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No longer willing to wait until the 2012 Paris Motor Show to show off its Onyx Supercar Concept, French automaker Peugeot has decided to reveal the wild machine ahead of its premiere.
Shortly after Peugeot teased the world with a video of its Onyx Supercar Concept, many expected it was going to be wild. The French automaker didn't disappoint in meeting our expectations, as the Onyx Supercar is pretty nuts. The sharply-styled body features a two-tone scheme of copper and matte black, but it's not just simply paint that has been applied to the concept car. Peugeot went all out the copper panels on the vehicle, which are handmade from pure copper sheet. The French automaker elaborated that overtime, the copper will gain patina and its appearance will change. As for the other panels finished in matte black? That's genuine carbon fiber laying underneath.
As for how wild this concept is, Peugeot says that it has a drag coefficient of 0.30 and weighs in at a scant 2,425 lbs. It was built around a carbon fiber central structure that consisted of 12 parts and weighed only 220 lbs.
Powering the supercar is a 3.7-liter, V8 hybrid HDi FAP engine that's fully capable of pushing out 600-hp to the rear wheels. The powerplant has been mated to a six-speed sequential transmission while a kinetic energy system allows it to convert braking power to electricity that's then stored in the lithium-ion batteries. The electric system offers an additional 80-hp.
As for the interior, it's pretty wild too. The dashboard is made from recycled newspapers that were compressed to create new 'logs'. The French automaker refers to it as 'Newspaper Wood'.
Of course it's an extreme concept study and it's highly doubtful that anything similar will ever make its way to production. But we'll be sure to check it out and report live from the 2012 Paris Motor Show later this month.
"The silhouette of the Onyx is sculpted softly, sensuously, but it is also alive and technological," explains Sandeep Bhambra, Onyx Exterior Stylist. "From the first sketches I wanted to create a showcase for technological excellence and craftsmanship by combining elements demonstrating high aerodynamic performance, Black Diamond lamps and copper bodywork panels fashioned by hand."


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Medhurst Rev. Charles, vicar
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Greaves Richard, sheep dealer
Hodgson B. H. and R. pig jobbers
Johnson Robert, blacksmith & farrier
Margerison Mary, vict. Star
Margerison Wm. corn miller
Margerison Wm. tailor & shopkeeper
Proctor James, lime burner
Rhodes John, wheelwright
Seymour David, butcher
Seymour George, schoolmaster
Thompson Isaac, vict. Half Moon
Umpleby Thos. parish clerk
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New Delhi: AAP today filed a defamation case against web portal 'Media Sarkar' and TV Channel 'Ïndia News' for carrying out a fake and malafide sting against us.
Meanwhile, in the past few days, AAP has witnessed several incidents wherein volunteers of our rivals are resorting to cheap tricks like posing as AAP volunteers and threatening people. They have tried everything from raking controversy regarding our funds to a fake sting operation. In the last few days, several incidents have come out where volunteers of our political rivals are posing as AAP volunteers - wearing our caps or with AAP stickers on their cars - are creating nuisance in their bid to defame us.
Some of the incidents that have come to light are: unknown people donning AAP caps distributing Rs 1,000 notes in Patparganj area, a car which had an AAP sticker carrying cash about which driver was reportedly not able to explain or about an incident where people donning AAP caps were threatening locals. We have nothing to do with such incidents. Instead it is all a conspiracy to defame us or mislead people about us. We neither believe in distributing money nor alcohol. Our volunteers are a motivated lot who are working with party selflessly to change the scene of Indian politics. We want to aware people against such incidents. We also request people that in case they witness any such incident, they inform police at 100 and also inform us on our helpline number 9719500606. AAP will then ensure that strictest possible action is taken against such elements who are trying to defame us by such acts.
Lastly, AAP also wants to clarify on reports that highlighted that Arvind Kejriwal has three voter cards. We want to state that while applying for a new card in Form 6, there is a section in which the voter needs to declare if he is already a voter in some other constituency. The Election Commission on its part has to delete the name of the voter from the previous place. Arvind Kejriwal while applying for his new voter Card, has declared his older card details in Form 6. It is now the duty of the election commission to change the voter list. AAP follows honest politics and will never do any dishonest thing like this.


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I thought there was post about this gun here awhile back ... maybe another forum. Did a search and verified the ex Kel Tec part, but also came across a post from a owner that really had big time troubs with his, ended up working with the factory for a time, then sent it back.
I would do some big time research ... maybe just new gun, start up problems. I just don't see the logic in all these new .380's being brought to market. I wonder how many .380 semi autos are out there, not just littel guys, but all.
I need a P380 someday, but have my LCP and my Bersa T380, probably enough .380's ...
Edit: Just watched the second video ... threes rounds fired ... no jams, no misfires ... not FTF's. The guy really sounded impressed. Wow, I'm impressed ... three rounds.


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As you're probably aware, the House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday granting the government sweeping wiretap abilities with, practically speaking, no judicial oversight, and which also will likely result in the dismissal of all pending cases against telecommunications companies that may have aided in illegal wiretapping to date. If you head over to the ACLU site, you can read all about the bill:
- It permits the government to conduct mass, untargeted surveillance of all communications coming into and out of the United States, without any individualized review, and without any finding of wrongdoing.
- It permits only minimal court oversight. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court) only reviews general procedures for targeting and minimizing the use of information that is collected. The court may not know who, what or where will actually be tapped.
Unfortunately, the website of the ACLU is probably the best place one could get information on the bill these past few days, as media coverage has been remarkably void of any real discussion of the constitutional matters at stake. Too often, as with many domestic and world issues, it was shoehorned into context of the upcoming election, as it was, for example, by Ed Henry on CNN Friday morning, following President Bush's statement on the bill:
HENRY: So again, I think the big picture here is that on both pieces of the legislation you've got the president and the Democrats claiming some victory because let's face it, there are not going to be a lot of victories for both of them in an election year.
That's the big picture here, according to Henry, not, say, the Fourth Amendment thing.
Note also that Henry paints the matter as a compromise between two sides, with both able to claim some victory. In a narrow Democrat-vs.-Republican leadership sense, perhaps that's true. But on the substance of the bill, President Bush got virtually everything he wanted, and perhaps more, and civil libertarians got nothing. Glenn Greenwald has done an expert job hacking apart this "compromise" idea, here, using a similar statement from Time magazine's Massimo Calabresi. He notes that one Republican proponent of expanded wiretapping powers and telecom immunity boasted to the New York Times that "I think the White House got a better deal than they even had hoped to get." He adds this compromise to his list of Great Bipartisan Compromises of the Bush Era, noting "in almost every significant case, what 'bipartisanship' means in Washington is that enough Democrats join with all of the Republicans to endorse and enact into law Republican policies, with which most Democratic voters disagree. That's how so-called 'bipartisanship' manifests in almost every case." As always, head to Greenwald's place for continuing coverage of the issue sadly absent in much of the press.
From The New York Times:
According to data compiled by Andrew Tyndall, a television consultant who monitors the three network evening newscasts, coverage of Iraq has been "massively scaled back this year." Almost halfway into 2008, the three newscasts have shown 181 weekday minutes of Iraq coverage, compared with 1,157 minutes for all of 2007. The "CBS Evening News" has devoted the fewest minutes to Iraq, 51, versus 55 minutes on ABC's "World News" and 74 minutes on "NBC Nightly News." (The average evening newscast is 22 minutes long.)
CBS News no longer stations a single full-time correspondent in Iraq, where some 150,000 United States troops are deployed.
For more, you can also see our recent Think Again column, "Iraq Disappears from View," here.
Quote of the Day: "The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things - bad language and whatever- it's all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition. There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are built into the attitude toward sex and the body. ... It's reflected in these prohibitions and these taboos that we have." -- George Carlin, 2004.
"More than five years after the invasion of Iraq -- just in case you were still waiting -- the oil giants finally hit the front page ... " So begins Tom Engelhardt's latest post, this time on the miraculous reappearance of the missing Iraqi oil story in the mainstream media. Here was the Times' remarkable headline last Thursday announcing that the same four oil giants, including ExxonMobil, that lost their petroleum concessions in Iraq in 1972 when that country's oil was nationalized, were back on the scene in a big way: "Rare No-bid Contracts, A Foothold for Western Companies Seeking Future Rewards."
"You'd think," Engelhardt comments, that "the Times might have slapped some kind of 'we wuz wrong' label on the piece. I mean, remember when the mainstream media, the Times included, seconded the idea that Bush's invasion, whatever it was about -- weapons of mass destruction or terrorism or liberation or democracy or bad dictators or... well, no matter -- you could be sure of one thing: it wasn't about oil. 'Oil' wasn't even a word worth including in serious reporting on the invasion and its aftermath, not even after it turned out that American troops entering Baghdad guarded only the Oil and Interior Ministries, while the rest of the city was looted. Even then -- and ever after -- the idea that the Bush administration might have the slightest urge to control Iraqi oil (or the flow of Middle Eastern oil via a well-garrisoned Iraq) wasn't worth spending a few paragraphs of valuable newsprint on."
After reminding readers of the energy-based nature of the Bush administration (including the double-hulled oil tanker Chevron named after its board member, Condoleezza Rice, back in the oh-so-innocent 1990s), Engelhardt considers all those naive protestors, in their millions, before the invasion of 2003 -- myself among them -- who were foolish enough and naive enough and reductionist enough to wave placards saying things like "No Blood for Oil" and "How did USA's oil get under Iraq's sand?" -- and were subsequently erased from the mainstream media's blackboard of history. They were only returned last Thursday in the Times piece in this single sentence: "There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract."
He concludes: "And now, here we are. Sure, it's kinda thoughtless, kinda embarrassing, and yet so typical of ExxonMobil and Co. not to care about making all those pundits and knowledgeable observers look really, really bad. What an unfortunate coincidence, this story breaking just now, don't you think? I mean, after all that blood, American and Iraqi, has been spilled, here comes the oil.
"It's the sort of thing that could make suspicious Arabs even more so and give a new life to some really dumb slogans in the U.S. But you know, sometimes, if you're an oil giant, you just have to bite the bullet. After all, there's still one heck of a lot of that patrimonial oil in Iraq's ground. At more than $130 a barrel, someone has to get it out -- and why not, as [Times reporter Andrew] Kramer puts it, 'western companies with experience managing large projects'? I mean, after all these years, why not?"
Name: Siva Vaidhyanathan
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Re: The evidence that Jimmy Carter preferred to be called Jimmy Carter.
When Jimmy Carter took the oath of office as president in January 1977, he said "I, Jimmy Carter." Case closed.
Name: Dr. T
Hometown: Denton, TX
First up, Eric, THANK YOU for writing "New Orleans After the Storm" and attempting to keep Bush Administration incompetence and murderous partisan politics following Hurricane Katrina in our collective consciousness. In addition to the deaths from extraordinary rendition and unconstitutional detention, countless Gulf Coast residents will continue to die for years to come because the Bushies' cronyism and mismanagement has placed them in not-so-temporary toxic FEMA trailers. Perhaps the citizens of New Orleans should have been more white and Republican?
Name: Joel Rosenberg
Hometown: Watertown, Mass.
I always enjoy Charles Pierce's witty and impassioned missives, and I can well understand his disappointment over Keith Olbermann's soft-pedaling of criticism toward his MSNBC colleagues over sexism in the primary coverage. But to claim that (for this and a small handful of other grievances) "Countdown" is presently "well-nigh unwatchable"? Charles, have you seen the competition? Olbermann's got his quirks and he does very bad imitations, among other lame attempts at humor. But in the context of a news media wasteland that has been in a 40-year state of decline, "Countdown" may be as good as it gets. I, for one, owe him a great deal for keeping me sane over the past several years.
Regarding Keith Olbermann becoming a "house man," according to Charles Pierce:
Olbermann has more or less become the face of MSNBC. It's very hard to be both an iconoclast and an icon.
Name: Moe Zilla
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
"If you think the weather is getting more extreme, you're right," the AP just reported, citing a new report from 10 government organizations which included NASA, the Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation.
It's not getting as cold at night as it did in earlier decades, there are fewer nights with frosts, and there's more extreme rain and heat, with an increasing frequency of tropical storms (leading to more and stronger hurricanes).
I think this is something we all know already. Yesterday it was 116 in Palm Springs, while the heavy rainfall in Iowa used to happen just once every 500 years (and now happen every 15). And if we haven't figured it out yet, we'll have more opportunities. "Droughts will get dryer, storms will get stormier and floods will get deeper with the changing climate," reads another AP report.
"Events that have seemed relatively rare will become commonplace, said the latest report...a joint effort of more than a dozen government agencies."
Name: Michael Rapoport
The WSJ weighs in on the greatest-athlete question, currently-active division. And Tiger Woods isn't even in their top 10.
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Roberts races to lead
Loren Roberts has stormed into the lead of the Buick Classic at the Westchester Country Club with a sensational closing charge on the first day.
The American reeled off seven birdies in his last 11 holes to set the first round pace with a seven-under-par 64 in the $3.5m event in New York.
Roberts holds a one-shot lead over Jerry Kelly, Michael Muehr and Bob Heintz.
Chris Smith and David Gossett are a further shot adrift on 66.
Goosen's compatriot Ernie Els and Spain's Sergio Garcia, the defending champion, were among a group of 10 on 68.
"I just happened to have a great day with the putter," Roberts explained of his 24-putt round.
"I had an impossible chip-in and made a couple of long putts.
"I hit a couple of really good iron shots at the right time at tough pins, and I just kind of got on a roll and hit it on the right spots."
Having started his round on the back nine, Roberts began to make a move when he chipped in for a birdie at the par-four 17th.
The 46-year-old pulled back shots at the next two holes and finished the day with nine birdies and two bogeys.
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Ok, I am in the middle of a kitchen remodel. I removed the backsplash yesterday in preparation for my new counters next week.
On one side of the kitchen the plaster walls did not hold up well at all. Big chunks missing(it is a very old home)
I plan on doing the backsplash after the countertops but need to know how to prepare this wall for tiling
Will the thinset help level things out.
My initial thought was to install the countertop and then use some 1/4 inch backer board over the screwed up surface to give me a nice surface to install to
Any suggestions???
As you can see in the pictures my first attempt was usuing joint compound to fix this, but some of the uneveness was just too much
Three choices-----
Shim coat that----it can be done---
Remove the plaster and replace with drywall---some furring will be needed to match the thickness
Use large tiles and let the thinset fill the voids--this is a bad idea because the tiles will want to slide out of position,
Overlaying that this more material is not an option---- cabinets will be buried--window trim--counter reveal--
What would you recommend using for the skim coat?
Looks like you tryed using to narrow a knife to skim coat it.
Now your going to have to sand with a sanding pad to get rid of the high places, vacuum it off and do it again with a 6" wide knife with drywall compound. Thinning it slightly with a few drops of water will help make it flow better.
Powdered drywall compound---easy sand 45----the 45 is the set time----comes in 5-20-45 and 90 minute--
use several thin coats---it's easiest that way---I use 20 minute---but a novice can find the fast setting stuff frustrating---you may end up spending to much time cleaning tools with the 20---
And why aren't we just stripping the wall and re-doing with tilebacker?
If you are getting new countertops, then remove them and the top cabinets. Rip out the plaster & lathe, do your electrical & plumbing work as necessary, and replace with tilebacker. Re-hang the upper cabs and tile away on the backsplash.
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Been using easy sand 45...so far have done 2 coats and it looks a million times better.
Im thinking one more coat should do the trick
Not to pretty---but if it's flat you are good to go---take your blade and scrape off ridges and high spots and I think you will be fine----
You mentioned one more coat---you be the judge on that----the main thing is a flat surface---
It takes a lot of experience to get good and fast with drywall mud---Your results will give you a good surface for tile----pretty doesn't matter---
I am not trying to make it look super pretty but it may be a month before it gets tile so I wouldnt mind it looking nice
Don't expect any tile adhesive to bond to all of that (gypsum) patchwork without first priming the patched surface.:yes:
Ok I am finally about to dive in and take care of the backsplash. The final step of our kitchen renovation.
Is it necessary to prime the compound I put down before putting the mortar down?
Also should I use the premixed mortar or mix it myself??
Ok Priming it tonight.;
What sort of tile adhesive should I use for a glass mosaic tile? Should I mix it myself or get the premixed stuff
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Derivative of a matrix representation of a quadratic form
Is there any function X (perhaps in a Mathematica add-on) that would do
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X[Dot[Dot[A,x],x],x] ---> Dot[A+Transpose[A],x]
X[Dot[Dot[A,x],a],x] ---> Dot[Transpose[A],a]
It seems to me that as such this is impossible, as vectors and matrices
are all the same to Dot. A realization of X would require something more
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Has anybody already done this? Or does anybody know of a different package
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Beach Boy May Have Witnessed Charles Manson MurderThe incident allegedly occurred months before the Manson family murdered seven people.
Mike Love Recalls His Famous Trip To India With The Beatles
Listen To Mike Love's Tribute Song To George Harrison, "Pisces Brothers"
David Lee Roth & Mike Love Duet On "California Girls"
Mike Love Talks The Beach Boys Christmas Album & ShowMike Love talks about The Beach Boys Christmas Show this weekend - listen here!
Mike Love's Beach Boys Or Brian Wilson And Friends: Who Is The Real Deal?
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GRAMMY Predictions: Which Legends Will Be Nominated Tonight?Tonight, at 10 p.m. ET, CBS will broadcast the GRAMMY nomination special. The past year has been a great one for legendary artists putting out albums that hold up to their legacies. Here, we predict which ones will get nods in the big categories.
Mike Love: 'I Did Not Fire Brian Wilson From The Beach Boys'Mike Love is fighting back against those have vilified him with claims that he fired original Beach Boys members Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks. Love has penned a lengthy, pointed and emotional open letter to the Los Angeles Times in an attempt to set the record straight.
Is Beach Boy Mike Love Music's Biggest Villain?In the wake of Love coldly giving the boot to his bandmates, we have to wonder: Is Mike Love the biggest villain in the music world? We explore Love's legacy of indiscretions and less-than-favorable attributes that suggest as much.


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New York, NY —
Black and Jewish officials are standing together to fight the recent spike in Crown Heights violence.
State Assemblyman Dov Hikind says the six-month-old Black-Jewish alliance of politicians is alarmed by bias crimes, up 20 percent from this time last year.
Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz says elected officials can only do so much. He's calling on residents to take an active role in keeping the peace.
MARKOWITZ: We call upon the parents in Crown Heights to discipline those kids. Teach them right from wrong. Teach them respect. Teach them to celebrate diversity.
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I'm going to buy this since I'm buying a bunch of other stuff from SparkFun and I don't want to wait a week for shipping from Australia or deal with Freetronics' two US distributors. That said, Freetronics Protoshield Pro (http://www.freetronics.com/collections/protoshields/products/protoshield) looks enough larger that I wish I could get it instead. I also prefer the Freetronics version because there's nothing in the way to make it difficult to hang components off the end. SparkFun, please consider stocking Freetronics in the future and/or redesigning your protoboard to be better.
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2016 Volvo XC90 Officially Debuts: One Swede Three-Row Crossover
The second-gen XC90 advances the breed—and the species.
Volvo is following through on its stated goal of dumping its five- and six-cylinder engines in favor of a lineup comprised entirely of four-cylinder (or smaller) powerplants. As such, the XC90's powertrain choices all spring from Volvo's in-house four-pot engine family, which it calls "Drive-E." Drive-E engines are standard on the 2015-model-year S60, V60, and XC60, but those three cars still offer five- and six-cylinder power.
For the XC90, the Drive-E four comes in a few different flavors, although each version bolts up to the same eight-speed automatic transmission. The first is T6, a misleading moniker that represents the base engine. The T6 is both supercharged and turbocharged; this allows Volvo to use a big turbocharger for top-end power without sacrificing drivability to lag at low engine speeds, as the supercharger keeps things on boil. Total output stands at 316 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque.
In Europe, the XC90 will also offer the D5, a diesel-drinking Drive-E engine that uses twin turbochargers to squeeze 225 horsepower and 347 lb-ft of torque from just 2.0 liters of displacement. The hot setup, which like the T6 is headed our way, is the T8 plug-in hybrid. It combines a 316-hp version of the T6's supercharged and turbocharged four with an 80-hp electric motor and a 9.5-kWh lithium-ion battery pack to produce roughly 400 horsepower and 472 lb-ft of torque. The electric motor is fitted to the XC90's rear axle and provides all-wheel drive without the need for a front-to-rear driveshaft; the T8 uses the abandoned shaft space to house its battery pack. (Nonhybrid all-wheel-drive XC90s use a conventional, driveshaft-havin' Haldex four-wheel-drive system that shuffles power to the rear when front-axle slip is detected.) All-electric range stands at 25 miles.
Being a Volvo, the new crossover packs a passel of safety features old and new. Groundbreaking safety "firsts" include the XC90's ability to automatically brake itself should the driver attempt to turn across oncoming traffic, as well as the aforementioned energy-absorbing seats. Volvo's City Safety automatic braking function—which can halt or slow the car to mitigate forward collisions—is standard equipment and can now detect bicyclists and pedestrians in addition to cars, day or night.
At first blush, the XC90 has everything a luxury-SUV shopper could ever want: style, an overwhelming sense of luxury, efficiency, and bubble-wrap levels of safety. The base, U.S.-market T6 AWD model will carry an MSRP of $48,900 and include 19-inch wheels and navigation as standard. That puts the XC90 right in the scrum with German metal like the Audi Q7 and Mercedes-Benz M-class. A total of 1927—a production run that recalls the year Volvo was founded—"First Edition" models will be available at launch. Ringing in at around $66K, these special XC90s get a unique tailgate badge and door-sill plates, eight-spoke 21-inch wheels, and classy visuals that pair black paint with amber Nappa leather seats, a charcoal leather dashboard, and walnut wood trim.
Volvo's purchase by Chinese automaker Geely netted the Swedish firm financing and stability, but its biggest challenges are still to come. The XC90 needs to be a success, not only for Volvo's financial future, but also because it will set the tone for future Scalable Product Architecture spinoffs. We now know a lot about the XC90—and from what we can tell, it seems Volvo is on the right track—but much remains between this debut and final judgment. Like us sliding behind the wheel.


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[ 4 syll. ab-dul-mu-min, abd-ul mu'm-in ] The baby boy name Abdul Mu'min is pronounced AH-BDuwLMuw-MIY-N †. Abdul Mu'min's origin and use are both in the Arabic language. Abdul Mu'min is of the meaning 'servant of the guarantor of faith'.
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Abdul Mu'min is uncommon as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Abdul Mu'min include Abdul Mumin (Arabic), Abd al Halim (Arabic), Abd-al-Halim (Arabic), Abdel Halim (Arabic), Abdul Aleem (Arabic), Abdul Haleem (Arabic), Abdul Halim (Arabic), Abdul Hannan (Arabic), Abdul Mannan (Arabic), Abdul Munim (Arabic), and Abdul Muhaimin.
† English pronunciation for Abdul Mu'min: AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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Braves swing deal for Dempster
Ryan Dempster's first choice, the Los Angeles Dodgers, cooled on trading for him Sunday, creating an opening for his second choice, the Atlanta Braves.
On Monday, the Braves closed the deal on Dempster, with further details still to come, according to various reports.
Dempster, as a player with 10 years of service, the last five with the same team, had the right to veto any deal or insist on a contract extension from his new team to make a deal possible.
Two other teams interested in Dempster – the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals – shared the same reservations as the Dodgers about parting with better prospects for a player who is a free agent at the end of the season.
Dempster's preference was to remain in the National League. A poor outing by right-hander Jair Jurrjens against the Nationals on Sunday might only have reinforced the Braves' desire to trade for a quality starter – and Dempster leads the NL with a 2.11 ERA.
Dempster knows Braves general manager Frank Wren and manager Fredi Gonzalez from their days together in the Marlins' organization.
-Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi
Will miss 'the dumpster' but we need the prospects more, sad to say.


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There's an increasing recognition among foundation leaders that not to be public about failures is essentially indefensible. If something didn't work, it is incumbent upon you to make sure others don't make the same mistake.
Foundations Find Benefits in Facing Up to Failures – New York Times
What I've always said – own up to your mistakes. There's no running away from failure. Might as well embrace it and learn from it.
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Inside Pantheon
This is the entry way of our hostel, so cozy.
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...Being read by a man at Heathrow's Terminal 3 Departure Lounge.
Inside the Luxor Hotel, looks like a small city!
This picture really shows you just how massive the top of the volcano really is. 9340 feet above sea level. that is the Andes mountains in the background
a view inside the Villarrica volcano. this was as close as I could get to the edge before I fell in. that sulfur smoke you see taste horrible


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Re: TraditionalForm bug?
On 27 Apr 2006, at 22:06, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote:
> I just noticed something in my version of Mathematica:
> $Version
> 5.1 for Mac OS X (October 25, 2004)
> which certainly looks like a bug that should have been spotted a
> long time ago. The "bug" is simply this. Evaluate
> In[14]:=
> Sin'
> Out[14]=
> cos(#1)&
> This is fine. But now simple convert the above input to
> TraditionalForm and evaluate it again:
> In[15]:=
> \!\(\*FormBox[
> SuperscriptBox["sin", "â?²",
> MultilineFunction->None], TraditionalForm]\)
> Out[15]=
> \!\(\*FormBox[
> SuperscriptBox["sin", "â?²",
> MultilineFunction->None], TraditionalForm]\)
> What happens is that Mathematica converts Sin` to sin` and then
> forgets what sin means. This does not happen if you do the same
> with an argument:
> In[17]:=
> Sin'[x]
> Out[17]=
> cos(x)
> In[18]:=
> \!\(\*FormBox[
> RowBox[{
> SuperscriptBox["sin", "â?²",
> MultilineFunction->None], "(", "x", ")"}], TraditionalForm]\)
> Out[18]=
> cos(x)
> The embarrassing thing is that I discovered this while trying to
> show my students the advantages of functional notation, and in
> particular the fact that one can refer to functions and their
> derivatives without introducing unnecessary variables. Of course
> this is true, but if you sue TraditionalForm form input! This
> reminds me that there was recently a discussion of whether
> TraditionalForm is or is not suitable for this purpose. I recall
> that Paul Abbott and Daniel Lichtblau expressed opposing views and
> I was tempted to enter the fray but decided to stay out, because
> while my heart sided with Paul my brain did not. As is often the
> case the brain seems to have been right.
> Andrzej Kozlowski
Perhaps I was a bit too harsh, since this works:
So things are not quite as bad as I wrote above, we can still use
functional notation and derivatives as long as we remember to write
sin(#)& instead of sin etc.
Still, this means that TraditionalForm is not quite as "traditional"
as one would wish it to be.
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How do I connect this projector floodlight?
I just purchased this:
But it appears to not have a power cable attached to it.
So, how do I hook it up?
Thank you.
you can bring the power feed into a wetherproof box with 1/2 inch openings and than the cord will be connected 1/2 wetherproof connector which be screwed into a 1/2 inch open ing the box. Install blank cover.
Well, from the poor picture and lack of details in your post I'd say make up a cord and put it on the light.
Unless you can get a factory cord for it it will never be a "legal" UL listed light.
Where did you purchase it? Do they offer accessories?
Sorry for the stock picture. I was just using it until I took one of my own, and here it is:
I'm also very unknowledeged about electrical things, so all I know is that I need three cables to connect to the lamp and then somehow end up as a plug that I can plug into any electrical outlet (that's the goal, anyway).
They sell what is known as an appliance cord. It is a premade cord with a plug on one ends and stripped leads on the other. It is probably just the right size for that strain relief on the unit.
Those terminals should be marked for hot, neutral and ground. Or black, white and green.
If this going to be installed outside I would make my own cord using sow cord
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Simply pick up your telephone and call the toll free phone number of 888-640-1895 to call the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for worldwide reservations from the United States or Canada. This includes reservations for all of the following properties: InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Staybridge Suites, EVEN Hotels, Hualuxe, and Candlewood Suites. IHG is an international hotel company whose hotels welcome over 180 million guests each year to over 620,000 rooms in more than 4,600 hotels across nearly 100 countries. So no matter where you are staying at for business or for pleasure, IHG is sure to have the room or suite you are looking for. Call the toll free phone number of 888-640-1895 today to book your reservations with InterContinental Hotels Group.


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Baby | Kids Ear Muffs: Powder Blue: EAR MUFFS
As a kid I had really sensitive ears. I couldn't go to movies, Raffi concerts, whatever, and my parents went nuts. X-number of years later, and thye invented these. These are so cute: they are sound blocking ear muffs that look like retro headphones for kids. They are such a cute, original and useful idea.


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Get another dog. I'm not saying replace the beloved one you have, but get one that will make noise. And put your gun in a gunvault (or other quickly accessed) safe.
You can "What If" yourself to death on this subject. If you hear someone knocking around the garbage cans and break a window, then you have all the time in the world to get out of bed, unlock, load magazine, rack slide, take a whiz, make some breakfast and then shoot the bad guy.
But what if you wake up to the feeling of the barrel of a gun to the back of your head? Then you've go no time to do anything, so having a loaded pistol under your pillow doesn't help either.
Bottom line is.. you have no idea how much time you'll have to "prepare" for your encounter.
You can teach your kids all you want, but kids are their own person, and they're going to do what they are going to do. I teach my kids all sorts of things and of course.. they follow exactly what I say on everything I teach them, every time. (pft).
I told my son not to run in the kitchen a million times because he'd hit his head on the counter and it would hurt. And of course he didn't stop until he actually did hit his head on the counter like I told him. I don't want him learning the same lesson with my gun.
Get a dog that barks. You get an early warning protection system, and you he'll retrieve a tennis ball.


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I hope I get to chase squirrels and rabbits today!
Buddy and Sadie got me. I have to answer these 10 questions then tag 6 of my buddies.
1. What color is your collar?
One is a redish color with pink monkeys on it. The other is a blue toned paisley collar made from a recycled necktie.
2. What kind of food do you eat?
Meat, bones, and organs. And cat poop.
3. What are your favorite treats?
Whatever Mom and Dad are eating and freeze dried liver.
4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other?
My Daddy. I love him oh so much.
5. Do you get table scraps?
All the time!
6. What is your favorite toy?
Cats, rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, etc.
7. When is your birthday?
October 15th, 2003
8. How many times a day do you eat?
Once if you don't count the table scraps I get throughout the day.
9. Do you have a favorite color?
Red. The color of blood.
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Large animal dreams dashed: 'Horsey girls' in veterinary medicine
Ever thought you wanted to be a large animal vet? For a while, I did, too. I was one of those "horsey" girls. You know the ones—played the Pony Club, leased horses in middle school with spare change (or managed to find a way to get their parents to pay for it). They'd do anything for those creatures.
Fast-forward ten years and vet school's in her sights. But all she hears after subjugating her life to the goal of veterinary medicine is that large animal girls don't get far—not without the big balls it takes to beat the odds on that particular path.
Nonetheless, she works her a$$ off, beating her XY colleagues at every turn. She aces the tests, puts in double-time hours and slides into home with her surgical board certification just in time for…a pile of rejection letters.
The scenario's not unheard of. In fact, it's quite common. Equine vets of the feminine persuasion find the going rough—even more so at its upper echelons.
How much does it suck to find that you've gotten board certified in large animal surgery just to find that you can't find a job? And what would it take to beat someone less qualified than you when it comes to finding the job of your dreams?
Too often, it comes down to a minuscule Y chromosome.
For me, it's always fun to come back to the topic of women in veterinary medicine. But this time it's all about the women entering large animal medicine and how that translates in the real world.
Though the powers-that-be at the uppermost levels of the profession may frequently and vociferously decry the dearth of women in large animal medicine (read: equine and agriculture), they're either unaware of the roadblocks or unwilling to do anything about them.
Part of the problem is that fewer vet students (of any sex) are choosing rural professions. And another portion is the result of fewer students electing to enter a field that specifically discriminates against them.
Women comprise the majority (about 75%) of vet students these days. A large percentage of them (if my experience is any guide) are "horsey girls" who'd happily enter equine or large animal medicine if the environment were conducive to their success.
But the reality proves that women don't often make it that far.
The mouthpieces of the profession's large animal sector would have us think that women don't have the guts to take it on. But my intelligence shows otherwise:
1-Women are often discouraged from entering the field of large animal medicine once in vet school. (It's subtle, but it's there.)
2-Women who (astutely) perceive it'll be a tough climb sometimes elect for board certification in a particular large animal discipline, assuming their credentials will grant them access.
3-Women are rebuffed, even after committing themselves to this kind of extended veterinary education, with a dearth of options way disproportionate to that offered their male counterparts.
4-Women are too often (unfairly) rejected from entering the profession's elite, thereby leaving a trail of failed dreams in their wake and ultimately discouraging present students from attempting to follow in their failed footsteps.
Let's be honest. The veterinary profession is speaking out of both sides of its mouth on this one. But that's somewhat understandable. Those of us who know vet medicine needs to produce a greater volume of large animal practitioners speak to it with earnest emphasis. Yet the veterinarians with green-light authority do not always act to further these lofty and removed pursuits—they'd rather things stayed the same. Like most of us, they fear change.
That's why the "horsey girls" can't get a leg up to save their lives. Those with serious gumption take on low paying jobs and work their way into independent positions free of powers-that-be influence; they pull themselves up from the bootstraps their satisfied clients dangle in front of them.
But that's no way to encourage a generation of talented women to take on work our nation's in dire need of—equine, bovine, porcine, poultry or otherwise. Ultimately, something's got to change in the inner workings of the large animal field to make women want to take on the boys. Offering a real opportunity? That's just a start.


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New Silver Beach in North Falmouth MA is a classic summertime destination on Cape Cod. Peaceful, scenic and with some mighty nice people!
Hike out to the end of the Knob and enjoy the view.
Big cod caught in Norway.
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JALALABAD: Government officials have confirmed that 18 people were killed and 70 others wounded on Saturday when Taliban suicide bombers attacked a bank in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
Earlier, a statement from the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that three people were killed and 14 others wounded during the attack.
Five gunmen, wearing military uniforms and suicide vests, forced their way into the building, while two other assailants blew themselves up at the entrance, shaking the city and shattering windowpanes in nearby buildings, Governor Gul Agha Sherzai told a news conference.
He added the attackers fired at bank staff and security officials, killing 18 people, including one police officer.Most of the victims, including teachers, security officials and civilians, had come to the bank to collect salaries or withdraw cash.
"Shahid, Zara Jan and Jamal-ud-Din, three martyr-seeking Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate who were armed with heavy and small arms and explosive vests got into the Kabul Bank's military section where the agents of NDS, a local spy agency of US-NATO invaders and the puppets of the [Afghan National Army (ANA)] were waiting to get their monthly pay and engaged in bloody firefight using heavy and small machine guns and hand grenades which left several dozens of puppets and spy agents of NDS killed or wounded," a Taliban spokesperson said earlier through a statement.
The Taliban spokesperson added: "At about 2.00 p.m., Mujahideen using a remote-controlled device detonated an Auto Rickshaw stuffed with some 50 kg of explosives outside the bank which killed or wounded more than 10 puppet soldiers who had been surrounding the bank besides damaging the building."
Those wounded included the province's police chief, Qari Amir Khan Lewal. Some of the 70 injured individuals brought to the Jalalabad Civil Hospital were in critical condition, Dr. Saifur Rahman Ibrahimkhel, the hospital director, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
The office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement that the president condemned the attack and added: "Once again, these [terrorists] showed they don't want the Afghan people to continue their peaceful lives."


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The Water Cure: The Japanese Bathing Ritual
Take inspiration from the Japanese ritual of the bath.
The Japanese bathing ritual has four steps. Seated on a low stool, the bather uses a bucket to rinse away dirt with hot water scooped from the prepared bath, then descends into the tub for a first soak. Reemerging, the bather sits on the stool and scrubs with soap and loofah, then rinses thoroughly. The final step is a relaxing, second soak in the tub. Traditional baths call for an outdoor setting or a room that opens to the outdoors.


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Many website owners seem fixated on including latest news on their homepage. However, is that really the right decision? Does anybody actually care about news?
Recently Chris Scott wrote an analytics report for a top UK university. In this report he presented his findings from thoroughly analysing the data on user behaviour. What Chris can extract from Google analytics is truly remarkable, but one section particularly caught my eye. This section was about the news stories found on the Universities homepage. Chris wrote:
Less than 1% of visitors view a news release.
We can see by looking at landing pages for visits that include a news release that, when a visitor lands on a news release page, it is typically a dead-end with most of those visitors leaving the site from that page.
This caught my eye because it validated a suspicion that has been growing in my mind for a long time. This is the belief that in most cases heavily featuring new stories on a website homepage is largely pointless.
Users come with questions not seeking news
Take a moment to think about this from the user's perspective. The majority of users come to your site to complete a task. If your website promotes a service or product the likelihood of that task being to read news is extremely low. Instead they come to the site in an attempt to decide whether to make a purchase or to get support if they have already done so. News does not factor into either of these scenarios.
You may argue that news does help the user make a purchasing decision, because news stories typically trumpet the quality of the product or service. Although I can understand this position and accept that in some situations this is correct, I believe there are three reasons why that is rarely so.
News is too indirect
First, users come to your site with a set of criteria to judge the appropriateness of your product or service. A good website should address these criteria directly, which is not something news does.
News may address people's buying criteria indirectly (such as emphasising the quality of your offering), but that requires the user to make the cognitive leap. It would be much better to address their criteria directly.
News fails to live up to its potential
Second, although new stories have the potential to provide useful supporting information, they rarely live up to that potential. Instead the news section of most websites seems to be where press releases go to die. Content is typically dry, un-engaging and focused on how great the organisation is rather than the needs of the user. It is not enough for example to write a press release saying how your organisation has won an award. Instead you need to clearly explain how that benefits the user.
News blindness
Finally, because news stories are often useless, I have a suspicion (although I cannot prove it) that users are becoming blind to them in much the same way as they are to banners. I'm beginning to believe that users simply ignore news stories as an irrelevance without even reading them.
Please do not misunderstand me. I'm not suggesting that news should be entirely removed from the majority of websites. I'm just saying that I do not think in its current state it deserves the prominence and homepage real estate it so often receives.
Instead, I believe most organisations need to rethink how they approach news by making it more focused on user questions.
Given a choice, in most situations I would opt for a blog over a traditional news section. That blog should be aimed at existing customers and have a focus on providing excellent customer support, while building a sense of customer loyalty.
Still not convinced? Then why not look at your own analytics and see just how much (or how little) traffic your news stories are receiving. I suspect that despite having prominent homepage positioning very few users click through to read any of your carefully crafted stories.
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One of my favorite things about Mozilla Firefox is the plethora of add-ins you can download to expand its functionality. Ad blockers, screen capturing widgets and weather monitors are all at your fingertips, but all of that added function can sometimes cause some problems.
So, if you think an add-on is causing Firefox to act all wacky, try this:
Click the Firefox button and choose Help>Restart with Add-ons Disabled…
Note: Make sure you're clicking the little arrow next to Help, and not the button itself.
When the dialog box appears asking you if you want to disable add-ons pops up, click OK.
Now, before Firefox restarts another window will appear that gives you a list of options to fiddle with. Be extremely careful, because some of the options can have permanent effects (like deleting your bookmarks, as I painfully found out!). If you know what you're doing, or have isolated the problem already, feel free to experiment, but for everyone else, click Continue in Safe Mode.
Firefox should then open up, uninhibited by any potential add-on problems, thus allowing you to carry on with your business until the add-on causing problems is fixed or removed.
How helpful!
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We asked Storia to help us generate a survey of our supporters. We really appreciated Storia's expertise in putting the survey together and their heart for what we are doing, which really came across – they went the extra mile to help us. Thank you. (Click here to watch Josie's video)
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Storia's help and expertise has made a valuable contribution to the work of the Olive Branch Trust. In addition to helping us win funding, Storia has contributed to improving our in-house approach to bid writing and sharpened the way we measure our impact – we will be continuing our fruitful relationship with Storia in the future.
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Capital Metro even had to operate an additional train after hours to carry more than 100 passengers still waiting on the platform. The trains on Saturday are starting at 10 a.m. – a few hours earlier than usual. SXSW Film: It's (Almost) A Wrap By KUT Staff • Mar 15, 2013 erbp Listen Listening... / 6:24 KUT Talks SXSW Film The South by Southwest Film Festival is drawing to a close this weekend. KUT's Jennifer Stayton and Terrence Henry sat down to talk about some trends at the festival this year, what moviegoers are buzzing about, and which films truly stood out. "One thing that really struck me this year is that everything visually just looks better," Henry said. Three Days of Free SXSW Music at Auditorium Shores Starts Tonight By Trey Shaar • Mar 14, 2013 Extreme Airshots/SXSW Free concerts at Auditorium Shores, a South by Southwest tradition, start this evening. They get going at 5 p.m. with Jovanotti, followed by Bajofondo, Molotov, and then Café Tacuba at 8 p.m., all presented by NPR Music. Photos: Dave Grohl Delivers SXSW Music's Keynote Address By David Brown • Mar 14, 2013 Filipa Rodrigues for KUT News\ At Austin's South by Southwest Music conference this morning, Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl gave the annual keynote address. Dismissing any state-of-the-industry somberness, Grohl offered his life story as a blueprint for kids who want to grow up playing music. From Doritos to Playtex to the Fader Fort, the SXSW Question Is: What Brand Are You? (Update) By Andrew Weber • Mar 14, 2013 Filipa Rodrigues for KUT News Update: With South by Southwest Music in full swing, throngs of music fans have descended upon Austin. And that gives marketers more crowds to pitch their products and experiences to. "The whole experience is more like social media," says GSD&M's Matthew Childs. "It's not to actually sell something. It's to get people talking about you, to position your brand with the Venturi effect of the community at South By. If you're inauthentic to the community, you're going to get called out pretty quickly." Companies attempting to ingratiate themselves to the SXSW community have been on display all week: everything from the edgy (like HBO's Game of Thrones pedicabs) to the decidedly less so (brands like Oreo and Cap'n Crunch advertising at SXSW Interactive). Photos: Rockers at the Paramount for Dave Grohl's 'Sound City' By Filipa Rodrigues • Mar 14, 2013 Filipa Rodrigues for KUT News Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was at the Paramount Theater yesterday for the South by Southwest screening of his new film "Sound City". The documentary features the famed LA studios of the same name, where Nirvana, Queens of the Age, Rage Against the Machine and hundred of other bands recorded albums. At South By Southwest, A 71-Year-Old Guitarist Makes A Belated Debut This week, about 2,000 bands from around the world are performing at various venues throughout Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest music festival. Many of the musicians are young and have had plenty of experience performing in public. And then there's guitarist Harry Taussig, who is nearly 72 years old. On Thursday, he'll be performing live for the first time ever. Over SXSW, 'Street Treats' Snack Carts Put Homeless to Work By Joy Diaz • Mar 14, 2013 Filipa Rodrigues, KUT News Can homeless people pedal their way into a home? An Austin nonprofit certainly hopes so. It also hopes to capitalize on the large crowds drawn to town for South by Southwest. So, during the festival, the nonprofit Mobile Loaves and Fishes equipped a group of homeless people with foot-powered snack-vending carts and uniforms. The new business is called Street Treats, and the vendors get to keep the profits. SXSW Interactive: 99% Invisible's Roman Mars on Podcasting By Cathy Byrd • Mar 13, 2013 flickr.com/curtiskennington Listen Listening... / 2:24 A conversation with 99% Invisible's Roman Mars Roman Mars, the host and producer of 99% Invisible, is a superhero in the field of contemporary podcasting. That's according to his co-panelists at a South by Southwest Interactive panel: Answer Me This host Helen Zaltzman, and Bullseye host and producer Jesse Thorn. SXSW Film: One Maiden's Fantastic Voyage By Terrence Henry • Mar 13, 2013 Maidentrip filmmakers A word of warning: if you're going to see "Maidentrip" at SXSW Film this week (and by all means, you should), you may want to secure a large line of credit beforehand, as afterwards you'll likely have the inclination to go out, buy a boat, and set off to circumnavigate the globe. First Welcome to SXSW Visitors? Austin's Compost Fire Stench By Austin Feldman • Mar 13, 2013 Filipa Rodrigues for KUT News Austin Water is still working with the fire department to extinguish an ongoing compost fire at the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Plant. The fire started at the waste management facility more than two weeks ago, on Monday, Feb. 25. While water utility officials have seen a reduction of smoke from the smoldering heaps – especially with help from a rainy weekend – the surrounding area still smells. Photos: SXSW Interactive Awards By Filipa Rodrigues & Wells Dunbar • Mar 13, 2013 Filipa Rodrigues for KUT News Listen Listening... / 3:00 Three SXSW Interactive finalists explain their projects South by Southwest Interactive powered down last night, although not before a blowout closing party at Stubb's Bar-B-Q and the SXSW Interactive Awards. The 16th Annual Interactive Awards held at the Hilton Austin Downtown honored winners across 15 different categories. Emcee Aisha Tyler kept the jokes coming at a rapid clip, imploring honorees (with mixed success) to keep their acceptance speeches Tweet length. And bluegrass performers The Austin Steamers kicked the festivities off with a Texas twang. The Lead: AMD Sale-Lease Deal, Pot Bill Pending, STAAR Test By KUT Staff • Mar 13, 2013 Jason Wiseman, Texas Tribune Good morning! Highs in the mid-70's today bring perfect weather for South By Southwest music fans. Lead Story: Advanced Micro Devices says it is selling its southwest Austin campus and leasing it back. AMD says it won't affect operations, but it will free up about $164 million in cash. At SXSW Interactive, Civic Apps Hack City Data For a Safer Austin By Wells Dunbar • Mar 12, 2013 flickr.com/satyrika As South by Southwest Interactive grows, so does the difficulty of trying to encapsulate the annual conference. And while onlookers can point to big themes in 2013 and much, much more, one burgeoning area with real world applications is civic apps and hacks. Simply put, civic apps take publicly available data – anything from crime statistics to restaurant inspection scores – and mashes them up with applications like maps, making them accessible to the smartphone set. The biggest example is Code for America, a national non-profit that works with cities to develop meaningful data applications. The RSVP Economy: SXSW, Marketing and Your Email By Andrew Weber • Mar 12, 2013 Jeff Heimsath for KUT News Listen Listening... / 1:44 Austin-based service helps you navigate unofficial SXSW parties – for a fee If you've ever attended South by Southwest, then you know: Invitations to private events come fast and furious, and it's hard to keep on top of them. That's where RSVPster comes in. 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Businesses on Guam must comply with both United States federal regulations and local regulations of Guam. It is very important that each business meet all applicable requirements of all laws applicable on Guam.
Guam welcomes you to its business community. You will find that operating a company here can be a rewarding and profitable experience. With proper planning, sound management and appropriate level of investment, your business has the potential to prosper and grow.
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The site has created a bracket of the 32 best small Southern towns in America, and will determine the winner - NCAA tournament style. Kentucky has two representatives. Bardstown, of course, is known for being the bourbon capital of the world. Berea, just a few miles south of Lexington, is known for it's smalltown Southern charm, Berea College, and the Boone Tavern Hotel.
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(UPDATE: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday night that Pouncey also has a broken bone in his left ankle in addition to the high ankle sprain, further casting his availability for Super Bowl XLV into doubt.)
A day after strongly hinting that rookie Pro Bowl C Maurkice Pouncey would miss Super Bowl XLV due to the left high ankle sprain he suffered in the AFC Championship Game, Steelers LG Chris Kemoeatu softened his stance Thursday.
"I think they're taking it day by day, as far as his injury," Kemoeatu said, holding out hope that the team's first-round pick will suit up vs. the Packers. "I don't think it has been confirmed that he's not playing yet. Right now he's just rehabbing."
Pouncey was hurt in the first quarter of Pittsburgh's 24-19 win vs. the Jets and didn't return to the game after being replaced by Doug Legursky. Whoever starts for the Steelers will have to contend with imposing Packers NT B.J. Raji.
Pouncey claimed Sunday that he would be ready for the Super Bowl.
Kemoeatu said differently Wednesday, telling the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "We are definitely sad that he won't be able to be with us in the Super Bowl.
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Pouncey has not participated in the Steelers' two practices thus far this week.
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I picked up an 88 gli a few weeks back and it takes a couple of cranks and sometimes a few pumps of the gas to get it to start. Sometimes itll crank right over but then dies right out.
This happens no matter if the car is hot or cold, has sat for awhile or hasnt. Once it starts it idles rough unless you hold the gas for a few seconds. Besides that it runs 100% fine and after it starts idling fine the idle is perfect. Its just rough right upon start up.
Ive upgraded the battery cables to mk4 cables. Ive checked the ground and cleaned them up somewhat. The ISV works fine and ive checked the idle screw on the TB and adjusted that.
Ive unplugged the CTS while its running to see if it effects the idle and it causes it to idle differently almost starts to die out.
Anyone have any suggestions? Fuel pump possibly? Stuck flapper? Im very unfamiliar with CIS and 16v but I have a general understanding of how it all works.
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I know there are threads on this, but I feel that a lot of situations can be unique. I have a 2004 w/ 1.8T AWM. It has 72,000 miles, and I just bought it 1 month/2000 miles ago. I've done motor mounts, VCG, cleaned MAF, cleaned Throttle Body and other items myself, so i feel that I am capable of doing some work myself to get rid of this code.
I have noticed lately that my gas mileage has been TERRIBLE. most of my recent short trips (City of Chicago, 5-10 miles each) have been netting me in the range of 10-12 mpg by the time I get back (My wife says that her longer trips including highway have been netting 27-28 mpg though). I don't have a CEL, but I thought that something wasn't right with this. So I took it to Autozone and had them scan using their ODB-II tool. It threw two codes:
P0102 - Mass or volume air flow sensor circuit low input
P0420 - Catalyst system efficieny below threshold bank 1
Now, the P0102 is probably my fault, because I had unplugged the MAF sensor to see if it ran better/worse (saw that in some threads) recently, but plugged it back in. In hindsight, probably should have waited until after getting the codes checked.
The P0420 worries me a bit though, especially in conjunction with the terrible gas mileage lately.
What is the first thing that I should check/change to see if I can fix this problem?
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New Hampshire SB 399 was heard today in the Executive
Department and Administration Committee.
The bill would add a new Chapter 21-V to the state procurement code to
permit state agencies to use the following methods for delivery of a public
infrastructure facility, including any structure, building, or other
improvements: design-build, operations and
maintenance, design-bid-build, construction management at-risk,
design-build-operate-maintain and design-build-finance-operate-maintain. The bill
provides that bid security would be required for design-bid-build procurements
that exceed $100,000 at 5% of the bid amount. The bill provides that for design-build,
design-build-operate-maintain, or design-build-finance-operate-maintain contracts in
excess of $25,000, performance bonds and payment bonds would be required in an
amount equal to 100% of the contract price, not including
the cost of operation, maintenance, and finance. The bill, however, would permit performance and payment bonds
to be reduced to 50% of the required amount according to rules promulgated
under the state administrative procedure act.
The state Little Miller Act currently requires a 100% payment bond.
AIA state counsel testified for the sureties and recommended
that the authority to reduce the amount of the payment and performance bonds to
50% of the price of the construction contract be stricken from the bill. Reducing the amount of the payment bond means
that subcontractors and suppliers can be left with no means to collect for
their services and supplies if the contractor is unable or unwilling to pay
them. Every time the surety pays a
claim, the penal sum of the bond is reduced by that amount, leaving less and
less protection. If the amount of a
performance bond is less than 100% of the contract price, the taxpayers take on
the risk that the contractor will default. There will be more contracts on which state
agencies will bear the burden of re-letting work and paying any excess
completion costs. This also lessens the protection for the public owner
without saving any costs as the surety's analysis and underwriting of the
contractor is based on contract and not on the amount of the bond.
No action was taken
on the bill today at the committee hearing.
We were able to confirm that the committee chair intends to establish a
study commission to further study provisions in this bill and that the
committee generally understood the problems with reducing the bond amount.
At the hearing, various governmental entities spoke to whether they would
want authority to engage in the new methods of delivering a public works
project that would be authorized under SB 399, and several indicated that the
bill would be a lot of work and would require additional staff to
implement. The Department of Administrative Services said that many of
the provisions in the bill should be deferred for further study. The
local AGC chapter representative also testified that the bill needed further
study. The deadline for the Senate to pass legislation is March 27 so
that the committee will need to finalize its recommendations before then.
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Hennessey Jeep!
Ho Ho Ho-ly shit - 805 hp and a 0-60 time of 3.1 seconds
This jeep is a beast!
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I would run far away from a company with that reputation!
You can have better performance for 60K, a quarter of the cost and from a company with an awesome rep.
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I do not see $150,000 worth of value. May be they are throwing in a standard SRT8 as well as the modified one. $235,000+ is a lot of coin for a Jeep
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Not worth it at all.
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Spaghetti Squash with Pine Nuts
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2 TBS fresh parsley, chopped
2 tsp. butter, melted
Salt & black pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 350-degrees F. Place squash cut side down in a large baking dish. Bake the squash for about fifty minutes. Using a fork, scrape the flesh from the squash and place in a bowl. Add the pine nuts, cheese, parsley, butter, salt and black pepper; toss to combine. Serve at once.
*Cooking with Pine Nuts image (C) Shenanchie.
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