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The Aeonix Dispatch Console developed in Israel is helping emergency dispatchers do a better job in India and China.
The Aeonix system
When every second counts, a new dispatch console developed by Israelis can help coordinate emergency teams so they can respond faster to save lives and avert catastrophes.
The Aeonix Dispatch Console is the latest offering from
Tadiran Telecom
. The cost-effective software and interface brings emergency and police crews "up to speed" with a plug-and-play solution that integrates all technologies used by dispatch teams.
For teams working in the field,
the management console includes state-of-the-art touch screens, integration with GPS and even locally installed closed circuit television systems (CCTV).
This helps dispatch teams at ground control direct attention to those in need more accurately and efficiently.
"It's to help a dispatcher manage the situation," says Eran Sagi, the corporate VP for marketing at Tadiran Telecom.
"When a dispatcher starts to deal with an issue, they need to consider and work with different types of forces: the police on the ground, ambulances, the fire brigade. We provide a dispatch console for them –– an application that will let them communicate with different types of people that they will need to work with."
This is not the first product of its kind on the market, Sagi notes.
But Israel is called the startup nation for a reason, and this reputation is built inside Tadiran's Aeonix system. "What we developed is based on new technologies on the market, so it can work with all the latest [gadgets] like smartphones and tablets – and it gives an opportunity to dispatchers using these tools to communicate with all the people involved."
Cuts down response time to save lives
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can shorten response times for ambulances cutting through traffic, for fire brigades locating g
randma on the third floor, or police search teams out looking for a missing child. In all cases, each second could mean the difference between life and death.
Sagi draws up a scenario: "Let's say there are officers out in the field. The dispatch will communicate to them through this application and with a special user interface can even create groups of officers. There may be one group on one side of the city. And assuming that there is a 'situation,' with a push of a button, all the member officers of that group can get the same message."
And then they can react to that message collectively.
Situation under control? Or send out more help? "The dispatch will be able to see CCTV cameras of the street in question in real time by pushing another button," Sagi notes.
Aeonix also can be used by
energy and water utility companies to detect a leak, outage or other urgent issue quickly.
Eran Sagi of Tadiran Telecom
Aeonix is not a disaster-management solution. "What we are doing here is something simpler," says Sagi. "Ours doesn't integrate with so many systems – and it doesn't cost nearly as much as the more sophisticated systems either."
Aeonix can be installed onto any off-the-shelf equipment or used in a virtual manner.
Currently, Tadiran Telecom is looking for partners. The Israeli company will provide the integration, and power and transportation companies will get easy-to-use solutions for their dispatch needs. The first clients are now installing the Aeonix solution in India and China.
Unlike in Western countries, these fast-growing Asian economies are quick to develop and use new technologies that speak different technological languages.
Tadiran, from which Tadiran Telecom was spun off, began 50 years ago as an appliance company, and in recent history Tadiran Group's "daughter" companies are in the high-tech business.
Some of the world's largest companies already rely on Tadiran Telecom, which employs 200 people in Petach Tikva, Israel. China, India and the United States are among 41 countries around the world where its products are deployed.
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Having succumbed at long last to a winter cold, I felt I would dedicate this Midweek Madness installment to my fellow sufferers. I suggest we all sing through our pain, with the help of Betty Boop and that profound ditty "I Got a Cold in My Nose." (Her performance makes me want to dig out "Funny Lady" again to hear Streisand's fun version.)
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Magdalena Kozena, the high-profile, Czech mezzo-soprano, and her equally high-profile accompanist, the Russian-born, Israeli-American pianist Yefim Bronfman, chose a fascinating sample of repertoire for their recital Sunday night presented by the Shriver Hall Concert Series.
Four of the five composers on the bill came from the mainstream, but the works selected for this occasion did not.
In Mussorgsky's song cycle "The Nursery," which evokes the alternately animated, awed and mischievous mindset of a child, Kozena offered an abundance of colorful vocal touches -- even a nose-thumbing gesture for good measure. Bronfman articulated the subtly brilliant keyboard part with terrific flair.
The exquisite, often wry sound world of Ravel's "Histoires Naturelles" likewise found both artists doing finely communicative work, especially in the lovely languor of "Le Martin-pecheur."
Kozena's dark, evenly produced tone found another great outlet in the six songs of romance and nature from Rachmaninoff's Op. 38.
Bronfman likewise summoned expressive power every step of the way, digging into the richly woven accompaniment. Like Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff frequently ended art songs with elongated codas for the piano, and these passages took on extra value in Bronfman's hands.
Bartok's earthy "Village Scenes," with their deliciously spiky rhythms, inspired another burst of vivid music-making.
All of this would have been enough to make the recital distinctive, but there as more -- the local premiere of "Three Melodies on a Poem of Ezra Pound" by French composer Mac-Andre Dalbavie, a work co-commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall and Shriver Hall Concert Series.
The text, "The Unmoving Cloud" from Pound's "Cathay," has inspired a transparent, finely detailed setting from Dalbavie.
The vocal lines, sensual and elegant, convey the imagery of rain, loneliness, the comforts of nature and wine.
There are hazy hints of Debussy and Ravel along the way; even, in Melodie II, a touch of Rachmaninoff in the piano's dark harmonies. A keyboard motive that descends in the first song and ascends in the last provides a telling thread.
Kozena sang the music sensitively and articulated the English works more clearly than many a singer whose first language actually is English.
There was an affecting encore -- Schumann's "Wehmut" from "Liederkreis," which includes the line, "I can sometimes sing as if I were happy. But, in secret, tears well up ... no one feels the pains, the deep sorrow in the song."
Kozena produced her tenderest vocal shading of the evening here, reaching the lied's poignant heart, while Bronfman matched her nuance for nuance.
It looks like a full-fledged trend -- Baltimore theater companies adding performances of productions thanks to popular demand this winter.
First to announce was Everyman Theatre, which extended the run of "August: Osage County." Two more companies have likewise found themselves with hits.
Katori Hall's "The Mountaintop" isn't for everybody, but this serious/humorous/surreal look at Rev. Martin Luther King's last night, April 3, 1968, has turned out to be "one of the highest grossing plays" in the 50-year history of Center Stage, the company reports.
Although the production, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, still has to close on Feb. 24 as originally scheduled, an extra performance has been added that day -- 7:30 p.m. (Scheduling conflicts prevent a longer extension.)
Meanwhile, Annex Theatre, one of the city's young, intrepid troupes, reports that, "due to an extremely positive audience reaction," two more weekends have been added to its production of Peter Shaffer's "Equus."
The show, directed by Mason Ross, opened Feb. 7 at the H&H Building downtown and was slated to finish up on the 17th. It will instead continue there through the weekends of Feb. 23 and March 1.
(You may recall that the Annex Theatre had hoped to be in a new, permanent home on North Avenue in a renovated fast food place, but there have been delays in the renovation process.)
PHOTO (Myxolydia Tyler, Shawn Hamilton in 'The Mountaintop') BY RICHARD ANDERSON
As Christmas 1914 approached, Benedict XV, who described the war as "the suicide of Europe," pleaded for a Christmas truce. The military leaders refused, but somehow, at several points along the trenches, a surreal cease-fire broke out anyway.
That short, peaceful spell inspired the 2005 film "Joyeux Noel," which focused on the experiences of some Scottish, French and German troops on a battlefield in Belgium. That film, in turn, inspired "Silent Night," an opera by Kevin Puts, the Peabody Institute faculty member who received the Pulitzer Prize in music last year for this extraordinary work.
Opera Philadelphia is presenting the East Coast premiere of "Silent Night" at the Academy of Music in an impressive co-production with Minnesota Opera, which commissioned and unveiled the piece in November 2011. (The final performance is Sunday.)
Music history is not ...
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As a person, Wagner was deplorable — vain, arrogant, manipulative, viciously and relentlessly anti-Semitic. As an artist, he reached the highest peaks. His importance to the evolution of Western music cannot be overstated; the fusion of intellectual brilliance and emotional power that propels his works cannot be overvalued.
The best way to appreciate this achievement is in an opera house enjoying a full staging of a Wagner music drama, but that opportunity is not going to arise in Baltimore any time soon. The BSO is offering the next best thing — a complete act from "Die Walkure" in concert form, with three excellent singers.
As a warm-up, there are samplings from "Tristan und Isolde" and "Die Meistersinger." And warm was the word on Friday.
Conductor Marin Alsop emphasized the grandeur and humanity of the "Meistersinger" Prelude in equal measure. There was propulsion, but not haste, in her approach, and that helped the ingenious counterpoint in the score to shine through. The ensemble sounded sure and robust.
The BSO's previous performances of the Prelude and "Liebestod" from "Tristan" over the past decade have been orchestra-only. This time, there was a soprano in the house to do the honors in the "Liebestod" — the opera's soul-stirring conclusion, when Isolde, having lost her beloved Tristan, essentially dies of love.
As in previous performances of the Prelude I've heard her conduct, Alsop ...
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"Shakespeare's R&J" examines the star-crossed lovers of Verona through the unexpected prism of a repressive, all-male Catholic boarding school. This brilliant and provocative work, created by Joe Calarco, first appeared in the late 1990s and has been widely performed since.
Calarco recently revised the piece, and that new version is receiving its North American premiere in a bracing, in-the-round production that he has directed with considerable flair.
The piece is wonderfully minimalist -- just four actors (the characters are unnamed), no set or costumes (save for preppy school uniforms), hardly any props (a long red cloth gets versatile use). The attention here is all on text and subtext.
The students are ...
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It's partly a traditional musical, with at least the thread of a plot — a woman who welds by day but would rather dance — and new songs that advance the storyline, more or less.
It's partly a jukebox musical, with emphasis on the vintage songs that helped make the film so popular.
It also wants to be just a big old dance celebration, with kinetic routines breaking out at the drop of a cliche.
As the show bumps and grinds across the stage, it seems, above all, to have been created for those with short attention spans. Things never settle down long enough to allow for such silly little things as character development or dramatic tension.
You would think that with such a strong, recent example of how a need-to-dance movie can make a good stage musical — see "Billy Elliot" — someone might have wanted to give "Flashdance" a few layers thicker than the loose sweatshirt the lead character wears.
The flimsy premise of this tale could use some filling out and suspense — anything to pump up the journey made by Alex, the mill worker with the hankering for ballet lessons.
"Flashdance," with a book by Tom Hedley and Robert Cary, is content to stay on the same superficial level of the original source material.
This would have been a good time to try out some fresh dialogue, for a start.
And lyrics? Oh, my. Alfred Tennyson must be chuckling in his grave at this howler: "It's better to leap and fall than never leap at all." (Robert Roth wrote the music and shares credit for the lyrics with Robert Cary.)
I wonder if a campier course might have been more fun, given how brilliant, in its own crazy way, the stage adaptation of another dance-filled movie, "Xanadu," turned out. Oh well.
"Flashdance," expertly directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, may rely too much on nostalgia. The expected scenes from the film are recreated, though in a curiously dutiful fashion.
When the lithe and spirited Emily Padgett, who stars as Alex, removes a bra without lifting her sweat shirt, or gyrates while being doused with water, just like Jennifer Beals did in the film, it feels like she is merely following a to-do list.
There's nothing remotely sexy about that bra business — Matthew Hydzik, as Alex's boss-turned-boyfriend, Nick, looks like he's watching the nightly news.
And the water number, used to bring down the Act 1 curtain, certainly looks fabulous (Klara Zieglerova's scenic design and Howell Binkley's lighting deliver plenty of sizzle throughout the production), but the whole thing is over in a splash. It feels tacked on, just a sop to the fans of the movie.
Superficiality does have its place in the theater world, of course, and there's a certain guilty-pleasure element about this glossy vehicle, which tries so hard to entertain. (I still wouldn't count too heavily on the show's success if it ever makes it to Broadway — the Baltimore visit is part of a pre-New York national tour.)
In addition to the fluent stagecraft, the level of performing is high. Padgett manages to look fresh at the end of the two and a half hour musical, despite one frenetic dance after another (the choreography devised for her could use a bit more of the aesthetic and bit less of the athletic). She sings sturdily as well. If she can't quite give Alex depth, she manages to give her some personality.
Hydzik glides smoothly through the role of Nick and, especially in the calmer numbers, proves to be a confident, stylish singer. He's especially effective blending with Padgett in "Here and Now," one of the more appealing songs in the score.
Not content to focus on one character's journey toward artistic fulfillment, the show spends a little too much time with others. There's Alex's dancing buddy Gloria (a perky Kelly Felthous), who ends up in a sleazy club. And Gloria's boyfriend, Jimmy (David R. Gordon), whose boy-meets-dream, boy-loses-dream, boy-gets-song progression proves only mildly diverting.
JoAnn Cunningham, as Alex's wise old muse, Hannah, makes a valiant effort to give the character some depth, but she isn't helped by the writers.
Supporting players make a considerable effort to spice things up. The ensemble of dancers/singers moves through its paces in polished form. But they would be better served by a few really grand production numbers, rather than an assortment of brief routines that often don't have enough time to get off the ground.
On the plus side, "Flashdance" does deliver in the closing moments, when Alex finally gets her audition for the stuffy academy and the strains of "What a Felling" start to fill the house. There really is bit of a thrill at that point, but it's just a little late.
The production runs through Sunday.
Photo by Kyle Froman
The playwright's vision conjures a world where North and South America have fused into a strange melange where languages and longings converge, or collide. The crudely hedonistic society that results comes with a violent undercurrent that some vague authoritarian power is ready to smash or exploit.
Amid the grime and slime of this cruel tomorrow, the old human impulse toward love and union can still break through, bringing with it the faintest tint of hope.
The intriguing, if not entirely persuasive, work has a little "A Clockwork Orange" in it, though with a Latin beat instead of Beethoven — a DJ spinning tracks, and official government lines, provides a connective soundtrack.
The staging, directed by Nathan A. Cooper, also suggests a touch of the vintage "Batman" TV series in the stylized fight scene early on (there's even a baseball cap emblazoned with word "pow" on the brim).
With her Cuban, Spanish, Argentine and Croatian background, Svich obviously brings a keen perspective to issues of assimilation and alienation. "The Tropic of X" is all about identity — national, social, economic, and, most provocatively, sexual (gender-bending plays a major role here) — and how the things that define us can get pretty slippery.
What Svich doesn't do is ...
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With the season finale of "Downton Abbey" approaching on Sunday, I couldn't resist devoting one more Midweek Madness entry to the show -- the perfect addition to your paper doll collection:
I started at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, where the Music in the Great Hall series presented the Trio Cloisonne -- flutist Marcia Kamper, violist Karin Brown, harpist Sarah Fuller -- in a colorful program.
Debussy is generally credited with generating interest in this combination of instruments; his Sonata was featured on the second half of the concert, by which point I had moved down the road to another performance.
What I did get to hear was quite rewarding, especially Toru Takemitsu's "And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind." The title comes from an Emily Dickinson poem ("Like Rain it sounded till it curved/ And then I knew 'twas wind ..."); the music comes from a magical place where French and Japanese harmonic idioms seem to converge.
The players, all affiliated with the Baltimore Symphony, articulated the atmospheric score with ...
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Instead of Feb. 17, the new closing date will be Feb. 24.
There are many reasons to catch this show, starting with the brilliant play that Tracy Letts wrote. In peeling away layer after layer of a heavily troubled Oklahoma family, Letts uncovers unsettling things about all of us.
Those uncanny insights into human behavior, not to mention a wonderful streak of humor, earned Letts a Pulitzer and Tony Award for "August."
Everyman's staging -- the Baltimore premiere of the 2007 work -- features an excellent cast headed by the wonderful Linda Thorson in her company debut as the messed-up matriarch.
There are extraordinary efforts as well from Nancy Robinette (another company debut) and such Everyman veterans as Deborah Hazlett and Wil Love, to mention just a few.
The all-out ensemble effort reaffirms Everyman's quality and value to Baltimore's theater scene, while the handsome staging shows off the company's new venue to great advantage.
On that occasion, Lintu led the ensemble in the most famous piece of classical music from his homeland, Sibelius' "Finlandia." For his return this week, the conductor is offering the second most famous — Sibelius' Symphony No. 2.
From the first measures of that symphony Thursday night at the Music Center at Strathmore, Lintu signaled that his would be a brisk and bracing account.
Some conductors, at least non-Finn ones, take heaps of time to let this earth-colored, yearning-filled music sink in (think Leonard Bernstein). They may be off-base, but they can't help but conjure up dark forests and, of course, the forbidding peaks of mighty fiords.
Lintu let the sun seep continually into the score. There was a fresh breeze, too, behind his scherzo-like tempo for the first movement, not to mention his whirlwind pace for the actual scherzo later on.
The conductor hardly stinted on the symphony's intense drama, though. The unsettled and unsettling second movement, for example, emerged with particularly effective tension.
Lintu kept the finale moving along. He still gave the grand, anthem-like theme its expressive due, even if, like Veda in "Mildred Pierce," the conductor seemed to be saying, "But let's not get sticky over it."
Throughout the symphony, he called for telling nuances from the musicians, especially ...
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The early music/period instrument group has an annual tradition of presenting a wintry program scheduled around or, as it turned out this time, exactly on the day of the biggest football game of the year.
Billed as SuperBach Sunday, the concert typically has a unifying theme. This one, which drew a good-sized audience to Towson University's Center for the Arts, found a particularly interesting hook.
It centered on the court of Frederick the Great and featured one of Bach's monumental exercises in contrapuntal ingenuity, "The Musical Offering," based on a slithery theme supposedly devised by the king himself.
Hard to believe that the revered monarch who could come up with such a harmonically challenging melodic line was the same guy who wrote the mundane march played on the first half of Sunday's concert. I guess even supreme rulers have their off days.
Still, it was fun hearing that ditty and the more substantive and elegant Flute Sonata No. 9, not to mention the fine Flute Quartet No. 1 by Quantz, one of Frederick's favored composers.
The Quantz work, in particular, inspired ...
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BSO vice president of education Carol Bogash calls the project "the final piece in the BSO's educational framework" and cites a McMaster University study indicating that "early musical training benefits children even before they can walk or talk."
The Music Box Series will feature actress, dancer, storyteller and Baltimore School for the Arts instructor Maria Broom (pictured) as host of the 30-minute programs, which will be held Saturday mornings in the lobby of Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
The concerts are designed to promote "musical, motor and language development through bouncing, clapping, listening, singing and other hands-on activities," according to the BSO's press release. There will be pre-concert activities as well.
The lineup:
-- "Birdie Melodies" April 13 (Mozart, Beethoven; emphasis on flute, violin, viola and cello)
-- "Great Big Animals" May 4 (Handel, Brahms, brass quintet)
-- "Life in the Water" (Schubert's "Trout" Quintet, et al.)
For ticket info, call 410-783-8000 or check out the BSO's Web site.
OK, I admit it. While the rest of the civilized world was glued to the Super Bowl, the TV in our house was emanating the glow of period drama -- the irresistible "Downton Abbey" on PBS. (I still think the Most Valuable Player Sunday night was Mrs. Hughes, the housekeeper who managed to tackle sexism, anti-Catholicism and smug-ism all in one fabulous game.)
For the benefit of those who have not yet caught onto the Downton phenomenon -- and even more for the benefit of those who have -- Midweek Madness offers this unique introduction/recap/documentary:
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The company, which features young, up-and-coming artists in productions that typically generate musical and theatrical sparks, will concentrate on Italian repertoire for its 2013 season.
This being the Verdi bicentennial year, two of that composer's masterpieces will be featured:
-- "La Traviata," in a presentation with video-projected scenic design July 19 at the Filene Center; the National Symphony Orchestra will participate in this event, conducted by Grant Gershon;
-- "Falstaff," conducted by Dean Williamson and directed by Tomer Zvulun, presented in the Barns at Wolf Trap August 9, 11, 14 and 17.
Rossini's "Il Viaggio a Reims," conducted by Gary Thor Wedow and directed by David Gately, will open the season at the Barns June 21, 23 and 29.
Other events include another imaginative program organized and accompanied by pianist Steven Blier, this one called "Wonders To Wander To: Songs and Stories of Faraway Lands," July 6 and 7 at the Barns.
And company director Kim Witman will be at the piano to accompany what is billed as an "Aria Jukebox," with vocal artists singing audience-selected numbers, July 14 at the Barns.
Tickets to the Wolf Trap Opera season go on sale March 16.
Tortelier is back this week with a program that includes Mussorgsky's perennial "Pictures at an Exhibition" and a much rarer sampling of the Hindemith work list, the bracing Concert Music for Brass and Strings.
In between, some comforting Mozart -- Piano Concerto No. 27, featuring another welcome returning guest artist, Orion Weiss.
I had the most fun Thursday night at Meyerhoff Hall during the Hindemith at the top of the concert. For one thing, this fascinating composer does not get much attention these days. For another, this particular score has ...
Continue reading "Tortelier fires up Baltimore Symphony in works by Hindemith and Mussorgsky" »
Harper, who was nominated for a 2010 Tony Award for her performance in "Looped" on Broadway, was hospitalized during rehearsals for the tour.
The actress, famed as the character Rhoda on "The Mary Tyler More Show" and its spinoff, has returned to Los Angeles, "where she will receive continuing treatment and medical care," according a statement from producers. The tour opens in Fort Lauderdale Feb. 26.
Harper said that the "play has been such a gift and it was my hope and intention to play this role again in the upcoming tour. But given my doctor's recent recommendations, I must now put all my energy into getting well and renewing my strength."
Powers, whose extensive stage and screen credits include the hit TV show "Hart to Hart," makes a particularly apt choice as a replacement. "Looped" is set in a sound studio, where Bankhead has a great deal of difficulty recording ("looping") a line of dialogue for the film "Die, Die, My Darling." That 1965 co-starred Powers.
At the rate they're going, the Baltimore Symphony may change this week's program to Hindemith's Concert Music for Ravens, Brass and Strings"; Mozart's Concerto No. 27 for Ravens and Orchestra; and Mussorgsky's "Ravens at an Exhibition."
Meanwhile, BSO bassist Jonathan Jensen has written a new ditty, "Hail to the Ravens," set to a vaguely familiar tune. The opening lines:
Ravens fans all over Baltimore, Have just a single goal: To win the Superbowl. We'll watch them proudly, We'll cheer them loudly, And our loyal orchestra will cheer loudest of all!
Have just a single goal:
To win the Superbowl.
We'll watch them proudly,
We'll cheer them loudly,
And our loyal orchestra will cheer loudest of all!
The song has now been immortalized via YouTube, filmed by BSO contrabassoonist David Coombs. (Can the San Francisco Symphony's response be far behind?)
Get your rah-rahs out and chime in with Jensen and his buddies from the orchestra (Madeline Adkins, Ellen Pendleton Troyer, Ken Goldstein, Angela Lee, Peter Minkler, Kristin Ostling, Owen Cummings, Michael Lisicky); vocal soloist Mark McGrath and backup singers Wendy Baird, Dyana Neal and Jim Knost.
Sorry, Midweek Madness fans, if you thought you could escape the all-Ravens-all-the-time atmosphere these days by clicking your way here.
How could I possibly ignore this fever (try as I might)? Not with reminders like this one, put together by Douglas Buchanan, a bass in the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and choirmaster of Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
He managed to combine Ravens mania with Anglican choral traditions to produce what has to be the most offbeat entry yet in the ever-rising clamor of local pride. So here, recorded in lovely Old St. Paul's, is Buchanan's "Ravenlican Chant," a devout work in three sections: Preambule, Rules of Overtime and Ravens' Fight Song.
If this doesn't clinch the Super Bowl, I don't know what will:
The San Francisco Symphony was just asking for trouble when it posted a photo on its Facebook page of percussionist Trey Wyatt percussionist about to inflict major damage on a defenseless Raven symbol with some mighty big cymbals.
So the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra responded quickly with ...
Continue reading "Annapolis Symphony responds to San Francisco Symphony's Ravens taunt" »
With a lead gift of $50 million from the center's chairman, Baltimore-born David M. Rubenstein, the building venture, being designed by Steven Holl Architects, will see pavilions for classrooms, multipurpose facilities and rehearsal spaces rise on the property just south of the Kennedy Center, toward the Roosevelt Bridge. It's the biggest expansion since the center opened in 1971.
In a nice retro touch, the project will include ...
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Here's Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director Marin Alsop with her gutsy suggestion for a winning Super Bowl play (BSO PHOTO). Looks like a surprise pass to the double basses will do the trick:
That chord, which launched a transcription by Tivadar Szanto of Bach's G minor Fantasia and Fugue for organ, was articulated not just with terrific force, but a delectable richness of tone as well.
Hamelin, justly famed for his technical prowess, seemed to be saying: Who needs a pipe organ to make this music shake the place?
He offered myriad dynamics; he articulated the trickiest of passages without the slightest trace of effort; he delivered expressive impact with every phrase.
You could same the same for the rest of the program, which celebrated the full range of the piano (made you feel a little sorry for those pianists who have gravely decided to focus squarely on the sacred Mozart-Beethoven-Schubert canon).
Hamelin's evident delight in every one of the 88 keys could not have been more obvious than in ...
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Diamond Head -- Montreal, Quebec -- April 15th, 2013
When I bought my ticket at Foufones Electriques, I saw that the ticket had a nice print on it. Great souvenir!
I got in the venue at 8pm. The first band Bucranium was scheduled for 7:30pm. They started at 8pm. I assume they are a local band to Montreal. They had a groovy doom rock sound. By the end of their set they were cooking. Too bad they only had a half an hour. The only song title I remember is Train.
Buffalo Thoery MTL was next. I got the set list I will transpose;
1000 Times
Heavy Ride
New Song- 1,2,3...
Buffalo Therory MTL
Du Metal
They were very Corrosion-esque. I really liked the guitar tone. I enjoyed Heavy Ride the most. They have their music on bandcamp. Pretty good overall.
During Cauldron's preparation for the set I noticed the guitar player had an Angel Witch shirt. I had a feeling they were going to be a NWOBHM band. I am unfamiliar with their songs but I will post what I thought they played;
Conjure The Mass
Dreams Die Young
Frozen In Fire
Taken By Desire
Summoned To Succumb
End Of Time
Autumn Twilight :eek:
Die Hard :horns:
I really liked these guys. Autumn Twilight was the second song they played and it was AWESOME! They did a great job!! It sounded so good! Die Hard was really great also!
I am surprised one of the guys didn't wear a Maple Leafs or Agronaut's jersey just to get the fans going!
On came Diamond Head!! They played for 90 minutes!
Play It Loud
I Feel No Pain
Dead Reckoning
Come Alive
To Heaven From Hell
In The Heat Of The Night
Shoot Out The Lights
It's Electric
Give It To Me
Sucking My Love
Prey For Me
The Prince
Am I Evil :rocker:
Lightning To The Nations
I liked so many aspects. First, the sound and mix was great! The song selection was good. I liked the songs from 2005 and 2007. The band was having a great time! I am glad I had a chance to see them.
The merch was ok. DH's shirts were $20. But they were black and white shirts with dates and a not so great design on front. DH also had a patch, picks, and a snare head.
With so many choices of shows this month I am glad I chose this show.
Sounds like a fun show! Can't wait for Friday :D
Autumn Twilight :eek:
Die Hard :horns:
Covers? What bands did these songs?
if it's the Venom song, that's a fucking killer !
Cheers !
Sounds very cool! I wish I could have gone to this, but there way are too many shows these days in Montreal...
Die Hard- Venom :horns:
Autumn Twilight- Cathedral
Both by Cauldron.
Too many shows, so little time................
[QUOTE=sarsip;522118]Die Hard- Venom :horns:
Autumn Twilight- Cathedral
WAT? :drool:
Cauldron started playing Autumn Twilight, and it took me a minute to recall what song it was. It was really good!
How many people were in Montreal? I heard the crowd in Quebec City the night after was very thin...
Too bad I missed that show cause both Cauldron and Diamond Head (which I never saw live so far) setlists look great.
I'd say Fouf was about 1/2 full. Plenty of room to move around.
I'll do a review of the Toronto show later, but I just wanted to comment on this:
Conjure The Mass
Dreams Die Young
Frozen In Fire
Taken By Desire
Summoned To Succumb
End Of Time
Autumn Twilight :eek:
Die Hard :horns:
We didn't get Dreams Die Young, Frozen in Fire or Taken By Desire, but we did get Rapid City/Unchained Assault, Nitebreaker, and Burning Fortune.
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This book provides a concise, comprehensive account of factors affecting manufacturing growth and performance in present day Britain. It begins with a review of general trends and issues before turning to individual firm and industry cases. The study examines new product developments, market trends, and economic environmental influences. It analyses plant-level managerial and organizational aspects of production. Finally, it considers political-legal, educational and training, and other wider socio-cultural influences on manufacturing growth and performance.ĀCONTENTS: 1.ĀMANUFACTURING IN BRITAIN: AN OVERVIEWĀ2.ĀGENERAL ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON MANUFACTURINGĀ3.ĀMANUFACTURED GOODS MARKETS & DEMAND TRENDSĀ4.ĀTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCT INNOVATIONĀ5.ĀMANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONĀ6.ĀMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: CASESĀ7.ĀTHE POLITICAL & LEGAL ENVIRONMENTĀ8.ĀTHE LABOUR MARKET, EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION & TRAININGĀ9.ĀCAPITAL INVESTMENT & THE GROWTH & PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS
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NREL's biomass projects are designed to advance the production of liquid transportation fuels from biomass. Researchers explore biomass characterization, biochemical and thermochemical conversion processes, the chemicals and catalysts that optimize conversion, and how the steps of the process integrate with one another. Additionally, the viability of algae as a feedstock is a re-emerging area of research. Analysts support the R&D by studying market needs, technoeconomic drivers, and partnership opportunities for the commercialization and deployment of biofuels.
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Building on the success of the second State of the Gulf of Mexico Summit held in 2011 in Houston, Texas, the Harte Research Institute (HRI) for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will host the third State of the Gulf of Mexico Summit 2014 to again bring together stakeholders to focus on this nation's most valuable marine resource -- the Gulf of Mexico. The State of the Gulf of Mexico Summit 2014 goals includes:
Integrating science and restoration efforts to inform decision-making
Advancing restoration that contributes to the broader Gulf of Mexico ecosystem
Linking state, federal, and NGO restoration strategies
Building a common vision for Gulf restoration
Agenda in Summary
Day 1 - Monday, March 24th: The Science of Gulf Restoration
The State of the Gulf - Can We RESTORE it? - The Gulf of Mexico is the USA's most important marine resource and it faces many challenges in balancing its critical role in the economic health of the country and region while remaining environmentally sound and productive. Regional, national and international leaders in science, policy, business and conservation will frame this challenge and inform participants of where we must focus resources and efforts to assure the Gulf of Mexico we all desire for the future.
Water and Coastal Resiliency - Big Gulf Issues that Need Big Gulf Answers
Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré, US Army (retired)
Science Supporting Restoration - Summit partners including the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GOMRI) and the Gulf of Mexico University Research Collaborative (GOMURC) and others will focus on how best to integrate the most current science into Gulf restoration.
Day 2 - Tuesday, March 25th: The Roles in Gulf Restoration
Conservation Goals for Restoration - Respected non-governmental organizations, led by the Nature Conservancy, National Wildlife Federation, the Ocean Conservancy and the Gulf of Mexico Foundation, offer strategic perspectives on priorities, metrics and the future of Gulf restoration and progress.
Fishing for the Future - The Little Known but Critical Role of the Recreational Angler in Restoring the Gulf of Mexico
Pat Murray, President of Coastal Conservation Association
Business and Industry Roles in Restoration - Leading figures from the various business sectors around the Gulf of Mexico in oil and gas, shipping, tourism, etc. will explore the challenges and opportunities for those driving the economic sector of the Gulf of Mexico, in establishing their role in Gulf restoration.
Dinner: The Business of Restoration - A special panel hosted by the Walton Family Foundation will bring together the leading engineering firms and businesses that turn the dirt and turn restoration planning into reality. They will discuss in panel format their perspectives on making restoration happen on the ground and in the water.
Day 3 - Wednesday, March 26th: Gulf Restoration Perspectives
The Gulf of Mexico is an International Sea - These two sessions offer very different perspectives to a shared challenge. Mexico and Norway both, with significant oil and gas development opporunities, must manage the balance between a healthy environment and strong coastal economies. Each have lessons to share and questions to ask about the Gulf of Mexico - a place where economy and environment both coexist and contend. The perspective from both near and far will bring unique insights for Summit participants.
Ethanol and Hypoxia - The Unintended Consquences of Good Intensions
Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Executive Director and Professor, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Frameworks and Funding of Gulf Restoration - The Summit's concluding plenary sessions, led by the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, focus on two key areas. The first will help answer the question "Where are we now?" by providing the most current restoration planning and implementation frameworks and actions. The second features leading funding organizations to provide Summit participants the most current information on funding priorities and opportunities for both restoration and science.
Day 4 - Thursday, March 27th: An Economically and Ecologically Sustainable Gulf of Mexico
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An Economically and Ecologically Sustainable Gulf of Mexico - Two of the Summit's key partners will hold meetings for their respective memberships - GOMA and GOMURC. The Summit and the GOMA leadership meeting replace the annual All Hands which will resume its annual format next year in Alabama. The GOMURC meeting will be the first ever general meeting for the 78 members of this leading Gulf of Mexico academic research organization.
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After Megan Cooper was dumped at the altar, she left her family, home and career behind and set off in search of something.... Surely adventure and a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love was out there!
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When Adam broke into her bookstore one night, Meg was delighted--and Adam knew he was in trouble. This wild, daring, adventurous woman claimed he was the man for her. Before long, Meg was helping him with his investigation--and tempting him with her passion.
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Mobile Growtainers Provide Controlled Environments for Farming in Shipping Containers
Posted By Jessica Dailey On March 19, 2012 @ 12:49 pm In Cargotecture,Design,Gardening and Plants,Reader Submitted Content,Urban Farming | Comments Disabled
GreenTech Agro Inc [1]., managed by Glenn Behrman, a 40-year veteran of the horticulture industry who founded The Plant Shed [2] in NYC, recently announced the launch of the "Growtainer [3]" project, a new concept in controlled-environment farming. Growtainers are specially equipped insulated shipping containers [4] complete with the most advanced LED lighting, water conserving hydroponic or drip-irrigation systems, adjustable shelving for high yield vertical production, and a state-of-the-art HVAC system, all controlled by a specially designed PC-based microprocessor system which can be monitored from anywhere. Growtainers may be purchased as complete growing systems with nothing to set up or install – just add seeds and start growing.
The Growtainer introduction is one of many interesting initiatives proposed by GreenTech Agro. The start-up has already begun the process to submit the project to the US Military [6] for use in locations like Afghanistan where it is difficult to provide fresh vegetables to our troops. GreenTech Agro is also in discussions with a senior aid to the Obama Administration to establish an urban re-development program in the Northeast centered on indoor farming, and they are also proposing the development of an indoor farming facility to be built underground in the midwestern United States.
The GreenTech CEO spent a year researching and meeting with major players involved in the development, design and manufacturing of the components required for the controlled growing environments. He traveled the globe, investigating options for LED lighting, hydroponic systems, HVAC systems and greenhouse controllers, and learning from Dutch universities researching optimum production environments. "I've learned a lot from each of these industry experts and with my own instinct and experiences, I came up with a product and a concept that I think makes sense and can generate revenue while the CEA (controlled environment agriculture [7]) concept becomes more mainstream," said Behrman.
"My own research has shown that are many items that will work in a Growtainer environment and some of them are high value niche products," Behrman explained. Growtainers, which are either 40 or 20 feet long, may qualify for grant money through state or federal programs such as the USDA's Value-Added Producer Grant [8] and other federally funded initiatives. Owning a Growtainer is an excellent small business opportunity. For a small investment a local entrepreneur can provide fresh, healthy organic produce 12 months a year.
"Things have changed dramatically over the past 40 years," Behrman says, reflecting on his long career in the horticulture industry. "People have changed as well. CEA and creative ideas like Growtainers are the future of production. I think that the marriage of technology and agriculture is exciting and will inspire people. I want to be part of this."
For more information, you can email firstname.lastname@example.com.
+ Growtainers [9]
Thanks to Glenn Behrman for submitting this story!
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[1] GreenTech Agro Inc: http://www.greentech-agro.com/
[2] The Plant Shed: http://plant-shed.com/
[3] Growtainer: http://www.growtainers.com
[4] shipping containers: http://inhabitat.com/tag/shipping-container
[5] see your story on Inhabitat: http://inhabitat.com/submit-story
[6] US Military: http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=us+military
[7] controlled environment agriculture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled-environment_agriculture
[8] USDA's Value-Added Producer Grant: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_VAPG_Grants.html
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Cook + Fox Reveal Renderings of Phase Two for City Point Complex in Downtown Brooklyn
Posted By Lori Zimmer On April 30, 2012 @ 12:36 pm In Architecture,Brooklyn | No Comments
The ongoing City Point [1] project is transforming the Fulton Street Mall in Downtown Brooklyn. The first phase, a four story retail complex is already complete, and now the second phase [2] — two residential towers — is in the works. Designed by Cook+Fox [3] with Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture [4], the LEED-seeking towers will cap an enormous retail podium, creating a new mixed-use center.
The two new towers will create 650 apartments for the area, with one tower rising 30 stories and the other 19. Although the towers will be neighbors, each will have a different look and feel. Patterns are surfaces of the façade will be different, but complement each other, harmonizing the towers with the massive 50,000 square foot retail base [5].
Weintraub will infuse the new site with greenery, adding green roofs, landscaped terraces, and park-like areas at varying levels throughout the complex. Recesses on the street wall will also bring green spaces to the street level of the complex.
City Point's third phase is also being considered, which will complete the complex with an even taller tower. The site of the two towers will overtake the repurposed shipping container Dekalb Market [6], which Cook says could be partially reopened near the third and final tower in the future to help encourage Brooklyn business.
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[1] City Point: http://inhabitat.com/future-downtown-brooklyn-citypoint-mall-seeking-leed-silver/
[2] second phase: http://citypointbrooklyn.com/about/our-story/
[3] Cook+Fox: http://www.cookplusfox.com/
[4] Lee Weintraub Landscape Architecture: http://www.waterfrontalliance.org/partners/lee-weintraub-landscape-architecture-llc
[5] retail base: http://citypointbrooklyn.com/about/retail/
[6] Dekalb Market: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/downtown-brooklyn-shipping-container-market-returns-with-a-special-spring-weekend-on-april-7-8/
[7] + City Point: http://citypointbrooklyn.com/
[8] Arch Paper: http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6015
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As a way to experiment beyond traditional video games, Electronic Arts has started a new developmental division called Blueprint, VARIETY reports.
EA is not officially talking about the project, but Blueprint will apparently focus on developing (at at low cost) original intellectual property it can spread across multiple types of media.
Neil Young, former head of EA's Los Angeles studio, is head of Blueprint.
EA is the largest video game publisher in the world, and has introduced key franchises like THE SIMS, MADDEN NFL and HARRY POTTER to the world.
However, it has had a lack of new properties in recent years, which has led to a takeover war with upstart Take-Two Interactive -- the company behind GRAND THEFT AUTO.
Blueprint will allow EA to take some chances, akin to movie studio specialty divisions like Fox Searchlight and Miramax, and develop Internet, live events and merchandising projects.
Traditional EA games can take $20 million and upwards of 100 people to create.
Blueprint already has development teams under its jurisdiction, including one working on three Steven Spielberg-created games and Maxis studio, making SIMS creator Will Wright's new game SPORE.


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How do you clean a canister filter?
I have a chance to buy a Penn Plax Cascade 700 canister filter for not very much...but I can't find online how to clean the darn thing. Is it difficult? Will I get water everywhere? How often should I clean it?
See this thread
I am not familiar with this brand or model but I did Google it to see what it is. I found it on Amazon listed for $79.95.... what would you be getting your item for?
I AM familiar with some cannister filters, have used 3 different ones over the years. I have had both my Eheim 2215 and my Fluval for over 15 years. So both are early models and likely improvements have been made over time however if you are buying something older and used be aware of the following...
Does it need and have the seals and rubber ring to complete a seal.
Does it have a "prime" or does it self start. This means you plug it in and it automatically pulls the water up the intake tube and created the syphon circuit so to speak to run. Neither of mine have this!!!!!
Does it come with shut off valves in both the intake and out put tubes. These allow you to set up the cannister filter under your tank, and when it is time to clean you shut off the 4 valves and split the hoses leaving half hanging on the back of the tank, and take the unit to the tub to clean.
Inside when you set it up you will layer filter media in 3 or 4 layers depending on the unit. Carbon is not used in this kind of filter generally.
Remember any work you do with a cannister filter must be done with de-chlor or old tank water or you will kill the good bacteria held within. Generally the only thing I do is rinse the foam pads, make sure that I pull all the layers and rinse with dechlor and make sure all hoses have no gunk in them. replace the layers back in the same order, fill with new dechlor water, latch the seals, dry the outside and go put it back under your tank. connect the 2 hoses, open the 4 valves, check for leaks and turn it on. Check again for drips and leaks a few moments later. If you see water drips wipe dry and watch or come back a few moments later to see if there are new drips. If there are, shut the valves, disconnect, reconnect and try again.
Depending on the number of layers, you may have hollow ceramic tubes, a coarse gravel, sponge like layers and fiberfill. each layer needs to be sufficient to force the water thru and not around that layer.
I never change my ceramic or gravel layer. only rinse the pads and replace the fibrefill.
If you can find one... find yourself and Eheim. They are worth every penny, and the "work horse" of the filter world. Hope this helps you, I'm sure I missed stuff but hope it's enough for you to get the jist of what is involved. Can anyone add anything to this?
Wow! Thanks for the detailed answer! My main concern is about unhooking the tubes...if you shut off the valve, it prevents water from the hose from leaking out?
They look scary when you first get them, once you get the idea of the parts, they are actually really simple but extremely effective at what they do.
Once you get your unit home, and see the input and output tubes involved, you will immediately see how hard it is/will be to take the entire unit and hoses off every time you need to clean the unit.
The valves allow you to only take the cannister away leaving the hoses in place at the back.
One more point to consider. Put your input and output in two different spots in your tank, not side by side or you will refilter your clean water. lol So needless to say you don't want to cut your tubing too short or you can't reach different locations without buying more tubing. Parts are not cheap when bought separately but are still available even for my dinosaur Eheim.
I have a spray bar on mine across the end of my 75 gallon tank, and my take up tube at the other end and this creates a "flowing river" effect in my 4 foot tank.... They all face one direction... upstream together. (Except the mollies who all for some reason face downstream) :dunno:
Hang on the Tank canister filters?
So I discovered these smaller cheaper hang on the tank canisters. They seem much more size appropriate for my little 22gal, also easier to clean and quieter maybe? Mixed reviews. Do you guys have any experience with these?
For a 22g my choice would be a simple sponge filter or one of those small internal filters that is basically a sponge with a motor (avoids an air pump). This suits forest fish which is what you would generally keep in a 22g. But if for instance you intend Hillstream loaches that need water movement, then an HOB (hang on back) would be better.
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Mandela battles lung infection, a chronic ailment
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Military doctors are treating South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela for a recurring lung infection, an ailment the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader remains susceptible to because of his age and his 27 years in prison.
Government officials acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that the illness forced soldiers to admit Mandela to a military hospital on Saturday, though they said the politician was responding to treatment.
Mandela fought off a similar infection in 2011 and once contracted tuberculosis while imprisoned. Medical experts say respiratory illnesses like pneumonia striking a man his age are a serious matter that require care and monitoring.
"They call pneumonia 'the old man's friend' because it is the thing that ultimately carries many people off," said Dr. Peter Openshaw, the director of the Center for Respiratory Infection at Imperial College's National Heart and Lung Institute in London. "What I guess they'll be doing is trying to find out exactly which type of infection it is and then to give it the most appropriate treatment. With modern antibiotics and investigation, then there's no reason a chest infection by itself should be untreatable."
The announcement ended speculation about what was troubling the ailing Mandela. His ongoing hospitalization has caused growing concern in South Africa, a nation of 50 million people that largely reveres Mandela for being the nation's first democratically elected president who sought to bring the country together after centuries of racial division.
The tests Mandela underwent at 1 Military Hospital near South Africa's capital, Pretoria, detected the lung infection, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement.
"Madiba is receiving appropriate treatment and he is responding to the treatment," Maharaj said, referring to Mandela by his clan name as many do in South Africa in a sign of affection.
In January 2011, Mandela was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection. The chaos that followed Mandela's stay at that public hospital, with journalists and the curious surrounding it and entering wards, saw the South African military take charge of his care and the government control the information about his health. In recent days many in the press and public have complained about the lack of concrete details that the government has released about Mandela's condition.
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Linn State continues program transfer
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Linn State Technical College's regents have approved the certification requirements needed for three Nichols Career Center programs that are shifting to the two-year college next fall.
The board, meeting in Linn Friday morning, OK'd issuing:
• A one-year certificate for students who complete the Dental Assisting Technology program.
• A two-year certificate for Practical Nursing.
• A two-year, Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree for students finishing the Medical Radiologic Technology program.
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The 38-year-old FAMU alum left the downtown Detroit facility just after 12:30 this morning.
He looked thinner and his beard was fuller than when he entered jail at the end of October.
He was whisked away in a Cadillac Escalade and his multi-vehicle caravan drove off in the snow.
Kilpatrick and his ex-chief of staff admitted to lying during a trial about a romantic relationship and their role in a police official's firing.
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Some folks like adjustable triggers, some like them fixed. The upside to the adjustable version is that you can control sear engagement and over-travel, the downside is two fold. First you can set it so that the trigger will not function, or getting so silly cutting the engagement down to near nothing that you risk reliability. The second issue has to the screws walking and the trigger going out of adjustment. If you correctly Loc-Tite the screws, this is not a problem. On the other hand if you fail to Loc-Tite them correctly, they can and will move.
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When most shooters think of a great trigger they are thinking "Crisp." Which is to say no detectable trigger movement (creep) as weight is added to the break point. This is the "Glass Rod" trigger feel. There are some shooters who prefer a "Rolling" trigger. A great Rolling trigger has perceptible movement with no change on weight during the movement, slick with no hint to let off point; like pushing a frosty glass mug across a glass table top with your eyes closed – you know it's moving, but you can't feel it going over the edge. This type of trigger is OK for close high speed shooting, but is not optimal when a precison shot is called for. The AR Gold was designed to provide a Crisp feel, with super short reset.
"For those that demand the best in a precision trigger for the AR-15 rifle, American Trigger has cracked the code with the AR Gold trigger, It simply is the final word in 'crisp sear release' for target or competition shooting."
Because the AR Gold trigger started as a clean slate and is a purpose built match grade trigger from the start, it is not sitting on the ragged edge of working when set to comparatively low pull weights that would compromise any but the flawlessly set up conventional AR trigger.
"From the moment I first saw the AR Gold trigger, I c uld see that it was a completely new concept in trigger design. It was clearly well thought out and engineered to address the problems that have hounded conventiona AR triggers for years. I had complete confidence in it from the start."
- Jerry Miculek Based on our testing we found most shooters liked the trigger set to around three pounds. Understand that three pounds with this trigger is different then three pounds with a conventional AR trigger. The very short first stage take up will run around six ounces, the actual sear movement of the second stage taking the rest of the weight. This is not done through the use of light springs, but by virtue of completely different engagement geometry.
"The AR Gold trigger is an incredible advancement in AR trigger design. The design allows for a wide range of trigger weight without compromising the reliability at all. The short reset movement allows shots to be fires at a high rate of speed when necessary, the beautiful action allows for precision fire that was only obtainable in a two stage design in the past. When I first heard about the trigger I was skeptical, but after installing it in a rifle... I will be installing these triggers in all my rifles!"- Michael Voigt In contrast a conventional AR trigger set to three pounds would likely have a have a first stage of around two pounds with the second stage adding about the last pound - in other words hanging by a thread and very hard to shot fast well.
"Quality of trigger pull is everything to a shooter. The AR Gold trigger is the best there is. Not only is it lightning fast, the reset is so short I don't even have to think about it - I just shoot and the trigger takes care of itself. The AR Gold trigger is a must-have for both high speed and precision shooting."
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A field trip was the term used to describe an educational excursion of school students and their teachers to an environment away from the classroom.
In 2368, teacher Miss Kyle organized a "father and son" field trip for the primary school onboard the USS Enterprise-D, during which her students visited the ship's biolab to learn about other lifeforms. Among those attending was Security Chief Lieutenant Worf and his son, Alexander. (TNG: "New Ground")
The following year, within just a few weeks of opening her classroom on Deep Space 9, Keiko O'Brien took all eleven of her students on a field trip to Bajor, to visit the grain processing center in Lasuma. (DS9: "Dramatis Personae")


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Who do you guys think is the best rider overall, DJing, park, and street?
Who do you guys think is the best rider overall, DJing, park, and street?
Chris Doyle, Mike Aitken, Brian Foster, Punjab, Brian Yeagle, Ruben, Sergio Layos and Brad Simms!
P.S. I'm only kidding.
I am Gunz. Gunz are me.
Aitken, Eddy, Martinez.
"the bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began...there was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of a bus to never-ever land."
cleveland, betley, aitken, schwartz, crisman, joe cox, dan cox.
These are my favorites:
edwin delarosa, tom white, bob scerbo, aaron ross, chase hawk, eddie cleveland, seth kimbrough, karl poynter, bruce crisman, mike hoder, davey watson, tyrone williams, mike aitken, scotty cranmer, joe cox, dan cox, corey martinez, kurt rasmusson, matt beringer, josh stricker, steve hamilton, van homan, gary young, lino gonzalez, jared washington, blackman, lil jeff, dave mirra
I am Gunz. Gunz are me.
I like your choices. Props.
I am Gunz. Gunz are me.
I'm a fan of Steven Hamilton, although as far as I know he's pretty much just street. Mirra all around.
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I like Jamie Bestwick for ze vert.
And i also forgot Joe Rich...
corey bohan, nick richardson
For flatland, Matt Wilhelm.
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Stephen Murray=Djing
Last i heard he was paralyzed.
Saddam Hussein.
Saddam definitely will not walk again...
My bikes:
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No, not really. I actually think that Leon Trotsky had better style - guy could click a lookback like no other, although I will admit that he knew nothing about icepicks.


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The Brawl
Gingrich and Santorum shined in a boisterous debate. Can a flustered Romney hold them off in South Carolina?
And Santorum and Gingrich slugged it out all night. They traded blows over whether Gingrich was too arrogant to lead. Gingrich said Santorum's accomplishments were too small. Santorum said Gingrich was "grandiose," which made him unpredictable. He portrayed himself as an unflashy Steady Eddie, whereas with Gingrich voters would always have to worry that "something's going to pop." Romney joined in, puncturing Gingrich's claims about helping Ronald Reagan. "I looked at the Reagan diary, you're mentioned once," he said, pointing out that the reference was Reagan saying Gingrich had an idea that wasn't a particularly good one. Romney's campaign sent a press release out listing all of Gingrich's grand claims about himself—comparing himself to everyone from William Wallace to Pericles.
Gingrich responded grandiosely, listing his accomplishments, from creating a Republican majority in 1994 to passing welfare reform to balancing the budget. "You're right. I think grandiose thoughts. This is a grandiose country of big people doing big things. And we need leadership prepared to take on big projects."
Romney did not have a great night. He clearly decided that he would show a more forceful side than he did in the last debate. He was at his best when he defended the free-market system behind his career at Bain. He said that he found it "strange" that the attacks were coming from Republicans, saying he expected them to come from Obama. When Gingrich suggested that Romney had profited because of the laws that Gingrich had passed in Washington, Romney turned it against him—saying that when he was in the private sector he didn't wring his hands wondering how Washington could help him.
He ignored one question about Bain and attacked Obama as a crony capitalist. The point was to show that Newt Gingrich wasn't the only one who could take it to Obama in the fall. "I know we're going to get hit hard from President Obama," Romney said, "But we're going to stuff it down his throat and point out it is capitalism and freedom that makes America strong." (Ashley Parker of the New York Times dubbed this the foie gras strategy).
Romney's weakest moment once again came when talking about his tax returns. Asked if he would follow his father's example of releasing 12 years of tax returns when he ran for president, Romney said "maybe." He seemed unprepared for the question. Gingrich said releasing the returns would let voters know if there was anything they should worry about before the general election. If there was nothing to worry about, why not release them? Santorum amused the audience when he said he could not release his taxes at the moment, saying: "I do my own taxes. They're on my computer and I'm not home." (Oddly, he also chose this moment to go into a sort of Southern accent.)
South Carolina Republicans like to boast that they pick presidents. Every GOP nominee since 1980 has won the South Carolina primary. That was what had once led Newt Gingrich to say if Romney won it would pretty much be all over. But after the debate , he said he would continue no matter what the result. Romney may win on Saturday, but it won't be the death-blow many expected. It has been a bruising week for the front-runner. He'll be happy to stand on the winner's platform no matter what the margin, but it looks like he's going to have to keep fighting on.


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6-20-05 - STONEWALL, Okla. (AP) - A Stonewall man is dead after the bicycle he was riding was hit by a car just west of the Pontotoc County town.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Richard Romero was killed in the accident yesterday.
Troopers say Romero was southbound on a county road when he ran a stop sign and was hit and knocked nearly 150 feet by a westbound car on State Highway One.
The driver and a passenger in the car were not injured.
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She mentioned that there was an initiative three years ago regarding puppy mills in
Oreck also explained that last week an ordinance was placed on commercially bred labs (which are some of the most cruelly reproduced) that allowed businesses to have rescued animals in their stores to allow pets to have a safe home to live in. It is also in the best interest of the stores to modify their operations systems in order to survive the harsh economy. Oreck indicated that it's more difficult for people to afford a pet that costs thousands of dollars. A number of people are becoming more understanding and supportive of providing rescued animals with safe homes. The new regulation provides the opportunity for businesses to stay afloat, and for people to take home a pet in need.
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Discover the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Smoke Eaters is the working title for an exciting and detailed history of the LAFD. Produced by award-winning filmmakers David and Cameron Barrett, the film details the evolution of the City of Los Angeles, its fire department, and the people who dedicated their lives to saving others in need. This is a long-term project, but is one that will forever change the way people look at firefighters.
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