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So I started searching the internet and quickly found the VideoHelp.com forum. There are a bunch of questions and answers on this topic (I especially liked the guide to backing up a DVD to your harddisk and the DVDFab or AnyDVD thread.
I decided to do this in 2 steps:
1. Copy the DVD to my harddisk
Most (or should I say all?) DVD's are encrypted so you need to decrypt them before you can copy them to your harddisk. There are several programs out there but I decided to use AnyDVD. I'm very happy with the result so far. Make sure you get the lifetime upgrades version. Decryption changes all the time so you really need to stay up to date.
2. Copy it from my harddisk to another format
I haven't decided which program I'm going to use yet but it's definitely going to be BD Rebuilder or MakeMKV. I will post the results here asap.
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Fyi you don't need bd rebuilder if you are not using blurays at all. So far as I know it has nothing to do with dvds.
Makemkv should be ok to either make an h264 mkv or to simply leave it untouched and packed into a mkv.
There are countless guides out there.
IF you can be more specific about what codec you want to use and rough estimate of file size requirements we can get you going in the right direction. Of course remember generally speaking the smaller the file size the lower the quality will be regardless of the codec you use. Some codecs will be better than others at a given file size but all will break down if you try to make a 2 hour movie into something ridicously small. Just bare that in mind with whatever hard drive space you have allocated for this project of yours.
Edit - also will you just be playing back on a computer or are you going to do streaming to a game console or networked bluray player? Are you going to use a streaming settop unit like the roku devices? Are you going to use a wdtv media player?
Reason for asking is each has certain limitations and requirements in order for smooth playback. Somethings aren't universal and won't work on EVERY device you play it on. Its getting better these days with wider playback support and features but any standalone is not as versatile as a desktop computer would be (or laptop naturally). The wdtv media player and its close competitors (close in terms of features offered) are the closest you can get to a mini computer that will play virtually anything you throw at it - of course there are still some odd ball files you can get that even they won't like that would require reencoding.Donatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw?
yoda313 - Dragonchaser is NOT asking for help. He's telling us what he's already decided to do.
Dragonchaser - we're glad the site is useful to you and if you do have questions feel free to ask, but we really don't need a blow by blow account of your personal ripping experience. We already know what it's like and you've told us nothing so far that anybody but a newbie doesn't already know.
Have you considered what you're going to do when your hard drive dies that you are ripping to? The reason I mention this is that we're getting a LOT of posts where the newbie follows the following sequence of events.
1) Newbies rips all his media to a hard drive.
2) Original discs are sold, given away or thrown in the trash.
3) Hard drives dies a few years later with most or all of the data being lost.
4) Tears and anguish follow.
Might want to think about backing up that hard drive there chief if you're going down that path of getting rid of your discs. Maybe you aren't getting rid of your discs at all, but lots of people do and those who do seem to generally believe that hard drives live forever and there's no need for backups of them.
BD Rebuilder can be used with decrypted dvds now if you only want the main movie. I'm not sure it is the best choice for re-encoding to mkv or mp4 with X264, but it will work for this purpose. Though I'm a big fan of the program, easily accessed, fine control over the X264 encoder is not its strong suit. I'd use Handbrake or Vidcoder for this conversion.
MakeMKV can put the main movie into an mkv file without changing the codecs used in the movie, but it will not compress to smaller sized files if that is what you are intending to do.
Welcome Dragonchaser to VH.com, is there a point to this thread?
I have an old file server which is not being used anymore. I'll just throw a couple of big disks in there and then make backups or mirror so hard rives crashing aren't really on top of my worry list for now.
Dragonchaser: I would recommend using Vidcoder as your converter. Once you have everything configured to your liking, save your preset. I think .mkv is a good format to convert to. It is good you are making backups. Be sure to report back at how this all works out for you. If you have any problems, that you can't easily find an answer to, I am sure you will find some helpful advice from your fellow members here at VideoHelp.
If you have the room, keep your DVDs, because there is always the possibility of some new, better format coming down the pike. If the DVD's are taking up a lot of room you could get a disc wallet or DVD cases that hold ten disks at a time. Please don't fall into the trap of going for a 700mb size target for everything. The CFR of 20 is pretty good that you chose in Vidcoder. If you have some extra cash, snap of an LG 3D Blu Ray player, as I did and it is terrific to be able to watch stuff of the hard drive on the TV.
Your thread has no point except to say "I'm going to rip a bunch of stuff, isn't that cool?" I admire your enthusiasm, but really, we don't need to know that you're going to rip a bunch of stuff.
MOVIEGEEK and I seem to be the only people who understand that you have yet to ask even one question, despite the many assumptions that you are looking for help. I've made my point and I wish you no evil, so others who wish to chase dragons, so to speak, can "help" you with your unasked questions if they wish to do so.
We're not attempting to answer questions. The rest of us are simply pointing out that the tools he has chosen may not be optimal, depending on the ultimate use of his movie collection. If he has quite a lot of room, he can save time and effort by not converting anything at all and still play them from the computer.
And the funny thing is, no one except you jman98 is being an asshat about it.
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And the funny thing is, no one except you jman98 is being an asshat about it.
I had to stop because I'm running out of disk space. At an average of about 6 GB per movie my free disk space is shrinking rapidly. I think I'll buy some kind of Network Attached Storage device (cheapest I was able to find was a 4 bay Mediasonic on Amazon).
Vidcoder instead of MakeMKV but I haven't gotten to that yet...
I fail to understand why some people are so intolerant about this thread. I just wanted to share something that's completely new to me...
Dragonchaser: Don't be ashamed about your enthusiasm about archiving your DVD Collection. It is clear to me that you are studying the website and learning about options to organize your collection. I am glad you are keeping your DVDs. I sympathize that your hard drive space is being eaten up so quickly. You mentioned Vidcoder, as at some point your going to be encoding to the h.264 format with the goal of achieving a smaller file size while having pretty close to same quality you began with.
When you begin to realize how complex doing quality encodes/compression, and how long it takes to do all that encoding, I suspect spending the money on more drive space will start looking a lot better.
Dragonchaser, there is a platform for your thread: it's called a blog. Go forth and opine.Flying around and ready to bite.
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Democrats and Republicans in Washington each had spent two years counting on Tuesday�s election to give their party the upper hand in their furious cage match over federal spending and debt. But both tribes of gladiators awoke Wednesday to more of the same: Democrats still hold the White House and Senate; Republicans still hold the House.
Guaranteed gridlock? Not necessarily. With Washington�s power equation constant, this is, surprisingly, the ideal moment to take unpopular steps and rescue our government from potential doomsdays � the first of them scheduled for Jan. 1, less than eight weeks away:
If leaders of both parties swallow their pride for a few weeks, this lame-duck Congress and re-elected president could give the American people a marvelous holiday present: the sort of �Go Big� deal that almost erupted in mid-2011. If, though, Democrats and Republicans maintain their rigidity of recent years, they�ll blithely squander a perfect opportunity, further imperiling this nation and its slow-growth, jobs-starved economy.
Democrats and Republicans, make this happen together and neither party can hold it against the other in the 2014 election cycle: Most Americans will be grateful, and those who gripe will blame all of you. For both parties, then, equivalent (and low) risks.
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In 54 days, unless Democrats and Republicans cut a deal (or chicken out and delay), our economy likely begins to topple off what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke labeled a fiscal cliff. Taxes will rise sharply, automatic triggers will slash federal spending and economic growth will plummet. The Congressional Budget Office expects another recession.
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Kids today are ****ing soft .... Hangover ? Pffff ,,, just start drinkin" again and it goes away. Quit being a ***.
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nobody forced you to put that beer in your hands...sounds to me ya just cant hang...get back on the porch, sally***...lol
never been to hungover to surf, but i agree that they are get worse and worse. i too, have cut back on my drinking...just isnt as much fun anymore
Who Gets hangovers??
Just drink lots of water before and while your drinking and you'll be fine regardless of the qtty of alcohol.. although if your drinking really cheap stuff it can get to you...
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I can honestly say, I have never been too hungover to surf. No matter how hammered/messed up I was and how I late I stayed up, I went out. If you live on the East Coast, you can't pick and choose your days. Even if you feel like complete sh&! you have to make the effort to go out; I always felt better (at least for a little bit) while surfing. I turned 30 this year and like the other guys said, I don't drink a lot or at all when I know I'm gonna get up and surf the next morning; it's just not worth it to feel like garbage in the lineup. It sucks you missed the surf, but thanks for the sacrifice and I wouldn't expect too much sympathy on the forum.
You gotta find a way to get it done. Missing anything cool due to hangover is unacceptable. Missing good surf for a hangover is gd blasphemous. Follow the advice of all the others or simply just punch yourself in the face. Piss poor effort man. Piss poor.


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DOE to award $120M to team led by Argonne National Lab for joint research hub on batteries and energy storage; 5-5-5 goal
30 November 2012
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected a multi-partner team led by Argonne National Laboratory for an award of up to $120 million over five years to establish a new Batteries and Energy Storage Hub. (Earlier post.) The award, based on results, is renewable for another 5 years.
The Hub, to be known as the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), will combine the R&D capabilities of five DOE national laboratories, five universities, and four private firms in an effort aimed at achieving revolutionary advances in battery performance, targeting electric and hybrid cars and the electricity grid. The goal, said Eric Isaacs, Director of Argonne National Laboratory, is "5-5-5. We will develop batteries that are five times more powerful and five times cheaper within 5 years. Factors of five are what we need to transform transportation and the power grid."
We will invent at the molecular scale new complex materials and design transformational prototype battery systems that can be engineered for manufacturing.—Eric Issacs
When you have to deliver the goods very very quickly, you need to put the best scientists next to the best engineers across disciplines to get very focused on solving the problem.—Energy Secretary Steven Chu
The new Hub will integrate efforts at several successful independent research programs into a larger, coordinated effort designed to push the limits on battery advances.
JCESR (pronounced "J-Caesar") will be directed by George W. Crabtree, Argonne Senior Scientist, Distinguished Fellow and Associate Division Director; Distinguished Professor of Physics, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago; and an internationally recognized leader in energy research.
The Hub will bring together some of the most advanced energy storage research programs in the US today. Other national labs partnering with Argonne include Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Sandia National Laboratories; and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
University partners include Northwestern University; University of Chicago; University of Illinois-Chicago; University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; and University of Michigan.
Four industrial partners have also joined to help clear a path to the marketplace for the advances developed at JCESR, including Dow Chemical Company; Applied Materials, Inc.; Johnson Controls, Inc.; and Clean Energy Trust.
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is providing $5 million through his Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction plan to help build the state-of-the-art JCESR facility, which will be located on the Argonne National Laboratory campus in suburban Chicago. Additionally, the Governor has committed to working with the General Assembly to provide an additional $30 million in future capital funding for the building, which will serve as a nationwide center for energy storage research and is a key part of the governor's plan to create jobs and grow Illinois' economy through cutting-edge innovation.
Selected through an open national competition with a rigorous merit review process that relied on outside expert reviewers, JCESR is the fourth Energy Innovation Hub established by the Energy Department since 2010. Other Hubs are devoted to modeling and simulation of nuclear reactors, achieving major improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings, and developing fuels from sunlight. A fifth Hub focused on critical materials research was announced earlier this year and is still in the application process.
Energy Innovation Hubs are major integrated research centers with researchers from many different institutions and technical backgrounds that combine basic and applied research with engineering to accelerate scientific discovery in critical energy areas. They are modeled after the strong scientific management characteristics of the Manhattan Project, Lincoln Lab at MIT that developed radar, AT&T Bell Laboratories that developed the transistor and, more recently, the highly successful Bioenergy Research Centers established during the Bush Administration to pioneer advanced techniques in biotechnology, including biofuels.
Over the decades, DOE national laboratories and DOE-funded university research programs have been responsible for some of the most important advances in battery technology. For example, key battery improvements developed at Argonne helped make the Chevy Volt battery possible.
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"...5 times more powerful..."
Do they mean 5 times the energy density? We have batteries with enough power to shred the rubber off the tires now.
Of course, the upside of more power is they fast charge better and usually have better cycle life.
Hell, I would have been really happy with 2-2-2-5: 2 times more powerful, 2 times more energy density, 2 times cheaper within 5 years. LOL
We're closer than people think. These people asking for 500-1,000 mile range on EVs are wasting our time. Not needed and getting people into that mind set is the problem.
A 200 mile range with 10 minute fast chargers would be good enough for easily 95% of the population if they were being honest with themselves.
This is good, but it appears the goal is to produce prototype batteries in that 5 year time frame. Good sure, but then you'll still need 3 years for production ramp-up, testing and qualification. I wouldn't expect these in 2017, but in the cars of 2020. That said, 5x capacity is 1000Wh/kg (vs 200 for today's modern 18650 cells), and 5x cheaper is around $80/kWh (good luck hitting that price). If they can hit these targets we'll be in EV heaven!
The problem they should be pushing is how to test, to prove and to scale up current lab batteries to production level and to do so ASAP. This will accelerate acceptance of EVs greatly. Didn't anyone at DOE get the message from Tesla? Increase the range of EVs and the drivers will buy. If Tesla had a $25,000, 200 mile EV that could keep up with freeway traffic, they could sell a million a year.
There are companies with completed-research, working, near-production, prototype batteries right now. In fact Dow has a battery ready for production that is a 15% increase in density over current batteries. Nissan has announce a 15% increase in the range of their 2013 Leaf mostly because of a more dense battery. We don't need another research fund, We need to bring current improved batteries to market.
It only takes one advance going into production to put batteries over the performance threshold to be ICE-killers. The silicon-graphene-amylopectin advance appears to be such. That battery would make hybridization a no-brainer, and being able to charge at 30 C would allow a sub-5-minute recharge after 2 hours of driving.
Reducing cost is good, but not essential; if performance goes up far enough, the battery becomes cost-effective at the same price per kWh.
Interesting years ahead for long range electrified vehicles.
I agree with E-P, if one or more of the latest battery technologies is mass produced in 5 years time, we will have practical affordable long range EVs by 2020 or so.
By the way, that's what I maintained for the last 2 or 3 years?
Note: By making those future much higher performance batteries 'modular plug-ins' , EV owners could select the e-range at will and/or add extra modules latter for longer e-range, if really required. By starting with less modules, the initial EV cost would be much lower. Total car weight would also be lower for more Km per charge etc.
If they accomplish this, (5x the energy density) they will have reached (in 5 short years) the practical theoretical limits of electrochemical storage. (practical means, rechargeable, producible and long lived)
Sorry, but I've been reading such predictions for years and I won't fall for it. Call me when you've done it. Otherwise, promise nothing. I'm tired of it.
CalBattery has a graphite anode with embedded nano-silicon that stores 525 Wh/Kg in lithium-ion batteries. It came out of the Argonne lab.
Envia has a cathode that stores 400 Wh/kg in lithium-ion batteries. This has been confirmed by the Electrochemical Power Systems Department at the Naval Surface Warfare Center.
400 Wh/kg is more than 3x better than what is in the Nissan Leaf. A very solid 200 mile range is fine for almost anyone as long as they have access to Level 3 chargers on long trips.
Cost is simply a matter of scale. The materials, purchased in bulk, are not expensive. Lithium, high-purity, battery-grade lithium hydroxide range from $6,000 to $7,000 per tonne. The Nissan Leaf battery pack uses 4kg, <$30 of lithium. Manufacturing, large scale, can be largely automated thus minimizing labor costs.
Seems to me we could get to where we need to be in less than five years.
Really, all we ever needed was a big market for traction batteries without a lot of nonsense legal requirements. We could have had PHEVs in the 1970's or even 1960's with brush-type motor-generators if the regulators hadn't been fixated on ICEVs and considered traction batteries a "pollution control device" requiring a 10-year warranty. It wouldn't have mattered if they only lasted 3 years if they were cheap enough to replace.
Once a billion-dollar-a-year traction battery market existed, the relentless forces of applied R&D would have done the rest. We're getting to it about 30-40 years late.
5 minutes recharge for LDV and 200 miles AER gives us need of 55 kWh/5min or 660 kW (0,66 MW) capacity charger for single car. They are not existing but if existing they would require enormous investment into infrustructure and power price for such charging would be ten fold. It would be more crasy project than hydrogen highway.
I am strong proponent of PHEV (EREV) with available slow night time charging. Range extender could be based on any synthetic fuel and super LDV ICE application.
This is inspiring and worth investing for in my view, for future long term leadership. But shorter term I would be very happy next year if one of my preffered German car vendors, instead of kidding us with iStupidities, could just take same 85KWH top battery used in Tesla Model S, cut its cost by 2x, and put that in an decent SUV with an ICE range exterder optimized for non-tracting pure-generator and very few usages per year. With its >300M pure EV range and its far greater instant power allowing to move to a drive train exclusively on electric motors, that existing game changer battery would allow a comfortable # 1 x charge per week for my usual dayly commutes, plus # 1 charge per average week end away from home, all on slow charging plugs at home or work, ZERO Petrol for 90% of my milleage.... But then since I can only have one real car at home, and want to remain free to leave at any time and do >800M per day for long trips or vacations, to places where fast charging will not be readily available in the next 20 years, I want a Range Extender, period. Just a Tesla Model x with a Range Exterder, and <60K Euros and I jump in the PHEV wagon...
By 2020 or so, many ICEVs will do 50 mpg, many HEVs will do close to 70 mpge and many PHEVs will do 125 mpge with much lighter more aerodynamic bodies and more efficient drive trains.
By 2020 or so, new updated BEVs with next generation energy storage units and light weight bodies will do 10+ Km/kWh and handle 800+ Km per quick charge and/or slow overnight charge.
The current decade will be difficult because the essential high performance storage units and light materials may not be mass produced at an affordable price before 2020 or so. However, during the next decade 2020-2030, we will see BEVs competing (successfully) with ICEVs, HEVs and PHEVs most everywhere.
Till then, lower price (50 to 70 mph) HEVs may be acceptable interim solutions?
5 minutes recharge for LDV and 200 miles AER gives us need of 55 kWh/5min or 660 kW (0,66 MW) capacity charger for single car. They are not existing but if existing they would require enormous investment into infrustructure and power price for such charging would be ten fold.You can do that pretty easily with local flywheel storage as a buffer. Feed in 13.2 kV @ 20 A and you can spin the flywheels back up in 12.5 minutes for a capacity of roughly 5 vehicles per hour.
Flywheel storage can also be used for grid regulation and other purposes; there are a number of different revenue streams which could help amortize such an investment.
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I just overheard a 15-year-old girl at a convenience store tell the clerk all about her weekend, which included going to a party and getting so drunk she threw up and passed out, prompting her father to take away her phone.
Good for him. I hope he withheld the aspirin the next morning as well.
Anyone who knew me in high school in the '80s is probably laughing out loud about now. Yes, I was part of lots of alcohol-related mayhem, the details of which you'll just have to wait for the book (I'm just glad the chain saw wouldn't start). But — and if it sounds like an excuse, it is — things were different 30 years ago. When students voted for senior class favorites, one of the categories was "best partier." Which could be construed as an official sanction of our weekend idiocy (one that directly led to two of my friends being killed in alcohol-related car wrecks, yet it didn't change anything in the culture at the time).
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Parents frequently allowed kids to drink in their homes, the justification being that they would be drinking anyway, and at least there was an adult present to monitor things. They left out the inconvenient fact that the adult was, more often than not, drinking as well.
But maybe it took a generation of kids growing up under such lax rules to realize how dangerous that attitude is. I'm still friends with at least a dozen of my high school friends, all of whom at one point or another did things for which they could've been arrested. I ran with a group of guys known for being a bit nutty. Yet we survived. And now, we wouldn't think of letting our kids do the things we did.
Not that parents necessarily "let" us, though some did. I think parents today are far more aware of what their kids are up to. As I love to tell my kids, there is not one thing — short of obtaining a nuclear bomb and setting it off for fun — that they're allowed to do that we weren't.
Which brings me to my four daughters. One has already made it through the teen years relatively unscathed by partying. Now she's in her 20s, and I have a fresh set of worries. My real fear is that two of the next three have the last name of Hicks.
It's in the blood
I won't get into details, other than to say that both my genetic lines — the Hicks family and my father's Irish-Scottish family — are full of people who don't necessarily run in terror from a no-host bar. In fact, I'm fairly certain that back in the Old World, an outnumbered Hicks clan flattened the battlefields of many rival clans after someone pointed out that there was a party on the other side of the war zone.
But back to the convenience store girl — and the notion that drinking whatever is thrust in teens' hands at parties and suffering through the consequences as some sort of rite of passage is still intact. For me, what's even more alarming than my daughters' genetics is their gender. This isn't a sexist thing; it's a biology thing.
High school girls are targets for boys who mistake sex for something to brag about to their friends. Girls also weigh less, meaning that when it comes to drinking games, they suffer more easily. Boys know this, as does anyone who has followed the story of the 15-year-old Saratoga High School girl who committed suicide in September after photos of high school boys sexually battering her went viral. The girl was intoxicated and unconscious at the time. She said on Facebook that it was the worst day of her life. Three 16-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Unfortunately, it's just one of several national news stories that have played out with similar tragic consequences for everyone. The good news is that it's seemed to have sparked a national dialogue about the conversations we need to have with our kids. Talking about sex and the realities of alcohol is not an easy conversation, but it's one that couldn't be more important. Girls need to know what boys may be up to. Boys need to know that alcohol manipulation is not OK. They all need to know that none of it leads anywhere good.
Which is why I'll be doing my best to keep my kids out of the party scene by steering them toward activities we used to think were nerdy. Besides, it's the nerds who run society and make all the money. For any parent, that's pretty much a win-win.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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I bought the Avent Niplette about 5 months ago. For the first few days I was sick in bed so I got to really test it out. Even than, I could only keep it on for about 3 hours at a time, tops. They ALWAYS FALL OFF even if i just make sudden movements or they brush against loose clothing. The only way they would not fall off is if i stood completely still for the amount of time reccommended (8 hours I believe?) It's unrealistic. They did make a difference after those few days though, they definitely stood out more of the time and more prominantly especially when cold/aroused. But the effect wore off after about a week of using them a little less. I imagine this product would be great if anyone was truly able to keep them on for the proper time, but I can't imagine this being possible. I also wonder how permanent the effects really are... I will continue to use it whenever I get the chance because I still have some hope. Also, I found they sucked up a great deal of my aerola into the cup and was wondering if anyine else experienced this or if this could be damaging/stretching the aerola in any way... Thank you


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Tips from Mark W. Persons
A typical view of the M. W. Persons shop. Ideas abound when products are installed at radio stations and when they come to the Repair Shop.
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AM Tips:
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AM Gas and Air Arc Gaps
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AM Unipole Detuning
AM Coil Cleaning
AM Field Intensity Meter Repair
AM Receive Wire Antenna
AM Receive Loop Antenna
BE AM5E Cooling Fan Modification
Collins AM RF Switch Repaired and Improved
Collins/Continental 315R-1 5 KW Power Rock Transmitter
Dummy load modifications to make it safe
Dayton Industrial AF315 Receiver Modifications
GMC Car Radio Noise
Grounding Rod/Shorting Stick for Transmitters
Harris MW-1 PA Module Repair
Harris MW-10 Time Delay Relay
LPB 20 Watt AM Transmitter
McMartin BA-1K AM Transmitter
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RF Mixing Products on AM and FM
Tower Welding
Transmitter Pass/Reject Filter
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I'm new to this forum so please be patient. I have an 1997 Acura TL 3.2 with no modifications besides a K&N air filter.
For about 6-10 months now, the alarm will go off for NO reason. Example, the car is parked in my home garage for a couple of hours and then it just went off. I did not arm the alarm. The doors were unlocked after I got out of the car. There is no consistency either with it going off like certain times of the day or anything like that.
Yesterday i was in a parking lot and when i used my key to unlock the door, the alarm went off. when i stuck my key in the ignition and cranked it, nothing happened and the alarm continued to go off. I had to disconnect the battery, wait a few minutes, plug it in and hurry and turn the car on.
I know there is something wrong with the alarm b/c on many occasions when i press lock on the key pad, the doors will lock and then continue to lock themselves 10 or 15 times and eventually stop.
Is there ANY WAY for me to DISABLE the factory alarm?
If i do this, what alarm do yall recommend getting?
I just need something very basic. Are they hard to install?
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Former Councilwoman and Arts District Head Veletta Lill Endorses Bobby Abtahi For District 14
Philip Kingston went and grabbed the endorsement of current District 14 councilperson Angela Hunt, so Bobby Abtahi reached back and grabbed the former District 14 rep. Veletta Lill — also the most recent head of the city's Arts District — threw her support behind Abtahi's campaign Tuesday.
"What I was looking for in a candidate was someone who's collaborative, intuitive, and strategic," she said in an interview. "Collaborative to work with his colleagues and city staff, strategic to update some of those city plans."
Lill stressed Abtahi's planning experience, and his willingness to work with City Plan Commission members. District 14 is a strangely shaped district that includes parts of Uptown and downtown, Oak Lawn, the M Streets, Lower Greenville, and East Dallas. If you cross your eyes slightly while looking at a map, it looks like a horse, galloping northeast.
"You have to love the whole district," she added. "It is a wide-ranging one, and you must love it all for its diversity and for its many personalities. And I thought he had that capability, that sort-of understanding of why you have to love it all."
Last year, Hunt endorsed her former campaign treasurer in a letter:
What has most impressed me about Philip is his ability to bring people together and create coalitions. For the last several years, Philip has volunteered on behalf of more than a dozen East Dallas neighborhoods to build consensus on complex zoning cases. He's championed neighborhood causes countless times before the City Plan Commission and City Council, played an integral role in improving the St. Patrick's Day experience for residents, and led the coalition of neighborhood associations focusing on improving Lower Greenville Avenue.
The diversity of our neighborhoods demands a leader who listens to residents, understands the issues, and believes in neighborhood self-determination. Philip will be a great partner at Dallas City Hall, and I hope you will join me in supporting his campaign with your vote, your endorsement, and your support.
In a twist, Hunt's husband Paul Sims will serve as Kingston's campaign treasurer.
Abtahi and Kingston are running in a crowded field that also includes David Blewett, Kevin Curley, Chuck Kobdish, Judy Liimatainen, and Jim Rogers. No word on whether any of them have reached back to more distant District 14 reps.


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Legal aid: profession prepares to defend its case against cuts
Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, argues that the taxpayer will benefit from efficiencies in the legal aid system
Prudent housekeeper that she was, Baroness Thatcher might well have approved of plans for another £220 million worth of cuts to the £1.7 billion legal aid scheme. But the coincidental publication of the plans on the day of her death ensured they had barely a mention.
Yet the fresh round of cuts are as severe as the £350 million that took effect on April 1. Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, wants to "continue to bear down on public spending", with the aim of "boosting public confidence" and reducing the cost of legal aid.
To that end he will narrow its scope so that it goes only to those who cannot pay themselves and to cases with merit. Convicted criminals will pay towards the costs of…


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Facility Operations Maturity Model for Data Centers
An operations & maintenance (O&M) program determines to a large degree how well a data center lives up to its design intent. The comprehensive data center facility operations maturity model (FOMM) presented in this paper is a useful method for determining how effective that program is, what might be lacking, and for benchmarking performance to drive continuous improvement throughout the life cycle of the facility. This understanding enables on-going concrete actions that make the data center safer, more reliable, and operationally more efficient. NOTE: The complete FOMM is embedded in the Resources page at the end of this paper.
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Artist: Disma
Album Title: Vault of Membros
Label: Self-released
This is the first demo from Disma, an American band playing death metal, featuring Craig Pillard and Bill Venner from Incantation, plus Daryl Kahan and Shawn Eldridge from Funebrarum.
The production on this album is perfect for this style: a thick, fuzzy guitar sound with the belched vocals on top and the drums beneath them, all reinforced by the rumbling bass. Even on demo tape, this sounds better than most death metal records already...
In terms of songwriting, Disma is much more straightforward than Incantation ever was, but similarities can be seen in the riffing style. The band alternates between straight-ahead blasting sections and slower, doomy parts. The latter are truly crushing; the former will keep your interest with plenty of clever fills and guitar parts. Unlike many bands in this style, the songs are quite cohesive -- there's a lot going on in "The Vault of Membros", with easily five or six different sections all in one song, but the whole thing sounds like one tune rather than a collection of parts. As if that wasn't enough, "Chaos Apparition" serves up some insane off-kilter riffing and frantic tempo changes.
What puts Disma above most of today's death metal acts is its sheer quality: the riffs are powerful, the vocals are fucking insane, and the drumming and bass work is top-notch. There's nothing new here, but those who worship the old ways will be more than happy with this demo. Highly recommended.
Standout Tracks: "The Vault of Membros", "Chaos Apparition"


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The autumn programme for Lynn's Corn Exchange is now out and the venue has a fantastic collection of comedy, music, drama and dance acts lined up to get your tastebuds tingling.
Nina McKenna, head of programming and marketing at Alive Leisure, said: "We are really looking forward to another successful season at Lynn Corn Exchange.
"As always we have some fantastic comedy including Dawn French, Ruby Wax and Omid Djalili."
The packed stand-up comedy season starts with three sold out shows from Dawn French, Alan Davies and Stand Up & Rock featuring Jasper Carrott and The Bev Bevan Band. Chris Ramsey makes his debut at the Corn Exchange, followed by Ruby Wax with Sane New World and Omid Djalili with Iranalamadingdong. The last few tickets are available for the popular king of improvisational comedy, Ross Noble on November 8.
Nina added: "Music fans are also in for a treat with an eclectic mix from Jane McDonald to Vampires Rock! We are also trying out a couple of standing concerts with UB40 and Shane Filan so let us know what you think."
The Beautiful South legacy continues with The South starring Dave Hemmingway and Alison Wheeler, more music comes from Chas & Dave with On The Road, Jane McDonald, Blake, X Factor runner up Ray Quinn, Charlie Landsborough and more.
Nina said: "There is also Champions of Magic, An Evening of Burlesque and, of course, we are all excited to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – this year's fabulous pantomime.
"There is something for everyone – so we hope to see you soon!"
The highlight of the new autumn season at Lynn's Corn Exchange is the traditional fun-filled family pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, showing between December 5-31. Starring Sue Holderness, of Only Fools and Horses, as The Wicked Queen and returning for his fifth year by popular demand Ian Marr as Dame Dotty. Once again the cast promise a night of live music and rip-roaring adventure in true panto style.
More highlights include an award-winning Ellen Kent Production of the heart-breaking Puccini Madama Butterfly and a brand new show featuring a team of tricksters, swindlers and cheats for a spectacular night of mystery in Champions Of Magic.
Theatre's funniest parodists return with Ha Ha Hood! this time starring Su Pollard and Cannon & Ball and Stones In His Pockets is a comedy brought to life by two highly talented actors who play 15 characters between them!
For the full programme of what's in store at the Corn Exchange, pick up a copy of the new brochure or visit www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk
Tickets for all shows are available from box office on 01553 764864 or online.


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After five glorious days, Mr. Smith and I had to say goodbye to the Pine Tree State.
(Now excuse me while I cry into my keyboard.)
I believe there is a Maine-shaped void in all of our hearts that longs to be filled with salty, ocean air, bright red foliage, lighthouses, apple farms and everything else that makes Maine such a unique and magical place.
(Now excuse me while I drive back to the airport.)
Yup, Maine was just what this Clyde woman ordered. Here were some of my favorite parts of the journey:
Behold, Portland Head Light.
Wish I could tell you what year it was built or how it produces light for wayward ships, but I was too busy gaping to learn anything.
Learn more here.
My first dinner in Maine: Crab-Stuffed Lobster with Newburg Sauce.
Twas also my first lobstah evah.
(Word to the wise: You really DO need a bib when you eat these things!)
Deliciousness courtesy of Saltwater Grille in Portland.
Enjoying a bike ride along the shores of Peak's Island, a small island off the coast of Portland.
(Above is a very boring sentence summing up what was probably the best bike ride of my life.)
Just look at these carrots!!
Now look at them again!!!
And again!!!
The produce at the Portland Farmers Market was what I imagine produce in Heaven to be.
I am still disgusted. (But in a good, gastronomically-elated sort of way.)
Not disgusted enough? Visit the Portland Farmers Market webpage.
This gray, funky pumpkin was so fascinating that I couldn't resist cradling it in my arms.
(Do pumpkins make you as happy as they make me?)
My favorite memory by far: Apple picking at Snell Family Farm!!
For more info on the farm, click here.
Enjoying apple pie ice cream at Peak's Island.
It's all about apples up here.
Apples and beer, I mean. (We suggest Sebago Brewing Company!)
Maine is brimming with microbreweries which are brimming with tasty beer which means Mr. Smith was brimming with happiness:
Hmm, I have about 200 more photos left…but I guess I'll spare you.
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Noah G.wrote a review of Nixon Enamel Icon Belt - Men's on September 15, 2010
I got the ALL Black belt. According to the picture the Nixon symbol and outline is gray, but when i got it the complete buckle was black. Also I got a size small, I wear a 28-29 size pant so i though it would work according to the size chart. Well the belt is just a bit too small. Besides these problems which could be fixed the belt is very nice and a great value.


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By Bruce W. Smith / Editorial Services
No matter what brand or type of oil container you grab, there're a number of symbols and abbreviations listed on the label that help you make the right oil choice.
To start with, SAE is an abbreviation for the Society of Automotive Engineers and the SAE abbreviation on oil packages tells what viscosities the oil is capable of and, indirectly, at what ambient temperatures the oil is to be used.
Most automobile manufacturers recommend API (American Petroleum Institute)-certified oil in their engines. In fact, use a non-API-rated oil and you risk voiding engine warranty.
API certification is so highly respected because it also involves the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), vehicle and engine manufactures, technical societies, and industrial associations such as the American Chemistry Council to determine the tests and procedures that will adequately reveal the characteristics of the oil.
Certification of a manufacturer's oil is contingent on API determining that it meets the standards set forth by the International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC).
Beyond that are more detailed abbreviations on an oil container that help designate an oil's suitability for various uses.
Note: If your pickup's owner's manual says to use certain oil rating, use that or the one that supercedes it. Never use an oil with an older/lower designation.-BWS


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Swimming: Raiders have no trouble taming Wolfpack
Hastings jumped out to a quick lead and never looked back in a 89-73 win over Park last week.
The Raiders actually led 89-35 late in the meet before swimming exhibition only in the final three events.
Despite the lopsided win, there were a number of close races, which was exactly what Hastings coach Gerry Rupp was hoping for heading into the meet.
"Our whole intent of the meet was to create some races," Rupp said. "I manipulated my personnel in order to do that. We wanted to make it fun, make it interesting and have people in events they don't normally swim in."
One of the highlights was the swim turned in by Elliot Wilcox in the 50 freestyle. He finished with a time of 21.74 seconds. It was his first time under 22 seconds this season.
"That is really fast for right now, especially with no rest," Rupp said. "He had been toying with breaking the sub 22-second mark. He finally got under it. That's a really fast time."
Tony Ring also turned in a strong time in the 100 backstroke.
"He is really coming on in the second half of the season," Rupp said. "We need that out of him. He's going to be our only underclassman next year. He's really hitting his stride, which is nice to see."
Results from the meet went like this:
200 medley relay -- team of Colby Smith, Cater, Thomas Everson and Elliot Wilcox, first, 1:56.77; team of Brandon Underwood, Hunter Sassor, Tony Ring and Tipler, second, 2:00.86; team of Steven Kimmes, Kenneth Benson, Noah Schmitt and Hayden Schmitt, fourth, 2:11.23.
200 freestyle -- Michael Rough, first, 2:02.20; Chris Humbert, third, 2:09.31; Noah Schmitt, fifth, 2:17.32.
200 individual medley -- Everson, first, 2:10.29; Hayden Schmitt, second, 2:18.68; Underwood, third, 2:24.53.
50 freestyle -- Wilcox, first, 21.74; Kimmes, fourth, 27.78; Humbert, sixth, 28.46.
100 butterfly -- Smith, first, 56.23; Underwood, second, 1:05.80; Ring, third, 1:06.99.
100 freestyle -- Hayden Schmitt, first, 55.58; Kimmes, third, 59.50; Benson, sixth, 1:06.84.
500 freestyle -- Sassor, first, 5:17.90; Rough, second, 5:42.49; Noah Schmitt, fourth, 6:24.79.
200 freestyle relay -- team of Kimmes, Underwood, Humbert and Wilcox, first, 1:42.08; team of Hayden Schmitt, Noah Schmitt, Smith and Rough, second, 1:43.21.
100 backstroke -- Everson, 1:02.01; Ring, 1:03.88; John Utecht, 1:12.56.
100 breaststroke -- Wilcox, 1:03.87; Smith, 1:05.33; Sassor, 1:09.49.
400 freestyle relay -- team of Utecht, Schmitt, Everson and Sassor, 4:02.59.


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Homeless but Hopeful
The children share their feelings.
"I get sad about living in the RV because sometimes when we go home, we don't have anywhere to rest our heads until we go to sleep," Kaylani says. "Sleeping in the RV with my mom and dad is really hard, because every morning I would get up and my legs hurt because I'm cramped together and there's not enough space for us."
Fifteen-year-old Leiana, says, "My grades last year were really bad. They were all Ds and Fs. There's, like, no electricity in the RV, so it's hard to do homework when you get home. It's hard to concentrate when everybody's trying to do everything at once in the RV." Her classmates have even made hurtful comments to her. "I got in a fight with my friend. I said something to her, and she's like, 'Shut up you homeless nomad,' and after that we stopped talking,'" she says.
Josh, the only son, says kids treat him badly too. "There's this kid that I used to know. He started running his mouth saying, 'You're homeless. You're just going to stay like that for the rest of your life,'" he says. "It was hard. I didn't know what to do or say about it. It made me feel like I wasn't there."
Keelee knows that her parents are trying hard. "Sometimes they ask us if they're bad parents. We always tell them, 'You do your best, and that you try very hard to get back on your feet and try to find jobs, and try to save up money to get a house,'" she says.
Kaylani also recognizes that her parents work hard to keep their children happy. "Because we don't have a lot of money, it's really hard for my mom and dad to keep us strong, because my mom and dad see families walking around and having good times, and we can't do that because we're mostly driving around in our RV and looking for somewhere to stay at night," she says, crying.


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Here's today's quick five minute challenge! This one is easy, and you may be able to tackle it in even fewer than five minutes. . . here you go:
Take five minutes and scrub the outside of your refrigerator. Clean out the tray beneath your water dispenser (if you have one), and wipe off the top of the fridge. If you have any extra time, go ahead and wipe down the front of your dishwasher too!
Ready, set, gooooooooo! When you're all done the deals will be right here waiting for you. 🙂
See previous five minute challenges. Do you have any fun unique cleaning tips? I'd love to hear them! Leave a comment to share . . . I promise, I'm always looking for new ideas.


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SYLVESTER -- LifeFlight's air ambulance crews in Sylvester, Atlanta and Cumming will be back at work Wednesday after two days off to grieve their three co-workers killed in a helicopter crash.
A backup helicopter will be used in Sylvester when service resumes at noon, said LifeFlight spokesman George Ivey. The Atlanta-based company had grounded all of its helicopters after Monday's crash, which killed flight nurse Renee Chapman, paramedic Michael Elam and pilot Bart Bradshaw.
''There's so much bonding that goes on with these teams that we felt we needed to set up some intense grief counseling,'' Ivey said Tuesday. But ''we feel that everybody, morale-wise, is ready to go for tomorrow.''
A memorial service is being planned Sunday in Sylvester for Chapman, Elam and Bradshaw, who were part of a 16-member team that began work in April at LifeFlight's newest base in Sylvester.
Chapman, 29, worked part-time at LifeFlight and part-time in the emergency room at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Her husband, Jim, had recently quit his job as a detective with the Dougherty County Police Department and was training to become a state trooper.
Todd Braswell, director of the Albany hospital's emergency room, said Chapman had extraordinary dedication and knowledge.
''If I rolled over and opened my eyes and was on a stretcher, if I saw her I would rest well,'' he said.
Elam, 28, was about to become a father. His wife, Kristy, is eight months pregnant, said his father, Michael Elam Sr.
Elam quit his job at Dougherty County Emergency Medical Services earlier this year to work in his hometown of Sylvester.
''My heart goes out to the family. I know Michael was really looking forward to that baby,'' said Dougherty County EMS Director Bobby Tripp. ''He would have been such a wonderful father. He just had the type of personality.''
Bradshaw, 31, had recently moved to Sylvester from Deland, Fla., with his wife, Debra, and two children. He had more than 10 years experience as a pilot.
The crew was returning to Baptist Hospital of Worth County after delivering a critically ill patient from Coffee County to St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, which happened about 2:30 a.m. Monday in a swampy, densely wooded area near Sumner, a southwest Georgia farming community just east of Sylvester.
Ivey said LifeFlight officials don't believe there were any mechanical problems with the helicopter, an Aerospatial 350B that had passed a safety inspection just three days before the crash.
''We don't have any even a hint that the issue with the crash was a safety issue,'' he said. ''There are so many things that could figure into this.''
Hospitals in southwest Georgia had been hoping LifeFlight would resume its service quickly.
Without the Sylvester-based chopper, the next closest air ambulance for Colquitt Regional Hospital was at Tallahassee, Fla., 60 miles away, said Alicia Horkan, emergency director at the hospital in Moultrie.
''When you have someone with a major trauma or cardiac condition that needs to be lifted up quickly, that distance can really make a difference,'' Horkan said.
Jackie Ryan, spokeswoman for Phoebe Putney Memorial in Albany, said the distance between smaller hospitals and major medical centers in the region dictate the need for an air ambulance service.
''Obviously that service is incredibly valuable to the thousands of patients that they have saved,'' she said. ''Georgia Baptist bringing that into this region was certainly an asset.''
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Denver OL Zane Beadles (Hillcrest HS/Utah) started at left guard and helped offense gain 392 yards in loss to Packers.
Washington QB John Beck (BYU) served as his team's backup QB in win over Rams.
Arizona LB Stewart Bradley (Highland HS) played as a reserve in loss to Giants.
Green Bay DB Jarrett Bush (Utah State) played as a reserve in win over Broncos.
Indianapolis WR Austin Collie (BYU) was targeted seven times and had two catches for 16 yards in loss to Buccaneers.
Washington TE Chris Cooley (Logan HS/Utah State) was targeted twice and had a 4-yard reception in win over Rams.
Miami DL John Denney (BYU) served as team's long snapper in loss to Chargers.
Cincinnati DE Jonathan Fanene (Utah) played as a reserve and had one tackle in win over Bills.
Carolina OL Jordan Gross (Utah) started at left tackle and helped offense gain 543 yards in loss to Bears.
Pittsburgh DL Chris Hoke (BYU) played as a reserve in loss to Texans.
St. Louis LB Bryan Kehl (Brighton HS/BYU) had a tackle in punt coverage in loss to Redskins.
Pittsburgh OL Chris Kemoeatu (Utah) started at left guard and helped offense gain 324 yards in loss to Texans.
Baltimore DL Paul Kruger (Timpanogos HS/Utah) recovered a fumble, had one tackle and one pass defensed in win over Jets.
Arizona OL Deuce Lutui (Snow College) played as a reserve in loss to Giants.
Houston DB Brice McCain (Utah) had three tackles and tipped a punt back before it landed in the end zone and had it downed at the 1-yard line in win over Steelers.
New Orleans OL Pat McQuistan (Weber State) dressed but did not play in first game with Saints in win over Jaguars.
Seattle OL Paul McQuistan (Weber State) started at left guard and helped offense gain 372 yards in loss to Falcons.
Oakland WR Nick Miller (Southern Utah) was cut by the team prior to Oakland's loss to the Patriots.
Baltimore DL Haloti Ngata (Highland HS) had two tackles, one sack, a quarterback hurry and forced a fumble in win over Jets.
Tampa Bay OL Donald Penn (Utah State) started at left tackle and helped offense gain 479 yards in win over Colts.
Baltimore TE Dennis Pitta (BYU) had a 14-yard reception in win over Jets.
St. Louis LB Brady Poppinga (BYU) started and had six tackles in loss to Redskins.
N.Y. Jets DL Sione Pouha (East HS/Utah) started and had eight total tackles, including one for loss, and recovered a fumble in loss to Ravens.
N.Y. Jets OL Caleb Schlauderaff (Utah) dressed but did not play in loss to Ravens.
San Francisco QB Alex Smith (Utah) completed 21-of-33 passes for 291 yards and two touchdowns in win over Eagles. He was also sacked three times.
Miami CB Sean Smith (Utah) started and had five tackles in loss to Chargers.
Carolina WR Steve Smith (Utah) had eight catches for 181 yards and became the Panthers' all-time leader in receiving yards in loss to Bears.
Miami DT Paul Soliai (Utah) started and had one pass defensed in loss to Chargers.
Green Bay LB Vic So'oto (BYU) made his NFL debut as a reserve in win over Broncos.
Carolina DB R.J. Stanford (Utah) played as a reserve in loss to Bears.
Pittsburgh LB Stevenson Sylvester (Utah) assisted on a tackle in punt coverage in loss to Texans.
San Francisco DL Will Tukuafu (East HS) played as a reserve against Eagles before going on injured reserve list on Monday.
San Diego DB Eric Weddle (Utah) started and had eight tackles, a quarterback hurry, a pass defensed and another interception that helped seal a victory in the fourth quarter against Dolphins.
Inactive this week
The following players were declared inactive by their respective teams: St. Louis DE C.J. Ah You (Lone Peak HS); Minnesota DB Brandon Burton (Utah); Pittsburgh DE Brett Keisel (BYU); Philadelphia DB Curtis Marsh (Utah State); Miami LB Koa Misi (Utah); Chicago DL Stephen Paea (Timpview HS/Snow College); Baltimore WR David Reed (Utah).
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The following players are on NFL practice squads: Green Bay WR Diondre Borel (Utah State); Miami OL Ray Feinga (Hunter HS/BYU); Philadelphia FB Stanley Havili (Cottonwood HS); Tennessee DB Robert Johnson (Utah); Philadelphia OL Dallas Reynolds (Timpview HS/BYU); Tampa Bay OL Zane Taylor (Grand HS/Utah); Oakland RB Manase Tonga (BYU).
Injured reserve
The following players are on the injured reserve list and out for the season: New England LB Christian Cox (Utah); Tennessee WR Kevin Curtis (Bingham HS/Snow College/Utah State) Arizona QB Max Hall (BYU); Green Bay WR Shaky Smithson (Utah).


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Bob Sheppard, at 99; sonorous voice of the New York Yankees for 55 years
One of baseball's most noted voices fell silent yesterday when Bob Sheppard, longtime Yankee Stadium public announcer, died at his home in Baldwin, N.Y. Mr. Sheppard died with his wife, Mary, by his side, the team said. He was 99.
"Bob Sheppard was a great member of the
The team's public address announcer from 1951 to 2006, Mr. Sheppard became as much a part of the team's lore as the players he introduced to crowds. His elegant, meticulous pronunciations were widely imitated, garnering Mr. Sheppard the nickname "the voice of God.''
Mr. Sheppard also announced
"He was the one constant at Yankee Stadium. He was part of the experience,'' Derek Jeter, Yankees team captain, said yesterday. "His voice always gave you chills.''
Jeter has a recording of Mr. Sheppard's voice announce him at the new Yankee Stadium and said he would continue to do that.
"It was a cool thing when he introduced you for the first time,''
Mr. Sheppard introduced President George W. Bush before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series when Bush, in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Mr. Sheppard's first game with the Yankees was April 17, 1951, against the Red Sox. The lineup that day included eight future Hall of Famers — Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Mize, and Phil Rizzuto of the Yankees along with Bobby Doerr, Lou Boudreau, and Ted Williams of the Red Sox.
Despite his age, Mr. Sheppard was a regular visitor to the dugout before home games late in his tenure and often would seek out the radio announcer of visiting teams to check on how to pronounce the names of those players with whom he was not familiar.
He became friendly with many players during his time with the Yankees, including Mantle, Jeter, and Reggie Jackson.
Mr. Sheppard was born in the Richmond Hill section of Queens on Oct. 12, 1910. He graduated from St. John's University in 1932 and earned a master's degree from Columbia in 1933.
A fine collegiate athlete, Mr. Sheppard earned seven letters at St. John's in baseball and football.
A speech teacher with the New York City school system and at St. John's, Mr. Sheppard, served in the Navy during World War II. He then resumed his teaching career, becoming a tenured professor at St. John's.
"I would rather be known as a good teacher of speech rather than as a public address announcer. It's more important to me in my life,'' Mr. Sheppard said in an interview in 2000. "People don't know of me as a teacher. They think, 'Oh that's the guy who works at Yankee Stadium 81 days a year.' That's shortsighted.''
A semipro quarterback after graduating from college, Mr. Sheppard announced a charity football game in Long Island in 1948. That led to a part-time job as the announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference. That in turn led to his position with the Yankees.
Styles and decades changed, but Mr. Sheppard maintained the same measured approach to his job. A player's first appearance at the plate was always announced the same way. "Number 7 . . . Mickey Mantle . . . Center field . . . Number 7.''
Mr. Sheppard wrote poetry and on several occasions read his compositions at Yankee Stadium.
He was one of the few Yankee employees never to feel the wrath of Steinbrenner, a capricious owner. "All he ever said to me was that I was doing a good job and to keep it up,'' Mr. Sheppard said several years ago.
The Yankees honored Mr. Sheppard with a plaque in Monument Park in 2000, and one of the microphones he used is on display in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mr. Sheppard was given the William J. Slocum Award for long and meritorious service by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1998. He also threw out the first pitch before Game 2 of the World Series that year.
His voice was used in five movies and numerous television shows, including "Seinfeld.''
Sheppard also announced professional soccer games, Army football games at West Point, and the annual Army-Navy football game.
A devout Catholic, Mr. Sheppard served as the lector for his church.
In addition to his wife, Mary, Mr. Sheppard leaves two sons, Paul and Christopher; two daughters, Barbara and Mary; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be said Thursday at 10:45 a.m. in St. Christopher's Church in Baldwin.


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| December 11, 2013 | Food & Drink
Nothing sparks good conversation like discovering the perfect meal. We tapped our top foodies and critics to call out the dishes that really got them—and Miami—talking this year.
A sunny-sideup quail egg serves as the finishing touch to Haven's duck quail burger
Haven is a small, little gastropub, but it's hip and Executive Chef Todd Erickson knows how to pack a punch of flavor. His duck quail burger with foie gras butter is quintessential Todd! I love it. It's called a slider but is really somewhere between a slider and a burger. The whole process begins with Maple Leaf Farms duck breasts, which are ground in-house with a bit of the deliciously fatty duck skin to add flavor and a rich mouth feel, and a small amount of Japanese bread crumbs to bind the mixture. For the bun, he uses a hybrid of a classic white hamburger bun and buttery brioche. When buttered and toasted, it has just the right combination of elasticity and softness to work in this dish.
And, oh, the foie gras butter! He starts out with a full lobe of grade A Hudson Valley foie gras roasted and pureed with European butter, caramelized shallots, Cognac, port, and fresh herbs. This spread of luxury is rich, savory, and pure decadence. He counters the duck and foie gras with a tangy and refreshing salad of picked Italian parsley, shaved shallots, and orange-sherry vinaigrette. "The finishing touch is a perfectly cooked sunny-side-up quail egg sprinkled with Espelette chili and pink peppercorns," says Erickson. "These little fuchsia flavor bombs are scattered throughout the parsley salad and also sprinkled on the quail egg yolk."
The burger is made with Maple Leaf Farms duck breast ground in-house with duck skin for added flavor.
"When thinking about duck, my mind wandered to the classic children's game Duck, Duck, Goose. I couldn't shake that idea, so I started to think about what that would look like ingredient-wise," says Erickson of the genesis of his burger. All of the produce in this dish is sourced locally, including the parsley, shallots, and citrus, as are the quail eggs. The duck and foie gras are sourced from out of state since the chef feels that they are a premium product and worth the long haul.
First I fell in love with the chef, then I fell in love with his food! Eating this burger is pure joy, indulgence, flavor, and luxury between two buns. The contrasts in texture, temperature, and acidity are complex, new and familiar all at once, making it fun to eat and to talk about. I love the whimsy of the dish, the creativity, the flavor combinations. It fits into Miami's emerging food scene because it's eclectic and doesn't take itself too seriously, but delivers serious flavor. 1237 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, 305-987-8885
Raised in Colombia and Curaçao, Hoffmann is the host of Simply Delicioso (Cooking Channel) and Delicioso (Univision). Her most recent cookbook is Latin D'Lite: Delicious Latin Recipes with a Healthy Twist.
Chef Hung Huynh with the pan aflame after adding sake for the scallionstudded sauce.
People are always surprised to find out that I don't particularly care for seafood. Living in Miami and managing a food festival that literally takes place on the beach, I suppose it does seem a bit incongruous. But I still try to dine at new restaurants in Miami, seafood-focused or not. When Catch Executive Chef (and Top Chef winner) Hung Huynh's ever-popular NYC Meatpacking District restaurant opened at The James Royal Palm this past January, I had to check it out.
I'm sure glad I did. Its Cantonese lobster is my favorite new Miami dish in quite some time. It consists of two fiery orange lobster tails, split down the middle and handsomely served on a simple white platter and glazed in a spicy scallion-studded sauce.
Cantonese lobster at Catch Miami.
The inspiration for this dish really came from chef Huynh's childhood in Vietnam, which prominently featured many seafood-based meals. As Huynh explains, "Growing up, we ate crab and lobster at least once a week. We would cook it in a wok with the shell still on. When the shells are roasted, it adds another depth of flavor different from the shells just being fried."
At Catch Miami, Huynh prepares the dish much in the same way. He begins with fresh lobster flown in daily from Maine. He then cuts the tails in half, dredges everything lightly in cornstarch, and deep fries them for a few minutes (this method cooks the meat while sealing in all the juices). He then takes a large cast-iron pan, adds ginger, garlic, jalapeño, and scallions, and flames it up with lots of sake or mirin, oyster sauce, and lobster butter in order to create the glossy sauce that coats the lobster.
The finished product is both visually stunning and tastes heavenly. Taking the traditional Maine lobster out of its American context makes the dish a bit more fun and exotic. The meat, still in the shell, is succulent, its natural sweetness shining through the spicy kick of the jalapeño-scented sauce. Huynh's expert balance of flavors is enough to silence even the most stringent of seafood haters, including this one. 1545 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 786-224-7200
Schrager is the creator of both the Food Network South Beach and New York City Wine & Food Festivals.
Hinckley pours extra-virgin olive oil into a pot of Cajun trinity (bell pepper, onion, celery) to make the stew.
The high-rise towers of downtown Brickell are about the last place you would expect to stumble onto a taste of Florida wilderness. But that is what you will find at Box Park, a new restaurant on the ground floor of the Axis condominium complex. The menu focuses on some of South Florida's wild and less utilized resources, and several of them end up in one of my favorite new dishes, the Everglades gumbo.
The intimate, elegantly modern dining room at Box Park is the polar opposite of an Everglades roadhouse. But you wouldn't know it from the ingredient list for its gumbo, a traditional Louisiana stew. Executive Chef Matt Hinckley's version, like a lot of things at Box Park, from the house-made charcuterie to the "Brickell pickles," uses almost all locally sourced ingredients, some from rather unusual places. He makes his own andouille sausage using invasive feral pigs trapped by local farmers. Ruby-red shrimp are seasonally harvested from deep waters off Florida's east coast. Those "nuisance gators" that are often removed from local golf courses and swimming pools also go into the pot. Okra comes from independent Homestead farms. The sassafras for the gumbo filé is supplied by a local family farm, then dried and ground into a powder at the restaurant. Even the salt comes from solar-evaporated seawater in the Florida Keys.
Everglades gumbo at Box Park.
Hinckley, who cooked at local favorite Michael's Genuine Food & Drink before taking over as chef at Box Park, says, "The gumbo really introduces people to something that might be a foreign ingredient, but it does it in a very familiar platform. If you like gumbo, you're going to like this dish."
The result might not be much to look at, but what it lacks in beauty it makes up for in flavor: the tender, curled shrimp, the mildly aquatic alligator meat, the intensely porcine wild boar sausage, the vegetal snap of the okra, the subtle aroma of sassafras, all supported by a backbeat of peppery heat and bound in a velvety, tomato-speckled broth. It's a perfect combination of surf and turf that is truly of this place. 1111 SW First Ave., Miami, 305-356-8385
Rosendorf created and writes foodforthoughtmiami.com, a blog about dining in South Florida and beyond. When he's not eating, he's a commercial bankruptcy lawyer in Miami.
Chef Jean Paul Desmaison plating his white fish tiradito.
"Every dish should have a perfect bite. Too many flavors will kill the others," says chef Jean Paul Desmaison of Jean Paul's House Restaurant and Market. His tiradito with leche de tigre is a perfect example. I fell in love with it after the first bite. The raw white fish is delicate and supple, yet carries an explosion of perfectly balanced flavors from the sauce and toppings.
How does the magic happen? It's a simple layering of ingredients. Desmaison first makes the leche de tigre (literally tiger's milk), a Peruvian term for a citrus-based marinade. He says his is a balance between lime juice, celery, garlic, ginger, limo chili pepper, and salt, which he blends and strains. He then makes the colorful topping of diced red onion, tomato, avocado, and cilantro, adding a little of the leche de tigre and olive oil to it. To finish the dish, he spoons the leche de tigre onto a square-shaped glass plate, places very thin slices of fresh white fish filet in a diagonal line across the plate, and spoons the topping over the fish.
White fish tiradito with leche de tigre at Jean Paul's House Restaurant and Market.
Growing up in Peru, Desmaison developed his love of cooking while spending time in the kitchen with his mother and grandmother. He explains that his tiradito is a variation of an original Peruvian recipe and is something like a ceviche, but with a twist. A ceviche is made with cubed or chopped fish, but in this dish Desmaison slices the fish filets thinly, similar to a carpaccio. He was inspired by the original and created a modern temptation.
He sources his ingredients from local purveyors, with whom he has developed close relationships during his eight years as a restaurant owner in Miami, including a stint at La Cofradia in Coral Gables.
Desmaison's dishes are not too complicated and show the fresh flavors of top-quality ingredients. This light-on-its-toes plate is no different, and fits the Miami scene perfectly: refreshing on a hot day with a chilled white wine or glass of beer. 2426 NE Second Ave., Miami, 305-573-7373; jeanpaulshouse.com
Gassenheimer is a food-focused TV personality and best-selling author, as well as the producer and host of the weekly segment "Food News and Views" on WLRN. Her latest book is Fast and Flavorful: Great Diabetes Meals from Market to Table.
Umbria native Giuseppe Cagnoni behind the counter at Porketta
You might say Miami needs another iconic pork-based sandwich like Rome needs a new shape of pasta. We've already got our signature sandwich Cubano and its sweet-breaded sister, medianoche. But if you were to say that, you'd be very, very wrong.
Behold the porchetta-plumped bombardino sandwich at Porketta, downtown. For the uninitiated, porchetta is a deboned pig stuffed and roasted with garlic, fennel, and wild herbs, the meat traditionally sliced thin and placed with crackly skin into a ciabatta bun. Porchetta originated in central Italy, blossomed into a beloved national street food, and has since been successfully exported to cities around the globe.
Now it's Miami's turn, thanks to Giuseppe Cagnoni. Last December, the Umbria native opened Porketta, a bright and tidy shop that proffers little but the namesake meat. Some seating is provided in the small space, as is a shiny counter where you place your order, but most people lounge at tables and chairs set up on the downtown street.
The Bombardino sandwich at Porketta.
In Cagnoni's hometown of Trevi, the porcine specialty is prepared and sold by the local meat vendors. "We make our porchetta exactly the same as in those artisanal butcher shops," Cagnoni boasts, with "fresh rosemary, garlic, fennel pollen, kosher salt, and black pepper." He rolls and sews the aromatics into fatty midsections of Berkshire hogs from Iowa ("the best in America"), then roasts them for three to four hours. "The fat dissolves during the cooking process. That's the flavor."
It sure is, though potent fennel and garlic notes add a delectably rustic redolence to the room-temperature pinwheels of pork, which he slices and piles into crusty bread to comprise the bombardino. Cornichons and skin cracklings cram alongside the sandwich in its paper-lined basket (skip the Americanized dressing options in favor of the parsley sauce pungent with anchovies and capers).
Sitting outdoors with a bombardino and Peroni beer proves that while you can't always get what you need, sometimes, if you're patient, you can get what you really want. 43 NE Third Ave., Miami, 786-317-2705
Klein wrote restaurant reviews for Miami New Times for 14 years. He is currently contributing to the Miami Herald and Bon Appétit, as well as returning to his roots as a chef.
photography by gary james (erickson, hinckley, paul, cagnoni); noah fecks (huynh)


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CG: Theater Talk Journeys thru NYPL's Noel Coward Exhibition, Beg. 7/20July 12, 2012 - by NYC News Desk
THEATER TALK goes on location to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center to present a vivid, colorful portrait of Sir Noël Coward (1899–1973), the legendary playwright (Private Lives), screenwriter (Brief Encounter), performer and songwriter ("I'll See You Again"), with two Coward "experts" as guides.
Against the lavish multi-media exhibition, Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward – now on display at the Library through August 18, 2012 – Barry Day, who has written extensively about the late writer and performer for the past 20 years, and Geoffrey Johnson, Coward's American representative from 1963-71, reminisce about the multi-faceted artist known as "The Master" amid a variety of film clips, photographs, and recordings from his remarkable career. Also dropping by, with a captivating contribution to the exhibition, is Lincoln Center Theater Artistic Director André Bishop.
Hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post, and the program's producer Susan Haskins, this special edition of THEATER TALK premieres Friday, July 20 (2012) at 1 AM on Thirteen (early Saturday morning), followed by airings on CUNY TV* Saturday 7/21 (8:30 PM), Sunday 7/22 (12:30 PM) and Monday 7/23 (7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 7:30 PM). The show will be available for online viewing following the broadcasts at www.cuny.tv.
THEATER TALK is jointly produced by not-for-profits Theater Talk Productions and CUNY TV. The program is taped in the Himan Brown TV and Radio Studios at The City University of New York (CUNY) TV in Manhattan, and is distributed to 70+ participating public television stations nationwide.
*CUNY TV, the City University of New York television station, is carried in New York City's five boroughs – on Channel 75 on Time Warner and Cablevision, Channel 77 on RCN, and on Channel 30 on Verizon FiOS. The show is available online anytime at www.cuny.tv and www.theatertalk.org, and via audio-only iTunes podcasts.
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