people. 'There were white people who were poor and there were poor white people. The difference was absolute.' (Jonathan Daniels, 'Tar Heels, 1941) The offensive term goes back at least to the early 19th century. 'The slaves themselves entertain the very highest contempt for white servants, whom they designate as 'poor white trash.' ' (Frances Kimble, 'Journal,' 1833) Terms like poor white, poor white trash, redneck and peckerwood are often slur names in about the same class as [word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy]."
: : : : : : : : Grady McWhiney, in "Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South," (The University of Alabama Press, 1988) makes a distinction concerning the term Cracker and tries to reclaim the term that is now used as a slur. He says that "cracker," in Scotch-Irish dialect meant "a person who talked boastingly." Later the term Crackers came to mean a Scotch-Irishmen, a particular group of people.
: : : : : : : : McWhiney says Cracker eventually became a disparaging term and Crackers were equated with "poor whites."
: : : : : : : : He quotes historian Lewis C. Gray, in "History of Agriculture in the Southern United States to 1860," as associating the term Cracker with other slurs: "The distinctive characteristics of poor whites were recognized in the various special appellations by which they were contemptuously known in different parts of the South, such as, 'piney-woods people,' 'dirt-eaters,' 'clay-eaters,' 'tallow-faced gentry,' 'sand-hillers,' and 'crackers.'"
: : : : : : : : McWhiney asserts that Crackers are a distinctive ethnic group - the Scotch-Irish - and is appalled that, ".in a nation in which slurs based upon race, ethnicity, or religion have become strictly taboo, it is still acceptable to lampoon Crackers as a group."
: : : : : : : White-Trash is a frame of mind!
: : : : : : : Pigs without proper upbringing, education, morals, drive, determination, etc.. Fat butted chain-smoking wives at the kitchen table of their dirty "rented" house not caring if their children finished their homework or where they spend the afternoons while they cook dinner from a can or "just add water" to the powder.
: : : : : : : Husbands (usually blue collar workers) who use duct tape to fix home repair, car repair and clothes repair who live for bowling/billiards night and spend all their money on beer and the lottery before rent and food.
: : : : : : : If a well brought-well educated millionaire lost all of his money and had to resort to substandard conditions, he doesn't become White-Trash. And so the opposite, if white-Trash wins the lottery or falls into millions (ie: the Roseanne Barr show, Beverly Hill-Billy's) they are still white-trash. (Just White-Trash with money)-It's a frame of mind!
: : : : : : Rosanne is Jewish. I think that disqualifies her.
: : : : : That's just goes to show how far a stereotype can be from the truth. I read about "Appalachian" people and don't recognize any of it. The No. 1 rule in my family was "paying your own way," being self-sufficient.
: : : : : We spoke standard English, with a few colorful archaic terms thrown in. Education was important. For example, during my parents' youth the community schools only went to 8th grade. So my grandparents sent their children away to board with friends so they could attend high school.
: : : : : Turn about is fair play. Here's what I thought about city folks. Although some people had the dream of "living in a brick house in town," I liked it just fine in the country. For one thing, we got our water from a spring. City people, I thought, drank recycled pee. City men ran around in plaid Bermuda shorts and were generally weak and useless. City women were thin, nervous types who tended to be sick all the time.
: : : : All the descriptions here of "w. trash" stereotypes show evidence of projection of faults that people don't want to admit in themselves or want to be recognized for not having. People seem to need an out-group to disapprove of. Not me, of course--just those OTHER people!
: : : Donning my pedant's hat I would like to point out that 'Scotch' comes in bottles whereas 'Scots' identifies inhabitants of Scotland. Unless, of course, you know otherwise.
: : The Scotch/Scots (or Scottish) distinction holds here in the colonies, too, but sometimes people forget their hats.
: : I suppose the exact meaning of "white trash" varies with where individuals were brought up and the particular style of prejudiced talk we listened to. In the concept as I picked it up, coming from the South and being rural, white, and poor weren't enough (and I'm not sure a Southern background was even necessary). White trash fell below working class on the cultural/socioeconomic scale.
: : Everybody drinks recycled pee. There's only so much water in the world, and it just keeps going round and round.
: We don't have 'White trash' in the UK; we have far to many other objects of derision to amuse us - the Welsh, the Scots, the Irish; to name but three.
You're right about "white trash" being more than just white, poor and rural. Low behavior is involved.


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The leaked photos purportedly show a batch of SIM trays for the next iPad model. The color scheme appears to be the same Champagne Gold that the new iPhone 5S is sporting. The shimmering gold that encases the iPhone 5S will soon be stretched around the iPad's more substantial frame, marking it as the luxury device it truly is.
The new iPad 5 is expected to feature a slimmer design similar to the iPad Mini with a thinner bezel. The 9.7 inch tablet should also include Apple's new A7 processor. Its specs and button layout otherwise are rumored to remain the same. There's no word of any change to the image sensor or camera lens.
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There has been so much material released from the new "Avengers" movie that I feel like I've seen 80% of the film already. You know all the details by now: "Buffy" creator Joss Whedon is directing this mega-huge adaptation of the Marvel Comic featuring Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Nick Fury, Hawkeye, Captain America, and five million other superheroes. Never mind that overstuffed superheroes movies are almost always terrible ("Batman & Robin" being the prime example); this is a movie that CANNOT fail. If it dies, then three other franchises (or more?) could die with it. It must be awesome because there's no other choice. But is there a chance--however slight--that "Avengers" could end up NOT being good, even being a box office failure? Let's look at the new teaser footage and find out.
Does this teaser let us know what the movie's about? Beyond the basics of who the Avengers are, the answer is no. We open with Iron Man and Thor fighting, but we have no clue why they're fighting, and why they're hanging out in a forest. You're supposed to just be happy these two are together on one screen, and that they're engaged in fisticuffs. Oooooh, Iron Man and Thor! FIGHTING! Scandalous.
Who's our villain here? It's Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston with a hint of bitchiness that makes me think that they really wanted Richard E. Grant for the role. I am not encouraged. These movies usually live or die with their villains, and Loki seems like a throwaway. I think Whedon will focus much more on the heroes struggling to get along. Maybe Phil Jackson can coach them.
Does lots of stuff blow up real good? Yup. Hulk fights a helicopter. Thor and Iron Man exchange headbutts. Trees fall. Lots of CGI mayhem.
Any money quotes? Downey counters Loki's "I have an army" threat with "We have a Hulk." It seems like Downey is there specifically to toss out one-liners about how nutty it is that all these guys are together now. This is going to be a very self-aware movie. For better or worse.
Does this teaser work? I guess so, since it's "The Avengers" and they could put eight minutes of peeling fruit up on the screen and still secure a $100 million opening weekend, but I'm underwhelmed. I bet "Avengers" is the kind of movie that earns $300 million and still has people asking what went wrong. Only one hero per movie, please.
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The absolute first snow of 2011 began sometime midday on October 5th, approximately tying with 2007 and 2009, and much earlier than 2010 (tracking since 2007). Snow continued falling through the night, and early the next morning, the 6th, I grabbed a few photos around and near our little house.
Our garden looked like this. Tall flowers were knocked over by the snow, chard was frozen though not irretrievably, and staked tomatoes were safe inside a now heated mini-greenhouse.
Chinese elm trees all across town, heavily laden with snow because leaves hadn't fallen and were fully green, suffered broken branches, sometimes with severe to complete damage down and into the central core. At least some of the branches hanging over this fence will have to be completely cut back. The tree will presumably survive, but will probably require energetic pruning. Hanging branches of the same tree, also heavy with snow, looked like this in spring, 2010 (last four photos).
Down the road, another view of hanging branches with leaves still green. The brown leaves on these elm trees are from munching by beetles, not from any early fall color change.
The early morning of the 5th saw our first freeze of 2011 (temperature only reached 30° F at the airport, was probably not as low at our little house), and we had a relatively hard freeze of 21° F sometime during the night of the 5th and early morning of the 6th (again, it probably wasn't quite as cold at our house). This first freeze of 2011, October 5th or 6th, came much later than in 2008 (27° F at the airport on September 2nd), later than 2009 (27° F at the airport on September 22nd; first hard freeze at our little house on September 30th), and later or earlier than 2010, depending (26° F at the airport on September 6th; first frost at our little house was seen on the morning of October 12th). Dates were tracked here and here.
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First Snow 2011
Posted by Silver Fox at 6:30 AM
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- Gaelyn said...
Looks like you got a little more of the white stuff than here at the North Rim. Now slowly melting, but still cold.
- Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 7:52:00 AM PDT
- D said...
The tree pictures remind me of the winter about three years ago; our one tree broke in half in a blizzard. It was kind of funny and sad at the same time. We just had our first "snow" here last night!
- Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 1:51:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
@Gaeyln, I guess the snow went north? Or maybe you're getting some right now.
@D Maybe the same overall storm?
- Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 6:31:00 PM PDT
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This 2013 Infiniti JX35 is one of those cars that the more I drive the more I like. It's a good size for me, has a third row for emergency kid-hauling and is well built in the extreme.
For a third-row crossover, it drives smaller -- feels lighter on its feet than say, an Acura MDX (at which it clearly is directly aimed). The corporate Nissan V6 is a good engine and, as much as I hate CVTs, this one matches the six much better than the ones mated to fours. Also, I despise these radar cruise systems, but at least this one can be switched to regular cruise mode.
The interior is very nice in terms of quality and comfort, and second-row legroom is impressive. In fact, Infiniti claims the interior space is best in class. Don't they all say that? Overall, this is a comfortable and well-thought-out interior. Infiniti's touchscreen and interface are the best in the business in my opinion.
This could be my new favorite luxury crossover.
WEST COAST EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: The JX35 is like a luxury version of the Nissan Pathfinder. The JX shares a platform and more than a few parts with the Pathfinder, Quest, Altima and Maxima. That's cost-saving for Nissan and they pass those savings direct to you!
It has a tried-and-true drivetrain in the 3.5-liter VQ V6 engine, which has been winning awards since it came out 20 years ago. Offering 265 hp and 248 lb-ft of torque, it was more than adequate to move the JX out of the way and around traffic. It only felt a bit weak when suddenly floored at freeway speeds, but even then it raised the revs and moved the JX out quickly enough. The CVT is perfectly acceptable now. It's not like earlier units that seemed to wind out to thrashing redline whenever you stepped on the gas.
I got 22.0 mpg on mostly freeway driving.
My particular test unit, primed for California, came with a front-wheel-drive model instead of all-wheel-drive like the one Wes tested in Detroit. Even so, it came standard with the "Infiniti Drive Mode Selector" with four modes of driving, only one of which -- standard -- did I ever have the opportunity to use.
This thing is a very good suburban-transport unit. You can carry around seven people, and all seating locations are functional and comfortable for full-size adults. Long gone are the vehicle's ancestral roots as a Pathfinder 4x4 26 years ago. While the only off-road I did was a few blocks of flat dirt, the vast majority of owners will not want for more than that. It would have been good to try the snow mode in some snow, but I didn't get the chance.
There are pointlessly irritating things about Infinitis that are out in force on this vehicle. Every single time you start the car, you have to listen to weather warnings that are almost never relevant. "High surf advisory in 15 miles," and the vague "other weather warning in 5 miles." Try as I did, this stuff cannot be turned off. There's nothing about it in the owner's manual, and good luck sorting through the menu options. Best I could do was quiet the voice down. I even asked an Infiniti product planner how to do it and he didn't know. He said he thought it came with the XM satellite. There's nothing in the manual. Then consider lane-departure warning and blind-spot warning. These also drive me insane. Proximity warning stops the car when it thinks you are too close to the hedge that you've been backing next to for 12 years without hitting. It actually stops the car. Around View Monitor sounds clever and helpful but doesn't allow you to see well enough to get as close as you want to the curb. Outside are rearview mirrors that automatically tilt down when you put the car in reverse. I have rarely found this to be helpful and usually found it to make it harder to see other things while backing up.
Irritating things specific to the JX35: Rear hatch offers about 5'9" of clearance when raised. I bumped my head a lot. Why not swing it up just enough to allow average man 95 to load groceries without a helmet? Plus, as near as I could tell, the only way to open the rear hatch is with the accompanying backup beeper sound, a "feature" that usually comes on a dump truck or fork lift. It's very loud and will not make you popular with the neighbors if you have to depart on a press trip at five in the morning. Even less so at four. Also, it takes forever -- 10 seconds -- to actually finish the entire opening opera. Same with closing it, beep beep beep, though you can just reach up and grab it, overpower the electric motors and close it without the infernal beeping. I never did get my iPhone 4 to pair, despite trying several times on several different days. A couple times when it said it was paired, it lost interest in making the call and I never got further than that.
The new EZ Flex system succeeds wonderfully in granting easy access to the third row of seats, which are nice and roomy. But beyond that, they are less useful when you want to carry cargo. Flipping up and sliding forward is the only way to dispense with them: You can't fold them flat when you want to carry cargo. Flat-folding seats would have meant more room for cargo. Nonetheless, you can still get a bike in the back and a lot of other gear. And the second-row seat splits 60/40 while the third splits 50/50. And the third-row seat releases are simple and easy to use.
I really did like and have loved in every Infiniti I've ever had it in the Intellignet Cruise Control with full-speed range, which makes driving and especially slow-and-go commuting much easier. It's worth its weight in CPU processing, but to get it you have to also get $2,200 worth of other stuff you can easily live without like backup collision intervention, active trace control with Eco Pedal and that has blind-spot warning.
Base price for my JX35 FWD test vehicle was $41,400, which is $12k more than the base price of its Pathfinder sibling. As-tested price was $51,105, but you can lower that by $4,950 if you do without the Premium package and its Infiniti Connection, Zagat Survey, Around View Monitor and a few other "features." You can also save $1,600 if you can live without my test car's polished and forged dubs.
2013 Infiniti JX35
Base Price: $42,500
As-Tested Price: $55,170
Drivetrain: 3.5-liter V6; AWD, continuously variable transmission
Output: 265 hp @ 6,400 rpm, 248 lb-ft @ 4,400 rpm
Curb Weight: 4,419 lb
Fuel Economy (EPA City/Highway/Combined): 18/23/20 mpg
AW Observed Fuel Economy: 22.0 mpg
Options: Premium package including Infiniti Connection, Infiniti hard-drive navigation, 8-inch VGA color touchscreen display, Infiniti voice recognition, NavTraffic and NavWeather, Zagat Survey restaurant guide, Around View monitor with moving object detection and front and rear sonar, Bose 13-speaker premium sound system, streaming audio via Bluetooth, dual-occupant memory system, driver's seat 2-way power lumbar adjust, enhanced intelligent key ($4,950), technology package with backup collision intervention (BCI), heated steering wheel, remote engine start, intelligent brake assist with forward-collision warning, blind-spot warning and intervention, lane-departure warning and prevention, intelligent cruise control (full-speed range) ($3,100), deluxe touring package with 20-inch aluminum-alloy wheels, Bose Cabin Surround premium sound system (replaces premium sound system), advanced climate control system (ACCS), climate-controlled front seats, heated second-row seats (outboard only), rain-sensing windshield wipers, second/third row moonroof and power sunshade, maple interior accents ($2,550), theater package with dual 7-inch color monitors, two wireless headphones with remote, auxiliary audio/video input jacks and 120v power outlet for second row, rear headphone jacks and volume control ($1,700), roof rails ($370).


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Eight years ago, Kiva was founded in October 2005, and ever since, we've considered October to be the organization's birthday. This year, we want to take the opportunity to celebrate the connections our lenders are making with borrowers around the world. So we asked our community one simple question: "What made you connect with a borrower on Kiva?" We received an amazing number of responses filled with truly heartwarming and inspiring stories.
Without further ado, here are the first two incredible stories of the week:
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My story is simple. My aunt Mary was always an inspiration for me. She was smart, funny and generous. She was never wealthy, but she was always happy to help others who were less fortunate. One of her favorite expressions was "Money is like horse manure. It doesn't do any good unless you spread it around."
When Aunt Mary died several years ago, she left me a small sum of money. In her honor, I loaned half of it through Kiva. Since then, I have recycled (re-loaned) that money several times. I call this "Aunt Mary's Horse Manure Fund." So when I loan money through Kiva, I feel good knowing that I am helping a stranger and honoring my Aunt Mary at the same time!
Kiva lender
Kiva first caught my attention with a powerful video about how women's hands perform 66% of the world's work but bear 70% of the world's poverty. I jumped in whole-heartedly after watching that video and began helping everyone I possibly could and created the Girls Can't WHAT? Lending Team, putting 20% of our sales into Kiva loans.
Each person has a story, but the one that had a big impact on me was Hanin from Palestine. She wasn't asking for much, just a loan to help buy a new stove and refrigerator for her bakery. She had one young child and was working out of her home with her husband. I could totally relate to being a mom and trying to run a business so I knew I needed to help her.
While the loan itself made me feel I was doing something good for Hanin, it was the follow up email after the loan that made me see the bigger picture. Hanin had given birth to a second child, but now instead of running the bakery from home, they had established their own store next door. Not only that, but their bakery brings in more income than what they were earning previously. How is that for a win-win for a young mom?
That's when it hit me. My team is not only helping women, we're helping families. We're helping kids grow up seeing mom and dad be successful. We're providing education to women of all ages so they can get themselves and their families out of poverty. We're breaking the chain of poverty, one loan at a time.
And the money I'm using to invest in Kiva loans each month comes from a business that is all about empowering women. Girls Can't WHAT? Oh yes, we can!
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Welcome to the Tangwick Haa Museum website - a museum preserving the history of Northmavine in the north mainland of Shetland.
Different aspects of life in Northmavine through the years are illustrated by using a mixture of artefacts and photographs. Part of the display has a new theme every year.
An important part of the museum is its Parish Records and Census Records which can be seen on a microfilm viewer. The custodians will be only too happy to help you with your search.
The museum is open from 11am to 5pm from 17th April to the 30th of September.
Out of hours opening by prior arrangement. Disabled access to ground floor.
The museum trustees would like to thank all on the acknowledgements page.
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Take it from the insiders: Silicon Valley is eating your soul
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HBO, Starz, and other streaming services are cutting off parts of shots to change a film's aspect ratio
How Hollywood's Conservative "Street Artists" Troll the Industry https://t.co/tY7x4VfRkH
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Police Shoot & Kill Unarmed Man In 'Swatting', Blame Call of Duty Gamers Instead of Trigger Happy Militarized Cops
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Dr. Phil Staff accused of feeding vulnerable addicts drugs & alcohol
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Piece of Shit Jeff Sessions Rescinds Policies That Have Allowed States To Legalize Pot
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During the assessment stage of our system, we use a measure we call the 80% rule. This rule is our boundary for battery replacement. Our technicians look at the full charge capacity of the laptop vs the design capacity as well as cycle count. If this falls below what we regard as less than 80% of the original battery life we fit the system with a brand new battery.
The batteries we supply have at minimum 80% of the original design capacity. Even our oldest systems should provide at least 3+ hours of battery life with general usage.
Please note this is not Guaranteed as all users use their laptops In different ways. This figure is an average taken using a wide range of systems.
To ensure the robustness of all our products we employe a well-practised testing procedure that covers all system components. Using leading-edge diagnostics tools, the same of which is used by Apple were able to identify any inconsistencies well before they reach consumers. In addition to this, a 32 point exam which our Apple Certified technicians check by hand the total functional validity of the system. This exam includes but is not limited to test such as keyboard key-strokes, wifi & Bluetooth and accessory connecting.
This exam includes but is not limited to;
It's not just people who need a little R&R. During our testing process, any components which are flagged will be repaired or replaced with new parts. Furthermore, we replace out-of-date storage technology with upgrade solid-state or fusion systems. This means our Macs will last the rigorous test of time with improvements to stability and reliability.
Here are just some of the benefits of our R&R process.
Please note we do not 'repair' or 'refurbish' systems as a service to customers. We only perform work on systems purchased from our store.
Double check & triple check. Prior to the listing of each system, they're thoroughly cleaned and sent through our Quality Assurance team. Our QA team re-run our 32 point system check process to ensure hardware & software is fully functional. Then finally a condition assessment is made with a detailed inspection of any applicable imperfections with a grade given to each machine at the end. This condition grade is seconded by the sales team who list our products.
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If you're unsure which refurbished iMac for sale you should choose, or specification is suitable for you or require more information; please feel free to get in touch with our team. On a tight budget and looking for a cheap iMac? Make sure you take a look at our fair condition systems which offer great value for money!
During the assessment stage of our system, we use a measure we call the 80% rule. This rule is our boundary for battery replacement. Our technicians look at the full charge capacity of the laptop vs the design capacity as well as cycle count. If this falls below what we regard as less than 80% of the original battery life we fit the system with a brand new battery.
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It seems to be one of those weeks where there isn't necessarily a whole lot to tell. So to make an entry, and anything with a little length, I will offer a smattering of thoughts from all over the spectrum.
A big Happy Birthday to Chris Horsley and Amanda Smith on the 14th. I sent them both e-mails and wished them the best. It is my Aunt Jackie's birthday on the 25th, so Happy Birthday ahead of time.
Tuesday night Amanda and I went to pay a visit to Doris Coley. She lives over in Laurel Fork area. Amanda has worked with her for some time at Macy's. She lured Amanda over there in pursuit of a free TV and DVD player. I really don't care if we own either and would actually prefer not to. That is just a little more weight I will have to worry about moving in a year and another distraction to take away some of what little time we mortals have been given. Somehow I had come to believe it was a venture where we would go over and pick up the newly acquired property and head back home. We made an evening of it. We chatted about the nice lovely pleasantries of the life at Macy's. Conversation turned to life in general and school. Of course I did a full analysis to see if her Coley line could in any way be related to mine (Hers is several hundreds of years in North Carolina making at least that long of a connection seeing how mine came directly from England).
She had a nice little piano in her living room that also became conversation. She invited me to play it and before long I was in my own land while the women pondered paths I didn't care to walk. Before the night had ended we sang some hymns and even ended in a discussion about religion. I ended the evening with giving her a copy of the Book of Mormon and basically a first discussion. Sometimes I feel I am not as bold as I once was. Honestly, it seems that one relies upon their companion so much to bear testimony and Amanda had no clue of the missionary ways that I think that is the only reason it felt pretty weak. Sadly, I think both of us relied on trying to convince too much rather than just bearing testimony and letting the Spirit drive it to the heart. Amanda left thinking we had been too bold and I left thinking we had not been bold enough. She called us a few days later and made sure we were still planning on coming back. Either way, we don't seem to have offended. I look forward to a return visit and whether or not she read any of the newly introduced sacred scripture.
Tonight I paid a visit to the Family History Library outside my normal working hours. We had a pretty severe thunderstorm this evening and the two ladies working inside decided to go watch the storm for a minute. Sadly, they left their keys in the library. I rushed down thinking I would find two drowned older ladies. Luckily enough they had only locked themselves out of the library, and not the building. So I spent some time visiting with them about the Merrick's of Maine/Massachusetts. They decided to leave early so I played the piano and practiced some singing until a member of the Stake Presidency appeared to practice basketball.
Tuesday night at the library also proved to be interesting. For the second week in a row a young man who is a recent convert came into the library to do some research. He appeared with his laptop last week with PAF newly downloaded. He started putting in his family. He is preparing to go to the temple and wanted to do some of his own names for baptisms in about two weeks. He never even knew who his Dad was last week. This week he came back with dates and places and interestingly, was able to link him into the Cosby line. Once we did that we were able to take him back to Jamestowne and even followed the line back 1,000 years. He comes from a noble line in England. He was amazed to find ancestors on both of his lines whose temple work had been done. Some as early as 1932 in the Mesa, Arizona Temple. I look forward to seeing him this coming Tuesday when we run these names through TempleReady.
Last Sunday we had our Stake Priesthood Meeting. We were introduced to the new Mission President, President Millburn. I prefer him much more than the last one. He seems much more humble and able to connect with an audience. In addition, he gave a great talk on fishing. He is an expert at it, that is for sure. Who else uses a stomach pump on a fish? President Mullins (who interrupted my singing and playing tonight) gave a talk about various topics. One was that individuals in the stake are not carrying their weight in fast offerings. I thought that was interesting. None of the other talks I remember. However, the power in the singing was easily felt.
Today I was branded again at work due to a broker's dishonesty. A man gave me a complete sob story about why an appraisal was sufficient. He manipulated my inexperience in working someone else's loan, added with the other person not recording what they had done, and my not being thorough enough to catch the little red flags has now cost the bank a loan which is considered a risk and investors will not buy it. Due to my approving of an updated appraisal, that wasn't really updated, and the bank always standing by their word somebody got away with money that probably would not have been approved. Like speeding tickets with points, I have now gained my first and hope they will wear off over time… It is a good thing I no longer have access to that broker's information for I would surely give him a phone call and let him know how sorely disappointed I am in him. At any rate, "Let God choose between me and thee and reward thee according to thy deeds."
Terry McComb's funeral is going to be this coming Saturday. I so wish I could be there. Alas, we can't do everything we want in life. His obituary appeared today in the Times News. I looked at it this morning at work. I am looking forward to having my own clipping from the newspaper for my records. I guess I will just have to pay a visit to the cemetery next time I get back to Idaho. I so planned on spending a day or two in Branson on the way home for a lesson or two. I guess I won't now, at least stay for lessons.
We are headed up to Washington, DC again this weekend to attend the temple. I am very much looking forward to it. I have very much felt my faith increase this week and my soul feeling greatly nourished after some experiences in the scriptures. 2 Peter 2 and Ether 12 were powerful this week.
We received the Church News today and I read the parts about the new Brazil Temple. I was thinking how excited President Faust must be to have the temple dedication coming up and realized he had passed away. I guess he will be there at any rate, but not with a mortal body. I wonder who will be called next. I surely hope it is someone independent from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. I certainly think tradition and order are a good thing but it is always nice to shake things up from time to time. Too often people get so rigid about the way things should be done we forget the role of inspiration being mixed in the bag. I would really like to see a President of the Church not be the most senior Apostle. How would that be for shaking things up? We need more John Winder's, Reuben Clark's, Jedediah Grant's, Hyrum Smith's, and Charles Nibley's in the world.
Lastly, I will end on a political note. I haven't had a political candidate really catch much of the sympathies of my heart. They seem so canned and stale I can't stand it. However, Obama gave a comment this week about opening up government. Boy, if reading an article ever stopped my heart, that was one of them. A candidate willing to give full disclosure to the public? If that becomes his whole purpose in life, I will most certainly vote for that man. Well, that is only after he drops universal health care. After my experiences in England, will never support government ran health care. But open disclosure? How refreshing. That requires more effort. That requires doing things you know the whole country can be privy to. Where would Bill Clinton be if he had known that? How would things be different with Bush? Either of them? Watergate? Iran-Contra? New Deal? War? How would the world be different?


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Counter-protesters to the Westboro Baptist Church outnumbered the traveling hatemongers by a ratio of 20-to-1 or more Saturday.
Counter-protesters to the Westboro Baptist Church outnumbered the traveling hatemongers by a ratio of 20-to-1 or more Saturday.
Westboro brought 11 people — four of them children — to a spot outside Russell Hall, designated and gated off by the University of Alabama.
For a UA-designated half-hour, the Kansas-based group waved signs printed with slogans such as "God Hates Fags" and "Bloody Obama," while across Hackberry, hundreds gathered to mock and drown them out.
A dozen riders on Harleys roared by, circling back again and again to deafen the chants of the WBC, set to boombox-played songs such as Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," but with altered lyrics and dire warnings of the doom for all those who don't follow the WBC.
The hundreds gathered to counter-protest chanted "Love, not hate" and "T-Town Never Down," a slogan adopted in the wake of the April 27, 2011, tornado, which the WBC came to town to proclaim was the wrath of God.
Signs drawn up by the counter-protesters ranged from shows of resistance, such as "The WBC can't hurt us, we're Tuscaloosa strong," "Don't Feed the Trolls," "Freak Show" and "Get on your broomsticks and go back to Kansas," to calls for love and forgiveness, such as "Hug it out," "God is Love," "Compassion, Not Hate," and "At 1st I wanted WBC to feel my wrath, but since I am Baptist, I will forgive you," to outright mockery: "Gargamel Hates Smurfs," "Your Ad Here," "Han Shot First," and "Gay for Gosling."
A group of four signs, when flipped to their opposing sides, read "Firefly was Ripped Off."
Stephen Robbins, a U.S. Navy veteran, was among those counter-
protesting the WBC.
"The only way they can get their hate out there is by outrageous acts," Robbins said. "What we can do is tell them we love them and forgive them, and maybe they'll go away."
Organizers of the counter-protests worked phone calls, club meetings and social media to get people out on a humid Saturday afternoon when much of UA's operations shut down.
They stressed messages of peace and forgiveness for the WBC.
"We oppose hate, period," said Ashley Rubic. "To oppose hate, you cannot have hatred in your heart."
Steven Headley, who had hundreds of people signed up on his Facebook post about a counter-protest, said he felt frustrated and perplexed by UA's reluctance to clarify what would and wouldn't be allowed on campus.
"We could have been able to get an even bigger group if (UA) hadn't seemed to be hesitating about allowing us to be here," he said. "But we were going to find a way to be here anyway, just to send out a positive message."
Perhaps because the groups were separated by about 50 yards, barricades and UA police, no direct confrontations occurred.
When the WBC contingent was led off by the police at 12:30 — their permit was from noon to 12:30 only — the counter-protesting side cheered long and hard as the Harleys roared by one more time.


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Nothing new at all since the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus were spotted on SFR's website earlier this month already but nevertheless, SFR and Palm today announced that Palm's webOS platform will soon be available in France as well. The Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus showcase the defining features of Palm webOS, including the ability to run multiple applications simultaneously and easily move between them; the power of Palm Synergy, which brings customers' information from the many places it resides into a single, more comprehensive view; unobtrusive notifications; and universal search.
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Both phones offer SFR customers greater flexibility for access to the Internet with WiFi, and SFR WiFi enables customers to use more than 2 million hotspots in France. In addition, the Palm mobile hotspot, a webOS app that can be downloaded from the Palm App Catalog, enables Pre Plus or Pixi Plus to act as a mobile WiFi router. Customers can share wireless Internet connectivity with up to five WiFi-enabled devices, such as notebooks, gaming devices and portable media players.
A significant advantage of Palm webOS applications is that they can be integrated into the core webOS experience, including linked contacts, layered calendars, notifications and GPS, providing a rich catalog of innovative and unique offerings for Palm webOS users. The growing Palm App Catalog offers some of the best apps in the market, such as rich 3D games like "Need for Speed Undercover." The Palm App Catalog for Europe allows end users to purchase applications using a credit or debit card.
Great SFR apps will also be available, such as "SFR TV," to access main TV channels in France on the phone; "SFR WiFi"; and "SFR Mon Compte," which gives customers access to their SFR account while on the move.
The Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus phones will be available on April 27 on SFR's online store and on May 11 in all SFR stores and in retail and are expected to retail without a contract at 479 Euro (Palm Pre Plus) and 349 Euro (Palm Pixi Plus).
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May 16, 2012
Students often pass by the F.W. Olin Biological Sciences Building without knowing about the tiny paradise it contains. Camouflaged by tall transparent walls with plants on either side, the Olin greenhouse gives those who stumble upon it a quick escape from the familiar. Visitors are welcome to walk in and take a tour.
Inside, greenhouse manager John Eskew tends to the needs of dozens of plant species collected there over the years. Throughout the week, he cares for and monitors each plant. Some are higher maintenance than others, requiring manual pollination, while others just need a sip of water from time to time.
Though all beneath one roof, a computer-controlled climate system divides the greenhouse into sections for desert, temperate and tropical species, making the short walk between each feel like you've traveled a lot farther. It's a convenient way for students to interact with plants from around the world without ever having to leave campus.
Eskew's encyclopedic knowledge of his wards is evident in the lushness of everything visitors see in the greenhouse. Rather than using harsh pesticides, he prefers soaps and a managed population of helpful insects such as praying mantises, keeping plants safe to handle or even taste.
"The species all have different uses, origins, shapes, sizes and smells," says Associate Professor of Biology Dana A. Dudle. "That's valuable because most students come to DePauw not knowing much about plants, and they are not necessarily intrinsically excited about plants.
"But when they come to the greenhouse, because they can touch something or put it in their mouth, it's much easier to get excited. You start thinking about interesting questions. Why is this thing smooth and shiny and that thing soft? Why does that plant smell horrible, and this one smells like Froot Loops?"
The latter, a thorny citrus tree that really does smell like Froot Loops cereal, is a hit among school children who visit as part of a science outreach program. Dudle says that as children grow older, they tend to lose interest in plants, but the program keeps them curious by being hands-on and encouraging exploration.
"They want to touch everything, Dudle says. "They love the colors; they love the textures. They love getting their hands dirty."
Though bugs and botanists are equally as likely to be found crawling over the different plants, the greenhouse attracts visitors from other parts of the University as well.
"The greenhouse has been used a hundred different ways in the years I've been here, and it always is great when things are going sour outside," Professor of Art and Art History Robert D. Kingsley says.
He and Assistant Professor of Art and Art History John G. Berry use the greenhouse to teach drawing students of all levels. At first, students focus on perspective and dimensionality in their drawings, but Kingsley challenges his advanced classes to create abstracted images that referencing a plant rather than copying it. As students become more familiar with plants as a subject matter, they begin to notice more about their features and interpret them in different ways.
"The longer they work with a subject like plants, the more important it is they know what they're drawing," Kingsley says. "They start to get interested in what differentiates plants and think about how that manifests itself in their imagery."
(Left: Greenhouse-inspired art by Eileen M. Walsh '13)
Olin and its greenhouse were built in 1993, replacing an older greenhouse that stood behind Harrison Hall. At the time, the largest member of the collection was a cycad, a prehistoric plant that looks like a misshapen palm tree but is actually more closely related to other cone-producing gymnosperms, such as spruce or pine trees. Though its size made transplanting the cycad more difficult than a potted plant, its smallest features presented the greatest challenge.
"With any plant, when you dig something up, you are cutting through some portion of its root mass," Associate Professor of Biology Bruce S. Serlin says. "What are really critical for the plant aren't the big root structures that you see, but the little fine ends that supply the plant with water. You could probably fit 100 of them on the width of your little finger. When you cut through them, them the plant has no mechanism for bringing up water for a period of time, and there's no way to give it an I.V."
The cycad (right) survived the move and now stands in the center of the Olin greenhouse. Serlin doesn't know the exact age or origin of the plant, but he believes that it is between 75 and 100 years old, making it the oldest member of the current collection – and perhaps the entire biology department.
Even stretching above everything else, the cycad can be easy to miss with all the attractions at eye level. There are plants that recoil at your touch, carnivorous plants that turn the tables on careless animals, and at least one plant you couldn't ignore if you tried.
The greenhouse's voodoo lily, a gift from an alumnus, attracts insects for pollination like many other plants do. But each plant appeals to a different kind of insect or animal, and the voodoo lily appeals to carrion flies. To do so, its flower produces a smell similar to rotting meat that can fill the entire greenhouse.
"When the voodoo lily starts to bloom, the greenhouse becomes an interesting place to be," Serlin says. "We typically have to move it onto the back dock for a while."
Bad smells are an otherwise uncommon feature among the plants and trees that bloom in the greenhouse. Serlin, who taught a class about plants and health during spring semester, says the kinds of plants growing there tend to draw students in rather than chase them out.
"You'll tell a class to go to the greenhouse to take care of something, and, at first, they'll only go once a day to water their own plant," he says. "Then, after awhile, you find them just wandering around in there, looking at other species. Maintaining the collection the way we have has been helpful for that, and I think it's fun to watch as students gain an appreciation."Back


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Denise Borino-Quinn, who unexpectedly won a role as a mafia wife on "The Sopranos" after she attended an open casting call, has died. She was 46.
The Farmer Funeral Home in Roseland, N.J., said Borino-Quinn died Wednesday after a long battle with liver cancer. Her husband, Luke Quinn Jr., had died in March.
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A Roseland native who lived in Bordentown, Borino-Quinn had no acting experience when she was hired in 2000 to play Ginny Sacrimoni, the mafia wife with a weight problem. The character quickly became popular with fans and was featured in an October 2002 episode.
Borino-Quinn had attended the casting call mostly to support a childhood friend and was shocked when she was hired for the HBO show.
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When she wasn't acting, Borino-Quinn worked at a New Brunswick law firm.
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