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Since the first commercial launch of Mobile WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) approximately two years ago in Baltimore, Maryland, 4G broadband communications have become a sudden reality for vast metropolitan area populations world-wide. By the end of this year, Clear will have launched close to eighty WiMAX networks in the U.S alone – with Clear, Sprint, Timewarner, Comcast, and Best Buy, all selling 4G network service plans for various devices: 4G-ready PCs, 4G USB adapters, 3G/4G hotspots, and 4G/WiFi hotspots to consumers and enterprises.
From a very rudimentary perspective, netbooks, notebooks, slate tablets, and smart phones can be utilized as the traditional cellular phone – in terms of staying connected while traveling in a car, bus, train, etc. Consumers, who had to search out a coffee shop or book store in order to get on the Internet, can now stay connected to the web throughout the city.
Recently, the Internet has unleashed a flurry of uses for both the consumer and the enterprise (e.g. communications, entertainment, collaboration, multimedia, and services like Google Maps, Netflix, etc.). In the midst of all this, a slew of smartphones (like Sprint EPIC 4G, Sprint HTC EVO 4G, Apple iPhone 4, etc.) and slate tablets (the Apple iPad, ExoPC Slate, etc.) have been released like hot cakes into markets.
What makes these smartphones and tablets so versatile and invaluable to the end-user is not just the sexy size, look and feel. There are an infinite number of creative applications and services that can be developed, downloaded, and utilized from an app store, store front, market, etc. using a variety of operating systems such as Meego, Linux, Android, and Windows. All these applications and services require broadband communications in order to function superbly.
On top of that, when you add entire population centers (Manhattan, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Atlanta, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, etc.) sending and receiving huge amounts of Internet data all at the same time, this requires a multi-lane highway with quality of service for each lane: a far left lane for fast power users and far right lane for slower Internet browsers… This is exactly the self fulfilling prophecy behind Mobile WiMAX which was formulated and developed into the one and only 4G reality in the world today by IEEE.
One company, Vidyo Inc., stands poised to harness the broadband infrastructure by offering high definition, low-latency, error resilient multi-point videoconferencing on conference room systems, desktop, and mobile systems strung along the IP network. Intel and Vidyo have performed video conferencing over WiMAX demonstrations during the past several years (Intel Developer Forum 2010 at the Intel Pavilion in the Moscone Center, in San Francisco), Intel Developer Forum 2009 (click here to see Dadi Perlmutter's Keynote demo on stage at Moscone Center, San Francisco), Computex 2009 (Sean Maloney's Keynote demo on stage at TICC building, Taipei, Taiwan). For Computex 2009, a Vidyo conference was showcased over the Amsterdam, Netherland's Worldmax WiMAX network into the TICC Keynote, and for IDF2009, a Vidyo conference was showcased over the Portland, Oregon's Clear WiMAX network into the Moscone Center keynote.
In addition to being equipped with a USB webcam and a noise cancelling headset, each of the Intel PCs (Intel Core 2 Duo or i3/i5/i7 core processor-based) was loaded with VidyoDesktop software with its configurations managed by the VidyoPortal. The VidyoRoom was set-up remotely by Vidyo.
Vidyo's proprietary distributed computing solution significantly eliminates long delays, choppy frames, and broken pictures, etc. in multipoint video conferencing over the Internet – Vidyo technology divides and buckets the video bitstreams into highly reliable and low reliable channels. In this way, the video components allow the distributed system to dynamically adapt to changing network conditions (e.g. network bandwidth, packet loss, jitter, network delay, etc.).
The multiple bit stream components also allow for the distributed IP network to adapt to the dynamic nature of computer processing amongst all the client devices engaged in the video conference. WiMAX, as the wireless broadband communication medium, offers speeds which are ten times faster than 3G with corresponding 10MHz channel bandwidth as well as a QoS infrastructure which intelligently allocates an appropriate modulation scheme for users on the network.
Hence, Vidyo in conjunction with WiMAX offers the most robust video conferencing solutions/experiences to date – especially for clients who are un-tethered to a wired network (DSL, Cable Modem, etc.) and on the go.
Sanjiv S. Gupta is a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Intel Corp with focus on WiMAX enablement world wide – primarily in U.S., Latin America, India and the EU. He has been with Intel Corporation for twelve years and has been directly responsible for the marketing/integration of Intel's graphics and wireless components into OEM PCs worldwide. Sanjiv S. Gupta received a BSEE from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a MSEE from the University of Texas, Arlington in 1988 and 1995, respectively. His experience in high technology spans more than twenty years with past roles as Senior Microwave Design engineer at Texas Instruments, Senior Product Engineer at Cirrus Logic, and Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Brooktree Corp.


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As soon as I found out who the new coach was, I knew you'd be on here with your words of wisdom. He did a great job at Batley keeping them in this division (and competing) with hardly any money and has done a great job with the under 21's at Cas. At least 6 players have gone from their under 21s to first team since he's been in charge, so he obviously knows what he's doing with regards to youth development. Only person I've ever heard bad-mouth him is you.
Simon, you really don't know what you're talking about. You'll soon find out though. That's my last post on this subject. We'll reconvene in 12 months time and see who's right. In the meantime, have a quick look at some of the very good squads he had at his disposal during his time at Batley, his wins to defeats ratio, and tot up the number of 50 point + defeats we suffered during his time with us. Another interesting one would be to examine the resultant career paths of any of the young players he signed for Batley during his time with us, or the number of good careers that ground to a halt on arrival at Mount Pleasant whilst he was in tenure.

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Richard L. Easterday
Class Year:1960
Outstanding Alumni Award Winner 2010
Dr. Richard L. Easterday '60 enjoyed a distinguished career in the pharmacology industry. His expertise in biochemistry, nutrition and corporate leadership led to increasingly responsible positions in research and development, marketing and executive management for Pharmacia Fine Chemicals, later known as Pharmacia Biotechnology Group.
A chemistry major at North Central College, Richard received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biochemistry and nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, in 1963 and 1967. While attending school, Richard was inducted into the Phi Lambda Upsilon chemistry honors fraternity. He also completed the executive management course at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University in 1984.
Richard joined Pharmacia in November 1965 and held various positions, including manager of technical service, director of research and development, director of marketing and general manager. In November 1983 he was appointed executive vice president of Pharmacia Inc. and president of the Pharmacia Biotechnology Group. As president of Biotechnology, he was responsible for the laboratory separations, process separations and molecular biology product lines and was president of Pharmacia P-L Biochemicals, Inc., located in Milwaukee, WI.
Richard was named to the strategic planning group and biotechnology management group boards of Pharmacia in Uppsala, Sweden, and to the board of Biolink, which supplied equipment and systems for the large-scale manufacturing of biotechnology products.
Richard also served on the boards of directors of several industry groups and has written numerous technical papers and articles for publication. He has been a long-time supporter of North Central College and served as a College trustee from 1987 to 1994. He and his wife, Cathy, maintain homes in Martinsville, NJ, and Wisconsin.


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PIERGALLINI, Dino Ralph, 52, after three years of battling brain tumors has gone peacefully from his home in Cadiz, Ohio on Monday, February 25, 2013.
Dino was born in Steubenville and raised in Smithfield where he lived with his parents, Raymond and Lucille Piergallini on their farm.
He graduated from Buckeye North High School and went on to begin his own business.
Growing up on a farm Dino's passion had grown for tractors and farm equipment. He began by buying plows and fixing them; then selling them for a very small profit. After many years of hard times, long hours, sweat and tears Dino grew what started out as a few plows to over 500 construction and farm equipment pieces located on his lot 3 miles outside of Cadiz.
Through Dino's journey he married Diana Morrow Piergallini, who has stood along side him for 29 years. She fought for him when he had no fight left in him. Through the business and through life she stood not in front nor behind, but along side him on everything he did and we will always honor everything he stood for. Dino had will power that is unexplained; he battled to make his business a success and battled through all of the tests, treatments and surgeries. From the start with his first plow and first tear the will and fight was not for himself it was for his three children Mario, age 22, Giovanni age 19 and Madeena, age 15. Every breath Dino took was for his family, to make sure they were taken care of even before he became sick. Dino Ralph Piergallini, our father, showed that no matter the challenge, no matter the problem, there is always a solution. "Never say I can't, to say, I can, is just as easy to say" was one of his favorite sayings.
Surviving are his wife of 29 years, Diana Morrow Piergallini; sons, Mario and Giovanni and daughter, Madeena of the home; his father, Raymond Piergallini of Smithfield, brothers, Larry (Carolyn) of Smithfield, Lewis "Doby" (Lori) of Bloomingdale, Tim (Lynda) of Smithfield and Todd (Tina) of Rayland; mother-in-law, Delores Morrow of Scio, sisters-in-law, Becky (Rick) Hugh of Scio and Sheila (Dennis) Brown of Lisbon, nineteen nieces and nephews and five great nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at the Piergallini Farm, 413 North Main St., Cadiz on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at noon. Friends may call Thursday, Feb 28th from 5-8 p.m. and Friday, March 1 from 12-4 and 6-9 p.m. also at the farm.
Monetary donations in Dino's memory may be made to Family Medicine Center at Wheeling Medical Park, Suite 406, Wheeling, WV 26003 in care of Dr. James L. Commerci.
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The Superstorm Sandy telethon successfully raised $23 million for victims of the natural disaster.
The fundraising effort, broadcast Friday on various NBC networks, featured performances by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Christina Aguilera and others.
The money will be administered by the American Red Cross.
NBC's Hurricane Katrina telethon raised $40 million in 2005.


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2013 Asian Pacific American Award for Literature Winners Announced!
The Asian Pacific American Libraries Association has announced their 2013 literature award winners. Thanks to Shen's Books for publishing the press release. Highlights include:
Picture Book Winner: Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth, written by Joan Schoettler and illustrated by Jessica Lanan, published by Shen's Books.
Picture Book Honor: A Path of Stars written by Anne Sibley O'Brien, published by Charlesbridge.
Children's Literature Winner: Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan, written by Hildi Kang, published by Tanglewood Publishing.
Children's Literature Honor: Shark King by Kikuo Johnson, published by Toon Books.
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Young Adult Literature Honor: Ichiro written by Ryan Inzana, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.


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Springfield, Ill. Working together with Illinois
school districts, the new State Board of Education has
corrected the errors in this years School Report
Cards, which were distributed to districts today. The
new State Board leadership avoided the problems that plagued
last years report cards, which caused more than
400 Illinois schools to be incorrectly identified as not
making adequate yearly progress (AYP). The Board also
announced plans to speed up the release of future report
cards, and to redesign the report cards to make them easier
for districts and parents to use.
In preparation for distribution of the 2003-2004 School
Report Cards, the State Board worked with local school
districts to correct the data errors impacting more than
1,900 schools. The agency will now forward the Report
Card data to districts for review and discussion with
local school boards. Districts and schools will issue
their respective cards.
The State Board will issue individual student test scores
to schools on December 15.
The data correction process began in September, less
than one week after Interim State Superintendent Randy
Dunn was appointed by the new State Board of Education.
At that time State Board staff identified more than 1900
schools with data discrepancies, prompting Dunn and the
State Board staff to launch an aggressive effort to correct
the data. The State Board re-opened the data correction
period so that schools and agency staff could work together
to correct the errors.
There were terrible problems with errors on last
years report cards, said Dunn. We knew
we couldnt let that happen under our leadership.
The agency staff worked hand in hand with the districts
to pinpoint and fix the problems so that the information
we provide to schools will be accurate.
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significant problems for local schools, many of which
were incorrectly labeled as not having made AYP, the critical
performance measure for schools under the federal No Child
Left Behind Act. In addition to the hundreds of inaccuracies
last year, the data were also issued to schools later
than this years release.
It was good to work so closely with the State Board
this year to fix the problems, said Ben Schwarm,
Illinois School Boards Association representative. We
never had this kind of cooperation from the agency in
the past. It was a big help to us and to our schools.
Working directly with the schools, our staff has
accomplished amazing results. They gave up holidays, weekends
and evenings to make it happen, said Dunn. We
appreciate our staffs dedication and the districts
commitment to work with us on this problem. We pledge
to them that we will make the process better in the future.
The State Board has already begun work on future plans
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said Dr. John Dively, President of the Illinois Principals
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school report cards in a way that makes them more user-friendly.
To make suggestions, go to www.isbe.net and click on Report
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Parents need to have accurate information about
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format, said Gayla Boomer, Illinois Parent Teacher
Association President. On behalf of our members
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text: How about playing with her and distracting her upon wake up and delaying the feeding for a few minutes to give her a better feed? Maybe the breakfast meal whatever you decide will help her fill up? Agree with PP re cheerios. Maybe you could put her in her highchair with some cheerios and pump? Then you could use the milk for the cereal and or sippy cup trials? I do that except I pump the night before. Either way your body will adjust to whatever changes you make and maybe she will make her first feed larger. . .Good luck


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2009 Season (Thankfully) in Rear-View Mirror; White Sox Will Eye the Prize in 2010
The Sox surely gave it a shot this afternoon, but came up a little short in their quest for a sweep in Detroit with the 5-3 defeat. As a result, the Tigers and Twins (who crushed the Royals, 13-4) will oppose each other in a one-game playoff on Tuesday for the right to face the big, bad Yankees.
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Just wanted to say I agree our Gardy should send Ozzie a box of cigars (I'd say a bottle of wine, but when Torii Hunter did that a few years ago he got in trouble)…wanted to thank your boys again for spanking Detroit this weekend. Saw some great ChiSox ball!!


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District 158's Parent Tot Center will host a three-week series in October on the "Love and Logic" parenting system that was designed by child specialists in the 1970s.
Social Worker Kristin Schmidt will lead the "Love & Logic Parenting Series" on Oct. 16, 23 and 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the district's Parent Tot Center, 10910 Reed Rd., Lake in the Hills. The series will cover all aspects of the Love and Logic system, which encourages parents to let love and natural consequences guide parenting.
The nationally-renowned system was designed in 1977 by specialists Jim Fay and Foster Cline.
To register, contact Carla Elam, Parent Tot coordinator, at email@example.com. Event costs for a Parent Tot parent is $10. People and couples not affiliated with Parent Tot will have to pay $20 and $25, respectively.
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As part of the town's Centennial celebration—George West was founded in September 1914—an extravaganza of special events is slated to take place throughout the year but especially in and around July.
Mary Ann Pawlik, chair of the GW Centennial, said this "Old Fashioned Fourth of July" celebration should be a treat to experience. Expect much in the way of singing, games, free food and children's activities.
Also, stick around and enjoy some very heartfelt, patriotic words from an attorney, lobbyist, former Republican politician and former Bexar County judge, Pawlik said.
"There will be a rousing speech by Cyndi Taylor Krier," Pawlik said. "Everything starts at 10 a.m. Bring your own chair."
The Fourth of July celebration takes place at George West City Park, Highway 281 and Crockett St.
It includes:
• 10 a.m. — Patriotic Singing and Address by Cyndi Taylor Krier.
• 10:30 a.m.-noon — Old fashioned games for adults and kids, free hot dogs, lemonade and watermelon.
Jump back a day earlier—to July 3—and you'll witness end of voting on the George West Centennial King and Queen Contest. The candidates include Olga Diaz, Margaret Sue (Mox) Byrom and Margaret James for queen; and Bill Hardwick or Ike Houdmann for king.
(Contact Sue Holland, 361-449-1471, if you're voting by mail or at six business locations in George West.)
The king and queen coronation takes place at the Dobie West Theater at 6:30 Aug. 23 with a reception following afterward.
"Voting has been heavy—and we thank everyone who has participated," reads a joint statement from contest chairs Sue Johnson and Laura Gilmore.
Other calendar highlights include:
• Aug. 8-9, 7 p.m. — "Dividing the Estate" play at the Dobie West Theatre. $10 admission.
• Aug. 23 at 6:30 p.m. — The aforementioned king and queen crowning at Dobie West Theatre with reception to follow.
• Centennial Weekend — Sept. 18 through 21.
• Sept. 18-21 — Vietnam Memorial Wall at the Justice Center.
• Sept. 19 — Friday, 7 p.m. Readers Theatre, Dobie West Theatre — about "The West Brothers"
• Sept. 20 — 10 a.m. All Class Reunion — Classmates and Friends meet at GW Cafeteria for visiting and refreshments-tour the New High School; 3 p.m. – Centennial Parade; all floats welcome, class floats, family floats and cars; 5 p.m. – Dinner on the Courthouse Lawn. RSVP with Mary Ann Pawlik at firstname.lastname@example.com); 7 p.m. – History Highlights of George West at Dobie West Theatre; 8:30 p.m. – Live Band Concert on Courthouse step with Laser Show Finale.
Sept. 21 — 1:30 p.m., Texas Historical Marker Unveilings; Canfield Home Dedication, Program at Dobie West Theater, Tullis/Lewis Subject Marker Dedication, South Trust Bank (formerly 1st National Bank) Refreshments, George West Band – Tribute Military Armed Forces Medley Ranch Rodeo Day.)
• Oct. 11 — noon – Cook Off Judging, Market Days – all day, 6 p.m. – Ranch Rodeo, 9 p.m. – Dance.
Ben Tinsley is a reporter for The Progress newspaper in Three Rivers. He can be contacted by email at email@example.com or by phone at 361-786-3022. Tinsley can also be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BenTinsley, Google at http://plus.google.com/+BenTinsley or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ben.tinsley.12.


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How big of a dose did you hit? Just EQ or was it combined with something else?
Does EQ CAUSE SLEEP LOSS AND RAOID HEART RATE. 24 hours after my first dose it did for me and I was just wondering if anyone else experienced this or if it is a common thing
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How big of a dose did you hit? Just EQ or was it combined with something else?
409 mg w 400 test
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I have never experienced either after EQ. Although 800mgs is a decent shot of gearz....
I also worked out really hard for about 2 hours at a time 2 days in a row it's possible that my heart was pumping blood all those locations for a rapid recovery. Either way being consciously awake all night while your heart Thomson a fast pace really sucks and it reminds me of the old days of blowing snow
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What does the diet look like? Did you do a gigantic carb load or a lot of shit sugar food before you went to bed? It can take day and a half for that stuff to process thru sometimes if you're not used to eating it.
Have you had this problem before w/ gear? are you getting any tension headaches or nose bleeds? Are you using any BP / cholesterol supplements? Consider CoQ10 + red yeast rice. Also Cholest-off is a good alternative. You can google for OTC high blood pressure treatments to get more info (ideally look on medscape or webmd)
Its probably mostly in your head. I always get a little anxious when I try something new. You work yourself up and your heart rate increases a little. Are you a naturally nervous person? Xanax helps with that.
In the future, it probably isn't the best idea to go on a public forum and blame steroids for a health issue you're exzperiencing, such as an increased heart rate, unless you know for a fact the steroid is the cause. This is how unwanted rumors get started. In this case, steroids are not the cause, as AAS do not increase heart rate, especially in an acute fashion 24 hours post-injection.
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He probably took his preworkout too close to bedtime. Maybe he had a temporary reaction like a high blood pressure thing. Then the body kind of adjusts and normalizes. Happens a lot. But shouldn't happen really with EQ.
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Basically, you are saying EQ caused an abrupt increase in heart rate at 24 hours post-injection, which just so happened to go away by the following morning, even though your blood EQ levels would have remained essentially the same. Hmmm??? You do know EQ will maintain blood levels for 2+ weeks with a single injection, right? That means that the boldenone will continue to exert its effects on the body for much longer than the erratic, acute heart racing episode you describe. The nature of your experience, its timing, and its course of action are wholly inconsistent with any known side effects of AAS.
Like I said, it might not be the best idea to automatically balme a steroid for something you are experiencing, especially when:
* There is no documented evidence for the existence of such a side effect
* You have no way of proving the steroid caused your problem, nor even a logical explanation
* Such a "side effect" would be completely inconsistent with the effects of AAS in general
The reason I told you it probably wouldn't be the best idea to automatically blame a steroid for something you experience is because 1) It is irresponsible and 2) It gives steroids an even worse name than they already have. The media loves to drag AAS though the mud--even to the point of fabricating total lies. We don't need to add any more potential fuel to the fire by attributing additional, non-existent side effects to AAS. Everything we say and do as steroid users helps shape the opinions and beliefs of others regarding these drugs. If we act like aggresive assholes, the people around us will blame the steroids, even if its has nothing to do with the drugs. If we we experience health problems, they will balme the steroids, etc. So, the last thing we need is one of our own people blaming steroids for side effects which don't exist. Lyle Alzado did this and caused more people to believe more lies about steroids than any single person who has ever lived. Even until this day, many people still think steroids cause brain cancer for one reason--because Alzado said it did. All the doctors knew that it was total bullshit, but because Lyle said it, people believed it. When a current/former steroid user starts publically blaming these drugs for problems they didn't cause, it causes more potential damage than something a non-steroid user might say.
Your post wasn't a big deal, which is why I originally typed out a short reponse advising you to go about things differently next time, but instead of acknowleding that you should have been a bit more responsible in your approach, you not only continue saying that boldeone caused this side effect, but that I am an asshole.


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Local Brewery Spotlight: Island Brews and Chews Craft Beer Festival in Charleston, SC
Feeling thirsty? Come October 12, there'll be plenty of refreshing beverages at our first annual Island Brews and Chews Craft Beer Festival. Whether you come for just the day or stay overnight with our Charleston, SC Beer Festival Package, here's a tip for all: bring your appetite, savor all the selections, and be sure to fill up with some locally-crafted beer. Discover the local Charleston brews waiting for you…
Holy City Brewing opened its micro-brewery doors in 2011, but the guys behind the brew, Joel Carl and Sean Nemitz, were crafting beer long before that in the bike shop of their Pedi Cab and Rickshaw business. As their ideas grew, they moved to North Charleston, and the team took off creating hand crafted ales and lagers.
Featured Brews:
- Holy City Pilsner
Holy City's first flagship beer is a custom version of a traditional Bohemian-style German Pilsner, with significantly amped-up hops, imparting a wonderfully sharp bite to what's already a dry, crisp affair. Pairing chew: Salmon Salad Soft Taco
- Holy City Pluff Mud Porter
Holy City's second flagship beer, the Pluff Mud Porter puts a Charleston spin on the classic American Porter. It presents (and smells) like a classic porter, with subtle chocolate notes and a silky finish, but the medium body and tame ABV keep it refreshing at all times.
Pairing chew: Espresso Braised Short Rib & Bacon with Bacon Fat Mascarpone
Palmetto Brewing's founders Ed Falkenstein and Louis Bruce brought the micro brewed beer experience back to Charleston, opening in 1993 as the first brewery to operate in South Carolina since Prohibition. Their beer is handcrafted in small batches at the Huger Street brewery in Charleston's historic downtown.
Featured Brews:
- Palmetto Amber
This brew's complex malt character is balanced with just the right amount of hops, resulting in a clean full flavored beer.
Pairing chew: Wild Mushroom Ravioli & Pulled Smoked Chicken with Brown Butter Sauce
- Palmetto Espresso Porter
This Porter's robust full-bodied flavor comes from the dark roasted malts, accented with a coffee espresso roast courtesy of Charleston Coffee Roasters.
Pairing chew: Peanut Butter Ice Cream and a Chocolate Chip Cookie
The new kid on the block, Westbrook Brewing was founded by Edward and Morgan Westbrook as a craft brewery in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Their mission: to make the most interesting, drinkable, and generally awesome beer possible.
Featured Brews:
- Westbrook White Tai
Inspired by the flavors of Southeast Asian cuisine, this beer is a twist on the classic Belgian witbier style. Instead of the traditional coriander and orange peel spicing regime, they add fresh lemongrass, ginger root, and a dash of Sorachi Ace hops. The result? A wonderfully refreshing ale with notes of lemon candy, citrus fruit, and a slight spiciness from the ginger.
Pairing chew: Rock Shrimp and Soba Noodles & Bamboo Shoots, Baby Corn, Soya-Seafood Broth
- Westbrook IPA
A base of pale, Munich, and Carapils malts is just enough to contain the massive hop flavor and aroma packed into this highly drinkable IPA. A blend of four American hop varieties is added four times in the kettle and twice in the fermenter for a complex and layered hop experience. Pairing chew: Herbed Gnocchi, Hot Italian Sausage & Spicy Tomato Gravy
Frothy Beard Brewing Company grew out of a friendship between owners Michael Biondi, Steve McCauley and Joey Siconolfi. After meeting in upstate South Carolina, this trio moved to Charleston and starting brewing in North Charleston.
Featured Brews:
- Frothy Beard Zinigiber Pale Ale
Substituting fresh ginger for a hop addition gives this pale ale a nice sweet and spicy flavor.
Pairing chew: House Smoked Skirt Steak with Curried Blue Cheese Crema
- Frothy Beard Boardslide Rye
Rye comprises 50% of the grain bill giving the beer a rich spicy rye bread character. Dark amber in color. A German hefeweissen yeast accentuates the rye with its spicy ester profile.
Pairing chew: Garlicky Shrimp Skewer with Lemon Butter Sauce
See what you like? Join us Columbus Day Weekend, Saturday October 12 at Wild Dunes Resort's Palm Cove for a one-of-a-kind Charleston Oktoberfest celebration. Join the festival social conversation with the event hashtag #islandbrewfest.
Turn the beer festival into a long Columbus holiday weekend with our Charleston, SC Island Brews and Chews Craft Beer Festival Package starting at $219 per night.
Call 888.778.1876 to book tickets + overnight package.
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The event will take place after Market & Main Downtown from 4:45 p.m. to midnight and will be free to the public.
The "Fusion Music Fest" will showcase the first "Bee 'N Idol" contest, Beeville's version of American Idol singing competition. Contestants must be Bee County residents between the ages of 12-17. First, second and third place winners will receive trophies. The first place winner will receive the grand prize.
The fest will also have a variety of live acts, to include Texas country, Tejano/conjunto, norteño, classic rock and hip hop.
The "Fusion Music Fest" has been put together to attract a diverse audience to the festival due to the "fusion" of music on one stage in one night. Applications are currently being taken for food and arts/crafts vendors. For more information, contact Roberto Cisneros at 319-0864 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Visit the website for a schedule of events and Bee 'N Idol rules/info at www.eventective.com/eventsites/fusionmusicfest.


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The Kanye West show scheduled to take place this Friday at Nationwide Arena has officially been canceled, according to a posting on West's official site. There are no plans for a make-up date, and refunds should be available at the point of purchase.
The cancellation stems from a late October incident where a truck carrying a 60-foot circular LED screen was involved in a traffic accident that damaged the gear, which a spokesman for West termed "central to the staging of the Yeezus Tour," beyond repair.
It's a decision that will likely rile up the rapper's detractors, seeing that West tends to generate a strong reaction nearly every time he opens his mouth — be it on record or off.
The Chicago-born MC is headstrong, fearless, outspoken, radical, brilliant and, yes, occasionally misguided (it's hard to ignore the ugly strain of misogyny infecting his latest album Yeezus). He's also driven to an almost clinical degree, which helps explain, in part, why he never sounds even the slightest bit complacent on record. "You see it's leaders, and it's followers," he fumes on "New Slaves," and there's never any doubting where 'Ye falls on the spectrum.
To put it more succinctly, West is the most compelling figure making music today — someone made all the more intriguing for his willingness to openly embrace his various flaws and contradictions — and there's little doubt his show at Nationwide Arena would have stood as one of the year's best concerts.
So, yes, we're bummed. But instead of pouting, we've put together the set list we wish we could have heard this weekend. Use our playlist to recreate your own Kanye concert from the comfort of your own home.
"Black Skinheads" (Yeezus, 2013) — Kanye kicks off the show with (arguably) the angriest cut off (obviously) his angriest album. Visceral.
"New Slaves" (Yeezus, 2013) — West tackles issues of race, consumerism and the private prison complex atop a beat that calls to mind Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People."
"Can't Tell Me Nothing" (Graduation, 2007) — Kanye at his most obstinate, eloquent and self-effacing.
"Stronger" (Graduation, 2007) — The Daft Punk-sampling tune still sounds futuristic.
"All of the Lights" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010) Everything about this song — the "Rocky"-esque horns, the Rihanna-crooned hook, the drum break — appears specially engineered to rock arenas.
"Two Words" (The College Dropout, 2004) — "Two Words" could have been titled "Two Worlds," as it found the MC bridging mainstream hip-hop with the backpacker scene. What better way to shift to the more introspective portion of the set?
"Blood on the Leaves" (Yeezus, 2013) — The rapper twists the race anthem "Strange Fruit" into a defense of marriage prenups, and it somehow works.
"Flashing Lights" (Graduation, 2007) — Kanye employs one of his biggest gripes (being stalked by paparazzi cameras) as the backdrop for a string-kissed treatise on the strain physical and emotional distance can put on a relationship.
"Bound 2" (Yeezus, 2013) — 'Ye's version of a hip-hop meet-cute.
"Put On" (Young Jeezy's The Recession, 2008) — While it's not technically a Kanye song, the rapper owns it with his guest verse, touching on his Chicago hometown and the 2007 death of his mother Donda West.
"Hey Mama" (Late Registration, 2005) — Since his mom's death this song has evolved into a tearful eulogy as affecting as anything in the rapper's deep catalog.
"Heartless" (808's & Heartbreak, 2008) — The best cut on West's most under-appreciated album finds the rapper crooning like a heartbroken android.
"Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix)" (Late Registration, 2005) — "Diamonds are forever," sings Shirley Bassey on the hook, but West spends the verses wondering if they should be, torn between his love of flash and the human cost of the diamond trade.
"All Falls Down" (The College Dropout, 2004) — When West first peeled back the curtain on mainstream hip-hop, rhyming, "We all self-conscious/I'm just the first to admit it," it sounded jarring. Now it just sounds prescient.
"Touch the Sky" (Late Registration, 2005) — Here's West at his most carefree, dropping celebratory rhymes atop a slew of vintage soul horns.
"Dark Fantasy" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010) — West ruminates on his success ("I fantasized 'bout this back in Chicago") while sounding hungry for more.
"Runaway" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010) — Kanye's most self-lacerating song ("Let's have a toast for the douchebags") is also his most beautiful.
"Power" (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010) — Kanye trumpets his skills and dismisses his haters atop a beat that makes me want to run through a brick wall Juggernaut-style.
"Send It Up" (Yeezus, 2013) — Because the air-raid sirens should sound huge in the live setting.
"Jesus Walks" (The College Dropout, 2004) — Almost a decade after its release the song still sounds massive. Bonus points if the rapper changes the hook to "Yeezus walks."


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Lupus is a disease in which the Immune system of body becomes aggressive and it attacks the healthy tissues. It results in the Inflammation, swelling and damage of Joints, Skin, Kidney, Blood, Heart and the Lungs.
Normally, the Immune system makes Proteins known as Antibodies for the protection and fight against Antigens like Viruses and Bacteria etc.
Lupus makes Immune system unable to differentiate between Antigens and the healthy tissues of the body. This causes the Immune system to activate the Antibodies against healthy tissues, not just Antigens, which ultimately results in Swelling, pain and damaging tissues.
If you are suffering from Lupus then it feels very difficult to exercise. It would be really painful for you. You feel tired, your Joints ache and you want to take rest. Research shows that exercise can assist people to build stronger Muscles, prevent stiffness, control fatigue and also prevent the weight gain.
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Consult the doctor before doing any of the exercise because some movements can be harmful for you, when you have swollen Joints and Muscle pain etc so you should have proper information about each and every step you do while exercising.
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This Week's Shining & Falling Stars: Jordan Sparks & Justin Bieber
This week's rising star is Jordan Sparks!
I hate to admit it, but yes, I am an obsessive viewer of "American Idol." So much so, that I was disappointed I didn't get a phone call from Simon Cowell after the big judge shake-up pre-Ellen. So when i watched Jordan Sparks become the winner of "AI" in 2007, I knew they chose the right one.. I just hoped her win wouldn't let her end up like some of the other "Idols" that never really went anywhere after the show.
But Sparks kept her winning train going... she had big success on the music charts and now she's gearing up for her first film, "Sparkle," starring opposite the late Whitney Houston. And she's not stopping there. She's already signed on for a second movie, "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete," starring with fellow "AI" alum and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson. Sparks has a clothing line and is releasing her third album. Not to mention, she's dating cutie patootie Jason Derulo.
To top it all off, the singer is looking fit and fab, having dropped 50 pounds since her days on the singing competition show. She recently bared her new physique in tiny bikini for "Shape" magazine and is looking as gorgeous as ever on the cover of "Redbook."
Sparks has definitely proved that she has what it takes to be a megastar. And she truly knows how to "Sparkle."


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The Cisco 7513 Router is a multiprotocol, high performance platform with enhanced High Availability (HA) features. It combines proven Cisco software technology with exceptional reliability, serviceability, availability and performance features to meet the requirements of today's most mission-critical internetworks. It provides service-provider and enterprise networks with the flexibility they need to meet the constantly changing requirements at the core and distribution points of the network.
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More than 47 million Americans received help from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, in 2013. Find out more about who is receiving food stamp benefits and what they can be used for.
There were 47.7 million people -- 15 percent of the U.S. population -- using food stamps in fiscal year 2013, according to CNN and the USDA. That's up from 26.3 million, or 8.7 percent of U.S. residents, in 2007.
The average SNAP benefit per person in fiscal year 2013 was $133.07 per person per month, which works out to $4.44 a day in a 30-day month. The household average is $275.13 per month, according to the USDA.
All told, $63.4 billion in SNAP benefits were paid out in fiscal year 2013, according to the USDA.
The maximum amount a single person can receive in food stamps in fiscal year 2014 is $189 per month. The maximum amount a family of four can receive is $632 a month, which works out to $5.27 per person per day in a 30-day month.
Households are eligible for SNAP benefits if their gross monthly income is 130 percent of the poverty level. For fiscal year 2014, that means $1,245 per month for one person or $2,552 per month for a family of four.
Households may also have only limited resources to qualify for food stamps. Most families may only have $2,000 in "countable resources," which includes things like bank accounts, to qualify. If at least one person in the house is over 60 or disabled, households may have $3,250 in countable resources to qualify.
Forty-three percent of food stamp recipients are white, according to SnapToHealth.org. Thirty-three percent are African-American, 19 percent are Hispanic, 2 percent are Asian and 2 percent are Native American.
Forty-nine percent of people who benefit from food stamps are children ages 18 or younger, according to SnapToHealth.org. Nearly two-thirds of those children come from single-parent homes.
Seventy-six percent of food stamps went to households with kids. Sixteen percent of households receiving SNAP benefits included a disabled person and 9 percent included an elderly person.
The average length of time someone is on food stamps is nine months, according to Feeding America.
Able-bodied adults who are between 16 and 60 years old must work, be participating in a workforce training program or be looking for work to receive food stamps without risking being disqualified from the program, according to the USDA. In most states, if someone isn't working or in a training program, they can only receive benefits for three months.
Legal immigrants can receive benefits if they're lived in the U.S. for five years, are receiving disability benefits or have kids under the age of 18, according to the USDA.
SNAP benefits cannot be taken out as cash -- they may only be used to pay for food. However, the Electronic Benefits Transfer cards that allow people to access their SNAP benefits can also be used with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and families may withdraw the cash they receive through the TANF program using their EBT cards in some states, according to the USDA.
According to the USDA, introducing EBT cards created an electronic record that makes it very difficult to abuse the system. One percent of benefits were "trafficked," or exchanged for cash, in 2012, according to a USDA analysis cited by SnapToHealth.org.
SNAP benefits may only be used in authorized stores and may only be used to buy food that's meant to be eaten at home. Eighty-two percent of SNAP benefits were used at supermarkets and superstores in fiscal year 2012, and there were 3,214 farmers markets and farmers approved to take food stamps that year, according to the USDA.
Food stamps may only be used at restaurants in very specific circumstances -- specifically, when a SNAP recipient can't prepare food at home because they are disabled, elderly or homeless. Less than 1/10 of 1 percent of SNAP benefits used in fiscal year 2011 purchased food at restaurants. Additionally, there are no casinos or cruise ships that are authorized to accept food stamps, according to the USDA.
Take a look at which states are seeing food stamp use soar.
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Fear of slowing growth pushes down global marketsap photo
Specialist Vincent Surace works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
Fear is back in the market.
Investors are worried about slower economic growth in China, a gloomier outlook for U.S. corporate profits and an end to easy money policies in the United States and Europe. Theyre also fretting over country-specific troubles around the world from economic mismanagement in Argentina to political instability in Turkey.
Those fears converged to start a two-day rout in global markets this week, capped by a 318-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average Friday. It was the blue-chip indexs worst day since last June. The Dow plunged almost 500 points over the two-day stretch.
The Dow finished down 2 percent at 15,879 Friday.The Standard & Poors 500 index fell 38 points, or 2.1 percent, to 1,790. The Nasdaq composite fell 90 points, or 2.2 percent, to 4,128.
Small-company stocks fell even more than the rest of the market as investors shunned risk.
Despite the sell-off, U.S. stocks remain near all-time highs after surging 30 percent last year. The S&P 500 is 3 percent below its record high of 1,848 on Jan. 15.
U.S. stocks have not endured a correction a drop of 10 percent or more over time since October 2011.
The turbulence coincides with a global economic shift: China and other emerging market economies appear to be running into trouble just as the developed economies of the United States and Europe finally show signs of renewed strength nearly five years after the end of the Great Recession.
The trouble began Thursday after a January survey showed a drop in Chinese manufacturing activity. Days earlier, China reported that its economic growth last year matched 2012 for the slowest pace since 1999.
It is interesting how even a mild tremor in Chinas growth causes such anxiety around the world, said Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy at Cornell University.
In Asia Friday, Japans Nikkei 225 slipped 1.9 percent to close at 15,391.56; Hong Kongs Hang Seng shed 1.2 percent to 22,450.06; and Seouls Kospi dropped 0.4 percent to 1,940.56.
Slower growth in China is bad news for countries that supply oil, iron ore and other raw materials to the worlds second-biggest economy. Some of those countries, such as Indonesia and South Africa, were already struggling with an outflow of capital as rising U.S. interest rates drew investors to the United States.
Heres a look at the forces buffeting global financial markets:
Since the global financial crisis hit in 2008, the Federal Reserve has flooded markets with cash to push interest rates lower and encourage U.S. businesses and consumers to borrow and spend. But last month, as signs of growing economic strength emerged in the U.S., the Fed cut back reducing its monthly bond purchases to $75 billion from $85 billion. It also said that it expected to reduce the bond-buying further in measured steps at upcoming meetings.
The Fed meets again next Tuesday and Wednesday. Many economists expect the central bank to cut the purchases again perhaps to $65 billion a month.
The scaling back of the Feds easy money policies has hit some emerging markets hard. When the Fed was pushing U.S. rates lower, emerging markets had seen an inflow of capital from investors seeking higher returns than they could get in the United States. Now investment is flowing back to America, hammering currencies in emerging markets.MORE IN World/National BusinessWASHINGTON Long-term U.S. Full StoryNEW YORK Its not just the musical Hairspray that will air live on NBC tonight. Full StoryOXON HILL, Md. Far from the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts International opens its $1. Full Story
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BSC History Professor to Participate in ARIL Research Colloquium
Dr. Patricia Mulvey, Professor of History at Bluefield State College, has been selected to be a "Coolidge Fellow" at the 1997 Association for Religion and Intellectual Life (ARIL) Research Colloquium, July 6-August 1 at Columbia University.
The BSC history professor will be one of 20 Coolidge Fellows, selected on a competitive grant basis, to take part in the colloquium. ARIL conducts research colloquia at selected majo research universities each summer.
Her presentation at the research colloquium will be "Afro-Brazilian Brotherhoods: Quest for Identity and Community."


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About the Author: Ryan Palsrok serves as an Overseas Citizens Services Officer.
Every year more than 200,000 students from American universities travel abroad to pursue international experience in an academic setting. This constitutes a nearly 150 percent increase in the past 10 years, despite post-9/11 apprehensions. Many young people also go abroad on their own dime and outside structured University programs to volunteer, work, intern, and simply to take vacation. According to U.S. Department of State figures, more than 100,000 students spend their Spring Break in resorts across Mexico annually.
The increase of students traveling abroad can be attributed to many factors, but regardless of the "why" or "how" students go abroad, the number one concern among university officials, parents, and even students, is safety.
Responding to this concern, the Bureau of Consular Affairs has launched a new "Students Abroad" public affairs campaign targeting American youth who plan to travel internationally. The campaign centers around a new State Department website,"Students Abroad." The central goal of the campaign is to educate students about everything they should know before they go abroad.
The look and tone of the website is what distinguishes this new campaign from information already provided by the State Department. The Bureau of Consular Affairs aimed to build a website that would use a more informal language and be attractive to young people.
Check out the site. Did the State Department accomplish this? Will the site be useful to students, their parents, and study abroad programs? What else could the State Department do to spread the message?
James in Russia writes:
Html version better for older but flash good for students. Much as I love the girls, more pics of guys perhaps. Larger navigation up top.
DS writes:
Here's a link that you probably should include on your new website. Its called Locked Up Abroad - tales from the National Geographic about Americans incarcerated overseas. Not to scare the young travelers but to help ensure that they know that things can easily go bad overseas.
Anna in Washington, DC writes:
This site will be useful to students and study abroad advisors. It might be worthwhile to advertise the site at STA Travel offices and ask colleges to link to the site from their study abroad pages.
I agree that the text at top could be larger or more prominent, but navigation of the site is user-friendly. It is great that you are seeking feedback, and hope the site is a success.
Lewis in Japan writes:
Wow, props on the extremely well designed site. I feel that the State Dept has excelled in taking advanatage of the opportunities provided by the Internet more than any other major government agency. The Youtube channel, attractive site design and this very blog will all benefit the State Dept by acting as a positive first impression to many curious about the organization.
Oh, and a bonus prop for using teen/youth vernacular while avoiding that awkward/condescending feeling one gets from reading a marketing-type trying to sound 'down' or 'with it'.
Hopefully this website will serve our students by keeping their experiences abroad safe and enjoyable.
DipNote Blogger Ryan Palsrok writes:
Thank you everyone for the comments and suggestions.
@ Lewis in Japan -- Your comment is going straight to my supervisor!
@ Anna in Washington, DC -- Good thinking about STA Travel. STA Travel now links to Students Abroad from their website. We'll look for additional ways to partner with them in the future.
@ DS -- Very interesting Nat'l Geographic special.
We're striving to continue to improve the site and our outreach efforts, so that Students Abroad is as useful as possible.
Kate-Lynn in U.S.A. writes:
I really like the website, it's very informative and would definitely help any young person looking for information about going abroad. I have many friends who have no idea about the WHTI nor passport cards that are coming soon, so
I hope this website can give them the info they need. I also like the balance between encouraging young people to travel, but also gives the warnings and information that many people miss in the preparations for going abroad. The layout and navigation is simple and easy. It also gets to the point with the information.
Def. make sure you guys get this website out as much as possible. I think any student who's going abroad should know this exists.


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A community banded together Thursday night to remember a young boy taken too soon. Ten-year-old Michael Iverson died Monday when an alleged drunken driver hit his family's minivan head-on.
Green County sheriff's deputies said a truck crossed the center line west of Albany Monday night.
Michael's father, Matt Iverson, was driving and tried to avoid the crash, police said. Michael Iverson died at the scene.
Thursday night, the bleachers at Mandt Park in Stoughton were full of friends and classmates saying goodbye. The tears flowed as people came to honor young Michael's life.
Fifth graders from Kegonsa Elementary paid tribute to their classmate by making bracelets in two of his favorite colors, orange and pink.
The organizer said Michael's father is recovering from the crash and his family is waiting until he's recovered to hold the boy's funeral.
"We just wanted to create a safe place for people to come and mourn and find peace and try and have closure," said Katie Bridgwater, the event organizer.
Bridgwater said they also honored Stoughton High School student Tyler Bailey, who passed away recently.
Local businesses donated food and supplies for the vigil. Michael's classmates plan to sell the handmade bracelets and donate the money to help his family.


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The Original Bluesmobile Found! (sort of...)
Posted 13 May 2010 - 04:39 AM
The Original Bluesmobile Found! (sort of...)
That's it, call off the search! One of the original Bluesmobiles from the original 1980 movie has finally been located!
At least, that's what the owner would have you believe. Allow me to explain...
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Posted 13 May 2010 - 01:41 PM
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Posted 13 May 2010 - 03:01 PM
Dodge Diplomat. Looks to be an '84 or '85 but It's hard to tell because I'm not sure that fender is original to the car. The marker lamp doesn't look right?? But to claim this as an original movie car is kind of sickening. He would've had an easier time claiming it was an '85 Dippy from Dragnet!! :o
Time for a couple of e-mails to the auction site. Just a quick how she go and did ya know?
Posted 13 May 2010 - 03:57 PM
But now, another concern that has popped up. Mr Kinard claims he has an original car from the cult movie, 'The Blues Brothers'. On his website Elvis Presley Heights.com Bill Kinard states, "Other vehicles that are on display in front of the museum includes "The Blues Brothers Car that survived the movie, Blues Brothers"...
If that claim was on Bill's website, I'm not seeing it now.
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Also, the wording is sketchy on actually identifying the car as a "Bluesmobile." In the auction they don't mention Bluesmobile at all.
Blues Brothers Police Car
However, they do claim this car was used in a movie which was filmed 5 or 6 years before it was built :o so that's the point I made in my e-mails to the auction Admin. Contact (James) and the auction Expert Contact (Ted).
Posted 13 May 2010 - 04:25 PM
So, without the VIN, how to tell if it's an '83, '84 '85 or '86? I'm not seeing a lot of difference in the lights or grille between those years.
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Thank you for your email,
We will, of course, investigate the claim.
James Wilkinson
The Fame Bureau
Posted 14 May 2010 - 07:49 AM
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then......
--"and some dry white toast please".
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...when me ****e turns purple and tastes like rainbow sherbert.
seriously, how does he fight the AGE DIFFERENCE?!?
a 1983 car went back in time to act in a movie made in 1979? THAT GENTLE MEN, IS IN FACT NOT THE DELOREAN!!! (or bluesmobile)
This is blasphemy..
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Posted 28 December 2010 - 07:44 AM
What the heck is that thing tween the BM and the Pacer?
Posted 28 December 2010 - 10:45 PM
There was an original for sale, not too long ago, on eBay.
It sold for pretty decent (ie: low) price, from what I remember.
It looks like the Volo Auto Museum bought the one that was listed on eBay:
Edited by TK826, 28 December 2010 - 10:52 PM.
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Posted 31 December 2010 - 09:17 PM
(See the last paragraph in the "Jim Post" quote)
Although... there may still be some hope that they exist somewhere.
The "Aykroyd kept a Bluesmobile" was actually dis-proven, right here on the site.
So perhaps the "Bluesmobiles were crushed" is in fact misinformation as well (?)
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According to the Mayo Clinic, limiting alcohol and quitting smoking can help avoid and slow down the effects of osteoporosis.
Drinking excessive amounts absorbs calcium from bones and decreases bone strength.
Other side effects of drinking, such as loss of balance, can lead to falling, which is often the cause of a broken bone. Smoking is toxic to bones and increases the rate of bone loss.


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Ozzie on Warpath as Sox Head to Cleveland
I wrote yesterday that unless there was something new to write about, I would wait until there was.
My hope was that I could blog today about the start of a Sox turnaround. As we all know, that didn't happen last night as the Sox dropped a disheartening 2-1, 11-inning decision to the Royals–but something fresh and new did occur. There are a whole slew of critical comments from Ozzie, many of which reflect the disappointment and and frustration of White Sox Nation.
Here's a sampling:
* "(Bleeping) pathetic. No (bleeping) energy. We just go by the motions. We take the day off instead of (Thursday)."
* "One day we're good, three days we're bad. We don't have energy in the dugout. A horse (bleep) approach at the plate for the 90th time."
* "If we go to Cleveland and play the way we did in Kansas City, it's going to be a (bleeping), dead-(bleep) July. That's very bad. We're wasting our money on this club if we go to Cleveland the way we were here."
* "That's the team we have all year long. I talk (trash) because what I see. That's all is see. Nothing against the Kansas City pitching staff. The way we go about our business here, horse (bleep).
I think you get the picture.
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I don't think this rant — if you want to call it that — was made to motivate the team. I think he is just fed up with the play and had to get it off his chest. There are times I wish Ozzie would keep his mouth shut, but this is not one of them. He was right to say what he did. That effort last night was pathetic. Not just the five hits but things like Vizquel getting doubled up at second and the play late in the game when a single to center turned into a double. Inexcusable.


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One-sided battle: Suing a bank can be a tough fight
Terra Firma is gearing up for a bruising legal battle with its former banker Citigroup. The case has involved high-profile litigants, juicy troves of documents, court appearances on both sides of the Atlantic and most importantly for the lawyers involved – giant legal fees.
All in all, it should be a trophy case for any law firm with a decent litigation practice. But in 2011, when Terra Firma, a private equity firm based in London, began to mention the case to solicitors who had done other work for it, a strange thing happened. None of the big firms it approached would touch the case, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Terra Firma eventually went to a law firm that is petite by London standards – Mishcon de Reya – which has only about 300 lawyers and revenues of £88 million.
Compare that with London's five prestigious "Magic Circle" firms – Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance – which have around 10 times that many lawyers and revenues in excess of £1 billion each. Clifford Chance is acting for Citi against Terra Firma.
But the Magic Circle firms were not interested.
Why would any law firm turn down such a potentially profitable and high-profile case? The rub was that Terra Firma wanted to sue a bank.
Banks are some of the most important and profitable clients of major law firms, so they will do everything they can to keep them happy.
Chris Perrin, executive partner and general counsel at Clifford Chance, said: "Some of the large banks are our biggest clients and we wouldn't want to act against them."
Terra Firma is not alone. It is not uncommon to see disputes with banks where the claimant is represented by a law firm that is a lot smaller than its adversary. This month Pensioenfonds Vervoer, a €16 billion Dutch pension fund for transport workers, settled a €250 million dispute with Goldman Sachs Asset Management. It was advised by the London office of Brown Rudnick, a US-based firm similar in size to Mishcon de Reya. Goldman used Magic Circle firm Linklaters.
For those who work in the legal industry, it is no surprise that major law firms would turn Terra Firma down. It is an open secret that big law firms just do not act against banks – often because they have contracts that prevent it, but even if not, they do not want to be seen going head to head with a sector that is their biggest paymaster.
Tom Hibbert, a partner at UK-based mid-sized law firm RPC, said: "Banks are always regarded as trophy clients. There is a huge swathe of firms that would never go anywhere near acting against a bank."
Even if you find a solicitor, lawyers say that the way bank contracts with clients are worded – honed over the years by teams of top lawyers – coupled with recent rulings by the High Court of England and Wales mean the bar is very high for any claimant that wants to take a bank to court in the UK. And if you go ahead and end up losing, you also run the risk of paying the bank's whopping legal fees.
With so few solicitors willing to act against banks, and bank contracts so hard to challenge, is the deck stacked too far against companies that have a dispute with a bank?
How big is the problem?
To understand the problem it is useful to get a sense of how much money banks pay their lawyers. One former partner at a Magic Circle law firm said large banks would typically pay from £30 million to £150 million in legal fees each year, depending on factors such as market activity and whether the bank was involved in litigation.
He added that law firms see banks, which are engaged in a constant flow of transactions, as more valuable clients than even the largest corporates, which might do a deal requiring legal advice only every few years.
The importance of bank work to Magic Circle firms is shown by how many partners, the firms' most senior lawyers, work in the sector. Of 585 partners listed on the website of Clifford Chance, 42% work in what the site calls simply "banks". The size of a department in a law firm is a rough indication of how much revenue it brings in and thus its significance to the firm.
The top banks and top law firms have become intricately interconnected. On average, each of the global top 25 law firms for litigation advise or in recent years have acted for 18 of the leading 20 investment banks in the world, according to research by Financial News. Of those 25 law firms, 11 advise all of the top investment banks – making it very difficult for them ever to work against them.
Officials have picked up on the matter. Last November, Lawrence Tomlinson, an adviser to the UK government's Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, said in a report that for many businesses wanting to litigate against a bank, finding a solicitor was "exceedingly difficult".
By contrast, if a litigant does drag a bank all the way to court, finding a barrister to speak up against the bank is not so hard. That is because barristers do not have the intimate long-term relationships that solicitors have with banks. A barrister represents a client in court as long as a given case lasts – after that, their relationship is over. Banks need solicitors, however, as long-term partners, constantly on hand to provide legal advice on confidential and highly sensitive issues.
The bulk of solicitors' work for banks has nothing to do with disputes and courts. Banks typically have a formal roster, known as a panel, of solicitors that provides them with routine, non-contentious work such as employment, finance and contracts. A bank's contract with a firm of solicitors on its panel normally includes a clause that prevents the law firm acting against the bank.
Clive Zietman, partner at Stewarts Law, said: "If a firm decided they were going to sue a bank, the response would be very swift, it would be that you are not on our panel. They are pretty tough about it."
In 2008, JP Morgan threw Linklaters off its panel when it found out the firm was litigating against Bear Stearns on behalf of Barclays Capital, and in 2001, Merrill Lynch put a temporary ban on instructing Slaughter and May after the firm acted on a £130 million claim by Unilever's pension fund against Merrill Lynch's UK fund management arm, according to people familiar with each situation.
These panels can block out dozens of firms from acting against that bank. For instance, Royal Bank of Scotland has a line-up of between 55 and 60 law firms on its UK panel and still more on its various European and international panels, according to trade publication Legal Week.
If you wanted to sue JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank or HSBC, then you would be in for a particularly rough ride. All of those banks have worked with at least 24 of the top 25 litigation firms globally, according to research by Financial News.
Even law firms whose contracts do not prevent them would be very reluctant to sue a big bank. The way partners put it is that "it just wouldn't look right" – meaning that it is bad for business to antagonise banks.
Some lawyers have suggested privately that banks deliberately conflict top firms from acting against them.
However, that probably is not necessary – market forces appear to be sufficient. Mid-tier law firms, the rank below the top 25 listed, tend not to be on many panels but are often just as reluctant as the top firms to act against the banks, and for the same reason – fear that the banks will not give them work.
It is true that some solicitors take a more nuanced approach and will occasionally consider acting against a bank. For instance, this year Baker & McKenzie got special dispensation from its banking clients to act for Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in its dispute with UBS over credit derivative transactions.
But these are exceptions. Most lawyers agree that in the main, if a law firm has worked for a bank recently, it is unlikely to litigate against it.
Malcolm Hitching, a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, said: "This has certainly been the status quo for all the 20 years I've been working, if not longer. In truth it's no different to any other market. I wouldn't act against a big corporate if they were a long-standing client."
The rise of the boutiques
The financial crisis produced hordes of claimants clamouring to sue banks, but few large firms would take them on. That glaring gap in the market was eagerly filled by a new breed of boutique law firms that sprang up with a radical business model – suing big banks was what they did (see next page). A willingness to act against banks is paying dividends and a quick glance down the list of recent big banking litigation cases shows the new firms making hay – acting on cases against RBS, Barclays and Deutsche Bank over the past year.
Such firms may begin to benefit from changes to UK regulation, such as allowing third parties to fund litigation. Some private funds have stepped in to provide funding to companies that want to bring claims against banks, but the practice is not yet widespread.
Shane Gleghorn, the UK head of disputes and investigations at law firm Taylor Wessing, said: "On the whole, I think the rise in litigation boutiques in the market has been a good development. Some good claims that might previously have not been prosecuted are now making it to that stage, not least because litigation funding has also increased."
Many of the "conflict-free" firms are well rated by the legal directories and those in the industry. But they tend to see fewer of the large complex banking litigation cases and are less familiar with banking contracts because they do not have a banking practice. Some believe this may put them at a disadvantage.
Some lawyers said that because the firms are smaller, they could be limited in terms of how many cases they could take on at any one time.
Either way, should a company manage to find a decent law firm to take on its claim against a bank, there remain wider issues that might make it difficult for it to win.
According to Richard East, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, the English courts like the certainty of contracts and this has been reinforced by several court rulings, making life difficult for anyone who wants to sue a bank if they have already signed a tightly worded agreement.
Legal costs
To make life even tougher, in the UK if you lose a case you could also end up paying the other side's legal costs. RBS is expected to run up a legal bill of £42 million defending itself against a shareholder action relating to its 2008 rights issue – with the other side potentially on the hook to pay the full amount, according to documents from Stewarts Law, which is acting for some of the claimants.
This, along with the difficulty in proving fraud in the UK, means that there has not been the same wave of banking litigation in the UK as in the US. Lawyers say that English courts take fraud so seriously that they place a greater burden of proof on the claimant than in other types of claim. In a Kazakh bank case last year, the High Court ruled that the more serious the fraud alleged, the more cogent the evidence must be to prove it.
Because bank contracts are so robust, however, fraud is one of the few avenues open to claimants.
East said: "Unless you allege fraud it's very hard to bring a case. It means that we have had relatively little anti-bank litigation in the UK as compared to the US."
But as a result of the close relationships between banks and big law firms and the way that English law favours tightly worded contracts, even one of the UK's most senior judges agreed that the odds of a corporate winning a case against a bank appear low.
Lord Woolf, a former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, summed it up: "It does seem the cards are stacked against the little man."
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Animal advocates turn out for Lexi; Urge jail time for dog abuser
May 8, 2013 —
About half a dozen turned out in front of the Pike County District Court to urge Judge Jay Rose to sentence a Greentown man to the maximum penalty under the law for allegedly abusing his dog "Lexi." On March 29, Lexi was found muzzled and bound with duct tape. The owner, Russell Seese, who is a resource conservationist with the Pike County Conservation District, has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty.
A picture of the abuse spawned a page on Facebook, and a petition signed by more than 8,000 people, some from as far away as England, calling for strict punishment for Seese. The facebook page is www.facebook.com/ProtestforLexi.
Phyllis Simpson, a resident of the area and a volunteer with the Humane Society, said word of the incident spread on television and the Internet and has stirred people to action. At an impromptu gathering in front of the court on May 7, she said, "We want to impress on the judge that we feel that this kind of animal cruelty situation requires the maximum penalty under the law."
Several others expressed the view that the punishment should be more than a fine, and should include jail time. Several also said he should lose his job with the county.
A spokesperson for the court said at the preliminary hearing Seese waived his right to a preliminary hearing. She said the case will now move to the Milford Court House, but the next date for court action has not yet been scheduled.


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10 YearsMay 7
Wow. It's finally happened. The CSS Zen Garden is 10 years old today.
The web has come a long way in the past decade. CSS3, HTML5, responsive web design, web fonts, a version of Internet Explorer that doesn't make you want to commit seppuku every time you debug, and any other progress that we already take for granted. (You can get a sense of just how far we've come by reading the original cringe-worthy requirements.)
As you can probably imagine, I've had a lot of proposals for a "CSS Zen Garden for X" over the years. Javascript, PHP, the mobile web, CSS3, HTML5, ebooks, responsive web design. (And curiously, Joomla. There have been a disproportionate number of Joomla copycats/ripoffs over the years. What is it about that CMS?)
I've never been in a hurry to create a new site for any of those; part of what made the original work is that we were stuck in a time when no one was considering CSS seriously. It had an agenda: to try and change that. A CSS3/HTML5 Zen Garden doesn't need to exist, because who isn't using those at this point?
But still... it might be fun.
There hasn't been a conference yet where someone didn't corner me about a modern update. I've seen many blog posts over the years about why we need a responsive or CSS3 version of the site. Even more convincingly, I've seen blog posts about why the original has outlived its effectiveness as a teaching aid.
So for the tenth anniversary, the Zen Garden is open for business once more. I've thrown the codebase on Github, given the dusty copy a refresh, started the conversion of the site to HTML5, and brought all of the existing designs kicking and screaming into the modern age. The work isn't done yet, but it's a darn sight closer to how we would build it these days. If you see an area that needs help, consider sending a patch. (Here's the current list of issues to resolve, for example.)
The requirements are, of course, quite different this time around:
- CSS3 is in. Transitions, gradients, shadows, whatever. Just make sure to properly prefix it for all browsers. Webkit-only designs will be discarded with prejudice.
- Responsive is so in. You don't have to build a responsive version of your design, but it wouldn't be a bad idea. It might even be a great idea.
- Web fonts? Sure. Though I'm not quite sure how you're gonna pull it off. TypeKit and other hosted services that require tag insertion are out, and licensing probably means you shouldn't submit your purchased font files. If you can work out some other way to make it work legally, go nuts, but it's looking like free fonts are your best friend here.
- Your new browser testing list: IE9+, recent Chrome/Firefox/Safari, and iOS/Android. That should be your baseline. Graceful degradation is acceptable, and in fact highly encouraged.
- Only the best will be published. High quality design, well coded execution. Same as it has ever been.
- Please, no garden-themed / Zen pun / self-referential designs. Let's see some originality.
The form is open. I can't wait to see what happens next.
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My desk is cluttered with debris of the morning calls, last nite's late writing frenzy, and left-over filing from two days ago --- so what am I doing now? Can't get an idea out of my mind.
"Why," I ask.
The answer bubbles forth, unwanted and in bad timing, and worst of all, in question form, "Who do you think you are?"
'Tis the universal asking: What is my purpose? Why do I do what I do? Why do I care about dead people who lived long ago – or in some cases, not so long ago. Why do their stories matter to me?
"Yes, great universe, but why am I driven to the page today when I have a fistful of "must do" tasks? "
"Give me a break. What in the world does convergence have to do with this sudden anxiety?"
"You know, it is within you."
"Okay, already, convergence. Ok, convergence of my brick walls, those places that hide the stories from me, along with the shallow commerciality of WDYTYA, and my ambivalence about the historical precursors to the Civil War, or any war for that matter."
"Come on, old girl, get on with it. What's eating at you?"
"It's the smug genealogists who spit out facts, dates, places and people as though GG (Genealogy God} speaks from on high. It just genealogy for god's sake. Lives are not at stake. We humans make mistakes, and then have to correct our mistakes – or not.
"I am a historian by training and inclination. History is a messy thing that is told by scourged ruins, scraps of paper, pieces of clay, remnants of lives. And Genealogy even messier, as it is also told by the same tools, but also in old documents that are hard to verify (because people long dead wrote and transcribed) but most of all because much is molded by memories of the past and the desires of the now. Historians revise, history quite often and what is in taken for fact may be laughable the next decade or so, until the original view comes back into style. Unfortunately many genealogist take on the academic persona with bludgeon in hand. Right is Right, by God and Genealogy. As a historian, I appreciate good solid research. However, in family history, the stories of the past, I care as much for the humanity not only of my and our ancestors, but for our humanity towards the living and the dead --- they are not so far apart."
For me, I strive for understanding and a soul-deep caring as I research, tell and write the stories of individuals long gone, of their lives and times. And in return, I am overwhelmed with love and joy of being connected to those folks and their lives – whether in my family line or not. I hope to leave each reader with understanding, caring, love and joy that flows from me to the page.
Now that I got that out of my system, hopefully without ruffling too many feathers, shaking too many bones, I can go back to work, clean my desk, do my filing and maybe even do a bit of work on the book.


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In brief
- Reliable: comfortable, light, sturdy handles made of forged aluminium with a lifetime guarantee* / blade and screw-mounted anvil blade made of high-quality hardened steel / clean, precise cut / all parts can be replaced
- Efficient: easy, durable cutting adjustment / wire cutting notch / sap groove
- Ergonomic: hand and wrist protection, and optimisation of the force exerted are provided by the revolving handle and the cushion-shock absorber / non-slip coating
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FELCO technical specifications
Wire cutting notch
The blades feature a notch that allows for the cutting of small wires without damaging the cutting edge.
Sap groove
The sap groove prevents the blade sticking when cutting "sappy" wood. It saves time and makes pruning easier by removing sap and debris after each cut.
Micrometric adjustment
FELCO's micrometric adjustment system guarantees an optimal adjustment of the cutting head throughout the life of the tool. It ensures a clean and precise cut.
Shock absorption system
The cushion and shock absorber soften the impact upon finishing cutting. The hand and wrist are also protected.
Forged aluminum handles
Lightweight, strong and sturdy thanks to special aluminum alloys and advanced precision forging methods. Equipment comes with a lifetime guarantee*.
Revolving handle
The revolving handle spreads muscular effort across all fingers and reduces the overall cutting effort by 30%. This FELCO invention reduces the risk of both tendonitis (RSI) and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Angled cutting head
Inclined cutting head to reduce the risk of muscular-skeletal injuries and to maximise user comfort.
Spare parts
It is advisable to clean your tool after each use. If your tool is particularly dirty or subject to rusting after exposure to moisture, do not delay cleaning.
After cleaning, it is advisable to oil the tool so as to protect it from corrosion. The oil will also unjam the tool.
It is advisable to sharpen your tool at least once a day, but if you feel that your tool is not cutting as well as usual, sharpen it right away!
It is advisable to dismantle your tool on a regular basis, but at the very latest when it appears to be jammed.
Dismantling the revolving handle
It is advisable to dismantle the revolving handle on a regular basis, so that it does not become jammed.
Parts replacement
Changing the blade
When the blade and the anvil-blade no longer cross, or when the blade is badly damaged, it is advisable to change it. Regulate the working of the blade and anvil-blade by adjusting the tightening of the nut. The blade should rub against the anvil-blade over 2/3 of its length.
Changing the anvil-blade
When the blade and anvil-blade no longer cross and the anvil-blade is badly damaged, it is advisable to change it.
Changing the shock absorber
When the tool closes too abruptly during pruning, and the cushion is in good condition, the shock absorber should be changed.
Changing the cushion
When the tool closes too abruptly during pruning and the shock absorber is in good condition, the cushion must be changed.
Changing the thumb catch
When the thumb catch is damaged and loosens when used, even when the screw is readjusted, change it.
Changing the plastic coatings for handles
If the coatings are badly damaged, you can replace them. Soak the coatings for 2 minutes in boiling water - recommended glue: Loctite 415.