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A year ago, Jon Ramaci and his company, iCache, seemed to be on the cusp of something big.
iCache/Geode timeline
2007: Jon Ramaci founds iCache, the company that will make the Geode digital wallet.Late 2010: After a period of talks with Microsoft, iCache partners with Apple.March 2012: iCache launches the Geode Kickstarter project, sparking both orders and an excited discussion between backers and Ramaci.April 2012: iCache raises more than seven times its Kickstarter goal of $50,000, attracting $352,918 in pledges from 1,784 backers. That's in addition to significant money Ramaci and investors had already put into the project. May: First production batch made in Kentucky. Kickstarter backers are already asking when their Geodes will ship.June: Ramaci officially launches the Geode at iCache-sponsored San Francisco-area music festival BFD. Kickstarter backers' anxiety and questions intensify. Ramaci tells them a manufacturing glitch — "a slight imperfection with the molds for the liners" — has delayed deliveries.July: Geodes start shipping, through Amazon, and Kickstarter backers begin receiving them. The immediate reaction is mixed, with complaints ranging from the universal card to the iPhone app. iCache responds with fixes, again with mixed results. Meanwhile, iCache sues Massachusetts consultants it alleges fraudulently steered iCache toward a manufacturer from which it would receive a kickback.August: Some backers report successful use of their Geodes, but many continue to struggle with a variety of glitches and complain about the company's response. Former iCache president Jonathan Cool sues iCache and Ramaci for allegedly not paying him salary and stock owed. The company posts its last update for Kickstarter backers on Aug. 29.September: Apple announces iPhone 5. Ramaci acknowledges the need for a new Geode and steps down as CEO to lead that effort. Geode customers are offered the option to switch to the iPhone 5 version, while iPhone 4 Geodes and new Geocards are still being sent.October: The talk on the Kickstarter comment board is now about obtaining refunds or unloading shipped Geodes. Massachusetts consultants James DiBurro Jr. and Round Rock Consulting sue iCache and Ramaci in federal court for breach of contract and fraud among other counts.November: Ramaci and several of his fellow executives leave the company.December: iCache is cited as an example of a Kickstarter project gone awry in The Boston Globe.January 2013: Customer complaints continue. Facebook group "Robbed by iCache" set up. iCache's lawyer in the Massachusetts consultant case withdraws, and shortly thereafter iCache's new lawyer signifies he won't pursue the litigation. Status of that dispute is unclear.February: iCache customer support section of website no longer works. U.S. District Judge in South Carolina awards Jonathan Cool $1.23 million, 1.2 million shares of iCache stock and his legal costs in a default judgment against iCache.March: Entire iCache website down. Future of company unclear.
Ramaci, a Citadel graduate, had conceived the idea of the Geode digital wallet back in 2007, and after a series of tweaks to the design and business plan, it was about to come to market.
To gauge demand and raise money, Charleston-based iCache had campaigned on the crowd-source funding website Kickstarter, offering the Geode for $159. The response was tremendous: 1,784 people pledged a total of $352,918.
Production began shortly thereafter, and Ramaci officially launched the mobile payment device in early June at the BFD music festival in San Francisco.
Rock on, right?
Not quite. Instead, the music was already starting to stop.
There were manufacturing problems, leading to delays in delivery and stirring anxiety among Kickstarter backers. Even after the Geodes began shipping, some of the programmable magnetic-stripe cards, which were supposed to become anything from a credit card to a gift card, didn't work quite right.
Then came the lawsuits, one involving a former iCache consultant and the other a former employee.
And then in September, Apple Inc., with whom iCache had been partnering, released the iPhone 5, which was longer and thinner than the iPhone 4, had a new kind of connection port and featured Passbook, an app that did some of the card storage the Geode offered.
By November, Ramaci and many of his top deputies had left the company. The customer complaints continued, growing ever sharper in tone.
The customer support page on the company website stopped working, the board of directors and advisers shrunk to one person each, and earlier this month, the website disappeared altogether, leaving questions, disappointment and resentment in its wake.
Risky business
How did a project so long in the works, one that appeared so promising to hordes of techie consumers and one that won awards and glowing media coverage last spring, go south so fast?
The whole story may never come to light, but it includes a devastating combination of technical difficulties and the introduction of the iPhone 5 just as iCache was struggling to stabilize its iPhone 4 version.
It's also a story that shows while many Charleston tech companies have achieved public success recently, not all have.
While the current chairman of iCache did not respond to requests for an interview, Ramaci did. And even though he said he is bound by nondisclosure agreements, he shed some light on what happened, noting that "innovation and new product development is not always a very clean process."
"Even our huge neighbor, Boeing, with resources well beyond the resources we had, can run into issues," he said, referring to the planmaker's 787 battery problems. "But that's part of the process of how new things get developed."
Long process
The Geode had been an especially long process for Ramaci.
After The Citadel, he worked for name-brand companies such as Duracell and Oracle before starting and then selling a database management company. After getting a master's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he moved back to Charleston and, in coordination with a team in Cambridge, Mass., started iCache.
Self-funded at first, iCache eventually took on other investors, who chipped in at least $4 million, according to a lawsuit filed by the company's former president. Over the years, the team, based in Cambridge, Charleston and Dubai, took the Geode from a standalone device to an iPhone "appcessory."
What resulted was an enhanced case that plugged into the iPhone and featured the universal card and an e-ink barcode, accessible only after running a fingertip over a biometric reader. An app tied the hardware together with the phone.
People were impressed. The Kickstarter response was overwhelmingly positive. A TechCrunch blogger called the Geode "truly awesome." The device twice took first place at the former Cellular Telephone Industry Association's E-Tech Awards. Ramaci said the Geode would be available in 30 days.
"Life is Good," he said in a statement at the time.
It wouldn't last.
Anxious backers
As production proceeded through May, Kickstarter backers already were getting anxious about deliveries.
"Kinda stinks they are already for sale on Amazon and no update on shipping for the backers," a backer named Barrett Roberts wrote in the project's comments section on June 1.
On June 13, Ramaci replied.
"We are working very hard to get you a quality product by the end of June," he wrote. The delay was because of "a slight imperfection with the molds for the liners so I had them scrapped & redone as I want to ship a really great product to all of you."
On July 16, Ramaci announced the Geodes had started shipping. But then came a new wave of complaints about defective cards and other problems. Ramaci acknowledged the issues and promised a fix.
Last week, Ramaci said the glitch was traced to the lamination, which somehow short-circuited the Geode's battery. Faced with that "unforeseen technical issue," iCache sent out new Geocards while Ramaci wrote thank-you notes to backers, offering iTunes gift cards to soften the blow.
"We tried to do the best we could by the backers that we had on Kickstarter," he said.
But the issues continued. According to the Kickstarter comments section, the replacements didn't work either in many cases. The positive press from the spring turned into negative reviews in the tech press.
The last official update from iCache on Kickstarter came in late August, at which point many backers still were unsatisfied. And then came the new iPhone.
While iCache had a partnership with Apple, it received no official warning. Ramaci had heard the rumors of a longer, thinner shape and a new connector, and he had begun thinking about a new Geode model. And he said he wasn't concerned with Apple's Passbook, an app that did some of the card storage the Geode did, but not all.
Ramaci said the iCache board decided he should step down as CEO to focus on the iPhone 5 Geode. Erik Ross, iCache's chief strategy officer, became the new CEO, Ramaci said.
At the time, Ramaci said iCache had 15 employees, with nine in its new offices on eWall Street in Mount Pleasant. Ramaci went to work collaborating with, among others, a design university in Europe.
Time to go
By November, Ramaci, Ross and several other members of the team Ramaci had assembled were gone.
Ramaci denied he was fired and declined to say whether there was a funding crunch or disagreement with investors. He just said that after six years it was time.
"I felt my deliverable was to get the product to the next phase, and we had accomplished quite a great deal in a short amount of time and a very short budget as far as development of the card and the product itself," he said.
After Ramaci left, there was speculation on Kickstarter and elsewhere that he had disappeared with the Kickstarter kitty. Ramaci dismissed that as "hogwash."
"I was in Milan working on version 2 of the design, but somehow that got twisted into I had left the country and was leading this 'Jason Bourne' kind of life," he said.
One Canadian backer's complaint to law enforcement led a Mount Pleasant police detective to visit iCache's offices. The landlord told the officer "he suspected problems with the business because they hadn't been seen for some time," according to the police report.
Ramaci claims as many as 90 percent of the Kickstarter backers got their Geodes, and that the remaining 10 percent were people who opted for the iPhone 5 version. He doesn't know what the status of that device is but expects it to come out at some point.
"Last I knew, it was continually being perfected," he said.
What now?
What has happened with the company since is a mystery. The company no longer has an office on eWall Street, a recent visit confirmed.
Chairman Richard Scott did not respond to requests for an interview placed through Ramaci and a former member of the company's board of advisers, Arthur "Artie" Pingolt Jr., who declined to comment on iCache.
While some people have been able to get refunds from Amazon, many Kickstarters seem to still be out of money (Kickstarter does not refund the projects it hosts on its platform, leaving that between the entrepreneurs and their backers.).
They have continued to comment last week, and one backer started a Facebook page, "Robbed by iCache."
Meanwhile, in federal courts in South Carolina and Massachusetts, the litigation involving the iCache consultant and former president appears to have reached a stopping point. The company's website has shrunk in functionality until this month, when it went down completely. Last week, Ramaci said he didn't realize that had happened.
He said he still lives on the Isle of Palms with his wife and children and still holds a "significant" share of iCache but is no longer involved in the business. He describes himself as a self-employed "New Product Innovation & Business Development Executive" on career networking site LinkedIn and says he's got a new business idea in the works.
As for the Geode, he maintains it's a "great product" and hopes iCache can keep it going.
"As I said, I'm an investor myself, and I've put a lot of time and a lot of sweat equity in it," he said. "So I'm certainly rooting for the company."
Reach Brendan Kearney at 937-5906 and follow him on Twitter at @kearney_ brendan.


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quote: The entire point of the electrification of the US transportation fleet is so America can stand together and tell OPEC to #&*$ OFF.
quote: For some reason, Audi's are the best-selling luxury cars in the world, when they are more expensive, less reliable, and half poor fuel economy compared to virtually every model class from Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Lincoln and Cadillac.
quote: What's practical about a $45,000 VW Golf that is the A4?
quote: The AWD thing is a gimick, too. Most people will never take advantage of it, and I read awhile back that over 90% of Audi Quattro packages sold have the winter package declined, so they are driving year round with Summer or All-season tires at best.
quote: Any front or rear-wheel drive vehicle with Winter tires will outperform any AWD car with Summer or All-season tires in any task.
quote: You could have a vastly superior BMW 3-series or Merc C-class for 30% less, without the poor fuel economy, crap ride quality and needless repair costs of AWD.
quote: I agree. It has nothing to do with practicality.
quote: The AWD thing is a gimick, too.
quote: But there is no such oil source which could satisfy american appetite for long.
quote: and with developing countries increasing their consumption too, prices will inevitably go up, because domestic drillers will happilly sell to highest bidder
quote: The cost of gas everywhere in the world
quote: On a side note, nice to see ol' Bush in the news again. IMO more people could use a reminder what happened last time they voted republican (for the record; it got worse. No matter how bad obama is (pretty darn bad), it can always get worse).
quote: If you vote democrat next year, the 2013 federal budget will have a $1.8 trillion deficit. If you vote Republican, the budget will have a $2 trillion deficit. What is the logical conclusion?
quote: I'd love to discuss my political mindset, the idea of compromise i have. I don't even trust ron paul since he's sided with the republicans

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TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Northern Sierra Partnership (NSP) welcomed more than 200 members of the public to Independence Lake Preserve on July 7 for the inaugural celebration of the Partnership's conservation work in the northern Sierra. The event introduced the community to the natural beauty and unique ecosystem of Independence Lake Preserve, a place largely unknown by many residents yet only 15 miles north of Truckee.
Throughout the day, participants enjoyed ecology tours led by The Nature Conservancy's lead ecologist Jim Gaither and Sagehen Creek Field Station's director Jeff Brown, kayaking and motorboating, children's activities with environmental educator Gina Layh, and fly-casting instruction with California Fly Fishing Magazine publisher and Truckee Town Council member Richard Anderson alongside Trout Unlimited Field Director David Lass and other expert anglers. Activities were followed by an unforgettable barbecue lunch catered by Truckee's Farm-to-Belly and welcoming remarks by NSP President Lucy Blake, who thanked NSP's federal, state and local partners, including the U.S. Forest Service, the Truckee River Watershed Council, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Harry Reid, who sent representatives to the event.
Independence Lake Preserve is open to the public year-round for walk-in day use. The Nature Conservancy maintains a fleet of kayaks, pontoon float tubes, and small motorboats for the public's use, free of charge, from late May or June to late October. By maintaining boats for exclusive use on Independence Lake, the Conservancy is reducing the risk of aquatic invasive species. For the same reason, no outside watercraft are permitted on the Preserve.
To address the requests of some recreational users for the quiet enjoyment of the Preserve, non-motorized watercraft are available throughout the summer and motorboats are available every other week. To plan a day of hiking, swimming, fishing, boating and picnicking visit www.northernsierrapartnership.org/project/independence-lake/
The Northern Sierra Partnership partners are: Feather River Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Business Council, Truckee Donner Land Trust, and The Trust for Public Land. Visit www.northernsierrapartnership.org.


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I LOVE this product, and not just for the office. At home I have one by the phone and one by my computer. They are wonderful for jotting down information, ideas, quotes, and fleeting thoughts. I intend to purchase another one for the bedside stand.
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The craftsmanship on this note card holder is outstanding. With the top grain leather and subtle, baseball stitching, it is a beautiful addition to any desk. The lid might be unnecessary, but it is a good look. I enjoy this product as much when it is in use, as when it is just idle on my desk.
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Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Digital Story
In searching the internet for examples of digital stories I found this from Minnesota Historical Society. Since I am a member, I was drawn to this example and examined it carefully. I was not disappointed. Several things become apparent. It was not put together by a non-technical person at MNHS as many of their articles are, but was contracted out. It was an extravagant effort that was carefully researched and cartooned. The compelling factor is the amount of historical detail that is captured under hot buttons found throughout the story. It is a good example of a digital story. The story introduction is excellent. It combines sound, voice and visual, but then the story changes to four examples presented as cartoons with text. At this point it becomes boring. This may be a work in progress, but MNHS does not tell the viewer that. There are several changes that could increase interest. First, use voice rather than cartoon text to tell the story. The hot buttons provide a wealth of knowledge but are hardly noticeable. Highlight the hot buttons since they provide full text of the historical letter that the cartoon is based upon and other information. Read the text and move automatically through the cartoons. Next, add some historical photographs show the people quoted and to represent a trade such as milling. Include dates when describing the trade. Only four trades are offered, but there are many others in Minnesota such as mining. It is important to provide a digital format that allows the story of ordinary people to be told in a way that maintains viewer interest. This digital story falls short in this regard. We see cartoons that are connected to an original story, but the story is lost in this format.
The compelling thing about this digital story is its hot buttons with detailed information and its potential. The hot buttons provide amplifying information and definitions which are very useful to the viewer. As seen above, a viewer can envision all sorts of improvements that would make this digital story much better. MNHS should offer this as a baseline and invite members to improve the story. I checked the MNHS web site and can find no other examples of digital stories. I'll emailed MNHS asking why they produced the digital story in this manner and if they have any other digital stories planned.


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The drama surrounding the rejection began shortly
after when the Federal Communications Commission opened
an inquiry into who was responsible for the rejection of Google
Voice and whether the rejection violated any federal laws or rules.
AT&T quickly
responded that it did not mastermind the rejection, and that it
was Apple's doing. Apple followed up, taking
the blame and say it was working to get the app approved.
came a second
response from AT&T. Apparently in a sharing mood, AT&T
sounded off against Google and complained to the FCC that it believes
Google Voice breaks the law. Since AT&T has allowed
VoIP apps onto the iPhone, but Google Voice is still no where to
be found. Now AT&T has delivered a third
letter to the FCC further attacking the internet giant.
Google has been attacked by many -- newspaper moguls, telecoms, and
internet rivals -- the new letter is perhaps the harshest
conglomerated criticism leveled against the company to date.
Written by Robert W. Quinn, Jr., an AT&T Senior Vice President,
the letter entitled "Google Voice; Establishing Just and
Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers" opens claiming
Google is a hypocrite when it comes to net neutrality.
Quinn writes:
As the debate regarding "net neutrality" has
evolved, it appeared on the surface that all parties shared the same
desire to preserve the "free and open" nature of the Internet, a
goal enunciated by [FCC] Chairman Genachowski with which we heartily
As communications services increasingly migrate
to broadband Internet-based platforms, we can now see the power of
Internet-based applications providers to act as gatekeepers who can
threaten the "free and open" Internet. Google's double-standard
for "openness" – where Google does what it wants while other
providers are subject to Commission regulations – is plainly
inconsistent with the goal of preserving a "free and open"
Internet ecosystem.
The letter claims that Google's explanation that it is only
blocking certain kinds of rural calls like adult sex-chat lines, to
avoid high fees leveled against the free service, is a lie. The
letter accuses Google of conspiracy, saying it also blocked calls to
an ambulance service, church, bank, law firm, automobile dealer, day
spa, orchard, health clinic, tax preparation service, community
center, eye doctor, tribal community college, school, residential
consumers, a convent of Benedictine nuns, and the campaign office of
a U.S. Representative.
According to AT&T, Google is
"abus[ing] its market power". AT&T insists Google
is not exempt, either from being free or being internet-based, from
federal regulations that prevent such call blocking.
letter also calls Google a monopoly, citing, "In preparing a
complaint to challenge the Google/Yahoo arrangement, the [U.S.]
Department [of Justice] reportedly concluded that Google had a
"monopoly" in these markets and the proposed arrangement "would
have furthered [Google's] monopoly."
Furthermore, AT&T
accuses Google of practicing broad-scale manipulation of the media.
It says that Google blocked political advertisements from Senator
Susan Collins, due to her criticism of Moveon.org, a Google net
neutrality partner. It also accuses Google of blocking the
Inner City Press from Google News, as the publication criticized the
United Nation Development Programme, a Google-sponsored program.
then goes on to accuse Google of illegitimately "buying"
ads in its own auction to push its agenda for keywords such as "net
neutrality". The letter concludes, "Ironically, Google
appears oblivious to the hypocrisy of its net neutrality advocacy
relative to its own conduct. [A]t the same time, Google exploits the
dominance of its search engine and its gatekeeping power over other
applications to give its preferred content greater visibility than
its political opponents' content or to simply block its
competitors' applications altogether."
narrowing the principles to award Google a special privilege to play
by its own rules – or no rules at all – would be grossly unfair,
patently unlawful, and a renunciation of President Obama's
assurance that the Commission's Internet Policy Statement would be
used to "ensure there's a level playing field" between
competitors. Thus, the Commission's first fundamental step in
leveling that playing field must be to unequivocally re-affirm in its
proposed rulemaking that it will not exempt Google from whatever
rules it ultimately adopts."
quote: Google doesn't charge YOU, but they sure as hell make tons of money from you. Every ISP people complain about has tons of debt from building the network we all take for granted, but Google has none and continues to roll in dough with incredible 30%+ profits.
quote: So, why does everyone take the side of Google in every issue? They're making massive profits, organizing political movements for their advantage, and stealing more and more from others for their benefit (book scanning, telephone service, etc.). Why aren't they giving a higher percentage of the advertising revenue to the sites that uses Google's ad service? Why aren't they opening up Google Voice calling to everyone like required by a common carrier? Why won't they let watchdogs guarantee their privacy policies are being carried out? Why don't they come clean about how their target ads on Gmail?
quote: Google does very little to provide their service, as shown low operating margins, and cares even less about it's effects on the economy or world. Each new service they roll out is a direct strike at the ISPs that Google owes it's existence. Services that take more bandwidth/traffic, circumvent federal regulations and segregate the Internet more (Wave, Chrome OS).
quote: They're taking more for themselves and giving nothing back. Google has turned into the tech leech that no one seems to notice sucking on their neck.
quote: Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs announces new optical transmission record and breaks 100 Petabit per second kilometer barrier
quote: It is the way of the future. Or would you like to go to the old days before the times of the electronic calculator ?
quote: What you describe is nonsense. With out a efficient search machine, people would take longer to search and consuming more bandwidth. Google actually lowers bandwidth requirements.
quote: So, don't give me a "they're in trouble because their not doing their job right", you're on the damn Internet using all these free services so they seem to be doing a damn good job.
quote: So, if the future is allowing a monopoly to harvest vast amounts of data from the general population (not just browsing habits, mind you), create laws that benefit itself more than consumers, all while avoiding any criticism or oversight than it's a future in peril. And don't blame the electronic calculator for the new 1984 scenario playing out. Blame user's ignorance and short-sighted appetite for "free" content.
quote: If Google was only a search engine today, I'd agree to a degree but even an efficient search means more web browsing. But web browsing isn't the bandwidth hog. They've repeatedly swooped in to save bandwidth hogs like Youtube and Flickr. They then swooped in to save Grand Central, giving it's voice service an advantage against against cell phones and land lines that have government regulations to uphold. Each new product they come out with is aimed to push their influence out of their core business. So much so that they're making Microsoft look tame by comparison.
quote: They then swooped in to save Grand Central, giving it's voice service an advantage against against cell phones and land lines that have government regulations to uphold.


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Get A Stimulus Check Every Year!
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With Presidential hopeful Barack Obama mentioning a potential second economic stimulus check, many folks are clamoring to know more. Unfortunately, there's much else to say about it other than that he'd push for one in the short term.
I, however, offer a different solution. In order to find an additional $600, you only need to cut $50 a month. In reality, that comes out to only $11.54 a week. Reduce your spending by eleven dollars, fifty four cents a week and you will have created your own stimulus check. That's it. Can you do it? I'm betting that you can and here are some recommendations of what you might want to trim.
Get a list of all the subscriptions you have and really take a long hard look at what you really use. Do you have a $50/month (or more) gym membership that you don't use? Do you have a $15/month Netflix membership but have had the same DVDs for the last three months? Do you get a copy of Good Housekeeping every month yet you never do anything except leave it on the coffee table? Trim it.
- Gym memberships,
- Video rentals memberships,
- Magazines,
- Cable television,
- Internet,
- there are plenty more…
Food & Fuel
Food and fuel are the two largest expenses for most families so it makes sense, after trimming that which we can live without, that we turn to these two categories to find further savings. (what doesn't make sense is why they're not included in "Core-CPI," oh wait I remember, it's so the number seems better! :))
First, let's tackle food.
Every Thursday there's a farmers market within walking distance of my home in which fresh produce is sold at very low prices. I can get yellow squash for $1/lb. versus $1.49/lb. at the local Giant supermarket. That's a 33% discount and while we don't eat a ton of yellow squash, savings is savings.
Another recommendation I've heard, which I am trying to follow, is to eat more vegetables and less meat. Vegetables are healthier for you and far cheaper. Chicken breast, at it's very cheapest, was $1.69/lb. and usually $2.99/lb. Beef? Forget it, you're talking the north side of $4 a pound and sometimes much higher depending on the cut, grade, and whatever sale's going on. Supplement your meals with more vegetables and some meat, for the various nutrients, but eat more leafy greens than fatty meats.
Lastly, be sure to review the circulars. You can see what's on sale for the week ahead and plan your menu accordingly. We know that the front page of the Giant Food supermarket circular has the sales so we structure our meals according to what's on sale. This week we had some shish-kabobs and will prepare some "crumby chicken" (it's chicken breast coated with breadcrumbs, except it's Ritz crackers) tonight. Chicken is on sale. 🙂 (oh, and a leftover calendar helps reduce spoilage… still going strong with nothing going bad yet!)
I'm a huge proponent of car pooling, as it has the potential for the greatest savings. A second best option is to employ some techniques of realistic hypermiling. Don't tailgate trucks, but consider easing off the gas if you see a red light and not slamming it when it turns green.
Everyone can tell you to car pool or hypermile, how about something no one else has said before? Go to Google Maps and plot out your daily commute. Google will often give you the fastest route but not necessarily the shortest one. What you can do is drag the path and investigate some alternative routes to see if it reduces your total mileage. While there are factors not illustrated on the map (rush hour zones, traffic lights, etc), it will give you an accurate count of the miles traveled. You will have to decide for yourself whether the trade-offs are wroth it.
In my case, I plotted my former commute and was able to reduce the trip from 16.1 miles to 15.5 miles. Qualitatively, the shorter commute had three more traffic lights, took smaller roads, but often missed a stretch of two highways that are usually clogged during rush hour. I felt the two were equal, except one route was shorter by 0.6 miles. 0.6 miles may seem inconsequential but it's actually worth $40 a year! At $4/gallon gas and a 30MPG car, each mile costs 8 cents. If I make the twice a day for 250 days, the typical work year, then I save $40 by cutting out the 0.6 miles. This, of course, assumes both trips take the same amount of time.
So, plot your trip and any frequent trips you make (such as to the grocery store, doctor, dentist, etc.) to see if you can squeeze any efficiencies out of it.
There you go, some damn good suggestions on how to squeeze an extra stimulus check each year. 🙂
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Here is another column on the colors found in the garden, and this one is fairly obvious - green.
Even on a day like today, dull and windy and rainy with leaves already fallen and leftover plants turning brown and slimy, there is still a lot of green in the garden.
The grass is still green and shines in the mornings' frost.
All year around, the evergreen trees show their colors in all shades of green, from the blue tints of spruce to the grayish tones of Douglas fir, the yellow-green bald cypress and hemlock, dark arbor vitae and Austrian pine and the yellow tamarack.
But green is not limited to trees and grass.
There are many green flowers, and the first one that comes to mind is the Green Envy zinnia, which is easy to grow and flourishes in sun or part shade.
The lime green variety of Nicotiana is colorful and, although it is grown as an annual in our zone, it has a long blooming season with chartreuse blooms that have trumpet-shaped petals.
An interesting hydrangea is Limelight, which grows as a 6- or 8-foot-tall shrub and can be trained into a small tree and has soft, lime green flowers in late summer.
Envy is a coneflower that has mostly light green petals with red toward the center of the flower and a dark green central cone.
If you see beautiful green chrysanthemums in a wedding bouquet or other flower arrangement, they are probably Shamrock Chrysanthemums. These puffy beauties are made of hundreds of tiny petals that are narrow and curl upwards. These Shamrocks grow best in a greenhouse, but if you do manage to grow some outside, be sure to save the seeds of that hardy strain.
Bells of Ireland are tall, upstanding plants with green brachts. Much like the red "petals" of the poinsettia, these brachts form a showy, bell-shaped calyx, while the small, insignificant flowers are white. They grow in sun or partial shade.
Anyone, however black their thumb, can grow green hostas. (Just ask my granddaughter Brittany.) I think they are the hardiest plants in my flower borders, their clumps expanding each year, ready for division and sharing.
Leaves may combine their green with yellow, white or blue, and they may be puckered, corrugated, ribbed, curled, folded, variegated, dwarf, tall or enormous. There is one for everyone.
When making an indoor arrangement with flowers whose leaves are too small or unattractive, a hosta leaf will always complete the picture.
The last green in the vegetable garden was the Swiss chard, and I think it would be showing green still if I had not pulled it out for the sake of tidiness.
Onions and garlic are standing proud, and I want to pass on a tip about green onions which fits nicely into the theme of this column because I forgot to include it in a previous one about allium. Friend John told me a few weeks ago that if you save the root part of the onion you cut off when preparing it for salad, you can plant the root and it will grow.
I tried this out, and had a nice row of free, green onions.
Green is the color of hope. Even on the darkest wintry day, it is possible to go into the garden and find some color that reminds us spring will come.
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Erin Pearl.....
David Santee. Always skated to Rocky.
Simone Lang
I don't like the 80s holdover East German styling even ca. 1992, but I do like that this program has a theme and uses the music quite often:
By mid-90s, her stroking and presentation look much more confident and mature, she's still musical and still has a huge double axel, but without the harder triples she wasn't going to contend:
I've always enjoyed Aren Nielsen's brief time at the top ranks in Nationals. His best year, 1994, he won bronze with a lovely program. What spreadeagles! The fact that he skated to one of my favorite sound tracks, James Horner's for The Rocketeer, didn't hurt.
Stephanie Rosenthal! Not sure what happened to her...
SP - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-2J_d9XksU
LP - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMwXYdkSK4g
At those same Worlds, I remember Alissa Drei - met her, wished her well & did a double take - she looked like Irina S.!
Olympia, I liked Aren Nielsen, too. He skated with such joy!
Katrina Hacker - 2009 US Nationals in Cleveland
Andrea Gardiner - She's the first person I saw do a double-triple combo, way back in 1998. She was at Nationals for several years and I enjoyed watching her.
Erin Pearl - Fun to watch at '99 Nationals, had a warp that Dick and Peggy harped on
Amber Corwin - Was at Nationals year after year, was close to making the world team but never did
Britteny McConn - Skated to Les Mis in 1998, nice smile, memorable dress
Elena Liashenko - a major telegrapher (and Dick let us know it). She was around for a long time.
Tatiana Malinina - nice jumps, skated her 1998 LP to Aladidn, good SP at 1998 Worlds, always got so excited when she skated well
Tonia Kwiatkowski - always well-packaged, older and mature skater, so happy for her when she did so well at '98 Worlds
Yukari Nakano - had a wrap, had nice moments, in many ways the forgotten Japanese skater of the early 2000s
I still remember the glory days when the early groups at U.S. Nationals were actually televised. Well, the coverage in general for all figure skating events was more extensive back then. That's how I got most of this list. Sadly, that doesn't happen anymore.
Evelyn Grossman
She was coached by Katerina Witts coach. She was suppose to be the next big star for Germany. She was a pretty skater like Witt, but she did not have Witts competitive spirit. She was at the 1989 Worlds, but I never saw her after that.
One of my favourite skaters in the 70s was Gerti Schanderl (4th at the 1974 Worlds). The only footage I know of her skating is in the beginning of this.
Oh, and Juliana Cannarozzo and Kirsten Olson of Ice Princess fame. Juliana skated at 2007 U.S. Nationals. Not sure what level Kirsten got to, but she's not skating anymore.
And as an aside. I will come out and say it. Frau Uta Muller is one beautiful woman. When she isn't walking around with those glasses and looking like she was casting for the James Bond role of "eville Communist villain", she has beautiful eyes, a very striking face, and good hair. She's a skater, so probably has a good body. Uta Muller is my new granny crush!! LOL
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Alice Sue Claeys- http://youtu.be/A19DoS2vXeM
Kathleen Kelly Cutone- http://youtu.be/jANG8dgg8Q0
Tricia Mansfield- http://youtu.be/W1LsqEZ3W3c
Jessica Mills- http://youtu.be/eGOyFV0AdXY
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I received a pair of suede Birkenstock Bostons for father's day and because of the wet terrain here in the Pacific Northwest, I decided to give 'em a good dubbing.
As far as I can gather, the term "dubbing" is a derivative of "dubbin" which is an ancient recipe for leather dressing that consists of natural waxes, oils, and tallow. In WWII, soldiers were issued "service shoes" which were roughout (suede-side out) boots which were then treated (dubbed) in order to protect the boots from water and chemical warfare agents.
I've been wanting to try this out for a while now and had purchased a jar of Sno-Seal a while ago in case I ever got the urge. I basically followed the instructions per this site, but here's the basic process I went through:
There's really nothing to it. Basically, just dip your fingers in, scoop up a glob and start working it into the suede.
After you've coated the entire shoe, take a blow dryer on high heat and essentially melt the wax into the suede. You'll see it seeping in. Do the whole process over again and you're done. It took me maybe 15-20 mins.
Before and after. You can clearly see the dramatic difference in color and texture.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia Z
0. phoneArena 27 Mar 2013, 03:56 posted on
We here at PhoneArena respect Sony, just as much as we respect Samsung. We'll put both of their latest flagship smartphones, the Xperia Z and Galaxy S4 , to test and see which one's going to finish with a higher score!...
This is a discussion for a review. To read the whole review, click here
1. feres13 (Posts: 306; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
Sony doesn't have a chance against the S4...
18. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
Well they are like Lion n Tiger :)
53. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Tigers in most cases would beat a Lion easily. They are just bigger and have more power. A pride of Lions is crazy though and Tigers are loners.
69. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
Whatever, they are still the King :)
22. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
S4 cant survive with Xperia Z on everyday and everywhere use,
rain or shine hahahaha.
47. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
that's my point....me lord.....!!!
38. Airforce (Posts: 68; Member since: 24 Jul 2012)
This to me is just another biased Review complements of iphonearena ....i can say that Samsung GS3 was a success,this new Samsung GS4..is just a wasted effort be samsung...they should as well called it Samsung Galaxy SIII S ..I HAVE TO SAY SONY did a great job on Xperia Z..nd this is a great achievement to them
57. GTR722 (Posts: 261; Member since: 20 Oct 2012)
I love how they start with this: "we here at PhoneArena respect Sony, just as much as we respect Samsung".....lolololol yeah right......
81. yudi.nemesis (Posts: 1127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
what phonearena respect sony my ass
if the they respect sony why they change xperia z vote and lumia vote
72. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
Xperia Z was just made all glass and thats awesome? critical analysis is a must
even dey put a 1080p display, still thats a crap!
getting into quadcore yet uses 2012 flagship processor (oh but thats update seeing their 2012 phones uses 2011's LOL)
having ip57 to sacrificed so many things esp the speakers
they always lose the camera battle
s4 isnt awasted effort,, even the build is given with marvelous achievement>im not talking abt how it totally looks..
bull crap> read review comparisons and analyze how s4 throw that xperia Z and be on the level or even better than the htc One..
the first fullHD amoled in mobile is being talked abt now how samsung managed to make such great display!!! and those loads of features will make u use ur phone always!
get ur facts boy
many xperia Z users now are disappointed.. talk.sonymobile.com
45. LonghornTech (Posts: 50; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
I wouldn't go that far, but the Samsung wins this round. Don't understand why call quality is bad on both devices, pretty sad really. I'll probably go for the HTC One for that and a few other reasons.
Still don't understand why Sony, one of the best camera producers, can not put a truly proper camera on their phones.
49. AshishRomea (Posts: 145; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
it has stunning camera bro , i own the phone !
79. Ivan6479 (Posts: 249; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
But you don't own the GS4. lol
54. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Sony hates noise too much, they always use aggressive noise reduction that smears and destroy details, even in their point and shoot cameras. Sony cameras are the best, if you shoot in RAW. If you like to auto everything, Sony is poor.
They have by far the best sensors though, just poor noise reduction firmware.
70. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
Just bad camera software
48. AshishRomea (Posts: 145; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
when sony has an awesome design , build , camera , proofing - samsung covers it up up very good hardware , display , sleekness & software additions
both phones are good in a number of ways
110. TMach (Posts: 457; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
The evidence never lies.....please watch the link put your bias aside and form a non fanboy opinion, if that is remotely possible! An open mind is all it takes!!http://youtu.be/jsC8SYk7fUo
2. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Even though I like the xperia z a bit more, we have to accept that fact that sgs4 wins
42. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Well totally agree and not bias and neutral+1
3. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
SGS4 Wins!
Better Screen, Bigger battery, IR Blaster, Smaller Size, lighter, No onscreen buttons to take up screen, less bezel, removeable battery, New Touch techology with hover or golve usable
Sony does put up a fight with a better Looking phone and water/dust Proof
4. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
admittedly s4 is better. sony should try harder with their next flagship. even the battery on the s4 is better. price may even be better with samsung. i've been rooting for sony but it's stupid to believe something that does not exist. sony lost this fight. display, camera, battery, features ... when will sony offer something well rounded and superior?
i'll get back to being a sony fan when they do things better. now, i'll be looking forward to motorola. i just can't learn to love samsung. used to be a fan but they've become quite annoying. this does not mean their products are bad, though.
111. TMach (Posts: 457; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Seriously? I can't believe people form an opinion based on another person's opinion. Anyone who has ever picked up the Xperia Z would admit that it does everything extremely well and then some. It is the top rated phone on GSMArena by consumers and also has the most hits, even more than the S4, even hough it has already been out for months. Remember, the hype is greatest before a phone is released so this is quite some feat, given the build up to the S4 release! Now watch the video in the link below and you will see comments in regard to screen are bogous!
5. kaliil10 (Posts: 145; Member since: 16 May 2012)
Galaxay s4 is the winner. there are many holes on th xperia z
19. CODER (Posts: 3; Member since: 27 Mar 2013)
g4 is super ugly and tht oled screen is pain for eyes ... and ya xperia z is powerfull enough to do wht g4 can do :)) .. so chill
30. sheik (Posts: 249; Member since: 12 Sep 2012)
Xperia z's TFT display's super washed out screen is pain for eyes not to mention its terrible viewing angles... Ofcourse xperia z is powerful enough but not power efficient as 28nm A7 processors enhanced galaxy s4 :))So chill...
58. GTR722 (Posts: 261; Member since: 20 Oct 2012)
And GS4 screen with false colors and minimun brightness....both screens have flaws
33. ebubekir26 (Posts: 318; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
pain for eyes? beach please
S4 uses technologie that saves your eyes !
61. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
Lol. Pain for the eyes is talking about the XZ not the S4, read first before commenting, or you must be blinded by amoled, thats why you got the wrong info. Hahaha
6. GALAXY-STORM (Posts: 328; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
Hands down victory
89. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
*The joke*
The more this guy gets downvote *Hands down* the more will agree that Xperia Z wins
7. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
emadshiny and xperia-knight
come on show ur aggressiveness
.. i almost cant read ur comments nowadays as the heat is just between s4 and htc one
anyway PA, pls make a battle between s4 and s3
coz when i used gsmarena photo and video compare tool
i notced that s3 and note2's details are superior than s4.. hope its not d final unit
8. wendygarett (unregistered)
I will play the upcoming Xperia z with my lovely mermaids where you can't :)
13. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
im praising Z for that :)
25. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
everyone knows S4 is the truly winner for awhile, lets see with sales
if they can beat the S3 last year
Z is already selling very good
28. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
oh i forgot lee480
ahhh theres still plenty of them who hates samsung too much :)
hahakeep the redmarks going :)
im just happy that i told so many facts way before abt xperia Z and trolls keep defending this faulty flagship :)
im not a Sony hater, i owned a a sony laptop and xperiaV but left unused becoz of many issues, so my note2 keeps on rocking my life :)
31. SleepingOz (unregistered)
I remember when the XZ came out, they were all trolling Samsung articles, "fake octa-core gimmick blablabla". I guess they went back to their caves, since sony haven't learn anything from their past mistakes. Subpar 2012 specs on their 2013 flagship.
But wait a little, I'm pretty sure "biased PA paid by Samsung" comments are coming!
35. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
not really coming coz those comments already came in odr artcles haha :D
71. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
Everything is now subpar? Even if it can still run perfectly fine and par with those "2013 spec"?
We moved forward so much that these pricks are starting to show up, "OMG, it's using a yesterday's old spec, must be subpar because LOOK, today there's a new CPU"
Watch this and you'll know what I'm talking about
88. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Every major 2013 flagships feature at least the S600, even some cheap chinese ones have it on board. So yeah the XZ has a subpar CPU/GPU compared to them.
Not to mention that lags and hiccups have been reported by many XDA users.
t=2186730&highlight=lag(In this one the GSIII is even faster)
Now let's talk about the camera, even if it's a 13mp sensor, it can barely match the 8mp of the GSIII/iP5, which means the XZ camera is subpar compared to the GSIV one and even the 4 "ultrapixels" of the HTC One.
What about the TFT screen?
Poor viewing angles, poor contrasts, washed out colours, lame sunlight visibility. It's even worse than 2011/2012 screens(HOX and iP4S LCDs are clear examples of better screens, even though they have lower ppi).
78. GTR722 (Posts: 261; Member since: 20 Oct 2012)
Enjoy your gimmick octa core that will be only on 25% of the GS4 because poor quality control by Samsung. Samsung faboys, the new apple ones.
80. heyhi (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Feb 2013)
Apple ones dont know Android and dont know much about phones, some dont care and some cant see that Android has better phones right now or cant accept that.
i think you are like them, because you cant see which one is better or dont wanna accept which one is better...on this case you are being the "apple one" fanboymaster.
86. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Gimmick you said? LMAO! I guess I've hurt your feelings wih my previous comment. Well, truth hurts, doesnt it?! =]
91. yudi.nemesis (Posts: 1127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
if the benchmark is true samsung 5 octa with 8 core is nothing but gimmick because many people think samsung 5 octa gonna be the most powerful SOCs some even said ''crapdragon is weak'' but the reality its not to much powerful than S600 ( if the benchmark is true ) and S600 proved it doesn't need 8 core to have excellent battery life
with some optimization S600 will be equal with octacore just like XP Z vs nexus 4, (antutu 2000+ vs 15000+) (quadrant 8000+ vs 4000+)
the real powerhouse is between tegra4 or S800
the truth does hurt when you can't except the reality that samsung octacore is nothing but gimmick ( IF THE BENCHMARK IS TRUE )
55. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
13mp is probably noisier than 8mp. Might have to play around with the settings to make the newer sensor stand out.
Sony should have stuck with 8mp for their Exmor RS, which I am quite positive is the sensor in both the GS4 and Xperia Z. Apple might be smart enough to contract Sony to make an 8mp version of the Exmor RS though.
Not sure if the 8mp Exmor RS sensor in the Xperia SP is better or worse than the 13mp one.
9. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Blows away the Xperia Blur, especially in camera, screen and battery department. But of course there's always a geek that wets himself from the IP57 certification, so the Z comes handy when they do a shandy.
63. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
OK. A cool guy with S4, A geek guy with Z. Rain pour so hard, both have no umbrella. Oppps!! S4 dead while Z is dancing with the rain. Hahaha Power is not the only Best in this world
67. maccess (Posts: 742; Member since: 16 Jan 2013)
no one stupid enough to still using their phone while raining.. all things they should do is to find a f***ing place to get cover!!
85. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
S4 is already dead once you find a cover moron
10. sonofzeus (Posts: 95; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
xperia z is a beauty and s4 is a beast
52. Eonnaydra (Posts: 217; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
HTC One is a beauty and S4 is a beast. Fixed.
64. pyradark (Posts: 857; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
There is no beauty on a copy of Z10 front and Xperia P back
11. nicholassss (Posts: 368; Member since: 10 May 2012)
Technically, S4 hands down, but I love the way the Xperia Z looks. I love corners and on screen buttons.
12. chongbh (Posts: 17; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
Definitely this review is very biased towards Samsung as they are the market leader now, guess only the user know how sucks Samsung OS is. The review do not even mention on the water and dust resistance of Xperia Z.
16. nicholassss (Posts: 368; Member since: 10 May 2012)
i dunno man, touchwiz doesnt suck that bad, and if its really a problem hack it.
14. Trex95 (Posts: 905; Member since: 03 Mar 2013)
So still you have to buy nokia 3310 for better call quality Lol.
15. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
S4 hands down. I don't care how premium your materials are; with sharp corners that make it unwieldy and an unimpressive display, the Xperia Z is very unappealing to me.
36. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
It was OK when I saw it on videos and photos
But once I touched it, I felt exactly same as Ray said.
Bulky, unwieldy ,and heavy
17. CODER (Posts: 3; Member since: 27 Mar 2013)
g4 is soooo ugly,..... and xperia z is powerful enough to do whtever g4 can do... so whts the point of having something as ugly as g4??lol
39. kclgphilsbsa (Posts: 765; Member since: 21 Jan 2013)
XZ cant wow u in watching videos
XZ cant deliver lout and better sound quality
XZ cant capture the best photos out there
XZ cant stand a day
XZ can deliver u with faulty stamina mode
XZ can give u laggy homescreen
XZ can give u so many issues> talk.sonymobile.com


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As House Republican backbenchers hurtle toward a government shutdown and a default on the national debt, their leaders remain in charge in title only.
Perhaps some changes in job descriptions are in order.
Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) will now be Spokesman Boehner, for he serves only as a mouthpiece for the desires of House conservatives.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) will henceforth be Majority Follower Cantor.
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) will become simply Whipped McCarthy, presiding over a staff of whipped deputies.
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Ph.D. Environmental Engineering – Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008
M.S. Environmental Engineering – Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006
B.S. Chemistry – University of Florida, 2001
Professional Interests
Our research is centered on issues of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry. A main goal of our work is to understand the sources, transformation, and fate of pollutants in the atmosphere. Our research focuses on a class of pollutants known as particulate matter (PM) or aerosols. These small particles in the air have detrimental impacts on human health and important implications for climate change. Some particles are emitted directly (think tailpipe emissions) into the atmosphere while others form from chemical reactions of gas-phase compounds: our work aims to better understand these formation processes.
Our research is carried out through a combination of atmospheric measurements, laboratory experimentation, and modeling work. We develop and deploy instrumentation to measure in situ aerosol loadings at high time resolution in order to investigate and explain the factors that influence their concentrations in the atmosphere. Based on our atmospheric observations, we also conduct laboratory experiments to characterize specific chemical mechanisms and processes that may be important for aerosols. Finally, we utilize models to both assess the large-scale impacts (continental to global scales) of aerosols on health and climate and to probe our understanding of the processes impacting aerosol concentrations through direct comparison with observations.
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Hennigan, C. J.; Westervelt, D. M.; Riipinen, I.; Engelhart, G. J.; Lee, T.; Collett, J. L.; Pandis, S. N.; Adams, P. J., Robinson, A. L., New particle formation and growth in biomass burning plumes: an important source of cloud condensation nuclei, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L09805, doi:10.1029/2012GL050930 (2012).
Engelhart, G. J.; Hennigan, C. J.; Sullivan, A. P.; Miracolo, M. A.; Collett, J. L.; Kreidenweis, S. M.; Robinson, A. L.; Pandis, S. N., CCN Activity of Fresh Primary and Aged Biomass Burning Aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 7285-7293 (2012).
Hennigan, C. J.; Miracolo, M. A.; Engelhart, G. J.; May, A. A.; Presto, A. P.; Lee, T.; Sullivan, A. P.; McMeeking, G. R.; Coe, H.; Wold, C. E.; Hao, W. M.; Gilman, J. B.; Kuster, W. C.; de Gouw, J.; Schichtel, B. A.; Collett Jr., J. L.; Kreidenweis, S. M.; Robinson, A. L., Chemical and Physical Transformations of Organic Aerosol from the Photo-oxidation of Open Biomass Burning Emissions in an Environmental Chamber, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 7669-7686 (2011).
Hennigan, C. J.; Sullivan, A. P.; Collett Jr., J. L.; Robinson, A. L., Levoglucosan Stability in Biomass Burning Particles Exposed to Hydroxyl Radicals, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L09806, doi:10.1029/2010GL043088 (2010).
Hennigan, C. J.; Bergin, M. H.; Russell, A. G.; Nenes, A.; Weber, R. J., Gas/particle partitioning of water-soluble organic aerosol in Atlanta, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 3613-3628 (2009).
Hennigan, C. J.; Bergin, M. H.; Weber, R. J., Correlations between water-soluble organic aerosol and water vapor: A synergistic effect from biogenic emissions?, Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 9079-9085 (2008).
Hennigan, C. J.; Bergin, M. H.; Dibb, J. E.; Weber, R. J., Enhanced secondary organic aerosol formation due to water uptake by fine particles, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L18801, doi:10.1029/2008GL035046 (2008).
Hennigan, C. J.; Sullivan, A. P.; Fountoukis, C. I.; Nenes, A.; Peltier, R. E.; Hecobian, A.; Vargas, O.; Case Hanks, A. T.; Huey, L. G.; Lefer, B. L.; Russell, A. G.; Weber, R. J., On the volatility and production mechanisms of newly formed nitrate and water soluble organic aerosol in Mexico City. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 3761-3768 (2008).
Asa-Awuku, A.; Nenes, A.; Sullivan, A. P.; Hennigan, C. J.; Weber, R. J., Investigation of molar volume and surfactant characteristics of water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 799-812 (2008).
Hennigan, C. J.; Sandholm, S.; Kim, S.; Stickel, R. E.; Huey, L. G.; Weber, R. J., Influence of Ohio River valley emissions on fine particle sulfate measured from aircraft over large regions of the eastern United States and Canada during INTEX-NA, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D24S04, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007282 (2006).


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When Julie Chen decided to reveal her plastic surgery secret on The Talk last week, she had no idea that it would trigger such a huge response.
The cohost revealed that she had surgery to make her eyes look bigger after a former news director told her that she would never make it to the anchor desk because of her "Asian eyes."
"The response has been a bit overwhelming," she tells PEOPLE exclusively. "When I decided to reveal this, I thought it would only create dialogue in the Asian community, as it's been a hot topic through the years for us."
But it's also led a discussion about the pressure women of all ethnicities feel to conform to what's considered "normal" in terms of beauty.
"I thought those who are not Asian simply would not understand the issue and would not be interested," the mom of one admits, adding that she's "glad it's caused a dialogue of sorts."
Chen, 43, tells PEOPLE she would never have thought of having the surgery if she wasn't a TV journalist.
She did a lot of soul-searching and consulted her parents before she decided to have the surgery and says she's been disappointed by the criticism she's received from other Asian-Americans.
"I am sorry to hear some within my own community are still judging me and don't agree with a decision I made for myself, which had nothing to do with denying my heritage," she says. "I want people to understand that there are Asians born with the crease I had surgically done to my eyes, so the goal was never to look less Asian."
"The goal was to simply have bigger eyes so the camera didn't make me look sleepy, bored, angry or disinterested in my interviews," she continues. "The goal was to look, in my opinion, more alert and more interested on camera for my work/career."
Chen got lots of emails after she told her story but there was one in particular that means a lot to her. It's from her mom.
"She wrote, 'I am so happy about your secret story, it is good that you brought it out and let people know that it is wrong to judge the book by its cover and it is obnoxious to discriminate against other races.' "
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Julia Burke crossed the finish line at about 12:30 p.m. today, fulfilling her promise to bring the cancelled New York City marathon to Buffalo.
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"Thank you to everyone who came out," Burke said just after completing the run. "This is one of the best things in my life."
Some 144 people joined Burke at various times during her approximately 4-1/2-hour run. Most did a few laps, but six ran the entire marathon distance with Burke. Five of those six, like Burke, had planned to race in the New York City marathon today prior to it being cancelled as New York City continues dealing with the effects of last week's storm.
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Hi all,
My scenario is,
I created a external service for my network in the project. PR has been created. I've converted the PR into PO(Service) and then i maintained a HR master and assign the PO details. But when i try to enter the time sheet for that employee i couldn't.Anyone can explain the process flow for this scenario please.
What Message is coming while doing ML81n (Service Entry sheet)
I am not using ML81n instead i used CAT2 but i didn't get any data.
Once you create external service PO, the same should have been assigned to HR master. Try to create as group so that time entry can be done conveniently.
Check the below links. I guess, you are using CAT time entry transaction to create Service entry sheet. Use CATM transaction to create time entry.
1.create PR
2.Create PO.
Create Mini HR master data for external employee.
Now execute the work.
3.enter the time sheet in CAT2.
4.If you have approve,use t-code:CATS_APPR_LITE
5.go to CATM execute with PO or employee number.
now Service entry sheet will created automatically.
now pay to vendor.
Hi Sridar,
I created PR, PO and HR master data. Now i try to enter the time sheet.I have entered the personnel number and data entry profile and press enter i can;t see anything in the data entry view. Where i went wrong please advice.
Please let us know what is the data entry profile you using. Check the profile data in IMG.
IMG => Cross Application components => Time Sheet => Specific settings for CATS for Service provider => Set up data entry profiles
Please proceed till CATM.
Hi Sreenivas
when i execute CATM, i got below message,
No combination of CATS and PO corresponding to selection exists
Message no. SE455
Do you service no(Activity number) in PO.
you have to enter against activity number in CAT2.
If you are entering time for a service provider of if the service provider is entering there own time then you need to use CATS for Service Providers - this can be entering own time where you do this automatically based on your logon and HR info type 0105 must be set up or ADMIN - Record working times and you need to enter the employee number manually.
Still i can't see any entry in time sheet view(CAT2). When i try in CATM it's saying the same error message as shown below,
No combination of CATS and PO corresponding to selection exists
Message no. SE455
Can anyone help me out
Still i am unable to to record the times in CAT2 transaction for external employee. Can anyone please tell me what i missed in the process flw.
Hi all,
I solved this issue......
Thankd to everyone.......
Please update the solution you got, so that others can get some idea on that.
I activated some of the default values in data entry profile....
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text: Hatters Honored With A-Sun Postseason Accolades March 05, 2013 Three Stetson men's basketball student-athletes received postseason accolades from the Atlantic Sun Conference on Tuesday afternoon. Senior Adam Pegg, junior Chris Perez, and junior Hunter Miller were honored by the league following their 2012-13 regular season performances. Pegg was named First Team All-Atlantic Sun, was named to the Academic All-Conference Team, and was honored as the A-Sun Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Perez earned Second Team All-Atlantic Sun honors, and Miller was named to the Academic All-Conference Team. This marks the first time since 1992-93 that Stetson has placed a pair of Hatters on the All-Conference First and Second Teams. A second team selection a year ago, Pegg becomes the first Stetson player to be named to the All-Atlantic Sun First Team since Sebastian Singletary in 2000-01. Pegg leads the Hatters with 15.6 points per game, and is the only player in the conference to finish the regular season in the Top 10 in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage. The center has scored in double figures in 26 of 28 games this season, and has recorded four double-doubles. Pegg was also named A-Sun Player of the Week earlier this season. After earning A-Sun Academic honors his first two seasons at Stetson, this marks Pegg's first appearance on the new Academic All-Conference Team, integrated last year to honor student-athletes for their excellence on and off the court. Named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team earlier this season, Pegg was also named the A-Sun's Scholar-Athlete of the Year for his performance on the court and in the classroom. The senior currently holds a 3.39 GPA while majoring in Integrative Health Science. Perez and his 15.3 points per game gave Stetson the highest scoring duo in the league this season. The junior is currently fourth in the league, scoring 16.3 points per game during A-Sun games. Perez has scored in double figures 23 times this season, and has reached the 20-point plateau seven times in 2012-13. The guard was named A-Sun Player of the Week once, scored a career-high 32 points against Jacksonville, and netted a buzzer-beating layup to top Florida Atlantic earlier this season. Miller joined Pegg on the Academic All-Conference Team. The junior holds a 3.78 cumulative GPA while majoring in Business Administration. Miller stepped up into a starting role midway through the season, and the Hatters have seen plenty of success since that point. Not a true point guard, Miller has helped carry that load this season, averaging 3.0 assists during league games. The junior is also leading the team with a 58.3 three-point percentage during conference contests. Stetson returns to action on Thursday when the third seeded Hatters take on sixth seeded ETSU in the 2013 General Shale Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Championship. The program's first appearance in the A-Sun Tournament since 2008-09, Stetson will look to capture its first conference title this week in Macon, Ga. Print Friendly Version More Headlines


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The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the City of Niagara Falls by a motorcyclist hurt when his bike crashed after striking a pothole.
The crash occurred May 12, 2009, on Buffalo Avenue near Hyde Park Boulevard, court papers said.
Richard F. Christy Jr., of Cudaback Avenue, was ejected from his motorcycle, but he can't win a liability case because there was no evidence that the particular pothole he struck had been reported to the city, the five-judge panel said.
The City Charter says the city has no liability for unreported dangerous conditions.
The appellate judges overturned a ruling in 2011 by State Supreme Court Justice Catherine R. Nugent Panepinto that the case should not be thrown out.
Christy's attorney, Charles S. Desmond II, also argued that the city's method of patching potholes was inadequate, but the court ruled there was no proof the dangerous conditions immediately resulted from the repairs.


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A thrash/death metal band from Illinois. They have opened for many major bands, such as Fear Factory and Slipknot. Their second album, Cold Years To Come, was released in November 2005. Their musical style is best described as having Machine Head and Sepultura/Soulfly overtones.
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