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From Bo Derek, Jul/Aug 00
Dear Marvin,
First of all, I welcome your new look. I have been a loyal reader since the initial stages of Cigar Aficionado, and have also been a fervent critic in that your magazine, at times, caters to the filthy rich.
As a Cuban American, I grew up hearing about all things Cuban. One of the subjects that always fascinated me was cigars. I discovered the phenomenon of cigars in my late teens, and today I enjoy one, sometimes two cigars after dinner. I find that smoking cigars is medicinal both for the mind and the body. I don't inhale because I, being a pulmonary physician, know of the havoc it can eventually produce in the airways and the lung parenchyma, not to mention other organs.
What really prompted me to write is how perplexed I am that you have had some subscribers state on your Web site that they will unsubscribe because of the changes in the magazine.
Marvin, your magazine offers an enormous amount of information that many cigar smokers appreciate. I'm rather perplexed to see how certain subscribers expressed their harsh views, without even allowing time for your publication to prove itself. I find it even more disturbing that these people are going to unsubscribe and not receive probably the most resourceful magazine on cigars. The price is trivial, and the information is fantastic. It doesn't bother me to see an article that I don't particularly care for. On the contrary, it reinforces my belief that the more eclectic your magazine is, the more suited it is for minds that want food for thought.
I want to take this opportunity to tell your readers that your publication is not going to give what everyone wants to read every time. Rather, there will be material that will interest few, as well as material that will be welcomed by all. Extremism has never served any purpose.
I find that for the price of a few premium cigars, your magazine offers much.
One last comment: I would appreciate if you would eliminate "The Good Life Magazine For Men" slogan on the cover. Many women enjoy the publication, and I can bet they are highly offended because of this.
Looking forward to many years of enjoying Cigar Aficionado!
Richard Periut, M.D.
Little Ferry, New Jersey
Little Ferry, New Jersey
Dear Marvin,
Once I saw the new typeface on your magazine's masthead, I suspected that something was up. Seeing the cigar material tucked away in the back reinforced my suspicion and reading your introduction confirmed it--the cigar boom is over! But I never thought you'd retreat so quickly. You are changing from a cigar magazine with other interesting articles to a "men's" magazine with a cigar section. Why not be more forthright with your readers? I feel deceived.
Mike Schulman
Central Valley, New York
Central Valley, New York
Editor's reply: Mike, I thank you for your passionate response. I can assure you that, though we've made some changes, we have no intention of abandoning our original mission.
Dear Marvin,
I was shocked to receive my June 2000 issue of Cigar Aficionado. The layout, the font change, the whole structure and content of the magazine was totally foreign. While you have a very good point about broadening the appeal of the magazine, it should not be done in a way that alienates the vast majority of the readership.
The new format had a very sterile feeling. The personality of the magazine was totally gone in that issue. When I first looked through the magazine, I felt as if I was reading The Wall Street Journal, rather than my favorite cigar publication. The first thing that I look at is the cigar ratings; they are the main reason that I subscribe to your magazine. I was disappointed to find the new torpedo ratings buried in the back. The layout almost made it seem like you are ashamed about the focus of the magazine. Also, give your readers some credit: there is no reason to give an explanation about the different shapes of cigars. Anybody who needs an explanation about the difference between shaped and non-shaped cigars probably is not going to be reading your magazine in the first place.
I can understand working with the format to try to broaden your appeal, but why change the fonts and the style of the magazine? The cover of the magazine used to look stately; people who appeared on it were dignified and classy. Like a fine cigar, the publication stood out from the crowd as something special, worthy of being savored. This month's issue of the magazine did not have that spark, and that was largely due to the font being totally different. I received the June issue on the same day that my wife received her Coastal Living. I am sad to say that I had a hard time distinguishing the two magazines from each other.
Finally, about the content: Did you have to include so many things about dogs? I like dogs as much as the next guy, but did they have to be mentioned on just about every page? The "Moments to Remember" section, another of my favorites, had nothing but man's best friend. I enjoy looking at pictures of people celebrating special occasions with cigars; a few dogs would have been fine, but the entire section was overkill.
It is all well and good to try new things, but please remember that too many new things at once are going to drive away more readers than they are going to attract. I have enjoyed the recent addition of "Insights" on sports, the stock market and politics that can now be found at the beginning of the magazine. Small changes like this are positive, while radical changes like the June issue are negative. I have subscribed to Cigar Aficionado for two years, and up to this point, I have been very satisfied with what I have received. I hope that the June 2000 issue was just a minor bump, and that a happy medium between the old and the new can somehow be achieved.
Oren H Adelson
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Editor's reply: Oren, after a few more issues, I'd appreciate hearing from you if you believe we have reached the happy medium that you are seeking.
Dear Marvin,
Congratulations on the new styling of Cigar Aficionado! As the editor-in-chief of a community newspaper here in Hell's Kitchen [Manhattan], I am well aware of how such transformations can sometimes turn off those people who are resistant to change. But I cannot imagine such resistance coming from cigar smokers. You see, being married to a cigar smoker I know that as a group they are continuously experimenting, relishing new brands and sampling a wide array of shapes, sizes and colors. With such a broad-minded readership, Cigar Aficionado should experience little or no drop-off in circulation as a result of the alterations.
So to all readers who may find themselves longing for the old Cigar Aficionado style to come back, I offer this unsolicited advice: Savor the new Cigar Aficionado design as you would a new Havana. And take your time. After all, didn't it take you some time to fully appreciate cigars, caviar and other pleasures of life? Well, having subscribed to Cigar Aficionado from the beginning, I know that this magazine is truly one of life's pleasures!
Saundra R. Halberstam
New York, New York
New York, New York
Dear Marvin,
My kids know how to treat me; they bring me your magazine. I read it cover to cover and enjoy it all. It reminds me a little of the early Esquire and Playboy that I enjoyed as a younger man.
I just read the letters in the Cigar Aficionado Online "Dear Editors" forum, and I disagree with the negative comments about the magazine and its new style. There is both joy and interest in reading about something different or unattainable. I've also noticed more great American writers in your magazine, and my suggestion to you is to extend this trend to writing short articles about American literary giants who also enjoyed cigars; perhaps even republishing old short stories or commentaries/essays by them.
By the way, the cigar coverage is terrific--right across the spectrum.
Bill Goss
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario
Dear Marvin,
I would like to relate an alarming "customer service" story to you and your readers. I have been smoking cigars for over five years now, a hobby I have enjoyed ever since my graduation from high school. I recently moved to Baltimore, Maryland, from Florida to begin graduate studies at a local university.
As I was terribly fond of enjoying cigars at a well-established smoke shop in my hometown of Tampa, it was important for me to find a similar establishment in my new northern home. I've always felt that the relationship between a cigar retailer and his or her regular customers should be one of camaraderie and, above all, professional courtesy. Unfortunately, my well-intended search turned sour upon the first shop I entered.
This particular shop was one of the newest of several branches of a very well-established retail tobacco company that has been serving the Baltimore area for over a century. I was thoroughly impressed with the facilities and selection. Taking a heightened interest in the store, I began to ask the sales clerk questions about the age of the establishment, its history, its usual selection of cigars, its humidor temperature--in general, questions that I believed any curious customer would ask if trying to select a good tobacconist to frequent.
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La Jolla Playhouse Announces HANDS ON A HARDBODY, 4/27-6/10
La Jolla Playhouse announces its first production of the 2012/13 season: the world-premiere musical HANDS ON A HARDBODY, written by Pulitzer Prize winner and La Jolla Playhouse 2011 Gala Honoree Doug Wright (I AM MY OWN WIFE), Amanda Green (BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL) and Trey Anastasio of the popular band Phish, with direction by Neil Pepe (SPEED-THE-PLOW) and choreography by Benjamin Millepied ('Black Swan'), running April 27 - June 10, 2012 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre.
The Playhouse commissioned HANDS ON A HARDBODY and further developed it through a series of readings and workshops, as part of the institution's mission to serve as a launching pad for new work.
When an auto dealership in Longview, TX launches an endurance contest, ten economically-strapped strangers embark on a journey that puts their hearts, minds and bodies to the test. The contestant who keeps at least one hand on a brand-new hardbody truck the longest gets to drive it off the lot. What initially seems like a mere publicity stunt soon becomes a soul-baring battle of wills. Only one can win, but for all involved, the truck holds the key to their own private American dream. Based on the documentary film of the same name, HANDS ON A HARDBODY features a brilliant rock, folk and country score from Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio, along with a masterful story by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright, whose work has been showcased at the Playhouse with Creditors and I AM MY OWN WIFE.
"We are ecstatic to launch our new season with a project we've shepherded through the commission, reading and workshop phases and now to a full production on our stage," said Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley. "This thrilling new piece offers a trenchant slice of Americana that explores the most exuberant and most troubling aspects of our competitive spirit."
The nationally acclaimed, Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse is known for its tradition of creating the most exciting and adventurous new work in regional theatre. Founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer, the Playhouse is considered one of the most well-respected not-for-profit theatres in the country. Numerous Playhouse productions have moved to Broadway, including BIG RIVER, THE WHO'S TOMMY, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, A WALK IN THE WOODS, Billy Crystal's 700 SUNDAYS, the Pulitzer Prize-winning I AM MY OWN WIFE, JERSEY BOYS, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION, 33 VARIATIONS and the 2010 Tony Award-winning musical MEMPHIS. Located on the UC San Diego campus, La Jolla Playhouse is made up of three primary performance spaces: the Mandell Weiss Theatre, the Mandell Weiss Forum Theatre, and the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center for La Jolla Playhouse, a state-of-the-art theatre complex which features the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre. La Jolla Playhouse is led by Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and Managing Director Michael S. Rosenberg.
Trey Anastasio is a founding member of the GRAMMY®-nominated, genre-melding rock band Phish, which has released 15 studio albums, 75 complete live concert CDs and a series of 186 full concert downloads. Drawing inspiration from experimental jazz, pop, reggae, metal, classical and barbershop music, he has also released eight solo albums and regularly tours with Phish, Trey Anastasio Band and often performs with orchestras around the country.
Amanda Green is currently co-writing the lyrics for BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL (Alliance Theater, January 2011) which is launching its national tour at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles this November. She wrote the lyrics for HIGH FIDELITYon Broadway. Tapped by Arthur Laurents, she wrote additional lyrics for the revival of HALLELUJAH BABY (Arena Stage, directed by Mr. Laurents). She co-starred/wrote the lyrics for FOR THE LOVE OF TIFFANY: A WILDLIFE ORIGINAL MUSICAL (NY Fringe Festival). Winner of The Jonathan Larson Award and Abe Ohlman Award for Excellence in Songwriting, she has written episodes of 'The Wonder Pets' for Nick, Jr. and comic essays for Playboy Magazine. In addition to HANDS ON A HARDBODY, Ms. Green and Trey Anastasio have penned songs, a few of which he performs with his bands Phish and TAB. Ms. Green performs her songs everywhere from Birdland to The Bluebird Café in Nashville. Her revue, PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR MOUTH! THE SONGS OF AMANDA GREEN, sold out at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theater and Joe's Pub. CD available at www.greenpiecemusic.com.
Doug Wright won the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for I AM MY OWN WIFE in 2004. The play was developed at the Playhouse as the institution's inaugural Page To Stage workshop production. He received Tony and Drama Desk nominations for his book for the Broadway musical GREY GARDENS. He also authored the book for the stage incarnation of Disney's beloved film THE LITTLE MERMAID. In 2009, he adapted and directed August Strindberg's CREDITORS for La Jolla Playhouse in a production that was named Best Play of the Year by the San Diego Critics Circle. His stage work has been seen internationally in countries from Japan to Romania. Mr. Wright won an Obie Award for his play QUILLS. He went on to write the screenplay adaptation, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and received the Writer's Guild of America's Paul Selvin Award. The film garnered three Academy Award nominations and was named Best Picture by the National Board of Review. Other notable film work includes production rewrites on major releases at Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and The Weinstein Company. For director Rob Marshall, he penned the television special 'Tony Bennett: An American Classic', which received seven Emmy Awards. Mr. Wright currently serves on the boards of the New York Theater Workshop, Yaddo and the Dramatists Guild. He is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and of the Writer's Guild of America.
Neil Pepe is an acclaimed theatre director who recently directed the Broadway production of David Mamet's A LIFE IN THE THEATRE starring Sir Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight. Prior to that on Broadway, he directed SPEED-THE-PLOW starring Jeremy Piven, Raul Esparza and Elisabeth Moss. Since 1992, he has been the Artistic Director of the award-winning Atlantic Theater Company, which has produced more than 125 plays, establishing itself as one of the premiere Off-Broadway theater companies. He will next direct the world premiere of HAPPY HOUR by Ethan Coen, continuing their collaboration after OFFICES AND ALMOST AN EVENING (and its Off-Broadway transfer to the Theatres at 45 Bleecker). This fall at the Atlantic, he directed the world premiere of Adam Rapp's DREAMS OF FLYING DREAMS OF FALLING. Other recent shows include the revival of Frank Gilroy's THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES at Center Theatre Group starring Martin Sheen, Frances Conroy and Brian Geraghty; David Mamet's KEEP YOUR PANTHEON AND SCHOOL; Jez Butterworth's PARLOUR SONG, his third collaboration with the playwright following the American premieres of THE NIGHT HERON and MOJO; David Pittu's WHAT'S THAT SMELL: THE MUSIC OF JACOB STERLING and its transfer to New World Stages; David Mamet's ROMANCE and its run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; Howard Korder's Sea of TRANQUILITY; THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST by Tom Donaghy, starring Mary Steenburgen at South Coast Repertory and Atlantic; Harold Pinter's CELEBRATION AND THE ROOM; and the revival of David Mamet's AMERICAN BUFFALO starring William H. Macy, Phillip Baker Hall and Mark Webber which had its initial run at the Donmar Warehouse in London before moving to New York.


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I did a guild program last week in tiny little Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. It's always so much fun to meet new quilters. I say hello to as many people as possible before the meeting begins because you just never know who you'll run into.
I was tickled pink to meet Cathy Werner from St. Edward, Nebraska, another tiny town in the area. Cathy had the good fortune to be one of the winners in Quiltmaker's 2012 Treasure Hunt contest!
She was even carrying a handmade yellow purse from Timeless Treasures fabrics she won in the contest! They're from the Eclipse line. It was so great to hear that she is using up the prizes! We laughed and chatted about all the things quilters chat about.
She mentioned that at first she thought the Treasure Hunt was a hoax—she was pretty surprised when a large box of prizes actually arrived.
So I just wanted to assure everyone that Quiltmaker's contests are real. We really do give away all the products we talk about during contest promotions. You can always see current contests under the "Contests" tab on our home page at quiltmaker.com.
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Today is Presidents Day across the land. And here's what it looks like on our webcam: Really. Nothing but frozen fog as far as the eye can see (which isn't far). This prompted Matt to text me a presidential proclamation: "The Groundhog has totally ruined his chances of ever having his Holiday at the Park."…Read More »
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A job well done
How's this for a great recruitment tool? Don't you wish you worked here? #EmployeeNight #Thunderbird pic.twitter.com/lMeHGPcwWr — Holiday World (@HolidayWorld) April 18, 2015 That right – six hours of Thunderbird rides this afternoon and evening. In fact, the fun is still going on! If this looks like your kind of place to work (full-time or…Read More »
The woods are ablaze with fall colors
Such a pretty time of the year! The trees are brilliant with red, yellow, gold and … Yes, there's a pop of orange out in the woods by The Voyage this year. Where exactly? Thunderbird will cross Voyage once right here: As you can see, it's between the second and third hills on Voyage. Of…Read More »
Orange you glad we take lots of photos?
Because, you know, just about everybody is wanting to see the latest construction pics of Thunderbird. I half expected that a coaster enthusiast (you know who you are!) might have strapped a video cam on Dasher there and sent him in for a DashCam exclusive. Yes, Thunderbird's track is heading skyward! We had some fun…Read More »
The World through Leah's lens
I'll never forget how much my siblings and I used to pester my father about what was coming. I wish I could calculate just how many times we asked him, "C'mon, can you at least give us a hint?" He'd say something incredibly vague that gave absolutely nothing away like, "It's big." (Well, duh, everything…Read More »
Weren't we just complaining about record heat?
… and here it is in January and we're not exactly loving the single digits! We're heading into a warming trend next week, and you can bet these fellows are looking forward to it: Construction crews are hard at it, getting Hyena Falls built for May. So where exactly will this four in-the-dark slide complex…Read More »
"Santa, the horseshoe has landed"
Sorry it's taken me more than a week to get these up, but I wanted to share the webcam caps (I think that's short for "captures") that our friend Robert grabbed during the Pilgrims Plunge topping back on the 13th. He was kind enough to give each "cap" a name and quite a few of…Read More »
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You can watch the Pilgrims Plunge Tower Topping on our construction cam this morning at 9:30 CDT.Read More »
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What a nice email (including the subject line, above) from a new friend from across the pond: Good Evening/Afternoon Paula! It is Friday night over here and after a hard day's work I am relaxing at home as I am traveling 2 hours at 7am in the morning to get to Alton Towers for a…Read More »
Leap for joy
Our Splashcam is back! So, does anyone out there know anybody celebrating a birthday today? In all my years, I've never met a Leap Day baby. …but my son James has a friend from school who is celebrating his second birthday today (he's eight). When I told my mom about this (she and Dad live…Read More »
Follow the yellow arrow
…and find out where it leads you. Actually, the arrow is red, but you know what I mean. These photos are from Pennsylvania, where the three trains from The Voyage are in, well, rehab. I'm not going to make any Lindsay Lohan jokes. Won't even hum that Amy Winehouse song. That would be tacky. But…Read More »
Whether or not…
Thank you to the various HoliBlog readers who queried as to which particular maladies our webcams might be suffering from lately. Oh, my. It seems the SplashCam didn't survive pulling double-duty as a WindCam last week. John says the camera is okay, but the little control mechanism that constantly changes the view and focus of…Read More »


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3-D Printing is Amazing!
Posted September 12, 2013
I am totally into 3-D printing right now. People, the future has arrived! We are able to input some information into a computer, and moments later, it will spit out a whole printed new thing! How amazing is that?! Okay, I will stop with the exclamation points now, but seriously, I'm really excited about the potential for this technology, and I'm not the only one.
Sure, it's great for novelties. And it has a lot of applications in science and medicine. And it's fantastic for interior design, where it allows people to fabricate amazing things that are hard or expensive to make via other means. But have you thought about the implications of 3-D printing for home construction and improvement?
For one thing, advanced 3-D printing technologies are already being used to produce furnishings, and the same technological principles can be applied to things on a much larger schedule. Like, say, houses. A massive 3-D printer could fabricate components of a flatpack house, for example. Better yet, recycled materials can be used as raw materials for construction of objects with a 3-D printer, which brings about the best of both worlds.
And there's some seriously great potential for home improvement. Fixing things around the house requires a lot of fiddly bits and parts: have you ever wondered why contractors, plumbers, and other home improvement professionals have to have such big rigs to carry all their stuff around in? It's not just the gear they carry, but also the parts: pipes, wiring, nails and screws, washers, outlets, and so much more.
What's better, a truck full of parts that still can't carry everything you could conceivably need, or a truck with a 3-D printer in the back? I think we know the answer to that question. 3-D printing can enable rapid production of parts on site for new construction and repairs, including clones of objects that might be difficult to obtain on the current markets, such as odd-sized parts or antique hardware.
And for those of us playing along at home, 3-D printing right from your computer means no more going to the store six times in an attempt to find the right-sized washer for your sink, or searching for screws of the right length of a project. Just scan the existing item and wait for your printer to do its work, rapidly fabricating what you need so you don't have to waste time and you can focus on getting your project done. Bonus: you will save a ton of money.
The technology behind 3-D printing is getting better and better by the day, and it's also declining rapidly in cost. More affordability makes it accessible to a growing number of homeowners in addition to businesses; a 3-D printer in the back of an Atlanta roofer's truck may not be such a far-fetched idea in a few years, which is a pretty exciting thought.
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Group Visits to Virginia Wesleyan University are a fun, interactive way to familiarize your students with our campus community!
The visits begin with an information session led by a member of our Admissions Team and students are encouraged to interact by sharing about themselves and asking questions about the University. The information session covers the admissions process, information about faculty & academic programs, undergraduate research, internship options, and the many activities available to VWU students. After the information session, a walking tour of campus is led by a trained Student Ambassador. Again, students are encouraged to ask questions and will come away with a "real-life" view of what life is like in our campus community.
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- Visits for groups high school-aged and above are scheduled Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m.
- In order to ensure meaningful interaction with your students, group size is limited to 50 students.
- Requests for group visits should be received at least two (2) weeks prior to your desired visit date using the link below. The Group Visit Coordinator will email you a request form which must be filled out completely and returned via email. Your tour is not confirmed until you receive an email confirmation notice that includes your tour date, time, and other pertinent information.
- Due to the limited time available to us to work with students enrolling in the University, tours for elementary and middle school groups are only offered from May 15-June 15.
- All requests will be approved by the Dean of Admissions and are scheduled on a "first come, first served" basis. While every effort will be made to schedule your visit on the date you request, alternative dates may be offered if your desired visit date conflicts with the prior commitments of the Admissions Team.
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I was forunate to find this wonderful site today. Thanks to the adminstrator and all who contribute.
I am writing about my 74 year old Dad who underwent surgery last November for his bile duct cancer. We felt very fortunate that he was able to have the bile duct removed and part of his liver. He has clean margins. He is going through chemo therapy at this point. Making him pretty sick and in general very tired. I was reading through his chart the last time I went with him regarding CCC. Is it true that there is just no information out there regarding re-occurrence of this type of cancer? How can it re-occur if the bile duct is removed. These may be stupid questions, but I am curious. There was a note in his chart indicating the chemo therapy only reduced your chance of re-occurrence by 30%...does that makek sense. Any input would be grately appreciated.
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The portability of an iPod® or iPhone® makes it a great source of music when you exercise. Just strap one on your arm (or clip it to your belt), connect the headphones, and you're ready to go. Maintaining a consistent pulse throughout your workout keeps you moving. Individually selecting songs for an exercise playlist can be time-consuming, especially if you have to continually revisit the lists to add new tunes and get rid of the ones you're tired of. iTunes® 11 has an easy way to organize your exercise tunes — the smart playlist. A smart playlist can sort the songs in your iTunes library by beats per minute. It can provide a ready supply of appropriate songs that updates and changes automatically every time you sync your device.
Step 1: Set up a new smart playlist
Open up iTunes on your computer. In the lower left corner of the window, open up the folder options (marked with a "+"). Select "New Smart Playlist."
When the window opens, choose "BPM" from the menu option as the criteria.
Enter the beats per minute you want the smart playlist to match. It can either be a single number, or a range of tempi.
Once you've created and saved the smart playlist, it automatically shows all of your songs with the matching BPM number (or range of numbers). If there's not a lot there, don't worry -- that's step 2.
Step 2: Fill in the BPM field
To fill in the BPM field for a track, highlight it and select "Get Info" from the File menu.
This shows you the text and graphic info for the track. Click the Info tab to reveal the BPM field. Just enter the appropriate number, and hit "OK."
Don't know what tempo your song really is? That's step 3.
Step 3: Get the beat
There are a variety of apps and software programs that can help you figure out a song's tempo. Usually they scan the tracks in your iTunes library, determine the tempo for each track and autofill the BPM field.
You can also do it low-tech. Start up the song, and whenever you're ready, start a timer. Count the number of beats for ten seconds. Multiply that number by 6, and you have the tempo.
So how do you get your exercise playlist to update automatically? Just set some parameters. You can determine how many songs – or how much playing time the playlist will have. And you can instruct the playlist to select songs that fit the criteria by random, least recently played, or some other means.
Each time you sync your device, iTunes will look at the smart playlist and automatically adjust the entries.
And you can have as many of these playlists as you desire. Have a one for running, one for power walking – even one of slower tracks for your after-workout cool down.


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JAPANESE police have rescued four hostages from a bank and arrested the knife-wielding man who had held them captive for more than 12 hours while demanding the prime minister resign, officials say.
In a televised news conference on Friday, a police spokesman said the hostage-taker, identified as Koji Nagakubo, was arrested on suspicion of taking a total of five people captive, including one person whom he had released earlier.
All the hostages were safe and in protective custody following the pre-dawn police raid, the spokesman said, though local media reported one of them - a 19-year-old female bank employee - was slightly injured.
The 32-year-old man began the siege on Thursday afternoon at the Zoshi branch of the Toyokawa Shinkin Bank in the otherwise quiet residential area of Toyokawa city, in central Aichi prefecture.
Wielding a survival knife, he took four employees and a female customer captive and demanded the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda step down, local media said. Noda last week called an election for December 16, which he is expected to lose.
In initial questioning by police, the suspect admitted the allegations, but had yet to give details about his motive, public broadcaster NHK reported.
About 13 hours after the incident began, police wearing protective gear and carrying shields rushed the office before dawn, overpowered the man and escorted out the remaining four hostages.
"It was difficult to check inside, but we took action placing top priority on the safety of the hostages," an investigator told NHK. "We believe we took the best possible way."
Television footage showed a dozen police breaking the window on the second floor before moving to the ground floor, where the man pointed his knife at the hostages.
The man, who also held another knife, handcuffed at least one of the hostages, NHK said, adding that all police involved in the rescue operation were also unhurt.
"I was so relieved because no one was (seriously) injured," one neighbour told Tokyo Broadcasting System Television.
Television footage earlier showed a man who appeared to be a police officer carrying a megaphone and a plastic bag to a side door of the building guarded by police. The building's shutters were down but lights could be seen inside.
Shortly before the incident, a man police believe was the hostage-taker had attempted to break into another bank just 150 metres away from the site, NHK reported.
Originally published as Japanese police rescue bank hostages


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Editor's Note: We thrilled to welcome Janeal Yancey as a new blog contributor. Yancey is a meat science program technician in the animal science department at the University of Arkansas. She attended Texas Tech as an undergraduate, where she studied animal science and was a member of the collegiate meats judging team. She then completed a Masters degree in meat science at Kansas State while coaching the meats judging team, and followed that with a Ph.D in meat science. In her blog called, "Mom at the Meat Counter," she connects with non-farm moms to answer questions and help them feel more comfortable about the food they buy. She and her husband have a Simmental cow/calf operation. They also have an almost-5-year-old daughter, Vallie. Following is her first post:
You don't realize until you become a mom that you have this great resource of other moms to help you. First you connect with moms your own age, then younger moms start coming to you for help and advice. It was great, I loved it.
First, the ladies at church began asking questions about food, and of course, my family used me as a resource. Then, random people at the grocery store were asking me questions. I thought it was really cool that moms were there to help each other.
I had a friend who was blogging at the time. I told him that I was a mom and I knew about meat, and I thought that might be something to write a blog about. He said, "Oh yeah, mom bloggers are huge. There are millions of mom-bloggers." I thought I could put my thoughts out there for other moms to see, and they might begin to see me as a trusted, knowledgeable source.
A mom I met at gymnastics was my main inspiration. Here's with very intelligent woman with a master's degree and three young children. She wouldn't take her kids to McDonald's — ever — because she'd seen the movie, "Food Inc."
Pretty much all her knowledge of the meat industry was derived from this one movie! I started thinking that there were a lot of other ladies out there just like her: intelligent moms who want to do the best by their kids, but they don't have any idea what that is when it comes to food. When they try to find information online, they get so much conflicting information that they just give up.
They want to get information from trusted friends and people they know. Through my blog, I try to open myself up and be out there so people can get to know me a little bit. After we've developed that "online rapport," they'll feel confident that the information I'm providing is factual and based on research. And they'll know I don't have a hidden agenda like so many other online sources.
That's what I'm trying to accomplish with my blog, "Mom at the Meat Counter." If I help clear up even a few misconceptions, this effort will be worthwhile. Remember that smart mom from my gymnastics class? She recently posted a picture on Facebook of herself and her kids eating at McDonald's. I'm not promoting fast food, but I don't want people not be scared of their food, either. By reading my blog, she now has a more balanced view of food than what she saw on Food Inc. Take a look and let me know what you think!


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General News of Monday, 10 December 2012
Source: The Enquirer Newspaper
Editor-in-chief of The Enquirer newspaper, Raymond Archer, last Friday, descended heavily on Mr Jake Obestebi-Lamptey, the Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for shooting off is mouth recklessly when the 2012 General Elections were in the throes of widespread technology failure that threatened the acceptability of the poll's results.
For writing on Friday evening to threaten that if the ballots that had been cast at polling stations where the malfunction of verification machines in the day had necessitated voting extension the next day were not secured properly, the NPP would annul the results, Mr Archer called Jake, a semi-literate.
"This is what happens when you have semi-literate people in leadership positions," Mr Archer told radio Gold's Alhassan Suhiyini last Friday.
The chief scribe of the Enquirer, who had come out of a hiatus from public commentary, then reiterated the simple obviousness that it is the Electoral Commission, which has the power to declare and annul results.
Following the Electoral Commission's extension of voting to the next day after the widespread breakdown of verification machines in the first round of voting of the General Elections last Friday, Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey floated a confrontational threat through the media.
"We further call upon members of the security services to discharge their duties with integrity, in order to preserve a legal and legitimate election according to the count, record, seal process. If the count, record, seal process is not followed, we may seek to annul the result of the votes already cast, and to hold fresh elections," Jake had written in a release.
But Raymond Archer dismissed the NPP Chairman's brinkmanship as an uncouth siren that announces his intent to repeat a criminality that was overlooked by former President Kufuor's regime.
"Let me tell Jake, this is not the time when they held elections and he went to declare them (NPP) victorious and everything was allowed to go… I don't think that will happen now", Mr Archer warned.
His re-collection warning was in respect of the 2004 General Elections, where this same Jake Otanka Obestsebi-Lamptey, who is notorious for trying to incite Akans to mayhem in the run-up to the 2012 elections, constituted himself into the Electoral Commission and announced John Kufuor, his candidate, as winner.
The Editor-in-Chief of The Enquirer warned Jake not to make the mistake of attempting a repetition of the 2008 criminality, since this could land him trouble.
"He is playing on the wrong side…. He wants to annul results, in what capacity?" Mr Archer also dismissed Jake as a shameless political party leader who has allowed his conscience to go AWOL in a situation where he should be kicking himself.
He recalled that when the issue of verification came up and some well meaning Ghanaians raised concerns, the same Jake, who was threatening vandalism over the failure of the verification machines, was the same person who led a glee-club of NPP aficionados to clamour an insistence on verification.
The malfunctioning of the verification machines on Election Day vindicated the position of level-headed Ghanaians, including Dr Clement Apaak, of the Forum for Governance and Justice (FGJ), who had said verification could be cumbersome.


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What is this medicine?DESLORATADINE (des lor AT a deen) is an antihistamine. It helps to relieve sneezing, runny nose, and itchy, watery eyes. This medicine is used to treat or prevent symptoms of allergies. It is also used to treat itchy skin rash and hives.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth, with or without water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. You may take this medicine with food or on an empty stomach. Leave the disintegrating tablet in the blister package until you are ready to take it. Peel open the blister pack with dry hands and place the tablet on your tongue. Allow the tablet to dissolve completely then swallow. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed. This medicine has been used in children as young as 6 years.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can, then go back to your regular dosing schedule the next day. Do not take double or extra doses.
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What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for checks on your progress. Tell your doctor if your symptoms do not improve.
You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol may interfere with the effect of this medicine. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Avoid excessive heat. Protect from moisture. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
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Years ago Don McConnell (now with Clark & Williams plane makers) shamed me into sharpening my own saws.
He was down for a photo shoot and I mentioned that I had sent a saw out to be sharpened with some odd filing. Don stopped whatever it was he was doing and looked up at me.
"I can't believe you don't sharpen your own saws."
Tail tucked between legs, I went home that night and bought saw files from Pete Taran, read his entire saw filing primer and started searching for a good saw vise on the eBay. I ended up with a Wentworth No. 8 with 10-5/8″ jaws.
Since then, I've progressed slowly as a saw filer. Saws don't need as much work as planes and chisels, so my skills have been poky in coming. But I do know this: My Wentworth kinda blows chunks. It closes up tight on the left side, but not on the right. I filed the jaws a bit, tried a little leather, etc. etc. But I've not been able to get it right.
I've considered buying another vise, but I want to be able to inspect it in person and I haven't been to a tool meet in ages. So I've made do with my Wentworth.
Then I saw the new Gramercy saw vise from Tools for Working Wood at the Woodworking in America conference. The sucker locked as tight as a mutant clam. I was sold.
For the last couple weeks I've been filing saws at home , working through my entire collection (there, I said the "c" word). The Gramercy saw vise turned my Wentworth into a bass boat anchor. The Gramercy has 14″ jaws that grip the saw so tightly that the vise and saw seem as one entity. As a result, filing with it is quieter and smoother.
I was so thrilled with it that I wore out all the saw files I had on hand.
Now let's talk about the math. The Gramercy is $119.95, which is pricier than I've ever seen a vintage saw vise (my Wentworth was $25 plus about that much in shipping). And I am sure that I could find a decent working vise at the next tool swap I attended.
But I decided to buy the Gramercy and be done with it. Leif Hanson, who has more of a saw problem than I do, has also done the calculus on his blog. And he knows a lot more about saw vises than do I.
Bottom line: We all should be sharpening our own saws. And if you want to buy one lifetime saw vise that will work perfectly out of the box, the Gramercy is the way to go. Highly recommended.
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A developing La Niña in the Pacific Ocean could provide favorable conditions for a return of drought to the Central Plains in 2013. That message was delivered to cattlemen by meteorologist Art Douglas, Creighton University, last week in Tampa, Fla., at the Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade Show.
Douglas said drought conditions have improved significantly through the Ohio Valley this winter, but deterioration has been the rule in the Southeast, West Texas and the West Coast.
During the spring of 2013, Douglas expects warm and dry weather will be focused across the Southwest as a strong high pressure ridge builds across the region and pushes the polar jet well north of normal. Across the Midwest, early spring will be warm with normal to slightly above normal precipitation, which should support early field work and planting. By late spring, however, cooler and wetter weather may slow down late planting and early germination of the crop.
Douglas, who has delivered a weather outlook for Cattle Fax for 36 years, was not optimistic for the winter wheat region of the Central Plains. He expects precipitation will remain spotty through June and the potential for a dry May is likely to keep yields well below normal.
Reviewing various computer models of oceanic conditions, Douglas said developing La Niña conditions could "set up a classic drought pattern in the Southwest and Central Plains." However, he does not expect summer temperatures as hot as last year, though he is concerned that drought could push eastward toward the Ohio Valley again.
La Niña is an ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that lowers sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Pacific Ocean. La Niña conditions typically produce drought in the Southwest and Central Plains of the U.S.
Douglas also said reduced solar activity will slowly cool the planet over the next 30 years. "In three decades, definitely, we're going to see a cooler climate."
Dry or even normal moisture conditions could have devastating effects on soil conditions. University of Missouri associate professor of soil science, Randall Miles, says it may take at least two years for crops and soil to recover. His research found that soil in the Midwest is dry down to as deep as 5 feet, where the roots of crops absorb moisture and nutrients.
"I wouldn't count on a full recovery of soil moisture any time soon," Miles said. "Even if parts of the Midwest receive a lot of snowfall and rain this spring, it will take time for the moisture to move deeply into the soil where the driest conditions exist."
In 2012, Miles found that some roots had to go down as much as 8 feet to extract water. Typically, 1 foot of soil holds 2 inches of water. To recharge completely, a fully depleted soil would require about 16 inches of water over normal precipitation amounts.


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Let's start with the photo album: Freeney is the greatest defensive player in Indianapolis Colts history. No one's been more productive. No one's been more disruptive. No one has generated as many opposing game plans. For a decade, Freeney was the Colts defense just as Peyton Manning was the Colts offense.
Now click on Instagram: Freeney has seven tackles and two sacks in 2012.
He almost seems like a legendary movie star making a guest appearance in a next-generation sequel.
"It's been different, I will say," Freeney said. "I was so used to Edgerrin (James) being there. Marvin (Harrison) being here. Peyton being right there, Tarik Glenn. That's the realm my mind was always in.
"Walking in here now, you still have some familiar faces – Robert (Mathis) and Reggie (Wayne), Antoine Bethea. But it's definitely a different experience. Guys are calling me 'Old Head,' 'Grandpa,' one of those."
Freeney steps back, considers his age and NFL years, and concedes that, yes, he is Grandpa in those terms.
"Some of these kids, when they were in middle school, I was in my rookie year," he said.
Many observers figured Freeney was bound to be ushered out with the core group where he made his mark, along with Manning, Dallas Clark, Jeff Saturday, Gary Brackett, Joseph Addai, etc. The team was changing defenses, from the 4-3 of Freeney's first 10 seasons to a 3-4 this year. He would need to switch from defensive end to outside linebacker, take an upright stance, drop back in coverage. In many ways, he'd need to learn a foreign language.
Plus, Freeney's salary was so huge and the salary cap hit so brutal, most figured the Colts would try to move him in a deal or even release him outright. If Manning can be released, anyone can be released.
Instead, the Colts kept him. And after missing time with a high ankle sprain, it took time to regain his quickness. His numbers heading into a game Sunday at Houston are the lowest of his career.
Freeney would argue, with convincing logic, that numbers don't tell the story. Offenses still game plan to deal with Freeney and Mathis. Quarterbacks know they can't hold onto the ball too long. Offensive linemen still find him and target him.
Freeney tries not to dwell on his lack of numbers, but it's not always easy for a man who has the most sacks in Colts history (104.5) and seven seasons of 10 or more.
"It affects you just a little," he said. "I've always said, (a sack) is the treasure at the end of the rainbow. You grind, you grind, you grind. If you were a pet, it's like you did something good, you get a little treat. 'Here you go.' That's kind of what numbers are or sacks are."
Freeney went back and watched some video of his play in games from 2007 to 2009. He wasn't looking for sacks. He was looking for how active he played on the field. His movement. His speed.
He compared it to this year and, frankly, doesn't see a whole lot of difference.
"The opportunities haven't been there," Freeney said. "If the quarterback holds onto the ball for three seconds and throws the ball, regardless of if a lineman is there or not, I'm not going to get there. If he holds it four or five seconds …
"Most teams in the NFL hold the ball for four or five seconds 10 or 15 times out of 35. For us, it's been about four passes a game."
Freeney shrugged.
"If it translates to zero numbers, it is what it is," he said. "As long as we're winning games, it feels a lot better than if you're not."
For all the changes, Freeney likes his strange new team. He praises management for making the right offseason moves, suggesting general manager Ryan Grigson deserves the executive of the year award. He likes what he sees in rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, especially his fight and ability to bounce back from mistakes.
"We have a team made up of first- and second-year guys and some older guys," Freeney said. "The 53 guys who are on the active roster all serve their purpose. All of those guys have done a tremendous job."
The prospects for the season have changed, obviously, as the Colts are in position to make the playoffs and still have a shot at an AFC South title, although that seems like a longer shot.
"It's a big difference between this year and last year," Freeney said. "This year, it's winning games and being able to go out and do what you love. Play big games, play in the playoffs – hopefully we'll get there – and hopefully go for the big one."
Freeney is likely on his way out after the season.
Statistics or not, he's going out with his spirits up, his spin move intact and legacy already cemented.
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The World Wide Web Consortium (WC3, the kingpin of interoperability, the grand poo-bah of Web standardization) defines the Web as "the universe of network-accessible information, an embodiment of human knowledge." Yeah, ok, whatever.
Actually, the Internet is the skeleton, the structure, the backbone, the network of computer networks. The Web is actually only one protocol of the Internet. It is the collection of information including documents, articles, opinions, stories, art, sounds and animations stored on Web servers.
The cool thing is that information on the Web is just as likely to be located on a computer next door or across the country as it is on a computer on the other side of the planet.


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Last week, I blogged about this cute McDonald's ad from France with the gay teenager and his clueless Dad.
Then a couple of days later, John Wright blogged about Bill O'Reilly's comments on the ad, and since then the ad has become more talked about and discussed and praised and reviled. I was a bit surprised by all the hoopla (well, not by O'Reilly's comments, since I have never expected to hear anything remotely resembling sensible from him), because I thought the commercial was cute but not all that groundbreaking. I mean, it certainly doesn't reach the level of the Sir Vaughn's Sunglasses ad Arnold Jones blogged about!
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A proposed law that would limit rate increases for Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. could make it harder to effectively manage the state-backed insurer of last resort, according to the company's chief executive officer.
Senate Bill 19, authored by Sen. Brett Allain, R-Patterson, would prevent Citizens from increasing rates by more than 25 percent a year unless the House and Senate Insurance Committees approve. The law would allow the state insurance commissioner to phase in the rate increase over two to five years, if both committees approve.
The bill goes before the House Insurance Committee on Tuesday, Robertson said, and Citizens' staff will be testifying.
"We're hoping to get it modified so it doesn't set us back a year or more," Chief Executive Officer Richard Robertson said at Citizens' board meeting Thursday.
Last year, Citizens increased the rates for its wind-and-hail-only policies, which basically cover hurricane damage, by an average of 58 percent statewide. But the rates in 14 coastal parishes doubled, and rates tripled in Cameron Parish.
Coastal homeowners, not to mention their elected officials, were outraged.
Allain said Thursday that Citizens slapped St. Mary Parish with a 171 percent rate increase last year, and Citizens' board refused to reconsider the decision.
The bill is an attempt to add legislative oversight to an entity created by the Legislature, Allain said. The idea in creating Citizens was to make insurance more affordable, not so expensive that no one can afford it.
Allain said he has worked with Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon and members of the insurance industry in an effort to come up with an acceptable law.
Although insurance industry groups, including agents, are fighting the bill, Allain said he thinks he has addressed Donelon's concerns.
Allain said he is willing to discuss changes.
But if the industry and Citizens are going to make a fight out of the issue, Allain said he has no incentive to modify the bill.
Citizens began offering the wind-only coverage after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, when private insurers stopped covering those risks. But coming up with the correct pricing was difficult since few private insurance companies sold the coverage. Citizens ended up selling the coverage too cheaply. Last year, Donelon said some private insurers and their agents were dumping the hurricane risk on Citizens and keeping the more profitable lines of business for themselves.
The number of Citizens' wind-only policies soared to more than 30,000 in 2012. Since the rate increase, the number of wind-only policies has dropped to around 27,000.
In other action, Robertson told board members this would be his last Citizens meeting. His contract ends June 1, and the next meeting is set for July 11. Robertson has headed Citizens for two years and eight months. Donelon has yet to name a replacement, although board member Sen. Blade Morrish, R-Jennings, has asked to be considered.
Citizens' board also voted to move forward with negotiations for office space at the Galleria building in Metairie. The company's lease is expiring at its current headquarters, 433 Metairie Road in Metairie.


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BEIRUT - Lebanon is caught in political gridlock in the face of sustained opposition
to the U.S.-backed government.
The government is refusing to give in to opposition demands for more representation.
The government says it is there to stay; so do the protestors.
Their opposition is very visible. Scores of tents, many with solar-powered
television sets, wooden walls and doors, and cooking facilities fill several
huge parking lots at the foot of the heavily barricaded headquarters of Prime
Minister Fouad Siniora's government.
The site is mostly quiet during the day, but in the evening thousands stream
into the camps to listen to speeches, drink coffee and tea, smoke hubble-bubble
pipes, and talk. And, in the Riad es-Solh Square, they watch the huge movie-sized
screen of Al-Manar television news (Hezbollah's TV station).
"We're here demanding full participation of all different groups in the
political decision-making of our country," a 27-year-old organizer at the
site who gave his name only as Jirgus told IPS.
The protest is already bringing results, he said. "One of the advantages
of this sit-in is that people from the north are meeting people from the south,
and different religions are uniting."
Like everyone else IPS spoke with at the sit-in, Jirgus said he would continue
with the protest as long as it took.
"As long as this government continues with their pro-U.S. and pro-Israel
policies, and continues to choose not to allow all people fair representation,
we are left with only this choice," he said.
Four big political parties participated in a huge protest rally Dec. 10 last
year, probably Lebanon's largest ever. That demonstration was immediately followed
by the launch of the sit-in.
The four parties are Hezbollah led by the charismatic Hassan Nasrallah, the
Free Patriotic movement led by former general Michel Aoun who is a Christian,
the Amal movement led by Nabih Berri and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
Several smaller parties of various religious confessions are also participating
in the ongoing protest.
The opposition insists that the cabinet must resign in favor of a national
unity government. Siniora's cabinet continues to refuse this demand. The government
is in survival mode, but continues to have the backing of the United States,
France and Saudi Arabia.
Many protestors are raising basic issues that go beyond party loyalties.
"Our goal is companionship while the government's goal is to serve corporate
interests," a primary school teacher who gave his name as Marada told IPS.
"We have two million of Lebanon's four million people that are not represented
by these elitists, who only care about their own interests. I'll stay here as
long as it takes. The government didn't leave us with anything, so we have nothing
to lose."
Opposition supporters say that both disparity of wealth and unequal representation
in government are critical problems, that are feeding the protests.
"We are peacefully contesting the government to show that people without
a voice are actually the majority," Ali Hamir, a 55-year-old translator
at the sit-in told IPS. "It is only rich people who have a voice in this
current government, while the middle and lower classes are not listened to.
There is a class mentality in this government."
He added, "We are open-minded and want to live with all communities, but
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Streets lined with concrete barriers and two levels of barbed wire separate
the camp from government buildings. Lebanese soldiers keep watch over the protestors.
But the protesters seem to ignore them; there is more of a party atmosphere
within the camp.
But this is a party with a purpose.
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I am the lead on this particular project and all my costumer are holding on my shirt tails on what my decision is going to be. My costumers are going to use the same software as I. They have to mere me to participate in these particular projects. I have told them that my plan is to talk with you folks to see if their is going to be consideration to bring video into signal express.
I have noticed that signal express newer versions does not have analog pre trigger sample points. The old version does. I can take pre trigger samples in my older versions but not in the newer version. I need to be able to take some pre trigger data before the event. I am not using data logger steps. I just take n number of samples and set a trigger but it does not allow me to take pre trigger points, it will let you take digital trigger pre samples but my signals are analog.
Most of the analog input steps in SignalExpress currently support pretrigger samples with analog triggering. You can find it in the following locations:
Hi Luckyboy,
At present there is no plan for expansion of SignalExpress to include video. More information about our other products that are vision enabled can be found here: http://www.ni.com/vision/.
I think would be interesting to take a look to DIADEM. It has video playback and data synchronization functionalities
I would certainly like to see a synchronized video/data ability in Signal Express! DiaDem may be able to do this but I really don't want to have to learn another program just to "video document" a test. I prefer to keep all my testing functionality within Signal Express.
I'm very sorry to here this.. I appreciate your reply and will pass on the inform to my signal express users. I have no other choice to switch to the dewetron scopes for this application. Thanks for your time and your fast response.
Ps. Please try to notify me if there ever becomes a change to do this application. We would always consider changing back to signal express in the future if applicable.
You should look into the DEWETRON scopes. Your and my application are sounding very familiar. I just also want to have one type of stand alone data acquisition program. The DEWETRON scope gives you all the features you need in one scope synced. You should check it out I think you will like it.. I can't believe that signal express is going away for me. I have at least 40 users all over the United States that are currently useing this Signal Express. There are 20 of these Dewetron scopes where I am located and its been a war on which to use scope or signal express. I have pushed the signal express to my group of guys and to all parties that do data acquisition which is aprox 40 users. I have played with the Dewetron scope and it is very similar to signal express but has syncing application with video.
Check It Out
I'd rather not turn this into a product comparison discussion but I do have to say this...
We have a Dewetron. It's and older unit. The video capture feature is nice, but that's all we use it for.
The Dewetrons are essentially "ruggedized" PC's with DAQ hardware periphrials. This means its mostly a PC inside; including mobo, RAM, HDD, display, operating system, etc. Technology in our lab has surpassed what the Dewetron shipped with back in the day.
It's stuck with an older Windows OS (Windows 2000) and old legacy motherboard and drivers. All our other PC's are now running Win 7 64bit and we're having nightmares with support from our IT department with the older software. Stability and reliability have become recent issues.
In order to install a newer version of DeweSoft we need a newer OS, to install a newer OS we need more RAM, more RAM requires a motherboard that will host more than 512Mb of RAM...
We've had disscussions about this hardware bottleneck and it requres a whole hardware/software refresh. Not an option for us right now.
just something to consider.
I'd like to revise a request to include an "Export" option for the strain gage calibration wizard. We calibrate our own in-house built load cells and the engineers need this information to plot a 100k Ohm shunt curve for later use with other DAQ hardware. With this information not readily available we've been 'bit' by wrong cal curves resulting in erroneous data. Without knowing what Signal Express used for it's strain output calculations, there's know way to apply a correction factor or determine if the gages were shunted properly.
Clearly this is not NI's fault but it seems like the calibration information would be easy to include considering the information is already there; it's just a matter of exporting it to a file.
As an interim solution the engineers have asked to include at least a screen shot of the calibration wizard table.
IMO, this is very unprofessional looking and would likely not hold up during an ISO audit unless there was time/date information included as well.


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This is a simple marinade and you can even put chicken in the fridge to marinate when you go to bed at night, and then cook it after work the next day. The chicken is tasty, but most of all, it's a great vehicle for delivering the sauce to your mouth!
Whisk together the lemon juice, garlic puree, poultry seasoning, and olive oil.
Grilled Garlic Chicken with Roasted Red Pepper Aioli Sauce
(Makes 4 servings, recipe created by Kalyn to go with Roasted Red Pepper Aioli Sauce.)
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 T garlic puree (or minced fresh garlic)
1 tsp. dried poultry seasoning
4 T olive oil
Roasted Red Pepper Aioli Sauce
Whisk together the lemon juice, garlic, poultry seasoning, and olive oil. Put chicken in a Ziploc bag or plastic container with a tight lid that's big enough to hold chicken in a single layer. Put chicken into bag or container, pour in marinade, seal it, and turn over a few times so the marinade is coating all the chicken. Let chicken marinate in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours, or up to 24 hours if you need to start the marinating ahead.
When ready to cook, remove chicken from the fridge and let it come to room temperature. Oil the grill grates or grill pan with olive oil or non-stick spray. Preheat the gas or charcoal grill or stove-top grill pan to medium-high. (You can only hold your hand there for a few seconds at that heat.)
Cook chicken about 4-5 minutes on first side (you can rotate it halfway through if you want grill marks, but I didn't bother since I was serving the chicken with the sauce over it.) Turn chicken and cook 4-5 minutes more on the second side, or until chicken is firm and lightly browned. Serve hot, with Roasted Red Pepper Aioli Sauce.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This chicken served with a few tablespoons of sauce would be a great main dish for any low-carb diet and all phases of the South Beach Diet, and with the right mayo this recipe is also Paleo or Whole 30.
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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Injury Prevention and Safety
Tick bite itching over 3 weeks after bite
I was bitten by a tick a little over 3 weeks ago. I found the tick immediately after a run in the woods in the Minneapolis area and removed it immediately. It seemed as though we got it all - it was still moving around, etc. The bite remained red like a small bloody spot and did not seem to scab over. It did not bother me at the time. However, For the last 2 days, it has been itching and now it looks like a pimple. Is this normal healing for a tick bite or should I be concerned?
The good news is that it is very unlikely that the tick was attached long enough to transmit disease. This usually requires attachment for 8 hours or more. It may well be a simple, local inflammatory reaction to the proteins the tick left behind under your skin.
Current recommendations are that a person experiencing a tick bite monitor their temperature for 2 weeks and see their health care professional if their temperature rises to 100.5 or higher. Appearance of one or more red concentric rings around the bite site would also signify that disease transmission has occurred. Preventive treatment with antibiotics is not recommended at this time by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although experts vary in their opinions.
I think that either self-monitoring is a good place to start or, alternatively, consulting with your doctor, if that feels most comfortable for you.
Mary M Gottesman, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN
Professor of Clinical Nursing
College of Nursing
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That's no moon … Indeed, it is a knit Death Star, and you can make your own thanks to a free pattern from Nicole Kostelec over on Ravelry. I can only hope a knit Millennium Falcon is next. [via @deadlyknitshade and Crafty Crafty]
Death Star Dress
Death Star Cookie
Death Star Watermelon
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The mission of Santé D'Or Foundation is to rescue and provide shelter and holistically-based medical care to animals, while working to secure them permanent homes. We act as an educational resource in our community through our rescue and adoption services and community outreach efforts. Our organization is run by our executive director, and entirely staffed by volunteers.
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Convocation features address by 1995 alumnus Prashant Gupta
In his address, Mr. Gupta told the students,
"Never again will you be in a place with so much diversity. The next
four years will be among the richest of your lives. There are more
possibilities here than you can imagine. Take advantage of as many of
them as you can."
Mr. Gupta is the chief financial officer of LAMB
Partners, a Forbes 400 family enterprise, and partner and chief
financial officer of DSC Quantitative Group, a privately-held financial
services firm providing quantitative alternative investments solutions
to institutions, investment advisors, family enterprises and
individuals. He oversees all investment, accounting, and taxation
matters for both Chicago-based entities.
Previously, Mr. Gupta was a senior manager with
Ernst & Young, where he specialized in hedge funds, mutual funds and
broker-deals, including serving in an international jurisdiction and
overseeing more than 100 hedge funds, varying in size from start-ups to
multi-billion dollar funds.
Mr. Gupta earned his bachelor of arts degree summa cum laude from Muskingum, with majors in economics, accounting, and German, and a
minor in computer science. His name is inscribed on the university's
Montgomery Hall honor roll plaques, in recognition of his achieving top
five percent class standing in each of his four years at Muskingum. He
earned his master of science degree in accounting from the University of
He and his wife, Jennifer Pingledis, a 1996
Muskingum alumna, reside in Wilmette, Illinois. They are the parents of
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One of my earliest memories is of my mother nursing my youngest brother — yet when I started my medical career as a nursing assistant at age 16, breastfeeding wasn't the norm. There were no lactation consultants and women weren't offered much help breast-feeding their babies. At the time, parents were quick to offer formula.
During my years as a labor and delivery nurse, breast-feeding began to increase in popularity. Still, no one ever told me how difficult breast-feeding could be. When I breast-fed my own baby, I naively accepted everything that happened as the norm — even though my nipples were so tender that I'd cringe every time the baby latched on. I thought that I had a baby and two breasts, so everything should be easy. I was embarrassed to admit that I didn't know what I was doing, so I just plowed ahead. It wasn't until much later that I realized how lucky I was to be able to stick with it and be successful.
I think one of the biggest pieces of information that is too often not passed on to new moms is that breast-feeding isn't easy for at least the first two weeks. Nothing can really prepare your nipples for a nursing baby. Babies are born knowing how to suck, but they don't know how to suck on a breast. If this is your first baby, you may not be comfortable holding a baby — let alone putting a baby to your breast. And since breasts don't have ounce markers, you never know for sure how much milk the baby is getting.
If you're planning to breast-feed your baby, don't hesitate to ask for help. Most hospitals have lactation consultants on staff who can answer your questions or help you resolve any problems you may encounter. Remember, just as your body knows what it's doing during pregnancy and childbirth, your body knows how to support a breast-feeding baby. Have faith in your body's ability to meet your baby's nutritional needs.
Mary M. Murry, R.N., C.N.M.
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EastEnders: Brans hatch a war of words
EXPECT fireworks in Walford next week as the Brannings go to war.
She's stunned to discover her cousin Joey (David Witts, 23) has taken the blame to cover the fact she was drunk behind the wheel.
But as she's quizzed by cops, Joey gets his own grilling by dad Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman, 54).
Derek knows about his relationship with Lauren and blackmails him - he says he can either start acting like a loving son or he will reveal Joey's sexy secrets.


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Quilting Community AQS Authors
Pat Holly
Pat has been sewing almost her whole life, beginning with sewing clothes as a young girl. She is a graphic artist and attended the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. She also spends time volunteering for her daughter's theater endeavors, including costume work for local productions. Pat and her sister, Sue Nickels, enjoy working together on quilts as well as patterns and books. They live about a three-hour drive from each other and find creative ways to manage working together on projects. Sue travels extensively, teaching machine techniques, and Pat will join Sue occasionally, especially for international trips. This has been a wonderful working relationship. Pat and Sue work so well together because they both love the connection with quilters of the past and enjoy the technology of today.
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