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Getting My Very Own Business Cards
My humans and I often get lots of questions about my breed when we're out and about. I guess, being an Entlebucher Mountain Dog makes me quite unique and people always want to know more. I asked my human if we couldn't use some of all the thousands of photos she's taken of me and make some cool doggie business cards, so people can find my blog and follow my adventures online.
She thought that was a great idea and showed me this fun little company called Moo. They make some quite unusual, half sized business cards called 'mini cards' where you can use up to 100 of your own photos to make each and every business card completely unique – and you can add your contact details (and a small photo or a logo) on the reverse. Sounded great, the only problem was that I have about 5,000 photos to choose from!
We spent ages going through all my photos, and then uploaded our favourites to Moo's site and yesterday the cards finally arrived. What do you think? I'm really pleased with them myself!
Get a 10% Discount from Moo
Moo sent me a special message saying that I could offer all my friends a 10% discount – all you need to do to claim the discount is using any of the links to Moo in this blog post. The discount is valid for any purchases off their website and that includes post cards, regular sized business cards, stickers and labels too. You don't need any special discount code or anything, simply use this link and you'll get your 10% discount off your entire order. They print and deliver to both the US, and the UK.
PS. I didn't get paid by Moo to write this post but if some of my friends sign up and order their own business cards, I'll get another batch of cards for free and that would be pawsome *waggy tail*


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Serene Vannoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a smallish (1.5 pounds? a little more?) chuck roast with bones,
> and I don't feel like cutting the meat off the bone. Other than just
> making a pot roast with it, anyone feel like throwing ideas at me?
> (Yes, I can google. I prefer talking to y'all. Deal.)
> Serene
Could do like Melba recently did and marinate then grill it. :-)
Chuck is really not that tough if cooked rare to medium rare, but only
if you like it that way.
I personally prefer my beef bloody rare in the center...
Peace! Om
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It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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News articles on impact of climate change
Mongabay.com news articles on impact of climate change in blog format. Updated regularly.
(12/13/2012) 2012 will almost certainly be the hottest year on record across the 48 contiguous United States, says a new analysis published by Climate Central.
Climate Summit in Doha characterized by lack of ambition
(12/09/2012) Ahead of the 18th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, Qatar a variety of reports warned that the world was running out of time to avoid dangerous climate change, and that there was a widening gap between what nations have pledged to do and what the science demanded. A landmark report by the World Bank painted an almost apocalyptic picture of a world in which global temperatures have risen 4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, including unprecedented heatwaves and droughts, rising sea levels, global agriculture crises, and a stunning loss of species. In addition, scientific studies released near the two week conference found that sea levels were rising 60 percent faster than predicted, forests around the world were imperiled by increasing drought, marine snails were dissolving in the Southern Ocean due to ocean acidification, and ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica was on the rise.
Illegal logging, mining worsened impact of Philippines' killer typhoon
(12/06/2012) According to Filipino officials, rampant illegal logging and mining were likely a part of the cause for the high casualty count from Category 5 Typhoon Bopha (Pablo), especially in the Compostela Valley where government officials had warned people to stop the illegal activities. So far, 370 people have been found dead on the island of Mindanao with another 400 missing. Waters rose so high even emergency shelters were inundated.
Greenland and Antarctica ice melt accelerating, pushing sea levels higher
(12/03/2012) A massive team of scientists have used multiple methods to provide the best assessment yet of ice loss at the world's poles, including Greenland and a number of Antarctic ice sheets. Their findings—that all major ice sheets are shrinking but one; that ice loss is speeding up; and that this is contributing to the rise in sea levels—add more evidence to the real-time impacts from global climate change. Melting ice sheets at the poles have raised sea levels 11.1 millimeters, or about 20 percent of observed sea level rise, in the past twenty years, according to the landmark study in Science.
Reduction in snow threatens Arctic seals
(11/28/2012) Arctic snowfall accumulation plays a critical role in ringed seal breeding, but may be at risk due to climate change, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. Sea ice, which is disappearing at an alarming rate, provides a crucial platform for the deep snow seals need to reproduce. Ringed seals (Phoca hispida) require snow depths of at least 20 centimeters (8 inches): deep enough to form drifts that seals use as birth chambers.
World Bank: 4 degrees Celsius warming would be miserable
(11/20/2012) A new report by the World Bank paints a bleak picture of life on Earth in 80 years: global temperatures have risen by 4 degrees Celsius spurring rapidly rising sea levels and devastating droughts. Global agriculture is under constant threat; economies have been hampered; coastal cities are repeatedly flooded; coral reefs are dissolving from ocean acidification; and species worldwide are vanishing. This, according to the World Bank, is where we are headed even if all of the world's nations meet their pledges on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. However, the report also notes that with swift, aggressive action it's still possible to ensure that global temperatures don't rise above 4 degrees Celsius.
Climate change threatens population of Earth's largest sea turtle
(11/19/2012) A drier, hotter climate in Central America could wipe out the population of leatherback sea turtles from the eastern Pacific Ocean by the year 2100, according to a grim projection published on July 1 in Nature Climate Change. Already critically endangered from fisheries by-catch and historic egg poaching, leatherbacks can hardly accommodate another human-related threat. Yet scientists still hold out hope for interventions that could save the turtles.
Asian cities face high disaster risk with 650,000 killed in 2000s
(11/16/2012) Asia's cities are increasing vulnerable to natural disasters due to climate change, urban expansion, and poor planning, warns a report published this week by the Asian Development Bank. Disasters risk undermining recent economic gains in the region.
Canadian ice sheet responded rapidly to ancient climate change
(11/16/2012) Even as glaciers retreat from rising temperatures worldwide, new research says they could bounce back just as suddenly. The study, published Sept. 14 in Science, shows that both small mountain glaciers and large ice sheets grew considerably during a short, 150-year cold spell in Canada 8,200 years ago. The results suggest that massive ice sheets are surprisingly sensitive to brief shifts in seasonal temperatures.
Obama criticized for lack of urgency on climate change
(11/15/2012) Following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy—which many scientists say was likely worsened by climate change—and a long silence on the issue of global warming during the Presidential campaign, environmentalists yesterday were disappointed when re-elected President Barack Obama seemingly put action on climate change on the back burner.
Bats face new perils from climate change
(11/15/2012) Global climate change could devastate bat populations around the world, threatening to tear yet another thread from the tapestry of biodiversity should current temperature trends persist, according to a new study. "Bats were the focus for this study because they are relatively understudied but due to their sensitivity to environmental stress, they are excellent indicators of climate change," Hayley Ann Sherwin, co-author of the paper published in Mammal Review, with the Queen University in Belfast, told mongabay.com.
Obama breaks climate silence at press conference
(11/14/2012) At a news conference today, a question by New York Times reporter Mark Landler pushed President Obama to speak at some length about climate change. In his answer, Obama re-iterated his acceptance of climate science and discussed how progress on tackling climate change might proceed in his second term, though he also noted that he wouldn't put action on the climate ahead of the economy. President Obama made a small reference to climate change in his victory speech following his historic re-election last Tuesday, but his answer today was the most the president has talked about the issue at any length since at least Hurricane Sandy.
Gaining from rain: precipitation is an indicator of tropical forest biodiversity
(11/12/2012) Policymakers seeking to conserve forests in southern India should focus on those receiving the highest levels of rainfall, according to new research. Scientists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) found rainfall to be the most important environmental determinant of species richness in the Anamalai region of the southern Western Ghats.
Threatened Galapagos coral may predict the future of reefs worldwide
(11/07/2012) The Galapagos Islands have been famous for a century and a half, but even Charles Darwin thought the archipelago's list of living wonders didn't include coral reefs. It took until the 1970s before scientists realized the islands did in fact have coral, but in 1983, the year the first major report on Galapagos reef formation was published, they were almost obliterated by El Niño. This summer, a major coral survey found that some of the islands' coral communities are showing promising signs of recovery. Their struggle to survive may tell us what is in store for the rest of the world, where almost three-quarters of corals are predicted to suffer long-term damage by 2030.
It's not just Sandy: U.S. hit by record droughts, fires, and heatwaves in 2012
(11/05/2012) As the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy—killing over 100 people and producing upwards of $50 billion in damage along the U.S. East Coast—has reignited a long-dormant conversation on climate change in the media, it's important to note that this is not the only weird and wild weather the U.S. has seen this year. In fact, 2012 has been a year of record-breaking weather across the U.S.: the worst drought in decades, unprecedented heatwaves, and monster forest fires. While climatologists have long stated that it is not yet possible to blame a single extreme weather event on climate change, research is showing that rising temperatures are very likely increasing the chances of extreme weather events and worsening them when they occur.
From 'fertilizer to fork': food accounts for a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions
(11/01/2012) Growing, transporting, refrigerating, and wasting food accounts for somewhere between 19-29 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions in 2008, according to a new analysis by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). In hard numbers that's between 9.8 and 16.9 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, more than double the fossil fuel emissions of China in the same year. Over 80 percent of food emissions came from production (i.e. agriculture) which includes deforestation and land use change.
Above the ocean: saving the world's most threatened birds
(11/01/2012) A life on the ocean is a perilous one for any bird. They must expend energy staying aloft for thousands of miles and learn to be marathon swimmers; they must seek food beneath treacherous waves and brave the world's most extreme climates; they must navigate the perils both of an unforgiving sea and far-flung islands. Yet seabirds, which includes 346 global species that depend on marine ecosystems, have evolved numerous strategies and complex life histories to deal with the challenges of the sea successfully, and they have been doing so since the dinosaur's last stand. Today, despite such a track record, no other bird family is more threatened; yet it's not the wild, unpredictable sea that endangers them, but pervasive human impacts.
One in eight people suffer from malnutrition worldwide
(10/16/2012) In a world where technology has advanced to a point where I can instantly have a face-to-face conversation via online video with a friend in Tokyo, nearly 870 million people, or one in eight, still suffer from malnutrition, according to a new UN report. While worldwide hunger declined from 1990 to 2007, progress was slowed by the global economic crisis. Over the last few years, numerous and record-breaking extreme weather events have also taken tolls on food production. Currently, food prices hover just below crisis levels.
Great Barrier Reef loses half its coral in less than 30 years
(10/01/2012) The Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its coral cover in the last 27 years, according to a new study released today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Based on over 2,000 surveys from 1985 to this year the study links the alarming loss to three impacts: tropical cyclone damage, outbreaks crown-of-thorns starfish that devour corals, and coral bleaching.
Arctic sea ice is 'toast' as old record shattered
(09/19/2012) Some twenty days after breaking the record for the lowest sea ice extent, the Arctic sea ice has hit a new rock bottom and finally begun its seasonal recovery. In the end, the Arctic sea ice extent fell to just 3.4 million square kilometers (1.32 million square miles) when only a few months ago scientists were wondering if it would break the 4 million square kilometers. The speed of the sea ice decline due to climate change has outpaced all the computer models, overrun all expert predictions, and shocked even the gloomiest scientists.
Coral reefs in Caribbean on life support
(09/11/2012) Only 8 percent of the Caribbean's reefs today retain coral, according to a new report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). With input and data from 36 scientists, the report paints a bleak picture of coral decline across the region, threatening fisheries, tourism, and marine life in general.
Featured video: Chasing Ice trailer
(09/11/2012) A new film, opening in the U.S. in November, follows the exploits of National Geographic photographer, James Balog, as he attempts to photograph the end of glaciers and great ice sheets, which are diminishing and, in some cases, collapsing under the heat of global climate change. The film, which won a cinematography award at Sundance, documents the lengths one person will go to capture images of a vanishing world.
Spike in glacier melt across Patagonia since 2000
(09/05/2012) The rate of glacier melt across Patagonia has accelerated since 2000, reports a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
NASA images reveal rapid loss of Indonesia's glaciers
(09/05/2012) Satellite images highlighted last week by NASA reveal the rapid disappearance of Indonesia's only glaciers.
Sea ice falls to record low with over two weeks of melting left
(08/27/2012) One of the most visible impacts of climate change—melting summer sea ice in the Arctic—just hit a new milestone. Scientists with the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have declared that this year's Arctic sea ice extent dipped below the previous record set in 2007 as of yesterday. The record is even more notable, however, as it occurred more than a fortnight before the Arctic's usual ice melt season ends, meaning the old record will likely not just be supplanted, but shattered.
Arctic sea ice approaches another record melt
(08/22/2012) Sea ice extent in the Arctic is very near to beating the previous record low set in 2007, according to the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center. Researchers told Reuters that they expect the record to be beaten by the end of month, well over a week before the melt season ends in the frozen north.
Pictures of the day: NASA captures stunning images of U.S. wildfires at night
(08/21/2012) NASA is now able to capture satellite images of wildfires—at night. Using the The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (S-NPP), which has instruments that are particularly sensitive to light, NASA was able to take images of fires burning nocturnally across the American West in what has been a record year, to date, for fires in the country.
Greenland suffers record melt
(08/16/2012) Four weeks before Greenland's melting season usually ends, it has already blown past all previous records. By August 8th, nearly a month before cooler weather usually sets in around the world's largest island, the island toppled the past record set in 2010.
NASA image shows Northwest Passage open
(08/15/2012) A satellite image released by NASA last week shows a key channel that forms part of the Northwest Passage is partially free of ice.
Climate change may be worsening impacts of killer frog disease
(08/13/2012) Climate change, which is spawning more extreme temperatures variations worldwide, may be worsening the effects of a devastating fungal disease on the world's amphibians, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change. Researchers found that frogs infected with the disease, known as chytridiomycosis, perished more rapidly when temperatures swung wildly. However scientists told the BBC that more research is needed before any definitive link between climate change and chytridiomycosis mortalities could be made.
Drought drives corn prices to record high
(08/09/2012) Drought in America's Midwest drive corn prices to record highs on Thursday.
July 2012: hottest month in U.S. history
(08/08/2012) Last month was not only the hottest July in U.S. weather history, but the hottest month ever recorded in the contiguous U.S, besting a record struck in July 1936 during the Dust Bowl, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The average temperature last month over the contiguous U.S. was 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 3.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th Century average. Making matters worse, crippling drought continued to spread over 63 percent of the lower 48 states.
Climate and culture: abrupt change and rapid response
(08/06/2012) As the world experiences record heat, increased drought and fires, unprecedented ice melt and similar extreme weather anomalies decades before expected, climatologists have been forced to reconsider previous climate change projections and research techniques. Less than a decade ago, scientific consensus considered warming of more than 2 C and atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide near 450 parts per million (ppm) as acceptable or "safe". Revised climate science literature and expert opinion now regard safe atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide as below 350 ppm, or less than 1 C rise in average planetary temperature. Many researchers and environmentalists, however, recognize that the present deviation from pre-industrial temperatures of 0.8 C may be unacceptable to prevent runaway climate change and widespread disasters.
Extreme heatwaves 50 to 100 times more likely due to climate change
(08/05/2012) A recent rise in deadly, debilitating, and expensive heatwaves was caused by climate change, argues a new statistical analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Climatologists found that extreme heatwaves have increased by at least 50 times during the last 30 years. The researchers, including James Hansen of NASA, conclude that climate change is the only explanation for such a statistical jump.
Jungles in Antarctica? High CO2 levels contributed to tropical conditions on the icy continent 50M years ago
(08/02/2012) Tropical vegetation grew along the coast of Antarctica 52 million years ago, an indication to dramatic climate shifts linked to elevated carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, report scientists in Nature.
Drought pits farmers against frackers
(08/01/2012) Drought has created a standoff over water supplies in the U.S. Midwest between energy producers and farmers, reports Bloomberg. Natural gas and oil producers have been forced to seek new water sources as they mull calls from farmers and activists to recycle their water, a practice that would make 'fracking' more expensive.
NASA images reveal massive forest die-off from tiny beetle
(07/31/2012) Satellite images highlighted by NASA this week reveal a massive forest die-off in Colorado due to severe pine park beetle infestations.
Humpback whales delaying migration due to Antarctic changes
(07/30/2012) Humpback whales in the Antarctic are delaying their migration to feed on krill that are staying later due to reduced extent of sea ice, a possible consequence of climate change, reports a study published in the journal Endangered Species Research.
Featured video: climate change bringing on the extremes
(07/24/2012) Focusing on extreme weather events in the U.S. this summer, a new compilation video highlights the connection between climate change and increasing and worsening extremes, such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods.
Past climate change reduced lemur population in Madagascar
(07/24/2012) Climate change that took place 4,000-10,000 years ago may have contributed to the endangered status of one of Madagascar's rarest lemurs by reducing the extent of its habitat, argues a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences.
U.S. drought could set in motion global food crisis
(07/23/2012) The U.S. is suffering drought levels not seen in over 50 years—and drawing comparisons to the Dust Bowl—with 56 percent of the contiguous U.S. in moderate to extreme drought. Some experts fear that the drought, and resulting hikes in food prices, could propel another global food crisis like those seen in 2008 and 2010.
Deja vu: U.S. undergoes hottest 12 months on record...again and again
(07/12/2012) According to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Climatic Data Center, the last twelve months have been the warmest on record for the contiguous United States. This record, set between July 2011 through June 2012, beat the last consecutive twelve month record set only a month earlier between June 2011 and May 2012, which in turn beat the previous record holder, you guessed it: May 2011 through April 2012.
Climate change increased the probability of Texas drought, African famine, and other extreme weather
(07/11/2012) Climate change is here and its increasing the chances for crazy weather, according to scientists. A prestigious group of climatologists have released a landmark report that makes the dramatic point that climate change is impacting our weather systems—and in turn our food crops, our economies, and even our lives—here-and-now. The new report in the American Meteorological Society is first of what is intended to be an annual offering that will attempt to tease out the connections between climate change and individual extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts and floods.
As U.S. sees record heat, extreme weather pummels 4 continents
(07/10/2012) It's not only the U.S. that has experienced record-breaking extreme weather events recently, in the last couple months extreme weather has struck around the world with startling ferocity. In addition to the much-covered heatwaves, wildfires, and droughts in the U.S., killer floods struck India, the worst drought yet recorded plagued South Korea, and massive forest fires swept through Siberia to name just a few.
2,600 scientists: climate change killing the world's coral reefs
(07/10/2012) In an unprecedented show of concern, 2,600 (and rising) of the world's top marine scientists have released a Consensus Statement on Climate Change and Coral Reefs that raises alarm bells about the state of the world's reefs as they are pummeled by rising temperatures and ocean acidification, both caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The statement was released at the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium.
Scientist: 'no doubt' that climate change is playing a role in U.S. fires
(07/02/2012) A noted climate scientist says there is 'no doubt' that climate change is 'playing a role' in this year's series of record fires in the western U.S. A massive wildfire in Colorado has forced the evacuation of 36,000 people, destroyed over 300 homes, and killed two people. The devastation wrought by the Waldo Canyon Fire even prompted a visit form U.S. President Barack Obama. But this is not the only epic fire in the U.S. this year: less than a month before the Colorado disaster, New Mexico experienced its largest fire on record in Gila Nation Forest; the conflagration burned up 247,000 acres (100,000 hectares). Other major wildfires have occurred in Utah and Wyoming, as well as other parts of New Mexico and Colorado.
Climate change to favor trees over grasses in Africa
(06/29/2012) As the world warms, scientists are working rapidly to understand how ecosystems will change, including which species will benefit and which will falter. A new study in Nature finds that elevated CO2 concentrations should favor trees and woody plants over savannah and grasslands in Africa.
Alarm rising over food crisis in Sahel region
(06/13/2012) Warnings over a possible famine in Africa's Sahel region are becoming louder and more intense. Abnormal drought, locally high food prices, and regional conflict have ramped up concerns that 18 million people could suffer from malnutrition and starvation as the lean season sets in. UNICEF says it needs $238 million to save over a million children from severe malnourishment in the region, but has to date only raised $93 million.
Warmer forests expel carbon from soils creating "vicious cycle"
(06/13/2012) As the world warms, temperate forests could become a source of carbon dioxide emission rather than a sink according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Scientists found that two forest sites in the U.S. (Wisconsin and North Carolina) emitted long-stored carbon from their soils when confronted with temperatures 10-20 degrees Fahrenheit (5.5-11.1 degrees Celsius) higher than average.
As Colorado and New Mexico burn, scientists say prepare for more
(06/12/2012) A massive wildlife in Colorado still burns after it has killed one person and damaged or destroyed over a hundred structures. The fire, the third largest in Colorado's history, has burned 39,500 acres (16,000 hectares) to date. Meanwhile in central New Mexico, another wildfire has damaged or destroyed 35 structures and burned 34,500 acres (14,000 hectares). This comes just weeks after New Mexico's largest wildfire ever—still going—burned up over 247,000 acres (100,000 hectares) of the Gila Forest. Weeks of heroic efforts by thousands of firefighters have contained this megafire by only 37 percent to date. Now, a new scientific study in Ecospshere has found that North America and Europe must prepare for even more fires as global temperatures continue to rise from climate change.
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10 years after introducing 43 Things to the world, we have decided we have met our last goal: completing the incredible experience that has been 43 Things. Please join us in giving one last cheer to all the folks who have shared their goals with the world, as well as all the people who have worked at The Robot Co-op to build this incredible website. We won a Webby Award, published a book, and brought happiness to a lot of people.
Starting today, 43 Things users can export their goals and entries from the site. Starting August 15, we will make the site "read only". 43 Things users will still be able to view the site and export their content, but we won't be taking any new content from users. We hope to leave the site up for folks to see and download their content until the end of the year. Ending on New Year's Eve takes us full circle.
It has been a long ride (one of our original goals was to "build a company that lasts at least 2 years" - we beat that one!) While we wish the site could live on, it has suffered from a number of challenges - changes in how people use the site, the advertising industry, and how search engines view the site. We wish the outcome was different – but we've always been realistic about when our goals are met and when they aren't.
As of today, you will be able to download your goals and entries. See more about that on the FAQ page. Thanks for 10 great years of goal-setting and achieving.
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My favorite postcard from postsecret…
Mmmmm… nature.
It's worth doing if the person is worth kissing. And he was.
I went garage sale shopping this last weekend, and I found an espresso machine. I wish I had gotten it. I wasn't sure if I wanted to get that or a regular coffee machine that I can set a timer on (so when I wake up it's already made). I think that with the espresso machine I could make more Frappucino-like drinks. Who knows… off to Starbucks!
My friend Elena and I did this together for her 18th birthday in 2006. I forgot I had taken ibuprofen earlier that morning for a toothache, and I wound up bleeding quite a bit. Other than that, it wasn't very painful at all. I got an infection this last Christmas from being extremely ill and blowing my nose so much, so I wound up taking it out. But I miss it so much, that I think I may get another one.
I just finished watching 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' and I am now extremely disgusted by the government, oil companies and car companies (as if I weren't enough already). I wish I could own an EV1, but it sounds as if they've been laid to rest. The documentary also stated that American hybrid cars have a less average MPG than the Japanese ones. Good to keep that in mind. I feel horrible and guilty for driving my Toyota Avalon, but the best I can do right now is walk to work, take the bus to school, and essentially do my part. One day I'll have enough to buy a Hybrid…
I'm addicted to the Caffe Vanilla Frappuccino. Argh… damn their sugary caffieneness.
Nothing feels better than swimming through water in the nude, whether it's night or day. Love it.
I woke up at 7:30am this morning. But I went to bed at 3am, so I don't think that was exactly what I was hoping for…
Thank god for coffee.
If you want to relax, this is the best kind of vacation you can take. I got on in LA, and we went down to San Diego, Catalina Island, and Mexico. We had the best food! I would love to go again. I'm tired of planning so much for trips and stressing to the point of not enjoying myself.
Ok, so I've been to Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Utah, Colorado, and Kansas. Most of it was from the road trip I took with my mom and brother this last Spring break. Our destination was Illinois so we could visit mom's hometown and her dad and step-mom. Oh, and Hawaii! That's 14/50 (including my home state).
I have a feeling that this is the root of all my problems… until they're fixed and then I'll find a new one. But I have made a step into getting them fixed. I made an appointment with the orthodontist for Aug. 2nd. I'm terrified, but I crave to smile without feeling insecure. People take for granted their naturally solid, white teeth (like my brother. wish I had his genes. the luck of the draw, I guess).
Livejournal just isn't the same. I need something meaningful to write about.
If I do well at the photography classes at Cuesta, then I would like to transfer to Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. If I decide to pursue Human Services/Social Services, then I will most likely transfer to SFSU, and from there who knows. The thing that has this goal lagging, is the fact that I did horribly this last year. It was my freshman year as a full-time student, and I am addicted to dropping classes. I aimed to do better in the Spring, but I actually wound up doing worse. That is, I had a lot going on, but still… I got 2 F's and that's out of the 5 classes that I didn't drop. Hmmm… I guess I can add that to my list as well.
I just registered for classes at the community college, and I'll be taking dance lessons! The info says I'll be learning Cha Cha, Swing, Waltz, and a couple others. Can't wait!
I want it to be meaningful, so I have a multitude of ideas for tattoos. I told my brother I would get one with him next month when he turns 18.
I want a snowflake on the back of my neck. I want a mermaid cascading down my hip. I want a dove on my back shoulder. I want a tree in the middle of my back. I want a celtic design on my ankle. And I've always wanted something on my wrist, but I feel like that might be one I'd regret. I want it for kind of morbid reasons.
I went to the equivalent of the open houses of 4 year colleges of Sem. at sea aboard the Explorer. It is an amazing ship. Extremely luxurious (it has a massage parlor!). I can't wait to raise my GPA and get my ass on that ship. I heard stories from the alumni there from either Spring 07 or Fall 06 that had Desmond Tutu aboard the ship for their entire ride. And they went to S. Africa with him…. can't beat that semester but I might as well try.


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Gucci Mane - Pretty Bitches Feat. Wale (Prod. By Drumma Boy)
Pretty Bitches Gucci Mane Feat. Wale Produced by Drumma Boy
Off Gucci's "Return Of Mr Zone 6" Album
Listen to Pretty Bitches (Prod By Drumma Boy), the latest track from Gucci Mane, featuring Wale. The cut dropped on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011. Gucci Mane's future brightens with every new release, and Pretty Bitches (Prod By Drumma Boy) certainly isn't an exception. It's a fitting addition to a solid catalogue that Gucci Mane has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're excited to hear more.
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Bad hair day? Hello, pixie. Sick of it? Time for a long bob. Bored yet? Let's try long with layers. Now, cut bangs. Ugh. Grow bangs out. Maybe a sassy shag? Back to the pixie.
Yep, when it comes to hair styles, women can be fickle.
In fact, the U.K.'s Daily Mail [2]reports, British women, on average, run through a whopping 36 hairstyles in their lifetimes.
You'll Try 36 Hairstyles in Your Life...But Keep Going Back to the Same Cut: http://www.ivillage.com/average-number-hairstyles-women-get-lifetime/5-a-549929 [3]
This doesn't surprise me much! How often do you change up your cut?


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Hardware news tagged 130nm
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
TSMC Earns Record Revenues and Income as 28nm Accounts for Even Larger Portion of Sales.
TSMC's Revenue Rise to $5.53 Billion As Customers Increase Adoption of Leading-Edge Technologies
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
28nm Chips Account for Nearly One Third of TSMC's Wafer Revenue.
TSMC's Q2 2013 28nm Revenue Total $5.19 Billion
Monday, January 21, 2013
TSMC's Sales of 28nm Chips in Fourth Quarter Totaled Nearly $1 Billion.
28nm Chips Now Represent Nearly a Quarter of TSMC's Wafer Revenue
Thursday, October 25, 2012
TSMC Increases Output of 28nm Chips by Two Times in One Quarter.
28nm Production Now Accounts for 13% of TSMC Revenue
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
TSMC Boosts Output of 28nm Chips by Nearly 70% in the Second Quarter.
TSMC Plans to Make 68 Thousand 300mm Wafers Using 28nm Process by Year End
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
TSMC Increases Shipments of 28nm Wafers by More Than Two Times in One Quarter.
TSMC Significantly Boosts Output of Leading-Edge Chips, But They Are Still in Shortage
Thursday, January 19, 2012
TSMC Ships More 28nm Wafers than Expected, Projects Rapid Ramp.
TSMC Revenue Drops as Market Demand Softens
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
TSMC Lowers Expectations for 28nm Revenue in 2011.
Sales of 40nm Chips Now Account for 26% of TSMC's Revenue
Thursday, January 27, 2011
TSMC Increases Capital Spending to $7.8 Billion in 2011.
Shipments of 40nm Chips Further Increase at TSMC
Thursday, October 28, 2010
TSMC's Revenue for 40nm Chips Up Slightly Quarter-over-Quarter.
TSMC's Earnings Set Another Record in Q3 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
TSMC Boosts 40nm Revenue by 30% in the Second Quarter.
TSMC Reports Record Revenues for Q2 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Globalfoundries: Our Advanced Process Capacities Will Be Comparable to TSMC's.
Globalfoundries Set to Announces New Capacity Expansions Next Week
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Demand Towards Leading Edge Manufacturing Increases – TSMC.
40nm Process Technology Accounted for 14% of TSMC's Q1 2010 Revenue


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This early 15th century castle is built on a rock jutting out into Loch Goil. A stronghold of the Clan Campbell it was bombarded by HMS Kingfisher in 1685 during the abortive 'Argyll's Rebellion'.
Carrick lay in ruin for many years until restored by Alexander Fleming in the early 1990s. At first sight this would seem to have been a tall order as the castle is larger than it first appears. However, after exploratory excavations, it was put in a state of repair and the roof replaced. Its future is now secure.
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Three Generations Hit 'The New Generation' Trip Report COMPLETE
The cast Me (29) never understood grown up's liking Disney, Mum (62) thought Disney was lovely for kids and DD (5) absolutely loves Princesses and Villains strangely enough.
I can't quite remember how this trip came about, except I wanted to do something special for dd, it's been a rough year for personal reasons and she has been a trooper :hug:
I always thought Disney was well out of my reach, I wasn't that keen on the idea and it cost ££££ lol Mum had seen the adverts for the New Generation on tv and spotted the 40% off all I can remember is her telling me she'd done a search on the Disney website and the price was ALOT less than we thought. So the seed was planted hmmmmmm maybe this can be done and the search began, after much pricing up we decided on S Lodge and eventually booked through a travel agent. That night mum and I were looking at Expedia again :rolleyes1 and couldn't believe it when we saw that Hotel New York was only a little more than SL, I called the agent up in the morning and asked if we could change, they quickly got back to me saying it was done and even cheaper than I thought they only charged an extra £50 :cool1:
The plan was to keep it a surprise we had something like 12 weeks to go .... this lasted 3 whole days :laughing: I broke the news to dd, I don't think she really believed me and 12 weeks is forever when you're 5!!!
I stumbled across the disboards and all you helpful people, which believe me was an absolute blessing, I found the Disney brochures really hard work to make head nor tail of.
Mum was so excited and something was happening to me ..... Disney magic was starting to grow :wizard: I bought dd a lanyard from the Disney Store and ordered a stack of pins on ebay .... each Wednesday morning before she woke I would plant a pin somewhere she would find it and told her Tinkerbell has left her a pin so she knows it's 12/11/10/9 (you get the idea) weeks until we go to Disney. The buying began I picked up a few new dresses to add to the existing collection and dd asked family not to buy her easter eggs and instead give her couple of pounds to save. DD was brilliant, she has a really wise mind for a 5 year old, I told her we were saving all our pennies for Paris and that was it she didn't once ask for anything not a toy or treat bless her.
After researching it I decided to go for the Shareholder's Club and went through the process, it was all really easy and I started using the card in Disney Store here :thumbsup2 Before we left I bought dd a pink sparkly princess case, daisy duck aluminium water bottle, tinkerbell fan, some bits of clothes, towel all from Disney, M & S had some cute Minnie tops so they were added to the collection as I figured it would be cheaper here. Everytime I saw mum she seemed to have bought something for the trip even if it was just sachets of Calpol!!!
The weeks eventually rolled on the disboards and the Brit Guide became my bedtime reading, we had several copies of the brochure as the one was looking a little well read lol, dd had already memorised the parade order and small world from youtube videos and somehow it all came together .... I started to believe this was meant to be :cloud9:
You sound like you've been bitten by the bug!! :tinker: We also got the Tinkerbell fan from the Disney Store before our trip! :goodvibes
This is a lovely pre trip report, what a lovely idea hiding pins for your daughter to find :) glad to hear you have fallen in love with Disney, hope your trip was magical and can't wait to read all about it.
What a fabulous idea for counting down the weeks! :goodvibes Think Tinkerbell may have to do something similar in our house. ;)
Day 1
Very belated I am at last going to do the trippie! So here goes .....
The big day was finally here June 9th, we'd synchronised watches the night before and after some last minute packing got to bed 'early' which actually ended up being late at 11:30pm .... then you guessed it I was so excited I couldn't sleep 1:30am passed by then the next thing I knew it was 3:15am time to get up for our 6:40am flights :scared1:
Taxi to the airport turned up on time and we were off ... yay!
We flew with Air France from Manchester, not a problem and a good opportunity to brush up on my Bonjour's. At the airport we had transfer vouchers for the VEA so headed straight there. There was a coach full waiting to leave, I exchanged our voucher and experienced our first queue 'french style' lol We only had to wait 10 mins or so for another coach, can't remember how long it took but the journey was no more than 40 mins and I loved the chance to have a nosey at all the other hotels before finally getting to the New York.
Only a few other families were staying here, all of which beat us to check in but we didn't mind we were far too busy taking it all in. Mum headed off to find the toilet's so I parked the cases outside the boutique with dd to wait ....... Lo and behold I looked to my right and there was Minnie with Pluto just walking out to do the 11:30am meet and greet, that was it dd took no coaxing she was off :laughing: i did a quick dash into the shop to pick up an autograph book and much to my annoyance forgot to use my shareholder card (I know it's only pennies saving on the book but I had soooo looked forward to flashing it at DLP lol).
We couldn't have wished for a better start to the trip, whilst everyone else was hustling to check in dd had Minnie and Pluto all to herself, I could've cried it was perfect, dd was just in awe.
Check in was a breeze the staff on the desk were great chatting with dd, we put the cases at the luggage drop and headed out for our first look at DLP!
Walking through the Village that first time was magical, dd didn't know where to look, we didn't hang around too much we were so excited to see the park. We headed through the bag search, which was a pain for them today as I had crammed so much stuff in my back pack ready from the plane for all weathers.
After I figured out which way to put the tickets through we got past the turnstiles, this is really straightforward but I was really tired ... duh!
Our first impression of the park was that we loved it, granted we have nothing to compare it to. Main street was bustling with people, the atmosphere felt great. We decided to just do a quick walk about to get our barings and dd couldn't wait to get down towards the castle.
After standing and gawping at the castle we walked across the bridge and through into Fantasyland where the Carousel greets you, who doesn't love a Carousel the music, the colours, it's all just so magical .... especially with Mary Poppins and Bert in front of it .....
great start, im anxiously waiting for the next bit :surfweb:
i see the bug has well and truly bitten!!! yaaaay for the feb trip! where are you staying next time?
What a fantastic start to your trip!! :goodvibes
Your DD is beautiful!
Day 1 cont ......
Mary Poppins and Bert were lovely, Bert was charming (if not a bit oranged for my taste lol) but it was good to see something at DLP for mummy too ;)
This meet was our first 'scrum' but in truth it wasn't as bad as I thought, yes some silly moo was there smoking all over everyone's kids, dd just seemed to know what to do though and waited her turn without letting people shove her out of the way.
Off we went exploring Fantasyland, a go on the Carousel, a quick spin on the Tea Cups .... somehow we picked one of the super fast ones and by this point I was thriving on lack of sleep, adrenalin and coffee ...wheeeee!
We explored Alice's Curious Labyrinth which dd loved, I could've done without it after the tea cups in truth ..... lot's of fab photo ops in here too ....
then a bit of a wait to take one in the chair :rolleyes1
DD totally loved the labyrinth and wanted to go in every day, I thought once was enough and was glad when it was closed!
We were all starting to get hungry now so agreed to wander back towards Main Street, on the way we stumbled across Peter Pan and Wendy ... we survived scrum number two ... phew!
Note the pee'd off looking Spanish people in the background lol Despite all their attempts to push, shove and take dd's turn away Peter and Wendy were super, they gave dd their undivided attention :lovestruc
We headed down Main Street and went to Casey's, we just shared some fries and a hotdog. The food was ok, usual fast food kinda deal, we were so hungry I can't give a true reflection of the food. We heard the music for the showtime spectacular so wandered out into the crowd, as we were unprepared for this I had to haul dd up on my shoulders to see .... ughhhh but it was worth it she danced and skipped all the way back through Main Street. It started to rain so a mass evacuation started, luckily I'd crammed pac-a-mac's into my very own Mary Poppin's style back pack. We did a little window shopping and headed back to HNY.
By the time we reached the hotel it was pouring down, our room was ready when we got there and the cases were waiting for us. We requested a kettle and cups from the desk and these were with us in 5 mins, great service :thumbsup2
Don't really remember the time I just remember we were all pooped so after unpacking crashed out on the beds.
Day 1 cont ......
Sorry this is sooooo lengthy it was just so good!
I'd made reservations for Cafe Mickey at 6:30pm, after our nap we slept longer than planned and had a rush to get ready. Now the rain had really got going ... eeeeeek ..... we made a dash for it brolleys at the ready.
When we arrived at Cafe Mickey just about on time we were seated upstairs, on the way up a little mother / daugheter squabbling ensued lol Mum told me off for being late (of course it was my fault) and now we were getting shoved in rubbish seats upstairs ..... well as soon as we reached the top step she retreated as Chip jumped out to meet us with the menu's :laughing: (love you really mum)
We were given a seat by the window in the corner upstairs by our host Chip .....
Upstairs seemed pretty quiet at this point but soon started to fill up, within the first ten minutes we met Chip n Dale .....
Minnie .....
and Mickey.
Our cm brought our drinks promptly and we didn't have to wait long for our starter. I'm veggie and decided to eat of the set menu, mum did too and dd from the kid's. We had a couple of cocktails too .... Rose Moon I think ... yummy!
Mum and I both had the mushrooms, they are very salty which we both like so was perfect for us. We met Friar Tuck and Prince John, who was extremely bossy lol
Our cm (Akim) was amazing I cannot praise him enough, around 7:10pm the music started for the Freedom song, he dashed over and swept dd away to dance on the counter ....
I think dd thought she was in HSM or something lol I had the Genie's pasta which was nice and mum had the Pluto's Steak which she enjoyed also, we followed with the Woody's dessert which was a brownie ... this theme continues I just lurvee brownies and cannot wait to go back to DLP to get my fix!!! The bill came to 74E54 with the 15% shareholder discount. Money well spent.
We met Goofy and Tigger as well. The CM made our night he was attentive, brought characters over to our table several times really hope he is still there when we return.
Full, tired and very very happy we made our way back through the puddles, the village was quiet probably due to the rain and being midweek. This gave us chance to have a good wander though. We crawled into bed back at HNY buzzing after an amazing 1st day.
Fantastic trip report - can't wait to read more! Love the photos of the HNY - we are heading there in February 2011 too! soooo can't wait! :banana::banana::banana:
Day 2
I am determined to do a full trip report before our next one lol So here we go ....
We woke up after a heavy nights sleep, today was our first breakfast at HNY we could've chose to go in either dining room but went in the Parkside. Found breakfast great we had an 8am slot but turned up early without issue. Dd didn't really eat she was just itching to get going. Today she decided she was going to be Fairy Rosetta, we bumped into Minnie on our way out ... I think she pulls it off with trainers lol
We headed off for EMH and went straight to Discoveryland and walked on Buzz, we did a couple of rounds whilst there was nobody about and headed to Orbitron it was raining so soggy bottoms all round! Mum and dd went for a look at Constellations and I headed to Space Mountain :woohoo: Got to sit next to somebody English so we had a rather civil chat as we spun around lol
Next we walked over to Fantasyland we did the Carousel and went to explore the Castle before the crowds hit. I have to say it is beautiful :love:
I'd read on here about the queues for meet n greets so decided to head to wait for Tiana at 10:45am, we were 2nd in the queue they'd not even roped off yet. We got chatting to some nice English folk who had the same idea and all shared brollies. The All Star Express went by so that took dd's mind off the wait for a while. Around 11am they roped off and there was a pretty big queue formed behind us now. Tiana and Naveen came out just a few mins late and were divine with everyone giving them plenty of chat.
We decided it was time to pay our first visit to Salon Mickey and catch a break from the rain. It was fairly quiet and we bagged the couches ....
After exiting Salon Mickey we took a stroll through Discovery Arcade and found a very young Bert rather bored and very playful ...
We made full use of both Arcades on our trip we found them welcome respite from the throngs on Main Street and great for bumping into people ;)
We went for an explore, watched the little Sleeping Beauty show outside Auberge which dd loved. We managed to time it just so as we walked past they opened up the Snow White ride there was a small queue which gave us chance to take in the art work. It had eased up on the rain when we got off the ride so this was our first chance to venture further afield, we went to Adventureland, crossing the bridge we looked right and saw Ariel dd was in serious princess heaven.
There was no playing at Pirate's Beach everything was too soggy but we had a good look about. Through Adventureland Jasmine had just appeared ... we were on a roll.
We took a ride on The Mark Twain, I really enjoyed this and think it's such a good way to show off that Disney detail. Now pretty tired the rain was starting to pick up again which was our cue to head back to HNY for an afternoon nap, we'd still not got over the no sleep from the night before we left.
WOW! What a princess-tastic day!!!!!! princess:
Just re-read day 1 and you are having some amazing characters meets, lucky, lucky, lucky!!! :goodvibes
p.s. I love the Rosetta dress :love:
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4.5-star Zhangjiajie hotel in Wulingyuan with 2 restaurants
Located in Wulingyuan, this hotel is 5.9 mi (9.5 km) from Huanglong Cave and 6 mi (9.7 km) from Yellow Dragon Cave. Tianmen Mountain Cable Car and Bailong Elevator are also within 25 mi (40 km).
Hotel Features
2 restaurants, an outdoor pool, and a nightclub are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a health club, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are onsite.
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All 456 rooms boast deep soaking tubs and offer free wired Internet and balconies. Minibars and room service are standard, as are LCD TVs with satellite channels.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Pullman ZhangjiajieHuajuan Road Wulingyuan District Zhangjiajie Hunan 427400
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Pullman Zhangjiajie provides an outdoor tennis court and a health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a grocery/convenience store. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 4.5-star property offers access to a business center. Event facilities measuring 12917 square feet (1200 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a nightclub, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff.
Pullman Zhangjiajie has designated areas for smoking.
- Total number of rooms - 456
- Number of floors - 7
- ATM/banking
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Designated smoking areas
- Billiards or pool table
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Garden
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Outdoor tennis court
- Year Built 2007
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 12917
- Conference space size (meters) - 1200
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Tennis on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Outdoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Television in lobby
- Wedding services
- Free Wi-Fi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Outdoor tennis court
- Grocery/convenience store
Available in all rooms: Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Room Amenities
- Balcony
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- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
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- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Down comforter
- Free wired high-speed Internet
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Jufenge Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Xiujin Restaurant - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor tennis court and a health club are featured at the hotel. Other recreational amenities include an outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Rafting nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Tennis on site
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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- Accessible parking
- Roll-in shower
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Breakfast fee: CNY 136 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: CNY 400 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: CNY 260 per night
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"Our staff were key members of the Willow Garage development team, working on projects three-to-five years out, but we wanted to do something sooner, so we spun off," said Unbounded Robotics CEO Melonee Wise in an interview with EE Times. "At Unbounded we started with a clean slate -- went back to what we thought people needed, while bringing down the cost of mobile robotics platforms."
The four-person company includes an electrical engineer (Lead Systems Engineer Derek King), a mechanical engineer (Lead Mechanical Engineer Eric Diehr), and a software engineer (Chief Technology Officer Michael Ferguson), who together with Wise designed the UBR-1 in under a year. Their primary directive was human safety, since as a co-robot the UBR-1 is designed to work alongside people without harming them even if they get in the way. Wise told us:
The Hokuyo laser scanner in the base is constantly calculating the distance to objects in front of the robot, while the head has a 3D visual sensor from PrimeSense Ltd. in Tel-Aviv, which enables real-time software to create a map of the world around the UBR-1. When fulfilling the commands of its user, the UBR-1 constantly updates its real-time map so that its navigation routines allow it to smoothly glide around obstacles even if they are moving.
The UBR-1 has a single arm with seven degrees of freedom -- seven motors driving seven joints in the arm, each of which has encoders to tell the robot what position it is in. That, combined with a six-degrees-of-freedom inertial measurement unit (a three-axis accelerometer and three-axis gyroscope) in the gripper, allows it to sense fine movements as well as to detect when it comes into contact with objects. In addition, two of the joints in the arm -- the wrist and the elbow -- can rotate continuously, which "really helps the robot get into hard-to-reach locations," according to Wise.
The gripper on the arm is called an "80-percent gripper" by Wise, because its parallel faces "can do 80 percent of the things you want a gripper to do." For the other 20 percent, it is replaceable with any number of specialized grippers -- from a suction cup to an electrostatic gripper. The arm also has the ability to reach all the way to the ground as well as to reach high up on shelves by virtue of the telescoping torso of the UBR-1.
Internally, the Ubuntu Linux LTS operating system is running on an Intel fourth-generation i5 processor, which communicates with an even dozen STMicroelectronic ARM-based microcontrollers, which manage the motors and moving parts. The base also has its own six-degrees-of-freedom MEMS inertial measurement unit.
The robot runs the open-source robot operating system (ROS) and all the applications available for it, such as MoveIt, for real-time planning, as well as a suite of custom applications supplied by Unbounded Robotics for navigation, calibration, and joystick tele-operation. The robot can also be programmed by dragging the arm around, with it recording those movements that can then be repeated.
The UBR-1 is designed for both robotics researchers as well as for businesses such as inventory control, where it can browse through warehouses picking up items that it then takes into the store for stocking shelves. Industrial applications include machine tending, such as removing finished parts from computerized numerical control (CNC) machines then inserting fresh stock for the next part.
Unbounded Robotics also envisions many other applications of its robots -- from delivering room service orders in hotels, to helping the elderly to age-in-place at home by retrieving such things as pill bottles or a glass of water or picking up the remote control dropped on the floor. Maybe the deluxe model will play cards, too.


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During the early years of colour television in the UK, videotape recording remained very expensive and videotapes were thus often reused or junked at a later date (either accidentally or deliberately for a variety of reasons). As a result there aren't all that many colour videotape recordings surviving from before the mid seventies.
Recordings of television programmes during the early years of colour were sometimes made by pointing a film camera at a studio monitor, but for reasons of cost and expediency the film used was black and white. Some of these film recordings became the only surviving copies in existence when original videotapes were later reused .
It is somewhat ironic that many surviving programmes from this early period, including landmark drama productions such as Nigel Kneale's The Year of the Sex Olympics, only exist nowadays in monochrome as opposed to the sometimes garish new colour that a few lucky viewers experienced when these shows were first transmitted.
Most of these black and white 'telerecordings' as they are known, contain a potentially useful secret. Much of the information relating to which colours make up the image is concealed in the monochrome picture in the form of a barely visible pattern of dots.
If a computer program could somehow analyse this pattern and extract the hidden information that may be contained in each frame of film, it could be possible to restore the missing colour to the image.
This idea was suggested a few years ago but until very recently it remained just an unproven theory with various highly complex technical problems to be resolved. Fortunately this didn't deter a small group of talented and experienced individuals from pooling their expertise to see if such a colour recovery process was feasible.
In recent weeks some significant progress has been made by this group and although there are still some remaining technical issues, the development of a colour recovery system has now reached the stage where the technique has produced some extremely encouraging results, as can be seen below.
The colour restoration process is obviously affected by glitches in the stock but for many good quality film recordings it seems that the ability to restore the lost colour from them has not only been successfully proven but is on the verge of becoming practicable; other restoration techniques could also be used to improve the final result.
It's ironic that in the age of Big Brother and other reality TV programmes, the technology now exists – fingers crossed – to potentially show The Year of the Sex Olympics to a wider audience in its full colour glory; Nigel Kneale's original vision of a future where television had evolved to become a mass-market pacifier has never been more relevant.


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Rental scams can be easier to spot if you look out for a few key signs and follow specific guidelines in your search. NY1's Bree Driscoll filed the following report.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That is the key to spotting a rental scam.
"They all boil down to the same thing: the scammer trying to rent the apartment that he does not have the authority to rent," says Teri Rogers, the CEO and founder of Brickunderground.com
Rogers says when searching for a place to live, keep your eyes peeled for signs of a scam.
"Know the market," she says. "Know what things should be priced at. Pay attention to the person. Do they seem nervous? Do they seem like they are aggressive or bullying you into doing this? Or, on the opposite extreme, are they too casual?"
Rogers says scammers often ask you to wire funds, give cash or rent something sight unseen. She says avoid giving money without getting and trying the keys first and don't give more than one month's rent in advance.
"If you are subletting, make sure you see the lease and take the ID of the person subletting, the legal tenant, and make sure it is the person on the lease," she says. "And ideally, get the landlord's permission in writing."
Rogers says to also look out for scammers who collect multiple non-refundable application fees from potential renters at an open house with no intention of renting the apartment. When the potential renters follow up to see if they got the apartment, they are told it was rented to someone else.
The best protection from scams is a good defense.
"Google the names of everyone involved," Rogers says. "The landlord, the legal tenant if there is one and the address of the building to look for any other people complaining about scams."
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Guaranty Building
When the Guaranty Building, 26 Church Street, was finished in 1896, it was ranked not only as Buffalo's finest advanced-design office building, but one of the finest in the country as well. Designed by one of the most important architects of the 19th century, Louis Sullivan of Chicago, the building reflects the optimism and prosperity of the United States at the time. Architectural historians consider the Guaranty Building one of the greatest architectural achievements in office buildings by Louis Sullivan.
A local oil magnate, Hascal L. Taylor, planned to build on the site what he envisioned would be the largest and best office building in the city, but he died before the plans were announced. The Guaranty Construction Co. of Chicago acquired the plans and built the building between March 1895 and March 1896. At 152 feet, the 13-story structure was the tallest in the city. It was renamed the Prudential Building soon after completion because of the refinancing provided by the Prudential Insurance Co. Both names can be seen above the entrances.
A forerunner of the style that would be known as "skyscraper," the Guaranty was one of the first steel-supported, "curtain-walled" buildings in the world, eliminating the need for thick walls in order to support height. The original structure was in a "U" shape, with an open court to the south for natural light, faced in white glazed tiles to reflect as much light as possible.
The piers between the windows have strong vertical lines that draw the eye upward to the imposing cornice. Sullivan used intricate terra cotta ornamentation, with geometric motifs and naturalistic design of flowers, seedpods and the spreading branches of a tree at the top of the building to make the exterior attractive. Terra cotta, similar to fired clay, gives the look and feel of stone but is comparatively lightweight and inexpensive. It was one of Sullivan's favorite building materials.
For years, the Guaranty Building was one of Buffalo's most prestigious business addresses, but the Great Depression brought hard times. Although recognized as an architectural masterpiece as early as 1940, by the mid 1950s the building was described as "old and dirty" and occupancy was declining.
Well-intentioned efforts at modernization resulted in aesthetic and structural damage. In 1955, a fiberglass exterior was added to the lower floors, a dropped ceiling was put in the lobby, and cleaning by harsh sandblasting damaged the intricate terra cotta. A fire in 1974 damaged the upper floors and the building was sold at auction. Despite its designation in 1975 as a National Historic Landmark, by 1977 the building's out-of-town owners were planning its demolition in order to make the site more marketable.
Objections by preservationists stymied the demolition plans. Instead, a series of grants and loans were obtained to restore the building. By September 1982, with a $12.4 million renovation project complete, the Guaranty Building once again became a prestigious business address. The law firm of Hodgson Russ LLP, a leading force in the earlier preservation effort, purchased the building for its principal offices in 2002.
"Louis Sullivan's Guaranty Building," from the Web site of the Hodgson Russ law firm, Feb. 17, 2003, "Hodgson Russ Begins Renovation of Historic Guaranty Building," April 27, 2006; Sharon Linstedt, "Guaranty Building Undergoing $12 Million Interior Renovation," Buffalo News, May 15, 2006, pp. A-1-2. Also see Chuck LaChiusa, "Buffalo as an Architectural Museum: The Guaranty Building".
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NW Wine: Maryhill Winery a great success story
By Andy Perdue and Eric Degerman, Wine Press Northwest
One of the finest success stories of the past decade in the Washington wine industry has to be that of Maryhill Winery.
Owners Craig and Vicki Leuthold launched their winery in a remote area of the state with the 2001 vintage, making 4,300 cases. In less than a decade, they have grown that to 80,000 cases, making Maryhill one of the largest family-owned producers in Washington.
Along the way, Maryhill has gained a well-earned reputation for crafting wines of quality and value, with its Winemaker???s Red ??? a $14 blend ??? making up more than a third of its production. In 2004, Maryhill shocked the California wine world when its 2002 Zinfandel won best in class at a prominent wine competition (against more than 100 California Zins).
The winery, near the town of Goldendale and next to the famed Maryhill Museum, occupies a beautiful location atop basalt cliffs that provide delicious views of the Gorge, Columbia River and Mount Hood. The Leutholds take advantage of their location with a 4,000-seat amphitheater that plays host to top musical acts each summer. Between the winery and concerts, Maryhill attracts 75,000 visitors per year. The wines also are widely distributed and easy to find in wine shops and groceries.
Here are some Maryhill wines we???ve tasted recently:
Maryhill Winery 2006 Proprietor's Reserve Syrah, Columbia Valley, $25: Chukar Cherry, red raspberry and boysenberry accents include cola, milk chocolate, RyKrisp cracker, soy sauce and peppermint for a hedonistic Syrah with some late tannin.
Maryhill Winery 2006 Proprietor's Reserve Barbera, Columbia Valley, $20: Rich oak aromas gather in ripe red fruit and red licorice, and there are Van cherry, strawberry and plum notes on the palate. Raspberry acidity and good grip give it length, making it reminiscent of expensive offerings from Italy.
Maryhill Winery 2009 Ros?? of Sangiovese, Columbia Valley, $9: Some of the Northwest's nicest ros??s come from this high-acid, food-friendly Italian variety, and this rates among them. First, there are whiffs of white strawberry, rhubarb, plum, blood orange, pomegranate and Lincoln rose. Inside, it's all fruit, hinting at smooth strawberry, juicy Rainier cherry and peach. What little sugar is left (1%) gets whisked dry by citrusy acidity.
Maryhill Winery 2007 Vintage Port, Columbia Valley, $25: An estate gathering of Tinta Cao (30%), Touriga Nacional (30%), Souzao (30%) and Tempranillo ??? all Portuguese varieties ??? paves the way for aromas of golden raisin, Madagascar bourbon vanilla extract, almond, caramel and cherry cough syrup. Vanilla and almond extract ply their way onto the palate with raisins and Hoisin sauce as orange peel trails. The sweetness checks in at 6%.
Maryhill Winery 2007 Merlot, Columbia Valley, $15: Smoked cassis, blueberries and raspberry aromas stay ahead of fascinating scents of teriyaki, Westbrae Unsweetened Ketchup and horsehair. There's a sweet entry of blueberry and black cherry with an Old World feel to the midpalate when remarkable acidity from pomegranate kicks in. Frontal tannins and black olive in the finish will make this a pleasure to pair with fatty meats.
Maryhill Winery 2008 Proprietor's Reserve Chardonnay, Columbia Valley, $15: Orange Creamsicle, sweet lemon and Granny Smith apple aromas are joined by smoked pineapple. There's a nice balance of oak to the palate, and it shows as baked pie crust with apples, backed by more lemons and pineapple. Butterscotch and enjoyable spiciness arrive in the farewell.
Maryhill Winery 2009 Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley, $11: Filling the nose are hints of canned pear, gooseberry and starfruit. There are more fruit cocktail flavors on the palate with pear, tangerine, honeydew melon and lychee.
Maryhill Winery 2009 Dry Riesling, Columbia Valley, $9: The opening here is of Uncola, jasmine, lychee and green banana aromas. On the palate, it is deliciously austere with lemon and unsweetened grapefruit, minerality and gooseberry tartness. At the end, there's a remarkable hint of macadamia-flavored ice cream.
Andy Perdue and Eric Degerman are the editors of Wine Press Northwest. For more information, go to www.winepressnw.com.


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Rev. Noah Smith., 69
Passed Away: 02/26/2013
Rev. Noah Smith, age 69, of Jefferson, GA and formerly of Buford, GA passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Levi and Lula Mae Smith; daughters, Robin Holland and Terri Matthews; and grandsons, Grant Tolbert and Jesse Tolbert. He is survived by his wife of seventeen years, Pam Reed Smith, Jefferson, GA; sons and daughter-in-law, Tommy and Pamela Smith, Cleveland, GA and Hunter Hayes, Jefferson, GA; daughters and sons-in-law, Tammy and Jerry Tolbert Buford, GA and Holly and Wesley Martin, Jefferson, GA; ten grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; sisters, Mardell Smith Hogan, Flowery Branch, GA and Joan Smith, Flowery Branch, GA; brothers and sister-in-law, Johnny Smith, Buford, GA and Franklin and Jane Smith, Danielsville, GA; sister-in-law, Kathy Brooksher, Dahlonega, GA; mother-in-law, Frances Johnson, Dahlonega, GA; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Anthony and Brenda Reed, Sugar Hill, GA; aunts and uncles, Eula Jean Shadburn, Flowery Branch, GA, Betty and Jesse Satterfield, Buford, GA, Louise and John Hutchins, Buford, GA, Mary and Leroy Pruitt, Buford, GA and Mildred Reed, Sugar Hill, GA; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Rev. Smith was born October 3, 1943 in Buford, GA. He was retired from Ford Motor Company after thirty years of service. He was of the Baptist Faith and he pastored several Baptist Churches. A Homegoing Service will be held on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth Pilcher, Rev. Bill Trotter and Rev. Charles Shadburn officiating. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Flanigan Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses in memory of Rev. Noah Smith. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133.
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New Girl Review: Cake Patrolby Gabrielle Moss at . Updated at . Comments
At long last, we've reached a happy medium.
New Girl Season 3 Episode 13 wasn't a mind-blower, but it also wasn't half bad. Sound your horns and raise your tiny, adorable cupcakes! New Girl is back-ish, and that is good enough for me.
And not only that - it actually did New Girl Season 2 one better in the realm of Jess's character development.
The moment where Jess mistook a child's birthday party set-up for her own was a great, quiet insight into the character, a sort of thing that the show has never really tried before. In New Girl Season 1, the show hit us over the head with Jess's Lady Urkel schtick, which made her seem less an adorable mess than an unlikeable space alien who learned about humanity from an Anthropologie catalog.
For much of New Girl Season 2, they dropped the issue of Jess's alleged "adorkability" entirely.
But in that moment - when a woman who must be celebrating her 30th birthday (at least) went crazy for a child's cupcake party, after spending a day humoring her boyfriend by taking a free diabetes test and looking for "the heaviest rock" - the show painted a real, vivid picture of a woman both sustained and cursed by her own child-like nature.
It was the first time, in three years of watching, that the character of Jess actually felt like a real human being to me (next up, I hope they finally explain why she has so many bathrobes).
Similarly, this episode finally warmed me up to Coach a bit--his statement of life purpose/ best New Girl quotes, "I'm the best at stuff!" maybe not the kind of thing that epic character motivations are made of, but it at least goes a little way towards letting us into his mind.
And I'm eager to see, eventually, what someone whose entire identity is built around winning actually feels about having roommates in his thirties and living oh-so alarmingly close to Schmidt's sex-tentacle mural. You may be the best at some stuff, Coach, but you're clearly the worst at a lot, too.
One thing that I never quite got a handle on, though, were the actual ins and outs of the plot. So Nick did plan a surprise birthday party in the movie theater, but he genuinely didn't think of anything to do all day? Or did he purposely plan a horrible day to get Jess frustrated enough to go to the movies and then be surprised? How long were those people waiting there, even? Couldn't he have, just, you know, taken her to the movies?
Am I just being nit-picky because I'm angry that no one ever plans a surprise party for me?
There is, of course, one question that I find more perplexing than any of the details regarding getting someone so angry that they run away to their own surprise birthday party:
Is Nick the Best Boyfriend... or the Worst Boyfriend?
They way I understood it, was that the party was always supposed to be in the theater, but Nick had planned to go to the theater with her. But, since he forgot to fill the rest of her day, Jess got upset and ended up going alone after all. So, the party was earlier than planned, but still successful.
If it wasn't planned in the theater, why had they not decorated the house and why would Nick put notes under every seat in the theater? He also references the theater in his movie, so yeah, looks like it was planned all along.
My only question: how did he get everybody to the theater on time?
Then again, Jess might have been wandering around for hours before going to the movie, and her movie did start at 7, making the whole plan come together.
O, and by the way, this was my favorite episode of this season, hope this trend continues... (I've actually watched this episode twice already...)
I think it was always meant to be at the movie theater- he says so in one of the first lines in the video..he says he knows she usually goes thereto celebrate her birthday alone but this year he thought she might want some company. Also I dont think he purposefully meant to upset her,.. I think he had put so much time and effort into planning the surprise that he forgot about the rest of the day.
First of all, I have to say, I am a huge movie fanatic, so I want that birthday party for me! Best idea for a surprise party ever! I don't really understand the confusion. I'm pretty sure he planned the party for her at the loft. When he felt like he'd failed her, he decided to move the party to the movie theater. That was what I got out of it. And I do agree, this was the most useful Coach has been in any episode yet. If we have to have him stick around, hopefully we can at least get more moments like this. And of course, the video montage was amazing! It was cool to see all those people back. Great episode!
Thank god I wasn't the only one confused about the whole party issue. I didn't understand if he hadn't planned the surprise party for the movie theater but once he found out she was going there managed to get there and do all that stuff or he had planned it. It was quite confusing lol. But overall loved the episode. Loved the Winston/Coach dynamic and loved Cece and Schmidt making up (well sorta)
Best episode of the season! Hope the trend continues!!


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March 3, 1945
One year ago today, Harold Benjamin Goldberg, our beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away Oct. 29, 2013, at his Oakdale home. A Celebration of Life and Burial at Sea were held for Harold and Dorothy Goldberg, on July 12, 2014, at the Sea Crest Oceanfront Hotel, in Pismo Beach, CA. Earlier in the morning a Burial at Sea, with military honors, was held for Harold and Dorothy on a local sailboat. Over two hundred flowers and leis from Hawaii were scattered over the ocean on their committal to the sea offshore of the Sea Crest. We were blessed ...
July 31, 1935 - October 22, 2014
Lawrence "Larry" Joseph Alves, age 72, of Copperopolis, CA passed away on October 26, 2014 at Alexander Cohen Hospice House. He was born in Dos Palos, CA on May 1, 1942 to the late Frank and Kay Alves, Jr. Larry was a resident of Calaveras County for the past 19 years. As a young man, Larry was drafted into the US Army, where he received an honorable discharge in 1966. Larry enjoyed hunting, fishing and most of all spending time with his family.
Billy Gene (Bill) Oliver slipped into the Lord's arms on Oct. 23, 2014 in Modesto, CA. He was born in Fort Smith, AR to Earl and Violet Oliver. The family moved to CA in 1940 and Bill attended local schools, graduating from OHS in 1956. He loved sports and excelled in baseball, basketball and football, playing on championship teams for the Mustangs under Coach Jack Walker, who became a lifelong friend. At OHS, Bill met Diane Benoit who became his beloved wife for 56 years. Bill enlisted in the Navy and served on a destroyer tender until his discharge ...
William R. "Bill" Henley, 76, died Tuesday, Oct. 14 in Modesto after an extended illness.
Jack Alfred McAllister of Copperopolis, CA, died suddenly at his home early Monday morning October 13, 2014, from complications relating to a recent illness. He was 79. Jack is survived by his three sons: Steven and Bill of Copperopolis and Jim in Seattle. He is also survived by a granddaughter Jayme who also lives in Seattle. His older brother Bob resides in Clearlake.
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Nov. 11, 1935 – October 19, 2014
At the age of 95, Irmgard Hertlein Divine passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. Irm had soft blue eyes and an inquisitive mind and she will be missed by all those she touched in her long and productive life. She was an excellent listener and generous with her encouragement and support. With a true spirt of service to others, she was active in boy scouts, girl scouts, PTA, her church, civil and social groups in addition to the years she worked as a nurse for the Army, for Headstart, and for Hospice. She was instrumental in ...
Sheila (Ayers) Arellano passed of natural causes on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 in Modesto, CA at the age of 85 years.
Raymond Robert Cullum (Baggie) was born in San Francisco to the late Glenn & Delores Cullum.
Gerald M. Armstrong was born in Williston, North Dakota on December 11, 1939, he passed away on September 30, 2014. He lived in Oakdale for 73 years. Gerald, worked for Hershey Foods for 33 years, retired in 1999. He then park hosted at Jacob Meyers Park in Riverbank, Ca.
Barbara passed away on September 27th at Memorial Medical Center, Modesto, California after a short illness, surrounded by family.
December 23, 1928 – December 7, 2014
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CECILIA WHITEHOUSE OCT. 15, 1958-NOV. 21, 2014 Cecilia Whitehouse of San Jose, CA, passed away at the age of 56 on November 21, 2014. A visitation will be held Wednesday, December 3, 2014 from 4-8 PM at Deegan Funeral Chapel in Escalon, CA. A graveside service will be held Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Burwood Cemetery in Escalon at 1 PM. Cecilia is survived by her husband Sanford Whitehouse. Children , Justin Whitehouse, Nathaniel Whitehouse and granddaughter Gianna Whitehouse. She also leaves behind her siblings, Beverly Garmany, Cynthia Brooks, and Bruce Bennett, her nieces and nephew Jennifer Haun, Caren Farris, Emilee ...
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Rex Bruton of Oakdale passed away at the Oakdale Care Center on November 3. He was born in Ann, Missouri and served his country in the Navy during WWII. In 1948 he married his sweetheart Hazel Jamison, whom he nicknamed Judy. They had 66 very happy years together and raised 2 children, Ken Bruton who passed away 2 years ago leaving his wife Terry, and also Karen Hartkamp and her husband Gary. Rex retired from Hershey foods after 22 years of being a mechanic. His retirement years were spent enjoying camping and fishing with his wife, friends and grandchildren. He ...
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Re-live Oldham against Manchester United in the FA Cup from 1990
Oldham face Liverpool in the FA Cup Fourth Round live on ITV on Sunday, as they attempt to recreate one of their most famous days.
Back in April 1990, the Latics faced near-neighbours Manchester United in an FA Cup semi-final at Maine Road.
An enthralling game, which repeatedly swung one way, and then other other ended in a 3-3 draw.
Sadly for Oldham, United went on to win the replay, and eventually secured the trophy that season.


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