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That seller has serious skills!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
That seller has serious skills!
I'm in the wrong business...
I have two nice featherweights and love to sew on a FW, but not at that price. Groceries and bills come first, perhaps new owner has lots of "playdough". I bought my first on Ebay for almost $200.00, and thought that was high. I bought the second one from a young lady here in town that was selling it on our daily radio Hotline- (her grandmother's machine) for $100.00, because she was tired of hauling it around in her moves-'silly girl', but oh well, I have a nice little second one - one is a 1935 and the other a 1937. Love them both, would never pay that high dollar price for one, that age. I paid a little more than that though for my Bernina 930 in 1985 NEW,but I still have it and just love it, and use both FW & Bernina for all of my sewing and quilting. I've made quilts on both. I loved her presentation and videos. You said it Marketing is the name of the game and she is a professional at her marketability.
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That is a beautiful machine. The seller did a great job getting her to shine better than brand new.
WOW ... that is a ridiculous price ! 37 bids, someone wanted it REALLY bad ...
Hope they're very happy with it, they will never resell it for even close to that $$$$
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That is impressive marketing and Alot of people wanting a near perfect Featherweight. My wallet would have been out at $350.00 for such a good looking/running machine... even at $350.00 I would have been having heart palpitations.
The worst part about this whole FW business is that most of these idiots who are buying them for those prices (or ANY price above a couple hundred) are usually buying them for their "investment" value. They will never be sewn with, never be appreciated, just greedily watched for market "upswings".
We collectors are the guilty parties.....
This one sold for $200, but that one has the rare blue screw so it's worth $300 and so on.....
These machines are cool, but SO not worth that much more than any solid 3/4 sized portable.
I know a person who has 12+ FW's and only sews on the thrashed out worst of the bunch to "protect her investments" goofy goofy goofy.
So, in an effort to help drive down prices, may I offer the following "Collectors Against Price Stupidity" (CAPS) pledge....
"I solemnly swear that I will NEVER pay more than $250 for a 221 or $500 for a 222"
Can't understand the obsession with Featherweights.
Sweet Caroline
Beautiful, but ouch on the price!!!!


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Here is the design and instructions of this smoker: http://learningbeekeeping.com/beekee...ld-beekeeping/
Peace Corps volunteers and NGOs that do beekeeping should find it useful. Assembled from scrap, with no power tools. Only a hammer, nail, machete and maybe pliers.
After much trial and error, over the last year, I've come forth with a simplistic beesmoker design for use in third world areas. This began as a project with Paul Jackson when I interviewed him to make a documentary about his bee smoker collection . Drawing upon my experience in East Africa in the Wagogo tribal areas of Tanzania, I think all the materials needed could be found in most villages in the bush.
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- Lego tower in Budapest confirmed as world's tallest by Guinness World Records
- Tower reaches 34 meters over city's St. Stephen's Basilica
- Local school children helped build the structure, which was topped by a Rubik's cube -- a Hungarian invention
Imagine the size of the box this one came in -- a Lego tower stretching 36 meters into the sky above the Hungarian capital Budapest.
The 34.76- meter (114 feet) tower, which was completed on Sunday, has been certified as the world's tallest toy brick structure by Guinness World Records.
It beat the previous record holder, a 34.4-meter structure constructed last year with the help of U.S. students from a school in Delaware.
A spokesman for Guinness World Records confirmed that the tower qualified as the "tallest structure built with interlocking plastic bricks."
He said the record was officially registered to Lego Store Budapest on May 25.
The Budapest tower, topped by a Rubik's cube -- a Hungarian invention -- was also built with the help of Hungarian primary school children, according to local news websites.
The structure, built in front of the city's St. Stephen's Basilica, used hundreds of thousands of blocks.


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Avoiding confusion with Class 2 and 3 remote-control, signaling, and power-limited circuits
In last month's Code Basics article, starting on page 56 of the September issue, we spent most of our time discussing Class 1 circuits. Now, it's time to switch gears and focus on Class 2 and 3. Remember, these circuits are defined by their power sources, which must be one of the following: A listed Class 2 or Class 3 transformer. A listed Class 2 or Class 3 power supply. Equipment listed as a Class


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Binghamton University announces 2007
Political scientist J. David Singer and Allan R. Lyons will receive honorary degrees during Binghamton University Commencement ceremonies in May.
Political Science educator and innovator J. David Singer will receive an honorary degree and speak at Binghamton University's Harpur College Commencement at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20. Currently professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, Singer is arguably the most significant scholar in the study of war and peace over the past four decades.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy who served in World War II and the Korean War, Singer earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University and a doctorate from New York University.
In 1963, Singer spent a year at the University of Oslo and the Institute for Social Research as a Fulbright Fellow, helping to establish the Peace Research Institute and lay the groundwork for the Correlates of War (COW) project. The COW project changed the culture of the study of political science by beginning a systematic and steady accumulation of scientific knowledge about war. One outcome of Singer's work with COW was the 1972 publication of a book, with co-author Melvin Small, The Wages of War, which produced a standard definition of war to guide scholars in their research. A second book by the pair followed: Resort to Arms: International and Civil War, 1816-1980.
A repository of data sets and empirical studies, the COW project has served as a training ground for young scholars, including those at Binghamton University.
Singer rose to the rank of full professor at the University of Michigan, retiring in 2002. He has held appointments at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Graduate Institute of International Studies; the Centre for Survey Research and Methodology (ZUMA) at the University of Mannheim, West Germany; and The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Singer was a Fulbright Fellow at the National Chengchi University in Taipei in 1998.
He has also been a Ford Fellow and the recipient of grants from the National Science Foundation, Guggenheim, the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation.
Singer has received the Founder's Medal of the Peace Science Society, the Susan Strange Award of the International Studies Association and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the conflict Process Section of the American Political Science Association.
Philanthropist, teacher, accountant, investment advisor and Binghamton University alumnus and volunteer Allan R. Lyons will receive an honorary degree at the Commencement ceremony for the professional schools at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 20. Establishing and maintaining a relationship with Binghamton University that is virtually unparalleled, Lyons earned his bachelor of arts degree in accounting from Harpur College in 1962, before continuing his education at Ohio State University, where he received his master's in business administration. He joined the firm of Piaker & Lyons PC in 1964 as a Certified Public Accountant, rose to the position of partner and served as chairman and chief executive officer from 1994 through his retirement in 1999. His area of specialization was taxes, estates and financial planning.
Currently a partner with Vestal Venture Capital and owner of 21st Century Strategic Investment Planning, LC, Lyons serves on the boards of directors of Franklin Credit Management Corporation and Source Interlink Companies, Inc. and has been a director for AMBANC Holding Company; The Score Board, Inc.; Ecosoil Systems, Inc.; IEC Electronics; Retail Entertainment Group, Inc.; and Priceline.com.
Throughout his career, Lyons has remained engaged with Binghamton University, providing internship opportunities for students, hiring graduates and serving as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Management. He was an active member of Harpur Forum and served on the School of Management Advisory Board and the Binghamton University Foundation Board.
Since his retirement from Piaker & Lyons, he has been active in several Binghamton University Foundation initiatives including serving as a member of the Binghamton Fund's Leadership Society; and he is currently a member of the Lead Gifts Solicitation Team for the University's comprehensive gifts campaign. For his support of Binghamton University, he was awarded the Chancellor's Medal for Philanthropy in 1999.
Comptroller and finance director for the Town of Vestal for nearly 20 years, Lyons has been treasurer and trustee for United Health Services and a member of the Endowment Committee for the United Jewish Appeal of Broome County.


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2010 Law & Lawyers Report
The U.S. utility industry has never faced a more uncertain legal and regulatory landscape. From FERC demand-response pricing to state ratemaking disputes, legal trends and decisions are reshaping the power and gas market. The industry's top legal minds provide strategic counsel.
By definition, a battlefield is an ugly place. Conflict creates chaos, uncertainty and danger.
So it is on the battlefield of public policy, where utility companies, lawmakers and consumers are wrangling over some major challenges and differences. Conflicts are happening at all levels of the law, from the U.S. Congress all the way down to city councils. And while these conflicts involve a huge variety of complex legal issues—from local siting to global warming—they all can be distilled into a fundamental disagreement over America's energy strategy.
In recent years, the country's energy policy has been morphing and shifting more than usual. Fortnightly examined many of the developing changes in last year's Groundbreaking Law & Lawyers Report (see " Policy Shift ," November 2009) . Since then, very few issues have been resolved—and in fact the degree of uncertainty has increased, with a slew of new rules and proposals from multiple federal agencies, plus lawsuits and rate-case conflicts in numerous states, and the enactment of Wall Street reform legislation that will substantially change the way energy companies hedge their commodity price risks.
As a result of this uncertainty, utility executives face troubling questions about how to operate their businesses on a day-to-day basis—to say nothing of planning for the future. At the same time, the industry's regulators are struggling to answer new and evolving policy questions within a regulatory framework that arguably wasn't designed to handle today's morass of mandates.
"I think everyone is frustrated at some level," says David Tewksbury, a partner with King & Spalding. "There's a constant threat of massive, game-changing rules that could be implemented at any time—and a great deal of uncertainty about what those rules might be."
To better understand the evolving regulatory landscape, we spoke with several of the industry's best attorneys—all of whom are included among Fortnightly's Groundbreaking Lawyers of 2010 . Their comments suggest the industry's legal battles are nowhere near their conclusion—and the industry's frustration level might get worse before it gets better.
Climate Wars
Back in 2009, environmental policies featured prominently as the most important changes facing the industry. Most notably, the Obama administration took office in January 2009 and began unwinding eight years worth of Bush-era environmental policies, on everything from clean water regulations to New Source Review (NSR) proceedings under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Also in 2009, the EPA issued its formal "endangerment finding" that set the stage for regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time approved legislation that, if enacted, would've created a cap-and-trade policy for GHG emissions.
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|I know when i used to have the plants healthy i would only do small water changes every few weeks or they would get upset. I bought some dechlorinator yesterday and did a water change using my municipal water, the plants seem to have greened up a little bit. I have been using rain water for ages but i used to use water from my municipal when i had plants. As for diy co2 i really want to keep my 5 gal moderately low tech like it used to be. I was thinking of using excel instead? I've brought my lighting up to a 18w 1100 lumen 6500k bulb. The plants are directly under it and it looks fairly bright. Also as for stocking i thought i would be already slightly over stocked for a 5?
Need help getting my planted tank to thrive again
^ I honestly don't agree with the small tank part... especially since small tanks (quart tanks anyone?) are all I've ever done and I'm probably the laziest water changer on the planet (what's a water change?)
What I've realized is that stocking is very important. only when you have a good amount of livestock (snails included) will the plants thrive...
Full spectrum lighting is great, and definitely recommended.
I've also grown wisteria under 3200k lighting before, so I'm not sure if lighting is really your problem....
looking at the wisteria, I don't think it looks unhealthy... give it a while...
Smaller tanks are much harder to maintain. It's possible to overdose on nutrients if water changes are not kept up. I think the wisteria problem was due to lack of dissolved carbon (CO2) and light.
Some recommendations:
1) Go DIY YEAST CO2, for a 5gal this method is ideal. Get 2 bottles going.
2) I would get a full spectrum fluorescent T5 or two 6500K, 1600lumens, 26watt CFLs.
3) Ludwigia repens, aponogetons, and wisteria are great starter plants.
4) Schools of neon tetras, guppies, celestial pearl danios or other small fish. Might want to try 3 pygmy cories, 2 otos and a female betta. A nerite or some trumpet snails help also.
|I remember back when the tank had healthy plants i tried a 18w cfl in it because the 14w is worn out and 18w was all i could get. I had to switch back to the 14w because the 18w would make all the tops of the plants bleach white and die. Probably because they where trying to grow faster but couldn't get the food they needed. Also when i had the old plants i had to cut and replant at least once a week, sometimes twice. The liquid ferts i have is Aqua Master plant food N,P,K (2.6,0,5) Chealates of Iron, Copper, Manganese, Boron and zinc. I think i need to up the lighting and start dosing proper ferts. I don't even know where to start :/
The longer growth between the leaves of the ambrosia/ cabomba lead me to believe that the light isn't sufficient so the plant is reaching a bit. Macros/ micros would help but use very little in respect to the overall volume of the tank as these plant normally grow like weeds without much effort.
Try spreading the plant apart so that the individual stems don't shade each other as much as a test. Trimming also makes the plant sprout new growth so consider doing a bit as well.
Looking back at the photo, the tank certainly is a low light tank so there wouldn't be a growth explosion to be expected.
|When i look at the deficiency chart it makes me think nitrogen deficiency. Which could make sense because the one goldfish would have produced heaps of waste which would mean more nitrates. Unfortunately i only have a ammonia tester so i can't test nitrates. The liquid ferts i have i think are about as good as colored water in a bottle, I've been thinking of trying API leaf zone and excel.
Need help getting my planted tank to thrive again
I would suggest stocking the tank with something more... dosing macros is also a solution...
edit: reread what I wrote and it makes little sense >.> i think it's getting late...
anyway, here's a link that might help you
|Here are some photos of the sick wisteria and a photo of how the tank used to be. Also my lighting is a Philips Daylight 14W cfl.
Need help getting my planted tank to thrive again
A year ago i planted out my 5 gal tank with Ambulia, At first it had a hard time but then after a few weeks it set in and grew like a weed, my tank looked nice. I rescued a goldfish at some point and kept him in the tank temporarly untill i could find a pond for him to go in. A few months before i re homed him he ate all the plants after months of leaving them alone. I figured i would replant the tank once he was re homed. Anyway i found a home for him last week. Went to my local lfs and bought some Wisteria. It was in poor shape but i know it can recover easily. I cut off the healthy shoots and planted them. A week later all the regrowth is stunted and yellow. I'm trying to work out what deficiency is causing it. When i used to have Ambulia i occasionally would dose liquid ferts and that was it. I want to achieve the same thing again but obviously something is no longer right in my tank to achieve that. I also have one stalk of Ambulia in the tank with the wisteria and it is sick too. The tank is stocked with 3 Pepperd cory's i know that is too much but i started off with 2 and the third one is their offspring that i missed in my fry tank when i gave the fry away. They are really happy and always breed. Anyway can you guys help me to get my tank thick and green again.
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Brandon Flowers - Crossfire (DVWs Bullethole Remix)
Working on another hot tip this morning, my buddy Dominik Von Werdt, or as he likes to shorten that ish down to DVW (yes, we approve of lessened keystrokes), bursts back in to Beastonia with an edit of The Killers' frontman, Brandon Flowers' single, Crossfire. Now, if you know me, then you're well aware of my initial misgivings and meh-ttitude when it comes to the bloke's body of new work. Thankfully, we got our pal D to the V-Dubs working his magic and making us smile.
Let's erase all memories of the original tune from Senor Flowers...
...and simply soak up the awesomesauce that DVW has provided with us this morning.
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The Lauter Prize in Philosophy: established in 2010, in honor of Herman A. Lauter, Professor of Philosophy from 1963-1991, presented annually to the author of the best essay submitted in a philosophy class. Papers may be from any level philosophy class and should be submitted to the department chair by April 10th. The decision will be made by the Philosophy Department faculty as a whole. Students may win the award more than once. The award will be announced at the end of the spring semester and will include a cash prize of $200. Submit your paper!
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Here they are. These concerts are free in your very own Milwaukee County Parks. Please attend with that special someone, family members or friends. Bring your favorite blanket or chair and something to eat and drink if you so choose.
Boerner Botanical Gardens- Concerts in the Gardens (all at 6:30pm-8:30pm)
7/7/11 Liam Ford -americana
7/14/11 Easy Jazz- Warren Wiegratz –smooth jazz, R&B
7/21/11 Big Swing Face –swing with an attitude
7/28/11 Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound – funk & polyglot rhythms
8/14/11 Concord Chamber Orchestra – classical chamber music
8/11/11 Christopher's Project –jazz, urban, R&B
8/18/11 Bascom Hill –rock & roll
8/25/11 Robert Allen Jr. Group - blues
Humboldt Park – Chill on the Hill (all at 6:00 –8:30pm)
7/5/11 American Legion Band – traditional big band
7/12/11 Anna Johnson and Friends –folk, indie, pop
7/19/11 The Urbanites -reggae
7/26/11 Fell Boyz –original blues
Magnificent Performing Strings – youth orchestra
8/2/11 Informal Blues and Orpheus –acoustic, folk
The Aqua Knots – rock
Orpheus - ska
8/9/11 Reilly –Irish rock
Kinsella Acadamy of Irish Dance – Irish Dancers
8/16/11 Testa Rosa –indie, pop, rock
Joe Crockett Group - alternative
8/23/11 Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra –traditional mandolin
8/30/11 Tristan Royalty Squad -aftrobeat
Washington Park- Wednesdays at the Shell (all at 6:30pm-8:30pm)
7/6/11 Leahy's Luck –Irish folk music
7/13/11 Eastbrook Symphony and Delosi Brass -symphonic
7/20/11 D'CalleSon –latin, world music
8/3/11 KT's Universal Love Band –world music with heart and soul
8/10/11 The Barrettes- Brew City Bruisers Night –Indie, pop, punk, rock
8/17/11 Charles Buddy Love Band –jazz, lounge, pop
8/24/11 Caribbean Eclipse Steel Band - caribbean
8/31/11 Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys – traditional blues
Jackson Park – August Nights (all at 6:30pm-8:30pm)
8/2/11 The Squeezettes – power polka, pop, rock
8/9/11 King Comets – rock, jump swing, rockabilly
8/16/11 Terry Simms Band – smooth jazz, R&B
8/23/11 Ed Franks and Robin Atkins –Frank Sinatra tribute
Kosciuszko Park- At the Community Center
8/2/11 Cache – Caribbean and latin mix 6:00-8:00pm
Mitchell Boulevard Park (all at 6:30-8:30pm)
7/14/11 Aint Misbehavin' – big band, Dixieland and more
8/18/11 Liverpool '64 –Beatles tribute band
Grant Park
7/17/11 Twang Dragons – country rock (101 Anniversary Celebration) 1:00-3:30pm
8/19/11 Christopher's Project – jazz, urban, R&B, funk 6:30 - 8:30pm
LaFollette Park
9/10/11 Garlic Mustard Pickers - celtic 4:00- 6:00pm
Clark Square Park
7/28/11 Spanglish – Spanish/English mix 6:00 - 8:00pm
Gordon Park
7/28/11 Eddie Butts Band – jazz, blues, R&B - 6:30-8:30pm
McGovern Park
7/30/11 Keeping It Clean – dynamic vocals, rhythm - 12:00-6:00pm
DJ Infotek – during the breaks
Smith Park
8/11/11 AhVantSoul – dynamic vocals, rhythm - 6:30-8:30pm
Dineen Park
8/3/11 Eddie Butts Band – jazz, blues, R&B - 6:30-8:30pm
Lindsay Park
8/25/11 Charles Walker Band – blues - 6:30-8:30pm
Columbus Park
7/13/11 Collage & Company –smooth jazz, R&B – 6:30-8:30pm
Lake Park – Musical Mondays (all 6:30pm-8:00pm)
7/11/11 The Milwaukee Guitar Duo – assorted guitar
7/18/11 Howard Levy – harmonica, piano
7/25/11 Gaudette Brass Quintet – brass chamber music
8/1/11 Claudia Hommel - chanteuse
8/8/11 Betti Xiang –erhu master
8/15/11 Randy Sabien & Bill Camplin –rock, folk and more
8/22/11 The New Rampart Street Paraders -dixieland
Lake Park – Wonderful Wednesdays (all 6:30pm-7:30pm)
7/6/11 Macaroni Soup –fun music, movement
7/13/11 Bill & Ben –fun blend of string guitars
7/20/11 Pint Size Polkas –polka music, dancing
7/27/11 The Chickadees – fun kid's songs, pajama party
Pere Marquette Park- River Rhythms (all 6:30pm-8:00pm)
7/6/11 Sindoolaa- African reggae
7/13/11 Leroy Airmaster w/ Junior Brantley- blues, jazz
7/20/11 Jayk & I'm not a Pilot -rock
7/27/11 Milwaukee Battle of the Bands Competition
8/3/11 Element 13 –popular cover band
8/10/11 John Sieger & The Sub Continentals –blues, soul
8/17/11 Red Hot Chilli Pipers –bagpipe rock
8/24/11 Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Alter Boys – traditional blues
8/31/11 Five Card Studs –Las Vegas style lounge band
Cathedral Square Park- Jazz in the Park (all 6:30pm 8:00pm)
7/7/11 Orgone –Afrobeat, funk
7/14/11 Bastille Days Programming
7/21/11 Mr. Lucky Syndicate -swing
7/28//11 Phat Phunktion –jazz, funk, soul
8/4/11 Who's Your Daddy Trio –organ jazz trio
8/11/11 Mama Digdown's Brass Band –New Orleans style brass
8/18/11 Walter, Roberts & Deitch –soul-jazz super group
8/25/11 De La Buena –latin jazz
9/1/11 Cache and the Pueblo Latino Orchestra –latin jazz
9/8/11 Back Alley Band –blues, R&B
9/15/11 Even Christian – flamenco inspired jazz guitar
9/22/11 Terry Sims Band –smooth jazz, R&B
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I was curious about drone combs in breeder hives for saturating an area with good DNA.
What time of year do you put the comb in the hive, or do you leave drone comb in year round?
If I put the comb in the hive. Is it right to plan for 40 days roughly before you want to mate your queens?
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Ask a Trooper: Reporting impaired drivers
Question: I recently called 911 to report a suspected drunk driver. I have never done this before, so was uncertain of proper procedure. I gave location and description of vehicle. My question is, should I have followed the car till an officer located the vehicle or considered my civic duty done? Thank you.
Answer: Not necessarily, but it helps if you do. I don't think our dispatchers are asking people to do that, but I do know that people are sometimes coincidentally going the same direction that the suspected impaired driver is, so they stay on the line or they call back when the vehicle turns or if there is some other information to update the police on.
We need everyone to be our eyes and ears out there on the roadways, so we appreciate accurate information being called in. When you call 911 to report, be ready to provide car description, license plate, location, and driver behavior.
You want to stay back and away from the suspected impaired driver's vehicle and be safe. It always helps to know where you are when you are driving so that when you call in a driving complaint or crash or some other incident, we can go directly to the correct location. Many times we get the wrong location because callers don't know exactly where they are.
Drunk drivers are killers, and we all have to take our own personal responsibility behind the wheel, and part of that responsibility is reporting impaired drivers and other dangerous drivers.
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BBRY: Will Initial BB10 Demand Endure? Ask Sterne Agee, Wedge
The Street today continued to discuss the announcement yesterday by BlackBerry (BBRY) that it had received an order for 1 million units of phones based on its new BB10 operating system, the largest single order in the company's history for any device.
Analyst Maynard Um of Wells Fargo yesterday wrote that the announcement was encouraging, as did Goldman Sachs's Simona Jankowski this morning.
Then, it was the bears' turn. Sterne Agee's Shaw Wu this afternoon reiterates a Neutral rating on BlackBerry shares, writing that the 1 million figure is "impressive," and also "consistent with our recent supplier checks indicating BBRY likely shipped 1 million to 1.5 million units."
"The order size would suggest a service provider or distributor customer and we believe expectations that it is a U.S. carrier make sense," adds Wu. "But from our analysis, we believe Indonesia, arguably BBRY's strongest country, may make more sense."
Nevertheless, Wu is still concerned a rebound in sales over a longer time frame is not certain:
While near-term BB10 momentum looks good, we are concerned with sustainability. Our feedback indicates buyers are long-time loyalists as opposed to new customers. It remains to be seen if BB10 can gain mainstream acceptance that BB once commanded that is now owned by Android and iOS. In addition, we are concerned with the company's road to profitability given rising BOM (build-of-materials) costs with the use of more premium parts including touchscreens, glass, and metals and as its higher-margin service revenue (36% of revenue) will likely get impacted as BB10 ramps as a larger contributor. The reason is lower service fees vs. previous generations.
And Brian Blair of Wedge Partners this afternoon wrote that of the announcement yesterday that "we don't think it means exactly what the headline suggests":
We believe this million unit order is from a distributor, not a major carrier like AT&T (T) or Verizon (VZ), as many immediately speculated. We don't believe any carriers would take that much risk out of the gate without some indications of demand. It would be easier for a distributor, particularly a global one, to commit to a million units over an extended period and across numerous devices [...] We expect this to be an order that takes places over several quarters, or perhaps the balance of the year, which is why we believe Blackberry chose the verbiage it did and didn't define specific terms [...] We believe this is NOT for the newly launched Z10 only, but is rather for the Z10, the Q10, and the other 4 or so BB10 devices that RIM management has suggested will launch this year; which is why BB10 was mentioned instead of Z10 [...] Still, it is an encouraging sign for Blackberry and clearly makes for a strong headline, but we continue to believe that the most significant piece of the puzzle will come from sell through indications of the first 60 – 90 days. We do expect an initial surge in demand, and Blackberry continues to have numerous loyalists in the U.S. market, but whether or not sales are sustained or not will most likely determine whether Blackberry trades to $10 or $20+.
BlackBerry shares today closed down 59 cents, or 4%, at $15.06.


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Scientists do any number of things, besides science
Roald Hoffmann
Ansgar and I continue to correspond. He sends me a detective story he has published, Ukrainische Verbindung (The Ukrainian Connection). In German such stories are called Krimis, for Kriminalromane. The story, quite an exciting one, begins in a German paint factory, and part of the action takes place in the Ukrainian city of L'viv. Another connection, for I was born in Zloczów, some 60 kilometers from L'viv! My father had gone to the Lwów Polytechnic University, as it was called in Polish days. Earlier, during the Austro-Hungarian days, L'viv was Lemberg. A crossroads of the world it was, our historic region of Galicia. And it was also a place for waves of ethnic cleansing.
One day in 2002 Ansgar comes to visit. He is spending a month in a lab at the State University of New York at Buffalo, practically next door. Only snow divides us. He is a young man in his mid-30s, with what I might call a Ringo Starr haircut. He has an easy smile, a gentle voice, and is unnecessarily timid about his more-than-adequate English. True, he is in a minority of German scientists who have not done a postdoctoral year in the United States. The center shifts; there was once a time when every U.S. chemist went to Germany; now they come here. Twenty-two German postdoctoral associates—or postdocs—have spent a year or more in my group.
Ansgar gives a lecture about his work. The talk is not about what he did his doctoral research on, but what he does now, crystallography. I know about crystallography by "osmosis" because I got my Ph.D. in the lab of a great crystallographer, William N. Lipscomb. I did not do crystallography; I was simply in daily contact with clever people who were learning and practicing the technique. I also knew of it out of necessity, because in my work as a theoretician explaining molecular shape, I have had to make judgments as to which seeming structural anomalies are worth pursuing, and which are to be disbelieved.
What I will say next about crystallography is not anything a crystallographer would say. When the experimental technique was difficult and a crystal structure took a year to do, there was no problem; everyone wanted to have a crystallographer friend. As crystallography became easier, an almost routine technique, the field went in search of a raison d'être. Some practitioners took on complexity—proteins, for instance. Others looked at large groups of molecules for trends and regularities (these researchers I especially value; I have written previously about them ("Crystal Cloudy, Crystal Clear," American Scientist 86[1]:15–18, January–February 1998). Such crystallographers do just what I did in my theoretical work. Still others got the technique better and better, so that they could see not just where are the atomic nuclei and electrons near them, but also where in space reside the chemically important electrons involved in bonding and reactivity. Such a direction brings this subset of crystallographers in contact with theoreticians, who compute such things.
This is exactly the research being done both in Ansgar's group in Berlin and in the one he is visiting in Buffalo. For my own prejudiced reasons I'm not too crazy about the work, but I won't bore you with my prejudices. Suffice to say that when Ansgar visits Cornell, I give my guest a politely hard time during his seminar. He handles it well, as he does a pretty disconnected set of questions from the only two professors who find time to come to his talk, one of two that day, six that week. The rest of the audience is students who, as usual, sit quietly.
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Amniocentesis is a procedure used to obtain a small sample of the amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus during pregnancy. The fluid is analyzed to help diagnose certain birth defects.
Bone densitometry is used primarily to diagnose osteoporosis and to determine fracture risk.
A breast biopsy is a procedure in which samples of breast tissue are removed with a special biopsy needle or during surgery to determine if cancer or other abnormal cells are present.
A breast MRI is a procedure in which large magnets, radiofrequencies, and a computer are used to take detailed pictures of the breast in order to search for abnormalities that may signal the presence of cancer.
A breast scan is a procedure in which nuclear radiology is used to assess and diagnose various conditions, such as tumors, abscesses, hematomas, organ enlargement, and cysts, as well as organ function and blood flow to the tissue.
Ultrasound, or sound wave technology is used to examine breast tissue. It may also be used to assess blood flow to areas inside the breasts.
A cervical biopsy is a procedure performed to remove tissue from the cervix to test for abnormal or precancerous conditions, or cervical cancer.
Cesarean delivery is the surgical delivery of a baby by an incision through the mother's abdomen and uterus. This procedure is performed when it is determined to be a safer method than a vaginal delivery for the mother, baby, or both.
This prenatal test involves taking a sample of tissue from the placenta to test for chromosomal abnormalities and certain other genetic problems.
Colposcopy is a procedure that uses an instrument with a magnifying lens and a light, called a colposcope, to examine the cervix (opening to the uterus) and vagina for abnormalities.
Cytoscopy is a procedure in which a long, lighted scope is used to examine the urinary tract, bladder, urethra, and openings to the ureters and is used when problems with the urinary tract are suspected.
A dilation and curettage procedure, also called a D and C, is a surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated so that the cervical canal and uterine lining can be scraped with a spoon-shaped instrument to remove abnormal tissues.
Endometrial ablation is a procedure to permanently remove a thin tissue layer of the lining of the uterus to stop or reduce excessive or abnormal bleeding in women for whom childbearing is complete.
An endometrial biopsy is a procedure performed to obtain a small tissue sample from the lining of the uterus.
During childbirth, the vagina may not stretch enough. If this occurs, your health care provider may perform an episiotomy to help enlarge the opening and deliver the baby.
The fetal heart rate may change as the fetus responds to conditions in the uterus. An abnormal fetal heart rate or pattern may indicate that the fetus is not getting enough oxygen or that there are other problems.
Fetal ultrasound is a test used during pregnancy that creates an image of the fetus in the mother's uterus, or womb.
Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. Different portions of the uterus, as well as other organs, may be removed at the same time.
Hysteroscopy is the visual examination of the canal of the cervix and interior of the uterus using a thin, lighted, flexible tube called a hysteroscope.
Laparoscopy is a procedure that utilizes a laparoscope, a thin flexible tube containing a video camera to examine the organs of the abdominal cavity.
Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) uses a wire loop heated by electric current to remove cells and tissue as part of the diagnosis and treatment for abnormal or cancerous conditions in a woman's lower genital tract.
A lumpectomy is a type of breast-conserving surgery in which a cancerous lump and a portion of the breast tissue around the cancerous lump are removed, leaving the breast intact.
A mammogram is an X-ray examination of the breast amd is used to detect and diagnose breast disease in women.
An ovarian cyst is a fluid-filled sac that forms on or inside an ovary. Sometimes the cyst can break open (rupture).
A mastectomy is a surgical procedure in which all or a portion of a breast is removed as a part of a treatment plan for breast cancer.
A Pap test is a screening test to collect and microscopically examine cells taken from the cervix.
Ultrasound, or sound wave technology, is used to examine the organs and structures in the female pelvis.
Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of a woman's uterus. When this surgery is done through small incisions using a thin, lighted scope with a camera on the end (a laparoscope), it is called a laparoscopic hysterectomy.
A robotic-assisted myomectomy is a type of surgery. It is done to remove growths in a women's uterus called fibroids.
Robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy is a type of surgery. It is done to repair pelvic organ prolapse. The surgery is done with special tools.
Sonohysterography is a procedure to look at the inside of the uterus. It's a safe, painless test that uses sound waves and a computer to create images. It does not use radiation.
Tubal ligation is surgical procedure you may choose if you are an adult woman and you do not want to get pregnant in the future. You may have heard tubal ligation referred to as "getting your tubes tied."
This procedure, also be referred to as uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), is a minimally-invasive surgery that involves identifying which arteries supply blood to the fibroids and then blocking off those arteries.


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Steps to hack a network
1) Once you have enumerated a network, let's say there are 10 different servers, how to you proceed to exploit them? Time is precious and I feel like I go everywhere, try one service on server A, then trying another server on server B, and so on. For example, do you try all FTP servers, then all HTTP servers, etc or do you try all services on one machine then you go to the next one?
2) If you have a single host to root, how do you proceed? Would you go, in order (if applicable!):
a) Reconnaissance
b) Scanning (nmap, nessus, nikto)
c) Attack SMB, use metasploit, hydra
d) If c) didn't work out, Look for SQL injection vulnerabilities
e) If d) didn't work out, try fuzzing
f) ...
I stuck after c)... I know it really depends on which services are available on a server, but generally, how do you proceed?
I am tired...
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- Study names French world's rudest taxi drivers
- All study survey subjects were British
- New York cabbies are entertaining storytellers
- A London black cab driver tells all
Who hasn't left a strange airport wondering not just whether you should be in this taxi but whether it even is one -- only to be charmed, amused or unexpectedly edified by the person behind the wheel.
Or, it's true, bored to death, humiliated or even ripped off.
Now an online booking service called Airporttransfers has released a survey of 2,162 recent British vacationers, asking them to name the meanest, nastiest, take-the-longest-route-and-still-expect-a-tip taxi drivers on the planet.
Travel shocker! British tourists consider French cabbies rude
And get outta ze cab! It's the French.
But -- and here we perform some fabulously expressive gesticulation whose meaning is "leave my hired vehicle immediately" -- it's also the Italians.
That's right: the two European nations have drawn up level at the traffic lights and been judged equally rude.
But for every offensive action, there's an equal and opposite reaction -- which brings us to Greece.
Some of its taxi drivers, those on the island of Rhodes, were judged among the friendliest on the planet.
The news comes on the heels of findings that people on another Greek isle, Ikaria, are among those with the longest life expectancy on Earth.
Diet has a lot to do with it, but so, too, does a famously laid-back attitude -- something that might have infected the Rhodes cabbies.
But what about those British vacationers?
Could it be that their collective offense-taking at the cab driving Jean-Pierres and Patrizias of this world comes from the famous reluctance of the French and Italians to speak English just because the British do?
Rides worldwide
To broaden the field a bit, what do non-Brits think of cab drivers worldwide?
Asking around our well traveled staff produced some passionate responses.
Tokyo cabbies wear suits, white gloves and put doilies and plastic covers on all upholstery.
But they're easily inflamed.
"Don't touch the door!" warns one editor. "That's for the driver to operate in your first moment of ultra-impressive service."
"Hong Kong taxi drivers can be mean and whiny if you're not going far or stuck in a lucrative traffic jam," says associate producer (and local) Maggie Wong.
"And, as second-jobbing small businessmen, they all have multiple mobile phones on the dash, so forget about small talk."
Top storytellers
Next to London's beetle-shaped black cruisers, New York yellow cabs must be the most recognizable in the world. You'd expect New York cabbies to be sassy -- but rude?
"Are you rude to them?" parries Payal Dixit, an Upper West Side NYC resident in her early thirties.
"I've found that New York cab drivers are some of the best storytellers -- a simple 'hello' can get them going.
"Some don't want to be bothered, but most enjoy sharing their adventures, whether it be about celebrity passengers or their lives in a foreign country you dream of visiting."
View from the front
Dixit raises a good point. What's the view from the front seat?
"You know, 99% of people are as nice as pie," says Steve McNamara, general secretary of the British Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association, himself behind the wheel of a London cab for 30 years. (Another, global survey, it should be said, has consistently rated London's legendary black taxis the best in the world.)
"Cab driving restores your faith in humanity. It can be trying when people say, 'I'm staying at the hotel with the green door.' Don't you know there are 8,000 hotels in London?
"And you get obnoxious people who've been drinking -- but that's not as common as you might think.
"The 1% -- the loonies -- can be right wing, left wing, Christian or Muslim. Drivers always say, put 'em all together in an island in the Atlantic!"
Pull up here
We're getting out here.
In the comments section, share your stories of being charmed, amused or unexpectedly edified by the person by the wheel.
Or bored to death, humiliated or even ripped off.


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I hate that Webster skills have deteriorated. He USED to be really good! lol, sucks that we might give him the boot, but hey, that's football.
Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
It makes me sad we have to go into another season with that horrible scheme.
Let me know when Perry decides not to be a ***** and attack the qb like they were built to do. Let me know when the corners arent playing 10 yards of their man. Let me know when they dont give up +6000yards a season. Let me know when this Defense gets some ****ing swagg!
Im wondering if todays comps will be able to run next gen games.....I need a new laptop for work for a reallly big designing program, but I dont want to pay too much if the tech is just going to be obsolete in a few months.


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Gumbo recipes?
I ate the most divine chicken gumbo in the US (think it was Colorado but it could have been Florida) many years ago and I've never been able to find a recipe that comes close to it. Anybody got a good recipe for chicken gumbo?
#2 Sun 20 Sep 09 2:59pm
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Re: Gumbo recipes?
The best Chicken Gumbo recipe I have ever tried is posted on
www.gumbocooking (dot) com, (slash) chicken-gumbo (dot) html.
You will find that the flavors blending in this chicken gumbo recipe will tickle your taste buds!
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Alan Perrott ferrets out a handful of trips to allow you to get out and about but stay within reach of home.
Some of Auckland's best views are also our least talked about. Possibly because they're in a particularly unfashionable direction: south.
Which this makes them ideal if you're after a top day trip destination without the traffic or the crowds.
Take Clevedon. Long a favourite for hordes of cyclists, it's mostly known as home to the polo set, cockies, and commuters keen to leave the city behind once they clock off work. But it also provides some of the region's most beautifully bucolic vistas.
Or Mangere, a suburb known more for its airport than its scenic attractions. But don't believe the hype, the demolition of the old poo ponds has been the making of the place.
So, pack some lunch, grab an icecream, and let Canvas do the driving as we take in a few spots the tourist buses don't.
Kohekohe Church
If you like your landscapes dotted with poignantly abandoned churches, then Awhitu Peninsula is your ideal day trip.
Get yourself to Waiuku, marking the southernmost point of the Manukau Harbour, then turn right on to Kings Rd and follow the twisting lane that divides the peninsula in half.
Apart from the picturesque Kohekohe Church - and a hint for less attentive travellers: don't take the signposted turnoff to Kohekohe, it's just around the next bend - the beaches, bird park and ocean-framing cuttings, your ultimate destination should be the well-signposted Awhitu Lighthouse, which once guarded the treacherous southern side of the Manukau Heads.
Clever landscaping hides the best views until the last possible moment. Do be aware though, disabled access is limited at best, unless you have thighs like steel and can push a wheelchair up a steep, grass and gravel driveway.
Mt Donald McLean
It's a beautiful thing to be somewhere remote enough to have patchy radio reception yet still be close to a decent cup of coffee.
Oh Auckland, sometimes we don't deserve your charms.
Although a windy route, at least it's easy to follow. From Titirangi you take the Huia Rd turn-off and follow your nose to the roundabout, then head left to adventure. Many likely spots will offer themselves as you journey - Huia township has to be one of the region's true gems, even if the view from the local cafe is obscured by a horribly clad house - but we suggest you leave them for the return trip.
And yes, it's out west, but we reckon the best view faces south. Note, the last 5km are narrow, winding and strictly gravel. The right-hand-turn up to the mount's summit is signposted.
All too often we're in such a rush to get to the beach and we fail to consider the beauty of the bits we pass on the way.
So, next time you're off on a Sunday drive to the Pohutukawa Coast, why not take five in Clevedon?
The best vantage points are up high and while there are few designated look-out points, the rural valley is quite something to behold.
Locals suggest Otau Mountain Rd, which can be found by turning off Clevedon-Kawakawa Rd at McNicol Rd, only a few hundred metres from the Clevedon roundabout. But be nice, it's a narrow, residential road.
Mangere Mountain
Who needs a double rainbows when you've got a double crater? And all within 100m of the carpark ...
Just get yourself to Mangere Bridge, stopping in the village for a pork bun or two from the Hong Kong Bakery, then follow the signs guiding you to what may be New Zealand's only sports ground perched atop a volcano.
From there the gravel goat track leads left or right from the gate above the carpark - going left is easier - with suggested stops marked by information plaques or the odd cattle beast.
If gazing down upon suburban bliss isn't to your taste, the mountain offers unrivalled views of the Manukau Harbour and Puketutu Island.
If you've made the effort to reach the Mt Donald McLean summit, you'd be silly not to finish the job and carry on to Whatipu.
With more drama than a Shortland Street season closer, this black sand shore is a gobsmacker. Swimming may be rather perilous but there's wildlife, greenery, headlands and the crumbling wharves that once serviced intrepid lumberjacks. It's also one of those rare locations that only seems to become more beautiful the worse the weather gets.
The carpark is a reasonable walk from the beach, so pack your walking shoes.
Oh, and there are some rough-and-ready toilet facilities as well.