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Take a close look at the crankshaft. Its journals should be smooth, without anydiscernable grooves. If this is the case, you should have the machineshop measure the journals for roundness. If they are smooth and not outof round by more than one-half of one-thousandth of an inch, you shouldbe OK. Remember we are building a low-compression, low-rpm engine, not aNextel Cup engine. But again, if you want insurance against failure,then have the crank ground and polished.
Now turn your attention to the cylinder heads. Again, consult your rule book to determine which onesare legal. You might also ask some local racers. The heads you chooseshould be cleaned and checked for cracks at the machine shop. Mostlikely your heads will need a valve job. If the rules and yourpocketbook allow, over-sized valves are nice but not absolutelynecessary. The head-mating surface should be inspected and checked witha good straight edge to see that it is flat. It's always a good idea tomill the surface to get more compression. Also, the machine shop caninstall the valves and springs if you don't have the tools at home.
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The rear seal may need to be installed before the crank,depending on the engine. Now, carefully lower the crank into place. Donot rotate the crank until all the main caps are in place and torqueddown. You must lubricate the main cap bolt threads and under the headwith oil before installation. Get a spec book and follow the torquerecommendations closely. When torquing an assembly, always work inseveral steps and from the center out.
Piston/rod installation requires a bit of work. Turn the block so that one cylinder bank is parallel withthe floor. First it is always wise to check the ring gap. I used PerfectCircle rings that were not file fit, which means they didn't need to befiled to the correct clearance, and the gaps proved to be right. Followthe manufacturer's directions for ring placement.
Remove the rod cap and clean the rod and cap bores with brake cleaner. Install the bearing inboth and lube lightly. Then turn the crank so that one journal is atbottom dead center. Now, from your local hardware store, get a piece ofclear vinyl tubing 36 inches in length that fits snug over the rodbolts. Double up the tubing and place it around the crank journal,sliding it out of the cylinder bore. Each end must slide onto a rodbolt. The tubing prevents the rod bolt from nicking the crank as thepiston is installed.


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Charlie Barnet: Skyliner
Charlie Barnet (alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax)
Swingmatism (GRP 9952)
Charlie Barnet (alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax),
Peanuts Holland, Lyman Vunk, John Martel, Jack Mootz (trumpets), Gerald Foster, Dave Hallet, Burt Johnson, Charles Coolidge (trombones), Charlie Barnet, Hal Herzon, Joe Meissner, Kurt Bloom, Ed Pripps, Bob Poland (reeds), Dodo Marmarosa (piano), Barney Kessel (g), Howard Rumsey (bass), Harold Hahn (drums)..
Composed by Charlie Barnet. Arranged by Billy Moore.
Recorded: Los Angeles, August 3, 1944
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
Charlie Barnet's dual-themed "Skyliner" emulates the sound of a fast-moving modern express train, with the jabbing brass line characterizing the train's rhythm in its undercarriage and the elegant long lines of the saxes representing the sleek aerodynamic outer design. Musically, it may also be the inspiration for Ray Wetzel's triple-themed composition "Intermission Riff" as performed by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Billy Moore's arrangement focuses on the ensemble, and he makes small but significant changes in the piece to maintain the listener's attention. Note that the pyramid chord tag of the first two A sections is replaced the third time around with a variation (beautifully played by the Barnet trumpet section). When the A section returns, the brass play a simplified but effective variation of their original line. Then the trombones play a fine set of exchanges with Barnet's solo thoughts. The second bridge with the brass playing yet another variation against Dodo Marmarosa's piano solo is, for me, the highlight of the entire record. The rhythm section is a model of Swing Era cohesion, yet within a couple of years three members of that section would be working within a new model with a new set of rules: bebop.
Reviewer: Thomas Cunniffe
Tags: 1940s jazz · big band · train
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Please note that the EGMs referred to in the letter to ESU Members dated 2 January, which were scheduled for 29 January and 19 February 2014 will not now be taking place.
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Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 shows up at O2 UK's website
Earlier this month, Samsung has officially announced that the Galaxy S II would be available in the UK starting May 1, via all major British carriers.
Now O2 has added the new Galaxy to its website's coming soon section, confirming that it would offer the handset next month (although it doesn't specifically say it will do it from the first day).
The operator doesn't say anything about the price, either. However, as it's almost always the case in the UK, customers should be able to get the Galaxy S II for free if they opt for expensive data plans.
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An Indian social activist accused of faking his death has been found alive in the southern city of Bangalore.
Chandra Mohan Sharma, 38, a member of the anti-corruption Aam Aadmi (Common Man) party, has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man whose remains were discovered in a burnt-out car in Delhi on May 1.
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Several local parks in McHenry County will host their annual Easter egg hunts in the coming weekends.
An Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for Saturday, April 12 at Sunset Park in Lake in the Hills. Rain or shine, this egg hunt begins at 8:00 am followed by a raffle and picture taking with the Easter Bunny. Bring the whole family and a basket for egg collecting. The egg hunt is open for children 0-8 and is sponsored by Jewel/Osco of Algonquin along with Colonial Café. Sunset Park is located at 5200 Miller Road. Plenty of free parking is available.
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On Saturday, April 19, Huntley Park District will host its annual egg hunt in Deicke Park. Beginning at 10:00 am, this free egg hunt is open to children 2-8. Bring your favorite basket and gather up eggs filled with candy. Special prize eggs will be scattered throughout the field. Children will be grouped according to age and the Easter Bunny will be on hand for capturing this special moment on film. Don't forget the camera. Diecke Park is located off Route 47 just south of Main Street in Huntley.
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There's a new band in town with a message of hope for those that want to listen. Dallas based Ashlynn formed in October of 2009 mixing their individual talents into an ambient progressive sound that sweeps the listener up and wraps them in a blanket of emotion.
How do you describe your style?
Giovanni Salvatici, Guitar/Vocals: Very atmospheric, a little bit raw...
JR Rich, Guitar/Vocals: In places it's really raw, in places it's chill, we try to go for more of the progressive approach. We like the verse and chorus approach, but we're trying what is different as far as structure goes in song writing.
Ryan Ledet, Drums/Vocals: It's important to us not to fit inside a genre, and so, it's kind of hard to label ourselves. We try to touch everything we can.
Sam Solano, Bass/Vocals: Diversifying our sound is pretty important to us, we want to be able to write what we want to write and not be tied down to one sound.
You list Ashlynn as an ambient band? How do you describe ambient?
Sam: Soft, it brings a lot of emotions, ambient does.
JR: Airy, really atmospheric, chill
Giovanni: Instead of riffs, it's more like a feel.
JR: Yeah, it's a feeling.
Sam: It's just pretty. That's what I want to say about ambient. It's pretty.
Interviewer: Is it pink?
Sam: It's pink.
JR: Sometimes. More times than pink, it's purple.
Sam: Yeah, definitely purple.
Why do you think you work as a band?
Giovanni: Because we're all really weird. (Laughter)
Ryan: We're all crazy.
Giovanni: We all have similar music styles. Some of us are more hardcore, some are a little chilled out, but we all have areas where we overlap in interests so it helps us whenever we're writing together.
Sam: Which helps us work together, but sometimes causes us to butt heads from time to time.
Ryan: Another reason we work together is, I can safely say, that all of our lives have been changed by music. We all share that passion. We know we are committed to each other and putting time and effort into the band.
What is your target audience?
Sam: 80 and over. (Laughter)
Giovanni: I guess like 16 to 25? I mean, generally, that's who I can see liking our music.
Ryan: Whoever wants to listen to us, whoever enjoys it, whoever wants to take the time to understand it.
Why music?
JR: I think music is a really powerful thing.
Ryan: Music is, to me, the most important medium to speak to people.
Giovanni: It's universal. No matter what language you speak you'll always understand music. You'll understand the feeling.
Sam: You can't pour your emotions into something as much as you can music. You're able to fully channel your emotions, good or bad. If we can make people feel the way we feel when we play our music, then that is great.
Ryan: Music enables us to perform it live.
What inspires you as musicians?
Sam: People, making differences in people's lives. If I can do that, I'm happy.
Giovanni: Relationships, being able to influence people in a positive way.
Ryan: Offering hope and showing people through our music that there is hope out there for whatever they're going through.
Giovanni: There's two sides of it. There's kind of like the selfish side where I just love the feeling I get when I write a really cool part or when we're performing live. And there's the other part of it where I can see people getting into it and I can see people enjoying themselves.
Is there any organization that as a band you would want to support?
JR: There's a lot of things we want to support.
Sam: To Write Love On Her Arms
JR: We would be very happy partnering with any organization that offers love and hope to those that for whatever reason can't experience it.
Sam: Something human oriented.
When you have a concert what is the main idea you want to leave with your audience?
Giovanni: Love, I know we say that a lot, but it's really important.
Sam: I want them to want more of our music, want them to be interested in our music and be interested in talking with us.
Ryan: Definitely, I hope they know that they can come talk to us anytime.
Giovanni: I don't want them thinking that we're above them. I want them to know that we're just people that love doing what we do for them.
Ryan: And not that they can come talk to us, we want them to talk to us.
Why are you named Ashlynn?
Giovanni: It's Irish or Gaelic for "dream" and that can mean reaching for your dreams, hope, dreaming for a better world.
Sam: No matter how far you fall there is always hope.
You've mentioned hope several times. Do you feel your message is hope?
JR: Yes.
Giovanni: For sure.
Ryan: Absolutely.
Sam: Hope for tomorrow.
Why is hope so important to you?
Ryan - Hope is essential to living life.
JR - No matter what you're going through in life, like your trials and whatnot, hope is what gets you through that, I think.
What type of music can you not stand to be in the car with?
Giovanni: Ghetto Rap and Country where they say "y'all" with a heavy twang.
Sam: I was a DJ for a really long time so I can tolerate most music, but some rap just makes me angry.
Ryan: Country
Sam: Do you like Shania Twain? I love her!
Ryan: Okay, actually, I think more along what he said, twangy Country. That's what I don't like.
At this point in the interview several quickly created lyrics about cows, horses, beloved dead dogs, and plumbers were thrown out with heavy twangs. The reader will be spared.
JR: I was raised on Country, so I like that 90's Country, but a lot of Country I can't stand. I can't stand, like 100% Ghetto rap.
Sam: It blows my mind that someone can make money saying, "Yeah, yeah, say what?"
JR: With the same measures, it all sounds the same.
Ryan: I have a new one. Worship songs that I played a long time ago when I first started being in a worship band I hate with a steaming passion now, just because I've played them so, so much.
At this point in the interview they broke out in a much played Praise song while Ryan begged for them to stop.
Sam: It was C, G, A minor, F the whole entire time. (Laughing)
Giovanni: I guess I'm the only one that hasn't been in a worship band.
What is a materialistic thing you would have trouble living without?
Sam: If I didn't have any type of transportation, that would be bad.
Giovanni: Maybe hair, because head banging just doesn't have the same impact.
Ryan: Oh my gosh...you just said your hair...Dude, you totally said your hair!
Giovanni: If I was bald it just wouldn't be the same.
Ryan: You just solidified us making fun of you for the next year. (Laughter)
Sam: Water
Interviewer: So you want to say water above transportation?
Sam: Water transportation.
Interviewer: Boats! (Laughter)
Sam: I couldn't live without a boat.
Ryan: Yeah, I go in a boat every day. (Laughter)
Interviewer: So does water outweigh transportation?
Sam: I guess water is obvious. (Laughter)
Ryan: Dude, we are not gonna be like shelter, water, food, air...air totally wins here. No, okay, it would be hard for me to live without my phone, keeping in contact with people. That's a really obvious answer.
JR: I'm serious, if I couldn't touch anything musical again, like if I lost my hands or some of my fingers...It's something I've thought about.
The band has written their EP with a theme that draws inspiration from the cycle of the day. They will go into the studio next month with producer, Austin Browne, and are shooting for an April release.
What else do you want to share?
Ryan: To people reading this, come out and see us and support us. Come and talk to us. Hang out with us.
Ashlynn will be at The Door in Plano on March 6th.


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Christmas Songs: Atheists Don't Got Em
Ever since the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas tunes have been blaring, some of them non-stop, over every radio station in the US. OK, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but a quick trip around the radio dial reveals that I'm not TOO far off. And, ever since the day after Christmas, I have completely abstained from ALL Christmas music. This is for several reasons. First off, we are currently in the season of ADVENT, at least for another day. Advent is the time for preparing for Christ's coming, preparing our souls in prayer and fasting. Christmas is the season for feasting and merriment — not so much Advent. Second, so much Christmas music is complete rubbish. Basically everything written since Sinatra… is worthless. Most especially, the Feliz Navidad and John Lennon Christmas tunes are despairingly bad. If I hear either one of those, I will likely vomit my eggnog all over.
Over the last week though, I have been gradually adding in some sacred Christmas music from the choirs of St. John Cantius in Chicago and The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. There really is some touching Catholic Christmas music, if you're willing to take a look around. There is also a good amount of quality older Christmas tunes on the radio as well, if you can manage to avoid anything written b John Lennon.
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Was Jan Brewer drunk?
Jan 26th, 2012 at 1:28 pm by susie
Jan 26th, 2012 at 1:28 pm by susie
that's 5 minutes of my life I'm never getting back.
The dude's charges about Brewer might be a little more credible if he could actually write like an adult.
That said, it's great to know she's a tosspot.
Brewer — what an appropriate name.
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It's the debut of a new venue: Slip into your favorite superhero tights and check out Geek Prom at The Underground. This space at the Depot will host events like Nerd Nite, acoustic music showcases, lectures and more. The official grand opening isn't until later this month.
Speaking of Geek Prom: The last time your favorite misfit-friendly friends held this event, Meghan Callahan proposed to her then-boyfriend … In binary code. Now they're happily and geekily married.
Best Bets include Trampled By Turtles at Symphony Hall, Tim Eriksen returns to Beaner's Central, Gitchee Gumee Brewfest is Saturday at Wessman Arena, Hairball gets all pleather and pyrotechnics at Grandma's Sports Garden, Matinee Musicale presents Brasil Guitar Duo and Geek Prom returns.
Music reviewer Tony Bennett looks at Madame Gazelle's debut "Siren and the Storm."


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Kids With Head Injuries May Be Prone to Depression
By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Children who've suffered a concussion or other head injury seem to have a much higher-than-average rate of depression, a new study finds.
Using data from a U.S. health survey, researchers found that children and teenagers who'd ever sustained a brain injury were much more likely to have ever been diagnosed with depression.
Overall, 15 percent had received that diagnosis, while the national prevalence was less than 4 percent, the investigators noted.
The finding does not prove that kids' head injuries caused the depression, said Keith Yeates, a pediatric neuropsychologist who was not involved in the study.
But there is a "well-documented" connection between brain injury, particularly more severe ones, and depression in adults, said Yeates, who heads pediatric psychology and neuropsychology at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
There have been some small studies of children, but the findings have been more mixed, according to Yeates. While this latest study doesn't prove cause-and-effect, it does support an association between brain injury and depression in kids, he said.
It's not clear why the link exists, Yeates noted. Even so, he said doctors should assess children for behavioral problems and mood symptoms, including depression and anxiety, as part of their follow-up after a head injury.
Dr. Matthew Wylie, a pediatric emergency specialist who led the study, agreed. "It's helpful for pediatricians to recognize that there is this potential for depression, and to be attuned to it."
Wylie presented the findings Friday at the American Academy of Pediatrics national conference in Orlando, Fla.
The results are based on a 2007 nationally representative study covering nearly 82,000 children and teens younger than 18. Just over 2,000 parents said their child had ever been diagnosed with a "brain injury or concussion," and just over 3,100 said their child had ever been diagnosed with depression -- for a national rate of 3.7 percent.
Among kids with a past head injury, however, the rate of depression was about four times higher, at 15 percent, the investigators found.


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11/29/2012 - The next time your physician prescribes you a new medication, it may be a good idea to research what types of studies have been performed on that medication and exactly who funded the studies. Drug studies traditionally have been government-funded, however that changed in the mid-1980s, reports The Washington Post. In fact, last year pharmaceutical companies spent $39 billion on research in the United States, while the government spent $31 billion. While drug makers want consumers to think their primary concern is public health, the sad reality is profits are on their mind.
Look at GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) diabetes drug, Avandia. In December 2006 a study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) comparing three diabetes medications, Avandia, Metformin and Glyburide Monotherapy, and concluding Avandia performed best. GSK's senior vice president, Lawson Macartney, commented, "We now have clear evidence from a large international study that the initial use of Avandia is more effective than standard therapies" reports The Post. Yet readers of the study would never know the study was funded by GSK, and all 11 authors of the study received money from GSK. Now is it six years later and Avandia if off the market and GSK is the subject of thousands of lawsuits because the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. According to Steven Nissen, a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, the data was there all along. In fact, in June 2007, Dr. Nissen published his own analysis of the Avandia clinical trial stating that Avandia increases the risk of heart attack by 43%. Yet GSK denied this Avandia risk because Avandia was its top-selling drug, generating $2.5 million in sales in 2006. Since then numerous other studies have confirmed the same, ultimately prompting its removal from the market.
Now look at the journals that publish such studies. NEJM is a reputable medical journal known throughout the world that publishes new medical research and review articles. From August 2011-August 2012 NEJM published 73 articles on original studies of new drugs, according to The Post. Of those 72 articles, 60 were funded by a drug company, 50 were co-written by dug company employees and 37 had a lead author who had previously accepted outside compensation from the sponsoring drug company. Because some researchers have a vested interest, it is no wonder that potentially fatal risks associated with certain medications are completely downplayed.
If you or a loved one has suffered from medication side effects or defective medical device problems you may be entitled to compensation. Contact the lawyers of Ennis & Ennis, P.A. today by completing the online form on this page or calling toll free (800) 856-6405 for a free confidential consultation.
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TUCSON ?- With only a week remaining before the annual Spring Game in Arizona Stadium on April 14, the Arizona football team is making its final preparations after completing a third week of practices on Thursday night.
The Wildcats took to the practice fields at the Jimenez practice facility for a rare 7:30 p.m. workout last evening. The ping of aluminum bats rang through the air at Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium, immediately west of the practice fields, as the UA baseball team was in the midst of extending its winning streak to 12 games with a 1-0 victory over
Shorter than most spring or fall scrimmages, last night's scrimmage was an efficient workout that left head coach Mike Stoops pleased with the progress the team has made this spring, but perhaps more importantly, the direction the Wildcats are headed in.
"We've got a great thing going on," Stoops told his players as he addressed them following practice.
The scrimmage was highlighted by an inspired offensive unit that is thirsting to put points on the scoreboard come fall. While much of the chatter surrounding spring practices has been about the Wildcats' passing attack, it is the ground game that
The combo of runs set up the passing game, as Willie Tuitama took the next snap from the shotgun and found Anthony Johnson running free the to the corner of the endzone on a fade route for an 11-yard touchdown pass.
Two offensive series' later, the offensive attack struck again. In an offense known to distribute the football to an array of targets, seldom-used H-back Brandon Lopez slipped out of the backfield to catch a Tuitama pass, and then raced 28 yards to the endzone untouched.
On the next series, the offense displayed more of its physical, hard-nosed style to set up another score. Faced with a third-and-two, Tyler Lyon tossed the ball to
Later in the drive, Lyon and
On the final drive, Tuitama and the Wildcat offense would find the endzone for a fourth time. With Tuitama back in with the first team offense, he found classmate Mike Thomas with a step on cornerback Marquis Hundely. Tuitama lofted a fade pass to the endzone, where Thomas hauled it in for a 14-yard score, capping the evening workout.
Stoops was pleased with the offensive performance, which was as sharp and efficient as it has been all spring.
"If we can give our quarterbacks time, guys will be open," Stoops said to his team. "This offense is very diverse, but we still have to win up front."
"I feel good about how we are going into summer," Stoops added. "We've had a very good spring, and now we need to get bigger, faster and stronger this summer."
The Wildcats will have the weekend off before concluding spring practices with five workouts in six days, including regular practices Monday-Thursday starting at 4 p.m., and then the Spring Game on Saturday.
While the weekend will be free of practice, Stoops made sure the players understood the importance of utilizing the weekend to stay on top of academics and keeping out of off-the-field trouble over the weekend.
He concluded his address to the team with a message that related to the players decisions and relationships off the field as much as it did to their work on the field: "The best TEAM always wins. I can guarantee you that."


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College Hockey:Wis-Superior chosen as site for Women's D-III Tournament
The long-awaited announcement of the location of the 2013 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship site broke late last week, and the University of Wisconsin-Superior's Wessman Arena was selected as the first pre-determined site hosts in the D-III women's championship's 12-year history.
At the beginning of the 2011-12 season, rumblings of a pre-determined site started circulating around the Division III circles after it was listed in the D-III women's hockey manual produced by the NCAA, and now a full year later, we've finally discovered who the host will be.
Wis.-Superior is no stranger to hosting Division III championships, as Wessman Arena has hosted the D-III men's Frozen Four three times: 1994, 2000, and 2007. The 2007 championship was the only pre-determined site of the three. It was the second year of what has become the norm for D-III men, with establishing pre-determined sites since 2006 to the present year.
"We're seasoned veterans at this," said Wis.-Superior Director of Athletics Steve Nelson. "We've hosted three men's NCAA championships at Wessman, and it's really a rink that has developed over the last 15-20 years."
Wessman is a 1,500-seat facility with a large grandstand seating on one side of the rink that has undergone some extensive improvements since opening in 1969.
"We have an older facility that has held its age very well," said Nelson, who also serves as the chair of the Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship Committee. "We've put improvements in since it has opened, and now we have four full varsity locker rooms, with two that are brand new, as well as full athletic training and exercise rooms under the same roof. In the West, we're one of the few Division III arenas that can host something like this."
Wis.-Superior hosting will mark just the second time in the 12-year history of the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship that it will be held in the West region. Gustavus Adolphus was the first to host for the West in 2010.
"I think women's hockey doesn't get out west as much as the men might sometimes, it's a great opportunity for us to keep women's hockey in the forefront and try and really market it," Nelson said.
Nelson also noted that the rule put in place prior to the 2006-07 season by the D-III Women's Hockey Championship Committee stating that the Frozen Four had to be held in the opposite region at least once every four years did indeed factor into the decision to give Wis.-Superior the nod.
"That rule is still in place, and it was a factor in the decision to have the tournament in the west this year," Nelson said. "In this case, we had someone with experience in the West that could host it. In the East, there are a few more schools with more opportunities that could host it."
Wis.-Superior was chosen over Norwich University and Kreitzberg Arena as the only two institutions to put in bids.
Originally, Nelson noted that the D-III committee was looking hard at trying to combine the D-III championship with the women's Division I Frozen Four at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. However, at the June meetings, the committee discovered that the weekends did not align and the Division I Frozen Four was a week later than the scheduled D-III dates.
"If you can follow where we were going as a committee, we were looking very favorably at the possibility of having the championship with Division I women," Nelson said. "We had lengthy discussion with them, and then after the June meetings we inadvertently found out our calendars didn't match up. Therefore, we really had to go back to the drawing board, and the bid process went out in August."
The Division III men's championship was also looked at combining with the Division I men's Frozen Four in 2014 in Philadelphia. The proposal cleared every hurdle but the last one, as it was shot down last Wednesday by the Division III President's Council.
Since August, only Wis.-Superior and Norwich entertained bids, and although the number of bids was low, Nelson stated it was nice having an option in each geographic region.
"It was nice to have a bid from the East and the West," Nelson said. "I think both schools are in good light there. The committee is still going to consider pre-determined sites in the future, and I'm willing to bet that if that continues, we'll be at Norwich real soon. Either institution would have done a great job."
Another possible scenario that has gained some traction and support from the Division III community was the idea of combining the Division III men's and women's championships at one venue. This year, the men's Division III Frozen Four will be at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y., on the same weekend as the women's. However, Nelson noted that this possible scenario was never brought up in the discussion on the women's side.
"The Lake Placid scenario never really came up at this time," Nelson said. "Which I kind of wish we thought of those things. We didn't really have that discussion at all though."
The NCAA's announcement of Superior as the host for the D-III Women's Ice Hockey Championship came at the same time the organization also announced 73 other sites as hosts for championships in various sports from 2013 to 2015. Sites were selected for 54 of the 89 championships in 18 sports across all three divisions, with 30 states being represented in the selections.
"It looks like a lot of sports are going in that direction now of having a pre-determined site," Nelson said. "I've been involved the men's side at Lake Placid and I've also had the experience on campus at pre-determined sites. The Division III community puts their arms around these championships. If it was in Lake Placid, it'd be a great event, and if it was in the West or the East it'd be the same thing. There are a lot of good different options out there."
In previous years, the host institution would not be announced until two weeks, or in some cases even one week, prior to the championship weekend taking place due to it being held on campus sites for the last 11 years and assuring that there would be a host school in the tournament.
"We're in a fortunate position to have five months to prepare for the championship rather than just the two-week time period or one-week time period that every site has had in previous years," Nelson said. "Our campus and our community are really excited about having this opportunity. We're starting next Monday. We have everything secured as far as properties."
The destination that all 51 Division III teams are vying for has now been finalized. Now it's time to sit back and enjoy another great season of D-III women's hockey, and we'll find out in March which eight teams make the NCAA Tournament field and get one step closer to hoisting the championship trophy in Superior, Wis. on March 15-16, 2013.
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If you were concerned that Gravity wouldn't hold up on the small screen, you need not worry. Alfonso Cuarón's film is just as much a stunner at home as it was on the biggest screen in your town. Sure, the experience may not be quite as immersive, but… Continue reading New on DVD/Blu-ray: 'Gravity' Still Dazzles on the Small Screen, Plus the Sci-fi 'Mr. Nobody' Finally Gets Released


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Have you ever transfered food from a plastic bag into a ZipLoc bag? Do you use clips or rubber bands to seal food or other items into plastic bags? If so, those days might be over.
Enter the impulse sealer. It is a simple, elegant machine that seals bags.
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You place your bag over the heating bar, then bring down the heating arm. Once you bring the bar down, the heater is activated. It melts the plastic just enough to get it to seal it.
The knob on the front controls how long the heat stays on. Thin bags need a short period of heat so that they don't melt. Thick bags need longer. Be sure to hold the arm down for a count of five after the heater stops (you can hear the heater). This allows the nice new seal to solidify again after being melted.
What it's useful for:
- Resealing packaged foods
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- Separating and storing nuts, bolts, any household items
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- Creating fun little packages of veggies and fruits for kids (or adults)
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- It's a little tricky to seal FoodSaver bags. You need to set the knob just right and be sure to hold the arm down for a count of five.
Helpful hints
- You'll need to play around with the knob to get the right setting for each type of bag
- Remember to hold the arm down for a count of 5 after the seal is created. Otherwise, the seal won't be as good.
- Consider painting a white reference line on the knob. Black on black is hard to see.
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This gadget is fun. You might find yourself organizing and sealing up all kinds of things. It makes it so much easier to make ahead healthy foods that you might lose weight. (I've lost 17 pounds since buying one.)


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A 43-year-old Eastland man was killed this week after being struck when he tried to run across FM 2214 about 5.5 miles from Eastland.
Bobby Dave Houge died after a 2003 Freightliner hit him about 5:30 a.m. Sunday. His body was taken to Edwards Funeral Home in Eastland.
According to the state Department of Public Safety, the Freightliner – driven by Robert Wayne Price of Hico – was heading north on FM 2214, while Houge was walking north on the west side of the road.
"The pedestrian ran across the southbound lane into the northbound lane out in front of (the Freightliner)," the release said. "(The) pedestrian was struck by the front left of (the Freightliner)."


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The Scarlet Ibis
by James Hurst
Analysis: Plot Analysis
Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation, conflict, complication, climax, suspense, denouement, and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice.
Initial Situation
"Everybody thought he was going to die […]" (3.3).
The story opens with Brother remembering the scarlet ibis in the "bleeding tree" (1). This frames the story as a memory. We know that the events Brother describes happened in the past, though we don't know exactly how far back in the past. We also know that the memory is about Doodle, though we don't know what Doodle and the ibis have to do with each other, yet.
As we discuss in "Writing Style" a story with a frame is considered a story within a story. The fact that Brother is remembering something is one story. What he is remembering is another story. Here we are focusing on the plot structure of that second story, the story in Brother's memory, which begins when Doodle is born, when Brother is six. Baby Doodle is born with some physical problems, though we aren't, initially, given any details on these problems. Most of the family thinks Doodle won't survive. Daddy, in fact, goes so far as to have a coffin built for the baby.
Doodle lives.
It sounds a little mean to say that Doodle's living creates the conflict in the story Brother is remembering. In the 1900s, when the memory is set, even doctors didn't know how to deal with a child with a child like Doodle who, we learn, has a heart problem. Still, the doctor seems to be behind much of the conflict in the story. By leading the family to believe that Doodle a) won't live b) might not have below normal brain function, and c) that he can never walk or live a "normal" life, the doctor makes Doodle seem extremely abnormal.
When Mama tells six-year-old Brother that Doodle will never be able to run and play with him, and that Doodle "might not" be "'all there'" Brother decides to kill him. He says, "It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who was […] not all there was unbearable […]" (2.3). The gap between Brother's idea of what a brother should be and who Doodle is lies at the heart of the conflict.
Brother's pride gets in the way.
When Doodle smiles at Brother he realizes that the adults around him are wrong – Doodle is intelligent. When Doodle learns to crawl and talk, the things the doctor said he would never be able to do, Brother begins to see Doodle as his own special project. He wants to close the gap between what he wants Doodle to be and what Doodle is. He also wants to protect Doodle from people who might hurt him because they don't understand him.
In Brother's memory, teaching Doodle to walk is an entirely selfish act, done to turn Doodle into someone he can be proud of. This is the story's big complication, the complication that drives all the events in the story. It is also what creates the complication in Brother's mind. He feels like he's doing something good, but for the wrong reasons. If he were simply trying to help Doodle, for Doodle's sake, things would be far less complicated for him.
Doodle walks!
For the family, seeing Doodle walk on his own is the story's big emotional climax. What do we mean by that? What exactly is a "climax"? Well, a climax is any big physical and/or emotional moment that the story has been building toward from the beginning of the story. Most stories have several such moments, so to locate the climax we have to look for the biggest such moment – not including the moments found near the end. Usually, the climax happens near the middle of the story. What happens in the climax usually sets the rest of the story in motion, and prepares us in some way for an even bigger physical and/or emotional event at the end.
When Doodle walks in front of his family for the first time he and his family, and (hopefully) the readers experience an outpouring of emotion. It works because we can all imagine how it would feel if someone in our family who we thought would never walk is suddenly walking.
For Brother the climax released all sorts of conflicting emotions. He's ecstatic at first, as shown by his dancing around with Aunt Nicey. When his family learns that he taught Doodle to walk and begin hugging him, he feels emotional pain and he cries. This emotional pain is a result of extreme pride and extreme shame. In fact, for Brother there seems to be little difference between pride and shame. He says that because he was pride's "slave" he was "ashamed" of Doodle (3.18). He wanted Doodle to walk so he could be proud of him, no longer ashamed.
Brother gives "getting ready for school" a whole new meaning.
So now the story has reached such great heights, it has to give us something special to keep us reading. Suspense is the tension between what we want to happen to the characters and what we fear might happen to them. The more we care about the characters, and the more we can relate to their experiences, the more suspense we feel.
In the case of "The Scarlet Ibis" this is pretty simple. We want Doodle to be OK and we fear that Brother's intensive training program might be too much. When Doodle shows signs of exhaustion we might wonder if he'll make it to the first day of school. This fear for Doodle is intensified by all the mentions of death and dying in the story – from the pine coffin, to the dead ibis.
"I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind […]" (4.47).
Dénouement is a French word, that means, "the final unravelling of the complications of a plot in a drama, novel, etc.; the catastrophe" (Oxford English Dictionary). The catastrophe is the thing that happens that makes the end turn out the way it does.
In "The Scarlet Ibis," this stage probably begins when Brother and Doodle go to Horsehead Landing after the ibis incident. After Doodle overexerts himself rowing, Brother realizes that there is no way Doodle is going to be the way he wants him to before the first day of school. He forgets that Doodle really is fragile, and sensitive. This might have something to do with the fact that Brother is only thirteen.
When Brother runs away from Doodle, abandoning him, something we (and Brother) already know Doodle is deeply afraid of, our fears for Doodle intensify. We also know that if Doodle gets hurt, Brother will feel responsible. When Brother gets over his surge of irritation and turns around to go back to Doodle, all we can do is hold our breath, hope, and read on…
Doodle dies.
When Brother gets back to Doodle, Doodle is dead. Having bled from the mouth, his neck is covered in blood, and he reminds Brother of the ibis Doodle buried just a few hours before. For the first time, Brother's real feelings toward Doodle come out. By crying, screaming Doodle's name, and covering Doodle with his body, Brother shows the reader that he loves Doodle, and that all along he'd been trying to protect him from an outside world that doesn't tolerate people who are different. This is a complicated moment on its own, made even more complicated by the fact that Brother connects the dead ibis with Doodle. So, you might want to check out "What's Up With the Title?"


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I had no idea that Lo was a character from an MTV show when I ordered this. I was informed by a friend while discussing polishes. More on that later. I ordered it because I like bright pinks and this is as close to neon as I could get without going matte! My only problem with this color is that it's fairly streaky. This is 3 coats. 2 would have been enough if I had been really careful with the second....which I wasn't. I like the end result though & will be wearing this a lot this summer.
Back to the tv show. Apparently Lo is a character on a reality show on MTV. My friend was disgusted that I looked that sort of thing ( which I obviously font since I had no idea)! I asked her what she was wearing. She said "its one of the new Kardasian colors from Nicole." Yeah! I know! Hypocrite! She even knows who THEY are! WTH?!?!?


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Muamba contemplates career in football politics
Fabrice Muamba, who miraculously recovered from an on-field cardiac arrest, is contemplating a career in football politics now, and is set to meet FIFA chief Sepp Blatter to hold talks over his future.
The midfielder was forced to retire from soccer in August, four months after collapsing at Tottenham Hotspurs while playing for Bolton Wanderers in front of a global television audience.
Muamba finds going to soccer matches tough emotionally, but admits he's now attracted to sports politics.
"I like this kind of side of it, making decisions... I have a meeting with Sepp Blatter," Sports24 quoted Muamba, as saying.
The former England under-21 international added, "hopefully he can get a job for me."
The meeting is due to take place in Zurich on October 30. (ANI)
Top Headlines
- Muamba's autobiography to reveal heart attack details
- Muamba says watching football frustrates him after forced retirement
- IFAB to consider putting in electronic body monitors on player's uniforms in event of Muamba's stroke
- FIFA president Blatter to visit Palestine, Israel
- Blatter urged to quit FIFA presidency next year


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July is the month for fireworks, hot summer days, picnics and celebrations. The Foundry Gallery is no exception as the Gallery showcases the new member show entitled "Fireworks". Each gallery member artist was invited to interpret the theme in literal, mystical, emotional, and abstract themes. And that's exactly what they did.
For example, as seen in her show piece, award winning artist Meg MacKenzie created a mixed media presentation of "Soldiers Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" as her creative response and her interpretation of the theme of "July as the Month for Fireworks." Allen Hirsh created a computer generated abstract and Jay Perterzell painted a blue and white abstract…come down and see what the other member artists created!
The Show runs through Sunday July 27th. Gallery Hours are 12-6 Wednesday through Sunday.
The Foundry Gallery's member artists represent some of the best and the brightest established and emerging artists in the Washington, D.C. area. The gallery typically has two dozen members at any given time, showcasing many different media and styles. Over the years, The Foundry has hosted hundreds of shows of established and emerging artists.
The next show - Hot Glass in the City - by the National Capital Art Glass Guild will open July 30 - August 31.
Thirty-seven new works by top glass artists around the U.S. showcase the astonishing range of emotion and technique that can be achieved in this sculptural medium.
Opening Reception: Friday, August 1, 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
Suggested Links
- The Foundry Gallery's "Feb Four" exhibit welcomes four new members Feb 3@6pm
- The Foundry Gallery welcomes the Abstract Collective on July 6 at 6 pm
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Sarah Brightman
"Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Everything is in tune: the voice, the type of music, who I am and who people think I am." -Sarah Brightman, on the diversity of her material
She is a talented stage performer and singer with the ability to elevate her voice to an operatic level. By combining these gifts, she has gained recognition in her starring roles in theatrical classics such as The Phantom of the Opera and Cats.
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Her platinum breakthrough came in 1997 when A Time To Say Goodbye topped the Billboard Classical Crossover chart in the US for 35 weeks. It went either gold or platinum in 21 countries and sold 3 million copies worldwide. The title track, a duet with Andrea Bocelli, sold over 5 million copies worldwide and became the best-selling single in history in Germany.
The whopping success of this single was just enough to bump former teen heartthrob sensations Menudo from the top slot. Let's face it; their days were numbered.
Sarah Brightman BiographyBorn August 14, 1960 in Berkhampstead, England, Sarah Brightman stepped into the world of performing arts at the early age of thirteen. She made her theatrical debut by starring in I and Albert at London's Piccadilly Theatre, in 1973. At 16 years of age, she joined the British dance group Pan's People and found herself performing on the television show Top of the Pops.
A mere two years later, Sarah's career was propelled a step further when she landed a spot as lead vocalist with the musical group Hot Gossip. That very same year, they hit it big with the top-5 British hit "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper."
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A short while after joining Hot Gossip, Sarah returned to her theatrical roots, when she joined the original cast of Cats. She performed in this ever-popular musical for a year, and then in 1982, she took things to a whole new level by starring in Charles Strouse's opera for children, Nightingale. While her musical/theatrical career was evidently blossoming, Sarah continued to enhance her skills by studying classical voice training at the Royal College of Music.
A few years later, her increasing popularity and talent catapulted her into some very prestigious theatrical roles. She premiered in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem in London and New York, for which she received a Grammy nomination as Best New Classical Artist, and starred in The Merry Widow at New Sadler's Wells Opera that same year. To top things off, Sarah married Andrew Lloyd Webber during this period, however, the marriage eventually ended six years later, in 1990.
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While Sarah was married to Lloyd Webber, she created the role of Christine in his theatrical phenomenon, The Phantom of the Opera. It was initially released in 1986 in London and was eventually repeated on Broadway in 1988.
In 1989, Sarah released her first solo CD, The Songs That Got Away. From this point on, she gradually elevated her career to even greater heights. Throughout the '90s, she released a multitude of top-selling albums including 1993's Dive, 1996's Fly, 1997's Time To Say Goodbye, 1998's Eden, and most recently La Luna in 2000.
In addition to her musical compilations over the years, she has also been featured on a number of cast albums for shows in which she appeared, including The Phantom of the Opera, Nightingale and Song and Dance.
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At the same time, Sarah has also starred in a variety of stage performances over the past decade, including Trelawny of the Wells, Relative Values, Dangerous Obsession, and The Innocents.
As for Sarah's future endeavors, she is scheduled to release her new album, entitled Classics, just in time for the Christmas season of 2001. The album will contain newly recorded songs as well as classical highlights from some of her previous recordings.


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A spokesman for UCLA said Kendricks was taken to Stanford Hospital after making nine tackles in the first half. It was not immediately clear what caused Kendricks' kidney issue.
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Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day, and also one of the least known. As the Hottentot Venus, she was seen by Westerners as alluring and primitive, a reflection of their fears and suppressed desires. But who was Sara Baartman? Who was the woman who became the Hottentot Venus? Based on research and interviews that span three continents,Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venustells the entwined histories of an illusive life and a famous icon. In doing so, the book raises questions about the possibilities and limits of biography for understanding those who live between and among different cultures. In reconstructing Baartman's life, the book traverses the South African frontier and its genocidal violence, cosmopolitan Cape Town, the ending of the slave trade, the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, London and Parisian high society, and the rise of racial science. The authors discuss the ramifications of discovering that when Baartman went to London, she was older than originally assumed, and they explore the enduring impact of the Hottentot Venus on ideas about women, race, and sexuality. The book concludes with the politics involved in returning Baartman's remains to her home country, and connects Baartman's story to her descendants in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Africa. Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venusoffers the authoritative account of one woman's life and reinstates her to the full complexity of her history.
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So far, 40 states and the District of Columbia have been granted a one- or two-year reprieve from the requirements of the U.S. education law that was passed more than a decade ago.
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Windows 8 is finally ready to have its tires kicked by the masses in the Consumer Preview. Here's what's new since the Developer Preview. Anyone who's been playing with the Windows 8 Developer Preview will notice quite a few changes, both in content and user interface design. In general, the Consumer preview does a better job of integrating the two faces of Windows 8—the touch-centric Metro interface and the traditional Windows Desktop interface. It also introduces some very handy new touch gestures for tablet users. But keyboard and mouse users—Microsoft's bread and butter—haven't been left out either. Here are the changes that stood out among those in this latest pre-release of Microsoft's next big operating system.
1. The Windows Store
With the launch of Consumer Preview, we finally get a look at the Windows Store—Microsoft's answer to Apple's App Store for iOS devices and Macs. In its present form, the store only offers free software. You just need a Microsoft ID such as a Hotmail or Windows Live Messenger account to acquire the Metro-style apps in the store. None of the clever apps developed by Microsoft's college interns are pre-installed on the Consumer Preview, so look in the Windows Store if you miss them.
You'll also find the addictive game, Cut the Rope in there, along with many other games. Apps are well categorized into groups like Social, Entertainment, Photos, Music & Videos, Books and reference, News, Food, Shopping, and so on. And it's easy to swipe back and forth through them. There's also a Spotlight section, along with tiles for Top Paid, Top Free, New releases, and All Stars.There's a surprising selection for a store that just opened. Since all the current apps are free, I couldn't check out the Trial install capability—something not offered by the iOS App Store.
Each App's page shows its user star rating, icon, price (all free for now), screenshots, text summary, and Install button. Once you hit that, the activity dots animate across the screen. Then you'll see a fly-in notification at upper-right telling you that the app was installed. The new app's tile will appear at the end of your Start screen.
2. The Charms Have Moved!
In Developer Preview, the "Charms"—what Microsoft is calling Windows 8's main system menu icons—have moved from the lower left corner of the screen to the center of the right edge. The mouse point to open them has moved to the opposite point on the screen: Now you have to move the cursor to the top right corner and then down to access the Charms. For touch input, the charms are more accessible, requiring only a swipe out off right edge of the screen.
3. Semantic Zoom
This feature lets you pinch the Windows 8 Metro Start screen to more easily see all your app tiles. Just pinch on the screen, and the tiles will not just shrink, but intelligently resize to remain useful. You can rename and move groups of app tiles around using this gesture, too, for better organization.
Check out more of our Windows 8 coverage.
4. Running app stack gesture/mouse to top left corner
There's a new way to navigate among running apps. On a touch screen, you swipe a finger in from the left edge of the screen and then back out. This displays a vertical stack of thumbnails for all your running apps. Just touch one of these thumbnails to switch to the app it represents. This gesture took me a little while to get the hang of, but once I did, it proved an extremely quick and useful way to navigate around my applications.
5. Smoother transition to Desktop
It's a subtle difference, but in the Developer Preview, the animation displayed when you switched from the Metro user interface to the traditional Windows desktop interface was pretty jarring. It was a showy sliding animation with a zooming out effect. The Consumer Preview makes the desktop and Metro interfaces feel more like a single operating system, with a simple fade to black transition and reappearance of the other guise. It just feels quicker and less drastic.
6. Mouse to move Metro start tiles on Start
There's plenty of new goodness for keyboard and mouse users in Consumer Preview, too. Possibly foremost among these is the ability to move through the Metro Start page tiles by simply nudging the mouse cursor against either edge of the screen. Previously, you had to move the cursor down to the scroll bar and drag its handle. That still works, though, as does the ability to page through the App tiles with the mouse wheel.
7. Systemwide Spell checker
Spell checking is the newest of the features Windows 8 apps will be able to take advantage of. The others being Share (to mail, social networks, and so on), and store to SkyDrive's cloud storage. The new spell checker, in typical fashion, places a squiggly red underline under suspected misspelled words, and clicking on this proposes corrections. You also get the Word-like Add to dictionary and Ignore options.
8. No More Start Button, or Is there?
There was an outpouring of lamentation for the dearly departed Windows Start button a few weeks ago, but it's death is only virtual. When a mouse user moves the cursor to the place the Start button has occupied for decades, a new one sprouts up, looking like a mini-thumbnail of the Metro Start screen. Clicking, of course, invokes the Start screen. You can still just start typing to search for an app or document as you could with previous Windows Start buttons. Right clicking this brings up a list of geeky choices like Disk Management, Event Viewer, and Command Prompt. Microsoft (probably rightly) considers right-clicking the sole province of geeks and power users.
Check out more of our Windows 8 coverage.
9. Close app by dragging down
Another new gesture lets touch users close a running app simply by holding a finger on its window and dragging all the way down to the bottom of the screen. Based on my testing of this, Microsoft has a little more work to do to get the animation smoother; the large thumbnail didn't follow my finger, though the app did close once I dragged the thumbnail all the way to the bottom of the screen.
10. Screen Capture—Windows Key + PrtSC
Tech writers will rejoice at this one: Now, to create an image file of the screen anywhere in the system, you simple press the Windows key + Print Screen. On a Windows 8 tablet, you can also hold down the Windows button and volume rocker.
11. Resizable virtual Thumb keyboard
One of Windows 8's many touch input innovations is the thumb keyboard, which puts all the letters of the on-screen virtual keyboard near the left and right edges of the screen for easy thumb typing. But the keys were one-size-fits all, and often didn't. Thankfully, now you can choose among small, medium, and large key layouts for this.
12. New Apps—People, Music, Mail, Messaging, SkyDrive
Apps includes with Windows 8 Consumer have been pared down to about a dozen, compared with the over two dozen that came with Developer Preview. Those were coded by gifted college interns, while the present apps are all professionally developed. The new ones include essentials like mail, photos, weather, finance, Maps, People (for social updates), Calendar, Video, Messaging, Photos, and Music.
13. Picture password
This was shown by Microsoft at its Build Conference during the unveiling of Windows 8 Developer Preview, but only now in Consumer Preview can we actually try it out for ourselves. In my testing the setup and use of the picture password was snappy. It was forgiving when I didn't repeat my gestures exactly as I had during setup. This is a good thing, since it would be very frustrating if it made unlocking a Windows 8 tablet too difficult. Microsoft has done extensive research on the security of these passwords, even testing whether screen smudges could give trespassers entry, which proved highly unlikely. Statics analysis has also shown that there are in excess of a billion three-gesture combinations.
For more, read my Hands On with Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
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I recently lost a cherished article of clothing so asked Yi - will I find my red sweater? and received Hex 60.5.6 >41 Limitation followed by Decrease - only to find it (quite by fluke) a week later. Hmmm... I would've thought the reading concluded that I would never find it.


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Several years ago NIOSH started the planning process for a "buy quiet" initiative to encourage companies to purchase or rent quieter machinery and tools to reduce worker noise exposure. This initiative also aimed to provide information on equipment noise levels and promote manufacturers to design quieter equipment. NIOSH is now pleased to announce the official launch of our Buy Quiet web resources, complete with a website and educational materials. The new, easy to use materials highlight the benefits of a Buy Quiet program, explain how to establish a program in a workplace, and provide additional resources for finding quieter tools and machinery.
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text: 19 September 2009 archive See all show photos WE couldn't help but think that Danielle Scutt had gone ever so slightly soft on us this season – with pink and peach shades, sweetheart necklines and short flirty skirts amid beruffled and frothy frocks. But where Ms Scutt is concerned, there is always an underlying edge, which today came via the prevalent Eighties backdrop – graphic triangular and swirly circular scribbles, what looked like piano teeth pinning down a skirt, sharp shoulders and red and white spot graphic prints. Where last season, everything was red and black and fierce, for spring/summer 2010, Scutt introduced light plaid shirts and swingy short skirts, mini lace bloomers, bust-skimming swimsuits and frill-fronted frocks. Yes, there was still plenty of attitude, but there was fun too – the pompom-festooned belts and scarves, the hair styled up high into French pleats, and the gorgeous glitter lips. Scutt gave us wearable pieces that we'd want to wear, returning to and building upon last summer's super-cool aesthetic. SEE THE DANIELLE SCUTT SHOW ARCHIVE Jessica Bumpus Continue reading Back to top


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A Tuesday story in Russia Today reports that Russia is moving to retaliate against American and European sanctions over its aggression in the Ukraine by in essence ending most space cooperation with the United States. It will prohibit the use of Russian rocket engines such as the RD-180 and NK-33 to launch military satellites. It is closing down 16 GPS sites in Russian territory. Finally Russia will unilaterally end its participation in the International Space Station project in 2020.
The Obama administration would like to extend space station operations to at least 2024. According to the Financial Times Russia believes that its withdraw from the space station will make this impossible. In effect Russia will have evicted the United States from the orbiting space lab that it provided the lion's share of money and resources to build and maintain.
Russia has been showing signs of divorcing its space program from the United States ever since the Ukraine crisis started. Recently it announced serious plans to build a lunar base starting in 2030. This is seen as a poke in the eye of the United States as well, as NASA has abandoned lunar exploration by presidential directive.
NASA's options are fairly limited, given its meager budget. Given money it could either refurbish the ISS to accommodate a Russian withdraw. Or it could partner with a private group, such as Bigelow Aerospace, to facilitate a new, private sector run space station.
The Russian moves highlight American vulnerabilities in space, thanks largely to policies initiated by President Clinton, President George W. Bush, and President Obama, Clinton first brought Russia on as a partner in the space station project. Bush ended the space shuttle program to pay for Project Constellation, opening a "space flight gap" between the last shuttle flight and the first flight of the shuttle successor that had to be filled with rides on the Russian Soyuz. Obama widened that gap by cancelling Constellation and starting to pay subsidies to build private sector operated spacecraft.
All of these policies seemed like good ideas at the time. The Clinton and Bush policy changes were made when Russia was seen as a far friendlier international partner. Obama's change was far more controversial, but took place before the current crisis in the Ukraine laid bare Vladimir Putin's imperial ambitions.


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