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Oct 30, 2013 - Lexington, KY to St. Louis, MO
October 30 Awoke to darkness and rain at 7:00. Travel day on RTE 64 across KY, IN, IL into MO to west St. Louis. Is a nice drive on the ridges overlooking the colorful fall foliage that continues as we travel west. As we passed through Louisville we saw the KFC Arena and Cardinal paraphernalia along with tributes to Muhammad Ali. (Cardinals are playing in Boston tonight.) Arrived at the BW hotel in Kirkwood (suburb of St. Louis) at about 3:00 and got a comfortable room not too far from the gym which is beckoning me! We are going to a...Jump to full entry
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Oct 15, 2013 - St. Louis Science Center + Bruce & Janet Byrd
On our last day in St. Louis, MO we decided to go see their Science Center. It was a relatively short drive (right next to the Zoo), and was a perfect thing to do on this overcast day! While there, we took in the IMAX movie 'Jerusalem' which was a fantastic look at the city and how all the religious cultures live in harmony within a 1 square mile piece of land! After that we wandered around the entire exhibit, and found a fun area dedicated to Arches. I tried my hand at building one, and then saw a large scale model made out of Lego's of...Jump to full entry
Oct 14, 2013 - St. Louis Zoo
St. Louis Zoo Today we ventured to the Zoo in the afternoon. It was a nice warm 65 degrees and being Columbus Day, the zoo was pack with families since school was out for the day! We walked around the Zoo for many hours before coming home for a nice BBQ dinner!Jump to full entry
Oct 13, 2013 - St. Louis - Gateway Arch & Anheuser Busch Brewery
We traveled from South Dakota to St. Louis, MO, stopping for one night just outside of Omaha, NE to sleep. In St. Louis we stopped at Jeannie's brother Bob & Carol Boast's house for a couple of days. We arrived around 2PM, and were quickly whisked off to see my two favorite attractions - the Gateway Arch and the Anheuser Busch Brewery in downtown St. Louis. When we got to the Gateway Arch, although closed due to the government shutdown, the weather was nice and sunny, and the winds were moderate. So, with the small crowds around, I decided...Jump to full entry
Sep 19, 2013 - Springfield, MO to St. Louis, MO
(Sandi writing) I forgot to mention earlier, that the one thing I really miss about Arizona is the "dry heat". The temperatures lately have been in the high 80's to low 90's with the humidity around 70%. Ugh! We had a nice day visiting the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, which included taking a tram ride to the top. The view up 630 feet was incredible. We are trying to eat well while on this trip, but couldn't turn down a good BBQ dinner. Tomorrow we will visit Warm Springs Ranch, home of the Budweiser Clydesdales.Jump to full entry
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Sep 14, 2013 - Day Trip: St. Louis, MO
Some days are great. Some days are okay. Today was okay. KOA offers a deal one weekend in September. If you stay Friday night, you get Saturday night free. We stay the extra night. We go to the Itty Bitty for breakfast. Did I mention that we are on Route 66? Our server raves about Grant's Farm. We can see the Clydesdale horses there. We can visit the Ulysses S Grant National Historical Site. It is a half hour away. We are off. Grant's Farm is very, very busy. We see the Clydesdales in the barn and the field. They offer to take my picture...Jump to full entry
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Sep 8, 2013 - St. Louis - Day 1
It rained the entire two and a half hour trip to St. Louis. I drove directly to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis to give thanks for my safe journey. Mass was in progress and the choir, first Sunday back after summer vacation, was magnificent ( that is when the organist didn't think it was all about him!). The fantastic acoustics in the building made the voices sound like they were coming from heaven. I took it all in wondering when I would hear such beautiful sounds again. The Basilica was build in 1914 and contains the largest...Jump to full entry
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Sep 7, 2013 - Cahokia and St Louis
Friday, September 6, 2013 (I wasn't able to post this on Friday because the motel's internet was down.) Today we went from the 10th Century to the 20th. We drove to Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Illinois, just on the east bank of the Mississippi, near East St Louis. There's a huge flattop mound, 100 feet high covering about 14 acres there. It was built by a culture called the Mississipian beginning around AD 900. They were the last of a series of mound building cultures up and down the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. They lasted...Jump to full entry
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Aug 14, 2013 - The St. Louis Area
We had an easy 3 hour freeway drive from Sedalia to St. Charles, which is a suburb of St. Louis. We've stayed here twice in the past and really enjoy this area, as it's a quiet suburb, yet an easy drive to St. Louis. Since we weren't staying long this time, we decided to spend all our time in St. Charles and not go into the city. Duke likes where we stay, as there is a park out the back gate that has the Katy Trail running through it. So there are plenty of places to walk and sniff around here and of course, that's Duke's favorite thing to...Jump to full entry
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Aug 14, 2013 - St. Louis arches and Cardinals baseball
August 14, 2013-Our goal is Branson Missouri, but it is too far to go to in one day. In looking at our route, I noticed that St. Louis was on the way. Better yet, the Cardinals were playing a home game at Busch Stadium. As soon as I confirmed that, Susan said "St Louis and a ball game?" She knew what I was thinking. St. Louis was about 320 miles away, so it would be a good day of driving and plenty of time to make the ballgame. We found an RV park at the Casino Queen casino in East St. Louis. It was a great location—right across downtown,...Jump to full entry
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Aug 5, 2013 - Saint Louis 2009
When we left Memphis it was a nice ride to St. Louis. We went on the west side of the Mississippi River into Arkansas . Was a little scary when we saw what was left of some buildings that were gas stations and homes. Tops of trees and roofs were ripped off from what looked like tornados. When we got to St. Louis it was so nice to see the city and its arch. We stayed directly across the Mississippi on the east banks at the nice campground at the Mississippi Queen Casino in St. Louis Illinois. It was an easy ride back over the bridge to St....Jump to full entry
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Aug 3, 2013 - Gateway to the West
Woke up early after staying in an awesome hotel in St. Louis for $70. Thanks again Hotwire. Too exhausted to explore St. Louis in the way we probably should have, but we did manage to go to the Arch and go in the Arch. Glad I did it, but I won't do it again. Very cool view, but really high up and the ride to the top is less than ideal. Got to see the Mississippi, but no time to waste. Eight hours in the car today at least.Jump to full entry
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Debra Adelaide confronts death in latest novel
By Belinda Goldsmith
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian writer Debra Adelaide was writing her third novel, on the topic of dying, when her 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia.
For about a year, Adelaide put the book to one side, thinking she would never go back to a humorous book on death, but a year down the track, as her son recovered, she found herself engrossed in it again, eventually finishing "The Household Guide to Dying."
She found writing the book, which has just been released in the United States and Canada, helped her confront dying and made her far more open to talking, and joking, about death.
Adelaide, a lecturer in creative writing, spoke to Reuters about her writing and her latest novel, which follows on from "The Hotel Albatross" in 1995 and "Serpent Dust" in 1998, as well as 8 anthologies and reference books on Australian literature:
Q: What triggered this novel?
A: "The idea had been percolating for a long time. I realized I had started to think about dying when my children were young, with the extreme emotions generated by birth and having young children arousing fears that you probably don't confront head on. As a parent I was very anxious about the welfare of my little children as they seemed so fragile. I'm not morbid but I remember thinking how we're not about expressing those sorts of fears."
Q: Do you think people's attitude to death has changed?
A: "I think we have changed quite a bit and we are more prepared to confront death and dying and to talk about it more. I am not sure but I suspect that is part of the whole cycle of abandoning religion and we start to create our own civil ceremonies to compensate. We've seen this happening with marriage over the years and naming ceremonies for babies but it is now happening more with dying." Continued...


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Getting into The Academy is the easy part. Staying there takes more than just talent. After being betrayed by her rival and her boyfriend, Maya knows she needs to shrug off the drama and focus on her game. And after a strong showing in the semi-finals at a tennis competition, Maya seems pretty focused. Until that competition brings a new round of gossip, a modeling gig, and renewed feelings for…her ex? And Maya's not the only one with drama. Cleo just won her first big golf tournament, but the blogs are bashing her alternative style. Renee is smitten with the school's newest soccer star, Diego. And the Reed brothers are being pitted against each other by their father, their love for Maya, and the press.
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Lab Diets for Two Pest Insects
|The Y2K bugs at ARS' Insect Biocontrol Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, aren't of the computer kind. Rather, they're two crop-attacking insects: the Colorado potato beetle and the silverleaf whitefly.
Both are the focus of separate, though related, projects of entomologists Dale B. Gelman, Robert A. Bell (now retired), Jing S. Hu, and Michael B. Blackburn. As part of their research, these scientists are creating artificial diets to sustain lab colonies of the insect pests so new weaponry can be more easily tested against them.
Furthest along is work against the beetle, whose larvae cost tomato, potato, and eggplant growers over $150 million annually in losses and insecticide expenses.
The pesticide Admire is a standard defense, but experts fear the beetle may soon develop resistance to it. That's why the Beltsville team is looking for ways to streamline research aimed at finding insecticide replacements—or biological alternatives like parasiticEdovum puttleri wasps.
Until now, rearing lab colonies of beetles meant feeding them on a living host, such as potato plants. But growing the plants is expensive and time-consuming.
So Gelman's lab developed a relatively simple artificial diet using oats, lettuce, potato leaf powder, and other ingredients. Dried into powder, lettuce replaces most of the potato leaf material normally required. In addition to cutting costs, "lettuce is easier to obtain because you can buy it at the grocery store," Gelman says.
More importantly, it stimulates most beetles to eat the diet. Gelman's lab has reared nine beetle generations on it so far. After analyzing each generation's average weight, growth, egg production, and other data, the scientists plan to publish their findings.
Indications are "the diet will prove useful for growing beetles in the lab for research purposes," says Gelman. "And you can rear them on it year-round in a cost-effective manner."
Gelman, Hu, and Blackburn are also artificially rearing silverleaf whiteflies to better understand the growth requirements of wasps likeEncarsia formosa that parasitize the pests.
They hope that by learning to rear the whiteflies, an artificial wasp diet can be created. However, "this project is still in its infancy," Gelman says. "Right now, we're just dissecting the parasites out of the whiteflies and seeing how they develop."—By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.
Dale B. Gelman, Michael B. Blackburn, and Jing S. Hu are at USDA-ARS Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, Bldg. 003, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705-2350; phone (301) 504-8909, fax (301) 504-8190.
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Kurt Busch to start in top 10 in unsponsored Cup car
DOVER, Del. – With Dover International Speedway as a backdrop, the scenery has changed considerably for Kurt Busch in eight months.
On Oct. 2 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup's third race, he raised his arms in Dover's victory lane after pulling away from Jimmie Johnson on two late restarts in his Penske Racing Dodge.
Saturday, he was standing next to his unsponsored Phoenix Racing Chevrolet knowing he had little chance of victory for Sunday's FedEx 400.
RESULTS: Lineup for Sunday's FedEx 400
"The car's available," Busch said, noting the bright red hood without a sponsor's logo.
Though he has gone from a top-tier ride in NASCAR's premier series to a single-car team following a fallout with Penske Racing, Busch showed with Saturday's qualifying run he hasn't lost his talent.
He drove his No. 51 Impala to the ninth-best qualifying speed, his best in 13 Cup events for team owner James Finch. (His previous best starting spot was 12th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.)
Pole-winner Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson will start on the front row.
"I'm still having a blast," said Busch, who was also competing in Saturday's Nationwide Series race driving for brother Kyle Busch's team.
Though he's in brand-new digs and finding success hard to come by with a lightly funded Cup ride — Kurt is 25th in points, with a best finish of ninth and none better than 20th in his last four races — he was hopeful that some of the keys to his Dover success in October would carry over to Sunday.
"I've been anxious to get here to Dover to see how the race-winning setup — from what I can remember of it — can do here at the track," Busch said. "It's just about doing the best we can with this little team."
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Pacquiao-Margarito media tour
Next week Congressman Manny Pacquiao and the "Tijuana Tornado" Antonio Margarito along with Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, will embark on a coast-to-coast media tour to launch the promotion of the Pacquiao vs. Margarito, World Super Welterweight Championship, clash on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. After a media only stop in the Los Angeles area, the tour will be open to the public on Wednesday (9/1) in New York City and on Friday (9/3) in Dallas.
For fight fans wanting to attend: Wednesday's event begins at 11:30AM ET at Chelsea Piers – Pier 60 (23rd St. & The Hudson River, New York, NY 10011). Friday's event begins at 11:30AM CT at Cowboys Stadium – East End Zone Platform (900 East Randol Mill Rd., Arlington, TX 76011).


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A Day at the Races
The first Saturday of May always hosts the most well known of the horse races in the United States: the Kentucky Derby. Every year, throngs of people crowd into Churchill Downs, the legendary twin-spire dirt track in Louisville, Kentucky, to watch some of the finest, fittest, fastest three-year-old Thoroughbreds race one and a quarter mile in roughly two minutes.
Dubbed the "Run for the Roses," since the winner is garnished with an enormous cape of red roses, the Derby is the first jewel in the Triple Crown, that ultimate prize in Thoroughbred horse racing. A three million dollar purse (and much fame along with a significant piece of Thoroughbred history) is awarded to the horse that can win three races in succession: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness two weeks later, and then the Belmont, three weeks after the Preakness. The last time a horse won the Triple Crown was in 1978, by a colt named Affirmed. I think we're about due for another Triple Crown winner, don't you?
The horse racing industry is an interesting spectacle, to say the least. Despite all the math that goes into understanding split times and purses for trifectas and calculating odds, coupled with the advances in veterinary medicine — such as scintigraphy for finding tricky hidden lameness and endoscopic exams to identify horses that hemorrhage in their upper respiratory tract (called, unimaginatively, "bleeders") — the basis of the industry hasn't really changed much over the past century. Training programs have stayed the same and even breeding programs haven't really been shaken up.
If you look at the winning times over the past 137 years (the first Kentucky Derby was held in 1875), you will note the first races were run in roughly two minutes forty seconds (2:40). Then, at the turn of the century, winning times decreased to roughly somewhere around 2:09. Shaving 30 seconds off a race time is quite a feat. However, in the early 1900s, the winning times settled around 2:03ish and there they have stayed for over one hundred years.
Now, in most sports, there's an almost constant increase in the betterment of the result. People run faster, jump higher, lift heavier weights, swim farther, run farther; you name it and the records keep being broken. Granted, there is always the limit of the human body, but these limits have only just been reached in some sports quite recently, and those limits are still being pushed; there is progress still being made.
In comparison, horse racing is in a slump — a century-old slump. The science indicates that genetic potential just isn't being tapped. One interesting thing about some of the horses that have won the Derby and continued to win further races and break speed records is that the size of their actual hearts was abnormally large.
Take my personal hero, Secretariat, winner of the Triple Crown in 1973. This gorgeous chestnut specimen of a horse had a heart weighing roughly 22 pounds, which is about three times the size of an average horse heart. This size is due to more than aerobic exercise alone. There's a theory about something called the "x-factor" that describes how certain Thoroughbred lines carry genes for extra-large hearts — the key (in combo with other things of course) to winning races.
The legendary racehorse Eclipse had an exceptionally large heart as well, and it's thought that he passed this trait on to his daughters; Secretariat's mother can trace her heritage back to the daughters of Eclipse. I suppose in a corny way, when someone says a good racehorse has got to have "heart," it's true in a literal sense as well as figuratively.
Anyway, just some food for thought as you get out your most elegant, extravagant, crazy-looking hat (the more bows and tassels the better, and I believe you get bonus points if there are moving parts), toss down a few mint juleps, and learn (or at least fake) the words to "My Old Kentucky Home." It's Derby Time!
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TCSO sold out concert (again!)
"Arabian Nights" inspired night of music
Our first movie night in Adrian!
"It was thrilling -- and there was the conductor - with no score in front of him - all in his head and heart."
"Impressed with the intensity played in all four movements....grand bravo to the conductor, who led without a score to guide him. That is passion and dedication....bravo!"
"It was an amazing experience"
"Whole concert was great--but I loved how the teenagers with me lit up."
"It was a terrific evening, we are so lucky to have the symphony."
"Another stellar performance. Bravo!"
"Impressed with the intensity played in all four movements....grand bravo to the conductor, who led without a score to guide him. That is passion and dedication....bravo!"
"Thanks for Le Sacre! Very good job on a very tough piece. My absolute drop-dead favorite piece."
"Fantastic! Please do it again!"
"Loved the concert. The movie was great, but the music was fantastic!"
"Very innovative presentation of symphonic music."
"The orchestra did a great job and I loved the encore too!"
"Very cool."
"As always, I enjoyed Dr. Kiesling's comments about the composers and their featured works and then hearing those works performed. I was able to listen to the very familiar Dvorak with a fresh perspective. Well done. TCS!!"
"Soloist, orchestra, program -- outstanding!"
"I took a group of five home-schooled teens who were inspired and amazing. This was our first symphony. It was exquisite and we thank you all."
"It was absolutely magnificent! The TCSO never disappoints. I look forward to the symphony season every year, and after last night the only thought that came to mind was, "Well, this season is going to be OUTSTANDING" Kudos and congratulations to the wonderful performers and the ever so gifted soloist. Bravo!"
"He has managed to captivate everyone"


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The tension between the Missoula Wastewater Treatment Plant and an environmental watchdog group keeps swirling around and around and…well, you get the picture.
Nine months after Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) threw down the gauntlet with a report that alleged multiple violations at the plant, and two months after an independent review committee recommended a number of procedural changes there, PEER has done what it threatened to do since the outset and on Monday named the city as defendant in a lawsuit on the matter. "Our discussions with the city have gone from bad to worse," said Kevin Keenan, a Helena-based representative of the Washington, D.C.-based group, "and we now feel that we need the framework of the court to resolve the issue."
PEER's original "white paper," issued in October and written in part by current and former employees of the plant, alleged falsified discharge reports, system failures and groundwater contamination, among other charges. But the problems at the plant go back much further than a year, according to Keenan, who served as a permit compliance officer with the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) when the DEQ sued the plant in 1987. The particulars of that case, which was settled out of court, have yet to be resolved, according to Keenan. "The terms of that settlement have not been met," said Keenan, listing the lack of timely discharge reports and insufficient chlorine and fecal coliform monitoring as examples of continued malfeasance on the part of the plant.
The current lawsuit is four-pronged in its goals, said Keenan. PEER seeks: 1) a court finding that the plant has violated the law; 2) a court order that directs operation of the plant to prevent further violation; 3) a mandate allowing PEER to randomly sample discharge at the plant at the city's expense; and 4) an order that requires all discharge reports from the plant to be sent directly to PEER.
"If our allegations are correct, we feel that it's legitimate to include ourselves directly in the process," Keenan said of the latter two goals of the lawsuit. The suit also calls for penalties of up to $27,500 per day per violation—the maximum allowed under the federal Clean Water Act—and a reimbursement of PEER's legal fees.
"The city has maintained a 'We haven't done anything wrong' stance throughout the process," said Keenan, "and I don't know how you negotiate with that position."
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By Steve Gutterman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin children's rights ombudsman said on Tuesday Russia could outlaw foreign adoptions if the United States did not agree to a treaty governing adoptions of Russian children by American parents.
Moscow is pushing for an adoption treaty after a U.S. woman sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia alone on a plane earlier this month, shocking both Russians and Americans and stoking long-standing tension over the issue.
Pavel Astakhov told Reuters that the government would take legislative steps to formalize a freeze on adoptions by U.S. families if the United States did not agree to such a treaty in principle by mid-May and set a deadline for its signing.
But with emotions high after the return by a Tennessee nurse of Artyom Savelyev -- put on a transatlantic flight with a note describing him as mentally unstable and violent -- he said Russian lawmakers could go further and bar foreign adoptions.
"It is better to resolve this issue within the law than to seek changes in the law and face the reality that international adoptions could be prohibited altogether," Astakhov said.
His remarks in an interview appeared aimed to increase pressure on the United States ahead of visit by U.S. consular diplomats this week to discuss adoption.
Astakhov said Russia would hand the U.S. delegation the proposed text of the treaty, and expect a clear response at a subsequent meeting he said would take place on May 12.
"For us, it will be sufficient if they agree to sign such a treaty, accept the draft as a basis, and set a timetable for signing the treaty," Astakhov said. Continued...


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A quick perusal of comments from our own loyal readers shows that many of you are beginning to feel let down by the constant rollout of new Android models just weeks apart, each phone offering improved specs and newer features. Recently, Verizon has launched the Motorola DROID 3 and the Motorola DROID BIONIC and it is speculated that the carrier will soon offer the HTC Vigor, the Ice Cream Sandwich flavored Google Nexus Prime and the Motorola DROID RAZR. Down the road we can see the Motorola DROID 4 being readied for an eventual launch.
So how will Verizon bribe its faithful? According to Droid-Life, this is just in the early stages now. But with all of those high-end Android phones coming soon in time for the holiday season, we would expect some announcement from the carrier in the not too distant future.
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Sophomore Season (2009)
Had an important role off the bench, seeing action in 14 contests throughout the season ... scored first career goal in a 7-1 victory over FIU (10/10) ... played a career-best 59 minutes against the Golden Panthers ... also recorded first career assist in the 3-0 victory over South Carolina (10/28) ... had a career-best two shots in the C-USA Tournament game against Marshall (11/13).
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Played in five contests on the season ... made first-ever UAB appearance with 13 minutes of action against Bradley (8/31) ... played a season-high 19 minutes against Marshall (11/7).
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Born Christopher Joseph Williams on Oct. 30, 1989 in Flowood, Miss. ... favorite television show is Jersey Shore ... favorite movie is Boondock Saints ... his favorite thing to do when he has time to relax is to play FIFA ... favorite internet site is ESPN.com ... his biggest influence on his career has been his parents.


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World Trade Center: Update/Timetable/Issues
AIA CES LUs 1.5; HSW 1.5
When: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9
Where: At The Center
In the nine years since the attacks of 9/11, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center has been an ongoing effort of a number of government agencies, private development participants, and civic organizations.
Especially over the last 18-24 months, much has been accomplished about which the general public is not aware—key design decisions, major infrastructure, foundation and below grade construction, memorial plaza and museum construction—and now as buildings 1 and 4 are emerging from the ground the shape of the final complex is beginning to be apparent.
Looking forward—not backward-- this presentation and discussion, the first in a series of events focused on Lower Manhattan, is an opportunity to understand what is the current statue of development, what is the timetable for ongoing construction, and what are remaining issues with which future activity must still deal.
Future events will include a similar but expanded focus on the WTC site's Lower Manhattan context, and an examination of economic, land use and cultural implications of the continuing effort.
Organized by New York New Visions, AIANY Planning & Urban Design Committee, APA New York Metro Chapter, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute (Baruch College, CUNY)
Ernie Hutton FAICP Assoc AIA,
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Jack Nyman, Director,
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Quentin Brathwaite AIA AICP, Assistant Director, Office of Program Logistics, WTC Construction
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Carla Bonacci AIA PP, Assistant Director,
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Allen Swerdlowe AIA, NYNV
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Newbie popstars Carly Rae Jepsen, Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora, and Cher Lloyd are as chic as they are talentedread on for their music and style secrets, which they spilled exclusively to Seventeen.
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And if you don't like 'em...try to keep the hate posts to a minimum, ok? . It'd be nice to see who is running what.
Here's my collection:
The Dellorto DHLA 40Hs (emissions-based carb) currently on my car (under construction)
Some Mikuni 40PHHs I just picked up...in case the Dells are a bit too much extra work to tune around the 'emissions' mods they have.
I've also got a nice downdraft manifold from a Canadian-spec MkIII Golf CL (it runs a TBI setup, on the carb manifold) that I'm tempted to play with one day. A nice little progressive Weber...mmm.


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Airlines continue to aggressively pursue potential summer travelers with summer airfare sales, and a new round of specials seems to target potential holiday travelers – with deals on or around next week's Independence Day.
How to Find 4th of July, Labor Day Deals
Alaska, Frontier, Others Launch 4th of July Deals
Among new sales that specifically mention 4th of July travel are Alaska's holiday specials and a previously launched Frontier sale. Those that include the holiday period in current sales are Virgin America, AirTran, United and more.
Sale Prices: Valid on More Dates than Advertised
What may be of special interest to holiday travelers is that although some of these sales indicate prices are not in effect until after the 4th of July, a quick scan of the holiday period shows that in many instances the cheaper prices are in fact valid, on and around the 4th.
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As a general rule of thumb, shoppers find the cheapest holiday prices on the holiday itself. This is true for Christmas and Thanksgiving, and often the case for July 4 although FareCompare has detected several good deals available on July 3 as well. This is true in part because this year, the holiday falls on a Wednesday and in most cases, the cheapest days to fly any week of the year are Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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I'm hoping somebody else had this problem and was able to find the solution. I have a 2000 bmw m5. About a week ago, I started up my car and it was idling rough and when I started to drive it, it was somewhat under powered and running rough; I could hear it in the exhaust as well. Then, after a few minutes of driving the car ran fine. This happened again today while driving it. In the evening, when I pulled out of my parking lot, the car felt like it wasn't getting gas, like it was about to stall, and when I gave it gas there was no power and it stalled out after a few seconds. Now, every time I start it it idles rough, like it isn't getting gas, and then stalls out. When I press on the gas it stalls out immediately. The CEL wasn't on and still isn't on. Any one have a clue?
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The 2017 race is sold out, and the waitlist is full. Thank you! The Griffith Park Trail Marathon and 50k was created by Keira Henninger to give an opportunity for runners to accomplish running on trails longer than they ever imagined possible. You will cross paths with every historical landmark that Griffith Park has to offer, and experience the magic of what this special place has to see. This course will have ten well stocked and well manned aid stations, and no detail will be overlooked in the process to make this the best experience a runner could have on the trails. All runners will have 9.5 hours to complete this magical Trail Event.
It will start and finish in the same location as our sister race the "Griffith Park 10k" , and even touch on some amazing parts of our Griffith Park Trail Half Marathon course. This event will also offer a trail half marathon, and 50k!
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Get an overview of this hotelHostel with restaurant, near Ban Jelacic Square
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Situated in Zagreb, this hostel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Nama, Ban Jelacic Square, and Archaeological Museum. Zagreb Cathedral and Dolac are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and laundry facilities are available at this hostel. Additionally, a library, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff are onsite.
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The hostel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This Zagreb hostel also offers a library, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff.
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I'm in NY so a flash hider is a no go for me.. But I'm looking for a brake or comp for my rifle... seeing if anyone has any suggestions for me.
I need one that's available in 1.5" length, I am running a 14.5" barrel.
Now the hard part... I need something that won't be overly obnoxious to the shooters that may be next to me, so something with reasonable side concussion. As well as something that won't be insanely loud, but that aspect is most likely hard to find.


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I was asking some people on this forum about the possible risk of buying a used guns if that gun was used in a crime.
Now I got to thinking after someone mentioned something, what is stopping a person who shot another person with say a Glock from simply removing the firing pin and barrel and replacing both?
Hell a person afraid of legal ramifications of a self defense shooting could easily have extra barrels and firing pins at home and swap them out if they want to. the barrela n d pin can be destroyed and the crime could remain unsolved.
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Tonight, Trail Blazer forward Rasheed Wallace returns to the team's lineup after a seven-game suspension for a post-game confrontation with a referee.
The suspension was the latest in a long string of controversies surrounding both Wallace and the Trail Blazer team. Wallace has led the National Basketball Association in technical fouls for the last two seasons, and several of his teammates have been suspended or arrested during the past year. The controversies have damaged the team's image among its fans and in the national media.
Ten years ago, former NBA star Charles Barkley famously declared that he had no interest in being anyone's role model. But there seems to be little question that the habits, styles and behaviors of NBA players Ñ particularly in Portland Ñ set a tone for young athletes and other followers of the game.
With that in mind, the Tribune asked two Portland area high school coaches for their thoughts on the example being set by Wallace and his teammates.


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Completed cabinets, I did line them with batting and added a couple of pounds of fill in each box
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Finally got my second amp back today. For some reason they shipped me a 2800 along with a 4000. They took care of it but set me back almost 2 weeks. I think I am just going to try and use rubber mounts on the stock fans first before changing them. The mounts quieted the fans in the wall unit down a lot.
Did you use a double baffle or just a single?
I thought there might be some criticism for the bracing. The driver pretty much consumes the entire front baffle and the magnet goes past the midpoint of the box. Guess I could have done a tic-tac-toe type brace. I chose to do minimal bracing and keep the internal volume as high as possible due to my very specific box dimensions required. Had no plans to use 18's just decided to try and shoe horn them in when I got fed up with waiting over 5 months for the Rythmik kits. There is not much, if any vibration on the cabinet surface at what would be my normal music levels. Yesterday put on a rap song that I do not listen to and set the volume up to -15 and it was very loud. Closed up the house and went outside to see how much I would be bothering the neighbors. Not to bad really. I could feel entire outside of the house was vibrating with the "booms" when my hand was placed on the outside wall. I do feel the cabinet surface slightly vibrating when the volume is that high. IMO the bracing is fine. Everything else is vibrating more though so I dont think I will notice any coloring of the bass. There are not any buzz's or rattles in the room at this point. Had to work today so no time to play. Hope to finish set up and get some measurements next week.
You should be able to see the recess of the double baffle in the pics. Was actually worried about the single thickness driver mount point after handling the drivers. Smashed my finger pretty good setting one of the drivers in place, those things are heavy! What happened with my PM's? I know it seemed like I was maybe dragging my feet, but I was just busy with work. no big deal though,
very nice build.
What are those speakers your running there....
Finished the switching relay and have everything installed. Have been trying to troubleshoot an annoying hum that comes into play when the AS-EQ1 is inserted inbetween the AVR and sub amps. Have not had a lot of time to tweak. Did find some time today to do a quck run with Omnimic. have not had a lot of time with that program either. Here is a full range graph with my two mains and the two subs crossed at 80hz. Graph is 1/6th octave.
That is assuming you have the input attunators (gains) on the ep's all the way clockwise...
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Norfolk, Va (rushPRnews) 07/09/12 — Cosmetics Company Reverses Earlier Decision to Sell Products in China, Where Animal Tests Are Required
Following discussions with PETA—and after receiving e-mails from thousands of PETA supporters—top cosmetics company Urban Decay has canceled previously announced plans to begin marketing its products in China, where cruel and deadly animal tests are currently required by the government. For staying true to its slogan—"We don't test on animals. How could anyone?"—at the cost of potential financial benefit, Urban Decay has been returned to PETA's list of cruelty-free cosmetics and will receive the group's Courage in Commerce Award.
"Urban Decay is a corporate champion in PETA's book for refusing to pay for animals to be harmed and killed for the sake of overseas profits," says PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. "The company's ethical decision also reveals the moral decay of other larger companies that have sold animals out for a
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Bold and edgy, Urban Decay's cosmetics products—many of which are specially marked with a purple pawprint to show that they are vegan—have long been a top choice for consumers who are as fashion-conscious as they are concerned about animal welfare.
Not all companies are as dedicated to being cruelty-free as Urban Decay is: Mary Kay, Avon, and Estée Lauder, which were on PETA's list of companies that don't test on animals for decades, recently began paying for poisoning tests on animals in order to market their products in China. But ethically minded companies like Urban Decay may not have long to wait before non-animal tests are accepted in China: Thanks to PETA-funded scientists, the Chinese government is now poised to accept its first-ever non-animal test for cosmetics ingredients.
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If you follow my posts lately you'll notice that I've been writing a lot about server equipment and data centers. The reason is simple, that's what I'm up to at the moment. Over the past few months my team and I have gone from evaluating co-location options to building our own rack server, going live in a new datacenter, and finally, bringing our productions sites online in our new virtualized environment. It's been quite the experience but the actual virtualization of our hardware has been the most challenging part so far.
The concept behind server virtualization is simple - you have a powerful piece of hardware that no single application or service can fully utilize, so you allocate many smaller servers (virtual machines) to run simultaneously on a single device. Each virtual machine runs independently from one another, and each thinks it's a real server with hardware all to itself. What's more, each VM can have it's own operatings system, processors, hard drives, network, and RAM allocated to it.
The number of VM's you need and how they are configured will depend entirely on your needs. For example, if your purpose is to allow developers to load specific system configurations for testing, you might have several dozen very small VM's available, each with just 1 cpu and maybe 512M of RAM. If you're hosting a few large scale applications, you may have only one or two very large VM's, each with maybe 12 cpus and 48GB of RAM.
In our case, and in many cases, we're hosting websites for clients along with mission critical applications. Virtualization is perfectly suited for this type of situation as multiple servers can coexist alongside one another without any risk of cross communication. Excluding the specialty application servers, I'd like to discuss some general purpose web hosting strategies.
There are two philosophies for building a hosting infrastructure:
Single Server
Single Server
In a single server setup, you're allocating a large amount of resources to one (or many) self contained VM's which have every service needed to host your sites on them. A single VM would commonly contain a web server, database server, mail server, FTP server, and DNS server. This one VM would be able to host many sites and the management and configuration would be simplified thanks to its encapsulated nature.
In this setup, an abundance of resources are available to the VM and they are shared amongst the services. This is both a good and bad thing. It's good because a few services which may be under heavy load will have access to the resources they need. It's bad because a runaway or poorly configured service could bring down all of the other services by consuming all available resources.
If you outgrow the single server you can either allocate more resources to the VM or you can create a clone of the server and divvy up the sites that are hosted between the two and repeat as needed.
In a multi-server setup, you create a single dedicated VM for each service. That means that you'll have a VM for the web/ftp server, another for the database server, another for the mail server, perhaps two more for the DNS server. Each server will perform a dedicated task and each can be allocated a specific amount of resources.
The complexity of this setup increases quite a bit over the single server. Each of these standalone VM's need to communicate with one another to work properly which can be a headache. Each must also be configured and maintained individually. The benefits should be clear however. No one service can bring down the others, at least not directly. Each service can scale their resources up/down as needed. Each VM can be optimized for the task at hand, and so forth.
Just like the single server setup, if you outgrow a service VM, you can allocate more resources to that VM or you can spin up another one and have multiple web or multiple database servers in your cluster.
Aside from the complexity, a big negative to this strategy is that each VM is going to require a meaningful amount of resources to operate. Resources that they may never use but need to be allocated nonetheless. You are, after all, running 5 operating systems in this example rather than just 1. That's also 5 OS's that need to be security hardened, patched, and upgraded.
Our Choice
We chose to go with the multi-server setup. We're using the free and excellent Windows Hyper-V Server 2012 as our baremetal OS. We're currently running 6 VM's which are unified as a single hosting platform using ISPConfig to manage them. The basics of our setup are:
Debian Wheezy on all VM's
Nginx - Web Server
PHP-fpm - Web Server
MySql - Database Server
Bind9 - DNS1 and DNS2
Postfix/Dovecot - Mail Server
SquidProxy - Proxy Server
From a resources standpoint, we're happy with the ability to control each service individually. That said, dedicating a full CPU to each DNS and proxy server is overkill. That can be balanced out by proper Virtual CPU weighting however.
From a configuration point of view, it was a struggle. It took a significant amount of time, research, effort, and hair pulling to finally get everything working together in harmony. In the end we learned a lot and are happy with the choice to go multi-server. We'll be running 8 total VM's on the rack server we built from scratch, and I was right, the first limitation we are going to hit is CPU power.
If you've got your own experiences with server virtualization i'd be very interested to hear about the choices you made in the comments. What bare metal virtualization server did you choose? What VM strategy did you go with? What were the biggest hurdles?


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try running your handshake through aircrack with a (SMALL)normal dict file and see if it picks up the handshake.
Hi there,
For the little story, we are 3 friends trying to break each other's wireless. We started with WEP and connected clients, which was successful! Then we tried without clients, I succeeded to get one of my friend but not the other (if by chance you're curious, here is the post I did for that: I can't post url, check in the newbie area with my login ).
Now, me and one of my friend (the one I succeeded to get the WEP) changed our protections to WPA. We got each other's handshakes (got the handshake information from airodump + checked in wireshark ). Then I used airolib to compute the PMKs, for something like 4 days...
And then, when I started to use aircrack-ng with the table, I had this menu to ask me to choose the essid where I've just seen that it was written "MYFRIENDESSID" "WPA (0 handshake)".
Following the tutorials, I'm expecting 1 here instead of 0, right?
I know that without all the command lines, it's not easy to help, but would you have a small idea of what can be the problem? Like a common mistake that people use to do?...
Thanks in advance!
try running your handshake through aircrack with a (SMALL)normal dict file and see if it picks up the handshake.
Hey, thanks for the tips, I just pass by here to say that I'm still alive, I just don't have much time now for trying again (fighting with Ubuntu), and my friends went for holidays for a couple of days, so...
Hey there, I'm back with my friends now!
So we started again the trick, and it appears that I've got the handshake now. Or at least, I guess. I mean, in wireshark, I can see it. If I start aircrack-ng 0.9.3 from backtrack 3, it tells me 1 WPA Handshake. But now, I'm trying to compute the PMK tables in my office, and, surprise, aircrack-ng 1.0beta2 tells me that there is no WPA handshake! So I installed the 0.9.3 instead, but actually it cannot use the tables done with airolib-ng!
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Big-spending Salford were given a reality check as St Helens maintained their perfect start to the 2014 Super League with a comprehensive win here.
Back-to-back wins in their opening two games had given Marwan Koukash's team a chance to go top of the table for the first time, but their hopes were dashed inside 10 minutes. It was fairly routine for Saints as Australian scrum-half Luke Walsh followed up his 18-point haul on his debut a fortnight earlier with another 18 from seven goals and also scored one of his side's six tries.
The watching Ryan Giggs no doubt appreciated the class of the visitors, who took over at the top of the table.
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The Red Devils stepped up the pace in the second half but there was no way back once Saints scored a breakaway third try. Tim Smith's kick on the last tackle bounced kindly for Sioa Soliola and he released Mark Percival, who took a return pass from Swift to finish off a glorious move. Walsh added the goal and was also on target when Amor dived over for a fourth try.
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In most cases the mother and baby will work out the first breastfeed in their own time, if left to their own devices. Being given the time and space to do this is important. Some caregivers will suggest (or physically place) the baby on the breast before the woman and baby are mentally, emotionally and / or physically ready. This could be aimed at 'getting that task out of the way' in a busy work environment.
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I had to shoot my neighbors pit bull last month.When I got home from work I heard my dog barking in the front yard. I went out to put my dog in the garage, and the neighbor that owned the pit bull came part way up my driveway and tried to call the dog to him. It ignored him and disappeared in the trees toward another neighbors property. I took my dog into the garage, and the neighbor left. A little while later I saw the neighbor coming up the drivaway in front of my house again, and stopped half way up the driveway.. I saw their dog in the back yard so I went out to try to chase it toward where they were, and it went around the garage toward them. When I walked around the garage, the dog was about 75' away, about halfway between me and the owners truck. When it saw me it turned and started running toward me. The hair on it's back was raised, and it's lips were pulled back showing it's teeth. I started yelling as loud as I could "GET OUT OF HERE, GET!!" The dog kept running toward me and I pulled my SP101. I had two choices, either be mauled by the dog or shoot it. When it was about ten feet from me I fired one shot and the dog yelped and ran away. I thought that I had hit it, but wasn't sure. I immediatly went to the owners truck and told him that I was sorry, but I didn't have a choice. I went inside and called the Sherriff's office to report what had happened. Ten days later, a Deputy Sherriff came to my house and told me that the neighbor had just reported that I killed his dog. I told him what had happened and he agreed that I did what I had to do. I didn't know where I had hit the dog, I didn't have time to use the sights. The Deputy said that I had hit it in the center of the chest. I was really surprised to hear that, I didn't think it would have run off after taking a .357 158 grain HP to the chest.
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Apple will be releasing a Retina Display iPad and a TechUnwrapped reader was going through the new Twitter framework in iOS 5 and also found 1,536 x 2,048 images that are exactly double the current resolution of the iPad. The iOS 5 SDK has referenced an increased screen resolution of 1536×2048 and that doesn't mean that either of these tablets is about to miraculously sprout some extra pixels but does suggest that the iPad 3 will come with a higher resolution display. Retina Display is parts of the iOS SDK, which are new to the iOS codebase, it means an iPad 3 will come out at around the same timeframe as iOS 5………..
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Upcoming Vizio Tablet Debuted In Video
Blake Griffin gets Vizio Tablet before you can, proves famous people get special treatment and posted a video showing off his new VIA Plus-equipped slate. Vizio tablet is set to launch later this summer for $349.99 and has an 8-inch screen and a skinned-up version of Android which works with Vizio apps………
Rumor: Amazon Kindle Preparing For Video Streaming
Amazon is hard at work on a Kindle eReader-like tablet with a colored display and Amazon s prepping a new color Kindle, code named Hollywood, capable of streaming video and to be sold with a promotional video service offering. Such an offering would certainly help to differentiate Amazon's tablet from rivals such as the iPad from Apple Inc. or the BlackBerry PlayBook from Research In Motion Ltd and with its broadly encompassing product line and service offerings is the only company with a hope of knocking Apple from its perch atop the tablet market……….
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Will Take Flight On American Airlines
Samsung Mobile has sealed an agreement with AA that will see 6,000 of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets replace current personal in-flight screens on selected transcontinental and international flights from later this year and passengers now being provided with tablet computers and cabin staff on some airlines also using them on the job, it only leaves the pilots and also they're set to join the tablet party in the not too distant future as well. American Airlines will provide Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices exclusively to Premium Class passengers and there's no love for those in cattle class. Those who have paid a little bit more for flight tickets, will enjoy a customized version of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1………..
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HP TouchPad ships July 1st in US, 3G model coming to AT&T this summer and a phased rollout will take it to Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore and Spain later this year. It'll be on sale pretty much everywhere for $499.99 (16GB) ; $599.99 (32GB) or £399/£479 across the pond with pre-orders starting at your favorite e-tailer just ten days from today…………
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Apple Became World's largest Semiconductor Buyer
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OnLive iPad/Android Tablet App
OnLive Player App could turn your Android tablet and iPad into a budget-friendly Nintendo Wii U alternative and the apps allow for tablets to be used as the screen and touch / motion controller, touch / motion controller for games on an HDTV, or screen for games being played with the new universal wireless gamepad………….
Pixel Qi Create Solar-Powered Tablets
Here's the perfect way to keep your shiny new tablet all charged up in the outdoors, without having you to skip around for a charging outlet when away from home. Most tablets don't fare very well when used in bright sunlight, bar the Notion Ink Adam which that makes use of Pixel Qi's special screen that's been developed for use in any lighting condition.
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Sony Dual-Screen S2 Tablet Hits FCC
Sony's dual-screen S2 tablet hits the FCC, boasting AT&T-ready cellular frequencies and will sport 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, and most tellingly, 850MHz and 1900MHz 3G bands suggesting a launch on AT&T………….
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HTC EVO 3D launches on June 24th for $200 joined by EVO View 4G tablet at $400 and both equipped with WiMAX radios and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) as their OS. The 1.2GHz dual-core EVO 3D costs $200 on contract, with pre-orders available right now provided you buy a $50 Sprint gift card and the 1.5GHz single-core EVO View 4G will set you back double that, at $400, while still requiring a two-year contract………
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OnLive Universal Wireless Controller
OnLive outs universal wireless controller, seamless Facebook integration and the company is expected to showcase their new universal controller at the upcoming E3 conference. The controller connects directly with your Android tablet, allowing you to control games as if you were playing from a console and also features a dongle that will be backwards compatible […]
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BlackBerry PlayBook With Wi-Fi Coming To Sprint
BlackBerry PlayBook headed to Sprint and Sprint Marketing Director Gerald Evans revealed on his personal blog earlier today that the WiFi-only, 16GB version of the tablet will be hitting Sprint stores on Sunday, June 5th for the usual $499.99. Sprint has stated in the past that a 4G WiMAX enabled BlackBerry PlayBook would join their network in the Summer and if Sprint embraces the Wi-Fi only PlayBook this weekend that is a good first step towards a 4G version for the near future…………
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Microsoft Release Windows 8
There'll be two kinds of applications for Windows 8, one that runs in a traditional desktop nd the other pseudo-mobile apps based on HTML5 and Javascript. Keyboard and mouse will still be options for both sets of programs, but there are multiple virtual sets of keys for different form factors, including a split keyboard for vertical slate use and multitasking is simply a matter of swiping running apps into the center of the screen………
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Memories of Blewbury
Boarding School Memories
My friend Catharine (Katie) was also at this school in 1946/47, about 7 years old before moving to South Africa. I remember walking in a crocodile line, carrying a hot brick to keep warm, on the walk to the vicarage. Mostly happy memories of Laurie & sisters Phylis & Dorothy Williamson & Prue. Miss Maggs (Sally) looked after the animals in the orchard.
Wartime Boarding School
I was evacuated from London to Blewbury Healm-wic Boarding School in 1941 (the thatched cottage shown in the photograph). The Williamson sisters ran the school, owned I believe by their brother, a naval architect (submarines). They opened the school for refugee children, teaching many subjects including Maths, French, ...Read full memory


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Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins has been invited to Hawks training camp.
He played with the Sixers last season and made some noise late in the season, but at this point, he'll simply be trying to make an NBA roster. Ignore him on draft night.
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins is still starting for the Sixers, but is playing terribly, missing all seven of his shots on Wednesday to finish with six points and four assists in 23 minutes.
That's three straight games with seven points or less, while Nick Young is suddenly on fire. Make the switch if you need a hot player.
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins hit just 1-of-5 shots for five points in 22 minutes on Tuesday.
The Nets dominated the game and Wilkins is no longer hot, especially as Nick Young continues to come on for the Sixers. Young had 18 tonight, but as long as Wilkins continues to start for the Sixers, he's still worth a look in some fantasy leagues.
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins had a quiet game vs. the Heat, scoring seven points on 3-of-10 shooting, with three rebounds and two steals in 32 minutes.
Playing time wasn't an issue tonight, but Nick Young (10 points) logged 21 minutes and he could spoil Wilkins' value if his role continues to increase. Just keep an eye on the situation for now, as Doug Collins seems very fond of the veteran Wilkins.
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins scored 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting (including two threes) with four rebounds, five assists, one steal and one block in Friday's win over the Hawks.
Wilkins has been getting it done in fantasy leagues and he should be owned in all formats right now.
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins scored 15 points (6-of-10 shooting) with four rebounds and two assists in 36 minutes on Saturday, joining five other Sixers in double-figures.
Philly has suddenly won four straight games, though it provides little more than good vibes for a ninth-place team with no realistic chance of making the playoffs. Doug Collins isn't wavering in Wilkins as the starting SG, which makes Wilkins a viable option if he's still floating on your waiver wire.
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins played 38 minutes against the Cavs on Friday, scoring just seven points with three boards, six assists, one steal and two blocks.
As far as guys go that are averaging just 15 minutes per game this year, he's been on a mini tear and averaged 18.0 points and 2.0 steals in his previous four. He's not going to be getting any shoe deals or anything, but he's worth owning in standard leagues. Dorell Wright played just 21 minutes and scored three points, so he's clearly trending down.
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins stayed hot on Wednesday with 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and a 3-pointer on 7-of-15 shooting.
He had 17 points and a full stat line on Sunday and has been rolling for several games now. As long as he's starting for the Sixers, he's worth owning in most fantasy leagues. And yes, it felt weird to write that.
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins' hot streak continued with 17 points, six rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block in Sunday's win vs. the Kings.
Wilkins shot 6-of-13 from the field with one 3-pointer and zero turnovers in almost 40 minutes of action. Doug Collins appreciates the 33-year-old's consistent energy and there have been no suggestions that Wilkins might lose the starting SG job. Give him a look if you need a low-end source of fantasy value -- he averaged 11.5 points per game in March, with 0.8 threes, 2.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocks
Damien Wilkins SF FA 4 years ago
Damien Wilkins scored a team-high 24 points against the Nuggets on Thursday, adding one board, two assists, four steals and two 3-pointers in 39 minutes.
Despite the big line, Wilkins had a terrible closing seconds in this game. He fouled Corey Brewer on a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to put Denver up one, then he attempted the potential game-winning jumper and had it blocked. The Sixers are a total mess, but Wilkins could be coming on for owners in deeper leagues.


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The Farm Kitchen is "Cooking with Fire"
The Farm Kitchen is all fired up. Our inaugural event was a luncheon featuring legs of lamb and shoulder of ranch-raised pork. Our guests loved the setting, which is outdoors in the midst of our new raised vegetable beds at the farm.
We couldn't be more pleased with this new venue for cooking and dining. Our guests will now be able to experience breakfast al fresco and enjoy cocktail & hors d'oeuvres parties and dinners in the open air. We will also be doing cooking demonstrations in our new wood-fired hearth- and in-depth barbequing lessons using the meat basin & elemental methods. We are also excited to announce that we will have great beer on tap at the kitchen farm.
The farm kitchen will be in full swing for our upcoming two Harvest weeks, August 24- September 7th. Shorter stays are possible. During these weeks we'll be packed with activities and special culinary events featuring Stranahan Whiskey, Odell's Beer and other breweries, distillers, and great vintners like Sutcliff Winery. We are also inviting some great guest Chefs and food artisans. Expect plenty of live music as well. Please come and join us for an exciting farm to fork harvest experience at the farm – with mountain bike riding, barn dancing, fly fishing, horseback riding and whatever else we can dream up for fun.
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Zoltek CEO Rumy Zsolt Bought 45,196 Shares
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Date: June 1, 2012 05:14PM
Zoltek Companies Inc. is an applied technology and advanced materials company. The company has a market cap of $268 million; its shares were traded at around $8.35 with a P/E ratio of 17.7 and P/S ratio of 1.8.
Zoltek CEO Rumy Zsolt has been continually increasing his shares of ZOLT since August of 2008, purchasing about 200,000 shares throughout a four-year period. Zsolt most recently purchased 45,195 shares of Zoltek at an average price of $7.80 on May 30, 2012, the purchase costing his $352,500. Since his trade, the company's shares have increased by 7.05%.
Zsolt has served at Zoltek's chairman, CEO, CFO, and president ever since founding the company in 1975. Prior to his work at Zoltek, Mr. Zsolt worked as an accounts manager for General Electric (GE), as well as an industrial marketing manager for Monsanto Company (MON).
Previously, ZOLT was owned by GuruFocus gurus George Soros and Robert Olstein. Each of these gurus held the company for roughly a quarter before selling out. George Soros sold out his shares of ZOLT during the fourth quarter of 2007, and Robert Olstein sold out his shares during the third quarter of 2008.
Meanwhile, other insiders aside from CEO Rumy Zsolt have also been steadily increasing their positions in the company. Like Zsolt, they first began increasing their positions in the company during August of 2008. However, throughout the course of the year 2007, insiders, including Zoltek's CEO, had been selling off their shares of ZOLT at prices ranging from $30.72 to $42.06 per share, as indicated by GuruFocus insider trade data (link here).
Over the last ten years, ZOLT has reported negative earnings for all years by one (in 2008). The company has a predictability rating of 1 star, and has a margin of safety of -29%, as calculated by GuruFocus' DCF Calculator (link here). However, it must been kept in mind that DCF results may not be accurate, due to the low business predictability of ZOLT.
Looking back at ZOLT's public trading history, we see that ZOLT once traded at prices upwards of $50 per share. This occurred at around the third and fourth quarters of 2011. Interestingly, this was around the same time that insiders were heavily selling off their shares of ZOLT. In fact, Zoltek CEO Rumy Zsolt sold 250,000 shares of ZOLT on Aug. 20, 2007, just a little over two weeks after the stock reached its all-time record high of $51.39 on Aug. 9, 2007.
Although debt is not a pressing problem for ZOLT, as the company had $7.76 million of long-term debt and has sufficient cash to pay it off, it should be noted that the company's cash on hand is steadily decreasing to cover costs of unprofitable operations. In 2007, the company issued $146 million worth of stock. The company's $322 million worth of assets as of September 2011 consist primarily of equipment and property ownership.
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Have you been blown away by Nvidia's flagship GeForce GTX 480 graphics card? Now you can pack similar power into your laptop...
Today Nvidia has formally announced the 'GTX 480M GPU' for laptops and it achieves a number of significant milestones for the company. Firstly it brings true DirectX 11 support with tessellation, secondly it sees Fermi architecture's debut on laptops and thirdly it is quite simply the fastest mobile GPU to date.
Raw stats? How about 352 CUDA cores, a 425MHz GPU clock, an 850MHz processor clock, a texture fill rate of 18.7bn triangles per second and 256bit memory running at 1200MHz generating 76.8GB/sec of bandwidth! Yes it's monstrous and there's full PhysX and OpenCL support in there too while 1080p video playback can be done in its sleep and you'll even be ripping Blu-rays (royalty free ones, of course) in no time.
Nvidia has shipped the GTX 480M GPU to partners already and gaming specialist Clevo will be the first company to market with laptops based on the new graphics chip. Numerous other manufacturers will soon follow.
Given the inability to substantially upgrade a gaming laptop I've never been their greatest fan, but if money is no object and you want the best of the best you won't be able to beat a GTX 480M equipped laptop... at least for the next few months.


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I found a set of wheels I want and need to sell these to buy the other ones.
Tires are General Exclaim Summer tires (225/40-18) with 80% thread on them. Wheels are in perfect shape, no dust, bends, scuffs, rash, balanced out perfectly. I am the first owner of these wheels and I have taken immaculate care of them. They have no brake dust staining and they look pretty much brand new. I will give you the spacers and longer studs for them.
Do not ask me if they fit your car! I don't know, especially with lowered cars. Your set up is different than mine. I will give you specs off of 1552s website...they are sold out at 1552 right now.
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|District Representative Judy Chu addresses UWest graduating class of 2011
|Thursday, June 02, 2011
On May 14, 2011 California's 32nd District Representative Judy Chu honored graduating students and commencement guests with her graduation address.
The University of the West presented her with an honorary Doctoral Degree in Humane Letters. Representative Chu spoke eloquently about her inspiring career as a rising leader who has been eager over many years to defend the rights of all people, particularly Asians and Asian-Americans in the San Gabriel Valley who faced discriminatory practices prior to her efforts to implement laws that guarantee fair policies and procedures.
Her personal story provided a powerful example to UWest graduates to go on in their own lives with a commitment to equal rights for people of all backgrounds. Moreover, her address underscored the importance of the University's mission: "to facilitate cultural understanding and appreciation between East and West."