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465,000 people used the CityLink fixed routes last year. But many of these stops are missing shelters and in most cases, even benches.
"There's nowhere to sit so you have to stand there freezing your tail off," said Heather Couch, a bus commuter.
CityLink recently received a $90,000 federal grant to improve the most popular stops. Route 7, which stops at Walmart and the strip mall on Southwest Drive, is one of the most heavily used.
CityLink General Manager, Ben Herr, is hoping to use that money to put in as many shelters as possible.
"This is a very heavily used system considering the size of Abilene. So we're trying to make it even better for those people who do ride it everyday," said Herr.
Each shelter costs from $3,000 to $10,000, and that's before making it ADA compliant. Herr will recommend where he would like to see new bus stop shelters but the city has the final say. He hopes to use the money in a way that will maximize the number of shelters they can install.
Those who are forced to brave the elements each day while waiting for the bus are hoping the same thing.
"It gets really cold in Abilene sometimes. and with the dust storms it can be hard. having a place to sit down and rest is really cool," said Renee Noffsinger, a bus commuter.
Herr estimates the construction of the new shelters will start sometime next year.
"Bear with us..we're working on it and we do want to do more for the riders that are out there," said Herr.
CityLink is working closely with the Abilene Jaycees Foundation. They have an agreement with the city to put down benches in exchange for advertising money.
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i have an hp pavillion g6, and although i have changed all the battery and screen settings so that the laptop does not sleep until 1% battery, when the battery level reaches 8-9% the computer sleeps on its own without any action from me. its really annoying while doing something. i think originally the critical battery level was set to 9%. I changed the setting as shown here https://www.howtogeek.com/58109/how-to-lower-the-critical-battery-level-to-1-in-windows-7/ since it would not allow me to do so otherwise. I chose the way with the battery. Any ideas are welcome.
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Hi panic ,
Welcome to HTG ,
I think you need to re-read the first part of that link.
Hi GuiltySpark,
Thanks for your reply. I am not sure what you mean by first part of the link. I have followed the method by pulling the battery and changing the advanced power settings but when the battery level falls to 8-9% it will sleep.
Hi panic ,
From the link "With specific hardware configurations, Windows refuses to let you change the Critical Battery Level below a specific point. If you've got a big battery, this prevents you from using every last bit of juice. Thankfully, there are two easy workarounds.
We've already shown you How To Tweak the Low Battery Action on Your Windows 7 Laptop, but Windows can be stubborn. On my particular laptop, it won't let me set the critical battery level to anything below 5%; it changes back to 5% as soon as I click something else. On my netbook, that's close to 20 minutes I'm missing out on, and it takes less than 30 seconds to hibernate so I know I would be fine with 1%. Depending on your specific hardware this number may be different, or you may be lucky and not have this problem at all; it appears that many Macbooks running Windows 7 don't have this issue. If you're like me, however, there are two solutions you can choose from: one that's easy and another that's slightly more involved."
It might be the case that your hardware doesn't allow it, or it could be something in either Control Panel --- Power Options --- Change when the computer sleeps/hibernates.
Or it may be a function elsewhere within the Advanced Power Options menu tree that is 'resisting'.
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My Rough plan to get better at sailing.
So I have read many many times about the best way to learn buy upgrade etc. get a little boat sail it, learn it sell it get one a little be bigger, lather rinse repeat until you are in the right one for you. I prefer to not try and buy and sell several times over the next couple years so here is my plan I'm hoping you all here will tell me Brilliant wish I had thought of that! You are a great person I want to be you when I grow up! thats not the reaction I expect but life never gives you what you expect.
There is a local sailing club Island sailing, which for $184 a month(plus one time sign up fee of $400) gives you access to a fleet of boats. The club is in Portland Or. Olympia WA. And Kirkland WA. (I am in Olympia) membership allows unlimited day use of the boats that you are qualified for at any of the locations. One overnight free. Additional nights at a cost. This 184 a month is less then a slip and insurance would be let alone actually owning the boat. The only downside I see is that they require a 1 year commitment. So for roughly $2400 I have pretty much unlimited day sailing and asa101.
Add to that there is a Starr fleet down here in the Budd inlet that I am hoping to get hooked up with. Get a little experience on some 14 footers. Little boats, make some mistakes get wet, learn not to do that anymore.
I am also currently sailing on a j33(well ok I have a couple times) and maybe a hunter 40 on occasion. For the local south sound Wednesday night races.
All of this while I am still living on land and shopping for a 30-35(37 I love the tayana but probably out of my price limit) for live aboard and eventual cruising and possible circumnavigation.
So thats my plan and suggestions.
Constructive comments will be more highly regarded then just straight out negative.(which I actually haven't seen much of here.
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Brilliant wish I had thought of that! You are a great person I want to be you when I grow up!
Seriously, I think you have a great idea. If you buy a boat before you have any experience it would be just pure luck if you get the best boat for your needs. As much time on different boats and you will start to have real personal experience that can make your selection based on what you know vs. what you have read about.
At least you have a better chance of getting closer with your first boat.
The economics of swapping out boats is not good. Every time you buy and sell a boat you have to pay tax on the purchase (in most states) then a broker on the sale (selling on your own is not for everyone). So here in CT the sales tax is 6.35% plus the brokers fee is 10%.
The random number people use for first year upgrades is 20%, obviously totally variable depending on person and boat. What is not so random however is that for every dollar you spend on upgrades if you get back 10 cents at sale time you did well maybe a little more.
So for a guesstimate you buy a boat for 50,000 at a very good price.
Put in ten thousand cash for upgrades and deferred maintenance.
After on year you sell and get 51,000, you bought very well and didn't screw up any of your projects in a way the surveyor can see.
You tax on purchase was 3,175.00
So principle plus tax plus upgrades you have 63,175
You sell for 51,000 less broker and net 45,900
One year of boat ownership has cost you 17,275 or 34% of the sticker price for the boat.
If you keep the boat for several years the numbers look a lot better.
The guys I envy are the ones who have had the same boat for 15+ years. Every year they feed the beast a few thousand. Their boat still looks brand new after 20 or more years because it was taken well care of.
Re: My Rough plan to get better at sailing.
It's a wonderful plan. Very similar to what my wife and I did when starting out. I believe you will find that many boat owners have done just this. We belonged to a club that gave us unlimited access to 22-25 ft keel boats, and we could rent 33-45 foot boats at a greatly reduced rate. Got us out and built our skills and also helped define what we really wanted in our boat.
Hve fun, go sail, the more you get out the better you will get at sailing.
Re: My Rough plan to get better at sailing.
Great Plan,
Exactly how I learned to sail. I had learned on a hobie cat then taught for two summers at a summer camp. Joined a club that had unlimited weekday usage and sailed the hell out of the 22 foot boats. I also did some racing then and a lot of racing since. I would suggest trying to become a regular on the J-boat. Show up every time it races and you will get a full time spot and maybe even get promoted to different spots on the boat. I race on a J35 for years and learned a lot from it.
I'd also suggest building a library and reading a lot to expand your knowledge in racing and cruising. I have since owned a small boat but am back in the sailing club mode and racing OPB's. While it is not as satisfying as owning a boat, I get to sail as much as I want (no I don't), but i get to sail a lot. Also I usually split the cost of boat rental with people so the cost for me to sail is minimal, as opposed to owning. If you stuck with the club for a few more years instead of buying your own boat you might be able to afford the Tayana, a boat I would love to own but also out of my price range for now.
Re: My Rough plan to get better at sailing.
Great way to learn, and even at $184 a month for a year, it will be far far less than even the ongoing costs (maintenance, slip, etc.) of owning a boat. You'll be able to sail without the hassles of maintenance, and try out many different boats to accommodate your growth as a sailor. My son lives in Seattle and I recommended these guys to him awhile back, but he just does not have enough time for it right now.
Coincidentally, we're visiting Seattle in 2 weeks and have reserved a Catalina 25 for a day from the Kirkland location. I have talked with Cathy (Olympia office) and Rhys and Josh (Portland office) several times this weekend setting it all up. They seem to be very friendly and professional. I'll know more about how well they take care of their boats after I've rented from them. My aunt lives directly across the water from their marina in Olympia (we even kayaked through their marina last year when we visited), so if we visit here this time I'm going to drop past just to say hello to Cathy and get familiar with their operation.
I wish we had a club like that in this area. There are a couple sailing clubs and a Sailtime franchise, but all the options were so pricey and/or limited that my best option was to buy. I've had the same boat four years and no regrets at all, but a club like Island Sailing seems to me to really hit the sweet spot for cost/benefits.
Re: My Rough plan to get better at sailing.
I think it's a great plan.
But...I still think you should just buy a boat. A cheaper one. I think you'll lean more quicker.
Is maintenance a pain in the ass? Of course, but how are ou going to learn about boat maintenance if you're not forced to do it. If its your boat you'll care more,
You'll try to make thinks last, you'll come up with new ways to fix things. That's how you learn so when you are circumnavigating and something ones wrong you will know what to do.
If you buy a good boat for not too much your costs can be less than the cost of the yearly membership. It may sound great right now when it's 80 an sunny every day but what are going to do in winter? Use it once every two months? Why do you think they require the yearly membership?
If you have your own boat you can learn to anchor, you can take a weekend trip to the San Juan's, a couple weeks in October to Canada. Spend a weekend at bell harbor paying $25 a night to be sleeping right out in front of pike place market. Store your foul weather gear there, sleep at the marina just to get out of the house. Smell your boat that smells like you, make it your own. Save some money and buy you first GPS. Get a good one so when you upgrade boats you'll still have it. Start a library of PNW cruising an anchor out in the south sound and dream about the places you'll cruise next year. Worry if its ok whe a winter storm comes and go down to the harbor at three in the morning to snug your dock lines.
Throw yourself into the fire. You'll learn more than you think.
Re: My Rough plan to get better at sailing.
This sounds like a great plan. The $184 per month seems a little steep but maybe that's the going rate in your area; besides, it does allow you an array of boats for overnight trips and in multiple locations, so there is a lot of value there. In my case, I started sailing 4 years ago (as a totally green crew - knew nothing) and then began a serious quest for my own boat 3 years ago. I read and reviewed practically every boat under the sun, took everyone's advice, asked endless questions, sailed as much as I could, and then pulled the trigger a few months ago. There are still so many things I don't understand about how different boats sail under different conditions, but overall, I know why I made the decisions I did and the boat feels right for me. The best bit of advice was from someone who said, "what is the thing you can't live without?" This helped me focus. Depending on what you're looking for, you'll always have to make some compromises, but knowing why you made these choices is key. I suggest that, as you're sailing these different boats, you make a list of all the things you like and don't like as well as general layout, # of heads, location of berths, galley set up, storage, bilge location, engine accessibility, engine type and hp, sail handling, ease of reefing and raising the sails, location of sheets and halyards, etc. Have FUN!!
Re: My Rough plan to get better at sailing.
Its a good deal, if you are close and its where you want to sail. You will learn more with your own boat, about maintenance and other things.... but you would also pay and suffer more.
Re: My Rough plan to get better at sailing.
So Quick update. I did join Island sailing and took asa101 (needed to take out the 20-23' boats) have been out several times on the San Juan 23 and Catalina Capri 22. taking the Santana 20 out this week for the first time. my crew is getting more comfortable so the 20 should be fun. and plan on taking it alot as its small and will teach us quicker about sail trim and all that.
in October I am taking asa103 which will allow me to take out the Wavelength 24 and the catalina 25 so on sudden good wind days better chance of something being there instead of the whole reserve several days in advance and hopeing there is wind. which there really isnt much of here in Budd inlet.
so overall so far I am very happy with my decision I understand I am not learning upkeep but that will come. I am still shopping for my sailboat but I am looking in the 30-40 range and will still be taking out the 20--22's for training even if I buy one tomorrow. my shopping is subject for another thread which I am almost ready to start.
only getting out once a week right now but planing on puting that up to 2 times after next week. one with the crew (couple of good friends) and once solo, need to start getting the experience. the San Juan 23 is set up pretty well for single handing so thats the next step of the adventure. docking myself
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We started out doing what you did in exactly the same location. We now own our own boat (we've moved up from our previous San Juan 24) and race it regularly with the South Sound Sailing Society in Olympia which you should look into. It's a very active racing and cruising group and many boats are willing to take new crew. We would never have learned as much if we hadn't started racing. Plus, we cruised up to the Gulf Islands this summer for 3 weeks which is why we wanted to buy a boat in the first place. We're always learning whether we're cruising or racing. Have fun out there!
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I agree that Kiwi has been really good at LB this year, <u>which is why when Dezz, and whoever else start complaining about Osi, and plea to move Kiwi back to d-line </u>i cringe and disagree. LEAVE HIM BE!!!! We've been weak at LB forever!! Give us this one bright spot!! Kiwi does exactly what we drafted Sintim to do, and he was a bust, so lets keep this good thing going, for the love of god!!
We should be solid next year at LB if we are healthy (thats like a curse word for Giants fans--healthy...ugh). Which is pretty cool if you think about it. </p>
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Been pretty busy so far today and hard to believe I have already been in work for 2 hours !! doesnt time fly when your having fun.
Looking forward to this Sunday bit of a change have linked up with some friends and hired a charter boat to go fishing 20 miles of the South coast hopefully Ill catch something half decent instead of the crabs I normally get.
Please no jokes about pubic lice, I may be hard to get rid off and I may be irritating and I may be contagious but thats where the resemblance ends okay !!
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by LittleD, Jan 17, 2013.
Recruiting Coordinator?
Running backs
How about his brother, Dick Nutt?
Siblings: Danny Nutt, Dickey Nutt, Dennis Nutt
That the position is indeed for RB or TE coach.
i started a thread yesterday, that no one (credible) wants to coach here, so far Jerry has dragged in Kiffin from a nursing center, and has dug up Houston Nutt.
are we allowed to interview coaches below 60?
No you don't know that!
Back when Garrett was at Princeton, he and Nutt met at a Hobboken steak house and they have been pen pals ever since.
No way the the Jerr behind any of this.
And potentially the best DL coach in the NFL...
As for this thread - Brouddus and Mosely are both saying he will be the RB coach.
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BryanBroaddus "@whizz17: so one of the names floating around to be the next OC for the boys is Houston Nutt?? Is that a possibility?" RB coach believe.
How do you explain Garrett's association with Kiffin?
also Thurman Thomas.
This is most likely another Larry Lacewell suggestion to Jerry. Larry has been duck hunting in Arkansas this week. Jerry lives for Larry Lacewell suggestions.
Your right who ever heard of Kiffin? and what was Jerry relationship with Kiffin?
By the way Garrett was in Tampa Bay when Kiffin was still coaching the Bucs.
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And it's still as ridiculous today.
this is true
the bartender told me
The next person up for interview is... Max Power
Apparently running backs coach, any background on his experience with backs?
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A witness has said the shooter, described as a black man of light complexion, approached the victim, who is also black, and fired about five shots in rapid succession. The shooter ran north from the scene toward Orange Grove Boulevard, the witness said.
Pasadena police officers responded to the scene at about 8:45 p.m. Thursday and discovered the victim suffering from several gunshot wounds. Although Pasadena Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene, the victim died there, officials said.
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Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office said the court gave 42-year-old Guillermo Ramirez credit for 253 days at his Friday sentencing.
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I think we should create a list of recommendations for movies with the best surround sound. I would propose two categories, kids and older viewers. I'll start with a few staples:
Jurassic Park; Star Wars episode 2; King Kong (the 2006 version); Batman Returns
Older Viewers:
Aeon Flux; V for Vendetta; The Matrix
My absolute favorite movies to watch in these catagories:
1) StarWars
2) Pirates of the Caribben (it might not be good for surround - but cannons are COOL!)
1) Gladiator
Currently working on my MBA program. I hope to return sometime in December 2010.
The surround sound on all of these movies is great! These are mainly movies for adults, although some might have a PG-13 rating.
Titanic - dialog from the front speakers while the sea washes by on the rear speakers.
The Perfect Storm - high seas and thunder from all corners of the room
U-571 - torpedoes zip along from front left to rear left
Saving Private Ryan - shells and bullets coming from all over the room. You feel like you're on the beach
All under "older viewers":
Master and Commander for the water sound effects as well as the cannons, The Fifth Element, of course, Batman Begins (the scarecrow voice effect), The Ultimate James Bond series. Many more...
I wanted to mention the one that I always break out to demo surround sound to my friends Contact.
There are several scenes in this movies where you have tons of audio coming out of all the speakers. Especially the scene where Ellie gets dropped in the container, and then travels through the tube. The visuals and audio are both stunning.
Other movies I like to demo surround sound with are The Matrix, The Day After Tomorrow, Titan AE, X-Men and battle scenes from Lord of the Rings.
Nice Thread. There are a couple of movies in here that I will have to go and check out.
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I'll thumb through my collection and post more later...
OK - going through my collection right now and here are some more of my favorite adult movies for a good surround sound system:
1) Alien
2) Gone in 60 seconds (Nick Cage version)
3) Jurasic Park
4) Pearl Harbor (the first half)
5) Spiderman ???
6) Harry Potter???
Some more kids movies:
1) Cars
2) Polar Express
3) Monsters INC
4) Shrek
Great suggestions everyone. I would have to agree with every movie listed so far. I will say that for a great, yet subtle surround effect, try M. Night Shamalan's "Signs". When Mel Gibson is in the cornfield and the alien critters are scurrying all around, it sends shivers up my spine. The dog barking in the distance always gets my boxer's attention.
I also like the Kill Bill volume 1 scene where Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu are fighting in the snow covered garden. The crunch of snow under thier feet and the repetitive clunk of the bamboo fountain is pretty sweet.
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Jmiah22:I think Lord of the Rings (All three) would qualify for amazing surround sound! Well, the Platinum Extended version would anyway. It is DTS ES 6.1 surround sound. It sounds AMAZING!! You have things flying at you from all four corners of the room in the battle scenes.
I have to agree. I'm no animal buff but the impact of those enormous elephants, or mastodons...whatever they are, just amazing.
Another good one is Underworld. It has a very clean, and powerful 5.1 soundtrack, and some of the best use of bass I have heard in a movie.
I'm going to have to buy Underworld now and watch it (I'm always looking for an excuse to buy new movies)
Black Hawk Down
My DVD is from a few years ago so there may be a special edition but it's in 5.1 and upconverted to 6.1 by my Sony receiver it sounds pretty good. In fact on the cover it mentions that it won the 2001 Academy award for sound.
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Nightjohn (1996)
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Sarny (Allison Jones) is born into slavery and separated from her mother at an early age. She's raised by Dealey (Lorraine Toussaint), who promises ... Show synopsis Sarny (Allison Jones) is born into slavery and separated from her mother at an early age. She's raised by Dealey (Lorraine Toussaint), who promises early on that "nuthin' too bad" will happen to her young charge. Clel Waller (Beau Bridges), who owns the plantation, is a cruel man, who sees the slaves only in terms of their monetary value. Life on the plantation changes when Clel buys Nightjohn (Carl Lumbly), a hulk of a man, with scars across his back from the whip. Branded as a troublemaker, Nightjohn has trouble earning the trust of the other slaves. But one night when their work is done, he offers to make a trade with Sarny to get some tobacco. In exchange, he begins to teach her the alphabet. Sarny is fascinated and takes to learning with passion, but when the other slaves find out, they are afraid. Old Man (Bill Cobbs) shows Nightjohn how he's been punished for his own literacy; his thumb and forefinger have been chopped off. But Nightjohn explains that he gave up a chance to escape to the North so that he could teach. "Words are freedom, Old Man," he explains. "That's all slavery is: words." Sarny reads the love letters that she delivers from Clel's wife (Kathleen York) to an educated doctor who lives nearby, and she reads Clel's ledger, in which he lists the monetary value of all the slaves. She soon learns that knowledge, for all its dangers, brings a certain power. Nightjohn was directed by venerated independent filmmaker Charles Burnett (To Sleep With Anger) for the Disney Channel. It's based on the young adult novel by Gary Paulsen. Josh Ralske, Rovi
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Step-mum Fiona told dad Aaron "no one has ever died from this, they will deal with the bleed and he'll be okay".
But the knock to the head during a rugby match last Saturday proved fatal, devastating the family.
"When we knew he was going I told him he could go, not to be scared and to be a good boy," Fiona said.
"I was so worried thinking he was always scared of the dark when he was a little boy."
The parents of the talented 17-year-old spoke yesterday for the first time since he died a week ago.
Aaron went yesterday to watch Jordan's Otamatea Hawks team play a match dedicated to his son.
He told the Herald on Sunday that he wanted to "show his support for the players and say it's okay". Fiona watched from the hill where their house overlooks the rugby field.
Jordan suffered a brain bleed after a knock to the head during a match between the Hawks and Old Boys Marist in Whangarei.
At Jordan's tangi, Fiona sat with Jordan's Auckland-based mother Tania Cook and the pair sang together at their boy's graveside.
Tania watched as her son's Otamatea Hawks beat their traditional rivals Hora Hora 31-7 yesterday. She said her grief was very raw but it was heartening to see the outpouring of respect for her son.
"There's so much love here, I'm really grateful," she said.
Cook, 38, who has an older son, Joseph, based in Brisbane, said she had told her children they would get through the difficult time as a family. "I haven't yet had the chance to sit down with my son and my daughters to discuss what direction to take."
Cook said she hoped there would be answers about what had taken her son and some preventive measures come from it.
"To be honest with you, I don't think it should have taken my son to realise something needs to be done," she said. "Whatever the answer is, I do hope we can stop it happening to another family."
Before yesterday's game, the family pulled out a box of mementos, pored over school reports, newsletters and newspaper clippings about a boy who excelled in sports and academically.
He spoke of studying law and wanted to be a professional rugby player but would get up and do the dishes without being asked.
The clippings tell the story of a leader of kapa haka, dux at primary school, peer tutor and school counsellor.
He had dreamed of going to Auckland Grammar since he was 9 and won a scholarship to make his dream a reality.
As a teenager he spent three years at the school, boarding at Tibbs House. Jordan's popularity was evident at his tangi on Thursday when a large contingent of Grammar boys travelled to pay their respects.
"They loved him there," Fiona said. "When we visited we would walk down the hall and boys would be saying 'Hi Jordy' and shaking his hand. He was admired and looked up to."
Step-mum Fiona came into the family when the triplets were 4 and said she was never made to feel like she didn't belong.
Aaron and Fiona's two sons together, aged 6 and 7, are desperately missing their older brother.
His sisters Michaela and Crishla also live at the family home.
Fiona says the girls shared an amazing bond with their brother. Jordan was fiercely protective of his triplet sisters Michaela and Crishla but was "bossy and cheeky" as well.
The couple are trying hard to focus on the good times spent with Jordan, not the injury.


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Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has begun the process of designing and building a replacement for its ageing Soyuz rocket and space capsule system, with the aim of putting it into operation by 2020.
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Since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, the only way to ferry astronauts between the ISS and the ground below has been via Soyuz. However, in May 2012 the private company SpaceX successfully docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS on a resupply mission, the first private company to do so and a harbinger of what appears to be the increasingly inevitable privatisation of space travel. Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada are currently developing their own " "space taxis" after winning a NASA contract last August, while NASA's own human-carryingSpace Launch System rocket continues to be developed ahead of its first scheduled test flight in 2017.
Roscosmos has plans to visit Mars in a joint mission with the European Space Agency, the two agencies teaming up to make the most of their resources (which are limited compared to those of NASA). It will no longer be able to rely on its Soyuz replacement being successful simply because there are no alternatives, however, considering the increased competition from private companies.
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REDDING, Calif. - People all over the country have taken part in the ice bucket challenge to bring awareness to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The disease is a muscular degenerative disorder that affects the muscles and leads to paralysis.
Dr. Hamid Rabiee, a Redding neurologist said the disorder is rare. In his 17 years of practice, he said he has only seen 12 cases. Dr. Rabiee said ASL can start with minor symptoms.
"Certain cells in the spinal cord, they just die on their own, very gradually and slowly," Dr. Rabiee said.
After that patients experience muscle cramps and muscle twitching, along with weakness in hands, legs, feet or ankles. That is also accompanied with difficulty speaking or swallowing.
"Maybe not really significant and without pain and without numbness," Dr. Rabiee said. "Some sort of a fluctuation getting a little weaker then becoming basically less aggressive."
He also said there are two forms of ALS, the most common is sporadic ALS which targets any age group. The less common one is familial ALS, which is hereditary.
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Umm wow. You're mature.
Took all of 15 seconds to read and I'm sure it took you 15 minutes to type it. And you tell HIM to get a life lol.
I am not sure but I am willing to bet that quote was a response to me. Since he can't seem to figure it out that he is in the wrong for handling the situation the way he did I am sure he also can't either read or process information he does read as I stated I put him on my ignore list. Just from the responses I have read by him (before I had him on ignore) he seems like one of those types of people that think they are always right no matter what. Unfortunatly there is no way to tell them that they are wrong and could have handled a situation better so the best bet is to put them on ignore.
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maybe that's why you're on here running you're mouth. bc if you really worked in customer service and talked to ppl like you are on here, you sir (or ragging mam?)would be out of a job.
you ever get tired of telling people to grow up? seem to say it a lot. seriously man, you're on a TRADING CARD forum telling people to grow up. irony is funny.
you're being rude, defending rude people. guess birds of a feather do flock together. you made your point long ago, but yet just cant seem to let anyone else who wants to make theirs, make it without your 2 cents. you seriously have some issues.
guess i should wake up from my dream world. after all, this is your world dave, we all just live in it.
I have seen you call people names so technically you are running your mouth too.
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Starring Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
- All twenty-two first season episodes
- Criminal Intent: The Beginning featurette
Released by Universal
Rating: NR
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Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format
My Advice: Fans should either own or turn on the TV.
The folks at New York City's Major Case Squad are the ones who will come gunning for your ass if you do something not just bad, but something that's both big and bad. Following the paradigm of Holmes and Watson, your Dr. Watson in this version is Detective Alexandra James (Erbe), who's tougher than she looks. She is the perfect partner for Detective Robert Goren (D'Onofrio)--and once he's on your trail, you might as well chuck it in. Goren is truly Holmes--he knows practically everything and can call up all manner of resources to run you to ground.
We've got a nice taut cast here, and all four actors step up rather nicely. D'Onofrio is the stand out and the reason the show works so well. He's playing an actor's dream, though: the guy who knows everybody and everything--so he can just quirk his ass off and the audience will love him. He also has a bit of a past, which more will be revealed about in later episodes. As I've stated before, D'Onofrio is such the linchpin that when he goes, I'm not sure what they can come up with to follow him.
Erbe cannot be overlooked in her supporting role, and she's a pro at delivering all of the exposition you need to get through the episode. Sheridan, Needcoffee fave for playing Randall Flagg to the freaking hilt, works well as the captain and Vance brings some distinct lack of nonsense to his role as ADA.
The only feature on here is the same featurette that was featured on the aforelinked review for the premiere episode DVD. So I won't repeat too much about it here--except to say that it would have been nice to have a little bit more. A commentary from creator Wolf on the first episode, an episode for the cast to talk about their stuff in a track--these would have been nice.
It's because of the lack of features that I can't tell you to go out and buy this right now. Part of the reason for that is: if you have cable, you can pretty much get some version of Law and Order anytime you want. But for the fan, they'll want to snag, features or no.


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|Rue du Château Landon, 75010 Paris, 프랑스
This sunny apartment includes a fireplace, a flat-screen TV and is uniquely decorated. It consists of a double bedroom, a bedroom with bunk beds, a spacious reception area with a double sofa bed and sofa which serves as a single bed.
2 metro stations are both within a 5-minute walk from the apartment, providing direct access to the Latin Quarter and the world-famous Garnier Opera House. Popular Parc des Buttes-Chaumont Park is a 20-minute walk away.
Guests are close to Rue des Martyrs Street, the perfect street for those looking for a culinary adventure.
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We had a really nice stay - 2 adults and 3 children. The apartment was perfect for us with room for the kids and toys to borrow and play with. The kitchen and living room was perfect and spaceful. Even though the apartment is palced on the 1st floor and some of the rooms facing the street, it wasn't a problem with noise. The host is really friendly and helpful.
A lovely apartment decorated beautifully in Paris style. Metro is close and the apartment has everything that you need in terms of a place to sit, cooking utilities, an extremely nice shower, good beds, etc. We stayed with five girls, though it might be more convenient to stay with four so that no-one has to sleep on the sofa bed.
We had a great stay was was walking distance to metro, chafes and du Nord station.
Apartment had everything we needed.
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Apartment is very nice and spacious. Fully equiped kitchen, big tv, comfortable beds. All in all I certainly recommend it to anyone who wants to visit Paris.
The apartment is nice although some furniture are very worn out. The cleaning is good, no problem. The only thing that it was a bit annoying is the cigarette smoke persistent smell both on the stairs and in the apartment (but all of us are non smoking people so very sensitive to this, if you are a smoker you shouldn't have problems). The flat is comfortable, although is very weird to stay in the house of someone that leaves all their belongings in the hands of unknown people :-) I wouldn't do it...
The position is good (only 5 mins far from Stalingrad metro station) well connected to everywhere in Paris.
The apartment is in a lovely, well maintained block, close to the Gare du Nord and a stone's throw from Stalingrad Metro station. Montmartre is only a few stops away on the Metro.The area is very lively, with a diverse population and a sense of being in the 'real' Paris. The arrangements for picking up keys etc. were easy. We were met by a lovely cleaner who, in spite of our very poor French, managed to give us all of the information we needed. The host had also given clear instructions by e-mail. The apartment is roomy, stylish and well equipped. We were a group of 5 and the apartment was plenty big enough to cater for our needs, with a large cooker, lots of seating and plenty of crockery, cutlery etc. We very much enjoyed our stay.
We had a lovely stay at M's apartment.
It was very spacious & comfortable for 5 adults.
It had all the comforts of home & was in a convenient location, maybe 5-7 minutes walk from Gare Du Nord, or there's a metro stop right at the end of the street (Stalingrad, blue & pink line).
The lounge/reception area was lovely to relax at the end of a day out in bustling Paris.
The sofa bed in the lounge wasn't so comfortable but no complaints really it was all in all a wonderful stay for friends & family.
I highly reccomend
The apartment did not live up to the fine presentation which lies on Windu.
It's more worn down than it's presented on Windu.
There is a hole in the ground floor, covered by a little low stool.
The cleaning is poor (nicely on the surface but along the walls, the edges and tubes completely dusty).
There is mouse crap in the kitchen (we found it by the electric kettle and in the cabinet by the window) .
There is no pool on the property as stated in the information of the apartment on Windu, which was one of our search criteria (there is a public swimming pool in the same street).
Therefore the ratio between the not cheap price and the quality was not at all present.
But one thing can not be taken from the apartment, the location is very close to the metro.
Flat as described. Handover process was easy enough. Flat clean & spacious & big enough for four. Would use again.
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As I boarded a flight, which has wifi, to Seattle for a friend's daughter's wedding, news came through that the People's Bank of China had cut rates, for the second time in a month, by 0.31 per cent. Interesting number. I can't say I ever thought of voting for anything that was not divisible by 25 when I was on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, but why not? External MPC member Willem Buiter, much to the market's surprise, voted for a rate cut of 40 basis points in May 1999 for some reason. Then the unsurprising news came in that the MPC had increased its asset purchase programme, by £50bn. Finally, just as the plane was about to leave, the announcement came through that the ECB had at long last finally cut rates by 0.25 per cent to a record low of 0.75 per cent, though still well above the rates in the US and the UK.
Three central banks easing monetary policy together does suggest that the global economy is slowing once again and we should take note. I have every expectation the Federal Reserve will also act soon if the employment data continues to worsen, as it did on Friday when non-farm payroll growth continued to disappoint.
The ECB decision is the most astonishing. And not because they did it, but because it took them so long. Why didn't they lower rates in June, May, April, March, February, etc, given that there has been no risk of inflation for the last five years? Presumably the fact that euro area unemployment this week hit 11.1 per cent with youth unemployment at 22.6 per cent was a bit of a wake-up call. Spain is about to enact a further €30bn of fiscal tightening, including spending cuts and increases in VAT, in order to reduce the deficit, despite the fact that it will inevitably increase it further. Up is down; the lunatics have taken over the asylum.
At the press conference, the ECB's president, Mario Draghi, said: "Economic growth continues to remain weak with heightened uncertainty weighing on confidence." He added that: "The risks surrounding the economic outlook for the euro area continue to be on the downside". Eurozone growth has been killed off by overly tight monetary and fiscal policy, and very little has changed for a long time. Raising rates, twice, in 2011 was an act of economic suicide, just as it was in 2008 when the euro area economy was collapsing.
And so to the MPC, which restarted its programme of quantitative easing, something it obviously should have done in both May and June, and probably earlier. There was an inevitability about it given Sir Mervyn King's apocalyptic language over the last week or so on the parlous state of the UK economy. Sir Mervyn, of course, was in the minority of four out of nine at the previous meeting voting for more stimulus. This couldn't go on for long if he was to retain what little of his credibility he has left, so he was inevitably going to put pressure on his minions to remove this embarrassment.
The MPC's central forecast for inflation in its May Inflation Report suggested inflation would be below its 2 per cent target, so it should have acted then. Once again the MPC has been caught with its pants down; monetary policy tends to work best when it is proactive rather than reactive.
The MPC is coming under increasing pressure to broaden the range of assets it purchases given that the economy still seems to be slowing and credit availability remains limited, especially to SMEs. It remains unclear why it hasn't, as advocated by Adam Posen. In his letter to the committee agreeing to increase the ceiling, the Chancellor, George Osborne, made it clear eligible assets include not only gilts but also private-sector assets, for which a £10bn facility remains on the books.
The MPC's May growth forecast for 2012 still looks overly optimistic at 1 per cent. Capital Economics still believes that growth will be minus 0.5 per cent, and I agree with them. In part this is because provisional figures reporting that household spending rose by 0.1 per cent quarter on quarter in the first three months of this year were recently revised down and spending is now estimated to have dropped by 0.1 per cent. There is every expectation, based on business surveys and low levels of consumer confidence, that second quarter growth will also be negative, making three quarters of negative growth in a row.
And then to that inquiry that the Chancellor had hoped would be solely focused on the manipulation of Libor and be headed by Andrew Tyrie, who insisted it had to have cross-party support. Mr Osborne seems to have badly underestimated the public mood and left the suspicion the Tories have something to hide. During the Commons debate, the shadow Chancellor Ed Balls demanded Mr Osborne "put up or shut up" over an allegation in a magazine interview, where the Chancellor said Labour was "clearly involved" in manipulating the interbank lending rate four years earlier. Slasher, as ever, failed to deliver. What a mess. The incompetent Mr Osborne has to go for the good of the country.
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CHRISTOPHER EMMET, Chairman, American Friends of the Captive Nations. ();
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In your leading editorial of March 18 you rightly praised the action of Ambassador Stevenson in supporting a debate about Angola in the Security Council and in voting for the resolution which followed even though our British, French, Turkish and Chinese allies, not to speak of Portugal, took a different view.
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Most mortals come down mountains on skis. Michael Schumacher walks up them, at night, with his dog. The world motor racing champion's insatiable appetite for records led him into an attempt on the quaint custom of ploughing up the Pradalago slope in Italy wearing shoes with soles lined in fur.
Waiting at the top of the hill was the president of the Trentino region, who made a trip to witness the extraordinary sight of Schumacher emerging from the darkness with his Belgian shepherd, Mona Lisa. Worryingly, Schumacher was not even out of breath as he took his seat at the high table.
Walking three miles uphill beneath a sky illuminated only by stars was not the most remarkable feature of Schumacher's stay in Madonna di Campiglio, Ferrari's winter retreat in the Italian Dolomites. Twelve hours later, he revealed his intention to race on ad infinitum. There was, he said, no end in sight to a career that has spanned 14 years and yielded all but one record - Ayrton Senna's 65 pole positions.
At 36, Schumacher is the oldest driver on the grid. His enduring love affair with formula one has become an irritant for rivals numbed by the prospect of coming second. Mindful of the response his declaration might engender, Schumacher had the grace to apologise. "I'm sorry," he said. When asked if he could say categorically that he would not race on as long as Juan Manuel Fangio, who retired at 46, Schumacher replied, "No".
Schumacher's relaxed disposition was another indicator of his delight at the status quo. He is an individual not only at his professional peak, but also at one with himself and his environment. He exudes an air of confidence, which appears to have freed his emotions from the straitjacket he wrapped them in on the way up.
Often ridiculed as a Teutonic automaton incapable of expressing the more sensitive side of his nature, for an hour in the mountains this week, Schumacher was compassion itself as he talked about his $13 million donation to the victims of the tsunami and the importance of his family in keeping him grounded.
About giving, Schumacher said: "I have always done something when I felt it was appropriate. I am lucky that I earn a lot of money in my job.
"In F3, when I was able to win at Macau, I earned for the first time substantial money. When I knew I was going to win and how much prizemoney I was going to get, my initial thought during the race was that I was going to help some people with this. More inside my family, but I have always tried to balance out the unevenness we have around the world," he said. "Seeing what we have seen we have all been affected. It is my way of contributing. It is a little bit personal in a way. Tough to deal with and to explain to your children. The donation was a way to try to help."
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About his reliance on his wife, Corinna, and children, Mick and Gina-Marie, Schumacher added: "My family is a very underestimated support for me. You need an environment where you get your strength from. When you have tough moments, you have someone to lean on like Corinna and my kids. When they feel like they need to slow me down, they pull on the handbrake. They are always there . . . I take strength from that."
From a professional perspective, his most telling contribution was his declaration of love for his job. "When I arrive for the first race in Melbourne, my aim is to be spot-on, as normal," Schumacher said. "The next championship is always the hardest.
"I'm more in love with F1 now because I know the sport much better. I know what I'm doing. There is no time-frame for me. I have a contract that runs until the end of 2006. There is enough time to talk at the right time. But I see no end at the moment. I'm sorry."
Schumacher has suffered because of a failure to communicate more of his essence as a human being. His ruthlessness on the track has been seen as a defining feature of his private, as well as public, character. On the evidence of yesterday, the ice is beginning to melt. Maturity is lowering his emotional guard.
The question for his rivals is this: Will his approach to them soften commensurately? The answer came in response to a question about the threat posed by his teammate, Rubens Barrichello, who restated his ambition to become world champion. "I love a challenge," Schumacher said, his smile betraying the uncomfortable truth.
His heart may be opening, but the door is not.
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A clever new imaging technique discovered at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals a possible plan of attack for many bacterial diseases, such as cholera, lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients and even chronic sinusitis, that form biofilms that make them resistant to antibiotics.
By devising a new fluorescent labeling strategy and employing super-resolution light microscopy, the researchers were able to examine the structure of sticky plaques called bacterial biofilms that make these infections so tenacious. They also identified genetic targets for potential drugs that could break up the bacterial community and expose the bugs to the killing power of antibiotics.
"Eventually, we want to make these bugs homeless," said lead researcher Veysel Berk, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physics and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) at UC Berkeley.
Berk and his co-authors, including Nobel laureate and former UC Berkeley professor Steven Chu, report their findings in the July 13 issue of the journal Science.
"In their natural habitat, 99.9 percent of all bacteria live as a community and attach to surfaces as biofilms; according to the National Institutes of Health, 80 percent of all infections in humans are related to biofilms," Berk said.
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