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Forget etiquette, here's the article. The only problem is that the article doesn't spell out the treatment for this parasite. Asian Parasite Killing Western Bees - Scientist MADRID - A parasite common in Asian bees has spread to Europe and the Americas and is behind the mass disappearance of honeybees in many countries, says a Spanish scientist who has been studying the phenomenon for years. The culprit is a microscopic parasite called nosema ceranae said Mariano Higes, who leads a team of researchers at a government-funded apiculture centre in Guadalajara, the province east of Madrid that is the heartland of Spain's honey industry. "We started in 2000 with the hypothesis that it was pesticides, but soon ruled it out," he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. Pesticide traces were present only in a tiny proportion of samples and bee colonies were also dying in areas many miles from cultivated land, he said. They then ruled out the varroa mite, which is easy to see and which was not present in most of the affected hives. For a long time Higes and his colleagues thought a parasite called nosema apis, common in wet weather, was killing the bees. "We saw the spores, but the symptoms were very different and it was happening in dry weather too." Then he decided to sequence the parasite's DNA and discovered it was an Asian variant, nosema ceranae. Asian honeybees are less vulnerable to it, but it can kill European bees in a matter of days in laboratory conditions. "Nosema ceranae is far more dangerous and lives in heat and cold. A hive can become infected in two months and the whole colony can collapse in six to 18 months," said Higes, whose team has published a number of papers on the subject. "We've no doubt at all it's nosema ceranae and we think 50 percent of Spanish hives are infected," he said. Spain, with 2.3 million hives, is home to a quarter of the European Union's bees. His team have also identified this parasite in bees from Austria, Slovenia and other parts of Eastern Europe and assume it has invaded from Asia over a number of years. Now it seems to have crossed the Atlantic and is present in Canada and Argentina, he said. The Spanish researchers have not tested samples from the United States, where bees have also gone missing. Treatment for nosema ceranae is effective and cheap -- 1 euro (US$1.4) a hive twice a year -- but beekeepers first have to be convinced the parasite is the problem. Another theory points a finger at mobile phone aerials, but Higes notes bees use the angle of the sun to navigate and not electromagnetic frequencies. Other elements, such as drought or misapplied treatments, may play a part in lowering bees' resistance, but Higes is convinced the Asian parasite is the chief assassin. Story by Julia Hayley REUTERS NEWS SERVICE |
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Brad and Becky first met in 7th grade, their lockers were nearly side by side. Throughout middle and high school they became good friends and eventually on graduation day they started to date. They dated long distance through college and then married just after their college graduation in June in 1999.
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When one looks back on some of history's rulers (it pains me even to use the word rulers) and their part in shaping a Countries suppression you have to include the obnoxious pair Putin/Mevedev, these 'in it for themselves' mediocre excuse for human beings that you could ever have the misfortune to meet, are the epitome of greed and corruption,They preside over poverty, and sanction assassinations of the innocent, while in the same breath fiat deprivation, writing it off as a by- product of soviet life , they willfully show contempt for the Nation and its people who over the years has had contemptuousness stuffed down their throats and ingrained into their very souls.
Putin./Mevedev have no qualms about extortion, they have no qualms about who or how many suffer through their perfidiousness because quiet simply they operate a carte blanche regime where such questions are never asked for fear of reprisals, Russians have been oppressed for over 2 centuries and are still awaiting change,.. they will not achieve that dream with this nefarious pair... The only winners to come out of the Putin/Mevedev term of Government are Putin/Mevedev and their cronies.. and so the Russian Governments carousel just keeps turning.. and it only stops to pick up the soul less, the venal and the brutal.
Russia or to be more precise.. its people..need to know that the Countries newly found steel and energy wealth should be theirs to share in . not just for favorable few who by their mid-twenty's miraculously ascend to billionaires status almost overnight (that alone
tells you something ? ) are the likes of Vladimer Lisin Roman Abramovich Vladimir Potanin
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Mordashev, Alisher Usmanov and of course that devious duo Putin and Mevedev the ones
Moscow cafe- society look up to? with their insulting cronyism lifestyles and incomprehensible ostentatiousness ?, What of the such likes of Anna Politkovskaya who in 2006 was hunted down like an animal and shot for her outspoken journalistic opinions.(to use the pugnacious Putin's own words, three days after her murder: 'She was 'extremely insignificant').My God Anna Politkovskaya possessed more significance in her eyelash than the suborn Putin could ever hope to achieve in a 100 lifetimes, Human rights lawyer, Mr Stanislav Markelov 2009 (gunned down and killed on the streets of Moscow) along with Mr Markelov was reporter Anastasia Baburova also killed.. or Sergei Magnitsky 2009 Russian Attorney..( refused urgent medical treatment while incarcerated and left to die in squalor ) whose only crime was to expose wide-scale tax fraud, these are the forgotten victims in a Country so profoundly ensconced in surreptitious lies and deceit that it eludes comprehension..will their murderers ever be bought to justice ? Will there even be bona fide investigations ? A unanimous 'not on your life' there wont, because this suits the deluded diminutive duo of Putin/Mevedev in their quest to silence all that question so as to show a farcically contrived westernized Russia to a naive and absolvitory: world.
In a nation where over 53 Journalists have been killed since 1997,( according to IPI's Death Watch).a nation still tyrannized by the FSB, secret police and rigid government controls, empathy and compassion seem a million miles away,Looking for a 'Peter the Great' type leader in this mire of inequity to right the direful wrongs may prove very difficult.. In this confetti world of greed and egocentricity the solemn need for truth and transparency is paramount.. Someone has to show intrepidity and stand up and say 'enough is enough' before its too late!.unlike the rapacious Putin/Mevedev that someone will have to genuinely love their Country and have commitment and compassion for its people and not just for themselves, That someone will have to resign intimidation to the sewers from whence it came.. That someone will have to peel back the venal veneer of oppression and uncover what lies beneath...only then will you see the butterfly of freedom emerge, and with it, a free and glorious democratic Russia ready to take its place as one of Europe's premier powerhouse economies. Также можно мечтать не они? MJC


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Open up your Bible towards the middle. You will be in the Psalms. Turn to the 23rd. Serve it to say, this Psalm is a very famous psalm and has very prophetic implications for the nation of Israel, too numerous to elaborate on in this little piece. Simply though, you will find it is the song of a saved soul. David is singing of the Lord as his shepherd! He sings of a bleeding, feeding and leading shepherd. And he is singing about Jesus, Who in John 10 says, I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. How can we say Jesus is the shepherd David sings of? Read what Jesus said in John 5:39. Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Religious leaders had questioned Jesus authority so He directs them to search the scriptures (Old Testament)! Actually the word search means to ransack or go through carefully. So Jesus is telling them that if they would just delve into and carefully search through the scriptures they would find talk and prophecy about Him. For example, Psalm 22 tells about Good Friday and Psalm 24 about He Who comes at Christmas.
And in Psalm 23 we find David singing about Jesus, the Lord Who would be the Lamb what takes away the sin of the world, Who he says, restoreth my soul. That is the bleeding shepherd of the cross that David sings of; the same Shepherd that also sees that all our physical as well as spiritual needs are supplied, the feeding Shepherd, Whose creation never fails in feeding the world! Unfortunately for many, starvation and poverty are still problems in this world. Sometimes war and poor distribution or laziness causes starvation. But that is not the Shepherds failure.
Davids Lord is also a leading shepherd. This is the Shepherd that leads us on the best path below us, before us and behind us. Read Psalm 23. On the path below He gives us rest but also exercises us and we are clothed with His righteousness and on this path he fills the cups of our lives with His elements of water, bread and wine and anoints us with his spirit of gladness in the presence of our enemies: sin, hell and death. Then on the path before us, is the valley of the shadow of death. Shadows never hurt anyone but the real light is that our Shepherd is with us and we will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Think about that word DWELL for a while. And on the path behind us, we shall see goodness and mercy follow us all the days of our lives.
By the way, if you havent memorized this song already, we challenge you to do so. It is only six short verses and whereever you are you can look up to the Lord, your Shepherd, anytime of day or night, and say it or sing it in less than one minute. This is a good song for a father and good one to teach his children.


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Exposure to music therapy can dramatically improve the mental and physical condition of patients receiving palliative care, a new study suggests.
The research team says that this is the first large study to gauge--and substantiate--the potential of music therapy as a physical and psychological aid to patients coping with advanced illness. "We've known for a while that music therapy can be used for a wide variety of things in a medical setting," said study author Lisa M. Gallagher, a music therapist with the Cleveland Music School Settlement and The Cleveland Clinic's Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine. "But this particular study clearly shows that it helps improve mood while decreasing pain, anxiety, depression and even shortness of breath among seriously ill patients."
To assess the potential for music therapy among patients with a range of chronic and/or advanced illnesses, the authors, between 2000 and 2002, focused on 200 patients battling several types of cancer, noncancerous tumors, pain disorders, sickle cell disease, aortic aneurysm, Gardner's syndrome, AIDS, neurodegenerative conditions, and other so-called "life-limiting" diagnoses. Patients were between the ages of 24 and 87, with an average age of just above 60. About 60% of the patients were women, and the research team noted that almost 30% had some sort of musical background.
Music therapy first involved the patient choosing the style of music her or she wanted to hear, after which Gallagher herself (or a music therapy intern under her guidance) played appropriate selections on keyboards. The therapy averaged approximately 25 minutes, during which patient family members were also present about a third of the time.
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Quoted from purlgirl Italy - I wonder what effect if any the salt/lemon might have on intestional flora. (could it kill candida?) Do you take something to encourage healthy intestinal flora?
Quoted from purlgirl The link to Dr Lam about Adrenal Fatigue is a real eye opener. I'm still trying to absorb it and apply it.
Quoted from Ben_Lamers i drank a glass of lemon water first but since that hadnt been working this week i decided to drink a another glass this time with 2 teaspoons of salt. since then i think i had about 3 glasses of regular water. i feel like i did when i was kid at the beach and accidentaly swallowed the nasty sea. ^^
Quoted from Alia_Vo I believe only a small, tiny pinch of good quality gray sea salt is required; 2 teaspoons of salt per glass be can quite salty.Alia
Quoted from Ben_Lamers maybe i should try a different type salt, my sea salt from publix isnt "working" lol..
Quoted from pkarmeier I must say, I used fresh lemon juice this morning and wow, what a difference. I'd forgotten how really good that tastes, but dont always have time to squeeze.
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I read a short news article saying we now also have to "turn off" something called Upnp, a networking software due to bugs, blah, blah. The article did not say how to do that. It was not clear to me what the impact of turning this off is either. Has anyone else seen better information about this? PS - this is getting old... maybe we should just turn off all computers, smartphones, tablets, LOL! |
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Over the years I've turned off uPnP, only to turn it right back on because I need it, I use it.. it makes life too simple. You have the options in your services to set it manual,, or disabled. Just looked here.. win8 is manual as default and its not presently running. But I imagine every start up of the computer its on for a few moments to discover the router/modem/network - and certainly must check them every so often. |
mikie, where are these options you mentioned on XP? I could not find anything talking about this under Tools > Options. Looked in Windows Explorer too but found nothing. |
If you have a router or router modem, turn it off there. In windows versions, they all look alike to me and I believe XP has the Management Console that you can access by right clicking the desktop icon for Computer and select Manage. Near the bottom of that window you will find services. Near the top you will find Event logs... Perhaps wise to look in Event logs before & after you disable it for any errors that might possibly be created when disabled. Here is a bit of info you might want to read... |
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7 Ideas for Plain Window Curtain Panels
Plain window curtain panels are easy to find in all different colors. You are bound to be able to find something to match your decor.
Unfortunately they are not always the most decorative of window treatments so you may want to think about giving them some added oomph with the curtains panel ideas below and hopefully these will spark off some of your own ideas too especially once you start looking around at the kind of fabrics and trim you can use to enhance your curtains.
This way you can buy cheap curtain panels while still getting a designer look. Don't buy the very cheapest however as you want some weight and quality of fabric in your window curtains.
1. Add Braid or Ribbon Trim
Add a braid or ribbon trimming about 6 to 12″ from the bottom of each plain curtain panel. If you think several colors would go you can add parallel lines of several different braids or ribbons of different widths along the bottom part of the curtains with a narrow gap between each trim. Pin on the ribbons in various ways to get the best effect before committing yourself by stitching them in place along the upper and lower edge of each trim. You should be able to can get some great ideas for this kind of curtain trimming simply from looking at all the various types of braid available at your local department store.
2. Add a Contrast Edging
Join a different color or patterned wide edging (about 6 to 9″) to the inside edge of a pair of plain curtain panels. This a away to get curtains in two shades which are exactly right for your room color scheme without having to get something which is too patterned. Great for a contemporary look.
3. Decorative Tab Tops
Create decorative tab tops for a plain panel. Buy an extra panel and use the fabric to make matching tabs or you can use a contrasting fabric. Matching tab tops look great decorated with contrasting fabric colored buttons.
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Add tie tops to your panels with matching or contrasting ribbon. Be sure and match the weight of the ribbon to the type of panel. For example use a heavier velvet ribbon with a velvet panel and a light satin ribbon with a voile panel.
5. Beautiful Tie Backs
Update a plain curtain panel by using beautiful tie-backs. You can get some fantastic ornate tassels in all colors of the rainbow or create your own tie backs with a contrasting or matching fabric and trim.
6. Give Your Curtain Panels a Beaded or Fringed Edging
Add a ready-made beaded or fringed edging to plain panels and trim tie-backs with the same edging to give a special look to plain curtains. Think cream curtains with a brown and amber bead fringed edging and you'll get the idea.
7. Add Embroidery
If you are handy with the needle embroider a pattern on the bottom inner corners or edge of your curtain panels. Machines which do computerized embroidery are great for this. Embroidery can be in the same color as the panels for an embossed effect or in a shade to complement the window curtains.


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Starling flocks gather every February and November and create a beautiful natural phenomenon of starling murmurations. While this seems quite elegant for some onlookers, it's also eerily reminiscent of an apocalyptic omen.
It is still unknown how these lovely birds can create such massive coordinated images in the sky. According to Wired Magazine, birds stay close to each other for security reasons and thus, move and change directions and speed according to their neighbor. Regardless of how these starling birds actually do it, these amazing patterns in the sky make it hard not to think of swarming locusts that deplete crops, trampling dinosaurs, alien stingrays, hurricanes and dissipating portals. Captured at their perfect moments, these starling murmurations illustrate an aerial elegance that emanates effortless natural beauty.


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Firtree in typical new year of USSR time style that we made for our lecture room =)
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The Keith and Dufftown Railway is a 17km (11 mile) line linking the World's Malt Whisky Capital, Dufftown, to the market town of Keith. It passes through spectacular scenery and offers a glimpse of the varied wildlife that lives along the route, including red squirrels, deer, buzzards and other large birds of prey. After climbing through dense pine forests, and passing along the tranquil waters of Loch Park, the railway winds through the valley of the river Isla and descends through rolling fields to our destination.
Classic rolling stock has been restored and put to work on the railway, from B.R. Derby Class 108 DMUs like "Spirit of Speyside" and "Spirit of Banffshire," to the Clayton 0-4-0 Diesel Shunter, known as "The Wee Mac." On your journey the combined Kitchen and Restaurant Cars go to make up the "Buffer Stop", which serves delicious homemade soups and freshly made sandwiches as well as a wide range of home baking. Vegetarian and gluten-free choices are available too. Enjoy a nostalgic trip on the railways.
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These are the blogs I read pretty much every day. Some are healthy living. Some are green. Some are for mamas. Some are crafty. It's a mixed bag, really.
Healthy Eating
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Grass Corp - owned and operated by the Steckler family, Grass Corp is a small pasture-based farm located in beautiful Southern Indiana. You can pre-order meat, eggs, raw dairy and even animal bones from their online store and pick them up at the farmers' market on Saturday.
Local Southern Indiana / Louisville Paleo-Friendly Resources
Louisville Area Health Food and Organic Food Stores
Louisville Area Farmers' Markets
For a longer list, you can also check out the Paleo by City guide that I started on The Food Lovers Kitchen. If you have anything to add, please do! If you aren't in the Louisville area, check it out and see if your city has been added.


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On Afghanistan, Obama Hopes Substance Follows Form
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The most important piece of journalism this week already has been written. The New York Times on Sunday chronicled in brilliant detail President Barack Obama's war councils over Afghanistan. It's the type of profoundly telling piece which historians will rely upon heavily in the coming years as the "first draft" they've been looking for to explain the dynamics of our nation's decision to prolong a war begun less than one month after September 11, 2001.
The paper's great Washington reporter, Peter Baker, summed up the story as "a case study in decision making in the Obama White House—intense, methodical, rigorous, earnest, and at times deeply frustrating for nearly all involved. It was a virtual seminar in Afghanistan and Pakistan, led by a president described by one participant as something 'between a college professor and a gentle cross-examiner.'"
There will be plenty of people who will disagree with the result the president announced last week at West Point. Some wanted fewer troops sent abroad, some wanted more soldiers sent into battle, some wanted no deadline for a pull-out, and some wanted an order pulling the troops out immediately. There is simply no way to tell, today, which course ultimately will prove to be the correct one. Anyone who says otherwise is just being cocky.Although political and military differences over Afghanistan will echo for years, few reasonable people will be able to critique the level of intellectual curiosity the president showed throughout the process. "Mr. Obama peppered advisers with questions and showed an insatiable demand for information," Baker wrote, "taxing analysts who prepared three dozen intelligence reports for him and Pentagon staff members who churned out thousands of pages of documents."
The piece raises important policy and procedural questions going forward. For example, exactly how and why did the military fail to enact "elements" of the plan the president authorized for Afghanistan back in March? Obama complained about this during a late-September meeting of his national-security team. What steps are the White House and Pentagon taking to ensure that this plan, the current one, is implemented the way it is supposed to be?
But it also answers one of the biggest questions of all—and one that historians inevitably are drawn to. How does this president go about making momentous decisions? Is there a kitchen cabinet? Is there a Nixon-Kissinger thing going on? Is Obama's "first among equals" policy working? In anticipated response, Baker and his team ended their long take this way: "Two days later, Mr. Obama flew to West Point to give his speech. After three months of agonizing review, he seemed surprisingly serene. 'He was,' said one adviser, 'totally at peace.'"
"Totally at peace," I humbly suggest, because the process by which the government came to its decision on Afghanistan was a candid and thorough one, designed to weed out incomplete arguments and misguided policies, and that it was led by a commander-in-chief willing and confident enough to question old assumptions, bridge old rivalries, and demand more of his experts and staffers. This does not guarantee the grace of the mission, of course. But as we have seen, it sure beats the alternative.
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Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China's Communist Party halted a real estate project and are investigating local officials in a village in Guangdong province where protests have led to it being cordoned off, state media reported.
Authorities in Wukan village will be questioned and the property construction plan will be stopped, China News Service said. Future land development will be undertaken only with the approval of a majority of villagers, the report said, citing Wu Zili, the mayor of Shanwei, which has jurisdiction over Wukan.
Police set up a roadblock about three miles from the fishing village, cut off supplies of food and water and prevented local boats from leaving, the Daily Telegraph reported from the area Dec. 14. The Wall Street Journal said yesterday that its reporter was blocked from entering Wukan, which is surrounded by "hundreds" of paramilitary police. Protests began three months ago due to a dispute with the local government over the sale of land, and escalated in the past week after a villager, Xue Jinbo, died in police custody, according to the Telegraph report.
The standoff is the latest in a series of demonstrations that have sparked concern among Communist Party leaders who have ruled China for more than six decades. Zhou Yongkang, a member the ruling Politburo Standing Committee and the country's top law enforcement official, twice this month called for handling social conflicts with care.
"There is growing unhappiness within the Chinese populace at large about the behavior of Party members," said Dean Cheng, a research fellow on Chinese political and security issues at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. "The result is growing internal pressures at the same time that you have a leadership whose legitimacy is likely to be challenged."
Soaring Home Prices
Residential prices in the world's second-biggest economy have risen 155 percent since 1998. Land disputes are the leading cause of unrest, according to an official study published in June. The number of protests, riots and strikes doubled in five years to almost 500 a day last year, according to Sun Liping, a professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University.
About 50 million farmers have lost their homes in the past 30 years since Deng Xiaoping began breaking up agricultural collectives to make way for roads, factories and airports, according to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. An estimated 60 million more will be uprooted over the next two decades as urbanization expands.
The government of nearby Lufeng city issued a statement on its website saying Xue, 42, died on Dec. 11 of heart failure and an initial investigation ruled out other causes of death. The body showed no signs of assault, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing a Guangdong provincial investigator.
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China News said the property development involved a real estate company with the same name as Hong Kong-listed Country Garden Holdings Co. A woman in Country Garden's investor relations department who only gave her surname Zuo said the firm didn't have a project in the area.
Calls to a number on the Lufeng government's website went unanswered Dec. 14. Guangdong Communist Party official Wei Jianfei was unavailable for comment, said a man who answered the telephone at his office and declined to give his name.
Thousands of villagers gathered for a second day at Wukan's village hall Dec. 14 and chanted for the return of Xue's body, the London-based Telegraph reported. The roadblocks are having a "serious effect" on the livelihood of villagers, China News quoted Shanwei Mayor Wu as saying.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner in a Dec. 14 interview called on "Chinese and local authorities to ensure a peaceful resolution" to the situation in Wukan.
Villagers first protested in September, when they broke into local government offices, police stations and destroyed six police cars, Xinhua reported. The demonstrations were sparked by issues including land use, financing and the election of local officials, and two officials were fired following the unrest.
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The government then asked local villagers to appoint 13 residents to mediate in the dispute, the Telegraph reported. On Dec. 9, five of the 13 people appointed to mediate were detained by men in plain clothes, according to the report.
A thousand armed police attempted to enter Wukan on Dec. 11 and were blocked by the villagers, the Telegraph reported, citing a local resident. Tear gas and water cannons failed to disperse the crowd and after two hours the police withdrew and blocked roads to the village, according the newspaper. Wukan is currently being supplied by residents of neighboring areas carrying in food across fields, the Telegraph reported.
Xue and two others were arrested on Dec. 9 on suspicion of damaging public property and disrupting public services, according to Xinhua. He pleaded guilty to the accusations during two interrogations on Dec. 9 and Dec. 10, Xinhua reported, citing Zeng Songquan, deputy chief of the public security bureau of Shanwei city. The city of Shanwei holds jurisdiction over Lufeng and Wukan, according to Xinhua.
Shanwei, about 135 kilometers (84 miles) east-northeast of Hong Kong, was also the site of protests in 2005 during which police opened fire on demonstrators. Three of the protesters were killed, Xinhua reported in December 2005, citing the city government.
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Some NVIDIA R337.50 Driver Controversy
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | April 8, 2014 - 06:44 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nvidia, geforce, drivers
NVIDIA's GeForce 337.50 Driver was said to address performance when running DirectX 11-based software. Now that it is out, multiple sources are claiming the vendor-supplied benchmarks are exaggerated or simply untrue.
ExtremeTech compiled benchmarks from Anandtech and BlackHoleTec.
Going alphabetically, Anandtech tested the R337.50 and R331.xx drivers with a GeForce GTX 780 Ti, finding a double-digit increase with BioShock: Infinite and Metro: Last Light and basically zero improvement for GRID 2, Rome II, Crysis: Warhead, Crysis 3, and Company of Heroes 2. Adding a second GTX 780 Ti into the mix helped matters, seeing a 76% increase in Rome II and about 9% in most of the other titles.
BlackHoleTec is next. Testing the mid-range, but overclocked GeForce 760 between R337.50 and R335.23 drivers, they found slight improvements (1-3 FPS), except for Battlefield 4 and Skyrim (the latter is not DX11 to be fair) which noticed a slight reduction in performance (about 1 FPS).
ExtremeTech, finally, published one benchmark but it did not compare between drivers. All it really shows is CPU scaling in AMD GPUs.
Unfortunately, I do not have any benchmarks to present of my own because I am not a GPU reviewer nor do I have a GPU testbed. Ironically, the launch of the Radeon R9 295 X2 video card might have lessened that number of benchmarks available for NVIDIA's driver, who knows?
If it is true, and R337.50 does basically nothing in a setup with one GPU, I am not exactly sure what NVIDIA was hoping to accomplish. Of course someone was going to test it and publish their results. The point of the driver update was apparently to show how having a close relationship with Microsoft can lead you to better PC gaming products now and in the future. That can really only be the story if you have something to show. Now, at least I expect, we will probably see more positive commentary about Mantle - at least when people are not talking about DirectX 12.
If you own a GeForce card, I would still install the new driver though, especially if you have an SLi configuration. Scaling to a second GPU does see measurable improvements with Release 337.50. Even for a single-card configuration, it certainly should not hurt anything.
NVIDIA Releases 326.19 Beta Driver, Adds Support for 4K Tiled Displays!
Subject: Graphics Cards, Displays | July 18, 2013 - 08:16 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: pq321q, PQ321, nvidia, drivers, asus, 4k
It would appear that NVIDIA was paying attention to our recent live stream where we unboxed and setup our new ASUS PQ321Q 4K 3840x2160 monitor. During our setup on the AMD and NVIDIA based test beds I noticed (and the viewers saw) some less than desirable results during initial configuration. The driver support was pretty clunky, we had issues with reliability of booting and switching between SST and MST (single and multi stream transport) modes caused the card some issue as well.
Today NVIDIA released a new R326 driver, 326.19 beta, that improves performance in a couple of games but more importantly, adds support for "tiled 4K displays." If you don't know what that means, you aren't alone. A tiled display is one that is powered by multiple heads and essentially acts as multiple screens in a single housing. The ASUS PQ321Q monitor that we have in house, and the Sharp PN-K321, are tiled displays that use DisplayPort 1.2 MST technology to run at 3840x2160 @ 60 Hz.
It is great to see NVIDIA reacting quickly to new technologies and to our issues from just under a week gone by. If you have either of these displays, be sure to give the new driver a shot and let me know your results!
AMD Catalyst 13.6 Beta Drivers For Windows and Linux Now Available
Subject: Graphics Cards | May 28, 2013 - 11:32 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: gpu, drivers, catalyst 13.6 beta, beta, amd
AMD has released its Catalyst 13.6 beta graphics driver, and it fixes a number of issues under both Windows 8 and Linux. The new beta driver is also compatible with the existing Catalyst 13.5 CAP1 (Catalyst Application Profile) which improves performance of several PC games.
As far as the Windows version of the graphics driver, Catalyst 13.6 adds OpenCL GPU acceleration support to Adobe's Premiere Pro CC software and enables AMD Wireless Display technology on systems with the company's A-Series APUs and either Broadcom or Atheros Wi-Fi chipsets. AMD has also made a couple of tweaks to its Enduro technology, including correctly identifying when a Metro app idles and offloading the corresponding GPU tasks to integrated graphics instead of a discrete card. The new beta driver also resolves an issue with audio dropout over HDMI.
On the Linux side of things, Catalyst 13.6 beta adds support for the following when using AMD's A10, A8, A6, and A4 APUs:
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Xserver 1.14
- GLX_EXT_buffer age
The driver fixes several bugs as well, including resolving black screen and corruption issues under TF2, an issue with OpenGL applications and VSYNC, and UVD playback issues where the taskbar would disappear and/or the system would experience a noticeable performance drop while playing a UVD in XBMC.
You can grab the new beta driver from the AMD website.
AMD Releases Catalyst 13.1 GPU Drivers With Various Tweaks for Radeon HD 7000 Series
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 18, 2013 - 11:33 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Radeon HD 7000, gpu, drivers, catalyst 13.1, amd
AMD recently released a new set of Catalyst graphics card drivers with Catalyst 13.1. The new drivers are WHQL (Microsoft certified) and incorporate all of the fixes contained in the 12.11 beta 11 drivers. The Radeon HD 7000 series will see the majority of the performance and stability tweaks with 13.1. Additionally, the Catalyst 13.1 suite includes a new 3D settings interface in Catalyst Control Center that allows per-application profile management. The Linux version of the Catalyst 13.1 drivers now officially support Ubuntu 12.10 as well.
Some of the notable performance tweaks for the HD 7000 series include:
- CrossFire scaling performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops II improvements.
- Up to a 25% increase in Far Cry 3 when using 8X MSAA.
- An 8% performance increase in Sleeping Dogs and StarCraft II.
- A 5% improvement in Max Payne 3.
Beyond the performance increases, AMD has fixes several bugs with the latest drivers. Some of the noteworthy fixes include:
- Fixed a system hang on X58 and X79 chipset-based systems using HD 7000-series GPUs.
- Fixed an intermittent hang with HD 7000-series GPUs in CrossFireX and Eyefinity configurations.
- Resolved a system hang in Dishonored on 5000 and 6000 series graphics cards.
- Resolved a video issue with WMP Classic Home Cinema.
- Added Super Sample Anti-Aliasing support in the OpenGL driver.
AMD has also released a new standalone un-installation utility that will reportedly clean your system of AMD graphics card drivers to make way for newer versions. That utility can be downloaded here.
If you have a Radeon HD 7000-series card, it would be worth it to update your drivers ASAP. You can download the Catalyst 13.1 drivers on the AMD website.
You can find a full list of the performance tweaks and bug fixes in the Catalyst 13.1 release notes.
New NVIDIA 304.79 Beta Drivers Add TXAA and Bug Fixes
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 3, 2012 - 05:17 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: txaa, nvidia, graphics drivers, gpu, drivers, bug fixes
NVIDIA has made the latest version of its beta graphics card drivers available for download. With the new version 304.79 beta drivers comes TXAA support, numerous bug fixes, and the first unified Windows 8 and Windows 7 release.
We covered TXAA, or temporal anti-aliasing, in our NVIDIA GTX 680 2GB review. The new 304.79 drivers enable support for it in The Secret World MMORPG – following a game update. TXAA will come in two levels with TXAA 2 having quality greater than 8x MSAA, especially with in-game objects like chain link fences. The issue with TXAA adoption is that it must be implemented in the game engine, and cannot simply be added on after the fact via the NVIDIA control panel. Also, it is a feature that is exclusive to the company's 600-series Kepler graphics cards.
There are a few other games that have claimed support for TXAA, but gamers will have to wait for a future update to take advantage of it.
The beta drivers are the first graphics drivers to be a unified release with support for both desktops and laptops running Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. Further, the company has updated its SLI profiles to support End of Nations, Nexuiz, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Tornado Force, and Tribes: Ascend. The release also addresses a number of bugs. Some of the larger bug fixes include a fix for an issue that caused the PC to reboot instead of shut down, an issue that caused a black screen after driver installation, and a fix for flickering mouse cursors when hardware cursor is enabled in certain games.
You can find the complete list of bug fixes in the release notes, and you can grab the latest beta drivers from the NVIDIA website.
NVIDIA Responds to Linus Torvalds' Rant
Subject: General Tech | June 21, 2012 - 01:35 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: rant, optimus, open source, nvidia, linux, linus, drivers
Last week, the founder of Linux – Linus Torvalds – gave a speech at the Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship. The aspect that most people picked up on was a certain disparaging statement towards NVIDIA. Since then, the video has spread rapidly around the Internet with critics for and against the statement. Linus does not believe that NVIDIA is easy to work with regarding Linux support, in short. NVIDIA PR recently responded to his statement in stating that the company is in fact heavily involved with Linux development, albeit mobile kernels.
NVIDIA stated in its PR release that supporting Linux is important to the company and they understand how important a positive Linux experience using NVIDIA hardware is. I don't think anyone is surprised by that statement, but that was not all they said. The company stated that they are big supporters of the ARM Linux kernel with a claimed second most total lines changed and fourth highest number of changesets in the kernel.
The company uses proprietary drivers, but it does support GeForce, Quadro, and Tesla graphics cards under the Linux operating system. By using a common, proprietary driver, NVIDIA claims same-day support for new graphics cards and OpenGL versions for both Windows and Linux operating systems.
Linus' rant started when an audience member asked about Optimus support under Linux. On that front, NVIDIA did not have a direct answer – only that when it launched laptops with Optimus, it was only supported on Windows 7. Allegedly, the company is working to make interaction between its drivers and the Bumblebee Open Source Project. The Bumblebee project is working to make Optimus-powered laptops work with Linux operating systems.
What do you think of the two statements by Linus and NVIDIA? Should NVIDIA be held accountable for Optimus support under Linux? Is the company doing enough to support the OS? Or is Linus wrong? Let us know in the comments below!
Personally, as much as I like Linux, I don't think NVIDIA should have to go out of its way to support Optimus on Linux. At least, not until the Linux OS is the operating system that comes pre-installed on an Optimus notebook. At that point, it would be on NVIDIA to provide support. Until then, they don't have to support it on aftermarket / third part operating systems. With that said, better Linux support couldn't hurt PR-wise. As far as Linux and NVIDIA working together in a more general sense, I think that the company could certainly do more for Linux on the desktop, especially being a Linux Foundation member, but I don't think they will until it is more financially viable to do so.
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Updated Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:46 AM
Sounders FC has declined to exercise contract options on three players — midfielder Mike Seamon, goalkeeper Andrew Weber, and forward O'Brian White, whose contract for 2012 was bought out in March — making the trio eligible for the upcoming MLS Re-Entry Draft.
The first stage of the two-part draft is noon Friday, though Seattle can still re-sign any of its three players by 2 p.m. Thursday. Players can also opt out of the process by the same deadline.
The Re-Entry Draft began in 2010 as a mechanism to control free agency, which MLS doesn't allow under its single-entity structure. Sixty-three players leaguewide are eligible due to expiring contracts or teams not exercising options.
The Sounders pick 16th out of 19 teams (the order is based on last season's finish).
In the first stage of the draft, teams must pay a selected player's option price or, to those out of contract, extend a bona fide offer.
The second stage is noon Dec. 14 and typically sees more action by allowing teams to renegotiate contracts with players picked.
Both stages will take place on conference calls within the league; results will be released afterward.
Teams can select their own players in the second stage of the draft, but only after all other teams have passed. Players unselected throughout the process will be available on a first come first served basis.
• The Sounders have also apparently declined contract options on goalkeeper Bryan Meredith and forward/midfielder Cordell Cato, but neither is eligible for the Re-Entry Draft due to a lack of MLS experience. The club has not confirmed either move yet, though the players have announced their exits on Twitter.
• Former MLS Sounders potentially eligible for the Re-Entry Draft include Peter Vagenas (Chivas USA), Tyrone Marshall and Tyson Wahl (Colorado), Stephen King (D.C. United) and Pat Noonan (LA Galaxy).
Also included are San Jose's Joey Gjertsen, a Tacoma native, and University of Washington alumni Mike Chabala of D.C. United and Ty Harden of Toronto FC.
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The Vega No 6 smartphone has the largest HD screen on the market and to show off its capabilities, Korean manufacturer Pantech created a 'Vega City' with hundreds of the phones used to create the backdrop for the animation—everything from the buildings to the sky were represented on the HD screens.
The animation required three weeks of preparation. Firstly, the actors were filmed against white screens, then the individual frames were printed and torn out to create 1,600 paper characters. These were then photographed within the 'Vega City' for over 170 hours before finally being animated into the final film.


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17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. | 17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter. |
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Built For Comfort: The Manship House Traveling TrunkClimate and geography have affected the lives of Mississippians dramatically throughout history. Built for Comfort: The Manship House traveling trunk compares modern methods of climate control to those employed during the nineteenth century. Activities follow the Mississippi Studies framework: students compare historical and modern maps, graph weather patterns, and compare and contrast geographical details evident in old photographs of the Manship House with those of the site today. The Built for Comfort trunk includes a CD with lesson plans and a virtual tour of the Manship House Museum. There is also a three-ring binder containing all materials for classes without the resources to use the CD. Built for Comfort includes a recommended three-day lesson plan, but additional resources allow teachers to expand on that. In the first unit students explore how climate affects everyday life through a study of the ten geographical regions of Mississippi and by graphing weather patterns. The second unit focuses on objects and documents in the trunk related to weather and the environment. Students form small groups, analyze these materials, and then report their findings to the class. In the third unit students tour the Manship House Museum. If the class is unable to visit the museum, students may use the included CD with classroom computers to take a virtual tour or view photographs of the house provided with the trunk. Students will observe methods this nineteenth-century family employed to survive Mississippi summers before electricity and air conditioning. Supplemental sources include Walk Around the Block, a sourcebook of activities to help students gather clues about the history of their own neighborhoods; Under Every Roof, a field guide to architecture written especially for children; and Structural Design Challenges, a book of design technology activities. Funding for Built for Comfort: The Manship House traveling trunk was provided by the National Geographic Society's Mississippi Geography Education Fund. The Traveling Trunk Program was developed for use with fourth- through twelfth-grade classes. Trunks are available September through November and January through May. The trunks are designed to be used as a one- to two-week unit and will be shipped the week before they are to be used in the classroom to allow the teacher to become familiar with the contents. The trunks should be returned on the Monday following the completion of the teaching unit. Trunks must be shipped FedEx, USPS, or UPS and insured for $500. Teachers may choose to transport the trunks to the museum themselves. The Traveling Trunk Program was developed with funding from the Phil Hardin Foundation of Meridian. For more information or to book this trunk call 601-576-6800. |
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Devil Eyes + LINDA + BopAnts + Loup-Garou
Thursday Nov 13 8pm Devil Eyes: [Vancouver BC, Montreal QC] Matt – guitar Emily-Jane – bass Tomas – drums Sound here and video here. + LINDA: [Lowell, Worcester MA] Stephanie Marie Germaine – electronics Anthony Richerdz – vocals Abdul … Continue reading
First Thursday: Independent Joy
Thursday July 3 5-11pm, donations welcome!!! Solids (food), liquids (dranks), visuals (stimulating things to gaze upon) & ear twinklings (sounds from the shed). LAK – solo performance using trays of objects, boxes of things. Business casual. Olivegarden: Travis Hagan – … Continue reading
Aimee Norwich + Thumbknuckle + Gaius & Cenobia
Saturday June 28 8pm, donations welcomed! Aimee Norwich Duo: [Brooklyn NY] Aimee Norwich – bass Ian Cook – drums Sound here. + Thumbknuckle: [Westfield MA] Tim Jennings – guitar Robert Edge – bass Scott Faranello – drums Sounds here. + … Continue reading
XFest 2014
Fri-Sun Feb 21-23 at Gateway City Arts, Holyoke MA XFest 2014: Improvised music, visuals, movement, and poetry. FREE Updated and corrected program here. Simeon from Silver Apples. 119 Gallery and Open Field Initiative present XFest 2014, a festival of improvised … Continue reading
Angkor Dance Troupe Workshops
Thursday November 21 and December 5 4pm * Thursday December 19 to be rescheduled * The mission of the Angkor Dance Troupe is to connect communities through the preservation, education and innovation of Cambodian Performing Arts. We envision Lowell, Massachusetts … Continue reading
Election Night Dance Party
Tuesday November 5 7-11pm at UnchARTed DJ Dan Adam + Kofi Produced by Jess Schumann, UnchARTed, 119 and others
Walter's Birthday Bash
Saturday October 26 8pm, FREE Lots of people are coming to 119 Gallery for the W2 birthday… Marc Bisson – deconstructed guitar Joe Brown – guitar, drums, dance moves Joe Burgio – movement Todd Brunel – clarinets Sir Arthur Clatter … Continue reading
Dr T's Media Mashup
Saturday October 19 8pm, donations appreciated! Grau Garten: [Manchester NH, Newburyport, Lowell MA] Marc Bisson – deconstructed guitar deiX – voice, electronics Steve Norton – reeds Walter Wright – drums + Chill City Icon: [Lowell] Kevin Dacey, Travis Hagan – … Continue reading
Chen Pensado + Coleman Dorsey + Ghost Grass + Pataphysique
Friday October 18 8pm, donations encouraged! Chen Pensado: [Salem MA, Berlin DE] Audrey Chen – herself with cello, possibly electronics Andrea Pensado – also herself with laptop + Coleman Dorsey: [Boston] James Coleman – Theremin Noell Dorsey – voice + … Continue reading
LEAMERS + Downtown Boys + Vegans + Les Rhinoceros + Dust Witch + Shogun Horny
Thursday October 17 8pm, $$$ for visiting bands! LEAMERS: [Montreal QC] Matt – vocals, gitar Martin – bass Emily-Jane – vocals, batterie Sound here. Video here. + Downtown Boys: [Providence RI] Victoria Ruiz – vocals Joey L DeFrancesco – guitar, … Continue reading


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14/01/2015 01:26
The iZotope RX 4 Advanced Audio Restoration Software is used by sound engineers in the biggest Hollywood productions, and has now been nominated for a major award in the USA.
13/01/2015 03:39
NAMM 2015: Akai is the latest major brand to announce a new range to be showcased at NAMM - the Advance series keyboards. Find out the details!
07/01/2015 04:39
IK Multimedia pioneered low-latency on mobile devices with iRig HD-A, AmpliTube, iRig MIC HD-A and EZ Voice. Now, they promise a breakthrough universal solution, to be showcased at NAMM 2015.
05/01/2015 02:02
Between Jan 1st and March 31st 2015, PreSonus are giving customers who purchase a rugged AudioBox iOne, iTwo or iTwo Studio audio interface two fantastic guitar amp and drum modeling bonuses.
23/12/2014 03:08
2014 has been the year when the sounds of vintage drum-machines and analog synths became all the rage again, but Akai still manages to give an edge to its new Rhythm Wolf, by fusing digital, analogue, step sequencing and pad control together in one unit.
12/12/2014 02:01
Nothing sounds quite like an 808? Too true, but the TR-707 and TR-727 drum machines had a character all of their own. Precise analogue modelling lets you add it to your TR-8 kits.
05/12/2014 11:39
The lastest incarnation of the professional DAW has seen huge improvements to the audio engine. Workflow imrpovements and new tools for editiing, mixing and recording.
13/11/2014 02:44
Ableton Live 9 is a fantastic music production software, and now you can get it, alongside Push controller, at a new, lower price!
12/11/2014 11:33
With the new 0% Finance available on AIRA packages, you can get some fantastic gear this Christmas, without having to worry too much about the money!
11/11/2014 05:56
Apple announced Yosemite, the latest version of its Mac operating system, in June. Here's what the music producers need to know...
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Throughout history, how did "white" man take slaves?
These strong, athletic, tribal hunters, physically superior to the sickly, disease bringing white folk, didn't have a chance.
How? Simply because they had inferior weapons.
Now this could turn into a major rant about globalisation, overpopulation, mass media… But I have to go out RIGHT now, so…
Slavery may have been abolished in 1860 (or whatever) but by 1913 it simply reappeared with a new coat of paint. So what do you do when you have too many slaves eating too much food rapidly destroying your planet? Well, what do you do when you have too many kangaroos or fruitbats ruining the balance of the ecosystem? Uh huh.
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Someone created a Keyboard Cat toy!
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We can learn a lot from children. Naps are a necessity, sharing is overrated, and picking your nose is okay as long as you have somewhere to stash the booger.
Also, planking, is just dumb.
It seems even more ridiculous through the eyes of kids. They're as open-minded as they come but they still find this behavior unacceptable.
"We're running out of stuff to post on the Internet!!!!"
No shit, Sloane. Nooo shit.
A bar in Washington has created an Internet meme-specific drink menu.
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A Legacy of Success
Headed by Joe Garone, former Director of NASCAR's Research and Development facilities and Head of Officiating.
Unique in the Racing Industry
The only NASCAR Sprint Cup team west of the Mississippi, located in the heart of beautiful Denver, CO.
More Under the Hood
Engines Supplied by Premier Engine Builders Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR).
Not Your Daddy's Garage
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Martin Truex Jr
Driver #78
Martin Truex Jr
Jun 29, 1980
Mayetta, NJ
Mooresville, NC
Fishing, hunting, building/racing radio control boats, riding four-wheelers
Martin Truex Jr.'s love of racing began on the go-kart tracks of his childhood, and has stuck with him since. He began his NASCAR Racing career in 2004 with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. leaving for Michael Walttrip racing in 2010, most recently joining Furniture Row Racing as driver of car #78 for the 2014 Season.
With a career marked by success, he consistently has beaten and exceeded his personal bests. Beginning with his back-to-back 2004 and 2005 wins of the Nationwide Series Championships, Truex Jr. has claimed 13 other Nationwide Series races throughout. He won pole for the Daytona 500 in 2009, finished 6th in the Daytona 500 in 2010 with Michael Waltrip Racing, and in 2011, won poll for the fourth consecutive season at Texas. In 2012, Truex Jr. tied his personal best ranking 11th in series points, and in 2013 he announced his switch to Furniture Row Racing after matching his career-high of seven top-five finishes in a series.
Throughout his racing career, Truex has been a standout for his talent behind the wheel, but has also garnered praise for the person he is off the track. He was named the Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver for the 2004-2005 season, and in 2007 founded the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation. "Hooked on helping", the foundation has raised over $1 million dollars for the advancement of underprivileged children in need, and continues to make a positive impact in the community each year.
Joe Garone
General Manager
Joe Garone
July 17, 1960
Denver, Colorado
Daughters - Ashlie, Jordan, Carey
A native of Denver, Colorado, Joe Garone turned his first wrench in his father's garage when he was only three-years old.
Garone grew up in a racing family where both his parents raced around the local Colorado circuits. His dad raced for years in the Modified Series, and his mom took home several Powder Puff Championships over the years. He, too, raced around the local Colorado circuits for several years while running his father's garage, before going full-time into professional motorsports in 1989.
In 1989, Garone took over as the crew chief for driver Rick Carelli in NASCAR's Southwest and Winston West Tours and the Craftsman Truck Series. After six years with Carelli and hundreds of victories, Garone joined Bill Elliott Racing in 1995 as a suspension specialist and moved up to crew chief for the 1998 season. During his four years with Elliott, the team had 35 top 10 finishes; in 1997, it won the Union 76 World Pit Crew Competition with a time of 20.870 seconds, beating out Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing.
In 1999, he helped form a new team with PPI Motorsports, where he worked as a program manager and crew chief for the team's two-car Winston Cup effort, which included the No. 32 Tide Ford and the No. 96 McDonald's Ford.
From 2001 through 2003, Garone worked directly for NASCAR. He initially was responsible for building, staffing and running NASCAR's Research and Development Center in Hickory, North Carolina and then moved on to become NASCAR's director of officiating.
After spending a year as the director of competition for Michael Waltrip in 2004, Garone moved to Denver, Colorado where he accepted the position as crew chief for Furniture Row Racing. For two years Garone has been juggling the dual role as both crew chief and manager. In 2007, he was promoted to general manager for Furniture Row Racing and will focus his efforts on overseeing team operations in the various departments, acting as the liaison between Furniture Row Racing and its partners, and continue to support the growth and development of the entire program.
He currently resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife and their three children.
Todd Berrier
Crew Chief
Todd Berrier
May 29, 1970
Denver, CO.
Cooper, Spencer
Todd Berrier joined Furniture Row Racing as the team's crew chief for the final 17 Sprint Cup races of the 2012 season. His first race directing the No. 78 Chevrolet was in the Brickyard 400 (July 29) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
A NASCAR veteran of nearly 20 years, Berrier has worked with many of the sport's top competitors, including Dale Earnhardt, Mike Skinner, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Bobby Labonte and his current driver, Kurt Busch.
As a crew chief for the past 16 years in NASCAR's three major series – Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck -- Berrier has had his share of success.
His impressive Sprint Cup resume, heading into the 2013 season, is highlighted with eight wins – including the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 – 60 top-fives and 133 top-10s.
Berrier's crew chief accomplishments also include 13 Nationwide wins, four truck wins and a Nationwide season championship.
He also directed wins from his crew chief perch in each of NASCAR's annual non-point races – Sprint All-Star Race (2007 with Harvick), Budweiser Shootout (2008 with Harvick) and the Daytona 500 qualifying race (2011 with Burton).
Growing up in North Carolina, the hotbed of stock car country, Berrier always had a passion for auto racing. Following his 1988 graduation from Robert B Glenn High School in Kernersville, N.C. he began working on late model cars that competed at local racetracks.
Berrier's big break came in August 1993 when he was hired as a fabricator for the renowned NASCAR team of Richard Childress Racing (RCR). He also worked as a shock specialist at RCR and was a member of Skinner's team which captured the inaugural NASCAR truck series championship in 1995.
In 1997 RCR promoted Berrier to the crew chief role for Jay Sauter's entry in the truck series. He spent three years tuning Sauter's truck, scoring four victories and top-10 point finishes in each season.
Berrier became Harvick's crew chief in the Nationwide Series in 2000 and led the young RCR driver to the Nationwide season championship the following year. Harvick's 2001 Nationwide championship record included five wins, 20 top-fives, 24 top-10s and four poles.
Berrier was elevated to a full time Sprint Cup crew chief position in 2002 for RCR driver Jeff Green. After one season with Green, Berrier was reunited with Harvick, who was competing in the Cup series.
With Berrier as crew chief, Harvick won eight times, including two prestigious wins -- the 2003 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis and the 2007 Daytona 500. Berrier also directed Harvick to post-regular season Chase appearances in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
The team of Berrier and Harvick broke up following the ninth race of the 2009 season as Berrier became crew chief for RCR drivers Casey Mears and later in the year for Jeff Burton.
Berrier and RCR ended their 18-year association in July 2011. Berrier joined JTG Daugherty Racing as crew chief for driver Bobby Labonte at the start of the 2012 season. He worked at JTG before joining Furniture Row Racing.
Pete Rondeau
Director of Competition
Pete Rondeau
Nov. 5, 1965
Denver, Colorado
Seth, Alec
Pete Rondeau joined Furniture Row Racing following the 2009 season as the team's car chief. He was promoted to crew chief in May of 2010, prior to the Coca-Cola 600 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and later made the team competition chief.
A native of New England, Rondeau grew up in Saco, Maine, approximately 90-miles north from New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon.
Prior to joining Furniture Row Racing, Rondeau worked at Evernham Motorsports where he served as the team's director of research and development from July 2005 to the end of the 2009 season.
He also worked at Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI) from 2001 to May 2005 and Jasper Motorsports from 1998-2001. During his three-plus years at DEI, Rondeau's positions included the crew chief role for both Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Rondeau has also had experience behind the wheel of a race car. Before he traveled south to North Carolina in 1998 to work in NASCAR, he raced for many years on the New England short tracks, including super late model cars in the American Canadian Tour. He also drove in NASCAR's Pro Series East and the Whelen Modified Tour Series.
Rondeau directed Furniture Row Racing and driver Regan Smith to career seasons in 2011, capturing one win, two top-fives and five top-10s. A strategic pit call by Rondeau during the prestigious Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway in May lifted Smith and the Denver, Colo.-based team to their first NASCAR victory.


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What? You don't ask your Dad to take pictures of you "running" with your hair curled and smiling? Oh, I guess that's just me…
I've been trying to cut back on the sugar lately, but then I found these. Sunny Seeds are seriously addicting and I've gone through 3 containers in the past 2 weeks. They sit next to my computer and I can't help but eat them when I blog! Lisa @ Sunny Seed Stories allowed me to write a blog post for her about my new obsession, and I wanted to get some action shots! My Dad and I dropped my Mom off at the airport this morning and I asked if he would take "a few" pictures of me running outside. Mom gets to go to Canada this week!
Here are a few action shots for your amusement…
Thought my arms looked nice in this pic, but my hair is all over the place!
It's difficult getting a good picture while trying to run across the street, smile and look at a camera without running into a car!
You don't prepare for a run by curling your hair and getting a headshot? :) I ordered the skirt that goes with this Brooks tank last week on sale and free shipping online. It should come this week, but I'm scared to wear it! I'm hoping I fall in love with it and can wear it to races and hopefully pass a few boys!
My BIC Bands came in the mail a few days ago!! I love the "skinny minnie" size, which is the smallest out of all the sizes and I've almost completely worn out my black sparkle, so I ordered two new ones! This one is pink with green outline.
LOVE this one! Green sparkle! I just wish I could get a PINK skinny minnie sparkle band! Wouldn't that be perfect??
Today I need to finish my grad work and run tonight (since I missed the cooler weather this morning because I left at 6 to take Mom to the airport). I should probably stop posting pictures of myself so you don't get sick of me!! :)


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1. What's your first name?
2. Do you have a nickname?
3. Where are you located?
4. What brought you to the DisneyWorldTrivia.com forums?
5. Age (or age range)?
6. Marital status?
7. Occupation?
8. Favorite food?
9. What vehicle do you have?
10. Which WDW park is your favorite?
11. Who is your favorite character in a WDW attraction?
12. How often do you take a trip to WDW?
13. Do you enjoy all trivia or just Disney?
14. Explain your user name/how you came up with it.
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The IRIB does have an office in the U.S., in New York City, where they are permitted to cover the United Nations. However, U.S. law prohibits IRIB journalists from traveling beyond a twenty-five mile radius, and they are only permitted to do stand-up on camera from the UN. IRIB's bureau chief, Morteza Ghoroghi, told CJR from his modest office on the 30th floor of the Lincoln Building on East 42nd Street that there's nothing sinister about the IRIB's foreign language services. "It doesn't mean that we want to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries," Ghoroghi says. "We want to improve cooperation between people in the region."
The way to do that, Ghoroghi elaborates, is to expose other Muslims to the Iranian view of Islam and how Iran has translated that view into a government free from American influence and into a stable multi-ethnic society that is able to pursue a nuclear program, as well as make other advances in science and medicine.
"Iran is a model of an Islamic country in the region, we only explain our view and they can choose." The mass media, he says, is one obvious way of getting those views out, citing U.K. and U.S. external channels.
The U.S. itself, of course, has also realized the power of the airwaves in communicating with Arab audiences, launching Al-Hurra (The Free One) in 2004. And this year the governments of France, Germany, Russia, and Britain have launched or will launch their own Arabic language channels. But Iran, notes the Arab media analyst in Europe, "saw this coming before anyone else. They were very clever."
The U.S. State Department, says David Foley (spokesman for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs) pays close attention to all the views broadcast out of the Middle East and sees Iran's foray into foreign language satellite news as inevitable. "They see it as useful for their interests to be able to reach out and communicate to these audiences. It's not surprising at all since we do and so do others. We all are looking for the ability to speak to important audiences."
But for the moment, despite numerous invitations, State is not going on Al-Alam, though Foley says that's not a policy, and the practice might change in the near future. For now, he says State declines those interview opportunities because of concerns Al-Alam will manipulate how they are used. In the meantime, the U.S. reportedly has plans to pursue a satellite TV channel in Farsi to communicate to Iranians directly.
IRIB's Ghoroghi is not feeling threatened. He believes Iran's way—Muslim solidarity—is a much better way than what the U.S. has brought to the region. When asked whether the sectarian violence Iraqis are committing against other Iraqis would suggest there is no one pan-Islamic solution that will work all over the Muslim world, he reiterates the Al-Alam position. He explains that in the chaos the U.S. has created, Al Qaeda has moved from Afghanistan to Iraq, and it is Al Qaeda that spreads sectarian extremism. When asked about the Shiite militias and violence committed against Sunni Iraqis, he insists that were it not for Al Qaeda, Iraqis wouldn't be extreme. "If Al Qaeda is stopped, the Shiia won't kill the other people," he says.
He is quick to add that the U.S. isn't serious about stopping Al Qaeda. If they were, he says, the U.S. would push ally Saudi Arabia to cut its financing of Al Qaeda and push its ally Pakistan to stop Al Qaeda from operating out of its country.
"Extremism," he says solemnly, "is dangerous."
While the three messages—Iran's goodness, pan-Islamic identification, and Iran as Islam's defender—are almost overtly pervasive, there is also another subtle sub-current in Al-Alam's programming that seeks to acquaint viewers with the Shiite sect of Islam, its history, theology, accomplishments, and glories. (Most Arab Muslims are Sunni.) Thus Iran, through Al-Alam, is simultaneously claiming a place of honor for the sect while preaching the irrelevance of sects. Though the potential contradiction could weaken Al-Alam's coherence, Iran needs to communicate both messages to reconcile Iran's Shiite identity to its majority Sunni viewers. "Iran considers itself a regional power, and by all right it should be," says Bill Berkeley, author of a forthcoming book on the Iranian hostage crisis, "but because it's Shiite, it's held in contempt."
Under different circumstances, simultaneously propagating these contradicting messages would be a juggling act of rattled cobras, and Al-Alam ordinarily would have to contend with the reality that Iran is separated from the Arab world (already not monolithic and not united) by language, theology, culture, and history—and has been for centuries.


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The CBICC will host its 8th Annual Member Spotlight on Thursday, April 26, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Technology Center, 200 Innovation Blvd., State College. This event is open to the public and is a great opportunity for the community to learn more about the many products and services that are available locally. The Member Spotlight combines the benefits of exhibiting and attending a tradeshow with the atmosphere and structure of a Business After Hours event. Only CBICC members will have the opportunity to exhibit. This mini Expo consists of table top exhibits where exhibitors will be provided an 8 ft. skirted table. Each exhibitor is asked to provide a door prize to be awarded during the event.
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I'm a huge Queen fan, one look at my CD collection and that'll become clear. Unfortunately, there are two of their albums I really don't like. Those are "Hot Space" and "Jazz". They sound very 80's-ish, and not in a good way. I think they haven't dated very well.
Anyhow, the stypod has a feature on Dancer, one of the songs from Hot Space. Besides "Under Pressure" it probably is one of the stronger musical pieces on the album.
/me goes back to Queen at the Beeb.. ah yes!
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