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Beautiful, light double room in lovely Andalus farmhouse set in the spectacular countryside of the Montes de Malaga National Park
Nº de hóspedes:2
Casas de banho1
Tamanho10 m²
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|Finca El Romeral, 29170 Colmenar, Malaga, Espanha
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There are three fully restored double bedrooms (two with modern ensuite bathrooms with deep bath tubs and power showers) and a very comfortable single room. There are three king-sized beds and all the mattresses are extremely comfortable and top of the range. Guests say they sleep like logs here. It is extremely tranquil with just birdsong to accompany your slumber.
This extremely pleasant, light double room which we call ' the healing room' leads onto a patio full of plants and has a window overlooking the mountains around us. It can be set up with a double bed or two single beds depending on your preference. It also has its own large, light and airy ensuite bathroom with a deep bath tub and power shower.
There is a large, comfortable kitchen (with fab Colombian coffee as well as lots of teas and infusions) internet, wifi, a landline, huge gas oven, enormous fireplace, salt water swimming pool, organic vegetable garden, and lots of great areas to walk in, including down to the river which is part of the property. There is a lending library with a wide variety of literature and TV and DVD players available although most people prefer to enjoy their time here in other pursuits. You can do yoga, paint, write or whatever in our large, light workshop space or outside in the orchard, by the pool or anywhere you like.
We can do yoga with you if you like, have informal classes and can organise specific workshops as we are friends with a number of very experienced yoga teachers form a variety of traditions. There is also a weekly Tai Chi class in the village.
We are 2 kilometres from the nearest town, Colmenar, which is very typically Andalusian with a good variety of bars and restaurants which we can happily recommend. We are half an hour from Malaga and the airport and 1 hour from Granada, 1 hour and a quarter from Cordoba, 1.5 hours from Seville - ideally situated for getting to know these amazing Andalusian cities and seeing the Alhambra, the Mezquita of Cordoba, El Torcal, a beautiful national park 25 minutes from here and the prehistoric dolmen caves near Antequera etc.
Equally we are only half an hour from the beaches of the Mediterranean and the Costa de Sol and two hours from the more wild, white sandy Atlantic beaches of the beautiful Costa de Luz, Tarifa for windsurfing and partying, Vejer de la Frontera and Cadiz, the oldest port in Western Europe. ....
We love preparing delicious, healthy food which can be traditionally Spanish, Asian-inspired and international and is principally vegetarian although we also love fresh, locally-sourced fish and organic, homegrown fruits and vegetables. Nacho, my husband, trained in catering at the renowned 'La Consula' where Hemingway lived and members of the Royal Family and other notables have sampled local delicacies.
Breakfast has a small additional cost and depending on what you would like (fruit salad, smoothies, a traditional Andaluz breakfast, eggs (poached, boiled or fried), croque-madame, porridge, cereal, toast and homemade marmalade etc. etc.) costs between €3 and €6. We can happily provide you with other meals as well depending on your preferences and lunch and supper costs between €6 and €15 depending on what appeals to you.
Please note that even if dates appear as unavailable, we have several rooms so please check our other listings as another room might be free so ask us.
We are incredibly happy here and feel like we are living in a paradise and often have people come to stay who just revel in their time here. My Spanish husband is a maitre d' in a 5 star hotel and a fabulous (and very friendly) cook. I am a very experienced and fully qualified therapist and can give massage and reflexology treatments in the treatment room here. Please let me know in advance if you'd like to book in a massage or reflexology session to make your stay here even more extra special!! If you are interested in a private retreat for yourself or a small group, we would be happy to discuss this with you.
We love meeting new people and have been called excellent hosts. You can be as social or reclusive as you like - there is plenty of space to just hang out in, read, paint etc..
It is a beautiful retreat space and we host workshops on yoga, meditation, photography, permaculture, Spanish language and cuisine, art, flower remedies, Body Harmony, Mayan cosmology etc. etc. as well as the occasional party. We won't force any of this on you, though, if that's not your bag...
Plenty of parking and if you are travelling without a car, there are good public transport connections from here and we can do airport pick-ups or pick-ups from Malaga if necessary. We can arrange informal tours of Malaga as well as walks in the nearby countryside. We speak Spanish, English, French and a smattering of Italian and Portuguese...
Please note, guests often wish they could stay for an extra night to really be able to make the most of relaxing on the farm and getting to know the local area so please bear that in mind when you book.
Regras da CasaWe ask guests to be respectful of our space, our home, the countryside around us, our cats and of course, of each other!!
We encourage you to help us to save electricity by turning off any lights that you are not using when you are not in your room.
Please be conscious of your use of water as the South of Spain needs to conserve as much water as possible.
Please bring your own towels for use by the pool or for the beach.
Please help us keep the house neat and tidy by not leaving belongings scattered about.
We ask guests to smoke outside and to be very careful with cigarette butts as there can be a fire-risk. Please use the ashtrays available.
Guests are welcome to use our washing machine and can use the kitchen appliances and oven if you choose to be self-catering and we just ask for a small contribution towards the cost of electricity/gas and water.
We recycle and ask guests do the same and we have separate rubbish bins for plastic, paper and card and organic material.
If you borrow anything, please put it back where you found it.
If there is absolutely anything we can do to make your stay more comfortable or pleasant in any way, please don't hesitate to tell us.
Many thanks!!
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schön und ruhig gelegene Unterkunft, Alleinlage, altes Farmhaus, mit Wegbeschreibung der Gastgeber leicht zu finden, Gastgeber sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit, leben mit im Haus. 3 Gästezimmer, 1 Doppelzimmer mit eigenem Bad. Weiteres Doppelzimmer im EG mit danebenliegendem Gemeinschaftsbad. 1. OG großer Raum mit Doppelbett. Pool, Auf Wunsch Mahlzeitenzubereitung durch Gastgeber möglich.Terrassenbenutzung mit schönem Blick. Umgebung sehr schön, ruhig, viel Weinanbau, Obstbäume, Mandelbäume.
un site magnifique perdu en pleine campagne. Une belle maison, des hôtes adorables. Une oasis de bonheur.
Très bien reçus, la maison est telle que décrite, et les petits déjeuners à ne pas manquer.....!! ! !
Beaucoup de gentillesse et de douceur;
Merci encore :)
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Mexican pink tarantulas, Brachypelma klaasi, are found in North and Central Americas. Brachypelma klaasi inhabits many habitat types including humid, arid, deciduous forest zones. It is found at elevations of 300 to 1,400 m above sea level. The known range of this species extends from Tepic, Nayarit in the north to Chamela, Jalisco in the South. This is mainly the southern Pacific coast of Mexico. The largest known population of Brachypelma klaasi can be found at the biological reserve at Chamela, Jalisco. (Arnett, 1986)

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Topic: Request for Tutorial of Blog with tagging
I have a request for a tutorial for a blog with using acts_as_taggable_on_steriods and restful_authentication. Ideas?
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I have a request for a tutorial for a blog with using acts_as_taggable_on_steriods and restful_authentication. Ideas?
that's a tall order for one tutorial dude.
the restful authentication part on it's own is well documented in this very forum.
the blog part you can follow akira's tutorial for his rails webcast 2.0. and lastly acts_as_taggable_on_steroids took me awhile to get right, that i'm keeping those cards close to my chest.
The thing with tutorials, is they only do it half way.. all the cool security features that you need to make sure people don't F@#Ck with your sh!t, are never covered, nor could they be.
Your one sentence above is like 4 pages of tutorials, minimum. i've started you off though, so i'm not a total douchebag.
If this was the IRC Channel, you'd get lambasted... i've been there.
good luck dude.
I agree. Try learning those lessons separately and then put them together:
Tutorial: Restful Authentication with all the bells and whistles
Screencast: Akita Rails 2.0 (blog example)
Tutorial: Akita follow-up 2.0 tutorial
Plugin with some examples to get you started: Acts_as_taggable_on_steroids
Google Search: Acts_as_taggable_on_steroids
I just opensourced the code for my first blogger and it uses both but I warn you it's not pretty being my very first from scratch web app. It uses both of the above plugins and they all work. It's called RBlog and you can get it from github at http://github.com/nu2rails/rblog/tree/master It will take some digging but it's all pretty simple really. You can also use the code and modify it for your own uses. I wouldn't recommend using it as is.
acts_as_taggable_on_steroids took me awhile to get right, that i'm keeping those cards close to my chest.
Nice man you really have a great community sense about you.... if ANY THING something that took you awhile to get the hang of or you felt was hard then all the more reason to tell people about it. Jezzz
listen magic man.... your 'sense of community' schtick can be shoved where the sun don't shine pal.
the license for rails is MIT, and not the communistic GPL, so again bugger off with that stuff about community. you don't know what i've given back to people who have asked for help, so stop with your futile attempt at sarcasm.
As with anything in rails, most of the tutorials have something to do with the way you setup your routes and how everything interacts with one another, and that is why i won't write about how i coded by coincidence and got it to work. Maybe it will work for the guy, who knows. This board is loaded with posts from guys like this guy who ask for the moon and usually are unanswered.
Mr.Nerb this had nothing to do with your willingness to explain or go into further detail. it was your attitude about the situation that was flawed. why would you tell someone who is looking for help that you have the answer and that you wont give it. why mention it at all? no need for carrots and sticks on a forum.
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Hot and hillyIn full: Great trail race with excellent marshalling. Richmond Park gets busy on a weekend with traffic, cyclists, walkers etc. and the marshalls did a superb job of controlling traffic at road crossings and roundabouts, vital really when you get to the last tired lap and it's hard to keep your wits about you. Well done! The temp this year was over 20C which made it quite tough on top of the hill repeats. I'd hoped for a London GFA time of 3:15 which rapidly went down the tubes, and slogged home around 3:39. Really enjoyed the day, spectators were enthusastic, medical support was always on hand if needed, and a free massage at the end. Plus the pre-race PA music was a rocking choice of 80's and 90's classics. What more could you want? I'd certainly come back, only hoping it's cooler next year.Date of review: May 19, 2014
In short: Fast flat PB courseDate of review: December 2, 2013
In short: Don't know what people are complaining about. A great run in terrible weather.In full: This run has been growing in stature every year and I think it will soon be one of the premier half-marathons in the UK. For a small city to organise a 5000 capacity chip-timed run is an incredible achievement in modern athletics. I ran the Wolves half a few weeks back (only 800 runners), an established race in a similar sized city and that was not perfect either. People criticising this event seem to have nit-picked on the smallest details - this is not VLM so try to relax a bit and appreciate the effort that went into what did go well.I agree that the start funnel could have been better as traffic was not cleared from the road until 20 mins before the off, but then again they were buses bringing runners to the race, so what's the fuss? The crowding made it hard to spot your pace runner until near the gun, but the pacers themselves lined up in time and gave a clear briefing to their group as to how the pace would be run.Bag storage - Kassam Stadium is a football Conference level venue with a match day capacity of around 12500. Given that there is no storage area inside and no practical place to park baggage trucks, using one side of the stadium to store the 3500+ runner's bags by filing them in order in the the seats is innovative. Spare a thought for the baggage marshals who spent their day running up and down steps to store and fetch bags. There was no 'shambolic' anything and no congestion picking up bags once runners heeded the reasonable instruction to stop getting changed in front of the baggage stand and take their bags & clothes inside the stadium.And my race - I'm still aiming to break 90 mins and held up until 9Km before losing the pace group and rolling in at 1hr 33. Clearly need to work harder on speed endurance, and weather aside I would run this event any year.Date of review: October 14, 2013
In short: Flat course but windy this yearIn full: Great flat course with strong PB potential. 420 runners with a 31 min winner and 80 people finishing sub-40 mins - but not me thanks to the headwind on the airfield between 7 and 8km. Should have pushed harder. As noted below some of the distance markers were a little out - 6K was about 400m too long - but my GPS watch gave correct splits and had the finish bang on 10K. Marshals were very helpful.Date of review: December 11, 2012
In short: Always enjoyableIn full: I've only missed this 10K once in the last 10 years. This is the event that got me back into serious running after being talked into it by a mate who lived locally. It's a real challenge with 3 hills and 3 long slopes to the peak height around 7K. Friendly atmostphere at the rugby club with post-race massage, tea, coffee and BBQ. Marshalls on course also keep your spirits up.Very happy with yet another PB, this time 42 minutes. Doing it on this tough course has given me the belief that the long-awaited sub-40 on flat may not be far off. A long way from my first gasping wreck of a run back in 2003 when I could barely break 70 minutes!There aren't many distance markers - but to people who think they saw them way out of place, you may been spotting the marshal station markers (red numbers on a white background). Those are not KM markers.Date of review: May 14, 2012
In short: Great course if the wind stays downIn full: This is a flat PB course but only on a calm day. The final long straights of each lap (on the airfield runway) were run into a strong headwind. That's a total of about 1K per lap with the wind holding you up. By my Garmin pace I reckoned it was adding 30 secs/km. I did get a half marathon PB but missed my goal of sub-90 by 2 mins, which I put down mainly to that wind.Later on I met a couple of other runners in Stratford town who had run this course before and they said it had never been so tough with the wind. So be warned and expect to work a lot harder on a blowy day.Lastly commentators on previous editions of this race have mentioned that the course seemed long and I agree - the Garmin measured the half marathon at 21.28KM.Date of review: March 5, 2012
In short: Fast flat courseIn full: Freezing conditions prompted a proper warmup and fast run taking 3 1/2 minutes off my previous PB. In spite of visible snow around the park both the path and grass surfaces were sound with no icy patches anywhere. Well organised start split the field into informal waves a few seconds apart, so in spite of there being over 200 runners it never felt crowded.Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: Starts out easy.....In full: Tough mix of slopes and proper hills. The first 3 miles are gently uphill and an easy way to warm up, but no matter what the wind direction the course loop means at some point you must run at least 2 miles into headwind. A great race that takes more out of you than you'd think.Date of review: November 29, 2011
In short: As tough as everIn full: It never gets any easier yet I keep coming back. 3rd year in a row, 3 mins off the PB, and the first year I've had to wade across the stepping stones. To those runners who did it for the first time - the ground is normally a lot dryer and less slippery underfoot so don't let that put you off trying again.Date of review: July 5, 2011
In short: Great scenery over a tough trail course. A friendly weekend in the Lake District.In full: Perfect weather and stunning views made it an enjoyable run out. Friendly marshalls and locals especially through the campsite on the final stretch. PB never a possibilty - I was almost an hour slower than my road time but you do these courses for fun rather than speed.It is tougher than the website slide show suggests, with about 10 miles of hard slopes plus 5 miles of easier ascent to reach the highest point above Coniston Water (where most people were happy to stop for photos :-) ). The remainder of the course, although mostly downhill, is no faster due to some very rocky terrain. At many sections we were gingerly picking our way forward at walking speed to avoid injury. The water crossing was a welcome cooldown and it wouldn't hurt to keep it on the course.I said it was friendly and I'd like to thank the marshalls, race organisers & locals who helped me stay in touch with my partner after the car had a blowout whilst she was driving to the south spectator point. With no mobile signal except Vodaphone we relied on them passing a message back to the finish area and kindly lending me a phone to call back, whilst a local household helped to recover the car from the road for repairs on their driveway. And a shout out to the kind barman who stood me a beer whilst I waited for news with my money being some miles away in the car! No-one was hurt and all sorted in the end. If I had one gripe it would be the sporadic KM markers. Myabe I wasn't paying attention but I only noticed signs at 14, 17, 18 & 24K in addition to knowing the feed station distances from the course map. It does make it hard to calculate pace unless you wear a Garmin etc. I also would have expected timing chips for the price paid.I probably wouldn't come back only because of the slog to get up there from home and the timing of it falling between the spring and autumn marathons (this will be the only year I try to race 3 of them!). But if you enjoy trail/fell running and know what terrain to expect this race would be a highlight of the year.Date of review: July 5, 2011
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A/I Mutt+Msmtp Configuration Howto (SSL/TLS, POP/SMTP)
- to read mail with mutt from POP via TLS/SSL
- to send authenticated mail via TLS/SSL withmutt+msmtp
- you are already familiar with POP receiving in mutt
- you have already configured mutt to send mail with mutt+msmtp
- you have already an active account as firstname.lastname@example.com and know your working PASSWORD
Software details
Output of `mutt -v`:
#Mutt 1.5.11 (2005-09-15)
#System: Linux 184.108.40.206 (i686) [using ncurses 5.4] [using libidn 0.5.15
#Compile options:
so, a mutt with pop and gnutls configured (and no USE_SSL nor USE_SASL).
Output of `msmtp --version`:
#msmtp version 1.4.0
#TLS/SSL library: GnuTLS
#Authentication library: GNU SASL
#Supported authentication methods:
#plain cram-md5 digest-md5 external login
#System configuration file name: /etc/msmtprc
so, a msmtp with GNUTLS and SASL, as opposed to the default 'ssl' Gentoo flag
If you are using a different Linux distribution from Gentoo you should find both the mutt and msmtp packages in your distribution package repository
Reading email via POP using mutt
For reading via POP in mutt, add and customize the following line (join the following!) in .muttrc, customizing PASSWORD and USER terms with the ones provided in your connection parameters:
macro index <F8> ":set dsn_notify=<enter>:unhook *<enter>:unset pop_user<enter>:unset pop_pass<enter>:set pop_host=mail.autistici.org<enter>:set email@example.com<enter>:set pop_pass=PASSWORD<enter><change-folder-readonly> pops://email@example.com@mail.autistici.org<enter>:my_hdr From: USER <email@example.com><enter>:set sendmail='/usr/bin/msmtp -a USER'<enter>:reply_to From: USER <email@example.com><enter>" "email@example.com POP"
Append the A/I certificate for POP mail to ~/.mutt/certificates and add the following to .muttrc :
set certificate_file=~/.mutt/certificates
(or mutt wil prompt you to add the certificate automatically)
Place the next in .muttrc ONLY if you have priority conflicts with other accounts :
set pop_authenticators="digest-md5:apop:user"
Sending email via STMP with msmtp
For sending, place this in your default .msmtprc:
account email@example.com port 587 from firstname.lastname@example.com user email@example.com auth on password PASSWORD tls on tls_starttls on tls_trust_file ~/ca.crt # download from A/I Certification Authority website host smtp.autistici.org tls_certcheck on
Test your msmtp configuration by mailing a "foo" message to yourself :
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Chip, I love the yohen effects that are possible with Bizen, very dynamic and eye-catching.
Here is the next piece, a Kutani-yaki chawan by Izukura Juro.
My aunt, who doesn't know anything about Japanese ceramics, was just amazed when she felt this bowl for the first time . It's wonderful to drink matcha from in summer.


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This is definitely a great choice for a casual night out on the town! I really wasn't sure what to expect being that the whole show is based on improve AND audience participation. What's exciting is that everything that happens is so random and even if you go on the next night, you won't see the same show as before- so it's a nice option for any day of the year. Only down fall was the group of pubescent teen girls hooting and hollering behind us (lots of audience participation from that group). The tickets through goldstar were a great deal. What's even better that this is a CLEAN show, you can go with anybody- your family, your friend(s) and your partner.
The location was right in the heart of the city, so near subway- convenient. Go for it!
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Well, I went on Valentine's night. It is a small theater but packed full of fun. The show is based off skits which the actors play out from hearing about (lets say a couple) experiences together or things that happen to them. The couples sat...continued
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Affordable entertainment for NYC, but a bit too kiddie/campy for me. Would be nice if they had an "adult" version where the language didn't have to be censored.
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"Exhilarating to watch…a raucous good-time atmosphere!" –Santa Barbara Independent
For two decades, the National Comedy Theatre has been entertaining audiences of all sizes and types across the nation with their unique brand of interactive, improv comedy.
The New York City National Comedy Theatre Show is a comedy competition between two teams of professional comedians who perform a series of scenes — all based on audience suggestions.
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You know someone's star is gaining momentum when they're photographed week after week with a brand new, uber covetable designer bag on their arm. Jessica Chastain is making yet another appearance on PB this week, and this time she's carrying the oxblood Alexander McQueen Heroine Bag. The Heroine is available in a wide range of colors - we're quite partial to this bright orange version, available for $2,995 at Neiman Marcus.
Jessica was snapped in this fab purple-toned ensemble outside a theater in NYC where she's starring in a play called "The Heiress". (Love that trench!) At this point, I believe Ms. Chastain is even outpacing Miranda Kerr in PB appearances. We've already documented the majority of her bag collection (as of 2012) in "The Many Bags of Jessica Chastain", and of course, her taste is absolutely sublime. You'll notice her extensive sunglasses collection almost deserves a post all its own - Jessica has a penchant for dramatic eyewear styles.


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Forget long winter, shift into spring
I promised myself I would avoid sounding like a broken record and not even mention the weather this week, but I can't resist. Even the annual burning of the snowman at Lake Superior State University on Thursday – when spring arrived – had to be delayed because of inclement weather.
However, it was only the ceremonial burning of the snowman to mark the arrive of spring that was delayed, not spring itself, so lets jump right into the stuff we're looking forward to as the season progresses.
Here are a few items that came to mind:
n Open water fishing is, of course, right around the corner and just about everybody I know is fully focused on the sport.
It certainly helped pique my interest the other day when spied an angler walking away from a local river with two nice steelhead he had just caught. I happened to see him just before he got to his vehicle at a hurried pace and quickly toss the rainbows into the bed of the truck – too late, I already saw him.
Before long there will be cars parked at a few known hotspots along the river, and hopefully the spring fishing will be hot as ever.
Also in the realm of fishing is a reminder to pick up your 2014 license, which is required starting April 1. There are changes in the state's licensing system this year, as well, so take a close look at what you want before making a purchase.
For me I'm taking the easy route – fork over $76 and get my all-species fishing license, small game license and the combination deer license with two tags. I'll be paying about $14 more than last year for the package, which replaced the 15 percent discount that we used to get for buying four licenses (the combination deer counts as two) at once.
n In an effort to have anglers meet the fisheries biologists who work in waters in their area and talk about local issues, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is holding a series of public forums.
The gatherings are being dubbed ""Conversations & Coffee with DNR Fisheries Division."
At least one forum is being held in each of the state's eight management units. Out of the 11 meetings, six will be in the U.P. Actually, the U.P. gatherings already kicked off, with the first being held in Escanaba Thursday evening.
Others are scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 8 at the Tahquamenon Area Public Library in Newberry, 7 to 9 p.m. April 9 at the Ishpeming Township Hall, 6 to 8 p.m. (CST) April 10 at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 14 at Sydney's Restaurant in Munising, and 7 to 9 p.m. April 16 at Portage Lake District Library in Houghton.
For more information on the meetings, visit www.michigan.gov/fishing.
Spring is also a time to get out and do some turkey hunting, with the earliest hunt periods beginning April 21 and the latest ending May 31. License drawing results were announced recently and leftover licenses to hunters who didn't apply for a license went on sale Monday.
Included in hunt periods is No. 234 that includes the entire U.P. as well as most of the lower Peninsula, and runs from May 5 through 31.
This hunt has become popular because there are an unlimited number of licenses available. That's not exactly correct, but I don't think the 995,551 available licenses for the hunt listed on the DNR website Thursday afternoon will be sold out anytime soon. This is the first year hunt 234 licenses can be purchased right up through May 31.
More information about spring turkey hunting can be found on the DNR website at www.michigan.gov/turkey.
n Another activity 'm looking forward to this spring is doing some ORV riding on the backroads and trails of the U.P.
There are endless possibilities for cruising locations in all areas of the peninsula, ranging from basic self-made trails through private property to well-maintained public trails.
There is a new licensing system for ORVs this year, too, with the price going up to $26.25, which is about a $10 increase from 2013. In addition, riders who want to use state designated trails have to pay an additional $10.
Increased revenues from the price hikes will be used to expand the state trail system, add connector trails to communities and enhance maintenance and improve safety of the trails.
In regard to maintaining the trails, the DNR has grants available from the ORV Trail Improvement Fund, Applications are now being accepted through May 1 from non-profit clubs and organizations and public agencies.
According to the DNR, the grants can be used "to maintain existing designated state ORV trails, routes and use areas; repair public lands damaged by inappropriate ORV use; and develop new ORV trails, routes and use areas. Grant funds also are available to pay for liability insurance, leases or easements."
So it looks like we will be paying a little more to fish, hunt and ORV this year, but it's certainly worth paying it for the wonderful opportunities we have in the U.P. to enjoy all three sports.
Editor's note: City Editor Dave Schneider can be contacted at 906-228-2500, ext. 270.


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New In This Update
Two positive crows collected in Edison, May 22 & 24.
Crow, Hawk & Falcon Testing
To date, 118 crows and 1 hawk have been tested by the Department of Health and Senior Services' Public Health and Environmental Laboratory. Of those, 11 crows found in Bergen and Middlesex Counties have tested positive for the presence of the West Nile virus (WNV).
Additional Information & Advisories
New Jersey residents can take personal precautions to minimize their WNV exposure risk. Such measures include spraying insect repellent on their clothing and exposed skin in accordance with labeling directions and wearing long sleeved shirts and pants when outdoors. Residents can also curb outdoor activities at dawn, dusk and during the evening. Residents should also eliminate standing water on their own property that can serve as a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Windows screens should also be used and kept in good repair.
The West Nile virus, an arboviral disease, is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird. WNV is not directly transmitted from birds to humans or from person to person. WNV infection generally causes no symptoms or just mild, flu-like symptoms; however, the elderly are at higher risk of more severe disease.
In 2000, a total of six New Jersey residents became ill and one died due to WNV infection. The virus was also detected in mosquitoes, horses, crows and other birds in 20 of the state's 21 counties. The virus was detected for the first time in the Western Hemisphere in September 1999, in birds found in New York City and Westchester County.
New Jersey's WNV surveillance, control and prevention activities involve the coordinated efforts of a number of federal, state and local agencies. These include the New Jersey Departments of Health and Senior Services, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the State Mosquito Control Commission, the Rutgers Mosquito Research and Control Unit, and local health and mosquito control agencies.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris may continue to juggle his roles as head coach and defensive playcaller next season. Morris took over the playcalling when the team demoted defensive coordinator Jim Bates following a 38-7 home loss to the New Orleans Saints. In the two games since, the team has made noticeable improvement on that side of the football. "I don't know," Morris said. "I kind of like the joystick right now. I've got the joystick in my… Read More »


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Topic: Webrick optimizing
My team is cooking up a rails app for demo to a client. At this point we don't have time to mess with lighty since we're concentrating on the app. However, when running in webrick our app is noticably slow. Are there any means of speeding up webrick? I've tried running with the production environment and that made a noticable improvement. If I could just squeeze a bit more out of it it would be fine for our demo. Most importantly, is there a way to supress the printouts from webrick? That would probably be enough performance to make the grade.


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1.25 CB Eli Apple-DB-tOSU
2.58 SS Vonn Bell-DB tOSU
3.89 DT Javon Hargrave-SC State
4.123 DE-Matt Judon-Grand Valley State
6.220 RB-Tyler Erwin-San Jose State
7.229 WR Geronimo Allison-Ilinois
7.246 QB-Cody Kessler-USC
weren't we #1 in defense this year (as well as being very high in the rankings the last few years)
and wasnt the offense pretty bad statistically?
next year we might lose 2 more weapons on the offense in mendy and wallace
so, is drafting another defensive player at #1 wise?
I predict that Woodley gets himself in shape and rebounds with a good season, James Harrison returns after taking a pay cut and Jason Worilds is waiting for his opportunity to finally play and shine just like Keenan Lewis finally go to do this season.
our situation is not that dire at OLB...


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Two Stocks for Capital Gains Hunters
All that glitters isn't gold, and here are a couple of companies with the prospect for exceptional total returns.
On a recent fishing expedition through the oceans of investment opportunities I came across two companies I'd forgotten. One of them I'd owned in the past. Because I waited until the price of the stock came down to my buy-limit price, I experienced an excellent total return outcome.
For those who don't know what a "total return outcome" is, allow me to explain. If I can find a publicly traded company that is profitable and gushes geysers of cash profits, I begin there. If that company also happens to pay a generous dividend to shareholders I get even more interested.
If I purchase the shares at a reasonable price and I'm able to hold the stock for 12 months or longer, I'm going to anticipate that when I sell that stock for a capital gain I will also have collected most of the annual dividends. The amount of those dividends plus the amount of the capital gains are my "total return outcome."
One way I accomplish this is by utilizing two important disciplines: position sizing and a carefully chosen trailing stop alert system that lets me know (via an email or text message alert) when the stock I own has moved a given percentage below or above the price for which I purchased it.
It's called a "trailing stop" because it follows the movement of the stock price and alerts me when that price has moved a predetermined percentage below my entry price or the highest price that the stock has climbed since buying it.
For more details on trailing stop alerts click here.
Let me introduce you to one of the examples of a stock that a total return investment prospector like me would be attracted to.
Prospect Capital (PSEC) is a business development company. It is a private equity firm specializing in late-venture, middle-market, mature, mezzanine finance, buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, development, cash flow term loans, and bridge transactions.
PSEC makes secured loans, creating senior debt, first-lien and second lien loans, mezzanine debt and equity investments in private and microcap public businesses. One of its most attractive qualities from an investors' perspective is that it typically invests across all industry sectors, with a particular expertise in the energy and industrial sectors.
More specifically, PSEC invests in oil and gas production, coal production, materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, utilities, pipeline, storage, power generation and distribution, renewable and clean energy, oilfield services, health care, food and beverage, education, business services and other select sectors. It spreads the risk to a plethora of valuable sectors.


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#DigitalSkeptic: This Bull Market Is a Turkey
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Thanksgiving or no, the so-called technology bull market investors are gobbling up is nothing more than a crop of turkeys.
I know, I know, today is supposed to be the bright, shining moment where we bend our knees and praise the heavens for family, friends and good food. But I cant be the only one barely able to stomach the ranting and raving over the supposedly succulent 16,000-plus Dow Jones Industrial Average .
See, on turkey days such as these, investors need not struggle through the usual Digital Age valuation digestion challenges -- such as how the information economy has already torched trillions in public market valuation devouring the music, publishing, financial services and other information sectors.
Rather, Thanksgiving does information economy investors a favor. There's just one thing they need do to get a taste for how bony this bull market is: consider the economics behind that lovely Thanksgiving meal you and your family are sharing today.
By any conceivable valuation metric, the unheralded, unhyped -- yes, unhip -- agriculture business simply eats the Information Economys lunch. And breakfast and dinner, for that matter.
The information-free food business
Whats unexpected -- and critical -- about the agriculture business is how tech averse it turns out to be. As much as food tech giants such as Monsanto, Dow Chemical or Bayer like to paint the agro economy as a high-tech food marvel, it takes almost no sniffing to determine that the average American farm is, at best, a low-tech operation.
I grew up on a farm, started two businesses serving the technology needs of farmers, Jesse Vollmar told me over the phone. This lower-Michigan native has founded a fascinating Ann Arbor startup called FarmLogs that is seeking to upgrade the technology quotient for the average farm.
And Vollmar makes it clear that while new technologies such as global positioning systems and more sophisticated farming combines are indeed part of the average farmer, the filter down -- slowly.
More often than not, farmers get a tech upgrade only once every several years when they invest in a big new piece of equipment from a Caterpillar or John Deere , he said. And even when farmers do invest in new technology, they rarely take full advantage of it. Farming has few centralized tech standards and no tradition of information technology continuing education. And the sector fights an overall skepticism to new systems.
Real change comes at a snails pace to most farmers, Vollmar said.
But in spite of not bothering to access the supposed backbones of todays tech bull market -- network access, social sharing and Web-based supply chain logistics -- the American farmer is enjoying a golden age. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, national net farm income (basically the backbone indicator of U.S. farm well-being) is on track to set a record of $121 billion this year, up 6% from last year and about $3 billion above 2011s previous record. Thats many percent more than tech giants such as Amazon or Google will sell. And if investors factor in the real wealth in farming -- the land, assets and the value of the reality of what farmers do -- agro simply knocks the stuffing out the Information Age bird.


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Topic: Capistrano in a nutshell
What is it?
And what's the benefits?
I have looked at some of the blog postings, but would like to know what it does in a nutshell.
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What is it?
And what's the benefits?
I have looked at some of the blog postings, but would like to know what it does in a nutshell.
It's quite simple:
It's a set of rake tasks that do the deployment of your Rails app for you.
Therefore you write a recipe for it.
You say: This is my subversion respository, this is my application server, this is my databaseserver and so on.
You also can tell Capistrano how to restart your application server (mongrel, apache, ...)
Then, let's say you release the first version of your app, you make a deploy.
Capistrano then just loggs onto the servers you told it, and executes some shell commands, like pulling the latest code from the respository and restarting your server.
After that, you have your first version online, and develop a bug fix.
To bring the bugfix to your servers, you just have to depoy again. Capistrano makes the work then for you.
You have to think once, what things have to be done when deploying your app, write this in your recipe and it works.
Also other developers how don't know how to deploy a new version can this do with Capistrano, because it's all in the recipe.
The full power of Capistrano you will realize when you have more than one application or database server.
Because then Cap does the job on all machines for you. When you would do int manually, you would have to do the same steps 2 or more times every time you want to deploy a new version.
Thats *basically* Capistrano :-)
Am I correct in thinking Capistrano doesn't work with windows?
Deploying *from* windows is supported.
Deploying *to* windows is *not* supported.
Am I correct in thinking Capistrano doesn't work with windows?
You can deploy from Windows to a Linux/OS X/BSD server, but you can't deploy to a Windows server. Then again, deploying any Rails app to a Windows server is an exercise in pain and generally not worth doing.
Just another reason to convert to Mac.
Thanks Dieter by the way, very useful.
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Skip to comments.Non-Farm Payrolls Rise Less Than Exepcted, Up 115,000; Unemployment Rate at 8.1%
Posted on 05/04/2012 5:33:55 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
I wonder how many people is off the payroll now..
They'll work it down below 8% before long.
More: Drop in unemployment rate nearly entirely from people leaving the workforce
Yet the "official rate" went down, didn't it? What a joke.
I wonder how many people "mysteriously" disappeared off the roles this month to get the rate down to 8.1%. Like Rush Limbaugh said yesterday, the rate WILL be below 8.0% on election day even if we lose 10 Million jobs between now and then.
It plummeted .1%!
Whoo hoo!
Soon to be revised upward...
It's 8.1% if you don't count the millions who have given up looking.
The 0bamunists will continue to cook the books on unemployment numbers right up to the election...
So another 522K people are counted as out of the work force last month. And unemployment falls a tick to 8.1%. Remind us again how thats good news? There are 2.7M more people out of the work force the past year, versus a mere 945K going into it. As such, the participation rate hits another cycle low of 63.6%. No worries, somehow todays newsincluding the lower-than-expected job growthwill be spun positively.
Jobs do NOT go up, but the unemployment rate goes DOWN.
Obama and crew are playing chicken with the economy. They are now intentionally injuring it so as to discourage workers from looking for jobs.
IF the economy won't take off and help them, then, by gosh, they'll kill it.
What that means is huge trouble if Scotus doesn't overturn ObamaCare, because that will increase employer costs out the roof and even more will be laid off. We'll enter a Great Depression.
If ObamaCare is overturned, then at best the economy will sputter due to a massive new group of people receiving 2 years of unemployment checks and then going from there onto the welfare rolls, thereby enlarging the Dem Party voting bloc.
This isn't just bad news; it's sinister news.
It's the first clear indicator that Obama is intentionally pushing programs in order to lower the unemployment rate by discouraging workers.
How in the world is anyone buying these unemployment numbers?
If we're adding 115,000 jobs and having over 360,000 filing new unemployment claims each week, how in the world can the UE numbers be going down?
And if labor force participation had stayed the same as in March, unemployment rate would have risen to 8.4%
I think I heard > 12 million...but I don't trust CNBC any more than I trust government.
Comparison: In April of 1984, economy added a population-adjusted 480,000 jobs
Him I believe.
Explain this to me this, only 119,000 private sector jobs were added in april, gov jobs have been cut, 365,000 new jobless claims and as I understand it you need to add 200,000 jobs each month for new folks entering workforce numbers, how in the h**l can unemployment drop to 8.1%, I know retorical question, but frustrating even watching FOX talking about how good it is. WOW
"...That would be the unemployment rate if US labor force the same size as when Obama took office".
Except that the US population is growing, and the labor force should be proportionally larger. 11% would itself be a massaging of the numbers.
"how in the world can the UE numbers be going down?"
As I've said over a year ago, I wish I could have laid money on the employment rate. I'd bet my everything I own that the rate will be in the 7s by October.
Next week's headline:
"Non-farm payrolls *drop* 25,000; unemployment rate now 7.9%"
115,000 working people probably die each month. I don't know the figures but a whole lot do die each month.
Needs more stimulus!!!!
Wait for it to be revised quietly in a week or two.
The real unemployment rate is around 10.9% when calculated the same way it was until 2009 and if using U-6, including all those unemployed collecting unemployment checks, the rate is about 16.5%. The economy sucks and 0bama won't be able to campaign on his poor economic record for the election. He will LIE about it though.
"The 0bamunists will continue to cook the books on unemployment numbers right up to the election..."
I think they are over-estimating the impact of their false unemployment figures; the unemployed (and all of their associates) know better, and the Kenyan Pirate has no solution to deal with the despair of many people that ARE working. A lot of people have been dealing with a lot of crap at their jobs (increased workloads due to layoffs, falling salaries in terms of puchasing power), and they don't have many ways to express their frustration/anger; unfortunately for Obama, the ballot box is the last one. It happened in 2009 in 3 states he carried (MA, NJ, VA), it happened in even more states he carried in the 2010 mid-terms, and now 2 years later (with things noticeably worse) it should happen on an even larger scale.
I understand why so much of Obama's posturing in 2011 was geared more towards heading off a Dem primary challenge than attacking Republicans; he ended a lot of Dem's careers in his first 2 years, and those still standing weren't willing to take a dive for him.
Soon, they will be counting those receiving unemployment benefits as being employed, because, as Pelosi said last year, they ARE adding to the economy by receiving those benefits.
Eric Holder (FNS) said on Wednesday that the BLS had 15 straight weeks of 'revised up' figures. He said that proved they were manipulating the weekly figures to make good headlines, then quietly, 'revising' the numbers a few days after.
The scary part is even after all the manipulation Obama is doing to the numbers, 115,000 and 8.1% is the best they can do
Because the number shows the net jobs gain. For example, if 2 million jobs were lost and 2.1 million were created, the number would be 100K.
It won't be next week, the job numbers are released the first Friday of each month.
"People Not In Labor Force Soar By 522,000, Labor Force Participation Rate Lowest Since 1981"
The actual unemployment number is statistical fakery and the weekly jobs number is statistical noise (the error per BIS is roughly +/- 100,000).
This graph also shows that the official definition of a recession is also an arbitrary one unconnected to reality. See how "the recession ended" there in late 2009? That single dip was enough for them to make that decision, and it's just a blip on one of the most noiseless economic graphs in existence.
The U3 is an idiot's statistic that is totally worthless.
There is no decent reason for excluding from a picture of unemployment those who have stopped looking for a job.
It makes far more sense to give the total number and then a number of job-able who are receiving welfare benefits. Let people draw their own conclusions.
In fact, and I could be wrong, I think a job-seeker can be dropped from the rolls for missing just a single month of job search reporting to the UE office.
522,000 out of the workforce number during April [because they exhausted benefits], thus no longer counted, per Stuart Varney.
That is why the percent 'dropped' to 8.1%.
This is the great statistical fakery of the whole endeavor: if they call you and say you just gave up looking for a job, they don't count you as unemployed. For purposes of the survey, you're retired and happy with no money worries.
U6 unchanged at 14.5%
they said the workforce participation, (i believe it represents the number of people in the workforce looking for work- someone please correct me if i'm wrong), is the lowest since 1981- there was a collective gasp of horror from the CNBC crew when that was mentioned...
(Wait, "Eric Holder"?)
That statistic is true but only half, well, maybe one-forth of the story. That number is only for 2012, i.e., every single week so far. Looking backward into 2011, 59 out of 60 weeks have been "revised" upward.
I put "revised" in quotes because something that is "revised" that much is not simply incorrect -- it's skewed.
from zerohedge.com
it is just getting sad now. In April the number of people not in the labor force rose by a whopping 522,000 from 87,897,000 to 88,419,000. This is the highest on record. The flip side, and the reason why the unemployment dropped to 8.1% is that the labor force participation rate just dipped to a new 30 year low of 64.3%.
I agree completely. But I also believe that 8% is NOT a magic number. People don't sit out there in voter land and say "Great, the number is now 7.99999%, so now I will vote for Obama." Instead, people look at their friends, neighbors, family members, and say "Oh, oh, we're in trouble". They will see that regardless of whatever contrived number the Obama administration manages to publish.
If you can stomach it, watch ABC,CBS and NBC nightly news tonight lol. They will spin this as great. However, nobody watches those shows anymore.
Holder on the brain, apparently.
I meant, FNS's Eric Bolling.
A thousand apologies to Mr. Bolling.
I posted an article by Elizabeth McDonald of Fox News the other day that said 59 of the last 60 weeks had "revised up" figures.
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Iron River native writes new novel
FOLSOM, Calif. – In her new novel, "The Kennedy Half-Dollar" (iUniverse), Iron River native Mahree Moyle presents the story of a young woman growing up and growing wise.
After high school graduation, Seely is forced to move out of her parents' home. She reluctantly decides to move to Hawaii and stay with her sister until she can find a place of her own.
When she is offered a job with a well-known nightclub in Waikiki serving cocktails, Seely soon finds herself caught up in organized crime.
Fast-paced and packed with lots of misadventures, "The Kennedy Half-Dollar" sports an incredible plot. But, notes Moyle, it offers lots of food for thought.
Can a small token given with love and goodwill hold power? Do good luck charms really exist? Readers decide.
"This book has a lot to think about and consider," Moyle said. "Much of what Seely faced on her path through life is confronted by others also. Readers will be able to relate."
Additionally, the book takes the unique role of deejay. Moyle offers musical queues throughout the book, signaling readers to plays certain songs during certain scenes.
Playing music in the background while reading "The Kennedy Half-Dollar" gives the reader the full experience of Seely's world.
"It may be difficult at first to read with music playing, but after the second or third song, it seems strange to read without it," Moyle said.
She is the daughter of the late Stan and Ann (Bakarich) Moyle of Iron River and granddaughter of Irene (once ran the Club Elyom in Tipler) and George Moyle (with the Delft Theater years ago).
"The Kennedy Half-Dollar" is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.


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The Burke Medical Research Institute is developing new treatments for disabling diseases and injuries.
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Speedgoat 50K Has Decadence and Decree
A stacked field, solid prize money, a brutal course and a bit of controversy make the Utah race the talk of the sport.
After the case of mescal was gone and the dancing was at full stoke, I remember two things—
After the case of mescal was gone and the dancing was at full stoke, I remember two things—I remember Jenn Shelton convincing me to put on a dress identical to hers and I remember making a bet with Tony Krupicka. Somebody—not Tony and not myself—planted the bet, nourished it and before I knew it we were shaking hands and grinning. At the Speedgoat 50K near Snowbird, Utah, in 10 days' time: $20 for the first to the top of the initial climb. Another $20 to the first finisher.
Racers ready for the 2012 Speedgoat 50K, which boasted one of the strongest fields ever assembled in the United States.
Photos by Kevin Winzeler
Earlier that day, Tony and I had run up Green Mountain, above Boulder, Colorado. It was the first time I'd run with the two-time Leadville 100 champion since an injury in his calf and shins sidelined him from racing 18 months earlier. At the summit, Tony's gaunt, shirtless torso reflected a hue that was almost Moroccan. He took off a shoe to reveal a dust-blackened foot—calloused and cracked. Both his skin and his foot strongly suggested that a lot of hard miles had been run, finally.
A week later, I was mulling over the details of Utah's Speedgoat 50K course, designed by ultrarunning stalwart and its race director, Karl Melzter, in the back of my brother John's newly acquired 22-foot, five-ton RV, dubbed Minnie Winnie by Winnebago's marketing department, 27 years ago. While John chugged along at 58 miles per hour my mom tossed a ball for Leica, my brother's slightly neurotic, smallish black-and-white dog.
We made the drive from Aspen, Colorado, over a couple days. As we approached the I-70 service town of Green River, Utah, I took advantage of a spotty phone connection in the living room of Minnie Winnie, and called the Speedgoat himself, Karl Meltzer.
"Hey, man," Karl answered. He was part way up Mount Baldy, marking the course.
Nicknamed "Speedgoat" by friends on a return trip from the Pikes Peak Marathon in the mid-1990s, Karl has carved out a sizeable niche for himself in the ultrarunning world. After 30 hundred-mile wins, 47 ultra wins and two 2000-plus-mile trail-record attempts (Appalachian and the Pony Express trails), Karl knows how he would like to see a race take shape—from the terrain to how it is organized to how much money you should make if you run it really fast.
I asked him what the impetus was behind adding one more race to an already saturated race calendar. "I've always wanted a race of my own. Bring some of my fast friends into it. Give away some prizes. Drink some beer. Eat some pizza," he told me. "I'm at a point in my career where it's kinda cool to have my own baby. Give something back to the running community. I make it difficult, and I do some weird things. I want it to be unique. If people don't like it, then it's, like, whatever."
Approaching from the east, the Wasatch Mountains rose gradually like a wheelchair ramp to 12,000- and 13,000-foot summits above Salt Lake City before dropping off precipitously to form the western most edge of the Rocky Mountains.
The course starts and finishes at the base of 11,000-foot Mount Baldy amid the funky concrete structures comprising Snowbird, a ski resort 20 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. With nearly 12,000 feet of climbing over 50 kilometers (31 miles) it makes an honest claim to the title of the "toughest 50K in the country." The profile climbs and descends the mountain in its entirety, two-and-a-half times, thereby also making it a particularly spectator-friendly course. As a viewer, you can, in fact, high-five the same runner five times during the race, without ever having to get into a car.
The race came about in 2007 when, after working at Snowbird for 17 years—supplementing a meager running income with bartending and coaching—Karl decided to start his own race. "I bet the resort events director that I could get 100 people there on the first year." That year, 112 runners braved the starting line, which has grown to the current capacity of just over 300. In May of 2012 it was announced that the Speedgoat 50K would be one of five international races to make up the inaugural International Skyrunning Federation's (ISF) Ultra Cup. The European-based ISF's first attempt to crown a worldwide ultrarunning King and Queen would be an addition to their already popular marathon-distance Skyrunner World Series.


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Saline County Coroner Jerry Doug Watson is investigating two deaths that occurred in Saline County Friday afternoon and early Saturday morning.
Saline County Law Enforcment and Detention Center Jail Administrator Captain David Underwood, 53, Harrisburg, was pronounced dead at the Saline County Detention Center and Law Enforcement Complex in Harrisburg at 3:01 p.m. Friday afternoon.
An autopsy was performed Saturday by pathologist Dr. John A. Heidingsfelder in Harrisburg. Preliminary autopsy reports indicate the cause of death to be of natural causes. Underwood was discovered in a restroom at the Saline County Law Enforcement and Detention Center.
Underwood was a 27-year employee with the Saline County Sheriff's Office.
He is the husband of Angie (Hargrave) Underwood. The two for years worked in offices beside each other in law enforcement center. Angie is the secretary for the Harrisburg Police Department. Underwood's daughter, Courtney, also is employed in the building as a secretary for the Saline County Sheriff's Office. Underwood has two other daughters, Paige Lewis and Lacee Underwood and a granddaughter.
Underwood was an active member of the Harrisburg Town and Country Lions Club and was an avid fan of the Harrisburg Bulldogs. According to obituary information the family has asked in lieu of flowers people donate to Harrisburg High School Athletics, Lions Club or the Harrisburg Fraternal Order of Police Shop with a Cop.
Miner Chad Meyers
Early Saturday morning Watson investigated the death of Chad Meyers, 30, Goreville and pronounced him dead 4:40 a.m. at Willow Lake Mine.
Meyers was killed by a piece of mining equipment he was operating using a remote control device, Watson said.
"He was pinned between the machine and the mine wall," Watson said.
An autopsy was performed Saturday by Heidingsfelder in Harrisburg. Preliminary autopsy reports indicate the cause of death to be from blunt force trauma. Meyers was an employee at Willow Lake Coal Mine.
Watson said there was to be a 9 a.m. meeting today at Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals in Benton and more details on how the accident occurred could come to light there.
Watson said it is his understanding the accident occurred about 3 a.m. and there were no witnesses to the accident.
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Topic: Deleting folders via SFTP
I hope someone can help me, Google couldn't. I'm writing a backup script in Ruby and face now a problem deleting old folders.
This is my code right now:
if existing_backups.size > NO_OF_BACKUPS
sftp.rmdir("/home/#{SSH_USER}/#{BACKUP_ROOT}/" + existing_backups[0].name)
backup_deleted = true
I have a sorted array with all existing backups and now i want to delete a backup if the NO_OF_BACKUPS is exceeded. The code won't throw an exception or an error, it simply won't delete the folder. Could someone please tell me, what I am doing wrong?? How can I delete a non-empty folder on my server using Ruby??
Thanks a lot, I'm getting crazy for hours with this problem...


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Are you fed up with flight delays and missed connections? Does it seem like you're always getting delayed at the same airport? You may be onto something. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, there are ten airports where you are most likely to get delayed. Find out which airports you should avoid, and if you can't avoid them, we'll tell you the best time to travel at each airport.
First up is Newark Liberty International Aiport (EWR). With 23.83% of the flights delayed at Newark, you're likely to experience some sort of delay. The best way to avoid a delay at this airport is to fly out before 7 a.m. because you're most likely to get delayed between 1 and 11 p.m.
Next on the list is San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Not far behind Newark, 21.78% of flights out of San Francisco are delayed. This airport has been in the bottom 10 since 2008, and the biggest problem in San Francisco is the fog. Your best bet to avoid fog-related delays is to leave before 8 a.m. However, traveling between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. will most likely result in a delay.
Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) is third on the list. 20.1% of flights out of this airport are delayed. While it used to be the better alternative to O'Hare, Midway has gotten worse over the past few years. Travel before 8 a.m. for the best chances of avoiding delays because if you're traveling any time after 3 p.m., you're more likely to experience a delay.
We head southeast for the fourth airport on the list – Miami International Airport (MIA). Miami is a repeat offender and 19.35% of the flights are delayed. Like the previous airports, if you travel before 8 a.m., you have the best chance of departing on time. If you want to sneak in some beach time, fly out after 2 p.m. (especially between 5-10 p.m.) and use your probable delay as an excuse!
George Bush International Airport (IAH) is next on the list at number five. This is a surprise to many since the airport used to be one of the best in on-time performance. Nowadays, 19.29% of all flights are delayed. Delays typically start at 2 p.m. and only get worse. So if you want to increase your chances of staying on schedule, fly out before lunchtime.
Chicago strikes again! Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is number six on the list. O'Hare has long been considered the worst for lengthy waits and 18.82% of the flights are delayed. At O'Hare, the early bird gets the worm because if you depart before 7 a.m., you are less likely to get delayed. However, if you're leaving late at night, you have a 53% chance of experiencing delays.
Traveling west, Denver International Airport (DEN) takes the number seven spot on this list. Even though the delays aren't as large as the mountains in the state, 18.24% of flights are delayed. The worst time to travel is between 3 and 11 p.m. This is a great place to travel in the winter, but if you want to get out on time, depart before 9 a.m.
Dulles International Airport (IAD) in Washington D.C. is number eight on this list with 18.02% of all flights delayed. This airport performed worse this year, particularly at night. If you depart around 11 p.m., your chances of being delayed soar to 50 percent. Your best chances of getting out on time fall before the hours of 8 a.m. and between 9 a.m. and noon.
Number nine on the list is Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). While BWI is one of the most-improved this year, 17.64% of the flights are still delayed. If you want to arrive on time, try flying before 9 a.m. because delays are more frequent after 2 p.m. and only get worse as the day goes on.
Lastly, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) arrives at number ten on the list. 16.67% of the flights are delayed at this mega-hub known as "Big D". DFW is slowly improving, but don't take your chances between 4 and 9 p.m. because that is when you're most likely to experience delays. For your best chances, try to score a flight before 8 a.m.
In the end, what's the best way to keep travel delays from ruining your vacation? Purchase travel insurance. You'll be covered for everything from travel delays to an illness. Don't let an airport behind schedule ruin your vacation. Try to schedule your flights at times with the fewest delays and protect your investment with travel insurance.
Safe (and on-time) travels,
Your friends at TravelSafe


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How to Have Fun in Prague on a Budget
So you've arrived in Prague and you're on a limited budget. Or maybe you're a local, a true "Pragueois", who's sick of spending money on crazy expensive sports clothes and řízky (um.. inside joke. For more info, check out our previous blog post… it's totes worth it). Whatever the reason for your sudden frugal mindset, fear not – we're here to show you that Prague is indeed full of cool places where you'll be able to have a great time without shelling out the big korunas. Read on…
Feed the swans
"But I'm not an animal lover. I'm not even a bird lover!" Yes, we can hear your "Woe is me" cries. But trust us – this is a Czech "pastime" that you don't want to leave out of your Prague itinerary. It's totally romantic (somehow… even though swans are actually kind of vicious… shh!!) and it costs next to nothing (and you can even get rid of your old bread.. YES!!). And if you don't have any bread on you at the moment, just go for a walk on Náplavka. Prague may be a landlocked city, but Czechs are very fond of the riverside area. Maybe they're compensating for their lack of an ocean, maybe it really is an awesome place to hang out… Find out for yourself!
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Go back in time
No, we're not saying there's a police box in Prague straight out of Dr Who that you can take to whatever-time-period-you-want (we wish), but we do have something similar(ish) – the Nostalgic Tram Line No. 91. This little shiny and totally old-school tram will take you through all the key Prague sights IN STYLE. PLUS, you'll be able to hang out with an old-timey conductor (Instagram time!!!). We really don't get why the Nostalgic Tram Line doesn't get the spotlight it deserves. The tickets are only 35 CZK (you can get them from the charming conductor) & the tram operates from the 30th March to the 17th November on Saturdays, Sundays holidays. All aboard!
Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/medhius/
Ride a retro bike through the streets of Prague
Although Prague has a pretty great public transportation system, nothing beats getting to know the city on foot or on bike. We're totally into the latter option & we recommend renting a Green Lemon retro bike (it won't set you back a gazillion dollars, we promise). Good old sturdy retro bikes are totally having a comeback moment – they're colourful (turquoise!), easy to use and super stylish (and make you look like a local). Plus, they're a great conversation starter. Tell us, where did you get your bike again? ;)
Go for some cheap eats
Getting tasty Czech food in the city center on a BUDGET can be tricky – there's loads of "amazingly authentic Czech places" that are overpriced and actually aren't that amazing anyway. We suggest finding a good local pub (these places can be a good start) and going for some Czech pub grub. Go for a pickled cheese or an "utopenec" (don't ask us to explain what this is… we know you would never go for it if we did.. you'll love it though!). Usually these two pub "snacks" can be quite filling and cheap. BTW, what are you going to do with all that extra money?
Visit the Prague Castle
Yes, visiting the Prague Castle is probably on every Prague visitor's bucket list. The Prague Castle appears in hundreds of Pinterest boards, it's on most of the Prague panorama postcards… You catch our drift. You might say that it's overrated, but the truth of the matter is that it's pretty awesome and visiting it is (wait for it) FREE. Yes, there are some sights and monuments (such as the Golden Lane) which have an entrance fee, but the castle complex itself is open to the public. If you want a real dose of history (or you just want to see what the fuss is about… fair enough, fair enough!), check it out. You've got nothing to lose – literally!
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Be a graffiti artist (with a meaningful message)
You've probably heard of the Lennon Wall – a place for people to let their creative juices flow and write & draw messages promoting peace and love. The wall is an ever-changing piece of art – even though you can't see the original John Lennon picture anymore (it's covered by layers and layers of graffiti), it's still a really cool place to visit & a place where you can legally become a 'graffiti artist'. Just make sure your message is tasteful. And colourful. Definitely colourful.
Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/infrogmation/
Wake up & smell the coffee
…and then go explore the city. Seriously, there's no better time to enjoy the Czech capital than in the early-morning hours. After 10-11 am, the city is swarming with tourists and when you leave the house before or around 8 am, the city looks completely different. Apologies for the cheesy text, but it's true! And if you REALLY want to smell the coffee in the morning, drop by a Farmer's Market – they're becoming quite popular and you can always get EXCELLENT coffee there. And no, the coffee they serve does not start with an "S" ;)
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Go see a film without knowing what you're in for. Plus… BEER!
Two of our favourite Prague cinemas, Aero and Bio Oko, offer a really cool experience: "Kino naslepo" or "Blind Movie Screening". You go in without knowing what film they're going to show and after the screening is over, you pay whatever price you think the film deserved. And yes, we know what you're going to say now… "What if I've already seen the film?" Well, fear not friend, fear not, for these two cinemas offer a free beer to grumpy moviegoers who had to sit through a film twice (THE HORROR!). Pretty good deal, yes or yes?
Get artsy
Even though Prague has looooads of amazing museums and galleries (Kampa, National Gallery, DOX… do you really want us to go on?), most of these places have one thing in common: ENTRANCE FEE. But there are quite many (super cool) places where you don't have to pay anything (or maybe only A BIT). Jiri Svestska Gallery is one of these places: this is one of the most famous contemporary art galleries & the entrance is always FREE. OF. CHARGE. Plus, if you're into architecture, there's 2 interesting architecture-centred places which won't cost you the big bucks. One is the Jaroslav Fragner Gallery, which is located on Bethlehem Square (entrance fee is around 40 CZK). The other place is the Architects'Hall, located on the 4th floor of the Old Town Hall – completely free! You can also visit the 'People & Money' exhibition in the Czech National Bank – ironically, it's also free.
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'Progress 2013' starts today
As the holiday season draws to a close each year, The Messenger's writing staff embarks on a challenging adventure – producing a comprehensive look at how a wide array of developments in our region are shaping tomorrow.
While every issue of this newspaper is filled with articles, features and advertisements that readers find informative and useful, the five special sections we call "Progress" provide a perspective that goes far beyond simply reporting the latest happenings. Our goal is to look at the big picture, capture trends and explore more fully events that may lead to headlines down the road.
Today, Health and Lifestyles will get the Progress treatment. Business and Industry is next Sunday's theme. The following Sunday, Education will be the focus.
Most of us have a good deal of knowledge about what's happening in our own hometown. Getting a chance to compare the local situation with events and initiatives in other communities is not only fun, but also can help stimulate creative thinking about options worth emulating. The Progress section Feb. 17 – called Region – presents vignettes of Messengerland communities.
Agriculture has shaped the economy not only of north central Iowa, but also of the entire Hawkeye State for more than a century and a half. Consequently, it's appropriate that Progress ends with an examination of that vital component of the Messengerland world. That's the focus of the Progress section Feb. 24. The Progress articles will help readers understand how farm life and the farm economy impact everyone in Iowa.
Perusing The Messenger today and over the next four Sundays may take a bit longer than usual. We hope, however, that you will regard the time spent reading these hefty issues to be a worthwhile investment in learning more about Fort Dodge and the region.
The 21st century is still new. Even though the current recession is a short-term concern, it may well be a prosperous time for the rural Iowa economy and an era of exciting renewal for many north central Iowa communities. Progress will help readers understand why many observers are convinced that the days ahead are full of promise.


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Dominion Riverrock James River Scramble
Ricky Flynn of Lynchburg, Virginia, successfully defended his title at the Dominion Riverrock James River Scramble 10K Saturday in Richmond, Virginia. He finished in 32:08, 55 seconds ahead of Richmond resident Andrew Benford, who clocked a 33:03. Richard Morris, of Burkeville, Virginia, finished third in 33:19.
In the women's race, Melbourne Beach, Florida, resident Angela Cobb edged Boulder's Tressa Breindel to win 38:44 to 38:53. Cobb and Breindel finished 14th and 15th overall, respectively. Richmond's Jenn Ennis finished third among women in 41:39.
This was the fourth annual Dominion Riverrock, which bills itself as the east coast's "premier outdoor-sports and river-life festival." The three-day festival—now the largest outdoor sports and music festival in the U.S.—also included the Miller Lite Filthy 5K and a variety of other competitions, and drew over 65,000 spectators.
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Our fourth annual Buyers' Guide has arrived. We've packed its pages with everything you need to know to be a smart business aviation consumer in this slow-to-recover economy, including the latest information on new aircraft models, financing, insurance, catering, completions, cabin electronics, FBOs and more.
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Here in the eastern U.S., we experienced an unusually harsh winter, with record snowfall and bitter temperatures. The airlines cancelled or delayed thousands of flights and even announced preemptive cancellations in anticipation of storms. As if we needed another reason to love flying privately.
December 1, 2010
I've heard so many people comparing Wichita with Detroit lately that I've started to wonder whether maybe, this time, the talk is true.
October 1, 2010
It's no coincidence that the first "business" airplanes took to the skies just as the era of the modern airliner arrived. Progress in engine technology and aerodynamics (resulting in faster speeds and longer range) made it possible by the mid-1930s for airlines to carry more passengers farther and in less time.
August 1, 2010
I wouldn't normally comment about something I saw in an advertisement in this magazine, but the PlaneSense ad on page 65 in our 2010 Buyers' Guide hit too close to home to let pass without relating a recent tale of airline-travel-induced woe.
July 1, 2010
Recently released industry forecasts and surveys suggest that interest in business jet travel is on the rise again as fliers revert to their natural consumerist tendencies. Improving economic conditions have yet to translate into an increase in aircraft orders, but the cancellations and deferments that characterized much of 2009 appear to have abated.
June 1, 2010
Nobody knows for sure what Iceland's temperamental Eyjafjallajökull volcano will do next. But the lack of a coordinated response to the ash cloud by air traffic control officials-and the ensuing lengthy shutdowns of air travel across Europe this spring-clearly needs to be remedied. The question is how?
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Three key figures in the banking industry's attempt to rebound from the financial crisis missed a much-hyped 11 a.m. meeting at the White House on December 15 when their flights were canceled because of fog at Washington National Airport.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 23, 2012)– The 2012 SWATCH World Tour is hosting the Patria Direct Prague Open on May 22-27 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The main draw begins on Thursday. The U.S. teams of Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.)/Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.)/Nick Lucena (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah)/Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) are set to compete.
Going into Prague, two teams are in a close race to qualify for the second men's spot on the U.S. Olympic beach volleyball team. So far this season, both Fuerbringer/Lucena and Gibb/Rosenthal have earned 4920 FIVB ranking points toward qualifying for the roster spot. In this neck-and-neck battle, every match matters as both teams look to improve their chances at earning this second roster position. The first spot on the U.S. Olympic men's beach volleyball team roster is projected to go to Dalhausser and Rogers, who have earned enough points to qualify for the first roster Olympic spot.
Dalhausser and Rogers snatched the No. 1 seed in Prague. On Thursday, they will play the Czech Republic's Robert Kufa and Jan Hadrava, seeded No. 32. The winner of the match faces the winner of Latvia's Martins Plavins and Janis Smedins (17) versus the French duo of Andy Ces and Kevin Ces (16).
Fuerbringer and Lucena go into the main draw seeded No. 3 overall. They will take on the Netherlands' team of Jon Stiekma and Christiaan Varenhorst (seeded 30). The winner of this match will advance to the next round, and take on the winner of the Brazil's Thiago Santos Barbosa and Rhooney de Oliveira Ferramenta (19) and the Netherlands' Emiel Boersma and Daan Spijkers (14).
Gibb and Rosenthal are seeded seventh. They will take on the Russian team of Yury Bogatov and Serguei Prokopiev (26). The winner will face the winner of Switzerland's Sascha Heyer and Sebastian Chevallier (23) and the Czech Republic team of Jan Dumek and Martin Tichy (10).
The U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Casey Jennings (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Billy Strickland (Malibu, Calif.) competed Wednesday in the qualifier round. They won their first-round match with a victory over Peter Eglseer and Felix Koraimann of Australia, 21-12, 22-24, 22-20 in 57 minutes. The second round, they defeated the Ukrainian team of Mykola Babich and Oleksandr Ioisher, 19-21, 21-17, 15-9 in 53 minutes.
The U.S. pair advanced to the third and final round of qualification where they fell to Spain's Francisco Alfredo Marcos and Christian Garcia, 21-16, 21-17 in 39 minutes. The loss meant they did not qualify for the main draw.
Complete information about the FIVB World Tour is available on the FIVB web site.


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Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday said that the U.S. patent and trademark office (USPTO) had has initially rejected all 41 claims challenged by Nvidia in seven patents which Rambus has asserted in litigation against the graphics and core-logic chip designer. Since the ruling is preliminary, Rambus will be able to respond to Nvidia's claims.
"We are pleased that the USPTO decided to review the patentability of Rambus' patents and agreed with NVIDIA's challenge to all 41 claims. We will continue to vigorously defend this matter in the ITC," stated David Shannon, Nvidia executive vice president and general counsel.
In addition to the seven patents reviewed thus far, two additional Rambus patents are subject to the same challenge by Nvidia and remain pending before the USPTO. A decision on the final two patents is expected in the next 60 days.
Nvidia has challenged patent claims that stem from a complaint filed by Rambus in November 2008 against Nvidia in an International Trade Commission (ITC) action.
The complaint by Rambus seeks an exclusion order barring the importation, sale for importation, or sale after importation of products that infringe nine Rambus patents from the Ware and Barth families of patents. The accused products include Nvidia products that incorporate DDR, DDR2, DDR3, LPDDR, GDDR, GDDR2, and GDDR3 memory controllers, including GeForce graphics processors and nForce chipsets.
Since Rambus believes that it invented all the modern DRAM technologies, it seeks royalty payments not only from memory makers, but also from those, who develop memory controllers and sells them as part of their products.
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The Nationals' No. 2 prospect suffered a badly sprained left ankle while running the bases for Class A Advanced Potomac on Saturday night. According to the Washington Post, the swelling must go down before the team will learn how long Rendon will be sidelined.
Rendon went down while rounding third base in the fourth inning of a 7-2 loss to the Lynchburg Hillcats. He had to be helped off the field by team staff.
After walking in his first at-bat, Rendon led off the fourth with a double to center field. Two batters later, Justin Bloxom lined a single to center and Rendon was trying to score when the injury occurred.
Winner of the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball's top player during his sophomore season at Rice University, Rendon was considered the likely No. 1 overall pick in 2011 before a right shoulder injury interrupted his junior year. After hitting .394 with 26 homers in 2010, he batted .327 with only six longballs last season. He also was largely limited to designated hitter duty as a junior after playing stellar defense at third base the year before.
Rendon previously had issues with his right ankle. He tore ligaments in 2009, then suffered multiple fractures in the ankle and foot the following year.
The 21-year-old ended up going sixth overall to the Nationals in the 2011 Draft. In his pro debut on Friday, he went 1-for-3 with a triple, a walk and a run scored.
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For AMD's sake let's hope Bulldozer can reach at least a similar level of performance.
Intel Corp. wants to show its next-generation Core i "Sandy Bridge" processors in the best possible light from performance point of view, which is why the company plans to release quad-core versions of the chips first and only then there will be dual-core and single-core versions available.
"Sandy Bridge is the best product we have ever built. The demand is very strong on it. [...] We will start out with the quad-core parts of the family and then move very rapidly during the first quarter [of 2011] to ship the dual-core and single-core versions. A full line, very fast ramp on our most advanced silicon technology," said Paul Otellini, chief executive officer of Intel, at the Barclay's Capital Technology Conference 2010 last week.
It is generally rational for Intel to focus on performance of Sandy Bridge microprocessors. The chip has a number of innovations that increase performance rather substantially as well as a new generation of DirectX 10.1-class of graphics core. Even though Sandy Bridge is a very power efficient chip, Intel wants to focus on its performance, not on efficiency and new features that it can unlock for small form-factor systems.
Apparently, Intel not only wants, but demands its partners to show off quad-core Intel Core 2000-series "Sandy Bridge" processors at the Consumer Electronics Show and only demonstrate systems based on dual-core and single-core systems in February or later. The demonstration of ultra-fast 15" or 17" notebooks featuring Sandy Bridge at the CES may indicate Intel's wish to address the market of performance-hungry users seeking for a mobile PC rather than business customers.
"Quad core goes live in January, dual-core goes live in February. OEMs are going to be going public with their quad-core laptops [at CES], but they cannot go public with their dual-core laptops until mid-February," a source with knowledge of the matter told Cnet News.
The two key improvements of Sandy Bridge are a new integrated graphics core with much increased performance as well as Intel AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) technology which, when used by software programmers, will increase performance in floating point, media, and processor intensive software, according to the Intel. Key features of Intel AVX include wider vectors, increasing from 128 bit to 256 bit wide, resulting in up to 2x peak FLOPs output; enhanced data rearrangement, resulting in allowing data to be pulled more efficiently, and three operand, non-destructive syntax for a range of benefits. Intel AVX can also increase energy efficiency beyond the increases brought by the micro-architectural innovations, and is backwards compatible to existing Intel processors.
Thanks to much improved performance of built-in graphics core of Sandy Bridge, system makers will be able to drop low-end integrated graphics from ATI or Nvidia, which will reduce their costs and will boost profitability. Analyst also expect high-speed integrated graphics to dramatically affect the market of entry-level standalone graphics cards.
The first versions Intel Sandy Bridge chips will feature two or four cores with Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading technology as well as integrated graphics processor that will be on the same die as the x86 cores. There will be a lot of different desktop models with 35W, 65W (dual-core, quad-core) or 95W (quad-core) thermal design power. The new processors will use LGA1155 form-factor and will only be compatible with platforms based on the Intel 6-series chipsets.


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Field hockey is a game for life, whether you are age 7 or 70.
Masters field hockey, typically for men and women aged 40 and older, is developing fast around the world. Many countries have masters leagues and the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is actively encouraging nations to grow national programs for both high performance and recreational masters field hockey.
USA Field Hockey encourages everyone who is playing field hockey, who previously played or would like to play, to get involved. USA Field Hockey has developed two, five-person Masters Committees, that are dedicated to developing master playing opportunities locally, regionally and internationally. The U.S. sent a Men's Masters Team to participate in the inaugural FIH Masters World Cup in 2012 and there are plans for USA Field Hockey to send a Women's Team to compete internationally.
If you are 35 or older and interested in playing masters field hockey, please contact our two Masters Representatives:
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We here at Gun Digest the Magazine have been getting dozens of letters from subscribers containing phoney renewal notices sent out by a company calling itself Publisher's Billing Association (PBA).
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