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Emile Henry cookware?
Does anyone have experience with Emile Henry cookware? It's made in France from what they call burgundy clay. I'm specifically interested in the Flame line. Seems like they only make a few styles like dutch ovens and a skillet-like pan. The web site doesn't list wood fire ovens as acceptable use, but the description of the product lists for use on a open flame as okay, even with the pot empty. Just wanted to know if anyone is currectly using the pots.
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I used a terra cotta pot to cook fish and chicken in (seperately) and put it right on the oven floor, Oven was at 600 degrees (f) and had no problems and it was much easier to clean than my Iron skillet...
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Emile Henry is one of the world's leading ceramic cookware specialists ...I'm using this Emile Henry cookware from 1 year ...Till now I didn't face any problem with this and this cookware lit tile bit hard to clean...Except this im very much comfortable with this cookware ....
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I've use it at quite high temperatures and have never had a problem
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In Vienna she had undergone a new medical process, involving her endocrine glands, that rejuvenates the body and skin.
But if the current Vienna talks fail, then all bets are off.
Soon after trading began in Vienna, the stock exchange was suspended after stocks instantly fell 10 percent.
Roman Vindobona, from Celtic vindo "white" + bona "foundation, fort." The "white" might be a reference to the river flowing through it.
Capital of Austria and largest city in the country, located in northeastern Austria on the south bank of the Danube River; Austria's leading cultural, economic, and political center.
Note: Vienna was the capital of the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire under the Hapsburgs, who ruled from 1278 to 1918.
Note: During World War II, German troops occupied the city. It was badly damaged by bombing by the Allies, who controlled the city from 1945 to 1955.
Note: It is the home of composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Johann Strauss, the Younger.
Mountainous republic in central Europe, bordered by Germany and the former Czechoslovakia to the north, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Its capital and largest city is Vienna.
Note: Under the Hapsburg dynasty (1278–1918), Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and became a leading player in European politics.
Note: After losing control of the German portions of the Holy Roman Empire in the nineteenth century, Austria joined with Hungary to create the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918). Allied with Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey in World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was devastated by the war.
Note: Austria was occupied by Nazi forces in 1938 and annexed by Adolf Hitler to Germany. It was reestablished as a republic in 1945 but remained occupied by four Allied powers until it declared neutrality in 1955.
Note: The picturesque Tyrol region, in the western part of the country, is a favorite year-round tourist spot.

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Turkey vultures take a sun bath every morning.
By Gary Bogue
Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 6:13 am in Turkey vultures.
Turkey vultures taking their morning sun bath. Photo by Dave Harper, Oakley, CA
Dear readers:
Here are some more GREAT photos by Dave Harper of Oakley, California. Turkey vultures regularly sun themselves when the sun first rises every morning. They spread their wings, which allows ultraviolet rays from the sun to kill bacteria the vultures may have picked up the day before while feeding on dead animals.
Turkey vultures also spray their feet with a mixture or feces and urine when they defecate. That's why vulture legs and feet are white. Vulture urine is very acidic, which also kills bacteria picked up by the vultures while handling and feeding on carrion.
Mother Nature takes pretty good care of her animals, don't you think?
Thanks for the photos, Dave! /Gary
Turkey vultures taking their morning sun bath. Photo by Dave Harper, Oakley, CA
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I am wondering if it is (or will be) possible to view individual topic ratings (i.e., a list of users who rated a topic, and their rating) For example, I have no idea who rated my Windows Vista - Your experience and opinion? topic with 1 star.
I'm sorry if this is not in the right area of the site.
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Contact with anybody
who has produced work of quality
fills me with an air of thwarted yearning empathy,
an implausible sense of fraternity,
a melancholy sting. Regret and resentment
gnawing at me, eating me alive.
This is what you reap
when you haven't sown anything.
Contact with anybody
Chair, Sofa and Bed
Requiem for a Fallen Racetrack
Has it really come to this?
A Lifelong Brush With Obscurity
past, resent, future
Second Blush
Living Too Late
I don't understand people
who claim that they have no regrets in life;
who insist, out of gratitude, pride or ignorance,
that they wouldn't want to change a thing.
My life is a raging river of regret, flowing
into a sea of shame. There is very little
I wouldn't do differently if given a second chance.
I always knew I'd end up feeling this way:
It was a setup. Regret was something
I worked towards, something I felt I had to earn.
And now, naturally, I regret that too.
I measure my life by other people's milestones.
All this evasion, absorption and accumulation
provides a foundation in tradition,
a rich vein of consolation.
Art, like death, makes life more interesting.
And without it: as unthinkable as love
without pity, or a selfless eulogy.
But the bondage of receptivity
compares most unfavorably
with the selflessness of productivity.
I am the stale receptor, the superfluous accumulator,
the redundant completist trapped
in his cave of musty retention,
buried under years of absorption… unaborted;
decades of consumption… consumed,
sacrificed at the altar of other people's art,
while everything else fell apart.
Pondering, at last, all the pointless consolation;
questioning if it was really necessary
to devour entire genres until I was crapulous
from gorging myself on culture,
As if it were some kind of achievement
to accumulate all this knowledge
that will die with me.
So that on my headstone it will read:
that I read and lived a lot of fiction…
that Art ruined my Life.


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Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook, tossing occasionally, until tender and golden brown, 8–10 minutes.
Add 2 tablespoons water to skillet and cook, tossing mushrooms occasionally, until water is evaporated and mushrooms are tender, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer mushrooms to a medium bowl and toss with teriyaki sauce.
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Final front cover created for up coming artist Ione - Mai. I designed the typography overall layout of the front cover for her Fighting Fear EP.
I attended the photo-shoot which took part in London. Then once the photographs were touched up and emailed to me, I then added the typography.
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SOMERS, N.Y. – As 2012 draws to a close, The Somers Daily Voice is recapping some of the biggest stories of the past year.
The friends and relatives of Alexander Bergman, a 2007 graduate of North Salem High School, were devastated when the 23-year-old Somers man disappeared during a pool party at the home of a friend in Ridgefield, Conn.
It was thought initially that he had disappeared in nearby woods, but a day later he was discovered to have drowned in the swimming pool.
Bergman was a National Merit Scholar and had been active in sports in high school, playing both football and lacrosse. He was also a Boy Scout and worked summers as a counselor at Somers' Summer Trails Day Camp and Camp Kiwi.


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I don't like the future.
I don't like the idea of having the Internet in my eyeball, "printing out" parts for the garbage disposal, or watching a TV I can wad up and throw in the trash — although now that I think about it, that's not such a bad idea.
I was reading an article about technology trends and that's what they're talking about: Google glasses, 3-D printing and bendable video screens. Luckily, there was no mention of flying cars. I'd hate to wake up with a hole in the roof and a Subaru in the bathtub.
I prefer the good old days when, if you wanted to surf the web, you had to sit down behind a bulky personal computer and look at thousands of coma-inducing ads, Netflix pop-ups and links to porn sites. If you needed a part, you ordered it on eBay and it was shipped from communist China. If you wanted a video, you sat on furniture in front of a box and ignored your family as you watched TV shows about other people's families, like "The Brady Bunch," "The Bill Cosby Show" or the Mansons.
But the future seems determined to make the zombie apocalypse a reality, with us in the starring role. Personally, I'd rather avoid having Brad Pitt club me over the head with Angelina's chef's rolling pin.
Google is selling a gadget called Glass, which you wear on your head like eyeglasses (think Geordi La Forge from "Star Trek: The Next Generation"). They're sure to be a best-seller among the I-Have-More-Money-Than-I-Know-What-To-Do-With crowd, as they retail for a paltry $1,500. You connect them to your mobile phone and voila! The Internet is now in front of your eyeballs, providing relief from tawdry scenes of reality such as the fountain you're about to fall into, or the semi coming at you from the opposite direction. At least Glass should cut down on texting and driving. You can ignore your surroundings no matter what you're doing. Surely Dick Cheney was wearing a pair that day he went quail hunting.
Speaking of "Star Trek," I remember an episode where everybody aboard the Enterprise became addicted to a Glass-like device. Turns out it was an evil plot by the Ktarians to seize control of the Enterprise. Which leads me to wonder: What is Google trying to seize control of?
Three-D printing is the next big step we'll take in eliminating American jobs. From what I understand, ordinary Americans, like you, me and Hillary Clinton, are using 3-D printers to make atomic bombs out of air.
It works this way. Inside a box you've got nozzles mounted on different axes that dispense a kind of Plastigoop. Upload instructions and after a grand's worth of Plastigoop, several printer crashes and a few hours' worth of hair-pulling to get your computer to "talk" to the printer, you end up with a functional cocktail olive sword.
In other words, 3-D printing will do for the manufacturing industry what Napster did for music and Usenet did for movies.
The thinking is Americans will no longer travel to stores to buy parts. We'll buy schematics, plug them into our 3-D printers and make the parts ourselves. Which ignores one essential question: When was the last time you ordered a part to fix something? Isn't it the American way to throw away whatever's broken and buy a new one?
I'll consider buying a 3-D printer when they can make a $50 bill that passes the Magik Marker test.
The prospect of a cheap, bendable video screen fills me with horror. I have a nightmare of buying a box of cereal that sits in the cabinet playing Icona Pop's "I Love It," the best reason for bombing Sweden into the Stone Age since ABBA.
We need more video in our lives because the world isn't stupid enough. People like Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman and Nicholas Carr are the frowny faces of our generation, worthy of our sunny contempt. We worry about the NSA tracking our phone calls but don't give a thought to Google tracking our searches, Winn Dixie tracking our purchases or YouTube tabulating our videos. Nor do we seem to care that with every video we watch, a brain cell dies.
So I will likely do without Glass, 3-D printers and bendable video screens. Neither the Ktarians nor Google need to know which brand of toilet paper I'm buying.
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Boy shot while hunting west of Phoenix dies
PHOENIX -- A 9-year-old boy shot early Wednesday morning during a hunting accident west of Phoenix has died, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.
The boy was with two people in their early 20s and a pair of 15-year-olds near 363rd and Durango avenues in Tonopah. He was airlifted to Phoenix Children's Hospital with a life-threatening gunshot wound to his neck and later succumbed to his injuries. The shot was fired about 5 a.m.
According to an initial investigation by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, the boy may have been hit by a bullet from a handgun that ricocheted off a rock.
No charges have been filed.


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AN AMERICAN geologist has found that the oxygen content of the Earth's atmosphere increased sharply around 1.9 billion years ago. The change, which occurred in only a few tens of millions of years, was probably associated with life.
Heinrich Holland of Harvard University says that the oxygen level rose at about the same time as eukaryotic cells - those with nuclei - first appear in the fossil record. He says, however, that it is not clear why eukaryotes should generate more oxygen.
Holland and his colleague, Nicolas Beukes of Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg deduced the rise in oxygen from the iron content of ancient soils converted long ago into rock. When the level of oxygen in the atmosphere was less than one per cent of its present level, iron in many soils stayed in its +2 ferrous oxidation state, which was soluble. It was, therefore, washed away. When the ...
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Skunk in the swimming pool!
By Gary Bogue
Thursday, May 31st, 2012 at 6:08 am in Skunks.
Skunk in the pool! Photo by Loretta Masnada, Concord, CA
It was a hot day, but no one else wanted to go in the pool!
Loretta Masnada, Concord, California
Gee, I can't imagine why. Was it something in the air? /Gary
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Anguilla is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Miles of white powdery sand that can't be topped. With several ponds dotting the main island and a number of offshore islands and cays, a large number of birds make Anguilla their home for at least some part of the year. In particular, Dog Island has become an integral part of the breeding of seabirds throughout the Caribbean. This book highlights just a few of the many species found on this tiny island paradise.
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Just days before the start of their Champions League campaign Barcelona has lost their star midfielder Andres Iniesta due to a leg injury. The return of striker David Villa comes in handy.
Villa is back in action after being sidelined for more than eight months with a broken leg. The 30 year-old has yet to start a game for the Catalans this season as he has struggled to regain his place in the starting line-up, but Spain's all-time leading scorer could be set for his first start of the season against Spartak Moscow in next Tuesday's Champions League tie.
"I have not watched Spartak Moscow, but Unai Emery [the club's current head coach] is a coach who I have affection for. He helped me very much like the others that I've worked with," Villa said.
"Of course, I wish him luck in his new project. I will be very happy to see him again, but obviously after the match we would like to have all three points," Villa said before adding: "It will be difficult for sure. He is a great coach, he loves the profession and works hard. Certainly he is doing a great job and the match will not be easy."
While Villa is set to return to the pitch, Barcelona's other star, recently named UEFA's Best Player in Europe Andres Iniesta, will have to miss the next couple of weeks due to a pulled muscle, which means he won't help the Catalans in their debut Champions League game this season.


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For years, teams have found success in football at Starkville High School.
The Yellowjackets were the Class 5A State champions last season. This year they look to repeat that success, but there is one little change. Instead of competing in Class 5A, Starkville is playing up a class in 6A.
The Jackets fought through the first round of the playoffs on Friday night and as usual, coach Jamie Mitchell has his team playing its best football at the end of the year. After defeating a strong Grenada team, it is clear SHS is at home in the new classification.
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Bad Astronomy by Philip Plait, John Wiley, £11.95, ISBN 0471409766
PSEUDOSCIENCE bombards us from every angle, mourns Philip Plait, an astronomer at Sonoma State University in California. He blames everyone from school boards that promote antiscience to ignorant sciencejournalists, as well as the Web that unwittingly globalises conspiracy theories in a flash. It's little wonder, he says, that we struggle to distinguish fact from fantasy.
His style is light and chatty, although it's strangely irritating that
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Curiosity Rover slowed down by slippery sand in Hidden Valley
NASA's Curiosity rover has been picking its way over the rocks and sand of Mars for a long time now on its way to the ultimate goal of reaching Mount Sharp in the center of Gale Crater. Curiosity was taking a path through what has been dubbed Hidden Valley, which is a sandy area about the length of a football field.
However, Curiosity ran into a problem with its chosen path recently when the rover and its controllers discovered that the sand in Hidden Valley was much slipperier than expected. NASA scientists are now assessing alternative routes that would take Curiosity north of the valley and hopefully find more traction for the 1-ton rover.
"We need to gain a better understanding of the interaction between the wheels and Martian sand ripples, and Hidden Valley is not a good location for experimenting," Curiosity project manager Jim Erickson, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California said in a statement.
Synthetic human physiology helping blast wave defense research
The medical threat from shock waves related to improvised explosive device (IED) blasts and other explosions pose a significant threat to military personnel. Advancements in synthetic human physiology research is helping provide a glimpse of realistic blast testing, with artificial cranial bones focused on skulls of the 20- and 30-year old soldiers deployed.
The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) wants to create a uniform response that can be used to develop better helmets and technology to reduce the impact of blast waves and blunt impact related to explosions.
"The mechanical properties of the human skull challenge with age and depend on the health of the individual," said Dr. Thomas Plaisted, ARL Materials and Manufacturing Science Division materials engineer. "Donor skulls that may be available for testing would typically come from older people, and the properties of those skulls can be highly variable and may not have the same response as the average skull of the Army Soldier population."
Self-driving truck convoys could arrive in the UK by next year
Self-driving trucks could be arriving in Britain by 2015, it has been suggested, although some critics suggest the way the trials have been proposed might not be the safest thing for the UK's roads.
A report in the Sunday Times claimed politicians in the UK had taken trips to Sweden to see how the autonomous systems work, and that tests are to follow in 2015. The Department for Transport was quick to say that it has not made an official decision on whether or not to trial the technology, and it asserted that road safety is of "paramount importance".
The idea is a system that can largely commandeer a vehicle by itself - but one that will retain a driver in the cab for safety reasons, in case anything goes wrong. A fleet would be directed by the driver at the head of the convoy, and each truck behind would communicate by wi-fi, as well as being monitored with infrared cameras and motion detection sensors.
Rosetta spacecraft snaps incredible images of comet's surface
If you find space to be an interesting place and have ever wondered what the surface of a comet actually looked like, the European Space Agency (ESA) has shared some images from the Rosetta spacecraft. The images are of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken by Rosetta after arriving at its target only about a week ago.
The ESA even generated a 3D image that can be viewed with old-school red and blue 3D glasses. The photos were taken when the spacecraft was about 65 miles away from the comet.
These photos are very interesting and show lots of craters, boulders, and other surface features. Some of the most interesting surface features seen in the photos are several very smooth areas. Rosetta will continue its triangular orbit around the comet for the next few weeks as it gets ready to send its lander to the surface of the comet.
hitchBOT is thumbing its way across British Columbia
A group of researchers from a university in British Columbia came up with a very odd, yet very cool project called hitchBOT. The idea was to make a robot of sorts, put it on the side of the road, and see if it could hitch a ride across the country. This isn't the sort of bot that can't walk on its own, but it is computerized enough to interact with the people who help it.
So far, the bot has hitched numerous rides and ended up in some interesting places. It has hung out with folks on summer vacation, a rock band, and wound up at a wedding. During the wedding hitchBOT reportedly interrupted the groom's thank you for coming speech to say it likes to make friends.
HitchBOT began its cross-country trip on July 27 after being left on the side of the road near the Halifax airport. The bot has been taking photos and sharing them online as well as tweeting during its trip. The bot is expected to end its trip at the Victoria Open Space Gallery next week.
1000 strong robot swarm can make shapes on command
Researchers around the world are working on robotics to make them able to operate on their own and perform complex tasks. In the US, a group of engineers has designed a swarm of 1000 tiny robots that are able to shuffle their way into specific shapes when told to. Each of the bots is given an image of the shape controllers want and then they work together to make the shape.
It's not a fast process; it reportedly takes about 12 hours for the bots to take the desired shape. This is the largest swarm of robots to ever be used in a study of this type. Researchers from the group behind the project say that each of the bots is identical and have the exact same program.
The throng of robots is inspired by cells that form organs or ants that are able to build bridges to span water. The team hopes that knowledge gleaned from this study will help develop self-assembling tools and structures in the future. Each of the little bots is 3cm across and said to be about the size of a sushi roll and each has three straight legs. Commands are given using an infrared light overhead and a sensor on the robots.
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Michael J Fox Foundation and Intel team for Parkinson's research
Michael J Fox's charity, the Michael J Fox foundation, has partnered with Intel to examine how wearable technology can be of benefit to people with Parkinson's disease.
Michael J Fox founded the charity after he was diagnosed with the disease. Its cause is not known and there is no cure, however, the symptoms, such as shaking and trouble with co-ordination, can be treated to a degree. The wearable tech will be used to unearth more data, for example, by recording the movements of patients and volunteers. An accompanying smartphone will upload this data to an Intel system, which will then dedicate data scientists to the project.
Ex Intel boss Andy Grove has acted as adviser to the foundation since he was also diagnosed with the disease. Chief executive of the foundation, Todd Sherer, said, according to the BBC: "This opportunity really will allow us the chance to uncover novel breakthroughs in Parkinson's disease by truly understanding how people are living with the disease today, how are they responding to treatments, what are their unmet needs."
Aloft Hotel in Silicon Valley making use of robotic 'Botlrs' named ALO
The Aloft Hotel has teamed up with robotics specialist Savioke to bring its "Botlr" ALO to its Silicon Valley location later this month. The robot stands almost 3-feet tall and is decked out in a vinyl-collared butler uniform, and was originally inspired by R2D2 in "Star Wars."
The first ALO will begin working at Aloft Cupertino on August 20, with the addition of other Botlrs throughout the rest of the year.
"We are thrilled to introduce our robot to the world today through our relationship with Aloft Hotels," said Steve Cousins, Savioke CEO, in a statement. "In our early testing, all of us at Savioke have seen the look of delight on those guests who receive a room delivery from a robot. We've also seen the front desk get busy at times, and expect Botlr will be especially helpful at those times, freeing up human talent to interact with guests on a personal level."
Scientists start removing debris from hull of civil war submarine
Submarines aren't unusual today, just about every military in the world operates them as do a number of private companies in the ocean exploration realm. During the civil war 150 years ago a sub was put into service by the Confederate army in its attempt to win the civil war.
The sub is called the H.L. Hunley and its remains are currently being cleaned so that scientists can study them to determine what led to the sub sinking. Scientists are removing debris and rust from the hull of the sub, which was the first sub to sink an enemy ship in history.
The sub was powered by a hand cranked drive system and by removing the debris from the hull; it will be visible for the first time in 150 years. The sub sunk a Union blockade ship called the USS Housatonic in 1864. Damage to the hull is believed to be the reason why the sub sank. When the sub was found in 1995, the remains of the crew were still inside.
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I'm sure many people out there have imagined having a robot that could bring them stuff when they want it like food or drinks. A hotel in California called Aloft Hotel has started to roll out robotic butlers that can bring things to your room for you. These robot butlers are called Botlr and perhaps the best part for hotel visitors is that all the Botlr wants for a tip is a tweet.
Botlr will bring things to your room like toothpaste, towels, and just about anything else that a person would normally bring you. Botlr will go into use for the first time on August 20 at the Aloft Hotel in Cupertino, California.
The bot will be named A.L.O. and will even wear a butler uniform and nametag. A compartment on top of the robot is where items are stored for delivery. When the robot arrives at your door, the phone in the room will ring. Botlr is the product of a company called Savioki, which is backed by Google Ventures.


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The effects of tritiated water on the corrosion behavior of SUS304 stainless steel was studied using Tafel extrapolation method, one of electrochemical techniques with changing tritium concentration, dissolved oxygen concentration and pH in electrolyte as parameters. It was indicated that there would be two or more effects of tritium that enhance the corrosion of SUS304 stainless steel under several experimental conditions. One is passivation inhibitory effect, which could be observed only in highly corrosive circumstance of 1N H2SO4 electrolyte. The other effects of tritium on corrosion behavior could be observed not only in 1N H2SO4 but also incorrosive circumstance of 1N Na2SO4 electrolyte, which would be affected by dissolved oxygen concentration as well as tritium concentration.
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U. S. Attorneys' Offices Nationwide Collected $6.5 Billion in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2011
(Brooklyn, New York) - U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Eastern District of New York collected $75,540,770.04 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 related to criminal and civil actions. Of this amount, $49,418,991.52 was collected in criminal actions and $26,121,778.52 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, the office collected $177,959,332 in criminal and civil forfeitures.
Nationwide, the U.S. Attorneys' offices collected $6.5 billion in criminal and civil actions during FY 2011, surpassing $6 billion for the second consecutive year. A portion of this amount, $1.3 billion, was collected in shared cases in which one or more U.S. Attorneys' offices or Department litigating divisions were also involved. The $6.5 billion represents more than three times the appropriated budget of the combined 94 offices for FY 2011.
"During this time of economic recovery, these collections are more important than ever," said U.S. Attorney Lynch. "The U.S. Attorney's Office is dedicated to protecting the public and recovering funds for the federal treasury and for victims of federal crime. We will continue to hold accountable those who seek to profit from their illegal activities."
In FY 2011, the Eastern District of New York recovered over $50 million as part of the settlement of a civil forfeiture action involving two brokerage accounts belonging to fugitive and former CEO Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, who is alleged to have orchestrated a massive stock option backdating scheme. The monies forfeited by the government were returned to the victim of Alexander's crime, Comverse Technology, Inc., which, in turn, used the funds to settle class action and shareholder litigation, thereby returning the forfeited money to investors who suffered losses as a result of Alexander's wrongdoing.
The U.S. Attorneys' offices, along with the Department's litigating divisions, are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the U.S. and criminal debts owed to federal crime victims. Statistics indicate that the amount collected in criminal actions totaled $2.66 billion in restitution, criminal fines and felony assessments. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered a physical injury or financial loss. While restitution is paid directly to the victim, criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to the Department's Crime Victims' Fund, which distributes the funds to state victim compensation and victim assistance programs.
The statistics also indicate that $3.83 billion was collected by the U.S. Attorneys' offices in individually and jointly handled civil actions. The largest civil collections were from affirmative civil enforcement cases, in which the United States recovered government money lost to fraud or other misconduct or collected fines imposed on individuals and/or corporations for violations of federal health, safety, civil rights or environmental laws. In addition, civil debts were collected on behalf of several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Internal Revenue Service and Small Business Administration.
Additionally, the U.S. Attorneys' offices, working with partner agencies and divisions, collected $1.68 billion in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2011. Forfeited assets are deposited into either the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of Treasury Forfeiture Fund and are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.
The nationwide collection totals for the U.S. Attorneys' offices for FY 2010 and FY 2011 combined is $13.18 billion, which represents more than a 50% increase over the FY 2008 and FY 2009 combined total of $8.5 billion.
For further information, the Department's Annual Statistical Reports can be found on the Internet at http://www.justice.gov/usao/reading_room/foiamanuals.html
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GOP Senate Race gets heated by Mitch E.Perry
Last night the campaign for Republican Senate candidate Will McBride called for an apology from Katherine Harris, after a Harris campaign supporter asked why he had changed his name from Rodriguez to McBride.
The incident ââ¬â originally reported on the Evening News last Friday, occurred at the Bellair Womenââ¬â¢s Republican Club in North Reddington Beach during the Q&A portion of the forum.
In the release, McBride said, ââ¬ÅThe real implication of the planted question was that somehow I should be embarrassed about my Latino heritageââ¬?, ââ¬ÅI am William Richard McBride and always have been. I am also a proud Latino and always will be,ââ¬?
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ââ¬Å Katherine Harris and her campaign staff are the ones that should be ashamed. But more important than an apology to me, Katherine Harris should also apologize to every Rodriguez and every person of Latino descent for implying that somehow they should be embarrassed about who they are.ââ¬?
McBride was upset after it happened, as he told WMNFââ¬â¢s Roxanne Escobales on Friday (roll tape#1 o.q.ââ¬?I donââ¬â¢t knowââ¬?)
But apparently the McBride campaign tracked down the woman ââ¬â named Jackie Brownhill ââ¬â who allegedly told McBride, ââ¬ÅThe campaign asked me to ask you.ââ¬?
Brownhill was clearly wearing a Harris sticker at the time.
WMNF then asked Katherine Harris about the incident (roll tape#2 o.q.ââ¬â¢never heard that storyââ¬?)
In his press release, McBride, who according to several polls is the strongest challenger to Harris at this time ââ¬â 4 weeks before the Primary election, also said, ââ¬Åââ¬ÅThis kind of dirty politics is what we need less of in campaigns, if Katherine Harris has a question to ask me about my family or my ethnic background she can ask me directly at any time.ââ¬?comments powered by Disqus


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Powder Springs, Georgia (PRWEB) July 17, 2014
As a testament to its growing popularity, the Facebook page for WCFTF is now up to 1,797 likes and numerous rave reviews in the month since its debut. With great food week after week from such trucks as "Freckled and Blue," "Yolis Mexican Cantina" and "On Tapa the World" (to name just a few) its no wonder WCFTF has been so successful.
In addition to the fantastic eats, WCFTF offers an exciting time to bring the whole family and enjoy handing out with friends — as well as making new ones.
West Cobb Food Truck Fridays are held from 5pm-9pm each Friday in the parking lot of Trinity Chapel, 4665 Macland Road, Powder Springs, GA. Event organizer Sha Reason wished to thank Trinity Chapel for allowing WCFTF to use their property to engage the community.
"Without the space they provided us, the great time we've been having wouldn't be possible. It couldn't have turned out any better," Reason adds.
You can keep up with WCFTF, including the weekly truck lineup by "liking" them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/foodtruckfridayswc. One can also learn more about Trinity Chapel by visiting their website at http://www.trinitychapel.org.
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Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto are reportedly planning a censure motion against Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo.
Uhuru, Ruto and MPs allied to them held a meeting on Tuesday night in Nairobi to discuss this as well as a prayer meeting scheduled for Nyahururu this weekend. The two lawmakers and their supporters are this morning scheduled to hold a meeting at the Sagret Hotel in Nairobi to decide who among the MPs will notify the Speaker and the House of their intentions.
The decision to censure Mutula arises from his insistence that Uhuru should quit as the Deputy Prime Minister. Mutula has also insisted that Uhuru and Ruto should not be allowed to run for the presidency until they are cleared of the crimes against humanity charges they are facing at the International Criminal Court.
Apart from Uhuru and Ruto, the others accused are former Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura and radio journalist Joshua arap Sang. Mutula's utterances have raised suspicion in the Uhuru-Ruto camp who say the minister is the mouthpiece of Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Democratic Party (formerly ODM-K). Kalonzo has come under increasing pressure from MPs allied to Uhuru and Ruto to discipline Mutula for the utterances.
Last Sunday during a prayer meeting in Machakos, Kalonzo did not give any indication that he would take action against Mutula, whom they accuse of dampening the nascent political alliance between the three. Some of the MPs at the Tuesday night meeting said they agreed they would not invite Kalonzo to the Nyahururu meeting this weekend or any future meetings until he disciplines Mutula.
Yesterday, the ODM came to Mutula's defence and said they would lobby MPs to defeat the proposed censure motion. ODM secretary general Anyang' Nyong'o condemned "renewed efforts by some desperate politicians" to remove Mutula from office through a censure motion "so that they can undermine the constitution at will".
Nyong'o said the planned censure motion against the minister is "a blatant abuse of Parliament's authority over the executive to achieve highly partisan, self-serving and vengeful goal." "These politicians have stooped very low indeed to target a minister whose position on the issues under discussion are among the most resonant with Kenyans today," Nyong'o said.
He said Mutula's record at the ministry has been consistent "from the very beginning on these issues". He said Mutula was giving his views based on the understanding of the law and described him as "one of the most independent voices in the Cabinet". "The fact that he has taken a position different from that of his party leader on the ICC issue and the fact that he himself is not a candidate for the presidency demands that all pay the fullest attention to his interpretation of constitutional principles as a minister and as senior counsel," Nyong'o said.
He said that while the ODM had in the past had disagreements with Mutula, "these were never personal nor did they ever lead to the vindictive plots we are now witnessing." Nyong'o appealed to the reformers within the PNU coalition to restrain their colleagues who are behind the Mutula plot "and other attempts to divide Kenyans." Roads assistant minister Lee Kinyanjui on Monday said he and a group of "like-minded MPs" were strategising to get the outspoken minister kicked out of his Cabinet docket.
Meanwhile, Kangundo MP Johnstone Muthama yesterday accused the Daily Nation of putting words in his mouth and threatened to sue the newspaper. Muthama denied reports that he told the crowd in Machakos rally on Sunday that Kalonzo stands to benefit politically from ICC cases against Uhuru and Ruto if they lose their appeal to have the charges dropped. "What I said on Sunday is a slogan I have used even before I joined Parliament," he said.
The MP said he spoke in his Kamba dialect at the rally, and the translation published was wrong. Muthama told journalists there is no link between the words he uttered and Kalonzo's presidential bid and read mischief in the translation published. "The words quoted in the newspaper are not mine and I have instructed my lawyers to ask the Nation to apologise or we meet in the court," he said.


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ZIMBABWE has started paying poor families between US$10 and US$25 monthly cash grants, depending on family size, through the Harmonised Social Cash Transfer Scheme.
At least US$1,7 million has been spent so far on over 18 000 households in 10 districts, and the programme will eventually cover the whole country.
The programme is a non-conditional cash transfer scheme that targets poor households and is funded by donors and the Government.
The Government plans to help 250 000 poor families by 2015.
Targetted households are headed by children and the elderly.
Direct cash grants are now preferred around the world over subsidies, since subsidies help the rich and poor alike and in many cases the poor cannot afford even subsidised food. Secretary for Labour and Social Services Mr Lancaster Museka said the programme was being rolled out in phases.
"The programme is in a phased approach with the goal of reaching all 65 districts by 2015," he said.
Districts covered so far are Mangwe (Matabeleland South), Umguza (Matabeleland North), Mzilikazi (Bulawayo Urban), Epworth (Harare), Makoni (Manicaland), Rushinga (Mashonaland Central), Goromonzi (Mashonaland East), Kariba (Mashonaland West), Chivi (Masvingo) and Zvishavane (Midlands).
Mr Museka said the districts were selected on the basis of poverty incidence from the 2010 crop assessment reports correlated with the 2003 Poverty Assessment Survey and poverty data from the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee.
Disbursements were being made every two months and the volume of transfers was on a sliding scale in line with family size.
"To date, two cycles of cash disbursements have taken place," Mr Museka said.
"A delayed payment cycle for May and June is being prepared and will be paid within the coming few weeks."
The Ministry of Labour and Social Services has already invited bidders to carry out a study for the next group's needy districts.
"The modalities for payments remain the same when the next 10 districts are brought on board to make a total of 20 districts that will be receiving payments in 2013," said Mr Museka.
"The process will be repeated towards the end of next year and the coming years with an additional 10 districts added per year until full national coverage is reached."
HSCT is jointly funded by Government and donors.
"The donors who have pooled their resources so far are DFID, SIDA, the Netherlands Government and European Commission," he said.
"Unicef provides additional financial and technical support over and above the donor funds it manages through the Child Protection Fund.
"Government, through fiscal funding to the ministry (Labour and Social Services) matches the donor funds on a 50-50 basis and this year it committed US$7 million which was revised downwards to US$2 million during the Mid-Term budget review by the Ministry of Finance.
"The funding will increase annually both from donors through the CPF and Government."
There are over one million orphans in Zimbabwe and only 527 000 have registered access to external support. Traditional family and community mechanisms to support orphans have been under financial strain, resulting in more children facing difficulties in accessing healthcare, education and other basic amenities.
Once a household benefits from HCTS, it will automatically access other social services support programmes.
These include free education under the Basic Education Assistance Module, access to health services, farming inputs and food distribution schemes.
Apart from the elderly and child-headed families, households with large numbers of dependents and those with chronically-ill or persons living with disabilities will benefit.
Zimbabwe has introduced a number of safety nets to cushion the poor in the past few years.
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The solution is to forcibly reset the mouse port at attach., de Raadt proclaims. Some other keyboard issues, notably boot -c not working on some machines, were also determined to be caused by the mouse ports, too.
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The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Monday approved revision of tariff by all electricity supply companies for the 2014-15 financial year with an average increase of 32 paise per unit across different categories of consumers.
The 32 paise per unit increase approved by the KERC is against a 66 paise per unit increase that had been sought by the companies for all consumers other than Irrigation Pumpset users and Bhagya Jyothi, Kuteer Jyothi scheme beneficiaries.
Domestic consumers will see their bills go up by 20 paise per unit for monthly consumption of less than 30 units and 30 paise per unit for consumption exceeding 30 units.
"The revised tariff for domestic consumers in urban areas will be Rs 2.70 per unit up to 30 units, Rs 4 per unit for consumption between 31 and 100 units, Rs 5.25 per unit for consumption between 101 and 200 units and Rs 6.25 per unit for consumption beyond 200 units per month," the KERC said in an official statement.
For residential apartments under HT category, the tariff has been increased from Rs 4.90 to Rs 5.30 per unit.
"For domestic consumers in rural areas, the revised rates will be Rs 2.60 per unit up to 30 units, Rs 3.70 per unit between 31 and 100 units, Rs 4.95 per unit between 101 and 200 units and Rs 5.75 per unit for consumption beyond 200 units per month," the KERC said.
Much of the increase in power tariff is on account of the higher cost of purchase of power for the state and an increase in the subsidy burden for free power to certain categories like irrigation pumpsets and poor households.
"The bulk of this increase is on account of the increase in the average cost of power purchase which has gone up from Rs 3.20 per unit in 2013-14 to Rs 3.59 per unit in 2014-15," it said.
The tariff for all commercial and industrial consumers across the state has been increased by 30 to 40 paise per unit.
The revised rates for LT industrial units in Bangalore and other Municipal Corporation areas will be Rs 4.75 per unit for the first 500 units (30 paise increase) and Rs 5.85 per unit for consumption above 500 units (40 paise increase).
In other areas, the new rates will be Rs 4.55 per unit for the first 500 units (30 paise increase), Rs 5.35 per unit for consumption from 501 to 1000 units (40 paise increase) and Rs 5.65 per unit for consumption above 1000 units (40 paise increase).
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2012 Humphrey's Concerts season star-packed
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There's an excellent reason hundreds of people line up each year at the Humphrey's Restaurant box office on the morning tickets go on sale for the annual Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay series. The restaurant's box office charges a $3-per-ticket service fee, but all Ticketmaster charges are waived.
With four exceptions, all shows for the 2012 Humphrey's season go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31. (Tickets for Elvis Costello, Madness, Craig Ferguson and Rufus Wainwright went on sale earlier this year.) In addition to the Humphrey's Restaurant box office, 2241 Shelter Island Drive, tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, at Ticketmaster.com and (800) 745-3000. There will be a first-day sales limit of 12 tickets per show, per person, with a 10-show maximum. Premium hotel and dinner packages are not available at Ticketmaster outlets but can be purchased at the Humphrey's Restaurant box office and through Ticketmaster's website and telephone charge line.
The Humphrey's Restaurant box office will be open from 10 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31. From April 1 to April 8, the box office is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and at the same times on Tuesdays through Saturdays after April 8.
All shows are at 8 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.
Monday, April 16: Elvis Costello & The Imposters, sold-out
Tuesday, April 17: Madness, $48
Sunday, April 22: Craig Ferguson, $55
Saturday, May 5: James Morrison, with honeyhoney, 7:30 $28
Saturday, May 12: Devo, $60
Sunday, May 13: Rufus Wainwright, with Krystle Warren, 7:30 p.m. $40
Sunday, May 27: Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas, 7:30 p.m., $85
Friday, June 1: Chris Botti, $60
Friday, June 15: Indigo Girls, 7:30 p.m. $45
Wednesday, June 20: k.d. lang, 7:30 p.m., $63
Sunday June 24: The Queen Extravaganza, $40
Monday, June 25: Dukes of September Rhythm Revue, featuring Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald & Donald Fagen, 7:30 p.m., $121
Monday, July 2: Lyle Lovett, 7:30 p.m., $65
Wednesday, July 11: "Happy Together Tour 2012," with The Turtles, featuring Flo & Eddie; Gary Puckett & The Union Gap; The Grass Roots; Micky Dolenz of The Monkees; and The Buckinghams, 7 p.m., $45
Friday, July 13: Lisa Lampanelli, $60
Friday, July 20: Ringo Starr & His All Star Band, featuring Richard Page, Todd Rundgren, Mark Rivera, Gregg Bissonette, Steve Lukather & Gregg Rolie, $138
Sunday, July 22: "An Evening With Yanni Under the Stars," $103
Thursday, July 26 & Friday, July 27: Sheryl Crow, with honeyhoney, 7:30 p.m., $85
Sunday, July 29: Earth, Wind and Fire, $96
Wednesday, Aug. 1: Los Lonely Boys, with North Mississippi Allstars Duo, 7:30 p.m., $45
Thursday, Aug. 2: Chris Isaak, 7:30 p.m., $85
Monday, Aug. 6: Seal, with Macy Gray, 7:30 p.m., $93
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The father of the electric car
The largely self-taught inventor also contributed to the development of many other devices like the solar panel, and rewritable compact discs. He was nominated for the European Inventors Award 2012, in the category Non-European countries.
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Joakim Noah has a chair in front of his locker at the United Center. But after most games, he could use a recliner or a couch or even a bed. He's wiped out.
"I'm tired," Noah said after scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, with five assists and four blocked shots in the Bulls' 96-85 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night. "Pretty tired."
After back-to-back stellar games against the 76ers on Thursday and the Nets on Saturday, Noah's fatigue — and the wear and tear on his right foot still being treated for plantar fasciitis –bears watching heading into Sunday night's game against the Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The issue of Noah's playing time cropped up again after he played 41 minutes in a game the Bulls led by 14 points or more throughout the second half. Even Noah seemed to be wondering why he played the final 6:25 of the fourth quarter when the Bulls were leading by 19 points.
Asked if playing 40 minutes a game is a bigger challenge mentally or physically, Noah nearly brought the minutes issue front-and-center.
"It's definitely physical … definitely both," he said. "It's not really right after the game, but the next morning is the roughest. We have a great coach, but he doesn't understand the whole resting [thing] yet, I don't think. So … it's all good. We all want to win. So, it's good."
We'll see how good it is Sunday night in Indianapolis, when Noah and the Bulls take on the team that has wrested the title of "biggest threat to the Heat" from the Derrick Rose-less Bulls. The Pacers challenge the Bulls as well as any team in the NBA and with Richard Hamilton and Taj Gibson also out, it likely will take a typical energy-and-effort performance by Noah for the Bulls to compete on an even level with the upstart Pacers.
Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau played four starters eight minutes or more in the fourth quarter of a blowout in which the Bulls led by 14 points or more throughout — Noah (7:49), Kirk Hinrich (10:40), Marco Belinelli (7:55) and Luol Deng (12:00).
"I saw the way the game was going," Thibodeau explained. "You're jogging back. They've got a lot of three-point shooting on the floor. A 10-point lead can dissipate in a minute — you knock down three threes, you get a foul, boom. And then we were in the penalty. We were recklessly fouling. We've got to do better."
Thibodeau's options were more limited than normal. Hamilton, Gibson and Rose were unavailable. Lou Amundson practiced for the first time with the Bulls earlier Saturday at a Berto Center shootaround. But if you can't trust Nate Robinson and Nazr Mohammed with a 20-point lead with 6:35 to go against the Nets at home — they were subbed by Noah and Belinelli –what are they doing on your team?
And Thibodeau bristled when asked if it would have been advantageous to rest the starters, "given you've got a big back-to-back tomorrow against the Pacers."
"It's a big game because it's the next game," Thibodeau said curtly.
To Thibodeau, the Pacers game didn't exist until the Nets game ended. That's been his M.O. since he was hired. It is an unassailable short-term philosophy. But until the Bulls reach the NBA Finals or win it all, it will be open to legitimate skepticism. He's doing his job. And we're doing ours.


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Janel Parrish's Favorite Show? Revenge (Of Course!)
When not playing a (maybe?) crazy chick in a mental institution, Pretty Little Liars star Janel Parrish (Mona) watches other addictive TV shows.
Ryan Seacrest said everyone at his radio show has PLL at the top of their guilty pleasure lists, so what's Janel's favorite guilty pleasure show?
"I think it would have to be Revenge," Janel said of Emily VanCamp's ABC series. "I love the fact there is this girl who'll do whatever it takes to get her revenge, and there are pretty boys on it, and she's just so bad ass. So, I love it!"
Mona loves revenge? Shocking, right?
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Friday, 01 October 2004
"The Past is Prologue"
One of the most enriching aspects of getting older is the accumulation of memories, so many memories. By that, I certainly do not mean nostalgia, an unfortunate state of mind which is defined in most dictionaries as:
- A bittersweet or wistful longing for things, persons or situations of the past, or
- The condition of being homesick
What I mean instead is the depth and dimension new events acquire when they are informed by memories of past experience. Once again, as he seems always to be, Shakespeare is right: "The past is prologue" - the backstory prepares us for and increases appreciation of the present.
It can be as simple as a short train of thought when putting on a pair of earrings: Donna bought these for me ten years ago in that funny, little town of Mauch Chunk we visited one Thanksgiving...it will be Thanksgiving soon again...time for the annual celebration with Donna's entire family...pictures of a bountiful table with 20 or 30 good friends flood my mind...I make a mental note to decide what gifts to find for them this year.
Sometimes, discovering an artifact from the past can clear up a lifelong mystery. I was raised in Oregon and northern California. No one in my family had ever visited New York nor spoken of it in particular. But I cannot recall a time when I did not dream of living here and had never understood where that desire came from.
Then, in the days when I did a lot of Naptster downloading, I came across a tune that instantly slammed me back to age five or six listening to it on my parent's 78rpm phonograph. I felt like I was inside that little girl's body again, entranced by the music, and although I had not heard it in half a century, I could sing along with every lyric.
I tracked down the original of the entire album on eBay and eventually found an obscure CD version. It's a bit too sentimental for my taste today and the orchestration is overdone, but I am convinced, now, it is this music that began my love affair with New York City 50 years ago and without it, I might have had an entirely different life somewhere else. What an astonishing thing to know about oneself - that 20 minutes of music from childhood was the prologue to the direction of lifetime.
Some memories triggered by a new event lead to other kinds of understanding. Recently, through one of those accidents of the Internet, an old boyfriend from 20-odd years ago and I were reintroduced. No more than ten years ago, should the same thing have happened, I would have been in a tizzy of apprehension at having dinner with him (as I did four days ago). What will I wear? Will he think I'm old? Fat? Boring?
Now I don't care. I was eager to catch up, hear what's happened in the intervening decades and to laugh. We always laughed a lot, and now, we had twice as much to laugh about – the past and the present. The bonus is I can relish having passed some threshold of adulthood I might not have identified otherwise: no more tizzies.
These are only three small examples. Others turn up frequently.
The passage of time can deepen appreciation, based on experience, of a favorite book re-read or movie watched again. We do learn from mistakes and sometimes, in recalling last time, we don't repeat them. And we continue to pursue our passions, as the years roll by, building on what came before until maybe, just maybe, we can almost understand what life is about.
This kind of enrichment is unavailable to youth. It is gained only by getting older and by recalling the past as prologue to whatever new adventures will appear today.
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Beautiful! You and Crabby are a great team: Crabby protests and marshalls all kinds of facts to shore up her arguments into excellent cases. Ronni looks into her heart for universal yet near-ineffable truths, which she then brings into focus for us with precise anecdotes from her wide-ranging experience.
Together, you prove the case for productive, wise, and influential aging. This is an amazing blog!
Wonderful - I second everything ML says!
Yes, yes--I can so identify with what you wrote. Almost everything I own or have inherited have a story which I can remember.
I think at 50, I finally comprehend what the meaning of the word, "bittersweet" is. Yes, Miss Ronni and Crabby, you make your readers think. You give me the gift of understanding and compassion, and an appreciation for enjoying who I am at 5 decades of living. Sally forth! (hmmm or is it sallie?)
I too recently had dinner with a former lover--oh my, how I loved him!--and I enjoyed every minute of the evening, in a way I could not possibly have done even 10 years ago.
First, I enjoy your writing very much, you are quite talented.
"The Past Is Prologue" brought out a point that many people seem to forget -- that aging is not about loss, although there is some loss; aging is about accumulation of so many things, years among them.
With each passing day my body does something new to remind me, age is winning the race. Memories are perhaps the better part of the whole trip. Excellent blogging.
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The Red Bull Storm came, Cornwall delivered and Traversa was crowned the champion of the chase. Wwe will soon have your views of the Chase, but first up here's the highs and the lows according to Boards…
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Number one on our list is YOU, of course a big high. Whilst the massive storm battered the coast and cut off Cornwall from the rest of the UK, this didn't stop many of you heading to the beach to check out the biggest windsurfing contest to hit the UK in years.
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The focal point of the waterfront is the trio of buildings at the Pier Head - the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building.
Collectively, they are the instantly recognisable image of Liverpool, particularly The Royal Liver Building with the two copper Liver birds perched on top of the towers.
Together with the open space of the Pier Head, they comprise one of the most impressive waterfronts in the world.
The three buildings are set in the context of great warehouses to the north and south, the intensity of commercial buildings to the east and the two cathedrals beyond on the skyline.
Their plots were created at the beginning of the 20th century to improve the river frontage and access to it. Each building stands on a separate plot, and is expressed in a different architectural style, rich in symbolic ornamentation. Together they combine impressively to form a group of outstanding presence.


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Finally, Sony has made a headphone that can go toe-to-toe with the top audiophile models.
Whether you're out listening to your MP3 player or out at home with your high-end stereo, your headphone choice is critical. Here we've picked our five favorites across every style and category, but if you already know which type of headphones you want, use the links at the left to get more options.
The SVS Prime Tower's highly transparent sound will appeal to audiophiles hankering for a big speaker sound, at a price they can afford.
Creative Technology's Sound Blaster X7 is designed to be a powerful amplifier in a compact box. The device is slated to cost $400.
It's true, the Wharfedale Diamond 220 is the real deal!
The well-designed and comfortable NAD Viso HP50 ($300) is all about clean, very accurate sound, making it an audiophile favorite.
Sony announces a new 64GB "Premium Sound" microSD card for audiophiles that costs about $160.
Good-quality gear doesn't have to be expensive to have audiophile appeal, it just has to sound good.
If you've always wanted to own a pair of high-end "audiophile" headphones but can't quite justify dropping a grand on a pair, the superb sounding HiFiMan HE-400i is a good compromise.
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Whistler legend and industry vet JF Pelchat is releasing a new binding brand at SIA with a revolutionary design that takes its cues from skateboard trucks. Pelchat has built a solid roster for Now, including partnering with another Canadian legend, Alex Warburton, to help with industrial design, Nidecker to handle the production side, and Chad Perrin to run sales; not to mention adding Devun Walsh and Jeremy Jones to its A Team and a team sponsorship with Yes Snowboards.
We caught up with Pelchat to learn more about the endeavor and get the final video teaser in the series he's been using to build hype and announce what Now is all about.
So the concept of your new bindings are influenced by skate trucks—dig into that analogy and how it translates to your new binding's design and function.
I have been looking at skateboarding for quite some time now and how a skater digs his toes & heels to make a turn and how the energy is transferred. Skateboards use a minimal amount of effort to turn and that is achieved without a highback or being strapped in. It made sense to incorporate that motion into a binding.
The easiest way to understand the binding's concept is: take a skateboard, flip it upside down…in my application the "skateboard hanger" is the binding, and the deck is the snowboard.
I knew that all bindings flex, but that energy was lost in the baseplate/disc instead of being transferred to your edges where you need them. Our binding concept is simply to transfer the energy to the edges. In order to successfully accomplished that I needed the binding, our hanger, to move on a similar axis as a skate truck. The link of that axis is called the kingpin. We also have our hanger sitting on bushings which will diffuse chatters and dampen the ride.
How long have you been working on this project?
I have been working on products since the early '90s. I remember building my own baseless bindings after seeing a picture of the Westbeach Perogies binding—this was also the era of cutting down your tip and tail. Then I went on to work in a snowboard factory called REV Snowboards before turning professional and I helped test the Freedom Groove an early version of the channel system, [similar to] today's refined Burton EST system. Throughout my career I have been involved with products and finding ways to improve them. In 2000 I filed my first US Patent, which is an interface system that works on the channel boards. In 2005 I was already working on this new binding concept. Most of my conceptual ideas are engineered in my head when I drive the Sea to Sky highway from Vancouver to Whistler, then I go into my garage and pick apart bindings and start the process of building a working prototype.
How would you describe the ride on these compared to a traditional binding?
How easy it is to ride harder! Our binding design is so effective that you need less effort to make a turn which in return makes the overall experience more enjoyable and less tiring. I think that the biggest improvements are: edge control, responsiveness, and comfort. The binding does the work for you—transferring the energy directly to your edges.
Your feet are more relaxed in your boots and less prone to cramps or pain. We also offer a binding that can be customized by changing the density of the bushings according to your style of riding or snow conditions. The harder the bushing, the stiffer and more responsive the ride; the softer the bushing, the softer the ride. These bushings also act as dampeners when riding through choppy snow and help the board hold a better edge when riding trough bumps, ice, and what ever mother nature throws at you.
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A few months ago, B.J. Penn was dominated by Frankie Edgar, losing all five rounds on all five scorecards, and it seemed as if he might just fade out of the MMA scene.
Last night, Penn knocked out Matt Hughes in 22 seconds and he looks like a world-beater once again.
But is Penn really back to his old dominant self?
Matt Hughes is a UFC hall of famer, and historically, one of the greatest welterweights of all time, but let's be realistic: he's 37 years old, and a win over him doesn't mean the same thing it did six years ago.
Not only is Hughes now many years past his athletic peak, but the new contenders are better fighters now than Hughes ever was, at least when it comes to overall skills.
Now, if you're asking where I'm going with all of this negativity, let me elaborate just a bit further.
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the way people should measure wins and losses. When it comes to weighing the competitive value of a win or a loss, it really comes down to the opponent.
A few months ago Joe Lauzon looked like a titan against Gabe Reudiger, but looked bad in the second round against George Sotiropoulos last night. Despite those facts, I feel that the biggest difference is simply that in one case Lauzon fought a clearly overmatched Reudiger, while last night he faced one of the better fighters in the lightweight division.
In the case of Penn, while it's true that he looked flat-footed and slow against Edgar and quick and nimble against Hughes, it's a lot easier to look fast in comparison to Hughes than it is to look fast in comparison to Edgar.
Penn's win over Hughes tells me very little about how he would fare against the current elite UFC welterweights, who are all more well-rounded than Hughes, and it tells me even less about how he'd do against the faster lightweights like Edgar.
Of course, maybe you'll still disagree with me and tell me that Penn's improvements are objective, and aren't just illusions enhanced by the contrast to an over-the-hill 37-year-old. Okay, well even then there are still good reasons to be doubtful over Penn's future going forward.
The real truth about Penn is that while his talent has never been in question, his motivation is always a question. Always.
You would think that after losing in his first title shot, Penn would have come in extra motivated for his next opportunity, but instead, he ended up drawing against Caol Uno, a fighter he'd beaten handily before.
Later on, conditioning appeared to be an issue against both Georges St-Pierre and Matt Hughes.
Of course, Penn did rebound, but when he finally found himself in the biggest fight of his life opposite St-Pierre in the rematch, Penn couldn't muster up the energy to really get himself into good shape.
Two fights later, people are once again anointing him the greatest lightweight of all time, but then he looks flat in two consecutive fights against Edgar.
At this point in time, it should be completely clear that as good as Penn can look on any given night, you never know how good he's going to look in his next fight until it happens.
If you're a Penn fan, you better hope that the prospect of fighting Jon Fitch is enough to keep the mercurial Prodigy interested in fighting.


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Lenovo ThinkPad L420
SpecificationsNotebook: Lenovo ThinkPad L420 (Thinkpad L Series)
Processor: Intel Core i5 2520M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 14.1 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: no
Weight: 2.3kg
Price: 1200 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
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The Lenovo ThinkPad L420 is an above-average offering in the value business notebook segment. It succeeds in barely enough areas to get our recommendation, however. Highlights first: very good build quality, an excellent keyboard and touchpad, a good selection of input/output ports, and good overall performance. Now for the downsides; the first is battery life. Four and a half hours is average at best; ideally we were looking for another hour. Secondly, the 1366x768 screen resolution is too low for office productivity and makes multitasking difficult. Lastly, the $969 asking price is a bit high; Lenovo should either knock $100 off the price or include at least a two-year warranty standard. In the end, the Lenovo ThinkPad L420 is a very well-built machine and meets most of our expectations.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/02/2011
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 70% features: 70% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%
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The $898 ThinkPad L420 falls somewhere between the high-powered T series and the more small-business focused Edge lineup. As such, it borrows the security features and docking capability of the former line, but the more affordable pricing of the latter. Regardless, this laptop's great keyboard, snappy performance, and reasonable price make it a compelling option for professionals who aren't willing sacrifice quality. We wish the sound quality were better, but if a solid typing experience, good performance, and a budget-friendly price are what you're after, the ThinkPad L420 fits the bill.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/28/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%
Intel HD Graphics 3000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The HD 3000 is the faster (internally GT2 called) version with 12 Execution Units (EUs).
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
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2520M: Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.1": 14 inch display size is a mixture between the small formats of subnotebooks and the 15 inch standard display. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.3 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 13 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Lenovo: Lenovo Group Limited is China's largest and the world's fourth largest personal computer manufacturer. Lenovo produces desktops, laptops, servers, handheld computers, imaging equipment, and mobile phone handsets. Lenovo also provides information technology integration and support services, and its QDI unit offers contract manufacturing. Its executive headquarters are located in China and USA. It is incorporated in Hong Kong. Lenovo was formed in 1984 as a spin-off of the Chinese Academy of Sciences new technology unit. The company initially began as a reseller, distributor and later CM for foreign brands, including IBM, entering the Chinese market. In 1990, Lenovo started to manufacture its own PCs and by 1997 became the market leader in China. In 2004, Lenovo bought IBM's PC business for $1.25billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
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More militaries and armed groups are using social media as a weapon of war -- but when ground skirmishes are mirrored by cyber-social battles, managing the message can get messy.
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While sympathetic, former "homeless hacker" Adrian Lamo says the Army intelligence analyst who confided in him crossed the line by exposing compromising data on U.S. foreign policy.
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Whistle-blower site faces heavy criticism and repercussions for publishing extensive details of U.S. military and diplomatic activity. Editor Julian Assange, meanwhile, confronts his own challenges in court.
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SHERIDAN — The Cloud Peak Backcountry Horsemen will hold a roadside cleanup session Tuesday at 4 p.m.
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Kinshasa/Goma — Heavy clashes around Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebel fighters and the Congolese army have forced thousands of displaced men, women and children to flee again. UNICEF is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation and its impact on children.
According to a UNICEF rapid assessment on Monday, Kanyaruchinya displaced site, which had hosted at least 30,000 people since July, is empty as former residents have fled towards Goma.
An inter-agency evaluation is currently underway to assess the situation of displaced people in Mugunga I and III, Lac Vert and Goma and to ensure an efficient and adequate response to nutritional, educational, water, health and household item needs.
The renewed conflict is putting children and their families at risk, leaving them exposed to physical harm and mental distress. UNICEF is particularly concerned about the psychological trauma faced by children, in addition to the risk of cholera outbreaks following a recent upsurge of the disease among IDPs in Kanyaruchinya.
On Sunday, while fighting was ongoing, and on Monday, UNICEF provided one ton of high-energy biscuits and medicine for 500 unaccompanied children in Goma's Don Bosco Centre.
UNICEF partner PAMI is organizing points to register and reunify unaccompanied minors with their parents.
Schools in the conflict-affected area along the axis of Goma-Rugari are closed within 30 kilometres of Goma. Government officials asked parents not to send their children to school until the situation has calmed down.
According to a UN report last week, at least 264 civilians, including 83 children, were arbitrarily executed by armed groups in more than 75 attacks on villages in eastern DRC between April and September of this year.
UNICEF calls on all parties to do their utmost to protect the rights and well-being of all children.