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Posted June 11, 2013
Updated June 12, 2013
Just a quick post to note that I'll be chatting about our summer fun guide on WRAL-TV's morning news on Fox 50 around 7:40 a.m., Wednesday.
I'll be talking about, among other things, our free and cheap movie database; all of the new summer exhibits and plans that museums have in store; and some new businesses that can keep the kids busy for hours.
If you haven't seen our summer guide, check it out here!
As always, a big thank you to Kelcey Carlson for having me on!


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By A.J. Clark, Thermopylae
First came typewriters, then we moved to word processors; from there, IBM's Lotus emerged and changed the game by expanding capabilities into a suite of business tools that organizations could utilize to grab a competitive advantage. Microsoft crushed IBM's domination with Office, bringing with it a revolutionary, interoperable approach to creating all sorts of business documents and presentations: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, workflows, etc. Now, we are in the midst of the cloud revolution, and another new era in productivity will once again push forward what we consider a standard toolbox.
What is the next leap in capabilities, especially for chain stores? Maps. Information visualization over a map is not necessarily a "new" document type, but the rise of democratized geo data and capabilities puts this in the hands of the majority — no longer just the GIS analysts. This is comparable to PowerPoint unlocking the ability for everyday users to build and display ideas without having to wait for a graphic designer to create presentation slides. Data with associated locations can be overlaid on a digital map, layered with other data sets, and manipulated to gain unique insights.
Chain stores can take unique advantage of this growing capability to make staffing, marketing, and other types of decisions. Perhaps the most powerful competitive advantage for chains is the insight gained to assist in franchise expansion, promotion, and sales efforts by visually displaying critical information regarding location, customer demographics, and business strategy.
Power in Location
Beginning with a simple plot of data — your store locations and competitors' store locations — we already have a strong canvas from which to work and perform quick analytics like proximity to competition and regions of high or low coverage. Adding additional, more complex data sets such as store reach, local demographics, and traffic volume serves to now reveal many more intricate business intelligence scenarios. With 3D mapping capabilities, even more options become available. Imagine being able to visualize highway access to a store or even conduct line-of-sight analysis for optimal placement of signage.
The analytics that can be performed from visualized data start to become limitless and demographic layers that contain information on local populations are the key to unlocking the value of these analytics for chain stores. Data like household income, average spending, and household occupants can be set against automated analytic processes that are programmed to identify major areas of opportunity based on specific criteria. Identifying pockets of potential customers that meet your store's targets can prove invaluable to planning store expansion, promotions, or competitive analysis.
For example, if your store targets duel occupant homes with a household income of $45k-70k that buy prepackaged food products more than three-times per month, you can automate an analytic to highlight these households/neighborhoods on a map, compare those locations to that of your current stores, and calculate the average distance from customer prospect to store.
Data Translated to Strategy
It's not enough to just have data on a map or even the analytics that come with it if it isn't informing business strategy. There are many areas where these answers can guide strategic decisions and shape campaigns. Promotions can be visualized by their varying degrees of success and failure; this can help predict success in new locations and guide future planning.
The demographic information discussed earlier shows whether or not a store would reach your target audience and help clarify the expected success of a new site. Site reach and radius will help location planners understand if market share is being cannibalized by self-competition.
The end result is a combination of more efficient and successful promotions, more accurate expansion decision-making, increased sales, higher customer retention, and greater probability of success. In other words: higher volume, reduced risk, and greater profit potential.
Critical decision-making requires more than just a single data point. When you are able to break down the silos that contain all that valuable business data and put it in a place where it can be quickly and easily understood, you start creating an environment where all the information necessary to make the right decision is available. Being able to visualize that information offers strategic decision-makers an easy-to-understand view of who, when, where, and how.
When integrated and visualized, business intelligence mapping creates ROI on information that is greater than the sum of its parts. Individual data points are limitations in the decision-making process necessary to create competitive advantages, but when combined and presented in a geospatial context, businesses have a powerful roadmap to strengthening existing stores and making the best possible decisions for expansion
A.J. Clark is president of Thermopylae, a leader in geospatial mapping technology, allowing organizations to harness, visualize and make sense big data they already have, using Google maps as a platform, and was named Google Enterprise Global Partner of the Year 2013 for Google Maps. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Orange County
The name of Albert Barnes Clark is well known in Orange County as one of the pioneers of the seventies who helped to make possible the prosperity of our present day and members of his family still reside in this commonwealth and are among those who enjoy the fruits of his industry.
He was born in La Porte, Indiana, the son of Amzi Clark who was one of the pioneer dry goods merchants of La Porte, Indiana. Albert Barnes Clark was reared in his native state and attended Wabash College. In 1864 he graduated from Yale College, following which he joined the United States Geographical Survey Expedition, under the well-known Clarence King. He subsequently went to Chicago where he became an expert shorthand reporter and was employed in the courts of Cook County. After his marriage in La Porte he returned to Chicago and continued court reporting until his health failed. Because of ill health he gave up his interests in the east and in 1875 moved to Los Angeles County and settled on twenty acres of land at Richland, now known as Orange. Orange County was then a part of Los Angeles County.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark had to undergo the hardships of the early settlers here but they entered into the spirit of the times and assisted with every progressive movement that helped build up their home community. For the irrigation of his orange grove, Mr. Clark put down one of the first deep wells. As the district developed, however, he saw that there was need of better irrigation facilities than the wells and in 1877 he helped organize the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company, a mutual water company, and served as its first president. While acting in this capacity, he was instrumental in formulating the Water By-laws, which have stood the test of time and become a model for later mutual water companies. During the remainder of his life he was always deeply interested in irrigation matters. It was Mr. Clark that shipped the first wrapped oranges from this county to the markets. Of the thirty boxes he sent to San Francisco at this time, he took the trouble to wrap the oranges in ten of the boxes much to the amusement of his neighbors. The laugh was soon on them, however, as he received two dollars more for each box of the wrapped fruit. There was nothing that ever came to his notice that he deemed advantageous to his section but that he gave it his undivided support.
Albert Barnes Clark was married in La Porte, Indiana, in 1872 to Mary Teegarden, daughter of Dr. Abraham and Lura (Treat) Teegarden, of La Porte, Indiana. Dr. Teegarden was one of a family of eleven children and six of the sons were physicians and pioneers in their profession. Abraham rode from Ohio to La Porte on horseback, as a young man, and settled there. Mrs. Clark was reared in the atmosphere of culture and refinement, being a student of Vassar College. Nevertheless she gladly accompanied her husband to California and worked with him in all that he undertook to make this a better place for those who followed. There were four children born to this union. The oldest, Mrs. Elsie Hunt, died in June, 1932, at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Marjory married N. W. Barker and resides in Michigan City, Indiana. They are the parents of two children, Wallace, a graduate of Yale with the class of 1920, and Margery. Kate Clark is a resident of Orange. Donald, a graduate of Yale University with the class of 1905, is now living on part of the original twenty acre tract that had been the home of his parents and the birthplace of their three young children. He married Celia Nunn on January 22, 1912, at Orange, California, and they have eleven children: Donald and Duncan, twins, Albert, Suzanne, David, Stuart, Robert, Neil, George, Oliver, and Rosamond. After the death of Mr. Clark in 1883, Mrs. Clark removed to La Porte, Indiana, and there reared her children. Later, Donald Clark moved to Orange to take charge of the orange grove of which he is now the owner. Mrs. Clark made many trips back to Orange, thereafter, but she died at her home in La Porte, Indiana, in 1922. She was much gratified to see the growth and development of this district and heartily enjoyed her visits here.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 667-669, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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Gary Qi
Gang Qi received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex, in 1996, M.S. degree in mathematics from West Texas State University, Canyon, Tex, in 1993, M.S. degree in bioenvironmental engineering from China Agricultural University, in 1987, and B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Inner Mongolia University of Technology, in 1982. He has been an Associate Professor (since 2004) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Memphis, an Associate Professor (Joint appointment) at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Memphis Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Memphis and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tenn. (since 2004), and a Featured Engineer at the Memphis Area Joint Engineers Council for Excellence in Research and Service to the Engineering Community. Qi is the Founding Member of the Society of Design and Process Science, a Fellow at the Acoustic Emission Working Group, and a Member of ASME, ASEE, SEM, and ORS (Orthopaedic Research Society). He was also an Editorial Board Member of SAE Transaction Selection Committee and SAE Transactions (1997–2003), The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal (since 2007), MERLOT Engineering Editorial Board (since 2006). Qi is the Vice Chairman, Acoustic Emission Working Group (11 -) and a Board Member of Acoustic Emission Working Group (since 2003).
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Francois Etoundi has revealed he overcame problems with his leg, arm and shoulder to secure a long-awaited Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal for Australia.
Four years after being ruled out when he ruptured his biceps in warm up at the Delhi Games, Cameroon-born Etoundi feared he may be struck down with injury for a second time during his Glasgow Games 77kg division competition.
"I had a real pain in my calf and it was really hurting me," said Etoundi after claiming Australia's first weightlifting medal of the Games, a bronze.
"I wasn't too happy with my snatch and disappointed with missing two of my three lifts, but it was difficult."
Etoundi failed with his first clean and jerk of 170 and it looked as if a medal may be slipping away.
But after succeeding with his second lift, he gambled by moving up a whopping 7kg.
He showed his delight at the sight of the three white lights from the judges by leaping into the arms of Australian head coach Yourik Sarkisian, having passed England's Jack Oliver for third spot with an overall total of 314kg.
Armenian-born Sarkisian was a silver medallist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics when he represented the former USSR.
After moving to Australia he won three Commonwealth golds and five world championships, but he said seeing Etoundi on the podium was just as thrilling.
"I have coached Francis for almost 10 years and he is a lovely boy. He is like a son to me," he told AAP.
"He's had such injury problems and when he failed with his first lift in the jerk and the snatch I was worried.
"I knew he could do it, but maybe it wasn't going to be his day. I was half-a-man out there when he went out to lift 177kg but so happy when the judges said it was good."
Etoundi will now turn his attentions to the world championships in Kazakhstan in November.
The competition doubles as Olympic qualification for the 2016 Games in Rio.
"I want to go to the Olympics and represent Australia, it is my ambition," he said.
"I just want to make sure I stay fit and clear of injuries."
India claimed it's eighth and ninth weightlifting medals with Satish Sivalingam (328kg) and Ravi Kumar Katulu (317) winning gold and silver respectively.


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Dr. William McDougall of Harvard is advised by the "Jewish Morning Journal" (March 2) to read Jewish news from Roumania, Poland, Hungary and other Central and East-European countries, to find a refutation of his idea, expressed last Sunday in Philadelphia, that the mingling of many races, with a consequent clash of ideals and the smothering of a single ideal, is largely responsible for crime in the United States.
"A much worse 'crime wave' than that in New York," writes the paper, "is now going on in Roumania where the educational system in the universities has been shaken by 'patriotic' students who are making pogroms against the Jews. The race bigotry there is clear to everyone, it is not necessary to 'philosophize' it out of ancient history or to 'philosophize' it into a racial mingling which the 'hold up' man does not understand.
"Poland came nearer to a caste system (which Dr. McDougall thinks saved India's ancient civilization) than any other European country, yet neither her past nor her present can serve as an encouragement for others to follow her example."
While the "Jewish Morning Journal" points to the situation in Eastern Europe, the New York "World" (March 2) cites examples in this country proper and refers to Australia and Canada to prove that Dr. McDougall is wrong.
Those sections of the world where many races mingle are not necessarily sections most strongly marked by crime. the "World" explains. "In our own country, for example, there is the case of West Virginia. Here, perhaps, survive the purest American strains now extant; here is a relatively small proportion of foreign-born population-and yet, under certain conditions, West Virginia can be the most lawless of our States. Again, comparing Chicago and New York, one finds the foreign-born population of Chicago proportionately much less than that of New York, yet Chicago is notoriously the most lawless of our large cities. Again, going abroad for our data, Australia is a stamping-ground for many races, and is, in addition, a much newer country than our own. Yet Australia is more law-abiding than we a.e. And finally, having a look at Canada, where two hostile races manage to get along in comparative peace, we see that this clash of racial ideals cannot be a primary cause of crime."
The forthcoming visit here of the Hakoah, the all Jewish soccer football team of Vienna, is seen as "the forerunner of some international competition of a decidedly interesting nature," by W. O. "McGeehan, sports editor of the New York "Herald-Tribune," who writes about the Hakoah in that paper of March 2.
Pointing out the virtues of soccer football and emphasizing its growing popularity in Europe, Mr. McGeehan remarks:
"This game of soccer or association football, is well adapted for an international sport. It is played all over Europe and in South America. It is one of the events at the Olympic Games. But the opportunities in this game seem to be sadly neglected. It has remained for the Hakoah Sport Club, of Vienna, to do some real sport pioneering.
"The supporters of the plan hope that this visit will result in an interchange of visits between the Hakoah club and soccer teams from the United States. Certainly, it is good and promising pioneering in the field of international sport."
The "Citizen" of Brooklyn, commenting on the Hakoah, observes that "while comparatively unknown in America, the Hakoah Club has won European championships in the last two years in soccer, hockey, wrestling and swimming."


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No new Schmiedebach deal for now
Hannover defensive midfielder Manuel Schmiedebach has no interest in signing a new contract this summer and wants to see how the club start the season before making a decision.
Hannover general manager Jorg Schmadtke has been trying to persuade Schmiedebach, 22, to sign new terms for almost a year now, but has again been rebuffed.
"We would like him to extend," Schmadtke said on Kicker, "but I cannot force him."
Schmiedebach knows he has several suitors to choose from if he chose to leave, and is relaxed going into the final year of his deal.
"I want to see how we start," he said. "I want to know how it is going for me and for the club."
That means Hannover are likely to have to wait for the winter break before knowing whether they can tie one of their best young talents to a longer contract.
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return() with no arguments (which is what you're doing) does the "right thing" in both scalar and list contexts. It returns either an empty list or undefined value.
Thus you could also have written:
for the same effect. I'm sure you know this already, but from your commentary and style it did look like you were trying to explicitly return an empty list.
Yes, I normally just use a bare return (and get annoyed when people use 'return 0' for false), but I honestly didn't think about that here because I originally had this:
my $warn = sub { warn Dumper($self->build_context); () };
That showed the annoying __LINE__ problem and I decided to be explicit about the return when I added the $line variable. Normally about the only time -- aside from this example -- I return an explicit empty list is when I do this:
return $condition ? $some_value : ();
Oh, and what I didn't say, but should have, in my first reply was "thanks". The bare return is (IMHO) a cleaner solution.
For less trickery with subs and call stacks and line numbers, remember your old friend 'do'!
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Clam Chowder II
Vermouth and bacon make a distinctive difference.
24 clams
2 cups dry vermouth
2 cups water
3 slices bacon, chopped
1 onion, peeled and chopped
2 potatoes, peeled and chopped
2 cups cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Scrub clams and place in soup kettle with vermouth and water. Cover and simmer until shells open. Remove clams with slotted spoon. Strain liquid through double thickness of cheesecloth and set aside. Chop clams and set aside. Clean kettle and fry bacon in it until crisp. Remove with slotted spoon and set aside. Saute onion in fat until golden. Add reserved stock and potatoes. Simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Add clams and simmer until heated through. Stir in cream and reserved bacon. Season with salt and pepper. Heat and serve.
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PARIS, France - Quarterfinal Friday at the Open GDF SUEZ was a cracker, with a Houdini-like win and a career-best win among the storylines as eight WTA stars went to war to reach the final four of the Premier tournament.
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No.9 seed Angelique Kerber was the one who got her career-best win, pulling off a 64 64 upset of No.3-ranked, No.1-seeded Maria Sharapova. Having won just three games against her just a few weeks ago at the Australian Open, Kerber couldn't be put away this time, rallying from 4-2 down to win the first set and 3-1 down to win the second set against the Russian megastar.
"I knew before the match I had nothing to lose. It's amazing, my first Top 5 win," said Kerber, who actually scored her first Top 10 win. "My coach was telling me, if I want to win this match, I need to play my best tennis. So from the first point I really tried to do that. And I'm very happy I beat her and now I'm in the semis.
"In Australia it was my first match against Maria, and I think I was a little bit shocked to play against her, because she's such a great player."
"It was a tough day today. My opponent played really well," Sharapova said. "When I had opportunities I didn't take them - I was up in both sets, had the breaks, but she did extremely well in those moments, much better than I did.
"Angelique is someone who has been playing really good tennis in the last six months, and had a great result at the US Open. She's really starting to break through. And being a lefty gives her a bit of an edge, as there aren't too many - she has a great game for it, but she's also someone who's very aggressive, stays low, is very strong and runs well. She has many pluses in her game."
The Houdini-like win came from No.2 seed Marion Bartoli at night. After losing the first set, Bartoli rallied from 4-1 down in the second set and 5-2 down in the third to edge No.7 seed Roberta Vinci in a third set tie-break, 46 64 76(2).
"I don't know how I got out of the match," Bartoli said. "Roberta is a great player and for much of the match neutralized my serve and returned extremely well. I had to dig deep within myself. But I kept the right attitude and didn't give up.
"The support from the crowd helped me win today."
Next up for Bartoli will be unseeded Czech veteran Klara Zakopalova, who scored her own comeback victory against No.6 seed Julia Goerges, losing the first set and scraping through a tight second set before cruising to a 36 75 61 victory. The 29-year-old is now through to her first Premier-level semifinal.
Bartoli and Zakopalova are tied in their head-to-head series, 2-2.
Later, Yanina Wickmayer got revenge for a recent loss in the Hobart final, getting past Mona Barthel, 64 67(3) 63. After winning the first set Wickmayer fell behind 5-0 in the second set - she eventually lost it in a tie-break but in catching up she seemed to grab a hold of the momentum again, racing out to a 4-1 third set lead and not looking back to set up a semifinal with Kerber.
Wickmayer beat Kerber in their only previous head-to-head meeting.
Kerber is in her first Premier semi while Wickmayer is in her second, doing it at Indian Wells last year (falling to Bartoli). It should be noted both have been to Grand Slam semifinals, Kerber at the 2011 US Open (falling to Sam Stosur) and Wickmayer at the 2009 US Open (falling to Caroline Wozniacki).


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"Gonna be sleepin' in my own bed tonight," a weary Paul Thorn said, his thick Mississippi drawl pouring out of the telephone like honey while he was heading back to his family in Tupelo. "Ridin' home from Texas; we played Austin, San Antonio, I can't even remember where else," — Fredricksburg was the night before.
A little forgetfulness is understandable when you're a 49-year-old who spends half of the year or more on the road.
"We tour all the time; there's no specific time," he said. "We tour all year long. Go out and come back. We do about 170 shows a year."
Chico fans are eagerly awaiting the sold-out Sept. 16 show and his return to the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company's Big Room. "You have to build your audience in each city," Thorn said. "Some places are stronger than others. Any place I play I generally only play once a year. If you play too much in a city, your audience gets smaller."
Risking that, Thorn will be back in town March 15 for a show with guitarist Elvin Bishop and the blues harmonica great James Cotton at Laxson Auditorium.
"That's what they tell me," he replied when asked of the spring show. "To be honest, I don't handle any of that stuff. I know Elvin; he's a good friend of mine, I've known him for years. To be honest, I received a phone call and was asked to be a part of it. I don't even know James Cotton. I mean, I know of him but I never met him. But it should be fun."
This time in town, though, Thorn and his band — guitarist Bill Hinds, keyboardist Michael Graham, drummer Jeffery Perkins and bassist Ralph Friedrichsen — are touring in support of "What the Hell is Goin' On?," an eclectic collection of 12 covers of the likes of Lindsey Buckingham ("Don't Let Me Down Again"), Allen Toussaint ("Wrong Number"), and the Elvin Bishop title track.
"This is my 10th album and on all the others, I wrote every single song. I wanted to do something different and fun. I listened to a bunch of stuff, digging through old records looking for songs.
"It had to be something I liked and something I can sing. Some I liked, but they were not in my wheelhouse," Thorn said.
The album also features Thorn's original cover art: A busy, folk art depiction of heaven and hell with him and Jesus sitting in a kiddie pool and being served Spam, while the devil and various sinners cavort amidst the flames of Hades.
"I am the art department of my own record label," he said. "I've done art on all my albums. It's a hobby I enjoy that grew into something. I've had shows in galleries. I don't know what it is, man. You got to ask somebody else. Some call it folk art, I don't know."
As for the heavenly Spam?
"Spam is cheap lunch meat I ate growing up. It's just a thing I like. I still have it about once a month or so, 'cause it's not that good for you but it tastes good. You fry it, brown it on both sides (and put it) on white bread and Miracle Whip. It's a great flavor combination, 'cause the Miracle Whip is sweet and Spam is salty and the bread is neutral," Thorn reasoned, adding food critic to his list of credits.
"No I don't cook very much. I just like eating." And that's something else he would gratefully get to do at home that night.
Paul Thorn in concert:
Where: The Big Room, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, 1075 20th St. in Chico
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Whip finisher destroying my thread.
I have been having an issue when tying with 70 denier thread with my whip finisher fraying the thread out to the point that it breaks before I can get the know tightened up. I don't seem to have much of an issue with my 140 threads. I can't see any burs or any particular reason why it would be doing this. Does anyone else have ideas, or the same issue? There is nothing more frustrating than tying a nice fly to be proud of, and then having the last step screw it up.
Honestly at this point I would be willing to spend $20 on a tool that doesn't do this. I would like to find a ceramic coated one, but can't seem to find one. The one I am using now is the Terra standard brass whip finisher.
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
I've never had such a problem, how many twists do you put on your whip knots? I tie everything with Uni or Orvis 6/0 and 8/0 thread, is yours thinner than that?
My only advice would be to finish by hand. It is not as difficult as you may think, however I do prefer a tool for most tying.
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
I use the cheapest and simplest whip finisher on the market. Made by Sunrise and sells for under 5 dollars. Been using them for close to 40 years. I'm on my second one now. Never had a problem.
I've never had a problem with my cheap bobbins either.
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
The only time I have issues breaking thread on a whip finish is when I wrap it more than 3 or 4 times before tightening. I usually only go 3 or less, normally 2 and do a couple if I want it to be extra secure.
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
3-4 half hitches, head cement and i'm off fishing. knots dont come undone.
never could get used to a whip finish tool or even by hand
tyers preference
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
Yep; new tyer here and have had the same problem with small threads trying to do the 5 turns; try 3 or 4 as suggested. :thumbsupu
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
Sounds like these guys have you set. Do 2-3 turns and add some SHHAN.
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
I have been using this ancient artifact since 1974 and have never had a problem with the tool fraying or breaking the thread ( down to Tiemco 16/0 )...
...however, operator error on a number of occasions, has caused thread breakage...
PT/TB :p
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
70 denier polyester thread breaks at 13 -15 oz tension. I think your whip finisher may be scored. You can also change to a bonded thread that is less likely to fray like Uni 8/0 that is a bonded 72 denier polyester threat that breaks at 15 oz.
I would toss the cheap whip finisher and:
1. Get a Matarelli style whip finisher.
4. I use 5 turns. If you use 2/3 turns, place them back to back.
Re: Whip finisher destroying my thread.
I like the materelli style myself. I used the older style for many many years and did not have any problems, but the materelli style is just easier and I think less likely to bust thread. I generally do 4 or 5 wraps, but do it twice unless it's a tiny tiny fly. In that case I only do 3 or so and still do it twice.
Step 2 and 3 are classified. :D
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March 28 2012
Fantasy mailbag: Day's schedule
By Rob Bolton, PGATOUR.COM Fantasy columnist
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The Fantasy Mailbag was surprisingly light this week. So, we have an opportunity to take a moment to focus on a guy that's currently flying under the radar, not that it's unfamiliar territory for the Aussie.
Hi Rob. I am in first place in my league (salary cap; points based on money won). Do you have any information regarding Jason Day? His schedule on the PGA TOUR has been down from previous years. Is he battling an injury? -- Todd
Indeed, the 24-year-old started his U.S.-based play later this year than during any of his previous four since his rookie season of 2008. But it's not due to an injury.
Day started 2012 with two tournaments on the Desert Swing on the European Tour. After missing the cut in Abu Dhabi, he shared runner-up honors at the Qatar Masters. It's the first time he's ever played that circuit in the month of January.
Two weeks later, he placed T62 at the Northern Trust Open, his first of four starts in a five-week stretch on the PGA TOUR. He'll have had two weeks to recharge before returning at next week's Masters, where he shared second place in his debut last year.
Since his forgettable finish at Riviera in February, Day's 1-1 record at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship and pair of T20s in stroke-play starts have done little to ease the concern of gamers with higher expectations like Todd, but there is no reason to panic.
Looking back at his schedule over the years, yes, he had sinus surgery in the last quarter of 2010, but he took the last three months of 2009 off, too, choosing to get married, honeymoon and rest. He played out of the conditional status category on the PGA TOUR in 2009. That limited him to 18 starts, but he had no trouble in securing fully exempt status for 2010. And he hasn't looked back.
That was a valuable turning point for gamers. However, upstarts like Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Michael Sim were commanding our attention while Day was on his sabbatical. Moreover, he's reduced his playing time to 24 and 21 starts the last two years, respectively. We knew this entering 2012, and he isn't deviating.
Day's wife Ellie is due to give birth to the couple's first child in July. Jason has already confirmed that golf will not prevent him from being with Ellie for the birth, no matter when it is.
The moral of the story is that you can plan accordingly for his potential DNP at the British Open; otherwise, it's full steam ahead as usual for one of the most efficient touring pros in the world.


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Probabilistic values for bicooperative games
The present paper develops some general conditions under which we analize the bicooperative games introduced by Bilbao (2000). We define the probabilistic values for these games and observe in detail the axioms that characterize such values. Following the work of Weber (1988), these axioms are sequentially introduced observing how they have repercussions on the probabilistic value expression. Also, we introduce the compatible-order values and show the relationship between these values and the efficiency values such that their components are probabilistic values.
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Deadly crashes leave legacy of grief
It's been a tragic week on the Hunter's roads with six people killed in only five days, including three in a head-on crash at Jerrys Plains over the weekend.
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The three men who died included two brothers, and a woman remains in a serious condition in hospital.
The deaths of the brothers struck a chord with local woman Michelle Davis, who lost her own two sons in a car accident in 2005.
Michelle has fully experienced the anguish these fatal crashes leave behind, but she's also created a positive legacy with a road-safety program called Roadwhyz.
She told Jill Emberson from 1233 ABC Newcastle Mornings how it affects her when she hears about the latest spate of road accidents. (listen to attached audio)
"Very sad and worried, and particularly for the one up in the valley where two of those that lost their lives were brothers," Michelle says, adding that she can't help thinking about what those men's parents are going through.
"In the early days you manage on autopilot pretty much," she says.
"Most people expect you to get up and get moving and I did the very best I could for as long as I could.
"After a while the fog just lifts and you realise that you do have to keep going.
"I mean, I have a daughter as well and a supportive husband, and I worked and people were relying on me."
But she says there's no set time for recovering from such a tragedy.
"It takes as long as it takes," Michelle says, explaining that it was three years after her sons' deaths before she could even go out to dinner.
"I'm just starting to get into a really good space now, and it will be nine years this year.
"I think about them every day, they're always in my mind every day and I know that they're watching."
It's Michelle's belief that her sons are aware of everything she does that has prompted her to set up the Roadwhyz project.
It's a four-hour in-school education program on road safety involving police, ambulance officers and driving instructors as well as Michelle's personal story.
"It's not a bunch of adults standing up pointing at them, telling the young drivers they're doing the wrong thing," she says.
"It's just about giving them as much knowledge, information and empowering them as much as we can."
During the session Michelle describes what's happened to her since the knock on the door notifying her of her sons' deaths.
"I take them through every step I can remember and ask them to imagine their own mother," she says.
"My boys lost their life on a beautiful, bright sunny Thursday.
"There was no rain, there was no bad weather, it was a gorgeous day.
"It was speed, it was a choice."
The latest initiative from Roadwhyz is raising sponsorship to pay for professional driving lessons for students who can't afford them.
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NEWPORT County triumphed on Carl Zeiss Jena's return to Welsh soil thanks to a second-half header from centre back Darren Jones.
The Exiles edged the pre-season encounter between old Cup Winners' Cup foes in scorching conditions at Spytty Park, and deservedly so.
Justin Edinburgh's men created the better chances and looked solid at the back with the partnership between Jones and Kevin Feely continuing to impress at the heart of the defence.
In truth it wasn't exactly a thriller to reward the committed Jena fans among the 2,630 crowd that started their coach journey from Germany on Wednesday evening.
It was scoreless after a scrappy first half in which neither keeper was made to work up a sweat in the blistering heat.
Maxim Banaskiewicz shot just past the left post after a swift counter-attack for the visitors and centre back Kevin Feely headed narrowly wide from Andy Sandell's well-delivered free-kick but there wasn't a great deal of drama.
The Exiles started the second half on top with Chris Zebroski forcing visiting keeper Raphael Koczor into a first (routine) save, Christian Jolley just failing to connect with Mark Byrne's whizzed-in cross from the left and Aaron O'Connor nodding just wide.
And the breakthrough came 18 minutes in to the second half when, just after Robbie Willmott had been yellow-carded for shoving a rival to the ground, defender Darren Jones headed home Sandell's free-kick.
County kept pressing but had to be content with a 1-0 success – reversing the tables after their single-goal defeat at Somerton Park in 1981.
County: Pidgeley, Willmott, Feely, Jones, Sandell (captain), Byrne, Flynn (Patten 84), Minshull (Y Klukowski 60), Jolley (R Howe 75), Zebroski, OConnor.
Goal: Jones (63)
Yellow card: Willmott
Carl Zeiss Jena: Koczor, Klippel, Grosch (captain), Banaskiewicz, Wiezik, Schmidt (Brinkmann 70), Bock, Loser, Lux (Jovanovic 75), Strohl, Becken.
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Instead of Santa and colored lights, this town evokes images of slot machines and snowmobiles.
"We do have roadside Santas, a few Christmas stores and signs up year-round, but it's basically not as Christmassy as you would expect," said Sue Bowers. She and her husband, Bob, own Bay Watch Resort cottages overlooking Munising Bay and Grand Island.
A casino, a holiday-themed mall and a popular steakhouse are within easy walking distance in Christmas. In winter, visitors can rent a snowmobile and experience a cold-climate view of tall pines, rolling terrain, and waterfalls turned to spectacular columns of ice.
"The only reason we have the name Christmas," Bob said, "is it's such a unique name and because of the way the town started."
It was named in 1938 by Julius Thorson of Munising, who had built a roadside factory to make holiday gifts. The factory burned down in 1940 and never was rebuilt.
Bob describes the town today as small but growing. "Christmas is in the development stages. We've been here for seven years and it's changed dramatically. Nobody has really has taken advantage of the name yet, but I think it will happen."
Cancellation stamp
The Christmas Mall abounds with Christmas ornaments, decorations, hats, T-shirts, sweat shirts, candles, pottery, jewelry and postcards. The proprietor, Karen Beauchaine, plans to open a homemade ice cream shop next to the mall in spring 2003.
Inside the Mall, which is open year-round, is a U.S. post office where visitors can have cards and letters hand-cancelled with the Christmas, Mich., cancellation mark. To have your cards cancelled by mail, affix sufficient postage and place them in a large envelope or small box. Mail it to:
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Kewadin Christmas Casino is about a block away from the Christmas Mall. The casino expanded in 2001 and is a center of activity with poker, blackjack and more than 200 slot machines. It offers free shuttle service to and from local campgrounds. "Rebuilding the casino was a tremendous help in revitalizing the town," Bob Bowers said. "It's a very nice place to go."
Another sign of growth in Christmas, he said, is the 48-unit Pair-a-Dice Motel, which opened in 2002. "I'm hoping that over the next five to 10 years, the town will continue to grow, but right now there isn't a whole lot of property along M-28 that is zoned commercial," Bob said.
Adjacent to the casino is the popular Foggy's Steakhouse. Patrons can choose and cook their own steak or try the whitefish and trout, which are caught locally.
Carr Lake Development, known for its fall colors and scenic views for sightseers, is within walking distance of the casino. It has thousands of acres of forestland for hiking, hunting and wildlife watching.
You won't get bored
More activities await just outside of Christmas. Lake Superior beaches are only a few miles away. Pictured Rocks Golf and Country Club in Munising is open to the public. Or, catch a ferry or private watercraft to Grand Island National Recreation Area, which offers great spots for hiking, fishing, skiing, snowmobiling and mountain biking.
Just east of Christmas, at the west entrance to Munising Harbor, is Grand Island West Channel Lighthouse. Also called "Rear Range Light," the inactive, cast-iron structure is accessible by car or motorhome. Built in 1868, it is often decorated for the holidays.
A wonderland for snowmobiling
In winter, Christmas, a town of about 400 people, transforms into Snowmobileville.
Bob Bowers has been snowmobiling for 22 years. It's the reason he moved to Christmas in the first place. "It's so beautiful out there in the winter," he said. "Most everything you can see in the summer, you can see in the winter. And you get a whole different perspective because everything's frozen."
Ed Nedeau, owner of Christmas Sports Outlet on M-28, rents snowmobiles for $140 to $160 a day and sells new sleds as well. He said plentiful snowfall -- Alger County averages 120 to 140 inches annually -- and Christmas' central location in the Upper Peninsula make Christmas appealing to snowmobilers. "We always have good snow. When everyone else has slim to none, we always have good snow."
Easy to ride, but dress warmly
The average age of snowmobilers is about 42, Nedeau said, adding that the sleds aren't difficult to ride. "There is a little technique to it -- you have to lean a little bit at times. But just like a car, you press the gas and it goes. And you have a brake … those are the only real things to worry about."
The Munising Ranger District oversees six groomed and marked trails that cover 55 miles. The seven-mile Christmas trail leads from the outskirts of Christmas to Munising and connects to other routes in Alger County.
Armed with a map, snowmobilers can start out from Christmas and see plenty of wonderful scenery, all in a day's trip, Nedeau said.
While out on the trails, staying warm is key, Bowers said. "You have to make sure you get the right gear on. If you're dressed properly, you can stay out there a long time and not get cold."
Christmas Sports Outlet rents snowmobile suits, gloves and helmets. All of the sleds have hand warmers and thumb warmers, Nedeau said.
Campground sits on historic site
Bay Furnace Campground (906-387-2512) in Christmas is situated on the site of the iron-smelting town of Onota. Fire destroyed the town in 1877, but a stone blast furnace built to make iron still stands and is the centerpiece of the Bay Furnace Interpretive Site. Bay Furnace campground is closed during winter. Reservations are not required.


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With so much time passing since the original January product launch and not much to show so far, these critics feel the end is near for BlackBerry. However, I think the critics are forgetting about the importance of the Q10. The Q10 has only come out in the U.K. so far and -- as of Wednesday -- Canada. Just like we saw when the Z10 was released, there are some intermittent reports of "success" so far on a store-by-store basis. We keep hearing about "sellouts" without any idea of how many phones each of those stores received in the first place.
However, it would be foolish to underestimate how many executives -- just in North America alone -- are still out there with their 5-year-old clunky BlackBerrys just waiting to upgrade to the Q10. A lot of these people are being supplied with BlackBerrys by their CIOs. Therefore, don't expect to see them in line-ups at Best Buy ( BBY)in Canada this weekend. The point is that Q10 will inspire the biggest number of upgrades from the existing subscriber base over the next couple of months (especially as the Q10 comes to the U.S. at the end of this month). Because there's not as much attention on BlackBerry the stock today as there was back in January at the keynote launch, I would expect BlackBerry's stock to do well over the next couple of weeks as we hear more and more about how the Q10 launch is going. You should also watch out for the possibility of some kind of strategic investment in BlackBerry by some big brother type or some kind of "strategic licensing" deal. My suspicion is that CEO Thorsten Heins wanted to get the launches of both the Z10 and Q10 out of the way before doing those kinds of deals, in order to give himself the most leverage in those discussions. In any case, don't forget about BlackBerry. We could be about to hear a slew of good news, strategic deals and some positive earnings in the June report. If true, that will give the shorts a bad case of heartburn. At the time of publication, the author was long BBRY. Follow @ericjackson This article was written by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — TruGreen recently launched MyBotanicPlanet.com, a free online educator resource to inspire K-5 students' interest in the diverse plant world, to receptive educators attending the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) national conference in San Francisco. TruGreen, the nation's largest professional lawn, tree and shrub care provider, is receiving high marks from educators for the brand's creative resource that enables convenient access to U.S. standardized lesson plans in botany and related interactive activities.
My Botanic Planet curriculum characters Inspector Nectar and Flavor Flores stepped out of the virtual world at TruGreen's NSTA exhibit to demonstrate the creative site with hundreds of enthusiastic educators. A brief video highlighting educator feedback on MyBotanicPlanet.com is available.
TruGreen collaborated with Memphis Botanic Garden on My Botanic Planet, where participants can customize their avatar then discover colorful plant environments and related interactive games as they meet Inspector Nectar on a flower mystery or Flavor Flores on a sensational sap safari. My Botanic Planet is based on the classroom experience offered through the Memphis Botanic Garden that has impacted more than 40,000 children. Created by professional curriculum developers, the initial six lessons meet national education standards and benchmarks and focus on the plant origins of flavors, the parts of the flower, and how pollination occurs.
"TruGreen's expertise in professional lawn care is based on science and a solid commitment to responsibly caring for our plant world," said John Crossmock, director of technical training and support, TruGreen. "The opportunity to inspire the upcoming generation's appreciation for botany is truly rewarding and supports TruGreen's commitment to being effective stewards of our environment and natural resources."
According to Thomas McManus, 2010 TruGreen–NSTA Fellow and science teacher at The Melrose School in Bronx, N.Y., educators are looking for supplemental teaching resources to effectively bring science and other subjects to life for students.
"Students tend to be inspired by learning experiences where they can personally interact with subjects like botany," McManus said. "As a teacher, I appreciate accessible resources like My Botanic Planet that provide thoughtful, hands-on lesson ideas and extensions that deliver on approved educational standards."
MyBotanicPlanet.com is featured in the online NSTA Science Supply Guide, including under the curriculum solutions section.


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Here's a very interesting list of feature films — all directed by people who never made another feature, for one reason or another. Blast of Silence is one of the titles, and a good one; the list ranges from the good, to the bad, to the downright terrible, but it's an interesting overview of something that's often overlooked in film history – people who get one shot at directing, and then either never get another chance, or walk away from it. Worth checking out; there are lots of surprises here.
Just click on the image above to go to the list.
Tags: Feature Films, One Time Directors


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Moving Malcolm | 2002
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After being dumped at the alter a year ago, Gene Maxwell has been living under a rock, drifting from one meaningless day job to the next while toiling away on a voluminous novel he hopes will win back the heart of his former fiancée, B movie actress, Liz Woodward. Liz unexpectedly turns up on his doorstep with an audacious request--will he help move her elderly father while she flies off to Prague to star in a low budget sci-fi flick. Gene ignores the protests of his eccentric family and secretly seizes the opportunity to recapture Liz's illusive love by agreeing to move Malcolm--a distinctly articulate and cantankerous Englishman with relationship issues of his own. As Gene and Malcolm make the big move a warm and enlightened relationship develops between the two. Gene's plan to win back Liz also seems to be working, albeit long distance. Things take a painful turn, however, as Liz once again breaks Gene's hopeful heart. But this time through Malcolm's inadvertent example, Gene is able to regain his self-respect and re-open his heart to those who know and love him best.


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Cigarette thief wanted after string of burglaries
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:23:41 GMT —
Anyone with information about these crimes is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 229-436-TIPS (8477).
Albany police are asking for the public's help in finding a thief who's targeting local stores.
The crook is breaking into stores and getting away with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.
Store owners say it's time for his string of crimes to stop.
After seven burglaries in seven different locations within the same block, police say the cigarette thief has become bold.
Murphy USA gas station managers thought their troubles were over when the crook broke into the facility a week ago.
"He got about 1,800 dollars worth the first time. He got 24 cartons of cigarettes," said Murphy USA Express Assistant Manager Richard Bass.
Yet when he received a second call from authorities on Monday morning, he knew the intruder had come back for more, but this time it was all caught on tape.
"In these burglaries there's a black male that appears to go to the front glass window, remove the window and go in and takes cigarettes or beer," said Albany Police Department Detective Darryl Jones.
In the suspect's second time hitting the Murphy gas station he got away with 18 cartons of cigarettes.
He may have only gotten away with tobacco products but each carton of Newports that he took costs over 40 dollars and that's taking money out of the pockets of the owners.
But for store managers it's not just the merchandise that they have a concern for.
"It's nerve racking because what if one of us were here? That's our main concern the safety of the employees," said Richard Bass.
Bass is beefing up his security to keep the cigarette thief out and hopes that by releasing the surveillance footage, someone will come forward and reveal the suspect's identity.
Anyone with information about these crimes is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 229-436-TIPS (8477).


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Several people living in the low-lying areas of Nelson Mandela Bay were evacuated from their homes following heavy rain, the Eastern Cape municipality said on Saturday.
"About 20 people were evacuated in Missionvale on Friday," municipality spokesman Kupido Baron.
"They spent the night at the ward councillors offices."
Baron said residents should be prepared in case more people need to be evacuated.
The SA Weather Service reported that the rains were expected to continue throughout the province and that flood warnings still stood.
Snowfall had also been reported along the Drakensburg mountains.
The municipality announced earlier in the week that it was well-prepared for the wet weather.
Disaster management and emergency services have been placed on standby and boom-gates were erected to control the water levels in the Newtown Park area.
Officials were urging motorists to be careful on the roads. -Sapa


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A hot air balloon crashed into live power lines in Indiana over the weekend, moments after a man on board proposed to his girlfriend.
Stephen Richardson told ABC News he and his now-fiancé Brandi Runyan were snapping pictures minutes before the accident.
"I don't know if it was wind conditions or what," he recalled. "We knew we were going down and we saw the power lines coming right at us."
He continued, "When we hit, the pilot told us to get down. All we saw were sparks all around us, and felt the sparks. We were all in shock and fear."
After striking the lines, Richardson said there was an explosion of light, and black smoke before the hot air balloon crashed into an open field and completely caught on fire.
Despite the chaotic scene, the newly engaged couple said they don't consider the terrifying moment as a bad omen.
"She wanted a story and she got one," Richardson said. "Especially after this, we'll just keep it simple."
The FAA is investigating the incident. None of the seven passengers on-board the hot air balloon was seriously injured.
*ABC News contributed to this report.