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The 2008 Honda Shadow is a series of cruiser-style bikes that have been in production by Honda since 1983. The current range features two distinct models, the Honda Shadow Aero and the Honda Shadow Spirit 750 C2. Both are equipped with a liquid-cooled, 52 degree, V-twin, four-stroke engine that produces 745cc of power. The engine is paired with a five-speed transmission. For the launch of the 2008 models, new colors were added for both models, and the 2008 Honda Shadow Aero underwent a minor tweak, otherwise, they are unchanged from the 2007 models.
Overall, both the 2008 Honda Shadow Aero and the Honda Shadow Spirit 750 C2 are almost the same bike. Not only do the two models look very similar, but they have been built with the same components and overall design. The 2008 Honda Shadow models have a rugged and retro look with a low seat height and classic ergonomics for carrying two passengers. The low center of gravity of the bikes means that most riders will feel confident while on the bike and will be able to place both feet firmly on the ground when stopped.
The 749cc engine provides plenty of power for this large and heavy bike, but also isn't too powerful so that newer riders can master handling a bike this size. The length of the bike provides it with good balance, even when a passenger and full load of luggage is being carried. The low height and even balance of the bike mean that even slow speed maneuvers are easy to perform on the 2008 Honda Shadow models.
The design of the 2008 Honda Shadow bikes is one of a traditional American cruiser. The Honda Shadow Aero has large tires mounted on spoked wheels with wide rims. The front tire is a 120/90-17 tire that gives the bike an even wider footprint when viewed from the front. Chrome highlights are used throughout both models of the 2008 Honda Shadow including the ignition switch cover, the rear brake pedal, the engine side covers, the brake and clutch lever brackets, and the handlebar. The headlight is a classically styled halogen headlight, and the rear taillights feature retro turn indicators. In keeping with the retro feel, the speedometer is set into the front of the fuel tank.


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If you have a suspended driver's license, you may have options available to you to help get your license back or obtain an occupational driver's license (ODL) for limited purposes. I am Jack Byno, Attorney at Law. I have been assisting individuals with suspended driver's licenses for two decades. I understand the system and can work efficiently to help you identify your options and reach your goals.
With offices in Colleyville, I serve clients in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including Irving and Carrollton, and throughout all of Texas. Contact me to learn more about how I may be able to help you.
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- If your suspended driver's license occurred as part of your punishment for a driving while intoxicated (DWI) conviction, you have to go back to the court and that suspended your license to request an ODL.
- If you have received two no insurance convictions and your driver's license has been suspended, all you need to do is obtain insurance and contact DPS. You will also need to pay a reinstatement fee.
- If you have received a letter from DPS stating they will suspend your driver's license because you were convicted of too many moving violations, you can contest the suspension in court. But you must act fast. Contact me immediately if you have received this letter. If your opportunity to fight in court has passed, I can still assist you by seeking an ODL.
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- If you failed a DWI breath test or refused to take the breath test, DPS can automatically suspend your driver's license. You have 20 days from the time of failure or refusal to contest this suspension. If you do not send notice to DPS stating that you want to contest the suspension, you can expect your driver's license to be suspended 40 days from the date of refusal or failure. If you do not wish to contest the suspension, I can still assist you by seeking an ODL.
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Federal agents with the FBI, IRS and Bureau of Land Management have served a search warrant at the offices of Crystal River Oil and Gas in Basalt.
IRS special agent Karen Gurgel said the action on Tuesday is part of a criminal investigation, but she did not elaborate.
Crystal River Oil and Gas operates 300 oil-and-gas producing wells in six states, with a focus on Texas and Oklahoma. It also has offices in California.
The Aspen Daily News reports no one from the company could be reached for comment Tuesday and no arrests were made.
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NEW YORK — A gasoline shortage caused by Superstorm Sandy forced 1970s-era rationing on New Yorkers Friday, adding a fuel-gauge obsession to their frayed nerves and dwindling patience.
"I take passenger, I look at gas. I take another passenger, I look at gas," said New York City taxi driver Shi Shir K. Roy. "Tension all the time."
Though rationing that allowed private motorists to fill up only every other day seemed to help with gas lines, it didn't answer motorists' questions about why they had been waiting for days in hourslong lines to fuel up. The confusion led some, like Angel Ventura, to panic.
Ventura, who drives a delivery van for a camera rental company, has taken to hunting for gasoline every time his gauge drops below a quarter of a tank. "It makes me crazy, thinking I might hit empty and not be able to find it," he said.
As drivers waited on police-monitored lines, thousands more in the region got their power back for the first time since Sandy came ashore 12 days ago. More than 420,000 customers were still without power in New Jersey and the New York City area. President Barack Obama, who visited the battered Jersey coast two days after the storm, said he would survey the damage in New York next week from the storm, which the American Red Cross said will create its largest U.S. relief effort since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The gasoline rationing — first in the nation's largest city since the 1970s Arab oil embargo — forced motorists to line up depending on whether their license plate ends with odd or even numbers.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said one-third of the city's gas stations were open Friday, compared to 25 percent the day before, and cautioned, "there's no guarantee that odd-even is going to make a big difference." His estimate was countered by the Energy Department, which said that more than 70 percent of the city's stations have gas available for sales.
Industry officials first blamed the shortage on gas stations that lost power, but now say the problem has shifted to supply terminals, which are either shut or operating at reduced capacity. Drivers are also quicker to top off tanks because they're afraid gasoline won't be available, AAA spokesman Michael Green said.
Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service, said the densely populated New York-New Jersey area has fewer stations per capita than any other major metropolitan area, making the shortage an even bigger problem. He said rationing earlier might have helped in New York City.
"It does curb some of the manic or panic behavior," Kloza said.
Gasoline moves millions of New Yorkers, just as the subway does. Hundreds of thousands of people drive to work, especially from the outer boroughs, and taxis and delivery vans are part of every gridlocked intersection.
Friday was an "odd" day in the rationing plan, although not everyone had gotten with the program.
"Even? Odd? Whatever it is, I didn't have the right one," said Joe Standart, a 62-year-old artist whose even-numbered car was ordered off a West Side gas station line by a police officer.
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Assemblyman Sean Kean wants to kill the Red Light Camera Program and has requested to sign on to a bill that would do just that, along with another that would significantly alter the program that has installed cameras at some traffic lights throughout the state designed to nab red-light runners.
Kean, R-Monmouth, said in a release that he intends to sign on to Assembly Bill 3285, which would increase the timing of yellow lights by a full second at intersections that have a red light camera system, lower the current fine for making an illegal right turn on a red light from $85 to $20 and allow a ½-second grace period once a light has turned from amber to red, according to a release.
The bill, sponsored by fellow Republican Declan O'Scanlon, is in the Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee. It has not yet had a hearing.
Kean, who voted against the original bill that allowed the camera program, in the release said he was always wary of the program.
"Corrections to the program must be made to ensure fairness," Kean said in the release. "The objective is to promote traffic safety, not become a revenue generator."
Kean in the release said he has also requested to sign on to A-2996, a bill that would repeal the red light program entirely and prohibit future programs in New Jersey. The bill also is authored by O'Scanlon.
"Ideally, I would like to see the entire red light camera program repealed," Kean said in the release. "I have a problem with the fact that a person cannot face their accuser when they are issued a ticket for running a red light. This practice distorts the justice system."


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By AMANDA GRAY
GOSHEN — Three candidates will compete Tuesday for Indiana's U.S. House District 2 seat, which does not have an incumbent. Current District 2 representative Joe Donnelly is running as the Democratic candidate for Indiana's open Senate seat.
As of Jan. 1, District 2 will include all of Elkhart County. Currently it only includes a small portion of the county.
Democrat Brendan Mullen, Republican Jackie Walorski and Libertarian Joe Ruiz have answered questions for The Goshen News, and their answers follow:
Do you feel U.S. spending is a major issue and if so, how would you go about changing it?
Mullen: Irresponsible spending by career politicians has driven the debt through the ceiling and it's unacceptable.
We need to responsibly balance our budget by closing tax loopholes that reward companies that ship jobs overseas and ending tax breaks for Big Oil, while keeping the promises we've made to our seniors, protecting Social Security and Medicare. We need to cut out the waste, fraud and abuse in our federal government, to create a climate for job growth. I will cut Congressional pay and benefits until both sides of the aisle come together to find solutions, do their job, and balance the budget. I also support eliminating Congressional perks like free healthcare and pensions. The only way to get our debt under control is to hire middle of the road problem solvers who are willing to come to the middle of the table.
Walorski: Yes, government spending is a major issue and Congress must work to get our fiscal house in order to restore fiscal prosperity in our country. I will support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and will work across the aisle on a bipartisan plan to cut wasteful spending. I support an audit for all federal agencies to ensure they are operating efficiently. The federal government needs to live within its means, not just the Hoosier families.
Ruiz: Spending is the most significant issue in this election. Our national debt has reached over $16 trillion with the U.S. Government spending approximately $40,000 every second. For many Hoosiers that is an entire year's salary (if not more) being spent in the blink of an eye. Regardless, Congress continues to propose spending increases annually. These practices are unsustainable. Continuing to spend more money than we bring in risks dependency on other nations for borrowing purposes, as well as dependency on our own printing presses to create more U.S. Dollars. Neither is a safe practice. Spending cuts across the board are imperative. However, we must do so in a way that upholds the contracts which we have made with current Social Security recipients and United States Veterans. As your Representative I will never vote to increase taxes or the U.S. Debt Ceiling, but I will challenge our spending practices fervently.
What is your position on the Affordable Care Act (leave it alone, refine it, repeal it)? Please explain.
Walorski: I support the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act. As it stands, Obamacare promises to cut over $700 billion from Medicare and will cost taxpayers an estimated $1.7 trillion. I do not support appointing an unelected board of bureaucrats to make health care decisions that are best left to a patient and their doctor. There are provisions in the health care law that are particularly harmful to Hoosier businesses, such as the 2.3 percent medical device tax that will decimate the orthotic industry in Kosciusko County. The Affordable Care Act is projected to hurt small businesses and middle class families, and must be repealed in full. I will support a bipartisan step-by-step initiative in Congress to find common sense solutions to our health care challenges. It must be done responsibly and efficiently to create reforms that will help American families.
Ruiz: People deserve honest and affordable health care. Unfortunately the Affordable Care Act does nothing to honestly address the problems that we are facing. Rather it is more of a shortcut, upheld by the Supreme Court, which uses a massive overhaul of the U.S. Health Care industry to fix a problem that could have been solved in a much simpler fashion. The Affordable Care Act must be repealed. I will work hard for that. I will also work to allow insurance companies to compete across state lines. This will increase competition amongst insurance companies and the cost of health insurance will naturally be driven down as businesses attempt to create more quality coverage plans for the most affordable prices. And why would they do that? They'd have to, or they'd be out of business. In a free market consumers are empowered by choices. In a government controlled market, consumers have none.
Mullen: As a small business owner and family man, I believe we have a long way to go to make this law fair for small businesses and health care affordable for our families. We need to work together to address the potentially damaging pieces of this legislation such as the burdens it would place on individual taxpayer and small businesses. At the same time, we need to focus on ensuring our families are protected from insurance industry abuses that would drop a family's coverage because of a pre-existing condition or deny preventive care to our seniors. One of my first priorities would be to eliminate the tax on medical devices and redefine the role of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Such a tax will cost Hoosiers jobs, especially in the 2nd District, which we can't afford.
How would you suggest the two parties work together in the future?
Ruiz: A better question would inquire as to how the three parties would work together in the future. Under the Republican and Democratic system congressmen (and women) have (unfortunately) become more concerned with serving the needs of their parties than the people whom they are supposed to represent. As a Libertarian, a vote for me breaks the cycle. I will prove to be the trend setter in Washington. Rather than serving the needs of a political party, I will seek to find coalitions on specific issues with other members of Congress. It doesn't matter which party they're from. Setting common goals on behalf of the people that we represent, and working together to capitalize on those agreements is how good government is supposed to function.
Mullen: When I was in serving in Iraq , one of my jobs was to train the Iraqi officers. Mentoring these officers and soldiers took extraordinary patience and willingness on both sides to trust one another and work cooperatively toward a common goal. In a lot of ways, it was good training for how Congress should work. We can start fixing our problems by reaching across the aisle and realizing that no one party has a monopoly on good ideas. A common-sense approach to government that puts Hoosier first, not party platforms, will help us break the gridlock and move our country forward. If elected, I've pledged to serve no more than 3 terms. I look at this journey as another deployment: get in, make a difference, and get out. I will be looking to work with anyone willing to roll up their sleeves and strive towards solutions for Hoosier families.
Walorski: Bipartisanship starts with teamwork, and requires a group of willing lawmakers who want to come to the table and discuss real solutions that will help the American people. Party affiliation cannot be a factor, and Congress must be willing to put politics aside to talk about the issues. During my tenure in the Statehouse, I was an independent voice for our communities and helped pass meaningful legislation on issues such as economic development. My voting record shows I voted for passing, bipartisan legislation 75 percent of the time. I plan to use the same approach in Congress, and will also concentrate on forming working relationships with all members of the Indiana delegation so we can vote to help Hoosiers.
How will Hoosiers, specifically those in your district, benefit from you time in office, if you're elected?
Ruiz: The other two parties — the Republicans and the Democrats, have different priorities than I have as a Libertarian. Republicans and Democrats have obligations to their parties while my only obligation is to the people of District 2. The Libertarian Party gives me the freedom to serve as Joe Ruiz, not as Libertarian Joe Ruiz, Democrat Joe Ruiz or Republican Joe Ruiz. I'm just a guy who has spent the last six years serving my family and the people in our community. All I want is to continue to do that, only now it will be in the capacity of District 2 Representative. At the end of my first term the people will be able to look at my record and see that I have voted with honesty and consistency as relates to the idea of limited government. I want the people of District 2 to feel empowered.
Walorski: I am focused on creating jobs and improving the economy. I have a voting record that proves my success in achieving real solutions to help Hoosier families. Working as a team, Indiana balanced the budget, turned a $1 billion debt into a surplus, and restored our AAA bond rating. I will vote to pass a balanced budget amendment and cut wasteful spending to work toward the same goals on the federal level. In respect to economic development, Indiana passed meaningful legislation — such as the creation of the Indiana Economic Development Council — to provide incentives and tax credits for new businesses. In the midst of a recession, Indiana created jobs and is now rated the best Midwest state to start a business. I believe through bipartisan teamwork, the same is possible in Washington. I am committed to finding real common sense solutions to tackle the issues slowing our economy to restore prosperity.
Mullen: If elected I promise to go to work every day with one mission: I don't care if it's a Democratic idea or a Republican idea, if it creates jobs, I'm going to do it. I will not make decisions based party or politics. I will always do my job, and do what's best for Hoosiers. I will be a common sense voice for our home. I share the same values as those I seek to represent and those are the values and experiences I will take with me to Washington. I am a small business owner, Hoosier family man, and soldier. We have seen what happens with career politicians with partisan positions are elected to Congress. I fight to break the gridlock and bring individuals from both sides of the aisle together to work towards finding solutions for the problems Hoosier families face.


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Downtown Detroit's Guardian Building is a standing tribute to the Motor City's early glory days and art deco skyscraper architectural design.
Northern Michigan's Ezra Winter played a hard-to-miss part in its success. His three-story Michigan map mural dominates the whole south wall of the building's upper bank lobby. He was one of several artists whose work can be found in the 40-story Guardian Building.
Winter, a well-known and respected American mural artist from the 1920s through the 1940s, was born in Manistee, grew up near Traverse City and graduated from high school here in 1905. He is featured in the Winter 2011 of Reflections By The Bays quarterly magazine, published by the Record-Eagle. The Michigan map mural is his best-known work in the state.
For the full story about Ezra Winter, pick up the Winter 2011 edition of Reflections, available on newsstands now.


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Just one week after an injury sidelined Velma-Alma quarterback Ty Richardson, questions about how the Comets would perform offensively against the Bray-Doyle Donkeys were swirling.
V-A had an emphatic answer as it scored 20 points in the first quarter, followed by 16 in the second, to hold a 36-6 lead at halftime and it never looked back en route to a 50-20 victory over the Donkeys.
However, the win was dampened slightly as V-A senior running back Dallen Mercer was forced to leave the game in the second quarter with a leg injury.
"Up front our offensive line was disappointing," V-A coach Greg Gothard said. "We played sluggish tonight and that's my fault. Andrew (Mcguire) played well at quarterback for us and he's going to be alright. When Ty (Richardson) went out last week we struggled, and when Dallen (Mercer) went out we struggled. We don't know about how bad it is, but hopefully it's nothing bad. If it is though you just have to go on and continue playing."
By the time freshman Sarian Smith scored an eight yard touchdown with 11:20 left in the fourth, the Comets had the game well in hand at 50-12.
But, the Donkeys made life difficult early on for V-A.
Dylan Sparks got the Donkeys within eight points at 14-6 with 1:41 left in the first, after his three yard touchdown run.
It didn't take long though for the Comets, rather Mercer to respond in a big way.
Mercer needed just two plays, before breaking off a 60-yard touchdown run to restore his teams 14 point lead at 20-6 with 49 seconds left in the quarter.
At the 9:03 mark, Mercer struck again with another long touchdown run, this time from 65-yards on one play, giving the Comets a 28-6 lead.
Checotah Lynn then hit paydirt as he collected a 34-yard touchdown scamper, making it 36-6 with 4:14 left before halftime.
"I think our guys made a lot of progress tonight," B-D coach Don Padgett said. "Offensively we moved the ball pretty well, but should have made some of those catches. All in all though, I was pretty proud of the kids. We moved to a 4-4 stack after halftime so we could plug the gaps, but they put 5 (Checotah Lynn) back there and he's a threat to break it everytime he touches the ball."
Cody Watson got one back for the Donkeys with a four yard touchdown run at the 2:39 mark of the third quarter, before Lynn struck again to claim his third score of the night, this one from 52 yards to make it 44-12.
Rodney Hall put B-D at 20 points with a 19 yard touchdown run at the 3:13 mark of the fourth.
Mercer found Austin Dennis for the Comets first score of the night with a 13 yard touchdown pass, before Lynn got on the board with a one yard score, which was set up by a fumble recovery deep inside Donkey territory.
On the evening, Mercer finished with five carries for 166 yards and 13 yards passing with three touchdowns. Lynn also had five carries for 91 yards with three touchdowns.
Rodney Hall led the rushing for the Donkeys with 22 carries for 118 yards.
Velma-Alma (3-3, 2-1) will be at home Friday night against Walters. Bray-Doyle (1-4, 1-2) will hit the road to face Wilson Friday night. Both games are set to kickoff at 7:30 p.m.


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That's not a minus – that's a "plus." Our stations are available live on our websites and through our apps. Therefore, Radio goes with them –work, leisure, travelling, shopping picking up the kids, surfing the 'net, looking for food or entertainment, , the list goes on. Radio is there even as people are making a decision to buy.
Cost Effective
Marketers talk of "reach and frequency" – the number of people exposed to your message, and how many times they hear it.
Experts say consumers need to be exposed to an advertising message at least three times before it begins to penetrate.
Newspaper and TV are "reach" media – big numbers, but getting that kind of frequency is well beyond what most businesses can afford. Radio delivers both reach and frequency – affordably across on-air and online. When you do the comparisons, radio wins.
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Radio has one of the lowest levels of advertising avoidance – people don't switch stations during the breaks!
Newspapers devote 2/3rds of their space to advertising. TV sells about 1/3 of its time to advertisers. That's a lot of advertising compared to content. Radio, at about 10 minutes of advertising per hour, devotes less than 1/5 of its programme time to ads.
That means there's a lot less competition for your message.
It Makes People Famous
Ever heard of The Mad Butcher? TRN made him famous.
In the same way that Radio creates chart hits, Radio advertising makes businesses famous, too.
Why? Frequency. The more people hear your ad, the more "famous" you become. A brand which is big on Radio can get a disproportionately big market share over competitors.
Radio is trusted
Listeners use radio for emotional reasons – for company, for entertainment, to keep them motivated. They see radio as a friend, and this creates a powerful context for advertisers. When a radio station talks about a product or service, it's like word-of-mouth from a friend. That is the most powerful advertising you can get.
Radio drives response, especially online
Advertise petrol for $1 a litre on radio and you'll create gridlock.
Radio is a "call-to-action" medium, even more so in a world where consumers access radio via the internet. Recent research shows that at any given time one fifth of internet surfers are listening to radio – so they're just a click away from connecting with your business.
Radio is a "multiplier"Advertisers will always use more than one medium. Radio "multiplies" the effect of other media, according to studies. In other words, it reinforces advertising in other media at a powerful, subconscious level.
Radio is everywhere
Hand-held sets, mobile apps, online listening, radio is the true mobile medium. In the car, at work, and at play, radio is there. It's the go-anywhere, do-anything companion your customers take with them wherever they are.


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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — The U.S. House of Representatives' rejection of a $940 billion farm bill is an extreme disappointment that could hurt both farmers and consumers, northwest Michigan's Farm Bureau representative said.
The House version of the Farm Bill was defeated in June by a vote of 195 to 234. Ben LaCross represents the Michigan Farm Bureau in the region and said the legislation is critical to area farmers' futures.
"The nation's farmers, consumers and public benefit from good farm policy, and this legislation was really substantial reform to our food policy that we haven't seen come out of Washington in a number of years," said LaCross, a Cedar-area cherry farmer.
He said the legislation was "fiscally responsible, it reformed antiquated farm programs, and it was a good piece of legislation that unfortunately didn't get passed."
USA Today reports the House's thumbs-down vote largely was due to a split between Democrats and Republicans over food stamp reform. Approximately $2 billion in reductions to the food stamp program were inadequate, House Republicans believed, while Democrats thought the cuts were too much, the newspaper reported.
Federal legislators tackle a new farm bill every five years. It is the centerpiece of the nation's food policy, impacting public health, nutrition, agricultural production and the environment. Various versions of the legislation offered over the last two years in the House and Senate seek to eliminate direct payment farm subsidies, replacing the aid with disaster assistance and loans.
The legislation also is highly relevant to the Grand Traverse region for its attempts to offer crop insurance to cherry farmers. The 2012 cherry growing season was arguably the worst on record because of bad weather, prompting a movement to secure adequate crop insurance for fruit growers. Sweet cherry growers in only a handful of counties in northwest Michigan could access crop insurance in 2012 through a pilot program, while tart cherry farmers have no crop insurance coverage options.
"Farmers have been left in limbo the last couple of years because no permanent farm bill has been enacted," LaCross said. "They don't know what type of risk management tools are at their disposal and it's really challenging when it comes to planting decisions."
Many also expect milk prices to dramatically rise if the Farm Bill isn't passed.
Rep. Dan Benishek, R-1st District, voted for the House version of the Farm Bill. U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow heads the Senate Committee on Agriculture. She criticized the House vote in a statement, saying the Senate version of the Farm Bill already passed in the Senate by a 66-27 vote.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has been quoted saying the House will take up the Farm Bill again this month.


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The best way to work on the webSafeShieldImagine being able to page through web sites without worrying about being attacked by virus, malwares... You don't need to set up Firewall, Blacklist, or carefully watch where you are going. Turn on SafeShield to create a virtual world (a copy of your Windows) and you are safe. Whenever you are ready to get out the virtual world, restart your computer and you are going back to how everything was before as if nothing has ever happened on your computer.In addition, SafeShield works well with all popular firewall, antivirus, antimalware, antispyware, and other security software. Together with SafeShield, you will have a fortress of total protection.Using Virtualization Technology, which is an advanced technology with a simple concept, SafeShield is easy to use. You can install it on any computer and it takes one click to turn it on when you need it or when you are going to share your computer with others. The current version comes with the advanced features that let you optionally exclude folders and drives of your choice while still maintaining system protection.


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The Maryland State Department of Education rejected teacher evaluation plans from nine Maryland school jurisdictions, including Baltimore County.
During his report before Board of Education Tuesday night, Superintendent Dallas Dance said school administrations across the state were notified of the decisions last week.
"We are engaging right now with [Teachers Association of Baltimore County], we're engaging with [Council For Advancement and Support of Education] right now to figure out our next steps," Dance said.
The primary issue, he said, was that the state department wants the county to count Maryland School Assessment results as 20 percent of the rating measuring student growth. Baltimore County's plan calls for 10 percent.
Dance's reasoning for the figure is that the Maryland School Assessment will soon be phased out in favor of the more rigorous Common Core Standards.
William Reinhard, a spokesman for the state department of education, said the 20 percent figure is required by law and is something the U.S. Department of Education wants. However, he said, the state department is committed with working with school districts to transition the plans as standardized testing changes occur.
"There's not a provision to stand still during that period," Reinhard said.
The superintendent noted that the plan put forth by Baltimore County was negotiated and mutually agreed upon by TABCO, CASE and the county administration, as mandated by state law.
"We feel it is the best model for us to move forward to improve instruction in our classrooms," he said.
Dance added that he asked State Superintendent Lillian Lowery to provide him with a one-page document detailing issues with the plan and explaining why it was not approved.
If a compromise can't be reached, the county will have to default to a state evaluation plan.
Montgomery, Frederick, Prince George's, Washington, Carroll, St. Mary's, Cecil and Charles counties' teacher evaluation plans were also not approved by the state department.
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Peabody — Mary Jo Russell, 46, of Peabody, died unexpectedly on Friday, October 19, in Summerville, S.C., while visiting with friends.
Born in Dorchester, she was the daughter of Joseph C Russell of Peabody and the late Sheila (Fallon) Russell. She was a lifelong resident of Peabody and attended Peabody Public Schools.
Mary Jo enjoyed cooking and loved animals, but what she enjoyed most was the time she spent with her family and friends. She will be dearly missed by all.
Besides her loving father, she is survived by her two sons, Joseph and Emanuel Couto, both of Peabody; her brother, William Russell of Peabody; and by her grandson, William Joseph Couto of Peabody.
ARRANGEMENTS: Visiting hours will be held on Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home, 82 Lynn St., Peabody, to which relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the American Diabetes Association, 330 Congress St., 5th Boston, MA 02110. For direction and online obituary, visit www.ccbfuneral.com.


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More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, Michigan lawmakers are still dithering, which means there is no progress on the fate of the 360 or so inmates who were under 18 when they committed crimes, mostly murder.
It must be clear from the start that this is not a get-out-of-jail card for individuals of any age who committed a serious crime, usually murder.
Instead, the court ruled that the Constitution's Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment should apply to very young criminals who were sentenced to mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole.
The ruling was aimed at the mandatory nature of the sentences, not the sentences themselves. Mandatory sentences for a variety of crimes, including many drug crimes, were much in vogue in the U.S. back in the 70s, 80s and 90s as politicians looked for ways to "get tough on crime."
Some mandatory minimums make perfect sense, but others do not. Hundreds of people convicted of possessing relatively small amounts of drugs, for instance, were given sentences well beyond what their crime called for, all in the name of getting tough on thugs and their drugs.
The argument against mandatory life sentences for juveniles and very young defendants is that many of them could not fairly conceptualize what they were doing. Others were influenced by peer pressure. Others were just plain stupid and did things an adult with more experience might never do.
Proposed legislation could give current inmates a chance at release in the future and eliminate mandatory no-parole sentences for juveniles in new cases. They could still get a no-parole life sentence, but it would not be mandated.
For current juvenile lifers, resentencing hearings would be created so prosecutors could still seek life with no parole. Bills may also allow prisoners to ask for minimum terms of 20 to 40 years with a maximum no lower than 60 years.


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Pipper Sasnett was swimming with her family Wednesday evening when she went under water at Shady Grove Park on Eagle Mountain Lake.
Her family believes she may have slipped on a drop off below the surface. Jennifer Christian, a cousin, said her own daughter fell into an underwater hole on the Fourth of July.
The water district said it doesn't maintain the surface below the water, even in designated swimming areas. It said there are inherent risks to swimming in any lake.
Sasnett's family said they asked police to put out a warning sign after last week's incident. That will be part of the ongoing investigation.
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Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginner's Guide
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- Get started with Pentaho Data Integration from scratch.
- Enrich your data transformation operations by embedding Java and JavaScript code in PDI transformations.
- Create a simple but complete Datamart Project that will cover all key features of PDI.
- Part of Packt's Beginner's Guide series: Each task gradually develops from the previous task with an organized sequence of instructions accompanied with relevant explanation and a set of challenging tasks that the reader will be able to accomplish.
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 492 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : April 2010
Author(s) : María Carina Roldán
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Data, Beginner's Guides, Open Source
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting started with Pentaho Data Integration
Chapter 2: Getting Started with Transformations
Chapter 3: Basic data manipulation
Chapter 4: Controlling the Flow of Data
Chapter 5: Transforming Your Data with JavaScript Code and the JavaScript Step
Chapter 6: Transforming the Row Set
Chapter 7: Validating Data and Handling Errors
Chapter 8: Working with Databases
Chapter 9: Performing Advanced Operations with Databases
Chapter 10: Creating Basic Task Flows
Chapter 11: Creating Advanced Transformations and Jobs
Chapter 12: Developing and Implementing a Simple Datamart
Chapter 13: Taking it Further
Appendix A: Working with Repositories
Appendix B: Pan and Kitchen: Launching Transformations and Jobs from the Command Line
Appendix C: Quick Reference: Steps and Job Entries
Appendix D: Spoon Shortcuts
Appendix E: Introducing PDI 4 Features
Appendix F: Pop Quiz Answers
This book is the easiest way to start with PDI/Kettle and you will be able to create complex transformations/jobs in no time!
This book can bring anyone up to date with Kettle very faste
Code Downloads
Download the code and support files for this book.
Submit Errata
Please let us know if you have found any errors not listed on this list by completing our errata submission form. Our editors will check them and add them to this list. Thank you.
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Errata type: Technical | Page number: 55 |
In Chapter 2, p55, there is something missing at step 19 (Double-click the text file output step icon and give it a name). In fact, we first have to go to Content to check Append. So, after the item 20, it should be the following "In the Content tab check the Append option and uncheck the Header option."
Errata type: Technical | Page number: 77
In chapter 3, page 77, the step 9 is wrong (Create a hop from the Text file input step to the Calculator step). It should be: Create a hop from the Select Values step to the Calculator step.
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In chapter 3, page 91, the step 12 (Select the Dummy and the Group by steps)is wrong. It should be: Select the Dummy and the Sort rows steps.
Errata type: Technical | Page number: 181 |
In chapter 6, page 181, the figure in step 6 doesn't show the reality. The error is the text inside the "Type field" option. Instead of type it should be "class".
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In Chapter 7, page 211, step 14. There is something missing to make it work. We should also uncheck the "Null Allowed?" checkbox. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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Step 5 "drag the "Get system info" icon to the canvas" should be drag the "Get system info" steps in the flow.
Errata type: Technical | Page number: 55 |
In Chapter 2, step 15 states to click the Content tab and then the Get fields button. However since the file inputs were defined as a command line argument in step 9, this causes an error.
To solve it: If the reader has the PDI Cookbook, he/she can read the tip on page 76, which basically states that: When you don't specify the name and location you will not be able to use the Get Fields button. The trick is: uncheck the options in "Accept filenames from previous steps", fill the File tab with the name of a sample, real file, then click the Get Fields button. Finally restore the settings in the File tab.
Sample chapters
You can view our sample chapters and prefaces of this title on PacktLib or download sample chapters in PDF format.
What you will learn from this book
- Install Penataho Data Integration and get familiar with the graphical designer—Spoon
- Work with files to get data from simple input sources, preview, and send it back in any of the common output formats
- Perform basic transformation operations on data such as performing calculations, adding constants, counting, filtering, ordering, and searching data
- Solve real-world problems by manipulating the flow of data by combining or splitting it
- Solve sophisticated problems such as normalizing data from pivoted tables with ease
- Explore the various PDI options to validate data and to handle errors
- Connect to a database engine of your choice to get and store information coming from any source
- Perform advanced operations with databases such as loading data dimensions
- Create advanced processes such as nesting jobs, iterating on jobs and transformations, and creating subtransformations
- Implement business processes by scheduling tasks, checking conditions, organizing files and folders, sending emails with alerts, and treating errors in a way that meets your requirements
In Detail
Pentaho Data Integration (a.k.a. Kettle) is a full-featured open source ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) solution. Although PDI is a feature-rich tool, effectively capturing, manipulating, cleansing, transferring, and loading data can get complicated.
This book is full of practical examples that will help you to take advantage of Pentaho Data Integration's graphical, drag-and-drop design environment. You will quickly get started with Pentaho Data Integration by following the step-by-step guidance in this book. The useful tips in this book will encourage you to exploit powerful features of Pentaho Data Integration and perform ETL operations with ease.
Starting with the installation of the PDI software, this book will teach you all the key PDI concepts. Each chapter introduces new features, allowing you to gradually get involved with the tool. First, you will learn to work with plain files, and to do all kinds of data manipulation. Then, the book gives you a primer on databases and teaches you how to work with databases inside PDI. Not only that, you'll be given an introduction to data warehouse concepts and you will learn to load data in a data warehouse. After that, you will learn to implement simple and complex processes.
Once you've learned all the basics, you will build a simple datamart that will serve to reinforce all the concepts learned through the book.
A practical, easy-to-read guide that gives you full understanding of the Pentaho Data Integration tool and shows you how to use it to your advantage to manipulate data
As part of Packt's Beginner's Guide, this book focuses on teaching by example. The book walks you through every aspect of PDI, giving step-by-step instructions in a friendly style, allowing you to learn in front of your computer, playing with the tool. The extensive use of drawings and screenshots make the process of learning PDI easy. Throughout the book numerous tips and helpful hints are provided that you will not find anywhere else.
The book provides short, practical examples and also builds from scratch a small datamart intended to reinforce the learned concepts and to teach you the basics of data warehousing.
Who this book is for
This book is for software developers, database administrators, IT students, and everyone involved or interested in developing ETL solutions, or, more generally, doing any kind of data manipulation. If you have never used PDI before, this will be a perfect book to start with.
You will find this book is a good starting point if you are a database administrator, data warehouse designer, architect, or any person who is responsible for data warehouse projects and need to load data into them.
You don't need to have any prior data warehouse or database experience to read this book. Fundamental database and data warehouse technical terms and concepts are explained in easy-to-understand language.


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Draw or paint a simple T-Rex on your poster board. Use your tail-shaped stencil to trace 4 tails on each sheet of card stock. Cut out the tail shapes and place a piece of double-sided tape on the back each one. To play, have your guests form a line. When it is their turn, place the blindfold over their eyes and give them each a chance to "Pin the Tail on the T-Rex". The child who is the closest, wins!
Dinosaur Tail is an exciting outdoor game that everyone will love! The birthday guest-of-honor will be "it" first. Once he catches and tags another child, they will hold hands and attempt to tag someone else together. Each time a child is tagged, they join the dinosaur tail. This continues until the tail is complete and everyone has been tagged.
Make your dinosaurs roar with excitement! Before the party, section off a part of your yard for a relay race. Create "start" and "finish" lines (about 15 feet apart) with cones, flags or other household items. Once your guests arrive, let the games begin! Split the dino-kids up into two teams, giving the first player on each team a spoon and a hardboiled egg. Call out "All aboard!" and blow a whistle to signal the start of the race. The object of the game is that each player will go from "start", race down to "finish" and then back up to "start" – all the while, they must balance their "dinosaur egg" on the spoon. Once the first player crosses over the team's start line, they are to hand off the spoon and egg to the next player. This continues until everyone has raced. The first team to get all their members through the relay wins a prize!
All aboard the Dinosaur Express! Before the party begins, hide the inflatable dinosaur toys around your yard. To completely transform your party into a Jurassic park, try playing a dinosaur sounds CD. Once your guests arrive, have them form a party train! The object is to have the children call out when they spot one of the hidden dinosaurs on your route. The dinosaur hunter that guesses the correct name of the dinosaur wins the toy as a take-home prize.
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Chill and cut the sugar cookie dough, using a dinosaur-shaped cookie cutter. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and prepare the cookies according to the package directions. Let them cool completely before decorating each one to match your party theme!
These egg-cellent goodies will drive your guests wild! Start by hard-boiling the eggs in small batches (crowding the eggs will risk cracking them, allowing dye to seep inside the shell). Once the eggs have been cooled, begin to dye them according to the package directions. Once the green dye has dried on the eggs, speckle each one with yellow dye. To add to the fun, serve them in a basket or prepared nest.
Prepare the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to your liking. Use the dinosaur cookie cutter to cut out dinosaur shapes. Place them on your favorite platter and serve!
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An estimated 1,100 people attended the Virginia Inaugural Ball on Sunday at the Westin Arlington Gateway to celebrate the second inauguration of President Barack Obama — and gear up for key statewide elections in 2013.
"Everybody is happy. Everybody is excited. It's a feel-good moment for everyone who worked on a campaign," Arlington County Democratic Chairman Mike Lieberman told Patch before speaking to the crowd.
"The president is right to feel good about this weekend. You can't help but be optimistic. There's a lot of criticism of our government out there, and some of it is deserved. But there's also a lot of reason for optimism. And coming out of the last election, we see a lot of opportunities."
See photos from the Virginia Inaugural Ball here.
Those opportunities will be hard fought, Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said. "In Virginia, there's no rest for the weary," he said.
Warner listed the key Democratic elected officials on one hand who were able to win office in the Old Dominion just 13 years ago. "Virginia was considered the reddest of red states. We have come a long way in Virginia," he said.
Warner then challenged the crowd to take back the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
It was a regular refrain. Freshly minted Democratic Party of Virginia Chairwoman Charniele Herring — a state delegate who represents Alexandria's west end — talked about the constant fight against the "extreme tide" of the Republican Party. GOP legislation has been tinged with "distilled prejudice," she said.
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe, who introduced his wife Dorothy as the next first lady of Virginia, told the group, "I'll get out of bed every day fighting for you." Herring talked about the importance of having a governor who "will have our backs."
Virginia's newest senator, Tim Kaine, said he spoke briefly with Obama on election night. Both races had been called, though it wasn't clear which way Virginia would go in the presidential race. The president promised to call him back once this state's returns were known.
Kaine said he told Obama that Virginia gave him a bigger margin of victory than Florida or Ohio in 2008 and, now, 2012.
"The president didn't say a lot," Kaine said. "But what he did say was, 'Yeah, I'm pretty happy with Virginia right now.' "
The crowd's optimism, in part, was admittedly based on the fact that Obama does not have to worry about running for reelection.
In conversations throughout the night about Obama's next four years, immigration reform nearly always came up first.
"This is the year. We're going to get it done," Arlington County Board Chairman Walter Tejada told Patch. "No piecemeal. It's got to be comprehensive."
Tejada continued: "He's got challenges, but the Republicans have no choice but to come to the table. This is the time for unity."
Jaime Areizaga-Soto, who recently spent time as the Democratic National Committee's deputy director for Hispanic affairs, said he was "cautiously optimistic" immigration reform would finally pass.
He smiled and pointed out 71 percent of Hispanics voted for Obama in 2012.
"I'm really excited about our two senators," he said. "We've got the best tag-team of any state."
Arlington County Planning Commissioner Peter Fallon said he thought the president was willing to work across the aisle, essentially putting the country ahead of politics.
"Divisions exist between parts of Congress and the president, just as they do in the nation, which we saw on Election Day. That hasn't changed," Fallon told Patch. "I can only hope there will be cooperation. It won't be any easier."


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Grant Runner, the first UW integration with Grants.gov, combines the eGC1 and sponsor forms for some funding opportunities (NIH R01s, R03s and R21s with modular budgets). With the click of a button, OSP can electronically submit your application via Grants.gov to the sponsor.
Many US Research institutes are already using this system-to-system technology to submit applications and retrieve status information via Grants.gov. As of July 2013, the UW has successfully submitted more than 1,380 applications to Grants.gov using Grant Runner.
What You Gain
- You no longer have to download and fill out the Adobe forms from Grants.gov; you can complete the SF424 directly in SAGE.
- Grant Runner pre-populates UW institutional codes and some eGC1 information for you in your SF424.
- Grant Runner automatically checks for common SF424 errors and validates that required fields are complete.
- You can view Grants.gov tracking number and NIH status directly in your eGC1's History and Comments.
When You Can Use It
- The sponsor is NIH (National Institutes of Health);
- SF424 is required;
- Your application has a modular budget under $250,000; and
- Your application funding opportunity is a R01, R03, or R21.
Grant Runner Support for New Form-C
NIH is transitioning to an updated form set with a Competition ID of FORMS-C. The new form set is available on Grant Runner and is required for all applications due on or after September 25, 2013.
Some opportunities may allow the use of form B or C depending on the due date. If your due date is on or after September 25, 2013, be sure to use FORMS-C.
Note: A Grant Runner application created with FORMS-B cannot be converted to FORMS-C.
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So how do we feel about last night's Jon Hamm-directed Mad Men? Like I was after last week's episode, I'm torn. I was unimpressed — and frankly kind of bored — with the episode as I watched it, but am appreciating it more the longer it marinates in my head. Specifically, I feel like I might have reached a philandering tipping point with the show. Ad guys tom-catting around behind their wives' backs just doesn't hold the same appeal for me that it once did. It feels kind of soap opera-y. Personally, I'm much more interested in Peggy potentially betraying Don by tipping her boss to the trouble with the Heinz account.
Anyway, let's dive right in, shall we…
- Pete and Trudy both openly flirting with neighbors in their home sure effectively foreshadowed what we found out later: that their marriage is an empty vessel, a business relationship of sorts, and that both need to go outside the relationship to find thrills.
- Kind of ironic that North Korea was mentioned in the news report Pete watched on his sofa when everyone is currently freaking out about their nuclear sabre-rattling, no?
- Was the cut between Don's childhood growing up in a whorehouse and Don appearing to pay Dr. Rosen's wife for sex some sort of weird psycho-sexual implication that Don views her as a whore?
- Yes, I'm growing tired of the cheating storylines, but Don Draper's "oh f*ck" face when he walked in on Megan and Sylvia talking in his living room was absolutely priceless, probably one of my favorite things ever on the show.
- I did enjoy the contrast between Don and Pete both f*cking their neighbors' wives, with Pete's affair blowing up in his face while Don always appears cooly in control of his while his wife is completely oblivious. Don wins and Pete loses, forever. I'm convinced this will end with Don banging Trudy on Pete's desk right in front of him, the ultimate "F*ck you, Pete!" from both of him, a big, fat Don/Trudy dagger inserted directly into Pete's black heart.
- There's some serious irony in Don's "you gotta dance with the one that brung ya" loyalty stance in his work life while practicing anything but in his private life.
- I don't know about you, but every Timmy from ketchup I've ever met has been a swarmy little prick.
- "This is how it's going to work. You will be here only when I tell you to be here. I'm drawing a 50 mile radius around this house and if you so much as open your fly to urinate I will destroy you." — Trudy Campbell
- It was refreshing to finally see some depth from Alison Brie's Trudy character last night. Previously, she had always just kind of struck me as a set piece — someone who was just there. I think Joe Biden's wife speaks for all of us here…
- The emergence of Trudy's soul on the show is also already inspiring fan art in her honor…
- Speaking of Trudy, have you seen the photos from Alison Brie's Esquire interview? This is probably my favorite one, because I love popcorn, of course…
- I really enjoyed the symbolic imagery of Trudy turning out the light on Pete after she returned from bringing that bloody broad to a hotel. It certainly pointed to her kicking him to the curb the next morning.
- Herb: "C'mon… I know there's a part of you that's glad to see me." Joan: "And I know there's a part of you you haven't seen in years."
- Dude, you do not leave your wife alone to dine with Don Draper. NEVER. EVER. No wonder he's long-dicking your wife behind your back — you're practically begging him to!
- On the flip side, I think it'd be hilarious if it's later revealed that Dr. Rosen doesn't give a fuck and all these emergency calls he gets aren't medical emergencies but his own mistress sending out a bat signal for him to come bang her.
- Is it just me or is there a condom and a packet of birth control pills in Peggy's desk drawer?
- Someone I follow on Twitter, and I can't remember who, noted last night that the previews of coming Mad Men episodes are like Vine videos. They really are.
- "You want to feel shitty, right up until the point where I take your dress off. Because I'm going to do that. You want to skip dinner, fine, but don't pretend." — Don Draper, laying down the law before he lays down the wood.
- Not sure if I've ever heard the early version of "Just A Gigolo" that played during the closing credits. The campy David Lee Roth version had previously been my only experience with the song, as far as I recall.
- More of Joan pwning people in her new role as an executive, PLEEZE!
- Needed more Roger Sterling.
- Finally, Sunday nights are truly great nights for TV again, what with Mad Men, Game of Thrones and Veep all running. It was truly exciting to sit down to watch them all last night.
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NEWBURYPORT — City officials say that dogs must be relicensed by April 1.
The city clerk's office, which administers the licensing process, is open Monday through Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Friday, the office is open from 8 a.m. until noon.
Those seeking licenses for their pets are required to bring a rabies certificate.
Cost is $10 for neutered or spayed animals and $15 for unneutered or unspayed pets
Seniors aged 65 and over do not have to pay a fee.
Also, city officials ask that residents return their census forms to City Hall.


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I know I'am looking forward to it, I will probably pre-order this deluxe edition, finally Toni, Ozzy getting along long enough to put something together. I cant wait
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I know I'am looking forward to it, I will probably pre-order this deluxe edition, finally Toni, Ozzy getting along long enough to put something together. I cant wait
Me too. Looks like the Deluxe version has 3 more songs? I see one song is available now for d/l on iTunes. They say 5 of the songs are over 7 minutes long, may make for some good Iommi solos I hope!
Yeah I just hope the recording is not compressed to death. Here is the first song off of you tube in case you have not heard it yet.
You can stream it for free off of iTunes, which I'am doing now into the third song. Toni still got it classic Iommi riffage, Ozzy is Ozzy, the band sounds good. I will be getting this tuesday for sure.
first track is very good ...... good ole Sabbath so far ...I bought the cd deluxe .... good mix too IMO ...but only on the 2nd song ...
Got the Best Buy version with 4 bonus songs instead of 3. Listening to it for the second time around now. Good album. Very classic Sabbath sounding in many ways. Sound quality is crap however. The drum track is compressed to hell & back. Anybody pick up the vinyl instead? Sound any better?
Not many Sabbath fans on the Forum? Tony owns this, great leads. I hope he is fully recovered. I would like to see another one from them, but with Bill aboard. 13 is real fun to listen to. Classic Sabbath
Haven't bought 13 yet but SiriusXM has been playing a lot of songs from the album - it's starting to grow on me.
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Been reading the nice 'buzz' from fans...not reviewers - the LP is the way to go for good DR - so I have my order into Amazon.
I'm trying to stay away from youtube for snippets and downloads - I want to hear this fresh on my own rig at the right volume!
H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
I just bought it and listened to about half of it on the way home. The first 5 songs are pretty good in a classic Sabbath way. Looking forward to hearing the rest of it this evening. I also bought the BB edition. I don't usually do that but figured the extra few bucks for 4 songs wasn't to bad of a deal.
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I gave it a listen, couldn't get through all 8 songs. And with 5 of them over seven minutes long. I kinda just skipped to the next one after a couple of minutes. Nothing really grabbed my attention yet.
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Best Album in a long time by any classic rock act from the 70's. IMHO
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Noticed there doesn't seem to be any Autorip for this album on Amazon. Was hoping to order the vinyl and be able to do the download as well, but guess not.
Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
"Black Sabbath is topping the U.K. albums charts for the first time since 1970.
Right -- 43 years. No, no one had any idea Ozzy would live this long.
The heavy metal pioneers have set a record for the longest time period between Number One albums. The band's new record "13" entered the Official U.K. Albums Chart in the top spot, 42 years and eight months after their album "Paranoid" reached the top of the charts in 1970, according to Rolling Stone."
I can't stop listening to it .... I love it ...and it sounds great on my little system ... no compression .....although I do hafta have a tequila or 2 when playin it ... rick rubin did a very good job coaching this project
I have an interest in purchasing the cd, but it seems it may be less than stellar for SQ. I see CD Japan has a SHM-CD issue out and I was wondering if anyone has been able to get their ears on a copy to give us their impression of the sound...
H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
I'm still waiting for my LP version to ship which was NOT mastered by Rick Rubin and reportedly much better dynamic range - but without the bonus cuts.
I've been purposely avoiding the youtube samples and have yet to hear any of the songs...but excited based on some of the postings.
When I give it a first listen - it'll be properly done!
H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
Going to see them in Aug!
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William Joseph Murphy III has admitted to trying to burglarize a house in south Baldwin Borough, according to a criminal complaint filed at District Magistrate John N. Bova's Wallace Building office.
Officers from multiple police departments detained Murphy at a Blossom Drive home on Jan. 4 as part of a burglary investigation in south Baldwin, according to Baldwin police Chief Michael Scott.
The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch captured the detainment on video.
The Baldwin police received a 911 call that day from a woman reporting that a suspicious male was knocking on the front door of a home in the 500 block of Elaine Drive.
When there was no answer at the door, the caller advised the 911 operator that the male was now going around to the back of the house, according to an affidavit filed along with the criminal complaint.
Shortly later, the Elaine home's owner arrived at his property and entered the house through its garage.
According to the affidavit, the home's owner, while in his basement, heard somebody moving upstairs, and when the owner exited his house, he saw a man coming out of the front of the house.
A foot chase then ensued between the home's owner and that man. According to the affidavit, several other witnesses reported seeing the chased man run into 620 Blossom.
According to the affidavit, the Elaine home's owner then positively identified Murphy after police detained him.
Baldwin police received a consent to search 620 Blossom from that home's owner—specifically, the home's bedroom/basement area where the affidavit states that Murphy stayed. During the search, police reported finding a black leather pistol holster that resembled one taken during a separate burglary in the 600 block of Blossom. One of the officers made contact with the victim of that burglary, who described the holster as a match to the one taken from his home, the affidavit states.
The Blossom victim said that the holster was taken along with his Ruger .38-caliber pistol, but the officers did not report finding that pistol.
Officers then went back to the Elaine home and observed, according to the affidavit, that forced entry had been made into a rear window and that several items were disturbed inside of the house. Nothing, however, was reported as stolen.
Later, during an interview at the Allegheny County police headquarters, Murphy stated that he slept in on Jan. 4, and when he got up, he went for a walk to get cigarettes, according to the affidavit.
He then said that, on the way back, he began to walk the neighborhood. He said that he had heard about the robberies in the neighborhood and thought he might try one, according to the affidavit.
He said that he walked up to the house and knocked on the front door, and when nobody answered, he went around back and tried the back door, only to find that it was locked, according to the affidavit.
He then noticed a car in the home's driveway, so he began to run, he said. When he noticed somebody running after him, he said that he began to run faster until he got into his house.
Murphy was asked about the holster found in his bedroom. He said, according to the affidavit, that he bought a .38-caliber pistol from somebody at The Residences of South Hills apartments complex.
According to the affidavit, he then said that, shortly after, he sold the gun to a guy named "Mack," who lives over by the borough building, for $350 worth of heroin. (The affidavit does not specify which borough building.)
Although Murphy did not admit to stealing the gun from anywhere, nor the holster, police are still charging him with two counts of receiving stolen property in connection to both the gun and the holster that were taken from the burglarized home on Blossom, as well as the illegal sale or transfer of firearms.
Murphy is also being charged with trespassing on another property in the 600 block of Elaine and the burglary in the 500 block of Elaine.
"Murphy was insistent that this was the first time that he tried to 'break into' anyone's house and that he is aware of the stuff happening in his neighborhood," the affidavit states. "Murphy told detectives, 'I'm not going to admit to something I didn't do, but I did today's.'"
After Murphy's interview with the county police, he was taken to the Allegheny County Jail for processing. He then made bail and was released from jail on Jan. 6.
He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at Bova's office on Jan. 29 at 1 p.m.
Read through other Baldwin Borough police items here.
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Sausage and Egg Casserole Recipe
- 1 pound bulk pork sausage
- 6 Eggland's Best Eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 6 slices white bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- In a skillet, brown and crumble sausage; drain and set aside. In a large bowl, beat eggs; add milk, salt and mustard. Stir in bread cubes, cheese and sausage.
- Pour into a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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Great!! Easy!! Followed the recipe exact and we loved it!
I have been making this recipe for years and is the one I keep going back to. I sauté a few fresh mushrooms and a little onion with the sausage and my recipe calls for a dozen eggs, and less milk. Can get a little salty, I use less.
I've had this recipe for years and I used it every holiday and when I have a family brunch. So easy to make. I mix it the night before, cover it and refrigerate in baking dish over night. Pull it out in the morning and bake for 1 hour. It's ready to go when you are! And get complements galore, they think you spent hours making it. I can't say enough about it!!! I rate it 5 stars ++
I doubled+ everything except the sausage. It was wonderful!
Just made this and it was good. We added tater tots instead of bread. Next time I will leave out the teaspoon of salt as it was too salty, since the cheese and the sausage already have salt added. Other than that really good.
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Man throws nothing away for 1 year.
Sustainable Dave, as he's known, and his family are leading by example. For 1 year, he threw nothing away. Visit his blog 365daysoftrash.blogspot.com to learn more.
Sustainable Dave, as he's known, and his family are leading by example. For 1 year, he threw nothing away. Visit his blog 365daysoftrash.blogspot.com to learn more.
Congratulations to Cathy from Brookings, Oregon.
"I love all the wood - the look and the smell. The owner of the RV park got a real kick out of my first month's electric bill - $1.60! Yes, you read that correctly, one dollar and sixty cents! I keep the place lighted at night with one 60 watt bulb in a fixture pointed at the ceiling. It is a lovely, warm light. The heater works well and the water heater as well." - Cathy
|Over a dozen new green home designs are almost here. Pictured to the left is the updated Enesti. We added an optional bedroom on the ground floor. These plans are complete, and the new house measures a tidy 774 square feet for the 3 bedroom version (ground floor pictured on top). When you purchase the plans, you'll receive plans for both the 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom versions. The bottom picture features the side view of the house with the additional room.
The following five houses will all be updated shortly:
...with more plans to come next month.
Understanding how square footage is measured is similar to uncovering a hidden mystery for most people. In the past, we've made it simple and listed the total square feet of many of our homes irregardless of ceiling height. We did this because we felt it gave a better representation of "usable" space, and less people were confused. After years of being unconventional, we've decided to conform as much as possible when listing the total square feet for our homes.
Generally, a ceiling height must be over 7 feet tall to be counted as square feet. Since many of our homes under 130 square feet have ceiling heights of less than 7 feet, we will measure the square footage of the house simply by the total footprint. The rules for room with sloped ceilings are intricate; but a quick summation is that if the ceiling height is above 5 feet, that portion is included in the square footage. If the ceiling height is below 5 feet, that area is not included.
When measuring the total square footage of a house, the exterior walls are usually included. We've included measurements to the framing of the house (and not the exterior finish). See it gets complicated. Just know that the total house measurements include the walls, and typically room sizes do not.
You will notice that the total square feet on our homes might be different from the past on both our website and from some of our printed materials. Please know that the houses haven't changed, only the area that is measured.


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Memphis police say a brother and sister knowingly neglected their own mother, whose legs were left to rot.
Customers in Lincoln
County take note: Lincoln County Public Works is putting temporary water
restrictions in place.
Workers will be
replacing an essential piece of equipment at the Water Treatment Plant. The
work may limit the amount of water available to customers.
To make sure all
customers continue to receive an adequate supply of water during the work
period, the following restrictions start January 23:
The water
restrictions will remain in place through January 27. If you have questions or
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New student information
Getting to know your new students is an important step in assisting them with their transition to their new environment. During registration, have students complete a New Student Information Form (see the sample) to which you can refer to later. This information can be helpful in matching the student's interests with school clubs, community activities, and other student groups.
New parent orientation
Ask your PTA or parent organizations to conduct (or assist you in conducting) a special program the week before school starts for parents new to the area. Provide your school's bell schedule, dress code policies, and a list of phone numbers for important contacts. Your PTA can develop a list of helpful numbers as well that might include area physicians, dentists, churches, and other resources to help parents make important connections in the new community.
New student "check-in"
Many schools hold new student orientation programs at the beginning of a school year. A vital component of a student's adjustment to a new campus is counselor follow-up sessions. Schedule some "check-in" sessions (these may be done individually or in small groups) every two weeks for the first few months of school. Place the times for these sessions on your calendar now since your days fill up quickly once the year begins. Topics for the sessions can include academic progress, club involvement, community connections, and other issues regarding the adjustment period


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Lynda and Tony Tersigni of Geneva announce the engagement of their daughter, Kayla Tersigni, to Spencer Gale, son of Martha and David Gale of Geneva.
The bride-to-be received her bachelor of science degree and will receive a degree for occupational therapy assistant in December from Kent State University.
Her fiancé completed the Basic Police Academy at Kent State University in 2010. He is employed with the Ashtabula City Police Department.
A closed wedding and reception will be Aug. 24 at the Ashtabula Elks Lakefront Lodge.


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We've come over all girly in this flirty and frilly day dress by Lipsy - it's perfect for cute girly catch ups in the sun!
Covering you head-to-toe in a gorgeous floral print, this dress channels summer's love affair with flowers. The frill detail to the front adds a little shape to your look, while the cross detailed back is a flirty finish.
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This animal print dress by Lipsy shows you how to work the safari trend this season for sleek and chic results!
Covered in a clash of white and black animal prints this dress is a fierce nod to the monochrome look of last season. In a slim fit this piece skims your figure to accentuate your curves and flatter. Long sleeves make it a stunning transitional frock, while the cut away detail to the front hem adds a sultry reveal for a classic Lipsy girl finish.
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