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The Financial Post has uncovered evidence that Research in Motion will be unveiling a new music accessory called the BlackBerry Remote Stereo Gateway. The Gateway attaches to a stereo and then streams music files from a BlackBerry via Bluetooth. The information is available through an FCC filing, which has both the user manual and a photo of the Gateway. The device was filed by Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd. out of Taiwan, but the BlackBerry brand is all over the place. This is obviously a big push into the consumer space for RIM, especially given the fact that, unlike iPod docks, it's wireless. Between this and the increasing sizes of microSDHC cards, BlackBerry is becoming more and more viable as a media player.
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Once again Spain gets the goods. The BlackBerry Professional Software that was announced back in November is now available in Spain through Orange. The package is geared towards smaller businesses running on Exchange or Lotus Domino servers and dealing with fewer than 30 devices, and allows two-way synchronization of address books and calendars. If you want to try it out, RIM's got BlackBerry Professional Express available for single users, which can then be expanded as you get more BlackBerrys to manage.
A user on the Pinstack forums noted that the city guide software Zagat To Go has been updated to version 6.0. The software allows you to find over 30,000 restaurants, golf courses, hotels, and other locations for the BlackBerry user on the move. You can also use Zagat to Go to automatically dial the number for the spot you've chosen, read reviews, get directions, and quite a lot more. Version 6.0 adds a redesigned interface as well as favorites, wish lists and the ability to browse an alphabetical list of all locations in an area. A 14-day free trial is available or you can purchase a one year subscription for $29.95. They offered a 1500 free subscriptions to BlackBerry users last July, so we'll keep any eye out for anything similar to celebrate this new release.
Continental Airlines has announced that they will be offering Wi-Fi service to customers as part of their new LiveTV service, pending testing. LiveTV offers a wide variety of TV channels free to first class passengers or to economy class for a $6 fee. They are testing Wi-Fi access as part of the service and if all goes well, smartphone and laptop users will able to access BlackBerry email and instant messaging as well as Yahoo! equivalents. This isn't the first time the BlackBerry has taken to the skies, but it seems a little more restrictive than other services.
Viigo released a little update today, the biggest change being support for feed aggregators like Google Reader. There's also a few ads from American Express kicking around… They're few and far between, pretty nondescript, and don't distract too much from your reading. Aside from that, Viigo's seen a few usability changes, like taking out the My Channels bar to make a bit more room for feeds, as well as supporting native fonts. I've had a few issues with Viigo's feed menu text size when trying out new themes, so the native font support is a nice addition. There's also a new E-Mail to Me menu option from articles, for when you're sure you want to look at something on the big screen later on. As for aggregators, Viigo is now allowing you to add existing OPML files from aggregators such as Google Reader, My Yahoo! and Bloglines. It's a bit tricky to find, though – go to Add Channels, Add your own channel, and Add Aggregator.
For those who haven't tried it out, Viigo is a great little thing that lets you bring all of your RSS feeds under one roof for quick reading, as well as providing an impressive catalogue of feeds to allow you to find new content. I'm tempted to not call it an RSS reader anymore, since I've been getting promises galore from the Viigo guys that RSS is just the beginning. Cryptic, no? It's a great little app, it's free, and you can pick up BBCool's version right here, or over the air at getviigo.com/bbcool.


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Very interesting night for me.
I live at the corner of "no" and "where". My property borders a protected national lakeshore on Lake Michigan, and there are roughly as many wolves and bears as people nearby. The closest real city is 30 minutes away, and it's basically the type of area where you live your whole life without locking your doors...because bears don't use doors; they prefer to scratch away siding anyway. I often cite the FBI statistics that 82% of people will be a victim of an attempted (successful or not) violent crime in their lifetime...but then readily admit that my stats are a bit different because of where I live, and that I mostly carry for 4 legged animals when around my home (wolves, coyotes, cougars, bears, giant boars, bobcats...all exist in my back yard), and that the 2 legged concerns are mostly for when I'm in Flint, Saginaw, Lansing, and Detroit (at one point 4 of the top 10 worst crime cities in the nation...and I have ties to each). That being said...I do still carry all the time. Odds are low for me, but the stakes are just as high.
However, in my county the police still admit that once every decade or so dangerous stuff actually does happen around here...and last night I got the pleasure of being party to it.
2:30-3:00 AM ish a man on a sport bike that was evading police (probably quite successfully too I imagine...the officer in direct pursuit was in an SUV...your average SUV does not accelerate to 150 on a dime like those dang bikes do). Unfortunately (for him) he was not familiar with the area. Heading north on my road there is a small hill crest right before a curve. There are no warning signs, since there is easily enough time for someone (even going 10-20 mph over the speed limit) to slow down first. However...someone going 70-80 mph over the speed limit is in serious trouble when they crest that hill and see that curve.
He slowed down as far as he could, and ditched from the bike right before it wrapped itself around the tree toward the base of my driveway. He managed to not be seriously injured from this somehow. However, this loud noise woke me, and I immediately grabbed a SIG 9mm handgun. He then made what was almost the dumbest decision (and last decision) of his life. To get away before the police cruiser a few hundred yards behind him could show, he ran up the hill to my house and tried to gain entry.
Like previously stated, this is not a door locking area. People just don't do that often here. However, my wife spent her childhood split 50/50 between living in a rural setting like me, and living in a bigger city area. She picked up habits I never did. She has a tendency to lock whatever door she comes in at night (even if every other door in the house is unlocked). I arrived home 5 minutes before her that night...and did not lock the front door. She locked it when she arrived. Of course...it was the only locked door of 3 main entry doors though.
Back to the chronology of events: at this point I had a gun in hand, flashlight in the other, more guns beside me, was fully awake, was listening specifically for the sounds of any doors or footsteps, and a fugitive was cluelessly testing my doorknob. Had my wife not locked that door, I'd be spending most of today cleaning up blood stains off the floor. Same if he had tried one of the other 2 doors instead of that locked one...I had no intention of yelling "freeze" or any junk like that...not in my house in the middle of the night. Too many variables, I would have shined the light to identify and then put 2 in the chest, no unnecessary chances taken. I think he still thinks last night went about as bad as it could have gone...I doubt he has any clue that he tried to break into the home of the stereotypical gun nut.
Of course...he didn't gain entry, as I'm not cleaning my floors today. For those interested in the conclusion: after coming a door's thickness away from doing the dumbest thing he had done yet that night (which is saying something given the night he was having), he decided to run down the hill to a neighbor's house visible through the woods. That home is owned by an elderly lady, who told me that she had a "bad feeling" earlier that night and had locked her 2 doors (on her house the guy tried both outside leading doors, so basically at that point he had tried the only 3 locked doors within miles...). At this point the officer was starting to catch up to him. He then got into her garage, locked it behind him, ran through to the other side (there was a back exit from the garage) and out into my neighbor's back yard. The officer kicked in the door to the garage, followed him through and was able to taser him in their back yard.
1) A locked door goes a long way. Last night it was the difference between watching quite a light show out my windows and me killing a man. When you live where I live doors are not often locked...but even just the front most facing one being locked made the difference for me. At least just lock that 1 at night.
2) When you have a gun in your hand and you see the police arrive...my first instinct was to get the gun out of my hand. Right or wrong, it was the instinct. I sat it down on a shelf next to me (inches away) for a moment while I watched to see what the officer was doing. It was just as quick to pick up again as it would have been to draw from a holster...but less threatening to an officer than me holding it (and I was in an interior room where I would have had warning to an entry). Once I realized the officer was heading another direction (this was the point where the guy was now moving away from my house) and was not going to be in a situation to feel threatened by my gun, it went back in hand, and a holster got put on so I could have it on me in a non-threatening manner. The exact lesson in that? ...not sure. Just be aware that you may want to think about how you're going to act when both the threats of being near a dangerous person and being mistaken for a dangerous person by the police collide. I know that was going through my head.
3) 1 gun in your bedroom is not enough. There needs to be 1 gun per person. If I had not had guns for both me and my wife on hand in the bedroom then things would have been a lot more complicated, as I would have not wanted to leave my room for the (tactically superior) living room area. Things were a lot easier to handle knowing she had an M9 in her hands and did not need me hovering, so I could move to the point in the house where I felt I'd best intercept any threat.
4) The police were pursuing the person BEFORE he even came up on my property. There was not even need for a 911 call, since they were already in pursuit and backup on the way. Yet, even with that IDEAL police response time...they would have done me no good if the door had been unlocked or if the guy had decided to force entry (doors are not that hard to break down). They were 20 seconds behind...and I would have had 5. Seems like an inconsequential difference...until that 15 second difference IS the difference for you. 20 seconds was not fast enough...and how could one even dare to hope for better response time than that? Unless I happened to have an officer sitting at my dinner table at the moment it all happened...I was on my own for those seconds. Don't get me wrong, the police were great. They worked hard, put themselves in danger, were extremely polite and nice to me...heck, the one that drove around in my yard even spent some time trying to fix the ruts before leaving (and they really weren't even that bad). But...reality is reality. You have to be responsible for your own safety.
5) Armed? Not armed? Never knew, never cared, never asked. It changed nothing about my intentions or plan. Am I a hardened son of a gun for not caring if the man I had every intention of shooting if he stepped foot inside was armed or unarmed? I don't think so, I think I'm a pragmatic one. There is no way for me to know for sure that the guy entering my home is unarmed, therefore I'm going to shoot him dead as if he's armed the moment I have the advantage, not give him time to get an advantage, and let the police see if there's anything on him. This is something pre-thought out. While on this forum and thinking about such possibilities, I came to the decision that in a home invasion it was identify, shoot, and let the police sort out whether he was armed. Since this was a pre-made decision there was nothing for me to think about. The moment you suspect there's a fugitive around that might be trying to gain entry to your house is NOT the time for you to have an internal debate on your moralities vs. tactics. Decide now. Think about various situations and at what point you'll draw and/or shoot. It may never happen quite like you imagine...but it sets up general patterns that your mind can simply default to when it has to think quick. There was zero time wasted thinking about what I should do should he step foot in the door, and that's the way it should be.
I'm really not shaken up or anything. While stuff was happening everything was just another bit of data to add to figuring out what was going on, and after it was all over I pretty much just stayed up the rest the night, watched some TV and what-not because I thought it was prudent to be awake for awhile...then once all looked good and the sun came out I slept for awhile until now. The thought that I was 1 locked door away from killing a guy isn't really seeming to be bothering me. I wondered if it would later...but it's not. I guess in my mind when you make the decision to enter someone's house like that you're the one responsible for the bullets you receive, not me. I am thinking about calling the police station and seeing if they'll tell dufus all about how close he came to death that night in front of my front door (I thought it prudent not to relay such things to the police at the time, they had enough on their minds), so that maybe he'll realize that he's orders of magnitude dumber than he even realized after last night, and hopefully turn something around.

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wonder if he dunks over a hummer LOL
if they want to make it interesting put the leagues best shot blocker under the basket & have the dunkers try & dunk on him.
wonder if he dunks over a hummer LOL
if they want to make it interesting put the leagues best shot blocker under the basket & have the dunkers try & dunk on him.
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I can see why
So nobodies worried about the integrity of this thing considering there was a press release 24 hours before Griffin won which named him as the winner?
Isn't that why Derozan said he would never take part again?
I hope Ross has a little something new to show people. I'm so damn sick of props and other gimmicks...bunch of clowns out there. What happened to dunks being impressive, not what the guy is wearing or jumping over? I'm hoping Ross' athleticism is enough that he can bring something that hasn't been seen in the NBA...
I feel like this is exactly why big superstars should not be allowed in...especially big men. I wasn't too impressed the year Howard put on a cape and couldn't reach the rim....I don't care how vicious it looked.
*I'm a bit happy with the list for that reason. I don't think anyone will be a popular choice, so hopefully the dunks will speak for themselves.
Yes I dont think there is really any person in that dunk contest who could be said to have a 'reputation advantage'.
Ross is on an equal level with the rest of them, and I think he will DESTROY this contest.
The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
That's dam good news now I have a reason to watch the all star festivities anything on him being in the rookie game?
Ross and James White head to head in the final round. I would love to see both Gerald Green (entertainer) and Faried (Power Dunker) in the contest. Defending champ J.Evans better come up with something special to defend his title.
Terrence Ross is going to pull a 360 through the legs
Good luck to him..he'll need it against Gerald green.
Well deserved though, this is an awesome dunk contest lineup
This looks like it's going to be awesome.
This is Gerald Green's competition to lose. Don't know anything about White but those dunks on youtube are nasty. I'll put him behind Green.
For Ross to have a chance he needs to stand out in his 1st dunk. That's the key. Can't believe i'm analyzing this LOL
Don't sleep on Faried as well. He's by far the most popular guy in this competition. And we all know this whole thing has become a popularity contest.
"Analytics DON'T work at all. It's some crap that people that are really smart made up to get in the game. Bunch of smart guys who have never played. The NBA is about TALENT" - Charles Barkley #Truth
has there been anything decent coming out of these dunk contests since vince 2000?
Correct me if I'm wrong but James White is 31 years old now.. a lot of the youtube footage was 5+ years ago. Does he still have the legs?
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And see the world he did. Bo spent the next two years traveling through Africa, Eastern Europe, and Haiti. He discovered beautiful cultures and met extraordinary people, leaving him forever changed. Yet he also witnessed the overwhelming poverty that plagues much of our planet. "During my time overseas, one recurring thought ran through my head," he says. "Now that I know, I must do something." Wake Up Coffee was born out of this call for action. Inspired by the rich tea and coffee culture he experienced in North Africa, Bo wanted to create a cafe where the local community could gather, a springboard for discussion and education about the global injustices of the world.
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Departing from the last several updates which focused on the restoration of C&NW #1385's tender, this update features news on the locomotive itself. In the inspection of the locomotive during the fall of 2011, there was found to be a great deal of deterioration on the locomotive cab. The 1385 Task Force charged with leading the restoration effort reviewed the options for rebuilding the cab and decided to use CJ Woodworking out of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Details of the rebuild were finalized with the contractor and plans put into place for moving the cab to ready it for transport. The cab had been stored on a flat car at Mid-Continent while the locomotive awaited restoration. This happened Friday December 23, 2011 during a restoration work day. Museum President Jeff Bloohm and Superintendent of Operations Kelly Bauman took care of the move so the cab was accessible for lifting by our Lull operator Ed Ripp. CJ Woodworking arrived around 10:00 am and before lunch they were on their way back to Fond du Lac with the 1385 cab.
CJ Woodworking will be building a new cab to the original Chicago & Northwestern drawings we have obtained from Lake States Railway Historical Association of Baraboo. The cab will be made from white oak as originally specified by the C&NW.
Also shown are some photos taken by Project Engineer Mike Wahl during an inspection in July that shows some of the deterioration of the cab.
By Mike Wahl
For this installment I will start with the history we have gathered about the original 1385 tender.
The original Chicago & North Western builder's specifications from March of 1907 call out the following specs for the tender. I have summarized part of the information below.
Frame: The frame is to be substantially built of 13 inch steel channels and thoroughly braced.
Truck, Wheels, and Axles: The tender will carry two 4 wheel trucks. It was to have 5 1/2 x 10 inch journals with 33 inch wheels.
Tank: The tank is to have a capacity of 7500 gallons of water and 10 tons of coal. It is to be made of steel ¼ inch in thickness.
Included below is a picture of the 1384 which shows what the tender of the 1385 looked like in March 1907 when completed by the American Locomotive Company's Schenectady Works.
The Chicago & North Western kept valuation records on all of their equipment. Each locomotive and tender was assigned a number to keep track of the cost spent on the equipment. The valuation record number for the locomotive was the locomotive number, the 1385 was 1385. The tenders were given a unique number. In the case of the 1385, tender number 7303 was with the locomotive when purchased by MCRM.
Using this record we can tell a few things about tender. On 10-19-1926 the tender received a cast steal frame, replacing the original steel channel frame, for a cost of $235.73. This is the first entry on the valuation record. It also states that the only engine it was in operation with was the 1385. So we do know that from 10-19-1926 until it retirement this was the tender the 1385 used. At this point we can only speculate that this was the tender it used from 1907 until 1926.
If you examine the photo of the 1384's tender verses the tender photo's of the 1385 I have included you can see some differences in the coal pocket area. The R-1 class locomotives with 7500 gallon tanks had a tender modification done, to add more coal capacity. They added radius wings to the edges and height to the front board to increase the tender's capacity. There is a drawing called Tender Tank – Alteration for increased coal capacity date March 7th, 1944 that shows this change.
The Tender Plan
As I stated previously, the tender will be broken down into smaller tasks. They are the tank, tender frame and tender trucks.
Tank: The plan for the tender tank is to engineer and design a new welded tender tank to replace the original. The current tank will be used for reference along with the original drawing in the design of the new tank. The design goal of the new tank is to preserve a look as historically accurate as possible with the utilization of modern materials and manufacturing processes. To make this a restoration, not a completely new tank, we plan to use as much of the original hardware as possible like the coal board brackets, hatch parts and any other components that are salvageable.
Tender Frame: The tender tank was removed from the frame a few weeks back which allowed for us to perform an inspection. The overall condition of the frame was good. The contractor has removed the components from the frame, sandblasted it and it is in red oxide primer. The next step on the frame will be to examine it after cleaning and priming to determine what repairs are needed. I have included a picture of the frame taken by our contractor.
Tender Trucks: The tender trucks are in very bad condition. When the tender was parked at the end if the line at Quartzite Lake the trucks were buried in dirt and gravel. The team is currently evaluating from rebuilding to roller bearing replacements as options for the trucks. This decision will be made down the road once all of the options are evaluated.
By Mike Wahl
During my visits to North Freedom the last couple weekends I have been asked, what's going on with the 1385, what's the plan? My response has been we are doing just that, making a plan.
To make any project successful a good plan, strategy and expected final outcome is needed. To make a good project plan the project must be broken done into smaller parts. There's an old joke that goes: How do you eat an elephant? Well, one bite at a time of course! The next question then is what bite do we need to take first? To determine this we needed a strategy and scope of work. With a defined strategy, we can choose where to start and set our priorities. With a defined scope we have a formal document that captures and defines the work activities, deliverables and timeline for our contractors and vendors.
So enough with the philosophy and more on to the plan and strategy.
We have broken the 1385 project down into parts of the locomotive. They include major components of the locomotive like the running gear, boiler, tender, appliances, and cab. These components will then be broken down further to better define the scope, priority and timeline. We have begun this process on the locomotive. Our first focus has been the tender.
Just for some foresight on my next post, we have broken the tender down into 3 sub-components or tasks. They include the tender tank, tender frame and tender trucks. Each one has been evaluated and a plan and strategy has been developed. I will start a new post soon on the tender with more details. I have included a few pictures as a sneak peek of what the tender looks like today.
In closing, during my studies, I had a project management professor at UW-Stout sum up "How to eat an elephant" in the following manner. I think this sums up our project goals well.
"Take small bites out of your elephant. Take the right bites. But most importantly, determine what your elephant will look like when you've eaten the whole thing this will help keep you focused on the results, not the work."
Starting up a steam locomotive requires a huge fire and a lot of patience while you wait for several hundred gallons of water to boil, but patience and a fiery determination are the exact qualities one will find at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom as they attempt to fire-up their steam program after an eleven year absence.
"The last time we offered steam train rides was for our Snow Train event in 2000," admits the museum's president Jeff Bloohm. "The high cost of making repairs that meet today's federal standards limited us to an easier, cheaper diesel-powered operation due to a lack of funds."
An unexpected change in the museum's fortune occurred last week when they were presented with a $250,000 challenge grant to restore not just any steam locomotive, but the museum's star in its locomotive fleet, the Chicago & North Western No. 1385.
"This is the first locomotive we used for giving train rides when we moved our operation to North Freedom in 1963," says Bloohm. "It has traveled the Midwest on goodwill tours, been featured in movies and documentaries, pulled the Circus Train, and is listed on both the Wisconsin and the National Register of Historic Places. It has essentially been the image of Mid-Continent for nearly fifty years."
The much needed financial boost for this monumental restoration project came from the Wagner Foundation of Lyons, Wis. Dick Wagner, the foundation's president, explained their motive for providing the grant as simply being rooted in the fact that, "We have supported the museum over the past few years and have been impressed with their programs, their popularity with young families, and their determination to recover from the destruction of 2008's flooding."
Mid-Continent had been working to revive its steam program but their whole operation was shut down when the Baraboo River completely inundated the museum's property. Bloohm acknowledges that "Every building and most of our collection suffered some form of water damage that year. And we have been in recovery mode ever since."
Visitors to the museum located in a beautiful section of rural Sauk County will find it a little inconvenient to park, buy tickets and board the train as the construction continues. "But the trains are running," Bloohm says, "per schedule and we hope people will still make the effort to ride the train and view our collection."
Mid-Continent has always been a place where the past has come alive through its preservation of various pieces of railroad equipment. Now it is about to recapture a bit of its own precious history through the restoration of its premiere steam locomotive.
"We couldn't think of any more important way to support the museum further than to help it get its steam program going again," Wagner confides, whose foundation is known for its own preservation work with another mode of transportation, airplanes.
Bloohm agrees and is glad the foundation's trustees have taken an interest in preserving our steam locomotive heritage. "Steam is the draw and without it the museum's attendance has suffered."
Another person who appreciates the impact this gift will have on both Mid-Continent's and the area's appeal to tourism is Tom Diehl, president of the Tommy Bartlett Shows and Exploratory World in the Wisconsin Dells.
"Putting the 1385 back in working order would revitalize Mid-Continent's appeal as a tourist destination for our area." Diehl is backing up his support of this project by serving as the honorary chair for the fund raising campaign to match the Wagner Foundation's challenge grant. "It makes a statement about our shared commitment for preserving a key part of our nation's heritage symbolized in this iconic artifact."
Donations to match the challenge grant for the locomotive's restoration can be made on-line through the museum's website at www.midcontinent.org or by mailing a check to the museum's office at P.O. Box 358, North Freedom, WI 535951.
Steam will return to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum for a brief time August 6th through the 14th with the arrival of the Flagg Coal Company #75. This tank engine is small enough to move across country by truck and trailer. And North Freedom is one of its scheduled stops this year in support of the campaign to restore the Chicago & North Western No. 1385.
Donations to this campaign can also be made at the fifth annual Gandy Dancer Festival in Mazomanie, WI August 20th. This free event includes a variety of activities along with a list of high quality performers that will keep the family entertained all day long. Donation Stations will be placed at various spots on the festival grounds with all proceeds going to benefit the 1385's restoration.
Mid-Continent is a Wisconsin not-for-profit organization founded in 1959 and all gifts made to the organization are fully tax-deductible. For more information you can visit the museum's web site or call their toll free number at 1-800-930-1385.
Work completed prior to 2011 is documented in the pages of the Mid-Continent Railway Gazette, the official magazine of the Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society and is not available online but here are a few images:
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Calories | 165 |
Total Fat | 9g |
Saturated Fat | 5g |
Cholesterol | 22mg |
Sodium | 85mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 21g |
Dietary Fiber | 1g |
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- 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup(s) (packed) brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
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- Prepare Shortbread Crust: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour just until combined. With fingers, press dough firmly onto bottom of 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly-roll pan to form crust. Bake 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool slightly in pan on wire rack.
- Prepare Blueberry Filling:In 3-quart saucepan, combine blueberries, granulated sugar, cornstarch, and 2 tablespoons water. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Boil 1 minute. Remove saucepan from heat.
- Prepare Streusel Topping: In medium bowl, stir oats, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissors-fashion, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Spread blueberry mixture evenly over cooled crust. Sprinkle streusel over blueberries. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until blueberry mixture bubbles and top is lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
- When cool, cut lengthwise into 6 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 6 bars.
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Gary Vaynerchuk mixes it up and tastes one very interesting wine- a Malbec (aka Cot) from the Loire Valley in France.
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So many site, such little time. We're working like crazy at the moment on a new Image Library site for Lickerish - a whole new sports-based image site deployed in less than a week. Almost done - and weird to pick up such old-skool code from the original developers and drag it into the real-world under such a tight deadline.
Widget wise there's a bunch of stuff coming together. Read more...
Mad.co.uk have just published an article by Dominic in their Technology Weekly section. Take a read.
Our most ambitious odds widget is now live on the Betfair site, and a number of their affiliates.
Real-time, up to the minute tracking of each of the contestants from the start of the competition with control over which of the players to follow.


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Take it with an ounce of campaignism, but here's what a fellow Democrat has to say about Hillary's claim of having the kind of experience needed to be President:
"There is no doubt that Bill Clinton had faith in her and consulted with her on issues, in the same way that I would consult with Michelle, if there were issues," the Illinois senator told "Nightline" co-anchor Terry Moran.
"On the other hand, I don't think Michelle would claim that she is the best qualified person to be a U.S. senator by virtue of me talking to her on occasion about the work I've done," he said.
And he's got a point. I guess with Hillary's rationale, Melinda Gates could sit down and pound out the next version of Microsoft and Deanna Favre could lead the Packers to the next Superbowl.
Of course, as Obama points out, she's selective in which of her husband's accomplishments she's claiming for her own experience.
I think the fact of the matter is that Senator Clinton is claiming basically the entire eight years of the Clinton presidency as her own, except for the stuff that didn't work out, in which case she says she has nothing to do with it."
Sounds like even some on the Left understand what Clinton is all about. But it will be interesting to hear how he feels about her "experience" when she becomes the party's nominee.


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July 2013, GRAND Magazine
Feature article on Grandma Showers writen by Co-founder and President Heather Pieczonka.
March 2013, TEDx Spokane
Co-founder and President Heather Pieczonka speaks at local TEDx event about the importance of finding and utilizing resources to be successful as an e-commerce business owner in Spokane.
May 2012, Inlander: Built to Last - The Funmaker
April 2012, Innovation Show
Panel speakers includes Co-founder and President Heather Pieczonka speaking on harnessing innovation and the web economy.
February 2012, Spokane Entrepreneur Radio Show
Interview with Co-founder and President Heather Pieczonka speaking about small business and small business formation.
Summer 2010, Inland Business Catalyst
Our very own Heather Pieczonka was chosen as one of Inland Business Catalysts' "20 Under 40"!
May 2010, Parent Guide Blog
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October 2009, Spokane Journal of Business: Putting the 'play' in party
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Funsational's printable birthday games are featured.
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Funsational's bridal shower games are used as a prop in the bridal shop.
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Spice-crusted Pan-fried Tofu
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Drain the tofu and place it in a weighted tofu press or wrap in a clean towel and weigh down with a heavy plate to draw out excess moisture. The tofu should be pressed for 15-30 minutes. Cut the tofu into 1/2-inch thick slices.
Combine the brown sugar, paprika, chili powder, garam masala, oregano, garlic powder and salt. Dredge the tofu in the blend, covering all of the surfaces.
Heat the oil over medium heat in a small sauté pan and brown the tofu until golden on both sides, about 1 minute to a side.
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July 16, 2012: Get Your Reward Through the MVP Program
In the latest edition of "Mondays with Moe" President's Podcast, 2012 NAR President Moe Veissi invites NAR Treasurer Bill Armstrong and Senior Vice President of Marketing Bob Goldberg to provide more details about NAR's MVP Program, a popular new program among members that provides rewards for taking action.
July 2, 2012: Celebrate the American Dream
In the latest edition of "Mondays with Moe" President's Podcast 2012 NAR President Moe Veissi encourages all members to celebrate the Fourth of July with the special understanding that every time they sell a home they further establish the ideals that build America into the greatest country on the face of the earth.
June 18, 2012: REALTOR® Party Winning for You
2012 NAR President Moe Veissi highlights the broad array of recent REALTOR® Party legislative and electoral wins in the latest "Mondays with Moe" President's Podcast.
June 4, 2012: An Interview With Bank of America
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The size of the U.S. cattle herd continues to shrink, according to a USDA Cattle Inventory report released Feb. 1.
The report puts the total number of beef and dairy cows and calves in the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2013, at 89.3 million head, down 2% from year-earlier levels. That's the lowest Jan. 1 inventory since 1952.
At 29.3 million head, beef-cow numbers were down by 3% compared to January 2012 numbers and at their lowest levels since 1962. Since 2007, the national beef herd has shed 3.6 million head. U.S. dairy-cow numbers totaled 9.2 million cows as of Jan. 1, unchanged from those of a year ago.


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Poem: 'Shakespeare and the Critics'
Batori K. Ngabwe
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Michael and Cheese link up for the intro off Mack Wilds' upcoming album, New York: A Love Story, due out September 30th.
PREVIOUS: Mack Wilds – Own It (Video)
Michael and Cheese link up for the intro off Mack Wilds' upcoming album, New York: A Love Story, due out September 30th.
PREVIOUS: Mack Wilds – Own It (Video)
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That beat and Meth on the hook *uuuuuuuggggllllyy face* goddayum that's that Shaolin isht
Method Man is the East Coast Snoop Dogg
Not feeling this cheese at all and that photo is dumb stupid.
NahSon stop hating on people na, son...'less u have ish out there to compete. Why not take the time to congratulate and encourage the brother? You don't know the journey he had to travel to get to this point.
Re: the pic....since you seem perplexed by the concept...we can discuss ideas & this is my take on it... I think Mack is making a transition from being a boy from NY w dreams ( ie his dream world
w dreams that started in ny) owning those dreams and conquering the city that he is from... It's like a coming of age album for him...in a sense he is like the superhero of his own dreams/ story..his own "superman/ batman" (hence the cape) ... Conquering Gotham city through some sort of a love affair... I think he sees himself as being in charge of his destiny/ king of his craft and dreams and by extension ny via the crown... All from his "rooftop"/ space/ world/ mind.... And wherever he is he is comfortable with things.... That's what I got from that picture.
Take another look... Do u pick up anything different?
This shoulda been called "Wu-Tang Forever" no lie real shit.


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Ford Explorer History
For Explorer made its debut among the second wave of the pioneering compact 4-door SUV. Soon it turned out to be among the most popular SUVs in the world has even seen in a comparatively newer market segment. This is what happened after its debut in early 1991.
Ford Explorer in 1992: There wasn't any significant change in 1992. However, color-accented wheels were added to Eddie Bauer. Whereas, rear wiper/washer was added to Sport and XLT models.
Ford Explorer in 1993: This year was earmarked with a whole new four-wheel antilock braking mechanism that came with both two and four-wheel drive. Formerly, ABS worked only with rear wheels, and on 2WD versions.
Ford Explorer in 1994: This year saw trivial trim changes. The vehicle's fog lamps became optional especially on 2 models, namely - XLT and Eddie Bauer.
Ford Explorer in 1995: Explorers found their initial distinguished redesigning, which was led by a wholly freshened exterior featuring a new style of sloping hood, fenders, bumper or headlights & grille. This was coupled with the introduction of dual airbags, four-wheel antilock brakes. With that came Control Trac that could be left on if desired.
Ford Explorer in 1996: The V8 came along for '96, but at first, it was available just on the 2WD XLT.
Ford Explorer 1997: A whole new engine was introduced once more. In fact, it was, a single-cam V6 engine with 4.0-lite configuration. It had been rated as 205hp and mated to the whole new 5-speed auto transmission. Among the other changes were the electronic transfer case meant for 4 WD models.
Ford Explorer in 1998: Not much change here.
Ford Explorer in 1999: This year was marked by the availability of the front side airbags as well as the RSS or Reverse Sensing Systems. But surely the bigger front/rear bumpers were notable. There had been a new XLS appearance package meant for the then XL. The RSS offers audible warning things that are nearby whenever the car is backing up.
Ford Explorer in 2000: Ford gave it's product an exciting XLS base model, which swapped the preceding XL. This included standardized power mirrors or windows/locks (these things were known to be optional previously). In the beginning of that year, a Explorer Sport Trac joined the stream with a small open bed at the rear of the closed 4-door passenger compartment.
That was how things went since the debut to the beginning of the new millennium.


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Ziba Mir-Hosseini, a legal anthropologist specializing in Islamic law, gender, and development, explores how Islamic feminism may change the terms of debates over Islam and gender.
Anindita Banerjee will discuss two translations of an unusual text of the 15th century — the travelogue of a Russian merchant, which is punctuated and even overwhelmed by its religious invocations to Allah and the Prophet Mohammed.
Religion professor explores the development of Shī'ī Islam though an examination of belief, narrative, and memory.
Ousseina Alidou and other scholars consider how women in different Muslim contexts, who may or may not identify with feminism, are engaging media to explore different understandings of Islam.
Scholar and activist Noam Chomsky considers discusses the causes and consequences of American foreign policy in Israel-Palestine.
Sylvia Alajaji examines how hip-hop allows Muslim women a space for exploring and claiming the complex, multifaceted, and sometimes contradictory aspects of their identities.
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A special trade-in initiative involving Activision's Skylanders brand of toys/in-game characters has surreptitiously surfaced within a number of Gamestop retail districts, allowing customers to trade their figurines for cash or store credit.
According to internal documents from a trusted unnamed source, each Skylander has a different value generally ranging from $2 to $8. The amount of credit given for a figurine varies depending on its general availability.
As any fan of the series would know, there are a number of rare and "Legendary" variants of current characters that have been fetching a pretty penny through other avenues like eBay. The rarer the item, the higher value it would ostensibly have. The company will still turn away any trade-ins for the actual game or the portal base needed for it.
Pixelitis has seen the internal pricing memo, seen after the jump, which shows the cheapest models like Gill Grunt reselling for $4.99, while some of the rarer ones like a Legendary Chop-Chop will go for $19.99. Brand new Skylanders figurines retail for $9.99.
Rolling out a new idea in a small number of stores is nothing new for the major game retailer. Last year, Gamestop began taking in various Apple devices like the iPad and the iPod touch. Much like the difference in pricing between the Skylanders, each iteration of those devices carry a different value depending on hard drive size and generation. The PowerUp Rewards program also started in a similar fashion.
One would imagine that if the idea catches on, it would become a company standard. No one knows for sure how long the Skylanders craze will continue, but with the forthcoming sequel, Skylanders Giants and its backwards compatibility with previous figurines, this move could be a very lucrative one for Gamestop.
Proof of Gamestop's plans in image form can be seen after the jump.


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You hear a lion, raven and some water.
Wow! This is perfect for a mini radio-drama I'm working on about Samson!
Thanks for this. I'm going to attempt to scare the bejeebers out of the local cat population tonight, they are steadily iradicating the local bird species. Onward >
Great sound, shall be using part of it for my 'Lion gets beaten up' sound effect!
thanks its clean and real
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Team Structure
The Columbia Police C.N.T. is considered a large team, for a department our size. The larger team size allows the team to split into two separate teams, should two different incidents occur simultaneously. It also allows for continual relief, should a negotiation become extended for several hours or days. To date, the longest C.N.T. negotiation was twelve hours.
Lieutenant Ken Gregory commands the team. The assistant commander is a sergeant. Two additional C.N.T. sergeants assist with leadership during training, member selection, and Code Red incidents when S.W.A.T. and C.N.T. are both activated. Once a negotiation is underway, one sergeant supervises the actual negotiation, while the other sergeant supervises the intelligence function.
Two C.N.T. members are designated as equipment technicians. These team members were selected for their technical ability with phone systems, and surveillance equipment, and their ability to set up and maintain the team's van. Either of these technicians can utilize the existing commercial phone system or set up their own service line using our own equipment.
Currently the C.N.T. has 15 members. Ten are designated as negotiators, two are equipment technicians, two are sergeants and one is a lieutenant. When a Code Red is called with both C.N.T. and Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), approximately 40 to 50 trained personnel make up the response complement. This does not include the original patrol officers and sergeants who were on the scene first. Our civilian personnel often assist with supplying food and water. This function is critical as incidents frequently occur under extreme weather conditions.
All C.N.T. members receive basic negotiation training from Northwestern University located in Evanston, Illinois. After approximately two years of experience, negotiators are sent through the advanced negotiators course. This allows them to freshen up on skills and share their experiences with other C.N.T. members across the country. The C.N.T. Commanders also receive the Critical Incident Commander's course from Northwestern. Team members attend training put on by the F.B.I., Department of Defense and Federal Law Enforcement Training Institute located in Glynco, GA.
In addition to national C.N.T. training programs, members train every other month practicing their negotiation skills in front of other team members. After every negotiation (both real and in training) negotiators are critiqued by their team members. At a minimum of once a year, both C.N.T. and S.W.A.T. train together in a simulated exercise. These exercises are designed to put stress on both teams and the problems encountered are very real even though it is a practice scenario.
In August of 1999 the C.N.T. team participated in an advanced and unique course designed to enhance their ability to work together under pressure. Team work, communication and trust were emphasized. Team members spent eight hours learning to problem solve as a group which culminated in climbing a 50-foot alpine tower with team members providing the safety life line.
In the early 70's police throughout the nation realized the
need to train for the inevitability of high risk, non-typical events such
as hostage takings or barricaded subjects intent on committing suicide. Two
different areas of expertise were found to be lacking. Police weapons at the
time usually consisted of a favorite hunting rifle. Also lacking was any
type of psychological strategy for dealing with individuals who are either in emotional crisis or are intent on doing harm to themselves or others.
In 1976 two teams were established to deal with high risk incidents. The S.W.A.T.
team was established to conduct the tactical side of these incidents and the
Hostage Negotiation Team (H.N.T.) was established to negotiate with the
actual hostage taker or barricaded subject. In the 33 years since
inception, both teams have evolved and many advancements have been made.
In 1998 the H.N.T. changed their name to Crisis Negotiation Team or C.N.T. Actual hostage incidents are rare; however, individuals in emotional crisis are not. The team was frequently activated to deal with barricaded subjects who wanted to commit harm to themselves or wanted police officers to do it for them.
Negotiators are selected from applicants who have demonstrated an ability to work well as a team, demonstrated interview and interrogation skills, and are confident they can make a difference and perform under stress. Recommendation from a current or past sergeant or captain is required.
The following are known to be fact, not unproven theory:
The involved agency has the choice of tactically resolving the crisis or negotiating with the hostage taker. The Columbia Police Department operates with a philosophy of safety prioritization to guide us in making decisions in critical incidents.
Once the crisis goes tactical it cannot stop, and the probability that loss of life will occur is high.
A vast majority of all hostage taking or barricade incidents are resolved by placing a police officer, trained in the art of crisis negotiation, in contact with the hostage taker.
Because of the team approach to the C.N.T. function, other responsibilities have been given to the team over the years. These additional duties have included:
Columbia Police Department
Crisis Negotiation Team (C.N.T.)
600 East Walnut Street, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Telephone (573) 874-7652


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