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With more than 30+ sounds and phrases, the Disney Toy Story Action Armour Buzz Lightyear takes adventures to infinity and beyond!
With all-new space wings and mega-blasters, this 12-inch figure is ready for interstellar adventures! He features 3 modes of play and more than 30+ sounds and phrases.
In Space Ranger Mode, Buzz is captured in his classic pose, but in flight mode his wings pop and he is ready to blast off.
In final Battle Mode, Buzz's mega-blasters are engaged with lights, sounds and phrases enhancing his upgraded armour.
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- Disney Toy Story Action Armour Buzz Lightyear
- Features pace wings and mega blasters
- Says more than 30+ fun sounds and phrases
- For age 3 and above
- Requires 3x AAA batteries (included)
4 piece set includes quilt (3.5tog), pillow, pillow case and duvet cover. Fits toddler, junior & cot bed. Fits matress size 70 x 140cm. Duvet cover 120 x 150cm, pillowcase 62 x 42cm. Matching accessories available. 52% polyester, 48% cotton. Machine washable at 40°.Colour: Multi.
Yee-hah! It's time for some Toy Story fun with the talking Jessie doll.
Youngsters (and the young at heart!) will love the 12 inch talking Jessie action figure from the Pixar© movie Toy Story 3.
Let your child enjoy hours of fun as they recreate the heart-warming story of the friends being rescued from Sunnyside Day Care.
A talking Sheriff Woody doll is also available – see item number UE769.
Useful info:
- Pull Jessie's drawstring to hear phrases from Toy Story 3
- Requires 3 x AG13 batteries (included)
- Age from 4 years
- Toy Story Talking Jessie doll
Warning. Not suitable for children under 3 years.
To the garden... and beyond! Toy Story fans will love staying in touch on these Buzz Lightyear Walkie Talkies.
All your child needs to do is press the button and they can talk to friends or family in the next room or even outside!
Flexible safety aerials and walkie talkies that are shaped like Buzz Lightyear all add to the excitement - your little Space Ranger will be delighted to receive the Toy Story Walkie Talkies as a present
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- Range up to 80 ft
- Requires 2x 9v batteries
- Age from 3 years
- Toy Story Buzz Lightyear Walkie Talkies
Warning: Not suitable for children under 3 years.
Howdy partner! It's time for some Toy Story fun with the Talking Woody doll.
Get ready for the ultimate movie fun with Talking Sheriff Woody doll - just pull Woody's drawstring to hear great phrases from Toy Story 3.
Let your child enjoy hours of fun as they play the hero rescuing all their friends from the Sunnyside Day Care.
Youngsters (and the young at heart!) will love this Talking Woody doll - the perfect present for Toy Story fans.
Useful info:
- Pull Woody's drawstring to hear phrases from Toy Story 3
- Requires: 3 x AG13 batteries
- Age from 4 years
- Toy Story Talking Sheriff Woody doll
Warning: Not suitable for children under 3 years.


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Three men and one woman were arrested and charged with stealing golf balls out of ponds at White Manor Country Club in Willistown and in Newtown Square early Wednesday morning.
A sergeant stopped a white van with a trailer outside Aronimink Country Club early Wednesday morning. Inside were three men, one woman and 8,000 golf balls. According to the police report:
The occupants claimed that they were collecting golf balls to be reconditioned for the course. It was learned from the occupants that they would use dive equipment to dive into the pond and retrieve the balls. During the course of their investigation, Sgt. Sebra discovered that this was not the case, and that the [actors] did not have permission to be on the property or to remove golf balls from the pond.
The four suspects—Daniel P. Curry, 31, Charles D. Creed IV, 26, Robert D. Sauve III, 28 and Carisa N. Osmond, 23—all from Saginaw, Mich., were arraigned Wednesday afternoon before Judge Chester Darlington. They face charges of theft, receiving stolen property and defiant trespass.
When asked by the judge about his employment, Curry replied that he owns a ball-retrieval business called Plus 1, which he has run for seven years. Each defendant was released on 10 percent of $5,000 bail and has a preliminary hearing date in early May. After the arraignment, Curry said the arrest was due to a miscommunication. He said he has contracts with other golf courses in the area, and was told through a business associate that he could collect balls from Aronimink and White Manor for evaluation.


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20-year old Jeremy Joseph and a 16-year old have been charged with kidnapping, rape and aggravated robbery.
Canton Police say the men kidnapped a Papa Johns delivery driver at gunpoint and put her in her trunk.
It happened Monday night on 14th Street N.E.
The woman says they drove her to a secluded area on 17th Street N.E. where she was forced to have sex with them. After the crime they left her there naked.
Both men were arrested at a home on 3rd Street N.E. and jailed. Police also found evidence of the crime at that address.
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On Sunday, May 18th, I will walk in AIDS Walk New York to support Ubuntu Education Fund and GMHC. In many ways, this is a defining struggle of my life.
I grew up in the Village in the 1980s. It was a wonderful, enriching place to grow up. I had great public schools, access to world-class healthcare and a loving family. It was also a community beset by a plague. Watching our neighborhood respond – the birth of GMHC, ACT-UP and AIDS activism – taught me why we organize communities – and how we can win. It continues to inspire and instruct me today.
Please help me fight AIDS in NYC by clicking: http://awny2014.kintera.org/newellnyc
As an adult, I traveled to Port Elizabeth, South Africa to help build Ubuntu Education Fund. I worked with Ubuntu for six years, in NYC and South Africa. In a community where 1 in 4 adults is HIV positive, Ubuntu is committed to long term, intensive interventions. We recently celebrated Ubuntu's 15th anniversary, and I'm proud to say the Ubuntu model is working. Many of the most vulnerable children I worked with in South Africa are graduating university and moving on to careers.
In 2011, Ubuntu opened a world-class health clinic right in the heart of the townships – the only one of its kind in the region. The clinic provides a continuum of free health services, including ARV therapy and support, prenatal and postnatal care, a range of women-focused medical services, HIV, TB, and pregnancy testing, immunizations, dental and vision screenings, and a lot more.
I have seen Ubuntu Education Fund turn around lives. I have seen mothers brought back to life and children re-enrolled in school. And I have learned that determined, community-based solutions can have dramatic and inspiring results.
Please help me support Ubuntu Education Fund by clicking: http://awny2014.kintera.org/newellnyc
I have lost more friends to HIV and AIDS than I care to count. Thirty years on, this struggle continues. Millions still lack access to life-saving drugs, new infections are on the rise here in NYC, and a cure remains elusive. On Sunday, May 18th, I will walk with Team Ubuntu in AIDS Walk New York. I have pledged to raise $5,000 to support the work of Ubuntu Education Fund.
I ask for your help. Even the smallest contribution makes a huge difference.
Thank you,
P.S. Please join me on Team Ubuntu. It's a great time, a beautiful walk, you get a cool T-Shirt and it makes a difference. Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/walkubuntu2014


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Edna M. Wood of Plainfield died Feb. 17. She was 87.
Born Sept. 23, 1926, in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Arsana Veale and George Jacob Raney. She married Marvin Wood and he preceded her in death.
Mrs. Wood was a homemaker and loved to work word puzzles.
She is survived by her children, Roger (Earline) Wood, Stanley (Stella) Wood, Randy Wood, Pam Whitlow (Grant Meranda); eight grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 20 in Hall-Baker Funeral Home in Plainfield. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be at 11 a.m. until time of service in the funeral home.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Morgan County Humane Society, 690 W. Mitchell Ave., Martinsville, IN 46151.
Online condolences may be made on the website at www.bakerfuneralservice.com.


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Brocade Lawyer Protests Surprise Statement
Posted Jun 20, 2007 7:30 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A federal judge in San Francisco will hold a hearing today on whether to admit evidence showing the former CEO of Brocade Communications knew backdating stock options was illegal.
The evidence would be a blow to the defense of ex-CEO Gregory Reyes, the Recorder reports. In opening statements on Monday, lawyers for Gregory Reyes had argued their client didn't know backdating was prohibited.
Prosecutors waited until yesterday to reveal they have a witness who will say Reyes told her, "It's not illegal if you don't get caught."
Defense lawyer Richard Marmaro protested that the statement by former employee June Weaver should have been released to the defense earlier.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Reeves maintains he didn't reveal the statement because only information from FBI interviews need be turned over in advance—and the statement was not mentioned in the FBI interview.
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My His-Story
The bowel movement of Ms. Liberty is Black His-Story Month.
We're forced fed information from the tissue
She wiped from back to front (did you cringe?)...me too!
But knowing my Great, Great, Great, etc.
Grandmother was traded for an ass
Births a Rebel with a cause!
I'm engraving your name upon this axe that
I'm using to sever the chain attached to your name!
No more date rapes from Master
Who loves you with a love, equivalent
To an ass!
Know that our stock has risen and split!
Martin Luther The Dreamer, became Prophet
This guy named Obama, inaugurated on the steps
Built by your fellow slave comrades
Since then they've received retroactive pay,
Bills of total vindication
Giving change in mockery minted coins.
They couldn't have foreseen as slaves
They were constructing the pedestal for the Promised Land,
Their situation wasn't looking so promising!
But in 2008 granny
The Lord split the sea again!
We're not second class citizens either,
Thanks to genetics
We annihilate anything you mix us with,
The proof is in our last name.
I want you to strut in the afterlife
With your head held high,
The blood you've shed inks my pen
Redeeming your value.
Your grandson came to repurchase your deed,
You are a Lady and you are freed
From being sold by animals
For an animal!
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Five QB's To Look At In The 2012 Draft
A good friend of mine runs the Players All-Star Classic in Arkansas and he got an up close look at a few names on this list. To me, Jefferson, Corp and Coleman all stand out. I think that we all agree about our current back-up QB situation and knowing these five names may put us ahead of the game on draft day. Cheers - Saint


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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine students will host a Women's Health Day free clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Lubbock IMPACT/TTUHSC Free Clinic, 2707 34th St.
The facility is a non-billing clinic where people without medical insurance can be seen for various medical problems. Patients of all ages from mostly lower income backgrounds are seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Women's health services are not normally offered during these hours.
The Women's Health Day clinic will provide medical services such as pelvic exams and pap smears, STD screenings, a self-breast exam workshop, pregnancy tests and prenatal referrals as well as referrals for bone density screenings and mammograms. Chris Prze, second-year medical student, said the key to keeping women healthy is prevention.
"Many diseases can be detected early with screenings such as mammograms and pap smears," Prze said. "If possible, women should make screenings and routine care a normal habit to reduce their chances of developing more serious health conditions."
Kelly Bennett, M.D., serves as the clinic's medical director, and Fiona Prabhu, M.D., is the assistant medical director. Both are from the TTUHSC Department of Family and Community Medicine.
Transportation is available by request. For transportation, to make an appointment or for more information, call (806) 337-2098.
Lubbock IMPACT provides the building in which the clinic operates. The clinic is fully funded by donations from the local community. Lubbock IMPACT collects a large majority of monetary and equipment donations.
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By Jim Wallace - bio | emailOctober 29, 2008
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - The Dougherty Grand Jury says it is very concerned about drugs, domestic violence, and crimes committed by children in this community.
The Grand Jury recommended more counseling and recreation facilities for young people, to stop them committing crime.
The Albany Dougherty Drug Unit showed Grand Jurors cocaine and Meth, and how younger kids are involved in drug activities and violent crime in Albany.
Grand Jury Foreman Rashan Trent said, "They get a quick high, they want to rob, they want to go kill. It's ridiculous with the robbery, it's ridiculous with the burglary. It's just ridiculous."
In its presentments the Dougherty Grand Jury recommended city leaders step up the fight against drugs and young criminals, by establishing a countywide curfew to prevent younger children from being on the streets at night.
They'd like more educational and recreational programs for children, to direct parents and guardians to see family counselors to protect young children, and prevent domestic violence.
Trent said "It starts off in the home. The parents are not disciplining the children, and that's where a lot of it is coming from."
Grand Juror Susan David said, "A lot of these things need to be addressed, and some counseling available. Because I don't think that jail will solve the problems within these families."
The Grand Jurors called on city leaders to remove dilapidated buildings to curtail drug activity, enforce the noise ordinance, especially loud music from cars, and stiffer penalties for people who cause traffic crashes while using a cell phone.
The Grand Jurors said they want more police officers on the street, so they recommended an increase in funding for Police in the city and county, to combat crime. And that those officers themselves be held to higher standards.
The Grand Jury members recommended the county set up the new 311 phone service to direct non emergency calls away from the 911 center, and that the Ray Charles Memorial be repaired and put in operation.
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Windows Phone 8 will support NFC (near-field communications), a technology that allows wireless transfer over very short distances, something that Research in Motion and Google support in their recent mobile OSes. It will also support peer-to-peer Wi-Fi (aka Wi-Fi Direct) connections.
Windows Phone 8 will ship with Internet Explorer 10, like Windows 8, and will use the same core JavaScript engine; Web pages designed for IE10 will render the same on all Metro devices, as well as on IE10 in Windows 7 and Windows 8's desktop mode. IE10's SmartScreen antiphishing technology will also be included in Windows Phone 8.
Microsoft said it would provide a mobile wallet capability to contain credit card, loyalty card, and third-party services like account information and tickets. It will also include mobile payment functions, supporting NFC and other conduits, such as carrier networks. (Apple's forthcoming iOS 6 has what appears to be the beginnings of a mobile wallet in its Passbook app.) Windows Phone will also support secure SIM cards, to help validate identity for purchases, but that technology won't be available when Windows Phone 8 is first available.
Windows Phone 8 also will include Nokia's maps service, allowing turn-by-turn directions as Android long has provided and that iOS 6 will add this fall to Apple devices.
Microsoft also demonstrated voice control technology from Audible; it's not like Apple's Siri in that it interacts with you as a personal assistant but is more of an order-taker to execute your requests.
The first Windows Phone 8 smartphones are due before the Christmas holiday shopping season, so likely in November -- around the time the first Windows 8 Surface tablet from Microsoft should ship.
This article, "Windows Phone joins the Windows 8 and corporate parties," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments in business technology news and get a digest of the key stories each day in the InfoWorld Daily newsletter. For the latest developments in business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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I know this question is not to be post here, but where?
Do you know how to change the "organisation name" of "my UIDs"?
Thanks in advance
I know this question is not to be post here, but where?
Do you know how to change the "organisation name" of "my UIDs"?
Thanks in advance
In my last request for an application signing (using a Test House) they accept my application, but ask me to change the "organisation name" of my UIDs (because I use in them the acronym name of my company, not the name.
Anyone knows how do this?
If is necessary to ask to someone of Symbian Signed to do this, where is the contact form, adress...?
Thanks in advance
It might be helpful to post here the exact text of that request, to me it sounds like we're missinging some details/context. Of course there are several things you can change youself in your Symbian Signed account's settings.
-- Lucian
If you are not yet a DVLUP member it is time to correct that mistake :) Click here to join: http://www.dvlup.com/lucian/Invite
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CHECK 2 – Correct UIDs Test case purpose:
The package UIDs specified must be owned by the developer making the submission State of the application before the test:
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The application is submitted by xxxxxx but the package UIDs is owned by yyyyyy.
This case is not considered as non-conformity for the current test round only. For your future submissions, it's mandatory to move the owner of package UIDs


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In July's Nature Review, six leading stem cell researchers discussed the state of current research and challenges in developing and applying therapeutic applications using human stem cell technology. The researchers from leading institutes worldwide shared many similar views regarding the value of engineered stem cells as compared with those derived from embryos, and the potential of treatments that reprogram cells in the body versus growing replacement in the lab. Here's an overview of some of their perspectives.
Induced Pluripotent Cells v. Embryonic Stem Cells
There are differences between embryonic stem cells (ES cells) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) from different sources, but the researchers did not see any significant consistent differences between the two types of stem cells. They were of the opinion that iPS cells were essentially equivalent to stem cells isolated directly from embryos.
As Dr. George Daley, the Director of Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Children's Hospital Boston, stated, "iPS cells are virtually indistinguishable from ES cells by functional and molecular criteria." Dr. Cedric Blanplain, a researcher at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles that studies stem cell development and cancer voiced the belief that, "it is very likely that iPS cells will replace human ES cells for most applications."
To emphasize the equivalence, Dr. Konrad Hochedlinger, from Harvard's Department for Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology noted that, "certain mouse iPS cells can be used to make a whole mouse, so they pass the strictest developmental assay." However, of course, human iPS cells have not been evaluated in such a way. He felt there still may be some differences between the two types of stem cells yet to be discovered.
While believing the two cells types to be virtually equivalent, the panel all agreed that much more research needed to be done with embryo-derived stem cells. These cells are necessary to build a strong enough understanding of the differentiation process to be able to tell if iPS cells are really interchangeable with ES cells in all circumstances.
Transdifferentiation v. Regneration
The process of cultivating stem cells in the lab so that they grow into fully differentiated functional cells involves a lot of work. For medical purposes, it may be much more practical to "reprogram" already differentiated cells right in the body. This reprogramming process to turn one type of body cells into another, for example inducing skin cells to become nerve cells, is called trandifferentiation. While most of the researchers felt this approach had real practical benefits for many therapeutic applications, the biggest obstacle is the lack of understanding of how to do it.
As Dr. Daley put it, "transdifferentiated cells remain rather poorly characterized and not well understood." Dr. Hochedlinger agreed that, we still have a poor understanding of the type of cells actually generated by transdifferentiation. This is maybe not surprising. Much of the research is still attempting to dissect the process of going from stem cells to various mature body cells.
It would seem necessary to first understand the many variations of this differentiation process to make all the body's cells before researchers could understand how one type of cell might be turned into another. As Dr. Blanplain put it, "a much better understanding of how stem cells are normally activated during endogeneous tissue repair is a prerequisite" to reactivating body cells to mediate tissue repair.
Biggest Hurdles in Developing Stem Cell Treatments
All the researchers agreed there needs to be a better understanding of the process of differentiation and the specific conditions to grow, maintain, and differentiate stem cells in laboratory cultures. According to Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the first researcher to make iPS cells expressed that, "techniques need to be developed to differentiate and culture ES and iPS cells into several lineages, such as hematopoietic progenitor cells,and insulin producing cells" Dr. Hochedlinger noted that they have not even been able to get reliable conditions to preserve and maintain multipotent blood progenitor cells in the lab. They have been working with these adult stem cells for more than 30 years.
Dr. Blanplain pointed out that, "at this point, there are major technical hindrances to proper differentiation of stem cells into mature and functional cells that can be engrafted and functional integrated into damaged tissues."
It was clear that there is still not enough practical understanding of the how to handle and culture undifferentiated human stem cells in the laboratory. The tools to manipulate and control the conditions of differentiation are needed to gain a deeper understanding of the details of the differentiation process of both research and therapeutic applications.
See the complete article in Nature Reviews for the discussion in its entirety: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 13, 471-476 (July 2012). Also, for background information on stem cell technology, you might also take a look at "The Range of Stem Cell Technology."


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For the past two years, Barclays PLC has been developing and deploying a companywide data security and privacy framework that complies with both U.S. and European regulations. It hasn't been easy, according to Julian Parkin, a privacy program director who heads the effort.
In the U.S., Barclays must deal with a patchwork of disparate and overlapping state and federal regulations, as well as privacy rules laid out by individual corporate partners and consortia.
The European Union, on the other hand, has come up with the Data Protection Directive, a set of privacy principles that all members support and (to some extent) enforce in their regulations. Unlike U.S. regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) or Sarbanes-Oxley acts, however, the directive provides few specifics as to how these privacy requirements should be met. As a result, different countries interpret them quite differently, and companies may have to implement several different versions of the same directive requirement, says Rosa Barcelo, a legal advisor at the European Data Protection Supervisor organization in Brussels, Belgium.
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The B3 First Grade Class Yearbook is a perfect memento to remember the adventures and fun activities the children experienced in First Grade with Ms. Villanueva!
All photographs are captured by Ms. Villanueva and parents of class B3.
The Publisher:
This yearbook is part of the Blurb/BlurbNation Yearbook Campaign for 2009 with BooPublication as the book designer.


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After some inspiration from the pi bot on twitter I wanted to investigate how easy it is to connect my pi a spare account and tweet messages from the command line. The following tutorial will outline everything you need to get your first tweets sent. I have extended this to tweet the current cpu temperature on the pi board. There are a number of sensors and I will eventually be switching to also monitor the air temperature around the pi.
The raspberry pi will come with python pre-installed so it makes sense we use this language to do the work in this project. Before we begin it always useful to run an apt-get update to ensure all of your packages are running the best versions. We will start off by installing python-setuptools which essentially allows you to install, update, remove python packages nice and easy. We will be using a package called tweepy which has everything inside that we need to send our messages out to twitter.
To Install the setup tools and tweepy carry out the following commands:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo easy_install pip
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo pip install tweepy
Once these have all installed correctly we will need to head over to the twitter developer area to register an application against our twitter account. The link for this can be found here.
You will need to then carry out the following steps in order to get access keys and consumer keys which will allow us to authenticate the twitter account and application without having to keep entering in login data. This uses the OAuth protocol which you can find out more about using google!
- Select create a new application
- Enter name, description, website
- Select Yes I agree to the terms and conditions
- Enter captcha information and click submit
You will see that by default the access level is set to read only. We will need to change this to read/write to enable us to push tweets out to the world. To change this settings carry out the following steps.
- Select settings along top menu tabs
- Under application type select Read and Write
- Ensure that "Allow this application to be used to Sign in with Twitter" is checked
- Click the update this twitter applications settings button at the bottom of the page
If you now return to the Details tab you will see a number of special keys which include, consumer key/secret and access token/secret. Leave the webpage open as we will need all of this information in a minute to start tweeting.
As in my previous projects I have a directory set up already for my project files. It is housed under my /home/pi folder in a very original folder name called Projects.
I will now create a new folder called Twitter within this Projects folder but you can choose to save your files wherever you feel is relevant.
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo mkdir /home/pi/Projects/Twitter
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd /home/pi/Projects/Twitter
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $
Within this director I will create a file to house my python code that will do all of the work called Tweeter.
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $ sudo nano Tweeter.py
This will open up a new blank file for us where we can paste the following python code.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import tweepy
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
What you now need to do is take all of the relevant key and secret information from the twitter application site we were using earlier and paste the relevant parts into the above file where I have marked "***************YOUR DATA*****************".
Once you have done this use CTRL+X then Y to save your file.
The above code will allow us to stipulate exactly what we want to send to from the command line. I like to first though ensure my file is executable so run the following.
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $ sudo chmod 755 Tweeter.py
We are now set! To send out your first tweet run the following command.
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $ python Tweeter.py 'Hello World!'
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $
As long as you get nothing returned by that call then everything has worked perfectly, head over to your twitter feed and you should see your Hello World tweet!
For now this is not all that useful however there is now the opportunity to expand on this initial example and make it in to something so much more awesome. At the start of the tutorial I said I wanted to tweet the current CPU temperature and eventually the temperature of the environment around the pi. I will show you the code required to get the current CPU temperature running.
We will first create a second python file so we do not destroy the hard work we have just carried out.
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $ sudo nano Tweet_Status.py
You can then copy and paste the following code directly into the file.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
import tweepy
auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET)
auth.set_access_token(ACCESS_KEY, ACCESS_SECRET)
api = tweepy.API(auth)
cmd = '/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp'
line = os.popen(cmd).readline().strip()
temp = line.split('=')[1].split("'")[0]
api.update_status('My Current Processor Temperature: '+ temp + ' C')
Once again you will need to replace the YOUR DATA place holders with your keys/secrets etc from earlier. The above file now contains code that will ask the pi to output its current cpu temperature to the command line, read it and then format it in a nice way and push it out to twitter via the api.update_status call. There are many temperature sensors we can plug into on the pi and also even measure voltages so you can expand this script if you like to include a full system overview.
We can now save the file and close it with Ctrl + x and then Y.
Once again we need to ensure the file is executable.
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $ sudo chmod 755 Tweet_Status.py
If you now run this file your twitter feed should show the current CPU temperature.
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $ python Tweet_Status.py
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $
We can now use a cron job (Scheduled Task) to run this script every hour so we get a constant update on twitter about our CPU temp.
To edit the root cron file you must run the following command.
pi@raspberrypi ~/Projects/Twitter $ sudo crontab -e
It is very important to ensure the sudo command is used!
Once you are in the file you can then add the following line, just change the directory to point to where your file is saved.
*/60 * * * * python /home/pi/Projects/Twitter/Tweet_Status.py
Thats it all done.. if you have any feedback please leave a comment!


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I've been working on a project with a client for the last week or so who's about to have a baby. Well, who knew that one little baby came with so much stuff and that so much preparation is required. Obviously, many of you have lots of experience in this department but yours truly, not so much.
Of course if you give me a bunch of stuff to sort and organize and you need a place for everything, it doesn't really matter what it is, I can come up with a solution. The "making a place for baby" project begins with figuring out where baby is going to sleep. In this particular client's situation, there's only one other bedroom and it's across the hall from their master bedroom, so that was easy.
However, as you can imagine, that extra bedroom held a lot of adult stuff which had to get moved. They have two closets in the room and fortunately baby will only need the one small closet. And then all the furniture that was in there had to get moved elsewhere in the house — you guessed it, to the basement. Baby has a crib, a dresser and a rocking chair for mum arriving from Pottery Barn Kids (such cute stuff), as well as new drapes.
My client was in good shape with the room emptied (almost) and this is where I entered the picture. Having done the initial consultation visit back in December, I went away and ordered a nice collection of bins to organize the closet (www.bedbathandbeyond.ca) and then re-appeared on the scene post baby shower. I must say that mum didn't have to buy a thing thanks to all the baby shower gifts.
We managed to fill 12 different fabric bins with various categories of baby stuff. Let me see ... there were blankets, sheets, receiving blankets, shoes, socks, short sleeve onesies, long sleeve onesies, sleepers, swaddlers, hats, and a few things I obviously can't remember. All of those will fit nicely in the closet.
Because she's having a girl there is a small collection of dresses which will hang down low in the closet under the bins on a simple tension rod that can be removed later. And then we have quilts, large blankets and diapers that will all fit in the dresser. Since the dresser will have the change table on top it, only made sense to have the diapers in the top drawer of the dresser, close at hand.
We mustn't forget about the baby books, toys and stuffies. Stuffies are in a large canvas container on the floor of the closet. Most of the toys and baby books will be kept in the library right next to the baby's room. This is where the organizing project expanded, as they often do.
The shelves in the library were full and in order to clear some of the bottom shelves for books and toys for baby we had to re-organize the entire room. Everything had to be pulled off the shelves, many of the trinkets packed away (so they don't get broken), family photos put in the photo box and then everything re-arranged and put back on the shelves. I gotta tell you, I love organizing book and display shelves but it's exhausting and time consuming. All done in about four hours and a masterpiece, if I do say so myself.
The next space we will be working on right away is the kitchen. Yup, baby needs bottles and such and, you guessed it, the kitchen cupboards and drawers are full!


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A decision to close a high street's last remaining branch will be a "hammer blow" to the entire community, an MP has claimed.
Harrow East Conservative MP Bob Blackman has called for Nat West to reverse its decision to close its Harrow Weald branch, in High Road.
Last month, shopkeepers in the area gave an overwhelming thumbs down to the plans, which they fear could in turn kill of their businesses.
Mr Blackman said: "It is an essential service for a small but loyal group of local residents and small businesses in the Harrow Weald area.
"It is the only bank locally, has constantly big queues and its loss will be a hammer blow to the entire community and put businesses at risk, as well as leaving staff without jobs which they currently carry out with pride, skill and passion for retail banking and local community businesses.
"A number of constituents have written in to me with outrage that this is to happen. Time is short, but I hope that RBS will get the message before it is too late."
The branch is set to close its doors on July 25, although a cash machine will remain in place.
The nearest alternative branch will be in Harrow Town Centre.
A spokesman for Natwest said footfall and transactions at the bank have fallen by 18 per cent in the past few years as people turn to online banking.
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Hendry, Quade Likely Gone
ON THE HOT SEAT Jim Hendry, Cubs: Speculation persists that owner Tom Ricketts might hire Hall of Fame inductee Pat Gillick as club president. In theory, Gillick could retain Hendry, and the two could work together to fix the club. But the entire idea seems far-fetched; Cubs fans want change, and both Hendry and manager Mike Quade seem likely to be replaced. The real intrigue would begin once Ricketts began his search for a new GM. White Sox assistant GM Rick Hahn is generally regarded as the game's leading GM candidate, but many in the industry believe that the Cubs' job also might draw interest from some of the game's top current GMs. Good news. Of course, this won't change much. The current organization is screwed so hard it will take a few years to get out of this mess. I hope Ricketts replaces the entire baseball operations dpt. From the GM to the scouts. Get rid of all of them.


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I got a bit upset today watching videos from matches of our last 2 seasons because in almost every goal we scored, our little prince Juan Mata was involved
His left foot was pure magic. See the assist to Ramires in the 3rd goal. The guy is a monster, and he stills only 25, rotting on our bench.
Then I saw Champions League and Euro League goals in finals... both Drogba and Ivanovic headers from corners assisted by Juan. Torres first goal against Benfica too
Even this season he scored an amazing goal against Arsenal and gave an important assist against Tottenham
I'm feeling a bit depressive about his situation
Please, Mourinho, let the boy play again, he is one of the best in the world, even if he doesn't mark, and sometimes disappear in important moments, he is pure class
Juan Mata - 2011/2012 season - 54 games, 12 goals, 20 assists, Player of the year winner
Juan Mata - 2012/2013 season - 64 games, 20 goals, 35 assists, Player of the year winner
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- Release Date: May 14, 2003
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In more than 20 years of playing games, I have never seen a console game as obviously unfinished and rushed to market as Enter the Matrix...This game is a complete mess, and that's the only complete thing about it. [Aug 2003, p.114]
It's blatantly obvious that this game isn't quite finished... While it does have its moments and diehard Matrix fans will drool over the extra videos, this game receives the blue pill.
The game's one saving grace is the hand-to-hand fighting. It feels good to beat the crap out of people, straight up. [Aug 2003, p.27]
The implementation here is nearly a complete waste, considering the richness of the universe involved. Lousy controls, sterile and anemic environments, and weaksauce driving environments all pull down the good work done in the sound, character graphics and new footage departments.
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User score distribution:
Positive: 24 out of 35
Mixed: 5 out of 35
Negative: 6 out of 35
Sep 6, 2013As a 9-year old, I enjoyed playing Enter the Matrix back in Christmas 2003. I was so good at playing action video games like Zelda, Starcraft and this.… Full Review »


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11 a.m. Byron Public Library, 105 Church St., Byron. Story time for children ages 18 months to 3 years.
Senior self-defense class
10-11 a.m. Senior Activity Center, 152 Maple St., Warner Robins. For anyone ages 50 and older. For more information, call 786-423-5303 or 478-293-1066.
Veggies For the Valley: Community Gardens
11 a.m.-noon, 205 Myers Hall at Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley. Presenter: Patricia Alston, Veggies in the Valley volunteer. For more information, call 478-825-6933.
Miss Nelson Is Missing
2 p.m. Warner Robins High School, 401 South Davis Drive. $5.
Warner Robins City Council meeting
4 p.m. precouncil, 5:30 p.m. council. Homer J. Walker Municipal Complex, 700 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins.
Houston County Commission meeting
9 a.m. Houston County courthouse, 201 Perry Parkway, Perry.
Painting class for beginners
10 a.m.-noon and 4-6 p.m. The Painted Door Gallery, 1752 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins. Allan Carey instructs. $20. For more information, call 478-213-2230.
Warner Robins Rotary Club
Noon. Wellston Center, 155 Maple St., Warner Robins.
Yoga for Seniors
2 p.m. Senior Activity Center, 152 Maple St., Warner Robins. $5 per class for anyone age 50 and older. For more information, call 478-918-5497.
Art classes for children
4-6 p.m. LifePoint Church, 120 Walker Road, Byron. For more information, call 478-952-9216.
Warner Robins Houston Peaches Lions Club
4:30 p.m. Nick Zoumberis Law Office, 723 Bernard St., Warner Robins.
Weight Watchers
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Perry City Council meeting
6 p.m. City Hall, 1211 Washington St., Perry.
Feagin Mill Middle School Council Election
6 p.m. Media Center, 1200 Feagin Mill Road, Warner Robins. A parent/business representative and a parent representative will be elected for two-year terms.
Peach County Board of Education meeting
7 p.m. 523 Vineville St., Fort Valley. For more information, call 478-825-5933.
Middle Georgia Senior Squadron
7 p.m. Warner Robins Air Park, Air Park Road, near Houston County High School. Interested adults 18 and older are invited to visit. You do not have to be a pilot to participate.
Centerville City Council meeting
7 p.m. City Hall, 300 E. Church St., Centerville.
Robins Duplicate Bridge Club
7:15 p.m. 151 Maple St., Warner Robins. Call 478-923-4574 for a bridge partner or 478-396-4182 for beginner or intermediate bridge lessons. For more information, call www.wrbridge.blogspot.com.
Historic Heartland Community Orchestra concert
8 p.m. Sanctuary of Green Acres Baptist Church, 901 Elberta Road, Warner Robins. Free.
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The Role of Experimental Lines in the Canes Preseason
I am looking forward to seeing creative experimentation in the Canes lines during the pre-season. With the abundance of young forward players, the coaches/GM hopefully will be showcasing youth and figuring out which players work best with each other. In past pre-seasons, the coaches/GM had the veteran players split essentially into two groups and then paired veterans with young players. I hope that pattern will continue during this pre-season.
Here are some experimental line combinations I would like to see during some pre-season shifts and perhaps into the regular season. More line variations are possible and likely. In fact, the more I worked on these combinations, the more permutations and variations I started to envision. Here are versions for the Staal and the Sutter lines.
The reason cited for drafting Boychuk was that he was slotted to fill Whitney's place as first line wing. I would like to see how far along Boychuk is in that development. I think Staal will do his best work with at least one blazingly fast wing on his line. Jokinen may well continue to flourish with defenses having to give up space to stay up with Staal and Boychuk. Jokinen seems to make everybody better on whatever line he is on.
Hopefully, Ruutu's shoulder operation went well and he'll be 100% at the start of the pre-season. I would be interested to see if this line's ability to pound in rebounds for goals and to swarm the net would cause havoc for opposing teams.
I think this line has the potential to be almost impossible to stop offensively. All three have excellent speed. All three will go to the net. Cole provides the element of a bull rush to the goalie and net presence. Cole also seems to play his best, when healthy, with Staal and with younger players.
This line could potentially create nightmares of defenses, depending on how quickly Skinner adjusts to the NHL game. If teams try to focus too much on Staal, Skinner and Jokinen may be left open to score.
Given the history of Staal playing his best with Cole and Cole's resurgence this summer at pre-camp training, I would really like to see how Skinner played on this line. Skinner seems to be the kind of player whose shots always find a way into the net; and Staal and Cole will demand attention when on the ice. Cole also generates a large number of rebounds when he puts shots on the net. Skinner is a puck magnet with great hands. It would be magic.
Again, with this line, defenses are not going to be able to take a shift off. I like the idea of Ruutu using his physical play to keep defenses honest in their dealings with Skinner. I am cautiously optimistic that Ruutu's shoulder surgery has gone well and that he is 100%.
I really am curious to see if Dalpe is as good a wing as I think he will be. He has the size, speed, hands, and vision to be a major force on a first line. I hope the coaches/GM will take a look at Dalpe on the first and second lines to assess his development to date.
Dalpe has the range and speed to be a problem for defenses. He, too, could be a very special player for the Hurricanes. My guess is that Dalpe has advanced as a player with his partial year in the NHL and that he will earn his spot on the team straight out of camp. I admit I have been a fan of Dalpe since he got on my radar during the run up to his draft year. I continue to hear various knowledgeable people in or near the Canes organization speak very, very highly of him.
This season is a crossroads season for Cole. If he plays well, I believe he will stay with the Canes until he retires. So much depends on his health. He seems to be feeling the best he has felt in years, based on the reports coming out of pre-camp training. He also seems to thrive with Staal and with young, enthusiastic players. He also seems to take very seriously his role as the power forward who keeps other teams honest in their play when the young players are on the ice.
I'd like to get a glimpse of the chemistry in this line. Skinner looks like the wing of the future for Staal. Boychuk was drafted to be Whitney's replacement on the first line. I'd like to see how far along Boychuk is in his development and how his style works with the presumptive first line. Skinner seems to have that special extra talent; and although he is young, Jim Rutherford has been clear Skinner is going to get a chance to make the team out of training camp. I think, too, it is going to be helpful to see how Staal's game is influenced by being on a line with players who never let up and who are excellent at getting to pucks around the net. Boychuk's speed is at least as good as Staal's and that should allow for some 2 on 1 breakouts with Skinner working his magic as the trailing forward.
Although the publicity about Skinner and Nash has to some degree lessened the attention on Dalpe, I have a belief that Dalpe will come out of training camp with a position on some line. Dalpe has a history of exceeding expectations and has an arsenal of offensive talent that is impressive. Dalpe also has excellent speed and he has excellent size to go with his speed and skill. There is some chance Dalpe will become a scoring wing for the Hurricanes.
Tlusty has plenty of speed, size, and hockey intellect. He has yet to score as much as one would like out of a top size forward; but he has the skill sets to be an offensive threat. I think he got off to the wrong foot in Toronto and hopefully he feels more at home at Carolina. I think the coaches/GM will be trying to assess what Tlusty's upper limit is.
This is a version of the "big man's line." Tlusty has the physical skill to create havoc; and the issue is whether he can find his best game. I think Tlusty has a tremendous upside if he gains confidence and if he believes in his ability. This line has the advantage of speed as well as size.
This version is another example of a "big man's line." I could envision this line working well against some of the teams like Phoenix or Boston that use their size to out-muscle smallish forwards.
The coaches/GM seem happy with LaRose's play with Staal at the end of the season. Watching the game, LaRose's speed and abundant enthusiasm seemed to lift Staal's spirit on the ice. I suspect LaRose's chirping had some role in making Staal more energized. LaRose is certainly not a stereotypical first line wing; but productivity is what counts.
I like the potential chemistry of this line. It also offers the coaches a second line that can serve both as an excellent defensive line, but also can score.
My impression is that Cole is very, very serious about making a statement this season. A Boychuk/Sutter/Cole line would have tremendous speed; and Cole seems to be at his best when paired with enthusiastic, younger players.
Jokinen is a player who always seems to bring out the best of the talents of his other teammates. Although I don't consider Jokinen a fiercely physical player, he does play very intelligently on defense. Offensively, this line could be extremely productive. In particular, I could envision Boychuk and Sutter creating a number of odd man rushes, with Jokinen using his craftiness to score some great one-time goals.
This year is also a crossroads year for Tlusty. He has the skill to be a significant goal scorer in the NHL. I envision with this line that the speed of the line and willingness of this line to get to the front of the net could result in Tlusty getting some impressive goals.
I really am eager to see this line in action. I tend to think it is a line that can surprise a lot of teams. If I were in charge, I'd have this line doing some work together during training camp and into some pre-season games. If the chemistry were to work, and it might well not work, some we could see some hockey magic.
I am also very interested to see this line combination. The physical skill on this line, along with the size factor, makes it a line that could be extremely difficult for opponents to stop.
If the Dalpe/Sutter combination clicks, Jokinen could add the final ingredient on this line combination.
This line is fast, strong, and solid on defense. Dalpe has a knack for finding open spots and slashing through them to score. With Sutter and Cole working hard around the net, Dalpe might well find himself getting open shots.
I like the size and speed of this line and the defensive balance.
With Sutter's skill, this line of Boychuk/Sutter/Dalpe could be a line that creates massive problems for opponents' defenses, while being extremely solid on defense. I wonder if the same kind of chemistry Boychuk and Dalpe had when on a line with Osala would be recaptured with Sutter.
LaRose/Sutter/Dalpe: LaRose does add his brand of enthusiastic, wide open throttle approach to a skilled line and the results could be great.
LaRose/Sutter/Tlusty: This line has great speed, along with solid defensive play. It is a line I would expect to see employed at times during the regular season.
LaRose/Sutter/Boychuk: I realize the size factor really could be a hindrance; but there may be enough grit and determination in the line to work wonders. I would certainly give the line a try to see what happened.


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- Wednesday October 20th, 2010 :: 02:22 p.m. CDT
Charges filed in weekend homicide
This morning the Hennepin County Attorney's Office filed charges in this past weekend's homicide at 3013 18th Avenue South.
At 2:15 a.m. on Sunday October 17th patrol officers in the Third Precinct responded to a report of a dead person at the above address. When officers arrived they found the body of an adult male, later identified as Leo Daniel Kohorst, on a couch. Kohorst had significant trauma to his head. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner determined that Kohorst died as a result of a homicide.
Investigators from the Minneapolis Police Department's Homicide Unit were able to identify a suspect. That suspect, Adam Lee Sterling (Date of birth 4-7-1987) was taken into custody later Sunday evening and is presently in the Hennepin County Jail. As a result of that investigation and arrest this morning the Hennepin County Attorney's office charged Sterling with:
· Murder in the Second Degree (Intentional) (Felony) 609.19 Subd. 1(1); 609.11
Minneapolis Police Department homicide investigators Sergeants Robert Dale and Chris Granger worked in conjunction with the Hennepin County Attorney's Office to ensure charging in this case.
The booking photo is not yet available due to investigative needs.
Minneapolis Police Department
350 S 5th St
Minneapolis, MN 55415
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Following Hurricane Katrina, Kirk Coco contemplated how to give back to the city he loved most. He realized that the city lacked breweries, which used to be numerous in New Orleans, and he wanted to bring at least a part of that back.
NOLA Brewing Company, standing for New Orleans Lagers and Ales, took shape in 2008 with the help of Peter Caddo, who formerly worked as a brewmaster at Dixie Beer. Knowing the long history of New Orleans as one of the brewing capitals of the South only further fueled the fire to bring craft beer back to the Crescent City.
NOLA began with its flagship Blonde Ale as well as their refreshing Brown Ale, a beer light enough in body to drink in the Louisiana heat but still dark in color with plenty of malt presence. NOLA Blonde Ale was the very first ale created by the NOLA Brewing team. Originally released in March 2009 this is the most popular and widely distributed beer. NOLA Blonde is a medium-bodied traditional American blonde ale, golden in color with floral and citrus hop aromas. Available on draft and in cans!
NOLA Brown Ale was one of our first two flagship ales. This brewery favorite is a light-bodied, full flavored English dark mild ale with notes of chocolate, coffee, caramel, and nuts. High malt flavor and low hops, this is a great session beer with a 4.0%ABV and smooth finish.
Before long the company added several more beers to their mix.
Hopitoulas is an IPA named after the famous New Orleans Street on which the brewery lives: Tchopitoulas.
Hopitoulas was the third addition to our year-round beer portfolio. This 6.5%ABV ale is a West Coast style India Pale Ale that combines six malts and six hops with additional dry hopping for three weeks. It takes about a month and a half to make each batch and we think it is worth the wait. Hints of pine and citrus with a powerful, yet balanced hoppy flavor, Hopitoulas packs a punch that you won't forget. Available on draft and in 16 ounce cans.
Their summer seasonal, the Hurricane Saison, is of course named after Louisiana's notorious hurricane season.
Hurricane Saison, NOLA's Summer seasonal ale, gets its name from the Flemish word meaning "season". Brewed with five different types of malts, including un-malted raw wheat, pilsner, and aromatic malts, Hurricane Saison also contains three types of hops: Sterling, Kent Goldings, and Styrian Goldings.
Hurricane Saison is only served during the Summer months. Look for it on tap between June and September wherever NOLA is sold.
Seventh Street Wheat, made with fresh lemon basil, gets its name from the Seventh Street Wharf right outside the brewery.
7th Street Wheat started out as a summer seasonal, but cue to its popularity has made its own place in our year round ales. Named in honor of the 7th Street wharf across the street from the brewery, this filtered wheat ale is light-bodied American style with pounds of fresh lemon-basil added after fermentation. The light citrus taste with a hint of spicy herb on the back goes well with almost any seafood dish, and from what we hear, is a favorite at bars as a stand alone refreshing beer.
Irish Channel Stout is an American style stout that has sweet malt flavors of caramel and chocolate, complimented by a crisp bitterness produced by roasted barley and American Hops. It was named after the neighborhood that the brewery is located in, the Irish Channel. The complex malt bill of pale and roasted malts result in this well balanced stout that is smooth, rich, dark, and delicious! And watch out – ABV 6.8%! Due to its extreme popularity, this brew has been moved from a winter seasonal to a year-round beer.
Another standout beer for NOLA is the Mechahopzilla, an Imperial IPA that Coco admittedly did not think would fly in the Bayou State. The brewery actually lost money on the first batches of the beer. NOLA brewed enough of the extremely hops-forward beer for what they thought would last six months, but three weeks later Coco and Caddo found themselves needing to brew a second batch. The Mechahopzilla had been unleashed, and Louisiana proved thirsty for more.
Smoky Mary is NOLA's fall seasonal ale. Smoky Mary is named after the steam engine that ran on the second oldest railroad in the United States and it has been stopping people in their tracks since its release in early September 2011. We've stepped out of the boxcar and created our own take on a German Rauchbier (Smoke beer). Instead of using Beechwood, we have selected the indigenous pecan wood and smoked a munich malt in our homemade malt smoker.
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Mayor Bill Scanlon said yesterday he will "reconfigure" the Beverly Licensing Board in order to comply with a law requiring at least one Democrat and one Republican on the board.
Scanlon said he was unaware of the law until it was brought to the city's attention recently. Last month, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll had to find a Republican to fill a vacancy on the Salem board after City Councilor Todd Siegel pointed out the law.
Scanlon called the state law "archaic" and said it doesn't make much sense, "but it is a law that is in place."
The state law requires that members of local licensing boards "shall be appointed from each of the two leading political parties and the third member may also be appointed from one of said parties."
That means the three-member boards must have at least one Republican and one Democrat. Beverly's board has one Democrat, Gloucester mayoral aide James Duggan, and two unenrolled voters, attorney Richard Kelley and retired police Lt. John Roccio.
Scanlon said he is "going to have to make a modification" to the board, probably by its next meeting on Sept. 12.
In Salem, Driscoll was set to appoint Gina Flynn, an unenrolled voter, to replace longtime member John Casey when Siegel pointed out the law. Driscoll then appointed Republican Paul Flores.
"I decided just to take a look at the statute, and that's what it said," Siegel said. "It's clear as day."
Siegel said the law was probably intended to take politics out of the decisions of licensing boards, which approve liquor licenses and discipline businesses that violate rules governing the sale and serving of alcohol.
Siegel, who is a lawyer, said the law might be obscure, but it's important to comply to avoid legal challenges to decisions made by boards that are not in compliance.
"I don't want it to come back and bite us in the butt," he said.
Scanlon said the technically illegal makeup of the board should not impact past decisions if those decisions were unanimous, but he is unsure if other decisions would be subject to legal challenge.
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Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West has recruited T.I. to assist him on his upcoming Good A** Job album, which is set to drop this fall.
According to Grand Hustle's DJ Drama, T.I. traveled to West's studio to help contribute to the project.
"He just got back from Hawaii," Drama told radio personality DJ Whoo Kid during a broadcast on Saturday (July 24) referring to T.I.. "He was out there with Kanye, working on Kanye's album. [His] movie's coming out August 27th. Takers." (Radio Planet TV)
Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj is also reportedly featured on the album.
BET's Executive Vice President of Entertainment and Music Programming Stephen Hill was one of the lucky few invited to hear Mr. West's eagerly-anticipated new project. "He's got a track with Nicki Minaj that's so dope," he exclusively revealed to Rap-Up.com. "You won't believe it when you hear it." The executive has heard four cuts from the album, tentatively titled Good A** Job. "He comes back unapologetic and his performance [at the BET Awards] was stellar, absolutely stellar," he said. Hill described the direction as more reminiscent of the rapper's first three albums. "It's less like 808s & Heartbreak and more like Graduation." (Rap-Up)
Young Money's Drake recently shared his views on the rap star's forthcoming release.
"I'm very much looking forward to the Kanye West album because I need to be scared and inspired for my second joint," Drake told radio personality Funkmaster Flex. "That ['Power'] record just had to happen. Kanye's a genius and I'm super excited for the rest of the album because I've heard some things that people haven't heard." ("Sucker Free")
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Young Tosh reflects on father's work
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Andrew Tosh got the assignment every relative dreads. He was summoned to the morgue to identify his father, reggae star Peter Tosh.
The singer had been shot and killed on September 11 at his St Andrew home. It was a morbid moment his son says he will never forget.
"It was super-emotional," Tosh, 45, told the Jamaica Observer this week.
On Monday, the singer recalls his father's legacy as headliner for the 25th Memorial Salute show at Bourbon Beach in Negril, Westmoreland, the parish where Peter Tosh was born in 1944.
On September 11, as the United States commemorates the anniversary of terrorist attacks that killed thousands at the World Trade Center in New York City, Andrew Tosh, his family and admirers, will remember a man who was, arguably, reggae's most controversial figure.
"I'm 150 per cent in gear to keep his legacy alive. Peter was no ordinary man, he was a writer with a lot of depth," said Tosh.
A founding member of the Wailers group along with Bob Marley and Neville 'Bunny Wailer' Livingston, Peter Tosh won thousands of admirers for his outspoken stance on issues like legalisation of marijuana and black majority rule in Africa.
His views helped drive the Legalize It and Equal Rights albums, regarded among the great statement pieces in pop music. Tosh, radio disc jockey/music producer Jeff 'Free I' Dixon, and friend Doc Brown were murdered by gunmen on the evening of September 11, 1987.
Other persons in the singer's inner circle, including his girlfriend Marlene Brown and drummer Carlton 'Santa' Davis, were injured in the incident. It is a night Andrew Tosh remembers vividly.
"I was at a dance on Hagley Park Road (in St Andrew) when I heard about it. It was a shock," he recalled.
Andrew Tosh says he had last seen his father one month earlier.
Though he gained a reputation for knocking the system, Tosh's music has endured, largely through re-issue of his albums. Last year, Legacy Recordings released deluxe editions of Legalize It and Equal Rights which were originally distributed in the 1970s by its parent company, Columbia Records.
A Tosh movie, driven by his friend Lee Jaffe and Oscar-winning director Kevin MacDonald, is in the pipeline. In Jamaica, where Tosh had several clashes with authorities, he will be honoured with the Order of Merit.
Andrew Tosh believes the OM is a sign his father is finally been accepted in his homeland.
"For the Government to identify him with the OM, shows he's getting there when it comes to respect," he said.
The younger Tosh is also a singer/songwriter who has recorded seven albums which include two cover tributes to his father's work. His latest, What a Gwaan, is scheduled to be released in October.
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How art helps build communities, economies
Inlet, NY, Sep 22, 2010 — The Adirondack North Country Association's annual meeting at Great Camp Sagamore Thursday will focus on arts, cultural and historical groups as economic engines in the region. Small business owners, community leaders, and arts and cultural non-profits will share how their work is building communities and local economies. Todd Moe spoke with ANCA executive director Kate Fish and consulting crafts program coordinator Nadia Korths about digging deep into the issue of the arts and economic growth. Go to full article
Arts and the healing process
Inlet, NY, Sep 10, 2009 — The annual Arts and Healing Retreat for Women has expanded to include two events in the Adirondacks this fall. Todd Moe has a preview. Go to full article
Preview: Out in the Adirondacks
Inlet, NY, Aug 19, 2009 — Steve Hayes is obsessed with some of the stars of the classic movie era of the 40s and 50s. The actor/comedian starred in the movie Trick, and won Outstanding Actor at the International New York Fringe Theatre Festival in 2006. You can catch Steve this Friday night at Great Camp Sagamore in a performance of Hollywood Reunion - an autobiographical work. He is also the host for "Out in the Adirondacks," a weekend of arts and the outdoors for the GLBT community and friends. Todd Moe asked Steve Hayes about the story behind Hollywood Reunion. Go to full article
Remembering Paul Malo's passion for preservation
Aug 07, 2008 — The North Country lost one of its most influential voices for history and preservation this summer. Paul Malo, architect, author and advocate for all things historic and special in the Thousand Islands and the Adirondacks passed away last month in Granby, New York. He was 78. For many years, Malo discovered and documented some of the hidden treasures in the region, from Thousand Island Park on Wellesley Island to Sagamore, an Adirondack great camp. Todd Moe has this remembrance. Go to full article
Arts and healing retreat enters 10th season
May 29, 2008 — The Adirondack Arts and Healing Retreat begins its tenth season this summer. The annual gathering at Great Camp Sagamore for women with cancer and chronic illness uses music, visual arts, yoga, writing, storytelling and nature walks to help women deal with their disease. Women at the Arts and Healing retreat say the rural setting of Great Camp Sagamore helps them slow down and focus. There are two retreats this summer, in July and September. Retreat co-founder and storyteller Fran Yardley tells Todd Moe that this year also marks a new chapter; the organization has a new name, "Creative Healing Connections, Inc." and a website. For more information, call Fran at 518-359-9324, or Sagamore at 315-354-5311. Go to full article
North Country's Cold War history revived at Sagamore
by Brian Mann
Jan 16, 2007 — A Hollywood film now in theaters puts the North Country squarely in the middle of America's Cold War history. Deer Island, in the Thousand Islands, was used as a secretive retreat by Yale University and by an exclusive club called the Skull and Bones Society. According to "The Good Shepherd," a new film by Robert DeNiro, members of the Skull and Bones drafted the blueprint for the modern CIA. "The Good Shepherd" was filmed in 2005 at Sagamore, the great camp in the Adirondacks once owned by the Vanderbilts. Brian Mann spoke about the project with Beverly Bridger, the executive director at Sagamore, and with associate director Michael Wilson. Go to full article
All Before Five: 11/17/05
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Nov 17, 2005 — Town officials respond to a lawsuit against Walmart in Potsdam. A conversation with the master of the social message soap opera. And a great camp caretaker. Go to full article
Sagamore Hosts Hollywood Celebs
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Sep 14, 2005 — A historic landmark in the Adirondacks served as the backdrop for a major motion picture last week when part of the upcoming feature "The Good Shepherd," starring Robert DeNiro and Matt Damon, was filmed at the Great Camp Sagamore. As Chris Knight reports, several local motels and hotels were booked with cast and crew from the production. Go to full article
People, Places, Things: Camp Sagamore Caretaker Bob Heinsler
Sep 09, 2005 — Every so often during The 8 O'Clock Hour, we'll introduce you to a North Country resident. It could be your neighbor or a friend--someone with an odd job or a story to tell. Today, we meet a man who is the caretaker of one of the grandest of the Adirondack great camps. Bob Heinsler is the superintendent at Great Camp Sagamore, near Raquette Lake. He's one of the behind-the-scenes heroes of the Great Camps. For the last 20 years, Heinsler's job has been maintaining and restoring a complex of 27 buildings, deep in the woods. All of them a century old. He gave Todd Moe a tour of some of his favorite places at Sagamore. Go to full article
Preview: Arts in Healing Weekend at Sagamore
Jun 25, 2004 — The 6th annual Adirondack Arts in Healing Weekend at Great Camp Sagamore near Raquette Lake will be September 17th - 19th. It's a weekend of music, stories and nature walks for women with cancer and chronic illnesses. Todd Moe previews this year's retreat with organizer Fran Yardley. For more information, call 518-359-9324 or 315-354-5311. Go to full article


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Missing section of Mountains to Sea Trail gets shorterWritten by Becky Johnson
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Volunteers continue knocking out a new section of the Mountains to Sea Trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waterrock Knob.
Working under the tutelage of trail builders with the Carolina Mountain Club, who have spent years tackling a missing section of the Mountains to Sea Trail from Cherokee to Waynesville, several first-timers turned out during National Trails Day and helped punch another 800 feet of trail through dense woods.
"When you walk on a trail you've helped to build you see how everyone contributes a little and doesn't think it's much. But when you see what lots of hands can do … you really see what can be accomplished," said Piet Bodenhorst, a crew leader with Carolina Mountain Club.
The work can be hard labor, but there are jobs for anyone wishing to lend a hand. The oldest volunteer with the regular volunteer crew is 86, and the majority are retirees.
"I've lost weight, my health is better, and I feel better getting out and working every day," Bodenhorst said with a grin. He added, "We like to say 'Come out with the Carolina Mountain Club, and we'll keep you going for 10 more years."
The myriad life skills are invaluable team effort involved in trail building challenges, from uprooting tree roots to dislodging boulders to skirting trenches.
"Electricians approach a problem differently from a dentist, but they both have different ways of solving problems. Everyone has something valuable to offer," Bodenhorst said.
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Matt Damon: Obama Isn't 'Someone Like FDR'
Time's Ten Questions to Matt Damon beat around the bush about Damon's disappointment with President Obama as he's failed to deliver for the teachers' unions, but when asked what kind of leader America needs, Damon suggested "someone like FDR," and not like Obama. They didn't discuss the Education Secretary offering to meet the celebrity at the airport.
This has to be especially embarrassing for Time, since many people remember their fawning Obama-as-FDR cover.
At the Save Our Schools rally in Washington, you made comments defending teachers that received a lot of attention.
My mother is a professor of early-childhood education. At the rally, I just wanted to boost teachers' morale because they've been taking a real beating. How many young people are not going into teaching who would have if there was more prestige or if public treatment of teachers was better?
You've been critical of President Obama recently. What kind of leader do we need?
Somebody who believes that building a strong, solid, educated middle class is ultimately the best thing for America. Someone like FDR. There's a misconception that leaders lead. They don't. They follow. Every great movement has come from the bottom up.
Damon's declined the wish of Michael Moore to run against Obama in 2012. "I would never give up this great job that I have; I love making movies; it is way more fun than being a politician," he explained. "It's what I've spent my adult life doing and it's what I'm good at. It's what I like, so I'll hang here."
Moore told a panel of bloggers "I think that [Matt Damon] has been very courageous in not caring about who he offends by saying the things that need to be said here, and if you want to win, the Republicans have certainly shown the way — that when you run someone who is popular, you win," he said. "Sometimes even when you run an actor, you win. And I guess I only throw his name out there because I'd like us to start thinking that way."
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No, he isn't someone like FDR.
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:04am.
He's someone like Jimmy Carter.
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Snuffy on GMA
Submitted by HelenS on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:21am.
Georgie Snuffynopolous is dedicated to stupidity. He's interviewing Karl Rove right now and showed a picture of Perry, Romney and Bachman. Perry had 40%, Romney 20%, and Bachman 4%.
George translated that into the idea that "Perry has the strongest chance of beating Obama." Which, unless I'm actually the dummy in the house, is not quite what those numbers mean.
I think anyone, even a coke can (to quote someone) could beat him.
I believe these numbers actually show that Perry has a huge and enthusiastic following and has the strongest chance of beating the other Republicans in the race. At this point, I am starting to think that Obama is just incidental to the conversation.
P.S. sorry if this was off-topic. I just needed an outlet for my disgust at the constant diet of blather and hot-air. ...Oh look, an off button on the remote!
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
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Here's what George should have said,
Submitted by WhoIsJohnGalt on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 8:01am.
"Perry has the strongest chance of becoming the one to beat Obama".
I think that if nominated, a ham sandwich will beat Obama in 2012.
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Hollywood Elites are Dumb Inbreds
Submitted by ChrisNH on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:22am.
After all their chest-thumping and flag-waving for OBAMO, many people who work in the movie business must surely be connecting these dots:
1.) Liberalism = anti-private-sector
2.) People without jobs have less discretionary income (or none at all)
3.) These people put 'Going To See a Movie' at the bottom of their list
4.) Hollywood Libs panic that box office receipts are plummeting
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What's fascinating
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:55am.
is why Hollyweird DOESN'T get it. Even in hard times, people still go to the movies. Studies have shown that the escapism a movie can provide is a strong outlet in difficult times. So Hollyweird is almost as insular as DC when it comes to economic downtimes.
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Submitted by well99 on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:07am.
Sorry but his acting skills aint all that.His best movie was this one.
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Cult classic
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:18am.
That movie was hilarious, if not for a couple of really bad scenes, but that's Parker and Stone for ya.
When I followed the link, there was a "related video" on the side that showed a live version of South Park. OMGawd, that was funny, but a little disturbing!
As for Damon himself, I don't think much of him, any movie with him on, I flip the channel or generally avoid.
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It's going to be interesting
Submitted by Van Halen on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:37am.
It's going to be interesting to see how the Left evolves over the next 12 months as more of them realize what an awful mistake they made and absolutely none of them (so far) realize why. The question is whether the Left leadership will force Obama out of running in 2012.
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The left simply cannot abandon Obama
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:41am.
because that would be racist. They have defined it.
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The buck stops somewhere else
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:51am.
First, it's not Obama's fault that he is a dismal failure, the blame must be placed squarely elsewhere.
Second, the left has all the correct ideas for running the country/world, they just don't have enough funding, plus, stupid people (conservatives), are holding them back and throwing up roadblocks.
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Obama is very much like...
Submitted by Bhaal on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:48am.
The best snake oil salesman ever. He sold a majority of people a bottle of hope and change. When the bottle was opened the hope escaped and left only the change.
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When Time wants to educate
Submitted by dr-go on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:51am.
us slopeheads on political issues what better way to do so than go to Hollywood? The cerebral celebrities there are so sage and balanced in their thoughts!
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Hey, don't forget:
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 8:03am.
Damon is the progeny of PROFESSORS! And one of 'em is a professor of EDUCATION!!
Why, he's so highly educated from birth that he can't even understand the difference between state-funded and federally-funded programs. Or that "good for the country" doesn't equate with "federal government should pay for it".
Stick with acting, Matt: at least you pretend well.
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What a maroon, as Bugs Bunny used to say.
Submitted by WhoIsJohnGalt on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 8:06am.
"There's a misconception that leaders lead. They don't. They follow. Every great movement has come from the bottom up."
How 'bout that...Damon has figured out what no one else could; that leaders don't lead! What a genius...how could we all have missed that? All those books about leadership, and those successful people who were great leaders...all crap! Thanks, Matt, we can see how having a perfesser for a Mom has really paid off with you!
But then again, he's right in one sense, Obama doesn't lead...except from behind.
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A misconception?!
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 9:30am.
DAMON: "There's a misconception that leaders lead. They don't. They follow."
No, Junior. We call those people followers.
When mouthpieces on the Left are 180-out on the understanding of basic words like leader, it's a cinch they're not going to understand more complex concepts like balanced budgets and Constitutional principles.
"There's a misconception that actors act. They don't. They whine."
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The Stupid leading
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 9:42am.
the blind. We need to boycott this moron's movies. He's too full of himself and he needs to be corrected.
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If acting is what you're good at (questionable)
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 9:40am.
then shut your pie hole that you open every chance you have which influences the sheeple.
You admit lack of skill in politics and preference for a life of fantasy, then take your own advice and get out of the public political eye.
We really don't need another fool and you're a moron sharing their "wisdom".
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Really? Someone like
Submitted by Snappy on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 12:19pm.
Really? Someone like FDR?
"All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management. The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations. The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress. Accordingly, administrative officials and employees alike are governed and guided, and in many instances restricted, by laws which establish policies, procedures, or rules in personnel matters."
An excerpt from FDR communication with then President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, August 16, 1937.
Good for you Matt, and your unintentional insight.
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Matt Damon
Submitted by azgal602 on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 1:25pm.
has tunnel vision, the only thing he cares about in the country is "the teacher's union" and what the government can do for them. He is a one horse whatever........He should apologize for even voting. This is what's wrong with the Hollyweird sect, they are so damn stupid they don't research anything. They focus on one item and go from there. This person in the WH is only president to half the population in the US. He is the most divisive person we have ever had......cannot wait until we get this socialist out of office........he is more a racist than anyone I have ever seen.
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the vote
Submitted by azgal602 on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 1:27pm.
I bet if you took a vote on who voted for McCain or Obummer you would find that McCain won in a landslide........I don't know of anyone who admits voting for this idiot........except maybe Damon
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Obama is no FDR, no Lincoln, no Reagan. He's Zero.
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 8:55pm.
As pointed out so excellently, he is zero growth, zero jobs, zero impact.
My father always called FDR Franklin "Doublecrossing" Roosevelt. For years, I didn't know the D stood for Delano. Surprised and amused my 4th grade history teacher, Sister Catherine, when she asked me what FDR meant. I can still remember her laugh and her gentle correction.
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Negotiations have been completed which will allow Hollywood, FL-based Tracoman to take over as the new North American distributor for Coemar of Italy. Parties from Tracoman, The Obie Company (former Coemar rep), and Coemar have agreed to terms; Westsun, The Obie Company's parent company, and Obie will continue to support the Coemar line as dealers for Tracoman.
Tracoman has been recently reformed to include Gerard Cohen as president and Marcel Fairbairn as vice president. In addition, Nick Freed and Robert Mokry will handle sales of the Coemar line and Abstract Lighting products. Tracoman also handles Bubble outdoor enclosures and Mobiltech Stands from France.
The move is "a new beginning for an old name in the automated lighting business," says Fairbairn, "I applaud the efforts of The Obie Company in getting the product accepted thus far, and look forward to the challenge of taking it to the next level."