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Do your temples hurt? Jaw ache? Here�s what could be behind your face pain.
You wake up and your temples hurt. Or you have stabbing bouts of pain around your nose. Or your jaw is throbbing. Yours could be one of any number of face pain maladies: an abscessed tooth, a sinus infection or the more formally named trigeminal neuralgia, a sudden shock-like pain caused by a blood vessel pressing on a nerve. If unexplained face pain is your Waterloo, here are the most common causes and how to deal with each. Face pain cause: Abscessed tooth �An abscessed tooth is one infected with bacteria that have spread into surrounding bone and gums,� says Dr. Vanessa Benavent, Clinical Director of the Brotman Orofacial Pain Center at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. �If untreated, the infection can spread to the face, neck and even the brain.� An infection usually crops up from untreated tooth decay, or a broken or cracked tooth. How to fix? �Some teeth can be saved with a root canal that cleans out the infected nerve and saves the tooth,� says Benavent. �Sometimes the tooth has to be removed. Getting rid of the infection is the most important step.� Sinus infection/ Sinusitis �A sinus infection, or sinusitis, is an acute bacterial or viral infection of the [nasal] sinuses,� says Dr. Robert Merrill, Director of the Orofacial Pain Residency Program and an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry. According to a 2011 Centers for Disease Control survey, 29.6 million Americans were diagnosed with sinusitis that year. How to fix? �If sinusitis lasts less than 10 days, it is usually viral and doesn�t require antibiotics,� says Benavent. �If you feel severely ill, or the sinusitis last more than 10 days, or blooms again, it may be a bacterial infection requiring antibiotics.� However, taking unneeded antibiotics help create antibiotic-resistant bacteria, she adds. TMJ disorders �The joint that holds the lower jaw below the skull is the temporomandibular joint, or TMJ,� says Benavent. Problems with the joint or nearby muscles can cause pain�headaches, neck pain, face pain, painful jaw movements and jaw noises�resulting in temporomandibular joint disorder, she says. According to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 5 to 12 percent of people have TMJ disorders. How to fix? �TMJ disorders are treated with exercises, moist heat, anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants, soft diet, and limited jaw use,� says Merrill. Trigeminal neuralgia (Tic douloureux) Trigeminal neuralgia is severe, spontaneous, shock-like pain caused by irritation to the trigeminal nerve, the fifth of 12 pairs of cranial nerves, says Merrill.�According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the condition affects 150,000 people a year, especially those over 50. How to fix? �The initial treatment is anti-seizure medication after an MRI rules out a [brainstem] tumor,� says Merrill.� If the medications don�t work, surgery is an option. Migraine �Migraine is a chronic headache causing moderate to severe pain,� says Benavent. �It�s associated with sensitivity to light and/or sound, nausea, and disability during the attacks.� According to the American Headache Society, 13 percent of Americans suffer from migraine. How to fix? �The attacks can usually be aborted by triptan medications such a sumatriptan [Imitrex],� says Benavent. �Frequent attacks can be suppressed by anti-seizure medications such as topiramate [Topamax] or gabapentin [Neurontin], by beta-blockers such as inderal [Propranolol], or by antidepressants such as amitriptyline [Elavil].� Herpes Zoster (shingles) Shingles is a viral infection from the same virus that causes chicken pox, says Dr. Janet C. Lin, a dermatologist at Mercy Medical center in Baltimore, Maryland: �It typically feels painful, burning, or itchy. When it involves the face, it can affect hearing and vision.� Shingles is contagious until the blisters have crusted. How to fix? People with facial shingles need to see an ophthalmologist to protect their eyes, says Lin.� The treatment is anti-viral medications such as acyclovir [Zovirax] and valacyclovir [Valtrex]. It�s best to treat within the first three days to avoid nerve damage. �People over 60 should seriously consider getting vaccinated against shingles,� says Benavent. According to the CDC, 50% of people will have had shingles by age 85. Brought to you by: Spry - Healthy Living and Wellness for Women


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There is a limited amount of information on Atlantic cod spawning behavior which may suggest complex mating systems. Researchers are aware that mating behavior in Atlantic cod can include reproductive strategies such as sound production by males and mate selection by females. Although these behaviors have been observed, the causes and consequences of such behavior, and their specific interplay within the mating systems continue to be studied. Atlantic cod are considered "batch-spawners", as females only release 5 to 25% of their total egg complement at any time. ("Assessment and Update Report on Gadus Morhua (Atlantic Cod)", 2003; Rowe and Hutchings, 2004)
One study on the acoustic sound production of Atlantic cod provides some insight into possible mating behaviors. Drumming muscles are present in both males and females, yet males tend to have more pronounced muscles. The mass of the drumming muscles increases in males prior to spawning and larger males have larger muscles. This suggests that the amplitude of sound production might be a determinant in the success of spawning and selection by females. Observations of Atlantic cod behavior support the hypothesis that females are responsible for mate selection. The biology of the drumming muscles in males, as well as the circling behavior of numerous males around prospective females supports the female selection hypothesis. It is worth noting that dominance hierarchies can also be established. Males with greater body sizes and those who were successful in spawning sometimes appear to dominate the population and act aggressively towards "lesser" males. (Rowe and Hutchings, 2004)
Recent research suggests that anthropogenic noise pollution in the water (via oil/gas exploration and drilling) could pose a threat to the success of sound production and the role it plays in the reproduction process. (Rowe and Hutchings, 2004)
Mating System: Polygynandrous (promiscuous)
Many stocks of cod exhibit migratory behavior during their reproduction season due to seasonal variations in water temperature. Typically, a cod population moves into warmer waters during winter and early spring to begin spawning. Although spawning can occur year round, peak spawning levels occur in the winter and spring. As the population moves inshore it may disperse temporarily to feed if large amounts of prey are present. Cod spawn annually, and spawning takes place within a three month period. Cod employ a ventral mount position in which a male uses his pelvic fins to clasp onto a female and then position himself properly beneath her. Cod spawn in dense concentrations of more than 1 fish per cubic meter and multiple pairs of fish can be observed spawning in the same water column. Spawning occurs near the ocean bottom in temperatures between 5 to 7 degrees Celsius. The eggs that are produced are pelagic, and drift (often towards the surface) for approximately 2 to 3 weeks before hatching and reaching the larval stage. There is some debate as to the age of sexual maturity for cod. Age and size at maturity often vary amongst different populations with northeastern populations maturing around 5 to 7 years and southern populations maturing between 2 to 3 years. A recent finding suggests that cod are moving towards a reduction in age and size for sexually mature fish. In 1959 the median age of maturity was 6.3 years for females and 5.4 years for males. In 1979 the age of maturity was listed as 2.8 years for both sexes. Now, the median age of sexual maturity is between 1.7 to 2.3 years and corresponds to a length of 32 to 41 cm. ("Assessment and Update Report on Gadus Morhua (Atlantic Cod)", 2003; Fahay et al., 1999; Rowe and Hutchings, 2004)
Key Reproductive Features: Iteroparous; Year-round breeding; Gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); Sexual; Fertilization; Fertilization :: External; Oviparous
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There is no indication that any parental involvement exists on the behalf of either females or males after the eggs are released. The high mortality rate of the offspring (eggs) is attributed, in part, to the lack of parental care. The reproductive strategy of high fecundity levels may be a response to the absence of protection the eggs receive once released into the water. Although the survival rate is low, the sheer number of eggs produced is huge. ("Assessment and Update Report on Gadus Morhua (Atlantic Cod)", 2003)
Parental Investment: No parental involvement; Pre-fertilization; Pre-fertilization :: Provisioning; Pre-fertilization :: Protecting; Pre-fertilization :: Protecting :: Female


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As the medical institution of maximum care, the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Manfred Westphal covers the entire spectrum of neurosurgical diseases. These include injuries, pathologies, brain and skull bone cancer as well as spinal cord and spine cancer, degenerative diseases of the intervertebral discs, spinal stenosis and diseases of the peripheral nervous system.
Annually the Department treats 7,500 outpatients and provides 3,500 procedures on head and spine in adults and children.
A safety and effective treatment is ensured by minimally invasive surgery combined with the latest techniques, such as intraoperative CT- and MRI-assisted imaging with neuronavigation, ultrasound and fluorescent labeling of tumors. Over the years, the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Manfred Westphal has focused on such daily tasks as deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease, surgery of spine and brain, surgery to remove skull base tumors involving nerves and brainstem as well as treatment of complex vascular alternations.
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About this itemAugason Farms Freeze Dried Variety Yogurt Bites are delightful morsels of freeze dried yogurt that melt in your mouth.
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Skip to comments.CA based In-N-Out Burger prints bible verses on product containers since 1980's
Posted on 08/02/2012 2:03:48 PM PDT by dragnet2
Since the 1980s, In-N-Out prints discreet references to Bible verses on their paper containers. These consist of the book, chapter, and number of the verse, not the text of the passage, in small print on an inconspicuous area of the item.
(Excerpt) Read more at snopes.com ...
They've been doing this since the 1980s.
I am surprised the intolerant leftist/homosexuals have not protested.
Good folks, and a very well run private company too.
Gasp! The horror of it all.
So long as they don't print Leviticus 18:22 they'll have have trouble from the fabulous set.
Counting down the days until a lawsuit is filed by the Muslims.
A privately run, profitable, religious company is totally unacceptable. This Ministry of Tolerance and Equality must be notified immediately.
And not only that, they are the best fast food burgers on the planet!!
How many attendees at LBGT meetings can say the 23rd Psalm from memory or know John 3:16 by heart? They probably think it's some kind of secret government code. Now that the word is out that it's actually a reference to a Bible scripture they will probably be coming out of the woodwork.
I'm sure the only reason they haven't protested is that they don't know. Edwards Pies used to print bible versus on their boxes but they sold the company and the new owners no longer do it. I love supporting Christian companies.
As an aside, I had a friend that worked at IAO back in the late 70's and made close to $8.00 an hour.
Back in those days, for a teenager, that was darn good money.
I knew it was a good place, best fast food burgers & fresh cut fries, anywhere! Just surprised they get away with this in Calif.
I'm surprised a place with such a sexually suggestive name features bible verses.
Known this for years one of the reason I go there the other to watch the girl use the potato slicing machine or and the double double
LOL...they are good.
But you have to experience a Tommy's Burger dripping with Chili, nuanced and enhanced with some hot yellow chili peppers.
Of course, Carney's on Ventura Blvd. (So. Cal.) wasn't too bad either ;)
In N Out is a great company...there's a ton of 'em here in Vegas and I go all the time. They use only the best ingredients and make everything fresh to order. Great company.
... but they cook almost everything in peanut oil. This is not a very good place to eat if you suffer from allergies.
I love those burgers. They sautee the onions, grill the buns and use Thousand Island Dressing. I could do that at home but it just wouldn't be the same.
" A privately run, profitable, religious company is totally unacceptable. This Ministry of Tolerance and Equality must be notified immediately. "
LOL....The Ministry can go pound sand : )
Okay Troops, double time it to In-N-Out Burger!
Wait until Barbra Streisand - In 'N'Out Burger's number one fan - hears about this!
Love a nice, big, tasty juicy burger. Problem is the cardiovascular system takes a greasy hit. Gotta watch the high cholesterol and high triglycerides this old body gets afflicted with. Gotta stick with the chicken and fish mostly. Every now and then I cheat though— gimmee some a dat red meeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttt.
" But you have to experience a Tommy's Burger dripping with Chili, nuanced and enhanced with some hot yellow chili peppers.
Of course, Carney's on Ventura Blvd. (So. Cal.) wasn't too bad either ;)
Been to both in L.A. They are good.
IAO is very good though, and extremely well run. When they put up a new restaurant, they pay cash, no debt on them. They also pick great locations as well.
Yeah the Snyder Family owns it. Good Christian folks.
World domination requires a world presence, in retail anyway.
Actually they probably think its sexual.
Fantastic, another right-wing, Teabagging fast food franchise... we can burn to the ground and then sew salt into the very earth it sat upon!
You go... girl!
In my country... we do not allow such hate stores. Vive La France!
Several people have told me that both Chick-fil-A and In-N-Out Burger are wholly owned by Mitt Romney... and he doesn't pay one cents of taxes on them. Let Romney prove this is untrue--
After my re-election, we will open millions of government owned Obama Burgers where collectively "We will all... serve man"--
Ain't Free Speech... grand?
You've got to tell everybody-- Everybody! Obama Burgers... are people!!!!
" Wait until Barbra Streisand - In NOut Burgers number one fan - hears about this!"
Nah....all lefties are hypocrites. She lives in Malibu, so the IAO in Agoura Hills is where she pigs out : )
But she might post one of her hilarious "truth alerts" on her website (and then sneakily send Jim Brolin in to buy the fries).
Niacin and Chinese Red Yeast will fix that up.
Agree, for fast food, they are top shelf #1.
Back in the '70s they used to (maybe still do) have bumper stickers that said "In 'N Out" on the top line and "Burger" on the bottom line. Jokers would cut off the "B" and the "r" in "Burger" before putting the bumper stickers on their cars.
I like that they don't mess around with the menu. Basic burgers and fries. Of course there is the "secrete menu" which is mostly customer driven, but they're not constantly making up weird crap that no one wants like some of the other chains.
I should frequent them more. Thanks for the heads up.
And the employees at In-N-Out speak English!
Ah yes...forgot about the one on Sunset.....
Been a while....I do miss some things about So. California.....sigh ;(
I go back and forth between L.A. and Phoenix. The traffic in L.A. is worse than before, but it has the ocean : )
Just thought I'd ask, speaking of great burgers and all......
Indeed, have had many a trip myself on the same Route.....several on the Las Vegas to Phoenix express too.
I grew up in Cali back in the, well, let's just say, the day's.
Some time I miss it, other times I don't.
I moved to L.A. in 1976, right after college. It was great back then...also Reagan Country. Today? not so much.
Yes, but ARE THEY CLOSED on SUNDAY like Chick-Fil-A? /sarc
In N Out
The above were the words on a bumper sticker they used to give out, and possibly still do. Folks would cut out the B and the rs leaving urge.
So, the bumper sticker would read:
In N Out
California is about 7 to 10% of it's populace from being on the right track. If it had top level Conservatives coming to the state, say Presidents and top Congressional leaders, it could turn around in very short order.
It could do with a presentation series from people like Gingrich, touring the state, and spending a week in any given area, talking to real folks on real issues.. The guy is second to none when he talks about our Founding and the men who gathered to create this nation. It's inspiring. That's where his talents are.
He could go to college campuses. He could appear at major halls across the state. He could even spend time with small women's groups, and church groups.
People of every race can be reached, if the original promises of this nation, were understood. Every citizen benefits from our rights, and the reduction in the size of government. Take home more of your pay. Realize which party really does care about your community, and is willing to team up with you to reduce crime. Take note of which party wants you to succeed, so you don't need to be a burden on society, and which party wants to keep you down so it can count you in it's power base.
Does welfare really contribute to your eventual success?
Is it better for your family if you have a job, or if you get welfare?
Do wealthy White people have it in for you? Don't they benefit more if you are successful and contribute to a productive society.
We have acted like Conservatism just won't sell in California. That's hogwash. It's tenets will sell anywhere, if we just tell folks what they are.
I would love to do so, but the nearest one is almost six hours away.
I bought several Chick-Fil-A gift cards yesterday at Gay Target. If they're available somewhere, that's a good way to support a business to.
(No. I'm not gaycotting Target.)
We seldom go to restaurants anymore, but if I do for fast food, it's CFA or In-N-Out, or possibly Wendy's.
The others can KMA.
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Towards the end of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, the main character establishes a bird sanctuary on the edge of the suburbs. Cats from the local houses come and kill the birds, so the hero takes photographs of the mutilated bird bodies and distributes them to the cat's owners, and then goes a step further and kidnaps a cat (Bobby), which he drives to an animal shelter in another city. I love this interview with Franzen – a bird watcher – in which a reporter asks him if he has anything to confess about his own behavior towards cats:
"Let's say that I was peripherally involved with some conspirators," he said. "Never mind where. There was a problematic neighbor with a problematic cat. I like cats – indoors. Some, like this particular cat, are killing machines.
"Over time, I was gradually becoming less than peripherally involved. It occurred to me that maybe we should stop, because if we got caught, it would be pretty bad press. Also, my partner, Kathy – the Californian—feels strongly about people's connection to their pets. So I thought, 'Why don't I write about this instead?"
Let's just agree that Gareth Morgan – like Franzen and his co-conspirators – is crazy (And if you haven't already, check out Morgan's AMAZING anti-cat infographic.) If you want to stop having fun with the issue and read something informative, I've found this article by David Winter and this interview with Mark Farnworth useful.


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Changes coming
To the Journal editor:
The opportunity for local residents to provide comment on planned projects in Marquette needs to be improved for those unable to attend meetings.
I was out of town during the meetings held about the proposed playground at Presque Isle Park and the plans were not on the city's website until Jan. 18.
One important aspect about the proposed Presque Isle Park playground that many local residents may not be aware of is that if it is approved for the planned location, the current access road on the east side of the Island Store that connects to the parking lot at Moosewood Nature Center will be eliminated.
This route is presently used on a daily basis by visitors to view birds and deer attracted to the bird feeders next to the nature center, but this route is especially valuable during busy summer months when traffic is congested in front of the Island Store due to special events.
The road planned for closure provides motorists an opportunity to bypass the congested area and improves the flow of traffic.
A number of trees that are at least 20- to 30-years old would also be removed to accommodate the playground at that site. And any type of fencing that is supposed to surround the playground, which will be visible from the main road accessing the park, is far from "natural" regardless of color.
Any fencing will negatively impact movement of wildlife through the area and deer spooked by joggers or passing vehicles could jump the fence and land on a child.
The road would not have to be closed or trees removed if the playground were located inside the fence already around the old Shiras Pool on the opposite side of Moosewood Nature Center, which is a site that has not been considered for the playground.
The public will get opportunities to comment to the city commission … (when) they vote on it at their Feb. 25 meeting.
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North-South football rosters announced
The Columbus Dispatch - January 29, 2014 10:03 PM
A total of 24 area players were selected for the North-South Ohio Classic April 26 at Welcome Stadium in Dayton. The Ohio High School Football Coaches Association sponsors the event, which includes two games.
Representing the South Division I-III team, which will play at 1 p.m. will be: Defensive back Omar Alfred of Marion-Franklin, defensive end Alex Backenstoe of Hilliard Davidson, defensive end Robert Bowers of Walnut Ridge, running back D.D. Clark of Hilliard Davidson, defensive back Ben Hale of St. Charles, defensive back Seth Hill of Worthington Kilbourne, linebacker Hayden Hatten of New Albany, defensive back Phillipie Motley of Hilliard Davidson, offensive lineman Martesse Patterson of Marion-Franklin, offensive lineman Nick Richardson of Westerville Central, linebacker Isaiah Richmond of Pickerington Central and punter Rudy Stefanitis of Pickerington Central.
Chillicothe's Ron Hinton, long-time coach at Amanda-Clearcreek, will head the South team.
Brad Burchfield will be head coach of the South Division IV-V-VI-VII squad, which will play at 4:30 p.m. Jim Stoyle of Centerburg will be one of his assistants.
Area players named to the team were: Defensive lineman Clayton Bullard of Johnstown, defensive back Cody Calhoun of Watterson, receiver Ty Griffith of Licking Valley, offensive lineman Brendan Jurden of Newark Catholic, defensive lineman Kalil Morris of Hartley, offensive lineman Andy Payne of Danville, defensive back Alonzo Saxton of Hartley, receiver Tyler Sorg of Bloom-Carroll, quarterback Tyler Stoyle of Centerburg, running back Akili Taylor of Ready and offensive lineman Brady Taylor of Ready.


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Loretta J. Bradley
Loretta J. Bradley, 71, of Dunkirk died suddenly Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 29, 2013) at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa.
She was born Aug. 3, 1941 in Dunkirk, the daughter of the late Samuel and Josephine (Corsoro) Rossotto.
A lifelong Dunkirk resident, Loretta had been employed at Brooks Memorial Hospital as a nurse's aide for 20 years.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Church and the American Legion Post 62.
She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
Survivors include her son, Vincent (Michelle) Bradley of Dunkirk; her sister, Virginia (Timothy) Heavern of Silver Creek; and two grandchildren, Samuel Pepe and Alexander Bradley.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Vincent Rossotto, who died in 1968.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial which will be celebrated Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in Holy Trinity Church. Cal-ling hours will be held Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the McGraw-Kowal Funeral Home.


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CDL Driver Training Schools (including Three Exam Failures)
About CDL Training Schools
The DMV approved commercial driver classroom component consists of a minimum of 40 hours of study. The DMV approved commercial driver in-vehicle component consists of a minimum of 80 hours of study consisting of hands-on, driving on a range and the road and/or simulator, and driving observation. The classroom and in-vehicle training sessions are limited to a maximum of ten hours per day.
Applicants Failing Three Times
Driver's license applicants, including CDL drivers, who fail the knowledge or behind-the-wheel examination three times after June 30, 2008, will be required to successfully complete the applicable knowledge or in-vehicle component of a driver education course before they can take the examination a fourth time.
If you are unsuccessful in passing the exam a first and second time, before re-taking the exam, study the driver's license manual; if you hold a learner's permit, practice your behind-the-wheel skills with a licensed driver or a driver training instructor. Classes taken at a driver improvement clinic do not meet this requirement. Also, if you failed the exam three times, you must complete the driver education class after your third failure.
- Persons failing the CDL knowledge test must take the classroom component of driver education class.
- Persons failing the CDL road test must take the behind-the-wheel component of driver education class.
Find a CDL Training School
CDL Driver education programs are available statewide. For a listing of schools, refer to CDL Driver Training Schools (including Three Exam Failures) .
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Completing the training at the CCWA does not waive the 30-day holding period to obtain a commercial driver's license. First-time commercial drivers interested in completing a CDL driver training course in lieu of holding a CDL learner's permit for 30 days must complete both classroom and in-vehicle instruction at any one of the other CDL driver training schools listed. DMV will administer the skills test.
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DMV is committed to promoting transportation safety through the certification of quality driver training programs. For information about the laws governing driver training schools, refer to the Virginia Driver Training School Regulations.
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by Anton Shilov
Microsoft is offering general public to preview a preliminary version of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, for 64-bit Extended Systems. The general target market for this operating system is AMD64 machines.
The software giant offers customers to sign up to receive trial software for Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, for 64-Bit Extended Systems via CD or download. The pre-release software is only compatible with AMD's 64-bit processors, such as Athlon 64 or Opteron, is time limited and will expire in 360 days.
The final version of Microsoft Windows for 64-bit Extended Systems will be available sometime in the second half of the year along with some new software that can take advantage of 64-bit processors. The industry expects Microsoft's new operating system to improve performance of personal computers based on AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron microprocessors. Additionally, software makers are also likely to follow Microsoft and optimize their products for AMD's 64-bit microprocessors that are anticipated to be widely available by the end of the year.
However, AMD may not be the only company to take advantage from a Windows operating system that boosts speed on x86 machines that can handle 64-bit computing. Rumours suggest that Intel may bring out its CT technology during the upcoming IDF in
Readers interested in downloading (550MB) or ordering trial of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for 64-bit Extended Systems should visit this page over Microsoft's web-site.


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Dure Chang (Anchorage, Alaska) won a bronze medal in the Female 1st Master division on Thursday as the 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships came to a close in Ankara, Turkey.
Chang's medal gave the U.S. squad its second bronze medal of the competition. The Female 2nd Team of Barbara Brand (Fremont, Calif.), Tara Zielinski (Sacramento, Calif.) and Anacleta Thorne (Elk Grove, Calif.) captured the first bronze medal on Wednesday.
In the Male 1st Team divison on Thursday, Henry Darnell (Lawndale, Calif.) withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Muhammad Chishti (Carlsbad, Calif.). The team of Chishti, Jason Hwang (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and Matthew Dunlap (Hermiston, Ore.) did not advance to the final selection round but finished in the top 15 overall.
In the Female 1st Team competition, Madison Motoyasu (Santa Clarita, Calif.), Mariel Calinog (Granada Hills, Calif.) and Maisey Calinog (Granada Hills, Calif.) narrowly missed final selection and finished in the top 10.
Male 2nd Senior Jim Null (Banks, Ore.) advanced to the semi-final round and finished 14th overall, and Female 2nd Senior Aline Salzberg (Chatsworth, Calif.) also advanced to the semifinals of her division.
Also on Thursday, the WTF named Raymond Hsu (San Antonio, Texas) as Outstanding Referee for the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships. USA Taekwondo congratulates Mr. Hsu for this honor, which further enhances the image of our U.S. Taekwondo Poomsae program.


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Stills from any input (even buffers) can be captured in a pristine, de-fielded frame for immediate use, whether in the show or published instantly.
The Add to Playlist record panel command enables instant turnaround of in-show content, making recorded clips available for immediate playback from any DDR playlist.
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5 Questionable Tax Tips From the Rich, Powerful and Famous
NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- Celebrities usually separate themselves from the rest of society, often retreating behind gated mansions, hiding away in airport VIP lounges and sending their kids to private schools away from the riffraff.
But even the rich and powerful can't escape taxes -- which is not to say celebrities don't have different ways of handling their tax burden, the better to keep more of their wealth in their own satin-lined pockets.
Here are five examples from FinancesOnline.com of how celebrities and the wealthy look to cut corners with their taxes, and how "practicality" is a common trait among the privileged class, just as it is in the middle class:
How Lebron James caught up to Kobe Bryant
King James has two NBA titles in his back pocket as well as a big tax edge over future Hall-of-Famer Kobe Bryant: James lives in Florida, which has no state income tax. So while at first blush his annual salary of $19 million pales to Kobe's $30.5 million, the Laker legend lives in Los Angeles -- and thus is on the hook for a 12.3% state tax. By living in tax-free Florida, James' net income is closer to Kobe's than you think.
The French disconnection
Actor Gerard Depardieu decided not to stand his ground when France raised its tax rate on top earners to 75%. Instead he moved to Russia, which taxes only 13% of his income. Total savings for Depardieu? About $6.2 million annually.


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How To Divide A Room Without A Wall
"I am facinated by white," Spanish designer Luis Bustamante confesses as he sits awash in the dazzling hue in the living room of his Madrid apartment. "But setting out to create an interior all in white is sort of like an artist staring at a blank canvas—it takes a bit of nerve and some skill to create something beautiful."
The artist analogy is especially apropos for Bustamante, who trained and exhibited as a painter and sculptor before finding his ideal medium in interior design. After stints working in both Barcelona and Mexico City, he returned to his native Madrid in 2000. Ten years later he bought his current home—an airy 3,500-square-foot apartment in a grand belle epoque edifice on a leafy street near the Prado Museum and Retiro Park.
In the living room of interior designer Luis Bustamante's Madrid apartment in a 1910 building, vintage armchairs covered in an Ian Mankin cotton flank an antique marble gueridon, the prints are by Richard Serra, and the custom daybed is upholstered in a Loro Piana linen. Bustamante designed the lacquered ceiling and cocktail table, and the rug is Moroccan.
"The place hadn't been touched in more than 40 years, and vir tually everything had to be ripped out and replaced," he recalls, adding that the renovation lasted seven months. Fortunately he was able to restore the original windows, which he credits with helping to maintain the sense of history and permanence he wanted in his century-old home.
Bustamante in the living area, beside a 1950s table by Emilio Thierry.
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On my last blog post [Is this what HDS tells our mainframe clients?], I poked fun at Hu Yoshida's blog post that contained a graphic with questionable results. Suddenly, the blog post disappeared altogether. Poof! Gone!
Just so that I am not accused of taking a graph out of context, here is Hu's original post, in its entirety:
"Since my last post on Storage Performance Efficiency, Claus wrote on the use of HDP, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning and HDT, Hitachi Dynamic Tiering for mainframes on Virtual Storage Platform (VSP). Naturally, this prompted me to think of the specific performance efficiency implications for mainframes.
HDP brings the performance benefits of automated wide striping and HDT automatically keeps the hot pages of data on the highest performance tier of storage for mainframes, just as it does for open systems. There are differences between open systems and mainframe implementation due to mainframe CKD and CCHHR formats for instance, the page size is optimized for mainframe storage formats and storage reclamation must be host initiate. For more information check out our website: http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/how-to-apply-latest-advances-in-hitachi-mainframe-storage.pdf
There are also additional performance efficiencies specific for mainframes.
Mainframe HDP is the foundation for Extended Addressable Volumes, which increases the size of 3390 volumes from 65,520 cylinders to 262,668 cylinders. This, along with HyperPAV--which facilitates multiple accesses to a volume, addressing the problem of queuing on a very large volume with a single UCB--enhances throughput with many more concurrent I/O operations.[graph]
The thin provisioning of HDP also increases the performance of mainframe functions that move, copy, or replicate these thin volumes like Concurrent Copy, FlashCopy V02, and HUR, since the actual volumes are smaller.
If you have mainframes, check out the capacity and performance efficiency of VSP with HDP and HDT.
For other posts on maximizing storage and capacity efficiencies, check these out: http://blogs.hds.com/capacity-efficiency.php"
At this point, you might be wondering: "If Hu Yoshida deleted his blog post, how did Tony get a copy of it? Did Tony save a copy of the HTML source before Hu deleted it?" No. I should have, in retrospect, in case lawyers got involved. It turns out that deleting a blog post does not clear the various copies in various RSS Feed Reader caches. I was able to dig out the previous version from the vast Google repository. (Many thanks to my friends at Google!!!).
The graph itself was hosted separately has been deleted, but it was just taken from slide 10 of the HDS presentation [How to Apply the Latest Advances in Hitachi Mainframe Storage], so it was easy to recreate.
(Lesson to all bloggers: If you write a blog post, and later decide to remove it for whatever legal, ethical, moral reasons, it is better to edit the post to remove offending content, and add a comment that the post was edited, and why. Shrinking a 700-word article down to 'Sorry Folks - I decided to remove this blog post because...' would do the trick. This new edited version will then slowly propagate across to all of the RSS Feed Reader caches, eliminating most traces to the original. Of course, the original may have been saved by any number of your readers, but at least if you have an edited version, it can serve as the official or canonical version.)
Perhaps there was a reason why HDS did not want to make public the FUD its sales team use in private meetings with IBM mainframe clients. Whatever it was, this appears to be another case where the cover-up is worse than the original crime!
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Microsoft Corp. recently released its global SMB IT and Hosted IT Index 2010, which investigates how small and midsize businesses (SMBs) across multiple segments fared during the recession and how they use technology. The research finds that businesses that value IT as an enabler for better business productivity and effectiveness and those that use hosted services performed better fiscally than those that do not.
The interesting findings include the fact that despite the global recession, more SMBs surveyed in 2010 reported an increase in revenue for 2009 than in 2008. Those who reported growth view IT as critical to their business success. Let me repeat that...
Businesses who reported growth view IT as critical to their business success.
Businesses who reported growth view IT as critical to their business success.
While I think this is huge, I also have to clarify this. Every business owner I've ever met THINKS they view IT as critical to their business success. Yet, NOT every one of them actually acts this way. From where I stand, it's actually a pretty small percentage that act this way. There is a difference. And it is a critical difference.
In a recent meeting with business owners and key decision makers, I threw out the question asking who thought they valued IT and if their IT was critical to their business' success. Every one of them raised their hands. Then I asked if they knew or planned on how much they spent on IT. Only a handful knew what they spent or were of the mindset that they viewed their IT spending as an investment. The remainder viewed IT as a cost center (whether they admitted it or not). One of them (who raised his hand earlier) even commented, "I only spend when I have to AND as little as possible." Clearly this is NOT the mindset of someone who values IT.
Clearly the study backs this up. In fact of the SMBs that view IT as critical, 60 percent saw revenues grow over the past 12 months. In contrast, among SMBs that stated IT is not important, less than 29 percent saw revenue increase.
In addition, the 2010 index indicates SMBs are beginning to see the benefits of cloud computing; more than 40 percent of the respondents that use hosted or cloud technology reported revenue rises of 30 percent or more compared with 90 percent of respondents not using hosted technology that saw decreases in revenue. The advantages of hosted or cloud technology are viewed as reduced cost and IT management and maintenance, as well as increased business value, productivity and competitiveness.
"Our assessment of the report tells us that an increased focus on IT correlates with good performance in all of the size categories surveyed," said Dale Vile, research director of Freeform Dynamics. "This whole picture corroborates the notion that technology and hosted services can provide tangible business advantage, even for smaller companies, and it's not surprising to see that investment in IT and hosting goes hand in hand with good financial performance."
One of our successes at FPA has been our ability to align ourselves with growing companies who value IT and see it as an integral part of the success of their business. There are meaningful acts that back up this thinking - acts like IT budget planning, implementing proactive maintenance, business continuity planning, and looking for meaningful ways to leverage technology to improve business processes. Also, the perception that ROI is measured against true costs, not just the IT dollars spent. What I mean by this is considering the impact of hidden costs of IT when making spending decisions - ie: reduced or lost staff productivity, reduced or lost sales, delayed orders, delayed receivables (impacting cash flow), etc. Some people get the value of this and some don't. Luckily for them, the majority of our clients seem to get it and get IT!


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Summer Institute
Summer Institute is two-week summer camp for Ohio's brightest high school students entering their sophomore, juniors or senior year. Participants experience the dynamic fields of high performance computing and network firsthand. Ohio Supercomputer Center employs a faculty of experts in high performance computing (HPC), networking, engineering and the sciences to teach students computing fundamentals, such as programming language, parallel processing techniques and visualization toolkits. SI is sponsored by the Ohio Supercomputer Center and The Ohio State University.
Young Women's Summer Institute
Young Women's Summer Institute (YWSI) is a week-long program for middle-school girls in Ohio, sponsored by Ohio Supercomputer Center. YWSI is designed to promote computer, math, science and engineering skills, as well as to provide hands-on experiences. YWSI helps girls develop an interest in these subjects by allowing them to work on a practical, interesting scientific problem using the latest computer technology.
Alumni Connections
Nearly 500 students have participated in OSC summer educational programs since the inception of Summer Institute in 1990 and that of Young Women's Summer Institute in 2000. In both cases, these talented high school students (SI) and middle school girls (YWSI) took advantage of the unique opportunity to live, learn and explore science and technology on the campus of The Ohio State University.
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Shuttle Computer, a popular maker of small form-factor (SFF) personal computer (PC) barebones, on Wednesday unveiled its new system that features stylish design and advanced multimedia capabilities that is aimed at small office/home office as well as multimedia markets.
The new XPC barebone SG33G6 Deluxe features new chassis design that is black and has brushed aluminum on the front side. Shuttle calls the new series of its products as "XPC Glamor", implying that the new series is all about visual. However, stylish outside does not mean the lack of power inside: the SG33G6 Deluxe system may feature central processing units with up to four cores and can connect to consumer electronics using modern high definition multimedia interface (HDMI).
Shuttle SG33G6 Deluxe barebone in based on Intel G33 core-logic that supports various Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad or Intel Pentium processors in LGA775 form-factor and up to 1333MHz processor system bus. The chipset also sports built-in Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 graphics core with DirectX 9 capabilities as well as HDMI interconnection with high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) technology, which will allow end-users to watch high-definition movies on modern HDTVs, provided that they have a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive in addition to a powerful microprocessor or advanced add-in PCI Express x16 graphics board. The new system also boasts with advanced integrated 7.1-channel HD audio with Dolby Digital Live! and DTS Connect support.
Besides rich multimedia capabilities, the SG33G6 sports numerous powerful I/O features, including Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g wireless network module, FireWire, Serial ATA, external Serial ATA, Bluetooth+ EDR controller as well as fingerprint reader.
The Shuttle XPC Barebone SG33G6 Deluxe will be available starting from late September. The recommended retail price is ?366 (excluding VAT), or about $510.
Currently Shuttle Computer is struggling with lowering sales of its products as the company is no longer the only provide or small systems on the market. While the new SG33G6 Deluxe SFF PC does seem to be an interesting solution, its relatively high price may not allow it to become popular among end-users or system builders.


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It's that time again. Every year, IBM hosts the "System Storage Technical University". I have been going to these since they first started in the 1990s. This time we are at the lovely [Hilton Orlando] in Orlando, Florida.
For those who want to relive past events, here are my blog posts from this event in 2010:
- [Day 1 - Intro] with recap for events 2007 through 2009
- [Day 1 - Keynote sessions]
- [Day 2 - More Keynote sessions]
- [Day 2 - Green Data Center]
- [Day 3 - My other two sessions], Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
- [Day 3 - XIV Sessions]
- [Day 4 - Storage Free-for-All]
- [Day 5 - Grid, SOA, and Cloud Computing]
- [Day 5 - The New zEnterprise]
The list of sessions that I will be presenting this week were detailed last month in my post [Don't Miss IBM Storage Technical University 2011].
As was the case last year, IBM once again will run this conference alongside the [IBM System x Technical University] the same week, in the same hotel. This allows attendees to cross over to the other side to see a few sessions of the other conference. I took advantage of this last year, and plan to do so again this year as well!
For those on Twitter, you can follow my tweets at [@az990tony] or search on the hash tag #ibmtechu.
technorati tags: IBM, TPC, ILM, Green, DataCenter, Grid, SOA, Cloud Computing, zEnterprise


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Skip to comments.Map Shows Where 220mph Trains Would Go in the U.S.
Posted on 03/04/2013 2:59:36 PM PST by MeganC
Whether a high-speed rail system ever gets built in the United States is still up in the air, but if it is, artist and activist Alfred Twu has figured out exactly where those speedy rail lines should go.
Twu started working on this map in 2009, when President Obama's plan to build high-speed rail was unveiled. "There were many such maps being made by various designers," says Twu, but since then he's updated the map with labels and put it on Facebook, and it struck a chord. It's gone viral.
"With the huge response it's generated, I created a petition to the White House to fund such a system," he told Mashable. After just a week, that White House petition already has 27,528 signatures.
Twu's not just guessing where those routes should be, either. "The routes are based on various studies by government agencies and advocacy groups," he explains.
We like the map's colors and its overall design, into which Twu put a lot of thought. "Some artistic license was applied to make it more elegant and have it be a series of distinct lines like a subway map," he says. "Colors were selected to convey the idea of the U.S. being made up of several interwoven regional cultures that come together at major cities like an internal melting pot."
Trains zipping across the continent at 220mph might sound like a far-fetched futuristic concept, but Twu thinks this project could be built out much like the Interstate Highway System was built in the 50s, he says. "I've seen 2030 and 2050 as potential dates from various advocacy groups," Twu added.
As you look at the map, you'll see that Twu included unshaded routes, which he says were "purposely left open to interpretation." He says the general idea of adding those routes would be that they would handle "lower-speed trains, as well as potential future high-speed routes."
But certainly there's not enough money to do something like this, given the economic situation in the United States at the moment, right? Tsu says cost estimates for a high-speed rail system like this range from $1-$2 trillion. Geez, that's a lot of money. He responded, "Sounds like a lot, but divided over four decades, that is around $25-$50 billion a year or 80-160 dollars a year per person. That's one tank's worth of gas money."
To get a closer look at the map, view or download this .PDF file.
What do you think, readers? Will this speedy rail system be going near your house? Should the United States catch up with the rest of the developed world and build the system, or should budget constraints keep us from spending money on this futuristic conveyance?
I doubt you'd see any buffaloes, but if they put one next to I-90, you could shoot a lot of prairie dogs.
Notice where the dark blue line starts in the south....hmmm
Just imagine the thrill of traveling at 220 MPH along when the next giant quake hits...
So now, already wayyy behind sched and over budget, and IIRC with the technical jobs going to out-of-state and out-of-country (think china) companies, we are now told that by 2022, the thriving California financial centers of Madera and Bakersfield will (about 120 mi apart) be the first places linked by the new bullet train.
Think of this. The once-Golden state is spiraling toward financial ruin, yet we are spending billions and billions to link Madera and Bakersfield, which happen to already be connected by a very nice freeway..
Now who would not want to pay (lots) more $$$, wait around in an icky train station (and do the security xray) to go to Madera (ugh) and not even have a car when you get there?
I have no plans to ever ride this hideous waste of my money. Further, I know lots and lots of liberals and progressives (hey, this is California), and I have yet to hear from even one that he or she looks forward to taking the bullet train.
So, when this electrified choo-choo finally takes to the rail, I expect no riders after the first few days of operation. There is no genuine demand for this service. None.
And, relating all of this to the topic of the thread, one hopes that the remainder of the 57 states can observe the bullet-train-induced, job killing, capital-draining financial wounding of California before wanting such a platinum-plated loser of their own.
(Just noticed the length of my post. Can you guess that I get a little wound-up about this topic?)
And TJ abd Juarez.
Sickening, isn't it.
Of course he's going to say that. Some advocacy groups, wild dreamers like himself, have similar maps, and their websites do their best to come across as at least quasi-official..
But from what I've seen of the government maps, none seriously has a high speed rail line from Chicago to Los Angeles. That's not saying there might not be kooks and dreamers somewhere in the government, though ...
It's Twu, it's twu. I hope he didn't spend twu much time on this since the route are just about a laydown the same as current Amtrak routes.
What the heck is mashup anyway?
They always talk about "High Speed" but when they get down to specifics we are talking about 80mph. In short spurts.
It's Twu! It's Twu!
Beat me by 2:06. I shouldn't have taken the time to read through the other comments.
The first sections of the Interstate Highway System were built in rural parts of Missouri and Kansas and they linked rural communities with rural communities. No major cities of any kind benefited from these first sections of road.
And that was by design.
See, the US route system was supposed to provide for four-lane highways all over the USA but after the cities got their parkways built the politicians never quite got around to funding the rural sections that would link the cities.
To make sure that the rural sections of the Interstates got built the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 required that rural sections of highway were finished before the urban sections were finished. Otherwise the Interstate System would have just ended up as a series of regional super-highways linked by two-lane roads.
High speed rail systems that are being built with Federal money are required to use the same proven method to make sure that they get finished. Otherwise all that would be built would just be the urban sections and they'd never link up. This was the urban sections have an established rural section to immediately connect to when they eventually start service.
I'm not laughing.
I actually like our heavy rail here in Utah. I don't know how the cost is justified but I ride it when I have to go to SLC. I ride it quite a bit in the summer with the kids cause I just hate driving.
Most people shy away from mass transit unless they have actually been to some place that mass transit is the best option. Yes, America is too large to bridge with a train that operates in the black.
We already have high speed trains...they are called airplanes.
Southwest leaves twice an hour to almost anywhere.
Ray LaHood? Zero chance. :)
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Blasted smartphone...
High speed roads would offer much more utility, and would allow the freedom of movement that we Americans want.
Imagine, hopping in the car at 8 AM in Nashville, TN, and being 600 miles away, in Jacksonville, FL in 3 hours or so. While still having your car, and your sidearm if you choose to carry. And anything else you want to carry with you.
Thanks! Looks like fun around Cody, not too far to the north from here. Some of the winter temps this year were fun, eh (several nights around -30, F, at this elevation)? At least the spraying ice off of the nearby peaks wasn't as deep as usual (dry). Drought's pretty rough, though. We're putting off livestock until at least next year (yaks—altitude, cold and ice depths make regular cattle costly). Hay's too expensive and hard to get.
I have prairie dogs! Would you like to have some—maybe a few thousand of 'em? ;-)
You would, of course, dig a tunnel under the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Starting from Sacramento end, you may be able to get away with only 60 miles underground. It also will be only twice as long as the Seikan Tunnel, which is currently the longest and the deepest railway tunnel in the world.
The cost of such undertaking will be trivial, since it's not your money. The Seikan Tunnel cost only US$3.6 billion in 1988 dollars. I'm sure the proposed map has more of such little details, and they can't increase the cost of this mammoth construction more than tenfold. Or a hundredfold. Who is counting among friends?
What does this sentence mean in English : "petition to the White House to fund such a system"?
It means when congress dies from laughter and refuses to act, and we've spent our last cent on the last 0bamaphone, we want 0 to act alone, issue an executive order minting another few platinum $1T coins to fund it.
Maybe they can even make the project pay for itself and it will not only cost nothing, but will solve California's debt problem, too!
I don't think that's going to bring him back, bring him back, bring him back, bring him back, back back
On short haul traffic, such as New York to Washington, the bus will get you from downtown to downtown in about 6 hours for $16 each way(check it out on Peter Pan's website).
Metroliner and Acela are "better" mostly because you don't have to ride with the riff-raff.
They are much more expensive, and this is not counting the huge subsidy, perhaps $32 per passenger. So you pay $70 for the train ticket and the taxpayer pays $32, when you could have taken the bus for $16.
Even if the economics of the northeast corridor justified investment in intercity rail (more than running regional train service over interconnected commuter rail systems), they would not justify expansion nationwide. This is because of urban sprawl.
The time savings in downtown to downtown service is a consideration to people who originate and are destined for downtown, as in the old cities of the northeast corridor. But, new cities sprawl, and even old cities sprawl at their edges (their "outer ring"). Once you arrive at the terminal of the intercity leg of the journey, it's probable you will change modes of transportation, e.g., rent a car. So, an airport in the 'burbs is likely to be just as conveniently located as a downtown rail terminal.
Having said all of the above, there was a time I thoroughly enjoyed commuting to DC from midtown Baltimore on a commuter train. I very much like flying in Chicago Midway and taking the El downtown. And I like, when I'm traveling, to take advantage of the mix of transportation options that cities have mostly inherited from the past. I don't know why it costs something like a billion dollar a mile to extend conventional railroad lines, but at such cost, it'd be unrealistic to think we would any time soon embark on new construction.
Oh, about the New York to Chicago run, at the turn of the 19th into the 20th century, the New York Central initiated the 20th Century Limited (referring to not stopping at many intermediate stops). It left in the early evening, offered top notch dining car service, flew along the Central's route at speeds in places of a hundred miles an hour, and got you into Chicago the next morning.
Assuming the speed of the 20th Century Limited could be doubled, we'd be talking of 8 hours. As compared to a 2 hour flight.
If spending another 6 hours on that trip is worth a trillion dollars to you, I'd say hang around the airport four hours and consider yourself rich.
no one would ride them once a terrorist blows up a rail
That's the way Willie would do it, do it, do it, and do it .... until you were fed up with it.
Frankly I would much rather taxpayers funded the research of genious level engineers than pay for faster choo choo trains!
Spot on...spot on...spot on...
HSR works in Europe, Japan and China because they have small amounts of land and are very densely populated. So train service can be quite profitable there even with government subsidies.
Here it would be a White Elephant. Expensive to build and maintain and impractical as day to day transportation. It is an Obamaphile's wet dream though.
Which is why it periodically rises from the dead even after a stake has been driven through it. I don't think it will become a reality, certainly not in my lifetime. HSR is just a hi-tech toy train fantasy.
Not practical. If built, it won't be high speed, not along the CalTrain right of way. And it will be expensive. Lots of lawsuits, hearings, delays happening now with the changes due to electrification of CalTrain trains. Which was forced by liberal idiots (diesel was fine, generating electricity for the existing train engines). High speed rail is impossible on that corridor, just can't happen.
And you can't run that at 200 mph. Moreover all the efforts of the current 'bullet' train in California have been environmentally rebuffed in the Bay Area. My statement stands
Perhaps a new way to find revenue???? A whole new version of a Disneyland ride.....
Catch up with the rest of the world?
Whoopie!All of Europe is what? The size of California?
This article had to have been written by a very young kid, or a sub-70 IQ type.
No prairie dogs where I live...Wisconsin. Don't really want them, thank you very much. Oppossums arrived in my state in the late seventies, and they say armadillos will eventually make it this far north. But I don't know why the prairie dog population does not make its way eastward from the Dakotas. Can't swim across the Missouri?
Of course they are! Have you ever tried using strikes to disrupt freeway travel? It doesn't work very well....
Wow! They moved Birmingham to Montgomery!
Probably a page out of the Agenda 21 playbook.
Varmint rifles...
With all the prairie dog holes I see going out west, varmint hunters would have to shooting 24/7 for a decade to decrease the population substantially much less get rid of them completely. I expect to see the critters setting up their own tourist stop the next time the wife and I go out that way.
Why does Quincy, IL get a rail link?
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These cookies are not what I was expecting. In my opinion, the lemon flavor is too sharp, too dominant. I expected the shortbread flavor and texture to be the dominant feature of these cookies - with a "hint" of lemon included. These don't really seem like shortbread cookies at all - instead, they seem like rather strong lemon cookies. I guess I'll be sticking to the Butter Shortbread, the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, and the Shortbread Swirl cookie varieties.
Not tasty at all
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Too sweet and too sour
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