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By Dilshan BOANGE
Lyrical fiction writings no doubt share commonalties with poetry, in
terms of textural features, that may make the reader at times feel that
a richly lyrical novel tends to blur the borders between novel and poem.
A very significant perspective on this line of discussion is found in
"The Lyric Present: Simple Present Verbs in English Poems" by George T.
Wright published in PMLA (Vol.89 No.3 May 1974) which is an academic
article which proved invaluable to me in the course of my BA
dissertation which was a study of lyricism in Michael Ondaatje's novels.
Michael Ondaatje
Wright (1974) identifies as part of the 'poetic practice' of certain
poets, amongst the Romantics such as Yeats, Blake, Keats (and others),
whose lines of verse are in the 'present tense' with verbs in simple
present and present progressive. In the article Wright sates – "Modern
poets especially have found many effective uses for progressive verbs.
But the simple present has remained central in poems, apparently because
it carries meanings and overtones that have become important to poets."
Thereby it is evident by Wright's perspective that the use of
progressive verbs is a poetic technique employed by poets for composing
verse. Wright further states that there is a temporal factor underlying
in the use of simple present and progressive verbs. A certain sense of
'timelessness' is imbued into the lines that form verse when written in
simple present and present progressive verbs as theorized by George T.
Wright. Wright sates thus –"By using the simple present without
specifying the time of the action, the poet locates it in a realm
outside our normal conscious time world, where every event must be
assigned a more precise temporality." Dealing with the temporality
aspect of how the reader would feel the 'time' in which the action
described/narrated is situated when reading, Wright presents a term
which he calls the 'lyric tense', which is stated as "To put in
linguistic terms, it has often been noted that the simple present is an
unmarked tense, as opposed to past tenses (marked with –ed most often).
In the poetic phrases I speak of here, not only is the present verb
itself unmarked by morphological markers as in speech; it is unmarked by
syntactical or contextual signals as well, which can hardly ever happen
with action verbs in speech. In effect, therefore, what we find in such
verbs is a new aspect or tense, neither past nor present but timeless
–in its feeling a lyric tense."
This 'lyric tense' is a feature that is a signature characteristic in
Michael Ondaatje's craft of fiction writing. Ondaatje has employed this
technique of the lyric tense starting from his maiden novel Coming
Through Slaughter and is a constant feature stylistic of the
texts/novels In the Skin of a Lion, The English Patient, Divisadero (his
latest novel). Another things to keep in mind would be that some of the
'lyrical imagery' discussed afore are also found written in the 'lyrical
tense'. Therefore one may suggest that in works such as The English
Patient (which won great critical acclaim for its intensely rich
lyricism) Ondaatje evokes the sense of the lyric through both imagery
and tense bound with lyrical potency interweaving them as one. And
thereby such an element –a 'lyrical image' (if one may venture to term
it as such) narrated in lyric tense may be called a notable 'lyrical
property'. The novels of Michael Ondaatje when studied with attention to
textual detail will reveal patterns of such lyrical properties that can
be viewed as characterizing much of the lyrical form, and being
constituents that makes his prose based writings evoke a strong sense of
lyricism to the reader.
The notion of an 'eternal present' through 'timelessness' Wright's
essay discusses of how the technique of lyric writing is meant to create
in the reader a sense of an 'eternal present'. This idea is takes a very
scholarly interdisciplinary turn towards psychology, philosophy and
literature when Wright cites from the work of Susanne K. Langer, an
American philosopher whose studies focused on the mind and art and how
symbolic representations and meanings are rendered. Wright in his essay
cites from Langer's work Feeling and Form (1953) touching on the aspect
of 'virtual memory' as being one way of looking at literature according
to Langer's theorizing. This paves the pathway to understand what
probably lies at the base of the 'lyric tense' to understand what tenet
it may be linked to, and that being the facet of 'subjectivity'.
Lyricism being thought of as significantly built on a poetic form of
expression, can be viewed as containing the idea of deep-seated
emotional expressionism. And for a creation, be it in literature, art or
the other manifold art forms (such as cinema and digital art) to be
integrally linked to the creator's emotional being, must strongly infer
that the work is very 'subjective' of its sentiments, emotions etc. One
of the tenets of lyricism which at times maybe more harder to pin down,
unlike the textural elements of musicality and even sensuality, is
'subjectivity'. A certain perspective to academically grasp this notion
of how the lyrical quality of 'subjectivity' in a poem is captured or
reflected through the 'lyric tense' that Wright propounds, is found in
what is cited from Langer's work in Wright's essay. "The whole creation
in a lyric is an awareness of a subjective experience, and the tense of
subjectivity is the "timeless" present. This kind of poetry has the
"closed" character of the mnemonic mode, without the historical fixity
that outward events bestow on real memories…Lyric writing is a
specialized technique that constructs an impression or an idea as
something experienced, in a sort of eternal present…the lyric poet
creates a sense of concrete reality from which the time element has been
cancelled out, leaving a Platonic sense of "eternity." (p. Langer's
Looking at the perspective proponed by Langer there seems a certain
amount of validation towards Wright's assertion on the simple present
and present progressive verb tenses being lyrical on account of the
temporal factor. The quality of subjectivity would be achieved therefore
since the immediacy of an action being described or an emotion being
conveyed would seem more personal than when it is being said/described
to the reader in past tense. When an act/action is being narrated in the
tense that denotes the present and not the past the reader is apt to
feel the realness of it with more connectivity as it renders its
presence in the reader's mind as happening here and now at the point of
reading. Therefore the effect would be more intense than one that is
narrated in the 'past tense' which is the norm when it comes to prose
fiction. This technique of the 'lyric tense' when used to narrate a
prose piece of fiction appears to be remarkably effective in generating
a lyrical quality, which could be adopted by writer's who wish imbue
their prose fiction with a sense of lyricism.
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Update: 6:50 a.m. Tuesday: UC Berkeley officials say most buildings will be open this morning following a power outage and electrical explosion and fire last night. But about a dozen facilities, including the main campus library and a major classroom building, remain closed. Officials say students should assume classes in those buildings — listed below — will be canceled today. Classes in all other buildings will go on as scheduled.
- Alumni House
- Bancroft Library
- California Hall
- Central Heating Plant
- Doe Library
- Durant Hall
- Dwinelle Hall
- Dwinelle Annex
- Edwards Track (East and West areas)
- Haas Pavilion
- EH&S Facility
Original post: UC Berkeley officials say a copper theft at the university may have led to a power outage and electrical blast and fire that darkened the campus Monday evening. Several people were hurt in the explosion and fire, near California Hall near the center of campus. Still unknown at midnight Monday: Whether power will be restored in time for classes to resume tomorrow morning. An official campus announcement late Monday says:
Another update is expected to be available by 6 a.m. Tuesday. Updates will continue to be posted on the UC Berkeley home page, the UC Berkeley emergency page, the campus Facebook page and Twitter feed, and the toll-free campus emergency information line at 1-800-705-9998.
KQED News Associate Berkeleyside liveblogged the emergency: Cal: Explosion was two-stories tall, as wide as a two-lane street
The San Francisco Chronicle quotes UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof, who told reporters that the incident could be related to a copper theft discovered last week. Mogulof said the theft was carried out by a crew using heavy equipment:
"The damage that could be seen and assessed was repaired over the weekend, but it now appears that the damage caused by the unknown vandals may have been far more extensive and may have been the cause of what happened," [Mogulof] said.
Here are a couple of Twitter images of the incident as it unfolded, followed by a Storify of the leading evening coverage of the event.
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AMSTERDAM — Staples has named Willem Vos as director of e-commerce for Staples Europe. Vos will report to Peter Howard, SVP, head of Staples online and marketing for Staples Europe.
"Willem brings strong eCommerce skills and a broad experience to Staples," said Howard. "He'll define and lead the implementation of a long-term pan-European e-commerce strategy, driving growth in European online sales, while optimizing our websites in Retail markets to drive additional store traffic. Willem is a great addition to our team as we become a trusted source for office solutions to our customers."
Willem join Staples from Sapient, where he worked as a director, responsible for Sapient's multi-channel marketing and e-commerce business in the Benelux region. Previously, Willem held various leading positions within marketing and sales at Digitas London, AT&T Solutions, Ernst & Young and Accenture. He brings extensive management experience in new media, multi-channel operations, and e-commerce.


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"Are we not working here for your benefit? Just allow us to get along with our work as we have lots to do," … officials from the Gori authorities are making such statements when they are presented with right to public information applications by representatives of the Human Rights Center. The Centre sent several scores of applications to the local authority but professional replies have not been forthcoming – and not to even a single request. The Human Rights Centre will now send the collected materials to the Georgian Public Defender in order to request corresponding assessments of the matter and that conclusions will be made based on the presented facts.
2008-07-01Georgia Has Shanghaied Its Flagship of State with Rigged Elections
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) Election Report
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The BMW 5-Series (E39 chassis) was introduced in the United States as a 1997 model year car and lasted until the 2004 when the E60 chassis was released. The United States saw several variations including the 525i, 528i, 530i and 540i. -- View the E39 Wiki
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Newbie please help!!! E39 vibrating issue
I have a 1999 528 i.. had it checked out by a mechanic prior to purchasing it and he advise me it only needed a oil change, replacement valve cover gasket and 02 sensor. I had him do the oil change and replaced the valve cover gasket, I didnt chge the 02 sensor. This was in March. A few days after this service the car starts vibrating and the check engine light came on..he said it was an ignition coil and changed it..another week went by and same issue..i changed another coil. I decided to stop using that mechanic when right after that the a/c belt bust and i had to chged radiator, water pump etc. about a month ago the vibrating returns on and off with the check engine light constantly on..I decided to take it to the dealer..they found i needed a valve cover gasket..and a oil filter housing gasket..how could i need a valve cover gasket again when i chged it 8 months ago???? They said this is the reason the car is vibrating???
Get a second opinion from a qualified independent BMW mechanic.
Is the vibration when the car is cold (www.beisansystems.com)?
Why do the expensive job and skimp on the 15 min+$100 part job?!!
Coolling and belt systems on the e39 are known to fail. A full overhaul at 80-100k miles is STRONGLY recommended.
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Thanks..the BMW dealer says it the valve cover gasket do need to be changed but not the 02 sensor..also 2 ignition coils needs to be replaced..
Does car vibrate when idling or on highway?
The vibration you're describing sounds like a misfire on one or more cylinders. You need to get the codes read to determine what triggered the SES light. If #1 was misfiring for example, the coil from #1 and a different cylinder can be swapped. Then the next time you get an SES light, have the codes read again to determine if the misfire (if that's what it was) follows the coil to the other cylinder. I would try that before buying new coils. Also in the case of misfires, they will often go away if the engine is shutdown, then restarted.
This is what the emailed me 2day
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The coils that you need today (which come up on a diagnosis report) are #5 & #3. It is not uncommon when one coil fails for the others to start failing too. We normally recommend all 6 when 1 fails. Steven said that the coils in the car now do not appear to be the new, updated style coils that are normally used when replacing the old style which is what you have in the car now. Are you sure that it was coils that the shop said they replaced?
To answer your 2nd question, the check engine light was your original issue. Last weekend the fault that came up was for lean mixture because the valve cover gasket was leaking so bad that it was sucking in air. The faults for the ignition coils that we have today were not there last weekend making this a different issue. It is a separate issue, that causes the same light to come on. There are dozens of things that can fail on a car causing the check engine light to come on. That is why we have diagnostic equipment that we use when diagnosing. If the coils were bad last week they would've come up on the report and Steven would've noticed it before he put your car into the carwash as he has to road test the car a couple of miles once repairs are finished.
If he replaces the coils today, clears the check engine light, and successfully road tests the car with no drivability issue or the check engine light coming back on with the same fault, we consider the car repaired. If the check engine light comes on again later that day or next week or next month we would have to re-run the diagnostic faults again to see what part would THEN be causing the light to come on and most likely would not be related. Again, there are dozens of things that can fail and cause the light to come on. There is no way we can predict something shorting like an ignition coil when there is no diagnostic fault present when the car is in the shop.
It sounds like they are being truthful to me. Everything they say makes sense to and doesn't sound like they are trying to pull one over on you.
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i would never imagine that, she took me to the airport and Logan Larissa went out, then they all come to the passenger side and sai " Happy Birthday Daddy!!" Logan had a package in his hands, when i opened was a nice surprise, a Citizen Blue Angels edition watch... i've always wanted that watch, then they gave me a birthday card with an airplane flying. I though, what a nice idea, bring me to the airport and give me a theme watch and a card, very neat!!
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Hilton Seskin, the owner of Australia's Topshop/Topman franchise, is believed to be close to announcing the Australian franchise rights to UK fast fashion chain Miss Selfridge.
Seskin says he is weeks away from announcing a new franchise agreement with an overseas fashion brand similar to the one that led to him opening Topshop/Topman stores, first on Chapel Street in Melbourne, and then in Sydney's CBD late in 2012.
Miss Selfridge currently has a pop-up presence in Glue, the multi-brand streetwear store owned by Next Athleisure, the holding company owned by Seskin.
A licensing agreement with Miss Selfridge is likely to involve a commitment to open new stores this year around the Miss Selfridge brand. Seskin declined to comment on the nature of any new licensing agreements before an official announcement.
According to a report published in February by property group Colliers International, Miss Selfridge has earmarked five store openings in Australia with an average store size of 800 square metres.
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Seskin says he is selective in terms of which overseas brands he decides to partner with in Australia.
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While there is a heavy focus on international fast fashion brands entering the Australian market, Seskin says the competition lines are not drawn between local versus international retailers.
"If you don't have something that has an appeal or a connectivity to consumers it won't work, it doesn't matter where it's from," he says.
International retailers have begun to plan new store openings in Australia on the back of demand for their brands based on online sales in recent years, with Zara, Topshop and Gap, as well as Banana Republic, H&M, Uniqlo, J. Crew and Forever 21 all negotiating leases for multiple location.
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The global market for intelligent transportation systems is expected to reach USD 38.68 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing demand for optimizing fuel consumption and reducing emissions is expected to be the key driving force for the market. ITS aids in reducing incidents such as road accidents and boost safety, which is estimated to positively impact demand over the next six years.
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(TOMAHAWK, Wis.) -- Ministry Health Care has announced that Head 2 Toe Physical Therapy will become part of Ministry Sacred Heart Hospital effective on July 1, 2014.
Head 2 Toe Physical Therapy offers rehabilitation with a personal touch in a warm and friendly, Northwoods atmosphere. They specialize in pre and post-operative therapy, spinal rehabilitation, manual therapy, vestibular/balance rehabilitation, total joint rehabilitation, and sports medicine.
"Head 2 Toe provides exceptional rehabilitation services to patients in the Tomahawk community and we're very pleased to have a high-quality group of providers join Ministry Health Care," said Monica Hilt, president, Ministry Health Care's northern region.
Providers at Head 2 Toe include Lori Mott, DPT, and Beau Below, PTA. Ministry Sacred Heart Hospital looks forward to Head 2 Toe being part of the Ministry organization and services will continue at the current office location at 202 W. Mohawk Drive in Tomahawk.
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ReviewHaving owned a '04 Sequoia Limited, I was interested to see what they would improve. I surely had some complaints with my '04, but still loved it. First, they have brightened up the interior and all switches are well displayed at night. Second, the dreaded third row seats. I couldn't stand folding or removing the seats. They have simplified that with the third row laying flat with a touch of a button. Third, if you were in the third row you were locked in until somebody let you out. Now you just step on a release on the back of the second row and the seat slides forward and you are out. The interior has been upgraded to be first class.
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La Roux, the original blog-siren is back with a 'sexier' album set for May.
The fair-haired quiffster behind internet hits "Bulletproof" and "In For The Kill" will follow up her self-titled effort from way back in 2009.
Elly Jackson says: "A lot of music that's quite sexual is aggressive, but the music itself doesn't sound sexy - it's more people shouting, 'Look at my bum! Look!' I'm not turned on by it, I'm terrified." But she has promised that the album will be, "a lot cheekier".
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Set in the woodland on the site of the old badger hide,
so ideally placed to watch for them!
Built mostly of larch from Scottish Wood, Oakley
and found windows
and found windows
Prices worked out per individual booking but basically £25 per person,
first night. Minimum occupancy £80.
Reductions for 2nd night, pre teens and regulars.
Bedding can be hired at £8 per person for the whole number of days.
Decorated with 100 maps from gumtree
Wood stove
Off grid, bring camping lanterns.
East balcony
and washing up area
Camp fire area
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A 50 year-old man was killed in a quad bike accident yesterday afternoon near Porangahau in central Hawke's Bay.
Waipukurau Police said the man was driving a quad bike with an attached trailer when an incident occurred along Porangahau Rd just before 5pm.
A St Johns Ambulance spokesman said ambulances from Waipukurau and Porangahau were dispatched to the man,
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ROYAL HOLIDAY CLUB ROYAL HOLIDAY CLUB SCAM IN THE BAHAMAS MIAMI Florida
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I was scammed into signing a contract at the Wyndham in the Bahamas on July 25, 2010 and June 5, 2012 (upgrade) that was based on lies, FRAUD, DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES, misrepresentation of the offer during the sales process, failure to disclose terms and conditions of the offer and misleading me into believing that I can cancel my membership anytime by calling customer service, exaggerations by the aggressive sales tag team using high pressure sales tactics, together with offers of alcoholic beverages, by the Royal Holiday (RHC) Club sales reps, Pedro Young, Marvin Barr and 2 others ladies.
RHC sales reps used dishonest and deceitful sales practices in order to get me to sign a contract. Nothing that they said is true (even the CD that they give you is misleading). And I found that out when trying to book a vacation and the major difficulties I encountered. I became so frustrated that I had the membership for 2 years before being able to secure booking a travel date. Turns out my first time being able to use the membership I purposely went back to the Bahamas on June 5, 2012 primarily to go see Pedro Young the sales rep that told me all those lies and violated the federal consumer rights law.
For instance,"The right to be informed - To be given the facts needed to make an informed choice, and to be protected against dishonest or misleading advertising and labeling"; and "The right to redress - To receive a fair settlement of just claims, including compensation for misrepresentation, shoddy goods or unsatisfactory services".
After that I simply canceled the 2 vacations we had booked because they charged me to use a Mexico Privilege Certificate that never came in the mail and that the sales reps said was supposed to give us TOTALLY FREE vacations to Mexico and Punta Cana and all I was responsible for was the airfare. I was also given 2x60,000 points to be used anytime I wanted to go to Baha Mar because according to Pedro Young, Baha Mar was going to replace the Wyndham and was going to be better than Atlantis (which is why we go because my son likes the waterpark at Atlantis). But I found this out to also be a lie!
NO YOU CANNOT: sell, rent, cancel when you wish, write it off your taxes, rollover 100% of the points, get 50-75% airfare discount, free airport transfer, no minimum length of stay, go where you want when you want and for as long as you want, does not increase in value, Baha Mar does NOT replace the Wyndham, no mention of yearly maintenance fees, purposely staples contract in non-sequential order so the signature page is on top and not given appropriate time to review additional pages, clubs operating rules hidden in back of the 376 page resort guide so you won't read it, no mention of the few days in which you are allowed to cancel by law, luxury suite shown during sales pitch is NOT what you get when you travel and getting to Hawaii/Las Vegas and now Bahamas in the summer or at christmas time is IMPOSSIBLE.
Customer service is non-existing and I have requested cancelation of the contract 4 times to no avail. Although my payments are all up to date I finally sought legal advice and thus disputed the charges with my credit card company (as many as they would allow) and sent RHC an immediate termination of auto debit authorization of my credit card and on 7/6/14 I initiated contact with BBB/FTC/Consumer Affairs/Attorney General's Office/PROFECO, and the DEA.
I learned from BBB "that on 4/16/14 RHC accreditation was REVOKED by BBB board of directors due to failure to eliminate the underlying cause of complaints on file with the BBB" and RHC has 280 complaints. However, as of 7/9/14 RHC website reads "Royal Holiday is an accredited business by Better Business Bureau, and have an A+ rating". False advertising!
Finally on 7/9/14 Alex Pantoja QA Supervisor at RHC 800-961-1810x2522 called me & left me a message asking if he can assist me with any travel plans for this year or any questions that I may have. I responded back quickly and I provided him with a 36:40 minute statement of how his sales reps are dishonest, deceitful, committed fraud, their deceptive trade practices, and the RHC website has my balance incorrect showing that I owe $1,868.07 more than I really owe and for the 5th time requested that my membership be canceled;
(When asked what prompted him to call me he denied getting my complaint from BBB; he stated and I quote ("I read the notes in your contract and found that you are not satisfied with your account".) When requested the cancelation of said contract, he stated that he cannot make any promises but he will talk to his administration, investigate my complaint, and get back in touch with me. He verified my phone numbers and email address. So we will see if he does anything about this FRAUD! Acct#807104 Contract#49-101568
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Royal Holiday Scam
SUBMITTED: Friday, August 28, 2015POSTED: Friday, August 28, 2015
I bought a timeshare with Royal Holiday and they lied to me at everything, every time I check for travel dates are not available and it's cheaper to booked flight and hotel with Expedia. The service is really bad, I asked to speak to the manager and was told that I cannot talk to her and that I cannot cancel my membership.
I't´s been a nightmare for me!!! I was doing a research on internet about this fraudulent resort and how to get out of this fraud, i found this information and i want to share it with you, i hope it helps someone:
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#2 Consumer Comment
Royal Holiday Timeshare Complaints
SUBMITTED: Monday, February 23, 2015POSTED: Monday, February 23, 2015
One of the most common timeshare scams at the moment of purchase is that Royal Holiday's sales person will make you any verbal promise to get you to sign their contract, however the contract clearly states that any verbal promise made by the sales associated are invalid unless those promises are establish within the contract.
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#3 Author of original report
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, July 30, 2014POSTED: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Royal Holiday Club and I have reached an agreement and have ended our relationship in a satisfactory manner. Please delete my previous complaint/posting related to Royal Holiday Club. Thank you, Dr. Michelle A Lindo
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Jon Tobin
2006: Provided depth to the right guard spot... saw action in the season opener.
2005: Started at right guard in his collegiate debut vs. Western Carolina... suffered a knee injury which ended his season prematurely... Bearcat Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2005, Winter 2006).
2004: Did not see any game action... Topcat Scholar (Fall 2004)... Bearcat Academic Honor Roll (Winter 2005, Spring 2005)... C-USA Commissioner's List (2004-05)
2003: Redshirted... Bearcat Honor Roll (Fall 2003)... Topcat Scholar (Winter 2004, Spring 2004)... C-USA Commissioner's List (2003-04)
Fisher Catholic High School: First team all-state choice as a senior for head coach Andy Helms...for-rter who earned all-Mid-State League and all-district honors in each of his last three seasons... an honorable mention all-Ohio choice as a junior... member of the National Honor Society.
Jonathan Edward Tobin: Born March 22, 1985 ...son of John and Anna Tobin.
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The Bridge Engineering Section is part of the Technical Services Branch in the Highway Division. It is responsible for the design standards, load capacity evaluation, inspection and asset management for all State highway structures, including almost 2700 highway bridges and overcrossings, plus railroad undercrossings, tunnels, and other structural elements. Consulting services are provided to all units of the Department of Transportation to ensure the above systems are constructed, maintained and rehabilitated to the highest professional standard. The Bridge Administration Team provides administrative support for the Bridge Teams. The Bridge Program Team is responsible for the development, implementation and operation of the Bridge Management System. It provides system-wide condition, load rating, management of load capacity and restriction issues analysis and reporting to support bridge programming decisions. The Bridge Standards and Practices Team provide expertise and set professional standards for bridge structural design and drafting, and maintain the ODOT Bridge Design & Drafting Manual and Bridge Standard Drawings. The Bridge Operations Team maintains an inventory of Oregon's bridges, provides management of the Oregon Bridge Inspection Program, and assures the operation of the program in accordance with the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS). Bridge inspection services are provided statewide through region-located employees, and for local agency bridge owners through consultant services. The Bridge Preservation Engineering Team is responsible for the complete development of contract plans and specifications for assigned projects. Servises include rehabilitation and cathodic protection of coastal bridges, rehabilitation and upgrade of movable bridges, heated bridge deck deicing systems, coating and metallization of steel bridges, fracture mitigation and repair, plus instrumentation and remote communication for seismic and other data collection systems for structures.
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Thursday, September 14, 2017
Shape Up NYC: Dance Movement for Fitness
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
This workout exercises the whole body through dance and movement.
Category: Accessible, Fitness
Special Express Arts 2
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This art workshop engages special needs adults through art for self expression.
Category: Arts & Crafts
Summer on the Hudson: Human Chess
at Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Become your favorite game piece and navigate the chess board as a team sport.
Category: Education, Games, Best for Kids
Open Track Night
at Icahn Stadium (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
This weekly event is an opportunity for adult runners and walkers of all abilities to utilize world-class Icahn Stadium!
Category: Fitness, Sports, Outdoor Fitness
Summer on the Hudson: Yoga Flow
at North Lawn at 78th Street (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Link mindful breathing with movement in this full spectrum yoga practice that includes modifications and intensifications depending on experience level.
Category: Fitness, Outdoor Fitness
Friday, September 15, 2017
Coastal Cleanup
at Pier 1 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Coastal Cleanup Volunteers give back to the community by helping us remove hundreds of pounds of trash from Pier 1 salt marshes and beaches.
Category: Nature, Volunteer, Waterfront
Summer on the Hudson: Bingo
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
BYO food and soft beverages to this free, all-ages BINGO! night. Each game winner receives a prize!
Category: Accessible, Games, Waterfront
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Wildlife Tour: High Line as Habitat
at High Line (in The High Line), Manhattan
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.
This tour will focus on how pollinators, migratory birds, and other wildlife use the habitat and forage provided by the High Line's gardens.
Category: Nature, Tours, Wildlife
Van Cortlandt Track Club
at Van Cortlandt Stadium (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Run through and around the Yonkers-Bronx border in small groups.
Category: Fitness
Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park
at Heather Garden (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
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Delano Motor Lodge (Cancelled)
Various advertisements for Led Zeppelin's booking here have been uncovered in the archives. The promoter, Steve Gold, confirms the band cancelled this date about week before the show.
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About meHi! I'm a 68 year old author of YA/adult fantasy books; however, writing is my second career. I worked at an academic library for more than 35 years, occasionally writing draft fragments of novels in my spare time. I was born in Maryland but live in Delaware.
About my libraryMy library largely reflects my tastes given above. I have about ten floor-to-ceiling bookcases squeezed into my apartment. My collection is strongest in fantasy and books by the Inklings. Other categories are represented--like folk & fairy tales, Bibles & religious works, SF, YA books, some humor & anthologies. It will take quite a while to load all these into this site. I have a Kindle, loaded with just 35 books.
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2014 V6 Pentastar MPG
The odometer just clicked over 5,000. The last 1100 was a road trip thru the backroads/mountains of New Mexico, Colorado and Utah (maybe 15% city driving). On the trip, we averaged 24 MPG.
BTW, my Summit is a 4X4.
Given the mileage I'm getting, there's no way I can justify paying $4,000, plus the added cost of diesel fuel and oil changes for the diesel engine.
And the Pentastar gets up and goes.
I freakin' luv this car !!!
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I feel exactly the same way. I love the v6 with the 8 speed.
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Justify Diesel? One word. Towing.
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But, I see your point.
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When I test drove the V6 and the diesel, I immediately noticed that the diesel had a much more peppy driving dynamic than did the V6. I could get my hemi to drive that way but I never floor it when the light turns green; if anything I'm used to finessing the pedal so my hemi doesn't eat so much gas. Anyway I mean overall the diesel seemed more fun to drive for me.
Of course it doesn't hurt that diesel is $0.35/gal cheaper than 89 octane here. :)
But that's great that you're happy with your Summit. At the end of the day that's all that matters. [emoji106]
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The other day in our area diesel was almost $0.40/gal more than 89 octane.
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Glad to hear that you are enjoying your Summit. It's a beautiful car :thumbsup:
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We already covered that in another thread.
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Hmmm, I am familiar with the thread of which you speak, but I came away with the opposite conclusion. If your main criteria of "performance" is red-lining your Jeep off the line like you were at the track, then yes the V6 will be faster. I never drive that way.
But like I said earlier, it's easy to see the difference; don't take some website's word for it. Test drive them back to back.
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FYI...mine has a tuner on it and I'm running 0-60 in 6.7s. I know that's not a fair comparison but a turbo motor is cheap and easy to turn up. I still get 32 mpg at 65 mph highway and 26-27 overall.
The Pentastar is a great motor, a good performer, and certainly a good choice...but the diesel option, for some, is worth the $4k. You get the stouter tranny and lots of v8 grunt with way better than v8 economy.
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Hopefully that becomes a nationwide trend, then I would hop (that's the Easter pun for the day) on the '17 diesel. Until then I will stay happy with my V6.
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Rowdy Doctor (new version)
Short Story by: Juggernaut
Status: Finished
Genre: Flash Fiction
Rowdy Doctor
Subba Rao
Coconut Grove was neither a recreational area on the beach front nor a decent residential district but a low-lying shanty area under water during monsoons and home for people at the bottom of the society such as rickshaw pullers, coolies, maids, sweepers, professional panhandlers and petty thieves. The raw sewer from the entire town flows through Coconut Grove via an open drain that also serves as an open toilet to the inhabitants of the Coconut Grove.
Coconut trees flourished in abundance on nutrient rich sewage in open drains in the low-lying area. Thus the area earned the name "Coconut Grove." However, over the years, some trees were dead from disease, and fires killed several more. Thatched-roof mud houses were gradually built on the spaces left by the dead trees. The area was still known by the name "Coconut Grove" though very few trees were left in between the crowded huts.
There were no paved roads in Coconut Grove, only narrow dirt alleys for the pedestrian and rickshaw traffic. In monsoon season, the narrow lanes turned into small streams. People used cow dung slurry to plaster their mud houses, the dung turned into a stiff coating on drying like a paint albeit-totally of organic in origin. Freshly dried toddy palm leaves were used to repair leaky roofs. Parked bullock-drawn carts over loaded with dry palm leaves waiting for a brisk sale were commons sight on the street near the Coconut Grove.
The odors from the drying cow dung plaster and deteriorating toddy palm leaves on the roof permeates the narrow lanes of Coconut Grove. Children from Coconut Grove would go around the town with a metal bowl on their head to collect fresh cow dung from the street. Some children walk behind the roaming cows and fight among themselves to collect fresh dung as the animals defecate on the streets. Most women at Coconut Grove would leave their homes early for work as day laborers, maids or professional panhandlers. Their children left alone at home entertain themselves on streets playing marbles or running behind push carts or skillfully maneuvering metal bicycle rims with a stick at high speeds on the narrow dirt paths. Some kids roam the nearby streets scouting for funeral processions where few coins could be collected when coins thrown on the dead body as a part of ceremonial tradition drops to the ground.
Women cook their meals on wood-burning mud stoves either indoors or outdoors, and the smoke from burning firewood covers the area particularly in late evening hours. The meal, a hot peppery slurry containing few salted fish or a few shrimps for flavoring and vegetables mixed with mounds of boiled rice was intended to satisfy hunger more than palate. The aroma of dried fish and shrimp blended with odors from cow dung and toddy palm leaves improvise Coconut Grove with a peculiar odor, a lasting experience to any one visiting Coconut Grove for the first time.
Among the crowded huts was a small tiled roof concrete dwelling with a large rectangular shape sign board that read "Dr. Seshagiri, RMP (Registered Medical Practitioner)." Dr. Seshagiri practiced medicine from a small section of the front veranda of his house. He rented the remaining section to a tailor, a fair skinned immigrant from the North. His house was one of the few with tiled-roof and concrete walls in Coconut Grove. Given the economic and social status, Coconut Grove was an unlikely place for a doctor to set up a practice let alone live there. But, Dr. Seshigiri chose to live there with his wife and practice medicine from his front veranda.
The mysterious reason for Dr. Seshigiri to live in the shanty area of the town was only known to a small section of the society. In a society where abortion was a serious taboo and not very many doctors from the main stream want to indulge in such a practice, Dr. Seshagiri's practice was exclusively dedicated to performing abortions. A large section of his clientele were prostitutes who ended up pregnant, an occupational hazard. Dr. Seshagiri was rumored to have illicit relations with some of his clients. The frequent visits by pimps that brought the prostitutes for abortion to Dr. Seshagiri's clinic earned him the infamous name "Rowdy Doctor." Very few know Dr. Seshagiri by his real name since everyone called him "Rowdy Doctor." And he accepted the title.
People from upper caste to the poor needed the services of Rowdy Doctor. Some women visited Rowdy Doctor without the knowledge of their families while others were brought by their relatives. He never asked how or under what circumstances the women got pregnant or why they wanted an abortion. His clients visited late at nights in rickshaws. Every rickshaw puller in town knew the location of Rowdy Doctor's clinic. He rendered his services for a small fee in cash and demanded no prior appointment for a visit.
Juggernaut's family was distantly related to Rowdy Doctor. Rowdy Doctor's wife, a diminutive woman visited Juggernaut's home unannounced once in a while. Always wearing a white sari, she appeared fragile and sickly. Juggernaut first encountered Rowdy Doctor's wife when he was young. He was playing with his older sister on a small open trailer belong to his neighbor. A woman hurriedly entered the premises as if someone was chasing her with incoherent smile on her face. Her looks were distinctly paranoid almost like a mad woman. Juggernaut jumped from the trailer screaming for help and ran passed the woman towards his house. The woman followed him into his house timidly only to be welcomed by Juggernaut's mother. After exchanging social formalities and chatting, Juggernaut's mother offered her buttermilk in a glass. The woman gulped the contents as if she was really thirsty and placed the glass on the ground. Standing behind their mother, Juggernaut and his sister observed all this. After her departure, Juggernaut came to know who the woman was and realized that she was neither mad nor crazy but a very depressed woman. From that time onwards, any time she visited, Juggernaut used to scream that Rowdy Doctor wife was coming.
On a few occasions, Rowdy Doctor's wife brought along her daughter. The girl, the same age as Juggernaut, was thin and unusually very fair skinned compared to brown skin south Indians. With high cheekbones, sharp nose, brown eyes and hair, she was beautiful and foreign looking.
Juggernaut was very much wished to play with the girl, but was afraid to ask her, as she always hides behind her mother.
On one rare occasion when Rowdy Doctor's wife was chatting with Juggernaut's mother, he asked her daughter "do you want to play?"
She was too shy even to answer but her mother said "go and play with him."
The girl's name was Shoba. After playing for some time she left with her mother without even saying good bye. Shoba was really shy and unaccustomed to playing with strangers.
On subsequent visits, Shoba was more relaxed and playful with Juggernaut. "Where do you live?' asked Juggernaut.
"Somewhere out there," she replied.
"What does your father do?"
Shoba thought for a moment and said "Doctor."
"What kind?"
"I don't know," she replied.
Juggernaut played hide and seek, then jumped up and down on the neighbor's trailer with Shoba. Shoba was so delicate she sought help and attention all the time. As time passed, Rowdy Doctor's wife visits became sparse and eventually she stopped coming altogether much to Juggernaut's disappointment.
Many years went by since Rowdy Doctor's wife stopped coming to Juggernaut's house. One day, his mother showed a wedding invitation. It was the wedding of Shoba; the shy girl who visited years ago with her strange mother.
Apparently, Rowdy Doctor spent too much time with his clientele and also drinking 'aruk' a cheap alcoholic drink brewed from toddy palm sap. His wife, ignored and neglected by her husband went into depression. She found solace in the company of the Muslim tailor who rented their veranda, eventually she ran away with him. Neighbors believed that Shoba's real father was the fair skinned Muslim tailor not the Rowdy Doctor. Shoba was later given away for adoption to her distant relatives.
Juggernaut attended Shoba's wedding and tried to make an eye contact with her but she did not appeared to recognize him. She was beautiful in her wedding dress but appeared mysterious perhaps it was all Juggernauts' imagination knowing her hidden past.
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We then started to drive north and were shocked at the state of the Fraser Coast. As mentioned before there had just been a cyclone and several tornadoes. In Noosa we were hit with rain, rain and more rain, the Fraser Coast was hit bad. We drove through Marybourough and was shocked to see fallen trees, wrecked building and unbelievably high water marks. The sea was so murky and brown, we spoke to locals that said normally the water would have been crystal clear
After driving further up the coast we stopped in Airlie Beach and the weather was terrible! We held out for just over a week and then booked our Whitsundays trip - ocean rafting. On the day of our trip we got so lucky as it was beautiful blue skies. Speaking to the tour guides they said that the day before had been awesome so we were in for a treat, they only get days like we had for about 2 weeks of the year. We first went to manta ray bay for some snorkelling and it was amazing, they threw fish pellets off the side of the raft and huge GTs and sea turtles were swimming around us. We then moved on to Whitehaven Beach; it was spectacular. The most amazing beach I have ever been to, the clear water and swirling sands were just beautiful. The sand consists of 98% pure silca which gives it a bright white color. Unlike regular sand, the sand on Whitehaven Beach does not retain heat making it comfortable to walk barefoot on a hot day. This sand is also very fine, and it is good at polishing up jewellery and exfoliating! The day was wicked and I would definitely recommend booking with X backpackers, Ocean Rafting.
We finally arrived in cairns after going up to Port Douglas and Cook Town, we stayed for a week in a place called Palm Cove in a lovely campsite right beside the sea
We can't believe our time in Australia has come to an end! Thanks to everyone that has made our time down under a million time more memorable and a huge thank you to everyone that has put us up on our travels, you have helped us out more than you know and we will never forget our time with you!
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When eight-year-old Jacob Langston is found in a remote part of China and returned to the small American town of Arcadia, Missouri, his now elderly parents Henry (Kurtwood Smith) and Lucille (Frances Fisher) must grapple with the inexplicable: why hasn't he aged a day in the 32 years since his apparent death?
It's a potent mystery that taps a suite of emotions: grief, loss, remembrance and family, not to mention that peculiarly human notion of exploring life after death, immortality, ''heaven'' and, as the new television drama Resurrection posits, what would happen to those who were left behind if their deceased loved ones began returning?
''It's the wish fulfilment of being able to have that person you love back, but it's not as simple as all of that,'' the show's executive producer Tara Butters explains. ''We all have these people we've lost in our lives that we would give anything for a day with them again, but what if it wasn't just that simple?''
Butters and co-executive-producer Michele Fazekas are steering the series, which is based on a book, The Returned, by Jason Mott. Despite a near identical story premise, Resurrection is not based on the French drama Les Revenants, which is broadcast in English-speaking markets with the title The Returned.
''All over the world people's loved ones are returning from beyond,'' says the marketing material for Mott's book. ''No one knows how or why this is happening, whether it's a miracle or a sign of the end.'' The net result, says the book, is a ''mysterious new reality and a conflict that threatens to unravel the very meaning of what it is to be human.''
Extraordinarily, Butters and Fazekas did not watch Les Revenants (or the film on which it based), nor did they read Mott's book. The second task wasn't so hard: it has only just been published. ''I started reading it and then stopped,'' Butters says. ''[The book] is its own thing, just like The Returned. We didn't watch that. We didn't want to be influenced by it or the book.''
One of the most challenging aspects of the story is that although ''the returned'' are seemingly in flesh and blood those who died, there are subtle differences in personality. That plants a seed of doubt that everything is as it seems. ''The question of if this is really them isn't really simply answered because they're not exactly the same,'' explains Butters. ''Then the question becomes: Does that matter?''
The series is born in the mystery genre but does gently slip towards science fiction, though not as tangibly as either Under The Dome, which is permeated by the whiff of aliens, or the upcoming Wayward Pines. If you look at the books on which both are based, they clearly use science fiction in a slightly more tangible fashion.
Butters says that science fiction in Resurrection is used in its oldest, best tradition: as a platform for the exploration of humanity, not technology.
''If you look at some of the best science fiction stories, they're really talking about our own humanity,'' she says. ''They use those guises to talk about racism and various other subjects that are framed in a safe way.''
Resurrection co-stars Omar Epps as J. Martin Bellamy, the immigration agent who is tasked with reuniting Jacob with his family - a task that is presumably a little more complex than first anticipated - and Matt Craven as Sheriff Fred Langston, whose wife died trying to save Jacob, an event cast in a new light when it seems that Jacob did not actually die.
The series is just eight one-hour episodes, a compressed ''event'' format, which has become popular in the US, notably in the wake of the US network CBS's success with the series Under The Dome. (That series follows the cable drama format of 13 one-hour episodes.) FX is launching a similar ''event'' small-town mystery series, Wayward Pines, later this year.
''The eight episodes span just under two weeks so it's a very compressed timeline, much in the way that Lost was,'' Butters says, noting that Lost was a key creative influence on the development of Resurrection. The producers maintain Les Revenants was not, though that point is debatable. ''Eight episodes is a very short period of time so not all the questions can be answered but there are definitely questions that we answer.''
The shorter term issue may just be giving the series breathing space in a schedule seemingly crowded with zombies, or, in this newer trend, the returned dead.
Confusingly, the French series, which airs in Australia on SBS, is being adapted for the English-speaking market by the US channel A&E, under the watch of former Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse. That's without getting into In The Flesh, the BBC3 drama about people returning from the dead, or The 4400, the US miniseries about missing people returning decades later.
The other challenge is to get the balance of the mystery roll-out - the inevitable question vs answer vs more question algorithm - right. The much-loved Lost set the benchmark for that, and still managed to get it wrong more often than it got it right.
''We try to give answers along the way that make you have new questions,'' Butters says. ''Obviously if we give you all the answers to why this is happening, there is no show. The idea is to give out some as we go and hopefully new mysteries will come up that people will find interesting.''
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We are delighted to release a WP7 App to showcase Visifire charts & gauges. As you already know Visifire supports WP7. This App is to let you quickly try how Visifire controls run on WP7. Click here to download the App. Embedded below is a video tour of the App.
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Favourable weather has provided good conditions for progress on the first stage of the Hastings St redevelopment project in Napier.
Napier City Council said that as a result, Albion St had been re-opened for parking and to one-way traffic from Hastings St to Marine Parade.
Vautier St was closed at Hastings St to allow for the upgrade of the water main and it would remain closed while stormwater and sewer services were also upgraded.
Temporary sealing of Hastings St between Albion St and Rebel Sport had allowed for parallel parking in front of Dunvegan House.
Council staff had finished laying new large stormwater and sewer pipes from Albion St to Motordrome. Once tested, the upgrade of existing water mains at the intersection of Hastings St and Vautier St would be complete.
Telecommunications and power companies had installed new ducts from Albion St to Lighting Direct.
Foundations for new street light poles had been put in from Albion St as far as the Rebel Sport car park.
The street makeover was aimed at creating a more "pedestrian-friendly environment" for shoppers and visitors in downtown Napier.
The upgrade of Hastings St was being carried out in three sections over three years. Albion St to Tennyson St will be targeted next year and the final section, from Tennyson St to Browning St, was to be completed in 2014.


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The difference between SP and HPF is not going to be price, its going to be end product. One is a 'kit' the other is 'custom' .. both will likely yield similar costs. Custom general equates to more labor and a one off result, which some like. HPF instead invested in significant manufacturing costs, having most of their products cad designed, and cast, or machined. End result is an OEM looking car, some prefer this, even if it means there may be 100 others like it.
I can tell you this.. HPF's kit isn't expensive to be expensive.. its expensive because the cost to produce it and design/r&d it was high.
I may not be a huge fan of Chris B, and HPF and I may have had our differences but there is absolutely no denying that they may have been the first to truly SET THE BAR as far as kit quality and design goes... the cost alone for that intake manifold was likely tens of thousands to go from a cad drawing to a cast piece. When they priced their kit they likely took into consideration how many kits it would take to break even on R&D/Manufacturing and how many kits over all they felt they'd sell. They then priced their kits around that.
If I had to guess I'd say they've sold anywhere from 125 to 150 kits.. if I had to guess the development costs and initial manufacturing costs (including payroll for those DOING the work) was probably well over $300k. Then you take into account the cost of manufacturing each piece (after the casting/r&d/etc) and you're probably looking at a cost of $5k-$7k for like a stage 1. Now lets do the math.. they've sold 150 stage 1's lets say (i'm going to ignore engine building, stage 2's, etc, etc..) then they'd have made $2.25m (subtract costs and its like 1.1m).. over the last 5+ years they've been selling the kits. Divide that by 5 and you're looking at only $220k/yr.. toss in all the marketing costs, blown motors, warranty work, continued payroll for those still installing, and updating the kit and the significantly oversized 15ksqft shop and suddenly Chris B isn't sitting on a uncle scrooge style pile of cash like most think. You also need to be aware that the AA's and ESS's of the world sell kits with significantly less hard parts, and use the stock DME which means less costs per kit sold.. but likely just as high of R&D costs.
Rustles my jimmies when people think that some magical $7k E46 m3 turbo kit is 'just around the corner' due to competition.. it isn't.
Their shop and turbo kit sales bring in about five percent of total income.
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Eastern Carolina - The Oyster Shell Collection Program of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries has had budget cuts,but that hasn't stopped the program from growing rapidly.
The old shells are collected by the North Carolina Oyster Shell Recycling Project, then put back in brackish waters where baby oysters thrive in the old shells. The new oyster clumps also have a huge effect on estuaries by cleaning water and preventing erosion.
Each week, several restaurants donate their shells to the program. Big yellow barrels sporting the "Oyster Shell Recycling" program logo are used to collect the shucks.
Donald Jordan, Owner of Jordan's House of Seafood in Emerald Isle says it is important to him to donate.
"It is really good, when these shells are put in the water it gives us better water and more oysters later on." said Jordan.
Project coordinator Sabrina Varnam says they are countering budget cuts by streamlining the collection of old shells they are doing that by replacing small collection barrels with giant bins at collection sites.
"The roll off containers when we get them here, are going to be yellow and have the logo. But they're actually going to be low to the side, four feet high so people can easily reach over and dump from the side," said Varnam.
The new collection bins will be roll off trailers that will only need to be emptied once or twice a year instead of weekly. These new containers should be in place around the first of the year
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An aerial view of the damage inflicted by Tuesday's powerful earthquake on a neighbourhood in the town of Gunung Sitoli on Nias Island, Indonesia.
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Aid agencies are yet to decide whether to start public appeals for donations.
An Australian navy ship and three aircraft are being sent to the earthquake-devastated area of Indonesia as a massive relief effort gets under way.
An AusAID team is assessing the situation on the island of Nias and the Federal Government has not ruled out sending more help.
HMAS Kanimbla, which had just completed its mission to tsunami-hit Aceh, left Singapore yesterday equipped with a mobile hospital.
Two C-130 Hercules aircraft were on their way to Jakarta and the Government plans to send a third aircraft, with medical crew and supplies aboard, in the next few days to Jakarta for deployment by Indonesian authorities.
The Australian Government has pledged $1 million so far, but Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said further assistance could be provided if required.
"At this stage we've set aside $1 million simply so that we have some money available and we can buy medicines, we can buy drinking water, whatever is necessary," he said.
Defence Minister Robert Hill said some of the medical personnel who took part in the Aceh recovery would be involved in the new operation.
"They have a lot of stamina but, yes, they are stretched," he said. "They have done a fantastic job . . . and they will meet this new responsibility."
Air force Group Captain John Oddie said more than 60 rescue and medical personnel were on board the two Hercules aircraft, which were expected to arrive in Jakarta last night. Ten tonnes of water and medical supplies are also on board.
The first aid delivery would go to the town of Sibolga, on Sumatra's west coast, he said. He expected more flights this week at the request of Indonesia.
Aid agencies including the Red Cross, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, World Vision, Care Australia and Caritas Australia have sent staff, including medical personnel, to Nias.
The Red Cross is assessing the situation on neighbouring Simeulue, where a doctor and local volunteers are helping the injured. The agency has sent body bags, tents, kitchen sets and four cargo trucks to the island.
World Vision chief executive Tim Costello said the agency was well placed to respond to the emergency, with staff and supplies based in the region since the tsunami.
"The combined psychological impact of the two natural disasters cannot be underestimated as these people feel the land and the sea can turn against them at any time," he said.
The agencies are waiting for a full assessment of the disaster before deciding whether they need to start public appeals.
Red Cross spokesman Ian Woolverton said the agency was confident it had enough supplies in the area. Stock originally earmarked for the tsunami response would be replaced if it was used to help victims of the latest earthquake.
World Vision plans to cover the cost of earthquake aid through an existing program in the area (established before the tsunami) and emergency relief funds.
Caritas Australia said it would accept donations for survivors, but had not yet decided whether to start an appeal.
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No one ever said life was easy. But I thought that, you know, after losing a loved one, things might start letting up for once. I couldn't be more wrong.
If someone had told me that two of the most masculine men I'd ever come across would be after me in a matter of weeks, I'd have blushed, laughed and moved on. If someone had told me that I had another half that'd been lying dormant all this time until my family's loss, I'd have gotten mad and punched them in the face for being ridiculous and inconsiderate. If someone had just had the decency to tell me that I would have to choose a side, I would have run as fast as I could.
But no one had told me. Now, my normal day consists of guiding spirits, fighting off demons, almost dying, and falling in love with two men who wanted me for reasons of their own.
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Located in Romantic Zone, Blue Chairs Resort by the Sea is within a 10-minute stroll of sights such as Los Muertos Pier and Playa de los Muertos. This 65-room resort has 3 outdoor pools along with a full-service spa and a restaurant. On the beach, the resort is also close to Malecon and Galeria Olinala.
Enjoy a bite to eat at Blue Chairs Beach Club, the resort's onsite restaurant. Savor a meal from the privacy of your room with room service, or get a pick-me-up at the coffee shop/café. Start your day off with cooked-to-order breakfast, available for a fee.
Blue Chairs Resort by the Sea's 65 air-conditioned rooms provide balconies, coffee makers, and phones. Guests can expect to find cable TV and stay connected with free WiFi. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries.
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At Blue Chairs Resort by the Sea, guests have access to a full-service spa, 3 outdoor pools, and a rooftop terrace. There's free offsite parking and an area shuttle for a fee. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day to help with concierge services and securing valuables. This adults-only resort also has free WiFi in public areas.
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Blue Chairs Resort by the Sea features 3 outdoor swimming pools. Dining options at the resort include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include 2 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This beach resort also offers a rooftop terrace, spa services, and tour/ticket assistance.
- Total number of rooms - 65
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- Number of floors - 6
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- Number of outdoor pools - 3
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Blue Chairs Resort by the Sea offers 65 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Rooms open to balconies. Cable television is provided.
Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. This Puerto Vallarta resort provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
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Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Blue Chairs Beach Club - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
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3 outdoor swimming pools are on site.
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Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa. Massages are available on the beach and in the spa; other services include deep-tissue massages, Swedish massages, and facials. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including reflexology.
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Public housing buildings are falling into disrepair at a rate faster than the New York City Housing Authority can keep up with them, according to a resident survey.
Five community groups conducted the first-of-its-kind survey that asked 1,400 residents living in 71 public housing complexes — about 1/5 of the NYCHA developments —to give the authority a letter grade on a variety of issues.
Fifty-seven percent gave a 'D' or 'F' for the maintenance, and the overall grade for management was a 'C-'.
Martha Lopez, a resident of 20 years of the Jacob Riis development on Manhattan's Lower East Side, said the findings aren't surprising. She said her requests to fix a recurring leak in her bedroom wall had gone unanswered, and she was thinking of fixing it herself.
"If I can find instructions on how to seal this wall, I would do it. I don't care what I have to pay for it," said Lopez, who added that she'd already making small repairs herself. "But you know sometimes I think that could get my neighbors upset, because then [management] might start thinking that everybody could do their own repairs."
Sheila Stainback, a spokeswoman for NYCHA, said in a statement that the authority is under-funded and its aging buildings require a great deal of repair.
She said the authority is already working on a range of short-term solutions, but warned that it could lose $200 million in federal funding this year, and such a loss would mean that 70,000 apartments could go without even basic repairs.