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The SFFaudio Podcast #298 – AUDIOBOOK: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
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The SFFaudio Podcast #298 – Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, read by Elizabeth Klett.
This UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK (6 hours 55 minutes) comes to us courtesy of LibriVox.org. Jane Austen was first published in 1817.
The next SFFaudio Podcast will feature our discussion of it!
Posted by Jesse Willis
Review of Macrieve by Kresley Cole
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Macrieve (Immortals After Dark #13)
By Kresley Cole; Narrated by Robert Petkoff
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication Date: July 2013
[UNABRIDGED] – 13 hours, 51 minutes
Themes: / fantasy / werewolves / romance /
Publisher summary:
Uilleam MacRieve, a centuries-old Lykae warrior, was captured, caged, and experimented on by a shadowy human order, along with other immortals. During a prison break that devolved into one of the bloodiest massacres in recent history, he escapes. But the aftermath of his unspeakable torture preys on his damaged mind, while the wolf inside him roars for vengeance and carnage. In the days leading up to the full moon, can MacRieve rein in his beast, even when he encounters his mate – a vexingly impossible female unlike anything he'd ever dreamed for himself?
MacRieve is quite a bit different than the other Immortals After Dark series. Uilleam MacRieve is a Lykae, a werewolf with a twin brother, Munroe. He finds his eternal Mate in the form of Chloe Todd, daughter of Preston Webb. Webb is the Commander of the Order, a group of humans striving to contain and study those creatures know as the Lore. It doesn't feel as essential to the overarching story as the other books, but if you enjoy the series, it was an OK entry, although Chloe is pretty great.
What makes this different from the other books in the series is a focus on sexual violence and abuse. Uilleam was raped repeatedly by a Succubus for years, and the book actually starts during one of these later sexual encounters. The Succubus had claimed to be his Mate, and started molesting him when he was nine, grooming the child so that he didn't recognize it as abuse. His mother found out and went to confront her, only to be slain by one of the Succubus' other lover, a Vampire. His father soon followed, leaving Uilleam and Munroe alone.
Chloe is an Olympic-level soccer player, focused on her career path. Her father is busy as a military consultant but supportive until she begins to notice some changes in her body, like super-hearing and sensitivity to touch. He abandons her with only a book on the Lore as a clue to the changes she's experiencing. Chloe is captured by a group of Witches and auctioned off to the highest bidder. Most of the Lore shows up, eager to use and abuse her as a lure for her father, whom she discovers is not the retired consultant she thought, but the mastermind behind the Order.
Rape is brought up repeatedly to Chloe, as everyone points out that the Pravus army would gang-rape her as revenge for her father's crusade against the Lore. She discovers she's half-Succubus after a sexual encounter with Uilleam, and he repeatedly verbally abuses her about her sexual hunger. Uilleam struggles with the scars of his childhood abuse, but the Beast inside him loves Chloe. He even vomits after the first time they have sex, as it dredges up memories of the Succubus who raped him. Overall, this book tackles child abuse, rape, and emotional abuse more than the other books, but it can be pretty uncomfortable to have those episodes interspersed with some rather complicated sexual scenes. Cole does address childhood sexual abuse with an understanding hand, however, so if you can handle it, the book can be rewarding. Chloe is one of her best female characters, strong and brave with amazing attitude. She might be worth wading through the unsavory parts, even if there is a heavy dose of "I'm not like those dumb girly-girls" in both her thoughts and how she's described.
The narrator does an amazing job, slipping between a neutral and Scottish accents for the werewolves. His voice goes up slightly for Chloe, but otherwise he has a warm, enthusiastic tone throughout.
Posted by Sarah R.
Review of The Kingmakers by Clay and Susan Griffith
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The Kingmakers (Vampire Empire #3)
By Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith; Narrated by James Marsters
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Publication Date: 29 January 2014
[UNABRIDGED] – 14 hours, 49 minutes
Themes: / vampires / steampunk / fantasy / post-apocalpyse /
Publisher summary:
The Kingmakers is the long-awaited climactic end to the Vampire Empire trilogy.Bogged down by winter warfare in Europe, humans are suffering crushing losses to the surprisingly well-organized vampire clans of the north. The courage and commitment of the Equatorian troops and their allies cannot hold out against the overwhelming onslaught of the enemy.Treachery from within deals the Equatorian forces greater damage than any delivered by the vampire hordes. The only weapon left capable of smashing through enemy lines and annihilating the packs is the Empress Adele herself. Her geomantic talent and skills are formidable, but she is just one person, and the very forces she can bring to bear are also slowly draining her of her life-force.Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, known as The Greyfriar to the humans, both slave and free, is at a loss. His brother, Cesare, has outmaneuvered him at every turn. Brilliant, ruthless and without honor, Cesare is confident in his ability to control destiny. His goal is to become king of kings and ruler of the world. Unless the rightful heir, Gareth, can prevent him from assuming their father's throne, Cesare's unified vampire clans will destroy Equatoria's forces and set humanity, if it survives, back a hundred years.
This is the third book of what we could call a steampunk vampire trilogy. I still like the first book the best but this one competes with the second as far as things go. The story once again carries a strong sense of Beauty and the Beast mixed with Romeo and Juliet with a strong steampunk flair. If you liked the first two books, you'll like this book since everything wraps up rather nicely in the end. One ding I had was that I still didn't think there was a satisfactory explanation of why Gareth is different from the other vampires. More on that…
This book is very similar to the previous two books to the point that they kind of blur together in my mind when I think back on it. The steampunk aspect is kicked up a notch with some mech suit / tanks in this one but you'll mainly see lots of swordplay, gunfire, goggles, and airships again. These are some of the things that kind of run together on me mainly because many of the same characters are involved in similar scenes but the overall plot obviously moves forward to a satisfactory conclusion.
Don't get me wrong – there are many good things that have carried over from the previous two books. The language and prose used in the previous books still give the feel of characters stuck in the past caused by the vampire attack. The action is crazy and fun with lots of epic battles ranging across Europe. The characters are likable for the most part, although Gareth can be a bit one-dimensional sometimes (His primary motivation seems to be his love for Adele to the discount of everything else).
Speaking of Gareth, I still don't understand why he is different from all other vampires (I guess you could say his manservant shares his values but he also seems kind of like he's reluctantly dealing with a neurotic master). There was this whole explanation about how Gareth's father didn't like wasting things but that doesn't seem to explain how he could go from seeing people as food to loving a human to the level he does. Even his friend in Paris held similar values but not to the extremes Gareth does. I'd hoped for something like what happened with Angel on Buffy but it was kind of left out there.
As for the audio side of things, I still enjoyed James Marsters' performance this third time around. He speaks well, uses recognizable voices, and is a pleasure to listen to. I would say that I'd go out looking for books narrated by him, but that's why I listened to this trilogy in the first place ;-).
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Review of Conquest by John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard
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Conquest (Chronicles of the Invaders #1)
By John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard; Read by Nicola Barber
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication Date: February 2014
[UNABRIDGED] – 14 hours, 33 minutes
Themes: / aliens / YA / wormhole / romance /
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The Earth has been invaded by the Illyri, a beautiful, civilized, yet ruthless alien race. Humanity has been conquered, but still it fights the invaders. The Resistance grows stronger, for it is the young people of Earth who battle the Illyri.
Syl Hellais, conceived among the stars, is the oldest alien child on Earth, the first to reach 16 years of age. Her father is one of the rulers of the planet. Her future is assured. And Syl has hidden gifts, powers that even she does yet fully understand.
But all is not as it seems. Secret experiments are being conducted on humans, the Illyri are at war among themselves, and the sinister Nairene Sisterhood has arrived on Earth, hungry for new blood. When Syl helps a pair of young Resistance fighters to escape execution, she finds herself sentenced to death, pursued by her own kind, and risks breaking the greatest taboo of her race by falling in love with a human.
Now the hunter has become the hunted, and the predators become prey. And as Syl Hellais is about to learn, the real invasion has not yet even begun.
Apparently aliens are the new vampires and I guess I'm a sucker for aliens because this is the second YA book about aliens I've read in a year's time.
In this one, out of nowhere, a wormhole appears at the end of the solar system. This spells the doom of mankind because an alien race has come to dethrone mankind, thus, Conquest.
Except, while these aliens take over the governments of Earth, they have also brought technology which can not only cure diseases such as cancer, but expand the human lifespan. I've hit on this topic recently, but here it comes again, are the trade-offs worth it?
What makes this one different?
This one takes a different spin than I was prepared for. Usually, and especially with a name like "Conquest," it's a story of survival, of a rogue squad who's fighting back. While there is a bit of that, this story mostly follows the aliens themselves, in fact, one of them who is the first born alien on earth.
So instead of a fight for the world, you really get a bigger glimpse of the nature of the aliens, the culture, and the political machinations and infighting of the political parties.
This is good and bad.
Why it doesn't quite work
Well, first, why did it work. I thought this was a great take on the alien story … at first. It's almost like reading a fantasy book because you're reading more about the society of this alien species and getting to know them and on the side you get some of the story of the rebel humans fighting against them.
What doesn't work is that some of the tension is gone or really never intended to be there. I know it's not really fair, but I expected more of a fight, which is there, but it's in a very small degree. The culture is interesting but I can't say I cared all that much about it, but that's probably for a different reason.
The Characters
The characters are for the most part, quite bland. I did listen to this on audiobook, so that could account for some of this, but by the end of the book I was still having to remember and figure out who some of the main people were. You get to know the main character, Syl, who's as interesting as a prepubescent teen can be to a non-creepy male of 30 (spoiler, there's not much we have in common).
But, by the end of the book, I really should have been able to keep track of the insurgent boys who help Syl out in the beginning and play a big part in the story, or Syl's best friend who also played a consistent part in the story.
Again, it's not all the novel's fault, I take some of the blame, but I don't think it's all mine.
I enjoyed many parts of this book, but for the most part, it didn't work for me. The alien societies were interesting, but a tad boring. The characters were mostly flat. I wanted to read this because I have some friends who are huge into John Connolly, but I'll have to check out some of his other works for an actual understanding.
2.5 out of 5 Stars (Okay to good)
Posted by Bryce L.
The SFFaudio Podcast #275 – READALONG: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
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The SFFaudio Podcast #275 – Jesse and Mr Jim Moon discuss Ivanhoe: A Romance by Sir Walter Scott
Talked about on today's show:
1820, the Tantor Media audiobook as read by Simon Prebble, 3 comic book adaptations!, the July 2014 BBC Radio 4 adaptation (1hr), General Mills Radio Adventure Theater, immensely important, Wamba and Gurth, looking at adaptations, refinement, Robin Hood (1973), the splitting of the arrow, a willow wand, daring-do fiction, archery, folktale, Will Scarlet splits the arrow in the Queen Katherine Ballad, the historical inaccuracies, Rob Roy, a plump text, King Richard and Friar Tuck, The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare, a very Shakespearean novel, pithy and punchy, dialogue and banter, The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, fully motivated characters, Athelstane, colour cloaks, where does Isaac stat at Ashby?, Chapter 2 Gurth is "this second Eumaeus", Ivanhoe is a retelling of Odysseus' return to Ithaca, the usurpation, the governance of Scotland, the Saxons as the Scots under the English yoke, Loxley, Prince John, King John, Magna Carta, robber barons, Brian de Bois-Guilbert (wants Rebecca), Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, "Front of Beef" (wants Isaac's money), Maurice de Bracy (wants Rowena), war and God, the 1997 BBC TV adaptation of Ivanhoe, an Arthurian style obsession, the reconciliation, Athelstane is almost a Hobbit, Athelstane death is a comedic version of a Guy de Maupassant or Edgar Allan Poe premature burial story, The Fall Of The House Of Usher done as farce, Monty Python And the Holy Grail, surprisingly few deaths, "boys own adventure", The A-Team, Ulrica's death, the the Waverley Novels, almost a Fantasy, magic, The Prisoner Of Zenda, venison, the Douglas Fairbanks Robin Hood, the Black Knight – who could it be?, how easy would the disguises be seen through in 1820, bigger than Stephen King or J.K. Rowling, stage adaptations, Waverley places around the world, Abbotsford, British Columbia is named (in part) after Sir Walter Scott's home, Ivanhoe's popularity in the southern United States, invasion, slavery and chivalry, underselling the power of fiction (as compared with non-fiction), On The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin, The Communist Manifesto, Tolkien, understanding fiction, the revelation of truth through fiction, novels were once quite novel, the need for novels, models of action, 1984 changes, helps and improves you, "what is honorable action?", the power of oaths, rapacious acquisition vs. honorable service, the destruction of the Templars, banishment was a harsh punishment, an obsession with love, Rebecca is the female Ivanhoe, the role of the Jews in the book vs. the adaptations, banking, this is not an anti-Semitic book (shockingly), the coin counting scene, the roasting scene, Friar Tuck is super-anti-Semitic, Churchill's background, why is it that English were not as anti-Semitic as most of Europe?, a zeitgeisty historical novel, looking at the present through a historical lens, puffy, the level of intellect is very high – the etymology of pig, Lincoln Green, the final battle, a powerfully intellectual book for a piece of fiction, mid-19th century fiction isn't as punchy, wit and intelligence in peasant characters, J.K. Rowling must have read Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott's was "the Wizard Of The North", Cedric <-the name comes from this book, "freelance" <-lances for hire, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, Robin Hood (Ridley Scott), Robin Hood's nom de guerre, ITV's Robin Of Sherwood <- both Robin Hood mythologies are in it!, the "Dread Pirate Roberts", a good knight but a bad king, pagan gods, Herne the Hunter, Ivanhoe popularized the Middle Ages, Arthurian scholarship, folk customs, the ancient Egypt craze, A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, a big powerful book, A Song Of Ice And Fire is kind of the anti-Ivanhoe, the Dunk And Egg stories, surprisingly modern, the symmetry of Ivanhoe, a tonic for gallstones, HBO should commission Ivanhoe, the 1952 version, the 1982 version, Ciarán Hinds, Mark Hamill, Kevin Costner vs. Alan Rickman, a noir ending averted.
Posted by Jesse Willis
The SFFaudio Podcast #271 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Prisoner Of Zenda by Anthony Hope
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The SFFaudio Podcast #271 – The Prisoner Of Zenda by Anthony Hope; read by Andy Minter. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the novel (5 hours 30 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Tam, Seth, and Paul Weimer.
Talked about on today's show:
1894, the movies, Moon Over Parador, ripoff vs. homage, Dave, the Ruritanian influence, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sherwood Smith, a feminist Ruritanian romance, book trends, Seth kind of enjoyed it, put British taboos in a make believe country, accent on the romance, an eastern German state, the bathroom key in Spanish, to avoid research, a fake name for a real place, Bavaria, A Scandal In Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the sister-in-law, Rudolph Rassandale as a pseudonym for Anthony Hope, autobiographical wish fulfillment, an author avatar, not exactly modern storytelling, a male romance, "getting close to something happening", a chaste-ness, innuendos, what's lacking in the non-comic book adaptations, red-headedness, the black and the red, Rose, the Red rose of Ruritania, "if it's red it's right", Black Michael, the real king is a prat, the better man, Eric S. Rabkin is all about "food and sex", Jesse is all about "it's all a dream", mirroring and inverting, The Prestige, Madame Maubin, the dream, Total Recall, doubling echoing, the attack plan, Rupert! Rupert!, a happy version of the drunk king, the drugged wine, half the kingdom, that's really good writing, The Princess Bride, a Fantasy edgecase, is it Fantasy?, "wading in the waters outside the island of Fantasy", adopted into Fantasy, Coronets And Steel by Sherwood Smith, Doctor Who, The Androids Of Tara, electro-swords in a feudal future, Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein, a professional actor, Mars as Ruritania, A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Latveria (in the Marvel universe), Doctor Doom, just a time passer, a finite number of monarchs, Utopia by Sir Thomas More, the noble house of Elphberg (elf berg), Austria, the beautiful streets of Streslau, the tell-tale hair colour, the problem of cheating, the sequel Rupert Of Hentzau, Queen Victoria, The Red And The Black by Stendhal, George R.R. Martin, the ostensible antagonist is Black Michael but actually the baddie is Rupert, "he leaves bloody but laughing", Rupert as a twisted version of Rudolph, Antoinette du Maubin, a female version of Rudolph, the two Rudolphs, about six months, a romantic trope, no consummation, everybody is cousins here, morganatic marriage, Randy not Randolph, Crusader Kings, Lord Burlsdon, this second son thing is what EMPIRE is all about, smoked in their smoking rooms, India, Afghanistan, North America, South Africa, who this book is for, the problems of aristocratic families, The Man Who Would Be King, the Wikipedia entry, Winston Churchill wrote a Ruritanian Romance, the restoration of a parliamentary system instead of a monarchy, so Churchill, Churchill turned down a Lordship, the suspension of disbelief issue, Colonel Sapt and Fritz, the country is run by like seven people, a kidnapper and a kingslayer, somebody is going to have to swim that moat, the missing cellphone, the moving mole, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, "is this gonna be a thing?", Saddam Hussein's doubles, Star Wars, Princess Amidala and whoever…, first person narration, the eggspoon, a new use for a tea table, An Improvement On Jacob's Ladder, he likes that ladder a bit too much, Jacob (in The Bible) dreams the ladder, GOOD!
Posted by Jesse Willis


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By visualizing the shape of TAL effectors and how they physically interact with the DNA double helix, scientists can now better understand the biochemistry that underlies their ability to recognize and stick to specific DNA sequences.
This will in turn improve scientists' ability to target the proteins to different locations in a genome and to better predict and prevent their binding to unintended, off-target sites, according to Bogdanove.
The structure itself is also interesting from a basic biology standpoint. "It is really quite beautiful," he says, "So far there is nothing else in nature quite like it."
To determine the structure, Bogdanove collaborated with Fred Hutchinson scientists Barry Stoddard, an expert in protein DNA interactions, and Phil Bradley, a computational biologist. Led by Stoddard, the group completed the project in just over a year by using a unique combination of traditional X-ray crystallography and novel computer-based modeling methods.
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07-21-14 Mid-Day Update – Happy birthday Dodd-Frank
Dodd-Frank's fourth birthday, millennials prefer cash, and social impact bonds.
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Microsoft's massive layoffs, and Russian malware in the Nasdaq.
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The pic is in my profile. I tested positive in the morning (but not FMU). I tested again with a cheapie in the PM but got a BFN. Both were with about a 2 hour hold. The 2nd is very yellow due to the Bcomplex pills I take.
I am 10DPO and very anxious. We have been trying for 4 years and had a loss this summer. Can anyone see a line on the top test? Does the bottom test look like an evap line?


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Sea Lion Won't Budge From Family's Boat
By Cat Sieh, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.
Aug. 4–An uninvited visitor wasn't eager to disembark from a Ferndale-area family's boat Sunday, Aug. 3.
Lynnea Flarry was picnicking with her family on Clark Island Sunday afternoon when her daughter-in-law saw an intruder on the family's sailboat, which was anchored to a buoy offshore.
The large sea lion had climbed aboard the family's 31-foot Catalina sailboat using a ladder that extended into the water from the boat's stern, Flarry said.
Though Flarry's family thought the animal was a seal, it was actually most likely a California Sea Lion, according to Sarah Rages, seasonal rehabilitator at Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Friday Harbor. Wolf Hollow staff, which saw photos of the animal, said it was likely a 2- or 3-year-old female.
Flarry said her son and grandchildren took a dingy back to the boat to check out the animal.
"When they got close (she) hid (her) head behind the lifesaver like a little kid who hides behind a curtain and doesn't realize his toes are sticking out," Flarry said.
After snapping a few photos, the family did its best to encourage the sea lion to disembark, but to no avail.
"It was the strangest thing," Flarry said. "He was on there for more than an hour."
Eventually Flarry's son used a boat hook to gently nudge the animal toward the water, and the animal dove in after about 20 minutes.
Flarry's granddaughter stayed on the boat while the rest of the group went back to shore in the dingy. The girl took photos as the sea lion was swimming in circles around the boat. Soon enough, the animal had climbed back up the ladder onto the boat, where he proceeded to sun himself again.
"She was so busy snapping pictures she forgot to bring the ladder up," Flarry said.
The entire party came back to the boat and again tried to get the animal to move along.
"He'd just turn his nose up to the sun and just look at us like, 'I'm here, so what?' It was just the darndest thing. I've never seen anything so preposterous, and I've been sailing for years and years."
It is legal for a person to remove a wild marine mammal from their property as long as the person doesn't injure the animal, said Brian Gorman, spokesman for the northwest office of NOAA Fisheries Service.
"This is a problem up and down the coast, particularly on docks," Gorman said. "If they're on your property and preventing you from making use of it, you certainly can move them."
Gorman cautioned people in such a situation to be careful around sea lions, which can be aggressive.
Despite desperate pleas by Flarry's 5-year-old grandson to take the sea lion they encountered home, the family went on their way without the stowaway.
"My grandson was more than willing to give up his bathtub if we could take the (sea lion) home," Flarry said.
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Koz ties with Marlies Oester for her fifth career World Cup, while fellow American Sarah Schleper takes fifth.
Sarah Schleper wasted no time crying over a lost ski, shedding the frustration of giant slalom a day earlier to lead both runs Wednesday to collect the slalom gold medal on the final day of the Chevy Truck U.S. Alpine Championships. Wiberg wins combined.
For the US women's ski team, skiing is not just a winter pastime. The leading ladies are tearing up the salted slopes of Mt. Hood, OR, to get crucial training in before the 2001-2002 season begins.
Sarah Schleper of Vail, CO took the second-fastest run on Sunday at the World Cup Women's Slalom in Sestriere, Italy. Check out Sunday's results.
Kristina Koznick (Burnsville, MN) earned her 2nd podium finish of the winter, finishing 3rd in Wednesday's World Cup SL at Sestriere, Italy. Janica Kostelic of Croatia defied injuries to take her 4th SL win of the season.
Croatia's Janica Kostelic won her fifth World Cup of the season at Semmering, Austria despite last year's knee surgery, while Sarah Schleper (Vail, CO), aims to win her first World Cup victory.
Kristina Koznick of Burnsville, MN took the $10,000 first prize in the Super Series Slalom, while Sarah Schleper and Tasha Nelson took second and third place respectively.
Katie Monahan and Alex Shaffer are out of the races this season with no certain return date after sustaining similar knee injuries.
Defending World Cup SL champion Sabine Eggerof Austria climbed out of 11th place on the second run Wednesday to wina women's slalom race.
Caroline Lalive takes second in Combined, while Kristina Koznick and Sarah Schleper take fourth and 18th in Slalom.
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Escobar Riles Up Crowd, Rays Beat Blue Jays In 10
Yunel Escobar riled up the crowd with an exaggerated display after a home run in the eighth inning and Sean Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Sunday.
Kuroda, Gardner Lead Yankees Over Rays
Hiroki Kuroda pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Brett Gardner drove in two runs and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Sunday.
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The fantasy baseball experts at CBSSports.com break down who to start and who to sit for the upcoming week.
10 Players Who Could Get Traded At MLB Trade Deadline
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Rookie Realmuto Has 3 RBIs, Marlins Beat Rays 11-6
J.T. Realmuto had three RBIs in his major league debut, Marcell Ozuna homered and drove in four runs, and the Miami Marlins handed Tampa Bay its 10th consecutive loss by beating the Rays 11-6 on Thursday.
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CBS Local Sports breaks down the top players at shortstop for your fantasy baseball draft.
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CBS Local Sports breaks down the top players at second base for your fantasy baseball draft.
Jays Beat Rays 6-2
J.A. Happ had a successful return to Florida three months after a scary injury. Happ won in his first game at Tropicana Field since getting hit in the head by a ball and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Saturday.
Rays Take Down Yankees 3-1
James Loney hit a tiebreaking two-run single with two outs in the seventh inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 3-1 on Sunday.


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It is easy enough to use - you simply mix a sachet of clay with the bandages in hot water, or alternatively you massage the clay into your skin first, then bind the area up in pre-heated bandages.
You then wait for an hour and unravel!
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THIS is an affordable dermabrasion system that really works. It is designed in different levels, starting with level 1 every two to three days days for two weeks before proceeding to the next stage.
The three levels are increasing amounts of exfoliater (the grey stuff), with the last being quite harsh - but it did really work on my tired dull skin leaving my face polished and smooth.
The serum is designed to reduce the look of broken capillaries, dark spot and skin discolouration. It is applied every evening to clean skin. This roller ball pen has a really strong smell of chemicals that made me scared of its effects!
I used it once, very sparingly with no visible effects but I must admit I felt anxious about using it in any great quantity - so probably failed to really test it properly.
Verdict: The dermabrasion system is very easy to use and I even had comments on good my skin looked. But the serum was a bit of a no-no.
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Price: pounds 39.99, www.rosemaryconley.com
THIS pint-sized mouth exerciser looks like one of those resistance bars used as home gym equipment in the 70s.
I felt a bit scared about putting something that shape in my mouth even though I am up for most things.
Maybe I was worried about swallowing it.
After a couple of days I did get used to it.
I found the little bits of band that you have to replace around the mouthpiece to make it work a real faff, although it is important it is done for hygiene reasons.
Verdict: After a few weeks use my face/jaw/muscles didn't seem to be much different. I think I would rather invest in some pamper time having something like a CACI facial instead - also good for mentally unwinding rather than getting frustrated with this difficult-to-use mouthpiece that offers little results.
Elizabeth Warner
Slendertone Flex
Price: pounds 69.95
APPARENTLY this was going to give me toned abs without the inconvenience of having to actually exercise.
The lightweight belt fits comfortably around your waist and fastens with a giant Velcro strap at the back (a bit like a body-building belt).
The technology works by exercising all of the targeted muscles around your abdomen by stimulating them through an electronic current.
On the inside of the belt you stick on three pads, which sit over the silver conduction nodes. And it does feel rather strange on (and when you have to peel it off once your programme is finished).
Then you just switch on, relax and feel your muscles toning themselves.
It doesn't hurt or feel uncomfortable, just a strange tickling sensation.
You are supposed to use it for 30 minutes a day, five times a week, but you need to be pretty disciplined to do that.
It has several functions, levels and programmes so is suitable from beginner to advanced.
Verdict: I'm not actually sure that it does what it promises as it's just a bit of a faff to use.
Once it's on you can go about your business, make a cup of tea, feed the cat, hang the washing out, although it does say for maximum results you should use it while exercising.
But I just found it too much of a chore.
Tara Cain
Nuress Home Spray Tanning System
Price: pounds 69.79, www.nuress.com
THE kit includes a soft spray system and applicator, two 200ml tanning solutions, smooth polish, moisturising lotion, barrier balm, goggles, nose plug and an instruction manual and DVD.
My daughter and I watched the DVD to make sure we were fully informed and ensured the bathroom was well covered with sheets.
I opted for the light shade which takes up 50ml of liquid (medium takes 100ml and dark 150ml).
You need to prepare your skin before tanning starts, then you switch on the motor (which sounds like a vacuum cleaner) and go.
The spray gun is very easy to use and the density from the gun can be adjusted. Warm air dries the solution which means you feel instantly dried and tanned and not wet and sticky when the 10-minute process is over.
So is it worth all the effort? I had a natural, even tan - although there were parts my daughter missed but that was down to experience.
My daughter, who already had a tan, used it to enhance her colour and was delighted.
Afterwards you have to clean the gun and rinse the solution container but it doesn't take long.
Verdict: A big hit. The only downside is you need some to help.
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Price: pounds 39.99
THIS easy-to-use gadget claims to give salon results at home, cleverly adapting the same technology for instant effect.
There is a hand-held heat 'wand' which has a flat plate at one end that heats up and comes with its own stand. You also get a pack of hard wax strips with the wax impregnated into the surface.
So you basically put the wax strip on your hairy bits, smooth the hot wand over it to activate the wax and then whip off like a regular wax strip. One strip can be reused several times too.
It's really easy to use, but I didn't think the larger strips were big enough (they come with two different sizes) so it almost felt like a chore doing my legs.
The set also comes with cleansing wipes (though not very many), a post-wax soothing treatment and tweezers.
Verdict: It does what it promises, but it does get a bit fiddly when trying to do the backs of your legs and I didn't even attempt my bikini line! It's not too expensive so it's good to have for emergencies, but you would have to keep buying top-up strips.
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Fighters should be worried about thir company that is known for its underhanded antics. Hey it works for Don King.
According to Sherdog, the UFC is devising a plan to schedule a free event on SpikeTV to overshadow Affliction's debut show on July 19th. The report sites a possible light heavyweight contender fight between Wanderlei Silva and Brandon Vera as the main event.
This show will test the UFC's power as a brand as it goes head to head against one of the biggest heavyweight fights in recent history, Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia. Also, by offering a free event over Afflictions PPV, the UFC will likely draw many casual fans into skipping the historic PPV event.
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Fighters should be worried about thir company that is known for its underhanded antics. Hey it works for Don King.
This type of shit hurts MMA as a sport.
i wasnt going to pay for the affliction PPV anyway, so this works for me!
this works out great for me. Tivo the spike tv fights and get the ppv. looks like i win both ways for the night. this type of competition only provides better cards and better fights for fear the fighters might drop off after a par proformance.
hahah damn Dana is a crazy fucker and i love it ha..im going to tape Spikes fights and then im going to order Affliction hahah
this is what good compition gets us, the ufc would never be giving us a free fight like that if it where not for affliction.next they will be stacking there cards too, win win for the fighters and fans.
The only ones who are going to loose are the UFC fighters which are sponsored by Affliction. It puts then in a bad position with both companies. How many UFC fighters in the future will get sponsored by Affliction?
In the long run I can only see UFC and Elite with the capitol and the signed fighters to survive.
you think elite has a better shot than affliction?affliction is already a succesfull company they already have signed some big names and crosspromote and have trump backing them.i think they will survive.
All affliction needs to be successful is for a couple more big name fighters. Like say they sign Kimbo when he is done with his contract with elitexc and maybe Tito Ortiz. The UFC are stiffs when it comes to paying and that is why other organiazations have a chance. Affliction is really the only organization with the talent to compete with the UFC. They have the best heavyweight line up by far. Say what u want about the other divisions but their heavyweight division is stacked with only great fighters. Dont forget about Randy Couture who will hopefully be able to fight again and also Cro Cop will probally be picked up after his stint in the Dream organization.
who cares if affliction has trump backing them. once affliction gets into money trouble trump will tuck his wig between his legs and run. he has alot of money problems already he dosent need another one. ufc will out last them all, they have more money then any of these companys can dream of. ufc has a casino company backing them that hasnt filled for bankruptcy multiple times like trump. in the end the ufc will be the last one standing.
thank u mr dana white… i will SUPPORT Affliction banned and tivo ur fight
LOL kimbo sucks ur a fucking moron. Trump doesnt have MONEY PROBLEMS. The guy is a billionaire. But yeah ur right he is fucked in the money department. LMAO and you should care if he is in the brand b/c he is very powerful man with a lot of marketability and money,advisors and he could be a huge part of afflictins success.
Well said Steve. Trump is one of the most feared and powerful business men in the WORLD. I wouldn't want to go head-to-head with him. Obviously Dana understands the threat also and trying to take care of it of the jump. It will be interesting. And will everyone plz get off Kimbo's nut sack! Atleast wait till he beats a skilled fighter before you crown him your personal king.


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DOWNEY – The Renaissance Rally was a trip to success!
The usual gold, silver, and blue cards were given out to our awesome and hard working students. Like other renaissance rallies in the past, there was a very creative theme. I had the pleasure of being able to interview the person in charge of our rallies, Renaissance Coordinator, Ximena Ramos.
She said "The theme of this year's Renaissance rally is "Travel Your Way to Success", my entire renaissance committee helped with the theme and we all suggested different ideas until we came up with the right theme."
When she was asked, Can we be expecting any surprises or performances, she said "We may have dancers from different cultures and ASB will definitely be dressed up to fit the theme!"
Gold cards are given to students who have earned a GPA between 3.5 to a 4.0. We had 40 percent of seventh and eighth graders earn a 4.0.
Silver cards are given to students who have earned a GPA between 3.0 and a 3.4. Twenty percent of seventh and eighth graders earned a silver card.
We're also very proud of 16 percent of our seventh and eighth graders who earned a blue card, which means they have a GPA from 2.5 to 2.9.
ASB also gave awards to students who earned a 4.0 GPA.
I was also able to hear from a few renaissance card recipients. Eighth grade gold card holder Isaac Cuevas says, "It feels good earning a gold card because you think of all your hard work that paid off."
Sofia Campo a seventh grade gold card holder, gave students advice on how to earn a gold card by saying, "Turn in everything and work hard." Silver card holder Naomi Balarezo said, "Earning a silver card was one of my goals for this year and I am very happy that I accomplished my goal."
Fernando Fishbach, an eighth grade silver card holder says, "Next semester I am going to try to earn a gold card." Eighth grade blue card recipient Susana Perla said, "If you want to earn a blue card you have to do all of your assignments, turn them in, and pay attention in class."
Daniel Castro, a seventh grade blue card holder said, "It feels good earning a blue card, but next semester I want to earn a gold card."
There you have it Griffiths students and staff, wise words from our renaissance card holders. We can't wait until next time when our GMS sixth graders join us on our first class trip to success!
Editor's note: the story's author, Sami Meza, is a journalism student at Griffiths Middle School.
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Console wise, the Sci's Fermion seems the most useful so far, with self heal or team heal support within 5 km, it's the one I've used the most so far out of the two defensive consoles during STFs. The deflector phaser isn't that great, IMO, with it's long fire time (I'd perfer a burst) and it's limited damage. The extra damage the fourth phaser Tac console on the Aventine (Tac Vesta) gives will draw much more aggro your way, and the ship is bit fragile beyond it's shields. If you're going heal/support I'd go with the Sci model.
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It has 4 tac consoles and SA...only two...three if you want to count the bug that have 5 tac consoles. If there is anything that would meet or beat a escort its gonna be the tac vesta...just to bad doesn't have 10 weapon/5 auxiliary power.
It'd require about 7 or 8 stacks of SA to equal an escort in firepower, not counting the deflector phaser, and each stack of it takes a minute of keeping the enemy in your forward arc, so only really large enemies will it be able to catch up/surpass a 4 tac escort. Weapon power isn't such a big deal with 3x Aux DHCs Fore(I think you can just dismiss/reclaim to get three of them if you have only one Vesta model, I pulled one off each model), and the Aventine's +5 wep power and the Borg console's +5 seems to be enough to handle the rear turrets, with Warp Core Potential skill factored in.


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Singh addressed party workers convention at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch where BSP candidate for 2009 elections DS Kulkarni joined BJP.
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Singh said that BJP and Shiv Sena alliance was a permanent one and it would be stronger in the days to come. "Some parties are trying to cash on Modi's name and are announcing support to Modi's candidature for the post of prime minister when BJP has not asked for their support. Who has sought your support? If at all you want to support Modi, either join NDA or merge your party with BJP. Creating confusion and doing politics which is dependent on such confusion would not last long."
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Roddick out; Henin advances to semis in comeback
Henin reached the Brisbane final, where she lost in three sets to fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters. It was Clijsters' win at the U.S. Open last September, in the third tournament of a comeback from two years in retirement, which inspired seven-time Grand Slam winner Henin to return to the tour.
Now she's two wins from emulating Clijsters' triumphant Grand Slam comeback.
Henin ended a highly successful run in Melbourne for Petrova, who ousted two reigning major champions on her way to the quarters: Clijsters in the third round; and French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth.
Kirilenko had taken out big names in her section, too, starting with her 3-hour, 21-minute first-round win over 2008 champion Maria Sharapova and her fourth-round victory against last year's finalist Dinara Safina, who retired with a back problem.
The 23-year-old Russian was making her debut in the quarterfinals of a major and struggled with what appeared to be a hip or thigh problem. She was no match for Zheng, who was a wild-card entry when she reached the last four at Wimbledon in 2008 to become the first Chinese Grand Slam semifinalist.
Zheng has a career-high No. 15 ranking and also won China's first Grand Slam doubles titles, at the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006.
"It's very amazing for me," Zheng said of being the first Chinese player to reach the Australian Open semifinals. She said her victories here in doubles helped. "I feel this court for me is lucky."
Henin retired suddenly in May 2008 while holding the No. 1 ranking and has not played at a major since losing in the quarterfinals to Sharapova at the 2008 Australian Open. Henin won the title here in 2004 and reached the final in 2006, when she retired due to stomach problems against Amelie Mauresmo of France.
The loss to Sharapova confirmed to Henin that she needed a break.
"There was my little voice that was saying to me that I should go away because I needed something else at that time, to breathe differently again without tennis," she said. Since her comeback, her inner feelings have changed, she added: "Little voice that is very positive. Thank you."
Henin's ability to lift her intensity on key points showed against Petrova, who has never gone past the semifinals at a major.
After being forced to a tiebreaker in the first set, Henin raced to a 6-1 lead and clinched it, two points later, with one of her classic backhand winners.
During the match, Royal Australian Air Force fighter jets roared overhead, canons exploded and helicopters whirred past, all part of the celebrations for Australia Day.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams ended local hopes of breaking a three-decade drought at the Australian Open on Monday, the eve of the national holiday.
Federer beat former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 - his 15th straight win over the Australian - and defending champion Williams defeated No. 13 Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-2 in back-to-back fourth-round matches on Rod Laver Arena.
On Wednesday, Federer will play Nikolay Davydenko and 2008 champion Novak Djokovic will meet 2008 runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.
Serena and Venus Williams are each a win away of setting up a sisters semifinal.
Venus Williams will play No. 16 Li Na in one quarterfinal and four-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams will play seventh-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
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DPI, pixels, and inches?!?! help please.
I need clarification on the relationship between DPI, the pixel dimensions and the inch/cm dimensions of an image.
For example, why is it if I increase the DPI of an image but keep the dimensions the same it will print no bigger but look gigantic on my screen?
Yet sometimes if I want to decrease the quality of a hi-res image I can lower the DPI and shrink the image, or lower the dimensions and keep the original DPI?
In other words, I posses only basic knowledge of photoshop and am thoroughly confused about how DPI and dimensions relate to one another and determine the size of an image.
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Questions of this general pattern are probably the most common here.
Anyhow, DPI establishes a mapping between pixels and physical dimensions of a printed or displayed work. That is, simplistically speaking a 300x300 pixel image printed at 300 dpi will occupy an area of 1 square inch. That same image at 600 dpi will occupy 1/4 of the area. The exact dimensions will depend on the minutiae of the printer and whether there is a divergence between the layout of pixels in the image and dots by the printer - different offset printing methods for instance will have a different relationship between pixels and dots.
Pedantry aside, DPI is a parameter of your image telling devices how to display something. Your monitor is pretty much locked to a single PPI per resolution (somewhere between 72 and 120 dpi). When you increase the DPI without changing the dimensions of the image the size increases on screen because your screen can't display higher DPI/PPI whilst the image prints at the same size because printers can often manage up to 1200 dpi. In short, you are boosting the resolution of your image whilst keeping it the same physical size, packing more pixels into the same space. On the monitor this is not possible.
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Okay, here's the breakdown...
Pixel Dimensions
These are the basic measurement on computers. How many pixels are shown on your screen (and therefore, how large an image looks) is dependant upon your computer's resolution. For example, if your resolution is set at 640x480 (307,200 pixels), an image will look four times as large then when viewed at 1280x960 (1,228,800 pixels).
When it comes to pixels, there isn't any sort of physical size to them, only the quantity matters.
Dots Per Inch (DPI)
DPI is strictly a printing term that relates to the amount of detail printed.
For example, a 4x6 inch image printed at 300 DPI will look far more detailed and just nice in general than the same 4x6 image printed at 72 DPI.
The reason why the document gets bigger on screen but not in print size is because of this.
Strictly speaking, DPI is translated into PPI (Pixels Per Inch). So that 4x6 inch document at 72 DPI
will be 228x432 in pixel dimensions (since 1 inch = 72 pixels). If you upsample to 300 DPI, then that same 4x6 document becomes 1200x1800 (since 1 inch = 300 pixels).
When you increase the DPI, you're telling Photoshop that when you print this document you want it to put more pixels worth of information into it, so in response Photoshop adds pixels to the image.
Since Photoshop isn't, ahh... artistically gifted, the resulting image usually doesn't look so great. So if you're printing work, it's generally considered that you should start at 300 DPI.
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February 14th, 2007 #5Originally Posted by Snarfevs
in commercial graphics & printing of mid- to high-quality, upscaling images (to higher resolution & therefore larger printed image size) via resampling (interpolation) is strongly discouraged, as the results are rarely satisfactory. there are some interpolation algorithms that do a better job than others, depending on the subject, but none are what i would consider very useful for up-sizing. for offset printing, if a too-low-resolution image is the only possible option for pinting, it's better to let the printer's RIP software do it, as this has vastly improved in the last few years due to the very common problem of having to deal with digital photography and scans with too few pixels.
most of what was said above is the straight poop, but one aspect of resolution (DPI) is that it's completely abstract and meaningless unless the image is to be printed in the real world. then it becomes an issue that is device-dependant. desktop inkjet printers can do well with images as low as 72 - 120 DPI. better quality offset printing requires 200-300DPI, and highest quality offset can require 400 DPI depending on the image.
since the DPI resolution specification can change, and what is fixed in a digital image is the number of pixels, then it's better to describe DPI as "effective resolution," which relates the number of pixels to the printed image size. thus with a 1000x1000 pixels image, you can print it at 10" x 10" at 100 DPI, 5" x 5" at 200 DPI, about 3.3" x 3.3" at 300 DPI, and so on. the formula is:
number of pixels (width) / printed image size in inches (width) = effective resolution.
if the effective resolution doesn't match well with what a printing device requires, you can accept a possibly lower-quality printed image, reduce the printed size of the image (increasing the effective res), or (not recommended), resample the image to create more pixels.
the formula can be used in reverse to plan image sizes. if you know you'll want a full page magazine illustration at 300 DPI, multiply the mag's width & depth x 300 to get the number of pixels you'll need:
8.5" x 11" page size = 8.5 x 300 (w) & 11 x 300 (D) = 2450 x 3300 pixels
same for any other specifically-sized image area. if a job only requires 150 DPI, use that as the multiplier, and so on.
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What I meant was relatively graceful vs. nearest-neighbour, that is.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Admininstration has extended the public comment period for its controversial Proposed Rule to Improve Workplace Tracking of Injuries and Illnesses.
The reason: concern that the current plan may actually backfire and lead to under-reporting and repercussions against employees who do report.
OSHA says the proposed rule does not change current reporting requirements. It would, for the first time, make the data publicly accessible online.
The deadline for public comment on the plan, which was originally Feb. 6, 2014, is now Oct. 14.
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The proposal, published Nov. 8, 2013, would require employers to submit electronically the injury and illness information they are already required to keep. That data would then become publicly available online, for the first time.
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Critics of the proposed rule say it could cause employers to retaliate against employees who report recordable injuries.
"Three million injuries are three million too many," Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor of Occupational Health and Safety, said in releasing the proposed rule.
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ACA also contends that OSHA has not made its case that the proposed rule will improve safety and that "the potential burden and risks of public data reporting cannot be justified."
"Providing raw data to those who do not know how to interpret it, and without putting such data in context, invites improper conclusions or assumptions about the employer," the American Coatings Association contends.
Coating makers say that employers will be forced "to disclose sensitive information to the public that can easily be manipulated, mischaracterized, and misused for reasons wholly unrelated to safety, and will subject employers to illegitimate attacks and employees to violations of their privacy."
The association adds: "Providing raw data to those who do not know how to interpret it, and without putting such data in context, invites improper conclusions or assumptions about the employer."
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Now, OSHA says, it is considering amending the proposal to:
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Strip it, clean it, and profile it, all dust free! High production rates and Blast like finishes. Comply with new lead standards.
Polyflex® Polyurea Linings
Polyflex™ new Polyurea Geotextile Membrane System has been specifically engineered to protect the environment in containment applications.www.polyflexlinings.com
Surface Prep & Material Removal
CS Unitec's Floor Planers remove coatings & corrosion from concrete & metal surfaces. Produce keyed profiles for waterproofing applications. firstname.lastname@example.com
Wasser Coatings Protect
Wasser Coatings offer a complete range of Moisture Cure Urethane (NEPCOAT approved) systems in addition to Polyurea membranes and linings(NSF).www.wassercoatings.com
Manus Abrasive & Mod-U-Blast Mfg
stock several handy tools to accomplish a wide range of internal pipe blasting/cleaning.
Dealer inquiries welcome.
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