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MALVERN Hills Amnesty International presents a triple header of a comedy night at the Coach House Theatre, Grange Road, Malvern, on Saturday, February 15 featuring Croft & Pearce, Catherine Crosswell and Steve Rooney from 7.30pm.
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Standpipe Malfunction Investigated in NYC Skyscraper Fire
The fire killed two NYC firefighters on Aug. 18.
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NEW YORK-- There's new information this morning on that deadly fire at the former Deutsche Bank building at Ground Zero, a fire that killed two NYC firefighters.
Officials are now focusing on the stand pipe that was supposed to supply water to the building. It wasn't working on Saturday and firefighters could not get water up past the fifth floor without bringing it up themselves.
Ladder 5 firefighters Joe Graffagnino and Robert Beddia ran out of oxygen while trapped inside that building.
Eyewitness News reporter Lisa Colagrossi is live in Lower Manhattan with the latest.
The only mechanism in place to get water to Deustche Bank building in an emergency is a stand-pipe system. This system, maintained by the subcontractor in charge of demolition, John Volt Corporation which OSHA has sited 20 times for serious violations.
Officials now believe that sealing up the Deutsche bank for asbestos created the worst possible scenario for firefighters when the fire broke out on Saturday.
"Walking through the polyurethane layers, I can tell you they walked into a horror show. And, they walked into an environment where those polyurethane layers, which were there to protect the community from asbestos, also in that context led to an environment where the smoke was being contained," said Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
As the investigation continue, it's looking more and more like firefighters Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino ran into a death trap.
Fire officials now suspect a stand pipe, that brings water to the building, was not working due to a cracked or broken valve. When the fire started, the stand pipe sent water flooding into the basement of the former Deutsche bank building, denying water to the firefighters at the most crucial moment.
As a result, water could not be pumped beyond the fifth floor, and firefighters had to haul heavy hoses up the side of the building. That extra time needed proved deadly. The oxygen in the men's tanks ran out. Two firefighters lost their lives saving an abandoned building that was set to be demolished.
"We lost two of the finest men that you could ever meet in your life," said Capt. Patrick McNally.
The young, 33-year-old firefighter Joseph Graffagnino and seasoned veteran 53-year-old Robert Beddia died of cardiac arrest due to smoke inhalation.
As many as 200 workers who were present on Saturday will be interviewed. There were cigarette butts found inside the building but smoking is prohibited. Officials are looking at that as one possibility for how this fire broke out.
More on two fallen firefighters
Both firefighters worked out of the same firehouse in Soho for Ladder 5. Eyewitness News reporter Kemberly Richardson has more information on the firefighters.
A wall of flower, with river of tears, many firefighters went to Sunday morning mass with the weight of the world on their shoulders. It is a place they have been before not by choice, rather unfortunate circumstance.
"We are going to stick together for this week and the following months," said Capt. Patrick McNally. "They will get through it."
It is the same dark cloud that hung over the firehouse back in September 2001 has returned. Nearly six years ago, these men mourned the deaths of 11 of their brothers. Now, the same men shed their tears for two more.
"Just unbelievable," said Capt. Patrick McNally. "They were tremendous firemen and tremendous gentlemen."
34-year-old Joseph Graffagnino and 53-year-old Robert Beddia both died fighting Saturday night's fire at the former Deutsche Bank Tower.
The men were running a hose up the vacant skyscraper when they got trapped on the 14th floor. It appears these air tanks ran out of oxygen and with nowhere to go, collapsed. The smoke caused the pair to go into cardiac arrest.
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Holiday World mishap sends dozens to hospital
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Not a great week for attractions in the Midwest. Following yesterday's news of a critical head injury that led to the closing of Kings Island's Son of Beast comes word that a water park accident at Southern Indiana's Holiday World sent 42 visitors to the hospital over the weekend.Tweet
Too much of bleach and chemicals in the park's Bahari River filled the area with noxious fumes, sickening visitors. Some were taken by ambulance to an area hospital, others drove on their own, others were treated at the scene. Everyone's been released and the ride has since reopened.
Also: It looks like part of the Mark Twain Riverboat caught fire during Fantasmic at Disneyland last night. It appears to have been quite small, endangered no one and quickly put out. Here's a picture.
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From M. Ryan Traylor on June 24, 2009 at 11:10 PM
The Mark Twain Riverboat makes me laugh. I just got home from a day at Disneyland and read this article. What was the first thing I did today at the park? Ride the Mark Twain Riverboat.
Now, I'm sure the fire was small and insurmountable, but Disney, if you can be that fast to repair something, then you better start working on Fantastmic's new Dragon.
It's still not working!! And there is still no estimated date. I asked multiple cast members and techies about Malicifent and the answer I consistently received was "we're not sure, but we hope to have it up by mid to end of summer."
End of summer? Do they realize that the show is schedule to close on August 23?
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Dead Pixel Tester
DPT was written to help me check my own screens by cycling through the three primary colours used (red,green,blue) and all on (white) and all off (black). Simply select a colour then closely inspect your monitor in each of the primary colours checking for pixels that are not operating as expected. Stuck pixels (always on) are easier to noticed then pixels that are not on due to their size (normally under .5mm). Utilities freeware Dead Pixel Tester is listed in system utilities other tools.
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This application allows web authors to offer superior support for users who rely on browsers which support tables but not images. PNG, TIFF, JPG, GIF and PDF files can be imported. Drag the image file onto DeIMG's icon, or into the image well on the left of its window. A HTML table describing the image using cell background colours appears in the right-hand field. DeIMG is licensed as freeware and placed in web development html tools section.
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EUCHRE Card Game From Special K
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Just Color Picker
A free colour picker and colour editing tool. Features 5 formats of colour codes (HTML, RGB, HEX, HSB/HSV, HSL), 3x/9x/15x magnifier, harmonious colour finders, editable picked colours history, code-to-colour conversion, RGB and RYB colour wheels with triads and complementary colours, RGB and HSV colour editors, gradients, optional stay-on-top, user-defined hotkeys. A portable program, no installation required, just download and start using.
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Add a little variety to your desktop(s). AutoWallpaper allows you to create different categories of wallpaper images and the ability to specify different categories to different monitors (on multi-monitor setups). AutoWallpaper is licensed as shareware and placed in desktop themes, wallpaper section.
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Bubble Blitz
A highly addictive colour matching, bubble popping game! It's so easy to pick anyone can play it, guarenteed! Being able to play Bubble Blitz is one thing, are you good enough to get to the top of all of the Hi Score tables? Use the bombs strategically to maximise your score, you'll need them! This shareware is archived under games, entertainment puzzle, word games category.
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ESBPCS for VCL is a collection of over 6000 routines/methods and over 190 classes/components in over 130 units for Borland C++ Builder 6 which are aimed at making Data Entry & Manipulation Easier for Developers. ESBPCS for VCL - BCB6 Trial is licensed as shareware and placed in c++ builder component suite section.
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Create over 350 special Text effects for quick and easy title, banners highlights. From Simple outlines, contours, dots and lines through PopArt Scribble, patch up and Comic Book to Polished chrome, gold Steel and even effects such as glass and mist. textArt is a demo software filed under plugins utilities.
DB to HTML Express
This development tool is easy to use template based development tool for database to HTML converting. Create and publish to the Web professionally looking search enabled web pages without any additional HTML editor. Export your data to CSV, XML or PDF. DB to HTML Express is a shareware software filed under web authoring utilities.
Equation Illustrator V
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Uridium meets Xevious in this fast-paced retro shooter. Only 20 minutes remain before nuclear Armageddon, and it is up to you and your acrobatic silver space craft to save the day! This games freeware Akasa is categorized under games, entertainment arcade.
Algebraic calculator. Log to file. User defined functions and constants. Definite integrals. Bar, line, pie charts. Regression. Standard Deviation. Plot functions. Solve Triangles. Simultaneous Linear Equations. Polynomial Roots. Navigation. Dates. This shareware is archived under business calculators, converters category.
Children will have hours of fun with this electronic colouring book. Large buttons for colour selection make it easy to use even for young children. No more broken or lost crayons with this computer version and the pages can be coloured over and over. Colouring4kids is licensed as shareware and placed in education kids section.
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Learn Arabic Fast and easy - offers interactive multimedia Arabic lessons suitable for beginners, and ideal for children. Arabic School Software is licensed as freeware and placed in education languages section.
HelloEURO Currency Converter
Euro conversion tool for Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Databases. Highlight the figures you wish to convert, press a Hot-Key and they are converted to Euro. Works with Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint and Clipboard handling applications. Business commercial HelloEURO Currency Converter is listed in currency conversion, spreadsheets etc. tools.
Magic Spheres
A collection of new arcade (plus puzzle and board) games where you shoot colour balls. There are nine different games available. First six games are single player games and the last three are multi-player ones. Great demo to just watch and relax. Magic Spheres is a shareware software filed under arcade, puzzle, logic utilities.
Happy XP-3000 Sliding Menu
Easy-to-use sliding menu to navigate your website. Designed for use down the side of your website. Uses a great-looking XP-3000 design. Online configuration tool. Supports user-definable multi-state icons and many more features.
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Max 2: Counterattack
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Digital Diary
This tool is a tool to write your diaries every day without needing to write your stuff in text files (ie. Notepad). Also it comes with new features which help you to organize your time and minimize your effort. This shareware is archived under system utilities other category.
A realistic 3D maze walkthrough game - can you find the exit? Or will you be slimed by the evil mucus? Choose a maze size, single or multi-level, grab your pack of stickers to mark where you've been, check your compass, and off you go! Amazeing is a shareware software filed under puzzle games, maze games utilities.
With the help of QuizForce you can create Rapid and efficient Flash-based quizzes and surveys for e-learning on your PC and export them to Web, JoomlaLMS, Blackboard etc. using SCORM. Create Flash quizzes and surveys in a minute! This shareware is archived under education teaching, training tools category.
Sudoku Works 4 Kids
Educational, entertaining and fun! Play Sudoku at 4 grid sizes and 4 levels of difficulty. Themes include world flags, food, smilies, shapes, colours. Print out games as worksheets. Fact files include background information for themes. Education shareware Sudoku Works 4 Kids is listed in education kids tools.
Not just another photo mosaic creator! Mosaizer is a set of professional tools to work with a large number of bitmaps. Alpha masks, 3D effects, pre- and post-processing filters and user-made masks are key for creative photo mosaics. Mosaizer is a freeware software filed under graphic apps other utilities.
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A powerful and flexible launcher combining ease of use with a myriad of features including an alarm clock, a hex file viewer, an advanced font viewer, a file wiper, a file/disk profiler, a file toucher, a zip reader/writer and a zip repair tool. This shareware is archived under program launchers, desktop tools category.
Shepherd Dogs Team
Once upon a time there was a shepherd who loved painting. He painted many pictures representing his sheep. Because of his love for colour, he painted sheep not only white but also magenta, green, yellow and blue. One night, he dreamt his pictures had become alive and the multicoloured sheep had got lost. The object of the game is to rescue all the sheep lost in each level, using one ore more shepherd dogs. This shareware is archived under arcade category.
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And this week's winners are . . .
"The mute button just turns off the sound. It doesn't stop the news."
ROGER STEINHORST, Petaluma
"Trying to flush the remote isn't going to solve anything."
JULIE AMBROSE, Santa Rosa
"Be sure to watch the History Channel on your new TV. They are showing the rise and fall of the two-party system."
AL COHEN, Santa Rosa
"Your mute button is now fixed. I suggest not watching CSPAN anymore."
JEFF ALLEE, Santa Rosa
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There is nothing wrong with your government, do not attempt to adjust the controls, for we at entering the Twilight Years.
The Three Stooges or C-SPAN are on…what's the difference?
Oh yes, by the way that will be $699.00. Will that be cash,check,or charge?
The union stays we have tocut down on services. IT's Friday and time for my pizza/donut combo break before lunch. You'll have to fix the remote yourself. Just keeping pressing buttoms..it doesn't matter.
Hate to tell you, but same old tenants in the White House, same old chaos
When my huge bill comes due, don't try to skip paying it by claiming you fell off the fiscal cliff and got a concussion. That excuse only works if you're Secretary of State.
I'm just moonlighting, buddy. My $200,000 per year pension from Sonoma County actually pays the bills.
Sorry, but you're program is stuck for 4 more years with the same zany cast of characters, and there's not a thing I can do to fix it.
Really?…. Clearly there's bias (BS) Here!
Gary, Indiana is the place I want to be.
Tune in tomorrow, same bad time, same bad channel.
There's a remote chance we'll make it.
I recommend you watch "Doomsday Preppers".
I'm sorry to tell you that changing the channel won't give you a clearer picture of what's happening in Congress.
Who needs to watch the SYFY channel when you have FOX News to scare the pants off you!
Sorry to say, even with your new TV you are still stuck with all the "news" channels!
Keep you remote programmed to the SYFY channel and you won't have to worry about the fiscal cliff.
This is your brain on tv.
Nothing wrong with your set, this is the control for your kids new Wii system!
Trying to flush the remote isn't going to solve anything.
If the Fiscal Cliff can't be tolerated anymore, just press this button and all will end!
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The "mute button" just turns off the sound, it doesn't stop the news.
It won't make the news any better, just bigger.
There are primarily two effects of 3D TV that are unnatural for the human vision: crosstalk between the eyes, caused by imperfect image separation, and the mismatch between convergence and accommodation, caused by the difference between an object's perceived position. It's kind of like the fiscal cliff debate.
I need to warn you that when watching the C-SPAN 3D Channel on your new set, the fiscal cliff looks even more forbidding than it really is. You may also experience headaches and motion sickness.
Funny how even House Republicans wouldn't support Boehner's "Plan B" to raise tax rates for those who earn over a million dollars. They really put a load of coal in his Christmas stocking this year.
Sorry pal,the world didn't end,but your t.v. sure did!Merry Christmas anyway!
You're Pie-A-Politician video game is all set to go. Whenever you watch C-SPAN, just press this button and a pie will cream whichever politician you're pointing at. Their Fiscal Cliff special programming should be especially fun!
There's nothing wrong with your TV, they're all just fed the same propaganda.
"Too bad with your new T.V. You won't be able to see Dick Clark ring out the old this year.If he was here he would have his doubts about ringing in the new."
"Even with this new T.V. You won't see Dick Clark ring out the old this year. He would have doubts about ringing in the new."
" I can wish you a happy new T.V., but not a happy New Year."
It's the most Varvelous time of the year.
"I know the news isn't great but the TV turns itself off when you call it stupid. This is a smart TV."
Turn it off, think for yourself. You'll feel a lot better.
Well pal,you're all hooked up to the NFL playoff channel now. Hope we can still afford to pay all those millionaires to play!
It was the batteries: no charge. The economy's fine. Have a nice dream.
Your favorite TV show jumped the shark, and now your economy is about to jump the cliff!
You need to lay off the news for a while. The fiscal cliff is like the Mayan Calendar, the world will not end and life goes on the next day.
Sorry son but I am taking this away from you. Instead of taking a break and watching TV you need to get back to Congress and do something meaningful.
Your'e gonna jump over a cliff when you see what this is gonna cost ya!
Any time your TV mentions the words Fiscal Cliff it automatically switches to ESPN.
it's a rerun of the last four years
Enjoy your new TV. I'll be back to pick it up after your third missed payment—probably around April.
Look, on the plus side, you can still watch Sesame Street. On the negative side, your taxes are going up.
Hey, no more worrying. When it gets right to the edge of the fiscal cliff, push this pause button and it will be like it never happened.
The mute button is fixed. I suggest not watching cspan anymore.
"Enjoy your new T.V. Mr. Norquist, but be sure not to touch the red button until after I leave the building."
Don't worry too much about that fiscal cliff thing. Check it out on your new TV. It has an APP for accessing The Pew Center's Data Visualizations.
Ironically, the sequestration spending cuts the Tea Party agreed to will mostly impact states won by Romney/Ryan. California is one of the least impacted states!
O.k. Mr. Varvel, I blocked Fox News and MSNBC for you. That should help you chill out a little bit!
No its not a magic wand, it wont solve the fiscal cliff….but it will turn off Fox News…
"Be sure to watch the History Channel on your new T.V..
They are showing the rise and fall of the two party system."
Good luck,they all went home for the holiday
Thanks to my bloated repair bill, you now have a big spending problem just like the country.
I'm sorry Mr. Wilson, this is the last time we will be able to replace your remote. I suggest you enroll in anger
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In my left hand I have a device that can augment time, in my right hand I have a case of 100 dollar bills. Behind me is a big TV that no one can find the remote for, I'd look between the cushions.


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Even though I mooch off someone else's account, I am still a big Netflix guy. I have scoured the entire library, but I don't think I've seen 2 Chainz's sex tape on there; maybe it's in the "romantic comedy" section? Don't look at me like that… making the X-rated home movie available online was totally the rapper's idea. Atop Diplo and Honorable C.N.O.T.E's aggressive, chirping production, Chainz spits some risqué bars sure to have you cracked (and turnt) up. Fergie's equally unique, charismatic guest vocals complement the headliner's verses. Netflix is part of 2 Chainz's forthcoming sophomore album, B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time, due out September 10.
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If you are visiting the area, you have to visit. If you live in the City, this has to be a standard watering hole. Great beer on tap with solid options on cask. Always fresh. The staff is very helpful and quick to serve. I have been here both when a moderate crowd is present and when the place is packed, no matter the attendance the barkeeps are always on point. The crowd here is great; everyone is friendly and most are eager to talk beer. No food but a great sausage spot is next door. So bring over a sausage or two and have a great beer...or 5!
EDIT: So this review was posted when I first moved to SF and was very pumped on living near Toronado. The initial hype has since worn off and felt a revised post was in order. The atmosphere here is alright. Generally smells a bit foul and the place has hardly enough room to satisfy the crowds (unless you come during the day, which I highly suggest). The quality is good, but I have run into dirty lines so that knocks some points. Service can be adequate to atrocious, depending on when you're here and who is serving you. Selection can be very good or on par with the competitive list of other great beer bars in the city.
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We stopped in starting at 3pm on a Friday and it was a great time to be there. We were able to get a seat in the bar area, rather than the back room (which is dark and quiet). It was 3/4 full and we stayed for a few hours. We left around 7pm and it was just starting to fill up.
The day-time bartender is good, but a bit of curmudgeon. Maybe that's his charm? When they changed over at about 5pm, it was like night and day, super friendly and engaging.
I thought the bottle list was a little weak when we visited, but I must admit, I had previously decided I was pulling the trigger on anything super rare they may have.
The tap list is great as expected. Toronado has a good reputation, lots of reviews, and I can promise that it is as advertised still to this day. If you haven't been, go and enjoy.
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text: El Bulli's Food Rules 23 Commandments of El Bulli's Cuisine by Anna Monette Roberts 9/05/13 1 Reactions 40 Shares Print 1 2 7 4 26 While most are familiar with the characteristics of traditional cooking methods, molecular gastronomy is still making its way into restaurants and homes across the world. In 2005, Ferran Adrià and his team at El Bulli — the restaurant that spearheaded this movement — compiled 23 points called the Synthesis of El Bulli Cuisine. That synthesis can be seen at the museum exhibit El Bulli: Ferran Adrià and the Art of Food at the London Somerset House until Sept. 29. Without captivating imagery and examples, the commandments can make your head spin; that's why we've paraphrased the commandments for you. Read on to learn more: whether you're intrigued by his movement or know nothing about it, these tenets are shaping the food world as we know it. Source: Getty 1) Cooking Is an Expressive Language What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The "gorgonzola balloon," made from frozen gorgonzola cheese, takes on an unusual, air-filled form that evokes many of the emotions that the El Bulli team hopes to express through their food, such as "harmony, creativity, joy, beauty, poetry, complexity, magic, humor, provocation, and culture." Source: Flickr user Edsel L 1 / 23 2) Quality Ingredients Lose Their Value If the Cook Lacks Culinary Training What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ferran Adrià knows that as important as it is to use quality ingredients, it's just as important to staff a kitchen of passionate, skilled cooks. Grant Achatz and José Andrés are just a few cooks who did their training placements at El Bulli and have gone on to become renowned chefs. Source: Getty 2 / 23 3) Treat a Carrot and a Filet of Steak With the Same Value What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The value of a food product does not correlate to its price tag, according to El Bulli. Therefore, this plate of "grilled vegetables" was treated with as much respect, care, and attention as a filet of steak. Source: Getty 3 / 23 4) Use Less Meat and More Vegetables What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The team at El Bulli gives preference to "vegetables, seafood, and fish" to create a "very light form of cooking" versus the traditional meat-heavy French cooking. An example of an El Bulli entrée would be a filet of "red mullet a la Gaudí," topped with vegetable brunoise. Even the serving vessel is light; the fish rests on a sack, filled with water and sea shells. Source: Flickr user Edsel Little 4 / 23 5) Preserve the Food's Purity What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Although the characteristics of the products may be modified," says the El Bulli team, "the aim is always to preserve the purity of their original taste." For example, the green cubes on this plate are apples, transformed into hot jelly cubes. This technique preserves the flavor and purity of the apple while altering its natural temperature, texture, and shape. The team recognizes there are certain exceptions, like the Maillard reaction, which actually enhance the flavor of the food for the better. Enter in this caramelized "civet of rabbit." Source: Flickr user Edsel L 6 / 23 6) Know Classic and Modern Cooking What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In order to explore the full potential of food, cooks must become experts in both classic cutting and cooking techniques as well as modern molecular gastronomy. Source: Getty / Robert Marquardt 6 / 23 7) Experiment With New Cooking Tools, Gadgets, and Equipment What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 You don't see successful computer scientists still using the first Macintosh computer from 1984, do you? To make advancements, cooks should experiment with the latest cooking tools, gadgets, and other equipment. Source: Getty / Josep Lago 7 / 23 8) Explore Lighter Bases What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 While important, veal stocks and creamy Mother sauces don't need to make it to every dish. Instead, El Bulli's synthesis encourages lighter bases like waters, broths, consommés, clarified vegetable juices, and nut milks such as this "carrot air with coconut milk." Source: Flickr user Edsel L 8 / 23 9) A Dish Should Engage Every Sense What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yes, you smell, see, taste, touch, and hear the food, but the food must also provoke what Adrià calls the "sixth sense," or that of reflection. 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Source: Flickr user xmatt 15 / 23 16) All Cuisines and Any Food Product Can Be Used in Molecular Gastronomy What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Any product and any cuisine is "subjected to" El Bulli's modern style of cooking. This cuttlefish and coconut ravioli takes Chinese ingredients and flavors such as soy sauce and ginger but uses a different, modern method of cooking them. Source: Flickr user Edsel L 16 / 23 16) Preserve Local Cuisine What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Preserve local traditions and dishes but update the cooking techniques. This "tomato soup with virtual Iberian ham" is recognizable by its traditional Spanish flavors, yet the presentation is completely modernized. The ham is like thin sheets of gelatin, and the soup is a clear liquid broth. 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Bought this wrist band for my FitBit One to sleep in at night. I personally found it a bit tight around my wrist, (I have a 7 inch wrist) and I found it uncomfortable. So I use it when I walk the dog to carry my house key. Wish it came a little larger in size.
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Great price and made to last. If you are on the go, you should purchase these. So easy to use. I wear one on each wrist. Will purchase more for gifts.
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It's exactly what I need when I go to the gym. It holds my car key and my drivers license and a few dollars
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I purchased two of these and will wear them both when overseas traveling. They look like the sports or tennis sweatbands so nobody is going to think much about them. They will leave both of my hands free while shopping and walking, and I am pretty sure if a pick pocket starts feeling up my wrists I will notice!They are very comfortable on my wrists, I am going to use them at the gym and at the pool this summer.I won't need a locker for valuables!I have not tried to put an ID or money into the zippered pocket yet, I am sure it will fit well, it is stretchy material.
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I bought this to replace my Fitbit sleep band which comes loose and falls off at night. This is the perfect solution...except that it's a bit small for me. My wrist measures right at 6 and before the night is over, I'm waking up because I just can't take the extra snugness on my wrist any longer.
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Using this as a sleep band replacement for my fitbit. It's great, it never comes off, the fitbit never comes out thanks to the zipper and it's comfy!


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So far, the newly created option market for the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSE Arca: SGOL) offers very few, um, options for users.
Option trading was launched Tuesday on SGOL and its sister trust, the ETFS Physical Silver Shares (NYSE Arca: SIVR), with a bare handful of strike prices. It's a pretty small handful. Take the August contracts for silver trust shares, for example. One—and just one—strike price is quoted, and that's for a call struck more than $2.00 out of the money.
There are more choices in the mart for gold trust options, but not many. With the trust shares trading at the $119 level, strikes for seven August contracts ranged from $121 to $127, making every call choice out of the money and every put in the money.
Certainly, it's early, but market makers advertise their willingness to trade through quotes. No quote? No order flow.
Let's look at those gold options again. Suppose I'm latently bullish on gold, but believe further selling is likely before support is found. Selling puts is a nifty—and possibly pocket-filling—way to end up long gold trust shares on a short-lived sell-off.
Puts grant their owners the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying asset at the option's strike price. The seller of the contract undertakes the contingent obligation to be the asset's buyer if and when the put is exercised. If the put buyer never exercises the option, the contract expires and the seller keeps the premium as profit.
If you sell puts, you bank on the underlying shares to decline to a level far enough below the strike price to entice its owner to exercise the contract. Then you hope the share price trajectory reverses to head north. A flat or rising market—one that leaves the puts out of the money—won't tempt the buyer to exercise.
The trouble with SGOL's option market is this: When one sells puts as a means to acquire assets under their current market price, strike prices must be offered under the current market price. There aren't any out-of-the-money puts quoted.
That alone—aside from the market's present illiquidity—will drive potential business over to GLD's (the SPDR Gold Shares Trust) option market makers.
At last look, GLD shares were changing hands at the $117 level. GLD put options are quoted on 58 strikes ranging between $151 and $69.
Suppose you felt GLD shares were likely to retrace half of their February-June rally, say down to the $113 level, before reversing. August $113 puts could be sold for $1.77 per share (since an option contract covers 100 shares, the total premium is $177).
GLD shares, in all likelihood, would need to trade below the strike price to attract an exercise, so if you're confident that $113 will hold as support, you may instead wish to sell short the $114 put offered at $2.08.
Selling out-of-the-money puts on an asset you want to own is, in essence, equivalent to placing a buy limit order under the current market. With the option trade, however, you get paid for placing the order. And you get to keep the cash whether you purchase the shares or not. At exercise of the $114 put, your effective purchase price would be less than $112 per share (the $114 strike price less the $2.08 premium, or $111.92). And if GLD doesn't decline? You've got $208 in your pocket.
The put-as-limit-order trade is possible in the GLD option marketplace, but not SGOL's. Perhaps this will serve as a wake-up call to SGOL's sponsor and market makers. Add some strikes!
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HAVERHILL — All five members of the Haverhill Alternative School Class of 2014 had academic or personal hurdles to overcome.
A traditional classroom setting didn't work for them, which led them all to the alternative school on Primrose Street, where they were given a chance to excel.
Last night, during an intimate ceremony inside Winnekenni Castle attended by friends and family, the graduates had their moment to shine.
Principal John DePolo said his school held the bar high and that each graduate had to push through challenges such as Project Adventure, peer-led mediation and the MCAS to reach the goal of graduating.
"They've earned our respect and they will walk out of here tonight with something that no one could ever take from them... their diploma," DePolo said.
Like members of the 12 alternative school graduating classes before them, each graduate had a staff member to speak on their behalf.
Math teacher Jay Schaefer spoke for Jesse Cunningham, who began at the alternative school as a sixth grader and will soon begin basic training with the U.S. Army.
"As you stand here today, you aren't a kid hiding from the world behind his hair, unwilling to step up and lead," Schaefer said. "You are a leader, proud of yourself and who you are."
Reading teacher Barbara Ann Greer spoke for graduate Tyler Dube-Perez, who plans to attend Northern Essex Community College to study human services and then transfer to a four-year college.
"You really worked hard your senior year to show not only yourself, but all those who doubted your success, that you are a young man who has dreams and goals," she said.
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Sarasota Orchestra: Innovations — 'Once Upon a Time'
Date: October 10, 2012
by: June LeBell | Contributing Columnist
Once upon a time there was a regional orchestra filled with an international array of talented musicians, many of them young, all of them exceptional.
One day, a young princely conductor named Dirk Meyer created a program on a new series of "Innovations" concerts devoted to musical fairy tales: The Prelude to Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel," a couple of sections from Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," "The Enchanted Garden" from Ravel's enchanting setting of "Mother Goose," the lullaby and finale from Stravinsky's "The Firebird" and the bewitching Suite from Prokofiev's "Cinderella" ballet.
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What's so innovative about this program? Yes, it's all truly great music, and it's a cleverly balanced musical concept based on fairy tales. What made it brilliantly innovative was the way Meyer put it together with multimedia and live performances. That's innovation — and that's brilliant.
So was the idea of inviting a group of social networkers, who, seated in one or two of the rear boxes (so their smartphone tweets wouldn't distract the rest of us), were urged to tweet and blog during the performance. (Their reports of this concert were around the world and back before we even got our car home!)
But, is innovation enough to make a concert good? It helps, because it gives the concert a freshness and definition that sets it apart, enlightens and refreshens. Best of all, the orchestra and Prince Dirk performed beautifully.
The Humperdinck Prelude —which opens with the famous "Evening Prayer" sung later by Hansel and Gretel as they're surrounded by 14 angels keeping watch — was given a slow but sonorous sound that resonated beautifully through the gorgeous acoustics of the Opera House. (Oh, would that the Van Wezel had that sound … ) The accompanying pantomime of Hansel and Gretel (Vincent Pearson and Leah Henry), The Witch (Carrie Mills) and the Father (Brent Pearson) was sweet but innocuous.
"Sleeping Beauty" had a glorious bite in the orchestra while we all read, silently, the story, told on charming slides projected above the orchestra that seemed to be clipped from the very book of fairy tales my father read to me before kissing me goodnight.
Ravel's short, but enchanting, bit of "Mother Goose" swirled with orchestral color and brilliant lighting effects, and concert master Daniel Jordan absolutely swept me away with his gorgeous solo. But Stravinsky's "Firebird" would have done better on its own than with the selected photographs by Brian Braun that seemed musically unrelated.
Finally, Robert Turoff —playing it straight as a 1950s radio reader with his beautifully mellifluous baritone —held us in thrall with his reading of "Cinderella" while the orchestra and conductor set him magnificently to Prokofiev's music.
This is the kind of innovation that enhances already great music, and, looking at the audience of kiddies and grandparents, it's also serving to open this wonderful world to new listeners.
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text: Thanks for all that excellent thinking on the issue of equilibrium in aquariums. I enjoyed it all. I think we can all see that a true and exact equilibrium is unlikely over the long term. But, for me, the issue that started this, the question of 100% water changes is still debatable. I'm still gonna' leave a good portion of "seasoned water" in my tanks each time I change. One comment on the calculations presented. We must remember that each of these calculations drastically simplified the system in our tanks. They usually were calculated based on a "poop-in" vs "poop-out" basis, We all know it's MUCH more complex than that because out tanks are also biochemical processing units wherein numerous reactions are taking place transforming hundreds (if not thousands.....various proteins, carbs and lipids) of compounds into others. A better mathematical approach would be a series of equilibrium calculations, one leading into the next, like we might use for the dozen or so "daughters" of Radon-222. Here we find that each and every daughter has some specific and unique equilibrium concentration. Anyway, my point way back, was that the "seasoned" tank as a whole is a biochemical processing unit, and one of my primary goals is to preserve the health of this living unit as I do partial water changes regularly, rather than 100% once a year (or even more often). I DO use water right from my tap and I'm not going to chance the water district screwing up. cleaning the system this week, adding to much chloramine, whatever. Small changes more often will "buffer" the effect of mistakes on their part and keep my fish healthier. [ and they do "screw up" occasionally, I can count on a week or so, usually in November, when the water comes out of the tap smelling like the local Municipal Swimming hole....enough chlorine to smother a horse. But then next week its back to normal...which is generally pretty good.] --------------- See http://www.aka.org/AKA/subkillietalk.html to unsubscribe Join the AKA at http://www.aka.org/AKA/Applic.htm


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Shadows over accident at Amuay refinery
The relatives of the victims report irregularities in the investigation
More than two months have passed since the tragedy and state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) has offered no explanation on the causes of the accident. The victims' relatives reckon that there are still many loose ends, and they are waiting for answers to their questions.
Engelberth Delgado lost five of his relatives in the accident, but the authorities only found one body. He believes that there were many contradictions in the rescue operations, since, according to his report, a few hours after the accident, when rescue works were still running, heavy machinery started to clear debris in the area. "We want to know who ordered to remove the debris," Delgado requested.
"A huge mistake was made: not completing rescue works inside the structures. We will not be able to know what happened inside each dwelling," a rescuer who took part in the rescue works asserted. From his point of view, that is the reason why five people remain missing.
The rescuer, who asked not to be identified, reported that the following morning after the accident (Sunday, August 26), relief groups cleared the area of the accident following orders of military officials. When rescue groups returned to the area on Monday, August 27, the place had been altered.
A firefighter, who also asked to remain anonymous, added that during the hours following the blast, disorganization and irregularities prevailed. "The first and second day (following the explosion) houses and stores were looted and there was lack of coordination," he remarked.
On the other hand, several injured are still waiting for the compensation they were promised, while other people who lost their houses are waiting for solutions.
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The rock of discord
A shipment of over 30,000 tons of phosphate arrived at Puerto Cabello port in late July on board the Shi Long Ling, a Chinese-flagged vessel that began its long journey in northern Africa. The cargo boat docked on July 26 after traveling more than 3,200 nautical miles. Undoubtedly, this would just be considered one in many cargo ships crisscrossing the oceans if it were not for the fact that Venezuela has denounced Western Sahara occupation by Morocco and yet purchases the territory's natural resource products from the occupying power.
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