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cron script - No such file or directory
It is in the man pages and in all the how to's but as a newbie (for only 3 years) I cannot seem to figure it out. I have 3 Suse 10 servers running cron jobs without a hitch although it was like pulling teeth to get them to work. It took so long to get these working that I have gone stare crazy and cannot see the problem here.
I want to run the following cron job on the 4th server named BTI.sh.
/usr/bin/rsync -rutv --modify-window=1 /srv/www/htdocs /mnt/SuseBackup/BTI-Intranet/Scripts;
/usr/bin/mysqlhotcopy Intranet /root/Backup/Data --user=root --password=mypassword --allowold;
/usr/bin/rsync -rutv --modify-window=1 /root/Backup/Data/Intranet /mnt/SuseBackup/BTI-Intranet/Data;
Here is a strange observation. Without semicolons in the above script I get:
bti-intranet:/etc/cronsOther # sh BTI.sh
building file list ... done
rsync: mkdir "/mnt/SuseBackup/BTI-Intranet/Scripts\015" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(422)
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(434)
Unknown option: allowold
Invalid option
/usr/bin/mysqlhotcopy Ver 1.22
Usage: /usr/bin/mysqlhotcopy db_name[./table_regex/] [new_db_name | directory]
-?, --help display this helpscreen and exit
-u, --user=# user for database login if not current user
-p, --password=# password to use when connecting to server (if not set
in my.cnf, which is recommended)
-h, --host=# Hostname for local server when connecting over TCP/IP
-P, --port=# port to use when connecting to local server with TCP/IP
-S, --socket=# socket to use when connecting to local server
--allowold don't abort if target dir already exists (rename it _old)
--addtodest don't rename target dir if it exists, just add files to it
--keepold don't delete previous (now renamed) target when done
--noindices don't include full index files in copy
--method=# method for copy (only "cp" currently supported)
-q, --quiet be silent except for errors
--debug enable debug
-n, --dryrun report actions without doing them
--regexp=# copy all databases with names matching regexp
--suffix=# suffix for names of copied databases
--checkpoint=# insert checkpoint entry into specified db.table
--flushlog flush logs once all tables are locked
--resetmaster reset the binlog once all tables are locked
--resetslave reset the master.info once all tables are locked
--tmpdir=# temporary directory (instead of /tmp)
--record_log_pos=# record slave and master status in specified db.table
--chroot=# base directory of chroot jail in which mysqld operates
Try 'perldoc /usr/bin/mysqlhotcopy' for more complete documentation
building file list ... done
rsync: mkdir "/mnt/SuseBackup/BTI-Intranet/Data\015" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(422)
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(434)
With the semicolons I get a 'command not found' for each semicolon but it works:
bti-intranet:/etc/cronsOther # sh BTI.sh
building file list ... done
sent 19845 bytes received 20 bytes 39730.00 bytes/sec
total size is 35819869 speedup is 1803.16
: command not found
Existing hotcopy directory renamed to '/root/Backup/Data/Intranet_old'
Locked 27 tables in 0 seconds.
Flushed tables (`Intranet`.`ActionLinks`, `Intranet`.`Actions`, `Intranet`.`ConsignmentPurchaseOrder`, `Intranet`.`ControlPoints`, `Intranet`.`EMailQue`, `Intranet`.`Employee`, `Intranet`.`FeederAudit`, `Intranet`.`Forecast`, `Intranet`.`ForecastMonth`, `Intranet`.`Job`, `Intranet`.`Labor`, `Intranet`.`Layout`, `Intranet`.`PartCategories`, `Intranet`.`PartsPrices`, `Intranet`.`People`, `Intranet`.`ProcessThread`, `Intranet`.`Processes`, `Intranet`.`QualityAlertStatusCodes`, `Intranet`.`QualityAlerts`, `Intranet`.`RackParts`, `Intranet`.`SMTCycleTimes`, `Intranet`.`SMTPartNotes`, `Intranet`.`SubstituteParts`, `Intranet`.`TimeAbsentTardy`, `Intranet`.`TimeCards`, `Intranet`.`TopLevelRevisions`, `Intranet`.`Triggers`) in 0 seconds.
Copying 82 files...
Copying indices for 0 files...
Unlocked tables.
mysqlhotcopy copied 27 tables (82 files) in 1 second (1 seconds overall).
: command not found
building file list ... done
sent 26658597 bytes received 158 bytes 5924167.78 bytes/sec
total size is 34603952 speedup is 1.30
: command not found
Here is my crontab for root:
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/root/BTICrontab installed on Thu Oct 26 13:45:44 2006)
# (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $)
47 * * * * /etc/cronsOther/BTI.sh
I get the following email:
/bin/sh: /etc/cronsOther/BTI.sh
: No such file or directory
Here is the directory:
bti-intranet:/etc/cronsOther # dir
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 Oct 26 13:45 .
drwxr-xr-x 94 root root 8320 Oct 26 11:23 ..
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 301 Oct 26 13:45 BTI.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 301 Oct 26 13:45 BTI.sh~
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 196 Oct 25 15:15 test
bti-intranet:/etc/cronsOther #
I must be overlooking something simple. Thank you for your help!
If I read that right, without the semi-colons the script is being treated as one long (mangled) command. Did you create the script under Windows instead of Linux? The line endings might be DOS style instead of UNIX.
You could try the following:
fromdos < /etc/cronsOther/BTI.sh > /etc/cronsOther/BTI-new.sh
dos2unix /etc/cronsOther/BTI.sh
What filesystem type do you store this script on?
Created with Gedit on Suse 10
I created the script using Suse 10 - Gedit and stored it on the hard drive of the Linux box. The hard drive was partitioned by the Suse 10 install and I chose the default settings. Nothing unusual here. However, I did email the script from the first Linux machine to a Windows machine opened and saved it to the latest Linux drive. The 'dos2unix /etc/cronsOther/BTI.sh' fixed the bad command issue when running BTI.sh from the command line.
However, I still get:
/bin/sh: /etc/cronsOther/BTI.sh
: No such file or directory
from cron executing it?
Well gilead, your geniusity is validated once again. I ran the dos2unix command on BTI.sh, those pesky dos cr and lf's went away and the script was found and executed properly by cron.
Many thanks!
That's good news - I mean the bit about it working ;)
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BTW, they are both 2014 models if that helps.
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By divnamite
From: New York, NY
Sep 19, 2007
|Good hard climb for beginners. If using bolts up top, be aware that when climbing this face, a fall will swing you quite a bit.
By Tabo
Aug 31, 2009
|The PK guide gives this route a "G" rating, but I have to agree with the "R" rating. I remember it was very thin, and thinking that there wasn't much that was going to keep me off the ground if I fell.
By Kevin Heckeler
From: Upstate New York
Oct 9, 2011
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Good jughaul for a few moves off the ground, then nice balancy moves the rest of the way. Using double side pulls midway up to ascend the route qualifies it for a soft 5.7 rating, and if not then for the overhanging, bouldery starting moves. Definitely not a 5.6
By rogerbenton
Jun 24, 2012
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
i call it PG.
after the starting moves theres a bd .75 from an almost hands free stance.
there's a .4 above that.
then theres a #2 out left you can extend.
then you're at the top and the bolts are right there.
you can set up TR anchors in such a way as to hit this pitch and the "5.9" on the arete (felt like easy 5.7) then flip the anchor sling over and it's positioned perfectly for "sac's fifth avenue" 5.11 on the adjacent face.


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Bye Bye My American Pie: You Didn't Taste Too Good Anyway.
This video gives good insight into why the dollar will collapse:
I explained here in 2004 why this would happen, and again here in 2007, as well as more recent articles here and here this year.
Fundamentally the US dollar as the worlds reserve currency is on it's way out because it has been devalued yet artificially propped up to an extent where it is creating unbearable global financial tensions. These can not be undone unless the rest of the world is prepared to continue to pay for America's corporate and Government colonialism, false economic and social values – and their unpopular warmongering.
It turns out that the rest of the world is going to turn around and sticks two financial fingers in the direction of the USA. Asian economies have started the trend to de-pegging currencies from the dollar. There is a big push in this direction in the middle East too. If Europe does not follow suit soon we will be the losers whilst those who decouple from the US will win.
The US treasury has virtually given the GCC governments the go-ahead to dump the dollar and track a basket of currencies.
Most central banks do not want this to happen. They fear the devaluation of their dollar denominated "investments" (read worthless pieces of paper or numbers in a computer). They are afraid of global financial collapse.
Bad luck guys. We are in a global financial collapse, it has been a long time coming and the rest of the world is waking up to the fact that it is not just the American currency, but the American social, political and economic model we must de-couple from. The dollar investments ARE worthless – the US has no chance of ever paying it's debts. It is bankrupt.
What are they going to do? Print more dollars to pay the debt? They can not – every time they print a dollar at the federal reserve it creates a one dollar debt at the treasury. You can't print your way out of too much printed money.
So we have to de-couple from the USA. If we do not do so we will get dragged down the pan with them. The UK, being lead by some of the most profoundly ignorant people having been educated in outdated institutions, places great and unearned trust in America. We are less likely to decouple from America than other countries – not least because the US security apparatus have a lot of very messy information on our politicians, bigwigs, royal family and such they have gathered over many years.
The UK pound is taking a bashing because we are perceived to be one of the most stupid countries in the world in that we are least likely and will be the latest acting in decoupling ourselves from the US model. The last out will be the worst affected.
My advice to Gordon Brown: Tell Obama that he needs to impeach and imprison the former presidents Bush I, Bush II (AKA limited functionality version), and vice president Cheney. It is essential they are in solitary for the second stage to work and he can use his powers as President to name them as "Enemy Combatants", giving him the power to imprison them in solitary for three years.
Then he must nationalise the Federal Reserve or the bankers will just pull the rug from under him.
Next start a real investigation into 9/11 – in the knowledge that the FBI, FEMA, CIA, NSA and other security apparatus of the US Government, though nominally under his watch will still be controlled by agents of the Bush family, and can thus not be trusted at all. Promote all US defence staff and security staff to whistle-blow and provide a means for them to do so and security measures for them.
Then the truth might come out as to why a cabal of the oil rich, bankers and politicians ordered the 9/11 attacks, preparing the US people for the removal of their civil rights – to which they have happily succumbed – on the whole.
It might be messy but it is better to have an honest mess than a dishonest mess. At least you know what you are dealing with. As long as we play the "Ostrich game" we may as well have our heads buried in the shape-shifting quick-sand that is "US Government policy".
Axel Merk talking on Bloomberg about the fall of the US Dollar and de-pegging of currencies:
So why is it ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE we must decouple politically and economically as soon as possible from the USA? Simply put: the American social and economic model has lead to the most greedy and selfish nation in the world (the US uses 30% of world resources and has 6% of the world population), the most aggressive nation in the world (US Aircraft carriers displace more water than the rest of the world's combined), and the most politically corrupted system anywhere in the world (in the last seven years the Bush administration has rewritten and nullified the US constitution through back door get out clauses).
This selfish, greedy, aggressive and corrupt nation will pull us down with it – in an attempt to save themselves – at our cost. It is already happening. Foreign central banks have pumped billions of US$ into the system to see them disappear into black smoke. Now there have already been complaints that US commercial banks are using the bail-out money to create asset backed debt instruments packed with crap loans expressly to sell to foreign central banks. This is a direct attempt to export more American ignorance in the form of packaged loans. Luckily the Central banks are onto this already.
If they put one cent into these "assets" they are adding to your personal debt. Wherever you are in Europe your Government has made you personally indebted to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars this year alone – irrespective of your own financial thrift, you are now a debtor. Let's not let this situation continue one day longer.
Instead let's face the music and dance: It is time for the US dollar to fall. It is time for the US people to consume much less. It is time for the small cabal of international bankers and politicians that have deliberately manipulated and created this situation – in order to profit from it – to be placed behind bars whilst we unravel the unholy mess they have tried to drop on our doorsteps.


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Had she not perished forty years ago in a plane crash, legendary country singer Patsy Cline would have been 71 this week. At the time of her untimely death, she was only 30, on the brink of huge stardom, after being named America's number one female artist in 1961 and 1962. Her plaintive voice, backed by producer Owen Bradley's often sepia-toned arrangements, helped country music cross over into the pop realm as well as help to redefine the role of females in the genre. Her legacy lives on, however, informing a legion of pop and alternative country songbirds, ranging from k.d. lang to Norah Jones.
Both aforementioned artists, among others, appear on the engaging yet uneven Remembering Patsy Cline. It's no surprise that lang nails it, having already paid her respects to Cline on her own recordings, especially with her 1988 breakthrough, Shawdowland on which she collaborated with Bradley. Lang approaches "Leavin' on Your Mind " with the same heartfelt, understated inventiveness as she did then, transforming the song's rhythmic pulse from a slow-drag shuffle to a meditative jazz ballad, replete with silhouette string and brass accompaniment and simpatico piano. And she croons the heartbreaking lyrics with just the right amount of yearning despair and dim optimism, without emotive mayhem.
Jones retains the roadhouse jukebox feel of "Why Can't He Be You " but does away with the spectral strings of the original, giving it a more immediate, raw feel. Still, Jones' singing and arrangement are gracefully unfussy as she renders the song's ironic theme of romantic frustration.
Like many other ambitious tribute projects, Remembering Patsy Cline defeats itself with interchangeable performances, overwhelming arrangements, and mismatched pairings. For all of vintage country music's affinity with southern R&B, especially in its balladry brilliance, Natalie Cole sounds dreadfully out of place on her retooling of Cline's No. 1 hit, "I Fall to Pieces. " Cole sounds remarkably listless, coached, and, bored with the material — very similar to when she tries to sing jazz. But her cabaret act isn't what truly sinks her performance — it's the syrupy strings, drab smooth jazz guitar riffs, and icky digital piano accompaniment.
And whoever came up with the idea of having Take 6 sing back up for Martina McBride should be shot. While both McBride's rustic singing and Take 6's street corner harmonies are things of beauty, they don't make for a lovely pairing on "Sweet Dreams (Of You). " Take 6 doesn't take the gentle, caressing approach as the Jordanaires did on the original. Instead, their rich, doo-wop harmonies nearly drown out McBride's yearning soprano, resulting in a performance that recalls one of those shotgun American Idol duets.
Rebecca Lynn Howard's "You're Stronger than Me " is weighed down by so much flossy studio production — quirky digital beats, synth washes, and grating electric guitar solo — that she and the song's lyrics get lost in the haze. Elsewhere are simply forgettable readings. Amy Grant's karaoke take on "Back in Baby's Arms " and Diana Krall's self-conscious reading of "Crazy " are so politely stiff in their interpretation that greatness of those songs never comes through.
Remembering Patsy Cline does have a few more shining moments than simply lang and Jones' performances. In fact, Lee Ann Womack's blues-drenched take of "She's Got You " bests both as she gives the song a healthy sense of vengeance that the original's rather sentimental version lacked, especially when Womack belts out "I got your memories/Or has it got me?/I really don't know/But I know it was love, baby. " Similarly, Terri Clark imbues the sassy "Walking After Midnight " with a new sense of "girl kick ass " attitude that would have undoubtedly made Cline proud.


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By: Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM
Friday, May 11, 2007
Suspense thrillers are tough to make. And filmmakers need to follow three golden rules to make a thriller work: Cast fine actors... The needle of suspicion should vacillate from one character to another, keeping the viewer guessing till the finale... The suspense should come as a surprise.
Raqeeb, directed by debutante Anurag Singh, holds your interest at crucial points. Even though the story bears a striking resemblance to two films -- Venus/Abbas-Mustan's Humraaz [in turn inspired by A Perfect Murder] and Tips/Ken Ghosh's Fida -- the film in actuality borrows from a different film altogether -- Murder By Natural Causes [1979] -- a lesser known English film. In the original, one of the leads wears a pacemaker. In Raqeeb, he's asthmatic.
Raqeeb is not without its share of deficiencies. Fortunately, the uppers outnumber the downers in this case. The twists in the storyline and the dangerous games indulged by the lead characters make up for the drab moments in the enterprise. In actuality, the film gathers speed minutes before the intermission and the graph only goes upwards as the reels unfold. But here's a direct question to the debutante storyteller: Why didn't you opt for an unconventional end, for that would've been the perfect icing on the cake? Sometimes, evil also wins!
In a nutshell, Raqeeb isn't great cinema. It isn't low on substance either. It floats somewhere in between. Watch it without expectations and you wouldn't be disappointed.
Remo [Rahul Khanna] is the owner of a highly successful software company. Remo's parents had died in a car crash when he was a child. Siddharth [Sharman Joshi] is his employee and probably, only friend. Siddharth is the exact opposite of Remo who is shy, introvert and asthmatic.
Siddharth constantly pesters Remo to socialize so that he can meet a few girls and fall in love with one of them. Remo seems to be averse to the idea until, one day, Siddharth plays a prank and sets Remo up for a blind date.
Remo meets the girl and after a misunderstanding falls in love with her. The girl is Sofie [Tanushree Dutta], a theatre actress. Everything is perfect until Remo and Sofie discover that her parents died in the same car crash in which Remo's parents had been killed. Sofie realizes that Remo's parents were responsible for the death of her parents.
Remo doesn't know how to deal with this tragic discovery. Siddharth persuades him to propose to Sofie. Remo proposes and after the initial hesitation, Sofie accepts. Remo and Sofie get married.
Sunny [Jimmy Shergill] is a struggling actor who is in love with Sofie. But Sofie always desired a luxurious life which Sunny was unable to provide. Hence, Sofie married Remo. When Sunny and Sofie meet again, the old love is rekindled. Thus begins a torrid affair between them.
Tired of having to meet secretly and only occasionally, they plan to kill Remo. The plan is to hide Remo's asthma medicine and then aggravate his asthma so as to trigger an asthma attack. Once the asthma attack occurs, Sunny has to pretend to shoot Remo with fake bullets so as to aggravate his condition further, eventually leading to death. The post mortem will reveal that Remo died of natural causes and hence, no one will be suspected of any foul play.
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Fantastic Luck Chinese New Yr Cake – Superstition, Or Belief In an Sufficient Calendar calendar year?
A normal Chinese calendar yr takes place inside the lunar calendar, which calendar 12 months the Chinese New Yr will probably be on February 3, 2011. You will discover various difficulties a Chinese family and friends will put collectively for their New Year's Eve, and also New Year's Day. After i was mounting up ny new years eve 2017, I'd been generally in and out with the kitchen area, aiding my mom to prepare her 12-course New Year's Eve night food. Each individual single dish professional a serious indicating for bringing great luck in lots of places. There have been also quite a few items not incorporated through the 12-course food items, to be offered outside the house the foodstuff in worship of our ancestors and also God, displaying our appreciation of whichever they knowledgeable furnished for us. All all those items are already eaten on New Year's Day, and bundled Good Luck New Calendar yr Cake and Abundance Cake.
I've been residing throughout the U.S. because 1988, and finding these cakes is very rough. My husband or wife T.C. and that i utilized to crank out to China City in Flushing Queens, The big apple to seek out these cakes. Nearly all of enough time, we returned empty-handed mainly because the people today residing in that place obtained them forward of we did. For various a long time, it truly is been strike or move up finding all those mouth watering cakes. Recently, I had just identified to ignore the cakes.
My mother-in-law Lily has structured the brand name new Yr Cake for a number of quite a few many years, and infrequently, we get 1 specific, depending on when there is a U.S. holiday getaway all around the Chinese New Year. On distinct many years, we may or may not reach her dwelling on the New Year supper. Seriously, I have to admit, we by no means at any time built it in twenty quite a long time of connection. But final calendar yr we did, and Lily taught me the best way to help make the Abundance Cake, and that i have already been producing them in the midst of 2010 and sharing them with pretty several of my consumers and buddies. I have grow to generally be very good at making the Abundance Cakes and make them almost to the month-to-month foundation. Former Christmas, Lily taught me the best way to make the model new 12 months Cake, my daughter's favored.
New Calendar calendar year Cake, pronounced "Nian Gao" is often a sweet steamed glutinous rice-like cake. Ingredients include darkish brown sugar, warm water, banana extract and sticky rice flour. You may find out ready-mix presents, nevertheless the conclusion answer is just not virtually pretty much as good. I make mine from scratch. And discover my "Nian Gao" beside a rabbit during the image? (still left) That's since 2011 are going to be the year of rabbit.


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I am a new disc golfer (started this summer) and I was wondering what competitive scores are for women? I shoot from 70 - 85 and play courses all par 3. Usually I get all 4's some 3's, some 5's and I've gotten a couple birdies!! But I wanted to enter the tournament scene and was wondering if women shoot much better than that or if I can compete and stand a chance.
I play in the Northern Chicago area and have yet to see and disc golf girl who seriously plays and doesn't just hyser the disc crazily or throw it thirty feet in front of herself.
Thanks for the help!
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Will pregnancy make me prone to getting seasick?
Pregnancy won't make you more likely to feel seasick, but ocean travel can upset your stomach whether or not you're pregnant. If you're prone to motion sickness, you're more likely to feel queasy at sea. And if you're already suffering from morning sickness, the motion of the boat may make your nausea and vomiting even worse.
If you're still having morning sickness, you may want to postpone taking a cruise until it subsides. Before you sail, ask your healthcare provider about seasickness medications that you can safely take during pregnancy. (Acupressure wristbands are one possible drug-free way to keep motion sickness at bay, though they don't work for everyone.)
When choosing a cruise, keep in mind that larger ships tend to be the most stable on rough seas. For the smoothest ride, ask for a cabin in the middle of the ship, close to the water line.
Once on board, spend as much time on deck as possible. If you start to feel queasy, fix your gaze on the horizon. Eating light, nongreasy snacks (such as crackers) frequently can soothe an upset stomach. Some women find that sucking on ginger lozenges also does the trick.
If you're prone to motion sickness, you may want to rethink your cruise plans – it's especially important to stay hydrated when you're pregnant, and it's easy to become dehydrated rapidly from vomiting.
Will a life preserver fit over my pregnant belly?
Probably, but the only way to know for sure is to try it on as soon as you arrive at your cabin. Adult life preservers, also called personal flotation devices, are usually unisex, so they should fit larger sizes. If yours is too small or if you need help adjusting it to accommodate your belly, ask the cabin steward for assistance.
How can I travel comfortably on a cruise ship?
Cruise ships, especially the newer lines, can be remarkably comfortable. When you book your ticket, reserve a cabin with a full- or queen-size bed. Request the largest bed possible, especially if you're traveling with your partner. (Shipboard bunk beds tend to be very narrow.) Once you're on board, you can ask the cabin steward for extra blankets and pillows, too.
No matter how finicky you are about food during your pregnancy, you'll find a wide selection of meals and snacks to satisfy almost any craving – 24 hours a day. Most cruise lines offer room service as well. With such bounty and availability, your main concern may be heartburn from overeating.
Fortunately, you'll probably find plenty of opportunities to exercise as you sail. Many ships offer group and individual exercise programs, early morning deck walks, swimming, stationary cycling, yoga, and even resistance training in the onboard gym. Of course, this is great if you already exercise routinely, but keep in mind that pregnancy isn't the time to launch a high-powered cardio workout.
Clothing on cruise ships is strictly casual during the day. Bring a wide-brimmed sun hat – and plenty of sunscreen – for lounging on deck. Some lines require dressier attire at dinner.
A final perk: Your cabin steward will not only handle your luggage but cater to your every need. Don't hesitate to ask for anything that will make you more comfortable.


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Contact InformationIntegrity Security And Investigations, Inc.
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Santa Cruz >> The suspect in a cellphone theft Saturday night made it a few blocks before police tracked his location.
The Santa Cruz Police Department arrested Evan Hunt, 20, of Santa Cruz, after a group who had left their car's sunroof open reported the loss of their cellphones at 11 p.m., Deputy Chief Steve Clark said in a release.
Using a friend's cellphone to track their phone, the victims pointed police toward the location of one of the phones. Police spotted Hunt, who reportedly fled on a bicycle from Ocean and Franklin streets to the end of Pryce Street, where K-9 Argus corralled him, Clark said. Hunt was allegedly in possession of one out of two missing phones, and bolt cutters.
Hunt was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail on suspicion possession of stolen property, resisting arrest and possession of burglary tools. Clark said the suspect was arrested and/or cited seven times in 2013.


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With a need to create a modern, future-proof network infrastructure to support bandwidth-intensive research applications and data sharing across global universities and research agencies - such as the IAEA (the International Atomic Energy Agency) and the UNESCO (the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) - King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) [2], the national science agency and laboratory for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has turned to Brocade [3] to deliver a state-of-the-art network infrastructure comprised of high-performance campus networking and load balancing solutions.
Commenting about the reasons behind the upgrade, Eng. Hasan Alhowimel, Assistant of IT Directory and Network Engineer at KACST said, "Factors such as an increasing number of employees and deployment of bandwidth-intensive applications like Oracle ERP, wireless applications as well as external services [to share data with international agencies] led to tremendous strain on the underlying infrastructure. We had plans to go wireless to increase user productivity, but were being held back by the limitations of a network that could not deliver the kind of performance we required. The need for a more stable, high-performance network was becoming increasingly obvious to us, and we knew that the success of a number of our future initiatives would depend on a strong and reliable foundation."
The new Brocade® campus network environment, deployed by Brocade's local partner Nesma Advanced Technology, spans 16 buildings including the KACST headquarters, which houses the institution's data center. Each building has a Brocade FCX Series [4] switch at the edge connected to a Brocade FastIron SX Series [5] switch with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) uplinks to Brocade BigIron RX Series [6] core switches in the data center. KACST also deployed Brocade VDX 6720 Switches [7] to provide reliability and performance, while paving the way for the institution to deploy Brocade Ethernet fabric [8] technology and private cloud services in the future.
The benefits of the Brocade FastIron SX switches, with industry-leading Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology, were immediately realized. "We found that the Brocade PoE solution not only reduced the cost of cabling, but also greatly simplified integration of our security camera and fingerprint attendance systems," said Eng. Alhowimel.
As part of the wider network upgrade, the Brocade ADX Series [9] of application delivery switches allowed KACST to achieve significant performance benefits from its Web portal. The Brocade ADX switches have also future-proofed the KACST for IPv6 support, enabling a seamless migration to this technology as required.
Since the network upgrade, KACST has seen improved performance and a dramatic increase in the speed of its many applications and Web services. The agency has successfully deployed its wireless network, which effortlessly manages the additional load from personal mobile devices, the security infrastructure and attendance systems.
The implementation has also brought about significant cost benefits."The cost of the Brocade solution was exactly half that of the equivalent competitive offering, but delivers so much more in terms of performance," notes Eng. Alhowimel.
Such improved performance allows the agency to connect and collaborate with a broad network of universities and research centers across the globe.This permits the sharing of extremely expensive research equipment, which is used for analysis and calculations. Thanks to the new network, KACST now shares the utilization and cost of these systems with other research agencies.
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Email letters, April 2, 2014
West Star's private financing is a lesson for public officials
We are very pleased to hear that West Star will be moving forward with a privately financed paint facility. West Star is a respected employer and a vital part of the aviation infrastructure in the Grand Valley. Good for it!
Its announcement should also serve as a reminder to public officials to approach public funding requests for private projects more cautiously in the future.
Eleven months ago the former Grand Junction Regional Authority Board represented the following to the public: A commitment to issue bonds HAD to be quickly made, as other unnamed communities were competing for the West Star project, and private funding was impractical.
The rush to provide public money was so extreme that a special board meeting convened last May to approve the project. This meeting violated the airport's own bylaws as to notice and was an illegal meeting.
Public funding luckily foundered on the shoals of Tippettsgate and an FBI raid. Now we discover that private money was available. That's great news for the community and also a reminder that when people ask for public money to fund private, for-profit enterprises, it is wise to slow down and critically
challenge representations.
Fortunately, the new airport board has dramatically raised its game. We're observing the new board members deliberately and carefully cleaning up the mess they inherited and instituting appropriate internal controls. All of us owe these citizen-volunteers our thanks.
President, Grand Junction Airport Users and Tenants Association
Grand Junction
Voters must decide between constitutional sheriff, politician
Why were Jim Spehar, the Sentinel editorial staff and the elite GOP leaders shocked at the outcome of the Republican Assembly? Have they not been paying attention to what is going on all over this country? Do they not understand how angry voters are about what politicians are doing to our freedoms and the disregard they have for the Constitution?
The office of sheriff may be the most important elected office and should never be political. The sheriff is the only law enforcement directly "hired" by "the people." His or her first duty is to fulfill his or her oath of office, which, according to the secretary of state, is to "solemnly swear by the everliving God … [to] support the Constitution of the United States and the State of Colorado and faithfully perform the duties of the office … ."
Obviously, Sen. Steve King has not done that. He lost his credibility by sponsoring a bill (SB13-013) that created federal powers within the state where there were none before. John Pennington, on the other hand, has been a Marine and took this oath "to protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic." That is a lifetime oath, by the way.
So, the question is: Do you want a constitutional sheriff who will do his duty or a political administrator willing to turn law enforcement over to the feds?
Grand Junction
Members of HOAs should insist that representatives take action on report
In 1992 the Legislature enacted the Colorado Common Interest Act which was to be the governing document for homeowners associations operating within Colorado. However the legislature exempted large developments which deprived the owners within these large developments of the benefits of CCIOA and allowed the developers to maintain complete control of the homeowners associations.
In the case of both CCIOA and the large developments, the legislature did not provide for any oversight or regulation of homeowners associations operations. At the present time, the only way a homeowner can contest the decisions made by the developer or HOA boards of directors of the association is to institute a very expensive lawsuit, which is costly to both the owner and the state court system that is funded by the taxpayers.
The Legislature directed the Department of Regulatory Agencies to compile record of the complaints filed against homeowners associations, and a report was sent to each state legislator this year. It included six recommendations that could be instituted to answer these complaints. Two of the more important ones were that the exemption for large developments would be rescinded and they would be subject to all CCIOA provisions in order that all owners would have the same benefits and rights, and another recommendation to require mandatory arbitration instead of lawsuits to settle disagreements between the owners and the HOA boards. This report can be viewed on the DORA website.
The legislature seems to be ignoring the report since no legislation to implement the recommendations has been done. It behooves every owner in an HOA to insist that his or her representative take action on the report this session.
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Pennington unduly influenced by Arizona sheriff, lacks management skills
I sat in the auditorium during the Republican Assembly at Central High School and watched as Republican candidate for Mesa County sheriff, John Pennington, and his handler, legendary and former Graham County Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack, called for a crusade against our federal government.
I heard nothing from Pennington about fighting crime — only fighting the feds. I heard nothing about providing excellent law enforcement service to the citizens of Mesa County. I only heard calls to oppose our federal government. I heard nothing about his qualifications for the office of sheriff. I can only assume that legendary former Sheriff Mack recognized Pennington's management shortfalls when he offered his continued help and assistance to run our sheriff's office.
I have been a sworn law enforcement officer in Mesa County for over 30 years. I have been a street cop, an investigator, a first-line supervisor, a mid-level manager and a command level manager. I have been a municipal cop and a sheriff's deputy. When I entered law enforcement, I took an oath to support the United States Constitution. I take that oath seriously and have never wavered from those principles that built this great country.
I have worked side by side with the FBI, DEA, ATF, Customs, INS, BLM and a host of other federal law enforcement officials. I have attended valuable law enforcement training sponsored and funded by these federal agencies. I have seen firsthand the benefits of law enforcement programs and positions funded by federal grants. I have seen very dangerous criminals sent off to prison as a result of combined local and federal law enforcement actions. This partnership has been consistent throughout the terms of our last three
elected sheriffs and numerous police chiefs who have served in our community. This ongoing partnership has been successful not because of blind trust, but because of vigilant monitoring of each others' actions and activities combined with the common goal of keeping our community safe. Not once have I witnessed a fed working in this partnership violate the U.S. Constitution or abuse a citizen of Mesa County.
It is obvious that former Sheriff Richard Mack would like to add the Mesa County sheriff to his army of other like-minded sheriffs to engage in his war on the feds. I, like many others, am frustrated with the direction our country is headed. I do not believe that declaring war on our federal government (and using sheriffs and law enforcement as soldiers in that war) is an appropriate remedy.
Law enforcement should be fighting only one war, the war on crime. Our limited tax dollars in Mesa County are stretched thin just to provide crime fighting resources. Where will the monies and personnel come from to fight a new war against the feds? Could it be that Richard Mack rode into town hoping to bolster his own crusade using the office of sheriff and its funding to bolster his own war effort? Does he care that Pennington does not have the background, training or experience to manage the office? If not, perhaps Mack's agenda is better served by someone tethered to a string?
I entered the honorable profession of law enforcement to serve the public, pursue criminals and seek justice. I did not sign up to be a soldier against my own government. I know that is also true for my law enforcement peers in Mesa County. This radical agenda espoused by Mack and Pennington scares me. Fellow Republicans, it should scare you too.
I know that we are all frustrated. At first, declaring war on the feds might make us feel better for a little while, but with war comes casualties, and we all grow weary of war as the costs mount. Fellow Republicans, I urge you to put an end to this radical agenda by casting your vote for Steve King for sheriff during the upcoming Republican primary June 24. King, like our current and former sheriffs, will protect your constitutional rights, serve the citizens of Mesa County and fulfill the legal obligations for the office of sheriff within budget and without the pitfalls of a radical anti-government agenda.
Obamacare now succeeding despite GOP 'scorched-earth' tactics
Julie Pace's article in today's Sentinel offers a revealing juxtaposition of its front-page ("Health care sign-ups rise to 7.1 million") and inside ("Health: Surge may not change political reality") headlines.
On the one hand, despite dire prognostications by the same pundits who confidently predicted that Mitt Romney would comfortably win the 2012 presidential election, enrollments on the Obamacare insurance exchanges reached the mark predicted by the Congressional Budget Office.
While disingenuous "conservative" efforts to debunk the numbers continue unabated, the best available current data indicates that – of the 7.1 million new enrollees – about 80 percent have paid their first month's premium, two million were previously uninsured, and five million previously insured found affordable coverage on the market-based exchanges.
Taken together, the two million previously uninsured enrollees, plus the 4.5 million who have enrolled under Medicaid expansion and the three million young adults who remain covered under their parents' policies, ObamaCare has already reduced the number of previously uninsured Americans by 9.5 million.
Conversely, some 8 million Americans otherwise eligible for coverage languish in those "red states" that have not yet embraced Medicaid expansion. Because the Supreme Court allowed these Republican-controlled states to opt-out of Medicaid expansion, their governors and legislatures have (as Sarah Palin unintentionally but accurately predicted) become de facto "death panels" — allowing 7,000 to 17,000 entirely avoidable (with health insurance coverage) needless deaths to occur thus far.
Meanwhile, the latest polling shows that a majority of Americans now fully support the Affordable Care Act (49 percent to 48 percent), a 9 percent improvement since the website debacle.
The utter bankruptcy of Republicans' "scorched-earth" anti-American ideology is clearly exposed in three "lines" – those that formed up to vote last November when Republicans attempted to suppress turnout, those that formed up Monday to enroll in Obamacare and the unemployment lines that have resulted from Republicans' failed economic policies.
Grand Junction
President of WCAF needs to remember more history
Earle Mullen, president of Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers, needs to look back on his history to understand the context of what Thomas Jefferson said. In that time people were angry that King Henry the 8th had set up for himself the Church of England.
This church stated that the only god you serve is the crown. Its leaders were trying to force people to worship one way and hurting people who wanted to worship any other way. It was this lack of religious freedom that caused the Founding Fathers to put that passage in.
Also, Mullen seems to have forgotten more to that passage. Let me state it: "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Grand Junction


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Cooke City, Mont. • An 18-year-old Minnesota man has died after he was buried in an avalanche in southwestern Montana that apparently was triggered by another snowmobiler.
The victim was stuck on a slope and trying to start his snowmobile Tuesday afternoon when another snowmobiler high-marked above him, triggering the slide, the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center said. High marking involves riding a snowmobile straight up a mountain as far as the rider can and turning around before becoming stuck or losing power.
The Park County sheriff's office received a report of a snowmobiler buried in the Daisy Pass and Crown Butte area near Cooke City about 4 p.m. Tuesday.


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Movers and Shakers
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Rick Meerapfel
Managing Director, M. Meerapfel Söhne
Managing Director, M. Meerapfel Söhne
Rick Meerapfel has a lot to live up to as a tobacco man -- his father, Heller, bought a great portion of the Cuban tobacco crop just after the revolution. Rick, 50, took it as a challenge, and in the last seven years has become a world force in Central African wrapper tobacco. Among his clients are some of the biggest names in cigars, including Arturo Fuente and General Cigar. His Sumatra-seed tobacco is some of the finest, richest wrapper grown outside of Cuba's Vuelta Abajo, where Meerapfel spent many years in the late 1970s and early '80s learning the "Cuban way" of doing things.
Each year, Meerapfel says, the quality of Central African tobacco improves. He has operations in both Cameroon and the Central African Republic, and the companies he chairs, Cetac Central Africa and Cetac Cameroon, employ nearly 10,000 people. "This means a lot to Africans," says Meerapfel, whose companies are partly owned by locals. "It proves that they can do it on their own. I am very proud."
Benjamin Menendez
Senior V.P. of Premium Cigars, Altadis U.S.A. Inc.
Senior V.P. of Premium Cigars, Altadis U.S.A. Inc.
The date, says Benjamin Menendez, is "like a brand that cattle have." November 26, 1960. "I went to the airport and left Cuba. I left with my wife, three kids and $7 in my pocket," he says. Two months earlier, doomsday for Cuba's cigarmakers, Fidel Castro's troops took over Cuba's cigar and tobacco industries. The gem in his stolen crown was the mighty Montecristo and H. Upmann brands, owned by Benjamin's father, Alonso Menendez, and his partner, Pepe Garcia. Today, a bespectacled 66-year-old with a wide smile and an endless supply of stories, Benjamin Menendez has spent his life at the helm of some of the biggest cigar brands the world has ever known. Starting with Montecristos in Cuba, he moved on to make Montecruz and Don Diego in the Canary Islands, Macanudo in Jamaica and now, coming full circle, Montecristos in the Dominican Republic. True cigar aristocracy, "Benji," as he is known to nearly everyone, never stopped traveling.
Eric Newman
President, J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
President, J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
As part of the third generation to work in the family business, Eric Newman, 54, president of J.C. Newman Cigar Co., must follow what he calls the perseverance of the generations preceding him. Started in 1895 by his grandfather, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. was just one of 42,000 licensed cigar manufacturers in the United States. One hundred and seven years later, J.C. Newman Cigar remains the only American cigar company from that era still owned and operated by the original family. "There's nothing in business that's come around that my grandfather and father hadn't seen," said Newman, who has worked within the family business since 1972. "It's up to my brother [Bobby] and myself to foster relationships in this industry for this company to continue to succeed."
—Mark Weissenberger
Robert Newman
Executive Vice President, J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
Executive Vice President, J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
For Robert Newman, the winter of 1986 was one that would make or break his family. Along with his brother Eric, and spearheaded by his then-70-year-old father, Stanford, the three Newmans had leveraged to buy out 11 other family members for ownership of J.C. Newman Cigar Co. The majority of their assets, including Stanford's home, was used as collateral in the high-risk deal. But for Robert, the transaction allowed him to witness his father's savvy business skills, as well as the confidence shown in himself and his brother during such a precarious venture. Today, family-operated J.C. Newman Cigar owns such brands as Diamond Crown, Cuesta-Rey and La Unica; and Robert, 51, serves as the company's executive vice president.
Angel Daniel Núñez
Executive V.P., Mfg. and Tobacco, General Cigar
Executive V.P., Mfg. and Tobacco, General Cigar
Daniel Núñez, 51, has spent 30 years with General Cigar, during which time he has become one of the most well-rounded men in the cigar industry, learning and mastering all aspects of cigar making. In 1972, he was in the fields, experimenting with wrapper grown in the Dominican Republic. From there he learned the process of sorting and aging tobacco and then, under the legendary Ramón Cifuentes, the art of manufacturing cigars. In the early '90s, Núñez learned to purchase tobacco, and today he is General's executive vice president of manufacturing and tobacco. Occupying one of the most influential positions at General, he oversees the company's entire cigar-making operation, from the fields in Connecticut and the Dominican Republic to the factories producing General's vast catalog of cigars.
John Oliva Sr.
President, Oliva Tobacco Co.
President, Oliva Tobacco Co.
He played both offense and defense as a member of the University of Florida football team, but the toughest job John Oliva Sr. ever had was following in the footsteps of his father, Angel. A legend in the cigar business, Angel taught John the value of hard work and showed him how to run one of America's most revered tobacco companies. After Angel died in 1996, John took over the business, which he runs with his brother Angel Jr., his son John Jr. and nephew Angel III, known as Trey. Oliva Tobacco is a family affair, with tobacco-growing operations in Nicaragua, Honduras and Ecuador. "The good rule of thumb is, man, when the country's fun to go to, and the climate's perfect, and the political situation is great, tobacco ain't worth a shit there," says Oliva.
Cano A. Ozgener
Owner, C.A.O. International Inc.
Owner, C.A.O. International Inc.
Cano A. Ozgener, the patriarch of C.A.O. International Inc., began his tobacco career improving meerschaum pipes, which led to his starting his own company in 1968. He added humidors to his product line, then cigars, entering the cigar market in 1993. Success has followed the C.A.O. brand ever since. More recently, Ozgener achieved his greatest singular accomplishment outside of his thriving cigar business: overcoming cancer. This past January, the 65-year-old was afflicted with lymphoma; a regimen of chemotherapy left him bereft of the ability to taste. After his third week of treatment, his taste buds began to return, and his mouth was as sensitive as that of a baby's. "But I wanted to smoke a cigar," he says. "And I said to myself, 'it better be the best cigar out there,' which is what I expect from my cigars." On that day, following his third week of treatment, he smoked a C.A.O. Gold without chagrin.
Jorge Padrón
President, Padrón Cigars Inc.
President, Padrón Cigars Inc.
Jorge Padrón, 34, says he was never forced to enter the family cigar business, but when he earned his MBA in 1992, it became very clear that he wanted to make cigars alongside his father, Jose Orlando, founder of Padrón Cigars Inc. His friends thought him foolish. At the time, selling cigars seemed an unpromising way to apply the talents learned at business school. The Padrón brand was successful, but it was locked into Miami. "Eighty percent of our business was the local Miami market," says Jorge Padrón, who soon hit the road to push the brand. He went to his -- and the company's -- first Retail Tobacco Dealers of America trade show in 1993, and Padrón went national. The brand reached a new level with the 1994 introduction of the Anniversary Series, and the company followed that up with a Padrón Millennium and the new Serie 1926 cigar. "It's not my achievement," says Padrón, typically modest. "It's our achievement. I can't imagine doing anything else."
Jose Orlando Padrón
Chairman, Padrón Cigars Inc.
Chairman, Padrón Cigars Inc.
Jose Orlando Padrón has Cuban tobacco in his blood; his family has grown tobacco since the 1880s. In 1961, Padrón, who was born in Pinar del Rio, left his native Cuba for Spain. After a short time there and in New York, he settled in Miami, and three years later he created the Padrón brand. "I started manufacturing in Miami in hopes of providing my fellow Cuban exiles a cigar similar to the ones we smoked in Cuba," he says. He grew fond of Nicaraguan leaf, which was just starting to come into its own, and in 1970 he began making cigars in Nicaragua. He added a second, smaller factory in Honduras in 1978. In recent years Padrón cigars have soared in popularity. Production is modest, some four million cigars a year, and the 76-year-old has no intention of growing into a cigar giant. "We will follow our family traditions and remain faithful to the course we set 38 years ago, continuing to focus all of our efforts on producing quality and not quantity."
Larry Palombo
President, U.S. Cigar Sales Inc.
President, U.S. Cigar Sales Inc.
Larry Palombo, 54, is a lifelong veteran of the cigar industry. He spent 21 years working for General Cigar Co. before joining the cigar unit of UST Inc., the owner of smokeless tobacco giant U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., makers of Skoal and Copenhagen, in 1995. Formerly vice president of tobacco, in May 2001 he was promoted to president. Born in the Bronx, Palombo is a talented tennis player and a passionate cigarmaker, never without a breast pocket brimming with cigars. His latest creation is the Vega Talanga, a cigar packed in palm bark known as a tercio and finished with a fat pig tail and an uncut foot. The smoke is loaded with tobacco grown on U.S. Cigar Sales's Honduran farm, located in the Talanga Valley. The farm, says Palombo, "is the future of our company."
Rocky Patel
President and CEO, Indian Tabac Cigar Co.
President and CEO, Indian Tabac Cigar Co.
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'Additiv' is a footwear concept created in collaboration with 'Adidas Originals and Berlin based designers PKNTS.
Additiv is a shoe designed to incorporate the brand archive including exchangable and additional parts. The simplicity of the pieces offers the consumer the chance to create new styles for the product. With the help of a communication platform on the internet, the user can express his own ideas in public and the brand is able to react on consumer wishes and creativity.
With what looks like velcro on components the shoe can be cosmetically transformed in a very Swatch type manner. A very simple form of additive mass customization.
Check out their portfolio for some very fresh design work, I especially like their Mini Music Machines..
Via Designspotter


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August 7 2013
True Temper debuts prototypes
By Jonathan Wall, PGATOUR.COM Equipment Insider
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- True Temper's list of prototype driver shafts increased by two with the introduction of a pair of new Project X prototype models at the PGA Championship.
Earlier this year at FedEx St. Jude Classic, True Temper rolled out three PX prototypes -- 55 and 65-gram versions in a 7.0 flex and a 55-gram in a 6.0 flex -- that featured a unique weave pattern in the middle of the shaft that was significantly softer than previous Project X graphite models and acted as a loading zone on the downswing.
Just like the first three PX prototypes that had load zones of 16 and 18 inches from the butt end of the shaft -- players with slower swing speeds would likely want to go with the "LZ16," because the loading zone is closer to the butt end for easy shaft loading -- the new 7.0 version has a load zone of 18 inches, while the 6.5 prototype shaft has a load zone of 16 inches.
"We're constantly looking for ways to improve and fine-tune our prototype shafts," said Simon Wilson, True Temper's PGA TOUR and European Tour manager. "We've had a number of players test out these shafts this week and see positive results, so we'll take the feedback we receive from these shafts and go from there. The eventual goal is to have a shaft we can bring to retail."
The differences between the new prototypes and the old models include a new weight of 64 grams (instead of 55 or 65 grams) and slightly less torque at 3.8 degrees.
The prototypes at the PGA Championship also have a "Hand Made Prototype" emblem and the shaft's stats -- torque, load zone and weight -- in neon yellow paint.
According to Wilson, Marcus Fraser tested out the 6.5 prototype shaft and could put it in play are noticing a significant distance increase; Chris Wood and Stephen Gallacher planned try out the 7.0 shaft. U.S. Open winner Justin Rose also requested a shaft to test out at home.
True Temper hasn't figured out if the prototypes are coming to retail yet, but they're hoping additional PGA TOUR feedback allows them to make a final decision on retail shaft weights and loading zone options in the future.


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Hundreds of runners conquered a 200-mile route around London's greenbelt last weekend, in the 18th race of its kind.
The Green Belt Relay, which starts at Hampton Court Palace and finishes at the Hawker Centre, saw 33 teams of 11 runners complete the mammoth course on May 17 and 18.
Each runner completes one of the 11 legs of the course each day and runs about 20 miles each during the weekend relay.
Race director Peter Kennedy, 44, said: "We had quite a good turnout and it went really well. It was ace.
"The changeovers are usually in small villages and because it was such nice weather it was a really good atmosphere because there were lots of people outside having a beer. It was really special."
Richmond's Ranelagh Harriers, captained by Michelle Davies, finished in 16th place after they completed the course in 29 hours 57 minutes, while the club's second team came 30th with a time of 35 hours 24 minutes.
Awards were presented to the teams, which included the Hampton Wick Wanderers who took 31 hours 25 minutes to complete the course, at the Hawker Centre on Sunday, May 18.
Mr Kennedy, from Kingston, said: "We are hoping for 40 teams next year."
For more information on the relay, visit greenbeltrelay.org.uk.


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Design submitted by Laszlo from Hungary.
Another beautifully presented LED watch design that uses square rings on the interface to display the time. This concept is simple to understand but also visually very appealing. The design has AM, PM and an alarm function.
The 12 LEDs in the top section indicate the hours (red or white, 1 LED stands for 1 hour), the 11 LEDs in the middle indicate minutes in groups of 5 (red or white, 1 LED stands for 5 minutes) and the 5 LEDs in the bottom indicate minutes (red or white, 1 LED stands for 1 minute). The 12th LED in the middle is blue when an alarm is set. The 11th and 12th LEDs in the bottom turn blue depending on whether it's AM or PM. The design has an unusual strap that has three sections, the links appearing like bricks.
If you would like to see this concept become reality in the future vote for it and comment below to let Laszlo know what you think.


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The California man who allegedly killed his girlfriend with a homemade cannon had previously served prison time on weapons and auto theft charges and had pleaded guilty to domestic violence against the woman.
His history with the law could be why Richard Dale Fox is facing a first-degree murder charge, even though San Diego County Deputy District Attorney C.J. Mody has said there was no evidence the killing was intentional.
Fox, 39, pleaded not guilty Thursday in the death of Jeanette Ogara, 38. Ogara died instantly when shrapnel from the device went through the couple's trailer in Potrero, San Diego County, and struck her early Tuesday morning.
In a tearful 911 call he made to police after the device detonated, Fox can be heard sobbing and hysterically describing what happened, saying it was an accident. In a jailhouse interview following his arrest, Fox - who sustained shrapnel injuries to his right leg - said he was sorry and wished he had been the one who caught the blast, rather than Ogara.
"(Fox's) emotion won't make or break the charge, but the fact that the prosecutor is saying we don't think this is intentional makes you wonder well then, why did they feel the need to pursue a murder charge?" ABC News legal analyst Dan Abrams said today on "Good Morning America."
Court records show Fox served prison time for gun possession charges and auto theft in the 1990s. Fox also pleaded guilty in 2009 to a misdemeanor battery charge against Ogara, and was ordered to participate in a year-long domestic violence recovery program, in addition to probation.
The probation and a limited protection order against Fox expired in January.
"The best case scenario for him as this case moves forward is that jurors and prosecutors feel sorry for him and say this is a guy that clearly didn't mean to do this and is completely heartbroken," Abrams added.
Fox, Ogara and some friends had been drinking late Monday night, and Fox allegedly went outside and lit the cannon filled with explosives. The barrel of the device exploded, sending shrapnel flying through the air. One piece of shrapnel went through the wall of the trailer, hitting Ogara in the chest, ABC News affiliate KGTV in San Diego reported.
Fox is also charged with the explosion of a destructive device and child endangerment. The couple's 4-year-old daughter was in the trailer at the time and was not hurt. She is now staying with her grandparents.
Fox, who is being held on $3.5 million bail, faces a possible life sentence without parole if he is convicted.


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Lowering levels of cholesterol and triglycerides within the body is a good way to reduce the risk of heart disease; in those already suffering from heart disease, the chances of sudden death are lowered. Certain foods can help lower cholesterol and triglycerides levels within the body when they are eaten as part of a healthy diet.
Cholesterol & Triglycerides
Cholesterol and triglycerides are fatty substances found in the bloodstream of the body, and they travel through the blood attached to proteins. Only small amounts of triglycerides are usually found in the bloodstream, which the body uses to store energy. Cholesterol, on the other hand, is used by the body to build cells and hormones. Large amounts of cholesterol can build up along artery walls within the bloodstream, forming a plaque.
Fiber & Nuts
Oatmeal is just one option to add to a diet high in soluble fiber, which is a good reducer of cholesterol and triglycerides. Ten grams of soluble fiber taken every day as a part of a healthy diet reduces the cholesterol absorbed into the intestines and is capable of reducing total cholesterol and triglycerides. Nuts can be added to a diet to replace items such as croutons in a salad, as they are capable of providing a significant drop in blood cholesterol and can help keep blood vessels healthy. It is recommended that 42.5 grams or 1.5 ounces of nuts such as hazelnuts and pecans can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease.
Other Foods
Olive oil contains a huge amount of antioxidants; just two tablespoons of olive oil taken every day in food or as a supplement can reduce bad cholesterol but leave hormone- and cell-forming cholesterol in the body. Avoid light versions of olive oil; an important basic rule of olive oil tells us the lighter the color of the oil, the more processed it has become. Extra virgin olive oil is said to contain even more antioxidants and have even more benefits for a healthy heart. Fatty fish contains high levels of Omega-3 fatty acids, which have been proven to reduce both blood pressure and the risk of blood clots, and are a reducer of cholesterol and triglycerides. Fish that have high levels of Omega-3s include mackerel, lake trout, albacore tuna and salmon. Eating two servings a week of fish with high levels of Omega-3 fatty acids is said to be a good cholesterol reducer. Other foods can replace unhealthy options such as red meat and dairy, which are high in both cholesterol and triglycerides. Twenty-five grams of soy taken daily is a good reducer of the risks of heart disease and can be eaten as a protein alternative to red meat. Three glasses a day of orange juice is also an effective way of raising the good cholesterol the body needs to stay healthy.


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Shimamura Music was founded in 1962,starting with launching music school business.With up to 160 locations in Japan,Shimamura Music has become the largest general musical instruments retailer of Japan,and also the 4th largest general musical instruments retailer in the world. Each store includes a music school and rehearsal studio rooms and sponsors events for enriching the community's appreciation of music. We believe customer care is vital for developing effective strategies and do not offer discounts.Our stores are readily accessible in major shopping centers so that our main customers, from beginners to intermediate level players, can fulfill their dreams.
Having been founded for more than 50 years since 1962,Shimamura Music has become the largest general musical instruments retailer in Japan and also the 4th largest musical instruments retailer in the world.There are up to 160 stores with rehearsal studio rooms and music school located in 38 prefectures in Japan.So you can get musical goods you want at Shimamura Music store almost everywhere in Japan.
As the most important management principle of our company----"Create the people who love music as many as we can by providing the enjoyment of music",has been rooted in everywhere of our company.We have been working hard on providing the best musical experience to our customers all the time.
In Shimamura Music stores,there are not only the famous Japanese brand products such as Yamaha,Roland,Takamine,Muramatsu,SANKYO,KAWAI,Casio,TOMBO,and more,but also many famous brands of well-known musical instrument manufactures around the world,such as Selmer,Buffer Crampon,AZUMI,Altus,Martin,Taylor,Gibson,Fender,etc.In addition,We provide amount kinds of products popular among international customers which are "Made In Japan"featuring high quality,including not only the products from other companies like Yamaha,Roland,Takamine,Muramatsu,but many of products made in Japan from Shimamura Music's original brand,such as History,CoolZ,Ka'ala and more.
There are two kinds of TaxFree item(s) in Shimamura Music TaxFree shop,which
are general instrument and consumables.
Please confirm the following instructions and limitation of these two kinds of TaxFree item(s).
|General Instrument
|Total spending of over 5,000yen(before-tax).For example,guitar,saxphone,keyboard,etc...
You can not combine spending with consumables.The staff will take a copy of your passport for spending of over 1million yen.
|The spending of over 5,000yen but no greater than 500,000(before-tax).For
example,pick,polish,reed etc...
You can not combine spending with general instrument.The shop will pack consumables so that it can not be consumed in Japan.
"Non-resident" is eligiable for TaxFree shopping in Shimamura Music TaxFreestore.
According to Japanese Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act,"Non-resident" means that persons not having their domicile or residence in Japan and judicial persons not having their principal office in Japan.
The following customer is eligiable for TaxFree shopping.
|Customer with foreign nationality
|The customer who has a permission to stay within 6 months in Japan.
For example:Short-term stay visa,Landing permission for crew members,etc.
|Customer with Japanese nationality
When you shop TaxFree in Shimamura Music TaxFree store,the following TaxFree procedure will be required.
Before you make a payment in our TaxFree shop,please confirm that if you are eligible for TaxFree shopping from the staff.If you are,the following TaxFree procedure will be processed.
|If the item(s) you want to buy is in stock
|If the item(s) you want to buy is out of stock and you wish to back-order that
Before purchasing item(s) at our store,the following caution is required.Please read carefully.
As of Apr 2015,there are 21 TaxFree stores out of all 160 Shimamura Music
stores in Japan.
We will increase the TaxFree store in the future,so we warmly welcome your visit to our store if you come to Japan.Before you visit our store to shop TaxFree,please confirm the location of the store through the following store list.
|Credit Card Payment Options
|Store Name
|Access and Maps
|Sapporo Stellar Place Store
|Sapporo PARCO Store
|Sapporo Classic Store
|Sendai Izumi Park Town Tapio
|Aeon Mall Akita
|Shinjuku PePe Store
|Shimamura Strings Akihabara
|Aeon Mall Makuharishintoshin
|Aeon Mall Narita Store
|Narita Bonbelta
|Aeon Lake Town
|Minatomirai Yokohama Classic
|Kawasaki Le Front
|Lazona Kawasaki
|Yokosuka Prime
|Kanazawa Forus
|Nagoya Parco
|Umeda Loft
|Grand Front Osaka Classic
|Kintetsu Abeno Harukas
|Rinkuu Premium Outlet Store
|Kobe Sannomiya Vivre
|Aeon Mall Kobe Kita
|Aeon Mall Kyoto Katsuragawa
|Aeon Mall Okayama
|Hiroshima Parco
|Amuplaza Hakata Store
|Fukuoka Ims
|Nagasaki Ekimae
|Nagasaki Hamanomachi
|Ekimachi 1 Chome Sasebo
|Kagoshima AMU PLAZA
If you have any questions ,please feel free to contact us via E-Mail before visiting our store.According to your E-Mail,we also can smoothly prepare the instrument you want to play or to buy for you in advance.