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So last July was about the time I came across the primal lifestyle (I don't like to call it a "diet" because I don't feel that it is). In 6 months I lost 26kgs (roughly about 65lbs) which is fantastic, however, it is still off my goal. I gave up due to a lot of reasons (main one was probably that I got my heart broken). But! That was 5 months ago and I have got over it and realised I need to get back on the band wagon and lose the excess weight!! There's 15kg (37.5lbs) left and it is really important to me that this goes.
My reasons for losing weight are: I have idiopathic intracranial hypertension.. losing weight could possibly "cure" it. POSSIBLY! Also, even though I am an older Aussie (26) I would like to fulfil my dream of being in the defence force which I can still do if I become fit enough. As well I love the overall feel that the primal lifestyle gives.. if anyone else reads this that suffers with IIH they will know that it is a depressive illness and the primal lifestyle makes you feel so much better.
So my weaknesses are chocolates and... well chocolates lol... I've been eating a lot of bread lately too but I know I can give that up easy. It's giving up the chocolates that worries me I know I have done it before... but they just look at you on the shelf and you have to have them. I guess it's back to avoiding this aisle.
Another down point is MOTIVATION!! It is winter here and absolutely FREEZING!! I have never felt a winter like it. By the time I get home from work all I want to do is sit in front of the heater with my laptop or a book. Lazy!!
I'm back into eating primal as of today. Although not all my meals are strictly primal.
B - Omelette
L - Chicken with Salad - Lettuce, Cucumber, Bacon and Cheese - Perhaps add in avocado tomorrow
D - Steak with bacon, onion and gravy and Steamed Vegetables (carrots, cauliflower and broccoli)
Water - Only 1.5L - Will increase with time
Exercise - None - Lacking motivation badly
Photo taken on 07/07
Hey crazedaussie,
Great results you've achieved! I've also started - well I will official begin on Thursday when I'm back at home. So if you need any motivation, let me know as I'm also in Australia. Look forward to hearing more about your results.
Heya showupeveryday! Thanks I will never knock back any words of encouragement and likewise if you need any Best of luck starting on Thursday. I hope it all goes well for you.
New day has began and looking forward to it!!! Really cannot wait for the warmer weather but I'm thinking of cornering my ex fiancé and telling him he has to come walking with me tonight.
Today will be an easy day. I work with my grandparents and my grandma looks after my baby cousins three days a week so the first three days of the week we stay in the office. The last two we usually go out and this means buying lunch (often something quick). Dreading the last two days.
So today was alright. Although I did give into my grandma's evil temptations and had an ice cream. Apart from that I'm doing good.
For breakfast I had some fruit which I don't normally eat and I know we shouldn't really eat but I figure it's better eating this type of sugar at the moment than chocolate bars!!
Lunch was the same as yesterday but as I said I added avocado and boy did I realise how much I have missed it!!!! Then came attack of the ice cream.. ARGH!!! But I don't feel guilty about it... Pick myself up and move on.
For dinner.. which I'm currently in the middle of cooking.. I'm having pork chops (yummy!!) with steamed vegetables (same as yesterday and an omelette with bacon (I know a lot of pig) and green onion. - It seems like a lot but I've decided if I can't eat it I will take it tomorrow and add it with the rest of the chicken breast and avocado I have at work
Water intake - Going on 2L - Getting better
Last night I was so restless sitting at my laptop that I made my mum come for a walk with me in the freezing cold at 7:30pm. 2 days and I'm already starting to motivate myself because I have the energy to!!
When I started this last year I use to joke around with the girls I worked with at that time because I was so OBSESSED with this way of life and I would talk about it a lot. When you lose so much weight off something and can keep it off for such a long period of time (7 months now) IT WORKS! My boss was doing this silly fad diet and she would tell me what she'd be having for lunch and ask me if I wanted any... It would consist highly of grains, processed meats etc. I would say to her "you can't eat that!!" but she'd only laugh at me. This is probably why I've lost 26-27kg and she'd lost just under 10.
Anyway, Day 3 is underway There were no more slip ups yesterday.. I did WANT chocolate last night.. but it was the simple fact that it was there. To stop thinking about it I got my mind going with a good book
Excited for the weekend to be coming around!!! I think some long long long walks are going to be involved. Maybe some running (if my knee allows it)
I have somewhat of a question (that may never be answered, who knows really). My mum has been told she has high cholesterol. She's relatively fit, only small in weight (around 60kg) but she eats A LOT of crappy foods. I have told her that she should eat what I am eating. The reason that she won't is because of the fat in the meat and the amount of bacon I'm consuming. Also, she refuses to give up her daily intake of bread... which she will eat for breakfast and lunch (sometimes for an extra snack if she gets hungry) and she is a sound drinker of coca-cola!! My question is how do I get her to see what she's actually putting into her body now is worse for her health than what I am putting into mine? She complains a lot that she's bloated, tired etc and I tell her that it's because of what she eats... but she just won't listen to that... I need something more convincing.
I would focus on the wheat there. If she changes her mind on that, everything else will follow.
Maybe get her Wheat Belly?
Disclaimer: I eat 'meat and vegetables' ala Primal, although I don't agree with the carb curve. I like Perfect Health Diet and WAPF Lactofermentation a lot.
Griff's cholesterol primer
5,000 Cal Fat <> 5,000 Cal Carbs
Winterbike: What I eat every day is what other people eat to treat themselves.
TQP: I find for me that nutrition is much more important than what I do in the gym.
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Corunna 1809by Christa Hook Philip Haythornthwaite
The retreat to Corunna is one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port of Corunna. This became the most arduous of trials with armies traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of winter. Somehow Moore held his outnumbered, exhausted men together as they struggled to reach safety. Finally at Corunna Moore's army turned to face its tormentors.
The Fourth Crusade 1202-04by David Nicolle Christa Hook
The Fourth Crusade was the first and most famous of the 'diverted' crusades, that is, ones diverted from their originally intended target. It was also the first to be directed against a fellow Christian, though Orthodox, state. Initially preached (from 1198 onwards) as a campaign against Ayyubid Egypt, which was correctly seen as the most potent threat to the Latin or 'Crusader' Kingdom of Jerusalem, its first Christian target was the city of Zadar in what is now Croatia. The greater part of the crusading army then attacked the Byzantine capital of Constantinople, again as part of their obligations to Venice. The result was a siege and the first capture of that great city in 1203. This title will highlight all the intrigue, deception, and betrayal of this tumultuous Crusade.From the Trade Paperback edition.
French Revolutionary Infantryman 1791-1802by Christa Hook Terry Crowdy
This title, a prequel to Warrior 57 French Napoleonic Infantryman 1803-15, concentrates on the period from the storming of the Bastille in 1789 until Bonaparte's election as Consul for Life in 1802. The meticulously researched text provides an authentic portrait of military life during the Revolution and beyond, with excellent use of contemporary sources, including many illuminating and vivid quotations from the memoirs and letters of those who served during the 'Wars of Liberty'. It follows typical volunteers of 1791, through the early stages of the war, the Civil War in the west of France and into Bonaparte's second Italian campaign, culminating in the Battle of Marengo in 1800.
French Soldier in Egypt 1798-1801by Christa Hook Terry Crowdy
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Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941-45by Christa Hook Henry Sakaida
Osprey's examination of Soviet women who fought in World War II (1939-1945). When the Great Patriotic War began, many women volunteered for the armed forces, but most of them were rejected. They were steered towards nursing or other supportive roles. Many determined women managed to enter combat by first volunteering as field medics and nurses, then simply picking up a gun during the battle, and charging boldly into the line of fire. In the area of aviation, women also contributed greatly to the war effort. In rickety biplanes, they flew bombing missions at night, without parachutes; their only protection was the darkness. This book tells the stories of the brave women that were awarded the Soviet Union's most prestigious title - Hero of the Soviet Union - for their bravery in protecting their homeland.
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forcesby Christa Hook Gary Nila
The spearhead of Japan's assault landing operations both in China pre-Pearl Harbor, and in US and British territory post-Pearl Harbor, was provided by the Special Naval Landing Forces - 12 numbered battalion-size Imperial Japanese Navy units. They garrisoned a number of the islands which the US Marines then had to re-claim in some of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War of World War II (1939-1945). These included the infamous battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the elite force which has never before been examined in such detail in English, covering weapons and equipment as well as uniform and insignia.From the Trade Paperback edition.
London 1917-18by Christa Hook Ian Castle
Osprey's Campaign title for the Gotha and the massive Staaken 'Giant' bomber raids against London during World War I (1914-1918). On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to attack London in this first bomber raid, but heavy cloud forced them to target Folkestone and the Shorncliffe army camp instead. It was the start of a new phase of the war aimed at destroying the morale of the British people. London's defences were quickly overhauled to face this new threat, providing the basis for Britain's defence during World War II.
Manzikert 1071by David Nicolle Christa Hook
On 26 August 1071 a large Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV met the Saljuq Turk forces of Sultan Alp Arslan near the town of Manzikert to the far east of the Byzantine Empire. The battle ended in a decisive defeat for the Byzantine forces, with the wings of the army routing following withering Turkish arrow fire, and the centre overwhelmed, with the Byzantine emperor captured and much of his fabled Varangian guard killed. This battle is justifiably regarded as a turning point in Middle Eastern, European and to some extent even world history. It is seen as the primary trigger of the Crusades, and as the moment when the power of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire was irreparably broken. The Saljuq victory opened up Anatolia to Turkish-Islamic conquest, which was eventually followed by the establishment of the Ottoman state which went on the conquer south-eastern and much of central Europe, the entire Middle East and most of North Africa. Nevertheless the battle itself was the culmination of a Christian Byzantine offensive, intended to strengthen the eastern frontiers of the empire and re-establish Byzantine domination over Armenia and northern Mesopotamia. Turkish Saljuq victory was in no sense inevitable and might, in fact, have come as something of a surprise to those who achieved it - at least in proving to be so complete. It was not only the battle of Manzikert that had such profound and far-reaching consequences, many of these stemmed from the debilitating Byzantine civil war which followed and was a direct consequence of the defeat.
Mau-Mau Warriorby Christa Hook Abiodun Alao
The Mau-Mau uprising (1952-60) remains a controversial conflict, waged by warriors about whom many myths have been formed, but little truth has been written. Condemned by history as a brutal rag-tag force engaged in oath-taking, cannibalism and witchcraft, the military activities of the Mau-Mau have long been overlooked. Although their skill, organization and unique motivation forced the British government to undertake the longest airlift in military history, and to deploy extensive force at a cost of almost £60 million, before it could claim victory. This book reveals the real men and women behind the Mau-Mau; the truth behind the oaths that bound them together; and how they became a powerful force, paving the way for Kenya's independence.
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Calling the Sena patriarch an "open-hearted" man, the BJP president said he was the only leader who thought on technical issue.
Mumbai: Describing late Bal Thackeray as an "open-hearted" person, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari said in Mumbai that the Sena patriarch was not a "dictator" and always took decisions, which he felt were "reasonable".
"Balasaheb was an open-hearted person. He never indulged in caste-based politics. Though some people portrayed him as a dictator, it was not the case. He would take decisions in accordance with the situation," Gadkari said at a programme in Mumbai on Friday evening.
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Where can I get me some of this Peach Ciroc? We don't have it in Cleveland, Ohio and right about now I'm ready to travel for a bottle. Please help!!!
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Dr. Kenneth Tapping is worried about the sun. Solar activity comes in regular cycles, but the latest one is refusing to start. Sunspots have all but vanished, and activity is suspiciously quiet. The last time this happened was 400 years ago -- and it signaled a solar event known as a "Maunder Minimum," along with the start of what we now call the "Little Ice Age."
Tapping, a solar researcher and project director for Canada's National Research Council, says it may be happening again. Overseeing a giant radio telescope he calls a "stethoscope for the sun," Tapping says, if the pattern doesn't change quickly, the earth is in for some very chilly weather.
During the Little Ice Age, global temperatures dropped sharply. New York Harbor froze hard enough to allow people to walk from Manhattan to Staten Island, and in Britain, people reported sighting eskimos paddling canoes off the coast. Glaciers in Norway grew up to 100 meters a year, destroying farms and villages.
But will it happen again?
In 2005, Russian astronomer Khabibullo Abdusamatov predicted the sun would soon peak, triggering a rapid decline in world temperatures. Only last month, the view was echoed by Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin, a fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. who advised the world to "stock up on fur coats." Sorokhtin, who calls man's contribution to climate change "a drop in the bucket," predicts the solar minimum to occur by the year 2040, with icy weather lasting till 2100 or beyond.
Observational data seems to support the claims -- or doesn't contradict it, at least. According to data from Britain's Met Office, the earth has cooled very slightly since 1998. The Met Office says global warming "will pick up again shortly." Others aren't so sure.
Researcher Dr. Timothy Patterson, director of the Geoscience Center at Carleton University, shares the concern. Patterson is finding "excellent correlations" between solar fluctuations, a relationship that historically, he says doesn't exist between CO2 and past climate changes. According to Patterson. we shouldn't be surprised by a solar link. "The sun [is] the ultimate source of energy on this planet," he says.
Such research dates back to 1991, when the Danish Meteorological Institute released a study showing that world temperatures over the past several centuries correlated very closely with solar cycles. A 2004 study by the Max Planck Institute found a similar correlation, but concluded the timing was only coincidental, as the solar variance seemed too small to explain temperature changes.
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Even NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies -- long the nation's most ardent champion of anthropogenic global warming -- is getting in on the act. Drew Shindell, a researcher at GISS, says there are some "interesting relationships we don't fully understand" between solar activity and climate.
quote: The sensible thing to do promote conservation for our health and for our economy, not because of this sham called climate change.
quote: use it before you start calling people ignorant when in fact you are ignorant.
quote: ... all the middle men between the farmer and the local grocery store. What fair trade does is it only puts one middle man who takes care of all the steps in between ...
quote: Even then, many European nations discovered that complying with it required them to become more efficient, which saved them a lot of money
quote: I'm sorry, but this is flatly untrue. In fact, nearly every European nation which signed Kyoto hasn't complied with it, in part because of the vast expense required.
quote: Britain, Ireland, France, Denmark, Austria, Spain-- all are not meeting the commitments.Only tiny Finland seems poised to meet Kyoto...and that's due to it building the first nuclear reactor in Europe in over a decade, an act that earned them the ire of environmentalists worldwide.
quote: Kyoto actually went into force in 2005; the Annex I penalty phase is what spans 2008-2012.
quote: As for the UK, it appears they're actually emitting nearly twice as much methane as they claim, which throws them seriously out of whack on meeting commitments:
quote: If it is going to happen, no matter how much we spin it, it will still happen.
quote: we should further lift restrictions from various production plants so that they can pump out more CO2
quote: However, they don't know the first thing about science.
quote: mike does is present anti global warming information
quote: and he quotes the several outliers and pretends like its clear cut no gw will occur.
quote: this shouldnt be a political issue we should all take this seriously.
quote: So you like one sided presentation? If CNN only presents one side then so should everyone else?
quote: You are not even sure gw will happen so how can you, with any accuracy, predict the damages and financial costs involved?
quote: Get over yourself.
quote: and its certainly a lot more balanced than anything I read in the mainstream media
quote: my stories reach no one who hasn't already heard "the other side of the story"
quote: this is the internet, your stories can reach just about anyone, anywhere. did you go out and ask all your readers "hey do you know the other side of gw?
quote: So everyone on the internet and in the world is fully informed about gw?
quote: my bet is because it doesn't support your side of the argument, and rather than pointing out how Masher is wrong and giving solid proof to back your claims, you choose to attack his "bias."
quote: the modern mass media are lazy on top of their editorial slant
quote: scientific community, with very little exception, is being lazy
quote: I'd really like someone to give me some real serious information about the "studies" that are always quoted in news articles.
quote: I don't feel like trusting the scientists involved in the study of global climate change
quote: yes everyone is being lazy.
quote: Temperatures of 40 Below Breaks All Records in MN
quote: We couldn't scare them with global warming... all the intelligent people rebutted our manufactured evidence. We'll have to try something sneakier this time... Yes, I have it.. an ICE age! We'll scare the hell out of them and be able to regulate everything!
quote: I've looked into climatologists models, they are modeling correctly.
quote: You do realize that the person who 'disproves' global warming will get a Nobel prize.
quote: Theories can be wrong. Bludgeoning people with math can't change that.
quote: Yes, but if you used a club instead of math, it would change.
quote: Oh yeah, I am open minded. BS doesn't count.
quote: Oh I know the volcano argument.
quote: You do realize that natural sources account for some 97% of all carbon dioxide produced on earth? That in itself obviously doesn't mean humans aren't contributing to the rise, but it does help to put it in perspective.
quote: On a worldwide basis, the anthropogenic emissions of CO2 are known to be small. In comparison with the gross fluxes of carbon from natural systems they represent only a fraction (~2%) of total global emissions
quote: Btw, the greenhouse earth was not a friendly place.
quote: Your logic is flawed, because it doesn't account for the complexities of the situation. It's called oversimplification.
quote: Global warming is happening because of CO2. Period.
quote: What if modern man isn't so migratory anymore
quote: what if we can't all just pack up and move infrastructure and people to the planet's poles,
quote: Tell use how well preparded you are to totally migrate and continue functioning as you did previously
quote: Here's some logic for you - IT WAS WARMER BEFORE & YOU ARE STILL HERE.


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MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Middlesex County will hold a ceremony Sunday in honor of St. Patrick's Day at the county administration building in New Brunswick.
Freeholder Charles Kenny said the ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the administration building at 75 Bayard Street in the freeholder's meeting room on the first floor by raising the Irish flag.
In addition to the freeholders and other county officials, several Irish American organizations will also be on hand, including the American-Irish Association of Woodbridge, American-Irish Association of South Amboy, Ancient Order of the Hibernians of South Amboy, Ancient Order of Hibernians in Perth Amboy, Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh in Old Bridge, and the Middlesex County Emerald Society of North Brunswick.


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Ford Escort Engine Specifications
Q. Good Day, I'd like to find out what the torque specifications are for the Cylinder head bolts, the main bearing, the crankshaft and the big end bearing on a Ford Escort 16V GLI with a Zetec engine.
- 1996 Ford Escort
- 1.8 liter DOHC
- Manual transmission
- 123,000 miles
Thank you,
A. Here you go!!
Accelerator & Kickdown Cable Bracket 69-95 in lb A/C Compressor Mounting Bracket 30-40 ft lb Alternator Lower Mounting Bolt 27-38 ft lb Camshaft Cap 8-10 ft lb Camshaft Pulley Lock Bolt 36-45 ft lb Clutch Release Cylinder 12-17 ft lb Connecting Rod Cap 35-37 ft lb Crankshaft Pulley Retaining Bolts 109-152 in lb Crankshaft Pulley Bolt 80-87 ft lb Crankshaft Pulley Guide Plate 9-13 ft lb Crankshaft Rear Cover 6-8 ft lb Cylinder Head 56-60 ft lb Cylinder Head Cover 43-78 in lb Distributor Mounting Bolts 14-19 ft lb Exhaust Flex Pipe To Converter 51-69 ft lb Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor 52-78 in lb Engine Lifting Bracket 27-38 ft lb Engine Mount 49-69 ft lb Engine Oil Dipstick Bracket 6-8 ft lb Engine Support Bracket 69-86 ft lb Engine Vibration Dampener 41-59 ft lb Exhaust Manifold Heat Shield 6-8 ft lb Exhaust Manifold Nuts 28-34 ft lb Exhaust Mounting Flange To Exhaust Manifold 23-34 ft lb Flexplate Bolts 71-76 ft lb Flywheel Bolts 71-76 ft lb Fuel Rail Mounting Bolts 14-19 ft lb Halfshaft Bearing Support 31-46 ft lb Idler Mounting Bolt 27-38 ft lb Intake Plenum & Manifold Assembly To Cylinder Head Nuts 14-19 ft lb Main Bearing Cap 40-43 ft lb Oil Jet Bolt 9-13 ft lb Oil Pan Drain Plug 22-30 ft lb Oil Pan To Engine Block 6-8 ft lb Oil Pan To Transaxle 27-38 ft lb Oil Pressure Switch 9-13 ft lb Oil Pump 14-19 ft lb Oil Pump Cover 52-78 in lb Oil Strainer 6-8 ft lb Power Steering Pump Bracket 27-38 ft lb Radiator Mounting Bracket 6-8 ft lb Seal Plate 6-8 ft lb Shift Control Rod To Transaxle 12-17 ft lb Spark Plugs 11-17 ft lb Starter Motor 27-38 ft lb Temperature Gauge Sending Unit 56-82 in lb Thermostat Housing Bolt & Nut 14-19 ft lb Timing Belt Cover 6-8 ft lb Timing Belt Inner & Outer Guide Plates 9-13 ft lb Timing Belt Pulley 80-87 ft lb Timing Belt Tensioner 27-38 ft lb Timing Belt Lower Cover 69-95 in lb Timing Belt Middle Cover 69-95 in lb Timing Belt Upper Cover 69-95 in lb Torque Converter Nuts 25-36 ft lb Transaxle Front Mount 27-38 ft lb Transaxle To Engine See note Transaxle Upper Mount Bolts 32-45 ft lb Transaxle Upper Mount Nuts 49-69 ft lb Valve Cover Bolts 43-78 in lb Water Pump Bolts 14-19 ft lb Water Pump Inlet Fitting To Water Pump 14-19 ft lb Water Pump Pulley Bolts 69-95 in lb
Automatic transaxle: 41 - 59 ft lb.
Manual transaxle: 47 - 66 ft lb.
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Stocks have taken a beating over the past two weeks, but Wall Street's getting a welcome moment of respite today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) has shaken off the recent big drops to gain 106 points by 2:25 p.m. EDT. Strong economic news came in today: Durable-goods orders rose more than 3% in May, and new-home sales rose more than 2% for the month -- two signs that show the economy is still churning slowly higher, even if the market's recent downward swing hasn't shown it. Stocks are mostly in the green today, so let's take a look at the movers and shakers.
Big banks on the rise
Big banks are leading the charge higher today, with Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) out in front of the Dow, up 2.7%. B of A has risen sharply over the recent past, especially with last year's Dow-leading gains, but the company faces enough scrutiny and litigation to overshadow its stock's run-up.
The recent furor over the Home Affordable Modification Program, in which Bank of America employees allegedly were rewarded for denying or delaying mortgage modifications in order to push foreclosures, is just the latest PR blow. With the Countrywide Financial problems still fresh in everyone's minds, it will take time for Bank of America to salvage its reputation -- whether it's guilty of the HAMP allegations or not.
Another hard-hit company is among today's leaders, but at least Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) is showing signs that it's moving in the right direction. The tech giant's shares are up 1.6% today, and while HP is still heavily reliant on the ailing PC market for sales, CEO Meg Whitman is turning to the right sources of growth for HP's future.
HP is looking to contend with tech leader IBM in data mining and analysis. It recently fired a shot at Big Blue, showing off its HAVEn data-analysis software. Big data is part of Meg Whitman's strategy to return HP to profitability soon and put the recent PC market's crash and the nearly $9 billion writedown of the company's Autonomy acquisition out of shareholders' minds. The company's turnaround won't likely be complete for a couple of years, but HP is showing signs of life.
Finally, Merck's (NYSE: MRK ) among a few Dow stocks failing to generate any momentum today. The pharma giant's shares are treading water despite its big victory today: An Indian court granted Merck an injunction against a local firm looking to provide generic versions of Merck's two patented diabetes drugs, Januvia and Janumet. The diabetes therapies have emerged as Merck's dynamic duo of blockbusters, growing to nearly $6 billion in sales last year. Considering that India's population is a hotbed of diabetes, the country's a major area of interest for Merck, which has lost sales to the patent cliff.
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인터넷 사그라 다 파밀리아 (Sagrada Familia) 지역
숙박 가능인원9
침실 수3
면적85 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
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The kitchen is fully equipped with everything needed for self catering. The apartment has air-conditioning and heating to ensure maximum comfort. All bedding and towels are provided and essential arrival provisions (such as milk, coffee, tea, water, salt, oil etc.) are also provided.
There are several supermarkets and all normal shops within a close proximity as well as several secure public car parks. Street-side parking is free in August.
It is a three minutes walk from the nearest Metro (Monumental) and five minutes to the Sagrada Familia.
• Please treat the property as you would your own so it remains in a good state for future guests.
• The apartment is in a residential block where local working people live so late night noise (after 22:00 and 08:00 before ) in the apartment and public areas must be avoided.
• Please take care not to leave the key in lock on the inside of the front door because even if you have the other set of keys with you you will not be able to unlock the door from the outside. The only solution will be to call a locksmith, which will incur very high costs.
• No smoking in the apartment but the patio is perfectly suited for those who do wish to smoke.
• After 22:00 please don't use the patio be some elderly residents in the building sleep early and are very susceptible to noise.
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We had two great apartments in the same building. Both apartments was clean and tidy everything we needed was there, both hosts are very helpful and friendly.
Nick was fantastic we were affected by the French strike, he did everything to help us and provide us accomadations and it's not easy for 16 people!
we had a great stay in Barcelona and nick was so nice to help whit all practical things as where to eat, how to go around etc.the apartment was very cozy and at a very central location. we can highly recommend others to rent from nick. and would love to rent from him next time we visit the beautiful city of Barcelona. best regards from Denmark.
It's a great experience! Ofcourse a ship is small and it is camping but doing this in the Harbour of Barcelona makes is great. More than 3 people is only wise if you want to sleap outside (bring earplugs). The host is a great guy tat helps you with everything. Parking in the harbour is included. Great beach just a 100 meters away. Showers, are not very near by, but like I said, it's camping
Me and my 2 friends had a very nice time on that boat! The boat is very charming and gives a real touch of adventurefeeling! To sit on the deck with a glass of wine in the middle of Barcelona at its best place on your own boat is quiet cool, isnt it? ;-)
It's really located at the very best place in the port olympic and you have everything around your boat like beach, restaurants, bars, clubs, taxis, shoppingmall etc... There are securities all the time and you don't have to be afraid of burglar or anything else.
Especially to mention is the veeery nice service of Nick who did a real effort to make our stay as comfortable as possible.
I really can recommend this boat to everybody who likes urban extravagance, adventurefeeling, partying or beachlife! If you are looking for something quiet with a lot of sleep, then maybe you should better find an appartment a bit outside of the center or just better you don't even go then to Barcelona if you want to find your silence! =)
Nick, thanks a lot for everything!
Nice and fully equipped apartments located near metro and attractions. Perfect communication with host - before and during our stay. Highly recommended.
The place in the harbor was brilliant!! We spent 2 nights on the boat with our kids (9 and 11). Nick and his friend were very nice and gave us some handy tips for the city. The parkingplace next to boat was also very handy. It was an awesome way to stay in Barcelona like this instead of a hotel.
Nick is a fantastic host and we had a lovely time at his boat. Its a very simple accommodation, but oh so charming. Sitting on the boat in the night with a glass of wine watching people go by was a memory for life.
Where to start, had the most brilliant time ever in Barcelona been many times but staying on Nick's boat topped it ten fold. When we arrived Nick was there to greet us nothing was too much trouble. Cold drinks in the fridge which was very welcomed. The pictures do not really show the size of the boat. Sitting up on deck in the evening with a large glass of vino watching the world go by was awesome. Shower block is clean and water lovely and hot, super market close by to stock up on wine !!! We were a group of 4 so two had the bedroom and 2 had the 2 sofas which to be honest were comfortable. My partner has had a bad back and said his back never felt so good ! Even walking the gangplank became easy although was dauted the first time I climbed on board. If you fancy chilling in a fab place then Nick's boat is for you highly recomend.
Apartamento muy amplio y bien situado. Nick es un gran anfitrión, nos dejó las llaves el primer día y no tuvimos que preocuparnos de nada más. El domingo a pesar de que el check out fuera a las 11 nos dio la libertad de dejar las maletas en el apartamento hasta las 2. Muy recomendable.
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The Motherfucking Gaslamp Killer & Lorn – Low End Theory episode 15 PodcastJune 4th by John-Michael Tags: Gaslamp Killer & Lorn, Lorn Nothing Else, Lorn Tomorrow Video, Low End Theory Podcast, Low End Theory Tracklist, Strangeloop
This weeks Fire Friday Mix goes to none other than The Gaslamp Killer and Lorn. It's that time of the month that I love! Low End Theory Podcast are something that I look forward to listening too. It's always a refreshing feeling to hear sets from some of the greatest on the West Coast. I wish I could of gone to Low End Theory last week while I was in LA but had to leave to get back to work. People on the West Coast have no idea how spoiled they are to have such talented DJs as residents. The Low End Theory tracklist is something worth killing for but at the sametime I completely understand why they do not release it. Nothing like the feeling of hearing a fresh track on the podcast and doing everything possible to hunt it down.
Low End Theory Podcast 15 | The Gaslamp Killer & Lorn
Be sure to check out Lorn's new album, Nothing Else, that is due out June 7th! 2010 is the year of Brainfeeder! Check out the video for Tomorrow by Strangeloop.
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From a metal post shaped like a heart, a balloon bouquet fluttered above Autumn Pasquale's grave.
It was Valentine's Day afternoon. The legal and familial issues that erupted after the Clayton girl's killing in October seemed far away, and a brisk breeze kept the "I love u" balloon and two others in motion.
"There are people at the grave every day, practically," cemetery manager Jack Kessel says. "They've left letters from her schoolmates and from her soccer team. They've left soccer balls with writing on them."
Ever since Autumn, 12, was lured to the home of two teenage brothers Oct. 20 - and found dead two days later in a household recycling container nearby - the freckle-faced victim has remained a presence in Clayton. She's gone, but she's everywhere.


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Omaha police say two suspects robbed the Jimmy John's restaurant near 114th Street and West Dodge Road.
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An 80-megawatt wind ranch will provide electric power to Southwestern Public Service Co. by the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday.
SPS signed a 15-year agreement to buy power from the facility to be located 5 miles north of White Deer on about 4,000 acres. At full capacity, it will provide enough power for about 26,000 homes.
Construction will start in July and should be complete by November, said Joe Peter, vice president of Cielo, an Austin-based company that also operates a wind farm near McCamey.
Cielo will operate the wind farm, which will be called Llano Estacado Wind Ranch at White Deer, and SPS will purchase power from the 80 turbines.
"For this region, this is a pioneering effort - in part, simply because of the size of Llano Estacado Wind Ranch,'' said Gary Gibson, president of SPS."It will be the largest wind-generation complex in a broad region lying from north of Odessa and Midland, Texas, all the way to Wyoming.''
Terms of the contract were not announced.
Stephen Jones of Amarillo, manager of renewable resources for Xcel Energy, SPS's parent company, said the cost of wind energy has fallen over the past 10 to 15 years.
Producing electricity with the wind is more expensive than the operation of a coal-fueled power plant, Jones said, but far below the peak costs of natural gas-powered power generating plants when natural gas reached $10 per thousand cubic feet in December.
Gibson said SPS has researched wind energy since the 1970s, and hooked three wind generators to its power grid in 1992. In 1999, Cielo and SPS partnered on a wind power project near Clovis to provide electricity to New Mexico SPS customers. That project provides 660-kilowatts from a single turbine.
The agreement reflects SPS customers' concern with adequate electricity supply, low cost and environmental protection, he said.
Wind generation conserves coal and natural gas, has no flue gas emissions or ash and does not require the water needed by conventional power plants. Gibson said the wind-energy purchase will allow SPS to avoid using about 160 million gallons of water each year.
Vaughn Nelson, director of West Texas A&M University's Alternative Energy Institute, who has researched wind energy since the early 1970s, said he was pleased with the commercial development.
He said the cost of wind-generated electricity compares favorably with building new conventional power plants.
Peter said the turbines will stand on 226-foot-tall towers built in plants near El Paso and Dallas-Fort Worth. The turbines are from the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi and each turbine produces 1 megawatt of electricity. The three rotating blades have a diameter of 184 feet.
The blades will revolve 21 times per minute whenever the wind blows between 8 and 56 mph.
The wind ranch will be on 14 farms and ranches near White Deer. Landowners will receive a royalty payment just as they would for an oil or natural gas well, Peter said.
Once it begins operations, it will employ four to six people with technical support provided from Cielo's Austin office or its McCamey wind facility, which has 107 turbines.
Cielo has about 597 megawatts of wind power under development for Texas and neighboring states, he said.
State law requires 2,000 megawatts of wind power for Texas by 2009, Peter said. The Panhandle could supply that amount over the next five to seven years, he said.
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IxDA NYC packed in nearly 200 people at R/GA's sparkling new conference
center last night to hear Dan Saffer of Kicker Studio expound on "Tap is the
New Click". Deepest appreciation goes to our excellent speaker as well as
the dedicated team of people at host R/GA who were instrumental in this
event going off so seamlessly -- particularly Chloe Gottlieb and Courtney
Buckle. The event was streamed live, which also drew a large audience, and
the Twitter stream was intense.
The community response to this event was unprecedented in IxDA NYC's history
-- over 450 people sent in RSVPs -- and we extend our apologies to any
attendees who did not get in due to space constraints.
R/GA has generously offered to make a fully-edited video available in the
next 7-10 days and we'll publish source details widely as soon as we have
Dan's slides can be seen here:
More on his upcoming book (including a download of the first chapter) is
here: http://www.designinggesturalinterfaces.com
Our next event is the Second Annual Interaction Design Studio -- a hands-on
workshop led by experts Liya Zheng and Jeanine Harriman of Liquidnet -- on
Thursday evening, October 16, at Roundarch. Details and registration coming
Thanks Dave.
The real PDF can be found at http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/
That other one is the "lite" version of this talk. IxDA NYC got the
extended play version.
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Tomcruise.com added exclusive black-and-white photos to the picture gallery of Tom with filmmakers he's worked with in over two decades of show business. One of those pictures is of director Barry Levinson, the man behind the Oscar-winning 'Rain Man.'
After attending American University, Barry Levinson decided to try his luck in Los Angeles. After several years, he landed a gig writing for "The Carol Burnett Show," which led to writing movie scripts, such as 'Silent Movie,' 'High Anxiety,' '…And Justice for All,' and 'Diner,' which he directed. From there, he started to tackle other directing projects, including 'The Natural,' ' 'Good Morning, Vietnam,' 'Bugsy,' 'Sleepers,' and 'Wag the Dog.'
Levinson was almost not involved in 'Rain Man.' Originally, both Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack were slated to direct, but both dropped out for various reasons — Spielberg because he had to help his friend George Lucas work on the third Indiana Jones movie, and Pollack because he was not all that interested in directing a road trip movie. In the end, the film won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, while Levinson won an Oscar for Best Director, Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow won for Best Writing, and Dustin Hoffman earned an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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When Springfield's Felicia Barron arrived at Quinnipiac University, she made herself a promise.
"I knew coming in, I wasn't going to leave until I got a ring," the Central High School graduate said Wednesday.
Barron, the 2008 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year and two-time Vi Goodnow Award winner as the best female basketball player in Western Mass., will punctuate her career in the NCAA Division I tournament after the Bobcats dominated the competition en route to a Northeast Conference championship.
Quinnipiac boasts a 30-2 record, and has won 22 straight as it prepares to meet Atlantic Coast Conference power Maryland (24-4) Saturday at 11:15 a.m. in College Park, Md. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
The Bobcats finished the NEC season with a flourish by romping St. Francis (Pa.) 72-33 in the conference final, the largest margin of victory in the history of the tournament.
"It was just amazing, for my team and I, and all of our coaching staff, and our fans," Barron said. "We have a strong team, we play for each other. I know if I'm not having a good game, someone else is going to pick me up."
Barron gave a sneak preview of things to come when she starred in a homecoming of sorts in an 81-72 win over the University of Massachusetts Nov. 16 at the Mullins Center. She scored a game-high 26 points while converting 12 of 13 free throws.
This season, she recorded 88 assists against only 53 turnovers while registering 112 steals and a team-high 13.4 points per game.
At Central, Barron, whom her teammates call "Fe," finished with 1,331 points and led the Golden Eagles to the 2007 state title. But while still a top scorer, it's her defense that wins acclaim now.
"My defense is the difference from when I was in high school," Barron said. "When I won the Vi Goodnow awards, it was for my scoring. So I'm really proud of being named (NEC) Defensive Player of the Year two times in a row."
And how did she do it?
"The coaches taught me to just always be aggressive, and pressure the ball," Barron said. "I hound their point guard and don't give them room to breathe."
Quinnipiac has a unique way of substituting. Barron said it's called the "Gold Rush," with five players coming in at a time.
Though beating fourth-seeded Maryland would be a major upset (the Terrapins defeated Hartford by 32 while Quinnipiac lost by six), Barron said the No. 13 Bobcats aren't going to change things up.
"We're just going to play our game," she said. "We just defend, and when our defense is great, it will give us the scoring opportunities."
Barron said her father, mother and brother are planning to take the fan bus to College Park. All were basketball players. Her dad, Rick, played at Southern California, while mom Diane and older brother Ricky suited up for Springfield Technical Community College.
Barron is a double major in sociology and media studies.
"You learn how to cope with people," Barron said. "And in Sports Media Society, I've learned what goes on behind the doors in the NCAA, things I didn't know."


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|B'Tselem to Mazuz: prevent the renewal of house demolitions
Demolished house in Bethlehem. Photo: Reuters
|B'Tselem's complaint leads DIP to recommend prosecution
On 23 November 2005, the Department for the Investigation of Police, of the State Attorney's Office, informed B'Tselem that it has recommended that criminal charges be brought against the policemen, who had maltreated a Palestinian from the village of 'Anin in April 2004. In June 2004, B'Tselem had written to DIP and demanded that it investigate the matter.
The victim, A.L., was arrested by Border Police officers in Umm al-Fahem. According to his testimony to B'Tselem, the policemen put him into a jeep, and when it began to move, one of the officers, who was sitting alongside him, hit him and ordered him to kiss a picture of a woman. When he refused, the officer kicked him and shouted at him. The officer also said to A.L., "I want to fuck you," in the words of the witness.
The jeep stopped in the woods near the Megiddo junction. The policemen got out and, according to A.L., the officer who had threatened him touched the victim's groin. The policemen then blindfolded the witness, removed him from the jeep and searched him. A.L. stated that he felt one of the officers opening the buttons of his [the witness's] pants. He became agitated, removed the blindfold, and began to cry.
Eventually, the soldiers decided to take A.L. back to his home. Before getting back into the jeep, A.L. saw his wallet lying on the ground and picked it up. The soldiers dropped him off near the village of Salem, and he got into a taxi. When he later checked his wallet, he found that the money was missing, and he did not have money to pay the fare.
"The policeman ordered me to sit and bend over. When the jeep started on its way, the policeman kicked me and hit me, sometimes with a newspaper and sometimes with a club. He aimed his rifle at me a few times to frighten me."
|Olive harvest once again marred by settler violence
A Palestinian olive harvester. Photo: B'Tselem
|Soldiers shell house with residents still inside, setting it on fire
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Several institutions in downtown Detroit lost power early Wednesday afternoon due to an electric cable failure, a city electricity provider said.
The failure occurred around 12:45 p.m. ET on the electric system that serves the city of Detroit and a number of other customers, Randi Berris of DTE Energy said.
The cause of the outage is "extreme heat, cable failure and routine maintenance, all combining causing system overload," said Bob Warfield, a spokesman for Mayor Dave Bing
The outage is impacting municipal customers, including the Coleman Young Municipal Center, the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the People Mover, Cobo Hall and Wayne State University.
DTE Energy customers are not impacted by the outage, said Scott Simons, a spokesman for the utility.
Berris said repairs are expected to take up to 24 hours, but the company hopes power will be restored sooner.


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Mandy Ingber Relives Her Teen Witch Days with a Throwback Rap
Originally posted 08/31/2013 12:45PM
Long before she was helping Jennifer Aniston perfect her downward-facing-dog, celebrity yoga teacher and fitness expert Mandy Ingber was spittin' a rhyme in the 1989 classic Teen Witch, much to the delight of slumber party goers everywhere.
The lyrics seem to be lodged in Ingber's long term memory, since she easily reenacts the rap from what she jokes is her "sordid past" during an interview for Glamour magazine.
If you didn't memorize every scene of Teen Witch, Ingber's adorably nerdy character Polly drops her shyness and starts a rap battle with her crush Rhet after being put under a spell by the original teenage witch, Louise, played by Robin Lively.
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Mandy Ingber is a celebrity fitness expert, speaker, and author of Yogalosophy: 28-days to the Ultimate Mind-Body Makeover. See what motivates her clients – including Jennifer Aniston, Kate Beckinsale, Brooke Shields and Helen Hunt – and put a little Yogalosophy into your workouts. Join Mandy weekly for her exclusive blog on People.com as we ramp up to her 28-Day Revolution, a mind/body makeover challenge with daily guidelines kicking off May 6. You can also visit Mandy on her website MandyIngber.com and follow her on Twitter @msmandyingber and Facebook.com/yogalosophy.
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Jennifer Aniston & Mandy Ingber: We Were 'A Lot Rounder' 22 Years Ago
Originally posted 05/01/2013 10:50AM
Jennifer Aniston keeps her friends close and her yoga instructor, Mandy Ingber, even closer.
But Aniston, 43, says a lot has changed since the fitness friends first met 22 years ago.
"We were a lot rounder," Aniston said with a laugh at the Self magazine-sponsored celebration of Ingber's new book, Yogalosophy: 28 Days To the Ultimate Mind-Body Makeover (available May 6) at West Hollywood's Soho House. "We ate terribly. We did that, and then we sort of grew up a little bit more and we got jobs."
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RootsTech 2013: We've arrived!
One of the best things about genealogy conferences is that we get to catch up with our friends.
This year's RootsTech is expected to attract some 5,000 attendees, some 25% more than last year's event. In addition to conference-goers, speakers and exhibitors, many genealogy bloggers are already here. While many are US-based, this year includes bloggers from Australia, UK, France, Spain and elsewhere.
By 7pm Tuesday, I was at the conference hotel, affectionately known as Geneabloggers Central. I knew that many bloggers had arrived early, and had a nice dinner with Randy Seaver, Heather Wilkinson Rojo, saw Dick Eastman, Lisa Louise Cooke, Thomas MacEntee, Lisa Alzo and others.
This morning (Wednesday) was set-up day for the MyHeritage booth.
While the Utah-based team was responsible for that aspect, many other team members were there to help out, including chief genealogist Daniel Horowitz, chief marketing officer Ori Soen, as well as business development manager Mark Olsen, computer tech Del, and Clare.
From a bare spot on the concrete floor in a cavernous hall, our grass-green carpet, wooden tables, computers, furniture, signage and more grew quickly.
It is always an exciting time to see a finished exhibit grow from nothing. Despite the chilly, wet weather today, we are all excited for the event's doors to open tomorrow for thousands of conference attendees.
Tonight I will be attending FamilySearch.org's annual geneablogger dinner and will report on that in tomorrow's post.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has condemned a report by the United Nations that accuses Israel of war crimes.
Lawmakers voted 344 - 36 to condemn the Goldstone Report.
The report claims that Israel targeted civilians and used disproportionate force in its 22-day offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza earlier this year.
But House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the report "paints a distorted picture" and that it "epitomizes the practice of singling Israel out from all other nations for condemnation."
Hoyer concluded that the report was "unfair, unbalanced, and inaccurate."
On Wednesday, the U.N. is expected to approve a resolution urging Israel to investigate and prosecute those suspected of possible war crimes.
"The Goldstone Report illustrates the anti-freedom, anti-Israel bias which deeply pervades the UN system, and it does not deserve consideration or legitimacy from responsible nations," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the crafter of the resolution.
"Even in the fog of war, it is clear that Israel took every reasonable measure to minimize the risk of civilian casualties. It is clear that Israel had every right and duty to defend its citizens from the onslaught of rocket and mortar attacks from Hamas and other militants in Gaza," she said.
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Varsity notebook, Sept. 20: Behrend to host soccer showdowns
Penn State Behrend is the place to be Saturday night if you're a high school soccer fan.
Fans will get a chance to watch two non-region showdowns involving four strong District 10 boys programs Saturday night at Behrend's field.
The doubleheader will open at 6 p.m. with a matchup between Meadville and Harbor Creek. The Bulldogs are off to a strong start and might contend for a Region 6 title. The Huskies are the defending D-10 Class AA champs and their lineup is loaded with talent.
The 8 p.m. game will feature Cathedral Prep against Mercyhurst Prep in a pairing of traditional private school powers.
- Cathedral Prep, Villa Maria and the Fairview girls are scheduled to compete in the Beast of the East Tournament today and Saturday.
Prep and Villa will open today at Muhlenberg, one of four sites where the tournament will be played. Fairview opens at Reading. Each area team will play twice today.
Villa won its division in the Beast of the East in 2012 and eventually finished seventh in the state tournament.
Prep placed third in the state tourney in 2012.
- It might seem hard to believe, but the District 10 postseason opens in about two weeks. As usual, D-10's first playoff events are the district team golf tournaments, which will be played Oct. 5. The boys tournament is set for The Country Club at Meadville, and the girls will play at Riverside Golf Club.
The district's individual golf tournaments will follow Oct. 8 at the same sites.
The D-10 girls tennis individual tournament starts Oct. 12 and concludes two days later. The doubles (Oct. 16) and team (Oct. 17) tourneys follow.
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Sun Capital Gets 13x Return After Bruegger's Turnaround
Restaurants paid off for another private equity firm.
Sun Capital Partners Inc. earned a 13-times net return and internal rate of return over 35% on its sale of bagel-chain Bruegger's Enterprises Inc. to Le Duff America Inc., according to a person familiar with the deal.
Le Duff is a unit of French restaurant operator Groupe Le Duff.
Sun Capital Senior Managing Director Steven Liff declined to comment on transaction specifics.
Recently, Olympus Partners generated an eight times return, including a previous dividend recap, when it sold Taco Bell franchisee K-Mac Holdings Corp. to Brentwood Associates and others; Apollo Management LP is set to receive a dividend from CKE Restaurants, which operates Carl's Jr. and Hardee's; and only five months after Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Inc.'s IPO, Bruckmann Rosser Sherrill & Co. and Castle Harlan Inc. are set to completely exit through a secondary offering.
Total system sales for 2010 were $254.5 million, up 2.8% from 2009. Burlington, Vt.-based Bruegger's has 437 locations.
Like many Sun investments, Bruegger's was in trouble back in 2003 when the firm bought 100% of the company's debt. Shortly thereafter with the company's equity underwater, the firm did a "friendly conversion" of the debt to almost all of the equity, Liff said. The company's Chief Executive Jim Greco owns a minority stake, but Sun owned the vast majority of the equity.
With that, the company went from being overlevered at 10-times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, to no leverage. The business cut costs, remodeled and expanded. Bruegger's increased Ebitda by 76% since the Sun acquisition.
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Pouncey out
February 4, 2011 - Buck Frank
The worst-kept secret finally became official on Friday. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey will not play in Super Bowl XLV because of an ankle sprain. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported earlier in the week he would not play, but Pouncey and coach Mike Tomlin continued to say there was a chance. Chris Kemoeatu had even earlier said Pouncey wasn't going to play, and the way Pouncey was limping around, it just didn't seem possible. I guess Tomlin didn't want to burst Pouncey's Super Bowl bubble too soon, but if the Post-Gazette reported he wasn't playing, I tend to believe the decision had already been made before the team departed for north Texas. Doug Legursky is a capable replacement but can't possibly be the same as Pouncey. Green Bay nose tackle B.J. Raji is probably licking his chops right now. For an underdog's sake, here's hoping Legursky holds his own on Sunday. --NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had his annual press conference Friday, and the majority of the questions dealt with the collective bargaining agreement deadline. He basically reiterated the same things he's been saying the past few months. Goodell's push toward an 18-game schedule with the preseason being decreased from four to two games is still being used as a bargaining chip for the owners, even though Steelers owner Dan Rooney has spoken out against it. Goodell said he's talked to fans, and they don't want to pay top dollar for so many preseason games. I think if Goodell talked to real football fans, they would know that four preseason games are beneficial for the coaches to fully evaluate young talent in game situations and are, thus, a necessity. Maybe the fans Goodell talked to are the ones who spend a lot of money on tickets and seat licenses but don't really understand how the game works. I haven't heard anyone, except Goodell, in favor of an 18-game regular season. Goodell was also asked how he'll feel if Ben Roethlisberger or James Harrison is named MVP of the Super Bowl, and he has to hand the trophy to one of them. "I would be more than happy to hand the MVP trophy off to Ben Roethlisberger or James Harrison,' he said. "They've had extraordinary years, and I think it's great for the game of football.' --Make sure you grab a copy of Sunday's Altoona Mirror for a 16-page Super Bowl XLV preview guide. It's a lot cheaper than the actual Super Bowl XLV program and more insightful.


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> Hello,
> I just received a new Dell Precision T5400 and a new Adaptec 2230SLP
> SCSI Controller card. This system has been freshy installed with Open
> SuSE v10.2. The system is fully patched.
> After I install the Adaptec Storage Manager from Adaptec's website,
> asm-linux_v2.12_922.rpm, and launch the GUI, the ASM reports "No
> controllers were found in this system". I can see the card using the
> following:
> #lspci
> 07:05.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec AAC-RAID (Rocket) (rev 03)
> [...]
> I can also access the Adaptec card during system boot. I don't have
> any SCSI storage plugged into it just now but I'm going to attached a
> Dell PowerVault 221S and hopefully configure it for RAID50.
Perhaps it is a bug in the software, making it fail because there are no
disks attached to the controller at present.
> Another question, the 2230SLP card is advertised to run up to 133Mhz
> in the PCI-X bus. My Dell Precision is advertised to run up to 100Mhz
> in its PCI-X slots. Why is my card showing up as running at 66Mhz???
> There are no other cards in any of the other PCI-X slots.
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To self-publish or traditionally publish. That is the question.
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of agents and publishers or to take arms against a sea of books on Amazon, and by being among them, rise above? To die, to sleep (oh wait you won't), to sleep perchance to dream of fame and riches... aye there's the rub.
Ahem. Sorry.
So. You have yourself a book. Should you just go ahead and self-publish and see how it does? Should you try your luck with agents and publishers? Should you try agents and publishers first and then self-publish if that doesn't work?
Having traditionally published the Jacob Wonderbar series and self-published How to Write a Novel, I've seen both sides of the publishing world.
Which way should you go? Here are seven questions to ask yourself:
1) Is your book a niche/passion project or does it have broad, national appeal?
In order to attract a traditional publisher, especially one of the major ones, you're going to need to have a book that fits squarely into an established genre, is of appropriate length, and has mass commercial appeal.
Be honest with yourself. Is your book something that has broad, national appeal or is a niche? Is it a potential bestseller or something you just wrote to, say, have your family history recorded for posterity?
If it's hyper-specialized you might want to either try for a similarly specialized publisher, or just go ahead and self-publish. And if it's a passion project without commercial potential you're probably best-served going straight to self-publishing.
2) How much control do you want over the publishing process?
If you go the traditional route, you'll have an agent who will likely want you to edit your work before submission. You will (hopefully) have a publisher who will want you to revise your work. You won't have approval over your cover, and you'll probably only have mutual consent on your book title, meaning if your publisher doesn't like it you'll have to think of a new one that you both can agree upon. You'll probably have limited control over how and where your book is marketed.
Traditional publishing is a group process and you absolutely cede some control over your book. This can be a good thing, chances are you're dealing with experienced people within the publishing industry who are experts in their fields, but you may be frustrated at times with decisions you don't agree with.
Meanwhile, with self-publishing, everything is up to you. Edits, cover, title, fonts, marketing, whether or not you want to include that stream of conscious sequence about the philosophical implications of of cotton candy... all your choice.
3) How much does the validation of traditional publishing matter to you?
The stigma surrounding self-publishing has largely dissipated, but it's not gone entirely.
And there's still something gratifying about doing something as hugely difficult as making it through the traditional publishing process, having your work validated by professionals, and being paid for your efforts. The names Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster... they still matter to many people.
Success is success, and in the end it's the readers who are the ultimate validators. Do you want the validation that comes with traditional publishing? Or are you cool going straight to readers?
4) How important is it for your book to be in bookstores and libraries?
While you might be able to strike up some individual relationships with local bookstores and libraries as a self-published author, the surest route to bookstores and libraries is through traditional publishers, who have wide distribution.
Do you care about being in bookstores? Are you writing in a genre, like books for children, where libraries are super-important? If so, you might want to pursue traditional publication.
5) How capable are you at self-promotion?
There's no guarantee that a publisher is going to adequately promote your book, but they'll at least give you a bit of a boost at bare minimum.
If you self-publish, you're entirely on your own. You don't necessarily have to be a social media maven or a celebrity in order to give your book the boost necessary to generate crucial word of mouth, but you're going to have to do something.
6) Can you afford to invest money in your book?
Say what you will about traditional publishing, but one great thing about it is that it is not very cost prohibitive. You might incur some postage sending your manuscript around or if you choose to pay an editor before pursuing publication, but agents don't charge you until they get commission for selling your book, and publishers pay you.
Self-publishing similarly doesn't have to be hugely cost-prohibitive, but there are a lot of tasks involved in self-publishing, such as generating a cover, editing, copyediting, formatting, self-promotion, that you're either going to have to spend the time to do yourself or pay someone to do for you.
Depending on how much time you have to spend and your level of expertise, you may end up spending a thousand dollars or two to effectively self-publish. Can you afford that? (And you shouldn't necessarily assume you're going to get it back).
7) How patient are you?
Choosing traditional or self-publishing isn't necessarily an either/or decision. You can absolutely decide to pursue traditional publishing first and fall back on self-publishing if you so desire.
But even in the best case scenario, traditional publishing can take forever. It can take a year or more to query agents, and then a year or more to find an editor when you're on submission to publishers, and then even if you get a book deal it can be a year or two after that before your book comes out. It can very easily add up to two or three years or more after you finish your manuscript.
Meanwhile, when I finished How to Write a Novel, it was up for sale a few days later. Self-publishing is practically instantaneous.
Are you the patient type? Do you want to cut to the chase? That can perhaps be the most important factor of all.
How did you decide whether to pursue traditional publishing or self-publishing? Did I miss anything?
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