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VRFA fire and rescue blotter | March 7
Between Feb. 24 and March 2, the Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 185 calls for service, among them the following:
Feb. 24
Aid call: 6 p.m., (Lea Hill). After firefighters evaluated a young man who was complaining of chest pain, King County Medic One transported him to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center.
Feb. 25
Car fire: 5:50 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters responding to a passenger vehicle fire contained it to the vehicle so it couldn't spread to a nearby residence.
Feb. 26
Aid call: 4:35 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters treated a man who'd been complaining of chronic abdominal pain, and a private ambulance transported him to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma for further evaluation.
Feb. 27
Aid call: 10:52 a.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters helped a woman who was struggling to breathe, and a private ambulance transported her to Seattle Veterans Hospital.
Feb. 28
Aid call: 7:33 a.m., (Auburn). After firefighters treated a man who had fallen and hit his head, they transported him to MAMC in stable condition.
March 1
Aid call: 2:10 p.m., (Auburn). A boy playing basketball at Auburn High ran into a door and his arm went through the window, breaking and cutting it in multiple places. On-site medical aid was administered, stabilizing the young man. After firefighters evaluated him, a VRFA aid unit transported him to MAMC.
March 2
Aid call: 12:19 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters treated an older man with low blood pressure before King County Medics transported him to MAMC.
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Nice Neighborhood bar but it does have one nasty bartender04/16/2009
We have enjoyed The Golden Lantern for several years, Lance will take care of you, he is friendly, and nice to look at.\r Gay and straight people alike frequent here. \r Wii bowling is also fun and the ac actually works....sometimes even too cold
so glad it's still there!03/14/2009
I lived in New Orleans 1980-1982, my first apt. was in Marigny and I am a straight female...but the GL was always my favorite bar...open 24 hours, extremely friendly locals, terific bartenders AND they pour a potent drink that won't break your bank! If it still is like this, then thankfully some things never change. Does anyone know if Danny Wilson is still the owner?
neighborhood fun11/02/2003
This is one of the few remaining real neighborhood bars in the French Quarter. It gets a real eclectic mix of people. Tourists, gay, straight, musicians, waiters, professionals, etc. Bartenders are down to earth New Orleans style friendly & they serve a truly potent drink at an amazingly reasonable price.
Real neighborhood bar.11/01/2003
The Golden Lantern is listed as a 36 year old gay, locals hangout, but it is very hetero-friendly & tourist-friendly. One of the few true neighborhood places left in the French Quarter. Very good drinks, extremely good prices!
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624 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA0.45 mi Restaurants, American Restaurants, Family Style Restaurants, Creole & Cajun Restaurants, Taverns, Banquet Halls & Reception Facilities, Bars, Cocktail Lounges, Bar & Grills, Caterers, Night Clubs$$
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Dolores and Kenneth Stoner 1929-2013, 1926-2013
NEWTON FALLS – Dolores H. Stoner, 83, passed to eternal life on Saturday, June 8, 2013, and Kenneth Stoner, 87, joined her in life eternal on Sunday, June 9, 2013, from injuries sustained from an automobile accident in Jackson Township.
Kenneth was born March 19, 1926, in Zelienople, Pa., the son of Theodore and Mary Peffer Stoner. The family would later relocate to Newton Falls.
It was on Aug. 3, 1929, that John and Mary Furchak Hildack welcomed the birth of their daughter, Dolores.
Both Ken and "Dee" obtained their formal education in the Newton Falls school system.
On May 23, 1944, Kenneth enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was a veteran of World War II and received his honorable discharge on June 10, 1946.
He briefly worked for Peter's Construction during the construction of the Ohio Turnpike and then he was employed by Rockwell International. Ken retired from Republic Steel, where he was employed as an inspector for 37 years.
Dee had worked at the Isaly's Dairy and also at the Ravenna Arsenal. In later years, Dolores would serve her community as the finance director for the City of Newton Falls, retiring from her duties after 24 years of service.
It was their destiny to become friends. Their friendship grew and the couple was united in marriage on Sept. 2, 1950, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Warren. From this date their lives were as one.
Ken and Dee would devote their lives to their family. As parents, they provided a loving and nurturing environment for their three sons, Kenneth, Ronald and Neal. They were supportive of all of their children's and grandchildren's endeavors.
Ken and Dee enjoyed a variety of hobbies. Dee liked needlepoint and cross stitch, crafts and working puzzles, while Ken enjoyed woodcarving, leatherwork and woodworking. Dee had made scrapbooks for each of the grandchildren, and Ken would delight the grandchildren with the ability to feed bluebirds out of the palm of his hand. Together they enjoyed the game of golf.
For the past 20 years, Ken and Dee would spend winters at their Vero Beach home in Florida.
The couple expressed their faith by attending services at St. John of the Cross Catholic Church in Vero Beach and were longtime faithful parishioners of St. Mary and St. Joseph Parish in Newton Falls.
Treasured memories of Ken and Dee will be carried on by the family that they so loved, Kenneth D. (Paula) of Ravenna, Ronald A. (Andrea Grunder) of Newton Falls, and Neal R. (Crystal) of Minster; their adored grandchildren, Alicia, Chelsea, Kirsten, Clarissa (Christopher), Kyle, Kody and Chad; Dolores' sisters and brothers, Betty Stempak, Frances Brackle, John Hildack, Roger Hildack and Michelle Ice; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding Ken and Dee were Richard Hildack, Clair Stoner, Jacob Stoner and Inez Coss.
The family will receive friends from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Borowski Memorial Home in Newton Falls.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary and St. Joseph Parish in Newton Falls.
The Newton Falls Veterans Honor Guard will honor Kenneth for his military service. Kenneth and Dolores will be laid to rest in St. Joseph Cemetery in Paris Township.
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This looks like a new tradition I need to start for Easter! (I will do my best to try them and tell you how it goes). They may end up rivaling my pumpkin scones… uh-oh.
This recipe is slightly adjusted from the one on chow.com (with an option on milk for those non-dairy folks!) – linked to below with fabulous pictures. Enjoy with a smidge of butter. Beware… eat them slow-ly. They will fill you up FAST. (Which is great… more for later).
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Perfectly flaky breakfast pastries with a touch of sweetness and just the right amount of raspberries.
You can sub coconut oil 1:1 for the butter as well. )


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Interesting -- the battery in the Boston bomb plot was from a remote control device as well and mirrored instructions in the al qaeda killer magazine, Inspire. These devout Muslims in the UK used Inspire as well.
Boston Marathon Bomb Made With Toy Car Parts?
Federal agents suspect components of a toy DuraTrax radio-controlled car were used to construct the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon Monday, according to four local hobby store owners and managers interviewed by the agents.
Store owners in Massachusetts and across the border in New Hampshire told ABC News federal agents questioned them about sales of a 1.25 volt Tenergy battery used in remote and radio-controlled cars, the same kind of battery shown in evidence photos from the scene of Monday's bombing.
FBI agents also made inquires at California-based Tenergy, which makes the battery packs specifically for use in DuraTrax toy cars, a company official said.
The bombs, at least one of which was housed in a common pressure cooker, claimed three lives and injured more than 170 others near the finish line of the race Monday afternoon. No group, domestic or international, has claimed responsibility, though law enforcement sources told ABC News today they have spotted two potential suspects.
Four Islamic extremists 'plotted to drive a remote control car carrying a home made BOMB under the gates of Territorial Army base' Daily Mail, April 15, 2013 (thanks to Diane)
- Four defendants admitted one count of preparing for acts of terrorism
- Covert recordings revealed plans to use toy car to blow up TA centre
- Court heard men helped others do terrorist training in Pakistan
Terror plotters discussed sending a remote controlled toy car carrying a home made bomb under the gates of a Territorial Army centre, a court was told.
Zahid Iqbal, 31, and Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, 25, spoke about using a banned terrorist manual entitled 'Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom - by the al Qaida Chef' to make an improvised explosive device.
Woolich Crown court was played covert recordings of the pair discussing attaching a bomb to a remote controlled toy car and sending it under the gap of a gate to a Territorial Army centre in Luton.
Ringleader Zahid Iqbal (left) and Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed (right) were recorded discussing using a bomb fixed to a remote control car to blow up the TA centre in Luton
Iqbal, 32, and Ahmed, 25, trained in Snowdonia and Pakistan in preparation for waging jihad.
The court heard ringleader Iqbal had organised for people to travel Pakistan for extremist training, including helping Ahmed to travel to the country in March 2011, and radicalising two other defendants Umar Arshad, 24, and Syed Farhan Hussain, 22.
Inspired by Al Qaeda, Iqbal and Ahmed first plotted at attack Coalition forces in Afghanistan before choosing to target home soil when they lost their Middle East contact.
said the group were subject of a vast surveillance operation, which included placing listening devices in the cars of Iqbal and Ahmed.
On April 22, Iqbal and Ahmed were recorded discussing modifying a bomb to blow up the Territorial Army base in Luton.
Mr Hill said: 'They discussed making an IED following instructions from an Inspire magazine which they planned to adapt,' he said.
Umar Arshad, 24, (left) and Syed Farhan Hussain, 21, (right) were allegedly radicalised by Iqbal and Ahmed. They pleaded guilty to one charge of conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism
'They also identified a target for such an attack, namely a Territorial Army base in their locality, although they discussed targeting multiple sites at one time,' he said.
Iqbal is heard saying: 'That's what I was thinking about . . . to attach it to like a remote control car.
'I was looking and drove past like the TA centre, Marsh Road. At the bottom of their gate there's quite a big gap.
'If you had a little toy car it drives underneath one of their vehicles or something.'
Ahmed then responded that it was a 'good idea'.
A search of Iqbal's house found a hard drive containing a number of items including a copy of 44 Ways to Support Jihad, by Anwar Al Awlaki, the court heard.
Covert recordings captured the men discussing plans to use a bomb attached to a remote control car to blow up the Luton Territorial Army Centre
A copy of banned al Qaeda magazine Inspire, was also found, including articles on bypassing airport security and transporting explosives in printer cartridges.


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Windows Live Messenger 2010 leaked screenshots reveal new features
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Firstly the main Messenger window that contains your contacts has changed somewhat. Included on the left hand side is a "social stream" of updates provided by Windows Live. These are updates from your Messenger contacts and the data is provided by Windows Live. In current public Messenger builds some of this integration is present at the top of a conversation window. Windows Live Messenger aims to add to this by using the "social stream" as a showcase for your contacts updates. Providing your friends have including their Facebook, Twitter and Blog posts into Windows Live then you will see this in the stream.
The screenshots only shed a little light on what may be coming next Spring, but its the first news we've had on new Messenger features for a while.
It is interesting to note user reactions to the screenshots as most opinions have been on the negative side. Most seem to be concerned with the larger advertisements, the "social stream" being obstructive and significantly larger fonts. Nevertheless, this will probably change by the first beta.
View the contact list showing the new "social stream" feature
Source: Neowin - Windows Live Messenger 2010 revealed
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A 26-year-old man was shot dead in Metairie early Saturday, according to a release issued late Saturday by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
Robert Mercadel, 26, of the 100 block of Hesper Avenue in Metairie, was found dead near the intersection of Metairie Lawn Drive and Fagot Avenue about 4:35 a.m., spokesman Col. John Fortunato said in a release issued about 10 p.m.
A motorist who noticed Mercadel's body called 911. Deputies and paramedics first thought the victim might have been struck by a car, but doctors at the Interim LSU Public Hospital determined that he had what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head.
Mercadel's condition worsened and he died at 2:28 p.m., Fortunato said.
Detectives have not determined a suspect or motive in the killing. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 504.364.5300 or Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111.


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The accolades for LSU's Tiger Stadium never seem to stop pouring in. And now LSU is pouring it on with a hype video for the new-look South end zone expansion.
Already generally thought of as the most intimidating stadium in the country, Death Valley will be bigger numbers-wise and likely better with the increase in capacity to 102,321. College Spun recently put it atop a list of the top 15 in the nation.
The additional seats make Tiger Stadium the second-biggest on campus stadium in the SEC and fifth-largest in the nation. The new-look debuts on Sept. 6 when the Tigers play host in the home opener to Sam Houston State. Here's the video:


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The distance isn't very much, really, just 12 inches. And on the court it looks even smaller.
So it shouldn't be surprising that college basketball moving its 3-point line back a foot, from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20-9, has not had a major impact.
Nationally, the average number of attempts per team from beyond the arc is down .71 from last season's record 19.07. But that 18.36 is virtually the same norm (18.33) as just four years ago.
Teams are averaging making 6.30 3-pointers, down .42 from last season's record 6.72, but again almost identical to the numbers from 2005.
One does have to go back to 1998-99 to find a shooting percentage as low as this season's .343, down from .352 last season, which was the best since 1992-93.
Tulane Coach Dave Dickerson said he thinks he knows the reason why the changes have been relatively insignificant.
"All guards want to go to the NBA, so they're shooting from another foot or two behind the new line," he said. "We've got three guys in our league who are going to be drafted. You won't see them shooting from anywhere near the line."
Dickerson and the Green Wave (9-11, 3-4 Conference USA) will encounter one of those three -- Alabama-Birmingham's Robert Vaden -- tonight in Birmingham, Ala.
Vaden, a 6-foot-5 senior, leads C-USA and is No. 14 nationally with 3.4 made 3-pointers per game. His 206 attempts in 22 games (9.4 per game) are the second most in the country.
And, as Dickerson said, Vaden isn't bothered by the new line.
"I usually shoot from pretty far behind the line, so I never have to worry where it is," said Vaden, who averages 18.7 points for the Blazers (14-8, 4-3). "If you're going to play at the next level, you've got to be able to hit it from back there and what matters most is getting yourself open."
Another top 3-point shooter from C-USA, Central Florida's Jermaine Taylor, has much the same attitude.
"I worked on my (NBA range) 3-point shot all summer," said Taylor, who was 5-of-10 on 3-point attempts in the Golden Knights' 79-74 overtime victory against Tulane last Saturday. "So the new line doesn't make any difference to me. I kind of like to back it up anyway."
Central Florida Coach Kirk Speraw said the new line has him limiting attempts by marginal shooters.
"The players you had who could only make it with their toes on the old line, they're not shooting those kinds of shots," he said. "But it has no effect on the good shooters. If anything, it affects the passing ability into the post."
Tulane point guard Kevin Sims says he has noticed that.
"There's more spacing on the court," he said. "It's easier to make that drive because people are out defending the new line instead of the old one."
Sims is Tulane's leader in 3-pointers attempted (87) and made (29), followed by Eric Vianney, who is 24-of-69, including a school-record 5-for-5 effort in one game.
Overall, the Green Wave is attempting more 3-pointers this season (16.30 per game vs. 14.25 in 2007-08) and making more (5.00 vs. 4.56), which Dickerson said is more of a reflection of personnel differences from last season when forward David Gomez, the team's leading scorer, attempted only 22 3-pointers.
The Green Wave's 3-point shooting percentage is down from .320 to .307, but that includes an 0-for-13 game against Southern Miss.
"Moving the line has had minimal effect on us," Dickerson said. "In fact, I'm pleasantly surprised that it's made no change on our players mentally."
Dickerson said attitudes about the 3-point shot have changed since it was first instituted for the 1986-87 season when he was a sophomore at Maryland.
That season teams averaged 9.2 3-point attempts per game, making 3.5.
"A lot of coaches were really reluctant to shoot the 3 back then," he said. "Nobody could imagine you taking 18 or 20 every night out."
The new college distance was designed less to decrease 3-point shooting as it was to free up more space inside the arc -- and, as Sims said, it has done so.
There has been talk about moving the college line to the new international distance of 22-2 if 20-9 proves not to have the desired effect, but Dickerson said he is happy with the status quo.
"The 3-point basket has been good for college basketball," he said. "But to move it further back would really diminish the effectiveness of it. The new distance has given us some more open looks, which is good. But it's a lot more important to be able to make 'em than just being able to take 'em."
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NEW YORK (MainStreet) About 39% of Americans have auto insurance but many are missing out on discounts, according to a new study.
InsuranceQuotes.com found that 30% of drivers are not receiving any car insurance discounts.
"Some insurers are better at discounts than others--start by asking your insurer for a list of available discounts," said Laura Adams, senior insurance analyst with InsuranceQuotes.com. "There will be a maximum amount that you can claim after multiple discounts but the more you qualify for, the better."
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A common discount that most people are not aware of applies for receiving statements by email. Only 33% of Americans know about this discount and nearly 50% have no idea that their credit score can affect how much they pay for car insurance.
"Most insurers won't inform consumers of the exact formula they use to factor this discount," Adams said. "However, in most cases if your credit score is excellent or good, you'll pay less for insurance than someone who has poor or even average credit because there is a direct correlation between the number of claims that are filed and credit score."Statistics show that those who have poor credit scores are filing more claims, which makes them riskier as a customer to an insurer, according to InsuranceQuotes.com.
Another discount favors those who are coupled up, but only 57% know that car insurance also costs less for married drivers.
"There are dozens of possible discounts and many are easy to qualify for," said Adams.
While they tend to pay the highest insurance rates due to their inexperience, young drivers are the least likely to receive discounts.


text: Theses - Dept. of Architecture http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7583 2016-10-24T18:13:20Z Experiments with 3D printing technologies in masonry construction http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103493 Experiments with 3D printing technologies in masonry construction Blakeway, Adam M Modern masonry construction finds itself in a cyclical pattern of "more of the same," insisting on standardized, basic designs consisting of little more than uniform stones laid in regular courses, which do little to add to the variability of the modem world. While these forms attain a surety in structural stability, they offer little in the form of variable aesthetics. 3D-printing, consistently hailed as one of the most promising developments of the 21 " century, allowing individuals from every walk of life to create and produce in real time, has, contrarily, failed to grasp our greater aspirations in the field of Architecture. Most attempts at the incorporation of 3D-printing technology in Architecture have simply been to scale the technologies to print larger and larger objects, eventually working up to entire buildings. While these efforts are beneficial in some ways, they consist of numerous drawbacks which make these types of strategies ultimately implausible, at least for the moment. Modern construction, once thought to be secure in its standards of structure and implementation, is now being challenged to develop designs far more elaborate than their "glass tower" counterparts by pushing the boundaries of what architectural moves are possible. The long held beliefs that stone must be orthogonal and uniform to be utilized in large-scale construction projects are being revamped in the wake of the 3D printing boom. This thesis seeks to find a synthesis between these two methods of modern construction, unifying the versatility and variability of 3D-printing and the stability and natural aesthetic of masonry, to create viable and aesthetically appealing architectural forms for the 2 1st century. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, February 2016.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. "June 2014."; Includes bibliographical references (page 34). 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Artwitter : the reinterpretation of social networks http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103492 Artwitter : the reinterpretation of social networks Lin, Rungu Ant farm was a collective group of architects established in 1968 in San Francisco. Through critiquing the reversal of TV and automobile, Ant Farm reinterpreted television into Inflatable Architecture and Inflatocookbook, and reinterpreted automobiles into the Media Van and Truckstop Network. Ant Farm created a techno-utopia for "nomads" in the 1960s. By bridging their designs with the media theories from Marshall McLuhan, I develop a method from McLuhan's Laws of Media, called Media Interpretation, to decomposed Ant Farm's design process. The Media Interpretation contains four processes: taking advantage of what the media enhance, rejecting what the media reverse, redesigning what the media retrieve and participating in what the media make obsolete. Based on the background research, my thesis shifts its focus on the pervasive media from 1960s to today and applies the method of Media Interpretation as a design and critical tool. My thesis chooses social networks to critique, from which I reinterpret social networks into an application Artwitter. Through combining social networks with augmented reality, Artwitter enables its users to post their moments as texts, graffiti or virtual objects in the physical world. Artwitter extends the mechanism of social networks to offline social awareness to engage its users into social interaction in the physical space. Artwitter also releases the power of crowd-sourcing physical spaces to explore the potential of reconstructing the physical world with virtual objects. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2016.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-110). 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Utilité publique : architecture, urbanism, and aesthetic reform in turn of the century France http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103491 Utilité publique : architecture, urbanism, and aesthetic reform in turn of the century France Tuerk, Stephanie Marie This dissertation documents how the aesthetic dimension of architecture came to be seen as an object of public utility in late nineteenth and early twentieth century France. It examines the work of a network of architects, artists, political representatives, art critics, poets, archaeologists, pedagogues, and other intellectual elites, who argued, through journals, pamphlets and books, and various legislative debates, that architecture's aesthetic capacity could both remedy public problems and reform the public itself. The study casts these "aesthetic reformers" as motivated not only by a wish to serve the public, but moreso by a desire to serve architecture itself, rehabilitating its social status through claims to its own utility. Drawing forth the influence of contemporary theories of philosophical aesthetics, psychology, and pedagogy on these aesthetic reformers, I demonstrate how they concluded that architecture's social utility lay in its ability to improve the morality of the French public. The project argues that this conclusion accordingly reoriented architecture's focus to from the building itself, to the city, and finally to entirety of the environment over the course of approximately forty years, as architecture became increasingly invested in its relationship to the public. I substantiate this argument through studies of private associations and societies which collectively sought to intensify the aesthetic affect of the built environment through the preservation of both buildings and natural features, the promotion of architecture as a form of art for the public, and the new practice of urban planning. In bringing this moment when architecture's aesthetics were conceived as public utility to light, my study offers a new genealogy of the idea that architecture could better society. Thesis: Ph. D. in Architecture: History and Theory of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2016.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-298). 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Spline : rethinking concrete in the digital era http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103488 Spline : rethinking concrete in the digital era Zayas-San Miguel, Luisel Emmanuel Curvature has always been present in architecture though largely explored for structural purposes. It can be found in Roman arches and domes, in the catenary vaults of Antoni Gaudí, and in the hyper paraboloid shells of Félix Candela, as the result of form-finding techniques. Questions of materiality arose parallel to the development of these techniques, enabling the common use of concrete. Concrete allowed for the production of custom stones and replaced traditional hand-carving methods of making. Concrete is one of the most ubiquitous materials in the built environment, yet it is often cast in orthogonal repeating parts. Why is such a supple and liquid material, capable of any form, limited to the conceptions of the industrial era? The building industry commonly assumes that formwork must be repeatable, yet the prevailing goal of the digital era is serial variability. Therefore, a gap exists between the goals of the computational revolution and the standards of material production. This research states that it is possible to reconsider the role of concrete in the digital era via the aid of robotic fabrication. If formwork is commonly informed by the goal of efficiency and economics, this research asks what emerges when it is informed by environmental, structural, or formal concerns. This thesis proposes a specific way of making that emerges from a computational understanding of spline geometries. The process allows the designer to materialize data into a complex geometry that has been programmed to perform one or more architectural parameters. Fabrication methodologies today are leading architects to reclaim the role of the masterbuilder. This thesis argues that designing and making are part of a single process. Architects should not design materially uninformed architectural spaces; rather, they should design through the making process while integrating geometrical and material concerns. Therefore, what kind of architecture emerges when the spline is foregrounded in a process of concrete construction? Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2016.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122). 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z


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Mini Wins and Losses
August 2, 2011 - Dave Hecei
With the release of Lion, Apple's latest and greatest Mac operating system, came some new Macintosh models. This included a new update of the MacBook Air, Apple's thinnest and lightest laptop, plus a new update of my favorite Mac, the mini.
The MacBook Air update pretty much exactly followed the rumors. It now has a backlit keyboard, new Intel 'Sandy Bridge' Core i5 processor, and the new Thunderbolt port. This last port replaces the Mini DisplayPort for video output, plus it can act as a high-speed I/O port, which will eventually be used for drives, video capture, and will hopefully have adapters for other types of ports like USB 3.0, Firewire, HDMI, etc.
This new Air looks exactly like the old Air. Nothing was really added or removed from the design. The new mini can't really say this. The new mini also has the new Thunderbolt port, along with the new Intel Core i5 (and even Core i7 in the server model). The mini also lost what some might feel is an important computer component – the optical drive. At least Apple lowered the price of the mini $100 to compensate for the loss of the optical drive. The mini starts at only $599.
On the outside the mini is still the same size and is made of the same block of aluminum. The big tell is that looking at the front of the mini you no longer see the slot for CDs or DVDs. With the new Mac OS X Lion, the future is pretty clear and its name is the Mac App Store. They are also starting to push a new service called iCloud. This is what Apple feels is the future – iTunes Music Store, App Store, and cloud services.
If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, then you know all about an App Store. The App Store is a major contributor to the popularity of the Apple mobile devices. Apple decided that they would bring the success of this store to the Macintosh. I have to say that after loading up Lion on one of my Macs, I can see why Apple is thinking that optical media is on its way out. This might be the case for software, but I still think having a burner to create backups or make your own movie and music discs is an important computer component.
The good news is that the new Mac mini is the fastest mini yet. The new Sandy Bridge i5 and i7 chips are a definite improvement over the aging Core 2 Duo processors in the previous mini. The base model now had the Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics chip, which is actually slightly slower than the nVidia 320M it replaces. The good news is that the next model up has a discrete video processor – the AMD Radeon HD 6630M. The Radeon graphics processor boosts the 3D and 2D video performance as much as 2X.
Macworld magazine (www.macworld.com) ran several tests on the new minis. For gaming and 3D performance they measured the game Call of Duty. The base Intel graphics mini displays 27.3fps, while the upper-end mini with Radeon graphics can display 59.5fps. This is a pretty decent score for a mini computer.
While the lower price of $599 is good news, I think the mini is actually $100 more, not less. For the best performance the mini to get is $799. This next-step-up model has a faster processor (2.5GHz up from 2.3GHz), more RAM (4GB up from 2GB), and discrete graphics (Radeon 6630M up from integrated Intel 3000HD).
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OoOoO la la, take a look at these two lovely ladies! On May 3, Cindy Crawford and Vanessa Williams showed off their styles on the red carpet at the IPA Dinner honoring Brian Edwards in LA.
As Cindy and Vanessa posed for pics both solo and together, they put their passions for fashion on full display. While Cindy opted for a blue blazer and black skinny jeans, Vanessa decided on a printed yellow dress instead.
With two totally different looks to pick from, I don't know which star deserve the title of "Best Dressed!"
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Fall for Art creates a stir, and it has done so since 1995 when crowds first descended on downtown Covington to celebrate the arts.
In those early years, the visual arts were the central focus, spearheaded by the St. Tammany Art Association, in the galleries, in the restaurants, in the shops and boutiques. Music and demonstrations by artists, fine craftspeople, and performers were showcased on the streets for everyone to enjoy as they traveled from one venue to the next. The crowds were so immense that one could not possibly see everything, so most people mapped a route which included their favorite spots.
Over the years, for a variety of reasons, there have been some changes: the culinary arts in Louisiana have gained recognition, downtown Covington is now a state-designated Cultural Products District, where sales taxes are not charged on the purchase of original works of art, and there are more partnerships between arts organizations on the north and south shores.
This fall, the first stop is a showstopper: The St. Tammany Art Association in partnership with the "New Orleans Museum of Art presents Contemporary Women Artists in Louisiana: Selections from the New Orleans Museum of Art."
Under the direction of Director Emeritus John Bullard, a number of artworks from the museum's permanent collection by women artists who were born or lived in Louisiana are on loan to the St. Tammany Art Association from Oct. 9 – Nov. 6. The exhibition does not aspire to being comprehensive because it would require a much larger space than most venues in Louisiana could provide.
Overall, there are 16 wall hanging paintings and four large scale sculptures including three of Louisiana's most recognized artists, Ida Kohlmeyer, Clyde Connell, and Linda Benglis; women on the north shore represented in the collection are Shirley Rabé Masinter, Francie Rich, Gail Johnson Hood , Barbara Tardo, Emery Clark , Linda Trappey Dautreuil, Hasmig Vartanian, and Patricia Whitty-Johnson; other Louisiana artists include Raine Bedsole, Jacqueline Bishop, Melissa Anne Smith, Monica Zeringue, Ronna Harris, Dawn Dedeaux, and Jesselyn Zurik.
Early viewing is available and many members took advantage of a special preview on Oct. 9.
The exhibition remains on display in the Art House through Saturday, Nov. 6 when STAA hosts a fine dining experience with Chef Pat Gallagher. Tickets will be available at the St. Tammany Art Association. All proceeds will benefit the St. Tammany Art Association. Call 892.8650 for more information about this special evening.
Another new addition to Fall for Art 2010 is a pre-Fall for Art event that includes art and music at 338 North Vermont St.
The block party takes place from 5-6 p.m., just prior to the kick off of Fall for Art at 6. Featured artists Bernard Mattox and Anne Cicero, are two Louisiana artists well known in the arts community on the North Shore and in New Orleans. Musical entertainment will feature Big Daddy O, Ruby Rendrag, Suki Kuehn, and Shane Paul Smith.
Downtown Covington galleries feature many talented area artists: Rick Brunner, Babette Beaullieu, and Mary Monk at Brunner Gallery; Charles McGowan, Ed Whiteman, Diane Falgout, and Lawrence Offner at The Factory; Simone Burke and Alex Moliere at Mo's Art Supply; new work by gallery artists at Fort Isabel Gallery, Tripolo Gallery, and Gallery 421, along with Henry Hood Gallery, introducing paintings by Summer Golden and Studio 525 featuring Sarah Dunn and Tracy Lambert.
One of the delights of Fall for Art is that art is also available in non-traditional venues including all of the participating boutiques, restaurants and other venues in downtown Covington.
There is something new and fresh for everyone to enjoy in unexpected places. Pick up a map in advance from the Art House at 320 North Columbia, or at venues along the route.
For more information about Fall for Art 2010, visit or call the St. Tammany Art Association at 320 North Columbia St., or go to the website, www.sttammanyartassociation.org.


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R.A. Dickey goes 8 innings.
The Mets get 10 hits from three players including:
-4 from Reyes, who also had 2 stolen bases.
-3 from Daniel Murphy.
-3 from a surging Carlos Beltran.
The Mets infield defense turns doubles plays in 3 consecutive innings.
All of these positive things and yet another loss in the books. When Jose Reyes get on base 4 times and only scores once, something is drastically wrong. There used to be a time when Reyes lead off an inning with a hit it was essentially an automatic run in the books.
As much as I want to criticize Josh Thole and lay off Reyes, because of his performance at the plate, he has got to be more aware of the situation. Although they seem to be growing by the minute, I can live with the physical errors. The mental mistakes is what drives myself, and most Met fans straight to the loony bin.
If some fans are struggling to watch games at this point, I recommend they pick up a pen and paper and start recording all of the different ways to lose and start a book. The Mets seem intent on exploring every possible way to snatch defeat from the claws of victory, and at least one of us fans should capitalize on the comedy act.


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President Judge F.P. Kimberly McFadden sentenced Sharif Gray to a year-and-a-half to three years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to carrying a firearm without a license. After serving his sentence, Gray, 21, must serve two years probation and serve 30 hours of community service.
A witness identified Gray, of the 1000 block of Ferry Street, out of a photo array as the man who fired four shots into a neighbor's home, one shot into a vehicle parked nearby and one into stop sign about 6 p.m. April 17. Children were playing nearby at the time of the shooting, police said. Authorities later recovered a .38 Special Smith & Wesson handgun from a bush on the 1000 block of South Warren Street that witnesses saw Gray stop at before fleeing the area.
In return for his plea, authorities agreed to drop three counts of discharging a firearm, four counts of recklessly endangering another person and possession of a firearm.
The man who lived at the home said the shooting was retaliation for cooperating with police who were investigating drug activity in the area. Police say Gray, who goes by the alias Sharif Johnson, has ties to the Bloods and has a criminal history including dealing heroin and fleeing from Easton police in 2009.


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Though U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey has no direct influence on the cloistered budget negotiations between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, he said Friday his ongoing push to cut and cap federal spending is affecting the high-level talks.
"Whatever agreement John Boehner and President Obama come to, it goes nowhere unless it's approved in both houses," said Toomey, R-Pa.
Obama, reeling Friday from new estimates of feeble job growth in June and a jump in unemployment to 9.2 percent, called for a rare Sunday sit-down with eight top congressional leaders to haggle over budget talks. Treasury Department officials say a budget deal that raises the debt ceiling must be agreed upon by Aug. 2, or the federal government will no longer be able to pay its bills.
"We have no assurance that there's going to be a deal," Toomey said. "If there's not, everybody's going to look for some kind of alternative that can pass."
And he's adamant that his budget plan — which failed 42-55 in a Democrat-controlled Senate vote in May — can rise from the dead to be that alternative.
"My budget got more votes than any other budget," Toomey boasted.
Already, his failed budget is enjoying a second life as nearly half of all Republican senators have signed on to co-sponsor the "Cut, Cap and Balance Act," a re-animated version of Toomey's budget that was introduced Thursday.
The new-old budget would not raise taxes but allows for a $2.4 trillion increase in the federal debt ceiling so long as a balanced-budget amendment is passed.
"I've been arguing since I first took office that it would be a huge mistake to raise the debt limit without doing something about what got us into all this debt," he said.
And despite a growing chorus of national polls indicating Americans increasingly favor higher taxes for the wealthy to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from budget cuts, Toomey remains fixed to his pledge to not raise taxes.
"I don't think that's the trade-off that we fix," he said, pointing to his budget plan. "It reaches a balanced budget within 10 years without touching Medicare, without touching Medicaid, without touching Social Security and without raising taxes."
Even if the president's negotiations fail, Toomey's budget can find real life only with support from Senate Democrats.
And though he hasn't recently approached his fellow Pennsylvania senator, Bob Casey Jr., Toomey said he is engaged in "private conversations" with "several" senate Democrats, but he would not identify them.
With GOP Senate support, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey revamps his plan for budget if debt talks fail
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Though U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey has no direct influence on the cloistered budget negotiations between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, he said Friday his ongoing push to cut and cap federal spending is affecting the high-level talks.


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This is what Detroit Lions fans have been waiting for, the official unveiling of an offense that could be the most explosive in team history.
"I don't think I'm anxious, I know what we've got,'' said Lions quarterback Jon Kitna as the Lions open the regular season today against the Raiders in Oakland.
Interestingly, Kitna -- he said in the off-season the Lions should win 10 games -- is confident, yet reserved about today's game.
"I know who we are and what we are as a football team. This one game is not going to define that,'' he said. "I'm anxious to get out and play, but not to find out who we are. I know who we are.''
"They're extremely explosive and dangerous,'' Kiffin said. "They can score with the best of them and it's going to be a big challenge for us. Obviously, the three receivers present us major problems and when Kitna's hot, he's as good as anybody. It's a real challenge to start with this group.''
NFL analysts appear to agree that any success the Lions have this season will be the result of how well Kitna and wide receivers Roy Williams, Mike Furrey and Calvin Johnson play within the creative scheme of offensive coordinator Mike Martz.
The Lions should get a good test drive today as they take this offense out for its first spin of the season. The Raiders, despite a 2-14 record last season, had the league's No. 1-rated pass defense in 2006 and were No. 3 overall.
"We're playing a tough team -- it doesn't get much tougher than this in terms of a passing game,'' Kitna said. "They're a team that plays bump-and-run, they're always going to be right next to your receivers, the windows (openings in Oakland's coverage) aren't going to be huge and they get after the quarterback with their pass rush.
"You add the fact you're playing in their place on opening week, so we'll have to weather the storm early. We don't think anything's going to be easy but we feel pretty good about who we are.''
Said Lions center Dominic Raiola: "It's a top-five defense we're facing and it's going to be important to move the ball early. We have to take care of what we have to take care of. The skilled position guys will take care of themselves, I have total confidence in that. Those guys have played together, especially Roy, Kit and Mike Furrey.''
Right guard Damien Woody said it's important for the line to do its job.
"We need to start early and have the game settle the way we want it to," he said. "It's going to be a battle to see who's going to establish the line of scrimmage.''
Playing in McAfee Coliseum, commonly referred to as "The Black Hole'' because of its zany and sometimes dangerous fans, is one of the toughest road games for NFL teams.
"You keep your helmet on,'' Kitna said. "My first start was there so I've been through that. That's not an aura or a mystery I get into anymore. I've been there a number of times and it can be intimidating if you let it be. Once the game starts, it's just a game and you go out and play. You understand that as loud as they can get when things are going well for their team, they'll get just as loud if things go bad and they'll starting booing them. That's our goal.''
There's a better chance of that happening if the Lions' offense gets off to a good start, though Woody said it won't be a matter of one unit having to ride the coattails of another.
"This isn't about the offense or the defense, this is about the Detroit Lions as a team. Each individual man has to go out there and win their one-on-one battles,'' Woody said. "If we do that, it doesn't matter which side of the ball you're on. As a team, we should be fine. The approach of each guy in the locker room has to be to go out and do their job and do what they're supposed to do.''


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Figures at the Banks of the Marne, near Chennevières About 1863 - 1864
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From 1863 to 1865 Pissarro rented properties at La Varenne-Saint-Maur which is situated to the south-east of Paris on the River Marne, opposite Chennevières. At this point the river flows in a great loop beyond the Bois de Vincennes before it joins the River Seine. This highly finished study is loosely related to the right foreground area of the Scottish National Gallery's 'The Marne at Chennevières', which Pissarro exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon. Given the high degree of finish of this drawing, and the Corot-like figure group in mid-distance, is likely that this was actually a fully independent composition rather than a preparatory study for the painting.


text: We were in the midst of designing our 10-year book, so this is the only catalog we would produce in 2003. Shag's illustrations and a vibrant layout make this one an eBay classic. The printer delivered our office copies the day before a tropical storm put our basement underwater. Most ended up in a dumpster.


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First of all, thanks to all those who have voted in my posting, "Lets Vote! The Jeter Issue". I'll take a shot at interpreting those votes because I think the results are indicative of how Yankees fans feel about the Derek Jeter situation right now, despite the small sample size.
In the first poll I asked about the time frame you fans would be comfortable with. 56% of the vote said that 3 years with some kind of option for a 4th year, be it a club option or a performance option, is the way to go. But if you're in the Jeter camp there is also a danger here-- the next-highest vote at 17% said 3 years and no more. Nothing else scored higher than 9%.
In the second poll I asked about compensation. A whopping 45% said $15-$20 million per year seems right. And again, if you're in the Jeter camp you might not like that 34% said only $10-$15 million per year.
My third poll was pretty simple, and I got the result I expected. A virtually unanimous 94% said that no franchise will offer Jeter what the Yankees will offer him. I deliberately made this question a simple one because I didn't want the varying amounts in the previous question to impact the voting on this one. So this means to me that even if the Yankees were to offer Jeter $10-$15 million per year, Yankees fans think that it would be higher than what other clubs would offer him. Or in other words, Yankees fans think that the Yankees are already offering Jeter an amount that is 'above market'. That's significant, considering Casey Close's (Jeter's agent) argument that the Yankees aren't considering Jeter's "..total contribution to their franchise." It seems to me that if the Yankees current offer has been reported correctly, Yankees fans do in fact think it reflects Jeter's total contribution to the franchise. Case in point: as Victor Martinez just signed with Detroit for 4 years-$50 million, that might also indicate to the Jeter camp the intangible value present in the Yankees' 3 yrs-$45 million offer.
The final poll was the gut-wrencher. If the negotiations between Jeter & the Yankees fail, are YOU prepared to see Jeter in a different uniform in 2011? And just to make sure it got 'personal', I listed other teams in the question, including the arch-rivals Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox. It's a close vote- 52% said "if it's not a Yankees uniform, who cares?", opposed to 48% who want this deal to just get done. Along these lines, the Boston Globe had an article last week asking Red Sox fans if they would want the Sox to go after Jeter if he became a free agent. After 9,000 votes, the results were 80-20 in favor of signing Jeter.
So here's the bottom line as I see it from this voting-- most Yankees fans would be fine if the Yankees sweetened the pot for Jeter with a 4th year option of some type, with the 3 years value being somewhere in the $45-$60 million range. They also feel that no matter how Jeter feels about the Yankees offer, whatever it is, Jeter will not get a better deal anywhere else, meaning the Yankees are taking into account Jeter's meritorious service with the organization. Finally, while it is expected that the deal will get done, if Jeter does walk most fans will not allow that to influence their dedication to the Yankees organization.
In the meantime, the polls are still open, and if you haven't voted yet, please do. If you only voted in the first poll, then c'mon back & add your voice in the others. If additional voting changes the above results, I'll revisit the subject here.


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A list of hot topics presented by the Better Business Bureau for the month of May.
BBB Hot Topics - May 2011
The Bullitt County Public Schools calendar of events for the month of May 2011. For more information call 869-8000.
Bullitt County Schools Calendar of Events - May 2011
LEBANON JUNCTION - As the Rolling Fork River Levee basin filled with water amid torrential rains last week, city officials had hoped two pumps installed to siphon water from the basin to the river were enough to keep water from reaching Highway 434.
The Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA), through its Social Services Division, announces the open enrollment period for a community outreach program covering qualified Medicare beneficiaries under the "Extra Help with Prescription Drug Costs."
SHEPHERDSVILLE - While the Bullitt County Drug Task Force is closing down its operation, there needs to be someone there to finish out the rest of the grant period.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - It might be a task better handled by a larger group of individuals.
Thirty Bullitt County seventh grade students have been selected for state recognition at Western Kentucky University through the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP). One student qualified for Grand Recognition,
HEBRON ESTATES - The North Bullitt Lady Eagles, a team without a senior, has been learning on the fly this season.
Derby time or not, May includes literally hundreds of holiday designations, celebrations and special events.
Allergy/Asthma Awareness
American Stroke
Arthritis Awareness
Asian/Pacific American Heritage
Awareness of Medical Orphans
Better Hearing and Speech
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Observed rotational and rotational-vibrational transitions for molecular H2 and HD have been combined to produce best, non-linear least-squares fits to a set of self-consistent electronic ground state molecular constants for each molecule. For H2, the effects of pressure shifts have been included. Line centers, broadening coefficients and pressure shifts are given for some 35 observed lines from the 0-0 band through the 5-0 band of H2. HD constants are based on lines observed for bands from 1-0 through the 6-0 band.
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Miley Cyrus Weight Gain Sign for Her to Stop Being Devil Legged Jezebel?
Miley Cyrus weigh gain news is all an act of the Almighty. I warned this girl for years to stop dressling like a floozy Jezebel, but she took no heed to my words.
I warned that God would strike down her straight line with rounds lines and now we see how He even controls the amount of, adipose in our bodies to make us look less sinful.
Fudge Pudge Cyrus got just a taste of God's holy medicine for jezebels: fat. Now, maybe she will keep them close on and start using her God given talent to praise the lord like she's meant to do.
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The building is located on the Express Scripts headquarters campus and housed its data centre at the time of sale. The property is 100% leased to Express Scripts, an investment grade tenant, through January 2022. The seller was 4400 N. Hanley LLC, according to a regulatory filing by buyer American Realty Capital Trust III, which is a publicly registered, non-traded real estate investment trust.
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Without its leading scorer and one of its veteran leaders, Alabama has still been good enough to take a 36-27 lead into halftime tonight against Lamar.
After trading baskets with the Cardinals (1-5), Alabama (5-0) used a 6-0 run midway through the half to the take the lead it currently holds.
The Crimson Tide is without the services of senior guard Andrew Steele (groin) and star point guard Trevor Releford (stomach virus), who has averaged 18.6 points in Alabama's first five games.
Guard Rodney Cooper, Alabama's second leading scorer with an average of 15.5 points per game, didn't start, but entered the game as a substitute after the first media timeout. Cooper did not play Friday against Charleston Southern because of shoulder tendinitis.
Cooper and Levi Randolph lead the Crimson Tide with 9 points apiece.
Redshirt freshman Retin Obasohan received his first career start because of the injuries. He has 8 points.
Coach Anthony Grant was forced to dip deep into his bench at the end of the first half, as walk-ons Dakota Slaughter and Keon Blackledge entered during the final two minutes.


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|3rd September 2008 08:59 PM
Pls send pictures of Sn Marteen Airport is awesome, I can imagine windsrfing there while a big 747 land over the mast.........
Cheers form Chile and welcome!!
|3rd September 2008 05:01 PM
|3rd September 2008 03:39 AM
Hi Caribsurf,
I run a charter yacht up and down the islands also, windsurfing off the back of the boat whenever and wherever I can. SXM is one of our favourite party islands, not too much good sailing from the boat though but I get around to Orient or Galion beach by dinghy or rental car when I can.
I hope you get to keep gear onboard the boat because there are great spots all up and down the islands.
|28th August 2008 04:16 AM
|I spend a bit of time in Jamaica.Folk there are great but cant hire any gear there ! Wind;sun fantastic beaches,warm water but no kit !!!
|27th August 2008 02:29 AM
No. Are you?
I am living on St Maarten (dutch side) for the moment.
Ps. the Jamaicans the fastest people on earth...
|27th August 2008 01:48 AM
|You aren`t on Jamaica are you ?
|26th August 2008 08:21 AM
Hello everybody! New member presntation.
This forum seam to be very useful. Been reading it for awhile and decide to Sign up for an account.
I live and work in the Caribbean as sailing skipper and a carpenter. Its off season now and i had some time off. Started to take windsurfing lessons a couple weeks ago. And I f***ing freaking loving it. Used to do some windsurfing 10 years ago. But man that a difference its to day.
Its sone time to buy my own board and set up. I been looking at one second hand GO 133. I think that's a good board for me and I can progress a lot on it. Right now a always renting a 144L board at the beach and use a 5.0-5.5 sail. So I am getting a 5.5 for my board first and then the economy gets better I can get a bigger one or smaller.
The average wind is between 12-18 most of the time here.
Ok all of you Cheers, peace out...
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Let us make this "a season to be jolly!" Despite our troubled times, let us rekindle the fond memories of Christmas past for our parents and grandparents. Let us touch the sentimental strings of carefree and youthful days that once consumed Baby Boomers and our military veterans.
Let us start with the idea of organizing some of our holiday festivities around the theme of singing carols and holiday songs. It doesn't get better than hearing joyous holiday songs while hauling in the Christmas tree. Some familiar old-timers reminisce about the joy of Christmas carols.
Andy Williams, a popular singer of the 1960s and 1970s, described celebrating the Christmas season in an interview with me several years ago.
"It was such a great time," Andy said, as he and his three older brothers used to go house to house singing carols and drinking eggnog in Wall Lake, Iowa. "Those were the days when you knocked on a neighbor's door and opened unlocked doors."
The talented singer who still entertains at his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri, suggested it would be a nice thing to renew the tradition of caroling around the neighborhood, or one's home town, "because it is such a wonderful thing to do."
Della Reese, familiar to television viewers for her earthly role in the popular 1994-2003 program "Touched by an Angel," wrote at the same time "I just love the way Christmas carols change the spirit and attitudes of us all." An accomplished singer and ordained minister, in addition to her acting skills, she described "Silent Night" as a magnificent thought, and her favorite holiday tune as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" sung by the mellifluous Nat "King" Cole. The irrepressible Della added, "In fact, I don't really start my Christmas in earnest until I hear Nat sing 'The Christmas Song.'"
The late Gene Pitney enjoyed considerable success as a country and pop singer on both sides of the Atlantic through the mid-1960s with more than 20 Top 40 singles, including hits "Town Without Pity" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart." Gene fondly recalled carving the turkey when his large family gathered for the holidays and the singing of Christmas carols.
"I prefer religious carols," he said, "that have not become jaded by commercial overuse. They represent the essential Christmas message."
Take a cue from Andy, Della, and Gene. Start this holiday season with the idea of organizing your festivities around the theme of singing carols and holiday songs.
Celebrate with friends and family at home beside the fireplace or piano, or while trimming the Christmas tree, with traditional classics as "O Little Town of Bethlehem," or "The Twelve Days of Christmas," or singing such nostalgic holiday fare as "White Christmas," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," or "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
Encourage friends to join in the singing of "Silent Night" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" in front of your neighbors' city stoop or country home. Better yet, why not visit a nursing home for the infirmed or old age, or a food kitchen for the poor and homeless, or a military hospital for our aged veterans or wounded warriors? Rest assured your caroling there will be met with open hearts and ready smiles.
Or you might volunteer to take part in the local performance of Handel's "Messiah" for other worthy causes, or support a local church by attending its vesper service where awe-inspiring Christmas motets and concertos may reverberate, and where the reverential carol-hymn "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" soars to celestial heights on the wings of angels. This is truly music for the soul.
Though the custom of singing carols in front of neighborhood homes may seem quaint and outdated, let us redouble our efforts, especially this year, to engage young and old alike in reviving a wonderful Christmas tradition that is never out of fashion.
Ron Clancy is a Christmas music historian, author, and preservationist. He has appeared on PBS Religious & Ethics Newsweekly, EWTN, the Catholic cable channel, QVC, and Comcast, and his story and illustrated Christmas music gift collections have been featured on radio and newspapers across the country.


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2013 Pitching Profile: Edwin Jackson
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Following what seemed like an interminable Spring Training season, Edwin Jackson will finally make his Cubs debut tonight against the Pirates at 6 p.m. CST. In January, the 29-year-old right-handed pitcher became the first major free agent signing of the Theo Epstein/Jed Hoyer era when he inked a four-year, $52 million contract with the team. With temperatures hovering in the mid-30s at Pittsburgh's PNC Park Wednesday, it could be a good night to be a power pitcher.
Though Jackson's career has been marked by short stints with various major league teams—he's now with his eighth team in 10 big league seasons—his stats show general improvement. In 2012, Jackson finished the year with a 4.03 ERA and 8.0 K/9, slightly better than his career 4.40 ERA and 6.9 K/9. With a fastball that can reach 97-98 mph, Jackson brings a top-line power arm to the fold and will strengthen the Cubs' pitching depth—a crucial component to success.
Jackson is one of several pitchers profiled in Vine Line's 2013 Pitching Preview, available in the April issue, on sale now. We'll be posting pitching profiles throughout the month, so be sure to check back to see what's in store on the mound for 2013.
Repertoire (Avg. MPH): 4-seam (94), 2-seam (94), Cutter (93), Change (87), Slider (86), Curve (80)
Age: 29
2012 Stats: 189 IP, 21.3 K percentage, 6.8 UBB percentage, 4.03 ERA, 98 ERA+, 1.22 WHIP
Last Season: Steady Improvement
As the rotation horse for last year's playoff-bound Nationals, Jackson had somewhat of a coming of age. The flamethrower, who didn't turn 29 until season's end, set career bests with his strikeout and walk rates (21 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively). Despite already working for eight major league employers, Jackson's career has been marked by durability and general improvement since he made his big league debut after his 20th birthday. He'll be well worth the Cubs' four-year investment if he extends his streak of five straight seasons with at least 180 innings.
Plan of Attack: If you have two plus-plus pitches, use them
Watching Jackson deal can be a real treat. His momentum drives toward the plate, and his explosive arm action generates a mid-90s fastball that can touch 97-98 mph even into the late innings. He relies mostly on the pure velocity of his four-seamer, but he'll sink some two-seamers (and an adequate change-up) away from lefties as well. He even re-implemented a cut fastball during the second half of last season. But his fastball largely sets up his other great weapon—the slider.
Putaway Pitch: Slider
If Jackson gets two strikes on a hitter, watch out. Last season, one of every two swings on Jackson's slider was a whiff. It was even harder to hit with less than two strikes, when hitters weren't expecting it. Jackson's slider has late, downward break and moves farther out of the zone as the game goes along. Largely thanks to the increased use of his slider, as well as his sinking fastball, Jackson transformed from a fly-ball pitcher before 2010 to a more neutral one since.
*Numbers courtesy Brooks Baseball
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From the Pages of Vine Line: Q&A with GM Jed Hoyer (Part 1)
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The end of Spring Training marked the beginning of Year Two for Cubs General Manager Jed Hoyer. Besides knowing his way around Wrigleyville a little better, he also comes into 2013 with a much improved feel for the organization, at both the major league and minor league levels.
The 2012 Cubs had their share of on-field struggles, so Hoyer spent much of his second offseason with the organization finding ways to improve on last year's meager win total. But Hoyer has a plan, and he doesn't want to deviate from it. His focus was on finding players who fit what the Cubs are trying to do.
Part of that plan included making the new front office's first big free-agent splash, adding 29-year-old right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson, who the team signed to a four-year, $52 million deal in January. Other notable acquisitions included low-risk, high-reward signings like right-handers Scott Baker, Scott Feldman and Carlos Villanueva, and outfielders Nate Schierholtz and Scott Hairston.
For the April issue of Vine Line, MLB.com's Carrie Muskat sat down with Hoyer to talk about the 2013 Cubs, the differences between this season and last, and what to look for as the organization moves forward. We'll post some of the quotes here on the blog in the next few weeks. To read the entire interview, pick up the April issue or subscribe to Vine Line today.
Vine Line: Coming off a rough year in 2012, what was your top priority this offseason?
Jed Hoyer: As an organization, we're still not where we want to be from a pitching standpoint. I think that probably the biggest weakness when we got here was depth in pitching, especially at the upper levels. Ideally, you want to home-grow all of your pitching. We don't have that luxury right now, so we actively sought out a lot of starting pitching. We brought in four guys we see as starters: [Edwin] Jackson, [Scott] Feldman, [Scott] Baker and [Carlos] Villanueva. We've had some injuries and setbacks this spring, but we feel we can weather that storm. That was certainly a priority for the offseason.
VL: Jackson's contract—four years, $52 million—surprised some fans because of the length and amount.
JH: The biggest thing with him is his age. He's been really durable. He'll pitch this year at 29 years old. Our goal is to create a really good, young team. At some point, we know we'll have to delve into free agency. You can't wait and do it all at once. Signing a 29-year-old pitcher to a four-year deal, we felt, was the right thing to do. Getting him at this age, we feel he still has some upside left and that it was a prudent decision. We're excited to have him.
VL: Ian Stewart struggled last year and was sidelined by a wrist injury. Why did you decide to bring him back?
JH: We're not really sure we saw the best of Ian last year. He had the wrist injury, and he never felt 100 percent. We had a lot of discussions about that in the offseason and decided to bring him back, given he had the wrist surgery. We felt he'd be ready to go. Unfortunately, he had a setback early in the spring. I still feel the wrist was an issue with his hitting, but we don't know how much it affected him last year. We thought the right thing to do was bring him back. It's hard to find third basemen in today's game. He's a really good defender, he's a left-handed hitter, he has power. There's a lot there, and hopefully we can unlock it.
VL: How different was this spring compared to last year?
JH: It's a lot different. I went through the same thing in San Diego when I went there in 2010. I felt so much more comfortable in 2011. Your first year is a blur. Theo and I talk about that all the time. Every face is new from a player standpoint, coaching staff, media, staff. Now you know people, so you feel more comfortable. Even with the players, that's the biggest thing. It's a lot different spring in a good way. We hope not to make any changes any time soon and hope to become part of the fabric of the Cubs going forward.
Baez back in lineup after monster weekend
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Javier Baez's Spring Training stay with the Cubs looks like it's coming to an end Monday night. With just a few weeks until Opening Day, the organization likely wants to start consolidating the players they feel are in serious consideration of a major league spot. Even though the 20-year-old has said on numerous occasions he feels he's ready to contribute to the major league team right now, the phenom hasn't even spent much time in Double-A. But that's not to say he isn't going down without a fight.
Baez had an incredible stretch at the plate over the weekend, including one point in which he hit three home runs on three straight pitches.
On Friday, a Cubs split-squad team squared off against Team Japan, a side competing in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic. With the game tied at five in the ninth, and a seventh-inning home run already to his name, Baez stepped up with a man on second. After falling behind 0-2, the shortstop ripped a slider over the fence for a walk-off, two-run homer. He had allegedly told Welington Castillo—who was on deck at the time—that he wouldn't have to hit.
The next day Baez hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning, the Cubs' fourth run of the game at that point. After a fly out in the third, Baez hit another solo shot to left in the fifth to wrap up his day.
He concluded the weekend with a pair of hits on Sunday, including a double and an RBI against the Athletics. Baez will bat fourth in what could be his final Spring Training game with the major league club on Monday.
Edwin Jackson will take the ball for the Cubs as they take on San Diego. The game starts at 3:05 CST and can be heard on Cubs.com. Clayton Richard will throw for the Padres. Here's the lineup he'll be facing:
CF Dave Sappelt
LF Darnell McDonald
RF Jorge Soler
SS Javier Baez
C Steve Clevenger
3B Edwin Maysonet
1B Brent Lillibridge
2B Alberto Gonzalez
P Edwin Jackson
Samardzija gets Opening Day nod, E-Jax set for home opener
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On Thursday afternoon, manager Dale Sveum and pitching coach Chris Bosio announced the Cubs rotation for the first week of the regular season. Right-hander Jeff Samardzija will get the nod on Opening Day, April 1, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
"That's what I signed up for," Samardzija said. "If you don't want those expectations for yourself, then you may as well go play somewhere else. That's just kind of a given. There's going to be pressure, and there's going to be a lot riding on what you do."
Samardzija came into last season just hoping to land a spot in the rotation after a successful 2011 in the bullpen. This year, most see the Shark as a front-of-the-rotation guy and a possible ace. He commands five pitches and was third in the league in average fastball velocity last season. His four-seamer clocked in at 95.9 mph, and his two-seamer averaged 95.4 mph.
He'll be followed in the first week by righty Edwin Jackson, lefty Travis Wood, righty Scot Feldman and righty Carlos Villanueva.
Jackson, who signed a four-year, $52 million contract this offseason, will get the start in the Cubs home opener April 8 against the division rival Brewers.
Both Matt Garza and offseason acquisition Scott Baker will miss the start of the season recovering from injuries.
Jackson to make Cubs debut, Villanueva at third
Christian Villanueva will get the start at third base Tuesday.
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The Cubs made a plethora of moves this offseason to improve a struggling rotation. The biggest of those moves—Edwin Jackson—is scheduled to put his arm on display Tuesday as the North Siders host Colorado in Mesa, Ariz.
Even though Spring Training games are just kicking off, Jackson's path the Cubs has been well documented. Despite entering the majors on his 20th birthday, making an All-Star team, throwing a no-hitter and winning a World Series, he was traded six times from 2006-11. Last season in Washington, he went 10-11 with a 4.03 ERA and completed his sixth straight year starting 30 games.
Defensively, Cubs regulars Anthony Rizzo (first base), Starlin Castro (shortstop) and David DeJesus (center field) will all be in action. Projected backup Dioner Navarro will catch and Brett Jackson will be playing left field, spelling Alfonso Soriano, who will DH. The bottom third of the order is comprised of a trio of interesting hopefuls.
Brent Lillibridge, whose versatility has already been applauded this spring, will start at second. Though he struggled offensively for three teams (White Sox, Red Sox, Indians) last year, he saw time at every position but catcher in 2012.
Christian Villanueva was the key piece in the Ryan Dempster deal during the trade deadline. In High-A ball last season, the third baseman hit .279/.353/.427 (AVG/OBP/SLG) with 14 homers and 68 driven in. But the 2012 Top 100 prospect according to Baseball America is better known for his slick glove. Villanueva gets the nod at third base Tuesday.
Johermyn Chavez put up monster stats in High-A in 2010 for Seattle. Hitting .315 with 32 homers and 30 doubles, things looked promising. But his stats haven't resembled that season since. Last year he hit .232 in 288 at-bats, with eight home runs in Double-A. But he is just 24 years old. The Cubs took a chance and signed him in November, with the hopes of regaining those numbers. He'll be starting in right field.
First pitch is scheduled for 2:05 CST. Cubs fans can listen exclusively on Cubs.com. The Rockies will be sending out righty Jhoulys Chacin. Here is the full batting order:
CF David DeJesus
SS Starlin Castro
1B Anthony Rizzo
DH Alfonso Soriano
LF Brett Jackson
C Dioner Navarro
2B Brent Lillibridge
3B Christian Villanueva
RF Johermyn Chavez
Now Playing: Kicking Back with the Cubs, Part 3
The major league season can be a grind. Playing 162 games takes a toll on an athlete's body and mind. That's why downtime is so important. Some players play video games; others spend time with their families.
This week, Vine Line had some fun with the team to dig up a few facts you won't find on the back of a baseball card. In the last installment of our spring Kicking Back video series, we talk to Cubs players about how they spent their offseason, what they do to kill time on the road and who is the worst dresser in the clubhouse.
Here are the other videos from out Spring Training series:
Mesa Cubscast: Top Prospects on the Rise
Mesa Cubscast: Kicking Back with the Cubs, Part 2
Mesa Cubscast: Kicking Back with the Cubs, Part 1
Now Playing: Kicking Back with the Cubs, Part 2
Being a major league baseball player can be a strange life. The stakes are always high, millions of people are watching your every move and everyone wants to be your friend. You'd be surprised the things these athletes hear on a day-to-day basis.
Thanks to the World Baseball Classic, Spring Training is a few weeks longer than usual this season. As the spring slate drags on, everyone needs to blow off some steam. Vine Line had some fun with the team to dig up a few facts you won't find on the back of a baseball card. We'll post one more installment of our Kicking Back video series early next week.
Here are the other videos from out Spring Training series:
Mesa Cubscast: Kicking Back with the Cubs, Part 2
Mesa Cubscast: Kicking Back with the Cubs, Part 1
Now Playing: Mesa Cubscast with the Cubs core
Throughout the offseason, Cubs baseball president Theo Epstein repeatedly talked about growing the Cubs "core" of talented, young players—players the organization can count on for the long haul and who can help bring winning baseball back to Chicago. In the year-plus Epstein and General Manager Jed Hoyer have been with the team, that core has grown dramatically through savvy trades and smart draft picks.
"That core, at least in my mind, went from one player to half a dozen," Epstein said shortly after the 2012 season ended. "If we can do that again in 2013, and we look up and we have close to a dozen players in our core, I'll feel great about the overall health of the organization."
At the major league level, the Cubs foundation now includes talented shortstop Starlin Castro, first baseman Anthony Rizzo, pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Edwin Jackson, and Gold Glove-winning second baseman Darwin Barney. Vine Line sat down with the some of this talented group at Spring Training to see what their expectations are for the coming season.
Cactus Notes: Sveum on Fitch, leadership and the future
A steady rain drowned out most of the final day of Cubs baseball at Fitch Park on Wednesday, but there was still a little news.
The Cubs announced the starters for the opening games of their Cactus League slate, which kicks off this weekend. Travis Wood will get the Saturday start against the Los Angeles Angels in Tempe, and Jeff Samardzija will pitch the Sunday home opener against the San Francisco Giants. Carlos Villanueva will pitch Game 3 on Monday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Edwin Jackson will start on Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies.
Matt Garza's debut has been pushed back due to a mild lat strain on his left side. It was announced Tuesday that he'll likely be out about a week before resuming baseball activities.
Manager Dale Sveum also held his daily presser, despite the lack of on-field action. Here are Sveum's best quotes from the day:
Then vs. Now
"We have a lot of the same guys in camp [from a year ago] that ended getting some time in the big leagues. But like I said yesterday, there's just a whole different look in their eyes. Having that experience and going through some adversity with some of the young guys, it's a whole lot different. There's just so much more talent in camp this year than there was last year—and also depth. Guys that are very capable of pitching in the big leagues or guys that are on our radar getting really close to the big leagues. … There's just more playable talent in camp this year."
Leaving Fitch
"Spring Training is what it is in any park. Here it's a little bit unique because you have to move [from Fitch to HoHoKam]. Probably my first memory here is when I had to come over here 25 years ago and rehab my leg clear across from Peoria [in extended Spring Training]. We shared it with the Cubs at that time."
Prospect Watch (Javy Baez, Jorge Soler, Junior Lake, etc.)
"We have so many split-squad games they're going to get quite a few games in before being sent down. There are a lot of at-bats out there."
"I'm very anxious [to see them]. Those are the guys you talk about that are on your radar in the minor league systems that have all those God-given tools—the speed, the arm, the power, hopefully the hitting ability, meaning OPS and those things. A lot of that stuff comes a little bit later in careers. But it's pretty special talent and bat speed those guys have. You want to see it in person and at game speed."
Veteran Leadership
"We do have some personalities that are able to fill those [leadership] roles. I think [Anthony] Rizzo is one of those guys. I think [Darwin] Barney is ready to be that guy. Obviously Rizzo's rookie year and Barney winning a Gold Glove—those kinds of things give you added ability to be a leader in the clubhouse because people look up to people like that. We have [Alfonso] Soriano, and [Jeff] Samardzija is going to take on that role, as well as [Matt] Garza and Edwin Jackson. So we have plenty of personalities that can do that."
Building for the Future
"Going into this last year, you knew the plan we had, and we weren't going to take any shortcuts to vary from it. Within a year, the whole organization has changed so dramatically for the good. You just get better players in the organization, and you create an atmosphere where people want to play here, and they want to come to this ballpark and work. That's all you can do. That's the transformation we're trying to do all the time here. And it's changed a ton in a year."
Now Playing: Mesa Cubscast, The New Guys
After a busy offseason, the 2013 Cubs came into camp riding a wave of optimism. The team added depth to the rotation, versatility in the outfield and an extra year of experience for the younger players. On Tuesday, Vine Line sat down with some of the new guys to find out why they wanted to come to Chicago and what goals they have set for the season ahead.
Vine Line will be posting videos and content from Fitch Park and HoHoKam Stadium all week long, so keep an eye on the blog and our Twitter account, @cubsvineline.


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A former senior Israeli politician who served as an envoy to Egypt has said President Hosni Mubarak was just looking "for an honourable way out".
Commenting after Mr Mubarak confounded international expectation by transferring some powers to his deputy but refusing to relinquish his post, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said he had spoken to the president that evening.
Mr Ben-Eliezer, a Labour politician who served as defence minister under Ariel Sharon, said: ""He knew that this was it, that this was the end of the road."
"He was looking for only one thing, to leave in an honourable fashion."
Mr Mubarak said in a speech last night: "I am adamant to continue to shoulder my responsibility to protect the constitution and safeguard the interests of the people.".
Protesters continued to call for him to go, but an Egyptian diplomat said that the leader of 30 years would remain "the de jure president".
However he said that vice-president Omar Suleiman would be "the de facto president".
Cables released this week by WikLieaks revealed Israel would be sympathetic to a government led by Mr Suleiman, a former intelligence chief.
Other documents also showed that Mr Suleiman had been one of the key Egyptian officials pushing Hamas to strike deal with Israel for the release captured soldier Gilas Shalit.