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NASHVILLE - June 11, 2010 - The premiere of the 2010 CMT MUSIC AWARDS on Wednesday, June 9 scored with 3.04 million total viewers, making it the most-watched awards premiere in channel history. According to Nielsen Media Research, the two-and-a-half hour show scored a 1.42 rating among P18-49, up 19 percent over last year with an average 1.5 million viewers in the key demo. The show's performance from 8-10:30 p.m. drove CMT to become the most-watched network in the time period across cable with P18-49 and W18-49 impressions. More than 10.8 million viewers cumulative* tuned in for all related CMT Music Awards programming, including the live Red Carpet show and encore.
Hosted by Kid Rock, the 2010 CMT MUSIC AWARDS featured performances from country music's biggest stars, including Jamey Johnson, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban with John Mayer and Zac Brown Band. Presenters included "Dancing With the Stars" competitors Erin Andrews and Maks Chmerkovskiy, Laura Bell Bundy, Sheryl Crow, Paula Deen, Kara Dioguardi, Gloriana, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Terrell Owens, Hayden Panettiere, Richard Petty, Kellie Pickler, Jada Pinkett-Smith, LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, "Jersey Shore's" Snooki and The Situation, David Spade, Taylor Swift, Kenan Thompson, Carrie Underwood, Luke Wilson, Trisha Yearwood and Zac Brown Band.
The ratings success preludes a full slate of music programming for the network this summer. Making its summer return is the CMT hit series, THE SINGING BEE, hosted by Melissa Peterman, and the second annual BIG NEW MUSIC WEEKEND, a world premiere event debuting nine music videos from superstar artists on CMT, CMT.com and CMT PURE. Also premiering are new CMT CROSSROADS: JOHN MAYER AND KEITH URBAN and CMT CROSSROADS: STEVE MILLER BAND and KENNY CHESNEY.
The 2010 CMT MUSIC AWARDS can be viewed in their entirety at CMT.com. The show will be retelecast on CMT Friday, June 11 at 10:00 p.m.; Saturday, June 12 at 5:30 p.m., and Sunday, June 13 at 7:00 p.m. The 2010 CMT MUSIC AWARDS RED CARPET SPECIAL will re-air on Sunday, June 13 at 6:00 p.m. All times listed are ET/PT.
CMT, a unit of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), is the leading television and digital authority on country music and entertainment, reaching more than 90 million homes in the U.S. CMT and its website, CMT.com, offer an unparalleled mix of music, news, live concerts and series and is the top resource for country music on demand. The network's digital platforms include the 24-hour music channel, CMT Pure Country, CMT Mobile and CMT VOD.
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2 early-morning wrecks block I-26 traffic
NCDOT sets up detour
Drivers using Interstate 26 in North Carolina between Fletcher and Saluda got double-whammy traffic hit Tuesday morning.
First, a tractor-trailer overturned in the eastbound lanes just before 1 a.m. at mile marker 55 over the Green River Bridge in Henderson County, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
As a result, both eastbound lanes were closed, according to the NCDOT. As of 10 a.m., one lane has been opened to traffic. The other lane remains closed until the bridge can be inspected.
Motorists were advised to take I-26 east to exit 54, then take US 25 south to SC Highway 11 east, continuing on Highway 11 to rejoin I-26 East.
While crews were trying to remove the tractor-trailer from the interstate, another vehicle accident happened on I-26 in Henderson County west of Fletcher at mile marker 41 just before 3:30 a.m.
That wreck closed the left lane and was expected to remain closed until at least 5 a.m., according to the NCDOT.

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Of the nine kids born to Richard and Judy Perry of Freeland Street, everyone agrees that the family favorite was Dennis.
Gentle, happy and childlike, Dennis was born with a developmental disability and had an IQ of 40. But what he lacked in intellect he made up for with an infectious enthusiasm for just about everything — sports, animals, the Beach Boys, travel and family softball games that typically featured a beaming Dennis batting for both sides.
"Dennis was the life of the party," said his sister Nancy Perry Mias. "Everyone was drawn to him. He was so easy to please, and you just wanted to do things for him."
But Dennis was largely self-sufficient. As a teen he had become one of the first residents of the Templeton Developmental Center, a state-run facility for the mentally handicapped set on a bucolic 1,600 acres. Dennis would live there for more than 40 years; he adored his adopted home and took special pride in caring for the cows in the dairy barn.
On Sept. 16, his sister Nancy received a phone call from a nurse at the center. Dennis had fallen in the barn, hit his head and was on his way to Henry Heywood Hospital in Gardner. As Nancy raced to the hospital she received a second call, saying he was being airlifted to UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Dennis Perry spent 12 days in an induced coma at UMass before he died Sept. 27. He was 64. Just as his devastated family reeled from the loss, they received another unthinkable shock: Their brother's fall was no accident.
Three weeks after Perry was injured, state police arrested a 22-year-old resident of the Templeton Developmental Center on charges that he deliberately shoved him into a boiler in the barn. Two staff members witnessed the incident and told police that the attack was unprovoked.
Some would also argue that it was not unexpected. The alleged assailant, Anthony Remillard of Worcester, was a volatile man with a significant criminal history. He had been sent to Templeton over the objections of prosecutors who had requested he go to Bridgewater or Worcester State Hospital. Instead, he was allowed to enter Templeton in August 2012, while awaiting trial on arson charges.
But a Worcester Superior Court judge set conditions, one of which was that any incidents involving Remillard be reported to the court. Eight months before he shoved Perry in the barn, Remillard allegedly punched a staffer in the chest and had to be restrained. Templeton never reported the incident, investigators said.
"My concern is that a man is dead, and there were things that were supposed to happen that could have prevented this, and they didn't happen," District Attorney Joseph Early said last week.
Likewise, family members and advocates for the mentally ill demand to know why a man with a history of violence was placed with residents as gentle and innocent as Dennis Perry. The center has been slated to close for years, and while Perry was moved to a group home in Athol a year before his death, he still spent his days at Templeton.
Attorney Thomas Frain of Bolton, who specializes in cases involving developmentally disabled people, noted that the state is moving to privatize intermediate care facilities such as Templeton and that they don't accept many new clients, so most of the current residents are elderly.
"This population is old, frail and medically needy," he said. "Why were they holding someone violent and dangerous with a docile 64-year-old man? Someone is dead for no apparent reason. If you're going to take someone like that, you have an obligation to keep everyone safe. I think they should answer for what happened there."
But answers were hard to come by last week. Patricia Lyons, director of the Templeton facility, did not return phone calls. And questions put to Alec Loftus, spokesman for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, weren't answered in a brief email that referred questions to Early's office.
"In response to your basic questions about admission criteria and policies at Templeton Developmental Center, all individuals referred to TDC for admission must be eligible for supports by the Department of Developmental Services," Loftus wrote. "Staffing and clinical services are individualized for each person and DDS works to promote the health and safety of all residents."
Remillard, who had lived with his mother at 57 Lafayette St., was developmentally disabled and repeatedly found not competent to stand trial in previous criminal cases, according to court records. He had three cases pending before his admission to Templeton. His history includes charges that he hit his 12-year-old brother in the face with a baseball bat in May 2011, and that four months later he pulled a knife on someone and punched him in the face.
In May 2012, he allegedly set fire to a building at 50 Lafayette St., near his home. In June of that year he was admitted to Westwood Lodge due to a "psychotic break," and he cut off a GPS bracelet. In August, after Worcester State Hospital refused to accept Remillard because of the arson charge, he was sent by a judge to Templeton.
Remillard's treatment plan by DDS required that he be monitored by staff at all times except when in his room with his door alarm on, according to papers filed with the state Trial Court.
"A focus will be on treating others respectfully and accepting responsibility for his actions," the DDS treatment plan says.
The treatment plan failed, and so did administrators at Templeton. Not only did they neglect to report that Remillard allegedly assaulted a staffer, but they never reported the fatal attack on Dennis Perry. Instead, investigators learned of it from the medical examiner.
When state police went to arrest Remillard on Oct. 2 — three weeks after the alleged assault — they found him still living at the Templeton Developmental Center. And the Perry family only learned of the arrest in the newspaper.
Today, his siblings say they never would have allowed their brother to remain in a facility that housed violent criminals. They're saddened that such a senseless tragedy unfolded in the place he loved. And they can't imagine future gatherings without Dennis, the family favorite, who loved to buy them gifts with money he earned in the dairy barn.
"These people are the innocents of the world, and they need to be protected," said his sister Paula. "This didn't have to happen. ... People always said that Dennis was so lucky to have such a devoted family. But we were the lucky ones, to have Dennis for our brother."
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NORWICH (AP) -- Norwich police say an 80-year-old local woman has died after being run over by her own car outside her home.
Authorities say Sylvia Welling apparently forgot to put her car in park and was run over Thursday afternoon. Police and firefighters responded to her Meadow Lane road shortly before 3 p.m. after a neighbor called 911.
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Equity futures are zooming this morning as the Euronuts finally agree on a "deal." The dollar is therefore plummeting, bonds are falling, oil is zooming, silver is higher, gold is flat, and you also get to pay the price for their folly in the price of food commodities. Note that the Yen is rising to new all-time highs, something that they feel they must fight with more and more printing in defense – Gawd I love the smell of leverage in the morning!
On the deleveraging side, the deal in Europe gives the private Greek bondholders a 50% default which will take the advertised Greek debt down from 150% of GDP to "only" 120%! This aspect is a joke, of course, because 120% itself is completely unsustainable, but they will be back at 150%++ in no time considering how the central banks "rescue" (enslave) people.
On the leveraging side the two other aspects of the deal more than compensate for deleveraging associated with the haircut. Part one involves leveraging their "European Financial Stability Facility" (EFSF) by "four or five times!" Let me translate that for you – the EFSF has very little, if anything, real backing it. It is simply a made up devise of pretend money that they are now leveraging – leveraging the leverage if you will, which is a fancy way of saying that they are printing money from nothing.
Part two of their leverage game is that they conducted phony bank "stress tests," which they all passed of course, even though they are all functionally insolvent. Still, they are raising the capital requirement to 9%. Now, most people would put the raising of the capital requirement into the deleveraging category, but I ask those people one question to point them in the right direction, "Where does that capital come from?" Uh huh, once again we're talking about thin air here, and when we're talking money from thin air we're talking leverage even if said leverage is parked momentarily.
Here are the details of the plan, first from CNN:
Finally, Europe has a dealRemember when our banks were required to "raise their capital requirements?" Immediately Hank Paulson pushed for, and got, the ability to pay the banks for "excess reserves." Those "excess reserves" are now parked to the tune of $1.6 Trillion, all earning interest paid for by the people of the United States. The Europeans are simply taking from the playbook of the U.S.. All you need to do, then, is look at the result here – the stock market zoomed for a few months and then petered out, while simultaneously creating inflation for the things people need to live. There you go, expect more un/underreported inflation, and expect to revisit the Euro problem again and again until the people finally remove those who control the production of money.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- European Union leaders announced an agreement early Thursday on debt crisis measures, including a hard-fought deal with private sector investors to take a 50% loss on Greek bonds.
The agreement came at the end of marathon talks to finalize the policy response to the government debt and banking problems threatening the stability of the euro currency and global economy.
The response aims to resolve three related problems: the debt crisis in Greece, instability in the banking sector and a sorely outgunned bailout fund.
Under the new plan, Greek bondholders voluntarily agreed to write down the value of Greek bonds by 50%, which translates into €100 billion and will reduce the nation's debt load to 120% of economic output from 150%.
Charles Dallara, director of the Institute of International Finance, which represented the private sector in the talks, welcomed the agreement. In a statement, he said private investors agreed to the 50% discount "with the support" of €30 billion of official private sector funding.
The agreement also calls for a new €100 billion financing program for Greece, which will be funded partly by the International Monetary Fund, according to an official EU statement.
Stronger bailout fund: The leaders agreed on two ways to increase the firepower of the EU bailout fund, known as the European Financial Stability Facility. The methods will each leverage the fund by four or five fold, the statement said, boosting its resources to about €1 trillion.
The fund will be used to partially insure new issues of government bonds. In addition, it will be supplemented by the creation of one or more special investment vehicles, which will be open to private sector players such as sovereign wealth funds.
China has already expressed interest in backing the special investment mechanism. The possibility that China could back the the rescue effort helped lift U.S. stock prices late Wednesday.
Bigger bank reserves: The EU government heads also agreed to raise capital requirements for banks vulnerable to losses on euro-area government bonds.
"The overarching goal of the exercise is to foster confidence in the European banking sector," said European Council president Herman Van Rompuy.
Banks would be required to sharply increase core capital levels to 9% to create a buffer against potential losses.
Based on market rates in September, banks will need to raise a total of €106 billion to meet the new targets, according to the European Banking Authority.
That compares with estimates from the International Monetary Fund and private sector economists that ranged between €100 and €300 billion.
The banks would have until the end of June 2012 to meet those new requirements, according to a statement.
José Barroso, president of the European Commission, said the technical work needed to complete the measures will be completed "in the coming weeks."
"The key is implementation," said Barroso. "It is not enough to make commitments."
It's a dangerous game because inflation will eventually leave the majority of the population penniless.
More on the deal from Bloomberg:
EU Sets 50% Greek Writedown, $1.4T in Rescue Fund"Long on words, short on details…" That's because when you are making money from nothing, you don't want to tell the world exactly how you're going to do it, but it doesn't matter because printing money from nothing is still printing money from nothing, all of which goes to benefit those who produce it – the further you are from that production, the more economically disenfranchised you will be.
European leaders cajoled bondholders into accepting 50 percent writedowns on Greek debt and boosted their rescue fund's capacity to 1 trillion euros ($1.4 trillion) in a crisis-fighting package intended to shield the euro area.
The 17-nation euro and stocks climbed while bond spreads narrowed after leaders emerged early today from a 10-hour summit in Brussels armed with a plan they said points the way out of the quagmire, albeit with some details still to be ironed out.
"Overall the outcome is better than we anticipated one week ago," Laurent Bilke, global head of inflation strategy at Nomura International Plc in London, said in an interview. "There are several issues left open, but I do believe that getting a more necessary debt relief for Greece is a pretty important step."
Last-ditch talks with bank representatives led to the debt- relief accord, in an effort to quarantine Greece and prevent speculation against Italy and France from ravaging the euro zone and wreaking global economic havoc. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will address the nation at 8 p.m. in Athens to outline the summit's ramifications for the country at the eye of the two-year sovereign debt crisis.
"The world's attention was on these talks," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters in Brussels at about 4:15 a.m. "We Europeans showed tonight that we reached the right conclusions."
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Measures include recapitalization of European banks, a potentially bigger role for the International Monetary Fund, a commitment from Italy to do more to reduce its debt and a signal from leaders that the European Central Bank will maintain bond purchases in the secondary market.
The euro advanced to a seven-week high against the dollar, rising above $1.40 for the first time since September. It was at $1.4007 at 11:48 a.m. in Brussels. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index surged 2.6 percent.
"It's long on words, short on detail," said Peter Dixon, an economist at Commerzbank AG in London. "The solution that's been put in place now gives us enough ammunition to stave off any immediate problems but we may well run into other problems down the track."
The summit was the 14th in the 21 months since Europe pledged solidarity with Greece, and came amid mounting global pressure for the bloc to deliver a credible anti-crisis toolkit before a Group of 20 meeting Nov. 3-4 in Cannes, France.
Now turning back to the U.S. our trumped up Q3 GDP rose to perfectly meet the 2.5% "growth" expectations. Again, this is a completely bogus measurement with inflation way understated which overstates real growth. Also, they count the creation of debt, including our government's deficit spending, as "productivity." Oh yeah, we're producing something alright, we're producing money and leverage lots of it! Below is a chart showing the MZM money supply on the same graph as supposed GDP – note how they mirror one another, that's because they have been made to be one in the same:
GDP is not a measurement of "production," it is a measurement of money and moneyness. And the comparisons of debt to GDP are completely fallacious! What matters is not a nation's debt to the nation's trumped up "productivity," what does matter is the nation's debt compared to the nation's income! Comparing the nation's debt to GDP is like comparing your own debt to your neighborhood's productivity – what do they have to do with anything? Nothing! It's completely ridiculous! What matters in regards to YOUR debt is YOUR income – period.
Here's Econospin cheering the trumped up figures, buying into all the false constructs, and then perpetuating the myths:
HighlightsWoohoo, paartay!
Economic growth finally strengthened in the third quarter-and the component mix is more favorable than expected. GDP growth improved to a 2.5 percent annualized increase in the third quarter, following an anemic 1.3 percent in the second quarter. The advance estimate matched market expectations for a 2.5 percent gain.
Demand numbers also improved as final sales of domestic product increased an annualized 3.6 percent in the third quarter after a 1.6 percent rise the prior quarter. Final sales to domestic purchasers (excludes net exports) gained 3.2 percent, following a 1.3 percent gain in the second quarter.
Strength was led by business fixed investment with personal consumption expenditures gaining momentum also. PCEs advanced 2.4 percent, following a 0.7 percent rise the prior quarter. Strength was led by durables with services also accelerating. Nondurables growth was soft. Net exports improved but at a slower rate. Inventory growth was positive but at a slower pace. Government purchases-on weakness in state & local spending-were flat but an improvement over a modest dip in the second quarter. Residential investment posted a modest gain but slowed from the prior quarter.
On a year-ago basis, GDP is up 1.6 percent, matching the pace in the second quarter.
Economy-wide inflation according to the GDP price index held steady at a 2.5 percent pace and equaled consensus forecasts for a 2.5 percent boost.
Today's report is good news, showing that economic momentum has picked up a bit. The component mix is particularly encouraging as final sales have picked up.
Speaking of parties, Weekly Jobless Claims came in at 402,000, down 1,000 from the prior week, not the 6,000 as reported by the spinmasters following the +5,000 revision for the week prior data not reported by Econospin:
HighlightsThis number needs to be below 350k to reflect real job growth, it's been years of nothing but job shedding. Taking credit for "jobs saved," is nothing but more fraud designed to cover-up Fraud.
Initial jobless claims are holding steady in a narrow range just above 400,000. Claims came in at 402,000 in the October 22 week, a bit better than expectations. The four-week average of 405,500 is 10,000 below the month-ago period to hint at mild improvement for the October employment report.
Continuing claims in data for the October 15 fell 96,000 to 3.645 million with the four-week average of 3.701 million nearly 50,000 lower on the month-ago comparison. Improvement for continuing claims is an uncertain mix between hiring and benefit expiration. The unemployment rate for insured workers dipped one tenth to 2.9 percent.
There are no special factors in today's data, data continuing to suggest that employers, busy with production, are not scaling back their workforces.
Remember, once debt saturation is reached, adding more debt into the system only results in less real productivity and in higher unemployment. Not to worry, though, the Euroclowns have a deal.


text: An incredible past and an exciting future Known as the Gateway to the North, Newry sits snugly amidst the natural splendour of the Mourne Mountains and the Ring of Gullion. It's at the very heart of the Home of St Patrick, on the borders of Game of Thrones® Territory, and just a short trip away from the fairytale landscapes of Ireland's Ancient East. A heady mix of retro and modern gives this city a distinct edge, and Newry has firmly established itself as shopping heaven with locals on the island of Ireland. One of Northern Ireland's newest city it may be, but the past makes up an integral part of Newry's modern-day character. And there's a lot of "past" on offer – after all, human settlement here dates back to 4,000BC. In the 19th century, Newry was a bustling trading port, a place of merchants, markets and noisy city quays. A link to the city's industrious beginnings can be seen in its place names: Buttercrane Quay, Canal Boat Street and Custom House Quay. A flourish of rejuvenation means many historically significant buildings are intact once more, each with a little tale of their own. Shop 'til you drop If there's one thing that Newry city can do like nowhere else, it's shopping. Shopping centres such as The Quays and The Buttercrane house all the major stores and eateries you could wish for. But a jaunt out from the centres into the smaller shops comes with its own rewards, too, with niche retailers offering something unique. At Jack Murphy Jewellers, Gemma Murphy says the key to Newry's success is its reputation for traditional family-run businesses. "Newry is known for the quality of its customer service," she notes. "And that spreads through word-of-mouth all over Ireland and much further afield." When you're all shopped out, Newry is the perfect base to explore some of Northern Ireland's most iconic sites, such as the Mourne Mountains and the Gullion Way, the magnificent city of Belfast and tranquil Carlingford Lough. And just out from the city, the peace and serenity of Rostrevor Forest Walk is a refreshing change of scenery to the fast-paced thrum of Newry. Shopping AND serenity? Newry, we salute you. Take in the beauty of Northern Ireland County DownSomething's up in County Down – magic and mystery linger in the mountains, and the whole county buzzes with life. Newry: 5 things to doNewry may be a small city but it packs in the surprises, from history saved in stone to astonishing local legends. Belfast in 72 hoursTake in the sights and sounds of Belfast, home to the Titanic, natural beauty and a vibrant cultural scene.


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Google named Susan Wojcicki, also known as employee 16, as its new senior vice president of YouTube, it was reported today.
Wojcicki will succeed former YouTube head Salar Kamangar, who is now onto other projects, according to The Re/Code. Google chief executive Larry Page wrote in an emailed statement:
Salar and the whole YouTube team have built something amazing. YouTube is a billion person global community curating videos for every possibility. Anyone uploading their creative content can reach the whole world and even make money. Like Salar, Susan has a healthy disregard for the impossible and is excited about improving YouTube in ways that people will love.
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Wojcicki, Google's former senior vice president of Ads & Commerce who helped develop AdSense, will be succeeded by her colleague Sridhar Ramaswamy.
If Wojcicki sounds familiar, it may be because it was in her garage that Sergey Brin and Larry Page created Google. The Stanford grad students paid her $1,700 a month to rent the Menlo Park space. Her younger sister, Anne, also married Sergey Brin in 2007.


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That Burned-Over Place
One of the best books I've read in years is a short book originally published in 1983 by Paul Zahl entitled Who Will Deliver Us? The Present Power of the Death of Christ. Dr. Zahl plumbs the depths of the Gospel for everyday life in a paradigm shifting way.
Of the book, J.I. Packer writes:
Zahl knows the authentic gospel and the 20th Century human heart and probes deeply into both.
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A brave and honest book. An unusual combination of pastoral compassion and theological integrity.
His grasp of the demands of God's Law and the deliverance of God's Gospel is both deep and wide. But what makes this book a cut above the rest is Zahl's ability to connect the Law and the Gospel to our everyday fears, expectations, relationships, shattered dreams, and insecurities.
Speaking of the Law and the Gospel, he paints a vivid picture that reveals "our helplessness before the devastation and comprehensiveness of Divine expectation and how that helplessness creates the space for God's amazing grace and the freedom it produces":
I'm a little like the duck hunter who was hunting with his friend in a wide-open barren of land in southeastern Georgia, Far away on the horizon he noticed a cloud of smoke. Soon, he could hear the sound of crackling. A wind came up, and he realized the terrible truth: a brush-fire was advancing his way. It was moving so fast that he and his friend could not outrun it. The hunter began to rifle through his pockets. Then he emptied all the contents of his knapsack. He soon found what he was looking for–a book of matches. To his friend's amazement, he pulled out a match and struck it. He lit a small fire around the two of them. Soon they were standing in a circle of blackened earth, waiting for the brush fire to come. They did not have to wait long. They covered their mouths with their handkerchiefs and braced themselves. The fire came near–and swept over them. But they were completely unhurt. They weren't even touched. Fire would not pass where fire had already passed.
The law is like the brush-fire. I cannot escape it. But if I stand in the burned-over place, where law has already burned its way through, then I will not get hurt. Not a hair of my head will be singed. The death of Christ is the burned-over place. There I huddle, hardly believing yet relieved. Christ's death has disarmed the law. "Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Who Will Deliver Us? The Present Power of the Death of Christ (pg. 42-43)


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Viterra is pleased to announce it has launched the first and only full range of online contracting options for farmers in Western Canada through myViterra. Customers with accounts can now create basis, flat priced and fixed futures contracts in a few easy steps, providing them with the added convenience of contracting their grain anywhere, anytime.
"We place a high priority on leveraging our technology to meet the needs of customers, so they can capture opportunities in the marketplace through timely and accurate information," said Kyle Jeworski, Viterra's President and CEO for North America. "Initiatives like these are part of our overall focus on our customers to ensure we're acting on their feedback and aligned with their needs. As we move forward, we will continue making improvements to our technology to ensure we continue to be easy to do business with."
These upgrades to Viterra's mobile platform are the latest in a series of improvements the company has made to its suite of online tools since they were launched in 2008. Since then, the company has been steadily investing in its technology to ensure its customers have a simple and secure way of accessing the information they need to make business decisions for their farms.
Customers are encouraged to visit viterra.com or call 1-866-647-4090 to find out more about myViterra and to create an account.
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Viterra is Canada's grain industry leader, supported by the expertise of its people, a superior network of assets, and unrivalled connections to world markets. Headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, our commitment to agriculture goes back over 100 years, partnering with farmers to market and move their crops to areas of need around the world. Our continued focus on operational excellence throughout North America allows us to efficiently handle, process, distribute and transport grains and oilseeds. We provide further value to our partners through a wide variety of contracting and risk management tools to help them realize the full potential of their crops. For more information on Viterra in North America, please visit www.viterra.com. Viterra is part of Glencore Agriculture, a global market leader in originating, handling, processing and marketing agricultural commodities.
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Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure (20415)
Who should attend
The course is primarily intended for IT Professionals who manage the desktop environments for organizations, and want to specialize in Windows 8 desktop deployments. These IT professionals typically work in complex computing environments of large to enterprise-sized organizations. In addition. the secondary audience for this course includes IT professionals who want to take the 70-415: Implementing an Enterprise Desktop and Device Infrastructure exam as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure certification.
Before attending this course, students must have:
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP and networking concepts
- Solid knowledge of Windows and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)—for example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership
- Good understanding of scripts and batch files
- Solid understanding of security concepts such as authentication and authorization
- Familiarity with the client administration capabilities of Windows Server
- General knowledge of management tools such as System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager.
- Familiarity with imaging, packaging, and operating system deployment concepts
- Familiarity with certificates and Certification Authority (CA) implementation and configuration
- Knowledge equivalent to Windows 2012 MCSA
- Experience administering Windows Server in an environment that typically has the following characteristics:
- 2,500 to 50,000 or more users
- Multiple physical locations and multiple domain controllers
- Network services and resources such as messaging, databases, file and print, firewalls, Internet access, an intranet, and client computer management
- Support for Windows 8 client desktops
- Deployment and management of both physical and virtual applications
Course Objectives
This 5-day instructor-led course provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to plan, design, and implement a Windows 8 desktop infrastructure. The course provides guidance on planning and deploying desktops by using several technologies such as User State Migration Tool (USMT), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and more. Additionally, the course describes how to protect desktops and monitor their health and performance. After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Assess and determine desktop deployment options.
- Plan an image management strategy.
- Implement desktop security.
- Capture and manage a desktop operating system image.
- Plan and implement User State Migration.
- Plan and deploy desktops by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
- Plan and deploying desktops by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
- Plan and implement a Remote Desktop Services infrastructure.
- Manage user state virtualization for enterprise desktops.
- Plan and implement an updates infrastructure to support enterprise desktops.
- Protect enterprise desktops from malware and data loss.
- Monitoring the performance and health of the desktop infrastructure.
Course Content
- Module 1: Assessing and Determining Desktop Deployment Options
- Module 2: Planning An Image Management Strategy
- Module 3: Implementing Desktop Security
- Module 4: Capturing and Managing a Desktop Operating System Image
- Module 5: Planning and Implementing User State Migration
- Module 6: Planning and Deploying Desktops Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Module 7: Planning and Deploying Desktops by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
- Module 8: Planning and Implementing a Remote Desktop Services Infrastructure
- Module 9: Managing User State Virtualization For Enterprise Desktops
- Module 10: Planning and Implementing an Updates Infrastructure to Support Enterprise Desktops
- Module 11: Protecting Enterprise Desktops from Malware and Data Loss
- Module 12: Monitoring the Performance and Health of the Desktop Infrastructure
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Spring Training means tryouts for players' gloves
LAKELAND, Fla. -- The parade of glove manufacturers began to roll through Tigertown on Thursday, providing an annual reminder that it's not just Spring Training for players. It's training time for their gloves.
Spring Training is often the time when players start to break in new gloves, whether they plan on using them in the coming season or not. For some, it's an insurance policy for when -- or if -- their current glove finally breaks down. For others, it's more urgent.
"I got this one in Spring Training in 2012," utility man Don Kelly said, pulling a somewhat-worn infielder's glove out of his locker. "And I still haven't used it in a game yet."
Kelly has two six-year-old gloves that haven't worn down yet, though both are starting to tear despite his best efforts to preserve them. Every year, he looks at gloves in hopes of finding one with the same fit as those he currently uses. The same model glove, the same size, often feels completely different. In an emergency, he said, he can get a glove ready in two weeks.
It's a little less complicated for some younger players, especially outfielders.
"I'll play catch with it for about a week," Austin Jackson said.
But he tries to stick with the same model each time.
"If you try to change, it can mess with you," Jackson said. "It's all about feel."
Kelly's switch-hitting super-utility counterpart, Steve Lombardozzi, tries to keep things simple. He keeps two game gloves -- one for the infield, the other for outfield-- and two backup gloves.
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Clifford W. Houston, Ph.D.
Clifford W. Houston, Ph.D. is the Associate Vice President for Educational Outreach at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and holder of the Herman Barnett Distinguished Professorship in Microbiology and Immunology. Houston received his B.S. in Microbiology and Chemistry as and his M.S. degree in Biology from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, OK. Prior to accepting a faculty position at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), he was named a James W. McLaughlin Postdoctoral Fellow. As an administrator, he has played an active role in the Management Development Program in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University in 1994. While at UTMB, Houston served a two-year appointment as Deputy Associate Administrator for Education in the Office of Education at NASA headquarters where he provided day-to-day guidance for three primary divisions: elementary and secondary education, higher education and informal education.
Houston's honors include receipt of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring in 2000 as well as being selected to the International Who's Who Professional 1996 Program. He was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology in 1997 and selected for a Burroughs-Wellcome/ASM Visiting Professorship in 1999. Houston also served as the first African American to serve as President of the American Society for Microbiology and was selected to serve on the prestigious National Advisory General Medical Sciences whose members perform the second level of peer review for research and research training grant applications assigned to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Houston serves as the chair of the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Steering & Planning Committee and the American Society for Microbiology Education Board. Houston's research at UTMB has focused on the role that bacterial toxins play in the pathogenesis of disease. Presently, the long-term objective of Houston's research is to determine the role of Aeromonas hydrophila virulence factors in the pathogenesis of disease in man. He has published numerous articles and abstracts and addressed prestigious audiences throughout the world, in addition to establishing mathematical and scientific education programs across the country.


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movie was not bad at all but despicable me 2 and 3 were better.
Actually laughed more to this one than Despicable Me.
Bring your " funny kid side of you " along to see this and you will enjoy it
The laughs were few and far between, lacked the humor they had in despicable me
You should make another minions movie but I think you should put a little more action and more funny I think you should make a movie called spy minions make it a really long movie if you do it put it on netflix and see if you can get ant man and fantastic four & big hero6 2 you should make it & so yeah try to see if you can do it you would make a lot of money please try my 4 year old nephews loved the minions movie by the way my mom and my other 8 year old brothers would like to see Xmen so you better not take charge of my work.
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What exactly are we hearing in these YouTube videos posted by people who claim they've recorded ear-splitting roars coming from the sky with no explanation? Here you can see one of the latest, recorded in Budapest, Hungary last week. Conspiracy-lovers are calling them "apocalyptic sounds." Whatever they really are, they're freaking creepy. Are they jet engines attached to UFOs, bizarro weather, or pure fakery?
Here's a vid taken in December in Conklin, Alberta, Canada. I truly hope they're an ARG for an upcoming horror movie because I would watch the shit out of that.
Here's another one from December, taken in Tennessee, United States. Over the past few months, people have posted videos like this on YouTube from New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, and Costa Rica, among other places. Find out more about the apocalyptic sounds from The Truth Behind the Scenes.


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Heyward day to day after straining neck muscle
WASHINGTON -- Braves right fielder Jason Heyward did not feel anything unusual when he fouled off the second pitch Gio Gonzalez threw during Tuesday night's 2-1 win over the Nationals. But when he stepped away from the plate, he began feeling discomfort in the back of his head.
After being checked by Braves trainer Jeff Porter, Heyward concluded his at-bat with a popout. But he did not take the field when the bottom half of the inning began.
"Everything was normal until I backed away from the plate and the back of my head started pounding," Heyward said. "It started running up to the top of my head. I tried to shake it off, but it didn't happen.
"It was just kind of like a full-on instant headache and pounding. It started in the back of my head and then just kind of worked its way up. It was hurting me, pounding the whole time I was on the field."
The Braves have diagnosed Heyward with a strained neck muscle and placed his status as day to day. While Heyward is hopeful to play in Wednesday's series finale, he understands manager Fredi Gonzalez and the team's medical staff will choose to take the cautious approach.
Heyward was still feeling a slight headache when he spoke to reporters after the game.
"I feel better than I did when it happened," Heyward said. "But I'm just going to see how I'm feeling tomorrow. The doctor said it was calming down once he came to see me. I agreed with him. I'm just going to get some medicine and get it calmed down."
Heyward was feeling good enough to come back on the field when the benches and bullpens emptied after Julio Teheran hit Bryce Harper with a pitch in the fifth inning. Nothing but words were exchanged.
"It's an unwritten rule," Heyward said. "It's part of the game of baseball and competition. You want to be out there for your teammates. Everybody does. So that's just the way that goes."


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Charles Chun (born 28 February 1967; age 53) is the actor who played the Enterprise junior lieutenant engineer in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "Trials and Tribble-ations". It was his first guest-starring role on television. Chun also lent his voice to the Star Trek computer games Star Trek: Armada II and Star Trek: Bridge Commander.
Chun is probably now best known for his recurring role as Doctor Wen in the hit comedy series Scrubs. Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star Ken Jenkins plays Doctor Bob Kelso in the series. Chun's first acting roles came in 1994. He played a technician in Beverly Hills Cop III and a Korean Olympian in Pentathlon. Daniel Riordan and Barry Lynch also starred. Also in 1994, Chun starred in the hit movie Dumb and Dumber. Mike Starr and the late Charles Rocket also starred in the movie. Chun starred with DS9 star Wallace Shawn and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock star Christopher Lloyd in My Favorite Martian. Chun has also appeared in the films The Interview, Next,
Chun has also made guest appearances in NYPD Blue, Charmed, ER, Becker, Everybody Loves Raymond, 24, Boston Legal, and Criminal Minds.
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Toric Hyperkähler Varieties
Extending work of Bielawski-Dancer \cite{BD} and Konno \cite{Ko}, we develop a theory of toric hyperkähler varieties, which involves toric geometry, matroid theory and convex polyhedra. The framework is a detailed study of semi-projective toric varieties, meaning GIT quotients of affine spaces by torus actions, and specifically, of Lawrence toric varieties, meaning GIT quotients of even-dimensional affine spaces by symplectic torus actions. A toric hyperkähler variety is a complete intersection in a Lawrence toric variety. Both varieties are non-compact, and they share the same cohomology ring, namely, the Stanley-Reisner ring of a matroid modulo a linear system of parameters. Familiar applications of toric geometry to combinatorics, including the Hard Lefschetz Theorem and the volume polynomials of Khovanskii-Pukhlikov \cite{KP}, are extended to the hyperkähler setting. When the matroid is graphic, our construction gives the toric quiver varieties, in the sense of Nakajima \cite{Na}.
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D-backs' bats stifled in Kennedy's solid effort
Arizona's offense shut out for just second time this season
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ian Kennedy provided a glimpse of his 2011 self in a 2-0 loss to the Giants at AT&T Park on Friday night.
It had less to do with the shave -- Kennedy recently removed his beard for the first time since midway through his 21-4 campaign two seasons ago -- and more with a mound presence that has often been absent in 2013 for the right-hander.
Career win No. 50 fell out of Kennedy's grasp for the eighth consecutive start, though he was more effective Friday than he has been recently, after a laborious first inning.
The Giants plated two runs and forced Kennedy to throw 28 pitches in the first as San Francisco claimed an early 2-0 advantage. Gregor Blanco came around to score from first on Buster Posey's double off the left-center-field wall. Didi Gregorius' relay beat Blanco home, but catcher Miguel Montero couldn't catch the ball to apply the tag.
"Buster got a key hit," Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford said. "Hunter [Pence] had a key hit. Otherwise, [Kennedy] looked like the same guy."
Posey scored on Pence's single later in the inning to give the Giants their second run.
"I think he came out and tried to establish his fastball early, and they were aggressive and got some hits on him and got a couple runs out of it," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "They put some pressure on him, but he made some pitches after that and got out of it and started pitching much better. He got his arm up and had a good outing -- six innings, two runs."
Kennedy did not overpower the Giants, but he was efficient after the first inning. He lasted six innings and retired 11 of the final 12 batters he faced.
"I just made little adjustments here and there," Kennedy said. "I'm not sure if it was being off for four days [that led to the early trouble]."
Kennedy pointed to a changeup he threw to strike out Giants first baseman Brandon Belt in the third inning as when he felt in command.
"That was one of the better changeups I've thrown," Kennedy said. "I threw a bad one over to Posey and he fouled it off. I said, 'OK, that's one you don't want to throw.'"
Kennedy's turnaround went for naught as the D-backs' offense remained silent throughout the evening against Giants starter Chad Gaudin, who tossed seven stellar innings and now has a 2.23 ERA in seven starts since moving to the rotation and stretched his scoreless-innings streak to 11. It was just the second time this season that Arizona has been shut out.
"We didn't have any offense going on tonight, and they just shut us down," Gibson said. "I think you have to give [Gaudin] some credit. He was throwing the ball well to both sides of the plate."
Even Paul Goldschmidt, who entered the game with eight home runs and 28 RBIs against San Francisco since 2011 -- both Major League-bests -- went hitless Friday.
The only time Arizona threatened to score was against the San Francisco bullpen in the eighth. A.J. Pollock and Adam Eaton both singled and Aaron Hill walked, but the recently activated Santiago Casilla induced a forceout off the bat of Goldschmidt to end the inning.
"It was the only opportunity we had with Goldy up there with the bases loaded," Gibson said. "He hit the ball solid but right to the shortstop and we didn't get it done."
With a struggling rotation outside of Patrick Corbin for much of the first half, the D-backs could certainly use a revived Kennedy to hold off the rest of the division. Although his numbers are subpar -- 3-7 with a 5.29 ERA -- he has recorded a quality outing in four of his past seven starts.
"I think that's what separates the best pitchers in the game, is making adjustments, and I did that tonight," he said. "The fastballs were better by the third inning. I was getting ground balls. It allowed me to work better with offspeed pitches."
With the loss, the D-backs' lead in the National League West shrunk to 1 1/2 games over the Dodgers, and the Giants moved to within 5 1/2 games.


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I'm pretty much a fan of Magpul and everything they have been trying to do. They have made some very good stuff.
Now they have turned their attention to the classic and undying Remington 870 Shotgun. I'm not sure if I'm on board with it.
At first, I thought it looked cool… But then as I looked at it, I started thinking that the Cadillac CTS-V styling just doesn't work on the 870. I look at the 870 and feel that it's more organic and the Magpul stuff is just too synthetic. The stock looks like its too large and possibly heavy. Awkward. I don't like the grip angle either. It seems… I don't know… off. The MOE treatment is cool up front, but I would have hoped for a more CTR set up at the buttstock instead of what they got going on.


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Finally March has arrived and for the allotmenteers, kitchen gardeners and veg growers among us, potatoes are one of the trending topics. The gardening blogs and twitter-sphere are simply a noisy chatter of them.
It's really hard to imagine life without potatoes. Go on, give it a try.
New potatoes with mint. Potato salad. The crispy topping on a shepherds pie. Banger's and Mash. Roast potatoes with a Sunday lunch. Baked potato with beans.
Imagine us Brits without our Fish and Chips! Good God!
This humble, starchy vegetable's versatility as food is surely part of our everyday lives. It has become the staple crop in so many countries.
Despite what I always think of this tuberous crop having a typical British feel to it, its origin lies in South America. In fact, genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for potatoes in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia* .
It's quite amazing to learn that of the 5,000 potato varieties worldwide, 3,000 of them can be found in the Andes alone.
One of the main reasons for the popularity of potatoes and the spread of its cultivation must be due to the yield. Growing potatoes takes relatively little effort and they yield abundantly. They also adapt relatively well to diverse climates provided they are relatively cool and there is a good source of water for the plants to form tubers.
Growing and cultivation
Potatoes are generally grown from seed potatoes. If you have been to any garden centres recently or simply seen the abundance of tweets from allotmenteers and kitchen gardeners online you will have seen these. They look, well, just like potatoes!
However, these are tubers specifically grown to be disease free and provide consistent and healthy plants. I didn't know until doing a little research for this post that here in the UK, most of the seed potatoes originate in Scotland. This is because the strong westerly winds help prevent attack from disease spreading aphids.
Different types of potatoes
Despite the huge varieties of potatoes which come in many different sizes, shape and colour, they are classified as either being earlies or maincrop.
Both types of potatoes are planted at the same time, however it is the earlies that are ready for harvesting far sooner than the maincrop.
Think of the earlies as your 'new' potatoes. Cooked in their skins, served with butter and mint or a delicious addition to those summer salads. Maincrop, left longer to mature tend to be bigger and more versatile in the kitchen. They can be stored over the winter and are suitable for mashing, baking and chipping.
There are so many varieties of each type of potatoes to choose from. What you grow will depend on a number of things. Taste and flavour has to be a priority and one of the many benefits we get from growing our own, but local conditions will also determine what varieties you choose.
The Wisley Plant Centre publish an extensive description on their seed potato list. Thompson & Morgan also have a useful Perfect Potatoes Selector to help us make the right choice of varieties to grow on our plots.
Chitting potatoes is simply encouraging the seed potatoes to sprout.
According the RHS, chitting or sprouting the seed potatoes before planting out extends the growing period and leads to earlier tuber formation and higher yields.
Its not as mysterious as its namesake may suggest. I saved an egg box from the recycling bin and used it to hold the seed potatoes. The seed potatoes should be placed rose end up in the egg box and left to chit in a dry, frost free place. Mine are on the windowsill in the spare bedroom.
I've noticed there seems to be an ongoing debate amongst veg growers as to whether chitting is necessary. Most agree that chitting earlies is important in giving the potatoes a head start before they go into the ground, but some suggest that its simply not important to chit maincrops.
My view is that it isn't difficult or hard work to chit either variety and while I can see the point some of the naysayers of maincrop chitting make, it really makes no difference in terms of time or labour if you pop them out to chit with the earlies at the same time – whats the harm?
This year I have decided to grow an early variety called Rocket, and a maincrop variety called Picasso.
Rocket is a very early bulking and heavy cropping first early variety producing round, white skinned and fleshed tubers. Apparently it has good all round disease resistance and is easy to grow and quick to produce baby new potatoes. If you don't have any ground space, give Rocket a go a its particularly well suited to growing in containers and potato bags.
Picasso is an early maincrop variety which has creamy skin and striking bright red eyes. It produces huge yields of waxy fleshed tubers with good all round disease and drought resistance.
I have grown early potatoes before but never a maincrop variety. I was put off growing maincrop potatoes as many people told me that they take up large amount of space for a long period and the risk of blight puts home growers off.
Last week I asked the twittersphere about their potato growing habits. Around a third of those who responded only grew early potatoes, but I was pleasantly surprised to discover that over 50% of respondents grow both earlies and maincrop through the year. As I have the space and want to be able to have a supply of homegrown spuds for as much of the year as possible I'm growing both this year and I hope it is a great success.
I started chitting my seed potatoes back in February. I mentioned it in my earlier blog post New allotment series: February. They have done incredibly well and the chits on the earlies look like trees sprouting out of tubers!
Planting out and growing on
I am hoping to plant out my potatoes this weekend as long as the conditions are suitable. I need to add some compost to the new beds and provide some protection from potential frosts. Potatoes are very susceptible to frost damage – even if it doesn't damage the foliage it can really hamper the strength of the plant and lower the yield and tuber quality.
The weather is looking good for us here in Cardiff so my fingers are firmly crossed. I don't think my 5 year old can go much longer without another day on the allotment soon.
I hope others are looking forward to getting on their plots this weekend. I'd love to hear from you. I'm always grateful for any advice and guidance. Drop me a comment below or connect with me on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.
Happy plotting.


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It's more midbox sized though. I kinda think the title is funny, because my naming convention would put midbox at milli, littlebox at micro, and tinybox at pico. Femto ought to be smaller It's very attractive though and the OLED screen is beautiful.Keep in mind that I had a very different design philosophy. Most portable pres are an attempt to run a studio-grade preamp off of batteries, so they have lots of gain (70dB for the Femto) and very low input noise (-129dBu). Those specs always come at a cost; either input transformers ($, space, and weight) or power. So Femto idles at 31mA, presumably at 18V (batteries in series, so they aren't hotswappable?), that's 558mW, vs. about 90mW for a tinybox. The Femto is also spec'ed at 67mA (1.2W) with a pair of CMCs, those draw 4mA each, for 384mW. So that's about 65% efficient on their phantom conversion circuit; tinybox actually exceeds that a bit, around 70%.Thus, they end up with a six hour stated runtime for 2x 9V (11.3Wh--it should be longer at nine hours given 1.2W) with the CMCs. tinybox would manage over eight hours with the same load--but tinybox also has a low-volt phantom option which can run CMCs for over twice as long.So why spend the power? Again, for high gain bandwidth and low noise. That is of benefit if you are using quiet mics on quiet sources. That's why I have a low-noise amp option on tinybox, which doesn't quite hit the Femto's noise spec; -129dBu is impressively quiet.
If you are recording very quiet sources with low sensitivity microphones (ribbons, moving-coil dynamics), you might select the Femto.
Ok, I ordered a femto, jhfinn and I will be doing some testings.
What site did you order it from??Quote from: twoodruff on October 04, 2013, 12:23:39 PMOk, I ordered a femto, jhfinn and I will be doing some testings.
Jim, anything to say about the femto with schoeps?
Thanks Jim. Anyone else want to borrow?
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enough + nouns: I have enough time to go to the station.
adj + enough : I'm old enough to solve my problem.
I voted time enough....
I also voted for "enough time":)
I think both are correct, yet the first one"enough time" sounds more familiar.
English is sprinkled with so many iconic references to time enough that I would always choose it in preference to enough time as I think it sounds more elegent.
We have already been referred to Kenny Rogers and his very famous song The Gambler.
Robert A Heinlein wrote a seminal book in the 60s called Time Enough For Love.
I can not place it but 'time enough' sounds like a Shakespearean construction.
What is the point of this poll? It has already left at least one English learner feeling unnecessarily sad and questioning of their English ability.
Is there a message hidden here that my almost 50 years of English can not divine??
Well, when it's being used as an adjective, it would ordinarily come before the noun anyway, wouldn't it? Perhaps the point is to test one's knowledge of the fact that it sometimes follows the noun, for poetic effect? (And why is that, anyway? Times like this I wish I was a teacher, perhaps I might know. You can say "bread enough" but not "bread stale." Is it because it indicates amount?)
.,,, I think conversing with you must be delightful if you take such care to be elegant as to choose to say "time enough" whenever the opportunity arises. Please do not be sad. And re the Bard, are you maybe thinking of Marvell?
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I voted for "enough time" for it sounds so familiar though I feel I read of "time enough" somewhere in some of my books.
I have been here just about long enough to figure out that this joint is the same as the past three I have been in and the tense indicated indicates the current state of affairs between the parties concerned.
I do not care for mum and dad looking over my shoulder and I can feel maiden aunts in this place as everywhere on the suspiciously moral morally suspicious fecklessely inconsistent web.
I have noted some very strange definitions of idioms and phrases pontificated from upon high with eager learners just lapping it up but I would fail the question not the student in many cases. My guess is that I am shortly to become persona non gratia but your compliment has not fallen on deaf ears and has very much improved an otherwise very grey old day for me.
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This is the full, incredible story of how Finnish diving group Badewanne discovered the wreck of first world war German submarine U 26. In their own words, the group's Juha Flinkman tells the story:
Late May in Gulf of Finland, weather is perfect with slight seas and some overcast, but good visibility. We're kitting up to dive in one of the Europe's busiest sea lanes. Ships of all sizes and shapes steam buy westbound along the lane leading out of the Gulf to the Baltic Proper. And where we're diving is right at the bend, where every skipper wants to cut the corner as close as possible to save time and precious fuel. Subsequently, with the kind help of Helsinki Traffic Control, we have received a special permit to dive the site. Traffic control directs all ships approaching the site to pass us, and informs them of our intentions. Hence the VHF is constantly blaring instructions to approaching traffic, approximately one ship every 10 minutes!
What lies on the seabed that could be so worthwhile to dive to, that would warrant such grandiose operation? Well no other than U 26, one of the first "Ace" boats in the First World War, and certainly the most successful submarine operating in the Baltic during the entire conflict. The U 26, under command of Kapitänleutnant Egewolff Freiherr von Berckheim, sank Imperial Russian Navy armored cruiser Pallada in October 1914, during the first months of the war. This made von Berckheim one of the first "Aces" of the emerging Ubootswaffe branch in the Kaiser Navy.
Von Berckheim and his entire crew received the Iron Cross from the enthusiastic Kaiser for their efforts, and in late summer 1915 they returned to Gulf of Finland with their trusty mount U 26, to wreak havoc among Russian shipping. This they did with good success, until late in August the luck that carried them through their dashing exploits ran out. Russian Navy had for a long time been very annoyed with the success of German U boats in the Gulf, and in order to stop this, had ordered minelayer Ladoga to lay a barrage across the mouth of the Gulf. However, U 26 was already inside the barrage, trying to get back to its base after a successful patrol. What happened, and when, we will never know, but U 26 hit one of Ladoga's mines and sank with all 30 hands.
A couple of weeks earlier, while running a side scan sonar sweep along the line of barrage laid by Ladoga, Immi Wallin observed a submarine wreck forming on the screen. Subsequent sweeps revealed that the boat is old, and most probably German, so the practical possibilities were U 10 or U 26. Soon we would find out!
JJ-CCR's strapped to our backs, bailouts and deco tanks snapped to place, fins on. Immi manouvers Yoldia right by the buoy and we go over the side. The water is rather clear even on the surface, but whatever waits at the bottom we have no idea. However, now as we descend the shotline it gets clearer and clearer as our lights probe the darkness. And suddenly she's there! Visibility is absolutely brilliant all the way to bottom, which seems to be glacial clay. The shot weight hasn't touched the wreck, but lies almost two meters to the side. Closer inspection reveals that the sediment is saturated with oil that has seeped from U 26's tanks during her 99 years stay at the seabed. We swim towards the stern, which has sank deep into sediment as we could already see from side scan images.
The deck casing is visible maybe 10 meters behind the conning tower before disappearing into the clay. Broad, flat-topped saddle tanks typical to the U-23 class appear from the clay and run along the sides of the hull. On top of starboard side tanks we can see the collapsible radio aereal masts with their raising/lowering mechanisms. There is some trawl wrapped around the bows and conning tower, and only apparent damage to the boat seems to have come from the trawl: conning tower railings have been twisted and ripped off, and the ship's wheel which has stood on the open bridge, has been torn away by the trawl, and by an insane twist of fate has ended up in a space behind a ripped off hatch on the starboard side of the conning tower. There the wheel rests, still wrapped in trawl netting. Most importantly, the conning tower layout is definitely class U-23, so it seems we really are looking at U 26. But we need to check further.
As we approach the bows, we can clearly see the for'ard diving planes, which are distinctly located low on the hull, well below water line when surfaced. This detail excludes U 10, which has these diving planes located above waterline. Everything else also matches what we know of the U 26: torpedo tubes, their outer hatches, bow shape.
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Jeremy and I finally had our American wedding last weekend, August 3rd, at Dos Pueblos Ranch in Santa Barbara, California!
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Once the earring design was finished, creating complementing sets for the bridesmaids was easy! I wanted to keep everything simple and chose a bale from findings producer that had brown and champagne diamonds set to create an ombré effect like the drop earrings. I paired the pendant with drop metallic earrings on our classic setting.
For the groom and the two best men, I chose 10 mm Tahitan baroque pearls and made them into lapels to be attached next to the boutonnieres. I wanted to be very subtle but have a nice dark peacock color.
During our rehearsal dinner Jeremy surprised me with the most exquisite wedding gift, a natural conch pearl pendant.
Jelly bean shaped, pink conch pearls have been my favorite pearls since I've been working at PP. I even have a picture of a cluster of conch pearls on my business card. My wish came true when my husband found me this amazing pearl. The chatoyance is so clearly visible on the bottom portion of this pearl. Jeremy has explained to me that this pearl came pre-drilled when he purchased it. Takayas and Jeremy designed around it so that the pendant will look presentable front and back. The bale was derived from the love knot incorporated into our wedding bands. I will cherish this pendant (and my husband) forever.


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