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Clay Hensley made his third rehab start for the Beavers. After posting a 1-3 record and 7.62 ERA with San Diego to start the season, Hensley suffered a groin injury and was placed on the disabled list on May 4th, opening up a spot for Justin Germano on the big league club, who has shined with a 3-0 record, thanks to allowing just four earned runs in 25 innings.
Hensley, on the other hand, has struggled on the scorecard, posting a 6.75 in his first two games, while giving up 14 hits in just eight innings of work. His third start proved no different, as Hensley allowed six runs and lasted just 4.1 innings, giving up seven hits and five walks. But, it's not all about the statistics, according to pitching coach Gary Lance. Noting that it is difficult for a major league caliber pitcher to really focus when pitching at the Triple-A level, he pointed out when Woody Williams made some rehab starts a few seasons back. Lance said Williams didn't look as good as Hensley has looked, and ended up shutting a team out on his first game back up.
"He looked better," said Lance. "The body language, the execution and the delivery was superior to his last outing. And I thought his last outing was good enough to go back up. Definitely this one was better, he looked more like his old self."
"Everything felt pretty good tonight," said Hensley. "Mechanics felt a lot better, as far as where the ball is moving, we're definitely where we need to be. You know, the boxscore reads a little bit different, but it is what it is and I just have to roll over it."
After escaping trouble with some clutch double play balls in the first few innings, the Cubs capitalized on some Beaver woes with a three run fourth. Two singles and a walk came in order to start the inning, loading the bases. Buck Coats then hit a routine ground ball along the turf that skipped off the glove of Royce Huffman, went through his legs and all the way to the wall. The error cleared the bases and put Coats on second base to give the Cubs a 3-0 lead. To his credit, Hensley, after a brief visit from Lance, was able to strand Coats on third base.
Vince Sinisi began the Beavers fourth by blasting a homer that squeezed inside the right field foul pole to bring the score to 3-1. The homerun increase a streak for the Beavers to 10 consecutive games with a homerun.
In the fifth, the Cubs kept rolling with another three runs. Felix Pie, who reached on an infield single, scored all the way from first base on a double by Mike Fontenot. The double careened off the wall in left-center and was played perfectly by Josh Howard. But, Pie was going full speed from the crack of the bat and was able to squeeze by Pete LaForest's tag at the plate after a perfect relay throw from Ray Chang.
Fontenot would score on a single two batters later, and the Cubs would tack on one more with a bases loaded infield single. Fontenot, Coats, and Pie have led the way for an explosive Iowa ball club. The team's .311 batting average in May is the best in the league. Fontenot leads the team with his .422 average and also has a .465 on-base percentage. Coats and Pie are both hitting above .360.
Chang singled up the middle to score Huffman from second base in the eighth inning. After going hitless in his first three games with the club, Chang has collected six hits and four RBI in the next three. With runners on first and second, Howard singled for the third time in the game to load the bases. Pinch hitter, Brian Myrow, followed with a broken bat sacrifice fly to right that scored Michael Johnson, bringing the score to 7-4.
Iowa's starting pitcher Ryan O'Malley held a suddenly resurgent Beavers offense at bay in his 5.2 innings. The Beavers, who have scored over ten runs in two of their last three games, managed just two off O'Malley, with six hits. As well as pitching, O'Malley was 1-for-1 at the plate with two walks and a RBI, as he picked up his third win of the season.
Craig Stansberry, who went 1-for-5 in the game, has seen better days of late. In his last nine games, he has only had three hits fall in, which has dropped his average from .360 to a still very respectable .315. Stansberry looked frustrated in tonight's game in the field and at the plate. After not agreeing with a strikeout call in the seventh, Stansberry stood at home plate arguing the call until he was settled down by manager Rick Renteria, who took over the argument for his second baseman. His one hit came in the last at bat. He looked considerably more relaxed in the box and worked a 3-0 count and then lined the 3-1 pitch into left field for a single.


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By Richard Clarke
Arsène Wenger will have to make a late decision over a number of players ahead of the crucial clash with Manchester United on Saturday – but he won't take major risks.
Arsenal could be without as many as 10 players for the visit of Sir Alex Ferguson's side. Manuel Almunia (sickness) Bacary Sagna (ankle), Theo Walcott (shoulder), Mikael Silvestre (broken nose) and William Gallas (hamstring) are all doubtful to a greater or lesser extent.
Emmanuel Adebayor (ankle), Emmanuel Eboue (knee) and Robin van Persie (suspended) are definitely out while Tomas Rosicky (hamstring) and Eduardo (broken leg) are long-term absentees.
It leaves lots of issues to be resolved.
"I can't tell you much at the moment," said Wenger at his pre-match press conference on Friday lunchtime. "I have a squad but I will make a check with the medical staff over who I can and cannot play.
"Theo has practised today but I will make a decision about him tonight. It is the same for Silvestre.
"We can take a risk with one or two but not three or four. If something happens you have no capacity to change anymore. But I have a squad of 20 players who are all top quality.
"I am not concerned about who doesn't play at the moment even if they are top players. I am more interested in giving the players who are playing the belief, confidence and desire to win."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source

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Sky News understands that Philip Clarke, Tesco's chief executive, has decided to appoint a new chief marketing officer in place of Matt Atkinson, who has been in the role for just over a year.
The news comes just days after the supermarket group's chief financial officer, Laurie McIlwee, resigned amid a strained relationship with Mr Clarke.
It is unclear whether Mr Atkinson will remain at Tesco in another role or will leave the company. Mr Clarke is understood to have identified a new chief marketing officer to replace him.
The role is particularly influential at Tesco because it has oversight of the company's advertising strategy as well as the Clubcard loyalty scheme, which was a potent tool during its dominance of the 1990s and 2000s in helping to shape promotional activity.
Mr Atkinson was also an important figure in the development and launch last year of the Hudl, a tablet device designed to take on Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad.
The decision to sideline Atkinson has emerged as data published on Tuesday by Kantar Worldpanel, a research agency, showed that Tesco's share of UK grocery spending declined from 29.7% in the 12 weeks to March 30, 2013 to 28.6% in the equivalent period this year.
At an investor presentation in February, Tesco said it would reduce capital expenditure to less than £2.5bn annually for the next three years as it cuts its investment in store openings.
Executives say they want to re-establish Tesco as the market leader on price, range, quality and service despite the growing threat from heavy discounters such as Aldi and Lidl.
Mr Clarke's latest change to his team of senior executives may raise further questions about his leadership because he appointed Mr Atkinson to the top marketing role in December 2012.
Mr Atkinson's predecessor, Tim Mason, was one of the architects of the Clubcard scheme, before moving to the US to launch its ultimately failed attempt to break into the grocery market there.
The finance director's departure, meanwhile, leaves Mr Clarke as the only executive director on Tesco's board, and The Sunday Times reported at the weekend that City investors were applying pressure to ensure that Mr McIlwee's successor was capable of replacing the chief executive.
Tesco, which declined to comment, will announce its annual results next week, with profits forecast to fall sharply and the company's share price already at their lowest level for ten years.


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CREEP: Dark and Daring at Knitting Factory
Known in many circles and on countless dance floors are Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard, the two disc-spinners have been prepping everyone's ears for their latest project, CREEP, by tossing out teaser vids, remixes and blasting the digitial world with previews of their live debut. As part of Northside Festival, the pair took the stage on Friday night at Knitting Factory...cloaked, colored and ready to creep us out.
Shrouded in black hooded robes with face paint to match, the duo soared through a journey of lights and imagery, soundtracked by their spooky blend of trip-hop and cinematic tones. There's an indefinably touching quality about what you hear throughout their set...something best experienced live and not done justice by my words.
Chalk it up to the gals' vast musical talents, but this is the perfect way to get bone-chillingly freaked the hell out.
Live footage from CREEP's set is below a few more pictures, of which the full gallery can be viewed here.


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El Paso Police: Teacher assaulted, blocked violent school intruder
EL PASO, Texas - An Irvin High School teacher stopped a school intruder who was looking to fight a student, El Paso ISD police said Tuesday.
Gordon Wofford, 66, was punched in the face for getting in the way of the suspect, according to Police. He suffered two black eyes and possibly a fractured nose.
EPISD Police said two Irvin students got in a fight outside campus during lunch time on Friday. One of the students told his older brother about the fight, which prompted the brother to go to the high school after lunch.
Assad Taylor, 21, went on campus undetected after lunch and with the help of his brother, found the student's classroom. "He blended in with the other students because of his youthful appearance," said Chief Victor Araiza, of the EPISD Police Department.
Once he got to the classroom, Taylor asked for the student but Wofford intervened. "They didn't seem friendly. They seemed a little bit older. Then I got a clue from a student in the hallway that something wasn't right," said Wofford Tuesday.
Wofford asked the intruder to leave and blocked him entry into the classroom, before Taylor allegedly punched him and ran away.
Wofford bled from his nose and his face became bruised.
"To know that someone assaulted Mr. Wofford, who is so caring and has personally helped me so much, was really sad," said one of Wofford's students on Tuesday.
Taylor evaded investigators since Friday but EPISD police arrested him Sunday morning at a friend's house in East El Paso, where they said he was hiding. He's at the county jail on a $10,000 bond facing charges of injury to an elderly person.
EPISD has at least one licensed Texas Police officer at every campus. A misconception is that they are security guards. "They are armed and trained and most of them are retired from law enforcement agencies and bring with them a lot of valuable experience," said Chief Araiza.
The district also has 900 cameras throughout its campuses but Chief Araiza said it's impossible to monitor every entrance. "School campuses were never designed to be correctional facilities. They're designed to have accessibility to different parts of the building, to be inviting for parents and for kids and the community."
President of the El Paso Federation of Teachers, Lucy Clarke, said she's glad Taylor is charged. "For some people knowing that the victims will follow through with prosecution could be the deterrent that's needed."


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The people of the Rangitikei electorate are looking forward to this year with nervous optimism. There is a sense that the economy is on the move, that the tourism and food production sectors will have a sound year - and that a John Key-led government will continue to give the people of the Rangitikei the best possible opportunity to prosper.
Items that are of particular interest to my electorate are stimulated by the target set by the business growth agenda to lift the value of exports to the economy from 30 per cent to 40 per cent of GDP by 2025. Given that the Primary Production sector accounts for 72 per cent of all merchandise exports, this target is significant.
As I mentioned last week the Government, through the Ministry for Primary Industries, has invested more than $650 million in Primary Growth Partnerships (PGPs) to boost the export sector. And in the past week we have had an exciting initiative announced by Beef and Lamb NZ, whereby the Ministry will invest $30 million over seven years on a dollar-for-dollar basis, with the major players in the red meat industry. This has great potential to refocus this industry's attention on the future.
The irrigation fund will also make a huge contribution to our increased productivity and a potential $400 million investment here will be seeded by $80 million in this year's budget.
The Prime Minister has re-emphasised the Government's determination to make haste with the reforms so badly needed to encourage economic recovery. He has confirmed our commitment to a better result from our education sector, he has made a very strong statement around our housing requirements and of the need to continue the reform of the RMA to enable developers and councils to better deal with section prices and the availability of land.
The Government has prioritised manufacturing sector in its planning and training for the future. In the Rangitikei we have some outstanding performers in this sector, many of them in agriculture. They are doing well because they have embraced the new era, technology and skills, they have cut their costs and upped their efficiency.
Many of these companies are manufacturing and designing with the environment and sustainability to the fore. They are competing on the international market with great success. However, that market has changed forever, and manufacturing will never be the mass employer it was as new methods are adopted and technology takes over.
The sector has great potential as an employer but, I suspect, in much smaller modules. That is why the Government has put the emphasis on other sectors that will, as the economy gets moving, take up the employment slack.
One last thing: the Wellington Rugby Sevens have been and gone for another year. What a great event to have in our capital city, which comes alive for the whole weekend.


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Plus the media and fans Giving Romo incentive to prove himself. Iv heard nothing but he stinks and is horrible, (except toomer) I don't like this at all.
ps- miss giggles.
Plus the media and fans Giving Romo incentive to prove himself. Iv heard nothing but he stinks and is horrible, (except toomer) I don't like this at all.
ps- miss giggles.
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then there's that "nobody likes us" stuff to ponder ...
NFL Championships : 1927 1934 1938 1956 Super Bowl Champions: XXI XXV XLII XLVI
yeah, we dont have anything to prove...WOW
this is the exact kind of thread I'd make when I created Giggles at the cowboys forum...looking back, I prob thought "what would harooni say on our mb, replace anything giants related with cowboys, and it'd troll them badly."
Did we ever prove if "Luck of Tuck" was actually Giggles?
Tony Romo is a very good QB but he is not as good as Our Beloved Leader Eli Manning.
I like our chances to beat Dallas Cowboys in game 1 and I think we will. However it is an inner division game with a tough foe and it will be a heckuva a good game.
Lets Go NY Giants.
I bELIeve.
I miss my old account...Thurston Howell.
I don't think Romo needs the media to provide incentive to play well. The guy is a gamer and the QB who worries me the most since the iggles had Randall.
Cunningham was the one guy I thought they toned down for Tecmo II
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The Cowboys' o-line looks worse than the Giants'. Romo will be running for his life.
Game has more significance then your typical Home Opener to start the season. Because its an NFC opponent it matters on your conference record and making it even more important is its a divison rival. You just don't want to start 0-1 in the NFCE right out of the gate...a loss for us would be a lot more devastating then if say Philly lost its first game. For them it would only be a loss to an AFC team the Browns. Bad? Yes but not hardly as bad as losing to Dallas
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
But for now we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
2-Washington, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, Denver
4-New York Giants!!!
Let's make it 5 in 2016 so we can be on a LINE NE again!!!
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Bellamy Defense Happy With Judge's Decision
Kareem Bellamy sat at the defense table in the Queens courtroom, eyes focused on Judge Joel Blumenfeld, the man who was to decide his immediate future, surrounded by his team of public defenders.
"We were on pins and needles," said his lead defense council, Steven Silberblatt. "There was no way of knowing what he was going to decide, and we had no advance copies of his order. It was very tense at the defense table."
The judge looked at Silberblatt and asked him how many copies of the decision he was going to need.
"At least one would be nice," Silberblatt answered, more worried about whether or not his client was going directly from the courtroom back to prison.
Then, Blumenfeld read his decision, and it was soon clear that Bellamy was not going back to prison to serve the rest of his 1995 sentence for depraved indifference murder, but was going to remain free while officials in the Queens District Attorney's office decided on whether or not they would pursue an appeal. "'Bellamy was ecstatic that he would remain out of prison pending a new trial," Silberblatt told The Wave. "He went around thanking everybody in-volved in his defense, many of whom were in the courtroom for the decision."
Bellamy was convicted of the 1994 stabbing death of James Abbott on an Arverne Street.
He was acquitted of murder charges by the jury, but found guilty of depraved indifference murder. He was sentenced to 25 years to life.
Bellamy maintained his innocence in the case and, in 2008, his cause was taken up by attorney Tom Hoffman, who watched a video of Bellamy's trial and decided that Bellamy was innocent.
He took Bellamy's case to Cravath, Swaine and Moore, a large law firm that agreed to take the case pro bono.
That firm hired retired FBI agent Joe O'Brien, the man who brought down Mafia big Paul Castellano.
O'Brien, deciding that he did not know the territory, brought in private investigator Ed Henson, who had worked as a housing detective in Rockaway for 20 years.
Henson and O'Brien were in the Edgemere Houses, looking for a lead on Anna Simmons, who had called police a week after the murder and told detectives that two other men, members of the feared "Regulators" gang, had been bragging of killing Abbott.
Detectives recorded her call for their records, but never followed up on the tip. The two private investigators testified in court that a man named Michael Green, whom Henson knew as a snitch, rode up to them on a bicycle and told them that he knew who killed Abbott.
The two met with him and he identified another Rockaway man named Levon "Ishmael" Melvin as the murderer.
Melvin was one of the men named by Anna Simmons in her original call.
Eventually, Green produced a tape that purported to be the voice of Melvin, admitting to the murder.
The tape was put into evidence and, in July 2008, Judge Blumenfeld vacated Bellamy's conviction and set him free pending a new trial.
Subsequent to that time, the tape was said to be phony, and Green admitted that he made the tape to scam some money from the defense team.
The DA said that the tape was the only reason that Bellamy was set free and urged that he be immediately sent back to prison.
Blumenfeld, however, ordered a hearing and took testimony from those involved.
On January 14, he ordered Bellamy remain free on bail pending a new trial because there was sufficient testimony to show that, had the same information been available to the defense at the original trial, the outcome may well have been different.
The DA immediately appealed Blumenfeld's decision.
"The appeal process will be a long one," Silberblatt said, adding that he feels good about Bellamy's chances on the appeal.
"Blumenfeld's ruling relied largely on the credibility of witnesses such as Green and Melvin," he said. "The judge felt they were not credible and it would be unusual for an appeals court to overturn a judge when credibility issues are involved."
"There was no downside to the DA appealing the ruling," he added. "If they win, Kareem goes back to prison." If they lose, they would have to retry him, and no prosecutor wants a 16- year-old case to try. It would be much weaker now, with new evidence."
Levon Melvin, who still says that he did not kill Abbott and never told Green that he did, says that the court's decision is "bull____."
"How can [the judge] say that some of the testimony is false and some is true? It's just easier to say that I told [Green] [about killing Abbott] than to say that the detectives told [Green]."
Meanwhile, Bellamy remains living in a city shelter on Ward's Island because his Rockaway apartment was gutted in December by a fire. "He's really a good guy," Silberblatt said. "What he needs now more than anything is a stable living environment."


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carried out in Kuwait on April 1, 2013
Manama: Two convicted rapists and killers were put to death on Tuesday in a Kuwaiti prison in Salibiya.
Hajjaj Al Sa'adi, known in the local media as the "Hawalli Beast" for allegedly raping 18 children, and Ahmad Abdul Salam, both Egyptians, were executed in the Central Prison at around 8am in the presence of the public prosecutor and other legal officials, local websites reported.
A call by an international human rights watchdog to "cancel the executions immediately" went unanswered.
The Beast was reportedly arrested in 2007 as he was about to board a plane for Egypt. Courts in 10 separate cases condemned him to death and to life in prison in three other cases.
The sentences were upheld by the court of appeals and the court of cassation.
Kuwaiti authorities said that the rapes by the Beast started in early 2006 and that the victims were young boys and girls aged less than 10.
He targeted them mostly in the afternoon and used his physical force to overwhelm them, they said.
Three other men on death row were also scheduled to be put to death, but their case was postponed after the victims' families have reportedly forgiven them.
On April 1, A Pakistani, a Saudi and a stateless man were hanged as Kuwait carried out its first execution since May 2007 when a drug trafficker was put to death. According to the local media, 46 convicts are on death row.
Source: Gulf News, June 18, 2013
Photos of the execution:
Photos of the execution:
|Ahmad Abdulsalam al-Baili walks to the gallows
in Kuwait after being convicted of murder.
|Child rapist Hajjaj Saadi is guided by guards
to the spot where he will be executed.
|Saadi's crime of raping 18 young boys and girls
shocked the whole nation of Kuwait.
|The bodies of the two criminals are seen hanging from the gallows set up in a prison car park.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2343916/Rapist-murderer-pictured-


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The Love-Philtre Of Ikey Schoenstein
The Blue Light Drug Store is downtown, between the Bowery and First Avenue, where
the distance between the two streets is the shortest. The Blue Light does not consider that
pharmacy is a thing of bric-a-brac, scent and ice-cream soda. If you ask it for pain-killer
it will not give you a bonbon.
The Blue Light scorns the labour-saving arts of modern pharmacy. It macerates its opium
and percolates its own laudanum and paregoric. To this day pills are made behind its tall
prescription desk—pills rolled out on its own pill-tile, divided with a spatula, rolled with
the finger and thumb, dusted with calcined magnesia and delivered in little round
pasteboard pill-boxes. The store is on a corner about which coveys of ragged-plumed,
hilarious children play and become candidates for the cough drops and soothing syrups
that wait for them inside.
Ikey Schoenstein was the night clerk of the Blue Light and the friend of his customers.
Thus it is on the East Side, where the heart of pharmacy is not glacé. There, as it should
be, the druggist is a counsellor, a confessor, an adviser, an able and willing missionary
and mentor whose learning is respected, whose occult wisdom is venerated and whose
medicine is often poured, untasted, into the gutter. Therefore Ikey's corniform, be-
spectacled nose and narrow, knowledge-bowed figure was well known in the vicinity of
the Blue Light, and his advice and notice were much desired.
Ikey roomed and breakfasted at Mrs. Riddle's two squares away. Mrs. Riddle had a
daughter named Rosy. The circumlocution has been in vain—you must have guessed it—
Ikey adored Rosy. She tinctured all his thoughts; she was the compound extract of all that
was chemically pure and officinal—the dispensatory contained nothing equal to her. But
Ikey was timid, and his hopes remained insoluble in the menstruum of his backwardness
and fears. Behind his counter he was a superior being, calmly conscious of special
knowledge and worth; outside he was a weak-kneed, purblind, motorman-cursed rambler,
with ill-fitting clothes stained with chemicals and smelling of socotrine aloes and
valerianate of ammonia.
The fly in Ikey's ointment (thrice welcome, pat trope!) was Chunk McGowan.
Mr. McGowan was also striving to catch the bright smiles tossed about by Rosy. But he
was no outfielder as Ikey was; he picked them off the bat. At the same time he was Ikey's
friend and customer, and often dropped in at the Blue Light Drug Store to have a bruise
painted with iodine or get a cut rubber-plastered after a pleasant evening spent along the
One afternoon McGowan drifted in in his silent, easy way, and sat, comely, smooth-
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Data on gross rent have been collected since 1940 for renter-occupied housing units. In 1980, costs for electricity and gas were collected as average monthly costs. In 1990, all utility and fuel costs were collected as yearly costs and divided by 12 to provide an average monthly cost.


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Kitty hitchhiker gets a ride thanks to Facebook, Alaska Airlines employee
information from Alaska Airlines
They say cats have nine lives. Thanks to Alaska Airlines employee Robin Yong, a cat from West Seattle has all nine intact.
Yong heard the tale of Itty Bitty Kitty, a lost cat from West Seattle, via Facebook. Kitty, an older, orange and white tabby, ran away from home as his owners prepared to move from Seattle to Ohio. He missed the trip, slipping away as the car was being loaded. When his owner, Beth Lewis, realized that Itty Bitty was missing, the road trip was postponed as she searched high and low for her beloved pet.
But it was during the Fourth of July weekend, and the noise of fireworks likely kept him away. After a two-week delay, and no Kitty, the family made the painful decision to make the trip without him.
Several weeks later, a neighbor found the cat and called Kitty Harbor, a West Seattle shelter and adoption facility for homeless cats and kittens. Itty Bitty Kitty arrived, looking like a mere shadow of his former self. Before, a plump 14 pounds, he had shrunk to only five pounds, had a gash in his throat, missing teeth and was full of fleas. Kitty Harbor provided medical care and a safe respite, nursing Kitty back to health.
Yet, while Lewis was thrilled that their beloved cat was found, she couldn't drive or fly back to Seattle to get him. And Kitty couldn't fly as cargo, due to his health.
That's when Yong, a Seattle-based employee, jumped in.
Being a cat-lover herself, Yong offered to transport the cat. In an outpouring of feline love, others from the area offered their support as well. Via Facebook, someone said their husband was going to Indianapolis and could take the cat. Another offered to get him half-way, to Oklahoma. In all, there were 10 offers of travel for Kitty, but Yong was able to do it that weekend. So she contacted Kitty Harbor Aug. 1, and arranged the trip.
Read more on Alaska Airline's new blog here: http://blog.alaskaair.com/2014/08/14/lost-cat/
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inaccurate; not very useful 11/13/2013
This review is from: Belkin F7C005q Conserve Insight Energy Cost Monitor
-- meter portion is separated from the plug portion, making it easier to read and use day-to-day.
-- inaccurate: calibrated the unit against a Fluke clamp meter, and the Belkin reads 50% higher than the actual load. (e.g. a 200W load reads as 300W.)
-- can only measure three units: load (watts), cost (based on avg kwh), CO2 load. Only watts is useful.
-- can only measure point-in-time, not cumulative.
Other Thoughts:
-- I have two kill-a-watt units that are more accurate, and give better information about the load, both point-in-time, and cumulative.
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Sesame Shrimp with Cucumber-Soy Salad
Prepare a grill for high heat (450° to 550°). Marinate 1 thinly sliced English cucumber with 2 tbsp. rice vinegar, 1 tbsp. soy sauce, 1 tsp. sugar, ½ thinly sliced red jalapeño chile, and 2 diagonally sliced green onions. Meanwhile, toss 1 lb. peeled and deveined large shrimp in 1 tbsp. each vegetable oil and Asian (toasted) sesame oil. Skewer each shrimp lengthwise through the tail, then grill until pink and grill marks appear. Sprinkle shrimp with 1 tsp. toasted sesame seeds and serve with reserved cucumbers and cooked sushi rice.
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bysort pattern : drop if _N < 20
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> I have an unbalanced panel data set. The yearly data spans a period of almost twenty years. However, most subjects only participated in the last years of the study, which is confirmed by the analysis of the different panel patterns using -xtdescribe-. While some patterns' frequency is >1000, other patterns only occur once. To improve the data quality, I would like to drop all patterns that occur less than twenty times.
> I have not been able to accomplish this. Thus far, I can only re-generate the -xtdescribe- output again.
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> Any advice on how to drop low frequency patterns from panel data?
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Does anybody here know of a tritium night sight that will fit into the dovetail on the SLP Mark 1 ?
I am afraid I am going to break that flimsy fiber optic thing. And a tritium sight would be way cooler anyway. I thought about just mounting my Eotech on it but really do not want to mess with any optics on a shotgun.
Personally I really wish they had left that cantilever mount off of it.
Also I was wondering about a side saddle to keep a few slugs in. Does anybody make one of those for this thing yet ?


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Bristol Hotel
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Property Location
With a stay at Bristol Hotel, you'll be centrally located in San Diego, steps from Spreckels Theater and minutes from Sculpture Garden. This boutique hotel is close to San Diego Convention Center and Balboa Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 102 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and MP3 docking stations. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a health club, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services. Additional amenities at this hotel include wedding services and a television in a common area.
Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
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Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in San Diego? This hotel has facilities measuring 5000 square feet (465 square meters), including a meeting room.
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- Number of floors - 8
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China: Spielberg's Olympic-Sized Snub
The Chinese government is determined to put on an unforgettable show when it hosts the Olympic Games for the first time this August. Beijing has been counting on the assistance of Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg to provide glitz for the opening-night ceremony. Now, the Chinese government suddenly has to cope with an unwelcome change in script: On Feb. 12, Spielberg announced he was quitting to protest Beijing's support for Sudan, where government-backed Arab forces have killed hundreds of thousands of Africans, and displaced millions more since 2003. "The international community, and particularly China, should be doing more to end the continuing human suffering," Spielberg said in a statement.
The decision by the Oscar-winning director comes at an awkward time for China, which is hoping the Olympics will serve as its coming-out party on the world stage. The government has already been embarrassed by the decision of many Olympic teams, worried about pollution (BusinessWeek.com, 2/12/08) in the Chinese capital, to practice in Japan or Korea before the Games.
And Beijing has come under increasing pressure to use its economic clout in Sudan, where its state-owned oil companies are major investors. China has also spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build roads, pipelines, and other infrastructure projects for the African nation. Last year, China purchased 40% of Sudan's 25-million-ton annual output of oil.
A Delicate Response
Though China has repeatedly responded to protests by saying that the Olympics should not be politicized, it cares deeply about world opinion and is determined to ensure that nothing tarnishes the Games. "Clearly, China wants to be seen as a responsible power," says David Zweig, director of the Center on China's Transnational Relations at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. "They are very concerned about these issues but don't want to be seen as responding immediately as that will encourage more protests."
Beijing also doesn't want to distance itself from the Sudanese regime. Oil-thirsty China received its first shipment of Sudanese crude oil in 1997, and Sudan is now the country's sixth-largest supplier of crude oil. Shipments grew 113% in 2007 to 10.31 million tons, accounting for about 6% of China's imports. State-owned China National Petroleum (CNPC) is the single largest investor in Sudan through its 40% stake in Greater Nile Petroleum, based in Khartoum.
Chinese demand for oil is only increasing. China is the world's second-largest consumer of oil after the U.S. and imports 45% of what it consumes, a figure set to reach 50% by 2010, says Thomas Wong, a UBS (UBS) oil and gas analyst in Hong Kong. "It's about energy security," Wong said of China's overseas acquisitions in a November interview.
Past—and Continuing—Criticisms
CNPC is no stranger to bad publicity. In 1999 it botched an attempt to raise more than $10 billion on the New York Stock Exchange. The deal died because of negative fallout over the possibility that the money raised would indirectly support the alleged human rights abuses in Sudan and other places like Tibet. China hastily created a new subsidiary company called PetroChina (PTR), stripping out the controversial assets. It raised $2.9 billion when 10% of shares floated in Hong Kong and New York in 2000, leaving CNPC with a 90% stake.
But despite the firewalling of the new company, U.S. investor Warren Buffett received extensive criticism when Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) participated in the PetroChina initial public offering. Buffett argued that PetroChina had no investments in Sudan and had no leverage over its state-owned parent. He eventually sold the last of his holdings in PetroChina last fall, at a substantial profit (BusinessWeek.com, 9/21/07).
Activists have also criticized Olympic corporate sponsors and suppliers for failing to bring pressure on Beijing. In November, Dream for Darfur, a New York-based nonprofit group, released results of a "report card" grading 19 companies, most of which received failing grades for being involved in "silent complicity" with the Darfur genocide by not raising the issue with their Olympic host. Many of the companies, including Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coca-Cola (KO), General Electric (GE), and McDonald's (MCD), responded by saying that while they would like to see a resolution to the humanitarian crisis, the UN—not the Olympics— should serve as the vehicle for change.
Part of the UN Peacekeeping Force
Zweig says China deserves recognition for making efforts to influence Khartoum even before groups started ratcheting up pressure. Last May it appointed a special envoy to Darfur, and in January 140 Chinese engineers and troops were among the first to arrive as part of a UN peacekeeping force there. However, London-based Amnesty International says that China has been ignoring a UN-imposed arms embargo on Darfur. China denies the allegations.


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Convicted killer gets life
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A man who was convicted of murder in a shooting that happened in Colorado Springs will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Jason Forbes, 31, of Fountain was found guilty of killing David Johnson.
The shooting happened outside of Savannah's Bar in the 2500 block of East Bijou Street at around 7:30 p.m. on May 6, 2014.
An arrest affidavit said a disagreement over the price of two pounds of marijuana may have led to the shooting.


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Sagar Alias Jackie-Reloaded - Preview
The original (Irupatham Noottandu) was about Sagar alias Jackie
(Mohanlal), a smuggler who runs a clandestine gold smuggling
business for Shekharan Kutty (Suresh Gopi), son of the State Chief
Minister. Later, Jackie stops his business and spends his personal
time pining for a girlfriend (Urvashi). Meanwhile, Ashwathy
(Ambika), a reporter for a news magazine, publishes a sensational
article connecting Jackie to the Chief Minister. It creates an
uneasy relationship between Sekharan Kutty and Jackie leading to
their open confrontation. In the climax, Jackie guns down Shekharan
In the sequel, Jackie, after killing the Chief Minister's son, escapes from India to Dubai where he gradually becomes a big underworld don. However, he returns to Kerala as his enemies try to trap him in an explosives case. How he sorts them out is the story in a nutshell. The film is scripted by S.N. Swamy, who also did the scripting for the original. Cinematography is by the director himself.
Notably, Pranav Mohanlal, son of Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, is all set make his first-ever screen appearance as an actor alongside his father in this film. Pranav, who is studying in 12th standard in an Ooty Boarding School, plays a youth who takes on daddy Mohanlal, an underworld don. The scenes of the real father and son were shot on the streets of Dubai recently. The onlookers at the shoot say Pranav looks just like young Mohanlal in his debut film Manjil Virinja Pookal (1980).
Heroine Bhavana appears as a CNN reporter named Namitha Menon;
National award winning actress Shobhana and famous South Indian
actress Meena also appear in important roles and Jyothirmayi plays
a cameo role. Other cast members include Jagathy Sreekumar,
Nedumudi Venu, Suman, Manoj K. Jayan, Ganesh, Vinayakan, Baiju,
Sumeeth, Sreeraman and others. Lyrics are handled by Rio Joy. Gopi
Sunder has scored the music. The film is scheduled for release on
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KEN-ON, the talent agency that's handling actor Ryo Ryusei [竜星涼] (Hammer Session, Ouran High School Host Club), confirmed that he will be in the 37th Super Sentai series, Juuden Sentai Kyoryuger (獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャー).
Ryusei will play the role of Kiryu Daigo a.k.a. KyoryuRed. Hinted in his blog a few days ago that there's an event coming up and he's dancing a lot (the press event). Based on the date of the post, the news announcement is supposedly scheduled to show up in the homepage by January 1st.
Long ago, in the time of the dinosaurs, the earth was invaded by forces from outer space. The only people capable of the stopping them was a team known as the Kyouki Ryu no Sha, the People of the Strong Dragons, or, Kyoryuger for short. Now, in the modern world, they return using the powers of the Beast Batteries to fight off this revived threat.
Directed by Koichi Sakamoto (Kamen Rider Fourze) and written by Riku Sanjo (Kamen Rider W), Juuden Sentai Kyoryuger premieres February 17th, 2013.
All images and videos here are property of their respective owners and used for reference purpose only. We claim no rights to it unless otherwise stated.
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Hmmm... his casting made me really curious about this show. In Ouran Host, he was very convincing as a weak pale bishonen type, with no leadership trait at all... wonder how his 'new' Red will turn out. My guess is he's going to pull a Sousuke (Goon-Red) or probably Alata (GoseiRed) type...
Anonymous Says:
well, i liked alata in goseiger(no, let me rephrase that, alata was one of the few things i didn't dislike in goseiger), and i think it could contrast nicely with hiromu.
Anonymous Says:
i do love cool-red type such as takeru/shinken-red, marvelous/gokai red and hiromu/red-buster,
but since it already happen two times a row (gokaiger and gobuster) so i doubt they will use cool-red type again, but these are my most favourite red type
based on that reason. my preference would be
1. alata-type, just like two comments above, at first i hate alata cause he's kind of sissy, but after seeing more of his character, he's truly badass, i do love this kind-hearted-yet-badass character
2. hotheaded type, like sousuke, jan or kai or ban. but this kind of character is lil' bit mainstream
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Couldn't be any worse that Red Buster.
Hopefully the actors and the story will be good this time.I don't wanna spend another year without sentai.
Anonymous Says:
My favorite:BoukenRed,Go-onRed
My unfavorite:ShinkenRed,RedBuster


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This is a discussion on Camelbak and new boots! within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Not exactly "concealed carry," but it was either this Forum or the "Back Porch." (Mods, please move if I made a bad choice!) Due to ...
Not exactly "concealed carry," but it was either this Forum or the "Back Porch." (Mods, please move if I made a bad choice!)
Due to a recently developed need, I just purchased a Camelbak hydration system (new-fangled replacement for canteens.) I settled on their Thermopak 3 liter version.
Short version, I love this thing! Could have used one back when I spent weeks in the jungle down in Panama, but it didn't exist at that time. It's great to have water available from a tube clipped right on your chest, without having to pull a canteen out of a holder, or look for that water bottle you left sitting somewhere.
The fill port is large enough for your hand, so cleaning is easy, and since there's a layer of neoprene on both sides of the bladder, you can dump a load of ice in there without discomfort while carrying it. And it "keeps cold things cold, hot things hot!"
Maybe there's other similar products at a better price, but when I went looking, the Camelbak seemed to be what most preferred. If anyone knows of something better, I'd like to hear about it, as several others will be needing a hydration system and we do share our resources.
About the boots. . . I also needed a good pair of boots. I was always quite comfortable with the issue combat boots, both full leather and jungle. But I heard there were other options and gave them a look.
First, I ordered a pair of jungle boots by Altama, because they had the familiar "Panama tread," and had speed laces on the top four eyelets. But when I placed an order from buyshoes dot com, they were out of stock and the order was canceled (by them.) This, even though they were still listed as being "on sale" on their web site, after they cancelled my order.
So I went back to the same place I ordered my Camelbak, OfficerStore dot com, and found the 5.11 Strike Boot (8 inch.) To me, it looked like a modern update of the old Jungle boot, having leather lowers and a synthetic upper in place of canvas. No speed laces, but the issue Jungle didn't have the either, and something called a "Sierra" tread, instead of the Panama tread.
Input from several sources said that this tread was actually better for standing/walking all day, especially on hard surfaces, which fit my needs better than a "mud boot" would.
Happily, the boot supplied really is "true to size," as I'd hate to have to return a pair for a better fit, although according to the web site, that is not a major hassle. I thought I'd try them out (and begin breaking them in,) by wearing them to work. I figure a 12 hour shift in them would let me know if they were going to work out, or not. (I did have my regular work shoes in my truck, just in case.)
I cannot believe how comfortable these boots are! 12 hours on my feet in them and they felt great! On a typical work shift, I sit less than 30 minutes, by the way. How they will wear is still to be seen. I've had too many pairs of shoes that felt good, fall apart rather quickly. But I was looking for a good pair of boots, didn't want to spend a large sum on them, and this pair looks like it will fill the bill, nicely.
Unlike my first order with OfficerStore dot com, this one didn't work out as well. I got the package with the cleaning kit for the Camelbak and drinking tube clip that I ordered along with the boots, but no boots! Per the invoice, they were out of stock and would be drop-shipped from the factory. I located a number for the factory and gave them a call, turns out they were able to provide me with a tracking number and my boots were indeed on the way.
I'm not so sure I'll deal with the web site I placed the order on, as I feel they should have notified me that the boots were out of stock and given me the option of changing my order, or waiting for the drop-shipment. In any event, I did get the boots, but I'm used to web sites that have an up-to-date inventory and tell you right off the bat when something is out of stock.
That brings me to a pack.
I need something that I can live out of for up to 3 days while waiting for a supply train to be established. A "jump bag," or "ready bag" that I can keep with me, so I can be able to board a truck convoy, a military aircraft, or commercial carrier with only a 4 hour notice.
One that was recommended is the Piper Gear "Bugout Bag." It has in internal frame, but you can tuck the straps in and it looks like a soft-sided suit case (more-or-less.) It is supposed to meet the airline's size requirement for carry-on luggage. And that is a MUST! I've been looking for a source for a better price than getting it direct from Piper Gear, but so far, no luck. I guess I shouldn't complain about the $89 price tag, but anytime I can save a few dollars, I'd like to.
Anyone know of something similar, maybe better? I could use some ideas.
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Collapsing Rangers threatening to join list of recent choke teams
It's one of the nastiest words in sports, and now the Texas Rangers are confronting the possibility it will forever label their 2013 season: choke. No athlete wants to admit the pressure of a game or a pennant race adversely affected his performance. Better to write off such failure as bad luck or the proverbial "tip my cap" to the opponent. But what is happening to the Rangers this month is taking on the look of a tight team approaching something historically ugly.
Indeed, manager Ron Washington said after a sixth straight loss on Sunday "I've never seen anything like it" -- and that was before his team tacked on consecutive loss number seven in Tampa Bay on Monday. In these seven straight losses Texas has not had a lead, has not hit a home run and has whiffed 66 times.
Just 16 games ago the Rangers held a 6 ½ game lead on a playoff spot with 29 to play. They are 3-13 since. Their lead is down to one-half game with 13 games remaining.
Remember, this is the same franchise that held leads in Game 6 and Game 7 of the 2011 World Series and lost them both, and last year blew a five-game lead with nine games to play by going 2-7 -- though the cushion of a wild card spot softened that blow somewhat. Texas promptly lost the wild card game to Baltimore. Starting with that epic Game 6 loss to St. Louis (the Rangers twice were one strike away from their first title), Texas is 17-31 (.354) in September and October.
If you think such epic collapses seem to be happening with regularity these days, you would be right. What was once rare has become an annual occurrence -- and sometimes in multiples (see the twin failures of the 2011 Red Sox and Braves). Since 2007, at least one team has blown a significant lead down the stretch every year.
Updated pennant race standings, odds and playoff projections
Take a look at the following year-by-year collapses. I pulled the largest lead (over a playoff spot, including the wild card), how many games were left with that lead, the team's record and winning percentage in those remaining games, and something I call the Choke Factor. It's admittedly low-tech, but it's an attempt to measure the size of the collapses: take the lead divided by games left and divide that by the winning percentage in those games.
This list includes only teams that didn't make the playoffs, which excludes the 2012 Rangers. I will also include the Tampa Bay Rays, who despite winning four of their past five games, aren't out of danger just yet.
That's a lot of collapses. (The website coolstandings.com, by the way, has their own but high-tech version of a choke factor among these teams through 2011, and also ranked the 2011 Red Sox, 2007 Mets and 2011 Braves 1-2-3, but slipped the 2010 Padres ahead of the 2009 Tigers) Why are good teams going bad so often these days? Are we getting more collapses because with six divisions and four wild cards there are more playoff spots to give away? That sounds logical, but you also could argue the two wild cards in each league offer a safety net, as happened for Texas last year.
I have been arguing that the distribution of talent is more equal today than ever before. Competitive balance no longer is a problem. It's extremely hard to win 100 games. The Red Sox need to finish 8-3 to reach 100 wins. If they don't, it will mean that in the past eight seasons only three teams have won 100 games, half as many as in the eight seasons prior.
The aforementioned coolstansdings.com studied the biggest collapses in baseball from 1903-2011, and ranked them according to the highest playoff probability of teams that did not make the playoffs. (The 1995 Angels, which blew a 10 ½-game lead with 44 games to go and then lost a one-game tiebreaker for the AL West title, topped the list, failing to reach the postseason after holding a maximum of a 99.9 percentage chance of making it.) When you look at the list, you can't help but notice how much more frequent the choke has become. Check out when the 12 biggest collapses occurred:
1903-2002 (100 seasons): 6
2003-2011 (9 seasons): 6
In less than a decade we get as many epic collapses as what took a century to produce. Weird. Now it's the 2013 Rangers' turn to try to avoid infamy. This is a team that is hanging around the race only by the grace of the Houston Astros. Texas is 14-2 vs. Houston and 67-65 against everybody else. Since the Fourth of July the Rangers are 9-23 against winning teams. Top starters Yu Darvish, Derek Holland and Matt Garza are 1-10 in their 18 starts since Aug. 13.
Texas plays three more games at Tampa Bay this week followed by three in Kansas City. They come home to finish with three more against Houston and three against the Angels.
Right now the Rangers look every bit the tight team. Last night they held a players-only meeting before the game, but once the game started Ian Kinsler made two baserunning blunders, manager Ron Washington bunted his hottest hitter, Elvis Andrus, in the fourth inning, and the team's hitters continually chased pitches out of the strike zone. The Rangers lost to the Rays, 6-2. For a team that remains in playoff position, albeit by the thinnest of threads, Texas is fighting infamy as well as itself.


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I caught up with storyteller Sean Hurley for a slightly meandering chat.
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Sean has released the first part of his young adult fantasy novel The Rule Book and Calendar of Kittery Embers as an eBook. See Sean's blog entry about the Kittery Embers eBook.
Sean has available a few more sets of his six-CD limited edition series, comprising episodes 40-45 of Atoms, Motion and the Void. You can get in touch with him to purchase a set.
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text: Ok, well in case you can't tell, I'm new to the realm of the subies. I've been an avid off-roader and Jeep fanatic, but have lost the lust for that. Speed is what I'm after and I love the looks and performance of the WRXs. I live in an area with a decent amount of snow, lots of great hills and twisties, and I think the WRX will be much better suited there than my cherokee. So for my question: would my money be better invested in an 02-04 WRX, and modding it up (I'm not really familiar with what all parts come in each stage, I'm trying to learn though), or should I save some more for an 04 STi? I always do my own work and love modding my vehicles, but I don't know much about the differences between these two. Is the 6spd better and diminishing turbo lag? can i squeeze more boost out of the 2.5? is it better per dollar to mod up a WRX? which of the 2 gets better MPG (being a college student, this is of concern) Basic newbie questions like that. Any input would help a ton. thanks guys


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Powder / Solids Control Valves Datasheets
from Flowrox Inc.
Flowrox pinch valves are ideal solutions where shut-off and control applications involve abrasive or corrosive slurries, powders or coarse substances. Our advanced flow control solutions meet even the most demanding customer specifications. We provide tailor-made flow control solutions precisely in... [See More]
- Media: PowderSolids
- Actuation: Electric (optional feature); ElectroHydraulic (optional feature); ElectroPneumatic (optional feature); Pneumatic (optional feature)
- Valve Type: Pinch
- Maximum Pressure: 14.50 to 1450.38
from Macawber Group
Originally patented in the late 1970 ′s, the Dome Valve is unique in its ability to open and close with a tight pressure seal in pneumatic conveying systems for abrasive materials. No other valve can achieve as long of a life in harsh environments like the Dome Valve. We are the original... [See More]
- Media: PowderSolids
- Maximum Pressure: 200.00
- Valve Size: 2.00 to 30.00
- Number of Ports: 2
from Metso
Fully ceramic flow path control valve for highly erosive applications. Features. Completely ceramic flow path, no metallic components. Material designed to withstand thermal shocks. Robust backlash free ball to stem connection, stainless steel stem. Lug and wafer body type options. One piece body. [See More]
- Media: Gas; PowderSolids
- Actuation: Pneumatic
- Valve Type: Ball
- Valve Size: 1.00 to 8.00
from APV, An SPX Brand
To keep a constant pressure, the free flow section at the valve seat is reduced or enlarged by the valve cone. Via the valve shaft, the cone is connected to a regulating membrane, which will be backed up with air at a set pressure. Field of application. All industries. For applications where a... [See More]
- Media: Water; PowderSolids
- Maximum Pressure: 145.00
- Valve Type: Sanitary
from Cylinders & Valves, Inc.
Mini-Solenoid Valve [See More]
- Media: Hydraulic; Air; CompressedAir; Water; HotWater; ColdWater ; GroundWater; PotableWater; SaltWater; Wastewater; Gas; Gasoline or Diesel Fuel; HighPurity; LP Gas; NaturalGas; SourGas; SpecialtyCorrosive; PowderSolids; Steam
- Valve Size: 0.12
- Valve Type: Solenoid
- Maximum Pressure: 125.00
from Equilibar, LLC.
Equilibar introduces a new type of vacuum regulator with more than 5X the flow stability of traditional spring regulators. That means that your vacuum process can remain stable even as gas flow rate changes over wide ranges. Can be used with manual set-point adjustment or computer automation. Is... [See More]
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- Valve Size: 0.25 to 4.00
- Actuation: Pilot
- Maximum Pressure: 0.00 to 14.74
from Red Valve Company, Inc.
Red Valve's Series 5200 D-Port control valve design results in an economical control valve choice. When fully open, the D-Port has 95% of the flow of a full-ported valve. Flow control begins immediately, providing a linear flow characteristic. The D-Port configuration employs a single actuator which... [See More]
- Media: Water; GroundWater; Wastewater; PowderSolids; Slurries
- Actuation: Electric; Pneumatic; Hydraulic
- Valve Type: Pinch
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A teenage boy is lucky to be alive after he woke up to find his bed on fire.
The blaze destroyed Luke Jones' sleepout and an adjoining garage on State Highway 12 east of Kaikohe, but left the 15-year-old unhurt.
Fire bosses and Luke's father, farmer Bruce Jones, say the fire is a harsh wake-up call about the need for smoke alarms, especially in sleeping areas.
Mr Jones was out milking when Luke was woken by heat about 6am yesterday. "He couldn't work out why he was so hot, and woke up to find flames on the bed beside him. He hoofed it out of there and woke his mum, who called the fire brigade."
The sleepout had no smoke alarm so it was lucky he woke up before he was overcome by smoke. "It's a wake-up call, a big one. You never think it's going to happen to you."
Mr Jones said his son was holding up well, but the shock would hit him later.
The fire had destroyed all his possessions and when the Advocate called yesterday Luke and his mother were buying some replacement clothing - and enough smoke detectors to fit out the house.
The fire spread to an adjoining garage where it destroyed tools, saddles, fishing rods and camping gear, just as the family was about to head to Kai Iwi Lakes for a camping holiday.
"Lucky the important thing survived, and that's my son," Mr Jones said.
Fire Service volunteer support officer Brad Mosby said with no smoke detector in the sleepout the teen was lucky to be alive. Had the fire started at 3am instead of 6am, when he was in a deeper sleep, he might not have woken up.
Smoke could put people into a deeper sleep or asphyxiate them, Mr Mosby said.
Given the size of the sleepout, the fire would have taken seconds to develop and only minutes to "flash over" - when everything in the room ignites at once.
"We can't urge enough the importance of having smoke detectors in sleepouts and every room where people sleep."
Far North fire investigator Gary Beer traced the cause to a light switch above the bed.
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Kei Nishikori adds Michael Chang to his coaching team
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori has enlisted the help of Michael Chang as he looks to break into the top 10 in 2014.
Chang will join Nishikori's coaching staff for 17-20 weeks, Nishikori's management team announced on Wednesday.
The 41-year-old American will act as an advisory coach to the 17th-ranked Nishikori, with full-time coach Dante Bottini remaining in his current role. Nishikori has been training with Chang for the last two weeks in California.
The 23-year-old rose to No. 11 last season and has contributed to a rejuvenation of tennis in Japan. He won his third career title in Memphis in February.
Chang became the youngest man to earn a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at 17.
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ANZ is weighing up whether to launch action in Korea to try to get $8 million from property investor Danny Chung and his wife, whose group of companies went into receivership owing the bank $108 million.
The Chung Group, made up of almost 20 companies, owned properties around Auckland, including the former Methodist Church on Queen St and others on St Stephens Ave in Parnell.
Chung and his wife, Kyung Ok Song, were directors and shareholders of companies in the group.
According to ANZ, it loaned money to the companies - which the pair guaranteed - to assist with a property portfolio.
The finance was for the purchase of office buildings, industrial land and residential properties, ANZ said in a submission to the High Court earlier this year.
However, the companies defaulted under the loan agreements and receivers were appointed in September 2010 to recover $105.7 million owing to the bank.
Colin McCloy and David Bridgman from PwC sold a number of the properties owned by the companies and recovered $104.5 million of the amount owing over two years, based on their final receivers' report last year.
This is a shortfall on the amount borrowed and ANZ filed a claim in the High Court at Auckland earlier this year chasing the remaining debt from Chung and Song, who moved from New Zealand to Korea in 2011.
While there were issues with serving court documents on the pair, Justice Graham Lang in August said he was satisfied both defendants have received notice of the proceedings. "Neither has taken steps, and it would seem that neither intends to contest the bank's claim," the judge said.
Justice Lang issued summary judgement in favour of ANZ against both Chung and Song for $8.3 million of outstanding debt, interest and charges.
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The global economy will need to create 600 million jobs over the next decade to meet the "urgent challenge" of tackling the legacy of unemployment left by recession and to find work for those entering the labour force, according to the International Labour Organisation.
In its annual report on the state of the global jobs market, the ILO said that three years of "continuous crisis conditions" had left 200 million people jobless.
It estimated that a further 400 million jobs – 40 million a year – would be needed over the next decade to absorb growth in the international labour force.
The Global Employment Trends 2012 report said that 900 million workers, mostly in developing countries, were living with their families on less than the $US2 a day global poverty line, half of them surviving below the $US1.25 extreme poverty line. The ILO urged policymakers to take steps to create better-paid jobs.
"Despite strenuous government efforts, the jobs crisis continues unabated, with one in three workers worldwide – or an estimated 900 million people – either unemployed or living in poverty," ILO director general Juan Somavia said.
"What is needed is that job creation in the real economy must become our No. 1 priority."
Global growth is slowing, and the ILO said the pick-up in employment after the deep slump of 2008-09 had been short-lived and there were still 27 million more people unemployed than at the start of the crisis. The lack of jobs had resulted in some giving up hope of finding work, with 29 million fewer people in the global workforce than would have been expected had the pre-crisis rate of employment growth continued.
The ILO said that if discouraged job seekers had been included, the global unemployment total would have been 225 million rather than 197 million and the jobless rate would have been 6.9 per cent rather than 6 per cent.
Young people continue to be hardest hit by the lack of jobs, and almost 75 million of those aged between 15 and 24 were out of work in 2011, a 4 million rise since 2007. The report said that the under-25s were three times as likely as adults to be unemployed.
Progress in reducing the number of working poor had slowed markedly, the ILO said. Nearly 30 per cent of workers were living with their families on less than $US2 a day, up by 55 million since the start of the crisis.
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2011-12 Tigers wrestling schedule
- Dec. 3: at Middle Park
- Dec. 10: at Soroco
- Dec. 17: Hayden wrestling leaves West Grand with pile of wins
- Jan. 6 and 7: Hayden wrestling places 2 in Utah tournament
- Jan. 14: 5 titles lift Tigers wrestling to 2nd in Rangely
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- Jan. 26: Locals shine at Hayden wrestling quadrangular
- Jan. 28: at Glenwood Springs
- Feb. 2: Routt County wrestlers grapple for regionals positioning
- Feb. 4: at Eaton
- Feb. 10 and 11: Hayden wrestlers have a big day, to send 7 to state
- Feb. 16 to 18: State at Denver
Steamboat Springs The Hayden High School wrestling team stormed to a second-place finish Saturday in a tournament at Rangely, the Tigers sweeping up championships in five weight classes.
Kent Miller at 113 pounds, T-Lane Mazzola at 126, Nick Williams at 138, Chad Terry at 145 and Ryan Domson at 182 all mastered their divisions against a field of western Colorado and Utah teams.
Journey Vreeman placed third for the Tigers at 132 pounds while Taylor Lewis was fourth at 152.
"It was a great tournament for the kids to get some confidence," Hayden coach Chad Jones said.
Seniors Williams and Terry won their brackets in style. Williams pinned his way to the championship while Terry earned a pin in the finals, defeating a two-time Utah state champ.
"With the injuries those two have gone through, it's great that they're coming back now" Jones said. "They provide a lot of leadership, and it's great to have them back. We hope we can keep them healthy so they can enjoy their senior seasons.


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The day starts with assignment desk editors Melissa Chacon and Janice Richard planning out the day for the KCRA News team. The KCRA assignment desk is often called the "nerve center" because it is where all stories get their first look and are then dispersed to reporters, photographers and the digital team.
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When taking a stroll through the hallways of KCRA, you will see photos of some special locations in Northern California.
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everyone's tops are finishing beautiful. i love mine. and yours. judy outdid her self with this one, didn't she? ok, sew, shadow, great job.
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everyone's tops are finishing beautiful. i love mine. and yours. judy outdid her self with this one, didn't she? ok, sew, shadow, great job.
I have my blocks laid out ready to sew the last 2 seams on each large block. Things just keep getting in the way.
I was requested to demonstrate free motion quilting at our guild night last Wednesday, and now my machine is set up for that so I feel like I need to get that quilt finished before getting back to this. I don't do alot of my own quilting, usually send it to a LAQ, but now that it is started, sort of have to finish it.
I am really liking the look of my blocks and can't wait to be able to show all of you.
The pictures posted so far all look great.
HAHAHA, Whitepine, I like that..."An Unchained Irish Coffee Party Time"....sounds good to me...
Just completed sewing my quilt top yesterday! If someone had given me the pattern first I probably would not have chosen the fabrics that I used, but I like it! What do you think? Not sure what I will do with this as far as the quilting, I may just hold onto it and use it for practice as I found a local quilt shop that is renting a LAQ! Thank you so much Judy and all my fellow quilters on this train ride.... although I tend to be more shy when first meeting folks I'm sure I will become more chatty on the next go round! Now to head back down to my sewing room - still on Clue one of the Scrappy Mystery Train Ride!!
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Gretchen, that's very pretty. The soft floral adds a feminine touch, for sure.
Gretchen, it's a good thing we don't know the end result when we start these mysteries!! Otherwise, we wouldn't end up with such wonderful quilts. Your combinations work just fine! YAY!! I like it! I like it! :-)
"A woman is like a tea bag-you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt
Love the colors Gretchen I think it is lovely and girly just perfect. Now I need to finish this one I finished another mystery top today so maybe tomorrow
Look I finally finished sorry about the lighting took picture at night in my sewing room upstairs and the lighting distorts the colors. I could not wait to post my completed project or else I would have waited till morning The colors are a deep red and dark green, with light green and brown.
Judy my hat is off to you!! I love this quilt and the colors I picked I think it is one of the best mysteries I have been involved in so far and the first one of yours I tried and I started from the start because I wanted it to be a true mystery. You are so talented and I appreciate all your hard work in putting these together for all of us
Now on to your mini stash buster have by 12- 9 patch blocks done but wanted to finish this before I gor to involved with another and my sewing table was running out of room
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Workers at Chili's restaurants brought the lawsuit nine years ago, charging that the company was taking advantage of them by not making sure they took breaks. (By the way, states have widely varying rules on breaks, from California's demand that employees get a 30-minute break after more than five consecutive hours of work, to Pennsylvania's decree that employers need not give adults breaks at all.) But as anyone who's ever done restaurant work knows, it's hard to find time to squeeze in a 30-minute break, especially in the middle of a shift, which is likely to coincide with the lunch (or dinner) rush.
Office workers are maybe just as unable (or unwilling) to take breaks, too. When's the last time you took a leisurely lunch away from your cube, when you just chilled and didn't answer emails? A widely reported survey by HR consultants Right Management found that 65 percent of respondents ate at their desks, or didn't even bother taking a break.
That eating-at-your-desk part has created some unintended consequences. In 2010, Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry told the Daily Mail that keyboard crumbs were getting so endemic that mice were overrunning offices and leaving droppings everywhere. (One worker wondered what the "seeds" were coming out of her keyboard as she typed.)
Maybe the California Supreme Court would be okay about requiring employers to provide computers with keyless keyboards? Then again, maybe not.
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