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April 07, 2007 at 15:49:44 Apr 07, 2007 @ 15:49
sticky please? since we have no aus thread
Originally posted by Inactive UserIn the city, the first shop u'll need to visit is General Pants. There are 3 GP stores in the city area - 1 on George Street, 1 on Pitt Street and 1 inside the big Queen Victoria Building (QVB). They sell brand name clothing such as Freshjive, Carhatt, Zoo York, XLarge, RVCA, Ben Sherman, Stussy and Mambo. They carry Nike SB shoes and other Nike exclusives, but their price is a bit higher than small shops. Not that special, but this is where most HK people buy their SBs from. I only shop there or buy shoes from there when they have a sale on
Next up would be SP1 and SP2. SP1 is located on the ground floor of Gallaries Victoria (where Kinokuniya bookstore is) which is on George Street and opposite of the QVB building. SP2 is located on the 1st floor of Market City which is in Chinatown. Both shops carry Carhartt, Xlarge, Stussy, Evisu, Playboy, Paul Frank and other independant brands. They dont stock SB shoes, but they get shoes like Terminators, Daktari (Zebra) Dunks, all-black Vandal Supremes and they will also stock the Laser shoes series.
Inside Gallaries Victoria, there is a shop call Stereo. They sell toys (Michael Lau, Kubrick and other toys), clothes (Fifty 24 SF, Recon and other small brands) and they import shoes as well. Currently they have Trainer 1 Premium, Wildwood Premium, Lavadome Premium and Air Safari in OG and blue/white colourway.
Hype DC is another shop u will need to go. They have 3 shops in the city area - 1 inside Westfields Centrepoint Shopping centre on Pitt Street, 1 just on Pitt Street and 1 more inside the basement of QVB. They just sell shoes, no clothing. They stock brands such as Nike, Adidas, Vans, Converse, Puma and Onitsuka Tiger. Price is okay la....
Along George Street, there is another arcade called 'Summit Arcade'. Outside there will be a shop called 'True Alliance'. They dont stock good stuff, with only brands such as Royal Elastics, Ben Sherman, DKNY and Reebok. But inside the arcade will be a shop called Freestylekickz. Opened by a Taiwanese guy called Robbin (B2), he imports kicks from other countries and sell them in his shop. Even though he gets the shoes a bit later than Taiwan, but he sells them at reasonable prices. He has a good collection of Jordans in the shop, and he is a sneaker freaker as well ^_^
moving out of the city, and into a surburb called Darlinghurst.
First off is that most shops are revolved around a big stretch of Oxford Street. Walk up from Museum Station and u wont be wrong.
First shop to mention will be Supply. Itz in a little alleyway. When u walk up from Hyde Park and Museum Station, u'll see the Optus Shop and the big pharmacy. Turn right at the next street u see and look to the left side. U;ll see a big open window and inside will be alot of tees. That shop is Supply, which stocks Stussy, Silas, PAM and Montage clothes.
Walk up Oxford Street a little and next to a pub u'll see a shop called Central Station Records. Walk in and go down and u'll see a shop called Flipside. They sell Carhartt, Zoo York, XLarge and Obey stuff and also some Nikes as well. They were the only place in sydney to get the Vandal Supremes.
Once u get out of Flipside and walk up along Oxford Street, turn left when u see there is a outdoor cafe. Walk straight and to the right hand side u'll see a shop called Footage. The shop is owned by Phil and Karin who used to sell shoes out the back of their car! The shop only opened a few years ago and has been popular since. They import kicks from Europe (JD Exclusives), Japan (co.jp's and Bapestas) and US.
Next shop to go would be Our Spot. When u walk out of Footage, turn right and when u get to the intersection, go across the street, walk up and turn left at the next little alleyway just where that convenience store is. Walk past the Yoga School and the DJ shop will be a gallary call Our Spot, owned and runned by Dion and Claire. Inside u'll just see a seat in the middle and tees and shoes on both side. On the walls will be different pictures on display. They stock UXA, Stussy International, KAWS, ANX, Nike and other small brands. The shoes they get are similar to SP1 and other shops in the city, but they will get samples for sale as well. Also sometimes they will stock a little amount of Supreme goods such as tees and hats.
Finally the last shop to go would be 99 Degrees Skateboard Emporium. Wont talk too much abt it coz i dont think anyone wants me to blow the place up right? just a normal skateboard shop runned by Sydney skateboard legend Aaron, Mikey and Brett Chan. they sell ur usual skateboard brands such as Element, Globe, Zoo York, DC, Chocolate, Girl and Nike shoes. Reasonable priced, along with sales once every so often.
Other places - well besides these shops, Sydney has also got a few outlets too. The Nike, Adidas and Puma outlet is located in Auburn. Without a car is hard to get there becoz there ain't a train station around there and i dunno how to get there by bus.
But here is the instructions to get there - from the city, just drive along Parramatta road and when u're around the Flemington area heading to the Parramatta direction, strt taking notice on the left side of the road. When u are abt to reach Auburn, u'll see a big Ford car dealer and go further along the road u'll see the big Reading Cinema complex. Next to the cinema u'll see a big shopping area. The Adidas and Puma outlet is there. On the opposite side of the road will be a McDonalds restruant. The Nike outlet is just behind the restruant!
I havent been to the Adidas and Puma outlet so i dont know wotz there, but in the Nike outlet u'll sometimes see good samples for sale, such as Dunk Hi CL sample and AM1 Cl sample for just $90AUD! They dont alwayz have good stuff so check back once in a while.
Reebok outlet is located in Alexandria and a new one at the Outlet Factory in Liverpool. Dont know wot they have there as well....
Besides those shops, there are also big chain shops in Sydney which sells shoes. Foot Locker will be ur main one. Sydney Foot Locker was the 1st place in the world to get the Juventus AM95. Foot Locker also got a limited amount of the '1st game' LeBron James Zoom Generation, but sold out real quick for $330AUD.
Other stores to check out will be InSport, Icon, Athletic's Foot (Westfield's Parramatta and Westfield's on Pitt Street), Paul's Warehouse (1 on Parramatta Road in the surburb of Homebush and another 1 on Princes Highway at Blakehurst), Rebels Sport (Broadway, Parramatta, Pitt Street) and SportsCo. Those shop sells Nike Aust 'hong' shoes so u wont find much there.
- http://www.superfuture.com (for maps around the places)
- http://www.generalpants.com.au (address to the different stores)
- http://www.freestylekickz.com (to check up on their latest stock)
- http://www.stereo.com.au
- http://www.ourspot.com.au
- http://www.footage.com.au
- http://www.sneakerfreaker.com
IF you still need more help, check out the Sneaker Freaker Forum, coz the guys from there will be able to help you out a lot more efficiently since they are more likely to still be in Australia...


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» *f w * v v k m ■ •*•*••••••••••.,, N ( 4 X VOL. 2. PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER 27, 1910. NO. 19 FIV 1M6S Jesse Thompson and William Woehlert, both about seven They Are: Otremba-OoW, Gru- ber-Theser, Beciner-Terhaar, San<j---ie3ch_ Stumpf— Schmitt C R JBER-I Last Tuesday morning at 9 o' i St. Joseph's church were married by Father Stii Thomas Theser, son of Mr. and Mrs.Tin vgram.and Anna Gruber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gruber of Pierz. Robert Gruber, the bride's brother, and John Terhaar were best men, while Dora Gruber, the bride's sister, and Mary N. Meyer, daughter of Mike N. Meyer, attended the bride. After the service s the bridal party was taken by auto to the home of the brides parents where a feast fit for kings was shared by a large number of guests. Steam was turned on about 11. o'clock in the forenoon lull pressure kept up v. ia saus uud brans until well into the morning hours of Wednesday. Gruber had provided for hia guests an ocean of beer aud wine; he had killed and cooked Granite Co> was here last to a queen's taste las fattest , w :"f_.m^ ,<t5 tW steer and finest porkers, and.' bad a platform built and go music engaged for those who wished to dance. A FATAL JCHHAYRE FRO D ;ADS HERE Jease Thomson and" Wm. Woehlert Mr. Jennes of Richardson Lost Gaught in Flywheel and Instantly Killed Aboi t Sixty Last Week. Ions T. S. Look returned Thursdav from Sullivan Lake where he teen or eighteen years old. met had been called to protect his instant death in the Pine Tree property again.-, t fire. He 's saw mill at Little ; states that much damage was Palis Saturday afternoon about:done in the north-eastern part one o'clock-' Just how they i of the county in the neighbor- became engaged in the sp ood of Sullivan. Much hay of the large ily wheel, where [was burnt and many meadows there mutilated bodies were swept by the fire, which, fortu John Ii. Grell and John J. Boser; Town Board Did Considerable Meet Many Former Pieizifes aile Out i here John H. Grell and J. J. Boser returned on the Soo line Satur- Work During the P 11.ree weeks Though we have no regular ibitors or boo.-. found, is not known, but footprints found pn a belt tightener seem to indicate that they were playfully wrestling, lost their balance and fell into the machinery. CENTER VALLEY. John Jutten was a caller at Christ. Lust's place Saturday evening. Andy Fenn, county surveyor was here a few davs sur- vevi g a new road through Iter Valley. Peterson of the St. Paul eek. H* informed us that the sidetrack will be put in in the near future over which they intend to ship stone. Rose Kurton spent Sunday with Miss Esther Besimus at Henry Ze mod's place. August Otremba and John OTilCIV_BA.--GOBIT.- At the same services, Tuesday morning, were married Jos. Gobi and! Anna Otremba. Jos., Otremba., the bride's brother, j Dombeifry of Pient spent Sun- aivl Antoo Gohl acted as best day with John Waytasek. ■man; Anna Gold and Annual Mat. Meyer drove to Pierz Nimsch, daughter of Wram. | Tuesdav nseh of the vil lag a were the bridesmaid's. The groom is the ©Idlest son of Jos. Gold, the well-known bricklayer and terer, and the bride is a daughter-o.. Jos. (>tr&mlba_, liiving- three _u Piers. The d at the hoiE * of tbe brides parents ojoyed fcl ■ •■. to their heart's content. ::--TK-.ai_iAR ' r, Jr., who * mear the Ska. a1: r bridge*, about three miles south of Pierz. and Mary Bednar were at St. Joseph's church at nine o'clock Wednesday morning. Barney Terhaar, son of Merman Terhaar of Agram, and Louis Bednar, son of Anton Bednar. were best mena. Bedner, the brides sister, and Mary Terhaar, daughter of B.. G. Terhaar, were bridesmaids. The groom | nateiy is now under control Heaviest losers are: John Brown and Henry Ferguson, thirty-five tons; John Pelarski of Leigh, five tons; Richard Somers, Leigh, five tons; and Mr. Jennes of Richardson, sixty tons. Henry Ferguson might have lost his team and wagon. When he arrived at the meadow he unhitched his horses, tied them to the wagon, and struck out to fight fire. But the fire came so rapidly towards his shanty and his wagon that the hair on the horses' legs were singed and some spokes of his wagon burning, before he could return.Had he put the horses into the shantv, as was his custom heretofore, nothing could have saved them. day afternoon from their trip to Piers, has as good roads as can the Western states. They left AWARDED CONTRACT Gh?.~,lae*-G & Richard to Haul and Place State Crushed Rock en the Pierz Road Liittle Falls October 5th on the evening train and made the first stop at ■ . N. I ■ Mandan is the first town on the p*ieted begins at Math S< west side of the Missouri river ders place and extends south, The Commercial club has awarded the contract for haul and placing the state found in the county. Our rock, whicli will be at the home of If. ei , our section-fore rd Smoke the '-■Nij.bt C-.p'* Cigar C E. Gravel of Onamia was here Wed nes d a y. Win. Rucker i\ turned Wednesday from Centre But-e, N. Fa A pie'S'.-t social gathering took I''a. IT. S] a, Sunday < vening. Ga games *\:h refreshravnts ai lo o'clock were enjoved by Herman DeHltVM and wife, fttanlev Jankowsski and wife, John Angermever and v. if, imas Lunday and wife and Magnus kauch. John Hohn of Buckman is assisting Nick H, Muellei in bis ■ a'oon. ome horse jock1 as arrived t new Pierz WEST BUCKMAN. Mr. Spoerlein and family -,* ere visitors at Peter Thommes' last Sunday. Jos. Leigh of Hiliman was here visiting his daughL rMrs. Joe Rathbun. The new school house in district 131 is now finished and school started Oct. 19. with Miss Mover teacher. Joe Rathbun moved to his father's place Saturday. Mrs. Anna Hohn is visitir,__ her daughter Mrs. P. Thommes this week. Mr. Schmidt and wife were visiters at John Eidenscheok's Sunday. Miss Thommes and Miss Mover visited at Joe Grubers Sunday. Mrs. Aug. Merer and children spent Sunday afternoon at Thommes'. _"-nioke th**" "Night Cap" Cigar- Uednesdav ev is a son of Henry-Terhaar, wh- Sening and bought some 11 ay be remembered bv the!' F«»r which thev 'forgot to pay older settlers, died with blood ; whei earlv I nda poisoning about 29 years The bride is a daughter of Jos.Bednar who lives near the Buckman road:about three miles south of Pierz. Tiie wed was held at the home of the bride's parents; SA: BOH Married at Buckman in St. Michael's church last Monday Anton Hesch, son of Mrs, Paul Hesch, and Elizabeth .kind, daughter of Michael band. The wedding was held at Michael Sand's place where a large crowd of friends and relatives gathered and enjoyed tlu nisei ves hugely at card gai music, dancing, etc., until a late hour. ST U WPF- - SCHMITT Theresia Mary Stumpf, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Stumpf was last Tuesday, Oct. IS, married at Milwaukee, Wis.. to Grover C Smith of Milwaukee- Their home will be at 4-")- 15th Street, Milwaukee. . THE JOURNAL CoNGHATUL ! FIVE TIMES. Rly newFa 1! Slats are up-to-date /Mrs. A. Vonderr.--.ar. Nick Terhaar of the Benton County State Bank at Sauk Rapids came up Wednesday to attend the Bednat -Terhaar wedding. Smoke the ''Night Cap" Cigar F. X. Virnig and J. P. Virnig returned Monday from •.heir weeks hunt at Sullivan lake. Mrs. M. B. Kassel of Iron- dal\ Wash., returned to her home Monday after a visit of live weeks with her relatives, Wm. Eller, Barney Eller and! Louis Feucht. morning. Telephone mes- s- g :s (*ent to Katney and &a\- ey, in th i direct..'v. of which they started, f.T U d to locate th ni. John N. Fanst did not give his show last Sundav owingto hi dure of the gas company to send the necessary valves. Quite a large crowd had gath ered at the Opera house before the absence of these valves was noticed. He will give a show next Sunday evening which will be the last for a few weeks. CARLOAD OF APPLES Qet them at the right price at Frank Qrell's. Mr. and Mrs. Gfo. Kiewel of Little Falls weie here last Tuesdav and attended the Theser-Grubt. r wtdding. John and Andrew ..-'tr* man have been here for a week le- pairi g their lines and installing phones into the homes of: Frank Rauch, John Leidolt. John Langer, Christ. Faust, Math. Thommes, Mil.e Thommes, Jos. Otremba, Robt. Gruber. ' Magviu.- Rauch, Large barns were built dur ing the summer on the farms ot Leo. Leidenfrost, John Stuckmayer. , C. Luking, John Preimesberger, Wm. Grell, John Fisher, Jos. Gross, Ig. Steinkugler. Hallowe'en next Monday. Co. Commissioners meet tuesdav. Steve Preimesberger is sid- ingJohn Fndres'hoy-ein Buh. Born—to Mr. and Airs. Nick H.Mueller,Wednesday, a boy. Carl Fuhrman's new house is completed and will be occupied by Frank Fuhrman, his son, who was married a few- wee ks ago Frank Kippley returned from the twin cities Monday. Will leave again today to work for Smith & Leese. Center Valley haa been partly platted by countv sui- veyor AndyFenn.Two streets are laid out, North Main street and South Main street. So says Then. Billmever. Thi postoffice wiil tie-ino'.''cd into Bil.lmever's new bue.di.ig in a few weeks. The Latest. Style Ladies' Millin ery at Mrs. A. Vonderttaar. Valentine Kranz and familv who ha*.e visited here wiih relatives the p.st two weeks, left Wednesday morning for St. Cloud. After a few days visit at the latter place they will return to Lintonville to lad their household goods and move to Red Lake Fads, Minn. Mrs. Nick T^esch of Main Preirie is here visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mike N. Mever. Geo. Kummtt of Eden Valley,-Stearns Co. is here lo> k- ing at the country. He owns land in section lb, Pulaski township. First snow fell in this part of the county last Friday John Hoheisel moved from Jos. Grell's place in upper jtown io his fathers house in lower town yesterday. -i on the N. P. line, opposite Bis- mark. They had intended to make short stops at a number of towns on the way out but found the time too limited.They were very favorably impressed with Mandan and surrounding country. They took the N, P. flyer and made the next stop at Spokane, Wash. At Spokane, the Great Northern train was taken for Quincy, Washinton. which is the hi of many Pierrites. They had a good visit with Fred Dahmen, who has a fine farm and is doing well. They also saw there, John Pleckenstein, William, Louis and Joseph Virnig, sons of Joseph Virnig, Sr., Tony Rauch, son of Jos. Rauch of Agram, MatH Nelles and Mike Schmidt, son of George Smith of Pierz. They are all in good health and are contended. One of the greatest points of interest, and especially for Min- nesotans who never see fruit on the tree in their native state, is Vanadis, whicli boasts one of the finests apple orchards in the land. This place is about iiO miles from Quincy.Bred Dahmen tool: them there by team. It is nothing uncommon there to see large trees so weighted down with apples that the limbs have to be supported.Here they met Nick and John Dahmen, sons of John Dahmen of Granite, and a son of George R. Hoffman of Buh. That whiskey, like some liniments, is as good for beast as lor man was proved on the way aaok to Quincy. One of Fred's iiorses lay down, and, tho many different methods of persuasion known to such horsemen as Boser and Fred Dahmen were tried, the nag refused to move. While they stood there on the prairie bewailing the hardness of their fate, John Grell pasned around a bottle of bourbon. Fred remarked that this liquor might start the horse and suggested giving it what had remained in ihe bottle. Greil at first refused to do this, saying he would almost rather remain there, or walk back to Quincy with the whiskey than to ride back in comfort without it. As a fast resort the contents of the bottle were poured into the horse's mouth, which, to their astonishment jumped up and started off on a trot. From Quincy they drove to a station on the Milwaukee R- R. Fred accomyanied them irom now on. The first stop was at Aiiensberg where Fred's son William is employed. Here is where irrigation begins, and an eighty acre iarm is worth a- bout sp_A),UO0. After spending an nour visiting with William, and sightseeing, they started tor Tacoma to see the Spanfelb ners whom ttiey did not find at home. Took boat thru Puget Sound for Seattle, but remained there only a tew hours until tne train left for Mt. Angel. Ore. 'i his ' town and surrCunding country is inhabited by a thrifty ciass ot Germans. It js best known here as the place where tbe tat. Joseph's Biatt is published. The O. S. B. monaStary conducts a large and line orchard, through which they were shown by John Hausing-er> a former resident ot Buh. Portland, Ore. was the next place visited.Here they met Edi Kraemer, John tieigei and Henry Dengel. Tbe latter is superintendent of a large ctray and delivery business, i here they also met Wm. and Frank Traut, sons of Henry iraut, wno formerly lived in Buh. Frank is on the police lorce aud Wilfiani is employed by the city fire department. passes the school house at Nick Lo<Tiner's place, thence passing Math. Pauser's place and intersecting with the east and west section line near Peter Nagel's farm. This road is all graded, corduroys covered and put into a condition which reflects credit upon our town board- The county gave $100 towards this work*. town board did considerabl d on the i a>\. to road work the last few we ibers & Richard- The con- * mile stretch just com. ■ tract price per carload is $15.75. It is I hai Morrison county will receive about t\. ty carloads this fall and this amount of crushed rock coming from the reformatory will cover a stretch of road from the city limits at the end of Pirstavenue northeast as far east as the material will allow. The road will be treated with a covering which is to be eight inches in thickness after being worked down and the stone roadway is ti i be Hi feet wide. As was the ca.se with the road lead ir. i to 1 eb ickyards and made of la>t year's consignment of rock, three layers of rock are to be used. Word has been received that six carloads are' prepared for shipment from St. Cloud, hence it is « xpected that thev will arrive sli rfly. Work can then be commenced as soon as the i oad h.is been brought to grade. The work of grading is to be done bv persons livicg in the vicinity ol the imp*ovement. The countv, town of Little Falls, public subscription and Commercial club assist in defraying the cost of placing the rock.—Transcript America is Getting Well America is getting well. It is throwing off the bedclothes and flinging patent medicines out of the window. It is about to take up its bed and walk*,and work. For centuries we, like other peoples have been sickly, valetudinarian. Build up your system. A glass taken before each meal or just before retiring will aid your digestion, steady your nerves and build you up physically. Order of your nearest dealer or be supplied by E. S. Tanner, Little Falls. ROUTE 2. Mrs. E. Lees and Miss Annie Altrichter left for the twin cities last week. Frank Altrichter made a trip to Little Falls where he got a load of potatoes which were sent to him fiom Phil- brook. Arno and ELie Guenther were visitors at JohnBednar's Sunday. Gerh. Block is on the sick list. Mathias I>ochaer returned from Mankato Friday. Wm. Girtz visited friends at Buckman Sundav. John Bednar's hired girl wei t homeand left poor Johnie to bachel for a week, his wife being- in Minneapolis under medical treatment. Notice All persons indebted to us are requested to come and settle their accounts. While we are willing to extend favors as far as possible we desire to impress upon you the necessity of your prompt settlement in order that we may be able.to meet our obligations- In asking this we are ; asking nothing more of you than our creditors are asking of us. Please give this your immediate attention, Respectfully, P. W. Blake. J.N.Rauch says lie is plowing with his threshing engine. The dance at Faust's hall Tuesdav evenii g was fairly well attended, in spite of all the weddings that dav. A. P. Stoll and CF. Gravel went to Sullivan lake eariy Monday morning for a week's hunt. Capt. stood on the mill platform Wednesday morning, but did'nt mention ducks. Those who have not yet paid the last half of their real estate taxes have but one more week in which to make their payment, as the last half is due before Nov. 1st.—Transcript. George Stelzle, state organ- :zer for the German Roman Catholic Aid Association of the State ot Minn sola, was in Buckman last Sunday, in the interest of that society. At a well attended meeting in the church basement, twenty- five new .members were added to the local society. Mr. Stelzle gave an address m whi.ch he discussed, at some length, the benefits of lite insurance. Ed. Borlev, son of George Borley, a former resident of Pierz, was instrumental in saving manv lives in the recent forest fires in northern Minnesota. He rode sixtv miles to warn the settlers of the coming fire to enable them to flee to places of safety. Notice All persons indebted to me must come and settle before Nov. 1st. All accounts not paid by that date will be given to a collector. Frank Grell. Notice All persons indebted to me are requested to call at once and settle their accounts. Hubert Bares. John Boser and son, Henry, of Buh were in St. Mathias, Crow Wing Co , last week.He says the harvest was much better there than here. Some farmers there cut over 200 tons of na\. C. W. Bouck, candidate for representative from the 48th district, and C. Fo-ermtier, candidate for countv attorney on the Republic an ticket. \u re in town Monday. Peter Marshik mnde a business trip to Little Fall*? Sunday. P. J. Gau of Granite was in Pierz Tuesday transacting business. He tells us that Lastrup was dry last Sunday. Wait until the new Lastrup brewery opens. FOR SALE—120 acres land in Section 32. township 42, Range 20. Only 2 miles from Lastrup church. Frank We- verka, 494 Banfil, St. St.Paul. igan to travel towards home, J-hey next called on John Krae- .and leaving Fred. Dahmen at merand wife and Henry Wise, Spokane to go to his home af at Vancouverwilom they found Quincy, came back over the weii and happy. They now be- [Canadian Pacific and Soo line. 1* e^i* **A.LE—An almost new fine .iard coal heater. Call at Journal office. FOR RENT—My house, at once. Frank Becker. 19-3 F. u SALE—I offer for sale in 80 ai d 160 acre pieces, my entire farm, known as the Buckman farm. The highest bidder gets it. Jos. Froehlich. MARKET DAY AT PIERZ, NOVEMBER 5th.
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You may be a cousin and not know it—supposedly, Abraham Lincoln kept quiet about his family because he believed his mother was born out of wedlock. No one's found records to prove or disprove his suspicions. But maybe he didn't have to worry so much: the fact we're celebrating 200 years later shows actions speak louder than ancestry.
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Australia’s shark bay is home to over ten-thousand dugongs.
It seems like a perfect spot for these air-breathing herbivores. The water is shallow and peppered with beds of sea grass, the dugongs main source of food.
Biologist Aaron Wirsing has come here from Canada to study the dugong.
Aaron Wirsing: “We know almost nothing about its habitat use patterns, its feeding habits, and the way it gets along with some of its major predators like tiger sharks.”
The tiger shark, a beautiful, agile, and powerful hunter is the one thing that keeps shark bay from being a paradise for the slow moving dugongs.
Named for their stripes, tiger sharks are massive warm-water predators capable of growing over 14ft long, and reaching weights of 2,000 pounds.
Seems like a bit of a mismatch for the smaller dugongs, which are more closely related to the elephant than to other seafaring mammals like seals and walruses.
Aaron Wirsing: “And there’s a very interesting race going on right here in shark bay between dugongs and tiger sharks.”
To get a closer look at that race from the perspective of the dugongs, our team deploys some Crittercams.
The team is eager to learn what they can about how these clumsy looking vegetarians manage to evade the tiger sharks.
There are a few surprises in store. First of all the dugongs are going much deeper than Aaron thought.
But there’s not nearly as much food down here as there is in the shallower waters. Still, the Cittercam team believes that feeding at greater depth may be how the dugongs manage to evade the sharks.
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Kynard Named to Bowerman Watch List
Kynard Named to Bowerman Watch List
Jan. 9, 2013
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State high jumper Erik Kynard is entering his senior year with the Wildcats as the back-to-back NCAA outdoor champion and an Olympic silver medalist. On Wednesday afternoon he was named to the initial 2013 Bowerman Watch List by the USTFCCCA, making the list of 10 athletes to keep an eye on during the 2013 indoor and outdoor seasons. The Bowerman is considered the Heisman Trophy of track and field and has been awarded to the top male and female athletes in NCAA track and field since its introduction in 2009.
Kynard is currently ranked No. 2 in the NCAA for the indoor season, trailing Indiana's Derek Drouin by just two centimeters last season. Drouin tied for bronze at the London Olympics after taking second place behind Kynard at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Kynard also has swept the Big 12 Championship the last two seasons and looking to become the second athlete to win six men's Big 12 high jump crowns.
Last season, Kynard spent most of the year on the Watch List after being promoted to the official watch list midway through indoor season from the list of others receiving mention. He also was a semifinalist for the award in 2012. The USTFCCCA will update the list throughout the year with the finalists announced this summer.
The Bowerman honors former University of Oregon head coach Bill Bowerman. In addition to his history of success at Oregon, he was instrumental in helping establish the system of autonomous federations to control individual sports in the United States today and also is credited with helping fuel the jogging craze in America during the 1970's. Bowerman was a cofounder of Nike and is most recognized within the company for his creation of the waffle sole by pouring rubber on a waffle iron.
The USTFCCCA will announce the women's official preseason watch list on Thursday.
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Curtis Beach, junior, Duke, combined events
Jordan Clarke, senior, Arizona State, throws
Omar Craddock, junior, Florida, jumps
Derek Drouin, senior, Indiana, high jump
Tim Glover, senior, Illinois State, throws
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When I go to turn my Windows 7 machine down I get this "Force Shut Down" screen. It's scary – what do I do?
A common issue affecting just about every Windows 7 user at some time or another are the "Force Shut Down" and "Logged On" nag screens, which occasionally appear when attempting to shut down your computer. These can seem very worrisome to those unfamiliar with the reasons behind their appearance. In general however, these screens only appear when we forget to complete a few simple tasks prior to shutting down, and therefore are easily taken care of. To eliminate these screens, follow these simple steps:
Eliminating the "Force Shut Down" screen
Step 1. Take a quick look at the list of programs which Windows would like to forcefully close prior to shut down. If there are any programs in this list which you recognize, and which you may have saved information to recently (such as saved browser sessions in Firefox, Word documents, Photoshop files, etc.) you will want to close these programs yourself to prevent possible data loss or corruption to any files which are open or still being accessed in memory by Windows.
To prevent an unlikely, but possible, data loss catastrophe, find and press the blue "Cancel" button in the lower right corner of your screen. This will stop Windows from forcing your files to close and/or your programs to automatically shut down.
Step 2. Find the open files/programs which were contained in the "Force Shut Down" list on your taskbar or in open windows, then save and/or close them as you normally would.
Step 3. Attempt to shut down your computer once again. If all programs have been exited correctly, the "Force Shut Down" black screen should not appear, and Windows should shut down normally.
Note: In some instances, programs which are not normally shut down by the user; such as Anti-Virus programs, printer software, and others which are "always on" when Windows starts, may cause the "Force Shut Down" screen to appear briefly when turning off your computer. If you notice the "Force Shut Down" screen appear with only these programs in its list, ignore it, as such programs will either shut themselves down a split second after the "Force Shut down" screen appears, or Windows will automatically close them without any likely data loss or corruption.
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Paterno family decries leak of e-mails on Sandusky
A spokesman for the family of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno on Sunday decried the leak of purported e-mails from university officials that indicate Paterno was consulted after a 2001 allegation of sexual abuse against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
"Our message to everybody is slow down here," said spokesman Dan McGinn. He said the e-mails, which the school turned over to an investigation by former FBI director Louis Freeh, "are all on the record. Everything is going to come out. What's being done here is people are trying to leak something to try to pre-empt the Freeh Commission."
The e-mails were reported Saturday by CNN, which said it had not seen them but listened to a source read them. USA TODAY could not independently verify the e-mails.
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They appear to show that when graduate assistant Mike McQueary told school officials he witnessed Sandusky sexually abusing a boy, they decided to talk with Sandusky rather than report the alleged incident to authorities, CNN said.
In the e-mails, according to the report, Graham Spanier, then university president, says he is "supportive" of a plan by athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz to "work with" Sandusky but notes they might be "vulnerable" for not reporting him.
Sandusky was convicted last month of sexually abusing 10 boys and is awaiting sentencing. Spanier and Paterno were fired. Paterno died in January. Schultz retired.
Curley and Schultz are charged with lying to a grand jury and failing to report child abuse. They have said McQueary reported only horseplay.
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Wendy Murphy, a former child-abuse and sex-crimes prosecutor, said the reported e-mails appear to validate what she suspected: "It's just not possible that Spanier didn't know what Sandusky was doing."
Murphy said the e-mails could help Curley and Schultz if they show that both reported the allegation to Spanier.
The e-mails also would suggest Paterno knew more than he said: On Feb. 26, 2001, CNN reported, Schultz suggests contacting authorities, but the next night, Curley writes to Spanier that after talking with Paterno, he would like to "work with" Sandusky instead.
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The fixtures are attractive and well made. However, we cannot use them for the purpose that we bought them for. Your catalog states that they can be hooked up in series using 1 plug in adapter. That is incorrect. I ordered 5 for my under cabinet kitchen. Upon receiving them, the instuctions state that hooking up more than 2 will damage the fixture and void the warranty.
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INTERVIEW: Flux Pavilion at Electric Zoo
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Over the past few years, Flux Pavilion has managed build up an army of loyal fans with his diverse sound, and his music is about to get even more eclectic. After releasing his EP "Blow the Roof" at the beginning of 2013, he is now about to embark on a tour surrounding a brand new EP.
We got to hang out with Flux Pavilion at Electric Zoo in New York City. He told us about what he likes about being in New York, his upcoming Freeway Tour, and revealed he's releasing a new five-track EP. Check it out:
How had your set go today at Electric Zoo?
Pretty damn good. It was awesome. I like New York. It kind of feels very European and it reminds me of being home. Like as far as North America goes, it is the most English in a sense, I guess, because this is as close to England as you can get. It does remind me of home but in a very wonderful American way. It's great.
What makes it so European?
I'm not sure. I think it's because it's a cold weather city, and it's quite built up, and there's loads of people from all over the world. England is quite a diverse place. London is really cold and there's from all over Europe. New York has kinda got the same feel to it. It's really great, but also American as well which means you [have] really good fast food, which is awesome! It's good for me. If I could wear a jacket and eat a big slice of pizza, I'm pretty happy.
After releasing your EP "Blow the Roof" at the beginning of the year, how do you think it did?
Well as far as I'm concerned I kind of like forget about something once I finish the music. I'm not really interested in chasing numbers and seeing how well something is doing. Like if I release something, it means I'm happy with it, and once I'm happy with it, I just kind of let it go out in the world to see what people think. So I thought it was awesome.
Their [the fans] reaction is always great when I play this stuff out. Like that's kind of all I got to see is when I perform the music and it always goes out really well so that makes me happy.
With so many different influences in your music that make it sound so diverse, how would you would you describe it?
I don't know. It's kinda just music that I make really. Everyone has their own voice, you know, and accent. You recognize your friend's voice because it's their voice. You recognize your friend's face because it's their face. It's the same as music that I write. It's my music, essentially. I can't really describe it. It's like describing the sound of your own voice, or like the shape of your own body. I mean it's just your thing, you are born with it. It's the same with music. I was just born with this stuff in my brain and that's what it sounds like pretty much.
After working Childish Gambino, are there any rappers that you would like work with?
Not really. Not really at the minute. Collaborations tend to be more a conversation, or a meeting, or a drink. It's kind of just like a friendship essentially. A collaboration is the result of a really good chat with someone.
Are there any rappers you want to befriend?
Well, nah, because I'll just be friends with them if I meet them, really. When I meet someone if they're cool and they like me, and I like them, then we'll work together. I don't really like to chase after people because they're cool and hyped, and stuff like that. I'd rather it be just natural and we work together because it is going to happen organically I guess.
Since your music is so diverse, what other music do you listen to outside of electronic music?
I don't really listen to much electronic music. I kind of tend to listen to, at the minute I'm listening to the new Vampire Weekend album. Strokes, Frank Zappa, Cinematic Orchestra, Patrick Watson, just organic, like generally more acoustic music to put it into kind of a genre. Like chilled out, relaxing, more ambient stuff is what I like.
Tell us about the Freeway Tour?
Well, it's a tour that I'm doing. It's like eight weeks long. I've done five-track EP that's going to come out halfway through the tour. So we'll do half the tour while I get to play the music, people haven't heard it yet. Then we put out the EP, and then kind of do the rest of the tour. So it's like the Freeway Tour is based around the EP and then the EP is based around the idea of touring as well. Once you hear the music it should make a bit more sense.
*Note: He played 4 out of the 5 tracks on the new EP in his Electric Zoo set!
Tell us about the new EP?
I did "Blow the Roof" and it was a more jump-up, kind of like dance-works stuff on there. And I just put out a track called "Standing on a Hill," which is based generally on the idea of kinda going back to my roots of playing guitar, and singing, and approaching music from a singer/songwriter perspective. I kind of would like Flux Pavilion, to rather than just being ... because I don't want to pick up my guitar and feel like I can't record it on a Flux Pavilion track. I'd like Flux Pavilion to be everything that I am. So this EP is more of a teaser to what stuff I really like making essentially.
There's been loads of tracks that I haven't put out because I've been scared of what they would think essentially. And then kind of like six months ago I'm like, "F**k it. I don't ever care anymore." Like I'm just gonna put it all out. It's music that I've made, so essentially if they like it, they like it. If they don't, they don't. As long as I'm happy with it, then I don't really care.
Since we are at Electric Zoo if you were an animal, what animal would you be?
I guess I'd probably be a sloth. I'm relatively lazy and I look like a sloth. I'd like to be a silver tiger with like bright blue eyes. That would be awesome. But most likely I would be a sloth, I think.
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Report: N.O. Murders Are Down, But Number Of Shooting Survivors Is Up
There were fewer people shot to death in New Orleans during the first half of this year compared to the same time period last year, but the number of shooting victims who survived is up this year compared to last year.
That's one of the findings of a Fox 8 report breaking down the number of fatal and non-fatal shootings.
According to the report, 74 murders were recorded in New Orleans during the first 6 months of 2014, and during the same time period, there were 174 shooting incidents in which 219 victims survived. That's five more victims than the same time period last year. And 95% of the survivors are African-American and most are males.
Tulane Criminologist Peter Scharf told WRNO's Denny Schaffer Friday he believes more shooting victims are surviving because of advances in medical treatment and care. But the costs to society go up. As more people survive, the higher the medical costs.
"That incident in the Quarter that I was quoted on might have been a $30 million incident when you look at the medical costs and you look at the loss of tourism dollars," Scharf said.
The downward trend in the number of murders in New Orleans is surprising to Scharf.
"With all the adverse trends, with the decline, the exodus of police officers, it's actually amazing we're as low as we are now," Scharf said.


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This October marks the beginning of another year for faculty and staff to give back to the USC community through the Family Fund, the annual giving campaign for university employees and retirees.
In June, Brandon Cochran joined the Carolina community as the assistant director of annual giving. He talked with USC Times about the campaign and how faculty and staff can make an impact at Carolina.
USC Times: Can you tell me a little about the Family Fund?
Cochran: The Family Fund is the university's annual faculty and staff campaign, allowing university employees to become more engaged in their professional roles. To date, university employees and retirees have contributed more than $44 million, supporting our university and its campuses, students, programs and initiatives.
Are there any parameters or limitations?
No. Carolina has more than 5,000 available funds that faculty, staff, and retirees can support. University employees and retirees are encouraged to support the academic area that means the most to them. Many donors choose to make a gift where the need is the greatest. Other donors may choose to support a specific department or program, technology improvements, the library, athletics, or one of many scholarships available to Carolina students
So you can give to a specific area and determine where your donation goes?
Exactly! The Family Fund promotes many of the university's available funds. There are different funds, programs, scholarships and initiatives that a faculty and staff member can give to. Any faculty or staff member can give to an array of funds, whether it be to support a specific department or support a fund he or she feels the most passionate about.
Why do faculty and staff make donations?
Giving is a personal decision and each employee who donates to Carolina has their own answer to that question. In addition to their daily contributions, a financial contribution is a different, and important way, to demonstrate his or her investment in Carolina. Overall, supporting the Family Fund is an opportunity for university employees to have a rewarding experience that not only helps other faculty and staff but also helps the students to have a great experience at Carolina.
What is your role in the Family Fund?
My ultimate role is to promote the Family Fund and increase its participation. To do that, my goal is to meet with department chairs and leaders around campus and encourage university employees to participate. It is important to understand that it is not about the size of the gift, it's about the act of participation that counts. Being a steward of the Family Fund allows me to meet faculty and staff around campus, learn how the Family Fund has impacted their department or program. I hope to become a recognizable face to many university employees the more I am on or around campus promoting the Family Fund.
So you're the face of the Family Fund?
The Family Fund has many faces! Every employee at the University is the face of the Family Fund!
How can faculty and staff donate?
Donating the Family Fund is simple. Employees can gift through payroll deduction, check, or a debit/credit card. It's as easy as having $1 deducted per pay period or making a one-time gift of $100.
What do you hope happens with the Family Fund?
My goal for the Family Fund is for it to continue to grow its participation rate every year. Personally, I'd like to see university participation reach between 40 and 45 percent. In addition, I'd like for our annual faculty/staff campaign be a leader among the SEC schools as well as the leading program in the state of South Carolina.
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Jay-Z's latest co-sign reps the UK, Kosovo, and Roc Nation. Can Rita Ora live up to such great expectations?
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Rita Ora needs a moment.
The 21-year-old Brit isn't finished prepping for tonight's performance at Emirates Stadium where she'll be opening for a little band called Coldplay. She's just had her golden ringlets attended to, inhaled some fragrant vapors from a bong-like device that soothes her vocal cords, touched up her lips (M.A.C. Russian Red), and lamented the fact that one of her multi-colored velvet fingernails has chipped off.
Pulling a varsity letterman's jacket over her pale pink satin nightgown, Rita steps out of her dressing room onto the mezzanine level of the enormous sports complex. She watches silently as the first wave of 70,000 fans begin dashing toward the stage where she will soon be performing. This being London, a light drizzle begins to fall and tiny umbrellas start popping up on the distant stadium floor. One person slips, falls, and gets wheeled away by medical staff. "This place is packed," Rita says to herself. "I've gotta go down there soon."
"I get nervous before shows and then I'm just like, OK—let's go," she explains later. "It's like, you can't fuck it up now 'cause everybody's watching you. It's more of a rush—like an adrenaline high."
Back in the dressing room Rita's old friend and stylist, Kyle, helps her with final preparations before taking the stage. "I'm like a dude," Rita says, despite ample evidence to the contrary. "Jordans are my favorite. I wear them all the time for shows. I can get girly-girly when I want to, but I can't perform in heels. I would bust my face open on stage and we don't want that." Rita takes a deep breath and laces up her Nike trainers (that's Brit-speak for sneakers). She's ready.
I can't perform in heels. I would bust my face open on stage and we don't want that.
"Rita always performs better under pressure," says her older sister and road manager, Elena, a stunning brunette who still lives in the same three-bedroom flat in the West London counsel estates (a.k.a. the projects) where their family grew up. Rita had to move to her own place because ever since she racked up her second No. 1 hit in the UK—"R.I.P." featuring Tinie Tempah topped the charts in May, following DJ Fresh's "Hot Right Now," on which Rita sings the hook—random people started ringing the doorbell asking for photos and dropping off CDs. "Nothing scary," Elena adds coolly.
You want scary? Scary is when Jay-Z and Beyoncé pop into your dressing room 10 minutes before showtime. But Rita shook off the butterflies and nailed that performance a few months ago in New York—even singing a Destiny's Child cover, much to B's delight. So rocking the biggest stadium she's ever set foot in should be no sweat. After that, all she has to do is translate her UK success to the States and head up Roc Nation's British Invasion.
They say be careful what you wish for, but this is the life Rita Ora's been dreaming of for as long as she can remember. At age 11 she was the girl at the neighborhood youth center who sang "Killing Me Softly" into a counselor's camera phone. "He told me he knew somebody who knew somebody in the industry or whatever," she recalls. "I said, 'OK cool, play them this video.'" Nothing ever came of the impromptu demo but he still carries the clip around on his phone to inspire other kids.
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By Mark Russinovich
Published: June 29, 2016
Download PsTools(2.7 MB)
Utilities like Telnet and remote control programs like Symantec's PC Anywhere let you execute programs on remote systems, but they can be a pain to set up and require that you install client software on the remote systems that you wish to access. PsExec is a light-weight telnet-replacement that lets you execute processes on other systems, complete with full interactivity for console applications, without having to manually install client software. PsExec's most powerful uses include launching interactive command-prompts on remote systems and remote-enabling tools like IpConfig that otherwise do not have the ability to show information about remote systems.
Note: some anti-virus scanners report that one or more of the tools are infected with a "remote admin" virus. None of the PsTools contain viruses, but they have been used by viruses, which is why they trigger virus notifications.
Just copy PsExec onto your executable path. Typing "psexec" displays its usage syntax.
See the July 2004 issue of Windows IT Pro Magazine for
Mark's article that covers advanced usage of PsExec.
Usage: psexec [\\computer[,computer2[,...] | @file]][-u user [-p psswd][-n s][-r servicename][-h][-l][-s|-e][-x][-i [session]][-c [-f|-v]][-w directory][-d][-<priority>][-a n,n,...] cmd [arguments]
You can enclose applications that have spaces in their name with quotation marks e.g.
psexec \\marklap"c:\long name app.exe"
Input is only passed to the remote system when you press the Enter key. Typing Ctrl-C terminates the remote process.
If you omit a user name, the process will run in the context of your account on the remote system, but will not have access to network resources (because it is impersonating). Specify a valid user name in the Domain\User syntax if the remote process requires access to network resources or to run in a different account. Note that the password and command are encrypted in transit to the remote system.
Error codes returned by PsExec are specific to the applications you execute, not PsExec.
This article I wrote
describes how PsExec works and gives tips on how to use it:
The following command launches an interactive command prompt on \\marklap:
psexec \\marklap cmd
This command executes IpConfig on the remote system with the /all switch, and displays the resulting output locally:
psexec \\marklap ipconfig /all
This command copies the program test.exe to the remote system and executes it interactively:
psexec \\marklap -c test.exe
Specify the full path to a program that is already installed on a remote system if its not on the system's path:
psexec \\marklap c:\bin\test.exe
Run Regedit interactively in the System account to view the contents of the SAM and SECURITY keys::
psexec -i -d -s c:\windows\regedit.exe
To run Internet Explorer as with limited-user privileges use this command:
psexec -l -d "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"
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- Electric variant of NV200 to launch in 2013 -
- All-new 100% electric e-NV200 to enter production in FY13
- Nissan's second all-electric vehicle allocated to Barcelona Plant
- Major project investment by Nissan of €100 mn in Spain
- More than 700 jobs to be created at Nissan and its Spanish suppliers
- Multi-use vehicle providing families and businesses with unique driving experience
- Interior functionality and cargo capacity similar to existing NV200 with class-leading running costs
BARCELONA, Spain (May 23, 2012) - Today Nissan announced that a 100% electric compact van, the e-NV200, will go into production at its Barcelona plant in the 2013 Financial Year.
The new model will be based on the existing award-winning NV200 currently produced at the plant and will be an important and innovative addition to Nissan's global range of light commercial vehicles (LCV's).
e-NV200 will become Nissan's second all-electric vehicle (EV) following the launch of the multi-award winning Nissan LEAF in 2010, underlining Nissan's long-term commitment to zero emission mobility.
The new model, which represents €100 million investment by Nissan in Spain, is expected to create around 700 new jobs at the plant and throughout its local supplier base.
As the sole producer of e-NV200, Barcelona will supply world markets highlighting the growing competitiveness of Nissan's Spanish industrial operations. Last week a new medium duty truck was allocated to Nissan's Avila Plant in central Spain.
e-NV200 will provide both businesses and families with functional and roomy interior space and will retain the host of innovative and practical features of the current NV200 line up combined with the most advanced powertrain components of the Nissan LEAF.
This will deliver a driving range similar to the Nissan LEAF on a single charge and similar performance, together with best in class running and maintenance costs.
Andy Palmer, Nissan Executive Vice President, said: "e-NV200 represents a genuine breakthrough in commercial vehicles and further underlines Nissan's leadership within the electric vehicle segment.
"The new model will offer all the spaciousness, versatility and practicality of a traditionally powered compact van, but with zero CO2 emission at the point of use and also provide an outstanding driving experience that is unique to EV's.
"Crucially, it will also offer class-leading running and maintenance costs, which makes it an exceptionally attractive proposition to both businesses and families."
e-NV200 will also make a significant contribution to Nissan's aim of becoming the world's largest LCV manufacturer by 2016 as a key pillar of the Nissan Power 88 mid-term plan.
Last year Nissan achieved an historic milestone of selling more than one million LCV's worldwide in a single year.
Andy Palmer added: "e-NV200 represents a bold and innovative addition to our commercial vehicle range, which is already one of the broadest of any manufacturer.
"I would like to thank the Spanish and Catalonian Government for their continued support of Nissan in Spain, and congratulate the Barcelona workforce for earning the right to produce what will be an extremely important model for Nissan globally."
The current NV200 line up has already sold around 100,000 units. Its popularity led it to be chosen as the next generation New York City 'Taxi of Tomorrow' following a rigorous selection process.
Currently, intensive evaluations of prototype NV200-based electric vehicles are being carried out in Europe. Trials will continue in coming months in order to provide real-world feedback from the most demanding usage. Feedback will help Nissan to fulfill exact customer requirements ahead of the start of production expected in FY13.
Nissan in Europe
Nissan has one of the most comprehensive European presences of any overseas manufacturer, employing more than 14,500 staff across locally-based design, research & development, manufacturing, logistics and sales & marketing operations. Last year Nissan plants in the UK, Spain and Russia produced 677,000 vehicles including mini-MPVs, award-winning crossovers, SUVs and commercial vehicles. Nissan now offers 24 diverse and innovative products for sale in Europe today, and is positioned to become the number one Asian brand in Europe.
About Nissan
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan's second-largest automotive company, is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and is part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Operating with more than 248,000 employees globally, Nissan provided customers with more than 4.1 million vehicles in 2010, generating revenue of 8.77 trillion yen ($102.37 billion US). With a strong commitment to developing exciting and innovative products for all, Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of 64 models under the Nissan and Infiniti brands. A pioneer in zero-emission mobility, Nissan made history with the introduction of the Nissan LEAF, the first affordable, mass-market, pure-electric vehicle and winner of numerous international accolades, including the prestigious 2011-2012 Car of the Year Japan, 2012 RJC Car of the Year, 2011 European Car of the Year, and 2011 World Car of the Year awards.


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MELROSE PARK, IL -- Now available from Stern Pinball Inc. is the latest in its line of popular flipper games celebrating Australia's legendary AC/DC band. The new premium version, called Luci (short for Lucifer) features all-new artwork, including the cabinet and the mini-playfield, while retaining Steve Ritchie's hit design.
Like its stablemates, the new AC/DC Luci pin game from Stern provides 12 of the band's most popular songs including "Back in Black," "Highway to Hell" and "You Shook Me All Night Long." Other features include the lower playfield and ball-shooting cannon, drop targets, a mechanized Hell's Bell and animations of the band.
Luci joins the original AC/DC model (see VT, February 2012) and the limited-edition Back in Black and Let There Be Rock versions in the Stern AC/DC line. The manufacturer's suggested retail price for the new model is $7,495.
AC/DC, which burst onto the rock music scene in 1973, has developed and retained a devoted international following in the ensuing four decades. It has sold more than 200 million albums, and is Sony BMG Music Entertainment's best-selling catalog act worldwide. Its U.S. sales of 71 million albums place it among the five top-selling bands in American music history. "Back in Black," which has sold more than 22 million copies in the United States, won Double Diamond status from the Recording Industry Association of America. It often is credited with pioneering the "heavy metal" genre, although it always has referred to its music as "rock and roll."


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Carrera DFA, Bourn set for rehab assignment
(CLEVELAND) – The Cleveland Indians designated outfielder Ezequiel Carrera for assignment just three days after picking him up off of waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.
Carrera, 25, appeared in two games for the Indians during his latest stint. The speedy outfielder started on Saturday afternoon for the Tribe recording two hits and scoring a run and also started on Friday night when he delivered a crucial sacrifice-bunt during the Indians 7-6 comeback victory over the Minnesota Twins.
The Indians called up left-hander Scott Barnes from Triple-A Columbus to fill Carrera's spot on the 25-man roster.
Meanwhile, the club announced that center fielder Michael Bourn will begin his Minor League rehab assignment on Monday at Triple-A Columbus when the Clippers take on Charlotte at Huntington Park. Bourn is still recovering from an injury he sustained to his right index finger that required stitches after sliding into first base. The thought is that Bourn will need a couple of games in the minors before returning to the Indians.
Heading into Sunday's series finale with the Twins at Progressive Field the Indians had won six-straight games; their longest winning streak in two years.
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Taking narcotics for back painNonspecific back pain - narcotics; Backache - chronic - narcotics; Lumbar pain - chronic - narcotics; Pain - back - chronic - narcotics; Chronic back pain - low - narcotics
Narcotics are strong drugs that are sometimes used to treat pain. They are also called opioids. You take them only when your pain is so severe that you cannot work or do your daily tasks. They may also be used if other types of pain medicine do not relieve pain.
Narcotics can provide short-term relief of severe back pain. This can allow you to return to your normal daily routine.
Narcotics work by attaching themselves to pain receptors in your brain. Pain receptors receive chemical signals sent to your brain and help create the sensation of pain. When narcotics attach to pain receptors, the drug can block the feeling of pain. Even though narcotics can stop the pain, they cannot cure the cause of your pain.
Names of Narcotics
- Codeine
- Fentanyl (Duragesic) -- this comes as a patch that sticks to your skin
- Hydrocodone (Vicodin)
- Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
- Meperidine (Demerol)
- Morphine (MS Contin)
- Oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet, Percodan)
- Tramadol (Ultram)
Taking Narcotics
Narcotics are called "controlled substances" or "controlled medicines." This means that their use is regulated by law. One of the reasons is that you can get addicted to narcotics. To keep from getting addicted, take narcotics exactly how your health care provider prescribed them.
You should not take narcotics for back pain for more than 3 - 4 months at a time, and even that may be too long for some people.
How you take narcotics will depend on your pain. Your health care provider may advise you to take them only when you have pain. Or, you may be advised to take them on a regular schedule if your pain is hard to control.
You need to follow some important guidelines if you are taking narcotics that your health care provider prescribed for you:
- Do not share your narcotic medicine with anyone.
- If you are seeing more than one health care provider, tell each one that you are taking narcotics for pain. Taking too much can cause an overdose or addiction.
- When your pain begins to lessen, talk with the health care provider you see for pain about switching to another kind of pain reliever.
- Store your narcotics safely. Keep them out of reach of children and others in your home.
Common Side Effects of Narcotics
Narcotics can:
- Make you sleepy and confused. Impaired judgment is common. When you are taking narcotics, do not drink alcohol, use street drugs, or drive or operate heavy machinery.
- Make your skin feel itchy. If this is a problem for you, talk with your health care provider about lowering your dose or trying another medicine.
- Cause constipation (not being able to have a bowel movement easily). If this happens, your health care provider may advise you to drink more fluids, get more exercise, eat foods with extra fiber, or use stool softeners. Other medications can often help with constipation.
- Make you feel sick to your stomach or cause you to throw up. If this happens, try taking your narcotics with food. Other medications can often help with nausea.
Review Date: 10/21/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Healht Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux Continue Cabo Getaway
While they continue their romantic Cabo vacation, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux invited a few friends along to share the fun on Saturday (December 29).
Relaxing outside in the sun, the "Friends" star and her fiancée were joined by fellow celeb couples Jimmy Kimmel, Molly McNearney, Emily Blunt, and John Krasinski.
After chatting awhile on their lounge chairs, with Jen in a navy bikini and her man in gray shorts, John, Jimmy, and Molly headed to the beach to try their hands at paddleboarding.
According to an Us Weekly source, on Thursday the famous friends "spent the afternoon lounging around and having drinks [at Jen and Justin's house]. They seemed to all be really good friends and comfortable around each other. Emily was lying in John's lap, and Jen had her arms around Justin. They were there all afternoon until sunset, laughing and having great conversation."
Enjoy the pictures of Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, and friends in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (December).
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ScopeMasters February 5, 2013
PMI-SFBAC Professional Development Team
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (PST)
Event Details
ScopeMasters, a Toastmasters Club for PMI
Join our weekly re-occurring Tuesday night events. Club Meetings are open to all PMI-SFBAC members.
If you are interested in joining Toastmasters, improving your communication skills, and building a network of professional Project Managers, then please consider visiting a club meeting to learn more about the program.
Our weekly meetings will provide an opportunity for you to:
- Give prepared and impromptu speeches
- Develop leadership potential
- Give and receive constructive evaluations
- Organize and facilitate meetings
- Earn 1.5 PDUs per meeting
As Project Managers, we use these skills every day. What better place to sharpen skills you already have and give yourself that extra polish!
Register to attend a club meeting. It's FREE to visit and fees to join are extremely affordable.
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Student-led team earns $25,000 to develop remote fuel supply for military drones
By Steven Powell, firstname.lastname@example.com, 803-777-1923
The American military relies more than ever on drones, and unmanned air vehicles are getting a boost from students at USC this spring. A team of engineering students is one of three student groups at USC to earn $25,000 in research funding from the 2012 Fuel Cell Challenge. The money is supporting them in a six-month effort to develop a device that will improve the effectiveness of drones, particularly in military applications.
Drones are a vital part of our national defense, and when fuel cells were recently developed as on-board power sources, their effectiveness was dramatically enhanced. The Stalker XE, a drone produced by Lockheed-Martin, for example, can run for two to four hours with batteries alone, but more than 20 hours with a solid oxide fuel cell added to the vehicle.
The key to staying airborne longer is the density of energy in the power source. Batteries store relatively dilute quantities of energy, whereas solid oxide fuel cells can generate electricity from more-energy-dense propane – the same liquid found in pressurized canisters attached to common gas grills.
For military use, though, propane is sometimes hard to come by – it's not as simple as swapping out a tank at the local home improvement store if you're in a remote desert overseas. But one fuel source that is plentiful in just about any U.S. military operation is JP-8, which is a kerosene-based jet fuel, and more. It's as common as camouflage: since the 1990s it's been used not just for jets, but as a replacement for diesel fuel in military heaters, tanks, electrical generators, and more. JP-8 greatly simplifies logistics by serving as a common, catch-all fuel source in forward military operations.
Sungtak Kim, a third-year chemical engineering graduate student, has developed a laboratory-scale device that can "crack" JP-8, reforming it as propane. Kim works under the direction of Jochen Lauterbach, a professor of chemical engineering and the director of the SmartState Center for Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity (SAGE). The catalytic system "can generate a little more than a gram of propane per hour from JP-8 right now," said Kim.
The opportunity to develop a commercially viable device from a promising laboratory-scale system drew the interest of Kai Mayeda, a fifth-year graduate student working with polymers and Yanjiao Yi, a fourth-year graduate student working in sulfide catalysis. Together with Kim and advisors Lauterbach and Erdem Sasmaz, a senior scientist working at SAGE, the group formed SAGE Enterprises to develop a commercially viable system for converting JP-8 into propane.
Scaling up the output is the key to success in the marketplace. "We need to be able to produce about 300 grams of propane per hour for a commercial product," said Mayeda. "And scaling up 250 times is not a trivial task, although we have a clear idea of what to do from preliminary experimental data."
The team envisions the Fuel Cell Challenge funding will enable them to create a prototype with intermediate output, and in so doing ascertain whatever problems might be most pronounced in the full-range scale-up process.
"Our sunset goal is building an independent system that can provide 300 grams per hour of propane," said Sasmaz. "But in the next six months we want to get prototypes working at about 25 times our current setup, which is still a big change but a reasonable target."
"That's the research part of it. But at the same time we are running experiments and making calculations, we'll also apply for more funding – Kai is working on that specifically, a business plan."
The team is confident that further funding – whether from other grants, venture capital, or elsewhere – will carry them forward to commercial fruition. It's big business, after all. "The drone market, for all unmanned aerial vehicles, is estimated to be about $30 billion worldwide by 2015," said Sasmaz.
"The nice thing about this project is that the end market is a very stiff-demand market," said Mayeda. "If you're working with military applications, they need power now, and at any cost. The market is so large and the demand is so stiff that we think a product like this will have no trouble."
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Legislative activity designed to create regulated online poker or other Internet gambling in the U.S. has been increasing in recent weeks. In addition to bills pending in California and Iowa, new legislation or regulation has been introduced to legalize online wagering in Hawaii and Washington, DC.
The latter was signed into law by Mayor Vincent Gray as part of the annual budget for the nation's capital. Gray announced that online poker is now legal in certain wi-fi "hot spots" across the city. However, since the District of Columbia is a federal zone controlled by Congress, a House oversight committee will have final say on the measure. | SEE STORY
Separately, bipartisan sponsors in the U.S. Senate have reintroduced the national Internet gambling legislation that was promoted in earlier years by Sen. Barney Frank (D-MA).
Internet gambling legalization has suffered some setbacks. As reported earlier by VT, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill to legalize online poker in March. | SEE VT STORY
An Internet poker legalization bill died April 2 in the Florida Senate on a key committee's tie vote, which means the measure will not be passed along to the full body. | SEE STORY


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Attorney General Lockyer Statement on Final Settlement of Predatory Lending Case Against Household Finance That Nets California $91 Million
December 16, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer and Sacramento District Attorney Scully Sue Toyota Dealers over Scheme to Fix Prices of New Vehicles
December 10, 2002
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Attorney General Lockyer Settles Investigation into Mass Transit Access for Visually-impaired Commuters
December 6, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Issues Statement On Federal Appeals Court Ruling Upholding California's Assault Weapons Ban
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Statement from Attorney General Bill Lockyer on FERC Order for Additional Discovery of Market Misconduct Evidence in Case Against Power Sellers
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Attorney General Lockyer Announces Settlement with Williams That Saves Ratepayers $180 Million and Provides New, Clean and Reliable Power to San Francisco and San Diego
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November 1, 2002
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Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced that the 2002 Campaign Against Marijuana Planting Seized Record 354,164 Plants Worth $1.4 Billion
October 29, 2002
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October 20, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer, CHP Commissioner Helmick and California Broadcasters Unveil Tools To Implement Amber Alert Program
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October 16, 2002
Attorney General, Blue Shield of California Foundation Urge Employers to Help Fight Domestic Violence
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Attorney General, San Francisco District Attorney and City Attorney, and State Controller Announce $50 Million Settlement in Consumer Protection Lawsuit
October 8, 2002
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Attorney General Lockyer Announces $143 Million in Consumer Benefits from Multi-State Settlement of CD Price-Fixing Complaint Against Music Distributors
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Attorney General Lockyer, Santa Barbara D.A. Sneddon Announce Major Enforcement Action Against Nation's Largest Nursing Home Chain
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Attorney General Lockyer Files Medi-Cal Fraud Charges for Major Multi-State Scheme to Steal Health Care Funds
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June 20, 2002
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June 19, 2002
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June 12, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Praises $20 Million Fine against R.J. Reynolds for Targeting Minors with Ads
June 6, 2002
States Accuse Drug-Maker Bristol of Illegal Monopoly to Protect High Prices for Cancer-Fighting Drug Taxol
June 4, 2002
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Attorney General Lockyer Will Seek FERC Rehearing; Files Complaints Against Eight More Power Companies for Illegal Profiteering in California's Energy Crisis
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Attorney General of California, Oregon, Washington Furnish Congressional Investigators With Newly Uncovered Enron Documents Outlining Energy Market Manipulation Schemes
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April 24, 2002
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April 22, 2002
Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Consumers Union Co-Sponsor Corbett and Steinberg Bills to Curb Deceptive Sales Practices
April 15, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Asks Federal Court to End Illegal Market Control of Power Plants Used to Drive Up Prices in California's Energy Crisis
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Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona and Agency Secretary Maria Contreras-Sweet Demonstrate Fast, New Photo Database
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March 22, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Petitions FERC to Order Refunds of Billions of Dollars for Power Company Overcharges
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Attorney General Lockyer Brings Charges Against Four Major Power Companies for Unjustly Profiting in California's Energy Market
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Attorney General Lockyer, Berkeley Police Chief Announce that State DNA Databank Links Suspect to 2001 Rape
February 6, 2002
January 30, 2002
Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Treasurer Philip Angelides Resolve Lawsuits Protecting Californians from Dangerous Municipal Bond Scheme
January 30, 2002
January 24, 2002
Attorney General Obtains Court Order Directing Enron to Preserve Documents Subpoenaed in State Investigation
January 23, 2002
Attorney General Seeks to have Enron Cited for Contempt of Court in Withholding Subpoenaed Documents from State Investigation
January 16, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Sues PG&E Corporation for Unfair Business Practices Involving Financial Draining of California Utility
January 10, 2002
January 8, 2002