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Tibetan / Vajrayana
Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
[Note: The tags for the various schools are not definitive as many books span multiple traditions, etc. They are meant to use as a starting point for exploring this collection.]
Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked AwarenessA text belonging to the same cycle as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this instruction on the method of self-liberation presents the essence of Dzogchen, The Great Perfection, regarded in Tibet as the highest and most esoteric teaching of the Buddha. Teaching the attainment of Buddhahood in a single lifetime, this text was written and concealed by Guru Padmasambhava in the eighth century and rediscovered six centuries later… Read More
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Daring Steps
Traversing the Path of the Buddha
Daring Steps stands out among the multitude of books on Tibetan Buddhism as being a uniquely accessible overview of the Buddhist path that encompasses all three yanas, or traditional Buddhist spiritual paths. Ringu Tulku—renowned for both his insight and approachable style—consistently brings the teachings back to the reader's own experience as he reveals the vital role of each path in the attainment of genuine realization. This book draws on… Read More
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The Buddhist Path
A Practical Guide from the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan BuddhismAn accessible and practical introduction to Tibetan Buddhism as practiced in the Nyingma or 'ancient' tradition, The Buddhist Path presents for us the proper way of cultivating intellect and heart so that our true nature can manifest. The authors provide clear explanations and methods that reveal how the mind functions and what its essence, our primordial nature, is. They impart detailed instructions on how to meditate, using methods ranging from… Read More
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The Four Immeasurables
Practices to Open the Heart
The Four Immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—is a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships to ourselves, and deepen our relationships to others. Alan Wallace presents a unique interweaving of teachings on the Four Immeasurables with instruction on meditative quiescence, or shamatha practice, to empower the mind. This book includes both guided meditations and lively discussions on the… Read More
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The Wisdom of Imperfection
The Challenge of Individuation in Buddhist LifeIf you have been practicing Buddhism for a while, why do you still have so many problems? And how do you balance the sometimes different needs of spiritual and psychological perspectives? Rob Preece draws on his personal experience—over two decades as a psychotherapist and many years as a meditation teacher—to explore and map the psychological influences on our struggle to awaken. For psychological and spiritual health, acceptance of imperfection is… Read More
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The Three Principal Aspects of the Path
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Wise Teacher, Wise Student
Tibetan Approaches to a Healthy RelationshipThe relationship between a teacher and student can be a most rewarding and life-enhancing experience, yet it can also be fraught with problems and misunderstandings. For Westerners working with Eastern teachers, the difficulties can be compounded by cultural differences, language barriers, and divergent expectations. Wise Teacher, Wise Student examines the teacher-student relationship as it is understood in the Tibetan Buddhist context. The author surveys a wide spectrum of situations,… Read More
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A Complete Guide to the Buddhist Path
Buddhist teachings provide numerous methods for bringing greater meaning and happiness into our lives and into our relationships with others. In A Complete Guide to the Buddhist Path, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche reveals these methods in direct, vibrant, down-to-earth language. At the core of this work lies The Jewel Treasury of Advice, a text composed by Drikung Bhande Dharmaradza (1704–1754), the reincarnation of Drikung Dharmakirti. Khenchen Rinpoche interprets these… Read More
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Heartfelt AdviceHeartfelt Advice offers readers an overview of basic Buddhist topics in small easily digestible bites that illuminate the main principles of Buddhist practice. Lama Dudjom Dorjee skillfully guides students through the vast array of considerations on the path, highlighting what is essential, as he presents practical ways to apply Buddhist wisdom to life in the modern world. Suitable for those seeking daily Buddhist inspiration, each of the book's ninety-five… Read More
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One-Day-At-A-Time. That was Major Alice M. Sam's motto, as she shared her unconditional love. Re-tired U.S. Air Force Nurses Corps, Major Alice M. Sam, age 81, departed Saturday, August 3, 2013. She was a woman of strong values and deeply humbled throughout her life journey. Born in 1932, during the Depres-sion to Esau and Annise Sam in Irwin, Pa. Youngest daughter and sister to Susan S. Sam and the late Adele R. Sam.Major Alice M. Sam, a graduate nurse, received special training in the aero medical evacuation. She was decorated for meritoriuos service for her air evacuation duty at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Her tours of duty included Okinawa, Vietnam, Korea and the Ohio USAF Clinic at Grisson, Indiana, where she served as Chairperson of NursingServices. She was a member of the Air Force Association, Aerospace Med. Association. She also was the recipient of the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal and other honors. In 1995, the Major Alice M. Sam Biology Scholarship with SUNY Fredonia, was established by her late Sister, Adele R. Sam.Major Alice M. Sam "Aunt Alice" as the community knew her, relocated to Fredonia, NY, where she could be close to her family.Major Alice M. Sam will be deeply missed by her sister, Susan S. Sam; brother-in-law Esau A. Sam; cousin, The Rev. Helen Sam; nieces, Barbara A. Sam and Grace M. Sam; nephews, Charles E. Sam and Robert E. Sam; great nephews, Alex E. Sam and Jacob E. Sam; great great nephew, Blake Matthew Sam; and her many dear friends and Samson, her cat.The family will greet friends Wednesday from 2 to 3 at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, 14 West Fourth Street, Dunkirk, NY where a celebration of the life of Major Alice M. Sam will follow at 3 p.m. An interment with full Military Honors at Forest Hill Cemetery will follow the service. Family and friends are invited after Mass to the family homestead at 4869 West Lake Road, Dunkirk.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Lak-eshore Humane Society, 431 East Chestnut St., Dunkirk, NY 14048 or the Chautauqua County Humane Society, 2825 Strunk Road, Jamestown, NY 14701.Arrangements by David J. Dengler, Larson-Timko Funeral Home. 679-9000.


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Ice watchers don't want to miss unexpected events, such as the breakup of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf.for months at a time, and frequently covered with clouds even when it's light, Parkinson relies instead on passive microwave detectors. Molecules of H20 vibrate naturally, sending out pings of microwave energy whose wavelengths depend on whether they're part of a liquid or are crystallized into ice. Satellites that can detect these pings — NASA's Aqua satellite, for example — are one way climate scientists measure the extent of sea ice. They can even distinguish between ice that has frozen for the first time in a given winter and multi-year ice that has persisted through one or more summers: Older ice is less salty, and emits a subtly different mix of microwaves as a result.
The CryoSat-2 can measure not only the changing thickness of land ice but also that of sea ice.satellite's altitude above the surface — if that altitude changes over time due to rising sea level, say, or dwindling ice, a satellite altimeter can track that change down to the millimeter. It works similarly to an active microwave instrument, except that rather than looking at where the ice is and where it isn't, an altimeter measures the surface's height, by gauging how long it takes the beam to travel down and back.
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Advanced Micro Devices said Tuesday that it would cut the prices of its central processing units (CPUs) aimed at enthusiasts. The move will popularize AMD's platforms aimed at experienced users and will also clean the way for new processors due to be introduced shortly.
According to the company, it would decrease the price of AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition chip from $225 to $150 - $200 in an attempt to "tap into a significantly larger total available market". Besides, the company also plans to reduce the price of AMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition central processing unit in order to "drive an outstanding product in a key market price band with a clear competitive victory".
AMD's the Black Edition processors have unlocked clock multiplier, which allows enthusiasts to clock the chip higher than default frequency without any hassles that are associated with overclocking. The customizable clock multiplier and auto-adjustable memory frequency of the new chip enables amateurs and value-conscious enthusiasts to maximize the performance of their desktop computers without substantial problems. Typically enthusiasts have to increase base HyperTransport bus speed from default 200MHz, which eventually causes not only CPU clock-speed boost, but also alters HT bus and memory frequency, meaning that other components apart from the microprocessor also should be able to handle increased speeds.
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Is the Golf Industry a Birdie or Bogey Investment?
Yes, it's a niche industry but also an advertising darling that attracts the desirable high-income demographic. (If you don't believe me, catch the various ads peppering a PGA Tour broadcast.)
This time of year, the various club manufacturers fall over themselves luring the sport's biggest names to wear and swing their gear. Callaway (ELY) , Nike (NKE) , Adidas (ADDYY) (TaylorMade, Noodle, Ashworth & Adams) and Aldila (ALDA) shafts reps work the player agents (and vice versa) securing the best players to their rosters. Companies firmly believe high-producing stars sway us golf lemmings to buy their clubs and threads.
The question is, does it make sense for investors? Maybe...
Gone are the halcyon days of big golf growth. In today's world, the time crunch of squeezing at least five hours in between jobs and hectic parental duties is a careful proposition. And that's if the weather cooperates.
In the last decade, golf-related gross sales (except golf rounds) was a near-perfect bell curve from 2002-2011, peaking around $2.9 billion in annual sales between 2004-07 before the latest recession ($2.2 billion).
Tiger Woods generated awareness waves of tsunami proportions for Nike, but one could argue he affected apparel sales far more than moving equipment off the shelves. On Monday, Nike announced signing the world's #1 ranked golfer, Rory McIlroy, to a rumored Tigeresque $25 million "head-to-toe" per year deal (all Nike clubs, balls, bag, shoes and clothing) to create a Dynamic Duo of golf.
The company will reap the benefits if both marquee players contend in golf's four major championships, thereby splashing Swoosh logos incessantly onto viewer HD screens. Last year, Woods delivered an estimated $18.9 million to his sponsors in media exposure (McIlroy's was $12.9 million). In addition, maybe Nike overpaid McIlroy to block any other competing golf firm to snatch him away.
However, equipment-wise, you rarely see the days when Jack Nicklaus' improbable 1986 Masters win caused golfers to rush to retail outlets and buy 30,000 ghastly MacGregor ZT 615 putters -- definitely a "putt for dough" scenario. Not even TaylorMade's leaders-leading R11 or PING's pink Bubba Watson drivers are have-to buys.
Know why? 'Cause most weekend warriors are learning it's the talented player who hits it 300-yards plus, not the club itself (which are also highly customized for Tour players' games).
Adams Golf (recently absorbed by Adidas) burst on the scene in the late 1990s by introducing the very playable Tight Lies hybrid club to help golfers struggling with long irons. It was an immediate hit for amateurs and pros alike and the company raked in millions. That is until the big competitors designed their own wonder clubs (its hardly difficult to mimic a club design) and supported it with comparatively bottomless marketing dollars to usurp Adams' revenue.


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This necklace is made from a single hollow titanium tube measuring 0.250 inch in diameter. It demonstrates abrasive waterjet cutting with a rotary axis. The tube is cut so that the links are interlocking. Because the link pattern is not symmetrical, a sacrificial stainless steel rod was inserted into the tube to stop the waterjet and prevent it from cutting through to the opposite wall of the tube. The tube rotates as the waterjet cuts the link pattern. The gaps in the necklace measure about 0.020-inch wide. The medallion is also titanium and showcases the capability to cut highly accurate gear patterns with abrasive waterjet machines.
All of these stainless steel components for a motor-driven planetary gear set were cut with micro-abrasive waterjet. A ring gear is in the upper right corner. The planetary gear carrier is in the lower right corner, and the sun gear is in the upper middle. In the upper left corner are three of the five planetary gears. In the lower left corner is the mounting plate. The OD of the pitch circle of the planetary gear is 0.110 inch. There are ten teeth on the planetary gear, so therefore its circular pitch is 0.011 inch. Material thickness is 1/32 inch.
This is the assembled gear set. This assembly shows that waterjet cutting could be used for producing internal components for small clocks or pocket watches. Benefits include faster programming and cutting than conventional machining methods. This assembly also represents the value of this process in prototyping. Parts for a complete assembly can be produced quickly and cost effectively.
Abrasive waterjet can cut a variety of workpiece materials, including metal, rubber, glass, stone and composites. These materials can be difficult to machine conventionally. For example, the tan dragon shape (left) is made from 2.4-mm-thick fiberglass material. The black dragon is made of carbon epoxy.
Made from a titanium tube, this mesh cage is an orthopedic surgical implant for human bone repair. The "unfolded" pattern to the right under the coin shows how a 2D pattern can be transferred onto a cylindrical part. A rotary axis was used to cut the pattern into the tube with one of its smallest machine nozzles.
Unlike other processes, waterjet can cut medical parts without affecting them thermally. These titanium implants are used to mend fractures in human skulls and other bones. Waterjet machines cut titanium 34 percent faster than stainless steel.
This butterfly pattern was generated in 0.02-inch-thick stainless steel while testing of one of the company's smallest abrasive waterjet nozzles. The part also shows how once a program is developed, it can be scaled to other sizes. As shown here, the butterfly's wingspan is 0.40 inch, but the pattern could be enlarged to fit an 8-by-10 foot sheet of metal, if so desired.
This plate of stainless steel demonstrates that extremely small holes and contours are possible with abrasive waterjet cutting using a micro nozzle capable of producing a stream as small as 0.010 inch, which is the diameter of the smallest hole in this sample.
A target for research efforts is the ability to cut part features smaller than 100 microns (0.004 inch). The company is conducting feasibility investigations into the development of micro-abrasive waterjet nozzles for machining part features as small as 50 microns (0.002 inch). Currently in beta testing is a micro nozzle that generates a waterjet stream 0.010 inch in diameter. Shown here is the company's smallest production nozzle with a mixing tube 0.015 inch in diameter.
Creating a high-pressure stream of water bearing an abrasive grit has proven to be a very effective way of cutting metal, plastic, glass and many other materials. Waterjet machining is the common name for this process. With multi-axis stream control and other accessories in place, it is possible to cut 3D forms to a level of precision and accuracy that matches or exceeds other metal removal processes. However, in many cases, waterjet machining has additional benefits.
It may cut faster. It leaves no heat-affected zone. Workpiece materials do not need to be electrically conductive or non-reflective. Change-over time can be minimal because only the new part program has to be downloaded to the CNC.
Highly flexible and capable, waterjet continues to find new applications in precision manufacturing, especially in cases where cost-effectiveness and fast turnaround are critical. One area that has attracted considerable attention is applying waterjet to the production of parts in the "micro" range, that is, parts or part features smaller than 300 microns. R&D efforts are currently focused on making waterjet practical in the 150- to 200-micron range.
Dr. Peter Liu, senior scientist at Omax Corporation (Kent, Washington) is deeply involved in exploring the frontier of micro-abrasive waterjet technology, as it is called. In fact, his on-going efforts to further the development of this process are supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Program (NSF SBIR Phase II grant 1058278) as well as Omax's own R&D funds.
As the gallery of sample parts shown in this article demonstrates, waterjet is already capable of remarkable success in producing small parts and features. To push waterjet technology to greater capability in the micromachining arena, Dr. Liu says that research efforts must overcome barriers in three critical areas.
One is a practical method to produce a nozzle orifice 100 microns or smaller in diameter. Current methods cannot produce a hole this small with adequate roundness or straightness, he says. Wear resistance of the nozzle material is also a problem.
Likewise, a mixing tube, the component of the stream delivery system in which water and the abrasive particles meet to form a slurry, must be designed to function effectively on a highly miniaturized scale. Downsizing current designs is limited by the existing science in fluid dynamics. For example, researchers are studying surface tension, capillary action, supersonics and the Venturi effect for insights that may lead to breakthroughs.
For waterjet micromachining, the size of abrasive particles must be reduced proportionately. Thus, a third challenge is developing methods to feed abrasive particles in orders of magnitude finer than is currently feasible. Because the behavior of ultra-fine particles is not fully understood (particularly in the area of gravity feeding), achieving constant flow rates for consistent and predictable cutting quality has been elusive.
Despite these challenges, Dr. Liu feels he has made considerable progress in the development of micro-waterjet machining technology. He expects this technology to become a viable process with competitive advantages for micro-machining applications in the targeted micro-range. He predicts a two- to four-year time frame for this achievement.
In the meantime, manufacturers must look closely at waterjet and think creatively
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Only in America, Land of Opportunity, Alive and Well
Having grown up on Jay and the Americans hit song, "Only in America, Land of Opportunity," I was able to live the dream, chase the rainbow and experience the excitement of "shooting for the moon". My father always said, "if you miss, you will still be a star."
Currently living in Florida, I see what direction our country is going, lacking responsibility and accountability, relying on few to support many, I returned to the Copper Country to find out my dream is still alive. I have completely restored my faith in youth. Let me explain.
I always thought the three strong letters of the alphabet were A, B, C. Wrong.
They are KBC, short for Keweenaw Brewing Company. Don't put the newspaper down, I am not promoting alcohol, I am promoting moderation, education and plain old "hard work".
Having a career of evaluating employees, in my opinion KBC ranks close to 90 percent success in customer service. These young people have given me the same enthusiasm that my father did. Now, America has to let them be successful.
In my 27 years in business I have found that the truly successful businesses have great leadership. That is so true at the KBC. Two families own KBC, they are not originally from Houghton, after graduating from Michigan Tech, they left the area to pursue their dreams. Stacy, Margy, Paul and Dick loved Houghton, and returned to add jobs and moderate entertainment to the area.
I would encourage everyone to meet the owners. They are good for your students. Ask what it takes to get hired. Ask how top employees will eventually lose their job. They close at 10 p.m. during the week, and 11 p.m. on weekends.
You will not hear bad language, you will not see over-drinking.
Remember, many countries culture includes moderate use of beer. For those of you that do not wish to drink beer, KBC has home made soda.
Entrepreneur musicians are permitted to use KBC to showcase talents, students study on the soft couches by the fireplace, there are tables outside for summer leisure.
It is a positive place to talk to people in business, students, employees, and most of all, my base in life, responsibility and accountability. Thanks to all.
Mel Ruohonen
Sarasota, Fla.


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And Scott, the clearance is more like 3 3/4 inches. I read where Matthew added a stone to get the pizza closer to the top element, then later posted that wasn't necessary - so not sure how that would work out.
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June 17, 2012 – Lineups!
The Cubs look to take the series from the Red Sox tonight in front of a national audience on ESPN, here is how both teams will line up.
Boston Red Sox Lineup
1. Scott Podsednik, LF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
4. David Ortiz, 1B
5. Mike Aviles, SS
6. Darnell McDonald, RF
7. Kelly Shoppach, C
8. Ryan Kalish, CF
9. Franklin Morales, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. Reed Johnson, RF
2. Darwin Barney, 2B
3. Starlin Castro,SS
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Jeff Baker, 1B
6. Joe Mather, CF
7. Welington Castillo, C
8. Luis Valbuena, 3B
9. Paul Maholm, P
Thanks for reading,
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A Casa Nostra
'A Casa Nostra' is an B & B where you can feel the old atmosphere. Located in the heart of Bergamo Citt Alta but in a quiet and sunny position.
Just 15 minutes from the airport Orio al Serio and the bus at 200 meters the B & B has a very good position to reach the main places of interest, also by foot.
In front of the house is a large green space where you can relax, take sun or take a picnic!
We offer a spacious room with wood beams, a bathroom and a seperate space with brochures, maps and information about the city and region
Hospitality and privacy are very importance to us.
We prefer to put fresh local and organic products in our breakfast!
We hope to welcome you soon!
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- 24 Hour Reception
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- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Bicycle parking
- Free Breakfast
- Cafeteria
- Card Phones
- Child Friendly
- Cots available
- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
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- House Keeping
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- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
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- Taxes included
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Check in from 14.00 to 24.00
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Continental breakfast included
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Bus from the airport is number 1A.
The bus will go to the upper town and stops also at the central station.
The bus stop after the funicular stop you can go out
You will walk throught the big door of the wall and follow the street on the right. After 100 meter you will see in front of you on the left the B&B (white big house)
Located Near
Nearest Airport Station 5 km
Nearest Train Station3 km
Nearest Bus Station 200 m
Funicular at 500 mt
Restaurant at 150 mt
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The admission process at the Anchorage campus is designed to be as streamlined a process as possible. Students encounter a highly individualized application process, as well as advisors who provide personalized guidance every step of the way.
Undergraduate Admission
To apply for admission to Wayland Baptist's Anchorage campus as a Degree Seeking student, complete and/or submit:
New students with more than 24 transfer hours of college credit from approved sources do not need to submit a high school transcript or GED. If a student has less than 24 hours of transfer credit, an official transcript of the secondary school work from a secondary school program equivalent to the 12th grade in the United States, written in English, is required. If the student is less than 22 years of age at time of enrollment and has less than 24 hours of transferable credit, an official ACT test score must be submitted.
CLEP scores must be supported using an official CLEP transcript. CLEP transcripts also may be ordered by writing to:
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Or phone (800) 257-9558. Cost for official CLEP transcript $20
Students who are not citizens of the United States must meet all government requirements before being admitted to the University, and must provide the University with copies of all necessary documentation as required by the University.
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Students wishing to pursue a graduate degree should contact the Graduate Program Department directly. Additional information on these programs may be found by checking our page on graduate degree programs.
Click the above link for the current tuition and fee schedule for classroom and virtual campus tuition.
Wayland Anchorage does not charge a parking fee, vehicle registration fee, student use fee, family activity fee, or library fee.
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In another move to recapture the top position on the market of personal computers (PCs), Dell Inc. started to sell systems with pre-installed Linux operating system. The move not only emphasizes growing popularity of Linux, but also Dell's intention to appeal even to minor groups of computer users to regain the No. 1 spot from HP.
Dell will initially sell three systems with pre-installed Ubuntu 7.04 operating system: XPS 410, Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. The systems feature dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Pentium Dual-Core processors that can be configured according to end-users' needs. The laptop will cost starting from $599, whereas desktops' prices will start at $599 and $849.
The new systems target the Linux enthusiast community and are a direct result of extensive customer feedback received since February via the company's Web site for fielding customers' suggestions to improve products, services and operations. About 30 000 community members advocated that Dell offer systems with Linux pre-installed, and more than 100 000 participated in a follow-up survey to help determine customer preferences, including which Linux distribution to offer initially.
"The interest and enthusiasm from customers who challenged us to deliver a consumer Linux solution have been matched within Dell and Canonical, the sponsor of Ubuntu, by a team of dedicated professionals who made this happen in a phenomenally short period of time," said Neil Hand, vice president, Dell consumer product group. "It's fantastic to be able to offer what many Linux enthusiasts want, great Dell products with popular open-source software for work and play."


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Topic: Problem with a list
Ok, here's what I'm trying to do. I've got an application that will display a list of apartments. The database is broken down like this:
Area (id, name) has_many :buildings
Building (id, address, area_id) belongs_to :area, has_many :apartments
Apartment (apt_number, building_id) belongs_to :building
I've got a controller called Listing that works with the Apartment model. The Listing index.rhtml file basically just shows a list of the areas by name (ie: North, South, East, West). What I would like is to be able to click on one of the areas and have it display a simple table of just the apartments in that particular area.
What I think I should be able to do is have the link call the list method, which would then sort the data by the area id (apartment.building.area_id). But when I tried using :conditions => "building.area_id = '3', it locked up. Also, I'm not entirely sure how to pass an argument to the list method from the list of areas, or if that is even possible.
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Miyoshi Sketches
Miyoshi Sketches is a new work by composer Francis Wong created with the support of Individual Artist Commissions of Cultural Equity Grants and features Tatsu Aoki and Chizuru Kineya, shamisen (Japanese three-string lute); Yangqin Zhao, yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer); Jim Norton and Francis Wong, woodwinds; Wayne Wallace, trombone; Melody Takata, taiko; and Deszon Claiborne, percussion. This work memorializes the friendship that developed between Wong's parents, immigrants from China, and John Miyoshi, a Japanese American World War II veteran in post–World War II–era San Francisco. In addition to Miyoshi Sketches the ensemble will perform two previous compositions by Wong, La Chine Africaine (for my mother) and Dream.
Excerpt from The Escape
by Lenora Lee Dance
with Kei Lun Martial Arts and Enshin Karate, South San Francisco Dojo
featuring media design by Olivia Ting, music by Francis Wong, text by Genny Lim, and cinematography by Tatsu Aoki, filmed by Ben Estabrook and Eric Koziol
The Escape is inspired by stories of women who had become vulnerable upon arrival into the United States during the early 20th century. It seeks to shed light on the experiences of these women in the context of the period's social history for Chinese in America as well as for women in the society as a whole, alongside the struggles and achievements of the 20th-century women¹s movement, which took on such issues as child labor and human trafficking.
The Escape is being developed by de Young Artist Fellow Lenora Lee during her yearlong fellowship and will be presented in full on November 8 and 9 at the museum. For more information on presentations of works in progress and related events, please visit the Artist Fellows page.


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What next for NYSE-Ice deal?
A 12-year old technology upstart from Atlanta yesterday announced it was acquiring the iconic New York Stock Exchange, in a seminal moment for the global exchange industry.
IntercontinentalExchange, the energy derivatives giant, will purchase the Big Board through a cash-and-stock-deal that values NYSE Euronext at $33.12 a share, or $8.2bn.
The deal, which has reinvigorated a flurry of exchange consolidation that took hold of the sector last year, has been hailed by analysts as a good strategic fit and strongly earnings accretive. In a note published this morning, UBS analyst Alex Kramm said the deal "valuation leaves a lot of upside for the shares of both companies".
So what happens next? Here are the key issues and hurdles that the deal will need to face.
• Prospectuses
In January, the exchanges are expected to publish the prospectus for the deal, which will provide greater detail on the process and timeline.
• Shareholder votes
The exchanges, which have already received approval from both boards, will then move to a shareholder vote. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each exchange will need approval from the "majority" of holders of outstanding shares.
The exchanges have not yet provided guidance on the timing of the vote. The positive reception the deal has received from analysts and the near 38% premium Ice is paying for NYSE Euronext suggests shareholders of the New York-headquartered exchange will wave the deal through.
The transaction is riskier for Ice shareholders, but Ice chief executive Jeff Sprecher's strong track record of inking earnings-accretive deals makes a shareholder revolt unlikely, according to RBC Capital analyst Peter Lenardos.
• Regulatory approval
The deal will require approval from a number of regulators, including NYSE's home regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Ice's domestic regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It will also require regulatory approvals from the UK's Financial Services Authority, which is the regulator of NYSE Liffe and Ice Futures Europe, as well as the domestic regulators of the Euronext markets in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal.
It will also require clearance from the US Department of Justice, the UK's Office of Fair Trading, and the European Commission. Analysts have said they don't anticipate problems in this regard and Ice is also pretty confident of receiving clearance: the exchange has agreed to pay NYSE Euronext a $750m break fee in the event the deal is terminated as a result of failing to receive clearances from competition authorities or regulatory approval, according to the SEC filing.
Nevertheless, the various approvals will take some time. The exchange has said it expects the deal to close in the second half of 2013, while analysts predict, more precisely, the fourth quarter.
• Preparing the clearinghouse
In the meantime, NYSE Euronext will get its clearinghouse in order. The exchanges have said that NYSE, which was in the process of building a fully fledged clearinghouse up until yesterday, will divert its listed derivatives clearing to Ice Clear Europe. NYSE Euronext's current arrangement with LCH.Clearnet, which provides a number of clearing services to NYSE, is due to be terminated in June. Ice said that, subject to regulatory approvals, the clearing transition to ICE Clear Europe is expected to go ahead for mid next year.
• Counterbids
The deal timeline could be disrupted by counterbids but analysts have said this is unlikely. "A potential counter-bidder would struggle to justify a higher valuation given current market conditions," wrote Lenardos in a note published this morning. The deal is also subject to a $300m break fee in the event either party succumbs to a superior proposal and if the board changes its mind for any other reason, that fee rises to $450m.
• Euronext spin-off
Once the deal completes, attention will turn to the European cash equities Euronext part of the business. The exchanges have said they plan to spin off the Euronext markets through an initial public offering in 2014. However, this is subject to market conditions which would ensure Euronext – which NYSE acquired in 2007 – receives a fair price.
Given the high degree of uncertainty regarding the state of the equities markets, which have slumped during the past 18 months, the timing of the listing remains uncertain.
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Continuing my week in Washington DC for the annual [2010 System Storage Technical University], I presented a session on Storage for the Green Data Center, and attended a System x session on Greening the Data Center. Since they were related, I thought I would cover both in this post.
- Storage for the Green Data Center
I presented this topic in four general categories:
- Drivers and Metrics - I explained the three key drivers for consuming less energy, and the two key metrics: Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE).
- Storage Technologies - I compared the four key storage media types: Solid State Drives (SSD), high-speed (15K RPM) FC and SAS hard disk, slower (7200 RPM) SATA disk, and tape. I had comparison slides that showed how IBM disk was more energy efficient than competition, for example DS8700 consumes less energy than EMC Symmetrix when compared with the exact same number and type of physical drives. Likewise, IBM LTO-5 and TS1130 tape drives consume less energy than comparable HP or Oracle/Sun tape drives.
- Integrated Systems - IBM combines multiple storage tiers in a set of integrated systems managed by smart software. For example, the IBM DS8700 offers [Easy Tier] to offer smart data placement and movement across Solid-State drives and spinning disk. I also covered several blended disk-and-tape solutions, such as the Information Archive and SONAS.
- Actions and Next Steps - I wrapped up the talk with actions that data center managers can take to help them be more energy efficient, from deploying the IBM Rear Door Heat Exchanger, or improving the management of their data.
- Greening of the Data Center
Janet Beaver, IBM Senior Manager of Americas Group facilities for Infrastructure and Facilities, presented on IBM's success in becoming more energy efficient. The price of electricity has gone up 10 percent per year, and in some locations, 30 percent. For every 1 Watt used by IT equipment, there are an additional 27 Watts for power, cooling and other uses to keep the IT equipment comfortable. At IBM, data centers represent only 6 percent of total floor space, but 45 percent of all energy consumption. Janet covered two specific data centers, Boulder and Raleigh.
At Boulder, IBM keeps 48 hours reserve of gasoline (to generate electricity in case of outage from the power company) and 48 hours of chilled water. Many power outages are less than 10 minutes, which can easily be handled by the UPS systems. At least 25 percent of the Computer Room Air Conditioners (CRAC) are also on UPS as well, so that there is some cooling during those minutes, within the ASHRAE guidelines of 72-80 degrees Fahrenheit. Since gasoline gets stale, IBM runs the generators once a month, which serves as a monthly test of the system, and clears out the lines to make room for fresh fuel.
The IBM Boulder data center is the largest in the company: 300,000 square feet (the equivalent of five football fields)! Because of its location in Colorado, IBM enjoys "free cooling" using outside air temperature 63 percent of the year, resulting in a PUE of 1.3 rating. Electricity is only 4.5 US cents per kWh. The center also uses 1 Million KwH per year of wind energy.
The Raleigh data center is only 100,000 Square feet, with a PUE 1.4 rating. The Raleigh area enjoys 44 percent "free cooling" and electricity costs at 5.7 US cents per kWh. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design [LEED] has been updated to certify data centers. The IBM Boulder data center has achieved LEED Silver certification, and IBM Raleigh data center has LEED Gold certification.
Free cooling, electricity costs, and disaster susceptibility are just three of the 25 criteria IBM uses to locate its data centers. In addition to the 7 data centers it manages for its own operations, and 5 data centers for web hosting, IBM manages over 400 data centers of other clients.
It seems that Green IT initiatives are more important to the storage-oriented attendees than the x86-oriented folks. I suspect that is because many System x servers are deployed in small and medium businesses that do not have data centers, per se.
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Marina Abramovic's L.A. MOCA gala, and the outrage inspired by it, was certainly one of the biggest stories of 2011 in art. If you will recall, back in November, legendary avant-garde dancer Yvonne Rainer denounced the spectacle — which was titled "An Artist's Life Manifesto," and involved diners eating around nude female models draped with skeletons and other models serving as human centerpieces — in an open letter. Sarah Wookey, a dancer who refused to participate, penned her own open letter explaining why she had opted out: because she saw the event as economic exploitation of hopeful young dancers, who were compensated only minimally for their participation.
At the end of December, L.A. MOCA released a slickly produced black-and-white video about the gala, which, in addition to making the whole thing look strangely like a perfume commercial, will probably do nothing to disperse this controversy. It begins with shots of the rich and famous attendees (Eli Broad, Will Ferrell, Gwen Stefani) on the red carpet, grinning for the paparazzi, as Abramovic's voice intones that art is the "oxygen of our society." Then we see guests putting on their white lab coats to eat around the freaky human party decorations, an ominous score giving the decadent imagery an unmistakable "Eyes Wide Shut" vibe. The film ends with Deborah Harry performing "Heart of Glass," before she and Abramovic cut into a woman-shaped cake. (It leaves out the part where members of the audience chanted "Violence against women!" upon witnessing this spectacle.)
But really, it is Abramovic's narration, in which she explains her thinking behind "An Artist's Life Manifesto," that might throw fresh fuel on the fire. She distances herself from the government art patronage of her native Europe, indicating that she prefers the American way, where "industry" supports art. She points out that the Renaissance was made possible by "Popes, aristocrats, or kings" (um, Marina: patronage by "Popes, aristocrats, or kings" is also government patronage), and then she says that she thinks an artist should be a "servant." But not just any kind of servant, she goes on to say, but one who pursues a pure vision and stands above all economic considerations (like paying the participants in your performance?)
So, to sum up: people were mad at Abramovic for economically exploiting her performers, and she's talking about how much she appreciates the wisdom of the free market and/or the virtues of the pre-modern system of rule by kings. At the very least, you would say that this is pretty tone deaf, given the controversy. We've taken the liberty of transcribing her whole narration (preserving her charmingly idiosyncratic English, for the most part):
I see the art as oxygen of our society. I come from Europe and we have a completely different system of sponsoring art. Governments give money for culture. The system here is completely different. Which is quite interesting, to look in the past and think about who actually sponsored the culture. If you look in Renaissance time, any of these great artists — it was Popes, aristocrats, or kings who actually support these kinds of artists and make it possible to support these monumental works.Today, we don't have kings but we have industry, we have business, we have banks. The kind of people who actually have a substantial amount of money, who can support culture. I see the function of an artist as a servant. I think that art have to be shared, art have to be disturbing, art have to ask questions, art have to predict the future, in some cases, and have many layers of meaning.
When I was asking to do this kind of gala, I was really concerned with what should be my contribution, that I actually don't make any compromise to my work and do something which is different. I don't think that I should only provide entertainment. I have to create situation where we are actually not at ease and you come with an experience that you didn't have before.
I think that today we have so much concern about art as a commodity, with art market, with the times we are living in. I think that the context of the artist is very important to clarify, so I had the need to write this manifesto.
[Referring to Debbie Harry] Both of us are performance artists, and we both work with the public. It a way, offering the body for the public, that is the ultimate gesture. [Apparently referring the audience] They are not just looking into the spectacle, they are part of the spectacle, and that's a big difference.
Here's the clip:
MOCA Gala 2011: An Artist's Life Manifesto from MOCA on Vimeo.


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Yes, it's the same one. AKA: Iron Goddess of Mercy
The Trio one, probably is too. I'm guessing it's a blend.
I think the Adagio TKY is one of if not the best. The best tasting ones completely unfurl into nice full leaves. A little longer brewing time is needed for this process. If you see TKY in bits and pieces, run for the hills.
And thanks for the comp;liments on my blog! I do love purple. Many perfume folks are also into teas. It's a natural fit.


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If anyone still needed convincing, a state audit report released last week makes it clear that former sheriff Vernon Bourgeois didn't mind spending Terrebonne taxpayers' money on his personal whims.
If anyone still needed convincing, a state audit report released last week makes it clear that former sheriff Vernon Bourgeois didn't mind spending Terrebonne taxpayers' money on his personal whims.
Last week, Bourgeois repaid the Sheriff's Office about $19,000 for the vacation time he cashed in on before leaving office and other spending that the Louisiana legislative auditor says may have violated state law.
In a line that could have been written for the ridiculous cable TV show "Cajun Justice" that he masterminded, Bourgeois, according to the audit report, agreed to repay the money "under protest," a term that in this case means nothing other than he doesn't like it. It's sort of like paying a traffic fine "under protest." I suspect most judges' reactions might resemble this: "Yeah, whatever."
The audit alleges so many financial misdeeds that anyone who wants the details will have to refer to the stories The Courier and Daily Comet published over the past week. Those who want every unfettered detail can read the complete audit report, released Monday. We posted it online with some of our stories last week, and I'll include it with this column at houmatoday.com and dailycomet.com.
I was hoping Bourgeois might at least try to offer a plausible explanation for his alleged misdeeds, but the audit report contains only vague rebuttals that barely qualify as excuses.
For example, he said another sheriff told him it was OK to take the unused vacation pay, though Bourgeois couldn't recall the person's name.
Bourgeois drove to four out-of-state LSU football games and two Saints games between 2009 and 2011 using $691 of taxpayers' money, the report says. Though he recognized the trips had no business purpose, he told the Legislative Auditor's Office there was "nothing wrong" with using taxpayer money for the game-day gas, claiming "other Louisiana sheriffs did the same."
Bourgeois took a trip to Talladega Superspeedway in October 2011 to provide security for the big NASCAR race, the audit report says. He borrowed a private camper, charged $868 to the Sheriff's Office — the parish's taxpayers — for gas and drove to Alabama. When he arrived, "racetrack management informed him that they no longer required his security services." Though "he intended to reimburse the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office" for the gas, he "never got around to it."
Two actions that cost taxpayers the most, according to the report, are Bourgeois' failure to collect $395,000 in taxes owed by Neil Suard, owner of a local company named Baby Oil, and the former sheriff's use of roughly $350,000 worth of inmate labor to renovate a building now used by a private contractor to house an inmate work-release program. A lot of public good might have been done for the three-quarters-of-a-million dollars in money and in-kind labor that Bourgeois is accused of wasting on those couple of gaffs.
The big question now is whether anyone will prosecute Bourgeois for the eight state laws the audit report says he may have violated. The auditor uses the word "may" because it's not his job to determine whether the law has been broken. That job falls to one or more of these: Terrebonne Parish District Attorney Joe Waitz Jr., Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell and the state Ethics Board. Last week, Waitz deferred to the attorney general, saying the office was already looking into it. A spokesman for Caldwell's office declined comment when contacted by a Courier and Daily Comet reporter. The Ethics Board routinely refuses to talk about whether it will investigate cases.
Bourgeois hasn't talked with The Courier and Daily Comet in a while, at least since the newspapers began looking into these and other allegations months ago. But at least the public now has his side of the story.
See if his explanations work for you next time you get into trouble with your boss or, heaven forbid, with the law: Somebody told me I could do it, but I can't remember who. Every other (insert your occupation here) in Louisiana does it. I was going to repay that money, but I never got around to it. I know there was no business purpose for spending the company's money, but there's nothing wrong with that, right? Well, if you insist, I'll pay it back, but only under protest.
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Get Amy's on your campus!
Students, dining directors, managers of c-stores (convenience stores on campus) and school administrators have requested Amy's products on their campus. As the old saying goes, "If you build it they will come." Well, Amy's has sure arrived at colleges and universities all over the nation and it really is because our student/consumers are passionate about Amy's.
With over 500 Colleges and Universities, placing Amy's and counting, students from the likes of: Duke University, Brigham Young University, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, University of California at Berkeley, to name a few have all adopted a healthier way of eating on campus. Student's lifestyles seem to include Amy's passion for healthy living. Amy's recognizes that food affects the way you feel and students are demanding an alternative to the dining hall options. They are speaking out demanding products that are quick, healthy, and of course, taste great.
Review of Amy's Light & Lean Spaghetti Italiano Bowl
Source: Show Me the Microwave: Thursday, March 1, 2012
What a week for frozen pasta and tomato sauce! First the Parmesan Crusted Fish from Lean Cuisine with its deliciously sweet and still savory tomato glory, and now this. I was lucky enough to spot this at one of the convenience stores on my campus, and since I still had a meal swipe available to me on my card, I bought it. The picture was so pretty that the phrase "meatless meatballs" didn't even make me squirm. Not immediately, anyway. Generally, non-meat products that attempt to taste like meat are massive failures and fail to satisfy me. I was prepared for this reality when I microwaved this meal, knowing that dinner tonight is GERMAN FOOD and I will have herbed spaetzle again (YES!). The best part of all this is that the meatless "meat"balls were a great success. Go back and read it with the Borat accent.
They were absolutely delicious. DELICIOUS, I TELL YOU. The little faux-balls are made with quinoa, tofu, and lentils. They don't taste anything like meat, which is wonderful. It's a completely different flavor and texture, but no less wonderful than any kind of meat product. Wonderfully spiced, the little bitty meatless balls of happiness were actually tastier than almost any meatball I can remember eating. The only complaint I had with the faux-balls is that they fall apart almost instantly, whereas you can stick a meatball on your fork like a gladiator with a spear. You win some, you lose some.
The pasta was really delicious, and organic to boot. You can't complain about that. There's definitely enough for a few forkfuls, although by the end of the day (or approximately five hours after I was done eating this meal, two pieces of fruit, and a pudding cup) I was beyond famished and subsequently gorged myself on herbed spaetzle, as predicted. Unless you're eleven years old or just built like a finch, you're going to have to supplement this bowl. Or, if you're not dieting, just eat two. 480 calories isn't so terrible, and 16 oz. of food should be enough to satisfy anyone. Heck, that's as much as a Hungry-Man entree, and way better for you.
The sauce was out of this world. Organic, full of flavor, plentiful... there is nothing bad I can say about this sauce. I would eat a bowl of it by itself. It also complemented the pasta and faux-balls to perfection. Take this paragraph with a grain of salt, as I am the girl who has her friends order cheese sticks from pizzerias so that she can just steal the marinara sauce and spoon it out of the little plastic container like some weird tomato-loving glutton. I tell ya, I was meant for Italian heritage and somehow got stuck with Russian, Hungarian, Irish, and Scottish. What gives? I hate beets, cabbage, and anything related to stomach lining. Even American food, the food of my wonderful homeland, is probably some of the most disgusting food ever to smear its essence on the planet. Why, oh why, could I not have been Italian and had all the wonderful carby, tomato-y goodness that comes with that?
I digress.
Amy says that there is a "side of broccoli florets" in this bowl. I'm not so sure. The broccoli, while delicious and beautifully green, is hardly enough to constitute a side dish. There was, in total, about eight paper clips' worth of broccoli hidden among the pasta and faux-balls. I remember learning in high school science that a paper clip is roughly equal to a gram. Eight grams of broccoli is simply inadequate. There were eight grams of FAT in the LC Parmesan Crusted Fish I ate the other day. Step it up, Amy's.
Actually, don't step it up. This meal is pretty much perfect the way it is. I give it a strong and hearty A+, which rarely happens. It's on par with the butternut squash ravioli as my favorite microwave dish of all time. Maybe if it filled me up, it'd be in first place. Then again, I eat about as much as Seattle Slew, so you might be just fine with it.


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I use this in my classroom as a place to put all assignments I do that have extra copies. That way I don't have to search all over to find work for students who are absent and for things I use every day (like Calendar Math, etc) I keep extras up there. It makes my life a hundred times easier and the kids help keep it up. A great tool!
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I have used the pocket chart in my 2nd grade classroom for the last two years, and it looks as good as the day I put it on the wall. It is very durable and can take a lot of abuse from 7 and 8 year olds! Not to mention, I save so much space by eliminating the need for cubby boxes.


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Marker: PE Etha
Condition: 9/10 (tiny scratches and some breech wear)
Color: Black
Upgrades: Techt MRT Bolt (possibly)
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Trades of interests: EDIT: Satisfied my 2.1 itch. Will look at other trades. Let's see what you got!
Location of item: St. Louis, MO
What is Included: marker, original case, PE grease, stock barrel, some allen keys, brand new spare parts bag, feedneck thumb screw, Techt bolt if you pay for it
Hey TechPB, selling my Etha today. It's in very good shape, had about 5 cases through when I got it and now it has around 8. This marker, like all of my markers, was cleaned after every day of play. Shoots awesome, I've definitely enjoyed playing with it. Offer up trades, worst that could happen is I say no thank you. Would prefer not to downgrade though. Maybe shockers? The Techt bolt for this is pretty good, it gets rid of the vibration that the Etha is known for since it's so light. It quiets the marker down a decent amount too.
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Another hike in minimum wage awaits Colorado employers and workers Jan. 1.
The state's minimum wage will rise 22 cents to $8, a gain of 2.8 percent, under a 2006 voter-approved law that ties yearly changes to the Denver-Boulder-Greeley inflation rate.
Tipped workers in restaurants and elsewhere also will see a 22-cent hike in their minimum wage to $4.98 per hour.
Inflation in the Denver region rose 2.8 percent from mid-2012 through mid-2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The federal agency cited higher costs in the metro region for housing (up 4.2 percent), food prices (up 1 percent) and energy (up 3.3 percent).
Colorado's rate of $8 in 2014 is tied for the sixth-highest among the 13 states that adjust their rates yearly, according to the National Employment Law Project. The group is a supporter of higher minimum wages.
The increase will affect an estimated 104,000 of the state's more than 2 million workers, the group said.
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Tony Gagliardi, head of the Colorado chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, said his group favors wages based on the marketplace.
With most employers already paying above the minimum based on market forces, the required hike mostly hurts low-margin and struggling businesses, he said.
"It is always a concern, especially to Main Street businesses like the Main Street business down there in Pueblo who are just barely making it now," Gagliardi said.
The 2014 hike will move Colorado's rate to 10.3 percent higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25. The federal rate is not changing.
The state of Washington will impose the nation's highest minimum wage at $9.32, up 13 cents from the current year. Oregon is No. 2 at $9.10, up 15 cents.
Erin Bennett, director of 9to5 Colorado, one of the groups that supports higher minimum wages, issued a statement praising the increase.
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Your First Time Fishing in GSMNP
Since there isn't a much fishing to be had right now, it may be a good time to share some stories.
What was your first time fishing in the Smokies like? Did you go with anyone? Where did you go? What gear/flies did you try? What did you catch? etc.
I'll add mine later.
After many trips to the Smokies, I finally gave in to the desire to fish the rivers. About four years ago was the first time my son and I fished in the park. After stopping at LRO we went fishing in Metcalf Bottoms. I thought to myself that a couple of novices have no chance of catching any fish. My son was about ten years old at the time, and it was his first experience with a flyrod. After about a half an hour or so, my son decided to fish toward the end of the long, slow run. He laid the fly right at the overhang of the river bank and shouted "I got one!" I thought to myself, yea, right, he's just hung up. To my suprise, he brought to hand a itty bitty 'bow. It didn't matter what the size, as long as he caught one. To make the experience even better, he caught that fish in front of Mom, Dad, and Grandma and Grandpa! We have fished the Park a couple of times since then, but have been skunked on our other trips. We fished a liitle on Thuunderhead prong during extremely low water, And tried to fish this past October but the rivers were flowing a little too fast for our taste. This is what makes for great memories! I can't imagine fishing in the Park without my little buddy along by my side. I hope we have many more trips together before he is grown and gone. Sorry to ramble on so long. flyguys
My first time fly fishing in the Smokies was my first time fly fishing. My son and I had a beginning fly fishing lesson (through LRO) with Walter Babb in late March 2007. I finally ventured out on my own in early May and went to Middle Prong just above the Tremont Institute. Caught 4 trout as I recall and all on a Parachute Adams. I think in that first year, I never ventured from that one pattern.
I can remember thinking (very loudly - you can do that, you know, change the volume of your thoughts) with that first one, "I caught a trout! I caught a trout! I caught a trout!" Been hopelessly hooked ever since.
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first time fishing
My first time fishing the park and fishing with a flyrod was last fall with a local guide. I missed way more fish than I caught but as the guide kept telling me at least I was fooling the fish. The water was really flowing on that day and it was alot harder casting and trying to keep my balance than it is in my back yard. I look forward to spring and many more visits and memories to make.
I stopped by the shop and picked up some boots and waders with Bill's help. Bought some flies and tied on a BHPTN and went up by the bridge at Treemont (this was my very first day fly fishing). Caught a bow. Came back and told Bill how much I liked it and went back to the exact same spot the next day! I've come a long way and still have a long way to go, but at least I can catch one now when I go.
The first time I fished the Smokies was on my 10th wedding anniversary. The wife wanted to go to Las Vegas, I talked her into a cabin around Townsend.
She hiked up MP of LR and MP of LP with me. I was on a quest to add the state of TN to my list of states which contain (native) brookies.
Funny story though: She doesn't hike or fish, but she does smoke. When we left the trailhead on both streams, she took four cigarettes with her, and she informed me when she's done smoking - I'm done fishing!
I struck out on MP of LR, although I must have caught 50 rainbows. I started getting nervous on MP of LP, but I did manage one brookie before she ran out of smokes. I also learned that I would never make it as a tournament fisherman because I don't fish well under pressure.
This year will be our 15th anniversary, doubt I can talk her into it again, she wants to go somewhere "tropical". Maybe the Smokies will have unseasonably warm temps at the end of May.
The Search for Native Salmonids
The first time I fly fished in the Smokys I had just learned to cast in the backyard. I took several days off from work and camped at Elkmont. I fished the Little River from one end to the other without luck. In a moment of ultimate humiliation, I was wading a thin riffle when I spooked a trout that was lying in a litttle pocket of the riffle. The trout darted upstream between two rocks just as brought my foot down between those same rocks. I stepped on the trout. Imagine stepping on more trout than you caught on a fly rod. I finally caught a little trout that was rising under some bushes not far from where I stepped on the trout. He took a black ant. He was the only trout I caught the entire trip. Humbly yours, Silvercreek
Yeah, I've done the same thing; wading right down the middle of the river and spooking all the trout. I rarely get in these days.
The first time I fished in the Park was about ten years ago. I had never fished for trout before. I talked a buddy who had done trout fishing before into going with me. We made a flying trip out of it. Drove four hours spent the night fished until dark and went home.
We stopped by Litte River Outfitters [ they were in the old store] and bought flys. we went to Metcalf Bottems to fish. I didn't know about slick mountauin rocks at that time.
I had brought my lug sole duck hunting waders. I caught my first trout that day. One rainbow and a small brown. I also dunked myself three times in those lug sole waders. I also learned that 5mil neoprene wader legs float and it is very hard to get your feet back on the river bottom. It is a little disconcerting for your head to be be higher than your feet in this type situation.
First the earth cooled, and then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil, then I started fishing the smokies
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Schell's expansion will re-start Monday
NEW ULM – Schell's Brewery's major expansion plan will pick back up on Monday after being redesigned when some elements of the plan proved too expensive.
The original plan called for an expansion project of up to $6 million in two construction phases, with the first $2 million portion set to begin in May. The first phase calls for building a connecting building in the alleyway between Schell's two main buildings to create new space. This portion of the project will involve installing a new yeast propagation system, several hot and cold water tanks and six new "bright beer" tanks, which hold the finished beer before bottling.
The big change to the first phase, which delayed the start of the project, was the cancellation of a plan to build new space into the hillside next to the brewery's main building. The brewery was built over 150 years ago into the side of the hill, so space in the facility area has been limited for expansion.
Schell's owner Ted Marti said this portion of the project was scrapped after it was determined that carving out space into the hill would be much more expensive than anticipated.
The redrawn version of this phase will begin on Monday. The hillside removal is the only part to be changed, and miscellaneous other work will be completed to keep the project cost around $2 million.
The project will also involve a second phase in September with the total cost unknown at this point. The maximum that will be spent on the phase will be $4 million.
The phase will involve a new canning machine be built in the new alleyway building from the first phase of the project. In the brew house, an energy recovery system will be installed to capture the steam generated by the brewing process and convert it back into energy to help save on costs.
The big change to this phase is the delay of installation of four 720-barrel fermentation tanks, which are similar to the one added last year. The changes in the plan removed the new space for the tanks that would have been built into the hillside.
However, Marti said this does not mean the tanks will not be installed. He said that they will instead be pushed back to 2014 to allow time to figure out how to fit them into the existing facility.
The original goal for the project was to expand the brewery's capacity by 100,000 barrels . This would push Schell's from its roughly 131,000 barrels per year production in 2012 to its end goal of 230,000 barrels per year. The goal of this expansion
With the changes to the project, Schell's expansion in its barrel capacity will depend on how well the project progress this year and how cost are managed. Marti said that despite the delays, they will still be striving towards their capacity expansion goals to meet heavily increasing demand for beer from microbreweries.
"The market has absolutely exploded in recent years," said Marti in a previous interview.
Schell's Brewery is also seeking to hire four new sales department employees to improve its competitiveness in the growing craft brewing market.


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Friday, June 29, 2012
Meaningful Running
Since my first ultra in 2004, I have completed 68 ultramarathon events, which is a lot for someone my age. Crazy as it sounds, I know of other runners who have completed hundreds of ultras, and even as many as 600+. Of these, quite a few are one hundred mile races, which I'm sure takes it's toll on the body. Like anything else, I believe the quantity of races can sometimes take away from the simplistic value of a single experience. In 2010 Monica Scholz ran 25 one hundred milers to set a new record, and this year the power duo of Liz Bauer and Scott Brockmeier are attempting to break that record with 30 one hundreds in a single year. While the reasoning behind this amount of running if for record breaking purposes, I wonder how much healthy enjoyment can really come from doing something of such magnitude? Clearly, running 30 one hundreds is not for me, nor 99.99% of ultrarunners, but for a rare few it may actually be fun/"fun".
While I have run many races, I look back and realize most of them were not to race, or set a particular personal best. In fact, most of the events I have run were simply excuses to run in the mountains with friends for 5-8 hours and then have a friendly beer at the end. However, peppered in amongst the fun runs were a myriad of lackluster races where my body simply wasn't fit and conditioned enough to keep at it week after week, and month after month. I learned wise lessons in over racing, especially in my 20's when I thought I was indestructable and could run an ultra, some casual and some fast, every week.
Nowadays, I think I'd rather run two, or three really meaning races every year. This is a little different than the focus race mentality in that previously a focus race was more about a performance, than experience, and I allowed myself to get caught up in split times and finish times. It's not like the times were all that fast to begin with. Now it's all about the experience of the run. It's the mental and physical journey that transpires within. There's no doubt that the experience can be more enjoyable when you are fit and feeling fast, but it allows for the lows to seem a little brighter when a race isn't going as planned. Perhaps this is all just a part of my maturing process as a runner, and dare say young adult.
Next year I am hoping to get back out to the Graveyard 100, Western States 100, and Leadville 100. The latter are two experiences I could do over and over again, regardless of the fact they are seamingly so over hyped. Am I drunk on the publicity Kool Aid, or am I just really eager to see how well I can truly run on two incredibly beautiful courses rich in history? And as for the Graveyard 100? Well, I am a sucker for a little punishment, otherwise I wouldn't be an ultrarunner would I?
Quality versus quantity.
But, for now my next meaningful experience will be tackling the 4,000+ foot mountains that loom on the horizon of my little Shenandoah town. Every October the mountains call out there challenge. This year I accepted. Grindstone 100. T-minus three months and counting....
4 comments:
- Marc Griffin said...
Glad you decided to join the madness at Grindstone, let me know if you want to get out on the course, the more i can get out there the better!!!!
- June 29, 2012 at 1:05 PM
- irun4pain said...
Mike...we are camping at walnut hill koa August 2nd to 5th and will be training on grindstone course on Friday Saturday and sunday. If interested let me know.
Joshua finger
- July 5, 2012 at 4:31 PM
- irun4pain said...
Mike...we are camping at walnut hill koa August 2nd to 5th and will be training on grindstone course on Friday Saturday and sunday. If interested let me know.
Joshua finger
- July 5, 2012 at 4:32 PM
- irun4pain said...
Mike. We are running grindstone course weekend of August 2-5. Camping at walnut hill koa. If interested in joining, let me know.
Joshua finger
- July 5, 2012 at 4:34 PM
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