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The fourth person to die after a gunman opened fire on the Jewish Museum in Brussels was to be buried in a Muslim cemetery in Morocco.
Alexandre Strens, whose mother is Jewish and father a Muslim Berber, was to be buried near his grandparents' graves in the cemetery in Taza, north-east Morocco, on Tuesday afternoon, the museum's president Philippe Blondin told Belgian media.
Strens, who was raised in the Jewish faith by his mother, was employed in the museum's PR department and was working in reception on the day of the killings.
He died on Friday, having been brain-dead since being shot.
Both parents' families agreed that he should be buried in Morocco.
"Alexandre's family is a magnificent family, integrated and of exceptional quality," Blondin said. "The mum raised her seven children on her own."
Three other people were killed in the attack, Israeli tourists Emanuel and Miriam Riva and 66-year-old voluntary worker Dominique Sabrier.
A suspect, Mehdi Nemmouche, was arrested in Marseille, southern France, 11 days ago and is currently fighting extradition to Belgium.


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Wu-Yi Tea, Skinny Choco Latté, All Natural Tea Blend, Chocolate Dream, 25 Tea Bags, 1.8 oz (50 g) (Discontinued Item)
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"Enjoy all the delectable flavor of a chocolate latte without any of the guilt with Skinny Choco Latte!"
This tea is to be used along with a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle for optimal results and well-being.
The Wu-Yi Tea Company is named after the pristine and glorious Wu-Yi Mountains in the Fujian Province of China. Wu-Yi Tea from this region is known to be some of the most sought after and highly regarded tea in the world. Each of our proprietary blends of Wu-Yi Tea is specifically formulated to aid your better health and well-being. Try all of our Wu-Yi Teas today to see what fits your lifestyle the best and cheers to your better health!
Skinny Choco Latté is a delicious alternative to a high fat chocolate latté in the morning or whenever you may be in the mood. It is a healthy fusion of Wu-Yi Cliff tea and Yerba Mate from South America with the perfect hint of chocolate from real cocoa powder. As a bonus it contains garcinia cambogia to help combat against hunger!
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Scotland has been invaded by 988 alien plant and animal species, according to Scottish Natural Heritage, which has carried out one the most extensive studies of its kind. Some 41 per cent of species are a threat to native wildlife. They include the American mink, the New Zealand flatworm and the rhododendron, which smothers ground plants and prevents trees from seeding. But many of the aliens do no harm. These include a 30-strong colony of red-necked wallabies that escaped from a private collection on the small island of Inchconnachan in the middle of Loch Lomond in 1975.
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Thousands of miles, tons of tech
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Altec Lansing's iM600 iPod speakers: I didn't get to use these as much as I wanted--I listened to most of the 1,000-plus songs I heard in the car--but when I did, I was impressed. They offer great sound in a compact package and a low price. I own a previous version of Altec Lansing's iPod speakers; this new version outshines it by an order of magnitude. Plus, it offers an AM/FM radio and the ability to plug in auxiliary devices like a laptop. My only complaint is that when an iPod is docked with this device, it's nearly impossible to use the click wheel, making it hard to scroll through songs or playlists.
Iridium's 9505A satellite phone: I only used this phone a few times, but when I needed it, it provided a great signal, regardless of where I was. The quality is better than any cell phone, and though it requires an open sky to get a signal, that is something that was easily available in the Southwest, especially in places where the cell didn't have a signal. My only surprise was that Iridium hadn't put out a new model of satellite phone since I went on Road Trip 2006.
Infiniti QX56: This SUV provided by the trip's sponsor was a lot of fun, and it's a good thing since I drove nearly 5,000 miles in it. It was comfortable, powerful and extremely smooth. From a driving perspective, its V8 engine provided all the acceleration I could want, though I was a little surprised at first that its pickup doesn't really kick in until 40 miles an hour, and then not again until 60 mph.
The QX56 has a full passel of technological features. In particular, I used the XM radio, which came in nice and clear. And I also used its GPS car navigator, which seemed very smart, though it often took a couple minutes to tell me which way to go--something that was a problem a couple of times when I was trying to find a short route from point A to point B. But beyond that, the navigator always took me to where I needed to go, and with clear, concise spoken directions.
My only real complaint about this vehicle--and it's not specific to this one, since it's just one in a class of SUVs--is that it is a gas guzzler. On average, it got about 15 or 16 miles a gallon, which meant for some hefty gas bills.
UDG Producer Bag: This gadget bag, which is aimed at DJs, is a multifeatured bag with pockets for all kinds of things. I think, however, that it really is best used by DJs, as those pockets seem best-suited to holding things like CDs and cables. For me, trying to cart around a laptop, a camera, some lenses and lunch, it was kind of a stretch. But that was mostly my own fault for trying to get it to do something it really wasn't designed for.
All in all, the tech I brought with me was great, and most of it did just what it was supposed to do. I regretted not being able to get to several of the devices I brought with me, including a Sony camcorder, a BlackBerry 8800, TomTom One XL and Garmin StreetPilot car navigation systems and a few others. But there's always Road Trip 2008.
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- That's really terrible! For a news site that extols all the great advancements in green technology, I'm dissappointed and find it hypocritical that 5,000 miles would be driven in a glacier melting SUV. A big honkin' full-size SUV at that. Looking over your equipment list, I can't imagine you needed anymore room than an Outback would haul for about half the gasoline. I realize this vehicle was provided by the trip's sponsor but that's no excuse. If you couldn't find someone to sponsor a smaller vehicle, then either use your own or call off this little joy ride.
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Dr. Unk, the DrUnk Doctor who ran down a cyclist last year, was sentenced recently. You may recall that I started following this case shortly after Dr. Unk drove off the road, and into/over a cyclist.
Dr. Unk was driving northbound on U.S. 23 in her 2007 Chrysler Pacifica. According to the police report Dr. Unk "…traveled off the right side of the road and stuck …" Mr. Schiavone, who was riding along the berm.
Dr. Unk was arrested – witnesses detected a "severe" odor of alcohol. She blew a 0.17% BAC. She didn't remember where her car was after the crash. The car, as you can see, suffered some significant damage.
From the Columbus Dispatch article [which I can't access] it says, "A Worthington doctor was sentenced to 15 days in jail and 400 hours of community service for driving drunk and hitting a cyclist in Delaware County in September 2012." You can read the Fox story here. The sentencing order is not online yet.
Dr. Unk entered a guilty plea to a felony. Her medical license is currently under suspension.
I read the pleadings, including the Sentencing Memo, filed by Dr. Unk's attorney. I wanted to know what caused the judge to think a two week jail was sufficient for a drunk professional who ran off the road, and ran over a cyclist, severely injuring the rider.
Her attorney argued that Dr. Unk had tried to reach out to the cyclist, who didn't want contact with her. She is attending AA mtgs, went through a Rehab program and is working with the Medical Board. She presented numerous letters of support – from doctors, people associated with her treatment program, friends, church folks.
I dunno- it get it, but I'm not buying two weeks. I understand that she's remorseful, that she's taking steps to get hep, and that she's trying to move forward on a positive path… I'm glad she stuck around after the crash [as anyone with a SOUL would do] and that she allowed the drug testing and cooperated with the process… like MANY people do who get caught driving drunk … I'm glad she settled all the civil claims, the money claims- she's a bit of the "model" defendant, from all appearances…
Fifteen days… seems so… inadequate…
To me, drunk driving is serious business… drunk driving that causes the drinker/driver to take a huge Pacifica off the road and onto the berm is troubling… She drove drunk all the way to the crash site- she could have killed people, smashed into cars or pedestrians… she ended up driving that big car off the road, into and over a guy on a bike, causing significant, serious injuries… to me, should be punishable by more than "fifteen days" – a couple months, maybe? 180 days? Let her out a couple months early? At least she spends some time away –
Fifteen days is a bit of a slap… to the cyclist and his family… fifteen days… that's like a doc's vacation, not a punishment for almost killing someone because you drove while you were impaired… sheesh…


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A user is enabled to navigate through an electronic data base in a personalized manner. A context is created based on a profile of the user, the profile being at least partly formed in advance. Candidate data is selected from the data base under control of the context and the user is enabled to interact with the candidates. The profile is based on topical information supplied by the user in advance and a history of previous accesses from the user to the data base.
1. A method of enabling a user to query an electronic document base system, the method comprising the steps of:
forming a user profile of the user containing a dynamic list of concept objects extracted by the system from an access history of the user;
entering at least one query object by the user into the system for a current query; and
performing the following steps by the system:
determining a topical context for the current query from the at least one query object and the user profile and generating at least one context object for the current query representing the determined topical context;
identifying at least one document in the document base under control of the at least one query object and the at least one generated context object; and
updating the access history of the user based on the current query.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the access history is formed by logging queries and other interactions of the user and the system.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of updating the access history comprises the steps of:
generating a further concept object based on the current query;
verifying if the further concept object is absent from the user profile;
storing the further concept object in the user profile if the further concept object was absent; and
skipping the storing step if the further concept object was present in the user profile.
4. The method of claim 1, comprising enabling the user to specify a part of the user profile representing a profile of the user's interests.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user is enabled to specify unwanted topics in the user profile and documents identified by the specified unwanted topics are excluded from being made available to the user.
The invention relates to a method and system for enabling retrieval of an information item from an information base in an electronic network.
Rapidly expanding information archives provide access to terabytes of electronic data, e.g., electronic museums, electronic newspapers, musical archives, digital libraries, software archives, mailing lists, up-to-date weather information and geographic data. Consequently, current advances in information technology are driven by the need to increase the effectiveness of information access and retrieval.
Traditionally, information providers try to overcome the inadequacies of information retrieval by providing fast and powerful search engines, see, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,293,552 (PHN 13,666) herewith incorporated by reference. Retrieval mechanisms based on keywords typically return a large set of documents, but are not very precise in their return. Examples of searching systems are commonly available search engines, databases and library lookup systems. The user interacts with the system by providing a query with sufficient information and gets back a set of documents that more or less match the query.
Traditional approaches have devised mechanisms to map a user's query to a document based on overlapping terms or concept words between the query and the document terms.
One known approach is known from "Experiments on Using Semantic Distances Between Words in Image Caption Retrieval", Alan F. Smeaton and Ian Quigley, Proceedings of the 19th Annual International A CM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, August 1996, Z�rich, Switzerland. This approach uses a quantitative measure of semantic similarity between index terms for queries and documents.
Another recent method is described in "A Deductive Data Model for Query Expansion", Kalervo Jarvelin, Jaana Kristensen, Timo Niemi, Eero Sormunen and Heikki Keskustalo, Proceedings of the 19th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, August 1996, Z�rich, Switzerland. This method introduces concept-based query expansion, where each concept is expanded to a disjunctive set of concepts on the basis of conceptual relationships pointed out by the user.
Yet another known idea is proposed in "Incremental Relevance Feedback for Information Filtering", James Allan, Proceedings of the 19th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. August 1996, Z�rich, Switzerland. This idea relates to relevance feedback techniques that process shifts in user interest patterns over a period of time. The user feeds back notions of which query results he/she believes are relevant to the current query.
A key to effective information retrieval lies in mechanisms that increase the precision values for documents retrieved. One problem with existing search systems is that if the query is not very precise, the user is left with the task of scanning through a large of amount of result data to identify documents of interest, because a large percentage of the information retrieved is not relevant to the user. Another drawback is that the known retrieval methods supply a set of results that is restricted to the literal search criteria entered at that moment and not much else. That is, the electronic information retrieval does not have the advantages of real-life browsing at a bookstore where an interesting book cover may catch a person's eye and divert his/her attention or awaken his/her interest. Consequently, the information provider is unable to guide the user to other, yet related, works that could be of interest to this particular user.
It is therefore an object of the invention is to provide a method for retrieving information that improves the quality of the result data.
To this end, the invention provides a method of enabling a user to navigate through an electronic document base. The invention provides a method of enabling a user to query an electronic document base. The user supplies at least one query object, e.g., a word, a geometrical shape or pattern, a tune or rhythm representing one or more bars of a piece music, etc. The method comprises determining a topical context for the query by means of extracting from an access history, e.g., at least one preceding query, of the user to the document base at least one concept object associated with the current query. The concept object is used to create at least part of a user profile. Then one or more documents are identified in the document base under control of the user profile. The profile is updated based on the content of the identified document.
The invention increases the effectiveness of browsing wide-area information by means of focusing primarily on the user's interest as given by the user's access history in terms of the results of previous queries. Taking these results into account for next queries creates a context that enables interpreting the current query object in view of what currently is likely to be of interest to this specific user. The context for the current query is used to update the user's profile. The profile itself is used as a recommendation for mapping relevant information form the information provider's topic space, also referred to as document base, onto the user's search space.
The profile gets updated dynamically in response to the user's interactions with the document base. Accordingly, the dynamic part reflects the path taken within the provider's information space in the course of the user's search. Preferably, the profile has also a static part that reflects the user's long-term interests. The term "static' is used to indicate a time scale substantially slower than that of the dynamic part. The static part is determined by, for example, letting the user provide topical information about his/her fields of attention the first time that the user interacts with the document base. Such entries can be changed manually in due course. Alternatively or subsidiarily, statistical analysis of a statistically relevant number of results over time enables finding themes that stay substantially constant.
The preferred embodiment of the invention allows the user to retain a constant theme in his/her profile (static part) as well as to influence the profile by new issues (dynamic part) generated while browsing the provider's information space. This latter aspect of the invention gives a mechanism to information-providers to attract the user's interest while the latter is browsing at their sites.
Preferably, the user is allowed to disable and enable the static and/or dynamic part of his/her profile so as to be able to choose whether or not to use the profiling in retrieving information.
Thus, the invention enables clustering and re-clustering of the information space in a manner effective for highly personalized browsing. The invention can be regarded as an automatic version of the "refine" button as provided by various search engines found on the Internet.
For the example with the music data base mentioned above, see U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/840,356, filed Apr. 28, 1997 (PHA 23,241), herein incorporated by reference.
The invention is explained by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the method of the invention;
FIG. 1 is a diagram of a system 100 illustrating the method according to the invention by way its main functionalities. System 100 has an electronic document base 102 and a user terminal or client 104 through which the user interacts with document base 102. For example, client 104 comprises an alphanumeric keyboard or a speech coder (not shown) and a display device (not shown). The user enters, in this example, query words into system 100 through the keyboard or speech coder and gets visual feedback on his/her entry and the query results as explained below.
System 100 comprises a static profile memory 106 that stores indications of what represents this individual user's long-term interests. For example, the user has provided topics that represent her/his main fields of interest upon being introduced to system 100 for the first time. Alternatively, if, for example, the user's cultural and social background and profession are known, the system may assign by default this particular user to a particular category typical of this type of user. Alternatively, or subsidiarily, the user may specify that she/he is definitely NOT interested in specific topics so as to be able to exclude certain categories of documents right from the outset. All this information contributes to creating a long-term profile of this user which is stored in memory 106.
It is assumed that the user is interacting with system 100 for the first time and enters a query word through client 104. System 100 now enables interpreting this query word within a certain context that is determined by the static profile as stored in memory 106. System 100 has a context generator 108 that generates one or more additional keywords associated with the topic under consideration as given by the user's entry. This is done, for example, via an algorithm that is based on a topical partitioning of the information space spanned by the documents in document base 102. Alternatively, the keyword entered through client 104 is mapped onto semantically similar terms in a dictionary. The mapping is controlled by static profile 106 to eliminate unrelated topics. For example, the entries "processor" and "micro" can be mapped onto the topic "computers" via "microprocessors", but also onto the topic "cooking" via "food processor" and "microwave oven". If the user is a rabid amateur cook with much too little time because she/he is a very busy specialist in parallel data processing architectures, both topics may be relevant and the context should include both. If the static profile indicates that the user is only interested in one of these categories, the context should cause documents of the other category to be ignored. If the static profile comprises neither indication, the context should permit documents of both categories to be retrieved if present in document base 102. In order to achieve this selection, the keyword and one or more context keywords are entered into the search engine of document base 102. If static profile has a category "NOT", i.e., of one or more topics to be excluded in advance from the search, the search engine is caused to execute the Boolean operation so as to discard unwanted documents that happen to comply literally with the "NOT" conditions.
It is assumed that document base 102 identifies a large number of documents that match the combination of the words entered by the user within the context generated by generator 108. The identifiers of these documents are returned to the user, for example in the format used by the PlanetSearch service of Philips Electronics at http://www.planetsearch.com/, whose search engine is described on U.S. pat. No. 5,293,552. The results in this format are represented as ranked according to relevance, and the relative contribution of each keyword to each specific result is indicated by a colored bar. The results of this query are also sent to an analyzer 110. Analyzer 110 generates a set of concept keywords based on these results. The generation algorithm uses, for example, the topical partitioning of the information space of base 102 and a weighted topical dictionary. Such algorithms are known in the art. These concept keywords are then stored in a memory 112 that represents the user's dynamic profile. If the user starts a new query by entering one or more new key words, e.g, based on the results returned in the previous query, a similar procedure as outlined above is followed. The difference now is that the content of memory 112 is being taken into account as well in order to determine the context. The content of memory 112 thus indicates the path taken by the user while browsing the information space of document base 102.
The user may change his/her focus of interest during his/her interaction with document base 102. If the user enters the next time one or more query words that relate to a topic that bears no relation to the context of the preceding query, system 100 detects a context shift. Context shifts are being monitored and are used to change the user's dynamic profile 112 in order to modify the context of the previous queries. Upon a context shift, dynamic profile 112 does initially not affect the query, as there are no concept words stored that relate to the new topic.
The above is illustrated by the following examples. Assume that the user has been interacting with system 100 using in succession the query words "dining", "recipes", "curry". The context derived from these entries is "cooking" or "food preparation". If the user now enters keywords "processor" and "micro", the dynamic part of the profile lets these terms be interpreted as "food processor" and "microwave oven", respectively, and identifies documents relating to the latter issues. Had the user been interacting with system 100 using, e.g., "parallel", "computing" and "algorithms", the same terms "processor" and "micro" would have been interpreted as "data processor" or "signal processor" and "microprocessor" within the context established by the dynamic profile as relating to "data processing" and "computers".
As another example, assume that the user is initially interested in ideas on how to invest money. A user looking for a document on "investing" may have started off by entering via client 104 the keywords "investments" and "banking" into system 100. System 100 processes these terms and retrieves documents that match this query. System 100 returns results to client 104 that represent the documents retrieved. The queries are then enhanced by adding and dropping a few keywords. The user browses through these results and gets attracted to the idea of on-line banking. In the next query the user adds a term "on-line" and queries system 100 anew. This leads towards articles about a bill pay system of a particular bank and the query is further enhanced by adding the term "pay bill". After arriving at a desired result, the user either quits the search, or shifts interest to another topic altogether, say, "computer networking architectures". This is referred to as a context shift: a shift in the query that indicates a change of interest. By understanding such context shifts it is possible to narrow the user's search path. For example, a search for "ATM" could imply either information regarding "asynchronous transmission mode networking protocol" or "Automated Teller Machines". Within the context of banking, the term "ATM" would have led to documents on "Automated Teller Machines". Within the context of "networking architectures", the term ATM now leads to documents concerned with "asynchronous transmission mode".
A context shift is detected using the generation algorithm mentioned above that uses a topical partitioning of the information space of document base 102 and a weighted topical dictionary. If, for example, the distance between a newly entered keyword and the keywords representing the current dynamic profile in memory 112 is too large, it is safe to assume that there is a context shift. This distance is obtained, for example, by computing a degree of overlap between successive query terms. The query terms used to compute the shift include the terms added on by analyzer 110. The larger the overlap, the higher the probability that the query takes place within the same context. If there is no overlap it is safe to assume that there is a context shift. When a context shift is detected, system 100 automatically maps the user's queries to another part of the topical information space. At the same time, system 100 continues to build up an access history as the user now browses a different part of document base 102.
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Primer dimers or contamination?
I am trying to reamplify some microsatellite fragments that I have previously amplified about a year ago. When amplifying them now though I find bands of around the same size are produced in all reactions (including negative controls). This suggests that they might be primer dimers. However the size of these bands is also the size of the microsatellite that I am trying to amplify in the reaction which has also lead me to suspect that it may be contamination.
I have therefore changed over all of my reagents to overcome any possible contamination and have also found a second stock of the primers. However I am still getting bands in the negative control.
I have checked over the gel pictures from last year when I previously amplified these samples and there is no indication of dimers being produced. I have also performed fragment analysis using these microsatellites with no indication of primer dimers.
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I bought this to work out at the pool, however it is going back. There is no bust support whatsoever, and the material tents out from the surprisingly high neckline to the belly, bypassing the bust altogether. The swimsuit is true to size, if not a bit big.
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Love the suit, the print is surprisingly flattering even though its a bit more loud than what I usually go for. However I feel it runs a bit small. I'm 5"10", 125 lbs pre-pregnancy, almost 140lbs now that I'm 5 months pregnant. I normally wear a size 32 in racing suits, and I went with a size medium in this suit, which would be true to pre-pregnancy size. But it doesn't feel like it has very much room to grow in the belly area, so I might size up to a large. The bust region is perfect though--its high cut, so it doesn't let my big momma boobs hang out the side like my normal racing suit does (I'm now a 34D on top). Overall, I'd say this suit runs slightly small, especially if you've got a long torso like I do.
I ordered this item with the hopes of having a suit I could lap swim in during my 3rd trimester, but the fit was all off, especially in the bust area. I ordered a Large-- I wear a size 36 Speedo non-pregnant, with a size 8-10 pant size. If I had gone a size down to match my pre-pregnant pant size, it would not have covered my backside sufficiently. Had I kept the suit as is, it would have been billowing while I swam. I unfortunately had to return the suit.
I love the color, support and fit of this swimsuit. I have only worn it for one week so can't comment on how long it will continue to be supportive.
Very comfortable and sturdy. It fits true to size just make sure you order according to pre pregnancy size. You can wear it pretty much through all stages of pregnancy which is great! Great for water aerobics!
I swim laps a few times a week and am recently pregnant. The bathing suit was true to size and left some room to grow.The pattern was also appealing.
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Wookey Hole Caves is a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England.
Wookey Hole cave was formed by the action of the River Axe on the limestone hills. Before emerging at Wookey Hole the water enters underground streams and passes through other caves such as Swildon's Hole and St Cuthbert's Swallet. After resurging, the waters of the River Axe are used in a handmade paper mill, the oldest extant in Britain, which began operations circa 1610, although a corn grinding mill operated there as early as 1086.
Nearby is the limestone Ebbor Gorge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a more tranquil spot than the busy Wookey Hole.
The cave is noted for the Witch of Wookey Hole – a roughly human shaped rock outcrop, reputedly turned to stone by a monk from Glastonbury. It is also the site of the first cave dives in Britain.
The caves, at a constant temperature of , have been used by humans for around 50,000 years. The low temperature means that the caves can be used for maturing Cheddar cheese.
Wookey Hole was occupied by humans in the Iron Age, while nearby Hyena Cave was occupied by Stone Age hunters.
In 1544 products of Roman lead working in the area were discovered. The lead mines across the Mendips have produced contamination of the water emerging from the underground caverns at Wookey Hole. The lead in the water is believed to have affected the quality of the paper produced.
Herbert E. Balch continued the work from 1904 to 1914, where he led excavations of the entrance passage (1904-15), Witch's Kitchen (Chamber 1) and Hell's Ladder (1926-1927) and the Badger Hole (1938-1954), where Roman coins from the 3rd century were discovered along with Aurignacian flint implements. The 1911 work found a - of stratification, mostly dating from the Iron age and sealed into place by Romano-British artifacts. Finds included a silver coin of Marcia (124BC), pottery, weapons and tools, bronze ornaments, and Roman coins from Vespasian to Valentinian II.
E. J. Mason from 1946 to 1949, and G. R. Morgan in 1972 continued the work. Books by Dawkins and Balch are now prized items amongst those with an interest in cave archeology.
Later work led by Edgar Kingsley Tratman (1899-1978) OBE DSc MD FSA explored the human occupation of the Rhinocerous hole, and showed that the fourth chamber of the great cave was a Romano-British cemetery.
The cave was explored by cave divers from the Cave Diving Group of Great Britain starting in the 1930s. In 1935, two Post Office engineers, Graham Balcombe and John Arthur "Jack" Sheppard penetrated into the cave, reaching "Chamber 7" using standard diving dress. The event was the first successful cave dive in Britain.
Chamber 9 , which is also known as Cathedral Cave, was reached in 1948. In April 1949, Gordon Marriott was killed while exploring the cave. The divers discovered archaeological materials in the course of these explorations.
These early explorations used oxygen, good only for dives of up to . Experiments with early scuba gear (referred to as aqualungs at the time) were undertaken, nearly ending in tragedy. Bob Davies explored Chamber 13, in 1955 "on open circuit equipment with fins." Losing his dive line, Davies was trapped for 3 hours. Thereafter, as the nascent SCUBA technology improved, the cave divers focused their attention on closed-circuit rebreather systems.
John S. Buxton, Thompson, George, and Oliver Craig Wells (grandson of science fiction writer H. G. Wells) continued the exploration of Wookey Hole in the 1950s. In April 1957, Nitrox rebreather systems were used by Buxton and Wells in exploring beyond the point in the cave designated as "Wookey 13." According to the Cave Diving Group web site, on this trip, "Suit inflation [was] used with dry suits, a significant development." In 1960, again using the rebreather technology, Buxton, Thompson and George reached Wookey Chamber 15: one of the explorers (Buxton) penetrated a feature called "The Slot": reaching "ongoing passage at 70ft (22m) depth.
During excavations in 1954-7 at Hole Ground, just outside the entrance to the cave the foundations of a 1st century hut and iron age pottery were seen. These were covered by the foundations of Roman buildings, dating from the 1st to the late 4th century.
In 1960, a home made wetsuit was used. In January 1970 John Parker reached Chamber 20, and thereafter Chamber 22.
In the 1970s, extensive tunneling and construction work was carried out to enable members of the public to pass beyond chamber 4 into sections of the cave that had previously only been accessible to cave divers.
In 1996-1997 water samples were collected at various points throughout the caves and showed different chemical compositions. Results showed that the location of the "Unknown Junction", from where water flows to the Static Sump by a different route from the majority of the River Axe, is upstream of Sump 25.
On the 29th of Sept 2004 John Volanthen and Rick Stanton with their team reached a depth of over setting a new British cave diving record.
A man from Glastonbury is betrothed to a girl from Wookey. A witch living in Wookey Hole Caves curses the romance so that it fails. The man, now a monk, seeks revenge on this witch who—having been jilted herself—frequently spoils budding relationships. The monk stalks the witch into the cave and she hides a in dark corner near one of the underground rivers. The monk blesses the water and splashes some of it at the dark parts of the cave. Catching the witch off guard, the monk splashes the water at the dark corner she is hiding in. The blessed water immediately petrifies the witch, and she remains in the cave to this day.
The current paper mill building, whose water wheel is powered by a small canal from the river, dates from around 1860 and is a Grade II-listed building. The production of handmade paper ceased in Februaury 2008 after owners agreed there was no longer a market for the products, visitors to the site are still able to make paper from cotton. Other attractions included dinosaur yard, a museum about the cave and cave diving, a theatre with circus shows, House of mirrors and Penny arcades.
The cave and mill were joined, after purchase, by Madame Tussauds in 1973 and operated together as a tourist attraction. The present owner and manager is former circus proprietor Gerry Cottle who purchased the site for around £6million.
At least one ghost, that of a drowned potholer, is said to haunt the cave. There are also uncanny powers associated with the Witch, all adding to the attraction's popularity with visitors.
The cave was used for the filming of episodes of the BBC TV series Doctor Who: the serial Revenge of the Cybermen (1975) starring Tom Baker. This has since been referenced in the comedy of The League of Gentlemen. The cave was also used in the filming of the British series "Robin of Sherwood" (1983).
On 1 August 2006, CNN reported that Barney, a Doberman Pinscher employed as a security dog at Wookey Hole, had destroyed parts of a valuable collection of teddy bears, including one which had belonged to Elvis Presley, which was estimated to be worth $75,000. The insurance company insuring the exhibition of stuffed animals had insisted on having guard dog protection.


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Of the 1,200 performances that Charlie Ross has given of his One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, the most memorable might have been a show he performed in Dubai in early 2006.
"Some people in the audience were in full Lawrence of Arabia gear, with flowing robes and head-wraps," he says. "It was quite strange to see that mixed crowd genuinely enjoying themselves. I shudder to think that there might be people living in the desert who watch Star Wars on televisions in their tents, but it's completely possible."


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'Tornado Alley' is a shallow but spectacular experience
Casey views tornadoes as one of the wonders of the world — oddities that seem as if they belong on another planet. His forays result in dramatic footage. We see violently thrashing trees, large hail boring into the ground, 55-gallon oil drums flying through the air like leaves, a small town being hit by devastating winds, and their aftermath. And it's not a huge spoiler to say we eventually see Casey bag his trophy.
But "Tornado Alley" ends up a kind of weird mishmash — an appetizer for science geeks and a light dessert for entertainment seekers. Go for the stunning, beautiful shots that will elicit oohs and ahs, and you won't be let down. But don't expect a thought-provoking, cohesive message, because that really wasn't up the filmmaker's alley.


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South Sudan in Focus reporter Simon Wade Kasmiro, who was killed in a road accident on August 5, 2013.
Simon Kasmiro receives a certificate after successfully completing a Voice of America training course in June 2013.
A beaming Simon Wade Kasmiro -- a smile and talent that will never be forgotten.
Voice of America is in mourning following the death in a road accident of South Sudan in Focus reporter Simon Wade Kasmiro.
Kasmiro, 29, was one of the first reporters to work on South Sudan in Focus, joining the radio show when it was first set up in 2010.
"Simon was a great colleague in every way -- this is shocking and deeply sad news," English to Africa head Sonya Laurence Green said after learning of Kasmiro's death earlier this week.
"He was a hard-working and dedicated journalist," South Sudan in Focus managing editor and Washington-based co-host John Tanza said.
"He would go out of his way to get all elements of a story, no matter how long it took or how difficult or dangerous the assignment," Tanza said.
Alan Boswell, who was Kasmiro's first VOA editor in Juba, said, "Simon was one of the smartest and most conscientious young South Sudanese I ever met. He was going to do big things."
Kasmiro and a friend were killed on Monday evening when they were hit by a truck as they rode on a boda boda, one of the small motorcycles that are a common mode of transportation in Juba. A third person was also struck and killed.
Around 300 people attended a Roman Catholic prayer service held at Kasmiro's house in Gumbo, outside Juba, on Saturday. His Voice of America colleagues have launched a fund to help provide for his family.


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Virginia Tropical Storm Dennis and Tornadoes (DR-1290)
Incident period: August 27, 1999 to September 13, 1999
Major Disaster Declaration declared on September 6, 1999
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September 7, 1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports Tropical Storm Dennis made landfall on Sept. 4 at Cedar Island in Carteret County, North Carolina. After numerous days of pounding the Outer Banks with heavy rain and high winds, he system moved inland in a northwest direction across interior sections of the North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. The remnants of Dennis continue to affect Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey with periods of locally heavy rain.
September 6, 1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal disaster aid was made available today for tornado victims in the city of Hampton under a major disaster declaration issued for Virginia by President Clinton, according to the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).


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For the past couple of years, EA Sports has kicked off the game industry's busy fall schedule with the release of Madden NFL during the second week of August. Not so this year, as EA Sports president Peter Moore confirmed at an event in San Francisco last night that Madden NFL 12 will be available for platforms that include the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, and Wii on August 30.
The release date comes despite an ongoing dispute between the league and its players' association that could result in a cancellation of this year's season. According to Moore, irrespective of a season-long lockout, Madden NFL 12 will be released on its announced date.
One of the primary concerns of the NFL-NFLPA negotiations--player safety--will still be seen in Madden NFL 12 in other ways. Last month, EA Sports confirmed that player concussions will factor more importantly into this year's installment. Specifically, if a player is concussed in-game, he will be benched for the remainder of the bout.
EA is currently polling fans to see which football star should appear in Madden NFL 12 through its official website. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.


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AT&T has added six new high-definition channels from MTV Networks to its U-verse TV channel lineup.
U-verse TV customers now have access to MTV HD, VH1 HD, CMT HD, Nickelodeon HD, Comedy Central HD and Spike HD as part of their existing HD service subscription, depending on their programming package.
According to AT&T, with the new additions, the U-verse TV HD channel lineup continues to exceed the HD channel lineups offered by the major local cable providers in every U-verse TV market.
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DirecTV is now offering local high-definition programming to customers in the Lafayette, Ind., designated market area.
The following broadcast networks will be available in HD: WLFI/CBS, WTHR/NBC, WXIN/FOX and WTTV/CW.
With the addition of Lafayette, DirecTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 125 cities, representing more than 89 percent of U.S. TV households.
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COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) – The board of network gear-maker Emulex Corp. recommended that its shareholders reject a tender offer of $9.25 per share, or $764 million, from chip-maker Broadcom Corp. (story here).
Emulex has already rejected a cash offer of the same amount, saying Broadcom is taking advantage of the company's depressed stock prices. Emulex shares have lost about half of their value since the beginning of the year.
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Have put about 75 pizzas through our oven now and obviously using wood. Abslolutly love it. Some 20 years ago I had a wood/coal burning unit in my basement that I used for several years till I realized it was too much work and I went back to oil. I have a half dozen 80lb bags of pea coal left and was wondering if anyone has used coal in their WFO after making pizza to keep the temp up and cook bread or roasts etc.
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I've used coal from time to time, usually when I am going to have a large group over for pizza (i.e 30 plus pizzas) and want to push the temperature higher at the start.
Works fine. Some people say it is the best pizza they have ever had.
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Very good to know. Would hate to have to just throw the coal out. I trust it did nothing to the oven.
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I seem to remember that Sally's in New Haven used coal - maybe that's their secret ingedient!
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We're asked this question all the time, because of the famous NYC coal fired pizza places. Let us know how it works out, shoot us some pics, tell us whether you use a grate, and anything else you observe from coal burning.
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Most pizza restaurants that used to make bread used coal and kept it that way when they turned into pizza restaurants. I may gve it a try just touse up tphe coal. Coal does seem to bur longer but I'm not sure it burns hotter than wood when the flames are licking the top of the dome. I've been to Sallys many times since I'm only about 20mins away. Not quite sure its in the heat source though. If you make a really great sauce and use good ingredients all our pizza will be just as good.
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"I'm not sure it burns hotter than wood "
I actually start the fire with wood and add a good shovel full of coal in about 20 minutes before "push back".
With a wood only fire I get to about 1000 on the floor with a one hour burn. With the coal added I get to about 1300.
Try to get a low sulfur coal (which your sacks are almost certain to be). Anthracite is preferred to bituminous although both work fine. With respect to sourcing, check with your local blacksmiths - they are about the only people who use any amount of coal.
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I agree with you about it not burning as hot as wood. For one there is minimal flame. When I used both as a heat source the wood was dryer and hotter but did not last as long. the coal was not quite as hot but lasted throught the night into the morning. Did you notice any difference in the quality of your pizza with the addition to coal? I may give it a try just because I want to use up the coal. That 1300 degreees didn't affect your oven I assume.
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I think I get the extra heat because with wood there is only so much fuel you can stuff in for the "big burn". With a combination wood/coal fire, you can get more fuel in the oven at once.
I let it burn down to coals before "push back" so I don't think it affects the taste that much. Some of my guests claim it does. The smell of burning coal is interesting and pleasant.
The 1300 degrees didn't bother the oven at all.
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I have to agree. The smell of coal never bothered me when I was using it to heat thehouse when I was a pup. What botheredme was the fine ash that would always find its way up staird into the living area. All of a sudden I feel like pizza.
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This is good news to the Christian fraternity. Top TV has now joined the likes of NTV as one of the local TV stations with most Swagg, thanks to their rebrand. In the recent past, Top TV has been seen by many as an unserious station.
The on-off signals, terrible graphics and worker complaints have made it a nemesis among Christians who once revered it for its Ki-Nigeria films and motivational sermons by top pastors.
Now, the TV's showy owner, pastor Jackson Senyonga of Christian Life Ministries is priming the station for greater heights. In a display of utmost dedication to revive his asset, Senyonga last week penned a deal with digital TV Star Times to broadcast Top TV across Africa on channel 109.
Those who now watch it on Star Times say there has been a tremendous transformation. The signal is crystal clear and the graphics are as sharp as those of BBC. Presenters, in sharp contrast to the shabby hungry-looking stock the station used to boast of back then, are now full of swagg as portrayed in their flashy dressing and borrowed accents.
New hippy programmes including stand-up comedy and a sports show, Vuvuzela, have since been introduced. Senyonga has also been aggressive in advertising. On Tuesday for example, skimpily-clad girls were spotted at various points across the city wooing motorists with posters promoting Top TV.


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Andre Villas-Boas laughed off any suggestion Roman Abramovich had ordered him to play Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Michael Essien in Chelsea's 3-0 Barclays Premier League win over Bolton.
Villas-Boas recalled the trio who were controversially left out for Tuesday night's 3-1 Champions League defeat at Napoli and watched them help ease the pressure on him by ending the Blues' five-match winless run and lift them back into the top four.
The Chelsea boss admitted on Thursday that Abramovich had sought an explanation for his team selection in Naples, but he categorically denied that had influenced his starting line-up here, and said: "What are you trying to say. Of course, it's a co-incidence."
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Tag Archives: Chet Atkins
GretschTech: Switches Everywhere …
Posted: August 30, 2012
How does the switching work on Gretsch guitars?
Of the approximately 100 Gretsch electric guitar and bass guitar models available today, about half of them have a single switch on the upper bout. The other half have two switches on the upper bout. A dozen or so models even have a switch on the lower bout.
Welcome to the wonderfully idiosyncratic world of Gretsch switch configurations, which can differ quite substantially from other guitars. Once you fully understand what's going on under your Gretsch guitar's hood, we think you'll agree that the switching layouts are really quite sensible. Ingenious, even. Here's the deal …
Tags: Chet Atkins, GretschTech, Lower Bout, Switches, Upper Bout
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Chet Atkins Exhibit Extended At Country Music Hall Of Fame
Posted: April 20, 2012
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's special exhibition Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player, which was originally scheduled to close on June 11, has been extended through July 15.
The exhibit is being held over in part to accommodate members of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society, who will visit Nashville in July.
The extension also allows the museum to present additional public programs exploring the Hall of Fame member's robust career and lasting influence. Among the upcoming programming highlights are an April 28 interview with music executive Jerry Bradley, and a May 5 concert saluting Jerry Reed.
Bradley will sit down with museum Senior Historian John Rumble for an interview at 1:30 p.m. in the museum's Ford Theater. Bradley, son of Country Music Hall of Fame member Owen Bradley, learned record engineering and production from his father before working at RCA Records with Chet Atkins. First Atkins' assistant then his successor, Bradley headed RCA Nashville from 1973–82. He signed Alabama and Ronnie Milsap, among others, and contributed greatly to the creation of country music's "Outlaw"movement. Bradley will discuss his career and the influence Atkins had on it.
On May 5, Guitar Man: A Tribute to Jerry Reed, a concert celebrating the music of Chet Atkins' friend and collaborator, will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the museum's Ford Theater. Reed was known for his innovative fingerstyle guitar playing; his catalog of boisterous country hits including "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"; and his good-humored film roles (Smokey and the Bandit).
Atkins helped shepherd Reed's career at RCA, recorded dozens of his musical compositions and gave him the coveted honorary designation certified guitar player (c.g.p.). Thom Bresh, Craig Dobbins, John Knowles c.g.p., Brent Mason, Richard Smith, Mark Thornton, Darrell Toney and Sean Weaver, backed by a house band of Steve Bryant, Ric McClure and Matt Raum, will perform their favorite Reed tunes.
Both programs, offered as part of the special exhibition Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player, made possible through the generous support of the Gretsch Company with additional support provided by Great American Country Television Network, are included with museum admission and free to museum members.
The Ford Theater offers limited seating. Museum ticket or membership does not guarantee entry to museum programs. Both programs will also be streamed live here.
Tags: Chet Atkins, Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville
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Country Music H.O.F. To Hold Chet Atkins Programs In March
Posted: February 27, 2012
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will present two special programs next month in support of the exhibition Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player.
On March 3, The Life and Times of Chet Atkins by Dr. Richard Hood will be presented in the museum's Ford Theater. Hood, an Atkins scholar and finger-style guitarist himself, will trace Atkins' life from his rural childhood to his career as a legendary guitarist and producer. Ben Hall and Eddie Pennington, both winners of the National Thumbpicking Championship, will perform selections from the Atkins catalog. Pennington will also present a thumbpick guitar demonstration on March 4.
Then on March 17, the museum will host Chet Atkins at Studio B, a panel discussion featuring some of Atkins' closest associates. RCA crossover artists Bobby Bare ("Detroit City") and Jim Ed Brown ("The Three Bells"), background singer Delores Dinning Edgin, studio guitarist Ray Edenton, and hit songwriter John D. Loudermilk ("Abilene") will share stories of their work with Atkins, providing insights into what made him one of country music's most successful producers of all time. The program will be streamed live on the Country Music Hall of Fame's official website.
Following the panel discussion, Hall will present The House That Chet Built: A Chet Atkins Tour of Historic RCA Studio B. This unique guided tour will show how Atkins worked in his longtime recording home, logging many hours as a musician and a producer and cutting records that helped define the classic Nashville sound.
For tickets and more information, click here.
Tags: Chet Atkins, Chet Atkins at Studio B, Country Music Hall of Fame, The House That Chet Built
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Country Music Hall Of Fame To Hold Chet Atkins Concert Screening
Posted: January 26, 2012
This Sunday at 2 p.m., the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville will screen a legendary concert film featuring Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed from 1992.
Taped at the Bottom Line, the duo scheduled the show after putting out a Grammy Award-winning album titled Sneakin' Around.
The two finger-style guitar giants banter on stage and play such tunes as "Waltz for the Lonely," "Vincent," "Three Little Words."
Fellow guitarists Pat Bergeson and Paul Yandell also contribute to the concert.
The screening is being held as part of the Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player exhibit.
For more information, visit the exhibit's website, and view part of the Atkins and Reed show below:
Tags: Chet Atkins, Country Music Hall of Fame, Jerry Reed, Pat Bergeson, Paul Yandell
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Harrison Lands At No. 11 In Rolling Stone's Greatest Guitarists
Posted: January 2, 2012
As 2011 wound down, Rolling Stone compiled a list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, and George Harrison stands at No. 11 among the prolific list of virtuoso musicians.
In the early-December issue of the magazine, Tom Petty offered Harrison high praise.
"George Harrison and I were once in a car and the Beatles song 'You Can't Do That' came on, with that great riff in the beginning on the 12-string. He goes, 'I came up with that.' And I said, 'Really? How?' He said, 'I was just standing there and thought, "I've got to do something!'
"That pretty much sums him up. He just had a way of getting right to the business, of finding the right thing to play. That was part of that Beatles magic – they all seemed to find the right thing to play."
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page earned the top three slots on the list, with Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Eddie Van Halen, Duane Allman and Pete Townshend rounding out the top 10.
Gretsch signature artists Chet Atkins and Bo Diddley came in at Nos. 21 and 27, respectively.
"His style was outrageous," Keith Richards told RS of Diddley; it suggested "that the kind of music we loved didn't just come from Mississippi. It was coming from somewhere else."
"I think he influenced everybody who picked up a guitar," Duane Eddy said of Atkins to Rolling Stone.
Eddy himself was also honored on this list, coming in at No. 64.
"If there was any doubt left in the late 1950s that the guitar – not the saxophone – was rock & roll's essential lead instrument, Duane Eddy settled the argument: See his 1958 single 'Rebel Rouser,' curled with country twang and rippling with tremolo," noted the music mag of the Gretsch signature artist.
For the full list, click here.
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A fixed rate electricity plan is just what it sounds like – a plan that allows you to buy electricity at a fixed rate. This rate is locked in for a certain amount of time, usually between 12 and 24 months*. Even if the costs to generate electricity go up, customers on fixed rate electricity plans have peace of mind of knowing their rate will stay the same. With natural gas prices at recent historical lows, locking in on a 12- or 24-month fixed rate electricity plan can save you money on your electricity costs in the long run.
If you are a homeowner or a long-term renter, you might like the stability and peace-of-mind of a fixed-rate plan. Fixed rate plans usually have a cancellation fee if you end your plan before the contract is up. Here's why: When you sign up for the plan, your residential electric company buys power for you for the length of the term at the guaranteed rate (this is how your rate can be guaranteed for the length of the contract). If you cancel early, your provider still has to pay for the power it purchased for you. Cancellation fees help cover these costs.
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There's no denying that I've got the biggest collection of clothes in my family but ironically, I'm still the one who scours through everyone else's closets just to find something new to wear. This time, the helpless victim was my brother. I badly needed a few boyfriend shirts to layer on because I wanted to […]More
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A few months back, I did a shoot for Avon Fashions' lookbook with my fellow bloggers Vern and Patrish. It's going to be out on all Avon brochures from August 16-31, which means you're supposed to start seeing it only by tomorrow. But because I treat my readers extra special, I'm showing you the editorial first! If […]More
When I first got this hobo-style bag from Avon, I knew exactly how I would style my outfit around it. I was inspired by its conservative and classic design, sultry wine color and luxurious croc-embossed texture. A black ensemble seemed fitting with a few gold accents here and there to match the gold 4A monogram […]More
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It was raining yet again so what's a fashion blogger got to do? Find the most decent umbrella that somehow matches my outfit haha! Hype this look on Lookbook.nu here. Look at how landi (flirtatious) my mom was back in the day. The beaded lace bodysuit I'm wearing here is actually a hand me down […]More
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Moscow Metro
Moscow's Metro stations together amount to the most beautiful public transport facility in the world. Visitors to Moscow should not miss taking a ride on this glorious underground rail system, and exploring the stations. Each one has its own distinct aesthetic identity, variously adorned with Realist artworks, chandeliers, ornate pillars and marble floors. Moscow's metro caters to two and half billion passenger rides per year, making it the second most used underground metro system in the world. Despite this, the stations are more akin to palaces or 5-star hotel lobbies rather than functional spaces. The depth of the elevators is also astounding.
Address: all over the city
Website: engl.mosmetro.ru
Opening times: Daily 5:30am-1am.
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The 48 Hour Film Project will return to Toronto, probably in October. Filmmakers from all over the Toronto area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world for the title "Best 48 Hour Film of 2015".
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Winter!: Prepare for holiday gaming!
While it might not look like much, I'm pleased so far. Also, my room is rather dark, according to the camera.
It has so many ports on the back, but since it only has one vid/L/R collection, I'll swing by Radio Shack or Fry's tomorrow and get an HDMI cable for the PS3, so I can put the Wii into the V/L/R ports.
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Flyway Conservation
Eurasia: > Flyway Conservation
ICF's conservation and research programs in Eurasia increasingly focus on a flyway approach to conservation, linking activities at diverse wetland sites along the crane flyways in this region.
Studying Crane Migration
The project links activities at the site, national and international level focusing on wetland research and conservation, flyway and waterbird monitoring, education and public awareness, and capacity building and community co-management. To learn more visit the Siberian Crane Wetland Project website.


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Well-run community associations keep two pots of money. One is the operating account, used for the day-to-day costs of running the association and maintaining the property. The other is the reserve account, which is earmarked for the repair and replacement of big-ticket common elements.
It's not always obvious which bills get paid from which account.
Reserve specialist John Poehlmann, principal at Reserve Advisors Inc. in Milwaukee, said that to be categorized as a reserve expense, an element must meet four criteria: it must be an association responsibility versus a homeowner responsibility; it has to have both a limited useful life expectancy and a predictable remaining useful life expectancy; and the cost must be above a minimum threshold as set by the association.
Many declarations and bylaws define an association's common elements and maintenance obligations, although some are more detailed than others, said certified public accountant Chris Nyborg at Nyborg & Co. in Batavia.
Some associations assume responsibility for limited common elements, which are those that benefit only one owner, and others pass the responsibility to those owners, she said.
The minimum cost threshold varies from association to association.
"In a very small association, it might be $1,000 or $2,000," said Poehlmann. "In a very large association with a multimillion-dollar budget, it might be $10,000 or more."
Elements that are usually excluded from reserve studies include underground pipes, sewer systems, electrical wiring and building foundations, Poehlmann said.
"They don't last forever, but they have extremely long lives," he said. "Reserve studies are a 20- to 30-year forecast. The engineer has to be able, with a high degree of confidence, to predict how many years are remaining. When you go out 50 or 60 years, it's not predictable when these things will fail."
Another expense not covered by reserves is painting, Nyborg said.
"The IRS is clear that painting, even though it can be a very large expense for a large suburban association that has a lot of wood trim or a high-rise with lots of hallways, is an operating expense," she said.
However, if painting is part of a major renovation, it can probably be justified as a reserve expense, she said.
Poehlmann said that landscaping has traditionally been considered an operating expense. However, in recent years an invasive beetle called the emerald ash borer has destroyed millions of ash trees nationwide and is going strong. Some associations with large numbers of ash trees are reserving for their eventual removal and replacement.
Consulting fees can be either operating or reserve expenses, depending on the outcome of the consultation.
"Suppose the association says we have to hire a consultant to look at whether we need to replace the roof, and it wants to know if they can pay for it out of reserves," Nyborg said. "My advice is yes, if you go forward with the roof replacement. You can tie the cost of the consultant to the project. But if the association does not replace the roof, now you've just hired a professional to give advice or information. You have to pay it from the operating fund."
Proper routine maintenance and regular building inspections, which are operating expenses, will stretch reserve dollars by extending the life of the common elements, said James Tomlin, president of Optimum Design Construction in Westmont and a community association manager.
Perhaps the biggest threat to a building's long-term viability is water penetration. It can be caused by numerous small defects including loose or broken shingles, faulty interfaces between the roof and siding, broken capstones and even moss or other organic material. All are easily remedied.
"Many leaks don't show up inside," Tomlin said. "If you don't notice the water penetration, it becomes a bigger issue when you have X amount of dollars set up for reserves and the project costs 20 percent more."


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Lance Armstrong: Postal Service should have known I was doping
Lance Armstrong is firing back at the United States government in regards to a lawsuit alleging he and other cyclists who used performance enhancing drugs defrauded their team's former sponsor the U.S. Postal Service by claiming that the government institution should have known he was doping.
According to Armstrong's 25-page rebuke of the claims against him, the Postal Service knew of reports that he was using performance enhancing drugs but "did nothing." Of course, Armstrong denied that he was doping at the time, though we now know he was. Armstrong's lawyers write that the "Postal Service renewed the Sponsorship Agreement" despite doping reports and "basked in the favorable publicity of its sponsorship."
The lawsuit against Armstrong, filed in 2010 by former teammate Floyd Landis, says he defrauded the government by taking Postal Service sponsorship dollars with the understanding "there would be no use of performance-enhancing drugs on the team," The Wall Street Journal reports. Lawyers on Armstrong's side fired back that the Postal Service contract didn't specifically prohibit performance-enhancing drugs.
The court docket says that the government and Landis' team are expected to respond in September. If Armstrong and the others named in the lawsuit are found at fault, they will be liable to pay roughly $120 million, the Wall Street Journal reports.


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Justin Lewis, who started 12 of 13 games for Maryland's football team last season at right guard, was dismissed from the team Tuesday and turned himself in to authorities to respond to allegations of second-degree assault, according to university and law enforcement officials.
University police said a warrant was issued for Lewis, 21, in Prince George's County.
"Apparently, somebody filed charges against him," university police spokesman Marc Limansky said. "There was an outstanding warrant and he decided to turn himself in."


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AFTER a pet chimpanzee named Travis severely mauled a Connecticut woman in February, police wanted an explanation. Perhaps the ape didn't recognise the victim - who he knew well - because of a new haircut. Maybe Lyme disease or an anti-anxiety drug sparked the attack.
What else could explain such savage behaviour from a creature who shared 98.4 per cent of his DNA - and the odd glass of wine - with his human keepers?
Nonsense, argues Jeremy Taylor in his takedown of such anthropomorphic attitudes. In this book, his first, the former BBC producer synthesises recent genetic, behavioural and neuroscientific research to argue that far more than a handful of genes divides humans from our evolutionary cousins, 6 million years removed.
Take that 98.4 per cent, an oft-repeated figure that has been used to argue that chimps deserve human rights. True, Homo sapiens and Pan ...
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