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Founded in 1893, the Municipal Art Society (MAS) has helped create a more livable city by advocating for the quality of the built environment through excellence in urban planning, design, preservation and placemaking through the arts.

From saving Grand Central Terminal and the lights of Times Square to establishing groundbreaking land-use and preservation laws that have become national models, MAS is at the forefront of New York’s most important campaigns to promote our city’s economic vitality, cultural vibrancy, environmental sustainability and social diversity.  MAS is a convener of ideas and an advocate for solutions aimed at achieving a high quality of life in all of New York’s communities.  We strive to ensure that the city’s leadership fully debates New York’s prospects for improved livability and includes the public in the discussion.

MAS has played a critical role in the creation of the New York City Planning Commission, Design Commission and Landmarks Preservation Commission; and served as incubator for such civic organizations as the Public Art Fund, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Historic Districts Council, Park Avenue Armory and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance.

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1893  MAS is founded to beautify New York City parks and public buildings with murals and sculptures financed by membership dues.

1902  New York’s first major tree-planting campaign, the “Block Beautiful” movement, begins as a private MAS initiative.

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1978  The MAS campaign to save Grand Central Terminal, led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is victorious when the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms the constitutionality of the Landmarks Law.

1979  When Radio City Music Hall is threatened with demolition, MAS fights to block construction of an office building on the site.

1980s  As Lever House is threatened with demolition, MAS helps designate it a landmark, saving the first New York City modern landmark.

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2006  Following six years of coalition building and advocacy that includes successfully championing a waterfront committee of the City Council, MAS launches the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance as a new organization.

2007  With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, MAS presents the ground-breaking exhibition and public program series, Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York.

2009  MAS generates new ideas for the future of Coney Island through ImagineConey, a series of public forums and online submissions.

2010  MAS releases its inaugural MAS Survey on Livability at the first annual MAS Summit for New York City, bringing together top urban academics and thought-leaders to identify the most significant challenges to the city’s future.

With the Preservation and Climate Change Campaign, MAS emerges as a leading voice promoting the link between historic preservation and energy efficiency, convincing City leaders to include preservation as a goal of its sustainability PlaNYC 2030.

MAS launches a campaign to preserve the Garment District, one of our city’s last industrial and entrepreneurial hubs.

Construction begins on Moynihan Station, a project MAS has long championed.

2011 Based on ideas generated through a community charrette, MAS publishes design guidelines for a new waterfront park on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan.

MAS launches an energy demonstration project at the Henry Street Settlement to show how historic buildings can become more energy efficient without significant aesthetic changes or large capital outlays.

MAS partners with Community Solutions to examine public housing in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

2012  MAS convenes a broad group of city-wide stakeholders to plan for a holistic approach to the future of East Midtown’s public realm and built form at the time of Grand Central Terminal’s centennial.

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Two more days until Orioles pitchers and catchers report to the Ed Smith Stadium complex. Seems like the right time to name a dark horse candidate to break camp with the club.

The Orioles signed pitcher Alfredo Aceves to a minor league deal on Jan. 15. He received a spring training invite.

He’s my guy.

Aceves will work out as a starter in camp, according to manager Buck Showalter. He’s more likely to find a spot in the bullpen, though he becomes a candidate for the back end of the rotation if the Orioles don’t sign a veteran starter.

When I asked executive vice president Dan Duquette last month about Aceves’ role, he replied via text, “His job is to get the hitters out when he is on the mound.”

Aceves could take on that responsibility in a set-up role while Tommy Hunter tries his hand at closing. He also could work in a long relief role. The bullpen has a few vacancies at the moment.

Aceves has made 15 starts among his 194 major league appearances over six seasons. He’s 30-14 with a 3.69 ERA and 29 saves, including 25 in 2012.

Last year, Aceves went 4-1 with a 4.86 ERA in 11 games, including six starts, with the Red Sox. He was 4-2 with a 4.25 ERA in eight starts at Triple-A Pawtucket.

Aceves was impressive in the Mexican Winter League and allowed four earned runs in 14 innings in the Caribbean Series.

Unfortunately, Aceves has gained more attention for his explosive personality. The suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team” after his blowup with former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine. The dugout confrontation with second baseman Dustin Pedroia. His role in the brawl between Mexico and Canada in the World Baseball Classic.

Showalter had a conference call with Aceves, pitching coach Dave Wallace and bullpen coach Dom Chiti during the mini-camp in Sarasota. I’m sure clubhouse chemistry was discussed at length.

“He was good,” Showalter said. “You could tell he had some things he wanted to say as much as ask. It was good. It was interesting hearing his decision about why (he chose the Orioles) and who else was offering on him. He has three other pretty solid offers pretty close to ours and at least one in the American League East.

“He’ll come in here initially as a starter. He said he’d do whatever, but I think he was happy to hear we’d go down that road to start with.”

Aceves is guaranteed $1.2 million if he makes the big league club, with a chance to earn $3 million if he reaches incentives. Both sides have protection in this contract if it doesn’t work out.

I’m predicting that Aceves earns a spot in the bullpen, the chances increasing after they failed to sign a closer. The Orioles have a bunch of right-handed candidates, but his versatility and past success in the majors could give him an edge.

Feel free to pass along your dark horse candidates.

Note: In case you missed it, MASN has added a seventh game to its Orioles spring training broadcast schedule - Wednesday, March 19 at 1 p.m. against the Tampa Bay Rays at Ed Smith Stadium. The game will be rebroadcast at 9 p.m.

With this additional game, the Orioles’ spring training broadcast schedule on MASN HD will be as follows:

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* Friday, March 7 at 1 p.m., Philadelphia Phillies vs. Orioles (replay at 7 p.m.)
* Saturday, March 8 at 1 p.m., Boston Red Sox vs. Orioles (replay at 7 p.m.)
* Saturday, March 15 at 1 p.m., New York Yankees vs. Orioles (replay at 7 p.m.)
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* Wednesday, March 19 at 1 p.m., Tampa Bay Rays vs. Orioles (replay at 9 p.m.)
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BOSTON – As part of Women’s History Month, Attorney General Martha Coakley is highlighting the ways Massachusetts led the battle for gender equality throughout history.

“Women’s History Month should be a time of reflection, but also to look forward,” AG Coakley said. “We all stand on the shoulders of the brave women who made such great sacrifices to earn the right to vote. Now, we have seen women make great strides to serve as leaders in business, the not-for-profit world, and government. We must all commit to continuing that progress.”

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AG Coakley talked about the history of the suffrage movement in Massachusetts, the women who shaped it and the women forging new paths today. She noted that the efforts by Massachusetts to ensure equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people is part of this important legacy. AG Coakley also discussed the importance of women’s progress in the workplace across both public and private sectors, including equal pay and equal opportunity to fill leadership positions.

AG Coakley highlighted some notable Massachusetts women in history. She discussed Abigail Adams, wife of second President John Adams, as one of the earliest voices in America for equality and women’s rights. She spoke about Mary Upton Ferrin, who launched the suffrage movement in Massachusetts in 1848 and traveled 400 miles by foot collecting signatures to support the cause. AG Coakley also talked about Alice Paul, who represented the last generation of suffrage leaders and organized the first-ever pickets at the White House in 1914 and 1915. Paul and dozens of other women were imprisoned, went on a hunger strike, and were forcibly fed. However, their actions ultimately led to the passage of the 19th amendment.

The Mary Upton Ferrin Community Service Award was presented by the Peabody Area Chamber of Commerce. The award honors women in the Peabody community who demonstrate leadership, serve as role models and champion humanitarian efforts. This year, the Chamber of Commerce presented the award to Maria Ferri, the vocational education director at Peabody High School.

The Ad Club Women’s Leadership Forum is an annual event for the advertising trade association, and each year it recognizes an inspirational group of women for their leadership qualities and accomplishments. The theme for this year’s forum was “Women We Admire.”

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Author: Thaxter, John
Recipient: Adams, Abigail
Date: 1781-04-01

John Thaxter to Abigail Adams

[salute] Madam

I have been duly honoured with your two favours of the 18th. of Novr. and 8th. of December.1 I am much obliged by the particular Account You have given of the Rise, Progress and fatal Issue of the fond Attachment of Mr. C. to Miss P.2 I confess with great Candour it contains many Circumstances hitherto unknown to me. I have indeed, Madam, an unavoidable and involuntary Share in the dreadful Catastrophe of this unhappy Man. The Story in itself is affecting—but the polish and Ornaments of your Pen together with those Observations which your nice Sensibility has suggested and which are so judiciously interspersed have rendered it peculiarly interesting. I have weeped his Fate as a Brother—nor is the unhappy Lady less an Object of my tenderest Commiseration. Would to God I had never seen the unfortunate Pair! It has been a Source of constant Misery to me, but this last and fatal Event has been painful and afflicting to an extreme degree. I do not however reproach myself. I have felt Stings and Arrows, but not those of Guilt or Remorse, tho' equally poignant. I am fully confident that I stand justified and acquitted of the least Shadow or particle of Criminality—I may have been innocently accessary.——There are undoubtedly bounds set to the Sacrifices which one may and ought to make to promote the Happiness of another—how far the Obligation may extend in a Circumstance similar to her's or mine, is a Question that involves so many Considerations and interests so much the Passion of Self Love and the social feelings, that it is of difficult Determination. Philosophy has very little to do in general in governing the decision. It is a most unhappy Dilemma—so strong is the desire of promoting our personal Felicity, so essential a Spring is it of our Actions, so fixed are we in deriving it from Objects where our Hopes centre, that, however disposed We may be to advance { 96 } each other's Happiness, yet in Cases of Competition between personal and relative, the former turns the Scale but too commonly. In an Object so essential as the Choice of a Companion for life, it is proper that it should.——You observe I may be disappointed in my fair American—it is very possible and I think upon the whole very probable. I wish her to observe in that Case the same degree of Generosity, which I hope I may say without Vanity I have shewn in a similar one, and that the Issue of my Affection may not be so melancholy as that of the Gentleman who makes the Subject of your excellent Letter. I am as little capable as ambitious of female Conquests. I wish to merit the Esteem of all the fair, and boast the particular Affection of but one. I may be unhappy—may I be innocently so.
As to the fair Maroni, the Vestal Nun, it is long since I have seen or heard from her. The best Answer I can give is in adopting the Words of Your Quotation, stripping it of its Interrogations and substituting an Affirmation, viz. that her “Passions are all sublimated, and the Love of God substituted to that of Man,” &c. &c. I am not sufficiently acquainted with her history to determine absolutely her Motives for entering that gloomy Abode. If I was to hazard a Conjecture, I should attribute her Motive to an enthusiastic Zeal rather than to “disappointed Love.” It is a silent Retreat for “hopeless Passion,” where Sighs, Tears and Woes to the unfeeling speechless Walls are rais'd and shed, but rais'd and shed in vain.
Accept, Madam, my most grateful Acknowledgments for your kind Attention to what is most dear to me, that is my Reputation, which those have attempted to asperse, whose Approbation would be its greatest Blot. There are some Persons in that Town, whose Element is Malice and Envy, who cannot bear to see a Character contrasted with their own. I despise their Calumny—I have little merited it. I feel the most sovereign Contempt for her who has said She could call me her own, or any other of the same Stamp there or in this Country.—God forbid that I should become a Slave to Wretches of that Cast.
The English are in open War with this Republick—have taken Statia, St. Martins and Saba,3 but yet the Dutch have not a Ship of War or even a Privateer as yet gone out to revenge these Insults. This Irresolution and Inactivity is unaccountable—But my Pen must stop.
My Duty, Respects, and Compliments, if you please, where they are respectively due. My Love to your amiable Daughter, am very sorry She is not to be persuaded to favour me with some of her in• { 97 } genious epistolary Productions. As to my fair American She is so curious about, I must refer her with the other curious young Ladies to her Aunt Cranch to whom I have written. I am with every Sentiment of Respect & Esteem Madam your most obliged & obedient Servt.,
[signed] J.T.
1. That of 18 Nov. has not been found; that of 8 Dec. is printed above.
2. Nathaniel Cranch and Elizabeth Palmer; see Richard Cranch to JA, 26 April 1780, in vol. 3 above, and note 5 there.
3. Three small and more or less adjacent islands in the Lesser Antilles, St. Eustatius, St. Martin, and Saba, all Dutch possessions except St. Martin, which was divided with France. St. Eustatius, a free port, had served as an important depot for the transshipment of supplies from Europe to America throughout the war. In the winter of 1780–1781 its harbor and warehouses were crammed with ships and goods vital to the American war effort and to the welfare of Dutch merchants and capitalists. Even before the British declaration of war on the Dutch in December 1780, secret orders had been prepared for Admiral Rodney and his fleet in the West Indies to attack St. Eustatius in case of war, and on 3 Feb. 1781 Rodney fell upon the virtually unfortified island and received its absolute surrender. When the news of this devastating loss reached the Netherlands in March, it had a profound effect, dampening what little popular enthusiasm remained for war with England and cutting off all prospects of a loan to the United States. See the classic study by J. Franklin Jameson. “St. Eustatius in the American Revolution,” AHR, 8:683–708 (July 1903); and, for the calamitous effect of the loss on the Dutch business community, see the letters of Jean de Neufville & Son to JA in March and April, esp. 21, 27 March (Adams Papers).
Much of the enormous booty which was taken and which Rodney had counted on to make himself rich, was before long retaken by a French fleet that intercepted a British convoy off the Scilly Islands; see JA to AA, 16 May, below. Nor was this the final irony that sprang from the capture of St. Eustatius. Jameson pointed out, as did contemporary critics and later naval historians, that Rodney's lingering for more than three months at St. Eustatius had disastrous consequences for Great Britain in the war. While Rodney gathered his treasure, “De Grasse, watched only by Hood, had slipped around the shoulder of Martinique and joined the other French ships in the roadstead of Fort Royal. Yorktown itself might never have happened if this juncture of the French had not been effected, and in all probability it would not have been effected if Rodney, with his whole fleet, had been where Hood wished him to be, to windward of Martinique” (Jameson, p. 706–707).

Docno: ADMS-04-04-02-0067

Author: Thaxter, John
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 1781-04-05

John Thaxter to John Adams

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Knowing that the Fever of your dear Charles is a Source of continual Anxiety to You, any thing tending to decrease or remove it cannot fail to be agreable. The Fit of this day was mild and only of an hour and an half or two hours duration. It came on at ten—he laid upon his Bed during the Fit, and rose up after it very gay and merry, { 98 } dined with Us and has been in good Spirits all the Afternoon, and is now reading Gil Bias very devoutly—he will have an easy Night of it. The Professor1 has been here and says every thing goes on agreably to his Wishes.
I have recieved the English Papers that Mr. De Neufville forwarded.

[salute] I have the Honour to be, with the most perfect Respect, Sir, your most obedient & most humble Servant,

[signed] J. Thaxter
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Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2016.


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a code with great accuracy and speed! Well done!

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This is a very useful script. Thanks for sharing. I noticed that you are storing a lot of memory for items you don't need. As an example you never use the full Lp, set to zeros(N1,N2). Only the highest order is needed. If I comment out all but the last occurrence of Lp the script generates the same results. You could do the same for L(N1,N2) since you only need 3 values of k at any step in the calculation. Just a thought.

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01 Nov 2010 David E. Horsley

Brilliant piece of code! I have been using this quite a lot without trouble. I'm always amazed that how quickly Gaussian quadrature converges.

29 Oct 2010 Orkan Umurhan

Thank you very much. The results are good and there are no problems with the accuracy of the approach nor are there any issues with normalization as some people above suggested. I have checked the integration for a wide range of reasonable functions and the numbers check out just right. Thanks!

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Excellent! Thanks for sharing. Do you have a reference for your algorithm?

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works well in emag apps for tough integrands, fast and simple function

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My QUADG function in the quadrature category contains a subfunction called "gausslegendre" that does an equivalent computation using EIG; it can be used as a separate function if desired.

I don't know about the accuracy of your approach, but if I remember correctly the algorithm I had used is considered quite accurate. It's also very fast.

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No one likes looking older . . . which is why we spend billions of dollars every year on over-the-counter products, prescription creams and fillers, and, most drastically, cosmetic surgery. Do any of these actually work to reduce the signs of aging? In many cases, yes — at least temporarily. But given the considerable costs and potential risks, it's important to be smart in your choices.

How to find a doctor? A good first step is to make sure the doctor is board-certified by the appropriate organization (the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, the American Board of Plastic Surgery or American Board of Otolaryngology, for instance). Check with your state medical board to see if the doctor has complaints on file.

Dermatologists can prescribe skin creams, perform laser skin-resurfacing and chemical peels and administer injections. Surgical procedures can be performed by plastic surgeons and some ear, nose and throat doctors (otolaryngologists).

When you pick a doctor, ask how often and how frequently he or she performs the procedure that you're having. If the doc works from an outpatient surgical center, ask whether he or she has hospital privileges should any problems arise during your surgery.

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1. Retinoid creams

Many over-the-counter products claim to help fight wrinkles; topical retinoid (derived from vitamin A) creams may be the best bet. "They're the only thing that's been proven to get rid of wrinkles that you already have," says Leslie Baumann, a Miami Beach, Fla., dermatologist in private practice and the author of "The Skin Type Solution: A Revolutionary Guide to Your Best Skin Ever" (Bantam). You can buy an over-the-counter retinoid for less than $20. Dermatologists can prescribe stronger retinoid creams, such as Retin-A, than what you'll find on store shelves.

2. Over-the-counter peptide creams

Creams containing peptides — short snippets of linked amino acids — can reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, but haven't been shown to work as well as retinoids. As skin ages, it loses collagen and becomes wrinkled and thin; creams containing peptides are supposed to encourage the skin to make new collagen. Peptides are found in a variety of products, from the inexpensive to the very expensive, but you don't have to ante up to get their benefit, advises Jeffrey Benabio, a dermatologist who writes The Dermatology Blog ( He says Olay Regenerist (which costs less than $20) is as good as the pricey stuff.

3. Microdermabrasion

Microdermabrasion uses tiny, fine particles or a very hard diamond-tipped wand to slough off cells from the top layer of the skin and encourage new skin growth. The procedure is usually not painful, though it can be uncomfortable, and it doesn't require an anesthetic or recovery period; skin heals quickly. You may require multiple procedures spaced a few weeks apart.

It also might be a good idea to discuss which technique your doctor plans to use, as a study published in October in Archives of Dermatology found that a rougher buffing of the skin is better than a lighter touch. The average cost of microdermabrasion was $164 in 2008, according to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. Because the effects last only between three and five days, some may not find it worthwhile, Baumann says.

4. Laser skin resurfacing

Laser resurfacing uses high-intensity light to zap and improve the look of wrinkles and scars by tightening loose skin. The effect of your treatment and recovery time vary.

"We have lasers that can be superficial or intermediate and deep," says Bahman Guyuron, chairman of the department of plastic surgery at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, who has been researching cosmetic treatments for about 30 years. You may see redness from one day to two weeks, depending on how aggressive the treatment is, he says.

The average cost of laser resurfacing was $2,669 in 2008, according to the AACS. The benefits of laser resurfacing usually last between two and five years but if you smoke or don't use sunscreen, they're likely to be on the shorter end of that spectrum, says Baumann.

5. Chemical peels

Used to address mild acne scars, age spots, dull skin texture, skin discoloration or wrinkles around the eyes or mouth, chemical peels remove the outer layers of the skin and encourage the growth of new, smoother, more evenly colored skin.

Depending on the peel's intensity — which can range from superficial to deep — it may cause reddening and peeling that can last up to several weeks. The average cost for chemical peels was $672 in 2008, according to the AACS. The benefits of superficial peels last about a month, while deep peels have results that can last several years.

6. Botox or Dysport

Injections of the now familiar Botox or Dysport — which also contains botulism toxin — can paralyze tiny facial muscles, smoothing out the appearance of lines or wrinkles. The cost of Botox will vary depending on location and doctor, but averaged $443 in 2008, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery website. The effects of injections may last three to six months. The more injections you've previously had, the longer the results last, Guyuron says.

7. Filler injections

Injections of fillers containing hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring sugar that gets lost when you age, can fill in lines and wrinkles by plumping them up while adding volume to skin, says Baumann. The average cost of treatment was $589 in 2008, according to the AACS. The effects generally last between six months and a year.

8. Cosmetic surgery

Lifting the skin on the face, neck, eyelids and forehead can give a tighter appearance. What were once traditionally open procedures with larger incisions can now often be done endoscopically, with smaller incisions strategically placed in difficult-to-detect areas, such as under the hairline. The procedures can run a few thousand dollars. Face-lifts were the most expensive cosmetic procedure in 2008, with an average cost of $7,007, according to the AACS.

The effects of cosmetic surgery are somewhat permanent. If a person looks 10 years younger as a result of having surgery, Guyuron says, that person will always look 10 years younger.

9. Prevention

If the measures mentioned here sound extreme and expensive, start wearing sunscreen every day to lessen cumulative exposure to the sun, which can wreak havoc later in life, says Angelo Cuzalina, president of the AACS. "When (people) were younger ... they didn't think (the sun) caused any bad signs. Now they're really feeling the effects of it 30 years later."

Healthful eating and regular physical activity also play into skin health. Some doctors, Cuzalina included, will not perform surgery on patients who are so overweight that it might jeopardize post-surgical results. Cuzalina usually refers obese patients to a weight loss clinic before he'll operate.

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    Johnson, farm and ag business management specialist for Iowa State University, offered some eye-opening crop price forecasts Monday at his crop marketing strategies presentation, sponsored by the McDonough County Farm Bureau.
    Supply will be high this year, he explained, which will result in farm prices much lower than those seen in the fluke years of 2010 and 2011. The weather has been more favorable and a price rally is not likely to come.
    “U.S. farmers are going to plant three and a half fewer acres,” Johnson said, citing the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for 2014. “But we’re going to grow just as many bushels of corn on fewer acres, that is yield. Ethanol demand remains strong, but we don’t need quite as much for livestock. We’re missing feed, and we’re missing exports.”
    Deciding factors for the low crop price this year can be attributed to the loss of seven million hogs to Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus and the approach of El Nino around the southern American region.
    Some farmers plan to rely on the high farm prices that were present in the recent past, Johnson said, but they will soon find that much of their crop will end up in storage, a costly practice that could lose farmers money.
    Soybean prices will also be down by a fairly large margin from $13.10 in 2013 to $10.75 in 2014 due to this current crop being the largest amount of bean acres planted in history, he said.
    During this time of high yield, management of sales is more important than ever. Johnson advised to consider forward contracts and, barring that, to utilize hedging to assure the crops sales throughout the year. He recommends a pre-harvest sell for up to 136 bushels per acre, though not all of that has to be committed.
    “You can commit those bushels for delivery, sell part to the co-op, part to the ethanol plant, part to the bean crushers, part to the river,” Johnson said. “You don’t have to wait until October and then figure out what you’re going to do with it.”
    Another part of the lecture emphasized by Johnson was the importance of purchasing crop insurance to ensure that farmers are hitting the monetary goals that they set for themselves.
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    Johnson pushed for the purchase of crop insurance as well as the focusing on the seasonal highs in the spring summer months on March through June. Additionally, Johnson said farmers should expect a letter from the FSA to determine the historical base acreage for each firm.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated in March that c. diff kills 14,000 people a year, based on death certificate records. A USA Today analysis of records from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, however, found more than 30,000 c. diff fatalities per year, and suggests as many as 500,000 infections every year. The newspaper's own analysis looked at hospital billing rates rather than death certificates, which do not always list the cause of death as complications from c. diff.

Due to the high volume of resident transfers, it can be difficult to pinpoint when and where c. diff infections start since the infection can originate in a hospital or in a nursing home, officials said.

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Leading video game accessory manufacturer BLAZE is pleased to announce their latest Fitness First licensed product. The Wii Fitness First Soft&Safe sports pack for the Nintendo Wii, adds fun and safety to your console based“Family Olympics”, allowing you to concentrate on giving it your all.

The invention of Wii Mote controller attachments have made it possible for us to put ourselves in the very heart of the Wii Sports action, making every movement count in the challenge to beat your friends and enemies. There is nothing wrong with healthy competition and family rivalry, but physically beating your opposition is something that is definitely frowned upon!

The problem with these original attachments is the danger of getting too involved in the action, violently swinging away and causing damage to your home, and more worryingly, your friends and family members faces!

The BLAZE World First Wii Soft and Safe Sports pack aims to rid the world of these unfortunate mishaps being made of family safe soft foam materials. The fear of smashing your grandma’s glasses is a thing of the past, leaving you to enjoy the Wii Sports resort action and give it your all at this year’s family Christmas party!

The new soft and safe sports pack contains realistic sporting attachments including all you need to go for gold. These attachments include a bow, handle bars, frisbee, paddle, and bat which are all fully motion plus compatible and can be used with Wii Sports Resort and any other Wii Sporting title.

Simply clip your Wii Mote into the sports attachment of your choice and you are instantly transported into the game. Whether you are an archery sharp shooter, top frizbee flinger, rowing legend, table tennis guru or a cycling grand master, the new BLAZE Soft&Safe Sports pack gives you the tools to beat your opponent and the game, and helps you look the part too!

The BLAZE Fitness First, Soft&Safe Sports Pack will be available in November at a price of£19.99, from, and all leading video game accessory stores.

The direct link to the official BLAZE product page is below:

Fitness First is group with over 550 clubs worldwide spanning 19 countries.  The brand is universally recognized as a symbol of fitness and wellbeing.

The fast emerging interactive fitness market has seen over 20m Wii Fit® balance boards sold worldwide. This figure is set to rise as new software products are developed for the format.

 BLAZE and Fitness First recognized the opportunity to enhance the overall interactive fitness workout experience, by introducing a range of high quality accessories.

Jason Cooper, Chairman of Blaze Europe Ltd commented:

“We are delighted to be working with Mel B and Fitness First. We believe these are the perfect brands for our fitness range”

David Langridge, head of group marketing at Fitness First:

“The group is on mission to make the world a fitter place, so products which enhance our core business fit into this perfectly.’’

Information about all BLAZE products can be found at

Craig Bennett

(+44) 01302 325225

Suzanne Nurse

(+44) 07717686255

About BLAZE Europe Ltd

Blaze Europe is a world leading developer and distributor of quality accessories and software for video game consoles, handheld media devices and PCs.

With over 20 years of experience in the sector, the research and development team continually create a product range that is designed to meet the needs of a fast changing business, in a fast changing market. This team has established BLAZE as an innovative and high quality brand.

BLAZE have recently added a stable of licenses to their products. These include Fitness First, Mel B, Sega Megadrive, Mr. Men and Liverpool Football Club.

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Countdown to EA/Take Two decision begins

Electronic Arts is just hours away from finding out if it has won over Take Two’s shareholders – and successfully acquired the company.

It’s a fascinating time for those that love their numbers; with the big question – will EA CEO John Riccitiello push his bid even higher as time ticks away?

EA’s $2 billion tender offer is set to expire today – and Riccitiello et al need to convince at least 51 per cent of Take Two investors to sell up in order to claim the company.

The current $25.74 per share bid (around $2.1 billion) has already been amended once, but Take Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick is still encouraging investors to hold out – and so far, he looks to have been successful.

However, one of the longest sagas in video games business history could also be extended by even more time today – as predicted by Lazard Capital Market analyst Colin Sebastian – giving EA a precious extra few days to convince Take Two stockholders.

Wall Street confidence in that eventuality appears to be dropping – EA’s shares fell or 2.4 per cent to $51.52 in the US yesterday, whilst Take-Two gained 1.3 percent, to $27.33.

As Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter told MCV this week:

“It really depends upon whether Take-Two is willing to deal with EA on a reasonable basis, and ask for a price that is within range of EA's price ceiling.”

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Eden Games Utilizes Luxology's modo on Recently Released Test Drive Unlimited 2

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Feb. 28, 2011

GDC - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Feb. 28, 2011 - French game development studio, Eden Games, has recently used modo®, Luxology's® 3D modeling, painting and rendering software, to help the company transform the multiplayer driving game genre with the company's newest innovative and highly anticipated title. Eden Games turned to the company's dedicated Car Team - where modo is used exclusively - to design the highly realistic vehicles that are prominently featured in the action-packed release of Test Drive Unlimited 2 ( TDU2).

The sequel to the popular original Test Drive Unlimited , TDU2 is a massively open online racing (MOOR) game set on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza with over 2,000 miles of roadway and back roads. The experts on Eden Games' Car Team knew they needed to provide players with new and cutting-edge details and content. The game's luxury cars are a crucial part of the experience of playing TDU2 and needed to be just as beautiful as the real thing, which is why these experts turned to modo.

"Each car we modeled for TDU2 was a challenge because we only had 30,000 vertices to model the interior and exterior of the entire car," said Jonathan Marole, lead car artist at Eden Games. "Thankfully, with modo, we are able to easily model very detailed cars due to the software's advanced optimization techniques."

Although most artists within Eden Games use a variety of software programs, the Car Team uses modo exclusively due to its power, ease of use and advanced modeling toolsets. The team appreciates features like the reflection render, which is a great aid in controlling the normality of the mesh in order to perfect the reflection on the car and is vital when creating luxury cars on this caliber. The team also continually utilizes the multiple viewports and versatile work views provided in modo as they allow them to modify the shape of a car on the orthogonal viewport of one screen and immediately see the result in the rendered perspective of the second screen.

"Rotating and moving the views and working with objects was never so simple than with modo," said Clément Dieu, car artist at Eden Games. "Rotating the views is very important in car modeling to ensure the right shape of the car and modo is the only software I've found that does it so elegantly."

"modo is so versatile that it's like having my hands directly on the metal or the wood, just like a sculptor," said Dieu. "I started using modo in 2007 when I arrived at Eden Games and it showed me a completely new way of modeling and rendering. I have not used another 3D software program since!"

Test Drive Unlimited 2 is available now for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and the PC. For more information, please visit the official site at http://www.testdriveunlimited2.com.

About modo

modo is an innovative 3D modeling, painting and rendering software designed to accelerate the creation of world-class models, associated color and normal maps, and ultra high-quality renderings. modo's modern workflow and advanced toolset easily deliver enhanced productivity for 3D artists working in game development, design visualization, package design, film visual effects, video production and graphic arts. A favorite tool among many designers and artists, modo's innovative toolset offers one of the fastest paths to content creation on the PC and Mac. modo is available from www.luxology.com or through any of Luxology's authorized resellers around the world.

About Luxology

Based in Mountain View, Calif., Luxology® LLC is an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software that enhances productivity via artist-friendly tools powered by a modern underlying architecture called Nexus®. Founded in 2002 by Allen Hastings, Stuart Ferguson and Brad Peebler, Luxology is home to some of the top 3D engineering expertise in the industry. More information on the company, its licensable Nexus technology, its flagship product modo® and a gallery of artists' images from the active modo community is available online at www.luxology.com.

© Copyright 2011 Luxology LLC. modo and Nexus are registered trademarks of Luxology LLC., in the USA and/or other countries. All products or brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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GDC 2012 Adds Dragon Age, Space Invaders Infinity Gene, Journey Talks

This week, Game Developers Conferece 2012 is revealing a trio of notable new sessions, including the first Western appearance of Space Invaders Infinity Gene and Groove Coaster's creator, product ownership as it relates to Dragon Age, and the music behind Journey and Monaco.

The 26th GDC show will take place Monday, March 5 through Friday, March 9 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, and the Main Conference (March 7th-9th) offers six tracks covering key disciplines in the games industry, including Audio, Business, Marketing & Management, Game Design, Production, Programming, and Visual Arts.

The following lectures are the newest additions to GDC 2012's Main Conference:

- In a Game Design track talk simultaneously translated from Japanese, Taito chief game designer Reisuke Ishida will make his first ever Western speaking appearance, discussing his two recent signature titles in a lecture called "Five Techniques for Making an Unforgettable Game, Illustrated in Space Invaders Infinity Gene and Groove Coaster."

Using the examples of Space Invaders Infinity Gene a stylish, well-received 30th anniversary update of the classic game, and Groove Coaster a popular iOS exclusive music title, Ishida will explore the best ways to make a game stand out, even in the overcrowded market.

- Also added in the Production track is a talk dubbed "Ownership - Dragon Age Style," in which BioWare's Adriana Lopez will explain what "ownership" means, organizationally, in the context of handling a major video game franchise.

Using BioWare's acclaimed Dragon Age role-playing game franchise as an example, Lopez will detail the responsibilities of product owners and how they can leverage their control over a franchise to better manage their projects and maintain a fully-engaged team.

- Finally, in the Audio track session "Journey vs Monaco: Music is Storytelling," composer Austin Wintory will contrast two different video game scores he wrote in 2011, for both thatgamecompany's Journey and Pocketwatch Games' IGF-winning Monaco.

Wintory will detail the ways these two games use music to create narrative arcs and reconcile adaptivity, while also going over the audio production processes for both titles. Near the end of the talk, thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen and Pocketwatch Games' Andy Schatz will join the session for an audience Q&A on the construction of the games' audio.

Besides these announcements, GDC organizers recently debuted the show's first Summit sessions, featuring Playdom on the (lack of) iconic social game characters, SingStar creator Paulina Bozek on using apps for behavioral change, and Untold Entertainment on its viral hit Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure. Previously announced Main Conference talks include an in-depth look at Plants vs. Zombies, Naughty Dog's production cycle, and the art of Saints Row: The Third.

For more information on any of these sessions, keep an eye on the official GDC 2012 website, as more details will become available in the coming weeks. To ensure you receive the latest news about GDC 2012 as the event takes shape, please subscribe to updates from the GDC news page via Twitter, Facebook, or RSS.

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Lekool Odin Quest Press material

Lekool Inc. ( http://www.lekool.com) is a fast growing browser game and social game developer and publisher of online browser based game, with a sole aim to provide a fun and joyful environment to the gamers, lekool games has always believed in pushing the boundaries for our 4 million plus players by bringing the best games available out in the market.

After the very successful launch of Dragons Call 2, lekool games bring a brand new game, Odin Quest. Odin Quest is a browser-based online MMORPG, The story is based on Nordic Mythology.

Odin Quest Official Launch Begins on 14 th January 2013 at 7:00 PM PST

Players fight each other to gain supremacy. Choose from 5 different classes, have fun with your friends in PVP battles and other interesting systems like Alliance, Dungeon, City Battle, Alliance Battle, Burning Church, Shrine Church and many more features.

Awesome graphics, fast paced game, ferocious mounts await you in Odin, various and exclusive class system for heroes. Travel with speed of sound riding your mount in the game. Raid dungeons to gain items and equipment have to help you be the powerful warrior. Battle in the arena where once Gods fought each other once.

n  Multiple Class system featuring 5 different classes

n  Mind blowing graphics

n  PVP system and Arena system

n  Mount System

n  Alliance and Dungeon System

Lekool "http://www.lekool.com/home" games , is a fast growing browser game publisher. Lekool has won several awards and recognition worldwide. Lekool was awarded with ? The Company with most potential at the Second China Original Web Game Summit. Lekool was also rated as the 2 nd best gaming company 2011, in a vote event by bbgsite.  The company has published several  popular web games of 2012 like Dragons Call 2, Crystal Saga, Star Supremacy, Call Of HYPERLINK "http://cog.lekool.com/"Gods, Ninjawaz, Rich$tate, Senatry, Dragon’s Call, Business Tycoon, Warflow & Legends of Xian

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The Shark’s Focus On Organic, Fresh Foods

OCEAN CITY – A unique spot, The Shark on the Harbor, has become even more distinct this month by adding rare specials to their off-season menu.

It all began for The Shark, owned by Travis and Jody Wright, on 45th Street in Ocean City in May of 2000 but as the area become re-developed into condos they re-located to 46th Street where the restaurant operated for one year before moving to its current location in West Ocean City on the commercial fishing harbor.

Entering into their fourth year in West Ocean City, the Wrights couldn’t imagine The Shark on the Harbor being anywhere else.

“The best thing that ever happened to us was coming over here,” Travis Wright said.

Jody Wright said the goal was to find a more year-round location for their business and the couple identified West Ocean City as an area that was growing with residential support.

“I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else but here,” she said.

The concept behind The Shark is serving organic whole food. Most of their ingredients are bought directly from the local area, including seafood right off the boats that come into the fishing harbor to produce grown by local farmers. Just last week a delivery of mako, tuna, swordfish, opah, and flounder arrived at the harbor.

“We make real food from scratch,” Jody Wright said.  “We take very seriously eating whole and natural foods with as few preservatives as possible.”

Jody Wright pointed out that the relationship her husband has built with the local fishermen is one of a kind. Fishing boats stay in contact with him while they are out to sea letting him know what kind of fish is being caught so that The Shark’s dishes, and the menu subsequently, can be created before the fish even arrive. Once the boats arrive at the harbor, he will hand select what will be served to guests.

“I think something that our guests really enjoy is that we take such an active role in the actual fish selection and a lot of farmer’s plant on Travis’s direction,” Jody said. “He will actually ask for certain things and the farmers will plan to grow that certain product for us. We do take everything they bring us and we use it all.”

One item out of a long list of positives associated with The Shark’s location is its “cozy space”.

“I can still have my eyes on everything and still have some good conversations,” Jody Wright said.

For Jody Wright, one aspect that stands out in her conversations with diners is that they are always interested in knowing where the couple dine out in their spare time, which ultimately led to how The Shark’s new off-season promotions were born.

Along with the full menu, Mondays are Pizza Nights at the Shark. A trip to San Diego last year led the Wrights to a pizza establishment, Basic, which only provides one choice of salad, gourmet pizza and wine. The idea was born to have a Pizza Night, which includes a variety of home-made gourmet pizzas along with a few great wines priced affordably by the glass as well as craft brews.

“They [Basic] simply make fabulous pizzas with really good whole ingredients … and we loved it, we loved everything about it,” Jody said.

On Wednesdays, The Shark now offers a Small Bite menu, which was inspired by a restaurant in the Borgata in Atlantic City called Izakaya.

“It’s [Izakaya] a very modern funky fun atmosphere and it is all small bites, so small plates with two or three bites, four maximum per plate of really fabulously built dishes,” Jody Wright explained. “The beauty of a small bite dish is that every bite has been artistically prepared, kind of like a sushi roll, so that when you take a bite you get all the flavors.”

According to Travis Wright, each chef at The Shark creates a couple of choices to be served on the pizza and small bite menus usually days in advance.

“We are a very unique restaurant in the sense that we have a very collaborative team of people,” he said.

Another new item is Pop-Up Sushi Night. In the past, The Shark has offered sushi night once a week but has decided to take part in a national trend this year. The Wright’s will settle on what dates Pop-up Sushi night will occur and the date will be unveiled one week prior through Facebook or email blasts. The first Pop-Up Sushi night is tonight, Friday Nov. 18, featuring Sushi Chef Brook Lamar.

“This time it is a Friday but it could be any day, so pop-up,” Travis Wright said.

The Shark is also offering a traditional dinner on Thanksgiving this year as well as the full menu. The menu will include everything from deep fried turkey to all of the sides, wine and dessert. To make a reservation call 410-213-0924, or email Jody at

Examples of the pizza and small bite menus are available on the Shark’s website,, as well as other year round specials.


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Retired Water Taxi Ready For Sinking Off Coast

OCEAN CITY — The newest addition to Ocean City’s rapidly growing artificial system could be heading to the bottom any day now with the planned sinking of a 50-foot water taxi from Baltimore about five miles off the coast.

The Ocean City Reef Foundation is planning to sink the former water taxi as soon as a conducive weather window presents itself. The water taxi is the third of its kind donated to the foundation in the last year or so and likely the last for a while, according to Greg Hall of the Ocean City Reef Foundation.

“I think this is the last of them,” he said this week. “Three of them have been donated and this is the third and final one. It’s all ready to go. We just need a little window of decent weather.”

The 50-foot vessel has been completely stripped down in advance of the sinking, a rigorous task performed largely by Captain Monty Hawkins and his crew on the “Morning Star.” Sunset Marina provided the staging area for the mitigation of the vessel and Salisbury Brick provided a couple of large pallets of cinder blocks, which serve the dual purpose of weighting the vessel and contributing to the nooks and crannies needed for a successful artificial reef. High Tech Marine also provided welding services for the vessel’s eventual deployment.

Hall explained the vessel will be towed to an area near the existing Russell’s Reef site roughly five miles straight out from the Inlet. The addition of the retired water taxi will be named in honor of long-time fishing and reef building advocate and West Ocean City tackle and marine supply store owner Doug Ake.

Hall explained this week the complicated process for the sinking.

“After the vessel is completely stripped and cleaned, we cut holes in the hull and put patches on them,” he said. “Then, it’s towed to the destination and the patches are removed little by little so we can lower it on the reef. Hopefully, this one goes down easier than the last one.”

Hall was referring to another Baltimore water taxi sunk over the relatively new Jimmy Jackson Memorial Reef in the area of the Bass Grounds about seven or eight miles off the coast. The artificial reef was named for the late Jackson, a popular local and nationally known angler and sportfishing enthusiast who passed away in 2010.

Hall said that former water taxi is already achieving the desired results as an artificial reef.

“It’s crusted over pretty good already and it’s teeming with fish,” he said. “These water taxis are made of good steel and they’ll last a long, long time.”