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TripAdvisor announced the winners of its Travelers' Choice™ awards for Amusement Parks and Water Parks around the globe.
In total, 242 winners were identified, including the top 25 in the world and dedicated lists for Asia, Canada, China, Europe, India, South America, South Pacific, the U.K. and the U.S.
Travelers' Choice awards honor top travel spots worldwide based on the millions of valuable reviews and opinions from TripAdvisor travelers. Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quantity and quality of reviews for amusement parks and water parks worldwide, gathered over a 12-month period.
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Water Parks – World
1. Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park, Orlando, Florida
1. Siam Park, Adeje, Spain
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2. Beach Park, Aquiraz, Brazil
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3. Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park, Orlando, Florida
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5. Water Country USA, Williamsburg, Virginia
5. Waterbom Bali, Kuta, Indonesia
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6. Wild Wadi Water Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7. Noah's Ark Water Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
7. Hot Park, Rio Quente, Brazil
8. Dollywood's Splash Country Water Adventure Park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
8. Aquaventure Waterpark, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
9. Wet 'n Wild, Orlando, Florida
9. Aquatica, Orlando, Florida
10. Cedar Point – Soak City, Sandusky, Ohio
10. Aquaventure Water Park at Atlantis Paradise Island, Paradise Island, Bahamas
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1. Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida
1. Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida
2. Universal's Islands of Adventure, Orlando, Florida
2. Europa-Park, Rust, Germany
3. Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Florida
3. Universal's Islands of Adventure, Orlando, Florida
4. Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando, Florida
4. Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Florida
5. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, California
5. Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando, Florida
6. Disney's Animal Kingdom, Orlando, Florida
6. Beto Carrero World, Penha, Brazil
7. SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando, Florida
7. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, California
8. Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky, Ohio
8. Universal Studios Singapore, Sentosa Island, Singapore
9. Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
9. PortAventura Park, Salou, Spain
10. Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida
10. Disney's Animal Kingdom, Orlando, Florida


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Ultimate Fitness closes after 15 years
A poor economy and increased competition contributed to the closing of Ultimate Fitness Center in Grand Junction, its owners said Thursday.
John Laffey, who owned and operated the 417 Monument Road center with his wife Cindy, said the two factors contributed to the demise of the 15-year-old business.
"We're sorry to have to be in this position," Laffey said. "It's no question it was economics, and a lot of other different factors."
The center, which officially closed its doors this week, employed 15 part-time workers.
Laffey said he and his wife made the decision when they determined the recent recession had forced too many clients to discontinue their memberships, and things weren't looking any better.
"Everything that I'm hearing is things are extremely bleak," he said. "It's a lot of factors, but there's no question (memberships) is a big part of it. Obligating themselves to a membership is not on the acceptable (list). People aren't buying luxuries right now."
On the center's website, http://www.gjultimatefitness.com, the Laffeys said they are reviewing what remaining members they have and are investigating "all options of compensation" to people who have prepaid memberships. They said more information will be posted on the site when it becomes available.
Laffey said the height of his business was six to eight years ago, before other fitness clubs, such as Gold's Gym and Powerhouse Gym, began to open around town. Once that happened, and the economy began to sour at the end of 2008, business got steadily worse, he said.
"Both things happened at the same time," he said. "The new competition, they couldn't have picked a worse time, though I'm sure that was not their plan. It was not beneficial for anyone to open a facility. It was the worst possible time they could commit themselves to that kind of a venture.
"There's no way for me to percentage out ... how much of either one of those things (contributed to the closing)," Laffey added. "It made it harder on existing clubs. I respect everybody who's still out there, and I don't want to make anything worse, but this (closing) is not good for fitness."
Jobless claims, food prices slow economy
WASHINGTON — Jobs are scarce and food prices are likely to stay high through next year, according to new data that reinforced evidence of a U.S. economy stuck in a weak patch.
"There is a significant slowdown going on," said Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics.
There was some good news in the spate of reports released Thursday. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in April.


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For engineers it is increasingly difficult to quickly find accurate and trustworthy technical information, a recent survey from The Parthenon Group found. Navigating multiple sources of information, finding best practices, securing approvals and permissions, along with the difficulty in validating the accuracy of the information, topped the list of frustrations of engineers polled in the "Engineering Tools and Information Spring 2012 Survey," sponsored by Knovel.
Parthenon Group surveyed more than 600 engineers working in the aerospace and defense, engineering design and construction industries about their use of technology, their information needs, and their satisfaction with various providers of engineering information and tools.
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On-the-Go. On-the-go engineers rely heavily on mobile tools. Their top productivity need is for engineering-focused mobile applications for tablets or smart-phones (48 percent of engineers surveyed).
Integration-Focused. Integration-focused engineers seek better ways to analyze and integrate the data. They look for best practices and other forms of institutional knowledge. Their top productivity needs are for integration between technical information sources and engineering software and for better ways to interact with and extract data and formulas from technical information (18 percent of engineers surveyed).
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THE UNFINISHED ANGEL by Sharon Creech
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Peoples are strange!
The things they are doing and saying—sometimes they make no sense. Did their brains fall out of their heads? And why so much saying, so much talking all the time day and night, all those words spilling out of those mouths? Why so much? Why don't they be quiet?
In the ancient stone tower of the Casa Rosa, in a tiny village high in the Swiss Alps, life for one angel has been the same, well, for as long as she (or he?) can remember. Until Zola arrives, a determined American girl who wears three skirts all at once. For neighbors who have been longtime enemies, children who have been lost, and villagers who have been sleepily living their lives: hold on. Zola and the angel are about to collide. Figs start flying, dogs start arfing, and the whole village begins to wake up. Zola is a girl with a mission. And our angel has been without one—till now.
This hilarious and endearing novel by Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech reminds us that magic is found in the most ordinary acts of kindness.
My Thoughts: Sharon Creech is kind of my idol, in terms of writing. I think everything she writes is wonderful, it's only comparing degrees of wonderful-ness when I say anything about her books. This book is heartwarming and sweet-- a wonderful read to begin your holiday season!
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One of your readers sent me here. How nice to find this ANGEL note. The admiration is mutual.
- November 30, 2010 at 8:41 AM
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ooh! I'm so honored you dropped by!! Thanks so much for your nice words--and look forward to more mentions of your amazing books here.
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DENVER — The Broncos failing to put this game away on the first drive of the second half has left it open. The Giants offense is opening up, Eli Manning looks more comfortable and the Broncos' four-game losing slide just might play on them in the fourth quarter.
I've got to head to the sidelines to jump in the fray for NFL Network, so this probably concludes my blogging from the pressbox, but hope everyone enjoys the rest of the game. Happy Thanksgiving. No better combination than football and turkey.
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Derek's Guide to Winning Baseball, an Occasional Series: Part 2Don't give the opposing team anything they can't get themselves." Today I'm going to look at a similar concept.
"Don't do what your opponent wants you to do."
That seems obvious, as many of these articles and baseball's other worn coinages of truth are. However, as we'll see, it's not. I'll talk about cards for a minute, because this provides a simple jumping-off point from which we can start discussion.
I decided to write this column while reading David Sklansky's "Theory of Poker" in which he advances his Fundamental Theorem of Poker:
Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would have played it if you could see all your opponents' cards, they gain; and every time you play your hand the same way you would have played it if you could see all their cards, they lose. Conversely, every time opponents play their hands differently from the way they would have if they could see all your cards, you gain; and every time they play their hands the same way they would have played if they could see all your cards, you lose.
Let's say that it's the eighth inning of a game where you're the home team and trail by one. Your next three hitters are:
Your bench has a modest collection of players with bench skills--a switch-hitting fourth outfielder who can draw a walk and steal a base, a right-handed backup catcher who has historically hit lefties well but is nothing special against either side, and some scrub infielders with gloves.
You face a LaRussa-style manager, who has six relievers, three lefty, three righty. To get the last six outs he's prepared to burn all six of them to secure the best platoon advantages. His plan is to bring a lefty to get the first out against your lefty masher, then a right-hander to at least not give up a home run to the DH, then another lefty for the left-handed outfielder. Then he'll see what happens, but he figures that at that point he's got two outs for sure and can keep on burning through the lineup.
What do you do? Do you swap out the helpless lefty to get a 20% better chance to get on base, costing yourself his glove in the last inning and in possible extra innings? Plus, what if you manage to force the other team into putting a right hander against him next inning, or later? Also, bringing in your best right-handed pinch-hitter means he's not available later, when you might have a chance to bring him in with runners on against a weaker left-handed reliever.
This is where baseball diverges from poker: you can look at your lineup card, and the other guy's lineup card, and know everything. You see all the cards. The only question is how they're going to be used, and when.
It's where a manager can get really tricky. I've debated lineup construction on and off with other Prospectus authors for years, and the answers are unique to each person. Platoon the monster masher against lefties, making him a huge late-inning replacement possibility. Bat another great left-handed bat who doesn't suffer from the split behind him. Scrape for every run in the 8th, especially if they're using their best reliever in the 9th, and if that means you pinch-hit for everyone, so be it.
It's also a situation where managers can outsmart themselves. It's rarely so complicated. You want to win. How do you best use the tools you have to do that? How will the other manager attempt to use the tools they have?
There are really only two questions the manager and the bench coach need to ask themselves: "What will the other guy comes up with that maximizes his advantage and minimizes our chances to win the game?" and "How do we exploit that strategy?"
Even if you're dumb, you could ask yourself "What does the opposing manager want to happen?" and then simply not do that--do anything that's not what the other guy wants. Be crazy, do double-switches, whatever, do anything but walk placidly to the L-shaped gallows.
Take a simple example. You face a team with a tremendous left-handed power hitter on the bench. The guy can't play defense, and can't hit left-handed pitchers.
When would that guy best be used? Against a right-handed pitcher, when the team needs a solo home run, or with men on he can drive home. You can be assured that the opposing manager is dying to see a situation where he can bring this player in to win the game.
Don't let that happen. If you've got a lefty pitcher in setting hitters down, there's no need to play matchups against a right-handed slugger. Even if you give them the semi-intentional walk to face another lefty, you're still doing well. Bringing in a right-handed pitcher to face a right-handed slugger in a critical situation means you get the pinch-hitter. You've not only brought in an unknown (maybe the right hander's off today, or is leaving his curve high and over the plate--you won't know until he's throwing, but you know the lefty was pitching well), you've given the other team exactly the situation they were looking for and at best, gained nothing.
Don't do that! Even when it gets more complicated than that, giving some thought to what the opponent wants will lead you to strategies that allow you to avoid the worst possible outcomes. That way you won't have to face a post-game press conference where you have to explain that you hadn't realized that they could bring that guy in to hit a game-winning pinch-hit double, when they'd been rubbing their hands together all day hoping for just that chance.
Sure, you could get tricky--try and give them a less-than-ideal situation where they might use that bat for a marginal gain while significantly reducing their ability to play defense in the next inning. That's really where you'd hope managers are in their planning, but as long as the state of managers remains where it is today, I'd settle for staying out of the worst situations.
If you're a bear in the woods and see a trap in the middle of a trail, don't step in the trap. Don't do what the other team wants you to do. Win more games.
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This dual approach furthermore arrives at a spatial distribution of the potential for sea-floor sediments to return into suspension. This advance opens up new prospects for research. The lagoon which surrounds New Caledonia is known for its high biodiversity and for the fragility of its coral reefs. What effects do human activities, stemming mainly from urbanization and the mining industry, coupled with sediment input from rivers resulting from natural soil erosion, have on the lagoon ecosystems ? Scientists from the Camélia Unit of IRD's centre at Noumea took on this question. Their work is focused mainly on the southwest lagoon, off the capital Noumea, where half the country's population live. Investigations involve several aspects, including notably the accumulation of metals in marine organisms, currents responsible for dispersing materials brought by the rivers, and also quality analysis on the sea water (dissolved elements, suspensions). Turbidity is a factor that limits the development of corals because it reduces light penetration into the water. Moreover, the fine suspended particles carry in metals that can pollute aquatic ecosystems. In research on particular environments, numerical models can give an accurate picture of events and situations on a range of scales and offer predictions of their impact. The effectiveness of modelling requires validation of the method's results, by means of comparison against sets of data determined in situ. It is also possible to compare, at the ocean surface, digital simulations with satellite images. Combination of these data and in-situ measurements with model-derived information results in a three-dimensional picture and description of the processes under investigation. Such a procedure was adopted to study the sediment transport regime operating in the southwest lagoon of New Caledonia. The physics of sediment transport calls for hydrodynamics methods. Researchers use a numerical model that reproduces the currents and material transport that occur, taking into account the constraints exerted by the wind field and tidal effects. The model can determine the erosion fluxes and pinpoint the areas of particle deposition. Validation and refinement of the models are achieved by means of in situ measurement of turbidity, and of sediments, in order to determine in particular the degree of heterogeneity of the sea floor characteristics: white or grey sand, with or without marine plant cover, sandy-clay and silty floor, presence of a river mouth, and so on. As New Caledonia's lagoon covers an area of about 2000 km2, calibration of a numerical model solely on the basis of in situ measurements would be a difficult and complex operation. The scientists of IRD's Camélia Research Unit recently showed that satellite images could help considerably in modelling sediment transport. Effectively, the water turbidity results from the presence of fine suspended particles, therefore variations in the type and concentration of these particles alter the optical properties of marine waters. Remote sensing, which shows up colour variations of sea water, can therefore be used to draw up a map of this turbidity. This map, put together using images transmitted by the Landsat satellite, was studied alongside quantified data derived from in situ measurements, and against figures gleaned from the numerical model. Estimation of concentrations of suspended matter by remote sensing proved to be reliable, with a low average uncertainty rate of 17.5 %. However, satellite images are accessible only in clear weather without strong wind (i.e. at < 10 m/s wind speed or < 20 knots), which would generate too much foam and make it difficult to determine the optical properties of the waters. Remote sensing is nevertheless a powerful tool, which when coupled with numerical models provides a means of indirectly determining the spatial distribution of the erosion rate over the whole of the southwest lagoon. The data provided thus help to refine and validate the numerical models, the only type capable of rendering three-dimensional information on the dynamics and movement of sedimentary particles with temporal predictions. Furthermore, the combined use of remote sensing and numerical models opens up new prospects for research. Seeing that it is possible to plot the spatial distribution of the sea-floor erosion rate, future research will attempt to analyse this parameter taking into consideration the origin of the sediment particles that have been put back into suspension. These can be the result of soil erosion (terrigenous origin) and subsequent transport by rivers. In this case, they are more easily put back into suspension in the lagoon. Other sedimentary particles can come from the activities of marine organisms (biogenic origin). These muds of marine origin, more compact, are more difficult to put into suspension. Accurate indications of the sedimentary particles' biogenic or terrigenous nature should therefore lead to improve further the precision of predictions provided by the models. Source: www.ird.fr


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Given the technical backdrop already in place, the market will need an Apple a day to get back on track.
The market's biggest stock exploded higher after handily beating earnings projections after the bell Tuesday, but it may not be enough. Clearly, it was a welcome development, but it did not reverse technical breakdowns already in place in major indexes. The traditionally weak summer months still loom large.


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SANTA ANA, El Salvador -- Brian Ching, Cam Weaver and Kofi Sarkodie all scored to lead Houston to a 3-1 victory over Salvador's FAS on Wednesday night in the Dynamo's opener in Group Three of the CONCACAF Champions League.
Ching gave Houston the lead in the 12th minute, banging in a bouncing header from a cross from Colin Clark. Weaver doubled the advantage in the 19th, and Sarkodie, who set up Weaver's goal, made it 3-0 with a header in the 60th.
Jonathan Aguila scored in the 64th minute for FAS, which has lost both its matches to begin Group Three play.
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Jamestown manager Dave Berg on Stonecipher: He's a gamer who goes out there and plays hard. I didn't see him play last year, but apparently he hurt his knee. He started out in Greensboro this year and injured something, and he came down to extended [spring training] before coming here. He's been a good player for us. He plays hard and has good at-bats. He's got a little power and is a good outfielder with a strong arm. I see him [projecting] as a hitter for average with a little bit of power. I can't really throw numbers out there, but I think that he can hit for a good average and have a lot of doubles—a lot of extra-base hits. He's a good kid.
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Former All Blacks back-row forward Filo Tiatia will be the forwards coach for the Sunwolves, Japan's new Super Rugby team, Kyodo News learned Monday.
In a letter on Facebook to Scots College in his hometown of Wellington, where he has been working as director of rugby, Tiatia wrote, "It is with a heavy heart that I would like to inform you all that I will be leaving as the director of rugby here at Scots College. I have recently accepted a role in the new Japanese Super 18 franchise as the forwards coach in this year's inaugural Super 18 competition.
"The timing is obviously not fantastic and I want to apologize for that but I am a great believer that 'Nothing happens by accident and it happens for a purpose.' "
Tiatia, who won two caps for the All Blacks and played 57 times for the Hurricanes, played for Toyota Verblitz from 2002 to 2006 before finishing his career in Wales with the Ospreys.
He returned to Japan in 2012 as forwards coach at Verblitz before taking over the head coach role until the end of the 2014-2015 season.
The 44-year-old also spent time as a spot coach for the Brave Blossoms under Eddie Jones.
To date, the Sunwolves, whose first game is on Feb. 27 against the Lions in Tokyo, have made just one official coaching appointment in head coach Mark Hammett.
Kyodo has learned from a number of sources that Hammett and Tiatia will be joined by a coach from Canterbury, New Zealand, to take charge of defense.


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Hello everyone,
I hope the weekend is treating you well. Readers of my personal blog would know that I moved house last month. Someone once told me that moving house is right up there on the list of major stresses in life. And having done it recently, I think one of the causes of this stress is that its one of the few times in life when our stuff-overload blindness (SOB) is ripped off and we see how much stuff we actually have. To save you from clicking on the link, SOB is basically my ramblings on how we use stuff to project our identity but we don't actually see how much stuff we (or others) have.
When I prepared for my move, I was very surprised at how much stuff I had accumulated in the two years since I started my new life as a sole parent. (I started my new life with only a bed, dining room table, kettle, iron and ironing board.)
I had accumulated so much so that I ended up having to declutter again. The declutter consisted of:
- 1 commercial van load of stuff given away
- 1 commercial van load of stuff I sold
- 2 full car loads of stuff sent to the op shop (charity shop)
So now I've realised that in order to keep to the level of "decluttered-ness" that I'm happy with, I have to regularly declutter. And I've realised that the time to declutter (for me) is now. Why?
1. I'm realising that there are now too many instances when I can't find things that I know I have.
2. I am spending a lot of time thinking of storage solutions (do I really need that much storage?).
3. The kids are finding it difficult to keep track of their stuff and to keep their rooms tidy.
4. I keep tripping over stuff.
5. I am starting to feel overwhelmed at what I have to clean-up/tidy-up at the end of the day.
Now I know that my current state of clutter is partly due to the fact that I still have stuff from my old (and bigger) place which don't really fit into my new (and smaller) place. But really, to determine what else has to go its time I take heed of the signs and start decluttering.
So for the month of February, I hope to get rid of a whole heap of stuff. Wish me luck!


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Shoot is for a cable show out of the UK – pay is $80 per day you are assigned.
Please send your contact info (name, phone, email, any online links), current headshot, and which of the above days you can be available. This is mostly background extra work, may entail some acting, but likely no lines.
We will need:
23 yo white male, balding with dark hair, glasses, shorter, with beard/goatee (Bob)
20-23 yo white female, thin, shorter, long dark hair (Liana)
5 yo white boy, cute (Eric)
23-25 y. white male, glasses, dark hair (Roger)
40 yo white male (Mont)
30 yo average male (FBI agent)
50 yo white male (Dad)
50 yo white female (Mom)
70 yo white male – glasses, white hair, mustache (Patrick)
47 yo female – "Romani gypsy" dark hair, short and a bit stout, wide/big eyes (Brenda)
50 yo white male, heavy-set, mustache (Charles/police officer)
Two 80 yo "elderly" white females (Rosemary and Sylvia)
50 yo white male, mustache, grey/white hair (C.S. – police detective)
40 white female, redhead, (Pam – police detective)
48-50 yo female "originally from El Salvador" blond curly hair? (Gilda)
32 yo male – Smoker – could be ethnic looking – goatee (Archie/police officer)
Tarot card reader – mainly, we need your gear – black velvet table cloth, portable table, crystal ball, tarot cards, etc.
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STOCK COMMENTS / EPS CHANGESCovidien ( COV) numbers raised at Jefferies. Shares of COV now seen reaching $66, Jefferies said. Estimates also raised as COV stays ahead of the pack. Buy rating. Canadian Pacific ( CP) numbers raised at Citigroup. Shares of CP now seen reaching $100, Citigroup said. Estimates also increased on energy strength. Buy rating. Cooper Tire ( CTB) numbers upped at Keybanc. CTB estimates were boosted through 2013, Keybanc said. Company is seeing higher volumes, stable pricing and lower input costs. Buy rating and new $24 price target. Equinix ( EQIX) target raised at Jefferies to $250, Jefferies said. Officially announces conversion attempt. Buy rating. Exelon ( EXC) target lowered at Jefferies to $39, Jefferies said. Earnings can support dividend through trough years. Buy rating. Macquarie Infrastructure ( MIC) target raised at Oppenheimer to $48, Oppenheimer said. Fundamentals are strong and dividend could increase. Outperform rating. Monster Beverage ( MNST) target cut at Citigroup to $68, Citigroup said. Slower growth and energy drink controversies. Neutral rating. Oracle ( ORCL) target boosted at BMO to $33, according to BMO Capital. Expect the company to deliver solid results next week. Market Perform rating. Pall ( PLL) numbers raised at Jefferies. Shares of PLL now seen reaching $58, Jefferies said. Estimates also raised on 2013 EPS outlook. Hold rating. Suntrust ( STI) estimates, target raised at Credit Suisse. Shares of STI now seen reaching $32, according to Credit Suisse. Estimates also increased, given lower expected costs. Outperform rating. Triumph ( TGI) estimates, target increased at Credit Suisse. TGI estimates were raised through 2014, Credit Suisse said. Company was also added to the Focus List, as margins can continue to improve. Outperform rating and new $79 price target. Verizon ( VZ) estimates cut at Bernstein through 2013, Bernstein said. Expect higher subsidies for the iPhone 5. Underweight rating and $33 price target. Woodward ( WWD) estimates, target cut at Credit Suisse. Shares of WWD now seen reaching $43, according to Credit Suisse. Estimates also reduced, given slower expected organic growth. Outperform rating.
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|first bit of this route is sketchy! hard clips but a fun bouldery route!
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|Super fun mini-epic. The only real difficulty is very early, then it is smooth sailing with lots of options. I meandered into the crack up high, which was probably off-route. Probably best to stay left and follow the bolt line to the chains.
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|This was my favorite moderate at Chocolate Factory. The traverse to the first clip is a bit heady if you don't stick clip (Why did I leave mine at home?). My girlfriend made the small ledge after the 2nd clip a lay-down rest. Super fun. I climbed the top crack instead of the jugs out left...because hand crack!


text: Governor Jerry Brown seems to enjoy breaking records. In 1975, he became the youngest person to lead the Golden State, and after three failed runs for the presidency and two terms as Oakland's mayor, Mr. Brown returned to the job in 2011 as the oldest governor. With the start of his campaign last Thursday for an unprecedented fourth term—a victory that seems all but guaranteed—he could break another record: if he wins, he will become the state's longest-serving governor. "I've lived here my whole life," Mr. Brown said in a statement. "I love this state and I will do my utmost to enable California to keep faith with its past and pave the way for a future as bold as our forebears would expect." With a self-described "insider's knowledge but an outsider's mind," the 75-year-old Democrat has earned a reputation as an eccentric yet pragmatic statesman who has shown his preference for efficiency over ideology in his leadership on the budget, public employee pension reform and immigrant rights. Mr. Brown's announcement was not unexpected: he has already accumulated $17 million in campaign cash for a race against two little-known Republicans. Neel Kashkari, a former United States Treasury official who lives in Orange County, criticized the governor for neglecting jobs and education while he "focused on a $67 billion vanity project," the "crazy train." Assemblyman Tim Donnelly is also seeking Mr. Brown's job. A resident of the San Bernardino Mountains, he is a "patriot," "liberty lover" and founder of California's largest Minuteman chapter, which aims to secure the border. "Any bill sent to my desk growing government and regulations will be stamped with a big fat veto," Mr. Donnelly said in a statement. In the last election against Republican challenger Meg Whitman, Mr. Brown won by a 42-point margin in Marin County. In last week's campaign kick-off, Mr. Brown stressed environmental stewardship, citing climate change and the drought as examples of the dire need to invest in renewable resources, high-speed rail and electric and low-emission vehicles, as well as to create sustainable water policies.


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Valdosta - The Valdosta Fire Department hosted their 5th annual Shop with a Firefighter on Tuesday.
The department raised donations to take local children Christmas shopping at the Walmart located on Norman Drive. Many of these children are victims of fire.
"We had so many things to replace that we absolutely needed. We weren't sure what we were going to be able to do for the kids. So this meant a lot to me and to them and to the whole family to know that something was going to come out of it. That they were going to at least get a few things that they absolutely wanted", says Darby Burleson, a victim of a house fire.
Not every child bought presents for themself. One very special girl spent her money on presents for her family.
"I love my family very much and I wanted to give them something cause they never got anything", says Yataih Wiggins.
Without Shop with a Firefighter, these children may not have a very merry Christmas. Valdosta's Fire Marshal, John Wisenbaker says it's their way of showing that they care.
"We are in the position we see them sometimes when they've lost all their belongings or most of their belongings and that's pretty traumatic on a child. So this is our way of uplifting them a little bit."
The Valdosta Police Department will host its Shop with a Cop event next Monday at the Walmart on Inner Perimeter Road.


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Desert Vista High School senior Sammi Saunders has been recognized as one of the top members of the National Forensics League.
Saunders was named the Arizona District Student of the Year last week and is now being considered for a spot in the top six National Student of the Year finalists.
The award is given based on a variety of character traits, including leadership and integrity, and Saunders has served in a leadership position all four years on the Desert Vista Thunder Speech, Theatre and Debate team. She was nominated by her coaches.
"I was really calmed by my coaches throughout my speech and debate experience," she said. "Through them I learned leadership."
Saunders credited her team and its successes as a driving force.
"(Speech and debate) is so intricate and being a part of this movement of high school students to speak their mind is awesome," she said. "It is great to be a part of something bigger than yourself."
Saunders, 18, who is also the student body president at DV, was accepted into the Arizona State University Honors College and will pursue a degree in kinesiology. She hopes to work as an occupational therapist and it was being around her younger sister Mackenzie, who was partially paralyzed in December 2009, which inspired her.
"I never knew about it as an option for a career," she said. "Mackenzie had a great therapist and her recovery inspired me to go on and pursue this as a way to give back."
Saunders said leaving DV and her team is bittersweet.
"The hardest part about graduating is leaving this team," she said. "We had such a good feeling of camaraderie together and we all put our hearts out there for every event."
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WESLEY CHAPEL — The robber told a CVS pharmacist that getting the pills was a matter of life and death: His own family was being held hostage in the parking lot at knife point.
"Get all the Oxy or my family will be killed," the robber wrote on a note that he handed to a CVS clerk June 1, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report.
The ruse netted the robber two bottles — totaling 750 pills — of hydrocodone.
Authorities this week identified the robber as Nicholas Costeines, 28, who was arrested Tuesday after people recognized him in the surveillance video of the holdup, sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll said. Deputies released the video to the media last week with the hope that someone could identify the suspect.
Costeines, of 1131 Foggy Ridge Parkway in Land O'Lakes, was charged with robbery and contempt of court. He is being held at Land O'Lakes jail without bail.


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Now that the Gingerbread source has been made public it's no surprise that we are starting to see it on many devices unofficially. XDA member Neopeek has managed to get a working port of Gingerbread to the HTC Diamond and Touch Pro.
The port is available for download now, and although it's still in alpha, many of the key OS features are available. WiFi, voice calls, and more basic features are fully functional and support for other features is, of course, on the way.
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I always have cotton wool in my house as I use it constantly for a variety of uses including removing nail polish and removing eye make-up and the like. I find that at times I prefer to use the little cotton wool pads that are widely available in all good drugstores and supermarkets, as they are a convenient size and thickness for most of jobs I need cotton wool for.
I had ran out of my usual brand of cotton wool pads recently, and when I realised that I had none at all in my house I popped to my local grocery store to see what they had on offer. I use cotton wool at least twice a day and therefore I couldn't afford to be overly fussy about what brand I was buying and the like. I figured that any offering would do, as it had to be better than nothing!
My local grocery store actually had a half-decent little selection of appropriate products, and I opted to buy the "Pure & Soft" cotton wool pads. There are 80 circular pads in the package, and I paid around 75 pence for this purchase.
The packaging is a cylinder-shaped plastic sort of 'bag' with a drawstring top, that allows for easy opening to the package, and I find that it also allows the contents to be kept free of dust/grime and the pads are therefore always hygienic to use. This is important to me as I use these little pads on my face a lot of the time, and around my eyes in particular, so I like the fact that the packaging can be kept securely closed in-between uses.
The pads themselves are of the same size that you would associate with any similar product, measuring approximately 6cm across. I find that this is more than sufficient for the purposes I require these little pads for, which is mostly removing eye make up and applying toner to my skin.
The pads live up to their name and are indeed very soft. I do find them to be a bit softer, and are certainly less 'scratchy' feeling when rubbing over my skin than some other brands of cotton wool pads that I have purchased in the past, especially those that are at the cheaper or 'value' end of the market. I have not experienced any sort of problems at all with the Pure & Soft brand and I think they feel remarkably soft to the touch.
When using the Pure & Soft cotton wool pads, I find that they do not disintegrate altogether, the way that some other types of cotton wool does. I find that I can douse my little pad with liquid, toning solution say, and it remains intact until I have finished the job in hand.
I also find that the pads can be separated quite easily, so that I am left with two slightly thinner pads. If I am being honest, I think that the overall thickness of the Pure & Soft pads are slightly thinner than some other brands I use regularly, so this obviously means that my two pieces of 'separated pad' are thinner as a result. As I only ever separate cotton wool pads for little jobs - removing nail polish from a smudged area on my finger, say - this isn't a huge problem for me personally, although other users may find that they need to use a whole pad instead of separating them to achieve a better result.
On the whole I was fairly impressed by these little pads, so much so that I would actually consider buying them instead of my usual brand. They perform just as well as other pads, and they carry out my skincare and beauty regime requirements perfectly.
As I am getting the same amount of pads in the package, but for less money than what I would normally pay for a similar product, which is just over a pound, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't convert completely to this little brand in the future.
I would award these little cotton wool pads full marks as I cannot honestly fault them at all. If you see them in discounted drugstores, pharmacies or grocery stores I would definitely suggest giving them a try - I'm impressed!


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London police announced today the arrest on an Israeli extradition warrant of Shalom Starkes, 22, uncle of a nine-year-old Israeli boy who has been kept in hiding for more than a year. The uncle, a religious school teacher here, was sought on charges that he kidnaped the boy, Yossele Schumacher.
Police opposed bail for the teacher, declaring that "we have good information that the child is in this country and we are making inquiries to locate him." His counsel, Esther Iwi, said at the extradition today that the arrest was the out growth of a political issue created by the recent national election in Israel and declared that "I have no doubt there is a complete answer to the charge."
The boy's elderly grandfather, Nachman Starkes, is back in jail in Ramleh, Israel, to which he was returned after a three-month conditional pardon during which he was unable to produce the child. He had previously spent almost a year in jail while the Israeli police searched an ultra-Orthodox section of Jerusalem on a search petition granted by an Israeli court to the child's parents. The grandfather, apparently with the aid of members of an Agudas Israel settlement, spirited the child away from the parents out of fear that the child would not receive a sufficiently Orthodox education.
At the request of Israeli authorities, Scotland Yard had kept Shalom Starkes under surveillance for more than a month, on suspicion he had brought the child from Israel to England, until his arrest today.


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Mr. John G. Prindle, principal of the high school at Ilion, was born at Williamstown, Massachusetts, July 4, 1890, and is a son of John F. and Lucy A. (Bridges) Prindle, the latter of whom also was born at Williamstown, December 3, 1852, and is still living there. She is a daughter of Edwin Chauncey and Antoinette Ursula (Cole) Bridges, the latter of whom was born at New Ashford, Massachusetts, June 26, 1824, and spent all her life there, her death occurring on September 23, 1876. Edwin Chauncey Bridges also was born at Williamstown, January 12, 1822, and spent his life there, a farmer, his death occurring on April 13, 1876. He was a son of Samuel and Irene (Smedley) Bridges, both of whom were members of old families at Williamstown, both the Bridges and the Smedley families having been found in the Massachusetts commonwealth since Colonial days. The late John F. Prindle, who was a substantial farmer at Williamstown, was for long one of the selectmen of that place and for two terms (1899-1907) served as a member of the lower house of the Massachusetts general assembly. He died at his home in Williamstown on April 23, 1914. He was a son of Parley Johnson and Wealthy Asenath (Nichols) Prindle, the latter of whom was born at Middlebury, Vermont. She died at her home in Williamstown, Massachusetts, January 13, 1901. Parley Johnson Prindle was a native of Cooperstown, New York, who for many years made his residence in Williamstown, where his last days were spent. He was a member of the state legislature in 1853 and was a substantial farmer. His parents, Saul and Penelope (Johnson) Prindle, farming people, were both members of old families of the Cooperstown neighborhood. The Prindles are of old English stock and the name originally was Pringle. Mr. Prindle's maternal grandmother, Antoinette Ursula (Cole) Bridges, was a daughter of Leonard and Miriam (Rice) Cole, the latter of whom was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, August 20, 1821, a member of one of the old families there. Leonard Cole was born in Cheshire, Massachusetts, but his last days were spent in Williamstown, where he died on December 22, 1867.
Reared in Williamstown, John G. Prindle was graduated from the high school there in 1909. He then entered Williams College and in 1913 was graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He supplemented this schooling by a course in Columbia University and one session at the New York State College for Teachers and has ever since been devoting his time to the science and profession of teaching. Upon receiving his diploma from Williams College, Mr. Prindle became engaged as a teacher of science and athletic instructor and principal of a grade school at Little Falls, New York. He was thus employed until September, 1920, when he was engaged by the school board of Ilion to enter upon the duties of principal of the high school at that place, and since has been engaged in that responsible capacity. Mr. Prindle is a York Rite and Royal Arch Mason and is affiliated with the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets, and a member of Khorassan Grotto, No. 2, at Ilion. His blue lodge connection is with Little Falls Lodge No. 181, where he also is affiliated with Astrogan Chapter No. 161, with the Knights Templars Commandery No. 26, and is a past master of the Masonic lodge at Little Falls. He is an active member of the Ilion Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the board of directors of that body. He and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian church and are republicans in politics.
On December 13, 1915, at Little Falls, New York, Mr. Prindle was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Decker and to this union one child has been born, a daughter, Ruth Ann, born in Little Falls on June 4, 1918. Mrs. Prindle also was born in Little Falls and was graduated from the high school there in 1912. She then became engaged in clerical work in the office of Superintendent DeCamp of the public schools of that place and was thus associated with the work of the schools until her marriage. Mrs. Prindle was born on August 9, 1894, and is a daughter of Harry Simms and Agnes (Haupt) Decker, the latter of whom was born at Newville, New York, December 18, 1872, and is now living in Little Falls. The late Harry Simms Decker also was born in Newville and was a son of Edwin Vernon and Sarah (Simms) Decker, both of whom were born in Newville, members of old families in that section of the state. Both spent their last days at Little Falls, where Edwin Vernon Decker was a farmer and where he also for years operated a livery stable. Harry Simms Decker for some years was the proprietor of a stationery store at Little Falls and also for some time carried on a general livery business there, caring for both the automobile trade and the horse trade. He died in Little Falls on January 15, 1921.


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I'm no Xavi yet: ModricJune 18th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
I'm no Xavi, yet: Modric
Gdansk (Poland), June 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Croatia midfielder Luka Modric says he isn't as good as Spanish stars Xavi and Andres Iniesta but thinks he has the potential to rival them.
Tottenham Hotspur player Modric has been linked with a move to Chelsea or Manchester United after Euro 2012, where he has helped Croatia to the verge of quarterfinal qualification.
"It is very nice to hear those comparisons, but I still need to work hard to get to that level," Modric said on the UEFA website when asked how he compared to the Barcelona duo.
Modric is not fazed by the weight of expectations from the famously demanding Croatian fans, he said.
"A lot is expected of me every time I play for the national team," he said, adding: "That pressure and that responsibility doesn't hinder me."
Croatia play Spain Monday, with both teams knowing that a win would assure them of a quarterfinal place as group winners.
A 2-2 draw or greater would qualify both teams at Italy's expense.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
- Euro 2012: Last-gasp Navas goal sends Spain through, Croatia out - Jun 19, 2012
- Kranjcar to leave Spurs for Dynamo Kiev - Jun 06, 2012
- Corluka's health woes solvable: Lokomotiv coach - Sep 19, 2012
- Euro 2012: Mandzukic strike help Croatia draw 1-1 with Italy (Lead) - Jun 15, 2012
- Euro 2012 Group C Preview: Ireland may decide who survive - Jun 05, 2012
- Kranjcar leaves Spurs for Dynamo Kiev - Jun 07, 2012
- Modric thanks Spurs for Real Madrid chance - Aug 30, 2012
- Croatia dark horses of Euro 2012 - Jun 03, 2012
- Capello holds talks for Russia job: Sports Minister (Lead) - Jul 12, 2012
- Walters happy for Ireland to win anyhow against Spain - Jun 14, 2012
- Denmark cooking up sensation for Germany: Eriksen - Jun 17, 2012
- Lokomotiv Moscow release Stanislav Ivanov - Jul 11, 2012
- State of pitch lamentable: Del Bosque (Lead) - Jun 11, 2012
- Euro 2012: UEFA fines Croatia for racism - Jun 20, 2012
- Bayern's Tymoshchuk considering his options - Jul 08, 2012


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Germans hold lead at Strzegom horse trials
Germany's Sandra Auffarth has the early lead in the CICO 3-star World Cup class at Poland's Strzegom Horse Trials, putting up a dressage score of 36.70 penalties on Opgun Louvo.
The event, in Morawa, near Strzegom, is the third leg of the FEI Nations Cup Eventing series and the first of the World Cup Eventing series. The first World Cup leg was to be Chatsworth in Britain, but that event was cancelled following wet weather.
Swiss rider Felix Vogg is in second with Maverick McNamara (38.10 ), and Japan's Kenki Sato and Chippieh are in third with 38.60.
Opgun Louvo is not on the German team with Auffarth, but her team ride, Parancs, is in 13th place. The other three team members are in the top 10 – with Andreas Dibowski and FRH Butts Avedon sixth, Frank Ostholt and Little Paint eighth, and Elmar Lesch in ninth with Lanzelot 113 going into the cross-country.
It is a good result for Germany, as they are also seeking to stay on top of the FEI Nations Cup Eventing leaderboard. It has a five-point lead over France, which does not have a team in Strzegom.
The best of the six Polish riders in the class was Pawel Spisak in 14th on Wag with 52.80 penalties.
Judges for the World Cup class were Britain's Jane Starkey and Tomasz Mossakowski, of Poland.
• Andreas Dibowski won the CIC2* competition on the trakehner stallion Songline 2, their score of 48.40 penalties good enough to secure victory from Poland's Kamil Rajnert on the Irish sport horse Lassban Radovix with 51.10 penalties.
Swiss rider Eveline Bodenmüller was fourth on Unita MB CH with 53 penalties.
• Germany's Dirk Schrade maintained his dressage one-two throughout the rest of the CIC1*, winning with Cosima 201 (53.70) and taking second with Cisko A (54.60).
Third place went to another German rider, Alfred Bierlein, who finished with 56.60 penalties on Indurain 13.
Poland's Kamil Rajnert rode Jak Chef to fourth, finishing on 57.90 penalties.
Strzegom is hosting 44 starters from 11 nations.


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It has been reported that Liam and Noel Gallagher are discussing the possibility of an Oasis reunion.
The Daily Mail has said the pair have been approached by promoters about the possibility of performing at two large gigs to mark the 20th anniversary of the group's first album, Definitely Maybe.
The group split up in 2009 due to a series of rows between the brothers. The reports claims the gigs would take place in Knebworth in August of 2014.
The pair seem to have very different ideas about reuniting with Liam saying he would be open to it while Noel said recently "It definitely won't happen. Look, who knows what will happen in 20 years? But 20 years from now, I'll be what, 30, 40? No, I'll hopefully have retired by then."


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Converting a piston twin into a turboprop single may seem like a bizarre idea, but an international team of technicians and engineers in Russia and Switzerland has combined its expertise to produce just such a transmutation. [Beech created the Lightning experimental prototype in the mid-1980s by placing a Garrett TPE331 in the nose of a Baron 58P airframe.–Ed.]
Encouraged by growing market acceptance of single-turboprop executive aircraft designs and aware of the demand for low-cost but reliable air transport in the former Soviet Union, Intracom in 1998 set about developing an innovative solution. The combination of a proven airframe with a turboprop engine widely used in eastern Europe and Russia was perceived to be an attractive way to bring a new design to market relatively quickly.
Intracom General Machinery, with facilities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Switzerland, launched the GM-17 Viper project with the object of producing a multipurpose aircraft much faster than would have been possible if starting from scratch. The team chose the Piper PA-31P pressurized Navajo as the basis for the Viper and a single 751-shp Walter 601E turboprop as its powerplant. The Czech-built turboprop engine is well known in the CIS, not least because it powers the widely used 19-seat Let L-410 regional airliner.
While a standard Avia Hamilton three-blade propeller is fitted to the Viper prototypes, Intracom managing director Dr. Nik Schmidt told AIN that series-production Vipers will be fitted with a specially designed propeller from the same company. "We looked at a five-blade prop from Avia Hamilton, but the gains in performance and noise levels were insufficient to justify such a change, so new blades in the current configuration are preferred instead."
Indeed, production Vipers may well be powered by the Walter M601F, which has a 3,000-hr TBO compared with the 1,600-hr TBO of the E model. Schmidt noted that the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 could be fitted as an alternative, but this would increase the price of the Viper, which is currently set at $860,000.
Before conversion work began at the Intracom plant at Smolensk, a scale model was tested in a wind tunnel at the Zhukovsky Institute in Moscow. After those initial design tests, three prototypes were produced. The first, without cabin windows, is being used for static tests. A flying prototype first went aloft some nine months ago, and the third aircraft, to be built to production standards, will be used for certification trials starting next year. Final flight tests will be conducted in Switzerland.
Considering the radical nature of the conversion from P Navajo to Viper, remarkably few changes have been made to the original airframe. The basic wing shape remains unaltered following removal of the 425-hp Lycoming TIGO-541 engines, though winglets have been added and the nose has been lengthened to accommodate the turboprop engine. A small fillet has been added to the horizontal stabilizer and the Viper has a new ventral fin.
However, the interior of the Navajo has been extensively upgraded, complete with new paneling and furnishings, while new hydraulic, heating, pressurization, air conditioning, de-icing and brake systems have been installed. The extended nose includes a 20-cu-ft baggage compartment that, like the existing 22-cu-ft rear baggage compartment, is placarded for 200 lb. Hinged upper and lower panels allow easy access to the engine.
A new instrument panel has been devised for the Viper and the upgraded avionics include items from Garmin and Honeywell Bendix/ King. While the cabin window layout of the Navajo has been retained, with three on the right side and two on the left, Intracom has redesigned the window frames.
Up to eight passengers can be accommodated in the Viper, although Schmidt said some potential customers are interested in using the aircraft for special-mission or monitoring roles.
Detailed design changes that will be applied to production Vipers include a slightly shorter nose, and the Smolensk plant is gearing up to begin production of 32 aircraft converted from the P Navajo.
However, in 2005 the plan calls for production of entirely new-build Vipers for which the company will have to build jigs and tools. New Piper has expressed no interest in becoming involved with the Viper program and indeed may perceive it to be a competitor to its own Meridian turboprop single.
Between 1970 and 1977, some 269 PA-31Ps were produced, so Intracom should have no difficulty in acquiring pre-owned aircraft to produce its initial batch, which will be largely promoted in the CIS market. Supporting the claim of low-cost operation, Schmidt noted that it costs around $514 to top off a Navajo but only $330 for the Viper (developed models will include additional tanks).
The Viper's mtow is 7,268 lb, and the useful load is 154 lb greater than the P Navajo's. However, the Viper's maximum cruise speed is 227 kt, about four knots slower than the PA-31P's. The Viper has a service ceiling of 23,500 ft and a maximum range of 1,560 nm. Its takeoff distance is 2,400 ft and the landing distance is 1,540 ft.
Schmidt intends the Viper to make its international debut at the AERO trade show and exhibition, to be held in April in Friedrichshafen, Germany. He also aims to secure Russian certification and make first production deliveries in the same year. Although he will not seek orders until certification nears, Schmidt reports strong interest from four or five potential customers.


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Most copy shops have the (big scary) industrial-sized paper cutters that go through the whole book at once; they charge a dollar or so per book to use it. (Probably require a staff member to operate it.) If you have a friend in a shop, you might be able to get them to cut books for free when they're not busy.
If you get access to one of those, pick up a few throwaway books from thrift stores to practice cutting the spines off without cropping into the words.
I've never tried it because I use a camera so that I don't need to destroy the books, but couldn't you just heat the glue up with an iron and then pull the pages off?
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As more athletes embrace the ethos of good-form running, the trend of barefoot-inspired footwear is spilling over into new areas. The craze that started on the beach soon moved to the streets and sidewalks, then the trails and mountains. Now, it's landed on the sofa.
New Balance NewSky
Eco-minded construction uses recycled materials. 4mm drop makes them a perfect after-run shoe for barefoot enthusiasts. Extremely comfortable. Subtle, minimal styling. So much the bomb, I wrapped a pair up and gave them to my Pop as a gift. 'Nuff said.
It's hard to rag on these shoes, but the color selection could be better — the post-consumer PET construction limits choices to a few subdued grays.
How We Rate
- 1/10A complete failure in every way
- 2/10Sad, really
- 3/10Serious flaws; proceed with caution
- 4/10Downsides outweigh upsides
- 5/10Recommended with reservations
- 6/10Solid with some issues
- 7/10Very good, but not quite great
- 8/10Excellent, with room to kvetch
- 9/10Nearly flawless
- 10/10Metaphysical perfection
The NewSky is an everyday, around-the-house barefoot shoe from New Balance — a company that already makes a raft of barefoot shoes for running on the pavement and in the hills. The NewSky is designed to be worn as a minimalist recovery shoe, not a running shoe. You change into them when you get home from your run — presumably one you just completed while wearing some other minimalist model.
The shoe's upper is fabricated using 95 percent post-consumer recycled PET bottles.
It's minimalist in another sense, too, since it makes extensive use of post-consumer recycled materials. The shoe's upper is fabricated using 95 percent post-consumer recycled PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) bottles, and the outsole is held in place with a layer of water-based glue. On average, each pair of NewSkys uses the equivalent of eight 20-ounce PET bottles.
The NewSky also uses the absolute minimum amount of material necessary to craft a piece of footwear, and ends up using 73 percent less material than the average New Balance running shoe. You can see this in how slender the NewSky is, and you can feel it when you pick it up. It's extremely lightweight — the women's size 7 weighs in at 4.1 ounces.
The design is stylish almost to the point of being elegant, at least for a sneaker. The PET fabric resembles dark grey felt. Unlike felt, it has a stiffness that wears well and shows great stain resistance. My tester shoes have remained new-looking for the past month, and I've worn them more frequently than any other shoe in my closet. The fabric seems to fold or crease rather than wrinkle. Laces are either black, or a contrasting color that provides a visual pop when matched with the color of the outsole and sole. While wearing these around, I've received compliments from people as varied as twenty-something hipsters to my 90-year-old grandfather.
The shoe earns as many points for comfort as it does for style. The foam sole has a 4mm drop from heel to toe, similar to the New Balance Minimus and many other barefoot-style running shoes. Prior to receiving this pair of NewSkys, not having seen the design in person but knowing it's meant to be worn as a recovery shoe, I was expecting the sole to resemble the Nike Free. The sole is actually much different in that it is very minimal and just padded enough for wearing as an everyday shoe. The parts of the shoe that contact the ground are made of EVA nubs.
The end result is something that just feels really good. And not only are they supremely comfy to wear, they're smart-looking and sustainable. An all-around winner.
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Energy Connoisseur C-2 loudspeaker Measurements
John Atkinson measured the Energy C-2 and provided me with the results after I had completed my listening tests.
The Energy's sensitivity measured to specification at 88dB/W/m (B-weighted). Its impedance characteristic is shown in fig.1. This is an undemanding load, with a minimum impedance of 4.6 ohms at about 160Hz. The port is tuned to 40Hz, visible on the curve as the typical tuned-port saddle dip. The small wrinkles in the curve at just over 200Hz indicate possible cabinet resonances, and the small discontinuity at 23kHz is the ultrasonic tweeter resonance.
Fig.1 Energy C-2, electrical impedance (solid) and phase (dashed) (2 ohms/vertical div.).
Fig.2 shows the FFT-calculated responses of the port and woofer (nearfield) and the on-axis responses of the woofer and tweeter at a microphone distance of 50". The port output shows well-suppressed modes, except for a single slight resonance at 775Hz, down 16dB. The dip in the woofer's response at 40Hzthe point of minimum cone motioncorresponds with the port tuning frequency. The lack of cone breakup modes in the decay of the woofer's response above the 1900Hz crossover frequency is notable, as is the very steep acoustical slope (24dB/octave). The acoustic crossover slope of the tweeter is also steep at about 14dB/octave. Finally, the tweeter resonance peak at 23kHz is high in level, but has no significant effect in the audible range below 20kHz.
Fig.2 Exposure 3010S, frequency response at 2.83V into: simulated loudspeaker load (red), 8 ohms (magenta), 4 ohms (green), 2 ohms (red). (1dB/vertical div.)
The overall responsenearfield port combined with the woofer and tweeter FFT responses averaged across a 30° lateral window, is shown in fig.3. The slight rise in the upper bass was later confirmed by the pink noise curve (not shown). It should add a little richness to the sound without making it bass heavy. Note that the bass response holds up well to below 40Hz (where it is roughly equivalent in level to the output through the midrange) and is down only 6dB at 30Hz. For those who may be wondering at this point what possible advantage there might be in a larger loudspeaker with a similar measured bass response, the answer is output. The C-2 will respond nicely to very low frequencies and produce an impressive measured response. But like virtually all small loudspeakers, it does not have the ability to generate low bass at levels which will produce a powerful, visceral impact.
Fig.3 Energy C-2, anechoic response on tweeter axis at 50", averaged across 30° horizontal window and corrected for microphone response, with complex sum of nearfield woofer and port responses plotted below 300Hz.
The remainder of the C-2's response is unusually smooth and flat up to 20kHz. There are a few ripples, but for a loudspeaker these are very benign. The slight rise at 10kHz, inconsequential in the overall smooth trend, may add just a trace of sparkle to the sound.
The horizontal response family of the Energy C-2, with any on-axis response deviations subtracted out so that the on-axis response appears as flat, is shown in fig.4. The off-axis response is as impressive as the on-axis curve in fig.3, with a smoothly increasing rolloff with increasing frequency. This should contribute to good imaging and freedom from performance irregularities at off-axis listening positions. A response which holds up well off-axis at high frequencies should also result in an audibly open, extended response, which is exactly what I heard.
Fig.4 Energy C-2, horizontal response family at 50", normalized to response on tweeter axis, from back to front: differences in response 90°5° off-axis; reference response; differences in response 5°90° off-axis.
The vertical response family (fig.5) is very linear off-axis also; within an approximately ±10° vertical window, the response remains quite flat. At extreme vertical off-axis angles, however, notches do develop at the crossover frequenciesa not unusual result.
Fig.5 Energy C-2, vertical response family at 50", normalized to response on tweeter axis, from back to front: differences in response 45°5° above axis; reference response; differences in response 5°45° below axis.
The step response on the tweeter axis is shown in fig.6. Both drivers are connected in the same (positive) polarity, though the two drivers are not time-coherent. The impulse response taken on the same axis (fig.7) is typical of such a nontime-coherent two-way design. The ringing visible in fig.7 is due to the ultrasonic tweeter resonance, and the ripples in both figs.6 and 7 above 7ms are room reflections.
Fig.6 Energy C-2, step response on tweeter axis at 50" (5ms time window, 30kHz bandwidth).
Fig.7 Energy C-2, impulse response on tweeter axis at 50" (5ms time window, 30kHz bandwidth).
The cumulative spectral-decay or "waterfall" plot is shown in fig.8. This would be a truly exceptional result at any price. Except for a very small resonance at just over 8kHz, the high frequency response here is as free of "hash" as any we have seen.
Fig.8 Energy C-2, cumulative spectral-decay plot at 50" (0.15ms risetime).
Fig.9 shows the cabinet vibration measured on the top. The top panel resonance here contributes to the ripples visible in the impedance curve, and may contribute to a little lower-midrange coloration. There are similar resonant responses in the back and side panels, though slightly less pronounced (not shown).
Fig.9 Energy C-2, cumulative spectral-decay plot of accelerometer output fastened to back of enclosure near the top (MLS driving voltage to speaker, 7.55V; measurement bandwidth, 2kHz).
This is an outstanding set of measurements for any loudspeaker, and particularly notable for a moderately-priced, two-way design. The only measurements which were unsurprising at the price are the cabinet resonances. The overall response smoothness and delayed-energy (waterfall) responses, however, are particularly impressivebetter than many loudspeakers costing several times the price.Thomas J. Norton


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Regarding "Supervisors to tackle parking" (Times-Standard, Jan. 26, Page A1):
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will discuss an ordinance that will deal with parking regulations at one of the county's most dangerous intersections. If passed, the ordinance would prohibit parking on the eastern side of F Street at all times of the day and will extend the regulated area by an additional 40 feet.
My son lives close to one of the areas of interest, Oak and F streets. I do not understand how eliminating parking on the east side of the street will be of any benefit.
Parking is not the issue. The real issue at hand is excessive driving speed. I have witnessed vehicles driving 45-50 miles an hour in that area with a school one block away.
As in the Washington School area, a four-way stop sign would definitely help the situation.
Please discuss the real problem -- excessive speeding!
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OK, then perhaps I mean reflex sights. The Burris Fastfire sights are good examples of which style I'm looking at.
The cheapest I've found locally is a "Delta". It is small, it is metal and it needs a mount to it to fit a weaver rail.
€100 for the sight, and about €40-50 for the weaver adaptor! So not that cheap over here, yet again!!
On top of that the weaver rail attachment for my redhawk would be another $45 with $40 for shipping...
Quite an expense in total, so I want to be sure they are worth it. All this because the FO Ruger sights I ordered have failed to turn up this side of the Atlantic!
I may also look at te midway sites, but the German one already seems very steep on the supplies I've already looked at for other aspects of shooting (holsters and reloading)
I understand that if I wanted POA to be 15yds away, then I need to adjust it.
By zeroing, I mean to say tht if I remove it from the Redhawk and thn slide it onto the MkII, will it still give me an accurate POA, at 15 yds, or would I need to readjust again?
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