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Succeeding in a fixed installation that provides a major upgrade to the quality of its networked audio, London nightclub Fabric has chosen to upgrade its three legendary dance rooms with BSS Audio Soundweb London devices. The system was sold through Harmanâs UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd.
âThe original Soundweb devices gave us great service but we realized that the available technology had become far more advanced. Processing speed is a lot faster, and the new devices have a much greater capacity,â? stated Sanjeev Bhardwaj, head of technology for Fabric.
The new system consists of a BLU-160 and pair of BLU-120 devices in the two main rooms along with a pair of BLU-BOB output boxes, and a BLU-160 and single BLU-120 in the third room. All three rooms are fitted with password-protected BLU-10 programmable touch screen remotes for local control.
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It's a split forecast today across the state...southern Kentucky has been seeing rain showers through the morning and will continue into the early to mid afternoon with temperatures in the 70s. While Central and Northern Kentucky are having dry conditions and temperatures nearing 90! Tonight we dry out with lows in the upper 60s. Tomorrow will be mostly dry with temperatures in the upper 80s and partly cloudy skies. By Thursday shower and storm chances will be on the increase through the end of the week with temperatures dropping off to the low 80s.
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Residents jump from burning apartment building in Detroit
Updated On: Nov 21 2013 05:14:54 PM EST
Residents of an apartment building on Detroit's west side could be seen jumping from the second floor of the building to escape the burning building.
The fire at 18250 Weaver Street - near the Southfield Freeway - broke out just after 8 a.m. Thursday morning.
The 2 alarm fire started on the second floor and quickly spread to the third floor of the building.
Three people jumped to safety - but were not hurt. Two people suffered minor injuries from broken glass.
Detroit firefighters evacuated approximately 20 people from the apartment building while battling flames at the same time.
The American Red Cross was on scene with busses to help keep the displaced residents warm.
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TDR program dies Tuesday
A long-debated land-use program is dead before it fully went into effect in Stafford County.
The transfer-of-development rights pilot program was designed to reduce building in the rural Brooke area while increasing growth in the Courthouse area. The program had been approved in February, but it was missing a critical component—maps of the areas involved—that would have actually allowed it to work.
The Stafford Board of Supervisors took up a "housecleaning" item Tuesday evening that could have also expanded the program, but instead, the board killed it.
"There is no appetite here besides my own to expand," said Aquia Supervisor Paul Milde, a longtime advocate for TDR. "The only option even viable right now is a housecleaning item for what we originally passed. It keeps TDR exactly as envisioned."
That failed on a 3-4 vote, with Milde and Supervisors Bob Thomas and Jack Cavalier supporting the TDR program. Supervisors Susan Stimpson, Cord Sterling, Gary Snellings and Ty Schieber voted against.
On Tuesday, the board considered adding the map needed to make the program usable. They also considered expanding the eligible lands in the eastern part of the county from which development rights could be "sent" and the "receiving" area of those rights around the Courthouse. The TDR program would not have changed the total number of houses that could be built, just the locations. Those transfers would not have been subject to public hearings or the county's design guidelines.
That led Sterling Tuesday to propose deferring adoption of the program until next July, after the General Assembly addresses one of the county's legislative requests to require TDR development to comply with architectural standards. Sterling had also asked in September to defer.
But Stimpson again said it was time to vote on the program that she has long opposed. "We talk about how this is going to preserve land, but there's no guarantee the way it's written now," she said.
She said the ordinance would have allowed landowners or developers of large tracts to transfer development rights and secure a conservation easement on acreage where construction could be difficult, while still developing the buildable land. "It's such an egregious loophole," she said, "that it benefits the very developers or investment owners that have the property that they can't build in anyway."
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In Salzburg you will experience the most beautiful Concerts in imposing venues.
The genius Mozart is ever-present in his city of birth - experience Mozart Concerts live during your Salzburg vacation/holiday
No matter what time of the year that you are spending your vacation/holiday in Salzburg, you always have a wide selection of Concerts to choose from.
The Salzburg Fortress Concerts, a music festival for friends of Mozart and Chamber music, are a very special highlight.
Fortress Concerts Mirabell Palace Concerts Mozart Dinner Concerts
Since more than 10 years the Mozart Dinner Concert has taken place nearly every day at Stiftskeller St. Peter and became a fixed and famous part of Salzburg's musical events.
This success has a very good reason: The Mozart Dinner Concert is more than just a concert - it is real and authentic.
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BAMAKO, Mali — A spokesman for Mali's ministry in charge of security confirmed that a terrorist sleeper cell belonging to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa was discovered in the Malian capital, and dismantled.
Sougalo Togola, press officer for the Ministry of Internal Security, said Tuesday the members of the cell were arrested over one month ago. The information was confirmed by an intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. "There was indeed a MUJAO cell in Bamako and it's been dismantled," he said.
Photographs of the seven suspects were published Tuesday on Maliweb, a news portal which often publishes messages from the military. All seven have the last name "Diallo," indicating they're from the Peul ethnic group.


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Look down any street, in any Wichita neighborhood, and more than likely, you will find at least one home that is a prime target for burglars.
On average, 4,000 burglaries occur in Wichita every year. Nearly 75% of them happen in homes.
"Over a 20 year period, everyone is likely to have at least one burglary in their house," said Lt. Barry Von Fange, Wichita Police.
"A common way for burglars to get into most houses, is through doors," said Lt. Von Fange.
The front door is most common.
If it is unlocked, they will walk right on in.
If it is locked, they will more than likely kick it in.
If that does not work, they will enter through a window. Burglars will do anything to get them inside, to be able to take off with your stuff.
"The number one item that burglars are looking for, is the new thin screen tvs," said Lt. Von Fange.
Sitting next to tvs, are the second most commonly taken items, game consoles.
"The third most common things that are taken are laptop computers," said Lt. Von Fange.
Not only are they small and easy to carry, but they are usually sitting in easily accessible spots like coffee tables and sofas.
"The fourth thing we're seeing now very often, and some houses are targeted for, is jewelry," said Lt. Von Fange.
They are not looking for costume jewelry, but the gold and silver pieces that can easily be re-sold for hundreds of dollars.
Even though it is your home, police say it is important to protect all your belongings.
"You should have a special hiding place, so someone doesn't just walk in your house and open up your jewelry box and pick out your wedding ring, or something that your grandmother gave you that you cannot replace," said Lt. Von Fange.
When it comes to tools, electronics and other small items, it is best to leave your mark on them, by engraving your driver's license number next to the serial number.
"If you have time, photograph it, and on the back, write the information there," said Lt. Von Fange.
Most important, make sure all windows and doors are secure.
"What we see a lot of the time, is that the door strike plate is secured by screws that are only about a half inch long," said Lt. Von Fange.
Small screws makes it easier for a door to be kicked in.
"The idea is that the screw goes all the way back to the rough framed 2x4 that's a part of the whole door frame," said Lt. Von Fange. "If you have glass, it's best to have it at the top of the door, because it's really hard to reach down that far to reach the lock."
Finally, leave your porch light on when it is dark, and watch out for your neighbors.
"When something's not normal, and you have a gut feeling something's wrong, call the police," said Lt. Von Fange.


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Button 'disappointed' by tyre change
19 April 2013 – Jenson Button says he is slightly disappointed by Pirelli's decision to modify its tyre compound allocation for the Bahrain Grand Prix, with the Italian manufacturer swapping its short-lasting Soft rubber in favour of the more durable Medium.
Button reckons the choice, which is said to have been made after Malaysia and not in direct response to the high degradation levels witnessed at Shanghai, will reduce the possibilities McLaren has in terms of putting together a unique race strategy.
"It is a bit disappointing - the Soft would have been nice," Button told Sky Sports. "Where we are at the minute, we try to do different things with the strategy and that is what is getting us points at the minute - perhaps more points than the car deserves. We will make the best of it, it is so hot here, so it is still not going to be easy on the tyres and that is good for us."
At the Chinese Grand Prix, Button finished fifth by starting the race on the harder, Medium compound rubber before switching to the Soft tyre in the closing stages.


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Click above for a high res gallery of the finalistsIt seems everyone has a car of the year award to give out from the perpetual (and perpetually controversial) Motor Trend version to the North American COTY named at the Detroit Auto Show. This morning at the New York Auto Show, the one and only ...


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What is a Free Tracfone Airtime Code?
There are two Tracfone airtime codes.
One is a 15 digit number. You will always have to pay for these codes. The 15 digit code will be on a Tracfone Minute Card. It will be on the back of the card and under a scratch off. This is much like the number on Lottery ticket.
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The free code will be a 5 digit bonus code. This is the bonus code you will put in as you are putting in the 15 digit code. This will add from 20 to 350 free minutes to your Tracfone. There are several places to get them. The best place I have found to get Free Tracfone Airtime Codes.
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Many of the bonus codes will only work once on a particular phone. Some will only work once per two months. Tracfone does not disclose much information about the codes when they release them so after you have used a code on your phone it is trial and error to see if a code will work again.
What is DMFL
DMFL stands for Double MInutes for lIfe on a phone. When your phone has this you will always get twice the number of minutes that is stated on the phone card. To convert any phone to DMFL will cost about $50 but you can often purchase a DMFL phone for $20.
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At Tracfone.com you can purchase phone cards that come with a free phone. A couple of these cards come with a DMFL phone. These are always the best deal. I do not recommend buying or adding minutes to a Tracfone that is not a DMFL phone.
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I have always recommended buying two DMFL phones at a time.
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- Spare card to add when you run out of service time or minutes
- Sometimes buying two at a time will save you paying for shipping.
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This purchase code gets you a discount when buying from the Tracfone website. Get $3 off with Purchase code 23444. Tracfone has always had bonus codes for getting deals on minutes. This is the first Purchase discount code I have seen.
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Jim Herman left a few out on the table on Saturday. He just hopes the cupboard is full late tomorrow afternoon at Crestview Country Club. Despite strong, gusting winds and temperatures soaring into the upper 90s, Herman, still motivated by his poor play at last week's U.S. Open, forged a three-under-par 68 on Saturday that allowed him to maintain a two-stroke advantage over first-round leader Casey Wittenberg through three rounds of the 2012 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open.
Herman, the overnight leader in the event, is currently just outside The 25 on the 2012 official Nationwide Tour money list at No. 28. He didn't make his first birdie in Round 3 until sinking a 20-foot putt at the par-4 5th hole. However, he three-putted from 70 feet for bogey at the par-3 8th hole to record his only blemish of the week that ended a bogey-free run on the Nationwide Tour at 50 consecutive holes dating back to the final round of The Rex Hospital Open.
"I stayed in San Francisco with my family and friends after missing the cut last week because we had rented a house through Sunday. We went sightseeing on Saturday and I really didn't want to do that. I finally went back out to the golf course on Sunday and that just made me madder for the way I played there at Olympic the first two days (10-over). Now I know why players leave a tournament after they miss a cut," Herman said. "I came here to Wichita with a purpose and so far this week, I'm playing much better."
Herman, 34, felt that even though he's playing well, he left a few birdies on the course today.
"You really need to take advantage of those early holes here at Crestview and I didn't do that. I also didn't birdie the par-5 14th and you feel like you're giving at least one back to the field when you don't make birdie there," Herman said. "I'm in good shape and I've won before at this level so I know I can do it. It's just a matter of going out and executing tomorrow."
Wittenberg, meanwhile, is trying to become the first two-time winner on the Nationwide Tour this year and his 67 today included five birdies on the back nine. He was fortunate to make only a bogey at the par-4 7th hole when an errant drive ended up against a fence and forced him to take a penalty for an unplayable lie. Earlier this year, Wittenberg cruised to an eight-shot win at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open.
"The course played very hard today. I made just one mistake and that was a pushed ball at the 7th hole. I knew the back nine was much easier than the front so I turned the corner and just put my head down to try to get myself in position for tomorrow," Wittenberg said. "I'm very aware of where I am and there's a long way to go. I know I have to go out there and play good golf if I hope to win."
Justin Hicks, who began the day in a tie for 25th made a big move early in the round, jumping 22 spots into an eventual tie for third with Jason Gore after posting a bogey-free 6-under 65 in the breezy conditions. Hicks' round proved to be the low score of the field on Saturday. Hicks needed only 24 putts to streak up the leaderboard, his round highlighted by birdies on four of his final five holes. He made a 12-footer at the raucous par-3 17th, one of only nine birdies made on the hole that maintains its reputation for a party-like atmosphere as this event. He was also one of only two players to birdie the par-4 6th hole, sinking a 25-foot putt.
"We saw two days of weather on Tuesday and Wednesday with a very similar wind. It was playing pretty tough and I just tried to keep it in play the best way possible and stay patient," Hicks said. "I worked hard on my putting yesterday and actually made a slight change in the loft. It seemed like the putter was rolling the ball a lot better and I think I saw signs of that today."
Gore got off to a good start today with birdies on the first two holes, however, he played his other 16 holes in just one-under for 68. The Nationwide Tour's all-time victory leader is searching for his eighth career title on the circuit and first since the 2010 Miccosukee Championship.
Third-Round Notes
This marks the first time in his Nationwide Tour career that Jim Herman has held sole possession of the 54-hole lead. When he won the 2010 Moonah Classic in Australia, Herman was tied with Chris Kirk for the top spot through three rounds.
Third-round leaders/co-leaders have gone on to win this event seven times in the 19 years the event went 72 holes. Last year, Matthew Goggin (-16) led Troy Kelly and Kyle Thompson by one stroke after three rounds and went on to win the PHS Wichita Open by one over Thompson. 54-hole leaders/co-leaders have won seven of the previous 11 events on the 2012 Nationwide Tour, including Lee Williams at the recent Mexico Open.
Winners on the 2012 Nationwide Tour have also come out of the final grouping on Sunday seven times in 11 tournaments. Hudson Swafford was the furthest back when he won the Stadion Classic at UGA, playing in the 10th to last grouping on Sunday in Athens and coming from five strokes back for victory.
Luke List, currently ranked second on The 25 official money list this year, continues to climb the leaderboard. A winner earlier this year at the South Georgia Classic, List was T94 after posting a 71 in the opening round at Crestview. His 64 on Friday jumped him up into a T15 and a 68 today moved him into a T6.
Open qualifier Chad Collins, a two-time winner on the Nationwide Tour, aced the par-3 12th hole today with a 5-iron shot from 193 yards. It was the first hole-in-one at the PHS Wichita Open since 2005 and the 11th in tournament history. Collins' ace was also the 13th hole-in-one on the 2012 Nationwide Tour. It was his sixth career ace and his second in competition on the Nationwide Tour. In his rookie season on the Nationwide Tour in 2005, Collins made a hole-in-one in the first round of the 2005 Alberta Classic in Canada.
"It's my sixth hole in one and oddly enough, I haven't seen half of them go in. I didn't see this one go in but I knew something had happened when I heard the roar. My last ace in competition on the Nationwide Tour came in my rookie year in Calgary. I think I used a 5-iron for that one as well. The ace today came at a good time."
-- Chad Collins
The 25 are well represented in the final five groupings tomorrow with six players among that group included – Darron Stiles (16)/204, Joseph Bramlett (18)/203, Hudson Swafford (11)/203, Luke List (2)/203, Justin Hicks (17)/201, Casey Wittenberg (10).
Scoring Averages:
Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative
Thursday 35.045 34.840 69.885 --
Friday 35.160 34.609 69.769 69.827
Saturday 35.938 35.231 71.169 70.058
Last year's cumulative stroke average through the first 54 holes was 70.202.
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A doctor at University Hospital in Ann Arbor has used part of a woman's shoulder blade to reconstruct her voice box.
The Detroit Free Press reports Wednesday that the 16-hour surgery on Sherry Wittenberg took place in March 2010. A photo taken inside Wittenberg's voice box is on the cover of this month's issue of Laryngoscope, a journal for throat doctors.
The newspaper reports other surgeons have used part of the sternum for transplants.
Wittenberg was diagnosed with a rare, slow-growing cancer in a ring of cartilage that supported her voice box. The 59-year-old who works in the Jackson area had been told she would need to have her larynx removed, causing her to lose her voice.
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I have been doing this work for about 7 years now. I have been working with all different types of cases. What I know is that I see way more rights for People who committ violent crimes than I actually do for the ones they victimize.
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Can anyone please give me a reason why our juvenile systems around the united state get rid of important information.
The other day a friend of mine and I had been working on a Doe Case together, and we try to update each other on what we have found frequently. I got a call from her and as we were going through the information on this particular…Continue
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Today I was speaking to a friend on the phone about a specific Missing persons case, and I had been thinking about this for such a long time now. As we were talking I said why dont we have a place out there for Missing persons cases that the police wouldnt accept as being a missing person for whatever reason they might have.
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I realized yesterday that I must go backwards at times to go forwards at times. I realized that sometimes out of just needing to remember I have so much more to look forward to now than I did in the past. I need to remember it also for the lessons it has taught me and to feel that pain once in a while that makes me know how blessed I am when the good times roll.
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I was sitting in the living room having a discussion with my Husband today, and I was remembering a case that was in the 1990's of a couple of young missionaries who had been out on there regular visits to some of thier potential church members. It just so happened that the church member was a younger female in her late 20's early 30's somewhere around that age. I remember that they said she had gotten quite a fixation on one of the missionaries and… Continue
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Since she was 8 years old My Step Daughter had been being molested by her Step Grandfather, my husbands Step Father. We were just able to find out the information upon our daughters return to us and after my husband had to fly to Maryland to retrieve our other two boys....very sad and long story. She had said that she had been being assaulted for a long time, as a matter of fact fromthe time her dad would go to work untile he would return home, almost… Continue
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Hi my dear dear family and friends. I am not really missing I am so much happier now since I have moved. I have such peace that I can not begin to tell you. This is going to be short and sweet because I am still trying to figure out this new internet service and am kind of upset at it right now. Its only a couple of hours old, but once I get it figured out then I will be back in business for sure. I want you all to know you are so very loved and… Continue
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NEW YORK — Police believe that a cleaning woman who vanished from a Manhattan high-rise may be dead, that her body was dumped in the trash and that she could turn up in a Pennsylvania landfill.
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ROANOKE, Va. — A college student played dead to escape a family shooting by his father, who killed the other son and their mother before setting their house on fire and taking his own life, investigators said Monday.
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I guess I wasn't going to do so much today, boy did I lie. I am a bit upset this morning as I am going through the Medical Examiners cases in many states. I am frusterated. I got to thinking how in the world do we consider the swine flu an epedimic and we don't consider missing person one, or Unidentified Homicides as one? Please will you answer that for me!
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Develop with Choice By Alan Joch Developers want—and need—more choice than ever. From shopping cart applications to Web 2.0, from SOA to the database, from .NET to Java, programmers face increasing challenges in an increasingly diverse workplace. See how Oracle provides the tools and options that let developers focus on the high-value tasks that increase their organizations' efficiency and productivity.
Journey to the Center of Fusion By David A. Kelly Many companies grew using an ad hoc software stack, in which patchworked systems often didn't work optimally. Oracle's remedy: a portfolio of standards-based products and services that supports service-oriented architecture. It's called Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Step Into Windows By David Baum With powerful clustering technologies, inexpensive hardware, and a choice of operating systems, companies can reach their competitive and business goals. See how two enterprises team Oracle software with the Microsoft Windows operating system to achieve success.
From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. Tooling Around By Tom Haunert AT ORACLE Events Find out about current and upcoming industry events. Oracle Resources Your guide to Oracle's broadband, education, and consulting offerings, and more OTN Community Bulletin Learn what's happening with Oracle's most dynamic online community. Oracle News Briefs Oracle News With a broader testing pool, the Oracle Database Beta Program is bigger and better than ever. Commitment Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International works to preserve a threatened gorilla population. CHANNELS Partner News MphasiS, Unisys, Emulex, Mythics, Amazing USA, Baytree Associates, Business Technology Services, DAZ Systems, Solbourne, Syntax.net, and Tier1 Innovations plus Book Beat Peer-to-Peer Peter Koletzke, Lonneke Dikmans, Harshad Oak
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After one of a group of five parachutists decided not to jump from the helicopter, he failed to deactivate a safety device designed to open his reserve parachute at a preset altitude. As the helicopter descended through approximately 1,000 feet AGL, the reserve opened automatically and the parachutist was pulled from the helicopter. The parachute snagged on the skids of the helicopter and did not inflate fully. The parachutist was injured during his subsequent hard landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
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Linux on the PowerPC
Summary: LinuxPPC finally ships its new, improved Linux OS for the Mac, LinuxPPC 1999.
Originally named Release 5, LinuxPPC 1999 was expected to ship in January but was delayed while the company added improvements and new software to the bundle. "We had planned to ship LinuxPPC 1999 sooner but we wanted it to work well and added applications as they came out," said company President Jeff Carr.
LinuxPPC 1999 costs $32 and is available on the company's Web site and also via CD-ROM. A user guide is scheduled to be posted Wednesday on the company's Web site.
A slight bug at the start
LinuxPPC Marketing Director Jason Haas said Tuesday that the company found a AutoStart bug on the CD-ROM that some users received and that disc is no longer shipping, even though the bug cannot spread to users' systems. "We are producing another, clean disc with LinuxPPC 1999 on it and that disc will be available within 10 days," Haas said.
The new installer in LinuxPPC 1999 makes it easier for users to install the operating system, Carr said, and a built-in upgrade feature will lets users connect to LinuxPPC's Web server and download future versions. The company said the installer from Red Hat Inc. is also still available.
Various desktop systems and user interfaces are included with this version, which uses the Linux 2.2 kernel. Advanced graphical interface software in this version allow users to install and work with themes. Users can now make a Linux box look like a Mac and can make the windows look as if they are made from stone or wood, and the company said the user interface runs much faster that the one in LinuxPPC 4.
Lots of goodies
Carr said the company added additional software as it became final. LinuxPPC 1999 ships with window managers such as Carsten Haitzler's Enlightenment and Afterstep, part of Tenon Intersystems' XTen application, and The Gnome Project's Gnome 1.0, a desktop system with a file browser and a menu bar, among other features.
Other applications bundled with LinuxPPC 1999 include the Apache Project's HTTP Web server software, Apache 1.3; the Samba Group's Samba 2.0 for file services; and Netatalk 1.4 from the University of Michigan for AppleShare IP file services. A program for designing forms and The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Package), a painting application from Petter Mattis and Spencer Kimball, are also bundled.
Carr said the company plans to reduce the file size of LinuxPPC in future upgrades. "We made progress with the installer and now we will probably pull out some legacy things and slim down the size" of the OS, he said. The company periodically posts bug fixes and updates on its Web site, such as a patch released Tuesday that enables Java support on Communicator 4.6.
In addition to the base price of $32, the company offers a $99 subscription plan that includes every CD update for one year.
LinuxPPC Inc. of Hales Corners, Wis., can be reached at (414) 427-8555; http://www.linuxppc.com.
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Dear Work From Home Hopeful,
It's time for some straight talk about how to get a work at home job.
It's time someone gave you the unvarnished truth about why it seems so hard to find a reliable job these days.
I mean how to REALLY get a long term, stable, reliable source of consistent money flowing into your bank account, all while working from the comfort of your home office.
My name is Sylvie Fortin. I've been working from home full time since the early 90's.
I've made millions selling my services online. That isn't an exaggeration. I've sold more than 3.7 million dollars in services in the last few years.
I've been an employee for large companies. I've been a full time freelancer, and I've hired countless freelancers to work with me in my service business.
I've seen it all! The mistakes, the heartaches, the frustration, and the utter bliss of never having to deal with a commute, ever again.
First, let's see if any of this sounds familiar to you...
- You've searched the classifieds looking
for "work at home job" ads.
- You've applied to countless job ads,
desperately hoping for a response.
- You've gotten lots of responses, all with
instructions on where to send your money
to "qualify" for more information about the job.
- You've sent in your money to some of them,
even when you knew better.
- You are doubtful that any jobs really exist after all.
If you found yourself nodding at any of these scenarios, you aren't alone!
The sad fact is that the real reason so many people have such a hard time finding legitimate work at home jobs is because the best employers never, ever place ads online!
Quite simply, it doesn't matter how many "work at home job" ads you respond to, few of them will ever result in a real job.
The real jobs are out there, and are plentiful, but they don't appear in job databases or classifieds. The real jobs, the truly lucrative jobs, are given to those who "know someone".
Yep, that's the unvarnished truth. The truth no one wants you to hear. It isn't what you know that matters. It's WHO you know.
You can get angry about it. You can stomp your feet. You can get frustrated. But you cannot change the fundamental nature of human beings.
People will always trust their friends sooner than they trust a stranger. And when employers have a job opening, the person they think of first will be the one they know they can trust.
A few years ago, I wrote a book (You Can Work In Your PJS) about how to create your own work at home jobs. Lately, I've been thinking that it might be time to update it. The content is still valid and very valuable, but between you and I, it could really use a modern touch.
There is so much more new information these days, and new technology that allows us to learn so much faster than ever before! It took me over a year to write my book, back when writing a book was the only way to teach these things.
But now, there's a new kid on the block, and he's updated everything so I don't have to do it myself!
I'm so happy to have found Brian McElroy! Brian did exactly what I would have done myself if I weren't so busy working on my business.
I am ever grateful to him for taking the time to not only give us a modern look at how to get the best paying jobs online, but he did it by shooting a video training series that goes into specific details on how to get any job you want, with the click of a mouse.
I'll let him tell you his story in his own words, but I want you to keep this in mind as you read his letter...
Working from home doesn't have to be difficult! You can make a truly lucrative income if you know how to find the jobs
no one advertises.
Brian's methods are absolutely priceless, and the fact that he's willing to share them should tell you something.
If the jobs were as scarce as some people would like you to believe, why on earth would Brian or I share our trade secrets with you? It would be stupid for us to pull back the curtains on our business models, if it meant we could be potentially creating our own competition, wouldn't it?
The truth is that there is a LOT of money to go around, and the fact is, we are so swamped every day by new clients that we don't have time to keep up with it all by ourselves.
Brian and I both know that sharing our own trade secrets with you will never hurt our own businesses. There's just too much work out there and not enough trained people who
are willing to do it.
I am 100% confident that if you follow Brian's training videos, you're going to make money. A LOT of money!
In fact, his methods virtually guarantee your success because he teaches you how to get paid what you're really worth, and not the mere pittance that some telecommuting jobs pay.
So, please take a moment out of your job searching,
and pay close attention to what Brian has to say.
It could make the difference between your success and failure.
To Your Success!
Sylvie Fortin
CEO / Founder
Workaholics4Hire.com Inc.
From the Desk of Brian McElroy
Hi, I'm Brian McElroy. I write sales copy for internet business owners looking for top-notch results...but there's a lot more to me than that!
I'm originally from Minnesota. It's been a while since I've voluntarily spent 6 months underneath a blanket of snow though.
After graduating from Notre Dame with a degree in Economics, I took off on an overseas adventure that has yet to slow down. I travel A LOT, and love living abroad, encountering new cultures, and learning languages. I'm working on my fifth so far, and I hope there will be more to come.
My professional background includes founding and directing a non-profit organization, starting and running two successful marketing and information publishing businesses, and extensive volunteer service in the US and abroad.
I now live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where I run my very lucrative business from my home office.
But, enough about me, let's talk a little about why I do what I do for a living, and why you should pay attention to what I'm about to share.
I work with a lot of very wealthy internet-based entrepreneurs. Some of them specialize in teaching people how to start an internet-based business.
They have priceless advice for people strapped for cash.
"When you're starting out with a home based business, don't start by investing a lot of your hard earned money! Just grab some easy, guaranteed money by selling a service first, then use your client's money and knowledge to grow your own business"
I say it's priceless because it can literally save you from financial ruin, and keep your home business hopes alive.
When you sell a service you...
|Get paid straight to your PayPal account, upfront - instant cash baby!
|Develop relationships with long-term clients and potential partners.
|Learn valuable new skills that you can immediately apply in your own business, or to getting even more new clients.
And, best of all...
Get Paid To Learn The Best Business On Earth!
Before you go thinking that this is a minimum-wage gig, you should know ...I went from zero dollars to six figures in less than six months by selling my services!
You see, while a lot of people give good advice when they say start with services ... they leave out the key piece of the puzzle.
If I had kept writing for $10 per page as a ghostwriter like when I started, I would be a washed up hobo on the streets of Miami right now, rather than living in a gorgeous bachelor pad in Rio de Janeiro.
Since I don't want you to be stuck working for pennies, I'm going to show you a way to sell your services like you've never seen before.
Here's what makes my methods different:
|Do you want to do this...?
|Or do you want this...?
|Sell a single service
|Sell multiple services and widen your money net!
|Work hard now to get paid later (hopefully!)
|Get paid cash up front, straight to your PayPal account!
|Work for minimum wage
|Work on projects up to $10,000 or more (actual examples included!)
|Scrounge for new projects
|Get a constant stream of new clients on autopilot!
|Find a handful of "one time" clients who pay you a pittance
|Get clients who are raving fans and word-of-mouth machines who advertise for you for free every day!
As you can tell, this is no ordinary work at home training program.
At this point, you might be wondering... will this work for me?
That's a very valid question, because it won't do you any good if my methods can't be duplicated by anyone!
Well, let me let you in on a little secret...
When I first decided to start my own home based business, the methods I'm teaching you are exactly (step by step) what I did to make 6 figures in 6 months -- and I had absolutely zero special knowledge or training.
You can do this, too!
In fact, it doesn't matter where you are in the world -- I operate out of Brazil, yet I'm working on three projects worth several thousand dollars each, working with consulting clients at $200 per hour, and running three $1000 coaching programs.
How Would You Like Your
Paychecks To Look Like That?
I don't really have any "secrets"... just a series of deadly effective strategies absolutely guaranteed to change the way you look at services forever!
Let me lay it out for you in step-by-step detail, so you know exactly what you'll be able to sink your teeth into in just moments from now...
How To Sell Services Online For Instant Cash
Here's what I've covered in this video...
|Why selling services is the quickest, easiest, most foolproof way to get instant results online (try getting $2,500 checks from ad sense your first month!)
|Why sitting around wishing for cash is hopeless, and how to jump into action immediately
|The one service that almost every business owner needs, but no one ever tells you how to sell!
|How to be open for business in 24 hours or less!
|The secret to getting your first client, even if you have no experience, no contacts, no testimonials, no website, and no clue where to start!
|The best people to target, especially if you want high paying, fiercely loyal, openly grateful, long term clients for life
|How to get paid cash up front and make your clients overjoyed to do it
|Why some _____ are worthless, while others will help you launch a long term cash producing business
And that is just the first video! I have 37 more instant cash services secrets to share with you! The actual information is delivered via fast-paced high-quality video that you can download right to your desktop.
The Internet Is Overflowing With Customers Who Want To Pay You Money, Today!
|Rule number 1 -- think like a _____ or continue to get paid like _____!
|You're not a service provider, you're a person ___ ___ ___
(they get paid way more)
|The biggest reason why some service providers are fat and happy, while others are poor and hungry.
|The most obvious places to pick up clients starting today (people are literally sitting by their computers, waiting to send you money).
|Why most people fail with _____ marketing, and how you can set yourself apart from everyone else (I set up a completely passive recurring income stream with just this one method, it's really quite simple!)
|What most people won't tell you about _____ marketing (and why most people who use it are broke)
|How to put together a service website that sells within 24 hours or less (don't worry, I'm a total technophobe so it won't be difficult)
|How to turn traditional traffic generation techniques into $1,000 paydays (this will blow away article marketers!).
|The key to turning your website into a client generation machine.
How To Set Yourself Apart From Your Competition -- Permanently!
|How to get clients to come flocking to you and pay your desired rates (no more stupid discounts!)
|The missing link that turns word-of-mouth marketing into a raging river of new leads
|How word-of-mouth marketing can work against you --
and how to avoid it!
|How you can _____ _____ _____ _____ when providing a service, and make your clients giddy to do business with you over and over again (I'm serious, don't say I didn't warn you)
|Why your competition won't stand a chance -- how to specialize in any highly competitive field and target a market that's ready to dole out serious cash.
|How to market yourself as a ______
(you've probably never done this before, but I'll give you plenty of ideas to run with).
|If you don't have any _____ _____, then you need to get some fast!
|How to build up a network of referral partners and help each other get highly paid business around the clock.
|How to get movers and shakers to say "how high" when you say jump, and send business to you at the crack of your whip!
How To Use High End Services To Revolutionize Your Profit Funnel
|How to use high end services as backend offerings in your profit funnel to increase your profit by double, triple or more (just like I've done)
|The simple shift in mindset that can have an impact across your entire business (ignore this and your income will always have a ceiling)
|How to get paid to do the most lucrative _____ _____ you'll ever encounter
|The simple steps to becoming a highly paid consultant, even if you've never done it before.
|How to create a constant stream of high paying clients asking you to take their money on autopilot (I discovered this by accident, and am I ever glad I did!)
Your High End Profit Funnel
This is where it starts to get kind of crazy, hold on for a wild ride...
|If you can be a consultant, you can be a ___,
and charge handsomely for your time
|How to turn highly paid services into high end products
(thought you were just selling time for money? Think again!)
|The ultimate _____ _____ trick for high and services (You could multiply your profits by 10 using just this one technique)
|How to charge premium fees without spending years of
exhaustive effort to get there
|How to save yourself a ton of headaches by only working
with the best of the best.
|The ultimate leverage points (i.e., how I get paid $10,000 for a single project)
If this were the end, I would feel comfortable with
having delivered massive, overwhelming,
"I can't believe he fit all of that in five videos" value.
But after more than a few sips of my over-caffeinated extra forte Brazilian style coffee, I decided to go back and create this amazing bonus video...
Unique Strategies To Develop Highly Lucrative Income Streams With Instant Cash Services
|How to gain instant benefits in cash flow, positioning, and product development
|The best tip I could possibly give you to start selling more high and services without doing a bit of extra work
|How to cash in on high ticket services- even if no one pays you
a dime for them!
|How to get paid over and over again from services you rendered
in the distant past
|How to create one of the most lucrative products and get paid to do so in advance
|How to use high and services to create the ultimate products and solutions for your target market.
|The services that I personally offer, why I offer them, and why people pay me a premium!
Sylvie Fortin's personal "Out Of My Own Pocket" guarantee
I'm going to interrupt Brian here, because I think it is critically important to understand that I want you to be completely comfortable with your decision today.
See, I am willing to put my own money where Brian's mouth is!
I am so certain that these videos are going to completely change the way you run your work at home service business, that I will personally give you a 100% refund if you are not entirely and completely satisfied with what he's teaching you.
Yes, you read that correctly. 100%. Refund. Guaranteed. Period.
Okay, I can hear you saying that you're ready to get started with high paying services. Now you just want to know how much it costs!
Well, I have some good news for you...
Normally it would be a crime to charge, anything less than $197 for this video training series, and in fact, that's exactly what I'll charge the general public.
However, Sylvie arm wrestled me to give her friends a much better deal, so feel free to rob me blind with this "I don't know how long it will last" special discount offer!
I'm offering you the entire video training series, plus the Bonus video today for just $47!
Click here to lock in your discount today
Due to the overwhelming value of this offer, this incredible package is available at this low price for only the first 100 lucky people who are also counted among Sylvie's online friends.
Order now and start cashing in with your very own profitable services!
All success,
Brian McElroy
PS. You can literally get started today, and have cash rolling in tomorrow
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The Berkeley part of Maybourne Hotel Group is set to wow the fashion crowd this winter season as designer items are turned into cakes, mousses and biscuits. A firm date in every fashionista's diary, Prêt-à-Portea is designed to add a creative twist to the classic elements of the traditional English afternoon tea with pastries resembling the latest catwalk designs.
Located in Knightsbridge, the heart of London's fashion scene, the Berkeley launches its most exciting Prêt-à-Portea collection to date with showpieces including Burberry's signature trench coat and Saint Laurent's must-have red leather duffle bag. Fashion fans are invited to eat their designer hearts out on Jean Paul Gaultier cremeux and Vivienne Westwood macaroons after a day of shopping at style temples Harvey Nichols and Harrods!
Marking his 50th Anniversary in the industry this year, Prêt-à-Portea at the Berkeley celebrates Oscar de la Renta on the tea stand with his orange bavarois emphasised with shocking pink chocolate embroidery.
London based label Giles's antique gold chocolate feather set on a base of Sacher Torte reflects the warm metallics everyone will be wearing this winter.
Italian designer favourite Emporio Armani makes its Prêt-à-Portea debut with a warm winter violet cassis mousse and light Curacao jelly topped with a whimsical chocolate swirl. Gianvito Rossi also makes his first appearance with this season's must-have chocolate over-the-knee boot biscuit with ankle strap.
Marking a bold return this season is Saint Laurent with its classic autumn red duffle 6 victoria sponge cake bag, an indispensable colour to wear this autumn and stealing our hearts this season is Burberry's patterned trench coat taking the form of a spiced ginger biscuit with caramel icing.
The Berkeley pastry chefs visit London fashion week shows to get their inspiration for the colours and the textures of the new collections. Prêt-à-Portea will echo the season's trends of soft pinks, festive sparkles and patterns galore.
The Berkeley has forged links with Wedgwood who have produced a bespoke collection of fine-bone china for Prêt-à-Portea. Inspired by the current trends and styles, but mindful of their heritage, Wedgwood has created an exquisite multicoloured diamond shaped pattern gracing the new china for the ultimate fashion touch.
Prêt-à-Portea is served in The Caramel Room at The Berkeley from 1-6pm every day priced at £39 per person. (£49 including a glass of Laurent Perrier champagne, or alternatively for the fashion conscious, £55 per person including a glass of couture champagne)
To make a reservation for Prêt-à-Portea call 020 7235 6000.


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Erotokritos' 'Dance Shoe'
Nancy Sinatra sung about a certain pair of boots that were made for walking; these Erotokritos 'Dance Shoes' were made for dancing and general strutting about. With a pair of these on your feet you'll soon be giving those 'Strictly Come Dancing' stars a run for their money, in the footwear department at least. They are available from Urban Outfitters for £149, and are also available in Mint. So what are you waiting for, let's 'Hot Shoe Shuffle' it down there!
Erotokitos blue and white stripe wedge | Erotokritos patent leather jewelled peep-toes | Patent peep tab skimmers from Urban Outfitters


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US raygun jumbo jet now firing live blasts in flight
The US Missile Defence Agency's long awaited blaster-cannon-in-a-jumbo-jet, the Airborne Laser (ABL), is now carrying out inflight test zappings. Reports suggest that the actual laser is doing well so far, but that the carrying 747 is suffering technical problems having been grounded for a lengthy period while its energy weapon …
Aegis warship, meet Sunburn, Sunburn meet Aegis
North Korea presently has sufficient resources to knock out both an ABL and an Aegis platform stationed of its coast. While its own antiship missiles are rather lame, all it will take will be couple of Sunburns smuggled from someone else who has them to deal with ships (and using the homemade as decoys). Similarly, it may not have a particularly good airforce, but it has a lot of it so getting a couple of surviving fighters in-range to fire an AA missile for a successful strike against an ABL platform is also within its capabilities.
So if it decides to launch a missile it bloody well can *(though it does not really need to, plenty of container traffic around the world to smuggle it where it has to go).
Now it is too late (thanks to our dear pakistani friends and their "sharing" of technology).
In any case all this tech is dead on arrival. I find it extremely depressing, but having an orbital defence network looks like the only viable choice in the long term. We might as well surrender to the inevitable and start building one for the purposes of defence and retaliation. Oops, forgot, we are the only nation which voluntarily surrendered its ability to reach space. In that case might as well sit and wait until the NK container is shipped to somewhere in the greater metropolitan area. Not that we can do much more under the circumstances...
is it good or evil?
there's one sure fire way of telling, what colour are the lazer beams?
All missile defense platforms aren't the same...
You fellas at the Reg do realise that there are several different flavours of missile defense, each of them targeting the missile in a different phase of flight?
For example the ABL is meant to be used to rupture the propellant tank when the missile is in the very first (a.k.a. launch/boost) phase of flight. It will be of no help whatsoever trying to shoot down warheads in the terminal phase.
Similarly the AEGIS RIM-161 SM-3 is meant to be used against missiles in the final (a.k.a. terminal) phase. They are not designed to kill ballistic missiles in the boost phase. So stationing CGs or DDGs outside North Korean waters will only be effective if NK is launching ballistic missiles against itself.
Personally I would rather have the option to kill the missile in boost, midcourse and terminal phases. If you only fund AEGIS SM-3, your only kill option is terminal, and who wants to find out at the last minute that you need a Plan B?
Ok, I'm confused.
If a reload for a raygun Jumbo fills *two* C17s, how the f*** do you get it into *one* 747? (and one that's inconveniently filled with the raygun itself in addition to its nasty fuel at that).
Is it bigger on the inside than it is on the outside? If so, the BBC's patent lawyers may wish to take an interest.....
RE: Aegis warship, meet Sunburn, Sunburn meet Aegis
It's all true, we are out to get you in fact I'm standing right behind you whilst you are reading this.......
All I asked for is a...
Frikin' Laaaazeeer...
Confused people
A 747-400F freighter can carry 130 tonnes, a C-17 in general only 76 tonnes. As the reload chemicals are dangerous and difficult to contain and are to be shipped in trolleys for easy handling, not in permanently installed tanks etc, (thus the reload package will be a lot heavier than the actual chemicals) the statement is entirely believable.
And yes, we are aware about boost phase, midcourse etc. RTFA - it doesn't say anywhere that ABLs would be used to shoot at terminal targets. And for your information Aegis BMD is intended to intercept "hostile missiles in the ascent and descent phase of midcourse flight". In other words the cruiser or destroyer can be at the launching end of the trajectory OR at the terminal end. That's according to the MDA, who presumably know more about their own kit than you do. That's also why lots of knowledgeable people suggested that the Aegis ships which were stationed off Korea for the most recent Taepodong-2 shot could knock it down even if none of it was heading for Japan - because they could have done that.
As for Sunburns, nobody knows whether Aegis SM-2 could beat them or not. The Russians say they designed Sunburn specifically to beat SM-2, but on the other hand the Yanks have been upgrading SM-2 and sinking money into it for the last couple of decades. They say that SM-2 Block IIIB "provides enhanced performance against supersonic, high-G maneuvering sea skimming air-to-surface missiles". There was an SM-2 IIIB test, claimed as "successful", just this last January. God knows what the per-interceptor kill probability is, but the US can afford a lot more SM-2s than the Norks can afford Sunburns.
Then, frankly, I wouldn't fancy my chances as a Nork attack pilot or missile-boat driver even of getting within launch range of a US taskgroup with AEW up. It would be hard enough just to localise it. Nor for that matter as a Nork fighter pilot would I fancy trying to get into range of a patrolling ABL backed by AWACS and fighter escorts.
We can probably relax just a touch about the terrible Norks.
This isn't even MAD
North Korea isn't exactly an industrial juggernaut. The nuclear arsenal of the United States is formidable to say the least... signficiantly bigger than the Chinese one, for example. I don't really believe that the north koreans are willing to trade the destruction of a few cities in Japan or the US for the possibilitiy of being reduced to a smouldering ruin in a return strike.
A few ICBMs is a deterrent, not a threat. It could only be used in desparation, as it would result in the end of the NK state.
They could use it to smite people down
If they cant use it for shooting down missles (it seems to me you would need a lot of these in the air all the time to really provide a decent level of protection, assuming they work) the could use it to dish out God like smiting fire from above!
It is basically an airliner, so it could fly over normal air routes, but the laser could be pointed downwards and might be able to zap the house/vehicle/secret lair of some miscreant that offends those in charge (the lizards? the illuminatae? idiot governements?)
If the laser is efectively invisble it will just look like a random fire or an act of God! That would be pretty useful for a paranoid, power obsessed government who needs to eliminate those who oppose them in an easily deniable manner!
AC...cos I dont want them slightly warm up my roof tiles......
@Lewis Page, You used the wrong tense in one senctence,
It should read "..., but the US use to be able to afford..." In case you missed it, we've had a banking collapse, a mortgage collapse, and the fascist in chief just bought himself two car companies while filling the coffers of his political allies in the UAW. By the end of the year our debt is going to be 70% of GDP, and that's before they implement some warmed-over version of your national healthcare system. So there's no money left to buy SM-2s. It's like we'll be reduced to having our sailors standing on deck holding wooden version of the new super-tech that is being developed and shouting "Zap! I got you!"
Fear the Norks, not because the Norks are fearsome, but because their opponents are likely to be disarmed by feckless leaders.
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Thanks Lewis. I've been wondering about that one since it first cropped up some time back. I was so busy thinking volumetrically that I completely forgot about the dead weight aspect of the thing......oops.
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Bet this thing gets priority in any landing pattern!
Why not convert a C-130 gunship into an AEGIS drone instead??? It would be more survivable than a huge slow 747 loaded with volatile chemical laser fuel.
Lewis, relax a little
The ABL + terminal example was just that, an example. I was not picking on something you didn't say. I was pointing out that all ABM solutions don't provide the same services.
And if you read your own rebuttal carefully, you will see that MDA claims the RIM-161 is useful for midcourse. The "boost and terminal" aspects of midcourse are the front and back end of midcourse; they don't magically extent to the boost and terminal phases proper. But more instructive than any MDA PR junk are the capabilities of the platforms themselves.
To be blunt, a RIM-161's max speed is about Mach 10 with a maximum (estimated) range of about 300nm. Hell let's be generous and give it 500nm range. A Minuteman III ICBM in boost will accelerate to about 8000-9000 m/s, (roughly Mach 23) with a maximum range of about 5200nm. Even the Taepodong-2 can make 8,000 m/s in boost.
The Shuttle, which is much slower than an ICBM, hits mach 1 in 45 seconds, and at two minutes post-launch has already accelerated to Mach 5. An ICBM will be able to climb faster than the shuttle (and subsequently get to thinner altitudes faster, where max q danger recedes). The AEGIS ships would have to be prepared to launch on warning to have a hope of a boost kill.
This is why SM-3 is ineffective in the actual boost phase, unless it is right next door to the launch site and can hit the booster while it's still under Mach 10. Most ICBMs can outrun RIM-161 rather easily. When they start slowing down in midcourse, then RIM-161 has a *much* better chance of picking them off.
To be fair, Korea is a narrow peninsula and you could probably get a CG or DDG close enough to make a Hail Mary boost intercept possible before the Taepodong accelerates beyond Mach 10. But for other customers whose launch sites are not so close to the sea (i.e. Iran) the RIM-161 would have no hope in hell of making a boost-phase intercept. You still need something like the ABL that could tackle boost intercepts in the hundreds of nm range, regardless of proximity to the sea.
Am I the only one?
I understand the reluctance to allow your (perceived) enemy have their own weapons, especially nuclear weapons, but am I the only one who thinks it's completely hypocritical for a country (or group of countries) to say "WE can have these weapons, but YOU can't"? It's especially hypocritical when there is only one country which has used nuclear weapons, and that's the one saying "YOU can't have them because WE don't trust YOU". I'm a US citizen, and I have to ask -- does anyone trust the US, or do you go along with them out of fear (which would, by definition, make the US government a terrorist organization)?
@Am I the only one?
No, you're not. I've thought along similar lines since attending a Billy Graham event in Sheffield. The one part of his speech I remember was when he said that he didn't believe anyone was mad enough to use nuclear weapons.
Yep. it's fear. Black helicopter and anonymous, obviously.
@Chris C
>I understand the reluctance to allow your (perceived) enemy
>have their own weapons, especially nuclear weapons,
>but am I the only one who thinks it's completely hypocritical
>for a country (or group of countries) to say "WE can have
>these weapons, but YOU can't"?
Perhaps, up to a point. The difference is in publicly stated foreign policy. NK has, so I understand, a publicly stated policy of invading/destroying the South, Japan, the US, anyone really. Similarly Iran has a publicly stated policy of obliterating Israel from the map of the world, and makes noises about the UK and US also. The US, France, UK, Russia, Israel, Pakistan and India don't appear to be overtly threatening anyone else with unwarranted nuclear obliteration.
My point is not totally sound. Political intent can change overnight. During the recent dispute between Georgia and Russia, an aide to Putin was publicly threatening nuclear strikes against Ukraine for blocking the use of Sevastopol port by the Russian Navy. In that context such threats seem a tad excessive. Now imagine that aide becoming the Russian Premier - something that could happen overnight as a result of an election. Would he start threatening everyone else too? Who knows? Would one take that chance? Would one, given how quickly things can change in the world, give up anything that might deter or fend off a nuclear attack?
One could argue that democracy and nuclear weapons don't mix too well. Democracy does allow an unstable and politically naive government to form as a result of inflamatory campainging stoking up public backing. The result can be a political leadership with their finger on the nuclear button, but with no experience whatsoever in understanding what really happens when that button is pressed.
> I'm a US citizen, and I have to ask -- does anyone trust the US
Relax - I don't think anyone in the world thinks Obama's about to start slinging nukes around. Though one did wonder a little bit about Bush.
The problem for the world is that when someone like Ahmedinajad publicly says he's going to wipe another country from the map, and he's given the means to do so by his own military industrial complex, it wouldn't be entirely surprising if he were to do so no matter the consequences. He may even be obliged to do so by domestic political pressure (something that his inflamatory speeches are doing a good job of stoking up). Even if he chose not to, can one really trust the Iranian command control structure to be sufficiently robust to prevent some rogue element launching the damn thing anyway? Same for NK.
The trouble when defending against nukes is that probabilities like 90% aren't good enough. 100% is good enough, but hard to achieve.
This is just idle speculation, but I wonder why the first NK test was a fizzle. Assuming that it was an implosion device, I can't see why it didn't work. My point is that testing that you've got the implosion right is easy. You try it with a lump of stainless steel, and eventually you'll get it right. That's how they did it at Los Alamos during WWII. Then you have to get the right amount of the right plutonium isotope, and that's very easy to determine. So assuming that NK had gone through that loop enough times to be sure that they'd got it right, why didn't it actually go bang? Does this hint at deliberate sabotage within NK, or is it techies who know they've not got these things right letting one off anyway to save their own necks?
I've not heard that the US has detected a radioactive plume of off-gasing from the recent test (they did for the first one. They had to save some ancient Canberra aircraft from the scrap heap to do so). Was it really a nuclear bang, or did NK just pile up sufficient chemical explosives to fool everyone else and are playing some high risk political game?
@ Am I the only one?
That's the very point that countries make to justify the acquisition of nukes. IMO, maybe the biggest contribution Obama can make to world security is to restart negotiations with the Russians to make further cuts in their stockpiles of warheads.
It would send out the right message to the world and maybe, just maybe, help to restore some of the moral authority the US pissed up against the wall in the last decade or so.
Having said that, if the ABL passes the three strikes, it should be built as an insurance against such things. The Nork air force would be absolutely no threat to such a beast - F-22 vs MiG-19? Most of the MiGs will end up parked on the sea bed. Maybe the biggest threat is the SAM network which has been upgraded with modern comms and the ability to frequency hop, but if the 400 km range is realised, that shouldn't be a problem.
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Anyone know where it was on Monday?
Somewhere in the south Atlantic, maybe?
Is it me ?
or does that jumbo jet look like a shark with a frikkin ray gun on its head ?
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In a springtime issue of Garden & Gun magazine, I spied a recipe for a cocktail that seemed simultaneously delicious and peculiar. Created at an Alabama gastropub and dubbed the Talluluh, the drink is a sweet-and-salty mix of bourbon, Coca-Cola, and peanut orgeat. Orgeat, a concoction usually made with almonds, is a star ingredient in drinks like the mai tai, where it lends a smooth richness. Here, the orgeat is made with peanuts, and it contributes a salty and slight creaminess to a cocktail meant to conjure memories of dropping a handful of roasted peanuts into an ice-cold Coke on a summer day.
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This traditional Swedish Christmas punch was featured in our December 2002 issue. The writer offers a warning that it's powerful stuff, but delicious and it will warm every inch of your body on a cold night.
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This is the support statement received from Dr. Temple Grandin in reaction to the documentary "The Wall or psychoanalysis put to the test for autism" by Sophie Robert depicting the use of psychoanalysis in autism in France. Dr. Temple Grandin is a leading voice in Autism in the United States. She is professor at the University of Colorado. Her life has been the subject of a biopic "Temple Grandin" released in DVD. One of her most famous book is "The Way I See it".
She mostly reacts here against packing, a French technique in which autistics are put in cold and wet towels.
Dear Magali
Autism is not caused by bad parenting. It is totally wrong that psychoanalysis is the main treatment for autism in France. It is shocking that France is so backward.
I would hate packing. The child should be able to control the pressure himself. The squeeze machine works on this principle. Packing would be useless and highly stressful for the child. Sincerely,
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The pilot stated that prior to departure he calculated the weight, balance, and density altitude for his departure airport. Using the reported temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, he determined the takeoff roll would be 1,500 feet by referencing the airplane's Pilot Operating Handbook (POH). The departure runway was annotated in the airport directory as being 2,009 feet long and in poor condition. The pilot planned to use the grass overrun area of the runway to extend the departure roll by about 400 feet. The pilot completed an engine run-up and noted no anomalies. He extended the flaps to 10 degrees for a short-field takeoff and taxied into position for takeoff. With the brakes set, he increased the throttle to full power and leaned the mixture in an effort to gain better performance. When the tachometer indicated 2,400 rpm, he released the brakes and started the takeoff roll. Initial acceleration was slow, but once the airplane reached the paved runway the airplane accelerated normally. The airplane lifted off the runway and remained in ground effect. The pilot turned to the left to avoid trees, flew under power lines, and made a forced landing to a field where the airplane collided with a fence.The airport manager, who observed the takeoff, stated that the pilot forced the airplane into the air, and it wallowed left to right barely flying. He opined that the airplane never flew out of ground effect. According to the POH, "...normal and short field takeoffs are performed with flaps up. Use of 10 degree flaps is reserved for takeoff from soft or rough fields. Use of 10 degree flaps allows safe use of approximately 5 KIAS lower takeoff speeds than with flaps up. The lower speeds result in shortening takeoff distances up to approximately 10 percent. However, this advantage is lost if flaps up speeds are used, or in high altitude takeoffs at maximum weight where climb performance would be marginal with 10 degree flaps. Therefore, use of 10 degree flaps is not recommended for takeoff over an obstacle at high altitude in hot weather..."
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About 100 people—students and parents—near Ramona High School witnessed sheriff's deputies take into custody a minor with an air gun Thursday morning, Oct. 25, said Sgt. Daniel Vengler of the Sheriff's Ramona substation.
Vengler said numerous calls came in around 7:01 a.m. of a male walking northbound on San Vicente Road with what was believed to be a real gun pointed at his head. A California Highway Patrol officer arrived and closed the road, and a sheriff's deputy who is a member of the sheriff's Crisis Negotiation Team was able to talk the male into dropping the gun, which turned out to be an air gun, stated Vengler.


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HUNTINGTON, IN MAY 7, 1997---The Huntington College Department of Communication hosted the Great Forester Speak Off on Tuesday, May 6. The event showcased the persuasive oratorical skills of Huntington College's finest student speakers.Dr. Chris Leland, assistant professor of speech, chose the top students from each of his speech classes to face off in the event. Topping the competition were: * Nathaniel Hamblin, a sophomore youth ministries major from Lapeer, Michigan, who was awarded first place for his speech "Personal Evangelism: Introducing an Old Friend." * Mindy Case, a freshman from Camden, Michigan, who was awarded second place for her speech "Killing Me Softly: The Partial Birth Abortion Issue." * Lisa Umphrey, a freshman mathematical education major from Heyworth, Illinois, who was awarded third place for her speech "God in the Next Desk: Religion in Schools."Additional finalists included: * Joy Patterson, a sophomore broadcasting major from Durand, Illinois. Patterson spoke on the healing power of laughter. * Leslie Jacobs, a sophomore youth ministry major from Ossian, Indiana. Jacobs discussed the importance of washing your hands. * Jaclyn Walter, a junior psychology major from Clare, Michigan. Walter described the state of poverty in America.Speech communication is one of nearly 50 academic concentrations available from Huntington College. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington College offers high-quality academic programs "to equip men and women to impact our world for Christ." Located on a contemporary, wooded campus in Huntington, Indiana, the four-year liberal arts college offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees.
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The Effects of TZD on Fat Metabolism and Insulin Sensitivity in GH-Replaced GHD Patients
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In the present double blind, placebo-controlled, parallel study we evaluated the impact of 12 weeks thiazolidinedione (TZD) administration on basal and insulin-stimulated substrate metabolism in growth hormone-replaced adults with growth hormone deficiency.
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Drug: Pioglitazone
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|"Can Growth Hormone's Lipolytic and Insulin-Antagonistic Effects be Modified by Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Gamma Agonists?"
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- FFA turnover
- Lipid oxidation
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In human subjects GH (Growth Hormone) acutely antagonises the effects of insulin on glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and increases the hepatic glucose production of humans. This has clinical implications for patients with active acromegaly, in whom the prevalence of glucose intolerance and overt diabetes mellitus is increased. It is also of significance in relation to GH replacement therapy in GH-deficient adults not least when considering that a substantial proportion of these patients are insulin resistant in the GH-untreated state. There is evidence to indicate that the acute insulin antagonistic effects may be balanced with time by the favourable effects of GH on body composition and physical fitness, but the data are ambiguous. The mechanism underlying these effects of GH are not fully characterised, but there is experimental evidence of a causal linked to the concomitant stimulation of lipolysis, since GH-induced insulin resistance is partly abrogated when lipolysis is pharmacologically suppressed. This is noteworthy since elevated levels of free fatty acids (FFA) are also implicated in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in patients with the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are insulin sensitizers which function as highaffinity agonists for the nuclear peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma, which improve insulin sensitivity in T2DM. PPAR gamma is a nuclear receptor expressed mainly in adipocytes, which activates the transcription of genes involved in lipid and glucose metabolism. Administration of TZD in T2DM enhances insulin-stimulated glucose uptake via mechanisms including a lowering of circulating FFA and a redistribution of fat away from hepatocytes and myocytes and into peripheral adipocytes. To our knowledge, the impact of TZDs on GH-induced insulin resistance has not previously been reported. Experimental data in human subjects on this issue are of potential importance not only in relation to patients with abnormal GH status, but also regarding our understanding of the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in general and the complex actions of PPAR gamma activation in particular.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years to 71 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Growth hormone replaced (minimum 6 months) growth hormone deficient men
- Age over 18 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Ischemic coronary disease, defined by EF<0.6, former myocardial infarction, angina pectoris or actual treatment of cardiac insufficiency
- Actual or former malignancy, except intracranial neoplasia that caused the participants pituitary disease, provided that there was clinical evidence for permanent remission
- Blood donation within 6 months
- Excessive alcohol consumption
- Known allergic reaction from contents of test drug
- Radioactive radiation exposure in terms of treatment or study enrollment within one year
- Liver insufficiency
- Insulin treatment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00459940
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|April 12, 2007
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Denmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
Keywords provided by University of Aarhus:
Growth hormone
Insulin resistance
Growth hormone replaced growth hormone deficient adults
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Dwarfism, Pituitary
Bone Diseases
Bone Diseases, Developmental
Bone Diseases, Endocrine
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Hypothalamic Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Pituitary Diseases
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Hypoglycemic Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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New Balance helps buyers find perfect-fitting shoes
Hal Kearney usually notices what a foot needs long before one would realize. Oftentimes a customer just walking in the door will tell him what their foot needs before they even open their mouth. As the owner of New Balance Chattanooga, Kearney believes that the right-fitting shoe is part of basic health care, and he uses his experience to help customers understand the benefits.
As board-certified pedorthists, Kearney and his wife Angela train their staff to understand as much as possible about the fit of a shoe and the biomechanics of the body to find the best combination for the customer.
"The feet are the foundation of your body," Kearney said. "To support your body for its entire life is asking a lot."
A majority of his business is people just seeking comfort, and although New Balance helps many runners, tennis players and workout enthusiasts, Kearney said the medical side is always the most rewarding.
"Sometimes you can find a lot of comfort in getting the right-fitting shoe," said Kearney, though he's adamant that customers with medical problems still consult a physician. "It's kind of a joy when you can help somebody."
Customers may have heel spurs, plantar fasciitis, and a bunion or hammer toe.
"We're able to fit just about every foot type there is," Kearney said, adding that the right shoe may also aid the body's knees, hips and back. A foot scanner inside the Gunbarrel Road store lends a hand to his staff, explaining in a visual way to customers what their body is doing and how the shoes can assist in providing the best supportive and cushion options.
"It just seems to help the customer understand exactly everything that's happening," Kearney said. He said parents buying shoes for kids could use a little foot science, too. Ninety percent of kids wear out their shoes before they outgrow them, so buying a shoe too big doesn't add up, according to him. Years of too-big shoes may disturb the foot's development, he said, and it definite
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Kearney grew up 30 minutes from the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York and continues to support the U.S. military with donation programs at his store. He said New Balance, a military supplier, is the only athletic shoe manufacturer that continues to make running shoes in the United States.
"American-made shoes are really a big topic right now," Kearney said. "A lot of people come in and say, 'I want a shoe made in the USA.'"
He also donates shoes to the Chattanooga Community Kitchen year-round and will sponsor a shoe drive for Nashville-based Soles4Souls in November, with a 500- to 700-pair goal.
Kearney has been in the shoe industry more than 20 years — since high school — in every position, from stocking to owner. "I just got sucked in and haven't been able to get out," he laughed. "We've had a directive to help people."
He and his wife opened New Balance Chattanooga in 2003, two years after opening their first store in Atlanta. Kearney said his customer service and "slow and steady" business model, free of binge sales or purchasing poor-performing styles, have kept the Chattanooga store growing every year since 2003.
The Kearneys hire college students studying business and take it seriously to teach them about buying and marketing, though Kearney said New Balance is probably not the end of the road for most of them. "It wasn't my stopping point," he said, "and once we find someone who we know will be here [for a long time] we try to help them."
Chattanooga's river and outdoor enthusiasm remind Kearney of where he grew up, he said. "We fell in love with Chattanooga years and years ago," said Kearney. "I like the small town feel for a city that's growing as fast as it is."
Chattanooga's river and outdoor enthusiasm remind Kearney of where he grew up, he said. "We fell in love with Chattanooga years and years ago," said Kearney. "I like the small town feel for a city that's growing as fast as it is."
Through the end of the month, buy a yellow ribbon for $10 at New Balance Chattanooga to support the United Service Organizations Inc. and its support of U.S. troops overseas. Both Kearney and New Balance corporate offices will match each donation, totaling $30 for the USO per ribbon sold.
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I never let a Christmas pass without making this warm, satisfying dessert. The wonderful aroma as it bakes will fill your home...and call your family to the kitchen!—Cathy Herpich, San Antonio, Texas
10 Servings
Prep: 20 min. Cook: 3 hours + standing
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon
McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
1 cup water
1 teaspoon butter
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Fresh cranberries, optional
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat
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add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well
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Spoon into a well-greased 2-qt. pudding mold or ovenproof bowl; cover
tightly. Place on a rack in a deep pan; add 3 in. of hot water to
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stir in butter and vanilla.
Unmold pudding onto a serving plate; garnish with holly leaves and
cranberries if desired. Serve warm with syrup. Yield: 10 servings
(1-1/4 cups syrup).
Editor's Note:
Holly leaves and berries are toxic. Do not use as a garnish.
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1 slice with 2 tablespoons syrup equals 525 calories, 18 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 47 mg cholesterol, 151 mg sodium, 89 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 8 g protein.
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