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Living the Car Lust Lifestyle: Owning One
We here at Car Lust often compose soaring prose to cars which the larger society relegates to the dustbin of history, odd bits of automotive flotsam and jetsam that occasionally rise up from the depths of our personal histories and break upon this little corner of the internet that all may see and wonder at the quirkiness of our collective automotive history. Who among us hasn't clicked over here to see a car that brings back recollections of youth, maybe your first car? It's always great to see a car your parents owned, one that calls up those warm fuzzy memories of snoozing in the back seat, safe in the knowledge that mom and dad would get us wherever we were going safely.
And so we read these missives to cars gone by and at least every once in a while think how neat it would be to find one of our favorites in good condition, lovingly cared for by its owner, and ready, with
minimal restoration, to carry us back to those thrilling days of yesteryear when our main concerns were how much time we could spend hanging out with friends and getting more guys/girls into the car with us. "Yeah," we think, "I'll get me one of those and cruise around town with the old songs playing, the wind in
my hair what hair I have left, and everything will be groovy/cool/rad/[insert-decade-specific-adjective-here]."
And then one day ... you do it. Barring a rapid no-fault divorce for making such a flaky impulse purchase, you're the proud owner of your favorite old car. Now what?
I can tell you first hand, it ain't no picnic.
As I previously described I am, in fact, the proud owner of a typical Car Lust model: the late, barely lamented 1974-1978 Mustang II. How I acquired it is detailed therein, but suffice it to say that it truly was an impulse purchase, albeit a necessary one. And now from the pedestal of having owned the dumb thing for going on 18 years now (has it really been that long?), I feel I am in a position to offer you, the Car Lust reader, some advice if you happen to one day let your emotion get the better of your good sense and actually decide to act on a lust.
One hopes the reader will forgive my bluntness, but there is one overriding rule of thumb to keep firmly in mind when contemplating the purchase of an older car: Old cars suck. Oh sure, they look pretty good on the outside. Those sensuous curves, classic (or not so classic) lines, all screaming Performance! Luxury! Good Taste! But once you get them home and start living with them for a while, you come to appreciate the advances in technology and quality that have come about in the last couple of decades.
Good looks aside, we're still talking about old technology. Depending on how far back you go you may end up with only lap belts or no belts at all which may induce feelings of abject terror at highway speeds. For the most part you can forget about fuel injectors; you'll get sometimes finicky carburetors to deal with which, depending on the make and year, may have you under the hood more than once manually adjusting the choke just to get it to start. The steering and suspension will be soft and squishy, especially on American models, and by and large it will be creaky, drafty, noisy, and occasionally leaky. Drive on the highway for more than an hour or so and your ears will feel like you just got out of a rock concert. And forget about having a quiet conversation with your passenger; you'll find yourself hoarse after nearly shouting at one another the entire time.
Have I mentioned repairs yet? There are approximately 20,000 parts on an average car and they don't all wear out and/or break at the same rate. This is both a blessing and a curse. If they all went at once, no one in their right mind would drop the amount of money necessary to fix them all. On the other hand, you are virtually guaranteed that at any given time something is in need of repair. Sometimes it's big and expensive, sometimes small and inexpensive, but perhaps more irritating. In many cases, basic parts are easy to come by, especially if the major drive train components were used on a lot of models. But just try to find, say, that little bit of rubber that goes on the end of the sun visor for a Mustang II. Really, it's almost as much fun trying to describe what it is you need as it is to actually find it (I did, by the way). Did you know that a short-circuit in a rear window defroster can cause the entire back window to shatter? Twice? And I've lost track of the times I've had to rewire that ^#$@*)($ defroster. At the moment, I am (knock wood) only dealing with a front seat latch that has a broken cable.
This naturally brings us to the subject of restoration or modification or "restomodding" as it's sometimes called: taking an older car and refitting it with newer parts to create what amounts to a modern car under a classic car body. This has become something of a cottage industry of late with several TV shows devoted to creating "project cars." New engines, transmissions, steering, more and better insulation, modern climate control systems, new seats, all there to give you that "old car" feeling without all the discomforts that go along with them.
Isn't that a bit like cheating? Frankly, I'm of two minds on the whole restomod issue. On the one hand, I will confess that I did, in fact, swap out the old 139-horsepower 302 in my Mustang II for a newer 5.0-liter fuel injected engine with dual exhaust. I had several reasons for doing so, but it largely came down to having a dirty, underpowered, inefficient powerplant in an otherwise nicely functional package. Engine modifications were one way to go to get more power, but that would more or less sacrifice mileage in the bargain and these days it's not all that sensible to be driving a 7 mpg car. And, in a sense, a new engine doesn't really change the basic operation of the car: it's mostly just more of the same power (though in my case a bit more noise as well).
In the end I chose to keep the remainder of the car more or less as-is (sorry, I must have something other than an AM/FM 8-track 10-watt stereo). Yeah, the seats aren't the most comfortable, and it's still rattly and creaky and drafty and noisy, but that's part of the fun of having an old car: every time you get behind the wheel you step into a time capsule and experience what you or others experienced back when it was all shiny and new.
And there's something undeniably appealing about the simplicity of old cars. Sit in a new car today and you will be surrounded by DVDs, iDrives, iPods, GPS, OnStars, touch screens, TomToms, Bluetooths (Blueteeth?), paddle shifters, CVTs, and a virtually endless alphabet of other devices all designed to make the driving experience ... easier? There is something altogether viscerally rewarding about having an engine, transmission, steering wheel, gas and brake pedals, and not a whole lot else. Behold, I press my right foot and I go down the road with nothing but a star and an oil company map to steer by. If I am cold I turn on the heater; hot and I open the window (and remain hot, but maybe not quite as sweaty).
Don't mistake this for an ode to Ludditism. I wish to heck that my Mustang handled as well as a base model Honda and be warm on a cold winter's day within five minutes of starting it up. But, it is what it is and memories of "the good old days" need a shot of reality every now and then lest they become a bit too warm, fuzzy, and rose-colored. To be honest, if/when I get another car I'll no doubt grab the most reliable and technologically bullet-proof and sophisticated one I can find.
Is having one of these things worth it? It's certainly not for everybody. It's almost a requirement that you become at least somewhat mechanically proficient, if only to avoid putting your mechanic's entire extended family through college. In most cases, there's no investment opportunity as very few cars will ever appreciate in value enough to recoup the time and money spent on keeping them up. It all comes down to whether or not the satisfaction and pleasure you get from driving the car is worth the various investments you put into it. For me, having a car that I could have bought new when I first got my driver's license and seeing people break into smiles when they see it is worth all the little niggly problems and inconveniences.
And now if you will excuse me, I have a seat latch cable to replace.
The photos are, in order:
-- A 1969 MG MGB Roadster, which is probably the single most common car that people buy to "fix up and drive some day"
-- A 1965 AMC Rambler ambassador 990 Sport Coupe
-- An ad for a 1978 Plymouth Sapporo, née, Mitsubishi Gallant Lambda
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Desert Isle Keeper Review
To Taste Temptation
Elizabeth Hoyt
May 2008, European Historical Romance (1760s [Georgian] England)
Forever, $6.99, 384 pages, Amazon ASIN 0446406910Part of a series
Im not certain I can put into words how To Taste Temptation, the first installation of Elizabeth Hoyt's new Legend of the Four Soldiers series made me feel. Ive never read the author before and I dont know how this book stands up next to the others shes written. I only know that I loved the setting, the plot captivated me, and the characters intrigued me.
Samuel Hartley is a self-made man. Born in the backwoods of colonial Pennsylvania, he served as a scout for the British Army during the French and Indian War, the result of which brings him to England on a quest for a traitor. If he can find out who betrayed the regiment, he hopes to ease his own demons resulting from his actions during the massacre and find justice for all those who were slaughtered. While in England, one of his goals is to make the acquaintance of Lady Emeline Gordon, sister of a British officer killed at Spinners Falls, who Samuel admired greatly. Once he meets Emeline, he sees through her prickly exterior to the vulnerable woman underneath.
Lady Emeline Gordon is a model of proper deportment and as such she is eagerly sought to guide young ladies successfully into society. She is also the epitome of independence, managing whats left of her family (her aunt and son) after the deaths of her husband, father, and brother. When she first meets Samuel, she is put off by his unconventional dress and lack of respect for British social niceties. However, she is intrigued enough to accept Sams sister as her newest protégé. She is also aware that Sams rental of the house next to hers and his desire for her to mentor his sister is more than mere coincidence and quickly realizes its connected to what happened to her brother and the regiment.
Emeline affects Sam like no other woman before her and he cant determine why. She is just as entranced, but wants to resist at all costs, even to the point of making other commitments formal. Their relationship takes on the characteristics of predator/prey and is completely instinctual. In Sam's mind he wants to dominate Emeline and make her his woman (however, he is not the alpha male of the old bodice rippers) and she admits to herself that she likes the domination. At the same time, he knows how strong she is and wants to ease her burdens. Samuel makes Emeline unsure of herself as she knows he can see through her strong façade and senses what shes insecure about her age, her unpleasant thoughts, her meanness. However, hes so different from her, she knows the relationship is impossible hes a colonial, hes in trade, and he views social status quite differently.
The Georgian setting, combined with Colonial American elements, kept me riveted. Though the action of the story does not take place in the American Colonies, it is the result of events during the French and Indian War. The horror that Sam and others experienced provides the motive for many of the characters. The contrasts between Sam and his sister and Emeline and her family illustrate the difficulties of any relationships formed between two differing groups. And while I think some readers may be put off by Samuels character - he is a bit of a brute after all - it is important to note that Samuel wants Emeline to admit that she is denying herself what she deserves and wants out of fear. What they both go through to get to their happily ever after is emotionally heart wrenching.
Hoyt opens her story describing the legend of four soldiers and each chapter begins with a bit more of the legend. How the legend itself corresponds with each of the chapters is truly poignant and I simply cannot wait for the next installment of this series. The rich setting, intricate plot, and powerfully intense characters make To Taste Temptation a Desert Island Keeper for me.
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Midnight was previously used or abused as a broodmare. She has given birth to beautiful colts. She is currently in foal expecting to foal late this year…$2,500
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Jamie Anderson
Ski and Snowboard
Sport: Snowboarding
Discipline: Slopestyle
Height: 5'5"
Current Residence: Lake Tahoe, Calif.
- 2014 Olympic Winter Games, gold medalist in women's slopestyle
Career Highlights:
- Seven-time Dew Tour gold medalist
- Three-time Dew Tour season champion (2009-11)
- Three-time U.S. Grand Prix gold medalist
- 2013, World Cup at Copper Mountain, Colo., gold medalist
- 2012, Canadian Open gold medalist
- 2011, TTR rankings, first place
- 2011, New Zealand Open gold medalist
Fun Facts: Enjoys going to the beach ... Hobbies include biking, hiking, traveling, yoga, listening to music and dancing ... Became youngest Winter X Games medalist when she won bronze in 2006 at age 15 ... One of eight children ... Sister Joanie won 2007 X Games in snowboardcross at same competition that Jamie won gold in slopestyle
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April 01, 2016
See which athletes made Team USA's Best of March nominations and vote on your favorites.
Red, White & Trending: March 11-17
Jamie MacDonald March 18, 2016
Speedskating star Brittany Bowe celebrates St. Patrick's Day in Ireland, Team USA goes green for the holiday (but Charlie White keeps things maize and blue), March Madness breaks out, Ryan Lochte breaks down, Sydney Leroux makes another clever announcement, Jamie Anderson finds home sweet home, Alise Post finds some downtime in the pool and much more.
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Diver Steele Johnson strikes a pose in Rio after he and his partner #qualified, Team USA women hoop it up with style in their soles, hockey legends face off, Lindsey Vonn winds up starstruck, Jonathan Horton's class act and much more.
14 Olympic Couples You Probably Didn't Know About
Lisa Costantini Feb. 11, 2016
Love is in the air for these Olympians. See how many twosomes you knew were together.
Veteran Anderson And Rookie Langland Show Team USA's Depth On Slopestyle Snowboarding Podium At Winter X Games
Darci Miller Jan. 29, 2016
2014 Olympic champion Anderson earned silver while 15-year-old Langland won her first X Games medal.
16 Of Team USA's Best Gold-Medal Smiles
Oct. 02, 2015
Celebrate World Smile Day with some of Team USA's biggest grins.
Team USA Skiers And Snowboarders Cap Banner Season With 100+ World Podiums
Peggy Shinn March 25, 2015
U.S. athletes combined to win 92 world cup and 17 world championship medals on snow this season.
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Olympic Snowboarder Jamie Anderson?
Lisa Costantini March 12, 2015
You decide which of these 10 quotes came from the gold medalist or Oprah, Albert Einstein and others.
Meet Team USA's 35 Women Of Winter
March 08, 2015
Celebrate International Women's Day with a look at 35 of Team USA's top female winter athletes.
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From what superpower they'd want to have to their favorite word, Team USA answers our five fun questions.
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Blue EarthFinancial-service-man-turned-cheese-maker, Keith Adams, named his cheese company by combining his two daughters, Alex and Mari and began making fine, heartland cheeses back in 2009. Blue Earth is the latest addition to his growing line of grass-fed, pasteurized cow's milk cheeses. It's an all-American brie-style round with grassy, buttery flavors that permeate from snowy rind to oozing cream line and down through its rich, fudgy center. Read More
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St. StephenHudson Valley creamery, Four Fat Fowl, took its name from a colonial rental fee charged by the last landlord of Rensselaerswyck (what's now Rensselaer county"), which amounted to a day's labor, including ten to twenty bushels of wheat. Their small, bloomy rounds are delicately buttery, with hints of sun-dried wheat and sweet cream beneath its pillowy rind, making St. Stephen a true expression of local terroir. Serve with local, NY honey, fresh berries and something bubbly to drink. Read More
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Live updates
FULL REPORT: Totnes immunisation campaign
Schools and doctors in Totnes have pledged to work together to improve uptake of the MMR vaccine. It's because of concerns the town could suffer a Swansea-style measles outbreak as only 3/4 of children have been immunised.
Totnes GP: Schools are 'neglectful' if not recommending measles jab
A GP in Totnes says schools are being neglectful if they don't recommend the measles jab for pupils.
Totnes has the one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Dr Dylan Watkins from Leatside Surgery is holding a meeting for local schools and health professionals today.
It will focus on ten to sixteen year olds who haven't been vaccinated.
13 measles cases in Devon during last six months
Devon has had thirteen measles cases over the last six months - one of the highest county totals in the South West.
The government has announced a catch-up programme for 10 - 16 year-olds who weren't vaccinated during the MMR scare.
Experts say unprotected young people should get at least one dose of the jab.
One third of Totnes parents haven't had children vaccinated
New figures show one in three parents in Totnes haven't had their children vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella.
Health professionals have started a campaign to encourage more parents to have their children vaccinated with the MMR vaccine.


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Does Everyone Have To File A Tax Return?
Many people believe that they have to file an income tax return regardless of how much money they make. The only people who get exempted from this requirement are people who are under eighteen years of age or those on disability or whose income comes largely from social security retirement. Young people without jobs are also exempted from filing tax returns as well.
The federal income guidelines mean that some people do not need to file a tax return if they do not earn enough money. A person may still qualify for a tax return. If he wants to receive money back from the federal government, he must file a tax return.
What Income Levels Do Not Have to File a Tax Return?
A single person under the age of 65 does not have to file a tax return if he makes under $8,450. The amount goes up to $9,750 dollars. A person filing as head of household finds this limit increased to $10,000, or $12,000 if he is over 65.
Married couples can make more before they need to file a tax return. The upper income limit is double the amounts listed above. Whether a couple is more or less than 65 years of age also makes a difference.
Should I File a Tax Return Anyway?
A person or a couple that finds themselves in the situation of not needing to find a tax return and that is not expecting a return check may still decide to file a tax return for reasons of civic duty. Self-employed individuals operate under different rules and must file a tax return if their business earns more than a $400 profit in a year. Social security and Medicare taxes not paid to an employer also necessitate that a person file a tax return.
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On the latest episode of Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show host Warren Harding spoke to Amanda Cromhout...
10 Jun 2016
A new flower show has launched in Cape Town, South Africa, for 27-30 October 2016...
26 May 2016
Local biometrics experts Ideco will showcase its new all-in-one mobile biometrics unit at Securex from 24-26 May 2016...
24 May 2016
Schools in the Middle East have an opportunity to enter the Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity 2015 through the FP7 School Print Competition. Entries close on 11 December 2014...
18 Nov 2014
The Social Media Awards Africa (SMAA) is a premier continental initiative, launched to recognise and celebrate excellence, creativity and the impact of social media...
22 Oct 2014
Is Africa the Dark Continent when it comes to the advertising industry? On the contrary, says Alan Edgar, Regional Creative Director, Ogilvy Africa and one of regional judges for African and Middle Eastern categories at this year's Loeries. It's alive and vibrant, but in dire need of world-class tertiary training institutions to tap into that potential.
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DUBAI, UAE: The 6th Dubai Lynx Awards, one of the premier awards celebrating creative excellence in MENA's advertising and communications industry, has received a total of 2037 entries from 17 countries.
5 Mar 2012
Africa Business News (ABN) Events and CNBC Africa have announced the launch of the inaugural Africa Business Leaders Awards (ABLA), to be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 21 October 2011. CNBC Africa will be the official broadcast partner of ABLA, which aims to recognise the most prominent business leaders in Africa.
6 Jun 2011
The second annual Gender Justice and Local Government summit will take place in Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre, Benoni from 28-30 March 2011. More than 265 participants from ten Southern African countries are expected to attend the event, which showcases examples of local efforts to end gender violence and empower women across Southern Africa.
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Here is a roundup of the posts published on sxswsa.co.za this weekend. We're over halfway through SxSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, but there's still plenty material in the works, so keep an eye on the blog for another few days. Also, follow @sxswsa, or the entire #sxswsa Twitter list. [view twitterfall]
Ivo Vegter: @sxswsa 14 Mar 2011
DUBAI, UAE: The Dubai International Advertising Festival in 2011 will take place over two and a half days, 27- 29 March and the Dubai Lynx Awards, honouring North Africa and the Middle East's best work in advertising and creative communications, will be held on 30 March. Both events will take place for the first time at the Arabian coast resort, the Madinat Jumeirah, in Dubai.
12 Nov 2010
Joburg Carnival is getting in early with its call, "Woza Africa 2010" with an explosion of sound, activity and colour when it takes over the city on New Year's Eve. Now in its sixth year, it is hosted by the City of Joburg and aims to create a safe and festive environment for end-of-year revelry, particularly among inner-city residents and the youth.
29 Dec 2009
The second International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training has come to a successful conclusion in Nairobi, with participating companies showcasing their latest acquisitions in e-learning.
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eLearning Africa, the Pan-African conference on ICT for development, education and training, expects more than 1200 participants to attend the second annual event which takes place from 28-30 May 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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LG GR500 shows up, might be AT&T Xenon / Zenon
LG GR500 is an unannounced QWERTY phone that seems to be AT&T's LG Xenon (or Zenon).
The GR500 has just appeared in a small but semi-official picture, and we can see that, alongside the sliding QWERTY keyboard, it also has a full touchscreen display – just like the Xenon / Zenon prepared by AT&T.
As previously reported, the GR500 / Xenon / Zenon should come with a 2.8 inch TFT touchscreen display, GSM and HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, a 3MP camera and memory expansion slot.
The new LG phone should be introduced by AT&T on April 10, for a price that's not known for the moment.
We'll probably see the handset released in Europe too, as LG GR500.
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RIM has been having very public issues lately, and it seems this has steamrolled into their tablet, PlayBook, getting one of its models discontinued. Research in Motion have cut the 16GB model, as it will be removed from inventory lists after the current stock held by retailer's is gone.
A RIM spokesperson said that the company:
Remains committed to the tablet space and the 32GB and 64GB models of the BlackBerry PlayBook continue to be available from our distributors and retailers around the world.
RIM's tablet has been having issues, not getting even close to Apple's iPad in terms of numbers. For every PlayBook, 19 iPads are shipped. That must hurt, real bad.


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Square Enix today released a new trailer for its upcoming RPG release, "Final Fantasy X/X-2" HD Remaster, which will be available for the PlayStation 3 and Vita next week.
"Final Fantasy X/X-2" HD Remaster is, as the name says, an HD version of the popular PlayStation 2 RPG, "Final Fantasy X", along with the sequel "Final Fantasy X-2". The new trailer can be viewed up top and is titled "The Fall of A Great City", it is the opening cinematic for "Final Fantasy X". The cinematic shows the destruction of the advanced city of Zanarkand at the hands of Sin, as well as how the game's hero, Tidus, begins his adventure. "Final Fantasy X" was full of many amazing scenes, but this was one of my favorites from the first time I played the game.
Gamers can look for "Final Fantasy X/X-2" HD Remaster on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita beginning on March 18, 2014. To learn more about the game you can visit the official site.
If you would like to preorder this game or purchase other Square Enix titles locally, here are the listings for some of the game stores in the Las Cruces and Albuquerque areas.
Game Stop Paseo Del Norte
9311 Coors Blvd Nw
Ste 01-3
Albuquerque, NM 87114
(505) 890-3033
Game Stop Coronado Center
6600 Menaul Blvd Ne
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 830-4212
Game Stop Las Cruces
1455 Hickory Dr
Ste 4
Las Cruces, NM 88005
(575) 647-8809
Game Stop Mesilla Valley Mall
700 S. Telshor Blvd
Space 1492
Las Cruces, NM 88011
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Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Announces 2014 IMPACT Award Finalists
February 13th, 2014
(PHOENIX) — The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce (GPCC) has selected 16 deserving local companies as finalists for its 27th Annual IMPACT Awards. The IMPACT Awards honor the accomplishments of small and large businesses and the impact they have on the Valley's business community and economy. This year, the GPCC will recognize two recipients in each of four categories: Community Champion, Economic Driver, Entrepreneurial Excellence, and Response to Adversity. The 2014 IMPACT Businesses of the Year will be selected from these honorees and announced at a luncheon on Thursday, May 15th at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa. The 2014 finalists are:
Small to Medium Business Category (250 employees or fewer):
Angel MedFlight
Goettl Good Guys Air Conditioning Repairmen
Native American Connections
NJOY, Inc.
Risas Dental and Braces
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
Large Business Category (More than 250 employees):
The CORE Institute
National Bank of Arizona
Phoenix Children's Hospital
The Phoenix Zoo
Snell & Wilmer
Sundt Construction, Inc.
Wells Fargo
"The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce has celebrated some of the finest Valley businesses over the past 27 years and it is an honor to continue this great tradition," said Todd Sanders, GPCC President and CEO. "These companies continue to set new standards that positively impact the greater Phoenix business community and we are proud to recognize the achievements of these outstanding organizations."
The 27th Annual IMPACT Awards luncheon will take place Thursday, May 15th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Arizona Biltmore. Tickets are $75 for GPCC members and $85 for non-members and tables of 10 are $850 for GPCC members and $950 for non-members (tables include priority seating and program recognition). For reservations, please visit www.phoenixchamber.com/impact.
The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce would also like to congratulate all the 2014 IMPACT Award nominees:
Small to Medium Business Category:
100 Club of Arizona
Arizona Care Network
Better Business Together, LLC
Body Beautiful Day Spa and Med Spa
Comprehensive Hospice & Palliative Care
Connect the Dots Promotions, LLC
Duffy Group, Inc.
Hobaica Services Inc.
Martz Parsons
OCJ Kids
ONE Community
onTop Technology Corporation
Small Giants
Subrosa Investigations, LLC
Tiffany & Bosco, P.A.
U & Improved
Large Business Category:
Anderson Security Agency, Ltd.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Cox Communications
DIRTT Environmental Solutions
Foundation for Senior Living
Goodwill of Central Arizona
Magellan Health Services of Arizona
Mark-Taylor Residential
Mountainside Fitness
Phoenix Suns
Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network
Sunland Asphalt
Total Transit
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All our GL Accounts are assigned to a group account which is created as for a group chart of accounts.
Now i want to execute F.01 using this group chart of accounts, but i get the below error:
Company codes and charts of accounts entered are incompatible
Message no. FR102
I assigned this chart of accounts to the Country Chart/Accts in OBY6 but still i get the same error..
Can anyone please suggest what i need to do to be able to execute F.01 with this chart of accounts.
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You have raised this thread in SCM Logistics Execution forum. This does not deal with issues in Finance. You should be very lucky to get a helpful answer to your question in this forum.
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The Seattle Seahawks are gearing up to make another run towards the Super Bowl next season. According to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, sources close to the Seahawks situation, said that they are close to a deal with Richard Sherman on Tuesday.
The terms haven't been agreed to yet, but it's likely that Sherman will be inked before the commencement of May's draft. As one of the leaders for the Seahawks' dominant defense, Richard Sherman should wind up as the highest paid corner in the NFL.
In 2013, Sherman led all NFL corners with eight interceptions One of the best parts of Richard Sherman's game is that he talks big and plays even bigger. In a position that's solely built on confidence, Sherman brings enough for a whole defensive backfield.
During his three seasons in the NFL, Sherman has garnered 20 interceptions. It will be hard for the numbers to go up as more teams will avoid his side of the field. In the last two seasons, Sherman had eight interceptions each year, but his pass breakups dropped from 24 to 16.
Still, he had the most memorable play of the NFC Championship game with the game saving deflection of Colin Kaepernick's potential game winning touchdown pass. Most people may remember it for his post game comments, but that single play advanced Seattle into the Super Bowl.
According to NFL.com, Sherman is guaranteed to surpass Aqib Talib's $26 million with the Denver Broncos.
It looks like the NFC West will have to deal with Richard Sherman for many years to come. Richard Sherman has the chance to be the best cornerback ever, and the 12th man will be there to witness it.
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This no-sew ghost hand puppet is very easy to make, and it has been a huge hit with my kids and their friends! MATERIALS:
- 1 white glove (I bought a pair for $1 at Michaels; I've also seen sets of 2 pairs for $1 in the junior section of Target)
- black felt
- craft glue
- Cut ten small black circles and five slightly larger black ovals out of black felt. The circles will be the ghosts' eyes, and the ovals will be their mouths. My "circles" were actually squares and rectangles with the corners trimmed off.
- Glue the circles and ovals on using craft glue. I found it was easiest to put a small amount of craft glue on a dish and to apply it to the small felt pieces using a toothpick.
- Let dry and enjoy. Our adult-sized stretchy gloves were small enough that Emma could get her fingers far enough into the glove to use this as a puppet.
I found two different "Five Little Ghosts" rhymes that could be used with this puppet here and here. We're saving the other glove to turn into snowmen in a couple months.


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'Hunger Games,' 'Bridesmaids' and 'Harry Potter' run away with this year's noms — don't miss the show Sunday, June 3, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on MTV!
By Kara Warner
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson in "Hunger Games"
Photo: Lionsgate
Who's already excited for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards?
We've already announced that chart-topping indie-pop group Fun. will rock the Movie Awards stage with a performance toasting the greatest party films of all time, plus the addition of five excellent and intriguing new categories: Best Music, Best On-Screen Transformation, Best Gut-Wrenching Performance, Best Cast and Best On-Screen Dirtbag. What more could you ask for?
How about the list of this year's lucky nominees who will by battling it out for the coveted Golden Popcorn trophy live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Sunday, June 3? Fan voting opens Tuesday at 8 a.m.
Here they are, in all their eclectic, well-deserved glory: the 2012 MTV Movie Award Nominees!
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Pop-star-turned-actress and her 'Battleship' co-stars premiere exclusive clip tonight at 7:56 p.m. on MTV, followed by a 30-minute interview on MTV.com.
By Josh Horowitz
Photo: Rihanna's Facebook
If there is a downside to what I do (talk to very talented, beautiful people), it's that sometimes you're sitting in between Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsg
The actor tells MTV News he expects to play the superhero 'for a long while.'
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Robert Downey Jr. at the "Avengers" premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday
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With the Avengers finally assembling next week, Marvel Studios and the stars behind the heroes have already begun to look ahead to the next films set in the comic-book universe. At the closing night celebration of the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday night (April 28), Robert Downey, Jr. spoke with MTV News about the future of his character, Iron Man, and addressed recent talk about other actors playing the role in the future.
At CinemaCon last week, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige mentioned to Badass Digest that when it came time for Downey to leave the role of Tony Stark behind, a new actor could pick up right where he left off, like in the James Bond films.
But Downey told MTV News on the red carpet that he wasn't so thrilled about the idea of someone else playing Tony Stark. "I would really hate for someone else to think they could step into my shoes," he said. An infamous jokester, he couldn't help but ask, "I wonder who's playing Tony Stark next. Is it you? Is that what you're here to tell me?"
But Downey can't be Iron Man forever, and while the 42-year-old actor couldn't say for sure how many movies he has left in him, he made clear he'll be interested as long as they remain good films.
"I know things are looking like that they could go on for a long while," Downey said. "As usual in my book, it's all about quality control and delivering a product that you can have this kind of reaction to. If they keep doing that, maybe I'll keep showing up."
In Downey's immediate Marvel future, there's next year's "Iron Man 3." The past few weeks have seen actors like Sir Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain potentially joining the cast, and Downey said that he could not wait to work with "any or all of them."
"It's funny. Sometimes you have to call for a good old-fashioned British invasion," Downey said. "'Iron Man 3′ is really shaping up to be something special. We start in a couple weeks. I'm sure I'll be leaking secrets to you as we move ahead."
What secrets, you ask? Well, it was recently announced that "Iron Man 3″ would be co-produced in China. As for whether any filming would take place in the East, Downey was less forthcoming. "I'd like to tell you all my secrets," he said," but I forget them."
Check out everything we've got on "The Avengers."
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By Rob Markman, reporting by Sway Calloway
Mac Miller on "RapFix Live"
Photo: Natasha Chandel/ MTV News
Mac Miller isn't ready to start working on his sophomore album just yet, but he does have a few projects in the works. And though the Pittsburgh MC wouldn't give much detail when he appeared on Wednesday's episode of "RapFix Live", he did drop a clue about one of these projects.
"Everyone needs to pay attention for when the words 'pink slime' surface, just don't even worry about it right now," Mac teased while sitting on the "RFL" couch.
He wouldn't reveal whom he is working with on the "pink slime" project, but Miller did confirm that it is a collaborative effort. "I'ma just say, just keep watch — he's gonna be pissed that I'm saying this, but you're not gonna know who it is," he said.
Well, if "he's gonna be pissed," then that rules out a tag-team tape with Nicki Minaj right? Maybe it's her Young Money boss Lil Wayne; after all he did appear on Miller's on Macadelic mixtape. Then again, so did Cam'ron, Juicy J and Kendrick Lamar.
There is no release date for "pink slime," but it will come before Mac's Blue Slide Park follow-up. "As far as the album, to be honest, I haven't even thought about it yet," he said. "I need some time, man; I need to put together something. I'm releasing music, I have songs on songs on songs; I record every day."
Whom do you think Mac Miller is working with on his "pink slime" project? Tell us in the comments.
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Watch the full clip on Monday at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV and an interview with the cast shortly after on MTV.com!
By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Rihanna in "Battleship" exclusive clip
Photo: Universal Pictures
By now you've probably heard that on Monday, April 30, the cast of "Battleship" will present a never-before-seen clip from the upcoming movie on MTV at 7:56 p.m. ET.
You probably know all about the 30-minute interview with the stars that will follow on MTV.com and how you can get your question answered by submitting a video or text to MTV.com or Twitter via @MTVNews, using the hashtags #MTVFirst and #askBATTLESHIP.
But that's probably not enough for you, since you simply cannot wait until the clip's premiere on Monday night. Luckily, we have a sneak peek at the exclusive scene, and it looks like things are going to get a little explosive.
"Battleship" is the latest adaptation from Hasbro, and boasts one of the hottest young casts of any movie this summer. Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsg
Mixtape Daily previews Jones' new tape, which drops Tuesday.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Michael Primo
The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive
Jim Jones has quite the street catalog. From his 2002 mixtape Ryder Muzik to his original M.O.B. tape with ByrdGang in 2006 and The Ghost of Rich Porter in 2010, Jim has no shortage of quality underground material.
On Tuesday, Capo plans to follow tradition when he drops F.E.A.S.T.
"I've been working on the mixtape called the F.E.A.S.T.; it's called 'Family Eatin' and Stay True,' " Jones told Mixtape Daily. "We've got a dope group of individuals. Some you've seen before, some new faces."
Jones isn't stopping with music. For F.E.A.S.T., he plans to drop a number of cinematic music videos. "I picked, like, eight songs, and I've strung 'em along like movies," he said. "Something good for people to look at. I haven't seen something like that in a minute. I think it'll be very interesting."
Check back with Mixtape Daily on Tuesday to see more on Jim Jones' F.E.A.S.T., and check out the tape's track list below!
1. "F.E.A.S.T Prelude"
2. "No Way" (featuring Trav)
3. "Paper Chase" (featuring Trav)
4. "Comin From" (featuring T.W.O and Sen City)
5. "Get Mine" (featuring Sen City)
6. "True Religion" (featuring Ryder and Hynief)
7. "60 Rackz" (featuring T.W.O)
8. "Show Off" (featuring Trav)
9. "Don Juan" (featuring Mel Matrix)
10. "Don't Judge Me" (featuring Future)
11. "Top of the Year" (featuring Sen City, Mel Matrix, T.W.O, Lady H, Trav, Shoota, Chris Luck and Pure)
12. "Suicide" (featuring Ryder, T.W.O and Sen City)
13. "Forgive" (featuring T.W.O)
14. "Youu" (featuring Sen City)
15. "AirOnes" (featuring Ryder)
16. "Sleep When You're Dead" (featuring Trav, Mel Matrix and Shoota)
17. "Vamp Life"
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Departed artists like Whitney Houston, Queen's Freddie Mercury and John Lennon also get mentions from fans in Times Square.
By Kate Callahan
Michael Jackson
Photo: Sony Music Entertainment
NEW YORK — After the Tupac hologram performance at Coachella made such a huge splash, the team behind the projection system floated the possibility this week of an Elvis hologram to perform with Justin Bieber. Even '90s girl group TLC is rumored to be considering a virtual version of the late Left Eye on their upcoming tour.
With all that talk, MTV News hit Times Square to ask fans which departed artists they would most like to see perform in hologram form. While some of those interviewed wanted to see other rappers like the Notorious B.I.G. or Nate Dogg, one fan thought Whitney Houston should get the honors.
"I love her, I grew up singing her , just walking around the house when I was seven or eight," Shayana of Houston said.
Brits Amy Winehouse and John Lennon of the Beatles were also popular picks, and a few rock fans mentioned Queen's flamboyant frontman. "It would have to be Freddie Mercury because Queen were one of the all-time greatest bands and he was a showman," said a fan named Rob.
Blane Mader would like to see a hologram of another great showman, Michael Jackson.
"It's a really clich
Seoul, South Korea, set list heavy on new material, but Gaga's biggest hits come out to play.
By John Mitchell
Lady Gaga arrives in Seoul on April 20
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Lady Gaga kicked off her hotly awaited Born This Way Ball at Seoul, South Korea's Olympic Stadium on Friday (April 27) in front of 45,000 fans, and despite protests from Christian groups saying Mother Monster was "obscene" and could "taint" young people with her performance, the concert appears to have gone on without incident.
Intrepid Twitter fans are already showing off pictures and video of the BTW Ball's enormous Gothic castle backdrop and myriad costume changes, making it clear that Gaga has outdone even her own Monster Ball in terms of spectacle.
While we wait for reviews to trickle in from halfway around the world, one thing is certain: No minors were corrupted at the show. Earlier this month, the Korea Media Rating Board decided to elevate the age rating for the concert from 12 to 18, prohibiting minors from seeing the concert. When the board notified Gaga's tour promotion company and a sponsor of the change in age restrictions, it did not offer a reason why the show — which at the time was still in rehearsals and had not been reviewed publicly — was considered unsuitable for children under 18.
The likely catalyst for the board's decision came more into focus as the concert neared and protests from a group of conservative Christians calling itself the Alliance for Sound Culture in Sexuality ramped up. The group covered Seoul with posters accusing Gaga of "spreading unhealthy sexual culture" through "lewd lyrics and performances."
The superstar and her fans, however, were undeterred. Though she tweeted her hopes that the Korea Media Rating Board would reverse its decision (it didn't), she continued on as planned. Many fans reportedly arrived at the show wearing versions of Gaga's most well-known flamboyant costumes, and there have been no reports of disturbances at the concert.
Before the show, Gaga tweeted, "I can you hear you Korea. I'm shaking."
Gaga's performance was heavy on material from her Born this Way album, though her biggest hits, including "Bad Romance," Poker Face" and "Just Dance," were represented.
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But, Battle of the Boy Bands competitors also show love for 'NSYNC.
By John Mitchell
The competition continues to heat up in MTV News' Battle of the Boy Bands. Some huge favorites are falling behind as some unexpected fans come out of the woodwork to vote for their favorite groups.
At this point in the competition, Big Time Rush are well ahead of '90s R&B hitmakers All For One in their showdown, but anything can happen right up until voting closes today (April 26) at noon. So, the boys are here to tell you why you should vote for them and keep them in the race for the boy-band crown.
Highest Chart Achievement
The band, which was created for its namesake Nickelodeon show, enjoyed its strongest sales week ever when its November 2011 album, Elevate, debuted with over 70,000 in sales. However, their debut, 2010′s BTR, while selling fewer copies (67,000) in its opening frame, actually enjoyed a higher chart position, debuting at an astounding #3 to Elevate's #12.
Standout Video
For sheer Backstreet nostalgia alone, it's got to be "Worldwide." The clip features the guys — Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson — in all-white outfits, crooning their hearts out ballad-style, while hanging out in an airline terminal. The homage to the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" is undeniable — and we mean that as the highest of compliments.
Defining Tune
Well, that depends who you ask. "Boyfriend," the band's first official single sent to U.S. radio, remains their strongest-performing track on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #72. However, the band and its fans certainly have a connection with "Music Sounds Better With U," which was co-written by the band and Ryan Tedder — yes, that Ryan Tedder, a hitmaker in his own right with OneRepublic, who is currently one of the hottest songwriters in the world after his work with Beyonc
'My great-grandchildren will know exactly who Whitney Houston is,' 31-year-old New Life singer tells MTV News.
By Rob Markman
Monica and the late Whitney Houston shared a special bond. Not only did the fallen pop icon influence Monica, she also mentored her from a very young age.
"Losing somebody that you idolize is one thing, but losing a friend is another thing," Monica told MTV News during an April 10 interview. "I look back over many, many years of my life, and Whitney wasn't the type of person that would call and ask if I was OK; she would actually fly to me. She would come looking for me, she would sit with me.
"She prepared me and always reminded me to never lose sight of who I was, and I think she could be a testament to that because of what she experienced," she continued. "It's hard on a daily basis, especially when I'm thinking about her."
It's been almost three months since Houston passed away after accidentally drowning in a bathtub in her Los Angeles hotel room. While the wounds are still fresh, Monica marches on. The 31-year-old singer just dropped her seventh solo album, New Life, and has been singing Houston's songs since the very beginning of her career.
In March, Monica partnered with Brandy in Atlanta, and together they sang touching Whitney covers. It was far from the first time they paid homage to her. "I guess I get through the tributes for Nippy because I knew how much she enjoyed them," Monica explained. "I didn't just start doing tributes to her: I was signed at 11 years old singing 'The Greatest Love of All.' "
While on the road with Trey Songz during his 2010 Passion, Pain & Pleasure Tour, Monica would honor her idol every night, and Houston was alive to see it. "I would put on a gown and do a full-out salute to her from top to bottom and sing," she said. "She got a kick out of that."
Though Whitney's death has been difficult for Monica, the spirited singer takes comfort in knowing that her friend and teacher left a legacy that will transcend generations. "I really appreciate the fact that for almost three decades she gave us music that will last," she said. "My grandchildren will know exactly who she is; my great-grandchildren will know exactly who Whitney Houston is."
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The work of breathing is done by the diaphragm and the muscles between the ribs, in the neck and in the abdomen. The diaphragm, a bell-shaped sheet of muscle that separates the lungs from the abdomen, is the most important muscle used for breathing. The diaphragm is attached to the base of the breastbone, the lower parts of the ribcage and the spine.
A breath starts when the ribs and the chest wall expand and the diaphragm tightens and flattens, which causes the lungs to fill with air. All the muscles used in breathing contract only if the nerves connecting them to the brain are healthy. In some neck and back injuries, the spinal cord can be severed, in which case, a person will die unless he or she has a machine to help with breathing.
As the air enters our mouth and nose, the mucus membranes lining the mouth and nose make the air moist and warm, and they trap any particles. The air then passes down the throat into the trachea (or windpipe), the bronchi, the bronchioles and then the alveoli.
When the air rushes into the lungs, it fills the alveoli like balloons. Each alveolus is surrounded by tiny blood vessels. The oxygen that moves across the walls of the air sacs is picked up by the blood and carried to the rest of the body. The carbon dioxide and waste gases that the blood carried to the lungs pass into the air sacs and are exhaled.
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When we are at rest, the process of breathing out requires no effort from the respiratory muscles. During vigorous exercise, however, many muscles assist in exhalation. The abdominal muscles are the most important of these. Abdominal muscles contract, raise abdominal pressure and push a relaxed diaphragm against the lungs, causing air to be expelled.


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College Hockey:St. Cloud State Roars To Coffee Pot Title
Huskies Overwhelm Host Friars
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For No. 10 St. Cloud State, Sunday's victory in the championship game of the Dunkin' Donuts tournament was mission accomplished.
After dropping its final three games before Christmas break, the Huskies, once ranked as high as sixth in the USCHO.com poll, found themselves 10th in the rankings and soul-searching a bit coming into this weekend.
The field, though, possessed two credible national programs in Harvard and Providence and after dispensing with the Crimson Saturday, Sunday's test against Providence was one the Huskies passed with flying colors, upending the Friars, 6-1, in front of a home crowd of 4,407 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
"It was like a business trip," said St. Cloud captain Matt Hendricks, who notched a goal and assist on Sunday to earn his spot on the all-tournament team. "We know that Harvard and Providence are very good teams. They have a lot of potential, as people say about us, too.
"To come in here and play teams like that and come away with win makes it a real important tournament for us."
"We tried to approach it like it was an NCAA tournament," said St. Cloud head coach Craig Dahl, whose team improved to 12-6-2 with the victory. "We tried to prepare ourselves for situations that we'd be in during an NCAA tournament, and in doing so played very hard both nights."
Sunday's championship was a chance for St. Cloud goaltender Adam Coole to redeem himself for Saturday's performance. Despite notching the win over the Crimson in the semifinals, Coole allowed a season-high four goals, a couple of the soft variety.
Sunday, though, Coole returned to form, stopping 37 of Providence's 38 shots, many of which were spectacular. The redemption not only gave his club the tournament title but earned Coole MVP honors.
"Providence was doing a really good job of putting somebody in front of [Coole] on the power play," said Dahl. "He couldn't see a lot of shots and had to work around that.
"He said to me after that game, 'It took me one game to get back being used to seeing college shots,'" Dahl said of his netminder who returned to his hometown of Duluth, Minn., for the holiday break and practiced with his local high school team.
For Providence, Sunday's game typified the rollercoaster-like season the Friars have had. Since starting the year with four straight wins, the Friars have not won consecutive games.
"[St. Cloud] is a good hockey team, but we made it too easy for them," said Providence head coach Paul Pooley. "When we play a good team, we have to execute better. We had a lot of good quality shots but couldn't get anything by them. Every time we broke down for the first two periods, the puck was in the net.
The Friars did jump out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a power-play goal by Peter Zingoni, but the would be the end of the offense for the Friars night. Chase Watson fed Zingoni at the left point and he feathered a soft wrister that beat Coole top shelf through a brutal screen in front.
St. Cloud, though, answered with three goals before the end of the frame. The first came at 9:35, just 59 seconds after the Friar tally. Dave Iannazzo stole the puck at the offensive blue line and walked in untouched, firing a hard wrist shot over the glove to Providence netminder Bobby Goepfert (25 saves) to pull the Huskies even.
At 13:13, St. Cloud grabbed the lead on a power-play goal of its own. Iannazzo centered the puck to Hendricks in front. The pass bounced off Hendricks' shin enough to pull Goepfert out of position and leave an open net for the senior to bury his sixth goal of the season.
In the closing minute of the first St. Cloud added to the lead. Defenseman Tim Conboy found a loose puck 15 feet inside the blueline and fired off a quick shot that Goepfert never saw coming. The shot beat him between the left leg and the post to give the Huskies a two-goal cushion entering the break.
"The third goal was a killer," admitted Pooley. "There's a minute left and we give one up. 2-1 after the first isn't bad, but 3-1 isn't good."
In the second, the Huskies pulled away definitively, scoring twice. Mike Doyle's power-play goal on a perfect goalmouth feed from Hendricks extended the lead to 4-1 at 7:41. Brent Hill added his first of two goals firing a loose puck under the crossbar at 13:28, sending the Friars to the locker room trailing by four and making the third period all but academic.
For good measure, Hill scored his second of the game at 4:31 of the third to account for the 6-1 final.
The loss dropped Providence to just a game above .500 at 7-6-3, despite beginning the year 5-1-1. The Friars return to action at home next Friday against perennial Atlantic Hockey powerhouse Quinnipiac.
St. Cloud, heading back to Minnesota with the inaugural Coffee Pot trophy, will host No. 1 North Dakota, a winner in its own holiday tournament Sunday night, for two games next Friday and Saturday.
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Midnight Red is on fire!
America's Boy Band just finished MTV's Artist to Watch Tour with Austin Mahone, Becky G and W3 The Future and are preparing to hit the road with the Wanted for their farewell tour.
They have also worked with some of the biggest names in the industry such as the Backstreet Boys and RedOne. In addition, they have been featured on multiple high-profile media outlets such as The Today Show, HuffPost Live and MTV.
In this edition of the Five Question Challenge, Joey Diggs, Jr. talked about the challenges the group is facing while recording their debut album and talked about the highlights from the Artist to Watch Tour and what fans can expect from their tour with the Wanted.
Jacob Elyachar: Joey, could you please share the group's origin story with my readers?
Joey Diggs, Jr.: Eric (Secharia) and Anthony (Ladao) started the group a couple of years ago. Eric was friends with Thomas (Augusto), who flew from Texas to join them. They found Colton (Rudloff) on YouTube and found me through a mutual producer. We were in a garage for days practicing and we started from the bottom and worked our way up.
JE: Midnight Red has worked with multiple artists and producers including the Backstreet Boys, Carly Rae Jepsen, New Kids on the Block and RedOne. What were some of the lessons that the group learned from them that helped you grow professionally?
JDJ: Humility plays a grand part in all of their success. RedOne is a very successful producer and when you meet him, you would never know that he ruled the world at one point in his career. When we were on tour with the Backstreet Boys, they went out there every night and stayed true to themselves and their fans. They knew what the people wanted to hear and they gave it to them. The band learned a lot by just watching them offstage every night. We were just baby guppies at the time, but the big thing that they taught us was humility.
JE: The group is in the process of recording its debut album. What have been some of the challenges that you faced while recording the album? How did the band overcome them?
JDJ: Like everyone starting out in the music industry, we had a hard time finding our sound. It took us a while to find our sound and we went through a lot of trial and error and we became brothers throughout this process. Our sound is a little bit pop, hip-hop and anything in between. Midnight Red is like the Melting Pot of America and we can sing anything for you. If you want a country song, we will sing it!
JE: The band just wrapped up MTV's Artist to Watch Tour and is preparing to join the Wanted with their farewell tour. What were some of the highlights from MTV tour? What can fans look forward to with The Wanted tour?
JDJ: We traveled to 10 cities with Austin Mahone and Becky G on the Artist to Watch Tour. Every night, we saw new faces and fan bases such as the Mahomies. All the fans were very excepting to us. After the show, we had Meet and Greets and all the little girls were going crazy. I think the best part of that tour was receiving new fans and getting new people to love Midnight Red. We are also stoked about the Wanted Tour, even though we are going home today for the first time in a while…we are going to rest and then go straight into rehearsals. We want to thank the Wanted for inviting us to join them on their farewell tour. Fans can expect a little bit of everything that Midnight Red brings to the table. We will dance, plus slow it down and sing a ballad. Also, expect us to show personality and we want our audiences to get involved in our set! By the end of The Wanted tour, there is going to be a lot more people loving Midnight Red.
JE: If you had the chance to meet with aspiring music groups who want career in the music industry, what advice would you give to them?
JDJ: I would honestly tell them: "If they see it (the dream), keep going!" There is going to be a lot of "No's" in your journey. We like to be doing very well right now, but there are a lot of "No's" in our journey. But, we did not let the "No's" get to us and we are carving our path and our destiny! If you receive a "No," keep going and find a "Yes!"
To learn more about Midnight Red, you can visit their website: http://www.midnightred.com/


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I am obsessed with food. It's practically all I think about. And I do eat chocolate every day. I could count the number of days I haven't eaten chocolate in the past ten years on two hands.
As well as running Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, I am currently consulting for various small and large businesses on cost analysis and strategy, taste analysis and recipe development. I'm also continuing to write and speak about chocolate, desserts and food and am hatching plans for future projects.
Born in England into a family of chocoholics, I was raised mostly in the Australian countryside, miles from any shops. This meant that if I wanted anything sweet to eat I had to bake it myself, or sneak an extra mini Cadbury Dairy Milk or Twix that made it into my school lunch every day. I'm sure we always had snack-size chocolate treats for school because it gave my mum a legitimate excuse to buy them. I definitely wasn't the only one sneaking into the cupboard!
The only way my parents could get me to drink milk (which they believed essential for calcium) was to add chocolate to it. I started every single day with a hot chocolate, and came home to Milo after school. Mostly that was a mug half-full of Milo, stirred with a tablespoon or so of milk. If you left it for twenty minutes it became like a malted chocolate mousse.
I decided I wanted to become a vegetarian not long after I turned eight. This was primarily because we only ever had poor-quality meat at home back then (sorry, mum) and because of a particularly disturbing incident with roast chicken and a blood clot at a friend's house. After hiding meat up my sleeve for six months and feeding it to the dog after each meal, I was finally allowed to stop eating meat on two conditions: one, that I went to see a dietician every three months to make sure I wasn't malnourished (I was already a tiny child) and two, that I cook my own meals. And so began my fascination with nutrition and cooking, as well as baking. I was never as popular again with the dog though.
Aged fourteen, on a school trip to "the city", I encountered Lindt chocolate for the first time and I was completely enamoured with its texture and taste. My meagre pocket money didn't buy enough so I started selling my baking and organising cinema trips to further fund the chocolate, and to save for future travels. I also raised quite a lot of money for famine projects.
I studied Business, Spanish and Psychology at the University of Melbourne (B.Comm./B.A.) and then left to explore the world, starting with the US in a sales role that took me to six states, eating a lot of burgers and burritos along the way. After passing through Asia and Europe I finally decided to settle back in England. My passion for food and flavour had been further fuelled by experiencing so many different cultures. In London I found such a melting pot of cuisines - and an easy port to get to many other places - that it felt like the perfect place to call home. I explored it with the same tourist's enthusiasm that I did every other town I'd passed through and discovered (and am still discovering) countless incredible food experiences.
In December 2004 I tasted La Maison du Chocolat's Quito ganache for the first time, and had a flashback to the first time I tasted Lindt chocolate, though this was so much better. This haughty-looking European boutique was well worth the intimidation to enter. When I realised other people might feel the same nervousness, as well as the same ignorance of the existence of such incredible chocolate, I decided, at 23, this was a perfect opportunity to fulfil my dream of starting a business. I figured that even if it never made a profit it would be a great excuse to walk around this beautiful city, meet new people and eat chocolate. I also thought I would probably learn a lot. I certainly did. It was a lot tougher than I first imagined it would be, but, more than nine years on, Chocolate Ecstasy Tours now offers five different chocolate tours around London and recently launched a tour in Brighton as well. Plus, I still love meeting the guests and introducing them to incredible chocolate. I get to meet wonderful, fascinating people, and I eat more amazing chocolate on a daily basis than I ever did. This is a very good thing, in case it wasn't clear.
As well as leading me to meet some of my now closest friends, I am sure the tours' existence played a part in me getting a full-time job in the food industry, first as a Food Buyer at Marks and Spencer and then as a Product Developer at McDonald's, where I worked in the mainstream end of the chocolate scale, with everyday brands that I grew up with, Cadbury, Nestle, Mars and more. I'm sure all of this also helped in being recruited as a freelance writer for the online restaurant review site, ilovemygrub.com in 2006 and more recently for Great British Chefs as well as writing for various newspapers on occasion. By this point I had long since given up on complete vegetarianism, realising I was missing far too many food experiences by forgoing this category entirely. At the end of 2012 I was asked to write the British version of Great Cake Places London. Eat cake, write about it and get paid? Alright then! This one is currently on hiatus but you can see the progress we made on the website: www.greatcakeplaces.com.
Every moment in the day (and night) I am either eating, cooking, reading about or thinking about food. When I'm not consulting or guiding chocolate tours, I spend my weekends and holidays at food fairs or travelling to cities to look at chocolate shops and to eat at interesting restaurants, or adventuring to far-flung places to look at cocoa plantations. All of my notes and pictures finally have a home at worldchocolateguide.com that I set up with Dom Ramsey of Chocablog.com in October 2010. There are over 800 shops mapped there so far. I haven't been to all of them yet, or even finished adding my comments and photographs to the ones I have visited, but we will keep chipping away.
I am honoured to have been on the Grand Jury of the International Chocolate Awards for each of the three years the competition has been running, as well as a technical judge at the Academy of Chocolate Awards, one of Cocoa Runners two official tasters and a judge for the Great Taste Awards. I've also helped out Which? magazine, the FT and the Daily Mail in judging chocolate products.
If you want to know more about my past, current and future projects, it's all on this link. If you would like to get in touch please do so, all of my contact details are here. To return to the homepage click here.
Thanks for reading!
Copyright 2015 Jennifer Earle


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This month, NESTA, one of the UK's largest innovation foundations, released a report entitled Speaking to the Innovation Population. It is free to download here, makes interesting reading, and gives an insight into the British public's views on innovation, as well as making some communication policy recommendations.
The authors of this report point out that very little research is conducted to find out how the general public feels about innovation. It is generally taken that innovation is a good thing, this is not a point that I wholeheartedly agree with, and it seems I am not alone. It depends on the type of innovation and its social effect. The results of the research that is presented in the report show that there is a group of people in the UK who are enthusiastic about innovation and new technologies for their own sake. However, this group is relatively small – one in five people – and disproportionately affluent and male. Two-thirds of the population clustered into three segments who were enthusiastic about technology and innovation, as long as its benefits, especially in social terms, could be clearly articulated.
The research also showed these groups had clear questions about the downsides of innovation, such as the impact of the Internet on social life, or the environmental impact of our superabundance of gadgets. The research also identified around one in six people – who were much more concerned than enthusiastic about innovation. They were disproportionately female and less affluent, and feared for the impact of technology on their wellbeing and on society. Stian Westlake, Executive Director, Policy & Research makes this extremely interesting observation in the Executive Summary:
The findings carry a message for policymakers that generally goes unheard. For decades, innovation policy has been the domain of technocrats and of party-political consensus.
This has delivered some important benefits, such as the maintenance of a relatively good spending settlement for scientific research over two governments, and the establishment of bodies like the Technology Strategy Board.
The flip side of technocratic consensus is that innovation has never been high on the party political agenda.
To the extent that British politicians talk about innovation, they almost always talk to that small group who hold innovation to be self-evidently worthwhile. Innovation is not part of any national narrative in the way that education, healthcare or even transport have been. In a democracy, this carries the risk that while innovation funding will be safe from partisan point-scoring, it will never be in line for the significant funding that more popular policy areas receive.
An implication for this research for those who believe that the government should fund more innovation is that politicians need to start talking about innovation to bigger audiences, not just the one in five who are innovation enthusiasts. And that to do so, they need to talk not just about innovation for its own sake, but about the benefits that it brings for consumer, for society and even the world".
The report describes how incremental innovation is easier to understand and discuss than radical innovation, offering some examples of how these types of debates could be framed, with the issue of risk ever present and running through the questions raised and data produced.
The report is well presented in concise graph format, and can be read easily. I have just taken a few pieces of data below that I feel might be of interest to the IX community:
Improving quality of life is most widely chosen as an important benefit that new ideas and technologies should bring to society, followed by job creation and making processes more efficient. The main drawbacks of new ideas and technologies in British society are perceived to be losing jobs to technology, loss of social skills, and throwing things away too often.
However the biggest risks of failing to innovate are perceived to be losing business to other countries, loss of jobs, and not preparing our children for the future. Healthcare is generally seen as the most important field for innovation. The role of government is then discussed, followed by a description of how Britons see their position in the world. In many of the categories chosen they see India as excelling, with Britain only seen as the best in product manufacturing and the US at adapting to change.
The defending innovation section looks at how spending attacks upon innovation can be rebutted, while the Communicating Innovation Policy that follows involves mock speech testing in the hope of classifying which political comments about innovation are viewed as the most important. The population is then classified into groups ranging from one defined as futurists to another of skeptics, and the authors go on to suggest how innovation policy can be communicated in a way that takes into account the interests and concerns of each group.
The final question before the methodology section address the issue of advantage for society. It is very telling that The World Wide Web and keyhole surgery are overwhelmingly regarded as having a positive effect on society, but that genetically modified food is seen in a rather poor light.
On a personal note: I would very much like to see such a survey conducted in other countries. I have recently spent 3 years in the USA and I think the results would be very different, as I found a lot less caution and more bravado involving innovation than I've come across in Europe. In Europe, government spending on innovation is very much linked to the military budget, and therefore off-limits to questioning, and ideas such as the precautionary principle are routinely overlooked.
Question: how interesting would China or India be?
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Jonny Hankins is the Foreign Correspondent for Bassetti Foundation for Responsible Innovation. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Responsible Innovation, participates in the Virtual Institute for Responsible Innovation, and is the Responsible Innovation Editor for Innovation Excellence. Trained as a sociologist at the Victoria University of Manchester UK, his interests range from innovation in the renewable energy sector, bio and medical ethics and the role of politics in innovation, to questions of ethical and moral responsibility. He lives in Boston, MA where he is also a musician, actor and street performer.


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Kristin Bauer is trading in her fangs for magical powers. On August 26 Entertainment Weekly broke the news that actress Kristin Bauer will be returning for a major episode arc on the upcoming fourth season of "Once Upon a Time," where she plays the character of Maleficent. The character first appeared on the first season of the season and returned for part of the second season.
Kristin Bauer van Straten, who is most well known for playing Pam on the HBO vampire series "True Blood," which just wrapped it's seventh and final season. The actress also has dozens of other television and movie credits to her name. She first appeared as Malficent in the first season of the series before being imprisoned in a tower and apparently killed by Emma Swan in the season one finale. However, she returned at the end of the second season in a new form. It's common for the show to use flashbacks to explain character backgrounds and new plot lines.
The first half of the fourth season will focus on the new characters from the Disney movie "Frozen," including Anna, Kristoff and Elsa. The show divides each season into two halves and each half tells a new story, which also makes sense because the first half airs at the end of the year and the second half airs at the beginning of the next year. It's possible that Bauer will be the major villain for the second half of season four, since she has some revenge to dish out against Regina, Emma and many of the other Storybrooke residents.
The Wrap revealed on August 26 that Bauer's role will be recurring and she will play a major part in the new season. No one on the series tends to stay dead for very long, since most characters reappear in alternate timelines or flashbacks. Maleficent's return also means that the series may be diving deeper into Aurora's part, who has been appearing in the Enchanted Forest for two seasons without too much character development.
"Once Upon a Time" season four will return on September 28 at 8 p.m. on ABC. Maleficent's return is also not surprising due to the box office success of "Maleficent," the live action retelling of the sorceress from the Disney animated adventure. Characters from "Frozen" were also added to the show after it's box office success and the series creators interest in their potential. The show usually puts a new spin on the characters so they fit into the framework of the series.
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- 'Once Upon a Time' season 4 spoilers: Meet Elsa
- 'Once Upon a Time' season 4 spoilers: Three 'Frozen' characters coming
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text: With a new album called Prisoner of Conscious coming soon, Talib Kweli recently released a video for his most recent single, "Outstanding" featuring Ryan Leslie both singing and rapping. The video for the pop-leaning tune shows the gentlemen living large and partying in a giant home nestled amongst the trees. With beautiful women, of course.


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We have two internet connections to our office and our current setup is like this:
The internet connections require PPPoE log-in. I take a cable and plug it into a WIFI Router and configure the router to log in using PPPoE. I Then connect a cable from the router to a switch and distribute the internet throughout my office.
I'm not able to monitor who is hogging internet usage and what he or she is actually using it for.
We also have a NAS setup which is routed through another switch.
Could someone please throw a little light on how I should restructure this setup for easy monitoring and better transparency?
Each WAN router is connected to a different switch and is distributed to users accordingly. We have around 40 users in the office. We want to setup a single Linux box to which I want to connect the two WAN connections as a gateway for our users... I'm looking for a solution where we do not have to invest more that buying a single PC and a couple of NICs.


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Cold & flu health centre
This article is from the WebMD Feature Archive
Antibiotics for the flu?
Ask any doctor if you should take antibiotics for the flu, and you'll get a weary shake of the head and a resounding no. "Viral infections like the flu aren't affected by antibiotics", says Dr William Schaffner, of Vanderbilt University's School of Medicine in the US. "You might as well take a placebo".
Instead, antiviral medication can be used to treat the viral infections like the flu - but it is a different type of medicine from antibiotics. Even so, it's not quite as clear as it might seem. People can get bacterial complications from the flu and these can be quite serious - even life-threatening - unless treated with antibiotics. According to the NHS in the UK around 600 people a year die from seasonal flu. This rises to around 13,000 during an epidemic. Secondary bacterial complications are the main culprits.
So how does a person know whether he or she just has the flu virus, or something worse that needs treatment? BootsWebMD turned to the experts to find out.
Who needs antibiotics for flu complications?
When you have the flu, your body's immune system may be weakened. The lungs become irritated and inflamed. Both make it easier for bacteria to invade your body. What kind of bacterial complications can develop?
- Pneumonia, infection of the lungs
- Bronchitis, infection of the airways that lead to the lungs
- Sinusitis, infection of the sinuses
- Ear infections, which are most common in children.
The most worrying, and most common, is pneumonia. "Bacterial pneumonia is the most likely cause of death in older people with the flu", says Dr Christine Hay, of the University of Rochester Medical Center in the US. "It can be a serious problem for young children with the flu as well".
Who's most at risk? The odds that you'll end up with a bacterial complication depend on several factors. If you're a healthy young adult, the chances are low. However, the flu and its complications are considered high risk for people who:
- Are over 65 years old
- Infants and babies
- Pregnant women
- Have a chronic lung disease such as asthma, bronchitis, or other conditions
- Have heart or kidney disease
- Have diabetes or another metabolic disorder
- Have severe anaemia
- Have a suppressed immune system, either from a disease or its treatment
- Live in a nursing home or long-term care facility.
If you fit any of these categories, you need to be especially aware of the signs of a secondary bacterial infection. In addition, of course, you should get the flu jab if advised to do so.
How do I know if I need antibiotics for flu complications?
Here's the problem: How is a person who's ill in bed, coughing and miserable, to know whether he or she has the flu or a bacterial complication from the flu? Since the symptoms are so similar, it can be hard to tell.


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In a recent decision arising out of a public construction project, the Superior Court held that the owner's payment of part of a general contractor's delay claim did not constitute a waiver of a "no damage for delay" clause as to a subcontractor. The Court determined that the payment to the general contractor was not a clear and complete waiver of the clause as to the general contractor, and even if the payment constituted a partial waiver as to the general contractor, that partial wavier did not extend to the subcontractor's claim.
The Court's decision makes clear that in order to establish that an owner has waived a "no damage for delay" clause, a contractor must show a specific intent by the owner to waive the clause as to that contractor.
The case also provides guidance on two points concerning the effectiveness of partial releases: (1) general language purporting to exclude "outstanding change orders" will be ineffective to preserve a specific claim, and (2) partial releases that are not required by the contract documents are unenforceable unless they are supported by consideration separate from the consideration set forth in the contract documents.
The No-damage-for-delay Clause and the Partial Waivers
The relevant subcontract incorporated all of the contract documents, including the general contract, which contained a typical "no damage for delay" clause:
[I]n the case of certain delays caused by the Authority, the Authority shall not be liable for any damages for delay, hindrance, or interruption and the Contractor's sole and exclusive remedy shall be that the Contract Time shall be extended by Change Order....
As a prerequisite to receiving progress payments during the project, the general contractor required the subcontractor to sign partial releases purporting to release all claims arising out of the subcontract up through the date of payment requisition. The contract documents did not require partial releases, but the subcontractor signed and submitted partial releases in connection with all of its requisitions.
The Delay Claims and the Partial Releases
The project was delayed from the start - through no fault of the general contractor or subcontractor - and extensive delays continued throughout the project. In total, the project schedule was extended by 574 days.
Both the general contractor and the subcontractor asserted delay claims based on labor and material escalation. The general contractor tied its escalation claim directly to the scope of work set forth in change orders approved by the owner for unforeseen surface conditions. The subcontractor's escalation claim was not tied to any approved change orders. The general contractor asserted the two claims separately.
The subcontractor attempted to preserve its rights with respect to its escalation claim by inserting exclusionary language into its partial releases. In each partial release, the subcontractor included handwritten notes to the effect that the releases did "not waive or release...unpaid extras (whether or not approved)."
The owner approved part (and denied the rest) of the general contractor's escalation claim, and denied the subcontractor's escalation claim in full.
The Litigation
Following the project, the general contractor and the owner settled all outstanding claims arising out of the project. The subcontractor was not a party to the settlement agreement.
The subcontractor then initiated an action against the general contractor, alleging that by entering into the settlement agreement, the general contractor improperly released the subcontractor's escalation claim.
The general contractor defended by asserting that (1) the subcontractor waived its escalation claim by submitting the partial releases, and (2) even if there was no waiver, the "no damage for delay" clause barred the subcontractor's escalation claim (and therefore the subcontractor was not "damaged" by the release of the claim).
Whether the Partial Releases Constituted a Waiver of the Escalation Claim
The general contractor first argued that the partial releases constituted a waiver of all claims arising out of the subcontract up through the date of each requisition - including the escalation claim. The subcontractor argued that its handwritten notations providing that the releases did not apply to "all outstanding change orders" preserved the escalation claim.
The Court determined that the handwritten notes were not sufficient to preserve the escalation claim because the notes excluded only "outstanding change orders or retainage." In order to preserve the escalation claim, the subcontractor would have had to specifically identify the escalation claim in the handwritten notes.[1]
The Court then determined, however, that the partial releases were unenforceable because the contract documents did not require the subcontractor to submit partial releases in exchange for payment, and there was no separate consideration given by the general contractor in exchange for the obligation to submit partial releases. If the contract documents had required partial releases as a prerequisite to payment, then the executed partial waivers would have been enforceable and would have constituted a waiver of the subcontractor's escalation claim.
Because the contract documents did not require partial releases, however, and because the general contractor did not give any separate consideration to the subcontractor in exchange for the requirement to submit partial releases, the partial releases were unenforceable. Accordingly, the executed partial releases did not constitute a wavier of the escalation claim.
The Escalation Claim
Having surpassed the general contractor's waiver defense, the subcontractor next had to overcome the "no damage for delay" clause and show that it would have been entitled to recover its escalation costs from the owner if the general contractor had not released that claim in the settlement. The subcontractor argued that the "no damage for delay" clause was unenforceable because the owner waived the clause by paying the general contractor for a portion of the general contractor's escalation claim.
In determining this issue, the Court noted that the waiver of a contractual right must either be explicit or be based on conduct that clearly and unequivocally indicates that the party intended to waive its rights.
Based on this standard, the Court first found that the owner did not "clearly and completely" waive the "no damage for delay" clause as to the general contractor because the owner paid only a portion of the general contractor's escalation claim. Instead of unequivocally waiving the "no damage for delay" clause in full, the owner merely "softened its position" with respect to the general contractor's escalation claim, likely in an effort to maintain a harmonious relationship with the general contractor.
The Court also noted that the owner "apparently viewed" the general contractor's and the subcontractor's escalation claims differently because the general contractor's claim was tied directly to the scope of work set forth in approved change orders, while the subcontractor's claim involved only delay damages.
The Court next determined that even if the payment of part of the general contractor's escalation claim constituted a partial waiver of the "no damage for delay" clause, that partial waiver would extend only to the general contractor. In order to establish a waiver as to its delay claim, the subcontractor was required to demonstrate a clear and unequivocal intent by the owner to waive the "no damage for delay" clause as to the subcontractor.
As an example, the Court cited a case in which a waiver as to a plumbing subcontractor was established because the owner paid the delay claims of both the general contractor and the electrical subcontractor, and also sent letters stating an intent to consider the plumbing subcontractor's delay claim. In contrast, the evidence in the present case showed that the owner consistently denied the subcontractor's escalation claim throughout the project - even as it "softened its position" with respect to the general contractor's escalation claim.
This case provides several important principles for contractors:
Partial releases may be determined to be unenforceable if they are not required by the underlying contract documents.
If contract documents do not require partial releases, the partial releases must be supported by consideration separate from the consideration set forth in the contract documents.
Contractors must clearly and specifically identify any claims they seek to preserve in releases. Otherwise, they risk inadvertently waiving claims they sought to preserve.
In order to establish the wavier of a "no damage for delay" clause, a contractor must provide evidence showing a clear and unequivocal intent by the owner to waive the clause as to the contractor. Absent such evidence, courts are unlikely to find that a "no damage for delay" clause has been waived.
[1] The subcontractor did include a specific reference to its escalation claim on one of the final partial releases that it submitted.


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Not getting any points!
I've been watering my garden for about 15 minutes and only just noticed now that I'm getting not a single point even though I have most right. I can see e.g. +75 when I get a word right but I apparently have 0 points for my efforts... is anyone else having this problem? (I have tried reloading)