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If you just ride "leaning back" you become very static; you cant really flex and extend as you need to for good turn initiation and completion.
Instead of leaning back to prevent a nose dive, pull the nose of the board up toward you which will cause you to bend your front ankle and knee. This is a retraction. I am sure you guys by now have done at least a few small jumps right? What do we do after take off? We suck our legs up to pull the board up toward us; this is a retraction often referred to as "raising the landing gear".
Now you don`t have to retract or extend both legs as a unit. You can retract just one leg kind of like we do when riding bumps or even doing an Ollie or a Nollie. Stay centered and pull the nose up out of the powder toward you. Granted, this is going to feel weird and it will take you a few tries to feel it but when you do, you will be able to ride powder without either setting your bindings all the way back or getting that intense back leg burn.
You will still get some of that burn but you will with a total set back stance as well. This keeps your board`s functionality at peak where it was designed to be. You don`t want to be dropping a 50 degree pitch even in deep powder with your bindings all of the way back. You are not going to have a great success at initiating your turns and as a result of the delay in doing so, the turn completion is going to go to hell as well.
Now, I am not saying there is not a time to shift aft. There certainly is, just dont stay back there the whole time. When we do these fore-aft shift, we return to neutral which is centered. In powder, shift aft as needed if you see that a front leg retraction will noe be enough to prevent the dive. After the condition passes, return to neutral.
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What Snowolf was suggesting is a strong retraction at edge change. Meaning ride tall across the hill and suck your legs up to you to enable the edge change.
This is making sense now. I was trying to ride just leaning back and my turns felt very stiff and uncoordinated. And I actually was getting thrown off balance when making my turns from toe to heel, coming forward a bit off balance and nose diving. This was all in the knee deep pow on one particular run, which is probably 38 degrees. Although tomahawking is pow that deep is pretty fun too, I would like to just rips turns down. Other runs where it was ankle/calf deep, I wasn't focusing on leaning back while riding and had much smoother turns. I just assumed I should have moved my bindings back.
So a retraction of the front foot while initiating turns will help keep from nose diving, along with the normal dynamic riding is what you guys are telling me? I like the reference of jumping and one leg like an ollie, but instead of popping off like following through with it, I'm initiating my turn? How much is a rockered or a camber-rocker-camber hybrid going to help with this, compared to my current cambered board? I'm going to be demoing a few boards next week, so I'm curious what to expect. Although nature isn't going to help me with any pow.
And thanks for the help fellas
Here's what I was trying to conquer in the knee deep, riding down just about dead center - Dragon's Back at Mammoth
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Mammoth Snowman
, and is about 2 weeks after I was there.
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Cahill, you've posted enough on SBI for one day.
Sounds like a whiny b*tch to me. With all the talent they have, he shouldn't be worried about the other team no matter how he thinks they play.
I can't argue with anything you say. I've seen them in person a few times recently and found them almost breathtaking. And yet, they leave a sour aftertaste, and I think it all starts at the top.
I'm reveling in the irony of seeing fans of the team that employs Rafa Marquez (you know, the same guy who broke Shea Salinas's collarbone and petulantly chucked a ball at Landon Donovan) whine about another team's on-field antics.
Seriously, NYRB fans, get over it.
Or wins more….
Or watch Henry last night, he acted like he was the one reffing the game.
I say complete BS to the people that talk about SKC being prolific floppers, for a few reasons:
1. Coach Peter Vermes just last week came out with a statement saying dropping at every touch is BAD and that the guys' focus is on the game. In fact, he discourages that behavior.
2. At the end of the game, what team ends up with the yellow card?
3. So there's the one free kick Sapong scores on. What other fouls were so critical that NYRB lost? I'd be happy to know.
4. You even hear Vermes saying after the game that there were a few potential PKs he could complain about, but he doesn't. If they truly were so obsessed with playing the diving game, he'd whine about those for ages.
As to those who say SKC is a physical team- yeah, it's called a contact sport. At the point where the ref seems to be making fair calls, it's just another style of play.
Do they not have irony down under? Pot meet kettle…
People have always complained that the good teams play physical and try manipulate the refs. The bad teams do these things to, its just no one cared when you suck. I don't hear any opponents complaning about how TFC plays, why do you think that is? Because its hard to complain about picking up 3 points.
I don't understand why people dislike SKC's style of pressuring the opponent reguardless of field position. Why should they just allow their opponent to possess the ball in their own half and setup their attack? SKC's tactics are clearly successful at limiting their opponents scoring chances while forcing turnoves in the attacking half that lead to opportunities for themselves. Heck, one of NYRB players actually crossed the ball in front of his own goal to Kei Kamara last night because of the pressure. To me it seems to say more about the quality of other MLS teams when they can't handle it.
+1 re: #4. Bill Gaudette should have been sent off for cleaning out C.J. Sapong one-on-one in the penalty box. He didn't get any ball whatsoever. Ref swallowed his whistle on that one.


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The 6 mile trip is nicer, folks may fry and burn out for the 15 mile trip.
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I'd be down normally, but the timing is bad. Maybe next time.
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ROFL!!! You just made my night ;)
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What is the best way to set up a Gatewood cape on a platform, say somewhere along the ATAug 4, 2008 at 2:03 pm #1445686
I've bumped this in case anybody has some insight since I'm wondering the same thing.Aug 5, 2008 at 2:10 pm #1445806
Erik GrafMember
@vangoLocale: Southeast
I use the Gatewood Cape but pitching it on a hard surface where you cannot use stakes would be difficult. I'm leaving in the morning from NC to CO to hike in RMNP. I've planned to use some of the rocks there to tie string to (a loop) to pitch out if I cannot drive a stake.
Being in NC I'm familiar with the shelters. Not understanding why you'd want to pictch in a shelter (if I understood you correctly). A tie off to your surroundings might work – a raised nailhead here (but don't drive one), a crack there, a loop around a rock you can bring into the shelter, looping it through some of the flooring seams?, etc. That's the only thing I can think of….Aug 5, 2008 at 2:36 pm #1445810
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@vickrhinesLocale: Central Texas
There are not many platforms, mostly in New England and, there, largely in New Hampshire and Vermont. But when you need to be able to set up on one, it is good to know how.
Setting up on a platform is not as hard as you might think. 1. Usually, there are gaps between the planks. Just tie a loop of cord around a stick that will fit between the cracks, push it through, twist it perpendicular to the crack and tie on to the cord. I don't recommend using tent stakes for this because if a stake slips out of the cord, it will be hard to retrieve. 2. Alteratively, run a tight line from adjacent trees or platform piers, flat to the planks and tie on to that. This does not work as well if there is any wind, but sometimes the boards are laid too close together do use trick #1. 3. If they are spaced just right, you can hammer a stake between them and it will hold pretty well.Aug 5, 2008 at 9:28 pm #1445885
>>>Being in NC I'm familiar with the shelters. Not understanding why you'd want to pictch in a shelter (if I understood you correctly).
In New Hampshire many of the campsites have tent platforms made of wood.Aug 6, 2008 at 12:20 pm #1445980
Thanks for the ideas.
>>>1. Usually, there are gaps between the planks. Just tie a loop of cord around a stick that will fit between the cracks, push it through, twist it perpendicular to the crack and tie on to the cord.
So are you sacrificing the cord looped to the stick or is it retrievable?
A friend of mine suggested eye screws, but I'm not sure if the land managers will appreciate it if a bunch of UL'rs start leaving little holes in all the tent platforms!Aug 6, 2008 at 2:30 pm #1445996
Vick HinesMember
@vickrhinesLocale: Central Texas
The cord is retrievable. Just remove the stick the same way you put it in or pull one end of the cord. If you use a lark's head knot, it will come free.
Please, don't use eye screws. Those little holes foster rot. If you leave them in place, they will be a nuisance to other hikers.Aug 6, 2008 at 4:17 pm #1446009
Trevor WarmedahlMember
I've been using the Gatewood cape for a few trips now and am still expiermenting with different methods of setting up the thing. One of the better methods I've found is
using four rocks to guy out the corners nearest your head and feet. Then I stake out with a stick or spork the side without the door and use my other hiking pole or another rock to guy out the door side after erecting center pole. Having the four corners guyed to rocks allows you to easily adjust the position of the tent. So I suppose this would work in a shelter. I ditched my stakes and can always set up with found objects.Aug 25, 2008 at 7:24 am #1448437
So, I managed to use the Gatewood Cape on tent platforms in Maine. In addition to the helpful advice given above, an AT through hiker showed me the following trick:
If you pull your cord to the edge of the platform, you can usually slide it between the boards until it stops at the first support beam. Then under the platform, you clove hitch the cord to a horizontol tent stake so the stake is pulled up snug against the bottom of the boards. Do this again on the opposite side, and the tension between the two anchor points is bombproof.Aug 25, 2008 at 1:10 pm #1448479
John CarterMember
@jcarter1Locale: Pacific Northwest
Just grab some rocks from outside and use them to tie off the shelter, as you would anytime you can't drive a stake. It's okay if it doesn't hold quite as well since you're in a shelter!Aug 25, 2008 at 1:46 pm #1448486
A tent platform is not a shelter. It is only a flat wooden platform with no sides and no roof.Aug 25, 2008 at 6:52 pm #1448522
jim baileyBPL Member
@florigenLocale: South East
Most of the platforms in the Whites have metal eyelet loops around the perimeter of the platforms, spaced every couple of feet, very secure and stable to tie off to. That combined with various size sticks inserted between planking then tying off should be all you really need to do, might want to carry some extra lengths of cord in case you end up short with what you would usually use.
JimAug 25, 2008 at 7:19 pm #1448528
John CarterMember
@jcarter1Locale: Pacific Northwest
My apologies, I got confused when I read Erik's post using the word shelter, it made me think of the 3-sided shelters along the AT that I've read about.
Looking at those platforms, I think you are going to need to bring quite a bit of extra guyline just in case. I'm not sure if a Gatewood would fit on one of those platforms if you take into account the distance of the front center guyline. At least one guyline might have to be extended to the ground.
If you brought an extra 5 feet of guyline for each guyout, you could probably still use the ground to stake out the tent. Just pull the line across the edge of the platform and down to the ground. Or, you could put the cape on the edge of one of the sides and guy out the other 5 stakes, then use a large rock for the center guyline. Don't know what that would to to storm-worthiness, though.Aug 25, 2008 at 7:28 pm #1448530
Ken HelwigBPL Member
@kennyhel77Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
Excuse my ignorance, but why not pitch just pitch the shelter on the good ole hard dirt??????Aug 25, 2008 at 7:49 pm #1448536
John WhynotMember
@jdw01776Locale: Southeast Texas
If you stay at a designated campsite in the White Mtns of NH that has tent platforms, you have to set up your tent/tarp on the platforms. Some of the campsites have overflow areas that are bare dirt, that the caretaker will direct you to if the platforms are full.Aug 25, 2008 at 7:52 pm #1448537
jim baileyBPL Member
@florigenLocale: South East
AMC Caretakers are pretty good about directing overnight traffic to sites that would less impact the fragile environment of the Whites, usually they will find something a little better then sloping, hard granite or compacted soil if you are nice to them.Aug 25, 2008 at 8:00 pm #1448538
Ken HelwigBPL Member
@kennyhel77Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
Thanks for info guys. Did not know that. In the Sierra's there are a few areas where you have to camp in a designated spot (Rae Lakes Loop-Paradise Valley comes to mind) but they have no platforms though. Kind of sounds like a good idea. Lesson impact.Aug 25, 2008 at 8:15 pm #1448540
John WhynotMember
@jdw01776Locale: Southeast Texas
Forgot to add to my message above that I had no problem pitching my Lunar Solo at Liberty Springs in NH last year. I have 8, 5 foot lengths of Kelty Triptease to use, and only needed a few lengths. I used a combination of guylines tied to the eye bolts on the side of the platform, pegs inserted between the platform planks and held down with rocks, and guylines tied to the planks. The caretaker had a Henry Shires tarptent set up in similar fashion on his platform (it was his last night, and his wall tent had already been taken down).Sep 8, 2008 at 2:12 pm #1450478
Erik GrafMember
@vangoLocale: Southeast
"My apologies, I got confused when I read Erik's post using the word shelter, it made me think of the 3-sided shelters along the AT that I've read about."
My fault – he plainly said "platform" and my head went to shelter. Having kayak camped on platforms I'd say the things I mentioned would still work (as would the other ideas which I had not thought of – good ideas).
Sorry again for my mix-up…
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KEY LARGO -- Shoppers in Key Largo may soon be getting a third dollar store -- in space currently used by a local flea market.
Plans have been submitted to the Monroe County Planning Department to change the front half of Island Market Place into a Dollar Tree.
Results from a meeting between Michael Cavallaro, who owns the flea market, and Dollar Tree representatives were not available by press time, but Cavallaro told The Citizen last week that the new business should be open by July.
"It's a great combination," said Cavallaro, who added that he does not expect the discount chain store to hurt his flea market vendors.
People can stop in and pick up low-cost cosmetics, then check out "some funky, not junky," flea market items, he said. He said he is open to renting space on a shorter-term basis, but wants to keep the market as upscale as possible.
"My vendors are very anxious and hope it will increase their business," Cavallaro said.
Cavallaro said the back half of the 10,000-square-foot warehouse would house the flea market while the front would become the discount retailer's space.
Though he owns the flea market business, Cavallaro does not own the property, which was recently sold by TJR Investments, a Windemere-based company. Attempts to reach the new owners in Miami were not successful.
Inside the building, Pierre Multari, one of the vendors, explained the changes to other nervous vendors.
Currently the building, an open warehouse, is home to many small flea market-style shops that sell furniture, antiques and paintings. A video game area is set up for kids. Some of the vendors said they are not yet sure whether they will be coming back next year.
Plant, produce and food vendors who set up outside the building will remain in place, Cavallaro said.
A Dollar Tree also opened late last year on the Overseas Highway in Islamorada, and a few years ago in a North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West.


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Window Trim Basics
Architectural trim can define a home's interior decor. Beyond the basic structure, trim and molding make a dramatic impact on the style of the living quarters. Doors and windows are perfect candidates for a trim upgrade when remodeling a home. And most of today's home-improvement stores offer a wide variety of the most popular trim and molding profiles for doors and windows. These trim pieces come in a variety of lengths and sizes, often made of paint- or stain-grade pine. Many fiberboard selections are also available pre-primed and ready to paint. These pre-molded trim pieces are perfectly suited for the DIY'er who is anxious to add some class to their interior décor.
First remove any old trim and Rip the stool plate to width.
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Window Sill
On the window shown in this article, we removed the thin casing trim when we repainted the room. We decided to trim the rest of the room in white to offset the dark tone of the chocolate brown walls. We began the new trim installation with the most basic of window framing and added a sill (often called a stool) and jamb extensions.
First came the sill, which I ripped from 1-by (3/4-inch) poplar. Poplar is an excellent wood for trim work— easy to work, easy to find and relatively inexpensive. I use it for most trim components that don't have a decorative shape. The framing for this window required that I ripped the sill to 3-5/8 inch wide, but the sill dimension will depend on the construction of your particular window. Generally speaking, you want the sill to extend slightly beyond the face of the window casing, so the casing pieces can "sit" on the sill with no overhang. Many sills also extend slightly beyond the sides of the casing—but the design is really up to you.
Rout a decorative profile on the front Cut notches in the rear of the stool
and sides of the stool plate. to fit around the window framing.
After ripping it to width, I used a router with a round-over bit to give the board a curved nosing on the front and sides. Make several shallow passes with the router to achieve a smooth cut. Next, I used a jigsaw to cut out square notches in the rear corners, measured to fit snugly around the window frame and wall. Install the sill with countersunk wood screws and wood glue. Make sure it is level; if it's not then adjust with wood shims until it is, and fasten securely. There should be plenty of clearance between the sill and the window latches.
Attach the stool with countersunk screws. Then cut the jamb extensions to fit flush between the stool and upper framing. Make sure they are plumb!
Jamb Extensions
The jamb extensions line the interior frame of the window, and I ripped them from 1-by poplar as well. The front of the jamb extensions should be installed flush with the face of the wall, providing a continuous flat surface on which to install the casing. Also, provide plenty of clearance on the rear side of the jambs so they do not prevent with the window sash from easily opening and closing. The jamb extensions for this project were slightly wider than 2 inches, and the width should match for the sides and the top. I installed the side extensions first—flush with the sill and the top of the window frame—and then installed the top extension cut to fit flush between the sides.
House framing never seems to be A cordless 18V trim nailer
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wood shims to adjust the trim.
You'll likely have to deal with some framing imperfection when installing the jamb extensions. This means you need to square the extension jambs with wood shims. (See the sidebar on working with wood shims.)
Casing and Corners
For the leg and head casing pieces, we chose a fluted wood profile. I also added 3-1/2-inch rosette blocks at the corners. When installing the casing pieces, each piece should bridge the edge of the underlying jamb extension, but not completely conceal it. Use a combination square or trim gauge to keep the reveal consistent throughout the casing. I left 3/8 inch of the jamb extension exposed at the sides and top of the window.
Keep a consistent reveal where the Center the rosette blocks and nail
casing laps the jamb extension. in place.
Also, before installing the casing, carefully measure and test-fit the leg pieces and corner blocks. For this style of installation, the head and leg pieces should intersect flush with the rosettes and centered on each side. Once everything is level, plumb or otherwise copasetic, fasten the legs in place, then follow with the corners and top. I used a cordless trim nailer for all the casing and corners (make sure to fasten into solid framing).
Fasten the head casing flush between I cut mitered returns on each end
the blocks. of the apron.
The trim piece below the sill is called the apron, and it's often made of simply a flat painted board. But for this project I used a spare lenth of brick mold, which has a preformed profile. The brick mold was originally too thick for this application, causing the face of the brick mold to stick out beyond the front of the sill. So I ripped some of the width off the rear of the molding and nailed it in place, into the window's lower framing plate. I also cut mitered returns for each side of the apron for a finished look, and fastened those to the ends with nails and wood glue.
Nail the apron into the framing Finish up with wood putty, sanding,
just beneath the sill. priming and painting
With the apron in place, you're almost finished. Fill the nail and screw holes, sand the dried putty and caulk the seams. Prime where needed, and coat everything with a high-quality interior house paint.


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Futures Slip; Will Bernanke Save the Day Again?
U.S. indexes followed European stocks lower on Tuesday, the first sign of the market cooling since the first quarter closed with a bang. We are already hearing some anxiety about Friday's employment report, which will be released while the U.S. market is closed for Good Friday. The uncertainty may be keeping some people on the sidelines. And data out of Europe still paints a relatively bleak picture, with bond yields still elevated and a recent increase in jobless claims in Spain.
That said, the Fed will release minutes from its meeting this afternoon at 2 p.m., and Ben Bernanke and the gang might just save the day, just as Bernanke did last week with a dovish speech before Congress. If investors continue to believe that a new round of asset purchases is possible, it could give the market a late-day boost.
Dow futures fell 31 points to 13,158; S&P 500 futures fell 2.4 points to 1,410.2.
Netflix (NFLX) fell 2.7% after being downgraded by Barclays. CVR Energy (CVI) rose 5.9% as Carl Icahn said he has acquired enough shares to control the company. Cavium (CAVM) fell 2.7% after projecting disappointing first-quarter financial results. Molson Coors (TAP) was trading flat after agreeing to buy European brewer StarBev.


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The man who recently took over the mail-order pharmacy operation on Indian Island has been arrested as a fugitive from justice.
That's according to a report in the Bangor Daily News.
Police say 45-year-old Jerry Tanner…president and co-owner of I Care Pharmacy…was taken into custody Thursday.
He'd been wanted by police in Alaska on charges of sexually assaulting young men under 21…and providing alcohol to a minor.
Alaska officials say the incidents happened back in the summer of 2005.
Tanner was indicted in Alaska in February of this year…a warrant for his arrest was issued at that time.
When authorities learned Tanner was in Maine, they alerted police here.
Tanner faced a judge in Bangor yesterday, then posted a cash bail.
A condition of that bail is that he return to Alaska to face the charges there.
Tanner took over the mail-order pharmacy just weeks ago…he'd planned to re-located the business to Fort Fairfield.


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Australia's champion racehorse Black Caviar has hailed Frankel after his stunning victory in the Group I Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, tweeting "Wow @frankel_horse just made my hair stand on end".
"Wow @frankel_horse just made my hair stand on end, incredible performance," blackcaviar2006 tweeted on the champion mare's official Twitter site.
"@frankel_horse really is a good looking boy isn't he.
"After that 11 length demolition, I am a tad smitten. Will have to make him take notice.
"Wow @frankel_horse just made my hair stand on end, incredible performance."
Black Caviar is not alone in being smitten with Frankel.
Noted turf form analysts Timeform have given the colt a provisional rating of 147 following his win in the Queen Anne Stakes, making him the highest-rated Flat horse in the firm's history.
The mark, if confirmed, will place him two pounds ahead of turf legends Sea Bird and three clear of Brigadier Gerard and Tudor Minstrel.
"The facts are that Frankel's performance is likely to surpass anything witnessed in Timeform's 64-year history," David Johnson, Timeform's Flat Editor, said.
"To give some perspective on just how phenomenal this effort was, in provisionally rating Frankel 147 we still have Excelebration running more than a stone below his previous best (133).
"A point worth emphasising is the consistency with which Frankel has produced such performances, this is the fifth time he has produced a rating above 140."
Timeform chief correspondent Jamie Lynch said: "Frankel has now proved himself the ultimate racehorse by breaking new ground in terms of ratings, and the thrilling aspect is we are only two races into his defining season.
"It's not out of the question he could go higher still with different challenges ahead, including the tantalising prospect of meeting Camelot over a longer trip or targeting the Breeders' Cup."
Renowned Australian racing media identity and form analyst Steve Moran was on hand to watch Frankel's magnificent victory, saying: "It was as commanding a performance as you'd ever be likely to see on a racecourse.
"Frighteningly, his trainer Sir Henry Cecil said that Frankel was 'still improving' and winning jockey Tom Queally used words to the effect that the Galileo four-year-old would have 'finished up in the next suburb' had he really let him go.
Betfair spokesman Mathew Thompson put Frankel's latest into perspective with a comparison to Black Caviar.
"With a rating of 147, Timeform concludes that the performance of Frankel in the Queen Anne Stakes is 11 points than Black Caviar.
"Australian racing fans would find it inconceivable that there could be another horse as the brilliant sprinter, but on balance, it appears Frankel has entered a stratosphere of his own."
Black Caviar, Australia's freakish, unbeaten champion of 21 races, has a Timeform rating of 136 - making her the equal-best filly or mare of all-time but well behind Frankel.
Black Caviar gets her chance to improve her 136 rating in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Sunday (EST).
Tulloch is the highest-rated Australian racehorse in history, with a Timeform rating of 138.


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Seagate to cut more than 2,000 China jobs: reports
US hard-disk drive manufacturer Seagate Technology will lay off more than 2,000 Chinese workers as it shutters a factory in eastern China, reports said Saturday, prompting anger among employees.
US hard-disk drive manufacturer Seagate Technology will lay off more than 2,000 Chinese workers as it shutters a factory in eastern China, reports said Saturday, prompting anger among employees.
Chinese appliance maker Midea promised Thursday that German industrial robot maker Kuka will remain independent, seeking to allay fears about its takeover bid for the company.
"Minecraft," the popular Microsoft-owned, world-building video game, is heading to China.
Chinese appliance maker Midea made a $5.2 billion takeover offer Wednesday for German industrial robot maker Kuka, a move that it says would help it capture a larger share of the "future service robots market."
When an influential anti-counterfeiting group allowed Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to join its ranks in April, the group said it was a collaborative move that would help stem the sale of fake goods for top companies such ...
A Chinese court has ruled against Apple in a case it brought against a small maker of "iphone"-branded leather goods, state media reported.
China's Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., a provider of Internet security products and popular mobile browser, has received a $9.1 billion offer from a group led by its chief executive to buy out its public shareholders.
A Chinese manufacturer of self-balancing two-wheeled scooters has bought Segway, only months after its US rival filed a complaint alleging it had copied its designs.
E-commerce giant Alibaba said Friday that U.S. regulators have requested information on Chinese authorities' allegations that the company has failed to do enough to prevent fake goods from being sold on its websites.
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Grantee: San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, CA
Project Name: Voices-American History Program
Project Director: Lorna Sheveland (916) 971-7334
Funding: $919,014
Number of Teachers Served: 300
Number of School Districts Served: 1
Number of Students Served: No information available
A district-wide effort to improve teaching and learning in American history, the Voices program covering history content and instructional strategies is available to all American history teachers in grades 5, 8, and 11, but will focus initially on building expertise of new teachers. Summer institutes and coaching/mentoring for participants will benefit from partnerships with the California History-Social Sciences project at the University of California, Davis, History Alive! Teachers Curriculum Institutes, Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, California State Archives Library and local history museums. The 3-year project will build a cadre of expert teachers to provide training in the future. Creation of CD-ROMS on exemplary teaching strategies and Internet exchange of model lessons expand the reach of the professional development program.
Grantee: Clovis Unified School District, Clovis, CA
Project Name: "Teaching American History"
Project Director: Rob Darrow (559) 327-9635
Funding: $995,400
Number of Teachers Served: 60
Number of School Districts Served: 33
Number of Students Served: 5,600
Clovis Unified School District's project will train Fresno County American History teachers to become content experts in the teaching of American History. The project will bring together 60 5th, 8th and 11th grade teachers from 187 schools in 33 school districts in Fresno County, primarily from high poverty, rural areas. Through a series of collaborative sessions with history experts, teachers receive training in content knowledge and best teaching practices to create standards-based units of learning and raise student achievement and appreciation of American History. Teachers will participate in a four-day summer immersion program, "American History Camp," and six scheduled sessions during the school year covering topics ranging from the Civil War to World War II. Sample activities to enhance teacher American History knowledge include field trips to the Fresno Historical Society-Civil War Reenactment and participation in the National WWII-VFW-National Archives Oral History Project. Clovis Unified School District has established partnerships with Fresno Pacific University, California Department of Education, Library of Congress, Fresno County Office of Education, and Microsoft to provide the content and application expertise required to meet their project goals.
Grantee: Lawndale Elementary School District, Lawndale, CA
Project Name: Liberty Under Law: A History of America
Project Director: Robin Potchka (310) 973-1300
Funding: $991,670
Number of Teachers Served: 120
Number of School Districts Served: 1
Number of Students Served: 6,007
The LEA 's Liberty Under Law program aims to ensure that American history becomes a core discipline in the district's schools. The program will provide 24 days of professional development for American history teachers in grades 5 and 8 in U.S. history content and teaching strategies that integrate the arts with technology. Project partners include the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine University, and the Skirball Cultural Center. The program includes an intensive 2-week summer institute for 3 cohorts of 40 teachers each year. In preparation for the institute, participants will attend history workshops, after-school study group meetings, and monthly literature discussion circles with historians, observe classroom demonstrations, and study history standards and assessments. Learning activities fulfill California standards in American history for all grades K-8. Content covers: beginnings to 1607, colonial heritage 1607-1753, movement for independence 1754-1783, forming a new nation 1784-1819, western expansion 1820-1869, Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877, and industrialization, immigration and reforms 1878-1914. Periods will be studied through the lens of the U.S. Constitution.
Grantee: Los Angeles Unified School District J, Los Angeles, CA
Project Name: Constructing American Identities in a Pluralistic Society
Project Director: Anita T. Robinson (213) 599-5945
Funding: $1,000,000
Number of Teachers Served: 240
Number of School Districts Served: 1
Number of Students Served: No information available
Partnering with National Center for History Education, Galef Institute, and Loyola Marymount University, the district will work with a core group of 40 5th, 8th, and 11th grade U.S. history teachers. There are four teachers from a K-12 Learning Center, year-round professional development aimed at improving content knowledge and instructional skills. Charged with mentoring 200 additional teachers, the core group will attend 3 annual history institutes, 6 school-year seminars with historians and master teachers, interact with historians, curators, and archivists, receive coaching on "Different Ways of Knowing" teaching strategies, and develop models of teaching American history as a separate academic subject. Other partners include Huntingdon Library, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Content will focus on the Galef Institute's American history module, "Choice, Chance, Change" and Joy Hakim's History of US textbook series covering notable Americans from all walks of life.
Grantee: Northern Humboldt Union High School District, McKinleyville, CA
Project Name: Humboldt County Teaching American History Project
Project Director: Jack Bareilles (707) 825-2406
Funding: $651,142
Number of Teachers Served: 80
Number of School Districts Served: 34
Number of Students Served: No information available
American history teachers in grades 5, 8, 11, and 12 will participate in this professional development effort to strengthen content knowledge, improve instructional strategies, sustain professional development in U.S. history teaching, and encourage collaboration among history educators. A core group of 40 teachers will take history course work, pedagogical training, and research-oriented trips to historic sites on the east and west coasts. In-service training, summer institutes, and U.S. history conferences are provided for an additional 40+, who will receive mentoring from core group teachers. Project partners include Humboldt State University, Humboldt County Historical Society, Blue Ox Millworks, Sumac Native American Village at Patrick's Point State Park, For Humboldt State Park, Humboldt County Maritime Museum, Clark Museum, Redwood Area History/Social Studies Project, and Stairway Academy. Course work focuses on U.S. history from pre-Columbian times to the present.
Grantee: Grant Joint Union High School District, Sacramento, CA
Project Name: E Pluribus Unum: Reading, Thinking and Writing in American History
Project Director: Nancy McTygue (530) 752-6192
Funding: $1,000,000
Number of Teachers Served: 65
Number of School Districts Served: 1
Number of Students Served: 10,000
Through a partnership between the school district, the Area 3 History and Cultures Project, and the University of California, Davis, the E Pluribus Unum program will address teacher subject matter preparation, coordination needs between 2 grade levels of U.S. history teachers, and student literacy needs and achievement rates in grades 8 and 11. The program features mentoring by coaches and historians, teaching strategies for English learners, reading instruction for American history texts, and coaching in methodological strategies for analyzing historical sources.
Grantee: San Diego Unified School District, San Diego, CA
Project Name: History Links: Citizenship and American History
Project Director: Anthony Alvarado (619) 725-7113
Funding Estimate: $525,527
Number of Teachers Served: 90
Number of School Districts Served: 1
Number of Students Served: No information available
This professional development program targets 8th and 11th grade U.S. teachers in low-performing schools in a 143,000-student district. Its thematic framework-"what does it mean to be a good citizen in different periods of American history?"-is based on The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life, by Michael Schudson (Harvard Univ. Press, 1998). Two summer institutes each year and 8 academic sessions during the school year dealing with content knowledge and instructional skills are combined with creation of teacher teams and opportunities to observe colleagues' classrooms. The LEA's partners are the University of California, San Diego's Department of History and California History-Social Science Project CREATE, Preuss School, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Public Library, and Center for Civic Education. Content covers the American Revolution to the early 20th century, and continuity and change in the 20th century, including civil rights, the World Wars, industrialization, and immigration.
Grantee: Santa Ana Unified School District, Santa Ana, CA
Project Name: Teaching American History Program
Project Director: Linda Kaminski (714) 558-5521
Funding: $879,925
Number of Teachers Served: No information available
Number of School Districts Served: 1
Number of Students Served: 60,000
The district is partnering with the University of California, Irvine's Department of History, History/Social Science Project and Humanities Out There Program to offer all American history teachers a professional development program encompassing traditional U.S. history content, a history proficiency assessment, student literacy needs, support for English language learners, and instructional skills. Activities include a 3-week invitational leadership institute on "Notions of Citizenship," a year-long academic seminar series, quarterly workshops on classroom technology applications, and development of collaborative networks/learning communities designed to sustain the program. Seminars address cooperation and conflict in the 1600s and 1700s; colonial America; the Depression and New Deal; 19th century racial history; American Women/Womenhood in the 19th and 20th centuries; and the civil rights movement.


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9. The Debating Club
"Look here, old man, we ought to have a meeting. Holidays are over, and we must
brace up and attend to business," said Frank to Gus, as they strolled out of the
schoolyard one afternoon in January, apparently absorbed in conversation, but in reality
waiting for a blue cloud and a scarlet feather to appear on the steps.
"All right. When, where, and what?" asked Gus, who was a man of few words.
"To-night, our house, subject, 'Shall girls go to college with us?' Mother said we had
better be making up our minds, because everyone is talking about it, and we shall have
to be on one side or the other, so we may as well settle it now," answered Frank, for
there was an impression among the members that all vexed questions would be much
helped by the united eloquence and wisdom of the club.
"Very good; I'll pass the word and be there. Hullo, Neddy! The D. C. meets to-night, at
Minot's, seven sharp. Co-ed, &c.," added Gus, losing no time, as a third boy came
briskly round the corner, with a little bag in his hand.
"I'll come. Got home an hour earlier to-night, and thought I'd look you up as I went by,"
responded Ed Devlin, as he took possession of the third post, with a glance toward the
schoolhouse to see if a seal-skin cap, with a long, yellow braid depending therefrom,
was anywhere in sight.
"Very good of you, I'm sure," said Gus, ironically, not a bit deceived by this polite
"The longest way round is sometimes the shortest way home, hey, Ed?" and Frank
gave him a playful poke that nearly sent him off his perch.
Then they all laughed at some joke of their own, and Gus added, "No girls coming to
hear us to-night. Don't think it, my son.
"More's the pity," and Ed shook his head regretfully over the downfall of his hopes.
"Can't help it; the other fellows say they spoil the fun, so we have to give in, sometimes,
for the sake of peace and quietness. Don't mind having them a bit myself," said Frank,
in such a tone of cheerful resignation that they laughed again, for the "Triangle," as the
three chums were called, always made merry music.
"We must have a game party next week. The girls like that, and so do I," candidly
observed Gus, whose pleasant parlors were the scene of many such frolics.


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Police in the 106 Precinct in Howard Beach are warning residents who used the Capital One Bank branch on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach to check their bank accounts closely in the wake of an incident where a skimmer was found in one of the bank's ATM machines. The bank, just south of the Belt Parkway, is reported to get heavy use from Rockaway residents commuting to work each day. Police sources told The Wave on Wednesday that the skimmer was found after the weekend of May 5 and 6, and that anybody who used the bank that weekend should be suspect of the security of their account.
How does the scam work?
According to a national bank fraud website, a team of organized criminals install the equipment on legitimate bank ATMs to steal both the ATM card number and the PIN.
The team sits nearby in a car receiving the information transmitted wirelessly over weekends and evenings from equipment they install on the front of the ATM.
A "skimmer" is mounted to the front of the normal ATM card slot that reads the ATM card number and transmits it to the criminals sitting in a nearby car.
At the same time, a wireless camera is disguised to look like a leaflet holder and is mounted in a position to view ATM PIN entries.
The thieves copy the cards and use the PIN numbers they garnered through the camera to withdraw thousands from many accounts in a very short time directly from the bank ATM.
Bank officials say that if you see an attachment that looks out of place, do not use the ATM and report it immediately to the bank using the 800 number or phone on the front of the ATM or call 911 for police assistance.
Bank experts tell customers to cover the keys as they are entering their PIN, because that will keep the scammers from using their card.


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Pizzacentric presents stories about food. Whether it's via photographs, audio or video snippets, or essays, Pizzacentric strives to illuminate food passion by connecting the dots between time-tested foods and the people who make them. At least half of the posts on Pizzacentric are about pizza.
Like many foods imported from far away, pizza has retained its simplicity. But it has also changed and adapted to the times and to the diversity of people who make it and eat it. Some changes have been slight (but important): credit an Italian immigrant with growing the size of a pizza from individual to sharable. While others have been more dramatic: like the garlicky and spicy Indo-Pak pizza at Elmhurst Famous in Queens; or the processed pizzas churned out by corporate restaurants and frozen food companies.
Pizza. it's the perfect by-the-people-for-the-people food. Street vendors in Naples sold early pizze to the poor; Italians who immigrated to the United States, many of whom were factory workers, cooked their own pies at home, grandma style, or purchased them from bakeries or street vendors; and today, despite skyrocketing prices of nearly everything (including many of our pizza choices), the 99¢ slice has emerged as a cheap food option in Manhattan and the boroughs.
Of course, nothing is as affordable or as intimate as a home-cooked meal. I am fortunate enough to possess an open invitation to my friend Alex's house, where his mom cooks delicious baccalau (salt cod) stewed with peppers and onions, rice and beans made with pigeon peas and pumpkin, and tostones (plantains twice-fried) ― all to Puerto Rican perfection. Her delicious food differs from that made her daughter-in-law. She makes her sofrito with only raw herbs and vegetables. But others may cook the onions and peppers.
Pizzacentric visits not only pizzerias, but also places like Alex's mom's, Turnpike rest stops, calamari specialists, and out-of-the-way sandwich shops.
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By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
Surely just to remind you that football is never far from anyone's lips in these parts, exactly three days after basketball's Final Four, on the day the Masters began and on the eve of LSU's most important baseball series of the season, on Thursday ESPN rolled the heavy artillery into the Tigers' football operations building.
The familiar GameDay props were dispatched to the scene, with the big brass, Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler, emerging from the flashy RV looking a bit like MacArthur returning to the Philippines, if MacArthur had learned to peel and eat crawfish upon his arrival.
Yes, surely that can mean only one thing — that football is in the air, that opening kickoff against TCU is now just a mere 142 days away.
It's never too early to start fretting about it.
Someone wasn't amused.
The ESPN celebs were greeted by much thunder and lightning, a biblical thunderstorm that forced their array of technicians and gizmos into the LSU indoor practice facility for a nice, daylong recruiting promo for the Tigers.
The weather was probably Nick Saban's doing, as the University of Alabama hosted the same merry caravan earlier in the week and the next stop on this fact-finding mission will be at Texas A&M, where Johnny "Football" Manziel himself has reportedly agreed to make a rare on-campus appearance.
But the Worldwide Leader attacked the LSU offseason questions with a vengeance, most of it centered around the startling revelation that ESPN has lots and lots of hours to fill.
But the day on campus was not wasted. ESPN has learned that the Tigers will be missing 13 juniors who opted for the NFL draft.
Actually, I guess we already knew that.
But this was a rare opportunity, with ammo and firepower not available to the usual media, to finally get behind those closed doors, the ones LSU guard so secretly on the off chance somebody might learn who's in the lead to be the backup deep snapper.
What secrets are they hiding now?
Well, Chris and Kirk emerged from their all-access fact-finding almost ashen-faced with the reports that LSU is hardly huddling, if at all, during these spring drills, and that the Tigers have a new offensive coordinator in Cam Cameron.
Under further cross-examination, head coach Les Miles admitted that the Tigers are now throwing the ball — direct quote — "routinely."
It could revolutionize football.
That wasn't all.
We also found out, for instance, that quarterback Zach Mettenberger has a beard again, which probably means something, although the GameDay crew was unable to put their finger on exactly what it might be.
Under further interrogation, Miles was given the opportunity to bask in the afterglow of sending those 13 juniors on to the next level, turning a short-term negative into a long-time positive by noting that his staff recruits those kind of prodigies ready for early NFL duty, probably routinely.
It was also a convenient opportunity for Miles, just in case any interested recruits might be eavesdropping, to remind them all, citing examples, that freshmen are always welcome in his starting lineup, probably routinely.
The ESPN gang snooped around all day and came to the conclusion that, despite the heavy losses, particularly on defense, that LSU still has plenty of talent on hand and it might surprise people by simply reloading, probably routinely.
Herbstreit cited several examples of this happening in the past, pointing out that Keke Mingo and Eric Reid at some point were youngsters who had to replace NFL-bound veterans.
There's a good chance it might happen again, he concluded, perhaps routinely.
But maybe the highlight came when Herbstreit, having uncovered glaring discrepancies in the SEC schedule, asked Miles point-blank: "Who did you anger in the SEC office?"
When Miles smiled and jutted out that famous jaw, you knew he was going to take the high road, no matter how much it eats at him inside.
No problem, he said, that Alabama gets Tennessee and Kentucky as its East Division teams while Miles gets Florida and Georgia.
Miles bowed up like it was an honor to be chosen for such a challenging mission.
"We'd like to think there's only one team in the country that could go through that," Miles said.
Good answer.
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Hi, I am very new to quilting and would like to know what would be a good quilting magazine to subscribe to? Thanks for any advice. LyndaJean
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Hi, I am very new to quilting and would like to know what would be a good quilting magazine to subscribe to? Thanks for any advice. LyndaJean
My favorite is American Patchwork and Quilting. I subscribe to several but I prefer APQ
If you're a beginner I would go with something like McCall's Quick Quilts. There's also Easy Quilts from Fons & Porter but it only comes out 4 times a year. To me, APQ doesn't have very many simple or beginner projects. That is the main reason I quit subscribing to it.
I get both of these, plus two more, but these two would be my favorites. McCall's and American Patchwork.
Those are the two that I subscribe to. I occasionally buy others at a store.
I am very new to this also. (two months). Here is what I am going to do; for what it's worth!!!
I am waiting to subscribe to any magazines right now. This board has been such a wonderful, wealth of information at the tips of my fingers. Their tutorials here ar wonderful.
I find today that most magazines are filled with advertisements. Also, the internet is a wonderful wealth of information. You Tube has so many tutorials on quilting it's unbelievable. I learned how to make a rag quilt and a tube pillowcase (which I got the bright idea to match to the quilt) from watching a video on You Tube about 100 times!
In this time of economic uncertainty, this has just made good sense to me.
Good luck and welcome aboard!
My suggestion is to go to a LQS or store and look through some. They all kind of specialize in certain types of quilts/quilting, and find the one(s) that suit your taste :D:D:D
Thanks, there is so much information on the site, sometimes I lose track of time just browsing. Btw, the picture on my profile is my first quilt top, dont look to closely it is far from perfect! :-)Originally Posted by lyndajean
My favorite continues to be Quilters Newsletter. I'm not looking for patterns in magazines. American Quilter's Society also has an excellent magazine that's included with your membership.


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LOS ANGELES -- "It might be called the age of the genius machines, and it will be the people who work with them that will rise. One day soon we will look back and see that we have produced two nations -- a fantastically successful nation, working in the technologically dynamic sectors, and everyone else. Average is over."
That is the last paragraph of a new book by Tyler Cowen, a well-regarded economist at George Mason University in Virginia. The title is, in fact, "Average Is Over," describing what he believes is the inevitable gap between the wealthy and everybody else in the United States and the world.
It might be called "Brave New World 3.0." -- a new projection of a world of machine-driven alphas and lesser beings, from betas to epsilons. The book is a smart and cruel projection of the world Cowen sees coming. In fact, he thinks it is already here.
Scary stuff, I think. But it is consistent with my own thinking about the American way of work and where it might lead us all. I think "work" will become the next great American political issue: Who gets to work and who doesn't? We talk and debate "unemployment" now, but the issue will go far beyond that, pushing down the life and comforts, even the reason for being of people without the skills or ambition to find a useful job capable of supporting a family.
What will that work be like? What obligations and rights will employers and have employees have? Or what do the wealthy and accomplished alphas owe to everybody else and vice versa?
"Workers," he writes, "more and more will come to be classified in two categories. The key questions will be, Are you good at working with intelligent machines or not? Are your skills a complement to the skills of the computer, or is the computer doing better without you? Worst of all, are you competing against the computer? Are the computers helping people in China and India compete against you?"
Cowen dutifully recounts the statistics that describe work and compensation in our society: high school and college graduates, including those with master's degrees, are earning from 5 to 20 percent less in constant dollars than they did only 10 years ago. That is, if they can find work. Then he goes on to guess how much worse it will get.
He writes of a "hyper-meritocracy," in which those who can interface with the magical machines of our time -- today's iPhone is more powerful than the world's largest computers were in 1985 -- will be quickly and fabulously rich and useful. That would be, he estimates, 10 to 15 percent of the population. The other 85 percent will find some servant-like work making the high-earners feel better about themselves -- masseurs, chefs, drivers, gardeners, whatever.
Some will opt out of the system, living in Bohemian clusters -- using cheap apartments in Berlin, as an example. Some will try to live the way their parents and grandparents did, by working menially and living in warm places, particularly Texas and Mexico, in small, cheap houses not unlike shanty towns in Brazil or South Africa.
What will the digitally downtrodden get for their work? Some good things will be there: cheap online education, giving them a Horatio Alger's chance to rocket into the wealthy class, and cheap entertainment. But they will also get third-rate health care. Cowen's new world is something like the rubble Earth and its rich, ruling satellite in the new science fiction potboiler "Elysium."
As for politics, Cowen quotes Richard Florida of the University of Toronto: "Conservatism, more and more, is the ideology of the economically left behind."
Then Cowen adds: "The values of the wealthy class will become more influential. It is their values that will shape public discourse. We'll pay for as much of a welfare state as we can afford to, and then no more."
Chilling stuff and not fiction. What should we do about this? I heard Cowen on NPR the other day. Asked that question, he answered, "Get used to it!"


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CM defense wants to keep shutout streak
STANTON – Central Montcalm's football team has outscored their three opponents 82-0 this season.
That second number is the key, as the Green Hornets haven't allowed a point in the opening three games.
While that's the ultimate goal of every defense in football, it's happening for Central, and coach Marty James credits the players on the defense for that scoreless streak.
"I think the No. 1 thing is when you have a group of guys that are willing to buy into the game plan every week and they execute it, you're giving yourself a chance to be successful," James said. "We have some guys and several of them have been in the defense for four years, so they have a great understanding of it."
If you ask James, the Hornets aren't really thinking about going unscored on, which hasn't been done since 1972 by Saginaw Arthur Hill.
"We don't really think about the streak," he said. "We think about shutting out Manistee. That's going to be a tough accomplishment."
One of the inside linebackers on the Hornets, Garrett Morris, is, though.
"We're going to try for nine straight," he said. "I don't know if it's going to happen, but it's our goal."
Morris gives credit to the defensive line for the streak.
"I think our defensive line has been better than it has been in the past years. It makes it easy on the linebackers," he said.
That line has a number of returning players, which James said helps.
"When you have the luxury of having so many returning starters on defense, it gives you a chance to go into the season with some confidence," James said.
James noted the defense had to be leaned on Friday when the Hornets faced Hesperia. There was no scoring until there was three minutes left in the game, and Central won 7-0.
"Our defensive coordinator Kris Kolbe puts the plan together, but the main thing is we have to have the kids to buy in," James said. "We have to have kids try to execute what we teach them. We're very aggressive, and that's what helps us create turnovers"
In order to keep up the shutout streak, Morris said the defense has to play as a unit.
"A good week of practice and everyone playing as one on defense," he said.


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Thu, 25 May 2006 15:14:35 -0400
I am using Stata 8.2 under Windows XP. I want to have a .dofile call an
external program, wait for it to finish, and continue. The problem is
this: if I call the external program using -winexec-, it takes about 15
seconds to run. If I call it using -shell-, it takes at least several
minutes. If I call it using -winexec-, and follow it in the dofile with
code like this:
capture confirm file `l_DummyOutputFileFullName'
while _rc != 0 {
sleep 10000
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It again takes at least several minutes.
In the case of the -shell- call and the -while-, -sleep- construct,
wsestata.exe is still taking 90+% of CPU (according to Windows task
Can anybody suggest a solution?
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The drop in the Aussie dollar will provide some protection for Australian investors against the still-weak US economy. Peter Weekes reports.
There is a well-worn expression that when America sneezes, Australia - along with the rest of the world - catches a cold. So small investors and those looking after the nation's superannuation funds would normally be worried that, after a strong rebound last year, the US Dow Jones has this month almost fallen back through the psychologically important 10,000 mark.
Instead, it has barely raised an eyebrow. The ills of the world's largest sharemarket are secondary - the real story is still the Australian dollar.
Although it has soared 24 per cent between April and February, this month's downward slide has offset the fall in the Dow, reducing the pain for Australian investors.
About a quarter of Australians' retirement savings are shipped overseas to be invested in global sharemarkets, predominantly in the US. That's up from about 17 per cent a few years ago and is predicted to reach 30 per cent within the next 10 years, said Alex Dunnin, director of research with Rainmaker Information.
"It's great stuff if overseas markets have gone up, but it's only great stuff if it has gone up more than the currency," he said. "The real story over the last while is what has happened with the currency."
Unfortunately, the story was - until mid-February - that the dollar was mauling super returns.
Its relentless rise stripped more than 6 per cent from the nation's retirement savings last year, curtailing a rebound in superannuation balances driven by rising global sharemarkets.
The average balanced fund would have returned 12 per cent in calendar 2003 if the dollar had not risen to US74.98�, said Intech Financial Services. Instead, most retail super funds returned about 7.8 per cent.
However, since mid-March the $A has been on a downward path and is now near a three-month low at around US74�.
Meanwhile, the Dow Jones and the Morgan Stanley Capital International global index have also been falling, hovering around three-month lows.
InTech portfolio manager Chris Thompson said the reason movements in the currency were so important was that most funds invested in overseas markets were not hedged. This means that when dividends come back to Australia, a rising dollar cuts returns, while a falling dollar adds to them.
"Although markets offshore are bad, the depreciating currency has given us a kicker from investing offshore," Thompson said. "So far this month the fall in the Dow Jones hasn't really hurt returns."
Helping to get super funds in the black, the local share and bond markets are both up 1.5 per cent for the month.
Still, after a good year on the Dow, returns would be tough this month, said AMP Capital Investors' chief economist, Shane Oliver. "The US market is down month-to-date and global equities across the board have also had a poor month. So far, this has been the weakest month since February (2003) when the sharemarket was in freefall in the lead-up to the Iraq war."
There is some debate about the future strength of the Dow, though Oliver argues this month's downturn is merely a correction and presents a buying opportunity: "Global sharemarkets generally remained in correction mode over the last week and so had another volatile ride on the back of growth and terrorist fears, although early weakness was reversed later in the week to greater or lesser degrees.
"Profit upgrades and solid economic data do now appear to be providing some support for the US market.
"Once the correction comes to an end we see stocks moving higher."
Indeed, the Dow rose strongly in trading on Thursday, as did the Nasdaq. But it was not enough to reverse the slide which since February has wiped off 4.9 per cent from the Dow, 4.7 per cent from the MSCI, 6.5 per cent off the Nasdaq and 4.3 per cent off the S&P500.
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Mother accused of leaving baby on train tracks could face serious charges
PUEBLO, Colo. - A Pueblo mother accused of leaving her baby on the train tracks Friday afternoon could face attempted murder charges.
Jessica Sloan, 31, was interviewed by detectives then arrested. Booking charges at the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office Detention Center include child abuse and reckless endangerment. Ultimately though, it's up to the district attorney's office to decide which charges to pursue.
Witnesses told police that Sloan set her 2-week-old child on the tracks while trains were running in the area.
The child was taken to the hospital and is okay, according to police.
Sloan's bond has been set at more than $500,000.


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According to one theory we've heard a time or two, your dreams can help you work through the problems of the day while you slumber. Why not use those hours to address your skin woes too? This deeply renewing treatment takes the graveyard shift for your skin's sake, laboring through the night to decongest pores, stimulate skin's immune system, and reverse the signs of aging that plague your waking moments.
Please do not get discouraged if you have a burning sensation.
This product is supposed to exfoliate your skin while you sleep. So while there is a slight burn once put on, it goes away. If it does not go away after a minute or two definitely wash it off. I've felt the burn but never had any problems with it going away. I like it, it makes me feel like it's working.
I have adult acne which I battle. If I've had a bad bought of Acne and it's passed, my skin and other products have done their job, I still need to heal up the skin and remove the bad stuff. This helps get deep down so that even if you choose to use an exfoliant the following day (I recommend) this product has done it's job to loosen it all up and exfoliating then removes it off of your face leaving healthy less pigmented skin.
I can say I get better healing, less scars and a faster turn around time with dark spots ever since I've added this.
I admit it is very pricey. I recently found a brand that does not test on animals and use the same kind of form. I am hoping it will work as good as this.
Speaking of finances, I use a clean cotton pad and soak up the fluid and apply. This helps the container last a lot longer for me then if I just used their pads and tossed it. Which is really helpful financially.
While it's very rare I get to have Arcona products, they do seem to give me benefits. I have noticed other brands here on Birchbox that seem to do much of the same and again With Out testing on Animals. Thank you Birchbox for helping me find a much more affordable replacement. For those who can afford it I can say this particular product does a great job.
I purchased these pads after reading about them on a fav beauty blog. It's the first chemical exfoliate that I've tried and I love it. I have sensitive and acne prone skin, and it has helped improve the look of my acne scars. The instructions say to use 2-4 times a week, and I find 2 sufficient. It stings a bit upon application, but it quickly resolves itself. I will repurchase for sure.4
This product is potent so make sure you follow the usage instructions! It does sting ever so slightly but it's a chemical exfoliator so that's to be expected. I've been using this for about a month and couldn't be happier! I know you can't shrink your pores but this really helps with their appearance and taking down some spots!5
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