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New "Ag Trail" map promotes agriculture and agri-tourism in Riverside County
The "Ag Trail" includes stops in the Temecula Valley Wine Country, the Riverside citrus groves, Cherry Valley and the desert
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A map featuring more than 100 farms, vegetable stands, wineries and other locations throughout Riverside County that boast a host of fresh homegrown products for purchase will be unveiled Friday during two receptions.
The "Ag Trail" includes stops in the Temecula Valley Wine Country, the
Riverside citrus groves, Cherry Valley and the desert.
"The county's goal is to promote agriculture and agri-tourism," county
Foreign Trade Commissioner Tom Freeman said. "This helps
market these 100-plus locations and will definitely help in driving attendance
to festivals and fairs and will likely help sell our ag products, from fresh-
cut Christmas trees to pumpkins to the whole variety of produce grown across the county."
The Ag Trail map will be the highlight of receptions Friday at 10 a.m.
at Madison Street Produce in Indio, and at 1:30 p.m. at Peltzer Farms in
Temecula. County Supervisors John Benoit and Jeff Stone are scheduled to be on hand for each event.
The Ag Trail website will go live following the Temecula reception,Freeman said.
The online chart allows users to choose from several different categories, depending on their interests. A visitor will get a snapshot of farmers' markets, where to look for wineries and details and schedules on the
county's popular festivals and fairs, including the National Date Festival in
Indio and the Beaumont Cherry Festival.
There will also be information on so-called "holiday farms," which do business seasonally.
All of the attractions are accessible by car and cover a roughly 400-mile route that zigzags across the county, from its southwestern pocket to the Arizona state line.
Benoit and Stone introduced the Ag Trail concept last July as a means to
promote tourism and support area agricultural interests.
According to Freeman, the county's agricultural trade is valued at $3 billion, with exports to 67 countries. He said Japan and China were the top export destinations of agricultural products generated locally in 2011.
The county's agricultural base supports more than 30,000 jobs, according to Freeman.
Stone touted the potential of the Temecula Valley Wine Country to boost the regional economy as it undergoes an expansion encompassing 22,000 acres, populated by growers, vintners and related businesses.
The county is home to around 1,700 dairies, farms, ranches, wineries, historical and cultural sites.
Several agencies, including the Departments of Environmental Health and
Information Technology, partnered with the Riverside County Farm Bureau
and California Women for Agriculture to design the website and other
promotional materials, Freeman said.


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Paul Westmeyer
UTSA Associate Dean Paul Westmeyer dies May 28
By Lorrie Smith
Senior Administrative Associate, College of Education and Human Development
(June 2, 2006)--Paul Henry Martin Westmeyer, a teacher, scholar and longtime resident of Pipe Creek, died Sunday, May 28 at his home.
Born December 9, 1925, in Dilsboro, Ind., Westmeyer was UTSA associate dean for graduate studies and research, professor of education and graduate adviser for the College of Education and Human Development. He earned a B.S. degree (1949) and an M.A. degree (1953) from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., and an Ed.D. from the University of Illinois (1960).
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While working toward a master's degree, Westmeyer taught for five years in the high school and junior high school at North Vernon, Ind. He was a part-time instructor at Purdue University and later taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Texas at Austin.
At the end of his third year at UT Austin, Westmeyer was invited to become chairman of the Department of Science Education at Florida State University and served in that position until he came to The University of Texas at San Antonio in 1973.
At UTSA, Westmeyer authored numerous books and articles on adult and higher education and science education and served in a variety of professional organizations. Most recently, he taught courses in research methods and statistics in education.
All who were fortunate enough to know him will miss him greatly. He modeled grace, dignity, integrity and deep commitment to his family, colleagues and students, and compassion for all. Westmeyer was truly a good man and he lived his life with enthusiasm.
He was a member of the Melodiers at the Silver Sage Senior Center, Ukulele Ladies and Gents, and Tuesday Twirlers Round Dance Club. He danced, played the ukulele, taught Sunday school classes, loved his family and enjoyed his work at UTSA. He was an inspired wood carver and carved himself gently and permanently into the hearts and souls of all who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his wife, June Kay Westmeyer, and is survived by three daughters, Jean Jacobs and husband John of Tallahassee, Fla., Crystal Westmeyer of Pipe Creek, and Paula Melton of Ratcliff; three sons, Paul Joseph Westmeyer and wife Angel of Pipe Creek, Kenneth Martin Westmeyer of Pipe Creek, and Henry Matthew Westmeyer and wife Elisha of Pipe Creek; sister, Evelyn Bascom of Dilsboro, Ind.; grandchildren, Benjamin Jacobs and wife Sunshine, Jeffrey Jacobs, Justin Westmeyer, Ariel Westmeyer, Lon David Westmeyer, Paul Nathan Westmeyer, and Alicia Melton and great-grandchildren, Genevieve and Oliver Jacobs.
A memorial service is 7 p.m., Friday, June 2 at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 6914 Wurzbach Rd., San Antonio, Texas 78229. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be sent in his name to: Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission, P.O. Box 354, Highway 191, Rock Point, Ariz. 86545 or the Southwest Indian Foundation, P.O. Box 86, Gallup, N.M. 87305.

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Nvidia Slips: FYQ2 View Not Bullish Enough; Street Lauds New Focus
Shares of chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) closed down 45 cents, or 2.4%, at $18.05, despite yesterday offering a better-than-expected revenue forecast for this quarter, after releasing better-than-expected Q1 results earlier in the week.
In an interview following the results, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was upbeat about the company's "GRID" cloud computing initiative, and about the forthcoming "Tegra K1" processor and its role in automotive applications.
Despite that upbeat forecast, it seems it was just not enough upside for investors. However, multiple analysts today are applauding what they see as newfound discipline and focus on the company's part, picking and choosing its battles and eschewing the broader smartphone market.
Price targets and estimates are shifting around a bit here and there, not dramatically.
Hans Mosesmann, Raymond James: Reiterates a Strong Buy rating, and a $22 price target. "NVIDIA had a no-drama earnings call last night, with expected persistent seasonal PC patterns, share gains in GPUs, Tegra/mobile growth, and the emergence of datacenter growth (GRID + Tesla). While there could be some confusion regarding gross margin compression in the July quarter (in-line to slightly above our estimate) due to Tegra mix, the important take-away is emerging GRID momentum. After over a year of 100s of trials, GRID (GPUs in the datacenter) is set to be a big driver for NVIDIA over the next several quarters, if not an outright industry disruptor with virtually no competition and a TAM in the billions of dollars. With conventional bear themes – such as PC attach rates (rendered less relevant) and Tegra shifting focus away from the crowded mid- to low-end of the smartphone market – expectations going forward are as balanced as we've seen in years." Mosesmann raised his revenue estimate for the year to $4.54 billion from $4.535 billion, while maintaining an 89-cent EPS estimate.
Kevin Cassidy, Stifel Nicolaus: Reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his price target a buck to $22. "Management's expectations are for Tegra and professional GPU revenues to increase sequentially offset by the seasonal decline in PC GPU revenues. This product mix results in a sequential decline in gross margin. We are encouraged by the continued traction Nvidia is experiencing with its GPUs in data center and HPC markets. We expect accelerated revenue growth from these higher gross margin products in 2HF15 [...] Management also highlighted continued momentum in driving GPUs into enterprise and data centers, with Nvidia GRID available in more than 50 server platforms from 18 OEMs or ODMs, and over 600 GRID field trials underway." Cassidy maintains a year estimate of $4.63 billion in revenue, but raised his EPS estimate to $1.21 from $1.16.
Krishna Shankar, Roth Capital Partners: Reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his price target to $22 from $20. "Near-term, we expect growth in professional workstation graphics, Tesla high-performance computing, and GRID graphics cloud virtualization for virtual desktop applications, We also expect growth in Tegra platforms for high-end smartphones, tablets, gaming and automotive/embedded to offset seasonal decline in PC graphics revenues. New product cycles in high end gaming PC graphics, Project Shield portable Android/PC gaming console revenues, enterprise professional graphics, virtual graphics with GRID computing/cloud appliances, and next-gen Tegra K1 smartphone/mobile ramp in 2014 for super-phones, gaming consoles, high-end set top box and smart TVs, and smart automotive applications are positive long term drivers." Shankar raised his year estimates to $4.61 billion and 95 cents a share from a prior $4.53 billion and 85 cents a share.
Alex Gauna, JMP Securities: Reiterates a Market Outperform rating, and a $26 price target. "The stock was down ~2% in aftermarket reaction to the release, most likely on flattish revenue guidance and ~90bps q/q decline in gross margins due to stronger than expected Tegra contributions. The lower gross margins come with a corresponding offset in Op Ex restraint, and we continue to recommend buying the stock on: 1) the rising contribution of GPU virtualization, automotive inroads, and IP licensing that should lead to a more profitable and entrenched sales mix over time; 2) its new unified design approach and diminished Tegra mobile investments adding operating margin leverage; and 3) the instrumental role Nvidia technology plays in the advances underway in Cloud-based creative design, 3D design, self-driving vehicles, social gaming, and virtual reality. Although the company was more bullish on mobile Tegra and less upbeat on PC market share than we expected, we continue to believe its Maxwell GPU and Tegra K1 architectures are differentiated solutions that hold more upside potential than downside risk heading into F2H15."
Rajvindra Gill, Needham & Co.: Reiterates a Hold rating. "NVDA reported strong F1Q15 (April) results but issued F1Q15 (July) guidance that came in slightly below expectations on EPS due to lower gross margins. NVDA has appropriately rationalized its OPEX and re-focused its efforts away from smartphones towards high-end gaming, automotive, enterprise and data center. These are the markets to focus on, in our view. However, there remains some uncertainty around the gross margin trajectory, the potential deceleration in GPU Y/Y growth rates and the question of how NVDA will replace the Intel royalty income it gets when the agreement ends in 2016 (accounts for ~40% of operating income)." Gill trimmed his revenue estimate this year to $4.50 billion from $4.51 billion, but raises his EPS estimate to $1.10 from $1.
David Wong, Wells Fargo: Reiterates a Market Perform rating, and a $15 to $18 "valuation range." "Reported March sales and June guidance were in our view, solid [...] Nvidia's GPU segment decreased 5% sequentially (up 14% year over year) in the quarter. Nvidia said that the sequential decline in the GPU business was due to continued strength in GeForce GTX GPU sales for the gaming segment offset by seasonal decline in desktop market. Tegra Processor revenue increased 6% sequentially and increased 35% year over year. Nvidia said that the sequential growth in Tegra was driven primarily by increased volumes for auto infotainment systems and embedded devices [...] Though we continue to question Nvidia's longer-term secular growth potential, the company is achieving sales that are above our estimates." Wong maintains an estimate for 2015 revenue of $4.65 billion, while raising his EPS view to 98 cents from 71 cents.
Ian Ing, MKM Partners: Reiterates a Neutral rating, and a $20 price target. "Data center commentary was positive. Tesla continues to be exposed to computing for big data analytics, while GRID virtualization could be contributing $10s of millions/Y on growth in trials (up 35% sequentially to 600 trials worldwide). That said, we expect GRID deployments will be lumpy (taking 3 months to 1 year to potentially become deployments). We believe IT enterprise customers may not yet fully embrace desktop virtualization given up-front investments in data center infrastructure to match existing desktop use [...] With Tegra Wireless and Data center business contribution in July, merely in line revenue guidance suggests significant offsets from consumer PCs and tablets. NVDA is still exposed to the PC/tablet demand, though it continues to hold sizable share of premium segments (58% to 66% of desktop GPU past 3 years)." Ing trimmed this year's estimates to $4.54 billion and 90 cents from a prior $4.585 billion and 96 cents.
Christopher Rolland, FBR & Co.: Reiterates a Market Perform rating, and a $20 price target. "NVIDIA provided generally in-line 1Q14 details that corresponded with its preannouncement but 2Q14 guidance that, we believe, was slightly below the Street's new expectations (guidance of $1.1B, versus Street expectations of $1.14B). While we were surprised to see shares sell off on Tuesday, after the somewhat muted guidance, we think that the sell-off was justified [...] We thought the 2Q14 gross margin was slightly weaker than expected. Pro forma operating expenses (including stock option expense) were also better than expected ($443.4M, versus our prior $447.2M) for both 1Q14 and 2Q14. We view better opex as a significant positive, as it may further indicate the new CFO's desire to control expenses, with opex (particularly R&D) a tremendous lever in the model. Regarding the shares, bears will say NVIDIA faces long-term secular PC headwinds, falling GPU attach rates, and a lack of wireless traction. Bulls will say NVIDIA is making great strides in diversifying outside of notebook PCs and into Quadro, Tesla, GRID, and Tegra." Rolland trimmed his year estimates to $4.49 billion and 93 cents from a prior $4.54 billion and 90 cents.


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text: So, I have a Schwinn World Tourist that I got for free. It's a pretty nice bike, but my wife doesn't want another bike...what to do?? Strip it down and make a sweet men's bike out of it! First step, strip it down. Done, I flipped the handlebars for more of a boardtrack look. I'm more of a single-speed/coaster brake kind of guy. So, bye-bye shifter and hand brakes! I want to put some fatter whitewalls on it, but it's a skinny tire bike, plus I need a coaster brake, new wheels ordered. BUT, the front forks, rear chainstay and seat stay are too narrow. I have a vintage fork ordered and I'll have to re-work the rear end. Here's a rough drawing of what I'm going to do: I'm going to cut the top tube off and reverse it, stretch the chainstay about 7", build a new seat stay. Cut down the seat tube, bend the seat post, add some additional tubes (for looks), truss rods, and a headlight. ...Stay tuned


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New Apartment near Centre
Size37 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Air conditioning
- Towels
- Elevator in building
Accommodation summary
|Av. Boedo, 1424 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The quiet apartment features a terrace where a small garden is in the process of being plantes. For panoramic views, guests can head to the public terrace placed on the roof of the building.
Leaf wall motifs decorate a modern living space with a double bed, wardrobe and dining table. Sliding doors lead to the terrace. The well-equipped kitchen can be used to prepare home cooked meals. A shower is placed in the tiled bathroom.
A laundrette and theatre are close to the apartment. The neighbourhood also holds plenty of grocery stores, restaurants, cafes, bars and places where guests can dance the tango. Walk through the area to find large pedestrian spaces and street musicians on the weekend. Walk for just 500 metres to the nearest metro station.
House rulesSmoking is permitted only on the balcony or terrace.
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Reviews of this property
Cosy, well situated and safe part of B.A. Near the "Subte" so also handy to get around. A very nice appartment with a very nice owner Egle who made sure everything was okay. A place l would reccomend to anyone staying in B.A.
Egle has a beautiful, fine and clean apartment in Buenos Aires. Everything worked wonderfully. We have felt ourselves very well. She gave us a lot of good tips for the city and also helped us upon departure.
We will definitely come back.
Heidi and Heinz-Helmut
Egle hat eine schöne, feine und saubere Wohnung in Buenos Aires. Alles hat wunderbar funktioniert. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt. Sie gab uns eine Menge guter Tips für die Stadt und half uns auch bei der Abreise.
Wir werden bestimmt wiederkommen.
Heidi und Heinz-Helmut
apartment well located, well run. everything was very good.
appartement bien situe, bien tenu. tout etait tres bien.
excellent stay!
ottima permanenza!
Very nice apartement, close to the Subte-station Boedo, located in a very authentic and non-touristy neighborhood with a lot of shops, restaurants and cafes nearby. The host was very helpful and supplied us with a lot of tips and recommendations for our stay in Buenos Aires.
The only downside was the lack of direct sunlight in the flat, as it us (altough located in the first floor) surrounded by walls and other buildings.
Nevertheless, we enjoyed our stay (two weeks) very much and would definitely stay at this place again!
In Boedo nahe der U-Bahn gelegenes neues,sauberes Appartment mit hilfsbereiter freundlicher Gastgeberin - sehr zu empfehlen.
Very friendly, nice and neat appartment, situated in Boedo very next to the metro. The host ist very friendly and helpful. Very recommendable!
Really cozy and nice place, ideal if you stay a week or longer in Buenos Aires. Located in Boedo, a bit away from the tourist crowd, but in walking distance to the subte and with atm, restaurants, big supermarket right in the neighborhood. The kitchen is well equipped, so its perfect if you want to prepare some meals on your own. Egle was very friendly and helpful!
A beautiful great apartment in a great neighborhood! The apartment is new, very clean and quite comfortable. To the apartment belongs a welcoming Therasse to relax and a balcony where you can watch the hustle and drive on the road. Egle is a great hostess incredibly helpful and friendly. If you have a hiccup Egle find a solution together! The Quarter: The apartment is very well located, the Subte is not far away, supermarkets, laundry, ATM, cafes, bars and restaurants can be found in the immediate neighborhood. Even ne great tango show two blocks is further demonstrated. (Said to me something I do not look at ;)) to live here is perfect!
Ein wunderschönes tolles Apartment in einem tollem Viertel! Das Apartment ist neu, sehr sauber und recht gemütlich. Zum Apartment gehört eine einladende Therasse zum relaxen und ein Balkon auf dem man das quirlige treiben auf der Straße beobachten kann.
Egle ist eine tolle Gastgeberin unglaublich Hilfsbereit und freundlich. Wenn man ein Problemchen hat findet Egle bestimmt eine Lösung!
Zum Viertel: Das Apartment liegt sehr gut gelegen, die Subte ist nicht weit weg, Supermärkte, Wäscherei, Bankomat, Cafes, Bars und Restaurants findet man in der direkten Nachbarschaft. Sogar ne tolle Tangoshow wird zwei Blocks weiter gezeigt. (sagt man, ich schau mir sowas nicht an ;) ) Hier zu wohnen ist perfekt!
Reviews for this host's other properties
Nice Apartement. In a nice Barrio de Buenos Aires. With all the Busses and the Subte you can go easily to each Place in BA. The Barrio Boedo is not so Touristic like San Telmo and other Hotspots. A nice place to start and end your trips through BA. I did not meet Egle myself, but her Emails with recommendations were very helpful to find my way in this big City.
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Another two rounds of mass layoffs have been announced at Oshkosh Corp: 700 workers will lose their jobs in June, with 200 following in July. Over 400 layoffs occurred in February. That's more than 1,300 Wisconsin workers and their families left stranded because, as the war in Afghanistan winds down, the need for the tactical wheeled vehicles produced by Oshkosh Corp. has significantly diminished.
As if the reality of 1,000-plus families in central, southern and eastern Wisconsin suddenly left without income or health care benefits isn't bad enough, the effects of these layoffs will ripple further throughout the state. Oshkosh Corp. annually works with over 1,400 vendors in Wisconsin that provide more than $1.4 billion in goods and services to the company.
This catastrophe has been looming on the horizon for some time. As Oshkosh Corp.'s Vice President of Marketing and Communications John Daggett said, "We knew there was going to be an end." Reductions to Pentagon spending are not to blame; rather, the root of the problem lies in hinging employment on the production of a military product that will be obsolete when war ends and without any framework for transition when this occurs.
Oshkosh Corp. has done (and continues to do) its duty to the state of Wisconsin - it provides quality jobs in our state and a great service to the Department of Defense. Now, Congress must do its duty to Oshkosh Corp. and its workforce.
The company is attempting to retain as many positions as possible, and the retraining of workers at local technical colleges, assistance in job-searching and extension of unemployment benefits are needed. But this will not be enough to protect the majority of those laid off. We need a viable framework for defense transition assistance for Oshkosh Corp. and defense contractors across the nation that will inevitably find themselves in this same position.


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Learning Tree - Detecting and Analyzing Intrusions Course Review
I was told by a technically adept coworker not to expect much from Learning Tree, but still kept an open mind. My mind started to close by the end of the first day of the four day course.
The first day we covered some basic IP (even though this a course pre-requisite) and infrastructure issues. The host machines used for the labs were P4 (no hyperthreading) with 2G RAM. Host OS was 2k3 sp0 with VMware workstation 5.0. Snort was one of the two IDS products being examined and it was running on a RedHat 9 VM. Additionally, we used a traffic generator on an XP VM, a commercial IDS console on a 2k3 VM and a commercial IDS sensor on a win2k server VM. There was an additional VM that was there for OSSIM, but that was only used by itself on the final two hours of the course.
One of the first things that came to mind was that the hardware was insufficient to support this many VM's at one time. The next thing that hit me was that the date was wrong on my host machine. Midway through the first day, I changed it to be correct and my commercial IDS software stopped working. You can guess why... A date change and a workstation re-image later and I was back up and running.
Overall, the course did not meet expectations. The primary reason I went to the course was to work with someone that had experience with writing custom snort rules (per the course description). This wasn't even covered. In fact, there were no slides covering this in the bound, printed materials...
The other major reason was for event correlation from multiple sensors. This is also on the syllabus. We spent a whole afternoon talking about this and working on a lab. The lab looks to me like it should have worked, but the hardware was not sufficient to run the host and three VM's simultaneously (all actively performing different tasks). In the end, we just talked through what we should have seen. One student (of ten) was lucky enough to get this lab to work. It failed even on the instructor's machine.
When exploits were demoed for the IDS products to catch, one of them was WinNuke. For those not familiar with this, it is a null pointer de-reference when an inappropriate urgent pointer is set in the TCP header. This was a blast from the past. For those not familiar with the DoS "exploit" (i.e. you're under 30) here's a description from Wikipedia:
A person under the screen-name "_eci" published his C source code for the exploit on June 7, 1997. With the source code being widely used and distributed, Microsoft was forced to create security patches, which were released a few weeks later.
We covered some other vintage malicious attacks as well and while the history lesson was fun, it wasn't what I went to the course for. Nothing newer than ~2003 which is when I expect the course material was last updated.
Overall, it was a good walk through for Snort, Sguil, BASE, OSSIM, and a commercial NIDS product (I'll leave the name out since they are clearly not compliant on licensing). I have to say that barring the demo of the outdated commercial software, we didn't cover anything I couldn't have learned at home with a snort VM appliance and 4-6 hours of study.
I returned home on Saturday and was on the phone with Learning Tree this morning. To their credit, after a quick discussion the customer service manager agreed to either refund our vouchers to the organization or comp me and my cohort another class.
The instructor was good, just playing the bad hand he was dealt. He said he is not the lead instructor for the course (i.e. the one responsible for updating course material) and was given the course less than a month before the class date. He said the "Ethical Hacking" class gets annual updates. He said he is the lead instructor for that and talked about how up to date it is. If management lets me go back and take that, I'll post a follow up here.
Overall, the best thing about the week were the free breakfast and cookies that Learning Tree provides. The instructor was good, but the equipment and course material were not up to par. If you were thinking about taking this course instead of a comparable offering from another training vendor (possibly because Learning Tree is really cheap when purchased in bulk), I'd pass. If you have a voucher your organization purchased, it sounds like the "Ethical Hacking" class has been kept up to date and might be the best offering they have.


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The average audience member of last Thursday's performance lost his or her innocence at the age of 16. That's just one of the fun facts you'll learn about your neighbors in the theater, courtesy of an audience survey distributed during the pre-show (a PowerPoint show that includes, among other things, entertaining definitions from UrbanDictionary.com; the story of a college student's virginity auctioned off on eBay; and quotes uttered by a range of luminaries, including Voltaire and Jessica Simpson).
As the show goes on, you'll also hear names and locations of the audience's first encounters ("behind Wal-Mart" and "Planet Hollywood" were two memorable answers of last Thursday), though (tactfully) none of the intimate details forthcoming from the stage personas. Those characters number in the dozens, and are channeled by the show's four ensemble members, Bill Cook, Joe McLeod, Ashley A. Christy, and Karen Stathoplos. Each actor's slew of voices tends to consist of similar types — Cook often does the exuberant guy's guys, and McLeod the more sensitive men; Christy often gives voice to sassy chicks, Stathoplos to smart and sensual but sheltered young women. That said, they all range widely in tone, conveying, with equal grace, celebration, sorrow, bitterness, and sweetness.
The theatrical motivations for sharing these details thus also vary widely. On the one hand, there's pure joy: The gleeful Playboy Forum fist-pumping of some of Cook's guys, unabashedly relishing the housewife who gave a hired kid a special thank you, or the allure of black lingerie ("beyond nakedness!" he exudes). On the other hand there are more tender awakenings, like Stathoplos's tale of sleep-over revelations with a girlfriend, or McLeod's slow courtship of a cousin's friend.
There are also the expected darker, cautionary tales of date-rape and coercion, including Christy's excruciating story of a 15-year-old girl who, on a double date, is held down by the other couple for her date to have his way with, then forcibly douched with Coca-Cola (a practice said, in the '60s, to prevent pregnancy). And some stories are refreshingly surprising, less easily categorized: A rather breathtaking narrative told by a Stathoplos character relates a girl's encounter with her brother, who is dying of leukemia a virgin.
But perhaps most frequent are anecdotes steeped in affectionate comedy: A McLeod character marvels at a naked girl's myriad tan-line stripes, from multiple bathing suits, like "a bowl of mixed ice cream!" And of a Stathoplos character's exclaims, astounded, of her first partner, "But he didn't take off his socks!"
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text: Rab Electric provides fixtures for Olympic Rings Rab Electric Manufacturing, Northvale, N.J., had a visible presence at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City with its lighting fixtures. The company provided 1,850 industrial lighting fixtures to form the shape of the Olympic rings on a mountainside 5,000 ft above Salt Lake City. Rab makes outdoor and industrial lighting and lighting-control sensors.


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How-To Kiss

If a man's kiss is his signature, Cybergirls Dani Mathers and Annette White have painted a masterpiece.

Why a how-to kiss video? A seemingly simple task, a kiss can make or break a moment. And while most men believe themselves to be the perfect kissers, many women are quick to disagree. We decided to get two stunning Cybergirls, Dani Mathers and Annette White, in the same room for a quick reminder on the finer points of a kiss. Thank you, ladies.
Step One: The Tease
Place your hand on the back of her neck or by her jaw. Make eye contact and maintain it to build the tease.
Step Two: The Kiss
The ever-important first touch of the lips: if you want to make her work for it, the first moment should be a gentle tease. By slowing down the action, you'll build the anticipation and show her that you're in control.
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Romance which impresses everyone.
House rulesCheck in from 1.00 pm , check out till 11 am
There is souvenir shop to the entrance of the house. Shop keeper will be informed about your booking and pass over you key. Kindly let us know your expected check in time as soon as you will know your schedule
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Reviews of this property
Had a wonderful trip to Prague. Shopkeeper downstairs made check in simple and convenient.
Location of the apartment is excellent and the view breathtaking. Facilities are a bit outdated and the apartment could use some renovations - however - total value, considering location and price makes the apartment highly recommended.
Would stay there again.
Perfect location, highly recommended. In addition, a very straightforward sequence ...
Perfekte Lage, absolut empfehlenswert. Außerdem ein sehr unkomplizierter Ablauf...
We loved the location and the views from the apartment were fabulous. The 122 steps were a challenge but worth it for the views. The living room and bedroom were spacious and the flat was always warm in spite of chilly weather. The wifi provision worked well. And Prague is a wonderful city.
On the down side, the tv didn't work, the toilet and shower were cramped, the provision of towels was pretty mean (two hand towels for two people for a week), there were no dish towels and very little in the way of cleaning materials and the shower drained very poorly.
Excellent property in the perfect place (right at the heart of the city). Roman was amazing and hospitable, the place was clean and friendly, the internet was fast, and overall I had a great time. Kind recommend this place enough.
Location was as good as you can get but unfortunately the apartment isn't equip with your usual things you might find in hotel. The likes of towels and shampoo and shower gel was not provided. You would want to be of some sort of fitness to get to apartment as you have to climb about 75 steps to the apartment and is not disabled friendly as it has no lifts. Best thing about apartment is the location
5th floor, but it's worth it ... The outlook is great! Direct view of the beautiful towers. Apartment is very spacious and has plenty of space. the only drawback is the bathroom, the shower is not the yellow of the egg, but the outlook makes it up to you ;)
5.stock, doch es lohnt sich... Der ausblick ist spitze! Direkter blick auf die schönen türme.
Wohnung ist sehr geräumig und bietet viel Platz.
das einzige Manko ist das Bad, die Dusche ist nicht das Gelbe vom ei, doch der ausblick macht das wieder gut;)
Good price, best location, good general condition of the apartment and very highly recommended. To say something to improve, would be great to have washing machine: D
Buen precio, mejor localización, buen estado general del apartamento y muy muy recomendable.
Por decir algo que mejorar, estaría genial que tuviera lavadora :D
Cute mail contact. But unfortunately only ever a hand and a guest towel, no Dusch-/Badetücher, no coffee machine, no-take tea towel so I had a shop, or right from home .... Is a smoking apartment, but no ashtrays present-ditto. Abundant dust kitten, toothpastes and water stains on the mirror and the bathroom tiles ... No wipe and mop bucket, no bath mat (the guest towels are great for at least). Only a small hand broom and a mop without a handle and without bucket to make the crumbs showers / Robben is so popular. Water in the shower and then splashes weak outflow pretty clogged. Tiny refrigerator-but still cold window sills ... Living room furniture decrepit part, but WZ with plenty of charm. Beschwährlichen five floors - but fantastic view-all in all .... but gladly again!
Netter Mail-Kontakt. Aber: leider nur je ein Hand- und ein Gästehandtuch, keine Dusch-/Badetücher, keine Kaffemaschine, auch kein Geschirrtuch -also erst mal Einkaufen, oder gleich von Zuhause mitnehmen.... Ist eine Raucherwohnung, aber kein Aschenbecher vorhanden -dito. Reichlich Staubkätzchen, Zahnpasten- und Wasserflecken auf dem Spiegel und den Fliesen im Bad... Kein Wischtuch und Wischeimer, keine Duschvorlage (die Gästehandtücher eignen sich wenigstens dafür echt gut). Nur ein kleiner Handbesen und ein Wischmop ohne Stiel und ohne Eimer -nach dem Duschen/Krümmelmachen ist also Robben angesagt. Wasser in der Dusche plätschert nur schwach dahin und Abfluss ziemlich verstopft. Winziger Kühlschrank -aber immerhin kalte Fensterbänke... Wohnzimmermöbel teils altersschwach, doch WZ mit reichlich Charme.
Fünf beschwährlichen Stockwerke - dafür aber phantastische Aussicht -alles in allem.... doch gerne wieder!
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(June 14) -- Laurence Sunderland has been stung with criticism for
allowing his 16-year-old daughter, Abby, to set sail alone in her quest
to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe -- a failed
effort that left her stranded in dangerous 30-foot waves.
Now as she heads home, word comes that Laurence Sunderland has jumped onto the reality-TV bandwagon.
remember the wackos with the supposed run-a-way hot air balloon?
what the (freak) man!!!
Yeah and what irks me about that is, and I hate to say it, but the "husband" always gets the blame. Last I checked there was a wife too...and if she really felt the father was out of bounce, she can call the cops.
I want both parents to share equal blame, but that never seems to happen. So that's why wives normally don't say anything that COULD help their kids, because they don't feel any repercussions.
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Trafalgar & The Language of the Age of Sail, Part II
Two hundred years ago last week, on 21 October 1805, the Battle of Trafalgar was fought off the coast of Spain. A fleet of 27 Royal Navy ships under the command of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated a fleet of 33 French and Spanish ships under the command of Vice Admiral Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve. In the battle, 22 French and Spanish ships were captured or sunk. No British ships were lost. Villeneuve was captured and eventually paroled back to France. Upon his return he was found dead in his room at an inn, stabbed in the chest six times. The death was ruled a suicide.
Because of the decisive victory at Trafalgar, even though the Napoleonic wars continued for another ten years, the threat of Napoleon's invading England was ended that October. But more than this, Trafalgar cemented British control of seas for a hundred years and bestowed on the Royal Navy an aura of invincibility.
Department of Political Correctness
Reuters today reports that a woman in Oldham, England has complained that she was upbraided by a policeman because she used the F-word--fat.
Mary Magilton, 54, suffered minor injuries when she was hit by a car in a hit-and-run incident. She had been standing on the pavement (sidewalk to us Americans) when a car driven by an unidentified woman jumped the curb and struck her. In describing the driver to the police, she used the word fat. At which point the police officer told her she should not use that word.
"I was given a frosty look and told I couldn't say that. I could have said lardy, porky or podgy. But I wouldn't dare use those words," said Magilton.
The Greater Manchester Police department confirmed that the incident report included the word fat. They also said if the officer did criticize Magilton, they were sure he was polite when he did it.
Railroad Jargon
Most professions have their own jargon, a specialized vocabulary that applies to that field. Railroading is no different in this respect. Many railroading terms are familiar to us. Terms like whistle stop and cowcatcher are distinctly old-fashioned.
But not all railroad jargon terms are archaic or obsolete. Here is a selection of modern terms in use by those who run the railroads.
Review: The Complete New Yorker
The New Yorker may very well be the greatest magazine ever published. Since it began to be published in 1925, the New Yorker has featured some of the greatest writers in the English language. Dorothy Parker, E.B. White, James Thurber, Martin Amis, W.H. Auden, Stephen Vincent Benet, Ernest Hemingway, and F.Scott Fitzgerald have all contributed to the magazine. Every week for over eighty years the New Yorker has provided an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, photographs, and of course cartoons.
After eighty years of publication, the entire archive of the New Yorker, from 21 February 1925 to 14 February 2005, is now available on DVD-ROM. Coming on eight DVDs, the entirety of every issues is available, all the articles, all the stories, all the cartoons, and even the ads.
The collection has a list price of $100, but is available on Amazon and elsewhere for a little over $60. At this price it is an utter steal.
The collection is not without flaws. Biggest among them is that the archive is not full-text searchable. You can search titles, article abstracts and key words, as well as by author, department, and issue, but you can't search within the articles themselves. Also, you cannot install the issues on your hard drive.
But given the price, these are minor complaints. The archive is well worth it. If you can resist running out and buying it right away, be sure to put it on your holiday gift lists.
Words On The Web: Language Blogs
Most of us know that blog, a clipped form of weblog, is an online journal, usually updated daily and often including the ability for others to comment on the journal entries. The term weblog dates to 1997 and blog to 1999.
Blog can also be used as verb, meaning to maintain such a journal, and it has given rise to blogger, one who maintains a blog, and blogosphere, the universe of blogs.
But this is not the extent of linguistic interest in blogs. There are several excellent blogs on language that are worth checking out at least every few days. Some of these are listed below:
Double-Tongued Word Wrester is more like an online dictionary than a journal, but you can post comments to the entries. It's maintained by Grant Barrett, an occasional contributor to the Wordorigins discussion forum.
Every Way But One is a blog maintained by a graduate student in linguistics.
Journal Extime is another blog maintained by a graduate student in linguistics.
Language Guy provides commentary on language by a retired professor of linguistics.
Language Hat will be familiar with those who read the Wordorigins discussion forum. It's maintained by one of our regular and most valued contributors.
Language Log is maintained by a number of linguists and people interested in language.
Tenser, said the Tensor is yet another blog maintained by a graduate student in linguistics. It covers a wide variety of topics (language, science fiction, computers and technology, comics, anime, and other geekery) and is more personal than most on this list.
Uncle Jazzbeau's Gallimaufrey addresses linguistics, philosophy, and politics.
And if you find this blogs interesting, you will have to check out Technorati.com, a up-to-the-minute search engine of the entire blogosphere.
Diner Slang
Waiters and cooks in diners and other short-order restaurants have traditionally used a colorful jargon to describe the various orders that customers place. What follows is a number of terms in this jargon. Now, this jargon is not universal; not all diners use it and often there are many different variants and options for a particular order, as witnessed by the numerous names for common food items on this list.
Some of these jargon terms, like eighty-six and java, are more general slang. Most of the others are obscure.
The jargon probably arose as a means of entertainment, both for the staff who would quickly tire of the same orders again and again and for the amusement of customers. And of course this diner slang served the traditional purpose of a jargon of identifying those who were experienced in the short-order business.
Department of Humorous Names
According to the Associated Press, the Cornwall Record Office in Britain has compiled a list of 1,000 odd or unusual names found in census, birth, death, and marriage records dating back to the 16th century. The list contains such gems as Abraham Thunderwolff and Freke Dorothy Fluck Lane.
The list was inspired by the discovery of a real-life Horatio Hornblower in county records, a name more famous as being that of C.S. Forester's fictional naval hero. The real Horatio had six siblings, named Azubia, Constantia, Jecoliah, Jedidah, Jerusha and Erastus.
The records tell us that a man named Levi Jeans lived in Cornwall in the late-18th century.
Other names on the list include Boadicea Basher, Philadelphia Bunnyface, Faithful Cock, Susan Booze, Elizabeth Disco, Edward Evil, Fozzitt Bonds, Truth Bullock, Charity Chilly, Gentle Fudge, Obedience Ginger and Offspring Gurney.
Marriage records tell us that Nicholas Bone and Priscilla Skin were joined in wedlock in 1636. Charles Swine and Jane Ham were married in 1711 and John Mutton and Ann Veale tied the knot in 1791. Finally, Richard Dinner and Mary Cook were joined in 1802.
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Stormy Weather
Katrina devastated New Orleans and Mississippi. Now Rita is slamming into the Texas coast. Where do these names come from? Who picks them?
Traditionally, hurricanes were named for the saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. This practice was prevalent in the Spanish West Indies. The same storm could have different names in different locales, depending on the day it struck each location as it moved across the Caribbean. On 13 September 1876, Hurricane San Felipe hit Puerto Rico. 52 years later, on 13 September 1928, Hurricane San Felipe the Second hit the island. This practice was even Anglicized on occasion; the September 1935 storm that devastated New England is known as the Labor Day storm.
With the advent of modern meteorology and storm tracking, the use of names that changed daily was untenable. The use of women's names for storms began in the 1940s, following the use of a woman's name for a storm in the 1941 novel Storm by George Stewart. Women's names were used exclusively until 1978, except for 1951-52 when storms were named after the phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie, etc.). In 1978, male names were added to the list of names for Pacific storms and a year later, Atlantic storm name list followed suit.
For each year the World Meteorological Organization creates a list of 21 male and female names for Atlantic storms, one for each letter of the alphabet (letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z are not used due to the relatively few names that begin with those letters). The list includes French, Spanish, Dutch, and English names to reflect the languages spoken throughout the Caribbean. The names are periodically reused, although names of storms that cause significant destruction are retired from the list. So, it is unlikely that we will ever have a Katrina the Second.
The Tropical Prediction Center in Miami, Florida tracks Atlantic storms. As soon as one is identified with wind speeds in excess of 38 miles per hour (34 knots), the next name on the list is assigned to the storm. Not all of these tropical storms grow into hurricanes and not all make significant landfall. (Which explains why we can go from Katrina to Rita in only a few weeks.)
If the list of names is exhausted and more storms continue to arise, the plan is to start naming them with letters of the Greek alphabet (alpha, beta, gamma, etc.). This has never happened before, but is a near certainty this year as hurricane season runs through November and we're already on Rita. The most storms on record in a single season is twenty one, recorded in 1933, but this was before the modern system of nomenclature was introduced. 1995 is second, with nineteen named storms that year.
Gone To The Dogs
He may be man's best friend, but no one is quite sure where his name comes from.
The word dog appears once in Old English, in a gloss from ca.1050, rather late in the Old English period. The gloss reads "canum docgena." Initially, dog was used to refer to particularly large canines. The origin of the word is obscure with no known root in other languages. Several European languages have cognates of dog, but these are all descended from the English word and provide no clue as to its original provenance.
Esquivalience and Other Mountweazels
The August 29th issue of The New Yorker contains an article by Henry Alford in the Talk of the Town section about esquivalience and other mountweazels. Esquivalience? Mountweazel? Surely those aren't words to be found in a dictionary?
Well, it seems the first is in a dictionary and the second appears in an encyclopedia. The 2nd edition of the New Oxford American Dictionary defines the first as:
Read the rest of the article...
"esquivaliencen. the willful avoidance of one's official responsibilities ... late 19th cent.; perhaps from the French esquiver, 'dodge, slink away.'"
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Why does this forum list the topics alphabetically instead of by date like all the other forums?
Every time I post on this forum I have to click on the date order to get them back in date order. It seems like the default on this forum is alphabetical.
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U.S. Department of Justice
Terrence Berg
United States Attorney
Eastern District of Michigan
211 W.Fort Street
Detroit, Michigan 48226-3277
Oct 21, 2009
Event: Sentenced
Defendant: Lorenzo Pierson
Saginaw Man Sentenced on Student Loan and Bank Fraud Charges
A Saginaw man was sentenced to 27 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release on charges that he fraudulently obtained student financial aid, announced United States Attorney Terrence Berg.
Receiving the sentence was Lorenzo Pierson, age 36, of Saginaw, Michigan. Pierson had previously pleaded guilty to a student loan fraud charge and a bank fraud charge before United States District Judge Thomas L. Ludington on March 26, 2009. In addition to the prison time, Judge Ludington also ordered Pierson to pay restitution to the various victims of his loan fraud scheme.
According to court records, between 1999 and January of 2007, Pierson obtained $47,273 in federal direct student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education, and also obtained a multitude of private student loans from federally insured banks. Much of the financial aid money obtained by Pierson was not used for the intended educational purposes. In fact, Pierson has yet to receive his degree, despite having obtained a total of over $366,000 in combined federal and private student financial aid. Pierson also obtained a mortgage by providing false documentation regarding his earnings during the same time period.
Pierson came to the attention of law enforcement authorities when a concerned citizen reported that Pierson was negotiating student financial aid checks, but not applying the money to educational expenses. As a result of that tip, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation aimed at exposing Pierson's fraud.
U.S. Attorney Berg commended the efforts of the investigation agents, as well as those of the concerned citizen who brought Pierson's fraud to the attention of authorities.


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You'll call his shots from the same over-the-shoulder third person viewpoint that distinguished Resident Evil 4, except this time you'll also have the option of playing as his teammate, the fierce, local Alomar. Whoever you play as, updates to the earlier version's third-person control scheme offer more options and promise intuitive interactions.
Learn to Work Together
The new cooperative game play element focuses on the realities of a dual-agent mission, highlighting the ways in which Redfield and Alomar must work together to survive the unexpected, while still allowing them to split up and work alone. To help you maximize the potential of this setup, two-player online and offline co-op modes ensure that you have options when picking a partner.
Steel yourself Against the Harsh Reality of Kijuju
An advanced version of Capcom's proprietary MT Framework game engine brings groundbreaking graphics and effects to Kijuju, the highly-developed environment where this game's action takes place. New, lifelike lighting schemes highlight the differences between harsh sunlight and extreme darkness, and when you move from one to the other, you'll have to wait for your character's eyes to adjust before you can see clearly, adding to the suspense and challenge of navigating this game's environs.
Face the Next Generation of Evil
You'll face new enemies with faster reflexes and improved AI, designed to be as dangerous alone as they are in groups and to keep even Resident Evil masters on their toes. Thankfully, they're not the only ones who have evolved. This game also offers access to powerful new weapons variations that extend your destructive capabilities.
And the updated, quick-select inventory system allows for real-time inventory management, as well as allowing characters to trade items and allowing you to place an item on the directional pad for instant access. Add all this to a detailed storyline the touches on what the past ten years have meant for Redfield and a Hollywood-caliber soundtrack, and it's clear that the latest installment in this series really does showcase all the elements at the heart of horror gaming.
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Before It Was Vintage
New book, Icons of Men's Style, details the fashion staples that epitomized the well-dressed man.
Flipping through the pages of Josh Sims's Icons of Men's Style is sort of like opening up a time machine to find out why you're here and why you look the way you do. That is, of course, assuming you're not of the crooked neon hat, high-tops, hipster sort of dude (if that's the case, stick the book on your makeshift coffee table to show you understand fashion but are instead choosing to subvert cultural conventions).
Sims takes a comprehensive, piece-by-piece look at the history and evolution of garments and accessories that represent the touchstones of the classic well-dressed man. Featuring an iconic photo of Gregory Peck on the cover, the book itself even feels like a stylish accessory. At just under $20, you or someone you know could probably use this as a refresher course on why chicks dig well-dressed men, and why you don't need to be a metro-sexual to dress like one.


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Love it, hate it, good story, bad story... the media are going to keep reporting on ME/CFS no matter what. But isn't it time that we saw that coverage as an opportunity?
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December 20, 2009
My book came out almost four years ago, yet it still has legs. I check my sales rank, which fluctuates like the tides and still occasionally jumps up depending on the season. (Now is a particularly fertile time for sales, as lots of people get engaged between Thanksgiving and New Year's.)
Recently, I was contacted by the editor of GroomPower.com, who put up a link to my book and invited me to check out his site. It's a very comprehensive and well-designed site for grooms, filled with the kind of straightforward advice that I had a hard time finding when I was engaged. My favorite bit is the groom's speech template, which is perfect for any groom who's nervous about public speaking.
Even better, it's edited in the UK and his link sends you to Amazon.co.uk. As a bit of an Anglophile, I'm grateful for anything that increases sales across the Atlantic. BBC, I'm available for interviews at anytime!
In a bit of what one might call burying the lede, I am planning to start updating this site a bit more. I'll hopefully start soon, but in the meantime, I'm looking for someone who could redesign the blog so that it's appearance is a tad more 2010 and a tad less 2003. However, I'm also hoping to pay such a person a 2003-level price. If you know anyone, please drop me an email. My first name at planetgordon dot com.


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In the past, if scholars or researchers wanted to view the Marandet Collection at The University of Warwick, they had to be on-site. However, with the introduction of software that stores, manages and delivers digital content online, they have been able to digitize this collection of French plays so they can now be enjoyed and accessed from anywhere in the world.
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Chennai loves to hate its autos
Chennai: In one of many such films, superstar Rajnikanth features Chennai's notorious yellow three-wheeler in a song from his film Badsha.
Tamil cinema has often relied on autos to symbolise the city and now there is a movie called Auto is in the making.
|August 21st, 2006, 08:52 PM
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More Auto news or nuisance here....
Autos many, worries too
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Chennai, Aug 21:
In the world of autorickshaw drivers, it is dog eats dog, as can be seen at the pre-paid auto service bay at Central station.
The auto- stand in Central Railway Station. Some drivers said the pre-paid system had become more a hindrance than help for drivers waiting their turn at the booth. 'Many of our own men corner passengers at the station entrance and pester them into hiring their vehicles,' said one driver.
A few other drivers said the traffic police were hand in glove with these bullies. 'The policemen are supposed to safeguard the interests of passengers and drivers. But they do not take any action against those who go out of turn.'
Passengers too said the same thing. The police introduced this service to stop auto- drivers fleecing people coming to the city. 'It worked well for just a few months, after that things went wrong,' Kamal, a regular railway commuter told this paper.
According to him, policemen on duty at the station, did not bother to stop auto- drivers, who jumped the queue and solicited passengers at the entrance. 'The errant drivers pester you, grab your bags and ask, no they demand, rates that are sometimes many times more than the stipulated amount,' Ramesh Kumar Jain, another passenger, said.
He said one driver who forced him to get into his auto had asked for Rs 150 for a trip to Royapuram. 'He thought I was new to the city,' he added.
Almost all the passengers,with whom News Today interacted with, complained of harassment and overcharging.
Auto drivers, who waited at the pre-paid auto queue also complained about police inaction. 'We wait in the queue from early morning and many times end up with no passengers. Then we too try to jump the queue and go to the entrance to get passengers,' said Ibrahim .
The moral, he added, was if you can't compete with them, join them.
|August 21st, 2006, 11:26 PM
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Adventure racing on auto-rickshaw
The 1,000km (590-mile) race, which kicked off in Madras (Chennai), will end in Kanyakumari, the southern-most tip of India, on 27 August.
Participants come from as far as the UK, US, Hungary, Armenia and Russia.
The Indian Auto-rickshaw Challenge is strictly fun, without any prize at the end of the race, the organisers say.
A total of 16 teams comprising 50 people are in the race. Two of the teams are Indian.
Aravind Kumar, the organiser of the challenge, says the race is tailored to give the participants the best the state has to offer.
"Participants will be making their way through monsoon rains, crowds, variable road conditions, and other typically Indian obstacles."
Aravind and his Hungarian friends came up with the idea when they took part in the Budapest-Bamako Rally of 2005, an adventure road race.
The auto-rickshaw, popularly called auto, was chosen for the race as it is India's "national vehicle", says Aravind.
"There are Indians who own many Mercedes cars. There are Indians who do not even have a bicycle. But every Indian would have travelled in an auto at least once in his or her lifetime".
The participants dressed up the autos and donned colourful costumes themselves to match the names of the teams.
The foreign participants seem to be enjoying it the most, as none of them have either seen or ridden an auto-rickshaw before.
Many foreign participants have never ridden an auto-rickshaw
"Driving an auto for 1,000km on an unfamiliar road is an adventure. This is an experience that you could not get anywhere else," says Szabo Gal Andras from Hungary.
"You can not sign up with any travel agency for a trip like this."
Catherine Evens from England agrees. She and her six friends are looking for a "laugh, fun and excitement".
Participants paid 1,500 euros ($1,936) to enter the race.
The organisers provided an auto-rickshaw to each team, and will escort them throughout the rally and undertake any repairs on the way.
At the end of the rally, the vehicles will be sold and the proceeds donated to charity.
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thats a great idea indeed. Will bring in good publiciy to the city and its evolving new 'local culture'
|August 21st, 2006, 11:49 PM
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Yeah and the autos looked real cool
|August 22nd, 2006, 06:07 AM
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Chennai is marketer's paradise
Paper edition of BS had a nice table that placed Chennai at #2 in terms of sales/km at Rs. 134 cr/km way above Mumbai or it's suburbs. If Delhi was treated as one big market, then Chennai would have been #1. One of the biggest reason for this is Chennai is probably the densest city in India. And in terms of household income > 3 lakhs pa, Chennai (28%) scores over Mumbai (23%). Only Chandigarh and East Delhi are way above at about 42%.
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How are the Madras Day celeberations in the city ? Is celebrating the city's founding day becoming popular ?
|August 22nd, 2006, 05:16 PM
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Happy Madras Day
Kudos to Mr S. Muthiah for keeping this going.
Here are some celebrations
Link: http://newstodaynet.com/22aug/rf8.htm
Today, Chennai is entering into 367th year and as part of 'Madras Day' celebrations, Department of Posts, released a special postal cover to commemorate the occasion. Radhika Doraiswamy, Chief Postmaster General, Tamilnadu Circle formally released the special postal cover and S Muthiah, editor, Madras Musings received the first copy. Speaking on the occasion, she said the postal department has the privilege to celebrate 'Madras Day' as it is 150 years old. She also informed that Post Office is part and parcel of the community as it is the only government department where the employee (postman) goes to each and every house.
In his presidential address, Muthiah, said, 'we should be proud of Chennai not only because we are citizens of it, but also for its rich heritage'. He urged that the city's heritage should be taught in schools for the benefit of future generations. T Panneerselvam, Postmaster General, Chennai city region, in his address said that Madras GPO, stands testimony to the test of times and also said that not only the postal department but also other government departments should join hands to celebrate this day.
As part of the 'Madras Day' celebrations, a philatelic exhibition on 'Madras' also kicked off. G Balakrishna Das, president, South India Philatelic Association, C Selvaraj, Chief Postmaster, Anna Road HPO also took part.
|August 28th, 2006, 02:52 PM
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Chennai does not have a proper public forum where the factors affecting our day to day life are discussed. Roads , Buses, Trains, Traffic, Drinking water, Sewers, Power, Parking facilities, School Timings etc. We see limited one issue centric letters received from the newspaper subscribers. But an overall plan and agenda is never discussed.
Madras day celebrations may please include the voice of the Chennai citizens.
|September 7th, 2006, 07:04 PM
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It is a long known fact that chennai is a mecca for quality and afforable health care center for patients from all over india and many other countries.
Here is another article on that.
Chennai hospitals offer solace to Bengali patients
Thursday September 7 2006 12:33 IST
CHENNAI: Its like a mini Bengal in the heart of the city. At Apollo Hospitals on Greams Road, 30 percent of the total out-patients and 35 percent of in-patients every month are Bengalis, seeking medical assistance in a range of departments,
like cardiology, neurosurgery and oncology, among the rest.
A cacophony of women in impeccably-starched cotton sarees, speaking in rapid Bengali, with the bengali babus accompanying them, are a common sight at some of the leading hospitals and nursing homes in the city. And it has been decades that
Chennai has been a health hub for Bengalis seeking medical treatment at premier medical institutes in the city.
Why is it that people from West Bengal overlook hospitals and nursing homes in their own state and head towards Chennai?
An indignant Shirish Mukherjee (name changed on request), a heart patient from Kolkata, points out, Government hospitals in West Bengal are doing a worthless job. And the private nursing homes are out there to mint money at the cost of
patients. Hence, I decided to pay a visit to Apollo in Chennai.
R Gopalakrishnan, head of the department of Orthopaedics, Apollo Hospitals, says, The Bengalis believe in perfection in all avenues of life. They come to Apollo because of the perfection in health care.
Similar is the scene at Sankara Nethralaya, one of the prime eye hospitals in the country. Sources in the Patient Relations department at the hospital say, Even for simple cataract operations and eye checkups, Bengalis come here.
A common feature among all the major hospitals here is a special group of Bengali staff to cater to their needs.
The Patient Relations department claims that the information cell which the hospital has arranged at Central Railway Station is aimed at catering to the needs of the plethora of patients who arrive in town aboard the Coromandel Express
from Kolkata.
On a visit to MV Diabetes Specialities Centre, you can see a lot of Bengali patients queuing up at the reception. Sivaranjani, secretary to the general manager, says, To cater to the innumerable Bengali patients who come to us, we have trained our staff to interact with the patients in Bengali.
Along the length of Greams Road, one can observe a number of medical shops with Bengali name boards. Shanil of Sri Krishna Medicals explains, Our shop is inundated with prescriptions from Bengali patients. There are patients who
stay in the city for six months. In fact, there are Bengalis from Assam, Bangladesh and the Gulf countries who are patients at the Apollo.
The shop also has a Bengali newspaper kiosk that sells leading dailies from Kolkata, like Anandabazaar and Pratidin. Though the charges per copy are automatically hiked, the shop sells more than 400 copies a day.
To provide accommodation at nominal rates for the Bengalis, Baquer Iqbal, proprietor of New Bengal Mess on Greams Road, informs that there are a host of lodges and messes tucked away at a corner of Greams Road, that cater to the middle-class communities. According to Iqbal, who also has a travel business, when the patients are completely cured, they head to pilgrimage places in the state and other nearby places.
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It was time to celebrate and recognise the success of IT entrepreneurs belonging to Tamil Nadu who had done something big for the State. At the Connect2006, this year's ICT event of Tamil Nadu, Mr Shiv Nadar of HCL, Mr Arun Jain of Polaris Software Lab, Mr Kumar Mahadeva of Cognizant Technology Solution and Mr G. Vishwanathan, Chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology, were given the ICICI Venture-CII Connect 2006 Entrepreneur Awards on Friday.
Mr Nadar, who was born in Tiruchendur in Tamil Nadu and who is on the Forbes List of the world's richest people, was awarded the entrepreneur from the State who made a lasting impact on information, communication and technology (ICT) in India and the world.
Three mantras
"Aspire high, listen to distant signals and do not take past as continuation, which will go into the future. Put these three together, it will stack up," Mr Nadar told the gathering after receiving the award from Union Minister of Communications and Technology, Mr Dayanidhi Maran.
In 1976, Mr Nadar started HCL, which today is a $ 3.8 billion company employing 37,000 employees globally.
Mr Arun Jain who got the award for the entrepreneur who contributed significantly to developing Tamil Nadu as a centre of ICT excellence, said talent, efficiency, innovation, vision and commitment are important to be a successful entrepreneur.
Positive environment
Tamil Nadu had a positive environment in all these areas with abundant entrepreneurs. "Ethical values brought me to the State. Chennai's value system is very right for entrepreneurs," he said.
Mr Jain, who came from Delhi and started Polaris in Chennai in 1984, said: "My biggest asset then was my scooter and the IBM typewriter that I bought for Rs 10,000 in an auction." Today, the $ 180 million company has over 5,000 employees globally, he said.
Cognizant's founder Mr Mahadeva got the award for entrepreneur for building a global business with Tamil Nadu as an outsourcing hub. The company's President and CEO, Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, received the award on his behalf.
In his speech through a video conference from NewYork, Mr Mahadeva said India's infrastructure did not keep pace with the growth of the ICT sector.
He urged the Tamil Nadu Government to take the lead in addressing this concern. "If this issue is addressed, there would be many more companies such as Cognizant in the State," he said.
Mr G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology, who was given the award for fostering development of enabling resources to help make the State as an ICT hub, said his message to people was not to send children to schools that who do not have computers. He urged Mr Maran to provide infrastructure to colleges, provide Internet at a nominal charge to educational institutions and help the private institutes get World Bank aid.
Mr Maran said: "Are we under investing in the domestic sector?" The IT capital base in India is 3.5 per cent of the total capital base. This is woefully behind the global norm of 10 per cent. Similarly, the country has 1.48 personal computers per 100 population, whereas the average PC penetration in under invested economies is 12 per 100. Broadband is less than one per cent in India compared to the average of 16 per cent.
"How do we deepen the IT capital into businesses, households, educational institutions and government? How do we geographically disperse this IT capital deepening effort to secondary cities and rural areas? These are major issues to be looked at," he said.
"As entrepreneurs, are we investing innovatively? That, to me, is the key challenge today," he said.
"If this issue is addressed, there would be many more companies such as Cognizant in the State," he said.
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Thanks Anniyan for the post.
I was really moved during the meeting. I salute these guys. Great efforts.
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Cambridge varsity Business English course in colleges
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Initially, students of 670 government arts and science colleges to benefit
CHENNAI: Cambridge University will offer Business English course (BEC) in all government colleges across the State.
It will soon sign a memorandum of understanding with The Directorate of Collegiate Education, Tamil Nadu.
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While I am glad Chennai is in the list, the state Govt should work towards moving up in the ladder.
Despite Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's efforts, neither Kolkata nor the rest of West Bengal seem to figure on the map of American investors visiting India. Stating this today, John Fennerty, deputy economic counselor, US Embassy, said for any American investor or delegation, the prime destinations are Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, followed by Hyderabad and Chennai.
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Rigging in Civic poll
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Bedlam in Chennai local polls
Large-scale violence and booth-capturing vitiated the Chennai Corporation Council elections on Friday as workers of the ruling DMK and its allies clashed with cadres of the AIADMK-led Opposition in several wards.
The AIADMK moved the Madras High Court seeking to declare the polling in all the 155 wards null and void. A Bench comprising Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla ordered notice to the State Election Commission, the police department and the Chief Minister and DMK president, M. Karunanidhi, and posted the matter on Monday for further proceedings.
Complaints of bogus voting were sporadic in the morning and some wards witnessed brisk polling, but by noon several booths witnessed attacks and counter-attacks by members of the DMK-led alliance and supporters of the AIADMK. In several wards of Vyasarpadi, West Mambalam and Besant Nagar, voters who reached the booths after 11 a.m. were told by officials to leave citing "unusual circumstances."
By 1 p.m., the AIADMK took to the streets and staged road-rokos along Royapuram Main Road and Sydenhams Road in Otteri protesting against "irregularities" in the polls. They pelted stones at the police. Some demonstrators, including an MLA, P.K. Sekhar Babu, were injured when the police used batons to disperse the crowds. Several buses were damaged in the violence. Later the protesters were arrested.
In a booth at Stella Maris College, a group of DMK workers led by a partyman identified as Balaji drove past the police personnel, cast bogus votes, and tore up some ballot papers. When the AIADMK agent protested, he was punched in the face.
Actor and leader of the DMDK, Vijayakanth, also met City Police Commissioner Letika Saran to demand a repoll using Central para-military forces instead of the State police. He said his party was boycotting the polls.
Ballot papers were strewn on the streets in a few polling stations in Mint and Vyasarpadi in north Chennai and Raja Annamalaipuram and Saidapet in south Chennai.
Near the Chennai Corporation Urdu School in Mint, a group of Congress volunteers led by R. Mano and another group of AIADMK partymen came close to blows around 11 a.m. Both the groups charged each other with trying to prevent peaceful polls.The polling officials at the school said a knife-wielding gang had earlier snatched the ballot papers from the booths. Ballot papers were strewn all over Srinivasapuram.
Some in the group carried iron and wooden rods. A few journalists were caught in the melee and had to flee. The police who arrived at the spot dispersed the groups.
In a similar incident, a gang ransacked the ballot boxes at the M.P. Devadas High School at Vyasarpadi around 11.45 a.m. and tore up the ballot papers. Polling was stalled in all 13 booths of Ward 35 in the school. Election authorities later in the day said repoll would be held for the ward.
In Ayanavaram, a Tata Sumo carrying at least eight persons was allowed free entry into three booths. The youths spent about five to eight minutes in each booth.
Several residents called up The Hindu to complain that armed groups scared them away from polling booths. In a few instances, the gang members, comprising youths in the age group 20 to 25, even snatched ballot papers from voters and forcibly cast the votes.
At the Corporation Middle School in Thideer Nagar, Saidapet (ward 140), polling agents of the Opposition parties alleged that DMK volunteers forced them to vacate the booths. Around 10 a.m., a group of journalists saw a mob take over the booth. The voters who stood in the queue were not allowed to cast their votes for several minutes. Some youths were seen casting several votes in succession.
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