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Thursday, 8 August, 2002, 19:30 GMT 20:30 UK
Ceplak ends Holmes' hopes
Jolanda Ceplak led from start to finish to win the women's 800m at the European Championships in Munich.
Britain's Kelly Holmes had no answer for the Slovenian and had to settle for bronze behind Mayte Martinez of Spain in second.
Ceplak went off at a furious pace on the opening lap and left the rest of the field trailing in her wake.
She passed the bell in 57.61secs and her competitors were happy to let her go it alone in the hope of the Slovenian tiring badly in the final stages.
But she stretched her advantage and with 200m to go she looked like holding an unassailable lead.
Holmes and Martinez seemed to be cutting into the lead going round the final bend, but Ceplak showed great strength to hold on and take the line in 1:57.65.
Martinez edged out Holmes down the stretch in 1:58.86, with the Briton crossing the line in 1:59.83.
Holmes was more than happy to add a bronze medal to the gold she took in the 1500m at the Commonwealth Games.
"I just had to go for it," she told BBC Sport. "I've been running well over 1500m but the 800m has been hard for me this year.
"I've got to be pleased with a medal. I got one last week and another one this week.
"I'm doing it cleanly and I couldn't ask for any more."
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I have been working on a Jodo Kast for some time now, but have hit a slow spot (wait'n for $$$ to get parts made)
So to get my armor fix, I started on a Kal Skirata. I know it is not a 501st costume. I just want to make it!! after reading the books I knew that i wanted to try and make a Skirata costume at some point. So Started now. (a week ago to tell the truth )
Pics of this costume are few at best. And the books only say so much. This is what I have done so far.
----UPDATE---- Became the 1st 501st Legion Approved Kal Skirata in May of 2010 as Well as the Mandalorian Mercs. Here is some of the info I used to become official.
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Art from Short story "Odds" in SW Insider #87 Art by
Robert Hendrickson
Official Star Wars: Galaxy 4 sketch cards; Topps Entertainment
Art by Jamie Snell
Flight suit is made with 2c2c2c2c. Almost spot on with the Kal insider Flight suit.
Star Wars Mini - This is the needed back ref image for the costume
Star Wars Galaxy 5 sketch cards (based off my build) Topps Entertainment
Art by The Great Jamie Snell !!!! ps Thanks for doing this, you got me approved!!
Star Wars Galaxy 6 By Jay Shimko (Thanks Jay)
Star Wars Galaxy 6 by Robert Hendrickson (Thanks Again Robert!!)
Star wars Galaxy 7 Sketch Card by Jay Shimko (You rule Jay)
Star wars Galaxy 7 Sketch card by Jamie Snell (Thanks yet again Jamie!!!)

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MICROPOLIS: Graduation Day at Sing Sing Prison
Forty percent of the inmates in New York state return to prison within three years of their release. But there are important exceptions. Among those are the maximum security inmates behind the walls of Sing Sing in Ossining, NY who have obtained a masters degree in Professional Studies —a one-year graduate degree administered by the New York Theological Seminary. Their recidivism rate over 31 years has been just 10 percent. The rate for those who've left with a degree in the last five years? Zero.
In this Micropolis, we visit Sing Sing on graduation day to meet with some of the men who have tried to turn their lives around while becoming assets to the prison community.
These include 40-year-old Rodney Grayson. When Grayson was 18, he killed a man simply because the victim was a flashy dresser and had entered onto Rodney's turf. The crime made Rodney something of a celebrity on the streets — and he says younger men often ask about the incident. But now, he uses his street cred to launch into discussions of ethics that are grounded in faith.
"I don't care what gang you in, I don't care how tough you in, when you start talking about God, it brings a soft spot to a person," Grayson says. "There's something innate within us that's dormant. Even if they don't want to believe it. The toughest man respects God. Whether he believe in it or not. Because it's the unknown."
Listen to the Micropolis segment above.


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Pune: Struggling Pune Warriors on Wednesday got a much-needed fillip with the confirmation that they will have the services of impact player Yuvraj Singh when they cross swords with high-flying Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) clash here on Thursday.
Yuvraj is fit to play Thursday's game, according to team coach Allan Donald, but Pune will miss West Indian all-rounder Marlon Samuels, who has picked up a groin injury.
The Warriors have lost two matches on the trot thanks to dismal batting efforts.
On the other hand, the Royals go into their second away game after recording a clinically executed and morale-boosting 19-run victory over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at home, their second win in as many matches.
Therefore, the Warriors are the underdogs going into the clash and their stuttering batting line-up, which includes proven performers at the international level like Yuvraj, Ross Taylor and Marlon Samuels, need to buck up and start firing.
Yuvraj pulled out of Pune's first home game on April 7 against Kings XI Punjab at the eleventh hour complaining of a sore back, after flopping in their campaign opener in Hyderabad against new outfit Sunrisers.
How and when did he sustain the injury is not known and in his absence, the Warriors were restricted to a paltry 99 for nine, which was easily overhauled by Kings XI.
Not only was Yuvraj missed as a main middle-order batsman, the Warriors were also handicapped without his clever left-arm spin bowling in the middle overs. The Warriors would be happy to get such a key player back after suffering successive defeats.
It's a surprise why Steve Smith, who was one of their players to shine and topped the batting average with a 40-plus figure in the previous edition and even captained the side in a few games, has not got a game yet.


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Scientific Accomplishments
Paul Lambert, PhD – Human Cancer Virology Program
Dr. Lambert's laboratory studies the roles of the human papillomavirus oncogenes in cervical cancer. Analysis of the Bi-L E7 transgenic mice, generated by Transgenic and Mutant Animal Facility (TAF), showed for the first time that persistence of cervical lesions in vivo requires continuous expression of E7. Thus, anti-HPV therapy targeting E7 may be an effective strategy for the treatment of cervical cancer.
Jabbar SF, Abrams L, Glick A and Lambert PF.Persistence of high-grade cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer requires the continuous expression of the human papillomavirus type 16 E7 oncogene. Cancer Res. 2009, 69(10):4407-4414. (NIH grants CA022443, CA098428)
Sections of endocervices from bi-transgenic mice expressing E7 for the indicated time. A. Composite images (10X mag., insets 40X) of H&E stained sections showing cancers in mice receiving no doxycycline (left) or 3d (middle) or 1mo (right) of doxycycline. B. H&E stained sections (40X mag.) of the endocervical epithelium showing high grade dysplasia in a bi-transgenic mouse receiving no doxycycline(left) and the regression of the lesion on treatment with doxycycline for 3d (middle) or 1mo (right). C and D. Immunohistochemical analysis for BrdU (C) and MCM7 (D) in the endocervical epithelium of mice receiving no doxycycline (left), 3d of doxycycline (middle) or 1mo of doxycycline (right). Black line, basement membrane. Insets, tumors from the same mice. Histology services provided by University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) Experimental Pathology Shared Resource.
Shigeki Miyamoto, PhD – Cell Signaling Program
Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling plays a critical role in carcinogenesis. TAF generated knockout mice carrying a germline mutation in the nuclear export signal (NES) of the NF-κB inhibitor, IκBα. Analysis of these mutant mice allowed investigators to discover a novel, critical in vivo role for the NES. Further studies using this model will have a major impact on identifying targets for new chemopreventive/therapeutic approaches for many different human cancers.
Wuerzberger-Davis SM, Chen Y, Yang DT, Kearns JD, Bates PW, Lynch C, Ladell NC, Yu M, Podd A, Zeng H, Huang TT, Wen R, Hoffmann A, Wang D, and Miyamoto S. Nuclear export of the NF-κB inhibitor IκBα is required for proper B cell and secondary lymphoid tissue formation. Immunity 2011;34(2):188-200.(NIH grants CA081065, CA077474, GM083681)
IκBα NES mutant mice are defective in formation of secondary lymphoid organs, B cell maturation and antibody production. Inguinal lymph nodes were often bilaterally absent in mutant mice (A) or showed disrupted B cell organization (B) and were considerably smaller (C). The number of mature B cells was reduced in spleen (D). Additionally, serum IgA, IgG1 and IgG2b were reduced in mutant mice (E). Histology and flow cytometry services provided by UWCCC Experimental Pathology and Flow Cytometry Shared Resources.
Emery Bresnick, PhD – Cancer Genetics Program
Dr. Bresnick's laboratory studies the role of the Gata2 transcription factor, which is found mutated acute myeloid leukemia, in development and disease. TAF generated transgenic mice in which lacZ expression is driven by different Gata2 enhancer elements. Analysis of these mice identified an enhancer active in both endothelial and hematopoietic cells and an enhancer preferentially required in endothelial cells. This study provides a strong foundation for further studies on the role of Gata2 in hematopoietic cancers.
Wozniak RJ, Boyer ME, Grass JA, Lee Y and Bresnick EH. Context-dependent GATA factor function: combinatorial requirements for transcriptional control in hematopoietic and endothelial cells. J Biol Chem. 2007;282:14665-14674. (NIH grant DK68634)
Endothelial enhancer activity of Gata2 +9. 5 site in vivo. A. Whole mount and transverse sections of E11 transgenic embryos expressing LacZ (blue cells) under control of the Gata2+9.5 site fused to the Gata21S promoter. LacZ staining (arrowheads) was observed in DA, dorsal aorta; EC, endocardium;FL, fetal liver. B. Whole mount and transverse sections of E11 transgenic embryos containing the Gata2-3.9 site fused to the Gata21S promoter. Endothelial and hematopoietic (FL) staining was absent in (-3.9) 1SLacZ transgenic embryos. C. Enhancer activities of Gata2 switch site regions (-3.9, -1.8, and +9.5) in human endothelial cells. HUVECs and HAECs were transiently transfected with reporter plasmids in which the Gata21S promoter was cloned upstream of luciferase (1SLuc). Shown are the luciferase activities of the cell lysates. The activity of the 1SLuc construct was designated 1.0 (means+/-S.E.).


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Firefighters closed an Iron County road Sunday to battle a fire at a recycling plant.
The firefighters had to shut down State Road 143 in Parowan on Sunday afternoon to pull hoses across the road, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. UHP and the Utah Department of Transportation reported the closure on Twitter about 12:45 p.m.
The building housing the Stone Castle Recycling plant was not on fire, but "crates filled with televisions, and computer screens in the yard" were, according to St. George News.
"As of 1:15 p.m. the fire seemed contained, [witness Aaron Hall] said, and there was no threat to his business, approximately 50 yards away from the fire," the news site added.


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FRANKFURT, May 12 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank reported the following daily data on liquidity provision, in millions of euros. TODAY PREV Use of overnight loan facility 230 143 Use of overnight deposit facility 303,881 299,885 For additional details click here For details of previous ECB overnight lending operations, see: here For data on ECB market operations please click For Reuters calculation of money market liquidity level please click . To see graph, right-click and select 'graph' option. (editing by John Stonestreet)
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Olive oil vs coconut oil?
So I hear that coconut oil is the "best" oil that penetrates the hair shaft, but olive oil seems to be more popular, at least when it comes to "cocktailing."
Can anyone who's tried both explain how these two oils differ? Thanks!!
Actually, both penetrate the hair shaft.
Some people who are protein sensitive say they have problems with EVCO, tho other protein sensitives have no problem with it.
EVCO is a solid under a certain temp, though it should melt in your palm with no problem.
It's mostly a matter of preference, I think. I use each for different things!
Sorry! I added more to my post - my cold decided to send it before I was done! Lol!!
I haven't found one to be better than the other, just different!
After going on a hair research bender the past three months I'd say they're equally popular. And I like them both. Coconut smells better though. . . also coconut is really nice to rub into your skin when it gets dry. I sleep with it on my face now. And try grapeseed oil. It penetrates the hair shaft too but is way-y-y lighter than the others and doesn't smell like much. I'm using it to seal and I also throw it in for deep treatments along with EVCO and EVOO. I still need to buy some pure argan oil to add my arsenal. :walk:
I prefer coconut oil I find it makes my hair feel softer. The olive oil is just way too heavy and greasy for my hair and its difficult for me to get out.
I like both. I like olive oil for sealing and adding to my DTs BUT I like coconut oil as a prepoo. I use it detangle my hair before I cowash or cleanse. Although I use jojoba for sealing now, I still use oilve in my DT.
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olive oil. coconut dries my hair out ;/
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Olive oil is too heavy to be as effective for me. It's okay in a DC, but I prefer coconut.
I use EVOO in my DT's, and sometimes as a pre-poo.
I use EVCO as a pre-poo way more commonly than EVOO, especially overnight (when I know I'm washing in the morning). I use it as an additive to LI once in a while, and as an additive to PT's, in that it's suppose to aid in protein retention.
EVCO has some natural SPF qualities.
I find EVCO can be co-washed out where EVOO cannot. (At least for me).
I have put EVCO on dry hair (mainly in the summer when it will stay liquidy - otherwise it makes my hair feel dry when it solidifies in it), but find EVOO on dry hair can be tragic for me!
You know... If I just use some in my DT it seems to rinse out just fine, tho. Thought I should add that!!
I think both olive and coconut are too heavy to seal with but I may be wrong. I haven't tested them out yet and I only seal with a few drops of oil so maybe they'd work and I'm just being a chicken. However I've reevaluated my answer. I'm going to agree with Jas and Jessie and say I like coconut more because it's a little lighter and more practical for day to day use. The only time I put olive in my hair is when I DT. It does cowash out for me, but then I mix it with other things when I DT. I don't use it alone. Maybe if I was using it alone it'd stick around.
Same here! It rinses fine when in a DT, on it's own I would take me 2 poos to get it out!
I don't seal with either. It's been pointed out to me that since both these oils penetrate the hair shaft so well they aren't suitable for sealing. That being said, some seal with them and love them. My hair, however, will get limp and stringy, and then will dry out later bc it doesn't have an effective long-lasting seal.
Again - that can just be me and my hair properties. If you are a coarse, low-porous girl you may have the opposite results!
That too! Forgot to mention it. Yes, if the oils are penetrating the hair shaft they might not be so great for sealing. Grapeseed oil penetrates too, but it seems to work the same as jojoba for me when it comes to sealing. But maybe I'll do a 50/50 mix and put it in a little bottle. Usually on second or third day hair I'll add in a product to refresh that's rich in oils anyways (like Shea Moisture) and that acts as a double sealer.
P.S. And if you're a coarse, porous curly you're in a pickle!
P.P.S. I got some gelatin, Jas. My hair seems to be liking/craving protein this week so I thought I'd give it a go.
Coconut oil is one of the most penetrating oils for the hair. It's high in saturated fats, which are small molecules that can easily penetrate the hair. It also helps to retain hair protein (though it contains no actual protein, like any other oil) so hair that doesn't like protein may not like it. I find it best used as a pre-treatment or deep treatment. Any very or semi penetrating oil can work for that.
Olive oil is semi-penetrating because it's high in monounsaturated fats. I like it for sealing. Any semi or low penetrating oil can work for sealing. Because olive oil is semi penetrating it can also be a good deep treatment. It's easy to find so it's popular for all kinds of uses.
Grapeseed oil is a low penetrating oil. It's high in polyunsaturated fats, which don't penetrate the hair well. Jojoba oil is a liquid wax, which also penetrates the hair poorly. Both are good for sealing.
I have a huge list of oils here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...yUzVURXc#gid=3 that can help you determine whether a fat is penetrating or not.
I thought grape seed was a non penetrating sealing oil, thanks for clearing that up.
You rock, Earthnuts!
Great post and link, earthnuts!
Hope you like the gelatin, Dusalocks!
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MariaDB is now three years old and we've made 5 major GA releases of the popular database software. With many Linux distributions taking the path to replace MySQL with MariaDB, it can be said that it is 2013 that MariaDB has arrived (so a little longer than OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice split). With MariaDB, you have many new features that you can utilize to take your database usage to the next level. This isn't a run thru of them, but common features that benefit production DBAs. Learn: * How to use subqueries with MariaDB as it materialises them * Get closed-source features open now: PAM authentication for everyone * How the threadpool benefits your short running web-based queries * Why is group commit in the binary log helpful to you? * How can you make your queries faster using the non-blocking client library? How do you integrate this with Node.js? * How full-text search works alongside Sphinx * About GIS functionality, and how we are at OpenGIS specifications * Integration with a Cassandra cluster * NoSQL inside of MariaDB * Embedding using the LGPL C/Java connectors * Using the CONNECT engine to join data between Oracle and Cassandra for example * Use the SPIDER storage engine for automatic sharding The session will be packed with practical examples on why MariaDB is amazing and the feature-set that is currently larger than MySQL. Documentation at the Knowledgebase is fine & dandy, but practical solutions is what is presented here.
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is that the shotgun where the barrel moves back and forth with each shot?I remember seeing someone come into a gunshop with one desiring to scope it and they basically told them because of the design it wasn't going to happen
That does seem like a design flaw
I don't THINK I'll ever have to face down routers in the streets.
I should hope not. Mobs of rogue woodworking tools would suck to repel.
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Kt, 2006 10 26 02:38 -0400, earthnut at web.de raðë:
> I have just installed the trial version of Mathematica 5.2 under Linux.
> The front-end works very fine, but I am not able to start the kernel.
> When I type 'math' on the console, I get the following message:
> Mathematica 5.2 for Linux
> Copyright 1988-2005 Wolfram Research, Inc.
> Ungültiger Maschinenbefehl
> Where 'Ungültiger Maschinenbefehl' means 'invalid machine
> instruction'.
I get this error, when I start Mathematica 5.2 on very old pentium I processor.
5.0 works fine on that old hardware. Do your hardware meets technical
requirements listed on Wolfram site?
> I am using an almost up to date Debian unstable on a 2.6.15 kernel with
> glibc 2.12.3-2.
> Has anyone an idea? Pleas help.
> Thank you very much,
> Bastian.
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Price Gouging Car Salesmen Allowed To Sell Again
Banned from selling cars after they were caught charging a $25,000 mark up for a used Mazda6, Ken Trung and Mohammed Shaikh could be back working on a car lot as early as next year. The two men weren't just fired for selling the family sedan for $66,000 at a Orangeville dealer outside Toronto, Canada, Mazda Canada actually revoked the dealer's license.
Carl Compton, executive director of the industry council, expressed that the regulator would prefer the two salesmen be permanently removed from showroom floors and away from vulnerable consumers. However, the two salesmen and their careers will be given a second chance. Ontario government tribunal chairman Harinder Gahir ruled the two salesmen are not chronic offenders and ordered a one year suspension plus a mandatory college certification course to reflect and familiarize themselves with legal and ethical obligations.
As Trung and Shaikh were fired last year, and face an extra year ban from conducting sales, Carl Compton added a comment, "It will be interesting to see how these guys account for the past two years on their resumes if they try to get back in at the end of their suspensions."
President of the Automobile Protection Association, George Iny, also agrees with the ruling, noting, "It sends a good message. And if they come back, there should be further terms and conditions."
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1963 galaxie trim removal
Can any one tell me the best way to remove exterior trim from 1963 galaxie.
I 'm not sure if they used weld studs or push in metal grasshopper clips. Most moldings use a threaded stud at the ends Best to remove the interior panels as necessary . If you have the metal push in clips you need to squeeze the legs in, a small socket on a 1/4 hand driver sometinmes works or weld a piece of tubing to the end of an old screwdriver at 90 degrees to compress the legs to the same size as the drilled holes. then push out the legs with a piece of rod thru the tube. . For weld stud clips when you get the end nuts off gently pull the molding away from the body and a slight twist. use a plastic bondo spreader to work under the bottom edge to lift the molding. Most Ford moldings were designed with more curl (grip) under the top edge. Moldings that use metal clips have a wide spot under neath where the clip was inserted then slid to the mark on the assembley fixture to align with the holes. Most slide better one way than the other. ( 15 years as a Ford Engineer. a few in trim and elect).
1963 galaxie trim removal
Thanks for the information, How about the trim around the rear glass? This is a 631/2 fast back.
I sold mine in 66, but I think it is like later models with an H shaped weatherstrip , the molding was held in with clips over weld studs.... to prevent damage to paint you can apply a strip of masking tape. then use a putty knife, about1 inch wide works for me . start on the body metal side and pry a little to see where the clip is located and pry up gently, Usually start at the end of the overlap piece.. the first clip is usually a couple of inches from the joint. sometimes you have to work 2 spots at a time. If you have a pick your own part wrecking yard go and practice . some of the clips are different collors. have different shapes for different size moldings. If you break the weld studs the factory repair was to use a small drill point screw near the location. Screws used for metal wall studs work pretty good, pan head style.
63 Galaxie top rail chrome
If I remember right the trim piece was screwed in place then the weather strip installed. I don't know if they used adhesive also.
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The husky-voiced Bengali beauty is taking her role as Maharashtrian mulgi (read girl) really serious, we hear.
Rani Mukerji, who is doing Sachin Kundalkar's 'Aiyya', is said to be perfecting her lingo as well as her dancing steps to play the character. The talented beauty will be shooting for a song which will have a typical lavani dance, the traditional Maharashtrian dance form. The song which goes "Aga Bai" will be choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant. According to sources, in the song one can see Rani wearing navvari - the traditional nine-yard saree, the nose ring called nathni and other accessories that traditional lavani dancers wear.
Both Vaibhavi and Rani are said to be quite excited over the number. While they are taking notes by watching popular lavani numbers, Rani is taking a step ahead and going to meet some professional dancers to learn the dance in detail. Besides, the director shared to sources that the actress has also done a couple of workshops to learn the language and mannerisms of playing a Maharashtrian girl in the film.
Sources added that since Sachin Kundalkar is a Maharashtrian he wants to present the lavani number in an authentic manner.
'Aiyya' is the launch pad for South actor Prithviraj in Bollywood who stars opposite Rani in this one.
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Mayor Bartlett and the Tulsa City Council have scheduled a series of town hall meetings to dicuss a potential $800 million public works bond package that would be paid for by extentions of the third-penny and 0.167-cent sales tax. Below find details about the upcoming town halls. Read more about the proposals in the Tulsa World: http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Council_seeks_project_consensus/20130620_11_A11_Ctfiil620711
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Speaking of Fred Rogers, the Fred Rogers Center website has five minute activities that you can use at home or in a preschool classroom if you are a teacher.
There are: Books, videos, games, songs, interactive tools for your computer, and apps for your mobile device...
Including activities for: Listening & Talking, Reading, Writing, Playing, Arts, Science & Math...
All designed for: Newborns, 1, 2,3, and 4 year-olds.
Three of the nation's top nonprofit information providers, GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and BBB Wise Giving Alliance, have teamed up to release a letter that urges donors to end the "overhead myth"—the use of overhead ratio as a measure nonprofit performance.
Read the letter and learn more about the "Overhead Myth" and how your nonprofit can help end it at the official Overhead Myth website.
Well, we can certainly give it a shot. The Tulsa library offers a service called Your Next Great Read, which compiles a list of books and authors for individuals based on their personalized reading preferences.
For decades, Mr. Rogers entertained kids on PBS, but did you know that he was an expert on child development? (And a Marine?!?) Everything Mr. Rogers did was based on great research and designed to help children grow and learn. Now you can play his songs and print out the lyrics so you and your child can sing along. Start here: http://pbskids.org/rogers/songs/index.html
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text: The Panasonic CX-DP610EUC 6 disc CD changer is no longer manufactured but I have one and it is in perfect working order. I took my German-built-for-the-US-market 96 Passat back to Europe with me when I returned home after a few years in the States. The car has gone the way of all things but the CD changer has not. Anyone interested? Reasonable offers considered. Thanks.


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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
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|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
According to WBZ's Steve Burton, former Celtics guard Dennis Johnson has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Johnson, who died in 2007 at 52, joins a 2010 class likely headed by Karl Malone and Scottie Pippen
From WBZ:
The class of 2010 will be formally announced Monday morning in Indianapolis.
His wife Donna told Burton she has mixed emotions. She's happy that he finally made it, but sad that he's not here to enjoy the moment.
DJ averaged 14.1 points and 5.0 assists during his 14-year career, including seven seasons with the Celtics. He won three titles overall, one with the Sonics in 1979, and two with the Celtics in 1984 and 1986.
Known for his tenacious defense from the guard position, Johnson was elected to five All-Star Games.
The Celtics retired his No. 3 in 1991.
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You may recall that bicyclist Lance Armstrong was quite upset with his recent Outside magazine cover, wherein "38. BFD" (his age, followed by the phrase "big fucking deal") was Photoshopped onto what was in reality a plain t-shirt. He took to Twitter to call the resulting altered image "lame bullshit."
The magazine's editors have since responded to Armstrong's measured analysis and resulting articulate critique on the matter, noting that the cover itself featured a disclaimer about the offending t-shirt:
We understand that our July newsstand cover, featuring Lance Armstrong, has caused a bit of a ruckus. (Thanks, Twitter!). Yes, it's true that, following our cover shoot with Lance, we had some Photoshop fun on the T-shirt he was wearing. BFD. We cop to it right there on the cover — see the line reading, "Note: Not Armstrong's real T-shirt". We wanted to create a provocative image and make a bold statement about the fact that, because of Armstrong's age, many cycling fans are skeptical of his chances in this year's Tour de France. Read what we think his odds are.
— The Editors
While altering a cover image with Photoshop is par for the course, it's understandable that Armstrong's ire, however (arguably) poorly handled it may have been, might stem from the fact that being depicted wearing a certain phrase or slogan or visualization of an idea might incorrectly insinuate an endorsement of his part — the visual version of an entrufflment, if you will.
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Indoor Leagues Offer Cold-Weather Solutions for Tennis Players, OarsmenJoel Stonington
With the coming of spring, many after-work and weekend athletes may be looking forward to the warm weather with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they know the lure of green fairways and dry tennis courts. On the other, all those stiff muscles have been lying dormant all winter. But for those in the know, snow on the ground means a chance to get a jump on the competition—if one knows where to look.
In the past few decades, many traditionally outdoor sports have moved inside for the winter and developed tournaments that are beginning to compete with outdoor counterparts. Indoor rowing, indoor field hockey, and indoor rock climbing all now have national championships. That's not to mention world championships that started in the past 20 years, for such games as floorball and futsal, the world soccer governing body's accepted form of indoor soccer.
"It kind of started out as a diversion, and then it really blossomed into its own identity," says Tina Reinprecht, organizer of the field hockey International Indoor Championships that took place last weekend in Feasterville, Pa.
For most, it's a fun winter diversion of three or four days a week. For others, indoor sports take on an identity beyond a mode of exercise when the rivers are frozen and snow covers the ground.
Misery Loves Company
In Boston on Feb. 20, while some of us were digging out of yet another snow dump, more than 2,000 rowers were showing off winter training regimens at an unusual event called the C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championship. (The event began as more of a lark. The initials stand for Charles River All-Star Has-Beens, and many of its founders are former Harvard oarsmen who rowed on Boston's Charles River.)
"It's pretty grueling," says Linda Muri, a Harvard crew coach who serves as the Commodore of the organization that puts on the championship. "There's comfort in numbers. Misery enjoys company."
Dozens of rowing machines, called ergometers (ergs for short), were lined up as athletes in dozens of skill levels and age groups sweated through 2,000 meters. All winter they had, for the most part, been racing each other through an online database made by the main creator of the rowing machines, Concept2.
"I erg pretty obsessively, probably six days a week," says David Churbuck, 52, a digital media strategy consultant who had rowed at Yale.
Times to be Proud Of
Concept2 spokesman Greg Hammond says the website is "inundated" during the winter with people logging times. "The funny thing is that it's all honor system. We're not giving away cash prizes or anything like that. You want to see what other guys are doing."
When rowers arrived at the championship, it was relatively clear who the top competitors would be, because the practice times were logged. But racers came from all over the country and from across Europe.
"You spend so much time on the machine in a health club or gym, or, in my case, in a garage by myself, so the opportunity to compete head-to-head is exciting," Churbuck says. "That excitement pushes you to establish a better time."
Sometimes an Obsession
Not every indoor sport is as lonely to practice as rowing. Squash racquets is social on the court and off. In New York, the Metropolitan Squash Racquets Assn. (MSRA), the organization that puts on the annual Grand Open squash tournament in January each year, hosts cocktail hours for the players as part of the annual dues. Still, that doesn't mean it's not about the competition.
"You definitely get a lot of Ivy Leaguers familiar with it," says Paul Zummo, 42, who won a midlevel draw of the Grand Open this year. "I went to SUNY Albany, but it is more prominent in some of the Ivy League schools. But if you look at it, it's not polo. Guys are out there busting their ass. It's a sweaty, calculated, rough game."
The tournament was for all ages and organized around skill levels. So Zummo, whose day job is chief investment officer for JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Alternative Asset Management, says he played a 50-year-old and a 15-year-old in the same tournament. MSRA President Jessica Green says the tournaments have grown as the sport has become more popular, with a broader base of support.
"There's an obsession with squash that you don't see as much with other sports," says Zummo. "People are extremely passionate and committed to the game."
As with many other indoor sports, many players decide to stay inside when it gets warm out rather than change sports. Squash often turns into an obsession that one doesn't see as much in other sports. People are extremely passionate and committed to the game.
As Green put it, "Hard-core players continue to play." The season, however, runs from October to April, after which, as Green says, "people tend to want to get outside."
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The profession of dentistry has a long history. It is perhaps one of the oldest professions known to man. Researchers have been able to trace it back to the ancient Egypt around 7500 B.C. The Egyptians were the first culture to have the replacement. Thankfully advances in dentistry have brought a long way from the false teeth of ancient Egypt!
There are a number of good reasons to take care of your teeth. Here are just a few.
1. It's affordable.
These days, dental care is more affordable than ever before. Dentistry in Kentucky (and frankly everywhere) is possible due to easily obtainable discount dental plans for both family and individuals. Many dentists even offer no-cost payment plans for more expensive procedures to spread the cost out for you.
2. It will improve your self-esteem.
Having stained, missing or diseased teeth can make a person extremely self-conscience. A recent survey showed that 94% of the people polled said they were likely to notice a person's smile the first time they meet.
3. It will prevent tooth loss.
Prevention of tooth loss starts at home with routine brushing. Regular dentist visits, which include routine cleaning, exams, and other treatments provide you with a preventive maintenance program that will help you keep your teeth forever. Remember you only get one set and you want them to last.
4. It will stop gum bleeding.
If you are experiencing gum bleeding a trip to the dentist can certainly help. Though a proper brushing and flossing routine will likely help this condition, this is not something to ignore. A visit to your dentist will rule out gum disease or a more serious medical condition.
5. It will prevent periodontal disease.
Periodontal disease causes infection to occur in the gum tissue of your mouth. This leads to tooth loss; bad breath; and red, swollen, tender and bleeding gums.
6. It will help maintain a bright smile.
Your dentist will help to remove any plaque buildup you have that your brushing routine is not adequately addressing. Uncontrolled plaque buildup will lead to greater issues with our gums.
7. Correct years of wear and tear.
You only get one set of teeth so you should treat them with care. As you age you become more susceptible to certain things such as plaque buildup, gum disease, tooth decay and decay of the tooth root. If you have had fillings they age as well and can fall out. It's important to have frequent checkups so all of these can be examined.
8. Your teeth may feel fine. Do I still have to go?
Simply put, yes! In order to keep your smile looking its best regular cleaning by a professionally trained dentist is a must. Beyond your smile, there may be "hidden" problems you do not even realize you have. Tiny cavities can form in the hard -to-reach places in your mouth which can only be seen by your dentist. These cavities if left unchecked will turn into larger more problematic ones without proper advanced care.
One important reason for trips to the dentists is the impact your oral health has on your overall well-being. Recent studies show that there are close the links between oral and general health. It is believed that gum disease is related to the medical conditions which include: cardiovascular problems, diabetes lung disease, and in some case even bowel cancer. That is just the tip of the iceberg. As more research is conducted the medical community is beginning to find emerging data that links oral health to Alzheimer's as well. As these studies continue to shed light on importance of oral care and its impact on your overall health the dreaded trip to the dentist becomes even more important.
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Parents face an unprecedented scramble for places in good state schools, equivalent for the lucky few of winning the educational jackpot.
A survey shows that in more than half London's most successful state schools, three parents are chasing every place.
Thousands are now hearing the news they dread; that successful schools have turned their children down, because they have failed entrance tests or, in non-selective schools, because classes are full.
They now face the nightmare prospect of appeals and a nervewracking wait for spare places in less popular schools.
For some, the wait will continue past the beginning of the new school year in September, either because no place is available or, increasingly, none parents are prepared to accept.
Last September, 60 children in Lambeth still had no place and 150 in Enfield started being taught in a library. In Southwark, 150 parents set up their own school rather than send their children to a former failing one.
Some boroughs only finally managed to find enough places last year by using their reserve powers to instruct schools which were full to take more children.
An Evening Standard survey of the 32 boroughs suggests the most popular schools are more heavily over-subscribed than last year.
Of those that achieved the best exam results last year, 17 are oversubscribed for September by more than 300 per cent - Oxford and Cambridge universities receive three applications for every place.
Latymer in Enfield and Haberdashers' Askes, Lewisham, had almost 10 for each place.
Underlying the squeeze on places is a bulge in population as Baby-Boomers have their own children.
The Funding Agency for Schools, responsible for Grant Maintained schools under the Tories, estimated that in 2005 there would be a surplus of just 470 secondary places across London - but only if parents were denied a choice. Even then, 15 boroughs predicted they would not have enough places.
The extra numbers are adding further strains to an already complex system of school admissions.
Many boroughs are dominated by church and former grant maintained schools, to which parents have to make separate applications. These schools control their admissions and can, critics claim, hand-pick their own pupils.
One in seven pupils crosses borough boundaries to go to popular secondary schools, creating further difficulties for local parents.
The Government is proposing new powers for education authorities to co-ordinate admissions.
But several boroughs which are net importers of pupils, because of their good schools, are planning measures of their own to protect local parents.
Camden, Richmond, Bromley and Westminster are all considering introducing new criteria for their own community schools - whose admissions they still control - which would give priority to children from local primary schools. Richmond hopes eventually to persuade church and former grant maintained schools to adopt the same policy.
Meanwhile in boroughs whose schools have a poor reputation, parents are refusing to accept places in those seen as sub-standard. In Hackney, Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth, parents have launched campaigns for new non-denominational, non-selective schools, even though others have spare places.
In Southwark and Hackney, their fight appears to have resulted in Government proposals for flagship City Academies. In Lewisham, parents are forming their own political party to fight local council and Mayoral elections on the single issue of the need for a local school.
The head of one of the most oversubscribed schools, Dunraven School, today urged parents rejecting less popular ones to give them a chance.
Richard Townsend, whose school admits pupils after tests to identify bands of ability, ensuring it is genuinely comprehensive, said: "We try to tell parents there are a number of good schools and they should not focus on just one.
"The reputation of a school doesn't always reflect present reality and it may be doing better than parents realise. If parents reject a school out of hand, improving it becomes much harder."
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" Brand: Sainsbury's / Type: Beef "
I must admit i dont buy ready meals but this is one that i do buy. I must admit i only buy it when it is on offer as a BOGOF but have found it to be a brilliant item to have in the freezer.
Usually cost £2.00 each but are often a BOGOF or buy one get one half price.
It is a bit fiddly to prepare, you need you both an oven and a microwave but with clear instructions on the packet even my 22 year old son can have it ready for when I come in from a long day at work.
The meal comes in a plastic tray with dividers beef and gravy on one side, roast potatoes on the other, the yorkshire pudding you take out and have to put in the oven 5 mins before the end of the cooking time. The vegetables come in a plastic pouch which is pierced then microwaved. All this packaging I can recycle.
Like most ready meals the meat is thin sliced beef, but not too bad, the little roast potatoes + veg and yorkshire pudding all cook nicely and are very tasty. there is plenty of gravy in with your beef and overall the portion size is plenty for an adult.
Each pack has 336 cals, all values are in the green zone on the traffic light system apart from the salt content which recieves an amber award at 1.63g per pack.
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The Government of Uganda, through the National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) has implemented the National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure and e-Government Infrastructure Project (NBI/EGI).
It's major aims are to connect all major towns within the country onto an Optical Fibre Cable based Network and to connect Ministries and Government Departments onto the e-Government Network.
The Project is being implemented in Phases, phase I and II was completed and consists of the following
a) EGI equipment (Video conferencing and VOIP) rolled out and commissioned in 27 Government Ministries and Departments
b) Installation of Metropolitan Area Network in Statistics House connecting 27 MDAs
Built the NBI Data centre infrastructure with government applications (UMCS and Email) at Statistics house
c) Laying of 1590 Km of Optical Fibre Cable across the country to build the National Data Transmission Backbone;
d) Connection of NBI to the borders of Southern Sudan (Elegu) and Kenya (Malaba and Busia) thereby linking the country to other regional backbone infrastructure;
e) Expansion of the Government Metropolitan Area Network into a Wide Area Network covering the 22 towns of Kampala, Entebbe, Bombo, Mukono, Jinja, Busia, Tororo, Malaba, Kumi, Mbale, Soroti, Lira, Gulu, Masindi, Nakasongola, Luwero, Mbarara, Kasese, Fort Portal and Kyenjojo.
Phases I and II of the NBI has since been commercialized and handed over to an operations Manager Soliton Telmec (U) Ltd. The overall objective of commercialization of the NBI is to manage the infrastructure that has been put in place and generate revenue for the Government of Uganda.
Under the Strategy for Rationalisation of IT Services across the MDAs, NITA-U has:
a) Extended connectivity to two hundred and thirty seven (237) Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) Sites through the backbone and of these, one hundred and forty one (141) Government MDA sites are fully utilising the services (Internet, Data Links and IFMS) through the backbone.
b) Eight(8) Public Universities (Makerere, Busitema, Kyambogo, Uganda Management Institute, Gulu, Mbarara,Makerere University Business School and Mountains of the Moon University have been connected to the NBI
c) Key services such as the One Stop Centre, E-mails and Unified Messaging and Collaboration services are being hosted in the National Data Centre
Figure 1 shows the current rollout of the NBI (Phase I: Kampala, Entebbe, Bombo, Mukono and Jinja. Phase II: Luwero, Nakasongola, Masindi, Gulu, Elegu, Lira, Soroti, Kumi, Mbale, Malaba, Tororo, Busia, Mbarara, Kasese, Fort Portal and Kyenjojo)
The NITA-U has further completed the implementation of Phase III of the NBI. Under Phase III the following were achieved:
a) Extension of connectivity been Kampala-Masaka, Masaka-Mutukula, Mbarara-Kabale Kabale-Katuna and Kyenjojo-Hoima have been completed
b) A state of the art Network Operations Centre (NOC) has been built to monitor and administer the entire NBI Infrastructure.
c) Environmental and Monitoring Systems(EMS) were installed at all Transmission Sites across the Country
Currently, NITA-U is offering the following E-government Services over National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure (NBI)
a) Internet bandwidth
b) Leased Line Services
c) Hosting/Co-location in National data centre
d) Unified Messaging and Collaboration System (UMSC)
e) Government Web Portals
f) Government Citizens Interactions Centre (GCIC)
g) Voice over IP
h) Connecting to Integrated Financial Management Services
i) Video Conferencing for MDAs


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In March 2012, a crowd of atheists flocked to the National Mall in Washington, DC for the first "Reason Rally." Billed as the "Woodstock for atheists and skeptics," the rally, headlined by Richard Dawkins, seemed to signal a new resurgence of popularity and influence for the New Atheism.But while atheism is still strong, the New Atheism is rapidly becoming the Old Atheism, and Richard Dawkins is in danger of becoming irrelevant. So argues Theo Hobson in an article this week in the UK's Specta … [Read more...]
The Decline of Dawkins and the Dawn of Deliberative Doubt
Persuading Isn't Just about Argumentation
This week First Things ran an excellent article entitled "Pope Francis and the Clash of Revelations." Its basic argument was that all humans look at the world through the lens of certain basic "revelations" or foundational beliefs. While it may be "technically possible" for us to step outside these beliefs, almost nobody will. The result is that theists and atheists, Thomists and Utilitarians, communitarians and classical liberals all hold certain basic beliefs that make dialogue with the other … [Read more...]
Introducing the Sacrallennials
Over at Juicy Ecumenism, guest poster Thomas Holgrave (of the worth-checking-out blog The Hipster Conservative) tries his hand at some religious taxonomy, attempting a description of "Two Kinds of Christian Conservatives." Holgrave observes that the old liberal/conservative distinction in Christianity is breaking down somewhat as millennial evangelicals and Catholics have emerged as less politically conservative than their parents without necessarily embracing the theological lib … [Read more...]
What I've Learned from Communion
Growing up, my church observed "Lord's Supper" once a quarter. Every three months, an extra line would appear in the bulletin's Order of Service between "Message" and "Special Music." After spending a silent minute "examining our hearts," trays bearing a species of super-dense oyster crackers and tiny plastic cups of grape juice would be passed along the pews, offering plate-style. In a tradition that generally deprecated ritual, this practice was clearly an anachronism, a holdover that would hav … [Read more...]
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I was sitting in a Starbucks with a friend, an agnostic, talking about faith and truth and I told him I could recommend some books on Christianity. "What would you like? An apologetics book on rational reasons for Christianity?""Nah, I'm not so interested in that," he said.In "worldview-terms," my friend's a "postmodernist," someone who is suspicious of all grand meta-narratives about the world. Even though the two are conceptually distinct, on the popular level, postmodernism c … [Read more...]
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The church may be on the verge of a Renaissance, a movement forward via a movement backwards. This weekend a group of college-aged Christians who work on Christian journals at their respective campuses gathered under the auspices of the Augustine Collective to discuss their publications, fellowship, and learn from Christian scholars who are investing in their movement. Many of the conversations at this gathering focused on what what we called, somewhat misleadingly, "The New A … [Read more...]


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Much like the recent (and largely ignored) property auctions in Congress Heights hardly anyone is taking notice of the condo market in Ward 8. Condo property values continue to be in a free fall here. Even for condominiums that are not experiencing a financial hardship or short-sale fire sale the falling condo prices are effecting everyone. Banks don't approve loans for more than the condo units appraise for, leaving homeowner's stuck. Plummeting comps are effecting everyone. All of these condo units first came on the market not that long ago and sold for well over $100,000 - several closer to $200,000. You have condo owners (mostly Black first-time homeowners) who have lost 50%-75% of their investment in under 5 years. As most of DC bounces back, the crisis continues east of the river.
|Two of these condominiums came online in 2007,
listing prices started around $150k for a 1 bedroom
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I started sounding the alarm years ago that without immediate intervention we would have a serious problem on our hands. It pains me to say that help did not come. As a result of the lack of notice (and action) there has been a major downward price shift in many condo units, several Ward 8 condominiums have failed as a result. Perhaps they could have hung on or come back with nearby development but that development still has not come. As much as people want "affordable" housing they also want to live close to retail and basic amneties such as grocery stores, restaurants, etc.
All the new "affordable" housing dollars pouring into Ward 8 are not going to help any of these homeowners. I really don't know what is going to happen to them other than to give up and move away. I know several who are just renting their units out to the Housing Voucher Choice Program in hopes that the market here comes back someday. For now the only real market for these fire sale units are investors who are paying in cash. What do investors do with these units? Enroll them in the Housing Voucher Choice Program. Not a bad deal considering that HVCP will pay around $1300 for a one bedroom unit. A smart investor can make over $1,000 A MONTH in profit. Poverty pimping is a very lucrative business east of the river.
I hate to break it to you but those "rich gentrifiers in their Ward 8 condos" don't exist. The only people who got rich in Ward 8 during the housing boom of 2005 - 2007 were shady developers, shady construction companies, and shady property management companies. They flocked to east of the river and transformed apartment buildings into shoddy condominiums faster than two shakes of a lamb's tail. They knew they could practice their shady dealings east of the river and no one would notice or stop them. I'm one of the lucky few who had a honest and reputable developer, construction company and property management company. Some of my neighbors in nearby condominiums weren't so lucky.
I can't stress enough how serious the homeownership and home value situation is in Ward 8. We hit "crisis level" a long time ago. There is a bigger story here. I just wish someone (besides me) would tell it and I wish it would encourage some action -- at the very least some council hearings.
FYI -- Only 1 in 4 Ward 8 residents are homeowners.
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Kandosii idea guys, I'd love to see it in physical form.
Kandosii idea guys, I'd love to see it in physical form.
those designs are amazing
Any updates?
Love the helmet i'm actually going into the marines pretty soon myself i like to think of the marines as Mando's
This idea is an awesome tribute to all that have served in the service for this great country and am proud to see this take form. God bless our military for all they do.
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ABSOLUTELY FREAKIN FANTASTIC. I am a Marine CWO myself and if I would have thought of this before I would have gone this route rather than my clone armor that I am fully invested in at this point. I'll offer this up. If you do a blues scheme do not weather it at all. We pride ourselves on our blues looking pristine. If you decide to go back to the earthtone scheme weather away. Your concept art is great and with the silver armor plates that bobamaker suggested that would be an insanely sweet set up. Tell your friend Semper Fi and thank you for doing this for him.
Wow. The designs so far are amazing. I thought I'd throw mine up and see if it might help.
I'd go with a two piece flight suit. Dark blue pants and a black shirt, with a dark blue vest. After all, even though it's Marine based, we still want to know it's a Mando, and too much black just kinda makes everything run together.
Highly shined black armor with red trim. Red shoulder bells with gold rank chevrons and gold trim.
Gold button attatchment points, and buttons down the center diamond and loincloth.
Short cape, kama, and loincloth to evoke the feeling of the tunic length jacket, all black with red trim.
Blue gauntlets, to set them apart from the sleeves, with white gloves.
Black highly shined boots.
I put up two pics. First one is the original .bmp, so you can see the real colors, because the .jpg file tends to dull it down and it looses some definition.
This is an awesome project haha I'm only 13 but I just wanted to say this is the coolest project ever, and hope it turns out great!
wow guys... way to bring back a dead thread! lol inactive for a year and a half! lol but yes, I do agree that it's a great project, but I haven't seen anything done on it
I really like the armor there Shuk, I am in love with the bucket


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PORTLAND, Ore. - After a dominant performance in the semifinals of the Little League Softball World Series, Tucson's Sunnyside Little League 12-and-under team stands on the cusp of a first-ever championship for an Arizona team at the event.
For two innings, the Sunnyside offense was dormant, but a nine-run third inning led to a 10-0 win over Maunabo, Puerto Rico. The nationally televised game was called after four innings because of the 10-run "mercy" rule.
Sunnyside pitchers Jazmine Ayala and Yannira Acuña combined to throw four perfect innings. They struck out six Puerto Rico batters and didn't allow a ball to be hit out of the infield.
An undefeated team from McLean, Va., awaits Sunnyside. The Southeast Region representative defeated the East champions from Robbinsville, N.J., 6-3 in the other semifinal. The title game will be televised on ESPN2 at 8 tonight.
Chants of "A-RI-ZO-NA!" resonated throughout Portland's Alpenrose Stadium on Tuesday night, as the Sunnyside crowd showed itself to be the most raucous among the four teams competing in the semifinals.
Coach Rene Ayala won the Junior League baseball World Series as a player in 1992, and now his daughter Jazmine is one win away from joining him as a world champion.
"Back then we played Puerto Rico in the semifinal and Southeast in the final as well, so hopefully we have the same result this time," he said.
In the semifinal's decisive third inning, Sunnyside sent 12 batters to the plate, collecting five hits and three walks. Three crucial Puerto Rico errors allowed the runs to keep piling up.
"Some girls were nervous at first, but we really wanted to show everyone what we're made of in Tucson," Acuña said of playing in front of the ESPN2 cameras.
The outburst was a long time coming for Sunnyside, which had all four of its games in pool play decided by one run. A 2-1 loss to Canada was followed by wins of 1-0, 10-9 and 4-3.
"We were having some heart attacks during the first four games," Rene Ayala said. "We expected the games to be tough, so it's nice for our stress levels to have one that was easier to handle."
As in the West Region tournament in San Bernardino, Calif., Sunnyside lost its first game at the World Series. And just like at regionals, the Tucson girls rebounded to make it to the championship game.
Acuña said the key to victory in the final is "working together as a team, but also going out and having some fun."
Sunnyside is aiming to become the first world champion from Arizona. The last Arizona representative at the softball World Series was San Xavier Little League of Tucson in 2002. A West region team hasn't won since Glendale, Calif., took the title in 1990.


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April 25, 2010 By Russell Nichols
In September 2008, Wilmington, N.C., became the first major market to switch from analog to digital TV. Now the city is continuing the grand tradition, this time serving as a digital guinea pig for the nation's first "smart city."
Cameras, sensors and other devices have been installed throughout New Hanover County as part of a test that began in February and will last for several months. These devices will transmit real-time data for the city to analyze. Information travels through a new wireless network that utilizes unused broadcast television spectrum, called "white spaces" created by 2008's digital TV conversion. Because digital TV uses spectrum more efficiently, it's possible to use the leftover spectrum to provide broadband services.
For instance, Wilmington will use wireless traffic cameras at intersections for the transportation department to monitor traffic, travel time and fuel consumption, and to support local law enforcement. With water-level sensors, officials also can monitor and manage wetland areas in the coastal city without a boat trip.
"The possibilities of this technology, in my opinion, are endless," said Mayor Bill Saffo, estimating that using the white spaces could save the city 80 to 90 percent of the cost of creating a wired network. "So many possibilities that I feel will help local governments deliver services much more effectively and efficiently. You can literally cover your entire city in Wi-Fi without having to lay all these wires."
In a dozen cities across the country, broadcast TV channels 14 through 20 have already been allocated for public safety use, and the FCC reserved channel 37 for medical devices, said John Chapin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher and a consultant for TV Band Services. Authorized by the FCC under an experimental license, Wilmington's network is a test bed for locally based TV Band Service and Spectrum Bridge, a Florida-based white space database provider.
But the idea of using TV white spaces to create a web of wireless extension cords for local governments has its hang-ups. For one, the FCC hasn't yet released official rules for how municipalities can use white spaces. And contrary to networks owned by cable and telecom companies, white spaces are unlicensed. That means, in theory, anybody can hop on one of the white space frequencies -- a critical concern for broadcasters because, without regulation, devices can potentially cause interference with regular broadcast channels.
"It's the unlicensed aspects that cause grave concerns," said David Donovan, president of the Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV), "because if there is interference, there's no one to hold accountable. Who's responsible?"
A few months after the FCC published its first set of rules for white space use in November 2008, the floor was opened for concerns, Chapin said, which led to 17 petitions for reconsideration and three additional lawsuits.
The biggest problem, he said, was the issue of interference and how to accurately determine which frequencies are available in a given area and which ones aren't. Picture this: You're sitting at home trying to watch TV. Someone somewhere fires up a device on the same channel thinking it was an open white space frequency. The person may not know the device is causing interference, but all of a sudden you can't get a signal for that channel on your TV set. That is MSTV's concern.
"It's not that we have a problem with spectrum use per se," Donovan said. "We share with the police in major markets. We share with licensed LAN mobile operations. But sharing the band with millions of unlicensed entities will create significant hazardous interference to TV stations in the band."
To avoid the problem, MSTV supports the creation of a neutral database, which would be connected to devices built to FCC specs. This way, certified devices would only tune to available channels after getting the


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Almost No Discussion of Women/POC Media Ownership at FCC Hearing on Media Market Entry Barriers
| June 27, 2012
On Tuesday, Jamie Walker and I—both Women's Media Center interns—went to represent WMC at a hearing held at the Federal Communications Commission. The hearing would present research from a coalition of scholars regarding the critical information needs of the American public and potential market entry barriers. We arrived excited to hear more about the barriers that women and people of color specifically face in the media landscape. However, we were pretty disappointed as the hearing went on, as the panel chose to focus on other parts of their research. As our 2012 Status of Women in the U.S. Media report shows, women and people of color are heavily underrepresented, both in ownership roles and in representations in film and television. So, this is a rich topic that we expected would be heavily discussed.
The scholars, from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, submitted a draft of their findings to a room that included the commissioner of the FCC, the independent review panel, and about eighty members of the public. The three core questions of their research were the following:
- How do Americans meet critical information needs?
- How does the media ecosystem operate to address critical information needs?
- What barriers exist in providing content and services to address critical information needs?
All of these are great research questions but ultimately, the scholars chose to focus the bulk of their discussion on communities and what their basic informational needs are. The panel of scholars acknowledged that the media landscape in the United States is changing rapidly, often referring to "traditional media" as television newscasts and print media and "new media" as mostly social media, like Twitter and Facebook. They also pointed out the fact that U.S. demographics are changing dramatically as well; the 2010 Census reports that by 2040, the U.S. will have a "majority minority" population. The panel brought up both of these topics throughout their discussion to highlight the ways in which they mutually affect one another and also, how they affect different communities and their ability to access critical information. It was also during this discussion where they brought up diversity. The scholars stated that they wanted to change what our idea of diversity is but, unfortunately, they didn't really offer any concrete examples on how we could do that. I think they missed a great opportunity here to continue their discussion on how the U.S. will soon be a "majority minority" nation and how that can allow us to identify more barriers to media ownership and representations and also change the way our current, and future, multicultural communities will receive critical information.
Another thing I found interesting was that the researchers only focused on "traditional media" in their research. The reason for this was because they stated that there was minimal research regarding "new media" and what was out there was mostly unreliable. They also mentioned the well-known fact that women and people of color are heavily underrepresented in "traditional" media, both in ownership of media outlets and in media representations. This is where I think they may have shortchanged their research; if you leave out "new media" outlets then you are thereby leaving out all the women and people of color who currently have ownership roles and also, all of the diverse content and representations that are being produced.
What left me feeling positive was the knowledge that their research was still in draft form. We at the WMC hope that they may be able to focus more on "new media" platforms because it is there that we can find more women and people of color in ownership positions and more diverse representations as well.
For more information regarding ownership and representations of women in the media, check out our 2012 Status of Women in the U.S. Media report.
You can also read the Women's Media Center's statement that was released in advance of Tuesday's FCC hearing: "WMC Calls on FCC to Address Underrepresentation of Women, People of Color Media Owners."


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The drumbeat of negative news—store closings, layoffs, bankruptcies—has many thinking the sky is falling. Calm down, people. We've been there before, as recently as early 2001
Economists like to call this a "correction," a time when the irrational exuberance that drove markets upward and upward returns to a more rational approach. Just as the housing market had its bubble, so too did store growth.
We're a publication that celebrates new store construction. This month we will host the 44th annual SPECS, dedicated to store planning, equipment and construction. But let's be honest—some recent development was just too iffy, built on a quicksand of unrealistic expectations. What we are witnessing now is the rationalization of real estate holdings, first in the consumer market and next in the commercial sector. Was it realistic to believe that all those sub-prime mortgage holders were good credit risks on which to build a retail business? The bankruptcy of Levitz definitively answered that question.
Are we in a recession? Technical economic analysis requires six months of negative economic activity. But popular belief surely has us mired in a recession.
Again, no need to panic. We've been there before. What should a retailer do? "This is not the time to be playing defense," Larry Selden defiantly told those gathered at last month's Retail Connections Summit in Boca Raton, Fla. Selden is professor emeritus of finance and economics of Columbia University and the Wharton School of Business. Notably, he is a guru of customer centricity. He actively helped Best Buy install this groundbreaking concept that has made it the envy of most retailers.
Selden's prescription calls for retailers to engage in an integrated business that strategically combines the previously standard silos of finance, marketing and operations. Asserting that retailers need to achieve a minimum 5% comp-store gain and a 12% return on invested capital to remain viable, Selden said that to boost sales and profitability retailers must improve close rates, up the ratio of transactions to customers, and increase units sold per customer.
He cautioned against cutting staff or services to ensure that a retailer's best customers are not taken for granted. "I find it insane that retailers will spend $5 million to build a store but won't spend $100,000 to train the people inside them," said Selden.
Yet that is what they are doing. Brian Hume, president of Martec International, a training and consulting firm based in Atlanta, said training is one of the first expenses cut.
Numerous CIOs at Retail Connections acknowledged pressure on their budgets, pressure to go forward with just the most business-critical projects. However, that might not be the best strategy. "This is the moment to increase spending," said Richard Hastings, VP, retailing industry analyst, Bernard Sands/Trading Partners Collaboration. Increased spending, he said, could either make them better or make them more attractive to buyers.
Bennett Nussbaum had a more practical reason to invest more. "The price for capital goods and services tend to go down in these types of financial times," said the senior VP/CFO of Winn-Dixie Stores.
"It's a bear market in stocks, but a bull market in cost of capital," said Hastings.