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When it came to deciding whether or not to spend $120,000 to install a center pivot in an area where the systems are a rarity, “We had to do some serious thinking,” says John Grant, who farms hill land in north central Mississippi.

Drilling wells in the area is an expensive — and often futile — proposition, given the depths required to try and get adequate water to run an irrigation system.

Grant and his son, Kenneth, who farms with him, had a go at drilling a well on a field where they planned to grow corn in 2008, but called it quits when they got to 600 feet and still couldn’t get sufficient water to run a center pivot.

They weren’t ready to give up on irrigation, though.

“Bogue Creek runs along one edge of the field,” says John. “You can walk across it in most places and not get too wet, and just to look at it, you wouldn’t think there’s enough water flow to support a quarter-mile center pivot. But, it doesn’t go dry in the summer, and when we checked the flow, it averaged 3,000 gallons per minute. The pivot would require only 1,000 gallons per minute.

“We worked with the Big D folks at Greenwood, Miss., to design a Valley system that would pump water from the creek, uphill through an underground line, to the pivot.

“We had to pay the electric company $9,600 to run a line to power the pump in the creek and the pivot, but when we looked at operating costs, electricity was much less than diesel.

“We ran the system 16 days last year, and we’ve already used it several times this season. It takes 36 hours to make a full circle on 167 acres, putting down a half-inch of water.”

When harvest time came, says John, any reservations they may have had about the irrigation investment vanished.

“We averaged 195 bushels on the field, and the yield monitor on the combine was showing some spots with 230 bushels. On areas outside the pivot, we averaged 54 bushels. With the price we got for our corn, we figure we recouped half the cost of the system in just one year.

“If corn prices hold this year, and we’ve already got a lot of it booked, we’ll likely make back the rest of what it cost us. As soon as we get this pivot paid for, we’ll look at putting in another.”

John and Kenneth, who live in and near the small town of Duck Hill, Miss., have 20-plus farms in Montgomery, Carroll, and Grenada counties — some only 10 acres to 12 acres and stretching 20 miles north to south. All the land they farm is rented.

“We had 1,000 acres of cotton last year,” John says, “but I lost three farms with a total of 800 acres that I’d been renting for 26 years, so this year we only have 540 acres in cotton, and 1,250 acres in corn. We’d have had 550 acres of cotton, but the deer ate up about 10 acres; I replanted, and they ruined about 90 percent of that, so I just plowed it up.

“With the soybean price outlook last year, we planted some twin-row beans, but had a lot of rot and the deer did so much damage, we ended up averaging only 12 bushels. I said then I wouldn’t grow any more soybeans.”

Another investment that’s paid off for the Grants is the on-farm storage they’ve added — four GSI bins that have 120,000 bushels of capacity.

“We put up two in 2007 and two more in 2008,” John says, “and they’ve been well worth the money. Our combine can cut 10-12 truckloads of corn a day; if we didn’t have storage, we couldn’t move it all out of the field. It’s 40 miles to the Greenwood, Miss., elevator, and you can sit there for hours waiting to unload.

“Now that we have storage, we can do as much with two trucks as we could with 12 when we were going back and forth to the elevator. We can cut a lot of acres in a day’s time.

“We harvested 142,000 bushels of corn last year, and after we filled our bins we had to move the rest to the elevator.

We start cutting at about 17 percent moisture. We’ve got blowers in the bins, but no dryers.

“We like corn; it’s easy to work, and a fast crop to produce. The hardest part is getting it out of the field, but we’ve got enough equipment to keep everything going at a good speed.”

This year, says Kenneth, “We planted most of our corn land to Pioneer 31P42, a Bt stacked-gene variety. On about 200 acres of really tough ground, we planted Pioneer 31G71, which was our main variety last year. We’ve also got test plots for 11 Pioneer varieties, looking at drought tolerance.”

John and wife Diana’s other son, Scott, is a Pioneer representative, “So, of course we plant Pioneer varieties,” John laughs. “But, they’re really good varieties, with excellent yield potential, and they perform well for us.” They started planting April 1, between rains. “We wanted to start in March,” Kenneth says, “but it rained almost constantly for three weeks.

“The high temperatures in late June this year have affected pollination — you can really tell the difference in ears that were pollinated before we started irrigating and those that pollinated afterward.”

Most all of their fields are minimum-till, with one 40-acre field that’s completely no-till.

“We started last year applying poultry litter to our fields, at 2 tons per acre,” Kenneth says. “We incorporate it with one-trip plowing — Mississippi State University tests show results are better with incorporation, since it’s such light material. Except for N-Sol, that’s it for our fertility program. We’re getting 20 percent to 25 percent carryover from one year to the next with the poultry litter, so this year we cut back to 1 ton per acre. We soil test all our fields to be sure we’re getting adequate fertility.

“We’ve talked to a number of farmers who are into their third or fourth year of applying poultry litter, and we’ve heard nothing bad about it. With farming as expensive as it is now, particularly when nitrogen fertilizer went sky-high, we’ve got to do everything we can to hold the line on costs.”

John says they bought a $72,000 stainless steel trailer specifically to haul the poultry litter. “We’ve hauled over 4,000 tons so far this year for our farms and for others in the area who want it spread on pastures and hay fields.”

All their cotton is Stoneville 5458, a flex variety. “We chose it because of its yield potential,” Kenneth says. “We started planting May 23. We’ve got enough spray equipment that we can handle that much acreage in a day.”

The Grants have averaged 800-1,000 pounds per acre, dryland, for the last several years. They rotate fields between cotton and corn each year.

“With Bt and Roundup Ready technology, we really don’t have any significant insect or weed problems,” John says. “Our biggest problem has been volunteer corn in our cotton — we hoe most of it out, but we also do some spraying with Select.”

They have an extensive lineup of equipment: bulldozers, trackhoes, scrapers, two 6-row pickers, one 4-row, and a 4-row brush stripper, 12-row planting and tillage equipment, seven tractors, module builders, and combines.

John does his own dozer work — “I did all the earthmoving and prep work for the center pivot” — and lends a hand with various projects in the community that require heavy equipment.

“We’ve got a lot of trucks, and we’ll haul anything anywhere, from poultry litter to sand and gravel, you name it.”

Even though they don’t own the land they farm, “We always do everything we can to build up and take care of the land,” John says. “We treat it like our own. We carry out conservation measures and follow erosion control guidelines. When we lose a farm, as we did this year when one was sold, we leave it in better shape than when we got it.”

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Rice farmer David Landreneau was stung by the criticism of friends and family after going to a no-till system on some of his rice acreage — a planting approach that leaves fields littered with the residue of dead weeds and the previous year's crop at planting time.

But the criticism didn't stop Landreneau, who now says the results have made the switch worthwhile.

Under such a system of planting, special drill-seed planting equipment cuts through the residue to drop new seeds about 1-inch deep in the soil. But this approach, which has numerous benefits, is used by only a fraction of rice farmers in south Louisiana.

“My daddy is 74 years old, and I listen to him quite a bit,” said Landreneau, who farms north of Eunice, La. “He's the biggest critic I've got.”

Landreneau's dad thought no-till might equal no luck at harvest, even though Landreneau was working with a crop adviser who assured him a no-till approach wouldn't hurt yields and that it would lower his expenses for fuel, labor and equipment.

“My dad said the field was ugly and I shouldn't believe everything those boys were telling me,” Landreneau told a crowd of 125 rice farmers at a conference on reduced tillage at the LSU AgCenter's Acadia Parish Extension.

Today, Landreneau is glad he tried the no-till approach. He cut 49 barrels of rice per acre on the no-till portion of his farm — his best results of the year.

Better yet, at planting time in mid-April, he had seeded the no-till area at just 72 pounds of rice per acre on the no-till land. He water-seeded his other acreage at 100 pounds of seed per acre.

“The yields were 5 to 9 barrels per acre less on the water-seeded,” he said.

Landreneau was among five south Louisiana farmers who joined in a panel discussion on the merits of no-till or reduced-tillage planting during the half-day seminar.

They said benefits to the system include that equipment lasts longer because it's not being used as often to plow under weeds or stubble in the months prior to planting. Other benefits cited include that the residue of old vegetation in fields retains water longer and the ground cover lowers soil temperatures slightly and slows evaporation — which means farmers use less water during the growing season. And yields are as good as or better than ever.

Still, several farmers said the system is not foolproof.

No-till rice production requires the use of herbicides early in the year (late January or early February) to chemically burn down weeds prior to a March or April planting. And seed cannot be planted too deeply in the soil (more than 1 inch could be pushing it) or the new crop could have trouble bursting through the old, dead and dying vegetation, several farmers said.

Landreneau said he readjusted his drill-seeding equipment halfway through planting this spring because he thought planting rice seed at a depth of three-quarters of an inch was too shallow — even though a crop adviser told him it was fine.

But his shallow rice performed better than seed planted deeper in the soil.

Rice planted too deep “came up slow and looked like hell,” Landreneau said. His best rice was “where I cut through the soybean residue (2002's crop) and you saw the rice seed in the trenches.”

Johnny Saichuk, the LSU AgCenter's rice specialist, said he recommends at least two chemical burndowns of weeds — one early and one right before planting.

Charles Reiners, a rice farmer on hand at the seminar, said he sprayed his fields three times for weeds prior to this spring's planting — first in November, then again in February and at planting.

Reiners said using a reduced tillage system means spending a bit more money on herbicides but less on fuel, labor, water and maintenance.

“It worked well. Yields were good. But we're still learning a whole new set of rules,” Reiners said.

John F. Bradley, a conservation tillage specialist with Monsanto Corp., said no-till and low-till approaches to farming are a tough sell with some farmers.

Fields look poorly prepared in a no-till system because of vegetation residue left behind. With the systems, farmers replace tillage (plowing the soil) with the earlier use of Roundup and other herbicides to control weeds, Bradley told the audience.

Managing the residue left behind becomes very important, he added.

“At planting you want your new crop to be able to get ahead,” Bradley said. “You want weeds that are crispy-critter dead where they crunch under your feet when you walk through a field.”

That allows drill-seed planting equipment to more easily penetrate the dead and rotting residue, so there is seed-to-soil contact and the new crop gets off to a fast start.

What are other advantages to no-till?

The decomposing vegetation and residue in a field minimizes soil erosion, boosts water retention in the soil, slows the rate of water evaporation, and can mean rice farmers use less water during the growing season, Bradley said. That reduces the risk of runoff of pesticides and other chemicals into the environment, he said.

There also is an estimated savings of $12 to $40 per acre depending on how much a farmer cuts back on trips into the field to turn the soil over, the Monsanto expert said.

Resisting the urge to till the soil too much allows a grower to “farm more acres with the same labor and equipment and save on fuel costs,” Bradley said, stressing equipment also will last longer because it's not being used as much.

But reduced tillage doesn't mean a farmer never tills. He will still move earth at times to level land, repair levees in a rice field, clear ruts and reform seedbeds among other chores, Bradley said.

“No-till is kind of like Alcoholics Anonymous. When you want to go out and disk (plow) a field, you need to have a buddy to call on the phone so you can ask him: ‘Do I really need to do this?’

“You might hear criticism because your fields aren't as pretty,” Bradley added. “But we need to redefine what a good-looking field is. Done correctly, with a positive attitude, this system works, and you won't lose any yield.”

This year, roughly 26 percent of 445,500 rice acres planted in Louisiana used a reduced-tillage system, the LSU AgCenter's Saichuk estimates.

That percentage was down slightly from about 30 percent a year earlier, and experts say the slip came as a result of a wet fall in 2002 and heavy rain that made it hard for farmers get in their fields last October or November to attack weed problems and prepare seedbeds.

Saichuk also said most Louisiana farmers use a reduced-tillage method rather than a strict no-till approach.

“The idea is to never let your weeds get too big,” he said. “Folks in other parts of the country have trouble understanding how quickly natural vegetation comes back for us down here with our climate.”

Randy McClain (225-578-2263 or ramcclain@agcenter.lsu.edu) writes for the LSU AgCenter.

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Symbian Fonts

Most of us are familiar with the True Type Fonts (TTF) used by the Windows Operating System.

Symbian OS has its own font store file format (GDR). In order to use different TTF fonts into your Symbian application, they need to be converted to GDR fonts.

Getting a GDR font

Conversion from TTF to GDR font can be done using the KVT Symbian Font Converter (Homepage: www.kvtsoft.net, Support: forum.kvtsoft.net, Download: File:Setup.zip).

This converter is very useful for displaying native language fonts used in language-specific mobile applications.

(The converter is freely available on the Internet though the original website is inaccessible at present)

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Also a name for the GDR font file can be given. Clicking on "Start" will generate the GDR file at the given path.

This GDR file should be copied to the /system/fonts folder of any drive (of the mobile device).

The GDR file can also be provided with the sis file so that it will be placed in the mobile device along with the system files of the application using the font.

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Important Note

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the entire feathery covering of a bird.
feathers collectively.

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French. See plume, -age

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plumage (ˈpluːmɪdʒ)
the layer of feathers covering the body of a bird
[C15: from Old French, from plume feather, from Latin plūma down]

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1481, "feathers," from O.Fr. plumage (14c.), from plume (see plume).
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The covering of feathers on a bird.
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collective feathered covering of a bird. It provides protection, insulation, and adornment and also helps streamline and soften body contours, reducing friction in air and water. Plumage of the newborn chick is downy, called neossoptile; that which follows is termed teleoptile. Juvenal plumage, frequently distinct from that of the adult bird, is often drab, streaked, or spotted and thus camouflages the young

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verb (used with object), backfit or backfitted, backfitting.
to update by providing new or improved equipment or features: a five-year program of installing new power plants and backfitting existing ones.

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cafe society

café society

socialites who regularly frequent fashionable nightclubs, resorts, etc.

1935–40 Unabridged
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[dih-pawrt, -pohrt]
verb (used with object)
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
to send or carry off; transport, especially forcibly: The country deported its criminals.
to bear, conduct, or behave (oneself) in a particular manner.

1475–85; < Middle French déporter < Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to dē- de- + portāre to carry; see port5

deportable, adjective
deportee, noun
deporter, noun
nondeportable, adjective
nondeported, adjective, noun
undeported, adjective

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deport (dɪˈpɔːt)
1.  to remove (an alien) forcibly from a country; expel
2.  to carry (an inhabitant) forcibly away from his homeland; transport; exile; banish
3.  to conduct, hold, or behave (oneself) in a specified manner
[C15: from French déporter, from Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish, from de- + portāre to carry]

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late 15c., "behavior, bearing," from M.Fr. deporter "behave," from de- "thoroughly, formally" + porter "to carry, bear oneself;" original sense preserved in deportment. Meaning "banish" is first recorded 1640s, from Fr. déporter, from L. deportare "carry off, transport,
banish;" associated by folk etymology with portus "harbor." Deportee first attested 1895.
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fatigue life

the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
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Gram"ma*tist\, n. [L. grammatista schoolmaster, Gr. ?, from ? to teach the letters, to be a scribe: cf. F. grammatiste. See Grammatical.] A petty grammarian. [R] --Tooke.
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kid vid

noun Informal.
television programs, television programming, or videotapes for children.
Also, kid-vid.

1970–75; kid1 + vid(eo) Unabridged
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mystery shopper

Main Entry:  mystery shopper
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a person hired to secretly assess the goods or services of a shop, restaurant, etc.; also called secret shopper
Example:  The stores have mystery shoppers and restaurants have food critics.
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pineal eyne

pineal eye

an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.
Also called third eye.

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pineal eye
an outgrowth of the pineal gland that forms an eyelike structure on the top of the head in certain cold-blooded vertebrates

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A sensory structure capable of light reception, appearing as a spot on the top of the head in lampreys, hagfish, amphibians, and some reptiles, especially the tuatara. Pineal eyes can contain a rudimentary cornea, lens, cone cells, and retina, and are thought to be sensitive to light and dark but not to be able to form images.
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propjet engine

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reading, 1st marquis

Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
a city in Berkshire, in S England.
a city in SE Pennsylvania.
a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
a city in SW Ohio. Unabridged
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reading (ˈriːdɪŋ)
1.  a.  the act of a person who reads
 b.  (as modifier): a reading room; a reading lamp
2.  a.  ability to read
 b.  (as modifier): the reading public; a child of reading age
3.  any matter that can be read; written or printed text
4.  a public recital or rendering of a literary work
5.  the form of a particular word or passage in a given text, esp where more than one version exists
6.  an interpretation, as of a piece of music, a situation, or something said or written
7.  knowledge gained from books: a person of little reading
8.  a measurement indicated by a gauge, dial, scientific instrument, etc
9.  parliamentary procedure
 a.  the formal recital of the body or title of a bill in a legislative assembly in order to begin one of the stages of its passage
 b.  first reading second reading See third reading one of the three stages in the passage of a bill through a legislative assembly
10.  the formal recital of something written, esp a will

Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ)
1.  a town in S England, in Reading unitary authority, Berkshire, on the River Thames: university (1892). Pop: 232 662 (2001)
2.  a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 100 (2003 est). Area: 37 sq km (14 sq miles)

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s. anthony

[an-tuh-nee for 1, 2; an-thuh-nee for 3; an-thuh-nee or, esp. British, -tuh- for 4]
Saint, a.d. 251?–356?, Egyptian hermit: founder of Christian monasticism.
Susan Brownell [brou-nel] , 1820–1906, U.S. reformer and suffragist.
a male given name: from Latin Antonius, a family name.
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Anthony (ˈæntənɪ)
Saint. ?251--?356 ad, Egyptian hermit, commonly regarded as the founder of Christian monasticism. Feast day: Jan 17

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masc. proper name, from L. Antonius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- probably suggested by many Gk. loan words beginning anth-, e.g. anthros "flower," anthropos "man"); St. Anthony (4c.), Egyptian hermit, patron saint of swineherds, to whom one of each litter was usually vowed, hence Anthony
for "smallest pig of the litter (1660s; in condensed form tantony pig from 1590s). St. Anthony's Fire (1520s), popular name for erysipelas, is so called from the tradition that those who sought his intercession recovered from that distemper during a fatal epidemic in 1089.
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[Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tuh-fil-in; Sephardic Hebrew tuh-fee-leen]
plural noun Judaism.
the phylacteries.
Also, tephillin.

1605–15; < Hebrew təphillīn, akin to təphillāh prayer

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in Jewish religious practice, one of two small, black leather, cube-shaped cases containing Torah texts written on parchment, which, in accordance with Deuteronomy 6:8 (and similar statements in Deuteronomy 11:18 and Exodus 13:9, 16), are to be worn by male Jews of 13 years and older as reminders of God and of the obligation to keep the Law during daily life. The name phylactery is derived from the Greek phylakterion, meaning amulet.

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Wadi Halfa

[wah-dee hahl-fuh]
a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.
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Wadi Halfa (ˈwɒdɪ ˈhælfə)
a town in the N Sudan that was partly submerged by Lake Nasser: an important archaeological site

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wadi halfa

town, extreme northern Sudan. It lies on the east bank of the Nile River 6 miles (10 km) below the Second Cataract, just south of the Egyptian border. Located within ancient Nubia, the town and its environs are rich in antiquities; the ruins of Buhen-an Egyptian colony of the Middle Kingdom period that existed until Roman times-lie across the river. A terminus of both railway and steamship lines, Wadi Halfa is an agricultural and commercial centre serving both Egypt and The Sudan. In the 1970s it was the focus of archaeological activities to save Egyptian monuments from inundation by Lake Nasser (the reservoir formed above the Aswan High Dam), a fate that part of the town shared. Its populace was relocated at New Halfa to the southeast near Kassala town.

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blow a fuse

2 [fyooz]
Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit. Compare circuit breaker.
verb (used with object), fused, fusing.
to combine or blend by melting together; melt.
to unite or blend into a whole, as if by melting together: The author skillfully fuses these fragments into a cohesive whole.
verb (used without object), fused, fusing.
to become liquid under the action of heat; melt: At a relatively low temperature the metal will fuse.
to become united or blended: The two groups fused to create one strong union.
Chiefly British. to overload an electric circuit so as to burn out a fuse.
blow a fuse, Informal. to lose one's temper; become enraged: If I'm late again, they'll blow a fuse.

1675–85; < Latin fūsus melted, poured, cast, past participle of fundere

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fuse or fuze1 (fjuːz)
1.  a lead of combustible black powder in a waterproof covering (safety fuse), or a lead containing an explosive (detonating fuse), used to fire an explosive charge
2.  any device by which an explosive charge is ignited
3.  blow a fuse See blow
4.  (tr) to provide or equip with such a fuse
[C17: from Italian fuso spindle, from Latin fūsus]
fuze or fuze1
[C17: from Italian fuso spindle, from Latin fūsus]
'fuseless or fuze1

fuse2 (fjuːz)
1.  to unite or become united by melting, esp by the action of heat: to fuse borax and copper sulphate at a high temperature
2.  to become or cause to become liquid, esp by the action of heat; melt
3.  to join or become combined; integrate
4.  (tr) to equip (an electric circuit, plug, etc) with a fuse
5.  (Brit) to fail or cause to fail as a result of the blowing of a fuse: the lights fused
6.  a protective device for safeguarding electric circuits, etc, containing a wire that melts and breaks the circuit when the current exceeds a certain value
[C17: from Latin fūsus melted, cast, poured out, from fundere to pour out, shed; sense 5 influenced by fuse1]

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1680s, "to melt," back formation from fusion. Figurative sense of "blending of different things" is first recorded 1776. Related: Fused; fusing.

also fuze, 1640s, from It. fuso "spindle" (so called because the originals were long, thin tubes filled with gunpowder), from L. fusus "spindle," of uncertain origin. Influenced by Fr. fusée "spindleful of hemp fiber," and obsolete English fusee "musket fired by a fuse." Meaning of "device that
breaks an electrical circuit" first recorded 1884, so named for its shape, but erroneously attributed to fuse (v.) because it melts.
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  1. A safety device that protects an electric circuit from becoming overloaded. Fuses contain a length of thin wire (usually of a metal alloy) that melts and breaks the circuit if too much current flows through it. They were traditionally used to protect electronic equipment and prevent fires, but have largely been replaced by circuit breakers.

  2. A cord of readily combustible material that is lighted at one end to carry a flame along its length to detonate an explosive at the other end.

  1. To melt something, such as metal or glass, by heating.

  2. To blend two or more substances by melting.

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blow a fuse

Also, blow a gasket. Lose one's temper, express furious anger. For example, When his paycheck bounced, John blew a fuse, or Tell Mom what really happened before she blows a gasket. An electric fuse is said to "blow" (melt) when the circuit is overloaded, whereas a gasket, used to seal a piston, "blows" (breaks) when the pressure is too high. The first of these slangy terms dates from the 1930s, the second from the 1940s. Also see blow one's top; keep one's cool.

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Coons, George W, (C. & Beatty,) eseast side Fourth ssouth of Cedar
Coons, A J, M. D. , 18 Vine
Coony, James, laborer , nsnorth side St Charles wwest of Eighth
Coop, J, engineer , swsouth west corner Thirteenth and Washington-av,
Cooper, William, portrait painter , 20 Market
Cooper, Richard H, locksmith , sssouth side Washington-av.avenue wwest of Tenth
Cooper, W G, tailor , eseast side Tenth nnorth of Carr
Cooper, William R, carpenter , nenorth east corner Eighth and Carr
Cooper, G B, carpenter , boards at Casterline’s
Cooper, William B, clerk , eseast side Fifth nnorth of Rutger
Cooper, Thomas, mason , wswest side Ninth ssouth of Market
Cooper, Abraham, laborer , wswest side Carondelet-road eeast of Park-av,
Coote & Cozens , surveyors , 52 nnorth Second
Coote, Clement W, (C. & C.) 52 nnorth Second
Cope, James N, tobacconist , boards at Burleigh’s
Coppleman, John H, cabinet-maker , wswest side Fourth nnorth of Morgan
Coply, Richard P, pedlar , wswest side Second ssouth of Cedar
Copp, Saml, clerk Protection Ins. Agency , boards at 50 Olive
Corby, William H, engineer , wswest side Fifth nnorth of Wash
Corcoran, John, near Arsenal, delegate from First Ward
Cordes, Deidrich, grocer , nenorth east corner Fifth and Olive
Cordes, A C, grocer , sesouth east corner Fifth and Convent
Cordy, Henry, drayman , eseast side Seventh near Pine
Corl, J H, gauger and inspector , 35 nnorth Front — dwdwelling , 53 nnorth Fourth
Corley, W C, chair-maker , 22 Pine — dwelling, 96 Olive
Cormack, J B, pilot , boards at Fifth-ward-house
Cormany, N R, publisher German Tribune , 21 Vine
Cormi, Bernard, carter , sssouth side Morgan wwest of Seventh
Cornell, James H, cabinet-maker , 45 Market, upstairs
Cornforth, W, shoe-thread manuftr , sssouth side Locust wwest of Fourth, upsupstairs ,
Cornick, Tulley R, attorney at law , nenorth east corcorner Eighth and Locust
Corson, John, clerk , nenorth east corner Eighth and Franklin-avenue
Cortambert, L R, French Consul , 17 ssouth First
Cosgrove, Jane, teacher , 9 nnorth Third
Costillo, Edward, boards at Mrs Smith’s
Cottage Arcade , 52 Pine
Cottrell, G W, hatter , nsnorth side Wash eeast of Eighth
Cotter, —, shoemaker , 76 Market
Couchom, Alexander, confectioner , eseast side Second ssouth of Almond
Coughlin, David, brass-founder , swsouth west corner Sixth and Green
Coulter, William, carpenter , sssouth side Morgan wwest of Twelfth
Coulter, G W, 162 nnorth Fourth
Coulter, William B, grocer , 162 nnorth Fourth
Coulter, William, brickmaker , Loretto ssouth of Marion
Courtenay, Thomas F, clerk at W W Thompson & co.’s
Courtenay, Charles(Pomarede & C.) corner Second and Olive
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At 12:05pm on February 24, 2011, weaktit said…

I'd be glad to play a round or two with you though I am still pretty much a novice but getting better.

If by "new course" you mean Alton Baker? There was the second public meeting last night (23rd) in Eugene where the discussion was pretty promising. It seems like the main issue is finding a concessionaire willing to enter into a contract with the city in order to accept fees (pay-to-play) and manage the course. It also appears to be a short term (5yr) course due to the original master plan for the park which never included a DG option, plus the anticipated "carrying capacity" sustainable as the park becomes further developed in the coming years. We'll see.

 Or perhaps you meant the 9 hole Christian College course which has been completed on their campus near Churchill High School off Bailey Hill Road. <This is a nice, moderately technical short course which is a great addition to the area and should help relieve some of the pressure on Westmoreland. Of course by the time you come back to Oregon, Dexter should also be newlike due to massive changes occurring there. The new park ranger has developed an Oak rehabilitation management plan which includes cutting many, many trees and even eliminating some of the alternate pin placements. Many trees have already been cut and more are slated to go which will certainly change the character of this course. :(

Take care,

At 12:49am on February 24, 2011, weaktit said…
Re: Crunch Box.
Thanks Skipper!
I've got to get some 'play' monies together before I can buy, but when I do I'll get back to you.
Enjoy the Hawaii weather. We're supposed to get 2-4 inches of snow here in the Willamette Valley in the next 24-48 hrs.
At 6:16pm on February 17, 2011, mr ed said…

Update on the putters:Both hit chains well within the 25 ft range for me.However,if you hit metal they will ROLL almost back to your starting putt area.Short game seems to be off/on at present.Arthritic wrist could be main problem,but a bad day on the dg course is better then bad at work;>}

At 5:36am on February 12, 2011, mf100forever said…
Yes I was the one asking about shipping Sweden, and was bugging you via email also ;-D.
At 4:37am on February 8, 2011, Kazuhiko Gomibuchi said…
I watched your video.
The Hawaiian course is characteristic.
The course near the sea is wonderful, too.
I think that I want to do round sometime.
At 7:51am on February 6, 2011, Mike McFarlin said…
Two kids with one on the way, and you bought a minivan to hold more discs.  Yeah Right. Welcome to the ranks of daddy chauffer.
At 4:11pm on February 1, 2011, Ghost said…
I have heard nothing but good things about your putters. I really hope the PDGA approves them.  I will be ordering some off you when I can afford them.  Can't wait to see what the future holds for RIP.
At 6:57pm on January 28, 2011, mr ed said…

My condolences to you and family on your family loss.

On a bright note,thanks for the discs.recieved them in the mail today.They both helped my putting game right off the toss;>}I've been putting,using the Mark Ellis 5th one counts putting game.Not only did they hit chain,but grabbed the basket rim and fell inside!Four different sets of 6 putts each,5th one only really counts.3 out of the 4 sets had both putters grab chain and stay.Big improvement for my putting.

Outside rim is simialr to the ABCDiscs money putter,but grippier.Relic bead is similar to the money putterHard inner plastic similar to the Wizzard&Zone.Other reliable putters Iv'e always had are the Aviar &Pro Challenger putters.Posted on the rip disc site here on DGRus for additional read.hope that the PDGA finds these discs to there liking,legalize and will be in my bag along with other discs you have in the future.Best of luck bro.You're on track.Peace,mr ed

At 3:32pm on January 22, 2011, mr ed said…

Looking forward to give your putters their workout.Perhaps chains will ring better...ACE !!

Will email you the results after their trial in fire! ;>}

At 9:15pm on January 21, 2011, baggybears said…
Too bad, they look too much like you to pawn 'em off on anyone else, so you are stuck with them! :)
At 6:26pm on January 21, 2011, baggybears said…

Yes I want to have dinner with you. Now if you could only find someone to watch the kids!

At 8:21pm on January 20, 2011, mr ed said…

Sounds great! Check will be in the mail tomorrow{Friday..1/21/11}Thanks,mr ed

At 6:45pm on January 20, 2011, mr ed said…

Sorry i missed out on this deal.Interested in your next batch.Post on my page when they're available.Check will be in the mail.Thanks,mr ed.

Address: Ed Horst

             21344 Wardell Ave,Port Charlotte,Fl 33952

At 8:14am on January 20, 2011, Destraayer said…

Sounds good to me!!!

Just make sure you let me know in advance when you need more artwork. Always happy to help :)

At 10:41pm on January 19, 2011, Destraayer said…

here's my address: Derek Straayer 541 College Ave SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503

I've seen the pictures and comments so far I must say I'm excited to try them.

At 10:22pm on January 19, 2011, Ben Calhoun said…
Thanks a bunch! We'll test them out and the word will spread quick around here.
At 8:49am on January 17, 2011, Destraayer said…

Hey Skipper,

Sounds good about the next logo. Just remind me when the time is nearing close by for your next disc release.

Also: here is my mailing address for the Graboide and another disc you want to send me (lol). I'll make sure I post an honest review of them.

Derek Straayer: 541 College Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Keep up the good work!

At 3:13pm on January 14, 2011, mr ed said…
Hey now,thanks.Red for Valentines,,hmmm.Lol
At 8:16am on January 3, 2011, Adam Briggs said…

Skipper that new putter you are coming out with, do you have any info on that.  Maybe as far as what it would be similar to.  I may be interested in purchasing one once you receive them in.

Thanks Adam

At 8:45am on January 2, 2011, Adam Briggs said…

Hey Skipper-

I looked all through your page and I decided on a disc.

176g Discraft Elite-Z Buzzz.  This is one of my favorites. I am currently down to my last one.  I lost two of them last fall.  My address:

Adam Briggs

101 N. Fremont St.

Coldwater MI 49036

And again thanks so much for doing this.  It is an awesome thing what you are doing.

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Bloomberg: Gas Shortage Could Go on For 'Days'

Gas is being delivered to New York City, but that doesn't mean you'll get any anytime soon, mayor said.

At a press briefing Saturday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned the public that although gas supply chains were being restored, it might "take a few days," to feel the effects.

On Friday night, the "Buckeye Pipeline," which services New York City, brought in 100,000 barrels of fuel to the five boroughs, the mayor said.

But that doesn't mean you'll have gas to get to work Monday.

“As I have cautioned, it may take a few days before you see the real effects of this additional supply at your neighborhood service station," Bloomberg said.

But he added, on the up side, less gas means less traffic. "There should be considerably less congestion on our roads from here on out," he said.

The comments came after the U.S. Department of Defense set up mobile fueling stations in each borough (including at the Brookyn Armory at 1579 Bedford Avenue) and across Long Island, offering free gas with a 10-gallon limit per person.

But after long lines formed, the state Division of Military and Naval Affairs issued an advisory asking the public to stay away until more fuel is released.

Thomas J Breuers November 05, 2012 at 11:01 AM
bloomberg has never tried to hide his disdain for drivers and cars, nor the residents of queens and staten island, where public transportation is spotty at best. I would not be at all surprised if our mayor who stole his last election was not doing everything that is within his power to cause this gas shortage to continue.
c c cody November 05, 2012 at 02:12 PM
conspiracy theories at a time like this do more to polarize people and downgrade their good intentions; maybe the entire atlantic coast is in a huge conspiracy organized by all the mayors. Think this through a little more ... stealing and voting are two different venues.
Andres Castro November 06, 2012 at 09:40 AM
Bloomberg has added millions to his personal bank account and increased his power tenfold since becoming mayor while our standard of living has been diminished and we have more homeless than ever. Clearly the man knows what he is doing. Stay out of his way, and let him his do his job. Andres Castro
BRADY November 06, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Andres if you check ,since comming to NYC he has added Billions to his bank account not millions
Andres Castro November 06, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Thanks Brady, I stand corrected.

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Abstract:Schema matching attempts to discover semantic mappings between elements of two schemas. Elements are cross compared using various heuristics (e.g., name, data-type, and structure similarity). Seen from a broader perspective, the schema matching problem is a combinatorial problem with an exponential complexity. This makes the naive matching algorithms for large schemas prohibitively inefficient. In this paper we propose a clustering based technique for improving the efficiency of large scale schema matching. The technique inserts clustering as an intermediate step into existing schema matching algorithms. Clustering partitions schemas and reduces the overall matching load, and creates a possibility to trade between the efficiency and effectiveness. The technique can be used in addition to other optimization techniques. In the paper we describe the technique, validate the performance of one implementation of the technique, and open directions for future research.
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The IOC's decision to remove one of its oldest sports sent shock waves throughout the wrestling world. Patch wants to know what you think.

The recent decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the 2020 Summer Games stunned and disappointed wrestling coaches across metro Atlanta.

The IOC’s decision really hit home with Patrick Ryan during the recent Georgia  wrestling championship tournament in Macon. Ryan, Lithonia High School’s wrestling coach, said his all-time best wrestler told him, “I don’t even want to wrestle anymore.”

“Here is my all-time greatest wrestler, telling me he wants to quit,” Ryan said, “and I had to convince him to keep going.”

In a secret vote, the International Olympic Committee’s executive board decided to eliminate wrestling from the Olympics. The committee agreed to pare down the 26 sports it features to 25 so that a new sport could join the lineup in 2020. Wrestling has a chance to make it back into the Olympics, but the Los Angeles Times said that was unlikely now that it has been cut.

What do you think about the IOC’s decision to remove one of its oldest sports? Do you think the IOC will reverse its decision, or is wrestling gone for good? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.

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Brett February 21, 2013 at 10:17 PM
Bull - you are obviously only speaking for yourself and everyone has different tastes. I have absolutely no interest in "synchronized" anything, and think swimming is boring. But I wrestled myself and love the sport. The groundswell of support for wrestling around the world should be enough to tell you that many do enjoy the sport, and my guess is it will be reinstated.
Steven L. Adams February 22, 2013 at 03:10 PM
As a former HS and College wrestler, my opinion is bias. For most legitimate wrestlers (i.e. no WWF or other clowns), the Olympics are your Super Bowl. It represents the pinnacle of the sport. For many wrestlers, it starts in elementary or middle school. Although it is looked upon as a team sport due to the format of cumulative scoring, it is the only sport that truly puts one on a solo stage as a combatant proving your worth and laying it all on the line for both personal and team achievement. In eastern European countries, Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling are national sports and, in their individual views, equal in status to the NFL, NBA or MLB. Best of all, a wrestler doesn't have to be 6'6", 300lbs. to be able to compete on an equal basis due to all matches being set-up according to weight class. Yes, maybe the average American considers Olympic-style wrestling to be not all that exciting. But, on a world-wide basis, it is considered to be a major athletic endeavor. If TV ratings and sponsorship money are the factors which were significant factors in wrestling being initially eliminated from 2016, then the international governing bodies of the sport need to do a much better job of marketing the sport's stars in order to increase view participation and enhance sponsorship possibilities.
Brett March 14, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Well said Steven. I'm also admittedly biased, and I find wrestling to be one of the most exciting sports. Personally, I find most of the swimming and running events to be boring, and the idea of adding synchronization to anything is utterly meaningless as far as I'm concerned. But I respect that others enjoy it, and there are kids all over the world training for these events and I'd hate to see them taken away. The worldwide effort to keep wrestling in the Olympics is massive, and my hope is this situation will end up being a marketing coup for the truest sport that exists (my opinion).
steve dewig March 14, 2013 at 01:22 PM
I think wrestling was part of the original Olympic venue...way back in hysterical times of the first Olympics. So why remove it?
jMichael March 14, 2013 at 02:12 PM
I think you meant to say "historic" times.

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   Following a minor medical procedure recently, I had to be slapped awake from what was presumably a slightly overlong stay in Never-Never Land.
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    Later in the week, another health care professional I know said he presumed it was Propofol, “what killed Michael Jackson.”
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    She told me, with a smile, that the new ones, albeit they cost around $3,000, were so good that “people are always bringing them in asking me to tone them down.”
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    My audiologist said that my wife, for one, would be happy that I could hear better, presumably inasmuch as I would no longer have recourse to plausible denial.
    She handed me the silenced hearing aid as I got up to leave, saying hopefully, “Maybe it will revive with some C.P.R.”
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I emerged from our Board of Ed Curriculum Committee meeting yesterday smiling.? Despite agreement by Karl Wheatley and John Thompson, regular commenters on Flypaper, about the need to define curriculum before we start talking about it (see Curriculum Confusions), I was heartened by the fact that the dozen teachers and administrators sitting around?our conference table?didn't discuss the definition ? though I'm sure each had a different idea about what it was.? A few years ago, I would have been discouraged by that fact -- but?a few years ago the discussion would have gone like this: We don't have a curriculum. Yes we do. No we don't.? Then again,?a few years ago, we didn't even?have a Curriculum Committee!? As a friend of mine told me recently, you don't have to talk about Hirsch anymore.?

In fact, at the local level, in New York state and many other places, thanks to the tireless efforts of a generation of reformers ? I am lucky enough to have gotten to rub intellectual elbows with some of the best, at Fordham and Education Next and Core Knowledge ? the curricular train is finally on the tracks and pulling into a district near you. And guess what?? The teachers are so relieved!

For the first time in my district, teachers are talking about aligning content, vertically and horizontally. Okay, so it's just a reading textbook (Journeys), but it is the first time that K?6 teachers have ever used the same text!? And they love it. And Yes, teachers are not necessarily the best people to be writing K?6 curriculum (please, no threats!), but the process of entering the names of the subjects they're covering and the documents and books their kids are reading in Rubicon Atlas -- and adding to it from sources like the Common Core -- has begun the process of seeing schooling as a true scaffolding of knowledge, specific, content rich knowledge. And, importantly, they have come to begin to grasp the essential concept of ?common knowledge? as?a common content language, a means of communicating, a standard by which to judge differentiation. They are understanding?its benefits?for productive group activity, learning,?and growth ? and I am confident that they will begin to see that this has implications for our country. ?

We've come a long ways in my district. When we were interviewing for a new superintendent three years ago, each board member was allowed to ask the candidate one question (pre-approved by the rest of the board and asked of each candidate). Mine was something to the effect, What did you think of E.D. Hirsch and the views he expressed in his book Cultural Literacy?? It was a trick question, obviously, and it worked: none of the six candidates admitted to not reading Hirsch, but all of them gave great speeches about bringing diversity training to the district.? Except for one of the six (and he was 25-year-veteran teacher and principal), all of these people were veteran superintendents, all having ten to fifteen years of administrative experience under their belts.? My view then ? and now ? is that no one in education can be taken seriously on the subject of curriculum unless he has read Hirsch.

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Real men talk, they don't text

By Roxanne Jones, Special to CNN
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  • Jones: When it comes to romance, pick up the phone or talk face to face

Editor's note: Roxanne Jones is a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and a former vice president at ESPN. She is a national lecturer on sports, entertainment and women's topics and a recipient of the 2010 Woman of the Year award from Women in Sports and Events. She is the co-author of "Say It Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete" (Random House) and CEO of Push Media Strategies.

(CNN) -- That's it. Starting today the next guy to text me and ask me on a date will be deleted from my cell phone -- permanently.

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Save texting for simple stuff: Let's meet at 8 p.m.? Do you like sushi? Or even, you looked so hot last night! When it comes to texting, the KISS rule applies -- Keep It Simple Stupid.

Now of course, there are times when a "U & I R DUN" text may be in order. But that rule is only acceptable if you've gone out once or twice and had an awful experience. Dumping or even divorcing someone via text message is just cowardice. It's a punk move but it happens quite often and not just among teens, as pop star Katy Perry tells us in the July issue of Vogue magazine.

"He's a very smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him," Perry says, of her ex-husband Russell Brand. "Let's just say I haven't heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011."

It's best to say good riddance to a loser like Brand. Because while it may be cute for teenagers to text their sweetheart all day and night, that is really no way for intelligent, confident adults to communicate.

"People can hide themselves in a text message," warns Bela Gandhi, founder of Smart Dating Academy in Chicago.

"When you talk to someone on the phone that's when their true personality starts to shine. Hearing someone's voice tells you if they are positive or negative, or enthusiastic about life. The voice conversation is very important. It keeps people from hiding. The phone is a screener."

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As a happily single woman, I am shocked at how many professional, attractive and otherwise intelligent men have no idea how to hold communicate effectively by phone or face to face.

Real communication often takes courage. It's not easy to drop our defenses and reveal our insecurities to one another, especially if we've gotten our feelings hurt a few times. But developing your emotional intelligence is a critical ingredient in all healthy adult relationships.

A short text in the middle of the day to let someone know you are thinking of them is a sweet gesture. But if you imagine that sending a daily barrage of texts, such as "driving to work, heading to lunch, or just left a meeting" is a romantic way to show you are thinking of your partner, think again.

Or texting in the middle of the night. I once dated a 50-something guy who thought it was romantic to send me a "good morning" text at 4:30 a.m. Good grief. When the chime on my phone jolted me awake, I panicked: "Someone must have died," I thought. Why else would anyone text me at this hour? Bad move.

"Texting is not the place for anything serious. Never handle something over text that should be handled in person or over the phone. This just shows that you are a weakling who deserves a good slapping. Swallow your fear, and pick up the phone." says relationship expert Michael Masters, author of "TextAppeal -- For Guys! The Ultimate Texting Guide."

Don't get me wrong, no one has time to be on the phone all day every day, but I can guarantee you that if the woman you're dating would rather text you than call, the relationship is over.

Also, it's best to avoid needy "Crack Texting." "This is hands-down the number one mistake people make," says Masters. Texting is best used as a slowly developing conversation. And the benefit of texting is that you actually have time to think before you blast off an inappropriate message. I like Masters' rule: "The hotter the person is, the less you should be texting them. Don't be needy."

The lost art of offline dating

I get it. I love technology and I text, tweet, tumblr, pin, and share on Facebook with a passion. Social networking is an integral part of my life. But when it comes to romance, women still need to hear your voice or look you in the eye when we're talking.

"[Research shows] that about 93% of how we make our first impressions of people within 30 seconds of meeting them is nonverbal communication -- body language, voice tone, personal appearance ... " Gandhi reminds us. "And relying on texting to build a relationship is a recipe for miscommunication, and premature intimacy."

Don't let technology turn you into a coward who is afraid of real conversation, or sharing yourself in any meaningful way. Don't be a Russell Brand. If you have more virtual friends on Facebook than you do in reality, it's time to reevaluate your life. Get out there make a few actual friends, in person.

Dating is easy. It's risky. But it is not nearly as complicated as many people make out -- as long as you actually like yourself first and are basically satisfied with your own life.

I admit there is one date text I always will answer: "Want to go to the Knicks game tonight?" Now that message just might be the start of a beautiful relationship.

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  • Eighteen-year-old sets championship record in winning 200m backstroke final

(CNN) -- American teenager Missy Franklin claimed a record-equaling fifth gold medal in the 200m backstroke final at the swimming world championships in Barcelona on Saturday.

The 18-year-old cruised to victory in a championship record time of two minutes 4.76 seconds to claim a second consecutive world title in the event.

Australia's Belinda Hocking took the silver with Hilary Caldwell from Canada claiming bronze.

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Compatriot Tracy Caulkins was the first to achieve the feat in 1978 with Australia's Libby Trickett also claiming five golds in 2007.

Franklin's 200m backstroke victory adds to wins in the 100m backstroke, 200m freestyle, the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays.

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The Colorado teenager's success at the 15th FINA world championships builds on a sensational Olympic debut in London last year.

The then 17-year-old walked away with four golds, a bronze and two world records in the 200m backstroke and 4x100m medley.

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Prices for tickets to the NFC Divisional Game are listed as high as $5,555.55.

From nearly $200 to thousands of dollars — that’s the price range you’re looking at if you’re still on the hunt for a ticket to the NFC Divisional Game this Saturday.

Tickets to the 49ers playoff game went on sale for face value on 10 a.m. Monday but sold out within three minutes.

And while the face value of one ticket to the game at Candlestick Park ranged from $114 to $429, one ticket will now can cost you up to $5,555.55, which is how much one ticket is selling on StubHub.com and that’s without a parking pass.

Costs for tickets are similar on Craigslist, where tickets are listed from $250 each to nearly $1,000 each.

The game will begin at 5 p.m. at Candlestick Park on Saturday.

So Niners fans, how faithful are you? Are you willing to spend that much cash to show off how gold-blooded you are? Share your thoughts below.

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Willy R. Valera January 11, 2013 at 12:44 AM
I got my tickets!!
Ken Harrison January 12, 2013 at 04:18 AM
It's only a game, for god's sake. It doesn't even matter. How can somebody take this so seriously?

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