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DETROIT -- The production version of the Chevy Volt--the plug-in (ahem, range-extended) hybrid car that General Motors has ballyhooed to the reaches of Babylon--finally got revealed here today at the company's centennial bash. And that's appropriate, considering this is quite possibly the most important car that GM has ever built. Despite rumors of a Pontiac Volt on the horizon, officials continue to claim that their ace in the hole bears the Chevrolet badge for a reason: From the Aveo to the Corvette ZR1, every product branded as a Chevy should be "as American as apple pie and baseball." That means widespread consumer appeal is critical. But with its initial production limited, can the Volt really become a mass-audience game changer? Maybe, but only if GM can ramp up production faster than Toyota did with the first-generation Prius, and avoid the stigma of over-marketing along the way.
When Toyota first revealed the Prius, it was, as company executives describe it, "a crapshoot." Before becoming the king of worldwide sales, the Japanese automaker had to convince consumers in the United States that hybrid technology is a lot more than a science project. In the first 18 months, Toyota sold a mere 15,556 of the egg-shaped gas sippers, primarily to environmentalists and the Hollywood elite. In those days of $2 per gallon gas, most consumers weren't willing to pay the up-front premium for that increased fuel efficiency--at least not when they could get utilitarian SUVs and pickups at such cheap prices. Still, Toyota was pleased to let the Prius step into the role of an eco-friendly, limited-production halo vehicle.
Now, eight years and two bucks per gallon later, the fuel-sipping hybrid still isn't what you'd call a sales behemoth. Toyota is on track to move over 180,000 Priuses in the U.S. this year. That may sound like a lot, but it's peanuts compared to the 800,000-plus light trucks and SUVs that the company expects to sell over the same period. Toyota, like all car companies, wasn't ready for the sudden surge in gas prices, or the change in consumer priorities from big to green that went along with them. Despite Toyota having the right product at the right time, production still wasn't high enough to meet the demand. But now it's making the right moves: realigning production, moving some Prius assembly stateside and pushing out a plug-in version of the 2010 Prius.
Unlike when Toyota's flagship hybrid first hit the showrooms, there's pent-up demand for the Prius. And now that demand will extend to the Volt, because the bowtie-loving masses already want one. As of last month almost 35,000 people were signed up for the unofficial "Chevy Volt wait list" at GM-Volt.com, an enthusiast Web site for the car. But the Volt's prospects are not just limited to Chevy fans. With Hurricane Ike and OPEC supply cuts driving gas prices above four bucks a gallon, there's a clear demand for a car that sips fuel and hits 400 miles per tankful. But, GM executives have been quoted as saying the automaker will only have 10,000 Volt sedans during the first year of production--approximately (and perhaps ironically) the same number of Prius sedans first sold here in the States.
Unfortunately for the General, it doesn't have the financial strength to wait eight years in moving its prized future car from 10,000-unit marketing darling to sales powerhouse. The key for GM will be to move as quickly as possible--faster than Toyota did--in ramping up production on the Volt. But it must also simultaneously drop the price tag from the un-Chevy-like $35,000-40,000 we're currently hearing from GM product czar Bob Lutz, and closer to a number that the mainstream mass market is paying ($22,000 to $28,000) for typical midsize sedans. If GM can do that, then the Volt's got a shot at becoming a Chevrolet best seller.
Popular Mechanics contributor Ray Wert is the editor of Jalopnik.com. Be sure to follow his live blog of the Chevy Volt unveil, and stay tuned to PM for more.


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Checking in as another CCW holder. Here for good advice on all different aspects of concealed carry and perhaps a few links or tips for holsters more suitable for us women folk.
I carry a Kimber Stainless Ultra Carry I in .40 and on days when my clothes will not conceal something so big (okay all you burly men out there stop laughing I know it's not that big for you ) I carry a Colt Mustang in .380 or a Bersa, also .380.
I live in southeastern PA and been shooting since I was old enough to know that bullets make bangs.
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The Afterglow is now posting playlists to the Impact homepage! Keep an eye out here for future playlists. Anyway, here's last week's list. Thanks to everyone who tuned in! For those who missed it, here's a spotify link: Impact Afterglow 1-22-2012
Full list is below.
The Flashbulb – The First Rain and You
Eluvium – All the Sails
Balmorhea – Bowsprit
The Books – It Never Changes to Stop
Yann Tiersen – Pale White
The Seven Fields of Aphelion – Pale Prophecy
Jónsi – Tornado
Cloudkicker – This Isn't
Moby – Porcelain
Ulrich Schnauss – Suddenly the Trees are Giving Way
Porcupine Tree – How is Your Life Today?
Ex-Wise Heads – Don't Walk in my Baboushes
Groove Armada – At the River
Amon Tobin – Four Ton Mantis [Bonobo Mix]
Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
Black Moth Super Rainbow – They Live in the Meadow
Espers – Moon Occults the Sun
Sigur Ros – Glósóli
Tycho – Coastal Brake (Hatchback's Cosmic Remix)
Sufjan Stevens – Futile Devices
Flying Lotus – …and the World Laughs With You (feat. Thom Yorke)
Lamb – Closer
Boards of Canada – Aquarius
Four Tet – Smile Around the Face


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Web Hosting: An Introduction
Important: Someone needs to write the "Types of Hosting Control Panels" section. This article also needs cleanup.
What is Web Hosting?Edit
When someone sets up a server and hooks it up to the Internet, the files on the server become accessible over the Internet. Web Hosting is the space on a Web server where you can upload files. If you upload HTML files, you'll have a Web site. If you upload .ZIP files, you'll have a download area. There are a lot of organizations that provide Web hosting.
What does Web Hosting do?Edit
Most companies own their own servers these days, but some still pay for Web hosting. Let's say John Doe decides he wants to sell his paintings online. He purchases Web hosting, and sets up a Web site. Jane Doe, on the other hand, wants to set up a forum system. She purchases Web hosting and installs the forums. If you know how, you can make an entire Web site, or put any files you want, online, via your Web hosting.
In addition, over the last few years hundreds of "Web site softwares" have been written that, when installed onto your hosting account, give you an immediate Web site.
When looking for a Web site software, it's important to consider the software license. If you stick with free software when selecting your Web site software, you will have the advantage of new software releases that are made available free of charge. Commercial, albeit more powerful, alternatives are often available..
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Web hosting is available in two forms — paid and free.
Paid Web hosting has a periodic fee, be it monthly, quarterly or annually, and typically provides considerable amounts of storage space for your files. Depending on the service, one may get additional support for server-side scripts, Web commerce support, visitor traffic reports, and so on. If the hosting service has high-speed connections to the Internet and fast server equipment, it may be able to provide access for many thousands of visitors and allow downloading of tens of gigabytes of files, and more, per day. Technical support is usually available around the clock, by telephone, Web chat or email, allowing the subscriber to resolve most problems in a few minutes, or, at most, in several hours.
Free hosting, on the other hand, typically has severely limited file storage space and low bandwidth provisions. It may be run on equipment that is just as capable as that used by paid hosting services, but it is usually an adjunct to some other business being carried out by the provider. Your Web pages will be presented to the site visitor along with advertising banners or pop-up advertisements as a way of recovering the cost of providing this free service to you. Support for server-side scripts may be limited or non-existent, as well as access to many of the basic functions that most Web hosting programs are capable of providing. Technical support is usually limited, usually by email only, with response times figured in days. If you are a novice, a free service may be the place to start, as they often provide semi-automated site-building templates and online tutorials.
With the recent drop in monthly fees for Web hosting — usually in the range of a few dollars a month for a basic plan — it is recommended that one subscribe to decent, commercial hosting service.
Free hosting sites are over-subscribed and would be good for those who do not mind waiting for periods of time for support resolution.
Reseller accounts allow clients to divide their account and sell or distribute these allocations to other users. For example, if John purchases a 10GB reseller account, he can then sell ten 1GB accounts. Shared hosting refers to the fact that there are usually 100+ people per server — in effect, "sharing" the server.
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Comparison of Web hosting control panels at Wikipedia
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This section should probably be removed or moved into a new section/category — running a home server is not related to remote Web hosting.
Most home Internet connections can be used to create a home server to act as your personal Web Host. Depending on connection speed (especially upload speed), it can be slow or fast. The simplest type of Web server is probably running HTTP server software like Apache using an operating system, typically either Linux or Windows.
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Seeley Booth, Will Schuester, and Raylan Givens have many admirers -- but is one of them No. 1 in our poll? See how our top vote-getters fared, including how much support they got, percentage of total votes, and your comments.
(Votes received: 957; 5%)
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''Neal from White Collar, sure he'd probably get me wrapped up in some criminal art theft ring, and you'd never know if the jewelry he gave you as a gift was real or counterfeit, but he's soooo pretty...'' Becca
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By: Cathy Christensen
Posted: October 23, 2007, from the November 2007 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.
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Beautiful health now. The business focuses on the enhancement of health and image with a goal of moving patients in the direction of positive change. This includes both the medical and esthetic sides of the business and culminates in the Diamond Cosmetic program, which offers preferred pricing for esthetic procedures targeting skin health or image enhancement. This balance helps ease client apprehensions about indulging in medical spa services and instills enthusiasm for the chance to live better through medical science.
No medical spa is an island. The facility realizes the benefits of having relationships with other talented providers, and, by forming and maintaining alliances with other medical professionals and businesses within the community, Be Medispa has become a medical image and human performance resource for its entire community.
Best Balance Between Medical and Esthetics in a Medical Spa: Honorable Mentions
Ageless Remedies SouthPark, Charlotte, North Carolina
Esthetic Corum, Tokyo
Lea Advanced SkinCare Spa, Los Angeles
Best Body Line: Aviva Labs
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* SkinCeuticals, LLC
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The year 2012 was not a good blogging year. I had other responsibilities and it was hard to juggle those responsibilities and blog and as a result my blogging routine suffered.
I observed that when I do not stick with a blogging routine that other areas suffer as well.
I enjoy blogging and I know that success comes from putting in the time. I do not want to have another year in blogging like 2012.
Here are my blogging goals for 2013:
have a schedule for blogging duties and stick with it
- write quality content
- have a regular posting schedule
- be more active on social networking sites
- comment on other blogs that I read and support
- unplug from the internet on the weekends.
More on Blogging Goals
#1 Blogging Schedule for Blogging Duties
There is more to blogging than writing and publishing those articles.
Creating a schedule for writing, commenting, and spending time on social networking sites are just a few blogging duties that you should fit in your blogging schedule.
#2 Write Quality Content
Writing quality content is simple, but oftentimes very challenging.
Quality content is content that is beneficial, informative and helpful to those who read and discover the content that you share.
#3 Regular Posting Schedule
Decide how often you will post articles on your blog and do your best to stay on schedule.
#4 Social Networking Sites
Make the time to network on other social networking sites. They are powerful platforms that widen your reach.
Social networking sites are excellent ways to reach and meet people who have similar interests. It is also a good way to drive a little more traffic to your site, that you would not ordinarily get.
#5 Comment on other Blogs
Take the time to comment on other blogs. I have noticed that when I do not comment regularly on other blogs, the number of comments on my blog decrease.
Commenting on other blogs is also another way to increase the traffic to your site.
#6 Unplug on the Weekends
I will unplug on the weekends (best time for me), which means that I will not do blogging duties or activities on the weekends. Too much of anything is not a good thing.
Staying plugged in can lead to blogger burn out and that is something you do not want.
Final Thoughts
If you want blogging success you have to go get it. Success will not knock your door, you have to knock on the door of success. In some cases you have to keep on knocking until you get what you want.
Never stop knocking on the door of success!
Discussion: What are your blogging goals for 2013? Do share!
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I have a 28 gallon aquapod aquarium that started leaking. Rather than throw it out (like my husband almost did), I want to use it for growing Hoyas. I read the great advice from Denise under "gallery" on how to set one up. Thanks Denise! But I wonder if anyone uses an aquarium for growth and not for just rooting? Thanks for any advice!!! I don't want to harm any of my plants by putting them in too much moisture or burning them under the lights. |
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- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 2, 13 at 11:22
I grow plants in my aquariums year round. I have a 55g tank and a couple small ones (of the dimensions in Denise's guide) currently in use. I started out just rooting in my aquariums. Then I started letting the more sensitive plants stay in there even after they were well rooted. I especially like to grow caudata varieties in there, because they grow a lot faster. There are some Hoyas that would benefit more from this environment, but I haven't had any that really hated it, even those that like to dry out. Obviously you water them at long intervals. They establish large root structures in the water below the grid, and they don't get burnt on the lights, for whatever reason. They do tend to get their tendrils slammed in the aquarium lid a lot, though, since they're always sending vines up through cracks and crannies in the top. My main advice, though, is that I found that if I fill the aquarium up too full, I stop really being able to keep a close eye on the plants, and weird epidemics will develop. Like a super resistant mealie or scale hitchhiker will somehow pop into existence 6 months after I got the plant and treated it, and I won't notice it as fast as I do on the non-aquarium plants. Or this summer I had this weird issue with some kind of weird fungal infection that developed and spread. My best successes and worst problems have all happened in an aquarium. Anyway, just give them enough space that you can see very clearly all the way to the back. That's my 2 cents. |
Thank you GG!! I was afraid of giving them too much light and burning one. Or didn't know if all Hoyas appreciated alot of moisture. Your advice answered my questions and helped ease my fear of losing one!!! I've had 4 smaller ones in the aquarium for 48 hours now and they are doing great. Thanks again. |
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 3, 13 at 11:44
I totally understand your concern. I think you'll love growing in it. :) I find it almost impossible to kill a Hoya once it's in the aquarium and always stick plants in there when they're ailing. I hoard aquariums! It's kind of hard to give Hoyas too much light. I know it's possible, but it's a lot more difficult with artificial light, aside from them occasionally throwing their leaves right up against a bulb. I think if you were at risk for burning a group of Hoyas, you'd already be aware your lighting system was abnormally intense. Yeah, I had the same thought about too much moisture. I'm not sure how it would affect the blooming cycles of plants that natively get a drought period, but I don't think you have to worry about any Hoya not growing in there. They all like it, and it provides them a lot of consistency. Good luck :) |
Hi Teisa, Early on, when I liked to experiment more, I grew some plants in terrariums, and for care ease, an aquarium is ideal. A well-kept terrarium is a thing of beauty. I found that certain Hoyas did fabulously in a terrarium - curtisii is one I specifically remember, and another was serpens. I'm glad GG brought up caudata - it's one I've tried to grow without much luck. After 2 years of no growth, I finally traded it off. I bet that's why it wouldn't grow - not enough humidity! I may have to set up a new terrarium to give that one another shot... But I have a feeling GG has the usual water in the bottom, right? If yours leaks, you'll probably want to set up a traditional one with the plants planted directly in soil in the bottom of the aquarium. One of my old favorites for growing in a terrarium (and they compliment Hoyas) is Fittonias. Can't grow them for the life of me outside a terrarium, but they do very well in that wonderfully humid environment! You've kind of resparked my interest and that may be a project I'll consider doing this winter! (If I can find a spot for it!) Denise in Omaha |
Denise, if you do try again with caudata,You can try growing it your terrarium or a vase like I did until it was large enough to bloom.I now grow it out with my other hoyas. It even flowered for me this winter. |
Hi Cpawl, So in other words, it got established in a humid environment, then was ok out in the "real" world? That's good to know! I look forward to trying. Denise in Omaha |
I have another cutting of caudata that did not grow at all for over a year.I have it in a vase and its growing fast.I hope come summer I can bring it out and let it live with the others. Cindy |
I might have to try this one again...once I find room for a terrarium. |
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 7, 13 at 10:33
@ Denise Yep, I set up my aquariums as detailed by your guide (with water beneath the grid) I no longer have bottom heat in them. My large one, of course, requires stronger bulbs. I wasn't sure where the crack on Teisa's tank was, but I definitely agree it's just as useful as a terrarium. I'm with you on using these setups to grow plants I normally kill. Although I suspect Begonias are always going to be heartbreakers for me. What with those thick leathery leaves, I wouldn't have thought to supplement caudata's humidity, but when RFG told that story about his plant growing right into the bench in his greenhouse (or something like that), I was inspired. And it's worked well for me. I grow 5 collections of caudata in there. @ Cindy Gorgeous caudata blooms! How could anyone not fall in love with Hoyas after seeing that? And it's amazing what quite decent pictures today's phones can take. |
Thanks everyone for your ideas!! I wanted to add my tank only slightly leaked (probably from seal) so I took it down. I do plan on using it as an all dirt on bottom terrarium. My mother had one years ago, that Denise you may remember... It was shaped like a Jeannie bottle!! I've looked those up recently and on eBay they go for upwards $100 +!! Does anyone remember these? |
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 9, 13 at 16:01
Whoa ... I've never seen one of those but it sounds ... awesome. I wanted to be Jeannie so bad when I was a little girl. |
Teisa, My favorite (and hardest to plant!) was in one of the old 5 gallon water bottles - back when they were glass. It was too hard to maintain and I eventually emptied it and used it for change. But no, I don't think I've seen one like a Genie bottle. You should post a link for us to see! Denise in Omaha |
This is like the terrarium my mother had while growing up. I wish we still had it!! |
Here is a link that might be useful: eBay auction
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 14, 13 at 10:27
lol That's wild. Totally looks like it belongs on a luxurious alien spacecraft. I looked and looked for a genie's lamp terrarium and could not find one, but tell me you don't want to buy this amazing avocado genie bottle thermos set for your next arabian nights themed picnic? Just sayin |
GG!!! Yes that is a must have!! After my mothers terrarium broke, we used the top for me a R2 D2 costume in 1985!! Boy those were the days (we're afraid to admit)! Lol |
- Posted by greedyghost 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 15, 13 at 10:01
lol. You sure rocked that Halloween! |
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PITTSBURGH – County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and County Council Member Jan Rea will hold a town hall meeting to assist homeowners with the 2013 court-ordered reassessment from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. tonight, March 19, at Hampton Middle School located at 4589 School Drive in Hampton Twp. Parking at the middle school is limited, but overflow parking will be available in the high school lot with a shuttle bus operating to the middle school.
The County Executive and County Council will host an additional town hall meeting in the Alle-Kiski Valley from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, at the Harmar House located at 1321 Freeport Road in Cheswick.
The town hall meetings will include a presentation that explains the reassessment process, how to file and prepare for informal reviews and formal appeals, and other options for reducing assessed values, as well as a question-and-answer period. In addition, county staff will be on hand to assist property owners with filing various forms. Legal and real estate professionals will also be present to provide free one-on-one advice and assistance.
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During April, I'll be devoting a week of the blog to answering questions about church planting. I certainly don't have all the answers, but I have learned some the things along the way. If you're a church planter and have questions, fire away!
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Sometimes you get the biggest presents at somebody elses birthday party.
Vadim Kolpakov found that out when a mutual friend suggested he play at the London home of Mrs. Guy Ritchie. Result? The Kolpakov Trio landed a spot on the Sticky & Sweet world tour for 2008-09, playing gypsy-style music for Madonna (who was by then divorcing Mr. Ritchie).
You might say touring is in the blood of the Russian-born guitarist, who has settled into Charlotte life at 30. He comes from the Roma people, who strolled out of northern India a millennium ago and spread their culture across four continents. (You may know them as gypsies. They rarely use that word, though they sometimes apply the adjective to music.)
Kolpakov cant remember a time when he didnt sing music, let alone hear it. His uncle, virtuoso Alexander Sasha Kolpakov, taught him the Russian-style seven-string guitar, and Vadim joined the Moscow-based Romen Theatre at 15. At 23, he embarked on a career that made him one of the most prominent and renowned Russian Roma guitarists in the world.
So says the booklet in the Rough Guide to the Music of Russian Gypsies. An entire disc of that two-CD anthology is devoted to duets by Vadim and Alexander.
But what brought him to Charlotte, where we never hear his style of music?
My girlfriend at the time, he says, tapping his Parliament into an ashtray outside Caribou Coffee on East Boulevard. Id come to the United States with a band and lived in Boston for two years. She got a job teaching music at UNC Charlotte. I came down with her and did (a residency) there myself in 2006-07. And I stayed.
Quiet at home, busy abroad
Here he performs mostly with the annual spring Dances of India concert at Central Piedmont Community College. Why not? Romany culture began there, and he trained as a singer-dancer. (Youll find him at Halton Theater on April 28.)
The world knows him better than we do. His band Via Romen just ended a two-week Israeli tour with singer Svetlana Portnyansky and will play the Herdjelezi Romany Festival in California in May.
A vast array of modern world music contains a hint of Romany style, from guitarists in the Gipsy Kings (French-born, singing in Spanish) to Belgian-born, eight-fingered jazz master Django Reinhardt.
Tango, Jewish klezmer music, Brazilian samba its all related, says Kolpakov. Take flamenco. Its got Spanish and Arabic and Roma influences all put together.
That explains why the Kolpakov Trio could fit in so easily on Madonnas tour. It did numbers such as Doli Doli, an upbeat song by Uncle Sasha and a remix of Madonnas Latino-style La Isla Bonita.
The guitarist and the icon met through Eugene Hutz, singer in the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and star of Filth and Wisdom, Madonnas 2008 comedy dud. Hutz gave her a recording by the Kolpakov Trio; the birthday party followed.
Youd guess Kolpakov was a guitarist from the way he takes care of his hands. He shakes with you gently, and his slim fingers end in long, tapering nails used to pluck or strum nylon strings on his guitar.
Those hands have played in so many ensembles that youll need a scorecard to keep them straight. So here it is:
• Talisman Romany music dating back 200 years, often with a vocalist. Sounds like classical music of that period.
• Kolpakov Duo Vadim and Sasha play traditional music, often written by Sasha.
• Kolpakov Trio Toured with Madonna and plays ethnic Romany music. Consists of Sasha, Vadim, violinist Arkadiy Gips.
• Via Romen Plays Nuevo Russian Romany Music. Co-founded by Kolpakov in 2004 and anchored by four players: himself, Gips, singer-accordionist Petra Gelbart (another co-founder) and guitar player Alex Gorodezky, who lives in Raleigh.
Its My Two Homes album matches traditional Romany and Russian sounds with elements that range as far afield as R&B or bits of improvised jazz. The Triple Delight album, recorded with Portnyansky, offers Romany, Jewish and Latino music, sometimes sung in Spanish.
A strange, unique collaboration
Via Romen epitomizes the eclecticism of Kolpakovs career, for he and Gorodezky could hardly be less alike as guitarists.
Kolpakov learned from his uncle to play by ear, without relying on written music. (Thats how he starts his own students.)
Gorodezkys roots are in a classical conservatory in Ukraine, where he played from sheets, and his heart is in classic jazz: Joe Pass, Al DiMeola, George Benson.
Kolpakov is slim, shy, cautious. Gorodezky is burly, outgoing, a fountain of words. Yet when chance brought them together at a party after a Kolpakov concert in Raleigh some years ago, they fused.
Have you seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Gorodezky asks. This character is Vadim. If he goes to a party, he cannot not perform. He puts the drinking aside, he picks up the guitar, and he starts to make a concert. We start playing together, and two hours later he says, Dude, lets maybe work on something.
I was kind of skeptical. He was a great guitarist, but I always had bad luck playing with other guitar players. I never found someone as serious about rhythm as I am. But with Vadim, I dont even have to look at him, really. I can just play with him.
Gorodezky uses a traditional six-string guitar and a bass. When he writes a song for Kolpakov, he doesnt write out a chart.
I just say, I wrote this song, listen. Play a solo here. And Vadim plays a solo without actually knowing all the chords. To play solos and harmonies without written music I have no idea how he does that.
(Its difficult) to carry a melody on a guitar. Its not like a saxophone, where you can blow long notes when the melody is slow. You have to make runs, add different types of (melismas). He does that so well.
A man with a different mission
Kolpakov and Gelbart called the band Via Romen loosely translatable as Romany Way and perform in traditional costumes to give people a sense of history.
We dont have a country of our own, so its hard for people to know who we are, he says. Our mission is to introduce people to a culture unknown in the U.S.
Romany people have long memories Kolpakov recalls how, in 16th-century Spain, they were not allowed to speak their own language and have frequently been closed communities, neither seeking nor welcoming interest from outsiders.
There is still discrimination against Romany people in Eastern Europe, even in the 21st century, says Kolpakov. We dont have many (political) representatives, so people dont care about us much.
But we have always had this music. When we make modern arrangements of it and combine it with all the other kinds of music that we like, we keep it alive.
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No sooner had the football ended, than the band began to play. 'Il valzer delle panchine' – 'the waltz of the benches' – is one of the more colourful idioms used by Italians to describe the string of managerial sackings and appointments that takes place in the country every summer.
That phrase might even reflect a little of the national mindset. Where English managers are left at the mercy of a mechanical 'merry-go-round', their Italian counterparts are thought to hold some kind of control. They might not get to call the tunes, but they can at least determine where their footsteps take them.
One manager, indeed, has already shown off some bold moves this summer. Walter Mazzarri could have led Napoli back into the Champions League next season after steering them to a second-place finish in Serie A. Instead he two-stepped away with Inter, a team which finished ninth this year after losing a dismal 16 games.
Mazzarri had been mulling this switch over for more than 12 months, ever since discovering last spring that the Inter owner, Massimo Moratti, was a keen admirer of his work. The newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reported that the manager had even phoned up one unnamed journalist with connections at Inter in the hopes of gleaning a little insight into the owner's plans for the club.
The Nerazzurri had sacked Claudio Ranieri in March of 2012, and were expected to seek out a full-time replacement in the summer. Instead Moratti gave the job to his former youth team coach Andrea Stramaccioni, who had impressed during a brief stint as caretaker manager. Mazzarri, after weeks of stalling, confirmed his intention to stay with Napoli just two days after Stramaccioni's deal was signed.
Quite why the Inter job appealed so strongly is a subject that Mazzarri has not yet discussed. The manager has declined to speak about his new club in advance of his introductory press conference, which should take place sometime in the next few days. But it has not escaped the public's attention that Napoli finished above Inter in each of the last two seasons.
Mazzarri explained his decision to leave Napoli earlier this month by saying that he needed a change of scenery, and perhaps even a year-long sabbatical from the game. The speed with which he reached an agreement with Inter, however, damaged the credibility of those claims. In reality he would not have taken this job unless he believed he was taking a step forwards in his career.
This is a man whose gaze has always been cast upwards. Climbing the pyramid the old-fashioned way, Mazzarri began his managerial career with Acireale in Serie C2—then the fourth-tier of Italian football—and rose up the ranks one job at a time, moving to Pistoiese in Serie C1, Livorno in Serie B, then Reggina in Serie A. Next he joined a Sampdoria team with European ambitions, then a Napoli side whose owner dreamed of fighting for the Scudetto.
Every post has taken Mazzarri closer to the pinnacle of the Italian game. If he was prepared to take on the Inter job this summer, it will be only because he believes that the club is better positioned to win trophies going forwards than his former employers were.
That prospect is not as improbable as it might first appear. Inter were, after all, touted as potential title challengers as recently as last November, when they became the first team to beat Antonio Conte's Juventus in a Serie A game, and climbed to within a point of the league leaders. Their subsequent collapse might have had more to do with a catastrophic run of injuries than with any fundamental weaknesses.
At the peak of their crisis, Inter had to cope without 15 members of their first-team squad. Bad luck clearly played a role, but Mazzarri also believes that many injuries can be avoided through the right preparation. He will bring his own conditioning coach, Giuseppe Pondrelli, with him from Napoli, and has already requested that Inter's preseason training camp be extended by two days in order to work on the players' fitness.
Mazzarri will expect to improve more than just his players' health. Although the manager has been quick to assert his tactical flexibility, he is expected nevertheless to move Inter to a three-man defence similar to that which he used at Napoli. The wing-back Camilo Zuniga is said to be the player Mazzarri most wants to sign from his former employers.
It remains to be seen how that bid would go down in Naples. Since departing Napoli, Mazzarri has been likened to a cheating wife by the club's owner Aurelio De Laurentiis, and deemed a "traitor" many times by its fans. Yet what makes his move all the more fascinating is the fact that Napoli themselves will be led next season by a former Inter manager.
No sooner had Mazzarri's departure been confirmed this week than Rafael Benítez waltzed over to take his place. As promised, De Laurentiis made the announcement via Twitter, posting a picture of himself shaking hands with the Spaniard after the latter had terms on a €3.5m per year contract (roughly the same amount, incidentally, that Mazzarri will receive at Inter).
The appointment was a PR coup for De Laurentiis, a man who is highly attuned to such things. Benítez, fresh from his Europa League triumph with Chelsea, was one of the most high-profile managers available in European football, and certainly a man with more international recognition than Mazzarri.
Whether or not that will translate to success on the field is another matter, of course. Benítez's last stint in Italy was not an especially happy one, even if it did end with him leading Inter to victory in the Club World Cup. The circumstances this time around are notably different. In 2010, Benítez took over an Inter team which had just won the treble. In Naples he will find a team that still believes it has everything left to achieve.
At Inter, furthermore, Benítez found himself in the awkward position of attempting to install a tactical scheme that was very similar to the one used by his predecessor José Mourinho. Both men utilised a variation on a 4-2-3-1 as their base formation, and Benítez's attempts to make subtle tweaks to a successful system led only to confusion and criticism. In Naples, for better or worse, he will be imposing a far more drastic change of approach.
The great unknown quantity for Napoli, of course, is whether Edinson Cavani will hang around to be part of Benítez's new vision. It has been reported that the team are drawing up two separate transfer strategies for this summer, one in which the Uruguayan stays, and another in which he departs. The club's Champions League participation has raised its spending power, and any transfer revenue from an eventual sale of Cavani should be made available for immediate reinvestment.
Benítez said all the right things Monday, praising Napoli's history and culture, and saying that he was looking forward becoming part of the family. After two years out of the game, then six mad months at Chelsea, the manager is ready to get stuck into a fresh project. A man can only take part in so many waltzes before he gets tired of dancing.


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Cadillac ELR caught testing in production form
After announcing its intent to go forward with a production version of the fetching Converj concept more than a year ago, all has been pretty quiet on the Cadillac ELR front – until now. We burn for this kind of drama.
The long lenses have reported in from the field with the first-ever spy shots of the ELR in prototype form. That's right, under a wrapper of black and white triangles and mystery, is the real-deal Voltified version of a new Cadillac coupe.
To recap what we know: the ELR will make use of the same basic Voltec powertrain as the Chevrolet Volt, with a four-cylinder gas engine used as an onboard generator to power the electric motor. In concept form, this Caddy boasted a solar panel bedecked glass room, though the tester here has had its roof obscured, frustrating any further intel about the production worthiness of that solar setup.
From a styling and design standpoint, fans of the Converj should feel encouraged by this prototype. The same basic fastback silhouette has made the jump from concept to reality, and the proportions seem mostly intact, too (slightly smaller wheels and longer front overhang are in evidence, but subtle). The prototype seems to have held on to the very striking beltline of the concept car, running in a sharp crease along the side bodywork from the tip of the taillight to the top of front wheel well. Of course, the exotically small side view mirrors from Converj have been axed in favor of a set that are actually, you know, functional, but that won't ruin our day.
With this prototype being so fully formed we'd expect to see the ELR hit the market in the fall of 2013 or so as a 2014 model. Click here to view all of our spy shot photos and a short video on the Cadillac ELR concept.
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Hassan was the only one home at the time of the fire. When the smoke alarm sounded, he woke up, called 911, then alerted his neighbors. "I was yelling 'there's a fire! get out!" Mohamed says.
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But thanks to Mohamed's smoke alarm and quick thinking, crews contained the fire within four minutes. "That particular building had eight different apartments in it, so you can imagine, if a smoke alarm doesn't go off, if he's not able to get out quickly and call 911, then that fire is going to be growing exponentially," says Captain Barrett Baker of the Tucson Fire Department.
While the fire displaced several families, Mohamed is just grateful everyone made it out okay. "We can buy and replace things tomorrow," Mohamed says. "It's nothing, so we thank God that's it."
Fire investigators say the cause of the fire was an electrical malfunction in the kitchen.
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Hi all...I wanted to share what I've got so far with everyone. I've reached the half way point on this project and have to say I'm very disappointed that it isn't coming out better. I have SO many mess-ups and flaws...I want to cry every time I look at it. This is the first of two doors and this project has kinda been like having twins....no half way...I gotta finish what I started...I pray the second door isn't the death of me!...lol. My goal was to get them done by Thanks Giving but I don't think that's possible so I think I'm gonna take a break before starting the next one and do a window or something fun....I need to get my JOY back!
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 14:45
I can't imagine what you don't like about this fabulous door. Girlie: It's beyond beautiful, spectacular and all those words we use. Puuuulllleeeeeze -- don't beat yourself up over this. It'S W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L. |
Thank you Slow...your comments and compliments are always much appreciated....I think I need to walk away and push it out of my head for a little while and then maybe I can appreciate it a little more. Addiesue |
- Posted by katishooked (My Page) on Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 19:04
Addiesue, I can't for the life of me figure out why you are displeased with this door. It is spectacular. Your eye for placement and color in this piece is perfect. Remember this Addiesue, we are our own worst critics. Maybe you're trying to rush it too fast to be done by Thanksgiving. Take time to do something fun as you put it. One beautiful door at your Thanksgiving feast is ok. Kat |
- Posted by fiddlekate (My Page) on Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 19:46
Oh my... your door is absolutely gorgeous! I love the town scene... so beautifully put in perspective... and the sweet butterfly... and... ALL of it! Lovely!!! |
It is just wonderful. Can't see anything that you should be dissatisfied with! It is very very beautiful. What did you use for the grapes? |
- Posted by shasta_2008 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 21:06
I think the door is beautiful, I do stained glass (tiffany style) and I know that alot of work went into your door. The colors are fabulous, it's a nice work of art so thumbs up to you! I also liked the tree on the dr wall, it looks 3-d, is it painted like that or is it really 3d? |
- Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 22:26
What every one said looks great! |
- Posted by cathyscache (My Page) on Wed, Oct 28, 09 at 1:31
ADDISUE: Your door is GORGEOUS!!!! I know how it is when you look at your own work and see things others may not see, but I look @ this and all i see is beautiful!!!! it that an island with a house (castle) on it. The picture doesn't show great detail but I think that's what I'm seeing...anyway it is beautiful and I'm sure together the 2 when done will be AMAZING!!! As does all your other work....Take a break and when you start again I'm sure you'll see it as we all do, WONDERFUL!!!! Keep us posted.... |
Thank you everyone....I DO feel better about it. Reading or participating in this forum always makes me feel like I'm sitting around my kitchen table with a hot cup a joe and my best friends....all warm and fuzzy...you guys are the best! AND, I do have a few fun mosaic things (smaller scale) lined up to do and I'm looking forward to getting to them! Silva, I used globs...those half marble things. I got them at Hobby Lobby...a bag of 100 (I think) for $2 somthing. :) Shasta, the tree is 3-d. The trunk is made with news paper coated with wall texture and rolled/twisted like a rope. The leaves are made out of air dry clay. When I finally get back to finishing my French doors I'll be sure to share a pic when I get done. Thanks again! Addisue |
Oh Addisue, your work is really outstanding and beautiful. |
- Posted by iminmystudio (My Page) on Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 2:46
I think your door is amazing when I first looked at it I thought it just had grapes on it and that I was looking through it to something on the other side, then when I enlarged it I realised that I couldn't actually see through to the other side and the distant perspective was one that you had created, very impressive! |
We can really beat ourselves up don't we? And all for nothing, this is gorgeous! |
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I just now ran across this while browsing. It's spectacular!!!! I'm trying to get up the nerve to try mosaics and this looks overwhelming. How long did it take you to do it and how long have you been doing mosaics? |
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Marchesa resort dress worn by Rihanna inspired.
The skirt was made in embroidered lace mesh gathered full circle overlaid on satin.
There is also a huge petticoat beneath wich gave me the perfect puffy effect… not too much.
Lace skirt was trimmed with iron to keep the round shape
Rayon ribbon on the low waist with a red stones brooche..
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beautiful!! the skirt, neckline, the embroidered lace, the puffiness of the skirt. Its really nice.
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Beautiful and I love the neckline
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Jul 30, 2013, 08.13 AMby Ivanamania
beautiful dress. and I am pleased to finally see maxi full circle skirt/dress (I am thinking of making one, but was not sure whether it is going to be too much)
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You should make yours, I think it is not too much
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gorgeous dress and its lovely on you. the colour and style suit you so well x
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Legodi, Malebogo Andries URN etd-09152010-094633 Document Title Quantitative and kinetic studies of solid CACO3, Ca(OH)2 and CaO utilizing vibrational spectroscopy Degree MSc Department Chemistry Supervisor
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- kinetic and mechanistic information
- limestone
Date 2000-09-05 Availability unrestricted Abstract The decomposition of CaCO3 has been studied extensively for many decades. This reaction is the backbone of lime industry. The desired product of the decomposition of CaCO3 is CaO (lime), which is the integral part of many lime products. The decomposition is described by the following reaction:CaCO3 --> CaO + CO2
Limestone is a term that includes calcium carbonate with varying amounts of impurities, the most of which are silica and alumina. Therefore, the analysis of the decomposition of CaCO3 is the same as that of limestone, since CaCO3 is the major component of limestone. The main objectives of the studies revolved around acquiring qualitative, quantitative, kinetic and mechanistic information.
The most frequently used methods of analysis have always been thermal methods (TG, DTG, DSC, etc). Due to many possible experimental conditions, reaction-influencing factors and the property of the product (lime), varying conclusions on mechanistic and kinetic properties of the decomposition of CaCO3 have been drawn.
However, thermal methods are time consuming and use extremely small mass of samples. Other methods of analysis which gave excellent results (in agreement with thermal methods) were photoacoustic spectroscopy and loss-on-ignition. These methods are also prone to errors and could be umbiguous.
In the present work, Fourier-Transform infrared spectroscopy was investigated for possible application to the quantitative study of this reaction. This was done on the mixtures of CaCO3 and Ca(OH) 2 containing 100, 85, 70, 50, 30, 15 and 0% of each component on the Brucker 113v spectrometer. A calibration curve of regression coefficient of 0.9950 was obtained.
Following these good results, the FT-IR was then applied to the decomposition of natural limestone to obtain the kinetic information of the reaction. Four different industrial sample sizes of limestone were decomposed isothermally at 900, 950 and 1000°C. The results showed that the isothermal decomposition of limestone in air atmosphere can best be described by Contracting Volume or Ginstling-Brounshtein model. The kinetic parameter values fall within the range specified in the literature (as obtained using thermal methods).
Furthermore, the quantitative FT-IR method was investigated for possible application to the determinations of the content of limestone used as an admixture to the cement blends. FT-IR quantitative analysis was performed on the cement blend samples containing gradually increasing amounts of limestone. Again, a good calibration curve with average regression coefficient of 0.9970 was obtained. A complementary study involving the weighing of the same samples before and after decomposition (for a set time at 1000°C) gave comparably good results (averaged regression coefficient of 0.9950).
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Use it in much the same way: in dressings, as in Tofu and Avocado Rice Bowl, or as a fast sauce, like the miso mayo in the Roast Beef With Potatoes, Bok Choy, and Miso Mayo. A teaspoon or two also adds extra richness and depth—but no obvious miso flavor—to dips and soups.
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The easiest way to explain what's wrong with Eragon is to compare it with Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (reviewed over on page 102, look), for the two games share quite a lot in common. Firstly, they both feature battle systems no more complicated than your average My Family gag. Second, they're both heavily reliant on cut-scenes as the dangling carrot that'll allow players to forgive the jarring spurs of their shortcomings and steer them home to the finishing line. And, third, and let's be honest here, they both exist primarily as licensed cash cows, rather than as innovative products of cultural worth.
But none of the above are necessarily bad things. At least not in the case of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, which fulfils its purpose in life well enough, at least as far as the fans are concerned. Not every game can be a blockbuster, after all. But Eragon proves beyond reasonable doubt that even the act of being lazy should require just a little effort.
Eragon is duller than a Cliff Richard/Dido Christmas collaboration and more plodding than PC Plod of Ploddington. While the combat in Ultimate Alliance features several nuances that allow some room for skill and depth to creep in, the interminable, repetitive battles in Eragon constrain you as if they were a giant bumhole engulfing your head in a vice-like grip and letting off one big, long, repetitive guff that lasts for seven hours.
Admittedly, Marvel has much the better source material to draw from, but Eragon is a land of magic and faeries and goblins and dragons the size of buses, so you'd expect more to be made of the movie's hocus-pocus than the ability to shove ogres into fires and to build pre-determined bridges by holding down a like an obedient lemon.
The monotony is broken up by a number of dragon-flying segments, although we suspect neither Panzer Dragoon nor the PS3's Lair will be cacking their panties at the sight of it. Regardless, they are a welcome break from the endless hacking and slashing that makes Eragon such a bore to play.
Ultimately though, it's the fixed camera that really smites Eragon. It turns something inoffensively sterile into something quite worthy of a hate campaign. You can never quite see where you're going. You can never quite see what you're supposed to do. You can never quite make out if what you're hitting is friend or foe. After a while, tunnelvision sets in, and your eyes can only see one thing: the off switch.
Decent visuals and voice-acting are marred by play that burns itself out faster than a dragon with hiccups.
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The portrait series Orgasms' by artist Diego Beyro depicts men and women at their most vulnerable (yes,it's exactly what it sounds like). This collection of portraits showcases the many different facial expressions people make during sex when they reach climax.
In keeping with the intimate nature of these portraits, Beyro used a variety of different bed sheets in place of a canvas! The facial expressions in these portraits range from sexy to downright funny. 'Orgasms' takes a private, taboo topic and shoves it in your face in an amusing, lighthearted kind of way.
Hung side-by-side on a clothes line, Beyro's extremely personal portrait series certainly grabs your attention and holds it. Looking at these faces, you can't help but smile!


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