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The Bulldogs got going Thursday with the first of their 29 allotted practice dates, working two-and-a-half hours. The session was closed, as will be all but one of the remaining dates. That open session is actually two with split squads taking the field at either 9:00 am or 7:00 pm Saturday. There is no Friday practice, with final summer semester exams.
Coach Dan Mullen: "It was great to be back out on the field. It seems such a long time since we've been out there. It's what I love to do, I know our coaches want to do, I know our players love to do, so it was great to be back out there going."
Q: Are there any things you want to get settled early? "Well, I want a lot of learning to get accomplished. So you're in day-one, just in helmets. To me it's get repetitions for guys, getting them comfortable. It's hard to evaluate guys until they get fully comfortable with what we expect them to do. So a lot, a lot of teaching over the next two weeks."
Q: How long does it take to assess retention from spring? "It looked like there was. I mean over the summer it's sometimes tough to tell, you're just getting out there. We'll see as we keep developing but I was pleased with what appeared to be some retention. Obviously I don't think we were crisp every single play on offense or on defense. But it wasn't confused looks on peoples' faces. And we put a lot in on them today."
Q: How much are Nickoe Whitley and Tobias Whitley doing? "They're working with the team. We don't talk about injuries."
Q: How has the summer prepared the players with Matt Balis? "You know what I think a huge part of it is, is conditioning. I think the tempo is a lot faster practice than they're used to in practice. There's a lot more things going on. When you look at that deal, the fact that they've been able to condition with the team means they're prepared. Because if they don't come in, you're taking a whole group of guys that are in a dangerous position out there. It's great to have those guys here."
Q: Will there be more passing plays added? "We didn't add much. It's all stuff that's already been in. So I think there's a great comfort in it. The emphasis on where you go. Every single year, if you take 100 percent of our offense, we use about 70 percent of our offense in each given season. I would say 50 percent never changes so it's that last 20 percent that is about a fit on your team. It's really that last 20 percent that has been in the offense before but it's a bigger emphasis than in year's past."
Q: Do fewer open practices mean more secret stuff? "Not really, no. We open practice to the fans. We do have an open practice, Saturday is open. We're trying to pick the days the fans could come to and open practice for that. Having it on a Saturday is why we're doing that one. It's not like you're changing practice. You just take your installation schedule and maybe stuff that was installed practice 2 last year is installed in practice 10 with a bunch more emphasized and stuff that was installed practice 10 is in practice 2."
Q: What is the difference? "You look at reps. Mathematically you spend a lot of time preparing for training camp on repetitions. Where the 1s are where we have calculated have 500 team reps. Right around that against the defense. So you take those 500 reps and then you're doing to break them down into what you're going to practice. So something you're going to emphasize is going to get 80 reps and something you'll deemphasize will get 10. That's where you're trying to match the numbers with what we're going to emphasize."
Q: Do you see a different Tyler Russell this preseason? "Yeah, I see a Tyler that's very comfortable. I'm not a guy that's thinking on the field. I see a guy who is obviously going to make mistakes, but when he makes a mistake, he knows the mistake he made. Or when you're talking about it he understands what happened, where some younger guys or how he used to be in the past. Sometimes you'll tell them and you can see, well I didn't get that at all, so you've got to go back and teach it on film. With an experienced guy like Tyler he sees it."
Q: Is Marcus Green in practice shape? "Yeah. He worked out with the team during the second-half of the summer. When he found out that was an option, and he's an older guy, especially when you're an older veteran guy, he knows what to expect. This is his fourth training camp with us, so he knows what's going to happen, so that makes it easier to prepare for."
Q: How will Saturday's practice be split-up? "Each position coach has a different reason for putting this guy with this guy. And I want this group working together. And I think it's very position oriented. It's not flat across the board. Like for example, Greg Knox came to me and he wants (Ladarius) Perkins and Josh Robinson together and (Derrick) Milton and (Nick) Griffin together. Each coach has a reason why we do it. The reason we do the split practice is we had an installation today ... when you get in line and there's two running backs instead of five running backs you get a lot more specific teaching."
Q: How has getting bigger after last year helped Blaine Clausell at tackle? "The size just to handle the guys in the league. His body is kind of maturing into an SEC player. He always had the athleticism, but it's that maturing, that physical strength, the girth and the size that will help him out." Q: Are the walk-ons, Golden and Swindle, getting ready as emergency quarterbacks? "They took reps today. That's part of it, when you split the practice, like we have two of those days, they're going to get half the reps at practice. So they'll actually get some opportunities to function on the field. And then we'll see. Our third quarterback's always getting reps; he's not getting the reps maybe the ones and twos are getting. What we haven't done is we're not eliminating the third quarterback reps and just giving them to the other two guys."
Q: Might we see any players at different positions Saturday such as Corey Broomfield at safety? "Broomfield's playing some safety. I don't view who's at different (places), we just have guys going all over the place doing different things. They're still defensive backs, so it's kind of a safety and nickel and this and that that we'll move guys around at, even though it's really the same position."
Q: Will Russell and Dak Prescott have limited contact still? "Yeah, I'll protect them. Sometimes I'm pretty, I guess people come in on the spring time, a lot of times I let those guys get hit and beat up every once in a while. This year we'll protect them a little bit more; even this spring we did. I was much more protective of them this spring, where if you have more of them, I kind of let them have a little bit more freedom and play a little bit more live to get ready to go. We'll protect them."
Q: In spring the tackles practiced at both right and left, are they moving around? "When you get guys ready, a lot of times you're traveling with travel squads and all that stuff, if you're taking sometimes eight linemen are getting ready – two tackles, three guards and two centers. They've got to be able to swing back and forth. A lot of that also depends on depth. If we feel there's four tackles ready to go, then you don't have to really swing a guy. You're an injury away from having three, and someone better be ready to go be the swing guy at that point."
"We'll always have guys kind of playing both. Moving guys, and just throw them in there, like potentially what happened in a game. They're home position's this position, but they might have to have a secondary (position)."
Q: Has moving up the schedule, like going to the Farm early, got guys' attention? "It's all scheduled based for us. When we look with days at the farm, what practice number we want to go to the farm at, how many practices we have out there. It's all based on that way and counting back from the first game of when you want to scrimmage and all of these things to balance out the reps. Every year is going to be a little bit different depending on the calendar. For example, we can't practice until tomorrow with final exams going. We couldn't wait until after final exams because there were not going to be enough days for us to even practice before the first game them. Those type of things have an effect on it."
Q: There are some diehard fans that will miss watching practices? "We open up spring practice and I know there are a lot of people who don't even open spring practice out there. I think we're probably more open than a lot of teams in the country. We open Saturday's practice."
Q: With fewer open days are you trying to 'close ranks' a little bit? "No. No, we just sometimes open up two or something or three. When we looked at the calendar, there was a Saturday practice. That made sense for the fans that we would be the day they come out to see it. There are two practices that day, so they can come out. If they can't make the morning, they've got a little league game, they can come at night. That's why we did it."
Q: Saturday will be a long one, with a morning and evening practice? "As long as there is a break in-between. I think the last two years ago or last year we did it back to back, we got a lot of negative reviews from our coaching staff."
Q: With Ben Beckwith and Justin Malone, are they being evaluated behind Smith at right guard? "You've got Tobias and Gabe, starters. There is experience there. It is the backups that are going to be the whole part. That's the main emphasis, the guys who haven't played. Beckwith hasn't played a lot. Justin Malone hasn't played a lot. Archie Muniz hasn't played a lot. Dylan Holley hasn't played any SEC football. Those type of deals. When you're looking at those interior-type linemen, we've got to get them as many reps as possible to get them ready to go. And go from there. It's one of those things. Don't be surprised during the season we play guys and you say why are you rotating the line in? Much like, a lot of times, Dak Prescott is going to play early in the season because I have to get him reps in case he has to become the guy, I want to make sure we broke him in a little bit."
Q: John Banks and Chad Bumphis were nominated for the Hornung Award today, that gives you seven players up for national awards and five from your first signing class? "Great. That's good. That first class was a good group of guys. The great thing is those are guys that originally came in and bought in. They had tremendous faith in what we're doing. The recruiting class afterward got to see a little bit of what was going to happen. Those guys had faith because I guess if you throw in Pernell McPhee and Fletcher Cox, they've had some awards, too."
Q: The Hornung is for versatility, you know Banks will want to play offense and catch passes again? "He didn't catch one. Oh, he did catch one in the spring game! Yeah, so he did catch one. You know, a couple injuries away he might be playing quarterback."
Q: Has Archie Muniz moved inside? "We're going to move him everywhere. All those guys, there are a lot of guys to me that, if you look, that are certain tackle bodies and certain guard bodies and guys who can do both. And Muniz is a guy who can do both."
Q: How will you work Tobias in as he comes back? "I think that's going to be a breaking-in process, come game time. You know, you want to make sure guys get confidence back, so it's a lot of confidence building. When you deal with significant injuries—Nick Griffin, we're still building his confidence. He's 100%, but you're still building that confidence at certain injuries."


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Famous for her wordplay and puns, poet Jill Alexander Essbaum will read her work on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall inside the Denkmann Memorial Building (3520 7th Ave). Part of Augustana College's River Readings, Essbaum's reading is free and open to the public.
"She's a well-respected poet, whose writing delves into matters that are both spiritual and sensual," said Dr. Kelly Daniels, assistant professor of English at Augustana.
Known as a Christian erotic poet, Essbaum is the author of four full-length collections of poetry including Heaven, which won the 1999 Bakeless Prize in poetry, Harlot, Necropolis and The Devastation. Her poems "On Reading Poorly Transcribed Erotica" are included in the anthology The Best American Erotic Poems: 1800-Present. Essbaum's "Apologia" was reprinted in The Best American Poetry 2010, and "Stays" will appear in Best American Poetry 2011.
In describing herself, Essbaum said she is "nettled and hectored by a good dozen obsessions—more, probably. There are but three that ultimately matter to me (maybe to anyone): God, sex, death. Anything worthwhile I've ever thought or said will be about those things."
Essbaum earned a bachelor's from the University of Houston and a master's from the University of Texas. She currently teaches at the University of California Riverside Palm Desert Graduate Center in the Masters of Creative Writing Graduate Program. Essbaum also is an editor for the online poetry journal ANTI and the print journal The National Poetry Review.
Essbaum is the second writer to visit Augustana's campus for the 2011-2012 River Readings three-part series. The next will be novelist Jaimy Gordon, winner of the National Book Award for fiction last year, on April 19, 2012.
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He was a piece of work - wily, highly intelligent, a salesman of epic proportions, sly, sure-footed, a never-say-die entrepreneur.
Jerry Wexler on Solomon Burke in Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music (Ritz and Wexler, 1993)
Atlantic Records vice-president Jerry Wexler, a committed atheist and demanding record producer, might have been describing Elvis's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the above quote, considering the profile and the year, 1960. Hard as it is to believe, however, he was talking about a soul singer. Not just any soul singer, but one with a tenor so sweet, a range so powerful and unspoiled by guttural coarseness and a presence so overwhelmingly theatrical, it could be only one person: Solomon Burke. His marvellous voice is his sceptre.
Well, the good news is "the King of Rock'n'Soul" is making his first visit to
Melbourne. What's more, King Solomon, an ordained pastor at the age of 12 in the
family church, "The House of God for all People", will be pontificating about
love and soul from his regal red throne on stage, metaphorically reclaimed, you
could say, after many lean years, thanks to his induction into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2001 and a blues Grammy, his first, in 2002 for Don't Give Up on
"For some years, I just considered myself a king in exile," he jokes.
Between Christmas Presents in 1955 for the Apollo label until Don't Give Up On Me for Fat Possum, Burke's 140-kilogram frame has sired 21 children and participated fully in life. In doing so, the larger-than-life singer has fortified the enthusiasm and the rock-solid belief in a higher power that has carried him since his birth in Philadelphia in 1936.
"All things we do are messages," he says with a Pentecostal lilt. "Everything is planned by the angels in blues, soul, country, rock, jazz and down to hip-hop. We must experience the pain, the hurt and the joy in life."
Burke was referred to as a "wonder-boy preacher" as early as the age of nine.
Giving weight to Wexler's "never-say-die entrepreneur" claim, the multi-skilled singer cheerfully confesses that he once rolled up in a truck with a cooker and sold popcorn at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem on a night he performed there. "Yes, I did," he explains proudly ahead of a finger-snapping spiel. "Solomon Burke's Soul Popcorn, my first independent franchise. We got watermelon popcorn, potato salad popcorn - anything you like, as long as it's soulfulll."
Is he, then, a Colonel Tom Parker with a golden throat?
"I wish I could have been," he says with a gigantic bellow. "I like that. Email it to me. That's a high compliment."
Putting a different spin on the "never-say-die" tag, he offers a well-versed crack about another career outside show business. "I'm a mortician. I'm the last one to let you down and the first one to pick you up. I never say die because I need you around - because if you die, I'll be working."
In Australia, the soul colossus will draw heavily from the Joe Henry-produced Don't Give Up On Me, a diverse collection of contemporary material by Dan Penn, Bob Dylan, Nick Lowe, Brian Wilson and Elvis Costello.
"I've given the best from my soul for this album," Burke says. "I'm bringing Rudy Copeland, who's an organist in my church. He replaced Billy Preston at the last minute on the album."
Two years ago, Henry told this writer: "I wasn't going to do a retro-soul record on Solomon, so horn sections were out. I wanted to put his magnificent voice in full frame but keep the production stripped right down. None of Us Are Free, with the Five Blind Boys, blew me away, because everybody just fell in and we did it in two takes. The entire album took four days."
Undoubtedly, Burke's best days were on Atlantic between 1960-69, under the supervision of Bert Berns and Wexler. "I'll tell you something interesting about Jerry Wexler later," he says teasingly.
After Ray Charles left Atlantic, Burke, whose favourite singer as a child was Gene Autrey, became the independent label's biggest-selling artist, thrilling audiences with the country song Just Out of Reach, Berns's heavy-hitting Cry to Me and the r'n'b classics If You Need Me and Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, covered by the Rolling Stones, Wilson Pickett and the Blues Brothers. With a vocal range embracing everything from a whisper to semi-operatic crescendos, Burke delivered improvised secular sermons, initially clad in a gold-sequined suit before donning the robes and crown of royalty.
Although he recognised Berns's skill for crafting hit records, Burke, true to his sure-footed status, refused to entertain Hang on Sloopy (the McCoys) - "Can you imagine me doing that?" - and A Little Bit of Soap (the Jarmels).
"I felt a little unsafe about it, because they were pushing me in an ethnic market, so why would I want to say that (about soap) to my people? It didn't have the meaning it needed to have."
At the time, Burke might have eyed the producer's ill-fitting toupee with some suspicion, but years later he's prepared to concede (albeit mischievously): "Bert Berns was a genius. I introduced him to his wife, but I couldn't stand his dog. He had this great dane with him all of the time. I said, 'Bert, do you have to take the horse with you?'. He always wanted to walk his dog, Dino, in the middle of a session. He even named his publishing company after him."
One of Burke's most moving Atlantic singles, however, recorded a year after Berns's death in 1967, doesn't always make it on to the best-of compilations.
"I Wish I Knew is one of my special classics," he says. "I loved Nina Simone's version. We performed it together in Switzerland and it was the highlight of my career. I'll do that one in Melbourne."
With his artistic soul on fire in the late 1960s and 1970s, Burke recorded other outstanding gems that, like I Wish I Knew, didn't get their due recognition, namely the Soul Clan single That's How It Feels, an emotional five-part soul harmoniser fit for the church by Burke, Arthur Conley (who died last November), Joe Tex, Ben E. King and Don Covay.
Here, Burke the business-minded visionary cuts loose after referring to Wexler having both a positive and negative influence.
"A Soul Clan album would have been incredible," he says, "but the Atlantic executives decided to disband the group. They felt black artists weren't ready to request a million dollars to become entrepreneurs, to buy real estate, open trust funds, foundations and scholarship funds to help others. We hit 'em too soon, too quick ... They actually banned the record."
The value isn't lost on the good bishop in charge of a loose network of 168 churches in America, Canada and Jamaica. "That record is worth thousands today," he says, "and they haven't reissued it."
Which is why this writer is eternally glad he picked it up for 10 cents in a Coles discount bin.
Burke gracefully laughs off the Proud Mary album on Bell (1969), which rates as one of his most acclaimed post-Atlantic recordings. Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty certainly thought so when he wrote: "Two thousand miles away this man had crawled right up inside my head to learn what Proud Mary was all about. Sure it's great when someone sings your song, but when he understands it, you listen like it was the first time."
Overshadowed by Ike and Tina Turner's thunderbolt version, the singer has accepted Bell's lack of faith. "I told Ike Turner about the song," he explains, "and he gave it to Tina, who made a hit out of it, but Bell refused to promote mine."
But when the acclaimed disco-inflected Sidewalks, Fences and Walls (1979) is mentioned, Burke becomes stern. "That was done under false pretences," he says, lowering his tone. "The producer (not Wexler) was a con man and we don't perform it. Music is about love, joy and mending broken hearts, and not about tearing people apart." Amen.
Quality material aside, making ends meet inspired the singer to work in other fields. Preaching to the converted, preparing bodies for funerals and hawking popcorn meant he regarded music as a hobby, despite equal billing with the soul elite: Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Marvin Gaye and James Brown. Today, he doesn't even own a copy of the I Wish I Knew CD. And despite the fallout with Atlantic, Wexler acknowledges Solomon Burke as the greatest male soul singer - ever.
Now for the shock announcement. "Jerry Wexler is now one of our ministers," Burke proclaims. "We ordained him about three years ago. He found Christ in his life when he thought God was about to call him home. He decided he was going to find religion."
Burke laughs. "I'm very serious. You call him now and he'll answer the phone by saying, 'The Reverend Wexler speaking. How can I help you?'.
"Jerry preaches about Christ. I've forgiven him for the things he's done to me and to good friends of mine. I've asked God to remove that bitter taste from my mouth."
Surely the sure-footed super-salesman, the "never-say-die entrepreneur", worked his magic on the diehard non-believer? "I'm not a salesman. God is. I'm more happy about that than anything else."
The wicked belly laugh consolidates the truth.
Solomon Burke plays with his big band at the Prince, St Kilda, tomorrow night, and at the East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival at Byron Bay this weekend.
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The brothers were getting onto the scaffolding from the roof of the 47-story building when the platform gave way, Fire Department spokesman Seth Andrews said.
"They apparently fell all the way from the top," Fire Department spokesman John Mulligan said.
The body of the dead worker and parts of the scaffold landed in a plaza area outside the building on the Upper East Side of the city.
Andrews said the window washers were brothers, but their names were not immediately available. A doorman said the window washers had worked at the building for about three years.
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FROM fiery chilli dishes to cool art, there's something to tempt everyone in this New Mexico city, writes Melinda Mahaffey.
1 Touch history
Delve into the 47th state's past at the 8900sq m New Mexico History Museum. Visitors can view a piece of 16th-century Spanish chain mail and experience some of the mystery of 109 E. Palace Ave, the arrival point for scientists working on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos in the 1940s.
Wrap up your visit at the 1609-built Palace of the Governors, highlighting the two 18th-century Segesser hide paintings that depict early colonial life, and Tesoros de Devocion, a permanent exhibit of New Mexican religious icons.
"But the building is our most important artifact," director Frances Levine says, "because it's the place where our history began."
2 Make tracks for art and edibles
A former eyesore, the new Railyard District today features art spaces like teen-geared Warehouse 21 and gallery/shop/studio Santa Fe Clay. Join Santa Feans on Saturday mornings at the beloved Farmers Market to pick up organic fruit, Arena blanca chocolate, Diablo red wine and green chilli mustard.
3 Discover O'Keeffe
D.H. Lawrence, Martha Graham, and Ansel Adams all flocked to northern New Mexico in the 1920s and '30s for its welcoming arts scene, but only Georgia O'Keeffe stayed permanently. Today, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum downtown is home to the largest single collection of her work, with more than a thousand paintings, sculptures, and drawings. But for a more intimate view, book a tour of the O'Keeffe Home and Studio (from March to November) in Abiquiu (77km from Santa Fe), her full-time home starting in 1949. The restored 18th-century adobe building has been maintained exactly as she had before her death in 1986. "You'll see that O'Keeffe lived the modernist aesthetic that she painted," museum curator Barbara Buhler Lynes says. "It's simple, elegant and minimal."
4 Treat the tastebuds
Santa Fe has long been on the gourmet's itinerary, both for its celebrity chef-helmed restaurants and its pioneering use of red and green chilli at places like Cafe Pasqual's. Chef John Vollertsen, food editor at Santa Fean, recommends Atrisco Cafe and Bar, with its healthier take on time-honoured recipes (try the whole-wheat sopapillas), and Max's, where chef Brian Rood makes a memorable roasted green chilli shrimp and grits.
5 Take a hike
Nestled against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe boasts outdoor adventure literally at its back door. The 11km Atalaya Mountain Trail - part of the Dale Ball Trail System - starts from the parking lot at St John's College and rewards hikers with expansive city views. Twenty-six kilometres further afield, the Santa Fe Ski Basin attracts downhill and cross-country skiers and snowboarders to its 72 runs.
6 Go to class
With its rich culture and natural beauty, Santa Fe inspires classes from personal transformation to photography. Learn how to prepare authentic New Mexican red and green chilli sauce at the Santa Fe School of Cooking.
Painter Jane Shoenfeld will help you capture the scenic Southwest on canvas, while porcelain artist Heidi Loewen can teach you how to throw a pot.
7 Get soaked
Wind down with a soak at Ten Thousand Waves, the tranquil Japanese-themed spa in the hills above Santa Fe and featuring seven outdoor and one semi-enclosed baths.
"I recommend the Four Hands massage, where two therapists work on you," public relations director Mary Johnson says.
"Your mind can get around two hands, but it doesn't know what to do with four. It's a lot of fun."
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Queen Latifah Finally Comes Out
"I just like ladies who have class. Period. And if it's 'T and A' you're sellin', that's fine, as long as that's what you're selling. But you don't have to show everything, you know? You can hold some back and just be yourself and let your personality shine and let your individuality show. To me, that's sexier. A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion."
—Queen Latifah tells Sister 2 Sister magazine what kind of ladies she likes. This is significant because (A) Queen Latifah is amazing, and ladies should have some info on what reels her in and (B) because she's never discussed her sexuality before. After years of dodging questions, especially since the speculation about the split between her and longtime girlfriend Jeanette Jenkins, props to Queen Latifah for opening up about her love for ladies. It's not that I think a celebrities' sexuality is any of our business. It's just that the choice to be open about it — as a human being — is a powerful one. Queen Latifah is a role model for many women. I believe her decision to come out will only continue to inspire them. [Tabloid Prodigy] Want to contact the writer of this post? {encode="[email protected]" title="Email her"}!


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We work for it. We wish for it. We save it. We spend it. We gain it. We lose it. Above all, we need it. Yes, money certainly does make the world go round.
In America, that money takes the form of paper bills (printed by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing) and coins (produced by the U.S. Mint). However, the coins that jingle in your pocket and the bills you stuff in your wallet today are far different from the ones originally produced in the late 1700s.
As you would expect, over the last 200+ years our currency has seen many, many changes -- both big and small. That's a lot of U.S. money trivia to keep up with! So, WalletPop set out to uncover the most interesting tidbits about American currency and share our favorites with you.
Read our questions and answers to discover 10 fascinating facts about U.S. currency.
-By Vicki Passmore
That depends on the denomination of the note. Here are the average lifespans according to the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (or the BEP):
$1 bill - 22 months
$5 bill - 16 months
$10 bill -18 months
$20 bill - 24 months
$50 bill - 55 months
$100 bill - 89 months
Bills that get worn out from everyday use are taken out of circulation and replaced. Coins usually survive in circulation for about 25 years.
Just under half of the notes printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are $1 notes. In fiscal year 2009, the exact percentage was 42.3%.
Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on a U.S. currency note. It appeared on the face of the $1 Silver Certificate of 1886 and 1891, and the back of the $1 Silver Certificate of 1896.
No portraits of African Americans have appeared on paper money, but commemorative coins were issued in the 1940s bearing the images of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington, followed more recently by the release of a Jackie Robinson coin. Paper money does bear the signatures of four African American men who served as Registers of the Treasury (Blanche K. Bruce, Judson W. Lyons, William T. Vernon, and James C. Napier) and one African American woman who served as Treasurer of the United States (Azie Taylor Morton).
The largest bill ever printed was the $100,000 bill; it was actually a Gold Certificate issued in 1934. These notes were used for transactions between Federal Reserve banks and were not circulated among the general public. President Woodrow Wilson was depicted on the bill.
A mile of pennies laid out is $844.80. By this standard, America is about $2.5 million wide, coast to coast.
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco describes what this motto means and how it came into use:
"E Pluribus Unum" is used on many of our country's seals and most of our currency and coins. During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress issued a three-dollar bill bearing the motto, "Exitus in Dubio Est," which translates to "The Outcome Is in Doubt." Despite congressional pessimism about the war, John Adams, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson proposed the more prophetic motto, "E Pluribus Unum" -- "One From Many." The motto first appeared on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. The Great Seal, however, didn't appear on U.S. currency until 1902.
The so-called "all-seeing eye" that sits atop the pyramid on dollar bills was included as a reflection of divine providence. This was not the only option that was considered to fulfill that desired theme. A depiction of the Children of Israel in the Wilderness was also discussed as a possibility.
Surprise! Our so-called "paper currency" is actually not paper, but is made of cotton/linen material. It consists of a 75% cotton / 25% linen blend with silk fibers running through it. If it were made of paper, it would fall apart if you accidentally left it in your pants pocket and sent it for a whirl in your washing machine.
As we mentioned before, accidents happen. Fortunately, our "paper currency" is built to take quite a beating. The BEP says it would take 4,000 double folds (first forward, and then backwards) before a note will tear.
According to the BEP, it is. Its website explains: "The BEP redeems partially destroyed or badly damaged currency as a free public service. Every year the U.S. Treasury handles approximately 30,000 claims and redeems mutilated currency valued at over $30 million. Experts examine damaged currency and can approve the issuance of a Treasury check for the value of the currency determined to be redeemable."
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by Angela Nazworth | April 20, 2012 12:48 pm
Along with its first-quarter earnings results, struggling British grocery giant Tesco (PINK:TSCDY[1]) announced on Wednesday a less-than-aggressive growth plan for its U.S. operation, according to a USA TODAY report[2].
Five years ago, the world's third-largest retailer predicted that its U.S.-based Fresh & Easy stores would become an enormous success story. Unfortunately for Tesco, the stores have underperformed expectations.
Still, Tesco does not plan to leave the U.S. market, even though some investors encouraged just that, as TSCDY shares have fallen about 20% since the start of 2012. The supermarket chain, however, now is targeting early 2014 for profitability in its Fresh & Easy stores — it previously had targeted early 2013.
Tesco already had announced plans to close 12 failing Fresh & Easy stores. However, slowing growth efforts does not mean stopping expansion altogether. Fresh & Easy spokesman Brendan Wonnacott told USA TODAY that 11 new stores have opened since this February. The company also plans to open 45 more stores by February of next year.
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Real Name: Robert Dozier and John Russell
Aliases: Bob Dozier and John Russell
Wanted For: Suspicion of Fraud, Drug Trafficking and Murder
Missing Since: November 12, 1981
Details: In November 1981, Bob Dozier and John Russell set sail on Russell's boat, "The Freedom Two," for Tahiti with Kristin Tomlin and John's wife, Suzanne.
Several hours later, the two men washed up alone on the shore near California claiming that they had lost their boat in tough waters and the two women were lost at sea, but inconsistencies of their stories and analysis of the little wreckage afloat started to cast doubt upon their credibility. Speculation is that that the men were involved in a scheme involving insurance fraud or transportation of drugs and perhaps even murder.
Extra Notes: This segment ran for the first time on November 9, 1988 and later updated on the November 23, 1988 episode.
Results: Captured. Although Suzanne Russell was sighted in 1982, she has never been located, nor has Kristin Tomlin. John Russell was seen in New Westminster, British Columbia after the abduction and murder. His father reportedly worked there at a branch of Bank of Montreal. Bob Dozier was captured in April 1991, and John Russell was captured in June 1993.


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Get your Pinterest strategy on point
By Katrina Makins | 12 May 2016 |
While we've seen Instagram catapult to be the darling of social media in recent years, it can easily be argued that Pinterest offers a similar value offering to brands and users alike. Whereas the user base is incomparable (Pinterest's 100 million active users are dwarfed by Instagram's 400 million), Pinterest has been lauded for its strong influence during the brand discovery and consideration phase of the buying cycle – and now that ads are being introduced, it's time for marketers to pay more attention to the platform. The move to introduce advertising to Pinterest was natural given that pins which have been engaged with by a user are two to four times more likely to end with a purchase.
The Facebookification of Instagram – how can brands benefit?
By Hannah Kimuyu | 18 April 2016 |
With so many social media platforms to choose from, Instagram has become one of the go to platforms, with over 400,000 million monthly active users. In five years, Instagram has powered to social media success quite simply because it offers a fantastic user experience. Consumers love it because it feels real, it's beautifully simple and a rich and creative way to tell stories. The social media site is also a powerful ally for advertisers, offering them the opportunity to reach a new audience and build a community, raising awareness and even shifting perceptions. However will the news that Instagram will start personalising our feeds through a new algorithm impact this?
How 'real' are your organisation's Twitter followers?
By Andreas Pouros | 11 April 2016 |
Twitter recently celebrated its 10th anniversary – that might not sound that old to you and I, but in marketing and technology terms, reaching ten is momentous. Looking back over those ten years, many social and technology innovations have come and gone, take BlackBerry or Google Glass as just a couple of examples. However, as Twitter reaches this milestone, many are questioning the social network's relevancy today and, most importantly, its future.
Tweeting to no one: Over half of FTSE 100 Twitter followers appear 'fake or inactive'
By Greenlight | 24 March 2016 |
The Great British Fake Off: Research by Greenlight Digital suggests that 55% of Twitter accounts following FTSE 100 companies may be 'fake or inactive', as Twitter reaches 10th birthday
Instagram used to drop InstaHints in run up to Valentine's Day
By Greenlight | 02 March 2016 |
Finding the perfect Valentine's Day gift is the ultimate challenge for many, but Greenlight has conducted research discovering that finding a present for a loved one may not be as hard as we think, with over 41% of Instagram users admitting to dropping #InstaHints about what we want to receive this year.
Instagram reigns supreme for #LFW2016 mentions
By Greenlight | 02 March 2016 |
Greenlight has been tracking social media mentions in the month leading up to London Fashion Week 2016, comparing it with the same period in 2015. Key findings include that Instagram will be more popular than Twitter in London Fashion Week 2016 and that Twitter is "so last season" as mentions on this social media channel plummet.


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Tony Abbott has declined to endorse Noel Pearson's new direction on recognition of indigenous Australians as Aboriginal leaders express alarm that the move could fracture indigenous consensus on the issue.
After Mr Pearson outlined his plan to the Prime Minister in north-east Arnhem Land, Mr Abbott stressed that it was not his role to back any particular proposal.
"My role at the moment is to ensure that, as far as is humanly possible, the necessary debate is conducted in a good spirit, that we don't leap to conclusions, that we don't dig trenches and leap into them prematurely, because this is worth doing but it has to be done in a bipartisan spirit," Mr Abbott said.
Several leaders contacted by Fairfax Media expressed concern that the manner in which Mr Pearson's proposal has emerged risks the very dangers Mr Abbot described.
"This is not a time now for any of us as individuals to go off on tangents to try and position what they believe is the right approach," said Ken Wyatt, the chair of the parliamentary committee charged with the task of drafting a proposed referendum question.
"We've got to get back to the bottom line. This belongs to every Australian and there are other Aboriginal leaders who could come forward with propositions, but they're not. What they are doing is respecting a process.
"What we run the risk of is a division on this issue amongst Aboriginal leadership and in Aboriginal communities."
Mr Wyatt said Mr Pearson had not made a submission to his committee outlining his proposal for a new indigenous body to be recognised under the Constitution to advise parliament and scrutinise legislation, but not have a veto power. The proposal has been backed by constitutional lawyer Greg Craven.
First articulated in a quarterly essay, the idea is an attempt to avoid division over a recommendation to include in the referendum question a prohibition on racial discrimination.
Both Mr Pearson and Mr Wyatt were members of the expert panel set up by the Gillard government to advise on recognition, and their report followed intense consultations across the country.
The panel's report recommends that any significant departure from the model it proposes would need to go back to indigenous communities for discussion before being finalised.
A co-chair of the expert panel, Patrick Dodson, urged Mr Pearson and others to follow the process and put any recommendations to the parliamentary committee chaired by Mr Wyatt, with Labor's Nova Peris as deputy chair.
"Anyone who has a view, whether it's Mr Pearson or Mr Craven or whoever, should be putting their views to that parliamentary committee - and let that committee weigh the merits of what they have to say," Mr Dodson said.
At a meeting at Gulkula on Wednesday night, Tanya Hosch, the joint campaign director for Recognise, the movement backing recognition, stressed the importance of a consolidated indigenous position on the question.
Speaking to reporters before leaving Yirrkala on Thursday, Mr Abbott said the priority was to decide on a timetable and process "and then let's see where the debate goes".
"The 1967 referendum was a great unifying moment," Mr Abbott said. "I think this can be an even more significant unifying moment, but it's not going to be a unifying moment if people suddenly start raising one standard and criticising another standard."
Although Mr Wyatt said the parliamentary committee had been urged to recommend holding the referendum "sooner rather than later", he said his personal view favoured holding it in 2017, the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum.


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Arlington: Center offers chicken dinner
The Stillaguamish Senior Center offers its monthly chicken dinner from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at the center, 18308 Smokey Point Blvd.
Cost is $7 for seniors, $8 for adults, $5 for children under 12 years old. Proceeds benefit senior center programs.
Edmonds: Learn an Easter egg art form
Learn the ancient Ukrainian tradition of Easter egg decoration — pysanky — at a class to be held Feb. 2, and again on March 9, in Edmonds.
Using dyes and bees wax techniques, learn the symbolic meaning of colors and designs to create at least two eggs. Youth and adults are welcome. Classes run 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St. Cost is $26 for Edmonds city residents, $30 for non-residents, plus a $10 supply fee.
To register, call 425-771-0230 or go to www.reczone.org.
Everett: Students to perform poetry
The Northwest Educational Service District's "Poetry Out Loud" regional final is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. The program is free.
Participating will be students from Everett High School, Darrington High School, Highland Christian School, Marysville Getchell High School, South Whidbey High School and Stanwood High School, along with others from Skagit and Whatcom counties.
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation created Poetry Out Loud, which encourages students to learn about poetry through memorization and performance. The winner of the regional contest advances to a state competition. The state winner goes to the national finals.
Terrace: Civic Center bond gains support
The City Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday night in support of a borrowing $25 million to build a new Civic Center. Nine people spoke in favor of the measure that is expected to appear on the April 23 ballot.
The proposal is the same as one that fell 124 votes short of passage on the August ballot, and is a scaled-down version of a $37.5 million proposal that failed in 2010.
The ceiling of the old City Council chambers collapsed in 2008, revealing a layer of asbestos and prompting city employees to abandon the crumbling building. An interim City Hall is in rented space.
Stanwood: Fundraiser for painting project
The Sons of Norway plans a rummage sale fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Sons of Norway Hall, 9910 272nd St. NW.
Funds raised will be used to paint the hall as soon as the weather allows.
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Here vs. Down Under II
I read with amusement the column "A letter home — from Australia" (April 28 and TribLIVE.com) about Australians wondering when America is going to catch up and ban guns like Australia has.
America is still mostly free because we retain our right to bear arms. The moment we lose that, we become slaves, as you are either free or a slave. You can't be both, and if you need permission to own a gun, you are not free.
The power elite are hellbent on making us slaves, one step at a time if necessary, which is the source of the so-called "gun debate" going on.
Yes, America has its problems. But it's not guns that are a problem. It's immorality, which stems from a lack of godliness. Moral decay has crept into our society and will be our downfall, like it was for ancient Rome, if we do not return to God.
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Sorry to reply to my own post but did review monowall docs and see that it
indicated that 8 meg cards were used so found a couple of 16 meg cards on
ebay for about $10 with shipping. One step closer to getting my full size
box offline and replaced with my nlx and fewer moving parts.. yea.
On 9/10/05, David <dlawley at gmail dot com> wrote:
> Well have one on the way. Now, compactflash cards, I was reading that
> certain cards support dma but since we're not doing any or alot of
> reading/writing don't really see that as a requirement for mono. Spotted
> 64meg PNY card at bestbuy for $20.
> Also this will remove the requirement for having the floppy drive for
> backups in my current cdrom image config, right?
> On 8/24/05, Don Munyak <don dot munyak at gmail dot com> wrote:
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> > I got mine off ebay. 0.99 cents plus $10 shipping
> > you can also goto http://monoprice.com
> > Part number # ADIDE2CF adapter
> > This particular reader replaces a IDE hard drive in a pc.
> > You plug this device right in the IDE slot of the mother board. ** No
> > cables. **
> > They also have many other types. Just type "cf reader" in the search
> > box.
> > I have been using this same adpater in three different m0n0wall
> > routers for the last 6 months. No issues to report.
> >
> > http://mach5products.com/ has a nice looking 5-1/4 drive bay reader
> > I'd like to have...but I'm too cheap right now.
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> > - Don
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Recently Ed Michael showed me that Cellebrite now parses cell tower locations from several models of Android phones. He said that this information has been useful a few times but manually finding and mapping the cell tower locations by hand has been a pain in the butt. I figured that it should be easy enough to automate and Anaximander was born.
Anaximander consists of two python 2.7 scripts. One you only need to run once to dump the cell tower location information into a SQLite database and the second script you run each time to generate a Google Earth KML file with all of the cell tower locations on it. As an added bonus, the KML file also respects the timestamps in the file so modern versions of Google Earth will have a time slider bar across the top to let you create animated movies or only view results between a specific start and end time.
Step one is to acquire the cell tower location. For this we go to http://opencellid.org/ and sign up for a free API. Once we get the API key (instantly) we can download the latest repository of cell phone towers.
Currently the tower data is around 2.2 GB and contained in a CSV file. Once that file downloads you can unzip it to a directory and run the dbFill.py script from Anaximander. The short and simple script creates a SQLite database named "cellTowers.sqlite" and inserts all of the records into that database. The process should take 3-4 minutes and the resulting database will be around 2.6 GB.
Once the database is populated, the next time you dump an Android device with Cellebrite and it extracts the cell towers from the phone, you'll be ready to generate a map.
From The "Cell Towers" section of your Cellebrite results, export the results in "XML". Place that xml file and the Anaximander.py file in the same directory as your cellTowers.sqlite database and then run Anaximander.py –t <YourCellebriteExport.xml> . The script will start parsing through the XML file to extract cell towers and query the SQLite database for the location of the tower. Due to the size of the database the queries can take a second or two each so the script can take a while to run if the report contains a large number of towers.
Ed was kind enough to provide two reports from different Android devices and both parsed with no issues. Once the script is finished it will let you know how many records it parsed and that it generated a KML file.
This is what the end results look like.
The script can be downloaded from: https://github.com/azmatt/Anaximander
This is the first version and there are several improvements to make but I wanted to get a working script out to the community to alleviate the need for examiners to map the towers one at a time. Special thanks again to Ed Michael for the idea for this (and one other) script as well as for providing test data to validate the script.
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A recognized expert in his field with a knack for communicating complicated technical issues to non-technical personnel, Matt routinely provides cyber security instruction to individuals from the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Interior, as well as other agencies, and has spoken frequently at information security conferences and meetings. Matt is a member of the SANS Advisory Board and holds 11 GIAC certifications. Among them: GREM, GCFA, GPEN, GCIH, GWAPT, GMOB and GCIA.


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Noir Fairy Lashes and Stuff :D
Written by Elessa, Posted in Green, Looks, Purple
Last night I went to Starlite Lounge for a surprise B day Party and I wanted to do some test runs on some items while out and about. Now I want to share my results.
I was testing out the House of Lashes Noir Fairy Lashes and Bobbi Brown's Cake liner (i'll review this one later. It does last but its not BLACK BLACK). Here we goo….
** End of nights pics..**
I found the lashes to be lush and amazingly full!! I am in love with them. But there were a few set backs that you can't really see until photos were taken. NO problem! They can easily be fixed! 😀
Noir Fairy Lashes Review
Price $18.00
Available: TheHouseofLashes.com
- Dramatic and full
- Synthetic
- Looks amazing on the eyes. Really makes them stand out!
- Soft band making it easy to put on
- Luxury price tag of $18.00
- Online only
- The website says can only be worn 5-8 times. I think you can wear them longer if you take good care of them.
Overall: I am super impressed and excited about these lashes. It is very hard to find full sexy lashes when it comes to synthetic versions. They are typically a bit thinner or just too drag queen for a night out (I love "drag lashes" but I understand some just prefer something different) or they are just soo stiff to put on. The shape of the Noir Fairy lashes were super unique. The style appears to be two different lashes doubled up (the band is not doubled up). Which I LOVE!!! The lashes were blackest black so if you plan on using them make sure you wear the blackest eyeliner to conceal any obvious lash bands and skin between lashes. Overall I would buy more and more!! I picked these up during the Black Friday Sale so they were 35% off. Score!!!!
Tip: Make sure you measure correctly because the bands are dark black so there is no room for error. You can see where it begins and ends if not worn with black black liner. Also make sure you shape the lashes before you put them on so they hug the curve of your eyes. Also don't forget to use mascara on your lashes because these lashes are so dark even normal black lashes will be seen .. oppsy 😀
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- MAC Violet Pigment on lid
- Violet Voss Green pigment (test color) on crease
- Velvet Eyeliner
- House of Lashes Noir Fairy Lashes
- Duo Tone Lash Glue
- Too Faced Glam Mascara
- Bobbi Brown Cake Liner (I will review later)
- Urban Decay 24/7 Eye liner in Graffiti and Ransom
- Lancome Moisturizer
- CoverFX Brightening Primer
- Airbase foundation
- Anastasia brow powder
- MAC Soft and Gentle
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The Gigaset phones carry the "Made In Germany" stamp so you know you're getting quality when you buy this phone.
With its large 1.8 inch full colour TFT screen you get sharp easy to read info, whether its looking for that important number saved in your phonebook or looking to see whos calling. The sound quality is superb thanks to the HSP (High Sound Performance) you will receive outstanding sound even while using the handsfree mode. Sound can sometimes be annoying especially when you're trying to relax or sleep so the C530A had a handy day & night switch that allows you mute the handset's ringer during the night for total peace.
Built in digital answer machine has 30 minutes recording time to save those important messages, you can also screen the messages meaning that you can listen to the message whilst its being left and cut in if you wish to speak to the person. Save all your important numbers to the 200 name and number phonebook, if you have Caller Display activated with your network provider and the number that calls is saved in your phonebook then their name will also show on your screen.
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- Up to 50m indoor range/300m outdoor range.
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The Crazy Newshound has found a new Ravens article.
Elvis Dumervil Already Emerging As Locker Room Leader
While Dumervil emphasized that he's not looking to take over for Lewis and the legacy the future Hall of Famer left in Baltimore, he's does want to learn from what Lewis established during his 17 NFL seasons. I think you can learn from your past, and ...
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Wed Feb 27, 2013, 02:31 PM
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I just want to give ...
Morning Joe's Mika a huge shout out ... almost.
This morning they did a "It's both sides that are refusing to compromise and it's President Obama's fault" segment, feature Chuck Todd.
Chuck was doing his regular, "Party's Over for President Obama" bit, when he citing to some recent poll indicating that 56% of those polled indicated that the Sequester is a bad thing and a similiar number indicating that America is on the wrong track. Chuck said, "these numbers suggest that President Obama's honeymoon is over (as if, President Obama EVER had a honeymoon period)."
So then, the usually meek, Mika asked (over the top of the poll indicating a plurity of suport for both President Obama and Democrats, on just about every issue), "With those numbers, how can you say 'the honeymoon is over'!"
Todd's response was, "well President Obama is the tall guy in a room of short people."
Then, when the segment shifted to gun-control, Todd tipped his hand ... but Mika, returning to her meek, completely missed the opening. Todd said, "In the open-ended segment of the poll, those polled responded to the question, 'What area do you wish the gop would compromise with President Obama on most', those polled answered 'Gun-control ... SECOND BEHIND ... (YOU GUESSED IT) ... [FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN TAXES AND SPENDING CUTS.
How I wish Mika had found her unmeek and asked, "Chuck can we return to you assessment of American support for President Obama? Didn't you just say, 'the American peoples' top concern was the gop solving the Sequester through sending AND taxes?' Couldn't that explain what America is thinking about America being on the wrong road ... the gop refusing to move on taxes?"
But alas, she didn't.
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grantcart (43,016 posts)
1. It sounds something like a near orgasm
and equally as painful!
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Wed Feb 27, 2013, 10:48 PM
DonB (53 posts)
2. I'm really sorry to say this, because mika seems like
a very nice person, but she is about as substantial as a fern, less useful then teats on a bull, and lazy as hell because she is NEVER prepared to offer any intellectual counter points to the constant propaganda being spewed by joe, todd, ari, barnacle, and any other right wing, teabag. or corporatist jerk that appears on a regular basis. The show could be an excellent place to educate people to the failings of CONservative philosophy and policies if mika would do some homework and quit playing the battered wife to joe the coffee shop bully and his fascist band of guests.
Maybe the cure would be to have her watch replays of the show. If she is not totally embarrassed by her performance, or lack there of, then I would have to assume, as I am beginning to believe. that she is a fern that would be better suited to a cooking or gardening show.
With the country in need of both intelligent and challenging discourse, mika offers absolutely nothing to the conversation except a very, very bad example.


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There's something almost romantic about the notion of futuristic technology. We live in an era where the technology of only a few years past is outdated by current advances, and yet we still have so much to look forward to. Barely a hundred years ago, the idea of manned flight was a dream shared among the collegiate fringe, and now we literally have a robot on Mars that can vaporize rocks with lasers.
Is it so far fetched to think that sometime in the near future we'll be flying around on flying saucers, or taking day trips to space for vacation? The designers of these futuristic aircraft don't think so. Some of these are simply design concepts; others are already past the test phase and slated for production; all of them are pretty incredible.
10. The Airbus Transparent Plane
Tentatively scheduled for completion in 2050, the Airbus Transparent Plane doesn't look to change the mechanics of flight so much as the experience. The entire craft is transparent, which is probably terrifying to some people but, like skydiving, will end up being exhilarating instead (hopefully). Passengers check in by placing their palm on the transparent door which doubles as a biometric scanner, and the seats will automorph to conform to your body shape.
The seats will also be designed to absorb body heat from the passengers, which will then be converted to help power the plane, making this the only time a fear of flying will actually help prevent a crash. Finally, see-through ceilings let you recline and "live the panorama in which you are flying," according to Charles Champion, the head of engineering for Airbus. You can see his entire presentation in the video below.
9. The Green-Airways Flying Saucer
The flying saucer, the paragon of science fiction, is something that none of us probably expect to see within our lifetimes, but that doesn't stop aerospace engineers from conceptualizing ways in which we could build them at some point. Etnel Straatsma, who works at the Delft University of Technology, is experimenting with new ways of building aircraft that are more eco-friendly—with the aim to ideally cut carbon emissions by 50%, when compared to typical commercial aircraft.
One of those potential designs has taken the form of the Green-Airways Flying Saucer, a concept that looks as futuristic as it sounds. Straatsma's project is still on the drawing board, but Subrata Roy, an associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Florida, claims to have a working model that will be ready sometime in 2013. Yes, a working model of a flying saucer. It runs by using electrodes across its surface to ionize the air around it, which pulls negative electrons out of the atmospheric gases to create plasma. It maneuvers by leveraging the disparate pressure between plasma and air to create positive or negative influence, essentially providing thrust. But don't take our word for it; the link above will blow your mind.
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8. The Skylon Surface-To-Orbit Plane
Current spacecraft follows a now-recognizable format: Massive thrusters are used for takeoff, which are then cast away. Smaller engines take their place, as the ship reaches the lower gravity of the outer atmosphere. It works, but it's not very efficient, to say the least. This is why research has been turning towards SSTO RLVs, or "single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicles" – spacecraft that resemble typical aircraft more than the bulky shuttle design we've been using for so long.
Enter the Skylon, an SSTO RLV that will have a shelf life of over 200 launches – and reentries – which is just about ready to be manufactured. The design for the aircraft, which receives 90% of its funding from private corporations, will use a single multi-purpose engine for both stages of flight. In the atmosphere, it will pull oxygen from the air like a jet engine and, in the vacuum of space, it will switch to an onboard fuel supply, a design that saves space, weight (a big deal with spacecraft), and money.
7. The X-51A Waverider, Capable of Sustained Mach 6 Speeds
To make another historical comparison, passengers crossing the Atlantic on steamships in the early 20th century could look forward to at least 3 days on board the ship. Current airliners make the trip in about 7 or 8 hours. And then there's the X-51A Waverider, which can feasibly go from one side of the Atlantic to the other in a little less than an hour. Developed by Boeing, the X-51 can travel at Mach 6, which equates to about 4,000 mph. It recently set the record for sustained flight over Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.
The Waverider can hold sustained flight at hypersonic, or Mach 5+, speeds for at least 300 seconds, which is enough to send this plane (or any missiles developed from its technology) to anywhere within a 450-mile radius, in about the time it took you to read this entry.
So far the Waverider, so named because it actually rides on its own shockwaves, has undergone three official tests, with mostly successful flights that invariably ended by crashlanding in the Pacific.
6. The Aeroscraft Dirigible Airship
Not since the Hindenberg explosion of 1937 has the world payed any real attention to airships, but they seem to be making a comeback as we look for more fuel-efficient, and eco-friendly, means of travel, this time without hydrogen. The leading candidate right now is the Aeroscraft Dirigible Airship, which is being developed by the Worldwide Aeros Corporation. The airship weighs 400 tons, and is just over an acre in total size. Its buoyancy comes from a combination of helium and jet engines which are used during takeoff and landing.
It also uses an internal ballast system to maintain bouyancy, whenever supplies are loaded or removed. In a typical blimp or airship, the cargo acts as part of the ballast system, so when you drop something off, the ship is instantly lighter and can shoot up off the ground. The Aeroscraft uses compressed helium in combination with its downward facing jets to stabilize it no matter what else is happening with the onboard weight
While the Aeroscraft has definite uses for public transportation or carrying supplies, the company is mainly interested in contracting with the Pentagon for purposes of surveillance (#7). With the right equipment, the Aeroscraft could simply hover over any area for days, and provide surveillance for ground activity.
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Brussels (AFP) May 13, 2013
EU fisheries ministers began difficult talks Monday on reforms to the bloc's under-pressure fishing regime, with plans to stop the dumping of unwanted fish a key sticking point.
European fishing boats have long discarded fish, by some estimates up to a quarter of their catch, before entering port to ensure they meet strict EU quotas.
Ireland, which holds the rotating EU presidency, is pushing for a compromise between northern member states ready to ban the practice and their southern counterparts anxious to preserve their fishing industries.
"We have very serious work to do over the next two days," said Irish Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Simon Coveney.
"Hopefully colleagues will work with me ... so that we can bring the Common Fisheries Policy reform to a final decision very soon," Coveney said.
"The talks will be really tough," an EU source said, noting that while all sides agree on the need for change given the strains on fish stocks, how to do that was hugely problematic.
In February, the European Parliament approved a total ban on fish discards from next year but this ran into strong opposition, from Spain especially.
Coveney subsequently worked out a compromise based on the principle that in future all fish caught must be brought to land.
However, in the first two years of the new policy, fishermen would have the right to discard up to 9.0 percent of their catch overboard, falling to 8.0 percent for the next two years and then finally to 7.0 percent.
Environmentalists said this provision undermined the whole reform effort while supporters argued that the fishing industry needed this flexibility so as to manage the catch effectively.
There are also divisions over when the industry should be put on a Maximum Sustainable Yield basis, a regime meant to ensure an adequate breeding stock remains. The European Parliament wants 2015 while opponents say this is much too early and would require too radical a change for fishermen.
"You have to take into account the economic and social problems that drastic measures could involve," Spanish Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Miguel Arias Canete Monday.
EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki called on all sides to compromise for the sake a historic deal that would "put fish stocks on the road to recovery (and) ... eliminate the wasteful practice of discarding."
"It is the responsibility of all institutions not to jeopardise a final deal because of disagreements over a few percentage points, one or two years, detailed technical rules or institutional power struggle," Damanaki said.
"It is now time for both (parliament and member states) to make that extra final step towards each other that is necessary to come to a final agreement," she added.
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The slopes running behind the houses on my street, all owned by the lot owners, all vary with the amount of "slope" that is left for the HOA to maintain. If there are no dimensions stated on the recorded CC&R's, only a vague "slope maintenance" easement (no other detailed wording at all), is it legal for them to restrict a partial use of my slope? Over 25ft of the slope will still remain for the "slope maintenance" easement. Some of my neighbors have only a 5ft slope, while others have 15ft, and even 50ft, depending what they have incorporated into their yards. If we need to incorporate a portion of the slope into re-landscaping plans, is it legal for them to restrict that?
It may or may not be legal. It sounds like the original easement is not well written (e.g. missing a good legal description of the easement area). You should try to work this out informally with HOA so that there are not problems in the future. If you do not reach agreement you might consider mediation. If your attempts to negotiate an acceptable outcome are not successful you may want to retain an attorney to review you rights.Ask a similar question
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I'm not totally clear on the issue, but as I understand it, you should be able to use the portion of the easement area that is on your property, as long as you don't use it in any way that undercuts the purpose of the easement, i.e., slope maintenance. So landscaping it in a way that is consistent with that should be fine; building a structure or modifying the slope in a way that is not consistent with it would conflict with the purpose of the easement. I also agree with the other two comments.Ask a similar question
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I had a media-free weekend. Well, electronic media, at least. I did read the newspaper. One of the nice things thing about the newspaper is that you can skip the stuff you don't want to read, which is not possible with TV or radio.
As tragic as 9/11 was — and it was — I find all of the commemorations to be too, too much, and that includes the fountains and the Freedom Tower in New York City. In his book, The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World, Miroslav Volf accused Americans of building memorials so that those inanimate monuments could do the remembering for us. When I first heard him speak on that thesis, I was unconvinced. No more. Now I think that he's totally right.
Even as I write this, on the morning of September 12, I'm listening to NPR's Morning Edition, and what are they talking about? 9/11, of course.
In his weekend column, George Will, with whom I am not predisposed to agree, wrote an excellent column about the difference between this year and the 10-year anniversary of Pearl Harbor, an event which provoked us into a war that cost 50 million lives, 418,000 of which were American. Maybe we need to read that again: 418,000 Americans died in WWII.


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A high school southeast of Little Rock would not let a black student be valedictorian though she had the highest grade-point average, and wouldn't let her mom speak to the school board about it until graduation had passed, the graduate claims in Federal Court.
Kymberly Wimberly, 18, got only a single B in her 4 years at McGehee Secondary School, and loaded up on Honors and Advanced Placement classes. She had the highest G.P.A. and says the school's refusal to let her be sole valedictorian was part of a pattern of discrimination against black students.
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Monday, May 14
12:12 a.m. Medical response at the Holiday station.
8:04 a.m. A minor accident was reported on Rum River Dr. S. and 3rd St. S.
1:29 p.m. Investigated a report of someone trying to pry open a window at the Jaycees' building.
6:20 p.m. A female drove off a road into gravel, throwing up some rocks that cracked the windshield of a driver behind her. Female cited.
Tuesday, May 15
4:08 p.m. Responded to a call for Mille Lacs County in which a man was laying on the ground yelling that his house was blowing up and that the floors were moving. The man had broken out a window of his house to get out quickly. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
4:13 p.m. A 36-year-old female was arrested for shoplifting at Coborn's.
9:16 p.m. Investigated a report of a prowler with a flashlight in complainant's back yard in the 1200 block of 11th Ave. N. The suspect was a neighbor trying to repair his Internet connection.
Wednesday, May 16
5:25 p.m. Investigated a driving complaint involving three people on mopeds.
7:48 p.m. Investigated a report of an ATV driving down the sidewalk at Rum River Drive and Highway 95 at a high rate of speed with up to four teenagers on it. ATV located. Parent of juvenile contacted.
Thursday, May 17
8:14 a.m. Responded to an accident on 5th Ave. N. at 12th St. One driver cited for failure to yield. Both vehicles towed. No injuries reported.
6:05 p.m. A gas drive-off of $95.28 was reported at the Marathon Station.
Friday, May 18
12:55 a.m. Officer pulled over a vehicle for driving over the fog line and having a cracked windshield. Driver Michael John Freese, age 25, was arrested for suspicion of DWI. Freese was booked into the Sherburne County Jail.
9:51 a.m. A gas drive-off in the amount of $19.77 was reported at Little Dukes.
10:11 a.m. Investigated a report that a man found marijuana on top of the mailboxes at an apartment complex on West Branch Street. Officer determined that the alleged marijuana was dead mosquitoes.
5:42 p.m. Investigated a report of a man burning a mattress in his back yard in the 200 block of Willow Circle. Man advised of burning ordinance. He put out fire.
11:12 p.m. Investigated a report of juveniles with masks on pounding on doors of residence in the 1400 block of 1st Street.
Saturday, May 19
12:05 a.m. Arrested a 40-year-old male on a Benton County warrant.
2:31 a.m. Stopped a vehicle on Old County 18 for seat belt violations. Driver was cited for underage consumption of alcohol and underage drinking and driving. Two others were cited for seat belt violations and underage consumption. A citation was also issued for possession of a small amount of marijuana.
3:31 a.m. Individuals were in Mark Park after hours. One juvenile cited for possessing a small amount of marijuana and possession of cigarettes.
9:28 a.m. Responded to a carbon monoxide alarm on West Branch Street. Fire Department responded.
1:31 p.m. Responded to a motorcycle crash with injuries at the entrance to the fairgrounds.
3:40 p.m. Responded to a small grass fire at 1204 4th Ave. N. A tree broke and took down the power line.
Sunday, May 20
7:38 a.m. A downed power line was reported on 6th Street at 6th Avenue. Officer stood by until PUC arrived.
10:57 a.m. Assisted with an accident on Highway 169 and 55th Street. Injuries were reported.


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