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Ted Simons: The Phoenix Symphony's new season gets underway tonight. Earlier, I spoke with symphony CEO Jim Ward. Thank you for joining us tonight on "Arizona Horizon."
Jim Ward: Thank you.
Ted Simons: Season kicks off tonight. What kind of highlights are we looking at this go-around?
Jim Ward: We have an amazing season planned. It's somewhat bittersweet for us because our music director, it's his last season. He'll be with us but it is his final season but as he transitions up to the Minnesota opera, which is where he's going, we've had the opportunity to bring in 11 world-renowned guest conductors over the season and it's very rare for us to have the opportunity to be able to do that, and I think the community's going to be very excited about the level of talent that we have coming in.
Ted Simons: Are these tryouts or just guest appearances?
Jim Ward: Anyone that comes to play with us tell me, you want to feel them out and they want to feel us out. So you never know. But, you know, definitely they're great talent that we would be lucky to have any of them come to Phoenix. It's a great season.
Ted Simons: It's good for the symphony as well for musicians to experience other conductors, see how they go about things.
Jim Ward: Each individual conductor is unique under themselves and that chemistry, alchemy that they create with the symphony is different and sometimes, it works and sometimes maybe it doesn't work. And but when it works, it is true magic and it is certainly something that our symphony members enjoy because it is invigorating and a change of pace.
Ted Simons: Is there a -- obviously, it's his last year, it's a theme but is there a overriding theme as well in terms of content, what is being presented, the music itself?
Jim Ward: It's really what we call the year of the conductor, not only because Michael's leaving but each one of these conductors are bringing something to the table. Tonight, our opening night, we have Sarah Hicks and that's not necessarily the norm in the orchestral world and she bridges the classical and pop side. She just got done on a tour with Sting, conducting his symphony. She brings something new. We have a gentleman, in his own right, he's a conductor and a pianist bringing the Russian school to us. So throughout the season, we have a number of these wonderful folks coming and it's really the year of the conductor for us.
Ted Simons: When these conductors come in, I know that certain orchestras have an identity, whether it's Cleveland, Philadelphia, in London, it's different. Does the Phoenix symphony have any particular identity in the classical music world?
Jim Ward: I think you're right, there are the big five who have established and had these long histories and have developed that kind of a reputation and theme, if you will. I think the Phoenix symphony frankly and I'm proud of this is best known for frankly its accessibility. A lot of symphony orchestras across the country aren't accessible. They're still programming inaccessible music, it's stuffy and you don't know what to do when you come. Michael Christy and our musicians over the past eight years have done so much to open it up and make people feel accessible and, in fact, we just did a patrons survey and 97% rated us good or excellent in terms of the product we're serving. We need more people to come down and experience that.
Ted Simons: What about collaboration with the ballet, with the opera? I know there's a gala, coming up here. Talk to us about that and again, is that collaboration improving? Could it still improve? What's going on?
Jim Ward: We began a little over a year ago with the generous grant from the lode star foundation to achieve a couple of things. One, to lower our expense model so that we could be more stable financially but also to increase our impact to the community. And there are three demonstrable ways we are collaborating. The first is a gala called trio, February 8th next year it's the first time in over a decade the three organizations have come together and worked together to both create more impact in the community, create more of an income for us around that event but also gives folks the opportunity to celebrate the assets that Phoenix has, which are the three organizations. 17 The second area of collaboration is we have just formed a consortium that we at the Phoenix symphony hold. It's the state-of-the-art in the industry but the ballet and the opera have been unable to access it because of its cost. As the master license holder, we're working with them to come on board as sub-licensees and this has been funded by the community so the opera can come on at a reduced cost but more importantly, we three can work together and mine each other's databases and create marketing opportunities for each one of them.
Ted Simons: A brave new world in the classical music field.
Jim Ward: It absolutely is.
Ted Simons: Speaking of that before we let you go, science, technology, engineering, math, and the arts? This program called mind over matter, what's going on here?
Jim Ward: Well, it's mind over music, but it could be mind over matter, too. And it's taking the concept of stem and adding the a, which makes it steam and the "A" is art. What we are doing is going to a pilot school, which happens to be the asu charter school on 7th street and working with their teachers to create a music-based curriculum, so everything would be music-based, to teach those fundamentals, science, technology, engineering and math. For example, you can get into physics by talking about sound waves and things like that, which are important in music. The most important thing is we are going to be measuring this on a longitudinal basis quantitatively to prove, in fact, that this kind of a curriculum can make a difference rather than hoping for the best. We will be measuring this in a very significant way. And hopefully expanding that out beyond a pilot school to entire school districts, if we're fortunate.
Ted Simons: Is this modeled after another program out there?
Jim Ward: Well, this is actually unique in the world of music. It's modeled after a program that has been done for the arts in general. But we're taking that and targeting it just leveraging music and we're the only American orchestra that's attempting to do this. We have application into the Kennedy center of the performing arts to help us train more teachers once this begins to expand. So we're excited about it.
Ted Simons: You've got a lot on your plate. Jim, it's good to have you here, have a successful season, thanks for joining us. And that is it for now. I'm Ted Simons, you have a great evening.


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Yes, the spot was good in the sense that I could extract the cool San Francisco air and cold convection from the window but extremely poor anytime direct sunlight would shine into the window. The particular warm-weather oysters we are fruiting fruit best around 70F. The Stipticus Panellus bioluminescent mushrooms that I am going to bring fruit a bit better at normal room temperature (73F) and glow best around that too. The problem was that when the sun shines in, even with the Reflectix backing that I added, temperatures soar in the chamber to as high as 80F some mornings. Due to the sudden change in temperature, the humidifier typically could not keep up and the relative humidity in the chamber would fall temporarily. Outside of "real serious" insulation (say R-20 or above), there is no way to stop this heating effect, and a larger humidifier input to accommodate the temperature dynamics would have the additional side effect of using more water. A better place would be one that I can get an even room temperature, away from the sunlight, and where the setup doesn't bother anyone.

Roger

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We can definitely move the mushrooms if the space is needed for other equipment or projects. Really, the window is not the ideal space for the fruiting chamber...the heat in the morning has been an uphill battle with contamination and yields. You could almost setup a greenhouse in that spot! If there is a better space for the mushrooms, we will be happy to move them ASAP. I'd love to hear thoughts on alternate locations.... That said we'll probably only have them setup another few weeks, unless there is significant interest in continuing the project.
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 Danny O'Brien wrote, On 2011-11-30 14:58:

> They do tend to blow people's minds. It's a great moment in the tour,
 > although I tend to end up leaving it to last.
 > Put me down as liking the 'sacrificial makerbot' idea at the front, if
 > we have one to spare.

I think it would be great if one simply had a cronjob to start up
 printing a very simple design at intervals starting around noon and
 ending around 22:00, with a crappy conveyer belt spitting them out into
 a bucket, a Noisebucket.

 > I think once tastebridge's mushrooms are done, that might be a good
 > space to use. It feels a bit like the stuff for the laser-cutter
 > really needs a place outside of the laser-cutting room, and the 3D
 > printers need material and parts too.

Again I feel like they're a little loud to be there, especially if we
 just did a bunch of work to make sound not be so much of a problem.

 > OH MAN I HAVE OPINIONS

AND THEY'RE COMING OUT OF YOUR FINGERS FASTER THAN YOUR MOUTH OR ASS!

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Trade is Brown's signature issue. He has voted against trade deal after trade deal -- with South Korea, Panama, Colombia, Central America, Mexico and Canada and, most importantly here, China. So anyone who follows Brown had to appreciate a recent political jab by Brown's Republican opponent in this year's Senate election, namely, Mandel. Mandel, currently Ohio's state treasurer, said in a news release on March 1, when he announced he was actively campaigning for the Senate:
"Make no mistake -- Sherrod Brown is one of the main D.C. politicians responsible for Ohio jobs moving to China."
Had Mandel just co-opted Brown's best-known issue?
This would make for quite an interception and, in the game of politics, it deserved kudos. But we wondered: Can Mandel back up his claim?
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a. 107 1/7 pounds
b. 170 pounds
c. 210 pounds
d. 750 pounds
I believe the answer is c but would like to make sure if anyone can help...
earth : neptune
5 : 7
weight = 150 pounds(on earth)
1 part=150/5(5 is the ratio on earth)
1 part=30
on neptune its 7
so 7*30 =210 pounds
you are right
A person's weight on Neptune is 7/5 of their weight on earth. Multiply their weight on earth by 7, and divide the result by 5.
But since they can't breathe on Neptune, they won't last long enough to weigh in.
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A UNIQUE music group in Pembrokeshire which gives people with learning difficulties the chance to perform alongside local professional musicians is singing out for more members.
Wings Over Pembrokeshire already has over 70 enthusiastic participants, who enjoy weekly workshops at the Garage youth centre in Haverfordwest and a music night every month in Tenby. But the group is hoping to encourage more people to join in its workshops at the Quins Club, Pembroke Dock.
"We're sure there are lots of potential members out there who would love to come along," said committee member Marty Andrews of Manorbier. "Wings helps people with moderate and severe learning difficulties gain confidence in a world that often leaves them behind - friendships are made and some of the shyer amongst them come out of their shell.
"And people from the mainstream discover the companionship and uninhibited enthusiasm that always seems to be around when people with special needs conquer their disabilities."
Wings was started seven years ago, when the family of a severely-disabled young man approached the Jam Shop Studios in Haverfordwest. He responded well to music and creating sounds, and very soon, other young people with a range of disabilities came along and joined in drum workshops.
With encouragement from each other, they began to sing; musicians supported them and Wings Over Pembrokeshire was born.
Wings stands for With Inclusion Nobody Gets Sidelined, and the group, which performs concerts all over Pembrokeshire, is planning its own festival later this year.
Mr Andrews, whose 19-year-old son Joe is a member, added: "It's particularly good for 18-30 year-olds - it gives them a real focus and good social opportunities, and some are learning to play instruments such as guitar and drums."
The music played by Wings is chosen by its members, and which ranges from rock and roll, through rock, blues,new wave, reggae and indie to current chart hits.
The workshops at the Quins club take place on the first and third Wednesday of each month between 7pm and 9pm, with the next one tonight (Wednesday March 19).
Anyone interested can contact Mr Andrews on 01834 871181, or just go along on the night.


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Matthew McConaughey Plays Dress-Up on "Dallas Buyers Club" Set
Knocking out his green screen scenes, Matthew McConaughey was on the set of "Dallas Buyers Club" in New Orleans on Tuesday (December 11).
The "Lincoln Lawyer" star looked very skinny in a variety of costume changes, including a business suit and cowboy hat, a pilot uniform, and even clergy garb.
Recently, the 43-year-old actor spoke to the Huffington Post about his successful 2012.
When asked whether he considered himself underrated and taken for granted, he replied, "I never felt like something was being taken for granted. I mean, I don't dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don't know, people's perceptions of me. I truly don't. I figure there are ways to be very deliberate about how you are perceived. I'm not foolish. I'm not an open book by any means. I'm smart enough not to be foolish like that. At the same time, I lead my real life. I engage in my real life. Because I choose to do that -- my choice with me where I go. Whether I'm running on the beach without my shirt or whether I'm going out with my kids or going to church or going out to dinner -- I don't choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags. You know what I mean?"
The laid-back Texan continued, "You know, some could argue that it's counter-intuitive to how you're perceived as a 'serious actor,' or what have you. But I chose to just go, 'I'm just going to keep doing the work.' I'm not questioning my own acting. Just keep doing the work and I'm going to keep living my life, which is kind of the mantra I'm working off of, 'just keep livin'.' I do know actors who deliberately insulate themselves from any kind of public life or being seen because they believe it's good for business. And, you know what? In a lot of ways, many of them are right."


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|Amherst's Kehoe Named NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week
Amherst's Kehoe Named NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week
October 16, 2006
AMHERST, MA – Amherst College senior quarterback Nick Kehoe (Washington Depot, CT) was named the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Football Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after leading the Jeffs to a 38-3 victory over conference rival Colby College.
Kehoe finished the day with a career-high 330 yards passing, completing 21-of-31 attempts with three touchdowns and no interceptions, including a 46-yard touchdown bomb. Kehoe's first touchdown of the day came with just 41 seconds remaining in the first half and gave Amherst a 10-3 lead heading into the locker room. Kehoe wasted no time in the second half, connecting for a 27-yard touchdown pass just 1:25 into the third quarter to give the Jeffs a 17-3 lead. Leading 24-3 in the fourth quarter, Kehoe added his third and final touchdown on a 46-yard touchdown pass with 11:46 remaining in the game.
Kehoe currently leads the NESCAC in average passing yards-per-game with 234.2, is second in total offensive yards-per-game with 226.0, and is third in passing efficiency at 139.2.
Kehoe returns to the field this Saturday where he will look to lead the Jeffs to a NESCAC victory on the road at Wesleyan University. The game time is set for 1:00 p.m.
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Ruppenthal dominates as Brother Rice advances to Division 1 state final
By Mike Moore
Posted June 14, 2013
BATTLE CREEK — Matt Rupennthal was dominant.
The offense, while not perfect, did just enough.
And now, the Brother Rice baseball team has a shot at its first state title since 2008 after a 5-0 victory against Howell High in Friday morning's Division 1 semifinal in Battle Creek.
"It was good. I felt real good out there," said Ruppenthal, the Warriors' ace who pitched his third shutout of the 2013 playoffs. "The juices were flowing. It was good to get out here and play a good team game."
"He was real impressive," coach Bob Riker said simply. "He's pitching as well now as he has all year. He had all four pitches working and had great command."
Facing a team that had scored 52 runs in the postseason, Riker knew limiting chances would be key.
Ruppenthal (9-1) hardly blinked on the mound, working a quick pace while allowing just four hits all afternoon.
He struck out five and did not walk a single batter.
The offense, though, threatened most of the day without cashing in.
Rice loaded the bases in the first inning but came away empty-handed.
Alex Malzone plated the first two runs of the game with a two-RBI double in the bottom of the third.
"That was huge, but again, we should have had more," said Riker. Rice had a runner thrown out at home and at third base in the inning. "We were way too lackadaisical on the base paths. It wasn't good at all."
With Ruppenthal pitching, the Warriors could afford it, this time.
Rice went up 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth on a Freddy Jehle sacrifice fly, and then wrapped up the scoring in the sixth on Randy Righter's RBI double and Ruppenthal's RBI single.
"You look at 5-0 and think we dominated, but that wasn't the case," Riker said. "The guys are excited (about the final). It's nice to be part of this."
Rice (32-8-1) faces Bay City Western (41-2) at 9:30 a.m. in the D-1 championship at C.O. Brown Stadium.
Western beat Sterling Heights Stevenson 2-1 in the other semifinal.
"If we can score early, that would be great," Riker said of the final. "We need to find ways to put some pressure on them, but pitching will be the key again."
About the author
Sports Writer Mike Moore covers a variety of sports in Oakland County and the Detroit Catholic League. Mike joined C & G Newspapers in 2006 shortly after graduating from Albion College where he played football. He attended Dearborn Divine Child where he met his wife Jennifer. They have four sons together and reside in Dearborn.
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Me, Johan Gyllenspetz, Joel Larsson and Sebastian Wallin went to Codemocracy in Stockholm last weekend. Codemocracy is an event initated by Martin Svalin, supported by Modul 1 and a get-together where hackers go crazy on open data sources to create websites and services that display information in new creative ways. We went there without a clear mission. Instead we wanted to get inspired by people who had one.
After we'd listened to the tech talks, we grabbed a conference room and started brainstorming. Well, we only had to storm our brains for a couple of seconds before Gyllen came up with the idea to use available commuting data, and try to figure out where all the buses in Malmö are right now. And what if we could visualize them moving in realtime. Awesome!
Thirty minutes of whiteboarding later we started hacking. For 24 hours we took only a couple of short breaks for pizza and fresh air. And only enough not to loose track of our mission. At 6 in the morning we had to spend an hour of pseudo-sleeping to avoid dying. And then back to work. Pointed kollektivt.se at out server, uploaded the code, draw a quick-and-ugly user interface in Photoshop, and wham! The site was up and running. At 11 in the morning we had a fully functional concept site that showed ten bus lines in Malmö in realtime. And we also had our own API so anyone can do the same thing.
Before the finals, I was interviewed by Pelle Sten of inUse, where I tried to improvise some kind of presentation.
An hour later, Gyllen held the real presentation. Prepared to the teeth and equipped with Emacs as presentation tool.
After the twelve presentations, the jury picked kollektiv.se as the winning project! The motivation was that we didn't just build a website which uses existing data, we also created new API:s for everyone to use.
Later that evening one the largest Swedish sites, IDG.se, wrote an article about Codemocracy and kollektivt.se. The newspaper Sydsvenskan called us for an interview the day after, as well as Dagens Industri where an interview is now waiting to being published. We just got a mail from Skånetrafiken and they liked that we used their open API for building a service and wants to meet us to discuss this further. And hopefully SL and Västtrafik also wants to cooperate in doing something great for commuters in Sweden.
The next post will discuss more the technical details of kollektivt.se. Stay tuned for updates!


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Plastic resin hardener poisoning
This is poisoning from swallowing or eating a plastic resin hardener.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Poisonous Ingredient
- Epoxy
- Resin
Where Found
- Various plastic resin hardeners
- Airways and lungs
- Breathing difficulty (from inhalation)
- Rapid breathing
- Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
- Severe pain in the throat
- Severe pain or burning in the nose, eyes, ears, lips, or tongue
- Throat swelling (which may also cause breathing difficulty)
- Loss of vision
- Heart and blood vessels
- Low blood pressure, develops rapidly
- Collapse
- Stomach and intestines
- Severe abdominal pain
- Vomiting, possibly bloody
- Burns of the esophagus (food pipe)
- Blood in the stool
- Skin
- Irritation
- Burn
- Necrosis (holes) in the skin or underlying tissues
Home Care
Seek immediate emergency medical help. If the resin is on the skin, wash the area thoroughly for at least 15 minutes. Contact poison control for further information.
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
- The patient's age, weight, and condition
- Name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength, if known)
- The time it was swallowed
- The amount swallowed
Poison Control
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
See National Poison Control Center.
What to Expect at the Emergency Room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. The patient may receive:
- Fluids by IV
- Medicines to treat symptoms
- A nasogastric (NG) tube through the nose into the stomach to empty the stomach (gastric lavage)
- Medicines to treat an allergic reaction (diphenhydramine, epinephrine, or prednisone)
- Endoscopy -- the placement of a camera down the throat to see the extent of burns to the esophagus and the stomach
- Irrigation (washing of the skin), perhaps every few hours for several days
- Skin debridement (surgical removal of burned skin)
- Breathing help, possibly a breathing tube
- Oxygen
Outlook (Prognosis)
How well a patient does depends on the amount of poison swallowed and how quickly treatment was received. The faster a patient gets medical help, the better the chance for recovery.
Swallowing such poisons can have severe effects on many parts of the body. Extensive damage to the mouth, throat, eyes, lungs, esophagus, nose, and stomach are possible.
The ultimate outcome depends on the extent of this damage. Damage continues to occur to the esophagus and stomach for several weeks after the poison was swallowed, and death may occur as long as a month later. Treatment may require removal of part of the esophagus and stomach.
Bruno GR, Carter WA. Caustics. In: Tintinalli JE, Kelen GD, Stapczynski JS, Ma OJ, Cline DM, eds. Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. 6th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2004:chap 181.
Review Date: 12/15/2011
Reviewed By: Eric Perez, MD, St. Luke's / Roosevelt Hospital Center, NY, NY, and Pegasus Emergency Group (Meadowlands and Hunterdon Medical Centers), NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.


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Summer in Tsukuba
After a while, I have the chance to update my Weblog again. This summer I am a visiting scholar at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Hopefully, I will write about my research activities in here.
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Control of a Flexible Manufacturing System
Prepared by
A. Aarsten, D. Brugali, and G. Menga (Dept. of Automatica & Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Use Cases
Design Problem
Possible Levels of Simplification
A Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) is a computerized factory production entity, composed of numerically controlled machines, an automatic inventory system for storing raw, temporary in-process, and finished pieces, and an automatic guided vehicle system (AGV) for moving pieces, which can operate on different types of pieces.
The production is planned at factory level and is represented by lots assigned to the FMS (a lot is an administrative entity indicating a group of identical pieces to be manufactured together.) Several lots of different types of pieces can be in production at the same time in a given FMS.
Each type of piece requires a specific ordered sequence of operations. A machine can perform one or more of those operations, but only a single operation on one piece at a time. Each operation takes a certain amount of time.
A network connects the FMS computer to the machine, inventory, and AGV controllers. The real-time dispatcher of the FMS assigns pieces to the machines as soon as they become idle, and issues requests of missions to the AGV system, monitoring the shop-floor.
Pieces are taken one at a time from the input store and transported to an idle machine where the first operation is performed. As soon as the operation is finished, the piece is evacuated from the machine and transported elsewhere; either to another machine for performing the next operation or to one of the temporary stores. Machines are assigned to a waiting piece (if any) as soon as they become idle. A machine is idle when it is not performing an operation on a piece and the last piece operated on has been evacuated.
The cell control interacts with the AGV through requests of the type "pick up piece X from A and move it to B", where A and B can be one of the stores or the machines. For our purposes (as is the case in a small FMS), the time needed to serve a transport request is small relative to the time needed for a machine operation. When the destination is a machine, the transport request is not made until the machine is idle and the piece has been assigned to it.
As an example, we describe a simple FMS for manufacturing cylindrical mechanical parts, consisting of :
The controller/dispatcher knows at all times the state of all of the machines, the places in the stores and the carts (free or occupied, and if occupied, by which piece) as well as the position and state of all the individual pieces. Before the production run, the controller is informed of the sequence of operations required by each type of piece, and the configured operations for each machine.
The dispatcher calculates the next operation to be performed for each piece and on which machine, requests that the transportation system move the piece to its next destination, synchronizing the loading and unloading operation of the carts.
Actors: Drilling Machine, Dispatcher, Piece, Transportation system, Cart
When the Drilling Machine M3 has finished the operation DO1 on a piece, it notifies the Dispatcher. The Dispatcher makes a request for a cart from the Transportation System for evacuating the piece from the Drilling Machine.
When the cart has evacuated the piece, the machine enters the IDLE state. The Dispatcher then checks if the piece is finished.
If the piece is finished, it is transported to Store_out; otherwise, the Dispatcher checks if there is an idle machine capable of performing the next operation on the piece.
If an idle machine is found, the piece is transported there; otherwise, the piece is moved to the temporary store Store_tmp.
Actors: Drilling Machine, Dispatcher, Piece, Transportation system, Cart
When a piece is evacuated from the drilling machine M3, the machine becomes idle and it is ready to perform an operation on another piece.
When the machine enters the IDLE state, the dispatcher is informed and checks whether a piece (in the store for raw pieces Store_in or in the temporary in-process pieces Store_tmp) is waiting for the next operation on the drilling machine M3.
When the dispatcher find a piece Pw waiting for an operation, it requests the Transportation System for a cart; the Transportation System is then assigned the task of transporting the waiting piece Pw to the drilling machine.
When the Transportation System has accepted the transportation, the drilling machine exits the IDLE state.
Design the database and the real-time dispatcher (also called cell controller) for a generic FMS manufacturing mechanical parts.
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The Heads of State and Government of the 46 member states of the Council of Europe celebrated the success achieved, twelve years after the Vienna Summit, in fulfilling the political mandate assigned to the Council of Europe to bring together all European nations on the basis of their shared commitment to democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law. They also registered the significant progress made in the strategic objective to "build Europe without dividing lines" set a few years later by the Strasbourg Summit and the Budapest Declaration adopted on the Council of Europe's 50th anniversary.
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Against this background, the Heads of State and Government addressed the challenges Europe – and the world – have to face today. They laid down the guidelines for the future action of the Council of Europe in a context of profound changes throughout the continent, and for its interaction with its main partners on the European and global scene (in particular the European Union and the OSCE). The common responsibility they have for the future of Europe, their confirmed commitment to the strategic goal of building one Europe without dividing lines and their desire to meet the aspirations of all Europeans were the guiding lines for the Summit's decisions.
The key message of the Summit is Europe's unprecedented unity, based on the fundamental values embodied in the Statute of the Council of Europe: human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Further progress in the building of a Europe without dividing lines will continue on that basis. All the Council of Europe activities will contribute to this fundamental objective, including those carried out in the fields of social cohesion and cultural cooperation which are important enabling factors.
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At the Summit, particular emphasis was placed on inter-institutional cooperation on both the European and global scene. Modern threats and challenges are global, and solutions must therefore be concerted in order to be effective. The Summit welcomed the joint declaration for enhanced cooperation and interaction recently adopted by the Council of Europe and the OSCE. It also adopted a clear roadmap for strengthened partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Union.
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- Promoting common fundamental values: human rights, rule of law and democracy;
A clear mandate was given to the Committee of Ministers and the Secretary General to implement the Action Plan in a transparent and efficient manner.
Three Council of Europe conventions, adopted a few days earlier by the Committee of Ministers, were opened for signature at the Summit:
- the Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism;
They were signed by 18, 11 and 14 member states respectively. One member state also signed Protocol 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights and 3 member states ratified it.
Participants thanked the Polish authorities for their hospitality and expressed satisfaction at the significant progress made under the leadership of the Polish Chair. At the close of the Summit, Poland handed over the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers to Portugal, who presented its priorities for the next six months.


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The Shadowed Tower was a separatist organization formed by Bayushi Atsuki while in the guise of Shosuro Furuyari whose goal was to return the Scorpion Clan to their roots in espionage and treachery and away from the "honesty" of then-Champion Bayushi Yojiro. The group was used to gather information and resources for the Gozoku. The Shadowed Tower used drugs and Maho-tsukai to manipulate people and gather information.
Though the Shadowed Tower was referred to as if it were a physical place, there was no physical Shadowed Tower. The name was intended as a distraction, to cause enemies of the organization to hunt for a headquarters that did not exist. [1]. The large base of operations was the Shadowed Tower of the Shosuro, in Ryoko Owari Toshi. [2]
Beginnings Edit
There is no definite information on when and how the Shadowed Tower was established - the only sure thing was that Atsuki formed it after returning back to Rokugan as Furuyari during the Battle of Oblivion's Gate. [3]
Bayushi Atsuki was the Scorpion Clan Champion during the era of the original Gozoku, of which he was one of the founders. He was unable to survive the purge of the Gozoku by Hantei Yugozohime, and for his crimes during his life was sent to Toshigoku, the Realm of Slaughter, where he spent the next few centuries contemplating where he had been error - and how he would make the Empire his again. The opening of Oblivion's Gate was a welcome, yet unexpected, opportunity that he took. Upon returning to Rokugan, he took on the identity of Shosuro Furuyari, a pseudonym of lesser Scorpion playwrights, to better meet his nefarious goals. [3]
Atsuki was able to capitalize on the good will and connections he had made as Furuyari during the ensuing Spirit Wars, having ingratiated himself with both the Toturi Dynasty as well as the leaders of the Scorpion, particularly then-Champion Yojiro. Furuyari's service to the Clan and to the Toturi Dynasty during the War of Spirits was invaluable, having served as Scorpion liaison to mad Hantei XVI's forces and enabled him to be back stabbed by the Scorpion during the final engagement of the War of Spirits. This gave him a good power base from which he started to build his new Gozoku - but before that, he needed more resources. Thus he built the Shadowed Tower, capitalizing on complacency and disaffection among the younger Scorpions, who not only suffered through the War of Spirits like the rest of their generation, but a lot of whom had to suffer the additional indignity of having to be fostered to the Crane during their parents' exile to the Burning Sands.[citation needed]
Organization Edit
In a lot of ways, the Shadowed Tower resembled a Bloodspeaker cult - the secrecy, the cell-based structure, and not least of all the usage of Maho - and this is perhaps no accident. The leaders of the Shadowed Tower themselves admitted that they copied, if not outright stole, a lot of things from the Bloodspeakers or the nefarous kolat. [1]
However, the purpose of the two groups are vastly different - while the Bloodspeakers aimed to either free their trapped master, Iuchiban, or to destroy the empire from within, the Shadowed Tower plotted to subvert the Scorpion Clan's authority, supposedly to bring the Clan "back to its roots", abandoning the political power and influence that the previous generation of Scorpions had built up, blaming the Clan's direction on Yojiro's "junshin ways". [4]
Investing time, money, and manpower they created the incredible Shadowed Tower's Compound under Ryoko Owari Toshi. [5]
Methods Edit
The Shadowed Tower was initially successful, with its shugenja utilizing its techniques to cast powerful Maho spells without apparently suffering the consequences. Using a method developed by a Bloodspeaker cult, the Shadowed Tower channeled the Taint that the Maho spells generated towards hapless, drugged out peasants who "willingly" accepted it on behalf of the shugenja. To assist in the acceptance, the peasants were often initially (and without their knowledge) exposed to the Taint through corrupted rice, then corrupted opium, until their wills, and later their souls, were forfeit. Should a shugenja himself begin to succumb to the Taint, his Witness, a specially trained yojimbo who should be able to notice even subtle hints of corruption, would stand by to immediately cut him down. [6] The Tower used Shadowed Powder to slowly sap the will of those to whom the taint would be transferred by their maho-tsukai. [7]
The Shadowed Tower's shugenja, led by Bayushi Ogura, [6] cast primarily divination and surveillance spells that allowed them to ferret out secrets, which Atsuki and his courtiers, spies and assasins then capitalized on, blackmailing people and eliminating their opponents (victims of the former included Doji Takeji; the latter, Bayushi Shixiang).[citation needed]
Activities Edit
First Evidences of its Activity Edit
Bayushi Norachai's investigation into an opium smuggling operation in Scorpion lands revealed two dead Scorpion samurai among the opium smugglers and a shrine with signs of maho use.[8] This information caused Bayushi Yojiro to learn that a secret organization known as the Shadowed Tower was seeking to usurp his power.
Kidnapping an Imperial Edit
In 1159 the Tower kidnapped Miya Kamiko, wife to the prominent courtier Miya Hatori. [9] Agents of the Tower approached the historian and requested him to spy upon the Crane Clan, [10] but the plot was foiled when the Emerald Champion Yasuki Hachi released her and sent to safety. [11]
Kolat Edit
The Kolat in the Mantis Islands captured one of the Tower's members, Bayushi Tameyoshi, and tortured him. Eventually he was released and used as the contact point with the Shadowed Tower. It was unknown the extent of their alliance. [12]
Downfall Edit
The Shadowed Tower became too arrogant, openly humiliating Yojiro in front of his Dragon Clan allies by tricking Mirumoto Rosanjin into assisting him in investigating the conspiracy. This convinced Yojiro that not only was there a traitor within his inner circle, he was the wrong person to lead the fight against the Shadowed Tower. He dismissed his council of Scorpion daimyo and people of influence, and was able to deduce that Furuyari was the traitor. He then resigned the Championship secretly and picked his successor to take over immediately, informing only two other people about this - Shosuro Yudoka and Yogo Koji, daimyo of their respective families. Their cooperation allowed Yojiro's successor, Bayushi Sunetra, to take over, and fool everyone into thinking that she was Yojiro, and that he still ruled the clan.[13]
Sunetra, Yojiro, Yudoka and Koji then began cultivating double-agents and traitors within the organization. Yudoka had, almost at the beginning, deployed his trusted student Bayushi Tai to infiltrate the organization. [6] Sunetra and Yojiro had planted the assasin, Bayushi Kamnan, close to Atsuki. And Koji was approached by Yogo Tjeki, who had gotten disillusioned by the Shadowed Tower's methods. [14]
Once they had gotten the names of every member, every location, and every secret, Sunetra brought down the full force of the Clan upon them, launching simultaneous strikes on each cell and defeating them thoroughly. Atsuki himself was apparently cut down in front of them by his own yojimbo, Kamnan. Those who initially escaped, such as Ogura, were eventually located, captured, and punished. [14]
Most of them were sent away to Traitor's Grove with very few exceptions for people like Soshi Eiji, who had collaborated with Sunetra's people right before the fall of the Tower, and were instead allowed to commit honorable seppuku.[15]
However, unbeknown to Sunetra and company, Kamnan was secretly working for Atsuki all along, and the two had used ashalan magics to fake Atsuki's death. They then proceeded to use the information and contacts the Shadowed Tower had accumulated as a foundation for their new Gozoku. [14]
Effects Edit
The Shadowed Tower was the direct predecessor of the new Gozoku that would be lead by Bayushi Atsuki, Doji Akiko, and Seppun Toshiaki. This new conspiracy severely undermined the rule of Toturi III, and was even supported by Scorpions who had remained loyal to Yojiro and Sunetra in the fight against the Tower. However, most of these Scorpions joined in without any knowledge of the Gozoku's roots in the Shadowed Tower, and upon finding out of this they quickly joined the fight against it - a good example would be Shosuro Tsuyoshi. The Shadowed Tower's role in the genesis of the new Gozoku was found out almost simultaneously by both Sunetra's people as well as the Kolat, and caused much anger in both groups.[citation needed]
Atsuki's True Purpose Edit
Atsuki wished the power of Nothing shackled to their will. The Shadow Dragon had proven that the Taint could be used to control the remnants of this power. Atsuki began to plan hiw to master maho without suffered its drawbacks. [16] The Tower was only a means to an end. When Atsuki had the information he needed, the Tower was discarded and he faked his death. [3]
Remnants exposed Edit
In 1172 during the Destroyer War former agents of the Tower planted the insidious idea that the Togashi were working together with the yobanjin Army of Fire. Kitsuki Investigators and the Scorpion exposed them and were destroyed. [17]
Known Members Edit
- Shosuro Furuyari - founder/leader. [13] Later uncovered to be Bayushi Atsuki.
- Bayushi Ogura - lead Maho user. [18]
- Bayushi Kamnan - Atsuki's yojimbo, Bayushi Sunetra's double-agent and Atsuki's triple-agent.
- Bayushi Noki - Master of the Shadowed Tower of the Shosuro.
- Bayushi Tai - Witness, Shosuro Yudoka's double-agent.
- Yogo Tjeki - Maho user, Yogo Koji's double-agent.
- Soshi Aki - Courtier. Discovered Yojiro passed the championship.
- Soshi Eiji - Agent. became Yudoka's informant. [15]
- Bayushi Katai - Ogura's yojimbo and Witness.
- Bayushi Seiryo - assassin.
- Bayushi Tameyoshi
- Soshi Aki - Furuyari's lackey. Exact involement unknown. [13]
- Soshi Natsuo - Maho user. [18]
- Bayushi Kageki's unnamed father and brothers. [19]
- Osuko - Okasan. [20]
See also Edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Secrets of the Scorpion, p. 92
- ↑ Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition, p. 82
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Four Winds, p. 62
- ↑ Secrets of the Scorpion, p. 72
- ↑ Secrets of the Scorpion, p. 81
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Visions of Flame: Broad Daylight (Season of the Scorpion), by Rich Wulf
- ↑ Secrets of the Scorpion, p. 93
- ↑ Clan Letter to the Scorpion #19 (Imperial Herald v2 #4)
- ↑ Secrets of the Crab, p. 80
- ↑ Secrets of the Crane, p. 4
- ↑ Secrets of the Crane, pp. 73-74
- ↑ Secrets of the Mantis, pp. 81-82
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Unfinished Business, Part II
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Towers, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Promises, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ Fires of Toshi Ranbo, Part Three, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ State of the Empire, Week 11
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Essence of Loyalty
- ↑ Brink of Madness, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ Battle for Otosan Uchi, Part 1, by Rich Wulf and Shawn Carman
See Also Edit
- The Steel Throne
- L5R RPG Manual, 3rd Edition
- L5R The 4 Winds book
- Scorpion Clan Letter # 20
- King of the Trolls, part 2 by Rich Wulf
- Battle of Otosan Uchi, part 2, by Shawn Carman and Rich Wulf
- No Price Too High, by Shawn Carman
- Master of Secrets, by Rich Wulf
- Scorpion Clan Letter # 21
- Undone, by Shawn Carman and Rich Wulf
- Shinsei's Last Hope, part I by Rich Wulf
- Rebuilding the Court, by Shawn Carman
- Blood Dawn, part 8, by Shawn Carman and Rich Wulf
- All Glory to the Righteous Emperor, by Rich Wulf
- The Underhand, by Rich Wulf
- Fires of Toshi Ranbo, part 1, by Rich Wulf
- Doom of the Empire, by Rich Wulf
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By LINDA HALL
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MILLERSBURG -- Children working in the barns at the Holmes County Fair at times appeared temporarily puzzled when asked what it is like growing up on a farm or doing chores and raising animals on someone else's farm. It's just what they do.
Alexis Stitzlein, 16, of Glenmont, is one of those who seemed nonchalant about life in the country.
Hosing down her Hampshire cross sheep -- the first she has shown at the fair -- with a Suave product, Stitzlein, who will be a junior at West Holmes High School, has grown up on a family farm specializing in beef, grain and hay.
Her chores have consisted of feeding cows, cleaning the barn and baling hay.
Stitzlein began caring for her first cow when she was just 3 years old, she recalled.
Her mother, Kelli Stitzlein, values "all the experience" her daughter has gained living on a farm, learning about all aspects of agriculture.
At the top of the list, "you learn your food doesn't come from a grocery store," Kelli Stitzlein said.
While chores abound, during the school year Alexis Stitzlein's before-school chores consist primarily of letting the dogs out and feeding them. After all, she gets on the bus each day at 6:30 a.m., her mother pointed out.
Curt Wells of Big Prairie "grew up on a big dairy farm," helping to care for steers, pigs, lambs and dairy cows. "My sisters did, too."
Now his four children -- Cherokee, 12; Chase, 11; Chance, 9; and Channer, 8 -- are living a similar lifestyle.
"They enjoy it; they want to do it," Wells said of his children.
Cherokee Wells said her responsibilities include feeding cows, pigs and lambs and keeping the animals and their pens clean.
During the school year, the chores done by her and her siblings are relegated to after-school hours, she said.
"I really like (living on a farm)," she confirmed.
"You get to play with the animals -- get to show them and play with them and walk them and spray them off," Chase Wells piped in, adding his 4-H responsibilities to his general ones.
"That hard work carries over into adulthood," Curt Wells said, "to 4-H and school."
But, pointed out Grant Miller, 9, of Millersburg and a friend of the Wells children, showing his hog is "not as easy as it looks."
Even so, "what you put into it, you get out of it," Curt Wells said, agreeing with Kelli Stitzlein, at the very least, children who grow up on a farm "appreciate where food comes from."
Additionally, "having the space and the freedom" that goes with living in the country is a big plus.
Madison Sprang, 14, a student at West Holmes High School, doesn't live on a farm, but she does work on one in Lakeville, where she takes care of and shows cows and pigs for 4-H.
She has been part of Lakeville Country Farmers for five years, she said. "I showed cows all five years and pigs for two."
"I only work with them in the summer," Sprang said, about four times a week, for about three hours each time.
One of her objectives is practicing her showmanship skills, she said, but other tasks include building a fence, providing fresh bedding, feeding her animals hay and grain and cleaning up manure.
"It is a lot of work, (but it) is a lot of fun," she said, adding she has gained patience in preparing her animals for a show.
Her mother, Rita Sprang, seems pleased about the maturity her daughter has gained in "learn(ing) responsibilities," as well as "to respect the animals and how important it is for them to be treated well."
It may also be preparing her for a future career in "veterinary-type things" or as an "animal cop humane officer," Rita Sprang said.
Other advantages include the need in a 4-H club to "get along with all kinds of people in all kinds of settings," she said, including the fair.
"You just do your best ... and expect a flood," Rita Sprang quipped.
Tallie Troyer, 11, a seventh-grade student at East Holmes Middle School, helps take care of multiple dogs at her house, chipping in on all the related tasks from "keeping them happy and cool" to selling the puppies.
While she may spend three or four hours at a time helping out during the summer, she only manages one-half to one hour a day during the school year.
"My mom usually does it (then)."
Living on a farm teaches common sense, 17-year-old West Holmes High School senior Aaron Reusser said.
"Add work ethic with that," put in Chris Baker.
"4-H builds that, too," he said. "They work hard on their projects."
"You definitely learn how to work," affirmed Alexis Kandel, a 15-year-old sophomore at West Holmes High.
Sister Britney Kandel, who will be a freshman at Ashland University, called growing up on a farm "such a foundation for being hard-working," and a lifestyle in which hard work leads to measurable outcomes.
"(Rewards aren't) handed to them," Darla Miller of Holmes County said.
And growing up on a farm is just plain fun.
Farm youth get to ride four-wheelers, dirt bikes and tractors, Baker said, adding, "They learn to do all that stuff at such an early age, and they learn how to do it right."
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Best Geek TV Shows
10 TV Shows That Inspired Geeks
TV shows don't have to feature robots and spaceships to convey the essential get-it-doneness of geekdom. ReadWrite highlights the shows geeks have fallen in love with over the years.
By Brian S. Hall
Americans watch about 40 hours of television every single week. Even in the Internet age, television remains a cultural force, a unifying voice, and quite possibly our chief storyteller. Do not view this as bad. A number of television programs over the decades have not only been great, but also inspirational for viewers to become that which was once mocked: geeks. Several, in fact, have inspired our nation's children to liberate their inner geekiness and dare to change the world.
Here are the 10 television shows that I think have most inspired generations of geeks. Not all are about computers or rockets, nor space travel or science. But all possess a common theme. Being smart, passionate, dedicated, hands-on, and driven are qualities to be celebrated.
10. Lost in Space
From the opening notes of the show's theme song, it was clear: danger and adventure was at hand. Lost in Space was campy, no doubt, and laughably wrong about so much. All its faults can be forgiven, however. It's best qualities were the stuff of dreams: traveling the galaxy was the norm, interacting with aliens to be expected, working alongside robots a part of everyday life. Even better: Mom and Dad and all the children were supersmart and highly capable. It went off the air before most of you were even alive.
9. Top Gear
Exceedingly British, preternaturally opposed to even great America cars, and there are many, Top Gear celebrates automobiles, engines, and learning by doing — in the most audacious, outrageous, and ballsy challenges imaginable.
Keep reading for FBI agents fueled early Internet boards and that infamous Doctor in the universe.
8. The X-Files
The truth is out there. Now go find it. This smart mystery-science fiction-thriller series never pandered, even while hunting down alien life forms in middle America. The X-Files spawned intense, voluminous online discussions a decade-plus before Twitter arrived.
7. Futurama
The show that refuses to die — like Star Trek, which inspired it. Futurama taught America, once again, that animated shows can be smart, clever, provocative, and fun. Space, time travel, genetic mutations, immortality, parallel universes — not to mention ridiculously amusing future inventions — are all topics for dissection. Your children love this.
6. Mythbusters
Is there anything more "geek" than proving common wisdom wrong? Mythbusters gleefully takes on sacred cows and forces them up against the unwavering, un-feeling hegemony that is science. Plus, they blow stuff up.
5. Doctor Who
I'm American. I don't get Doctor Who. And, honestly, Daleks seem ridiculous. Nonetheless, scientists, computer geeks, and all the smartest kids have found awe and inspiration from this long-running British science-fiction and fantasy series. It's about time travel, space travel, aliens — and that rather deep reservoir of cleverness and mechanical aptitude that Brits seem to possess.
4. Prisoners of Gravity
This ultra-low-budget Canadian television show may be the most geeky of all. Frustrated with the world, a man builds his own rocket, takes refuge on an orbiting satellite, and spends all his time interviewing the most extraordinarily talented men and women of science fiction. "Dr. Rick" celebrates the creators, the visionaries, the builders of worlds — those who light a path to our future.
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation
Building on the vision of the original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation otherwise boldly went where no one had gone before, with its supersmart, exceedingly brave crew of men, women, and children traversing solar systems; visiting alien worlds; fighting Borg; sacrificing their lives for their ideals; and always always, always putting their computer and engineering skills to the ultimate test. Space may not be the final frontier, but it absolutely inspires the best in all of us.
2. The Big Bang Theory
The most popular show on the list — and the most un-geek, truth be told. If not for the great geek shows of the past, however, the very shows which challenged us every week to think big and dream bigger, this comedy about misfit scientists trapped on present-day Earth likely never would have seen the light of day.
1. Star Trek
Could it possibly be any other show? Kirk. Spock. Scotty. Bones. Uhura. Chekov. Sulu. You know them and they matter deeply to you. More than any other television program, possibly more than any other work of fiction, Star Trek inspired you to believe in yourself, believe in a greater good, a better future, and work toward making it so.
Would there be iPhones without tricorders? SETI without Starfleet? Space shuttles without Gene Roddenberry? Star Trek has not simply inspired a generation of geeks, but several generations.
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| After reading your draft and other news media regarding the regulations for providing the public with food from these cloned animals, I strongly disagree with the FDA's refusal to identify the products which come from these cloned animals. I believe that it is our RIGHT to know exactly where our food is coming from - I don't care if your five years of research deem the products indistinguishible from the products which come from non-cloned animals. I have three little children whom I am responsible for making decisions for and I want to be fully informed about the products I purchase for my family. If the FDA thinks that consumers would not want to know I believe you are wrong. Not advising the consumers which products come from real animals and which come from cloned animals is like not telling a child that he/she was adopted. We have a right to know where we come from and where our food comes from and to make the choice whether we trust food that comes from genetically cloned animals for ourselves.


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Best Western On the River
401 N 3rd Street,
Hannibal, Missouri, 63401-3301,
United States
Phone: 573/248-1150
Fax: 573/248-1155
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Hotel Ratings:
AAA-3 Diamond
Pet Policy:
No pets allowed
Hotel Amenities:
Exercise facilities
Wireless internet connection in public areas
100% smoke-free hotel
24-hour front desk
Complimentary full breakfast, choice of breads, cereal, fruit, hot eggs, hot breakfast meat, other hot items, yogurt, juice and coffee.
Indoor pool
Hot tub
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Cable or satellite television, CNN or other 24 hour news station
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Area Information:
0.10 mile(s) from Twainland Express Sightseeing
0.10 mile(s) from The Mark Twain House & Museum
0.10 mile(s) from Planters Barn Theater, Mark Twain himself shows
0.10 mile(s) from Hannibal Trolley Company, sightseeing tours
0.10 mile(s) from Tom & Huck Statue
0.10 mile(s) from Mark Twain Lighthouse
0.20 mile(s) from Spratt Theater, dinner and show
104 mile(s) from Lambert-St Louis International Airport
212 mile(s) from Kansas City International Airport
297 mile(s) from Chicago Midway International Airport
20 mile(s) from Amtrak
2 mile(s) from Hannibal-LaGrange College
3 mile(s) from Moberly Area Community College, Hannibal campus
20 mile(s) from Quincy University
20 mile(s) from John Wood Community College
20 mile(s) from Vatterott College
20 mile(s) from Blessing Rieman College of Nursing
30 mile(s) from Culver-Stockton College
From: Lambert Airport, St. Louis Take Interstate 70 West to Highway 61 North. Turn right on Interstate 72 East and take Exit 157, turn right, Mark Twain Avenue runs into Highway 79. The Best Western On The River is located on the right.
From: Quincy Airport. Take Interstate 72 West/US-36 West, take the MO-79/US 36-BR Exit, take Exit 157 toward Louisiana/downtown Hannibal. Turn left onto US-36 BR/US-61 BR/MO-79. The Best Western On The River is located on the right.
From: Burlington, IA. Take US-61 South toward Hannibal. Merge onto Interstate 72 East/US-36 East/US-61 BR South/Mark Twain Avenue via the ramp on the left toward Springfield, IL. Take the US-36-BR/US-61 BR/MO-79 South Exit, then take Exit 157 toward Louisiana. Turn slightly right onto US-36 BR/US-61 BR/Mark Twain Avenue. The Best Western On The River is located on the right.
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Across the street from Mark Twain Dinette, Full Service, American, Open for: breakfast, lunch, dinner,
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5.00 mile(s) from Hannibal Clinic
5.00 mile(s) from James E. Cary Cancer Center
0.10 mile(s) from T'S & Trivia
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Ketchetch Butte/Brown's Mountain Route
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TRAIL DESCRIPTION: Ride north on FS 4291 as it rises easily up around the side of Ketchketch Butte. This road does not reach the actual summit but the views are nice and the way is lined with large Ponderosa Pines. The road loops back down to FS 4290. Make a left turn and continue down FS 4290 out to Highway 46. Cross Highway 46 and ride onto Highway 42 riding a short distance to FS 4286. Turn left onto FS 4286 and ride to FS 400 and make a left to ride around Brown's Mountain. When you reach FS 4286 make a left and ride out to FS 4285 where you make a left to ride around the north base of Brown's Mountain. Continue on FS 4285 for 4.0 miles until you reach unmarked road FS 700 and make a left. Continue on this until you return to FS 4286. turn right and head back out to Highway 42 where you turn right to get back to the trailhead.
These two small mountains are close enough to make a nice pair of same day climbs. The old growth Ponderosa Pine on Brown's Mountain is impressive.
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Plot Summary
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George's modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George's Uncle Billy loses the business's $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail and the company will collapse, finally allowing Potter to take over the town. Thinking of his wife, their young children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, he contemplates suicide. But the prayers of his loved ones result in a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George, with the promise of earning his wings. He shows George what things would have been like if he had never been born. In a nightmarish vision in which the Potter-controlled town is sunk in sex and sin, those George loves are either dead, ruined, or miserable. He realizes that he has touched many people in a positive way and that his life has truly been a wonderful one.- Written by alfiehitchie
A young George Bailey, overwhelmed by family obligations and a sense of responsibility toward his community, feels tied down to a company he never had an interest in working for, and a life he never wanted to live. As he ages, he sees his youth, dreams and opportunities pass him by. Unknown to George, all of his friends and family have been praying for him to get through those hard times. Told through the point of view of a group of angels, he is met by his guardian angel Clarence, as he contemplates ending his life.- Written by Marielle <firstname.lastname@example.com>
George Bailey never got a chance to fulfill his life's ambitions of exploring the world and building skyscrapers. As he watches his friends and family become success stories he dreads on running his fathers building and loan business, rivaling the grumpy old Mr. Potter. When a financial discrepancy puts George in a difficult position, an angel comes to show him what life would have been like if he had never been born.- Written by Eric Johnson
George Bailey spends his entire life giving up his big dreams for the good of his town, Bedford Falls, as we see in flashback. But in the present, on Christmas Eve, he is broken and suicidal over the misplacing of an $8000 loan and the machinations of the evil millionaire Mr. Potter. His guardian angel, Clarence, falls to Earth, literally, and shows him how his town, family, and friends would have turned out if he had never been born. George meant so much to so many people; should he really throw it all away?- Written by Tommy Peter
On the Christmas Eve of Bedford Falls, the guardian angel Clarence is assigned to convince the desperate George Bailey not to commit suicide. George is a good man that sacrificed his dreams and his youth on behalf of the citizens of his small town. He inherited the loan business of his father and he gave up traveling the world and joining University as scheduled. Later he resisted the proposals of the evil banker Mr. Potter, and never sold his business to protect the poor community of Bedford Falls and offer a means to afford to buy their own house. He married his beloved Mary Hatch Bailey and had four children with her and a tough life with his family. When his uncle Billy loses US$ 8,000.00, found and stolen by Mr. Potter, George decides to commit suicide, since he believes he worth more dead than alive. When Clarence sees that he is not able to persuade George to give up his intention, he decides to show the life in town if George had never existed.- Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.- Written by Kenneth Chisholm
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Sierra Boat and RV Storage is the best choice in northern Nevada for year-round indoor storage.
We offer a wide selection of heated storage units for your valued RV, boat or car.
Extreme weather conditions can damage your possessions, and deteriorate the looks and mechanical condition of your equipment. Our clean indoor storage units provide protection from all types of weather. Storing your motor toys with us will help maintain their value and free you from the hassle of storing them yourself.
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It's hard to start this discussion without mentioning the Mazda MX-5 roadster, unveiled in 1989.
It was the sports car that reminded a world that had fallen into darkness and ignorance that less is more, that lightweight, rear-drive and great balance provide far more on-road fun than sheer power and speed.
Yet it was a lesson almost every other car maker missed – even as MX-5 sales went from strength to strength and are now closing in on the million mark.
It is appropriate that perhaps the obvious heir – all these years later – is also from Japan. It's not a roadster (yet) but picks up some of the same cues: small package size, attractive styling, modest power, low mass, high nimbleness and power that goes exclusively to the back. Oh, and an affordable price tag.
The Subaru BRZ comes from a joint venture with Toyota, which took over from GM a few years ago as a major Subaru stakeholder.
Subaru and Toyota are selling near-identical versions of this coupe, with Subaru offering just one level of specification priced at $37,150 drive-away.
One novelty is that the Subie price includes three years of servicing. Another is that all sales so far have been made over the web directly from Subaru Australia.
The first few shipments went in a flash, and the company now has an order book stretching into the middle of next year, leaving the Toyota version as the most likely short term option. Naturally, Subaru Australia is trying to secure a bigger stock allocation. And quickly.
The BRZ is a two-door coupe with a two-plus-two seating arrangement, meaning there are tiny seats in the back for small children or very flexible adults. Very, very flexible adults.
Power comes from a naturally aspired 2-litre Subaru-built four-cylinder engine with a "boxer" (or horizontally opposed) layout. It is fitted with Toyota-developed direct fuel-injection.
This puts out 147 kW, which is nothing remarkable, particularly when compared with some of today's turbo-charged hot hatches.
But the power builds in just the right way – another MX-5 trick – with just the right aural accompaniment all the way to 7000 rpm. Push it hard and the biggest challenge is not grinning.
The gearbox is a tight six-speeder. There is an auto, though any enthusiastic driver is going to wonder why anyone would even consider mixing a slushbox with such a delightful chassis.
The truth though is that the auto package is better than it may sound, thanks to a reasonably responsive manual mode, which can be operated by the gear lever or steering wheel paddles. It's also cleaner and more economical. I averaged around 8.4lt/100 km around town in the auto compared with about 9 in the DIY shifter.
I'd still take the manual.
The weight is a real surprise: just 1216 kg in an era when most so-called sports coupes are packing on the bulk and requiring ever more powerful engines to push that bulk along.
Having the power go solely to the rear wheels was a major conundrum for Subaru in Australia, where the company's name has been carefully built into a byword for "all-wheel drive".
Faced with the overwhelming interest in the car, though, there was only one logical answer. Yes, how many can we have?
The lightness has been achieved partly by some quite flimsy fittings: the makeshift spare wheel arrangement (it sits uncovered in the centre of the boot in the Subie), the bendy shroud around the steering wheel, the bargain basement carpet and headlining.
The Subaru's Bluetooth is an electronics store-style unit affixed to the corner of the windscreen.
In contrast, the soft-touch plastics on the dash are mostly first rate. The wraparound sports seats are comfortable and supportive, and it's not hard to find a good driving position.
Although you can easily tell the car has been costed to the nearest half cent, at least it is reflected in the price. Where savings have been made, they aren't in areas that make it less fun on the road.
The level of front-end grip is exemplary and the steering is a joy. It's almost Porsche-like in its precision.
It's a car that can be balanced on the throttle through curves while in the high rev range, that can be punted quickly through a challenging bit of road with confidence. It can change direction quickly enough to induce bruising.
Sure, it may not be as quick overall as an all-wheel drive Subaru WRX or a supercar, but in the right conditions (and the tighter the better), it can be at least as much fun as either.
The demand for any new sports car tends to start strong then drop away. No doubt Subaru is fully aware of this and will crank out in the expected variants (roadster, turbo) at the right moments to keep things powering along.
In the meantime, it's good value to buy and reasonably frugal to keep going (though it does require premium unleaded). Most importantly, it puts some real excitement back into the bottom end of the coupe market.
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Welcome to Synergy Sansthan
Synergy organization was established in the year 2006 by a group of youngsters who wanted to contribute in the field of social services. Since then, the organization is working in the socially backward areas of the Harda district in Madhya Pradesh. We want the children to get opportunities to play, get quality education and health facilities without any discrimination which will help them in their overall development and help them get their rights in the society. We work for the development of youth, ensuring their active participation in the society which helps them travel the journey from 'ME' to 'WE', thus helping them connect to the society. In the past nine years, our organization has mainly worked on the issues of child rights and their development, youth learning and leadership building, entrepreneurship, local self governance, women leadership and health. Keeping our aim in mind, community based development, awareness of rights, advocacy, providing necessary information are our main strategy.
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The Pro Players Club is changing in a big way in 2017–18.
Events: Coverage
Grand Prix Kyoto 2017
After nine rounds of Sealed Deck, 752 players will return tomorrow for six rounds of Booster Draft. The nine 9-0 players are namely, Toshiki Okai, William Jensen, Tatsuya Kusanagi, Jacob Nagro, Marcio Carvalho, Martin Muller, Lucas Kiefer, Steven Carter, and Haruka Miyata!
Events: Coverage
Grand Prix Toronto 2017
More than 1,300 players have come to Canada in Hour of Devastation's premier event debut!
Thompson's Relentless Run
Gerry Thompson was relentless throughout this weekend, crushing the competition with Mono-Black Zombies to win $50,000, an invitation to the 2017 Magic: The Gathering World Championship, and the title of Pro Tour Amonkhet Champion!
Articles of the day
Each week, a bevy of columnists share their insight and knowledge with the readers here at Magicthegathering.com!
Take a look at the specifics for the 2018 Pro Tours, the 2017 World Championship and World Magic Cup, and more!
Scott explains updates to the Magic Tournament Rules.
Team draft is one of Magic's more unique formats. With six players at the table and opponents actively trying to snipe good cards away from their neighbors, you often see very different draft decks than you might expect from a normal draft. Here is where our finalists ended up for the l...
It's been a full weekend of Magic here at Grand Prix Cleveland, and nothing brings out the best of the community quite like a team event. Players from across the world arrive to play with their friends, and this weekend that included forefathers of the game Jon Finkel and Kai Budde. ...
Jim Wilks – Wilks, Linabury, Schroder – Finals, Grand Prix Sydney 2017 ...
Day 1 of Grand Prix Sydney really helped showcase the broad and ever expanding Australian Magic Community, but after cutting the original 284 teams down to just 62 for Day 2, it was time to get down to business. Team Sealed has long been considered a very skill-intensive format that's d...
Below are the Top 8 decklists, the chosen strategies of the last eight players standing after fifteen challenging rounds of Modern. Theau Mery's Mono-White Hatebears – GP Vegas Moder...
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Friday at Grand Prix Vegas was alive with Legacy players, cosplayers, artists, art enthusiasts, and more, because GP Vegas has both four days of top competitive play, but also a wealth of events, sights, and activities for everyone. Friday's top moments at GP Vegas include the exciting...
Magic is challenging at many levels—that's what makes it so fun. Master one level and you'll still have plenty of excitement ahead as you move on to the next test. Are you ready to step up your game?
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Bollywood had a hit male Jodi in the 70s and they were Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor, who gave blockbusters like Shaan, Suhaag, Deewar, Imaan Dharam, Trishul etc. Now, Shashi is suffering from age related illness and is admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on 12th December.
At the same time, Shashi Kapoor"s elder brother veteran star Shammi Kapoor also fell ill and is admitted to Breach Candy hospital. Recently, Big B went to meet both of them and shared the same on his blog and Twitter page. Amitabh was very sad to see his co-stars and close friends lying on hospital bed in such condition. The sources from both the hospitals have informed that both Shammi and Shashi are suffering from age-related illness but their conditions are stable now.
Shammiji is reportedly suffering from kidney ailments and is recovering. Big B posted that he was pained to see Shashi. "When I had visited Shashi Kapoor ji in hospital the other day and written about it, a member of our FmXt raised a point of ethics in doing so and objecting that there is a certain code of conduct in the medical profession and a moral code in society where such descriptions are not permitted," he wrote, adding, "I did mention in detail my visit to the hospital and I did talk about it on my blog, primarily because Mr Shashi Kapoor is no ordinary individual."
Speaking about Shammiji, Big B said that he was in his usual charming self and was joking over his health condition. "I have been to visit Mr Shammi Kapoor this evening too in hospital. He is unwell, in a different hospital. He was his most charming self as always and joked and laughed over his condition. I gave him a copy of the special edition 'Madhushala" that we had brought out on my Father"s 101 st and he was delighted," he wrote.
Apart from Amitabh Bachchan, there were hardly any visitors from Bollywood, which was once ruled by the Kapoor brothers. We at Oneindia wish speedy recovery to the veteran stars!


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source: Dann Stupp and Christian Stein | mmajunkie.com
Jon Jones entered UFC 135's post-fight press conference with as many ice packs as bruises.
Despite a fourth-submission victory over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in his first title defense, Jones was issued a six-month medical suspension, and he needed a doctor's examination to rule out any serious injuries.
But UFC president Dana White said Jones essentially got a clean bill of health. Still, he's in no hurry to bring Jones back.
Jones, who's quickly emerged as one of the sport's biggest stars, is next slated to fight top contender Rashad Evans. December's UFC 140 event could use a headliner, but White hinted that Jones, whose medical suspension can end early with a doctor's approval, may not be back before year's end.
"He's good," White, who recently met with the 24-year-old champ, told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "He's 100 percent. I talked to him [on Saturday], and he said he feels great. The only thing that's sore on him is his calf. It's a little sore."
Evans, who scored a TKO victory over Tito Ortiz on Aug. 6, was brought into the cage to hype his upcoming title fight with the champ. But like Jones, the ex-champ could get some time to recover.
"I'd like to give these guys time to rest and give them a little break, so we'll see what happens," White said.
Evans, who did a UFC 135 Q&A session wearing a right-wrist and thumb cast, has fought once in 2011. Jones already has fought three times, which included a March title victory over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
With a budding rivalry with Jackson, Jones' UFC 135 fight did big business. The event drew the third-largest attendance of the year and also scored a healthy $2.1 million gate. Jones and Jackson's real-life rivalry provided plenty of storylines and brought significant media attention to the pay-per-view event.
But the buzz could see new heights with Evans, a former training partner who had a high-profile split with Team Jackson-Winkeljohn and head trainer Greg Jackson because of Jones. The fighters have bickered in the media, and their rivalry has been one of the year's biggest stories.
Still, it could be 2012 before the beef is settled.