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At the outset I'd like to make a quick disclosure: I'm really still just a green-horn PC enthusiast who is still wet behind the ears. My enthusiasm for this hobby far outweighs any real knowledge or experience that I have.
Unlike many on OCN, I've only been involved in this hobby for a little more than three years. Before May 2006, my family and I only ever bought retail PCs. We would tend to use these machines until such time as when they didn't perform well enough for our purposes (not that our performance requirements were steep; school work and word processing were pretty much all these machines were used for). I have fond memories of a late '90s Hewlett-Packard, if only because it allowed me to play Formula One simulation games (specifically, Geoff Crammond's awesome Grand Prix 2) on my own PC for the first time in my life. A good friend later rebuilt this machine into something a little bit more potent, changing the motherboard and adding a good AGP video card (the H-P ran with onboard graphics). Both the H-P and the Frankensteined PC ran Windows 98.
A couple of years later, I bought a second H-P, a Prescott Pentium 4 with onboard graphics again for school work mostly, but now also for some gaming (KotOR tugged at my heartstrings). This machine had Windows XP.
I remember quite clearly that I didn't like this second H-P so much because XP seemed so unfamiliar. I was so used to Windows 98 (not to say I was an "expert" in using it, because at that point I definitely was nothing of the sort).
Familiarity breeds contempt, as the saying goes, only this time it really means familiarity with an older product bred contempt for its newer substitute. In time, though, through constant use I learned just how superior WinXP was compared to Win98 (and especially over WinME, probably THE worst operating system I've ever tried to use).
By the time May 2006 rolled around, I wanted to build my very first custom PC. WinXP was firmly entrenched as the OS of choice, so there was no question as to what OS my first machine would use. Whatever early bugs there were had been sorted out; the only thing remotely jittery and unstable about that first time I installed an OS was me (most "first times" are nerve-wracking, after all).
Between 2006 and the present-day, I've only ever used WinXP on my machines. I had a brief period of experimentation when my personal office rig dual-booted to WinXP and Ubuntu. Ubuntu is pretty neat, but my own impatience with learning to be proficient with this form of Linux (or any other form of Linux, for that matter) currently outweighs my desire to acquire that proficiency.
I've now installed Windows Vista for the very first time. I fully realize this is an odd time to do this, with Windows 7 on the verge of release to the market. But since the OS license that I've got is absolutely free, I figured I may as well give it a run to see if it's better than good ol' WinXP.
Vista is definitely prettier. XP is painfully ugly in comparison. Colors, transparency effects, anything to do with visual aesthetics all look far far better on Vista. If there's one thing I have always admired about Vista, it's the visual aspect. XP honestly is so boring to look at now. I guess it shouldn't matter how your OS GUI looks, but if I'm honest I'd say that to me it has now become a matter of some importance.
The thing I'm discovering with Vista is how it feels slower than XP. Even on a clean install, it's not nearly as snappy as XP is. Of course, I'm not running a top-of-the-line machine, but it's no slouch, either. An Opteron 170 @ 3.0GHz earned a Vista Experience score of 5.4 (I cite this not because I care, because I don't, but only to lend some sort of context on the matter), which is a half-point away from a best 5.9; I suspect that running a 64-bit OS on just 2GBs of RAM might be just sufficient.
I'm a touch undecided at the moment as far as what operating system I should keep on my machine. I don't mind learning more about Vista, but its apparent lack of quickness at this point already has me worried that my long-held assumptions about it (that you need something close to top-level hardware to really enjoy using it) might be right on the nose.
Either that, or it's simply just too early to tell definitively at this point.
(I guess I should reinstall Vista on a RAID 0 array...)
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Day four of Akron Zips fall camp livened up just a little bit as the players look acclimated to being back in training.
Defensive lineman Moses McCray, a senior transfer from Florida State, finished the day with his forehead bandaged. He is business on the field from what could be seen in drills, but when a play is over, it's over. He looks to be able to turn the intensity on and off.
McCray and teammate Quaison Osborne got into scraps a couple of times during those drills. If the intensity of both translates to the field, they will be fun to watch.
Who stood out today:
The quarterback competition will be interesting and close as sophomore and presumed starter Kyle Pohl and transfer Nick Hirschman, a senior with two years of eligibility left, both at times looked impressive.
Although the defense showed susceptibility to the big play, something that drives coach Chuck Amato to distraction, some individuals on that unit made an impression in drills and in 11-on-11s.


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John A. McDougald
|Bud McDougald
14, 1908
Toronto, Ontario
15, 1978 (aged 70)
Palm Beach, Florida, United States
|North York, Ontario
|Businessman, Racehorse owner
|Board member of
|Ravelston Corporation, Argus Corporation
|Hedley Maude Eustace Smith
John Angus "Bud" McDougald (March 14, 1908 - March 15, 1978) was a leading Canadian businessman and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was universally known by the nickname, "Bud". The son of a wealthy investment banker, after working as a stockbroker for Dominion Securities, in 1945 Bud McDougald teamed up with E. P. Taylor to establish Taylor, McDougald and Company Ltd. which would lead to his rise in the Taylor-controlled holding company, Argus Corporation. While McDougald would become involved in the sport of Thoroughbred racing, E. P. Taylor would devote much of his time to building his very successful Windfields Farm. That situation saw McDougald rise within the business to where he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors and president of Argus. He was largely responsible for making it one of Canada's dominant business conglomerates that had controlling interest in Dominion Stores, Hollinger Mines, Massey Ferguson, Standard Broadcasting, Crown Trust Company and Domtar.
Bud McDougald was one of the major biographies in Peter C. Newman's 1975 book, The Canadian Establishment.
Bud McDougald died in Palm Beach, Florida in 1978. Two months after his death his widow and sister-in-law signed documents that gave Conrad Black control of Ravelston Corporation which in turn controlled Argus Corporation.
Thoroughbred racing
Introduced to the sport by E. P. Taylor, Bud McDougald was a founding member of the Jockey Club of Canada. He and his wife owned a number of Thoroughbred racehorses, the most successful of which was Nijinsky's Secret.
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- Newman, Peter C. The Canadian Establishment, Volume Two: The Acquisitors (1981) McClelland and Stewart ISBN 0-7710-6784-4
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JT Shares Fans' Love Stories In New Video
By JACKIE WILLIS
June 03, 2014
He brought sexy back in 2006, and now Justin Timberlake is going after love.
The 33-year-old artist had his fans submit their love stories in the form of videos, photos and tweets for his new music video for Not a Bad Thing. "Guys, thank you for sharing all your love stories and showing me a million reasons why love is not a bad thing," he begins.
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This is for all of you fans. So much love in here!! Thanks for sharing #NotABadLoveStory. #NABT http://t.co/SQGWeiLUmK— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) June 2, 2014
One of the first submissions shown, a male fan says to camera, "Having OCD and ADD can be hard but I've learned that it's not a bad thing to fall in love with yourself. It makes me unique."
In addition to the love stories and messages, JT is also seen performing the song live. What do you think of Not a Bad Thing? Play music critic in the comments.


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Church started Sunday morning by singing. Ronnie Epps took over as superintendent and prayer was given by Bro. James Moore.
Sunday school lesson was The Writing of The Book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 36:1-10 taught by Ronnie Epps. After a good Sunday school lesson we sang several songs. Those singing specials were Lena Ingram, Elsie Atchison and James Moore. Bro. Lyle Wright brought the message. He read I Thess. 2:1-4. He prayed then read James 1:11-12 and I Peter 1:6-7. After a good message we sang. We were dismissed by Sister Diane Strunks. Church started Sunday night with prayer by Bro. James Moore. We sang several songs. Those doing specials were Elsie Atchison, Lena Ingram and Raymond and Naida Haden. Dennis and D.J. Shumate played their instruments and also sang. Bro. Lyle Wright brought the message. He read I Peter 1:18-22. He prayed then read James 1:25, I John 3:14 and others. After a good message we were dismissed by Bro. Dennis Shumate. It was birthday and anniversary celebration night. No one had one so we had fellowship dinner.
Those visiting Elsie Atchison Tuesday were Mona Price, Daniel, Charla Heinlein and Gary Atchison.
Wednesday visitors were Lisa Graham, Lena and Peyton Ingram and Gary Atchison.
Thursday visitors were Lisa Graham, Chrystal and Chylynn Johnson, Karan Vinson, Gary Atchison and Lena Ingram.
Saturday visitors were Noel and Gary Atchison, Lisa Graham, Charla, Mason and Mequia Heinlein and Lena and Peyton Ingram.
Friday visitors were Mona Price, Vera Dixon, Lena Ingram and Gary and Noel Atchison.
Those visiting Elsie Sunday were Noel, Donna and Gary Atchison, Lena and Peyton Ingram and Eddie Horn.
Visiting James and Janiece Wednesday were Lisa and Tillie Wheeless.
Friday visitors were Charla and Cole Heinlein.
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What's the Maximum length of RC pre-tensioning Beam and RC post-tensioning beam? under bricks load, wood or LVL load
What the maximum length of Steel Beam ?
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no way to answer given the limited amount of information provided. for example is the brick wall brick veneer, solid brick, 4-feet high or 100-feet high? general questions such as this lead to vague responses.
if you have a more direct question concerning a project then provide that information.
I'm not really sure about what kind of information I should provide, but about the bricks ( solid brick with 3.6 meter high )
You mentioned brick, wood ... What are you spanning or trying to hold up? Who told you you needed steel? Why not call the engineer or architect that told you so? Just my opinion but picking steel is not a DIY project. You will need signoffs anyhow.
How long can a steel beam be and work? Some say Mies van der Rohe stretched the limits in this building near me. It is home to the school of architecture he rebuilt. Some say it should never have recently been renovated for $$$$ and simply rinsed away into Lake Michigan.
His grandson, among many others took steel to great places though. Dirk Lohan's addition to the Shedd Aquarium is pure magic. You look out over the marine mammal exhibit holding tons of water and wildlife and your view extends all the way over the surface of Lake Michigan.
What steel beam? You need the load you intend to carry, whether the load is equally distributed along the beam, whether the ends are restrained, the KSI of the steel of the beam, etc etc. Basically, you need a structural engineer.
what is it you are trying to do, what is your project? are you trying to place an opening in a wall and determine the header needed to support the material above the header?
it's 4 stories private housing , at the first floor there is somewhere should be parking area is 16 X 18 meter where 1 side is needed to be with totally opening with no walls or columns along the whole length of 16 meter where the view of the of the cars will be shown for the people outside the building, so I'm required to place a RC span with 16 meter length and carrying a solid concrete bricks load, wt else information i need to provide ?
ok so this isn't putting a 1 meter wide window in your home's exterior wall .....
This project is of a commercial nature and as such I am almost certain it would require submittal of construction drawings and specifications prepared by a structural engineer. it would be up to the engineer to determine by what means to provide for this opening.
an internet forum is not the place I would go to seek structural design guidance. you do not know the knowledge and experience of those that would give you the size of beam to use. Maybe they are right, greater chances they ARE WRONG. who would you blame if there is damage to the building?
do yourself a favor and hire a professional engineer. they will prepare you drawings and specifications so that it is done right to begin with. Pricing for the construction would be based upon the engineer's design not a ball-park guesstimate ....
Good luck!
Seriously, you are anticipating design of a major structural element by an Internet Chat Room? So what possible use would you make of an answer you actually got on this forum? I hope you wouldn't build from a recommendation you got free in a chat room. The fact that you are even asking a question about such a complex topic raises major alarm bells.
Daniel Holzman, the answer I actually got on this forum, its a suggestion to look for an real answer, you don't know any suggestions , doesn't mean I don't know how to ask, or any idea about the answer
So you get that you need someone professional to help you with this right? You do realize some of us do care and were only trying to help. What you have in mind is just not a DIY project.
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EVENTS are planned in Chester to help usher in the Chinese New Year with colourful celebrations.
To celebrate the year of the horse, a variety of bright, colourful and traditional activities will be taking place in the city centre on Saturday, February 1.
There will be music, lion and dragon dancing and cultural characters such as the God of Prosperity, the Jade Emperor and the Happy Buddha taking to the city streets as part of a special parade.
The Chinese New Year is the longest celebration in the Chinese zodiac calendar and follows a 12-year cycle.
People born in the year of the horse are often said to be energetic, charming,
quick-witted, and kind.
Chinese legend states Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on New Year's Day and named a year after each of the 12 that came.
Cheshire West and Chester Council sponsors the Wah Lei Chinese Association to celebrate the Chinese New Year and help bring the celebrations to life in the city.
Cllr Stuart Parker, executive member for culture and economy, said: "The colourful Chinese New Year celebrations are always a firm favourite with residents, shoppers and visitors to Chester.
"This is the fifth time they have been held in the city centre and afterwards workshops take place in Frodsham Street.
"I would urge everyone to come and see the year of the horse brought in, in fantastic style with music and costumes and something for everyone to enjoy."
The celebrations will begin at 10.45am on Eastgate Street, where there will be music and an introduction to the cultural characters.
A Tai Chi performance with Maria Yuen and group volunteers will take place, as well as folk music and dancing with children from the Wah Lei Mandarin School and Chester Blue Coat Primary School.
This will be followed by waking the lion, firecrackers and a traditional dance through the city centre with the lion and cultural musicians before the parade ends outside the Town Hall at 11.30am with the lion dance.
Mia Tan, chairman of the Wah Lei Chinese Association said: "We are delighted to be working in partnership with Cheshire West and Chester Council to produce another colourful festival event for Chester and Cheshire to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the horse.
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For single Catholics, it is important to be able to search an online dating site for people who have similar interests and values.
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What to do, what to do... a Christmas bonus burning a hole in my pocket, and so many stocks to choose from! I've been reading and reading, researching and studying, and now that the time has come to choose. I'm beset by the three greatest demons ever to tempt the Foolish: impatience, impatience, and impatience.
Impatience, because I want to be fully invested NOW, not tomorrow.
Impatience, because I want a well-balanced and fleshed out portfolio NOW, not tomorrow.
Impatience, because I want to own a good number of shares in each great company I've chosen NOW, not tomorrow (*sigh*).
As for the first, I had to wait till Monday to make my purchases, as I work for an investment firm and had to gain corporate approval prior to conducting any personal transactions (SEC rules). I'd been planning this for weeks, so one more weekend was good for me to review my choices (again!) and perhaps reorganize them. In the long run, this won't hurt a bit and MAY be exceedingly beneficial. I decided on Charles Schwab for a broker despite the high trade fees. After researching the online trading stats versus convenience and wealth of services available, and since I trade rarely (we Fools buy for the long term), the tradeoff between ease-of-use, availability, and costs made CS a winner for this fledgling investor.
As for the second, I only had so much money to invest (thanks, Uncle Sam), so I had to choose carefully how my funds were allocated among the great companies I've settled on for a long-term ride. So what is the point of this investment, anyway? Will I be looking at pulling this money before 2005? Actually, this is money for my avocation (horses), which I will sit on for at least 5 years in keeping with my long-term plan for expanding my equine interests. So, it is play money in the sense that it won't kill me if it loses value for a while (though that won't be pleasant, of course), and it's not money I'm counting on for anything like the mortgage or hay or truck/trailer payments. Therefore, I am willing to risk it a bit more than I would otherwise, investing it in volatile sectors.
As for the third, I want to own a ton of shares in these companies, but I can't afford much more than a microgram of each (even with a decent bonus) -- so what to do? Lump it all into one or two companies that are promising now, hoping for a big return? (I don't go to Vegas -- see why?) Spread it thin, buying a few shares here and a few shares there in a bunch of different companies? (What would a Fool say about tracking too many stocks at once when you're just starting out, hmm?)
Well, there was enough to buy a good round number of shares in each of a few companies that meet Foolish criteria and my own understanding of where things are headed. I'm taking on four of what I consider to be the best of both Rule Maker/Breaker portfolios (Cisco, Celera Genomics, Intel), plus Oracle for myself. And that's enough. Enough to ride herd on, enough to spread the risk wide enough to suit me (see above), and enough to give me a good foundation for next year when I start paying directly into my trading account (even a relatively small part of a raise will make that possible).
I'll add to my positions, and add those stocks I deem worthy over the next few months. Eventually I'll have perhaps 8 - 10 companies in my horsey portfolio, my company 401(k), and I'll be combining my private F into one additional portfolio I can ride herd on. These various ports will be spread across the risk spectrum (my private 401(k) will be somewhat "drippy" and less heavily tech); they'll be enough to keep me occupied quarterly, and best of all, they'll be working strictly for ME.
These changes will take some time, but on the same principle as an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure, an extra day's research may be worth a million dollars by the time I cash out (or by the time my kids do, once I cash in).
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Todd Hasz and Sara Jacobsen took top honors at the annual Calcutta Club Championship Tournament Sunday, July 21, at Stones Throw Golf Course in Milaca.
The men's division was match play and Hasz won the championship flight by topping Clay Hoeck and Tony Hoeck before defeating Scott Holt in the finals.
Holt reached the finals by topping Mike Herr and Shawn Nelson. Clay Hoeck defeated Herr for consolation honors.
Hasz also won the putting/chipping contest.
Jacobsen stopped Lynn Anderson and Sandy Vedders before topping Heather Hoeck in the finals. Hoeck advanced to the finals by topping Nancy Larsen and Alana Reetz.
Karen Baker defeated Larsen for consolation honors.
The format for the women's division was stroke play.
•Jeff Rice defeated Kirk Eggen in the finals of the men's first flight. Rice topped Shane Marudas in the first round and Tony Hass in the semifinals while Eggen topped Bill Norberg in the first round and Mike Bitz in the semifinals.
•Ryan Olson won the men's second flight, topping Al Siemers in the finals. Olson advanced to the finals by stopping Greg Anderson in the first round and Brandon Kiel in the semifinals. Siemers reached the title match by topping Ken Ruis and Joe Hasz.
Ruis stopped Anderson for the consolation title.
•Josh Nelson claimed honors in the men's third flight by topping his father, Marty Nelson, in the finals. Josh gained the finals by defeating Nick Wilken and Brandon Janson while Marty moved to the finals with victories over Aaron Larsen and Ross Broberg.
Wilken stopped Larsen for the consolation title.
•Ben Peterson won the men's fourth flight by topping Tyler Roehl in the finals. He advanced to the finals by defeating David Jacobsen and Doug Erickson. Roehl reached the finals by defeating Zach Zimmer and Neil Westling.
•Duane Jerzak won the men's fifth flight by stopping Andy Eggert in the first round and Mike Larsen in the semifinals before topping Adam Kassa in the finals. Kassa reached the finals by defeating Dean Siemers and Ron Leblanc.
Eggert won consolation honors by topping Siemers.
The next meet at Stones Throw is the Ridgewood Bay Scramble Saturday, Aug. 3.


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45 long years after Carl Yastrzemski won baseball's Triple Crown, Miguel Cabrera just clinched the 16th such award in history.
Cabrera finished the season with 44 home runs, 139 RBIs, and a .330 batting average. Numbers worthy of MVP consideration, without a doubt. Consideration, you ask? Yes.
Why would a Triple Crown winner only be considered for the league's MVP award? Why would Mike Trout be getting more MVP buzz than Cabrera?
Because Cabrera's historic season was just that: historic. It belonged to a time that has long passed us by.
Once upon a time, home runs, RBIs, and batting average were the pinnacle of baseball statistics. Once upon a time, advanced statistical metrics like WAR didn't exist. An emphasis on on-base percentage (OBP) was 30 years into the future. What once were the standard measurements of a great season are now complements to more meaningful stats that better indicate winning.
Yastrzemski's stats have been glorified over the past four and a half decades due to the elusive nature of leading the league in all three categories. But elusive and rare do not equal impressive. Why are those categories the ones that constitute the Crown? Why are those the statistics on which we put the most weight?
And perhaps more importantly: because Cabrera led the league in those offensive categories, what does that say about the rest of the league?
In 1999, Manny Ramirez hit 44 home runs, drove in 165 runs, and hit .333. In all, he had a better season than Cabrera, but didn't win the Triple Crown. To put a single season on a pedestal without any historical context is unfair to great seasons past, and is unfair to Cabrera, for his Triple Crown season is more about a statistical anomaly than great hitting.
As a matter of fact, this season isn't even Cabrera's best to date. In 2010 he hit 38 home runs, drove in 126 runs, and batted .328. How is that better? He also posted career highs (to date) in OBP (.420), slugging (.622) and OPS (1.042).
Cabrera should, instead of feeling proud, feel lucky. A season like this had in any other year is just another season. When Mike Trout is named MVP, we'll all understand why.
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She may have had to take off her dancing shoes a little sooner than she hoped, but Dancing With the Stars reject Elisabetta Canalis — also known as George Clooney's former hot young thing — has found a new hobby in True Blood star Mehcad Brooks.
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Santa Monica-based Playsino, the developer of social casino games, said Friday that it has released the first two games under its Publishing Network effort. The new games are Five-O Poker, developed by Israel-based Chiki Gaming, and Yalla Tarneed, a Middle Eastern card game developed by Yallah Games. Playsino recently announced an effort to bring third party, social casino games into its ecosystem, where it wlil help market and support games not designed by the company. Playsino is headed by Brock Pierce, a gaming industry veteran who has been heavily involved in investments and work with local startups. Playsino is backed by IDM Venture Capital, Eric Schmidt (Google), Michael Robertson (MP3.com), Carlos Bhola (Vonage), Kamran Pouzanjani (PriceGrabber), and William Quigley and Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Venture Partners).


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Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials, and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions, and much more.
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A personal injury claim can be used to explain injuries that occurred from a wide variety of accident situations. Depending how you acquired injuries can effect how the claim is handled and the route your Colorado Springs injury lawyers take to secure compensation of your behalf. As a rule of thumb, most personal injury claims in Colorado must be filed three years from the date of the injuries according to Colorado statute of limitations laws. If you have been injured in an accident, contact personal injury lawyer as soon as you are able to make sure the statute of limitations doesn't run out on your claim.
What Types of Accident Injuries can Be Classified as Personal Injury
- Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident
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The summer open house at Laurel Lake Retirement Community is June 10 and 12. This is an introduction for first-time and returning visitors to Northeast Ohio's lifestyle community.
Guests may choose the date and time that works best for them: Brunch on June 10 is at 10 a.m., or appetizers on June 12 at 2 p.m. Reservations are accepted at 1-866-650-2100. The community is located at 200 Laurel Lake Drive, Hudson.
Tours will begin and end at the Lakeside Dining Room, with summer fare and conversation with residents. Visitors will take a 20-minute shuttle tour of the 150-acre campus with a stop at one of the Villas. Next, a walking tour of Laurel Lake's 100,000 sq. ft. town center, The Commons, will include two restaurants, a fitness and aquatic center and other amenities. Guests will be able to "peek" into various apartment styles.
Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Laurel Lake Retirement Community is a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community offering multiple home styles within 150 scenic acres in Hudson. Located just one mile from Route 8 and the I-80 Ohio Turnpike and minutes from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Laurel Lake offers easy access to the world-class cultural and medical centers of Cleveland and Akron.
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Campus amenities include two on-site restaurants and a pub, a fitness & aquatic center, library, computer center, bank, salon, gift shop/convenience store, greenhouse, woodworking & hobby shop, two chapels, a wellness clinic and therapy center. Outdoor recreational spaces include sheltered courtyards and gardens, three stocked fishing lakes, five miles of nature trails, a 3-hole practice golf course, woodlands and protected wetlands.
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Begun in about 3000 BC, the Sanctuary was originally a complex circular arrangement of timber posts, which were later replaced by stones. These components are now indicated by concrete slabs.
Its function remains a mystery: possibly it enshrined the dwelling place of some revered person, and certainly huge numbers of human bones were found here, accompanied by food remains suggesting elaborate death rites and ceremonies. Later, West Kennet Avenue was constructed to connect it with newly-built Avebury, reinforcing the status of this enigmatic but clearly very important site.
The Sanctuary is in DCMS ownership and in English Heritage guardianship. It is managed by The National Trust on behalf of English Heritage, and the two organisations share the cost of managing and maintaining the property.
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The best way to explore Avebury and its various sites is on foot. You should wear appropriate footwear and prepare for the weather.
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Official Logo for Christopher Nolan's New Sci-Fi 'Interstellar' Revealed
by Alex Billington
December 11, 2013
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Yep, we're the ones posting an entire news story about a logo for a movie. But this is for a movie we might just call our most anticipated movie in the works at the moment. So, why not. Plus it looks pretty damn cool. With the first trailer for Christopher Nolan's new sci-fi movie Interstellar set to debut in front of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug this weekend, we're finally going to get a glimpse what Nolan has been hiding this whole time. Until then, our very first tease comes in the form of this logo, simply a black & white design with a bit of flare coming off of some dark round object. That is likely the wormhole mentioned in the current synopsis going around, but I'm sure more will be revealed in the trailer this weekend. View below.
This artwork was revealed for the launch of the official website, Twitter and Facebook page for Interstellar.
A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. Interstellar is directed by British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, of the films Doodlebug, Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises. The screenplay is by Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan, based on scientific theories by Caltech astrophysicist Kip Thorne. Nolan just began filming earlier this year. Paramount will release Interstellar in theaters everywhere November 7th, 2014 next fall.
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[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] In preparation for their visit to the U.S. Northeast, where they'll play the New York Red Bulls in New Jersey on Saturday, Arsenal players made an admirable and humorous attempt to at a New York accents.
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Welcome to Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books, selling used and antiquarian books, was named after the Algonquin Hotel in NYC where authors and wits gathered in the 1920s and 1930s. John (a wit and author) and Helen Dunning opened the bookstore in east Denver in 1984. After ten years the shop was closed and it became an internet and mail order business, still active in the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association RMABA. Read more.
- We have recently added a number of children's series books to our stock. These include the Tarzan, Nancy Drew, Dana Girls, Hardy Boys, Rick Brant, and Ken Holt series. You can find them in our stock by entering Childrens in the keyword box or by the series name in the title box below.
Pictured here is the new 25th anniversary edition paperback of Booked to Die. Click on John's name in the toolbar above for his biography, a list of his published books, and publishing contacts. Five of his mysteries feature bookman Cliff Janeway. His other books include Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime, a mystery set in a world of radio broadcasting in 1942: On the Air, an encyclopedia of old-time radio; a novel about Denver and the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, and three other earlier mysteries. We carry a few of John's books, and you should be able to find many of them in your favorite new or used book store in either hardback, paperback, audio, or electronic format.


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Jan Bell came to New York from Northern England when she was barely twenty. She brought with her the stories of generations of coal miners from her home in Yorkshire. Those stories formed the basis for Jan Bell & the Maybelles' 2012 album, Dream of the Miner's Child. Her own grandfather's recollections became this song, "Yorkshire Water."
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This page lists domestic and international destinations travelers can fly to with a nonstop flight from Santa Ana California, airport code SNA, John Wayne Airport-Orange County Airport. Passengers sometimes refer to these nonstops as direct flights from Santa Ana. Some of the air carriers which might have flights to each destination city from Santa Ana are also listed below.See more flights
Domestic non stop flights from Santa Ana may fly to:
- ATL – Atlanta, Georgia – Delta
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- DFW – Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas – American
- EWR – Newark, New Jersey – United
- HOU – Houston, Texas – Southwest
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Imprint on Our Memories.
These ancestral memories most likely come from the unused part of the human brain. This is about
90% of the human brain, and that is a lot of encoded DNA. In that 90% of the human brain there is
enough encoded DNA to store all the information that is stored in the biggest computers that man hasmade to date.
Encoded DNA
Encoded DNA can account for what we call instinct, commonsense or unlearned human-actions such
as unusually high natural aptitudes of Math & music or with
the metaphysics of logic and knowledge.
And the formulation of which is one's ethics from ancestral imprint of memories. Thus our sixth sense of
instinct and the survival of ancestral knowledge.
All the way down to an individual cell the encoded DNA has the ability to tell that cell to be a
given part of the body. Even out of the body a single heart muscle cell has enough encoded DNA
to make it keep beating on its own. A kind of immortal state of knowledge encoded in the DNA.
You have heard that a picture,
Specks a thousand words! Well, I believe that Michelangelos Creation of Adam. This Masterpiece of art screams to me that not only that mankind is the Temple of GOD, but the hole-of-mankinds ancestral knowledge that is locked within our mostly unused brain.
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Pre-match interviews before the 1932 FA Cup final with Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman and Arsenal team
Full title reads: "The North V South Cup Final. Meet Mr Herbert Chapman & his famous 'happy family' Team, Arsenal - 'the hope of the South'..."
Highbury Stadium, London.
Mr Herbert Chapman and members of the Arsenal squad. Mr Chapman is asked to introduce the team, but he says that he is so husky that he will get Tom Whittaker to introduce the team.
He introduces the team - Cliff Bastin, Alec James, ('Wee Alec, he's called'), Jack Lambert, Bob John, Herbert Roberts, Little Charlie Jones, Frank Moss (the Goal Keeper), David Jack, Joe Hulme, Tom Parker ('he's not so old as he looks by the way').
C/U Charlie Jones - he say he 'hopes we have a good game'.
C/U Herbert Roberts.
C/U Bob John - introduces himself for the benefit of those who aren't Welsh.
C/U Joe Hulme - says he hope after success in the cup he will be able to go to Middlesex and have as good a season at cricket.
C/U David Jack - 4th appearance at Wembley in the cup.
C/U Jack Lambert.
C/U Tom Parker (Captain)
C/U Frank Moss - say he would rather face Wembley than this (meaning the camera).
C/U Cliff Bastin
C/U Alec James - still worried about injury - if he's fit to play it will all be down to the hard work of the trainer.
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The Arsenal team line up and sing us a song. "All good pals and jolly good company."
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Driving to pick up a puppy?
Anyone here drive across states to pick up your puppy?
If there's a case that you live in west coast and you know that there's a litter from dogs that you really want a puppy from. ( dog sport)
Do you prefer to drive there or have a puppy ship to you?
I drove 5 1/2 hrs one way (from NY to ME) to get my dog from the breeder (twice). No real reason other than I don't fly (scaredy cat) so couldn't bring myself to put a puppy on a plane. :)
I live in CA. I'm doing my research on Schutzhund dogs who owners are living on east coast. I'm expecting puppies from these dogs to have high drive and do excellent in Schutzhund.
Do you guys think that I should drive to get a pup and drive back? Or have the breeder ship a pup to me?
You could always fly and drive back.
Or just fly. Puppies are usually small enough to fly as a carry on.
That being said my breeder assured me that shipping a pup is 100% safe. I know that I personally would have an anxiety attack knowing the pup was flying all alone!
cross country? i would ship. across the state? i would drive.
I drove 2 hours for Draven (IL).
I drove 2.5 hours for Sinister (IL).
I drove 5.5 hours for an insane Husky puppy (MI).
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I drove 18+ hours each way to pick up my puppy when weather was too unpredictable for shipping
We had Halo shipped from Connecticut to San Francisco, Keefer was shipped from Portland Oregon to Oakland, and we flew to Portland and drove 10 hours home with Dena.
With Dena we wanted to meet the breeder, and my husband has relatives in the Portland area, so we flew up on Friday, hung out at the breeder's house for a few hours playing with Dena, then spent the night at his aunt and uncle's house. The next morning we went back and picked Dena up and drove home. I had ordered a crate and had it shipped directly to the breeder's house, so it was waiting for us when we got there.
We got Keefer from the same breeder, so we felt comfortable having him shipped. We're 15 or 20 minutes from the Oakland airport, and it's a short flight.
We were anxious about Halo being shipped that far, but she arrived just fine. This was in January, and the weather was terrible that year. The breeder drove 2-1/2 hours to put her on a direct flight from Newark to SFO. It was a long day, she didn't arrive until around 8 or 8:30 at night, and then we had a 35 or 40 minute drive home. We tried to keep busy so we wouldn't worry, going out to lunch and then a trip to Costco, but once we got home I was obsessively checking her flight status online, lol. It had to be culture shock for her, she'd never been outside without snow on the ground, and we were having unseasonably warm weather, around 70 degrees.
I have driven to WI, TX , IL and VA for puppies (I am in MI). Also had puppies shipped from CA and TX. I have shipped puppies to CA, TX. I had a woman in AZ fly to MO, meet a friend, drive here and then drive the full 2000 miles home. Sort of depends on what you want to do. A cross country drive with a pup would be more than I would want to do.
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Observing microbes in nature is a challenge. Compared to what goes on in the lab, there is not much one can do with them out there. So, instead of bringing the bacteria to the lab, why not bring the lab to the bacteria? Imagine being able to capture the expression of genes of a community of microbes in situ, and over multiple time points. This movement of the microbial stage to natural environments has been done for microbial niches that are easily accessible, such as agricultural soil, hot springs, or mine washes. But inhospitable sites far from a lab, sites such as hydrothermal vents and the open ocean, pose a bigger problem.
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This puree is thinned with ice water (to suit your taste) when served as a drink.
Apricots, pitted and sliced
Boiling water
Lemon juice (optional)
Granulated sugar
Measure prepared fruit into a large pot and add 1 cup boiling water to each quart of fruit. Simmer fruit in water until it is soft.
Press fruit and water through a fine sieve or put through a food mill.
Measure the nectar into a large pot, add sugar to taste, and add 1 tablespoon lemon juice to each quart of nectar, if desired. Reheat to dissolve sugar.
Pour into clean, hot jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace; seal. Use half-pint or pint jars only. Process in boiling water bath 15 minutes.
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Glendale, CA (Oct. 15, 1998) -- A few weeks ago, Rob Landley wrote a couple of columns (A New Cash-King) introducing a new type of company that we Cash-King investors might want to add to our portfolios. After some initial debate, Rob finally settled on the name Merchant-Kings to describe these businesses. Rob asked for your thoughts in general on these companies, and he asked for my thoughts in particular. And so today, I'm going to launch into a few of my thoughts about Merchant-King investing.
Over the past few months, Rob and I have had some minor differences of opinion. For example, I believe that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is one of the greatest companies that has ever existed. I'm not sure that Rob totally agrees with me on this point. We've also had differences of opinion on Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL). I've always maintained that Dell was a great company, but I've never believed that Dell was a Cash-King. Rob has been firm in his belief that not only was Dell a great company, but in fact Dell is a Cash-King.
Given this state of affairs, I'm sure that many of you believe that I will be coming to a completely different conclusion on the Merchant-Kings than what Rob proposed. After all, Rob felt that there were low-margin businesses out there that could be just as financially rewarding as the Cash-Kings that we love so much. He even identified three of them, namely Dell, Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT).
Well, I must admit that when I first read Rob's columns, I felt something was lacking. After all, we're looking for more than just financial rewards in the Cash-King portfolio. We want to be able to sleep comfortably at night without having to worry about selling our stock for a decade or more, except in very unusual circumstances. One of the things that gives us this comfort with most of the high-margin darlings in our portfolio is the patents that protect the consumer products that our companies have designed -- the Coca-Cola logo, Viagra, Intel Inside, Windows, the American Express Card, these brands have protection and staying power.
The Merchant-Kings, on the other hand, operate on a completely different business model. They keep their competition at bay by being able to deliver products to customers more cheaply than anyone else. The brand strategy isn't quite the same, though they are competing on convenience and price. But competitors can't duplicate their methods because of the time and investment needed to duplicate their size and well-established business relationships. However, as a shareholder I must admit that a company with this sort of protection has never made me nearly a comfortable as the protection provided by the patents owned by Cash-Kings Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Schering-Plough, and Pfizer.
On the other hand, when all is said and done it is long-term performance that really matters, and when I started looking into this I realized that Rob was on to something. Yes, he was. Rob's three Merchant-King examples have shown outstanding performance over the last ten years, far greater than the market averages. I wondered whether this kind of performance was characteristic of Merchant-Kings, or whether there was something special about these three in particular. In order to find out, I needed to come up with some more Merchant-Kings.
Accordingly to the proposed rules, a Merchant-King specializes in distribution. Sometimes the Merchant-King distributes a narrow range of products (Dell), other times the product list is quite varied. The things that Merchant-Kings seem to always have in common are:
With these constants, I'd propose the following as additional candidates to be Merchant-Kings:
I've listed these companies alphabetically, but it is more interesting if they're grouped by historical performance. Done that way, three groups emerge:
Dell, of course, has had performance so good that it not only is in a group by itself, but it makes the outstanding historical performance of Lowes, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart merely "good" by comparison.
Of course, the real question is what makes the four high performing Merchant-Kings so much better than the rest. I can't begin to claim any expertise in this. If I had to start guessing I would say that there is something about the hardware industry that lends itself to warehouse-style selling, since two of the four successful Merchant-Kings come from that industry. As for Dell, the reasons for its tremendous growth have been extensively documented. They include:
As far as Wal-Mart is concerned, I admit that I really don't know why it has done as well as it has. I know it has been on a roll for decades now, and I have some sense of how it got there, but there's much more exploring to do. I'm hoping to see a conversation start-up on this topic in our Cash-King Strategies message folder. If we can include the Wal-Marts and Home Depots and Dells -- if they belong in the same category -- while excluding the Kmarts and Toys R Us's, I have a feeling we'll have turned over another stone on market-beating performance here.
Tomorrow, I'm going to follow-up with whether the stock of a Merchant-King belongs in a Cash-King portfolio. Until then,
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Day Month Year History C-K +5.80% 1.45% 7.16% 7.16% S&P: +4.17% 3.00% 4.13% 4.13% NASDAQ: +4.55% -4.89% -3.32% -3.32% Cash-King Stocks Rec'd # Security In At Now Change 2/3/98 24 Microsoft 78.27 105.44 34.71% 2/3/98 22 Pfizer 82.30 97.50 18.47% 5/1/98 37 Gap Inc. 51.09 60.50 18.42% 8/21/98 22 Schering-P 95.99 99.38 3.53% 2/13/98 22 Intel 84.67 84.56 -0.13% 6/23/98 34.5 Cisco Syst 57.56 56.94 -1.09% 2/27/98 27 Coca-Cola 69.11 67.50 -2.33% 2/6/98 56 T. Rowe Pr 33.67 30.69 -8.87% 5/26/98 18 AmExpress 104.07 88.50 -14.96% Foolish Four Stocks Rec'd # Security In At Value Change 3/12/98 20 Eastman Ko 63.15 74.56 18.08% 3/12/98 20 Exxon 64.34 75.63 17.55% 3/12/98 15 Chevron 83.34 85.75 2.89% 3/12/98 17 General Mo 72.41 56.06 -22.57% Cash-King Stocks Rec'd # Security In At Value Change 2/3/98 24 Microsoft 1878.45 2530.50 $652.05 5/1/98 37 Gap Inc. 1890.33 2238.50 $348.17 2/3/98 22 Pfizer 1810.58 2145.00 $334.42 8/21/98 22 Schering-P 2111.7 2186.25 $74.55 2/13/98 22 Intel 1862.83 1860.38 -$2.45 6/23/98 34.5 Cisco Syst 1985.95 1964.34 -$21.61 2/27/98 27 Coca-Cola 1865.89 1822.50 -$43.39 2/6/98 56 T. Rowe Pr 1885.70 1718.50 -$167.20 5/26/98 18 AmExpress 1873.20 1593.00 -$280.20 Foolish Four Stocks Rec'd # Security In At Value Change 3/12/98 20 Eastman Ko 1262.95 1491.25 $228.30 3/12/98 20 Exxon 1286.70 1512.50 $225.80 3/12/98 15 Chevron 1250.14 1286.25 $36.11 3/12/98 17 General Mo 1230.89 953.06 -$277.83 CASH $48.07 TOTAL $23350.10 *Please note: On 8/4/98 $2,000 cash was added to the


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Ammo is confusing because lots, even with the same designation, change daily. One batch might not be the same as another batch. For example, I've seen the ammo the other way around, with the XM762D with the annealed necks and the XM80762 without. I'll assume you're not confused and offer that as one example of how ammo varies from lot to lot.Originally Posted by private pyle
First off though, we know for sure that XM762D is the same as Federal's American Eagle AE380D, except with mil spec, thicker wall brass. Secondly we know for sure that XM762D uses a non-magnetic M80 ball bullet, opposed to the (mostly) magnetic bullets in XM80762, which indicates that the XM80762 is (mostly) using the M59 bullet instead. However, lots of XM80762 will often have rounds with shorter OALs mixed in, which tends to freak people out a little. Don't worry though, the long rounds have the M59 bullet and the shorter ones have the M80 bullet. This is just another example of military ammo being all mixed up and differing from lot to lot.
The fact that the XM80762 ammo is mixed up is most likely why it's designated "XM" in the first place. XM is the designator for ammo that is safe and loaded to factory spec, but was rejected by the military due to some mil spec shortcoming. The "M80" in XM80762 would lead me to believe that it's supposed to have M80 ball bullets instead of M59 bullets...Which is why some of it comes with M80 bullets and some of it comes with M59 bullets. Some jackhole at the factory dumped the wrong crate of bullets into the machine. Whoops!
Again, XM ammo is safe, it just didn't meet mil spec for some reason. Bad ammo is disassembled and reassembled to re-coup costs, and is given the "PD" designator (for "pull down"), and the boxes are marked "For Training Only." PD ammo is also safe to shoot, but the military doesn't send it to the field.
Why XM762D is XM ammo is anyone's guess. My guess is that due to it being identical to civilian AE380D, it probably doesn't meet a velocity requirement, some may lack sealed primers, and so forth.
In my experience, the XM762D is better ammo than the XM80762 even though they should theoretically be identical. All the XM762D I've ever had and/or seen had sealed primers, annealed necks and uniform bullets. XM80762, not so much. So the lesson here is, if you can inspect it before buying, do so. If you find a lot of ammo that has rounds of differing OALs, don't sweat it, just check the bullets with a magnet. If the long ones stick but the short ones don't, you've still got good ammo, just with different bullets. Sort 'em out when you get home and shoot 'em up.
All things being equal, I'd buy the stuff with the annealed necks because you might get an extra loading or two out of 'em since the necks start out soft to begin with (they get hardened through firing and resizing though; you'll have to re-anneal them to keep the necks soft).
As for whether or not it will feed in you M14, the fact that it's military ammo says it all: it'll feed into anything. Of course, M14s usually have generously sized chambers, which are frequently slightly ovular in shape (which is why M14 brass needs to be full length resized, if not small base resized due to this and frequently crooked chamber reaming too).
Hope this helps.