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Um, no you didn't.
First, though, let's talk briefly about why that argument is illogical. I broke my wrist as a child and my wrist turned out fine. Doesn't mean I should let my son climb onto the roof. My friend was molested by her grandparents and she has turned out to be a smart, caring person. Doesn't mean child molestation doesn't do harm. A positive end doesn't mean the journey was good and should be repeated.
It's an answer that reinforces my suspicion that you don't think things through and that I should stop talking to you.
Nevertheless, for the sake of humor, let's discuss all these things that my imaginary conglomerate "you" have gone through and supposedly recovered from just fine. For all you folks who like to shoot first and ask questions later, this is not an attack on the people who do these things, it's an attack on using faulty reasoning as an excuse.
When you were a kid, there were 10 vaccines on the schedule. Today there are 36, including a vaccination given immediately after birth that wasn't there 20 years ago. (source link) So, it 's irrelevant if you turned out fine.
You lost the five most sensitive areas of your penis when you were circumcized, but since it happened to you before you had a chance to choose for yourself, you have no idea that you are missing anything. The foreskin barely retracts in the first few years of life because it is there to protect the penis from infections, so since you probably peed and pooped on a raw wound for the first few weeks of your life and then had exposure forever after that which was not intended by nature, you have actually spent your life MORE susceptible to infections, not less. Your penis also has scar tissue. Every cut male does.
Whether or not you remember it is, like the vaccination argument, irrelevant. When you were a child, it was still common practice to perform circumcisions without anesthetic. It was VERY painful and VERY traumatic, and research is only now starting to uncover what that does mentally to a child that carries over into adulthood.
This arguement is infuriating. Lots of people recover from childhood abuses. And lots of people think they did but still have problems they don't recognize, such as your insistence on not breaking the chain but carrying on this unloving and unpeaceful practice.
First of all, society suffers. "the percentage of children spanked has dropped from 90% to 10%, youth crime has decreased in Sweden since the mid-1990s, and violent crime has not gone up."
If you live in a state where corporal punishment is allowed in schools, your state also has higher murder rates, higher incarceration rates, more children living in poverty, and less adults with high school diplomas. (source link)
Second, if you are woman and were spanked as a child, you are more likely to accept violence from a male partner, and if you are a man spanked as a boy, you are more likely to use it against your female partner. (source link) Let's not forget, violence includes emotional abuse. "...spanking by parents also has negative emotional consequences for girls. "The intention of spanking is to cause pain and the causing of pain to girls and then saying 'I love you' is not healthy."...
"It is important to note that not all children who are spanked will develop negative social behaviors, just as not all heavy smokers will develop lung cancer, says Straus.
"But the potential risk is certainly increased," he says. "And it isn't worth the potential for long-term negative effects." (same source)
But your mother didn't. From Consumer Reports:
If you opt to use your infant car seat as a carrier, realize that it can be a killer on your wrists, elbow, lower back, and neck if you tote it by the handle or if you string it on your forearm like a handbag. "The greater the horizontal distance from the weight you're carrying to your torso, the more stress on your joints, discs, ligaments, and muscles," says Mary Ellen Modica, a physical therapist at Schwab STEPS Rehabilitation Clinics in Chicago, IL. "It's equivalent to walking around with three or four full paint cans in one hand--something most people wouldn't do, but they'll carry a car seat that way."
And it's possible you didn't really, and neither is your baby now:
"Infants transported that way use their head, neck, and shoulder muscles to stabilize themselves and establish stronger trunk stability. Those muscles may develop sooner in babies who aren't carried around in a car seat."
(source link for both quotes)
As an added bonus, the person who recently said this called bucket car seats "super convenient." Really? Try carrying your sleeping infant in one of those through a security check point in an airport terminal.
In addition, you missed out on the documented benefits of babywearing. Babies who are frequently carried, either in arms or in a sling, cry less, show "enhanced visual and auditory awareness," experience less anxiety and frustration, receive more exposure to language and the day to day activities of family life, and Dr. Williams Sears even claims they are smarter. (source link)
Also, seriously, don't try to get through an airport without a baby sling.
First of all, be glad that you live in an industrialized nation where you have the luxury of "choosing" between breatfeeding and using clean water and sterile bottles to give your baby formula.
Secondly, whether you like it or not, thousands upon thousands of babies die all over the world because of formula, including in the United States.
"A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics, (May 2004), titled "Breastfeeding and the Risk of Postneonatal Death in the United States," reports a 21% reduction in infant death for having EVER breastfed, meaning 27% more infant deaths occur when no breastmilk is provided. The impact is underreported for two reasons. First, deaths in the first month, the greatest amount of deaths, were not counted. Second, the exclusiveness of breastfeeding is a huge factor and is not part of this measurement.
When they compare 3 months of any breastfeeding to less or no breastfeeding, the reported reduction is 36%. That translates actually to 56% more infant deaths for those receiving mostly formula! If they were to compare 3 months of exclusive breastfeeding to no breastmilk, the reduction would have been closer to 50% — meaning Double the deaths for withholding of breastmilk: The same number as in my prior analysis BELOW:
(ADDED April 2006): This study and my below article are about industrialized nations. A more-recent large-scale study taking place in poor areas of Ghana, India, and Peru found a shocking 10.5 times the number of deaths for those not breastfed versus those exclusively breastfed. Partially breastfed infants had 2.5 times the risk of death as those exclusively breastfed. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005." (source link)
That's a lot of babies who did not turn out fine (or alive).
But, the reality is, sometimes formula is necessary. Adoption, low or no milk supply (rare but does happen), in these instances, formula becomes the lifesaver. Instead of fighting the reality of formula's inferiority, parents should use that information as a tool for discovering the things they need to do to compensate, to build the immune system, to nourish brain growth, and to supplement with skin-to-skin contact. Don't use tap water (heard in the news about how many pharmaceuticals are frequently found in tap water?), use BPA-free bottles, supplement the DHAs, and stop yelling at facts for disagreeing with your wishfull thinking.
I had an epidural and my baby's heart rate dropped to 55 and we had to have an emergency c-section. Apparently, that's not an unusual risk - epidurals can cause a mother's blood pressure to drop, which causes the baby's heart rate to drop, which snowballs into a lot of other "interventions," and by "interventions" I mean "major abdominal surgery from which it takes weeks and sometimes years to recover." I still have no feeling around my surgical scar.
I can't blame anyone for getting an epidural because my own two labors were so horrific that one of my evaluating therapists diagnosed me with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If I ever give birth again, I am going to get an epidural.
But I don't kid myself about the risks, to both myself and my baby. Respiratory distress is a side effect, and boy did I have it. Babies born under the influence of anesthesia are much more likely to have a difficult time breastfeeding successfully. My son struggled with it for a long time. My daughter, who had much less exposure to anesthesia before being born, was a champion nurser. But that's anecdotal - to read about the research, click here. There is much to be aware of before making the serious decision to be heavily medicated during labor and birth.
If you went to 12 years of public school and managed to avoid all bullying, loneliness, unfair or incompetent teachers, sexual harassment, drug and alcohol abuse, racism, sexism, crowded rooms, outdated or absence of materials, indoor pollution, loss of sleep and social interaction, limits on available subjects, and endlessly boring lectures devoid of creativity or flexibility with regards to different learning styles, then you are awesome, lucky, and probably lying.
Even if you support the public school system, you must accept and acknowledge the many limitations of a system that pays superintendents more than senators while teachers still ask parents to donate school supplies and often themselves qualify for government assistance.
We are endlessly putting money into education and none of that seems to actually reach teachers and students, but gets circulated among the bureaucrats and funneled out to curriculum developers who have no concept of how children actually learn. And now, children are spending weeks and sometimes months just learning how to take tests - a tactic which isn't helping.
""[H]ome schooled minorities and whites both score on average in the 87th percentile on reading tests. In public schools, whites significantly outpace minorities in reading scores (whites: 57th percentile; blacks: 28th percentile; Hispanics: 28th percentile). In math, home schooled whites score only marginally better than minorities do (82nd percentile vs. 77th percentile). In public schools, the disparity is huge: 58th percentile for whites, 24th percentile for blacks, and 29th percentile for Hispanics.
"Public school officials have some explaining to do. Why is that despite their constant lip service to the goal of equal opportunity, public schools continue to deliver abysmally low academic quality to minority students? Home schoolers have broken out of the ugly, demeaning stereotype of racial underachievement. Why can't government schools do the same?
"Whatever the reasons for the dilemma of public-education failure, they don't include inadequate funding. For each home-school child, the average schooling cost is $546 per year; the annual public-school per-pupil expenditure is $5,325.Both figures exclude the costs of the building in which each child is taught."
"...students taught by parents who have not finished high school score 30 percentiles higher than students in public schools."" - Michael P. Farris, President of the Home School Legal Defense Fund
As a personal side note, I can trace a lot of my life's worst decisions to the training I received in public school, including from the Algebra teacher who told me he'd give me a higher grade if I wore shorter skirts. Imagine the useful things I learned from that nugget of wisdom! Who knew corporate America doesn't operate all that differently!
I could go on and on through many more topics, but my point remains clear - you supposedly turning out fine after a potentially damaging experience does not count as actual evidence that something is good or okay. I know, the moment those words come out of your mouth, that we cannot have a reasonable discussion and that, for the time being, you have stopped thinking.


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The burglary happened Saturday about 8 p.m. in the 3300 block of Tulane Ave.
Police said the man, who was seen in surveillance images, was wearing a "Pit Bull Security" jacket and shirt. According to police, Pit Bull Security clothing is sold in relation to the television show "Pit Bulls and Parolees."
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Virginia Research Institutions Conducted Over 3,400 Clinical Trials of New Medicines Since 1999
Virginia Research Institutions Conducted Over 3,400 Clinical Trials of New Medicines Since 1999
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The message this morning at a Richmond news conference at which a new report "Research in Your Backyard: Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials in Virginia" was released was loud and clear - the 3,412 clinical trials of new medications conducted in the state over the last 13 years by biopharmaceutical companies and their local research collaborators have benefited patients, the state's economy and the advancement of science.
The trials have been conducted for the companies by the health systems at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia, the Eastern Virginia Medical School Strelitz Diabetes Center, local hospitals all over the state and the Commonwealth's private clinical research centers.
Today marked the 17th state by state clinical trial report rollout event we've conducted over the last 15 months with governors, state legislators, business leaders, patient advocates, health care provider organizations and academic research collaborators. This morning's conference featured remarks by Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, the sixth governor to partner with us in releasing clinical trial statistics for their states, and Sheri Lambert, Executive Director of the Virginia Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
We are not yet prepared to say our mission is accomplished, but we have begun to raise patient awareness of local community clinical trials and their importance to their lives. Medicines have been, and are being, clinically tested in Virginia that could ultimately save and improve lives. And for some chronic disease sufferers still seeking effective treatments, the 267 trials of new medicines still recruiting patients in the state could provide a new therapeutic option to explore and discuss with their doctors.
We have impressed upon a growing number of people in the 17 states we've targeted, including legislators and state policymakers, the fact our biopharmaceutical companies have had a profound impact on patient and economic health in communities all over the country, even if they don't always have a prominent bricks and mortar presence there.
In Richmond this morning, Governor McDonnell applauded the fact 46 percent - over 1,500 - of the 3,412 clinical trials conducted by companies and local research institutions in Virginia targeted the nation's six most debilitating chronic diseases - asthma, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and mental illnesses.
On the economic front, the governor said clinical trials "support jobs and inject revenue into our communities." The biopharmaceutical sector supports about 76,000 jobs throughout Virginia, he noted.
Lambert emphasized the more than 700 clinical trials of new cancer medicines conducted in the state since 1999 "at a time when cancer strikes tens of thousands of Virginians every year."
"Research in Your Backyard: Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials in Virginia" and the other state by state clinical trial reports can be found at www.phrma.org under "Clinical Research and Trials."
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Leading US Midwifery Organization Applauds Medicaid Commission's Report to Congress for Highlighting Important Role of Maternity Care Provided by Midwives, Other Health Care Providers
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Leading US Midwifery Organization Applauds Medicaid Commission's Report to Congress
American College of Nurse-Midwives President Calls Upon Congress,
For Immediate Release Contact: Damaris Hay
July 1, 2013 Office: (240) 485-1856
Email: [email protected]
Silver Spring, MD – The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), the leading professional organization of midwives in the United States, applauds the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC's) June 2013 report to Congress. The report spotlights the need to improve maternity care for the 46 percent of US babies born under Medicaid, and the role midwives and other primary care providers play in providing the quality care to help fill that need.
The report recognizes that midwives and other primary care providers can help close the health care provider gap created by the decline in practicing obstetricians/gynecologists. The report also highlights the barriers to practice that exist for midwives, including lower Medicaid payments compared to obstetricians/gynecologists in many states, hospital privileges policies, and state scope of practice laws.
"ACNM appreciates the focus the MACPAC has placed on maternity care, including midwife-led care, in its report," said ACNM President Ginger Breedlove, CNM, PhD, APRN, FACNM. "Midwives are providing essential primary and maternity care services in increasing numbers at a time other practitioners in the field are on the decline. Now is the time for Congress, the Administration and the states to act to improve the quality and access to care moms and babies can expect from Medicaid. If we follow the evidence, we have an opportunity to lower overall costs and improve maternal health outcomes for all women."
Overall, the report highlights the critical role Medicaid and CHIP play in maternity care with 1.8 million deliveries in 2008 (or 46 percent of total births) at a cost of over $11 billion to states and the federal government. The report underscores the challenges to come with the expansion of the Medicaid program and focuses on critical issues relating to measuring quality of care and access to maternity care providers.
Key highlights from the MACPAC report include:
To learn more about the MACPAC's findings relating to maternity care and primary care services, read its report at MACPAC June 2013 Report.
For more information, please contact Damaris Hay, Media Relations Specialist at (240) 485-1856 or via e-mail at [email protected].
About the American College of Nurse-Midwives
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is the professional association that represents certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) in the United States. With roots dating to 1929, ACNM sets the standard for excellence in midwifery education and practice in the United States and strengthens the capacity of midwives in developing countries. Our members are primary care providers for women throughout the lifespan, with a special emphasis on pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecologic and reproductive health. ACNM reviews research, administers and promotes continuing education programs, and works with organizations, state and federal agencies, and members of Congress to advance the well-being of women and infants through the practice of midwifery.
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Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the function and lining of the airways or tubes of the lungs. It narrows the airways and makes it difficult to breathe.
There are different degrees of asthma. Some children may have mild asthma with rare flare-ups. Others may have a severe, constant asthma.
Tightening of the muscles around the airway and chronic inflammation cause airways to narrow. This makes it hard to breathe.
The exact causes of asthma are unknown, but genetics play a role.
Certain conditions are known to trigger an asthma attack. These include:
Factors that may increase your child's chance of asthma include:
Symptoms may include:
You will be asked about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. The doctor will listen to your child's lungs. Your child may be referred to a specialist. A pulmonologist focuses on the lungs. An allergist/immunologist focuses on allergies.
Your child's lungs may be tested. This can be done with:
Images may be taken of your child's bodily structures. This can be done with
Your child may be tested for common allergens that may trigger symptoms. This can be done with
skin testing.
Your child's oxygen concentration may be measured. This can be done with pulse oximetry.
Talk with your child's doctor about the best plan for your child. You and your child's doctor should also create an asthma action plan. This is a plan your child will follow to help control asthma and handle asthma attacks. Treatment will vary based on symptoms and the number of asthma episodes your child has. It is important that you stick to your child's treatment plan.
Treatment options include the following:
You can help your child reduce the chance of triggering an asthma attack by making lifestyle changes, such as:
Medications used to treat asthma fall into one of two categories:
Long-term medications are used to avoid asthma attacks, but will not treat an existing attack. Medication may include any combinations of:
Short-term control medications are used to treat an asthma attack. Medication may include any combinations of:
In addition to the medications, children older than 6 months should get a yearly
flu shot. Children with asthma are at a higher risk of having complications from the flu.
Your child's asthma may be triggered by allergies. In this case, your doctor may advise
allergy shots. These shots are small amounts of an allergen injected into the skin. Over time, your child will react less to the specific allergen(s). With less triggers, the asthma also decreases.
Sublingual immunotherapy may also be used. This type of treatment involves putting the allergic substances under the tongue, rather than using allergy shots.
There are no known ways to prevent your child from developing asthma. You can encourage your child with asthma to reduce the risk of asthma episodes by following the treatment plan and avoiding triggers. General guidelines include:
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1. Best Picture: "Argo."
2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln."
3. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook."
4. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained."
5. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables."
6. Directing: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi."
7. Foreign Language Film: "Amour."
8. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo."
9. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Brave."
11. Production Design: "Lincoln."
12. Cinematography: "Life of Pi."
13. Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables."
14. Sound Editing (tie): "Skyfall," "Zero Dark Thirty."
15. Original Score: "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna.
16. Original Song: "Skyfall" from "Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.
17. Costume: "Anna Karenina."
18. Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man."
19. Documentary (short subject): "Inocente."
20. Film Editing: "Argo."
21. Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables."
22. Animated Short Film: "Paperman."
23. Live Action Short Film: "Curfew."
24. Visual Effects: "Life of Pi."
Oscar winners previously presented this season:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Honorary Award: Hal Needham
Honorary Award: D.
Honorary Award: George Stevens Jr.
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|Length Overall
|58' 5''
17.81 m
|Dry Weight
53,175 lbs.
24,120 kg
16' 2''
4.92 m
|Tested Weight
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
660 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
171 gal.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
|Std. Power
|Not Available
|Tested Power
|Currently no test numbers
|Opt. Power
Not Available
Check out that boarding ladder at the swim platform… angled and includes a handrail. Notice how the sun shade extends from the overhead.
The Accommodations
Someone must have told the Fairline design team and naval architect Bernard Olesinski to think "outside the boat" and bring something new to the table. The plan seems to have worked, because this interior is unique on many levels. Let's start with the floor plan.
Crew quarters aft, dual guest staterooms, and notice the location of the master berth and head.
Notice first, that there are accommodations for crew quarters... in a 58' boat! Now that space will probably not be used for crew in America, lazarettes tend to have more appeal, but you never know. As we grow older as operators, changing oil and constant cleaning seems to be losing its appeal. When utilized as crew space, there are accommodations for full electrical in the cabin and head, a frosted porthole for natural light (rarely seen in ANY crew space, let alone on a 58' boat), parquet flooring, and a private ensuite head. As a lazarette, the teak flooring stays and a wet hanging area is added.
Moving forward, two staterooms lie midships, and both are mirror images of each other: twin berths easily convert to a large double, two windows with aluminum venetian blinds, and the usual hanging locker. Each of these cabins also has their own private ensuite head with separate glass enclosed showers and opening portlights. The starboard head also serves as a day head with access to the main companionway. Now we're thinking, "ok, if the guest cabins are midships, the master must be forward with the island berth stuffed into the bow." Not quite on the 58 Gran Turismo.
Unusual Master Layout
Heading to the master stateroom shows a major design change from the norm and we love it. The berth isn't stuffed into the bow, it's further back in a much more open space. The small bow is reserved for the master head, a space that hardly commands large chunks of real estate and this is a brilliant concept. Now all kinds of room is available and Fairline adds some good features to it. A chaise lounge lies to starboard next to a window, with opening portlights. Full height standing headroom, an oversized double berth, gobs of storage, and twin bedside tables adorn the room.
Check out the spacious master. By not cramming the berth into the bow, Fairline totally opened up the room. Through the sliding doors is the master head, in the bow. Note the TV above the windows, and the chaise lounge.
The master ensuite head isn't lacking in space either. It's accessed via a sliding door, and there's room for an oversized shower with two seats, and get this… twin gull wing opening skylights. Probably not advantageous if anyone is working the ground tackle up above, but otherwise, very cool feature for a master head.
All staterooms are accessed via a stairway from the main deck, below the stairs is storage and the lobby area also holds room for additional appliances, such as a washer and dryer.
Now this is how a master head should be done. Check out the seating in the shower.
Main Deck
The innovations that started in the lower deck continue as we move towards the main deck. A galley aft layout with dining areas both across and out on the aft deck, both within easy reach. The galley features a combination oven/microwave/grill, a dual basin sink and plenty of storage.
Note the dual dining areas flanking the aft galley. Even with this roomy saloon, sidedecks are still accommodated.
The entire deck has 360 degree visibility, and if that's not enough to being the outside in for you, it only gets better. At the touch of a button, albeit an optional button, the aft door retracts, side windows open, and an air cushioned retractable hardtop glides open, and now you're fully outdoors getting all the fresh air and sunshine you can handle.
Note the disappearing aft door and the side windows open up to bring the outdoors in.
On the aft deck, there is deck access to the utility room/crew quarters, and overhead… a retractable sun shade. If you decide to keep the sun option available, the C-shaped seating and table convert to a sunpad. There's also life raft storage here, a feature that usually isn't even thought about until you get to a much larger yacht. There are also mooring warps for the med moor fans.
The helm also has innovations of its own. Most notable, the helmsman sits to port and the observer sits to starboard, against the windows. The console itself is a work of art that looks like it should be under glass. Features that the rest of the world seem to keep forgetting about, but are included here are bilge pump switches with integral warning lights and audible alarms, chart storage (you know… those paper things?), and chart table.
We love the Fairline Systems PILOT that gives you displays, controls and monitors for the electrical systems and tank levels reminiscent of the stateside E-Plex system. Full instrumentation and a full array of electronics including a Garmin GHP 10 autopilot system with color display, a Garmin GMI 10 digital multi-function instrument system with color display, a Garmin GPSmap 4012 (12") Display, and a Garmin VHF 300i marine radio. The color Garmin displays are mounted over on the starboard side in front of the observer's station. The upper instrumentation platform retracts out of sight when not in use. The helm is illuminated in red for night use and the twin helm seats are completely, and independently, controlled.
The helmsman's dream station. Note the observer's seat is to starboard, with the nav displays in front.
The Fairline Targa 58 Gran Turismo has a LOA of 58' 5" (17.80 m), a beam of 16' 6" (5.04 m), and a draft of 3' 7" (1.10 m). Her dry weight is 23.74 tons (24,120 kg), and she has a fuel capacity of 660 gals (2,500 L) and a water capacity of 172 gals (650 L).
Engine choices are all straight shafts, an interesting feature in the ever growing world of pods, and are spread between;
2 x Volvo Penta D12-800 EVC Shaft Diesel 775mhp each
2 x MAN V8 1200 Shaft Diesel 1,200mhp each
2 x Volvo Penta D13-900 EVC Shaft Diesel 900mhp each
This is indeed an innovative yacht that has a level of comfort and luxury that has defined the Fairline heritage for years.
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|Dublin's Kevin McManamon in possession during the Meath match.
A story of a lawnmower, one that has nothing to do with the Leinster football final win for Dublin over Meath but one that was told at Croke Park on Sunday.
My first Sunday off in weeks resulted in not one but two invitations to visit the GAA's headquarters for the Leinster football final. Both were accepted.
The first involved sitting down for lunch with some good men and women from Penn State and the University of Central Florida, to discuss their visit to our shores next year for a college football game.
Both UCF coach George O'Leary and Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner were intrigued by their first trip to the home of the GAA and fascinated by the prospect of watching Gaelic football in the flesh.
They also made for informative and entertaining lunch guests and have promised to make an impression when they bring their respective teams back to Croker next year. I'm sure they will after a short but interesting spell in their company.
Soon after the final dessert spoon was put back on the table, we left the lunch suite in Croker for a corporate box in the stands on what used to be called the Canal End at this very famous ground.
Liberty Insurance, a Boston company now with a large presence in the Irish market, were the hosts for the live entertainment as the Meath team I follow took on the side representing the county of my birth.
We lost as it happens, but I never expected anything else to be honest.
What I didn't expect was this young Meath team to take the game to their illustrious opponents and even have the temerity to lead by two points at the halftime interval.
I'll get back to the game in a minute, but first I want to get back to the lawnmower and connect it to Sunday's events in a very roundabout way.
We had a bit of a milestone moment in our house on Sunday as our one and only daughter Lia celebrated her 18th birthday. Like all teenagers, from what I can see, she has many, many friends, and it was vital that they all party in our back garden on one of the hottest nights of this glorious Irish summer.
Now kids being kids, something was bound to go astray when so many teens descended on our rural retreat down a country lane in the heart of the Royal County.
And sure enough, on Sunday morning as it happens as I prepared to leave for an early throw-in at Croker, news broke that our lawnmower had vanished.
It had started the night of the party sitting happily by the front gate but ended it on the missing list. Only the box that gathers the grass at the back of the mower was still present and correct, and that fact alone offered hijinks as the reason why the red machine was absent without leave.
A quick scan of the lane followed with no sign of said mower. Maybe someone had robbed it properly or maybe someone had pushed it away with them as they left the party, got bored and dumped it somewhere? Only time would tell.
It was a story worth telling as we sat around the lunch table in Croker, and I did just that with the consensus backing the mischief theory.
And sure enough, as we settled into the halftime refreshments in the Liberty Insurance box and came to grips with the fact that Mick O'Dowd's Meath were winning, news came through of the lawnmower's return.
Our neighbor Martin went to bed with one lawnmower parked in his garage and woke up to find two sitting there, side by side. Problem solved.
Dublin had their own problems to work out as we laughed at the return of the lawnmower, and that's when their new boss Jim Gavin proved he is up to the job.
Having watched his team lose their way to Meath's packed midfield in the first half, Gavin went like for like. Meath had stifled Stephen Cluxton's kick-outs in the opening spell but Gavin's half-time talk certainly did their trick.
They shut down the midfield channels, hunted in packs going forward and ran Meath ragged for the second 35 minutes, no-one more so than young Ciaran Kilkenny who is, without a doubt, the finest young Gaelic football I have seen live since the Gooch Cooper was a kid in a Kerry jersey.


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Man charged with grand larceny
January 5, 2013
PARKERSBURG — Terry Leroy Urban Jr., 42, 353 Everson Road, Belpre, was arrested by Parkersburg police and charged with felony grand larceny Friday....
ya know those who know the truth nd know he was caught on video dont worry about it ignore the pple bashing what u say and drugs are sold every where so who cares terry got caught end of story and he will pay for what he did
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People are commenting on how terry doesn't steal well I ask you then is scamming the system not stealing? I think that a man capable of working when he is getting social security because he supposedly can't work is capable of doing exactly what he is accused of. A man that is also getting food stamps because he supposedly can't work seems once again capable of this act. I mean come on the man was blessed with a new liver yet still goes out and drinks because he doesn't care! One would think that after receiving such a gift you would take care if it. So I ask you are you really going to say this man is innocent? There is blatant proof the man is stealing if not from his place of employment then from those who really are in need or are disabled.
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Well the 2% drug us in the club was based on attendance of the 50 or so people that went to "The Other Side". Had the club been ran properly by someone that knew what the*****they were doing that club would have been packed, but never was. No excitement created, nothing shown on the two huge flatscreens and always too dark in there. And the music always sucked. Nothing but hip-hop and the variations there of. You had an older mostly white crowd. Midnight on a Saturday night and no one's on the dance floor? Somethings not quite right any way you look at it. And yes I feel he's guilty as sin. OTherwise those charges would never have been enough to arrest him.
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I have known Terry for years and these accusations are ridiculous. I am dumbfounded that so many people base their opinion on rumors and a news clip. Terry has been good to people and has never betrayed me. He was a bartender at The Other Side not the****n Cue. I think the information needs straightened out. As for The Other Side I do go there and I have not witnessed any drugs. It it one of the safest places to go and not be involved in any altercations with people. I am only basing this on what I know and see for a fact.
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Ironworker, You are seriously deluded to say only 2% of bar patrons do drugs. Believe a LOT of illegal drug activity tkes place at****& Que and other bars in the area.
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Well, all i have to say about this is that it is BS! Terry would never do such a thing!! Why is people always wanting to bring him down? I DO NOT GET IT!!!!! He is a great person who has always did what he could to help others out! He is a very well liked person! He would take the shirt off his back to give to someone! He has done soooo much for Parkersburg and sooo much for all the gays! Keep on hating people!! Karma is a ***** and will get you in the long run! All you are doing is hurting your own business!! This is soooooo uncalled for! I do NOT believe any of this BS! OMG im soo ****** right now!! The Terry awards are awesome! That right there shows u he gives back to the people!
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I personally know Terry and he would NEVER do such a thing! I will be at every court hearing to show my support! This is just BS that ANYONE would think he would do such a thing! Look at all he has done for P-burgh guys!!!!! He is such a true and loyal friend and always gives back to the community!! I WILL STAND BY HIM IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE!!! DON'T LIKE IT TOUGH S**T SORRY!
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I personally have never seen any drugs sold or handled while there. Majority of drug users do this deed before they come out to the clubs. Too many watchful eyes at the clubs due to their ABC license and cameras etc. Or they meet somewhere in route to consume. Only about 2% of club bar partrons use the Illegal stuff anyway. Let's know forget that Alcohol is a drug in itself. I've suspected Terry of skimming off of the top for a long time. One just had to watch him work behind the bar a bit to see that. And he always had a guilty air about him as well. Guess we can finally say good-bye to those silly self serving Terry Awards finally and that useless website "*****news". ha
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The guy seemed nice enough, he didn't know squat about how to run a bar. He hired the worse people to work there. The female D.J. was horrible and the bartenders were just as bad. It was always the "Terry Urban Show". His true colors finally has shown through. Bad is, as bad does!
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New Tax Collector Office to Be Located on U.S. 27 Near I-4
Published: Friday, October 11, 2013 at 3:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 11, 2013 at 3:40 p.m.
BARTOW | A new $3.5 million tax collector and driver license office to serve northeast Polk County will be located near Interstate 4 and U.S. 27, Polk County Tax Collector Joe Tedder announced Friday.
Tedder said the decision ends a two-year search for a new office to accommodate growth and the transfer of driver license services to his office.
The tentative schedule calls for the new office to open next fall.
Tedder said although the site is farther north than he desired — he also looked at sites in Haines City and Davenport — he thinks it will serve the area's growth as new road projects underway will connect more residents to the new office site.
Tedder said he decided to increase the size of the new office from 13,000 square feet to 17,000 square feet to accommodate long-term growth.
The office, which will be called the Ridge Tax Collector Service Center, will be located in a shopping center at Deer Creek Boulevard and U.S. 27.
"The citizens will be served well,'' he said.
Tedder said the new office on Massachusetts Avenue in Lakeland is scheduled to open in mid-November.
He said the office will begin taking over driver license operations in early December.
Tedder's offices have to have room for people taking driver tests, people waiting to get licenses or to renew licenses and secure areas for the equipment used to make driver licenses.
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Next month the Ottawa Food and Wine festival will hit the Ottawa Convention Center from November 7-11, and the consumer trade show also taking place the 9-11. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, October 5th. There are over 30 events to experience and enjoy. One of the most popular events, sure to sell out as it did last year, is Tasting Alley.
"Always a sell-out, the Tasting Alley is a two-hour tasting that allows a limited number of participants to sample over 75 wines from around the world and indulge in individual tasting plates featuring gourmet food stations created by the Canadian Culinary Federation. Featuring guest sommeliers industry guests who answer questions and assist in appreciating this special experience. This is a grazing event and food served does not constitute a full meal."
The event is really one of a kind, with unique opportunities for food and wine enthusiasts. Try out the tasting exhibitions. Take a ride from the convention centre to three local farms, or have fun enjoying culinary theatre. You can also learn from the kitchen demonstrations.
"Be delighted and inspired as you learn how to prepare the favorite dishes of celebrity Chefs from top restaurants and cookbook authors at the Show's Demonstration Kitchen. It's good fun and a great way to learn culinary techniques – and walk away with great free recipes!"
Come and stay with us at Albert House Inn. After a comfortable night at our bed and breakfast boutique hotel, start you day off with one of our fabulous breakfasts. Enjoy some of the local attractions and then head out to the festival. The Convention Centre is a fifteen minute walk from the Inn and is easily accessible by taxi or city transit.


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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Anchorage, AK, USA
DRAFTED: undrafted
|Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, May 29, 2007. Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, July 21, 2011. Claimed on waivers by Tampa Bay from NY Islanders, February 23, 2012. Signed as a free agent by Carolina, July 19, 2012. Signed as a free agent by Orebro (Sweden), August 6, 2013. Signed as a free agent by Gavle (Sweden), December 10, 2014.
Signed as a free agent by the Islanders on July 21, 2011. Signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 29, 2007.
Signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 29, 2007.
Appeared in seven games with the Pittsburgh Penguins during his fifth professional season, recording five penalty minutes (all Feb. 6 at Washington) and one shot on goal. Skated in 62 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, recording 20 goals and 17 assists…Ranked fifth on the team in points (37) and tied for second in goals…Finished the season with a plus-8 rating, while tallying six power play goals and two short-handed goals…Notched three two-goal games (Oct. 17 at Charlotte, Jan. 26 vs. Charlotte, Mar. 19 vs. Worcester)…Tallied a three-point game (1g/2a) on Feb. 27 vs. Springfield.
2009-10: Scored 41 points (27g/14a) in 78 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, ranking first on the team in goals (27) and seventh on the team in points…Also skated in one NHL game for Pittsburgh…Recorded four two-goal games (Nov. 25 vs. Norfolk, Jan. 29 vs. Hershey, Mar. 12 at Providence, Mar. 26 at Norfolk) and two three-game point streaks from Oct. 17 to Oct. 24 (2g/1a) and Mar. 10 to Mar. 13 (4g). 2008-09: Skated in 16 games with Pittsburgh, notching two assists and seven penalty minutes…Saw his first NHL action on Dec. 10 at New Jersey…Tallied his first-career NHL point (assist) on Dec. 18 at Atlanta and added his second on Jan. 1 at Boston….Appeared in 58 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, recording 11 goals, 8 assists…Tallied a two-goal game on Jan. 31 at Syracuse. 2007-08: Played in 74 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton during his second professional season…Tallied 26 points (12g/14a) and finished the season with a plus-11 rating…Scored the game-winning goals on Jan. 2 vs. Syracuse and Mar. 14 at Bridgeport. 2006-07: Split time between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and the Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) during his first professional season…Recorded five goals and nine assists in 32 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, while totaling six goals and 11 assists in 19 games with Wheeling.
2010-11: Skated in 10 Calder Cup Playoff games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton…Tallied one goal and four assists and added six penalty minutes. 2009-10: Tallied two penalty minutes in four games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. 2008-09: Recorded two assists in seven games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. 2007-08: Recorded two goals, eight assists and 21 penalty minutes to help reach the Calder Cup Finals… Tallied one assist during the finals, in which Wilkes-Barre/Scranton lost to Chicago five games to one. 2006-07: Scored two points (1g/1a) in 11 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Played four seasons at the University of Notre Dame (Central Collegiate Hockey Association), totaling 59 points in 153 games. 2005-06: Recorded a career-high 23 points (11g/12a) during his senior and received the school's all-time "iron man" award after not missing a single game during his four seasons. 2004-05: Tallied five goals and nine assists during his junior campaign. 2003-04: Played in 39 games, recording 11 points (3g/8a) in his second collegiate season. 2002-03: Notched six goals and five assists in 40 games with Notre Dame during his freshman season.
2001-02: Played two seasons with the U.S. National Team Development Program of the United States Hockey League…Won a gold medal with the U.S. at the Under-18 World Championships.


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About the Book
In News from Heaven, Jennifer Haigh—bestselling author of Faith and The Condition—returns to the territory of her acclaimed novel Baker Towers with a collection of short stories set in and around the fictionalized coal-mining town of Bakerton, Pennsylvania.
Exploring themes of restlessness, regret, redemption and acceptance, Jennifer Haigh depicts men and women of different generations shaped by dreams and haunted by disappointments.
Janet Maslin of the New York Times has called Haigh's Bakerton stories "utterly, entrancingly alive on the page," comparable to Richard Russo's Empire Falls.
Jennifer Haigh returns to the vividly imagined world of Bakerton, Pennsylvania, a coal-mining town that has been rocked by decades of painful transition. From its heyday during two world wars through its slow decline, Bakerton is a town that refuses to give up gracefully, binding succeeding generations to the place that made them. With a revolving cast of characters, these stories explore how our roots—the families and places in which we are raised—shape the people we eventually become.
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Critical Praise
"An uplifting and radiant book." — Janet Maslin, New York Times
"Elegant stories. . . . Haigh uses well-timed plot twists to infuse them with bright new energy." — People
"A vibrant, thought-provoking, profoundly readable contribution to the genre. . . . Each of these ten linked stories represents a distinct, shining example of Haigh's remarkable gifts for lyricism, psychological insight, and stealth humor." — Boston Globe
"Outstanding… News From Heaven fits quite comfortably in the company of the hybrid novel-in-stories made so popular by predecessors such as Jhumpa Lahiri…and Elizabeth Strout…For Haigh, this small town is a large canvas, one filled in with precise, poignant strokes." — Washington Post
"Haigh has a fine eye for how time works on characters' theories about themselves…. Haigh, whose first book won the PEN/Hemingway Award, has a sure grip on her characters and a belief in place as a determining factor in the shapes of our lives." — New York Times Book Review
"This collection of short stories shows depth, understanding and compassion. . . . Haigh's narratives are beautifully realized stories of heartbreak, of qualified love, and of economic as well as personal depression." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Jennifer Haigh's stories rove across time and cultures as easily as they render the tendernesses and longings and hardscrabble deprivations of home. NEWS FROM HEAVEN is well-named, given that its unsentimental compassion and observational acuity. . . is just what we need right now." — Jim Shepard, author of Like You'd Understand, Anyway
"The characters in Jennifer Haigh's NEWS FROM HEAVEN are so vividly drawn, the inner lives revealed so deftly, with such intelligence and sympathy, that fictional Bakerton, Pennsylvania, takes on the additional weight of, say, Winesburg, Ohio." — Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls
"Jennifer Haigh has accomplished what James Joyce did in Dubliners and Sherwood Anderson in Winesburg, Ohio: render a place with such exactitude the landscape, character, and fate are inextricably linked. One of America's finest novelists, Haigh is now one of our finest short story writers as well." — bestselling author Ron Rash
Product Details
- Imprint: Harper Perennial
- On Sale: 01/07/2014
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.649 in (d)
- Pages: 288
- List Price: 14.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / Literary
- BISAC2: FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
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I'm trying the mighty dxflib in one of my project.
I've a problem with Spline defined with Fit Points, and without Control Points.. the parser does not read the FitPoints.
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- I Hate to Appear Flaky
- I Hate to Appear Flaky
- I Hate to Be a Pain
- I Hate to Be a Pain
- I Want to Prove Myself
- I Want to Prove Myself
Your worry: People will think I have no clue about what I'm doing.
Why you shouldn't sweat it: You'll come off as more flaky if you keep quiet and struggle instead of requesting some direction. But keep it simple: Ask a manager to double-check your first-draft memo—not to write it for you. Seeking a second opinion is wise.
What to say: Lead with something like "I've pulled together some solid ideas for this project." Then go in for the ask: "Do you think you could take a look at my plan?" You want to emphasize that you've got things under control, advises Garret Keizer, author of Help: The Original Human Dilemma. Practice out loud a few times. See? You sound totally capable.
Your worry: All my coworkers seem so busy. I'd hate to be a pain.
Why you shouldn't sweat it: We underestimate how willing people are to help us, a study from Columbia University notes. When we work with others, reward centers in our brain light up, which feels good, PLOS ONE finds. Plus, by asking, we give them license to show off. Can't hurt!
What to say: Acting sheepish won't cut it. Instead, be upbeat in your approach—and toss in a compliment, says Sara Laschever, coauthor of Women Don't Ask. Go with "I love the way you think on your feet in meetings—you have such great insights. Could you brainstorm with me for five minutes?" You'll seem likeable and make her feel good.
Your worry: I want to prove I can handle a project solo.
Why you shouldn't sweat it: Here's the key to looking totally competent even when you haven't got your bearings: Make it clear that you need help with only one teeny-tiny thing. (You have the rest covered, thank you very much.) Nobody's going to doubt your skills, we swear.
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Child care providers and early learning advocates on Tuesday praised a Congressional spending deal that increases investment in early childhood education by more than $1 billion.
"Decades of research have found that quality early education leads to a wide range of short- and long-term benefits, including better educational outcomes, stronger job earnings, and lower crime and delinquency rates," said Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, in a prepared statement Tuesday. "Simply put, early childhood education works."
The $1 trillion dollar deal announced Monday funds the federal government through October and would restore Head Start sequestration cuts and add another $612 million over 2013 levels. It would also provide $500 million for Early Head Start, which serves infants through toddlers age 3. In addition, it would offer $250 million in new Race to the Top competitive Early Learning grants to help states bolster their programs.
The hefty funding allocation for early childhood programs stunned some budget watchers because the overall deal included no new money, said Catriona Macdonald, a spokeswoman for an early learning advocacy group.
"Oh, my goodness," she said. "This is really amazing."
Although it's not yet a done deal, Macdonald said she and others who have been monitoring the negotiations believe the Omnibus spending bill could be signed into law by this weekend. It begins to fund President Barack Obama's early learning initiative, she said.
"There will be liberal Democrats who will vote no because they feel like there is not enough money in this bill to fund important national priorities and there will be conservatives who vote against this because they feel it is too much money," she said. "But there is a fairly high level of confidence right now that this will pass."
Nationwide, about 57,000 children had to be dropped from Head Start due to automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration, including 5,500 in California.
"This is going to allow us to restore all of the slots that were cut this year," said Rick Mockler, executive director of the state's Head Start Association. "It will also allow us to expand services to infants and toddlers, which includes both home visiting for really high risk young and vulnerable mothers, and also to expand partnerships with family child care providers."
In Contra Costa County, where Head Start serves about 2,300 children a day, more than 50 children were cut from the program because of sequestration and some programs were shortened by nine weeks, affecting about 600 children, said Camilla Rand, director of the Community Services Bureau for the county.
She said she was thankful and pleased with the momentum that is building in the state and nation to fund early childhood education.
"People are really starting to pay attention to what the research says," she said. "I think it's also a focus right now because the state child development program has gone through three years ... of massive cuts. Our bureau was reduced $5 million since 2009-10, so people are starting to realize that that really has chiseled away at the infrastructure."
Sean Casey, executive director of First 5 Contra Costa, said he was happy to see federal movement toward universal high quality preschool for all children.
"It's great to see that something like this can get through Congress right now, especially since the Legislature is taking up similar work," he said. "I think it's going to take both federal and state support to really get it going in a state as big as California."
Details of the Congressional budget deal are available at www.appropriations.senate.gov.


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selected a 1000x500 rectangle
selected 'earth fill'
scales from 0.001 to 1000 in x10 increments
and none of them seem to produce anything on-screen? or on the print preview...
they say hatch completed successfully? ?
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Thursday August 9, 2012
Augusta, Ga--They are just a third year program, but Westminster has made strides by leaps and bounds. Not easy when you literally start from the bottom two years ago. This year, look for the Wildcats to make the next step.
It helps that you only lose two seniors off your roster. This squad is loaded with friday night experience guys. Quarterback Tim Nabholz returns and look for him to step his game up. The football maturity level is there and could make all the difference between winning and losing.
"I think just the little things, doing the little things well and continuing to gain experience" said coach Andrew Bryan "We are a young team but year three, to be over 500, man if we can get there, we shoot for even more then that."
"Learning how to pull out wins." said Tim Naboholz "There were a couple of close losses we had last year and I feel like if we were in those games this year we'd be able to pull them out."
Coach Andrew Bryan said he's pleasantly pleased with the freshmen who are now dressing out and a couple of others who've enrolled at the school as they continue to build the program.


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Frank Van Bogaert - Closer
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2004. New in stock at the Hypnos store for the first time!
Recorded and mixed at ACE Studio, Aartselaar, Belgium
Produced, composed, performed and engineered by Frank Van Bogaert
Sleeve design by Kris Van Bogaert
Frank De Ruyter - sax, vocals
Nick Van Bogaert - vocals
Mien Van Bogaert - vocals
Belgian keyboard player Frank van Bogaert is amongst those musicians who have the ability to make music of great warmth and depth with synthesizers and samplers. Next to this, he is an excellent composer. He is very well at home in all sorts of music: from pop, via world to orchestral and symphonic. On many times, he is regarded the new Vangelis.
On his fifth album "Closer" Frank again creates a showcase that ranges from light and easy accessible to monumental pieces of great beauty.
Just take "Coming Up From Air". This track could easily be used as film music.
Frank's diversity is clear in "Rorogwela" where he uses a traditional melody originally from the Solomon Islands, also used by Deep Forest (one of Frank's sources of inspiration) and Jan Garbarek.
Big symphonic tunes can be heard in pieces like "Melting", "Europe's Dawn", the fantastic "Dans (da:ns)" and "Sweetness".
Sometimes he also just sits down an (acoustic or electric) piano, plays softly and dresses this up with synths.
"A Picture Of You" and "Falling Leaves" are fine examples of this.
At other times, he lets the rhythm do the job, not forgetting the melody ("Closer" , "Caleidoscope").
With "Closer", Frank adds another highlight to his growing number of masterpieces. If you have heard one of them you want them all!
Review by Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiosity:
"This release from 2004 features 64 minutes of masterful electronic music.
Belgian composer van Bogaert has a way of transforming synthesizer melodies into epic constructions that bristle with majestic proportion. Even his simpler compositions seem to evoke a grandeur that parts the clouds to reveal a panorama of optimism.
Stately keyboards dominate this music with a peppering of pleasant percussion. Serious piano and expansive electronics blend with heavenly atmospherics to create delicate passages that stir the soul with their tender melodies, imparting a gentle yearning with idyllic flair. For the most part, demonstrative outbursts play a minor role; this music flourishes in more sedate territory, exploring a gentler, more human side of electronic tuneage. Regal touches elevate even the most trivial excerpt, however, injecting a sense of importance to each note. The emotional focus of this music examines nature and humanity's coexistence with the world. Van Bogaert's compositions evoke an innocence that softly merges mankind with its environment, often exemplifying the adage that observation makes one a part of the scrutinized circumstance.
Fans of classic Vangelis will enjoy this release. One of the tracks utilizes a traditional melody originally from the Solomon Islands, the same one used by Deep Forest and Jan Gabarek on their popular recordings."
--2005. Matt Howarth / Sonic Curiosity
Review by Bill Binkelman:
Closer represents a slightly new direction from keyboard artist Frank Van Bogaert, as he moves into an even more accessible and more dramatic arena than his previous CD, Human. Personally, I miss some of the more overt EM elements that enriched Human, but I must admit that Closer has many moments that made me turn up the volume or hit the "repeat" button on my CD player. There is no denying this man has an incredible knack for crafting catchy instrumental music, full of a love for life and melody and a celebration of both.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the revved up opening title track, with its propulsive rhythms, massed male and female chorales, and full on Vangelis-like keyboard assaults. If this song doesn't raise your blood pressure, or perhaps even make you feel like running a mile or two, you better check your pulse - you're probably dead!
Throughout the remaining thirteen songs, Van Bogaert almost proudly displays his affection for Vangelis' dramatic instrumentation and style, but as he has done on previous albums (such as Human, Docking and Colors) he does not cross the line into outright imitation, but always finds ways to build on the Greek artist's foundations and add layer upon layer of his own magic, resulting in songs like "Coming up for air" which intermixes overt EM percussive textures with more "new agey" chorales and lush strings and romantic piano.
Van Bogaert frequently shows his romantic side on his albums (both romantic in the soft sense and also in the classical sense, being concerned with major notes and chords in pleasing melodies) and Closer is no exception.
Track length varies from not quite two minutes to the seven and a half minute long "Europe's Dawn". While Closer is not as varied as Human, it still holds interest throughout by having slow quasi-jazz tunes, such as "High Above" (on which a tenor sax floats amidst EM textures and flowing keyboards) and "A picture of you" (mellow bell tones and lush strings painting somewhat sad portraits of lost loves, accompanied by vocal effects and piano), mixed in with more dynamic tracks like the slow to develop but worth the wait "Caleidoscope" (a prog fusion piece that starts slowly but builds into a real treat, full of catchy funky rhythms, jazzy runs on keyboards, and some wailing sax).
Most of what is on Closer will be well suited for driving music with the car stereo turned way up, such as the thunderous "Good Morning Song" or "Dans [da:ns]", another cut that starts slowly but builds into pounding bass and taiko-style drums underneath washes of keyboards and Berlin-esque retro synths. I'll admit not everything here was to my liking, e.g. "Sweetness" was anything but, as I found its mixture of EM beats with neo-classical dramatic crescendos somewhat chaotic and even grating after awhile, almost as if the track wasn't really finished yet.
While Closer is atypical from most Groove Unltd. releases, it is still vintage Van Bogaert. He has always walked a slightly (or even more than slightly) different path than other artists on the label. While Germanic EM fans may find this not synth or sequence-driven enough, fans of dramatic and melodic keyboard music that never abandons accessibility but still takes some risk by blending disparate elements will find plenty here to please their ears.
Even if it doesn't knock me out like Human did, I still recommend the disc, especially the first eight tracks, which shine the brightest to me."
--2005. Bill Binkelman
Review by Phil Derby:
"If you liked Frank Van Bogaert's previous albums, Closer is sure to captivate as well. For those not in the know, the title track should bring you quickly up to speed with its appealing rhythm, melody and varied sound palette.
"Coming up for air" features a soft sequencer pattern, rich pads, beautiful piano chords, and a classic Vangelis synth lead line. As usual, Van Bogaert's music is finely crafted, each piece carefully constructed and thought out.
"Rorogwela" is tribal drums blended surprisingly well with lighthearted piano, which builds with a sense of grandeur.
"High Above" is soft and sweetly restrained with a smattering of pads and other synths.
"Melting" shows Van Bogaert's piano musicianship, another engaging number with a majestic flourish as it crescendos.
"A Picture Of You" is as intricate and beautifully rendered as anything he's done, this time with a variety of unique synths instead of piano. I don't like the male vocals in the background on this track, but the rest works very well.
On "Caleidoscope" electric keys skillfully dazzle with a jazzy flavor, complete with sax.
Two of the last three tracks are achingly beautiful piano pieces.
From beginning to end on Closer, Van Bogaert reminds what a skillful and varied tunesmith he is."
--2005. Phil Derby / Electroambient Space


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SMARTReporter is an application that can warn you of ATA hard-drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T.-status of your hard-drives. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology built into most modern hard-drives that acts as an "early warning system" for pending drive problems.
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Q: Why are my FireWire/USB/SCSI based hard disk drives not seen/supported?
A: "Because SMARTReporter relies on the S.M.A.R.T. implementation of Mac OS X, it only supports ATA, SATA or eSATA hard disk drives, if you want S.M.A.R.T. support for your SCSI, FireWire or USB hard disk drive, send feedback to Apple."
Most of the drives that ever failed on my machine never reported a bad S.M.A.R.T. status. They just dropped blocks left and right until they died a silent death.
I've come to the conviction that S.M.A.R.T. itself seems to be pretty useless.
Would be great if there was Growl integration!
Onyx, like Disk Utility, only checks SMART status when started. SMARTReporter checks at regular interval without needing user intervention.
Thumbs up to developer for this nice open-source app.
Sweet. I've taken my copy down now. :)
SMARTReporter's webpage is working again.
If you cannot download SMARTReporter, use OnyX.
Among all the functions that OnyX is able to do, there's also this same function performed by SMARTReporter.
You can find OnyX here:
Ok, since this guy's .Mac site went down and since there doesn't seem to be any other place to download it, I've decided to temporarily put the app up at this location:
Note that is a download for the slightly older 2.2.0 version. The current version is apparently 2.2.1.
Holy crap, the guy's .Mac site went down. You can't download the software now... Does anybody know what happened?
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Share your experiences with the Mud Chasers - Maryland,DC, Pennsylvania below Back to event details page.
This was, by far, the worst organized event I have ever participated in. There were no clear volunteers on site, no water stations, no signs, no guidance on the course, it wasn't even a 5k! Maybe a 1.5 miles at most. My 7 year old ran the kids event and again, no guidance, no start line, no waves. It was basically a free for all. I regret paying, I could have just showed up and ran in the woods alone. The line to pick up the numbers was no bad folks just gave up and ran number-less. I will never run these event again which is unfortunate. I loved the family aspect and kids smaller event is a really great idea. I hope the organizers take it more seriousness next time. Don't advertise a run if you aren't prepared for people to sign up.
The was a poorly organized event. It started with no signs stating where to park. There was only 2 buses and one of the bus drivers did not know where to go, so instead of following each other both drivers went in one bus, leaving everyone outside to freeze. Our bus driver, Freddie krueger, was taking the corners like a race car driver, I think that was the most challenging part of the day. Once again at the event there was only 2 people to check everyone in. There was not a secure place to put our bags. The course was poorly marked and was not a 3.5 mile event. The only fun part of the event was jumping in the mud. We did have a ticket for a free beer but i guess someone did not get the license to have beer on site. Than we waited over an hr in line to get back on the bus, which the ride was horrible. I do not think I would advise anyone to do this event. It could have been so much better.
Poorly run race that did not go as advertised. It was disorganized, registration was way too long (they only had two people working the registration table), no beer as advertised, ran out of some sizes of tee-shirts (even for those who registered for months in advance) and there was virtually no mud in this "Mud Chaser" event. I could go on, but you get the picture. Paid WAY too much for what I got.
This event was unbelievably poorly organized. Registration was a nightmare. I arrived at the race site 45 minutes before my heat was supposed to begin, but by the time I received my bib it was already 30 minutes past my start time. Speaking of heats, there were none! Everyone seemed to start running whenever they felt like it. The trails were poorly marked, if even marked at all in some areas. The course was maybe 1.5 mi at best, not a 5k. Aside from the last five seconds of the race there was no mud? Afterward, there was no celebration, or celebratory beer, not that this run was anything worth celebrating. The only thing I looked forward to after the race was waiting in line for an hour for a shuttle bus to drive me 10 minutes to the designated event parking lot. I spent more time being frustrated waiting in line than actually running, and enjoying the spirit of race day.
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By Jeff Kurrus
Despite a year of extreme drought and high temperatures, prospects remain generally positive for waterfowlers in many areas of Oklahoma.
"We have birds scattered all over right now," says Josh Richardson, Oklahoma migratory game bird biologist. "Oklahoma is a major wintering area for Canada geese, and we have had a lot of them since the Thanksgiving holiday."
Along with the geese are dabbling ducks such as pintails, wigeon, and mallards, the latter of which should increase in number as the forecast calls for cooler weather pushing into Sooner country this week. The cooler weather may also bring precipitation, which is desperately needed across much of Oklahoma, but especially in the west. Central and eastern counties are in better shape, with Fort Gibson, Wister, and Hudson lakes having higher water levels than reservoirs farther west.
But one doesn't have to be in eastern Oklahoma to find waterfowl. Hunters just need to find food and water to find good hunting.
"Because we have some water everywhere, a lot of hunters should get into birds," Richardson says.
He advises hunters to scout extensively to locate water and concentrations of waterfowl. With the hunting season re-opening this weekend, ducks and geese should be fairly susceptible to calling and decoys before wising up again in response to hunting pressure.
"Just don't get too comfortable in one spot," Richardson adds. "Hunt an area until birds aren't there and then start looking for other places."
One place that should be especially productive for waterfowlers is Kaw Lake in the north-central part of the state.
"We had a substantial millet planting program there in the spring that has done very well," Richardson explains. "It's going to be good this weekend despite pretty tough boating conditions." He recommends using an airboat or walking in to access these shallow feeding areas.
Find hunting and migration reports in your area on the Ducks Unlimited Migration Map.
Jeff Kurrus is a writer/photographer currently working for Nebraskaland Magazine.
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I'm running ps3 media server for soms time now, but lately i'm having trouble playing movie's ( 1080p 720p and 3D ) a lot of them are stutting.
I'm running it om a MacBook pro 2.66 MHz Core i7, 8gb 1067 MHz ddr3. With à wifi netwerk. My ps3 is connected with wire to my wifi router.
Running ps3 media server 1.70.1
My transcode buffer is 300
Cores for transcoding 4
Mpeg-2 settings keyint=25:vqscale=1:vqmin=1
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The SOU School of Business is seeking business research project ideas for its fall term Applied Business Research class.
Students are prepared to design, implement and analyze a broad range of survey topics. Typical projects include: target market surveys, employee benefit surveys, customer attitude and behavioral surveys.
Any interested business or non-profit that has research needs is asked to submit topic requests to Donna Lane at firstname.lastname@example.com by Monday, Sept. 23.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. was fined $2,500, sentenced 90 days in jail starting on January 6, must complete 100 hours of community service and undergo 12 months of treatment in a domestic violence program as a result of a guilty plea to a charge of misdemeanor battery domestic violence and no contest on two counts of harassment.
Sentenced by Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa on Wednesday, the 34-year-old boxing star avoided an evidentiary hearing on felony grand larceny and coercion and robbery charges in addition to misdemeanor domestic battery and harassment charges stemming from an argument involving his ex-girlfriend and two of their children last September, according to the Associated Press.
Click here for a TMZ video of Mayweather's sentencing.
If convicted of all of the charges, Mayweather could have faced 34 years in state prison.
According to the AP, prosecutor Lisa Luzaich told the judge Mayweather has been in trouble before and hasn't been punished.
But defense attorney Karen Winckler argued that the public would benefit more if Mayweather performs 100 hours of community service with children, and said that she is considering an appeal.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mayweather also has agreed to plead no contest next week to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from an incident involving security guard Shayne Smith in November of last year, prosecutors said.
It is unclear what effect Mayweather's circumstances will have on his future as a fighter.
Mayweather (42-0, 26 knockouts) is coming off a fourth-round knockout of Victor Ortiz that earned him the WBC's welterweight title belt in September.
Mayweather had targeted a return to the ring on May 5 against an opponent to be determined, potentially WBO welterweight beltholder Manny Pacquiao.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer had said that the MGM Grand was on hold for that date. Schaefer declined comment on Wednesday.
In a report from RingTV.com on Nov. 27, Top Rank Inc. CEO Bob Arum confirmed that he was fielding offers from potential investment groups that were looking to stage the megabout between Pacquiao and Mayweather, THE RING's No. 1 and, No. 2 fighters pound-for-pound.
"I have absolutely no comment on the subject," said Arum. "None at all."
Also, Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, visited Mayweather during a light workout at the fighter's Las Vegas-based gym last month. Koncz could not immediately be reached for comment.
Past negotions for the Mayweather-Pacquiao megabout twice failed over Mayweather's insistence on Olympic-style drug testing.
Prior to his past two victories over Shane Mosley in May and over Ortiz, Mayweather required that his opponents undergo random testing of blood and urine that was conducted by United States Anti-Doping Agency.
Pacquiao has an ongoing lawsuit against Mayweather, accusing him of defamation and asserting that the fighter has continued to insinuate publicly that Pacquiao's success over eight weight classes is the result of having used performance-enhancing drugs.
But Arum has claimed that drug testing never was an issue for Pacquiao, and has told RingTV.com that the details of the lawsuit can be worked out through negotiations.
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Mt Tremont Trail can be accessed approximately 2 miles east of the Bartlet Inn Bed and Breakfast on US Route 302. Mt Tremont is 3371 Feet. My husband Nick, innkeeper and avid hiker, and I – not so avid hiker, did this hike in about 3.25 hours. I was nervous about so much altitude but found this a great hike. It was very difficult in that the trail is very rocky, uneven and strewn with tree roots. Put that on a incline and it does make for a slippery climb with challenging footing. Saying that, I love that the first third of the hike as the trail travels along Stony Brook which has endless beautiful waterfall cascades and clear pools and river running over sheets of granite; Just beautiful and a great distraction. The second 2/3 of the trail are relatively steep but the foliage was beautiful and there were sections of the trail that were red and then yellow. Towards the last third of the climb you pass through a section of trail with trees and exposed roots that makes you feel like you are traveling through a hobbit colony! One can get glimpses of Mt Washington and Crawford Notch and I imagine as the foliage drops from the trees the views grow en route. From the top the views are spectacular looking down at Sawyer Ponds below as well as Greens Cliff and Bear Notch Road and the Kancamagus Highway. The footing down was pretty hard on the feet. We found the hiking poles a great help on the descent giving us stability climbing down the steep slippery rocky trail. This was a great hike if you enjoy beautiful New Hampshire waterfalls and incredible views and do not mind a challenging trail. For anyone just interested in waterfalls you could do the first section of the trail only and really have a nice easier hike! Any questions call The Bartlett Inn who offer trail advice to all their guests. We help you find the best hike for what challenge you are up for and interests you have. Call 800 292 2353 For More Pictures of our hikes check out our Face book posts. Hiked 9/21/11
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A man was shot by his uncle in Randleman on Monday night, police said.
Investigators said Michael Anthony Dotson shot his nephew in the neck during a family gathering at a picnic table next to a mobile home in the 100 block of River Park Drive about 11:21 p.m. Monday.
Witnesses said Dotson fled the scene and was later captured by police in a wooded area nearby.
Dotson was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Dotson was being held in the Randolph County Jail under a $250,000 bond.
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ST. JAMES – Diana's Diner is gearing up for its fifth annual Old Car Days this weekend, giving car enthusiasts another shot at showing off their toys before the end of the year. The free event will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the plaza. With Old Iron Works Days in full swing, there will be plenty of traffic in town, and whether you want to show off your classic car or truck, hot rod, late model car or even your motorcycle, everyone is welcome. For more information, call Diana's Diner at 265-3424.
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Salmon Maghreb with Tomatoes
Its mixture of spices give this zesty dish the characteristic flavor of North Africa which pairs nicely with the regions staple grain, couscous, made from semolina flour.
The Arabic term Maghreb defines the region west of Egypt, covering the Atlas Mountains and the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
The North Africa spice blend brings zest and depth to this piquant dish, which pairs with the areas delicate couscous perfectly.
Salmon Maghreb with Tomatoes
Adapted from Coastal Living
Serves 4
1 pound plum tomatoes, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces
3/4 tsp sea salt, divided
1/4 tsp ground organic ginger
1/4 tsp ground organic coriander
1/4 tsp ground cardamom
1/4 tsp whole organic fennel seed
1 tsp lemon zest
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped green salad olives*
4 (6 oz each) wild salmon fillets
1/8 tsp organic pepper
1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced
1 Tbsp chopped fresh mint
2 cups hot, freshly cooked couscous
*Green pitted salad olives (not pimiento-stuffed Spanish olives) may be substituted with ripe black olives.
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