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Batman fans need to start planning trips to Six Flags theme parks as exclusive DC Comics Design Gallery vinyl figures can be found there.
There is something awesome about blind boxed figures. I get sucked into buying them because of the thrill factor of not know what you are getting. While on a recent trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain, I happened upon these exclusive Batman blind box vinyl figures.
Yes, the only place to get them is at one of the Six Flags theme parks across the US.
Priced at $7.99 a box, there are six figures in the DC Comics Design Gallery set consisting of three different versions of Batman, Bane, Harley Quinn and the "rare" Joker figure. Standing at 3 inches tall, these figures have articulation at the neck and arms. The basic shape of the head have "Batman ears," regardless of the character.
The designs are cute in a simplistic yet stylized way. They remind me of figures like Vinylmation, where it is a basic figure shape with a unique design.
While I was at Magic Mountain, I didn't see these figures in every shop I went in to, so you may have to keep an eye out and do a little hunting. I don't know how committed Six Flags is to the blind box vinyl figure game, but I do hope they continue this line and branch out into other DC Universe characters like Superman and Wonder Woman.
Next time you are at a Six Flags theme park, grab a box or two. They are very cool and very addicting figures!
Escape From Monster Island is the comic book equivalent of a big blockbuster summer action movie.
In an effort to keep the planet safe, all of the world's monsters have been corralled on one well hidden island. There, experiments were conducted on them until an accident took place five years ago and the monsters overran the island. Now, the dome that is keeping the monsters on the island is failing. And in 48 hours they'll be able to break free. Before the government can take action, a mercenary unit led by a scientist, Doctor Bennett, must venture in to the heart of darkness to retrieve a global changing element.
Written by Joe Tyler based on a story by Ralph Tedesco and Joe Brusha, Escape From Monster Island #1 is a fun read. While this is only the first of a six issue series, you get the same feeling as you would going up the first hill on a theme park rollercoaster. You have an idea of what's coming next, but the only thing you can do is hold on.
This first half of this issue provides the needed exposition, but once the journey begins, things start moving quickly. Tyler moves the characters along while still giving you enough jaw dropping moments to keep you on your toes. No one is safe, as you find out early on.
The art by Carlos Granda is lively. There is plenty of momentum and movement. The characters are expressive and unique. He perfectly captures the tone of a larger than life action movie.
Escape From Monster Island is a thrillride. The pacing is spot on and the art big enough to bring you in without weighing the story down. While you may have the feeling you've been here before, there is enough freshness to this story to keep you turning the pages.
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Jon Schnepp's love letter to the unproduced film chronicles how the never ending battle, ended for Superman Lives.
In 1998 there was supposed be a new Superman movie. One that was to be a radical departure from the previous Christopher Reeve films but was somewhat based on the existing comic book arc The Death and Return of Superman. The film would have seen Superman die at the hands of the unstoppable Kryptonian creature Doomsday, then resurrected to face villains Lex Luthor and Brainiac. Batman producer Jon Peters spearheaded the project that would have Tim Burton direct and Nicolas Cage star as Superman. But it was never to be. 3 weeks before the movie was to start filming, it was canceled. The documentary Death of Superman Lives, What Happened? takes an in depth look at the movie that was never to be.
Director Jon Schnepp wastes no time in getting into the thick of things with interviews that span key crew members including writers, costume designers, art department and more. The movie is filled with anecdotes, visuals, and test footage from the the ill fated Superman film. Artwork depicting Doomsday, Brainiac, alien creatures and more are seen as artists explain the directives they were given.
Kevin Smith, who wrote an early draft of the movie, has infamously shared his experience working on the Superman Lives script before as part of his speaking engagements but now digs deeper for new revelations. The dueling recounts by Smith and producer Jon Peters make for some of the most entertaining moments of the film.
Of all the crew members that are interviewed, Peters easily steals the show with his off the wall perspectives and the sharp left turns he randomly makes. From casually dropping the factoid that he was in 500 fights to his skewed view of what Superman should be to his admiration of a spider's place in the insect world, you never know what he'll hit you with next. I have no idea what world he lives in but it seems like a lot of fun.
The moments we see Nick Cage in costume are fascinating. The initial shock hits you - no way is this Superman. But as the documentary reveals more of him, the walls of doubt turn into curiosity. Then the realization is there - you want to see Cage leap over a tall building in a single bound.
Unfortunately Nicolas Cage was not interviewed for the film and pretty much the only key player absent. Though there is a wealth of test footage featuring Cage, it would have been nice to get his opinion on the project.
There is so much right with this movie that it's hard to find any fault. Aside from missing Nick Cage, I would have liked to seen what was the aftermath of stopping Superman Lives. What impact did the trashing of Superman Lives do to comic books movies as a whole? What was the effect on the Superman's live-action future? It would have been great to have a coda added on, especially for non-geeks who weren't waiting years for a new comic book based movie, to give them a sense of anticipation that a new Superman movie would have had.
For fans of the genre it's a given that this documentary is a must see film, but even casual fans will be drawn in. Jon Schnepp takes us on a journey to witness what may have been the most unique superhero movie ever. The ride is not just jaw-dropping, but leave you believing Nicolas Cage could fly.
The Death of Superman Lives, What Happened? is in limited release now.
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 22.0267 Thursday, 6 October 2011
Date: October 5, 2011 11:11:18 PM EDT
Subject: Re: SHAKSPER: Query; Queen; H5; Ant Passage; Woodstock
>Here is the same dialogue from the First Folio [Scene 4.1] :
>Bates: He hath not told his thought to the King?
>King: No: nor it is not meet he should: for though I
>speake it to you, I thinke the King is but a man, as I am:
>the Violet smells to him, as it doth to me; the Element
>shewes to him, as it doth to me; all his Sences haue but
>humane Conditions: his Ceremonies layd by, in his
>Nakednesse he appeares but a man; and though his
>affections are higher mounted then ours, yet when they
>stoupe, they stoupe with the like wing: therefore, when he
>sees reason of feares, as we doe; his feares, out of doubt, be
>of the same rellish as ours are: yet in reason, no man should
>possesse him with any appearance of feare; least hee, by
>shewing it, should dishearten his Army.
>Bates: He may shew what outward courage he will: [etcetera]
>Focusing on the King's Speech, everything looks copacetic. The King
>is given a 'sympathetic' speech: he looks witty and sounds humble:
>… for though I
>speake it to you, I thinke the King is but a man ...
>But allow me just the slightest employ of wordplay, in Bold :
>… for though I
>speake it to you, I thinke the King is butt a man, ass I am:
>the Violent smells to him, as it doth to me; the Element
>shewes to him, as it doth to me; all his Sences haue butt
>humane Conditions: his Ceremonies layd by, /in his Nakednesse/
>he appeares butt a man; and though /his affections/
>are higher mounted then ours, yet when /they stoupe,/
>/they stoupe with the like wing:/ therefore, when he sees
>reason of feares, as we doe; his feares, out of doubt, be of
>/the same rellish/ as ours are: [etcetera] [my /italics/ for emphasis]
>Evidently, some cliche bodily responses to fear have stood the test of time.
> (Etymological-wordplay-wise, you can't quite play stoup and poop
>together, but image-wise, it clearly fits.)
>IF this were the Blazing Saddles campfire scene, it'd be in character, yet
>while Classic bawdy Shakespeare, it is transparently and unobtrusively
>tucked into the speech with just the slightest of wordplays. And rather
>than show the King in a sympathetic light, the speech now begs us to feel
>sympathy for him, given he's clearly unconscious of the abuse he's been
>subjected to at the hand of his Playwright. And once more, I honestly
>don't think the Elizabethan upper crust would guffaw much at this image
>of the highly esteemed Henry V airing his underwear for Public display.
Extremely improbable, both because "poop" in the sense you want is not attested in the OED until 1889, and because, given the already established context of falconry ("higher mounted"), "stoop" is so ordinary a word as to make so obscure and forced a pun unworkable.
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Aleppo, Syria (AFP) Jan 19, 2013
Just a few months ago, Ali Naema was playing in the Syrian army band.
Today, he's making war, not music -- but with the rebels, having swapped sides and his trumpet for an AK-47 assault rifle to join the fight against his former comrades with the aim of toppling President Bashar al-Assad.
"I was in the military band for two years," Naema, 24, tells AFP in Aleppo, where he is now part of a katiba (rebel unit) fighting to wrest the city from the regime.
Conditions in the army were tough, he says. His commander stole 70 percent of his $100-a-month salary. And when he got sick he had to pay for his own hospital care.
As the civil war worsened, he saw fellow soldiers loot, rape and steal from Sunni civilians.
Defection was his only solution, the bearded young man -- himself a Sunni Muslim -- says in a soft voice.
He looked for a chance to defect for six months while stationed in a rural area, but the threat of being killed by watchful commanders was too great.
It was only when he made contact with a rebel fighter in Aleppo, Ahmed Jamel, via Skype that he saw how to do it. In September, he paid $50 to an officer for family leave, caught a flight to Aleppo and changed into civilian clothes.
"As I left the base, Ahmed and some FSA (rebel Free Syrian Army) people came in a car and picked me up," Naema says.
"I was very scared. I didn't know what would happen. I was afraid maybe they were terrorists and they would kill me.
"But they kissed me on both cheeks and congratulated me. And I felt safe, and very happy."
Like many of the conscripted troops who have joined the rebels, he decided to stay to fight the regime, rather than make his way to refugee camps around the Turkish border where conditions are rudimentary at best.
He was given cursory weapons training -- something he never received in the army, he says -- and now totes his knock-off AK-47 with the same nonchalant pride as other rebels in Aleppo, his musician's fingers curled around its forestock.
A trickle of defecting troops is slowly swelling the rebel ranks. Insurgent commanders believe many more want to join them but are prevented from doing so.
The rebels give varying estimates as to the number of defectors who arrive each day, ranging from a dozen to four times that.
One commander, Abu al-Moatissim, 39, fills out and signs printed slips of paper bearing his brigade's logo on it by candle light inside a building.
His right hand gripping the pen is fingerless, scarred from a home-made mortar round that went off as he was loading it.
The paper is carried by the turncoat newcomers to establish them as bona fide rebels, and gives them the right to food, lodgings "and cigarettes, if they smoke," Moatissim says.
"We don't give them any money. And it doesn't matter if some of them are sent as spies or anything, because they never get to meet the commanders who decide things, or see anything strategic."
Two-thirds of the regular army conscripts switching sides stay to fight, "and in some cases die" with the FSA, he says.
Most defecting Syrian military officers, though, head north to Turkey, where they are housed in a separate camp that is off-limits to other Syrians and to media, he admits.
"The honourable ones stay to fight," Moatissim says, adding that several of those who did have more than proved their value. "Without them, we wouldn't have been able to take many of the important bases and positions we have."
For Naema and other conscripts like him who have chosen the rebel side, taking orders from former army officers in the struggle against the regime is meaningful.
"I joined to battle the injustice" seen in Syria's army, both within and in its treatment of civilians, Naema says.
But the musician-turned-guerrilla still hopes that one day he will be able to drop his rifle and go back to what he loves.
"When it's all over, I want to go back to music. Maybe start my own band."
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Pronunciation: sen-ten-chês • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Terse, tidy, like a maxim or aphorism. 2. Pompous, full of aphorisms and maxims, i.e. pompous moralizing.
Notes: Today's Good Word is the adjective for the noun sentence. However, it is a 'contranym', a word that contains two contrary meanings, neither having much to do with the meaning of sentence: short and pithy or pompous and bloviated, to use another Good Word. Sententiousness is the noun and sententiously, the adverb. Remember that the [ce] in sentence become [ti] before the suffix -ous in the adjective.
In Play: Reporters in the electronic media are always looking for a sound bite from interviewees that is sententious in the positive sense, e.g. "We have the best Congress money can buy in Washington." Sententious speech in the second sense need not be wordy, just arrogant: "The very fact that he used few words and short sentences made his little speech sententious, as though he were talking down to us." The best places to look for sententiousness today is in universities and the journals they publish: "His article was terribly sententious, full of he-who's fatuous maxims, and the like."
Word History: Today's word is the adjective of a Latin noun, sententia "an opinion, judgment, an expressed sentiment", the original meaning of sentence. A sentence was an expressed opinion, especially a judicial opinion. However, already in the 17th century, a sentence tended to be limited to a decision on punishment, the only judicial sense it has today. Along the way, the sense of "opinion, sentiment" also drifted into the sense of "the words expressing an opinion or sentiment". This is how the two contemporary meanings split from a single one long ago.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:01 pm
Post subject: Contacting who has them
OK. So now that I have a few travel bugs out there I have some that are stuck (or missing) in caches but one that had been marked retrieved but not moved along. What is the etiquette about contacting someone who picked up a bug but hasn't dropped it yet?
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Post subject: Re: Contacting who has them
WestSideDaddy wrote:
OK. So now that I have a few travel bugs out there I have some that are stuck (or missing) in caches but one that had been marked retrieved but not moved along. What is the etiquette about contacting someone who picked up a bug but hasn't dropped it yet?
If someone has my TB for 6 months or so, I'll send them a nice request to move it along.
"We never seek things for themselves-what we seek is the very seeking of things"-Pascal
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After a few weeks I track them down through their profile then park myself on their door step until they cough up the coin or the bug. Occasionally Ive had to zap them with a tazer I bought on Craigslist, but thats been rare. Usually they just slip the trackable out through a mail slot or crack through a chain locked door. Ive learned that talking to yourself on their door step produces quicker results. I realize this may be viewed as a bit extreme, but it gets me out and about around the world, and isnt that what geocaching is all about?
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I've given up contacting TB holders. They're either insulted that you have the nerve to mention they've had your coin for 12 weeks or they just don't reply.
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Try after a year later.. and you can't do a tb rescue on them because someone is holding it... unless you send someone to break a leg I suppose.
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We have put so many little ducks out that I don't even bother to try to contact "missing" ones... surprisingly I would guess over half of them at some point move on when I thought they were long dead and gone.
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I gave up contacting TB holders long ago. I don't remember if it ever accomplished anything. If you have the energy, feel free to nag them every month or so.
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I do it after they have held on to it for 3-6 months. I have found it better to just ask if they still have it. You have a better chance of getting a reply, then asking them to drop it.
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Seems like I luck out and have someone grab my bug or coin and then quit playing (I just looked, 5 or 6 are in that limbo, anywhere from 2 months to 2 years). Trying to contact them does no good because they probably don't bother with their mail either.
All I can do is hope they take up caching again someday, remember where my trackable is and place it back out.
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I tried early on...but now...I don't. I wish them luck and send them on their way...and hope for the best. I had one resurface after about a year MIA...sort of fun to see that happen...but other than that...I just let them be...
You may only be young once...but I will be immature forever!!!
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threenow24 wrote:
Seems like I luck out and have someone grab my bug or coin and then quit playing
That's how most of mine get stuck.
Every six months or so I take 15 minutes and fire off an email to holders who've held onto one of my TBs for more than three months or so. I've had pretty good success (one in three perhaps) with that. Even if they don't reply, I've noticed that the TB will sometimes start moving again within a month or so.
I also usually mention that my kids like to watch the TBs move, or that it's my kid's TB, which is for the most part true. Kind of.
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We have had one get muggled (it was in a muggled cache...that was muggled within a week of us launching the TB)....we have one that was placed in a cache up in Ham Lake or someplace like that...which is where it has been for a year now (I am not sure if it was mine or hubby's)....so I can't even contact the cacher who took it. I might contact CO, but unsure. That one had a goal....LOL.
Typically, we wait a month or so, then see if they have a plan to place. We have had GREAT responses with that method. Other than that, we havent really had any need to worry about it.
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State governments would pay to send nuclear waste to the Northern Territory under a deal struck by Labor and the Coalition that smooths the way for legislation to set up a controversial dump in central Australia.
Under the deal, the NT could secure an initial $10 million to host the dump at Muckaty Station and eventually about $2 million a year from other state governments.
But the Australian Greens said the legislation, which was debated yesterday by the Senate, should have been delayed until the Federal Court resolved a dispute over which indigenous group had rights to the land where the dump was likely to be built.
"It's a huge mistake of the Gillard government to be bringing this bill forward before they know whose land it is they're dealing with," Greens senator Scott Ludlam said yesterday.
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Mr Ferguson said yesterday it was time for Australia to face up to its responsibility to manage its nuclear waste properly. He said there had been no decision on the location of the dump and the government would be legally bound by the outcome of the Federal Court case.
"The only reason the Greens want to stop the government passing this bill is to give themselves more opportunities to continue their shameless political grandstanding," he said.
The Howard government announced in 2005 that it would establish a nuclear waste dump on one of three Defence Force sites in the NT. But in 2007 the Northern Land Council nominated Muckaty Station near Tenant Creek as an alternative site, despite opposition from some local Aborigines and environmentalists.
The NLC struck a deal that would deliver it $11 million if the facility were built at Muckaty Station.
In February 2010, Mr Ferguson announced new legislation ruling out the three Defence sites but allowing the deal with the NLC on Muckaty Station and setting up a process for nomination of other sites. That legislation, the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill, has passed the House of Representatives and its passage through the Senate is now assured, despite the Greens' opposition.
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Pitt has long been the favorite school of Jamel Artis. He was just waiting for the right time to pick the Panthers, and that came during his official visit Friday to the Oakland campus.
Artis, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound point forward from Baltimore who plays at Notre Dame Prep in Massachusetts, said he committed to the Panthers after learning that he had academically qualified for freshman eligibility.
"Pitt was my main school," Artis said. "Everybody else was just recruiting me, saying they loved my game but never really put in the effort. Pitt came to see me a couple times. I felt the love from them."
Artis said he averaged 18 points, five rebounds and five assists a game at Notre Dame Prep, the same school where former Pitt center Steven Adams played in 2011-12.
Artis is the third member of the Panthers' 2013 recruiting class, joining 6-2 guard Josh Newkirk of Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God Christian and 6-8 power forward Mike Young of St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, N.J. Young is a McKeesport native who played at Shady Side Academy as a freshman.
Another prospect, 6-11 center center Joseph Uchebo, also is visiting Pitt this weekend and could commit. The Panthers now have three scholarships available after Adams declared for the NBA Draft and Trey Zeigler decided to transfer.
Pitt also is one of a handful of schools that could be a destination for 6-8 power forward Josh Davis, who is transferring from Tulane and will be eligible next season.
"They're an aggressive team. I love the coaching staff. I feel like they're the right fit for me," Artis said. "What you're going to get out of me is a lot of movement with the ball, getting my team involved, scoring, rebounding and getting on the breaks to get easy buckets."


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Terje Sorgjerd
"The Mountain" by Terje Sorgjerd. This is incredible.
Watch the video below!
wow… not sure what else to say.
- Steven Duncan
so this is real?! like, I know near nothing about photography or cinematography, just love looking at it…are stars and galaxies able to be picked up by film, or does this video involve editing/special effects?
regardless, i'm amazed by it. Absolutely wonderful.
- Brent Taylor
I'm sure there is some post production, but this is what the sky looks like when it isn't being polluted by light from a city.
is hard to believe what you can see in a mountain
AMAZING!! Loved it. Amazingly beautiful!
- Rhys
I always love this kind of videos.
- lapetitefaon
and to think I live in a city with light pollution so bad you can hardly see a star, this made me homesick for El Tiede (the mountain this was apparently taken from) even though I've never been before!
Even tough I love this images, it's really hard for me to believe that this as no manipulation. It's hard to believe that it's still possible to capture images like that. However, despite my doubts, it's is an incredibly beautiful video. :)
i really want to know if this is real?? does anyone know??
its sad/funny that we are so prone to thinking that its fake, light pollution.. :/
its real
WoW! I love this video!!
- Stefan
It's so nostalgic that it appears surreal, or manufactured.
- dario
its real.
telescope + camera adapter + camera


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Far Rockaway High School
|Far Rockaway High School
|821 Bay 25th Street, Far Rockaway, borough of Queens
New York City, New York
United States
|40°36′05″N 73°45′46″W / 40.6014°N 73.76278°WCoordinates: 40°36′05″N 73°45′46″W / 40.6014°N 73.76278°W
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|New York City Department of Education
|Far Rockaway High School
Far Rockaway High School was a public high school in New York City, at 821 Bay 25 Street in Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens. The school was founded in 1897, with Sanford J. Ellsworth as principal for over 40 years. The last principal was Denise J. Hallett.[1] The school, whose alumni included three Nobel Prize laureates and Bernard Madoff, stopped accepting students in 2008 as part of a planned closure because of declining grades. Although Far Rockaway High School no longer stands, the building has been divided into multiple schools, including A.M.T (school of medical technology, middle school & high school.) F.D.A. (Frederick Douglas Academy, High School), and Kappa VI (middle school). [2][3] The doors closed on June 27, 2011.[4]
The school opened in 1897 with a total enrollment of 19 students. The first graduating class of three students received their diplomas in ceremonies held on June 21, 1899.[5]
Until the 1919-1920 school year, Far Rockaway High School had been housed within P.S. 39. As of September 1921, the school superintendents had determined that the school, and its 25 classes of students, would become an independent entity managed by its own principal.[6]
A contract to construct a new building for the high school, planned to have enough room to accommodate 4,500 students, was awarded in August 1927 to the firm of Psaty & Fuhrman, which submitted the lowest bid of $1,459,971 to the New York City Board of Education. The firm had won an earlier bid, but withdrew its offer after determining that it had underestimated its costs. The firm that had come in second in the original bidding, came in second in the rebid, and had unsuccessfully sued to have its original bid accepted after the Psaty & Furman bid was withdrawn.[7] The school was nearing completion by January 1929, with costs having risen to $2.5 million, 67% over the original bid of $1.5 million. The school would be one of the largest in the nation, ready to serve 2,500 students on a campus covering a city block, with a three-story high auditorium, two gymnasiums, a swimming pool and ample classroom and athletic space.[8]
By the 2006-07 school year, data from the National Center for Education Statistics showed that the school had an enrollment of 945 students, with 72.8 teachers (on a full-time equivalent basis), yielding a student-teacher ratio of 13.0.[9]
In December 2007 the school announced that it would cease accepting new students for ninth grade and existing students would be allowed to graduate whereupon the school would end its existence as an independent school.[10] The Department of Education's decision cited declining marks under its school-monitoring system as the justification behind the planned closure. The school would stop accepting students as of the 2008-09 school year and would be phased out in its entirety over a four-year period.[3]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Richard Bey (born 1951), radio and television talk show host.[11][12]
- Baruch Samuel Blumberg (born 1925), winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine.[10][13]
- Joyce Brothers (1927–2013, class of 1943), psychologist and advice columnist.[10][14]
- William F. Brunner (1887–1965), Congressman.[15]
- Richard Cohen (class of 1958), columnist for The Washington Post.[2]
- Richard Feynman (1918–1988), winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his work on quantum electrodynamics.[10][16]
- Carl Icahn (born 1936), financier and billionaire.[10][17]
- Herbert S. Klein (born 1936), historian.[18]
- Nancy Lieberman (born 1958), basketball pioneer.[19]
- Bernard Madoff (born 1938, class of 1956), fraudster and a former stockbroker, investment advisor and financier who is the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered the largest financial fraud in U.S. history, estimated to be $64.8 billion.[20][21]
- Ruth Madoff (born 1941, class of 1958), wife of Ponzi scheme swindler Bernard Madoff.[2]
- Kenneth Alan Ribet (born 1948), mathematician.[10][22]
- Burton Richter (born 1931), winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics.[2][10]
- Alan Schriesheim (born 1930), former director and CEO of Argonne National Laboratory.[23]
- MC Serch (born 1967 as Michael Berrin), hip hop MC and former member of 3rd Bass.[24]
- Amirah Vann, American actress[25]
- John Warren (born 1947), former member of the New York Knicks.[26]
- ^ Far Rockaway High School
- ^ a b c d Cohen, Richard. "Goodbye, Bernie", The Washington Post, July 1, 2009. Accessed October 8, 2009. "I was in the Class of 1958, two years behind Bernie, but in the same class as his wife, Ruth."
- ^ a b Staff. "METRO BRIEFING | NEW YORK; Two More Schools To Close For Bad Performance", The New York Times, December 6, 2007. Accessed October 8, 2009.
- ^ A 114-year-old educational legacy ends, Long Island Herald
- ^ Staff. "SCHOOL HONORS FIRST GRADUATES; 3 Women, Entire Class of '99, Reunited at Ceremonies at Far Rockaway", The New York Times, November 4, 1937. Accessed October 8, 2009.
- ^ Staff. "HIGH SCHOOL FORMED TO EDUCATE WORKERS; Five Hundred Pupils to Alternate Weekly Between Studies and Wage Earning.", The New York Times, July 11, 1920. Accessed October 8, 2009.
- ^ Staff. "$1,459,971 BID WINS SCHOOL CONTRACT; Award to Build Far Rockaway High School Goes to Psaty & Fuhrman for Second Time. FIRM WITHDREW OLD OFFER Second Lowest Bidder Suing to Get Contract - Pupil Transfer Protested.", The New York Times, August 12, 1927. Accessed October 8, 2009.
- ^ Staff. "FAR ROCKAWAY HIGH SCHOOL ONE OF COUNTRY'S LARGEST; Building Now Nearing Completion Will Seat 2,500--Its Equipment Is Varied", The New York Times, January 27, 1929. Accessed October 8, 2009.
- ^ Far Rockaway High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 8, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Brosh, Brendan. "Far Rockaway High to close its doors", Daily News (New York), December 7, 2007. Accessed June 11, 2013. "The school's alums include billionaire financier Carl Icahn and Nobel Prize winners Richard Feynman, Baruch Blumberg and Burton Richter."
- ^ Staff. "U.N.H. Opens Production Geared To The State's Little Thetare Goers", The Telegraph (Nashua), August 2, 1969. Accessed February 4, 2012. "Heading the cast is Richard Bey in the role of Sammy. Bey, a student at Far Rockaway High School (Long Island) is now in his second year with the U.N.H. Summer Theatre."
- ^ Morales, Tina. "SCHOOL OF THE WEEK/Far Rockaway High School", Newsday, February 25, 1990. Accessed February 4, 2012. "ALUMNI Corporate raider Carl Icahn; polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk; psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers; Richard Bey, talk show host; Hal Cooper, TV director; Nancy Lieberman, pro basketball player; and Nobel prize winners Dr. Richard Feynman, Baruch Blumberg and Burton Richter."
- ^ Shamo, Marc A.; Kyle, Robert A. "Baruch Blumberg—Work on Hepatitis B Virus", Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2003. Accessed June 22, 2007. "Blumberg, whose father was a lawyer, was born on July 28, 1925, in Brooklyn, NY, the second of 3 children. After graduating from Far Rockaway High School in Brooklyn [sic] in 1943, he joined the US Navy."
- ^ Weinberg, Sydney Stahl. Joyce Brothers, Jewish Virtual Library. Accessed August 20, 2007. "After graduating from Far Rockaway High School in 1943, she entered Cornell University, majoring in psychology."
- ^ William Frank Brunner, United States Congress. Accessed June 22, 2007.
- ^ Gleick, James.. "Richard Feynman Dead at 69; Leading Theoretical Physicist", The New York Times, February 17, 1988. Accessed June 22, 2007. "After graduating from Far Rockaway High School in 1935, he went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then to Princeton University, where he received his doctorate in 1942."
- ^ About Me Archived February 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., The Icahn Report. Accessed October 8, 2009.
- ^ Herbert S Klein, Columbia University. Accessed June 13, 2017. "After graduating Far Rockaway High School I first attended Syracuse University from 1953 to 1955 and then transferred to the University of Chicago, where I obtained my BA in History in 1957, my MA in 1959 and my PhD in 1963 with a major in history and a minor in Anthropology."
- ^ via Associated press. "Lieberman Makes Debut", The New York Times, June 7, 1986. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Miss Lieberman, who announced last week she had signed with the two-year-old summer league, also had two assists. The 5-foot-10-inch Miss Lieberman, who is 27 years old, starred at Far Rockaway High School in Queens and played for the United States in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal."
- ^ Reske, Henry J. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Bernard Madoff; Madoff pled guilty to charges stemming from a $65 billion fraud.", U. S. News & World Report, March 12, 2009. Accessed July 16, 2017. "He graduated from Far Rockaway High School, where he met his future wife, Ruth Alpern."
- ^ June 1956 Far Rockaway High School Commencement Program,FRHS Online Alumni Association. Accessed July 16, 2017.
- ^ Chapey, Dr. Geraldine. "Chatting with Chapey: Weber and Ribet Honored", The Wave, October 21, 2005. Accessed June 22, 2007. "Speaking of successful professionals, Kenneth Ribet is a world renowned scholar.... He is a proud graduate of P.S. 114, J.H.S. 210 and Far Rockaway High School."
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- ^ Schwach, Howard. "Rockaway Hosts MTV's 'The White Rapper Show' ", The Wave (newspaper), January 26, 2007.
- ^ Madden, Mekeisha. "5 Things to Know About 'Underground' Star Amirah Vann", Essence (magazine), May 11, 2016. Accessed July 16, 2017. "Vann graduated from Far Rockaway High School and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham University."
- ^ Velez, Elio. "Nash Leads Woodmere To Victory at Crotty Classic", The Wave (newspaper), February 3, 2006. Accessed June 22, 2007. "Far Rockaway High School alumni Mel Utley and John Warren, who was a member of the 1973 Knicks' NBA championship team and recently Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson and Ron Artest are just a few of the names to play in the Big East court."


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This fun 18 hole Four Person Scrambler includes cash prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place. Additional prizes for longest drive (men & women), closest to pin, longest putt and hole-in-one contest. All proceeds will go toward scholarships to St Cloud Tech & Community College Automotive Tech program & Rocori Dollars for Scholars.
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Motion description languages: from specification to execution
Martin, Patrick J.
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Many emerging controls applications have seen increased operational complexity due to the deployment of embedded, networked systems that must interact with the physical environment. In order to manage this complexity, we design different control modes for each system and use motion description languages (MDL) to specify a sequence of these controllers to execute at run-time. Unfortunately, current MDL frameworks lose some of the important details (i.e. power, spatial, or communication capabilities) that affect the execution of the control modes. This work presents several computational tools that work towards closing MDL's specification-to-execution gap, which can result in undesirable behavior of complex systems at run-time. First, we develop the notion of an MDL compiler for control specifications with spatial, energy, and temporal constraints. We define a new MDL for networked systems and develop an algorithm that automatically generates a supervisor to prevent incorrect execution of the multi-agent MDL program. Additionally, we derive conditions for checking if an MDL program satisfies actuator constraints and develop an algorithm to insert new control modes that maintain actuator bounds during the execution of the MDL program. Finally, we design and implement a software architecture that facilitates the development of control applications for systems with power, actuator, sensing, and communication constraints.


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text: On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 02:16:14PM -0700, Jerry D. Smith II alleged: > Good afternoon all, > > I am currently using torque-1.1.0p4 and Maui on a EM64T cluster with > 512 nodes (dual proc) > > We noticed what we thought to be an odd behavior today with using > multiple pbsnodes commands. > > We have launched a job, and are allocated a node "sn188" > > On first check with a pbsnodes -a the node is reported as > "job-exclusive" > While still leaving the job running on the node, we marked the node as > "offline" with pbsnodes -o. Which is the status that we saw with a new > pbsnodes -a. We then used pbsnodes -c to clear the node as no longer > offline to the server. But when looking at it with pbsnodes -a, the > resultant state was free, even though the job was still running on the > node, and was still allocated when one looked via maui's checknode. > > Is this the expected behavior? When you mark the node offline, it is overwriting the state. When you are clearing the offline status, it goes back to it's default "free" state. This isn't any cause for alarm. The scheduler won't be fooled into thinking it can allocate a job on that node. Note that "free" and "busy" don't refer to CPU availability or "I'm free for jobs", it means the load average is or isn't over the max_load mom config. This is why nodes can be both "job-exclusive" and "job-exclusive,busy". Also note that I'm slightly over simplifying the above. When the loadave goes over max_load, mom will report itself as busy. When the loadave then drops down below ideal_load, mom will report itself as free. -- Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator University of Southern California -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.supercluster.org/pipermail/torqueusers/attachments/20041117/4546095c/attachment.bin


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DSC Light w/ used Instrument Cluster
I have a 04/2002 E46 330ci. I put in a used cluster from a 12/2002 E46 330ci convertible. The problem is that both the DSC lights (center and brake) are always on. And the DSC does not function. Everything else works. If I put my old (gauges are dead) cluster back in and drive the car a little to reset the sensors the DCS lights are gone and DSC is working again.
Any advice on what is going on and why this match doesn't work would be greatly appreciated. My VIN is PH00265.
The DSC module changed around 9/2002 so the cluster probably has to be reprogrammed.
Do you have a tamper dot next to the mileage? Never tried programming when that is present so I don't know if it'll even work. You might have to send it in to a specialist for mileage correction first.
Yes, the manipulation dot is on, as it should be. So from what you wrote, I need a instrument cluster from a 330ci up to 09/2002, w/ same automatic transmission. What about matching the instrument cluster part number exactly? My original cluster part number is (6211-911391).
Using 'http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do?vin=PH00265' the used cluster I have with part number (6211-6931276) should also be a match. Or maybe that is only if it's UNCODED?
I just want to avoid having to buy a brand new cluster and repair fees.
you need to find someone who can manually code the cluster to your car. The manipulation dot will stay on, but at least it should be able to work and allow your DSC to function.
If you have the correct tools, you can program the dsc, mileage and make the tamper dot go away.....
If you get an uncoded cluster, you will be able to get rid of the tamper dot, but it will have to be programmed once it is installed in the car. Any indy with an Autologic or GT1 can do that.
Tamper dot cannot be cleared by any tools that plug into the OBDII port. You have to desolder the EEPROM from the cluster and use an external reprogrammer. You can fix the DSC by using NCS Expert... DIS and Progman complain about the VIN not matching and then refuse to recode the module
That makes perfect sense... The last attempt I made was at a indy w/ a Autologic/GT1 and the system didn't even show the DSC fault, leaving no option to reprogram/reset it. Where can I locate NCS Expert?
Does anybody know of any indy or other person in the Pensacola or Destin, FL area with NCS Expert?
Check out www.rpmmotorsport.net
the site looks a little tacky but its a serious company, he fixed my ews dme and cluster. i had the same problem and i also needed a used dme to match my original ews. the cost for generic coding is around 150 cad.
Any chance a Genesis or Launch will possibly work. I found a indy shop that has that as an option.
Will an ebay "pa soft" bmw scanner have the ability to also do this? I'm in the same boat
But yeah, Zac is a great guy. Always fixed my issues regardless og subject. Quick call and few mins later, problem solved! :)
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text: Collecting farm memorabilia can take you on a long trip down Memory Lane. It is often the gathering of the memories and the search for the items that is more fun than the items themselves. Yes, value is important, but so is history. Farming's long history provides many collecting avenues and categories.


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FL Still Fighting MLR Waiver Denial; KS, OK Denied
Like a battered fighter who keeps coming back for another round, Florida is not giving up on its quest to be granted a waiver from the medical loss ratio requirements required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Florida officials have appealed the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services' decision to deny the state's request for a waiver to allow health insurers more time to meet the MLR requirements.
In a December 30, 2011 letter to CMS's Steve Larsen, the Florida insurance commissioner, Kevin McCarty, contends that 'failure to obtain the requested adjustment will cause permanent, irreparable harm to our market and the distribution channel for health products and services.'
The PPACA requires that health insurers spend no more than 15% to 20% of their annual premium dollars for individual policies on administrative expenses beginning in 2011. Health plans that don't meet the MLR standard must provide a rebate to their customers.
In the waiver request filed with CMS in March 2011, Florida officials asked for an adjustment of the MLR standard to 68%, 72%, and 76% for 2011, 2012, and 2013, respectively.
That request was denied in mid-December 2011. At that time Larsen noted that with 20 carriers, Florida has a very competitive individual health insurance market and there was no indication that meeting the MLR requirement would create a hardship for the insurers.
McCarty's letter, which also requests 'further time to augment and amplify' the state's waiver application for reconsideration, refers to the departure of six carriers as proof that 'significant damage to our marketplace has already occurred.' While noting that the six represent a 'relatively small portion of the marketplace,' the letter contends that the departures 'translate into fewer products and less competition' for the individual market.


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DVD • Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" is up-to-date computer animation, but its soul is as old as an 8-bit video-game character.
Ralph, the title character (voiced by John C. Reilly), is the angry villain of a "Donkey Kong"-style arcade game who, after 30 years of smashing things and being defeated by the plucky Fix-It Felix Jr. (voiced by Jack McBrayer), decides he wants to be a hero even if he has to jump to another game to do it.
After a stint in a violent first-person-shooter, Ralph lands in a candy-themed car-race game, helping the scrappy Vanellope (voiced by Sarah Silverman) win against the scheming King Candy (voice of Alan Tudyk, channelling Ed Wynn).
Loaded with nods to classic games from QBert to Sonic the Hedgehog, "Wreck-It Ralph" delivers clever humor, colorful design and some neat plot twists. It also gives Reilly and Silverman a perfect showcase for their comic vocal gifts.
The disc includes the Oscar-winning short "Paperman," a charming urban romance that debuted with "Ralph" in theaters.
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Baby Wellness: Figuring Out Food Allergies
For better or worse, former financial analyst and mother of four, Robyn O'Brien has made it her mission to raise food allergy awareness. She was spurred into action two years ago when her youngest child had a severe reaction to eggs. And, the concerned mom has since designed a universal symbol for kids with food allergies and a line of goods that feature the logo. A recent New York Times article said:
"Her theory — that the food supply is being manipulated with additives, genetic modification, hormones and herbicides, causing increases in allergies, autism and other disorders in children — is not supported by leading researchers or the largest allergy advocacy groups."
To finish the post,
The 36-year-old dynamo calls for parents to throw away their non-organic food. And, though she has no medical background or much data in the form of statistics, she has garnered the support of Erin Brockovich. The woman famous for taking on Pacific Gas and Electric Company said:
"You don't have to be a doctor or a scientist to look into whether our food supply is safe," she said. "Being obsessed doesn't mean she's crazy. Frankly, I think it takes a little bit of being crazy to make a difference in this world."


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The 67-year-old legendary yachtsman rolled his Saga Insurance vessel 360 degrees in winds of more than 70 knots during a storm in the Bay of Biscay.
"The waves are watery Himalayas, it is as bad as anything you would see in the Southern Ocean," he said.
"The wind sounds like the BBC sound effects for a storm in Antarctica."
Knox-Johnston, who became the first person to sail single-handed non-stop around the globe in 1969, is now heading to La Coruna in Spain and is due to arrive on Thursday.
His boat will undergo repairs which will take at least 24 hours to complete.
The race started in Bilbao on Sunday but the storm, described as "boat breaking", caused massive problems for the six competitors.
It forced Knox-Johnston to join Mike Golding, Alex Thomson, Unai Basurko in returning to harbour.
"The waves were probably about 40 feet between trough and crest," added Knox-Johnston.
"All of the crests are breaking, the wind is so strong it is blowing a spindrift across the top of the ocean.
"Everything around me is white, you dare not look into it as you would be blinded.
"The boat is otherwise fine and just needs the chance to show herself, she has been riding the waves beautifully - an absolute dream.
"She's really good, it is just a bit uncomfortable for the human inside her.
"There is no point in trying to race in these conditions, it is better to just keep the boat and crew comfortable until the seas subside.
"We will race again when conditions permit."
Only Japan's Koji Shiraishi and defending champion Bernard Stamm from Switzerland are currently racing.
And Thomson, on board Hugo Boss, added: "On a scale of one to 10, it was an 11 - it was horrific.
"My thoughts are with the others who still out there. I am obviously disappointed but I have no other option than to suspend racing in order to carry out the necessary repair."


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Howdy there, My name is John Eaves and I am photographer with a great passion for pinup, cosplay, and themed shoots. I just moved to Saint George Utah, and work in California so I am available to shoot in either region. I love shooting at all the new locations in and between the two states, and I've had a great time working with all the local models createing fun and imaginative images.... When I am not taking pictures, I am an illustrator for the motion picture and Television industry (primarily with the world of Star Trek) I started taking pictures in 09 with Miss Amanda Lee and Miss Wednesday Mourning being the first models I worked with,,,, Many years later we still shoot together when ever we can!!!! My sincerest thanks go out to the many photographers and models who have inspired me along the way with their incredible talents. Recently I have been able to travel all over California, Arizona, and soon Wyoming, Nebraska, & Colorado to shoot with some truly wonderful models at some awesome locations!!! The Antelope Valley has provided most of the backdrops for the shoots and almost everyday I find somewhere new to shoot at. If your near by or in the area and want to shoot drop me a line... Also if your in need of any photoshop work, artistic modification, B&W conversion, custom frame or title block work give me a go,,,I love collaborating with creative folks and I have quite an extensive line of Pin up outfits if your needing something special for one of our shoots, below is a link to my wardrobe collection so feel free to browse.. If you wish to send me an invite to join my friends list, please write a note to introduce yourself first, below are some additional links to my blog and other fun stuff, come on over and check em out. Thanks Be sure to check out my other MM page Atomic johnny's pinups # #2126972
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|April 28, 1982, 12:00 PM (unknown)
|Grand Rapids (MI) (United States)
|8°02' Taurus
|14°00' Cancer
|Taurus, Libra, Cancer
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Water, Earth / Cardinal
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|Birthpath 7
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Christopher Zane Kaman (born April 28, 1982, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Kaman stands 7'0" (2.13 m) and weighs 265 pounds (120 kg). He was selected sixth overall in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Clippers, after a college basketball career at Central Michigan University. Early life Kaman attended Tri-unity Christian School in Wyoming, Michigan, leading his high school varsity to the state Class D quarterfinals in 2000, before losing to Lenawee Christian School. He went on to play for three seasons at Central Michigan University, leading them to a Mid-American Conference Championship and a NCAA tournament first-round win in 2003. He then garnered Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America honors befo...
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Not at all, as it turns out: He is worried about his little Maltese, which has a persistent liver infection.
Robert Graves thought Hammett was better than either Chandler or Asbury and called The Maltese Falcon, "a literary landmark."
"So I called out of the clear blue sky with no agenda," she remembers, as she holds up her Maltese, Max, for smooches.
The occupations of the Maltese women, however, are of a far less wearing nature.
Roosevelt had been in the saddle all day and it was eighty miles to the Maltese Cross.
All that was stated was a reason for believing that the Maltese belonged to it.
That summer of 1885 he was night-herder for the Maltese Cross "outfit."
A specific micro-organism, the Micrococcus melitensis, was discovered in 1887, and it was traced to the milk of the Maltese goats.
Nosey Murphy hesitated and looked to the Maltese Cockney for counsel.
The Maltese cross, a Phoenician emblem, was discovered cut on a rock in the island from which it takes its name.


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|Reviews for It Rocks To Be Bi
| RDraconis chapter 1 . 4/19/2007
Ha, very nice rhyme scheme. It's got an interesting flow, and it's definitely amusing.
Why bi specifically? Just cuz it rhymed?
| dachief chapter 1 . 10/13/2006
Nice little ditty. I would however suggest you reconsider the rating. Other than that, keep writing.


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Riding the green wave to stay competitive.
Being "green" and environmentally friendly are more than buzzwords these days. Now that alternative energy has caught the attention of Silicon Valley, investors are pumping cash into a wave of technologies-some better known than others, but all indicative of a shift from the norm. Despite the sluggish economy, alternative energy start-ups received a record $2 billion in venture capital funding in the second quarter of 2008, a 58 percent increase from the previous year, according to Cleantech Group, a market research firm. Today, clean energy accounts for 20 percent of all venture capital funding and continues to attract interest.
Wind Energy
In 2007, the United States' energy demands were met primarily by petroleum, coal and natural gas. Renewable energy sources accounted for only 7 percent. Of the renewable energy sources, hydroelectric power generated the lion's share of electricity. At the end of March 2008, the United States had an installed wind power capacity of 18,302-MW, accounting for only about 1 percent of the country's total usage. As small as that percentage may be, this clearly indicates a shift in the direction in which we are moving in energy usage.
Installed wind power grew a staggering 45 percent in 2007, and that growth is poised to continue. In a recent report, the Department of Energy said if a series of challenges were met, then the United States should be able to derive a full 20 percent of its electric demand from wind power alone by 2030.
Research and investments are being poured into this technology, which is helping fuel its rapid growth. In a recent research paper in the International Journal of Global Energy Issues, engineers in Greece examined the total cost of various "green" technologies to see how they stacked up to fossil fuels once construction, maintenance and disposal were considered. They found that wind power, along with geothermal energy, were the greenest alternatives to fossil fuels, so the boom in wind power is not only good for U.S. energy independence, but it is also good for the planet as it reduces our dependence on fossil fuels.
With the credit crisis, worldwide recession and reduction in energy prices dampening near-term demand for renewable energy and capital for those projects, there continues to be a surge in wind power demand and also a similar surge in demand for the equipment needed for capturing the wind. In April, turbine manufacturers confirmed that a wind turbine shortage exists, and is growing. In a conference call to analysts, General Electric reported that they currently had a $12 billion backlog of orders booked but not shipped-more than double that of just one year prior.
While the latest available data shows that the United States has a long way before it will reach some of its lofty renewable energy goals, the surge in wind interest alone suggests that significant changes are underway. Currently, many states have large amounts of wind energy production facilities in the construction pipeline. Once the planned projects are built, four states will produce more wind power than the entire country did in 2007. However, improved national electricity transmission will be required for industrial customers to realize the market benefit for these renewable energy projects. For example, if the wires to move the power from a Wyoming wind farm cannot be built, the power cannot get to the large, electricity-using markets.
Solar Power
Not to be outdone by wind power, solar is making large leaps in terms of installed projects. In California, companies have almost completed construction on a pair of massive solar plants that together will generate more than 800-MW of power - more than 12 times the power than that of the next largest plant currently in operation. The plants, when completed, will cover more than 12.5 square miles in sunny, central California. The scale of these plants is significant, as previous studies have shown that small solar installations are not actually an efficient alternative to other power sources. Only when the scales are large enough does solar become a cleaner and greener alternative to fossil fuels. Additionally, the newer solar technology is concentrating solar power where large "farms" of solar mirrors collect and concentrate the sun's rays to create electricity.
Energy Considerations for Companies
Today, energy companies are becoming increasingly global in their operations. They are also comprehending energy issues and compliance and taking advantage of situations. Developing a carbon strategy, understanding the approach for carbon regulations, assessing greenhouse gas emissions, generating or purchasing renewable energy and measuring the financial impact of carbon issues are all essential to progressing in the evolving energy movement and employing the best business practices.
Last summer, energy costs skyrocketed to levels not seen in decades. While cost is a motivational factor for industrial customers when it comes to making decisions regarding an energy purchase, brand image is something that many mid-size to large energy consumers consider. Some energy companies will spend more this year on renewable energy because they not only think it is good for their brand, but they also know it is important to a large part of their client base.
To stay ahead of this changing energy market, it is paramount to stay abreast of regulations in the works. Last summer, the Lieberman-Warner Leading Climate Change Bill failed in the Senate, but many key regional and state initiatives will most likely be implemented to cap greenhouse gas and carbon emissions from large corporations. Canada has already implemented some measures. A smart energy consumer is well informed and cognizant of proposed legislation that could affect any current energy programs.


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Jason Aldean Takes Coolest Selfie Ever With George Strait
There are selfies ... and then there are selfies like this one!
There are selfies ... and then there are selfies like this one!
George Strait will prove once and for all why he is the King of Country. The icon is set to play his final show ever with a ridiculously star-studded lineup of artists at his side, ensuring the country legend will ride away from his touring days in style.
George Strait used his immense success for good this past weekend when he helped raise $425,000 for Troops First Foundation at the Tapatio Springs Golf Resort through a golf tournament and auction.
Looking at George Strait's illustrious career, you may wonder if he's ever had any regrets, because with 26 studio albums, it really does seem like he's done everything right.
George Strait has released 40 albums on MCA Nashville, but that total will reach at least 45 before he's done. On Wednesday night (Aug. 28), his label CEO announced that the legend has signed a contract to record five more albums, even though he's retiring from the road after next year.
George Strait's father has died. John Byron Strait was living in Pearsall, Texas, the singer's hometown, but had spent the last month in the hospital before he passed away Tuesday morning (June 4).
It was the wildest show behind bars, and George Strait was in the thick of it for one year in the early '80s. He wasn't the only one. Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall … they all did time behind the walls of the Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
George Strait steps back in time for his newest release, 'Love Is Everything.' In the past, the singer always found a way to add a touch of contemporary to his traditional sound. There's nothing to separate this from albums he made throughout the '80s and '90s, but that's not necessarily a criticism.
Mega superstars Garth Brooks and George Strait gave a once-in-a-lifetime performance at the 2013 ACMs on Sunday night (April 7), singing together for the first time ever in tribute to Dick Clark.
As George Strait bids farewell to life on the road as one of country music's most in-demand touring act, the country legend reflects back on his early days as a young musician trying to find his voice.
Congratulations to Jim Reinhard! He's the winner of our trip to San Antonio to see the grand finale of the "Cowboy Rides Away" farewell tour with George Strait.
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Tottenham midfielder Wilson Palacios will be sidelined for three weeks after surgery on a knee injury suffered in training.
The 26-year-old alerted Tottenham's medical staff to the problem following Wednesday's 0-0 draw with AC Milan in the Champions League and the Honduras international underwent a minor operation on Saturday.
"Wilson Palacios has undergone an arthroscopy on his right knee today (Saturday)," a statement on Spurs' website confirmed.
"The Honduras international midfielder is expected to be sidelined for up to three weeks."
Palacios has played 30 times this season, his most recent appearance being Tottenham's 3-1 defeat at Blackpool two and a half weeks ago.
He will miss Tottenham's Premier League matches against West Ham and his former club Wigan, but should have recovered in time for the first leg of the club's Champions League quarterfinal - the draw for which is made next Friday.


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Organisers of the New Quay Urban Downhill Mountain Bike event recently presented a £300 cheque to the Wales Air Ambulance .
During last year's event money was raised in aid of Wales Air Ambulance by holding a raffle. The prize was a full set of race kit , kindly donated by "Royal Racing " An event spokesman said: "As the sport of downhill mountain bike racing is very extreme with many crashes, we felt that the Air Ambulance was where we wanted the money to go. One never know's when riders might need their service!"
Plans are afoot to make this year's unique event bigger and better, on November 1 and 2.


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Watch: Grammys 2013 Red Carpet Trendspotting Roundtable
From the inspired to the outrageous, the fashion on display at Los Angeles show, held on February 10, was one of the most memorable in years.
Despite a new set of guidelines for apparel appropriateness, plenty of artists pushed the envelope. From J.Lo's leggy black dress to Katy Perry's now-infamous plunging green neckline, this was a year full of indelible images from music's hottest stars.
Celebuzz senior style editor Kristin Koch, TV personality Keltie Colleen, fashion blogger Ashley Tarkington and dancer/buzzmaker Dani Vitale.
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Download Full Free X-plore File Manager 3.88.20 Patched – Android Apps by Lonely Cat Games
X-plore File Manager Description
You are about to download the X-plore File Manager 3.88.20 Patched Apk file for Android 2.3 and up From Apk4dl.com With Direct Link
X-plore File Manager – allows you to see inside of your Android device. And also outside.
This is a dual-pane explorer, there are two folders shown at same time, and common operation such as copying files are done from one pane to another.
And X-plore shows folder hierarchy in a tree view for clear orientation and fast switching to other location.
You may explore internals of the device, and if you're power user and have your device rooted, you can make changes to system data – backup files, remove unwanted applications, etc.
If you're standard user, you may choose to hide internal memory from view and be sure not to mess with system.
You can comfortably see contents of mass memories on your device, or possibly attached USB memory stick.
Simple app manager allows to see, run, copy, share, uninstall and further explore installed applications.
WiFi file sharing
Access files on your Android device from other Android devices over WiFi.
Access from a PC web browser
Manage files on your Android device from your PC.
Access to FTP and FTPS (secure FTP) servers is supported.
Multiple servers may be configured.
X-plore can display shared folders on other computers in LAN.
X-plore can access various web storage "Cloud" servers, and access their files.
You need to have account in supported web service, then you can access your files stored online through X-plore.
Supported is also SSH File Transfer (SFTP) and Terminal shell emulator.
Features X-plore File Manager:
● Dual-pane tree view
● Root, FTP, SMB, Sqlite, Zip, Rar, 7zip, DLNA/UPnP explorer
● Disk Map – see which files consume most space on your disk – http://bit.ly/xp-dmap
● Cloud storage access: Google Drive™, Dropbox, Box.net, Amazon cloud drive, Mega.co.nz, OneDrive, Webdav, ОБЛАКО.mail.ru, Yandex.disk, MediaFire, SugarSync, Dump Truck, Picasa
● SSH File Transfer (SFTP) and SSH Shell – http://bit.ly/xp-ssh ***
● Music player ***
● App manager
● PDF viewer (on Android 5.0+)
● WiFi file sharing *** – http://bit.ly/xp-wifi
● Manage files from a PC web browser *** – http://bit.ly/xp-web
● Favorite folders
● Built-in viewers for images, video, audio, text
● Hex viewer
● Fast Image viewer with zoom and slide to previous/next images
● Thumbnails for images and video as well as for various file types (depending on associated application)
● Multi-selection – always available, yet not disturbing
● View APK files as ZIP
● Share – send files by Bluetooth, email, or whatever the device supports, from any location
● Configurable buttons and key shortcuts
● Seamless work with Zip (as if it was normal folder)
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Patched Download :[4.6 MB]
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