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I have a 93 Toyota Corolla DX, Auto transmission, 202,000 miles.
There appears to be a humming noise coming from the front end. It sounds like a low frequency helicopter blade spinning about - like a 'whomp whomp whomp" sound. If you listen closely, it occurs at all speeds. It seems to be directly related to the sound of normal braking, and you can feel it ever so slightly in the steering wheel.
The frequency of the sound increases with road speed, and becomes most pronounced at 40 - 45 mph...
What I've done to trouble shoot:
1) A slide pin on the driver's side brake caliper was frozen. Caused brake pad rubbing - replaced pin and relubed the pins. Thought for sure that was it - however it wasn't.
2) Replaced driver side wheel bearing - as that wheel didn't spin very well. Didn't change the noise (but wheel turns well.) Passenger side bearing appears to be fine.
3) Rotated tires. No change.
I'm running out of ideas. The CV joins all look ok - no breakage and no clicking during turns.
I've only recently obtained this car so I don't know its history - I don't know if the sound is normal road noise, is typical of the tire (Michelin) manufacturer, or perhaps a binding caliper...
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Call into Ray O....
You want someone that knows what he is doing....not NPR!
What?! Not a "Car Talk" fan?!? Somehow I cna't quite see you listening to or enjoyuing "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!" (which I, OTOH, love!), but "Car Talk"???
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:23:23 -0400, Cathy F. wrote:
I like WWDTM, but haven't listened to it for a while.
Same with Car Talk. I met Tommy and Ray some time ago when I used to live out near Boston. They are hilarious.
And their office has a window with gold leaf lettering that says, "Dewey, Cheetham and Howe".
wrote in message
(Whoa - didn't proofread or spell-check that one!)
I try to catch it every week. Love the sense of humor.
That's cool! It'd be pretty disappointing to find them *not* to be humorous IRL.
I know of someone who lives in Boston, whose plumbers are the Trethewey Bros. (re: Rich Trethewey of "This Old House").
Somehow this doesn't surprise me. ;-) The ironic bit being that I can't imagine those guys actually cheating anyone... Somewhere I think I read that only one of them is actually at the garage? (Maybe the other one - whoever's the elder - is retired, except for doing Car Talk?)
I wonder, if I ever called in, if they could correctly ID me as a Cathy with a "C"? <g> I'm pretty sure they could diagnose the car problem, as long as my explanation was clear & complete enough - with the correct accompanying noise if applicable! OTOH, owning Toyotas - which are 8 years or younger, hopefully I'd never feel a real need to call in.
I listened to that show when my boss was a guest on the show. A few minutes listening to these guys did not impress me with their automotive technical knowledge. They are OK with the stuff that one would learn in high school automotive shop class, but my boss and I were not impressed with their knowledge beyond that.
You mean like when they told the guy, with the RWD Ford van, that the noise in the front end was likely a bad CV joint? ;)
mike hunt
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Thanks for the vote of confidence!
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:11:48 -0400, Cathy F. wrote:
Gee, Cath, when was the last time they gave an ACTUAL answer?!
I used to listen to them when they first started in Boston, and it was a GREAT show for backyard mechanics. It was live, real time, and you could call and talk to them and get advice, and not have to leave a message and hoped they thought your call had enough 'entertainment' value to give you a call back!
SlyckTom wrote:
My father-in-law just gave my wife the exact same car with 100,000 fewer miles on it and the exact same problem. In his case the sound started after some minor front-end damage (minor enough that if we painted the replacement hood to match the rest of the car, you would not be able to tell it had happened). I've eliminated the brakes and the wheel bearings and am, at this point, scratching my head much the same way you are :) I also checked to see if the wheel well liner was maybe cracked and dangling onto the wheel - no dice there.
However it did NOT make this noise previously, so it is definitely NOT normal road noise. Not sure what brand of tires are on it but they are the old-fashioned zigzag tread pattern, not these newfangled treads that look like bird footprints.
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:55:20 -0400, SlyckTom wrote:
What I have experienced with this:
1. Shock has gone totally out of oil or gas 2. Tire has a broken belt. This really manifests itself at slower speeds with a modulation of the steering wheel, that goes away as you speed up. THIS IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS!!! Get this checked! 3. One of your brake calipers has sticking slides, and is heating up the rotor. This starts out normal, and gets worse the longer you drive. This is also hazardous.
You can check for sticking brakes by feeling the wheels after driving. If one wheel is hot and the others relatively cool, that's the problem.
The cause of noises is very difficult to diagnose without hearing the noise.
"Rotational" noises can come from several causes: Sticking caliper slide (I don't think you freed the slide properly); wheel bearings; tire problem like a broken belt; brake backing plate touching the rotor; CV joints; differential bearings; and engine noises.
The caliper bolt (pin) passes through a sleeve in the caliper body. If you look at the sleeve, there are rubber boots on the inboard and outboard sides of the caliper between the sleeve and the cast caliper body. You should be able to push the sleeves in and out of the caliper body, stretching the boots. The bolt should slide in and out of the sleeves, and the sleeves should slide in and out of the caliper body. If the sleeves are frozen, carefully peel back the boots, remove the sleeves (1 sleeve for each bolt/pin), clean up the OD of the sleeves, and lube with either caliper grease, wheel bearing grease, or anti-seize.
While you're at it, make sure there are 2 flat metal shims between the back of the pads and the caliper piston, make sure the anti-rattle clips and/or springs are place, and make sure the square keys at the ends of the pads are not loose in the keyway in the caliper bracket. Aftermarket pads sometimes fit loosely can cause noise, which is why I always recommend OEM pads.
The slide was freed properly. It had frozen in the bore, and I extracted it with considerable effort. One it was out, I threw it in the trash and purchased a replacement slide and bolt. I also replaced the dust boots, cleaned out the slide holes,and greased them with wheel bearing grease. They now slide properly as you describe and no longer drag on the disc.
All the tires are fairly new, and I've inspected them for belt breakage - none is apparent. I also feel the problem would have been isolated rom rotating the tires.
Granted I have replaced the pads with no-OEM pads (hence no anti-rattle clips, etc) the rotational noise existed before I replaced them...so unfortunately that is not the problem.
That leaves us with:
wheel bearings, CV joints; differential bearings; and engine noises.
I can eliminate the engine since it does it whether the engine is running or not. This also probably eliminates the differential since that is just a wildly unlikely senario in these vehicles.
So what I'm left with is either:
A binding caliper (worth looking into, but unlikely) CV joints (very possible, but there's no clicking during turns and the boots are in good shape), and finally, the passenger side wheel bearing.
I've done some research into the wheel bearing possibility, and that seems to be the most likely of senarios. But even this I am hesitant about since the wheel turns fine when its jacked up, and there's no free play. But from what I've read, this doesnt guarentee a bearing is in good condition.
Anyway, my next move is to replace the bearing and we'll see from there.
Thanks again,
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:01:43 -0500, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
Yes, this is the proper method! (From your original description, I thought you just replaced the bolts.)
I agree.
Your logic in analyzing the source of the noise is very good. I have seen wheel bearings make noise even though there is no free play. Good luck!
Thank you again Ray. And as a follow-up, I found an empty parking lot today, and turned the steering wheel all the way left, and spun 360 degrees a few times - very little noise other than the pavement.
I then turned the steering wheel all the way right and spun 360 degrees a few times again - and heard and felt a noise very similar to the rotational noise as described.
It's now becoming clear(er) that the driver's side bearings are to blame, since spinning left (the ones I replaced) yielded no appreciable noise.
So this weekend I'll replace them, and give an update...unless impetuousness gets the better of me ;)
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:43:13 -0500, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
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Navy: No Ban on 'Don't Tread on Me' Patch
Navy SEALs can still wear the First Navy Jack with its motto of "Don't Tread on Me" on their shoulder, according to service officials, following a report that some units were banning their use.
Last week, Carl Higbie, a former SEAL and author, wrote in the Daily Caller that some Navy SEAL teams have banned the display of the First Navy Jack, also called the Union Jack by the Navy, on military uniforms. Mr. Higbie wrote that the patch was likely banned because it was now too closely associated with the tea party.
The "Don't Tread on Me" motto is popular among tea party groups, who often fly another Revolutionary War era flag with the motto, the yellow Gadsden Flag.
Deployed Navy personnel typically wear a camouflage version of the first Navy Jack. Instead of red and white stripes and a yellow rattlesnake, the patch has black and green stripes.
Navy officials said Mr. Higbie's accusation was investigated, but they could not find units within the Special Warfare community which had banned the patch.
Mr. Higbie said his information came from several current SEALs and he stood by his article. He said the Navy was clearly backpedalling in the face of criticism. "They are going to say they never said this," he said. "But as long as [SEALs] are allowed to wear it, I am happy with that."
In May 2002, then Navy Secretary Gordon England ordered Navy ships to display the First Navy Jack and the "Don't Tread on Me" motto, and as a result for Navy personnel the flag is associated with the war against al Qaeda. While deployed and wearing green and brown camouflage, Navy personnel often wear the first Navy Jack on their left shoulder. (Navy personnel don't wear the First Navy Jack when wearing the black and blue "aqua-flage.")
Indeed, Navy officials said, a recent rule change means SEALs can wear the patch even more often. Until recently, Navy SEALs were authorized to wear the "Don't Tread on Me" motto only while deployed or preparing to deploy. But LCDR Sarah M. Flaherty said now all Navy Special Warfare personnel, including SEALs, are can sport the First Navy Jack whenever they wear the proper camouflage uniform.
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WENATCHEE — For the first time in almost 20 years, the Wenatchee River will open to fishing for spring chinook salmon on Friday.
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NASA is readying five small satellites to launch spaceward next month on a mission to pinpoint the source of aurora-boosting storms from Earth's magnetic field.
The spacecraft quintet is part of NASA's THEMIS mission to find the trigger point of geomagnetic substorms, which begin somewhere in the Earth's magnetic field and, within minutes, swoop inside the Moon's orbit to the planet's upper atmosphere and brighten the aurora borealis - also known as the Northern Lights. The speed of the substorms makes tracking their starting point impossible with a single spacecraft, mission researchers said.
"Finding the elusive substorm point of origin is a question almost as old as space physics itself,"THEMIS principal investigator Vassilis Angelopoulos, of the University of California at Berkeley, told reporters in a Wednesday teleconference. "[The mission] is a stepping stone towards understanding space weather phenomena that affect our lives."
A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket is slated to loft the THEMIS mission, which is short for the lengthy moniker Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms, on Feb. 15 during a 19-minute window that opens at 6:07 p.m. EST (2307 GMT) [image]. The $200 million mission, the launch of which has been delayed since October due to booster issues, is named for the Greek goddess of justice, NASA officials said [image].
"We look forward to some terrific scientific discoveries," THEMIS project manager Peter Harvey, also of UC Berkeley, told reporters.
First identified in the 19th century, geomagnetic substorms are recurring phenomena spawned by a sudden release of charged particles - collected from the Sun's solar wind - in the Earth's magnetic field. The high-energy particles follow the Earth's magnetic field lines until they strike the upper atmosphere, giving a boost to the Northern Hemisphere's aurora borealis, researchers said.
While a substorm's aurora amplification seems like a limited visual effect, a series of such storms can occur during major space weather events that interfere with communications satellites or pose risks to astronauts in orbit, Angelopoulos said.
Only four THEMIS satellites are required to complete a primary two-year mission [image]. After reaching orbit, two of the probes will be sent on a trajectory that carries them about one-sixth of the way to the Moon while two others take up stations about halfway to the Moon. The spacecraft will line up with one another and ground stations on Earth every four days during their respective orbits, researchers added [image].
The fifth THEMIS satellite is a spare in case one of its counterparts fails during the initial two-year mission.
"We're flying five to increase our reliability," Angelopoulos said.
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By Staff Sgt. Gaelen Lowers, 8th Theater Sustainment Command Public AffairsFebruary 21, 2013
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii-- His co-workers describe him as a quiet professional who's at the top of the knowledge pool in his field, yet willing to work with Soldiers at all levels.
"You get some of those people in the Army that are flashy and show-boaters. We call them spotlight rangers," said Lt. Col. Michael Legler, the Assistant Chief of Staff for the 8th Theater Sustainment Command. "That is the total opposite of Mr. Dearing."
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mason Dearing is a father of two, a native of Peoria, Ill., and the senior maintenance technician for the 8th TSC's logistical support section responsible for all maintenance issues spanning from Korea to Alaska to Hawaii.
"He's a blue collar, hard working professional," Legler continued. "Very dependable. He is what I want in a warrant officer."
While he makes it look effortless, it hasn't always been the simplest ride for Dearing to reach this pinnacle.
The 24-year Army veteran spent approximately five years of his life in deployed environments. He's seen his share of combat, complete with rockets, mortars, and improvised explosive devices. One such blast brought him to death's door and changed his life forever.
"The IED's at the time were pretty intense; they were going off as soon as we would leave the gate" he described his 2003 deployment to Ramadi, Iraq. "We had no up-armored [vehicles] during that time; we had to make our own doors, so we started cutting our own metals and putting on the doors ourselves."
Dearing had made frequent trips outside of the forward operating base's gates with his team handling maintenance throughout the Sunni Triangle, a densely-populated region of Iraq to the northwest of Baghdad that is inhabited mostly by Sunni Muslim Arabs. Each side of the triangle is approximately 125 miles long. But, he said, this trip was different.
"We were getting ready to go out the gate and my major and a couple other guys look back at me in the back seat and said, 'Chief, are you ready?' I could see something in everybody's eyes," he explained. "When you go out as much as we did, you just have a feeling. You get a sense of when it's going to be a good ride, or when things are going to get bad. You look each other in the eye and there's this look that everybody gives each other that this may be it. We knew something was going to happen. No kidding, we knew when we rolled out that gate. We just prayed to God that we could get through it."
They were about five miles from the gate when the IED went off. The impact of the blast blew the vehicle's windows out.
He said, "The blast was so loud and very intense. We wobbled off the road and immediately checked each other out to see what injuries we sustained."
Initially, no one in the vehicle appeared to be hurt, he said. So after a few hours, they brought the vehicle back to base and went through the mandatory checkups that Soldiers receive after incidents.
"When I was getting checked out, I had a headache, I had stuff coming out of my ears, and my heart wasn't beating right; the rhythm was off, and I really didn't know what was going on," he said. "Me being an athlete my whole life and coming into the Army, I knew that something was wrong. I could feel it."
Dearing was released from the medical team to his quarters. When he laid down on his bunk for the night, his heart stopped. He was flown to Baghdad immediately and landed directly into a mass casualty event.
"The hospital was really ramped up," he said. "At this point during the war, the enemy was attacking ambulances and shooting at the wounded."
The medical teams at Baghdad used what equipment they had to test Dearing, but were unable to determine the cause of his heart palpitations, so they gave him some medication to calm him and sent him back to his unit in Ramadi. He was able to see a cardiologist, when he redeployed to Ft. Riley, Kan.
"The cardiologist came back and said, 'Chief, you've got a break in here. You had a heart attack, and there is a scar on your heart,'" he said. "The doctor told me that other than the medication I have to take, there is nothing more that she can do. The scar was way down inside my heart on the left side; it's so far down that she could not reach it. So I'm going to have this rhythm problem for the rest of my life."
A decade, two deployments, two promotions, and a lot of paperwork later, and he found himself in the 8th TSC headquarters, listening to Col. Lance Cordoni, chief surgeon now stationed in Heidelberg, Germany, who helped Dearing connect with the Purple Heart Association, and Maj. Gen. Steven Lyons, the commander of the 8th TSC, tell Dearing's story.
The Dearing family shed tears during the moving affirmation, as their Soldier was pinned with the Purple Heart Medal.
"I will have to carry these pills and this injury for the rest of my life," he shared with the group. "But this medal brings some closure for me. I can take this medal and wear it, and I know this represents more than just what I went through. It represents all the men and women that earned this award and may not have received it. This is as much for them as it is for me."


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I stopped at a pharmacy the other day and I heard some people up front talking about and making fun of some stuff that happened to some people. They shouldn't do that. It can happen to them just as well as the other ones that didn't think anything bad would happen. They shouldn't make fun of other people and laugh at them either.
I'm going to quote Mike Jensen's Tuesday, Nov. 6 editorial, "If this were 2008, the politics of Hillary Clinton are clearly designed to create class warfare in this country by taking from those who produce and giving to those who cannot or will not. To that single point, there is absolutely, positively no disagreement. So your point of view is likely swayed by the position in which you find yourself. Don't be so isolated to think this discussion is isolated to universal heath care or the impending depletion of Social Security benefits. Those are just two of the hot topics." There's a couple of ways to think about this. I think Mike is completely wrong when he claims his opinion is absolute and brings absolutely and positively no disagreement. He cannot prove that Hillary Clinton wants to take away from those who produce and give to those who cannot. Now he might offer up various sentences of Mrs. Clinton taken out of context at different times, but that doesn't prove his point. And the second thing is don't be so shallow as to think this discussion is isolated to universal health care and the impending depletion of Social Security benefits. Apparently, Mike is too shallow to go beyond that himself. He brings up those two, but what if the reader is not so shallow as to think that that's all there is. If that's not all there is, maybe Mike can give us an example of other topics that prove that Mrs. Clinton is designing to create a class war. Mike Jensen has got something against Hillary Clinton. I don't know why, but it's obviously incoherent. Maybe he should go fishing or get a hobby. This obsession with Hillary can't be doing him any good. I hope we continue to talk about this Mike.
Why don't you and I skip election day because we are obviously going to cancel each other's vote.
In response to the SpeakOut, Look Ma, no cavities, I would like to clarify that parents sign a release for publication of name or photo of minor patient forms in order for their child's name to be published as a member of the Cavity Free Club. This is not in violation of HIPAA regulations. People and children are proud when the dentist tells them they are cavity free. Our goal as dentists is to encourage parents to be involved in the oral health of their children by keeping dental appointments and monitoring brushing, flossing and diet at home.
This is in regard to the hit and run that took place Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the Goodwill here in Sikeston. You were seen and the police have your tag number. It's just a matter of time and they will come knocking at your door. What goes around comes around. You are a coward.


text: These beautifully hand decorated wedding cake cookies are not that inexpensive and if you can, why not make them yourself. These have a shelf life of 3 months which means, of course, they are made with preservatives. But they do come individually wrapped in crisp cellophane bags and are available in 16 elegant designs. How much do they cost and are they worth it? The minimum order for these personalized butter cookies is 24. Two sizes are available - petite and large. The smaller cookies are $4.23 each and the larger ones are two dollars more. If you have 100 guests that sure adds up. Cookies can be home made, cut and frozen in advance. Royal icing and decorating can be mastered with practice. Cellophane bags and satin ribbon are cheap and for sale everywhere. It's a matter of convenience. Do you think it's worth it to pay for personalized wedding cookies?


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This is a discussion on =?iso-2022-jp?B?b3Blbm9mZmljZSBKYXBhbmVzZSBpbnB1dDogc29sdmVk? = - Debian ; Dear all, Intro: I run Debian GNU/linux unstable on a Dell Inspiron 1100 (Celeron 2GHz, 1GB RAM). I could not get Japanese input to work in Openoffice, although I can use it in all other GNOME applications, including an installed ...
Dear all,
I run Debian GNU/linux unstable on a Dell Inspiron 1100 (Celeron 2GHz, 1GB RAM).
I could not get Japanese input to work in Openoffice, although I can use it in
all other GNOME applications, including an installed version of Sun StarOffice.
I also had the same problem on an AMD64 dual Opteron desktop running Ubuntu 6.06
and on my home machine (P3 800MHz) running GNU/linux Debian unstable.
It has been months since I posted a question about this on d-l. I received
at the time helpful advice similar to that found on the net, but unfortunately
none of the suggestions succeeded in enabling Japanese input in Openoffice.
In the meanwhile I installed GNU/linux Etch i386 on a PIII 550MHz desktop at
work, and lo and behold, after installing UIM/Anthy, adjusting language settings
in OpenOffice, Japanese input worked! So I thought to myself \"damn!\" and went
back to looking at my installations. The first thing I did was try the language
setting changes on my home machine and the Ubuntu - they worked! why had I not
done this before???
So I tried the same on my laptop. No change, nothing. But I noticed the fonts were
different on my laptop installation, not at all like the GTK ones I expected. I had
put it down to, er, OpenOffice defaults (sorry, guys!). But now I did an
\"aptitude search openoffice.org\" and noticed that the critical packages
openoffice.org-{gnome,gtk,gtk-gnome} were *not* installed!
I immediately installed them, and lo and behold, Openoffice fonts and appearance
took on the usual GTK look, *and* Japanese input worked.
I do not know why the GTK packages were not installed with the usual updates
or when I first installed Openoffice under GNOME a year or so back, but I hope
this is of help to others in such a muddled situation (of not knowing where to
look for the problem).
Best regards,
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Sneak in a little summertime learning with this "Celebrity for a Day" art activity! Your child will learn some fascinating facts about the famous artist, Monet, and enjoy creating their own masterpieces as well. Begin your Monet holiday with a kid-friendly book about the famous French Impressionist painter. For extra giggles, consider using a faux-French accent when reading to younger children. To try:
- Bober, Suzanne and Merberg, Julie. A Picnic With Monet
- Anderson, Lena and Bjork, Christiana. Linnea in Monet's Garden
Here are some tips for having a fantastic Monet-inspired day:
- A picnic in the park can be a great setting for this celebrity outing. Pack kid-approved treats like bread, cheese, and fruit (very French!). Don't forget a blanket.
- Dress the part. Outfit your child in an artist's smock, overalls, or paint-spattered art clothing. Go all-out with a long, fake beard.
- Carry art supplies to your destination. Set up an easel with an easel paper roll or paper pad and set out different-size paint brushes, poster paints, and watercolors.
- Bring a picture of one of Monet's works and recreate it together, or take inspiration from the landscape around you and create a new masterpiece.
- Share some age-appropriate Monet trivia focused on his artistic genius:
- When Monet was only 11, he studied at a school for the arts and would sell charcoal caricatures.
- Throughout his life, Monet was fascinated with nature and took every advantage to highlight trees, plants, grass, flowers, and water in many of his paintings.
- Monet became known as an "Impressionist" – a title taken from his painting, "Impression, Sunrise." The brush strokes were lively, spontaneous, and captured the moment. The painting had an unfinished look, which was very different from the paintings of artists before him.
- Monet painted the same objects again and again, but at different times of day or year. Examples include his paintings of haystacks, views of the River Seine, the Gare Saint-Lazare, poplars, the River Thames, and his series of water lilies.
- Claude Monet died in Giverny, France on December 5, 1926. It was many years before people appreciated his work, but today he is known as one of the best painters to have ever lived.
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National Grid has agreed to build the submarine transmission cable connecting the five-turbine wind farm planned by Deepwater Wind off Block Island to the mainland power grid, according to documents filed with state regulators.
Although Deepwater put together the proposal for the electric cable and applied for the necessary permits, there was always a question about whether the company would actually build it. National Grid had shown interest in operating the cable, but it was no secret that Deepwater wanted the utility, which has experience in burying other underwater power lines in New England, to take over construction too.
Talks over transferring ownership to National Grid after construction had broken down in 2012, according to the filings with the state Division of Public Utilities and Carriers. One sticking point was the purchase price. Deepwater has estimated that the cable would cost $60 million to build.
In a March 13 letter to the DPUC, National Grid Rhode Island president Timothy F. Horan points to his company's experience as one reason it may be able to control costs better.
"The Company and its affiliates are in the business of constructing transmission projects and, specifically, have experience with constructing submarine cables, whereas Deepwater's expertise is with wind farm development," he wrote.
Under the agreement, National Grid will pay Deepwater $9.5 million for the property options, permits and engineering and other studies associated with the proposal to build an approximately 20-mile cable from Block Island that would make landfall at Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett. The price also covers easements awarded by the state for the project.
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- Description Desimal, an up & coming artist that is getting more & more recognized in the D&B scene. With releases on Renegade hardware, Barcode & Obsessions… Citrus is next up on the list.. Hyperboria is a deep killer . It starts of very minimal, with luscious deep spacious strings, and a damn solid beat.. but as the tune steps along it gets stronger , harder and meaner, until finally it climaxes with a soaring Reece, and wicked melodies.. The Flip can almost be considered a classic. Been around on the net for ages, and can be found on many wanted lists.. Proper trancey drum & bass with firing beats and killer basslines...


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Six recently retired New Orleans Police Department officers say they have not gotten any pension payments since they retired. The attorney representing these retired officers says this is squabble over data processing, and the officers are caught in the middle.Video Transcript
CASEY, THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THESE RETIRED OFFICERS SAYS THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO PAY NOR IS ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE PENSION FUND. HE SAYS THIS IS SQUABBLE OVER DATA PROCESSING. BUT SAYS WHILE THE FIGHT WAGES ON---THESE OFFICERS ARE THE ONES SUFFERING. DONOVAN LIVACCARI IS REPRESNTING THE SIX OFFICERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BATTLE donovan livaccari: they've put in their time and made their contributions and it's only right for them to expect that their pension checks will arrive when they're supposed to arrive. LIVACCARI SAYS THE CITY FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE LOUISIANA MUNICPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S REQUIREMENTS AND SIMPLY NEEDS TO CORRECTS THE DATA THAT'S BEEN FORWARDED TO MPERS BATON ROUGE. donovan livaccari: apparently there's been a history of those two things not reconciling. This is Baton Rouge's way, I think, of trying to tell the city to get their act together. The problem is, the pensioners are paying the price for it. BUT DEPUTY MAYOR AND CITY C-A-O ANDY KOPPLIN SAYS THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING ON THEIR END TO CORRECT ANY CONFUSION andy kopplin:calculating their retirement benefits has been done. The issue is between the police retirement system and the city is about the global system---folks who haven't retired yet. KOPPLIN SAYS THE CITY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WANTS THESE FORMER OFFICERS PAID FOR THE YEARS THEY SPENT SERVING NEW ORLEANS. andy kopplin: for them to hold New Orleans police officers who are retiring hostage because they're having a record checking issue with the city is just an outrage and an abuse. LIVACCARI SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH THE PENSION BOARD. HE HOPES THEY WILL END THIS SAGA, CALL A SPECIAL MEETING THIS WEEK AND CUT THE CHECKS. LIVACCARI SAYS THIS MONEY IS FOR THE OFFICERS WHO WORKED HARD FOR DECADES, NOT FOR THE PENSION BOARD TO HOLD IN BATON ROUGE. HE SAYS IF THEY DON'T TAKE ACTION AND SOON, BATON ROUGE. HE SAYS IF THEY DON'T TAKE ACTION AND SOON, HE AND THE OFFICERS WILL NOT HESITATE TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION. CASEY? WE DID REACH OUT TO THE MUNICIPLE POLICE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BOARD... BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH THEM FOR A COMMENT. NOW TO TERREBONNE PARISH...
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The two Australian radio presenters who made a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated will not be prosecuted.
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This article titled "Australian radio DJs will not be prosecuted over hospital hoax call" was written by Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 1st February 2013 13.32 UTC
The two Australian radio presenters who made a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated will not be prosecuted.
Bringing charges against Mel Greig and Michael Christian for their "prank" last December would not be in the public interest, the Crown Prosecution Service has concluded.
The nurse who took the call at the King Edward VII hospital later took her own life, triggering an international furore. There was no evidence, however, of manslaughter, the CPS said.
Malcolm McHaffie, deputy head of special crime at the CPS, said: "As is well known, on 4 December 2012, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, both radio presenters in Australia, made a telephone call to the King Edward VII hospital in London, where the Duchess of Cambridge was receiving treatment, in which they pretended to be members of the royal family.
"During the course of the call, private information about the duchess's health was given, in good faith, to Ms Greig and Mr Christian and the call was later played on a radio station in Australia.
"Subsequently, Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse at the hospital who had initially taken the call but who had not herself passed on the information, tragically took her own life."
He added: "Having carefully reviewed the evidence currently available we have concluded that there is no evidence to support a charge of manslaughter and that although there is some evidence to warrant further investigation of offences under the Data Protection Act 1998, the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Communications Act 2003, no further investigation is required because any potential prosecution would not be in the public interest."
Among the issues taken into consideration, the CPS said, was the fact that it would not possible to extradite the radio presenters from Australia in respect of the potential communication offences.
"However misguided," McHaffie added, "the telephone call was intended as a harmless prank. The consequences in this case were very sad. We send our sincere condolences to Jacintha Saldanha's family."
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Roger has booked a spot in the quarters in Paris-Bercy thanks to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber (ATP 23).
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You know what today is – it's time for another addition of Technically Saturday. Today's topic of discussion is what is actually the correct term for the drinks we are making: are they "cocktails" or "mixed drinks"?
This debate has been one of the central arguments within mixology for years. The first documented use of the term cocktail was in 1803 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines the cocktail as:
This is clearly not what we think of as a cocktail today. Originally, cocktails were indeed comprised of just three ingredients – alcohol, bitters, and sugar. Cocktails were savory and strong in nature, not the sweet drinks we often associate with the term today. Merriam-Webster defines the term cocktail as "an iced drink of wine or distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients." Now that seems to better describe the type of drink you would find in any bar or restaurant.
The issue of which term is appropriate gets more confusing when the phrase mixed drink is examined. According again to the OED, "mixed drink" was first used in 1703 – exactly 100 hundred years before the term cocktail was used. They define mixed drink as "a drink consisting of a mixture of different beverages, usually of one or more spirits with a non-alcoholic mixer." Webster defines the phrase similarly as "an alcoholic beverage prepared from two or more ingredients.
Today, these terms are used almost interchangeably. Mixed drink is usually used to describe a simple drink containing alcohol and a single pre-made mixer. Such drinks are quick to make and require little preparation and are usually consumed in an equally fast manner. The term cocktail is associated with a drink that requires a fair amount of preparation and uses fresh ingredients wherever possible. Cocktails are meant to be sipped and savored, not quickly consumed en mass. They also usually contain three or more ingredients.
In the end, there may not be a single "right" answer to this question. For the purposes of this blog, the term cocktail will be used to signify spirit based drinks that require care and time in preparation, whereas mixed drink will be used for wine, beer, and spirit based drinks such as spritzers and punches.
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SAN FRANCISCO — You can thank former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden for a new report from Facebook on the inquiries it gets from governments around the world for information on its more than 1 billion users.
According to the giant social network, governments in 74 countries sought information on more than 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of 2013. More than half of those requests came from the United States — about 20,000 to 21,000 — and Facebook said it produced some data in response to 80 percent of those requests. Facebook said it required governments to meet a "very high legal bar" to receive the information.


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"What are you doing?" Sebastian said. He had wandered upstairs after school to find his father's girlfriend, Eva, digging through Richard's dresser drawer.
"Looking for my scarf," she said. "I left it here. Not that it's any of your business."
"It's downstairs, on the bench. Dad folded it and left it there for you."
"Oh, silly me," she said, closing the drawer. "Thanks."
Sebastian watched her leave the room, then went to the drawer and opened it. It barely looked like anything had been disturbed. What was she, a cop? He followed her downstairs and saw her quietly shut a drawer in the hall table.
She was looking for something. But what? Sebastian snuck back upstairs and then walked down again, more loudly. She looked up.
"Found it." She held the bright red scarf aloft.
"Yeah, OK," he said.
"Tell Richard I have things to do tonight. I'll see him tomorrow."
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"Tell me yourself," said Richard.
"Richard!" She gave him a kiss. Sebastian rolled his eyes. "I was just leaving. Found my scarf, thanks."
"No problem," said Richard.
"Are you free tomorrow?" she asked. "There's a movie I'm dying to see."
"Yes, all right," he said.
"Great. See you later." She practically ran from the house.
Richard picked up Hera, the Doberman puppy, who had been playing with his shoelace and watched his girlfriend's retreating back, a thoughtful look on his face.
"I think she's up to something," Sebastian said. "I know it's not my business, but she was rifling through your drawers, Dad."
"Was she."
"She was here when I got home, and I surprised her. She was upstairs, alone."
"Hmmm," said Richard. "Sebastian, can you take care of Hera this evening? I suddenly feel the need to go out." He handed him the squirming puppy, who promptly licked Sebastian's nose.
"Sure, Dad."
"You'll be OK by yourself?"
"You said it yourself, all I do is watch TV. I'll put her to bed before dark. See you later."
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Snap! Snap! Snap!
If the euro was a house on stilts, that would be the sound of its supports snapping.
First, it was Greek elections that have left the country debating an exit.
Then it was Germany, ruling out once again any hopes that it would support region-wide euro-zone bonds that would lower borrowing costs for the Greeces of this world.
And now, perhaps of even more importance itself, is the German economy, which is now proving it is not going to be the engine of euro-zone recovery that everyone hoped it would be.
As feared, instead of a strong Germany helping to pull the rest of the shrinking euro zone out of the mire, the problems of the peripheral are infecting the German economy.
When it reported a sharp downturn in German business sentiment on Thursday, the Ifo drove the point home by noting that the decline reflects uncertainty in the euro zone.
This was not how it was supposed to be.
Up until a few months ago, the German economy was steaming ahead nicely, like a Mercedes-Benz hitting the autobahn. In fact, the second estimate of German GDP for the first quarter, also released on Thursday, confirmed growth of 0.5% during those three months.
Private consumption was on the rise and export growth was keeping the country well ahead.
However, signs that the wheels were about to start coming off the Mercedes were already there. According to Carsten Brzeski of ING Financial Markets, a breakdown showed that first, inventories were declining and growth was probably unsustainable.
And second, details of trade showed that although Germany might have been importing more, most of these imports weren't coming from inside the euro zone.
No sooner had financial markets started to digest these figures than the Ifo came along reporting that business sentiment had slumped much more than expected for the first time in eight months. The index slipped all the way to 106.9 from 109.9. The market had only been looking for a fall to 109.5.
Of even more concern to those who have been depending on Germany to save the euro was the news that German manufacturing had fallen even further into contraction territory and dragged the country's composite purchasing managers' index down with it. The index fell to 49.6 from 50.5, suggesting that manufacturing and services combined are no longer expanding.
Finally, euro-zone wide PMI numbers confirmed the worst, with the composite index falling all the way to 45.9 from 46.7, rather than just slipping to 46.5 as forecast.
All this bad news on the economy is coming just as the debt crisis enters a new, and what some analysts are calling, much more dangerous phase.
Greece is waiting to hold a second election that is being seen as a referendum on whether the country stays in the euro. And Germany is refusing to offer any concessions, such as the introduction of euro-zone bonds, that may make life any easier for Greece.
Certainly, with its own economic future now looking uncertain, Germany will be even less likely to concede to future funding for the peripherals and the debt crisis will become even more difficult to resolve.
However, there is one little bit of good news. An economic slowdown in Germany means that the European Central Bank may be more easily persuaded to ease monetary policy further, a move that it was reluctant to make while German inflation was at risk.
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On November 5, 2012, NTS, Inc. (f/k/a Xfone, Inc., the "Company") entered into a letter agreement with Jeffrey E. Eberwein in his individual capacity and as authorized representative of the Concerned NTS Shareholders, a group that on October 24, 2012 submitted notice to the Company that it intended to nominate six individuals for election as directors at the Company's 2012 annual meeting of shareholders (the "2012 Annual Meeting") and to cause the size of the Company's board of directors to be set at eight members.
Pursuant to the letter agreement, the parties agreed that the Company would nominate a slate of nine nominees for re-election / election as directors at its 2012 Annual Meeting, which would include the following nominees: Guy Nissenson, Shemer S. Schwarz, Arie Rosenfeld, Timothy M. Farrar, Alan L. Bazaar, Don Carlos Bell III, Andrew J. MacMillan, Jeffrey E. Eberwein and Richard K. Coleman, Jr. Subject to the Company's proceeding as agreed in the letter agreement, the Concerned NTS Shareholders agreed to withdraw their previously submitted nomination notice, cease all efforts with respect to soliciting proxies from the Company's shareholders in connection with the 2012 Annual Meeting and vote all their shares in favor of the foregoing slate of nine nominees at the 2012 Annual Meeting. Further, Mr. Eberwein and Mr. Coleman agreed that, provided that the other members of the foregoing slate agree to the same limitation, for as long as Mr. Eberwein or Mr. Coleman serve as directors of the Company they will not solicit, encourage, initiate and/or support the solicitation by others, of proxies in connection with the election of new directors to the board of directors of the Company.
The foregoing summary of the agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the definitive letter agreement, of which a copy is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.151.
On November 5, 2012, the board of directors of the Company approved and adopted the Reamended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.13 (the "2012 Amended Bylaws"). Amendments reflected in the 2012 Amended Bylaws were made in part based on understandings, not included in the letter agreement described above, reached with the Concerned NTS Shareholders and other major shareholders of the Company.
The following is a summary of the principal changes contained in the 2012 Amended Bylaws, which amend and restate the Reamended and Restated Bylaws dated November 18, 2010 that were in effect prior to the November 5, 2012 amendments:
· Article 2.2 was amended to provide that a special meeting of shareholders of the Company may be called by the secretary of the Company upon request by holders of not less than 20% of all outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote on any issue at such meeting;
· Article 2.4.3 was amended to expand the list of information that a noticing shareholder that proposes to bring a proposal before a shareholders' meeting be required to provide to the Company to include certain information with respect to hedging transactions;
· Article 2.10 was added to clarify who shall preside over a meeting of shareholders of the Company and the role of the secretary of the Company at a meeting of shareholders of the Company;
· Article 3.1.1 was amended to increase the maximum authorized number of directors on the board of directors from eight (8) to nine (9) and to further provide that the number of directors may be fixed from time to time by resolution upon the affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the directors provided that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent directors;
· Article 3.4 was amended to provide that meetings of the board of directors shall be held at any place fixed by the board of directors;
· Article 3.7 was amended to increase the required vote to fill vacancies in the board of directors from a majority of the remaining directors to not less than 75% of the remaining directors;
· Article 3.13 was added to provide that directors shall be entitled to such fees and compensation for their services and reimbursement of expenses as may be approved or modified by the affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the directors;
· Old Article 5.6 (new Article 5.7) was amended to increase the required vote to remove an officer of the Company from a majority of directors to not less than 75% of the directors;
· Old Article 5.7 (new Article 5.8) was amended to increase the required vote to fill a vacancy of an officer from a majority of directors to not less than 75% of the directors;
· Article 5.10 was added to provide that terms of service of the President and Treasurer of the Company shall be fixed or modified by the board of directors provided that amendments to the terms of service of the currently serving President and Treasurer shall require the affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the directors; and
· Article 6.2 was amended to add new Articles 2.1 (relating to the annual meeting of shareholders), 2.10 (the conduct at meeting of shareholders), 3.7 (vacancies on the board of directors), 3.13 (fees and compensation of directors), 5.2 (duties and authority of chairman), 5.3 (duties and authority of president), 5.5 (duties and authority of treasurer), 5.7 (removal of officers), 5.8 (vacancies in offices) and 5.10 (terms of service of officers) to the list of Articles which require a vote of not less than 80% of the directors in order to be altered, amended or repealed.
In addition to the changes listed above, the amendments include non-substantive changes to clarify or update certain provisions or to be consistent with applicable law.
This foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2012 Amended Bylaws of which a copy is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.13.
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We've spent $1,200 on an MRI for one seriously ill mutt and about $600 for minor surgery on another — plus hundreds more on regular check-ups and vaccinations. So we read every word of today's WSJ story on the rising cost of pet care.
According to the American Pet Products Association, the average U.S. household spent $655 on regular doctor and surgical visits for dogs in 2010. That's a 47% increase from a decade earlier. And spending on cats rose 73% over those ten years, the paper says.
But spending can soar far beyond that if a pet develops a serious illness. Insurance provider Petplan tells the WSJ the average annual payout for a pet's cancer therapy rose 14% to more than $2,800 last year. Surgeries to repair orthopedic problems (even dogs get torn ACLs!) can also cost a few thousand dollars. Technological advances have made their way to the world of veterinary medicine — but at a price.
"All of the innovations on the human side [of medicine] have come on over to the vet side, from MRIs and CAT scans to chemo and radiation," Dennis Drent, president and CEO of Veterinary Pet Insurance Co., tells the WSJ.
So where do you draw a line on how much to spend on vet care? For us, $1,200 was a lot to shell out — but it was a no-brainer, given the joy we got from that dog (who, sadly, died anyway). We'd cut the budget elsewhere — ditch cable TV service, cancel a vacation or avoid dining out — before we'd refuse medical treatment for a pet that would likely lengthen its life or improve quality of life.
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Celebrate May Day With a Screening of the Classic Film Battleship Potemkin And Live Music
In countless cultures around the world May Day has long been marked as a celebration of spring. In the last century it became known as International Worker's Day, a festive event celebrating labor and left-leaning politics. The Soviets, of course, turned every May 1 into a major production of marching soldiers and flag-waving citizens.
This year Kansas City's People's Liberation Big Band marks International Worker's Day with a showing of the classic silent Soviet film Battleship Potemkin and the first public performance of the band's new score for the movie. The screening takes place on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Robert Butler, former movie movie critic for The Kansas City Star and now with the Kansas City Public Library, will introduce the film and provide background notes.
Almost from its initial release in 1925 Battleship Potemkin has been hailed as one of the great landmarks of world cinema. Directed by the visionary Sergei Eisenstein, it was inspired by the real 1905 mutiny of a ship's crew against mistreatment by the Russian navy.
While meant to promote the Communist cause, Battleship Potemkin has transcended its role as propaganda thanks to the audacious creativity Eisenstein brought to its telling. Particularly celebrated is the film's "Odessa Steps" sequence in which citizens gathered to welcome the mutinous crew are fired on by the Tsar's soldiers. Eisenstein takes an event that would have lasted only a few minutes and, through innovative editing, stretches out the tension and horror indefinitely.
Members of the People's Liberation Big Band have created an original score that will be played during the film. Performing will be Stephanie Bryan (trombone), Mark Cohick (bass clarinet, oboe, English horn, and tenor saxophone), Patrick Alonzo Conway (bassoon and percussion), Brad Cox (piano, Rhodes piano, and accordion), Jeff Harshbarger (bass), Brenna Hayes (baritone saxophone), Nick Howell (trumpet), Forest Stewart (horn in F), Michael Stover (guitar, lap steel guitar, and mandolin), Rich Wheeler (tenor saxophone), and Sam Wisman (drum set).
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Theme of Jealousy in Heracles (Hercules): Birth and Early Adventures
Jealousy is a major theme in Heracles' life, just like in pretty much every story featuring Hera. From even before Heracles is born, Hera is out to get him because she's jealous of Zeus' constant affairs. Hera's jealousy causes her to try and kill Heracles before he is born, to rob him of his birthright, and to put snakes in his cradle. (Yeah, that's pretty jealous.) Throughout Heracles' life, Hera's jealousy will be the biggest obstacle that the great hero will have to face. In a way though, heroes are nothing without obstacles to conquer.
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Surely that's another tick in the box for Marinez then isn't it?Laudrup is an interesting thought. Out of this world as a player. better than Berkamp on his day in my opinion. Silky smooth and looked like he had hours when on the ball. I don't know how well he's done elsewhere to be honest.


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MUMBAI: A continued focus on the offshore division has helped Great Eastern Shipping to counter the downturn in the shipping industry. At a time when its peers have seen a sharp fall in profits, GE Shipping has been able to post a 11% growth in net profits.
Freight rates have seen a substantial fall in the last one year due to oversupply of vessels in the industry. Baltic dry index - the benchmark for dry bulk rates has fallen by nearly 47% over the last one year. As a result, shipping companies are currently making marginal profits at the operating level. However, GE Shipping over the last few years has increased its presence in the booming offshore industry. At present offshore contributes 44% of its profits before interest and taxes as against 36% in the same period last year.


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It's not unusual for Pippa Middleton to turn heads, and the brunette beauty did just that as she stepped out in a striking raspberry dress at a friend's wedding over the weekend. But we couldn't help feeling something about Pippa's look was a little familiar.
And that's because it was. Embarking on a game of style snap with her famous sister, Pippa Middleton arrived at the ceremony in a �450 Issa wrap dress, the very same one Kate Middleton wore to announce her engagement to Prince William in 2010.
Pippa wore the slinky silk-jersey Forever wrap dress, currently retailing at around �450 online, to the wedding of pal Camilla Hook to Sam Holland, grandson of Lord Attenborough, in the pretty village of Aberlady, East Lothian in Scotland.
The youngest Middleton sister, joined by friends, as well as her parents at the ceremony, accessorised her eye-catching Issa dress with a statement floral hat, a black clutch and black suede heels.
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Raghava Lawrence specially designed an impressive dance number for this show and also performed with some of the leading Chinnathirai stars. Top actress Sneha attended as special guest and director Gautham Menon, actor Ramesh Kanna, Editor Antony and cameraman RD Rajsekar are amongst others.


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Whether we know it or not, we've all grown up on the writings of Charles Dickens, one of London's most famous chroniclers. He wrote The Christmas Carol, inventing Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come. He wrote Great Expectations and Bleak House – who hasn't watched those on film or TV?
In fact, Dickens was the serial drama writer of his day with chapters of his novels being published weekly in the newspaper and people literally waiting on the docks of New York for ships to bring the latest newspapers from England with the next installment of the story. If he were alive today, he would probably have written The Sopranos. If he were alive today he would turn 200 on February 7th 2012. If you're traveling to England early this year it will be hard to miss the fact of Dicken's birthday. He is one of England's favorite sons and there will be exhibitions, film screenings, talks, walks and festivals galore. Some of the best will be:
1. Charles Dickens: Life and Legacy at the National Portrait Gallery until 22 April. The exhibition of portraits focuses particularly on his American tours.
2. Dickens on Screen at the BFI Southbank which is a three-month screening of all the adaptations of his books to screen, both tv and film.
3. Dickens and London at the Museum of London until June 10th. It's advisable to book tickets ahead for this one.
4. Portsmouth the town where Dickens was born will have many different celebrations and exhibitions throughout the year especially centered around the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum.
5. Walking tours of London the city Dickens describes so vividly in his stories. Read his books to really get to know London and her characters.
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My favorite would have to be the Dickens Half Marathon in Houston, Texas. Who said Dickens was only beloved in England?
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In aviation, a huffer is an external engine that creates large volumes of pressurized air used to start large gas turbine jet engines on some types of aircraft.
The huffer works by blowing compressed air via flexible hose to the aircraft's bleed air system. From there, the air flows via a pilot controlled valve to the engine's starter motor. The starter motor converts the energy of the moving air to rotational torque. The starter motor is linked via shaft to the N2 or core of the engine and spins the compressor and first stage turbine. Once there is enough air flowing through the compressor and the combustion chamber to light the engine, fuel in the form of vaporized kerosene starts flowing and an igniter similar to a spark plug ignites the fuel. Then fuel flow is increased to spin the engine up to its normal idle speed, at which point the engine is self-sustaining and no longer needs the support of the starter.
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Number of Ambulatory Surgery Centers Approaches Number of Hospitals Nationwide
A recent count estimated that there are 5,260 surgery centers in the United States, compared to 5,724 hospitals, according to the American Hospital Association. The number of surgery centers has boomed from just 1,000 in 1988, according to information from Tony German, the executive director of the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society.
Surgery centers now perform around 23 million surgeries annually, and CMS approves new procedures for the ASC setting every year.
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