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Video: Klipsch Quintet Home Theater System
Tara W. has worked for Crutchfield since 2004. She writes about whole-house music and video gear, and works on Crutchfield's video team.
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The Klipsch Quintet home theater system delivers rich, accurate sound to make all your favorite movies, tunes, and video games more enjoyable. It boasts many of the same technologies and design principles Klipsch uses in their larger Reference Series speakers, so you'll hear distinctive, dynamic sound.
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Tara: We're here at the Klipsch booth at CES 2013, and we're talking to Darren about the Klipsch Quintet. So Darren, what can you tell us?
Darren: Well, the new Klipsch Quintet is actually its first re-design in its fourteen year history. So we wanted to take it into a whole new direction, and really just improve mostly upon the acoustics. We had a great product before, but we wanted to make it the best product that's out there.
So the new Quintet utilizes our Linear Travel Suspension tweeter. It also uses a long throw 3-1/2 inch IMG woofer that really allows it to have a great, rich sound and blend better with subwoofers. So one of the biggest changes that we did was remove the base — the pedestal. That pedestal allowed it to be mounted to the wall, but now we actually can use a keyhole and a ¼-20 threaded insert to mount it to the wall, 'cause as TVs get thinner and thinner we need something with a little bit lower profile to mount to the wall. So that allows it to do it.
And the actual structural integrity of the Klipsch Quintet — it's made out of something that is called AcoustaComp. It's the same kind of material that we use in our professional horns in the cinemas, and it's just a very inert and dense material that just gives it not only a great physical appearance and look and feel but also adds acoustical benefits as well.
Tara: Great. Thanks, Darren. That's the Klipsch Quintet.


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Scottish 4-piece John Wean's new single 'New York Doesn't Love You' is released on 16 April 2012 on The Dinky Record Company, and was mixed by Grammy® winner Tom Lord-Alge.
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The Scottish band travelled to Manhattan to shoot the video for the single (coming soon) and are currently putting the finishing touches to the forthcoming debut album with producer Ewan Davies – the man behind debuts from Arctic Monkeys, The Darkness and Editors.
Hailed as "the best thing to come out of Uddingston since the Tunnock's Tea Cake" and as one of the "Tips For 2012" in the Scottish Sun, John Wean swagger into 2012 with all guns blazing and recently took part in Live Nation's Live Connection initiative.
The track is based on a modern-day true story:
'Boy sees girl from afar, boy stalks girl on Facebook, realizes she's got a boyfriend already but, undaunted, moves his stalking over to another platform and is confronted by the Twitter name that inspired the single 'New York Doesn't Love You"'. Taking this as the signal to stop, boy logs off rapidly and writes a slamming guitar-pop track instead! The girl still doesn't know that one of John Wean has a crush on her. Still, what are the chances of her finding out?
No strangers to the live circuit – with shows on both sides of the border in the last few weeks – or indeed the airwaves, John Wean are on a mission. The line up of Conor Cartwright [vocals / guitar], Stuart Anderson [guitar], Jude Smith [vocals / bass] and Simon Coakley [drums] are here to stay. Unless the girl's boyfriend catches up with them.
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text: Enjoy the drive to historic Glen Ferris Inn By Julie Robinson December 4, 2012 Story Share Chip Ellis Restaurant manager Tony Phillips consults with owner Becky Hill about the menu at The Glen Ferris Inn. GLEN FERRIS, W.Va. -- Remember Sunday drives? Leisurely afternoons spent wandering along a country road, perhaps stopping for lunch or dinner at a quiet spot tucked far away from the busy interstate?Visits to the early 19th century Glen Ferris Inn in Fayette County evoke those memories. Perched between the historic Midland Trail (U.S. 60) and the picture-perfect Kanawha Falls, the inn serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to travelers, locals and guests.Diners settle into the dining room, located in the original part of the house, and peruse menus that offer Florentine Orange Roughy, Prime Rib, Grilled Trout in a Mornay sauce and Swiss Mushroom Pork Loin as well as more standard home-style fare like Country Fried Steak.The turkey and dressing supper on Sunday afternoons draws a big after-church crowd. The limited menu on that day also includes a fish, chicken, seafood and beef entree as well as broccoli casserole and corn pudding.Diners often make the mistake of filling up on the made-from-scratch yeasty rolls and don't save room for their entrees, said inn owner Becky Hill."We have people who come in just for the rolls. They'll call ahead and order them," said Hill. They make the rolls daily from a recipe honed by Hill's mother, Natalie Phillips, who managed the inn for years. "I had to work for a year to master it. Once you get it, it's easy."Her mother trained Hill in nearly every position within the inn, including maid, dishwasher, waitress and baker.Today the baker makes fresh pies, cobblers and bread pudding. Coconut cream pie is always on the menu along with lemon, chocolate or peanut butter silk pie. Cherry, blackberry or deep dish peach cobblers are served warm with ice cream.Hill has operated the Glen Ferris Inn since 1996 when her husband, Robert Hill, owner of Danhill Construction in Gauley Bridge, purchased the inn and presented it to her as an anniversary present."I was in a state of shock. I was a full-time schoolteacher and loved teaching. I tried to talk him out of it, but he told me my life isn't going to change," she said. "He said, 'You'll make the occasional wedding cake and putter around in the garden.'" Those were two activities she enjoyed.He slightly underestimated the demands of the job. She continued teaching until five years ago, while she also ran and renovated the inn and updated the restaurant's menu. "I've always enjoyed it. You meet so many great people. It overrides the stress," she said.Today, she relies on restaurant manager Tony Phillips to continue the inn's culinary traditions, but also update the menu. Like the famously irresistible yeast rolls, many of the recipes are her mother's. Hill frequently researches other recipes, especially for the ethnic feasts the inn offers monthly, except in December.They strive to serve authentic foods from the area featured in the feasts, including Italian, German, Irish, Tex-Mex and Cajun. The recipes require ingredients not readily available locally.A wedding party of first generation Americans from Germany sparked the idea for ethnic feasts. The bride and groom wanted to serve authentic German food at their reception and shared family recipes for the inn's kitchen staff to follow."We did a dry run and they tested and approved them all," she said. "The guests loved the food." Hill and Phillips have long considered preparing a feast that features food that would have been served when the inn, then called Stockton's Inn, opened in 1839. Col. Aaron Stockton built the original red brick structure with imposing white pillars and double porches as a private residence in 1816 or 1819. The actual date is unknown because the original documents were burned in a fire and both dates are listed in subsequent accounts of the house, Phillips explained.The building later served as an inn along a stagecoach route and a Civil War hospital before it was purchased by a nearby aluminum plant that added a wing to accommodate the increasing number of guests who visited the facility.The inn's occupancy is not quite as high as it was in the days when the aluminum plant generated a steady stream of guests, but Hill still updates the rooms, two or three each year.In the past several years, Hill has overseen improvements including the removal of carpet and installation of hardwood floors and carpet, new wallpaper and paint in the common areas and the installation of WiFi throughout most of the inn."It took us one month to strip the wallpaper in the hallway. We took off a layer of wallpaper, at least two coats of painting, and another layer of wallpaper until we were down to the original plaster," Hill said. Two or three of the 18 bedrooms and suites are updated a year.Although it's unlikely that guests will notice it, the installation of a generator is most appreciated by Hill and her staff. Long before the rest of West Virginia struggled with long-term power outages this year, the inn was well accustomed to losing electricity. "If the wind blows through here, we lose power," said Phillips. The generator powers the entire inn.In addition to tending the inn's gardens in which she's planted thousands of perennials and annuals, Hill joins her sister Donna Jones in a daily craft session. They sew and sell children's coloring aprons and fill the over-sized pockets with crayons, scissors and pencils. They make candles and jewelry and market a line of jams, jellies and relishes, all made from their mother's recipes.The items are displayed in an alcove under the main staircase, where they also sell locally produced books, including a cookbook containing recipes from the inn. Hill just finished compiling 350 pages of recipes for a second edition that will be printed soon. Now that she has the place in ship-shape, Hill has decided to retire from her hotelier duties. She'll train the new general manager for several months, and then leave the inn in her hands. She plans to spend time with her children and their families who are scattered all over the country."I've been doing this for 17 years. I didn't think I'd ever master it, but I did and now it's time to go," she said.The Glen Ferris Inn, U.S. 60 in Glen Ferris. Call 304-632-1111.Reach Julie Robinson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1230. Glen Ferris Inn Broccoli CasseroleThis casserole, made from innkeeper Becky Hill's mother's recipe, is served on Sundays.1 small onion, chopped1 small can of mushrooms, drained1 tablespoon butter or margarine1 pint heavy whipping cream 3 slices American cheese4 slices process Swiss cheese2 cubes chicken bullion32 ounces frozen broccoli florets, defrosted1/2 cup rice, uncookedShredded cheddar cheeseToasted breadcrumbsHEAT oven to 350 degrees.SAUTE onion and mushrooms in butter. Add heavy cream, chicken bullion and cheese slices. Mix well, letting cheese slices melt. Add broccoli and rice.PLACE in buttered 9- by 13-inch baking dish. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.REMOVE from the oven and uncover. Add a layer of shredded cheddar cheese and toasted breadcrumbs. Bake, uncovered, for 10 additional minutes or until the cheddar cheese has melted.Glen Ferris Inn Corn Pudding10 eggs1 quart heavy cream1 cup sugarSalt and pepper to taste32 ounces frozen cornHEAT oven to 300 degrees.MIX eggs, cream, sugar, salt and pepper thoroughly. Place frozen corn in the bottom of a greased 9- by 13-inch baking dish. Pour creamed mixture over the corn.BAKE at 300 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or until golden brown.German Rye Bread RollsBecky Hill perfected this rye bread recipe, which she bakes and serves at German Feast nights at the inn.1 package active dry yeast4 cups warm water2 cups rye flour6 tablespoons sugar2 tablespoons caraway seed2 teaspoons salt5 cups all-purpose flour1 egg white1 tablespoon water2 teaspoons caraway seed, reservedPLACE 4 cups of water in a large mixing bowl. Add yeast; stir to dissolve. Let sit for about 4 to 5 minutes until it begins to bubble. Add rye flour and mix well Cover with a clean cloth and let sit in a warm place for about 4 hours.ADD sugar, 6 tablespoons caraway seed and salt. Mix well. Add 5 cups of flour. Mix thoroughly. Cover and let rise for about one half hour.PUNCH down and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead several times to completely cover the dough with flour. Roll out in a rectangle about 1/2-inch thick. Cut out rolls with large biscuit cutter. Shape into Parker House rolls by folding slightly less than half the dough over the remaining portion. Use a sharp knife to make several slashes across the top of each roll.PLACE in a sprayed baking pan. Add 1 tablespoon of water to the egg white and mix by hand until frothy. Brush over the top of the rolls. Sprinkle the extra 2 teaspoons of caraway seed on the top. Let rise until double in size. Bake in 400 degree oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. 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THE anti-European Union political party has formed a new branch in the Meon Valley.
The UKIP Constituency Association says it will fight local elections as well as the Westminster seat, held by Tory George Hollingbery.
The party says its councillors will not be 'whipped' to vote as per party policy, contrary to the wishes of their electorate.
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BENICIA -- A Mary Farmar Elementary School parent's request for a crosswalk has drawn opposition from two West K Street residents who'd lose on-street parking because of it.
At issue is about 25 feet of curbside parking on the south side of West K that would be eliminated if the crosswalk were installed.
The Benicia Traffic, Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Committee consider the project Thursday.
The proposed crosswalk would be located at the corner of West K and West Seventh streets.
According to the city, Benicia resident Larry Bowman, who walks his child to school, requested the crosswalk to enhance safety. Bowman told the committee in October that there are many cars parked at the intersection that make it difficult for drivers to see pedestrians coming.
However, the affected property owners question the need for the crosswalk. They contend that foot traffic in front of their homes is minimal and parking is overburdened.
There is also a nearby crosswalk at West Ninth Street, two blocks from the Military West pedestrian bridge, which students use to access campus.
Another crosswalk exists at the West Eighth intersection, although there is no stop sign there for West K auto traffic.
"The loss of parking spaces in front of my home and my immediate neighbor to the west would not be welcomed," homeowner Sarah Ingle said in a letter to the city. "Parking on West K Street is already overburdened."
Ingle said she is disabled, and would have difficulty continuing to do her shopping if her purchases had to be carried for any distance.
"It is often difficult to find adequate space for trash, recycling, and green waste cans; visitors to the (Benicia Health and Fitness Club), across the street, fill all vacant spots on the street during their busy hours."
While conceding that parking demand can be high during peak times at the nearby fitness club on West Seventh, city officials contend there are spaces to spare.
"The two impacted property owners on West K Street have alley access and associated robust off-street parking," a staff report states.
The committee, which consists of City Council members Tom Campbell and Alan Schwartzman and representatives from the police department and engineering division, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Benicia Community Center, Room 2, 370 East L St. It will be followed by the Safe Routes to School Task Force meeting at 7:30 p.m.
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Thursday, 2 June 2011
Memories of a Bygone Hyde
It was written by Dave Davis who kindly allowed us to share it on here.
"Being born and brought up in Flowery Field, Hyde was the centre of the universe for us as children. After shopping on Hyde market we would turn the corner and enter into the world of this picture. On the right of the picture, in the distance there was the bank then Fred Dawes, TV and Radio dealer where we would go to pay rental on our black and white TV. This was later taken over by Granada. You can see their shop clearly on the LHS of the picture. Next, coming towards the camera, Ibbotson's bakery. The best tipsy cake in the world and when mum and I went in on our own during the week we would enjoy a delicious toasted teacake and cup of tea as they had half a dozen tables by the wall opposite the counter. Two doors up the tobacco shop and how fascinating were all the ephemera of smoking displayed in the window? Next door again, and two steps up a marvellous sweet shop, the only place one could buy Terry's Golden Feather, a mix of all soft centres and my mum's favourite. Crossing the road Sayer's bakery, a bit more modern than Ibbotson's and the first place we experienced the trick of making the edges of a product look far more full than the inside - an inch of cream round the outside edge of the Swiss Roll and a mere smearing in the middle!
Round the corner, in Norfolk Street my gran hed her first house when she was married. Purely by chance, 40 years later my brother rented the same house. So many good memories. I spend hours in my mind wandering around this area, taking me into adjacent places not in the picture.
The PSA building
The market hall with Nightingale's pulling toffee as you watched. The cinema, the Co-op, UCP - United Cattle Products, a great cafe and some of the best tripe in the area. H V Hird, ironmongers, Meschia's cafe and their delicious home made Italian ice cream. The PSA, (Pleasant Sunday Afternoon) a reformers answers to men languishing in the pubs and families left at home. Until the day it closed it was only 1d (old penny) to get in and enjoy all the activiities with a cup of tea and biscuits thrown in. I must stop, need to go away and dream.."!
Many Thanks ,Dave ,for your wonderful memories..
9 comments:
- Jean said...
Reading this I can smell the Godley Rock that was made by Nightingales, I remember on Saturday after the pictures we used to go and watch the rock being pulled and stretched over steel objects that looked like butchers hook.
- Thursday, 02 June, 2011
- Hydonian said...
Thanks for that,Jean- What a shame we have no photographs of this shop.
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- JohnT said...
Memories! I can see Martins the cleaners on the right. I remember my suit (22" bottoms!)smelling of cleaning fluid after it had been to the cleaners. Is that William & Glyn's or William Deacons bank on the left hand corner? Wasn't Redmans on the left just out of the photograph? Salmon paste, mmmm!
- Thursday, 02 June, 2011
What great memories you've brought back Dave, I too loved going to Ibbotson's their hot cross buns were wonderful, they were oval shaped with a good amount of spice. I always looked forward to eating them at Easter time.
- Thursday, 02 June, 2011
The bank on the corner the Royal Bank of Scotland and is my bank (ie that's where I have an account, I don't actually own it - although in view of the amount of taxpayers' money which has been poured into it I ought to have some claim). When I first started an account it was Williams Deacon's which metamorphosed in 1970 into Williams & Glyn's before becoming the RBS. The photo appears to date from the early 1960s, so it should have then been Williams Deacon's.
- Friday, 03 June, 2011
Between Williams Deacon's and Granada was, of course, Greenwoods Gents Outfitters, who moved out some years ago and the shop has been closed and shuttered ever since.
- Friday, 03 June, 2011
- Jean said...
Up until a couple of years ago the shop that was Greenwoods was a cafe named 64. It was was owned by Thomas Cordwell who still uses upstairs for his offices.
- Friday, 03 June, 2011
- Tom said...
What a fantastic post Dave's memories have made... and it is great to see others joining in with theirs. I'm sure others will be joining in with this.
- Monday, 06 June, 2011
- celtbard_2000 said...
As a child I attended Sunday Services in the upper hall of the PSA for the Mormon Church. We met there and we also met above a shop just across dorm Downson Road. That was before they built the small chapel in Hyde.
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Jaw Pain Following A Dental Procedure
I went to the dentist to get a crown on one of my lower left molars. The dentist may have injected the area with either lidocaine or novocaine to numb the area where he needed to drill. My mouth was really numb for a much longer amount of time than I have ever experienced. I went home and as the injection started wearing off I started feeling this pain in my left jaw at the joint area. I feel pain when I yawn, while chewing (depending on what I am eating) and if I open my mouth wide (like when eating an apple). I called my dentist and he just said to use ibuprofen for the pain. The pain is still there and the dental procedure was 3 weeks ago. I do not grind or clench my teeth when I sleep and this has never happened to me before. Could you please tell me why this is happening and if it is something that should go away eventually? I appreciate any help you can give. Thank you.
It sounds as if you developed a strain of your Temporomandibular (jaw) joint. But, this could also be a myositis, or muscle inflammatory condition, in the area of the injection. It may be hard to localize the pain around your jaw exactly and the symptoms of the two conditions are somewhat similar. You will need to see your dentist to have him or her establish a proper diagnosis so that appropriate treatment can be rendered. In this forum, it is very difficult to establish a diagnosis without clinical examination.
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These three common plants all contain urushiol (oo-ROO-shee-all), an oily substance that causes a rash in almost 9 out of 10 people who come in contact with them.
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Poison Oak is similar to Poison Ivy, occuring as an upright shrub or climbing vine with three-parted leaves. The leaves are blunt (not pointed like Poison Ivy) and have bumpy ridges similar to some oak leaves, which is how Poison Oak got its name.
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If you're unlucky enough to get the allergic rash these plants can cause, there really isn't much good news. The painful itch they bring can range from annoying to unbearable. In rare cases, it can even be dangerous for some allergy-prone people.
Though it might feel like the itching will never stop, the good news is that it will. Even left untreated, these rashes will go away by themselves—usually in 2 weeks.
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For the second consecutive year, shipments of Sunshine Sweet-branded corn reached record levels.
Though Florida's spring corn deal saw a sluggish start, shippers packed consecutive weeks where the weekly totals exceeded 1.6 million crates, according to a news release from the Maitland-based Sunshine Sweet Corn Farmers of Florida.
Florida has been the largest U.S. sweet corn grower for more than 50 years, but growers believe this year is special, said Sunshine Sweet group president Paul Allen, vice president and co-owner of Pahokee, Fla.-based R.C. Hatton Farms. The company markets through South Bay, Fla.-based Hugh H. Branch Inc..
"We faced a variety of obstacles, including extended cold in the north U.S. and trucking challenges during a critical period," he said in the release. "Despite that, we shipped nearly 7.8 million crates in April and May."
Many retailers cited the quality of the corn as a factor helping increase sales, according to the release.
A marketing campaign helped increase consumer demand, according to the release.
"As an industry, we have invested significant time and resource to change the perception of sweet corn as just a summer vegetable and improve attitudes toward spring corn," Ted Wanless, chair of Sunshine Sweet Corn Farmers of Florida's marketing committee and chief operating officer of Belle Glade, Fla.-based S. M. Jones & Co. Inc., said in the release. "Through an integrated campaign that has included outreach to trade, media, influencers and consumers, we have been able to grow sales in the face of hyper local and seasonal trends."


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The future of California's education system will be decided Nov. 6, when voters consider two dueling propositions that would raise taxes to support public schools.
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Although the state's two largest teachers unions have poured money into Brown's initiative, and Munger's plan is backed by the state PTA, polls show that neither has strong support from those who would be paying the bills.
Experts say the fate of the measures rests on the public's confidence that the money would be spent wisely.
"There has to be some minimal faith that their money will be spent in a way that is positive," said Rafael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles, part of the university system that would benefit from a Prop. 30 victory.
"This is not just a debate about education, but the credibility of the public sector."
Prop. 30 would generate $6 billion annually by raising the state's sales tax by a quarter percent for four years, and increasing the income tax rate for those making $250,000 annually for seven years.
The revenue would repay $9 billion withheld from K-12 schools since the recession hit five years ago and would stabilize state funding for those campuses and California's 112 community colleges.
Its defeat would trigger $5.4 billion in cuts to K-12 schools -- an estimated $441 per student -- and community colleges. An additional $250 million would be slashed from both the Cal State and University of California systems.
To cope with the trigger cuts, districts would likely lop three weeks off their school calendars -- leaving students in class just 160 days, tying California with Colorado for the shortest school year. Community colleges would drop hundreds of classes and the universities would raise tuition.
The rival measure, Prop. 38, would generate $10 billion annually for K-12 schools, preschools and child care by raising the income tax rate on earnings of more than $7,316.
It would take effect in 2013 and run through 2024. For the first four years, $6 billion would go directly to schools, $1 billion to preschool and child care and $3 billion to repay the state's IOUs to public schools. After that, 85 percent would go to K-12 and 15 percent to early education.
If both measures are approved by a simple majority, the one with the most votes would take effect. If Prop. 38 wins a bigger majority, the trigger cuts would take effect unless the Legislature moves quickly to change the law.
Brown said his measure is a "realistic" way to balance the state's budget and stave off devastating cuts to public education.
"Prop. 30 is fair because those who have done extraordinarily well, beyond the imaginations of most people, are asked to give back a very small amount (through an income tax hike)," Brown said during a recent interview with the Los Angeles Daily News.
"Secondly, it puts money into the basic programs of the schools and has been written in a way that fits with the budget architecture of California. It was designed not by someone who says, `Hey, I have an initiative and the money to buy it,' but as part of the governing process that is looking at fixing our budget and taking care of our schools and doing it with the knowledge of how this complicated system works."
Nathan Ballard, a strategist for the Yes on 38 campaign, countered that the Munger initiative would send revenue directly to schools throughout California, which has fallen to a "disgraceful" 47th place in per-pupil spending.
"Prop. 38 bypasses Sacramento and provides money on a per-pupil basis to individual schools to restore what's been lost over the years," he said. "This is a transformative investment in public schools."
Ballard also discounted concerns about the $6 billion in trigger cuts if Prop. 38 trumps Prop. 30 at the polls.
"With a stable source of funding of $12 billion a year, the Legislature won't turn around and make short-term cuts to education," he said. "That's a scare tactic that was put into Prop. 30 to put a gun to voters' heads."
Experts predicted the amount of money spent by the various campaigns will have a significant impact on the outcome of the race.
The pro-Prop. 30 campaign had raised $41.3 million as of Sept. 30, including more than $11.5 million from the state's two largest teachers unions.
Munger -- the daughter of billionaire Charlie Munger, who is vice chairman of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Corp. -- contributed most of the $28.3 million in the Prop. 38 coffers.
Prop. 30's most vocal opponent is the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which donated about $720,000 of the $3.1 million collected to defeat the measure.
"Prop. 30 is an effort to bamboozle voters to increase taxes," said Kris Vosberg, the group's executive director, noting that California's 7.25 percent sales tax is already the highest in the U.S.
"They're picking the most popular and heavily supported programs and taking advantage of that," Vosberg said.
Opponents of Prop. 38, led by the California Chamber of Commerce, have raised just $32,000 to defeat the measure. They maintain that a tax on California's middle class will kill jobs and damage small business as the state is struggling to recover from the recession.
Polls released last month by the Public Policy Institute of California and the Field Poll found that Prop. 30 had support from just over half of likely voters.
Prop. 38 was supported by 45 percent of likely voters in the PPIC poll and 41 percent in the Field Poll.
"Public opinion polls show that voters are more willing this year than they have been in some time to pay higher taxes in exchange for more money spent on public education," said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC.
"The challenge for Brown is that most voters don't trust the government to spend that money wisely or effectively," said Schnur, citing recent controversies over high-speed rail, legislative raises and the state parks budget.
"And for Munger, people are more likely to vote to raise taxes on other people than on themselves."
Proposition 30YES means: The state would increase personal income taxes on high-income taxpayers for seven years and sales taxes for four years. The new tax revenues would be available to fund programs in the state budget.
NO means: The state would not increase personal income taxes or sales taxes. State spending reductions, primarily to education programs, would take effect in 2012-13.
Proposition 38YES means: State personal income tax rates would increase for 12 years. The additional revenues would be used for schools, child care, preschool, and state debt payments.
NO means: State personal income tax rates would remain at their current levels. No additional funding would be available for schools, child care, preschool, and state debt payments.


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BALLSTON SPA -- The Saratoga County Economic Development Committee announced Wednesday evening that it will not renew its $200,000 contract with Saratoga Economic Development Corp. in 2014 and will instead take a more aggressive approach to economic development.
It's not clear what percentage of SEDC's budget $200,000 represents.
"We have an opportunity here to do some wonderful things in terms of economic development; that is going to take a dedication of resources, and the board is aware of that," John Lawler, Economic Development Committee chairman, said after the announcement.
SEDC is a "private-sector, nonprofit consulting firm established in 1978 that works to retain existing businesses while creating new jobs in Saratoga County," according to its website.
Lawler stressed that SEDC has "been a great partner," but the county intends to create an entity with a sole purpose of economic development, while SEDC "has a number of goals and objectives."
"We're excited about putting together a multi-year economic development plan, creating a new organization, staffing it, funding it and trying to take greater advantage of what we have," Lawler said.
The next step for the county is to seek a strategic marketing plan to take effect in 2014.
The entity the county creates will either be a local development corporation or a public authority, but it will not be a county department.
Lawler also emphasized that no supervisor would be employed by the future economic development entity.
"Let me be clear: no supervisor gets a job out of this. None," he said.
The reallocation of funding is not "designed to save money," Lawler said, but rather to take advantage of new marketing strategies.
In a press release, Board of Supervisors Chairman Alan Grattidge praised SEDC for its success with the Target Northeast Distribution Center in Wilton, the State Farm Insurance Northeast Regional Headquarters in Malta and the Ball Metal Corp. manufacturing plant in Saratoga Springs.
"SEDC has played an important role in retaining existing businesses and attracting new ones to Saratoga County," Grattidge said.
SEDC will remain under contract for its marketing services through December 2013.
All SEDC board members deferred comment to firm President Dennis Brobston, who did not return calls by press time.


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Elbonian: Halt! You have entered the territorial mud of North Elbonia! I'll text you a link to a web page about our forced labor camps. You might like them. Dilbert: This looks better than my current job. Elbonian: No rush, but I have an appointment to capture a Canadian at eleven.
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This is the place to discuss Pacers4Life and his texting style, so as now to disrupt all the other threads on other matters.
You know, this "discussion" with our new favorite 17 year old may be a precursor to a serious philosophical and practical battles in our culture ten or twenty years from now.
It all depends on if texting continues to be very dominant (sorry Peck) in the years to come. (For instance, voice recognition could take some steam out of it.) But if it does, then we may see a battle between what is correct grammar. I mean, we don't use Shakespearian English any more, and those guys told Chaucer to take a hike.
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Washington pleased with Holland's focus
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Derek Holland came to Spring Training determined to focus more on his pitching and less on some of his outside interests and media requests. Manager Ron Washington is among those who have noticed the change.
"I see a change in his attitude and demeanor," Washington said. "He is getting his priorities in order. He is a young kid who is playing baseball at the highest level and he's trying to be accommodating to everybody. He needs to figure out who to accommodate and who not to accommodate. He's hoping to [succeed] on the baseball stage and it would be nice if all of his focus is on that.
"It looks like this spring he has turned the corner in his maturity."
Holland will not be with the Rangers much longer. He leaves later this month to join Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.


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Plans to expand three schools to help the borough cope with a rising demand for places will be discussed in the coming week.
Harrow Borough council's planning committee will discuss the plans for Belmont School, in Hibbert Road, Pinner Wood School, in Latimer Gardens and Kingsley High School, in North Harrow.
Both Belmont and Pinner Wood are part of the councils second phase of primary school expansion which will see 11 schools in the borough grow by class over the next two years.
The first phase of the expansion plan is already underway with eight schools permanently expanded from September last year.
The second phase of the plans will be paid for with government funding, including £30 million from the Government's Targeted Basic Needs fund.
This will allow the council to provide 3,000 places in primary, secondary and special educational needs schools by 2015.
The planning committee will meet to make a decision on the plans on Wednesday evening at 6:30pm at the council civic centre.


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The woman, who had spent the night at her boyfriend's house, told police she got out of bed and came face to face with a large man who had forced his way through the front door.
The man grabbed the woman in a bear hug, shoved her into a wall and bound her hands with duct tape before throwing her on the bed, she told police, according to the reports.
He reportedly asked several times where the woman's boyfriend kept his money and how he could get upstairs, which the boyfriend kept locked and used for storage.
The man also told the woman that a friend of hers, who she told police lives in Colorado, sent him. The woman explained to police that she once told the friend that her boyfriend made good money and kept cash in his home, the reports said.
The man, whom the woman described as about 6 feet tall and heavy set, also claimed he had a "police dog" on the front porch and at one point stepped outside for a moment, she said.
After the woman told the intruder several times that she didn't know where her boyfriend kept his money, the man reportedly left with her phone, the reports said.
The man was reportedly wearing gloves and several layers of jackets or hooded sweat shirts. His face was obscured by a mask or several hoods, the woman told police.


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Seeing Value in TARP Warrants
Editor's note: The original version of this column had errors on the breakeven level for TCB warrants and the warrant strike price and intrinsic value of CMA warrants. These figures have since been corrected.
One of the interesting points that came out of my discussion with the partners at PL Capital last week was their affection for the bigger banks. They also told me that it wasn't just the big banks that were cheap but also the big-bank TARP warrants that were publicly traded. Most of these warrants do not expire until 2018 or later and give enormous leverage to investors who believe these banks will recover over the next five years....557 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Hi John
Does your tutorial http://www.johnhpanos.com/ptgvpt.htm include the use of the Nodal Ninja Nadir Adapter? I just ordered the adapter and plan to run some tests in the next few days. After taking the two Nadir shots - Nadir1 and then Nadir 2 (after moving Double Pivot Point Distance) do I load both images into PTGUI Pro and mask out the tripod and then stitch?
I guess I am looking for a step by step work flow. I will be using six images using the Bower 8mm mounted on a Pentax K-3, NN6 RB16. Then I take one vertical Zenith shot and two Nadir shots, the second taken after switching the NN Nadir Adapter and moving the tripod DPD.
What I would appreciate is the steps in PTGUI for loading the 9 images. I was thinking of loading them in and masking the tripod that would appear in the two Nadir images - is that all I need to do?
In production I will be using HDR taking 5 shot sequences in a cathedral using 2 EV steps. In the past I have just loaded all the images into PTGUI and let PTGUI do the stitching and HDR. The I take the HDR file and render it using NIK HDR Efex Pro. My question is: Should I take the 5 stitched panos generated by PTGUI as an option and then have NIK HDR EFEX PRO do the merge as well as the rendering.
Thanks for all you help John.
Originally posted by RockvilleBob View PostHi John
Does your tutorial http://www.johnhpanos.com/ptgvpt.htm include the use of the Nodal Ninja Nadir Adapter?
Hi Bob,
here you find what you are looking for: http://vimeo.com/65994333
It's a video on how to use the Nadir Adapter. The workflow will be the same for NN3 NN4 NN5 M1. Hope you are not talking about the R1/R10 Nadir Adapter Use.
Then you have to look at this one:http://ge.tt/4uLm9Mb
Using the Nadir shots in PTGuiPro, you can mask out the tripod once and then plug the mask into all other pics. Then you can import the Nadir shots into your workflow.
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Tower of Power at Times Square
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For over 40 years, Tower of Power has been creating its own brand of soul music. Since 1968, the band has delivered infectious jams to fans, appearing before sold-out crowds in an annual world tour. TOP's odyssey began in California in 1968 when Emilio Castillo met Stephen "Doc" Kupka. When Doc auditioned during a band rehearsal at Castillio's house, Castillio's father called him into the kitchen and offered the following advice: "Hire that guy, he's got something." Doc and his signature baritone sax sound were now in the band, and on August 13, 1968, Tower of Power, as the world knows it today, began playing gigs and soon became very well known in the Oakland area.
After playing at a Tuesday night audition at the Fillmore in 1970, TOP signed to Bill Graham's San Francisco records and recorded its first album East Bay Grease. The band's next album Bump City (1972) was recorded on the Warner Brothers label, and this disc led to a string of hits and memorable albums that include many of the songs that TOP fans come out in force to hear, even to this day: "You're Still A Young Man," "So Very Hard To Go," "Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of the Stream)," "What Is Hip?" and more. In addition, over the years the Tower of Power horns have recorded with hundreds of artists as diverse as Aerosmith, Elton John, Little Feat, Phish, Santana, Heart, and many others, forever infusing the radio airwaves with TOP's musical DNA.
Tower of Power celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008 at a very special reunion show at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, recorded and released as a commemorative live DVD. The performance featured four original band members: Emilio Castillo, Rocco Prestia, Stephen Kupka, and David Garibaldi. To this day, TOP tours the United States, Japan, and Europe every year, playing to sold-out crowds. The band has never been busier or more in demand. New generations continue to come see the band perform as its timeless music never fails to excite fans of all ages.


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Yesterday, 7 industry leaders announced the formation of the Open Virtualization Alliance. (Click here to see the press release). IBM, BMC Software, Eucalyptus, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat and SUSE have created this consortium to foster the adoption of open virtualization technologies including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).
The Open Virtualization Alliance will promote examples of customer successes, encourage interoperability and accelerate the expansion of the ecosystem of third party solutions around KVM, providing businesses improved choice, performance and price for virtualization. The Open Virtualization Alliance will provide education, best practices and technical advice to help businesses understand and evaluate their virtualization options. The consortium complements the existing open source communities managing the development of the KVM hypervisor and associated management capabilities, which are rapidly driving technology innovations for customers virtualizing both Linux and Windows® applications.
So, why this focus on KVM? It's all about choice and cost. KVM is an open source hypervisor that provides enterprise-class performance and scalability to run mission critical Windows and Linux workloads. Because it's open source, KVM is a cost effective alternative. Because IBM and Red Hat stand behind it, it's enterprise ready.
KVM is the most recent step in the evolution of open source x86 virtualization. Based on Linux, KVM is the most cost effective virtualization technology in the market. KVM scales and is secure, and delivers the benefits provided through the open source community, avoiding vendor "lock in".
KVM is unique because it turns the Linux kernel into a bare-metal hypervisor using the hardware virtualization support in Intel and AMD processors. KVM runs Linux, Windows, and other types of virtual machines directly on hardware and as the x86 hardware virtualization support has improved, so has the performance of KVM.
A KVM hypervisor inherits the performance, scalability and security characteristics of Linux - which has been enterprise hardened for over 10 years and is trusted by millions of organizations in the heart of their data center to run their mission critical workloads. KVM scalability was recently demonstrated by a SPECvirt publication using a 64-core, 2 TB IBM x5 3850 server that achieved 336 actively running guests, more than twice the capacity of the nearest competitive result. KVM (RHEV) also rated a very credible # 2 in a recent Infoworld virtualization shoot-out.
Since KVM is based on Linux, its developers do not need to develop every feature from scratch, rather they benefit from relevant features in the Linux kernel. KVM naturally leverages the scheduler, memory management, power management hardware device drivers, platform support, and other features continuously being produced by the thousands of developers in the Linux community, giving KVM a significant "feature velocity" and broad source code review that other virtualization solutions cannot match. KVM has also helped to bring new features to the Linux kernel including kernel page sharing (KSM), transparent large page support, and a new user-mode device driver infrastructure.
IBM has brought into KVM its expertise and longstanding commitment to enterprise virtualization and open source:
· Development - IBM developers have provided key KVM features around performance, security, resource over-commitment, and reliability.
· Customer Solutions – IBM has large teams of engineers and architects dedicated to helping customers exploit the benefits of KVM in their enterprise. IBM's many customer engagements have provided direct input to KVM enhancements.
· Product Support – A large and growing number of IBM products take advantage of open virtualization and KVM technology.
IBM software products that support KVM today include: IBM DB2, IBM ILOG, IBM Change and Configuration Management Database, IBM Lotus Domino Next, IBM Lotus Forms, IBM Lotus Web Content Management, IBM Maximo Asset Management, IBM Tivoli Access Manager, IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager, IBM Tivoli Service Request Manager, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager, IBM Websphere, and more ….
KVM has matured rapidly in recent years, and today offers an enterprise-class, open virtualization alternative on IBM System x®, BladeCenter® and other x86 servers. With top performance benchmarks, superior scalability and leading security capabilities, KVM offers both Linux® and Windows® customers a choice as well as lower costs.
KVM is Ready for Business.
Jean Staten Healy
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) said today it expects to take delivery of the first production Boeing 787 in September, roughly a month before a planned, inaugural charter flight between Toyko Narita International Airport and Hong Kong. Following a pair of one-hour, domestic excursions out of Narita, ANA plans to launch scheduled service between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Okayama or between Haneda and Hiroshima.
ANA's announcement comes as Boeing works through a 20-workday hold on major 787 supplier deliveries initiated earlier this month. The move marked the fifth time Boeing instituted a pause on the Dreamliner assembly line in the last year and a half.
"We have initiated a roughly 20-day adjustment to the loading of new airplanes into final-body join," a Boeing spokesman told AIN. "We continue to make small schedule adjustments as needed to ensure the entire production system flows as designed and to minimize adverse impacts to final assembly. This is a proven approach that we began using last year."
The so-called adjustments come as result of "temporary challenges related to spot parts shortages and remaining engineering change incorporation," said the spokesman. "We began contacting supplier-partners earlier this month to advise them of their updated schedules so they can begin adjusting their resources to create additional time that they can use to complete scheduled work," he added. "They will not stop production during this time."
Although Boeing declined to specify when the line would return to normal operation, the further "small" schedule adjustments would seem to indicate that the hold could last more than 20 workdays–or well into August.
Now building two 787s a month, Boeing plans to increase that rate to 10 by the end of 2013. Under the plans, Boeing would build seven airplanes a month in Everett, Wash., and three at its new Charleston, N.C. facility. This latest hold, said the spokesman, will not affect those plans.
"This is the right step to take to make sure we deliver the best airplanes to our customers with the highest quality possible today, and to maintain that quality as we move up in rate in the next few years," he said. "This adjustment does not affect our first delivery timing or longer term [production] rate plans."


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Even with a causal world, with karmic chains, how can a person know for certain what will happen next? Can you explain that?
Simplifying: According to Buddhist phenomenology, not only are there no hairs on your head, there is no real head. YOU SEE hairs on your head. How many hairs you see on your head is determined by your karma. Your karma is affected by your past intentions, all of which are known to a "being" that is not bounded by ego attachments. Why? Because of his infinite empathy, a Buddha's consciousness penetrates all past, present and future minds, pervading the universe like the sky covers the earth, like space is omnipresent without either clinging or pushing away. (a terrible metaphor after General Relativity) See my previous post. Therefore, a Buddha knows how many hairs will manifest on your head. This is orthodox Mahayana Buddhism as I understand it. Please feel no compulsion, on that account, to believe it or to reject it.


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The Internet has leveled the commerce playing field by giving businesses of all sizes the chance to sell. As a result, more and more small companies and start-ups are eager to dive into the online world to jump-start success.
According to Thomas Harpointner, CEO of Atlanta-based Web service and marketing firm AIS Media, about 90% of these companies believe that most of their sales will either occur through the Internet or be brought in from online marketing.
However, companies that are looking to launch an e-commerce site often fall into traps that ruin their chances of success. Here are some tips on how to avoid the most commonly made mistakes:
Lack of proper planning: "We advise clients of the "5 Ps of Success": Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance," said Harpointner, who has 15 years of experience working with companies about to launch e-commerce sites. "An e-commerce site should be thought of as a new venture. With the proper attention, it can deliver substantial results. But someone within the company should be dedicated to managing it."
Hiring the lowest bidder: Expect to get what you pay for, he said. "Internet users today are far more sophisticated than they were just a few years ago. They have raised the bar in expectation levels of professionalism, usability, functionality and interactivity." That said, retailers should hire solution partners accordingly.
Failing to market the site: "Be prepared to market your site with e-mail newsletters, on search engines, through the press and via traditional marketing techniques such as direct mailers, links within your catalog and in-store displays, if applicable," Harpointner said. "Nobody cares unless you effectively get the word out to customers."
Unrealistic or lack of expectations: Establishing expectations up front helps eliminate disappointment later, he said. What about companies that can't seem to do this on their own? Communicating these expectations to an e-commerce consultant will help companies make an effective plan and meet company goals. Simply stated, "Define your success," he said.
At some point, all retailers may have fallen into one or more of these traps. The good news is that the digital age is primed for trial and error and the ability to correct mistakes.
"It is also important to prepare for mistakes by putting policies in place," he said. "Anticipate the most common mistakes and assign them to members of your staff in advance. This will ensure that they are resolved promptly and efficiently when they arise."
With the proper planning in place, retailers are able to focus on the lifeline of their business—the customer. More importantly, Harpointner stressed the importance of understanding the needs of the customer. With more interactive solutions at their disposal, this task has never been easier for retailers. Through features like online reviews, consumers can openly voice their opinion to retailers—whether it involves positive or negative feedback.
Merchants should not discount negative feedback from a shopper willing to share an experience. "One customer's isolated complaint may indicate a broader problem," he noted. "Instead of viewing a customer complaint as a nuisance, view it as an opportunity."
Hands down, the biggest opportunity that could come of this information is how to avoid repeating the same mistake with other shoppers.