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By Nik Brumsack
Arsène Wenger says he is not against the idea of the 2020 European Championship being played across the continent.
UEFA announced this week that the tournament will be played in a number of cities throughout Europe.
Wenger thinks the new-look format brings both advantages and disadvantages.
"I'm not against the idea," he said. "I haven't studied it well enough to give a verdict on it.
"It has advantages [and] it has disadvantages. The advantage is that the whole [of] Europe would be concerned by the championship.
"The disadvantage is sometimes when the country organises the European Championship, it's a good opportunity for them to build structures [that] are very useful on new stadiums, new training pitches [and] new communication facilities.
"It's always a good opportunity to make up to date structures for football. [In] the long-term, that's important. That would be less [of] the case. I find the idea creative."
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I don't know how you can say that is only two ingredients. The boxed mix contains (lower quality) versions of everything in your from scratch cake. I can't understand why you don't just make your from scratch cake with less sugar and some pumpkin?
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Add a bit 'o' garage work and ya got yerself an MG42 clone! Hrm now that looks nice - never been a big fan of 1919 builds simply because the A6 setup never did anything for me. Now, an MG42 build, well, that's a different story. :D
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Cosy Studio in Historic Porto
Size30 ft²
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|Rua Cândido dos Reis, 4400-069 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Colourful and compact, the sleeping area features a comfortable double bed and storage facilities. A coffee maker can be found in the well-equipped kitchenette, and the apartment boasts exposed stonework. A heated towel rack and shower can be found in the tiled bathroom.
Jardim do Morro Metro Station is just a 10-minute walk away, and provides access to the D line. Many of the city's major attractions can be reached within just a short walking distance. Porto Cathedral is just 20 minutes on foot.
Guests will find many traditional restaurants and vibrant bars nearby. There are also many shops to enjoy, and the Douro River offers a range of outdoor activities.
House rulesNo smoking.
A €100 security deposit is required on check-in, and will be returned on departure.
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It was a very nice stay at this apartement!
Very clean , nicely done up with lots of lovely details and directly at the river!
The owner was very friendly and gave us advice what to have a look at in Porto and even fetched us when we did not find the lodging.
I can recommend it!
Comfortable and beautiful property very well located. Area is lively during the day and quiet at night so we could have a nice sleep. Hostess Sonia was very kind and helpful advising us on places to visit around Porto and cities nearby. There was a little bottle of delicious Porto Wine waiting for us on arrival at the studio. Me and my boyfriend had a amazing holiday and recommend the place.
The apartment was awesome, in a perfect location to visit the city. The owners are really kind and friendly! We definitely would recommend it.
Thank you for this visit.
The apartment is very well located, our host was very nice, very helpful.
It was good advice to visit Porto and small eateries!
Again thank you, I highly recommend!
Merci pour ce séjour.
L'appartement est très bien situé, notre hôte a été très sympa, très disponible.
Elle a été de bons conseils pour visiter Porto et ses petites gargotes !
Encore merci, je conseille vivement !!
It was also a pleasure to meet Manuela and Sonia who received us very well. Despite very bad weather, our guests have always kept a smile and are struggling for us. Very good stay.
Ce fût également un plaisir de rencontrer Manuela et Sonia qui nous ont très bien reçu. Malgré une météo très mauvaise, nos hôtes ont toujours gardé le sourire et se sont démener pour nous. Très bon séjour.
Small studio absolutely perfect its ideal location near the Douro and functional equipment. We particularly enjoyed the modern and tasteful and warm and very "pro" by the owner.
We highly recommend this accommodation to explore the beautiful city of Porto.
Petit studio absolument parfait par sa situation idéale près du Douro et son équipement fonctionnel. Nous avons particulièrement apprécié son aménagement moderne et de bon gout et l'accueil chaleureux et très "pro" par la propriétaire.
Nous recommandons chaudement ce logement pour découvrir la ravissante ville de Porto.
Very thoughtful host, nice accommodation centrally located in Porto is within walking distance of all the hotspots.
Beautiful city and all welcoming and helpful people there!
Zeer hulpvaardige host, mooie accommodatie centraal gelegen in Porto op loopafstand van alle hot-spots.
Prachtige stad en hele gastvrije en behulpzame mensen daar!
It 'was a beautiful stay! The studio is very nice and clean in great location for visiting the city of Porto.La hostess is very kind and helpful with everything! I can not wait to come back! olga
E' stato un soggiorno bellissimo!Il monolocale è molto carino pulito e in posizione ottima per visitare la città di Porto.La padrona di casa è gentilissima e disponibile per qualsiasi cosa! non vedo l'ora di tornare! olga
Our stay was perfect. The study is as seen in the pictures, beautiful, functional, very very clean and perfect central location. Having the garage next to home is a great advantage as parking is quite complicated. Nearby there are restaurants, bars, shops and warehouses, it is still a quiet area. Sonia and Manuela The owners are charming and will help in any way they can. We appreciate very much welcome those little they had with us. Recommended 100%
Nuestra estancia ha sido perfecta. El estudio es tal y como se ve en las fotos, bonito, funcional, muy muy limpio y su ubicación es perfecta y céntrica. Tener el garaje al lado de casa es una gran ventaja, ya que para aparcar es bastante complicado. En la zona hay restaurantes, bares, tiendas y bodegas, aun así es una zona tranquila. Las propietarias Sonia y Manuela son encantadoras y os ayudaran en todo lo que puedan. Les agradecemos muchísimo esos pequeños detalles de bienvenida que tuvieron con nosotros. Recomendable 100%
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Discussion in 'The Coffee Shop ~ Chit Chat' started by chase87, Feb 13, 2011.
this was so hard to find.
nice, were'd you find it at? i'd pick one up if they had a lifted version
my girlfriend found it on amazon
Pretty cool...I'm going to check to see if these come in a Sierra, white, and extended cab. Thanks for sharing!
So, you have a MONSTER SUNROOF on your truck too? Awesome! That dash looks pretty detailed...more than I would expect from a toy.
i did just find a lifted one. on collectordiecast.com
Hi chase,
Great stuff. I have found them on amazon but didn't get it. You are lucky.
I was looking these toys for my cousin. He is fond of collecting car toys.
I will try to share his collection with you.
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I'd love to find one like my Tahoe, except lifted. Would be sweet to have for CarShow's and such.
yeah just thought it would be fun to look at a shelf and see my truck up there
here is the lifted Silverado i found online
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|2012-09-05, 13:37
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I didn't really mean to imply that I wanted Yama and Aizen to duke it out bankai to bankai. I wanted our hero, Ichigo Kurosaki, to do that with Aizen; but it never happened. Instead Aizen just petered out. You could say that it was because of the hogyoku and that made his mind to mud, but I rather say that was bad writing, because it was.
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^^exactly. A student from even before the days of Yamamoto's academy. Granted, it's only a slim chance I'm spot-on with that prediction though. But when Yamamoto told Aizen that there's hasn't been a single shinigami born more powerful than himself in over a thousand years, it would be interesting if he was referring to Juha Bach.
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|2012-09-05, 22:43
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Got dem chills seeing the old man going bankai. the bad guys seem to be dropping like flies, whereas there is still a couple bankai's left to be shown on the side of SS.
Plot twist: The zero squad are the real bad guys.
Edit: And Aizen was good all along.
|2012-09-06, 00:13
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|2012-09-06, 01:05
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And before anyone asks how he could have ever made Captain without having a Bankai, just think about it for a second...
|2012-09-06, 01:09
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Also, and it's probably the main reason - it's not like he lacked raw power to defeat Aizen till the very end.
|2012-09-06, 02:09
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Spoiler for discretion is always best:
I can't see why Yama would not defend himself or his people at full power during the Winter War, except for the fact that he had already been affected by Aizen's shikai and potentially feared hurting his comrades. That's the only reason, but then again, I'm pretty sure they are all taken out quite quickly if I recall. What makes this new villain such a threat that he gets to see Yama's bankai two chapters into their confrontation (and Yama should be well aware of his ability to take your bankai away!) rather than Aizen other than the fact that Kubo feels obligated to showing Bankais because he didn't when the oldest Captains were fighting the Espada and Yama was fighting against Aizen. Or Kubo's just trying to get a quick cash in of fan, who may have dropped the series a long time ago, but may pick it back up hearing about Yama's bankai release (it's probably something this simple).
I'm apologize, I didn't mean to rant and rave, but sometimes, when I look over and see the 30 volumes of Bleach I have, a twig of regret and sadness pulsates though my being seeing how this title has been so poorly handled. There was potential.
|2012-09-06, 03:11
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start thinkin bout clones
if kimish can do it with itachi, tite can do it with aizen lol
|2012-09-06, 03:16
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I've been rereading the Fake Karukara Town Arc recently, since I've been collecting the books as they have been released, so it's been interesting going through THAT war again and comparing it to what looks like the first stage of the 1000 Year War Arc.
It looks like, at the very least, Kubo has learned from his mistakes- not dragging out fights that don't matter, for one. Especially when they seemed to stick to a formula back in the previous arcs.
Bad guy and good guy trade blows all confidently, then the bad guy released his sword and then the good guy would release theirs and, if they have done so before, they'd reveal a new technique and win.
(On an unrelated note, a lot of people were annoyed at Stark's death at the hands of a Shikai- personally, I found that it makes sense considering the guy was pretty much fighting around 4 Captains and never really seemed to be on defence until he got stabbed in the back, after what must have been just a period of time of Shunsui just observing and waiting for the right moment to strike- BIG unrelated though XD)
But back on this arc! It seems that things are developing at a faster rate with this wars focus bieng on the things that matter which is probably leading up to, I think, a period of time where Soul Society is "destroyed" and Ichigo comes to it only to find that he is too late. Sort of like in Naruto with the fights versus Pein and how they all moved at a very fast rate with lots of changing in perspectives and it felt like a countdown to SOMETHING- and that something was Pein nuking Konoha and then Naruto arriving too late.
After that I guess we'll see a big change in the dynamic of the series, since I still feel as though the Arc has only just begun.
Off course I am more than willing to admit/believe/suspect that I am totally wrong :P
|2012-09-06, 06:03
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And secondly, we know how he became Captain - he had everyone fooled in thinking he had a water based zanpaktou, and he even showed them a fake bankai, so as far as they all knew, he did infact have 1 until he explained his powers.
I simply don't buy that old Yamma's bankai will get stolen. There is absolutely no way he'd pull such a stupid ass stunt like that if he thought his power could get stolen.
It is his power, it simply cannot be stolen from him, nor can anyone else wield it.
Juha Bach musta done something seriously bad a 1000 years ago - that has Yamma so mad that he wants to completely and utterly annihilate him that he is pulling out his ultimate weapon to do so.
|2012-09-06, 07:13
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So I guess this time his decision has changed due to death of Choujiro and others. He indeed cares for his subordinates (except for that Entetsu Jigoku in FKT, hehe)
|2012-09-06, 08:35
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so given what we have so far, we can safely say that Bach is a shinigami that's either younger or the same age as yamamoto who learned the quincy teachings and rebelled against SS for some reason.
yama keeps mentioning how he's so cruel when it comes about his subordinates lives so this either means that he was a former captain or a former captain commander and yamamoto overthrew him
there's no way Bach could seal something so powerful as Ryujin Jakka because just like with Ichigo, it won't work....not because he's "special" or anything but simply because their bankais are too vast for the medalize vessel to "contain"...it's prob like trying to fit a bowling ball into a soda can.
now yamamoto is going to loose this fight because squad 0 needs a reason to intervene but mostly because that Bach guy will prove to be more powerful since from what we've seen he's pretty much the final boss of bleach.
and to beat the final boss you have to meet one requirement, you have to be a MC and yamamoto is no MC so he will fall.
|2012-09-06, 12:55
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That's exactly my point, we know Quincies use long distance weapons (bows and arrows of numerous design and spears like Driscoll) and even their sword (Seele Scneider) is an arrow for their bow, but these guys show up and start turning into apes and all that other weird crap.
Them stealing Bankais is the one thing that is justified from what we kjnow about Quincies. Quincy have always had access to spiritual gadgets and such and are known for it. (Uryu's capsules to make the blue fire, his pendant, seele schneider, etc). How the stealing actually works makes no sense, but whatever, that's the least of my concerns
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In fact, even when we saw him perform the hypnosis ceremony on someone for the very first time (Barragan), he did not say his zanpakuto's command to release to shikai in order to initially trap him under its spell.
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Cass Community Outreach Day set Dec. 12 in Pillager
The Cass County Sheriff's Office announces that the next Community Outreach Day will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the Sylvan Township building at 12956 24th Ave. S.W., Pillager.
Come and visit with Sheriff Tom Burch and members of the sheriff's office staff. Learn about initiatives within the sheriff's office.
Applications for a permit to carry a firearm or purchase a firearm, alarm permit applications and event permit applications will be available.
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New findings by Columbia researchers suggest that along with amyloid deposits, white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) may be a second necessary factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease.
Most current approaches to Alzheimer's disease focus on the accumulation of amyloid plaque in the brain. The researchers at the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, led by Adam M. Brickman, PhD, assistant professor of neuropsychology, examined the additional contribution of small-vessel cerebrovascular disease, which they visualized as white matter hyperintensities (WMHs).
The study included 20 subjects with clinically defined Alzheimer's disease, 59 subjects with mild cognitive impairment, and 21 normal control subjects. Using data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative public database, the researchers found that amyloid and WHMs were equally associated with an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Amyloid and WMHs were also equally predictive of which subjects with mildcognitive impairment would go on to develop Alzheimer's. Among those with significant amyloid, WMHs were more prevalent in those with Alzheimer's than in normal control subjects.
Because the risk factors for WMHs -- which are mainly vascular -- can be controlled, the findings suggest potential ways to prevent the development of Alzheimer's in those with amyloid deposits.
"White Matter Hyperintensities and Cerebral Amyloidosis" was published online February 19 in JAMA Neurology.
The other authors are Frank A. Provenzano, MS (CUMC and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences); Jordan Muraskin, MS (CUMC and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences); Guiseppe Tosto, MD (CUMC); Atul Narkhede, MS (CUMC); Ben T. Wasserman, AB (CUMC); Erica Y Griffith, BS (CUMC); Vanessa A. Guzman, BA (CUMC); Irene B. Meier, MSc (CUMC); and Molly E. Zimmerman, PhD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, NY).
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Inside look at new Food City corporate support center
ABINGDON, Va. - K-VA-T Food Stores, the parent company of grocery chain Food City, will have employees moving into its new corporate support center starting two weeks from tomorrow.
The new facility, located on the former site of the old Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, VA, is getting some finishing touches.
It will be a self-contained facility that includes offices, meeting space, conference rooms and an employee cafeteria.
"This kitchen would look very similar to those in actual Food City Supermarkets, with food preparation equipment, etc.," explained Food City President & CEO Steve Smith. "it will also give our food specialists, in our bakery/deli, the opportunity to do some trial and error, a little experimentation, get feedback from our folks on what they like, what they don't like before it hits the store level and it'll be a real opportunity that we've never had before."
The building has four floors and is equipped with elevators.
It will be home to 350 workers.
"We're excited to move into our new corporate support center, which supports our 106 stores - we've got folks spread out now over six different buildings throughout Abingdon and Washington County - and be able to bring them all together to be more collaborative and to be more efficient in the way we help our stores operate and ultimately help our customers get what they need and the service they need," said Smith.
Currently, there's a historic home on the Food City facility's property. However, it has been vacant for quite some time as there is no street access to the home. Anyone living or visiting there would have to drive through other parking lots to get there.
That's why Food City has purchased another lot across the street and the home will be carefully moved to the new location.
"This project is the first in Abingdon history and is a rarely used preservation method," said Garrett Jackson, Abingdon's Assistant Town Manager/Director of Planning, Preservation and Community Development. "K-VAT/Food City has gone to great lengths in order to preserve the house."
Abingdon town leaders say the original part of the house dates back to the 1840s and was the Methodist church parsonage.
Workers will be moving the historic home Friday, September 6th between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. North Court Street will be closed between Valley Street and Barter Drive during that time and detours will be in place.
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From the book, GLOBAL SENSE, by Judah Freed (an update of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense."). Term is used when an idea or action makes common sense from a global perspective. If everyone on earth thought or said or did that thing, the outcome would be good for the world.
Buying a hybrid car makes global sense. Eating food filled with preservatives does not make global sense. Mindful self rule makes global sense. Giving in to our authority addiction does not make global sense. Nonviolent social protest makes global sense. Violence and war does not make global sense. Promoting genuine democracy through self-restraint makes global sense. Imposing so-called "democracy" by force does not make global sense.
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I shared with you my gift suggestions for guys, ideas for us gals, charity donations as gifts and now I share with you some hostess gift ideas. Proper manners would be that every time you visit someone's house over the holidays you bring them a gift. A nice bottle of wine always works but why not branch out from the cliche.
For the Lady of the Casa
I spotted these Fornasetti Profumi decorated candles at Escentials in Singapore.
Image source: Fornasetti Profumi
"So I dressed with remaining ceramics, furniture and objects; so I placed a message in each, a small story, at times ironic and obviously wordless, but audible to those who believe in poetry." Piero Fornasetti
Seriously cute right? There are other interesting designs so do check them out online.
Jed Root for Francfranc
Jed Root, an international agency that represents A-list hairstylists, makeup artists, stylists, illustrators etc... has collaborated with Francfranc on these artistic housewares themed: "Enjoy familiar to art in everyday life" (from the website translating Japanese to English. ) Any one of these would make a great gift - if you have the space stock up your supply of host(ess) gifts for the year. Great for teacher gifts too!
Francfranc recently opened up its casually stylish doors in Singapore.
</strong>Don't YOU just love this pillow case? I thought it was super cute - BTW, not from the Jed Root collab. I may go back and grab some for my fabulous garden lounger.
One of many reasons why not to shop with your 18 year old...
'Originated from Japan since 1992, Francfranc proposes home furnishing products that accentuate space management through coordination of stylish while practical designed items. Francfranc offers pleasing, quality products at reasonable prices. Through an extensive lineup of items at different seasons, our desire is to help customers in creating enriched spaces for an enjoyable daily life.' Francfranc online
They don't seem to be in North America or Europe yet but maybe in the future? Check for Francfranc news <a target="_blank" href="http://francfrancworld.com/category/stores/">here.
If you do bring a bottle of wine, why not bring it in this: MacKenzie-Childs "Flower Market" Wine Cooler $75.00 USD at Neiman Marcus, made of enameled steel with antiqued brass handles.
Add to your host's holiday ornament collection with a Swarovski Crystal Golden Shadow Star Ornament $75.00$59.99 USD at Bloomingdale's. Formed of sparkling Swarovski crystal in a warm golden hue, this star-shaped ornament shines in bold dimension.
I may need to stop my holiday gift blog posts because I am inspired to buy selfishly...
Happy Holidays!


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Earlier this week we went over the gear battle between the Bruins and the Penguins in the Eastern conference final. Your feedback was awesome, so we were inspired to head over to the Western Conference to match-up the Kings and Blackhawks. We could give you our thoughts on the actual games, but for that you're way better off heading to some actual hockey experts – we'll stick to what we know, which is hockey equipment.
We took a look at some major categories (gloves, sticks, skates, helmets and goalie gear) to see what all the players are wearing. Just like in the East, Bauer Hockey pretty much dominates the landscape, again coming in with 47% of the total gear worn by both teams. CCM/Reebok comes in a close second with 38%, split evenly at 19% per brand. Easton fell behind, carrying only 9% of the total gear in the Western Conference Final. Rounding out the rest was Warrior Hockey with 6%, while Winnwell and Graf represented 1% each.
Sticks: CCM took their first team lead in a category, tying Bauer hockey, who has Patrick Kane using the new APX2, as the leading stick used by the Chicago Blackhawks, with 26% per brand. That's what happens when you release a stick as hot as the RBZ has been this season. Bauer dominated the Kings roster however, capturing 42% of the team and nearly doubling the total put up by 2 nd place Easton at 23%. Reebok finished as the middle manufacturer on both teams, managing high teen percentages on each. Warrior Hockey came in last on both teams, their Covert DT1 being slightly more popular with the Hawks. Worth noting is the spread of stick makers on either team, the Kings with a leader of 42% and last place at 4%. The Blackhawks had the same leader with Bauer, but at only 26%, with Warrior carrying the smallest share – but not terrible – behind at 13%.
Gloves: Bauer takes a dominant lead in the Kings locker room with 58%, more than tripling 2nd place Reebok at 19%. For the Hawks however, Bauer came in 3rd with 22% even with Jonathan Toews rocking the new Supreme TotalOne NXG gloves. Coming in first was Reebok at 30%, followed by Warrior with 26%. Unfortunately for CCM and Easton, they came in 4th and 5 th respectively, on both teams with under 15%.
Skates: Not surprisingly, Bauer with their three top model skates – the Vapor APX2, Supreme TotalOne NXG and the Nexus 1000 – came out way ahead. Bauer came away with a staggering 85% of the Kings in their boots, and 65% of the Blackhawks. Reebok came in second on both sides of the ice, with 8% of the Kings, and 17% of the Hawks. On the Hawks side, CCM matched its sibling Reebok and the 20K skate at 17%, while only managing one Kings player wearing skates. Graf also made an appearance, with one Kings player donning the distinctive neon yellow. Easton and their new Mako skate will not be making any appearances in the Western Conference Finals this season, even though they have some great technology to offer.
Helmets: Buckets was a very interesting category in the WCF. In the Kings room, Bauer represents half of the lids with CCM and Reebok tying for second, capturing 23% each. This is undoubtedly due to the popularity, comfort and protection of the Re-Akt and the IMS 9.0. On the other side of it, 48% of the Blackhawks are wearing CCM. The CCM V10 and V08 have one of the best looking shell designs on the market, a big selling point for NHL Pros. Reebok has 17% of the Blackhawks between their 11K and 7K helmets. Easton came in 4th with both teams, protecting 9% of the Hawks heads, and one single King. Warrior had one player on the Hawks and, ironically, zero actual Kings wearing their Krown 360 Helmet (cue the drum — ba-dum-bum…tshh). Get it? Kings? Krown?
Goalies: On the Kings side, starter Jonathon Quick wearing Vaughn can only boost them into second place with 25% behind Back-up Jonathon Bernier's full CCM set-up putting them at 38%. In a tie at the bottom with 13% each came Warrior, Bauer and Reebok. In the Hawks crease, Reebok dominates with 75%, blowing away the other two brands. Brian's makes their only appearance in either conference, Ray Emery's full set up giving them a respectable 17% showing. Warrior is the only other brand represented between the Hawks pipes with 8% of the total gear.
How we compiled this: We grabbed the rosters from each team's respective websites and then we went hunting for recent pictures. Most of the images we compiled this data from are pictures from the last week or so. If it was a player who hasn't seen playoff action, we grabbed a picture from their last NHL game or AHL game if they haven't seen any NHL action yet (reserve callups, for example). It was a good exercise and very interesting!
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If your new kitchen has sufficient cabinet space, many people are eliminating a base cabinet and adding a second dishwasher. You may be surprised how little the difference in price is. And for individuals who set the table right out of the dishwasher (hey, they're clean dishes!) it's almost like you didn't give up any storage!


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Picture the year 1862. The New Zealand Wars are in full swing, French chemist Louis Pasteur has invented 'pasteurisation' to prevent food spoiling prematurely and WG Grace has become a teenager.
Only four of the current 18 English cricket counties - Kent, Nottinghamshire, Surrey and Sussex - had been officially formed. It is also the year Grafton United Cricket Club was formed.
It would be nearly 60 years before it was known by that name but the origins are traced to the evening of September 18 when some of Auckland's best cricketers gathered at John Varty's Queen St booksellers. By meeting's close, the United Cricket Club had been formed, with Varty as its first vice-president, and a paddock in Newmarket, made available by James Dilworth, as its first ground. The 30 men who joined the venture already belonged to the existing Auckland, Newmarket, Parnell, and West End clubs or were soldiers from the Auckland garrison.
Next weekend, GUCC will celebrate its sesquicentennial with a book launch, gala dinner and Twenty20 match featuring a host of former New Zealand players.
GUCC now calls Victoria Park and Cox's Bay Reserve their home in central Auckland. From those early days, the club has produced an eclectic mix, linked by a love of cricket and, for the most part, a love of discussing each Saturday's play over a pie and a refreshing drink in the clubrooms.
The club has long been at the forefront of the Auckland game. Since the 1970s, New Zealand representatives such as Mark Burgess, Phil and Matt Horne, Willie Watson, Lou Vincent and Andre Adams have featured in the premier side.
The Horne brothers, Vincent and Adams are also expected to play for a Grafton Greats XI in a T20 match at Victoria Park next Sunday. They and a number of club stalwarts will play what has been dubbed a New Zealand Legends XI, with each team member having played internationally. The team includes Dion Nash, Dipak Patel, Bryan Young and Murphy Su'a. Nash, who reignited his cricket career two seasons ago with Grafton in the T20 realm, is also guest speaker at the gala dinner.
Andrew Alderson joined Grafton United Cricket Club in 1998 as part of The Ewen Chatfields XI. He remains one of a select group of bowlers in the club's history to be hit over the four-lane motorway flyover at Victoria Park.


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Joyce Kilmer Park
This park, bounded by the Grand Concourse, Walton Avenue, 164th and 161st Streets, is named after Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), poet, journalist, and soldier. Kilmer was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and attended Rutgers from 1904 to 1906, graduating from Columbia College in 1908. He began his writing career in New York in 1909, contributing freelance articles and poems to a number of publications before he joined the staff of the New York Times. He is most famous for his poem, "Trees," written in 1913, which has been learned by millions of schoolchildren. While stationed in France during World War I, Kilmer wrote for Stars and Stripes, the Army weekly. On July 30, 1918, he was killed in action on the Western Front.
The park was formerly called Concourse Plaza from 1902 until the Board of Aldermen renamed it for Kilmer in 1926, two years after it was acquired by Parks. It was completely redesigned in 1936, at which time its two monuments, the Louis J. Heintz statue and the Lorelei fountain, were placed in their present locations. The Heintz statue by Pierre Fietu was dedicated in 1909 in honor of the Bronx's first commissioner of street improvements who pioneered the construction of the Grand Concourse.
The Lorelei fountain celebrates the German poet, Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), author of an ode to Die Lorelei -- a siren from German mythology who lured sailors to their deaths on the Rhine. The fountain was created by German sculptor Ernest Herter for the poet's home city, Dusseldorf. However, political groups opposed to Heine's Jewish origins and political views blocked its installation there. The fountain was finally erected in the Bronx in 1899, thanks to a subscription led by Americans of German ancestry. After years of deterioration caused by weathering and vandalism, the Lorelei fountain and the surrounding landscape were restored in 1999 with $1.87 million in funds allocated by the mayor, the city council and the borough president. In 2004, the playground was restored with $1.784 million in funds also from the mayor, city council and borough president.
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Directions to Joyce Kilmer Park
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Crosslake council goals discussed
The new Crosslake City Council met Friday, Jan. 18, to talk about each member's goals for the next year.
Planning and zoning issues were widely discussed. Mayor Darrell Schneider said he hopes to do something about the planning and zoning enforcement issues, saying there are 100 or so incidents that are at odds with city ordinances.
Council member Steve Roe pointed out that the city falls under many overlapping jurisdictions (state, county, Department of Natural Resources and city), which makes enforcing the rules tricky.
Council member Mark Wessels would like to change the planning and zoning complaint process. He said if the city no longer allowed anonymous complaints, it could lighten the load on the department. He added that identities would still be protected by data practice laws.
Wessels has suggested that the Crow Wing County Land Services Department visit the city to see how it runs its planning and zoning department and conduct a review. Interim city administrator Jenny Max requested that the council present specific ideas or suggestions to the department before calling in another entity to perform a review.
Council member John Moengen also addressed planning and zoning issues. He suggested looking at properties zoned commercial where commercial might no longer be a good fit for the city.
Council member Gary Heacox proposed looking at a couple ordinances a month and presenting them for council approval or disapproval.
Heacox also expressed concern over city employees. He said the council needs to take a look at the employee benefits handbook, and he suggested looking at the overall city headcount through all departments. He added that the department heads should be held accountable if they go outside Crosslake for city purchases.
Moengen suggested the council look at the way the city is organized. He suggested performance reviews for department heads that are in line with the city mission and five-year plan. He also thought the city could implement some way of measuring customer service.
Moengen and Roe both commented on the community school and its vitality to the community. Roe said that from an Economic Development Authority standpoint the school would draw families and businesses. Moengen commented on the need to keep the school in town.
Moengen also stressed the need for Crosslake Communications to stay on the cutting edge of technology in order to remain a good company. Roe agreed.
Wessels suggested that the city's and council's use of methods of communication with residents was underutilized, suggesting that council meeting videos also be posted on the Internet.
No formal decisions were made at the Jan. 18 meeting, though many issues were discussed. The council's next regular meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18.
In other business Jan. 18, the council:
• Discussed the city administrator position. Max asked for direction on what the council might choose to do. The council agreed that Max is capable for the position, but did not make any decision on whether to keep the administrator position, combine the clerk and administrator positions or do away with the administrator position.
• Heard an update from the county on local roads projects. The County Road 3 project is progressing. The estimated cost to the city for an added 2 feet of shoulder (making the total shoulder width 8 feet) is around $130,000.
Improvements will also be made to County Road 36. Plans are still in the works, and a public hearing will be held in March.
• Came to a general consensus to allow the police department use of the community center after hours to work out.


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With over a century's worth of experience manufacturing world-class acoustic pianos and over a half-century in Hi-Fi audio and electronic instruments, the range of Yamaha home and professional digital pianos are second to none. From the portable P-Series to the amazingly versatile CVP-709 Clavinova grand, Yamaha has a piano for musicians at every level.
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Real Grand Expression:
By harmonizing the three key elements of tone, touch and pedals in a single piano, Clavinova digital pianos give you the feeling that you are playing an acoustic instrument. The RGE Sound Engine lets you enjoy the playing response and expressive capability of a concert grand piano. It features Smooth Release, which measures the speed of your key release. This clearly enunciates legato notes from staccato with the sound of lingering resonance when you gently lift your fingers from the keys.
Modeling Technologies
The tone created by an acoustic instrument or by electronic amplification or processing devices is complex and changes based on a wide variety of variables. Variables such as the way the instrument body vibrates when a string is struck in a particular way or how different resistors affect voltage levels within a circuit present an almost limitless number of scenarios affecting tone. Yamaha's modeling technologies look at all of these parameters and calculates their effect on the tone at any given time in a performance, delivering ultimate realism. Yamaha utilizes Spectral Component Modeling (SCM) to virtually recreate the physical components of a piano in the CP series of stage pianos. Virtual Circuit Modeling (VCM) replicates circuitry in preamps, effect processors and speaker systems and is used in a wide range of Yamaha digital instruments. Yamaha Clavinova digital pianos feature Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) to calculate the various states of the strings for each of the 88 notes on the keyboard from one instant to the next.
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The CFX, Yamaha's finest 9-foot concert grand, was selected and played by the winner of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition. The Imperial from Bösendorfer is a brand held in high esteem by pianists throughout its long history. These renowned pianos are characterized by distinctive traits such as power, versatility, subtlety, lightness and mellowness.
88-key natural wood keyboard with Synthetic Ivory Keytops
Featured in select Clavinova and CP models, Natural Wood keys offer the weight and response that piano players expect. Adding different weight or "grading" the keyboard reproduces the feel of a piano's hammers: heavy in the low end and light in the high end. The surface of the key is lightly porous thanks to Synthetic Ivory keytops that add grip to the keys. This maintains accuracy during long performances or practice sessions. Finally, a third sensor allows grand piano-like key repetition where notes can be re-articulated without a complete release. This makes it easier to play fast, repeated notes and is one of the main reasons pianists choose grand pianos over uprights.
Yamaha MusicSoft
Whether it's for learning, performing or simply for listening enjoyment, adding your favorite songs and other content to your Yamaha instrument has never been easier. Browse the MusicSoft libraries by instrument, or even by artist, and start downloading your content today.
Clavinova Follow Lights songs teach beginners to play popular melodies one note at a time. As the player progresses, the orchestra speeds up and slows down to match their playing tempo. FollowLights utilizes Guide Mode found exclusively on CVP Clavinova digital pianos.
The You Are the Artist series pairs best-selling books from Hal Leonard with play-along song recordings from Yamaha MusicSoft. Learn hit songs from artists like Coldplay, The Beatles, Adele, Johnny Cash and more. These easy piano arrangements allow you to play along with bands and orchestras, conveniently from Yamaha digital pianos like CVP Clavinovas, featuring the XG sound chip.
Yamaha Apps
With exclusive Yamaha Apps, you can learn, play and share your music in ways that were not possible a few years ago. MusicSoft Manager, when used with a Clavinova, is a great way to add new song content from the Yamaha MusicSoft in-app store and also capture audio recordings to share with your friends via "the cloud". The P-255 Controller app adds a color touch screen interface with any iOS device.
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- Clavinova Grands
The Ultimate Luxury in Piano Performance. Clavinova Grands recreate the formal elegance and high-class appearance. Enjoy the best of music worlds.
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Mags may be taking a turn in price if elections turn out bad?
Been seeing them higher sense last year just a bit.
I just got a e-mail from AIM they have egyptain mags for $14 a piece so if you want mags to match your rifle they got them
seems like $14 a mag is the going rate far cry from when eg akmags were $4-5 a piece seems like yesterday
oh the polish mags came they are cherry I may get more
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
Mags may be taking a turn in price if elections turn out bad?
Been seeing them higher sense last year just a bit.
yea mags are going up.
there was a glut cause they overproduced after the first ban ended , they over produced mags after the 08 elections --
big demand and the possibility of another ban are going to drive them back up --they could get real expensive again if the election goes wrong.
i just ordered a few more myself --not many but i thought i would pick up a few spare 20s and some of those 40s CDNN has --hell i got plenty enough 30s--LOL
the big cap mags will go expensive first cause there target #1 for the anti-second types. all these new guys buying ar-15s and AKs are also going to want more mags --so one rush feeds the other.
Glad I got my last batch on the way now already.
I guess an AR15 will be my GO TO GUN when it goes all of the way to HELL.
It was payday yesterday. So, I just picked up a few more of them HG, 20 round AR and a couple more CZ75 B, 9mm mags.
Just for the HELL of it.
Just in case.
Just filling in a few gaps getting some cheap magazines this last week.
CETME Magazines:
I was able to acquire several 20-round magazines and a couple 5-round magazines as well as a few German milsurp G3 pouches.
A have a couple CETME rifles and it didn't make sense to modify some G3 magazines as CETME magazines appear to be plentiful for a decent price.
I also added a few PMAGs for the AR/M4 carbines as the prices have dropped as newer 3rd generation PMAGs just came available.
I also have a few of the new PMAGs on order.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
Just got another box delivered.
AK-74 Bakelite magazines (45-rounds):
Also received a fewof the 3rd Gen PMAGs:
Again I am just adding a few items while I can.
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Another member here J427x turned me on to 44MAG.com. A real good MAGS site with some very good prices.
BB, I only have a couple of the 45 round bakelites, but man I love them. About the same weight loaded as a loaded 30 round 47 mag. Mine fed flawlessly. Just great all the way around. Wish I had more.
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Re: st: egen and Mata
Paulo Guimaraes <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: egen and Mata
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:52:36 -0400
Dear Bill,
Thank you very much for your detailed answer. I was operating under the wrong assumption that Mata would always work faster than Stata ado code.
As you pointed out there was some problem with the code in Attempt 1 for which I apologize. The code in attempt 1 should have been the same as in
attempt 2 with the line
X=data[| info[i,1],2\info[i,2],2|]
replaced by
What surprised me was that such a small change could slow the code so much.
Thank you
Paulo Guimaraes
William Gould, StataCorp LP wrote:
Paulo Guimaraes <email@example.com> reports,
His goal was to see if he could write code in Mata that would be faster
then -egen- (an ado-file), and he failed. He made two attempts. He reported
[...] I tried to code in Mata the equivalent to the following Stata
. egen newvar=mean(var), by(id)
these results, and I have duplicated them:
---- Timings by ---- Ratio Guimaraes Gould Gould/Guimaraes
egen 0.59 0.24 .41
Attempt 1 65.81 93.94 1.43 (1) Attempt 2 0.86 0.40 .47
1. Gould's attempt to reproduce Attempt 1 also resulted in incorrect results.
2. Times are in seconds.
3. Evidently I (Gould) have a faster computer than Paulo, although mine is a middle of the road computer by modern
standards. Mine is an Intel 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo running
64-bit Stata under Linux.
One of Paulo's questions was why Attempt 1 is running so slowly. I haven't looked into that because, in addition to running slowly, Attempt 1 is producing incorrect results on my computer, and I assume it is doing the same on Paulo's. The program has a bug.
Attempt 2, on the other hand, works perfectly and, in fact, is running pretty quickly. Paulo finds Attempt 2 takes 1.46 times as long as egen, and on my comp[uter, the multiplier is 1.15.
Paulo wants to know how speed up Attempt 2, too. Answer: I don't know how. I made two attempts and produced code that I considered prettier but in fact ran more slowly. Actually, I wasn't surprised by that.
My expectation was based on a comparison of what is true and what is
theoretically possible in comparisons of C and Mata. Mata produces P-code, which must be interpreted. C produces machine language. Mata's low-level functions (i=0, i++, etc.) run 2 to 4 times slower than compiled C code. Said differently, they run at an overhead of of 1:1 to 3:1. One-to-one (1:1) means that, to execute one machine instruction on behalf of the user, Mata executes one additional instruction
just to figure out what needs to be done. Three-to-one means three additional
instructions are executed to execute the one instruction on behalf of the
1:1 may seem like a theoretical lower bound, but it is not. Consider a high-level function such as matrix inversion. It might take the Mata P-code interpreter 5 or even 10 machine instructions to figure out what needs to be done, and then it would execute a million machine instructions that were needed for the problem, the same million instructions C would have to execute, too. Thus, the overhead would be .000005:1.
But for very low level instructions for which there is a one-to-one matching with the instruction set on the chip, such as i++, 1:1 is a theoretical lower bound. So why not produce machine language rather than P-code?
Because in that case, the compiled code would not be portable.
All the above has to do with a comparison of Mata and C. Paulo is comparing
Mata to ado-code, however. The ado-code to which Paulo is comparing, however, is not typical or rather, it is what should be typical when ado-code is used for the appropriate problem. In this case, most of the ado-code time is being spent in just a few highly efficient Stata commands which themselves are implemented in C.
The problem Paulo set up,
. egen newvar=mean(var), by(id) (1)
could have been solved via
. sort id . by id: gen newvar = sum(var)/_n (2)
. by id: replace newvar = newvar[_N]
On my computer, the time required for solution (1) was 0.24 seconds. Solution (2) would have taken 0.11 seconds. In fact, solution (2) is exactly what -egen- implements. So -egen- is running at 45.8% efficiency. What could have been done by Stata's C code in .11 seconds, took -egen- .24 seconds.
As an aside, let me add that -sort-, -by id:-, -gen-, and -replace-
are four features we have worked very hard on to make as efficient as possible. There are 4,901 lines of C code involved in implementing these functions for the problem given.
In Paulo's Alternative 2, he wrote 27 lines of code, and on my computer, it
ran in .47 seconds. Thus, the ratio is .47/.11 = 4.27. This is about the
ratio we expect to see on low-level code.
Paulo did as well as could be expected.
Note well, when Mata is used on problems requiring matrix inversion or other
heavy lifting, which includes implementation of statistical commands for which
Mata was designed, this multiplier of 4.27 falls, and can even fall to 2 or
even just a little more than 1. That is why we use Mata for our statistical
development. The fact remains, however, that for problems where the solution
involves only Mata's low-level features, we expect a multiplier of 4.
So when I saw Paulo's question, I knew I was unlikely to have a better answer for him. Nonetheless, I tried.
Here, for Paulo's information, was my final result:
void function mean_by2(string scalar var, string scalar groupid)
real scalar i, j, j0, j1, sum, mean
real colvector id, y, p, y2
transmoprhic info
st_view(id, ., groupid)
st_view(y, ., var)
p = order(id, 1)
info=panelsetup(my_y, 1)
st_view(y2, ., st_addvar("double", "_y2"))
for (i=1; i<=rows(info); i++) {
j0 = info[i, 1]
j1 = info[i, 2]
sum = 0
mean = mean(my_y[|j0\j1|])
for (j=j0; j<=j1; j++) y2[p[j]] = mean
My embarrassment is that this took 0.77 seconds to run on my computer, versus .47 seconds for Paulo's Attempt 2. I am nonetheless convinced that a combination of Paulo's code and mine could run faster. Who knows, we might even get down to .40 seconds from Paulo's .47.
Paulo, my one comment about your Attempt 2 is putting all the data together in one matrix and then sorting it. In my attempt, I keep the data in separate vectors, and rather than using sort(), I use order() to obtain the permutation vector and then use it where I need it.
My goal was to prevent coding things like data[,2], which requires exectracting the second column from a matrix, and will require extra time to execute.
-- Bill
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I did not like the little skits or whatever you call them with Queen Latifah. I have spoken with others who agree. Stick with the awards and the winners.
Missamberlori says:
People's Choice? I choose someone else besides Queen Latifah to host next time. Too much blah, blahN blah-I TOTALLY AGREE! I THINK THE WHOLE THING WAS A SET UP BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE VAMPIRE DIARIES AND IAN SOMERHALDER SHOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN AN AWARD!
It was a tired old show full of old shows-useless nonsense and I will not be voting again because it was pointless! IT WAS SET UP!
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What was with Queen Latifa? I've never seen her act this way.Embarrassing for all concerned. And why all the attention to Kristen Stewert and the Kardashians? I cringe when I see them anyway. This show was really, really bad.
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