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We use a lot of paper. When the phone rings we usually take a message on a notepad. A grocery list usually hangs somewhere in the kitchen and of course there's that ever-lengthening honey-do list you've made for your spouse. Sometimes we write only a few words on a sheet of paper and it ends up in the trash or shredder. That's a waste. Improv Electronics has developed an ingenious line of LCD drawing and writing tablets that will save paper, save trees, and ultimately save you money. Boogie Board eWriters have arrived.
An ad for Boogie Boards in the Sunday paper caught my attention a while back and I was intrigued. Improv Electronics kindly sent me 3 Boogie Boards to test. Improv makes 5 different Boogie Boards ranging in size from 4.5" to 10.5". All are lightweight and portable with features that will accommodate a variety of users.
Boogie Board Sync 9.7 LCD eWriter
The writing surface of the Sync 9.7 is a smooth matte black finish. Writing and drawing with the stylus is smooth as glass and just like writing with a pen on paper. After experimenting a bit with the stylus tip you will learn how to vary the thickness of the lines and shapes that appear on the tablet. It's efficient because there is no wasted paper and it's fun to use. The Sync 9.7 is the only Boogie Board that I tested with the capability to sync with your computer or other devices.
Bluetooth and More
Use Bluetooth to sync and share with Evernote, email and social media using the Sync desktop and mobile applications. Visit Improv online to find out more about the optional Virtual Desktop Companion Software and the Sync Mobile App which are free downloads for social network sharing and virtual whiteboard presentations. The software is not required to sync the Boogie Board with other devices. It just provides more functionality.
Rechargeable Battery: The Sync 9.7 comes with a rechargeable battery which charges using the included USB cable. The battery is not replaceable but will provide many years of service before it's time to buy a new Boogie Board.
Power Button: The small silver button on the bottom edge of the Sync activates the Save and Erase functions and turns on a solid green light that turns red with activity and a small blue light that flashes intermittently during use.
Save Button: Save your notes drawings and sketches with the Save button. They will be stored as PDF files in the Sync's internal memory which is about 2 GB of space. The Sync saves your work and wirelessly transfers it to your Bluetooth compatible phone, tablet or computer if you wish. You can also use the included USB cable to transfer your files.
The Sync 9.7 has an attractive black and orange shell and a black stylus with an orange clip. The stylus is about the size of a standard ball-point pen and is a comfortable writing instrument.
The drawing and writing functions are compatible with Evernote and Adobe Illustrator.
Sync 9.7 Features and Specifications
- 9.7" plastic LCD
- Weighs 11 oz.
- 11.1" x 7.5" x 0.2"
- Colors: Black and orange
- Rechargeable Battery typically provides 5 days of average use
- Save and Erase Buttons.
- Power Button
- Bluetooth and micro USB Connectivity
- 2GB Internal Memory
The Sync 9.7 offers plenty of workspace and a comfortable drawing experience that will make you want to sit down and draw something. The feel of the stylus with the Sync as well as the other Boogie Boards is immediately responsive without that slight lag that one might experience on a conventional tablet and stylus. Maybe my aging eyesight is partly to blame here but the grayish marks created by the stylus lack enough contrast against the black drawing surface to be easily visible for me in any but the best lighting. Younger eyes might not have this problem. The contrast was fine on the other Boogie Boards and they were very easy to see even in poor lighting.
The Boogie Board Sync 9.7 is available on Amazon for about $95. You may also find it locally from Staples, Jo-ann Fabrics, Fred Meyer, Best Buy and others.
Boogie Board Original 10.5 LCD eWriter
The Boogie Board Original 10.5 LCD eWriter is the largest of the Boogie Board line and ideal for those who require lots of space for the creative process to take flight. The markings of the stylus were, to my eyes, a light blue color which was easier for me to see even in less than optimal lighting conditions. The durable, shatterproof plastic LCD is ultra thin and lightweight with a large, smooth, pressure sensitive, writing surface. A stylus holder in the top edge of the tablet keeps the stylus handy and secure. The Erase Button is on the front of the tablet with the erase lock on the right side. The erase lock preserves the battery and protects your work from accidental erasure. Just switch the lock off to erase the screen and then switch it back on again.
The Boogie Board Original 10.5 Includes
1 Durable, shatterproof, plastic LCD Tablet
2 Replaceable Batteries: 2 AAAA batteries included
1 Cleaning cloth for the LCD screen
1 full-sized stylus
- Ultra Thin Drawing Tablet: only 5.7mm thick
- Large 10.5" scratch-resistant plastic LCD screen
- Erase Lock Switch: conserves your battery and protects your work until you're ready to erase the board.
- Built-in Stylus Holder: Holds the stylus securely at the top of the tablet
- Weighs only 8.1 oz.
- Dimensions: 10.5" x 6.88" x 0.45"
- Colors: Black tablet with silver and black stylus
The Boogie Board Original 10.5 eWriter offers ample room to write messages, create a grocery list, draw a masterpiece or perform math computations. The writing surface is smooth and comfortable with stylus output that is easy to read. This is great for those temporary notes and drawings that don't need to be saved for posterity because there is no Save button on this tablet. No more wasted paper here. Boogie Board Original to the rescue. There is also a smaller 8.5" Original Boogie Board that is available in a variety of fun colors and comes with a magnet kit for use on the refrigerator. Visit Improv Electronics online to find out more.
The Boogie Board Original 10.5 is available on Amazon for about $47 with free shipping. It's also available from many local retailers including Staples, Jo-ann Fabrics, Fred Meyer, Best Buy and others.
Boogie Board Jot 8.5 LCD eWriter
This Boogie Board Jot has a Silver/gray front with blue accent trim across the top and a matching blue panel on the back. The Jot is available in Graphite, Red or Blue. There is a hole called a Stand Slot in the top left corner. This hole is designed to insert the stylus to use as a stand allowing the tablet to be used in landscape position. Obviously if the stylus is being used as a stand for the device, you will need to use your finger or another stylus as your drawing instrument. Either will work fine with the Jot. When not being used to draw or substitute as a stand for the Jot, the stylus snaps securely into the Stylus Dock in the top right edge of the Jot.
The Erase lock button is on the upper left edge of the tablet. Leave it turned off until you wish to erase your work. That both conserves the battery as well as protects your creative process until you're ready to erase it.
Erase button won't work unless you first switch off the Erase lock on the left edge of the Jot. Then, just press the Erase Button and LCD screen will be clean again. Flip the Erase lock back on again to save your battery.
The Stylus Stand Slot is designed to allow the stylus to slip through the slot and support the Jot in landscape position so you can draw or write with your finger or another stylus.
Integrated Magnets: Strong magnets are imbedded in the top and bottom of the back panel so the Jot can be used as a refrigerator note pad. The Jot 8.5 is the ideal solution to update your old refrigerator notepad for your grocery list and more.
Stylus: The uniquely shaped stylus not only acts as a stand for the Jot when required, it is also a comfortable and precision writing instrument. Writing on the Jot using the included stylus is truly just like writing with a fine pen on smooth paper.
Boogie Board Jot 8.5 Features and Specifications
- 8.5" Reflex LCD Pressure sensitive screen
- One-click Erase Button and Erase Lock Switch
- Integrated Magnets
- Built-in Stylus Holder and Stand Slot
- 3V CR2032 Battery is included
- Weighs 5.3 oz.
- Size 9.7" x 5.57" x 0.39"
- Colors: Graphite, Red, or Blue
The Boogie Board Jot 8.5 is available on Amazon for about $33 with free shipping on orders over $35. The Boogie Board Jot is also available in a smaller 4.5" model that will fit in your pocket. Visit Improv Electronics online to find out more. Visit Improv's Where to Buy Page to find local retailers for the Jot models and all their Boogie Board tablets.
I really like all 3 of these Boogie Boards. All are well made and surprisingly comfortable to use but the Jot 8.5 turned out to be my own favorite of the 3 products that I tested. That surprises me a bit because I started out leaning towards the largest model. The size of the Jot was so comfortable in my hands and the stylus just skated across the writing surface like a fountain pen. I was hooked. The stylus response for all the models is fast and precise making them easy and fun to use as you save the planet one sheet of paper at a time.


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Thursday, March 04, 2010
1997 Suzuki TL1000S streetfighter
Featured in a recent issue of Super Streetbike magazine, this Suzuki streetfighter belongs to one Sean Sullivan, who bought a 1997 TL1000S more than a decade ago and has since then lavished much love, care and aftermarket parts on the machine. 'I was looking to make a great streetbike that was unique, so I started fabbing stuff in the garage. Many hours of wrenching and months of tweaking resulted in what I have here,' he says.
The TL's 996cc v-twin and fuel tank are just about the only bits that are still stock. Almost everything else has been changed – the bike has a GSX-R1000 headlamp, Carozzeria V-Star aluminium wheels, custom-built tail section, a one-off subframe, Bitubo rear shock, custom exhaust and tiny Motogadget instrument cluster. The engine makes 109 horsepower, and with the bike's 160kg kerb weight, performance should be sprightly enough. Yup, we like this bike…
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it looks awesome
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Were do you get the Streetfighter parts can find any sites anymore
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Remember Gentlemen, with these things you have got to go ol' skool. You know the steel core that the Russian Empire put in the 7.62 R to 'stabilize projectile flight'? It will also work wonderfully as a can opener for this type of crap.
I don't care if you have a GE Mini-Gun. You're not properly armed unless you have a few Mosins tucked under your bed.
Man, I don't care what anybody says. I still say Biden and Jeff Dunham's Walter are the same person.
Report: Man punched cop after mistaking uniform for costume
A Naperville police officer trying to break up a fight was punched over the weekend by a man who thought his uniform was a Halloween costume, according to authorities.
As police tried to intervene, Andres Lopez, 25, of the 400 block of Jackson Street, Aurora, allegedly punched an officer who he later said he believed was wearing a Halloween costume, according to Cammiso. He and Jesus Nino, 24, of the 1200 block State Street, Aurora, both were cited for fighting, police said.
Oh my God, Bite-Me is a fag! Who knew?
Tommo, where the hell you been? Why do you think Larry Sinclair's lover took him as a running mate?
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STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Mercer baseball team just couldn't get anything going offensively in a tightly contested 3-1 series finale loss against No. 23 Mississippi State on Sunday afternoon at Dudy Noble Field.
Mercer (12-5) was held to a season-low three hits in the contest while Mississippi State (14-3) won for the eighth time in its last nine games.
The Bulldogs took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning when junior Trey Porter slapped an RBI single to left field to give the home team a 1-0 advantage.
Mississippi State added to its lead in the bottom of the fourth after an RBI single and a suicide squeeze bunt plated a pair of runs to make the score 3-0.
Mercer started to climb back into it when freshman Chesny Young pulled an RBI single to left field to cut the lead down to 3-1.
That is the closest the Bears would get, however, as they struggled to adjust to MSU starter Kendall Graveman. Gravemen pitched 8.1 innings and allowed just the one earned run on three hits while striking out eight to earn the win.
The Orange and Black did get the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth, but senior reliever Caleb Reed got junior Logan Gaines to pop out and sophomore Nick Backlund to strikeout to end the game.
Redshirt junior David Randall took the loss for Mercer after allowing three runs on five hits in 4.2 innings pitched.
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An attractive wooden bridge leads to the Temple of the Jade Mound, which was built in the 19C on the site of the old palace of the Trinh lords on a small island in Hoan Kiem lake. It is dedicated to Van Xuong (the god of literature), General Tran Hug Dao (who defeated the Mongols in the 13C) and to the physician La To. A side room is home to a stuffed giant turtle discovered in the lake in 1968, which recalls the legend of the turtle and the sword which liberated the country from the Chinese.
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SALT LAKE CITY ?C University of Arizona gymnast Karin Wurm tied for third place on the floor exercise during Session II at the NCAA Championships on Thursday night in the Jon. M. Huntsman Center, qualifying for the individual event finals to be held on Saturday night. Teammates Brittney Morgan and Jamie Holton also competed individually, but did not qualify for Saturdayˇ?s event finals.
Wurm becomes the first Wildcat to advance to the individual event finals since Monica Bisordi accomplished the feat by qualifying on floor in 2004. Wurm was named a first team All-American on the floor exercise and a second team All-American as an all-arounder for her performances, becoming the 13th All-American coached by Ryden at Arizona.
"I am so proud of Karin," head coach Bill Ryden said following the meet. "It was a typical night for her because she kept fighting. I know she was a little disappointed after beam, but she bounced back with an excellent floor routine and a great vault."
Wurm began her competition on the uneven parallel bars in the first rotation, following Louisiana Stateˇ?s competitors. One of the best bar workers in the nation, Wurm lived up to her billing, earning a mark of 9.850 to place in a tie for 10th. She then moved with the Tigers to the balance beam for the second rotation, and received a 9.650. After a bye, Wurm moved to floor and turned in one of the best floor performances of the evening, tallying a 9.850 to place third. In her final event, Wurm competed on vault, notching a 9.850, to finish eighth in the all-around with a total of 39.200. The eighth-place finish in Session II earns her recognition as a second team All-American in the all-around.
"She was so much more comfortable this year," Ryden said of Wurm, who competed as an all-arounder at the NCAA Championships last year but did not qualify for the event finals. "She has shown such tremendous confidence all year, and it really showed tonight."
Morgan began the meet on beam following the UCLAˇ?s beam team. Competing in her first career NCAA Championships event, Morgan posted a 9.775. After a bye before floor, Morgan then moved to the floor exercise during the third rotation, and recorded a 9.700. For her third event, Morgan moved to vault and notched a 9.750. After a bye before bars, Morgan capped her meet with a 9.750 on bars, to finish with a total of 38.975 in the all-around.
"Brittney went out and turned in four very solid events," Ryden said of the freshman all-arounder. "There was so much intensity in this meet and it will definitely help her perform in this atmosphere in the future. It is a great learning experience for her, just like it was for Karin a year ago."
Arizonaˇ?s third individual competing was senior Jamie Holton. The 5-5 native of Phoenix performed on beam during the third rotation following Denver, but had a fall, resulting in a score of 9.200.
"It's really disappointed for Jamie," Ryden said. "She was looking really good. It's one of those things where the slightest miscue costs you on beam."
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Victoria Beckham showed her Spring 2011 Collection at New York Fashion Week on Sunday, and appeared on The View Friday to talk about it. Surprisingly—not to mention ironically—Beckham said her collection celebrates "curvy" women.
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Said Posh: '"I just want to celebrate a woman's curves. Although, you're right, I don't have that many myself." No duh. Beckham's size-zero frame has been in the spotlight (for better or worse) for years.
"I want to celebrate a woman's curves," she said. "I love a woman's body and I want to make women look and feel fantastic."
While it's great that Beckham chooses to create clothing for body types other than her own, the term "curvy" is overused these days and tends to be a slippery slope, as Hollywood considers "curvy" to be anything more than rail thin (i.e. Scarlett Johansson or Christina Hendricks).
Let's hope Beckham's intentions are earnest and she continues to celebrate diverse body sizes in the future, and isn't just playing into the trend of "plus-size" actresses and models.
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So Titan Books came out with the Serenity Companion, which included the screenplay and interviews and behind-the-scenes stuff and tons of pictures and was exceedingly good.
Then they produced two Firefly Companions, which contained scripts from all the episodes as well as even more interviews and pictures and insider stuff, and they were also exceedingly good. So that was it, right?
Nope. On sale next Tuesday (May 25) is "Firefly: Still Flying," which has even more behind-the-scenes material, quotes from and about the actors, closeup views and histories of some of the most iconic props (and where they ended up), interviews with the stunt coordinator and the location manager and copies of the Serenity Valley battle storyboards and candid photos and a look at the wardrobes and, oh, I don't know what else.
Oh, right. Four new, original Firefly stories by some of the Firefly writers.
Some of you reading this have just left to go pre-order it, but for the benefit of those who have not (or, more likely, have already pre-ordered it), here's some pics.
Like the Companion books, Firefly: Still Flying is big, colorful, and beautifully presented by people who obviously love the material. And again, amazing for someone like me who spent years seeking this stuff out, many of the photos are new. Each actor gets a section filled with quotes from the actor — taken from interviews and convention appearances — and quotes about the actor from others. And alternating with those sections is an article about the production of the show, a story, or a photo gallery.
The section on props ("Objects in Space") includes how each props was made and where they ended up afterward. The chair/table in the med center, Jayne's knife, the breathing masks hanging at every hatchway (did you notice those? did you notice they had call buttons built in?), even the cookware in the galley. There's even a separate essay on the whereabouts of the Jaynestown statue.
And then there's the stories. "What Holds Us Down" by Jane Espenson, "Fun With Dick and Jayne" by Ben Edlund (a two-page cartoon), "Crystal" by Brett Matthews and "Take the Sky" by Jose Molina. The first new authorized Firefly stories since the movie. I'm not going to give plots or spoilers (I even blurred the photo above to hide the text) so I'll just give you my impressions: overall, not bad. Not as amazing and world-changing as I'd hoped, no new secrets were revealed, but solid stories told by people who know the characters inside and out. (My favorite was probably "Crystal," although the others got a smile out of me several times).
And the fans. We get our own section, along with a section on new merchandise. I had a (small) hand in quite a lot of that, and I'm proud to see it represented, and delighted to see so many friends mentioned.
I didn't even mention the lengthy section on the ships of the 'verse, or The Story of Monkeyshines, or Jane's essay on writing for a Joss show (Buffy, but close enough).
There is a slight sense of "what did we have that didn't fit in the first two books" in this one — die-hard fans may recognize a lot of what's in here — but what's here is well presented and fun to read and even if you've seen some of the interviews or already knew where Burgess' laser came from, it's nice to have it all together in a handy package and excellent gift idea, hint hint.
Available at Amazon ($13.46), TFAW.com ($15.96), and your local bookseller ($19.95 retail). 160 pages, softcover.
I don't have one to give away this time — you can't have mine — but several other sites are giving them out: Aint It Cool News, IESB.net, ForcesofGeek.com, SciFiBlock.com, StarPulse.com, StayingInWithVlada.com, SyFy.co.uk, TVOvermind.com, and Whedonesque.com.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - Coming off a rain-shortened two-game series sweep of Southern Miss, East Carolina (21-25, 7-10 C-USA) remains at home for another Conference USA set this weekend as Marshall (30-18, 11-7 C-USA) makes the trip to Greenville. The teams square off in a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader Saturday and complete the series Sunday with a 12:00 p.m. contest that will serve as the Pirates' Senior Day, honoring Suzanne Riggs and Priscilla Velasquez.
Against Southern Miss, East Carolina won both games Saturday before the Sunday finale was rained out. The Pirates captured 2-1 and 3-1 victories as freshmen pitchers Courtney Smith and Sarah Christian each threw a complete game and combined to allow just seven hits without walking a batter. In the opener, a two-out solo home run from sophomore Alex Fieldhouse in the bottom of the sixth made a winner of Smith, who retired 13 of the final 14 Southern Miss batters with only Omeshia Moffett reaching after being hit by a pitch. Game two had ECU sophomore Chelsea Kaluhiokalani-Glackin deliver the deciding run with a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the second. Sophomore Jasmine Robbins accounted for the other two runs as she tallied an RBI single and the final run scored when her fly ball was dropped by Moffett in right field.
The Pirates Against The Thundering Herd
Marshall is one of just three Conference USA programs to lead the all-time series with East Carolina, holding a 12-11 advantage. The teams first met for a single game Feb. 20, 1998, at the Triangle Classic in Raleigh, N.C. The Thundering Herd won that meeting 2-0 and claimed six of the first nine matchups. Most recently, the Pirates have won six of the last nine tilts.
A year ago in Huntington, ECU won 10-1 and 3-2 before falling 3-2 in the finale. In the opener, the Pirates were ahead 3-1 before a seven-run sixth inning put the game away. Jordan Lewis tallied three hits and Kristi Oshiro and Abby Wynne each had two runs batted in during the contest. With game two tied 1-1 after seven innings, Fieldhouse led off the eighth with a solo home run and Oshiro drove in Robbins as East Carolina held on for the victory. Sunday, a three-run home run by Rebecca Gamby in the bottom of the third was all the offense the Thundering Herd needed as pitchers Natalee Pulver and Rachel Rillo held ECU to three hits.
In 2010, the teams split four meetings. Marshall won 8-7 in nine innings at the Lipton Invitational in Gainesville, Fla., Feb. 19. East Carolina trailed 7-1 in the fifth before tying it in the seventh, only to have Marshall win on a bases-loaded walk to Marcena Bertoldo in the bottom of the ninth. In the three-game series in Greenville, ECU won the opener 4-3 as Marina Gusman-Brown hit a game-tying two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and Kaui Tom had a sacrifice fly in the ninth to bring home the deciding run. Marshall hit two home runs and Alysia Hively drove in three during the Thundering Herd's 10-6 victory in game two. In the finale, Gusman-Brown and Tom combined to drive in seven runs as ECU rolled to a 10-0 win.
Getting Back On Track
With a two-game sweep of Southern Miss last weekend, East Carolina upped its Conference USA record to 7-10. The mark is the worst since a 6-11 ledger in 2008, when the squad made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999.
Going For .500 In League Action
A series sweep of Marshall would even the Pirates' C-USA record at 10-10. Since joining the league in 2002, ECU has finished below .500 in C-USA only four times. A closer look at the Pirates' league records since 2002:
|17-Game Record
|Final C-USA Record (Regular Season Finish)
|14-10 (5th)
|16-5 (1st)
|19-5 (2nd)
|10-12 (5th)
|14-9 (2nd)
|13-11 (5th)
|17-7 (3rd)
|10-14 (6th)
|5-19 (8th)
|10-13 (6th)
Greenville = Winville
The two wins against Southern Miss last weekend lifted the Pirates' home C-USA record to 6-2. In all games this season, the team is 13-5 inside the ECU Softball Stadium. Since the facility opened in February of 2011, the team is 33-16 in Greenville, good for a .673 winning percentage.
Sweeping Aside Conference USA Foes
East Carolina took two from the Golden Eagles, giving the team two Conference USA series sweeps this season as it also won three contests versus UTEP March 24-25. A year ago, the Pirates swept a pair of league opponents, Southern Miss and the Miners.
In 2010 and 2011, the Pirates set and then tied the program record with four league series sweeps.
One Big Arm
East Carolina's offense, which ranks third in Conference USA with a .274 batting average, could have a tough task at the plate this weekend as the team will likely face Marshall ace Andi Williamson twice. The University of Tennessee transfer owns an 8-5 record in Conference USA competition to go along with a 1.34 earned run average, the third-best mark in the league, and 95 strikeouts, the second-most in C-USA action.
Been There, Did It Again
With the series opener against Southern Miss tied 1-1 and two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Fieldhouse hit a solo home run to left field to give the Pirates a 2-1 victory.
It is the sophomore's third career solo game-deciding home run against a Conference USA foe as she hit one against Marshall in the second contest and one versus Houston in the semifinals of the league tournament a year ago.
Extending Her Streak
Fieldhouse's long ball in the opener against Southern Miss gave her a career-high seven-game hitting streak. She extended the run to eight with a single in the second contest.
The streak is the second longest on the team this season, behind only sophomore Lewis' 10-gamer. Since the start of the 2005 campaign, only eight Pirates, including Lewis, have compiled hitting streaks of nine games or longer. Paige Baggett (2006) and Krista Jessup (2005) own the longest strings at 11 contests each.
Finding Her Groove In The Circle
Entering the final game at Houston on April 15, Smith owned a 3-10 record and 5.51 earned run average. Since then, she has made three starts, against the Cougars, Longwood and Southern Miss, and won all three while posting a 2.21 ERA and tossing her first career shutout versus the Lancers.
The positive streak started for the Yuba City, Calif., product seven starts ago. During the span, she has gone 4-2 with a 2.53 earned run average. In her previous six starts, Smith went 0-4 with a 12.39 ERA.
15 For The Rookie
Christian has been nearly as impressive as Smith in her last three starts, going 2-1 with a 1.35 earned run average. In Christian's last outing, versus Southern Miss in the second game Saturday, she earned her 15th victory of the campaign by limiting the Golden Eagles to one run on four hits.
The win made the Greenville product only the fifth freshman in program history, and third since 1996, to record 15 triumphs. Christian's 174.1 innings pitched are also the fourth most by an ECU rookie. Toni Paisley (2007) holds the freshman win record with 21 while Jill Rowlands (1994) has the innings mark at 193.0.
Big Bat, Big Hits, Big Second Half
Robbins led East Carolina with four runs batted in, a .625 slugging percentage and a .545 on-base percentage last week. The Indian Trail, N.C., native went two-for-four in the doubleheader against Southern Miss, raising her Conference USA batting average to a team second-best .320. She is tied for the top spot on the team during league games in hits with 16 and is second in slugging percentage at .460. A year ago, Robbins paced the Pirates with a .333 average in C-USA action while recording 14 hits and a .357 slugging percentage.
Nothing Free Issued
East Carolina enters this weekend's series with Marshall leading Conference USA in fewest walks allowed with only 85. In the last four contests, the Pirates have not issued a free pass. The string is the second longest by a league team this season, trailing only Memphis' five-game walkless streak from April 10-14.


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This book is a whittling down of about 6000 images taken over the course of a year and a half, using a point and shoot camera that I've taken with me almost everywhere I go. It's a meditation, for me, on the ease of visual language in the digital age, and it's also a type of diary. Some of these pictures are taken in my kitchen; many are from various locations around the country, and abroad, where I travel for work.
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But first a note: I'll be performing in Mill Valley this Saturday night, 6/21, at the Community Church of Mill Valley, 8 Olive St at 8 p.m with 4 other women tellers. The title: Sex, Death & Jackie Gleason's Diet Doctor. (Doesn't that cover the gamut?) $15 at the door but $10 through BrownPaperTickets.Com. I'd love to see you there.
This installment: a memoir of hippie days; short stories that plunge under the plastic surface of suburbia; a clutch of novels: the last book in Atwood's trilogy (on CD); Belfast magical realism, kind of; a homeless Liberian woman in Greece; and a CDof a classic.
Free Spirit by Joshua Safran
Subtitled: growing up on the road and off the grid. I gobble up these memoirs of hippie days because I Was There, and because I'm so glad I didn't go that far. Safran's mother Claudia pursued her ideological and spiritual dreams fiercely, all over the map. But there was little Joshie dragged along, left with less than attentive babysitters, cowering under tarps as the rain beat down, and more. Crazed, freeloading partners didn't help. The Welfare State and the grandmother funded them, barely. What a miracle he emerged into functional, articulate adulthood with perspective and forgiveness. His description of a sodden Rainbow Gathering is a richly drawn Technicolor nightmare.
Nine Inches by Tom Perotta
This author specializes in suburbia and finds depth, tragedy and comedy right under the plastic surfaces. Of course all is not squeaky clean in these short stories, as teenagers sell drugs, cops put the creepy make on them, a high school student takes SATs for pay but sabotages his rival, and another bonds weirdly with an old lady neighbor as he sits out the football season as a result of a concussion. The title, in case you're curious, refers to the prescribed distance between partners during slow dances at school parties. Great stuff!
MaddAdam by Margaret Atwood
I've awaited the conclusion of this trilogy with great eagerness, and it came to me on CD first. Four voices do it justice. So this is the post-post apocalyptic world in which the few humans left, along with the fascinating hybrid Crakers, try to start again. With terrifying Painballers afoot, as well as hybrid Pigoons, it's very dicey. The villains are canny and sadistic; the animals, with their human brain tissue, finally arrive at a détente with the humans and prove to be great allies. Who communicates between species? Blackbeard, a Craker boy with extrasensory powers who connects deeply with Toby and becomes literate. The Crakers are childlike as well as floridly sexual and need bedtime stories, which is how we catch up with past history. It's wonderfully funny to hear Toby try to explain complex nuances of human behavior to these beings. The book stands on its own but if you haven't read the other two yet, I suggest you start from the beginning. It'll extend the joy of experiencing Atwood's wiggy, penetrating worldview as played out in rich detail.
The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
Full of surprises and peculiar verisimilitude for what seems utterly fantastic: 10 year old Alex in the slums of Belfast has a coterie of demons who interact with him intensely. No one else can see them, of course. The first chapter is in his voice, and reminded me of Donahue's brilliant Room. Then we hear from his psychiatrist, Anya, who has her own sorrows. A social worker, Michael, wants to keep Alex and his mother Cindy together after she recovers from her latest suicide attempt. Alex shows preternatural talents, insights, and bizarre strength. And oh what an amazing ending. Mesmerizing, vivid.
A Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik
Jacqueline is homeless and haunted when we first encounter her on a Greek island. We glimpse fragments of personal tragedy but don't get whole dreadful story until the very end. She's from Liberia, has strong survival skills, and manages by giving foot massages to tourists in the beach and bedding down in caves or abandoned buildings. There are kind folks who reach out but it's very hard for her to accept help. A stark, sad tale, well fleshed out and very worth reading if you have the stomach for it.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
It's rewarding to experience the classics by ear, I've discovered, especially when there are long, complicated names. There I am, in the car but also in Russia where the spoiled, unpleasant protagonist has just died. Something seems off at the funeral. We learn more about Ivan's quite ordinary life: he was ambitious, greedy, and finally smug with apparent fulfillment. But then a stupid accident and his troubles start, culminating in prolonged agony and (here's the surprise) redemption at death. His primary comforter is a peasant servant who has "nothing" except the peace Ivan so yearns for. The actor does very well with the soundtrack of suffering—all those groans. Quite satisfying--the reward of classics without effort, as it were.
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It looks like Google could be making its super-fast Fiber service available in New York City if a new job listing found by Geek.com is anything to go by. They spotted a job listing for a Google Fiber Regional Sales Manager for New York.
This position would see the candidate to "manage multiple teams that evangelize Google Fiber services to MDU (multi-dwelling apartments and condos) and large SMB owners". We've seen Google Fiber be a success in other parts of the United States, so it would be good to see Google make it happen in NYC.


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The men's soccer team broke out of it's funk in a big way, posting a 5-2 win over Siena on Saturday for the team's first win of the season. Junior F Josh Schwartz had a career day with two goals and two assists, while netting the game-winning strike in the process. Sophomore MF Mark Morris was also big with a pair of goals, including a crowd-pleasing bicycle kick in the second half.
Anthony Chiusano and Patrick Strohecker of the Daily Collegian have a pair of recaps on sidebars on the victory.
Here are some highlights and commentary taken by Jesse Mayfield Sheehan of the Daily Collegian.


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Friday 6 July / 18.00 – 21.00
Venue: V&A Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL.
BA Graphic Design students from Camberwell College of Arts are known for their diverse work that ranges from print, film and photography to 3D, craft and conceptual fine art.
For this one night only event, third year students will choose one item from the Victoria and Albert Museum's permanent collection and produce a piece of interactive communication in response to it. These will be exhibited amongst the displays on the ground floor galleries of the V&A and the public are invited to interact and engage with these works.
Work produced in collaboration with members of the public will be archived at createlategraphics.tumblr.com following the event.
This event has been organised in collaboration with CreateVoice, the V&A's youth collective: www.vam.ac.uk/create


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I am having a problem with the deployment of Windows 7 from a server with Microsoft Toolkit 2010.
When deployment has finished I get a Windows error report which shows following message.
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Litetouch deployment failed, Return Code = - 2147023589 0x8007051B
I don't get it what Microsoft.BDD.Utility is exactly and when this utility is used (Tasksequence?) ?
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Deeplinks Blog posts about WIPO
It's been just over a week since the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights met in Geneva with the intention of finalizing a new signal-based Broadcasting Treaty to be the basis of negotiations at an inter-governmental Diplomatic Conference scheduled for November. However, after three days of intense meetings, it's impossible to say with any certainty what a new version of the treaty would say.
The 183 member states of the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization are gathered in Geneva this week to discuss the controversial draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty. EFF's main concern with the current treaty draft - shared by the other 40 public interest groups, companies and industry groups that have submitted a joint statement to WIPO this week - is that it is not limited to signal theft.
The negotiations have been tough (we hear), but the 2007 WIPO General Assemblies have come to a close with two huge victories for the public interest. On the Broadcasting Treaty, while the GA agreed to convene a Diplomatic Conference in November/December 2007, we now have two welcome safeguards in place (document after the jump).
EFF is back in Geneva to report on the 2006 General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This is the large annual meeting where progress is measured and paths are charted for the coming year. We're here to cover two issues in particular: the WIPO Development Agenda and the proposed broadcasting treaty. At issue are how discussions on the Development Agenda will proceed in 2007, and whether to approve a recent subcommittee recommendation to convene a diplomatic conference (what the cool kids call a "dipcon") in 2007. The goal of the treaty is to provide broadcasters with protection against those who would re-broadcast their signals without permission. The two dominant approaches to achieving this goal are 1) rights-based, creating new copyright-like rights for broadcasters over recordings and retransmissions, and 2) signal-based, creating penalties for the unauthorized interception and redistribution of a broadcast signal.
WIPO's proposed Broadcasting Treaty lurched forward another step on Wednesday. In a tense and acrimonious meeting, the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights adopted a recommendation that WIPO's General Assembly should convene a 2007 Diplomatic Conference to finalize the treaty. The 183 WIPO Member States must now decide whether to accept that and convene the Conference, when the General Assembly meets on September 25 - October 3. It's not at all clear whether they will do so, but EFF will be at WIPO to report on events as they unfold.
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Sheila Cohen and her friend Julie Fagan are sipping coffee on Cohen's screened-in back porch in Madison, Wisconsin, kicking around whether they want to try to repeat their over-the-top success as first-time political fund-raisers. In the world of campaign finance, what they accomplished during the 2004 presidential race — raising $143,000 for John Kerry in just two months — was so unexpected that this is a little like having won the U.S. Open the first season you picked up a tennis racket and then mulling over whether you want to keep playing.
Fagan, 53, a doctor who specializes in internal medicine and women's health, describes herself as a "cheap and frugal" person who had never donated to a presidential candidate. Cohen, 68, a freelance writer, had mainly volunteered for such uninspiring tasks as looking up ZIP codes and sealing envelopes. As they grew more passionate about the election, however, they and seven friends met at Cohen's house to discuss getting involved on the money end, where campaigns are won and lost. (In 406 of the 435 Congressional races in 2006, the winners were the candidates who outspent the competition.) "Sheila had wonderful food, like she always does," Fagan remembers, eyeing the cookies that are today's temptation. "We sat around in the family room, brainstorming. You'd like to think that voting is enough, but it isn't."
The straight-to-the-gut fund-raising pitch that Cohen, Fagan, and seven of their friends came up with that first night was: "What's more important to you in the long run: $1,000 or four more years of George Bush?" It worked so well that "I got mostly yeses and almost no push-back," says Fagan, an intent woman who speaks with such conviction that her dangling earrings dance. "I've run school auctions and had to work harder for $30." Despite losing the election, Kerry did win Wisconsin. "We were hoping that the election would be the real reward" for donors, Fagan says with a sigh. But she and Cohen insist it is not the electoral loss that's making them so hesitant about raising money again for 2008: "I hate asking for money," Fagan says. "I hate asking my friends … I hate to impose my views." So while their accomplishment shows the impact women can have when they do get involved, their ambivalence just as clearly explains why more of us don't.
Shutting Ourselves Out
After the 2004 election, I spent 18 months traveling across the country, listening to women of all ages, races, tax brackets, and points of view talk about their political lives for my book If They Only Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians to Hear. In 20 states, red and blue, women spoke of feeling alienated from both parties, in no small measure because of the outsize role money plays in deciding elections and dictating priorities. As Cohen puts it: "I'm disappointed that money equals power." Anne Marie Scibelli, 40, a Republican stay-home mom in Los Angeles, says some women see political donations as a complete waste: "Women feel passionate about issues, but we're practical. If there's money left over and the woman is writing the check, you can be sure it's not going to the RNC."
Yet there is a chicken-and-egg aspect to this alienation when it causes us to limit our own participation in the political process. Money does buy access to candidates and elected officials, period — because it's donors who are invited to spend time with them at receptions and breakfasts, barbecues and home parties. At the $100 level, you might get a hot dog and a hearty handclasp; for $1,000, an invitation to schmooze over cocktails. For a five-figure gift, woe unto the event organizer who does not deliver the candidate for some serious listening, bonding, and off-the-record candor. To remain competitive, members of Congress now routinely spend their lunch hours dialing for dollars at party headquarters. And year in and year out, their evening and weekend schedules are dominated by fund-raising events. It's crass, yes, but in politics, you can buy friends.


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- Can't Miss: Vigeland Sculpture Park, a magical place with hundreds of nudes in wacky positions sure to awaken the imagination.
- To Avoid: Flying to Oslo Torp airport; it's a tedious two hour bus journey to the city.
- Tipping: Round up or use 10% as a rule of thumb.
Founded by Viking King Harald Hardrada not long before his infamous invasion of England in 1066, Oslo today thrives on its adventurous and pioneering spirit. Not only is it the capital of mountainous Norway, it is a truly global city. Culture and commerce forge ahead in equal measure with the new opera house a shining example of the city's modernity. However low the temperature drops, you can be sure the cosmopolitan streets will be buzzing with life. And active types will relish the opportunities for water and winter sports.
Let's start around the harbour area, the lifeline of the city. First you see the monolithic city hall with its two huge square towers. It ain't pretty, but it's a good anchor point of the city and the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded here. In front is a big open square where colourful cultural festivals are regularly held. Also close by is Aker Brygge -- a hub of restaurants, bars and shops directly on the seafront, it pulsates 24/7. For a dose of history, take the water taxi to the peninsula Bygdøy and have a look into the Viking Ship Museum. Witness two enormous ships in which Viking warlords were glamorously buried. For an adrenaline rush, go up the precipitous Holmenkollen ski jump of 1952 Winter Olympics fame for a panoramic view of the city.
Norwegian women aren't just tall and beautiful, there's a good chance they'll make your salary look like pocket money. By law, 40% of board members in public companies in Norway must be women. Incidentally, Oslo is the most expensive city in the world, so becoming romantically involved with a board member may not be such a bad idea. Alternatively, act like a sailor, exploit Oslo's treasures and move on -- the city is one of the most important maritime centres in Europe.


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Height: 6-1 Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: January 22, 1968 in Iowa City, IA
High School: Dunbar
College: UCLA, Texas (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the 8th round (213th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 7 (8324th overall since 1950)
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I think this is a bit lacking of information. What kind of ActiveX control, what software, when does it happen etc.
Also, this belongs to the tech support center.
IE6 uses ActiveX for AJAX (MSXML2.XMLHttp Object).
I was using IE7 at the time. Some of the ads were causing the forums to crash. I kept getting the ActiveX controller pop-up box. I went back to IE6 this morning. Maybe that will help. Sorry I didn't give more details before.
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Cavalcade of Cars – Friday through Sunday, February 28th through March 2nd at the Hamburg Fairgrounds Event Center and Expo Hall. Features rods, customs, motorcycles, traditional hot rods, race-prepared and auto-related exhibitors, plus live music from Terry Buchwald, the Diva Show Band and more. Admission is $12 for adults, $3 for children 6 to 12 and free for children under 6; hours are Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Find out more at www.showcruiseandnews.com.
Good Vibrations Black Tie-Dye Gala – Saturday, March 1st beginning at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Buffalo. The 60s-themed benefit for the Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center features cocktails, a seated dinner, silent and live auctions and basket raffles, plus music from the Shama Lama Lounge. Tickets are $175 per person – find out more at www.askbhsc.org.
SEAsonings – Thursday, March 6th from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Aquarium of Niagara, 701 Whirlpool St. in Niagara Falls. A fundraiser for the Aquarium, SEAsonings is billed as the "Original Taste of Niagara Falls," featuring food, wine and beverage sampling from around the area. Tickets are $55 per person, $100 per couple – find out more at www.aquariumofniagara.org.
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Wednesday, 8 August 2012
A nifty lil book
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Labels: Thank you Scarlett
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard...
Noah and Pongo, enjoying a classic vanilla milkshake with whipped cream.
Ingredients for classic vanilla milkshake:
4 large scoops of vanilla ice cream
100ml whole milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp condensed milk (could use honey or agave syrup)
50 ml whipping cream
some cherries
First whip up your cream and then put ice cream, milk, extract, condensed milk in a blender and pulse a couple of times. You want to keep it thick and lumpy. Pour into your retro milkshake glass and spoon a massive dollop of cream on top. Lastly, whack a cherry on top!
Noah gave it a "nice" comment but more importantly a "9/10" and my favourite " better than Lucky Seven"! http://www.lucky7london.co.uk/photos.html
Stella on the other hand went for a caramel milkshake. The method is the same except I used my salted caramel ice cream and I put a generous teaspoon of my salted caramel spread as a surprise for her at the bottom.
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Monsieur Hunk of the Month
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Monday, 6 August 2012
Angel's Milky Way
An awesome new ice cream parlour down in the secret little arcade of shops in Angel. It's 28 Camden passage, Islington.
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Santini: traditional gelato from Portugal
Check out their website: http://www.santini.pt/?lang=en
This is fresh, traditional Italian gelato at it's best from Portugal, in a seaside town called Cascais. My cousin Jeremy went there on a family holiday and could not stop talking about the quality and deliciousness of their ice cream.
If you ever find yourself in Cascais then it is definitely worth a visit where their menu consists of simple classic flavours made to perfection. I liked it's tasteful branding of red and white stripes and retro ice cream posters. Apparently there has been a queue going round the block ever since it's opening 60 years ago. Something I can dream of living up to.
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This is from two true gentlemen...
I can't get enough of it...hotel lobby music has never been this good!!
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Book beginnings...
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Thursday, 2 August 2012
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
A very sweeeeet post from Vogue
Read about me in Vogue. Very exciting news.
Sweet success
Our favourite new discovery for delicious ice creams and desserts is NINA, a South of France-inspired company producing home-made treats. Having worked at L'Anima and Bocca di Lupo's Gelupo, Nina Parker has gained quite a following in the Vogue offices with her solo venture. From salted caramel on brioche to fig, poppy-seed and polenta cake, and Madagascan vanilla ice-cream - all served from her Seventies Citreon van, which can be hired for events - ice cream never looked so chic. Catch up with her at www.wefeast.co.uk in a fortnight, where she'll be serving up delectable treats.
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26 July, 2012
- Just dying seeing these pics GOD !!Ana26 Jul 2012
- I love Nina, Ice Cream and Cake. Her Citreon van is out of this world and so is the cake and ice cream!Roxy First26 Jul 2012
- Amazing cakes!Rupert26 Jul 2012
- Nina's food looks utterly divine..the salted caramel sounds like a totally exotic taste that has to be tried!!Olivia Rollins27 Jul 2012
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Kids PUDDING PARTAY
These kids and adults were going nuts for cake and ice cream when I catered for this teatime party in Angel at the weekend. Nothing like a bit of bubbly and some indulgent Victoria sponge to melt an afternoon away. eh? I mean what comes before part B?
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So I didn't go to melt festival in Berlin but...
Here is the new hot song from Melt, Julio Bashmore- au seve
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Thursday, 26 July 2012
Ice Cream and Cake Party at the Secret Garden
What a fantastic experience this was! Despite getting onto a cold and rainy start the Saturday and Sunday turned into a beautiful and simmering summer weekend. Here are photos of some of my lovely customers and my great support team. We ended up having a bit of an ice cream and cake party at 3pm on both the Saturday and the Sunday. We listened to some banging tunes courtesy of Christian, Mikey and Miss Millard, even taking some requests. My little Citroen van quickly made it's mark in SGP by getting customers to dance whilst eating some homemade delicacies and managing to melt ya wellies off at the end of a hot afternoon.
My brother Christian setting up the music.
I loved this Fish and Chips van and they also share a love for Citroen.
This was a cute little cake stall and the carrot cake was particularly good.
So Citroen's were sorta popular?
This is when the sun finally joined us and business was booming.
My friend Henry was selling his gorgeous Sir Plus waistcoats, boxers, hats and tailored jackets. Check them out: http://sirplus.co.uk/
This was truly one of my best customers, he couldn't get enough of the Valrhona chocolate sauce.
This was from my lovely Tibetan neighbours. http://www.tibetankitchen.co.uk/tibetan-kitchen.html
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Freddie Hubbard: Byrdlike
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Ready for Freddie (Blue Note Records 90837)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Art Davis (bass), Elvin Jones (drums),
Bernard McKinney (euphonium).
Composed by Freddie Hubbard.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 21, 1961
Rating: 100/100 (learn more)
Called 'Birdlike' on the record, this tune was actually written by Freddie for Donald Byrd, although everyone assumed it was for Charlie 'Bird' Parker. But no matter. This tune is a staple for jam sessions and gigs; when you're stuck on the bandstand for something to play and you call 'Byrdlike,' you know everyone will know it (except for the intro maybe). As far as the solo, there probably isn't a young jazz trumpet player alive today who hasn't learned it. It's a continual wealth of ideas and hip phrasing that doesn't stop. On his 11th chorus after a 10th really soulful (and diatonic) 12 bars, he suddenly switches to the key of A major, up a third from the root, and it makes you sit up straight!
Reviewer: Randy Brecker
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Chilli peppers are grown for their fiery heat. This is caused by the alkaloid capsaicin, which is measured in Scoville Units. Most chilli peppers, even though they seem to have a hot bite, are only about 600 units, compared to 'Habanero' which has an astonishing 200,000 units. They are grown in the same way as sweet peppers but the fruit can be picked at any stage, when the colour is green or red. 'Hungarian Hot Wax' is a thick-walled variety with spicy fruit that turn from pale yellow to red.
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Capsicum
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Height: 70cm
Spread: 30cm
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Did you know that The Royal Horse Show was voted #1 Indoor Horse Show on the continent and is in the top three overall in 2015?
If you've never been to a large equestrian event, here's a bit of information to make your day at the Royal Horse Show that much more fun! The Royal boasts a huge variety of equestrian based competitions open to all ages and many different breeds of horses.
A highlight of the Royal Horse Show, our competitions for International Show Jumpers take place November 8th – 12th and provide an opportunity to enjoy the very best riders from around the world competing with their equine partners. Jumpers are judged solely on objective performance so it's easy to follow along. Horses and riders compete over a course of very high, colourful jumps and are assessed penalties for knocking a jump down, refusing to jump a jump, jumping obstacles in the wrong order or for surpassing the time allowed by the course designer. The Longines FEI World CupTM is one of our most attended events as results from this competition determine the riders that will represent their home countries at the World Cup Finals in Gothenburg, Sweden next spring. Riders from North America, South America and Europe will compete at this year's show so pick your hometown favorite and don't be afraid to cheer loudly when they have a fault free performance!
In addition to spectacular Show Jumping, The Royal also hosts the Canadian Championships for Hunters. Hunters are considered to be the supermodels of the sport and are judged on their style and technique of jumping, manners and overall presentation as well as the smoothness of their jumping round. Hunter jumps resemble obstacles that rider and horse would have come across during their gallop across the country side while fox hunting. Fence rails, gates, shrubs and walls are very common elements in today's modern show ring for hunters. Will you fall in love with the beautiful black horse with the white star? You will also be amazed at all of the breeds of horses shown that pull carts, wagons and big hitches. In addition to the movement, manners and turnout of the horses, the judge may also take into consideration what type of wagon or cart horses are pulling. Cheer for your favorite high stepping hackney, shout when the announcer calls "drive on!" in the road horse classes or clap and whoop it up when the judges approaches your favorite heavy horse hitch for inspection!
Come to The Royal Horse Show and decide who your favorite is. Our competitors appreciate their fans!
Book lunch or dinner at your favourite Royal Restaurant. Be sure to reserve early, as peak dining times before Horse Show matinees and evening performances always fill up quickly. Reservation lines open September 21st, 2015.
The Royal Horse Show welcomes exhibitors back for the 94th edition of The Royal Horse Show.
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A cat in Prineville, Oregon has tested positive for plague. The cat is recovering. Oregon Public Health Division, Oregon State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed that that the cat tested positive for plague.
Plague cases are rare in Oregon and flea treatment for household pets can help prevent plague. Plague is spread to humans through a bite from infected fleas. People can protect themselves, their family members and their pets," said Emilio DeBess, D.V.M., M.P.V.M., Oregon Public Health Division state public health veterinarian. "Using flea treatment on your pets is very important, because your pets can bring fleas into your home. Plague is serious, but it is treatable with antibiotics if caught early."
Plague is rare in Oregon. Only three human cases have been diagnosed since 1995 and they all recovered. Symptoms typically develop within one to four days after exposure and include fever, chills, headache, weakness and a bloody or watery cough due to infection. Pneumonic plague is an infection of the lungs and septicemic is an infection of the blood.
People should contact their health care provider if plague is suspected and a veterinarian if pets or other animals exhibit symptoms consistent with the plague.
Early treatment for pets and people with appropriate antibiotics is essential to curing plague infections. Untreated plague can be fatal for animals and people. Antibiotics to prevent or treat plague should be used only under the direction of a health care provider.
Plague can be passed from fleas feeding on infected wild mammals to pets such as cats and to their human owners. Last year two human cases of plague were diagnosed in Lake County in 2010. Further investigation revealed that the family dog had also been exposed to plague. All survived.
"To protect your pets, avoid flea exposure by being around areas with fleas or other pets carrying fleas, and treat your pets for fleas to help prevent this disease," DeBess said. "Call your local veterinarians for assistance in what products are safe for use in pets, because some treatments may be toxic to your pet."
Collin Gillin, D.V.M., Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, reminds people that if anyone observes sick or dead rodents of any kind, to contact the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife veterinarians at 1-866-968-2600.
Some additional steps to prevent flea bites are to wear insect repellant, tuck pant cuffs into socks when in areas heavily occupied by rodents, and avoid contact with wildlife including rodents. Pet owners are encouraged to keep cats indoors.
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Looking at building redundancy into our system, as we are currently, um, exposed should anything blow up.
We have a large-ish DB (150G), consisting of a mix of innoDB and myISAM table types. We want to build redundancy in, with a pair of DB servers, with silent failover should one go down. Clustering looked good, but docs imply new NDB table type, and I don't want to have to change anything.
MySQLProxy looks a bit, well, new and fragile (am I mistaken?) and we need this to be stable, high availability DB.
Which way should we go ? (speccing server purchase at the moment, so early days).


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How to empower Roma women
Updated on: 06.04.2009, 10:40
Published on: 06.04.2009, 10:36
The Bulgarian minister of labor and social policy Emiliya Maslarova will open today an international seminar on the topic "Empowering of Roma women in the context of the contemporary social policies – exchange of experience and good practices".
The beginning of the 2-day seminar is at 10 am in the Center for human resources development and regional initiatives.
The aim of the seminar is to put an accent on the creation of equal opportunities for performance and development of the Roma women in the social, political and economic life of the country. This is the first international scale initiative which is initiated by Bulgaria for focusing on the potential of the Roma women for stimulation of the process of social integration of the Roma people.
The seminar's agenda includes three main discussion panels – increase of the gender information about the fight with the manifold discrimination and social exclusion of the Roma women, presentation of good practices in education, employment, healthcare and living, and the place of the Roma women between tradition and modernity.
Representatives of NGOs from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro are invited to take part in the seminar.
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