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Book your room at Zhongshan Hotel Dalian
Special Rate Room (1 Single Bed)Max Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
Standard RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Executive RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
SuiteMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Business RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Executive Suite, 1 King BedMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Dalian hotel with 3 restaurants
Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to LaoDong Park, Zhongshan Square, and Dalian Forest Zoo. Area attractions also include Dalian Jiaotong University and Xinghai Square.
Hotel Features
In addition to 3 restaurants, Zhongshan Hotel Dalian features complimentary wireless Internet access. Other amenities include 24-hour room service and a porter/bellhop.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, refrigerators, and climate control.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
At your hotel
At your hotel
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3.5-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. 4 meeting rooms are available. This Dalian hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided. A total renovation of this property was completed in September 2012.
Zhongshan Hotel Dalian has designated areas for smoking.
- Total number of rooms - 388
- Number of floors - 38
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Computer station
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Year Built 2002
- Number of restaurants - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Wedding services
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Parking (limited spaces)
In your room
- Climate control
- Soundproofed rooms
- Phone
- Complimentary bottled water
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Rainfall showerhead
- Slippers
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Satellite TV service
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Room service (24 hours)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Eat and drink
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Chinese Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Vegetarian Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Vegetarian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Revolving Restaurant - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
The fine print for Zhongshan Hotel Dalian
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 6 AM
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
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.
No pets or service animals allowed
- Breakfast fee: CNY 69 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: CNY 189 per night
We should mention
Children 11 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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Sound component
This component provides sound support. AudioClip defines a sound file and allows to start and stop playback. Sound positions the sound in 3D world and configures sound parameters. Sounds may be spatialized (3D) or not.
See also X3D specification of the Sound component.
1. Demos
For demos and tests of these features, see the sound subdirectory inside our VRML/X3D demo models.
2. Supported nodes
There are two nodes dealing with sound:
Sound node (3D sound) supported fields / events:
AudioClip node (the sound file to be played, basic playback properties, events to start/stop playing of the sound) supported fields / events:
TODO: There's no streaming implemented yet. So too many and too long music files in one world may cause large memory consumption, and at the first play of a long sound there may be a noticeable loading delay.
TODO: Only AudioClip works as sound source for now. You cannot use MovieTexture as sound source.
3. DEF / USE on sounds
VRML/X3D define the play/stop events at the AudioClip node (not at higher-level Sound node, which would be more useful IMO). This means that USEing many times the same AudioClip or Sound nodes doesn't make much sense. You can only achieve the same sound, playing simultaneously the same thing, from multiple 3D sources. Since such simultaneous sounds are usually useless, we don't even implement them (so don't reUSE AudioClip or Sound nodes, or an arbitrary one will be playing). If you want to use the same sound file many times, you will usually want to just add many AudioClip nodes, and set their url field to the same value. Our implementation is optimized for this case, we have an internal cache that will actually load the sound file only once, even when it's referenced by many AudioClip.url values.
More detailed explanation:
The question is: where do we put start/stop events. At the Sound node, or at the AudioClip node?
More precisely, which node has X3DTimeDependentNode as an ancestor (X3DTimeDependentNode contains startTime, stopTime and a lot of other playing-related fields and events).
Personally, Michalis would choose the option 2. (But it's too late for that now, and we implement spec-complaint decision 1.) I don't think that playing audio tracks from movie files is a useful or common use case. It's wasteful, anyway, to reference a movie just to play an audio track, so authors are well adviced to avoid this. If you want to play an audio track from a movie, consider just extracting the audio track to a separate .wav/.ogg file and playing it using AudioClip node. This way we will not have to download the whole movie just to play its audio.

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New information on the electorate from the 6th Congressional District primary on June 26 shows a Democratic voting bloc that was far more white proportionally than the population of the district.
The new 6th CD is 40 percent white, 38 percent Asian, 18 percent Hispanic and 4 percent black.
But 51 percent of voters who cast ballots in the Democratic primary were white and only 28 percent were Asian, a stark contrast to the actual population of the district, which stretches from Bayside to Maspeth and includes Flushing and Forest Hills. Conversely, the percentages of black and Hispanic voters were close to district numbers.
Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) won the primary with 53 percent of the vote, defeating three white candidates — Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest), Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) and Dr. Robert Mittman of Bayside. Turnout was just over 15 percent, the second highest of any primary race in the city after the Charles Rangel-Adriano Espailliat primary in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Meng faces Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) in November. If she wins, she would be the first Asian-American member of Congress from the East Coast and only the second Chinese-American woman in Congress.
In each of the other primaries citywide, including three others in Queens, turnout mimicked the district's demographics much more closely. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) defeated three challengers in the 5th District primary, where turnout was 55 percent black, slightly more than the 50 percent black population; 18 percent of the voters were white. In the 7th Congressional District primary, where Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn) faced off against Councilman Erik Martin Dilan (D-Brooklyn), 39 percent of voters were Hispanic, close to the district's 41 percent Latino total population. That district includes Woodhaven and Ridgewood.


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I'm just scared of what could happen, what I do and what if I do something wrong? Everyone makes mistakes. If you do something wrong, you learn and move on.
I'm scared to get pregnant honestly. What do I expect? Pregnancy is different for everyone. Some people have morning sickness, some don't. Just take care of yourself.
Do you hurt all the time or just when contractions come? I personally didn't hurt until the end when contractions started.
How often do they come before you go in labor? I had contractions off and on for about 5 days before I went into labor, but they were manageable.
Can the baby hurt your body? Um, noit sure about this one. I feel scared to even try this but I know I want to so badly.


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Archive for the 'cruise-ins' tag
Hemmings wants to help celebrate the Old Man and his Old Car
Willmar Car Club 2013 Old Man and his Old Car Cruise. Photo by Greg Gjerdingen.
Winter may still have its grip on much of the United States, but now is the time to start planning car shows, cruise-ins and other automotive-themed events for the coming year. Father's Day, June 15, is a great time for such activities, and for the 15th year in a row, Hemmings wants to help your local club celebrate the "Old Man and his Old Car" by offering free promotion and discounted support material for events scheduled from June 13-15, 2014.
In addition to promoting your local car-themed Father's Day celebration in the "Events" section of Hemmings Motor News (and online), we can supply clubs with vehicle ID signs, window decals, "Do Not Touch" signage, plastic bags, commemorative magnets and even a door prize for a lucky winner. There is a small fee associated with the merchandise, which varies with the number of participants expected and the exact items requested.
2013 Old Man and his Old Car magnet. Photo by Greg Gjerdingen.
The Old Man and his Old Car celebration is a great way to promote both community involvement and the old car hobby, particularly on dad's favorite day of the year. If your club is considering such an event, contact our club services coordinator, Melissa Telford, for details on pricing. She can be reached in our Bennington, Vermont, headquarters at (800) 227-4373, extension 79644.
Collector Car Appreciation Day returns next week
A cruise-in at Hemmings Motor News.
With U.S. Senate Resolution 176, passed June 19, proclaiming the fourth annual Collector Car Appreciation Day, a number of classic car events will take place to celebrate our own little holiday next week, including a special Hemmings Motor News cruise-in.
In 2010, U.S. Senate Resolution 513 was passed to recognize the impact that the collector car hobby has on American culture, and July 9, 2010, marked the very first Collector Car Appreciation Day. In the years since, the proclamation has grown to an annual event, now celebrated in the United States, Canada and Australia. This year's Collector Car Appreciation Day will take place Friday, July 12, as part of the Senate's recognition of the fact "that the collection and restoration of historic and classic cars is an important part of preserving the technological achievements and cultural heritage of the United States."
For this year's Collector Car Appreciation Day, Hemmings Motor News will move its bi-weekly cruise-in from Thursday, July 11, to Friday, July 12.
Participants (and spectators) will meet at the Hemmings Motor News headquarters in Bennington, Vermont, and the cruise-in will be followed by a road trip to a local drive-in theater. Events commemorating the day are scheduled in 39 U.S. states as well as New South Wales, Australia, and three Canadian provinces, meaning that Collector Car Appreciation Day has grown in size and scope from last year.
A complete listing of Collector Car Appreciation Day events by state (or country, including Australia and Canada) can be found at SEMASAN.com. And check out SEMA's Collector Car Appreciation Day PSA, featuring Courtney Hansen, below.
Car shows, cruise-ins and concours – Enjoying the true spirit of the old-car hobby
[Editor's Note: While much of the Hemmings Editorial department is floating in the Mediterranean this week, we thought we'd run some of the articles from the Hemmings Getting Started in the Collector-Car Hobby guide for our blog and Hemmings Daily readers. Our regular publishing schedule will resume Monday, August 27.]
One of the best ways to get involved in the collector-car hobby is to attend a local car show or cruise-in. Car shows and cruise-ins are great places to look for a classic or muscle car. Although many car shows do not allow any advertising of cars for sale, owners may be looking for a prospective buyer for a sale in the future, or know of a car similar to theirs that is for sale by another owner. If you do find a car that is available, a car show is a great venue for seeing a prospective purchase in person and to talk at length to the owner. This buying experience is much more desirable than buying a car from pictures online or from a classified advertisement. So what's the difference between all these events?
Cruise-ins are usually short, informal events, with most occurring over several hours on a weeknight or single weekend day. Generally, cruise-ins are free to attend, either for spectators or for participants. Cruise-ins are gatherings of people who drive their classic or muscle cars on a regular basis or people who just like to look at cars. The cars displayed at a cruise-in are often parked by arrival time, and friends who drive to the event together can park near each other, making the event more of a social gathering of friends. Sometimes, awards are given in different classes or categories, but the more informal the event, the less likely it is to have awards; each cruise-in is organized differently, depending on the sponsor or organizer. Judging at cruise-ins can be limited to people's choice or can be performed by established judges, often members of the sponsoring club. A cruise-in can be a great place to learn about the pitfalls and advantages of owning a particular year, make and model of car. Owners look forward to sharing details about their car and how difficult, easy or expensive the restoration was.
A car show is one of the best places enthusiasts can network with other aficionados: trading restoration secrets, parts sources and opinions about what is happening in the hobby. Generally more organized than a cruise-in, a car show is sure to offer some type of award. Car show judging can be a little more involved than cruise-in judging, and the judges usually look more closely at the little details. Correctness, quality of interior, exterior and engine bay: These are all important when differentiating a class winner from a nice classic car at a large car show. You will find that the more cars available to judge, the more discerning the judging will be, so consider this possibility when attending a car show. National car clubs, such as the AACA and others, sponsor many car shows, and class judging rules can be stringent. Many car shows are themed by make, model or nationality (Fords, Corvettes or British cars, for example), so a little homework before the event is recommended. Most car shows will also have a car corral with restored or project cars for sale and some parts vendors who have inventories of good used parts and new items. Need a fender for a 1949 Ford? A car show is a good place to find one, and you will save on shipping, too. At the very least, you can talk with vendors face to face and see their parts and services firsthand.
A Concours d'Elegance is a little bit different from a car show or a cruise-in, in that you will find a more consistent showing of quality original and restoration vehicles presented for more intense judging. Concours events often require that participants be members of the sponsoring club or organization or that they submit entry paperwork well in advance of the event. Cars on display at a concours are by invitation only, and are often the very best examples available. Judging is scored by deductions at all AACA-sanctioned events. All cars receive a point rating on each judged item, and then points are deducted based on the appearance (cleanliness, fading or pitting of the chrome, dings or dents, correct bolts, etc.). Other scoring categories include suspension, engine compartment details, wheels, instrument panel, paint, frame and exhaust.
One thing that all three events have in common? They're great places to meet people in the hobby, and a perfect venue to find out what kind of car is right for you. It's an opportunity to ask questions, whether about a certain make or model, some facet of restoration you're interested in, a club you might be interested in joining or a restoration shop you've heard about. Take the opportunity and run with it. Car people are among the most informative, inclusive and friendly on the planet. If you are thinking of entering a car in one of these events, start by attending a cruise-in or car show before actually entering your car. Experience is the best teacher when it comes to showing your car and winning an award.
Questions to Ask:
Which event should I be going to if I am new to the hobby?
You are always encouraged to attend each one as a spectator; however, if you want to enter your car, a cruise-in is probably the best place to show your car for the first time.
Are there minimum requirements to enter my car in these events?
Usually there are no minimum requirements at a cruise-in, but you should check with the event sponsor.
Do I have to belong to a car club to enter a vehicle?
Cruise-ins and most car shows do not require that you be a member of a car club to enter your vehicle, but you may encounter shows where some of the judging is limited to club members.
What can I expect at my first time showing a car?
Once you arrive at the event, car show staff will direct you to the proper parking area and may separate you by the class in which you are entered. Many veterans bring picnic lunches, books or board games to keep them occupied during the judging process, but it's most often a time to talk with your friends.
How can I find out when and where shows are happening in my area?
One of the best resources to find an event in your area is through the Events Calendar on Hemmings.com. Every month, the publication devotes 40 to 60 pages of classified ads to upcoming events for the next month, broken down by state.


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Does it come with a Redbox movie rental?+8
Saw one of these in Jack-in-the-Box in Bishop, calif last summer. I doubt the kids behind the register taking orders the old-fashioned way were in any hurry to strike for $15 an hour when their "replacement" was already on duty!+9
Ahh. Cornvenient. Now the animals don't have to leap the counter, assault the help and risk revenge by ex-cons on their first post-release job.
It'll be as easy as robbing an ATM user.+9
Hopefully the machines will have a place to insert cash and coins.
Unlike the (sub)humans currently working the drive through windows, I bet it will know what to do with the $20 bill, two $1 bills, three dimes, 3 nickles, and penny I give it to pay for my $7.56 order…
I'm also thinking my chances of actually getting the UNsweet I order will be substantially increased.
It is about 50/50 now.Noteworthy Comment +13
*5 nickles+7
Another approach is just to ban burgers. They – and their big soft drinks are BAD, BAD!
Merry Christmas to all.+6
Most conservatives saw this coming years ago. Technology is hard for progressives ideologically stuck in the 1800′s.+7
Screen One: Do you believe in a living wage? Where is no? Pressing no. Screen Two: You haven't signed up for Obamacare today! Please hold.+7
More liberal policies umintended consequedces. Bwwwaaaaa Haaaaaa Haaaaaa!!!Noteworthy Comment +12
But does it ask you: "You want fries with that?"+6
Holy shit, I swear I haven't been drinking – yet. Let's try again:
More liberal policies unintended consequences. (queue the evil laugh)+8
@grayscape: Most conservatives saw this coming years ago. Technology is hard for progressives ideologically stuck in the 1800′s.
Maybe this explains why liberals are so embracing of muslims? After all, true followers of Islam yearn for their 6th century lifestyle to be the law of the land.+7
I just got done reading about an automatic hamburger making machine, capable of producing 400 burgers per hour. Sent this info to my liberal Jewish friend as evidence against his position that burger flippers should get $15 bucks an hour, suggesting that automation will be desirable by McDonalds etc. over a 'living' wage should government get its way.
Haven't heard back yet…+5
Do they make a presidential model? Our current employee in the W.H. doesn't follow direction well.Noteworthy Comment +10
I spent a couple decades in the pizza business. When we went to frozen dough, that cut about 20% of the labor out of the stores. They now have the technology to knock out another 20% with automatic saucers and cheesers. If they start to put in these ordering POS, you will take what took 10 "back of the house" people to get through a Friday night down to maybe half that.+3
@ That Guy, glad you fixed your coinage. We wouldn't want to think you were taking advantage of obamavoters.+5
Sad that all this is misguided energy…
The Economy is dying because of abuses
from Gov. and Unions that encourage and
reward mediocrity…Till America goes back
to an honest day of work for honest pay, we
are doomed to become equal but poor and
slaves to a inhumane Social Order…+1
All good and well, but all these former fast-food workers will just get in line for their Obama phones and EBT cards, and we will have to pay up for that.+4
According to the former Speaker of the House Pelosi unemployment benefits give the economy a bigger bang for the buck than having people keep more of their money and letting them spending it without government control. And we've seen how that has worked out the past 5 years.+6
And in a related story…
'Sandwich Shop Fires Its Employees — By Email — Right Before Christmas'
December 23, 2013 5:40 PM
CHICAGO (CBS) — Employees of a River North sandwich shop received the ultimate lump of coal right before Christmas: They were all fired.
The news came impersonally, via email on Sunday, with a notice that the nearly 20 workers at Snarf's sub shop, 600 W. Chicago Ave., would be terminated, effective Monday Dec. 23.
Kevin Brown worked there for almost three years. Just like that, his 30-hour-a-week, $10-an-hour job was gone.
"Two days before Christmas — it's absolutely ridiculous," he tells CBS 2's Dana Kozlov.
Seventeen other Snarf's employees also got the electronic boot. A company spokesperson confirms that.
Many of those terminated took part in the one-day restaurant strike earlier this month demanding higher wages.
But a company spokesperson says there is no connection. The representative blames the closing on declining business and says there are plans to renovate the restaurant.
She said the former employees can seek state unemployment benefits and are welcome to reapply for their jobs when the business reopens next year. Brown, the fired worker, is skeptical he or his peers will be hired back.
The Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago is looking into the matter, to see if there is anything illegal about the sudden terminations and no future job guarantees.
via CBS Chicago+8
Yes, but can the machine serve you the food cold and disrepectfully while talking on a cellphone to its babydaddy?
Because we're going to miss that human touch.
I do have to say this though – I never ate at a Chik Fil-A until their brouhaha but they have the nicest, most pleasant people working there of almost any place I go. Yes, sir. No, sir. Can I get you anything else? And it's always perfect.
McDonald's has their race-oriented sister sites like 365black (http://www.mcdonalds.com/365black/en/home.html) that make me never visit their restaurants. Separate and equal, eh? And for that alone, they can eat a bag of dicks forever.+8
"The Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago is looking into the matter, to see if there is anything illegal about the sudden terminations and no future job guarantees."
lolol that's hilarious. You are hired "AT WILL" you can be fired "AT WILL" and no private business will guarantee you future employment there or anywhere else.
How's the machine spit in the burger?+7
Doesn't ask for a raise.
Shows up for work every morning as soon as the power switch is turned on.
Not afraid of hostile customers (damage/repairs are insurable and tax deductible).
Won't spit in your burger or piss in your drink.
Is reliable, loyal, and as a good a worker as the upkeep you maintain on it.
No union contracts.
Gets the orders faster to the customer mainly because there isn't an illiterate human that can't add or figure which buttons to push on the register–in addition to more waiting for you as the clerk cries for the boss to help.
This ought to be enough. I like it. The word from the STEM folks say it's the future; honestly, it really is.+4
Do it take EBT?+3
MMmmmm, … auto burgers …+1
A bag of dicks. Heh heh.+1
Socialists are quite happy with the results of lofo imbeciles complying with their stupid strategies.
Lofos never see the big picture. Bet they never guessed the next move by their employers would be automation.
After leading the lofo lambs to slaughter through government programs, which eventually disappear, socialists will thin the herd by starvation.
If this country is not back in conservative hands soon, the historical horrors of the past will be America's future.+1
The technical jobs being created by manufacturing and installing these things will be predominantly held by white people. Black attendance to tech schools is extremely low.
The field service reps will be few in number and almost certainly won't be black. But they will make over $15 / hr. So mission accomplished.0


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May 27th, 2011 By Jarrad WoodsKHAN NEEDS RESUME UPGRADE!
New York, NY- Jr. welterweight (140 lb.) champ, Amir Khan (25-1 17 KOs) is currently one of the U.K.'s biggest boxing stars and is scheduled to fight on July 23rd. But he is currently without an opponent as his championship counterpart Timothy Bradley has dropped out of the Khan sweepstakes to pursue other options. Khan, didn't look great in his last fight against the game European, Paul McCloskey and probably needs better opponents and performances if he wants to continue to build his star power. Currently, the biggest name on Amir's resume is a much less than prime Marco Antonio Barrera, and that wasn't without controversy. The bottom line is he could really benefit with some fresher competition.JUDAH'S FAST HANDS LOOK TO EXPOSE KHAN
Zab Judah (41-6 28 KOs) is a good choice as he has been engaging in an ongoing Twitter 'beef' with Khan and has indicated interest in facing Khan next. Judah knows that with Bradley out of the picture there are still options that Khan's promotional company, Golden Boy are considering. They include Robert Guerrero and even the faded Erik Morales. But, even as both opponents are recognizable to fans, they honestly don't pose the same threat or excitement as Judah. They are neither natural Jr. welterweights nor necessarily bigger live gate options than Zab. Morales is also coming off a loss to Marcos Maidana so it's likely that team Khan is only looking at him as another soft touch.
Although Judah has a few losses and has come up short in big bouts, he is still a very dangerous and marketable fighter who makes for good match ups. Judah is on a five fight winning streak and hasn't lost since facing a decidedly bigger and game Joshua Clottey at welterweight (147) in 2008. It appears that Judah has somewhat resurrected his career by dropping back down to 140 and certainly won't be seen as a walk in the park for anyone in the loaded division. If Amir were able to best Judah, he would add more authenticity to his suspect beard and would silence skepticism from his doubters.
A win over Judah would do a lot more for him to gain the favor of American fans than what was attempted with Paulie Malignaggi. Like the Malignaggi fight, a bout with Judah could become a big event here at Madison Square Garden. Amir has a solid fan base and many would recognize Judah from his past bouts with Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather and others. Even in losing, Khan would presumably give a game effort and be part of an entertaining equation that would revitalize the fans. So, while there are other fights out there for Amir, right now this one makes the most sense.
Jarrad Woods
A lot of names mentioned except for one: Mike Alvarado. 30-0(22KO'S)I think this guy will clean up the division.
Why did bradley dropped out of this fight?
Bradley dropped out cause he's waiting on the Manny or Mayweather sweepstakes.
Meaning, money!
Timothy Bradley avoiding fighting Amir Khan just meant that he is afraid to fight Amir Khan, nothing more, nothing less. If Bradley thinks he is great, he should have fought Amir Khan beat him and then move on.
Zab Judah is an easy fight for Amir Khan just because Zab Judah is past his prime and will only be good for 5 rounds and will just wilt away defeated by Amir Khan.
Stop blowing Con, he is a Con!
Michael, you are such a friggen idiot I deleted your post. I didn't write the Amir Khan article!
Amir Khan is nothing but a con!!! He is just another overhyped fighter who thinks he is a great champion, but we all know better!! I think he has themayweather syndrome, he talks a good game but shows us nothing!! When will hbo stop paying these guys to fight bums?? Zab Judah would be the best fight out there for khan, but he won't take the fight, because there is a big chance that he will lose, even get knocked out!! When will these paper champions, includiong fraud mayweather, give us the best that they have to offer by fighting the best!! I know boxing is a business, but what ever happend to wanting to go down in boxing history as one of the greatest like Haggler,Hearns, Loenard, Ali, Marciano?? What ever happend to champions letting it all out on the line for the love of the sport, as when Marciano fought Ezzard Charles, and fought with his nose split open, and won the fight via KO!! Today fighters like fraud, and Con want to fight making the most money with minimal risks, and to these paper championds I say shame on you, and the networks that enable you to take our hard earned money with your fraudulant pay-per-view events!! The sport of boxing is truly dying, today its more like the WWE than the sport we all love!! Thank you Manny Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins, and few others for ducking no one, and keeping the sport of boxing alive!!! When you are long retired from the sport, where will boxing go from there?? The answer is, straight to hell if changes aren't made soon!!
Those who say Bradley is afraid on Con don't know shit about the fight game, I mean really, who would be scared of A mere Con..some you fools act like this kid is handing out serious beatdowns in the ring..
I think it's pretty safe to say that either Khan vs. Judah, or Khan vs. Guerrero gets made (well maybe not that safe to say, but I don't see how they can't after the Bradley fight falling apart). I was looking forward to Khan vs/ Bradley, but oh well, shit happens. I don't think that Amir Khan is a A mere Con, but he does need to fight one of these guys to start gaining more respect. Now if you want to talk about a con, we've already got a great con in a well established promoter and a boxer that keep milking the suckers, with the aid of some sorry media accomplices and less than knowledgable fans, by making fights against weight mismatched, washed up, already soundly defeated boxers….
I don't know about you guys; but after watching Morales vs. Maidana…I think Morales vs. Khan would be very entertaining. Besides, it would be a great chance for Khan to learn a thing or two from the great Morales. I think Khan wins on points but the fight would be very entertaining.
Robert Guerrero should get the fight with Khan. He's a bad ass that nobody wants to fight. IMO..The Ghost smashes all these clowns at 140 lbs.
I also vote for Kahn vs Guerrero. I'll be rooting for The Ghost.
Judah has gotten far too many shots. It is almost comical how this guy gets hyped and it is getting old. He is not deserving.
Guererro, Should get the shot at Khan. Khan is pretty good, but I just can't get the image out of my mind of him getting stopped by Bredis Prescott. Now he has a "paper title" he doesn't want to give the guy a rematch. Doesn't show much heart or business acumen. I believe thats a fight HBO would accept, however HBO is so damn concerned about protecting fighters as well as their promoters. News flash HBO…the only two fighters any one in mainstream America knows are Manny and Floyd and a couple old-timers who happen to be still fighting like Roy Jones…Hopkins..thats a slight maybe. So stop trying to build Khan as some special attraction. The American audience wants to see excitement. The Maidana fight was a step in the right direction, the fight with Mc Closkey was a step backwards. If the promoters aren't willing to out their guys in tough tell them to go f*** themselves. What's Khan done thus far? Barely beat Maidana, stopped Malignaggi, and beat an old Barerra. He's a good fighter, I just don't see why they need to hold dates for him. If anything Bradley deserves the leverage. Khan only sells in the UK.
You guys would really rather see a lightweight face Khan instead of the bigger threats in the loaded 140# division? Khan himself realizes that he won't get much credit for this fight.
It's on according to ESPN. Khan-Judah. Should be a good fight!
Guererro is in his prime…Judah's laid an egg in just about every big fight he's been in except for the second fight with Spinks. I am not saying Judah can't beat him, because Khan while busy isn't all that aggressive and isn't a bruiser. However Khan has power but a suspect chin, same as Judah so there is intrigue there. However, I tend to get tired of watching old vets who have stunk it out in past years continue to get shots based on name value. Judah in reality shouldn't even have a belt right now because Matteyse I feel clearly beat him, but got robbed and then Judah got a shot a a vacant title that Bradley dumped. By the way, i think Bradley has a point by not making the fight.It's not Bradley's fault he's not an attraction. It isn't as if Khan is some exciting fighter. It took a fight with Maidana to make for a compelling drama in their bout. Bradley's job is to fight, unfortunately his promoter"Gary Shaw" stinks. He's nothing more than a middleman who makes deals with television networks and is only called a promoter because it's illegal to be both a promoter and a manager in the US. So these guys BS, their job titles and then go about their usual business.I mean what has Shaw done to make Bradley a star? I know he shopped him to HBO, but when a guy can't sell 500 tickets near his home town that's a problem, and I think blaming Bradley is unfair here.
Yup JW, I just read that. Looking forward to it.
Although I agree w/ u on Shaw, I still think Zab is the best available right now. Bradley is out, Guerro needs at least one strong showing at 140 before taking on a champ, Morales is faded, Maidana has been taken out, Alexander is busy w/ his own fight schedule and guys like Prescott and Holt are not worth it until Khan gets a little bigger (following). Zab is a name and that's what Khan needs to become a star or get exposed…we will have to wait & see!
For all those who think that Amir Khan is a overhyped fighter and a con ……… what do you think now?
We all have seen how good ZAB is.
Now that he has been beaten down to the floor, we stop being so rigid and congratulate KHAN for his win.


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This account of Stand Watie's riverboat raid is another Civil War adventure that seems almost too interesting to be true, but was probably just another day in the life of Indian Territory soldiers. It is incredible, I think to hear of these events and realize that they occurred in areas and places right here in our state.
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Riverboat raiders this week on the Oklahoma Audio Almanac.
Hello, Im Steven Knoche Kite.
The year is 1864 and the US Civil War is causing panic, mayhem and tragedy for the residents of Indian
Territory. For the majority of the war the northern or Federal forces maintained control of what is today
Oklahoma. The pro-southern or Confederate forces relegated themselves mainly to guerilla tactics and hit
and run raids on northern supply lines. Usually northern army commanders relied on over land routes to
send supplies considering the river routes too susceptible to ambush.
In June of 1864, however, plans were changed and a riverboat loaded with supplies began its journey
from Fort Smith up the Arkansas River to re-supply troops and Native American refugees in the Fort Gibson
area. The southern forces led at this time by famed Cherokee commander Stand Watie, knew in advance of
the riverboat plans and planned an ambush to capture the supplies. Riverboats could carry as much as ten
wagon loads worth of goods and northern officials took advantage of that fact. Packed as full as possible
with all kinds of food and dry goods the U.S. riverboat J R Williams made a tempting target for the southern
troops who ran continuously low on supplies. Loaded on board the JR Williams were thousands of yards of
cloth, pounds of cotton yarn, blankets, shawls, skirts, harnesses, boots and other shoes, 1,000 barrels
of flour, fifteen tons of bacon shoulders and thousands of yards of linen; enough supplies to fuel the
southern raiders for many months. Colonel Watie positioned his artillery and men along high bluffs and
waited patiently. The riverboat was not provided with any kind of overland protection and the crew on
board was minimal. Before long the southern crossfire coming from the high bluffs disabled the boat sending
it aground on a sand bar. Overpowered and outnumbered, the northern forces retreated from the boat leaving
it to Watie and his men. The euphoria resulting from the capture of the boat led to a looting atmosphere
as the southern troops ransacked the boat with many running off to their families carrying what they could.
Unable to transport the massive amounts of supplies he had captured Watie and his remaining men attempted
to stow the excess off of the river. Hearing of the ambush northern troops rode quickly to cut off the
southern raiders and regain some of the lost supplies. Knowing that he would soon be outnumbered Colonel
Watie was forced to burn the great majority of the captured supplies as well as the riverboat before making
good his escape. It was in this week of 1864 that Watie and his men pulled off the heist of the year as
they captured then lost the supplies aboard the JR Williams.
I'm Steven Knoche Kite.
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The origin of tea traditions of England is obliged to one of the most beautiful women in the middle of XVII century. In 1662 Charles II married princess Catherine of Braganza from Portugal. The Portuguese had been the first Europeans that encountered tea, controlled the trade routes from Asia and drank this wonderful beverage. Chest with tea leaves, among other treasures was in bride's dowry. According to tradition, the new queen's passion for tea was appreciated in court, and soon became the most popular drink in the chambers of Buckingham Palace. Inventive British replaced the eastern bowls for cups and saucers and used tea spoons for sugar that also entered into vogue in the XVII century. The British aristocracy recognized only the tea from the youngest and most succulent of the upper leaves, which are called "Orange Pekoe". "Orange" comes from the Dutch word meaning "gold, royal, belonging to the Dutch royal House of Orange-Nassau," and "Pekoe" - from the Chinese word "leaf". Because The Dutch East India Company played a central role in introducing tea to Europe, perhaps, they could have marketed the tea as "Orange" to propose a royal warrant. However, in modern classification of common tea leaf grades "Orange Pekoe" stands for "royal leaf".The real revolution in the tea business actually began in 1837 with the ascension to the throne of the young Queen Victoria. China was unable to meet the increased demand in Europe and began to supply the market with product of insufficient quality. At the time, relations between Great Britain and China had escalated. In response to the British sanctions, China has imposed an embargo on trade with Britain. But the decisive Queen Victoria signed a decree of establishing the state tea company in the British colony - the North Indian province of Assam. Mayor of the Royal Guard, Robert Bruce and his brother Charles crossed breeded seeds smuggled out of China with local tea trees. Thus was launched a completely new variety with bright color and a strong astringent taste. In memory of those events, one of the types of English tea from Assam is named "Victorian". By the middle of the XIX century, Britain became the largest tea supplier, capable of providing not only the needs of the empire, but also neighboring countries. The Assam black tea from the Indian colony of Great Britain, Russians merchants carried by caravans and sold in the capital's shops, "colonial goods" under the name "Indian tea". Taste of Assam for Russians still is the most familiar and traditional. In XX century, the British voluntarily renounced the former "tea" colonies and focused the effort on improving the quality of tea blends. This act has reflected on a nation-wide British love for tea. Continuing the Victorian tradition, modern tea masters - tea testers - offer demanding connoisseurs of tea a wide variety of traditional and exotic flavors. English tea has long gone beyond the United Kingdom, and in many countries today, tea lovers enjoy impeccable taste, intelligence and respect for people.
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There is no place on Earth where you cannot find a love to tea and its history. This drink is second by popularity only after water. Homeland of Tea is South-West China and adjacent areas of Upper Burma and North Vietnam. Interestingly, the word tea has come to East Europe through the Turkic languages from North Chinese "cha", while the source of the name in Western Europe was the South Chinese "te". There is no way to establish the exact time of appearance of the drink in different regions. The first mention of tea dates back to ancient times. How wild tea was discovered, tell legends of China, India and Japan. One of them, there was tea in the time of creation of Heaven and Earth, it is associated with the name of Sovereign Sun Yan Di. On the other Southern Chinese emperor Chen Nung (III millennium BC) once tried the drink, which accidentally turned out to be tea leaves, accidentally fell into boiling water. The drink was so fragrant and delicious that the Emperor ordered to collect and preserve these leaves and issued a decree on the application of his nationwide. Historical monuments confirm that tea was known in China in the Three Kingdoms period (220 - 280 years). The growing of tea as a culture plant refers to the year 350. Hindus believe that the tea bush was accidentally discovered by Prince Badhidharma while traveling to Southern China. According to Japanese legend, a tea bush grew in the place where prince Daruma's eyelids fell after he cut them off, in order not to fall asleep during meditation. From this bush Daruma's followers gathered leaves and made refreshing drink. In 1763 a Swedish navigator brought the famous naturalist Charles Linneyu from China living tea bush. Scientist, being confident in the uniqueness of this plant, gave tea its name classification thea sineusis – Chinese tea. In the XIX century in the Indian province of Assam, Burma and Laos were discovered tea trees. Botanist had to admit that the tea has a different kind, which was given the title of thea assamica - Assamese tea. Chinese philosophers said that tea is better than wine, because it can strengthen and invigorates the human soul. It does not cause intoxication, it is better than water because tea does not transmit infection. At first, tea was used only by rulers and clerics as curative drink, that eliminates fatigue, strengthens force and vision, or in the composition of ointments. The use tea as a drink in its homeland began in the 5th century. The value of tea was very high - emperors awarded their dignitary in the promotion. In the 6th century, tea was a favorite beverage of nobility, by in the 10th century, tea had become the national drink of China and, consequently, the subject of trade. In Europe, tea was brought in the 16th – 18th centuries, by Portuguese and Dutch. Rooted in the Netherlands, the use of the drink has become a tradition of afternoon tea drinking, and spread across the Atlantic to New Amsterdam. In 1664 merchants of the English East India Company brought as a gift to the King, two pounds of tea. The gift was accepted, the drink was appreciated, and a triumphal procession of tea began. At first as a luxury item available to the rich and the nobility, but much later - as the traditional drink of broad segments of society. Tea became available to citizens only in the late XVIII century, after reducing the tax on tea, but for most was still too expensive. In 1793, Lord McCartney transported the seeds of Chinese tea to India in the Botanical Garden to explore and cultivate. India, whereas was the former colony of the British Empire, actively developing the production of tea. In 1860 it was sold for around 2 tons. The question of the rate of transport has arisen.By boundless sea bear tea clipper - high-speed sailboats with valuable cargo. Tea race become a tradition with promise of winning trophy. Known as the case when three-clippers - "Ariel", "Taping", and "Serika" - were all synchronous distance 25,744 km in length and finished along the harbor. In Java, Sumatra, Vietnam tea begin to grow in the first half of the 19th century, in the second half - in Africa and South America, in the early twentieth century - in northern Italy and southern Switzerland. At present, breeding of tea has developed in Australia. The official history of tea in Russia started in 1638, when the Mongol ruler of the Altyn-Khan sent a gift of 72kg of a strange dry leaf to the king, Mikhail Fedorovich. The first acquaintance with tea happened much earlier in 1269 because of the Russian Diocese being located in Beijing. Russian people visited China for a variety of reasons, Therefore they had exposed to way of life there and had been well aware of tea. Russian traders dealing with Chinese merchants were introduced to tea ceremonies by direct route from Beijing to Moscow. Tea came much later - in 1665, brought by ambassador Perfiliev. In the 1679 Russia develops the agreement with China regarding the permanent supply of tea. Until the end of 18th century, tea was sold mainly in Moscow. From Moscow, the fashion for tea began to spread throughout Russia. In 1874, imported from Paris, the tea bush was planted in Nikitsky Botanical Garden in Crimea. However, the tea bush did not survived there. Then cuttings were brought to Georgia, where they acclimatized, well developed, and subsequently gave the seeds. Since then, Georgian tea was a delight not only in Georgia and Russia, but also in many other countries. In 1900, small estates have been cultivated in Azerbaijan. In 1936 in the Krasnodar region of Russia, they cultivated three teas, "Georgian", "Azeri" and "Krasnodarsky". To date, the cultivation and production of tea, engaged in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia. In doing so, they had been recognized by the major producers - China, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Kenya. Lastly, in Europe (United Kingdom, Hungary, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, France) the widespread of tea packing companies developed as proprietary blenders of tea and tisanes.
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The Patriots had four players finish with scores under 80, despite rainy conditions on Friday.
Jacob Tew led WCA with a 76 18-hole score, good for third overall. Joey Funderburg was close behind with a 78 and both Austin Inman and Blake Taylor finished at 79. WCA's team score of 312 was good enough to win. Cape Fear Academy's Ross Robison won the event individually.
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Austin Inman – 79
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|UW-Eau Claire Spanish majors Daniel Drung (standing), Rachel Meneghini (left) and Gina Livingston (right) posed with members of their host family during their stay in rural Veracruz, Mexico, where they and other students in a UW-Eau Claire geography capstone class interviewed family and friends of migrants to western Wisconsin. (Contributed photo)
EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will hold a student research symposium, "Mexico, Migration and Wisconsin," from 3-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, in Phillips Science Hall and the Davies Theatre in Davies Center.
Nathan Wolf Lustbader, the Mexican consul in St. Paul, Minn., will give the keynote address for the event, which is free and open to the public, at 6 p.m. in Davies Theatre. This marks the first time the Mexican consul will visit Eau Claire.
The symposium is based on field research conducted by 13 students in a geography capstone class taught by Dr. Paul Kaldjian, associate professor of geography, and run in cooperation with the university's Spanish and Latin American studies programs. Kaldjian said the goals of the course are to inform migration discussions in Wisconsin, educate the public, help make this region more welcoming to migrant workers and assist local communities in both Wisconsin and Veracruz, Mexico.
This fall, students in the class interviewed Mexican workers, their employers and community members in western Wisconsin. Buffalo and Trempealeau counties were the main study area for the students, and they concentrated primarily on the connection between Mexican immigrants and the agricultural/dairy farming sector.
From Oct. 19-27, the students traveled with Kaldjian and Shaun Duvall, director of Puentes/Bridges Inc., to rural Veracruz, where they stayed with and interviewed family and former neighbors and fellow community members of the migrants to Wisconsin. Course participants stayed in the regional center of Orizaba and with families in the villages of Tlaquilpa and Astacinga.
At the symposium, the student researchers will give two concurrent sessions of 20-minute presentations on their research from 3:10-5:30 p.m. in rooms 104 and 119 of Phillips Science Hall. One session will be in Spanish.
In conjunction with the student presentations, there will be exhibits and demonstrations, including one on how to make tamales. Samples and foods will be available. To promote community building, the class has invited local organizations and businesses with strong Mexican ties to set up table displays in Phillips Hall to promote their services and educate people about the Mexican/Latino population and culture in this area. Invited organizations range from community nonprofits that work on domestic violence and public health to area Mexican food providers.
Lustbader's keynote address will follow the student presentations and exhibits. In conjunction with his talk, the North Central Council of Latin Americanists will present its 2007 Award of Merit to Puentes/Bridges, a local nonprofit organization that works to build understanding and relationships between the communities of western Wisconsin and its new, Spanish-speaking migrants. A reception and refreshments will follow from 7-7:30 p.m. in the Skylight Lounge outside Davies Theatre.
The evening will conclude with a 7:30 p.m. showing of the documentary film "El Contrato" ("The Contract") in Davies Theatre. The 2003 film by director Min Sook Lee follows Teodoro Bello Martinez, a father of four living in central Mexico, and several of his countrymen as they make an annual migration to southern Ontario to pick tomatoes for conditions and wages no local will accept. "El Contrato" was awarded the Best Documentary Award at the 2003 Ibero American Film Festival. The topic of the film is timely, Kaldjian said, as many in the United States often point to Canadian social programs as potential models and as the United States discusses the place of formal guest worker programs within overall migration policies. The film is 51 minutes long and in Spanish and English with English subtitles.
The symposium is sponsored by UW-Eau Claire's department of geography and anthropology and Latin American studies and Spanish language programs. For more information, contact Kaldjian at 715-836-2321 or firstname.lastname@example.com. An informational poster is available online with a complete schedule.
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The NRC says a public report would be available Monday.
Jan. 31, 2012: Small leak of radioactive gas prompts shutdown of San Onofre's Unit 3 reactor. The other reactor, Unit 2, is already offline for routine maintenance.
June 2012: During a packed public meeting, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection team identifies flawed computer modeling by the manufacturer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and resulting excessive vibration among metal tubes inside the plant's steam generators, as the main causes of the problems that led to the shutdown; premature wear is seen in all four of the plant's steam generators, two for each reactor.
October 2012: Edison proposes restarting Unit 2 reactor at reduced power to curb the vibrations.
June: Edison announces decision to close San Onofre nuclear plant permanently, citing costs and regulatory uncertainty.
July: Edison accuses Mitsubishi of "gross negligence" and failing to meet its contractual obligations in a "notice of dispute"; Mitsubishi later calls Edison's contentions "factually incorrect."
Federal regulators will cite the manufacturer and Southern California Edison for a flawed steam-generator design that led to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant, Edison said in a statement released on Sunday.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission informed Edison in a letter on Friday that it would issue a notice of non-conformance against the manufacturer of the steam generators, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the Edison statement said.
The letter also said NRC would cite Edison for failing to make sure Mitsubishi's computer modeling and analysis were adequate for the design of the steam generators.
Sunday's statement from Edison, the nuclear plant's operator, included comments from Pete Dietrich, an Edison senior vice president and chief nuclear officer.
Dietrich said it is not unusual for the NRC to cite a plant's licensed operator for problems caused by a vendor or contractor.
"Mitsubishi designed the system," Dietrich is quoted as saying. "Mitsubishi built the system. Mitsubishi's system failed. They are the experts. SCE was the customer."
An NRC spokeswoman said Sunday evening that the agency would make a report available to the public on Monday but declined further comment.
A statement from Mitsubishi said the failure described in the NRC's notice of non-conformance "had no impact on the root cause" of the "unprecedented" vibration problems that occurred in the nuclear plant's steam generators.
At issue is a flawed computer code used to model the movement of heat and steam through the generators, detailed last year by NRC inspectors.
They found that the flawed modeling led to flawed design of the nuclear plant's four steam generators, two for each reactor, installed in a $670 million operation between 2009 and early 2011.
The flawed design, in turn, caused excessive vibration and wear among the thousands of metal tubes inside each of the steam generators, the team said.
A leak in one tube led to a small release of radioactive gas on Jan. 31, 2012, prompting shutdown of the plant's Unit 3 reactor. Unit 2 already was offline for routine maintenance.
Inspections of both reactor units revealed unexpected tube wear in all four steam generators.
In June this year, Edison announced its decision to shutter the plant permanently, citing costs and regulatory uncertainty.
Edison and NRC are moving to decommission San Onofre, a process that could take many years.
The Mitsubishi statement on Sunday said the steam generator design team, which included "Southern California Edison experts," "believed at the time that installing additional tube supports had optimized the design to control for vibration."
The statement from Edison said the NRC's action did not include financial penalties. It was unclear Sunday whether NRC would take further action against either Mitsubishi or Edison.
The NRC letter, according to Edison's statement, also said Mitsubishi had used the same flawed computer modeling to design steam generators for four other nuclear plants, although none has shown the vibrations and wear that led to the San Onofre shutdown.
Edison did not identify the four other nuclear plants.
Mitsubishi's statement said NRC's "technical expertise and care" during inspections at San Onofre "will have important and significant impacts on (replacement steam generator) design considerations and practices going forward."
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