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Video: Polk Audio Woodbourne wireless speaker
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Polk's Woodbourne wireless speaker features elegant looks, wireless convenience, and powerful sound. The Woodbourne's sealed speaker enclosure is crafted from acoustically inert materials, and is gently curved for superior rigidity and better sound projection. Check it out in this video from CES 2014.
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Logan: Here at the Polk booth at CES 2014, I've got Jim Marshall here to tell me about Polk's wireless music system, the Woodbourne.
Jim: Hi. Thank you. The Woodbourne is a product that we released this year. This piece has a solid mahogany top on it, which is just beautiful, and the cabinet itself is made out of ¾" MDF which makes for a good solid enclosure. Internally the product has two 5-1/4" midrange drivers, one on this side and one on this side, and 1" dome tweeters. Each driver has its own amplifier. There's 70 watts to drive each midrange and twenty watts to drive each tweeter, and they are fully and completely digitally optimized to get the most performance you that you can get out of this product within this enclosure.
The great thing from a user perspective in this product is that it can play from anything. If you have an Apple device that uses AirPlay it can play from that. If you have a Bluetooth-enabled device you can connect to it and play that. If you have an analog audio device or Legacy system that you want to run into it you can do that. If you have a device with a digital optical input you can do that.
It has a USB connector so you can transmit things into it via that connector, and it will also hook up to an Ethernet connector so if you have all your audio files stored on your computer system and a media server and you want to wire it into your network you can do that as well. So it's a really, really useful system, great sound in a very small amount of space. People are just astonished when they hear the way this thing performs.


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This week's topic for Open Thread Thursday is:
Who inspires you when it comes to genealogy and family history? Whether you are on the path to a professional career or setting up a business in the genealogy industry, or you pursue genealogy for the sheer pleasure and challenge, there must be some person, event or thing that inspired you. Let us know your "backstory" of genealogy inspiration.
NOTE: there is a catch . . . see below!
Post your responses in the comments or at a post on your own genealogy blog and place the link here in the comments.
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There's only one rule to this week's challenge: you can't list me as your inspiration. Seriously. There are so many others who deserve recognition right now. This is not a ploy to have a big group hug or set up a mutual admiration society.
I want this to be positive. I want this to be informative as well as heartfelt. Why? I'm hearing from quite a few folks in the genealogy field that all the fun has been sucked out of it for them lately. Instead of picking fights and tearing each other down, let's take a minute and express our thanks for what works and those who've worked hard to get us where we are today.
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Sturling versus Curling
I have been curling for many years and thought I knew a lot about the game, but not too long ago, a member at my club hosted an afternoon of Sturling at our club. Sturling? If you've never heard of this variation of the game, read on.
Sturling is a 2-person game of curling which is open to individuals of any age and gender. It is open to both those with a traditional slide delivery as well as those who use a "stick" (including wheelchair curlers). The key elements of a game of sturling are as follows:
1) All games are six ends. In case of a tie, an extra end is played with each player delivering 3 stones.
2) The two delivering players alternately deliver 6 stones each per end, while their teammate skips that end. Roles are then reversed and the partners deliver the stones back.
3) One member of each team stays at each end of the rink and must not cross centre ice.
4) No stones may be removed from play prior to delivery of the fourth stone of each end.
5) Sweeping is allowed only from the hog line to the back of the house at the playing end.
6) All stones must be released before reaching the hog line, and with some part of the stone within 2 feet of the centre line.
Apart from the above, the other rules and etiquette of regular curling apply.
There are many reasons why sturling continues to grow in popularity, including:
1) Games only take an hour to complete. At the same time, players still have the opportunity to throw 18 rocks per game.
2) It is a perfect family activity as the absence of age and gender restrictions allows parents to play with their kids, and grandparents to play with their grandchildren.
3) The game provides players with both the opportunity to throw rocks as well as to call the shots for half of the game.
If your club is looking for new opportunities for its membership, consider sturling. To learn more about sturling, visit www.sturling.net.


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Mariusz wrote:Namdrol wrote:Mariusz wrote:Perhaps what differentiate us is that I take these so-called "objects" as pedagogical tools only, expedient meaning but not as the definitive.
As I said, you are not understanding my point, and imputing things on to me that I have never stated.
The Consequentialists (Prasangikas) are not imputing anything You presented something of Candrakirti that suggested for me: first: the objects are perceived in the ultimate, second: all the "relative" is totally faulty. So can you please write what is you understanding of what you presented?
Excuse me, here was your presentation, not mine:
But false perception is mthong brdzun, so what Candrakirti is clearly saying is that false/faulty/incorrect perception is relative, or totally obscuring, truth. The two truths are about how objects are perceived. They can be perceived in only two ways, correctly and incorrectly. Perceiving them incorrectly, a false perception of them is called relative truth.
This does not say that objects are perceived in the ultimate.


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Ty Lawson is a critical piece to the Denver Nuggets' roster, but the point guard is in trouble.
The Arapahoe County court arraigned Lawson Monday on physical harassment and criminal mischief charges (both misdemeanors), The Denver Post reports.
MORE: Nuggets land Nate Robinson | LeBron escort under investigation | Trade market
According to court records, the 25-year-old was arrested Saturday in an alleged domestic violence incident, including striking, shoving or kicking as well as a property damage charges, 7News reports.
Lawson was released on a $1,000 bond, but a judge issued a mandatory protection order which prohibits Lawson from contacting the victim, according to the report.
In a written statement, Nuggets GM Tim Connelly said the team was "fully aware" of the incident and would have no further comment per team policy and out of respect for the legal process.
Drafted 18th overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, Lawson was immediately traded to the Nuggets, where he's spent all four of his seasons in the league. The Nuggets gave Lawson a four-year contract extension last October.
The former North Carolina Tar Heel averages 16.1 points and 5.2 assists per game for his career.
Lawson showed off his potential late in the 2010-11 season when he became the first player in league history to sink his first 10 three-point attempts in a game. He finished with a career-high 37 points (10-11 from behind the arc) that night against, of all teams, the Timberwolves.


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I thought I'd share this article with you.
Case of stolen online identity
Social networking sites are fertile ground for cyber-thieves seeking personal information, writes Conrad Walters.
While Tony Barrell was overseas earlier this year, a message sent to his Facebook friends told a sorry tale.
"I'm stranded in London because i got robbed at a park in Kentish town, it was a brutal experience, all cash i had on me were stolen and my credit card was collected too now i'm left with no money here. I need help out of here.
"I have been reaching out to friends for help, i need some money so i can get a flight ticket back home so please can you loan me some money till i get back home? i will pay you back as soon as i'm home. Please"
Fortunately, friends and family ignored his pitiful claims of destitution.
Why? Because Barrell wasn't in London, he was in Tokyo. His daughter was among those who received the fake appeal and alerted him. The Balmain resident tried to log in to his Facebook account to see what was happening but couldn't.
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AN education authority has been criticised for not knowing how many teachers have been investigated for sexual misconduct.
Local educational authority Blackburn with Darwen Council said all investigations regarding the teachers they employ have been passed onto private human resources companies.
It comes as Lancashire County Council revealed a review of allegations saw 21 prosecutions of teachers over five years.
The county council, which oversees all East Lancashire state schools but not those in Blackburn with Darwen, also suspended 40 teachers while investigations were underway.
A total of 19 dismissals of teachers from their jobs were also carried out across Lancashire's 617 schools.
The figures were obtained under the Freedom of Information act relating to allegations of sexual abuse including inappropriate touch, activity with a child and inappropriate relationships in the past five years.
However Blackburn with Darwen Council was unable to provide figures because it no longer oversees the HR facility in many schools. It said the responsibility for staffing issues lay with each school.
The situation was described as the 'beginning of the end' for the educational authority by the NUT. Blackburn with Darwen Council's opposition leader Mike Lee said: "This is very worrying and quite surprising.
"I think it is a real concern we can't get an answer on how many children are affected. It is something we should know and we should more closely at the system."
Simon Jones, Blackburn with Darwen NUT representative said: "Because so many schools have left the local authority to be free schools, this leaves the system weak and fragmented. This is the start of Armeggedon for the days of a Local Education Authority with a capital A. It's just one of the many things we are losing overall control of under the new school systems."
A spokeswoman for Children's Services at the council, said schools held the figures and should also involve the council's dedicated officer in investigations.
She said: "Staffing issues in school are the responsibility of the governing body, and this responsibility is discharged by the headteacher.
"Where there is an allegation of abuse against anyone working with children or young people the Local Authority Designated Officer should be contacted immediately.
"The LADO will investigate whether a teacher or other member of staff has behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates that he or she would pose a risk if they work regularly or closely with children."


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Elections matter.
If so, why are we seeing a flurry of appointments to city councils and school boards?
It's because appointing someone to a vacancy is an easy way out with little cost and there are no election campaigns.
The appointment process takes the decisions away from the voters and leaves it up to a board or council of from five to seven members.
There are some pitfalls with this process. There's less accountability to the people who didn't elect them. There's a chance of cronyism, because the council could appoint a friend of the council, one they could manipulate, and worse, one vote they could be sure of in certain decisions.
It's a good deal for the appointees. They don't have to campaign and go door-to-door to hear the people's views. There's no campaign costs for the appointee.
For just showing an interest and willing to be interviewed, the appointee will get visibility and a salary.
This new rash of latest appointments is caused by people on boards and councils being elected to different offices. You'll note there are special elections for vacant state legislative positions.
Appointments to offices are happening in Elk River, Lakeville, Mound, Princeton, the Anoka-Hennepin school district and the Bloomington school district.
This is not to suggest that appointees are not qualified; they are just coming to the table with neither a public mandate nor scrutiny. No doubt they'll fill the bill, because local government is supposed to be non-partisan.
There was concern in Elk River when the council announced that it chose the appointment route because it would save the election expense. It also added that there likely would be a small turnout, around 300 or so for the Ward 1 vacancy.
Some in the city argued that even a small turnout is better than a council of five members picking the council member, four of whom don't live in Ward 1.
To Elk River's credit, the council decided on a plan to involve the voters in Ward 1 before making the appointment. They've asked the local Citizens League to run a candidates forum on a Saturday morning where the candidates will be on display and answer questions.
The idea is to enable the residents of Ward 1 to tell the council members whom they prefer. This is a model other cities should follow.
That's better than the situation in the Bloomington school district, where it took eight rounds of voting to appoint a consensus pick, after half the board failed to appoint a former board member. Apparently, personal agendas and preferences got in the way of reaching an easy decision.
The real problem with the appointment process is the winner is not beholden to the voters of the district, but to the appointing body.
As they say, the democratic process is messy. Sometimes, it's expensive and doesn't always bring out a big turnout. But it lives up to the principle that this is a government of the people, by the people and for the people, unless the winner is appointed.


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The Quest Nutrition Club opens in Pequot Lakes
After becoming fit, a group of women decided to help others do the same and opened The Quest Nutrition Club in Pequot Lakes.
Briana Visser of Pequot Lakes and Brenda Steidler of Longville became friends while participating in a community weight loss program through Snap Fitness. The experience raised their awareness of health and wellness as a lifestyle commitment, Visser said.
The two women started as home-based distributors of protein shakes before opening The Quest Nutrition Club together in mid-February.
Visser's daughter, Alexis, a Pequot Lakes High School senior, is an independent wellness coach with The Quest and explained how the business works.
The Quest offers first-time customers three drinks for free: a mango aloe shot, an energy tea and a meal replacement shake.
"It's like putting aloe on a sunburn," Alexis said of the aloe shot. "So you drink aloe to soothe your insides, your digestive system."
The natural caffeine tea comes in various flavors, hot or cold, and is called cardio in a cup. It burns 100 calories, boosts metabolism, is an antioxidant and provides thermogenic benefits.
"The more you drink, the more you shrink," Briana said.
The shake, Alexis said, is the star of the show. At 200 to 250 calories and boasting 24 grams of protein as well as vitamins and minerals, it's a full meal replacement.
"It's all good nutrition. And that's what we're all about is good nutrition," Alexis said.
The shakes come in 22 different flavors with base flavors of vanilla, chocolate, wild berry and cookies and cream. The shake of the month in April is Cherry Dipped Cone.
The Quest follows a referral program. Customers receive three referral cards to hand out to friends, family and co-workers. When three cards are returned to The Quest, that person gets a free shake and more referral cards.
The business provides free wellness assessments and body nutrition scans to all customers. Briana, who owns Benvelle Equestrian Center with her husband, Dean, said The Quest plans to host fitness camps this summer at Benvelle. Participants will meet at The Quest, hike the half mile to Benvelle and do obstacle and agility courses in the woods on the property.
The Quest also works with other businesses, doing company highlights where a business is promoted with displays and on a certain day of the week that business' employees can get a free meal at The Quest.
The Quest Nutrition Club is located in the building that houses Pequot Eye Center and American Family Insurance on Main Street/County Road 11. It is on the east side of the building and is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday with a possible expansion to Fridays in summer.


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Gonzales, Ramsey selected to Futures Game
DENVER -- Two Cardinals Minor Leaguers earned roster spots in the 2014 MLB Futures Game with their outstanding 2014 seasons. One has even performed so well that he'll be making his Major League debut before then.
Double-A Springfield left-hander Marco Gonzales and center fielder James Ramsey were selected to represent the Cardinals in the 16th edition taking place on All-Star Sunday. Both were to be a part of the U.S. squad.
Gonzales was also selected to start the Texas League All-Star Game on Tuesday but skipped that exhibition to make his Major League debut on Wednesday against his hometown Rockies.
"I'm sure which one he'd choose," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny joked.
Gonzales was also replaced on the U.S. team Wednesday by Twins prospect Trevor May. The Cardinals' 2013 first-round pick out of Gonzaga, Gonzales began the season at Class A Advanced but earned a quick promotion with a 1.43 ERA in 37 2/3 innings. He struck out 46 against 33 hits and 10 walks in 38 2/3 innings with Springfield.
Ramsey, the Cardinals' first-round pick in 2012 out of Florida State, has spent his entire season in Double-A. Through 51 games, Ramsey leads Springfield in average (.307), on-base percentage (.389), slugging (.550), home runs (12) and runs scored (40). He's also tied for first in RBIs with 31 and has yet to commit an error.
"What a great compliment for [Gonzales]," said Matheny of the selection to the Futures Game. "And for James, too, with the great year he's had."
Cody Ulm is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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TheDhamma wrote:Pay no attention to him, ignore him; some people are just plain incorrigible. In those cases it is best to avoid them, but it sounds like you might be living with your mother and this 'man'?
If so, when do you think you would be able to go to a different place, on your own? I know there are obvious economic and school reasons that you may not be able to do so yet, but maybe you could see that as a goal to look forward to?
TheDhamma wrote:The Five ways for getting rid of a grudge:
1. Cultivate loving-kindness toward the person.
2. Cultivate compassion toward the person.
3. Cultivate equanimity toward the person.
4. Or one could just pay no attention to him and give no thought to him.
5. Or one may remember that whatever he does, good or bad, he will be the heir to that.
(Anguttara Nikaya, book of fives)
Stefan wrote:I'd like to know how thoughts of hatred can be made to subside.
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BRENDAN Flood says Burnley must be more ambitious in their second crack at the Premier League – but he knows the first task will be hanging on to key personnel this time.
The Clarets lasted only one season in their previous spell in the top flight after controversially losing manager Owen Coyle to Bolton halfway through the 2009/10 campaign.
This time both boss Sean Dyche and stars such as Danny Ings have attracted attention for their achievements this season.
Majority shareholder Flood recently returned to the Burnley board after being a key decision-maker when the club were last promoted, and then relegated.
He admits the Clarets did not get their approach entirely right last time they were in the Premier League, and has long since conceded that the club made a mistake when they appointed Brian Laws to replace Coyle.
"I think we know we've got to be more ambitious than last time, but I think we can do it with more skill," Flood said about Burnley's second chance in the Premier League.
"It is all about keeping hold of the best people and that's something that we plan to do.
"We're definitely more educated now and that will give us more opportunity to get it right.
"Last time I think we had less time to prepare and we weren't familiar with the landscape, all the people you meet and the challenges."
Flood had a year away from the board after the stress of his own company's multi-million pound legal battle with bailed-out bank Anglo Irish.
The lifelong Clarets fan praised the work of everyone at the club and is thrilled at the prospect of top flight football returning to Turf Moor.
"I'm just unbelievably excited that we're going to be back in the Premier League, it's a dream being a Burnley lad," he said.
"It's amazing for us to have done it, we're all pinching ourselves. It's going to be all about hard work but let's enjoy it now.
"It's all down to the lads, they've had their chance and they've taken it.
"Everyone has worked so hard, from the board to the staff, everybody.
"It's that commitment to the club that's made the difference here.
"We're all very committed from the players up and that group is how you succeed.
"I think we've got a recipe and hopefully we keep it. We've just got to keep all the best people in the building."
Flood has a plan to prevent Dyche being tempted away one day like Coyle was.
"I know he likes a pair of shoes and I promised him a new pair if we got promoted," he added.
"So let's just keep ordering shoes for him and he'll stay!"


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LAKEPORT -- The Robby Alan Beasley double-murder trial could have been derailed on the first day of evidence after the defense moved for a mistrial in the wake of testimony from the alleged accomplice late Wednesday afternoon.
Defense counsel Stephen Carter said witness Elijah Bae McKay "decided to try to stab my client in the back" by making an impermissible comment in the jury's presence.
Judge Andrew S. Blum ordered Carter and deputy district attorney Art Grothe to file briefs on the mistrial request by Thursday morning in advance of a hearing on the pending motion.
Beasley, 32, of Clearlake pleaded not guilty to three felonies, including two murder counts, for the shooting deaths of Frank and Yvette Maddox, whose decomposing bodies were found at the bottom of a Lower Lake embankment in March 2010.
The prosecution alleges Beasley recruited the Maine couple to help with a Lake County marijuana operation in 2009 but shot them Jan. 22, 2010 after suspecting they stole marijuana from his apartment.
McKay, 30, of Lower Lake faces two murder counts after allegedly selling Beasley the gun and helping him destroy evidence. He took the stand less than an hour after Carter completed his opening statement.
McKay is charged as a co-defendant, but is not standing trial at the same time as Beasley.
About an hour into his testimony, McKay claimed Beasley described a plan to kill Frank Maddox, 32, and Yvette Maddox, 40, on Jan. 20, 2010.
"He talked about killing people before and never done it," McKay said.
The comment came as the judge raised his arm in an attempt to stop McKay from testifying beyond the scope of the prosecutor's question.
Carter immediately objected and asked that the jurors be cleared from the courtroom.
"This is why I'm trying to clamp down on his narratives," Blum said after removing the jury.
The defense attorney then motioned for a mistrial, arguing McKay's statement prejudiced the jury against Beasley.
Grothe and McKay's lawyer, R. Justin Petersen, each disagreed with Carter's assertion.
Petersen argued the past conversations his client alluded to were "nothing more than idle talk" and "he didn't think (the Jan. 20, 2010) discussion was serious either."
Excused briefly while the judge and attorneys discussed the situation, McKay returned to the courtroom and clarified his comment after jurors were excused for the day.
McKay claimed Beasley talked about killing people occasionally in anger during the late-1990s and early-2000s. He said he learned Beasley didn't make those types of threats seriously because "nobody ever died."
Grothe and Carter are expected to argue on mistrial motion Thursday morning in Lake County Superior Court, Department 3.
McKay is one of the main prosecution witnesses in the case. He told the jury he received no deal in exchange for his testimony.
The alleged accomplice spent most of his time on the stand explaining how he, Beasley and the Maddoxes -- all originally from Maine -- made their way to Lake County.
McKay said he let Beasley come out and work on his marijuana operation in 2008.
Beasley suggested Frank and Yvette Maddox be hired on in October 2009, according to McKay, who said he soon fired the couple because they didn't get along with the other marijuana trimmers and Frank Maddox tried to strong-arm him.
The couple's relationship with Beasley also soured and Beasley believed they stole marijuana from his Lower Lake apartment in January 2010, according to McKay.
He hadn't yet described the night of the shooting when the mistrial motion halted his testimony.
Prior to McKay taking the stand, the jury heard from the man who discovered the bodies in early March 2010 and the first sheriff's deputy to respond to the site.
Grothe and Carter gave their opening statements earlier in the day.
Before testimony started, Beasley admitted to the court that he was convicted of a felony, criminal threatening with a firearm, in Kennebec County, Maine in June 2007.
The conviction is an element of the third count in the Lake County case, which alleges Beasley was a felon in possession of a firearm.
Jeremy Walsh is a staff reporter for Lake County Publishing. Reach him at 263-5636, ext. 37 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow trial coverage live on Twitter, @JeremyDWalsh or #RobbyBeasley.


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Taking a trip to the Jersey Shore tomorrow, looking to play on the way back home on Sun. Anyone know of any "not-to-be-missed" courses along my route home? Which could be I-195 across NJ to the PA Turnpike back to Harrisburg, PA; OR I could go I-287 to I-78 across NJ and then I-78 and I-81 back to Harrisburg, PA.
Shot in the dark here, hoping to get lucky!


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Yaz makes annual foray to Spring Training
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- There was a familiar visitor to Red Sox camp on Wednesday morning as No. 8 put on his uniform for the first time this spring.
There was no mistaking Carl Yastrzemski's entrance, as he immediately went to the Minor League batting cage -- the spot he's always been most comfortable at during camp.
Once the Major Leaguers took batting practice, Yastrzemski wandered over to the main field, where he stood behind the cage and shared some laughs with former teammates Jim Rice and Luis Tiant.
Yastrzemski also renewed acquaintances with manager John Farrell and second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
Though Yastrzemski has always kept a low profile at Spring Training, he has been coming to Boston's camp virtually every year since he retired in 1983.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tesla Motors this week began the much-delayed production of its all-electric Tesla Roadster. With only 300 due to roll off the assembly line this year, itâ''s sure to be THE status symbol of 2008. And Tesla-spotting soon to become Silicon Valley sport.
The best-kept secret in town? The Tesla list, that is, who is due to receive their pre-ordered Tesla when. Some 900 people are on that list so far; not all will get their cars this year. Tesla and Chairman Elon Musk will get vehicle number one; founder and CEO Martin Ebhard is in line for number two. The New York Times reported that George Clooney is number eight, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Hummer driver, is number ten. Silicon Valley gossip blog Valleywag says San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is also one of the first in line.
It wasnâ''t so long ago that the Prius was the defining purchase for someone looking for geek chic. But the Prius quickly became the car of the geek masses. The Tesla, with its $100,000 price roughly five times that of a Prius, is not likely to become commonplace so quickly.


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abcd wrote:Apparently lavonne Wolfe is starting a new company with 5-10 discs coming out on Jan 1.
If this is the case...not much of a game changer in my opinion. The thing that sticks out to me is the age range that seems to be jumping ship to the mystery company(Prodigy?). Seems as though loyalty has taken a backseat so to speak for the younger crowd.


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Garlic Confit, Orange & Red Pepper Rouille with Crudite
Makes 3 cups
Note: This recipe yields enough rouille to make crab toasts and a dip.
Garlic confit:
1 1/2 cups olive oil
1 head peeled garlic cloves
15 celery sticks
3 radish bunches
2 baby turnip bunches
3 colorful bell peppers
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 red bell peppers
4 Fresno chiles or jalapeño peppers
Salt, pepper
Zest of 1/2 orange
2 egg yolks
3/4 cup orange juice
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup fine breadcrumbs, toasted
1 tablespoon salt
1 to 1 1/2 cups garlic oil from the garlic confit
1. Place garlic and oil in a small pot set over medium heat. As soon as small bubbles appear, reduce heat to very low; lightly simmer for 20 minutes. Save the infused oil for the rouille. Reserve the cooked garlic for another use.
2. Wash and thoroughly dry crudite vegetables. Quarter the radishes. Cut turnips in half. Cut bell peppers in eighths, removing seeds.
3. For rouille, toss red peppers and chiles with olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet lined with foil; broil until skins turn black (about 5 to 10 minutes), turning peppers as needed to blacken all sides. Transfer to a bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap and let sit for 10-15 minutes to loosen skins.
4. Remove pepper skins stems and seeds. Place peppers in a food processor with all the remaining ingredients except oil. Process until well blended. Slowly pour oil into running processor; blend until emulsified.
5. Reserve 3/4 cup rouille for crab toasts. Serve the rest as a dip with the crudite.
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Beadboard Basic Corner Desk
- Overview
Form meets function with this Beadboard Basic Corner Desk that features plentiful storage and charming style. Adorned with classic beadboard paneling, the corner desk has two basic cabinets with drawers and open cubbies bordering a large, flat work surface. The desk also has pullout work surfaces on either side, which are ideal for extra study supplies or even arts and crafts activities. Sliding smoothly on waxed wood glides, the drawers provide ample storage space for all of your study materials and important keepsakes. With a selection of finish options, this Beadboard Basic Corner Desk can fit into a variety of room styles and designs. The quality kiln-dried solid wood frame ensures that you will be able to enjoy the desk for years to come.
- Solid kiln-dried wood frame for durability.
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- English dovetailed drawers.
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- Simply White finish is bright and smooth.
- Dark Espresso and Chestnut finishes are hand applied which creates beautiful character.
- Classic beadboard paneling.
- Open cubbies for extra storage with easy access.
- Safety stops on drawers and pullout work surfaces.
- Dimensions + Care
Corner Desk
- 82" wide x 36.5" deep x 30.5" high
- 58" of wall space needed along each wall
- Desktop center measures 49.5" wide x 36.5" deep
- Desktop wings (2) measure 23" wide x 24.5" deep
- Legroom measures 19.5" wide x 42" deep x 29.5" high
Basic Cabinet
- 18" wide x 22.5" deep x 29.5" high
- Pullout surface measures 14" wide x 16" deep
- Cubby interior (1) measures 16" wide x 22" deep x 7" high
- Drawer interiors (2) measure 13" wide x 15" deep x 4" high
- Drawers extend 11"
- Clearance below desk measure 2.5"
- Dust the desk with a dry, soft cloth to clean
- Do not use abrasives or household cleaners
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This item is delivered by our Premium In-Home Delivery Service. With In-Home delivery, the item is brought into your home, unpacked, and assembled (except for some headboards and Style-It Desk components, which are not unpacked or assembled. Our service also does not mount hutches and shelves to customer's walls.) Delivery is by appointment. Monday-Friday, in all areas; Saturday delivery in some areas. Our delivery service will contact you to arrange a day. This service is available in the contiguous 48 states only. Please allow approximately 2-3 weeks for delivery. Returns of mattresses are subject to a $40 return shipping fee.
- Tip 1: Add shelving units above the corner desk for extra storage space. You can use the shelves to store schoolbooks and other essentials that he needs to grab while studying, or you can line it with your favorite collectibles. Shelves above the desk will help you keep the desk from becoming too cluttered, especially if the bottom shelves are easy to reach while sitting down.
- Tip 2: Choose a chair that complements the desk and provides optimum comfort. Go for a desk chair with pops of white in a playful pattern if you choose the Simply White finish for the desk. If you decide you want a Dark Espresso or a Chestnut finish, then opt for a brown wooden desk chair that rolls and select a colorful cushion to match your personality.
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Name: Ted Leonsis
Job: NBA and NHL team owner, film maker, philanthropist; former Internet executive
Allergic to: Peanuts, tree nuts, dust, mold, pollen, pets and more
From hanging out with movie stars to schmoozing with international royalty, Ted Leonsis enjoys a pretty glamorous lifestyle. Still, days spent on planes, film sets, galas and sports arenas present a special challenge for the Internet executive turned sport-team owner and filmmaker. That's because Leonsis lives with life-threatening allergies to peanuts and tree nuts, not to mention environmental allergies and asthma.
Leonsis, who's best known for owning the NHL's Washington Capitals and the NBA's Washington Wizards, spoke to Allergic Living's Kim Shiffman and revealed a lot about balancing an on-the-go lifestyle with his severe allergies.
Exactly what are you allergic to?
I'm allergic to every nut imaginable, plus cats and dogs, dust, mold, all the pollens, trees and grass. I've got a litany.
When were you diagnosed?
When I was a baby, my mom knew something was wrong with me because of how I would react to some foods. It was hit or miss, and she just thought, "Boy, guess he didn't like that."
Then one day I went shopping with her at Christmas, and they were roasting nuts in the store. The steam was going up in the air, and as we were walking down the aisle, I went into anaphylactic shock. An ambulance came and they took me to hospital. My mother didn't know what had happened, but the doctor asked a lot of questions, sent me for skin tests and that's when they realized how much allergy I had.
What's the worst allergic reaction you've had?
One I remember that was really, really bad happened when I was 9 or 10. I went to a sleepover at a friend's summerhouse, and he had cats. It activated a really bad asthma attack; I couldn't breathe and got a bad headache. They took me to the hospital.
But more recently, in 2006, I was producing a movie – Woody Harrelson was in it and a bunch of other movie stars. We were on a studio lot in L.A. and it was late at night, maybe 10:30 p.m. Because it had been such a successful shoot, the crew ordered chicken-salad sandwiches from some famous L.A. restaurant. This is what they always did to celebrate.
The sandwiches came, and I took one. After a couple of bites, I noticed something crunchy. It was cashews. Immediately I started to get hives on my hands, then my ears, then my tongue. And I thought, "Here it comes."
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) --When a bank makes a regulatory filing late on a Friday afternoon ahead of Christmas, it merits special attention, if only because banks are sneaky, and that would be a really good time to hide a bombshell of one kind or another. For example, what if Wells Fargo ( WFC) paid $590 million to settle a single lawsuit against former Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson? That is one of the claims made in a lawsuit brought by shareholder W.M. Rogers that Wells Fargo recently agreed to settle, according to Friday's 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and it is close enough to the truth that it merits closer scrutiny. Wells Fargo indeed paid $590 million roughly a year ago to settle a lawsuit brought against Wachovia, which it acquired on the first day of 2009, and one of the defendants in that suit was Thompson. Rogers' lawsuit--which, according to Friday's 8-K filing, he and Wells Fargo agreed to settle--effectively stated that Wells Fargo should have gone after Thompson itself to recoup at least a portion of the $590 million. By not doing so, Rogers argued, Wells Fargo hurt its own shareholders. Instead, Rogers' lawsuit states, Thompson got a few million dollars in severance upon leaving Wachovia. Wells Fargo may argue that its acquisition of Wachovia was worth billions, so even $590 million was well worth shelling out. It may argue that going after Thompson would have cost more than it was worth. I could find no such argument among the filings unveiled Friday in connection with Rogers' lawsuit, though there were so many, I can't swear they weren't there. An email I sent shortly after midnight Monday to Wells Fargo spokespeople wasn't immediately returned. But it is worth wondering: how much money do Thompson and the other former board members of Wachovia have today? One suspects, in many instances, it is far more than you or I. And why do they have anything at all--particularly when Wells Fargo has had to pay hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars to resolve mortgage-related misdeeds and other messes, such as laundering Mexican drug money, that they left behind? It isn't as though Wells Fargo wasn't aware of the massive trouble at Wachovia. It isn't as though there were other deep-pocketed potential acquirers out there waiting to pounce, and so requiring Wells Fargo to agree to bail Wachovia out of its legal troubles. The only other potential acquirer was Citigroup ( C), which was at least as much of a disaster as Wachovia. That's why former FDIC chairman Sheila Bair was so happy to throw out Citigroup's deal with Wachovia when Wells came along.
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Upton and Ellbury, IMO.
Upton and Ellbury, IMO.
"You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat."
-- Christy Matthewson
"Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot."
-- Leo Durocher
Imagine a scenario where the Reds FO was blabbing about selling off Bruce last season because he was struggling for a stretch and the team was down from the year before. Seems hard to imagine, really. I think Upton will breathe a sigh of relief wherever he goes next. The Dbacks are kind of full of themselves it appears. Every 6 months they're trying to offload one of the premier under 25 players because he's not Joey Votto or something.
I can't imagine what a thread or poll would have looked like two months ago if you suggested Todd Frazier as the centerpiece for a Justin Upton trade.
Now people are hesitating at the thought?
I like what Todd has brought the last two months. However it is unlikely he will ever provide plus defense or maintain an OPS north of .850 or even .825 for that matter. Justin Upton is one of the best players in the game under the age of 25. He is two years younger than Frazier and has performed better in the majors over the last four years than Frazier has in the minors. He would be a plus defender in LF and he is under contract for 3 more years.
Most people on this board saw Frazier as a utility guy as recently as two months ago. Buy low and sell high, and I couldn't think of a better opportunity to do that if a deal like this is possible.
And I like Frazier.
Go BLUE!!!
I wonder if playing with Votto would increase Upton's drive to be better? Hmmm.
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The Reds are kind of thin on ML quality position players now.. if they are going to upgrade an OF slot, I think it has to be by dealing prospects, not current starters (other than the OFer getting upgraded).
Edit, I realize Frasier is not a superstar.. but if he's traded, are you prepared to have Cairo and an ailing Rolen man 3b the rest of the year? It's a pretty big dropoff. The dropoff at SS would be even worse.
I don't think Upton is a big enough improvement over Ludwick to lose our SS and 3b (even though they aren't exactly stars)
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Thank you Walt and Bob for bringing winning baseball back to Cincy -- it was nice while it lasted..
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
I'd make this proposed deal. Ludwick then could be packaged in a deal to help cover SS and/or 3B along with Rolen, Valdez, possibly Janish, H Rod, whatever.
Would require more moves, would change the team a bit, but the offense needs the change.
Conflicting reports on how likely Upton to the Pirates is right now -- but the two teams seem to be actively engaged in talks as I write this:
Jayson Stark:
Jon Heyman:#Pirates so serious about Justin Upton they're sending signals they could include Starling Marte in an Upton deal -- but not Cole or Taillon
hearing theres "nothing serious'' w/ j. upton yet, & #pirates "probably not a fit.'' wont include taillon or cole. #dbacks
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Expert Advice
Andrea Schwanda-Matthews: Passion for Nutrition
Want to become passionate about good nutrition for hairdressers? Meet Andrea Schwanda-Matthews, because her passion is contagious!
A hairdresser for 28 years and an independent contractor with Jacques Michael Salon in Los Angeles since 2001, Schwanda-Matthews also has formally studied nutrition at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where her teachers included such well-known names as Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Deepak Chopra. Schwanda-Matthews has started a website (humanleaf.com) devoted to spreading information about proper nutrition, and she's working on a book as well.
"Hairdressers, teachers and nurses are a very special breed," Schwanda-Matthews says. "We take care of everyone else, while we put ourselves second. That can lead to weight gain. We drink coffee instead of water, we don't go to the bathroom when we need to and we make choices for convenience—quick fixes—because we're so exhausted by the end of the day. So we go for fast food and processed food, which doesn't give us proper energy. Then we try crash diets, and we lose weight but gain it back, or we find that a diet that works for our friend doesn't work for us, because every person is different."
Schwanda-Matthews, who says she used to be a chronic yo-yo dieter, helps hair pros understand the principles of good nutrition by applying beauty terminology. "We tell clients that their hair needs hydration, or they need a moisture treatment," she explains. "Our bodies need hydration, too. Bad skin, weak nails, bouts of depression—some of that is related to dehydration. We need water to run our bodies when we wake up in the morning. We start with coffee, and before long we need a sugar fix. Instead, have a cup of warm water in the morning. You'll be surprised how quickly you wake up!"
Hairdressers also are used to "eyeballing" everything, she adds. You eyeball color, cut lines and texture blends, so you'll be a natural at quickly assessing an appropriate portion size.
Getting to know your body really well is a good start, Schwanda-Matthews continues. "When you start eating the right way for your body," she explains, "you may stay at a size 8, and that's okay. Some people are not made to be a size 0, and we drive ourselves crazy trying to get there."
Your first step should be avoiding sugar and white flour, Schwanda-Matthews recommends. Replace processed foods by going back to the basics of fruits and vegetables. "Hairdressers are around a lot of chemicals, which is not good for our respiratory system, and we're indoors a lot," she observes. "Green plants give oxygen. Much of what we eat starts out as a plant, but it's so processed that you can't recognize it. In a traditional American diet, two-thirds of the fiber is removed. Once you start grinding food, you remove the fiber and it behaves like sugar."
She finds juicing to be a great habit to develop in order to get a tasty mixture of fresh ingredients.
As a stylist, once you learn about nutrition you can do a lot of good! "We are in a powerful position," Schwanda-Matthews says. "We speak with so many people every day and can educate and influence all the people we serve. We already make our clients feel better about the way they look; we also can make them feel better about their health. This is a great opportunity for all hairdressers."
Quinoa Snack from Andrea Schwanda-Matthews
1/4 c quinoa
1/2 c almond milk
1/4 tbsp of cinnamon
1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 pkg. frozen blueberries
STEP 1: Boil the first four ingredients together the same way in which you would cook quinoa in water. Follow the directions on the box; it should take about 15 minutes.
STEP 2: Line a bowl with frozen blueberries, and pour the mixture over them. "The warm mixture over the crunchy, cold berries is a great taste!" Schwanda-Matthews says. Alternatively, you can add dried fruit, nuts or oats to the quinoa.
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STAFF from Beardwood Hospital visited Westholme Infant School to teach pupils the importance of hand washing and germ control.
It was the third visit to the school by the private hospital's 'Clean Team', led by Sue Walsh, who came armed with a UV light box and a special hand wash that mimics germs, to show the children just how easy it was to spread bacteria.
She said: "It was lovely to be asked back to Westholme Infant School to teach a new intake of students about hand washing and hygiene.
"At BMI The Beardwood Hospital, we are committed to providing the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness to our patients and it's great that we are able to take this knowledge out into the local community to educate our children."


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This property was purchased in 2001 from Ivanhoe Cambridge and it is located at 3155 Howard Street in Windsor Ontario. At the time of purchase, the centre was underperforming with underutilized land and several weak tenants including White Rose. The centre was in an excellent location in Windsor across from the dominant Ivanhoe Cambridge mall (Devonshire Mall). Windsor was an economically stable city buoyed by a strong manufacturing sector and a low Canadian dollar. The Company saw an opportunity to re-merchandise and modernize the centre as well as develop additional retail pads. As part of this process, Terracap did not renew many of the weaker tenants. White Rose went bankrupt as anticipated, which cleared the way to redevelop and re-merchandise the centre. LCBO was relocated from a smaller in-line space to their prototype pad facing Howard Street. A pad was constructed for one of the firstKrispy Kreme locations at a time when the concept was extremely successful. The space was subs


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Plan to be out of town on Election Day? If something will keep you from voting on November 6, you may be eligible for absentee voting. The County Clerk's office lists the qualifications and procedures for absentee voting in Greene County. The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is Wednesday, October 31.
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Breast Feeding
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I had my first child at the age of 29. There was a slight engorgement 3 days after delivery. I would like to breastfeed her but my milk supply wasn`t enough. She screamed during feeding as if she wasn`t getting enough. I didn`t give her any infant formula, believing that the more I let her suck, the more milk my body would produce.After one month, I gave infant formula. When I totally stopped breastfeeding, there was also a slight engorgement. About a year later, I gave birth to my second child. Even though my breast got bigger during pregnancy, there was no engorgement at all after childbirth. There was no milk (although I drank a lot of milk during pregnancy). I only started giving infant formula on the second day (but he already had the problem of regurgitation).When I totally stopped trying to breastfeed, there was no engorgement at all. Is there any suggestion on how to overcome this problem ?
You ask a complicated question and the answer probably requires more information. It`s hard to know whether there is an actual problem without asking other questions. For instance, how often did your first newborn breastfeed in 24 hours and how long did a typical feeding last? What was her wet and dirty diaper count the first month? How was her weight gain-from her lowest weight, not birth weight? What do you mean when you say she "screamed during feeding"? When did the screaming begin, what was its pattern, and how long did it last?
You are correct in believing that the more a baby breastfeeds, the more milk your body should produce. When a baby breastfeeds/sucks effectively, it "tells" the breast to make more milk. The more a baby breastfeeds/removes milk (effectively), the more milk produced; the less a baby breastfeeds, the less produced. The key word is "effective." The most common cause of insufficient milk production is an insufficient amount of breastfeeding for a particular baby. Often it is due to trying to "schedule" breastfeedings or because a mother doesn`t understand normal feeding patterns for breastfed babies. Some mothers think their normal breastfed baby isn`t getting enough milk because of more frequent feedings.
A baby that is unable to remove milk effectively may be the second most common reason for insufficient milk production. Prematurity, the effect of labor and delivery medications and anesthetics, jaundice, infection, certain health conditions and variations in the structures in a baby`s mouth may all contribute to ineffective sucking. Suspect ineffective sucking if the newborn frequently (one or more): · Does not wake for 8+ feedings or wants 14+ in 24 hours · Keeps latching on and letting go of the breast · Can`t seem to latch on or pushes away · Falls asleep 2-5 minutes after latch-on or starting to suck · Feeds for more than 30-40 minutes without self-detaching at the first breast · Feeds for more than 45 minutes but doesn`t seem satisfied · Soaks fewer than 6 diapers in 24 hours by day 6-7 · Has fewer than 3 stools in 24 hours by 6-7 days after birth through the first 4-8 weeks) · Seems "gassy" and produces green, frothy stools after the first week · Seems to have difficulty feeding no matter what feeding method is tried. (* Any baby may demonstrate one or more of these signs occasionally.) When a baby breastfeeds ineffectively, the mother is more likely to develop sore, red, bruised, raw, blistered, or cracked nipples. Her nipples may appear creased, flattened, misshapen or white at the end of a feeding. She also may experience a plugged duct or mastitis due to poor milk removal.
In addition to baby "causes," there can be mother-related causes. A few women are born with an insufficient amount of milk-making tissue in their breasts, although that is unusual. Other maternal causes known to or suspected of contributing to milk insufficiency include: · Any prior breast/chest wall surgery, especially breast reduction · Thyroid conditions · Severe postpartum hemorrhage · Retained placenta fragments (prolonged bleeding or cramping after birth) · Current use of a hormonal contraceptive (birth control) method, especially if containing an estrogen · Pregnancy (new) · History of abuse or current postpartum depression or anxiety disorder · Current tobacco use There is some evidence that certain maternal conditions, such as diabetes of any type may create a delay in the time when milk "comes in"; however, such conditions do not appear to have any long-term effect on milk production.
As noted earlier, some mothers think they aren`t producing enough milk when they actually are producing plenty. The physical signs you noticed indicate you were producing milk. Not everyone experiences obvious engorgement, unless many hours pass between feedings. If you began giving infant formula on the second day after the birth of your second baby and if your baby received a significant amount of his daily intake from formula, you may not have produced as much milk as you were capable of producing so there was no engorgement.
If you are considering getting pregnant again and plan to breastfeed, you may want to contact a lactation consultant (IBCLC) now or early during your pregnancy to review your general health and previous breastfeeding histories to see if a possible cause and solution can be found.
Lawrence, RA & Lawrence, RM (1999). Breastfeeding: A guide for the medical profession (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Riordan, J & Auerbach, KG (1999). Breastfeeding and human lactation (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
College of Nursing
University of Cincinnati


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LITTLETON — Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper says he'll eliminate the current Colorado student achievement tests to save money and get quicker results that will help students.
The CSAP testing program costs the state about $18 million a year.
Hickenlooper proposed the idea today as he unveiled his education policy at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton.
He also promised to close the achievement gap for Hispanic students. They have a 50 percent dropout rate compared with 25 percent for other students.
As mayor of Denver, Hickenlooper started a preschool program financed by a sales tax increase.
Hickenlooper is promising not to raise taxes for education if elected governor, saying taxpayers have no appetite for it.


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The key here is to forget about perfection. "A style like Eva Longoria's shouldn't look fussy. It should appear effortless and sexy," says celebrity stylist Sacha Quarles—which means less time in front of the mirror. Prep the look by using Velcro rollers and a sea salt spray to create a beachy texture, then pull hair into a low ponytail. Mist one section at a time with hairspray, wind hair up to the base of your ponytail, and use matte bobby pins in the same color as your hair to secure the twists.
To mimic Freida Pinto's ultimate no-fuss look, start by applying a smoothing balm like Kerastase Form Fatale ($32) and blow-dry hair with a paddle brush. From there, make a low pony, take a quarter-inch section of hair below the elastic, wrap it around the hair tie and bobby pin ends into your ponytail. Finish with a shine spray—we like TIGI Bed Head Headrush ($20)—and a firm-hold hairspray.
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Last night was the worst experience in my memory at a Pacers game.
The Pistons fans were the most rude, most crude fans I have ever seen. I would call those I saw as subhuman.
Any Pacers fans who gave up their tickets and sold them to Pistons fans should be ashamed.
The Pacers display last night was without question the worst I have ver seen in a playoff game, so, so many things disturbed me, but what disturbed me the most is they fractured into 12 individuals, and ceased being a team.
I have to go, but unlike 99.9999% of the time I have nothing positive to say, nor any hope for game #6.
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7NK Murder Mystery Game (by Littleloud) is a gothic horror story inspired to Shakespeare's plays. The BBC has just launched it to support its Shakespeare drama season this autumn. At the moment only a preview is available, but the game full game will be online from next week. As explained on New Media Age (reg. req.) players will be asked to solve and prevent crimes based on Shakespeare's plots. A comprehensive mini-site is online to support the BBC "Shakespeare – Re-Told' series of TV and radio programs". Of course there is also space for some user generated content: a competition invites schoolchildren to write their own 60 second interpretation of a Shakespeare story to appear on the site.
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WHEN ECOLOGIST Rachel Winfree set out to survey native bees in the Delaware Valley of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, she was not optimistic about her results. Not only is the region far from any known hot spots of bee diversity, such as the U.S. Southwest, "New Jersey is also the most densely populated state in the country," says Winfree, an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology at Rutgers University. "I was worried that after getting funding and hiring a staff, the project would turn out to be a waste of time."
Her fears were unfounded. "We found bees everywhere," says Winfree—thousands of individuals of 46 different species. More surprising, she and her colleagues discovered that the number of flower visits by these natives was sufficient to fully pollinate the watermelon crop on 21 of 23 farms in her study region.
Gleaning such data was the goal of Winfree's work. As European honeybees decline in a mysterious phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), "I wanted to find out whether native bees could fill in for them," she says. While Winfree cautions against extrapolating her results too broadly to other crops in other parts of the country, "if we lost all honeybees in this region to CCD tomorrow, between 88 and 90 percent of the watermelon crop would be fine," she says. "Native bees are providing a backup plan—for free."
Winfree's results, published in Ecology Letters, have generated an excited buzz among native pollinator proponents, a diverse group of scientists, conservationists, gardening enthusiasts and others who are sponsoring activities nationwide this June to celebrate the third official National Pollinator Week. Yet even as they applaud her study—and others that show wild bees contribute to the production of crops such as blueberries, cranberries, peppers, tomatoes, alfalfa and squash—they worry about the welfare of these unsung natives.
"There has been little effort to document the long-term status of pollinator populations in the United States," says biologist May Berenbaum, chairman of the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Yet in a 2006 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report, a scientific committee chaired by Berenbaum found that in cases where data do exist, pollinator population trends are "demonstrably downward."
Pollinators comprise a diversity of wild creatures, from birds and bats to butterflies, moths, beetles, flies and even the odd land mammal or reptile. But "there's no question that bees are the most important in most ecosystems," says Winfree, who calls the insects "the 800-pound gorillas" of the pollinator world. Unlike social honeybees, imported to North America in the 1600s, the majority of the continent's native bees are solitary, nesting in burrows on the ground or small holes in wood rather than building hives. Worldwide, there are some 20,000 bee species, 4,000 of them found in North America.
Bees and other pollinators are essential to human survival. "Without them, you'd lose most of your plants, and ultimately everything else," says Winfree. To produce seeds and reproduce, three-quarters of the world's flowering plant species rely on animal pollinators. (The others use the less precise methods of wind or water to transfer pollen between male and female flower parts.) Animal-dependent plants include more than two-thirds of the world's crop species, whose fruits and seeds provide more than 30 percent of the foods and beverages we consume. Scientists estimate that in the United States alone, native bees perform up to $3 billion worth of pollination services annually.
Natural ecosystems and their inhabitants also rely on pollinators. Many North American songbirds, for instance, feed on the fruits, seeds and berries of plants pollinated by animals. Pollinating insects themselves, especially their plump larvae, provide protein for adult songbirds and their fast-growing fledglings. Even the notoriously carnivorous grizzly bear depends more directly on pollinators than one might expect. According to wildlife ecologist Kimberly Winter, NWF's habitat programs manager, in some places between 80 and 90 percent of the bear's diet is made up of fruits, nuts, bulbs and roots of animal-pollinated plants. On an ecosystem level, "losing a pollinator can have a domino effect on countless other species," she says.
To detect pollinator population trends, long-term surveys are essential. "The few hardy souls who have undertaken such studies are finding indisputable evidence of declines," says Berenbaum. She cites the work of biologist Arthur Shapiro, a professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California–Davis who has been monitoring butterflies on fixed transects across the state for the past 37 years. Many of the several dozen species he has tracked have declined, some dramatically. "Butterflies that were once considered utterly common are going into a tailspin, and no one knows why," says Shapiro.
In addition to butterflies, the NAS report provides evidence of decline in three other pollinator groups: hummingbirds, bats and—especially—bumblebees. A 2008 report from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a nonprofit based in Portland, Oregon, paints an even bleaker picture of the familiar, fuzzy insects' fate. Compiling data from more than three dozen scientists and "citizen monitors" across the country, the report concludes that populations of three formerly common species—the rusty-patched, yellowbanded and western bumblebee—have dropped drastically over the past decade. A fourth species, Franklin's bumblebee (restricted to coastal Oregon and Northern California), has only been seen once in the past several years.
Though the jury is still out on the cause of these declines, the most likely culprit is an exotic disease introduced by commercially reared bumblebees, says the society's executive director, Scott Hoffman Black. Between 1992 and 1994, he explains, queens of the western bumblebee, a species commonly used to pollinate greenhouse tomatoes, were shipped to Europe to produce colonies subsequently shipped back to U.S. farms. Scientists suspect the bees picked up a fungal disease from European bees, then spread it to wild bumblebees across the country as colonies were moved among commercial growers. (All beleaguered species are closely related to those that spent time in Europe.) "Like Native Americans decimated by smallpox brought in by Europeans, our native bees have no resistance to exotic diseases," says Hoffman Black.
Beyond disease—suspected as a major cause of CCD in honeybees—blame for pollinator declines runs the gamut: habitat loss and fragmentation, introduced species, pesticides and global warming. "But in most cases, we don't know," says Laurie Davies Adams, executive director of the Pollinator Partnership, a San Francisco-based nonprofit working to raise awareness about pollinators' plight. "We simply haven't paid enough attention."
There are a handful of exceptions. In the U.S. Southwest, two species of nectar-feeding bats—the lesser long-nosed and Mexican long-tongued bat—have declined due to destruction of their roosting caves. Pesticides are implicated in problems facing several native insects, though given the animals' special sensitivity to these chemicals, "pathetically few toxicity studies have been conducted, even on honeybees," says Berenbaum.
Like virtually all living things, pollinators are also threatened by global warming. According to biologist David Inouye of the University of Maryland, some are already beginning to respond to climate change. In the Colorado Rockies, for example, he and his colleagues recently surveyed the altitudinal distribution of several bumblebee species at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL). They compared the results with those of a survey they had conducted along the same transects as graduate students more than 30 years ago—and found that at least one species has shifted its range upslope by 1,500 feet.
Pollinators are particularly at risk to indirect effects of warming—when changes in temperature or precipitation cause shifts in the distribution of plants or the timing of nectar they produce. In another study at the Colorado lab, Inouye and RMBL colleague Billy Barr found that springtime emergence of Milbert's tortoiseshell butterfly has been getting progressively earlier since the 1970s. Yet blooming time of the region's spring wildflowers has not kept up. The findings demonstrate that "pollinators and plants do not respond the same way to environmental changes caused by global warming," says Inouye. "This means they may lose the synchrony they once had." Inouye is particularly concerned about hummingbirds—important wildflower pollinators—that migrate thousands of miles between winter habitats in the Tropics and breeding grounds in North America. Research shows that tropical and temperate ecosystems are responding very differently to global warming, and there's no way a hummingbird wintering in Colombia would be able predict what the weather is like in Colorado.
Davies Adams agrees that "we see more interest in pollinators than just a few years ago—and more resources to help people help pollinators." Among her organization's activities is the creation of a series of ecoregional planting guides to advise gardeners on planting native species for insects and other animals. Launched in 2008, the final set of 32 guides is scheduled to be completed this June. The Xerces Society has published the Pollinator Conservation Handbook as well as a series of guides for farmers and managers of parks, golf courses and other lands.
Perhaps the biggest coup scored by pollinator proponents came last year with congressional reauthorization of the Farm Bill, which for the first time has provided specific financial incentives to growers who restore habitat for pollinators and authorized $100 million for research on the animals. Winfree has applied for funding through the law to continue working with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in New Jersey on combinations of plants that attract the greatest diversity of pollinators. She suspects the reason she found so many bees in her own study is because the region's small farms are nestled among suburban gardens and scraps of native vegetation, habitats that provide nesting sites and additional food for the insects. Similar research conducted within vast monocultures of California's Central Valley has so far been less encouraging.
Winfree, who launched her project in 2006, obtained equally promising results during the 2007 and 2008 growing seasons. "When it comes to human disturbances like fragmentation," she says, "some bees may turn out to be more robust than some larger animals like birds and mammals. And that would be very good news for conservation."
Senior Editor Laura Tangley provides food, water and nesting sites for pollinators in her own yard.
"The neat thing about pollinator conservation is that anyone, from the owner of a golf course to an apartment dweller with a window box, can do something to help," says Scott Hoffman Black, executive director of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. All it takes is to provide appropriate food and habitat for bees, butterflies and other pollinating species—and to avoid using the pesticides that harm them.
"Being pollinator-friendly also means you are being wildlife-friendly," says Kimberly Winter, NWF's habitats program manager. "And you are creating a sustainable ecosystem in your own backyard."
Here are a few suggestions to get started:
For more tips, check out these sites: www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlife and www.xerces.org.
Through its Certified Wildlife Habitat™ program, NWF encourages the creation of habitat suitable for bees, birds, butterflies and other pollinators, and educates landowners about appropriate host plants as well as the risks of using pesticides. The program also offers all the information needed to make your own yard welcoming to pollinators and other native animals.


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Agreement To Protect Rare Snake, Improve Forest Habitat
NEW ORLEANS — A new conservation agreement to protect and improve habitat for the rare Louisiana pine snake will benefit a host of other wildlife species that also live in East Texas pine forests, including game animals as well as other rare species.
Eight state and federal partners announced an agreement here March 2 that defines future actions to protect the Louisiana pine snake, a rare reptile found in Texas and Louisiana. The partners signed the candidate conservation agreement in December to identify and establish management for the Louisiana pine snake on federal lands in Texas and Louisiana.
The non-venomous Louisiana pine snake, a candidate for federal listing under the Endangered Species Act, historically ranged throughout the upland pine ecosystems of western Louisiana and east-central Texas, particularly the now imperiled longleaf pine forests. The snake is also listed as threatened by the State of Texas and as a species of conservation concern by the State of Louisiana. It is currently known to survive in only a few locations in each state and is likely one of the rarest snakes in the nation.
The Pineywoods of East Texas contain at least half of the suitable habitat for the snake, which prefers the sandy soil and ridge tops of southeastern upland pine forests.
"Mature upland pine forests with a grassy, herbaceous understory are the preferred habitat of this snake, and these also support a number of other threatened and endangered species, as well as game animals," said Ricky Maxey, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife biologist in Nacogdoches. "This includes the red cockaded woodpecker, Texas trailing phlox, Bachman's sparrow and other rare species. Game animals supported by these forests include bobwhite quail, eastern wild turkey and white-tailed deer."
The signatories to the pine snake agreement include: Texas National Forests, the U.S. Forest Service's Southern Research Station, TPWD, Kisatchie National Forest, Fort Polk Military Installation, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Southeast and Southwest Regions.
The voluntary agreement provides a means for all agencies to work together on projects to avoid and minimize impacts to the snake. The agreement also sets up a mechanism to exchange information about successful management practices and coordinate research efforts.
Prescribed burning of the forest for the Louisiana pine snake maintains the fire-dependent animal and plant communities that developed over time, and prevents encroachment by off-site vegetation types that subsequently change the ecosystem. In addition to the ecological benefits, this forest is safer from detrimental wildfire events and more aesthetically pleasing to visitors.
"The biggest thing lacking on the landscape in East Texas at present is mature forests, by which I mean mid-to-late successional forests, trees at least 50-100 years old or older," Maxey said. "For the pine snake, what's critical is the open character of the older forest, and the grassy and herbaceous understory plant communities. These understory plant communities provide the habitat base for the pine snake's preferred prey, the pocket gopher. Young pines tend to grow in denser stands. Natural fire doesn't happen like it used to since people began suppressing it. So we need prescribed burning to maintain the understory and mimic natural conditions."
Maxey said TPWD intends to manage its relevant wildlife management areas in East Texas for the pine snake through prescribed burning and other habitat improvement tactics, as well as encourage private landowners and others to do the same through its grant programs and free technical guidance to landowners.
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When a team is mired in an extended losing streak, as the Cardinals are, one play can often make all the difference.
Sunday was no exception.
Although the Cardinals raced out to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter behind three interceptions, momentum was slowly shifting in the Falcons' direction midway through the second quarter.
On a third-and-2 from the Cardinals' 21-yard line, rookie Ryan Lindley went back to pass but was hit hard from behind by veteran defensive end John Abraham.
While Lindley's arm appeared to be moving forward, the ball squirted free to his right and was picked up without a fight by Atlanta's Jonathan Babineaux, who calmly raced 15 yards to the end zone for a defensive touchdown.
The touchdown cut the Cardinals' lead to 13-10, and the Falcons would go on to score 13 of the final 19 points in the contest for their ninth victory of the season.
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt thought the play should have been ruled an incompletion not a fumble, but head referee Bill Vinovich disagreed.
"[Vinovich] said he didn't see it that way," Whisenhunt said. "To me the hand was moving forward when the ball came out. That's a rule that's been scrutinized in the NFL. It was a tight call."
What was most surprising about the play was that when the ball went to the Georgia Dome turf, not a single Arizona player made a move towards the ball.
"Multiple players told me they heard a whistle," said Whisenhunt. "It seemed like everybody stopped playing except for one or two guys. There were players running on the field from both sidelines. It was definitely a strange play."
Babineaux's touchdown was the second defensive score the Cardinals have given up during their six-game losing streak.
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Only one week into the exhibition 'Surtout pas des principes! Charley Toorop' is already a success. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen received over 10.000 visitors, three times the usual number. The overview with 120 paintings, including all her self portraits, is on show in Rotterdam until January 18th 2009.
A total of 120 works have been gathered for the Charley Toorop (1891-1995) retrospective, including almost all her self-portraits. The exhibition 'Surtout pas des principes! Charley Toorop' has been put together by Marja Bosma, who has also written a book of the same name about the life and work of one of the foremost female Dutch artists of the 20th century. Both the exhibition and the book contain a wealth of information about Charley Toorop, clarifying associations and highlighting influences, making it easier to see how key works from her oeuvre fit into her larger body of work. This large-scale retrospective clearly highlights Toorop's importance for Dutch art.
Toorop's social and political commitment was the catalyst for her to develop her work into a style of confrontational realism, where she presented her subjects head on. This applies not only to her remarkable self-portraits in which she penetrates the viewer with her steely gaze, but also to her portraits of farmers, labourers and fishermen. For Charley Toorop, painting was the ultimate form of self-realisation, making her work both unavoidable and imposing. A perfect example of this is the self-portrait from 1928 that was recently acquired by Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
The exhibition 'Surtout pas des principes! Charley Toorop'has been made possible thanks to the support of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the K.F. Hein Fonds.
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2007 Ford F-250 Super Duty Problems
RepairPal has identified the most common problems with the 2007 Ford F-250 Super Duty based on complaints from actual vehicle owners. We'll tell you what the problem is and what it'll take to fix it.
It is common to see the variable vanes inside the turbo seize or bind from carbon buildup. This causes an overboost or underboost condition when driving.
The cooler for the EGR valve can leak coolant internally, which causes white smoke to come from the tail pipe. Hot exhaust gases are cooled by the EGR cooler before being circled back into the engine.
The high pressure diesel fuel injection pump may fail, resulting in a "no start" condition.
A severe lack of power may develop because the hose from the turbocharger to the intake manifold can come loose, resulting in loss of boost pressure to the engine.
The 2004-2010 Ford F-250 with manual temperature and fan controls may have problems with the the blower motor only blowing air on certain settings. Most commonly the fan will only run on the highest setting. This is a well documented problem, and is caused by a failing blower motor resistor.
Correcting the problem is straight forward, and requires replacement of the small resistor. The resistor is normally found behind the glove box, next to the blower motor.
Spark plugs in the Ford F-250 Super Duty can be very difficult to remove.
Ford has issued a service bulletin (08-7-6) to address this issue, which includes a recommended procedure on how to remove the plugs. Failure to follow the recommended procedure can result in the one or more spark plugs breaking off in the cylinder head.
The recommend procedure is as follows. Using this procedure will greatly reduce the chance of breaking a spark plug.
1. Break the spark plugs loose when the engine is warm.
2. Turn each plug 1/8 to 1/4 turn and soak the treads with 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon of Motorcraft Carburetor Tune-Up Cleaner or a quality penetrating oil. Do not try to remove the plugs at this time.
3. Let the threads soak for at least 15 minutes.
4. After the soak period, tighten and loosen each spark plug, working it back and forth until the turning effort is reduced. Then, you can remove the spark plug.
There are special tools available to remove the broken spark plugs and repair shops will often charge additional labor for the removal of each broken spark plug.
The Ford F-250 Super Duty has known issues with the V8 engine ejecting spark plugs. This will make a tapping or knocking noise, plus the engine will begin to misfire at all speeds. The check engine light will also illuminate.
The threads on the cylinder head are too short and soft, allowing pressure from combustion to overwhelm and destroy the threads.
When the spark plug ejects, the cylinder head becomes damaged, necessitating repair of the spark plug port threads, or replacement of the cylinder head and cylinder head gasket.
Ford has recommended a method of repair for the cylinder head that prevents the spark plug from ejecting under future use. Replacement of all spark plugs is not necessary, but an updated spark plug design can help prevent this from happening in the future.
There is a technical service bulletin for the V8 engine.
A defective idler pulley and / or belt material can cause a chirp or squeak noise from the engine area on initial start up. The idler pulley and / or belt will need to be replaced with revised parts.
The rear sliding glass window may stop working, or binds in motion. The power slider cable binds causing slow, or no operation. The glass assembly will need to be replaced, the cable is included in the assembly.
A defective driveshaft can cause a drone to be heard from the driveline area. The driveshaft should be replaced with a revised unit.
Delamination of the diesel fuel tank can occur resulting in a loss of power due to debris clogging the fuel filters. In some cases the fuel injection pump and/or fuel injectors have also been damaged. Ford has issued a service bulletin (#


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