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Dell Services' ZeroIMPACT Migration Helps Customers Modernize their Systems Running SAP® Applications
Date : 5/9/2013
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- Dell Services helps customers migrate SAP solutions to real-time data platforms with little to no downtime
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Dell Services today announced the launch of its ZeroIMPACT migration services for SAP® solutions, designed to help customers transition from outdated IT environments to contemporary environments with minimal downtime and reduced risk.
Dell developed its ZeroIMPACT migrations for SAP solutions to deliver legacy migration with little to no downtime
using its parallel transformation methodology. Dell consultants work with SAP customers to evaluate legacy and new environments side-by-side in order to understand the features and functionalities before developing the most efficient transformation plan. During the migration process, the legacy environment continues running while migration activities take place. Dell's software captures and queues all transactions occurring during the migration and then syncs them to the migrated system.
Dell's ZeroIMPACT solution was developed with tools, technology and expertise from its hardware, services and software groups, including Quest's SharePlex and Foglight enterprise software solutions. The end-to-end solution provides a cost-effective, low-impact alternative to companies needing to move their mission-critical SAP enterprise applications to more stable, modern environments, minimizing downtime, maximizing performance and taking advantage of the latest cloud and hybrid environments to reduce costs.
Dell Extends Presence in SAP PartnerEdge Program, Becomes SAP Channel Partner and Reseller of SAP Solutions
Dell also announced that it has become an SAP channel partner in the SAP PartnerEdge® program. Dell is now authorized to resell the SAP HANA® platform; SAP Sybase® and SAP BusinessObjects™ solutions; and the SAP ERP application. As an SAP channel partner and value-added reseller, Dell now provides a complete portfolio of SAP solutions that encompass all aspects required for successful implementation of SAP solutions. These include licensing, implementation and customization services, training and documentation, optimization and support. As such, Dell can now help customers lower cost and risk, and further enhance value for customer's investments in SAP solutions.
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1/3 scale Valenta Fox - first look and flight report
Okay, this is actually a second look because Dennis posted one photo a couple months ago from the AMA Show.
For your viewing pleasure is the 1:3 Valenta Fox. Sourced from Bob and his crew at Soaring USA. This is the second one in the USA and I understand they'll become more available later in the spring for the current waiting list and then priced in the $2500 neighborhood following that. Nothing up yet on the SUSA website save one really nice photo.
It is a very striking model. For comparison sake, the bench below is 84" x 42". Span on this bird is 170". Root chord is 17". Fuse is approx 87". Big mother of a 1" square carbon wing rod and nice aluminum pins at the trailing edge. I'm not sure on weight, but it's not bad at all just hoisting up the assembled airframe. Fixed gear, with the rear half is supported by a single large shock. Dual canopies, basic cockpit interior that can be blown out to the owners level of detail preference and insanity. Dual ailerons on each wing panel, airbrakes, rudder (the rudder is $#@! huge -- knife edge flight anyone?) and elevator. Elevator servo is mounted forward in the fuselage requiring a 48" pushrod run, so that might be a candidate for an optional move to the rear or will require a very stout giant scale carbon pushrod.
It's a two steps model. That is, two steps away it is immaculate. As Bob said, "Valenta is a B/B+ manufacturer at B prices." Upon close inspection (if you want my picture, look in the dictionary under anal retentive) there are a number of small annoying things that make me nuts. The majority can be fixed and worked around. The most obvious is that the break between the red and white paint on the fuselage is not crisp at all. My fix will be 1/16" pinstripe in black or the same blue as on the plane. In the 40 hours or so of additional fine detail work and final QA that a $5000 plane would have this would not occur, but that level of finish is not found here. The only thing that likely will remain a bug is sloppy corners on the aileron cut outs and a smudge in the "0" and other letters on the fuse left. Accepting suggestions now.
Not planning on doing a build thread, just outfitting with all JR digitals, 9100 dual power 2.4G Rx, etc. All straight foward stuff. It's for tow, so a release will be added. Anything exceptional comes up, I'll post it here.
So, I'm happy to shoot more photos, answer questions, etc. if needed. Any drooling issues and you're on your own with cleaning that up. It's a ton of sailplane and is going to look fantastic in the air -- 1/3 scale at 1/5 the dough.
Thanks for looking.
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nice! Hope to see it in April
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So sorry that the model is disappointing Steve, I feel somewhat responsible since I gave it such a rave review in January, of course I never got to do a real closeup, although the one at the show looked really nice, and all the graphics looked sharp and well defined with no ragged edges as I recall. Valenta might feel pressured to get these out and may be slipping a bit in their haste to meet demand, hopefully as production ramps up they can pay closer attention to the details. I will say at the price it is selling it is still a superb deal, the last Krause model I got was a 1/3 Libelle that was $1600 to my door, for that I got a foam obeechi wing with no leading edge installed, no wing tips, ailerons just routed out needing finishing and facing, a raw glass fuselage with nothing installed, a nice big bag of parts, no retract or even wheel, a molded canopy frame that needed fitting and mounting, a clear canopy that needed to be cut out fitted, and I can go on and on. Of course the LET 1/3 Ventus 2c I got last year is really finished out nice needing only servo installation and minimal work, BUT, at a cost of about $4000. So I hope that as Valenta cranks out more Fox's, they will continue to improve the details and make everyone really happy with what potentially is a fantastic model at a great price.
Looks good Steve, Congrats on a nice plane. As we spoke about and like Dennis say's, the price is right. ( although its hard to believe we can say that when we spend 2250 on a model airplane)
Cant wait to see it wiz by. I'll be by tomorrow to check it out.
Your frustration is justified: Valenta should step up his game a bit. Such cosmetic details are easy to get right (sharp straight tools, good masking tape, and a bit of TLC) will make a lot of difference without bumping up the manufacturing cost (see also http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=765145).
That said, these flaws are merely cosmetic. What's more important is how the model flies. Have you weighed the components yet?
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Yup, I share Dieter and Steve's take on Valenta...great value, fly nicely, but their models are a bit on the heavy side and it always looks like they rushed the last details of fit and finish. A shame as they have have designed some very nice models.
Yes, I have a few Valenta planes, and would rate them middle of the pack in terms of quality. Generally pretty strong after considerable slope use. Good value, and good designs.
If the Fox is 170" w/s, that's 4.3 m, just a little larger than the common 4 m versions (Airworld, etc.) (One needs to be careful with Valenta specs, their Salto for instance stretches the tape to 4 m, NOT 4.5 m...)>
BTW, I owe you an apology for not connecting last weekend. Made it to San Luis Obispo on Sunday, drank your wine ate a really excellent if not spendy dinner at CioPinot on Nipono Street. On these combo spouse/business trips, introducing the soaring aspect leads to point deductions and formal relations with the bride.
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There is still no sign of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The vast search area now covers an area almost the size of Australia - with one corridor to the north and another to the south.
It also emerged today that one of the passengers - 26-year-old Yue Wenchao - is a business student at Hull University
Follow day 12 of the search here and get the latest news on the missing plane here, or read on to see how day 11 of the search unfolded.
There have been a number of key developments today.
Click here to keep up to date with day 12 of the search.
It emerged the missing plane may have secretly flown at just 5,000 feet to avoid radar.
Taking a plane to such a low altitude - a technique called "terrain masking" - would have avoided detection on standard commercial radar equipment.
Investigators believe whoever was flying the Boeing 777 used terrain masking, which uses natural contours like hills and mountains, to hide the plane from satellite systems.
The airline's chief executive also revealed it was the co-pilot who said "all right, good night" before the aircraft went missing.
We are now closing our live blog. We will begin it again later today.
Thanks for following.
Checks into the background of all the Chinese nationals on board the missing Malaysian jetliner have uncovered no links to terrorism.
The remarks by the Chinese ambassador in Kuala Lumpur will dampen speculation that Uighur separatists in far western Xinjiang province might have been involved with the disappearance of the Boeing 777 and its 239 passengers and crew early on March 8.
Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang said today that background checks on Chinese nationals did not uncover any evidence suggesting they were involved in hijacking or an act of terrorism against the plane, according to state news agency Xinhua.
He also said that Chinese authorities had begun searching for the plane on its territory.
Malaysian police are investigating the pilots and ground engineers of the plane, and have asked intelligence agencies from countries with passengers on board to carry out background checks on those passengers.
An aviation expert has said that he believes the missing Malaysia Airlines flight came down following a fire rather than being brought down by terrorists.
Billie Vincent, former head of security for the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S, said he did not believe a bomb was detonated.
He told website Air Traffic Management: "The data released thus far most likely points to a problem with hazardous materials. This scenario begins with an eruption of hazardous materials within the cargo hold - either improperly packaged or illegally shipped - or both."
He said that a fire would explain why flight MH370's communication systems were shut down one by one.
Mr Vinent, who played a key role of all U.S. hijackings in the 80s, said he believed that the plane's flight path may have been erratic because the pilot and co-pilot could not see the controls clearly enough for a return to Kuala Lumpur.
Australia's maritime safety agency drastically narrowed the search area in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane today, but said the remote location, high seas and swift currents meant the task remained daunting.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) shrunk its search field to a 600,000 sq km (230,000 sq mile) corridor, just 3 percent of the estimated 19 million sq km area in the Indian Ocean where the plane could be, based on satellite tracking data.
Still, the revised area is roughly the size of Spain and Portugal combined and will take the Australian-led southern search team several weeks to comb.
"A needle in a haystack remains a good analogy," John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of AMSA, told reporters. "The aircraft could have gone north or south and if it went south, this is AMSA's best estimate of where we should look with the few resources we have at our disposal for such a search."
AMSA said its revision of the search area was based on analysis of satellite data collected from the plane by theUnited States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) it received yesterday..
AMSA then streamlined that data further to account for water movements and changes in weather in the days since Flight MH370 disappeared 10 days ago.
"It's the result of some analysis of the possible movement of the aircraft," Young said. "There are some assumptions built in, including the speed of the aircraft."
The original search area for flight MH370 focused on a wide strip of territory either side of two arcs formed by satellite plots of the aircraft's last known possible position, an area measuring 38 million sq km.
Malaysia today rejected criticism from U.S. government officials that it has not been sharing as much information as it could with foreign governments about the disappearance of flight MH370.
Two U.S. security officials said yesterday that the Malaysia had still not invited the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to send a team to Kuala Lumpur to assist in the probe into the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.
"I have been working with them," Malaysia's Defence and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said when asked if the country had requested FBI help.
"It's up for the FBI to tell us if they need more experts to help because it's not for us to know what they have."
While Malaysia's police special branch has been providing some information to U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies, U.S. sources said, the FBI is only collaborating with Malaysian authorities via an agent, known as a "legal attache", assigned to the American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
The FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies, such as elements of the Department of Homeland Security, indicated some time ago they were eager to send teams to Kuala Lumpur, but will not do so unless formally invited.
Asked if any FBI staff had travelled from outside Malaysia, Hishammuddin said: "Once I have spoken to one FBI representative, I assume the whole FBI would be behind it."
The FBI has extensive experience in investigating plane crashes, including the crashes off the U.S. east coast of TWA 800 and Egyptair 990.
In the case of Egyptair 990, the FBI helped air safety investigators establish that the crash was caused by a suicidal co-pilot.
In the TWA 800 case, the FBI conducted a lengthy investigation that eventually helped the National Transportation Safety Board discredit theories that the plane was hit by a missile, but instead was brought down by a freak accident involving overheated fuel.
China has deployed 21 satellites in the search for the missing plane.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a news briefing about the increase in technological help during a daily news briefing.
China has begun to searching for the missing jet in Chinese territory which covers a northern corridor through which the aircraft could have flown, state media said earlier.
No trace of the plane has been found more than a week after it vanished but investigators believe it was diverted by someone with deep knowledge of the plane and commercial navigation.
united as a nation, our prayers stays with #MH370. Walls of hope at Swy Pyramid main entrance. #kamilahmalaysia pic.twitter.com/f88DWeH3Qf— AyumiTrader (@AyumiTrader) March 18, 2014
Eight Chinese ships have been re-deployed from the Gulf to Thailand and the South China Sea to start searching near Singapore.
The search has now been called off in the South China Sea as operations focus on the northern and southern arcs.
There are now 11 Chinese ships in and around the Indian Ocean, according to Xinhua News Agency.
China readjusts search efforts for MH 370 http://t.co/i57kHfFE1Z— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 18, 2014
Relatives of Chinese passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have threatened to go on hunger strike.
Two-thirds of the 239 people on board the flight are Chinese and their loved ones feel they are not being given the full story by Malaysian officials.
According to the Malay Mail Online Wen Wancheng, whose son is missing, said: "Relatives are very unsatisfied. So you hear them saying 'hunger strike'."
He added: "Now we have no news, and everyone is understandably worried. The relatives say they will go to the [Malaysian] embassy to find the ambassador.
"The Malaysian ambassador should be presenting himself here, but he's not."
European and U.S. runways are among those on the flight simulator that was found at pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah's house.
A senior police officer said that analysis shows runways also included the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Diego Garcia and southern India.
"What we are trying to see is what were the runways that were frequently used," the officer said. "We also need to see what routes the pilot had been assigned to before. This will take time, so people cannot jump the gun just yet."
Today's press conference is due to start shortly.
Scores of journalists are in position at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur ready for the daily update on the missing flight.
The search has taken on an international dynamic within different countries. More about the diplomatics later.
Over the last 24 hours they have been working to narrow the search areas.
They are gathering information from satellite surveillance and radar data, increasing air and surface searches, and increasing the amount of technical support.
Malaysia has contacted all countries with access to satellites.
The northern corridor has been split into seven areas - 160,000 square nautical miles in total.
The same has been done with the southern corridor.
2.24million nautical square miles are now being searched in total.
"Malaysia could not do it on its own".
Mr Hussein is going through a list of the different hardware involved in the search.
It reveals the huge operation that is going on in both search areas.
Mr Hussein clarifies the timings of when the plane's ACARS system was turned off.
The switch off, he says, occurred between 1.07am and 1.37am.
The search for the plane is the priority.
He says there is even more commitment to help Malaysia since the search was widened.
He adds that thoughts are with the families of the people on board.
We are now hearing from the minister of foreign affairs.
There are 25 countries involved and there have been diplomatic notes sent to all countries.
It is a complex task to co-ordinate 25 different countries, but "politics is not important".
The foreign minister says "all efforts should be on finding the plane" after telling people not to profit from the disappearance.
Foreign minister, Anifah Aman, said that the prime minister has also been on the phone to other countries.
He said the country is relying on its good relations with other countries.
Mr Hussein has asked Indonesia to have another look at its information to see if there are any more clues.
He said the southern corridor is huge and there are only two countries - Indonesia and Australia - that are assisting with the search there. More help has been requested.
Mr Hussein criticises foreign press which he says is stirring up politics.
He re-iterated that the issue is "above politics" and the countries involved are focused on the search operation.
He said: "It is the foreign press which has brought that up. If I am not mistaken, it was The Daily Mail and CNN who said brought politics into this."
When asked when Malaysia will be able to say if the plane is the north or south corridor Mr Hussein said that they are possible locations.
All efforts, he said, are being made to reduce the area being searched.
That will be with satellites, radar, and using the assets available in the air or the sea.
At the moment both corridors are a priority.


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A St. Louis judge has issued an order prohibiting the city from enforcing its red-light camera ordinance.
The ruling on Tuesday by Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer means the city can't send violation notices, process payments or send collection letters.
It was the latest defeat in Missouri for red-light cameras, which advocates said help reduce accidents.
Last week, the city council in the St. Louis suburb of Arnold voted to not pursue tickets from their red-light cameras. Arnold plans to keep issuing tickets, but will erase fines for those who contest the tickets in court and won't go after those ignoring citations.


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Pisco Sour Cupcakes
Pisco Sour Cupcakes
1/2 tablespoon key lime zest (zest from about 3 key limes)
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
3 tablespoons fresh squeezed key lime juice
3 tablespoons Pisco
2/3 cup of plain (natural) drinkable, yogurt
1. Preheat your oven to 350F. Line a muffin tin with cupcake papers.
2. Combine lime zest with sugar, rubbing together to release all the flavor.
3. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set aside. Combine lime juice, Pisco & yogurt in a separate bowl.
4. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until well combined, beat on high one more minute. Add the eggs, one at a time, to the butter mixture and then add the vanilla (scraping downward as you mix).
5. Add the flour mixture in 3 stages alternating with 2 additions of the yogurt mixture, blending between each addition until just combined. (i.e. add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture, stir, add 1/2 of the yogurt mixture, stir, and continue alternating.) Divide batter into pan lined with cupcake papers.
6. Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes, turning the pan after 10 minutes.
7. Transfer to a cooking rack and cool 5-10 minutes. Brush with Pisco Glaze (recipe follows) then frost with Pisco Sour Frosting.
Pisco Glaze
2 Tablespoons of Pisco
3 Tablespoons of powdered sugar
1. Combine Pisco and powdered sugar in a small bowl and apply to cupcakes using a pastry brush.
Pisco Sour Frosting
1/2 cup butter (choose one without artificial coloring)
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3 Tablespoons Pisco
1/2 Tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1. Cream butter and shortening in a medium bowl, until smooth. Add Pisco & lime juice. Continue to cream, again until smooth.
2. Combine powdered sugar and salt. Add 1 cup at a time to butter mixture, beat to combine.
3. Swirl onto cooled, glazed cupcakes.
Yield: 12-14 cupcakes


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France and the crisis of the presidential sites in Iraq
In the Iraqi so-called presidential sites crisis, France, starting from a number of simple principles, based itself on an analysis of the situation in order to pursue resolute action in favour of a diplomatic solution, the only way of preserving what had already been achieved by the United Nations presence in Iraq and preventing grave destabilization in the Middle East. From this crisis, France draws a number of lessons relating to future cooperation between the Iraqi authorities and the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM), the treatment of the issue by the Security Council and the prospects for further developments in Iraq and in the region.
1. The principles
From the outset, Frances concern was to promote, in the Security Council and in its bilateral relations with Baghdad, a balanced approach to the Iraq issue, on the basis of three principles.
1.1 Compliance by Iraq with the Security Council resolutions, in the first instance SCR 687, a necessary and sufficient condition for Iraqs reintegration into the international community.
Following the Gulf war, the Security Council stipulated a number of requirements which had to be met before Iraq could be reintegrated into its regional environment and the international community. The most important was the elimination of Iraqs weapons of mass destruction and establishment of an effective system of continuous monitoring designed to prevent Iraq from reconstituting its arsenal of such weapons. This is one of the essential guarantees of the regions security, which is the principal objective of the international community. But France also believes it is necessary to preserve the light at the end of the tunnel: once Baghdad has fulfilled its disarmament obligations, paragraph 22 of SCR 687 will apply.
1.2 Recognition by the international community of any gestures of cooperation made by Iraq.
The French authorities have recognized the progress made by Iraq in implementing Security Council resolutions (recognition of the border with Kuwait in 1994, implementation of SCR 986 in 1996). France has never glossed over any evidence of Iraqi prevarication or dissimulation reported to the Security Council, but conversely has always argued that the Security Council should draw the political conclusions when progress was made, particularly in disarmament.
1.3 Respect for UNSCOM's prerogatives, while taking account of Iraqs dignity.
UNSCOM, a subsidiary body of the Security Council, was created in 1991 by the Secretary-General and approved by the Security Council. It is the only body empowered to undertake the disarmament of Iraq. UNSCOM has achieved concrete results. In seven years, it has destroyed more weapons than did the 1991 bombings of the Desert Storm operation. It is on the basis of its technical advice that the Security Council will be able to lift the oil embargo.
To carry out its mission, UNSCOM is vested with extensive prerogatives: an unconditional and unrestricted right of access to any site it wishes to inspect. But that right may be adapted to take account of the sovereignty, political independence and dignity of the Iraqi State, these being principles which are also recalled in the UN resolutions and texts.
2. The French analysis
2.1 Analysis.
The presidential sites crisis arose from the Iraqi refusal to discuss with Mr Butler, Executive Chairman of UNSCOM, specific procedures for inspection of the eight presidential sites (19 January). That decision by Iraq, which was a clear breach of the resolutions, was immediately judged unacceptable by all members of the Security Council.
The French authorities urged the view that only a diplomatic solution could bring a lasting resolution of the crisis. This analysis was based on three principal considerations:
- first, military intervention seemed to us disproportionate in relation to the offence. Only eight sites presented difficulty. Everywhere else, the Commission was continuing its visits and keeping a continuous watch on all the suspect sites.
- the use of force would also have dealt a fatal blow to the UN operation in Iraq, whether in terms of the system of continuous monitoring, or for the purposes of the humanitarian assistance instituted by SCR 986. The authority of the Security Council and its ability to act would have been severely affected. Any such outcome would have run directly counter to our concerns as a permanent member of the Security Council, and more particularly our constant concern to contribute to the stability of the Middle East region and promote the peaceful settlement of disputes.
- lastly, in the context of the deadlock in the Middle East peace process, the use of force against Iraq seemed highly inopportune. It would have aggravated tensions in the region and fuelled the criticism levelled at the United Nations - and more generally at the international community, particularly the western countries - for demanding that one State fully implement Security Council resolutions, while another might be refusing such implementation with impunity.
2.2 The French initiatives
- in the first place, the French political authorities ensured that they remained in close contact with the principal players in this crisis. President Chirac had regular talks with several other heads of State, and the Foreign Minister kept in touch with his principal colleagues, notably Mrs Albright, Mr Primakov and Mr Cook.
- secondly, our position was made clear to all our partners and they consulted on a regular basis. We made a particular effort vis-à-vis the Arab countries (the Foreign Ministry Secretary-General went on a tour of the region and envoys were sent to all the Arab countries). We were also been at pains to explain our position to our partners in the European Union and on the Security Council, as well as a large number of non-aligned countries. Thus, two special envoys of the President of the Republic travelled to Sweden, currently a member of the Security Council, and to Asia.
- finally, the French authorities deemed it necessary to establish direct contact with the Iraqi authorities in order to convey to them ideas about the inspection of presidential sites which we had already presented to Mr Butler during his visit to Paris in January. Thus, the Ministry Secretary-General went to Iraq on 3 February bearing an initial message from President Chirac. This message detailed the French ideas, which sought to reconcile UNSCOM's prerogatives with respect for the sovereignty and dignity of the Iraqi State. M. Dufourcq also consulted in Iraq with Mr Possuvalyuk, the Russian envoy, who was also endeavouring to reach agreement with the Iraqi authorities on specific procedures for the eight sites. After M. Dufourcqs return, the Minister also talked on the phone to Mr Tarek Aziz and President Chirac granted an audience, in Paris, to the Iraqi Foreign Minister, who delivered a message from the Iraqi Head of State to his French opposite number.
The diplomatic efforts of France, Russia and a number of other parties (notably the Secretary-General of the Arab League) proved not to be in vain. Iraq thus accepted the principle of access to the presidential sites, but there was still difficulty over the practical arrangements.
2.3 The mission of Mr Kofi Annan and its aftermath
Our efforts, in liaison with others, then turned to promoting the journey to Iraq of the UN Secretary-General. Numerous approaches were made to our partners on the Security Council, as well as in many non-aligned countries, in the quest for a very large measure of support from the international community for this initiative.
Mr Annan went to Iraq, on 19 February, with the unanimous support of the Security Council, whose agreement was based on a number of simple and general principles. Mr Annan was remarkably successful. The memorandum of agreement signed by the Secretary-General and Tarek Aziz, after a series of talks between the Secretary-General and the Iraqi authorities including the Iraqi head of State himself, adopts, inter alia, some of Frances ideas: a special group composed of both UNSCOM experts and diplomats is to be created under the authority of a 22nd commissioner appointed by the Secretary-General (Mr Dhanapala of Sri Lanka). The inspection teams will be created within this special group and may make repeated visits to the presidential sites. Finally, specific procedures are outlined by the Secretary-General to take account of the particular character of the sites concerned.
The memorandum also mentions UNSCOM's respect for the sovereignty, security and dignity of Iraq. The text thus constitutes a balanced whole which includes reciprocal obligations.
The UN Secretary-General also decided to appoint a special representative for the whole issue of Iraq, resident in Baghdad (he designated Mr Shah).
On his way back from Baghdad, as he had on the way out, Mr Kofi Annan stopped off in Paris where he had a meeting with President Chirac. On his return to New York, the UN Secretary-General immediately presented the memorandum to the Security Council, emphasizing that the text fully committed its signatories and thus indisputably had binding force.
Discussions began on a draft resolution designed not just to endorse the memorandum, but also to warn the Iraqi authorities against any violation of the text. Committed to total respect for the prerogatives of the Security Council, France, like most of the other Council members, was keen to ensure that any risk of "automaticity" was ruled out in SCR 1154 (2 March)
On 3 March, bearing a second message from President Chirac to the Iraqi President, the Ministry Secretary-General went back to Iraq to underline the importance France attaches to the full and swift implementation of every part of the memorandum and full cooperation with the UN. He also reaffirmed to the Iraqi authorities that Iraq will qualify for reintegration into the international community as soon as Baghdad is in full compliance with the Security Council resolutions.
3. Lessons from the presidential palaces crisis
Four main lessons may be drawn from this crisis.
3.1. Our conviction that a diplomatic solution was possible proved correct, even though this result was achieved only through the combination of intensive and constant diplomatic efforts with military pressure: the international community's firmness and determination to enforce compliance with its decisions were accompanied by concrete suggestions in conformity with international law capable of creating the basis for a political settlement of the dispute.
Far from limiting UNSCOM's prerogatives, our proposals were designed solely to make its action more effective and enable it to have access to sites which previously it had never been able to inspect.
Finally, a military intervention would not have been able to neutralize any weapons of mass destruction, possibly held by Iraq, whose location is unknown. But it is absolutely certain that it would have ended all dialogue and all participation on the part of the Iraqi authorities in the destruction of the prohibited weapons.
3.2. For the first time, the Iraqi authorities have signed a document with the UN Secretary-General reaffirming their acceptance of all the Security Council resolutions and explicitly mentioning UNSCOM's right of unconditional and unimpeded access to all the sites.
We have to hope that this is a definitive settlement of the problem of the access to the sites, which since 1997 has been the main problem encountered by UNSCOM. So, every category of Iraqi site open to inspection is now covered by specific procedures (normal sites, sensitive sites, presidential sites). If all the parties implement the memorandum in good faith, this should no longer present any problems and relations between Iraq and UNSCOM should again be able to focus on the essential issue.
France hopes the Baghdad agreement will allow UNSCOM to complete the elimination of the prohibited Iraqi weapons, so that a start can be made, by lifting the oil embargo, on the process of Iraq's reintegration.
However, Iraq will be able to see the final lifting of all sanctions only when Baghdad has met all the obligations incumbent on it under the terms of paragraph 21 of SCR 687. Indeed, the Security Council resolutions lay down other requirements, including, inter alia, settlement of the prisoners and "disappearances" issues and restitution of plundered property. These obligations will have to be honoured before SCR 687 can be implemented in full. The Iraqi authorities must not underestimate their importance, particularly because these are painful issues for their neighbours. The French authorities regularly call on Iraq to cooperate with the United Nations on these different matters, which constitute other conditions for Iraq's full reintegration into the international community.
3.3. Pending the lifting of the sanctions, France remains greatly concerned about the tragic humanitarian situation in Iraq.
On 2 February 1998, the Security Council passed SCR 1153 which authorizes Iraq to export the equivalent of $5.2 billion of oil every six months, instead of the $2 billion initially provided for under SCR 986. In return, the Iraqi authorities will be able to obtain more humanitarian goods and halt the continuing deterioration of the infrastructures, water and electricity systems in Iraq. France, which was at the origin of the process of the reform of the provisions of SCR 986, welcomes the adoption of this resolution, which should help to improve the humanitarian situation of the Iraqi people.
3.4. The region's security and stability remain our fundamental objective. France regards the reintegration of a monitored Iraq and normalization of its relations with the neighbouring States as one of the prerequisites for this stability. We also consider that it will not be possible to guarantee this stability long-term if the peace process in the Middle East remains deadlocked and if the coexistence of the region's States is not achieved through a comprehensive peace agreement. The success of diplomacy in the Iraqi crisis must encourage the international community to make fresh efforts and not accept the "programmed death of the peace process".


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April 8, 2013
BC Wildcats to celebrate MARTINSBURG — BC Wildcats Cheer & Dance will celebrate 16 years of excellence with a performance at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 21, in the gazebo area of the Martinsburg Mall....
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It's time for the leaders -- Webb Simpson (8 under), Paul Goydos and Steve Marino (both 6 under) -- to start their rainy day at The Barclays.
And to this point, there's starting to be reason to make them nervous. (Even more nervous than the relative unknowns probably already were to start the day.)
Tiger Woods is 3 under through his first eight holes and is making a move on the leaderboard.
Americans Brian Gay and Troy Matteson, as well as PGA Championship winner Y.E. Yang, have jumped to 2-under for the tournament.
And Phil Mickelson is 1 under through 10 holes, sitting at 2 over for the tournament.


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Fiona Law, IEL co-chair writes
Want to grow tasty, nutritious, pest-resistant crops? As any observant gardener knows, the first requirement is a healthy, fertile soil or growing medium. Good stuff in, good stuff out.
Unfortunately, a bag of compost from the garden centre or pound shop is not really the answer. It's likely to be stale, sterilized and 70% peat (see 'I don't dig peat'). That's if you have a car and strong arms to carry it, and can stomach the compromise to sustainablity – transport miles being a key issue. This is the scenario many urban growers face.
Soil fauna – a whole nutrient-producing ecosystem
A fertile soil not only has hundreds of earthworms and mini-beasts, but also billions of fungi, bacteria and other micro-organisms. These carry out a process called humification, extracting the minerals and compounds that plants need to grow. The more life in the soil, the greater the fertility and the better your crops!
Ingredients of a good growing medium include: loam (mineral soil), organic matter such as green waste compost for bulk that helps create the soil and water pockets soil life needs, and nutrient-rich organic matter such as two-year rotted horse manure. Other lovely ingredients you might want to add are horticultural grit, seaweed meal, comfrey, spent mushroom compost, woodash and much more.
Wouldn't it be great if we could develop a strategy for growing media distribution 'hubs' in the borough? In my role working with south London growers*, one of the main barriers facing residents and groups is getting hold of good quality growing media in sufficient amounts and at a good price. Working together, we could source efficiently the full range of growing media we need to build an even stronger Lambeth growing scene.
Incredible Edible Lambeth is here to develop a food strategy. To get the ball rolling on the growing media front we have set up, incollaboration with the Lambeth Parks team at Clapham Common, a really exciting event, The Great Clapham Common Compost Giveaway and Pumpkin Seed Sowing Event (click for more information). Join us on Saturday 28th April, 11 – 3 at the bandstand cafe!
Bring a barrow, a bucket, a bag or a buggy and take away green waste compost made on Clapham Common. Plant a pumpkin seed for Incredibible Edible's harvest festival pumpkin competition in October. Get Gardening advice from the South London Master Gardeners. Tell us what you want and give your views on recycling food waste for compost.
Training workshops
If you're from a community growing group, sign up now for a free series of five training sessions. The first will be on Sat 28th, 2pm – 3.30 at Great Clapham Common Compost Giveaway and Pumpkin Seed Sowing Event. Please RSVP c/o email@example.com or via the Project Dirt page here (in due course).
Fiona Law is a Lambeth resident, fruit and veg grower, and co-chair of Incredible Edible Lambeth. She works part time as Co-ordinator of the *South London Master Gardeners, trains and teaches horticulture and runs a garden design business.


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The punchline jokes surrounding Chivas USA are slowly dissipating, but what additional storylines will complete your 2014 season preview?
In part two of our 19-part series, we will take an in-depth look at the most intriguing plots surrounding the Goats this season. The number and player to watch, as well as the match that should immediately be circled on your calendar, will be delved into with great detail.
Read on for your comprehensive guide to 2014.
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« In Which We Unveil The 25 Best Singles Of 2011 »
The 25 Best Singles of 2011 (So Far)
by DANISH AZIZ
The 2011 musical harvest has been bountiful, so much so that I had to whittle this list down to 25 choices from my original list of over 100 songs. If you're interested in hearing the rest of the best I'll probably post them as genric mixes on my SoundCloud at some point.
25. "Hope" - Munchi (mp3)
Moombahton has been garnering a fair amount of buzz this year so it's only right that I give this nanogenre some shine. TBQH this song would be a crescendo classic regardless of the drums you put underneath it, but the reggaeton oompaloompa is definitely present so Moombahton it is. Moooooooombahton.
24. "Slime" - Sleeping Bag (mp3)
Believe it or not there was a time and place where indie rock wasn't the default music for everyone from NPR dads to Revlon commercial makers. To listen to Sleeping Bag's charmingly catchy "Slime" is to be instantly transported back to those days when the hipster marketing demographic didn't exist but college kids could nod knowingly about "PoMos."
23. "What The Hell" - Avril Lavigne (mp3)
If our current crop of pop stars is limited to Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Britney Spears, and Ke$ha, and I were forced to choose my favorite white one, I'm going Team Avril every time.
22. "Breakfast" - EMA (mp3)
A nice drone-y song featuring the endearing refrain "big fat breakfast, big fat bluebird."
21. "Songs for Women" - Frank Ocean (mp3)
The critical discussion around Odd Future is probably the biggest argument for why reading pop music analysis is mostly pointless and probably even harmful to the reader. Luckily, Odd Future affiliate Frank Ocean's music is almost impossible to demonize so it's pretty hard for writers to make the stories about themselves instead of this talented young singer.
20. "Be The One" - Brenmar (mp3)
There's at least one American who can hold his own amongst the current crop of killer UK DJ's and producers.
19. "Mindkilla" - Gang Gang Dance (mp3)
On some zany Japanese video game global-beat ish.
18. "Really Raw" - Tyga ft. Pharrell, Game, & Snoop Dogg (mp3)
Only about 25% of the things mentioned in this song are actually "really raw" ("porno on the iPad"?), but that Neptunes beat is so raw it's still mooing; a return to form for the production duo.
17. "Still Sound" - Toro y Moi (mp3)
It was a crime for Toro y Moi to have ever been lumped in with the chilldren making "chillwave." With his new album employing a live band and utilizing no samples, Chaz Bundick shows he's a genuine talent with songwriting chops who has many albums ahead of him. Hopefully one of those albums is a proper Les Sins release.
16. "Till The World Ends" - Britney Spears (mp3)
This is about as much of a Britney track as "Friday" is a Rebecca Black song, but Dr. Luke/Ke$ha have done a great job of incorporating brostep aesthetics into the current pop production formula.
15. "Swerve the Reeping of All That Is Worthwhile" - Shabazz Palaces (mp3)
I love rap groups on traditionally "alternative rock" labels (in this case Sub Pop). See also Chicago's All Natural who had a release on Thrill Jockey.
14. "Ego" - Burial, Four Tet, & Thom Yorke (mp3)
13. "Yardman Riddim" - Balistiq Beats (mp3)
You can hear this massive riddim on songs like "Concrete Jungle" but it's pretty incredible on its own too.
12. "Ten Years" - Shocking Pinks (mp3)
The best pink to come out of New Zealand since The Chills.
11. "Battle for Middle You" - Julio Bashmore (mp3)
How long can UK bass music's domination last and how long will most Americans ignore the most important movement in contemporary music?
10. "Chrysalis Records" - Egyptrixxx ft. Trust (mp3)
Egyptrixxx's Night Slug brethren took the number one spot on 2010's end of year best music list. However, this song is less of a "banger" and more of a "grower," so much so that it's currently the most played song in my proprietary media player.
9. "Out Getting Ribs" - Zoo Kid (mp3)
Scotland's Zoo Kid is literally a kid (he's 16) making grown up music with the kind of soul only a ginger could muster. John Lennon was wrong, woman is the ginger of the world.
8. "Hey Muma" - Cam'ron & Vado (The U.N) (mp3)
Cam is the funniest rapper alive (followed by Noreaga). He's also had a knack for beat selection and a unique sartorial flair (no homo). In case you were wondering, he's still got it.
7. "Gentle Persuasion" - Doug Hream Blunt (mp3)
It's unclear when this song was actually recorded, Doug Blunt claims the year 2000, but the song hit the Internet in December of 2010. Here's an excerpt from San Francisco record store Aquarius Records' blog describing how Mr. Blunt brought the record in himself:
It's pretty phenomenal that this record went from getting the suspicious side-eye when we first took it in on consignment, to becoming one of our favorite "WTF?" records of the year! When it first appeared, no one seemed to know where it came from (it had been brought in by Blunt himself, one day). And we weren't too sold on the cover, a generic photograph that looked like it was shot in the eighties, of this fellow Blunt, standing with a woman (a close friend of his, in a head to toe orange outfit that looks like it could have been prison garb, and who as it turns out, may no longer be alive) in front of a Mercedes parked in front of the mural on the side of the O'Farrell Theater on Polk street in San Francisco. Also, whenever there's a bunch of "ASCAP" logos plastered all over the front and back cover, our internal "uh-oh" meter goes way off.
So it just sat on our new arrivals shelf for a few weeks. But then a couple of folks (one of whom runs the Gloriette label, who have supplied us with some Ariel Pink and Nite Jewel records) started asking about it, because they had heard about this record, so we gave it a listen and were pretty surprised and rather blown away by what we were hearing. A lo-fi but breezy outsider funk, made with repetitive cheap-sounding keyboards loops and tones (the kind being currently exploited by Dam-Funk, Ariel Pink, and James Pants), strange metallic tropical guitar tones that sound more like steel drums and flute sounds than actual guitar, and sly, laid-back vocals and catchy, infectiously naive grooves that work their way into our heads and never let go. Everybody here ended up really really digging it.
6. "Brave (Dark Sky Remix)" - Kelis (mp3)
Not sure what to say about this, if you like my other electronic/dance music selections then you'll probably like this one too.
5. "I'm On One" - DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne (mp3)
It pains me to put a song featuring Drake on this list. I don't mind the child actor playing R&B crooner on a hook, but when he puts on his tough guy affect based on careful study of what the media has told him black people are like, it makes me cringe far more than anything Kreayshawn has uttered. Having said that, the beat is sick, the hook is crazy catchy, and at least 1/3 of the rapping is enjoyable (Ricky).
4. "The Look" - Metronomy (mp3)
It hasn't been a secret since 2006, I love Metronomy.
3. "The Morning" - The Weeknd (mp3)
This song has been pretty ubiquitous this year and is almost universally appealing. If I ever DJ a wedding in the Midwest, this is what I'll open with. #crowdpleaser
2. "Getting Me Down" - Blawan (mp3)
This is the "Glut" meets "Wut" of 2011. Massive tune with an extended Brandy sample deftly reduced to second fiddle to some pots & pans percussion and grumbling bass
1. "This Goal" - Darlington Nagbe
Have you seen this goal? You should probably see this goal. I will take ranking music seriously when someone shows me the top 10 paintings from 1993.
Danish Aziz is the senior contributor to This Recording. You can find an archive of his writing on This Recording here. He is the creator of tumbledore. He twitters here.
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Rag Shop Framing Department - Totowa, NJ - Phone: (973) 595-0030
Housewares or Household goods, in Totowa, are the personal properties used for household-purposes. These include all the movable & tangible items placed in the living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, family rooms, great rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, recreation rooms, hallways, attics, and basements and other rooms of a house.
Housewares may be broadly categorized into- Consumer Electronics, Appliances, Tools and Home Furnishings items. Air conditioners, baking dishes, beds or bed-frames, couches, sofas, loveseats, sectionals, sofa beds, blankets, bedding, linens, towels, blenders, mixers, bookcases, books, bureaus, dressers, wardrobes, cabinets, can openers, chairs, clothes dryers, coffee makers, computers, cooking utensils, curtains, curtain rods, drapes, decorative items, desks, dishes, dishwashers, entertainment centers, fans, freezers, glasses, hand tools, hutches, irons and ironing boards, lamps, lawn chairs, linens, mattresses, medical equipment, microwave ovens, mirrors, pillows, pots and pans, refrigerators, rugs, sewing machines, silverware, sheets, futons, space heaters, stereos, radios, tables toasters, toaster ovens, tools, toys, televisions, vacuum cleaners, washers, dryers and shower curtains are the major housewares.
Governor Cuomo Announces First Solar Schools Project At The New York Institute For Special Education In The Bronx
Governor Cuomo's K-Solar Program Increases Use of Renewable Energy in Schools (New York, NY) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the New York Institute for Special Education in the Bronx will be the site of the state's first solar schools project and will have solar panel arrays installed thanks to a power purchase agreement with SolarCity. This public-private partnership..


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Date: 9/29/2009
Community Hospital brings Digital Excellence and Convenient Women's Care to St. John Outpatient Facility
Women undergoing routine mammograms now have the latest in digital technology available to them at another, convenient Community Healthcare System location. Community Hospital Outpatient Centre in St. John at 9660 Wicker Blvd., with the addition of a Lorad®, Selenia™ digital mammography system from Hologic®, is accepting appointments for digital mammograms featuring same-day results.
Community Hospital Outpatient Centre in St. John is part of Community Healthcare System which includes Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. All three hospitals' Women's Diagnostic Centers offer digital mammography that can be transferred electronically between hospital facilities to facilitate consultation between physicians. Community Healthcare System Women's Diagnostic Centers were among the first in Northwest Indiana to offer this state-of-the-art technology.
"Digital mammography has advantages for some women," said Dr. Mary Nicholson, fellowship-trained, dedicated breast radiologist and medical director for breast imaging services for Community Healthcare System. "Many women, including women less than 50 years old, those perimenopausal, and those with dense breasts, benefit from digital mammography. For all of these women, screening with digital mammography provides better visualization of the breast tissue, which means better patient care."
The radiologist can view and manipulate the images on high-resolution computer monitors that enhance visualization of the structures within the breast tissue. They can adjust brightness and contrast and zoom in on specific areas to help detect small calcifications, masses, and other changes that may be signs of early cancer. These maneuvers may eliminate the need for additional imaging and more exposure to radiation.
"Women will notice little difference when going for a digital mammogram," said Dr. Nicholson. "The procedure is the same as traditional film mammography but less time consuming. Both use x-ray to generate images of the breast. However, instead of using film to capture and record the image, a digital mammogram uses a special detector to capture and convert x-ray energy into a digital image."
Digital mammography offers a number of other practical advantages and patient conveniences. Digital images are easily stored and transferred electronically, eliminating the dependency on one set of original films, which can be misfiled or lost in transit. Hard copies can always be produced if necessary. Because digital mammography does not use film, nothing needs to be developed, saving time.
With an investment in new technology and a change in work processes, physicians operating across the three hospitals can often read the mammogram before a woman even leaves the Community Healthcare System diagnostic center. Results for about 80 percent of screening mammograms performed at the three hospitals' Women's Diagnostic Centers and outpatient facilities are delivered within the timeframe of that visit, with the remainder communicated to patients on the next business day. This quick turnaround time enables physicians to discuss the findings with women and immediately schedule follow-up testing, if necessary.
Excellence in women's care has earned Community Healthcare System top honors for its team effort. The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana awarded Community Healthcare System the Chanute Prize for Team Innovation. Community Hospital in Munster; St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart were selected for the "Breast Care: Same-Day Results" project. This team approach to delivering outstanding women's care was recognized for changing the face of healthcare in Northwest Indiana and benefiting the overall quality of life.
This excellence in women's care can also be found in St. John at the Community Hospital Outpatient Centre. Same-day results are available, and, every Thursday beginning Oct. 15, fellowship-trained, dedicated breast radiologist Dr. Mary Nicholson will be onsite to discuss, in detail, breast imaging results. Dr. Nicholson brings her specialized training and expertise to interpreting mammograms; performing breast ultrasound, and providing breast imaging consultations. Private consultation provides an opportunity to obtain a second opinion, to speak directly with the breast radiologist about your results as well as discuss her follow-up care recommendations. A physician's order is necessary for these special services.
To make an appointment for a digital mammogram at Community Hospital Outpatient Centre in St. John, call 219-836-4599. Be sure to ask about our October digital mammogram special. Certain dates and restrictions apply. A physician's order is required for a digital mammogram. For more information about the programs and services available at the Community Hospital Outpatient Centre in St. John, visit us online at www.comhs.org/community/stjohn.asp.
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Lil Wayne f/ Young Money – "Open Shop"
Backpack rap is better than "A Milli" . Can someone please ID the livin' like it's '88, tap water drinkin', antelope antler wielding Apple Street animal who demolishes the heart missing no love second verse? I am officially sleeping on Wayne's people. (PAWS)
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Global beer is going through a transformational period according to this report. Key categories are adapting to respond to maturity barriers, macroeconomic headwinds, the irreverent and seismic rise of the the craft segment and the loss of share of throat to spirits and wine. As emerging markets are proving to be as profitable as they are volatile, and mainstream brands' dominance is put into question, pockets of value growth are difficult to locate, but are more important than ever.
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The Coca-Cola Co continues to lead the world's soft drinks comfortably, overshadowing PepsiCo in geographical spread, category development and brand-building. Neither has made a major acquisition in the past 12 months. This global briefing offers an insight into the size and shape of the soft drinks market, highlights buzz topics, emerging geographies, categories and trends as well as pressing industry issues.
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Posted by TC on 2010-08-19
Always fantastic fresh food. Fresh wheat breads and bagels. Excellent delivery service. Something new on the menu every day. Very good at accomodating custom orders.
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-09-30
The bagels are great... the rear counterperson in the back during the AM rush is great... But be careful when you go up to the front register to pay. If the cashier doesn't understand the written price on the foil; he ask what you got and make up his own
Posted by Huge fan on 2008-12-15
I have never written one of these, but this deli is that good. They have homemade whole wheat and white, depending on what you want. They have whole wheat rolls. The have all the standard deli stations (pizza, asian, salad, deli) plus a hot food statio
Posted by J&S on 2007-05-31
Work around the block and have been getting their bagels w/ lite scallion cream cheese everytime I "forget" to bring breakfast :) One bite and you would think it just came fresh out the oven...taste-tittilating experience! They also have REALLY good caf
Posted by Anonymous on 2006-05-12
Burritos are average...got the grilled chicken, bland...not too impressed. Was not that cheap: $7.50 for a burrito.
Posted by Diana Peters on 2006-01-17
My husband and I visited this small eatery last year and we ordered the chocolate chip muffins to go along with breakfast. They were sliced in half and grilled, then they buttered both halves and wrapped them in foil. I must say those were the best muffin
Posted by Anonymous on 2006-01-02
Visited here between Xmas and New Year's during a crowded lunch. The line moved fairly well and a table for our group of five was available (a lot of take-out from my observation). The pizza was traditional NY style and tasty, sandwiches reasonably pric
Posted by Chris O'Leary on 2004-08-27
I ordered three dozen bagels for my group at work -- they arrived this morning exactly on time, fresh and warm as if they had just come from the oven. Also they were sliced and individually wrapped. The spreads were great too, especially the vegetable c


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In an unassuming office beside Delaware County Memorial Hospital, oncologist John Sprandio has been trying for years to revolutionize community cancer care.
He's not shy about saying he thinks he has done it. Or that it has been surprisingly hard to get insurers to reward him for doing what they say they want: giving good care while preventing hospital stays or trips to the emergency room - changes that lower costs for insurers and taxpayers.
Most insurance contracts for specialists still reward doctors for volume of care rather than efficiency, although some contracts now include pay-for-performance incentives. Sprandio concedes that his obsessive focus on efficiency, end-of-life planning (that led patients to choose less chemotherapy), and preventing emergencies has lowered revenue.


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Hi Robert,
How can I fix rattling and noisy pipes? The pipes only make the noise when the cold water is turned on. Thanks,
Hi Dan,
You've got a loose pipe. The only way to fix it is to try to pinpoint where the problem is and start opening up some drywall. You'll have to use a plumbing strap to secure the copper line to the wall. The noise is caused because the pipe is close to a 2" by 4". When you turn the water on, the pressure through the pipe is causing a vibration and the rattle.
While you're at it, check the pressure. Make sure the PRV is not too high. Sometimes high pressure will cause the same problem. If the pressure is set too high a sudden surge of water will rattle the pipes. Code on PRV says 80 lbs. My rule of thumb is 70 lbs., which will give you plenty of volume and plenty of water. Set it lower to save water. Personally, to not waste water, I keep my home pressure set at 60 lbs., which is fine for dishwashers, showers, garden hoses — whatever you need. Also, the lower the setting, the less chance you have of blowing out water lines because of high pressure.
Mr. Lamoureux,
I had a leaking showerhead and called a handyman to fix it. He replaced the cartridge, but now hot water comes out of the cold side and cold water out of the hot side. He said he was going to come back, but didn't. How can it be repaired? Thank you,
Jeri C.
Hi Jeri,
The cartridge was put in backward. What you need to do is shut down the valve and pull the cartridge out and reset. Basically it's just a stem, with holes on top called ports that were reversed.
Hi Robert,
I had a leak in my bedroom. It started out as a little stain but continued until the ceiling started to drip. We are retired and on a fixed income, so I was not looking forward to paying for a plumber. I've been reading your column for more than a year now and feel I can do this myself. I feel like a contractor. So, I turned off the water, opened up the wet drywall, and pulled out all of the wet insulation. I have two 3/4" galvanized pipes running up there. I didn't see where it was leaking so I turned the water back on very slowly so I could find the leak. But now there is no leak. This is very strange because the ceiling was dripping, now nothing. I don't want to repair the ceiling then have it start leaking again, but I don't know what to replace. Any tips would be greatly appreciated,
Henry T.
Hi Henry,
It sounds like when you turned the water back on, it flushed some sediments through the pipe and sealed the leak, temporarily, from the inside. I would not trust this to hold too much longer and would not replace the ceiling until I knew the repair had been made.
The area directly above the damage to your ceiling can be an indication of where the leak is located, but not always because water will travel. Are the pipes level? Could it be leaking further up the line and running down? If you're not sure, replace everything that might be leaking to be safe.
If you replace the galvanized with copper, remember to transition with a brass nipple because if you connect copper directly to galvanized it will corrode. This is known as galvanic corrosion. One of the pipes becomes the anode, the positive side, and the other acts as the cathode, the negative side.
When you connect two different metal pipes to each other the pipes create a positive difference and exchange ions, creating a small electric current. The water flowing inside the pipe is the electrolyte — since basically all water is slightly acidic, so what you've done is made a battery.
You can also use dielectric couplings, connected to the galvanized, with the copper in between. The dielectric coupling has plastic in the middle which acts as a shield so the two dissimilar metals don't talk to each other. You would thread one onto the galvanized side, and sweat the copper to the other side.
Hi Robert,
I enjoy your column. I've got a question for you. I bought an old house to tear down and rebuild and left one of the walls standing so it would be a remodel instead of new construction. It is on a raised foundation, but since we're in earthquake country, would it be better to pour a concrete slab? Thank you,
Gary B.
Hi Gary,
It all depends on where the epicenter of an earthquake is located. During the aftermath of the 1994 Northridge quake, one of the things that infuriated me was the contractors who drove around and claimed to be "Earthquake Experts." There is no such thing. For example, one of our properties had one building with no damage, while the other was destroyed. Every engineer I spoke to said they didn't understand how it all works. They said they couldn't predict what stresses buildings will undergo during an earthquake — and these were licensed, schooled, bright guys.
So, to answer your question about which foundation would be best, we really don't know.
If you do decide to level it and pour a slab, be sure to run your plumbing — your water supply side — through the walls and ceilings.
Today's standards call for all plumbing to run above grade — through the walls, between the floors and ceilings. Old school was to run rose tube through the slab, in the middle of the concrete, and then bring it up — which is a nightmare.
We have designed a custom, full-color The Signal/Your Home Improvements T-shirt we will give you if we answer your question.
Robert Lamoureux has 25 years experience as a general contractor, with separate licenses in electrical and plumbing contacting. He owns IMS Construction Inc. in Valencia. His opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of The Signal. Opinions expressed in this column are not meant to replace the recommendations of a qualified contractor, after that contractor has made a thorough visual inspection. Send your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Stallworth injured when balloon hits power lines
MIAMI -- NFL free agent Donte' Stallworth was hospitalized Saturday with serious burns after the hot-air balloon carrying him and two other people crashed into power lines above South Florida, his agent said.
The 10-year NFL veteran won't suffer any permanent damage from the accident in Homestead, said Drew Rosenhaus, Stallworth's agent.
"He's going to be OK. He has some burns, but he's going to be fine," Rosenhaus said. "The injuries are not to the extent they will jeopardize his career."
The basket carrying three hot-air balloon passengers crashed into the power lines while airborne, according to Miami-Dade Police spokesman Roy Rutland.
Two passengers were injured and transported to a trauma center, Rutland said. A third passenger in the basket was not injured.
Stallworth played in one game last season for the New England Patriots, then went on injured reserve with an ankle injury. He has 35 career TD catches.
He was suspended for the 2009 season after a car he was driving struck and killed a pedestrian in South Florida that March. He spent 24 days in jail for a DUI manslaughter conviction.
- Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Dan Connor, a Penn State product, signed with the New York Giants as a free agent.
Details of the deal were not disclosed.
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Big Fat US AdventurePosted: April 10th, 2011 | Author: sizeoftheocean | Filed under: academia, fashion, fat politics, fun, personal | 8 Comments »
So, I'm in the USA. I've been here for 6 weeks now. I meant to write about it sooner. MUCH sooner. I meant to write before I even left, but, as usual, study/planning/life/tv watching got in the way. And then actual travel got in the way. But it's been amazing. AMAZING.
I started in New York, where I met (and posed for) the incredible Substantia Jones of Adipositivity. I went to the Breaking Boundaries: Body Politics and the Dynamics of Difference at Sarah Lawrence University, where I met the famous Marilyn Wann, the fabulous Zoe and Arun, and one of my all-time academic heroes, the fantastically brilliant Katie LeBesco, and too many others to mention. I went to Re/Dress and found incredible vintage dresses (the amazing vintage Lane Bryant in this video). I got to meet the ferocious Tauret, who is incredibly sweet and wonderful and took me shopping at Forever 21 (I have a whole other post I want to write about fat girl retail in the US). I met Polianarchy and went to Rebel Cupcake and explored New York City and it was amazing.
I went to the University of Connecticuit in Storrs to look at the Mayer Collection of Fat Liberation in their archives. It's an incredible collection of letters and materials from the early fat liberation movement. I also went to the Schlesinger Library at Harvard in Boston, where they have some more collections of early fat lib materials. At both archives I met other researchers who were looking at the same collections – fat grad students are taking over the world!
I also got to meet my long-time blogging hero, Lesley Kinzel, and hang out with some other Boston Fats, who were some of the most generous and welcoming people in the world. I went to Lafayette, Indianapolis and met Mychii, who is brilliant and driven and we had wonderful conversations about fat and fat studies and teaching and activism.
I went to Portland and got to meet Stacey Bias, who took me to a big fat queer cabaret. I'm currently in San Francisco, where I've spent time looking through Judy Freespirit's papers at the GLBT Historical Society, and hanging out with Marilyn Wann. I'm about to get ready to head over to Oakland to see the spectacular Ladymonster perform tonight, and tomorrow I'm off to Fatshion!…Turn to the left! before The Socialist arrives to spend my birthday week with me.
After that, I'm off to the PCA/ACA Conference, which has an awesome Fat Studies area. I get to meet Abby Lentz who does amazing fat girl yoga. And I get to meet Hanne Blank, whose book Big Big Love changed my life (keep an eye out for the new edition, which I think is coming out later this year. I also highly recommend her erotic!). And finally, I head back to NYC for the Fat Girl Flea.
In short: This is truly the Fatty Dream Tour (TM).
I'm not writing this just to name-drop (although I am completely thrilled to have met so many amazing people!).
I'm writing this because I've always been scared of travelling as a fat person – of the physical inconveniences, yes, (and there have been some), but mostly the social isolation. I didn't do the youthful travel-as-right-of-passage for that reason (well, that and having no means to afford it). I've always had the fear – the expectation – of social rejection, of not fitting in, because of my fatness (and it's not an unfounded expectation; there's a long history and plenty of evidence). And while I've been friendly enough with my hostel roommates, I haven't made any real connections that would be socially sustaining (which I've no doubt is partly a function of age and interest, as much as size and socialisation).
What has happened, though, is that I've found fat community on the other side of the world and felt immediately welcome, understood, and connected. I've had the audacity to ask people to spend time with me, and they have all, every single one of them, not only said yes, but gone out of their way to welcome and accomodate me.
What I find most remarkable is that this trip is happening – is motivated, enabled, and made so incredibly wonderful – not inspite of my being a fatty, but emphatically because of it.
To have grown up my whole life being bullied for my size, feeling isolated, unloveable, and unworthy because of my fat, to have never been able to fit in, it is truly remarkable to me that it's the thing that has opened up whole new worlds of friendship, intellectual inquiry, love, and awesome adventure to me. It's especially remarkable given the efforts of an increasingly fat-phobic society to convince everyone that fat people can't have love or joy or mobility or excitement. This whole trip has been a big fuck you to that idea.


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I'm totally in love with this comment thread in BoingBoing about Terrorist Sinus Sufferers.
I, too, am a Terrorist Sinus Sufferer and have been signing my soul away to get stupid little sinus medicine for what seems like a long, long time. There's nothing un-pseudo about pseudoephedrine! Big Brother knows when you have the sneezles!
(Don't tell me about meth labs. I'm sure meth is a clear and present danger. It's not a clear and present danger from me.)
Oh, and here's an essay question: Compare/contrast Big Brother/Santa.


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|Meet a few special volunteers at our shelter
We have some pretty special people living in our area. They are not only animal lovers but also willing to get involved and came up with their own creative ways to help out the shelter. I'd like to tell you about a few of them who impressed me recently.
A teenage girl came into the shelter a couple of weeks ago and started hauling in bins of supplies for our animals. She introduced herself as Megan Groverman and explained she had the idea to help raise awareness of the needs of the shelter animals by going to her grandfather, a well-known Cotati veterinarian, and asking if she could set up bins to collect donations of supplies for the animal shelter at his clinic, the Small Animal Hospital of Cotati. He agreed, and she monitored the bins for weeks. She walked in with all kinds of goodies for our animals. Megan is not one of our junior volunteers, as we had no connection with her before this. She just thought of a need and took it upon herself to help fill it. Impressive!
Damajah Heinemann is one of our Junior Volunteers. She's been working at the shelter since June 2012, coming in regularly to help clean our kennels. Damajah decided for her senior project at Rancho Cotate High School to use her artistic talents to help educate others about the important work the shelter does for the community. She wrote and illustrated a graphic booklet that tells about all the things we do – adoptions, finding strays and reuniting them with their families, helping sick and injured animals and educating the public. In addition to coming up with the idea and writing the storyboard, Damajah had to draw 210 separate cells to illustrate her message. She figured it took more than six months from start to finish. Just creating this 26-page booklet is impressive enough, but Damajah didn't stop there. She then started selling her booklet and has raised more than $150 so far for the shelter. She also has given us the rights to photocopy and use her booklet for either fundraising or educational purposes, so it's the gift that keeps on giving. The illustrations are black and white pen drawings, so it actually could double as a coloring book for older children and would be a great teaching tool. Her booklets are available at the shelter for $4.
Another community member who helps us out on his own is Cotati's George Barich. George runs karaoke at the Double Decker Lanes in Rohnert Park on Thursday and Friday nights. He collects money for the shelter from participants and recently walked in with well over $100 to donate to us. If you love animals and karaoke, then the Double Decker Lanes is the place for you.
We certainly appreciate the people out there willing to go out and do something to help the shelter. I'm constantly impressed by the creativity and hard work that both young people and adults do to help us out. Thank you.
Upcoming events
• Meet the Bunny: Second Saturday of each month (next is June 8), from1-5 p.m. Meet our adoptable rabbits, have your care questions answered by our knowledgeable rabbit volunteers, bring your rabbit for a free nail trim and support our small animals by shopping our Bunny Boutique for fresh hay, treats and toys. We still have a couple pairs of baby bunnies.
• Summer Camps are filling up quickly. Check out our website for details – rpanimalshelter.org.
Like us on Facebook and help us return stray animals home, hear about happy adoptions, and keep current on our events. Go to facebook.com/rpanimalshelter.
Mickey Zeldes is the supervisor at the Rohnert Park Animal Shelter. She can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bengals' first round pick Andre Smith breaks foot
Andre Smith clearly wasn't in football shape when he signed his $42 million deal, because the first round pick fractured his foot in practice on Tuesday just 48 hours after signing his rookie contract.
In a statement released through the Bengals public relations department, Lewis said, "Andre suffered a small fracture in his left foot during a non-contact drill. Our medical staff tells me the injury will not require surgery. It's too soon to closely predict how long it will be before he can return to practice. But it looks like he's going to miss a few weeks."
"A few weeks" could mean anything. Cornerbacks David Jones and Morgan Trent suffered foot fractures during this preseason and their rehab took about five weeks. But Smith's may not be as long because both Jones and Trent had surgery.
This is yet another bump in the road for a player who was suspended for the 2009 Sugar Bowl, showed up to the NFL combine out of shape and then held out for the entire length of the Bengals' training camp.
Cincinnati's offensive line had question marks before Smith's injury, but the team was hoping that the sixth overall pick would eventually start at right tackle this season and anchor the line. That could still happen at some point, but there's no doubt that Smith's rookie season is off to a rough start.
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Cartelizing Groups in Dynamic Linear Oligopoly with Antitrust Threshold
Akio Matsumoto
Chuo University
Ugo Merlone
University of Turin - Department of Psychology
Ferenc Szidarovszky
University of Arizona - Department of Systems & Industrial Engineering (SIE)
December 2008
International Game Theory Review, Vol. 10, Issue 4, pp. 399-419, 2008
The effects of partially cooperating firms are examined in N-firm oligopolies. The Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index is assumed to detect the violation of the antitrust regulation by the firms, and based on this assumption a piece-wise differentiable dynamic system can be developed. The firms stop cooperating if this index becomes larger than a certain threshold and they restart or continue cooperating otherwise. The equilibria of the dynamic system are first determined. Local and global asymptotic stability of the equilibria are then investigated showing the complexity of the dynamic behavior of the system.
Keywords: Oligopolies, partial cooperation, shareholding interlocks, antitrust regulation
JEL Classification: C71
Date posted: October 31, 2009
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:: Oklahoma Townsite Collection 1889-1990
The Oklahoma Townsite Collection is the only repository of court records of ownership disputes following the Land Run. This collection provides valuable primary source material on the early development of Oklahoma towns. Following the historic land openings in Oklahoma, beginning in 1889, many of the lands claimed by settlers were involved in ownership disputes. The settlement of these cases ultimately fell on land offices and the federal court system.
The original documents used as evidence in the courts were deposited in the National Archives and include original townsite maps, hearing transcripts, deeds, land office records, photographs, receipts, city council meeting minutes, letters, ledgers, and depositions, in all more than 100,000 records. The National Archives microfilmed these records and sold the negatives and positives to the Archives & Special Collections. This is the only repository where these records can be found.
When this online, fully searchable collection is completed, it will include digital reproductions of over 100,000 records.
ANY of the terms: guthrie edmond
ALL of the terms: +guthrie +jones
One term but NOT another: guthrie -deed
All words in a phrase: "Appeal by Plaintiff"
All word endings: witness*
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= On behalf of the IA Summit 2012 Team - Apologies for cross-posting =
Wow. Last month we asked you for workshop proposals, and boy did we get workshop proposals! The IAS team is still busy whittling down 101 submissions into an outstanding program of workshops, but one thing is clear: this year we're going to rock New Orleans.
So, what else do you have to contribute to the information architecture and user experience conversation? We are now accepting proposals for sessions and posters.
Sessions are 50 minutes long and can take a range of formats—from a single person speaking, to panel discussions, to more interactive activities. Presenters will be eligible for reduced registration. Session proposals will be accepted until October 31, 2011, and speakers will be notified in December.
"Poster Night" is like the science fair of our industry, but this isn't your standard research poster session—past topics include "How Information Architecture is like Pizza" and "The IA is in The Booth." Show off a concept, topic or demo while interacting with the community during an evening show-n-tell event. There is no compensation for presenting at Poster Night, but it is a great way to connect with other attendees and get your ideas out there. Submissions are due in electronic format by January 15, 2012. Selected poster and demo submissions will be notified in February.
Attendees of the Summit come from a wide range of backgrounds, from those just considering a career in IA/UX, to niche experts, all the way to the field's pioneers. Successful talks and posters will inspire, engage and educate.
This year's theme is "experience across channels." Mobile and multi-channel are stretching our work beyond the web. How can the UX community do our best work for experiences across channels? Help answer that question by sharing your ideas, case studies, tools, tips and tricks in New Orleans.
We expect to hear a lot of exciting, practical answers. Some may focus on one channel, like mobile, web or retail. Others may share war stories on bridging channels. Some may focus on classification, design or research tools, while others may look at the realities of business leadership, strategy or change. No matter what your story is, you have part of the answers we need.
Get creative, get technical, get going. We know you know you have something to share!
IA Summit 2012 - Experience Across ChannelsNew Orleans, Louisiana, US - March 21-25, 2012http://2012.iasummit.org


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Goodman Games is pleased to announce that Center
Stage Miniatures has purchased the Dungeon
Crawl Classics miniatures line!
The DCC minis line, featuring sculpts by Jason Wiebe and Andrew
Barlow, provided an excellent source of classic fantasy figures for
fans of the 3.5-edition modules published by Goodman Games. As Goodman
Games transitions to supporting the DCC RPG and associated adventures,
Center Stage Miniatures will continue to provide these excellent
sculpts to hobbyists everywhere as part of their Advanced Fantasy Miniatures
line. Center Stage Miniatures is dedicated to producing high-quality
28mm fantasy gaming miniatures for "old-school" RPG's and collectors, which
fits perfectly with the DCC miniatures line.
"I'm glad the DCC minis line has found a great home," said Joseph Goodman,
of Goodman Games. "Matt and the guys at Center Stage are doing great
work. They will keep the DCC minis available to consumers and at a very
high standard of quality."
"Many of these miniatures will fit in perfectly with our existing lineup,"
said Matt Solarz of Center Stage Miniatures. "The majority of the monsters
and humanoids will be added to our AFM Monsters range, while the
characters will help develop our range of AFM Dungeon Heroes."
Consumers can look forward to purchasing the first "reincarnated" DCC
minis from Center Stage on November 25, with the re-release of Jason
Wiebe's Owlbear and Otyugh. More information can be found
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El Diario, the oldest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States, this year will celebrate its 100th anniversary as the voice of Latinos in the Big Apple.
"During these years, we've been the voice of New York Latinos, especially during the times when we didn't have a voice," the paper's publisher, Rossana Rosado, who proposes to take advantage of this anniversary to ensure that non-Hispanic New Yorkers may understand that El Diario is a city "institution," told Efe on Wednesday.
The paper was established in 1913 as La Prensa, a small weekly directed at the time at the city's Spanish community, but it merged a half a century later with El Diario de Nueva York.
"The history of El Diario is not only that of this company, it's the history of Latinos in New York. Every achievement, every one of their struggles, has been documented by our newspaper. Those here and those of other countries," Rosado emphasized.
City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez told Efe that El Diario has played a very important role in the empowerment of Latinos.
"They've always been present in the most important initiatives affecting our community, whether it be pushing the agenda against domestic violence or demanding that minorities have more opportunities in the area of quality education, housing or employment," Rodriguez said.
To mark the anniversary, El Diario has organized an extensive schedule of cultural, journalistic and artistic events, including a photographic exhibition at New York University's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center.
"Besides the celebration, the important thing for us is for it not to be just a nostalgic review of how we were or where we came from, but for it to stimulate a conversation about where we're going," said Rosado. EFE


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Hmm.... interesting
Hmm.... interesting
Interesting article. I have seen women sweat after exertion. The same as a man? I have no opinion about that.
The very last of the article stated that there is no scientific evidence that sweating helps release toxins from the body.
I disagree. There is a lot of scientific evidence for it.
Many papers exist that claim yes; many exist that claim no. Point is , yes, there is scientific evidence. However is it the result of a good experiment or study? You need to ask that of the evidence for both opinions.
You cannot say that there is no evidence just because you don't agree with it.
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