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50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand
- Palm Fruit Processing Line
- Shandong,China (Mainland)
- 1 Set/Sets
- US $1 - 6,000/ Set
- paypal,UnionPay, Visa/MasterCard, Amex, Discover,T/T
- 50 Set/Sets per Month
Product Details
|Place of Origin:
|Jinan, China (Mainland)
|Brand Name:
|Model Number:
|pre-tratamento de sementes
|Grain Processing Equipment
|After-sales Service Provided:
|Overseas service center available
|pre-tratamento de sementes
|Stainless steel
|Engineers request:
|1-2 engineers
|Oil Grade:
|Environment friendly:
|Business type:
|12 months
|de sementes
|oil rate:
Product Description
Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. cold and hot amphibious screw oil press machine is a new research improvement product.Palm Fruit Processing Line is for oil extraction from oil-bearing materials,such as rapeseed,peanut,tea seed,soybean, sunflower seed,shea butter,palm kernel and so on.Equipped with micro-electrical control,infrared heating and filtration system,50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand can press oil through cold press and hot press. pour raw material to the machine,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. can get pure oil which can be eaten directly.50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand is very suitable for individual users.
The specificaitons of 50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand:
(1).Cleaning: Our vibration screen and destoner will Remove the raw material peanut in various impurities, such as: iron, stones, clump, such as the plant leaf, clean up after the raw material peanut impurity content should not exceed 0.2%.
(2).Crushing: Oil seed is crushed into 6-8 pieces. In order to meet the requirements of crushing, the peanut is suitable for crushing with the moisture of 7% to 12%.
(3). Softening: The purpose of softening is to adjust the moisture and temperature of oil, and make it soft.
(4).flaking process: Rolling raw material into flakes, and the purpose is to increae surface area, destroy the peanut cell tissue, shorten the way of oil out from cake.
(5).Drying: Adjust moisture of rice bran to meet the requirement of going to extraction process.
(6).cooking process: use steam cooking, inject direct steam and cook the flakes to meet the requirement of oil press.
50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand
What is the pre-tratamento de sementes?
Oil press (also called oil expeller) is a machine for extracting oil from oil plant seeds. The oil seeds are supplied to the press continuously and under large pressure, edible oil is squeezed out of these materials.
raw materials
Suitable Seeds: Peanut, Soybean, Rapeseed, Sesame,Sunflower seeds, Walnut, Almonds, Pumpkin seeds, Corn germ, Cashew, Camellia seeds, Tea seed, Palm, Pepper seeds, Chili seeds, Til seeds, and also coral plant seeds, Castor seeds,Cottonseed and Tung seeds for bio-diesel
Technicial Parameters of pre-tratamento de sementes
Speed of press screw
Boundary dimension
Handling capacity
How long have you been engaged in producing oil press?
We have been producing oil press machine over 30 years. We have stable customers and markets all over the world. Africa is one of the areas where most of our machines are delivered. Amisy oil presses are widely used by village cooperatives and small scale rural industries specializing in producing cooking oil.
How many kinds of oil presser do you offer?
We offer a wide range of oil presses, including various models of screw presses, integrated oil presses and hydraulic oil presses. We offer tailored oil presses to the individual clientâs requirements.
How much oil do you usually get from one ton of rape seeds?
Approx. 250-300. It depends on the original oil content\moisture content/cleanliness of the sample.
How does the oil press work?
The seed is placed into the feeder either by labor or by conveyor. Then through the huge pressure or violent motion in the closed press, the original structure of oil seeds are broken and a series of changes happened inside. Finally the oil is expressed out of the the oil seeds.
What is the different between cold pressing and hot pressing?
Cold pressing is temperature controlled below 120°F (49°C) during the pressing process. It is used for oils with a more delicate flavor that could be negatively affected by the heat of regular hot pressing, such as virgin olive oil. Hot pressing generates heat in the range of 140 to 210 °F, and this heat is not regulated. However, the oil output is higher as applying this method for oil pressing.
Pictures of different kinds of oil press
Palm Fruit Processing Line complete equipment:
Palm fresh fruit bunches--Retort sterilization--Threshing--Oil extraction--filter--Dehydration--To refine
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The 50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand which designed and produced by our research institute, is suitable for 3-15 hectares small farm or processing with supplied materials from outside for individual household, economic and practical, cost recovery soon, very welcome by customers in Africa and South America.
Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. is one of the leading Manufacturers and Suppliers of 50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand.Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. manufacture 50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand making machine using cutting-edge technology, Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. have many kinds of Palm Fruit Processing Line for you reference,such as 50 TPD new machinery of pre-tratamento de sementes with dinter brand ,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. can meet your different requirement in Palm Fruit Processing Line.Welcome to contact shandong leader machinery co.,ltd.,contact name:Ms.Myra for a quotation
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- AddressNo.15, Lanxiang Road, Tianqiao District, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
- Phone(Working Time)86-0531-85064681
- Fax0086-0755-8839151
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TweetUp In Abbotsford – Bring A Non-Perishable Food Item
The story of a 9 year old boy collecting food for the Kamloops Food Bank because someone burned the storage facility to the ground, is a Noble work, admirable even, but why hasn't the city and or the community stepped up? Why should a 9 year old have to show the rest of the town what should be done by us grown ups?
If we all believe we are supposed help your neighbor, feed & clothe the poor, what are we waiting for, a 9 year old to step up? As you can sense by my language I'm a little annoyed that no one else has come forward to help the Kamloops Food Bank.
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Ocala, FL 34480
New 2019 Heartland Prowler Lynx 285 LX
Heartland Prowler Lynx travel trailer 285 LX highlights:
- Two Entry Doors
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Come see just how fun and easy camping can be when you choose to camp with this single slide out Prowler Lynx 285 LX travel trailer. This model can easily accommodate up to nine campers so you can easily camp with friends if you like! You will find plenty of double features throughout from the two entry doors to the rear set of double bunk beds. Mom and dad will enjoy the sliding doors along either side of the entertainment center, which provides plenty of privacy in the front bedroom. In the evening plan to grab your camp chair, a snack, and head out to enjoy the scenic sunset while sitting under the 17' awning and more!
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We walked in pretty much knowing what we wanted and what are needs were! We needed the help of someone to help pull it all together. A huge THANK YOU to Brian Godwin for pulling it together for us. Brian went above and beyond to answer all the questions we had. He worked with us to get the things we wanted installed. Everything was ... More » - Heather
Stock# 2PW141
Interior Color: CABERNET
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|Int Height
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|Dry Weight
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|Cargo Weight
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|Grey Water Capacity
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|Black Water Capacity
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|Tire Size
|Furnace BTU
|30000 btu
|Number Of Bunks
|Available Beds
|Refrigerator Type
|Double Door
|Refrigerator Size
|6.3 cu ft
|Cooktop Burners
|Number of Awnings
|Axle Weight
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|LP Tank Capacity
|Water Heater Capacity
|6 gal
|Water Heater Type
|DSI Gas
|13500 btu
|TV Info
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Produced in the territory of Ariccia, using the whole carcass of a pig of about 6-7 months, including the head bone, but which are usually left to the ribs and vertebrae, seasoned with herbs and spices and baked in the oven instead Wood
It has the characteristic morphology of the pig, roughly cylindrical, with dark outer crust and crisp, tied with string.
It is traditionally served sliced in large slices with homemade bread.
Pig whole
Other spices and herbs to taste
Boning of the carcass
Add salt, pepper, fennel and garlic
Stop in contact with the aromas for 6-7 hours
Binding twine
Baking at 220-240 ° C for 6-8 hours
Cooling to room temperature leaving the drain pork on a grill
04/10/2008 – Paolo Boni
Real Italian Salami products available for purchasee online.
Bresaola della Valtellina
Ask any Italian you know what they would eat if they went on a diet after the heavy Christmas holiday meals with panettoni, torroni, pandori, chocolate etc. and I could bet anything you want that bresaola would be listed in their perfect Italian diet menu.
The "real" and best bresaola is produced in Valtellina, an area of about 200 km in the centre of the Alps, in northern Lombardy, between Italy and Switzerland, and it's available here!
Product of Valtellina, Italy
Veroni Salami Milano - 1 Lb Slice
Pork and beef
The fat and lean parts are first refrigerated to harden them and are then passed under the cutter before they are minced and then mixed. This finely minced mixture is then stuffed into a stitched natural pig's intestine casing. The salami is then strung tightly together.
Product of Italy
Veroni Di Parma Salami 1 Lb.
Carefully selecting raw materials and stringently monitoring production and curing techniques to generate the highest product quality.
Product of Italy
Rovagnati Mortadella with Pistachio 1 Pound Sliced
The name "mortadella" is traced back to Roman times. According to some sources, it derives from "Mortarium" (mortar), a tool used to crush the pork. The production of mortadella, however, can be located in an area of Roman influence, which extends from Emilia Romagna to Lazio. Mortadella is in fact the most famous cooked Bolognese tradition sausage, with historical origins dating back to the sixteenth century. In more recent times the area of the original production has spread to neighboring areas.
Product of Italy
Prosciutto di Carpegna Deboned Aged 20 Months D.O.P. from Italy - 14.8 Pounds Approx.
14.8 pound (6.7 kilogram) - WEIGHT APPROXIMATESPackaging: Vacuum-sealed Plastic with Cute Yellow Cloth BagAging: 20 months
The habit of salting meat in the County of Carpegna is ancient, testified in the act of 1407. The Count of Urbino Guidantonio ordered that the market should take place in Monte Cerignone and prohibited from selling elsewhere oxen, sheep, castrated sheep, hogs and salted meat. A witness is in an elaborate part of St. Anthony Abbot, preserved in the parish of St. Leo Carpegna, where the saint is represented with a sweet ham to protect the production processes.
Product of Carpegna, Italy
Speck is made from a pig's rear thigh, which is deboned, and smothered in a dry-cure of salt and various spices, which include pepper, garlic, juniper, pimento, and sugar
Product of Italy
Cotechino from Modena IGP
This is the real Cotechino from Modena IGP (Indication Geografic Protected) a sweet, yet spicy, cooked pork sausage
Traditionally served on New Year's Eve, crowning a bed of lentils
Originally from Modena, contechino holds a special place in the hearts, and stomachs, of most Italians due to the persisting belief that if eaten together with lentils as the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, you will be the recipient of good luck for the year to come
Our skillfully made Cotechino di Modena IGP is precooked so that the meat is guaranteed to be tender and sweet
The sausage should be heated before serving, and cut into thick slices
Product of Italy
Prosciutto (4 Lb cut) DOP Parma Negroni aged 14 months boneless from Italy
Aged for 14 monthsDOP Parma Italy4lb cut piece
Product of Italy
Italian Prosciutto di Parma Black Label D.O.P. Boneless Whole Leg - Aged 18 Months - 16 Pounds Approx.
**AGED for 18 MONTHS**
16 pound (7.3 kilogram) - WEIGHT APPROXIMATES
Ingredients: Pork, salt - Boneless
The D.O.P. label guarantees both the origin and precise production process of the ham
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On Tuesday night's Free Talk Live, a caller tried to make the case for the "Bank of Oregon" a la the "Bank of North Dakota".
I thought the hosts didn't understand the point he was making. (Yes, he made it very badly. As you would expect to a non-politician non-public speaker. Not that I'm any better. But, I think he was on to something.)
So I wrote up some stalking points and called in.
(As a long time AMPlifier and long time listener since back when the boys were in Flori-Duh fighting the good fight, I knew that they were going to be a tough "sell". In retrospect, I should have prepped some more.)
Here are my points:
# – # – #
Why the Bank of North Dakota is important to secession and liberty:
(1) It's a depository for all state tax collections and fees; The state itself and all state agencies do their banking with BND. Wrests control from politicians and their cronies on Wall Street.
(2) It plows the funds (I should have said "capital"!) back into the state in the form of infrastructure, farm, business, and student loans. Consistent with sound fiscal and banking practices.
(3) It acts as a bankers' bank or a wholesale bank. So the BND provide services to banks, whether it's check clearing, liquidity, or bond accounting safekeeping. It can subsitute for the Federal Reserve System.
(4) It provides a dividend back to the state. In the case of BND that 60M$ or 50% of their annual profit. That's profit that everywhere else goes to crony capitalism.
(5) It deprives the current Federal politicians and bureaucrats of the ability to inflate the currency. A state bank could introduce a hard currency or allow free market competition in currency.
This could be a stepping stone to "killing" the FED. It is a way to "shrink" the problem. Replacing the FED with 50 State Banks is a good step on the road to liberty.
# – # – #
Here's the link to my "performance"; starts at the 1:18 mark and completes at the 1:32 mark.
I must have done well because I got a huge chink of air time. At about the 45 mark of the second hour and held over as the first bock on the third hour.
So the hosts must have found me "interesting".
As expected Ian, who is a raving Anarcho-Capitalist, immeidately went for the jugular, that he is against ANYTHING that the government does. (Me 2, but how does one change the status quo. It took 100 years to get into this mess; it'll take a 100 to get out. The water erodes everything by the passage of time.) Ian, a more a pragmatic libertarian, was ore open to being convinced. Initially, the third host (Stephanie?) didn't have anything to say; she joined in later on as she got the concept.
I never got the feeling that they were "convinced", but they did understand that it was not the absurd idea that came across by that prior caller. Two out of three seemed to like the conversation. So it wasn't a bad experience. Next time I do it, I'll be better prepared.
Any way listen to me as a "talk show caller" and give me your opinion.
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CFCA strives to help families achieve economic self-sufficiency. The Hope for a Family program aims to partner with families so that over time they may rely less on benefits from CFCA and more on their own income-generation activities to meet their basic needs.
We recently heard from our Hyderabad project in India about several mothers of sponsored children who are exemplifying the potential of families living in poverty. Here's the story of Prakash and her sister Jesintha ó enjoy!
In 2010, my sister, Jesintha, and I started a food stand called Curry Point.
We prepare food items like dal, sambar, potato fry, brinjal curry, tomato pickle and chapattis (Indian bread) and other foods. We sell our meals at reasonable rates, so it is affordable for many.
I am Prakash. My sister and I are part of a mothers group in Hyderabad, India. She has a son sponsored through CFCA, and my son is sponsored as well.
My sister and I both took out a loan from each of our mothers groups to start this curry business.
In the beginning, we were worried that we would not get customers because we were a new business in our town. We slowly got a good response, so we decided to continue with our business.
We are so happy. We both share the work equally.
Together, we purchase vegetables and groceries in the morning. Next, I prepare the curries, and Jesintha prepares some other curries.
In the evening, we both travel to the town center where we have a food stand to sell the curries and other food items.
The income we earn will support our families.
My sister and I both dream our children will receive a quality education.
My sister's husband deserted her. So the income she earns is the only source of income for her to take care of her family.
Before we started this business she had two jobs, but she still didn't earn enough income from both places to support her family.
The loan through our mothers group helped us to start our business.
As we earn more profit, we plan to develop the Curry Point further by taking out another loan through our group.
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My Pie Monday: Manteca Crust, Morel Pizza, and More!
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Welcome back to My Pie Monday, Slice'rs! We've got some good lookin' pies in this week's line-up. Lacey Muszynski and Pizzablogger create a square pie double feature with a cameo by Paulie Gee's secret tomatoes. Norma427 works a little Mexican manteca into her dough and dhorst gives her Za'atar Zucchini topped pie a pretzel salt crust. Plus we have a pizza topped with foraged morels from Cary, clams casino from sunra, a beauty of a NY-style pie by Ev, Wucactus1 creates a classic Margherita, Climbhighak makes an Italian meat pizza, and ScottWiener gives his mom the best Mother's Day present of all.
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Tim Tebow Foundation and Hands & Feet Project Team Up for 5K Celebrity Run for Haiti
The Hands & Feet Project is partnering with the Tim Tebow Foundation to put on a "Run For Joy" 5K celebrity fun run in Orlando, Fla. on Sept. 6. The aim of the event is to raise money for the children of Haiti.
The Hands & Feet Project was created by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline in the early 2000s after the overwhelming response to their song "Hands & Feet," which was based off of their own experiences doing missionary work.
Some of the confirmed guests for the run so far are Colton Dixon, For King And Country, and KJ-52 with more being announced soon.
Registration for the race cost $75, and every participant will receive an artist "swag bag," t-shirt, race day breakfast, and a fundraising page to raise awareness for the cause.
"I'm a bit of a couch potato, but 'Run For Joy' has me lacing up my Nikes," Mark Stuart, co-founder and former lead singer of Audio Adrenaline said in a press release. "We are humbled and excited to partner with the Tim Tebow Foundation, Audio A, KJ-52, Colton Dixon and For King and Country to raise awareness and funds for the orphaned and abandoned children of Haiti. My family can't wait to participate in the celebrity race, the concerts at Night of Joy and Rock the Universe, and we definitely will be making a visit to see Mickey. It doesn't get much better than having fun while making a difference in the lives of these amazing children."
The Hands & Feet Project oversees two children's villages in Cyvadier/Jacmel and Grand Goave, Haiti, where they care for 100 orphans and abandonded Haitian children.
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We still have you
Jon Hamm attended the To Rome With Love screening last night in New York with his long-time love Jennifer Westfeldt. Oh Hamm. We still have you, don't we? You won't wrap your head in a thousand scarves and necklaces and prefer the company of Marilyn Manson over your family, will you?
Never ever once has there been a hint of it with Jon Hamm. Never once the suggestion that he steps out on her. They've been together forever, when he was struggling and now that he's no longer struggling. It's rare, totally. But it's not impossible, right? Jon Hamm is saying it's not impossible?
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Xbox One Q&A Reveals Day One Update Details and More Info
Fans asked some more questions about the Xbox One and Microsoft answered.
An ongoing Q&A on IGN features fan questions answered by Xbox One Chief Platform Architect Marc Whitten. The latest batch of queries deals with the Xbox One's Day One update, updates from devs and publishers, social media presences on Xbox One, and other pressing matters that fans want to know.
Some highlights include information on the Xbox One's Day One update, which is currently being optimized and is expected to take "between 15 and 20 minutes for most users."
The question was asked whether or not Twitter/Facebook will return on the Xbox One. Whitten said, "We continue to work with great partners to bring the best app experiences to Xbox One. While I can't comment on the specifics of these two partners right now, at launch you will be able to access Twitter and Facebook through the Internet Explorer web browser on Xbox One at launch."
One fan asked if playing on the Xbox One will grant them a chance to change their gamertag for free as a sort of a fresh start. Whitten replied by saying that all current gamertags will roll over from the existing Xbox LIVE community and that there are no changes to the current policy with regard to gamertags.
It was also asked whether downloads pushed out by developers will download in the background and then kick players upon completion or if it kicks them instantly until the download is complete. Whitten said, "Content providers will have the ability to push two types of content updates with Xbox One: ones that are immediately mandatory like in Xbox 360 and ones that are optional. If you opt to not take an optional update, you can continue to play online and do the update at a later time."
Those are just a few of the many questions that Whitten tackled in the latest update to the Q&A. To read up on all of his answers, check the link above. And look out for the Xbox One when it launches on Nov. 22.


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The Strategists Panel is one of the most popular annual sessions held at IMCA's national conference, and this year it didn't disappoint.
Jeffrey Kleintop of LPL, Jeffrey Knight of Columbia Management and Benjamin Pace of Deutsche Bank regaled the packed session in Boston with insights and plenty of quotable takeaways. For example, when Kleintop was discussing the opportunities in fixed income, he was blunt and humorous at the same time.
"There are no opportunities" in the bond market, he said, and "there's no 'high' in high yield." Instead, he recommended that advisors put some "James Bond" in clients' portfolios, by which he meant not "cool gadgets" as seen in the Bond movies, but alternatives like REITs, business development companies (BDCs) and MLPs.
Knight said that "you could argue that bond yields are way too low," but "when inflation does get growing it's likely to be disruptive" to fixed-income investors. He counseled that investors should carefully watch the wage inflation numbers as a precursor to generally higher inflation.
Speaking of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program, Pace said that "[Ben] Bernanke thought he could glibly taper," but that the 'Taper Tantrum' was a good experience for investors and the market. When will QE end? Echoing a prediction made earlier in the conference by Princeton economist (and former Fed Vice Chairman) Alan Blinder, Pace believes the Fed will wind down tapering by October or December of this year. That will be good for the market and economy, he said, because there was a "danger of becoming addicted to QE," but the end of the Fed's heavy buying of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities will mean that "the dislocation will go away."
Kleintop argued that "inflation bottomed in February" of this year, and that from his listening to many corporate earnings calls, he "heard a lot about pricing power," so he suspects there will be some price increases in the economy.
If bonds don't offer opportunity, what about stocks? What about emerging markets? What's the danger from Russia's meddling in Ukraine? Kleintop was optimistic, noting that as has been the case with other geopolitical disruptions of the past few years in Egypt, Syria, Iran and North Korea, the Ukraine situation was "troubling, but did not derail the markets." Vladimir Putin, he said, is "trying to re-establish a buffer zone" between itself and Western Europe that it had lost since the Iron Curtain fell and the Eastern bloc countries began to embrace capitalism. Pace agreed somewhat, saying "Ukraine is masking Putin's economic underperformance," while "Koreas is now viewed as China's problem."
As for the bull market, Kleintop asked rhetorically, "What ends a bull market?" before answering, "an inverted yield curve," which "will take a while to achieve." To get to that inversion, "we'd need a 4% fed funds rate," which he suspects won't occur, if it ever does, before 2016 or 2017.
Pace acknowledged that the emerging markets are slowing down, but that "worldwide, economic growth will be led by the U.S." While at Deutsche he said "we've encouraged clients over the last 10 years not to be so dollar denominated" in their investments, "now we're asking for them to come home." That's why "we're exploring emerging market debt" that's in dollars, he said, arguing that "a lot of these [EM] countries are at or near investment grade." Pace said "we'd rather stay with the developed markets," but reported Deutsche had "taken Japan down to a neutral" rating due to recent Bank of Japan moves. For Knight, emerging markets equities "stand out as a cheap asset class," outperforming developed markets equities since February.
"Last year the market was led by the U.S. and Japan," he said, but this year it will be led by the emerging markets.
Kleintop agreed, saying that emerging markets "used to trade at a discount" in the 1990s before "they got to a premium" in the 2000s, but now he thinks some emerging markets have "attractive valuations." Kleintop said "we're attracted more to Asia" these days, especially the Philippines and Indonesia, and suggested that "valuations could drift higher."
Turning to municipal bonds, Kleintop says he thinks "there's still value there," and says investors were distracted by the high-profile muni bond problems with Detroit and Puerto Rico. "There was some throwing out of the baby with the bathwater," he said, while Pace argued that munis with durations of less than five years are overvalued, but "longer than that there are opportunities."
The strategists finally turned to domestic politics, with Kleintop arguing that if the Republican Party wins control of the Senate in this year's midterm elections, "a lame-duck Obama" would be good for businesses. They'll begin to spend more, "not just on buybacks," but investing in equipment, facilities and employees, he believes, since no new legislation that could affect them will be coming out of a divided government in Washington. Knight agreed that "a lame duck would be a bullish window," but that "where we are now is troubling."
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Headphones stop working, mp3 players freeze, computers get viruses. This stuff frequently happens to me. I go through headphones fast because one side always loses it sound. Every week or so I have to wait patiently for my mp3 player to run out of batteries, because once it's frozen the only thing I can do is wait for it to die so I can charge it again. This is the second time my computer has gotten something major that makes me want to bang my head against a wall. Commonly the internet on my parents' computer would go off when I touched it. I bet I could be a great hacker just by pressing random buttons and watching it explode.
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- Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
- NNRTIs in Development
- NNRTIs No Longer in Development
Note: Several fact sheets describe drugs that are being tested against HIV:
- Fact Sheet 410: nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (nukes)
- Fact Sheet 440: protease inhibitors
- Fact Sheet 460: attachment and fusion inhibitors
- Fact Sheet 470: new classes of antiretroviral drugs
- Fact Sheet 480: immune therapies
These drugs have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use against HIV.
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
These drugs stop HIV from multiplying by blocking the reverse transcriptase enzyme. This enzyme changes HIV's genetic material (RNA) into the form of DNA. This step has to occur before HIV's genetic code gets combined with an infected cell's own genetic codes. Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, called NNRTIs or non-nukes, physically prevent the reverse transcriptase enzyme from working.
NNRTIs in Development
BILR 355 BS by Boehringer Ingelheim is being developed against wild type virus and virus already resistant to NNRTIs. A Phase II study is in progress.
(+)-Calanolide A by Sarawak MediChem Pharmaceuticals was derived from a rain forest plant. There are no recent reports on its status.
GSK 2248761 (was IDX899 by Idenix Pharma) was being studied in Phase II studies. It is being developed by ViiV Healthcare. In February 2011 the FDA placed a hold on its development.
Lersivirine (UK 453,061) by ViiV Healthcare is beeing studied in Phase II trials. It appears to be active against resistant strains of HIV. This includes virus resistant to efavirenz.
MIV-150 by Medivir showed good results in the laboratory against HIV that is resistant to other NNRTIs. It has been licensed for use as part of a vaginal microbicide (see Fact Sheet 157).
RDEA806 by Ardea has completed a Phase II trial. The drug is active against HIV that is resistant to efavirenz. Viral resistance does not develop easily.
Rilpivirine (TMC278) by Tibotec is active against some strains of HIV that are resistant to other NNRTIs. It is being developed as a once-daily medication. It was approved by the FDA in 2011. See Fact Sheet 435. A slow-release formulation is being studied.
NNRTIs No Longer in Development
The following NNRTIs are no longer being developed for use against HIV:
Atevirdine by Upjohn
Capravirine by Pfizer/Agouron Pharmaceuticals
Dapivirine (TMC120) by Tibotec was abandoned due to low blood levels. However, it may still be useful as a microbicide.
DPC083 by Bristol-Myers Squibb
Emivirine (Coactinon) by Triangle Pharmaceuticals
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So Babalu's sister, famous for Amazing Race All Stars comes through again! via skills~posted at TWOP's~Babalu Dec 6, 2007 @ 10:29 pm Post#94 Well, apparently Continental Micronesia is the official airline of reality show spoilers because Jeff Probst is on my sister's flight today. I don't have any details because she just left me a voicemail message and because she was sort of shrieking, but I'm guessing the flight was from Guam to Honolulu and that the season has just wrapped Babalu Dec 7, 2007 @ 11:36 am Post#97 My sister got home last night and said that JFP was also on the Probst flight from Guam to Honolulu. When I mentioned the rumors about a 1/2-former contestants/1/2-newbies season, she agreed that seemed likely since, sitting next to JFP on the plane was a buxom blonde named Tracy (unknown if that's her real name or a fake name). Tracy said she'd been one of the survivors and that they were all on this flight. Kat (sister) didn't recognize anyone other than Probst (the only one in first class), JFP, and an "older Asian man," whom we believe to be Yau Man. When she's home for more than a day, I'll have her come over and show her pictures of some of the rumored contestants to see if she can ID anyone else. crzypunk2004 Dec 8, 2007 @ 2:39 pm Post#98 The People at sucks are speculating that the people that were spotted on the plane could be the pre-jury boots. So if your sister saw any other all stars, then it could mean that they are gone pre-jury. Also JFP is rumored to leave pre-jury. So hopefully your sister did not see Cirie on that Flight. but they also could have just shuffled the castaways. Babalu Dec 8, 2007 @ 2:58 pm Post#99 That could be, crazypunk2004, but my sister got the impression that the whole cast/production crew were on the flight from what Tracy said. I'm also not sure why Probst would be on the flight with only the pre-jury boots or why only part of the group would be coming back to/through Honolulu. I did try to ask Kat about Cirie and Jonathan and anybody from the current season, and she said she didn't recognize anybody like that (but that she's really bad at faces), so you could be right.ETA: I think it's very likely that anybody returning to the Mainland from Palau would go through Guam, so - while it wouldn't be surprising that the early boots were on Guam, it also wouldn't be surprising that the later boots/Final 3/Probst/crew would also return via Guam.
FYI - Inside info - Jason finds fake HII
Jason does think it is real and ends up giving to Eliza who thinks it is real also. Then plays it at TC.
How credible is this though? That's from a newbie who doesn't explain his source...
Is that right? Well........that will come in really handy if they EVER post the questions. Seriously have they ever been this late before?
Yeah why would Jason give it away? Not too sure about that one.
THis still has me baffled... why would the favs get rid of Eliza so quickly ~ because they think she will switch? And they get rid of James before Erik and the other fans, they shoudl know they will hve the numbers to get rid of James but keeping him gets rid of all the fans. They Favs must think the other favs will vote for a fav over a fan. I also do not like that Natalie makes the final 3 as she in my opinion has not done anything to get there. But that coudl be why they take her.
puddin, do you know the source of the supposed boot list above? Maybe from Sucks?
My list is 100 % true, it is the order that people is voted off. I'm sad that Ozzy don`t win, he deserves it! Alexis and Natalie is so boring, so it is up to Parvati to win!! The list is from Sucks, so please stop to quiescence it!! Cheers
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That headless body belongs to Christina McHale. The American lost in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic this afternoon to Sam Stosur 6-1, 7-5.
McHale is a Jersey girl herself, so the ruffles you see on the shoulders and the skirt shouldn't be too surprising. Snooki approves. The WTA has been missing some Jersey grit in its bloodstream lately, don't you think? Without the Brooklyn bluntness of Jennifer Capriati, things have been a bit too Florifornia for us. We welcome Christina and her ruffles with open, orange-tanned arms.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - British school Benghazi Libya Info Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in British school Benghazi Libya Info Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Africa Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Endorphin AdventuresJoined: 07 Apr 2004Posts: 5Location: Changsha, China Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:25 am Post subject: British school Benghazi Libya Info I realize its a slim chance, but if anyone has any info on this school it would be greatly appreciated. Or any info on teaching English medium primary school or EFL in Libya in general. Thanx Back to top khmerhitJoined: 31 May 2003Posts: 1874Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:23 pm Post subject: Libya is opening up.... i know that much. sorry khmer Back to top AlbulbulJoined: 08 Feb 2003Posts: 364 Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:58 pm Post subject: I have colleagues who taught in Benghazi and Tripoli in the 1980's. The shops are empty but that may change if sanctions are lifted. Exchange control makes it difficult to get your money out. Nice climate in winter. Back to top elfriedeJoined: 02 Jul 2004Posts: 3Location: uk Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: British school Benghazi Libya Info [I visited the British School Benghazi and met with the headmistress who has just left. I spent 3 weeks in Benghazi and loved every minute. If you can cope with the phone cutting, limited Internet access (though there are Internet cafes) very friendly people and HOT weather you'll love it! The school is attended by mainly Libyan children but all teaching is in English. The facilities are a bit limited but I will put my children in school there. Everybody locally considers it to be an excellent but expensive school. If you can't cope with an Islamic lifestyle however, I would forget going there. Libyan people were kind, warm and very welcoming. I can't wait to go back. They have just set up a website so bear with them, www.bsb-ben.com WIll you be teaching there? Back to top Endorphin AdventuresJoined: 07 Apr 2004Posts: 5Location: Changsha, China Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:32 am Post subject: BSB Yes, I will be teaching there! I was hired by Marilyn a few months ago. I will teaching grade 2. What grades are your children in? What will you be doing in Libya? Could you elaborate on the phone cutting? DAys at a time or a few minutes here and there? I am a morning person and I don't drink, so I don't expect any difficulties in adapting to the culture. Thanks for the info....any other recommendations would be appreciated Back to top elfriedeJoined: 02 Jul 2004Posts: 3Location: uk Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:50 am Post subject: british school benghazi Hi. Just to say that the phone system is NOT as well established as other countries and phone cutting can often happen (no particular day or time though EID is usually the worst when everyone wants to make a call to/from Libya) There isn't really much to do in the way of entertainment. THere is no foreign cinema/theatre or anything like that. There is local Arabic theatre. Social life for me and most local women consists of visiting other women/families, drinking lots of tea and coffee and eating lots of cake!! I warn you! However, if you are a man you will probably find it is a different world. No free mixing of the sexes with locals at all. 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Historically low mortgage interest rates have prompted many homeowners to think seriously about refinancing, but there's a lot you need to consider before filling out a loan application.
Start by determining why you want to refinance. Is it primarily to reduce your monthly payments? Do you want to shorten your loan term so that you can save interest and possibly pay off your mortgage earlier? Are you interested in refinancing from one type of mortgage to another (e.g., from an adjustable rate mortgage to a fixed-rate mortgage)? Establishing a goal will help you determine if refinancing makes sense for you and which type of loan will best suit your needs.
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Well, I'm graduating high school in June, and getting ready for college. I'm going to CSULB. I'm thinking of taking a course that is religious in nature. But I'm not quite sure what they consist of. Has anyone had experience taking this class?
What is life in college like as an atheist? Is there less or more acceptance than normally? I'd like to hear some college stories and people's suggestions or tips, or whatever you have to offer.
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I had no trouble in a public university decades ago. Of course, I stayed clear of the whole "Greek" thing, thinking it was a whole lot of silliness and a distraction from my education. You might try steering clear yourself. It has nothing to do with education and everything to do with wasting your time.
This is a complete overgeneralization. I double majored in Biological Sciences and Psychology, worked in a research lab, earned high marks, studied abroad, and participated in a sorority. I didn't let the sorority rule my life or waste my time. If they tried to tell me that something was mandatory and it interfered with my classes or labs or studying, I didn't just twirl my hair and say okay. I spoke up for myself, and worked it out. There are plenty of other ways to stay active and involved in the community, find people with similar interests, and take on leadership roles, so I'm in no way saying, "go greek, or go home," BUT I do wish people would stop letting the experience of some bias their advice to all.
I just graduated from college last August, and it honestly wasn't a big deal at all.
It all depends on the area the school is in. If it is a religious town/city/county, you could have some problems. But, if you go to an art school, it will be a much easier experience. I went to an art school and I had no problems with religious people at all. In my program I had quite a few religious friends, even my room mate for 2 years was extremely religious, and we never had any issues. We had discussions and debates about it, but it was always a friendly debate, and it never caused any arguments or problems. College is where I met my wife, who is also religious.
If you are in any scientific, or art field, you are likely to encounter a smaller number of religious people. I was in the graphic design program, and every one of my professors was either atheist or agnostic. One of them even had us watch Zeitgeist in class.
There was one student who was hardcore religious, every project was about religion, and she got made fun of more than anyone, even by the other religious people.
I'm sure if you make religious friends you will hear the generic questions and they will offer to save you, but as long as you stick to your beliefs they will give up and stop caring about it.


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Sports turf maintenance has come a long way from the days when the people who practiced the craft were referred to as "groundskeepers" and their tools may have consisted of only a few hand rakes and a push mower. Now, those individuals are known as "sports turf managers," and their tools are expensive, high-tech grooming machines that cut their labor in half.
There's good reason for these changes. With the proliferation of youth sports, field use is at an all-time high. And with the tremendous growth and visibility of professional sports, people are coming to demand that the fields they or their children play on be conditioned much like the pristine fields they see on television.
The fact of the matter is that most sports turf managers have limited budgets and manpower, so keeping their fields in top shape with the tremendous amount of play they receive can be quite a challenge. That's why the machines they invest their scant budget dollars in must be reliable and do a solid job.
Perhaps all-important, then, are the mowers sports turf managers use to keep their fields looking sharp. No machine in their arsenal logs more hours and, therefore, these machines have to be tough as nails while at the same time offer a quality cut to withstand the scrutiny of discriminating athletes and fans.
Sam Blackburn knows all too well the importance of maintaining a top-notch mower. As grounds and maintenance supervisor of Vale School in Vale, Ore., he oversees six different athletic fields: a football, baseball, softball and practice field, plus two fields at the elementary school. That's 30 acres of mowing, twice a week normally and three times during fertilization. His weapon of choice? An older model New Holland tractor and a John Deere 1145 front-mount mower with a mulching deck, the kind of deck Blackburn prefers.
"We don't like side discharge because then you have to sweep after it," he says.
Blackburn has run the mower ragged, to the point of having to replace the deck after seven years because, as he said, it simply "wore out." Still, it outperformed a particular rotary drag-behind he used to have that he described as "horrible."
One eyesore that no sports turf manager wants to see is scalping, where, because the ground is uneven, turf gets mowed too close and appears as an unsightly yellow scar. Blackburn typically experiences scalping when mowing on sidehills and around the bleachers at his fields. Ideally, he would like a mower with a feature that would eliminate scalping, such as a floating deck. Several manufacturers have come out with mowers with this feature, but all are still out of Blackburn's price range.
Blackburn also prefers diesel engines for fuel efficiency, the ability to lay down the "striping" effect sports that fans are used to seeing on television, and high horsepower. "The engine needs to support the deck, give you proper RPMs, and be able to move the mower ahead," he says.
Like Blackburn, Kevin McCombs has his hands full with nine athletic fields he must maintain for St. Joseph High School in South Bend, Ind.: two baseball fields, two soccer fields, two soccer-sized practice fields, a softball field, a football field and a practice football field. And like most sports turf managers, he has felt the pressure to improve his quality of cut. With that in mind, he is currently eyeing a John Deere 797 zero-turn mower and hopes to make a purchase soon.
"We currently use a Deere 4310 tractor with a 72-inch deck," says McCombs. "But we're looking at the 797 Z for a closer cut, better adjustment to cutting height, high horsepower and less weight."
He, too, likes to stripe his fields to make them more aesthetically pleasing to fans and players, but he currently has to use a roller with his tractor. With the zero-turn mower, he won't need the roller because of the closer cut it will offer.
"It also did well in the rain and didn't clump and made the grass look nice and short," McCombs says. He also likes the fact that it sits closer to the ground with a small wheelbase and doesn't bounce around as much, reducing the tendency to scalp.
The final thing McCombs likes about a smaller zero-turn mower is that it is lighter, which is essential for his fields because, since they're made mostly of clay, they hold a lot of water. And a tighter turning radius translates to big-time savings.
Brad Albridge has definitely noticed the increasing demand for high-quality athletic fields. As product manager for John Deere, he has had to look at the market and decide what features sports turf managers would want in a mower. One thing they want for sure is a better cut.
"The industry is definitely going toward more quality than productivity," Albridge says. "And that trend is trickling into the residential market as well."
The finest cut a sports turf manager is going to find is going to come from a reel mower, which doesn't have rotary blades but rather multiple blades mounted on a cylinder. Many golf courses use reel mowers because they can cut at a very low height and still maintain turf quality. Reel mowers can involve more maintenance, however, which Albridge says Deere has worked to eliminate.
"Sports fields don't have big maintenance staffs so we knew we needed to reduce maintenance time," Albridge says. "The reels and bedknives must stay sharp, so we have a backlap option which allows you to spin the reels backward and apply a backlapping compound as opposed to using a grinder, which most sports turf managers don't have."
"We're also trying to design more comfort in, too, because we know these guys are on mowers all day," adds Albridge.
Reel mowers are also ideal for striping, which gives sports turf manager the "wow factor" when visitors view the field. And talk about productivity — reel mowers can come in very large sizes. Deere's largest reel mower features five reels with a total width of 138 inches.
The average sports turf manager with limited funds used to stay away from reel mowers because they were cost prohibitive. Cost shouldn't deter them anymore, says Albridge, given the market for used reel mowers.
"We'll lease package reel mowers to golf courses, who then return them once the lease is over. Sports turf managers can they buy them used and still in very good condition," he says.
One model Albridge says would fit well in the sports turf manager's weekly work schedule is the 3245C independent deck reel mower that cuts at up to a 7.5 mph clip, is 88 inches wide, and has a striping roller. A quick-notch system allows for easy height of cut adjustment, from ⅜ of an inch up to 3 inches.
At The Toro Co., John Caron is looking to meet the needs of sports turf managers. As senior marketing manager for sports turf, he says that Toro tries to offer variety in the equipment the company gears toward sports turf maintenance.
"The size of sports field equipment can vary a lot depending on the size of the sports venue," Caron says. "At the top end there are soccer complexes with more than 12 fields, venues like that would typically use 9-foot or 11-foot-wide mowers. Entities that have only a few fields (four or fewer) may be more interested in a 6-foot mower. A smaller mower would typically be easier to store and be more maneuverable." In addition to their main sports field mower, many sports turf managers will use a 6-foot trim mower to do surround areas near fences and around trees and other objects (assuming they use a larger mower for their athletic fields).
Caron says that he feels sports turf managers are looking for more professional results from their equipment. "Increasingly, sports turf managers want their fields to be striped. This is easy to do with the proper mower, one that incorporates rollers behind the cutting decks. Higher-end field managers will typically need to mow at a lower height of cut (maybe down to ¾ inch, depending on turf variety), which would require a high quality reel mower," he says. Caron adds that some manufactures now make rotary mowers capable of cutting down to approximately 1.25 inch, which is much lower than possible several years ago. Lighter weight mowers are also desirable to minimize compaction on the playing surface.
Of course managers are always looking for a high quality of cut, too, he says. This means regular sharpening of blades whether reel or rotary mowers are used. Caron points out that high-quality mowers will help insure that the appropriate settings (reel to bedknife) are held for a reasonable time period. Turf cut with sharp blades will have a higher quality, cleaner look. Turf torn with dull blades may have brown tips, which is not desirable from an aesthetic standpoint and also makes the grass blades more susceptible to disease. Lastly, since operators spend many hours on their mowers, comfort is also an important consideration, he says.
To help fill the needs and meet specific challenges of turf managers, Toro has just introduced a new line of reel mowers for high-end sports fields and the golf market. They are lighter weight to minimize compaction and include new DPA (Dual Precision Adjustment) cutting units, Caron says. "These cutting units include EdgeMax technology made of harder materials to hold an edge up to three times longer than traditional knifes. All of these new Reelmaster products provide striping as well as improved comfort via seat suspension and a tilt steering wheel feature. Toro's new Groundsmaster 3505 rotary striping mower has a 6-foot width of cut and provides the stripe that many sports field managers are looking for. It can also cut down to a height of cut of 1.25-inch," Caron says.
Manufacturers continue to invest significant research and development dollars on new mowing technologies. The future may include alternative power sources to lower emissions, improved efficiency and perhaps lower noise levels for operators and people nearby. In addition, work continues to make cutting adjustments easier and last longer to ensure the highest quality of cut possible.
Gabe Schneider is a freelance writer who resides in Ohio.
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"Let's Not Demonize a Man's Tools"
Posted by popreflection in Everything on June 13, 2016
"In the wake of the horrific Orlando shooting that claimed the lives of 49 people and saw countless others injured, "Pink Pistol", an LGBT self defense and gun rights organization, issued this utterly ridiculous statement:
"GUNS did not do this. A human being did this, a dead human being. Our job now is not to demonize the man's tools, but to condemn his acts and work to prevent such acts in the future."
Gwendolyn Patton, First Speaker of the Pink Pistols.
Demonize a man's tools.
Now we are hurting the feelings of guns, it would appear.
This is nothing but the old spiel about how it is not guns that kill people, but people that kill people. Which is bullshit and a fallacious, not to mention overly simplistic, argument.
While it is true that it was a person who picked up the gun and made the decision to mass murder those people, it is easy access to guns that is ultimately allowing such mass shootings to take place in the first place.
I have said this before and I will repeat it again: banning guns does not make us a less violent society. It is just that guns allow violence committed to be more brutal, more violent and bloodier. It is much harder to mass murder people with knives and machetes than it is with guns, especially assault rifles.
So while it is true that people carry out the attacks, the tools used to carry out those attacks do matter. If they did not, then we would just not regulate arms or ammunition of any kind at all. Then ordinary citizens could own tanks and grenades and machine guns and missiles and nukes. Because 'hey, it is people that kill people', right? And not missiles/tanks/bombs.
Wrong. They are banned because overall they pose a public health and safety concern and therefore must be regulated. Like food and pharmaceuticals and safe child seats and clean water and air etc. All those things exist becasue of regulation.
Now it was about time that gun follow suit and also got banned. Overall, the cost of public gun ownership is too high and does not justify the rather meager benefits.
At the PBS Newshour last week President Obama assured a concerned audience member that he or Hillary do not "want to take away [our] guns."
That is when I realized just how utterly powerful the gun lobby has been in this country that no matter how horrific the gun violence incidences, including the mass massacre of children, no one, no one, is willing to stand up to the NRA and even suggest the radical notion that maybe we should consider banning all guns while reexamining the validity and benefit of the Second Amendment on American society today.
"We dont want to take your guns away" is not the right answer Mr. President. We have to ban guns. That is the only way we will significantly reduce gun violence. It doesn't matter that people can still get them illegally. Being able to get something legally versus illegally makes a huge difference in terms of the number of guns circulating. Making something illegal just makes it harder to obtain. It is no 'no big deal'.
And fuck the Second Amendment. Really. It was written for a different time and for different reasons and for a different peoples and a different America and the only reason it is being cited by gun nuts as a right today, is because of gun manufacturers and the gun lobby leading to the misguided interpretation of the Second Amendment by our equally misguided Supreme Court.
It seems like we are just going in loops: a shooting happens, some hack steps forward whining about why "the good guys" like them, who allegedly use guns responsibly, should be "punished" for the mistakes of others, saying trite shit like 'people kill people, not guns blah blah blah', just so everyone shuts up like they had a point, just so we can repeat the same discussion next time around. And again. And again. And again…and then we wonder why nothing changes.
Thing is: there is no such thing as responsible gun ownership. That is a myth. Guns are tools designed to kill. They serve no other purpose. A responsible, decent person doesn't need guns in their everyday life to begin with. And I have this suspicion that anyone who thinks they are a decent guy who needs to own guns to get by, is secretly hoping to have to use them one day.
Finally, background checks (and mental illness checks) don't work: Mental illness reporting and "checks" (whatever that is supposed to entail) are a gross violation of a person's privacy and with it dignity. And background checks don't work because a lot of the shooters did not have police records and thus a negative background. The Sandy Hook shooter had a clean background and would have fallen through any kind of radar and so would most of the mass shooters of late. None of them had shady, criminal backgrounds. They were not the "wrong" people to own a gun, until they were.
So background checks don't really do anything but give people on the other side a false sense of security and that someone is being held accountable here, when in reality these checks are so pointless in reducing gun violence, we may as well save ourselves the money and not bother with them at all.
And mental illness checks will do nothing but add more stigma to mental illness, further demonizing the already vulnerable, stigmatized mentally ill who, by the way, are more likely to be the victims of violence than its perpetrators.
The only way we can and will put an end to this fuckery is by BANNING ALL GUNS. Everything else is just self aggrandizing bullshit while pandering to the stupid masses and the damn gun lobby that's turned gun ownership into a virtue and necessity via vile propaganda, lies and scapegoating.
If we don't stop "demonizing" that man's tool, the gun, as PInk Pistol put it oh so romantically, then nothing will change and we'll be having the same discussion for another 50 years.


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Welcome to my ongoing Quarter of a Career retrospective.
Tonight we examine the potato year, 1989. This year is not officially part of the quarter-career (1990-2005), but the potatoes were fun and I want to show them. Pictured above is one of my potato polaroids. I made potato jack-o-lanterns and let them wizen and harden. Very scary.
You may also like the paintings of the boxing potatoes, the elvis potato (very Basquiat) and the texas potatoes. There were so many other potato paintings - there was the potato mystery train and the celestial potato - now so many of these are feared lost.
What is the difference between the potatoes and the meatballs? Nothing! They are all delicious.


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Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Consciousness is one of the most basic concepts of psychology (as I understand psychology). No other psychological phenomena exist unless the person is conscious, at least to some degree.
The words consciousness and awareness are often used interchangeably, and I will use them this way also. Arousal and alertness are two other words often used as meaning the same thing as consciousness.


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On June 19, when University of Texas researchers successfully hijacked a drone by "spoofing" it – giving it bad GPS coordinates – they showed the Department of Homeland Security how civilian drones could fall into the wrong hands, exposing a potentially serious security flaw. It was exactly what Todd Humphreys, the lead researcher, anticipated in a TEDx talk in February: "You can scarcely imagine the kind of havoc you could cause if you knew what you were doing with a GPS spoofer."
On Thursday, a month after the experiment, the investigations panel of the House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on how civilian drones could affect the security of the American airspace. "These findings are alarming and have revealed a gaping hole in the security of using unmanned aerial systems domestically," said Rep. Michael McCall, the panel's chairman. "Now is the time to ensure these vulnerabilities are mitigated to protect our aviation system as the use of unmanned aerial systems continues to grow."
Problem is, the FAA and the Department of Homeland security have yet to come up with specific requirements or a certified system to protect drones from GPS attacks. And what's worse, neither of them takes responsibility for it. "The Department of Homeland Security mission is to protect the homeland. Unfortunately, DHS seems either disinterested or unprepared to step up to the plate," said McCall, noting that representatives from the DHS declined to testify at the hearing. The FAA declined to comment on GPS security after the spoofing test.
Some of the drone manufacturers have their own systems to counter spoofing attacks, but others either think this is not their job, are not worried at all, or were completely taken by surprise.
"We've always been aware of [GPS threats like] jamming and lost satellites," said Dennis D'Annunzio, Chief Technical Officer of drone maker Rotomotion, which produces drones used by local police like the North Little Rock Police Department in Arkansas. "But spoofing and taking control was something that we weren't anticipating."
D'Annunzio said they have systems to deal with jamming and the loss of signal from satellites, but if somebody sends a spoofing signal and fools the drone's GPS receiver, then they have no answer because they can't detect it – to the GPS receiver, that signal looks just the same as the one coming from the satellite. "If they work fine, everything looks good, none of the GPS numbers have changed, the GPS signal strength hasn't changed … how would I know?" said D'Annunzio.
Kevin Lauscher, a representative from commercial drone manufacturer DraganFly thinks this is not an issue at all. "It's not really a big concern because our systems are designed to be flown in very close proximity and quite low level," he told Danger Room. Indeed, DraganFly drones (which have been sold to the Seattle Police Department) are built to be always under the scrutiny of an operator, so if something goes wrong, "we simply land," he said.
At the congressional hearing Thursday morning, the University of Texas' Humphreys noted that the risks with small drones are limited. "Currently I'm not terribly worried about this," he said, even though he told Fox News that when you have 30,000 drones in the airspace in the next few years, like the FAA estimates, "each one of these could be a potential missile used against us."
Humphreys added that vulnerable drones could become a bigger problem when larger unmanned planes are allowed to fly in the national airspace. FedEx CEO Fred Smith, for instance, has long mused about using drones to deliver packages.
AdaptiveFlight, which built the unmanned helicopter used in Humphreys' test, is supposedly working on a system to counter spoofing attacks. Company CEO Wayne Pickell declined to provide details, but he told Danger Room that basically the firm is working on a system that would detect when a spoofing attack is being carried on, which would allow them to turn off GPS navigation and take manual control of the drone. When asked how long they've been working on it, he simply answered: "for a while."
Honeywell executive Prabha Gopinath told Danger Room that the firm's unmanned vehicles are already safe and are potentially able to withstand spoofing attacks. Good thing, too: Honeywell's so called "beer-keg" drone has been used both by the military as well as the Miami-Dade Police Department. The machine relies on multiple sensors – not only GPS – to determine its coordinates, which allows the drone to determine if it's receiving a spoofing signal.
Another potential solution could be to adopt some kind of encryption or authentication system so that the drones' GPS receivers would only use trusted signals. That's basically the system the military uses for its drones, the so-called "Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module" (SAASM). Could that be used for civilian drones too? Potentially yes, says Steen Mogensen, senior engineer at AdaptiveFlight, "the problem with that is that there are only a few supplies of the military-style GPS receivers in the world" so the cost of producing a civilian drone equipped with a military-grade receiver would go up considerably.
The future might hold a civilian equivalent of the military SAASM, but "that requires upgrades on the entire GPS technology, and changes on the satellites and so forth," said Mogensen, who thinks that process would take a long time. "It would take some years, probably three to five years, just to get government support, the funding, and then the actual implementation of the technology."
Humphreys himself reminded that it took them four years to develop the necessary software and that you need very skilled people to do it. "It is not within the capability of the average person on the street, or even the average Anonymous hacker," he wrote in the statement (.pdf) he submitted to the subcommittee.
But spoofing isn't exactly impossible, either. Humphreys told Danger Room last week that he doesn't want to see drones "coming into the national airspace before we patch this problem."
Michael Toscano, President and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), in a statement (.pdf) to the subcommittee, noted that spoofing is not as easy as some might think. "One must know the location of the target vehicle and be able to track it. If the target vehicle is not in close proximity to the spoofing device, this requires a detection system such as radar. Meanwhile, custom software is needed to make adjustments to the target vehicle's course."
According to Toscano, the industry is aware of the problem and is working on it. "AUVSI member companies have been hard at work developing new technologies that would add extra layers of safety and security to unmanned aircraft." Since some of those companies didn't even see this coming, there's still a lot of work to do.


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Reading Rainbow – encourages children to read books but never has an episode about The Art of the Deal. Sad!
Planned Parenthood – who needs to plan parenthood? Just grab 'em by the pussy and whatever happens, happens. (Always have a rock-solid pre-nup though, since women are always after your money.)
The Shriners – Anti-American tiny cars. When did America stop winning? When we stopped having big cars. Also, those things don't run on coal so they're destroying American jobs!
4-H Club – Animal husbandry, are you kidding me? Marriage is supposed to be between one man and one woman, then another woman whenever he wants to switch things up.
The Democrats – Losers. Always whining about how they won the popular vote. Since when is being President a popularity contest? By the way, they didn't actually win the popular vote, I did. If I'd wanted to win the popular vote I would have done it. Next time I will, believe me. Looking to beat Stalin's record of 99.9% in 2020!


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So what are the pillars of the Time Management genre at the App Store? A couple of names come to mind, Sally's Spa and Hospital Havoc. I will admit to being a closet TML (time management lover) who's secure in his effectuality (yepp)Â as a productive human being. However, I am not the best housekeeper, something Anna Montana, a new game by CDE and Humble Gaming has taught me.
CDE Humble Gaming, Anna Montana, 1.99$, 16.6 MB
CDE Humble Gaming have made the following additions to the game which I will be reviewing shortly (follow the gap):


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David Stone Martin was born in 1913. He had no formal art training, but his passion for picture making was so intense that as a boy he spent endless hours in the galleries of the Art Institute of Chicago. There, in high school, at home and through whatever intermittent art classes he could find, Martin devoted all his free time to learning about and practicing his craft. One of his first jobs was helping to execute some of the large murals decorating the buildings of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
He worked on a W.P.A. mural project during the Great Depression and in 1935 accepted an invitation to join the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville as a staff artist. During WWII, Martin joined the Office of Strategic Service as a graphic designer and eventually settled into the Office of War Information as an art director. Here he first met and worked with Ben Shahn, whom he assisted on several mural projects, and several others who were important to Martin's development and growth as an artist: Henry Koerner, Bernard Perlin, William Golden and Henry Koeller. The exchange of ideas and the opportunities for diverse projects, including a stint as an artist-correspondent for Life magazine and Abbott Laborotories made this period extremely stimulating for the young artist.
As the war was drawing to a close, Martin joined the Associated American Artist group where he began doing commercial art projects. He illustrated ads for Lucky Strikes, Abbott Laboratories and other clients. A war bonds poster for abbott Labs was his first truly commercial assignment and shortly thereafter, he began his free-lance career.
One early project, a hospital book DSM designed and illustrated for the Federation of Philanthropies, won a medal from the Art Directors Club. It was only the first of many awards that quickly followed. Martin won an Award for Distinctive Merit in both '47 and '48. He had 6 pieces accepted in the 1948 Art Directors Annual alone. The publicity propelled him to the top of the business.
Somehow in the midst of all this activity, DSM found time to teach as well - at the Brooklyn Museum School of art in 1948-49, and at the Workshop School of advertising and editorial Art in New York in 1950, the same year he did this piece for Esquire magazine.
At some point in the late 40's, I'm not sure exactly when, he began his long association with his representative, Lester Rossin Associates. His rep clearly appreciated that they had a trophy in Martin. he produced many promotional pieces for them and his work appeared prominently in all their ads. In the example below, you see the style and subject matter that became synonymous with the name David Stone Martin. His jazz album covers are what he is best remembered for. Tomorrow, we'll take a closer look at some of them!
My David Stone Martin Flickr set.
Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
David Stone Martin: Early Days
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- Anonymous3:57 PM
That pink picture. The black door. The black shoes and hair. The thick, textured line about the chair. The detailing on the guitar. It's pure DSM, and I hadn't seen it before. It's more proof that he was able to see things in ways that most of us can not.ReplyDelete
It's fascinating that Martin worked with directly with Ben Shahn, as the influence is so obvious, but at the same time, Shahn's influence is quite obvious in much mid-century illustration. I'd say that perhaps DSM used that influence best.
One of my favorite artists. Thanks for posting this!ReplyDelete
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As ever my choices were determined by:
A, the second hand market (contrary to popular belief there is a limit to the amount I'll spend on
B, the time I have to put into watching the second hand market. I've missed a few bargains, this catch was not the spec I really wanted but the price was about what I wanted to pay.
In folding knife design what I really like are 'integral or frame locks' (like the Subcom F) but in the UK this most ingenious of safety features is deemed to make your knife 'weapons grade' and is therefore only permissible with 'good reason' and good reason is to be determined by a costly visit to the local courthouse.
Unit of Measurement .270As is so often the case, restriction has led to innovation, with many makers seizing the opportunity to provide a 'street legal' knife for our EDC needs. Spyderco have been leaders in this field with the UKPK (UK Pen Knife) and the Urban both being slip-joints i.e held open but not locked open - just like a traditional penknife. Blade length for UK pocket carry is restricted to 3 inches (75mm) and the Urban comes in at 2 and 9/16ths (65 mm) with the whole knife only 6 and 1/16ths (154 mm).
VG10 blade steel and G10 for the handle. Although the Spyderco-rati deem the made-in-Japan models to be second fiddle to the USA made knives in terms of finish, as users they are the same.
I already own a VG10 bladed knife (its the centre section of the laminated Fallkniven F1's blade [Reviews here] ) and while it's one of the more difficult steels to sharpen, when you get there it really takes and holds an edge.
I'm going to be using a Spyderco Sharpmaker (review here) to care for it. I've had the Sharpmaker for a few years now and I'm even happier with it now than I was when I got it. The Sharpmaker sets the angle between stone and blade. As its Spyderco/Spyderco the angle of the stones is 20/20, perfectly set to the blades grind. I'll let you know in part two how easy a blade it is to maintain.
First impressions:
Neat and Petite - Not ideal for slicing a whole ham, but perfect for sausage or biltong
Well Made - The fit is good, all the parts are tight, some of the surface finishs could be better
Excellent Materials - VG10 is a great knife steel, and the handle's G10 is totally uniform
Good Value - Just that little bit nicer than the cheaper knives, almost as nice as knives twice the price.
Looking forward to some thorough field testing
Your pal


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Using Webmin → Network Configuration, I added a new DNS address to the existing server (10.100.200.300). While I saved the new configuration, I lost access to
webmin and
ssh to this server.
How can I retrieve access?
I pinged
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Hello Glitter CardBy LeNae Gerig
Designer Tip: Use your fingertips to rub the glitter into the adhesive. Tap off excess glitter over scrap paper and return to the glitter container.


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June 16, 2016 - 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm EDT
Do you post job openings on Twitter and Instagram, or use LinkedIn to vet candidates? Today, 79% of job seekers use social media to locate job opportunities. In this webinar, digital marketer Eliza Greenwood will discuss steps to ensure that your social media recruiting efforts for active and passive talent can successfully reach candidates with disabilities.
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February 18, 2016 - 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm EST
Dan Sullivan, Vice President of Sales at AudioEye, talks about the return-on-investment for employers who embrace accessible technology that benefits all users.