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Starting February 28, small businesses contending with maturing commercial mortgages will be able to apply for temporary, 504 loans from SBA. It's part of a new refinancing loan program sparked by the ongoing struggles of the real estate sector and their collateral effects amid the tepid, if not delayed, economic rebound.
"The economic downturn of recent years and the declining value of real estate have had a significant, negative impact on many small businesses with mortgages maturing within the next few years," said SBA Administrator Karen Mills. "As a result, even small businesses that are performing well and making their payments on time could face foreclosure because of the difficulties they face in refinancing and restructuring their mortgage debt."
Businesses eligible to apply include those with the greatest perceived need: those facing a balloon payment before the end of 2012, said SBA. Borrowers must commit at least 10% equity and work with approved third-party lenders. They will be able to refinance up to 90% of the current appraised property value or 100% of the outstanding mortgage, whichever is lower. Refinancing costs also can be covered, though no other business expenses are eligible. It is estimated by SBA that upwards of 20,000 U.S. small businesses could benefit from the program, which tweaks/relaxes some of the terms of previous 504 program loans.
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Mike Ritz is currently a junior journalism major at Iona College. He is from Yorktown, New York and is a sports writer for the school newspaper, The Ionian. Mike has been the manager for the Iona women's basketball team since his freshman year. A lover of sports, he played four years of basketball in high school as well as four years of golf. Mike comes from an Iona family, both of his parents, Ron and Michelle, graduated from Iona as well as his sister, Jen, played basketball for the Gaels for four years and graduated in 2008. Mike loves to be a part of the Iona family and aspires to be a successful sports writer when he graduates.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY - The bi-annual World Fire and Police Games were held in all areas of New York City this Aug. 26 through Sep. 5. The event brought in over 15,000 athletes and had over 65 sporting events. The Jacob Javits Convention Center, the event's main venue, held over 15 sports, including badminton, basketball, boxing, darts, soccer, volleyball, and rowing.
Iona College men's and women's rowing head coach Thomas Scifres was able to lend equipment to the event so the athletes were able to participate in the Indoor Rowing Competition.
"I am happy to be able to help our police and firemen who risk their lives for the benefit of the community." Scifres said. "Helping the games to run an indoor rowing competition is the least Iona rowing can do."
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"Tom was able to give us access to some ergs from Iona so the athletes could warm up," Blancato explains. "We only had eight machines to use for the event so the warm-up ergs were a huge help."
It was Blancato's first time participating at the games, as he served as a volunteer to help with the rowing event. To Blancato, it was great experience overall as he loves the value of the event.
"The importance of the event is sharing the field of competition with your brother police and firemen from around the world," Blancato stated. "The competition is fierce but makes the friendships made after that more sweet."
The event hit a speed bump though, when Hurricane Irene rolled through New York. Many events were cancelled, including the triathlon. The indoor rowing competition became open to any athlete that wanted to participate. Even with added participants, with the help of Iona College Rowing, the event went smoothly.
Despite Hurricane Irene putting an abrupt halt on some of the events, it did not take away the value and importance of the games. Blancato, who is looking to participate in the 2013 World Fire and Police Games in Belfast, Ireland, says, "I had a great time, made some friends and the athletes left smiling. You can't ask for more. My thanks to Iona for their help."
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Martinique is truly a little bit of France in the Caribbean. It exudes a distinctly French feeling...in the excellence of its cuisine, the beauty of its language. Yet Martinique has a chachet all of its own, an endearing West Indian warmth in its personality, a special spice in its music and dance, its local dishes and its way of life. It is an island with style.
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emerald physics
CS2 loudspeakers, part 1
as reviewed by John Potis
I don't normally appreciate sales pitches. Particularly if I'm going to be reviewing the product in question my policy is usually just send me the product and let me hear it. If I feel we need to talk before I write, I'll be in contact. But one day I received a rather cryptic Email from Underwood HiFi's Walter Liederman asking me to give him a call at my convenience. What was to follow was a one-sided sales pitch to top all sales pitches. It lasted almost an hour and were it not for two things, I probably would have been rather put off by the whole thing. The first is that Liederman's not exactly new to the game of audio—he's been involved in audio for some three decades and was, at one time, senior partner in HiFi Buy's, an Atlanta based chain of stores. Since then he's dabbled in several other concerns and for the last several years he's been operating Underwood HiFi, an Internet based sales and distribution company. Liederman should know something about both audio and the business behind it, too. The second reason is that what he was telling me certainly did sound interesting and if not revolutionary, certainly forward thinking.
He was telling me about the $3,500 Emerald Physics CS2 loudspeakers and to paint the entire picture he did require most of that hour because there was a lot of story to tell.
First, the man behind Emerald Physics is one Clayton Shaw, probably best known for the boutique line of speakers from Evett & Shaw. Shaw's no newbie to the scene either and has been studying the design of loudspeakers since 1978 with a special interest in loudspeaker behavior and the search for what may be unconventional solutions to conventional obstacles. In 2007 Shaw introduced the CS2 and it's anything but conventional.
The CS2 loudspeaker starts with a dipolar design with two 15-inch woofers mounted on an open baffle. To them is added a 1-inch compression driver mounted in a 12-inch horn/wave guide. Throw in two pairs of binding posts without a crossover and the speaker is done. There's no crossover to be found on the speaker anywhere because the CS2 uses a computer to sew all the parts together.
The Behringer Ultra Drive Pro DCX2496 is the brain of the outfit and more. It's the electronic crossover and a DSP powerhouse that makes the speaker work. Its functions include digital signal processing of the loudspeakers behavior including control of the amplitude response, active crossover duties, and time alignment. When Emerald Physics speaks of time alignment what they're really talking about is phase and time coherency, which are accomplished in the digital rather than the physical domain. The drivers are not staggered and the speaker is not canted rearward; time alignment is accomplished in the digital domain through buffering. The crossover is something that cannot be duplicated via the usual methods. The CS2's crossover from the dual woofers operating in tandem to the Selenium compression driver is at 1kHz with both high pass and a low pass slopes of 48 decibels per octave. That's not new but what we have here is a crossover performed in the digital domain, which allows for total phase coherency despite the extremely steep slope. It's the phase coherency that can't be achieved through the conventional use of resisters and compactors, but it can when done digitally.
The Behringer arrives pre-programmed with equalization settings said to produce an f3 of 20 Hz. Between 100Hz and 20kHz the speaker is said to be equalized flat to within +/- .5 db. That's one-half of a decibel. Again, all equalization is performed in the digital domain and the CS2 suffers absolutely no ill effects known to plague other methods of equalization. Of course, it's one thing to be flat in an anechoic chamber; it's another to achieve such linearity in the room. Emerald Physics has addressed that, too.
First, from 20Hz up to the point where the woofers hand off to the compression driver at one-kilohertz, the speaker is dipolar. That means that from 1kHz down to about 100 Hz a null is created to the side of the speaker. A null is that point where the output from the front of the speaker cancels out the out-of-phase output from the rear of the speaker (these are box-less, remember?) and the speaker effectively has no output to its sides. No output to the sides of the speaker means no first reflections from sidewalls to muck up either the on-axis frequency response or the summed power response, which includes the contribution of reflected signals into the room. Of course, bass frequencies are long and much more difficult to deal with. Well, ordinarily, anyway. Emerald Physics has taken care of that, too. They've measured the effects of room boundaries on the bass output and they've come up with equalization settings to compensate for them. The CS2 requires a minimum of 3 feet to the wall behind them. The Behringer is preprogrammed with the corresponding EQ settings for incremental distances beyond that, too, should you like your speakers further out into the room. The only adjustment one needs to make at the Behringer is to dial in the distance from the front wall (the wall behind them) and it takes care of everything for you. Simple. And if the thought of three feet out from the wall bothers you, remember, these are basically flat panel speakers—there's no box. I doubt there are many audiophiles that don't situate their speakers such that the speaker faces are much less than 3 feet away from the wall. In my room, the CS2s go pretty much where the fronts of most speakers are located.
From a 1kHz on up, the speakers are not dipolar—no rear reflection to worry about, but no sidewall cancellation either. So the compression driver is mounted into a 12-inch wave-guide or short horn. So completely does the horn control dispersion that sidewall reflections are minimized. But what's even more amazing is Emerald Physic's claim that at the speaker's crossover point, the radiation pattern of the woofers matches the radiation pattern of the compression driver leading to a much more coherent and consistent radiation pattern through the crossover region than that achieved with most speakers. It is through this complete control of dispersion and digital equalization that Emerald Physics can almost guarantee a perfect fit in any listening room. Both the dipolar radiation of the woofers and the controlled directivity of the compression driver work to take the variations between rooms out of the equation and ensure the flattest frequency response possible.
OK, I hear you. You're saying that you've heard systems equalized to flat and they're bright, harsh, and fatiguing. I've heard them, too, and you're exactly right. But here's the difference: when you EQ a conventional system, you're not just correcting the frequency response of the speaker's on-axis output, you're also changing the total contribution of energy introduced into the room as well as the energy reflected off the walls, ceiling, and floor. In other words, you're boosting the treble energy within the system's power response, which includes the sum total of the speaker's output, as well as all that increasing energy now bouncing off the walls, ceiling, and floor. The controlled directivity of the CS2 means that you can control the on-axis frequency response of the system without throwing the room's power response out of kilter because room reflections are minimized. The speaker's output is flattened, but the room doesn't become unnaturally bright and harsh.
Liederman wasn't shy about telling me that the Eminence woofers used in the CS2 are all off-the-shelf professional components. This means several things. First, the components are reliable. Second, should something go wrong they're easily replaced. Third, they're cost effective. He says that they could spend a lot more money on woofers that may outperform these. But they'll cost a lot more money and they'll radically increase the final price of the CS2. A better option, and the path taken by Emerald Physics, is to use the digital equalization to correct for the measured anomalies of these workhorse drivers.
Aesthetically, if you find the CS2 a little utilitarian in appearance, you won't get much of an argument from me. But there are some options here. First, you can order them with the horn exposed for the entire world to see or you can have it covered by the grill cloth. Just let them know; there's no change in price. Grill cloths available include the standard black and three $200 options that include beige, blue and red. There's also one other thing that makes the CS2 more domestically acceptable than you may think-- at first.
Getting back to that controlled directivity thing, Emerald Physics suggests starting with the speakers toed in such that they fire right at the listener. In my room I actually ended up with the compression drivers such that their axis crosses right in front of me. That's some heavy-duty toe-in. A lot of speakers would look silly that way—with all that side of the speaker's enclosure showing. But not these. Since these look like panel speakers, they look quite natural with such toe-in. And when situated thusly, the speakers actually appear to be less wide than they are. And as they are panels, they take up a lot less room than boxes would and they don't dominate the room and draw the eye nearly as much.
For sure, the one downside to the whole CS2 concept is that it requires four channels of amplification. Liederman has worked to make this as painless as possible, too. He's working with California's Cullen Circuits, the manufacturer of the Wyred 4 Sound brand of electronics to come to the rescue. If Wyred 4 Sound or Cullen Circuits is new to you then you need to know that they've been around for years and have been producing OEM products for PS Audio, among other notables. Recently PS Audio has gone offshore for their production and Liederman found Cullen more than happy to work with him. What they came up with was a very interesting solution.
Wyred 4 Sound makes amplifiers utilizing Bang & Olufsen's Ice-based analog-switching power modules—the same modules said to be used by Bel Canto, Jeff Rowland, and many others. They also went to Bascom King to design the amplifier's input circuit with an input impedance of 61k ohms making the amps compatible with tube preamps.
As Liederman sells Internet direct, he's able to sell the Wyred 4 Sound amplifiers at a substantial savings over the competition. How big a savings? Well, the amplifier I was sent includes two channels that produce 500 watts into 8 ohms—said to be the same modules used in my own Bel Canto eOne Reference 1000 mono amplifiers—as well as two channels that produce 125 watts each. That's four channels of amplification with a combined output of 1250 watts, for $2995. That's a thousand dollars less than the price of my two monos from Bel Canto— which still represents only two of the four channels required for the CS2.
By utilizing any of the several Ice modules available, Liederman will have your power amplifiers configured in a variety of ways. He's currently got a number of even less costly options including a version with a pair of 250-watt modules for the bass working in conjunction with the same 125-watt modules for $2495—a savings of another $500. An even less expensive version is in the planning stages. My review sample came with room for three more modules of amplification. As Emerald Physics is working on a center channel speaker, getting the amplifier outfitted with two more channels of amplification may be a wise move, should such a thing prove of interest.
If you're wondering why the two different levels of power, that's another good question. Ordinarily, one would always use more power for the bass than the midrange/treble. The CS2 makes that mandatory. The compression driver has an efficiency of 100 dB as do the woofers. However, the woofers are equalized with a boost at the bottom in order to achieve the 20Hz extension, which makes them more like 90 dB sensitive. That means that even more power will be a great idea.
Build quality on the Wyred 4 Sound amps is good. The binding posts are as solid as are input terminals— they feature both XLR and RCA. The power switch operates with silky-smoothness and is encircled with a thin blue LED, which is a nice touch. The amplifier looks quite nice sitting there but when you lift it, it's surprisingly light. First, the power models are light and they don't require huge and heavy transformers. Second, while the sheet metal is certainly adequate for the job, it presents the appearance of being heavier than it really is. That's not a slight, though. It looks nice and heavy jewel-like casework is expensive. Better to save the money, I would think. If you disagree there are lots of other more expensive amplifiers out there from which you can choose.
There are a couple other features of the Wyred 4 Sound amps, which are not often found. First, they feature—in each and every channel—a ground lift switch in case you encounter a 60Hz ground loop hum. Also, the less powerful channels can be ordered with a high-pass filter for use with smaller speakers—if you're not using speakers with bass, why should the amplifier work to produce it? 80Hz filters are standard but custom values can be installed upon ordering for an additional $100.
By now you may be wondering why Liederman, a retailer, is so involved with Emerald Physic's marketing and why he's been so instrumental in their packaging with the Wyred 4 Sound amplifiers. Good question. The answer is that Walter Liederman and Underwood HiFi is now the sole US dealer for Emerald Physics. And that probably raises yet another question: why in the world only one retailer and an Internet retailer to boot? Well, there's a simple answer to that, too. Well, sort of.
Reviewers love giant-killers. Buyers love giant-killers. Everybody loves giant-killers, right?
No, not actually. Dealers hate giant-killers. They despise giant-killers! They love to hide them in the corner where customers won't notice them unless they come in actually looking for them. Why? Because they steal sales from much more expensive gear—the giants. If you're a dealer and you make 50 points on a sale, would you rather sell a pair of speakers for $10k or $3500? If you want to stay in business you'll want to sell the more expensive speakers every time. So for this reason, Emerald Physics has had a really hard time setting up normal brick and mortar distribution. Dealers either won't let them in the door—no matter how good they sound, or they won't demo them if they know the buyer has the means and a larger budget. So Emerald Physics needed to go to a different business model. Enter Liederman and Underwood HiFi. Liederman isn't concerned about selling up to more expensive products. He has the Internet presence to reach a great many more audiophiles than the average brick and mortar shop. He knows the speakers, he knows what they can do and all he needs for success is to get as many audiophiles to try them in their homes as possible. He thinks the speakers will close the deal every time. From what I'm told, they have. He's sold 60 pairs without a single return. Some of his customers are audiophiles who already own much more expensive gear and for whom the asking price is… well… pocket change. They've bought them on a lark just to see if they live up to the hype and a number of them find themselves preferring them to what they've already got. With that comes word-of-mouth sales and there may be some plans in the future whereupon owners can be persuaded to allow interested buyers a demonstration. They won't be involved in the transaction but may be able to earn some sort of commission.
Well… how do they sound? In a word; phenomenal. Right out of the box the speakers are amazing. I don't know of another speaker in this price range that can compete in several aspects of their performance. Does that mean that they're for everybody? Well, no speaker is for everybody. But the full review is going to have to wait as the speakers are said to take up to 400 hours of use before fully broken in. At that point I'll report back. But in the meantime if you're in the market for a pair of speakers and if what I've said so far appeals to you, you'll want to investigate them on our own. They are definitely worth your consideration; that much I can say without a doubt. John Potis
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Emerald Physics
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Scientists Create Crude Oil From Algae In Minutes
A resolution to some energy problems could be as close as the nearest scummy pond.
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington have figured out how to compress into under an hour a process that normally takes millions of years – the decomposition of organic matter into valuable fuels. With climate change intensifying algal blooms in many parts of the world, perhaps it's good news that the material that proved perfect for this process was none other than concentrated pond scum.
In the PNNL process, a slurry of wet algae is pumped into the front part of a chemical reactor. The cooker uses temperatures of 660 degrees Fahrenheit and pressures of over 3,000 pounds per square inch to keep the mixture in a liquid phase while it extracts plant oil from the water. Less than an hour later, you have crude oil. The byproducts of the process include nitrogen-rich water and material that contains phosphorus, which can be used to regrow more algae. Additionally, the process can recover methane, or natural gas, from the leftover plant material. Though the cooker continuously processes only about 1.5L per hour right now, the researchers are confident that the technique can easily be scaled up. A biofuels company called Genicorp has licensed the technology and is working on building a pilot plant.
A previous incarnation of this technology, which is called hydrothermal liquefaction, was pioneered in the 1970's, a time of heightened worries about fuel shortages. It involved drying the algae and adding chemicals to extract lipids, a process that was difficult, energy-intensive and expensive. However, this new technique isn't perfect either; the fuels created are somewhat different chemically from different petroleum, and we still haven't figured out how to grow sufficiently huge batches of algae for the energy production we need. And there's no evidence that this algae's petroleum burns any cleaner.
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DaiCon is finally over!
After a year of preparation, with much hard work, blood, sweat and tears, DaiCon's finally over. I've just about only finished with the hall clean-up and woke up after getting a real night's sleep after 5 days.
I've gotta admit, right up til and during the event, I still had my qualms about pulling such a big event off and when the concert started I still had a feeling this is all in a dream. Now that it's all over, and after I've had a good night's rest, only it is sinking in that we did pull it off.
I'm happy that the Minorin concert went without a hitch and pretty much nearly everyone who went had good things to say about it. Of course I do realise the event wasn't perfect and there are a great many grumblings about it (I'm not the mineral water guy in case any more retards think I am) but what's happened has happened.
It was also great that I managed to finally meet up with tj_han and DarkMirage, both of them bloggers that I still do read and respect. Owen_S and Faye also made their way here, as well as finally getting to meet j1mone and danie. Only thing I regret was that I couldn't actually spend a lot of time with them thanks to me having the handle the event.
Of course there's still a ton of work to finish off, post mortems, reports and such, but I'm glad to have been part of DaiCon. I can't really say anything about the future plans for the event now, but I sure wouldn't mind signing up for it for a second time.


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As someone who has 2 kids; including a 4-1/2 year old son… I can relate… And not sure I can type more.
Dombrowski for Governor! Heck, President!
My 5 year old son is a huge Tiger fan. We'd been watching the game Saturday night and he'd wandered into the other room to help his sister with something after Oakland's half of the 9th. When Craig Monroe and Placido Polanco both singled bringing up Magglio Ordonez (that's his Tiger) I called to him. He came into the room and I said to him, "I think you might want to be watching right now."
I reset the situation and he said, "this is kind of scary." By scary I think he meant nerve-wracking, but he's 5 and I figured it was close enough and simply agreed.
He picked up his rally towel he'd gotten the previous night and started waving it. Moments later Ordonez connected and sent the ball high into the chilly night. I of course jumped up off the couch and had my hands raised in the air as the ball nestled into the crowd. I looked over at my son and he was expressionless. I yelled, "Can you believe Magglio did it?" He put his head down, incapable of speaking as tears started streaming down his cheeks.
To say that I was able to maintain my compsure would be a lie. I misted up just as much as he did. (heck, the screen is getting a little blurry as I write this) My 3 year old daughter came running in to join the celebration. We all were hugging in the middle of the room as we watched Monroe, Polanco, and Ordonez circle the bases and launch into celebration.
I was happy for the Tigers. I was happy for my son. Mostly I was thrilled that he understood just how big the moment was, even if he couldn't fully process it or voice it.
As someone who has 2 kids; including a 4-1/2 year old son… I can relate… And not sure I can type more.
Dombrowski for Governor! Heck, President!
Very nice story. You now have a wonderful memory to carry with your for a lifetime.
Hopefully, your son will also hold this memory forever (5 year-olds memories are fickle things.) My hunch is he will.
Great story. We put our 2 1/2 year old son to bed at 7:00. His favorite player if Magglio (or "Maggilo", as he says it). I told him I'd go up to his room and tell him if Magglio hit another home run–not for a moment thinking it would really happen!
Let's hope he isn't 27 when Detroit wins the AL Pennant next time.
That was a wonderful story Billfer. Your son is going to be a great fan. My first Tiger World Series was in 1968 when I was the same age as your son. I still remember it.
Great story, Billfer – and as others have also shared, my 5-year-old daughter is a Tigers nut, too (I've written about her before).
Today, my wife and I were lucky enough to be at the game (and in all the immortal videos of Maggs hitting the walkoff!), and when we walked hom to our townhouse on Woodward, we found my daughter yelling out the window and waving her Tiger Towel – eyes soaked from crying.
Meanwhile, I think we found the good luck charm for these playoffs: me wearing my RAGGED every-day Tiger hat while rubbing my wife's pregnant belly.
(Never **** with a winning streak)
Life, as they say, is good.
I'm simply entirely full of happiness tonight.
An awesome story Bill! One you'll both never forget. Knowing you as well as I do, I couldn't be happier for you – arguably the world's biggest Tiger fan! – in getting to share such a special moment with your son.
Today was an incredible birthday to say the least!
Haha, my childhood is full of memories of losing seasons and watching other teams play in October. I grew up without knowing what winning feels like. Now for the first time, I'm seeing what baseball in October feels like — It is impossible to put into words.
Hey Billfer, great story. I'm sure your son will remember this day. I remember watching a game on TV with my dad when I was 5, and seeing Al Kaline hit a home run. I still remember distinctly my day jumping up and yelling and the roaring Tiger head they flashed on the TV screen. I don't think I cried, though. 🙂
Of course that should be my DAD jumping up and yelling.
I was there.
Great fans around us. Funny. Everyone around us just starting hugging each other. There were tears. It was incredible.
Thats a great story. I don't have any kids, but I have recorded the Yankees Game 4, and the Oakland Game 4. and my kids will definitely be seeing them one day.
Immediately after the game on Friday I called just about everyone I knew that really cared about baseball and yelled "Woohoo, go Tigers!" then hung up and called the next person.
I tried it on Saturday but the phone company was having problems, so I just had to yell it out my window.
What a great story! I was watching with my 1 1/2 year old son. He doesn't understand the game obviously, but he likes to point at the screen and say "Bay-ball." His new favorite phrase is "Go Tigers!" (which I prompt him to say countless times a day). He also enjoys wearing my tattered Tigers hat.
My bottom of the ninth story is pretty good. My wife (not much of a sports person), was sensing extra innings and not real excited about the prospect. Just as the pitcher went into his windup, she said with a hint of exasperation, "Does this guy ever hit home runs?" I didn't even have a chance to answer her. I was too busy hollering and carrying my son all over the house.
Great to hear everyone's story, here!
I read/heard somewhere a theory as to why babies look more like their fathers when they're newborn – so men would form a stronger bond with their offspring, and be less likely to eat them. Evolutionarily speaking, of course.
This is where sports steps in for most men. We teach our children to love sports the way we do, and we get moments like this. It's all good.
Great post, and go Tigers!
I was sitting on the floor in front of the TV (they play better when I'm sitting in that spot. I haven't moved for 7 games.) Any case – my wife walks in and I tell her I'm thinking the A's are goin to win.
In my mind I saw Houston Street knocking out the start of the Det batting order and going to the 10th. Detroit would have to keep it tied knowing that the "power" in their line up was 1.5 to 2 innings away from making it back up to the plate. I tried not to get too excited when Polanco and Monroe singled, fearing the worst.
After explaining this to my wife, she changed subject and asked why Todd Jones was wearing his Cap inside out. I explained it was a rally cap. She asked me why I didn't do it with my hat. I said what the heck. She then did like wise with her Philladelphia Eagles ballcap. The next pitch went out of the park.
I wents nuts.
My two month old boy was sleeping in my arms as I sat on the couch. I woke him up to "watch" as Ordonez rounded the bases so he could, as I explained to my wife, honestly say he saw it when he gets older.
My wife is still mad at me.
adr – I love that – I could definitely see the same scenario playing out in my house.
marshall – I'm also a believer in sitting in that special "spot". Mine is on the right side of the couch. I lean forward in a "ready position-like" pose in critical situations. I, too, donned the rally cap after seeing Jones in the bullpen. What would baseball be without the superstitions?


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Jackson County, MS deputy Fred Gaston, on his way to D. C. for Air Force reserve stint (Lt. Colonel), was shot to death in a Gastonia, NC hotel parking lot last Saturday night. He apparently walked out to his car to retreive a few things when he was accosted and shot by a 17 year old (with a previous felony conviction) and a 16 year old.
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"Liberalism is a Mental Disorder." -Michael Savage
GOOD Gun Control is being able to hit your target! -Myself
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RIP, and may justice prevail on the dirtbags.
Gun control can be blamed in part for allowing 9/11 to happen.
"Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum" (Latin)- "If you want peace, prepare for war".
Never think you can be too careful...sad story! Hope the dirtbags never see the light of day.
Stay armed...we can all be had...stay safe!
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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I pray the 2 POS dirtbags will rot in hell, after spending some time being Tyrone's personal pleasure toy in Prison!
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Neither of which is Marine Corps policy.
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Our juvenile justice system serves neither the juveniles nor justice.
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Rest in peace, Deputy Gaston.
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A number of branches have fallen down over the Winter and a few trees too, one sizeable, and we are clearing the scattered gravel from last season's snow plowing. Spring clean up has already begun even before our township has its special days. The farmers nearby are ready to plant as soon as the ground is dry enough, and depending on the field, some is happening now. All their equipment was well-maintained and ready to go as they waited through the nearly five weeks of rain almost every day. We were all ready for the rain and cold to pass, and it has. Spring has sprung!
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It turned out that all of my doctors and all of the medical journals I had studied prior to my bypass were wrong about PCOS being helped by weight loss; I lost 100 lbs, have maintained that weight loss and now am at a normal BMI, but my PCOS symptoms only continued to get worse and I was crippled by severe pelvic pain and hemorrhaging on a regular basis. I have visited over 60 GYN specialists in 3 different cities for the issue and finally, I had a total hysterectomy in March 2011. For the record, I am in my mid-twenties, am still single, and have never had any children prior to this surgery. I was so desperate to be able to live without crippling pain that I chose to sacrifice all possibility of having a family in the future for the hope that a hysterectomy would help my symptoms. I know my case is an extreme example, but be aware that the bypass is NOT a cure-all.
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Don't have the RnY just for the sake of vanity; you'll probably be sorely disappointed if you do. I had this procedure done when I was young and still have plenty of excess skin hanging around; I may look good in clothing, but my nude body is something that I go to great lengths to hide.
My advice for those of you considering this surgery is to realize that no, it is not easy and it isn't guaranteed to make your life easier or better. You need a good doctor, a good support network, and guts of steel to do this. Good luck to all of you in your journey and please feel free to message me if you have any questions.
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Citation: Soder, K.J., Sanderson, M.A., Muller, L. 2004. Can forage mixtures improve productivity of grazing dairy cows?. Pennsylvania Grazing and Forage Conference Proceedings. p. 1-5. Interpretive Summary: An interpretive summary is not required for proceedings, which are abstract only.
Technical Abstract: Maximizing feed intake of lactating dairy cows is crucial to maintaining high levels of milk production, especially when grazing. Intake can be strongly affected by the amount and type of forage offered to the animals. Pastures containing multiple plant species have been shown to have greater plant productivity than pasture planted with a single plant species. However, it has not been determined whether this increase in plant productivity translates into increased animal productivity. Therefore, a study was designed to evaluate the effects of varying levels of plant species diversity on intake, grazing behavior, and productivity of lactating dairy cows. Sixteen lactating dairy cows were grazed in four groups on one of four pasture treatments. Pasture treatments were: a two-species forage mix, a three-species mix, a six-species mix, and a nine-species mix. Cows received supplementation and were grazed for 21 days on each pasture treatment. All cows were grazed on all pasture treatments by the end of the trial. The results indicate that the level of plant species diversity on pastures did not affect intake or productivity of grazing dairy cows. However, forage production and carrying capacity of the pastures were greater on the more complex mixtures.


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In article <5dbf22$nj6 at smc.vnet.net>, levasseu at fxbbs.com (Levasseur) wrote:
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> Ken Levasseur (return address: LevasseuK at Woods.UML.Edu)
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The mutual is looking at an offer as speculation mounts over which firms will bid following the collapse of the deal with Spanish-owned Santander UK, according to The Sunday Times.
RBS had planned to sell the assets, which feature 316 branches and 40 banking centres for small and medium-sized businesses, to Santander in a deal approved by the European Commission as a condition of receiving state aid.
Santander agreed in August 2010 to buy the assets, but it pulled out earlier this month as it became apparent a revised target for the purchase to be completed by the end of the year would not be achieved, with the group also blaming the complexity of RBS's technology platform.
Virgin Money has also been linked to a bid for RBS branches that were due to be sold to Santander.
The Sir Richard Branson-backed bank, which took control of nationalised Northern Rock in January, was said to have been "very keen" on the business when it was up for sale in 2010 and has reportedly expressed an interest in re-bidding.
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So my dad gave me an old Iver Johnson Defender .22 manufactured I think between 1889-1895. My great aunt used to carry it back in the 50's. The finish is very bad condition as you can see from the pictures. Most of the rust seems to be surface rust with very little pitting. oh buy the way this pistol has been sitting in a drawer in Florida for about 50 years. I have the original hard rubber grips just not shown here. The hammer will cock, but when you do the cylinder does not advance. The cylinder is not ceased. I can rotate it very easily with my fingers. The trigger works correctly, but the pin you pull to release the slide is ceased. I think a little WD will fix that! I just wondered if you guys thought it would better to restore it or leave it original? I thought it might be fun to restore it! its a cool little gun. any ideas how hard it would be? has anyone on here ever attempted this? what problems do you foresee?
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ATLANTA -- Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue recommended the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) stop the Converged Communications Outsourcing Project (CCOP). The project was intended to outsource local, long distance and wireless phone services, high-speed Internet access, and video and two-way radio systems for state government and public school systems.
In late January, left with only one bidder for the project, Perdue announced the formation of the CCOP Task Force to analyze the feasibility of the contract, which was valued at approximately $1.8 billion over ten years. The task force was charged with gathering information about the project, analyzing alternatives and making recommendations. According to the governor's office the task force will deliver its written report by early April.
A statement from the governor's office said the "CCOP Task Force should not have its hands tied while reviewing Georgia's telecommunications needs. The Task Force will review all components of this project and they would not be able to do so if the bid were to continue as planned."


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Hi there,
The house is new to me - but about 28 years old. The structure of the house is great (had a home inspection and an eco-audit) - but there are some items that need attention.
The one most perplexing at the moment are 2 steps that lead from the dining to the living room. They previous owner installed engineered hardwood in both the dining and living rooms. They took the carpet off the open stairs - but did not finish them. So I have unfinished, pine steps - see photo - with no idea how to finish them. The flooring in the dining and living room has been discontinued.
I thought about taking oak ply and staining it to place over the stair - but have no idea how to finish the nosing so I don't have a seam. The step nose is 1 and 1/2 inches high. And I would like to try to keep the steps open.
Why not just stain and poly the treads you have? You can put a 1/4" ply cover over the riser.
I thought of that - but was concerned that the pine is too soft a wood for the day to day wear and tear. There are some nicks in the wood already and I have a dog - which can be really hard on soft wood.
No way those would pass code around here.
A small child could crawl under or between the treads and get hurt real bad...
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P-Nats' Late Rally Covers Carolina 5-4
Potomac Nationals' Magic Number to Clinch Second Straight First-Half Northern Division Championship is Four Wins
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Zebulon, NC- The Potomac Nationals (35-28, 17-16) rallied past the Carolina Mudcats (27-35, 13-20) with three runs in the 8th inning on Monday evening at Five County Stadium to set the hook on a 5-4 victory in the series opener of a three-game road set.
The P-Nats' magic number to clinch their second consecutive Carolina League First-Half Northern Division Championship is now four wins.
Potomac is now a (16-6) club in one-run contests, which is the highest winning percentage in the Carolina League. (.727)
Nationals starting hurler, RHP Brett Brach received a no decision after dealing 5.0 frames in which he allowed three earned runs on seven hits while walking two, hitting a batter, and fanning one.
Mudcats starter, LHP Shawn Morimando pitched 6.1 stanzas in which the southpaw surrendered two earned runs on two hits. Morimando walked a pair and struck out a trio after returing the first eleven batters of the game. Like Brach, Morimando did not factor into a decision.
An RBI single in the 2nd inning off Brach struck by Carolina 2B James Roberts served over the head of Nationals SS Stephen Perez provided the Mudcats an early 1-0 lead.
Potomac fired back with one run in the 5th to tie the contest at 1-1 via a run-scoring double socked to the left field wall by C Pedro Severino which scored RF Justin Miller, who singled through the hole at shortstop to get aboard.
Miller turned in a great night at the plate going 3-for-4 with one run scored and two RBIs.
Carolina struck for two runs in the bottom of the 5th to take a 3-1 lead on an RBI single by SS Erik Gonzalez and a run-scoring 4-6-3 double play ball off the bat of RF Anthony Gallas.
Nationals LHP Chris Manno made his 2014 debut and despite walking three in the 6th also struck out a pair and RHP Travis Henke stranded the bases loaded after Carolina 3B Joe Sever chopped into a fielder's choice force out at second base to end the Mudcats' threat.
Against the eventual losing pitcher of record, Mudcats RHP Josh Martin (3-4), who blew a save for the first time this season, the Nationals made it a 3-2 game in the 7th inning on a run-scoring single slapped through the six hole by Miller.
The Nationals then exploded for three runs an inning later on three consecutive RBI singles from 3B Khayyan Norfork, CF Will Piwnica-Worms, and Miller.
Martin allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks in 1.1 innings.
The Mudcats fought back with one run off the winning pitcher, RHP Derek Self (3-0) in the 8th when Carolina LF LeVon Washington blooped an RBI double to the left field corner.
Self gunned through 2.0 innings and allowed one earned run on five base hits without walking a batter and collecting three strikeouts.
P-Nats RHP Robert Benincasa (SV 10) turned in a perfect 9th inning to convert his 10th save of the campaign after getting Gonzalez to fly out to right field, Gallas to swing and miss at strike three, and C Jeremy Lucas to ground into a 4-3 putout that ended the contest and sealed the 5-4 Nationals win.
Game Two on Tuesday night will pit Potomac RHP Dakota Bacus (2-1, 3.12) against Carolina RHP Michael Peoples (2-6, 5.36).
The Potomac Nationals Baseball Network, accessible by heading online to www.potomacnationals.com, will broadcast live coverage of Game Two on Tuesday night beginning with the P-Nats Leadoff Show at 6:45pm before the play-by-play at 7:00pm.
The Potomac Nationals of the Carolina League play at Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge, Virginia, and are the Class-A Advanced affiliate of the Washington Nationals. The Potomac Nationals have claimed four Carolina League Championship titles - outing now for the 2014 season to see the future stars of the Washington Nationals at The Pfitz as the P-Nats offer discounted group rates and all-inclusive picnic options. Visit the P-Nats online at www.potomacnationals.com or call the Potomac Nationals Ticket Office at 703-590-2311 for more information!
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Alot of different opinions on this UN thing, but my thoughts on the NRA are that yeah, they may do a little fear mongering, but they have always been there for us since I can remember. The people that supported them, such as my grandfather, and others like them, with their hard earned dollars are the reason this forum is possible today and the reason we have not only held ground but advanced even after assault after assault on our rights.
I remember the " fear mongering" they did before Clinton passed the Brady Bill. They turned out to be right.
So, while I may not agree with every policy or everything they do or the way they go about it, I understand that the people in this country are complacent, lazy, and have no resolve, so maybe it takes a little " fear mongering" to get people off their lazy asses and heed the call to battle.
It takes big money to be the spear head in these types of fights, and who ever brings the biggest guns wins the battle. And that means attorneys, and fees.
So I'd say send them a check, and at least know you helped our most powerful organization do what they have been doing for a long time. Protect our rights.
We owe at least that much to the great people before us that did the same.


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Went out this morning with some light rain, saw plenty of ducks, got plenty to commit, just needed them a bit closer! I had never been to the spot I tried and I found they wanted to go to a different area but also wanted to come to my spread, so they kept landing to far out. I did manage to drop 3 though.
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Adding Closets
We are adding closets to two rooms that we have, before it was almost like a build it cabin but we tore that out and looking to put in some small walls then add a door.
My question is though, the floor is not exactly level, we cut out trimmers for the header and the header is not level, its about 3/8" off. We can cut one trimmer 3/8" longer, but then we may notice a gap at the floor of the door that tapers.
That being said should the header be completely level or parallel to the floor?
Framing should be plumb and square. The door should be plumb and square. You can modify the door bottom and cut it parallel to the floor or to a saddle, that is used to give the door proper clearance.
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I need to know all vaccinations for miniature dachshund pups. I need ALL names of shots, what they are for, and how old the pup should be to give it to them. My dog just had pups and I needed to know this so I can give a copy of this to the puppies new owner and if I need to give them any vaccine before seeing them on their new journey
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How many questions about this do you intend to ask? The dogs need to see a vet. You should not have bred a litter without knowing the answers to ALL of these questions BEFOREHAND, and with no money set aside to have these animals vetted. Totally absurd and irresponsible.
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WHEN your pups go to the vet to get their LEGALLY REQUIRED VACCINATIONS AND HEALTH CERTIFICATES, they will receive a folder for each puppy stating what shot was given and what others are due.
That is assuming they don't all die of infection gotten thru the mothers milk since she hasn't seen a vet yet and most likely has retained afterbirths or worse.
It is a little late for your responsible breeding talk since you have seriously failed ALL pre-breeding and whelping health checks and exams.
What is your answer going to be to your puppy buyers when their puppy becomes blind or crippled due to hereditary problems which you did not test either the father or mother for prior to the breeding. You ARE legally responsible for the lives of these puppies... google puppy lemon laws!!!
Vaccinations are the least of your worries... I would suggest you borrow some money and get the basics taken care of before the pups all die of preventable issues which YOU should have researched and known ab
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Are you making money off these pups?
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Perl Cookbook [1st edition] by Tom Christiansen (1998)
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Anyone who is even slightly familiar with Perl presumably knows about the Camel Book (Programming Perl), but this indispensable companion is somewhat less well-known. That's a shame, because I find myself reaching for this more frequently than for the Camel; once you know the basics of the language, the Cookbook is a wonderful time-saver when you need a particular trick or technique. More than once I've spent an hour or so working out the details of a finicky regexp (a completely generic number-recognition expression, allowing for scientific notation and the like, is the first example to come to mind) only to find them helpfully supplied as examples in the Cookbook. Very highly recommended.
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The recipes are well documented and the examples aren't too arcane; even beginners will be able to pick up the lessons taught here. The authors write in relatively easy-to-understand language (for a technical guide). Through this book and its arsenal of recipes, you will learn many new things about Perl to help you through your toughest projects. The next time you're working on a project at 2 a.m., you'll thank yourself for the guidance and direction The Perl Cookbook provides. --Doug Beaver
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Employees from Northwestern Oklahoma State University will have the opportunity to participate in "Walktober," a National Walking campaign, at the J.R. Holder Wellness Center beginning Thursday, Oct. 1.
Walktober will be held for the entire month of October. Northwestern's version of Walktober has been designed as a competition between buildings at all three Northwestern campus locations in Alva, Enid and Woodward.
The winning building includes employees who have walked the most by the end of October. Upon completion of Walktober, the winning building will receive a trophy or a plaque as a reward for walking the most.
Employees must keep a walking log that may be found at www.nwosu.edu/wellness-center. Participants may exercise inside the Wellness Center or outside, but both must be logged.
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Water Bottle Cap Has A Reminder To Help People Stay Hydrated
Vittel developed a special cap with a built-in timer to remind people to drink more water.
Everyone knows that they should be drinking eight 8 oz glasses of water a day to stay properly hydrated. But the number of people who actually do so is rather low – French mineral water company Vittel found that 80% of the French population tend to forget to drink water during the day. This is why they created a new bottle cap with a built in timer that reminds people to drink water every hour.
The Vittel Refresh cap looks like an ordinary red cap but when you screw it onto any water bottle, it automatically sets a mechanical timer. After an hour, a spring releases and the timer goes off – but instead of an alarm, a little plastic flag pops up as a quick visual sign that it is time to drink some water.
The concept was created for Vittel by Ogilvy & Mather Paris as an experiment to see how design might motivate behavior. The agency explained on their Vimeo channel:
The program was launched in France in order to gauge consumers' reactions and measure their behavioral changes. Initial findings show people drank more water during the day and enjoyed it.
PSFK has seen a rise in innovative design that goes beyond the scope of the product to encourage different behavior. The Vittel Refresh cap is similar to the Nescafe Alarm Clock Jar Lid, which encourages people to wake up and make a cup of coffee in order to turn the alarm off.
Both integrate thoughtful design into mass-consumed products to add an extra element that is both interactive and motivational. While the Nescafe Alarm Clock Jar Lid may seem slightly gimmicky – not everyone wants a steaming cup of instant coffee as a wake-up call every morning – Ogilvy and Vittel's Refresh Cap actually addresses and provides a simple solution to a common, under-the-radar problem.
In the US, 75% of people are chronically dehydrated. Even though the Vittel cap was used as an experiment in France, Americans could use a water reminder timer as well – especially as summer, and the accompanying sweltering heat, approaches.
[h/t] Gizmodo