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== Go famous quotations ==
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One of the many '''Go famous quotations''' is the story about a student who went to a Go master to learn the game. The Go master played one game with the student to see if the student had any merit. When the Go master saw that the student did indeed have merit, the Go master agreed to teach the student in Go. Over the next few months many topics were discussed from mathematics to philosophy, science and religion, but Go was never discussed. Then at the end of the instruction, the Go master played one more game with the student and found that the student had indeed learned how to play [[Go (board game)|Go]].
One of the many '''Go quotations''' is the story about a student who went to a Go master to learn the game. The Go master played one game with the student to see if the student had any merit. When the Go master saw that the student did indeed have merit, the Go master agreed to teach the student in Go. Over the next few months many topics were discussed from mathematics to philosophy, science and religion, but Go was never discussed. Then at the end of the instruction, the Go master played one more game with the student and found that the student had indeed learned how to play [[Go (board game)|Go]].


* "Go is destined to take the place of Chess as the leading intellectual game of the Occident, just as it has reigned supreme in the Orient for some four thousand years." - [[Edward Lasker]], Go and Go-Moku [[ISBN]]: 0-486-20613-0
* "Go is destined to take the place of Chess as the leading intellectual game of the Occident, just as it has reigned supreme in the Orient for some four thousand years." - [[Edward Lasker]], Go and Go-Moku [[ISBN]]: 0-486-20613-0

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Plasan Sand Cat


Dirac Equation in Curved Spacetime


Gyromagnetic Ratio

Renata Marquez

Juiceling

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwer-nuakit natahu


North of England Mule


Steve Cottham - Old man


La Venus del espejo


Ragini Chakravarty--Hindustani Classical Vocalist

RAGINI CHAKRAVARTY is a new generation Hindustani Classical Vocalist of the Kirana Gharana. A prominent disciple of Padmabhushan Dr. Prabha Atre. Gifted with a mellifluous voice and enriched with a refreshingly feminine style of singing Ragini has adapted perfectly to the Kirana gayaki which puts emphasis on melody and sweet intonation of words. Her singing takes one slowly and steadily into the beautiful inner world of a particular raga with elaborate meditative alaap and lilting sargams and then climaxing with intricate taans and fast compositions. Ragini has been doing stage performances all over India eliciting tremendous response from the rasikas. She has also been doing concerts on Doordarshan and All India Radio in different forms of vocal music. Thanks to the adaptability of her voice Ragini has excelled in the lighter forms of vocal music too including modern songs and jingles. Trained in the Gurukul tradition Ragini always finds time to carry on the tradition by imparting music lessons to the young talented disciples


Sources

Dr. Prabha Atre Foundation, Swarmayi Gurukul, Mumbai & Pune, India. 59.183.1.51 13:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mutim ibn Adiy


Cuckoo Owl


ARINC 653

IIIT-Kolkata

International Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata - A part of International Group, was founded in the year 2000, is one of the premier institutes in the country delivering world class courses in Information technology and allied areas.

IIIT-K, conducts 4-year programmes in ‘computing’ and ‘Electronics & Communication’ leading to the degree of 'BEng'. IIIT-K also offers 3 yrs. Post Graduate Programme in MCA (Master of Computer Application). The International group has association with some of the top Universities of excellence worldwide, like University of Texas- Austin(USA) and Napier University - Edinburgh (UK).

The IIIT-K campus is located in the heart of Salt Lake Electronics Complex with built up area of over 1,20,000 square ft. surrounded by IT gaints like TCS, CTS, IBM, WIPRO etc.

Several IT gaints, today recognize IIIT-K as their one of the preferred recruitment Partner, like Infosys, Satyam, HP, HCL Technologies, Xansa, Alcatel, iflex, Caritor, Sasken, Accenture, CGI, CSC, Flextronics, NCR Corp., and many more.

DRDO (Under ministry of Defence) & IIIT-K are working together on different critical projects.


Sources

refer to the site www.iiitkolkata.ac.in for more details. 220.225.89.34 16:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

runescape


WinePeeks.TV

WinePeeks.TV
Company typePrivate
FoundedDecember, 2006
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
,
U.S. United States
Key people
Laura Levy, Founder & Executive Producer
Jenniffer Weigel, Partner & Executive Producer
OwnerL-Squared Productions
Websitewww.winepeeks.tv
(English only)

WinePeeks.tv is a video website where users can watch wine videos, upload their own wine content, and share video clips via Vit. Videos can be rated, and the average rating and the number of times a video has been watched are both published. WinePeeks.tv was created in December of 2006 by L Sqaured Productions. The Chicago-based service uses Brightcove to display video. Videos are encoded into flash for the website but also converted to other formats for download and iPod use.

The site was designed to allow confused wine consumers, especially the web savvy MTV oriented millennials, a place to learn more about wine.

See also

References

Screaming Eagle Winery

Screaming Eagle Winery

About Screaming Eagle Winery and Vineyard

Screaming Eagle is one of Napa Valley's smallest wineries, and a California cult wine favorite. The little stone winery (a 12- by 18-foot stone building off Silverado Trail) is perched on a rocky hillside in the Oakville Appellation overlooking the vineyard planted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The wine is aged in 65% new French oak barrels in a small cave for almost two years. Annual production is approximately 500 cases with most wine sold directly to consumers via a mailing list, however you can buy it here.

The winery was founded in 1989 with its first release of approximately 200 cases of the 1992 vintage. Owner Jean Phillips, who purchased the 60-acre property in 1986, along with wine maker Heidi Peterson Barrett have created a cabernet sauvignon that is sought after by collectors and wine lovers alike, these hard to find wines are often available only in limited quantities.

In March of 2006 the winery was sold to Charles Banks, a money manager for NBA players and other athletes, and Stanley Kroenke, owner of the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche hockey team. The new owners have announced that they have hired famed vineyard manager David Abreu to replant some of the vineyard. It appears that they are also hiring a new winemaker - Andy Erickson. Andy has worked at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars and Staglin Family and is currently making wine for Hartwell and Arietta. He also has his own wine label Favia. Heidi Peterson Barrett will stay on to complete the vintages she has started through 2005.

In 2001 at the Napa Valley Wine Auction a collector paid $650,000.00 (US) for eight extremely rare 3.0L bottles of Screaming Eagle Wine spanning from 1992 to 1999.

Vintage Rateings

Screaming Eagle Winery 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 99 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 97 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 94 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 99 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 98 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 100 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 94 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 97 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 98 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 99 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated 96 Points Robert Parker

Screaming Eagle Winery 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon - Rated (92-95) Points Robert Parker (Barrel Tasting)


Sources

[ http://www.e-winegifts.com/find_buy_winery_Screaming_eagle_wines.asp]

67.138.244.194 17:17, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Muir

Andrew Muir is a community activist living in Bangor, Northern Ireland.

Born in Bangor, Northern Ireland in 1976 he was educated at St Columbanus College Bangor, North Down & Ards Institute of Further and Higher Education Bangor Campus and then studied Peace & Conflict Studies at the University of Ulster’s Magee Campus in Derry / Londonderry, graduating with a 2.i classification BA Hons degree in 1999.


Community work / politics

He has been a member of the Liberal Democrats since 1991. He is also a member of European Movement, Transport 2000 and Electoral Reform Society.

He served as a Member of the Visiting Committee for HM Young Offenders Centre Hydebank Wood Visiting Committee from 2001 to 2003.

He was appointed as Independent Member of North Down District Policing Partnership in 2005.

He joined the SDLP in 1996 and was selected as the party’s nominee for North Down Borough Council 2005 elections in Holywood DEA. He did not contest the election due to work commitments.

He served as Secretary of SDLP Bangor Branch from 2003 to 2006 and Vice Chair from 2007 to date.


He also serves as Chair of the SDLP Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans group from 2007 to date.

He served as Chairperson of Foyle Friend (an organisation which provided information, support and advocacy to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people across the North West of Ireland) from 1998 to 1999.

During his time as Chairperson the organisation was awarded £1/3 from the National Lottery towards the establishment of a Resource Centre and the “Stonewall Equality Award” in December 1998 by Mo Mowlam, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

He took up the role of Co-Chair of Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Pride North West 1998.

Andrew Muir elected onto the Management Committee of the Coalition on Sexual Orientation in 2005 and served in this role until late 2006 when he resigned to take up his role with North Down & Ards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans group,

In January 2007 he founded (along with the Police Service of NI’s Community Safety Sergeant for North Down) North Down & Ards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans group and has served as Chairperson of the group from January 2007 to date.

He was elected as Chairperson of Belfast Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Resource Centre in September 2005 and served in this role until mid 2007 when he relinquished the role to concentrate on work with North Down & Ards LGBT group.


Career

He worked with Marks & Spencer as Trainee Manager in 1995, the Peace People as Administrator in 1999, with the Grand Opera House as IT Manager from 1999 to 2002, Belfast Festival at Queens as Box Office Manager in 2002 and the Ulster Orchestra in their Box Office in 2003.

During 2003 he worked with ACT Consultants and the Arts Council of NI to establish Audiences Northern Ireland, the region's first Audience Development Agency with associated computerised ticketing infrastructure.

During 2004 and 2005 he worked as Acting Chief Executive of Audiences NI. He then supported the new Chief Executive in 2006 before moving to Translink as Assistant Ticketing Systems Manager in late 2006.


Personal web site www.andrewmuir.net

Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/21622229@N00/sets/

Bebo site http://andybelfast.bebo.com


Sources

Torstan is a german man who in is past has had a habbit of making good coumapanies broke !!!

84.12.12.44 17:52, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dj Inyoung

   Dj Inyoung (real name Inyoung Whang, b- February 10) makes and mixes hardcore techno, although he does some jungle music. He is mainly known around L.A by fans of the genre who go to see him perform locally, although his websites and word of mouth have helped him get known outside of L.A. He began creating his own music in 1994. A tape with the music was what got him into hardcore. He had before heard mainstream techno, and liked hip hop music so the new sound intruiged him. He began going to lesser known parties which were where he first heard hardcore. He saved some money to buy turntables so he could listen more. Inyoung mixed his own music on the turntables soon after. As time went on, he released mix tapes which would play at parties. Next he came to the undergrond events again. He wouldn't only listen to hardcore this time, but performed his music. After getting some crews and attending more parties he focused on having his music produced. He got a few records released during the mid and late ninties yet would give this part in his career a break until 2003. Deciding this time to go further with producing his music has pushed his progress to what it is currently. He is in a band called L.A's fallen ones with another hardcore Dj, DTM.

Releases: 

    Dj Inyoung and Static's song "Beatdown" and "Respect your Enemy" have been released on several hardcore compialation albums and on the top 100 hardcore songs. His albums are on Terror Traxx records Oblivion Records.

With a website, multiple mixes and released records he is relatively successful in the underground harcore scene. [edit] Sources

Sources

djinyoung.com http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Inyoung


209.94.102.85 17:52, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go quotations

Part of a series on
Go
Game specifics
History and culture
Players and organizations
Computers and mathematics

One of the many Go quotations is the story about a student who went to a Go master to learn the game. The Go master played one game with the student to see if the student had any merit. When the Go master saw that the student did indeed have merit, the Go master agreed to teach the student in Go. Over the next few months many topics were discussed from mathematics to philosophy, science and religion, but Go was never discussed. Then at the end of the instruction, the Go master played one more game with the student and found that the student had indeed learned how to play Go.

  • "Go is destined to take the place of Chess as the leading intellectual game of the Occident, just as it has reigned supreme in the Orient for some four thousand years." - Edward Lasker, Go and Go-Moku ISBN: 0-486-20613-0
  • "You're striving for harmony, and if you try to take too much, you'll come to grief." - Michael Redmond, the only Western go player to reach 9-dan, the highest level of professional play
  • "The Ancient Japanese considered the Go board to be a microcosm of the universe. Although when it is empty it appears to be simple and ordered, in fact, the possibilities of gameplay are endless. They say that no two Go games have ever been alike. Just like snowflakes. So, the Go board actually represents an extremely complex and chaotic universe." - Max Cohen's mentor Sol Robeson, in π (film)
  • "If there is intelligent life in space possibly they play chess; most certainly, they play Go." - Edward Lasker
  • "Exciting game of modern warfare" - appeared on the box of a Go set to describe the game of Go

Go proverbs

Rather than being quotes about Go as a game, Go proverbs are about specific situations that occur within a game of Go, and are commonly used to aid in evaluating a move in Go.

  • "Keep Your Stones Connected"


Sources

Notable Quotes

The Way To Go Karl Baker

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199.125.109.106 19:07, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan Lester


Saint Dominic Basilica and Main Parish of Valletta

As can be imagined, the history of this parish is intertwined with that of the Capital and of the whole Country at large. The Dominicans have been outstanding in their services to the local population in the worst moments of its hi the plague, the French occupation, and, last but not least, during the terrible years of the World War II.


During the plague, for example, the friars never failed from their duty of assisting those infected by the disease even when this meant falling victim to it. 

During the French occupation, the whole Dominican community was under arrest and imprisoned in Fort St Elmo.   One of the brothers was executed by firing squad.

During World War II the Friars worked tirelessly in order to assist the hungry and the needy. As bombs fell and the war began to take its toll, the Dominicans were always at hand in order to give spiritual and material assistance. During those times many families in Valletta found refuge and lived for months on end in the crypt below the church that served as an air raid shelter.

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The Church


The first Dominicans to set up a priory in Valletta arrived from Vittoriosa some time after work had begun on the construction of the new city under the aegis of Grand Master La Valette in 1566. The foundation stone of the church was laid on the 19th April 1571. The building itself was designed by Girolamo Cassar and dedicated to Our Lady of Fair Havens (Porto Salvo). By means of a bull issued on the 2nd July 1571, the Dominican Pope, Pius V, elevated it to a parish.


Unfortunately, this first church suffered extensive damages, caused mainly by earthquakes. Given the dangerous state of the building, it had to be pulled down. Construction work on a new church began in earnest, this time according to a plan drawn by architect Anton Cachia. The new church, which is the one that stands today, was blessed by Bishop Ferdinand Mattei on the 15th May 1815 and consecrated by Bishop Pietro Pace on the 15th October 1889.


The Church measures 38.43 metres in length and 10.6 metres in width. Besides the main altar, it has six other altars, three on each side, together with two side-chapels. The altars are dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, St Catherine of Siena, St Pius V, St Dominic, The Holy Name, St Vincent Ferrer. The side-chapels are dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament and the Crucified Christ together with Our Lady of Sorrows.


During the last years of the 19th century, the church’s ceiling was embellished by a series of frescoes by one of the leading Maltese artists of the period, Giuseppe Cali’. These works are now undergoing restoration. Other artists who left their works in St Dominic’s Church are Ramiro Cali’, Francesi, Muccioli, Bottoni and P.P. Caruana.


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The Parish


As stated above, St Dominic’s became parish by means of a Papal Bull issued on the 2nd July 1571. The Pope at that time was the Dominican, Pius V. In this bull Ex Debito Pastorali, the Pope constituted St Dominic’s as the Mother and principal parish of the entire city and its inhabitants. Naturally, not everybody was pleased that this privilege had been accorded to the Dominicans, especially other church institutions who claimed parochial rights over the new dwellers of the city. Controversy ensued, and the issue was to be settled definitely only in 1723 when Rome defined the new limits of the Parish.


Obviously all this is now history! It may be interesting to note, however, that, more recently, the territory of the Parish has been further decreased due to the erection of a third parish in Valletta, that of St Augustine, in 1968. Though St Dominic’s remains the largest parish in the City, latest records reveal that the number of parishioners stands at under 3000.


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The Basilica


On the 25th of March this year the Parish and Mother Church of St Dominic in Valletta celebrates the 190th anniversary since it was elevated to the status of Minor Basilica, the first in the Maltese Islands. There are several aspects and privileges of how one can recognize a Basilica from other churches. In these few words we will try explain some of these facts and the history of how the Parish and Mother Church of St.Dominic became a Basilica in 1816.



In the Brief the Benedictine Pope Pius VII states that he is granting this privilege at the request of Bishop Ferdinando Mattei in recognition of the heroic endeavours of the Dominican community throughout the plague which had ravaged the Maltese Islands some years earlier. He also expressed his desire to embellish with such a title the beautiful church that had just been built because, in his words, "it deserves to enjoy an added prerogative that would render it not only illustrious among the other mentioned churches, but also more venerable." Some months later Fr. Vincenzo Maria Portelli petitioned for the privilege to use the "mozzetta" and the rochet. Aided as always by Bishop Mattei his request was granted by the same Pope on January 16th, 1817. The granting of such a privilege is rare, if not unique.


Important churches in Rome and outside were called basilicas from the title given to important roman houses. These like the Arch basilica of St John Lateran and the Vatican and others are called Immemorial Basilicas. There are two kinds of Basilicas: Major and Minor. The Major Basilicas are only the four main churches in Rome, all the other even if called Pontifical Basilicas are Minor Basilicas. The Pontifical ones are under the immediate jurisdiction of the Pope rather than the local diocesan bishop, (e.g. Pompei).


The custom of designating churches as basilicas started in Rome around the sixteenth century and this title was given to Collegiate churches. The first Minor Basilica outside Rome was created by Pope Pius VII in Tolentino, the church of the Augustinian Friars that houses the relics of St Nicholas of Tolentino and which is dedicated to him. This was elevated on the 27th June 1783. St Dominic in Valletta is the eighth such in the world elevated in 1816.

The Cathedral church of Lucera was given the title of Minor Basilica in 1834. The Cathedral Chapter wrote to Rome to ask guidelines about what this would mean to them and what arrangements they were to do. It seems that other newly created basilicas had the same problem. The sacred congregation of Rites answered these queries by issuing the decree Lucerina on the 27th August 1836.


It is in that decree that the red and yellow ombrellone is given to all Minor Basilicas, with the four Major ones having it of gold and red velvet and with embroidery. The ombrellone at St Dominic’s Basilica is white and embroidered as this Basilica was created before the decree Lucerina and so the friars must have followed advice given to them from Tolentino and/via Rome. Basilicas created after 1836 are all uniform in their insignia as they could look at Lucerina for directions.


In 1968 the Decree Domus Dei recognised the singular role of a Basilica within the diocese and the Universal Church especially in its ministry to promote unity with the See of Peter. This was confirmed in the decree Domus Ecclesiae of 1989.

As a curiosity in the decree of Pius VII elevating St Dominic’s as Minor Basilica, the Pope grants to the new Basilica the right to be first to ring the Gloria on the Holy Vigil of Easter after the Conventual Church of St John. It seems that this was granted instead of the processional bell normally carried in front of the ombrellone called tintinnabulum or clochetta.


Up to 2003 there were 1073 Basilicas in Europe, 294 in the Americas, 40 in Asia, 12 in Africa and 5 in Oceania





Sources

www.sanduminku.com 213.217.255.120 19:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ted Rogers School of Management

On Tuesday, May 29th, 2007, Ted Rogers and Loretta Rogers, great Toronto philanthropists and long-time supporters of higher education, have made a transformational gift of $15 million to Ryerson University The donation is directed towards the Faculty of Business, which in recognition will be renamed the Ted Rogers School of Management. The Rogers' outstanding generosity and eadership will make a dramatic difference to the lives of students by greatly enhancing accessibility and the quality of the student experience. The majority of the gift will be used to establish 52 new undergraduate and graduate student awards and scholarships, at unprecedented levels for the University. The gift will also establish a new Research Chair to seed academic initiatives that will attract outstanding faculty and create centres of excellence in management research.


Sources

141.117.174.126 20:23, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SquidGuard

squidGuard is an OpenSource content-control_software plugin designed to work with the Linux Squid proxy software.
squidGuard acts as a redirector, filter and access controller.
Filtering can be based upon BlackLists, IP addresses as well as by time and day.(1)

squidGuard has been used as an opensource alternative solution for content filtering under the Children's Internet Protection Act.(2)

See also

Sources

205.200.6.125 20:38, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fever Magazine

Fever Magazine was the first urban/technology magazine, self published by Darrell Green, founder of Fever.Media Entertainment.


It began in Tacoma, Washington as an experimental online website in 1999 providing similar social networking tools to that of today popular websites myspace.com or friendster.com. After it's initial release it quickly became notable for it's mix of urban culture, hip hop music and technology reviews. Through popular demand the publication went to print in March of 2006 and has partnered with such companies as Verizon Wireless, Microsoft and Nintendo in order to bring exclusive technology coverage to the Hip Hop music generation.


Fever was created with the intention to provide a smart alternative to standard urban publications such as the Source magazine, XXL magazine, Vibe magazine and is distributed throughout the United states as well as the United Kingdom



Sources

Alienware Review

Official Website

Fever Magazine 20:41, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs)

What is a Taxon Advisory Group (TAG)?

Established by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association in 1990, TAGs examine the conservation needs of entire taxa, or groups of related species. Examples of some basic taxonomic groups for which AZA TAGs exist are amphibians, felids, penguins, and marine fish.

Search the Conservation Programs Database for information on all of AZA;s conservation programs. Members may log in to the Members Only database to access contact information for program leaders as well as all program documents.

Each TAG consists of representatives from AZA-member institutions, as well as individuals with special expertise, such as AZA Species Survival Plan® (SSP) coordinators, studbook keepers.

What do TAGs do?

Serving as committees of expert advisors, Taxon Advisory Groups assist in the selection of appropriate species for AZA conservation programs and provide a forum for discussing husbandry, veterinary, ethical and other issues that apply to entire taxa. Through regional collection planning, they recommend species for new AZA studbooks, SSPs and other zoo- and aquarium-based programs; establish priorities for management, research and conservation; and recruit qualified individuals to carry out these activities.

In addition, TAGs examine animal management techniques based on scientific studies and assist SSP coordinators in developing animal care and husbandry guidelines. Purposely organized along the same lines as the specialist groups of the IUCN-The World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission (SSC) and Bird Life International's Taxonomic Specialist Groups, TAGs also promote cooperation and sharing of information between AZA and other regional and international conservation programs.

What is a Regional Collection Plan?

One of the most serious challenges facing zoological professionals today is how to determine which species are most in need of zoo- or aquarium-based conservation programs and how to use the limited exhibition and holding space most efficiently. In the past, personal preferences, the spirit of competition among institutions, and availability often determined which species were acquired and became the focus of scientifically managed captive breeding programs. Today, however, there is a growing appreciation of the need for an organized, broad-based collection planning process that better serves the conservation mission of the North American zoo and aquarium community.

One of the TAG's primary responsibilities is to evaluate the present North American carrying capacity for a given taxonomic group and recommend how this space should be allocated. This strategic planning process results in the development of Regional Collection Plans (RCPs). In developing these plans, TAGs take into account both the limited amount of enclosure space available and the need to maintain animals in populations large enough to ensure their long-term genetic viability and demographic stability. They consider the potential of selected species to contribute to conservation action through education, scientific research, fund-raising to support field conservation, and managed breeding for reintroduction. The goal of this careful planning process is that each species and individual animal held at AZA zoos and aquariums has a defined conservation or education purpose.

How are Regional Collection Plans created?

A number of criteria are involved in the regional collection planning process, and, depending on the particular taxon in question, various factors will carry different weights. For example, in the case of amphibians and invertebrates -- groups that encompass thousands of species -- collection planning often takes a short-term, project-oriented approach. In such cases, research potential may carry a greater weight in the selection of species than factors such as public appeal and ability to assist in long-term fund raising. The selection criteria, therefore, are flexible to allow each TAG to work most efficiently.

The following criteria are often used as a starting point for species evaluation. 

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     Conservation status of species
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     Existence of a viable North American managed population
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     Number of other managed programs
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     Husbandry expertise to manage the species
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     Availability of potential founders
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     Potential for managed population to affect conservation of the species or its ecosystem in the wild
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     Reintroduction potential
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     Scientific/research value
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     Exhibit value
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     Education value
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     Taxonomic uniqueness

Melvin Grice, a Washington, D.C. native attended and received formal training at the Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts. While in the military he really began to seriously consider a career in the music industry, but only after finishing his military obligation did he begin to realize his true purpose.

Melvin has participated in and won numerous military and local talent searches. He has also opened for artists such as Gospel great Kirk Franklin and was once a featured soloist with the late legendary Ronald Winans. Melvin has been called, appointed, anointed to reach a seemingly unreachable, lost and forgotten generation.

The message that he conveys is the "Good News" to bring about healing to a hurting world. Open your ears and your hearts to receive the "voice of this generation" as he brings the praise into the millennium and beyond...


Sources

131.37.206.6 21:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Melvin Grice

Melvin Grice, a Washington, D.C. native attended and received formal training at the Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts (some call the "Hottest gospel artist that you never heard". While in the military he really began to seriously pursue a career in the music industry, but only after finishing his military obligation did he begin to realize his true purpose.

Melvin has participated in and won numerous military and local talent searches. He has also opened for artists such as Gospel great Kirk Franklin and was once a featured soloist with the late legendary Ronald Winans. Melvin has been called, appointed, anointed to reach a seemingly unreachable, lost and forgotten generation.

The message that he conveys is the "Good News" to bring about healing to a hurting world. Open your ears and your hearts to receive the "voice of this generation" as he brings the praise into the millennium and beyond...


Sources

131.37.206.6 21:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not Going Away


Fireless Engine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireless_locomotive

Sources

http://www.nrhs.com/web_exclusives/fireless_cooker/


86.6.60.72 22:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dana L. French

Dana L. French (1958 - ) is a prominent U.S. computer scientist working in the fields of business continuity, disaster recovery, and high availability. He has designed and written numerous software packages to automate the processes of disaster recovery and high availability. He is most noted for his approach to system administration as an automated process, rather than an interactive one. His work as a programmer and system administrator has influenced the design and implementation of Unix systems in organizations all over the world and coined the commonly used phrase "enterprise wide unique". His business function approach to system administration has caused a global shift in the way Unix system administrators perform their work.

He operates several companies that specilize in providing business continuity services to large world wide organizations. These companies provide services that include consulting, disaster recovery facilities, application and business function hosting.

French is well known in the Unix community for his advanced shell programming skills and is a noted advocate of Korn Shell programming. He provides source code for most of his programming work on-line free of charge. One of his most well known shell libraries is "shell curses", which is a shell script implementation of the "C" language "Curses" library. Another is "kshSQL" which is a Korn Shell implementation of a complete SQL database system. French is also the author of "shunix", which is a project to implement all of the GNU Unix utilities entirely in shell script code.

French is also well known as providing a MicroEMACS binary executable repository for a very wide variety of operating systems. MicroEMACS is a widely used programmers text editor. Linus Torvalds, the developer of linux, is a notable MicroEMACS user, and is known to frequent this site. French has provided continuous access to this repository since 1995.

French currently works as a business continuity consultant, and teaches courses in disaster recovery planning and Korn Shell programming. He is an author and publishes articles on these topics regularly.

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206.227.136.100 22:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sonic Animal Alert

Sonic animal alerts are small devices that are mounted on the front of a vehicle and which emit a noise to warn animals of the vehicle's approach.

The purpose of these devices is to warn animals of the approaching vehicle. Animals so warned will not be startled by the vehicle's sudden appearance and then possibly run onto the road and be hit.

The sound emitted by the device may be in the audible region or within the ultrasonic region. Devices that emit an audible tone are powered from the vehicle's battery and are turned on when there is danger of large animals in the vicinity. Devices that emit an ultrasonic tone are generally unpowered and rely on the flow of air through them as the vehicle moves in order to generate a tone.

Animals such as deer are the main danger in many countries, whereas in Australia, kangaroos and wombats are the main risk.

It is claimed that ultrasonic tones may also be effective in warning smaller animals such as birds and insects.

Vehicles such as a car, motorcycle or truck may be fitted with these devices.

See Also: Deer horn, Shu-Roo

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References: http://www.911phone.net/Alert.htm http://www.austhobi.com/

203.5.136.234 22:53, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Patricia Richardson

Patricia Richardson is the British National Party’s first Jewish candidate.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article420930.ece http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1009_bnp_jewish_win.htm


81.129.149.190 23:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One Foot In Heaven

One Foot In Heaven, or OFIH is a growing band from Buffalo, New York. They present themselves as an Acoustic/Christian/Rock band which perfectly fits their qualities. The band includes members Joel Wolfe - (guitar, drums, vocals) Nate Wolfe - (piano, vocals) Vaughan - (Bass) - and Currently Searching for Lead Guitar. You can visit their website at onefootinheaven.com. Their first album was Where you Are which became an immediate hit, then a year later came out with Unplugged which is an all acoustic cd. And are currently working in Rough Cut-The Bitter End. OFIH has a bright future ahead of them and I'm sure I'm speaking on behalf of all their friends when I say I think they are going somewere.

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Their current myspace is located at http://www.myspace.com/ofih.

24.131.240.136 23:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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