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Canon imagePRESS C7000VP colour press at IPEX
Canon imagePRESS C7000VP colour press at IPEX :
Showcasing its extensive portfolio of Professional Print colour products at IPEX 2006, Canon Europe has today launched its highly anticipated imagePRESS C7000VP digital colour press, and its imagePRESS C1production proofer and printer. It also announced it will be showing a technology preview of new products from its CLC colour laser range on the Canon stand – Hall 6 Stand C50. The new engines highlight Canon's aims to aggressively grow market share in the professional print sector, and to become market leader in the digital colour production printing market.
Canon imagePRESS digital colour press
The imagePRESS C7000VP, formerly known as imagePRESS 'X', and the imagePRESS C1, formally known as the imagePRESS 'Y', are next generation technology engines that have been positioned to meet the requirements of the Commercial Print, Print for Pay, Creative Graphic Arts and Corporate Markets. They are set to strengthen Canon's presence in digital colour production environments. To highlight its extensive colour product portfolio, Canon will also be demonstrating further additions to its complete colour range by hosting technology previews of its soon-to-be-launched, colour laser printers, the CLC4040 and CLC5151.
Canon imagePRESS C7000VP & imagePRESS C1
The imagePRESS C7000VP and imagePRESS C1 deliver high image quality, stability and consistency, and are competitively priced at approximately €258,000 and €46,000 respectively. Both devices incorporate a number of new industry leading technologies that deliver output with the look and feel of offset printing. The imagePRESS C7000VP incorporates a new V-Toner, new T-Developer and new E-Drum in conjunction with an oil-less fusing system. New high-precision registration systems and imaging control technologies allow the engine to run at rated speeds on substrates up to 300 gsm. To integrate with existing workflows and methods, the engine is driven by a new imagePRESS Server A3000 controller that has been co-developed with EFI. The imagePRESS C7000VP has a 10,000 sheet air-assisted paper feeding capacity and offers on-line finishing that includes high capacity stacking, punching, trimming, and saddle stitched booklet making.
Canon imagePRESS C7000VP & imagePRESS C1
Sean Sinfield, European Product Marketing Manager for Colour, Professional Print, Canon Europe says: "The imagePRESS C7000VP is a step forward not only for Canon, but for the industry. The quality, stability and productivity of the engine enable it to produce a wide range of high quality short run, print on demand, customised and personalised document applications, and it will also offer flexible printing capacity for commercial printers."
Canon imagePRESS C1 - High quality proofer
The imagePRESS C1 offers a similar level of high quality, stability and consistency as the imagePRESS C7000VP and also benefits from the new V-Toner, T-Developer and E-Drum technology. The engine has a rated speed of 14 ppm for full colour and 60 ppm for monochrome printing. It will be driven by the new imagePRESS Server Q1 that has been co-developed with EFI. It is positioned as a high quality proofer and digital colour printer for the creative and graphic arts sector, as well as the print for pay industry. The imagePRESS C1 can also be used as a device for commercial printers to use for proofing, short run and print on demand work.
Technology preview - Canon CLC 4040 & CLC 5151 printers
Building on the success of the CLC 2620 and the CLC 3220 within the corporate, graphic arts and print for pay environments, where 20,000 units to date have been sold across EMEA, the compact, high-speed CLC4040 and CLC5151 printers will offer 40ppm and 51ppm respectively. They will be unveiled fully at the Canon Concerto event to be held in Barcelona, June 6-8. They will have general availability in Summer 2006.
Canon professional print digital market - IPEX 2006
David Preskett, Professional Solutions Marketing Director, Canon Europe, commented: "Canons' newest additions to the professional print portfolio, especially the imagePRESS products, demonstrate our commitment to be number 1 in the professional print digital market. All the new colour professional products at IPEX are the result of Canon's significant R&D spend on technology for the professional print industry. IPEX 2006 for Canon Europe is about "seeing digital differently" and the opportunities for business growth for our customers that our new technologies deliver."
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|I have a Muncie 4 speed in my 30 Model A and I think you would be better off staying with your automatic transmission. In order to be able to shift the transmission I had to heat up the shift rod with a torch and make it almost completely straight. This was done so the shifter would clear the bench seat. That shifter comes right up between your legs and takes a lot of getting used to when you drive the car. Its not comfortable. I had a terrible time installing the clutch linkage and I can bearly adjust the throw out bearing so it does not ride on the pressure plate all the time. You might want to consider a hydrolic clutch because of space problems. If you push the clutch and the brake pedal in at the same time the pedals interfear with each other. All things considered you are better off with the automatic. If you think it slips too much you might consider a rebuild or shift kit. If you go with the 5 speed manual you are constantly shifting gears in city traffic. Its alot of effort just to drive the car. My 2 cents.
|Mickey Miller
|I'm doing a 454 4 speed swap in my 30 Model A and I found that the 55 - 57 Chevy benchseat Hurst shifter will clear the seat in my car. Still working on clutch linkage though. Not much room down there for all those rods and stuff. I've thought about using a hydraulic clutch, but I'm saving that as a last resort. I used a swap meet scattershield for the bellhousing. It was only 80 bucks. Got the shifter at another swap meet for 125 bucks.
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The evolution from pens to 3D
Today most architectural illustration and artwork you see is prepared using 3D. But most of us will recall just a few years ago when companies like ours struggled to get 3D artwork accepted by the architectural and property development fields. Before competition came about in the 3D architectural illustration and rendering world our biggest struggle was to get a client to actually use the technology.
Traditional architectural illustration and perspectives were the only service available for high quality artwork, and finding a good illustrator was like finding gold. The industry, like today's 3D version, had it's good/bad people and often missed deadlines. Architectural illustrations were hard to alter, were often "hit and miss" and usually inaccurate, although this was not always the fault of the illustrator.
New illustration technology
CGI (computer generated imagery) came about in the early 1990s. Steve Bell, of Archiform 3D, was an early adopter of the technology. At first, CGI took significantly longer to prepare an architectural image than illustrations created by hand. Computers were slow and the results, regardless of the operator's skill, were somewhat plastic and stale. But the technology improved, and in the mid 1990s we were able to combine 3D and hand painted artwork to achieve more flexibility, accuracy and realism.
By the late 1990s 3D architectural illustrations and renderings were starting to be taken seriously. Steve Bell was the first person to create a virtual prize home. This project consisted of two luxury home designs, detailed and presented in pure 3D, inclusive of interior shots. The project was an instant success, with client not needing to build until after the lottery was finalized! The only problem that came from this venture was that there was no work for the people that maintained the completed homes, took the photographs, handled the security around the site and designed the interiors, so our client had to reassess if it could cope with the pressure from them to build real homes first!
The 3D illustrating field gathered momentum, with it now proven that 3D was a viable alternative to not only traditional illustration but to real photography. Larger projects came about and the technology grew. Traditional architectural illustration was now taking the back seat.
Architectural illustration today
Today many printed publications refuse to accept anything other than high quality 3D illustrations and renderings and the 3D architectural rendering and illustration field has blossomed into a competitive, fast moving industry. Radical advances in technology are now further between as the artwork approaches "Photo-Perfect™". Hand painted architectural illustrations are in serious decline, with the more experienced artists finding it difficult to make the transition to CGI. We predict that the traditional market will dwindle further, but the best of the best will survive to still impress us with their artistic prowess.


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Apple iPhone 4G Preliminary Specifications
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1. liquidmonkey (unregistered)
wow, thats a boat load of iphones!!
2. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Yeah, phonearena, I hope you mean IPHONE 4th Generation, because the phone will not be an LTE phone.
3. zerglisk (Posts: 544; Member since: 09 Feb 2010)
The only con is "Foxconn".... LOL "Fringe-field switching technology allows for the screen's better performance in direct sunlight. This technology, already used by the HTC Hero, will allow iPhone users to read e-books easily under most lighting conditions, which should allow Apple to better promote its iBooks store. " THAT IS WHY HTC IS SUING!!!!! AHAHAHHA


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Application and game scripting with SchemeBlitz3D Forums/Blitz3D Userlibs/Application and game scripting with Scheme
| One more step on the long road towards a decent Blitz3D scripting library...
Scheme is one of the two main dialects of Lisp, and a popular language for scripting and educational use due to its light weight and simple rules. The TinyScheme implementation, by Dimitrios Souflis and Jonathan Shapiro, is an embeddable interpreter conforming to most of the R5RS standard, and mainly notable as the scripting language behind the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program).
Click here to download the B3D wrapper.
Unlike certain other recent submissions, TinyScheme is fully interpreted rather than compiled to machine code, so while it doesn't offer the performance of native code, it does offer a much safer scripting environment to expose to your end-users.
Three examples are included with the library in an effort to demonstrate how everything works, as well as an archive with the modified source code (original manual/readme can be found in here). Once again, TinyScheme is capable of calling Blitz3D functions that have been added to the Scheme global environment, but you'll need FastPointer, by MikhailV, in order to be able to access Blitz function pointers (not supplied with this library, but free from his site). The main interaction with Scheme is via the TSC_Eval function, which accepts and runs a command and returns the result in a string. Whole source files can be loaded into a Scheme environment with TSC_LoadFile (you need to load init.scm to get full R5RS features).
The barrier to entry for this library may be slightly higher than for others, as (as the examples will demonstrate) Blitz3D functions to be exposed to Scheme must follow a very particular pattern. Because Scheme is a dynamically-typed language, values are passed to Blitz in lists formed of Lisp cons cells, and need to be unpacked from each cell (and repacked for return). It's not logically very difficult, but probably looks terrifying in code form.
It also goes without saying that since Scheme is a Lisp, it has a wildly different syntax from almost every other language in mainstream use. This really isn't as big a deal as it looks, however, and going by the reasonable popularity of other Lisp-based scripting solutions in the world at large, shouldn't be a problem for end users. (If you don't know Lisp, but want to learn, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is widely considered the finest textbook on Computer Science in the world, and uses Scheme as its language. Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days is a quicker introduction.)
One thing that I think bears mention is that with a suitable function to automatically supply the outermost parentheses, Scheme syntax would be almost perfect for an ingame command line interface, as most command line operations take the form of command followed by space-separated options.
Anyway, if anyone needs a vote of confidence, this is also the first of my scripting submissions that I'm actually considering using in my own project (TCC may be awesome but I can't really think of a good use for it!).
TinyScheme is BSD-licenced, so you can use it freely in any project, open-source or commercial.
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We read that there is a car park direct at its door steps, but even before we could locate the entrance, we saw the car queue waiting to enter, snaking from just after the East Coast Parkway exit! We decided to join the queue, since we were there anyhow - but after 15 minutes of staying stuck at the same spot, we decided to drive around to see if there are other alternatives.
On a whim, DaddyMoo decided to try our luck parking at Marina Barrage itself. The carpark was also full, but after about 5 minutes of waiting, by a stroke of luck, we managed to get a parking lot!
BabyMoo was all excited to see the kites, and was truly in his element - running about the vast open space, and enjoying the vibe.
|"Go Fly Kite!" takes a literal meaning here.
|A #failed attempt at 'Sunflare Photography'. Get the actual tips from the pro here.
|Birds' Eye View of the Marina Barrage. Lovely view!
|It's a short 500m walk from the Marina Barrage to Satay by the Bay, and with such a gorgeous view along the reservoir, I'm not complaining!
Four of us spread out to try to get a table, and since I gave my mobile to the boy to occupy him while we waited - I couldn't take any photos to document the madness. So I'm going to 'borrow' this photo from their main site, which is no doubt taken in um... more conducive conditions. You've been warned!
|Image source: Satay by the Bay
Off we went to scout for food. I ordered BBQ Sting Ray and fried rice for the boy, and while waiting for those, decided to queue for drinks. About 15 minutes later, I held 4 cups of sugarcane juice triumphantly in my tray, and made my way back to our table. Upon checking with the 'Marina Bay Live Seafood Stall', I was informed that the items will take a further 10 minutes.
I decided to let it go, viewing the fact that they seemed overwhelmed with orders, and there was no system in place. Furthermore, for new places, teething problems are bound to happen.
Fortunately, BabyMoo was quite happy with racing cars on my mobile, and didn't fuss much despite the heat. We settled down to our Satay, which the hubs ordered from one of the Malay stalls. Point to note is that there are two satay sections - one of which served by the Chinese, and the other has traditional Malay ones. DaddyMoo ordered from the stall which seems to have the shortest queue, which I suppose would not be what many people would have done.
As for the rice, half an hour later... it.was.still.not.ready. Poor kiddo was hungry, but thankfully, he loved the Satay! After the first tentative bite, he immediately pulled the entire plate toward him and declared loudly: "MINE!"
|First time, first bite... oh what tasty morsels are these?
I'm not sure if it's the novelty of eating things off a stick, the hunger, or that he genuinely likes it!
|These are quite yummy, like my Mummy!
Given that BabyMoo loves satay and the entire vibe of the place, I suppose if we ever do visit Satay-by-the-Bay again, we would do so on a non-Public Holiday weekday. Weekends will no doubt see the same crowd, and I'm not brave enough to fight for seats!
|Do you know the Satay Man... the Satay Man, the Satay Man? Do you know the Satay Man... whose weapon is a fan?
We reached at around 6.00pm, and by the time we were finished, it was almost 8.30pm. We took only about 20 minutes to eat - so the rest of the time was spent waiting for a table, queuing for food, queueing for drinks and waiting for food. I think the main problem is that apart from the satay stalls, there is only one stall serving a certain type of food, so there are no options. It's either you wait, or you wait.
18 Marina Gardens Drive
Singapore 018952
Neighbourhood: Bayfront
Via the Circle Line:
Alight at Bayfront MRT Station (CE1)
Take Exit B and follow the underground linkway
Exit and cross the Dragonfly Bridge or Meadow Bridge into Gardens by the Bay
Via the North South / Circle Line:
Alight at Marina Bay MRT Station (NS27/CE2)
Take Exit A and hop onto bus service 400
Alight 4 stops later at the bus stop along Marina Gardens Drive\
- From East Coast Parkway (ECP) heading towards the city:
- Take Exit 17A and turn left onto Marina Place
- Continue through to Marina Boulevard
- Turn left at Marina Gardens Drive
- From East Coast Parkway (ECP) heading towards Changi Airport:
- Take Exit 17 and turn right into Central Boulevard
- Turn right onto Marina Station Road
- Turn left onto Marina Street
- Follow through onto Marina Boulevard
- Turn left at Marina Gardens Drive
Visitor Centre Basement Car Park:
Capacity: 420 lots
Hours: Opens 5:00am - 2:00am daily
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Meadow Open-air Car Park
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Capacity: 138 lots
Hours: Opens 24 hours daily
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Beauty Schools and Cosmetology Schools in Kansas City, MO
Map of Cosmetology Schools in Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, Missouri is a booming metropolitan area that serves both Missouri and Kansas. It is one of the largest cities in Missouri, so it has a prominent beauty industry. You can serve people all over Kansas City with a beauty degree.
Our list of Kansas City cosmetology schools can help you find the perfect school for you. Whether you want to become a cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, or nail technician, there's a Kansas City school that's right for you.
Beauty Salaries in Kansas City
There's a wide range of salaries for beauty professionals in Kansas City. As a new beauty worker, you may start out earning an entry-level salary. However, as you gain experience, seniority, and a reputation for high-quality work, your income potential can increase rapidly. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, these are the salary ranges for some of the biggest beauty professions:
- Cosmetologists: $16,270 to $34,950 per year
- Barbers: $20,450 to $43,700 per year
- Manicurists: $15,910 to $19,900 per year
- Skincare specialists: $16,620 to $72,840 per year
Your income may be affected by what type of job you get. Salon owners may earn more than people who work for a salon. However, if you work for a salon or rent a chair, you may be able to earn tips on top of your normal income.
License Requirements in Missouri
Upon completing your education, you can begin pursuing your Missouri cosmetology license. All licensing goes through the Missouri Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners. The Board requires applicants to complete a set number of educational hours prior to licensure:
- Cosmetologist: 1,500 hours
- Barber: 1,000 hours
- Esthetician: 750 hours
- Nail technician: 400 hours
After providing proof of your completed educational hours and completing the Board-administered exam, you can receive your license. It lasts for two years and must be renewed by September 30 of odd-numbered years.
Getting Around and Networking
When you attend school in Kansas City, Missouri, you can get around using the Kansas City Area Transit Authority. Traveling via their bus service can make it easier and more affordable to get to school and work. You can buy a day pass or a monthly pass.
One of the single best things you can do for your new career is join a beauty association. Becoming a member of a local group can help you find a job, learn about new trends, and complete your continuing education hours. There are many national organizations that serve the Kansas City area. Consider joining the Association of Cosmetology Salon Professionals or the Professional Beauty Association.
You may also wish to consider these nearby beauty schools: Springfield, MO, St. Louis, MO and Wichita, KS.
Look through the list below to find cosmetology schools in Kansas City, MO.
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Kia's power to succee'd in Europe
"The C'eed," Jung-Moon Park added, "is the first-ever Kia intended from its conception for the European market, and has been entirely designed and manufactured in Europe.
"With the new Kia C'eed we are presenting consumers in Europe with a very surprising family car, with excellent performance and quality, a clean modern appearance and an exceptional warranty. The Cee'd marks a major turning point in Kia's history."
Also speaking at the press conference was Jean Charles Lievens, senior vice-president Europe, who outlined the values the car was built around, mainly "quality, trustworthiness, dynamism and customer choice", adding that with the CAE's Kia have introduced a qualitative revolution reflecting the corporate brand slogan "the power to surprise".
Designed by the Kia teams in Germany and Korea, the Cee'd will be manufactured at Kia's all-new manufacturing facility in Zilina, Slovakia, and is set to enter and lead in the closely fought European C (lower medium) segment. It is being marketed in Europe.
Twenty five-door hatchback models with three equipment levels in 12 colours have been launched so far and these will soon be joined by a range of five-door sporty wagon and three-door sporty hatch models later this year.
The range of five engines will include a 1.4-, 1.6- and 2.0-litre CWT petrol engines and an all new 1.6-litre VGT diesel engine, with a 2.0-litre VGT diesel engine from the summer.
"The Cee'd is going to look better, feel better, drive better and sell better and is certain to revolutionise Kia's fortunes in this sector," Mr Lievens said.
Designed to be tough not rough, the Cee'd's aerodynamics were devised in Kia's world-class wind tunnel in Korea, while several consumer clinics were set up during the development stage for consumer approval.
Its all new chassis platform, suspension systems and bodyshell engineering have achieved durability, refinement, safety, handling and ride quality benefits.
The inside is also designed to suit European tastes, including a driver-focused cockpit and controls, a floating style centre console, spacious seating for five (taking in consideration the average build of Europeans), and more storage and luggage space.
Code-named ED (European Design), when still in the initial stages, the Cee'd is also one of the safest C-segment cars with high levels of active and passive features, including six airbags as standard.
Kia is anticipating that demand for the new Cee'd will reach 100,000 units this year and will rise to 150,000 units annually in Europe from 2008.
Local agents of Kia Motors have maintained the brand slogan power to surprise and will be surprising all customers with an unprecedented warranty on the car when it is presented to the public at the motor show in next month.
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|Horton, R
|Jaynes, Dan
Submitted to: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/18/2001
Publication Date: 10/3/2004
Citation: Lee, J., Noborio, K., Horton, R., Jaynes, D.B. 2004. Characterization of preferential flow in undisturbed, structured soil columns using a vertical TDR probe. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 51(3-4)131-144. Interpretive Summary: Scientists have a wide array of computer models for predicting the fate and transport of agrochemicals applied to soil. Before these models can be accurately applied to specific situations, the parameters required for the model need to be measured or estimated for the soil of interest. One group of models, that is very useful for estimating rapid movement of water and chemicals through undisturbed natural soil, has been little used outside of the laboratory because of the difficulty in measuring the required model parameters. This research developed and validated a new methodology for measuring these parameters that is easy, quick, and adaptable for use in the field. We show that the new method gives model parameter estimates that are as reliable as the more traditional, but time consuming measurement methods. Now that the new model has been validated, scientists will be able to use the method with confidence in estimating parameter values for a wide range of soils and locations. The method will allow more accurate modeling of water and chemical transport through soils and better estimates of potential ground water contamination by agrochemicals.
Technical Abstract: Previous studies have shown that time domain reflectometry (TDR) can be used to characterize solute transport in soil. However, few of these studies have been conducted in undisturbed, structured soils with preferential flow properties. In this study, we tested a TDR method under controlled laboratory experiments using 20-cm-long by 12-cm-diam. undisturbed, structured soil columns. We used a vertically installed TDR probe and a short pulse of tracer application to obtain residual mass (RM) breakthrough curves (BTCs). The RM BTCs obtained from TDR were used to estimate mobile/immobile (MIM) parameters that were compared to the parameter estimates from effluent data. A conventional inverse curve fitting method (CXTFIT) was used to estimate parameters. The TDR- determined parameters were then used to generate predicted effluent BTCs for comparison with observed effluent BTCs for the same soil columns. Overall, the RM BTCs obtained from TDR were similar to the RM BTCs obtained from effluent data. The TDR-determined parameters corresponded well to the parameters obtained from the effluent data, although they were not within the 95% confidence intervals. Correlation coefficients between the parameters obtained from the TDR and from effluent data for the immobile water fraction (Tim), mass exchange coefficient (alpha), and dispersion coefficient (Dm) were 0.95, 0.95, and 0.99, respectively. The TDR-predicted effluent BTCs also were similar to the observed effluent BTCs having an average coefficient of determination of 0.94. The vertical TDR probe method is simple, minimally-destructive, and provides representative preferential flow properties that enabled the characterization of solute transport in soil.


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A few years ago, while in a mall in Augusta, Georgia, I was asked to participate in a consumer survey, taste-testing microwave pancakes. I wanted to like those pancakes. Before I even took a bite, I told myself the pancakes would be delicious. I employ this same mindset when I pick up a book. It's going to be scrumptious and I could feed it to my family.
I would feed Tony Earley's book of personal essays, Somehow Form A Family, to my family. It's non-controversial, contains only one sentence with curse words, (Earley's grandfather says "damn" five times when a shotgun falls to the floor and discharges), has no references to sex, drugs, or rock and roll, and is suitable for all ages. But, like microwave pancakes, the substance there is only a hint of the real thing.
The very personal act of reading: to what purpose do we intentionally spend time reading a particular piece of literature? And to what end is it employed? Escapism, information gathering, insight, emotional release? I pick up a book, judge it by its cover, and intend to like it. I admire the hell out of anyone who completes a task and to finish a book represents, to me, the ultimate in task commitment. According to the book jacket, Tony Earley's collection of personal essays offers the reader a "view of the world from the edge, at the cusp." Perhaps the intent of these essays is insight, I think to myself, and I begin the straightforward act of reading. The jacket tells me Earley will reveal, in a deceptively simple style, how he has dealt with clinical depression, God, family, and even death. I'm ready to jump into this book.
Earley does indeed touch upon all the big things. In the Introduction, he thoughtfully instructs us on the purpose of narrative form, defines a personal essay, and reveals the true nature of creative nonfiction. In the ten essays which follow (nine are previously published) he provides sketches of the events and people who shaped his life. "Hallway," for example, offers the reader a glimpse into the interior history of his grandparents' house. This essay presents an intriguing concept, the essay of a room and its effect on the occupants over time.
I anticipate a strong southern voice, an expectation brought about by Earley's biographical blurb and from the book's premise of "personal essays." Then as I go further, the book jacket tells me the book will reveal "...how hard it is to find your place in the world without letting go of all you came from, without letting go of your authenticity." From this promise, if one purpose of the essays is to reveal the influence of Earley's North Carolina family and their effect on his adulthood, I consider my pre-disposed notion of southernness valid and my expectation for a sense of place rational. I want to travel to the places Earley promises he will take me. I want to see him there in my mind. But, with the exception of "The Quare Gene," which discusses Appalachian Gullah, this collection of essays is so geographically ambigious, it could be grounded anywhere in the US. Geographical ambiguity works well with fiction witness Kaye Gibbons' Ellen Foster, but notice also that she comes back with a regional bang for your buck with Charms for the Easy Life and places us smack dab in Raleigh. Perhaps the ability to divorce himself from the region is to Earley's credit but in a series of personal essays, I expect to be grounded to place as well as person.
In the essay A Worn Path, Earley tells us he will tell his goddaughter about his depression, how he spent years trying to convince himself he was an atheist, and how God pulled him out of the ice and into his house. He needs to tell us, now, in this book. Instead he offers one-liners of reference to his sister's death, his father's running away, his yearning for respectability growing up as poor white but not white trash. While brevity can charm and intrigue, in this case it leaves the reader with little knowledge of the man behind the essay:
When Jessie is old enough I will tell her about the dark places I have been, the ways I hurt myself and other people because I was angry.
I will also tell her that I rarely find the strength to forgive the people who hurt me, that I nurse and enjoy a multitude of small hatreds, and that I am ashamed for it.
I will tell her how Granny Earley loved me and tried to turn me against my mother at the same time.
These words make me want more. But I am left to wonder about the why, the cause, because Earley stops his revelations at the end of the declaration. No explanation of events, of the depth of feeling, is revealed in this essay or anywhere else in the book. Earley doesn't need to open a vein, but he's the one who told us, in the Introduction, that these are personal essays. Thus I should expect to share in his emotional journey.
I realize, soon after reading the title essay, I'm not really learning anything of substance about Earley except how he had a crappy TV set and loved The Brady Bunch. Rather than adopt this cynical viewpoint and cloud my thinking, I read the first essay again, give it another chance. I searched for meaning in the copious lists of television shows he watched. Perhaps there is a hidden agenda here. Every show is white bread maybe he's making a cultural comment on American pre-occupation with the perfect family as portrayed in 1960s television scripts. But I can't seem to get a coherent, meaningful interpretation of his intentions out of his dialogue. Earley's personal essays will be well-received, as his writing is indicative of the popular notion, espoused by the New York Times and Publisher's Weekly, that we must not tax the intellect of the American public, but would it be too much to ask to feel something?
Published at: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/somehow-form-a-family/


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The Hypocritic Oath
I must admit that reading Lessig's Free Culture has kept me awake many nights, tossing and turning and thinking of what I could possibly do to prevent our culture from falling into the "permission culture." If only I could write a novel as good as 1984 or direct a movie as good as Brazil. I must be content to rally as much support as I can in various online writing spaces, whether that be AA or Kairosnews.
I was thinking today of what I suppose is a rather small point about IP, but nevertheless could be raised--what of the Hippocratic Oath? This is the oath required in antiquity of all physicians, but lives on today (in modified form) in most medical school graduation ceremonies. Some of the language in the oath seems to directly conflict with modern practices of IP on medicine, particularly the patenting (and steep pricing) of medicines and genetic information:
Classic Hippocratic Oath:
I swear...To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to...regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach them this art - if they desire to learn it - without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts and oral instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and have taken an oath according to the medical law, but no one else.
This sounds like a Creative Commons license!!
Now, the contemporary version:
I swear...I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow...Above all, I must not play at God.
The contemporary version removes all references to Greek gods and the obligation to live with your teacher in a life-long apprenticeship--good things, surely--but seems a lot less clear about how information is to be passed on to the next generation. When we think of the steep fees (only enforceable with IP laws) that prevent people in Africa dying of AIDS to receive treatment, even this "tamer" contemporary version seems to need revision. After all, the doctors who discovered, through expensive research and hardwork, the methods of treatment capable of significaly extending the life of those dying of AIDS, refuse to "share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow," namely African doctors, we start to see why so many doctors today are right to refer to this oath as the "Hypocritic." Furthermore, the imperative "Not to play God" seems contradicted by any IP law. The Word these doctors and scientists would so love to call their own apparently belongs (and is) God, at least according to The Gospel of John.
It saddens me greatly to think about how much further medicine would be today if all doctors took this oath seriously.
I read about the Oath here at Nova Online.
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After one more private workout, USC's Rey Maualuga will be packing his bags for a lengthy road trip that will span seven cities over a two-week period.
According to a source, the tenacious linebacker will be working out for the Atlanta Falcons on April 4 before heading for a visit with the San Francisco 49ers on April 6. That stop should create an interesting moment when Maualuga sits down across from 49ers head coach Mike Singletary, a man who knows plenty about playing middle linebacker at the pro level.
Then, as Scout.com's Chris Steuber reported earlier this month, Maualuga will head to Miami to visit the Dolphins.
From there, a source tells Scout.com, he'll wrap up the first week of his visits by flying back to California to visit the San Diego Chargers.
The 6-foot-2, 254 pound linebacker will get a chance to catch his breath over the weekend before he begins the second week of his tour, which includes stops in St. Louis to visit the Rams and Cleveland to check out his opportunities with the Browns. He'll wrap-up his visits that week by meeting with the Tennessee Titans and the New Orleans Saints.
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Clearly one of the top linebackers in this year's draft class, Maualuga's instincts, speed and physical style of play will be a real asset in the NFL. And he's versatile enough to play in any defensive scheme.
"I played the whole season with a hybrid, Clay Matthews, being a standup outside linebacker and a hand-down defensive end. I'm familiar with both schemes," he said at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. "Whichever team I get picked to go to, whether it be 3-4 or 4-3, I think I'll fit in really well."
At USC, Maualuga loomed large even though he was surrounded by plenty of talented players. And he admires players in the NFL who have that same type of field presence.
"I look up to guys who are my heritage, like Lofa Tatupu and Junior Seau," he said. "But I'm a big fan of Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis, guys who bring intensity and can change the whole scheme of a defense and impact a game because of who they are and what they bring to the team."
In less than a month, Maualuga will learn which team will use a top pick to add him to their roster. From that moment on, expect to hear his name often as he begins to establish his presence in the NFL.
Read more about him through the links on his Scout.com profile page.
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Pods, joysticks doing their part to grow boatingPosted on Written by Bill Sisson
Joystick systems controlling pods, straight shafts, sterndrives and even outboards have become more and more a part of the mainstream. Not only are these new technologies often more efficient from a propulsion standpoint, as is the case with pod drives, but they also are allowing people to move more easily into larger boats by reducing docking jitters, especially when the wind is blowing or a current is running.
Numbers are difficult to come by, but anecdotal evidence suggests that these close-quarters maneuvering systems are not only bringing new people into boating, but in some cases are keeping boaters in the sport by reducing stressful docking incidents. Too many 21st century Capt. Blighs yelling at beleaguered crewmembers as they ricochet off pilings is not a part of the Grow Boating formula.
Pod propulsion with joystick technology is not new, but the recession undoubtedly slowed its adoption when it slammed the brakes on new-boat production three years ago. Volvo Penta introduced its Inboard Propulsion System in 2005 and Cummins MerCruiser followed with Zeus two years later.
Volvo Penta, MerCruiser and, most recently, Yanmar America Corp. (see Page 29) produce joystick systems for their sterndrives. ZF Marine, which builds pods, and Twin Disc have docking control systems for straight shafts using thrusters. (ZF Marine also did the first outboard joystick.) And Teleflex Marine recently introduced a joystick for twin-outboard installations (Page 29).
For anybody building a boat 30 feet and larger today, if they havent looked at a joystick system, theyre behind the curve, says Martin Meissner, marketing manager for ZF Marine. Early adopters were paramount in this three or four years ago. Now its gone mainstream. Were past the early adopter stage.
Seventy percent of traditional powerboats sold in the United States are under 21 feet, so these technologies wont affect most boats. But they are having an increasingly larger effect in terms of dollar volume because they are being installed on boats in the upper-20-foot range and larger.
CMD Zeus product manager Rob Mirman told Soundings recently, I think we are past the point of convincing the boating public that pods are a worthy form of propulsion. All the big boatbuilders are offering pod options in the boats where they make sense.
More than 125 boatbuilders worldwide, including about 50 in this country, use Volvos IPS in about 275 models; roughly 45 builders use CMD Zeus in about 68 models. And the numbers are growing.
There are myriad benefits to pods and joystick control systems, from efficiency to noise reduction to slow-speed maneuvering, but it is the latter that seems to have the most resonance with consumers. Its allows people to enter the game with the boat they really want and not settle for something smaller because theyre intimidated by the bigger boat, says Tad Whitten, who is starting his fourth year running the Zeus and Axius Experience Tour, which has given thousands of consumers across the country their first experience with these systems. They all struggle with getting the boat in on a windy day. This takes all that away. With joystick control, they can finally buy the boat they want.
The warm and fuzzy for the consumer is the joystick, Meissner says. Make my boat go sideways. Thats what people key in on ease of use.
He continues: It just takes all the stress out of bringing a boat into the dock. Thats the biggest hurdle to a lot of people moving to that next size boat.
As an industry, Bentley Collins of Sabre Yachts and Back Cove Yachts believes we continue to underestimate the anxiety associated with docking a relatively large boat, which in turn has kept some boaters from moving up in size. Yelling ruins relationships, and heaven knows there have been too many Capt. Blighs doing their share of that, says Collins, vice president of sales and marketing for the Maine-based builder. One of our 54 Salon Express couples makes me laugh. They wear the headset communicators, and when they docked their boat one day with huge smiles on their faces I asked if they were always this confident. She replied, I may have been smiling, but you couldnt hear what I was actually saying. They manage their 54 with IPS drives with no issues whatsoever.
And heres a figure to keep top of mind: Of the 65 Sabres sold in the last two years, Collins says, only two have been without pod propulsion.
At sea level, its about pods and sterndrives that turn independently of one another, and joysticks; at a more pulled-back perspective, its about technology. Cool tech. We all love technology, Collins says. Look at what sales of the [new] iPad did this week. They are sold out and taking a backlog despite the fact that plenty of us already have earlier versions. Technology sells.
Whitten sees the same pure pull of new technology as he travels the country giving Zeus and Axius demonstrations. For some, says Whitten, who runs Motorsports Management in Peoria, Ill., forget the joystick. Skyhook is the bomb. Its big, he says, referring to the GPS-enabled station-keeping feature available with pod systems. I dont care who you are; it fits somewhere in your boating lifestyle. Theres dozens of different applications where this technology is changing boating.
The electronics that connect these various drive units and steering systems are graphic examples of the software innovation taking hold in our industry. Youre talking about moving to an entire fly-by-wire system, Meissner says. There is no hard-wire connector between the steering system and the pod and the joystick. Its a rolling evolution of technology in pleasure craft.
Of course, there are other benefits to pods beyond close-quarters maneuvering. I rate docking and quiet running tops, but many owners will state fuel efficiency as their primary reason for buying it, Collins says. Being a good citizen and burning less fuel is a big deal to their friends and associates.
You can run a smaller engine that burns less fuel, but youre not sacrificing performance, Meissner adds. Pods are just a more efficient propulsion. But at the end of the day, what matters to the customer is the maneuverability of the boat.
The future of this technology? Collins sees pods dominating the market from 35 to 50 feet. Above that, acceptance will follow as larger pods are developed. Below that size, Collins sees market share being taken by sterndrive and outboard joystick systems.
It will continue its march, Meissner says. Its a natural progression.
And that, you can count on.
This article originally appeared in the April 2012 issue.


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Is there any chance the US will finally get a manual quattro combo option?
Is there any chance the US will finally get a manual quattro combo option?
Doubtful! But let's hope they bring the S3 over with that combination.
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I'm looking at the bright (maybe unlikely) side of things. I think ANA will do it's best to get this launch right - with an emphasis on enabling the customer to choose from a wide selection of options and packages.
Manual/Quattro seems like a no-brainer in terms of giving people what they want.
It sure seems like that's the general flow of all retail business- more individual choices that end up with a product such as a car that can be tailored to exactly what the buyer is looking for with few compromises along the way.
I guess the question is- is the availability of manual/quattro a deal breaker?
I feel like there are certainly better chances for a Quattro/manual powertrain this time around with the U.S. getting a sedan rather than a hatch. There was probably a very small market for that powertrain with the previous car, especially after taking into account Americans preference for sedans over hatches. However, with the growth and increased cost of the A4 over the years, I see them selling a lot more of these new A3 sedans here, and so I'm hoping there is a business case for a Quattro/manual powertrain.
As for price points, my guess is that Audi is going to make the A3 sedan here in north america compete not based on price but on market segment. That is to say that the A3 sedan will likely come in slightly under the A4, but not by much, but will target a different buying segment than does the A4.
The differentiation is already well set: the A3 will be smaller and have a radically different interior from the more pedestrian A4.
Personally, I say that Audi would be wise to raise base prices of the A3 sedan by $1,500 but include Quattro as standard. But that's just me...
Considering you can get both the A4 and A6 with FWD the A3 will come with it also.
If nothing else, people want to see a low starting price even if most don't want to buy that car. For non performance people that live in areas that get little or no snow I can see a lot of them prefering the front wheel drive. Normally a little better gas mileage, lower price and fewer things to go wrong.
And as an enthusiast that considers value, I will be forced to strongly consider a FWD/manual car, if there is no Quattro/manual powertrain offered. If we look at powertrain options of the current car, the Quattro/S-Tronic powertrain demands a premium of $3580 over the same FWD/manual car. The FWD/S-Tronic car is of little interest to me as it's the same as what I currently have in my DSG MKV GTI.
The current car charges $1480 for S-Tronic, $2100 for Quattro, and $2000 to upgrade from Premium trim to Premium Plus. There is no savings for any certain combination. Hopefully they don't increase the base price too much, if at all, offer these options for the same/similar prices, and offer either transmission with either drivetrain.
Since its the idiots at Audi USA deciding who knows.
These are the same people who have repeatedly told me a tdi quattro would not get imported because it's too expensive for Americans, I presume because Audi sees its us customers as lazy and stupid. And yet they then also refuse to give you a tdi with a manual gearbox, or a quatro with a manual... Both being cheaper than the flappy paddle variants they only provide. UGH
DAMIT, if I want a manual tdi Quattro then why the hell not?
It's even stupider when you can get some of the combos in a VW Golf, but not the A3. And they are THE SAME CAR under the skin!
Drives me mad!
I'm waiting for the A3 sedan and the MKVII GTI. Suposedly, the MKVII Golf may debut at Geneva, alongside the A3 hatch debut that other markets will see. At least Geneva will give us a view of what the production front end looks like in person.
On a related note, the MKVII GTI is rumored to be receiving the next generation EA888 engine. As the GTI and A3 have shared engines in the past, perhaps it will debut in this car.
Based on how many A4 Avants, BMW wagons, and Mercedeces wagons I don't blame them for not bringing the wagons here. Same goes for the manuals, a far smaller percentage of them are sold over the automatic. Add in the limited number production for the A3 and I can see a good reason not to bring over every combination available. While I would be interested in a five door quattro manual I could see the market being pretty small for it.
Take these choices - (quattro, FWD), (sedan, 5 door), (manual, automatic), (diesel, gas) and without even getting into colors and trim levels you have 2X2X2X2= 16 combinations of cars. Add in 4 colors and 2 trim levels and you have 128 (16 x 4 x 2) ways to build the car.
If you were Audi and trying to maximize profit which ones of the above would you bring to the U.S.?
If you were the average dealer would you want to try to pick 3 cars to stock out of 128 build combinations? Most Americans won't special order and wait the months to get a car.
The good news: they've sold like gangbusters, at a very nice margin for AoA and for dealerships.
Each model that they sell in the US market has to have a specific role in the overall plan to increase sales or to test the market. The 8P A3 has been a grand experiment for Audi in North America and all in all I think it has shown them that premium small cars can indeed be sold here, but packaging and positioning is *critical*.
Until Audi is selling 200,000+ vehicles annually in North America it will be very hard to justify the niche models. My sincere wish is that they would federalize some of these models for custom order only. There are many of us who would gladly pay the premium.
Hop in the way-back machine to 2009 and the MLP A4 introductions: the moans and groans about how boring the car was were loud and clear. I don't think you'll hear the same for the new A3.
The b8 A4 is available in manual+quattro. Who does AoA think is the demographic for a manual b8, the budget minded or an enthusiast? (my guess is this combo is on the way out?)
Of the 128 combinations, which ones should they build? I'm sure their Production Mgrs. and Suppliers need to have a reasonably good estimate of what they are going to build next year and every variation creates overall expense in the system.
Just throwing it out there.
VW brought to Canada the Golf R in ONLY AWD + manual. I have a feeling it will be an option, where the standard will come with DSG. VW obviously discerned that there is a market, and the market spoke selling out, can't find a Golf R anywhere.
So A3 / S3 sedan it is!


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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away...(unkown) • Go With The Flow • Thyroid Support Group
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• Chemo
• Chemo-Radiation
• Surgery
• Return to kicking my own ass by 2018
Lesson learned, when things look really dark, go for a run. When it seems that the whole world has gone mad, go for a run. When you feel there is no light at the end of the tunnel, go for a run. Not that the light will appear, but the tunnel will look brighter.
Runners run.
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New Bridges
Old Friends
In the late 1940's Pastor R.L. Bode and others had a vision that an Island in the middle of East Battle Lake would make a good place for children, families, the LLL, the LWML, and Walther League to be able to come and be refreshed through camping programs, workshops, conferences, and more. That vision led to the purchase of the Island in 1949 on a contract for deed. There were many naysayers who didn't believe God would use this pasture land for any good purpose; others were concerned about the cost; and still others assumed that the programs would never cover expenses.
But God blessed His people in very special ways; ways they couldn't have even thought of. He brought together hundreds of people who worked hard, raised money, built buildings, and volunteered as counselors, maintenance workers, builders, and bridge builders.
Today many of those same people, or their children and grandchildren are involved in building new programs and facilities! But the cost of ongoing maintenance and upkeep is growing too!
That is why several years ago Reverend David Bode and his family came to camp and asked that a special endowment be established, the interest from which would help cover the cost of maintenance and upkeep. The Lutheran Island Camp Foundation agreed and moved forward with the R.L. Bode Endowment. They established a goal of raising $1 million dollars in the next 10 years.
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You can be a part of that effort by remembering the camp in your will; by naming the camp as a beneficiary or owner of a life insurance policy; and by working with our team of experts to develop an estate plan that will benefit you now, your family later, and the camp and other charities in the future.
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It seems that the state of Victoria is a goer this duck hunting season, not that there are many hunters there to enjoy it. Its not only animal rights activist who have had a harsh impact on duckhunting in Australia. Its also the droughts which have led to season bans in Victoria. But good for them! good to see victorians can hunt again!
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenrt.ns ... D6001F50A3


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Sunday, October 6, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
Basic Pistol Class for LADIES ONLY
$200 Class Cost - $50 Deposit Due After Registration
Limited to 8 Students
- For Ladies Only who already have a firearm and wish to learn more about it.
- Or, if you are pretty sure about the type of firearm you are interested in, we may have one and would be glad to rent that to you for an additional $20.
- We review safety, grip, stance, sight alignment, trigger control, breathing, follow through and more safety.
- We will help you become more comfortable, capable and confident with your firearm.
- The class involves the shooting of up to 100 rounds of ammunition and afterwards we will show you how to maintain your firearm.
- We will discuss various types of ammunition, appropriate uses for that ammuntion and when you want to use what kind.
- Student is responsible for their own ammuntion.
- Cherie Woolley be the primary instructor. Joe gets to come along and help.
Payment balance is to be made the morning of the class . You will receive a confirmation email from us not long after registration with details on the deposit.
When & Where
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Sunday, October 6, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
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John Barrowman's defiant gay kiss in the middle of the Commonwealth Games 2014 opening ceremony in Glasgow has been heralded as a spur-of-the-moment snub to countries which still criminalise homosexuality.
But it turns out the embrace, made as the performer kissed his "bride" at a mock Gretna Green, was less spontaneous, and more entirely scripted.
"We thought this accentuated the values of Scotland and the diversity of Scotland," Glasgow 2014 chief executive David Grevemberg said.
"Some people may say [it was] bold, but I think confident.
"Gretna Green is a place where people elope. That moment was about people getting married. It's all about love."
Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper added: "There should be no discrimination on any grounds whatsoever. I thought the whole thing was a fantastic show."
Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Opening ceremony
Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Opening ceremony
1/9 Glasgow 2014 opening ceremony
Performers dressed as the famous Tunnock's Teacakes
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Queen Elizabeth II waves as she arrives during the opening ceremony
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Printing/Copying costs 10 cents a page for black & white and 50 cents a page for color, using money added to your KSU ID card. Money may be added to your card at any K-Cash machine on campus, or through the web at K-Cash Manager. There is a K-Cash machine located in the Information Commons next to the middle computer across from the Research Help Desk. For cash, the minimum you can add is $1.00. For credit cards, the minimum you can add is $10.00. Online, the minimum is $10.00.
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The Foundation's program, Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime, was designed to: (1) develop new service delivery models that integrate comprehensive services into the juvenile justice system and promote the creation of community-based systems of care for substance-abusing youthful offenders; and (2) foster the development of local judicial leadership to guide juvenile justice and substance abuse treatment partnerships, and assist community-based treatment providers in assessing their effectiveness.A multiyear leadership program has been designed within Reclaiming Futures to make strategic investments in engaging and developing change agents to build local solutions to improve outcomes for young people involved in the justice system who also are at risk due to their use of alcohol and drugs. The Reclaiming Futures Leadership Fellowship has identified and engaged multiple leaders in key systems, including judicial, addiction treatment services, community, and others, deemed essential to successful implementation. The Leadership Fellowship builds individuals' capacity to work on strategic goals to better identify facilitators of and barriers to change. In addition to a core of emerging national leaders, a cross-disciplinary leadership curriculum will be the primary product of this effort. This grant provides funds to help support leadership meetings.
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Just stopped by the Menard's store in Jefferson City, MO. (don't think there are any in the St. Louis area) Stumbled across the toys section.
On the shelf were a pair of Lionel steam sets, empty slots for a flat car and a tank car.
The surprise was three new Woodland Scenic O Gauge buildings.
General Store $100.00 on sale through 11/13 for $80.00
Menard's old time hardware store $100.00 on sale $80.00
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Back in the heady days of the 2008 election, things were different.
But a look back at that heady period is illuminating, because it seems light-years from our current political universe.
The finding is heady stuff – if duplicated, this would represent one of the most effective approaches yet demonstrated.
RHUBY is a heady blend of rhubarb, beets, carrots, and cardamom.
The last six years have often been heady for someone who cares about progressive political movements.
The place was full of a heady concentration of pleasure that had a beautiful as well as a pitiful side.
You can get up two bottles of our Lunel—at two francs—the heady kind.
Worn on the warm flesh, the beads gave out a heady perfume, which was like the breath of the desert.
Maybe the ozone and the other additives in your shelter air are too heady for me.
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TRINITY — Land O'Lakes senior Jackson Cannon stood wide-eyed under the basket with 10 seconds remaining. He watched Ernest McClendon receive all of the defensive attention on the final possession, leaving him open.
McClendon dished Cannon the ball and he put up the winning field goal. Land O'Lakes outlasted Mitchell 58-56 for the Class 6A, District 10 title Friday — the Gators' first in 11 years.
"The last pass by Ernest was slow motion, I couldn't describe it," said Cannon. "Everybody has a role and I made the last shot, but that's not what won the game. Defense won the game."
Land O'Lakes (21-6) gradually built a 41-30 lead to begin the fourth quarter thanks to stellar shooting from McClendon and a constant low-post presence by Victor Obi. The game favored the Gators until Mitchell's Jordan Dong and Bernie Conley started draining 3-pointers on every Mustang possession. A 3 by Dong squared the game at 54, erupting the Mustang crowd.
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Guacamole de Chile Poblano Asado
Makes 2-1/2 cups
Serving 6 as an appetizer, 8 to 10 as a nibble
2 medium (about 6 ounces total) fresh poblano chiles
6 ounces (1 medium round or 2 plum) ripe tomatoes
2 garlic cloves, unpeeled
3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
3 medium-large (about 1-1/4 pounds total) ripe avocados
1 to 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons grated Mexican queso añejo or
other dry grating cheese, such as Romano or Parmesan
A few slices of radish for garnish
1. The Poblanos, Tomatoes and Garlic:
Lay the poblanos, tomatoes and garlic on a baking sheet and set 4 inches below a very hot broiler. Roast, turning every couple of minutes, until the chiles and tomatoes are soft, blistered and blackened in spots and the garlic is soft, 12 to 13 minutes. Place the chiles in a bowl, cover with a towel and let stand for 5 minutes, then wipe off the blackened skin. Pull or cut out the stems, seed pods and seeds; rinse quickly to remove any stray seeds and bits of char. When the tomatoes are cool, peel off and discard their skins. Slip the papery skins off the garlic. In a mortar or with a food processor, make a coarse purée of the roasted garlic and poblanos (with both mortar and processor, it's best to start with the garlic, then add the poblanos); place in a large bowl. Chop the roasted tomatoes (for this recipe, it's best not to use any of the juice from the baking sheet) and add to the poblano mixture along with the parsley.
2. Finishing The Guacamole:
Cut the avocados lengthwise in half around the pit, twist the halves apart and remove the pits. Scoop out the flesh into the bowl with the flavorings. Using a potato masher or the back of a large spoon, coarsely mash everything together. Taste and season with salt, usually a scant teaspoon, then add enough lime juice to enliven all the flavors. Cover with plastic wrap, placing it directly on the surface, and refrigerate until you're ready to eat.
To serve, scoop into a decorative bowl or Mexican mortar, sprinkle with the queso añejo and stud with radish slices.
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The roasted poblanos, tomatoes and garlic can be prepared a day or so in advance, but don't purée them until you are ready to make the guacamole. It will keep for several hours tightly covered in the refrigerator; add the cheese and radish slices at the last moment.
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Little House on the Prairie was Ronald Reagan's favourite television programme and also, by some accounts, Saddam Hussein's. It was based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's eight novels, which have now entered the Library of America as The Little House Books. Rose Wilder Lane, who wrote the books with her mother, intended them to be a defence of 'the self-reliant, the independent, the courageous man' whom she saw 'penalised from every direction', but especially by the New Deal, which was 'killing what, to me, is the American pioneering spirit'. The books are a fantasy of self-sufficiency in its most charming form.


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"It's something like beauty is in the eye of the beholder," says Onalfo, who traded defender Nick Garcia to expansion San Jose in exchange for the primo pick, which several sources say he is trying to trade. "It's not like last year, when, obviously, Maurice Edu was head and shoulders above the rest, but there are definitely players here who can help teams right away and a few who are worth getting for down the road."
Toronto took Edu with a first pick a year ago, and all he's done is win Rookie of the Year honors and play twice for the U.S. national team. There's no such slam-dunk this time around.
PECKING ORDER. If Kansas City trades the first pick, it could well be used on Virginia Tech forward Patrick Nyarko, one of 10 players signed by MLS to Generation Adidas contracts.
Several sources believe FC Dallas will take defender Julius James of Connecticut with the second pick, which might spark a run on defenders with Pat Phelan and Julian Valentin (Wake Forest), Andy Iro (UC Santa Barbara), Sean Franklin (Cal State Northridge), and Chance Myers (UCLA) all rated highly.
At the MLS Player Combine, U.S. U-18 Brek Shea dazzled with his pace and precision crossing, and one coach believes he could go high in the first round. Eric Avila (UC Santa Barbara) and Roger Espinoza (Ohio State) are also talented attackers and like Shea, are GAs.
Midfielder Peter Lowry (Santa Clara) played very well at the combine and is being looked at by those teams with multiple early picks: Real Salt Lake, Dallas, and Kansas City. But with the Quakes playing at Buck Shaw Stadium on the Santa Clara campus, might San Jose coach Frank Yallop take Lowry and use ample allocation money to shop for players?
REUNION. San Jose lost its MLS franchise after the 2005 season when operator-investor AEG moved it to Houston. The Dynamo won two straight titles, and the fans in San Jose got a new team when MLS granted a franchise last year to Oakland A's co-owners John Fisher and Lewis Wolff.
Houston will tune up for the Pan-Pacific Cup in Hawaii next month with two games against the revived Quakes on its way from Texas to the islands. Yallop coached the original Quakes to titles in 2001 and 2003; his former assistant Dominic Kinnear, who grew up in Northern California, coaches the Dynamo.
WHERE'S RUUD? He attended the Combine, but former Dutch international Ruud Gullit won't be at the SuperDraft. The Galaxy head coach is using the last weeks before the start of the MLS season to pack up and move his family from Europe.
President and general manager Alexi Lalas and director of soccer Paul Bravo were also at the combine and will make the Galaxy's selections.
Yallop and Kinnear have been discussing trades as well as the two-game series, with Yallop seeking players willing to return to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Yallop is trying to land former San Jose and MetroStar defender Ramiro Corrales from Norwegian club SK Brann, but he is not out of contract and his MLS rights are held by Houston.
ARENA, TOO? The swap of John Harkes for Eric Wynalda as soccer analyst for ESPN2 telecasts will be accompanied by the addition of Bruce Arena for a three-man booth, according to sources. JP Dellacamera has been offered the play-by-play job.
A source says this will be the team for MLS and U.S. Soccer men's telecasts, but an ESPN spokesman would not comment directly. Calls to Harkes' cell phone were not returned.
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Sharpe's Siege (1987)
by Bernard Cornwell
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Another really good Sharpe adventure, this time where he's let down by a self-seeking incompetent naval officer. Good stuff
Wellington's in southern France by now, and Sharpe's battalion is a major part of a combined operation to aid in the crossing of the Ardour. This late in the war, there's a lot of competition in the search for honors and glory. So, a lot of conniving has to be met with some clever manoeuvering. A considerable American influence leads to the final outcome. Fun.
It was a fast read, as most of them are. The story is not in my favourite category. It could be the characters such as the pompous naval commander or it might have been the plot itself. To me it was another...Richard Sharpe in an impossible situation and wiggles out...novel. I want more at this point I suppose.
#18 in the Richard Sharpe series.
Back with Wellington's army, which is bogged down in southwest France, Sharpe is ordered on a mission, led by an ambitious captain of the Royal Navy, to capture a supposedly weakly-defended French coastal fort, cut Napoleon's supply lines, and assist in inciting the residents of Bordeaux to rise against Napoleon.
Naturally, nothing works out as planned. After taking the fort, it is attacked by a heavy French force, and Sharpe is forced to escape via the good graces of an American privateer captain. The sinister Ducos makes yet another appearance.
That's the background of the latest installment of the series. It's a somewhat offbeat story, a detour from Wellington's main thrust into France, but as usual, Cornwell imbues it with all the page-turning tension and excitement that characterizes the series. The escape is as good a scene as in any of the previous books. Harper and Sharpe continue to be lively and interesting protagonists, and the other characters all ring true. I don't think Cornwell can be equaled, never mind beaten, in this genre.
Highly recommended.
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With all the issues w/ the new software, I forgot about this.
In Class 1 - Ocharry won with a perfect score (50) at 7 yards.
I think he cheated - his target was 0.087 mm bigger than everyone elses
In Class 2 - Hberttmank won with a score of 45 at 15 yards!
Congrats to these two guys! I knew I wouldn't win at 15 yards
Anyway, a new contest will be announced in a little while for July 06!
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Yep, those guys tore it up.
Ocharry already scored another 50, if I remember correctly...
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