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Gulf Island CEO to retire
Published: Monday, December 17, 2012 at 11:54 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 17, 2012 at 11:54 a.m.
The CEO of Gulf Island Fabrication, one of the area's largest employers, will retire Jan. 1.
Kerry J. Chauvin has worked with the company for nearly three decades, most of it as CEO and board chairman.
"I've been with the company 27 and a half years. I appreciate the time the company let me serve," Chauvin said. "I have some health issues, and it's time for some of the young people to grow this company, and I felt I couldn't give the company 100 percent. Besides the medicial treatment, my wife and I would like to travel."
He will be replaced by Kirk J. Meche, now president and chief operating officer.
John P. "Jack" Laborde, a member of the company's board of directors since 1997, will assume the role of chairman of the board.
"We have all benefited from Kerry's guidance and vision," Laborde said. "We appreciate and thank you Kerry."
The company, which builds offshore oil platforms and related structures, has doubled its number of employees since 2009, a year after entering the shipbuilding market.
It had 2,200 workers in November, making it the largest private employer based in Terrebonne Parish, according to The Courier and Daily Comet's annual survey.
Chauvin plans to serve as a consultant after he resigns his leadership post.
"I still will help them in the future with anything they need," Chauvin said.
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PEOPLE'S PHARMACY: Pickle juice perfect for restless foot
Published: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 1:51 p.m.
Q: I don't have restless leg syndrome (RLS) or nighttime leg cramps. Rather, I have "restless foot," sometimes in the right foot, sometimes in the left. I can actually feel the energy building up in my foot when it comes on. After about a minute, the energy is so great I must move the affected foot.
I started to drink tonic water, and it helped me to be able to get to sleep. I've never told my doctor about all this because he'd probably prescribe a high-cost med! I'm on a host of other drugs for high blood pressure (metoprolol and Exforge), diabetes (glimepiride), a blood thinner (Aggrenox), a cholesterol med (Tricor) and amitriptyline for diabetic nerve pain. I hope that none of these interacts with the quinine in the tonic water.
A: There is a possibility that the quinine in the tonic water could interact with your blood pressure pills, so you should talk this over with your doctor. Also ask him about pickle juice, as another reader suggests this:
"Drinking 3 tablespoons of dill pickle juice is a remedy I follow, both for night cramps in my thighs and for twitchy feet. The dill pickle juice works astonishingly fast, within seconds. I keep a jar next to my bed for use only as needed. It has never failed me. Football coaches use it to get a cramping quarterback back in the game right away."
Q: Several months ago, I went to the ER because of severe chest pain. I thought I was having a heart attack. After some tests, they told me it was heartburn.
My highly respected naturopathic doctor told me not to take heartburn drugs, because they can be hard to stop. Instead, he put me on DGL tablets. I take one twice per day and have not had any heartburn since. I think this would be very helpful for people who do not want to take acid-suppressing drugs for heartburn.
A: DGL is short for deglycyrrhizinated licorice, a natural medicine that can be helpful against heartburn. Other nondrug approaches include chewing gum (to stimulate saliva production), herbal tea, ginger and mustard.
You will find more information on these options in our Guide to Digestive Disorders. Anyone who would like a copy, please send $3 in check or money order with a long, stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. G-3, P.O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027. It also can be downloaded for $2 from our website: www.peoplespharmacy.com.
Your doctor is right that getting off acid-suppressing drugs can be challenging. Gradual tapering of the dose, along with DGL, ginger or persimmon tea (all found in the guide), may be helpful. Have your doctor monitor your progress.
Q: I read that if you have earlobe creases you are at risk for heart disease. Do they indicate clogged arteries?
My grandparents lived past 90. My father is healthy at 82 and still exercising. I ride my bike daily, eat lots of veggies and fresh fruit and can outwork and outpace guys 15 years younger than me. Do I need to worry about my earlobes?
A: With your healthy lifestyle and no symptoms, it is unlikely that you should worry about a diagonal crease in your earlobes. Although creases are more common among people who have heart disease, they also can occur in healthy individuals. Keep doing what you are doing, and don't fret.
Write to Joe and Teresa Graedon via their website: www.PeoplesPharmacy.com.
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'Tis the season of dropping temperatures.
As the red slowly slips from thermometers, many local residents are left worrying about how they will afford rising heating costs. As in past years, several federally funded programs are available to assist eligible families and individuals throughout the cold winter season.
The Home Energy Assistance Program, or HEAP, is one of the most widely used programs locally, said Mary Bayless, senior case manger for the Washington-Morgan Community Action HEAP.
"HEAP is a program designed to help income eligible households one time per season with a credit to their heating bill," she explained.
The basic HEAP program runs all year and could also be used to help with cumbersome summer electric bills, explained Janet Cesner, assistant deputy chief of the Office of Community Assistance at the Ohio Department of Development.
"As far as HEAP, we have definitely seen an increase in the demand for that program," said Cesar.
Fact Box
Winter Assistance Program
Heat Energy Assistance Program: Provides a yearly one-time credit to an eligible household's utility bill
Winter Crisis Program: Provides up to $175 once a year to help a household keep their heat connected or reconnect a defaulted account
Percentage of Income Payment Plan: Puts eligible families on a payment plan based on the last 30 days of income
Home Weatherization Assistance Program: Helps eligible households winterize their home through a range of available services
Who to contact
Ohio Department of Development at 1-800-282-0880 or www.energyhelp.ohio.gov
Washington-Morgan Community Action at 373-3745 in Washington County or at 962-3827 in Morgan County
Last year, 459,286 Ohioans took advantage of the program, she said.
Aside from HEAP, the Winter Crisis Program is designed specifically to help individuals facing a disconnect during the harsh winter months. It begins Nov. 1 and runs through March 31, said Cesner.
The Winter Crisis Program provides up to $175 once a year for the purpose or helping customers keep their heating connected or even reconnect a defaulted account. The program must be applied for in person at Washington-Morgan Community Action. The program is in such high demand that the Washington County location has seen between 50 to 70 applicants on a daily basis since the program began, said Bayless.
For those who use a form of heating other than gas or electric, the program also provides for delivery of kerosene, oil, propane, coal and wood.
Another option for struggling households is the Percentage of Income Payment Plan, or PIPP. As the name suggests, the program puts families on a payment plan based on the last 30 days of income. If the family uses both gas and electric, they are usually asked to pay 6 percent of each bill. If they use only electric, they are asked to pay 10 percent, said Bayless.
Finally, the Home Weatherization Assistance Program (HWAP), can provide anything from insulation to heating system repairs to carbon monoxide detectors, said Cesner. It is available to both homeowners and renters, though a landlord's permission is required, she said.
To qualify for HEAP and HWAP, a household must have an annual household income of 200 percent of the poverty level. An individual living alone is eligible if he or she has an annual income of $22,340 or less. For larger households, that eligibility requirement is an additional $7,920 per individual.
To qualify for PIPP, a household must have an annual household income of 150 percent of the poverty level. An individual living alone is eligible if he or she has an annual income of $16,755 or less and larger households can add $5,940 per person to find their eligibility level.
There is no income requirement for the WCP, said Cesner.
For more information on assistance programs, visit the Ohio Department of Development's energy assistance website at energyhelp.ohio.gov or call 1-800-282-0880. Washington-Morgan Community Action can be reached at 373-3745 in Washington County or at 962-3827 in Morgan County.
To find out more about available utilities credit, contact your utilities providers.


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WALNUT CREEK -- Confronted with the prickly facade of an "opuntia robusta" in the three-acre Ruth Bancroft Garden, most visitors do not think, "I want to eat that!"
The plant, falling into a classification generally referred to as "prickly pears, " is covered not only with obvious, dagger-like extrusions but with microscopic spiny needles called "glochids." Invisible to the eye but painful to the touch, they are Mother Nature's ingenious protective armor for the plant's deep red, beet-flavored fruit.
But on a sunny Saturday, armed with the expertise of docent Jody Morgan, two dozen brave and curious nibblers defied thorny peril and ate their way through an Exotic Fruit Tasting Tour at the Bancroft garden.
It was instantly obvious to see why the tour was a sellout -- lively visitors (many with a formidable supply of succulents knowledge) and an animated, expert tour guide.
Barry Rice and Beth Salvia traveled from Woodland, bringing their astrobiology professor/optical lab worker/portrait painter backgrounds and their "Any fruit tasting is fun!" attitudes.
"We came to see if there was something to incorporate into our front garden, " Salvia said. "We have fig trees and a vegetable garden, but we'd like to add water-wise plants that are edible."
John Valenzuela, an educator, horticulturist and chairman of the Golden Gate chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers, was a walking encyclopedia but every bit the gentleman as he tossed in references to ancestral origins for various plants, or literary myths and legends to accompany Morgan's robust explanations.
The Bancroft garden was started by the now 104-year old Ruth Bancroft, who continues to live with, work among and add to the venerable collection. The garden could survive nearly an entire summer without watering, according to Morgan.
"We water once a week, but only to keep it looking best for visitors, " she explained.
Morgan, a Danville resident and a five-year garden docent, has a fascination with and tenderness for succulents, and a deep knowledge of the garden's -- and each plant's -- history.
"Invasive plants aren't dangerous, unless you let them grow unrestrained, " she said, in answer to a guest's question about an "undesirable" plant.
Morgan opened the gate to allow entry into Bancroft's private garden -- a special bonus of the tour as Bancroft's private property is not typically open to the public.
"I don't have a lot of nice things to say about this first plant ("Feijoa Sellowiana, " or "Pineapple Guava"), but Ruth is a collector and wanted variety, " Morgan said.
The offending plant's green, plum-sized fruits littered the ground; when cut, they yield a soft, kiwi-textured fruit.
"I liked the jelly palm better, " a visitor said, about the cherry-sized, orange balls tasted at the start of the tour.
In addition to scientific details about each plant's genetic code, soil conditioning, organic growing patterns (one plant fruits and flowers at the same time so that it is never "dormant") and "inorganic manipulations" (plants engineered to feed cattle), Morgan allowed visitors to discuss the flavor of each fruit.
"The difference, even within one species, is impressive, " said Lisa Damerel of Orinda. "But you can't just go up and pick it. It's spiky and spiny and you'll get stabbed."
Her companion and spouse Jordan, was caught by the wonder of finding himself surrounded by odd, edible plants and simply added, "Can you believe we're right in the middle of a city?"
Gathering at a table spread with try-it-again fruit platters, visitors clustered in small groups.
"Can you tell me more about the 370-year old Valley Oak that produces 2,000 pounds of acorn in one year?" a woman asked Morgan.
"Native people cleaned wounds and set mortar and substituted some of these plants for wood -- sustainable practice isn't new!" another visitor announced.
A 23-year-old hybrid agave, rising like a gigantic, 25-foot asparagus stalk, received a number of comments -- "amazing, " "impossible" and "imagine that for dinner!"
On a Bancroft garden tasting tour, that's the beautiful thing. There's no need to imagine -- just eat.


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- Complimentary shuttle service takes guests around the resort, including to Cow Head Trail, a half-mile hike that culminates at 400 feet above sea level with a spectacular sunset and Caribbean view.
Hotel Overview
What to Expect:
- Opened in 1964 by Laurance Rockefeller (son of John D.) as one of his harmonious-with-nature resorts, Little Dix Bay offers a Robinson-Crusoe-with-dress-code experience. Arriving on the resort's boat from the airport, guests see a postcard-perfect bay surrounded by green hills and edged by a crescent beach 500 acres of property in all, only 200 acres developed. Gradually the eye picks out a cluster of soaring, many-angled wood-shingle roofs (the Pavilion dining area) and widely spaced thatched shades ringing the beach. These number 59, an example of the spaciousness and privacy here even when the resort is fully booked.
Amenity Highlights:
- Protected by a coral reef, Little Dix Bay offers calm-water swimming and snorkeling opportunities as well as a half-mile beach furnished with 59 thatched shades (bohios) widely spaced the length of the beach for privacy. Complimentary water-taxi service transports guests to 7 other secluded beaches on Virgin Gorda and to the Baths at Virgin Gorda, a famed series of grottoes and pools. For rejuvenation-with-a-view, the resort's health spa is located atop a hill and includes cliffside treatment rooms with indoor and outdoor showers and panoramic vistas.
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- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Hair dryer
- Housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Internet access - dial-up
- Iron/ironing board
- Minibar
- Non-smoking rooms
- Premium bedding
- Refrigerator
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Property Amenities
Just beyond a colorful barrier reef, lapped by gentle blue waters on a softly curving crescent beach, lies Little Dix Bay, A Rosewood Resort - a truly authentic destination, tamed for sophisticated tastes. The timeless boutique resort on the island of Virgin Gorda offers tranquility found nowhere else in the Caribbean. Little Dix rewards its discerning guests with an instantaneous retreat from their fast-paced lives. In the absence of the commercialism, Little Dix connects one to the surroundings. The following list of amenities are available on-site. Fees may apply.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning service
- Fitness equipment
- Garden
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Laundry service
- Multilingual staff
- Parking (free)
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service
- Room service (limited hours)
- Security guard
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
- Suitable for children
- Supervised child care/activities
- Swimming pool
- Wheelchair accessible
- American Express
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- Pets not allowed
- Resort fee charged at hotel/condo
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- Noon
All guests have the option of Complimentary afternoon tea served in the Pavilion Bar and Terrace.
Sugar Mill RestaurantOpen-air sea-view restaurant built around fieldstone tower resembling sugar mill. Flagstone floor. Unfinished-wood ceilings, oil lamps. Linen-service fine dining. Menu featuring seafood, steaks. Dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men. Dinner only.
The Pavilion Dining RoomOpen-air under soaring, many-angled wood-shingle roofs supported by wood beams, rock columns. Flagstone floor and terrace. Breakfast, lunch buffets and à la carte choices. Dinner menu featuring island-style specials. Nightly musical entertainment on terrace for dancing on sea-view terrace. After-sunset dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men.
The Pavilion Bar and TerraceAdjacent to The Pavilion Dining Room. Covered and sea-view terrace seating. Bar menu of sandwiches, snacks served mid-afternoon to early evening. After-sunset dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men.
The Beach Grill and BarOpen-air spot serving lunch daily except Thursday, when barbecue buffet accompanied by steel band offered on remote beach. Sandwiches, salads, burgers, tropical drinks. Dress code: cover-ups and footwear.
The resort provides complimentary snorkeling gear, small sailboats, and kayaks. Play on seven tennis courts (two artificial grass courts are lighted) is also complimentary; private lessons are available for fees. The resort's water taxis provide complimentary transport to nearby uninhabited beaches and to the Baths at Virgin Gorda, a famed series of grottoes and pools. Scuba divers enjoy certification classes. Scuba and snorkeling excursions; sailing and fishing trips, depart from the resort's dock. Hiking trails abound on and near the resort, including a half-mile hike to an altitude of 400 feet for sunset views, and a 1.5-mile hike to a remote swimming beach.Other recreational activities listed below are available near the resort. Fees might be charged.
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- Wounds of '63 will never be forgotten
- It's one strange, overconnected world
- America can make real change happen
- Government by repeated brinksmanship
- Special Christmas gift: Paying it forward
- 'Presidential' process has truly changed
- Jesus didn't sign up with any one party
- Looks can be reflection of life we've lived
- Freedom: Cornerstone of all other gifts
- Will we choose a bluebird to lead our nation?
- Religion, politics square off in ugly battle
- It's no longer government by the people
- Elected officials must be held accountable
- Memories of angels' hair will never fade
- Retelling history to cleanse the conscience
- Sept. 11 revisited: What have we learned?
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Jess Rooney Gallagher joined the MIT sports medicine staff for the 2007-2008 season and is now in her seventh year working with the Engineer's intercollegiate teams. She coordinates care for women's volleyball, men's basketball, men's lacrosse, women's tennis, rifle, and men and women's cross country.
A 2001 graduate of Northeastern University with a B.S in Athletic Training; continued her academic career with an E.d.M. in Sports Psychology from Boston University in 2003.
Jess joined the MIT staff after spending four years as the Head Athletic Trainer for Campus Recreation at the University of New Hampshire. During her tenure, she coordinated care for 26 club sports including rugby, wrestling, lacrosse, ice hockey, cycling, and woodsmen. While at Boston University, she was a Graduate Assistant for Club Sports, providing care women's rugby, women's ice hockey, cycling, and men's lacrosse.
In addition to her athletic training and administrative responsibilities, Jess serves as an approved clinical instructor for Boston University's Athletic Training Education Program, where she is responsible for supervising and mentoring athletic training students. She also serves as the MIT's clinical site coordinator for the BU program.
Jess is a licensed athletic trainer in Massachusetts and an active member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association, Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association, and the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts.


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There are some instances where we may not be able to release all of the information we hold about you. For example, if we have received legal advice about your case, under Common Law this is covered by legal professional privilege and remains confidential. We will not release information that is part of a current investigation or contract negotiation with the Council.
Any information about other people, including other members of your family, will be blacked out.
How do I make a Subject Access Request?
To request your personal information, you will need to provide proof of identity (e.g. copy of passport, driving licence, birth certificate or a utility bill) and the following information:
- Your name (and any previous names)
- Your current address (and any previous addresses from where you have had dealings with us)
- Details of the information you require, including details of the Council departments you have dealt with and dates so we can trace the information you require
The information will be provided in no more than 40 calendar days.
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You can authorise someone else to make the Subject Access Request for you, such as a relative, advocate or solicitor. We need to have proof of your consent for that action before we can process the request. If the person does not have capacity to make the application themselves, we need to see the registered Power of Attorney that allows you to act for them and proof of your identity also.
If the Service User is dead, can the surviving family members see the record?
Rights under the Data Protection Act apply only to living persons. However there may be concerns that the family have about services to their relative. Please remember that there are still issues of confidentiality surrounding access to information about a person who has died, particularly in social care. The person may have consented or clearly refused consent to disclosure of the information while they were alive. The executor of the deceased person's estate or their next of kin will inherit their right to confidentiality. However access to their information may be given at the discretion of the Council. Therefore we may need to refer cases to Legal Services.
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For your very mobile lifestyle comes an imaging system with freedom to create and express as never before. Highly compact and portable, the Nikon 1 J1 goes everywhere you go. Moments from your amazing world are captured using a highly responsive autofocus and super fast shooting speed. In one touch you can work in Full HD (1080p) movie record mode. A camera so versatile you can even snap photos while recording movies. Unleash your creativity with Nikon 1 - offering a balance of high performance, advanced features, portability and an interchangeable lens system. Infuse your world with photos from every moment and connect as never before.
Busy lives filled with fleeting chances to record loved ones in action demand a camera that can keep up.
Designed to think fast and act even faster, the super-small Nikon 1 J1 interchangeable lens camera offers all you need to shoot great photos and movies.
Portable enough to take anywhere and easy to operate, it will bring new levels of speed, simplicity and enjoyment to the way you capture your world.
Nikon 1
An intelligent and ultra-portable camera system. Boasts a dedicated range of compact 1 NIKKOR interchangeable lenses. Crafted to bring new levels of speed, simplicity and enjoyment to the way you capture your world.
CX-format CMOS image sensor
Delivers the performance you need for stunning photos and movies. Offers the ideal balance between system size, speed, light sensitivity, resolution and depth-of-field. Enables beautifully detailed 10.1 megapixel images of even fast-moving subjects in any light.
Super high-speed autofocus system
Focuses so fast you can capture moments without delay. Boasts an amazing number of focus points for consistently sharp results. Instantly switches between Phase-Detection AF for shiny or moving subjects, and Contrast Detect AF if your subject is stationary, or poorly lit.
EXPEED 3 image processor
Engineered to deliver unparalleled levels of speed and performance in any situation. Equipped with two powerful engines that can process images at an incredible 600 megapixels a second. Offers superior noise reduction and enables the camera's groundbreaking shooting modes.
Blazingly fast continuous shot
Delivers full-resolution images at up to 60 frames per second, so practically no movement is too fast to capture. When you want to focus tightly on one subject - say a child or pet - the camera can track them and capture full-resolution images at 10 fps.
Motion Snapshot
Brings your stills to life in a click. Harnesses the camera's processing speed to simultaneously record a slow motion movie and a still image. As soon as you've taken your shot it instantly combines the two to create a `living image' and capture a moment in time as never before.
Smart Photo Selector
Always gets the best shot. Shoots 20 high-resolution images before and after you release the shutter, then saves your `best' five for you to choose from. Images are recommended based on facial expression, composition and focus.
Advanced movie recording
Lets you take a full-resolution photo while filming, without interrupting recording, and you can film in extreme slow motion for dramatic effect. Movies can be recorded in full HD and the Phase-detection autofocus system makes it easy to capture great action scenes.
Striking, minimalist camera design at its best
Boasts a strong yet lightweight body available in a range of colors. Packs a 7.5 cm (3-in.), 460k-dot LCD monitor with wide viewing angle and protective glass.
Intuitive operation
With clear menus, a minimum number of buttons, a built-in flash and an easy-to-reach mode dial for quick access to shooting modes. When you don't want to think about a thing, you can shoot in auto mode and let scene auto selector choose the best camera settings for you.
Built-in flash
Offers extra light when you need it. Handy for indoor shots or to soften images when the sun is behind your subject. Designed alongside the camera, it offers perfectly exposed results.
Expandable system
The family of 1 NIKKOR interchangeable lenses cover practically every type of scene, are all optimized for movie recording and boast a compact design for superior portability.
Mount Adapter FT1
Attaches to the camera's 1-mount to let you use any NIKKOR SLR lens. Trying out different lenses is a great way to experiment with how you shoot a scene, and if you use AF-S and AF-I NIKKOR lenses you can still make full use of the incredible Nikon 1 autofocus system.
Nikon 1 Short Movie Creator
Automatically creates short films from your photos and movies. Incredibly easy-to-use, it preserves the quality of every photo or frame of footage you shoot. Movies can be up to 30 minutes long and there is a range of styles to choose from.
- Product Description
- Nikon 1 J1 - digital camera 1 NIKKOR 10mm lens
- Product Type
- Digital camera - mirrorless system
- Lens Included
- 1 NIKKOR 10mm lens
- Memory Card Slot
- SD card
- Image Processor
- Sensor Resolution
- 10.1 Megapixel
- Max Video Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Lens System
- Wide-angle lens - 10 mm - f/2.8
- Focus Adjustment
- Automatic, manual
- Min Focus Distance
- 20 cm
- Camera Flash
- Pop-up flash
- Display
- LCD display - 3"
- Supported Battery
- 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1020 mAh ( included )
- AV Interfaces
- Microsoft Certification
- Compatible with Windows 7
- Colour
- Black
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 10.6 cm x 3 cm x 6.1 cm
- Weight
- 234 g
- Product Type
- Digital camera - mirrorless system
- Lens Included
- 1 NIKKOR 10mm lens
- Enclosure Colour
- Black
- Sensor Resolution
- 10.1 Megapixel
- Optical Sensor Type
- High Speed AF CMOS
- Total Pixels
- 12,000,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution
- 10,100,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size
- 13.2 x 8.8mm
- Field of View Crop Factor
- 2.7
- Image Processor
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CBS Tailgate event to shutdown parts of streets around City Hall through weekend
Published: Friday, October 25, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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Part of 6th Street between the Tuscaloosa City Hall parking deck entrance and 21st Avenue will be closed from 5 p.m. Friday through 2 a.m. Sunday for Saturday's CBS-42 T-Town Tailgate event. Access to the City Hall parking deck will be maintained during the closure.
The T-Town Tailgate will feature live music by the Negotiators, food by Taste of Chicago and the opportunity to register for prizes. The event will be at Government Plaza, about a mile from Bryant-Denny Stadium. The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, three hours before the kickoff of the Alabama-Tennessee football game.
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20.02.2013 - Sobi and Savient Pharmaceuticals will co-market the Swedish company's arthritis drug Kineret (anakinra) in the U.S.
The copy of the human IL-1 receptor antagonist, which is produced in E. coli bacteria, reduces the symptoms and progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by binding the access of IL-1 that causes inflammation in the joints. With the agreement Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) hopes to expand its reach to US physicians, said Sobi COO Alan Raffensperger.
Savient's specialised sales force has strong, established relationships with rheumatologists in the US. "Kineret complements the strategic direction and focus of Savient, as we continue to build upon our existing relationships with rheumatologists and patients while marketing our own product, Krystexxa", said Lou Ferrari, President and Chief Executive Officer of Savient.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sobi has granted to Savient the exclusive right to co-promote the sale of Kineret with Sobi in the US. Savient will market and promote Kineret beginning April 1, 2013. Sobi will remain responsible for all Kineret commercial drug manufacturing, supply, safety, and regulatory activities.
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Three restaurants with Tuscaloosa ties were named in a Southern Living magazine reader survey of the top 15 "Best Rib-Stickin' Joints" in the South.
Dreamland BBQ, which originated in Tuscaloosa and now has locations throughout Alabama and Georgia, ranked eighth. Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q, which opened a Tuscaloosa site in 2012, finished sixth and Archibald's Drive In in Northport was voted 13th.
More than 13,000 readers voted in the one-week survey. The full list is featured in the June issue of Southern Living, which goes on sale today.
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A section of Highway 421 south will be closed all day Sunday so crews can conduct bridge work.
The closure will start at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, weather permitting, at Dinkins Bottoms Road at exit 249. The road will reopen around 6 a.m. Monday.
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Definition of factorial in English:
1The product of an integer and all the integers below it; e.g., factorial four (4!) is equal to 24. (Symbol: !)
Example sentences
- The gamma function is undefined for zero and negative integers, from which we can conclude that factorials of negative integers do not exist.
- Stirling wrote to De Moivre pointing out some errors that he had made in a table of logarithms of factorials in the book.
- They learned of each other's discoveries because each of them communicated his work to James Stirling, whose approximation for the factorial is a special case of the Euler-Maclaurin summation.
1.1The product of a series of factors in an arithmetic progression.
Example sentences
- In the proof below, we use the fact that e is the sum of the series of inverted factorials.
- 'A factorial is the product of consecutive numbers from 1 to that particular digit and is represented by placing a'!'
adjectivechiefly Mathematics
Relating to a factor or factorial: a factorial design
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- Experimental designs involving factorial combination of multiple independent variables call for some inventiveness when it comes to graphical presentation of data.
- Around 1926, a British statistician, Ronald Fisher, while working in the field of agriculture, developed a new form of experimentation called two-level factorial design.
- A 2 x 4 x 12 factorial design was used to assess the effects of light, temperature and month, respectively, on the germination of Spergularia marina seeds.
factorially adverb
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- Three stimulus frequencies were combined factorially with two input channels (left and right ears) and three measurement procedures.
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Hello Cesare_Borgia,
The "Cargo Course" and "Long-Haul Hike" are types of divers you can find in the City Map. So if you use those divers the right amount asked, you'll complete the 3rd Uplay action.
Let me know if it answers your question!
Could someone please clarify a bit more. I just unlocked the city and don't see any buildings that have to do with Cargo Course" and "Long-Haul Hike, what specially should I be looking for.
Never mind, it's being done from Public toilets, which you have access to right away, when you get to the city and there is another one, just next to it.
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hi guys
i cant get this action
i collected from 12 Cargo Course and 8 Long-Haul Hike, separately, not at the same time, and i dont got yet
Hard Work Cafe i had earn when i reached level 21 - uplay so slow
If you are having trouble with your Uplay actions, you can always contact support: http://ubisoft.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/p/2070,2454
They should be able to help you out! Be sure to ask a question from the Uplay account for which you are supposed to get the actions.
This action is also bugged for me. I've tried both ways to do it: separately and all together. None worked.
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Tigers win GSC baseball tournament opener
Published: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. | Back-to-back West Florida errors and a suicide squeeze bunt by West Alabama center fielder Jocobby Robinson notched three runs for the Tigers in the top of the eighth inning to give UWA a 6-3 victory Thursday in its first game of the Gulf South Conference Tournament.
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Any chance you could extend that tour into Atlantic Canada? don't tell me you wouldn't love to come to the hometown (Halifax) of Buck65 and others? Don't tell me you don't know directions, I've proof that you've been here before:
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My Life as a Fat Man
I am Chris Christie.
Of course, I'm not the governor of New Jersey. Or even a Jersey resident. Instead, I'm a workaday journalist in New York. But I have one big thing in common with the man – literally.
I'm fat.
And it takes a fat man to understand another fat man. That's because we inhabit a somewhat different world than fat women: They've arguably got a more difficult path, living in a society that demands a slim feminine look. A fat guy can settle into his skin, so to speak – laughing off his girth, letting strangers call him "big guy," eating those second (and third) helpings with a kind of macho abandon. And even if his corpulence becomes a matter of public debate – unlike Christie, I've never had to do battle with a former White House doctor — he can still tell everyone to mind their own business. Or in Christie's case, he can call the physician in question a "hack who wants five minutes on TV."
But all the while the fat man still lives with a hidden shame of who he is – and a fear of what will become of him health-wise. Come to think of it, that could be a lot worse than worrying if you'll ever fit into a size 4 dress.
Actually, it's not really a contest between fat men and fat women – we've both got a challenging lot in life and we both have our own individual stories to tell. So here's mine: I've been fat pretty much my entire 49 years on this planet – save for a period in adolescence through my early college years when a diet doctor got me to lose a chunk of weight and the loss somehow stuck. But by my senior year of college, the scale started tipping past 200 – about 20 lbs. above my ideal body weight. And as I began working and raising a family in my late 20s, I hit 250. By the time I was in my mid 40s and writing about food as my main gig (yes, I could eat for my job!), I reached an all-time high of 295 – well more than 100 lbs. over that ideal mark.
Did I try to diet? Of course I did. Which is why I so relate to Christie when he put it like this: "If you talk to anybody who has struggled with their weight, what they will tell you is that every week, every month, every year, there is a plan." You see, we're not fat because we want to be. And please, don't bring up the "w" word. You don't get to be the governor of a major state – and a possible presidential candidate – without plenty of willpower. And I don't think I lack willpower, either.
But for some of us, the siren song of food is just too great. Maybe we're eating for psychological reasons. Or maybe we've simply got a more cultivated sense of taste. I don't know and I suspect the governor doesn't, either. We just like to eat. If you don't get it, good for you. But like Christie, I'm tired of people – even well-intentioned people – thinking we've somehow gone through life unaware of the problem.
But what about the plan? Well, it's always changing because a) there's no magic pill; and b) we're still hoping to find that magic pill. In my case, here's a short list of what I've tried over the years: Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast, low-carb dieting, hi-carb dieting, Overeaters Anonymous, hypnotherapy, nutritional counseling and a few types of medications (though, thankfully, I somehow avoided Fen-Phen). Everything worked – for about 10-15 lbs. worth of weight loss. But ultimately, I couldn't shake the desire to eat. I get it, Chris Christie. I really do.
But these days, I weigh just a little above 240 – my lowest since my 20s – and I'm on a solid path to lose even more. How'd I do it? I wish I could say I finally conquered my cravings, but the truth is I simply went under the knife – in 2009, I got "banded," a procedure that essentially limits the amount of food you can take in at a single time by tightening the opening of the stomach with an adjustable gastric band (sometimes referred to by its brand name, Lap-Band). Even then, I was hardly a poster boy for this type of surgery – for the first couple of years following the procedure, I lost very little weight largely because I resisted getting the band adjustments I was supposed to get. (Hey, it meant I couldn't eat those second and third helpings!) Naturally, this defeats the logic of having the surgery in the first place. But a fat man is going to do what a fat man is going to do.
So, what made me change course in this last year and start to drop some serious weight? The health thing. I'm looking ahead to my 50th birthday and both my cholesterol and blood pressure have been high, my knees have started to ache and my sleep has not always been so sound. The final straw came when I saw a cardiologist last spring for a quick evaluation in advance of some minor sinus surgery. He had no problems approving me for the surgery, but he told me almost exactly what former White House physician Dr. Connie Mariano told Christie: The weight is going to catch up with you and a heart attack could be in your near future.
Then again, it's not just the health thing. I'm also tired of being called "big guy" by every third stranger I meet. (And the "big guy" stuff is pretty mild – when you're fat, you're occasionally subject to a cruelty that's about on par with the worst sort of racism.) And I'm tired of being the butt of my own jokes. You see, that's what us fat men do: Just like Chris Christie went on Letterman with a donut in hand, I've learned to laugh at myself at every turn. If someone asked how I became a food writer, I'd say that when an opening for such a position came up at my last newspaper, my editors looked around the room and picked the fattest person they could find. (Rim shot, please.) The truth was that I was well-qualified for the job – I may be a glutton, but I'm also a gourmet – but like most fat men, I've mastered the art of self-deprecation.
Of course, it's one thing to be laughed at by the occasional stranger – or to laugh at yourself when you're among a few friends and colleagues. It's another to become something of our national fat man joke, as is the case with Christie. I still carry the stings of particularly nasty remarks made about my weight going back four decades. I can hardly imagine what it's like to hear such remarks a million times every day. I suspect that Christie has long learned to shut them out. The irony is that carrying such a quiet burden can only lead to – you guessed it – eating of the emotional variety. Call it comfort food in the truest sense.
But here's the thing: I didn't ask to be the governor of New Jersey. Chris Christie did. He's not complaining, but he has to know – deep down – that the weight is going to become more of a professional and personal liability, that he can only be so "healthy" (as he's indeed described himself) when he's packing so much onto his frame. I want to tell the governor that he's got to do something – somehow, someway – to lose the weight. When I walk around these days in my 240-lb. body, I'm amazed at the literal burden that's been lifted – and how much more I'm able to accomplish. And I still have at least another 50 lbs. to lose!
But I also am careful not to preach: That's the other part of the fat man thing – once a fat man, always a fat man. It's not just that I know I can put the weight back on, even though the gastric band thankfully makes that a challenge. It's also that I know it's simply not easy – not for a governor, not for a food writer, not for, well, anyone with a weight problem. And guys may have their own particular struggle and may have to deal with the problem in an especially lonely way – you won't find many men at a Weight Watchers meeting – but the struggle is the struggle. The thin man will never understand the fat man.
And the fat man always wishes he was thin.
Charles Passy writes Speakeasy's Table for One food column.


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For the function, find all points of inflection or determine that no such points exist.
f (x) = sin x
The first derivative is f '(x) = cos x and the second derivative is
f "(x) = -sin x.
The second derivative is never undefined, and is zero at nπ for every integer n. Therefore our inflection points are nπ for every integer n. If we look at the graph, this makes sense. We can think of the graph of sin x as a series of upside down and right-side up bowls, and an inflection point occurs between every two bowls:
f (x) = ex
Every time we take the derivative of ex we find ex again, therefore the first and second (and all other) derivatives of f (x) are ex. Since f "(x) = ex is never undefined and is never zero, the function f (x) = ex has no inflection points. This makes sense, since the graph of f (x) = ex is concave up everywhere:
We need to use some quotient rule stuff here. First, the first derivative:
Usually we say not to bother squaring the denominator when we use the quotient rule. However, this denominator is only one term, so it looks better after we square it.
The second derivative has no roots and is undefined at x = 0. However, since x = 0 isn't in the domain of f to begin with, it can't be an inflection point. Therefore the function f (x) has no inflection points, which indeed it does not; it's concave up everywhere it's defined:
This might seem like a lot of work for no inflection points. However, knowing a graph has no inflection points is still a useful piece of information.
Since f " is a polynomial it's never undefined. Its roots are x = 2 and x = 3:
When x < 2, both x – 2 and x – 3 are negative, so f " is positive:
When x is between 2 and 3, the quantity x – 2 is positive but x – 3 is negative so f " is negative:
Finally, when x is greater than 3 both x – 2 and x – 3 are positive, so f " is positive:
Since the sign of f " changes at x = 2 and x = 3, these are both inflection points.
f (x) = 5x + 2
The derivative calculations for this one are super-quick (f '(x) = 5 and f "(x) = 0), but you don't even need to do that. Look at the graph:
A line has no concavity anywhere. Therefore it never changes concavity, so it can't have any inflection points. The end!
f (x) = x1/3
We find the first two derivatives:
This function is undefined when x = 0. Since x = 0 is in the domain of f, this is a possible inflection point. To determine if x = 0 is a real inflection point, we need to inspect the sign of f " to either side.
When x is greater than zero,
is also greater than zero, so
is negative.
When x is less than zero,
is also less than zero because of the odd numbers in the fractional exponent (the cube root of a negative number is negative, and raising a negative number to the 5th power is negative). Therefore
is positive.
Since f " changes sign at x = 0, this is an inflection point. Here's the graph:
f (x) = xex
We find the derivatives using the product rule:
This is never undefined, and has its only root at x = -2. Since ex is always positive, it doesn't affect the sign of f ". The only part that affects the sign of f " is the (2 + x):
f "(x) = ex(2 + x)
Since 2 + x is negative for x < -2 and positive for x > -2, the sign of f " changes at x = -2, so this is an inflection point. Here's the graph:
We use the quotient rule a couple of times to find the first two derivatives:
The second derivative is undefined when x = 0, but that's not in the domain of f anyway so it doesn't count. The second derivative is 0 when
To confirm that this is an inflection point, we need to check what the sign of f " does as we cross x = e3/2 ≈ 4.48.
The numbers x = 4 and x = 5 are nice ones to use.
Since the sign of f" does change, x = e3/2 is indeed an IP.
From the graph, this is believable:
f (x) = x ln x for x > 0
f (x) = x ln x for x > 0
The first derivative is
and the second derivative is
The second derivative is never zero, and is undefined only for x = 0. However, x = 0 isn't in the domain of the function anyway, so it can't be an IP. This function has no inflection points, which makes sense because it appears to be concave up the whole way:
The logistic equation
Rewrite the function before taking derivatives. Oh, and be patient.
We don't need to use the quotient rule. First, rewrite the function:
f (x) = (1 + 5e-x)-1
Now use the chain rule to take the derivative:
To take the second derivative we need to use the product rule and the chain rule:
This is the second derivative. But it's ugly. Can we make it more clear? Since -2 = -3 + 1, we can replace
(1 + 5e-x)-2
(1 + 5e-x)-3(1 + 5e-x).
Believe us? Good. This is what we have now:
Phew! This looks better, since it's all broken down into factors.
f " can never be undefined. Is it ever zero? Go through one factor at a time.
f"(x) = -5e-x (1 + 5e-x)-3[-5e-x + 1]
The factor 5e-x is never zero.
f "(x) = -5e-x(1 + 5e-x)-3[-5e-x + 1]
Since 5e-x is always positive, so is (1 + 5e-x), and so is (1 + 5e-x)-3. That part is never zero.
This part can equal zero if
0 = -5e-x + 1.
Since ln e = 1,
Remember, this is still only a possible IP. Plug in numbers to the left and right of our possible IP, and see what happens to the sign of f". We already know the only factor of f" that isn't always positive is the last one:
Therefore if the sign of [-5e-x + 1] changes from one side to the other of our possible IP, the sign of f" changes also, and so we really do have an inflection point.
For a point to the left we'll use x = 1, and for a point to the right use x = 2. Pull out the calculator:
The sign of [-5e-x + 1] changes from one side to the other of our possible IP, so we really do have an IP at
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Police are looking for a late-model car believed to have been involved in a fatal shooting on Wednesday in Algiers.
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Investigators are looking for a silver Pontiac G6 GT that they said may contain critical information about the person who shot and killed a 34-year-old man at the intersection of Opelousas and Belleville streets.
Concerned citizens told Detective Matthew Morrison that they saw a silver four-door Pontiac G6 GT with temporary license plate number 13924275 flee the area after the shooting. The temporary tag was covered in plastic that obscured part of the number.
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I'm just having some problems playing the Colbert Report and the Daily Show. The stream seems to be working fine, but only the 1st part of the show is played (each episode is divided in multiple parts).
I'm getting the episodes from:
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DEBUG 2013-11-07 22:28:03.738 [cmd.exe-1] Starting cmd.exe /C D:\Apps\youtube-dl.exe --max-quality 37 --quiet -o - http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/wed-november-6-2013-monique-brinson-demery | win32\ffmpeg.exe -loglevel warning -y -threads 4 -i - -threads 4 -q:a 3 -q:v 3 -c:a ac3 -c:v mpeg2video -f vob \\.\pipe\pmsencoder_transcoder_out_1383834477627_41
And by the way, when I run:
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then each part of the show is downloaded to a separate file. Maybe that is the problem.
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Toasty means either its hot in here, or its cool.
Dude, it's toasty in here!
That skate trick was toasty, man!
That skate trick was toasty, man!
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The ear-piercing warble of Dan Forden from Mortal Kombat, haunting your nightmares, as once again, your friend beats you senseless and shouts along with aforesaid Forden, so you get a deathly harmony of "Toasty!" whilst you silently cry onto your SNES controller. nobody knows why he says "toasty", but it has haunted a generation.
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a term used to describe one's intoxication level when it has reached such a level that would necessitate verbalizing it.
In between buzzed and drunk.
In between buzzed and drunk.
"Hmm, this jungle juice is getting me a little toasty."
by eson December 16, 2003
Word trilled by Dan Forden in at certain times in the Mortal Kombat series of video games. How this is triggered depends on the particular game.
by De Nhoj September 29, 2003
warm, hot, a term to describe heat
woah it's really toasty outside
by Lel July 07, 2005
Adjective A stage of being high (stoned). Right after being "high" and right before being "stoned".
"this blunt got me pretty toasty."
by DudeBug420 April 14, 2009
Describing a low to mild level of intoxication, induced usually by drugs such as marijuana. Opposite of buzzed by use of drugs, not alcohol.
"Are you high yet?"
"Not really, just a bit toasty."
"Not really, just a bit toasty."
by +Skep'tiKaL- March 20, 2007
when a situation gets heated.
"Ooooh, GIRL! IT'S GETTIN' TOASTY UP IN HERE!"
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Some golfers have been critical of the course changes at the Augusta National.
But some courses are making changes to keep up with new technology.
While some sports have altered rules over the years, that's not the case with golf. It's more the new equipment that's changing the way the game is played.
Since the golfing days of greats like Arnold Palmer, the game has really changed.
Longtime golfer Richard Reynolds says that's due largely in part to new golf club technology
"They hit straighter, they're easier to hit, it makes the game a lot more fun," Reynolds says.
Golf pro Lee Hammett says that over the years there have been many improvements, mostly with the clubs. Once wooden, they're now titanium.
They're also two inches longer.
"The biggest thing with the new clubs that give you more distance is the length. It is not just particularly the head," Hammett says.
And perhaps one of the most noticeable enhancements is the size of most drivers.
Hammett says the bigger the head, the harder the hit, and the farther the ball will go.
Does that mean they'll get even bigger?
"I don't think it can go bigger as it stands today," Hammett says. "460 is as large as it can go."
It's not just the clubs changing...many golfers are no longer wearing traditional golf shoes, opting for more of a tennis shoe style.
Balls have changed too, as new technology is said to give them that extra spin.
And with the top golfers using the latest equipment, Reynolds says he no longer can use his old stuff if he wants to stay competitive.
"Doesn't matter how old you get, you don't want to do that," Reynolds says. "You want to play with the young guys, so that's where technology has really helped us out a lot."
And keeping up with the new technology is costing golfers a lot more.
20 years ago, a set of Ping golf clubs would cost you about $280. Now they run cheapest around $800.


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- Feb 15:
- Bay Area's teen figure skating hope arrives in Sochi
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SOCHI, Russia -- Viktor Ahn easily qualified for the semifinals of the 1,000-meter short track event, with two other Russians, China and South Korea moving on.
Americans J.R. Celski and Eddy Alvarez were eliminated in separate crashes Saturday at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Also qualifying for the semis later in the day were Chinese Han Tianyu and Wu Dajing, along with South Koreans Sin Da-won and Lee Han-bin. Vladimir Grigorev and Semen Elistratov joined countryman Ahn in the next round.
Celski clipped a lane marker in a turn and went down while racing second in the last of four quarterfinals. Alvarez was taken out by 1,500 Olympic champion Charles Hamelin of Canada, who also crashed out. Alvarez got up and finished skating while holding his face, apparently injured in the crash.


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Plans for the Wood County Genealogical Society participation in the Old Settlers Reunion August 4-7 in Quitman were finalized over dinner July 19.
Members are invited to drop by and look at our exhibits and visit from 6-10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday of that week.
Here's a summary of some of our volunteer helpers/items for the reunion exhibits:
Shirley Patrick
• 10×10 Canopy
• Personal Family Books
• Marriage Books
• Alba Books
Nita Munoz
• Her Display Books
Ronnie Vance
• Tables & Chairs
• His Cemetery & family books
Dorothy Harbin
• Banner
• T-shirts
• Help with First Day setup
Shirley Bates
• Exhibit Poster
• Table Covers
• Library Family History Scrapbooks
• Beginning Research Paper
• Help with first day setup
Deason Hunt
• 2 library easels
• library wire rack
• Big Maps from Library
• Sign with hours for Hist. Museum
• Pictures for Digital picture Frame
• Papers for Please take 1 rack
• Membership Applications
• Water
• Pens-Pencils
Sally Allcorn
• Digital Picture Frame
• Index to Pictorial History
John McCall
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• Period dress
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Thornton Open
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Prairie DGC, Thornton, IA
First stop on the 2011 North Iowa Tour!
Check In - 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Player Meeting - 9:45 a.m.
Tee Off - 10:00 a.m.
Limited to first 60 paid entries
1 Hour Lunch Break between rounds
2 Rounds of 18 holes
Men will be Flighted after the 1st Round
Tournament Entry Fees:
All Men - $20
All Women - $10
Ace Fund (Optional) - $2
*Ace Fund will carry forward to next N.I.T. event if there are no Aces.
All of the Tournaments will be FLIGHTED this year.
Instead of having Divisions for people to sign up to play in.
The Men will be Flighted into 3 Flights - Open, Advanced, & Intermediate.
The Women will just be in 1 Flight.
Flight Payouts:
Trophy for the Winner of each Flight!
Men's Flight Payouts - 40%/30%/25% of total Men's Entry Fees with 5% (or $1 per entry) going towards N.I.T. Fees
Women's Flight Payout - 90% of total Women's Entry Fees with 10% (or $1 per entry) going towards N.I.T. Fees
*Cash Payout for Men's Open Flight, Wak Pak Funny Money Payout for all other Flights.
*With this system the Men's Open Flight will actually have "Added-Cash" into their payout.
*We will payout the Top 40-45% of each Flight.
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Can the very act of working with fibres serve as an avenue toward peace within an individual?' asks Karen Lohn, author of 'Peace Fibres: Stitching a Soulful World,' a colorful book that is as much about developing a harmonious relationship - with oneself, others and the larger world - as it is about fiber craft.
"Entering a creative mode, rhythmic needles singing, the stillness of focused attention is meditative. People who feel centered are more likely to emanate peace," writes Lohn, for whom fiber work - spanning cultures, generations and economic classes - serves as both metaphor for and manifestation of peace.
The nearly 200-page book is beautifully appointed, with each glossy page featuring a colorful border created from an image of fabric artwork. The photographs are captivating too; not only are they bright and colorful but of great visual interest, from the "yarnstorming" or "fibre graffiti" image of a tree wrapped in close-knitted "sweaters" and the Mayan women in their bright, handmade huipiles to the author's own airy but colorful batik, a striking piece titled, "The Big Bang."
"Peace Fibres" has the feel that the book itself has been stitched together with loving care, down to the last detail. It evokes Lohn carefully selecting the photographs like a quilter selecting fabrics, or a knitter choosing her yarn, before weaving them together with her moving, personal tales, which in turn illustrate a human fabric woven of individual, albeit interdependent experiences.
Each chapter - from "Webs of Connection," "Stitching Through Crisis" and "Ripping Out, Resilience" to "Celebrating the Fabric of Life" - starts with a prayer of peace from around the world and concludes with activities designed to deepen awareness of self within a larger context through fiber art. Activities range from finger crocheting to batik art and are accessible both to fiber artists and first-timers.
A retired psychologist and teacher, the Minnesota-based author has spent decades working with individuals and groups of all ages. She and her husband frequent Summit County regularly to visit her daughter and son-in-law, Darci and Chris Hughes, plus grandson Riley.
Lohn had a book signing on Aug. 18 at The Next Page Bookstore, 409 Main St., Frisco. Her books can be purchased there and at What's Needling U, 279 Main St., also in Frisco. A percentage of the proceeds is donated to groups working through fiber creations to empower marginalized people.
Magical Scraps, 310 S. Main St., Breckenridge - A studio and retail store with handmade clothing and accessories. Info: www.magicalscraps.com
Summit Quilters - This quilters' group meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month from 7-9 p.m. at the Summit County Community and Senior Center, 83 Nancy's Place, Frisco. Info: email@example.com
Family Intercultural Resource Center Bag Shop at La Riva Mall in Dillon - Open the first Saturday of every month, the shop carries items made by volunteers with sales benefiting FIRC programs. Buy products or volunteer to sew. Info: www.summitfirc.org
Breckenridge Arts District - The Breckenridge Arts District offers periodic fiber arts workshops.
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The fuse box is located under the dashboard to the left of the steering column. The underhood fuse panel (if equipped) is located beside the battery. The circuits protected by each fuse are listed on the plastic sheet inside the cover. FUSE PANEL IDENTIFICATION (1986-89) 1 – 15 Amp Charge Warning Light, Voltage Regulator, Cooling Fan Timer Control Unit, Fuel Cut-off Relay, Speed Sensor, PGM-FI Main Relay, Fuel Pump, Control Solenoid Valves, Emission Control Unit, Speed Sensor (Automatic Seat Belts, 1988-89) ? 2 – 10 Amp Safety Indicator, Shift Lever Position Indicator, Clock & Gauges, Tachometer, Back-Up Lights, Turn Signal Relay & Lights, Integrated Control Unit, Warning Lights, Cruise Control Indicator, Light Dimming Circuit, Automatic Seat Belt Control Unit, Shift Lock Solenoid (1989) 3 – 20 Amp Wiper Motors, Washer Motors, Intermittent Wiper Relay, Sun Roof Relays,Power Window Relay 4 – 7.5 Amp Cruise Control Unit, Cruise Control Indicator Light 5 – 10 Amp Rear Window Defogger Relay, Rear Window Defogger Indicator Light, Heater Control Amplifier, Fan Motor, A/C Compressor Clutch & Relay, A/C Delay Unit, Heater Control Panel 6 – 10 Amp Right Headlight Low Beam 7 – 10 Amp Left Headlight Low Beam 8 – 15 Amp Left Headlight High Beam 9 – 15 Amp Right Headlight High Beam, High Beam Indicator Light 10 – 7.5 Amp Brake Warning Bulb Check Circuit, PGM-FI ECU, PGM-FI Main Relay, Emission Control Unit 11 – 15 Amp Headlight Retractor Control Unit (Up) 12 – 15 Amp Power Door Mirrors, EFE Heater Unit, Radiator Fan Relay, Cooling Fan Timer Unit 13 – 10 Amp Power Antenna Motor, Stereo Radio/Cassette Player, Power Amplifier (SEi Model) 14 – 15 Amp Vanity Mirror Light, License Plate Lights, Taillights, Rear Side Marker Lights, Dash Light Brightness Control Unit, Cigarette Lighter Illumination, Ashtray Light, Headlight Retractor Control Unit (Light-On), Dash & Switch Lights 15 – UNDERHOOD FUSE PANEL IDENTIFICATION (1986-89)


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'Orange is the New Black' To Return to Netflix for Second Season June 6
"Orange is the New Black" fans just got the equivalent of a "Get Out of Jail Free" card.
The drama-comedy series starring actress Taylor Schilling as an inmate in a women's prison will return for its second season on Netflix on June 6.
Fans who watched the last episode from the just-released second season of the Netflix series "House of Cards" were given the announcement at the end of the episode.
"Orange Is the New Black" series co-star Dascha Polanco recently did a short stint live-blogging on Speakeasy. She can be spotted in a newly-released teaser trailer for the new season. All 13 episodes will be available to stream when the new season is launched.
For more on "Orange is the New Black" check out this story.
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Hi All -
Really impressed with PS3 Media Server so far, and am excited to hear that Xbox 360 support is coming. In particular, I love that I can navigate to a ripped VIDEO_TS folder on the server and stream a DVD in perfect quality, including 5.1 support (server is a Windows machine). My question is whether this support might be coming for ripped Blu-Ray discs?
I've seen that there's .mt2s support, but my problem is that when I navigate to the Stream folder, I see a massive pile of movie segments. I'm looking for the PMS to simply allow me to playback the movie and have it figure out what pieces are coming, in what order.
I'd also be curious whether there's any loss in quality likely from the transcoding process for .mt2s. My understanding is that the regular DVD streaming isn't really transcoding, it's remuxing to MPEG2, so you get the identical quality as if the disc were in the drive. Am curious if that's so, and whether the same will be true for Blu-Ray?
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The shadow of Lance Armstrong looms large as the Amgen Tour of California starts its weeklong run Sunday in Escondido.
Cycling has reached a crossroads with its first big event in the United States since Armstrong acknowledged in January that he used performance-enhancing drugs, a startling revelation that has left some wondering whether American audiences will keep watching the sport.
"For cycling fans, it was all or nothing with Lance," said Bob Dorfman, a sports marketing expert at San Francisco's Baker Street Advertising. "Marginal sports needs superstars. That's what Lance Armstrong provided."
Armstrong carried a sport perhaps like no other individual ever did. Not Michael Jordan or Joe Montana or Michael Phelps.
The Tour champion was beloved for winning a record seven Tour de France titles after overcoming testicular cancer that almost led to his death. The cyclist's Livestrong campaign with yellow wrist bands dramatically increased cancer awareness and went hand in hand with the seven yellow jerseys he won from 1999-2005.
It's difficult to imagine another fairy-tale story coming along to mesmerize the masses the way Armstrong's did.
His legions of disciples were invested in his riveting survival story more than they were in a bicycle race.
"Armstrong was Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson and Babe Ruth wrapped into one," said Bob Dilenschneider, a New York branding and communications expert. "Then he let a lot of people down and changed people's minds -- some forever."
The sport hit a low point in October, when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency made public a report of its investigation that detailed drug use by Armstrong and ex-teammates. The report characterized Armstrong, 41, as the ringleader in team-wide efforts to use illegal drugs and avoid detection. The Texan was banned for life and stripped of the titles he had won since 1998.
The sport's current crop of riders and officials expect cycling to survive their version of the "Steroid Era" as they eagerly want to move forward.
"Armstrong is yesterday's man," Dilenschneider said."He's only an example of what shouldn't be done."
The anti-doping agency's troubling conclusion hasn't worried officials of the Tour of California, which comes to the Bay Area with the final three stages Friday through next Sunday.
"It didn't take Lance to build what we had built today," said Kristin Bachochin, senior vice president of Anschutz Entertainment Group and the race's executive director. "We never viewed this race as focusing on one person."
However, Armstrong's unprecedented popularity ushered the way for the tour's debut in 2006. By the time he briefly retired in '05, Americans were familiar with other U.S. stars such as Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Landis and Levi Leipheimer -- California tour competitors who have since been exposed as drug cheats.
Furthermore, cycling can't hide from its past as much as it would like to forget the sordid tales of blood doping and illegal injections. Some of the cyclists targeted in the Anti-Doping Agency investigation of Armstrong are participating in this year's tour.
That includes David Zabriskie, a four-time Tour of California runner up, who served a six-month ban for his role in drug use. He rides for Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, a team managed by Jonathan Vaughters -- a former Armstrong teammate who testified in the anti-doping agency investigation that he took drugs while competing.
Jim Miller, USA Cycling's vice president of athletics, remains optimistic about the sport's future despite the tainted history.
For him, the tipping point came in 2007, when he accompanied America's promising youth team to Belgium. One of the cyclists, now considered a rising star, asked the coach why he should continue in a sport so dominated by drug use.
Miller, who said he never neither used drugs nor had firsthand knowledge of anyone's use of them, had a ready answer: "You can win, and can win the right way."
He told the group that whatever might be going on with drugs would eventually catch up to the cheaters. Now that it has, Miller sees a change.
"It is a better time to be in cycling," he said.
Slovakian star Peter Sagan of Canondale Pro Cycling agrees.
"I grew in a different cycling world, and I didn't look to the past but to the future," he said in an email interview. "The new generation is different: we know how to be clean and we know we will be able to give new credibility to cycling."
U.S. Olympian Timmy Duggan of Nederland, Colo., said cyclists talk among themselves about the cultural shift in the sport.
"We never even had to make that choice," Duggan said of taking drugs. "For all of my colleagues, that's a pretty telling statement about the current state of the sport."
But presenting a clean image goes only so far with a fickle fan base that is drawn to iconic figures such as Armstrong.
"You are now back to square one," Baker Street's Dorfman said.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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By Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa
Back in the Stone Ages, or the early 1990's to be exact, I was a recent college graduate suffering from insomnia. During that time in my life, I dressed all in black, was involved with grass roots activism and regularly attended CODA meetings. CODA, for those of you who might not know, is a 12-Step program for people who have loved ones suffering from drug or alcohol addiction. It stands for "Codependents Anonymous."
A friend of mine told me about the 3HO community in Houston where these "yogis" got up at 4 a.m. to meditate. Since I was not sleeping anyway, I drove to the center one morning on a whim. A tall guy with a beard said, "Welcome," in a booming voice when I walked in. The morning sadhana involved shoulder stand, plow pose and lots of breath of fire. It was my first time doing Kundalini Yoga.
In the weeks and months ahead, I kept coming back for sadhana and for regular Kundalini Yoga classes. But I remember the moment when I really got "hooked."
One of the teachers, Guruatma Kaur, gave a class on Yogi Bhajan's teachings about addiction. It was a subject that touched me in a very personal way, so I decided to go to her day-long workshop. Guruatma created this great drawing, illustrating the soul and its relationship to the pineal and the pituitary glands. She described how the pituitary gland was the master gland - how it regulated the glands of the entire body. But the pituitary needed to take its orders from somewhere. Through meditation, the pineal gland secretes and creates a golden chord with the pituitary. This, in turn, causes the pituitary to function in such a way that the entire body comes into harmony with the soul. Then a person can begin the process of self-control...in essence, gaining the ability to live to their True or authentic self.
However, if the pineal did not talk to the pituitary, then the pituitary would look for something else to give it "orders." Every addictive substance – from sugar to alcohol to drugs to sex to video games – stimulates the pituitary. This, she explained, is where Yogi Bhajan said addiction originated from: the lack of communication between the pineal and the pituitary.
This particular teaching was so powerful for me that I become instantly and completely enamored with Kundalini Yoga and Yogi Bhajan's teachings.
Yogi Bhajan taught a wide range of tools and techniques to understand and help people heal themselves of addictive tendencies. The program is called "SuperHealth." I think many people struggle with addictive or at least compulsive behavior on a regular basis. Some addictions have very light social consequences. Where would Starbucks be if people did not crave their morning cup of coffee? Some addictions have incredibly severe social consequences, including losing one's family, freedom and even one's life. But the common thread among all addictive tendencies is very simple: does your pituitary talk to your pineal?
This spring, there is a wonderful opportunity in Espanola, New Mexico, USA to learn about Yogi Bhajan's SuperHealth program first hand. Mukta Kaur Khalsa, who was trained by Yogi Bhajan, directed SuperHealth—distinguished as a specialized hospital in Arizona for many years. In February, she will offer a Specialty Training on this topic. For those who would like to learn and teach others about the SuperHealth techniques, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
It is important to remember that Yogi Bhajan began his mission with the flower children of the 60's, who were using drugs to expand their minds and find God. Yogi Bhajan's message was so simple. Drugs are a drag. There is a more natural way to go. His first teachings on yoga, diet, meditation, and lifestyle were designed to help these "seekers of truth" break away from the false stimulation of drugs. He wanted them to re-establish the inner-dialogue between the pineal and the pituitary: between the soul and the personal identity. Everything that got built came from that foundation.
If you have a chance to learn about SuperHealth this spring with Mukta Kaur, I strongly encourage you to take it. It will deepen your perspective about how the body is the temple of the soul, and how to break free of the prison that addiction creates.
SuperHealth: Yogic Science for Addictive Behavior
Specialty Professional Training. February 16-23rd. Espanola, NM. $1695 Domestic; $1575 International. To register or for more information: www.super-health.net . Email: [email protected].
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