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On-chip integrated lasers in Al2O3:Er on silicon
Pollnau, M. and Bradley, J.D.B. and Ay, F. and Bernhardi, E.H. and Ridder, R.M. de and Wörhoff, K. (2010) On-chip integrated lasers in Al2O3:Er on silicon. In: Louay A. Eldada & El-Hang Lee (Eds.), Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XII. Proceedings of the SPIE, 7605 . SPIE, the international Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, USA, 76050M. ISBN 9780819480019
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|Erbium-doped aluminum oxide channel waveguides were fabricated on silicon substrates and their characteristics were investigated for Er concentrations ranging from 0.27 to 4.2x10e20 cm-3. Background losses below 0.3 dB/cm at 1320 nm were measured. For optimum Er concentrations in the range of 1 to 2x10e20 cm-3, internal net gain was obtained over a wavelength range of 80 nm (1500-1580 nm) and a peak gain of 2.0 dB/cm was measured at 1533 nm. Integrated Al2O3:Er3+ channel waveguide ring lasers were realized based on such waveguides. Output powers of up to 9.5 µW and slope efficiencies of up to 0.11 % were measured. Lasing was observed for a threshold diode-pump power as low as 6.4 mW. Wavelength selection in the range 1530 to 1557 nm was demonstrated by varying the length of the output coupler from the ring.
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This Craftsman classic was designed for a family in the Carolinas, but it would fit into almost any neighbor anywhere you'd like to live. A 10'–deep covered porch spans the entire front of the house, while an even deeper porch spans the rear. The upper level includes a large master suite along with two additional bedrooms, and there's another bedroom on the main level for guests or older family members, which could of course be used for other purposes if you wish.
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This has been our best–selling home over the 9+ years we've been offering plans. The quintessential storybook house in the forest, with its handsome craftsman detailing, it just seems to affect folks in a way that no other home seems to do. Because it's been featured in books and magazines, we have tons of great photos to show you.
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This is a classic Craftsman house with a distinctive exterior and a warm and welcoming interior. There's a 10'–deep covered porch at the front, and a large patio nestled into one side. The living room has a centrally–located fireplace and excellent views to the front and one side. The ceilings here and throughout the living spaces on the main level are set at a lofty 10'. The master suite's on the upper level, along with two additional bedrooms, and if you choose to build the basement you can have another bedroom suite along with a spacious family room.
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As the name implies, this is a lodge–type home with classic Craftsman–style detailing both inside and out. At the rear of the house there are three separate covered porches – off the great room, dining room, and the family/media room. The master suite upstairs features a private balcony and a fireplace in the bedroom, and there's room for three additional bedrooms on this level, along with a laundry room and a home office. A large home theater is located above the attached 3–car garage.
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Q/A: 1. The value of the "basedir" attribute of <project> was D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp\build. The value of ${user.dir} was D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp\build. So how can the value of ${pwd} be D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp which is one level up from the directory where I ran ant? A: You have misunderstood <dirname>. <dirname> finds the parent directory of the entity passed it, regardless of whether that entity is a directory itself. 2. ${source.dir} was supposed to be ${user.dir}../source, which should have evaluated to D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp\source, but instead it evaluated to D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp\build.. (note the two trailing dots). Why? A: The reason you are seeing ".." trailing what you thought you would see is that you have omitted a necessary slash before "..". However, this would remain part of the filename using the value attribute. In general you will see surely-no-worse-and-probably-better results from <property>'s "location" attribute instead of "value" for directory names and the like. Also, answer this: do you want basedir and user.dir tied together? basedir is the current directory OF THE BUILDFILE while user.dir is the USER's current directory. So what happens when someone invokes this buildfile from another directory? I'm not going to take the time to figure it out but I'll bet it's not what you intend. Most builds don't need to use user.dir for anything. 3. ${build.dir} was supposed to be the same as ${user.dir} and evaluate to D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp\build, but instead evaluated to D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp which is one level up from ${user.dir} in the directory hierarchy. How can this happen? A: See #1 4. ${lib.dir} was supposed to evaluate to D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp\build\lib, but instead evaluated to D:\Local\AntExps\directoryExp\build, why? A: See #1 One more thing: it appears you have a project base directory, then you want your Ant buildfile to live in a build directory. It is more common usage to store the buildfile in the base directory, hence the property name "basedir". In this case it means you would avoid some of the ".." headache. For that matter you could have specified basedir=".." on your project tag and probably been better off. You CAN do it the way you're doing it, but I think it's not a very common thing to do, unless there is a realy reason you can't put the buildfile in the base directory. Also, when your build directory contains nothing but artifacts of the build process, it's very easy to write a "clean" target: <delete dir="${build.dir}" /> HTH, Matt __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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The Coming Chaos Scenario —Sherburne
HAVE YOU read "The Chaos Scenario" yet? It is written by Ad Age's Bob Garfield. If not, you should. Order it from Amazon, or download it to your Kindle like I did (the printed book became available August 1 for ordering on Amazon; it was available in the Kindle version quite some time before that).
Garfield states in the introduction to the book: "See, the thing is, 'The Digital Revolution' isn't just some news magazine cover headline. It's an actual revolution, yielding revolutionary changes, thousands or millions of victims and an entirely new way of life."
While some may think Garfield is a bit of a "Chicken Little, the Sky Is Falling" kind of guy, anyone remotely connected with the world of marketing and advertising (that's us, folks!) should read this book. It is surely no surprise that today's consumer is in control of pretty much everything: what and when they watch and read, or whether they even pay any attention at all to marketing messages (think TiVo).
Brand owners and marketers increasingly realize that they need to listen to consumers, creating an interactive dialog with them in order to better understand their wants and needs—what they are likely to buy and why. These days, a push effort that says, "Hey, my brand is cool. You should buy it" simply isn't working.
Coke Fans Unite
In an ad:tech San Francisco panel discussion, Carol Kruse, vice president of global interactive marketing for The Coca-Cola Co., talked about how her firm was increasingly turning to digital alternatives by leveraging social media to enter into a dialog with consumers and gain these essential customer insights, as well as beginning to depend more heavily on "Coke fans" to defend the brand on the Web.
A Forrester Research five-year interactive marketing forecast states that digital will represent about 12 percent of advertising spend in 2009, and is likely to grow to about 21 percent in five years.


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Detective tale is best for strong attention spans -- and arms
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, July 3, 2008
Consider, for the moment, the 500-page novel.
Does the big novel still offer its longtime promise of sweeping plot, developed characters, plus days and nights of reading? Or is it an imperiled anachronism in this frenetic era of text messages and teensy attention spans?
Perhaps it stands in between, but the winds of change are buffeting the big novel. It causes pause for many readers because of its sizable commitment. It had better deliver plenty of bang for its bulk, or else.
These thoughts are prompted by Stephen L. Carter's uneven new novel, "Palace Council" (Alfred A. Knopf, 510 pages, $26.95). After two best-selling contemporary novels -- "The Emperor of Ocean Park" and "New England White" -- the Yale University law professor returns to those thrilling days of yesteryear, the 1960s.
Carter's approach to that pivotal decade is unusual. He believes the '60s encompassed two decades, from the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 to Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
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"Palace Council" reflects Carter's expansive view of the crucial era. Many of the signal events of the time affect its main characters, but this political conspiracy tale is not a compelling page-turner. Carter even resorts to cliff-hanger chapter endings straight from a Saturday matinee serial, but that is more transparent than effective.
The central character is Eddie Wesley, a rising young writer in Harlem who "was blessed or perhaps cursed with a dependability that led to a lack of prudence in pursuing his devotion."
Three crucial events -- two involving beloved women in Wesley's life -- occur early in the novel and set in motion what follows.
Aurelia, the great love of his life, marries the wealthy heir in a prominent Harlem family, although Wesley remains mightily smitten.
Wesley's overachieving younger sister, Junie, disappears on her way from Harvard to Chicago to begin her career in the law. Her car is found abandoned at a New Jersey rest stop, with foul play suspected at first. But rumors arise that Junie has dropped out to join the radical underground.
The third event is almost as startling. Past midnight one evening, Eddie stumbles across the body of a dead white man in a Harlem park. One hand of the strangled man holds a strange medallion -- an upside-down cross. And all of New York is abuzz with word that the victim is none other than Philmont Castle, a Wall Street eminence.
Wesley is soon consumed by all three happenings. Aurelia's marriage gets off to a turbulent start with her husband off on long unexplained absences, all the better for Wesley to pine away in proximity. Junie heads a prominent group called Jewel Agony. And the inverted cross is a satanic symbol, its mysterious aura burnished by more deaths of prominent men.
Wesley becomes so involved in his own amateur detective work that it is a wonder he finds any time to write. Yet write he does, becoming a best-selling young literary star as well as a controversial magazine essayist.
Wesley's meteoric rise strains belief, as author Carter turns him into an ever-present figure strangely akin to Forrest Gump.
He finds himself involved in major events of the day with major historical figures. Wesley is a White House speechwriter for John F. Kennedy, one-time informant to J. Edgar Hoover, friend of writer Langston Hughes, acquaintance of Richard Nixon, uncoverer of covert operations in Vietnam.
Through all of this, Wesley continues to unravel a threatening political conspiracy that, after two decades, seems to be nearing its goal of installing one of its own in the presidency.
Carter's ambitions as an author may have been his undoing with this problematic third novel. In "Palace Council" he has thrown too many plot elements into the air for any author to juggle with much success, even in a 510-page book.
Various plot threads dangle too long without new developments. Improbabilities appear with regularity. Little narrative tension builds as a result.
Carter does bring a discerning eye to social interactions, particularly in the black community (called "the darker nation" here). He also is adept at illuminating what happens behind the headlines, especially how power is manipulated.
But "Palace Council" ends up committing a cardinal sin for a thriller: It reads every bit as long as it is.


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We've received quite a few e-mails from people who read our "All-Time WrestleMania Roster" section in the current issue of PWI (cover-dated June 2011). A lot of work went into the section, in which we list every wrestler to have competed in WrestleMania, along with their record and high and low points. Harry Burkett did an awesome job. Unfortunately, though, we made a huge omission: Triple-H.
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From the Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati
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The comparison of cardiac and skeletal muscle structure reveals differences which can be related to differences in the functional characteristics of the two muscle types. Examples which are discussed include the sarcolemma, transverse tubules and sarcoplasmic reticulum which serve as major sources of contraction-dependent calcium. Mechanisms by which calcium is made available to, and utilized by the myofibrils is discussed in relation to the mechanics of muscle contraction as a basis for the discussion of excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle is considered to be mediated by a voltage-dependent charge movement within the region of the sarcolemma (T-tubule): junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum. Depolarization of the sarcolemma initiates the charge movement which may result in a change in sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane potential and ion conductance which is associated with release of calcium to the myofibrils. In cardiac muscle, excitation appears to be linked to contraction by a different although not mutually exclusive mechanism, ie, by a process of calcium induced-calcium release. Depolarization of the cardiac sarcolemma is associated with an influx of calcium into the cell which initiates the release of more calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to activate the myofibrils. One major mechanism that is predominantly active in cardiac muscle to regulate excitation-contraction coupling is the adenylate cyclase-cAMP-protein kinase system. Cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase mediated phosphorylation of at least three sites within the myocardium have been identified (myofibrils, sarcoplasmic reticulum and sarcolemma) which appear to modulate myocardial function. These sites, which are the primary regulatory sites of calcium and muscle contraction, may be sites of major dysfunction during cardiac disease.
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I have noticed a recent trend with the NC State baseball program with top players transferring to other schools across the country. After the 2006 season, Matt Mangini transferred for his junior season to Oklahoma State where he ended up getting picked up by the Seattle Mariners with the 52nd overall pick. This past summer Mike Roskopf transferred out of NC State to the University of Southern California for his senior season. Roskopf showed me some major power this past season when the Wolfpack visited Boston College. What is Elliot Avent doing to these kids? Is it just a random occurence that these players have transferred out the last two seasons? I hope someone has some insight into the reasoning these players have left.
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We did manage to get out safely and unfortunately one of our meals was Maccy D's Filet-o-Fish and the others from another Indian fast food chain just behind it that happened to make edible sandwiches but non-edible pizzas.
David perked up as we boarded the plane and the Flight Attendants were fantastic. Friendly and helpful. It was great. We were on our way home albeit for the wrong reasons but we were nearly there.
A few movies later we were in the fabulous Changi Airport in Singapore where we made use of their free internet facilities and a wonder round the shiny shops. In no time we were in Sydney and into the weeping arms of David's Mum.
Later that day we went off to the doctor to see how David was progressing. No sooner had we uttered the words Hepatitis E than the old codger held up his hands and had us out the door and driving over to the infectious diseases section at the Royal North Shore Hospital. Hours later we came out smiling. He was on the mend. Food and doing nothing was the prescription. He's good at that.
I caught up with my brother and his family who have all grown up so much since I last saw them. I haven't been to Sydney for three years and even then it was only for two days so I didn't see much. Before that 2000 was the last time I saw anything of the city. It's changed lots in the suburbs. More people, loads of ugly new huge houses (I believe some people refer to them as McMansions) and more traffic. I do love the sounds of the bush though. Kookaburras, Magpies, Possums, Cockys, Parakeets and much much more. There is a family of Kookaburras that used to laugh at 5am every morning and wake me up. They're still there.
I also caught up with my very close friend Midori and her faithful canine sidekick, Freckle. I had aspirations of reducing my storage by half and saving myself $AU500 a year, but of course that never happened. I got there, took a look and shut the door again. It's an awesome challenge which I didn't have time for this trip.
David was doing fine. Eating like a horse and lots of the pre scripted doing-nothing, so I thought I'd leave him to it and go off to visit my Mum and Dad.
Everything you could want is close to hand here in the so-called 'civilized' world. Shopping malls with everything. Corner shops with almost everything. The streets are clean. It's organised. Someone comes to pick up your garbage on the same day every week. All you have to do is put the correct coloured bin out on the side of the road and viola, it's gone!! So much is taken for granted. Ok, you pay a lot for it but it's there if you want to use it.
I love travelling but I know, there in the back of my mind that one day I can be home, in a nice comfy, clean bed where I can sleep all day if I want to and not have to check-out at 9am, or be worried about bedbugs, or which place looks the safest to eat or where I can string my washing line. I enjoy living in the western world and consider myself extremely lucky to have been able to see as much as I've seen so far.


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At 4:23 p.m. on Dec. 15, a well-dressed man identified by the FBI as Victor James Lupis walked into Margulis Jewelers in downtown Portland. He examined two rings side by side. One was a 4.87-carat round-cut diamond valued at $95,000, the other a 3.10-carat number valued at $52,500. Suddenly, the man bolted out of the store with the rings.
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Got a knock on my door from a guy who said he works for Dynasty Building Solutions. They said I could get a new roof for free and that my insurance company would pay for it. Supposedly, a storm hit my house and a new roof was warranted from my insurance. I had no leaks or visible damage, and was skeptical immediately. Also, the big draw was that I wouldn't have to pay a thing. Souned too good to be true, so I looked up the company and WOW, the owner Victor Lupis is a smash and grab diamond thief! Neighbors beware... do not entertain these guys. Call the HOA and COPS. Several of my neighbors said they had the same sales pitch. One neibhbor was actually involved with them and got denied and his rates went up. Our policy is no solicitation, so call the authorities. They are criminals and should be kicked out.
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Would never stay there again. Office staff was rude. Golf course was not maintained could not even play golf. Some kid (about 18) on a lawnmower woke me up every morning, not mowing just racing around making noise starting at 6AM till quitting time. Bathroom was Gross.
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Red Sox Minor League Roundup: Matt Barnes, phenomenon; Bryce Brentz, progressing
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At this point, they are becoming events as much as they are starts. When Matt Barnes takes the mound, the eyes of the organization are on him.
Thus far, he has yet to disappoint. The right-hander made his seventh pro start (and second in High-A Salem) on Friday night, and he just kept overpowering hitters. Though he did permit two runs (one earned) — the largest runs total he's permitted this year — and he was taken deep for the first time as a professional, the 2011 first-rounder (No. 19 overall) struck out eight and walked none in his six innings of work, while filling up the strike zone with an outrageous 75 percent of his pitches (59 of 79).
Barnes leads all of pro baseball — majors and minors — with 62 strikeouts. He's walked only five. He's shown a plus fastball (topping out at 98 mph, still reaching 96-97 mph in the later innings of his outings, capable of getting numerous swings and misses) and a plus curveball with a changeup that has a chance to grade as an above-average third offering. In his two starts since being promoted to Salem, he has a 1.50 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 12 innings. Overall this year, between his seven starts in Greenville and Salem, he is 3-0 with a 0.70 ERA, a ton of groundballs and strikeouts and a .153 batting average against.
Chaz Scoggins of the Lowell Sun recently noted the parallels between the professional debuts of Barnes and Roger Clemens. In the intervening almost three decades, it would be difficult to identify another Red Sox prospect who has been so dominant out of the gate in his pro career. That is not to say that Barnes should start clearing spots on his mantle for Cy Young awards, but for an organization that has had several lessons in the limitations of free agency and the trade market in order to acquire quality starting pitching, the fact that Barnes has hit the ground running represents one of the most promising signs that the farm system can offer.
— Jose Iglesias went 2-for-4 with a bloop single and a bunt as his season continues its reversal since a slow April. He now has multiple hits in seven of his last nine games, hitting .429 in that stretch to improve his numbers to .259 with a .326 OBP, .293 slugging mark and .619 OPS. He also swiped a base, and is now 5-for-6 in stolen base attempts this year.
— Alex Hassan went 0-for-3, marking the second time in three games that he hasn't reached base. Though Hassan's average is just .244, his disciplined approach at the plate allows him to draw loads of walks (16 so far), something that helps to explain the fact that his low average hasn't prevented him from leading current members of the PawSox (at least those with enough plate appearances to qualify for the International League batting title) with a .381 OBP.
— Daisuke Matsuzaka will make his next rehab start on Saturday, with manager Bobby Valentine suggesting that the pitcher is getting very close to being ready for big league competition. The biggest remaining issue facing Matsuzaka is the ability to work deeper into games, as he's topped out at 4 2/3 innings in his three rehab outings. If Matsuzaka needs another rehab start beyond Saturday, it is possible that he could travel with the PawSox next week to Durham, NC, where he might face Hideki Matsui, who is in Triple-A after signing a minor league deal with the Rays.
— The Red Sox have acquired veteran outfielder Scott Podsednik from the Phillies in exchange for cash considerations, according to multiple major league sources. Podsednik will give the Red Sox some left-handed hitting outfield depth in their system, as he will be assigned by the Sox to Triple-A Pawtucket.
The 36-year-old is hitting .203 with a .289 OBP, .216 slugging mark and .505 OPS this year in 22 games for Triple-A Lehigh Valley. A veteran of parts of 10 years in the big leagues, Podsednik is a career .279/.340/.381/.721 hitter with 301 career steals. He last played in the majors in 2010, when he hit .297/.342/.382/.724 with 35 steals in 134 games. But a foot injury ended his 2010 season prematurely, and another foot injury limited him to 34 minor league games in the Phillies and Blue Jays systems last season.
This year, while he hasn't been hitting, he has been able to play all three outfield positions. The Sox do not have a comparably versatile left-handed hitting outfielder in their system, so they made the move to achieve some depth.
— Bryce Brentz went 2-for-4 with an opposite-field double to right and a single to left. He's hit in nine of his last 10 games, including five multi-hit games, with two homers and five doubles with a line of .368/.385/.658/1.043 in that stretch.
"The at-bats have been a lot better. There's been a big improvement from early in the season," said farm director Ben Crockett. "He just hadn't been pitched the way he was being being. Coming off a 31-homer season, he was seeing a large number of breaking balls. That, combined with making the jump to Double-A and trying to make an impression, those things probably led to struggles early on.
"But he's been working really, really hard and has a good idea of what he's trying to do up there. The last week or 10 days, the at-bats have been a lot better and we are starting to see some of the results coming through. Even further back, before we were seeing the results, the quality of the at-bat had changed where he wasn't chasing breaking balls, he was getting in better counts and he was seeing fastballs. Things just weren't clicking for him. The timing was a little bit off. But the quality of at-bats was better, and now, as he's regaining his comfort in the box, the results are starting to come as well."
— Left-hander Chris Hernandez delivered another excellent performance in a season in which he has produced the most consistent lines in the Red Sox system by any pitcher aside from Matt Barnes. Hernandez logged 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits (five singles, a double and a homer). He struck out just two while walking one, but despite the fact that he averages just 4.9 strikeouts per nine innings this year, Hernandez gets consistently poor contact. Opponents have hit just two homers in 38 1/3 innings against him, and the 23-year-old is holding opponents to a .233 batting average, helping to produce his impressive 2.11 ERA this year. While his 6 2/3 innings represented a season high, he's pitched at least five innings while allowing three or fewer runs in every start (indeed, he's allowed two or fewer runs in each of his last six starts). Hernandez was considered advanced when the Sox took him as a seventh-round selection out of Miami in 2010, and thus far, he has given every indication that he will be a big league pitcher within the next couple of seasons.
— Anthony Ranaudo has now been with Portland for a couple of days, though the date of his first start has not yet been announced. Jon Meoli of SoxProspects.com checked in with the right-hander.
— Kolbrin Vitek, playing for just the second time in six days, went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts. He's now whiffed 12 times in his last 37 at-bats over nine games.
— Shortstop Xander Bogaerts went 2-for-7 to produce his first multi-hit game in 10 contests, but he struck out three times and remains (in ipsative terms) in a slump, as he is hitting .200/.300/.229/.529 in his last nine games, with his three punchouts on Friday giving him 10 in that span.
— Jackie Bradley Jr. went 1-for-5 with two walks, In reaching base three times, his OBP actually fell to .490. Bradley, who had been successful on 11 of his first 12 stolen base attempts of the season, was gunned down twice on Friday.
— Keury De La Cruz saw his 12-game hitting streak snapped in Game 1 of the double header, going 0-for-4, but rebounded in a big way in the second contest, going 3-for-5 with a double and a grand slam while driving in six. He is hitting .347/.396/.597/.992 with six homers and 16 extra-base hits.
— Middle infielder Jose Garcia played for the first time since April 16, going 1-for-3. In limited playing time this year, the 21-year-old is hitting .265/.422/.412/.834.
The Red Sox have signed Pablo Urena, a 17-year-old catcher, out of Panama. Urena became a catcher just a couple months ago, and the team was impressed with his arm strength at the position. While his defense was considered more advanced than his bat at the time of signing, Murena held his own at the plate in camp games at the team's Dominican Academy.
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French soccer star Nicolas Anelka is facing disciplinary action for showing support for an anti-Semitic comedian whose shows may soon be banned by the French government.
Britain's Football Association said Saturday it was considering punishing Anelka, who plays for the West Bromwich Albion soccer team, for performing, during a match, the quenelle – a quasi-Nazi salute which representatives of France's Jewish community have termed anti-Semitic.
Following an outcry, the 34-year-old athlete said on Twitter: "This gesture was just a special dedication to my comedian friend Dieudonne," a reference to the comedian who invented and is promoting the gesture, which is believed to both mock and circumvent France's laws against displaying Nazi symbols with intention of causing offense.
But a spokesman for the association told the British tabloid The Daily Mirror that the organization would be launching a probe into the actions of Anelka, who was filmed placing his outstretched left palm on his right shoulder after striking the first of two goals during the match.
The decision came after the French Sports Minister Valerie Fourneyron called Anelka's gesture "a shocking provocation, disgusting." He added: "There's no place for anti-Semitism and incitement to hatred on the football field."
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, said in a statement: "We expect that the English Premier League officials as well as the police will give Anelka the appropriate punishment."
The discussion about Anelka comes one day after France's interior minister, Manuel Valls, declared that his ministry would look into banning all public performances by Dieudonne, the inventor of the quenelle.
"Despite his conviction for defamation, causing offense and inciting racial hatred and discrimination, Dieudonne M'bala M'bala doesn't seem to recognize any limits any more," Minister Manuel Valls said in a statement Friday announcing the legal review aimed at banning his public appearances.
On Saturday, some 200 of Dieudonne's supporters protested against Valls' plans, according to the news site JSSnews.com.
Dieudonne, who also invented the word "Shoananas" – a code for suggesting the Holocaust is a myth without breaking France's laws against denying the genocide, is scheduled to perform in Bordeaux on Jan. 26.
Dieudonne has been convicted several times for inciting racial hatred against Jews in films, shows and articles.
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Baltimore Ravens 2012 Super Bowl Odds
It is no mystery why the Ravens are one of the Super Bowl front-runners; the team has won 11 or more games in three of John Harbaugh's four seasons as head coach. Baltimore has also won four of its seven post-season games under Harbaugh's watch, a firm indication that the playoff stage is anything but too big for this veteran team. While the Ravens have yet to get over the hump since winning their one and only championship back in January of 2000, they are still viewed as a significant threat in the latest 2012 Super Bowl Odds, which have them listed at 7 to 1 odds to secure a second Lombardi Trophy.
The Ravens, because of their numerous regular season wins and playoff success under Coach Harbaugh, are typically viewed as a major post-season threat, but, like most teams, they do have some warts.
The blemishes are fewer this season, though, with the defense ranked, per usual, near the top of the league (second in yards per game allowed – 288.9, third in points per game allowed – 16.6), and the offense coming in a middle of the pack 15th in yards per game (338.7).
Everyone knows Baltimore can keep itself in a game against just about any opponent due to the suffocating nature of its defense, but the real question is whether or not the Joe Flacco led offense can show up in the most critical of situations.
The Ravens offense has produced in the playoffs, but never enough, at least not with Flacco at the helm, to get the team into the Super Bowl. Doubts still abound about the Delaware product because, while Baltimore impressed with its 12-4 record and AFC North title, Flacco put together, arguably, the worst season of his four year career.
Flacco produced the worst completion percentage (57.6) and yards per pass average of his career (6.66) and his nine fumbles this season were a career high. His 80.9 passer rating and 20 touchdown passes were the lowest since his rookie campaign as were his 3,610 pass yards. But hey, the Ravens won two playoff games with a rookie Flacco under center so maybe his regression will not matter.
Even with a suspect quarterback, Baltimore is viewed as head and shoulders above the banged up Texans and the Tim Tebow lead Broncos. Consequently, the Ravens Super Bowl Odds are understandably short with only one viable obstacle (New England) standing between them and a February trip to Indianapolis.
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The first of a two-part status report on 2010 urban water management plans has been sent to the state Legislature.
Submitted by the Department of Water Resources, the report documents baseline and target water uses, as reported in those plans, used to measure progress toward a 20% reduction in urban water use by 2020.
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Greenway Home Services Incompetitive, Unprofessional, and Deceptive Practices Nashville Tennessee
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Greenway Home Services is one of the worse heating and AC companies I have ever dealt with. Please if you have need for a service, DO NOT PUT YOURSELF through the hassle of using them. They came out to my house under contract with American Home Shield (Home Warranty), and they told me what they thought was wrong with my 16 yr old AC Unit. They told me they were sending someone out that would explain what the American Home Shield Warranty would cover and my options.
It ended up being a salesperson that they sent out, that painted a picture of doom where my 16 yr old unit was concerned and started showing me brochures on new units. He kept pushing the TRANE Unit. After being told what American Home Shield would pay, and that I would have to pay $600 for the Freon, I decided to purchase a new unit, felt I had no choice. A month or so after installation, the Unit started malfunctioning. They continued to send one person after the next. Never sending the person that could fix the unit.
Finally I had to stay in a hotel because it was in the Summer and it was extremely hot in my home. After numerous attempts to fix, what kept malfunctioning, I called their office and demanded that it be taken out and replaced with another Unit. And that it not be a TRANE Unit. They finally replaced it. Codes came out, looked at it, and still wrote them up for a violation. Now the Unit makes a loud noise when the heat comes on. Greenway claims that this noise is normal. Although my 16 yr old Unit never made this noise.
PLEASE do yourself a favor, save yourself some trouble and call another company. Their technicians are not trained properly, and they will send one, then when that one doesn't fix it, they will send another. Their office staff is unprofessional as well. I spent more time dealing with Greenway and my AC Unit, than I should have, and am still dealing with them. I will be filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Inferior product, and untrained technicians.
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A snail mail revival??
by, 09-02-2008 at 10:28 PM (1141 Views)
I am a homeschooler of 2 teenage girls and in this day of technical everything and I have to have it YESTERDAY, I have introduced my girls to wonderful past time of snail mail~ Yes, they have access to email, but nothing makes them smile so big and feel so special as when they go to the mail box and there is a LETTER for them, not just BILLS and Ads for mom and dad~
So,I am thinking of starting to do that as well!
Remember what it was like to WAIT for a letter you knew was coming or hurrying through the dinner dishes (or whatever chore you had as a teenager) so you could sneak away and read that letter?! Wouldn't you like to have that again? If anyone is interested in being a real pen pal, please leave me a message, we'll exchange addresses and take a little walk down memory lane (and proabably make a great friend while doing it!)


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Affymax Rises the Most Since 2006: San Francisco MoverElizabeth Lopatto
Affymax Inc. rose the most ever in New York trading, about 10 days after the drugmaker recalled its anemia treatment Omontys because of reports three people had fatal reactions to the medicine.
Affymax rose 54 percent to $3.52 at the close, the biggest one-day increase since the stock began trading publicly in December 2006. The shares of the Palo Alto, California-based company have dropped 67 percent in the past 12 months.
On Feb. 25, Affymax fell the most ever after recalling Omontys, which is used by kidney dialysis patients. Affymax and its partner Osaka, Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. at the time said they were analyzing data from the three patients to find a cause for the reactions.
Sylvia Wheeler, a spokeswoman for the company, didn't return telephone calls seeking comment.


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Own an Intel SSD? Tell how worn out it is!
Posted on 23rd Oct 2009 at 10:45 by Richard Swinburne with 28 comments
Basically, the biggest unknown factor in NAND Flash technology is wear and tear. The cells have a limited amount of data writes, so don't last forever, even though intelligent wear algorithms mean an MLC drive will last 10 years having written a few hundred GB a day to it - far more than any normal user will do.
One question that will get more important as time goes on is the second hand market: How can you account for wear if you're buying it off someone else?


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Former President Jimmy Carter gave First Place to this zippy salsa at the Plains Peanut Festival in his Georgia hometown. Mother-daughter team Lane and Elizabeth McCloud came up with the recipe just days before the competition. "Although we weren't allowed in the judging room, we later saw a tape of President Carter tasting our salsa and saying, 'Mmmmmm… that's good,'" says Lane, who lives in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. "Elizabeth was only 9 at the time, but it's a day she'll never forget." —Lane McLoud, Siloam Springs, Arkansas
- 3 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- 1 jar (8 ounces) picante sauce
- 1 can (7 ounces) white or shoepeg corn, drained
- 1/3 cup Italian salad dressing
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2-1/2 cups salted roasted peanuts or boiled peanuts
- Hot pepper sauce, optional
- Tortilla chips
- In a large bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
- Just before serving, stir in peanuts and pepper sauce if desired. Serve with tortilla chips. Yield: about 6-1/2 cups.
Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with salted peanuts, but the original recipe used boiled peanuts, which are often available in the South.
Originally published as Georgia Peanut Salsa in Taste of Home August/September 2007, p6
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Margaret Heyne
PINE RIVER — Margaret Heyne, age 64, of Pine River, died on Feb. 22, 2012, at the Bethany Nursing Home in Brainerd. She was born on Sept. 24, 1947, in Brainerd to Lawrence and Esther (Hemness) Linse.
Margaret graduated from the U of M and worked as a nurse in the Twin Cities for over 20 years. She retired with her husband to the family farm in Pine River in 1997. She liked reading, sewing, quilting and gardening.
Margaret is survived by her husband, Roman; one daughter, Theresa Cairns, of Eagan; one son, Mark Heyne, of Owatonna; two sisters, Judy Linse, of New Brighton, and Ruth Farina, of Yonkers, N.Y.; and by four grandchildren. Margaret is preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at First Lutheran Church in Pine River. Burial will be at Pine Ridge Cemetery in Pine River. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to be given to First Lutheran Church in Margaret's name.
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After NSA Spying Flap, Germany Asks CIA Station Chief to Depart 219
The Washington Post reports that Gemany's government has asked the CIA station chief in that country to leave. From the article, which points out the move comes after several high-profile instances of U.S. spying on German citiens, including Chancellor Angela Merkl:. "A day earlier, federal prosecutors in Germany said police had searched the office and apartment of an individual with ties to the German military who is suspected of working for U.S. intelligence. Those raids followed the arrest of an employee of Germany's foreign intelligence service who was accused of selling secrets to the CIA. ... For years, Germany has sought to be included in a group of countries with which the United States has a non-espionage pact. Those nations include Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The Obama administration and that of George W. Bush both resisted such entreaties, in part because many U.S. intelligence officials believe that there are too many areas where German and U.S. security interests diverge."


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Woody rides his bike and has a good old leg stretch. Woody mentions he would like a swim in the lagoon. We tell him it is cold, he says he doesn't mind. We tell him we don't have his swimmers, he says he will swim in his clothes
It is cold, and his skin turns pink almost immediately. He is not bothered. He has a ball running in and out of the water. Splashing and swimming and having fun whilst Noah and I watch on.
He is like an ice cube, but he has not complained once. He is just happy to be swimming. We eventually make him get out, dry him with my scarf, and put his clothes back on. He is frozen but true to his word, not one word of complaint from him.
Woody and I walk over the road to McDonalds and Noah meets us there with the car. We have coffees and raisin toast and Woody has lunch and gets the pirate captain toy from Ice Age 4. He is over the moon.
We grab the few bits we need to finish the jars and head home
Noah and I get to work on the jars. It is a mammoth job. Even washing all the jars is a pretty big task, let alone filling them.
I spend pretty much the whole afternoon filling jars, and Noah alternates between helping and playing with Woody.
I get two of the flavours done before dinner. We break and have chilli and corn chips for dinner. Needless to say, a popular dinner choice.
Woody goes to bed, Noah does a shop run, and I make a start on the last 20 jars. This involves massive bowls of m and m's and chocolate chips. Much temptation. It is not a job you can hurry, but we get all the jars filled. And I think we are almost there.
And then I remember we have to stick labels on each jar, put ribbons on them, attach neck tags, and for the gingerbreads we need to add cookie cutters and sweets to decorate them. My word.
We get it all done but it takes us until 11pm, doing nothing else. We watch pride and prejudice, which I have never seen before. Noah is very confused because he thinks he is watching Bridget Jones. He has got his Mr Darcy's mixed up.
And that is our day. We are very, very glad to have all those jars out of the way!
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Definition of crochet
: needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle
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She learned basic crochet stitches from her mother.
Origin and Etymology of crochet
French, hook, crochet, from Middle French, diminutive of croche hook, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse krōkr hook
First Known Use: 1844
Definition of crochet
transitive verb
: to make of crochet crocheted a doily
intransitive verb
: to work with crochet
crocheterplay \krō-ˈshā-ər\ noun
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Definition of crochet for English Language Learners
: a method of making cloth or clothing by using a needle with a hook at the end to form and weave loops in a thread
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Signs for missing child vandalized
SLAUGHTER - Stickers to get the community involved in a renewed effort to find Wesley Dale Morgan were vandalized over the weekend.
The incident baffles people in East Feliciana Parish and the owner of a convenience store where it happened.
"She tried to get them, and after that tore the stickers and I snatched them from her and they were all over the store," Ahmed Mana, owner of My Fair Market said. He said he has surveillance cameras inside his store, but accidentally deleted the footage of the incident while he was reviewing it.
Morgan went missing 13 years ago. He was a toddler and was last seen at his house in Clinton, near Bluff Creek. Investigators gave the case a fresh look recently and retraced steps that could possibly lead them to the child.
Richard Sobers, a community activist and retired police officer, paid for the signs. He's confused that someone would go to those lengths to damage items meant to help find a missing child.
"Disbelief," Richard Sobers said. "I just couldn't believe it that someone would literally try to destroy something like that."
Family members of Wesley Dale Morgan declined to do an on-camera interview, but also said they are outraged that someone would try to damage the 'Where's Wesley' signs.
"It's just a disservice to that child and our community for him to be forgotten and seemingly tossed away," Sobers said.
People in the community echo those sentiments.
"That seems kinda odd a child that small can get away from his parents long enough to become missing," Dwight Roberson said.
As Sobers continues his quest for answers, he had this message for the person responsible for tearing up the 'Where's Wesley' signs.
"Let me know what your thoughts were," Sobers said. "What were you trying to accomplish by trying to destroy these bumper stickers. I can assure you more bumper stickers are coming."
Over the weekend, Sobers added $1,000 to the reward money to find Welsey Dale Morgan.


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I was a bit apprehensive on buying another Wireless System after being rather disappointed with the Sennheiser model I tried out for a while about 12 months ago which absolutely sucked all the tone out of my bass (along with most of the bottom end!)
After hearing much about the Line 6 G50 Relay System and doing much reading of reviews and watching video presentations I decided to go for it.....and am extremely glad that I did!
I won\'t go into all the features as these are widely advertised and can be viewed on-line at numerous sources on the internet, I\'ll just describe my personla views on it.
The G50 is very well built with both the transmitter and receiver being housed in a metal casing (the G30 is a type of plastic material, tough but plastic non-the-less.
Although instructions are provided (separate Instructions for Receiver and Transmitter), these are not essential as set-up is really easy. The whole thing can bet set up and working in under a couple of minutes. It defaults to Channel 1 but you can choose any of the 12 channels provided.
In use I was immediately impressed by the sound, all my tone was there - and all the bottom end! I tried swapping back to a cable a couple of times to do an A/B comparison and there really is very little difference between the G50 and a cable. There is the facility on the Receiver to emulate various lengths of cable but I find the \'off\' position to sound best (for me anyway). I understand the Off position in is how your bass (or guitar) should sound naturally and the introduction of a cable merely darkens the sound by cutting some of the frequencies which you always lose when using a cable.
A useful feature is the \'Power Save\' mode, (which probably reduces the operating range), and considerably extends the battery life. On the initial insertion of the provided batteries, in Power Save mode it read 10 hours usage left, I have done 3 playing sessions with the wireless unit and it now states 6 hours left and seems to be a fairly accurate level, I have read however that if you use Rechargeable Batteries the gauge is a lot less accurate.
I have read that the supplied cable and Ta4F connector can be troublesome but I have not experienced any problems to date with it, the metal jackplug however could have been a bit better quality and the chrome seems a bit rough to the touch and on a couple of occasions I have had to re-tighten the barrel. There are better quality replacment cables available on such sites as E-Bay, which I may decide to invest in as I would prefer a right-angled plug .
Iinitially I had planned on getting the G30 model but am glad I went for the G50 which to me is a better quality system and I don\'t think it has the Power Save mode that the G50 has but I could be wrong.
To summarise, so far I am extremely happy with the G50 system and would strongly recommend it. I haven\'t tested the signal range yet, but expect it to perform exactly as Line 6 state,i.e. 200 metres - not that anyone is going to use one that far away anyway!
The system is totally noiseless as you would expect for a digital system and brilliant in that as such the signal is not compressed so you do not lose any of your precious tone!
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text: Wrightsville Beach Midday Interview: John Pike on the First Annual Surfers Healing Golf Tournament By Libby Kane • Sep 16, 2014 Today we heard from John Pike, the local representative for "Surfers Healing," a local surf camp for children with autism. For more information about this organization visit surfershealing.org. For more information about The First Annual Surfers Healing Golf Tournament taking place November 7 at Castle Bay Country Club contact email@example.com Midday Interview: Madeline Flagler on Lumina Daze By Libby Kane • Aug 19, 2014 Madeline Flagler is the Executive Director of the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History. Every year they host a great fundraiser called Lumina Daze, which celebrates the spectacular Lumina Pavilion. The Lumina Pavilion was the star attraction on the beach from 1905 until 1973 when it was torn down. The event is this Sunday form 5-9 pm at The Blockade Runner Beach Resort. For more details visit wbmuseum.com. Cape Fear Region Boasts Three of Nation's "Superstar" Beaches By Katie O'Reilly • Jun 30, 2014 Area beach-goers planning to hit the waves this Fourth of July weekend can rest easy in one respect. Three Cape Fear-area beaches have fetched high marks on this year's report card from the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC—an environmental watchdog group that grades beaches based on water quality. Out of 3500 coastal and Great Lakes beaches, only 35 were deemed "superstars"—and this elite grouping counts sections of Wrightsville Beach, Sunset Beach, and Topsail Beach. New Hanover County's 2013 Municipal Elections: The Beach Towns By Rachel Lewis Hilburn • Nov 6, 2013 Courtesy City of Wilmington The only Mayoral contest in New Hanover County was in Carolina Beach – where newcomer Dan Wilcox ousted incumbent Bob Lewis by just five votes. LeAnn Pierce, owner of a small hotel in Carolina Beach, won the most votes and will join the re-elected Gary Doetch on Town Council. In Kure Beach, Dean Lambeth, who ran unopposed for Mayor kept his seat. And the two council candidates – Craig Blozsinsky and Steve Pagley - won the two open seats on Kure Beach Town Council. Wrightsville Beach Candidates Tackle Flood Insurance Concerns By Katie O'Reilly • Oct 23, 2013 Five candidates are running for two seats on the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen this November. Of top concern to the town is impending legislation that would increase its home and business owners' flood insurance rates. The two alderman hopefuls who attended last night's beach town forum at WHQR are both campaigning on their mission to delay implementation of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act. This federal law is meant to recover recent losses to FEMA's Flood Insurance Program, and stands to significantly raise local insurance rates. Wrightsville Beach Smoking Ban Complicated by Property Lines By Sara Wood • Apr 16, 2012 Last week residents of Wrightsville Beach presented a smoking ban petition to the board of alderman which has rejected the ban twice in two years. WHQR's Sara Wood reports some town officials say the real complication about the proposed ban is a little-known property divide called the 1939 State Line, a line dividing ownership of the beach.


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New Home Tour at The Village of WestClay
This single-location home tour features nine partially-furnished custom homes priced between $286,000 and $1.5 million. Visitors will discover distinctive home design elements such as private courtyards and other outdoor living trends while also learning about the latest in home energy saving products and building techniques.
New Home Tour hours are as follows: Monday through Friday – 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday – noon to 6 p.m. Admission to New Home Tour is $12 per adult, $6 for children 12 to 5, children 4 and under are free. Tickets are available at The Village of WestClay during show hours. The ticket booth closes one hour before the homes close. A portion of the proceeds from New Home Tour benefits the Ronald McDonald House of Indiana.


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Basement Flooring Concerns
Hello! I'm new here but have been by several times to get advice/read up on topics. Any and all advice is appreciated!
I am located in Saskatoon, SK and we are planning to renovate our 1961 basement -- but have several concerns.
First of all, we've had water in our basement once in over 10 years and we've since addressed the cause of the flood (a sloping concrete slab has been removed and replaced with a garage). We have had several wet years since then and no flowing water, but dampness remains a concern.
As a result, we hope to put down a dri-core type subfloor, but as I understand, the floor needs to be clean so there isn't mould growth. The first concern I have is that we have some asbestos backed lino stuck to the concrete (I have had it tested and years ago, someone took a stab at removal -- leaving backing). I hope to have it removed, but it's been suggested by the abatement folks that the floor be sealed. From an asbestos standpoint -- I totally understand. But from a moisture perspective -- will this be an issue if we are planning to dricore above it? Also, some of the concrete in the area with the lino backing is in terrible shape -- I can't visually inspect it as there is 1 layer of carpet, and another layer of carpet backing on the floor too, but I can feel the small heaves. Is this going to be an issue for the lino removal and I don't want to be grinding the concrete down in that section -- suggestions for how to handle this? Also, do floor levellers adhere properly if the floor has been sealed and if there is some moisture through the floor? (I don't believe the slab was waterproofed from below -- but we'll see when we dig a sump pit!)
Finally, in our furnace room, I'd like to put ceramic tile down but wasn't sure what is recommended -- do I put a membrane down or just tile directly on the bare concrete? I suspect we have some wicking of moisture through the slab, so I don't know if a membrane would be good or cause problems.
As much as I'd love to yank out the concrete floor and start new, it's not worth the investment in this house (I'd just sell and buy something else at that point!)
Apologies for the long-winded post but there are several overlapping issues with this floor!
you can tile over the concrete using thinset, not the premixed tubs but the bags
moisture is not coming up through the slab as much as thorught the walls and then the slab. You need to replace the outside perimeter drains to fix this correctly.
You can use spacers under the dri-core to compensate for the uneven flooring
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DeadlyNinja18 hand built this completely jaw dropping suit from Mass Effect. Not only is the build itself freaking awesome, as it turns out getting the materials to even begin can be a daunting task in Serbia, where DeadlyNinja18 lives.
There's a forum thread about it (and another),but not much info, no build pictures really. There is a decent amount of information on the rifle though.


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Chuck Hagel's path to confirmation as President Barack Obama's new secretary of defense became more secure on Thursday when Republican Senator Richard Shelby said he would support the nomination.
Shelby joined almost every other Republican senator a week ago in delaying a vote on confirming Hagel in order to allow colleagues more time to examine Hagel's record, said spokesman Jonathan Graffeo.
Fifteen other Republican senators signed a letter to Obama on Thursday asking that he withdraw Hagel's nomination, saying they respect the military service of the decorated Vietnam War veteran, but he lacks the bipartisan support and confidence to serve effectively.
The White House said it still supports Hagel and expects he will be confirmed. Senate Democrats expect a vote on his confirmation next week, after Congress returns from a recess, and that Hagel will win the majority support he needs to become the chief civilian at the Pentagon.
Graffeo said Shelby now plans to vote for a motion to stop debate, ending the delay, and in favor of the nomination when the Senate considers whether to confirm Hagel, barring any surprises between now and the vote.
Shelby, a five-term senator from Alabama, served with Hagel during the nominee's two terms as a Republican senator from Nebraska. He is at least the third Republican - along with Mike Johanns and Thad Cochran - to say he will vote for Hagel.
Democrats control 55 votes in the 100-member Senate, and none has come out against Hagel. While he has long looked likely to garner the 51 votes he needs to be confirmed, his backers feel it will strengthen him as Pentagon chief to have as much bipartisan support as possible.
Many Republicans have fiercely opposed Hagel's nomination as civilian chief at the Pentagon since it was announced on Jan. 7.
Hagel broke from his party as a senator by opposing former President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq war, infuriating some Republicans. Some have also raised questions about whether he is sufficiently supportive of Israel or tough enough on Iran.
Republicans also worry Hagel will be too supportive of any effort by Obama to include cuts in Pentagon spending as a way to deal with yawning U.S. budget deficits.
Hagel's performance at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services committee also drew harsh criticism. Even some Democrats said he appeared at times unprepared or hesitant in the face of aggressive questioning.
The pressure against Hagel's nomination continued with Thursday's letter from the 15 Republicans, which cited among other things statements by the former senator they said "proclaimed the legitimacy of the current regime in Iran."
But the White House, blasting what it called continued political posturing by Republicans it contends puts the country at more risk, said there were no plans for Hagel's withdrawal.
"We firmly believe that Senator Hagel will be confirmed, but the waste of time is of consequence," White House spokesman Jay Carney said at his daily news briefing.
"There are 66,000 men and women in uniform in Afghanistan and we need our new secretary of defense on the job to be part of the significant decisions that have to be made as we bring that war to a responsible end," he said.
Many of the senators who signed the letter have been among Hagel's most vocal opponents. They included James Inhofe, the top Republican on the Senate armed services panel, and five other Republican members of that committee - Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker, David Vitter, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee.
The other nine were Senators John Cornyn, Patrick Toomey, Marco Rubio, Daniel Coats, Ron Johnson, James Risch, John Barrasso, Tom Coburn and Tim Scott.
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