text:
OMC reader: mantic59
All blog entries by mantic59
Rating statistics
Average rating of my blogs: No readers blog entries rated.
Average rating of my Talkbacks: 5.0
Average rating I've given others: Nothing rated.
No recent blog entries.
|Recent Talkbacks
|Article - Jan. 18, 2012
|Las Vegas suggestions, please
|Drive a few laps in a Lambo...
|Article - Jan. 26, 2011
|The 15-year-old Packers bet
|I'm a Packers fan and my wi...
|Article - Dec. 10, 2010
|Smooth operator: an intermediate wet shaver gets down to business
|I encourage you to keep blo...
|Article - Nov. 4, 2010
|A warm endorsement for wet shaving
|Thanks for the shout-out to...


text:
Brasier No Hits Tulsa Capping Travs Sweep
Nine Inning Complete Game No No TL's First Since 2002
By Todd Traub / Special to MLB.com | April 29, 2010 7:15 PM ET
"You always want to go as far into the game as you can and do the best you can," Brasier, 22, said after throwing his first no-hitter at any level. "But I don't think there's anything you can do to prepare for something like this. It's indescribable."
It was the first no-hitter in the Texas League this season and the first at Dickey-Stephens Park, which opened in 2007. It was also the first nine-inning, complete-game Texas League no-hitter since the Travelers' Hatuey Mendoza threw one at Tulsa in 2002.
"You've got to save your ticket stub tonight," Travelers manager Bobby Magallanes said. "It's a feat that is very rare and especially, especially, in the minor leagues. Because you don't have guys going nine innings because everyone has pitch counts."
In a night of firsts, it was also the first "Bark at the Park" night at Dickey-Stephens, and the Travelers brought in the Baja Men to perform their hit "Who Let the Dogs Out?" before assorted fans and their dogs. But there was nothing dog-like about the performance Brasier turned in under a full moon.
He was sharp with his fastball from his pregame bullpen onward, pitching coach Ken Patterson said, and he also showed a curveball and changeup good enough to keep the Tulsa hitters off balance.
"He didn't throw a ball above the waist in the bullpen today warming up," Patterson said. "He just carried it on." And talk about timing. Brasier, who moved to the mound at Weatherford (Texas) Junior College and was making his 18th career start, accomplished his gem in front of Los Angeles Angels general manager Tony Reagins and Angels pitching coordinator Kernan Ronan.
"The kid competed from the first pitch," Reagins said. "Not only did he execute pitches but he fielded his position well and he competed."
Brasier, 6-0, 190 pounds, stabbed a comebacker to the mound and turned it into an assist for the first out of the seventh. Brasier covered first and made the second out of the inning when second baseman Abel Nieves grabbed a ball deflected off first baseman Efren Navarro and threw to Brasier.
"Probably the best defender out there was Brasier," Magallanes said. "He had four comebackers if I'm not mistaken and he had two plays at first base that were tough throws to get."
There were other scares and near misses.
Tulsa shortstop and No. 9 hitter Radhames Nazario hit a ball long but just outside the left-field foul pole in the sixth. Travelers catcher Alberto Rosario made a diving catch of a short pop foul a third of the way up the third-base line for the last out of the sixth.
"The play that got me the most excited and pumped up was the diving catch Rosario made," Brasier said.
Looming over everything was the possibility a pitch count could force Brasier from the mound before he could finish. He was at 95 pitches after eight innings, with 66 for strikes, but the Angels brass and the Travelers leadership agreed Brasier was so efficient he had pitches to give entering the ninth.
"It depends on how the player gets to X number/amount of pitches," Reagins said. "If he's struggling to get to 100 pitches, different story. But if he's comfortable at 100 you let him go."
The Travelers' runs came on an RBI single by Paul McAnulty, who hit safely in his 15th consecutive game, an RBI triple by Julio Perez, an RBI single by Nieves and a sacrifice fly by Perez.
Brasier's final three outs came on a grounder to third, a fly to right and a grounder to second, then he was mobbed by his teammates and given a partial water bucket bath while conducting a postgame interview.
Clearly it was Brasier's night, as a last-second warning kept him from getting completely drenched.
"I can't even explain it, I'm speechless," Brasier said.
This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Record of Email Communication, October 30, 2009 - MenHibrix
Submission Type: BLA Submission ID: 125363/0 Office: OVRR
Meningococcal Groups C and Y and Haemophilus b Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
Telecon Date/Time: 30-Oct-2009 12:00 PM Initiated by FDA? No
Telephone Number:
Communication Category(s):
1. Information Request
Author: JASON HUMBERT
Telecon Summary:
Information provided by GSK that was requested in the Oct. 21, 2009 telecon.
FDA Participants: Jason Humbert
Non-FDA Participants: Dr. Jody Gould, GSK
Telecon Body:
The following information was provided by GSK via e-mail as a preliminary response to the Oct. 21 information request. If the information provided is acceptable, GSK will submit this formally to the BLA.
17 pages determined to be not releasable (b)(4)


text:
Mushroom and Potato Casserole {Torta di Funghi e Patate}
I have a gazillion leaves falling all over my yard in every color of the fall rainbow. I adore watching them floating in the air until they gently find their way to ground with the other gazillion leaves {that part I don't love so much because someone has to get those up} What do all these leaves have to do with food you ask? Well leaves mean Fall and fall means comfort food, casseroles and calories. Two out of three ain't bad right ; ) Okay let's go with cardigans instead.
If you're looking for something different in the casserole department I think this is for you. It's bold, beautiful and belly-filling for sure. It would be simple gorgeous on your Thanksgiving table! If you have a mandolin this only has about 5 minutes of prep work and then you just pop it into the oven to work it's magic. If not, a sharp knife and a steady hand will work just fine, it will just take a little longer.
I made this recipe especially for The Mushroom Channel. If you'd like it you can find it on their BLOG.
17 Comments
Looks to good!2
I've had mushrooms in my casseroles before, but never with purple potatoes! This looks delish!
– Brittany3
That looks gall darned GOOD.4
so pretty, and I bet it tastes amazing! I am STILL on the lookout for purple potatoes…5
This is GORGEOUS! Love that bold color.6
Amazing colors in this casserole! Just beautiful.7
If I wasn't dealing with a picky vegetarian (hates mushrooms) over Thanksgiving, I would totally make this!8
I won a hand-held OXO mandoline and it cured me of my mandolin phobia – am working on jamming your recipe into our TG menu. So pretty…9
This sounds lovely. It's so colourful!10
Such a great idea for a casserole and the color is so pretty!11
so pretty! What a great idea.12
I liked the deep fall color of this casserole and never mind the calories! 🙂13
So, so gorgeous! Love the layers.14
That looks soooooooooo good! Two of my favorite ingredients all bubbly and happy, MmmMmm.16
Oh. Oh my. Oh sweet jeebus! It is so beautiful. sigh.17
Love this torta. Perfect side for Thanksgiving!
Leave a Reply


text:
Food inspired by a gorgeous stay in a lighthouse cottage
I'm not much of a baker and I'm a semi-okay cook. I'd like to be so much better and am often inspired to be so by the Village Voice bloggers who produce mouth-watering food posts every week.
And of course there is Masterchef. I can't watch an episode without imagining myself sprinkling a bit of garlic here, a splash of soy there and viola out comes an Asian salad to die for.
I decided that there would be no better place to allow my inner cook to shine than during our stay in the lighthouse cottage. Time would not be my mortal enemy for once and who could let it be with views of the wild ocean surf outside the kitchen window?
Thanks to a few helpful cookbooks, I created a few dishes during our lighthouse stay that I think would have Matt Preston wiping his mouth with his neck tie in satisfaction.
Check out this food fit for a lighthouse cottage.
Healthy Road trip snack
Here's a tasty healthy road trip snack to help warm you up on your way to your lighthouse stay.
Banana and walnut bread
2 tbsp margarine
½ cup low GI cane sugar, plus extra 1 tbsp.
1 egg
1 cup mashed banana
½ cup apple puree
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 ½ cups self-raising wholemeal flour
1/2tsp baking powder
¼ cup chopped walnuts plus extra 1 tbsp.
1tbsp low-fat yoghurt to serve
- Preheat oven to 170°C.. Spray a 1 x 8cm x 19cm loaf tin with cooking oil spray
- Using electric beaters, beat margarine with Low GI sugar for 2 mins, until combined, Beat in egg.
- With a wooden spoon, stir in remaining ingredients and mix well to combine.
- Spoon into prepared loaf tin, sprinkle with extra sugar and extra walnuts.
- Bake for 1 hor,u or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool in the tin for 5 mins then turn out onto a wire rack.
- Slice and server with yoghurt.
Tomato, mushroom and spinach scrambled eggs served with baked beans, and grilled haloumi
Grilled fish cakes on sundried tomato wrap with leftover haloumi salad with avocado
Grilled salmon with haloumi salad and asparagus
Pan-Fried Haloumi with green salad
Serves 4
150g curly endive- I used mixed leaf
50g baby spinach leaves
½ cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
2/3 cup (125g) drained semi-dried tomatoes, chopped coarsely
250g haloumi
Lemon Dijon dressing
¼ cup (60ml) lemon juice
1clove garlic crushed
1 tbsp. water
1tsp white sugar
1tsp Dijon mustard
½ tsp. ground cumin
Pinch cayenne pepper
- Combine endive, spinach, parsley and tomatoes in a medium bowl
- Cut cheese into eight slices
- Heat lightly oiled medium frying pan; cook cheese, in batches, until browned both sides.
- Meanwhile, make lemon Dijon dressing. Combine ingredients in screw top jar. Shake well.
- Add dressing to salad; toss gently. Serve salad topped with cheese
Gourmet pizza: potato, blue cheese and pine nuts
Pizza bases, Lebanese bread, or wraps work well for bases
Hommus for base
Sliced potato pre-cooked in microwave
Pine nuts
Blue cheese
Fresh rosemary
Mozzarella cheese
- Spread hummus over base and sprinkle with rosemary
- Place potatoes on top
- Sprinkle pine nuts and blue cheese on base
- Cover with mozzarella cheese to suit tastes.
- Cook in oven until cheese is browned
Baked apple and cinnamon almond crumble
5 lg or 6 sm-med granny smith apples, peeled, cored, cut into 8 wedges
1 vanilla bean, split lengthways, seeds scraped, bean reserved
1/3 cup of caster sugar
1tsp lemon juice
- Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan
- Mix apples, vanilla seeds, reserved bean and sugar together in a 2-L, square baking dish. Set aside.
Crumble topping
¾ cup flaked almonds
¾ cup plain flour
½ cup caster sugar
½ cup rolled oats
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt
100g chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Vanilla ice-cream or whipped cream to serve
- Mix almonds, flour, sugar, oats, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.
- Rub butter into flour mixture until combined and mixture is quite clumpy.
- Sprinkle mixture evenly over apples. Squeeze over lemon juice
- Bake for 50-55mins, or until apples are tender, juices bubble and crumble is golden brown. Stand for 10 mins to cool before serving.
- Spoon crumble into bowls and server with ice-cream or whipped cream
So what do you think? Pin the photos, share my cooking talents and nominate me for Masterchef!


text:
Game 33: Manhattan (20-12) vs. Albany (19-14)
2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 7 p.m.
SEFCU Arena (4,538) - Albany, N.Y.
Watch Live for Free Click Here
Game Notes CIT Guide Listen Live Yearbook
Live Stats Watch Live Season Statistics Follow on Twitter
*Listen Live feature is available on most Smart Phones*
Scouting Report
Manhattan (20-12, 12-6 MAAC)
Manhattan enters the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament coming off its best campaign since 2005-06. The Jaspers finished third in the MAAC with a 12-6 record, and were 20-12 overall. It is only the 11th time in its 106-year history that the program has seen a 20-win campaign. The Jaspers finished the regular season strong winning 11 of their last 15 contests.
Jaspers' first year head coach Steve Masiello has orchestrated the biggest turnaround in NCAA Division I by posting 14 more wins than last season with a team coming off a 6-25 overall record and last place finish in the MAAC. Masiello implemented a hard-nosed, high energy style that has transformed Manhattan into one of the premier defensive teams in the conference.
Manhattan led the MAAC in several defensive categories, including field goal defense (40.4%), 3-point field goal defense (32.7%) and blocked shots (4.9 bpg). On the offensive side of the court, the Jaspers were one of the top three teams in free-throw percentage (73.2%), 3-point field goal percentage (36.6%) and scoring offense (71.1 ppg).
Jaspers' junior George Beamon led the MAAC in scoring averaging 18.6 points. The 6'4" guard was even better in conference games with 19.6 points per game. He also led Manhattan in steals (44), he was second on the team in rebounding (5.5 rpg), and stands in the top-10 of the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage (42.8%), steals (1.5 spg) and free-throw percentage (79.7%). Beamon earned a spot on the 2012 All-MAAC First Team
Sophomore forward Rhamel Brown became the first Jasper to earn the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year award. Brown set a program single season record with 79 blocks and he entered the week ranked 18th in NCAA Division I with 2.5 blocks per game.
Manhattan freshman forward Emmy Andujar garnered MAAC All-Rookie Team honors. Andujar started 30 of 31 appearances and he filled the stat sheet with 8.4 points, a team-high 5.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. Sophomore point guard Michael Alvarado was an All-MAAC Third Team honoree leading the Jaspers and ranking sixth in the MAAC with 3.3 assists per game, going along with an 8.4 scoring average. Alvarado missed the last four games of the season with an injury.
Albany (19-14, 9-7 America East)
Albany posted a 19-14 overall record and finished fourth in the America East with a 9-7 conference ledger. The Great Danes won their final three games of the regular-season before being knocked off by top-seeded Stony Brook in the America East Conference semifinals on March 4.
The Great Danes are led by junior guard Gerardo Suero who led the America East in scoring and entered the week sixth in NCAA Division I with 21.7 points per game. Suero was a First Team All-Conference selection and he was named the CollegeInsider.com America East Player of the Year.
Albany led the America East in scoring offense averaging 71.9 points per contest, as well as in every shooting category, field goal pct. (44.5%), three-point field goal pct. (35.9%) and free-throw pct. (75.4%).
To follow Manhattan Athletics on Twitter, go to twitter.com/GoJaspers or visit Manhattan's Facebook fan page.


text:
ARLINGTON, VA– The Chlorine Institute (CI) is asking the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) to take a closer look at competitive switching agreements to ensure there is real rail competition for the nation's farmers, manufacturers and the consumers, "at a time when the nation's railroads are reporting healthy profits, partly due to near-monopoly conditions that insulate rail lines from meaningful competition," the Institute said in a release.
Testifying for CI in support of competitive switching agreements, DuPont's Sustainability Manager, Eddie Johnston, explained that nearly three-quarters of all shippers are captive to a single railroad, a situation that confers "unrivaled pricing power" on rail companies. Requiring the nation's major railroads to enter into "competitive switching agreements," through which lines must carry cars and shipments from other lines serving captive shippers under certain conditions, is necessary, but insufficient.
Johnston said the STB must "recognize that competitive switching agreements stop short of actually creating competition. They make competition possible," but the STB "must not interpret competitive switching agreements as creating competition per se."
Specifically, CI testified:
• Because competitive switching cannot be interpreted as creating competition per se, the STB should not lessen its oversight over end-to-end rail rates. Examining just part of a shipment's journey is inadequate;
• The STB should unambiguously disallow the use of competitive switching alone as a defense against market dominance in a rate case; and
• The Board should require all railroads subject to competitive switching rules to provide tariff rates when a shipper is not able to obtain a reasonable contract offer.
These measures will help achieve fair rail rates, while protecting the public interest and promoting true rail competition, said the release.


text:
Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee Meeting
February 9 and 10, 2006
Tab 1: January 12, 2006 Cover Memorandum; Gerald J. Dal Pan, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Office of Drug Safety
Tab 2: Federal Register Notice, "Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee Meeting, Notice of Meeting," January, 2006
Tab 4: Draft Issues for Discussion-Day 1 (February 9, 2006)
Tab 5: January 12, 2006; Note to DSaRM Members; Review of AERS data for marketed safety experience during stimulant therapy: death, sudden death, cardiovascular SAEs (including stroke) – Consult
o Biederman J, Faraone SV. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The Lancet, 2005; 366(Jul 16): 237-247
o Liberthson RR. Sudden Death from Cardiac Causes in Children and Young Adults. Current Concepts, 1996; 334(16): 1039-1044
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence
of Diagnosis and Medication Treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder –
o Adderall
o Adderall XR
o Concerta
o Dexedrine
o Ritalin LA
o Ritalin SR
o Focalin
o Focalin XR
o Metadate CD
o Methylin
o Strattera
Tab 8: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: Manual of Policies and Procedures 4151-3; Drug Oversight Board, May 4, 2005
Tab 9: April 6, 2005; Memorandum and Attachments; John K. Jenkins, M.D. and Paul J. Seligman, M.D Analysis and Recommendations for Agency Action Regarding Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Cardiovascular Risk
o Isotretinoin Update: iPLEDGE
o Isotretinoin Teratogenicity Risk Management Program


text:
Liveblogging "The Bachelorette" For June 15th 2009
There are 10 dudes left, including three of my original picks — Jake The Pilot, Hottie Kiptyn, and Mark The Pizza Guy. Who will last past this round, in which Jillian takes the fellas to Whistler for a snow day? Find out, starting at 8 pm EST… 7:52 To kill time before the episode begins, I'm scoping out my latest matches on OK Cupid. Slim to none pickin's. Sigh.
8:03 I'm slightly distracted because I just signed up for Nerve Personals and the first person I see who looks vaguely cute is my old boss/friend. WEIRD. Anyway, how many of these dudes are going home this episode? Already callin' it that Wes and Tanner P. and his gross foot fetish are going home. Aww Mike gets a one-on-one date. As sweet as he is, I don't think he has much of a chance of getting a rose — he's been getting off easy so far, but he's too young and immature for Jillian.
8:11 No matter how good a time Jillian has with Mike, she won't give him a rose because there doesn't seem to be sexual chemistry and he's just not manly enough for her.
8:16 Those are ginormous mugs of cocoa.
8:21 Fun, fun, fun — I don't buy it. Jillian wants someone way more serious and less little-boyish than Michael. Date card alert! Everyone but…who?…is going on a group date in the snow. One-on-one goes to Jesse! One of my dark horse winners! Poor Reid. He really wanted it. Jillian wants Mike to 'fess up about why he's on the show — apparently, he went through a breakup eight months ago and hasn't been on a date since. So…."The Bachelorette" is his rebound. Dude, Jillian, give him the boot. No, no, no. Will he get a rose? For some reason, I think so? Okay then, Jillian did not take my telepathic advice — Mike gets a rose. Sigh. He's nice. But does anyone else see sexual chemistry?! I don't.
8:34 Tanner is going to get the boot HANDS DOWN. A) I think he exaggerated the girlfriend business and B) I think she only kept him for this round because she wants answers. Robby gets the solo ride with Jillian on the snow mobile. I'm just not feelin' the vibe with Robby. I don't think she has romantic feelings for him. I think she's totally thrown off by this whole "guys with girlfriends" rumor — and that some people may get to stick around longer than they should because of it.
8:39 Oh man, Tanner is getting CALLED OUT right now and he still won't 'fess up who has a girlfriend. I think he's afraid of getting beat up by Cowboy Wes. Whether Wes has a girlfriend or not — but he does "have a new CD coming out!" he was careful to mention just now — he is obviously just using this for fame. Oh man, Jillian is falling for Wes' schtick HOOK, LINE, and SINKER.
8:47 Jillian just had Kiptyn feel her butt. What? They just had a nice, steamy kiss. Totally think he is golden for the Top 4. Jillian has this weird attraction to Reid that I don't understand. He's cute, but he's hardly hot. At least I don't think so. Dude, Jillian is totalllllly digging for the info on who has a girlfriend. Uh oh, what is going on with Ed? Why so blue? Oh. He had a conference call. With his boss. Who is pressuring him to leave or something? Oh man, his boss is the ultimate c&%kblocker huh? Dude, if Ed gives up his job and Jillian sends him packing, that is soooo mean. Oh wait, he gets the rose — so…basically….she's telling him she really likes him and wants him to stay. And apparently he can give it back or something? When he decides if he's staying? Does that mean she gets to give it to her back up? Ugh, I hateeeeeee Pilot Jake now — that shirt, with the palm tree, is STUPID.
9:02 Am I partial to Jesse because he makes wine? Possibly. This is a pretty sweet date, flying over the snowcapped mountains. Now they're on this glacier — what is there, really, to explore? Snow? And more snow? Actually this is pretty amazing for a date. All that untouched snow. Jillian manages to look really chic in snow gear. God, I hate/love her. Honestly, I think she is falling in love with, like, 6 of these guys at once. Jesse is hot. In my top four, for sure.
9:13 Jillian seems very very very sure that one of these guys has a girlfriend. There's no way she's going based off only what Tanner said — did the producers say something? She's asking Jesse about his ex — I think Jillian wonders if he's still holding a candle for her. Ahh, Jesse's girlfriend was the GIRL BEFORE THE GIRLFRIEND. Since he's broken up with her, he's suddenly ready for commitment. Hmph. Jillian and I are in the same boat, kids wise. I'd like mine by 33 or 34 too. Sigh. Need to find a baby daddy first.
9:16 Apparently Jillian is more interested in moving to where her eventual pick is from than she is in having them move to Vancouver. She is really making it easy on these dudes. Jesse basically just told her she's got a phone sex operator voice. A Canadian phone sex operator voice, OBVI. I am kind of getting the feeling that Ed is going to bail. Okay, HOT TUBBING. A word of advice for Jesse — shave that p**sy hair off your face ASAP. You are cute. That is nasty. End of story. Jesse and his pube face score a rose. Hooray!
NOTE: Regarding Nerve.com. So, the pluses are that there are WAY more hot dudes and by hot, I mean not barfy. The one con so far is that the pool is much bigger and I am fearful that I am not pretty enough to standout whereas on OK Cupid I was.
9:27 Ed is gonna p***y out! LATER ED. It coulda been you, bro. Ed thinks he's letting his work people down, and by leaving he is only letting himself down. I would say this is selfless of him, except that I think he thinks there's not a good enough chance that he'll win in the end. Also, THE DUDE JUST SAID HE IS KEEPING HIS ROSE. Because no one else should get it. Ummmmm, what is going to do with it? Press it between the pages of his diary?! He kind of loses some points with me for keeping the rose. I mean, it should go to another dude. Does that mean she's keeping one less guy? So Jillian keeps saying she threw everything away to be on this show, but what exactly did she throw away? Like, did she lose her job? I am confused.
9:34 SAD MUSIC. Wait, do you think that Ed was Jillian's favorite? Crazy. You guys, how many people are going home? Why do I get the feeling Hateful Wes is sticking around? Ugh, he makes my skin crawl.
9:41 I think maybe Jillian was a lil' in love with Ed. Ha, Chris just said she's more emotional now than she was when things ended with Papa Bach. Well, duh. Papa Bach blew. Blah blah blah, Chris and Jillian are talking about the dudes and she's blowing smoke, trying to throw us off who might get the boot. I STILL need to know how many people are getting rose tonight before I can make my guesses. ARE YOU KIDDING ME THAT ONLY ONE OF THEM IS GOING HOME?! How lonely for that dude!!! Also, HOW LONG IS THIS EFFING SEASON GOING TO BE? Two hour episodes, with only ONE going home?! UGH. Anyway. See you later Tanner P. This is sooooo anti-climactic.
9:53 Haha, "Jillian didn't need a cocktail party to know who to send home tonight." Ouch. Roses go to: Reid, Kiptyn (yayyyyyy!!!!), Robby, Pilot Jake, Tanner — WHAT THE F**K?!?!?!?! — and the last rose goes to…Wes. Ugh. Mark the Pizza Guy is going home. Okay, WTF?! I think Tanner must be the plant. HOW is he still there?!?!?! With the foot fetish? And the p**syness about telling "who" has the girlfriend? Either he's being a p**sy or he's a liar. Why is he still there?!
Ummm, coming up on "The Bachelorette," one of the bachelors LOSES HIS BONER?!?!?! Seriously?!?!?! Also, does Wes really last until the Fantasy Suite Episode? Way to blow the secrecy ABC!!!!


text:
Restaurants For Sale in Concord CA
Searched the DealStream database for Restaurants For Sale in Concord CA and found no matches. Expanded the search to nearby areas and found the following matches.
Spacious & Thriving Family Run Restaurant in SOMA #471935 posted Jul 12, 2017
- San Francisco, California, United States
- $187,000
Spacious and thriving family run restaurant in SOMA. Over 200 strong 4-star reviews on Yelp. Family run with no outside employees; entire salaries and compensations added back. Financial recast includes future salary for 3 full time employees at $40k, $40k, and $30k. Fully built out robust website...
Profitable and Established Seafood Restaurant #468674 posted May 18, 2017
- Elk Grove, California, United States
- $340,000
Profitable and established Seafood restaurant with full bar in a great location. In business for more than three years. Owner is willing to carry 50% of the purchase price for five years. Seller is willing to stay and work in the business for the new buyer. You must see to appreciate this great business.
Deli Open 5 Days a Week #467978 posted May 8, 2017
- San Jose, California, United States
- $125,000
This 5 day deli in located in a San Jose office complex with over 1,000 employees. In 2015 it was completely remodeled and outfitted with new equipment by the landlord at a cost $230,000. It has an attractive patio with seating for 19 and a large storage room. It has a very favorable lease with 11...
Deli Open 5 Days a Week #467975 posted May 8, 2017
- San Jose, California, United States
- $125,000
This 5 day deli in located in a San Jose office complex with over 1,000 employees. In 2015 it was completely remodeled and outfitted with new equipment by the landlord at a cost $230,000. It has an attractive patio with seating for 19 and a large storage room. It has a very favorable lease with 11...
2 Profitable Top Tier Franchise Locations #467651 posted May 2, 2017
- Rohnert Park, California, United States
- $1,300,000
These 2 franchise units are in the North Bay. The units combined for over $2M in revenues and $377k in SDE in 2016. Both units have general managers as well as assistant managers in addition to a district manager who floats between the units. Both standalone units w/drive-thrus have gone thru complete...
4 Hooters Franchises - San Francisco Bay Area #466887 posted Apr 19, 2017
- Campbell, California, United States
- Available On Request
Hooters is one of the most globally recognized franchise brands available with 430 locations in 28 countries worldwide. These four SF Bay Area locations are profitable, well managed, and located in desirable communities. An excellent and potentially strategic acquisition opportunity for a well-qualified...
Downtown Hamburger Shop #465702 posted Mar 30, 2017
- San Jose, California, United States
- $135,000
This South Bay hamburger and fries shop has a prime location in the front of a food court. The court is completely filled up with about a dozen different vendors and has common seating for 200. The seller who opened the business in 2015, has started a new business, needs to sell this one to fund...
Downtown Hamburger Shop #465695 posted Mar 30, 2017
- San Jose, California, United States
- $135,000
This South Bay hamburger and fries shop has a prime location in the front of a food court. There are eight other vendors in the food court and the remaining two spaces are under construction. The seller who started the business in 2015, is starting a new business, needs to sell this one to fund the...
Restaurant in Southwest San Jose - Good Location #465329 posted Mar 24, 2017
- San Jose, California, United States
- $125,000
This Asian restaurant is located in a busy shopping center in Southwest San Jose with easy access to Highway 85. The kitchen is equipped with a walk-in cooler and a high power gas stove for woks. There is extra room under the long hood to add more cooking devices. A Beer & Wine license is included in...
Popular Sandwich Shop in Thriving East Bay City #465271 posted Mar 24, 2017
- Alameda, California, United States
- $119,500
Priced at only 1.76 times cash flow, this is an outstanding value. This is a profitable, independent sandwich shop where an owner has the freedom to operate his or her own way and not be restrained by the strict policies and procedures of a franchise. This shop has built an excellent, long-term reputation...
Well Established Ice Cream Franchise in Wine Country #464893 posted Mar 18, 2017
- Santa Rosa, California, United States
- $190,000
This growing ice cream retailer, a neighborhood fixture operating under a world-famous franchise system for 24 years, is in the beautiful wine country, an hour north of San Francisco. The store, in a high-density, comfortable, family-oriented residential area, is surrounded by restaurants, but has...
American Restaurant Redwood City #464151 posted Mar 8, 2017
- Redwood City, California, United States
- $399,000
An American Restaurant providing upscale dining experience. The Restaurant serves highly popular and flavorful American food at affordable prices. The Restaurant's average lunch and dinner guest checks are $16 and $25 respectively. KEY FEATURES AND CONSIDERATIONS • Established since 1992 • Over...
Profitable Food Truck Ready for Expansion #408131 posted May 27, 2016
- San Francisco, California, United States
- $595,000
Proven and profitable fast food truck with excellent permanent location in high traffic area. Business was recently moved to a location with outdoor seating for 55. Kitchen is located in a trailer but has a permanently installed gas and water lines which increase convenience and reduce cost. Based...
Cinnabon Franchise Seeks Motivated Partners #364537 posted Sep 4, 2014
- Santa Clara, California, United States
- $129,900
The Renowned Frosting Of Life For 25 Years. World Famous Goodies & Bakery. Indulging Sweet Aroma Across The Plain. The World's Greatest Cinnamon Roll. With Over 1,100 Bakeries Over 55 Countries. Always Seeking Franchise Partners Who Are Passionate. Large Shopping Mall With Popular Stores. Macy's...
Asset Sale Tutti Frutti Franchise Contra Costa #364452 posted Sep 3, 2014
- Berkeley, California, United States
- $75,000
Located in San Francisco bay area. Fantastic location in a very beautiful city. Nice & busy shopping center. Directly adjacent to Starbucks coffee. Currently 100% absentee ownership. Has six yogurt machine in store. Monthly rent is $2,900 with three years remaining. Average monthly sale about...
Did you know that social networking is a great way to buy a business? Sign up now and we'll show you how.


text:
Baby Boomers especially love the additional health benefits of +OPC.
Daily age defense with L. acidophilus, LA-5® (50 milligrams – approximating 5 billion CFU), Bifidobacterium, BB-12® (50 milligrams – approximating 5 billion CFU) and Masquelier's® OPC.
Support vascular health while improving digestion with Vidazorb® +OPC. Clinically substantiated L. acidophilus, LA-5® and Bifidobacterium, BB-12® work synergistically with Masquelier's® Original OPC to improve nutrient absorption and fight free radicals. Beneficial probiotic bacteria are essential in helping maintain overall health.*
Please Note Best If Used By 08/13
90 Chewable Tablets
Flavor: Pomegranate
Serving Size: 1 chewable tablet
Directions: For adults, take 1 chewable tablet 3 times daily, preferably with meals.
Other ingredients: Mannitol, Crospovidone, Sorbitol, Lactitol, Magnesium Stearate, Natural Color, Natural Flavor, Silicon Dioxide, Sucralose


text:
|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jul 5, 1994
|Filing date
|Mar 12, 1993
|Priority date
|Mar 17, 1992
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Pierre Fagard, Claude Nigen, Jean-Marc Coppin, Xavier Caugant
|Original Assignee
|Sextant Avionique
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (24), Classifications (12), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention involves a tactile designation device for capacitance detection, and particularly, a device comprising a glass plate covered by a metallic deposit on at least one part of its surface and supported by flexible strips, means of supply for the metallic surface, and strain gauges that are set on the strips in order to measure flexing of the strips.
2. Background Art
In prior art devices, a conducting metallic deposit is covered by an insulating material on its useful surface which is carried out by processing in thin layers with the deposit of a non-reflecting multicoated layer on the metallic layer, or by means of adhesion of a thin glass with non-reflective processing.
These devices are designed to form transparent tactile keyboards provided with integrated pressure detection means. For example, such a system is set up in front of a liquid crystal display, and allows a particular displayed zone to be designated by tactile means (for example, with a finger).
For this purpose, electric means determine the position of a finger on the metallized plate and detects, due to the strain gauges, a deflection of the plate due to pressure exerted by the finger. These devices thereby provide a touch screen without significantly altering the viewing of images presented on the display and do so at a competitive cost.
The tactile designation devices presently known, however, exhibit a number of disadvantages. A disadvantage of prior art devices is that they require a supporting mechanism for maintaining and guiding the glass plate, as well as mechanical adjustments of the plate's position on each strip in order to be able to compensate for positioning allowance.
Another disadvantage is that the connection links of the metallized surface of the plate as well as the strain gauges must follow the movements of the plate.
A process and device for providing and fixing a captor of activation detection. The present invention discloses a tactile designation device for continuous capacitance detection comprising a glass plate covered by a metallic deposit on its entire surface and supported by flexible strips, means of supply of the metallized surface, and strain gauges mounted on top of the strips in order to measure their flexing.
According to the present invention, the strips support the plate from a printed circuit of assembly. Each strip comprises at least one conducting part in contact, at one of its ends, with a supply track formed by the printed circuit, and at its other end, with the attachment devices of the plate on the strip that is electrically conducting and in contact with the metallized surface.
We will now describe by way of non-restrictive example, a design unique to the invention with reference to the appended figures, in which:
FIG. 1 is a top view diagram of a metallized plate utilized in the invented device;
FIG. 2 is a top view diagram of a flexible, support strip; and
FIG. 3 is a cross section of one of the connecting devices of the glass plate to its printed circuit of support.
The present invention is designed to reduce these inconveniences by providing a tactile designation device whose mechanical management is especially simple, and that can thus be obtained at a low cost.
For this purpose, the present invention describes a tactile designation device of continuous capacitance detection comprising a glass plate covered with a metallic deposit on virtually its entire surface, and supported by flexible strips, means of supply for the metallized surface, and strain gauges set up on the strips in order to measure their flexing. The device is characterized by the fact that the strips support the plate from a printed circuit of assembly. Each strip includes at least one conducting part in contact at one of its end with a supply track of the printed circuit, and at its other end with the affixing parts of the plate on the strip that is electrically conductive and in contact with the metallized surface.
According to the present invention, the strips have a fork-shaped form at their ends of fixation to the plate. The fixation devices comprise a nut having an exterior form in the shape of a diabolo having a tightened part that is bound to the fork. Such an arrangement permits easy position adjustment of the glass plate with regards to the supporting printed circuit as well as an assembly without access to the back.
Preferably, the strips have a triangular shape at their flexing parts. Such a shape permits an isoflexion, that is to say, identical in every respect to the strip that provides for greater sensitivity of the gauges attached to the strips.
In the preferred embodiment, there are four strips and four identical gauges that reduce costs. Two strips are set in a manner so that their gauges work in compression (gauges toward the user), while the other two strips are mounted inversely (on the opposite side of the user) so that their gauges work in tension. Thus, the gauges can be arranged in a Wheatstone bridge and obtain maximum sensitivity. In this advantageous manner, the strain gauges are also connected to the printed circuits.
The device described by the present invention is thus uniquely compact since the printed circuit supporting the glass plate can also carry the signal processing electronics related to finger movement on the plate, as well as the processing electronics for signals originating from the strain gauges. Moreover, contact to the metallized surface is made directly by means of support strips and the fixing parts of the plate on the strips from the supporting printed circuit, thereby removing the connection cables of the prior art.
The glass plate 1 utilized here is essentially square having holes 2 at its four corners, thereby allowing its attachment. The plate 1 is covered entirely with a metallic deposit layer 3 and a layer 4 of dielectric insulation made non-reflective. Processing devices 5 are arranged at the four corners of plate 1 in the areas of holes 2 in order to insure electrical contact with metallized layer 3 in these areas.
The glass plate 1 is mounted on a supporting printed circuit 6 by means of flexible, metallized strips 7. The printed circuit 6 also carries the electronics necessary for the electrical supply and for the processing of signals originating from the device. These circuits may be of any known type and have not been represented in the designs.
The strips 7 have a triangular shape at their flexing part where the strain gauge is attached. Each flexible strip 7 has at one of its ends a hole 8 allowing the passage of a screw 9 for the attachment of the strip to printed circuit 6. At its other end, strip 7 has the shape of a stirrup delimiting a groove 9, thereby allowing the adjustment of fixation devices of plate 1 without requiring rear access to the device.
These fixation devices include a nut 10 having an external part 11 in the shape of a diabolo, and are made of a conducting material and a metallic insertion 12 internally threaded in order to receive a fixating screw 13. The head of screw 13 rests on metallized surface 3 by means of a soft disc 14 made of conducting elastomer.
Lastly, one or more adjustment discs 15 permit convenient height positioning of glass plate 1 with regards to printed circuit 6. The diabolo 11 that is set in groove 9 allows the positioning of glass plate 1 in the plane parallel to printed circuit 6.
The flexible strip 7 thus allows the supply the conducting layer 3 deposited on the plate 1 (from a supply track 16) formed on the surface of printed circuit 6 and having an end that is in contact with the corresponding end of strip 7. Moreover, a strain gauge 17 is attached to the surface of strip 7 in order to measure its flexing.
The supply cables 18 of gauge 17 are connected to another track 19 formed on the surface of printed circuit 6. Consequently, the present invention provides a very simple contact for the metallic layer 3 directly from supporting printed circuit 6 of the plate 1 without any connecting cable. The gauges 17 are also provided from printed circuit 6 by means of cables having minimal length.
The strips 7 also simultaneously ensure a role of maintenance and guiding the plate that has a position with regards to printed circuit 6 that can be easily adjusted.
Finally, the device described by the invention is uniquely compact, the electronics tied to metallized plate 1 and to strain gauges 17 are able to be directly arranged on printed circuit 6.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Apr 1, 1977
|Oct 17, 1978
|Raytheon Company
|Position and force measuring system
|Dec 20, 1979
|Dec 8, 1981
|Texas Instruments Incorporated
|Capacitive touch switch panel
|Mar 14, 1989
|Aug 6, 1991
|International Business Machines Corporation
|Touch sensing display screen apparatus
|Oct 1, 1990
|Jul 27, 1993
|U.S. Philips Corp.
|Data processing system with a touch screen and a digitizing tablet, both integrated in an input device
|Jul 23, 1992
|Aug 31, 1993
|Paragon Systems, Inc.
|Force sensitive touch panel
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Dec 10, 1996
|Jul 11, 2000
|Willow Design, Inc.
|Integrated pointing and drawing graphics system for computers
|May 17, 2000
|Jan 6, 2004
|Willow Design, Inc.
|Integrated pointing and drawing graphics system for computers
|Sep 9, 2004
|Jan 9, 2007
|Automatic electronic display alignment
|Apr 11, 2006
|Feb 26, 2008
|Qsi Corporation
|Sensor baseline compensation in a force-based touch device
|Feb 6, 2008
|Apr 13, 2010
|Qsi Corporation
|Method for determining when a force sensor signal baseline in a force-based input device can be updated
|Apr 11, 2006
|Mar 8, 2011
|Qsi Corporation
|Force-based input device
|Jan 23, 2009
|Apr 3, 2012
|Standard Microsystems Corporation
|Low cost fingerprint sensor system
|Mar 27, 2009
|May 1, 2012
|Pressure Profile Systems Corporation
|Tactile device with force sensitive touch input surface
|Jan 16, 2006
|Dec 24, 2013
|Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.
|Lead wire connection method for touch panel
|Jan 25, 2011
|Oct 6, 2015
|Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
|Background capacitance compensation for a capacitive touch input device
|May 13, 2011
|Feb 9, 2016
|Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
|System and method for detecting locations of touches on a touch sensor
|Sep 9, 2004
|Feb 10, 2005
|Automatic electronic display alignment
|Apr 11, 2006
|Dec 14, 2006
|Soss David A
|Force-based input device
|Apr 11, 2006
|Dec 21, 2006
|Soss David A
|Sensor signal conditioning in a force-based touch device
|Apr 11, 2006
|Dec 28, 2006
|Soss David A
|Sensor baseline compensation in a force-based touch device
|Jul 31, 2007
|Feb 7, 2008
|Elwell James K
|Force-based input device having an elevated contacting surface
|Jan 16, 2006
|May 8, 2008
|Kazuhiro Nishikawa
|Lead Wire Connection Method for Touch Panel
|Feb 6, 2008
|Jul 10, 2008
|Qsi Corporation
|Method for determining when a force sensor signal baseline in a force-based input device can be updated
|Dec 14, 2007
|Jul 17, 2008
|Soss David A
|Force-based input device
|May 22, 2008
|Nov 27, 2008
|Elwell James K
|Touch-Based Input Device with Boundary Defining a Void
|May 22, 2008
|Nov 27, 2008
|Elwell James K
|Force-Based Input Device Having a Dynamic User Interface
|Mar 27, 2009
|Oct 1, 2009
|Pressure Profile Systems Corporation
|Tactile Device with Force Sensitive Touch Input Surface
|Jan 23, 2009
|Feb 18, 2010
|Iliev Simeon K
|Low cost fingerprint sensor system
|Oct 23, 2002
|Nov 13, 2003
|Essdesign Corp., Ltd.
|Indirect touch switch for electrical apparatus
|U.S. Classification
|345/174, 341/33
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|May 26, 1993
Owner name: SEXTANT AVIONIQUE, FRANCE
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:FAGARD, PIERRE;NIGEN, CLAUDE;COPPIN, JEAN-MARC;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:006554/0910
Effective date: 19930422
|Dec 23, 1997
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|Jan 30, 2002
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Jul 3, 2002
|Surcharge for late payment
Year of fee payment: 7
|Jul 3, 2002
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 8
|Dec 27, 2005
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 12


text:
Product Description
Men's Nike Zoom Alpha Pro 2 3/4 D Football CleatsStyle: 1005-705409
Nike Zoom Alpha Pro 2 Three-Quarter D gives you a low-to-ground fit with supportive lockdown, resilient cushioning and mesh ventilation for optimal comfort in the tackle box and speed on the blitz.
- Flywire cables create essential lockdown from heel to midfoot.
- Phylon midsole offers resilient, low-to-ground cushioning.
- 3/4-height collar provides optimal ankle support.
- NIKESKIN and mesh upper create lightweight breathability.
- Detachable cleats for versatility, convenience and durability.


text:
CNN anchor Campbell Brown began her No Bias, No Bull program Friday evening with only part of a major story. Reporting on Barack Obama's stimulus plan "saving" 25 police jobs in Columbus, Ohio, she overlooked an essential fact: the jobs Obama took bows for yesterday may well not be permanent. She started her broadcast:
CAMPBELL BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, everyone.
On a day when the number of Americans out of work reached a 25- year high, President Obama made a visit to a place where he could show just how in fact his stimulus plan really is saving jobs.
Bullet point number one tonight: the president in Columbus, Ohio, where two dozen police cadets whose jobs were saved as a result of the stimulus were sworn in as officers today. It's a story we have been following for some time now. The president insists today the nation is now on the right track.
Later, Brown invited CNN political analyst Roland Martin to expand on the narrative:
BROWN: Our political analyst Roland Martin first brought the Columbus story to our attention and he's joining us tonight from Milwaukee to talk about it.
And, Roland, you heard about the situation from the mayor of Columbus himself. What did he tell you?
ROLAND MARTIN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, I was in Columbus for several speeches over the court of three weeks. And he called me and he said -- he said, Roland, we're hurting. He said, and we're having to lay off people.
I was listen to the morning radio. And they were talking about the police class. But also what he talked about -- and this is very important -- that Columbus is a diversified economy. It's the state capital of Ohio. The Ohio State University is there.
But also they have a city income tax. So, when you lose jobs, they're losing their biggest source of revenue. So, he said, hey, we had to cut all kinds of different police. And so the police class was so important because you have to maintain public safety to give confidence in companies why they should continue investing.
And so it's a very difficult issue they had to confront that many other cities are confronting as well.
BROWN: Today's announcement, though, Roland, it saves 25 jobs. And I don't mean to undercut that because for those 25 families this is huge. It's great news for Columbus as well.
But for the president to go all the whole way to Columbus to tout 25 jobs, I mean, there are a lot of people who are going to say that's just a drop in the bucket.
MARTIN: Well, here is the deal. Whenever I talk to folks around the country and talk about how to save money, I say, look, you can't save a million bucks unless you start saving $1. And you can't get to 100 bucks unless you get to $10.
So the reality is the only way we're going to build this economy if you build it job by job, one by one. The 25 jobs, frankly, represents a microcosm in terms of how cities are being affected by this economy.
And so to say that, look, the stimulus package was able to affect these 25 jobs, here's what it means with public safety, here's what it means with building confidence, and so it's frankly giving you the example.
Whenever the president does these things, it's all a matter of saying here is an example of what happens when the government does something and has a much broader meaning. So, you are right, it is 25 jobs, but I will tell, you we can't replace any of those jobs unless we build it one by one. And so it may sound small, but in the long term, it all adds up.
Neither Brown nor Martin reported how much Obama's obvious PR stunt cost taxpayers. If he starts showing up to showcase every two dozen jobs he's "saved," he'll soon have a bigger carbon footprint than Al Gore.
More significantly, neither Brown nor Martin pointed out that the police jobs may well not be permanent. According to the Associated Press:
The recruits were rehired using money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. The stimulus bill included $2 billion for that program, and the money is being delivered to local departments by a predetermined formula.
Breann Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for Rep. Pat Tiberi, one of eight Ohio Republicans who voted against the stimulus, noted that the money that saved the recruits' job will run out next year. (Mayor Michael) Coleman hasn't said how he'll pay the officers' salaries after that.
No doubt the mayor will look to Washington for more tax dollars when the time comes. Maybe Obama can fly back to Columbus to take credit for that joyous example of all the jobs he's "saving."
In the meantime, Campbell Brown and her maternity leave replacement Roland Martin might want to amend their newscast's name. "No Bias, No Bull, Just Obama Talking Points" seems about right.


text:
DEAN Wallis cut a sad figure yesterday as he contemplated the dismantling of his AFL career, but his story was also a portrayal of the perfect target for corruption.
He was a relatively modestly paid assistant coach chock-full of inside information who placed a bet on football and then lied about it.
Perhaps the AFL has caught him just in time. Perhaps further investigation will reveal they caught him too late in terms of a long-term job in coaching at the top level. Either way, this is why Wallis, 42, has been suspended for 14 weeks and why the game's integrity boss, Brett Clothier and his team, will work to uncover the extent, if any, of his football gambling past.
If Wallis was truthful after being caught out about his previous lies, then the punishment has fitted the crime, and football boss Adrian Anderson has done a superb job of handling an ugly issue with deft humanity. But it is difficult to ignore the double standards at play here. On the one hand Anderson and Clothier are fighting desperately to ensure football remains clean and untarnished from the corruption that has so damaged international cricket.
On the other, the AFL has allowed the competition to be saturated by a gambling culture. Anderson defends this by saying that all the money the game makes from gambling, it spends to protect its integrity.
And yet children who love football now learn about live odds every time they attend a football game or tune in to afl.com.au
Football clubs display betting agencies on their jumpers and clubs make money from their supporters' losing bets.
''Don't be a Wallis with betting,'' trumped the Eskander Betstar website somewhat sanctimoniously.
Wallis himself has played and coached in that culture. His old coach Kevin Sheedy and many of Sheedy's disciples love a punt. There is nothing wrong with that unless you cannot control it, and that question must be asked of Wallis now.
He denied yesterday - in a press conference the AFL worried about allowing - that he had a gambling problem, and yet Essendon does not fully accept this. Wallis played down his financial issues and yet one reason he bet on football was to try to pay for a family holiday.
''I am social,'' he said. ''I haven't got a gambling problem, like I said. It was just a naive, stupid thing at the time.''
The AFL, Essendon and the AFL Coaches Association will work with professionals to get to the bottom of Wallis's issues despite his denials.
Several references were made yesterday to the relative leniency of Wallis's fine, close to one-third of the Heath Shaw figure, when both Anderson and Bombers president David Evans talked about the coach's ''personal'' circumstances and ''human'' element of the issue. It has been said that Wallis is stupid. He said it himself. Why else would someone walk into a TAB dressed in his Essendon uniform and place a bet of a footy quadrella?
But Essendon and the AFL fear there are bigger issues here. Surely Wallis must have had more than the ''vague'' knowledge he claimed of the Shaw eight-week suspension and the Nick Maxwell fine.
His friends and colleagues insist that Wallis is one of the straightest men in football. Grant Thomas, who worked with him at St Kilda, stated on Channel Nine on Monday night that if Wallis claimed something to be true, then it must be the truth.
Essendon and others had believed until Wednesday night that their man would be lightly penalised for one stupid mistake - for placing a bet that he claimed in a convoluted story was for a friend. Now they know he has lied.
James Hird spent time with Wallis yesterday before his former teammate faced the media, and has said the club would support him. That surely counts for something.


text:
Awesome Transformers Starscream Hoodie
Starscream may be a whiny prick, but 80s Tees has a really cool Transformers costume hoodie for the character. As you can see, one of the best parts of the hoodie is that it has wings built into it. I'm glad they're stitched on because one of the things I hated about the toy is that I kept losing the wings! The hoodie only costs $60, and you can order it here.
Joey Paur — Co-Founder / Editor of GeekTyrant.com, and if you haven't noticed I write… a lot. Movies are my passion and I live and breathe all things geek. This site is part of my life's work, it's a part of me. I love what I do, and I enjoy sharing everything I can with you when it comes to movies and geekery. In my spare time I travel to the netherworlds to battle demons. @JoeyPaur | firstname.lastname@example.com
Featured Posts on GeekTyrant


text:
Denver, CO – November 5, 2012 – Following a successful launch with Zumiez in late 2011, Denver based premium brand, The GRO Project,, has returned by featuring select pieces of their winter line with the nations largest action sports retailer. Releasing these new styles in the chain will warm up loyal fans and future customers for the release of their long awaited Hand Crafted Quality Collection in their boutique vendors. The collection culminates over two years of research & development to deliver these high quality garments exclusively to their Denver retailers. The brand's inaugural cut & sew line was inspired by the quality of traditional U.S. manufacturing, represented by the reliable, hard-working & innovative spirit that drives the creation of premium products which are designed and constructed to stand the test of time.
For more details visit www.theGROproject.com. Follow us on Facebook & Twitter to stay up to date.


text:
New Zealand took a chance to rediscover some rhythm with a 71-14 thrashing of Scotland in their second game at the Commonwealth Games.
A day after scraping past Malawi 50-47 with a rusty performance, the Silver Ferns made short work of weaker opponents.
They scooted 16-2 clear after the first quarter, silencing a large crowd and turning the rest of the game into a training exercise.
Attacking fluency improved as the game went on, boosted by changes made at halftime by coach Waimarama Taumaunu.
Goal shoot Ellen Halpenny rolled an ankle early in game and was replaced at halftime when she and Jodi Brown made way for first choice shooting combination of Cathrine Latu and Maria Latu.
Taumaumu also tweaked her midcourt, introducing Anna Harrison at wing defence and Shannon Francois at centre for Joline Henry and Laura Langman respectively.
New Zealand's shooting percentage improved considerably after the break, with Brown having struggled, landing 14 of 22 shots.
The Silver Ferns, who are unbeaten along with Jamaica in pool A, next face winless Northern Ireland on Sunday.


text:
A joint ITU-T/Global Grid Forum (GGF) workshop on NGN and Grids will take place at ITU headquarters, Geneva, from 23 to 24 October 2006 inclusive. The invitation letter contains additional details and a provisional agenda. The objective of the meeting is to:
© Copyright 2017, ITU
The information presented within this blog comes from various organizations around the world. ITU encourages users to seek more detailed information from the original source through the links provided.
Links to third-party websites are provided for the convenience of all users. The ITU is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content on these third-party websites. ITU does not offer any guarantee in that regard nor does ITU endorse the third-party organizations, their sites or content.


text:
I have significant acne scarring! I have had two dermabasions, one about 18 years ago and the last about 10 years ago. The last dermabrasion left white scars! I am a41 year old business women and I know that my scars have held me back in my life! I've always been ashamed!!!
Acne Scars at Age 41. Dermabrasion Made Them Worse. What Are My Options?
Doctor Answers 4
In our office we have 2 lasers done together that would give you great results Profractional laser and micro laser peel. If after that treatment you were looking for more we would recommend a mini face lift to stretch out your skin from the scar that are deep. You should see a PS to help you give you permanent options for you situation. Good luck.
Acne Scar Treatment
1. Consider scar treatment only in the absence of active acne disease.
2. The hypo pigmented scars are due to aggressive dermabrasion and you should avoid similar procedures or ablative CO2 lasers.
3. The type of scars need to be identified before treatment is recommended/suggested.
4. If any laser treatments are considered, you should be off Accutane for at least 9-12 months.
5. Usually a combination of treatments are needed to correct severe acne scarring, ex. injectable fillers (stay away from liquid silicone) and fractional lasers, punch excision and micro grafting and most recently, stem cell enriched fat grafts.
In summary, the key for success is identifying the problem and creating a customized treatment plan based on the current condition of your skin.
Treatment of Acne Scarring
It would help to see photographs to have a better sense of what kind of acne scars you have. There are many different types and depending on the skin type and acne scar types, there are several different effective treatments that can be done alone or in combination. In our practice we utilize mostly injectable fillers, electrosurgery and punch excision/grafting. I personally do not think lasers or chemical peeling improves acne scars much at all. I recommend you consult with a board-certified dermatologist experienced in treating acne scars. Click on the link below for before and after photos.
Learn more: http://www.barnettdermatology.com/treatments.php?id=24
You might also like...
Acne scar tratment
I would recommend subcision with chemical peel to bring the scars more to the surface. Than I would recommend soft tissue transfer and Co2 laser if necessary. We have had great success with both.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


text:
Join as a member. There's a certificate with your name on it.
This project is not covered by Drupal's security advisory policy.
This module is very similar to Revision Moderation, and uses much of the code therein. The major difference is that instead of a moderater releasing the 'future' revision, any user with appropriate permissions can do this.
This effectively allows the user to save their work as a 'draft' until they are sure that they want to commit/publish the changes and make them live. The term 'draft' is merely a unique revision, a future revision of a node.
You can only enable Save as Draft once a node has been saved, therefore the Save as Draft checkbox is disabled on node creation.
For editors to see the Save as Draft checkbox you need to either grant "administer nodes" permission, or you can use Override Node Options and grant "override [nodetype] published option" for the node types that you want the editor to save drafts for.
Please leave feedback, requests and patches in the Issue queue.
Project Information
- Maintenance status: Minimally maintained
- Development status: Maintenance fixes only
- Module categories: Content, Content Display
- Reported installs: 48 sites currently report using this module. View usage statistics.
- Downloads: 4,376
- Last modified: 2 December 2014
- This project is not covered by the security advisory policy.
Use at your own risk! It may have publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.


text:
The Inspector-General of Taxation is investigating concerns that the Australian Taxation Office is still making "U-turns" on rulings affecting companies in the financial services, mining and oil and gas sectors.
Tax professionals have raised new concerns with the Inspector-General,
Mr Noroozi told the The Australian Financial Review he is investigating the issue, following his 2010 review into "U-turns" – when the ATO delays or changes its approach on significant issues – which arose after businesses accused the tax office of changing its long-standing views in areas such as trusts and bank swaps.
Mr Noroozi noted in his 2010 review that apart from the cost burden on taxpayers, there had been "substantial erosion of confidence in the ATO as a fair administrator that driven a reluctance to work with the ATO on technical issues.
"Currently we are doing a follow-up . . . to the initial so-called 'U-turn review' in 2010 and we will be addressing issues raised [by taxpayers]," Mr Noroozi said.
"It should be kept in mind that at the time we did flag that ultimately there may need to be a wider look at what can be done legislatively."
Draft practice statement
Following recommendations from Mr Noroozi, the ATO issued a draft practice statement in 2011, promising to apply its view – in audits, rulings or otherwise – prospectively only.
Mr Noroozi noted at the time that it would stop U-turns, but only if applied properly. If U-turns persisted, he said, the government should consider changing the ATO's legal framework for giving advice.
The problem of the ATO continuing down the path of U-turns – despite its promise not to do so – was highlighted last year in a Federal Court dispute between
The application followed a January 17 letter from the ATO that, according to Macquarie, showed the Commissioner had changed his view on the law relating to offshore banking unit expense allocations, which then resulted in Labor cracking down on the issue in last year's budget.
The ATO this month issued a "decision impact statement" noting that the Full Court's decision in the case "confirms our understanding that when the Commissioner has formed the view that the tax law imposes a liability on a particular taxpayer, the Commissioner has a duty to assess the taxpayer in accordance with that view".
It said this typically occurred after an audit, and that the practice statement would continue to apply "as an instruction to ATO staff about resource allocation decisions".
Promise made in good faith
But tax professionals are worried that despite the rhetoric, the Commissioner may continue to apply his changed view of the law retrospectively. The head of Arnold Bloch Leibler's tax practice, Mark Leibler, said while he accepted the ATO's promise was made in good faith, he was not certain the ATO was legally in a position to follow through.
"It's nice of the ATO to say it wants to achieve a situation in practice where it won't be going back and assessing taxpayers adversely. But there's a serious question mark as to whether it can achieve that laudable objective."
Corporate Tax Association head, Frank Drenth, said: "It's worrying that the Tax Office did something it said it wouldn't do . . . so we need to find out if it was a mistake, and if so, what it's doing to ensure it won't happen again."
Mr Drenth said the issue of U-turns was also relevant to explorations deductions used by resource companies. "Resource companies are concerned the ATO may change its view regarding what qualifies for exploration," he said.
PwC international tax partner Peter Collins said "it is very disappointing that the ATO is backflipping on u-turns".
"It leaves business wondering what other manoeuvres the ATO may attempt to effect retrospective changes to well-established ATO practice," Mr Collins said. "We all thought this had been settled following the Inspector-General's review back in 2010."
The Australian Financial Review


text:
Dieppe Golf Club France
Dieppe Golf Course Pourville
18 holes 6440 holes par 70 covering more than 100 acres.
Dieppe Golf Course is the nearest and most accessible French golf course from Sussex.
5 new holes overlooking the sea have been added since Autumn 1999.
At Dieppe Golf Course the club house is of a Norman style. It is a warm and friendly place with a bilingual reception and is equipped with a Pro Shop.
Dieppe Golf Course Pourville suggests a taste of the French way of life, for it's enjoyment and relaxation. The impressive and intriguing 18 boles are close to the cliffs overlooking the sea between Dieppe and Pourville. A wide variety of scenery and challenges give pleasure for golfers of all levels, and includes woods, valleys, plateau and water. Towards the west, after the sheltered nature of the inland holes, the contrast provided by the splendid views is striking. The channel is closer and the air invigorating. Take in the scenery, the colours changing with the season. The fairways by the sea appear as though they were fashioned by nature. The elevated greens are both view points and tests for players. The many features of the course provide a stimulating experience.
The bar at Dieppe Golf Course undoubtedly recalls the British origins of the club. The decor is recognisable and the walls have absorbed for over a century the sound of players recounting their winning scores missed putts.
The restaurant with its pleasant terrace offers genuine French cuisine based on local products. The chef also suggests a choice of menus including a good quality, rapid and low cost 'golfer's special'.
Dieppe has the oldest beach in France, ideally placed at two hours journey from Paris and the English coast, once a favourite resort of the well-born and well-bred, and with a panorama which has inspired the greatest painters.
Built in 1897 by Willie Park jr. this long-standing course has hosted several national tournaments over the years. It is situated on the cliffs of Dieppe with splendid views of the Channel and the valley of Pourville. A varied challenge for all.
Click here to see more photographs of Dieppe Golf Course
Dieppe Golf Course Pourville


text:
is there a list somewhere? I've been searching for a while and I can't seem to find a "complete" list. I ask because I am interested in creating a fedora spin that contains the same tool set, since I use fedora primarily and am not an ubuntu fan
Please don't interpret this as me being an ungrateful ass, I love bt and I've used it for a while I am just far more comfortable with the native system tools in fedora, add to that me being bored and currently unemployed and I figure this might a nice learning experience for me, and might even provide some value
I'm guessing this list exists somewhere but maybe got list when we all moved from remote-exploit


text: I have a new server setup we can use. I may also have an extra ssd to replace SDB. Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com> wrote: >On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote: > >> i can't even run fdisk to see the physical size of the drive. >> root at minotaur:/home/jake# fdisk /dev/sda >> bash: /sbin/fdisk: Input/output error >> > >It's sdb that's failing. > > >> but assuming we can find a nice hard drive to replace the one in >there, >> can we just copy the failing drive? >> > >If we're very lucky, but I would guess not. > >I think minotaur is a good box for low-CPU but critical tasks like door >> opening and RFID alerting. > > >I think so too, and I'm glad it exists, but it's also become a bit of a >dumping ground for new projects that people want to talk to over the >network. >I'd much rather start offloading what we can onto raspberry pis, or >ethershield-ed arduinos. > >Minotaur being down also breaks in-space DNS, methinks. > >Maybe I should hack up a backup resolver on pony and re-point DHCP? >That's >not the most reliable host either these days, with the UPS. > >--j > >> >> >> On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Jonathan Lassoff wrote: >> >> And... Minotaur's disk dies. >>> I think we're way overloading this box that was intended as an >out-of-band >>> access host. :p >>> >>> --j >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote: >>> *** System restart required *** >>> Last login: Thu Jan 31 22:56:43 2013 from awesome.local >>> jake at minotaur:~$ touch sdfkj >>> touch: cannot touch `sdfkj': Read-only file system >>> jake at minotaur:~$ mount >>> /dev/mapper/minotaur-root on / type ext4 >(rw,errors=remount-ro) >>> proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) >>> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) >>> none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) >>> none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) >>> none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) >>> udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755) >>> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts >>> (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=**0620) >>> tmpfs on /run type tmpfs >(rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,**mode=0755) >>> none on /run/lock type tmpfs >>> (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=**5242880) >>> none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) >>> /dev/sdb1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) >>> /dev/mapper/minotaur-home on /home type ext4 (rw) >>> rpc_pipefs on /run/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) >>> nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw) >>> >>> mount: warning: /etc/mtab is not writable (e.g. read-only >>> filesystem). >>> It's possible that information reported by mount(8) is >>> not >>> up to date. For actual information about system mount >>> points >>> check the /proc/mounts file. >>> >>> jake at minotaur:~$ >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Rack mailing list >>> Rack at lists.noisebridge.net >>> >https://www.noisebridge.net/**mailman/listinfo/rack<https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/rack> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Rack mailing list >Rack at lists.noisebridge.net >https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/rack -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/rack/attachments/20130201/29f8e31b/attachment-0001.html>


text:
Take Charge. Take the Test.
Take Charge. Take the Test. is a national campaign that encourages HIV testing among African American women ages 18-34. Implemented in 2012, Take Charge. Take the Test.is no longer active, but campaign resources are still available. Palm cards, posters, and other materials help African American women recognize their risk for HIV and empower them with the information they need to take charge of their sexual health.
See our newest HIV prevention campaign, Doing It, for additional HIV prevention and testing resources featuring volunteers, community leaders, and celebrities, including African American women.
- Page last reviewed: January 3, 2014
- Page last updated: January 3, 2014
- Content source:


text: With winning catches of more than 70 pounds the past two years, Clarks Hill Reservoir has become one of the favorite Bassmaster Elite Tour stops, and if the pros have good weather this week, I won't be a bit surprised to see another winning total in that same range.It's springtime on this 71,500-acre impoundment, and the main wave of spawning bass has not moved up. But they're on the way, and it could easily happen during this tournament. Thus, sight fishing could be the dominant pattern, but it certainly won't be the only one. There will still be plenty of staging fish in slightly deeper water, and if that's the case, it opens the door to fishermen who don't like bed fishing.The one thing I'm not looking for this week is a strong topwater bite, because it's still a little early. Across the country this year, the spawn seems to be running a little later than normal, and the surface fishing won't heat up until the fish move out again. On the other hand, swimbaits might prove effective; virtually every pro has some in his tackle now.During the past two Elites here, Mike McClelland ('07 winner) and Davy Hite ('06 victor) both won on jigs, and I'd expect both these pros to be equally strong contenders this week. Hite, of course, describes Clarks Hill as his home lake, and he's as good as anybody when it comes to finding and following the blueback herring the bass feed on here. McClelland, of course, is enjoying a breakout season thus far and with the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year title in his sights (he's leading the points race now), he's concentrating on consistency.If it does turn into a sight fishing contest, look for Kelly Jordon to put on a charge. The recent winner of the big Toyota tournament at Lake Fork, Jordon is one of the Tour's best sight fishermen, and he's just waiting for an opportunity.What's so exciting about Clarks Hill right now is that bass might not move shallow until Friday or Saturday, but when they do, it could happen overnight (as it often does). Jordon won at Fork primarily by fishing deep but repeatedly checking the shallows for moving bass and picking off a couple each day, bagging more than 80 pounds in the process.Of course, Jordon isn't the only sight fisherman capable of doing this. Bassmaster Classic winner Alton Jones is not only an excellent bed fisherman, it's one of his favorite methods of fishing, and I know he'll be working the shallows hard. So will Dean Rojas, who also rates sight fishing as one of his favorite techniques. Rojas was sight fishing, as everyone remembers, at Toho when he set his single- day catch record of 45-2.Who else might stand atop the leader board this week? Aaron Martens likes sight fishing; Mark Davis likes deeper fish, particularly if they'll hit a crankbait (and they will at Clarks Hill); and naturally, if they're on a jig bite as in '06 and '07, don't count out the jig master himself, Denny Brauer, who's coming off a Top 10 finish at Amistad.


text:
From Sunday the personal tax allowance has increased to £10,000 which is great news and means that you don't have to pay tax on the first £10,000 of your earnings.
This rise will lift around 402 people in Morecambe and Lunesdale out of income tax and means that more than 4,000 people will be lifted out of income tax altogether.
Since 2010 the typical taxpayer has paid around £705 less which is quite a saving for hardworking people. The personal tax allowance will again increase to £10,500 next year which I think is good news.
I have been very disappointed that our Labour led County Council and City Council has increased Council tax, this is really disappointing news especially as the Government has made in the region of £500 Million available to councils that freeze Council Tax.
Government figures suggest that 251 councils have frozen council tax this year, sadly not Lancaster or Lancashire, if you agree with me I suggest you write to your local councillor to express your disappointment.
Last week Lancashire County Council announced it will close Skerton Community High School, this is terrible news for the local community and I am incredibly disappointed with the County Council for taking this drastic step.
As I said when Paul O'Gorman interviewed me on BBC Radio Lancashire on Thursday, there were three thousand plus people opposed to the school closing and only around ten people who wanted the school to close. If Skerton had been left alone, academic standards would have risen.
Please remember the deadline for expressions of interest for the Coastal Communities Fund is April 30. You can find more information on my website www.davidmorrismp.co.uk there is a total of £64 Million available I would like as much of it as possible to come to Morecambe and Lunesdale so please do put in a bid for some funding.
Please remember to let me know your thoughts about Morecambe and Lunesdale by completing my constituency wide questionnaire. You can find it by looking at www.letdavidknow.co.uk.


text:
Ah that famous last name … Bonaduce. Just about everyone immediately thinks "that little red-headed kid from The Partridge Family" … Fast forward a few decades and another Bonaduce has emerged to "make us happy" … Gretchen Bonaduce, the now ex-wife of that redhead Danny. Born in Waukegan, Ill., Gretchen grew up moving around the Midwest and abroad with her family. In 1990 stars collided and she met the former "Danny Partridge" in Arizona where they probably set some sort of record for shortest courtship (more on that later). She was blessed with two beautiful children from that 18-year union and along the way discovered she had quite a lot of "show biz" in herself. The marriage also sparked the now infamous Vh1 hit Breaking Bonaduce, which focused on the hardcore issues of her then-husband. In 2009, she competed for her own reality show (and won!) on another, uh, reality show! She's got her own band, backed by members from the hit '80s group Bow Wow Wow as well as Ministry, along with many other entertainment ventures going all on her own. The gorgeous single mom allowed me to talk with her at her mansion in the skies of Los Feliz.
How exactly did you and Danny meet 23 years ago?
I was working in Phoenix for an entertainment company and he was a deejay on the radio. I booked a psychic on his show and met him there. We wound up going on this fantastic date that same day. We saw the Gin Blossoms and I made him pasticcio. I guess that won him over because he asked me to get married that day. We called a minister out of the yellow pages; he came over and married us in Danny's living room. We relocated to L.A. after he got a job co-hosting a show on Star 98.7FM.
It's been five years since the divorce. What have you been doing since?
I'm having way more fun than I did when I was married! (laughs) I have been producing TV shows. I have my own internet radio show and internet TV show. Since Breaking Bonaduce I had another show on Fox Reality Channel. Gimme My Reality Show was a competition where celebrities vied to actually win their own reality TV show and, magically, America voted and I won with my pitch of Re-Inventing Bonaduce. I based it around my life: my band, designing clothes and jewelry, being a single mother, and dating. I never thought I could win; I was up against Tracy Bingham from Baywatch, Kato Kaelin from the O.J. Simpson trial, American Idol alum Ryan Starr, and others. Not in a million years did I ever think that I could win. I made such a gigantic a** out of myself! (laughs) If people thought I was shocked when I won you should have seen Tracy's face … utter shock!
How did forming your '80s cover band come about?
I've been singing my entire life in gospel choirs and a band I had during high school in Chattanooga, Tenn. When I married Danny it wasn't a priority to me anymore. I was busy with the marriage, managing his career, and being a mother. Then when we did Breaking Bonaduce I needed to come up with things that just I did. So I joined the band the Muddflaps (with Chris Doohan, son of Star Trek's James 'Scotty' Doohan). It was really fun, but we only managed to play out about twice a year. Because I love the '80s so much I decided to form my own band covering that era's songs.
The Fatal '80s (formerly known as Ankh) plays a lot of events and casinos these days. What are your two favorite songs to sing?
"Just Like Heaven" by The Cure and "Voices Carry" by Til Tuesday.
You have made a number of appearances recently on Fuse TV's Ex-Wives of Rock.
That show revolves around the lives of ex-rock star wives including members of Motley Crue, Warrant, and The Scorpions. I was instrumental in getting that show picked up in Canada originally and was supposed to be a full cast member, but that didn't work out so I ended up doing guest appearances. I just filmed an episode for their second season that premieres in August on Fuse TV here in the U.S., Slice in Canada, and worldwide.
You also just wrapped an episode of Beverly Hills Pawn for Reelz Channel.
I'm trying to legalize the extra 2,000 square feet of my house so I went on the show to sell my gold and a few other items of interest. I can't really say what they are because the show hasn't aired yet.
How did you acquire your own radio show "Happy Hour with Gretchen Bonaduce'?
I was a guest on someone else's show and then they offered me my own show! I've done about a half dozen so far at the Joint Studios in Burbank and love it! I always kind of thought I could do radio, I just needed the opportunity to try. I love that I can do whatever I want because it's on the internet. I have a musical guest each week along with a bartender or club that comes in and mixes cocktails, hence the name of the show. (laughs) We do silly things and pet adoption segments as well.
You're also on your own TV show via the web at soniccottagelive.com.
Sonic Cottage Live is sort of like Daryl's House [as in Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates]on Palladia. Bands play and I interview local artists. Of course I have the Guitar Bar where I make drinks for the band. (laughs) I didn't want to do a cooking segment so they let me do a drink segment instead. I figure since my shows are about bands, and bands drink, it made sense!
What you do with your down time?
Besides rehearsing with my awesome band, I love hanging out with my kids. My daughter [Isabella] is 18 and recently moved out so I mainly hang out with my son [Dante]. We go to lunch, for walks. In Germany when I was seven, my mother was pregnant again and very sick. She had the baby and that was the last I saw of her. I was told she died during childbirth. When I was 22 my grandmother mentioned that my mother actually "fell" in the hospital that day. I confronted my father and he said she fell out of the hospital window, but nobody seems to be able to tell me for sure what happened. This is probably one of the reasons why I cling to my children so tightly.
What is on the horizon for you?
I have a TV show pending at Warner Bros. right now about my tribute band so I've been pushing to get that picked up on a network level as well as other shows I'm pitching.
Dream job?
I love producing. I would like to appear on another show because being seen helps everything else I want to do like move my band forward. Ultimately I want to be behind the camera and produce shows.


text:
103rd Airlift Wing & 118th Airlift Squadron
103rd Fighter Wing & 118th Fighter Squadron
"The Flying Yankees"
Welcome to my site dedicated to the men and woman of the 103rd Airlift Wing / 118th Airlift Squadron & 103rd Fighter Wing / 118th Fighter Squadron....past, present and future. As I have seen the A-10s flying closely for over 15 years now, I felt it was important to document some of the history of these units.
With the BRAC 2005 process, the 103rd AW is now flying the C-130H Hercules, and was flying the C-21 Gates Learjets.
I hope you enjoy the site, and please feel free to contact with me comments, suggestions and even content. The site will be growing over time.
Thanks, Ken Middleton
This site is not an official 103rd Fighter Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, Air National Guard nor US Air Force site.
Copyright Ken Middleton


text:
Quality in Commitment
Experience and determination get results.
Personalized service and accountability ensure success.
Leading by Example
A relentless pursuit of excellence is the core principle of RCDolner. This dedication to success is evident throughout the firm's history. Since its inception in 1987, RCDolner has strived to provide a caliber of service unprecedented in the construction industry. Relationships are the foundation of this success model. We understand that in order to be an effective manager, you must first be a trusted partner.
The uncompromising standard of quality to which we hold ourselves is reflected in our projects. For this reason, our teams work to exceed expectations and deliver a superior product. Throughout the last two decades, RCDolner has undertaken challenging and diverse projects. The success of each project is testimony to the precision of our work. Furthermore, RCDolner is not waiting for the future. Future success requires forward thinking.
We constantly draw from our experience to develop innovative and more efficient management models. Finally, the value of our service is most apparent in the loyalty of our clients, many of whom return to RCDolner because they know they can expect a product marked by outstanding quality, professionalism and efficiency. Our projects succeed because our philosophy works: leading by example.


text:
Advertise With Us
The PEX Network is the largest and most established community of operational excellence executives, with over 130,000 active members globally. We provide the platform on which key industry experts and organizations share their experience, knowledge and tools, and OPEX practitioners connect with others all over the world, face-to-face and online.
Dedicated to practitioners involved with their organization's operational excellence initiatives, PEX Network is the catalyst for conversation, connection and change that inspires the growth of our industry, and provides high-quality content, tools, training and networking opportunities.
We are a team of writers, researchers, and marketers who are passionate about creating content that puts brands in front of the conversations directing their target industries. With bespoke whitepapers, webinars, digital branding campaigns, and demand generation expertise at your service, we would love to talk about your next great campaign.
Let's get in touch! You can reach out to us via the form on this page.
Whether you are embarking on a brand re-launch or planning to increase your current brand awareness, PEX Network will ensure your brand is associated only with credible, highly recognised industry players.
PEX Network offers your brand access to highly relevant, highly active, qualified industry players in a cost efficient manner. Your brand is too important to be thrown into the wind - enquire about our opportunities for you
Position your brand alongside burning industry issues, hot topics and industry developments. PEX Network will ensure you are being seen as part of the conversation between industry players, analysts and decision makers.
If you want to be positioned as an industry leader, you need not look any further - consider partneting with us
At PEX Network we deliver leads that will match your goals and increase your traffic through a wide number of content creation and marketing plans based on your requirements.
Engage and interact with your target audience through our varied networking options
Having worked online with solution providers like yourself for over 5 years we know what works. We are talking to your potential customers on a daily basis so have the knowledge and insight in to the latest trends, challenges and needs of process excellence professionals. Still not convinced? Here's 9 reasons to work with us.
Download our Media Pack for more details on how we can help you:
For a no obligation discussion and a quote on how we may be able to help you please contact Bertan Halil or call him directly on +44 207 368 9536


text:
Great doctor. Caring, thoughtful, good sense of humor. Most importantly he made me feel better.
Love Rich and he practices medicine on a level far beyond anything I've experienced before. I didn't know what functional medicine before I was referred to him but I... Read more
Awesome. Came quickly at my place, very kind and pro. I had a pharyngitis. He had all meds. Did not pay anything with my insurance policy. 10/10
A truly wonderful doctor. He was very reassuring and kind. I hope that everyone who comes to this emergency room is fortunate to have someone like him.
Dr. Eiband is great at putting you at ease, even if you are in pain. His knowledge is broad and deep, and he quickly figured out my problem, even though it was in th... Read more
Superb physician, thoughtful, prompt, caring, would recommend
Took time to lition, very humble and helpful. Knowledgeable and explains in a simple term. Impressed.
I have been very grateful to be under his care. He has always been patient & helpful. I truly believe that a petient's well being is his priority. The associate's un... Read more
Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest health news and tips.