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SMC will be providing a warm welcome to delegates at analytica 2014, despite showcasing its thermo-chiller efficient range of products.
The exhibition, taking place in Messe München from 1 to 4 April, is the leading trade fair for modern laboratory technology and advanced biotechnology. And from its stand B2/301 in Hall B2, SMC will display its expertise for temperature control and laboratory automation.
SMC expert for Temperature Control Equipment, Herbert Linhardt will also be taking part in the 'Laboratory and Analytics' forum, delivering a presentation on thermo control.
Herbert Linhardt said: "analytica has a global reputation for being the biggest and the best forum on which to discover the very latest products, trends and innovations for industrial laboratories. We are delighted to be part of this showcase and demonstrate our high tech, reliable and energy efficient solutions for cooling and temperature control."
Grabbing the spotlight on SMC's stand B2/301 will be its HRS thermo-chiller series. This compact and highly energy efficient range is designed for a variety of applications and can be connected to international voltage networks.
Also on display will be its universal range of 2 port fluid valves, from compact and light designs to more complete solutions for medium flows, as well as options for applications requiring zero differential pressure to large flows. The wide ranging display will highlight SMC's USE concept; Universal valves for standard fluids,
Specific valves, optimised for specific fluids and Expert valves for specific applications.
All the products on display will demonstrate SMC's range of solutions for the Life Science industry and laboratory automation. Visitors to SMC's stand B2/301 will be welcomed by a selected team of multinational and multilingual experts who will be on-hand to answer any questions. To celebrate the company's Japanese roots SMC will be serving up a 'Flying Buffet' and Japanese beer on Thursday 3 April from 5pm to refresh tired delegates.
Further information about SMC's temperature control and laboratory automation products can be found at a dedicated site on the Industry Solutions section of www.smc.eu.
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Toyota widens global sales lead over GM
DETROIT Toyota has widened its global sales lead over General Motors (GM) because its factories have recovered from last year's earthquake.
The Japanese automaker says it sold 7.4 million vehicles around the world through September, up 28 percent from a year earlier. That's 450,000 more than General Motors, which says it sold 6.95 million cars and trucks. GM's global sales are up 2.5 percent for the first nine months.
GM spokesman Jim Cain says the company will stay focused on profitable growth.
Toyota could face a slowdown in the fourth quarter as sales fall in China. Anti-Japanese sentiment flared in China after Japan nationalized tiny islands in the East China Sea.
The move set off violent protests in China and a widespread call to boycott Japanese goods.

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hi Waynekaa~!^o^
like the subject says.... I want to see videos of the USA Musume perfomances TT
I have all Sexymafia perfomances recorded in video... and the mines not yet, well they are recorded but I don't have the videos xD (I love the people who record us^-^)
if you don't have any video of any of the perfomances please start to record them! ^-^ it will be good to all of your fans!^^
videos~~~~~ TTTTTTT
Let's Chatting about Projects, anything related to USA Musume, Morning Musume and Hello Project!
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Hopefully we'll have someone to record at our next performance!
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Facebook, fresh off rolling out its new Graph Search, has another update to share with its billion plus followers: An updated News Feed.
The Menlo Park social network sent out invitations Friday morning, inviting journalists to its headquarters to cover its News Feed update on March 7. No further details were given, leaving the tech press to speculate, Apple-style, as to what Mark Zuckerberg and company are planning.
A guess? Maybe a little more "News" in the Feed. Facebook has been eclipsed by Twitter, and, to a lesser extent, Yahoo! and Google, when it comes to being a source of news. Most people, it seems, turn to Twitter to get the latest information, whether on a Middle East uprising, or results from the Oscars.
Facebook would love it if, in addition to updates about your nephews and food choices, it was a go-to source for news and information. Maybe the update will provide some sort of a filter to let you break through the clutter and catch up on the day's events.
I'll be there, and will send out updates, both on Facebook (do you ever check news there?), and Twitter. My handle is @scottbudman.


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I am going all over the place here, and starting with the May issue of Cards Magazine first off. If you aren't a subscriber, or don't get a designer's copy...than you most likely aren't aware that I was the featured designer in the May issue! Very exciting! These are the three cards I did for the feature. These are the other cards that I had in the May issue. Lots of weddings, owls, woodland animals...hmmm.
Now moving on to the April issue of Cards Magazine. The cover was mine in April, and this was the card that was featured on it. I remember when they requested this card for the cover....they wanted me to take the bunny ears off!! I begged to keep them on, and offered up another suggestion to make the card work better...and they agreed! So happy that this was the case...the bunny ears are my favorite part of the entire card!!
And these are the other cards that I had in the sections of the April issue. This card was published in the Cards & Tags section of the May issue of Scrapbook Trends magazine.
And this was featured in the Scrapbook Trends Stamping Idea Book.
Well, that is everything I have to share with you for now. School is SO busy this week! We had class today from 9a-6p, and then studio from 7-10p. Studio was a lot of fun tonight...we worked in a small group and then a little larger group...lighting group shots together. Well, we have all gotten pretty close since we spend what feels like every waking moment together right now...so we had some major fun shooting as a group!
Tomorrow I have class again from 9a-6p, and then peer to peer critique from 7-930p. But, Thursday I get a little break...and only have class from 2-6pm. BUT...I will be spending most of my time working on my slideshow that is due Monday, and putting my lighting final together that is due on Friday. Craziness...but I am SO loving it.
Once again...thank you all for your supportive and encouraging comments. I read them all when I get a quiet moment, and they so make me smile. They remind me that even though I have had to take some pretty large steps back from one of my favorite things in the whole world (paper crafting)....I have a friend in you even if I don't have as much to share lately.
Until later,
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such fabulous eye candy for a wednesday morning..you are the Queen of Pubs! Wow, your school schedule is intense! I think it is wonderful that you are enjoying yourself and doing something that you love.ReplyDelete
WOW! These are ALL fantastic! Congrats on all the pubs!ReplyDelete
Always great stuff! And you use some of my fave papers. Great work and congrats!!ReplyDelete
Wow, what beautiful cards!! They are all great! And congrats on your publications.ReplyDelete
Wow, these are fabulous! Way to go on all the pubs!ReplyDelete
oh my goodness! so many amazing cards! these are really really fabulous--every one!ReplyDelete
congratulations on so many publications (and glad you could keep the bunny ears on the card)
i just love your bling--every card is so special!
good luck with your slideshow--i'll be thinking of you!
I LOVE looking at your beautiful card creations! Congratulations! What a feast for the eyes! Thanks for taking the time to share them! I love Cards magazine...but since I can't use my Michael's coupon anymore...I can't afford them...boo hoo!
Oh my Lea, you have been a very busy bee. Just love all your creations and don't know where all your creativity comes from. You are very talented. Hugs from DesireReplyDelete
Jaw dropping amazing, adorable and GORGEOUS!! Your creations are mind boggling! ;o)ReplyDelete
Have a great time with your busy class schedule and good luck on that final!! ♥♥ Kay
Oof, I think I drooled a little bit!ReplyDelete
Wow Lea, these are big time fabulous! Congrats on being the May featured designer! Wish I had picked that issue up!
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That rainbow card is the best ever! LOVE your creations.ReplyDelete


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Cody Simpson's 'DWTS' Performance, Jennifer Lawrence's Hair + More – Crushes of the Week
Here at PopCrush, we obsess over all things pop just as much as our readers do. Every Friday, you'll be able to get to know us a little bit better as we gush about our personal favorite pop culture-related things at this very moment. Read on to find out what our editors are crushing on this week!
Cody Simpson's 'Surfboard' on 'DWTS'
This week's finale of 'Dancing With the Stars' was packed with pop stars putting on amazing performances of their latest singles, and while they were all great, Cody Simpson stood out to me as the highlight. The Australian singer included a little bit of everything in his performance — contemporary dance choreo, electric guitar playing and even a short breakdown into a professional dance number as a nod to his time on the TV show as a contestant. Cody proved himself a star! (And I have the video on repeat.) - Mandi Salerno, Associate Editor
Jennifer Lawrence's Hair
I've loved Jennifer Lawrence's haircut since we first saw pics of it looking shaggy-chic, but it wasn't until her 'Late Show' episode aired this week did I really get a good look at just how amazing it looked on her. While I thought she was as hilarious as always (I pretty much died at her Miley Cyrus story), it was her flawlessly wavy, bobbed locks that I was really focusing on. First of all, I love where her dangling earrings fell, so long that they actually came down past her hair, which I thought was a pretty cool contrast. And I just couldn't get over her tousled, beachy waves, completely envious since there is no way in the world I could curl my hair with that much success. And the length -- ugh, to die for! We all know that J. Law can rock it in any shade and any length, but I think the chic bob may be her best look yet: it's mature and professional, but also funky and down-to-earth, which pretty much describes the actress to a T. - Michelle McGahan, Associate Editor
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Bella Thorne left the studio of 'Live With Kelly and Michael' yesterday looking stunning in a floral-print dress, oversized shades and the sleekest rose-gold stilettos ever. The yellows and pinks on her mini dress made her strawberry blonde hair glow and made me super jealous of the young actress's ability to pull off red hair. The color totally suits her! As did the rest of her pretty and put-together outfit, which I'm still drooling over. - Mandi Salerno, Associate Editor
Austin Mahone's 'All I Ever Need' Video
I have to hand it to Austin Mahone: This video just about killed me. What an amazing tribute to his fans, a video that genuinely shows not only the passion that his Mahomies have for their idol and his music, but also the passion that he has for them as well. And while he doesn't explicity cry in the video, you can tell that he gets a little emotional while watching the footage -- and who can blame him? For a song that he told us he penned in the bathroom, 'All I Ever Need' is definitely one of my favorites -- and the music video makes me love it even more. Michelle McGahan, Associate Editor
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Talking about past flamers and their treatment
The thread could veer into a far more interesting direction.
OOPS ...KiteboardingTampaBay wrote:All the good threads have been deleted or buried in Flamer's Paradise.
Takes a bow...KiteboardingTampaBay wrote:Fo was hilarious and usually had some very good points. Toby made a bad business decision by banning one of the biggest page hit makers in kiteboarding history.
FoKiten would be welcome on my forum anytime!
Most people can't appreciate someone's ball busting writing style. I do it all the time, and yes, most people don't get it, so I am considered a "hater". Either way, if it makes you think a little, it's mission accomplished.....
I don't put a whole lot of weight in what someone thinks of me who doesn't know me, or bases their opinion on something I said on a forum 8 years ago.
I see forums as an extension of the beach- you bust your buddies balls and he busts you back. No harm, no foul as long as you aren't spreading lies. or "writing checks with your mouth that your ass can't cash."
Since the beach (and forums) became all about the money- suddenly the fun and games were OVER and cracking on someone's cyber-alias was no longer acceptable..... There were some serious problems going on back them, and having a moderator editing your posts without consent made it even worse. (that was not on this forum, BTW.)
Along with the advertiser/friend favored moderators, came the loss of interest in forums. It used to be a great problem solving tool and encouraged honest conversation. Look at what has happened here in Florida since the communication stopped- problem kiters and irresponsible retailers operate at will, because they know that there's no responsibility to the community. Don't want to face the heat- just avoid the forums.That is the standard now and many of the bans in S. Florida are the result of not working through the problems.
I have always suggested to read them like the Sunday Comics, it's much more entertaining.
I promised i'd Never tell who you are, in order to not destroy that godlessness illusion Ya got,kingofyo wrote: Takes a bow...
Hi guys, I do check this site every now and then....and I must say, "I miss the good ol' days myself
Note to Billie...
I'd put a gun to my head if I thought there was any factual or actual comparison that could be made betwixed you and I..
or any other half wit on or off an erector set, that just don't get it...
fo tip. #872
If you'd like to make an impression, have a valid point and be able to back it the f-up.
argu is something you get in the veggie section at Walmart, it's as cheap as taters...
My gig here as seen by me, was combating the hype.
I was anti hype, anti promo, anti beach teacher I was-- pro deep water tuition and telling the sad truth:
" the longer you do this (kite) the more immune you become to fear
WHY? because you're better than you were as a rookie...
The thing that does not change though, is the hard fact that "you either see it coming or you take the hit..."
What I'm saying is once you're yanked it's already too late---see-ya!!
..., and if you're close to shore it just might be your ass...
and that's exactly where just about everybody (STILL) likes to bust their signature moves...
nothing has changed here except you don't talk about the important things any more...
we got dead guys stacked like cord wood, and less than half of those "were" <<see that?
there's no doubt, no matter your skill level you can die doing this, and that's why I am / was / will be anti promo, anti hype...anti beach lesson
I've other fish to fry
Don't forget your Tee Shirts...
Seriously Billie, I get complaints about you from my buds here and at the spot...get a clue.
& i took it personal because I'm still a wired adrenaline junkie who still flies Para Glidersconsumer wrote:Fokiten?
I know :kingofyo wrote: ...
I'd put a gun to my head if I thought there was any factual or actual comparison that could be made betwixed you and I..
or any other half wit on or off an erector set, that just don't get it...
Maybe i DOkingofyo wrote:
Whether you can pull that off remains to be seen...
Be well
Best Regards
And therein lies the rub...and the very gist of the complaints.Bille wrote:kingofyo wrote:
You have a chance: being poster here, to be topical...
Whether you can pull that off remains to be seen...
Be well
Best Regards
Either way :
We Kite
We Fight
We get Drunk
Kinda up to YOU how much "FUN" we have doing it ALL .
I'm gonna have a Blast ; cause i'm a Red-neck Stupid Shit !!!
& "EXACTLY" the response i expected ; no insults intended !!kingofyo wrote:
Cool Dude, Boredom Sucks !tautologies wrote: ... just fell asleep.


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Averaged global chip sales for July rose 5.1 percent over the same period in 2012, with a US boom more than compensating for a declining Japanese market, according to data from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization reported by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The data also provides a glimmer of hope for Japan as its market showed strong growth compared with the previous quarter.
The three-month average global semiconductor sales for July rose 5.1 percent from the year before, to $25.53 billion. This came in considerably above a prediction of $24.9 billion given in an email to EE Times by Bruce Diesen, an analyst with investment bank Carnegie AS in Oslo, Norway.
In the previous averaged month the annual rise was 2.1 percent .(See: US Strength Lifts Q2 Global Chip Sales.) Taken with the latest WSTS data this indicates that the pace of market growth was accelerating in July although there have been some warnings given over the impact of possible inventory correction in the market and moderating demand in the smartphone and tablet computer sectors.
The geographic picture shows a boom in the US more than compensating for laggardly Japan. On an annual basis chip sales rose 21.5 percent in the Americas (a region dominated by the US market) while falling 18.6 percent in Japan. Japan's drop reflects both the devaluation of the yen and the restructuring and sale of a number of Japanese semiconductor companies.
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"Sales increased in all regions and across every product category, and macroeconomic indicators bode well for continued growth during the remainder of 2013," said Brian Toohey, president and CEO of the SIA, in the press release.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - finalimage once again CRIT Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "finalimage once again CRIT" mr.wontonjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Jun 2000Posts: 36Location: sf,ca Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 3:04 am ok, my second try to post the image in the body. Thanks everyone! Back to top ZosomemberMember #Joined: 23 Dec 2000Posts: 132Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 4:51 am I like it! The lighting gives it a real nice feel. Good stuff! Back to top waylonmemberMember #Joined: 05 Jul 2000Posts: 762Location: Milwaukee, WI US Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 9:03 pm Ooh, very nice! You did a great job adjusting the color, and I like the extra detail you added. And it looks a lot more like it's under water. Woot! Back to top PlouffememberMember #Joined: 17 Nov 2000Posts: 225 Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 10:33 pm um i have seen this image tooo many times in the last week i think or in the last few days. How come you dont just put it in the same POST instead of changing everytime... kinda bothersome if you know what i mean Back to top arniemgmemberMember #Joined: 25 Dec 2000Posts: 107Location: Pensacola, FL, USA Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 10:46 pm great handling of technique, but i think it needs more color. green consists of yellows and blues. show it and use it. it will make the pic more interesting to look at. Back to top the_monkeymemberMember #Joined: 20 May 2000Posts: 688Location: BC, Canada Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 11:06 pm neato! kinda reminds me of castaway, u know when tom is in the cave, looking out at the trees....except everything wasnt green. todays lesson is not to do drugs. Back to top spooge demonmemberMember #Joined: 15 Nov 1999Posts: 1475Location: Haiku, HI, USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 1:26 am Wonton has asked for a crit privately, but I thought I would answer him here. I have said a lot of times that something might have too much contrast or "bounce" a lot, this is a good example. If the idea is to convey size, you have to follow atmospheric perspective closely. And this is even truer with something underwater. The edges also get pretty soft. I know this is really brief, but you see the difference between wontons and mine is the amount of contrast as you go back into space. You might say, but I need to use different values to show detail, fair enough, but the difference in values can be extremely small. This is how to get it looking "big" Also play up the differences is scale between the objects close and far away, and this especially includes the lights. The close ones should be bigger than the far ones, and the far ones could be starting to diffuse somewhat. Also the scale of the secondary forms on the trunks or whatever they are needs to recede. Also think that you are seeing a lot more of the structures in the back, so you might see what the ends of them look like. hope this helps Back to top mr.wontonjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Jun 2000Posts: 36Location: sf,ca Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 1:53 am thankyou so much forthe advice...I will keep posting! Back to top mr.wontonjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Jun 2000Posts: 36Location: sf,ca Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 2:53 am Made the changes......what do uhtink? thank you so much for replying! Back to top DirtyDiggermemberMember #Joined: 09 Dec 2000Posts: 115Location: NutSac, California Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 4:13 am All the pics above look good. I think your lighting should be a little more 'diffused' in your last pic there. it is quite bright for an underwater scene at that 'depth' from the viewer. No offense to Spooge or you, but both still feel more like a forest scene than an underwater scene. There needs to be some sort of 'key' that this scene is underwater. Spooge definetly conveyed what he was showing which is mass and size. Not being a pro artist or knowing what to do about making it feel more underwater I can't help much other than point out what it looks like to me. ------------------ "I Hear High Heels!" - DirtyDigger Back to top mr.wontonjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Jun 2000Posts: 36Location: sf,ca Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 11:41 am Is htis better?? Back to top Kristiaanjunior memberMember #Joined: 29 Dec 2000Posts: 4Location: Leeuwarden, Netherlands Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 4:16 pm Isn't it so that in water, objects that are further away are more blurred (unless it is perfectly clear water)? With objects above water, of the magnitude as in the pictures, most are at a great distance. So when you focus on one, you can see all sharp.. (actually, the human eye only needs to focus on objects within a range of several metres. When the muscles in the eye relax, one sees sharp any objects from beyond that range) This is actually the only thing I can think of, regarding that key-element that was mentioned. You had the colors right; sunlight at great depths only exists of greenish shades - it is the only color that penetrates this deep. Perhaps you can add some vague rays of light penetrating from above.. Back to top mantismemberMember #Joined: 03 Jun 2000Posts: 359Location: NJ/USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 6:47 pm how does spooge do that? HOW? I wish I had his powers to produce sketches like those. . . ------------------ I killed the king of deceit, wake me up in anarchy. I made a god out of blood, not superiority. . Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit . Arpan . B email@example.com currently down. . . Back to top spooge demonmemberMember #Joined: 15 Nov 1999Posts: 1475Location: Haiku, HI, USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 11:52 pm hmmm... I can't go on forever on this one, but I think you missed the idea of atmospheric perspective. If you have access to a 3-d program, put some cubes with texture maps out on a plane and render it with generous fog. The farther you go away from the camera, the more the fog influences the local color of the object. A black cat of a roof a mile away is not black. Forgive me if you already know this stuff, but are having trouble applying it. Look at your forms, and evaluate each one with respect to how far it is away from the viewer. Your picture is a little more complex in that it is backlit, so the fog is not only obscuring, but a little diffusing as well, and that can make it a light source. The end result is really just that the fog is a lighter value than it would be without that bigass light source behind everything. So, two things to summarize, 1) your values still bounce too much, there is too much contrast for it to read as "big." 2) Organize your values more in line with atmospheric perspective so that your forms will "stack" better. This is done by really thinking about where things are in the z-axis. Example- The left foreground pillar is closer to us at the bottom. That is the way I read it anyway. You see in my sketch that there is a little more contrast and a little darker at the bottom? That shows that it is tilted away from us. Being more sensitive with stuff like this will start to make things read as more real and less like flat abstract shapes. 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text: In-Fisherman Largemouth Bass Length To Weight Conversion Chart Several methods are available to estimate the weight of a fish. Some use length as well as girth measurements. Weight also can be estimated using only length measurements based on relationship between length and weight. Length-weight equations can be developed for specific waters, regions (e.g., states), or for a particular species.Formulas containing length as well as girth are often most accurate for estimating weight, because the fatness or plumpness of the fish is accounted for. If only length is available, the most accurate weights often are estimated from length-weight relationships for specific waters or regions. For instance, in some waters fish might be relatively "skinny," and the weight estimate might be overinflated if based on a formula created from data on a water body where fish are "fat" or even "normal." That's why adding girth to the formula can help with accuracy. Formula's containing girth, however, also may not be as accurate as we'd like, because of inherent differences in the shape of fish and finding the right adjustment factor (or "shape" factor) to use in the formula. And it's important to measure girth carefully, and at the fish's fattest point, as girth estimates affect weight estimates powerfully.One easy way to estimate fish weight is through the use of standard length-weight formulas. Species-specific formulas, called standard-weight equations, have been developed for dozens of fish species by fishery biologists to describe the standard growth form of a species as a whole. These relationships often are used to assess body condition (the relative weight or plumpness of a fish), which provides an index of a fish's well-being, such as whether there are forage shortages or surpluses, and can sometimes reflect fish growth rate.These standard length-weight formulas are often developed using thousands of fish from hundreds of populations across the range of a species, so they describe the "general" growth form of that species. For instance, the equation for black crappie was developed using over 20,000 fish across a range of sizes from 175 populations across the geographic range of black crappie.*An important thing to keep in mind is that these standard length-weight formulas describe fish in "above-average" condition. In fact, the weights in the tables represent the 75th-percentile in the samples for that particular length, and are not average weights. In other words, if you lined up 100 random bass of the same length in order of weight, and those bass were a good representation of the range of weights for that length, the weight provided in the table would be for the 75th heaviest fish. While it might have made more sense to use the median weight for these formulas, fishery biologists decided to go with the 75th percentile so that the standard weight at a given length was an above-average or "ideal" target to shoot for in terms of body condition. So, if your fish appears plump and healthy, the weights from the table should be relatively close. If your fish is skinny to average, it will weigh less, and if very plump and remarkably "fat" it will weigh more. Just make an adjustment. No formula is 100-percent accurate, but if you have only length and not girth, this should help get you in the ballpark. Your state fishery agency may have standard Largemouth Bass Length To Weight Conversion Chart based on regional data posted on their website. These formulas use total length of the fish, measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail fin when compressed. Largemouth Bass 12 in 0.90 lb 13 in 1.16 lb 14 in 1.47 lb 15 in 1.83 lb 16 in 2.25 lb 17 in 2.73 lb 18 in 3.28 lb 19 in 3.89 lb 20 in 4.59 lb 21 in 5.36 lb 22 in 6.22 lb 23 in 7.17 lb 24 in 8.21 lb 25 in 9.35 lb 26 in 10.60 lb 27 in 11.95 lb 28 in 13.42 lb 29 in 15.01 lb 30 in 16.73 lb 31 in 18.58 lb 32 in 20.56 lb


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Online life after death: questions to ask now about online accounts
Attorney offers tips to prepare
Social media have become an integral part of just about everyone's lives, but what happens to your accounts when you die?
As of October, about 1 billion people were active on Facebook.
That does not include social sites like Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus and more.
Dannon Collett said she keeps a wax-sealed envelope with all of her login information and passwords to her online accounts in a strongbox, along with instructions for her family.
"We've gone over my living trusts and my will, and you know, they know about the sealed envelope, because I had a scare, a liver scare, a few months ago and so I really got everything tightened up," said Collett.
Attorney Richard Ploss, who specializes in trusts and estates, said making a list of your digital assets is a good first step and that one more clients than ever are asking about.
However, no matter what steps are taken, Ploss said, the right of someone else to go into your online accounts is left up to the terms that you agreed to when you signed up.
"First of all, you have to look at the contract you've signed. Some places just say, 'That's it, you're dead. There's nothing anybody can do with it, period.' Usually, people don't look at this because they want to get online and they really don't care what's going on with it," said Ploss.
So in the end, what happens to your online life depends on the website.
Facebook said it will honor requests from close family members to memorialize or deactivate a deceased person's page, but specific requirements must be met.
Google said it will not provide access to the private information in a deceased person's account to a family member unless there is a court order.
Even then, Google will not provide the password.
Ploss said there are some web services that will act like a virtual safety deposit box for your online life.
"There are online providers who will provide services to people, who can basically store their passwords, store their media accounts and designate beneficiaries on them," said Ploss.
Collett said her plan is to make sure that her online is digitally secure, since it is so much a part of who she is.
"Everyone I know and communicate with, acquaintances, friends, old friends, is online, in my Facebook," said Collette.
Ploss said if you are serious about protecting your online life after you die, put the information in a will.
Right now there are no laws in Maine that deal with this issue, but New Hampshire is considering legislation that would give the executor of someone's estate control over the social media accounts.


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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Pinterest-like interface comes to Google+
Google+ had some significant changes in the last day or so. The changes were announced at the keynote address at the Google I/O 2013 conference. The main visual change is that the display on Google+ adapts to single, double or triple columns depending on the size of the display. Google+ also adds hashtags to create ranked searches from the whole database of posts. Google is also adding hashtags by image recognition even if the post does not mention the subject of a photo. Google also released an entirely new Google Hangout application. Conversations on Hangouts are preserved so that the conversation can last for an extended period of time, even years.
I am sure that there will be some extensive discussion about the new additions to Google+ but it looks like there may be a whole set of tools that could be used if we all had time away from Facebook and Pinterest.
I noticed that the three column mode only showed up when I enlarged the window past a certain point on my large display. There are some extensive additions to the way photos are displayed and handled, hence the relationship to Pinterest. Some of the changes have been implemented previously but are now fully available, such as the huge photos that can be put on your profile page (see screenshot above).
What I see is an integration of the reader concept into Google+, trying to make the streams consolidated so you aren't going to more than one place to view content. But it is not yet, and may never be, a replacement for a reader or aggregator.
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A captain, or Quidditch captain at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a student and member of a House Quidditch team who is appointed to be in charge of his or her House team. Heads of House appoint one member of their House Quidditch team to be the captain. The student would presumably continue to be captain until he or she graduates, barring severe injury or misconduct.
It is unknown whether there is an age requirement for choosing captains (as prefects are chosen only from the fifth year students of each house), but as Harry Potter was appointed captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team in his sixth year, and Oliver Wood was appointed Captain of the Gryffindor team in his fifth year, an age requirement might not have existed. However, it is possible that Quidditch captains are only chosen from House Quidditch team members who are fifth year students or older. However, Fred and George Weasley said that they knew Oliver Wood's speech by heart, but this might only mean that Oliver gave pep talks to the team before the games and or practices. It is also proven that Quidditch captaincy is not a simple matter of seniority on the team, as shown in the case of Harry Potter. Harry Potter was made Quidditch captain in his sixth year, while a member of his team, Katie Bell, was a year older than him.
Only one Quidditch captain exists in a House at a time (Unlike prefects, where one boy and one girl are chosen from the fifth year, and remain as prefects in their sixth and seventh years, there are approximately six prefects per house).
Like prefects, captains are given a silver badge to wear on their school uniform, and on their Quidditch robes when they are playing in a match or practising. However, a prefect on the Quidditch team would not be required to wear his or her prefect badge on his or her Quidditch robes. The captain's badge is suspected to have the letter 'C' on it for 'Captain', as the prefect's badge has 'P' for 'prefect', and the Head Boy's and Head Girl's have 'HB' and 'HG' respectively.
- "That gives you equal status with prefects! You can use our special bathroom now and everything!"
- —Hermione Granger to Harry Potter when he was made captain[src]
Captains are required to hold Quidditch trials, plan training sessions and organise their House teams, and are also responsible for almost anything regarding their House team activities and members.
Captains are also given equal status as prefects, and are allowed to use the Prefects' bathroom. However, unlike prefects, captains are not allowed to dock points. Captains are generally responsible for their Quidditch teams and related duties only.
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Captains will also play one other position on their team: Beater, Chaser, Keeper or Seeker. When a Quidditch team member is appointed captain, they will retain their previous position as well as assuming their captain responsibilities.
Known captains at HogwartsEdit
Gryffindor Quidditch teamEdit
- Astrix A.
- Filemina A.
- Angelina
- Oona B.
- Concepta
- Isobel McGonagall
- James Potter (1974-1978) (Chaser)
- Charlie Weasley (1990-1991) (Seeker)
- Oliver Wood (1991-1994) (Keeper)
- Angelina Johnson (1995-1996) (Chaser)
- Harry Potter (1996-1997) (Seeker)
Hufflepuff Quidditch teamEdit
- Cedric Diggory (1993-1994) (Seeker)
- Zacharias Smith (1995-1996) (Chaser)
Ravenclaw Quidditch teamEdit
- Roger Davies (1993-1996) (Chaser)
- Cho Chang (1996- 1997) (Seeker)[citation needed]
Slytherin Quidditch teamEdit
- Winky Crockett (1940 - 1944)
- Neil Lament (1944 - 1948)
- Andrew Snowyowl (1948 - 1952)
- Jo King (1952 - 1956)
- Rufus Winickus (1956 - 1960)
- Jody Jacknife (1960 - 1964)
- Stuart Craggy (1964 - 1968)
- Steve Laughalot (1968 - 1972)
- Emma Vanity (1972 - 1976)
- Lucinda Talkalot (1976 - ?)
- Marcus Flint (1991-1994) (Chaser)
- Graham Montague (1995-1996) (Chaser)
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This TechCrunch piece talks about how (predictably) Google wants to build the "ultimate personal assistant." With Google's collecting user preferences cross-platform and applying algorithms to ascertain intentions, getting around in the world, purchasing things, and interacting with others could get a lot easier.
But at what cost? The success of any platform that becomes a personal assistant in the cloud would depend entirely on the collection of vast amounts of information about the individual. And since Google makes its fortunes on advertising, there is no reason to be confident that the information gathered will not be put to uses other than adding conveniences to the user's life. Simply stated, the platform is privacy-destroying.
What if one wants to opt-out of this utopically convenient future? Might such a person be unfairly disadvantaged by, for example, choosing to undertake tasks the "old fashioned" way, unassisted by the privacy eviscerating tools? This points to larger questions about augmented reality. As a society, will we implement regulations to level the playing field among those who are not augmented versus those who are? Questions of social justice in the future may take a different tone.


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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is in danger of being without key central defenders John Terry and Gary Cahill for Saturday's FA Cup clash at Manchester City.
Mourinho had hoped Terry would be fit for Tuesday's Barclays Premier League game at West Brom after sitting out Saturday's 3-0 victory over Newcastle at Stamford Bridge with a double muscle injury.
But the 33-year-old was again missing, with his absence felt as the Baggies staged a late second-half rally to grab a 1-1 draw following Branislav Ivanovic's opener in first-half injury time.
Mourinho will be hoping the additional game off will have allowed Terry sufficient time to recover ahead of the fifth-round tie with City.
Terry's presence is crucial as Cahill limped away from The Hawthorns with a damaged calf sustained shortly prior to Victor Anichebe heading home an 87th-minute equaliser, meaning he is now a major doubt for the trip to the Etihad Stadium.
Cahill said: "Once I got the knock, I was struggling from then on.
"It happened when a West Brom player went for a header and I was on the floor, and he landed just inside my knee/calf.
"It's sore and we'll see what it's like later."
The late goal and the injury completed an unhappy end to the game for Cahill as Chelsea missed the chance to open up a four-point cushion at the top of the table.
Albion, however, performed admirably as they played the pressing game new head coach Pepe Mel has been demanding of his players.
It meant Eden Hazard, the toast of the Blues following his hat-trick that sank Newcastle, was barely given space to breathe as he found himself shackled throughout.
Hazard, however, believes the point could be an important one come the end of the season as the title race hots up between Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool.
"It was a puzzling game," Hazard told the club's official website.
"At 1-0 I thought we were managing the match well, but we couldn't get the second goal which would have given us protection, and then the game became difficult.
"I tried to play, we tried to play, but it was a very difficult game.
"It was very complicated whenever I had the ball because there were two or three opponents there.
"They had a plan to defend, as was the case when we played West Ham.
"It was a similar situation except at the end West Brom pushed a lot, their crowd got behind them and it became complicated.
"But it's still a point even if many people are disappointed. I think this is a point that will count.
"You cannot win every game and it was important we didn't lose. We'll improve in the future and we will try to win the next game."
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This coming week, your RSS feeds will be assaulted by great news from CES 2013. OEMs will be announcing new phones and tablets. Start up companies will be demoing revolutionary ideas and concepts. And a whole bunch of OEMs will be announcing new Google TV products.
Up until now, the Google TV platform has been just okay. The current gadgets that support it aren't terrible, but they aren't dazzling either. That may not be the case after this coming week. The Official Google Blog has announced that a lot of OEMs are going to be announcing new Google TV products.
Among those who should be introducing new Google TV products are LG, Sony, Vizio, Hisense, and others who are currently partnered with Google and Google TV. A newcomer to the platform will emerge in ASUS. What ASUS has up their sleeves is a mystery, although blogs like Talk Android have speculated that they could be releasing the Qube, a Google TV dongle fresh back from its vacation from the FCC.
How will this affect the Google TV platform?
If OEMs don't slack on the hardware, Google TV could finally become the competitor that it has the potential to be. The prior hardware isn't awful, but it lacks a certain refinement. So here's hoping there is some polish and improvements with this year's Google TV products.
The Official Google Blog believes that this year will surpass expectations. With the new products, there will be nine OEMs producing products in ten countries. The more the merrier.
Will this be the year you buy a Google TV? Let us know in the comments.


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Hi! Sorry I've away for a few days. I've been sick, woke up with swollen eyes, and a heavy migraine.Since I have epilepsy, this meant a lot of sleeping and hoping for it to go away and stay seizure free.Thankfully I'm almost back to normal.
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Watch My AAPI Plate video, a collaboration between the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the First Lady's Let's Move! Initiative, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The video features a healthy-cooking demonstration by White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford and Chef Ming Tsai, who show that preparing Asian American and Pacific Islander dishes can be both healthy and traditional.
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This popular cook-off showcases cuisine prepared by Culinary Job Training students at the D.C. Central Kitchen. Working in teams, students will makeover global recipes to ensure that takes on old favorites reflect the MyPlate icon. The challenge is to come as close as possible to creating a healthy and balanced meal, while also focusing on taste and presentation. All teams will receive recognition for participating in this learning opportunity.
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A friend recently asked me about the alleged link between vaccines and autism, alerting me to suggestions that a rise in autism rates is due to mercury-containing preservatives in some vaccines. Info from the CDC and other mainstream sources contradicts this, but there seems to be no shortage of claims of support. How can I find and evaluate alternative sources that are trustworthy?


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Creamy pesto chicken with roasted tomatoes
A fast and filling, all-in-one chicken dish
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
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- fat33g
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- carbs22g
- sugars3g
- fibre1g
- protein40g
- salt0.82g
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 3 tbsp Homemade pesto (see the recipe in tip section below)
Pesto is a generic Italian name for any sauce made by pounding ingredients together.
- 85g mascarpone
- 4 tbsp olive oil
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- 100g breadcrumb, preferably from day-old bread
- 175g baby tomatoes, on the vine
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- handful pine nuts
- handful basil leaves
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Use a small sharp knife to make a slit along the side of each chicken breast to form a pocket. Mix together the pesto and mascarpone, then carefully spoon a quarter of the mixture into each chicken breast and smooth over the opening to seal.
Brush a little oil, about 1 tsp, all over each chicken breast and season well. Tip the breadcrumbs onto a large plate and season. Place each breast on the plate and press all over with the breadcrumbs. Place in a lightly oiled shallow baking dish along with the tomatoes (kept together on the vine in a couple of bunches). Drizzle over the remaining oil.
Cook in the oven for 20-25 mins until the chicken starts to turn golden and is cooked through. Scatter over the pine nuts and cook for 2 mins more. Sprinkle with basil leaves and serve with new potatoes or crusty bread.
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Homemade pestoIn a small food processor, whizz together a large handful basil leaves (about 40g), 25g toasted pine nuts, 25g finely grated Parmesan, 1 crushed garlic clove and 3 tbsp olive oil. Keep in the fridge for 1-2 days or cover with a layer of oil and keep for 3-4 days.
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Chicken legs with pesto, butter beans & kale


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GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 is turning into a cracker overclocking board.
It's been used in the latest Team.AU bench session to take out the latest Unigine Heaven DX11 world record. CPU was at 6.2GHz while three GIGABYTE 7970 OC graphics cards were running at 1600/1800 Crossfire frequencies.
For more results visit www.hwbot.org.
3DMARK03 4way global world record was also smashed on the same platform with 7970 4way crossfire!
LN2 mode switch comes in very handy during extreme subzero benching.
It allows the overclocker to drop the system into slow mode during screenshots or between 3DMARK01 subtests.
Team.AU also dropped another score with CPU clocking at 6.7GHz and a third fastest 3DMARK01 in the world.


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Guide to the Great Auk collection, circa 1805-1940 M0073
"The Great Auk," bound collection of articles
"The Great Auk: A record of sales of birds and eggs...'" by Thomas Parkin (2 copies)
"Relics of the Great Auk," John Milne
"The Great Auk," Thomas Parkin
"Great Auk in Scotland," Smith
"The Great Auk's Eggs," Darley Dale
"Seven Models in Light Wood of Eggs"
Drawings of eggs, E. W. Bladen, 1934
Photographs (Auk researcher, unidentified)
Photographs (Auk)
Photographs (Auk's eggs)
Photographs (Auk's eggs)
Photographs (Auk's eggs)
Photographs (Auk's eggs)
Photographs (Auk's eggs)
Photographs (Auk, skeleton,eggs, etc.)
Drawings (Auk, eggs)
"Photographs and Plates of Eggs of the Great Auk"
Miscellaneous photographs of birds
Correspondence: Herbert Massey, [Tom Jacklin ?]
Correspondence: Herr G. A. L. Bisseling
Correspondence, miscellaneous
Miscellaneous article: Bulletin of the British Oological Society
Miscellaneous article: "Exporations in Newfoundland and Labrador in 1887, made in Connection with the cruise of teh U. S. Fish Commission Schooner Grampus," by Frederic A. Lucas, 1891
Miscellaneous correspondence
The Great Auk museum advertisement
"A Manx Record of the Extinct Great Auk: a Discovery of a Figure of the Garefowl made in 1651-52," with correspondence
Descriptions of Plates for Auk book
"The 320 Guinea Egg Shell"
The Great Auk: engravings and photographs
The Greak Auk eggs: photographs and prints
List of egg owners
Various clippings
"Der Riesencalk, Alca impennis L.," Dr. Wilhelm Blasius, 1903


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Defendant in one of Md.'s longest murder trials dies
JESSUP, Md. – A former Westminster businessman convicted in one of Maryland's longest murder trials is dead.
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said Tuesday that 71-year-old Robert Lee Myers died Sunday at a prison hospital in Jessup.
His son, Bryan, says Myers died of cancer. He says his father had been treated for both prostate and skin cancer.
The Carroll County Times reports that Myers' three children have always maintained their father was innocent in the 1979 shooting of their stepmother, Mary Ruth Myers.
Myers was convicted of first-degree murder in 1982 and sentenced to life in prison after a 72-day trial and three days of jury deliberations.
Jurors were convinced that Myers had paid hit man Daniel Lee Chadderton $10,000 to kill his wife.
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College acted to maintain teachings
Mr. Mazzaccaro's appeal to the teachings of Thomas Jefferson – a slave owner – that all men are created equal ignores a religious institution's right to advance its teachings and to exclude dissenters from its theological faculties.
Under his "equality" analysis, an orthodox Jewish seminary would be required to hire female Torah scholars. An orthodox synagogue would be required to elect a female president and hire women as rabbis and cantors.
What's next? Would the state require Greek Orthodox bishops to ordain women as priests? Perhaps the courts might order a Mormon institution to renew the contract of a professor who advocated a return to polygamy. A Protestant fundamentalist seminary would have to tolerate a trans-gender faculty member who advocated Darwinian evolution. A Muslim school could not silence a cross-dressing teacher who recommended that his students eat pork.
All such institutions would be subject to the watchful eye of the state-sanctioned thought police, who could screen all hiring and firing in the name of political correctness. The government would become the master of all religions, which would be required to modify their teachings to suit the state or at least soft-pedal any doctrines that the governing regime found uncomfortable.
Sounds like China, doesn't it? State control over religion to further the cause of political correctness.
Ted Forrence
Chestnut Hill
Reader critical of Father Jim, charter school
As a Catholic, I feel I must respond to two stories you have featured over the last few weeks. A front-page bold headline regarding Chestnut Hill College not retaining a gay priest who is a part time instructor is overboard. Father St. George is an obvious self-promoter who in the last few weeks has never seen a microphone that he did not like.
He is the one who has brought this on himself with his thirst for publicity. What did he expect? That a Catholic institution was going to keep him on the payroll when he was involved in religious rites not sanctioned by the Church? He passed himself off as a Catholic priest, which was not true.
He took advantage of the situatiaon plaguing the Archdiocese to promote his congregation. The Local as well as the other media have given him his time in the sun and now it is time for Chestnut Hill College and everyone else to move on.
But at the same time, I have to be opposed to the Green Woods Charter School and hope our Northwest neighbors are in agreement. We send the wrong message when we allow an entity such as Green Woods to suck funding out of the public schools. It is wrong, and I would say the same thing to my Catholic parochial schools that would benefit the same.
The charter school movement is bad public policy and will remove the cream of the crop from our schools and leave the rest with the crumbs.
Charter schools in the end are business many of whom are controlled by the very hedge funds that have taken this country down the wrong path. Green Woods may be the exception to this rule and Ms. Wallace might be a dedicated educator, but we must look at the bigger picture and say no.
Robert McIntire
Chestnut Hill
CHC didn't do 'due diligence'
Chestnut Hill College doesn't need the bad publicity emanating from instantly relieving the Rev. James St. George of his teaching duties (lead story, Local, March 3). Why now? The man has taught there since 2009; according to an Inquirer story, his students use words such as "amazing," "passionate" and "fabulous" in describing his teaching abilities.
Just because the college didn't do its due diligence about his church affiliation or his sexuality (which have nothing to do with his teaching abilities), he's tossed out without a hearing, based on an e-mail squawk from an evidently influential individual.
It's interesting that one of Fr. St. George's courses is — or was to have been — "Theology and Justice." Too bad he couldn't have taught it to the college's administrators. They might have learned something of justice; there surely is none evident in their decision.
Mary Price Lee
Living in the City
Two stories run repeatedly in the Local. The first is that the community is experiencing the loss of yet another business. The second is that a new project has been proposed for Chestnut Hill and the neighbors are opposing it. How are we to redevelop our community if we do not allow new growth?
A restaurant, a dialysis center, a school, and a food market would all bring traffic to Chestnut Hill. We want traffic here. Traffic brings shoppers, shoppers increase sales, increased sales lead to more enterprises coming in. The internet has changed shopping patterns across the country. We will not return to the Chestnut Hill of the past.
We need to be open to all of the new opportunities that bring people into Chestnut Hill. We do not want to become the NIMBY neighborhood that makes it so hard for new businesses to develop that they stop trying to come here.
When we choose to live within the City we have to expect traffic, parking limitations, and noise. They are part of city living and they come with success.
Lisa Hogan
Chestnut Hill
Feeling loss of Solaris' John Anderson
While it's great news to here that a new restaurant will open in the former Solaris site, members of the Chestnut Hill Rotary feel the loss of John Anderson and his beautiful Solaris Restaurant.
John was a true friend to the Rotary, both in hosting monthly Rotary fellowship gatherings and in turning over his entire restaurant for many years to allow us to host our annual Rotary Pancake Breakfast. With John's generosity the Chestnut Hill Rotary has been able to raise thousands of dollars annually to support an orphanage and school in Guyana.
I imagine most of us have fond memories of sitting in the Solaris garden watching the Chestnut Hill world go by. It is a special place and John, it's creator, is a special person. The Chestnut Hill Rotary says many, many thanks to John and wishes him the best of everything in his next endeavor.
Christian Mongrain
Chestnut Hill Rotary
How to handle charity requests
I read in the Inquirer about a woman living in a retirement community who monitored the solicitations she received in a year from charities. There were hundreds. I doubt that I am in that league, but I receive enough requests for donations that I keep a list of the organizations to which I send money and the date of payment for I realize that to gift an organization is to encourage it to solicit me several weeks later.
In truth, every organization that asks me for money sounds worthwhile. Since my discretionary money is limited, I have formulated a standard for making donations as follows:
I will send money only by credit card. I do not write checks.
I will donate annually. Requests throughout the year will go into the recycle bag.
I will not respond to any organization that sends me bears, slippers, totes, etc., on the theory that my gift is being misused.
I will give no weight to the organizations that send me return address stickers. I keep them and use them because they are here, and to discard them is wasteful.
To reinforce my plan, I will take ads in several newspapers and magazines. For those who have my point of view, we will organize a group called "once a year only (OYO)." For signing up, there will be no rewards and hopefully less mail. Let's hear it for "OYO."
Maggie Wollman
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A new trailer for director Kathryn Bigelow's (The Hurt Locker) thriller Zero Dark Thirty has been released. The film documents the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, culminating in the now-famous SEAL Team Six operation. The new cut is heads above the first trailer, in which a war room speech presided over the trailer with scenes of covert operations taking place. This time around, we actually see the words being spoken in the war room as well as the soldiers in the thick of it, with their boots on the ground. And the sense of tension here is much more palpable, as it should be.
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For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty reunites the Oscar(R) winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man.


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The following press release was issued by MSAD #60, which has students from Lebanon, Berwick and North Berwick, Maine.
We are very pleased to inform you, that the MSAD #60 Board of Directors has selected an individual to serve as your next school superintendent. His name is Steven Connolly. We expect him to join the District some time in December. Following, you will find a bio on Steve, which will provide you some background information on his career.
Steven Connolly received his B.S.Ed. Degree from St. Joseph's College in Standish, Maine. He attended the University of Southern Maine in Gorham where he obtained his MS.Ed. Degree. Steven's educational career started in 1979 when he became a teacher at Manchester Elementary School in Windham where he stayed for two years. He spent from 1981 through June of 1996 teaching for one year in SAD #6 and the remaining fourteen years teaching at Cape Elizabeth Middle School. His move into administration came in 1996 when he became a Principal at Pleasant Hill Primary School in Scarborough where he remained for two years and in 1998, he moved to Young Elementary School in SAD #7 as a Principal. In 1999, Steven became a Principal at Baxter Elementary School in Portland until he became an Assistant Principal at Portland High School in 2003. He has been the Principal at Cape Elizabeth Middle School, where he had previously taught for fourteen years, since 2005 to the present. Steven has a total of thirty-three years in education!
Highlights of his career include being a Math and Science Methods adjunct professor at St. Joseph's College from 2001-2006; Steve authored Journey for the Planet (GAP, 1994) which is a children's environmental program supported by the UN, currently in fourteen countries; he received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching (State) in 1995; and was a 1995 finalist for the Maine State Teacher of the Year.
Steven's experience outside the classroom and educational administration includes being a Community liaison for the Sudanese in Portland for the past eight years, a Men's Lacrosse Booster President at St. Joseph's College since 2010, Coaching soccer, basketball and baseball for several years as a volunteer youth coach in South Portland, and he spent four years as a Storyteller in Cumberland County library programs.
He brings a stated strong commitment to education, a willingness to grow professionally and a goal of motivating learners and working with staff to reach their goals in fostering the mission of helping every student reach his or her full potential.
His mantra is "what is best for students".
Maine's MSAD #60 chooses new superintendent
The following press release was issued by MSAD #60, which has students from Lebanon, Berwick and North Berwick, Maine.


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Conservation and Environment in South Africa: Monthly Updates
Southern Africa Conservation Monthly Update September-October 2013
Erosion Control
Further erosion control work has been carried out on the heavily eroded areas in the north of the property, which showed very little growth during the last year, indicating poor soil conditions. The hope is that by limiting further erosion and creating banks of fertile soil behind vegetation barriers that the seeds of grasses and other plants will be left in the area after rain. These will then be to germinate in situ rather than being washed out into the rivers.
We have revisited a few of the sites along the river, which have been damaged by foraging baboons to ensure the previous month's work will hold up come the first rains. We have also been involved in the construction of gabions on a heavily eroded section of river bank along the Limpopo. Gabions are large metal cages which are tied together and filled with stones. These provide support for the eroding bank whilst allowing water to flow through as well. The volunteers worked exceptionally hard and helped to move at least 10m3 of rock across the river and placed them in the gabions.
Camera Traps
For the last 2 months our camera traps have been set at a local cattle kraal situated within the fenced wilderness area. This kraal has been experiencing losses through African Lions (Panthera leo) and we placed the cameras around the kraal to try to gain evidence of the lions gaining access to the kraal and taking cattle. On one occasion we captured images of a young male lion carrying a calf away from the kraal.
Just for the record, camera traps on our reserve are a 'disposable item'! We have a number of animals very interested in them, to the point where they rip or bite them off trees, play with them, stomp on them, crush them and deposit them around the bush! The main culprits are elephant and hyena!
Mammal Research
Continued observations at the 4 mammal census sites around the property have shown 13 mammal species in the vicinity of the water points. 5 species were recorded drinking from the water sources at the census sites. The most prolific species was impala (Aepyceros melampus) recorded on 14 separate occasions with a total of 97 animals observed over the 2 months. Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus pygerythrus), Plains zebra (Equus quagga), African elephants (Loxodonta africana), were each observed 6, 7 and 8 times during censuses with 37, 43 and 104 individuals noted respectively. There were also several sightings of klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragusi), and Savannah baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) at the water points.
Bird Research
We have several different types of bird research running at any given time. The bird census on the reserve carried out along the Limpopo River and at the mammal census sites continues to give us information about the general abundance of certain species and indicates the progress of various avian migrations. In the last two months we have seen the arrival of several summer visitors back to Wild at Tuli, including common species such as the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) and European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) as well as more irregular visitors like the Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo). We also maintain a monthly record of the species observed on the reserve at any point, this includes driving around the reserve to and from activities and species sited on the activities.
During September and October we recorded 141 species with 1 new addition, the pied crow (Corvus albus), bringing the total species count to 245. We are also continuing our work at the Thune Dam recording the water bird species which occur there. We are monitoring the colonisation of the dam and the progress of any breeding attempts by species now using it. We have recorded 3 new species using the dam-osprey (Pandion haliaetus), whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybridus), and white-fronted plover (Charadrius marginatus), bringing the total number of water bird species recorded to 61.
As we approach summer the migrants are starting to appear and as this is the first summer that the dam has been in existence it is proving to be very interesting seeing which species are utilising the artificial reservoir. Regular migrants that have visited include little stints (Calidris minuta) and Kittlitz's plovers (Charadrius pecuarius) which are breeding on the shoreline. We have even had sightings of two ospreys hunting at the dam. The data continues to show a general increase in the diversity of species present at the dam as well as an increase in the population of most of those species.
Baobab Census
In September and October we focused on collecting data for the Baobabs located on the North Side of the property closer to Motswiri. We have located 13 Baobabs and recorded various measurements and observations regarding their size, health and which mammal and bird species utilise the trees. On these 13 trees we have found evidence of 5 bird species, 2 mammal species and 3 reptile species living in or on the trees.
We have also started a rapid utilisation assessment of all 91 trees on the south side of the property to ascertain, which trees if any have been heavily used in the last year since the last complete census and therefore are in need of repair or protective measures. We have started repair on the worst-affected by wrapping some trees with wire and, in other cases, building up a 5 metre stretch of rocks all around the trunk bases because elephants will not walk on rocks and we hope to limit their access to those affected trees.
Kraal Fence Repair
The volunteers have spent several days attaching proper fencing to an existing cattle kraal on a neighbouring farms cattle post. The kraal was originally poorly constructed and was allowing predators, specifically lions, into the kraal where they were killing the cattle. To prevent the owner of the cattle attempting to kill the lions we have stepped in to reinforce their existing fencing to prevent the lions from getting in. We have used fence bought by the project and also some donated by the construction company building the Thune dam wall, and have put up a total of 90m of fencing with barbed wire along the top. The fencing was also buried to a depth of approximately 15-20cm and securely tied to existing fence posts. So far there has been no news of subsequent lion kills at the cattle post.
Craft Day
All the volunteers who have been with us over the last 2 months have had the opportunity to visit a community-run basket weaving group in the local village of Motlhabeneng. During the visit the volunteers have all been taught how to make various items from lala palm leaves (Phoenix reclinata); including bracelets, rings, head bands, and for the more adventurous, small bowls.
Elephant ID Project
Several elephant identification sessions took place over the last two months. Several hundred photographs of individuals and herds were taken from vehicles and at the hides. The long process of collating this information, selecting usable photographs and compiling an identification key is still in progress. As new individuals to the project are still being sighted it is proving to be a very difficult task to accurately place individuals in the correct herds and multiple sightings of all individuals are required before a herd structure and composition can be confirmed.
Spoor ID and Predator Database
Seven species of predator were recorded as being present at Wild at Tuli during the last two months, these included the lion (Panthera leo), leopard, African civet (Civettictis civetta) and brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea). Sightings of black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) and spotted hyena were relatively common, as were leopards. The Spotted Hyena with a snare around its neck, caught on camera traps in August was observed during October and still appears to be in no discomfort despite the wire around its neck.
Good news is that wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) were seen on the reserve on a number of occasions in October 2013, after an absence of more than 5 months. They were reported as having crossed the border from Botswana into South Africa so we were delighted to get the news that they are back. One sighting reported 7 dogs in the pack.
Other good news is that in the Central Tuli Block region there are confirmed reports of a pride of 4 adult lions (Panthera leo), and 3 cubs. This is a huge step forward for lions in the area as it seems that they are managing to raise their young.
We continue to regularly patrol areas which are high risk targets for poachers; these include the islands in the Limpopo River, which sees South Africans illegally crossing into Botswana to hunt game meat and net fish. We patrol along the public gravel and tarred roads and the veterinary fence along the boundary with local community land which are easily accessible.
Upon visits to the veterinary fence section at the back of the reserve we found an area with a high density of snares. A number of these snares were of double stranded wire to give extra strength for catching large mammals such as eland (Tragelaphus oryx) or Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). At this site we also found what appeared to be a drying rack strung amongst the trees, which the poachers would use to dry their catch before taking out of the area. This indicates that the men very comfortable and unthreatened by interference in the area until now. Hopefully continued patrolling and monitoring of this area over the summer will prevent the poachers from returning.
We also regularly find old snares which in some cases have had trees grow around them which further reiterate that even after years in the bush the snares can still be a major threat to the safety of the wildlife. A total of fifteen snares were removed in September and October.
Veterinary Fence Repair
There is a veterinary fence, which splits community grazing land and wilderness areas. This fence is designed to keep wildlife out of the grazing areas and people and livestock out of the wilderness area. This barrier is effective only when properly maintained and it has been found to be in varying states of repair along its length on our property and neighbouring properties. Some sections have completely fallen down either through trees falling on it or elephants pushing it down.
In other places, poachers have cut neat holes in the fence to allow them access to the wilderness area where they illegally set traps to catch the wildlife. One of our activities now is to patrol this fence and, when necessary, repair the sections of the fence which have been cut to prevent the poachers using the holes. Our presence performing maintenance will hopefully act as a deterrent also. To date we have repaired three large man-made holes!
Road Maintenance
As always, the elephants like to leave small reminders of their presence in the form of half chewed branches and pushed over trees in the roads around the property. This obviously requires constant monitoring to ensure that all parts of the property are easily accessible for us to do the work that is required. Along with the elephants, general growth needs to be pruned back and ruts in the dusty, rocky roads need to be filled in to ensure a safe and relatively comfortable journey for the volunteers when they are traversing the property. We have also reopened an existing loop road which runs out to the east side of the northern part of the property. Opening this road gives us better access to that area of the reserve making research in that area quicker and more effective. We have also repaired a section of the public dirt road which had been badly eroded in last year's rains. This repair consisted of filling in a large water run-off which cut across the road and was hazardous to driving, especially at night.
Limpopo River Lodge
The volunteers have spent 6 days in total working from a neighboring property, Limpopo River Lodge. They were based here to allow longer working hours and enabled us to remove more of the problem fence. We are unsure as to how much material we removed as the coils of wire remain to be collected but we achieved a lot during our visit. Whilst staying at Limpopo River Lodge the volunteers also assisted in replacing a broken water pipe that was connecting a windmill driven water pump to a waterhole.
The pipe was dug up and broken by elephants and so water from the broken pipe was flowing over the surface of the land and eroding channels into the ground rather than pooling in the waterhole where it is accessible to the animals to drink. The volunteers dug a trench approximately 30m in length and 30-50cm deep to bury the new pipe in. They also repaired the dam wall, which had also been damaged by elephants, by filling the gaps with stone and cementing them in place.
Limpopo Lipadi
All the volunteers over the last two months have had the opportunity to spend the day at a wilderness reserve situated about 50km from Wild at Tuli where they have a resident population of seven white Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The volunteers were able to track the rhino on foot and on all occasions found them with relative ease and were able to approach them to within 20m.
Part of the experience is aimed at raising awareness of the fact that rhinos throughout Southern Africa are in a very precarious position as poaching for their horn is at epidemic proportions. These visits sadly may be the last time any of these volunteers will ever see a rhino in the wild. It should be noted that as at end October 2013 over 800 rhino have been poached in South Africa alone!
Solomon's Wall
As part of our social program we also took some of the volunteers in October to Solomon's Wall. This is a natural feature consisting of a broken basalt dyke which cut across the Motloutse River. The Dyke broke millennia ago leaving an impressive free-standing wall jutting into the usually dry river bed. At the moment though there is a medium sized pool at the base of the wall, a remnant of the flooding early in the year, in which we, surprisingly, encountered two hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).
That is all our news for now and I shall bring you more news as we head into 2014!


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