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"There's New Delhi and there's Old Delhi – but that's only for the tourists; to us, it's just Delhi," my personal tour guide Manjit Singh clarifies over the din of rush hour as cows, roosters, tuk-tuks, battered buses and sleepy-eyed workers scramble to get going. And to think, Delhi is tame by Mumbai standards.
The statistics are as eye-popping as the sights: as Singh proudly informs me, Delhi boasts 20,000 monuments, 1300 ruins, 22 million locals. And then there are the 11.5 million vehicles in greater Delhi – and they're only the ones that are registered.
For the humble travel writer, India is overwhelming.
This is one of those seminal travel moments. I've spent a lifetime wanting to see India – and now I'm here with Banyan Tours, owned and run by Jamshyd Sethna, or "Mr India" as he's affectionately known by those in high-end travel circles.
The trip has been weeks in the planning, and don't even get me started on the hoopla involved in getting the visa.
It's only now that I sit back and take stock: every travel writer from Marco Polo to A. A. Gill has written about Delhi, not to mention former BBC correspondent/guru Mark Tully. A hundred times I've watched The Apu Trilogy, Earth, Gandhi, Passage to India – and the rest.
So how on earth to find anything fresh? Even with the formidable aid of Mr India and his extensive luxury tour operation at my disposal, including Manjit Singh, I want to flee to the sanctuary of Singapore Airlines' business class (on which I arrived yesterday) as the scale of my professional dilemma rapidly dampens destination excitement.
Homework helps
Sitting behind Singh in a sleek white Banyan Tours 4WD, I glance down at the dog-eared notes (I've read them so many times), Sethna sent last week. The pages spill over with British architect Edwin Lutyens' Delhi: Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House); India Gate (honouring the 90,000 Indian soldiers who died for the British Empire); the President's house with 340 rooms, set on 130 hectares. There are also countless museums; fabulous restaurants – cheap and not so cheap – where we'll dine; the great little contemporary art galleries we'll visit; bustling Khan Market; Anokhi designs, a wholesale cashmere shop that supplies the Parisian couture labels and which only Sethna knows – and countless other shopping feasts.
Not to mention Delhi's incredible Islamic monuments – including Agra's Taj Mahal, a four-hour drive away, also on the itinerary. And all of it just so completely famous . . .
I'm still mulling the problem over by the time we're wandering around Qutb complex (a UNESCO World Heritage site – naturally). Singh is discussing the finer points of the Qutb Minar, the tallest brick minaret in the world. I manage to grasp that it stands 72.5 metres above ground, and that the beautiful inscriptions and stories found all around this site provided "living education" to citizens of the day.
Next stop – Humayun's Tomb – forerunner to the Taj Mahal – also UNESCO material. And it's here we begin talking about the 100 Mogul families that once lived on the grounds, enjoying the beautiful four gardens – symbolising the four rewards you can anticipate in heaven: milk, water, honey and wine. We wonder if the families were happy and ponder the sticky web of internal politics that must have existed. Talk of 100 families soon turns to talk of our own domestics – and Singh reveals while he's now married with two children, as a young man, he toured the world – and once played cricket for India, at Lord's in London.
Trust Jamshyd Sethna. Wasn't I told he was the best? He's delivered me the story on a plate: how often do you get a towering, seven-foot (2.13 metres), world-class Sikh cricketer who played and won for India at Lord's as your exclusive tour guide in Delhi? Such is the magic of Sethna. They don't call him Mr India for nothing.
Buoyed by my interest, Singh tells me that at the height of his cricket career he bowled at 95mph (153km/h). The coach who selected Singh to play at Lord's in 1993 had told him if he could bowl out his star batsman, Singh had a place on the Indian team. "I watched [the batsman] lift his bat and replied: 'That is not a problem', " Singh says proudly, and duly followed through on his promise. "It was a wonderful time in my life – but cricket was very different. There certainly wasn't any money in it then."
His compelling narrative is interrupted while he points out the neem trees in these extensive gardens – known as "toothbrush trees" – and the bodhi tree (or "people tree"), which Hindus pray under. "People love sleeping under it – there's no carbon dioxide," says Singh. "Buddha did his first preaching under it." We admire the jasmine flower shrubs and decorative Ashoka palm trees; the fig and mango trees, along with the Alstonia tree, which emits an evening fragrance.
Personal touch
In this manner, we continue around the city – wandering and chatting. Singh's guided history of Delhi weaves in and out of his own story like a thread on a sari. His story brings this city to life. He explains how his Indian grandfather fled Pakistan just before partition and purchased the teeming, lively New Delhi house in which he, his brothers, and their respective families still live. He talks of his Indian wife whom he met and brought home from Boston. She grew up in America, and marrying him meant returning to Delhi to live in a series of villas on the huge Singh block, along with 75 in-laws.
"I said to her: 'If after a year you can't stand it, I promise we'll move back to America,' " Singh laughs. "It was hard in the beginning – and there are still tensions between all of us from time to time, of course. But my wife loves it – she says she would never return to life in America; she much prefers living with extended family in Delhi."
Once we're back in the car en route for some afternoon shopping at Khan Market, Singh explains the family is also held together by the memory of his remarkable grandfather, once a wrestler.
"When he was young, he could lift up a water buffalo!" Singh exclaims. "Like me, he was seven feet tall. He had the same daily routine his entire life: rise at 3.30am, walk, and always shower in cold water."
The old man made his own ghee and yoghurt every day, and ground his own spices which he grew in his garden – a tradition Singh and his relatives continue today. He died peacefully at home, aged 99, still doing 20 push-ups a day.
Today, his descendants are spread far and wide, including a grandson (one of Singh's nephews) living in the United States who works for NASA. Talk about ancient inscriptions providing a living education – half a day with Singh is centuries of Indian history compressed and personalised.
"Driving in Delhi is like a video game – crazy," Singh sighs, interrupting himself again as motorbikes and other wheeled and four-legged things veer across our path. One minute it was quiet, now afternoon rush hour descends with the force of monsoon rain.
"At least in India, you can get everything you need on the road," he remarks as hollow-eyed sellers tap on the window with their offerings. "Peanuts, toys, fans, batteries, iPhone rechargers, bottled water, coconuts, magazines, books – it's all here," Singh says.
Parallel universe
These hawkers on rickshaws can expect to earn $US10 to $US20 a day. It's a well-organised mafia, I'm told by locals later that night. The police get about $4 out of each $20 to turn a blind eye.
We turn into one of the most exclusive streets in New Delhi – Prithviraj Road – home to business leaders, as well as Bollywood superstars.
"Delhi is a beautiful city and it's getting more green," Singh says proudly, surveying the lavish irrigated gardens; certainly Delhi is visually green, but I diplomatically don't mention those 11.5 million vehicles.
After so much positive talk, I feel the journalist's urge to touch on Delhi's many problems. Among all the issues, we focus on the violence and rapes to which women and girls are often subjected, which make international headlines.
Singh is uncharacteristically serious as he agrees: "Delhi has this terrible problem, yes," he says sadly. "So many poor people are flooding in from the regions and many turn to crime. We hope we can improve this situation."
The next day we embark on a morning tour of Old Delhi, followed by a rickshaw ride through its narrow streets.
We bump along, still chatting about history, architecture, and Singh's remarkable grandfather as a parallel universe passes us by: men splashing in holy water, then sprinkling it over their wares; kids cleaning their teeth from a leaking outdoor pipe (at least the water looks clear); a schoolgirl plaiting her hair by a doorway; cows in their rope halters being dragged along the streets, walking with the wise doe-eyed gravity of religious scribes, heavy heads, their ears almost translucent in the morning sun.
Caught in the flow of this tangle of streets, cables, wires, water, animals and human bodies, to try to stop moving is impossible.
"If you can imagine it, India can deliver it," Singh says sagely. "Everything here has a sense of ritual. That's what keeps people coming back."
Where to stay
Click here for the the best hotels for art, architecture and location.
Whether it be the city's grand dame, The Imperial on Janpath, the perfectly sited Amarvilas, Agra beside the Taj Mahal, or the city sanctuary of The Lodhi, these hotels are out to impress.
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Coolest placemats ever!
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The case of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian secret service officer critically ill from alleged poisoning in London, has drawn comment in the Russian media, which had largely ignored the story for days.
Most are sceptical of his story, believing the Russian authorities would gain nothing from his death.
Friends of Mr Litvinenko suspect that the Federal Security Service (FSB) - his former employer - was involved in the "poisoning".
Vladimir Demchenko in Izvestiya says Mr Litvinenko is the "man they couldn't catch, with the twist that nobody is trying to catch him".
Killing Mr Litvinenko would only give exiled businessman Boris Berezovsky - a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin - "a gift he could not buy with all the money in the world", he writes. That view is shared by several commentators.
An article in Moskovsky Komsomolets agrees that poisoning an exiled figure many years after he made his revelations would be a strange thing for any Russian agent to do.
Semyon Shapkin in Komsomolskaya Pravda is sceptical about Mr Litvinenko's story on the grounds of alleged inconsistencies and his closeness to Mr Berezovsky.
He dismisses the idea of a Kremlin plot, saying Mr Litvinenko poses no threat to Moscow and that the incident has further harmed Russia's already tarnished image in the West.
Another London-based ex-Soviet intelligence officer, Boris Volodarsky, is alone in openly accusing the FSB of poisoning Mr Litvinenko, in the English-language Moscow Times.
He says the secret service has been after Mr Litvinenko for years because of his "fierce and fearless mockery" of President Putin.
He doubts whether Mr Putin was aware of the alleged assassination plot, asking if the Russian leader is in control of his "squabbling entourage".
Mr Volodarsky concludes it is most likely a warning to Mr Berezovsky that living in London is no protection from the long hand of the FSB security service.
Kommersant's deputy editor Kirill Rogov reviews the accusations and counter-accusations from both sides, concluding there seems little benefit to Moscow in poisoning Mr Litvinenko.
He says the lasting effect of the scandal is to encourage a negative image of Russia's leaders in the West.
"The effect that Politkovskaya's murder and now an attempt on Litvinenko's life produced in the West reflects the accumulated impression about the current morals of the Russian elite and authorities over the past few years," he adds.
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, another outspoken critic of the Kremlin, was shot dead in Moscow last month. Mr Litvinenko said he had been investigating her murder at the time he was poisoned.
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I can finally say, "I started Project Life". Whew! lol I have the first week complete. I know, I know...we are now in February.
It was tricky at first. I know the whole point and appeal to this is the SIMPLICITY of the project.
I'm wondering if you too have run into problems? Is it just me? :)
Here were some of my kinks 1. I had too many pictures. I went OVERBOARD!! 2. I quickly became overwhelmed with the design of each protector. AHH! 4x6" 3X4" vertical, horizontal...holy cow! 3. It's a huge commitment. Weekly picture taking, note taking etc.?? Too much for this mama of 3 and business owner to think about or handle!
After I took a chill pill. I told myself it was JUST like Week in the Life. One week at a time!
I loved that project. I'm talking LOVED!!
My plan: Take pictures. No set number. If I forget the camera for a day. Fine. Take notes and shove them in a "note" box. Collect receipts, packaging, tickets. Whatever my heart desires! Someday I want to see what I spent on my groceries back in 2012. I want to see which movie I watched on date night. It may be VERY cheesy to you...to each their own!
I solved the protector kink too. I bought every design. This way, I can play with all designs. Problem solved.
If I skip a week...no worries. Just keep swimming!
So here is week 1:
Have a great weekend!
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And the nominees are
Volunteer Citizen of the Year candidates announced
Wednesday, Apr 09, 2014 06:00 am
St. Albert is a city of 61,000-plus people but not one of us is an island. There is a fabric to any community, and our city has many connections that hold all of us together.
These connections are made by people who drive others to doctor's appointments, help others to read, run cultural and sports programs and make safe places for our children to play, among many, many other things.
They are our volunteers and they keep our many social agencies, community groups, charities, schools, churches and neighbourhoods running for the common good. If it weren't for them, St. Albert might not have been held in such high regard by MoneySense magazine, the publication that recently deemed our city the best place to live in the entire country.
The Community Information and Volunteer Centre celebrates them all with its annual Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award. This year, there are four nominees, all of whom say that volunteering is its own reward. Glory is not the goal, only the satisfaction of selflessness.
Glynis Thomas, the executive director of the centre, said that it's important to recognize how much people give to their communities.
"Every day, somewhere in St. Albert, a volunteer is helping someone," she began. "Often that help goes unnoticed. We all believe in our community volunteers. We certainly support our community volunteers but we don't always have the opportunity to say thank you."
That appreciation, she continued, is not just for the nominees for this award, or the winners of the Leaders of Tomorrow youth awards, but for all volunteers.
"It takes all of you to make our community."
The ceremony to celebrate the Leaders of Tomorrow youth volunteer awards and to announce the winner of the Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award takes place at the St. Albert Alliance Church located on Villeneuve Road. Tickets are $25 each. The event starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 3.
Please call the CIVC at 780-459-6666 for more information.
The nominees, in alphabetical order, are as follows:
Joe Becigneul
"Lightning" Joe has spent the better part of the last two decades involved in sports as a behind the scenes player. With a "slow and steady wins the race" mentality, he has helped to ensure the success of St. Albert hockey for many years to come.
"I'm famous for my speed," he said, tongue planted firmly in cheek.
He first became a hockey referee 18 years ago but when the referee program was in dire straits, he stepped up to keep things together for the sake of the kids. He became the referee in chief – "reluctantly… the program was in shambles," he admitted – but didn't stop there.
"I just thought, 'We can fix this.' So we did. The key for me was the training. We weren't training young officials like they should be trained."
He spearheaded the start of the Referee Advanced Technical Training program, which has effectively staved off a staggering turnover rate from more than 60 per cent each year to less than 20 per cent.
"That program has paid us back in spades."
The first time nominee is no stranger to being recognized for his service, having previously garnered awards from the administration of the hockey leagues for his dedication.
Becigneul also volunteers regularly with Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools, the Knights of Columbus and the Holy Family Parish. He is also very active in the business community, especially with the chamber of commerce, the Northern Alberta Business Incubator and the committees for both the Perron district and the farmers' market.
The nomination, to him, is a surprise especially because he gives for the sake of giving, and many other citizens share that regard.
"You don't volunteer and you don't do these kinds of things to be nominated and to win awards. We're the number one city to live in Canada and we are, I dare say, because our volunteer base plays heavily in that. We are famous as a community for it. A call goes out and the volunteers are there."
"I have always volunteered. My wife thinks I have an inability to not raise my hand. There's always a need. I'll volunteer 'til I die."
Sandra Fildes
If it has to do with literacy or reading then Sandra Fildes wants to be a part of it. Whether it's volunteering with STAR Literacy or the St. Albert Public Library for more than a decade, the former teacher feels that exercising one's ability to read is the key to a happy life.
She sees her volunteer work as an extension of her career. She first taught with Edmonton Catholic Schools before moving to the Greater St. Albert Catholic School District until her retirement in 2001.
"I really enjoy being with people. My career was very rewarding and I spent a lot of time working in schools with children and parents. I totally enjoyed that but I didn't have the time then to give back to the community because I was so busy with my career and my family," she explained.
"I always said to myself that, when I retired, I would start to give something back to the community. I learned that from my parents. Both of them were very community-minded people and contributed a lot over their lifetimes."
She also sits on the advisory board of STAR Literacy and has given her time and service to the Musée Héritage Museum and the Holy Family Parish.
Being one of the four candidates for the Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award gives her the opportunity to reflect on how much so many others give throughout the city and even within her own home.
"This nomination is very humbling for me. I feel there are so many deserving people … that really give back to the community. I'm honoured to be considered among those numbers of people that do a tiny little bit of helping out. My husband is the same kind of person. He gives tremendously back to the community. It's something important to the two of us."
Jennifer and Davey Giordano
Many St. Albertans are aware of the playground wish that was granted last summer to then six-year-old Halle Popowich. The local girl survived acute myeloid leukemia, a rare cancer of the bone marrow and blood, after months of searching for a bone marrow donor.
But new playgrounds don't just happen. They often take years of organizing and planning and fundraising. Somehow, the money materialized quickly. Taking the lead on the project was left to the Giordanos who spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on the phone, scribbling notes, making presentations, dealing with the press, and all of the many other minute details to make sure that the playground would open at J.J. Nearing Catholic Elementary School before school started in September 2013.
In short, they got the job done.
"I think it was three or four months that we actually had everything in place, ready to go," Davey said. "It was quite the process. Things were happening quickly but at a good pace. It was just keeping the ball rolling and not taking a step back."
That process meant constant attention to make sure that everything was co-ordinated properly between the construction companies, school, the city and the public at large, especially the volunteers who helped to build the playground. Everything had to be done on a timeline and every nut and bolt had to fit in the right place.
He said that they both had a huge sense of relief when the whole thing was over. "It definitely was worth every minute we put into it. No doubt in my mind, seeing the look on Halle's face – and the rest of the kids' faces – was definitely a very bright spot in our life."
The nomination is a huge deal for them because it shows that people still noticed and appreciated their efforts, even if it was mostly in the background.
"It means quite a bit to us."
Dick Tansey
As a senior with a penchant for altruism, Dick Tansey has worked hard in his retirement years to help other seniors live the best life possible.
And he does this is in myriad ways but it didn't all start with a grand design.
"I stumbled into it, actually," he admitted. He learned about the need that many seniors have for assistance after a relative in England experienced a fall. Trying to find a volunteer who would check on her proved enlightening. "We couldn't find anybody. It was a real challenge."
That led him to consider the problem right here at home.
He started by offering his services through the St. Albert 50+ Club, then called the Senior Citizens' Centre. Now, he volunteers with Alberta Health Services both as a driver, helping to get home care clients to their medical appointments, and also as a community visitor, visiting with clients in their homes or meeting up for coffee or walks.
He also drives for both the residents at River Ridge seniors community on their weekly shopping trips and for the Primary Care Network's Driver Cessation program, getting driving applicants (who have lost their driver's licenses for medical reasons) to a 14-week support course to help learn how to cope with this major life change while learning how to stay mobile.
His other volunteer service includes work for the St. Albert Handibus Advisory Committee and the St. Albert Alliance Church. Of course, he's best known in the community for his outspoken involvement with Seniors United Now. As the current vice-president of that province-wide organization, he advocates for a wide range of seniors' issues.
Despite all of this community involvement, all within the last several years, Tansey admitted to being surprised at the nomination.
"[It] is an absolute honour. My goodness sakes! To even be recognized like that … that's something."


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Captain America toys in every Jollibee Kids Meal
Can't get enough with the action and adventure of Marvel Studios' Captain America? Jollibee offers limited edition Captain America toys in every Kids Meal and it is available until supply last. There are three designs of Captain America shields that your kids can choose and play with it but in my case for my collections. Designs include Star Disc Launcher, Shield Alarm and Voice Activator Shield. They can avail it for free when they buy Jollibee Kids Meal; Regular Yum Burger with soft drinks (P85), Regular Spaghetti with soft drinks (P88), Crispy Nuggets with Rice and soft drinks (98) or Chickenjoy with Rice and soft drinks (P105).
Aside from the toys, Jollibee is also offering Captain America double-walled mugs with stirrer. There are two designs available, red mug that has red stirrer and Captain America shield and blue mug with blue stirrer and Captain America. Each mugs cost P55 when you buy any Jollibee burgers and sandwiches. It is available until August 11, 2011 only.
Lastly for families, Jollibee now offers Captain America 8-pc Chicken Bucket for only P425. The bucket has a Captain America designs and cover shield that can be used as a plate which I am planning to do at home. You can customize it with either crispy Chickenjoy or chicken barbeque according to your preferences. To make it more as a meal for the family Jollibee you can upgrade and include 4 rice and 4 regular-sized soft drinks or Nestea Iced Tea by adding P70 or with 4 Jollibee Spaghetti and your choice of 4 regular-sized soft drinks or Nestea Iced-Tea by adding P170.
All products is available for dine-in, take out or delivery in all Jollibee stores nationwide. For delivery call 8-7000 Jollibee Delivery Express Service and www.jollibeedelivery.com. All products are licensed by Marvel Studios. Captain America: The First Avenger stars Chris Evans and distributed locally by United International Pictures through Solar Entertainment. It is showing in all cinemas nationwide beginning July 27 and Captain America/Seth Rogens will return to the big screen as he appears in May 2012's The Avengers with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Hawk Eye (Jeremy Renner), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson)and Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders).


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Mogi das Cruzes Vacation Packages
From Mogi das Cruzes, the city of Sao Paulo is approximately 30 miles (48 kilometers) to the west.
Sao Paulo is popular with travelers from all four corners of the globe. To see why, rent a vehicle and discover the villages, towns and cities around Mogi das Cruzes. Paranapiacaba, lays 19 miles (31 kilometers) to the north, and Ribeirao Pires lies 19 miles (31 kilometers) to the northeast.
Bertioga is around 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Mogi das Cruzes. This center features a some great things to see and do, like SESC Bertioga Conference Center, Sao Joao da Bertioga Fort and Restingas de Bertioga State Park. Itaguare Beach, Riviera Shopping Mall and Boraceia Beach are other good spots to visit.
Sao Paulo is a good destination for those interested in open-air markets, open-air museums and open-air exhibits. Faith is a vital part of every community's DNA, so visit the area's many cathedrals and other religious sites.
A fun way to enjoy the wild open spaces around Mogi das Cruzes is to sign up for a caving or rock climbing adventure. Why not make use of passionate locals keen to share their backyard with you and sign on for a specialised tour? Culinary tours, city walking tours and wildlife spotting tours are popular in this area.
At the end of your holiday in Mogi das Cruzes, pack up your camera and mementos, spend your last of your reals, and bid Adeus (farewell) to this wonderful spot.


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INDIANAPOLIS -- Having flying cars chauffeur prospects from meetings with doctors to news conferences and back to their hotel rooms doesn't appear to be on the horizon at the NFL scouting combine.
But as the media's four days here got under way Thursday, I started thinking.
The league's made it clear it wants to continue to grow the event for TV purposes, to get more fans in Lucas Oil Stadium to watch workouts and to continue to take year-round ownership of the sports calendar.
Aside from that sort of growth, what would the talent evaluators want to see added to the combine that could assist them in their jobs?
I've annoyed as many people as I felt was reasonable with that question and got an array of answers.
Ruston Webster, Titans general manager: "Maybe it'd be nice to see the receivers and the DBs have some one-on-one time or something like that. That won't happen, but some competition would probably be good to see."
Carl Peterson, former Chiefs GM, current chairman of USA Football: Guys running in pads. Peterson said he would like to see the standard 40s continue to maintain an apples-to-apples comparison over the years, but he would add a second time for players to run in pads. It can be dramatically different and gives a much better indication of football speed. He said if it ever happened, there would be a big issue made of having all players in a common type of pads for their positions.
Rob Rang, analyst for NFL Draft Scout: "One of the things I've always wished they'd do is take advantage of the technology that we have today and start using some electronic testing as the key way of being able to time not only the 40-yard dash but the three-cone drill, things of that nature. Have electronic testing for the bench press drills. You sometimes hear about when players are doing the bench press and some of the repetitions aren't allowed because he doesn't lock his arms out or whatever the case may be. If you had some laser sighting there, you would be able to know what is the range that a player has to lock his arms out to for that to be considered a repetition."
Bruce Arians, Cardinals coach: "Pads. Let them play football. I don't think agents would go for that."
Rick Smith, Texans general manager: "If anything, if you could have more time. I don't advocate that because I think it's set up the right way at this point. But in the grand scheme of things, I think as an evaluator if I had a little more time with a guy it'd probably be good."
Bill Polian, former GM of the Bills, Panthers and Colts, current ESPN analyst: "I'd cut it back. It's too much now. It stresses these kids way too much." Prospects get wake-up calls as early as 5 a.m. They have days filled with medical appointments, meetings, press sessions and test-taking, and that doesn't even count the actual workouts.
Polian said he would consider cutting out a player's media obligations but that he would look for wherever something could be trimmed. He noted a new intelligence test added to the Wonderlic this year. The new test will take an hour, and he's not sure what he's getting as an evaluator in exchange for 333 hours of test-taking by this year's combine participants.
Mike Smith, Falcons coach: "Fifteen minutes goes fast in the interviews. If we could have a little bit more time. Maybe cut the numbers down [from 60] and allow us more time to spend with each player."
Ryan Grigson, Colts general manager: "Put them in pads; that's the only thing. The great thing about this is it's just one more reference point. If you think a guy's a great cover corner, a great athlete, has great speed on film, then if he runs 4.35 you say, 'OK, he's really that guy.' But the play speed and the actual game playing is so huge.
"I've gotten burned on it myself. A lot of times you can go out and watch a player in drills, a corner for instance, he's 6-foot-1, 200 pounds that's a low-rated guy. Then you go out to practice and his movement skills are off the charts. And you get bamboozled into thinking he's a player. Well there is something to be said for how you process information as a football player. That's why I like taking guys who are productive in the actual environment."
At least some drills in pads could make the workouts closer to football and further from something evaluators need to translate into football.
Gil Brandt, pioneering personnel man for the Dallas Cowboys, currently with NFL.com: "The one thing you could do is put some sort of drill in every year that's foreign to everybody. Let's say the triple jump, for example. Everybody is practicing these things now so they get them down. Do something like the triple jump, which shows your explosion. Then next year come up with something else."
I love this idea.
One challenge would be keeping the secret, but if it were determined late and kept among very few people under lock and key, the element of surprise would be a great addition. Beyond providing more info about a guy's athleticism, personnel men could see how players react to something they have not rehearsed.


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YEs your right, I'm just a cosumer like you but in fairness you should look at this for the web page you posted http://www.drobo.com/special/docs/EMEA_Free_Drobo_Promotion_Terms_and_Conditions_Final.pdf
It lists FW800 which seems to be confusin. It for software promos.
Don't know if this really helps you but I did the research and found it.
point laundering
^noticed that too.
think ncix should review points being sent like have it hold till they check if its legit if its over like 400 or something :).. i know extra work but in the end you can stop the laundering and make them really earn the points
point launderers would be further ahead to tip a review rather than a posting especially it is their first one.....
All they have to do is add a captcha to the weekly email newsletter points thingy.
There is a site someone made that automatically applies the points to your account once you register your email with it. If someone creates 200 email accounts and added them to that site they would be getting 5000 points a week.
But yes I do agree that large tips should be investigated.
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Searching for something does not return expected pages
This is a very general class of problem. Here are some good things to check:
Confirm that your search term is not being ignored. If it is, it will say so at the top of the search results, like "Ignored: what". Many common words are ignored (the list is customizable by you using the "Ignore Words" General Setting).
Confirm that the appropriate realm is selected - try "All".
Confirm that pages are being searched. At the top of the search results it will say like "of 1000 documents searched". If it says "of 0 documents searched" then there is some lower-level problem. Perhaps your index files aren't loading or your database connection is down.
The engine will optimize away from extracting all the text on the page, often getting only the first 64,000 characters. For extremely long documents, the words at the end of the document will be ignored.
You can control this using the "Max Characters: File" and "Max Characters: Text" General Settings. There are also "Max Characters" General Settings that can truncate the title, description, and keywords of the document. If you change any of those settings, you will need to rebuild your index files in order for the changes to take effect.
FDSE searches text, not images. Confirm that the "text" that should be found is true file text and not an image masquerading as text. In the example fragment below, a search for "contact" will not result in a hit:

For this to work, you must 1) Include ALT text that exactly matches the image text, and 2) set the General Setting "Index ALT Text" to 1 and 3) then rebuild your index file:

Make sure that the URL that should have been returned is in the search index. If you expect "http://xav.com/notify/" to appear when you search for the word "notify", try a search for "url:http://xav.com/notify/" to confirm that the URL is in the index in the first place.
Check the HTML source of the document you expected to come up. The search engine will usually replace HTML tags with spaces. So, if your HTML page contains:
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This problem often arises when people use Front Page or other WSIWYG editors to create web pages. Front Page will start and stop HTML tags in the middle of words for no reason. Here is a common fragment from a Front-Page authored document:
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History: starting with the 2.0.0.0045 release (2001-07-10), FDSE will no longer replace certain "zero-width" HTML tags with spaces. It will replace them with empty strings instead, which should work around this problem in most cases. The following HTML tags are considered zero-width: B; TT; I; EM; STRONG; BIG; SMALL; FONT; SPAN. This list can be customized by tweaking subroutine parse_html_ex in the common_parse_page.pl library.
If you have a case where the word appears on the page, and the page is indexed, and the search terms do not bring up the expected page, then please post a bug report to the discussion forum and include all of the relevant data.
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An exciting Test career has begun in a truly memorable way. Michael Clarke, the ebullient young man who has had to shoulder the burden of being labelled the future of Australian cricket as well as criticisms that his figures were not justifying the title, helped himself to several slices of cricketing history with his magnificent debut Test century yesterday.
The 23-year-old's 151, built in almost six hours with the composure and confidence of a man many years his senior, more than justified the faith Australian selectors have shown in him for the past few years, and the enormous expectations placed upon him by the seasoned judges who have long regarded him as this country's most exciting prospect since Ricky Ponting.
Clarke became only the 12th Australian to make a century in his first Test innings. He is only the second to achieve the feat on foreign soil, which grows in significance considering the intimidating, noisy atmosphere of Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium, and that the first to do it was Harry Graham at Lord's in Test cricket's dawning years, in 1893.
With the sixth-highest score by an Australian in his first experience at Test level, Clarke has joined several greats to have celebrated three figures at the first attempt, such as Greg Chappell, Doug Walters and Mark Waugh, who was in the stadium and took part in the moving standing ovation that followed Clarke's dismissal.
Not only did Clarke's 249-ball innings ensure individual plaudits, it also helped steer his side to a formidable position as it pursues Australia's first series win here since 1969.
Having come to the crease on Wednesday with his side trembling at 4-149, Clarke built a 107-run partnership with Simon Katich, then a 167-run union with his stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist, who made 104 but for a change will have to enjoy little of the limelight.
When Clarke departed, having edged a wide ball from paceman Zaheer Khan to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, Australia had a powerful score of 8-471, before being all out for 474. Veteran paceman Glenn McGrath then again showed he was back near his best form by taking two wickets in the first three overs to have India reeling at 2-4.
Captain Sourav Ganguly and opener Virender Sehwag added 83 before Michael Kasprowicz had the latter caught at mid-wicket for 39.
Shortly after, he had Ganguly caught behind for 45. With about an hour to play, India was in trouble at 4-102.
The day - and possible the whole Test - will be remembered for Clarke, who resumed on 76, with Gilchrist 35 and Australia 5-316. The pair continued to attack the tiring Indian bowlers, particularly Gilchrist, with the last 40 runs of their century partnership coming in quick time.
Clarke began in slightly uncertain fashion, his first two boundaries flying off edges, then had to survive a loud lbw appeal on 92 from leg-spinner Anil Kumble, umpire Billy Bowden correctly ruling the ball was going high. With Gilchrist an invaluable ally, Clarke spent a nervous 32 minutes in the 90s though the way he repeatedly laughed at his sudden dallying left you assured the three figures would come.
He called for his new baggy green cap to replace his helmet on 97, but then had to wait several minutes - and a drinks break - before his magical moment arrived through an on-side push for two off Irfan Pathan. Thus were unleashed several minutes of unbridled celebrations, when Clarke revelled in what must have been a dizzying realisation of a boyhood dream.
Beaming, he kissed the Australian crest on his cap and the national flag which, uniquely among this team, he has embossed on his bat. He then held Gilchrist tightly in a warm embrace, when it appeared at least some tears flowed.
After saluting his teammates and loved ones in the stands, Clarke went down on his haunches to stare at the ground for several seconds, Cathy Freeman-style, before continuing.
To even more credit, the landmark was but a start, as he and Gilchrist continued to pound a partnership that ranks as Australia's second-highest for the sixth wicket against India. Gilchrist eventually fell to Harbhajan Singh on the stroke of lunch at 6-423 after a breathtaking 109-ball innings, featuring 13 fours and three sixes.
Shane Warne lasted only nine balls after lunch before edging Harbhajan to slip on one, and after Clarke accelerated - taking a six and two fours from one Kumble over - he was finally claimed by Khan, and the tail gave little resistance.
Harbhajan ended with an undeserved five-wicket haul, but with the off spinner taking 5-146 off 41 overs, and Kumble 3-157 off 39, Matthew Hayden's pre-match predictions that there were runs to be had from the spinners held true.
McGrath struck with only the fourth ball of the innings, an off-cutter trapping Aakash Chopra lbw, then in his next over he claimed India's main danger man, Rahul Dravid, also for a duck, with another off-cutter that went between bat and pad.


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France centre Tony Marsh believes England have the complete package for World Cup glory.
The New Zealand-born midfielder was on the receiving end as Martin Johnson's men prevailed 24-7 in Sunday's semi-final.
And despite predicting a "pretty close call" against Australia, Marsh believes England are capable of taking the hosts' crown.
"Australia played really well against the All Blacks and are are going to be hard to beat on home soil," Marsh told the BBC Sport website.
"But England definitely have something, and to me they are probably the more complete side.
"They are very strong up front, good at the set-pieces and have guys that will go forward all the time.
"The backline is pretty handy as well and, with a guy like Jonny Wilkinson, they are always going to score points."
France were repeatedly punished for their mistakes as England's fly-half reaffirmed his standing as the world's premier points scorer.
"Wilkinson has had a lot of critics, especially in the last couple of weeks, and I think he answered those," Marsh reflected.
"The hard part about it was that every time they came into our half they seemed to score points, and that is the sign of a good team.
"But the biggest thing going for them is still their defence.
"They move up so quickly, especially in midfield, and it is so hard to score points against them.
"It puts pressure on you as a team and we didn't handle that pressure well."
Marsh admitted he felt victory was slipping away from France in the wet conditions as early as half-time.
And despite his admiration for England, the 31-year-old believes the pain of defeat was all the harder for much of it being self-inflicted.
"We prepared well but, once we were on the field, we really struggled and things fell apart," he said.
"If you play to your ability then you can accept that, but we made far too many mistakes.
"We were quite consistent in the tournament but we probably haven't played to our full potential, which is hugely disappointing."
Marsh must now turn his attention to Thursday's third-place play-off against his native country.
Having battled to overcome testicular cancer to be at the World Cup, he remains positive about a match many regard as an irrelevance.
"I would rather it was for first place than third," he added. "But from a personal point of view I am looking forward to playing the All Blacks.
"It is probably going to be hard for the boys to get up for the game, but it is the same for New Zealand."


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Thank you for your question. Please permit me to assist you with your concerns.Using a business checking account of a non-profit for personal expenses is most definitely a violation, and depending on the amount of funds removed, can be considered embezzlement. The issue is not claiming the expenses as business or personal, you simply cannot use a non-profit's account as your personal account. the volunteer here is perfectly correct because non-profits especially are rigidly controlled and supervised by the state and federal tax agencies to ensure compliance. This, at the least, can cost your entity's non-profit statues.Good luck.
Is this true if our organization is not a 501c3 exempt organization? My concern here is that the decision was made to use these funds as compensation, however we failed to write a check, thinking the use a debit card and a memorandum on file would be sufficient.
Does it qualify as embezzlement if there was no demonstrable malice or attempt to defraud?
Thank you for your follow-up.Malice or attempt to defraud are not factors of embezzlement. All is required is an unauthorized taking of funds with the intent of not returning those funds to the entity. According to "Black's" law dictionary, embezzlement is defined as: "The fraudulent appropriation of property by one lawfully entrusted with its possession. To "embezzle" means willfully to take, or convert to one's own use, another's money or property, of which the wrongdoer acquired possession lawfully, by reason of some office or employment or position of trust." Notice nowhere in that definition is malice or attempt to defraud listed as a factor.If you have any type of entity, non-profit or for-profit, this behavior is not permitted. But for non-profits, a greater scrutiny is owed to the IRS, and if you are non-profit regardless of statute the IRS can use such irregularities as a means of removing the non-profit status.Good luck.


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So technically this guy is actually part of the Melbourne music scene now, but I don't care because he lived here with me for a year and a half and I like him more than I like anyone else.
Psych Tigers
Psych Tigers is a young guitar-pop band of some description. The kid who runs the band has some big ideas. They're going on tour around NZ at the end of the year.
Plow is a slow-motion guitar band. Man, I thought I hated writing my own bios. Turns out I hate writing other people's bios as well.
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Why are .sqlite files so much larger in Firefox 4 ?
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You know, even if you create a text file of just 1 character (1 byte) in your 500 GB HDD, it is going to take 4KB (64 KB on FAT32) on your file system. That's increase by a factor of a whooping 4095.
Don't you think that's bloat too?
You are confusing things here. The database fragmentation has absolutely NOTHING to do with filesystem fragmentation. You can defrag a million times a day and it's not going to solve the fragmentation issues of a database with a small chunk size.
Filesystem defrag will only optimize entire files on disk, it's not going to defrag the internal file structure.
The change did make sense, a lot of actually.
No cache either I hope, since that is tens of times larger than the history database. My places.sqlite has clicked over past 10MB so it is now 20MB. We've had people on here with it larger than that. Another fatty is the google dodgy sites database, I think it was 55MB last time I looked.
I'm disappointed with the dismissive nature of the responses here, as if the only concern is hard disk size. It isn't.
The maximum Windows roaming profile quota size limit, if one is set, is 30mb. Firefox 4 wants to fill a third of my roaming profile with a history database, even though I disable the history. It wants to copy a 10mb empty database across a network every time I log in and out.
Our corporate network is full of laptops, it has people connecting over VPN on 3G networks. I don't want to waste my time every day waiting for this to happen. I don't want to have to clear out my user profile manually (which most users won't even know how to) in order to sync on log off.
I am not unique in this position.
Note - I am not the guest that started the thread. My Firefox profile is 18.6mb, this is ridiculous.
That sounds like good reasoning for opening a new bug (though it won't make FF4, at this point).
wow one of the "guests" is using a 10gb or 20gb hard drive? geez, replace either one of them with a bigger and faster one if your computer can handle larger hard drives.
Firefox 4 isn't alone with "large" .sqlite files. The Seamonkey 2.1 alphas & betas I've tested also use "large" .sqlite files and I don't worry about them a lot.
btw, my old HP Pavilion computer is using a 30gig hard disk drive and WinXP SP3.
Which only solves the problem of the size limit, not the excessive network load/store, if applicable.
I don't have that particular problem (though I can certainly see how it would be annoying), but I did a quick check of my own places.sqlite file and it's at 20 MB. So, at some point in my usage I've gone past the 10 MB starting limit, which indicates that it is indeed possible in 4.0.
Note that I only do about half my browsing in 4.0; the other half I do in 3.6. My cookies.sqlite in 3.6 is 512KB (which does seem mildly excessive, but depends on how much space each cookie takes up; I have perhaps a few hundred cookies), while places.sqlite is 21,548KB. Basically in line with the 4.0 file sizes.
Given that I use the browser a *lot* more than the average user, setting the limits as they did likely gives the average user a huge amount of room to prevent issues of database fragmentation while also keeping file growth for heavy users to a minimum.
I must be missing a point somewhere. What difference does it make if the file is composed of one 10 MB piece or, say, three 2 MB pieces? If one is continually adding things and removing other things from the database, there will be gaps in there anyway. Even if the file did have three blocks, they would still be mapped on the drive as one file, right?
Well, firstly, it wasn't usually 2MB pieces, but more like 128KB pieces, and files could be a lot more than 10MB, so it's not three pieces but dozens of pieces. It all still appears as one file in the file system, yes, but the hard drive has to read them all, unless they are cached. When you load Firefox, the whole file is read, the bits generally aren't cached, and the disk will be busy anyway, so making the hard drive read in dozens of pieces instead of one piece could make loading Firefox take 15-20 seconds instead of 5 seconds.
Is the change in the minimum size of FF4 .sqlite files relevant to whether a user can just copy these files from his old FF3 profile and paste them into a new FF4 profile and have cookies, places, history, bookmark toolbar, etc. display in the same way and work correctly as they did in FF3?
There shouldn't be. The first time you run Firefox 4.0 with the 3.x places.sqlite in the profile it will convert it to the new format and expand the size. It is after-all designed to install over Firefox 3.x and use the same profile.
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Tip of the day: If it has "toolbar" in the name, it's crap.
What my avatar is about: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/sea-fox/
If you copy a places.sqlite in to a Firefox 4 profile, it should do its standard database migration, which IIRC will also pad the file as well.
Generally, it's not an issue using a file from an older version of Firefox in a newer version. But it can be a problem when you try to use a file from a newer version of Firefox in an older version.
There have always been ghosts in the machine... random segments of code that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will, creativity, and even the nature of what we might call the soul...
You misunderstood. With my drive partitioned the way it is with Windows, the clusters are 16K in size, and with the Mac they are always 4K, but that is not the point. I am talking about database fragmentation, not file fragmentation. What I am trying to understand is what difference it makes whether the file is made from one 10 MB piece or three 2 MB pieces, because in either case the database is going to get fragmented anyway.
Ah... the larger file sizes are all about reducing file system fragmentation. In terms of database fragmentation, it makes no difference how the file is on the disk, as you said.
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text: You can try, but parking is very hard to come by at Columbia. Student Engagement has parking request forms that must be filled out and faxed to the parking office. You will need to know the make, model and color of the vehicle, the license plate number and state, the driver's name, and the expected arrival and departure times. Remember to confirm the cost, budget for the expense and fill out an e-form.


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Chef Kelly Fletcher may not be the first to make a VLT, but he'd argue that his is absolutely the best. And we wouldn't disagree. He's no stranger to using controversial ingredients — not that he thinks veal should even be in that category. But he loves telling the story about the time he shot a segment with a local television station and was asked to make a few dishes. His last dish used foie gras. Within minutes of the segment airing, Fletcher says, the restaurant phone was ringing with threats and arguments. Good thing he loves it. When he gets pushback from an ingredient, it only fuels his desire to make more. Okay, back to the veal bacon: Fletcher brought in a veal breast (same cut as a pork belly) and kept turning it over, as it reminded him of the cut of pork he used for Tricks' bacon. "So I said, 'Fuck it, we're making veal bacon — no, we're making VLTs!'" says Fletcher. Topped with white truffle aioli, cherry tomatoes, and arugula, and hugged by a pâté à choux bun, Fletcher's VLTs aren't getting any threats from us.
This is the little restaurant that could.Amid a sour economy — and even in the middle of the summer slowdown — this is the place that had locals buzzing on Twitter, Facebook, and good old-fashioned word of mouth in 2010.The excitement started with a trifecta: rustic, comforting American eats by chef-owner Charleen Badman; cozy, bustling atmosphere; and rock star treatment for regulars and newbies alike, courtesy of co-owners Pavle Milic and his wife Emily Pullen. Soon, the Stetson Drive gin joint became the Valley's go-to place for top-notch Arizona wines (still a rarity — but not for long, we predict, thanks to Milic's pioneering efforts) and affordable late-night eats as well. Comforting dishes like braised leeks with mozzarella and fried egg, and perfectly crispy jidori chicken have come and gone with the seasons, but Badman has only continued to delight us with new dishes along the way. Cheers to a new classic in the middle of Old Town.
It's hard to imagine that the area near this stretch of East Phoenix used to be the country's biggest cattle feedlot, but a visit to The Stockyards — situated in what was once the Tovrea Land and Cattle Company's administrative offices — can take you back in time to an era when ranching was still a big part of the local culture, and the city's movers and shakers did business over hefty steaks and stiff cocktails. Meat and potatoes is still the name of the game here, with exotica like elk and demurely named "calf fries" supplementing steaks, burgers, salads, and seafood dishes. Settle into a big booth, ogle the cowboy-themed paintings and branding iron chandelier, and enjoy a reminder of when the West was still Western.
Sometimes, you just need a little steak. Other times, you just need a lot of steak. When heaps of beef are what you're after — and you've got the cash — there's no better meal than Durant's 48-ounce porterhouse. Plain on the outside, fancy-pants on the inside, Durant's is a Phoenix institution that's hosted powerful politicos, celebrities, and mobsters alike. Nestled menacingly amidst the sparse yet solid menu of savory steaks and classic cocktails, this massive meal waits to take on all challengers. A slab of meat that would be appropriate to serve your pet velociraptor, this steak's part filet mignon, part New York strip, and all delicious. Order the steak however you want — from blue to well done — and the kitchen magicians will cook it to perfection. That's no small task with a cut that's a good three inches thick. Finish it and you'll be inducted into the illustrious Porterhouse Club, your name engraved on a brass plate affixed to one of several polished wooden plaques that adorn the restaurant's walls. The storied restaurant began offering the 48-ounce Porterhouse Challenge in 1996 and has since racked up a pantheon of more than 1,200 victorious eaters. At $83.25, the 48-ounce Porterhouse isn't for the faint-hearted. But if you've got the money — and the stomach — Durant's won't disappoint.
San Felipe's Cantina is known for many things: decent guacamole, dangerously cheap shots of liquor and draft beer, obnoxious clientele. What it should be known for, however, is the El Gordito Burrito. Also known as "the Fat One," the El Gordito is a big-ass taco de harina made with chicken or steak, rice, beans, and cheese, all wrapped in a tortilla the size of a manhole cover and covered with spicy sauce and melted cheese. If you eat it all in one sitting, San Felipe's will throw you a party and give you a T-shirt — size XXL, of course.Tipping the scales at close to seven pounds, this burrito's a scary bastard. But at only $19.95, you can't afford not to buy it — that's less than $3 per pound! Whether you attempt to eat it all at once or take it home and feed yourself for a week, there's no place around where you're going to find a burrito that gives you more bang for your buck.
When Matt and Courtney Diamond opened their bangin' little "ale house" in a Seventh Street bungalow, it wasn't enough to have a great list of regional craft beers and quaffable, affordable wines. They came up with some scrumptious eats, too, the most beer-friendly of them all being the Coronado Coney, named after the historic district where the restaurant is situated. This is one top dog, a plump, juicy all-beef frank from Schreiner's Sausage, a local institution right up the street. It's tucked into a soft, dense sourdough bun that's lightly toasted, slathered with Humboldt Brown Ale mustard, and sprinkled with red onion. Which really makes the dish — the wiener or the bun? Who knows. It's a good conundrum to ponder over another pint of IPA.


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Ed Joseph wrote:
> I wanted to know if I can get someone can help with captive portal question
> that I have. Why is it when I turn captive portal on and select No
> authentication I get the following.
> m0n0wall captive portal
> This is the default captive portal page. Please upload your own custom HTML
> file on the Services: Captive portal screen in the m0n0wall webGUI.
> I wanted to know if there is a way to just use the Redirection URL without
> loading a portal page.
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What Are Reciprocating saws?
Reciprocating saws are versatile, portable, hand held saws that can cut through a wide range of materials. The Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. first invented the Sawzall brand in 1951 and many trade people generically refer to these tools as sawzalls. It's a great tool to have around when you need to cut through a variety of materials. The tool is of medium weight, and you need two hands to operate it effectively. They are long, with a "D" shaped handle at one end and a grip at the other. Here is a brief list of what a reciprocating saw can cut through:
As you can see the list is quite extensive, and there are other materials that the saw will cut through. There are five main parts to the reciprocating saw
Blades For Reciprocating Saws
As with other saw blades, reciprocating saw blades vary depending on the material to be cut. The blades are made up of different compositions, they are:
The amount of teeth in each of the blades has a direct effect on the material being cut. The TPI (Tooth Per Inch) is dictated by the thickness of the material being cut and also by how you want the workpiece to look after its been finished. A low TPI is used for fast rough cutting where the smoothness of the material being cut is not an important factor. This is typically done when the user wants to have a more "finished" look. No matter what type of a cut you are going for, ideally you should have a minimum of 3 teeth engaging the material being cut.
Anything under that and you run the risk of the blade getting caught up on the workpiece, this can easily cause damage to the blade or to the object being cut. The tooth degree in the setting can also affect how aggressive the cut will be. As a general rule the higher the degree of the set, the more rugged the cut. The lower the degree of the set, the resulting cut will be smoother. Common patterns include the alternating set, wavy set, and the raker set.
Most experts will agree that the most vital factor affecting the performance of the saw is strokes per minute (SPM). The heat generated by the saw can damage the material being cut or the teeth of the blade. In order to reduce this risk, most manufactures will agree to the following rule: the harder the material, the slower the cutting speed. Longer stroke lengths are best for demolition work, while shorter ones are good for more precise work.
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When using the reciprocating saw, remember to follow some general safety rules:
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When selling a reciprocating saw, you can target a wide variety of people in our industry. The uses for this saw make it a great tool to sell for a lot of different applications. Some of the people you should look to try to sell to are:
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EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Clif Bar on Thursday announced the nationwide availability of a new flavor, coconut chocolate chip, as well as new recipes for two popular flavors: apricot and peanut toffee buzz.
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Please join us in welcoming the future Fellows of The Longwood Graduate Program Class of 2017:
Alice Edgerton
Alice Edgerton considers her love for the outdoors and desire to help others connect to nature a family trait because she grew up in the family business: a summer camp on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Alice graduated from Earlham College with a B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology and completed a Certificate in Ecological Horticulture from the University of California, Santa Cruz's Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems in 2011. She worked as a Project Coordinator at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society for three years, as a Foreman for Philadelphia-based Graceful Gardens, and as a consultant for Bartram's Garden. By bringing horticulture to new audiences, she believes we can grow
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Elizabeth Barton
Elizabeth Barton has a B.S. from the University of Delaware in Landscape Horticulture and Design with a minor in Wildlife Conservation and an M.S. in Plant Science from the University of Maryland. Her thesis, "A comparison of organic matter types for use on green roofs," explores methods for improving green roof performance. While working at the Adkins Arboretum on the Eastern Shore in Maryland, she designed new plant sale signs. At the University of Maryland Arboretum, she designed and installed two native-focused garden areas with assistance from high school volunteers.
Grace Byrne
Raised in America's Garden Capital, Grace Byrne was fortunate to experience many of the great gardens of Philadelphia throughout her youth. Her degree in Landscape Architecture from the Pennsylvania State University is complemented with minors in Sustainability Leadership and Environmental Inquiries. She has also studied in Germany and the Galápagos Islands. Grace has completed internships at Mt. Cuba Center, Longwood Gardens, Disney World, and the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. She hopes her ambitious spirit and dedication to public horticulture will ultimately prepare her for a position in programming at public gardens.
Erin Kinley
Erin Kinley grew up on a farm in Nebraska, where she spent many years immersed in her family's row-crop operation. In high school, she actively participated in plant ID and floriculture contests before discovering her passion for plants and deciding to pursue a degree in Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. At UNL, Erin experienced many facets of horticulture, including plant biology, entrepreneurship, pollinator education, and vegetable production. She believes educating people about the importance of plants—from food to aesthetics—will be critical to solving the challenges facing our rapidly changing world.
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As a graduate of the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture, Tracy Qiu has academic and practical knowledge of the daily operations of a one hundred acre botanical garden. Her interest in ethnobotany led to an internship at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawai'i, where she observed Hawai'ian cultural plant use. These experiences coalesced in her action project: an exploration of public gardens engaging diverse audiences through programming and outreach. She believes cultural diversity is equally as important as biological diversity and that promoting cultural diversity in gardens can answer many of the environmental and social challenges we face today.


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Dr. Jyotin Patel (pronounced "Joe tin") grew up in London, England. He has been in private practice in Southern California for the past 11 years. Although Board Certificed in pediatrics, Dr. Patel also practices family medicine. Dr. Patel is part of Family Medical Centers which are located in Laguna Niguel and Foothill Ranch. He practices with his physican brothers, Bakul Patel (internist) and Ramesh Patel (general surgery), and his wife, Amy Patel, who is a physical therapist. The group emphasizes preventative care. Family Medical Centers are dedicated to caring for the complete health care needs of your entire family. The Patel family looks forward to taking medical care of your family.
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In one of your previous columns regarding duplex and dichromate sealing, you stated that small amounts of phosphates and sulfates could affect the quality of the seal. Can you tell me what these levels of contaminants are? D.H.
Dichromate seals are used where enhanced corrosion resistance is required and where the imparted yellowish color to the coating is not important. Military and industrial applications requiring exceptional corrosion resistance come to mind. Furthermore, these types of seals are often one part of what is referred to as a "duplex" sealing process. Dichromate seals are often used in conjunction with either nickel acetate (NiAc) or near boiling deionized water sealing processes. The order of sealing may be dichromate followed by water or NiAc or the dichromate may come after either of those processes. Potassium dichromate is usually the preferred chemistry to use for this type of sealing.
It is generally agreed that the following minimum concentrations of contaminants can be detrimental to the sealing process whether it is dichromate, NiAc or hot water:
- Fluoride 30 ppm
- Silicates 10 ppm
- Phosphates 5 ppm
Additionally, detectable levels of chloride may reduce the corrosion resistance of the seal and caution should be used when the level of sulfates is greater than 100 ppm.
Another interesting fact about dichromate sealing is that it can largely overcome the loss of fatigue properties caused by the anodic coating, especially hardcoat.
I would like to add that in that previous article on duplex sealing (May, 2002) there was a mistake in printing. Referring to the concentrations of nickel acetate sealing baths in that article, they should read 1 gram/liter (1g/l), not 1 gal/liter, and 3-5 grams/liter, not gal/liter.


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Syngenta reported today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted registration approval for its new Agrisure® corn trait, referred to as the MIR162 event, which Syngenta will include in stacks with the Agrisure CB/LL trait for the control of a broad spectrum of lepidopteran corn pests. The approval is a key milestone in bringing to market a new mode of action for insect control in corn.
Pending all remaining regulatory and key import approvals, hybrids containing the new trait are anticipated to be available for planting in spring 2010. The trait will only be available stacked with either the Agrisure 3000GT trait stack for control of European corn borer, corn rootworm and glyphosate or glufosinate herbicide tolerance, or the Agrisure GT/CB/LL stack for control of European corn borer with glyphosate and glufosinate herbicide tolerance.
The MIR162 event uses a new proprietary technology from Syngenta that features a novel insecticidal protein called Vegetative Insecticidal Protein 3A (Vip3A). In Syngenta trials, the trait has been shown to provide enhanced control of a wide range of lepidopteran corn pests including corn earworm, western bean cutworm, black cutworm and fall armyworm.
Tracy Mader, marketing manager for Agrisure Corn Traits, said the technology, which represents a new mode of action for insect control in corn, is expected to deliver several key benefits. "Current corn insect control traits use Cry proteins," Mader said. "Although Vip3A targets pests in a manner similar to the Cry class of proteins, the two types of protein attack different sites on the pest's gut and have distinct modes of action.
"Just as using different herbicides can help reduce the potential for weeds developing resistance to herbicides, using different modes of action for insect control can reduce the risk for resistance development to these critical trait technologies."
Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology. The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in the high-value commercial seeds market. Sales in 2007 were approximately $9.2 billion. Syngenta employs over 21,000 people in more than 90 countries. Syngenta is listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SYNN) and in New York (SYT). Further information is available at www.syngenta.com.


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With found Flickr photos as his source, Jeremy Rotsztain's series Obsessions (Flickr Pets) "document the love and obsession that people have for their pets." The individual images are color-blocked and reductive, verging on abstract in some instances, yet the subject matter keeps them recognizable and full of personality. Each still is the result of animations made in C++ using the openFrameworks library — which just sounds impressive for a series from 2008, right. Rotsztain's catalogue has a wealth of series that explore the overlaps of technology, culture, behavior and art.
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Martin Eder is a German artist based in Berlin, whose nightmarish and perverse paintings abound with contradicting romantic cliches and infantile desires; his work displays lolitas in pornographic poses that are montaged with skycaps, warm bedroom interiors, and saccharine, girly kitsch that includes oversized crying kittens, giant candy, songbirds, fluffy poodles, puffy clouds, and cuddly white bunnies. Eder works exclusively from photographic references, making full use of high contrast and flat shadows and edging subjects with cyan and magenta. His paintings look imperfect and rushed in places, as if he works on his paintings only until they seem convincingly realistic enough. This slightly unpolished quality facilitates the paintings' exploitative, creepy aesthetic and especially affects his female subjects, making them feel nondescript; the consequences of this purposeful lack of care in turn references the faceless and aggregative nature of pornography. A recurrent aura of seediness and the slightly distorted proportions of Eder's subjects are reminiscent of the work of German Expressionist Otto Dix, although the anonymity of Eder's subjects is a theme not reflected in those of Dix.
Edger is represented by Eigen + Art Gallery and Hauser + Wirth. In addition to being a painter, he plays in his own experimental rock band under the name Richard Ruin ed Les Demoniaques.


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Cambridge firefighters were busy Tuesday with a pair of kitchen fires.
At 8:43 a.m., city police advised of a smoke-filled apartment at 1354 Elm St. Firefighters, led by Capt. Jay Montgomery, arrived at the scene with an engine and tanker to find the door ajar and smoke pouring from the apartment.
The occupant was located at a neighbors home. The neighbor claimed to have smelled smoke, observed whiffs coming from around the door and, forcing open the door, located the resident lying on the floor.
The neighbor reportedly pulled the man, who was not injured, from the apartment and notified Emergency 911.
As the apartment was reportedly not equipped with a smoke detector, the owner was advised of the city ordinance requiring such devices in rental properties.
Several hours later, firefighters led by Asst. Chief Rick Long responded with an engine, tanker and command vehicle to a report of a structure fire at 1112 Carlisle Ave.
The kitchen area was found engulfed, and entry was made through a rear door. Firefighters extinguished the fire with a 1 3/4-inch hose line.
All occupants were out of the building upon the arrival of firefighters, the report said, and no injuries were reported. It was determined cooking grease touched off the blaze.


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I have a cms page that uses multiple instances of ckeditor. In the previous version of this cms we used FCKeditor.
The problem is that we cannot get the value of the specific ckeditor instances.
The ckeditor documentation says that I can get the value of an instance like this:CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.getData()
This assumes that my ckeditor instance is associated with a form field called "editor1".
My question is, how do I modify the code so that "editor1" is a variable?
I have the value of the variable in a js var called editorName
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Why No Nirvana Songs?
Dave Grohl has been all over the place doing press for the Sound City Movie and I'm glad this question came up: Why won't the Foo Fighters play Nirvana songs?
He was pretty straight forward in the answer he gave to tchadquarterly.com:
"You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right."
Dave also explained that he and Krist Novoselic won't let Nirvana songs be used in commercials and rarely in other things because they are special and need to be kept that way.
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A short interview but very cool of Dave to take a stand like that. Click here and read the whole thing from tchadquarterly.com.


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The haruspex submitted, though deeply vexed, and asked whether the guilty boys were also to go unpunished.
"He is indispensable to us at this time," said the haruspex.
No Etruscan haruspex or Roman augur could wish for clearer omens: it reads like a page of Livy.
The haruspex ordered that the "ill-used man" should be set at liberty.
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LINE-X Of Upstate New York Hosts Grand Opening To Support National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LINE-X Protective Coatings, the nation's leading developer and provider of high performance protective coatings, today announced the opening of a new franchise in Schenectady, N.Y. LINE-X of Upstate New York will be hosting a Grand Opening celebration at 2090 Central Avenue on May 19, 2012. Owner Richard Rosetti opens LINE-X of Upstate New York as his second LINE-X franchise, contributing to a growing national LINE-X Franchise Network of more than 400 retail stores strategically located in the United States. Rosetti also owns LINE-X of Saratoga in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
To celebrate its Grand Opening on May 19, LINE-X of Upstate New York will be raffling a free LINE-X PREMIUM Bedliner. Tickets will be sold at the 2090 Central Avenue location for $5 each. Enjoy hot dogs, hamburgers and soda while watching LINE-X product demonstrations. All ticket proceeds will benefit the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
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LINE-X features a range of products specially designed to defend against rust, chemicals, abrasions and even the toughest of environments with maximum protection. LINE-X PREMIUM offers the highest level of abrasion and impact protection consumers already trust in LINE-X with the UV protection a spray-on protective coating needs to look brand new, for life. LINE-X PREMIUM is a one-of-a-kind zero volatile organic compound (VOC) aliphatic coating that provides superior ultraviolet (UV) stability with excellent color and gloss retention.
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Consistently, the LINE-X franchise has been one of the fastest growing franchise businesses. Having been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 for eleven consecutive years, LINE-X continues to showcase dedicated customer service and top-quality products. In the 2012 Franchise 500, LINE-X ranked among the "Best of the Best Franchises" and as a "Top Global Franchise."
"One of the key factors behind my decision to open a second store is the high success rate that LINE-X has afforded my business," stated LINE-X of Upstate New York owner Richard Rosetti. "The level of support they offer has really encouraged me to expand my reach into new markets and territories without apprehension."
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LINE-X Protective Coatings (www.LINE-X.com) is the nation's leading developer and provider of high performance protective coatings offering scientifically formulated polymers that permanently bond to a wide range of surfaces for unmatched durability. LINE-X products are utilized in automotive, commercial, light industrial, heavy industrial, agricultural, military, marine and custom applications. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, with more than 500 locations in 46 countries, it is the goal of LINE-X to consistently produce the highest quality and most reliable materials available. Follow LINE-X on Twitter @LineXprotects become a fan on Facebook of LINE-X Protective Coatings and check out what LINE-X is doing on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/linexprotects.
About the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF)
The United States Congress created the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to remember America's fallen firefighters. Since 1992, the nonprofit Foundation has developed and expanded programs to honor fallen fire heroes and assist their families and coworkers. For more information on the Foundation and its programs contact us at 301-447-1365 or visit www.FireHero.org.
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Dale and Jena are sought after speakers for conferences and events all across the country including regular keynote speakers for Lifeway's Festival of Marriage. They have been featured on the cover of Lifeway's HomeLife Magazine and CBN's The 700 Club. Together they founded Stained Glass Ministries and have published numerous books and study guides including, Let's Get Real and the Authenticity series. They currently reside in Birmingham, Alabama with their children Cole and Jorja.