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I have a manley 250 amp. Uses 10 el34's in output stage. individual trim bias, and a master bias supply adjustment. All tubes check out and are matched (by me on a calibrated Mercury 2000 and bias probe). Amp has a soft start feature that warms up the circuits using about 10% power. Problem is that tube number 5 goes into over bias condition then the HT voltage fuse blows. In soft start mode, #5 runs at about .200MV where it should be around .065MV as it used to do and the other tubes still do. If I put the amp in operate mode, full power, the bias for #5 climbs till the HT fuse blows. Tube test fine. Moving tubes to a second amp does not move the problem. question is if the 33ohm resistor indicated in the bias circuit burned out to an open condition, would it cause this. I don't think it's the individual trim bias since in softsart mode, the bias trim range does alter the bias for #5. But it's basically a few hundred MV off. If I pull tube #5 and it's partner tube #10, the amp runs fine, bias is good for all remaining 8 tubes, fuses do not pop. Again, the tubes are fine. I have plent of new tubes to use to diagnose, as well as being able to test #5 and have tube #5 perform normal in my second Manley amp. I'm attaching the bias area of the schematic. Over the week end I'll pull the amp out of the rack, and test the individual components in the circuit of tube #5.
If its not the valve then it must be one of the components around it.
I'd suspect the coupling capacitor for tube #5, but it could also be one of the other components in the grid circuit. Remove tube #5 and one tube from the other PP phase (tube #1 ?) to maintain dc balance in the output stage and do some measurements - I think you see that the grid bias is off on that one particular position.. Now you just need to figure out why - do you have a full schematic?
ok, problem solved. 10 ohm resistor to pin 1/8 is open. everything else in the amp test just fine. I think I have one, if not, off to radio shack.
Hopefully it is that simple, but I bet it isn't. Since the B+ fuse blew how likely is it that this cathode current sampling resistor opened up due to excessive cathode current? (Answer: Very) I'd replace the 47uF cap across the cathode resistor as it may have been over-voltaged when the cathode resistor opened up.
Did you measure the voltage on pin #5 of tube #5 with the amplifier in operating mode? (Carefully of course)
Ok, good idea. done. cap changed. replaced the 10 ohm resister, rebiased, and we're in like flint. the resister is not even warm. the bias behavior is normal. thanks for the feed back.
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Rail track infrastructure ownership: Investment and operational issues
Ferreira, Luis (1997) Rail track infrastructure ownership: Investment and operational issues. Transportation, 24(2), pp. 183-200.
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Abstract. As privatisation of railway systems reach the political agendas in a number of countries, the separation of track infrastructure from train operations is seen as providing the vehicle which will improve profitability within the rail industry. This paper deals with three main issues related to such separation within a freight railway focus, namely: investment appraisal; track standards and maintenance; and train operating performance. The conflicts of interest between the owners of track and their client operators are discussed in detail. Costs related to track capacity and congestion need to be taken into account, given that additional trains are likely to lead to increased risk of delays to existing services. The paper discusses the use of a travel time reliability model to estimate the additional costs imposed on the system through the introduction of specific train services. It is concluded that investment in individual elements of railway infrastructure must be integrated with the overall financial and customer service strategies of both operators and owners. As an alternative to current practices, a hybrid model of track ownership is put forward here. Under such a model, a joint-venture company with equity from the main "players" would be owner of track. This would allow some of the benefits of vertical integration to be retained, whilst providing fair access to new operators.
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|(10) Preventable loss: $82,000,000
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- Dawson Casting: "I'm nineteen, but I'm old for my age!" Though, since many of the other characters are only mid-twenties, the potential exists for them as well.
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- Expy: Of, well, Mimi, the seamstress, from La Bohème.
- Fanservice: The only reason why in the film, "Out Tonight" note is performed while Mimi is at work instead of at her apartment like in the play.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: She's an exotic dancer rather than a hooker, but follows this trope all the same.
- Lady in Red: During "Light My Candle", which is about her trying to seduce Roger for the first time.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: To Roger.
- Stalker with a Crush: She did come into Roger's apartment through his window.
- Too Kinky to Torture: It's a living...
Tom Collins
- Originally played by Jesse L. Martin
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Despite having a teaching job at NYU, he's bored and unsatisfied.
- Expy: Of Colline, the philosopher, from La Bohème.
- Only Sane Man: After Angel's death, he gets very serious very quickly.
- Sidekick Song: "Santa Fe".
Angel Dumott-Schunard
- Originally played by Wilson Jermaine Heredia
- Ambiguous Gender Identity: Usually referred to with female pronouns, but doesn't seem to mind masculine ones. Maybe a Drag Queen, maybe Camp Gay, maybe Transsexual, maybe a Wholesome Crossdresser... who knows.
- Expy: Of Schaunard, the musician, from La Bohème.
- The Heart: Of the group of friends. It's at Angel's funeral that they have a huge fight and break up.
- Magical Queer: Literally. Se sends Mimi back from death.
- Meaningful Name: After death, Angel continues to hover benevolently over the friends like some sort of... what's the word I'm looking for here?
- Refuge in Audacity: The reason we can forgive Angel for killing Evita.
- Sidekick Song: "Today 4 U".
Maureen Johnson
- Originally played by Idina Menzel
- Anything That Moves: She flirts with anyone of any gender, even when she's with her boyfriend/girlfriend.
- Bi the Way: She was Mark's girlfriend and is dating Joanne at the start of the musical.
- Expy: Of Musetta, the singer, from La Bohème.
- Genki Girl: "Over the Moon" shows us just how... vivacious she can be.
- Lady in Red: In the movie's "Tango: Maureen" sequence, she wears a red dress and a rose in her hair.
- Large Ham: Oh God yes, "Over the Moon" is all about showing off just how hammy she can be. She even breaks the fourth wall and gets the audience (Yes, YOU, the audience members) to moo with her.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: To Joanne. Was probably this for Mark, as well.
- The Masochism Tango: The tango... Maureen.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Maureen is easily the least serious character in this musical, and has one of the funniest songs as well.
- Sidekick Song: "Over the Moon"
- So Beautiful, It's a Curse: As she states in "Take Me Or Leave Me" to justify how she acts.
Joanne Jefferson
- Originally played by Fredi Walker (Traci Thoms in The Movie)
- Butch Lesbian: She's not completely masculine, but she wears suits and ties.
- Closer to Earth: Compared to the rest of her circle of friends, she is the only one with a high-paying, steady, professional career, and is basically the only thing keeping Maureen and Mark from imploding.
- Expy: To a lesser extent than the other characters, but she does vaguely parallel Alcindoro from La Bohème.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Though mostly because being with Maureen forces her to be extra paranoid whenever it looks like she may be flirting with someone.
- Odd Friendship: With Mark, due to them both dating Maureen.
- Out of Focus: She is the only one of the eight primary characters who doesn't get her own solo in the film, which was rectified by giving her the solo in "Seasons of Love".
- Twofer Token Minority: Black and a lesbian.
Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III
- Originally played by Taye Diggs
- Anti-Villain: He has good intentions to help the neighborhood, but they include displacing an entire tent city of homeless people who have nowhere else to go, and he's basically a jerk to his friends.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: At least, the rest of the gang sees him as this. Going back on your word about not charging your friends rent proably had something to do with that.
- Evil Former Friend: As above.
- Expy: Of Benoit, the landlord, from La Bohème.
- Friendly Enemy/Vitriolic Best Buds: With Collins, at least.
- I Lied: When he became their landlord, he told Mark and Roger that they could stay in the building for free, and then he goes back on his word. When confronted about this, he claims he just "let it slide".
- The Idealist: He used to be this. Roger asks "What happened to Benny? What happened to his heart and the ideals he once pursued?"
- Landlord: Negative version. He told Roger and Mark that he wouldn't charge them rent and that they could stay in their building for free, then he shows up on Christmas Day to demand the entire year's worth of rent even though he knows full well they don't have it.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In-Universe, upon his marriage to Alison.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He sees what he's doing as being in the best long-term interests of the neighborhood.
- Your Cheating Heart: Has an on-again off-again affair with Mimi despite being married.


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Pat McCrory's ad has the same message as Barack Obama: It's time for a change. Therein may lie Bev Perdue's challenge.
Public Policy Polling found that she is weak with Democrats around Charlotte. Question: Do they know she's the Democrat and McCrory's the Republican?
Like Obama, McCrory is calling for change. Like Obama, McCrory is running against the status quo/more of the same in the capital. Like Obama, McCrory looks like a smart, young, fresh outsider.
One Republican told me there are three parties in Charlotte: Democrats, Republicans and Chamber of Commerce. And that McCrory belongs to the Chamber party.
Obama's surge in the polls – which started with Wall Street's meltdown – is lifting Perdue. Now she needs to reach these wayward Democrats. But will stem-cell research and school vouchers do it?
Her performance improved in the education debate. But she lacks a strong positive message about the future. Her ads tell us what she did. She needs to tell us more about what she'll do.
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New Kids On the Block
They never seem to stop hitting the road, and the New Kids on the Block are coming to a city near you this summer!
Joined by opening acts TLC and Nelly, Joey, Jonathan, Donnie, Danny and Jordan will kick off their Main Event Tour on May 1st in Sin City and wrap things up on July 2nd in Buffalo.
They've been a major force in pop music for decades, and now the New Kids on the Block will spend four days in Las Vegas, Nevada to commemorate their 30th Anniversary.
Jordan Knight told People magazine, "It is cool because it is still the same because no matter how old you get, there is still a kid inside of you."
The City of Boston, Massachusetts was rocked when terrorists set off bombs during the Boston Marathon, and now some of our favorite stars are coming together to raise money and show support for those affected by the tragedy.
On May 30th, the TD Garden Arena will overflow with love and music as the Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration is coming to Bean Town.
It's a page out of the Boy Band Bible, as the New Kids on the Block is joining forces with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men for a sublime summer tour schedule.
The trio of testosterone-laden chart-topping acts will hit the road under the Package Tour moniker beginning on May 31st in Uncasville, Connecticut at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
Readying himself for another shot at solo stardom, NKOTB's Jordan Knight has premiered his hot new single "Stingy" featuring Donnie Wahlberg
In the midst of his current NKOTBSB tour, the 41-year-old singer found time to record his latest musical offering, a sure-to-be summer love hit, which premiered earlier today (June 29) via "On Air with Ryan Seacrest."
They're on the brink of a killer summer tour, and the New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys hit the stage at the "Today" show to build some buzz today (June 3).
The iconic boy bands were in fine form as they sang through some old hits as well as some new tunes.
Lending his vocal talents to a good cause, Matthew Morrison performed at the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's Songwriter Music Series at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square yesterday (May 16).
The "Glee" actor looked studly in a brown leather jacket, light green shirt, and pair of ripped blue jeans as he treated the audience to a sample of his musical offerings.
Repping their respective groups, A.J. McLean and Joey McIntyre from "New Kids On The Block" and "Backstreet Boys" stopped by "On Air with Ryan Seacrest " earlier today (April 5) to debut their new single, "Don't Turn Out The Lights," as well as reveal dish some details about their highly-anticipated upcoming tour.
The boy band heartthrobs opened up to the radio host, explaining their contemplation of "fun, creative ways to come together" adding, "possibly duets here and there and different things and really just making it an all around amazing show."
Signing on for quite the exciting venture, Jordin Sparks has been named as the opening act for the upcoming New Kids On the Block/Backstreet Boys tour.
The "American Idol" alum will be entertaining audiences throughout North America when the supergroup trek kicks off next month (May 2011).
They're gearing up for a massive tour this summer, and the New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys have a new single.
The track is called "Don't Turn Out the Lights" and it features both groups doing what they do best- singing bubblegum pop.


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Shel Holtz has a great, definitive summary of goals, objectives, strategies and tactics in response to Chris Clarke's question and our brief discussion on the podcast. Great WWII reference too…
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This week, Terry and David have a lively chat about conflicts of interest in the agency world, talk about Terry's work on the Michael Ignatieff Liberal Party Leadership bid, welcome comments from Luke Armour and Paull Young, and Chris Clarke contributes his regular segment.
You can listen to the show with the player above or download or subscribe with the links in the show blog's sidebar.
Show Notes:
00:30 David introduces the show and welcomes listener comments to the comment line at 206-600-4741.
01:30 Terry mentions Paull Young's audio comment that can be found on the show blog. Terry points listeners to the NewPR's Anti-Astroturfing page.
02:00 Terry thanks Luke Armour for his comment. Luke wanted to say that even though he lives in the US, he knows who David was talking about when he mentioned Les Habitants (the Montreal Canadiens).
02:45 David brings up Terry's work on Michael Ignatieff's bid for the Liberal Party of Canada leadership race. Terry discovered through this post that Ignatieff is the only candidate with a podcast. Terry says it's incredible that none of the other candidates in the leadership are podcasting, as it's a perfect way to get the word out. David adds that Ken Dryden is running for the Liberal leadership as well, a former Montreal Canadien goaltender.
07:15 David brings up a hazy area of PR for discussion: conflicts of interest in relation to client assignments. Terry tells a story from early in his career at Hill and Knowlton, where his Toronto office had a conflict of interest with an H&K office in Honolulu.
11:00 David adds his perspective as a member of a major PR firm, Fleishman-Hillard. His personal opinion is that clients can ask for whatever they want, but as a general rule should reserve issues of conflict to the firms themselves.
15:20 Terry says that the most important issue with conflicts is disclosure. Thornley Fallis has a code of conduct, part of which deals with conflict of interest. According to Terry, the first thing to do is disclose the conflict of interest to the client. Terry adds that he is not a proponent of ditching a smaller client to add a competitor with a bigger budget although the opportunity has arisen and is often tempting.
17:45 David says that chasing dollars is not the way to go. He invites any stories that deal with conflicts of interest through the appropriate channels.
19:50 Terry brings up the conflict agency. He once led a small agency owned by Hill and Knowlton, but operated independently. During his time there, he never received a single referral from Hill and Knowlton. He recommends that conflict agencies not to count on business being passed on from the parent agency.
23:00 Terry says that the bigger the agency, the more conflict of interests arise. He says to be sure to disclose any conflicts to the client. David says that clients will eventually find out if there is a conflict of interest, and Terry adds that the short-term gain is not worth the long-term pain.
24:20 Chris Clarke discusses goals and objectives, as well as titles of PR blogs.
28:10 David discusses goals and objectives. He thinks goals are long-term, whereas objectives are short-term. Terry agrees, and adds that a future show will discuss the difference between strategies and tactics.
29:30 David says that adding "PR" to the title of a blog (or, in this case, podcast) just feels right, although there will eventually be no more titles to choose from. He also mentions that the name "Inside PR", in some ways, comes from Paul Holmes' "The Holmes Report".
33:00 Terry does his segment, "PR Words to Banish". This week's word: moot versus mute as in "it's a moot point."
34:19 David invites comments through the comment line (206-600-4741), to the Inside PR show blog, or to [email protected]. He also welcomes any listeners to the Inside PR Blubrry site, which he visited thanks to Jill Pyle.
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Australian PR pro Paull Young has dropped by to generate support for the anti-astroturfing campaign on which he's working with Trevor Cook.
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This week on Inside PR, David and Terry talk about a variety of matters. They discuss the ideal background of a public relations practitioner, the importance of public relations to claim social media as its own, a new service called Weblog Wire, and Mary Ellen Armstrong of Thornley Fallis Communications' MA work being published in an upcoming book. Also, Terry brings back the segment "PR Words to Banish", and Chris Clarke presents his weekly segment as well.
Please send your comments to the comment line (206-600-4741), through email ([email protected]) or to the show blog at insidepr.ca.
You can listen to the show with the player above or download or subscribe with the links in the show blog's sidebar.
Show Notes
00:32 Terry opens the show and welcomes first-time listeners and thanks returning listeners for listening to this week's episode. He thanks Mitch Joel from Six Pixels of Separation for filling in last week while he was vacationing in France with his family.
02:08 David invites listener comments to the comment line (206-600-4741), through email ([email protected]) or to the show blog.
03:10 Terry asks readers to visit the show blog to hear audio comments from Owen Lystrup and Mitch Joel.
03:45 Terry introduces an audio comment from Colin McKay from Ottawa. This comment was intended for Episode 14 and has been on the blog for some time now. Colin says PR is a bit slow to react as an industry, and that more leadership is necessary in the PR world's trade publications.
06:00 David and Terry discuss Colin's comment. The two of them agree with Colin's view and and cite examples such as Paul Holmes' The Holmes Report as one who is doing great work on the topic.
11:00 David brings up a PR measurement survey via Katie Paine run by University of Maryland student Debra Berthard-Caplick. Those interested in participating are encouraged to do so.
12:06 Weblog Wire is a wire service that offers press release distribution to bloggers. Terry and David discuss the use and merits of a service that distributes press releases to bloggers.
17:05 Mary Ellen Armstrong of Thornley Fallis Communications has had her MA dissertation from Cardiff University in Wales published in a book by former BBC correspondent Nicholas Jones titled "Trading Information: Leaks, Lies, and Tradeoffs."
21:05 The final comment comes from Vishnu Mahmud in Jakarta, Indonesia. Vishnu wants to know what kind of people make good PR pros, to which Terry and David work out some answers as their discussion. Terry does not believe that good PR pros are necessarily journalism majors, graduates of a community college PR program, or graduates of MA programs. He thinks many of those skills cannot be taught, such as being able to connect with people and managing relationships.
26:40 David admits to having a journalism degree and says that he has had great success in hiring journalism students into PR, but he says that their success probably had little to do with journalism. He elaborates, saying literate, well-rounded people do well in PR.
37:00 David introduces Chris Clarke's weekly segment, in which he discusses astroturfing as a hot topic in public relations.
40:55 Terry introduces this week's "PR Word to Banish": fulsome
42:40 David wraps up the show and invites comments to the comment line (206-600-4741), through email ([email protected]) or to the show blog at insidepr.ca.
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Owen Lystrup has called in with an answer for Chris Clarke's iPod/iTunes frustrations. (By the way, there is a great site for iPod junkies that has answers, reviews, etc. for just about everything you can imagine related to iPod. Check out www.ilounge.com.)
Owen also notes that you have to be knowledgeable about a whole lot of things in the agency business. Ain't that the truth!
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Mitch Joel drops in with a "car-cast" for a couple of thoughts on his co-hosting gig on IPR #15.
Mitch and I broke the time record with our free-form discussion and I had to leave two meaty segments on the cutting room floor to keep the podcast a respectable length. One interesting segment covered Mitch's dabbling in Second Life and where he sees possibilities for an interesting business/communications tool. The other segment was about educating the next generation of communicators in the world of social media.
Mitch has offered to resurrect them for a segment on his podcast and I've been toying with the idea of packaging them up as special editions of IPR.
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This week on Inside PR, David welcomes Mitch Joel from Twist Image and the man behind the Six Pixels of Separation podcast as co-host in Terry's absence. Mitch and David talk about a variety of social media matters, with podcasting being central to each of their topics for discussion. Let us know what you think of Mitch as a guest co-host. Send us a comment through the comment line (206-600-4741), [email protected], or leave a comment here to the show blog.
You can listen to the show with the player above or download or subscribe with the links in the show blog's sidebar.
Show Notes
00:40 David introduces this week's co-host, Mitch Joel
01:07 David introduces Terry's segment
01:45 Terry steps into the confessional and talks about his struggle with the task of delegation
05:20 Terry re-introduces his favorite segment, "PR Words to Banish". This week word: "comprise"
06:18 Terry bids everyone adieu and vows to return for next week's show
06:42 David invites listener comments to the comment line (206-600-4741), the show blog, or to [email protected]
07:18 David asks co-host Mitch Joel for an explanation of how he came to be a star in the social media scene
07:46 Mitch confesses that his first gig came in 1989 when he interviewed Tommy Lee of Motley Crue, talks about how he got involved in the dotcom boom and bust, and how Twist Image was founded
10:31 David asks Mitch how he characterizes Twist Image
12:06 Mitch confesses that Twist Image is not just seeking out clients, but clients are seeking out Twists Image. Mitch has been working on the Internet since the earliest days of the 90s.
13:17 David confesses to being a traditional PR guy, and that his means of finding information is Google
14:55 David talks about transparency in the PR world and how social media is helping bring everyone together
16:12 Mitch says that it's just as important to be podcasting as it is to figure out how to do it from a technical standpoint
18:00 David suggests that people interested in the space of podcasting should go out and get their hands dirty and do it themselves.
18:45 Mitch brings up his very first episode of Six Pixels of Separation, which is an example of someone trying out podcasting for the first time. He mentions that his latest guest was CC Chapman.
20:03 David says that podcasters are their own harshest critics, and talks about the artificiality of producing a podcast of the same length on the same day every week
22:12 David brings up the mesh conference in Toronto from this past May
24:00 Mitch talks about his 7-hour presentation for the Canadian Marketing Association called "Blogs: A Marketers' Secret Weapon", and brings up that he recently started listening to Adam Curry's Daily Source Code
25:00 Mitch says he found the new talk radio, and it's called podcasting. He says he wouldn't call himself a podcaster just yet, but that he appreciates the immediacy of the podcasting medium
27:40 Mitch likes the fact that there is not much gear needed to be podcasting. It becomes about quality content rather than quality production
30:10 David brings up Chris Clarke. He and Mitch talk about his blog, and Mitch says about Clarke, "He did it, and he got it".
31:30 Chris Clarke's weekly segment
34:20 David introduces and reads Chris Clarke's former classmate Megan Zinn's comment to the show blog
36:15 David closes the show and invites listener comments to the comment line (206-600-4741), the show blog, or to [email protected]
36:34 David thanks Mitch for co-hosting and invites listeners to check out his podcast
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Colin McKay comments on the fact that ad agencies and interactive firms are getting the jump on PR firms in offering social media consulting services.
(Colin intended this comment for IPR #15, but it came in after we recorded the podcast…we'll get it in on IPR #16).
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First, apologies for the late arrival of this week's episode.
Second, starting next week, the show will be posted on Tuesday mornings rather than Monday mornings.
Also, with Terry absent next week, Mitch Joel from the Six Pixels of Separation podcast will be co-hosting with David.
Show Notes
00:27 Terry opens the show and invites listener comments to the comment line (206-600-4741), the show blog, or to [email protected]
01:20 Terry brings up housekeeping items: the show will now be posted Monday nights at midnight instead of Sunday nights at midnight
02:00 Terry will not be co-hosting next week's episode. In his place, Mitch Joel will join David as co-host. Thanks to Mitch for filling in for Terry.
03:00 David introduces Eric Schwartzman of the On The Record Online's comment on Inside PR #13 about branding of social media inside agencies.
7:08 Terry and David discuss Eric's comment
9:42 Robert French supports posting comments as they arrive on the blog page
10:42 Terry mentions the latest special edition of Inside PR with Andrew Laing. K.D. Paine has recommended it to her readers. David brings up having met K.D. in Toronto recently.
13:25 David brings up Podcasters Across Borders and Terry talks about his time at the conference in Kingston, Ontario.
16:10 David and Terry discuss a post on Steve Rubel's blog about John Edwards' speech at Gnomedex.
19:45 Terry brings up Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's bare-bones podcast.
22:12 Terry brings up the Nokia blogger-relations program done by Matchstick, a word-of-mouth marketing company. There is some discussion as to how Matchstick could have done a better job communicating with the blogosphere. David points to Darren Barefoot and Boris Mann as examples of bloggers who were recruited but chose not to participate.
32:14 Amy Cole comments on Chris Clarke's segment from Inside PR #13
33:33 Chris Clarke contributes his weekly segment
35:20 Terry identifies with Chris' segment and shares a story of his own from circa 1988
36:40 Terry invites comments to the blog page, comment line, or via email to [email protected]
37:35 David closes the show and looks forward to Mitch Joel co-hosting next week
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Nicholas Sparks
* An epic love story from the bestselling author of The Last Song and The Notebook * The multi-million-copy international bestseller
THE GUARDIAN is Nicholas Sparks' seventh novel. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and children.
On Christmas Eve, Julie Barenson, 25 years old and newly widowed, finds an unexpected present-a Great Dane pup that her late husband, Jim, had arranged for her to receive after he died from a brain tumor. On that melodramatic note, bestselling author Sparks (Nights in Rodanthe) begins his latest love story, one in which he combines elements of romance with those of a thriller. Julie's new dog, Singer, turns out to be a better judge of character than she, which is unfortunate because the dog nearly gives away the book's ending when he growls warily at Richard Franklin, the new man in Julie's life. On the other hand, the pooch loves to be around Mike Harris, Jim's best friend, who has grown to love Julie. Richard's increasingly bizarre behavior causes Julie to break up with him, and his subsequent stalker tactics make for compelling action, especially when he plots to destroy the budding romance between Julie and Mike. But the writing is lax at best, with multiple point-of-view shifts in the course of one page or even one paragraph. Secondary characters are two-dimensional, such as Pete, the dumb cop who is taken in by the scheming Richard, and Andrea, Julie's co-worker at the local hair salon, a low-class broad from the wrong side of the tracks who might as well have "next victim" tattooed on her forehead. Yet Sparks fans clamor for his brand of love story, and, with the added punch of suspense, this one will be another bestseller. Agent, Theresa Park. (Apr.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
'Masterful storytelling from this bestselling author' - CHOICE 'Sparks fans clamor for his brand of love story and, with the added punch of suspense, this one will be another bestseller' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY For THE NOTEBOOK: 'Achingly moving...will have you weeping for the joy and tragedy of it all' - DAILY MAIL
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I have read a few of his books and throughly enjoyed all of them . This one was a little different from the rest as was mor a thriller theme . I found it hard to put down and would recommend it .
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Nicholas Sparks sucessfully tries his hand at combining his signature romance with a spine-tingling thriller twist. Newly widowed Julie Barenson becomes tangled up in a web of love and obsession when she begins to love again, and he choice between the sophisticated Richard Franklin and her husbands best friend Mike Harris lead her into the fight for her life.
A suspenseful thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat, but also fill you with warmth from Spark's signature romance. A great read for any new or old Sparks fans.
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The Great Sugardale Bac-on at GoodTaste Pittsburgh is this weekend and I am going to be a celebrity judge for the main dish competition. Also on the panel is Spike Mendelsohn (Top Chef: Season Four) and Ron Antill (WSHH Radio).
If you'er not sure what GoodTaste Pittsburgh is, its basically a food event featuring celebrity chefs and foodies. From 9am to 5pm you can watch live cooking, eat, and get your knives sharpened for only $20. On top of that you get to see the Bac-on live!
Schedule of Events for the Bac-on
- 9:00 a.m. GoodTaste! Pittsburgh opens
- Round One: Appetizers/Sides/Entertaining
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Judges include Lauren Chattman author of "Cookie Swapâ€
Contestants include Amie V., Brandi B. and Kimberly C.
- Round Two: Ready Bacon
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Judges include Jerry Saad of the Cooking Channel
Contestants include Dee G., Christine W. and Cindy S.
- Round Three: Main Dish
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Judges include Spike Mendelsohn of Top Chef and Jason Mosley of MrBaconpants.com
Contestants include Jill H., Olga W. and Lisa S.
- Final Round
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Judges include Claire Robinson of the Food Network
Second and third place runner-ups in the final round will receive $500 and a year's supply of Sugaradale bacon. The Grand BAC-ON Champion will receive $3,000!
GoodTaste! Pittsburgh & Great Sugardale Bac-on
November 6, 2010
9am – 5pm
Monroeville Convention Center
209 Mall Boulevard,
Monroeville, PA 15146
For a complete list of the contestants and their recipes please visit www.greatsugardalebacon.com. For more information on GoodTaste Pittsburgh visit www.goodtastepittsburgh.com.


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After learning some life lessons in a tumultuous non-conference schedule marred by the death of its coach, Saint Louis Billikens is schooling the Atlantic 10 Conference on a nightly basis.
No. 24 VCU became the most recent unwilling pupil in Chaifetz Arena, enduring a 2-hour trip to the Billiken woodshed in a 76-62 drilling that the home side led by double digits for the last 28 minutes and 38 seconds.
It was Saint Louis' 3rd win over a ranked team at home, all by at least 14 points, and this one moved it on top of the Atlantic 10 Conference. At 9-2 in the league and 20-5 overall, it owns a half-game cushion over the Rams and 15th-ranked Butler.
"Saint Louis was great tonight," VCU coach Shaka Smart said. "They have lots of experience and good leadership. They were the aggressors the majority of the game and when that happens to us, it's a bad sign."
Jordair Jett came off the bench to lead the balanced Saint Louis (20-5, 9-2) with 16 points — all in the 2nd half. Mike McCall, Jr. Added 15, Dwayne Evans netted 14 points and Cody Ellis kicked in 10.
SLU shredded VCU's vaunted "Havoc" defense, which typically wears down and wears out its opponents with depth, briskness and the facility to force turnovers. The Billikens made just eight turnovers and canned 55.3% of their shots.
How good was SLU? At one point in the 2nd half, it had scored 64 points on just 42 possessions, a ratio of more than a point and a half per trip.
"We have some guys who can handle the ball," Evans said. "We didn't dribble the ball into their traps and we probably did a good job. We're putting the pieces together." Baseball betting lines
Juvonte Reddic paced the Rams (21-6, 9-3) with game-high totals of 19 points and 12 rebounds, while Treveon Graham gave 11 and 9, respectively. But Graham, VCU's leading scorer with 15.8 points per game, was a miserable 4-of-15 from the field.
After a foul-filled first 9 minutes in which each team was whistled for 6 fouls, Saint Louis created major separation with a run of 19 straight points, capped by McCall, Jr.'s runner in the lane which made it 30-8 at the 7:14 mark.
VCU simply couldn't make a shot, missing 15 in a row at one point and connecting on only 8-of-29 in the 1st half. Its defense couldn't speed the Saint Louis Billikens up, as they artfully walked the fine line of being assertive while playing under control.
"The guys were alert and strong with the ball," SLU interim coach Jim Crews said. "VCU Rams gets you playing outside your way and playing too fast, but our guys had one 94-foot offense and did a nice job running it. We had a buffet of ways to score."
While the VCU Rams scored on 6 of their last 7 possessions of the half, Billikens still cruised into intermission with a 38-21 lead. Evans led the Saint Louis Billikens with Ten points, hitting all 3 field goals and going 4-of-4 at the foul line.


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How many times have you heard that something only happens "Once in a Blue Moon"? Well, if that's anything to go by, an awful lot of odd or interesting things are going to happen this Thursday night.
As it so happens, a Blue Moon isn't as rare as we think. There's one every time two full moons occur in one month; every few years or so. And no, the actual moon doesn't turn blue, though it is rumored to have happened a few times.
So this Thursday as you're getting ready to welcome the New Year, do something crazy and unexpected or buy a lottery ticket. You never know—everyone wins once in a Blue Moon!


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Behind Justin Laird's two goals, the Wright State men's soccer team defeated Green Bay 2-1 Friday night at the Horizon League semifinals in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Laird gave the Raiders a 1-0 lead at the 24:27 mark of the first half as he turned from the right side of the box and connected on a shot to the upper left of the goal from 20 yards out. The assist went to Brian Cothern.
Horizon League Player of the Year Tony Walls, though, tied the score for Green Bay (11-7-1) five minutes later with his seventh goal of the season on a penalty kick.
It stayed that way until the 61:58 mark of the second half when Laird, who was named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team earlier in the week, struck again for his seventh goal of the year. Cothern again provided as the Horizon League First Team now has five on the season.
The Raider defense held from there, despite a 18-13 shot advantage by the Phoenix. as Horizon League Newcomer of the Year Craig Feehan recorded six saves on the night.
Wright State (11-6-2) advances to Sunday's final at 2:00 Eastern against #6 Loyola, who defeated top seed and host Valparaiso 5-4 in eight rounds of penalty kicks to win in the other semifinal after the two teams were locked in a scoreless tie through regulation and two overtime periods. WSU has made one other appearance in the championship match, falling 2-0 in the 1998 final to Butler at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis.


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Re: How long does a hook last in a fish's mouth?
I would immagine that it would indeed stay in the fish for a while, but eventually fall out. *I'm no fish expert or anything, but with humans the body removes stuff on its own. *I know I've had my fair share of splinters that I left alone and my body pushed them out. *My father fell through a glass door when he was younger and got glass in his bicep until about a month later when a peice of glass worked its way up to his shoulder and popped out. *I don't know how true it is for fish or how hard it is to get the barb through, but I imagine given some time (a couple of months) the fish's body would eventually get rid of the hook."To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them." http://www.texasbassteam.comwww.texa...w.soblures.com
Re: How long does a hook last in a fish's mouth?
I once caught a fish that had a hook in it's throat and someone left a good 2 foot of line on the hook. It could have broken off, but looked more like a cut line since the hook was right in it's stomach opening. Anyway the fish had swallowed the line and it was hanging out it's poopshoot along with a crawfish leg. You like that visual? ;D Anyways, I'd say bass can live with the hook for a while it appears from that one sample. I did pop the hook out, by pulling the line out, running it out of the back of the gills to turn the hook and use pliers to pop the hook free. If done correctly the fish doesn't bleed and it doesn't turn the fish inside out. I then released a very lively and healthy 3 lb fish.
Re: How long does a hook last in a fish's mouth?
The "in-fisherman article link listed above is very informative and educational. It takes a little practice, but after you do it once- its a cake walk. I don't know if it is just me, but Decker lake is the worst/best lake around here for catching fish with tackle still in em! Probably the "bank sticks" providing most of the hardware, but then again I haven't seen them throw many back! Peace.
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Re: How long does a hook last in a fish's mouth?
Yeah man, no problem. I actually did the same to a dink on LA a few weeks ago. Through the gills, and out it went. Glad to hear you saved it's life. Some people cut there lines. I think more people need to be educated on this technique so more fish will live.
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It was fun to try it and I'm glad it seemed to work, but I'm not quitting my day job :PPersonal Best From the Bank = 7lb1oz Personal Best From a Boat = 7lb9oz
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Residues in Mathematica
I am trying to use Mathematica to calculate the
residue of somthing of the form
(cos W - cos(x-w))^n where n =2, 3, 4.
It seems that the Residue command can only handle
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Re: Count Function
Count[X[[All,14]], _?(#>-9&)]
> From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg65518] [mg65501] Count Function
> The syntax will be the death of me.
> Count[X[[All,14]], -9.] will tally how many elements in column 14 of
> matrix X are equal to -9, but I can't for the life of me figure out
> how to get how many are greater than -9. Any hint would be most
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The idea for these came when I found a bag of Jet-Puffed S'MoreMallows. Have you seen them yet? Unlike the rectangle StackerMallows which are pretty thin, these are nice and thick and bit bigger too. They really would make the perfect marshmallow for a s'more, but of course I had to do something else with them.
So I painted my design on them using water and dusted red and blue decorating sugar over the white marshmallow to make an easy version of our flag. I didn't go into all the detail like adding stars, I just kept this food craft super simple.
If you've never coated a store bought marshmallow in sugar, you'll be surprised by how much it tastes like a marshmallow Peep. I first tried the homemade version of this candy after seeing all the fun brightly colored marshmallow skewers, pops and kebabs made by Meaghan of the Decorated Cookie. She does some pretty amazing things with marshmallows and even has an entire section of her blog devoted to decorating them.
To make my marshmallow flags easy for little hands to carry, I put them on a lollipop stick. Now everyone can wave a flag this holiday weekend.
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Jet-Puffed S'moreMallows
2 food use only paint brushes (brand new or used for food only)
red and blue sugar (small crystals work best)
Dip a paint brush in water, brush lines across the marshmallow, leaving room at the top for the blue square. After brushing two lines, dip the marshmallow in red sugar. Create two more lines going all the way across the marshmallow then dip in the red sugar.
Brush water in a square shape in the top left corner. Dip just the corner in blue sugar.
Insert a lollipop stick into the marshmallows.
You are done, now go outside and enjoy the weekend festivities.
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A day after Egypt's civilian cabinet submitted its resignation to the transitional ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces, thousands of Egyptians protested on in Tahrir Square Tuesday. In the largest demonstrations since the uprising that put down former President Hosni Mubarak, the protests, now in their fourth day, has brought a violent crackdown from Egypt's military rulers. BBC correspondent Wyre Davies is in Tahrir Square and reports on the latest.


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Recently a colleague was looking through handwritten catalog cards and remarked, Who writes like that today? His comment reminded me of the penmanship handbooks and scrapbooks we hold in the Phillips Library collection. So, I went into the vault and pulled three volumes of penmanship samples from our Essex County manuscript collection, which had been completed by students in the Salem schools in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Jennifer Hornsby, the Assistant Archivist, and I enjoyed a pleasant morning looking through the volumes, marveling at the many beautiful examples of this lost art.
Please note: Some of the quotations found in this post will use the letter f known as the long s or the medial s, which should be interpreted as the letter s when reading the word. Interestingly, this notation is used within a word and the terminal s is used to finish a word.
Before perusing the scrapbooks, I looked through Henry Dean's Analytical Guide to the Art of Penmanship Containing A Variety of Plates in which are exhibited A Complete System of Practical Penmanship…printed in Salem Massachusetts by Joshua Cushing in 1804. A set of 36-copper-engraved plates, engraved by Thomas Whitman, are included with the book, one of five sets published. Dean's book includes five chapters on the origin and progress of writing and a Penmanship section, which provides information about the various methods of writing, instructions how to hold the pen and move the hand, with examples of different forms of writing, such as running Secretary Hand – The Square Text – The Court Hand…Directions to write a Current Mercantile Hand with Quicknefs and Facility. He begins his chapter on Penmanfhip stating Every art is more or lefs valuable in proportion to the extent of its usefulnefs. It is not without juft ground that the art of Penmanfhip is held in high repute. Its beauties are and always will be entertaining to perfons of tafte…Every attempt therefore to bring it to perfection is an exertion for the public good. Dean's book also includes an example of line paper demonstrating the placement of letters, dividing the space in half to balance the presentation of the letter.
Looking for examples of his approach to instruction, we found a copy book entitled, Old Writing Book, circa 1800, which includes line repetition exercises, similar to those students had to write repeatedly as punishment on the blackboard. What is interesting about this text, is that the copy exercises, with 12-14 repetitions of each line, also provide instructions as to how to write, hold the pen, place the item to be copied, etc., as one reads through the pages of the book. Once completed, the instructions read as shown below:
Be sure to place you pen and self aright.
Charged first with ink, your docile pen afsume a
Direct between two fingers and your thumb
Each end of these should (counteracting wise)
Full half an inch above each other rise.
Give to your moving fingers free command
Hold in the third; the fourth support your hand.
Inclining o'er your shoulder point your pen
Keeping your head upright and elbows in.
Lay strait your book before your writing side
Mark well your copy as your surest guide.
No letter must with ragged roughnefs grin
Or with deformed crooks or gouts be seen.
Past strokes revise with strict examination.
Question their smoothnesfs, place, or inclination.
Review the form, and size; the turns observe
Shape each of these a parabolic curve.
John Dodge Weed's example, Farewell to Summer, seems to have followed all the directions identified above.
Most of the examples found were created by young men between the ages of 12 and 14 in the late 18th century. This was not surprising based on Dean's description of the role of penmanship in a young woman's life. Dean addressed the pupils of his Writing School at their first annual exhibition on October 26, 1804, at which he stated, It has been observed, the elegant fpecimens of female penmanfhip are rare. If the remark be juft, while that delicate inftrument, the Needle, guided by a fkilful hand, imparts life to the coarfe canvafs, to what forse fhall we trace this imperfection, but to parental apathy, or filial negligence?
Our curiosity was piqued by Dean's statement, so we looked for examples of writing by young woman of the same age. These appeared in the early 19th century when the attitudes towards the education for girls changed. Interestingly, one item found was a receipt to pay for penmanship instruction for a young woman, Abigail Osgood in 1809. Apparently, her parents were not apathetic to the importance of penmanship.
Referring back to our colleague's statement, it is very interesting to note that very little time, if any, is spent teaching penmanship in the public schools today. This topic has been the subject of much debate and summits have been held to discuss the issue, one of which was held in Washington, DC in January 2012. The Handwriting in the 21st Century? An Educational Summit discussed research and opinions pertaining to the role of teaching handwriting (the current word for penmanship) in the classroom. In September 2012, the National Association of State Boards of Education released a policy pertaining to this issue. In March of 2013, Dr. Virginia Berninger, professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Washington, wrote a response to the policy indicating the need to include cursive and manuscript handwriting instruction in the curriculum. Where do you stand on the issue? Should student instruction include lessons in handwriting? Let us know.
NOTE: Interestingly, there is an exhibition at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, through October 23, 2013 on The Art of Handwriting.
Find more interesting thoughts from the Phillips Library on the blog Conversant.


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After Hyping a 'Fiscal Emergency' That Could 'Cripple' and 'Vaporize' America, GMA Silent on Sequestration
For weeks, ABC has been hyping sequestration as a "fiscal emergency" that could "cripple" much of America and "vaporize" jobs. Yet, Monday's Good Morning America featured no stories on what the network had been calling "massive cuts." On Friday's GMA, as sequester was about to occur, Josh Elliott hyperventilated, "Jobs vaporizing, flights delayed, even criminals walking free."
Day after day, the morning show conducted a "grim countdown" to sequester. On February 27, Jon Karl parroted, "...The White House's list of terrible things caused by the cuts grows longer, including flight delays, kids losing vaccines, and meat shortages." On another program, the February 24 World News, David Kerley warned, "Child care canceled for tens of thousands of kids. Long airport security lines." According to a new study by the Media Research Center, 89 percent of ABC's stories on sequester pushed "budget panic."
(For more on the MRC study and how all three networks covered the cuts, go here.)
On February 22, an ABC graphic warned that "air travel could be crippled" in America. No word from the network as to when the destruction of the airline industry will actually begin.
On Saturday's GMA, reporter Reena Nina insisted, "The feds are fighting off the direst consequences, like airline backups due to fewer air traffic controllers."
Host Dan Harris referenced Barack Obama's mix-up of Star Wars and Star Trek on Friday. The journalist mocked the President's enemies: "I'm not even sure a Vulcan mind meld will work on this Congress."
On Sunday's program, the graphic still hyped the "massive" cuts. George Stephanopoulos appeared and lectured, "What no one knows is what the impact will be and what the political fallout will be from all that."
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Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, has been charged with "hooliganism" for throwing a punch at a property tycoon during a televised talk show last year.
Lebedev faces the same charge leveled against the punk rock band Pussy Riot and could face up to five years in jail, Reuters and the Associated Press report.
Lebedev, whose net worth was reported by Forbes magazine to be $1.1 billion, made his money in the banking industry and owns a stake in Russian flag carrier Aeroflot as well as his own Red Wings airline.
He has financed Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper jointly owned with former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev that is fiercely critical of the Kremlin, and two British newspapers â?? the Independent and the Evening Standard.
The State Investigative Committee says Lebedev is being charged for a scuffle with property developer Sergei Polonsky, himself a onetime billionaire, during a Russian TV talk show in September.
Lebedev calls the charge a vendetta by Putin.
"I know the position of the president," he said in an interview Tuesday, Reuters reports. "He thinks it is true that I have been funding (the opposition), so I was violating rule No. 1 â?? if you have money you should not interfere (in politics)."
Lebedev has refused to sign a form limiting his travel, citing legal rights, but says he has no plans to leave Russia, Reuters reports.
His son Evgeny Lebedev, who owns the two British papers, says the decision to charge his father over the TV incident is "a disproportionate response to the original action."
"I believe he is being targeted by powerful forces in the country, angered by the work of his investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta and his outspoken stance on corruption in Russia," his son says in the Evening Standard. "I really hope that this doesn't presage a new phase of crackdowns on those who speak out against injustice."
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My question is this- I love levers and I came across the Browning BLR. I picked one up tonight in BPS and it was slick. I really liked the action and the feel. My only second thought on this particular rifle was that they now have aluminum receivers and the receiver and barrell didn't match in color as well as I want but the laminated stock was beautiful.
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Most builders draftsmen and architects have little or no experience whatsoever in dealing with the problems of sloping sites. In contrast, show us a flat site and we wouldn't know where to start. Generally speaking homes built on sloping sites are extremely expensive however over our 33 year period we have managed to fine tune our designs and pole home plans, engineering and building techniques and eliminate many of the huge costs generally associated with sloping site construction.