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Lufthansa Awaits Frankfurt Night Flight Ruling
A German court on Wednesday will rule on whether to uphold a ban on night flights at Frankfurt airport; the freight unit's future investment plans of up to 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) rest on the decision.
April 4, 2012 3:16 by kippreport
A German court on Wednesday will rule on whether to uphold a ban on night flights at Frankfurt airport, Europe's third busiest, in a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for German flagship airline Lufthansa.
Lufthansa says it needs night flights at the airport so its cargo operations can compete with fast-growing Gulf airports and has warned the freight unit's future investment plans of up to 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) rest on the decision.
After the local government said in 2009 it would allow 17 flights between 11 pm and 5am local time from the end of October 2011 on economic grounds, residents under the flight paths took the case to court.
Their complaint was upheld in October by a local court just ahead of the opening of the Fraport operated airport's fourth runway, drawing howls of protest from airlines.
The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, whose decision will take precedence over that of the local court, will rule on the ban just after 0800 GMT on Wednesday.
At a hearing last month, the judge at the higher court in Leipzig indicated mistakes had been made in the approval process for the new runway, under which a mediator proposed a night flight ban, before the local government unilaterally decided to allow 17 flights.
Since the temporary ban was implemented, regular Monday protests at the airport have also seen up to 5,000 people calling for the ban to be extended by two hours each night and for the new runway to be shut down. ($1=0.7497 euros) (Reporting by Victoria Bryan; Editing by Mike Nesbit)
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Westword's eighteenth annual Artopia combined art, food, music and live performances at Vinyl, City Hall, Bar Standard, The Living Room and The Salty Dog on February 23, 2013. And to celebrate the event turning voting age, we asked Denver artists John Vogl to create a limited edition poster (above) commemorating the occasion. If you missed your chance to snag one in-person at Artopia, we've still got a few of the posters left for sale. Continue reading for details on how to get your hands on one.
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Assistant professor Angela Amar has been appointed associate editor of the Journal of Forensic Nursing.
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The Mission of the Duquesne University Mylan School of Pharmacy is to educate and mentor students who advance the profession of pharmacy to improve the health outcomes of patients and their communities. In line with the mission is our vision to develop professionals, through student-centered experiences, who are recognized leaders, innovators and advocates in all areas of pharmacy practice and research. Consistent with this mission are the goals of our residency programs: to educate and mentor pharmacists to improve the health outcomes of patients and their communities. The preceptors and program directors prepare the residents in the program to advance the profession of pharmacy by:
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• Incentivizing them to further their own education and training to pursue PGY2 experiences, and/or to secure future academic or clinical practice positions
The programs at Duquesne University began as one-year academic and research fellowships to prepare pharmacists in practice to secure careers in academia. Since inception, these programs have expanded into PGY1 opportunities in community and pharmacy practice with all programs now being accredited through The American Society of Health System Pharmacists and the American Pharmacist Association.
Student pharmacists are seeking residency programs at a higher rate than ever before. This is in part due to a saturating job market in community practice and a desire to further education and training. To date, there are consistently more applicants each year than residency programs offered. As with all programs of study, our residency programs must adapt to the changing climate of our profession.
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MARSHALL - Dan Panka and Sarah Haak announce their engagement. Parents of the couple are Michelle Hay of Echo, Tom (and Linda) Haak of Wood Lake and David and Maureen Panka of Ivanhoe. Panka is employed as a deputy assessor for Lincoln County in Ivanhoe and Haak is an accounting specialist at US Bank in Marshall. The couple plans an Aug. 24, 2013, wedding in Wilno.


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US 7369975 B2 Abstract A software tool for modeling and generating user windows of a graphical user interface of a software application has a modeling component for creating models of window types and instances thereof, a conversion component for converting model information into ASCII code, a library component for storing reusable code, and a window generation component for generating graphical user interfaces windows. The tool is characterized in that graphical user interface windows are generated in a batch process wherein certain fields shared by the windows are automatically populated with the appropriate application code taken from or inherited from the wintype model.
Claims(12) 1. A software tool for modeling and generating user windows of a graphical user interface of a software application comprising:
a modeling component for creating models of window types and instances thereof;
a conversion component for converting model information into ASCII code;
a library component for storing reusable code; and
a window generation component for generating graphical user interfaces windows;
characterized in that graphical user interface windows are generated in a batch process wherein certain fields shared by the windows are automatically populated with the appropriate application code taken from or inherited from the wintype model.
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a modeling framework for defining the data structure of the GUI windows; a set of GUI standards for governing GUI window behaviors;
a GUI modeling tool for modeling GUI patterns and generating GUI instances of those patterns modeled; and
a target platform for receiving generated GUI windows and facilitating their operation.
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Description This present patent application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/078,964 which was filed on Feb. 19, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,072,810, which claims priority to Indian provisional patent application number 758/MUM/2001 filed on Aug. 6, 2001. The U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/078,964 and entire specification and drawings of Indian patent application number 758/MUM/2001 are incorporated herein by reference. The present invention is in the field of Software Development and pertains particularly to a method and apparatus for pattern based generation of graphical user interfaces (GUI). A graphical user interface (GUI) is an important part of most modern software applications. In a typical application development process one of the first items to be delivered to an end user is a GUI. It is part of the prototype that is shown to the end user during the requirements gathering phase (known in application development). A GUI captures the user's perspective of the application. Once the client approves a prototype, application development proceeds. During application development a GUI is enriched with code enabling various functions like navigation, server interaction, and enabling or disabling action buttons in an interface among other things. All of this capability takes a considerable amount of effort to develop and enable. Developers find it challenging to adhere to documented GUI standards. The process of verifying that all of the GUI windows adhere to pre-set GUI standards is largely manual and highly error prone. Development of a GUI is typically done using one of many commercial development environments that are available. Some examples include Visual Basic, Visual Age and Power Builder. These environments require each of possibly multiple GUI windows to be configured individually. Individual treatment promotes difficulty in enforcing application GUI standards as described above. More importantly, however, similarities that do exist between different user interactions over multiple windows are not exploited. That is to say that common capabilities are individually painted in each window where they exist. Although developers' tools such as those mentioned in the above paragraph provide very good support for quickly painting individual GUI screens, when it comes to writing GUI functionality and adhering to standards, the programmer must perform manually. Another drawback with prior-art development procedures is that GUI development proceeds independent of the associated application development making it difficult to ensure consistency between the application and the controls used to display the application values. It has occurred to the inventor that many of the above-described problems in prior art could be overcome if certain GUI patterns could be identified and a tool was available that could generate code for instances of these GUI patterns. Therefore, what clearly is needed is a method and apparatus that exploits existing functional similarities between various GUI windows of an application during development and generates the code to provide improved productivity and consistency in all of the application windows sharing common capabilities. Such a method and apparatus would enable developers to write less code and ensure that GUI standards are adhered to in a consistent manner across the board. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention a software tool for modeling and generating user windows of a graphical user interface of a software application is provided, comprising a modeling component for creating models of window types and instances thereof, a conversion component for converting model information into ASCII code, a library component for storing reusable code, and a window generation component for generating graphical user interfaces windows. The tool is characterized in that graphical user interface windows are generated in a batch process wherein certain fields shared by the windows are automatically populated with the appropriate application code taken from or inherited from the wintype model. In preferred embodiments the application code is Winform, Webform or Java. Also in preferred embodiments a wintype is a meta model and a GUI window is an instance of the wintype. Input to the tool may include winclasses and application classes. In another aspect of the invention a method for modeling and generating user windows of a graphical user interface of a software application is provided, comprising steps of (a) providing at least one wintype and associated window specifications as input to a software tool; (b) identifying controls for each group box and table within the at least one wintype; (c) creating winclasses for each group box and table of the at least one wintype; (d) providing mapping between the window attributes and controls of the winclass; (e) identify other parameters available through interaction with window buttons; and (f) instantiate each GUI window as an instance of the wintype including arguments to parameters expected by the wintype. In preferred embodiments in step (a) the wintype is a meta model. Further, in step (c), the winclasses may comprise the controls identified in step (b). In step (f) the GUI windows may be generated in a batch process, and in step (d) controls may include standard controls associated with labels. In another aspect of the invention a system for modeling and generating GUI windows for software applications is provided, comprising a modeling framework for defining the data structure of the GUI windows, a set of GUI standards for governing GUI window behaviors, a GUI modeling tool for modeling GUI patterns and generating GUI instances of those patterns modeled, and a target platform for receiving generated GUI windows and facilitating their operation. In preferred embodiments the modeling framework is a meta meta model framework having three levels of abstraction, and multiple GUI windows are generated in a batch process. The GUI windows may be instances of one or more GUI wintypes. Also the target platform may support one or more of Java server pages or Webforms or Wimforms. In a preferred embodiment, the inventor provides a software tool and method for generating GUI windows during software application development wherein portions of window generation are automated and wherein the automated portion of the process leverages similarities between multiple generated windows to optimize production. The method and apparatus of the invention will be described in enabling detail below. Wintype 100 represents a meta model window type for a GUI of a specific application. Wintype 100 is an abstraction of a user model or actual GUI window. Wintype 100 consists of windows that can be opened, operations that can be called, function buttons to be placed, winclasses used in the window, application classes used in the window, and any other additional parameters that may be desired and applied thereto. In this example, wintype 100 comprises 4 controls. 2 of the just-described controls are also referred to herein as group boxes and given the element numbers 101 and 102. Group box 101 is labeled Context Header and is adapted as a control box for context of the wintype. Group box 102 is labeled Search Header and is associated with a search button illustrated herein as button 108 labeled Search. A third control is illustrated herein by a table 103. Table 103 has column buttons illustrated therein as Column 1 button 104, Column 2 button 105, and Column 3 button 106. The final of 4 controls is represented by an additional set of buttons 109 (B1-B9). Still an additional set of buttons 107 is provided and in some embodiments could be considered a 5th control for wintype 100. In this particular example, wintype 100 takes 3 winclasses (not illustrated) as parameters. One winclass corresponds to group box 101, one winclass corresponds to group box 102 and one winclass corresponds to table 103. A winclass identifies the particular controls associated with a physical portion of wintype 100 that are to be displayed. For example, one winclass would identify the displayed controls within box 101, one winclass would identify the displayed controls within box 102, and one winclass would identify the columns that are to be displayed within table 103. Other parameters of a wintype include text portions that are to be displayed on the interactive buttons, functions and windows to be called or opened respectively upon user invocation of a button, and a function that will be called in the event of user invocation of search function button 108. As a meta model, the structure of wintype 100 is defined in terms of the controls it is composed of and any other wintype it may inherit attributes from. Therefore, the function or functions of a wintype specify the behavior of every GUI window that is an instance of the wintype. The specific code for the functionality of the wintype exists in a target language like Java or Winform. The target code specifies the parameters of wintype 100 such that the functionality will include invoking the search function 102 (function associated with the search button) upon click of search button 108 and populating table 103 with the data returned by the function. It will also include opening a new window or calling a new function at the mouse click of any of the buttons (109) at the bottom of wintype 100. In a preferred embodiment, wintype 100 and any other wintypes, also referred to as patterns, are modeled. Then the specific application GUI windows are specified as instances of the appropriate patterns or wintypes. In this process, each application GUI window is classified as an instance of a specific pattern or wintype. The process also involves identifying the specific controls that need to be shown in each group box and/or columns of a table, defining a winclass corresponding to each group box and table, each defined winclass functioning as a view of application classes. Additionally as described above, button texts and functions to be called or windows to be opened at the click of a button are identified. Once all of this is performed, a GUI window can be modeled as an instance of appropriate wintype and with the identified winclasses and functional buttons as actual GUI parameters. In a preferred embodiment, generating GUI windows as instances of wintypes is performed in batch process. One with skill in the art will recognize the terms winclass and application class as object modeling terms associated generally with a target modeling language like Java. However, other types of modeling languages can be utilized without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. GUI modeling according to wintype or pattern is performed with a novel tool provided for the purpose and described in detail below. Directional arrows illustrate input of GUI Standards 202 and Model Structure 201 into an organized set of patterns and control inputs illustrated logically herein as a box labeled Wintypes and Controls and given the element number 203. As previously described, the method follows meta meta model framework known to the inventor. Wintypes or patterns as they are sometimes termed are modeled and controls are defined as described further above. This modeling and defining process is largely manual and is defined by parameter input including winclasses, application classes, and additional controls if required. GUIMOD 204 takes in all of the input and generates a common intermediate representation (IR) logically illustrated herein by a box labeled Common IR and given the element number 205. IR 205 represents at least one GUI window model having all of the common controls, layouts, and attributes shared by all GUI user windows and all instances of individual windows as defined by a target language. In this support system there are 3 exemplary target platforms illustrated as possible implementation environments. For example, IR 205 gets translated (Xlator) to a Java Server Pages (JSP) platform in one instance. All of the required GUI windows (user instances) are guaranteed to have the same common features, functions and displayed values that automatically generated for each window instance instead of having to individually paint the shared items. Even though user instances (GUI windows) may vary from each other in certain attributes, because of the modeling and window generation based on pattern, things like common date presentation rules or perhaps customer name parameters will automatically appear in each appropriate field in each separate window as it is spawned. Other possible platforms include Winform 207 and Java 208. In each instance Xlator translates the common IR 205 into the appropriate user instances of GUI windows that are fully operational and functional. It is important to note herein that a critical aspect of GUIMOD 204 is the ability to specify standard controls and labels that are used in the GUI windows. For example, if a calendar control (date control) is to be used for GUI fields accepting date values, it can be achieved by defining a type for date and mapping the type to the date control. GUIMOD 204 will guarantee that in every GUI window generated having one or more fields that accept date as input, the standard date control is used. Similarly, if �Customer Name� is an applied label to be used whenever the input to be taken by a control is the name of the customer, it can be achieved by defining a new type say �d_customer� and giving it a label �Customer Name�. GUIMOD 204 guarantees that every generated GUI window field that accepts �d_customer� as input will have �Customer Name� as an associated label. The method of the present invention is conducted in a batch process when generating GUI windows having one or more common attributes. One with skill in the art of coding windows will appreciate that much coding is eliminated from the process because of the fact that common attributes of many GUI windows are all painted in one batch process. GUIMOD 204 can generate all of the GUI windows for a software application and ensure that all shared attributes are the same in all of the windows through instantiation of the windows from an abstraction, which is a meta model. If an error occurs within one field of one window, it will occur in the same field in all of the GUI windows. Therefore, a fix to one field fixes all the same fields in all of the GUI windows exhibiting the field. The chances of human error associated with individually painting each window field in each GUI window are greatly reduced by batch generation of windows. At step 405, other parameters not included in a winclass are identified such as operations called and new windows opened resulting from user interaction with function buttons within the window. At step 406, instantiate each GUI window (user instance) as an instance of a wintype including providing the arguments to parameters expected of the wintype model. It is noted herein that GUI windows are generated in a batch process. It is noted also that the method and apparatus of the invention can be used to generate simple GUIs or very complex GUIs comprising many separate user windows. In the process, modeling of wintypes and coding of corresponding files is performed manually. Modeling of specific windows as instances of a wintype is also performed manually, including definition of winclass, controls, and so on. Once the models are in place the actual GUI window code in a target platform is automatically generated. Similarly, the layout of controls within a GUI window groupbox is automatically generated. The GUIMOD tool automatically determines and applies the appropriate control to be used for each winclass attribute in the model. It will be apparent to one with skill in the art that the method and apparatus of the present invention can be used to model and generate GUI windows used in virtually any computer application running on any computer platform. In one embodiment, appropriate conversion interfaces can be utilized so that the process is platform independent meaning that modeling cam be performed on one platform and generated windows can run on a different platform. There are many possibilities. The present invention should be afforded the broadest scope under examination. The spirit and scope of the present invention is limited only to the following claims. Patent Citations
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A small portion of the delinquent service fees owed by Comcast Cable was paid recently to the city of West Point, but since receiving that payment the city has not received a dime of the large balance remaining. In their Jan. 8 meeting, the West Point Board of Mayor and Selectmen granted Comcast a 45-day extension of time to pay the $6,000 franchise fee owed to the city's general fund and to enter into a contract through which Comcast would pay $15 per pole attachment.
Constituents of Ward 3 in West Point now have one more candidate to consider voting for in the May 7 Primary Election for elected municipal offices in the city of West Point. Just last week Ken Poole, investigator with the West Point Police Department, declared his intention at City Hall to run for the office of Ward 3 selectman as a democratic candidate. Two other individuals declared their intent several weeks ago to run for the post, including Jimmy Clark and incumbent Charles Collins.
Marie Martin age 96, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at her home. Marie Martin was born December 18, 2013, in Marietta, to Henry Edwards Mills and Oma Lee Evans. She retired from Franklin Furniture Factory as an instructor seamstress. She was of the Baptist faith. Funeral services were Saturday, February 23, 2013, at 1 p.m. from Southern Funeral Chapel in Houston with Bro. Ben Yarber officiating. Burial followed in Arbor Grove Cemetery.
William Deandrea Temple age 30, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013, in Minot, N.D. Funeral services were, Friday, February 22, 2013, at 1 p.m. from Northside Christian Church of God with Bishop William Golden officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Carter's Mortuary Services was in charge of arrangements.
Sign ups for Baseball, Softball and T-ball are going on at West Point Parks and Recreation. The deadline to get a player registered is February 28. Sign up location is the Recreation Building (by the skate park and old fairgrounds) where forms are available. Cost is $40.00. Submitted Photo
Walter Vance age 57, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Funeral services were Saturday, February 23, 2013, at noon from Payne Chapel M.B. Church with the Rev. Bobby Bowens officiating. Burial followed in Lake Grove M.B. Church Cemetery. Carter's Mortuary Services was in charge of arrangements.
It was the semi-final round of the MAIS AA State Tournament Friday as the Oak Hill Lady Raiders took the floor against a strong Bowling Green School of Louisiana.
It is about that time of year again when you start to hear the pop of the ball hitting the glove, and the ping of the aluminum bat followed by the cheers for a long-driven home run ball. As you maybe could guess, it is time for the high school baseball season to get under way here in West Point.
With the marvelous insanity brought on by reality television, (I personally think the phrase is an oxymoron) it was bound to open the field to the eccentric among us. From people who spend 40 days in a remote location trying to survive on rice, coconuts and whatever food they can win in challenges. (I'm sorry. This is not surviving, this is The Price is Right.) Or racing around the world jumping out of airplanes and eating a plateful of squid that is not only still moving but looking at you. None of this resembles reality.
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By Alex Brownsell, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Thursday, 03 June 2010 12:47PM
The site, entitled Historypin, lets users share their personal photos by loading them up to a specific location on Google Maps or image on Google Street View.
Historypin is being rolled out in partnership with a number of brands, including Harrods, Trinity Mirror and The Savoy. Additional images are being provided by the Conservative Party.
Nick Stanhope, managing director at We Are What We Do, said: "Historypin aims to be the world's largest communal archive of historical images and stories. The unique way users can upload, review, comment on and share images via Historypin creates a fascinating window to the past."
Kate Hammond, marketing manager, Google, said: "With this highly original use of the Street View technology we hope that communities up and down the country will be brought a new perspective on local streets, landmarks and historic moments, in a way that benefits both old and young."
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Back at ya, amigo. Your recent interaction with Gresh with regards to Chlorine changed my whole perspective recently.
No problem, man. I'm sorry that happened to you. PM incoming.
No worries mate. Your comments were straightforward and I tried to be lucid enough in my reply. All good times.
Your avatar calms me.
I need squadron sabers for my ASUs 1-1…can't find any.
PCSd to Bliss, leading a Recce PLT now.
that bunny is cute...
Thanks, you have a good weekend too! I liked the video as well - it's a bit long, but sometimes informative, sometimes entertaining.
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Premier/Multivox started making these carved scroll mahogany solid bodies in 1958. The very earliest version was set-neck, going over to bolt-on pretty quickly. The shape of the treble-side horn evolved from long to stumpy to the version seen in this 1959 example, with its elegant outward curve echoing the wave shape of the scroll side, the perfection of the design. The later Premiers covered in Italian cellulloid are nice in their way but part of a downward slide in quality, materials, and looks throughout the 1960s.
The neck here is solid perfectly vertical tight grain Brazilian rosewood that sustains like nothing else and rings like a bar on a marimba.These earliest necks have an angled scarf-joined headstock (made with a "V" notch cut under the integral fingerboard; a less desirable non-angled scooped headstock with string retainers came shortly thereafter. In Premier's world at this time truss rods were a tone-deadening frill, unnecessary on a good quarter-sawn Brazilian neck. This neck, after almost fifty years of string tension — some of that with hulking flatwounds — had only a slight bow, easily brought to perfect minimal relief by a compression fret job. By the way, the position markers are just cut from aluminum rod, though most people assume they are mother of pearl.
On the down side, the binding on Premiers often deteriorates and the fret spacing is oddly erratic for an otherwise extremely well-crafted guitar with bound body, fingerboard, and headstock, and gold plated hardware standard. You can even see the bad spacing in the upper frets of the 1964 model you posted. I corrected fret spacing problems and replaced the binding when I refurbished this one, which I bought in deteriorated but complete condition in 2005. Unless the frets are repositioned it is only good for slide, and Ry Cooder (see picture) has been known to play this very same two-pickup early model. The "Franz" pickups (as used also on early Guilds) are like dream P-90s. To top it off, it has catalin knobs, a big appliance-style pickup selector switch and a flashy pickguard that leaves no doubt that this instrument was made for show business.
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A guy who will do well in life, but is still good looking. A Flounder is a really hott person who has everything going for them. Flounders tend to be risky people.
Tim is such a flounder. He knows what he is doing in life, yet the girls are all ove him. Ellie should be careful that no one jumps on her flounder.
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The true definition of a flounder is a shapeless woman who has neither breasts nor an ass. She is thinly shaped up and down much like the fish.
The flounder originally thought she was cute until she discovered that she lacked any sexual organ that would catch the eye of the opposite sex.
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April 05, 2009
noun - a lazy, goodfornothing person who doesn't excel or accomplish anything in life
Craig is such a flounder! All he does every day at work is sit in his office with his feet propped up on the desk reading the Wall Street Journal.
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August 31, 2005
One who Flounds. Term used for a certain type of basketball player. Strengths are quickness, driving, and shooting the ball moderately well. Playing style is unorthodox. Shoots layups with 2 hands. Tends to be lanky in stature. Weaknesses are, well, everything else. Prone to being rejected, out rebounded, and shooting bricks. Can get the job done.
Parker: "Jason, do you want Amir or Seth for your team?"
Jason: "Seth. He's a Flounder."
Parker: "Got 'em..."
Jason: "Seth. He's a Flounder."
Parker: "Got 'em..."
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July 23, 2013
1) A fish that lives on the bottom of the ocean. Perhaps the origin of the insult 'bottom-dewller' or 'bottom-feeder'.
2) To fail or struggle in a given situation.
2) To fail or struggle in a given situation.
1) I have never caught a flounder while fishing, nor should I have.
2) After floundering as a catcher due to injuries, Brian Downing had a successful career as an outfielder.
2) After floundering as a catcher due to injuries, Brian Downing had a successful career as an outfielder.
by Diggity Monkeez
March 04, 2005
A person who thinks they are cool but is a complete loser
Nick Harris is a HUGE flounder!
by The Tater tot slayer
February 16, 2015
An entrepreneurial bottom-feeding investor who helps build a (usually high-tech) company with the intent to sell it, usually at the expense of those who made it successful. The modern term for "founder." Named for a fish that evolved both eyes to the same side of its head, to facilitate bottom-feeding and hiding from predators.
The company I worked for was great, until some of the founders proved to be flounders.
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Registration No. 333-117850
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2100 "Q" Street, Sacramento, CA | 95816 |
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Karole Morgan-Prager, Esq.
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The McClatchy Company
2100 Q Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
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Effective as of January 24, 2012 (subject to shareholder approval which was received on May 16, 2012), The McClatchy Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), adopted The McClatchy 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2012 Incentive Plan"), which replaces the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "L-TIP") and the Company's Chief Executive Officer Bonus Plan (the "CEO Bonus Plan"). The 2004 Stock Incentive Plan was frozen and no additional awards will be made thereunder, and the L-TIP and the CEO Bonus Plan were terminated and no additional awards will be made thereunder. On May 4, 2012, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (333-181167) to register the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock, $.01 par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock") available for issuance pursuant to the 2012 Incentive Plan (subject to adjustment by reason of certain events specified in the 2012 Incentive Plan), which consists of the sum of (a) 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock initially authorized for issuance pursuant to the 2012 Incentive Plan plus (b) 552,000 shares of Common Stock available for future awards but not subject to outstanding awards under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan as of May 16, 2012 plus (c) 7,056,000 shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding awards under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan as of May 16, 2012 which thereafter terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of such shares of Common Stock.
By means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (333-117850) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2004 (the "2004 Registration Statement") and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (333-151399) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2008 (the "2008 Registration Statement") to be filed contemporaneously with this filing, the Company hereby deregisters 7,608,000 shares previously registered under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan under the 2004 Registration Statement and 2008 Registration Statement.
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/s/ Elaine Lintecum | Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer | |
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Title: | Photoconductivity from carbon nanotube transistors activated by photosensitive polymers |
Author: | Shi, Yumeng; Dong, Xiaochen; Tantang, Hosea; Weng, Cheng-Hui; Chen, Fuming; Lee, Chun Wei; Zhang, Keke; Chen, Yuan; Wang, Junling; Li, Lain-Jong |
Copyright year: | 2008 |
Abstract: | We perform electrostatic force microscopic measurements to reveal the mechanisms of the photoresponse from polymer-coated carbon nanotube transistors, where the effective gating due to the trapping of photogenerated electrons at SiO2 dielectric surfaces is found dominant. The distant photoresponse and the unique spatial-dependent photoconductivity for polymer-coated SWNT-network transistors are explored for the first time. The photoconductivity depends strongly on the polarity of the applied voltage across the contact pads, which suggests that a secondary effect (electrical field dependent exciton dissociation) needs to be included in addition to the photoinduced electrostatic gating. These spatial photoresponses are generally observed for various substrates and polymers. These results suggest a new strategy for achieving remote light detection, position sensors, or antenna devices. |
Subject: | DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials |
Type: | Journal Article |
Series/ Journal Title: | Journal of physical chemistry C |
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by Euan Kerr
So there was Minnesota Film Art elder statesman Al Milgrom standing behind the popcorn stand at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis last evening, preparing for his shot. The Riverview foyer was covered in the lights, cables, gels, clamps, weights and all the other detritus of a shoot.
The occasion was the shooting of the Minneapolis St Paul International Film festival trailer, a short film which runs before the screening of each feature. Al's role was to serve popcorn to a walking box, and then look exasperated.
He had that last part down.
As the crew took a meal break, Milgrom chatted about how he reckons they have 90-95 percent of the movies booked for this years festival, which runs April 17th through May 3rd. He says there will be between 120 and 130 films this year, up from last years 80. Most of the films will be screened at the St Anthony Main theatres, although there will be some shows at the Oak Street and maybe some others not yet finalized.
"It's a huge juggling act and jigsaw puzzle," Milgrom said.
He said just a few hours before a local film maker had pitched a documentary about this years primary and caucus season. He had also just heard about a new film looking at the Hmong people's involvement in the war in Laos, the second such film he's been offered this year.
In both cases he says he's trying to find spots on the schedule.
Milgrom admits they are still looking for an opening night film, but he's pleased at the line-up for the rest of the festival. He's very excited about "Traveling with Pets" from Russia and the documentary "Young@Heart."
They will also screen the Oscar nominated israeli film "Beaufort" and the Polish Oscar nominee "Katyn." It's the great director Andrzej Wajda's telling of the massacre of thousands of Polish intellectuals early in World war II.
There is also the return of Mirek Janeck, once a regular on the Twin Cities art scene who returned home to the Czech Republic a few years ago. Now he returns with a film "Citizen Havel" a warts and all portrait of Vaclav Havel, which Milgrom describes as very amusing.
Milgrom points out that this years schedule will also include multiple screenings of many of the films which should help people who find they have to chose between two films showing at the same time.
The MSPIFF website is beginning to fill out with some of the details, and is worth a few visits.
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Keystone Pipeline and Susan Rice
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i so hope your comment is tongue in cheek
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what conflict of interest? we're not going to allow that pipeline to be built.
and even if it does somehow get strong-armed through, she can sell her stock in the company.
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no one said anything when it came out that John Boehner also has a monetary interest in the XL Pipeline...but, hey, we'll just overlook that !
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Jan, how do you feel about what Rice AND Boehner did? Is it a good thing?
And how does Rice's stock in TransCanada jibe with this theory that Democrats wear white hats?
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I am not so happy about politicians feathering their own nests with the public policies they create.
as for those white hats..
this whole good/bad democrat/republican dichotomy is so partisan... and so mistaken.you can focus there if you want..
but it's another one of those made up controversies designed to distract us from what is actually important.today our president signed a bill that exempts US airlines from a European Union carbon tax.
how that is going to work if those airlines fly in European Union airspace and land at European Union airports, i don't know... but it should be really fun to find out.
i suspect the US treasury will re-imburse them for the expense which means that John Q will pick up the tab twice.. once in airfares and again at tax time.
For the record, i am not happy about that either.
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DP: anyone can make investments in america, right? even in canadian companies!
what's in your 401(k), anyway? coca cola? home depot? exxon? bank of america? microsoft? i'm sure there's some of that bad money in my union pension, too.
rice is a member of the brookings institute, and appears to be somewhat of a global corporatist. so i think transnational pipelines are right in her wheelhouse.
and boehner is a "drill, baby, drill" republican. enough said.
in principal, i disagree with transnational pipelines - especially when they pass right through a market that incorrectly believes that it will be receiving that (canadian) oil at a discounted price.
but i also believe that the president sees something worthwhile in rice's ability to be secretary of state.
personally, i'd prefer a true isolationist and protectionist secretary of state; one who believes that it's not okay to make money from buying oil futures - or, rather, companies that make their scratch from moving oil.
however, my influence on that decision is pretty infinitesimal.
it's just another item in the list of areas where i and my fellow democrats part ways. i probably don't have much in common with diane feinstein, hillary clinton, ben nelson, larry summers, tim geithner, or richard holbrooke, either.
then again, i might just be making excuses.
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In May of 2011, Governor Brown announced that nearly 25% of California State Parks would shut down in order to help "close the State's budget gap". Upon hearing the Governor's decision, Surfrider and our partners from the "Save our State Parks" coalition engaged the Governor and the legislature by lobbying against drastic closures and by encouraging decision makers to seek long-term funding. A reprieve came when the Governor signed a budget that allocated millions of dollars to the state park system. In addition to receiving funding through the budget, State Parks are staying open due to local partnerships. Over the past year, the state has reached agreements with nonprofits, local governments and other entities to maintain and operate State parks. Of course, Surfrider realizes that this might be only a short-term victory and we foresee other threats to Parks from budget cuts, but for now… we are celebrating this success and our hard work.
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PHT Morning Skate: Where the Blackhawks want more traffic in front of Mike Smith
Apr 14, 2012, 10:23 AM EDT
PHT's Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what's happening and what we'll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.
Chicago can throw all the shots at Mike Smith they want to, but they know they have to put more bodies in front of him to make it pay off. (CSNChicago.com)
A setback for Daniel Sedin in his concussion recovery might be even worse news for Vancouver than being down 2-0 in their series with L.A. (Globe And Mail)
Erik Karlsson needs room to roam against the Rangers and they're very happy making life uncomfortable for him. (Ottawa Sun)
Flyers chairman Ed Snider thought his team was in the Penguins' heads after Game 1. Wonder what he thinks about them now after another comeback win in Game 2? (CSNPhilly.com)
Martin Brodeur's win in Game 1 was his 100th career playoff victory. That's incredible. (Fire & Ice)
Alexander Radulov's Game 2 against Detroit was great all around for everything… Except scoring goals. (Tennessean)
The Bruins were pretty surprised by all the shot blocking the Capitals did in Game 1. Expect more of that this afternoon. (CSNNE.com)
Sadness in Montreal after the passing of former Canadiens captain Emile Bouchard at age 92. (TSN)
Lightning prospect Cory Conacher is your AHL MVP. Not bad for a kid from Canisius College. (Buffalo News)
Finally, CBC's Jim Hughson had the most awkward call of the night as he missed out on Dustin Brown beating Roberto Luongo in the first period thinking defenseman Chris Tanev stopped it himself. Oops. (YouTube)
- phillyphever - Apr 14, 2012 at 2:19 PM
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- bcisleman - Apr 15, 2012 at 3:19 AM
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Aussie Wi-Fi boffin nabs PM's top science prize
On 28 October CSIRO scientist Dr John O'Sullivan was awarded the Prime Minster's Prize for Science and a $300,000 grant for his achievements in astronomy and wireless technologies
On 28 October CSIRO scientist Dr John O'Sullivan was awarded the Prime Minster's Prize for Science and a $300,000 grant for his achievements in astronomy and wireless technologies
A Philadelphia developer has rooted out an unfinished feature of Windows 7 that turns any laptop into a wireless access point, allowing other Wi-Fi-enabled devices to share the connection without special software.
Few organizations across Europe have upgraded to IPv6, the new version of the Internet's addressing protocol, according to a survey commissioned by the European Commission.
Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.
Operators Clearwire International, Tatung InfoComm and VMAX have for the first time demonstrated mobile WiMax global roaming, the WiMax Forum said on Monday.
To take advantage of Google Voice's telephony management features, users have had to fulfill a tricky requirement: convince their contacts to call them using the single "phone number for life" that comes with this free online service.
If you're thinking about using Skype for Business as a way to save money you might want to put it off until the courts settle lawsuits that swirl around plans to sell the company.
Operators Clearwire International, Tatung InfoComm and VMAX have for the first time demonstrated mobile WiMax global roaming, the WiMax Forum said on Monday.
A blogger helping to tune a friend's wi-fi network uncovered a gaping security hole in Wi-Fi cable modem routers installed in 64,000 Time Warner subscribers' homes, leaving them open to attack.
The first public white spaces network officially launched on Wednesday in Claudville, Virginia.
Extreme Networks on Wednesday announced a new set of enterprise wireless LAN products based on Motorola technology as part of a broader partnership that will also produce a unified control system for both wired and wireless infrastructure.
People all over Earth can already access Google's services online. For the next three months, some of them will be able to access those same services from above Earth too.
AT&T raised the stakes last week in its recent dust-up with Google over an online voice service, accusing its rival of blocking phone calls to nuns.
After transcripts of some voice mail messages from Google Voice users appeared in search results, Google has modified the telephony management service to prevent this from happening, the company said Monday.
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For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
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"Assassin Nuns? Yes, Please!"
Any of the moments involving poison. I was fascinated with how poison was used in the story, and some of the heartbreaking moments that came with it!
I enjoyed the scenes early in the novel where Isame is at the convent, training for her service. And I can't deny that I was a fan of the kissing that happens later in the story.
I found the book to be difficult to take in all at once, so I listened over several weeks. This is my general approach to historical fiction, especially when you toss in all those French names!
"The Test America Loves to Hate!"
I loved Debbie's relationship with her son, which was her main reason for embarking on this project. She was pretty honest about her ups and downs in her obsession and how it affected both of them.
Debbie's first stab at the test was pretty memorable. She really holds off on sharing her score (I really wanted to know her baseline!) and her observations of how teenagers behave at the testing site was kind of funny.
Debbie tries everything. One method a month, to be exact. She goes back to basics with Kumon and attends official classes with big-name companies. She studies the official College Board "blue book" like the Bible. At one point she's even writing formulas on her kitchen cabinets. All on the quest for a perfect 2400. I loved it. I loved her passion, her nerdiness, and her humility throughout the process. I think if Debbie Stier were my own mom she might drive me a little crazy. But she definitely has heart and cares about her kid.
I read this for entertainment, but did actually learn some things along the way. I'm well past my SAT year, but I'm thinking about teaching SAT prep classes this summer and Debbie actually pointed me toward the best resources to use for preparation. It's not a guide to the test, but it could be a good read for any parent whose child is college-bound.
"Perfect For 90's Nick Fans!"
While I enjoyed the book, I would only recommend this to my friends who watched a lot of late 80's/early 90's Nickelodeon. Anyone who doesn't know these shows well will have a hard time following who all the people are.
This history of Pete & Pete was awesome! I did not like the show as a kid, but the cast and crew's stories made me realize what an interesting show it was. The writers and musicians added to that conversation, too. I ended up watching a bunch of episodes of the show and realized I love it as an adult.
The book is just a collection of quotes from interviews with 80s and 90s Nick people. This was hard to listen to at first, but I went to YouTube and watched a few shows (even the opening credits would help) and put people with shows. The author does try to group the quotes thematically, so when many people are talking about a topic, they are probably from the same show. Be aware of this going in, but realize that the stories told her are definitely worth it! Also, the whole last 50 minutes is a run down of who everyone is and what their roles were on their respective shows.
"Just a Fun Read!"
Adventure, emotion, and unique
It's not a scene, but more a series of scenes, regarding the death of a character. It's hard to say more without spoilers, but it was pretty emotional. Actually, this kind of applies to more than one situation in the novel. Essentially, each of these moments made me think about life and the cost of being a "hero."
I love a good kissing scene, especially when there's a good emotional buildup. This book delivered on that, that's all I'm going to say!
No, but it was definitely one I looked forward to listening to each day. By the last 75%, I was unable to turn it off.
I liked that this story has a little bit of everything: action, romance, emotion, self-discovery, sports, etc. I also liked that it was a novel that rang true to the LGBT experience, in that the protagonist's sexual identity was an important part of the novel, but not the MOST important part.
"Glad I Listened to My Friends!"
I would, since I picked this book based on recommendations my friends made to me! I normally stay in the YA world, but this was a good pick for dabbling in the more twisted, complicated world of adult psychological thrillers. I think pretty much anyone can get something out of this story, since you aren't supposed to like these characters and it's a fast read (/listen).
I knew there would be twists, so the first major twist in the story (around the mid point) was pretty good. I was ready for the author to mess with my head a bit, and she certainly did.
Honestly, it made me never want to get married. Nick and Amy are what I don't ever want to become.
I couldn't stop listening to this story. I don't know if I would have picked the book up without seeing how many of my friends loved and recommended it, but I'm glad I did. Seriously... I was putting my phone next to the shower so I could shower without having to pause my listening. Yeah. It's like that.


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Beautiful photos: the food looks yummy and the flowers are amazing! Some of the pics are upside down though. I hope to make it down South one of these days! In the mean time, I'll try to pickup some Spanish. Thanks for sharing.
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Looks great in my bedroom. Nice relaxing picture to look at.
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The money was raised from participants and corporate sponsorships at the annual Ride for Wind event in Sweetwater, Texas. The Ride for Wind is an all-day motorcycle tour through the vast wind farms in West Texas. The participant riders traveled through the thousands of utility scale wind turbines that surround Sweetwater, Big Spring, Roscoe, and Snyder, Texas. This charity was founded by Shermco Industries and Shermco Charities who, along with other corporate sponsors, see this as a great way to support local industry as well as the efforts of WoWE.
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Is this the right closed cell foam to get for door panels ?
I read dantwolakes thread about door panel how to.. and I read to go to this site to buy the closed cell foam for my door panels..
is this the right stuff ? Komatex Sintra PVC Foam Sheet .125x24x48 found it on this site.. site.. Thanks guys.. I just want to make sure I get the right stuff
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I believe what you want is called "sew foam". Its specially made for upholstery and has a special backing on it so you can sew it to whatever material you're using.
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the sintra is a foamed pvc sheet, not as strong as reg. pvc but it's lighter and bends easier. easier to cut sand etc, but it's a rigid 'foam'...
it's not the foam you're looking for, if you look for landau foam you'll find what you need. hope that helps |
would that foam be similar to airex foam? The Super Chevy mag is building a camaro and an interior shop used that foam for building out the dash and such to be later covered with fiberglass. They used it because it was rigid enough to be screwed together until the final covering. However I couldn't find that stuff anywhere, online or otherwise so I was looking for a replacement.
Sew foam is softer open cell polyurethane foam with a backer fabric bonded to it that will hold a stitch line. The closed cell foam you are looking for goes by the brand name Volara. It is very firm and is used to sculpt shapes for door panels, etc. CLICK HERE The Sintra or Komatex PVC foam board is rigid and is used for making door panels, etc. The Volara would be glued to the Sintra.
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COLUMBIA — The second annual Bluebird Music and Arts Festival brought artists and musicians from around the Midwest to Columbia Friday and Saturday.
Seventy-two acts performed at 13 venues around the city. The Friday night art gallery crawl showcased conceptual artists from Midwestern states.
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University of Rochester Professor David Wu has received a $1.75 million grant to investigate a way to turn waste biomass, such as grass clippings, cornstalks, and wood chips, into usable hydrogen or ethanol.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued the grant to Wu, a professor of chemical engineering, because he is one of the foremost scientists working to derive ethanol from biological waste products. Generating hydrogen gas, Wu explains, is very similar to generating ethanol, and he is employing state-of-the-art genomic approaches to study and enhance the abilities of a microorganism that has the capability to produce both fuels from farm and forest residues.
"Our goal is to understand how the bacterium controls the production of these two energy sources so we can engineer genetic modifications to enhance and control what it produces," says Wu. "It's an exciting possibility that we may be able to convert biomass we would have otherwise discarded, directly into usable liquid or gas fuel at will."
Energy experts expect ethanol from biomass to replace at least 30 percent of the national gasoline consumption for transportation by 2030, and hydrogen is a promising future energy source that can be used in fuel cells with high efficiency. Deriving these energy sources from cellulosic biomass makes them renewable, eliminates competition with food supplies, and reduces carbon dioxide.
The bacterium Wu studies, called C. thermocellum, has the very rare ability to break down tough plant cellulose and convert it to hydrogen and ethanol. Coupled with its preference to grow at high temperature, the microorganism promises distinct advantages as a candidate for developing industrial hydrogen and ethanol production processes from cellulosic biomass.
Wu will lead the new project, which is comprised of researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He has pioneered much of the current understanding of the biochemistry and genetics of the bacterium's cellulose-degrading systems. Along with Wu, the DOE Joint Genome Institute enabled the determination of the DNA sequence of the genome of this bacterium, which contains more than 3,000 genes. Wu believes that expression of the genes responsible for cellulose breakdown, ethanol fermentation, and hydrogen production is carefully coordinated within the cell. He plans to investigate the interactions among these thousands of genes and to formulate new strategies to efficiently produce hydrogen and ethanol.
The University of Rochester will receive $1,065,000 of the grant, and the NREL and PNNL will together receive $685,000. The new DOE grant comes in addition to a $430,000 DOE grant Wu received last year to study the cellulose-to-ethanol conversion properties of the same organism. The proteomic core facilities of the University of Rochester's Medical Center will provide the-state-of-art expertise, tools and techniques, and University statisticians will analyze the extensive data that the project will generate. Wu, who earned his doctorate in biochemical engineering from MIT in 1987, is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and has twice won awards for excellence in teaching from the Undergraduate Engineering Council. He is also a recipient of the Waksman Outstanding Educator Award from the Society for Industrial Microbiology, in memory of the late Nobel Laureate who discovered streptomycin.


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Been sailing lasers and other small craft along the outerbanks and up the east coast. Long been interested in sailing ever since reading all the C.S. Forrester, Hornblower novels as a kid.
My plan is to take a few sailing classes over the next few years and try to find a day-sailer that I can mess around with. My ideal boat is a Island Packet Estero for hanging out, entertaining, and exploring the coast/bermuda My dream boat would be the IP485 where I 'd like to do some serious sailing and perhaps use it as a charter for couples who wants a 1-2 week cruises. |
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#27586Halibut with Artichokes & Tomatoes en Papillote + tips on buying fish from the Whole Foods seafood experts.
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#27579Chicken pot pies in individual ramekins, chockfull of veggies. Comfort food never tasted so good.
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#27575Slightly Sinful Baked Beans have a whole pound of brown sugar, a whole pound of bacon, and a whole pound of beef--and it all bakes for 4 hours!
#27570Corn Casserole - an easy one bowl side dish! Perfect to take to your next cookout!
#27567These chocolatey no-bake fruit and nut bars are easy to throw together for quick snacks. They're guilt free, travel and store well and definitely don't taste guilt free!
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#27560A delicious and light upside down cake made with tart and fruity rhubarb and 100% whole grain flour.
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