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During the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, JazzTimes set up a make-shift video production studio backstage inside the old barracks of Fort Adams. During two afternoons, a succession of artists—including Hiromi, Esperanza Spalding, Ambrose Akinmusire, Anat Cohen, Steve Coleman, Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Miguel Zenon and many others—came in to talk about the festival, jazz education and their own projects. We will be posting these interviews at jazztimes.com over the next few months. You can also see more of these video inteviews at the JazzTimes YouTube channel.
In this interview from the Newport Jazz Festival, saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa talked about seeing Michael Brecker on television many years ago in performances from Newport and then later coming to play the festival himself with his own groups. Mahanthappa was there to perform with another one of his heroes and influences—Bunky Green—and he talked about how their collaboration evolved. He also discussed his own musical education, teachers and mentors.
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Wingate, N.C. – Wingate University Associate Professor of Economics Peter Frank has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach economics at a university in Chisinau, Moldova. He begins his six month assignment in January 2012.
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Based at the Academy of Economic Studies in the capital city of Chisinau, his project title is: The Economic and Political Systems of Eastern Europe and the Developing World. "Moldova is a fascinating country to teach and research, as it has developed economically much slower than other Eastern European counties since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991," Frank said. "It is the poorest country in Europe in terms of income per capita with an economy heavily dependent on agriculture."
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Jawbreaker have announced a reissue of their 1990 debut full-length, Unfun. Slated for a March 30, 2010 release through Blackball Records, the record has been remastered from the original analog tapes by John Golden. The CD and digital download will include the band's 1989 EP Whack & Blite as well as the 7" mix of "Busy." Also included will be a 24 page booklet and the Whack & Blite insert reproduced in its entirety.
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The only LA album I have is Apathy and Exaustion, which one should I get next if I were to get another one?
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Vinyl should be a double with the Chesterfield King EP. You know, so I don't have to keep losing on ebay.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers has released an outlook for the global entertainment and media industry predicting it will grow at 6.6% annually, to $1.8 trillion by 2010. Mobile is a part of this, of course, but the outlook focuses on the industry as a whole rather than the mobile channel in particular. Of relevance to MocoNews:
"Global spending via online and wireless channels reached $19 billion in 2005 and will increase to $67 billion by 2010, the Outlook says. Digital technologies consist of five categories: online rental subscriptions and digital streaming in filmed entertainment, licensed digital downloads and mobile music in recorded music, online and wireless video games, electronic books, and online casino gaming."
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3. No break in period. I put these puppies on and was ready to rock and roll. The only break in would be your cleat placement on the shoe, but as far as fit goes these beauties were great from the beginning.
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I bought these to replace an older pair of Sidi Genius 5 shoes. Although I had the "mega" width in the Sidi, I found that the standard Mavic fit me just fine, possibly due to the design that wraps the foot rather than pinching (similar to the old 3 buckle Raichle ski boots or the modern Full Tilt). The lining also forms to your foot. I found that for the first 20 miles or so they were a bit tight, but by mile 50 they seemed to be all set.
Power transfer on these shoes feels light years better than my older Sidis, though to be fair the Sidis had much more wear. I'm using these with speedplay pedals, and I think that the thinner sole of these shoes helps put the foot closer to the axle than most other shoes. Due to the curvature of the sole, you'll need to use shims for the speedplay base plate, or if you have the v.2 cleats, use the #6 snap in shims.
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Orak was a mutual friend of Jake Sisko and Leanne, the latter of whom he dated for a time until mid-2371.
After Leanne's return to Deep Space 9 from Bajor, she bumped into Jake and humorously recalled the time that she, Jake, and Orak had dinner at the Klingon restaurant. Jake, who hadn't seen Orak in a while, asked Leanne how he was doing, to which she replied that they had stopped seeing each other a few weeks earlier. (DS9: "Life Support")


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"While many Houstonians tread various paths to make Houston a 'world class' this or that and get the word out about it, the Houston Ballet company are already on their toes in world-class triumph in London," read the editorial, about the company's production of Cleopatra. "As Molly Glentzer reported in the [April 5] Chronicle, the ballet is getting much high-profile attention and praise .World-class congratulations are in order."
That same day, page 11D of the paper's Houston section: "Cleopatra Suffers a Fate Worse Than Death at London Premiere," said the headline. The story noted that critics at four of the five major London dailies had panned the performance, "and two of them found it downright laughable."
Glentzer wrote that story, but it was the one she wrote the day before that triggered the editorial. "Wow factor: Houston Ballet's Cleopatra Awes Even Londoners," blared the headline. "[B]y the time Cleopatra was over," she wrote, "I heard several people say simply, 'Wow,' as if they'd just stepped off the gigantic Ferris wheel by the Thames."
Glentzer herself was awed, especially by Lauren Anderson in the title role. "By the time she put that asp to her breast, I was really feeling sad about it," she wrote, in a sentence you don't read every day.
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The sleeping giant at the centre of the Milky Way is about to wake up. A suicidal gas cloud is heading towards the galaxy's supermassive black hole, which will probably swallow the cloud, generating enormous flares of radiation that could help explain why the black hole is normally so placid.
The doomed cloud was a surprise to astronomers. "We have been looking at the galactic centre for 20 years, but mainly to observe the motion of stars," says Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany.
Genzel's colleague Stefan Gillessen spotted the cloud in images from the Very Large Telescope array in Chile, taken in March this year. It is an unusually dense cloud, not much bigger than our solar system and carrying about three times the mass of Earth.
Shredded cloud
The team realised that the cloud also appears in earlier images, giving them a sequence that reveals its path. It is moving at almost 2500 kilometres per second towards our galaxy's black hole, Sagittarius A*.
At present Sagittarius A* is strangely quiet, unlike quasars, the hyperactive black holes that emit huge amounts of radiation, fuelled by inflowing gas. Our black hole gets much less gas, and for some reason this starvation state makes it much less efficient than a quasar, producing only a thousandth as much radiation per kilogram of fuel.
While a star would just sail past our black hole unscathed, the loose mass of gas heading towards it is more vulnerable. It is already being stretched out by the black hole's gravity, and when it gets closer in 2013 it will plough into the halo of hot gas around the hole.
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That should send shockwaves through the cloud to heat it to several million degrees, and according to the group's simulations the gaseous collision will shred the cloud into filaments. This turmoil may mean that much of the cloud ends up swirling right down into the black hole.
"By dumping more material in there, the cloud could drive the system into a higher efficiency regime," says Ginzel. There may be one huge flare of radiation or several over the coming decades.
There's no danger of the active black hole harming Earth. And though sadly not visible to the naked eye, this radiation will give astronomers clues as to why our black hole is normally so different from quasars.
"There is evidence that the galactic centre was more luminous within the last few thousand years, and we are unlucky in living at a time when it appears to be unusually dormant," says astrophysicist Martin Rees at the University of Cambridge, who was not part of the study.
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Chapter 4
Tianka (sarcastically): Great plan
Paris: Don't start with me Tia
Mally: I want to quit
Salma: WHAT!
Mally: I don't feel right doing this
Maggi: Whatever you have to help
Mally: I don't have to if I don't want to
Paris: Right because you're KICKED OUT! : mad:
Mally: *leaves*
Aly: GO KARA!
Michelle: GO GO GO!!!!!
Isabel: WOO-HOO!
Selene: KARA!!!!
Announcer: Kara Roberts from Fairfax is in the lead!
Sasuke: Why are all these people shouting?
Aly: For their favorite swimmer
Isabel: To encourage them so they go faster
Announcer: Kara Roberts is 1st, Pamela Barnes 2nd, and
Joan Clayton 3rd
Selene: Kara you're like a fish in water
Aly: No wonder you got 1st place
Kara: Thanks guys but it wasn't as easy as it looked
Michelle: Victory celebration, ice cream
Selene: Come on Kara you deserve it
Kara: Thanks but who's paying?
Michelle: I'll pay
Aly: Finally, you do all the eating
Michelle: I'll pretend like I didn't hear that
Steven: It wasn't that good
Selene: Oh please you're just jealous that Kara won.
*they all leave except Steven*
Paris: Hey how'd you like to ruin Kara's life or even destroy
Steven: I wish that was possible
Maggi: It could be possible
Steven: How?
Tianka: We'll tell you
Salma: If you join us
Steven: I'll join
Kara: I forgot I left something at the pool
Selene: Uh, Kara why is the pool black?
Kara: It wasn't like this when I left
Aly: *throws rock*
Kara: It didn't do that either
*water monster appears*
Michelle: Did it do that?
Selene: Just picked it up
Aly: I think we know who did this
All: PARIS
Paris: You're dumber than you think
Sasuke: Oh just shut up
Selene: *giggles*
Steven: You won't be giggling for long*presses button*
Selene: *screams**gets thrown in water*
Sasuke: Selene! *dives in*
Kara: Don't mess with my friends Pillow Boy*throws
Maggi: That's the best you could do HA!
Aly: Don't wanna mess up your face*slings mud*
Maggi: *gets hit* You are so gonna pay for that
Isabel: Oh really? *karate kick*
Salma: Don't mess with me toothpick!
Michelle: Who you calling toothpick you gigantic tub of fat
Paris: Whatever, the cyclone will handle them. CYCLONES
*all leave*
Aly: We can't fight this thing alone
Kara: We'll buy Sasuke and Selene some time
Isabel: Got it distraction
Selene (thinking): This is it I'm going away
Sasuke: *grabs Selene *
*rises up to surface*
Sasuke: *does CPR*
Selene: *cough water comes out*
Sasuke: Are you ok?
Selene: Yeah, you saved my life twice. I wish I could do
something for you
Sasuke: I'll think of something, but now we need to help your friends
Sasuke & Selene: FIRE JUTSU!
*monster destroyed*
Kara: Teach us that after we dry off
Selene: No problem


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Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi are Jews who lived in the Europe. They once lived in the area of Rhineland and France and after the crusades they moved to Poland, Lithuania and Russia. In the 17th century, avoiding persecution, many Jews moved to and settled in Western Europe.
Scientists believe that Ahkenazi Jews originally came from the Land of Israel and initially went to Italy, France, and Germany. Later, during pogroms in the middle ages, mainly in Germany, they fled to Poland and Lithuania, and from there they spread over the rest of Eastern Europe. They then adopted the Yiddish language.[1][2]
After that, two terms, Ashkenazi and Sephardi, became commonly used: The former indicates the Jews who worshiped in the German way and spoke Yiddish, the latter indicates the Jews who worshiped in the Spanish way and spoke the Ladino language. They differ in language (pronunciation), cultural tradition and worship style.
Today Ashkenazim are 80% of Jews of the world. They are also the mainstream of Israeli politics. Famous Ashkenazim are Albert Einstein, George Gershwin, Gustav Mahler, Franz Kafka.
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- ↑ "The Jews of Poland". Bernard Dov Weinryb. http://books.google.co.il/books?id=K2DgBdSCQnsC&dq=b+weinryb+the+jews+of+poland+a+socio+economic+history&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ http://www.yale.edu/ccr/woodworth/woodworth_Yiddish_Jan2010.pdf
Thomas A. Idinopulos(1994), Jerusalem: A History of the Holiest City as seen Through the Struggles of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Dee, Ivan R. Publisher, ISBN 9781566630627


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On January 31, 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the Animal Feeding Operations Consent Agreement and Final Order in the Federal Register. The purpose of the agreement is to help ensure animal feeding operations (AFOs) are complying with existing, relevant air quality laws. While EPA expects AFOs to comply with relevant air laws, the agency recognizes that data are lacking to determine if AFOs are exceeding the regulatory thresholds for emissions of regulated air pollutants. Therefore, a two-year national air monitoring study will be conducted to establish the regulatory thresholds for emissions from an AFOs animal housing structures (barns, covered feedlots, etc.) and manure storage areas (lagoons, covered manure pits, etc.). While participation in the agreement is not mandatory, it does provide some legal protections for producers. By signing the agreement producers are provided protection against certain lawsuits brought by EPA, the state, and citizens. The protection would cover all prior history for an AFO and extends to approximately 2009 (when the monitoring study is expected to be completed). The signup period for the AFO Air Compliance Agreement runs from February 1, 2005 to July 1, 2005. ***** Comment Period Closed May 2, 2005 *****
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The jersey in question is just as advertised. Great quality for the wholesale price. These jerseys make every fan proud wearing them. They are made to the Authentic detail. Best site for service and slection. I buy from them all the time. http://www.chinanfljerseys.us/
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No such thing as a 'beautiful' fake jersey. No offense, but you guys are killing me with the fake stuff. This is just as bad as fake Gucci, fake Jordans, fake Ray Bans, etc.
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Using pure tones at "normal" listening levels I can't hear above 13.5kHz. I was disappointed with that result initially, but on thinking about it I'm not sure.
Assuming the usual 20kHz ceiling for perfect hearing that equates to a D# (give or take a few cents). 10kHz is also D# but 1 octave lower. My 13.5kHz limit is more or less a G#, which is a perfect 4th above the 10kHz D#, or to put it another way I can hear more or less half of the top octave. Given that there are no fundamentals from real instruments up there then at worst I'm losing some upper harmonics. Add to this the fact that many people found MP3 low passed at 16KHz to be perceptually transparent - and I'm only 2.5kHz short of this - and I'm wondering what I'm actually missing. I'm sure there are many 20 year olds that could easily ABX a suitable "full range" sample and that same sample low passed at 13.5kHz but how would the difference manifest itself and does it really matter (in a musical sense)? This post has been edited by botface: Mar 28 2012, 17:13 |
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A 16 kHz tone means that the equipment picked up the horizontal sweep frequency from a nearby TV set. That would be very easy to filter out without affecting the music.
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Excellent photo. Perfect sharpness. Congratulations with the nominations.
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Gray accused of stealing from church to pay for male escorts
WATERBURY — To many of his supporters, the Rev. Kevin Gray is a humble servant of God who helped those in need, sacrificed for his flock and preached the Gospel at Sacred Heart Church in sermons described as soul-touching.
But police say a months-long criminal investigation has revealed the 64-year-old Gray was leading an extravagant double life that his parishioners never knew about.
That secret life included male escorts hired in New York, $200,000 in restaurant bills — including dinners at Tavern on the Green — and hotel stays in the lap of Manhattan luxury, expenses amassed by Gray and paid for with the church's money, police say.
Detectives say they discovered Gray, a well-respected Catholic priest and former leader of several city parishes, siphoned roughly $1.3 million from Sacred Heart to pay for a lavish lifestyle usually reserved for the wealthy.
Gray is expected to surrender to police today on a felony charge of first-degree larceny, a crime that could lead to 20 years in prison. Police say for the past seven years he cut checks from the church bank account to pay for designer clothes by Armani and overnight stays at Madison Avenue hotels, among a list of other expenses.
Although police believe Gray told his congregation he was battling cancer, detectives have determined Gray has never had cancer.
"I think that's how he explained his absence from the parish," said Capt. Christopher Corbett, a police spokesman.
Police have investigated Gray since May, when the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford came across financial "discrepancies" during an internal investigation. Archdiocese officials presented their findings to police, who say they've confirmed Gray embezzled the funds.
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I am doing the Caribbean 1500 ( Hampton Virginia to Tortolla). I have a 46 foot boat.
We have purchased a 50 gallon fuel bladder for additional fuel reserve. We are planning on putting it on the deck in front of the mast. My question is weight and placement of that weight for optimal safety and boat handling. Below in the bilge would be the best place for the weight but I have no room below.
Any body got any experience or advice?
Fifty gallons of diesel weighs in at about 358 lbs and I can guaranty you that you don't want a bladder that weighs in at that much rolling around on your fore-deck and it will roll, I can guaranty you of that.
Your Morris is fitted with a 75 gallon tank of which at least 70 gallons is usable. The typical engine for that yacht was a 56 hp Yanmar the burns roughly a gallon an hour and should give you about 6 knots on your water-line. You might want to carry a couple of jerry jugs of spare fuel, which can be lashed to boards fastened vertically between two of your stanchions on each side of the yacht just aft of amidships (and they'll be protected to some extent by the bulworks) but beyond that you really shouldn't need much more fuel than that for the trip--and surely not 50 gallons. After all, it is only 1500+/- miles.
Frankly, you may have other things to be concerned about as that Rally can be fairly challenging. The mere fact that there are other yachts around you with a similar destination guaranty's you nothing vis-a-vis safety. Remember, there were 320+ yachts in the Fastnet in '79, all sailing the same 600 mile race, and yet there was carnage.
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Protests & Social Action at UW-Madison during the 20th Century
Compiled by Tyler C. Kennedy and David Null
The student body of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a rich and diverse history of activism and protest. This site does not claim to be all-inclusive, but instead attempts to provide a representative selection of student protest throughout the twentieth century, using sources from the University Archives.
The University Archives has much more material on most of these events, including the full oral histories from which the sound clips were taken. The University of Wisconsin Collection includes digital copies of the 4 volume history of the university, plus many other useful sources. The Wisconsin Historical Society Archives also has strong collections on social action.
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This post is from staff writer Sierra Black. Sierra writes about frugality, sustainable living, and raising children at Childwild.com.
Pinching pennies doesn't mean you can't make yourself pretty. Yes, it's true that personal-care products and services can take a big bite out of your budget. By the time you've paid for your salon visit, your skin cream, your hair product, and your lip balm, you can easily be out $100 or more in any given month. You don't want to overindulge and blow a lot of money on personal appearance. All the same, it's important to take care of yourself, and it's possible to do so frugally. Here's how.
Do Less
I'll tell you a secret: I haven't washed my hair in weeks. I rinse it with water every morning when I take my shower (in my fancy, newly-repaired shower that now features hot and cold running water!). But I only shampoo and condition it about once a month. When I do, I use a 50-percent solution of shampoo and water. This means I'm using about 1/60th of the shampoo I used to use when I washed my hair every day with full strength shampoo. Needless to say, one bottle of shampoo lasts me a whole lot longer.
There's a whole "no-poo" movement for people who don't want to shampoo their hair. A lot of them rinse with baking soda and vinegar instead, but I've found that even that is optional.
But you don't have to dive into the deep end to minimize your beauty routine. Simply taking good care of yourself can dramatically cut down on the number of beauty products you need to use. When I asked readers for their favorite DIY beauty tips, a lot of them boiled down to simple self care.
Simple, free things you can do to take care of yourself without the need for products include:
- Get enough sleep
- Drink lots of water. No — I mean more water than that. Lots of water.
- Smile!
Do It Yourself
Whether it's doing your own manicure or making your own deodorant, there are lots of ways you can cut down on personal care expenses by embracing the DIY spirit. Look at each of your regular personal care expenses and ask: Would this be cheaper if I did it myself?
Some ways to take charge of your beauty routines include:
- Have a friend cut your hair. This clearly doesn't work for everyone, but if you have a relatively simple cut and don't need it to look perfect all the time, having your hair cut at home by a helpful friend or family member can save you a lot of money. Haircuts are probably my biggest personal care expense, so I try to space out trips to my stylist by trimming my hair at home and seeing her once every few months.
- Use oils as skin cleansers. Instead of indulging in expensive skin treatments, many of my friends swear by the oil cleansing method for cleaning and moisturizing their skin. I've never used the exact method, but I have used olive oil as a skin moisturizer for years and love it.
- Make skin scrubs out of sugar or salt. It's surprisingly easy to make very good salt scrubs at home with sea salt, massage oil, and a little essential oil. These are great for home use and make lovely gifts.
- Making your own toothpaste. It's easy to make your own toothpaste. You can do it with just baking soda and water, or you can get a little fancier. Either way, it will totally get your teeth clean. Confession time: I did this for a year or so and then went back to using Tom's of Maine. It was just too weird to switch away from the toothpaste I'd grown up with. For me, toothpaste turns out to be one of the products I prioritize spending on, as I'll discuss below.
- Make your own deodorant. Making your own deodorant is dead simple and it comes out great. Plus you can scent it any way you like. If mixing a few ingredients is too much for you, or if your skin is very sensitive, one commenter on the Instructables article linked above suggests getting a small spray bottle and filling it with apple cider vinegar to spritz under your arms.
Virtually any beauty product can be made simply and cheaply at home. Lip balm, soap, lotion, face masks, shampoo: A quick Google search will turn up DIY recipes for all your favorite stuff.
Doing it yourself isn't always worthwhile. Some DIY approaches, like making your own soap, can be time-consuming and expensive. Sometimes you can't easily replicate the quality you'd get from a commercial product. But often a DIY solution is fast, cheap, and easy. It's usually worth considering.
Prioritize Your Personal-Care Spending
Once you've minimized your beauty routines to the really worthwhile stuff, you'll probably find you have a few luxuries you're loath to part with. I have a dear friend who cuts her own hair, makes her own shampoo and deodorant, and never wears make-up. She splurges on $75 French moisturizer for her face, though. Nothing else works as well on her delicate skin. Since this is her one personal care luxury, she feels good about paying for the product she really loves.
You may find that homemade skin cream, or cheap stuff from the drugstore, suits you just fine, but you're unwilling to part with your Aveda hair product or your monthly visits to your stylist. Great. This isn't an exercise in deprivation. It's about examining your spending so you can prioritize paying for quality on the things you really want, while saving money on ones that are less important to you.
How have you saved money on your personal care routines? Tell us your favorite DIY beauty tricks in the comments.
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Fidelity Experimenting With Google Glassware App for Investors
Fidelity Investments is studying ways Google Glass could help its customers check and buy stocks and get other information on their investments.
Google Glass isn't slated to hit the consumer market in the United States until late 2013, but companies such as Fidelity Investments are wasting no time experimenting with possible uses of Glass by their customers. Fidelity has recently been developing a prototype Glassware app it calls "Fidelity Market Monitor for Glass," which could allow users to someday check closing stock prices, make stock purchases, retrieve investor information and more using the power of Google's eyewear-mounted computer devices. Fidelity unveiled the prototype Glassware in an Aug. 12 announcement, which includes a YouTube video that displays some of the potential uses of such an app. Hadley Stern, vice president of Fidelity Labs, whose team built the app, told eWEEK that it is a project of Fidelity Labs, which is part of the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology that focuses on innovation inside the financial services company. "It started a few months ago," said Stern. "We're very involved from the applied research end. A peer was at a seminar and met some folks from Google and that's how this came about," as ideas for a Glass app were formed and brought to life.


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These are a very good way to raise your vehicles visibility. They are noticed sometimes more by other vehicles than a dash light. I run them in all my vehicles I respond with. Some states allow them and some do not. They are not typically something you would want to install yourself unless you have a decent electronics knowledge, as well, some vehicles require special modules, and some have to be tapped into a computer harness. I would give this 5 axes on the do it yourself skills required, which means you better know what you are doing.
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A comedy in three acts by Rudolph Lothar and Fritz Gottwald. Adapted by Herman Berstein and Brian Marlow. Opened at the Longacre Theatre, New York City, September 20, 1927. After 247 performances the play went on national tour for one year, with most of the New York cast. Produced by William A. Brady, Jr. and Dwight Deere Wiman, in association with John Tuerk. Staged by Lester Lonergan.
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"Gaston, with a reputation as the most successful of the modern Don Juans, is drafted as an attaché of the French embassy at the court of Spain. His unofficial duties include such social contacts with the influential ladies of the court as will help his country. Gaston, however, being true to his ambassador's wife, refuses to flirt until the ambassador practically orders him to do so. Then he reluctantly but successfully acknowledges the advances of Manuela, wife of the Spanish war minister, and thus helps along the signing of a treaty the war minister previously had opposed." [from The Best Plays of 1927-28, ed. by Burns Mantle (Dodd, Mead and Co., 1928), page 410.]
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Meet the Stars of the NHRA Mello Yello Series Read full bios on all the series regulars, including major accomplishments, best runs, hobbies, and more, plus team and driver Twitter account info on the social media page.
NitroMall is your one-stop spot for official NHRA merchandise, products from some of the teams of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, and more. The NHRA Store is the place to join NHRA and purchase specialty items and DVDs, and the NHRA Museum Store has items to satisfy history buffs, from vintage T-shirts to historical books.
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Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel world champion Shawn Langdon claimed his first victory of the season Sunday at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers.
Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny Car) and Erica Enders-Stevens (Pro Stock) also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Bristol Dragway.
Langdon raced to his first Bristol Dragway victory and ninth win of his career in his Al-Anabi Racing dragster by posting a final-round performance of 3.819 seconds at 320.51 mph to defeat series points leader Doug Kalitta. With the win, Langdon moves to third in the points standings.
"With the stiff competition in Top Fuel, one thing you have to learn is patience and not to take anything for granted," Langdon said. "We knew it was going to be tough. We're still learning. Fortunately, we got this win, and most importantly, we hope to continue earning those Mello Yello points."
Langdon, who qualified No. 7 for the event, defeated teammate Khalid alBalooshi, Terry McMillen, and Bob Vandergriff Jr. en route to his third final-round appearance of the season.
"I was a little worried about pedalling in the final going up against the Kalitta group," Langdon said. "They are definitely the hottest car in the circuit. But that's why it's great to be a part of a great team like the Al-Anabi team and to work with Alan Johnson. You feel like you have a pretty good race car, too."
In Funny Car, Johnson earned his first victory since 2007. The Indianapolis driver took his 10th career win and first in Bristol with a performance of 4.156 at 302.14 in his Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger, defeating Tim Wilkerson's Levi Ray & Shoup Ford Mustang in the final.
"I'm thrilled that we were able to get it done and all that work paid off," Johnson said. "The guys did a great job today. We've qualified great; we just couldn't get it to go our way on race day. We've been competitive, and we just couldn't close the deal. It's tough out here. I wanted to prove that we're not in a slump and we needed to step it up a little bit, and we did."
Johnson, who was the No. 5 qualifier of the event, defeated Cruz Pedregon, points leader Robert Hight, and local favorite Matt Hagan en route to the final round.
"We didn't get to run Friday night because of the weather, and Saturday we had a problem in the car and didn't get to run the last session," Johnson said. "We just kept with our lane choice and able to stay in the right lane all day. It worked perfect, and the car was running great."
Enders-Stevens continues to shine in the Pro Stock category this season. The series points leader secured her third win of the season and ninth of her career with a performance of 6.698 at 207.15 in her Elite Motorsports Chevy Camaro, defeating rookie Jonathan Gray in the final round. It was the first win in Bristol for Enders-Stevens, who increased her series lead with the win.
"We had to dig deeper this weekend," the Texas native said. "Everybody out here is hungry. As a driver, I knew I had to step up to the plate and get up on the wheel. Momentum is huge in this sport, and we just need to continue to carry it. To get it done today meant the world to me, and my team gave me a car to drive to the winner's circle."
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series continues in Epping with the second annual Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway, June 19-22. Peter Farber raced to his first career victory on Sunday during the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the event.
Farber, the No. 13 qualifier, drove his PJ & Sons Towing/CRC Brakeleen 69' Dodge Daytona to a 6.087-second pass at 240.51 mph to defeat No. 7 seed Steve Matusek in the final. Matusek trailed with a 6.971 at 152.61 in his Aeromotive '68 Camaro.
Farber defeated Danny Rowe, Dan Stevenson, and Jim Laurita en route to his first career final. With the victory, Farber moves to the eighth position in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series points standings.
Mike Janis took over the points lead after he advanced to the semifinals, and season-long leader Rickie Smith lost in the opening round.
The NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series continues July 3-6 at the eighth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
Related stories Friday: Force, Worsham, Gray lead Friday qualifying in Bristol Saturday: Force earns second No. 1 start; Worsham, Gray also lead Bristol fields


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Micorosft has announced its re-imagined "Surface", and we're learning details about it right now. The thing looks pretty, and sports a keyboard integrated into a "Touch Cover", which comes in different colors, along with a "kickstand":
The Surface is also ridiculously thin:
Here's the "Kickstand" that has people buzzing:
Here's how Microsoft describes the Surface:
From touch to type, office to living room, from your screen to the big screen, you can see more, share more, and do more with Surface.
Create, collaborate, and get stuff done with Office.
Explore your world with fast, fluid Windows 8 apps.
Discover new music, movies, and games in the Windows Store.
For a while there, we thought that the company was going to revitalize the "Courier" device that was shutdown in 2010. They should have just called it xPad.
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Between tablets, all-in-one (AIO) PCs, smartphones, and even desktop monitors, computer users are going to have to learn to keep their hands clean or risk gunking up all their gear with finger grease. The latest addition to the 'touch me!' crowd is AOC's aptly named Touch Monitor (e2239FwT), a 22-inch LCD display with LED backlight, Full HD 1920x1080 resolution, and multi-touch capabilities.
"The multi-touch feature of the new Touch Monitor is ideal for software applications that benefit from control via simple hand gestures, like gaming, education, entertainment, and photo management," said Robert Velez, AOC Marketing Manager. "The Touch Monitor also creates a 'big-screen' experience for netbook owners who want to watch movies and view photos in Full High Definition."
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AOC's Touch Monitor sports a dual-stand design with metal die-casting feet, a piano black bezel, and a white high gloss backside. Touch Monitors can also be daisy chained with no additional hardware or new VGA card, AOC says.
The Touch Monitor is available now for $300 from the likes of TigerDirect, CompUSA, Amazon.com, and so forth.
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A whipped cream charger (also called whippits, whippets (from the brand name Whip-It), nossies, nangs, or chargers) is a steel cylinder or cartridge filled with nitrous oxide (N2O) that is used as a whipping agent in a whipped cream dispenser. The narrow end of a charger has a foil covering which is broken to release the gas. This is usually done by a sharp pin inside the whipped cream dispenser. The nitrous oxide in chargers is also used as a recreational drug, and to power model rocket engines.
The cylinders are about 6.3 cm (2.5 inches) long and 1.8 cm (0.7 inches) wide, and they are rounded at one end with a narrow tip at the other end. The chargers' walls are about 2 mm (about 1/16 inch) thick to withstand the great pressure of the gas contained within. Their interior volume is 10 cm3 and most brands contain 8 g of N2O under pressure. Used chargers are non-refillable, but 100% recyclable where steel recycling programs exist.
In Europe, where production and use of whip cream chargers originated, there are presently 3 factories involved in its production. Standard size for whip cream chargers is 8 grams of nitrous oxide per cartridge. Whipped cream chargers are intended for low-volume or occasional use, such as home kitchens, restaurants, and coffee shop applications. For very high volume commercial use, there do exist regulated tank systems for filling much larger containers and dispensing more whipped cream. These are more desirable if volume is in excess of a production level of 10 liters per hour. Whipped cream chargers are designed to be opened with a device that punctures the thin metal seal at the narrow end of the tube; whipped cream dispensers have this integrated into the device's cap.
Nitrous oxide is used because it migrates easily into the cream, and does not cause the cream to oxidize while it is in the can. Cream must have a minimum fat content of 28% to produce whipped cream with a dispenser. To use a whipped cream dispenser, one starts by following a recipe — typically 1 cup of heavy cream, 2–3 tablespoons of sugar, and any flavorings/colorings as desired. The device is capped and one or two chargers are discharged into the unit, depending on its size. These pressurize the device with nitrous oxide and cause the fat-soluble gas to dissolve into the cream, just like carbon dioxide dissolves into water to create soda water. Shaking the dispenser a few times helps the gas dissolve. The dispenser is then ready for use.
When the cream dispenser's valve is opened, the cream is forced out of the nozzle by the high pressure. However, when the pressure is released, the dissolved gas turns to bubbles and comes out of the solution — just as opening a soda bottle results in the formation of a head of bubbles. These expanding bubbles instantly transform the cream into a frothy, whipped state. Nitrous oxide is bacteriostatic (stops bacteria from growing) and a charged cream dispenser can be kept in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Recreational Drug[edit]
Because of their availability, chargers are usually the method of choice for users seeking to use nitrous oxide recreationally.[1] Tanks of medical grade nitrous are difficult to obtain, and auto-grade nitrous contains dangerous neurotoxins. Chargers are cheaply available in many stores and online.
To inhale from a charger, users either fill a balloon using a cracker, or fill an empty whipped cream dispenser and inhale from it.[2] A cracker is a small device, usually made from metal, which contains two halves. The bottom half is where the charger is placed, and the top half has a pin which pierces the foil of the charger. The top half screws onto the bottom half, and then releases the gas out the top. Using a balloon with the cracker is important because when the gas is released from the charger it is extremely cold and can cause frostbite in the lips, tongue, throat, and lungs, so the gas is allowed to warm up inside the balloon before inhaling.
Model rocketry[edit]
Whipped cream chargers are also used by model rocket enthusiasts for micro hybrid engines, where it acts as an oxidizer for solid fuels such as polyethylene or HTPB.