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Re: First Purchase
My father in law owns a Beneteau 393 she is a great boat on all points of sail. She has great amount of room down below a nice double pullman up foward and a great double cabin aft. the galley is to die for and the salon has room for a crew of 8. We have been out sailing on his boat and it is not uncommon for her to be sailing 9 to 11 knots. We have owned a beneteau first 285 and a new Benteau 34. Our First was fun to sail and moved along quite well, but you cant beat the confort of our the Beneteau 34 who sails just as well.
Re: First Purchase
we looked for a FIRST 38 for quite awhile but every one had been raced hard and put away wet.. Found a FIRST 42 in excelant condition and snached it up.. been on it for 10 years now, very roomy, performs unbelivable and stable as hell offshore..
I'm a sucker for the early IOR boats so the early FIRSTs in the early 80s fit my urge and my budget.. very easy to handle singlerhanded and my wife say its easy for her..
Dont know about the remark about being narrow as our 42 is about 14 feet in beem..
also, all Beneteaus dont perform equal..
I think the greatest part of our boat, is the fact that the faster you go, the more stable it becomes, and even thou she is almost 30 years old, She still performs in the teens..
Have sailed her from the Alaska to Mexico, and leaving in the spring for Hawaii and the Marshalls..
You cant go wrong with a FIRST
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Curious to see wat you decided and how it worked out?
Try them out
I agree. Try out the boats. Don't be so fast to just jump into buying it. Get some time in on all of them that you are interested in. Then you can make a truly educated decision. The money that you spend on chartering boats will be cheap insurance to know that you've bought the boat you really want.
We've sailed a B 36.7 (slightly smaller sister to the 40.7) over 1000 nm in the Caribbean. Spartan perhaps but exhilarating to sail in the trades. When we are not there this boat is doublehanded up and down the chain every winter. BUT... this boat spends most of its time reefed or double reefed with a small jib.. In tropical island-hopping conditions you have a lot fewer demands for amenities, can shop nearly every day and so some of the storage challenges are less of an issue.
For more northern climes now you're looking at cabin heat, more remote destinations, more storage requirements, etc that would likely lead you to something more comfy like Beneteau's cruising series, and has been mentioned now you need to try them out.
Either of your choices are 'pretty big bites' to take on a first boat (your first, not Bene First) Clearly you're not budget challenged but I really suggest you take your time, get some experience with charters or other people's boats (OPBs) before you invest a chunky piece of coin on something for yourself.
Going South - if you don't have a lot of sailing experience and are looking for a boat that has performance and comfort I would look at the Jenneau 379 - sister company to Beneteau built in South Carolina and one beautiful boat. I have a Beneteau 31 and looking to upgrade and yes while the first series is fast you sacrifice some comfort.
Someone told me once you know if you have the right boat if you use it a lot - we use our Beneteau every weekend weather permitting, its just a little snug. The 379 has a great cockpit the dual wheels gives you more pass through room, the keel has a long bulb, the gear on the performance version includes mylar sails, upgraded winches, folding prop, upgraded standing and running rigging. Add the composite wheel option and Simrad and you have as perfect a boat as you can find for around $200k. I have looked at every Beneteau, Jenneau, Catalina, Hunter, Hanse, Dufour from 35 - 42 feet. For the money the Jenneau is sexy, fast, roomy...worth a look!!
And if I can add something here too - if you have a spouse or partner you want them to feel comfortable to sail the boat too. When looking at boats we sea trialed a C&C 99, the Beneteau 31 and a Bavaria (cant remember the model). The C&C accelerated like a bat out of hell in a small breeze - I loved it. My wife however was petrified at the thought of having to handle a racing type boat with Kevlar sails, adjustable stay, cars controlled from the cockpit - just a lot of lines, a lot of heeling over. In the three years since she has become perfectly at ease sailing our 31 which is a very easy sailing boat that still gets 7.5 knots with her assym flying. She has brought up her skills and I have found that 'speed' differences when cruising are immaterial between a race boat and a cruiser. A folding prop and an asymmetrical spinnaker will get you to max hull speed on any cruiser, therefore if you want to go faster get a longer boat! (The formula for max speed is square root of lwl x 1.34.) A racier rig will accelerate faster, will respond quicker but in terms of getting from marina A to anchor spot B in a good breeze you can't go measurably faster with a First than a properly equipped Oceanis.
Also it's not just your preferences - it's also the people you will be sailing with. If you take people out who are new to sailing and you rip along heeled over at 8 - 9 knots in a first 407 having the time of your life you may never see your friends on board again. On the other hand of your friends are already of the race set you will have no shortage of volunteers come race day if you have a First. I am in a marina that has a lot of racers and a lot of cruisers - the racers are there in droves on race weekends and typically don't take many overnight trips having removed their anchor and chain, dinghies, dogs and other accouterments essential to cruising. The cruisers come on Friday afternoon, head out for the weekend and come back Sunday afternoon. I can't say one group is having any more fun than the other but I can say I dont see many Firsts at anchor in a quiet harbour nor do I see many Oceanis winning trophies.
|Get the First!
sailed both, then looked at the 36CC (which had the same hull as the going to be 361)...the first was absolutely faster and easier to sail...the 393 had better interior and "could" be made to sail fast.
My wife loved the 36CC, and with the same hull as the up coming 361 she would move right along as well...so we compromised on the 36CC and loved everything about her. Even now, two boats later we talked about downsizing back to the 36CC...it is that good.
All that being said, if you can do without the aft full size berth, the First's are awesome and for some reason seem to be a bit less expensive...
Best of luck, and either would be great!
|Thanks for the reply!!! I would agree that sailing them both is the way to go and either one will be a good choice. I am afraid I will get bored if I do not get a First. Have you sailed either?
either Bs will do well sailing, the Firsts - as performance boat line, may be a bit narrow and spartan for most who want to live aboard but will be around the cans quicker than the "cruising" lines.
I would suggest sailing or chartering a boat in your size of each line, before you decide.
Only then can you make a really good decision.
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Rev. Thomas Kogo
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Devils worship is real and widespread in boarding schools, according to an Anglican bishop.
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Bishop Kogo said that 80 percent of Kenyans were Christians but it was sad that corruption, devil worship, rape and defilements were widespread.
Those stealing private parts from the dead were Christians who never miss church every Sunday, he said.
Bishop Kogo said several schools in his Eldoret Diocese had become victims and called on parents to monitor what was happening in there.
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The bishop was speaking during the burial of Senior Chief Johnstone Sugut, who disappeared from Nandi Hills Town a week ago and the body was discovered in Kalokol forest in Turkana District last week.
Those at the burial included Industrialisation minister Henry Kosgey, Nambale ACK Bishop Josiah Were and Central provincial commissioner Kiplimo Rugut.

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With the technical advances in gene sequencing, the possibilities of their use are growing rapidly. Totally new scientific disciplines evolve – eg the paleogenetics. Gene sequences are produced from bones thousands of years old, and these are compared with each other and with the gene records of living people. So kinship relations shall be found and the path of modern man in the conquest of the continents will be traced.
New disciplines employ best practices that are accepted by the community to secure their scientific approach. This applies not only to the claims of the exact and transparent working in the laboratory, but also for the methods to set up theories and to derive conclusions from theoretical assumptions. Parts of this scientific method are developing theories and build models. But what does that really mean, and what distinguishes a theory from a model?
David Reich and his team have carried out gene-sequencing of bones from a cave in Siberia (Denisova) (Nature 468, page 1053). The remains are approximately 30,000 to 50,000 years old. At that time in Europe and West Asia were living the "Neanderthals" while various hominins were represented in Asia. The gene sequencing showed that the Denisovians had a certain affinity with the Neanderthals, but also with the modern man. But how exactly looked this relationship? Were the Denisovians descendants of the Neanderthals, or were they a sister group?
To find answers to such questions, we first need a paleontological theory. Such a theory has an initial base, a foundation, and that is essentially the theory of evolution, especially the theory of mutations and re-combinations of genes. You have to be relatively safe what happens at the micro level, before you can set up theories on the macro level. Paleogenetics bases on the approach that similarities in gene sequences come from the same ancestral, while differences are explained by the fact that random mutations occur over time, which are combined through sexual reproduction steadily.
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From such a theory and the data of the gene-sequencing you can now build a "model of population history." David Reich and his colleagues present a model that looks like this:
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After the separation the "reunion" came – or at least something that was a "gene flow" between different groups. First, the Neanderthals met the ancestors of the non-Africans before they divided into various groups of people living today. One of these groups, the Melanesians met later the Denisovians, and again it came to the "gene flow".
This model explains that Neanderthals have greater genetic similarity with non-Africans than Africans, and that the Denisovians are most likely to the Melanesians than all modern humans.
Such a model is of course an idealization, in which the researchers make decisions to fit the data in a clear structure. How long two populations have not had any contact so one can speak of a separation? How much they have to be met then again, so that a "gene flow" can bee identified? These questions can not be answered objectively, the answer is determined by how the empirical data can best be structured.
For the researchers in paleogeneticis who have sequenced the genes from the Siberian cave, the model is much like an idealized scenario, which ensures that the theory fits with the empirical data. One can imagine this model as a physical map of the world where small groups of figures to be pushed around. How they are able to move in principle, how they can split into sub groups and re-mix (and what happens to their genes) determines the theory. What do they really and where the actual figures really moved to (more precisely – how they are moved by the researchers, enacting his idea of the past here) is part of the model.
Are Reich and colleagues using the term "model" actually in the same sense as eg Physicists and other scientists do? This question I will first return, but in the next few weeks, I will publish more posts about theories and models in other disciplines in this blog, then hopefully a consistent picture of the scientific work in the tension between empiricism and theory, in which models may be as little as representing a mediating role, hoefully will appear.
Reich D, Green RE, Kircher M, Krause J, Patterson N, Durand EY, Viola B, Briggs AW, Stenzel U, Johnson PL, Maricic T, Good JM, Marques-Bonet T, Alkan C, Fu Q, Mallick S, Li H, Meyer M, Eichler EE, Stoneking M, Richards M, Talamo S, Shunkov MV, Derevianko AP, Hublin JJ, Kelso J, Slatkin M, & Pääbo S (2010). Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia. Nature, 468 (7327), 1053-60 PMID: 21179161


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Minion (typeface)
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Minion is a serif typeface designed by Robert Slimbach in 1990 for Adobe Systems and inspired by late Renaissance-era type. The name comes from the traditional naming system for type sizes, in which minion is between nonpareil and brevier, with the type body 7pt in height.[2] As the name suggests, it is particularly intended as a font for body text in a classical style, neutral and practical while also slightly condensed to save space.[3] Slimbach described the design as having "a simplified structure and moderate proportions."[4][5]
Minion was developed using sophisticated interpolation or multiple master technology to create a range of weights and optical sizes suitable for different text sizes.[6] This automation of font creation was intended to allow a gradual trend in styles from solid, chunky designs for caption-size small print to more graceful and slender designs for headings.[7][a] It is an early member of what became Adobe's Originals program, which created a set of type families primarily for book and print use, many like Minion in a deliberately classical style.[b] Minion is a very large family of fonts, including Greek and Cyrillic alphabets, optical sizes, condensed styles and stylistic alternates such as swash capitals.[10] It is one of the most popular typefaces used in books, one of the most famous being The Elements of Typographic Style, Robert Bringhurst's book about fine printing and page layout.[11][12]
Modern Minion releases are in the OpenType (otf) format, allowing a variety of stylistic alternates such as small caps and ligatures to be encoded in the same font. The original release used additional 'expert set' fonts for these features, and may remain used by designers using more primitive software such as Microsoft Office that have limited OpenType support. (Like many Slimbach (and other Adobe) fonts, Minion features a 'Th' ligature, a tradition derived from calligraphy.[13])
The original release. Minion Black does not have italic counterpart. Minion Expert is a separate font package that include fonts containing small caps, ligatures, old style figures, and swash glyphs. There are also fonts for dingbats (Minion Ornaments), and a Black-weighted font (Minion Black Expert). Swash fonts are included for only the 2 lightest font weights. An 'expert set' font is used for older and simpler applications that cannot handle multiple text styles for the same letter (such as both lower-case letters and small caps) in the same font. Slimbach stated, "I saw it as being useful in text applications like newspapers, textbooks, and manuals, as well as signage and titles."[14]
Minion Cyrillic[edit]
Minion Cyrillic was designed in 1992 by Robert Slimbach and was conceived as a non-Latin counterpart to Slimbach's Minion typeface family. There were no Display-sized fonts, expert fonts, or Black-weighted fonts in this family.
Minion MM[edit]
The Multi Master version of the original Minion family, released in 1992. Commonly used in Adobe Acrobat to replace unknown fonts.
Minion Std Black[edit]
An OpenType version of the Minion Black font, but includes features found in Expert versions of PostScript Minion Black fonts. In addition, character set was updated to support Adobe Western 2.
Minion Pro[edit]
An OpenType update of the original family, released in 2000. The update is based on Minion MM but features slight changes to the selection of instances and modifications of the font metrics.[15]
The family comes with 3 (later 4, which adds Medium) weights, each in roman and italic, 2 widths, and 4 optical sizes (not sold in all packages). The Black weight from Minion Black Expert was not included. Each font includes the expert glyphs and dingbats that were previously found in Minion Expert package (swashes available in italic fonts only), Cyrillic Glyphs from Minion Cyrillic. In addition, the font family supports Adobe CE, Adobe Western 2, Greek, Latin Extended, Vietnamese character sets.
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Minion Web[edit]
A TrueType version of Minion, designed for screen use. It supports ISO-Adobe character set. Version 1.00 of the font was distributed with Internet Explorer 4.0.
Minion Web Pro[edit]
An updated version of Minion Web, which supports Adobe CE and Adobe Western 2 character sets.
Minion Math and MnSymbol[edit]
Minion Math is a variant designed by Johannes Küster from typoma GmbH, for mathematical applications.[16][17] Minion Math family includes 20 fonts in 4 weights and 5 optical sizes each. An additional optical size 'Tiny' is added. The October 2011 version (1.020) contains about 2900 glyphs per font; it also added OpenType math features. Minion Math had a working title, typoma MnMath. The final form is expected to include all Unicode mathematical symbols and many additional symbols.
An older companion to Adobe's Minion Pro (rather than replacement) is Achim Blumensath's MnSymbol, typically (but not necessarily) used from TeX.[18] Although MnSymbol has a packaging as OpenType, it only provides TeX font metrics for math.
Minion in other font families[edit]
The Latin Minion glyphs are also used in other Adobe font families, including Adobe Arabic (Arabic), Adobe Hebrew (Hebrew), Adobe Thai (Thai), and Adobe Song (simplified Chinese).
Minion has generally received praise for its effectiveness as a clean, neutral book face with a very comprehensive range of features and styles. Slimbach himself has described it as "an exercise in restraint," noting that his other serif designs have tended to be more eccentric, such as Arno and Jenson.[5]
Designer Matthew Butterick, however, mildly criticised it for being too neutral. "Minion is beautifully made—it's balanced, it's clean, it's handsome, it's conservative. It's easy to like. And it's been hugely successful as a book font, meaning you will not get fired for using Minion...[but] Minion succeeds so well in being noncontroversially good-looking that I find it sort of dull."[19]
- In 2003, Brown University adopted Minion as the typeface for the University logo.[20]
- In 2008, Wake Forest University adopted Minion Pro as its primary serif typeface as part of its project to update the university's visual identity, noting that the font "… exhibits warmth and balance …".[21]
- Trinity College Dublin uses the Minion typeface in its logo.
- Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style (Hartley & Marks, 2008) uses Minion as its body face.
- Purdue University currently uses the typeface for the body text of all University Business.
- University of Otago uses Minion as its serif typeface, including in its logo.[22]
- Leiden University uses Minion for its corporate style - including most presentation slides in class.
- The Technical University of Denmark use Minion Pro as its main serif font for all its professional communication.
- Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy was set in this typeface.
- Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire was set in this typeface.
- Scott Lynch's The Republic of Thieves used this typeface.
- The sociologist Kieran Healy uses Minion for his papers and has written on using it with LaTeX.[23][24]
- ABS-CBN Publishing's Working Mom was set in this typeface from February 2010 – present.
- Wolfram Research's Mathematica software logo uses the Minion Pro Italic face.
- John Benjamins Publishing Company sets its journals and books in Minion.
- The trailer for Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life uses this typeface for its credits.
- Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 uses this typeface.
- Richard Dawkins' The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution is set in this typeface.
- The Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2012 uses a font in the Minion family for its logo.
- Red Lobster uses Minion Bold as their new logo font.
- The logo of the Ateneo Junior Marketing Association uses this font.
- Jack Hart's A Writer's Coach: An Editor's Guide to Words that Work is set in this font.
- The logo of the Smithsonian is set in Minion Pro.[25]
- Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle is set in Minion.
- Both DreamWorks Pictures & DreamWorks Animation logo typeface is set in Minion Pro.
- The logo of Skydance Media uses this font.
- Shirley Robin Letwin's The Pursuit of Certainty (Liberty Fund, 1998) is set in Minion.
- The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language is set in Adobe Minion.[26]
- Many Adobe Systems reference manuals are set in Minion: PDF Reference third edition, InDesign 2.0 User Guide, FrameMaker 7.0 User Guide, etc. and Adobe ships the typeface with a number of their applications, including Adobe Reader.
- The official journal of the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, The Korean Journal of Anesthesiology is set in Minion Pro for its body text.
Minion Pro won bukva:raz! 2001 award under Greek category.[27]
- ^ Riggs, Tamye. "The Adobe Originals Silver Anniversary Story: Expanding the Originals". Typekit. Adobe Systems. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Phinney, Thomas. "Point Size and the Em Square: Not What People Think". Phinney on Fonts.
- ^ "Minion". Typekit. Adobe. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Slye, Christopher. "Coming to your desktop: fonts from Adobe". Typekit Blog. Adobe.
- ^ a b Twardoch, Slimbach, Sousa, Slye (2007). Arno Pro (PDF). San Jose: Adobe Systems. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "DesigningMultiple Master Typefaces" (PDF). Adobe. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Riggs, Tamye. "The Adobe Originals Silver Anniversary Story". Typekit blog. Adobe. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Phinney, Thomas. "Font Remix Tools (RMX) and Multiple Master Fonts in type design". Phinney. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ Phinney, Thomas. "TrueType, PostScript Type 1, & OpenType: What's the Difference?" (PDF). Adobe. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Adobe Typography Primer" (PDF). Adobe. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Coles, Stephen. "Top Ten Typefaces Used by Book Design Winners". FontFeed. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Bringhurst, Robert (1996). The elements of typographic style (2. ed.). Point Roberts: Hartley & Marks. p. 49. ISBN 0881791334.
- ^ Shaw, Paul. "Flawed Typefaces". Print magazine. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Shaw, Paul. "Classic study: the type faces of Robert Slimbach". Print. 54 (5): 46.
- ^ Type 1 ("PostScript") to OpenType font conversion
- ^ Minion Math: the design of a new math font family
- ^ Notes from TUG2008 in Cork: Day 2
- ^ ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/mnsymbol/MnSymbol.pdf
- ^ Butterick, Matthew. "Minion". Typography for Lawyers. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Brown University: Visual Identity and Graphic Standards - The New Logo". Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ "Section 4: Typography" (PDF). Identity Standards, Standards Guide. Wake Forest University. p. 2. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ University of Otago Brand Guide
- ^ "Installing Minion Pro". kieranhealy.org. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ Healy, Kieran. "Oppressed by Social Forces". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Smithsonian Visual Identity Program - Logo Specifications". Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- ^ The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (CUP, 2002), p. iv.
- ^ Type Directors Club : News : bukva:raz! Results Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ The original goal was that this would be controllable from inside applications using text, so a user could fine-tune the font to the exact form they needed (thickness, optical size, level of condensation, etc.)[8] Making apps support this proved impractical, and so instead multiple master fonts have been released in a set of styles likely to be useful.[9]
- ^ This describes their original design goal: with the growth of webfonts and higher-resolution displays it has become more practical to use them for onscreen use as well.
External links[edit]
- Minion Pro at Fontspring - Adobe's preferred reseller
- TUG2008 contains info on Minion Math
- MinionPro – LaTeX package
- Using Minion Pro with LaTeX
- Minion - MyFonts
- Minion® Math


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September 17, 2013 10:50 AM
"Harvey" has been keeping a close eye on work being done by Francis J. Palo Inc. at the top of the Vinegar Hill steps in Indiana.
Workers have been putting in footer forms for the landing and steps at the top of the hill.
The wooden likeness of the invisible rabbit in the Jimmy Stewart movie by the same name is owned by Glenn and Shirley Beatty, who live at the top of the hill. The 6-foot-3 Harvey was carved from a tree in the couple's backyard.


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Benchmark tests have come under a lot of scrutiny lately, and that is a good thing. Still, they are not without their uses and if the results shared by Rightware are on target, the Nokia Lumia 1520 is the device to own if mobile gaming is your thing.
The Lumia 1520 is a flagship by any standard, so most folks would scratch their heads at such news, but the fact that the yet-to-be-released Samsung Galaxy S5 was part of the test is what makes this interesting. The new Samsung is packing a newer Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, but the same Adreno 330 GPU. Still, those that were expecting a breakthrough with Samsung's new flagship will be surprised.
Rounding out the top five behind these two beasts are the Asus PadFone Infinity 2, Pantech Vega Secret Note and the Sony Xperia Z Ultra. All the devices arguably finished within inches of each other on the gaming centric Basemark X benchmark, making all of them a fine choice. When you look at the overall, Basemark OSII category, the Lumia 1520 finished in the top five (fifth), but still ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S5.
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A repeated synth phrase over a drone-like choir sound. Part of my Atmospheres and Soundscapes pack which consists of sounds, often cinematic in feel, designed for use in music projects or as backgrounds intros and soundscapes for film and games.
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This is an analog timer with 8 outlets. 4 can be on 24/7 for your heaters and 4 are on the timer. It works good for my current set up. But I do run an extra individual timer for my basking light because my beardie seems to like that one on a little extra.
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Despairing, Brody picks up the syringe the doctor has left for him—and injects the heroin the doctor left alongside it.
Seventeen years after the idea first dawned on him, Koska sold his first syringe.
A man was restraining him from behind while, to his horror, he said, he saw another leaning in to jab a syringe into his arm.
Several men rush to be the first to make a dollar selling her a syringe.
Trying to pull the plunger back would snap the ring and effectively break the syringe.
Ply the syringe freely, give air carefully, and use the least amount of shading possible.
If no syringe at hand, pour permanganate solution into wound.
The syringe, when used frequently, is useful for the same purpose, and to keep down insects.
Steadying the needle-mount with the left hand, detach the syringe.
Inject about a tablespoonful of this liquid and sediment up each nostril, with a syringe.
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An instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from it.
A hypodermic syringe.
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Experience a week, several weeks, or a month of Sabbath rest, renewal, and transformation during the month of June! The Summer Spirituality Series at the School of Applied Theology (a GTU affiliate) can stand alone as a short Sabbatical experience, or it can be an opportunity for homecoming and renewal for those who have attended SAT in the past and are ready for another holistic Sabbath experience.
The School of Applied Theology cordially invites you to their Summer Sabbatical: The Summer Spirituality Series throughout the month of June 2016. Download this certificate to receive a scholarship offering a 40 percent discount on tuition for any summer course. This year's lineup features:
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At My Bronx School, 'We've Got 'Em All'
Every summer, teachers from the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science in the Morrisania section of the South Bronx make home visits to incoming sixth graders -- a rare practice that was described in The Times's Metropolitan section on Sunday. Stephen Slater was one of those teachers. Here is his journal about the experience.
Sunday night, Aug. 7
It has been a long summer, jam-packed with new teacher training. Though I already taught last year, at a different school, this won't be the same. On the home visits we make tomorrow, I get to start meeting my future students. I don't know anything about kids from the Bronx. But I can't wait to get to know where they are coming from a little bit more.
I was afraid that I would have to spend this week planning a curriculum for students I had never met and didn't understand. But thanks to the wonderful foresight of our principal, Ken Baum, instead of planning, I'll be meeting students and their parents in their homes. This is how education should begin, with the student. Once I know them, I can begin to plan ways of learning that will actually grab their attention.
I believe that most misbehavior in classrooms comes from a disconnect between the teacher and the students. If I can get an angle on who my students are, then I just might be able to communicate effectively with them.
Tomorrow it's my job to set expectations high. When I deliver the student's first uniform, I will be helping the student and parent set a goal of high academic achievement. Nothing less than the student's best will do. I will be helping the student and parent set a goal of college attendance.
I'm excited about starting this fall at A.M.S. I am thrilled that my road as a teacher starts as it should, with a handshake and a smile shared with both students and parents. I'm honored to be part of this school that is doing such great work.
Monday night, Aug. 8
A mother of two twin daughters came in to our school to do a role-play showing us how a home visit would unfold. The teacher said, "You won't be getting into any trouble, will you?" The question was directed at the student, but the mother answered immediately, intercepting whatever answer her daughter might have given: "No, my child won't be getting into any trouble!"
It happened again, at another home. Another mother, whose son plays football, answered the question for him. "He likes to keep busy," she said. "There's a lot of things you can do to get into trouble out there. But my child won't be getting into any trouble."
I think that for the first time, I recognized the fierceness with which mothers fight for their children. They fight to keep them off the streets. They are fighting for their children's lives.
Each home showed care and love by setting high expectations for their student. I was surprised how something so intangible as the expectation of success can be so effectively externalized in a uniform. The uniform is crucial because it is a symbol.
We make it clear that we also have expectations for the child. Our expectations are expressed very directly. We are here to help the child prepare for college. In many cases this is beyond what the parents have dreamed for their child.
A mother told us that when she had been in school it had not been clear that she would go to college. She ended up not going to college, but rather bringing her son into the world. I looked at her son, and told him, "You're going to college." This may have been the first time that he heard that. And he believed it. Now it's not just his mother who is fighting for him. We are too.
The home visits are an extraordinary opportunity to give the students a chance to present themselves before anything has happened. We get to establish a relationship with the student and family before they have had a chance to be tardy or not complete an assignment. Each child gets to present his or her self in exactly the way he or she wishes, as a happy, intelligent, responsible student. This means that we help to set the child's high expectations. Who would have thought that the simple gesture of a home visit could accomplish such crucial goals? Just a little personal attention is worth more than millions of dollars of funding, or half a dozen school reforms.
Saturday, Sept. 3
Thursday is the first day of school. I'm not ready. I lean back at my desk, staring at the blank walls.
Last year, I worried about how to grab the kids' attention. I worried that I didn't have a curriculum. I started with a controversial passage from Karl Marx, something to get under their skin. "Oh, this is not going to be the usual class," they mumbled. I fingered the podium, looked at the bare walls. They stared back at me. The students would enter, ask each other: "Does this guy know how to teach? He doesn't have a thing on his walls! How are we supposed to learn without the charts, and pictures, and slogans?"
This year, having already taught for a year, I'm not worried about the curriculum. I'm not worried about what's on my walls. I'm worried that the classroom won't run smoothly. The wiseacres tell you, "It will be two years before you can manage a classroom." I'm worried that I'll have to send kids out of the classroom. During my student teaching, I saw this done over and over again. Most days it was multiple times per class. Then the child had to see the dean or the principal. We never saw many of them again. They had to repeat the year.
What's so cool about this school is that we don't do that. "We don't send kids into the hallway. It goes with our commitment to accepting everyone. We got 'em all," Principal Baum announced during orientation. He draws out the last word in his New York accent: "Aaawwl." "We don't kick kids out. We are a community school, and we create community. We've got 'em all."
I relax in my chair. This classroom will be a place where every kid belongs. We're going to hold on to every child. They won't slip through; they won't get sent out. We've got 'em all. I'm ready.


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In one of Iceland's most breathtaking natural settings, near Thingvellir National Park, Icelandair Hotel Hengill is a new premier hotel that opened in the summer of 2008. Just 30 minutes from Reykjavik, it's beautifully situated on the slopes of Mt. Hengill, with a great view over Lake Thingvallavatn and the mountains surrounding the lake. The location is filled with power and energy from the Earth. Hot springs, steam, the Northern Lights, it's an area of natural activity and beauty. When you visit Hotel Hengill, you'll be certain to feel that energy and enjoy the sights that surround you.
From most rooms there is a fantastic view over the mountains. Complimentary outdoor hot tubs, sauna and a fitness room are also there for you to unwind and keep in shape during your stay. All guest rooms and restaurant/bar facilities are non-smoking so you can enjoy a clean, pleasant environment as you unwind after the day or fill yourself up with a hearty breakfast at the start of it.
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Номеров: 22
|A large while building surrounded by mountains and the Lake Thingvallavatn.
|A cosy lobby offering a warm welcome to all guests.
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|Hotel Hengill features 22 rooms, all with phone, TV, radio and wireless internet access. The rooms are fitted with crystal salt lamps and the walls are painted in enlivening colours, giving an energetic feel to match the area and help you get going in the morning.
|Бары и рестораны
|Hotel Hengill has a fine dining restaurant with panoramic views across the remarkable landscape. The menu focuses on Icelandic specialities, such as trout from Lake Thingvallavatn. Seating up to 70 persons, the restaurant is the perfect place to relax over a meal. The breakfast table is filled with energising muesli, juices and teas and the house bar serves a selection of refreshing and enlivening drinks and to awaken the spirit within everyone. Decoration and art work in the hotel is based on energy and power combined with a nice fantastical theme.


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Letters to the Editor - Letters
There are 22 comments on the Honolulu Star-Bulletin story from Oct 30, 2009, titled Letters to the Editor - Letters. In it, Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports that:You hear the rhetoric all the time -- "Education is our highest priority" -- and it is more apparent especially in election years.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
#1 Oct 30, 2009
Ref David Chappell's ltr.
I am of the firm opinion that the use of instructional days for furloughs was initiated by the DOE to embarass the Lingle administration. Several questions come to mind. Why didn't the DOE/BOE start with the non-instructional days? Why didn't they shorten some of the paid holidays? Why didn't they rescind or cancel some of the paid six-month breaks for teachers (called sabbatical leaves) which would save the DOE over $2 MILLION dollars? Why didn't they trim the $1+ MILLION dollars for substitute clericals, or the $2.4 MILLION dollars for substitute custodians?
Why has the DOE budget grown from $972 MILLION dollars in FY 99-00, to $2.4 BILLION dollars in FY 08-09, while enrollment and test scores have both declined?
Since: Aug 09
#2 Oct 30, 2009
Of course Will Page supports the changes to the B&B rules since he's one of the illegal operators.
Since: Jul 09
#3 Oct 30, 2009
This is the same as your post to the Advertiser. The answer hasn't changed. Get your facts straight before you disparage people. The furloughs were demanded by Lingle, and given the number of days and budget cuts involved, could not be implemented without losing instructional days. Sabbaticals have already been cancelled. "Substitute" clericals and custodians fill critical positions that are not sufficiently funded to hire permanent staff. Why the increase in budget over nearly a decade? NCLB, for one thing. Increased cost of just about everything, for another. An attempt to pay teachers a little closer to a competitive salary, for a third.
BTW, overll test scores have NOT declined.
If you don't want to pay your fair share in supporting education, that's your issue. Spreading misinformation to try to support your prejudice is dishonest.
#4 Oct 30, 2009
Mea Heffernan....Get your story straight! Furloughs for school children are not what the public wanted. The public wanted the teachers to take a straight pay cut with no furlough days. Our second choice was for teachers to take furlough days using their own many, many vacation or planning days. It is the teachers that decided to STICK IT TO THE KIDS in retaliation. You have showed your true colors and you did the wrong thing. Most of us have had our hours cut or are taking less money for the same job. You teachers would rather hurt the kids than to do the right thing and all the spin in the world won't change the facts.
#5 Oct 30, 2009
Funny that we get ruffled over rail running at a loss. Do you really think the roadways aren't running at a loss? Maybe not, must be why they're in such great shape.
#6 Oct 30, 2009
Will Page stated at that hearing that no neighbors object to mini hotels in their neighborhoods. Which is ironic because everyone at the hearing opposing this bill is a neighbor of this industry and knows the devasation that it does to our residential communities.
Further more, the planning commission after many many hours of testimony voted unanimously NO. Every neighborhood board that voted on this issue (particularly those in beach areas) voted NO - not one said yes. Institute of human services said NO because it takes homes away from our residents who are already misplaced. Local 5 - 11,000 members strong says NO because it takes business away from the already struggled legal tourist businesses and many of them are being laid off. Lani-Kailua Outdoor circle - 500 members - NO. There were many other groups that said NO and thousands of individual residents who signed petitions that were delivered to the Council - said NO.
The ONLY groups that have supported this bill are the illegal industry and some of our City Council members - Anderson, Apo, Garcia, Okino, and Tam. Call them and ask them why - ask them why they aren't listening to the majority.
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#7 Oct 30, 2009
he sure is,,yikes
#8 Oct 30, 2009
Take a straight paycut...get real? with what teachers already make and the crappy resources they have to teach..C'mon, get your facts straight
#9 Oct 30, 2009
It so funny how the teachers are getting the blame for this unfortunate situation. Why don't you blame and antagonize and call names for the real key player in all this nonsense???hmmm, maybe the Legislators or the Governor.
To tell the teachers to use their own vacation time for the furloughs. Get real? Don't blame the teachers. Its not their fault. The situation is what it is...The Governor has put us here, so call her up and grumble
#10 Oct 30, 2009
BTW...its not the teachers hurting the kids...its the Governor who did.
#11 Oct 30, 2009
Amen to that!
#12 Oct 30, 2009
Furloughs.... Cuts....
Furloughs.... Cuts....
Furloughs.... Cuts....
Furloughs.... Cuts....
Pick one. Only choices available.
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#13 Oct 30, 2009
it is so complex
#14 Oct 30, 2009
Yup dats right..Furloughs vs. Cuts...and the state workers made their choice. But some of the public believes they should have the right to choose for the state workers. Don't work like that
#15 Oct 30, 2009
Where did it say the public wanted for furloughs for the children? public wanted furloughs for the state workers and this is the downside of that effect...now the kids suffer, now the public in general who need services suffer.. the point is everyone will be affected by the Furloughs, so other actions i.e. raise in general excise tax, hurricane relief fund should have been used to avoid the consequences of the Furloughs.
#16 Oct 30, 2009
Nope. No one deserves additional funds if they can't account for $2.4B. If they can't even show how they spent the money they were allocated in the first place, what makes anyone think they'll do a better job by giving them more money? Add to that the state of the economy and they need to deal with their own problems as wisely as they can.
Begging for more money is not an option.
#17 Oct 30, 2009
As an illegal Vacation rental operator himself, Will Page advocating for B&Bs is like a parish priest advocating for sex with a choir boy.
#18 Oct 30, 2009
Will Page, keep your mini hotel out of our residential neighborhoods. If you can't afford it without renting you should have bought in a commercial area. You and your tourist guests are not welcome here.
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#19 Oct 31, 2009
let it go..it is a bore for most residents here
#21 Oct 31, 2009
What happened to the 2.4B? How can someone like te state auditor, NOT notice that there was this "hard not to miss" amount running all of hawaii's citizens into the red?
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Justin Timberlake sent his condolences to the family of late race car driver Dan Wheldon on Monday (October 17). The Indy racer died suddenly in a car crash on Sunday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
"I was deeply saddened to hear the news on Dan Wheldon's unfortunate and untimely death," Timberlake said in a statement, according to MTV News. "He was a great driver and a strong supporter of William Rast Racing. My thoughts and prayers are with his family in their time of loss."
Wheldon, a 33-year-old Brit, was sponsored by Timberlake's William Rast clothing line. He is survived by his wife and two young children.
In remembrance, the other drivers at the Speedway circled the Sin City track five times.


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An independent advisory panel in Britain charges that police routinely arrest people simply to record their DNA profiles for the national database, The Times of London reports.
The report by the Human Genetics Commission, an independent government advisory body, notes that 75% of young black men are in the database.
The panel says the database needs to regulated on a "clear statutory basis" and supervised by an independent authority.
Click here for a summary of the report, called Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Fear? and here for the full report.
Jonathan Montgomery, commission chairman, says that "function creep" over the years had transformed a database of offenders into one of suspects.
Almost 1 million innocent people are now in the DNA database, the Times reports.
"It's now become pretty much routine to take DNA samples on arrest, so large numbers of people on the DNA database will be there not because they have been convicted, but because they've been arrested," Montgomery says.
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Among the themes of this month's issue is alternative technology, which is undeniably becoming more important in the marketplace as climate change grows into a global concern, coupled with the political will to back projects that encourage the use of alternative energy sources. The ocean industry is a big player in the field with offshore wind, waves and tides as prominent resources. The problem solving continues to be challenging in terms of how to harness the energy technologically and get it to market in a cost-effective way that makes it competitive in price to traditional energy sources.
Europe, already a world leader in ocean renewable energy projects, is pushing for a greater stake in the global market. The European Ocean Energy Association released a position paper recently that advocates for European industrial leadership in ocean energy, specifically wave and tidal, by 2020. It states that current ocean renewable energy projects are fragmented across Europe, and EU-level support is needed to ensure a highly competitive position for Europe in the global marketplace. Direct benefits to the region would include the creation of 26,000 direct EU jobs in 2020 via ocean energy, and potentially 314,000 direct EU jobs in 2050. Ocean energy could also satisfy 15 percent of EU energy demand in 2050 and prevent 136 MT/MWh of carbon dioxide emissions in 2050.
Scotland is a prime example of a country whose government offers hefty support to the ocean renewable energy industry. Back when Sea Technology interviewed Martin McAdam, CEO of Aquamarine Power (Edinburgh, Scotland), which engineers the Oyster wave power technology to capture energy from nearshore waves, for our e-newsletter, he told us about the Saltire Prize and the role of such prizes as a lightning rod for industry. A global prize sponsored by the Scottish government and open to applications until January 2015, the £10 million Saltire purse will go to an individual, team or organization that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output beyond 100 gigawatt-hours over a continuous two-year period using only ocean energy. Complementing the Saltire Prize is the European Marine Energy Centre, based in Orkney, Scotland, which functions as a test facility for wave and tidal energy converters. Aquamarine Power's Oyster is among the technologies being tested there.
In the U.S., the domestic marine renewable energy industry took a major step forward with the first offshore wind project proposed for federal waters off the West Coast. After President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, BOEM gave approval for Principle Power Inc. (Seattle, Washington) to submit a formal plan to build a 30-megawatt pilot project using floating wind turbine technology offshore Coos Bay, Oregon.
The West Coast has more than 800 gigawatts of wind energy potential offshore, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which is three quarters of the U.S.'s power generation capacity. Total U.S. deepwater wind energy resource potential is nearly 2,000 gigawatts.
Principle Power, which received $4 million from the Department of Energy for its advanced technology demonstration project, plans to generate electricity from five floating WindFloat units, each equipped with a 6-megawatt offshore wind turbine and connected to the grid. The facility, at 1,400-foot depth, would be the first in the U.S. to use a floating structure to support offshore wind generation in the Outer Continental Shelf.
At this stage in the game, the marine renewables industry is still in need of government funding to help it develop as a competitor in the energy market. Concomitant with the government-backed birth of the industry is a growing global consciousness of anthropogenic climate change. Although it has its naysayers, evidence continues to mount for climate change resulting from human actions. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called out climate change as potentially being the "most fearsome" weapon in the world. Alternative energy may not be able to stop it, but it can bring about a change that's not just good for business, but also for the health of the planet.
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On the demo web page, http://ckeditor.com/demo, insert a page break anywhere and print the page. The page break does not cause a page break when printed. The same issue occurs in FCK 2.6.5. Did not try in other browsers.
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comment:1 Changed 7 years ago by wwalc
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It seems like it doesn't work at all in every browser... "page break for printing" is visible in the editor, but when printing directly using the "Print" button from the editor somehow it is not taken into consideration (but it is visible on the printed page).
It works when pressing the "Preview" button and printing page content from the preview popup.
Changed 7 years ago by fredck
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- Owner set to fredck
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In fact the current behavior for the Print command is printing the contents as we see them in the editor, not as they will be in the final output. So, anchors, flash placeholders and anything else that is editor specific will be visible in the print. This is also related to the page break for printing placeholder.
Changing the way we handling printing is a much bigger thing. For now we can simply make the page break bar breaking when printing. That's all about the proposed patch.
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#5002 is created instead for a complete change of the print command.
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. (Press Release) – Senior Josh Reichert (Englewood, Colo./Kent School) scored four goals while classmate Joe Brody (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) notched three goals and one assist as the third-ranked Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team opened its 2010 schedule with a 14-2 victory over Messiah College in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
The Bullets, who out-shot Messiah 39-19, were playing their first game on their newly-resurfaced field, which was surrounded by snow left over from a pair of winter storms earlier this month.
The game marked the earliest start in program history, as the 2002 opener on Feb. 27 had been the previous earliest game.
The win marked Gettysburg's 16th straight home victory dating back to the 2008 season.
Junior Chris Cahill (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) added a goal and a career-high four assists while sophomore Pat Sartory (Ellicott City, Md./McDonogh School) scored twice. Senior Kyle McGrath (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) contributed one goal and two assists.
Messiah, which was also playing its season opener, won 14-of-20 face-offs. However, the Falcons struggled holding onto the ball, committing 25 turnovers and going just 8-of-18 on clears.
The Bullets turned it over 11 times and were successful on all but one of their 19 clears. Reichert scored two of the team's first three goals as the Bullets built a 3-0 first-quarter lead. Balanced scoring did the trick in the second quarter, when Gettysburg broke it open by outscoring the Falcons 6-1 to build a 9-1 halftime advantage. Six different players scored in the period for the Bullets.
Gettysburg padded its lead in the third quarter with a 5-1 run, including a pair of goals from Brody.
Freshman Evan Thomas (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) and junior John Doyle (Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep) each notched their first collegiate goal for the Bullets.
Making his collegiate debut, sophomore John LeClerc (Acton, Mass./Tilton School [N.H.]) made six saves in 57:31 of action before classmate Lucien Reichert (Englewood, Colo./Kent School) played the final 2:29, making one save in his collegiate debut.
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Browns running back Trent Richardson revealed today that he played most of his rookie season with broken ribs and still can't lie on his right side or his back because it's too painful.
Richardson was hurt Oct. 14 against the Cincinnati Bengals, but he and the Browns said he suffered a rib cartilage injury. With the season wrapped up, Richardson admitted two or three of his ribs were broken.
"Sometimes it's hard to shift positions, twist, catch balls on my shoulder," said Richardson, the third overall pick in the 2012 draft. "It was real tough because it limits you from a lot. You can't really cut like you want to or you can't really make the body movement like you want to. You can't squeeze through the hole like you want to. You can't really get full burst 'cause your feet hitting the ground, it's impacting all of that. It hurts a lot, especially when you get punched and you get hit in that side. Some guys on the ground want to do other stuff, want to come in and land on your ribs, which really hurts. It impacts a lot."
The injury affects him off the field, too. He props himself up to sleep.
"For the first three or four weeks, I think I had people help me get dressed and help me in the shower and everything," Richardson said. "So it was tough."
Richardson pushed through the injury in nine games before sitting out the season finale Sunday with a left high-ankle sprain. When Richardson was in high school, he had screws inserted in both of his ankles to repair torn ligaments. Fortunately, his most recent ankle injury wasn't as serious.
"I knew it wasn't nothing like that," said Richardson, who played 15 of 16 games. "It didn't feel the same at all. You're worth too much money in this league and they got to do extra precautions and make sure they take care of you."
The 5-foot-9, 230-pound Richardson also played despite missing most of training camp and all four preseason games after he had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Aug. 9. He said his knee didn't give him problems during the season.
Richardson broke Hall of Famer Jim Brown's franchise records for the most rushing yards (950) and rushing touchdowns (11) by a rookie, but he's not complacent by any means. He ranked 18th in the NFL in rushing yards and 97th in yards per carry (3.6).
"I wasn't satisfied with my season at all," Richardson said. "Looking back at it, there was some times and positions where I couldn't do anything, and I made something out of nothing. My offensive line they picked me up, and they got better and better as the season went on. I think we got away from the run a little bit at the end of the season, but that's due to being behind, and that's football. At a time like this, you got to discipline yourself to make sure that you be hard on yourself when you go back and watch film and make sure that you criticize yourself so hard to where you won't make those mistakes next year."
Richardson is confident he'll be healthy in time for organized team activities in the spring. He's convinced he'll show significant progress in his second NFL season.
"It's going to be a big year," Richardson said. "It's going to be one of the biggest years for a running back that you've seen around here. And I know I'm talking big, but that's just my goals and that's my expectations. To be a player like I am and to have [three] kids, you've got to understand I just had my first son, and you got to realize I'm a man that came from nothing and always trying to make something out of nothing, so I think it's going to be big for me next year."
Rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden was impressed by what Richardson was able to do despite the broken ribs.
"It's unbelievable," Weeden said. "Most guys would completely shut it down and say, 'Oh, I'm getting paid.' That's not his thing. He's a competitor. He knew how tough a player he was, how much he meant to this team. I applaud him. It's amazing what he was able to do with such a beat-up body."


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Google: I blame Google for most of the insanity from other companies. The company goes out of its way to produce several fake videos, and the vitality of these videos cause the other companies to jump into the April Fool's video game. This year's videos from Google include the Google Maps Pokemon Challenge (use Google Maps to catch them all); WazeDates (Google acquired traffic app Waze last year), in which you can find your true love while stuck in traffic; and YouTube's "Viral Video Trends for 2014, which includes the new trend of "clocking", expressing the time with both arms in a random location):
Chromecast: A New Era of Squirrel Entertainment
Other Google-related videos: Nest + Virgin
Coffee-To-The-Home (Google Fiber):
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The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, today announced an investment in exactEarth Ltd. from the Digital Technology Adoption Pilot Program (DTAPP), delivered by the National Research Council of Canada's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).
"The Government of Canada is investing in science and technology to create good jobs, strengthen the economy and improve the quality of life of Canadians," said Minister Paradis. "In every sector of the economy, digital technologies allow companies like exactEarth Ltd. to be more innovative, productive and competitive."
exactEarth Ltd. will receive up to $50,000 from DTAPP to implement projects that include the adoption of new software tools and information and quality systems. These new tools and systems will allow exactEarth to improve its ability to locate more than 80,000 ships daily anywhere around the world and transmit this information quickly to its customers. This data is used within Canada and globally for a number of purposes, including enhancing maritime security and surveillance as well as search and rescue support.
"As an organization that excels in developing and exploiting leading-edge technology, we are extremely grateful for the opportunity to work with DTAPP," said Peter Mabson, President of exactEarth Ltd. "This project will help us further increase our competitive advantage worldwide."
Founded in 2009, exactEarth Ltd. is a leading data services company providing advanced location-based information on global maritime traffic. It collects ship monitoring data and delivers the highest quality information to customers around the world. Its information improves maritime domain awareness for governments and commercial organizations, whether tracking a single vessel or monitoring large, unwired ocean regions. NRC-IRAP has been working with exactEarth since March 2012.
Economic Action Plan 2012 provides substantial direct support for research and development and business innovation, leading to job creation, growth and long-term prosperity for Canadians. Of this investment, an additional $110 million is allocated to NRC-IRAP annually to expand the program's reach and services for innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada, including $80 million for DTAPP to support the digital economy.
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Is their any other gunsmiths that would guarantee their work to make a 3.5" 1911 reliable? I'm not trying to get a perfect hollowpoint shooter, just with the efmj's. Their almost ball ammo.
This is a discussion on SA Ultra Compact Range Report within the Defensive Ammunition & Ballistics forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by HappyGunner I think the message from Wilson Combat as to how they'll do a reliability package on a micro but won't guarantee ...
I think what it means is that when it comes to 1911's Wilson has an extremely respected name. They're not the only folks who don't guarantee work done on the mini-45's. Buddy of mine is a gunsmith that now works for Cylinder and Slide. Same thing. Wilson won't turn down $100 (would you?) especially if they warn you first and you still have them do the work.Originally Posted by HappyGunner
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Is their any other gunsmiths that would guarantee their work to make a 3.5" 1911 reliable? I'm not trying to get a perfect hollowpoint shooter, just with the efmj's. Their almost ball ammo.
What does someone want in a guarantee? guarantee that my 1911 will always shoot no matter how I maintain it? guarantee that my 1911 will always shoot no matter if I use poorly designed reloaded Ammo.? guarantee that my 1911 will always shoot even if I hold it like a undercooked hotdog? guarantee that my 1911 will always shoot even if I never ever oil the slide?
All gunsmiths are wanting to make a buck if you wish to send you'r guns to them great.
If you buy a quality 1911 from someone making them in the USA then if you do have a problem you can call them right where they are being built.
This without having to call some repair station that has not a clue how to fix even a lawnmower.
I use federal's EFMJ's. Never had a failure - all mags worked ok with me with them.
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IMHO micro 1911s can be made utterly relyable, the wife's detonics was as purchased untill an ejectore hook broke ( not totaly uncommon even on fullsized 1911 ) after tuning and radiusing properly it has eaten another 6k rounds or so with only spring replacement and no malfunctions that arnt directly attributable to either operator error or improper cleaning howeaver micro 1911s are right on the line of what you can do with the design to the point it takes a special smith to wring the most out of em accuricy and relyablity wise its more watchmaking than gunsmithing to balance all the factors of feeding a .45 with that little slide mass , and that increased spring pressure . they are fine if they run but will not take the abuse or neglect the 1911 design is famous for putting up with i kind of equate them to full race guns if tuned properly there is no better tool , if tuned improperly well its a pretty paperweight and for the record i would have NO issue sending it off to wilson , or brown , or a half dozen others . They may not " garontee" it will be perfect but ill wager it will be relyable if properly maintained ( replace recoil springs every 1500 rounds, properly lubed , mags cleaned regurarly ect.. in 1911 if you want combat relyability , well buy a 5" gvt model because every step smaller or more accurate comes with a price from that platform. Thats just my experiance yours may differ . point is they can and do run , but not all of them from the factory , and not for everyone. If i did not have 100% faith in ours , i certinly would not put up with momma carrying it
edited to say we feed it 230 hydra shocks exclusively
my "lil pain" SA Micro went back to Springfield where they did ejector (warranty work) and is now 100% reliable. even on Wolf ammo! believe it or don't but just shot yesterday and again it ate 50 rounds and no problems. thats probably150 wollf rounds, and 200 WWB's and assorted JHp's and no problems yet. 100% so far on about 500 rounds...and thats a MicroCompact! so i am now in agreement with those that told me that they can be made to be reliable.
This is mine. That is yours.
Lets keep it that way.
Glad to hear of your success. I have been reading up on 1911 problems and from all I can garner, when the last round doesn't feed it's usually a mag spring problem. I still think I will send it to wilson for a look see but that may be awhile.


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Foreign Minister on North Korea Resolution of UN Security Council
Vienna, 15 October 2006 - "This is an appropriate response by the global community of states," commented Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on the yesterday's UN Security Council's unanimous adoption of a resolution on the North Korean nuclear test. Following its unanimous condemnation of the nuclear test the international community of states had thus clearly demonstrated its unity and determination. "We do not want any further nuclear states."
"Above and beyond the event that triggered it, the clear and swift reaction of the UN Security Council is also an important commitment on the part of the community of states to an effective non-proliferation regime," emphasised the Foreign Minister, also recalling the key role played by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) located in Vienna in this context.
The UN Security Council Resolution calls upon North Korea to fully comply with the provisions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and forbids North Korea to have any missile and nuclear weapons programmes or other programmes for weapons of mass destruction. The Security Council also adopted far-reaching sanctions, comprising both a weapons embargo and a trade embargo on all goods that might contribute to the North Korean weapons programmes. The freezing of assets, travel restrictions and an embargo on luxury goods are aimed to affect the leading representatives of the North Korean regime.
"The North Korean regime's nuclear plans jeopardise international peace and security. North Korea must step out of its increasing isolation and re-embark on a rational course. A return to the six-party talks and a constructive attitude towards them are the only feasible option. This is certainly also the wish of the people in North Korea," concluded the Foreign Minister.
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