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Montpelier, VT (PRWEB) August 12, 2014
Clean Energy Group/Clean Energy States Alliance applauds the announcement of a groundbreaking solar + storage microgrid project in Rutland, Vermont. The Stafford Hills project is being developed by Green Mountain Power, in collaboration with Dynapower and GroSolar. The energy storage component of this project is co-funded by a unique federal-state-NGO partnership involving the State of Vermont; the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity; and the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), a project managed by Clean Energy States Alliance and Sandia National Laboratories.
"This project is a national model for the future of clean energy – combining solar with energy storage," said Lewis Milford, president of Clean Energy Group, which manages the Clean Energy States Alliance. "Solar power and battery storage will provide clean reliable power to a school that serves as an emergency shelter, helping a community cope with loss of power in a future disaster. This new form of resilient power is what all communities need to protect themselves from power outages in severe weather events."
Dr. Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager in the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, commented, "This project provides resilient power during emergencies while benefiting the grid at other times. The technical innovations will reduce cost and make the project commercially viable…. This is the perfect project! It has social value, technical innovation, and furthers renewable integration for the grid."
This project is unique in several ways:
This project puts Vermont in the forefront of the new movement toward microgrids, energy storage, and grid modernization. Solar + storage and microgrid technologies are poised to revolutionize resilient power, bringing clean, locally-generated power to communities all over the world. These systems can keep critical facilities, such as emergency shelters, firehouses and fueling stations, operating when the grid goes down. There is a great need for such resilient power solutions, as shown by recent disasters such as Hurricane Sandy, which affected the entire eastern seaboard and left millions without electrical service. With this project, Vermont takes a giant step toward addressing this need, as well as meeting Vermont's clean energy and emissions reduction goals.
About Clean Energy Group (CEG) and Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA)
CEG is a leading national, nonprofit advocacy organization working on innovative technology, finance, and policy programs in the areas of clean energy and climate change. CEG also manages the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), a coalition of state and municipal clean energy funds. CESA's Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) is a federal-state funding and information sharing project that aims to accelerate the deployment of electrical energy storage technologies in the U.S. Learn more at http://www.cleanegroup.org and http://www.cesa.org.
About Green Mountain Power
Green Mountain Power, or GMP, is a local electricity utility in the state of Vermont focused on providing its customers with a balance of the most reliable, affordable, smart, and clean electricity, in an effort to be the best small utility in America. Learn more at http://www.greenmountainpower.com/.


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Holy Grail Dark Passenger Tutorial
Learn to play Eli Santana's solo from new single
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Tilt-Shift Lens Basics
Tilt-shift lenses are used to control perspective. They are great for landscape and architectural photography or in any kind of photography where you need unusual control over field of focus and depth of field.
Not all Tilt-shift lenses are created equal. The newer, more expensive lenses such as the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L II I used to make the images in this post allows independent rotation of the tilt and shift axis. Most lenses won't do this.
But all TS lenses do the basics which is they allow perfect focus along any plane. You aren't limited to the plane of focus that you have on your camera – i.e. the straight up and down orientation of your sensor. You can keep things from key-stoning for instance. You can play with perspective to create unusual blur and bokeh.
These lenses are based on the simple movements of the original view camera – though not quite as robust.
TS lenses are also tough on beginners because 1) they cost a bloody fortune 2) They don't usually offer autofocus.
This is one case where if you have no experience with TS lenses – you absolutely MUST read the manual that ships with the lens. There are controls on TS lenses that you will not be familiar with and that will cause much frustration if you don't take time to learn them.
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Hello Everyone,
I tried to build a java application using processing and libpd I have a little trouble setting up a sample project.
Basically I added processing-core.jar and libpd.jar to a new java project. I used the JavaSoundThread.java class from libpd samples, and i have trouble linking to the patch. Here is how it goes :
package test;
// p5 stuff
import processing.core.*;
import processing.data.*;
import processing.event.*;
import processing.opengl.*;
// java stuff
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.puredata.core.*;
// main class : the PApplet extension seems to cause an issue with the hadling of exceptions
public class test extends PApplet {
public static void main(String[] passedArgs) {
String[] appletArgs = new String[] { "test" };
if (passedArgs != null) {
PApplet.main(concat(appletArgs, passedArgs));
} else {
JavaSoundThread audioThread = new JavaSoundThread(44100, 2, 16);
int patch;
patch = PdBase.openPatch("patch/test.pd"); // error
Thread.sleep(5000); // error
audioThread.join(); // error
// the rest is just processin stuff
public void setup() {
size(600, 600);
public void draw() {
fill(0, 25);
rect(0, 0, width, height);
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
point(random(600), random(600));
if (mousePressed) {
PdBase.sendFloat("hello", random(48, 72));
Eclipse asks to add a throws declaration at the line loading the patch and also the Thread.sleep(5000); line aswell at the audioThread.join();
If I do so I get an error at the public static void main(String[] passedArgs) throws IOException
stating that : Exception IOException is not compatible with throws clause in PApplet.main(String[])
Could somebody point me in the right direction to resolve this ?
Try the latest version of puredatap5. That one uses PortAudio internally, so you don't have to worry about JavaSound and Threads and such.
Ok so I did use puredatap5 and I can compile but it complains about not finding pthreadGC2.dll for windows/x86_64 how do i tell hime where it is ?
Oh, okay. I'm afraid that we currently don't have binaries for Windows yet, but maybe you can figure out how to build them. Peter Kirn is going to build Windows binaries, too, so maybe you can compare notes with him.
thanks Peter, I wanted to find a workaround to help work on windows until the pdp5 lib is finished. I contacted Peter K to be continued ...


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Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues
News about Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 2, 2015
Justice Dept announces it has opened investigation into possibility that airlines are colluding to limit capacity on flight routes in order to restrain competition and bump up fare prices; announcement comes two years after department cleared merger of American Airlines and US Airways after determining that it would be boon to consumers. MORE
Jun. 19, 2015
James B Stewart Common Sense column observes that wave of European antitrust investigations into American tech giants may provide clues into why Continent's tech sector lags behind that of the United States; observes that Silicon Valley has always been marked by culture of entrepreneurial fearlessness that is relatively absent in Europe; cites structural barriers to innovation and an inhibiting fear of failure. MORE
Jun. 18, 2015
Sen Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut asks Justice Dept to investigate if airlines are colluding to limit capacity and force fares up. MORE
Jun. 17, 2015
Editorial examines campaign promises made by Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton in speech that focused on income inequality and the needs of the middle and working classes; calls for per-trade tax on financial transactions to restrain speculation, stricter antitrust to make room for small business, public shares in profits from public research and a higher minimum wage. MORE
Jun. 17, 2015
Supreme Court declines to hear two cases involving an international price-fixing cartel in the liquid-crystal display industry, defying advice of legal experts, economists and others. MORE
Jun. 12, 2015
European Commission will begin antitrust investigation into whether Amazon abused its e-book market position to favor its own products; move represents latest hurdle for tech giants on the Continent, and marks stark reversal for Amazon, which just three years earlier had called for antitrust investigation into Apple on similar charges in the American e-book market. MORE
Jun. 10, 2015
Legal disclosures confirm industrywide investigation by New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman and Connecticut Atty Gen George Jepsen into whether Apple pressured or conspired with music labels to withdraw support from competitive music streaming services like Spotify; antitrust investigation follows Apple's push in support of its own new fee-based music streaming service MORE
Jun. 3, 2015
Securities and Exchange Commission will examine possible antitrust issues with Cinemark Holdings, Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment, which together control about 42 percent of nation's movie theaters; smaller companies have accused giants of using market clout to prevent them from screening same movies. MORE
Jun. 1, 2015
Supreme Court is expected to make decision on whether to hear anti-trust case filed against Taiwanese company AU Optronics by Motorola Mobility over price-fixing scheme carried out by cartel of Asian electronics makers; case has drawn attention to difficulties of using now-dated antitrust laws to regulate global corporations. MORE
May. 29, 2015
Pharmaceutical company Cephalon will pay $1.2 billion to settle antitrust charges with Federal Trade Commission, largest settlement ever secured by FTC; company was charged with blocking generic competitors from entering market as patents expired on its lucrative sleep drug Provigil. MORE
May. 26, 2015
European Union is investigating whether Facebook unfairly favors its services over those of rivals, and its privacy settings are being questioned by watchdogs; European Court of Justice will decide in June whether social network can keep sending user data between continent and United States. MORE
May. 21, 2015
Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland plead guilty to series of federal crimes over scheme to manipulate value of foreign currencies; Justice Dept charges allege deep collusion in one of world's largest but least-regulated markets, as banks sought to squeeze out profits despite strictures in wake of financial crisis; banks will pay roughly $5.6 billion in penalties. MORE
May. 14, 2015
Justice Dept will announce that Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Royal Bank of Scotland will collectively pay several billion dollars and plead guilty to criminal antitrust violations for foreign currency manipulation; prosecutors are aware, however, that overly punitive penalties could endanger banks crucial to world economy. MORE
May. 13, 2015
DealBook Online; European Commission increases its scrutiny of General Electric's planned acquisition of Alastrom's energy business, further endangering $13.5 billion bid; Commission cites concerns that merger would hurt competition in market for heavy-duty gas turbines. MORE
May. 8, 2015
James B Stewart Common Sense column examines Google's dual identity as potential monopolist and disruptive force for competition in tech world; observes that even as European Union brings antitrust charges against company, it is also poised to enter highly-consolidated markets for wireless service and broadband in the United States, forcing competitors to improve service. MORE
May. 7, 2015
European Commission begins antitrust probe into whether American technology giants are impeding competition in online shopping; regulators will implicitly investigate American firms like Amazon, which is top e-commerce company in European Union. MORE
May. 6, 2015
AT&T's proposed $48 billion dollar takeover of DirectTV has finally attracted regulatory scrutiny that it avoided while attention was focused on parallel deal between Comcast and Time Warner Cable; Federal Communications Commission is considering appeal by Netflix stating that new company would harm competition and degrade customers' access to its own services; merger could create nation's largest Internet service provider. MORE
Apr. 28, 2015
Joe Nocera Op-Ed column notes dominance of American Internet companies instills fear in Europeans of being overshadowed by American culture; holds European Union's investigation of anti-trust charges against Google by EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager is as much about this fear and politics of protectionsim as it is about antitrust policy. MORE
Apr. 28, 2015
Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron drop proposed $10 billion merger in face of antitrust concerns on part of Justice Dept of combining two of largest manufacturers of components used to produce semiconductors. MORE
Apr. 25, 2015
Comcast terminates its effort to acquire Time Warner Cable after learning that government regulators were preparing to block merger; despite expensive lobbying campaign, company received muted reception on Capitol Hill, with unconvinced members of Congress sending subtle but clear signs to regulators not to clear deal; lawmakers cite variety of reasons for why Comcast's pitch failed. MORE
Apr. 25, 2015
Editorial applauds Comcast's decision to abandon $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable; contends deal would have limited consumer choice, created telecom giant with power to raise prices and potentially stifled innovation. MORE
Apr. 25, 2015
Justice Dept and Federal Communications Commission confirm that they shared major concern about whether proposed Comcast takeover of Time Warner Cable would lead to new entity having too much power over Internet; concern points to marked shift in cable market toward dependency on Internet, which raised antitrust issues that relatively simpler merger of cable companies would not have. MORE
Apr. 24, 2015
Comcast plans to abandon its $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable, citing intense regulatory scrutiny; failure reflects widespread opposition from lawmakers, consumers, industry and public advocacy groups; lack of public satisfaction with both companies may also have played part. MORE
Apr. 24, 2015
News Analysis; withdrawal of Comcast's $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable reflects how deal's air of inevitability faded as lawmakers and regulators focused on implications for broadband service and net neutrality; government's emerging commitment to keeping a free and open internet was essentially at odds with single company controlling as much as 40 percent of public's access to it. MORE
Apr. 24, 2015
Chinese regulators fine Mercedes-Benz 350 million renminbi, or about $57 million, accusing company of fixing prices on luxury cars and parts; is only latest antitrust charge against foreign company in industries like automobiles, technology and pharmaceuticals; Mercedes accepts decision. MORE
Apr. 23, 2015
European Commission accusations targeting Gazprom's pricing policies have come at time when Russian state-owned energy giant has become vulnerable due to market forces; policies at issue have been used by Kremlin to further political goals, but at same time have made it difficult for company to respond to market pressures; analysts suggest that for time being Pres Vladimir V Putin's political ends will trump Gazprom's profits. MORE
Apr. 23, 2015
Case brought by European antitrust chief Margrethe Vetager against Gazprom will inevitably be test of geopolitical wills between Russia and West, which is illustrated by fact that Gazprom's response casts itself as effectively arm of Russian government; experts believe that European Commission has stronger hand in terms of antitrust law and economic leverage. MORE
Apr. 22, 2015
Spotty regulatory compliance record by Comcast has come under fire as regulators and lawmakers scrutinize company's proposed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable; key example is Comcast's role in heading off sale of Hulu, which it owns jointly with 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney, despite agreement with regulators that barred it from influencing the streaming service's operations. MORE
Apr. 21, 2015
European regulators are expected to bring antitrust case against Gazprom; may impose fines and push for changing Russian energy giant's business practices; charges against company, for inflating prices and quashing competition in natural gas markets, may escalate tensions between West and Russia; action will be second major move by European antitrust chief Mararethe Verstager after formal charges against Google. MORE
Apr. 19, 2015
Profile of Margrethe Vestager, European Union commissioner for competition who has chosen to take on Google; colleagues say that Vestager's decision to file charges, despite failure of similar case in the United States, comes as no surprise given her courage and toughness. MORE
Apr. 19, 2015
Editorial examines merits of case brought against Google by European Commission antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager; underscores challenge European regulators face, given how hard it is to prove whether a practice harms consumers when technology changes so rapidly. MORE
Apr. 18, 2015
Justice Dept lawyers reviewing $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable by Comcast seem likely to recommend that department block deal due to competition concerns; recommendation does not rule out possibility that department will overrule it, as recommendation is preliminary step in consideration of deal. MORE
Apr. 17, 2015
Canadian province of Ontario will open its $3 billion retail beer market by allowing 1,500 supermarkets to sell the product; shift will open competition to small breweries, ending years of monopoly by Brewers Retail, chain owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors and Sapporo Brewery. MORE
Apr. 16, 2015
Microsoft is seen as playing role in antitrust case brought against Google by European regulators; has spent more in lobbying than any European company, funding local splinter groups like Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace, or Icomp, which has mounted unrelenting public relations campaign criticizing Google's dominance. MORE
Apr. 16, 2015
Farhad Manjoo State of the Art column suggests antitrust case filed against Microsoft raises questions about strength of European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager's case against Google; points to fluid and uncertain technology market as reason why case might fall apart, given that tech giants today could become rapidly obsolete due to rapid innovation in market. MORE
Apr. 16, 2015
European Union antitrust regulator Margrethe Vestager says she has opened antitrust investigation into Google's Android software for smartphones and accuses company of abusing its dominance as search engine; case is illustration of how European regulators have been far more aggressive in overseeing American technology companies than American regulators. MORE
Apr. 16, 2015
Formal antitrust charges filed against Google by European Commission are latest regulatory challenge to an American tech company by European authorities, which have long challenged titans of field; while tech companies tend to continue doing business as usual while battling regulators, cost to companies is time and money spent defending practices that they should abandon in order to respond to changing technology market. MORE
Apr. 15, 2015
European Commission is expected to bring antitrust charges against Google, accusing it of using its 90 percent search market share to favor its own services over others; case would be largest of its kind since that against Microsoft, and could present Google with an enormous fine and prospect of shifting its business practices on the Continent. MORE
Apr. 13, 2015
Impending visit by Europe's antitrust regulator Margrethe Vestager to Washington, DC, has experts wondering if she will take opportunity to file formal charges against Google to pressure it to settle its antitrust suit, move her predecessor Joaquin Almunia failed to take. MORE
Apr. 11, 2015
Obama administration announces that it will review claims made by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Airlines that Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways received more than $42 billion in aid from their governments, thereby distorting market. MORE
Apr. 3, 2015
Big American tech firms in Europe, including Google, Apple and Facebook, are facing increasing scrutiny over antitrust questions and tax arrangements; growing pressure from regulators could possibly hurt their profits in region and influence how they operate around world; analysts say Europe is using investigations to aid their own tech companies. MORE
Mar. 27, 2015
Major contact lens makers have enacted pricing policies that set minimum retail prices; discounters say policies are illegal price-fixing and restrict consumer choice; almost 39 million people in United States wear contact lenses, spending $4.2 billion annually. MORE
Mar. 26, 2015
American Express chief executive Kenneth I Chenault says company will ask for stay of Federal Judge Nicholas G Garaufis's ruling that company could not prohibit merchants from recommending that customers use lower-cost cards; practice has long been used by Amex, which charges merchants higher fees than competitors Visa or Mastercard, and was determined to violate antitrust laws. MORE
Mar. 20, 2015
Federal Trade Commission internal report reveals that staff encouraged agency to sue Google for anticompetitive practices in 2012, but FTC voted not to bring charges in 2013; Google's competitors and critics call on Europe to pursue stringent regulations. MORE
Mar. 18, 2015
Emirates Airways and Etihad Airways fire back at American rivals who had criticized their business practices under open-skies agreement between United States and United Arab Amirates; argue attempt to review agreements amounts to American protectionism; US carriers had accused gulf carriers of benefiting from unfair subsidies. MORE
Mar. 17, 2015
City Sights and Gray Line New York, two of New York City's biggest tour bus operators, agree to pay $7.5 million and give up nearly 50 stops to settle antitrust lawsuit brought by state and federal officials who claim companies effectively monopolized industry after forming joint venture called Twin America. MORE
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Morning Agenda: Greece Votes 'No'
Greece Votes 'No' | Chinese Market Plunge Poses a Double Threat | How Insurance Mergers Affect Consumers
July 6, 2015, Monday
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Air Passengers Applaud a Justice Dept. Collusion Case
Peeved passengers are cheering on government investigators looking into possible collusion among the major domestic airlines.
July 3, 2015, Friday
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Dollar Tree and Family Dollar Will Sell 330 Stores to Seal Merger Deal
The sale to the private equity firm Sycamore Partners settles a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission that combining the chains would reduce competition.
July 3, 2015, Friday
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Morning Agenda: Mixed Messages and Paralysis in Greek Crisis
Mixed Messages and Paralysis in Greek Crisis | Ace-Chubb Deal Spurs Buyout Talk in Insurance Sector | The Case Against a Tech Bubble | Justice Department Fights G.E. Appliance Unit Sale
July 2, 2015, Thursday
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Airlines Under Justice Dept. Investigation Over Possible Collusion
The inquiry, which appears to be in its early stages, is a marked shift for a Justice Department that in November 2013 cleared the way for the merger of American Airlines and US Airways.
July 2, 2015, Thursday
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Justice Department Sues to Block G.E. Appliance Deal
The move against a sale to Electrolux is the latest sign of tougher antitrust scrutiny in Washington.
July 2, 2015, Thursday
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In Tests, Yahoo Uses Google to Power Search Results and Ads
Yahoo is turning to the world's dominant provider of web searches to power some of its own search results. The tests could lead to a deeper relationship between the two companies, whose previous efforts to cooperate on search were blocked by...
July 1, 2015, Wednesday
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Ruling That Apple Led E-Book Pricing Conspiracy Is Upheld
A federal appeals court said it agreed with a 2013 decision that Apple conspired with publishers to raise prices for e-books.
July 1, 2015, Wednesday
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Sysco Terminates Deal With US Foods
The move comes after a federal judge sided with the Federal Trade Commission in determining that combining the two companies would harm consumers.
June 30, 2015, Tuesday
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Study Suggests That Google Has Its Thumb on Scale in Search
Researchers presented 2,690 web users with two different versions of Google and found that the users preferred results that linked to rival sites.
June 30, 2015, Tuesday
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A Letter From Universal's Attorneys
A response to the antitrust probe came from the Universal Music Group, whose lawyers sent a letter to the attorneys general stating, in so many words, nothing to see here.
Attorney General Announces Bank Fines
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said that four of the world's largest banks would pay more than $2.5 billion after pleading guilty to manipulating foreign exchange rate markets.
E.U. on Antitrust Case Against Gazprom
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's commissioner for competition, said in Brussels on Wednesday that Gazprom was abusing its market dominance in central and eastern European member states.
Google Accused of Cheating Competitors
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's competition commissioner, accused Google of distorting Internet search results and began an antitrust investigation into its Android mobile operating system.
Executives Discuss Comcast Merger
An executive vice president of Comcast, David L. Cohen, and the chief executive of Public Knowledge, Gene Kimmelman, argued their cases before Congress on the proposed merger with Time Warner.
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Ford City Woman Sentenced To Probation With Home Detention For Counterfeit Currency Conspiracy
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Ford City, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation with nine months of home detention on her conviction of a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
United States District Judge Terrence F. McVerry imposed the sentence on Tiphany D. Ohler, 26.
According to information presented to the court, Ohler conspired to, and did, manufacture and pass thousands of dollars of counterfeit currency at various stores throughout the district during the period of March 2009 through May 2009.
Assistant United States Attorney James T. Kitchen prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
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Gwyneth Paltrow praises the Met Gala on Goop after bashing it
Who knows which Gwyneth Paltrow you're talking to at any given moment? One thing's for sure, she seems to be changing her tune about the Met Gala pretty quickly. After bashing the event in some interviews, saying she would never go again, Paltrow now has nice things to say about the gala.
In an article on the Goop website, Gwyneth recalls the night, writing, "The Met Ball, at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is always the year's most elaborate display of incredible fashion and this year was no different." She goes on to say how thrilled she was to see what Valentino's designers came up with for her to wear.
Nowhere in her rundown does Gwyneth talk about the heat, how it was too crowded and all of the pushing and shoving that went on. She also didn't break down Kanye West's performance for Kim Kardashian, even though she already revealed that Kanye was furious and threw his microphone down.
Maybe it wasn't all bad after all, as Gwyneth is able to look beyond all the negatives and point out some of her favorite looks of the night, including "The Great Gatsby" star Carey Mulligan. The theme of the Met Gala was "Punk: Chaos to Couture," and while Paltrow was anything but punk in her pink dress, she also takes the time to give fashion advice to those who want to look the part, because when you think of Gwyneth Paltrow, punk rock is the first thing that comes to mind.
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Daylight was waning as Johnny Lightning fired up his Kenne Bell-blown orange Lightning for one last shot at the Old Bridge Township Raceway Park quarter-mile. The track was sticky, the air was great, and he was ready to let it all hang out. After all, he couldn't let the Lightning be outdone by the venerable Terminator Cobra and the new darling child of the SVT camp, the GT500.
As his Lightning rolled into the burnout box, everyone knew something big was going to happen, either good or bad. The truck tortured the rear tires, building a copious amount of heat for the utmost in stickiness and need for traction. Then Lightning inched towards the stage beam ever so carefully, getting in as shallow as he could for the greatest amount of rollout, and a bigger running start. The switch was flipped, and just after he brought the rpm up to the desired level for launch, Lightning matted the loud pedal. The truck squatted, then lurched forward and hiked the front end hard. At the 60-foot mark, the tone of the blown mod mill changed from mean to downright angry, and the orange hauler took off like a rocket. The truck wandered a bit at half-track, but Lightning never pulled his foot off of the throttle. He was going for broke, determined to either light up the scoreboards or blow it up in the process. As the truck streaked through the finish line cones, the boards lit up--9.56 at 141 mph.
Johnny Lightning's "hero" pass was just one of many story lines at the first-ever SVT Supercharged Shootout. Throw in a 9.43-second GT500, a bunch of wicked-quick Cobras, and one fragged 5.4L GT500 powerplant, and the day was filled with excitement, quick times, blazingly fast speeds, and high-octane fueled fun.
We put the call out for the baddest '03-'04 Cobras, '07-and-up GT500s, and '99-'04 Lightnings. Each car (or truck) was required to have the stock-style suspension, a complete interior, and an original-style engine. That meant the Cobras had to have a Four-Valve 4.6L mod motor, the GT500s the 5.4L Four-Valve behemoth, and a Two-Valve 5.4L Triton motor in the Lightnings. Only Roots or twin-screw blowers were allowed, any transmission was allowed, and the vehicles had to be street appearing.
Before we check out the results, let's glance at the lineup for the three teams invited to knock the ball out of the proverbial park.
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Before you get your shorts in a knot, we are putting the GT500 first just because it's the newest addition to the SVT stable. As is common knowledge, the GT500 showcases a 5.4L Four-Valve mod mill that is topped with an Eaton Roots-style supercharger. While a hefty car to move, the extra valves and cubic inches help the GT500 knock down serious elapsed times in spite of the weight. Of the three GT500's that came to our shootout, one went with an aftermarket overdrive transmission, while the other two were banging gears. The blower choice was spread between a stock Eaton supercharger (that ran very well we might add) to a pair of large-by-huge Whipple 3.4L blowers. Even though some serious power would be transferred down the driveline, only one of the GT500 competitors chose to swap out the stock 8.8-inch rear for a beefier 9-inch. One thing that was prevalent was the willingness by these GT500 owners to cut up their brand new cars and install a full-on rollbar to make them NHRA legal. All told, the GT500 group ran as we expected--fast.


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The report released recently on the theme "Global Economic Prospects 2013" said that growth in Sub Saharan region of which the EAC is part of had a robust domestic demand, high commodity prices, increased export volumes due to new capacity in the natural resource sector and steady remittance flows that supported growth in 2012.
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"However, the expansion was curtailed by domestic factors, including earlier monetary policy tightening in Kenya and Uganda, protracted labor disputes in South Africa and political unrest Mali and Guinea Bissau," he said adding that the region is projected to grow at its pre-crisis average of 5 percent during 2013-15.
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In the UK the response is far less rational: the media publicises people showing off "tame" foxes, then goes into a frenzy over the inevitable problems such misguided behaviour brings.
For 24 hours after the Bromley baby was bitten, my phone never stopped ringing. Then it suddenly fell silent. An 85-year-old man in Rome announced his retirement and the media circus moved on.
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After talking to Kim and looking through her new cookbook, The Modern Menu, I knew you would love these recipes for your High Holiday meal planning. Kim suggests menus in her book, but recommends readers to pick and choose and make it their own. Read our interview with Kim here and enter our giveaway and then enjoy a sampling of her recipes in this Modern Rosh Hashanah Menu. Mediteranean Sea Bass is a snap to prepare and the perfect starter for your High Holiday meal.
Kohlrabi and Cabbage Salad would pair well with the fish and I just can't help myself, I need vegetables in every course.
Chicken with Pumpkin, Figs and Honey is the perfect Rosh Hashanah main that would be perfect throughout the fall season. The flavors of cinnamon and pumpkin will permeate the room when you are cooking this dish.
The flavorful Cauliflower Salad can be made ahead and be served at room temperature so you don't have to worry about oven space.
Lentils, Carrots and Rice will soak up all the flavors from the chicken, but still be flavorful enough on its own.
A High Holiday Meal without some apples would not be complete and this Apple Tart is easy and presents beautifully.
I hope you enjoy this menu from Kim's Modern Menu cookbook and have a Happy Sweet New Year.
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- The Holy Cross women's tennis team opens up its 2012 fall slate with a home match against Assumption on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Matches are set to begin at 3:30 p.m. on the Holy Cross Tennis Courts. The Crusaders will then compete at the Salve Regina Doubles Invitational in Newport, R.I., on Saturday, Sept. 15. Last year the Crusaders tied for first place at the tournament.
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Recycling is a wonderful thing.
Technically it is "up-cycling" since it's piped upstream to our Tolt neighbors.
And then it is returned to you via the downstream flow.
How neighborly.
...where our children swim in it at the downtown McCormick Park. Circle of life.
Just a warning, I will be going to DUVALL later today.
I will not be wearing my tweeds, however. In fact, I probably will
not be attired as are the residents. Looks like I might stand out
from the crowd.
You sure like it there. Maybe you ought to move there.
I think I already covered this subject. It must be my advanced age that I don't remember things anymore. But I am young as I'm only 22 years from being 100 years old.
I'm Baaaaaaaaaaccccckkkkkk!
I feel sooooo refreshed.
Did you visit the waste water treatment facility while you were there?
I'm currently in Dallas for work. While at the hotel bar this evening, I struck up conversation with another gent enjoying a choice grain based beverage. As fate would have it, he too hails from the far off land of Duvall. We are a well traveled people.
Alas, I missed it. Does it have a viewing window like the locks in Ballard?
One can always spot a DUVALLIAN by their discriminating demeanor and impeccable deportment.
I had some friends who were deported from Duvall by the Sheriff. One of them moved to Alaska and returned about 20 years later after everyone forgot about him.
Was his picture removed from the Post Office?
Dollars to doughnuts says he spotted the Duvallian by some some other attribute.
The fly festooned hat with Thingamabobbers and spey flies?
I've been stuck in Idaho for the last week and a half, with no hope of a visit to Duvall in the foreseeable future. I miss it. Even though I may go for weeks without visiting when I'm home and working in Seattle, but there's something about knowing that Duvall is close enough that I COULD go there whenever I want is comforting somehow.
It's equally as comforting to know that I never have to leave Duvall whenever I don't want to.
I don't always leave Duvall, but when I do, it's not for long.
I feel your pain, Richard. I may have to make a dry run over to visit just to appease my lust for culture. Do you think my 2 wt rod would be over kill on the Snoqualmie at DUVALL?
As a resident, it could be hazardous to your mental health to stay away too long. Stay thirsty, my friend.
I remember when I used to go fish the Forks of the Snoqualmie, that I had to drive through Duvall to get to where I was going. It was a very small town back then. After a while I found a different way to go so I didn't have to go through there. The other side of the valley is a straight thru shot with no traffic lights . Back roads are wonderful.
Ah yes, and the west side of the river has such novel roads. It is a real novelty to drive some of them. Did you see the cow barns at Carnation? Another world renowned landmark!
I remember the cans of milk that my Mother bought, that carried the Carnation name. Never dreamed that I would live so close to the town. This was when I lived in southern Illinois.
I just found out that a local business, Match Coffee and Wine, just earned King 5's Best of Western Washington vote for favorite Wine Bar. And THAT, my friends, is part of the reason too many people pronounce it Du-VAHL. We need more beer taverns serving cheap swill in order to get back to our roots...to get back to DOO-vall.


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Temporary 1-cent Arizona sales tax ends
PHOENIX -- Arizona shoppers and businesses will have extra cash in their pockets starting this weekend with Friday's expiration of a temporary 1 cent sales tax approved by voters three years ago.
"I have in my hand the document establishing the Proposition 100 tax in the Arizona Constitution," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said. She then ripped the document in half and declared the tax to be over.
Starting Saturday, the state's sales tax rate will drop to 5.6 cents on the dollar, down from the 6.6 cents that was in place since June 1, 2010.
The tax brought more than $900 million into the state's coffers each year and helped the state avoid bigger budget cuts during the height of the recession.
The tax ``prevented truly devastating cuts to education, public safety and health and human services,'' said Gov. Jane Brewer, the tax increase's chief proponent.
The sales tax increase appeared on a May 2010 special election ballot as Proposition 100. Voters approved it 64 percent to 36 percent.
``We already knew that dire cuts were coming down the pike, and we know that without the passage of Prop. 100 it would be even worse,'' said Bobette Sylvester, assistant superintendent of Mesa Unified School District, the state's largest district.
According to KJZZ, Sylvester said that even with the extra money, Mesa Unified still had to lay off teachers and forgo building repairs and new textbooks. But, the sales tax money saved some jobs and programs, she said.
Brewer pushed the Legislature to ask voters to approve the tax during the depths of the recession as plummeting state revenues triggered massive state budget cuts.
It took Brewer about a year to get the Republican-led Legislature to put the increase on a ballot. Opponents said the increase would hurt the economy and ultimately would be made permanent.
Last November, however, Arizona voters rejected an initiative measure by education advocates and others to extend the 1-cent increase indefinitely. Under the proposal, the money would have been designated for education and certain other state services.
Brewer opposed the 2012 proposal, and on Friday she noted that the temporary tax was expiring as planned and on schedule.
``A promise made and a promise kept,'' she said.
Arizona Small Business Association President Rick Murray said Brewer kept her promise that the tax would expire in three years.
"This temporary sales tax is just that: temporary," said Murray. "Too many times we see when government has their hands on the money, they are reluctant to let loose of it. This is just one of the many initiatives that this governor has done to be able to further fuel our state's economic recovery."
Had the state not raised the extra $2.7 billion from the tax increase, Arizona's economy would have likely faced long-term problems, economist Alan Maguire said.
``What the temporary tax did was it gave people a sense of assurance that Arizona was going to be moving forward in a rational, calm, orderly fashion, and that encouraged businesses who might otherwise have been afraid to invest in Arizona to invest in Arizona,'' Maguire said.
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Save these valuable bottles and recycle/upcycle them any way you can!
Lets build our LED lamp.
This is a entry to the "Keep the bottle" contest. Please take the time to vote if you think the idea, is worth me getting a prize for it. I would really enjoy the prize, so please vote.
Step 1: What you will need
~ Two water bottles.
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~ One High powered LED . (Preferably out of some old electronics)
~ An applicable battery for your LED (If you can not obtain a battery to suit, purchase some resistors from your local electronics store.).
~ One rocker switch (purchase one from your local electronics store or salvage it from old electronics)
~ Glue.
~ 240 grit sand paper.
Step 2: Cutting the bottles
Make the cut below the neck where the bottle neck meets the flat sides.
Trim the cut flush.
This will be the top of our lamp.
Cut the bottom off your other bottle.
Make the cut about 12 mm / 1/2 inch from the bottom.
Trim the cut flush
This will be our base of the lamp.
We now need to cut the hole for the switch.
Trace out the required hole and cut where you feel appropriate. I chose the back, yet the side would still be fine.
Step 3: Sanding the bottles.
Take your sand paper and with circular motions abraid the inside and outside of the top/bottom.
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Guess I checked to fast.... I read your join date as published date....
It is a pity on the deadline issue as you could have entered in the contest too. I guess i'll just have to contend with the several other "Bottle light" I'bles.
Thanks for the rating, but you know you really should vote. ;)
I don't mean to get all stuff white people like on you, but I think you mean "Simple LED lamp," as simplistic implies Moronic, and this is anything but.


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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Cazelais is saved! Yippee! Sort of.
10 comments:
- Jason Prince said...
Sometimes its a good idea to cite the legal experts, on such matters!
Not sure where you are getting your information on this, Kristian.
Here is one explanation of how the government fixes the price of an expropriated building (http://tinyurl.com/ygc9jku):
L'indemnité est établie comme suit. Une fois faite la description du bien exproprié, on en détermine la " valeur au propriétaire " soit la valeur de ce bien pour celui qui en a la possession à titre de propriétaire, locataire ou occupant de bonne foi. Quand il s'agit d'un immeuble, cette preuve de la valeur est souvent faite par un évaluateur agréé. C'est l'indemnité principale.
La valeur du bien exproprié est souvent qualifiée de valeur au propriétaire, il faut aussi prendre en considération la valeur de convenance, la valeur spéciale à l'exproprié, etc. On parle alors de valeur marchande plus. Il s'agit en somme d'une valeur subjective contrairement à la valeur objective recherchée par exemple en matière de fiscalité municipale. En expropriation, on recherche vraiment la valeur de l'immeuble exproprié pour son propriétaire.
À la valeur du bien exproprié, s'ajoute la somme d'argent nécessaire pour compenser l'exproprié des autres préjudices qui lui résultent directement de l'expropriation. La preuve peut parfois en être faite par des factures ou des estimés de dépenses. Sinon, le préjudice fait l'objet d'une évaluation par un expert. C'est l'indemnité accessoire.
Cette indemnité inclut notamment l'indemnité pour dommages au résidu ou dommages de rapprochement, le coût de déplacement des bâtisses s'il y a lieu, la compensation des dommages moraux et du déracinement social ainsi que des troubles, ennuis et inconvénients subis par l'exproprié. La relocalisation et la réinstallation sont aussi pris en considération notamment s'il s'agit de l'expropriation d'édifices commerciaux. Les dommages agricoles sont également appréciés et mesurés pour être compensés dans l'indemnité lorsque l'expropriation vise une ferme.
- 12:20 p.m.
- Kristian said...
I discussed the process at length with a guy who was expropriated in Laval for the new metro. I can't locate that article now though.
The documentation everywhere -including that which you have sent - is very vague and there's no hard explanation of what the compensation would be. Surely you'd be a fool to let them steamroll you.
You will also note that the Cafe Cleopatra was going to be expropriated and demolished but the owner simply refused to go along with it and the city of Montreal decided that it would simply back off because they feared the cost of going to court would be too expensive.
It's no easy task to expropriate nowadays.
- 2:12 p.m.
- Neath said...
Interesting times down there. I don't know who would want to buy with the 6 years (and who knows how much longer the construction gangs could stretch it out for) of construction coming up. But it is an enormous victory for one street. Looks like 780 Saint Remi is still going to get bulldozed. Do try to interview the owner, Mr Fattal. I hear he is not necessarily in favour of expropriation and is a total character.
When you get right down to it the Turcot battle is really only starting. The whole thing has been in Limbo for awhile and with the MTQ ready to go forward it means the cards are hitting the table. Going to be very interesting.
- 3:18 p.m.
- Jason Prince said...
A final thought on this matter: If it really were the case that you could double or triple the value of your property, wouldn't there be some speculation going on around these spots? I will make some inquiries and if I turn up anything, will blog it.
- 3:09 p.m.
- Kristian said...
Usually you could read about past transactions by using the Montreal evalweb to get the cadaster and then plug that into the service foncier of the provincial government site. (cost you about two bucks per check). But on Cazelais the cadasters were not updated so you have to find another way of checking. Some of those owners are more prominent than others, the Usher-Jones is a good Westmount boy like me and you, but a little wealthier.
- 9:02 p.m.
- JNvillage said...
While very impressed at the wealth of information here, I can imagine the people whose names you've listed will not appreciate this violation of their privacy. Could you not have found a way to protect the innocent, so to speak, yet still reveal the facts?
The MTQ reps have insisted that nobody, not the government, not individual owners, are allowed to benefit from an expropriation...So it's hard to imagine prices tripling unless the added amounts are just that... Additional amounts to compensate for pain and suffering, expenses, etc.
For the record, there has been a great deal of speculation in the area in the last five years (perhaps in part to the construction of the nearby MUHC)... The building in which I live has changed hands 4 times. And the building at the north-west end of Cazelais was just bought... Apparently the new owner was told nothing about the potential expropriations. Gives new meaning to the terms '' Hidden Defects... Buyer Beware! ''
Kristian, can you dig up similar info on the local businesses (St-Remi and Pullman) ... The owners are like fish in a barrel, as no community group is advocating on their behalf; they too should be made aware of their options.
Also, let's not forget Selby street...
- 6:43 p.m.
hey, i m one of the people on the list.goes to prove you probably never invested a penny in your life. the price goes for has to do with the worth on the market ,not necessarily the worth of the of the actual merchandize. not let s compare it to an illegal substance, pot let s say. to grow a plant you need a seed, water, and earth. grown indoors, electricity. now the real worth of a gram of pot for the grower.is probably a few dollars.now for him to take the risk and take the effort, there has to be a profit. for if he had to sell his pot for the price it cost him it would not be worth it. now imagine a tennant. he or she gets three months free rent just for having rented there. no effort whatsoever.imagine the equation. if i where to tell you.you don t have to do anything and i m going to give you free money.now tell me who s getting a free ride. the investor who takes a risk,works to upgrade a neighbour hood or their property, or the people that get a hand out for doing absolutely nothing.also that is pretty pathetic the you publish info of the sort. there was no need to give amounts.the cost of mobilisation turcot constant protesting is a lot more than 7 million dollars. and perhaps the lives it can take. put that in your equation.
- 11:14 a.m.
now continuing on what i was comparing the market. now the better the quality of the pot, the more in demand,for sure the higher the price. i don t know what kind of work you do , but you can be certain that you are paid more the the fellow of the gal that was doing your job, 20 years ago.so if you plan to better your life, you better start taking risks in investing as oppose do publishing everyones financial situation.i am sure there are still communists countries in the world where you can go to resist democracy and investment.
- 11:26 a.m.
kristian, it is a shame i didn t see this blog before. i ve been busy working to pay my bills and another investment that could have potentially created jobs. but it is a shame that there are always people trying to create more poverty in this world as oppose to making a world where everyone can eat and pay there bills. if ever one day we meet perhaps we can sit down and talk about people that the gov t ment privilidge.and perhaps learn a little about investments. many yourself too one day will take a chance and invest your saving ,work hard to make your home or house more beautiful and find yourself happy knowing that the risk you took prospered.if i had known i was worth so much, i would have fought mobilisation turcot with all my might.i too was against it but realized that the perhaps 2 years of construction noise and dirt and possibility of not being able to rent the appartments was not worth it.you keep comparing today s market with yesterdays prices. how much did a teacher make 20 yearts ago. how much was a pound of butter.i hope you take as much energy publishes the foes of this world as oppose to publishing info about people who chose to take a risk. i would like to know ,is it jealousy that animates you for i do not understand why the amount of the purchase of a property or even your appraisal of what a property is worth, has anything to do why the expropriation.the 90,000 dollar per triplex was in what year.?
- 11:48 a.m.
- Kristian said...
Sorry, Anonymous, I think you're asking me a question but I'm not sure what it is and I'm not sure if you're insulting me? I'm not really clear where you're coming from or what you're asking specifically.
- 6:09 p.m.