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For Review and Comment: Coverage Plugin Use Cases |
This effort can be defined as an attempt to provide a unified data access API to an n-Dimensional dataset where some subset of the dimensions contain a known spatial and/or temporal definition.
This page should be regarded as a touchstone for the coverage augmentation project. It collects into one location many diverse and detailed elements of design, experimentation and implementation.
This page describes why we are exploring the augmentation of GeoTools' coverage functionality. It also explains that we are limiting ourselves to 4D coverages with bands, and why.
Much pondering, many discussions, and some experiments have taken place over the past months. Some of these are captured on the related pages. The result of these activities is a fairly accurate notion of the required functionality and desired characteristics of an nDimensional subsystem. Here is a summary:
The following people and organizations have expressed interest in or are contributing to this project:
Our group is developing an air quality forecasting model which takes real time fire detections from MODIS as input. We have co-developed and validated a prototype burn scar algorithm to refine the perimeters generated from hotspots alone. Geotools is used in our processing chain, largely because it's extensible. We have commercial products available to us, but they haven't implemented the functionality we need and we can't add it ourselves.
Having gained some experience programming using Geotools, we adopted Geoserver as our display mechanism. Our philosophy in doing so was that we wanted everything to be capable of being displayed on a single map. As we are integrating satellite imagery, fire perimeters from incidents, existing database sources of MODIS Hotspots (which we also developed), and the output of numerical weather prediction models (WRF), we surmized that existing solutions capable of ingesting all of this data were rare. These were usually in the category of visualization programs which could produce a static output or interactively view the data on a local workstation. We required a web based solution, capable of distributing not only finished map products to the public, but also the underlying data to collaborators and associated modeling centers. Our appraisal was that it was easiest to satisfy all our requirements by adding the missing parts to Geoserver/Geotools.
Our group is comprised of people with various backgrounds, oceanographers, eletronic engineer, telecommunication engineers, software engineers. Our area of interest currently covers various aread including remote sensing applications related to ocean colors products and remote surveillance, sea bottom type classification, tactical decision aid applications and, of course, OGC Web Services implementations in order to support the management of the vaste amount of data we acquire, process and produce during our research activities.
Development of OGC-enabled Web Services using GeoTools and GeoServer came in the path after having evaluated various Open Source products like Minnesota MapServer with GDAL/OGR and Deegree and astime goes by we get more and more confident about this choice!
The Geo Software Development unit supports research and education at ITC. Since 1985 we developed our own, mainly raster based, GIS/RS software ILWIS. Datasets are becoming larger and larger in number of bands and in time, standards are getting mature, and more non-professional software developers want to develop themselves. Thus we stop the evelopment in C++ and move to Java. To prevent reinventing the wheel and to promote reuse we think it useful to cooperate in GeoApi/GeoTools. With con terra and the university of Muenster we are cooperating in 52°North.
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Bryce Nordgren |
Very task specific. Available 100% for mission-critical items. Available 0% when occupied with unrelated emergencies. |
Alex Petkov |
Available approx 50% perpetually for all aspects pertaining to our geospatial infrastructure. |
Martin Desruisseaux |
Task specific. Available 100% of the time for some issues like ISO 19123, port of legacy implementation, etc. But often distracted by unrelated emergencies. |
Wim Koolhoven |
Limited. |
Alessio does not have a JIRA account that I'm aware of, or more stuff would be assigned to him. Some of the things assigned to Simone in the previous table really belong to Alessio.
Click here to view/download an initial summary of design considerations, implementation components, and a synthetic interaction between a GeoTools client, the GeoTools framework, and a GeoTools grid coverage plugin.
An initial use case document from the perspective of a Coverage Plugins has been prepared. Click here to download the OpenOffice document. Edit and save your changes, then email to firstname.lastname@example.com. I can use the "Compare Documents" function to see what you had to say. Alternatively, you can turn Change Tracking on.
This problem decomposes nicely into two equally important, yet separate topic areas: data and metadata. Each topic is going to have it's own wiki page to collect thoughts and design notes.
Wiki pages for major design components:
The design of this project is going to occur with commonly available open-source or community-edition (e.g., Free-as-in-lunch) tools. UML diagrams will be generated with Poseidon Community Edition and design documents will be written with OpenOffice 2.0. These tools are sufficiently powerful and available to address our immediate design needs. Where appropriate, important documents will be exported to PDF format and placed on the WIKI. However, the original documents will (eventually) be checked into Subversion for others to edit. (NOTE: This does not constitute an endorsement of these tools by GeoTools, NATO, or the USDA Forest Service.)


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My name is Ron and I have been waiting a long time for someone or some group to stand up to the state of IL.
I am trying to decide if there is a way I can get started with the training. I realize there are probably going to be many things come up to try to stop CCW.
I also think that once there is a go ahead it will take for ever to get into a class at that time.
Any comments are welcome
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Caught on video: Burglary at popular restaurant
UPDATED 6:13 PM CDT Sep 09, 2013Security video cameras capture a burglary in progress in Des Moines.
Video TranscriptJust a reminder. We're on KCCI Digital Channel 8 point two, Mediacom channel 2-4-7, tonight because of U-S Open tennis on our main channel eight point 1. We'll be back to regular programming on our main 8 point 1 channel when tennis concludes. The owners of Baratta's beefed up their security after a break-in in June cost them more than 2- thousand dollars. But a burglar with the same M-O hit them again over the weekend. Taking another stash of cash. Amanda Lewis shows us how this time an over-zealous burglar made a mistake that could lead police right to him! Clip 1928@44:55 It took the crook about 7 minutes to break through this metal door. And he's been here before. But this time they have something that might help catch him. security video Moments after he bashes in the deadbolt .. You get a look at a burglar who has obviously prepared for the job. 28:30 He's decked out all in black in his ninja outfit. Baratta's co- owner Joe Gatto installed security cameras after a June breakin. And the thief appears to know right where to look for them. 33:31 He's looking around the room, something I can stand on. And I don't know why, he's completely covered. I'm not sure why he wants to get rid of the cameras so bad. The thief tries to hide his face, repeatedly shining the flashlight into the camera lens. But crawling up to disable the camera, he gives us the first glimpse of his face. Then he shoves the camera up into the ceiling.. And he's off to the office where the cash is kept. 27:32 It takes him about 12 seconds to come through the door. He again keeps his head down . But when he hops up on a table to disable the second camera... 37:39 there he is. And seconds later .. A good look at a tattoo on his wrist. 28"05 He's got really short hair, he's in great shape cause he just popped up there and he's about 5, I'd say 5'7 because if I stood on there I'd hit the ceiling and I'm 6 foot. Gatto is excited to have good evidence to turn over to police. But still can't shake the feeling of being violated. 36:00 We won't be keeping any more cash here.. I can assure you of that. Amanda Lewis KCCI 8 News. Here's another look at the burglar and his tattoo. Gatto is offering a thousand dollar reward through Polk County Crime Stoppers. The number to call
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Attractive scoreboard
Display a professional-looking scoreboard with this customizable program.
Basketball Scoreboard Deluxe is an attractive digital scoreboard made for use with big-screen displays. Although the program could be a little simpler, we liked its appearance and the level of customization it offers.
The scoreboard itself is sleek and clean-looking, with easy-to-read text. We liked that the colors of all of the scoreboard elements could be customized, and that users could add team mascots and other images to the scoreboard. We found the scoreboard's appearance to be quite professional-looking and attractive. Actually using the scoreboard, however, will likely take a bit of practice. It wasn't at all obvious how to even access the program's controls; we had to consult the Help file just to do that. It turns out that F2 brings up the program's options, and controlling the clock and other scoreboard elements is a matter of using hot keys. Fortunately, these are customizable, but users will probably need to create a cheat sheet to use during game play. It's easy enough to remember that the S key starts and stops the clock, but will you recall that Page Up adds three points to the home team's score? A separate control component would have been better, but this is a simple program aimed at schools and recreational leagues, so we can't fault it for its lack of sophistication. Overall, we found this program to be a good choice as long as users are willing to put some effort into mastering the controls.
Basketball Scoreboard Deluxe is free to try, but the trial version has a nag screen. It comes as a zip file, but installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users.


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Tobacco Load
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Last Thursday night, the honchos of more than a dozen local premium cigar makers were gathered in a single smoky room for the first time ever. Nick Perdomo, proprietor of Tabacalera Perdomo, a handmade-cigar shop in Doral, hosted the industry barons, among them the owners of Camacho Cigars, Toraño Cigars, Drew Estate, and Alec Bradley Cigar Company. (The Barzinis, Tattaglias, and Corleones couldn't make it.)
"These are our competitors. All of us compete for the same shelf space on a day-to-day basis, but we came together for one cause," said Selim Hanono, a sales manager for Camacho. "This has never happened."
That "one cause" is a sudden threat to the premium-cigar industry in the United States: a little-known provision of the current incarnation of the SCHIP — State Children's Health Insurance Program — bill, now before the Senate, which would increase the tax on premium cigars by up to 20,000 percent.
That's right, 20,000 percent — from the current nickel to as much as $10 per cigar. And when a four-dollar cigar becomes a $14 cigar, it doesn't take Algebra 1 to figure out cigar makers (and smokers) are in trouble.
Christian Eiroa, third-generation owner of Camacho Cigars, was among the most vocal at the meeting, exhorting the other 30-odd tabacaleros — all of them owners of small, family-run businesses — to join him in a massive letter-writing campaign. They plan to distribute some 200,000 letters to every tobacco retailer in the nation, as well as to Congress.
As two ceiling fans turned just enough to distribute cigar smoke to every corner of the room, the group debated the finer points of the letter. There was a lot of "Lemme tell you" and "Lemme ask you a question" and "Let's stop right there." Within an hour and a half or so, they had decided to create a five-person committee to draft the letter and send it out for approval.
President Bush is expected to veto the bill (not because he supports the cigar industry, but because he thinks public health care is for commies). But that's little comfort to Eiroa. "I'm tired, man. I'm tired of worrying about this every time a new tax comes up." — Isaiah Thompson
Don't Cry for Eddie
Filed under: Culture
In any other place, the funeral of a 17-year-old boy would likely be a somber and soul-crushing event — the kind of thing people would find excuses not to attend, just for the sorrow in it.
But last week, in a small funeral parlor on Bird Road, more than 100 people lined up to celebrate the brief but magnificent life of Eddie Charles Pulaski, who had succumbed to cancer after a four-year fight. "It's not a funeral," said his mother, Tammy. "It's a celebration."
Attendants arrived, per Pulaski's wishes, in casual clothing — beach attire and hunting camouflage. Ribald country music played low as the room filled. A collage showed photos of Pulaski living to the fullest: holding an M-16, snorkeling through crystal waters, and grinning as he beaned a friend in the head with a red water balloon. People lined the walls and peered through lobby windows to watch as Lucky Cole opened the ceremony. Dressed in a black cowboy hat, a long studded duster, and a Hawaiian shirt, Cole seized the podium with flare.
"In my 60-plus years," Cole boomed, "I have been in more bar fights than most men will ever see. I have been shot at, stabbed twice, hit from behind with everything from a pool cue to a bat. But not one time did any man ever make me step back and take my hat off to him. Until now." With that, Cole asked the room to stand and salute the boy. Everyone did.
Cole was followed by an endless string of speakers, each of whom conjured the young man's playful verve. When Pulaski's cancer returned after a period of joyous remission, he threw a party. He chose painful therapy over and over again, trying to beat the disease, and refused to be photographed in his infirm state. "You can kiss my ass," he told a reporter hoping to write a sob story about his condition. His graduation from Coral Reef Senior High School in May was met with an eruption of cheering.
Pulaski's family will spread his ashes in the Everglades — joining the remains of his grandfather — and in the ocean. — Calvin Godfrey
A Flower in the Weeds
Filed under: Culture
The Stephen Talkhouse, Washington Square, Rose's, I/O, Bullfrog Eatz, Stop Miami, Cornerstone. Notice a trend? Quirky, intimate venues have a fleeting shelf life in this city, especially if they're nestled in the continually up-and-coming, never-quite-blossoming downtown core. The latest establishment under siege is the Wallflower Gallery, which has been supporting local indie artists for a decade. On July 9, Flash — the self-titled "Funk Finder" and engine behind the space — e-mailed an uncharacteristically desperate bulletin describing the gallery's financial crisis.
"We're behind on rent and bills. I was able to cover the electric, so they didn't shut off our power. But we're behind on March rent. Our landlord has been very cool, but I'm trying to be respectful," he says. Asked how much cash the Wallflower needs to stay in bloom, Flash gives a heavy sigh. "Ideally I need $10,000 like, tomorrow, to make sure all our bills are paid."


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Amarin Informed By FDA Of October 16th Advisory Committee Date In Connection With Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) For Vascepa(R) In The Treatment Of Patients With High Triglycerides (>200 Mg/dL And <500 Mg/dL) With Mixed Dyslipidemia
BEDMINSTER, N.J. and DUBLIN, Ireland, June 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amarin Corporation plc (Nasdaq:AMRN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health, announced today that it was informed yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the FDA will convene an advisory committee on October 16, 2013 in connection with the FDA's review of the Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) seeking approval for the use of Vascepa® (icosapent ethyl) capsules as an adjunct to diet in the treatment of adult patients with high triglycerides (TG ≥200 mg/dL and <500 mg/dL) with mixed dyslipidemia. The FDA has previously assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of December 20, 2013 for completion of its review of the sNDA. The FDA will consider the recommendation of the advisory committee, but the final decision regarding the approval of the sNDA will be made by the FDA.
"ANCHOR clinical trial results demonstrated the important role EPA-only omega-3 can play in helping adult patients with high triglycerides and mixed dyslipidemia," said Christie M. Ballantyne, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, and principal investigator of the ANCHOR trial. "In the ANCHOR trial, Vascepa lowered high triglyceride levels and showed robust reductions in a broad range of other lipid parameters on top of optimized statin therapy compared to placebo. Importantly, these beneficial effects were seen with a safety and tolerability profile comparable to placebo."
Vascepa was approved in 2012 as an adjunct to diet to reduce triglyceride levels in adult patients with severe (≥500 mg/dL) hypertriglyceridemia, based on the results of Amarin's MARINE clinical trial. The safety data from both the MARINE and ANCHOR clinical trials were reviewed by the FDA as part of the approval of Vascepa in the MARINE indication and are reflected in the approved product labeling for Vascepa. As is customary practice at FDA, yesterday's notification from the FDA is the only communication confirming the need for such a meeting. The FDA advisory committee topics and questions to the committee are anticipated to be made public by the FDA on its website in the week preceding the meeting, consistent with FDA procedure.
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Toni Warne on The Voice UK battles through to round 2
We recently brought you news that the Alopecia singer Toni Warne was on The Voice UK and round two tonight Toni Warne who has suffered from Alopecia from the age of 21 has battled through to the next round on The Voice UK.
Toni Warne on Team JessieJ survives and mentions in her song Alopecia lives on. The 34 year old singer has brought out her confidence yet again through her performance and shown the fight to her hair loss condition, go Toni! When you are suffering from a medical hair loss always be string and confident; it important to surviving and recovering.
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My husband had a fairly serious case of otitis media several years ago. He let it go, but it did not resolve, which resulted in a midnight trip to the ER and a round of antibiotics, which we couldn't get filled until the following morning.
His hearing had become impaired in that ear, and he wondered if it was ever going to come back. It took about three weeks and two rounds of antibiotics before he started hearing in that ear.
The moral of the story is to see a doctor if the pain in your ears lasts more than a couple of days. That's just common sense.


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It's that time of the year when everyone produces their top 10, 7, 5, 3 lists of 2010 and others give their predictions for the coming year which are only extensions of the trends seen the year before. This is not a list. Rather, it's just a statement of one trend that I think is coming in a big way: personalization.
We've all seen 2010 define, at least for companies, social media as a tool. About time! Web strategist and social CRM pioneer, Jeremiah Owyang predicts 2011 is the year of integration for SCRM. But what that means for consumers is this year will be all about personalization.
The 4 M's: Media, Movies, Music and Mobile
Segmenting the way we receive media is not a new idea, we've had RSS feeds and Google alerts for awhile. But the ability to customize our own media experiences will explode this coming year. using Facebook connect and single-sign-on, consumers will start to carve out their online viewing preferences by providing marketers insight into how they surf.
When Netflix announce its new streaming only service, it signaled a shift and preemptive attack on the consumer trend of selecting a movie and wanting it now. Even HBO could possibly go streaming and not need to be tethered to costly cable plans. GoogleTV and Sony are making it easier to view online content on your TV and bringing this self-selection model that won the internet for Google is about to come to the TV.
Music. Pandora. Grooveshark. iTunes. Last.fm. Cheaper, better quality and more programming and the ability to create your own stations around artists you like. The thumbs up rating in Pandora is a thumbs up for personalization in 2011.
Mobile has been a trend that is coming like a freight train. It's not new. But it will grow. Search "smartphone growth" and you'll see all the jaw dropping figures for yourself. eCommerce, internet, social media, global economies are all effected by the rise of smartphones. These phones combined with their Apps allow consumers to personalize and manage their life. Companies like FourSquare and GoWalla will battle to provide businesses the ability to personalize their consumer experience once someone checks in. What all this check in data will turn into is buying habits and behavior. Mobile is such an exciting space right now and really its true power won't be seen in 2011.
These are just my thoughts on how next year will go. With audiences being so segmented now, it's only inevitable that personal experiences are the next frontier. Humanization and accessibility of/to brands boils down to being personal.
Don Lucchesi said, "it's not personal, it's business. " Watch 2011 to be about making business personal. And for consumers to further personalize their media consumption.


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Brave New World, primarily because it more accurately reflects the modern world. While in 1984, Big Brother uses oppression and censorship to control and manipulate the peoples to His will, Brave New World shows a world of distraction. The government mandates a stream of entertainment industry that overshadows the actions of the governments and political issues. Soon after, the want for entertainment will reduced the amount of people who genuinely sought out knowledge; this was helped by censorship of science, which was viewed as harmful to the State as it is the seeking of truth by its very nature.
The symbolism is more powerful, the writing is better (in my opinion), and the themes and events in the book more closely fit reality than 1984 do, even if both can very well occur in some sense or another.
The symbolism is more powerful, the writing is better (in my opinion), and the themes and events in the book more closely fit reality than 1984 do, even if both can very well occur in some sense or another.
You say that Brave New World fits closer to reality than 1984 does, and yet with 1984 you can see a definite link with actual societies now and in the past. For example, 1984 can be seen to be based off of Russia and it's Empire in 1900-1917 and from then on, and even uses the same names for peasants (Proles in 1984 Proletariat in Russian society)
You can also see huge links in control and censorship between the book and North Korea at the moment, especially with the use of continuous propoganda that you can turn down but never turn off (radios in North Korea but Televisions in 1984).
So, through this you can see that the Totalitarian dictation is already occuring and has happened, of course not over the whole world, but it has occured.
But Brave New World's theories can also be seen in today, however they are only at the beginning of their process, and so have yet to fully be seen to occur/ have occured.
Let me rephrase that, then: Brave New World better fits modern, capitalistic society than that of 1984. razz
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A Decree of Destiny (1911) American B&W : One reel Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Joseph Graybill [Kenneth Marsden], Marion Sunshine [Edith], Mary Pickford [Mary], Clara T. Bracy [aunt], Claire McDowell [the nun], Adolph Lestina [the doctor], George O. Nicholls [the priest], Grace Henderson [wedding attendee], Kate Toncray [wedding attendee], J. Jiquel Lanoe [wedding attendee], Donald Crisp [club patron; and wedding attendee], William J. Butler [club patron], Edward Dillon [club patron], Alfred Paget [club patron], John T. Dillon [servant], Wilfred Lucas, Jack Pickford, Mack Sennett, Blanche Sweet
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Released 6 March 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Pickford's last film for Biograph until her return in 1912.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain.
Listing updated: 24 March 2012.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 42; Eyman-Pickford p. 325; Spehr-American p. 1.


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Gerrans looked to have the finish line in sight with about 100 meters to go, but Sagan had a late sprint and almost caught him. But Gerrans dug deep to clinch his second career Tour stage win. Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas finished third.
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quote:narrowed it down to Grill Dome, BGE and the Primo.
quote:Get the Grill Dome because of the stainless hardware. The Primo Oval XL is too massive and the Oval JR is too small for entertaining. The BGE offers no significant advantages over these 2 competitors other than being more widely available. The top vent on the Primo is rather primitive compared to the competition, but the oval shape is a more efficient use of grill space.
quote:The ideal ceramic grill would be a Grill Dome with its stainless steel hardware and the oval shape of the Primo in a large size.
quote:Saffire grills have all stainless hardware. Damn good looking grill
quote:and the BGE: Image: https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROjzcoqjytUry3pEpehkKhPE5Lx7BjcybgCHuMuWk1ij0C2iMDjg
quote:Gotcha. That does look a lot better than the other ones I've come across.
quote:The latest one being the one pictured, that's what you would get if you buy new. I'm pretty familiar with them bc my family has a store that sells them. To my knowledge, we have had very very very few, if any, complaints/issues with the hinge. If anything, it's usually gasket issues...but I think that's common on most ceramic cookers (they just have to be replaced over time).
quote:Thanks. I've heard the same thing about the gasket issues. I really appreciate the input. I'm probably too picky for my own good with these kinds of purchases.


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Race 1: Sandbar (2) takes a big drop and the trainer has done well at this meet with limited starters. Exacta boxes 2-3, 2-4
Race 2: Judy Legend (4) and Cali Star (5) are a toss up but I'll give a slight edge to the former based of having a little more early speed. Exacta box 4-5
Race 3: Mr. Classic Seneca (1) drops in class and shows a nice work here at Keeneland. Exacta boxes 1-4, 1-9, 1-3
Race 4: Strike a Balance (1) is bred to relish the stretchout in distance and was well-bet in his debut. Exacta boxes 1-7, 1-9, 1-2, 1-4
Race 5: Penobscot (4) made a big rally with a wide trip last time and his last two dirt races have been quite good. Exacta boxes 4-1, 4-7, 4-8
Race 6: Handsome Dennis (9) makes the third start for new connections and he ran into some trouble while rallying last time out. Exacta boxes 9-6, 9-7, 9-3
Race 7: Bump Start (1) showed big improvement in the first start off a layoff and he's working very well here at Keeneland. Exacta boxes 1-2, 1-8, 1-4
Race 8: Shatak (8) drops out of tougher company at Saratoga and is making only the second start since January for a sharp trainer. Exacta boxes 8-5, 8-14, 8-1, 8-12
Race 9: in the grade 2 Hagyard Fayette Stakes, there is not an abundance of speed so the ability of Long River (7) to lay close is a plus. Also, he looks to be improved with the addition of blinkers. Stephanoatsee (3) had a bad start last time and would get even more attractive here if his price floats up. Exacta box of 7-3-2-1
Race 10: Market Appeal (10) has the pedigree to love this stretchout in distance and Kenneally wins at a 31 percent rate when his horses go second off the layoff. Exacta boxes 10-2, 10-5, 10-9
Late Pick 4 (starts in race 7): 1,2 with 8,5,1,4 with 7,3,2,1 with 10,9,5


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Theo Loyla - 14/03/2013
Still very popular and great music
Sarah Cleaver - 22/03/2012
Months later, this is still being requested regulalry - always a sign of a winner! Easy steps and catchy music adds up to a fun dance - thanks Niels. We are enjoying your "Bruno's Way" too!
Stuart Gordon - 22/09/2011
Excellent beginner dance, good up beat song. Good flowing dance with plenty of the basic steps to �cut your teeth on�. Well deserved top ten dance - congratulations Niels.
Leanne Rolls - 26/07/2011
Wonderful music. Improvers enjoyed doing this easy dance. No tags or restarts, just a nice flowing dance to some fab music. Love it!
Sue Bain - 30/06/2011
Enjoyed at all levels. A catchy tune and easy to learn steps.
JANE Johnson - 25/06/2011
Yes,it is a very catchy tune & the steps are cleverly put together.
Eloise Wood - 25/06/2011
My classes love the music but are not too keen on the actual dance
M Lockley-Jones - 22/06/2011
An instant hit with all classes, including Intermediates. Fun music that's great to dance to and a very enjoyable little dance. Sure to be a huge hit. Maureen and Michelle
Maggie Major - 18/06/2011
Fantastic dance. Brilliant catchy sing a long music. Steps fit perfectly. No tags or restarts, just dance and have fun. So worth teaching. Thanks Niels for another great dance.
Joy Ashton - 13/06/2011
Love this music, very popular track and so the dance has a greater chance of catching on. Enjoyed by our class from the first teach.
Laura Alberico - 13/06/2011
Taught this dance to my classes and they loved it. Should do very well. Thanks, Niels !
Pamela Stevenson - 11/06/2011
We Taught this on Thursday and class liked it. Really catchy tune and nice easy steps well done
Roz Chaplin - 08/06/2011
This has such a catchy tone to it you can soon get carried away very nice Niels Thanks Colin for bringing it to my attention. Very nice easy teach great
Norma Purnell - 11/05/2011
Super little dance that went down a storm with Beg. to Int.+ Lovely sing-a-long pop/country track being played a lot on the radio at the moment. Sure it will be a hit.
Caroline Pearson - 28/04/2011
Great dance, our class loved it. The music is great, fit's well,great all rounder well done.
Maggie Healy - 12/04/2011
My favourite tune at the moment - love it and the dance too!! It'll have you humming it all night and the steps fit the style of music perfectly - well done!
Lisa Bessinger - 11/04/2011
Great fun dance which everyone can enjoy. No tags or restarts.


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The Ed Sheeran U.K. Boy Band Peace Summit is on the horizon!
The Wanted's Nathan Sykes Talks Ariana Grande Romance + Solo Project Rumors
Nathan Sykes of the Wanted is basically a lovesick puppy around Ariana Grande, and it may be the cutest thing ever. The 'Almost Is Never Enough' duet partners are both speaking out on their budding romance -- and they both admit that their love is affecting their songwriting!
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Inspire your creative process for Halloween this year by checking out these pictures of celebrity Halloween costumes! Just like us, singers like Miley Cyrus, the Wanted, Adam Lambert and Beyonce enjoy dressing up in Halloween costumes on Oct. 31, with their getups ranging from scary vampires to insanely hot super heroes.
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The Wanted are gearing up for their world tour and new album, pulling out all the necessary stops to get on top. The boy band performed their latest U.K. single, 'Show Me Love,' on 'X Factor U.K.' -- the "birthplace" of rivals One Direction!
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Two of the world's biggest boy bands are releasing new albums only weeks apart! One Direction's 'Midnight Memories' is dropping Nov. 25, and The Wanted's 'Word of Mouth' hits stores on Nov. 4. We are giddy at the thought of all of this new music, but which album are you most excited to hear?
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Chapter | The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain | 2014 Technology, Innovation and Economic Growth in Britain Since 1870 Tom Nicholas This chapter examines technological change in Britain over the last 140 years. It analyzes the effects of patent laws and innovation prizes that were designed to promote technical progress. It explores the challenge associated with the changing organizational structure of innovation and the shift from independent invention to R&D activity taking place inside the boundaries of firms. And it also studies the development of British industrial science in universities and efforts to promote innovation through the formation of industry clusters. Overall, the evidence supports the traditional story of British failure in generating large payoffs from technological development. Although from the early 1970s Britain experienced a revival in the quality of innovation and improved productivity growth, structural weaknesses in the commercialization environment still remain. Keywords: Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; History; Economic Growth; Change; Innovation and Invention; Great Britain; Citation:Nicholas, Tom. "Technology, Innovation and Economic Growth in Britain Since 1870." In The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain. 2nd ed. Edited by Roderick Floud, Jane Humphries, and Paul Johnson. Cambridge University Press, 2014. View Details CiteView Details Read Now Related
Case | HBS Case Collection | December 2014 John D. Rockefeller: The Richest Man in the World Tom Nicholas and Vasiliki Fouka By the late nineteenth century scale and managerial hierarchies had extended to several major industrial sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the precise mechanisms often varied, this process mainly involved horizontal integration, some form of legal or administrative centralization followed by vertical integration. Standard Oil represents the canonical example of this development. Standard Oil's history is also fully intertwined with the life and career of John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), one of the most remarkable individuals to define the landscape of American business. Rockefeller's estimated $1.4 billion net worth in 1937 was equivalent to 1.5% of U.S. GDP. According to this metric he was (and still is) the richest individual in American business and economic history. Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Wealth; Business History; Vertical Integration; Consolidation; Personal Development and Career; Energy Industry; United States; Citation:Nicholas, Tom, and Vasiliki Fouka. "John D. Rockefeller: The Richest Man in the World." Harvard Business School Case 815-088, December 2014. View Details CiteView Details Related
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Antiques Roadshow at Rendlesham Care Home
The staff and residents of Rendlesham Care Home threw the doors open to the public as they welcomed over 50 people for a fantastic day at their first 'Antiques Roadshow' last week.
A team of valuers from 'Old Brewery Antiques' and 'Woodbridge Antiques Centre' generously gave their time to value a wide range of items including paintings, crockery, jewellery and vases.
Home residents, relatives and members of the local community queued up clutching their prized possessions in the hope of the valuers discovering a 'hidden gem'. The star item of the day was undoubtedly a handmade locomotive train in a large display case, which was valued at around £700. Whilst no one received a life changing valuation,the raffle and cake stall ensured everyone was able to take something away.
Rendlesham Care Home Manager, Bob Dawson said:
"The day was a real success and it was great that so many people from the local community came along to support us. Our residents and their relatives loved seeing the valuers in action. Everyone who attended had such a good day that we are already looking into making it a regular event."
Rendlesham is one of the newest care homes run by the family-owned Caring Homes Group, offering state of the art residential, nursing and specialist dementia care for up to 60 elderly people.
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See you at the Music Ranch Saturday June 28th for a spectacular night of music and festivities!
Breaks Over & Just Getting Started
The band is geared up after taking a break following the hustle and bustle of SXSW but the summer break will be just getting started. Come and check out a Creamy Middles set that will include several new additions scattered among Creamy classics Saturday, June 7th at Red Eyed Fly.
The Creamy Middles on SoundCloud
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Six of the songs for the upcoming new album are available:
Thanks for Making the first Creamy Middles show at Cheer Up Charlie's a great one. There will be no November shows as the band focuses on the upcoming CD release. We look forward to seeing you at the Flamingo Cantina for the Battle of the Bands Finals on December 15.
Summer Song of the Week
During the band's two month break we will be releasing a new single every week. Check 'em out on SoundCloud or Bandcamp. Listen and download the first single release, Underachiever, now!
We did it again!
Thanks to everyone that came out to support us last Sunday @ Red Eyed Fly. We put on a great show and had a great time. We won and are moving on to the next round. Finals Round date TBA. Hope to see you there.
OMG we Won!
It was our first showcase, but we came out with lots of energy and booze. We made it to the Final Showcase, date TBA. Stay tuned for more details.
Local Austin Band Showcase
Yours truly, The Creamy Middles, are playing in a showcase, SUNDAY, APRIL 21st at Flamingo Cantina. Other bands on the bill include: The Bare Feat, Bedlam Brothers, Stampede Mesa, and Tides, Waves, Winds
Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
You can buy tickets online, or from any band member. If you buy from us, we'll give you a brand spanking new sticker.
Next Show: THIS SATURDAY!
Come check us out at Stompin Grounds
The Stompin Grounds is located at 3801 S Congress Avenue in Austin, TX. The show will be from 10pm – 12am.
We look forward to seeing everyone at this cool, intimate venue.
Oh, and this one too ;)
Special thanks to Superette for playing with us. They kept the crowd moving! And we can't forget Tony and Daniel Brown, both comedians who provided some comedic relief between the bands.
Live at The Poodle Dog Lounge
It's a FREE SHOW! Come see us and Red Goes Faster, next Saturday at The Poodle Dog Lounge
New Member
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In Brazil on Sunday Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel became only the third driver in history to win three successive titles, equalling the stellar achievements of Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. He also became the youngest triple champion in F1 history. We caught up with Vettel to review his race
Q: Sebastian, having won the title after such a nerve wrecking race, how much adrenalin is still rushing through your veins?
Sebastian Vettel: Ha, I think at the moment you could prick me and I wouldnt notice it! It was an unbelievable afternoon. I think providence couldnt have made it more difficult for us than it actually was! If I think back, the start was not bad but then Mark (Webber) pushed me towards the left side so I had to brake very early and lost positions, which didnt put me in the best position for Turn Four when suddenly I was hit from behind. I was then unexpectedly facing traffic coming towards me which was not exactly an ideal position! (smiles) I turned the car around and noticed that there wasnt too much damage - the front wing was still there - and I then realised that it was possible to start the catch-up. When it got dry it got more difficult, as there was damage on the car and I couldnt overtake on the straight. I think in that phase Ferrari did their best to use Felipe Massa and I think during these laps there were a lot of obstacles put in our way. But that didnt distract us and when the rain set in towards the end we were able to gain again. I think the pit stop was terribly misplaced - but obviously we were doomed. But all the time we believed in it, even when the traffic was coming towards me at the start. I am still overwhelmed and its hard to find the words for what happened today!
Q: So much happened but perhaps the incident with Senna at the start was the most critical
SV: Sure when looking at the result you could say it didnt matter but in the moment it happened everything looked lost. Its funny that everyone was predicting that if it rained on Sunday we would have a hard time but the contrary was the case. So much for all the prophets in the paddock! (laughs)
Q: Jenson Button was a huge help. Had he dropped out nothing could have saved you
SV: I dont see it that way. As I see it we do not have to be thankful to anybody but ourselves. Everybody did his race today but of course I want to congratulate him for his win. We had a tough time on Sunday afternoon but a big load has been taken off with this title win.
Q: You finished the race on the intermediates but it was quite a surprise when you pitted to change from the softs. How did that spice up the race?
SV: Ha, that indeed didnt help our ambitions! (laughs) We didnt have too many tyres left and we lacked pace when it had started to dry. But we knew that it was going to rain so I wanted to stay out for one lap but had lost the team radio in between. I heard them but they couldnt hear me, which also didnt help when it suddenly started to rain significantly. I was shouting inter, inter but they couldnt hear me and when I came in they were not prepared and had to get the tyres out of the pits. Weve had a tough season - tougher than 2010 and 2011 - with a lot of obstacles that we have had to bat to the side and we did. I was raised in the spirit that lies will catch up with you and that honesty is the best policy so we didnt let others with their actions distract us and it worked! I am overwhelmed and it will definitely take several days for the whole thing to sink in.
Q: Youve taken your third successive title. What are you up to this evening?
SV: Believe me, Red Bull knows what to do in such a situation!
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Russians to ride a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars
(Read article summary)President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will spend $600 million on a nuclear-powered spacecraft to take men to Mars, and beyond. Is it safe?
Vladimir Rodionov, RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service/AP
MOSCOW – A nuclear-powered spaceship that can carry passengers to Mars and beyond may sound like science fiction.
But Russian engineers say they have a breakthrough design for such a craft, which could leapfrog them way ahead in the international race to build a manned spacecraft that can cover vast interplanetary distances.
They claim they'll be ready to build one as early as 2012.
In a meeting with top Russian space scientists Wednesday, President Dmitry Medvedev gave the nuke-powered space craft a green light and pledged to come up with the cash to cover its $600-million price tag.
"It's a very serious project, and we need to find the money," Mr. Medvedev told the scientists.
Small nuclear reactors and atomic batteries have long been used to power unmanned spy satellites, and both NASA and the former Soviet space program spent huge sums trying to design a safe system that could propel a spacecraft once it left the Earth's atmosphere (see Project Orion and Project Prometheus), analogous to the way nuclear-powered submarines operate.
Most manned spacecraft are propelled by chemical rockets, and supplement their energy needs with solar panels. But experts say existing rocket technology would be impractical for long-distance flights, even for a voyage to our nearest planetary neighbor, Mars.
"The energy requirements for a three-year flight is very great, and that calls for a technology that can deliver a lot of power," says Andrei Ionin, an independent Moscow-based space expert.


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New Voices Classroom Playwriting Residency
Where it all began! Since its inception in 2003, our New Voices playwriting program has introduced thousands of students from around our region to the basics of playwriting.Working collaboratively and individually, the goal is for every student to complete a ten-minute play. This nine-session classroom residency has inspired an annual New Voices Ten-Minute Play Contest, a New Voices Young Playwrights Festival – fully produced and performed by our illustrious Apprentice/Intern Company – and a published New Voices Anthology of student-written work.


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But then I started feeling lonely. Nobody around--we'd launched from an unnamed, rarely visited beach just south of Fort Ross--and no surfboard to sit on and my whole body wriggling below the surface. Was it really safer up here? Would I fare better down in the dark? And don't shark eyes do a brilliant job of delineating prey from a background, seeing a silhouette against the lighter water of the surface? Yes, in fact, they do, and my toes could be only inches above a 20-foot man-eater without my having the slightest clue. Except maybe for a weird current or something. I'd probably feel a current. But that doesn't really matter because great whites don't lurk to begin with. They set up the hit from far below, pull the trigger, and smash into you like a freight train. So for that reason, I swam over to a particularly big mass of kelp and tried to float in the middle of it--the aquatic version of hiding behind a bush. Except I was wearing a weight belt, because I'd had this crazy idea that I'd be courageous enough to try abalone diving with James. I could barely tread water, and my flippers kept getting tangled in the weeds, making it hard to stay afloat and also reminding me of the number one cause of death among abalone divers: entanglement in kelp, albeit deep underwater and not while cowering on the surface from unseen monsters.
James reappeared, holding a big, handsome abalone--a barnacle-encrusted mollusk that must have been nine inches across. He was smiling and relaxed, not at all winded, but how long had he been gone? A minute? Two? It was obscene. I couldn't possibly hold my breath that long. And yet abalones were the very reason I was here: Ever since I was a kid, seeing their shells on every Berkeley backyard fence--mother-of-pearl glistening in the sun, suitable for inlay on furniture and fine guitars--I'd thought of ab divers as somewhere between firefighters and mountain climbers on the derring-do scale. I'd always wanted to try it myself, to hold my breath and plunge beneath the waves and reemerge with California's finest natural shellfish, a glorious slab of white aquatic protein. But when I was a kid, abalones actually seemed abundant in the state. There was still a commercial fishery, sport-fishing limits were generous, and everybody's dad seemed to grab a few abs on weekends. With stocks now so depleted, all commercial harvesting has been outlawed on the West Coast, and recreational diving is allowed only north of San Francisco, and even then with strict limits: no more than 3 per day per person, for a total of 20 per season, and scuba gear forbidden. But the decline has merely slowed. I thought I'd better try while I still had a chance at this traditional California pastime.
Now I was all the way out here among the kelp beds, James had already succeeded on his first dive, and I'd reached the moment of truth.
"You swear you'll follow me down?" I asked.
"The whole way," he said.
"The whole way?"
He nodded, and for reasons I still don't understand, I took a deep breath, turned upside down, and started kicking.
If there's ever been a resource that reflects the ups and downs of our relationship to the natural world, it's the abalone. Native Californians harvested the mollusk long before European contact--abalone shells appear in ancient village middens--and it's no wonder. Just waiting for low tide and picking among the exposed boulders, a man could easily feed his family. Then when Russian fur traders nearly wiped out sea otters in the 1700s, dropping the population from around 16,000 to about 50, abalone numbers skyrocketed in all five of the main West Coast species. In 1850, a group of Chinese immigrants drawn by the gold rush finally took notice, initially with the black and green abalones, the two species that lived in the intertidal zone. Familiar with abalone from back home, they began plying the shallows around Monterey in small skiffs, using long poles to gaff the mollusks. Within a few weeks, according to an 1853 article in the Daily Alta California newspaper, a rival Chinese camp had sprung up and then an even bigger one, packing their catch for shipment through San Francisco's Chinatown, the meat heading to China and the shells to Europe, to be used for fancy buttons and fine inlay on jewelry and boxes. By May of that year, 500 or 600 "Celestials," as the Chinese were called, had plunged themselves into an "abalone rush" that nearly wiped out Monterey stocks within ten years.
With thousands of Chinese immigrants still entering the state to work on the railroads, their abalone operations simply moved on--first to San Diego Bay, where nearly 1.5 million pounds a year were harvested throughout the 1870s, and then, when San Diego's supply ran out, onward to Baja, where 50-foot Chinese junks carried flat-bottomed skiffs on trips of hundreds of miles. Chinese abalone-fishing colonies also sprang up clear through central California and even on the Channel Islands, in Santa Barbara County. The fishery had its ups and downs: Prices began to plummet in the 1880s as larger shells became scarce and only small specimens remained, and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Scott Act of 1888 made it illegal for Chinese workers to enter the United States and for resident Chinese to reenter the country--from their Mexican fishing grounds, for example--effectively closing the industry by 1900. But Japanese Americans revived it, particularly because they were willing to free-dive for red abalone, a species that lives in subtidal waters, and later sent helmeted "hard hat" divers deeper still. Drying abalone meat in the sun, they shipped to the Far East. They also began small-scale canning.
Living on the coast back then, it must've been hard not to notice that abalones were there for the taking, and the "recreational" abalone harvest was so huge by 1913 that a legal minimum size and a daily-take limit were already in place. A report from the California Department of Fish and Game recorded that game wardens were making spot checks of the take, that arrests and confiscation had become commonplace, and that abalones had completely vanished from the normally rich intertidal zone. That year, the state legislature tried to control the industry further by banning the export of abalone (and then prohibiting abalone drying in 1915), but a new market had just opened up.
"Pop" Ernest Doelter, a German immigrant chef with a cafe in Monterey, had figured out how to thin-slice abalone steaks, tenderize them with a mallet, and quick-fry them for a delicious meal. Abalone fast became the signature dish of the many bohemian artists and writers living in Carmel, including Jack London, George Sterling, and Mary Austin, who wrote in her autobiography about cooking abalone chowder over a bonfire at big beach parties. In 1915, Doelter took his act to the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco, serving abalone steaks at the Hofbrau Restaurant at Fourth and Market Streets. Suddenly the shellfish became a must-have staple of Northern California restaurants, and Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf became an enormous abalone-meat processing operation. By 1935, the state abalone take was up to 3.9 million pounds a year, and although it tanked again in 1943, when Japanese Americans were interned during World War II, it soared to its historical high in 1957, when 5.4 million pounds were landed.
Abalone numbers began sliding immediately after. To look at a chart of the annual take, knowing that fishing technology and market demand were both getting stronger, is to watch the inexorable exhaustion of a once plentiful resource. The roaring comeback of the sea otter in central California starting in the late 1930s--today there are about 2,700 otters, almost all between Monterey Bay and Point Concepcion--played a definite role. So did the big El Nino winter in 1983; warm sea-surface temperatures, like those associated with greenhouse-gas-driven global warming, can wipe out kelp habitat, depriving abalones of their primary food. There has also been a proliferation of withering syndrome, a mysterious disease that has driven one subspecies of abalone to near extinction. But unsustainable harvesting has clearly been the biggest problem: Each time an abalone species has collapsed from overfishing, divers have simply moved on to the next, pushing it, in turn, to the brink.
Abalones grow slowly, taking as much as ten years to reach a desirable size, and they reproduce in a spectacularly inefficient manner. Their spawning requires a certain density--no more than three or four feet between individuals, according to one estimate. "Synchronous broadcast spawning" is the mouthful that describes abalone reproduction: Males and females spew millions of sperm and eggs into the surrounding seawater and hope a few bump into each other. Those that do find their counterpart sink to the bottom, hatch, and spend a few weeks drifting in the plankton, eating bacteria and algae. Later, after they've attached themselves under some boulder to avoid being eaten by crabs, lobsters, octopuses, and other predators, they switch to eating drift kelp and then gradually move to more-vulnerable crevices. When their shells get to be big enough to ward off most fish and crustaceans--about six inches across--abalones shift to exposed surfaces, where they graze on the big roots of the bull kelp that anchor on rock reefs. And that's when the trouble starts--partly with otters, which swim down and use rocks to smash up abalone shells and then pry the muscles off the rock, and partly with humans. When people and otters start thinning the herd, a tipping point can be reached at which reproduction almost comes to a halt.
In 1993, the statewide take had dwindled to 461,376 pounds, and by 1997 a moratorium was placed on all abalone harvesting--commercial and recreational--south of San Francisco. The only remaining abalone fishery is the one I entered with James: the strictly recreational, tightly controlled sport-fishing grounds north of San Francisco Bay. And even that one, long considered a model of a well-managed, sustainable fishery, may be on its way out.
Otter vs. Abalone?
Marine issues can be murky. One of the abalone's main predators is the southern sea otter, a threatened species environmentalists are working hard to protect. Last October, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to abandon its efforts to "translocate" the otter away from fishing areas off the California coast. Rather than prohibit the once vibrant animal, the agency wants to find a way for both abalones and otters to thrive, as they did for 5 million years. For more, visit the Otter Project at otterproject.org.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Hamilton Beach and Proctor-Silex are voluntarily recalling about 2.7 million Slow Cookers. The handles on the base of the slow cookers can break, posing a risk of burns from hot food spilling onto consumers.
The company has received 4,700 reports of handles breaking, including two reports of consumers who required medical attention for burns.
The recalled slow cookers were sold under the Hamilton Beach and Proctor-Silex brand names, which are printed on the front of the base of the unit. The slow cookers are either round or oval, and were sold in solid white and various print designs. They have a capacity of 3.5 to 6.5 quarts. The slow cookers have series codes A through D which are printed on the bottom along with the model number.
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Discount department stores nationwide sold the slow cookers from 1999 to 2002. The slow cookers sold for between $15 to $45.
Consumers should stop using these slow cookers immediately. Call Hamilton Beach toll free at 1-800-429-6363 any time for instructions on how to participate in the recall.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
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In the build-up to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, people around the world are volunteering to take positive action to tackle climate change.
To track the time environmental volunteers worldwide spend volunteering in the six months between World Environment Day on 5 June and International Volunteer Day on 5 December, the UN Volunteers programme (UNV) launched a global campaign Volunteering for our Planet.
"Taken on their own, a few hours of effort by an individual volunteer might not look like very much," said Flavia Pansieri, UNV Executive Coordinator. "But our campaign is demonstrating that the combined actions of thousands of volunteers around the world add up to a tremendous contribution to the global effort to address climate change."
In the first two weeks of the campaign alone, thousands of volunteers already registered more than 400,000 hours of volunteer activities on the campaign web site, taking place on environmental issues, sustainable development, and in support of adapting to or mitigating climate change.
Suzanna in Brazil is studying the impact of land use on indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest, Fogaing from Cameroon is doing online research on renewable energy for environmental organizations, and Kaleem Athar in India is planting trees. These are just three examples.
The enthusiasm and commitment of the volunteers is demonstrating that people want to do their bit to help save the planet. Volunteers started the global environmental movement and they are an essential part of the solution to climate change. Everybody can volunteer for our planet, including United Nations staff members.
The countries with the most hours registered so far are India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The total number of hours will be presented to delegates in Copenhagen, adding a strong message to the UN-wide campaign to 'Seal the Deal' for a binding, fair and sustainable climate agreement.
"People want to help and they are taking positive action to do something about this issue," Ms. Pansieri said. "As world leaders meet in Copenhagen, we want them to recognize that the solution lies not only with governments and industry, but with every one of us, and that every hour counts."
Everyone is invited to join the campaign.
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14 Valentine Ideas I Actually Like
Confession: I don't super love holiday decorations (don't get me started on St. Patrick's day). But I have found some really fun and interesting Valentine Ideas floating around the world wide web. I rounded them up for you! Seriously, this was kinda hard. Enjoy :)1. Cupid's Arrow Wreath, Nest of Posies
2. Stamped and Dipped Feathers, Organize and Decorate Everything
3. Valentine Party, Catch My Party
4. Kissing Booth Printable Valentine Bunting, Tattertots and Jello
5. Printable Love Art, Artsy Fartsy Mama
6. No Sew Pillow Tutorial, 36th Avenue
7. It's Just a Little Crush, The Idea Room
8. Paint Chip Book Marks, Julie's This and That
9. You Blow Me Away, Bloom
10. Pom Pom Wreath, Design Improvised
11. At the Touch of Love Printable, Entirely Eventful
12. Love Ride Printable, Sissy Print
13. Naturally Sweet Valentine, Twig & Thistle
14. Heart Shaped S'more Pops, In Between Laundry
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MediaCorp star Joanne Peh is so keen to play legendary striptease dancer Rose Chan that she's ready to do the full monty, to strip herself naked if she has to, to play the role.
Peh said she has no qualms baring all to play the controversial Chan in Eric Khoo's upcoming big-screen movie The Charming Rose.
The movie role of the late 1950s striptease dancer – who achieved notoriety as the Queen of Strippers – has gone through several rounds of casting musical chairs. Other well-known personalities who have been linked to the role are actress-singer Celest Chong and hot Malaysian model Christy Yow.
Chong, who had expressed interest in the initial stages, dropped out of the picture, while Yow gave up the role to start a family.
Rose Chan, who died of cancer in 1987, was the most famous stripper in Singapore and Malaysia in the 1950s and 1960s. One of her most famous acts was wrestling with live pythons on stage.
Explaining her willingness to go nude, Peh, 28, said that every part of her body is a tool in acting.
"It doesn't matter that people see it all. Deep inside is what people will never be able to see. They may say 'I can see your breasts or pubic hair', but they may not know what kind of a person I am.
"That is what's valuable to me, rather than my physical body. When I entered this industry, my body is something I have to give up. I have to let my co-stars or strangers touch or kiss me."
Physical intimacy and nudity is nothing more than just part of the job, she concluded.
With such an open-mindedness and attitude, it's little wonder Peh won the New Paper�s Flasher Of The Year title at their Flame Awards last year, for wearing a strategically-cut Gucci gown that revealed the side of her breasts in last year's Star Awards.
Some nudity and striptease performances will be required for the Rose role, but Khoo said he hasn't decided if there will be full frontal nudity.
He had received more than 200 applications and auditioned around 20 actresses since he first launched a casting call in 2008 for his film. Khoo has yet to cast his leading lady but admitted he is considering Peh.
Both met once for a preliminary chat last November, but did not discuss the script.
Khoo is full of praise for Peh.
"She has great presence and is very smart. It's always easier to work with smart people. She's a very, very good actress and also strikingly tall. I feel like a midget next to her.
Peh is gaining reputation for herself as one of the more outspoken showbiz personalities in Singapore. Her real-life boyfriend is actor Bobby Tonelli. They met on the set of Chapter 8 blockbuster drama series Little Nyonya where she played the long-suffering tragic Yuzhu and he played the love interest of Jeanette Aw's Yueniang. Though their characters barely crossed paths in the show, their mutual attraction for each other sealed the deal and the duo decided take things one step beyond the cameras.
Rumors of Joanne dating an ang moh (colloquial term for Caucasian) guy was talk of the town and the couple finally confirmed the brewing romance between them after they were spotted attending a show with a group of friends at a local nightclub in September last year.
Peh's relaxed attitude extends even to the way she handles industry rumours that have engulfed her ever since she hit the big time.
The latest rumor on the Caldecott Hill grapevine is that she's related to someone senior in MediaCorp and that it may have helped her in her career.
Instead of being outraged or reacting defensively, Peh laughed uproariously at the latest speculation.
"Oh, don't they just love a good scandal like that! I love it too," she burst out in amusement, claiming that she has never heard it before.
"When you see someone doing well, it's because this person is related to someone, or sleeping with someone. "But sorry to disappoint, there is no conspiracy theory. I'm not related to this person.
"Where I am today is a result of a lot of hard work. I fell hard too and had to pick myself up… I paid my dues."
Peh (pinyin: B�i W�ix�u) was �born on 25th April 1982. She studied at Temasek Secondary School where she was head prefect and subsequently went on to Victoria Junior College then to Nanyang Technological University. She graduated with a Bachelor in Communication Studies (Second-upper class honours) in 2006.
She was talent-spotted after she won the title of Miss Elegant and Miss Personality in Miss Singapore Universe 2002. Peh has since been involved in hosting and acting projects such as PSC Nite, Miss Singapore Universe Semi Finals 2003, The Lunar New Year Show 2004, I Love My Home and The Ties That Bind.
Peh has acted in more than 20 productions, including two local movies, 2004′s The Best Bet and this year's It's A Great Great World.
In the 2004 Star Awards, Peh won the Most Popular Newcomer Award as well as one of the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award. The following year, she won her second Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award, but failed to win the same award in 2006.
In the 2009 Star Awards, Peh beat hot favorites Jeanette Aw and Chen Liping to win her first ever Best Actress award for her role as the mentally unstable Huang Yuzhu in The Little Nyonya, on the day after her birthday. She also won her third Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award on the same night. She is placed along the likes of other young actresses such as Jesseca Liu, Jeanette Aw, Fiona Xie, Rui En, Felicia Chin and Dawn Yeoh, widely known as The 7 Princesses of Mediacorp.
This year, she is up for Best Actress again for the drama Your Hand In Mine and Best Info-ed Programme Host for The Activist's Journey.
Peh landed the coveted and prestigious position as the new LUX girl, alongside Hong Kong star Karen Mok. Her list of endorsements includes Fujifilm, Citigems, Japanese beauty brand Fancl, True Yoga, Bonia, Vagary, Carlsberg. Currently, she has been appointed as ambassador of Jetstar Airways and Laurier.
Peh describes herself as an avid reader, listing her favorite books as Pride & Prejudice, Phantom of the Opera and Great Expectations.
Peh represented MediaCorp TV as one of the torchbearers in the passing of the Olympic flame at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore.
Peh also runs a very popular personal blog �A Jolly Affair � Musings of a young Singaporean actress � Joanne Peh� at http://joannepeh.com/.


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Welcome to Electoral Registration
The Electoral Registration Department is responsible for compiling and maintaining a list of electors, in the North Devon area, that are able to vote at elections. This list is updated every year to remove people who are no longer in the area or add people who have reached voting age or moved into North Devon. The list is a public document and you must ensure that you are included on it. If your name is not included on the list you will be unable to vote at any elections that occur.
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The electoral registration system in Great Britain is changing from the 10 June 2014. At present, one person in every household, the 'head of household' is responsible for registering everyone who lives at that address during the 'annual canvass'.
From 10 June 2014, every individual is responsible for their own voter registration and will need to register to vote individually. This is called 'Individual Electoral Registration'.
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What is different about the new system?
The new system means:
- Every individual will be responsible for their own registration. Under the old system, the 'head of household' was responsible for registering everyone who lived at the address.
- You will need to provide 'identifying information' about yourself to register - including your National Insurance number and your date of birth.
- From 10 June 2014 you will also be able to register online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or by telephoning 01271 388277.
Why is the system changing?
Individual electoral registration is being introduced nationally to help tackle electoral fraud and enable online registration, which will make it easier and more convenient for you to ensure that you are registered to vote.
How will I know if I am registered under this new system?
How will I know if I am registered under this new system?
If you are included on the Register of Electors by 1 July and your identifying information matches our records, you will receive written confirmation in July/August that you are registered to vote under the new system.
If your information does not match our records, we will send you an 'Invitation to Register' asking you for new identifying information.
Properties without any registered electors will be sent a Household Enquiry form to collect the names of any residents.
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A reminder form will be sent to any residents who do not respond. By law, we must also send a second reminder, followed by a personal visit to all residents who do not register to vote under the new system so that their details can be included on the 2014 revised register due to be published on 1 December 2014.
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Broomfield's Level 3 accuses five U.S. Internet service providers of throttling traffic
Level 3 Communications is accusing five major U.S. Internet service providers and one in Europe of deliberately throttling the traffic that travel over their pipes in an effort to collect additional fees, reiterating claims it has raised in recent years.
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Mushroom Rice Pilaf
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Comforting and savory, this classic Mushroom Rice Pilaf is the ideal accompaniment to roast chicken or turkey.
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Calories | 150 |
Total Fat | 3g |
Saturated Fat | 1g |
Cholesterol | 0 |
Sodium | 345mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 27g |
Dietary Fiber | 2g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 4g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 14
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- 3/4 cup(s) wild rice
- 4.25 cup(s) water
- Salt
- 1.5 cup(s) long-grain white rice
- 3 tablespoon(s) olive oil or butter
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 stalk(s) celery, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 pound(s) white mushrooms, sliced
- 1 package(s) (4-ounce) shiitake mushrooms (or sliced mixed wild mushrooms), stems removed and discarded, each mushroom cut into quarters
- 1 cup(s) (loosely packed) fresh parsley leaves, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup(s) fresh chives, chopped
- Rinse wild rice; drain. In 2-quart saucepan, heat wild rice, 2 cups water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 40 to 45 minutes or until wild rice is tender, some grains have popped, and most of liquid is absorbed.
- Meanwhile, in 3-quart saucepan, heat remaining 2 1/4 cups water and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boiling over high heat. Stir in white rice. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes or until rice is tender and all liquid is absorbed. Remove saucepan from heat; let stand 5 minutes.
- While wild and white rices are cooking, in nonstick 12-inch skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, and onion, and cook, covered, 12 to 15 minutes or until vegetables are very tender and lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Transfer vegetables to plate.
- In same skillet, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add white and wild mushrooms and cook 10 minutes or until soft and browned, stirring occasionally.
- Drain wild rice if necessary. Fluff white rice with fork. In large serving bowl, toss wild rice, white rice, vegetable mixture, mushrooms, parsley, chives, and 1 teaspoon salt until combined.
- Do Ahead: Prepare pilaf up to 3 days ahead, but do not add parsley or chives. Cool slightly and spoon into microwave-safe bowl; cover with plastic wrap. Wrap herbs in plastic wrap and refrigerate with pilaf. To serve, vent and microwave on High 5 to 7 minutes until hot, stirring halfway through. Stir in herbs.
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Fittie Summer Fun Time!
June 1, 2013 in Carbohydrates, Diet, Exercise, Fiber, Food and Recipes, Health, Nutrition, Vegetarianism, Whole Grains by Matt Maggiacomo
Guys. It's JUNE. Who cares that summer officially begins three weeks from now. I'm ready for summer now, and so I am declaring today the official beginning of Fittie Summer Fun Time.
I haven't checked with my fellow bloggers if I have the authority to do such a thing. By the time you read this, I may already have been kicked out of my corner office at Fittie HQ.
Regardless, now that it's basically summer, you might have noticed that the produce at your local market is looking a little less mangy. That's because some of it might actually be local and not shipped in from Chile (unless you live in Chile, in which case I'm totally crashing on your couch next January through April).
The arrival of fresh, local produce can only mean one thing: It's time to eat a metric shit-ton of fresh, local produce!
Samantha is very kind to cite my healthy diet in her most recent post. In fact, it's been my consistent running routine that's kept me moving toward my weight loss goal for the past few months (I am very close to hitting 80 pounds lost!). My eating habits have remained vegan throughout the spring, but I wouldn't say that they've been particularly healthy – at least not by my usual standards. The lack of decent, fresh produce has led me to rely on alternatives like canned tomatoes and frozen kale — not unhealthy by themselves, but once I open the door to convenience vegetables, other convenience foods start to creep in. Processed soups, frozen pizzas, and snack foods have all made appearances throughout the year, and I've found myself feeling less motivated to put serious time into cooking fresh meals.
No worries though, my friends! Just this week I renewed my commitment to my nutritarian lifestyle, and on Tuesday I came home from the market with several bags full of fresh veggies and fruit. I've been back on track with my daily bean and kale soup, fruit and nut breakfasts, and giant afternoon salads. Dinners have been fresh and healthy. The other day, I borrowed an outstanding recipe for chickpea and brown rice-based veggie burgers from my friends Kate and Josh — I'd share it with you, but they've sworn me to secrecy! Sorry! And this evening, I enjoyed creamy avocado pesto (courtesy of this recipe) made from fresh avocado, basil, lemon, garlic, cold-pressed olive oil, and a little bit of salt, and served over a small serving of whole grain pasta.
Sound good? This stuff isn't hard to find! Get to your local fresh food store or farmer's market, stock up on fruit and vegetables, and eat like a true champ!