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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 754158, 21 pages
Research Article
Bounding the Practical Error of Path Loss Models
Computer Science Department, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Received 21 December 2011; Revised 4 March 2012; Accepted 18 March 2012
Academic Editor: Athanasios Panagopoulos
Copyright © 2012 Caleb Phillips et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Good morning, I pretty much finished my little garden sign last night. One part of it is "bugging" me, so will mess with that a bit this morning, and I just noticed one part that I didn't trace on so almost forgot to add! Then need to get the holes drilled and spray it a few times.
I am getting so slow, used to whip projects out in just a couple days at the most! It really is true, the more time you have, the easier it is to procrastinate! LOL
Anyway, I should have pics to post later today or tomorrow morning finally.
Then I want to move right on to the next project. Feel like I need to get into "production" mode, so I have things to contribute on here! We sure need more painters on this forum, don't we? LOL
TTYL. Luvs
Hey luvs~ can't wait to see your sign. We kinda feel the weight of the forum on our shoulders when there are only a few of us contributing, don't we? I wish we had more people sharing too. It was fun around Christmas when there was something new every time you logged on. I know we aren't the only 2 painters out there. ha Maybe we should have opted to put our gallery in with the main gallery. May have generated more interest here. Most people are gardening now and doing outdoor projects so maybe it will gain speed again after summer. We'll just have to keep things going until then, I guess. I still have works in progress. I may have one finished by tomorrow too. You can always work on some painted things for your tablescapes to share here and on Holidays as well. You'd get more bang for your buck that way at least. ha I'll be looking for your post. ~Anj
Hi Anj, That is a good idea about painting things that I could use in tablescapes too. My last two painting mags have lots of sea shore related things, would be fun to paint something to use as part of a centerpiece. I have some shells and a cute rope type mat that I found at TS. Maybe put a candle in a glass holder with sand and some small shells. Set in inside the ring, then add some of my bigger shells. I picked up a cute little plate for $1.00 at Homegoods that I might be able to use too. Will just have to have figure out what I could paint to go with the rest. I guess I should invest in some glass paints so I could do glasses and pitchers and such. None of that reverse painting on the back of plates though--I've watched a video and read about that and it makes my brain tired just trying to follow the logic of painting backwards! LOL
You are right, I do feel some pressure because it is mostly you and me trying to keep things moving on here! And I admit, I've goofed off playing around with dishes the last few months. LOL
You know even though I have learned that I can usually paint most things by just doing "one step at a time", sometimes I let the perfect looking pictures in the mags scare me away. Always know mine just are not going to look like that! I have to remember that mine will probably look okay even if not exactly like the picture--and I'm not going to have to post mine right next to the perfect one from the mag.anyway!
How do you get to the main gallery? I think I looked at it once, but can't remember how. Doubt that it would help, people just are not painting as much now. Working in their gardens, doing housework, and other things like television and computers taking up their time I think. And I don't think there is as much demand for painted items now like there was a few years ago.
Well, I'd better get busy. My sign should be dry and ready for another coat. I'll catch you later.
If you look up at the top of this page there is a green strip that says Blogs, Forums, Photo Galleries, etc...it's the photo gallery ones. I think you are right though, I doubt it would do much good right now until people hopefully start painting for the holidays again.
My stuff isn't even close to your level, but I still get enjoyment out of painting so I just keep going along with it. Mine is nowhere as good as the mags, but my family likes it and like I wrote somewhere before, it's better than a lot of the stuff you find in the stores so I don't worry about it too much. Perfectionist that I am I can't believe it doesn't bother me more. I really love your stuff so don't quit and the ones that I've seen of yours from the mags look close enough to be a match. :)
I guess you are right about the painting. A lot of people used to paint for craft shows and stuff and they don't do that as much any more. I think most people just paint for themselves or the occasional gift. Although my cousin does pretty good selling painted stepping stones in their small community.
I think your sea-scape sounds really fun. I think the ladies over on H would like it too. I've heard the reverse painting is hard to do. I can barely do regular painting so don't know if I'd tackle something like that either. You are very creative and have painted so many different venues I'm sure you can come up with something fun. Even if it's candle holders to go with all your different settings. :) ~A
What? I think your painting is great! All your projects always look so perfect. You are a very good painter.
And you are right, it amazes me that some of the stuff in the stores ever sell. When I used to go to lots of the craft shows, I would always notice the eyes on projects. Some were just so awful--but some were really perfect. I knew then that anything I painted needed extra care on the eyes.
You have some great ideas! Candleholders would be a good project. Do you remember when the wooden box ones with the cutouts were so popular? I have a couple of those glass globe things. One I just used my regular paints and painted roses all over it. Could use the other one, wash it off, and reuse it maybe--don't have room to store too many. But it might be hard to wipe it off if I put much time into painting it, or if it turned out really good. LOL At my speed these days, don't think I'll have to worry about whipping out too many!
I like doing the things for outdoors too. Loved your slate piece. I have a flat piece laying around in the flower bed, think it is just concrete, but will probably paint something on it soon too.
Lots of projects I can do--just need to get busy and do them. ;o)
Well, I'd better get moving. DS is bringing little GD over today to play with me while they go somewhere. She is just acting so grownup anymore--where did our little baby go? She wants to climb all the time now. Hangs from the swing frame, climbs onto the low block wall and wants to walk along the top, etc. Is your little one into that too? And she is so interested in makeup--wants lip gloss all the time. Likes to pull her little chair up to the sink and stand on it and put her gloss on. Just too funny. Oh, and it is quite interesting to hear her when she talks on her play telephone--told her Mommy she had better be careful what this little one overhears because she imitates it all.
Catch you later. Have a good day. Luvs
I found a picture in an old mag that I want to post for you. I'll try to scan it sometime today. Some things I know you can whip out quickly for your tables.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean about our "babies". She climbs on everything and I find my kitchen bar stools all over the place where she uses them to reach things. She turns 3 on Monday and she acts 15 most of the time. She's a prissy little thing for sure. She loves getting her nails and hair done and she has to have the lip gloss as well. She has some play makeup and is always putting that on herself, her dolls and anybody else who will sit still long enough for her.
She likes to do things and blame it on her siblings now. I not do it, he did it....is one of her favorite things to say. We were at Joes Crab Shack not long ago and found a shirt with a crab pointing saying He Did It and had to get it for her. So perfect.
Did your GD have her b-day yet? I have to order Neleh's Spongebob cake today. We are probably going to have a fish fry for the holiday Monday and just include her b-day in. Have a great weekend! ~Anj
Yumm! A fish fry sounds so good. Haven't been to one of those in years!
It will be fun to see a pic of what you found that would work for a tablescape. And I love quick and easy too.
Didn't get the holes and hanger done yesterday on my sign since I had the little GD. Need to go get dressed and then get it finished up this morning so I can move on to another project.
Loved hearing about Neleh, such cute ages. That shirt sounds just perfect. I know back when DS and DIL were telling us to not do this or that with GD, mostly regarding food, we ran across a shirt that said "What happens at Grandma's, stays at Grandma's." and bought it for her. Hmmm! Come to think of it, I never did see that shirt on her--maybe they didn't think it was as funny as Grandpa and I did. LOL
Well, I'd better get moving. I'll be back later. Luvs


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The first 3-month phase of Word By Heart takes place at the University of the Nations in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. In this phase, the student will learn one of the four gospels by memory. It will be abridged to a maximum 90-minute presentation. At the end of the three months, the student will present their gospel to a live audience. Although many people couldn't imagine memorizing a gospel, the cutting edge memory techniques that are applied in the course make it not only possible but also easy. In addition you will learn the gospel in your native language. Although the lecture phase is given in English, you will memorize in your own language. We imagine people doing this in Mandarin, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic, English, French, German and many more.
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On satisfactory completion of the lecture phase the student will be awarded 12 credits and at the end of the field assignment the student will be awarded 12 additional credits for a full 12 week outreach. These credits can be applied to a degree in Christian Ministries, Communication and the Arts.
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A good sense of humor and a resolved to learn an entire gospel. Everything else will be provided
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A good sense of humor and a resolved to learn an entire gospel. Everything else will be provided. Prerequisites You must have completed a Discipleship Training School (including outreach) before applying for this school
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Side dish very yummy with fish trim leaves then steam with trivet in pan and do not cover just fill enough to steam them in salted water.Crush thyme leaves in balsamic vinaigrette.
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- 15 bunch(es) Brussel sprouts, balsomic viniger
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A rich and flavorful chunky marinara sauce with a slow-simmered old-world taste.
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• 2 tablespoons dry red wine
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A car smokes heavily as it is crushed by other drivers during the final Demolition Derby on closing day of the Rochester Fair Sunday. (John Huff/Staff photographer)
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"I love seeing all the kids," he said. "They have a great time on the rides."Samantha Gray, of Boston, Mass., could be seen spraying bubbles at passersby from her position at a novelty stand that sells toys used as prizes in many of the fair's games. If you can't win it, buy it! Gray travels to all of the fairs through Fiesta Shows. She's headed to Topsfield next, but just moved to Rochester."It's good," she said. "I'm from the city though, so this isn't exactly a city." Over at the animal petting barns, Amelia Brown of Barrington served as the Swine Superintendent, but worked in most of the other barns as well. "I love Rochester," she said. "It's awesome. There's always something to do." Brown said her favorite part of the fair is seeing kids have fun and working with them in some of the events. She will be headed to Deerfield next. Perry said that after he reviews how things went at this year's fair he will start the planning process for next year's and have a general idea by mid-November.
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In later years, her decision to go full-on with that feeling -- which she'd come to accept as her true self -- came relatively easy. Grace's "authentic" existence, further and further from the painful detachment and crippling shame and guilt she'd lived with in her previous life as a man, simply beckoned and would not, could not, be denied. And at least going by some of the lyrics in songs like the new album's title track, "True Trans Soul Rebel," or "FUCKMYLIFE666" ("No more troubled sleep/There's a brave new world raging inside of me"), facing this new life entails a lot of pain, hefty doses of anger, a touch of despair, and sheer loads of utter defiance.
How does one punk-rock musician's "new" identity change the way he/she views the meaning of life itself or the texture and dynamics of his/her relationships with friends, family, and fans or in the way they'll be dealing with, you know, come what may?
"I've become more aware of how precious time is, and I've become more appreciative of my friends," she says. "I've realized I need to be more prepared for the future."
That's a future, she says, that none of us can predict. "I feel like I'm heading into a great unknown much more so than I ever have before in my life."
A few particulars regarding Laura Jane Grace's transitioning, because you know you want to know: Yes, she's getting hormone injections, which means she's growing breasts, and her hips are getting a bit wider. And yes, she is in fact a married father in the process of gender reassignment, and that entails both hormonal and perhaps eventually surgical adjustments. As far as her sexual relations with her wife, it's probably best just to think of them as a lesbian couple. And beyond that, maybe it's none of your damned business.
Or is it? If Grace has agreed to fully publicize her coming out as a woman, maybe the whole thing is out of her hands at this point. It does, after all, raise a lot of questions.
Should someone in her position be shouldered with the responsibility of being a "role model" as such? Shouldn't she be allowed the freedom to experience her transformation to her truer self as a strictly personal undertaking, secondary to the reality of her influence as an artist? Or is her new self somehow inextricable from the music she creates?
"If by sharing my story it helps someone in their journey," she says, "then I'm happy to do that. But I always try to stress to people that I don't know all of the answers. I'm figuring this out as I go, trying to live one day at a time. I'm also human. I have my flaws. I've fucked up in the past, and I'm sure I'll fuck up again in life."
Fair enough. Meanwhile, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, on which Grace is joined by longtime guitarist James Bowman, ex-Offspring/Rocket From the Crypt drummer Atom Willard, and former the (International) Noise Conspiracy bassist Inge Johansson, is a joyous, heartbreaking, deeply felt, and, yes, liberating blast of punk-rock noise. All the fanboys and fangirls might enjoy musing a bit about how Grace's transition to her fully flowered womanhood -- and is that a "feminine" self, and if so, just what does it really mean to feel and act "feminine"? -- will directly color the music itself, if at all. (We note that Grace, by her choice, still sings like a big, bellowing "man.")
She is still sussing all that out. "As for how all of it will affect the music? I'm not sure. I do know that I won't have any shortage of life experiences to draw from. It's going to be a long time before anything in my life feels stale or routine."
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text: Tim Duncan beast on court, if not in pressBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNNUpdated 2104 GMT (0404 HKT) May 31, 2013Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Tim Duncan gets physical with the Memphis Grizzlies' Tony Allen during the Western Conference Finals this month. The Spurs won the series 4-0 to advance to the NBA Finals for the fifth time in Duncan's career.Hide Caption 1 of 9Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Duncan, pictured in February during a game against the Phoenix Suns, has led his team to the best winning percentage in any pro American sport during his time in the NBA. Hide Caption 2 of 9Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Duncan's game is "shrouded in fundamentals," former NBA sharpshooter Steve Kerr says. In addition to strong rebounding and defensive skills, Duncan has a devastating bank shot that is almost impossible to guard. Hide Caption 3 of 9Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Duncan blocks a shot by the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook during last year's playoffs. Averaging more than two blocks a game throughout his entire career, Duncan has been named to the NBA's All-Defensive first or second teams in 14 of his 16 seasons. Hide Caption 4 of 9Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Duncan, seen here in a game against the Suns last season, cares only about basketball, according to bloggers and analysts who cover the league. All the press and media attention is secondary to the objective of winning games. Hide Caption 5 of 9Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Duncan poses with the NBA Championship Larry O'Brien Trophy while teammate Tony Parker hoists the MVP Trophy after leading the Spurs to their fourth NBA title with their 2007 sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers.Hide Caption 6 of 9Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Duncan goes to the hoop against Australia in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. The U.S. team went on to win bronze in that competition. It was the only Olympics in which Duncan played.Hide Caption 7 of 9Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Duncan and David Robinson, aka the Twin Towers, hold up the MVP and championship trophies, respectively, after winning their second championship by toppling the New Jersey Nets in six games in the 2003 NBA Finals.Hide Caption 8 of 9Photos: Tim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy 9 photosTim Duncan, Mr. Nice Guy – Duncan, seen here during his college days covering an opponent from St. Louis, was the the first player taken in the 1997 NBA Draft. He graduated from Wake Forest before entering. Hide Caption 9 of 9Story highlightsExperts: Tim Duncan is often left out of "greatest in NBA" debates for no good reasonSpurs await winner of Heat-Pacers series; Finals win means fifth ring for DuncanSteve Kerr, on why we don't like nice guys: "Why do people watch the Kardashians?"Spurs blogger says team's aversion to media, efficient style of play is intentional OK, readers, let's have a debate, one of sports talk's favorites. Who is the best player in the NBA? Is it Kevin Durant, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant? Scroll down to the comments and sound off. Go, now. I'll wait. ... All done? Good. Now, how many of you called me short-sighted (or "Obama-loving imbecile," if you're a troll) for neglecting to include the San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan?Not many, I venture, at least not if you're outside the Greater Alamo Area. But how can he objectively be omitted from the debate? "His game is shrouded in fundamentals and not athleticism," said former NBA sharpshooter Steve Kerr, a TNT analyst who will call Saturday's Game 6 between James' Heat and the Indiana Pacers. "What he does isn't flashy, isn't explosive. He prefers the shadow. He doesn't want to be in the spotlight."Just WatchedNBA star surprises Miami teen at promreplayMore Videos ...NBA star surprises Miami teen at prom 01:04PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedSisters back on track & Mavs fans unisreplayMore Videos ...Sisters back on track & Mavs fans unis 01:34PLAY VIDEOYet he's a winner. That can't be argued, and with his résumé, it's curious he doesn't get more credit -- and that less-talented fellows like Metta World Peace get more press, even if it's because of their antics. Just WatchedPhil Jackson talks Kobe-Jordan meetingreplayMore Videos ...Phil Jackson talks Kobe-Jordan meeting 05:43PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedNBA mascots that should never dunkreplayMore Videos ...NBA mascots that should never dunk 00:10PLAY VIDEOFans profess to yearn for good guys, yet when presented with a stalwart, they yawn or change the channel. The recent news of Duncan's possible divorce from his wife of 11 years is one of the few, maybe only, instances of off-court negative press in his career. Kerr, whose 15-year playing career included four seasons with Duncan and the Spurs, said he can't explain it."Why do people watch reality TV? Why do people watch the Kardashians? Just consider your audience," he said. "It's true that there's a fairly hypocritical nature, not just to sports fans but human beings. It's human nature to be fascinated by the bizarre or the crazy or the flashy and not the mundane."For 16 years, the two-time NBA MVP has averaged a double-double, tallying about 20 points and 11 rebounds (plus more than three assists and two blocks) per outing. James, Durant and Bryant have impressive career stat lines but not double-doubles. Duncan's numbers are a smidgeon higher in the playoffs, which his Spurs have reached in every season since he joined the roster. None of the Trinity has reached the postseason every year. Then there are those rings: four of them, 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007. James has one, Durant none. Bryant has five, a feat Duncan's teammates hope he will soon match as the Spurs sit at home waiting to learn who they'll face in the NBA Finals after dismantling the Memphis Grizzlies.Why well-rested Spurs have edge in Finals"Tim has laid the groundwork for how he wants his NBA career to be handled," TNT and NBATV analyst Mike Fratello said, explaining that Duncan has chosen to stay in one of the league's smallest markets, alongside a coach he trusts, Gregg Popovich.Before we delve any deeper, Fratello, who spent a collective 15 years coaching the Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers, would like to make one thing clear: Durant doesn't belong in this debate. Not yet. "It's unfair to compare Kevin Durant with Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan is the model of longevity, consistency and championships," he said. "Is he a top three or four player? Yes, without question, but you can't include him in this conversation. What has he done in the playoffs that puts him in with Tim Duncan?"Fair enough. Sorry, KD. We'll talk again in five years.Back to Duncan. Are you starting to see why the he'll never be voted prom king? The father of two simply doesn't care about such things -- popularity, ratings. He cares only about Ws, and to many fans, that isn't sexy unless a player makes an ass of himself or talks trash incessantly. Grantland's and ESPN's Bill Simmons, a Boston Celtics fan, posted a rare (for sportswriters) ode to Duncan this week. In it, he called the Spurs power forward the best player of his generation, better than Bryant, a guy who "probably led the league for 16 straight years just in throwing an arm around a teammate's shoulder.""It's the little things that make him special. Offensively, he can destroy you in the low post, he can run perfect pick and rolls with any decent guard and when all else fails, he can just bank that pretty 15-footer. Seriously, does anyone else in basketball have that shot?" Simmons asked in the video. "Since 1997, you never heard about Duncan dogging it, calling out teammates, showing up heavy for training camp, complaining about money, asking for a trade, giving himself a nickname. Of course, people found that boring. ... I'm sorry. Since when was winning boring?"It's a fine question and one that J.R. Wilco, editor-in-chief of the Spurs blog Pounding the Rock, has heard before. After reading a CNN story from last year about the Spurs' supposed inability to tantalize, he handed the rock Thursday to one of his blog's longtime commenters, Lauri (bold and italics imparted by the commenter):"...the whole 'Duncan is boring' argument is so effing tautological. No, he's not boring. He's unknown. Because you never feature him. Can he be charming and funny? Of course he can. Is he a fighter and a champion? You best believe it, and if you don't, look up. See those banners? And the emotion he shows on the court is that much more powerful for being rare. You can promote that, you capitalist a-holes, if the money that promotion brings is really all that matters to you about this game. You can promote anything if you come at it from the right angle. But you're lazy, NBA suits, and you like to keep the public lazy, and you take the path of least resistance — entertainment over enlightenment."Wilco also believes the "boring" argument overlooks that the Spurs' style of play is by design. It's not that Popovich is averse to the flashy, Wilco said; it's more that he's "anti-bad play," and the path to victory is rarely paved with quadruple crossovers, one-handed alley-oops and no-look-behind-the-back passes.Pop and Duncan also famously avoid the media, a practice that might not jibe well with larger markets like Los Angeles and New York. Wilco recalls one of his contributors, Aaron Preine, telling him last year he saw Duncan actually pump a fist -- a gametime rarity over the big man's career -- after realizing that no reporters wanted to talk to him in the locker room after a playoff game.Even on Duncan's website, there is an FAQ largely about his personal life that, tellingly, hasn't been updated since Duncan was 27, about a decade ago. His milquetoast answers average 4.6 words and include this bombshell: Asked what wish he'd want granted if given the choice, he replied, "Good health." As opposed to his own island or a solid-gold Lamborghini Aventador. "They don't play to the press. That means there's less meat for the marketing machine to chew up and process," Wilco said. "The Spurs' entire organization, they really think it's a distraction. The rest of that stuff is external to their job of winning games."And since 1997, when the 6-foot-11 Wake Forest grad first donned the silver and black as the NBA draft's No. 1 overall pick, no American sports team has done that job better. it's hard to imagine that's not primarily a product of Duncan's no-nonsense efficiency, though Fratello points out that Popovich and the Spurs' front office -- as well as the personnel it's paired with Duncan -- deserve credit.What will fifth ring mean for Duncan's legacy?To truly appreciate Duncan, you have to take the long view. So where does he rank among players all time? We'll start with Kerr because of his credentials. Sure, Fratello coached greatness in Dominique Wilkins and others, but Kerr won titles with the Spurs and with Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls teams, so he's actually passed greatness the ball. Kerr said Bill Russell, Jordan and Magic Johnson fill out his top three, "and at that point, you can throw Tim Duncan up against anybody, in my mind." A fifth title -- should the Spurs dispatch the winner of the Heat-Pacers series -- would elevate Duncan to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar status because of the time between trophies. Abdul-Jabbar won six championships between 1971 and 1988. "Star players normally don't win until they reach their prime. ... Titles come in a cozy span of six to eight years, not 13," Kerr said. "It speaks to his brilliance over his entire career."Fratello sees it similarly and puts Duncan in the top five of all time, along with Kerr's top three and Abdul-Jabbar. "Tim Duncan certainly belongs in that company. It's rarefied air that he's in," he said. Wilco said "the greatest ever" debates are heavily dependent on "who's talking, where they're talking and who they're talking to." He's not sure, as a Spurs blogger, how much mileage he can derive by putting Duncan in an all-time team of players at every position, he said. He and the other contributors to Pounding the Rock, however, confidently call Duncan "GOAT PUFF," an acronym (sort of) for Greatest Of All Time Power Forward.Told of Fratello's and Kerr's assessments, Wilco softened his resistance to ranking his team's perennial all-star. "I wouldn't disagree with those guys," he said. "The top five is an excellent place for him."More from usLaGuardia runway reopens after Delta flight skids off itPolicing for profit: How Ferguson's fines violated rights of African-AmericansCould this prevent airplane accidents on the runway?Powered by Livefyre


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(Application A.11-05-006, filed May 5, 2011)
Welcome to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) website for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of proposed construction of Southern California Edison's (SCE) Sandlot Substation Project. An application for this project was submitted to the CPUC on May 5, 2011 (Application A.11-05-006). This site provides access to public documents and information relevant to the CEQA review process.
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SCE's application requests a Permit to Construct a new substation (Sandlot Substation) and related facilities in San Bernardino County as required to interconnect solar power generated by the 250-megawatt (MW) Abengoa Mojave Solar Project (AMSP) to the electric grid. The proposed Project includes the following major components:
Mojave Solar LLC will develop the AMSP on approximately 1,765 acres of private land in San Bernardino County, California, of which the proposed Sandlot Substation would be constructed on 8-to-10 acres. Interconnection of the AMSP to SCE's adjacent power lines would occur on and adjacent to the AMSP site. The fiber-optic telecommunication system diverges from the AMSP/Sandlot Substation site into three directions covering approximately 85 miles of corridors: Approximately 31 miles of new fiber-optic cable to be installed between the proposed Sandlot Substation and the existing Tortilla Substation, located to the southeast in the City of Barstow; approximately 16 miles would be installed between the Sandlot to Kramer substations, including approximately 7 miles of which would cross BLM-administered lands within an existing transmission line corridor; and approximately 38 miles between the Kramer and Victor substations, including approximately 8.5 miles that would cross BLM lands. The Sandlot Substation site and most of the fiber optic corridors are located within unincorporated San Bernardino County. Portions of the proposed fiber optic line pass through the city limits of Adelanto, Victorville and Barstow.
The Draft IS/MND was available for a 30-day public comment period May 16, 2011 through June 14, 2011. The public comment period has now closed.
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@literally45-- Topsy turvy was used in a literary piece by Richard Eden in 1555. I don't know if this is the oldest mention of the phrase in literature, but it might be.
Some people think that "head over heels" or "heads over heels" is similar to topsy turvy because it also talks about something that's not usual. But topsy turvy makes more sense. Head over heels is confusing because our head is over our heels. I think that this phrase was actually "heels over head" at first and somehow turned into head over heels. But the meaning of it today is different, it's usually used to describe someone in love.
Topsy turvy is much more straightforward and easy to understand. Upside down is another similar, straightforward phrase.


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