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Paris, Ile de France, France, 2014/01/14 - GDF SUEZ has signed a partnership agreement with Toshiba for development of its nuclear programme in the United Kingdom - GDFSUEZ.com. FR0010 208488
This solid industrial partnership gives new impetus to NuGeneration Ltd (NuGen), which was created to develop a new nuclear power plant on the West Cumbria coast in Northwest England. The plant will be built utilizing Westinghouse AP1000 technology and will achieve a capacity of 3,400 MW. The terms of the agreement provide for Toshiba to own 60% of NuGen along with GDF SUEZ, shareholder with a 40% stake who will bring its extensive nuclear plant operatorship experience. The choice of the AP1000 technology aligns with UK Governments ambition to see a diversity of technologies in the new nuclear programme.
On the occasion, Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ, stated: The signing of this agreement is an essential step in the pursuit of the development of our nuclear programme in the United Kingdom. It reflects our strong ambition in the nuclear field and confirms our strategic decision to promote a diversified, balanced, and low-carbon energy mix where nuclear power has its place. With this projects continuation and our recent international success in Turkey, GDF SUEZ confirms its position as a top-flight nuclear operator, offering the best suited technologies to the local circumstances of each country.
GDF SUEZ, a leading player in the global revival of nuclear power
In 2013, GDF SUEZ was chosen by the Turkish authorities, alongside Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, Itochu and EÜAŞ, to build four ATMEA1 nuclear reactors for a capacity of 4,400 MW at Sinop. Site feasibility studies and assessment of preconditions from the financial, economic, legal and regulatory perspectives are necessary steps for the Group to commit on the long term it in the project as co-investor and joint operator with its Japanese and Turkish partners. ATMEA1 is a 1,100 MW reactor designed by AREVA and Mitsubishi in a 50/50 joint venture.
GDF SUEZ is committed to the development of nuclear energy of the future and intends to remain a leading player in the revival of nuclear power in the numerous countries where its development is projected. The Group is actively involved in the sectors technological developments and, based on very high safety, financial, regulatory compliance and contract stability criteria, maintains selective contacts with programs underway.
GDF SUEZ, a longstanding European nuclear energy operator
With installed power capacity of 6,000 MW, GDF SUEZ is the leading nuclear operator in Belgium where, through its Electrabel subsidiary, the Group owns and operates seven reactors at Doel and Tihange.
As a pioneer in European nuclear energy, and with the development of Belgiums first pressurized water reactor, GDF SUEZ is one of the few nuclear energy players to master the industrys expert skills from upstream (engineering, procurement, operation, maintenance), to downstream (nuclear waste management and dismantling).
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Kimberly Smedley of Atlanta pleaded guilty to charges that could land her in jail for five years today after being accused of illegally injecting women's buttocks with commercial-grade silicone.
Smedley, 45, administered the injections in hotel rooms in various cities, including Baltimore, New York and Washington, D.C., and women paid between $500 and $1,600 cash for the illegal butt boosters, according to ABC News' affiliate WJLA in Arlington, Va. The liquid was reportedly made of silicone often found in paint or furniture polish.
Smedley is not a doctor and the materials she used for the injections were not FDA approved.
She pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to conspiring to introduce and deliver into interstate commerce an adulterated and misbranded device, and faces a maximum of five years in jail and a $250,000 fine.
According to court documents, a Baltimore exotic dancer was hospitalized in October when she experienced shortness of breath after receiving the injections from Smedley. Doctors found fluid in the patient's lungs and treated her for pneumonia.
Police arrested Smedley in a Washington D.C., hotel, where the cops reportedly found three 18-gauge medical needles in her possession.
"Kimberly Smedley endangered her customers' lives by injecting them with commercial silicone, causing at least one victim to suffer lung damage from a substance not approved by the Food and Drug Administration," U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein in a statement, WJLA reported. "No one should undergo medical procedures in a hotel room."
Smedley's story is among the many butt-boost horror stories to hit the headlines.
In November, Florida police arrested 30-year-old Oneal Ron Morris after she allegedly injected at least one person's buttocks with a combination of cement, glue and tire sealant.
In February 2011, British tourist Claudia Aderotimi died after receiving a cosmetic buttocks injection at a Hampton Inn in Southwest Philadelphia.
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, legal buttocks procedures were up more than 140 percent from 2000 to 2010.
"This is tragic because the fault basically lies on both ends," Dr. George Lefkovits, a Manhattan-based plastic surgeon who performs buttocks augmentation in his practice, told ABCNews.com in November. "Obviously, it lies on these unscrupulous quacks who have absolutely no morals at all to inject lethal poisons in people's bodies, but the fault also lies with these victims, who are looking for bargains and not doing proper research."
While he has clients of all ethnicities and backgrounds, Lefkovits said there seems to be a strong cultural component to the butt lift.
"To a certain extent, it's cultural," said Lefkovits. "The two most common ethnic groups I see are African Americans and Latinos. Some people are so desperate for a bigger butt, they don't even want to go outside. They feel ashamed because their culture seems to demand it."
Lefkovits said pop culture icons like Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian and Nicki Minaj have made big butts an even more desirable and appreciated asset.
Fat fillers are the typical procedure for buttocks augmentations, not silicone injections.
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The medical-grade liquid version of the silicone is only approved for detached retinas, according to the FDA.
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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 1, 2013) – The first two races contested on the new racing surface at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City were not kind to Kyle Busch. But, as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Kansas for Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400, he's hoping the third time is a charm.
The Las Vegas native sits third in the standings, just four points behind five-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and 12 points behind JGR teammate and current points leader Matt Kenseth.
On top of his strong start to the Chase, Busch's optimism also grows knowing there are some changes in the tire Goodyear will bring to Kansas this weekend. Busch got a chance to participate in a tire test at Kansas in mid-July and felt the M&M's team learned some valuable lessons trying out Goodyear's new "dual zone tread" technology. Goodyear also opted not to bring the same left-side tire that has given Busch fits over the first two races on the repaved surface at Kansas, and teams will get an additional four-hour test Thursday afternoon to gather additional information leading into the typical practice and qualifying schedule Friday and Saturday.
Now would be an opportune time for Busch to make a breakthrough at Kansas as he has at all but a handful of tracks on the Sprint Cup circuit. Busch has won at 17 of the 23 venues at which the Sprint Cup Series competes. The only six tracks Busch has failed to reach victory lane in the Sprint Cup Series are Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Kansas.
Despite the dry spell at Kansas in NASCAR's top series, Busch has tasted success at there in NASCAR's second tier of competition – as is the case at most racetracks on the Nationwide Series schedule – with a victory in 2007, a runner-up finish in 2009, and a pair of third-place runs in 2006 and 2010. The best he has to show for his 12 visits on the Sprint Cup side, however, is a seventh-place finish in 2006.
So, as Busch heads to the Heartland of America this weekend, he hopes his current hot streak, coupled with changes to the racing tire, will help make Sunday's third outing his best one, yet, as his title quest continues in this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup.
KYLE BUSCH, Driver of the No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing:
How do you think the new tire will do at Kansas this weekend?
"It does have the 'dual zone tread' compound, but it's not the same tread compound, I believe. I could be wrong, but I don't think it's the same one we ran at Atlanta. So, we went and did the tire test a couple of months ago and I thought we learned some things and went really well for us and I think for Goodyear, as well. They changed the left-side tire compound, so we're not on that treacherous left that everybody spins out and crashes on, including myself three times. And we're also going to be on the new 'dual zone tread' on the right. I wasn't a huge fan of the 'dual zone' right at Kansas, but it did get great reviews at Atlanta, so I would expect that it will run pretty well at Kansas, too, and I'm hoping our M&M's Camry takes to it and we have another strong run."
Do you have to temper your enthusiasm after a good start to the Chase?
"Yeah, a little bit, but we're pleased with our start at the same time. Certainly, I've been in this Chase a few times – I haven't been in it consistently every year – but it seems like when I am, then a lot of the same questions arise. Jimmie (Johnson) might be the guy who gets sick of it more than most because he's in it every single year, but it is sort of the same thing every year, you know? We try to get through the first few races and build a strong foundation and, for those who can build a strong foundation, it's usually beneficial to their Chase and the others sort of start out with a bad couple of weeks. That's not so good for their Chase, so it all gets jumbled up in the beginning, it all kind of gets mixed together in the middle, and then at the end you know who the players are going to be, so you just kind of have to – I'd say you – wait through Talladega (Superspeedway) and, once you get past that, you'll know who your players are going to be."
Do you feel like you have a team that can put it all together to win a championship?
"There's only one way to find out and that's to run these races. Certainly we want to, we need to, you know you have to, but there's also anything that can happen in this sport and we've seen that time and time again over the years, where you don't expect something to happen and then, all of a sudden, something does happen. I've literally had things fall out of the sky this year and hit my racecar. So, just be ready for anything. I think this team is as prepared as it's ever been and we've shown it so far in the first three races of the Chase."
Kansas is a place where you've traditionally struggled over the years but, with the momentum swing you're on, will that help you there this weekend?
"I'm looking forward to Kansas with the roll we're on. I thought we were running decent there last fall. Actually, I was leading and I spun myself out while I was leading. So, hopefully, we have a good car like that this time around and I don't make a mistake like that. But, you know, Kansas is newly repaved. It's got a winter on it, now, so we'll see how that changes things. But I still expect it to be fast. So we've got to develop our notes in Kansas this weekend and, fortunately, I've got a really good teammate in Matt Kenseth who has won the last two races there. He and I have been working really well this year. His team and our team have been really, really good with one another. Denny (Hamlin) has been good there in the past and has been a big asset for us the last several weeks, as well. It feels really good to have good chemistry between all three of us at JGR."
Why has Kansas been so difficult for you over the years?
"It's not that you might not like a track or might not like a race, or something like that, it's just a matter of trying to figure it out. Once you kind of get it figured out or get the right situations kind of lined up, you can have a shot. I look at this place a lot like Michigan. That's a place where I struggled for a long time, but we finally were able to break through there for a win two years ago. Of course, just like Michigan, as soon as I figure it out, they repaved it along with Kansas."


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Immature Bald Eagle photos by Larry Jordan
And then the raptor took flight… (click on photo for full size image)
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Immature Bald Eagle photos by Larry Jordan
And then the raptor took flight… (click on photo for full size image)
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Fantastic photos! Beautiful birds.
Wow Larry. Are you going to tell us how you climbed that tree and took the photograph with no hands?
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@Mike thank you very much. It was a great birding day
@Phil that's an interesting theory. Actually, I was in a photo blind at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge when I was fortunate enough to have this beautiful eagle land on the snag right in front of me. He/she spent some time preening and posing for me before I caught the in-flight shot! It was an exciting day for me!
Nice clear image with great feather details. Beautiful
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Superb captures! He's a beauty!
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pure wow! what a chance to get such a bird in flight! great!
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Stunning how you captured the eagle in flight.
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Amazing detail of the eagle's feathers! And love the pose – slightly turned! Finally, in flight, the eagle presents the power of wings! Beautiful photos!
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Exciting day for you, exciting shots for us to see! Happy Skywatching.
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Awesome shots of the Juvenile Eagle, Larry! A great skywatch photo.
Happy skywatching!
@Ian thank you very much
@Tricia a beautiful raptor indeed
@Dreamfalcon thanks, it was a great day
@Jossie thank you for stopping by with a comment
@Gemma a truly beautiful and powerful bird. Thanks
@Clair thank you so much. I'm glad you like them
@Eileen happy skywatching to you too!
Wow! You had a really good day!!! So glad you could share it with us!
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Wow, I just looked and looked at the beautiful photo of the eagle. It's such an amazing creature and a really great shot. Thanks for sharing.
Happy weekend.
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Oh, lucky you. Great shots, and how wonderful to have such an extended good look.
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These are spectacular, Larry !
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How close are you when you took the first shot?
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@Judy it was a great day and you are very welcome. I love sharing bird stories and photos!
@Evelyn thank you very much
@Wren it is really nice to be able to watch a bird like this from a photo blind when you can see all the intricate details of their actions. I was able to watch this bird preen for a long time and survey the area before taking off. It was magnificent
@Nicole thanks!
@Maria I believe the blind is about 15 meters from the snag
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Gary Williams' sudden decision to retire not only led to an intriguing search but also to a debate about the best coaching jobs in college basketball.
Here's what matters to coaches: access to talent, tradition, support from the community and campus, facilities. Here's what doesn't: recent success.
So of course Maryland is high on the list of the best jobs, even if the Terps missed the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
1. NORTH CAROLINA. How many kids in America wouldn't take Carolina's call?
2. UCLA. The location and tradition are incredible, but agents prowling the region threaten to knock this one down the list.
3. TEXAS. There's so much talent and money — and minimal pressure to win it all. What more could a coach want?
4. KENTUCKY. Perhaps more than any other program, Kentucky makes certain there is life beyond basketball for those who prove themselves to be committed Wildcats.
5. OHIO STATE. The Buckeyes earned the 2011 NCAA Tournament No. 1 overall seed with a rotation featuring six in-state recruits.
6. INDIANA. This state produced Greg Oden, Mike Conley and Gordon Hayward for others, but the best are starting to join the Hoosiers again.
7. KANSAS. If getting talent weren't such a chore, KU would fight UNC for the top spot.
8. DUKE. With Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is the country's most powerful program. What will it be when he retires?
9. MARYLAND. The area they're now calling the DMV—D.C./Maryland/Northern Virginia—might be the country's richest talent mine.
10. ARIZONA. The brand name Lute Olson established makes this program a factor with nearly every player west of the Rockies.


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Canada's commodity-sensitive dollar closed slightly lower Tuesday as a stronger U.S. greenback pressured prices for oil and copper.
The loonie slipped 0.03 of a cent from Monday's close to $1.0162 (U.S.).
The U.S. dollar strengthened amid growing concerns about a political standoff in Washington over the U.S. government's debt ceiling.
On Tuesday, Fitch Ratings warned that the United States could lose its top credit rating for the second time if there's a delay in raising the ceiling.
Congress has to increase the country's debt limit by March 1 or face a potential default. There are fears that the debate will descend into the sort of squabbling and political brinksmanship that marked the last effort to raise the ceiling in the summer of 2011.
The higher U.S. dollar helped send commodities lower because a stronger greenback makes it more expensive for holders of other currencies to buy oil and metals that are dollar-denominated.
February crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed down 86 cents to $93.28 a barrel.
March copper was unchanged at $3.64 a pound while February bullion gained $14.50 to $1,683.90 an ounce.
On the economic calendar, the Canadian Real Estate Association says the number of home sales fell 17.4 per cent last month compared with the previous December. They were also down 0.5 per cent compared with November.
However, the average price in December was up 1.6 per cent from a year ago at $352,800 (Canadian) and – excluding Vancouver and Toronto – the average price was up 3.3 per cent compared with a year ago.
In the U.S., the Commerce Department reported that December retail sales were up 0.5 per cent, better than the 0.2 per cent rise that economists had expected.
The strong retail showing was a relief to traders who worried that consumer spending would slow during the month amid a tense debate in Congress over tax increases and spending cut.
A 1.6 per cent jump in sales of autos and auto parts led all categories. Car companies closed out their best sales year since 2007.
Overseas, Germany's economy grew by a modest 0.7 per cent in 2012 as Europe's biggest economy slowed under the weight of the euro zone debt crisis.
No fourth-quarter figure was given for gross domestic product, but the full-year total underscored what economists have been suspecting for some time – that Germany turned in negative growth in the fourth quarter. Growth was 0.8 per cent in the first quarter, 0.3 per cent in the second and 0.2 per cent in the third.
Analyst Carsten Brzeski at ING said the numbers showed that the German economy shrank by three-tenths to four-tenths of a percentage point in the fourth quarter.


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Mali's neighbors have agreed Monday to shut their borders as part of tough sanctions aimed at forcing the leaders of last month's military coup to step down.
More from GlobalPost: Mali coup backfires
Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, decided to impose the diplomatic and financial sanctions immediately, closing all borders between Mali and 15 member states and cutting off the currency flow to the country.
The sanctions will also block imports into the country, including fuel for vehicles and generating electricity, and represent the the strictest ever imposed by ECOWAS, Britain's Daily The Telegraph reported.
"All of the applicable measures are starting today and until the constitutional order is restored," The Telegraph quoted Alassane Ouattara, the president of Ivory Coast, as saying after ECOWAS leaders met in a three-hour emergency summit.
ECOWAS also announced it would "activate" the region's standby military force, VOA reported, adding that it was unclear when any troops would deploy and with what mandate.
The measures came as local Islamists who helped Tuareg separatists seize northern towns over the weekend began imposing Sharia, or Islamic law, ransacking bars and banning Western clothes and music, Reuters quoted residents as saying.
Related: Tuaregs: 5 things you need to know
The main aim of the coup by disgruntled soldiers was to hand the military more power to tackle the two-month-old Tuareg rebellion, whose stated aim is to carve out a homeland in Mali northern desert region.
However, instead is has emboldened the rebels to make further gains in an already troubled region, Reuters wrote.
Timbuktu residents said local Ansar Dine Islamists, who seized the town alongside Tuareg separatists on Sunday, had said they would impose Islamic law.
And in the northern city of Gao, Islamists were ransacking bars and hotels serving alcohol, locals said, while in Kidal music had reportedly been barred from radio stations and Western-style clothes banned.
ECOWAS has recognized the rebel threat, with Ouattara calling on "armed groups to halt their advance towards the south."
The Maliian junta, meantime, said it was ready to consult with civilians over a transition of power but said the priority remained the fight against the rebels.
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In Florida, a more accurate title most of the time would be Six Slightly Irritated Folks.
Florida, like most states, routinely uses juries of only six members. The exception is for first-degree murder, which gets a 12-member jury.
But to Alisa Smith, a University of Tampa criminologist who also works as a public defender, six of one is definitely not as good as a dozen of the other.
Smith argues that Florida's jury system is unconstitutional. This Friday, she'll get a long-shot chance at having the U.S. Supreme Court take up her claim.
"That Florida has only six-person juries in felony prosecutions," Smith says, "and one of the highest rates of wrongful conviction, is important."
This has come up before.
In fact, the landmark 1970 Supreme Court case that approved smaller juries in the first place comes from Florida. The court called the tradition of 12-member juries just a "historical accident."
But then in 1978, the court struck down the use of five-member juries in Georgia.
Got that?
Six is hunky-dory.
Five — nope, that's unconstitutional.
Even the Supreme Court knew that it was splitting hairs, saying: "We readily admit that we do not pretend to discern a clear line between six members and five."
I asked Smith why the court should reconsider its 1970 ruling. She said there is plenty of modern research showing that a six-member jury is fundamentally different — less deliberative, more subject to peer pressure, less diverse.
"Twelve jurors deliberate longer," she said. "They have better recall. There are six more sets of ears listening. If you're in the minority, you're more likely to have another person who agrees with you."
I asked: Well, even if 12 is better than six, so what? If 18 were even better, should that be our standard? Is there a "constitutional right" to have a 12-member jury?
Smith said the problem is the way that Florida uses both.
Those accused of one capital crime, first-degree murder, get 12 jurors, even though a lot of them end up getting life in prison instead of death.
Yet those accused of other crimes carrying an equally severe sentence of life in prison only get six jurors. In many states they would get 12.
"You can get life pretty readily in the state of Florida," Smith said, so those cases deserve 12 jurors too.
(By the way, the case Smith is appealing never got much press. It involves a Hillsborough man convicted of molesting his daughter years before. The case hinged especially on which testimony the jury believed.)
As I said, Smith's petition to the Supreme Court is a long shot. In fact, this is the third time Smith has tried in recent years. One of those times she at least got a nibble when the court asked the state to file an answer.
Attorney General Bill McCollum's office sent me the legal brief it put together last year. The state argues that the 1970 case is the established law of the land; that the 1978 Georgia case left Florida's situation unchanged; and that Smith's speculations hardly rise to the standard for the Supreme Court to take up the case.
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I was following the thread about the 11 year old that needed a wakeskate because I too have an 11 year old that needs his first board.

I am not having any luck finding something smaller than 40 - other than the mini wakeskate. BUT, it doesn't have fins and I think he will really need them.

The new New Wakeskate website was suppose to open Aug 1 but it hasn't yet. I was hoping they would have something else....

Anyway can someone direct me to a 40" or smaller wakeskate that has fins and grip tape at a starter price??

Thanks!!
http://www.skate12gauge.com/Results.cfm?secondary=4&category=2

http://www.devotid.com/onward38.html

FLAKE FLIPPIN FLAPJACK- http://www.oakwakeskates.com/#

Harlos- http://www.wakeskateworld.com/

I dont know exactly what your looking for. But those are some ideas.
FJK, the Mini from New would be your best bet I can give you an e-mail to contact them if you're interested
Montgomery, please let me know what the e-mail address is but, while I agree it is the perfect size board I really think I need to find something with fins. Plus, from what I have been reading it sounds like grip tape is the way to go??

The boards on the websites above are a little more pricey than I wanted to go for a starter board and are still a little big....

There has got to be a good kids board out there somewhere....
FJK, I think Levelthirtn makes a 38" flat deck. I cant find anything online for them though.

But the New Mini is probably the best way to go. And just think of it this way, its still cheaper then a wakeboard.
I believe the mini is $90 w/o fins and $100 with fins

contact@ne wwakeskates.com <--- NewWakeskates e-mail
or you can contact Barrett on WakeSkating.com
http://www.wakeskating.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=5468
by the way don't be afraid to try a bi level I know it's all personal preference but bi levels are awesome I love em I have 2 Devotid bi levels and they're both fun as hell to ride
Thanks for the info....I will follow up with the New Mini wakeskate. But from what I seen it was $90 with no graphics and $100 with graphics - neither had fins??

My 11 year old is really into skateboarding and he does pretty good with it. He already has a wakeboard but he wants to try out wakeskating.

He does a lot of tricks with the skateboard - most I have no idea what the names are. He is wanting to get into the airial tricks with the wakeskate that he can do with his skate board. So that is why I am looking for a small wakeskate.
FJK, there is a very good chance he will prefer no fins, but if you look on wakeskating.com you can buy some off someone for really cheap because most dont use them. i personally have a shoe box full of fins that i will never use. pm me your address and i can send you some out if you really want some, no cost.

Im stoked that you are into his riding and that you are looking into things like size and all. because most kids start out on boards that are way too big for them because thats what the guy at the shop says. I wish more companies made smaller wakeskates for kids or for guys that just like smaller decks.
just listen to mitch, hes the man
Mitch IS the man. He is hooking me up with some fins and getting me squared away with what I need!!
hahaha lucky you. hope he has fun
I would look into the Oak Ben Horan.
That board is hot.

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BARCELONA, Spain, April 19 (UPI) -- Gael Monfils and Nicolas Almagro claimed tight victories Tuesday in second-round play of the Barcelona Open tennis tournament in Spain.
Monfils, seeded seventh, topped Robin Haase 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. Monfils won one more point (93-92) over the course of the match but took 60 percent of the points in the third set, when he recorded three of his five breaks on the day.
Almagro, the No. 8 seed, needed nearly two hours in getting past Pablo Andujar 7-5, 7-6 (7-1). Almagro was good on just 46 percent of his first serves and survived despite dropping serve three times.
The rest of the matches Tuesday were first-round affairs and included wins by two seeded players and an upset. No. 9 Richard Gasquet defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 2-6, 7-6, (7-2), 6-4 and 15th-seeded Milos Raonic swept by Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-2, but Nikolay Davydenko capped the day's action with a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) decision over 10th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Also advancing Tuesday to the second round were Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Ivan Dodig, Simon Greul, Feliciano Lopez, Kei Nishkori, Carlos Berlocq and Juan Carlos Ferrero.


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With art fair week minutes from kick-off in NYC, Cool Hunting takes a moment to introduce Canadian artist Alex McLeod. Represented by Angell Gallery (check them at Pulse from March 3 to 6, 2011), McLeod specializes in fusing computer generated imagery and painting. This two-sided technique allows for full exploration of fantasy worlds – the core subject of the artists work.
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Amazon is continuing their video game sale today with 50% off select Action Video Games.
I am not a gamer so I don't recognize most of these games but there are ALOT of them on sale.
You can sort at the top of the list by which gaming console you have so that should give you a quick overview of what is happening.
Some of these prices are very low so be sure to check out the Action Video Game Sale if you have a gamer in your house!


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alright, so I have been collecting bank statements and trying to collect statements from the CC that is now owned by the same bank as my checking account (BofA - just passed a stress test - I guess that is good).
It is clear that for years the same agreed amount has been electronically withdrawn from my account to pay the CC every month. So on that side I have proof and am 'good'.
I am still waiting for a year's worth of statements from the CC, but what I have now seems interesting. It shows that for about 8 months or so I was in an 'agreed payment' mode of $85 a month which shows 'paid' every month, but it also shows a 'past due amount' balance of $493. This 'past due amount' stays the same every month for 8 months, then magically disappears without affecting the total balance and there was no extra payment of the $493. Just a slow consistent payment of $85 per month. So for those 8 months (and more) I have 120+ days late on my CR.
I am waiting on the previous year of statements so I can see when this seemingly magical 'past due amount' became a reality, and possibly how.
I entered into the $85 agreement over the phone unfortunately - nothing in writing. I just trusted that when I entered into a 'payment agreement' for $85 and paid it every month, that's how it would be reported.
Confused and aggravated - statements cost $5 per month - I am now down $120 to find out if they screwed me or not. Sounds like maybe they would remove the late payments if I wrote a GW letter after I have paid everything in full?
I also want to reopen the account when I am finished - which is soon. The account was closed by me and sounds like I have the option to reopen. I don't want them to remove the history because it is an old account.
Sounds like the 85$ a month did not cover the min payment and you got hit with a late fee and things snowed balled from there.
or hopefully it was a bank error.
good luck with it.
I would think that almost ever CC has a online access to your account. All mine allow me to go back at least 1 year on statements. I would have thought BoA would have online access to your account also, could have just done a print out and saved the 120.00
yes - BOFA allows up to 1 year back. All of these statements date before that. I had to order all of 2007 and all of 2006.
The interesting thing is there was no 'late fee'. There was just a seemingly arbritrary 'past due amount'. Then one day it was just gone.
Not sure how or why that was there. BofA won't give me any legitimate answer. They say, well it could be because of this. They don't seem to know. Hence I am collecting all the statements myself and trying to piece it together - then make my case.
I don't know what else to do or am not aware of any other path to take.
I would say your doing right thing. If they can not explain it.
best of luck, please inform the thread of your results, I would be interested ( just for the AHH HA factor) to know if it was a bank error.
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Perhaps worth mentioning also is that on plumbed in applications where line pressure is used, a regulator could be inexpensively installed upstream of the pump. This would allow regulation of pressure into the pump at some level just below the line pressure fluctuation. And that would keep pump pressure very constant.
Also, I just took apart a procon pump head I had sitting here. The regulator in it is spring based, not diaphragm based. What this means is that regulated outlet pressure does not vary with inlet pressure. I have no idea why we have been hearing so long that inlet and outlet are related. Based on this pump I'm staring at, it does not appear to be true.
The related inlet-outlet pressure would only apply if the working pressure was below the regulator set pressure (as might be the case if it were an emergency / safety valve). I don't think that's the case though. Don't most machines use this regulator to adjust brew pressure?
There is another regulator in there too, but it allows flow to bypass the pump, presumably to protect the pump mechanism if inlet pressure rises too high.
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Friday, February 06, 2009
Lake Research Partners Poll Shows Dan Sullivan Narrowly Leading Eric Croft In 2009 Anchorage, Alaska Mayoral Race
Andrew Halcro was first off the mark on this info. A Lake Research Partners poll of 500 likely Anchorage voters shows that the two biggest names in Anchorage's 2009 mayoral race have the greatest name recognition. And it shows that conservative Dan Sullivan (pictured at left) has slightly forged ahead of left-of-center Eric Croft. Alaska Report also picked up on this story, and referred to a press release from Eric Croft that has not been posted on his official campaign website.
Here are the numbers:
-- Dan Sullivan: 21 percent
-- Eric Croft: 18 percent
-- Another Candidate: 33 percent
-- Undecided: 28 percent
The poll did not provide a breakout of the other candidates, although no other candidate received more than 13 percent. The latter number implies the potential of more than just a two-person race. The interesting question is where would Eric Croft be at this point if two other lefties, Matt Claman and Sheila Selkregg, weren't in the race. I sense an effort by progressives to try to coalesce around Croft. In contrast, Sullivan has most of his core constituency to himself, although Paul Honeman and, to a lesser degree Walt Monegan could make inroads. Honeman has already been running an aggressive advertising campaign; I see his ads appended as the leaders to nearly every KTUU news video lately.
Because the Croft campaign retained Lake Research Partners as the official campaign pollster, we can assume that Eric Croft commissioned the poll.
The candidate filing period is in effect until Friday February 13th at 5:00 P.M. Visit the Municipality's Election Page, which has a partial list of candidates, for more information. Here's the full list of mayoral candidates, with links to websites where available:
-- Dan Sullivan: December 2007 press release outlining his vision HERE.
-- Eric Croft: Official campaign website HERE. Myspace website HERE.
-- Paul Honeman: Official campaign website HERE. Myspace website HERE.
-- Walt Monegan: Official campaign website HERE.
-- Sheila Selkregg: Official campaign website HERE.
-- Merica Hlatcu - ran unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2006
-- Jacob Seth Kern - Official campaign website HERE.
-- Dominic S.F. Lee - President and CEO of Little Susitna Construction
-- Melanie K. Leydon
-- Larry Shooshanian
-- Phil Isley
The Anchorage Press published an article on December 11th providing more background on some candidates.
APOC summaries on municipal candidates available HERE.
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