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Games at No. 24 Pepperdine and No. 14 UC Santa Barbara highlight the next week of baseball for BYU, but first the Cougars play at Washington State on Tuesday.
The WSU Cougars (15-13, 6-3 in the Pac-12) have also been nationally ranked this season but are not currently in the top 25. BYU (12-21, 4-8 in WCC) plays its Tuesday contest away from the WSU campus in a special game at Pasco, Wash., at 6:30 p.m. PDT.
Desmond Poulson (4-3, 4.10) is scheduled to start in a pre-designated rotation on the mound against Washington State and will start again Saturday at first place Pepperdine (24-7, 10-2 WCC). Jeff Barker (2-5, 5.65) will start the first game of the Pepperdine series Thursday at 3 p.m. PDT. Kolton Mahoney (4-4, 4.10) will start Friday for the Cougars. Friday's and Saturday's games are at 1 p.m. PDT. BYU's starter at UC Santa Barbara is TBA for Monday afternoon.Comment on this story
"If we play to our potential for nine innings we can compete with anyone," BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. "We need to avoid big innings on defense, throw strikes, play catch and have timely hitting."
Currently the team's leaders in hitting streaks are Brock Whitney at nine games, Dillon Robinson at eight games and Brennon Lund at seven games.
The BYU-WSU game will only be available on live stats, while the games in California will be broadcast live by KOVO Radio 960 AM and through its audio stream online along with BYU Radio/Sirius XM 143.
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Budget planning is one of the keys to success for community radio stations. You will need to assess your revenue sources, account for all expenses, pay careful attention to your bookkeeping and be prepared for unforeseen circumstances. Some stations rely on staff-led budgeting, others divide up responsibilities among various committees. Whether you hire a bookkeeper, set up Quickbooks or rely on well-trained volunteers, accountability is the name of the game. Your Board or Tribal Council should offer oversight, then everyone needs to work together to meet your financial goals. I asked friends with experience leading four unique community radio stations around the country about the timeline for their budget planning, who is involved, and typical funding levels. This is how the pros do it.
The Budgeting Process
Your budget is the central point of focus for the Board of Directors. The plan for your organization becomes accountable through your budget. While creating a budget, how successful you are with short-term priorities will determine your long-term success. It will get easier over the years, but start out by budgeting for rent, utilities, audio equipment, computers, wages, taxes, underwriting commission, office supplies, travel, insurance, legal fees and engineering.
KDRT-LP in Davis, CA is a volunteer-run LPFM operated from inside Davis Media Access, which also manages public and educational access TV channels. "DMA staff has little-to-no time actually budgeted for KDRT administration, but budget oversight must get done," says executive director Autumn Labbe-Renault. Staff develops the budget and presents it in draft form at the May Board meeting, then finalizes in June. The Board asks questions, but the staff determines funding priorities.
At all-volunteer WRIR-LP in Richmond, VA budgeting is divided up by department. According to former Board president Liz Humes, each committee prepares its own budget and then the Board compiles the budget drafts into a station-wide document. The board then reviews the total and works backward, reviewing each of the department's line-items to determine affordability and accuracy. Occasionally the board will delete a committee's budget request because of cost or practicality.
She points out, "some committees make presentations to the treasurer and the president, explaining proposed projects, but most committees don't." The Board announces the budget deadline three months in advance and the cycle runs July through June.
KYRS station manager Lupito Flores prepares the budget with help from the Board treasurer, based on expectations from previous years as well as new goals set by the Board. "Don't count on grants," he advises. "Focus on memberships and major donors." Typically the draft budget at the Spokane, WA station is seen by Board members in December, then approved in January in time for the start of the fiscal year.
At KIDE in Hoopa, CA station manager Joseph Orozco creates each annual budget himself, submitting his proposal to the Tribal Council in June. The new budget year begins in October. "Nonprofit radio is a business, not a club," he asserts. "Pay yourself first, from whatever unrestricted money you've earned. What money is left over you use to operate the station." He says one key is that he doesn't do projections, "I stay in reality. What do I know I have in hand?"
Nonprofit accounting is different from for-profit accounting because for-profit businesses have equity. Your nonprofit has a general fund balance which is the equivalent of the net worth of a business, but accounting for restricted and unrestricted funds can take manipulation in an application like Quickbooks, if you use one. Restricted funds include grants, contracts and donations to a specific capital campaign. Unrestricted funds include cash donations, memberships, underwriting and money raised at benefit events.
Set up your chart of accounts, the basic financial outline for the organization, so that you can track your income and expenses. It is not one of the more exciting parts of making radio, but the board should be in the habit of doing monthly reviews of the station budget. (A nonprofit owning its own building or other property is an example of an asset that contributes to the fund balance, but the same as equity.)
KDRT-LP's Autumn Labbe-Renault says "we keep track of all expenses monthly, keep receipts for everything and have finance policies in place." The director of operations writes checks and does reconciliations using Quickbooks. She warns that although Quickbooks is cost effective versus paying a bookkeeper, it is time consuming and can be a steep learning curve. The executive director reviews financials and signs checks. Both of them report to the board for approval of budgets, reports, etc. Once a year Davis Media Access pays a local certified public accountant to review the financials.
WRIR-LP has been paying a bookkeeper and an accountant part-time for many years. The bookkeeper pays invoices and allocates the expenses to the budgets of corresponding departments. Liz Humes stresses that unforeseen or off-budget purchases "should have prior approval." If the purchase is large, then a request goes to the treasurer who approves it and submits it to the bookkeeper." Any unanticipated expenditure over $500 goes to the board for approval. For a more complete picture of their financials, go here: http://giverichmond.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=1050825
KYRS uses the online version of Quickbooks. "It's a good idea to have lots of systems and protocols in place to track purchases, train volunteers, and know who is doing what," says Lupito Flores. "We depend on a lot of volunteers for bookkeeping and membership management so everything needs to be on paper and spelled out." KYRS uses ebase for the membership database, which he says is free and easy to use. "The more you can track income and expenses, the easier it will be to budget for next year."
KIDE takes advantage of the Hoopa Tribe's fiscal department. "They handle our accounts and do audits for us," Joseph Orozco says. "All of our invoices and receipts go to them. They handle money that comes to us. We send them purchase orders and they keep track of all the bookkeeping." The CFO creates the budget sheet for the whole tribe, then all the departments talk it over with the tribal council.
There are a number of factors that will impact your income, including the power of your FM signal, the size of your area's population, and how hard you work to get the word out about what your station contributes to the community. The majority of community radio stations rely on membership drives carried out over-the-air for about a week, typically twice a year.
Underwriting and grants tend to be the other biggest sources of income. Get creative. Regular small fundraising events can help raise your profile, and an annual signature event can bring in some big bucks. Keep in mind, however, that it can be risky to spend a chunk of money for a fancy venue or a big-name act.
Davis, California is home to about 68,000 people. KDRT-LP reaches a 3.5-mile radius that encompasses much of that population. Autumn Labbe-Renault figures Davis Media Access raises about $25,000 worth of donations each year and feels that is a large amount considering their relatively small potential audience. "We do not subscribe to Arbitron because it's too expensive. Online downloads and listening numbers are rising, but can be hard to quantify as we work to resolve how many pings are from 'bots' and how many are real."
She makes revenue projections based on what was budgeted and spent the previous year, adjusted for inflation. For many years their annual 'BBQ on the Backlot' fundraiser featuring live bands and beer kegs was key. Their current focus is on smaller events throughout the year.
Richmond, Virginia has a population of 200,000 people and Liz Humes says WRIR-LP "guesstimates" their potential listenership is about 300,000. "We have about one thousand contributors during pledge drives, annually," she says.
The station is unique in that at the time of its launch WRIR-LP had already solicited $50,000 in annual underwriting contracts. "I was a publisher before becoming a radio person," she points out. "We used the print advertising model of advertising contacts to determine what the year was going to look like. With a foreknowledge of $4000 per month coming in from underwriting, I knew the station was going to be okay."
Raising the money to launch a station is different than projecting annual revenues. "Right now, we're bringing in about $80,000 annually from pledge drives. This number directly correlates with outreach and awareness." The station's anniversary party each February brings in thousands of dollars.
KYRS recently expanded its reach immensely with the construction of a new full-power tower and new transmitter. About 300,000 people far beyond the studio location in Spokane, Washington are covered by the new signal and translator channel combined. Lupito Flores says the membership numbers are rising from 800 in the direction of 1000. He calculates, "you can safely guess that each year you are on the air you can hope to get a 3 percent increase in membership." The Board projects that each on-air membership drive will bring in $20,000, following the standard model of asking for money in the Spring and Fall. The annual anniversary party each November can be expensive to produce, but it always raises big bucks.
KIDE does not do fund drives. "We have not engaged in on-air fundraising in a long time," Joseph Orozco says. "I see the need to restart that effort again, with all the threats to public broadcasting. We need to make contingency plans should we lose 47% of our operation budget." He is referring to the Community Service Grant from the Corporation For Public Broadcasting, which funds one staff position and pays for content. The tribal budget allocation covers three full-time staff.
Typical Operating Expenses
Most businesses pay expenses first and consider whatever is left over profit. KIDE's Joseph Orozco says you have to pay your staff first, because "one quickly understands the limits of the operation and how to tweak their actions to improve the content, to increase asset value, which is more likely to increase income." Your team is essential, even if you can't afford to pay anybody.
Of course, there can be no radio signal without a tower and antenna, plus a transmitter and a mixing board. You will need microphones, computers, CD players and turntables. All of these items and everything else beyond the signal flow (like insurance, legal support, broadband Internet and office supplies) should be in your budget.
The overall Davis Media Access operating budget is $400,000 but they stopped separating out KDRT's costs. "It was easier just to make sure KDRT gets what it needs," Labbe-Renault says. Accounting for a percentage of square footage occupied, percentage of insurance costs plus hard costs like licensing fees and equipment replacement, she calculates KDRT's annual operating expenses to be about $25,000.
After many years they have added a programming support staffer six hours per week and an underwriting sales rep, paid commission. Labbe-Renault points out that although it's moving in the right direction financially, "KDRT's never actually managed to cover all its costs; the station makes sure to cover those costs through unencumbered revenue streams." On the other hand, the radio station "helps us out enormously with our fund raising."
Even without a full-time staff person, the annual budget at WRIR is $117,000. "We base our budgets on the previous year's revenue," says Humes. "So far, we've never come up short." WRIR is functioning beautifully without paid staff, she says, allowing more volunteers to be incorporated into station operations.
"It forces us to be better organized. That said, without a paid staff person, it feels like chaos could erupt at any time and all of our spinning, well-worn plates could come crashing down." If WRIR received a windfall of $100K, Humes says she is fairly certain the board would apply the bulk of the money toward a full-time general manager.
Before marking its eigth anniversary with an expansion to full-power in November 2011, KYRS had annual expenses of $103,000. Going full-power means rising operating costs, but also that the station reaches many new listeners. The KYRS Board has a strategic plan in place to increase from one full-time station manager and two other half-time staff to a team of 5 full-time staffers and additional part-timers. Meanwhile, according to Flores, the board gets financial reports at each monthly meeting, "and if some income stream is down, it's noted, and we all work to make up the shortfall."
The total annual budget at full-power community radio station KIDE is $224,000. 85% is made up of staffing funds from the Hoopa Tribe and the Community Service Grant from CPB. The reservation is isolated and the operation resembles many LPFMs aside from the CPB money. Because the grant includes restricted funds, Orozco uses it to buy programming. "I'm willing to pay people for good material that I can use." They also take advantage of satellite-based content like Native Voice One. KIDE benefits from free rent and a free facility, thanks to the Tribe. Orozco stresses: "My main thing is as long as I have money to pay the staff for the whole year, I can always adjust on anything else."
Fluctuations & Wiggle Room
What do you cut when the revenue doesn't meet projections? How should you spend the money if a major donor emerges and cuts you a fat check? Memberships, grants, underwriting, events and other funding streams that nonprofit community radio stations depend on vary from month to month, and from year to year. You have to be ready to wiggle.
Davis Media Access budgets for travel in one lump sum and then also aims high on legal and engineering. The radio station benefits tremendously from its home inside the TV studios, where rent, utilities, phone and postage are taken care of. Plus, about 85% of unallocated fundraising at DMA goes to the radio station. For equipment, Labbe-Renault says, "we are very thrifty but spend a couple thousand each year." All-volunteer operations are hard, but they give people a reason to feel vested. Bridge-building, networking and outreach add to KDRT's capacity.
WRIR's committees always shoot high when asking for money, according to Humes. The Board tends to accept their requests, although committee heads who inflate their budgets unrealistically usually have their inflation questioned and then revised to a realistic number. Having a lawyer on the board means all legal advice is pro bono. Humes was amused with this particular question: "Travel? Ha, good one!" At her station, Humes says equipment cost fluctuates the most. "We can predict which piece will need upgrading, but unforeseen circumstances always arise."
With the KYRS budget process, the more detailed the better, so fine-tuning predicted expenses is always helpful. Grants and membership income always fluctuate, so Flores prefers to be conservative on those line items, as well as on legal and engineering fees. He says, "if near the end of the year it looks tight, we tighten our belt and spend less on supplies, equipment, computer repair, maintenance, ads, postage, etc."
"Conferences and travel might fluctuate," says Orozco at KIDE. "Sometimes I put in more engineering than I think I will need. I have a couple of the same people I've been using for years, they don't charge as much." One of the first things to get cut, when necessary, is advertising in the newspaper or other publications. He doesn't do small itemized budgeting for paper, ink or other office supplies. Anything over $2,500 is a capital investment. "We haven't bought a major piece of equipment in a long time," he says. "Right now I'm looking forward to new antenna bays, about $3,000 each."
Advice For New LPFM Applicants
From Native country to the public access television scene to mid-size cities like Richmond and Spokane, community radio adds to the quality of life. These stations succeed in part by providing air time for underrepresented views and independent music. There is nothing more important than the fact that you are local. When you introduce content like a live morning show, concert calendars, spotlights on important issues, and credible journalism you can engage with your audience better. Everybody is a stakeholder.
From the founders to the staff, from volunteer deejays to local musicians, from underwriters to the community groups who run public service announcements on your airwaves, these are the people who make your radio station what it is. Very few will be involved in the budgeting process, but your ability to get organized and then follow through will impact them all. The Budget-Building Book For Nonprofits by Murray Dropkin and Bill LaTouche is one book that stations have found useful.
Autumn from KDRT-LP says: "Seriously, over-budget and account for inflation, and under-spend. There are a lot of different models out there. Do what you're doing now–gather info. Understand that budgets and fund raising goals are just road maps. Know that it will take some years to stabilize. Beyond that, don't budget in a vacuum. Your mission, values, goals, outreach strategy, budget and fundraising are all parts of a whole. Tell people what you are raising money for. Tell them it costs real money to stay on the air." She adds that starting inside a PEG access station helps. LPFMs are good for PEGs as well, the relationship is reciprocal.
Liz from WRIR-LP says: "Fundraise constantly and then save for a safety net. Barter and trade for every service you get, first. WRIR currently has about $100,000 in reserves. The reserves aren't ever factored into our annual budget but they are there in case of emergencies." WRIR-LP is driven by the conviction that all voices deserve to be heard. What drives you?
Lupito from KYRS says: "If you're a tiny LPFM operating out of a broom closet, no staff is probably needed. Otherwise, staffing really helps. Look for examples from other stations. Start small, and remember that typically it will take longer than you expect to reach your goals. Work on relationships in the community that will allow you to trade underwriting for things you'd have to pay for, like printing, advertising or even electrical workers."
Joseph from KIDE says: "Network with other stations. Get to know what programming they have and share. Pull down good quality programs and don't let egos get in the way. You are not just a jukebox with an Emergency Alert System. You are part of community infrastructure." He also suggests taking a look as a startup station at minimizing your hours of broadcast. "Stick to a very tight schedule," he says. "I wouldn't shoot for an 18-hour broadcast day right off the top. Do what you can afford to do." For tribal radio projects, he suggests groups of individuals start LPFMs on tribal lands, not necessarily entire tribal governments. "Ask yourselves why you are doing media," he suggests. "What is already available? What niche will you fill? What would you have to produce in order to fulfill the needs of the community? Is it reasonable with the resources available?"
Thanks to community media champion Vanessa Maria Graber, as well as Prometheus Radio Project and Common Frequency, for supporting the creation of this budgeting guide.
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Wednesday, the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers season finale arrives at nightfall.
After 81 games, the 82nd game means everything. There is no guarantee of making the playoffs, but the Lakers didn't sound like they were on the verge of a summer vacation at Tuesday's practice. Instead, they displayed confidence, excitement, and positivity on winning on Wednesday and making the playoffs.
As usual, Pau Gasol was aware of every detail regarding playoff scenarios. He is a student of the modern day game even if his post moves impulsively conjure a "throwback" mental image of great big men of yesteryear.
However, Pau is in HD, and he looks like he belongs there.
Honestly, the Lakers belong in the playoffs. Even without Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash—the latter may as well not even be mentioned with regards to helping the cause this season—the Lakers would generate more excitement in the NBA's postseason than the Utah Jazz (this is based entirely on my residence in Los Angeles, but I stand by it).
Last game, the Spanish giant had a rough shooting night, but his presence on the boards was instrumental in achieving a necessary Lakers victory over the Spurs. Gasol had 16 rebounds against the two rather lengthy opponents in Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter. Incidentally, the Lakers win on Wednesday draws a seven game series against those same San Antonio Spurs.
Between the pair of Gasol and Dwight Howard, the Lakers tallied 33 rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds against the Spurs on Sunday. The entire Spurs team managed 10 offensive boards in Sunday's loss. Howard is the second head of the Lakers budding two-headed monster, and Howard's muscle is perfectly balanced by Gasol's finesse. Most importantly, both these players appear to be returning to health and form at the optimal moment.
The hope remains that the Gasol and Howard combination can conduct the speed of games, control the boards, and contain the opposition inside the paint.
With the twin towers, flaws of transition defense remain, but the replacements for Nash and Bryant aid in that department because they are all younger and faster than the injured duo of surefire first ballot hall of famers.
Sure, Jodie Meeks is not going to fill up a box score like Kobe Bryant, but 6'4" of 25-year-old beats 6'6" of 34-year-old in a pure foot race. Steve Blake may not be a spring chicken considering he turned 33 years old in February, but he looks like the road runner next to 39-year-old Steve Nash.
That last statement was not meant to slight one of the greatest point guards in the history of the NBA; instead, it was intended to focus on the reality of why the Lakers may actually provide hope with what will be on the floor on Wednesday night…and probably game one of the Western Conference Playoffs (Officially attempting to slow my roll).
If the Lakers win on Wednesday, Greg Popovic and the San Antonio Spurs would be wise to proceed with caution. Even without Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, the Howard and Gasol Lakers are not dead on arrival if they enter the playoffs on a five-game winning streak.


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The Poble Espanyol (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpɔbːɫə əspəˈɲɔɫ], Spanish: Pueblo español, "Spanish Town") is an open-air architectural museum, located on the mountain of Montjuïc, in the city of Barcelona, Spain.
It was constructed in 1929, for the Barcelona International Exhibition, that was held in Barcelona that year.
Josep Puig i Cadafalch had the idea for the museum: a town in which the architecture, style, and culture of various locations from around Spain were preserved in a single place. The aim was to produce an "ideal model" Spanish village, a synthesis of monumental Spain. The architects that designed the town were Francesc Folguera and Ramon Reventós. In total, the town was built in 13 months, and although it was only needed for 6, for the exhibition, it was not demolished and was kept open as a museum.
The museum occupies a total area of 42,000 m2 and contains 117 buildings, with streets and squares reproduced to scale.
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silviab (2551) 2012-04-11 14:25
Ciao Giorgio!
ecco la foto che manca alla mia galleria su Barcellona!Un angolo caratteristico che si distacca dalle immagini tradizionali e più rappresentative della città.
PecoBud (3824) 2012-04-11 14:25
This almost appears to be a movie set for making a old movie. Love the color saturation and light management is spot on. Clarity is stunning and with great detail. Love this POV Giorgio, great job!!
sabermonajati (11477) 2012-04-11 23:03
you captured nice texture and building .
Sergiom (96603) 2012-04-12 6:19
Bonjour Giorgio
Un beau coin particulier de cette belle ville. J'aime beaucoup le point de vue qui nous fait découvrir cette belle rue qui jouit d'une très belle lumière.
Gigidusud (21377) 2012-04-12 12:28
Hello Giorgio,
Beautiful architectural composition with nice colors and details.Fantastic light management.
Thanks for sharing.
mkamionka (42465) 2012-04-29 0:38
Ciao Giorgio,
beautiful architecture very well framed. I like the diagonal lines which make the view very attractive geometrically. Great light to.
Very well spotted,
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Can you please tell me some processor vendors for web servers who are currently the major players of the market?
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Can you please tell me some processor vendors for web servers who are currently the major players of the market?
Intel and AMD?
Or am I misunderstanding your question?
Can you please specify at least one processor for web server avaliable from each because i want to evaluate each one.
I'm pretty sure most web servers these days run on normal desktop CPUs. Perhaps the server variants. AMD's Opteron line is for servers. Intel's Xeon line used to be for servers; I don't know if they still have that. And of course, the Itanium II is for servers. (That's a whole new architecture, though.)
which one do u think is better than the other and why?
I don't. I'm not a network administrator; I don't need to worry about constructing web servers.
I don't think this forum is really the best place to get such involved information.
Both AMD and Intel make a wide variety of really good processors. They are designed for different purposes - some are for top-end gaming machines, expensive and fast (like a Ferrari). The "Land Rover" in processors is the server processor - it is built to be sturdy and strong, not stopping for anything (and if it does stop, you can figure out why real easily). The laptop processors are the "Smart Car" - small, power-efficient, but still pretty nippy. Not what you want for really intensive calculations, but still fine for most things.
And then we have the "Ford Mondeo" - the regular desktop processor. They are not best at anything, but they are cheap and durable.
The biggest difference is that the server processors are tested through extra tests to make sure they will continue to run under a lot harsher conditions (higher temperature for example) than the regular processors. Server processors also usually support multiprocessors setup and registered memory, the latter is necessary to allow for large machines with lots of memory.
Do you need a server processor to run a web-server? No, not at all. It very much depends on what you are doing. It's just like asking "Do I need a van to deliver parcels?" - you do if you have lots of parcels to deliver each day. But if you deliver one or two parcels once in a while, a regular car will work fine [assuming average size parcels, of course].
If you have a web-server supporting hundreds or thousands of visitors to three different web-sites with dynamic content generation and lots of database work, you need something pretty beefy. If you have a few dozen visitors, lightweight content, you can run it on your laptop whilst you are using it to read e-mail and browse the web yourself.
This really sounds homeworky, "List the major server processor vendors and makes, ranking each one. 1 is best x is worst".
I'd probably go for a Ford Transit server processor :), chuck a turbo (faster) on it and a trailer (support for more memory) and you've got a beast.
Yes, it probably is.
If Lind is still listening, don't forget to mention the PowerPC architecture produced by IBM (and Motorola?) which is used in some machines.


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Sure, the drummer sets the pace in most bands, but if you've got two wild stallions on guitars, let them run.
Vocalist/guitarist Steve Shiltz and guitarist Shannon Ferguson, of Longwave, have been playing together since the 1999 release of the group's first album, Endsongs. That album's success got them signed with RCA Records and subsequent studio sessions with big-deal rock producers Dave Fridmann (the Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Thursday) and John Leckie (the Stone Roses, My Morning Jacket).
Emerging from Brooklyn's indie scene, Longwave's British-inflected music nicely vibed with this decade's rock resurgence, landing the group opening slots in the UK with the Strokes and the Vines in 2003.
Longwave and Jacob Miller
Longwave performs Saturday, June 23, at Studio A, 60 NE 11th St, Miami. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Tickets cost $15. Call 305-358-7625, or visit www.studioamiami.com.
Now working on their fifth album -- this time with Jason Molina on drums and Jeff Sheinkopf on additional guitars and keyboards -- the bandmates are leaving the recording house and laying it out onstage again. But this Saturday's performance in town isn't really part of a tour. On the group's MySpace page, only two upcoming shows are listed, locally at Studio A and then back in Brooklyn at Luna Lounge, where Longwave was once the house band.
Again, the guitars are the draw. Contrary to titles like "No Direction," the songs are planned out, with accelerating progressions and punk simplicity in their refrains. The riffs should resonate in your ears all night.
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Singer-songwriter Jacob Miller, a Miami native, opens the night by performing songs from his debut album, Who We Are. The 22-year-old's poetic lyrics and piano melodies owe a debt to classic troubadours like Dylan, but would even appeal to fans of the contemporary James Blunt. The midtempo music with an upbeat outlook should be a good mood setter for the evening.


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Understand how to implement the vital thermal-monitoring function needed for reliable and safe higher-power LED operation
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With new LED lights, one of the most difficult, demanding, and costly sections of a design is thermal management. Without sufficient thermal management, the results can be catastrophic, ranging from leaving you in the dark to setting a building afire. This article will discuss how to implement negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermal management to achieve safer LED designs that consume less power.
With traditional filament-base bulbs, any heat generated is from the filament, which is well isolated from direct contact with the buln. With LED lights, the LED is the source of light and the heat generated by the LED is in direct contact the LED light bulb. The direct contact is a result of how the LEDs have to be attached to the driver circuit.
To remove the heat, thermal dissipation or management is required to move the heat away from the LEDs and driver circuit. The thermal management or removal of heat is necessary to provide a LED light that is capable of many hours of operation.
To understand why thermal management is important, consider an application where a replacement LED light is installed in a generic light socket, such as a wall sconce or recessed ceiling fixture, and controlled by an on/off wall switch. This application will have poor heat dissipation, since the thermal dissipation in most standard lights is dependent upon thermal convection or air flow to remove heat from the light, and there is no such dissipation in a wall sconce or recessed ceiling fixture.
Using intelligent LED light control to monitor the LED light temperature, implementing thermal management is much simpler and the LED light will be safer since the light can reduce its power as the temperature increases.
Negative temperature coefficient thermal management
The basic idea for a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) circuit is to improve LED light safety and reduce design complexity by monitoring the temperature of the LED light. As the temperature increases, the controller reduces the lumens and thereby allows the LED to maintain safe levels. Put in other terms, as the temperature increases, decrease the lumens and its converse: as the temperature decreases, increase the lumens.
To measure the temperature change of an LED light, the voltage across an NTC can be measured. The voltage measured has a direct relationship to the temperature of the NTC, and the NTC will reduce in resistance as the temperature of the NTC increases with its surrounding circuits. There are two basic methods for determining temperature using an NTC:
♦Method One is to use the NTC in a voltage-divider circuit where the system forces a known voltage and then measures the voltage at the NTC node. As the NTC temperature increases, its resistance decreases. The decreased resistance results in a change of the voltage-divider ratio. The voltage at the NTC node also decreases es as the temperature increases.
♦Method Two is to force a known current through the NTC and measure the voltage at the NTC. As the NTC temperature increases, its resistance decreases. The decreased resistance results in a change of voltage at the NTC node according to Ohm's law. As the resistance decreases and the current remains consistent, the voltage at the NTC node decreases as well.
Using either method to monitor LED light temperature is simple and straightforward to implement for improved operation and safety. Figure 1 shows both methods using an LED as the source of temperature increase.
Figure 1: Two basic circuit techniques for monitoring LED temperature using an NTC device.
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Over-temperature or LED failure?
When the lumen output of the LED light is reduced, it is important to know if the LED output is reduced due to an over temperature condition or because the LED is failing. This can be determined by using an indicator that produces a reduction in lumens, Figure 2.
Figure 2: Determining the cause of the LED lumen reduction.
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The lumen reduction indication in this system is a low-power red LED. When the system is operating at maximum lumens output, the red LED is off. As the temperature of the LED light increased, the lumens output will be reduced. As the lumens output is reduced, the red LED will begin to turn on. As the lumen output repeatedly reduces, the red LED intensity will be correspondingly increased. When the lumens output has been reduced to its minimum intensity, the red LED will have been fully turned on.
When the lumens is at minimum intensity and the temperature of the LED light is still high, the red indication LED has one additional function: it will act as an alarm to signify a serious problem. In alarm mode, the red LED will pulse on-off-on-off while the white LEDs are off.
The block diagram, Figure 3, shows a generic LED driver and an LED controller with a NTC and 'alarm' indicator. The generic LED light consists of an LED driver configured to provide a set current through the LED. The driver has no method to lower the lumens based upon temperature. Any temperature monitoring the drive provides is only to protect itself and completely shutdown when its temperature is very high.
Figure 3: Generic LED driver and LED controller with NTC and 'alarm' indicator.
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The LED controller has all the control capabilities of the generic LED driver and adds intelligence for additional functions, such as temperature monitor, communication, and dimming control. The LED controller in the diagram has the basic modules and components in blue. The components in red are not required for basic operation, but are shown for the NTC and alarm capabilities discussed in this article.
The addition of an NTC to the basic LED light provides a method for the light to shut down in a controlled sequence when the temperature reaches set limits. The two red components (resistor and NTC) on the right side of the LED controller are configured as detailed in Method One under NTC operation. A precise voltage is provided from the controller to the resistor element. The voltage at the NTC node is measured by the controller for conversion to a relative system temperature.
The 'alarm' provides a method for the LED light to indicate that the temperature is increasing or has increased to a level where safety dictates the light be shut down. The two red components (resistor and LED) on the left side of the LED controller are a basic indicator LED configuration. The brightness of the LED is controlled by a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal. The LED will be increase in brightness with an increase in the duty cycle of the PWM.
The intelligent LED light depicted above shows the 'alarm' as an additional LED. The LED 'alarm' is only one of many communication interfaces an intelligent LED light is capable of using. Other communication interfaces include PLC (Power Line Communication), DMX (Digital Multiplexing), and DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface), to list a few.
Adjusting the lumens
The flow chart, Figure 4, shows a simple algorithm to monitor the temperature of the LED light and adjust the lumens to a level where the temperature is within safe limits.
Figure 4: Algorithm to monitor LED temperature and adjust the lumens.
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The top block, 'Power on – Initialize the system', of the flow chart is the microcontroller initialization block. When the wall switch is turned on, power will be applied to the LED light and this block will configure the LED light for basic operation, lumens output, and temperature measurement.
The 'Is Light on?' block tests if the light has been turned off by an over-temperature condition. The test involved to determine if the light is on is a simple bit test. If the light "on" bit is set, the light is on, and if the light "on" bit is not set, the light is off. When power is first applied, the light will be on by default and the bit is set.
The 'Alarm' control block controls the on-off-on-off sequence when an extreme over temperature condition is reached and the LED light has been turned off by the controller. The next block is the 'Is Light on?' block to start the test sequence again. The only method for exiting the alarm condition is to remove and reapply power using the wall switch.
The next block, 'Measure temperature', measures the voltage at the NTC node. As NTCs typically exhibit a non-linear change with temperature, the measured voltage can be compared against a look-up table for the associated temperature. This temperature will be used in the next two blocks.
The 'Safe temperature' block determines if the temperature of the LED light is within safe limits. If the temperature has reached its configured maximum value, the system will shut off the light. If the temperature is less than the maximum allowed value, the system will proceed to test for temperature stability.
The 'Turn Light off' block turns the light off when the LED light temperature is unsafe. The next block, 'Is Light on?', restarts the test sequence again.
The 'Temperature change' block determines if the temperature has changed a sufficient amount from the last lumens-adjust cycle to warrant an increase or decrease in light output. The 'Temperature increased' block determines if the temperature has increased or decreased. These are the only two choices, as the prior block determined the temperature had changed sufficiently from the prior lumens-adjust cycle.
The 'Maximum Lumens' block determines if the LED light is set for maximum lumens output. If the lumens output is at maximum, the 'Is Light on?' block restarts the test sequence again.
The 'Increase Lumens, Decrease Indicator' block is triggered when the prior block determines that the lumens output is not its maximum. This block will increase the output by a step as configured during the initialization block. This block will also decrease the indicator LED by a step to match the lumens increase with indicator decrease, then restarts the test sequence.
The 'Minimum Lumens' block is triggered when the 'Temperature increased' block determines the temperature has increased. If the lumens is not at a defined minimum value, the flow is directed to the 'Reduce Lumens, Increase Indicator' block. If the Lumens output is at the defined minimum value, the 'Is Light on?' block restarts the test sequence again.
The 'Reduce Lumens, Increase Indicator' block decreases the output by a step as configured during the initialization block. This block will also increase the indicator LED by a step to match the lumens decrease with indicator increase, then restarts the test sequence.
This flow-chart diagrams a sequence where the LED light turns off and stays off until the input power is recycled. A small change in the flow can provide a sequence where after the light is turned off, the temperature can be monitored and, when reduced to a safe level, the LED light will be turned on again.
About the Author
Charles Pencil is an Applications Engineer, Senior Staff for PowerPSoC and Off line LED drivers at Cypress Semiconductor Corp. He is focused on high brightness LED operation, control, and application in LED-light systems operating in the 1W to 100W range.


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It's hard to believe it, but World War II ended in 1945 (almost 60 years ago). On the 14th of August 1945 news of Japan's surrender was announced in the USA. This signalled the end of the war. The day became known as V-J Day (Victory over Japan day) in the USA. Riotous celebrations erupted in the streets. Among the overjoyed masses gathered in Times Square in New York City that day was one of the most talented photo journalists of the 20th century – Alfred Eisenstaedt (a German immigrant).
He spotted a sailor running along the street grabbing any and every girl in sight. He later explained that whether she was a grandmother, stout, thin, old, didn't make any difference to this sailor. He snapped this photo of the sailor kissing a very attractive nurse and it became one of most well known photographs of all time.
The image was circulated in newspapers across the USA. Alfred Eisenstaedt worked as a photographer for Life magazine from 1936 to 1972. He died in 1995. This photo by him has been selected as the Daily Cool Photo on Running Wolf's Rant for the 16th of June 2012.
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The hair is first shampooed with Truffle by Fuente UK diamond and meteorite infused with white truffle skin mix shampoo. Afterwards, the conditioner containing the same ingredients is applied. The conditioner is rinsed out and the hair is coated with the enriched treatment and blown out directly into the hair. The blow dry treatment penetrates and rejuvenates the hair shaft leaving it strong and manageable. Also, a complimentary full size bottle of both the shampoo and conditioner is given to each client to take home.
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Dino Melaye's Wife Reacts To Bisi Ibidapo's Pregnancy – One Day The Truth Will Come Out
Oct 9, 2012 – Dino Melaye's Wife Reacts To Bisi Ibidapo's Pregnancy – One Day The Truth Will Come Out
The wife of Randy Honourable Dino Melaye, Mrs Tokunbo Melaye has finally broken her silence on the fact that her husband impregnates actress Bisi Ibidapo. www.naijagists.com
According to sources, Tokunbo Melaye was shocked when the rumour of Bisi Ibidapo's pregnancy surfaced back in September, here is what she said then:
"If you succeed in cheating someone, don't think that the person is a fool … realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserve"
In response to questions by some of her tweeter followers on her husband's cheating allegation, Tokunbo Melaye, the mother of Dino's three beautiful children said the following:
I am solidly behind my Hubby. No shaking and pls! Enough with all the rumor mongering!
Why would I attack my hubby over falsehood?! Please get ur facts straight. I am solidly behind my Man.
After a lot of questioning, here is what she said:
" I rest my case, I hold my peace. One day the truth will 'out' n everyone will know what you are!


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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 539348, 10 pages
Vitronectin Absorbed on Nanoparticles Mediate Cell Viability/Proliferation and Uptake by 3T3 Swiss Albino Mouse Fibroblasts: In Vitro Study
1Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Anaesthesiological, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Napoli, Via Costantinopoli 16, 80138 Napoli, Italy
2Laboratory of Bioactive Polymeric Materials for Biomedical and Environmental Applications, UdR INSTM, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Risorgimento 35, 59126 Pisa, Italy
Received 17 September 2012; Revised 5 December 2012; Accepted 6 December 2012
Academic Editor: Mandeep Singh Bakshi
Copyright © 2013 F. Rosso et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We study the interaction of 3T3 Swiss albino mouse fibroblasts with polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) and investigate cellular behaviour in terms of viability/cytotoxicity, cell cycle, NPs uptake, MAP kinase (ERK1/2), and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) activation. After incubation of NPs with cell culture media, western blot analysis showed that Vitronectin is retained by NPs, while Fibronectin is not detected. From cytotoxicity studies (MTT and BrdU methods) an LD50 of about 1.5 mg/mL results for NPs. However, NPs in the range 0.01–0.30 mg/mL are able to trigger a statistically significant increase in proliferation and cell cycle progression in dose and time depending manner. Also, biochemical evaluation of ERK1/2 and FAK clearly shows an increasing phosphorylation in a dose and time depending manner. Finally, we found by transmission electron microscopy that NPs are internalised by cells. Competitively blocking VN-integrin receptors with echistatin (1 g/mL) results in a decrease of viability/proliferation, cell cycle progression, cellular uptake, and FAK/ERK activation showing the involvement of Vitronectin receptors in signal transduction. In conclusion, our results show that cell surface NPs interactions are mediated by absorbed plasma proteins (i.e., Vitronectin) that represent an external stimuli, switched to the nucleus by FAK enzyme, which in turn modulate fibroblasts viability/proliferation.


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Wondering if anyone has any tips on where to stay and what is the best time to go. Any and all info would be appreciated.Thanks, msrosecooks
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Wondering if anyone has any tips on where to stay and what is the best time to go. Any and all info would be appreciated.Thanks, msrosecooks
Make your reservations SOON or you may not have a place to stay. Bend is a good location,not too far from Sisters, and there are quilt shops there as well. Take comfortable shoes!!
I drive up early in the morning from Albany. Early morning is best because it's still cool, the crowds are not thick, parking is easy, and you can stay as long as you want. The show officially starts at 9 am, but most of the quilts are up well before then and you can wander around and watch them put up the rest of them. (And that can be entertaining too.) I didn't get to go last year, so I'm really looking forward to it this year. Have fun! Usually some of the people from the board try to meet up sometime during the day, and I hope that will happen again this year. I don't know about places to stay, since I live close enough to make it a day trip. There are some excellent classes given the week before the show, and I'd love to take some one of these years. I think I enjoy Sisters more than any other quilt show.
I used to live in Bend, there are a couple of great Quilt Shops there. For me the Quilt Show in Sisters is an "all dayer" be sure to wear your walking shoes and take a camera. Have fun!!
Yes, it certainly gets hot...over 100*F some times at the heat of the day. The last time we went, everything in Sisters and Bend was full, and we ended up out in Redmond. If you don't come early, you will end up on the hwy sitting like you're in a parking lot. We only did that once.... smartened up really fast. ENJOY! It's a fantastic experience.


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WASHINGTON -- Former Representative Mark Foley's one-time aide didn't waver yesterday from his contention that he told the House speaker's chief of staff at least three years ago about Foley's approaches to male pages, the witness's lawyer said.
Kirk Fordham would not comment after emerging from nearly five hours of closed-door testimony before the House ethics committee, but his lawyer, Timothy Heaphy, said Fordham was ``consistent in his accounts." Fordham has spoken out publicly on his timeline and was questioned by the FBI.
Speaker Dennis Hastert has said that he learned of inappropriate approaches by Foley in late September, and that his aides found out in the fall of 2005. Hastert's chief of staff, Scott Palmer, has denied that Fordham contacted him at least three years ago, contradicting Fordham and creating one of the major conflicts the committee must resolve.
Heaphy told reporters Fordham was ``forthcoming" in his testimony.
Foley resigned from Congress on Sept. 29 after being confronted with sexually explicit messages.
Polls indicate the scandal is hurting Republican chances of retaining the majority in the House.
President Bush appeared with the embattled speaker in Chicago yesterday, saying the country would be ``better off" with Hastert in power.
``I am proud to be standing with the current speaker of the House, who is going to be the future speaker of the House," Bush said as he opened a speech to raise money for two Illinois congressional candidates.


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Air China said investigation revealed that wrong packaging was to blame for the "misunderstanding"
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Air China, a leading carrier in the mainland, has denied accusations that it fed passengers on a domestic flight out-of-date beef pancakes, making at least a dozen sick.
In a telephone interview with SCMP.com on Tuesday, an Air China spokeswoman said an investigation had revealed that incorrect packaging was to blame for the "misunderstanding." She said Air China routinely discards leftover and out-of-date food and would never recycle them for reuse.
The news has made national headlines in China after a passenger on a Sunday flight from Xinjiang's Hami city to Beijing shared her unfortunate dining experience on popular social media site Weibo.
A photo of the packaged food she posted shows an expiration date of October 2, four days before her flight date.
"Look twice when you eat any food from Air China in the future," she warned in her post that later caught the attention of reporters.
The passenger, identified by her surname as Wang, later told Chinese media that one toddler vomited soon after eating the pancake and at least 20 adults suffered sickness and had to use the toilet.
Wang said she was upset that even after passengers pointed out the problem to flight attendants, they refused to warn everyone of the "expired" food.
One flight attendant flatly denied there was a problem, and told passengers the food provider had used wrong labels. But Wang, unconvinced, demanded an apology and filed a complaint immediately after she landed.
In an official statement issued by the carrier early Tuesday morning, Air China said an internal investigation showed that workers had mistakenly packaged the pancakes with bags used for food offered in domestic flights of shorter distances. Food offered on the Xinjiang-Beijing route is different and lasts much longer, it said.
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The Coming of Confucius
|Perjantaina, 22. tammikuuta 2010 1 kommentti(a)
Jyrki Kallio
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If you think that China is a communist country, think again. If you think that China is not a communist country, think again once more. It is true that the Communist Party holds power in China, and the political system largely reflects that fact, but economically and ideologically communism is an endangered species. All kinds of unwanted influences loom in the horizon, lured in by the ideological vacuum. The Party has begun a pre-emptive strike and promotes traditional learninga compote of values and teachings of ancient Chinese philosophersas the new moral ground upon which China will grow into a harmonious society.
The latest effort to educate Chinese in the virtues of traditional learning is the movie Confucius. The movie, directed by Hu Mei, will hit 2,500 cinemas throughout China today, January 22nd, forcedly replacing all the 2D copies of Avatar. The movie will be released elsewhere in Asia today as well, and later in the rest of the world. Judging by the comments of those who have already seen the movie, Hollywood might not need to fear. Perhaps, however, the rest of us must brace ourselves. For Confucius is coming! We shall be seeing much more of him, because nobody can give a human face to both harmonious society and China better than Confucius. At least so the Communist Party of China seems to think.
Confucius who? That is not a simple question. Confucius was a teacher and philosopher who lived 2,500 years ago, in an era when several states flourished and fought each other in the North China Plain. During the imperial era, he was made something of a saint-king. For the revolutionaries in the early 20th century he was the embodiment of everything backward. During the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 70s he became the scapegoat in the political campaigns targeting revisionism. Recently, Confucius has been rehabilitated, but nobody seems to know exactly what to think of him.
Those who explain the rise of the Asian Tigers through cultural values like to say that Confucianism is about valuing education, selflessness and common good. The Communist Party explains that Confucius taught stability, unity and harmony. Some contemporary New Confucians equate Confucianism with liberalism and democracy.
The only other major movie about Confucius was made in China in 1940, directed by Fei Mu. The film shows Confucius as a scorned prophet who fails to get his message across to any of the rulers he advised. They wanted to win wars and not to hear about good governance. Similarly, in a book by Li Ling (Sangjiagou, 2007), Confucius is pictured as a stray dog unable to find anyone worth serving or even as a Don Quixote who attacked the wrongs of the society, all in vain.
Then there is the book by Yu Dan who is responsible for starting the Confucius-fever. Her bestseller Confucius from the Heart (original in Chinese 2007, translations in English and Finnish in 2009) has probably sold more than ten million copies. In her book, Confucius is made to promote wisdoms suitable for the socialist harmonious society. Yu Dan writes, for example, that you must learn to accept disappointments in life and that if you stop criticizing the society, you will start feeling happier.
It is interesting to see what the new movie Confucius will be like. Judging by the prominence of the massive battle scenes in the trailers, Confucius might be the new Hero (a patriotic blockbuster from 2002, directed by Zhang Yimou), extolling Chinas glorious history and showing how history inevitably led to the unification of the nation. In that case, Confucius might not recognize himself in the character played by the Hong Kong action star Chow Yun Fat.
But the movie Confucius is just one piece on the go board of international politics. What we will be seeing here outside Chinawhether the movie makes it here or notis the continuing rise of China. Confucius is used to promote a positive image of China through a growing network of Confucius Institutes, already situated in almost 90 countries, and the propagandists in Beijing are explaining how the foreign relations of imperial China were based on such Confucian values as harmony and mutual benefit. According to the propagandists, China did not occupy foreign lands, because Confucius taught that an enlightened ruler with high moral standards will win the world over without wars. This tradition will continue, and it is the highest hope of contemporary Chinas leaders that the whole world becomes one community. Have no fear for Chinas rise, they say.
Indeed, trust is a much better basis for international relations than fear. Trust, however, is built only by deeds, not words. More than movies are needed, both inside and outside China. But it doesnt harm to have a better understanding of what Confucius saidor what he said according to Confucius the movie. Lets wait and seeConfucius, for starters.
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22.1.2010, Jouni Pulli
Talking about deeds rather than words, I find it quite annoying that China has started building up infrastructures in many parts of Africa in order to be able to exploit the natural resources of the said continent while we in the West are used to "help" African States by giving them money.
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text: Techradar news New Audi cars know just how long that red light will last A few Audi cars are about to get a lot smarter about traffic lights with the addition of a vehicle to infrastructure system. This means Audi cars will be able to talk to a city's infrastructure to get information about traffic lights. Although the technology has been around for years, Audi is the first automaker to market with a vehicle to infrastructure... #infrastructure #audi #traffic Tweet Source: www.techradar.com Read More


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A well-known nonprofit search organization will be working the case of missing Miramar mom Vilet Torrez, family members said.
Texas EquuSearch, a volunteer and donation based group, will be working with local law enforcement officials who have been searching for Torrez for more than two months.
The 38-year-old, a mother of three, was reported missing by her estranged husband, Cid Torrez, early in April. Authorities suspect foul play and named Cid Torrez a person of interest, though he has said he did not see or have contact with his wife on the early morning she disappeared.
In the time since then, her brother Javier Blanco has been to searches where police combed waterways in Miramar, he has helped pass out flyers, and he has been in court proceedings over custody of his sister's children.
He called Texas EquuSearch "a reputable nonprofit organization that could help out with a lot of different resources that the police department didn't have. I called them up and I explained our situation and what's happening, and they said they could help out," he said.
Blanco said he reached out to the nonprofit on Tuesday.
Based in the Lone Star state, EquuSearch uses trained volunteers to conduct searches both nationally and around the world and has worked high-profile cases such as the Caylee Anthony case. It was founded by Tim Miller. His daughter disappeared and her body was not found for 17 months, Blanco said.
Miller confirmed that he is coming to meet with Miramar detectives on Monday to determine if he might have resources that could help in their search effort.


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Kim Jong Un's executed uncle was eaten alive by 120 hungry dogs: reportFri Jan 3, 2014
Defying White House, 26 senators prep Iran sanctions billThu Dec 19, 2013
US to Afghanistan's Karzai: Sign security deal or we'll pull out all troops next yearTue Nov 26, 2013
How did that happen? What you need to know about the Iran nuclear dealSun Nov 24, 2013
- Seems like Netanyahu and the Republicans are taking Nancy Reagan's philosophy to heart. They just say no to everything. They'd rather be stuck in neutral than even try to go forward with the possibility of attaining a peaceful solution with Iran. Hey, if in six months, we see the Iranians can't be t …
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Israelis hard-nosed about Iran nuclear talksThu Nov 21, 2013
Paramount would fight 'Wonderful Life' sequelWed Nov 20, 2013
- They say all press is good press, but in this case I think they're wrong. The producers should have gone ahead and made this movie first without ever mentioning that it was a sequel, and then let the reviewers say that it was a sequel to It's A Wonderful Life, at which point it would have been too l …
Reid weighs 'nuclear option' on nominationsTue Nov 19, 2013
No retreat: Little reflection for House GOP after bruising shutdownSun Oct 27, 2013
Shutdowns and debt limits: Making sense of the fiscal deadlines aheadThu Sep 19, 2013
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Sachin Tendulkar should speak on farmers' plight as well: Shiv Sena
Taking a jibe at Sachin Tendulkar for his letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over toll plazas, the Shiv Sena today said the cricket legend should speak out for the drought-affected farmers too.
Also read: Sachin Tendulkar speaks up for toll-troubled Mumbaikars
"I welcome his stand on the toll plazas in the state. But while he is speaking for people being affected due to road toll, he should look into the issues of farmers as well. Farmers in Marathwada and Vidarbha are committing suicide due to drought. That issue cannot be ignored," senior Sena leader and state transport minister Diwakar Raote told reporters.
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Tendulkar, who is a Rajya Sabha member, had said in his letter that he was "deeply concerned about the present state of affairs concerning the operation of toll gates around the city of Mumbai" and would "sincerely request you to kindly reconsider the model of operation to reduce the physical and mental toll on citizens who travel in and out of the city".
Fadnavis, speaking in the Legislative Council today, said his government had taken note of Tendulkar's letter and it will find a way through all the legal issues to bring an end to toll plazas.
Incidentally, Raote, in a statement later in the evening, claimed that TV channels misquoted him on the issue. "After seeing the way my remarks were shown on TV channels many got annoyed and contacted me expressing their displeasure.
"Toll free Maharashtra and farmers' problems are two issues on which Sena is emphatic. I am sure that the stance taken by Sachin on Mumbai issues will be of help. If anyone's feelings have been hurt, I am tendering apology," he said.


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The backstory: a week or two ago, a newspaper based in New York started displaying a subscription dialogue over top of every article past 20 in a four week period. So I wrote 3 lines of javascript to hide that, dragged it into my bookmarks toolbar, thanked my sources and forgot about it.
It's been a fun week, since then 60 000 people have used the link, I was a guest on NPR's OnPoint with Tom Ashbrooke (syndicated to over 1 million listeners), Slashdotted and even mentioned by Der Spiegel.
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As you obviously know, The New York Times Company has used its 'The New York Times' trademark since at least as early as 1851 and today offers numerous products and services under its famous 'The New York Times' trademark, including its online version of The New York Times at the URL NYTimes.com, and various blogs and electronic media products. NYTCo's NYTimes.com website receives over 15,000,000 unique visitors each month. NYTCo owns numerous registrations for its 'The New York Times' trademark in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Canadian Trade-Marks Office and these trademarks are among the company's most valuable assets.
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I'm a big fan of the newspaper in question; I would've taken the page down in exchange for a manila envelope with leftover detritus from Bill Safire's old desk. But I guess when you have a hammer (legal department) everything looks like a nail (needs to be mailed some legal boilerplate).
A few people have offered to mirror the code (and one or two JFDidI), but I expect I'll end up complying with the request and call it NYNewspaperClean or something (I never intended to name the script in the first place, I just needed something to show up on the toolbar).
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Hundreds of fans gather outside the Nokia theatre to see the "Loved" one commonly known as Prince. A three concert night to promote his website Lotusflow3r.com and three new studio releases MPLSoUND and Elixer with Bria.
In the midst of even this conservative "appearing" crowd you can feel the raw kinetic energy. The set started at 7:46 p.m to a warm up tune. But just when the audience thought they were safe, he brought the house down with "1999" and then you remember where you were when you were first introduced to Prince's music. Why? There is one 'Prince' song that clearly defines where you were in life and love. Prince is the moniker of sexuality as his tunes can very well play theme song to all of your desires. The crowd was spellbound by the live instrumentals as they sang in harmony to all of his many tunes. Prince remained "King" for nearly 30 years.
Even though the sound quality was poor, the audience did not really seem to mind. But as a keen observer it appeared to me that Prince stayed relevant because he is the perfect balance of, Pop, Rock and Soul as all genres would love to stalk claim to over 30 years of penmanship, harmony, and performance. He is the perfect balance of masculinity and femininity.
The "Gloved One" may have more universal appeal, but there is no secret that Prince definitely has more U.S appeal. I don't know how he did it, but by keeping his personal life, personal, he has mastered the art of "poeticizing his presence". While other musicians always seem to veer out into acting, ala "Purple Rain" or producing other acts Prince never allowed this to spoil the artistic beauty of his art form. But I do have to admit that I was a little disappointed because I wanted to hear "1999, If I was your man, Kiss and Controversy" the way I remember it being presented to me over 25 years ago. I am not a big fan of the remix as there was more of an acoustic sound than I remember. Never the less, fans celebrated with the "Loved" one as there were a few fans that were onstage as the band played their version of "Play that funky Music White boy". I was pleasantly surprised as Shelia E. joined him onstage for "Glamorous Life" and only to end the night with an encore of The Times "Jungle Love". As I stood eyewitness to an American musical icon, I had just one thought, "There is not even another one of him in the making". Congratulations Prince, the legend who is nearly 30 years in the making.


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The best thing about art is that it's quite unlike a scientific equation. Art can't be interpreted with one explanation. You may perceive a painting in a particular way from one vantage point and find an entirely different picture from another. The best pieces of art are left open to interpretation. If film making is an art form, then this movie is a young prodigy's magnum opus.
When 25-year-old debutant writer-director Richard Kelly completed filming Donnie Darko in 2001, he had a hard time finding a distributor in the US because the movie just couldn't be clubbed into one or two specific genres. This bizarre film touches upon multiple tones and messages, although most viewers mistake it for another sci-fi fantasy tale of a teenager struggling to cope with life and his new-found obsession with time-travel.
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Donnie is a troubled but intelligent young lad, possibly too smart for his own good. And he has questions, questions that are often snubbed by his elders and teachers, and often too difficult to answer for his friends. Donnie has friends, he dates a beautiful girl, but he's lonely.
Otherwise a calm and quiet kid, Donnie's random bouts of aggression worry his parents, and he's put on regular psychotherapy sessions after he gets into trouble for burning down a house.
Taking it as a mandatory exercise he has to put up with due to his parents' insistence, he continues regular therapy and his prescribed medication. But Donnie needs real help – real answers to the troubling questions he's faced with – and sees a ray of hope when befriends Frank, an imaginary monstrous six-foot rabbit who says he can show Donnie the way.
Frank also tells Donnie that the world is going to end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.
Donnie: "Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?"
Frank: "Why are you wearing that stupid man-suit?"
Hidden underneath the conventional late-1980s-American-family-cum-high-school settings, this confusingly strange film paints itself in tones difficult to make out in a quick glance. Watch it once, and you may be touched by young Darko's rebellious nature and his insistence on questioning things around him … even depressed by his acute inability to relate to everyday life. But watch it a second time a little closely and the movie digs up questions in your head you'd probably buried in away in a casket in your own youth: questions about life, death, god and solitude.
It is perhaps in two scenes where the films underlying philosophical messages are most evident.
First, when Donnie's literature teacher, Karen (played by Drew Barrymore), does a critical study with her students on Graham Greene's The Destructors, a short story in which a gang of boys burn an old man's house to the ground, find a stash of money but ironically burn it as well. Among her students, Donnie has the most noticeable of interpretations, identifying destruction as a form of creativity.
The second sequence is during a conversation with his psychotherapist about death and loneliness when she asks him if he feels lonely. Donnie replies by telling her how futile and absurd he thinks questioning god's existence is, and how he doesn't want to die alone.
Although the acting is not stellar, it is not bad either. Simply put, you could say more could be desired of the lead character, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Drew Barrymore (who also helpoed make the film as an executive producer) does well to play Karen Pomeroy, the English teacher who, along with Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff (played by Noah Wyle), has a significant impact on Donnie's imagination. The best performance is perhaps delivered by Mary McDonnell, playing the confident Rose Darko who consistently worries about her son's troubled life.
There is much to write home about the film's music though, which builds the emotion in the narrative. The exceptionally original score deserves a five-star rating, especially the beautiful piano-cum-dreamy-synth rendition of "Mad World", a 1982 song by Tears for Fears", by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules. Appearing at the end of the movie, the song, which perhaps played a major part in transforming the film into a cult classic, delivers a climax of hopelessness that may reduce many strong-hearted cinema-goers to tears.
All in all, Donnie Darko is perhaps the best debut a writer-director could achieve for his first full-length film, but it is also Richard Kelly's only movie of note so far. However, with people rating it 8.2/10 on IMDB.com, the film's original script, screenplay and music make up for his future failures.
My advice? Don't watch Donnie Darko. Watch it twice.
*Recommended reading: The Destructors, by Graham Greene


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Gass was issued a $50 team fine for his objectionable-conduct penalty against Calgary earlier this month, so Hervey paid his fine this week with 5,000 pennies.
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Some of the most glaring errors I found at ancestry had to do with their seeming inability to understand this double S writing. the most massacred name was 'Narcisse" but just one of many examples .
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This rocky road recipe is built upon digestive biscuits, given it a firm texture and a little golden syrup (or similar syrup) for a caramelized touch. It's a simple recipe to make and it'll be much enjoyed by those eating it.
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2Crush the digestives in a freezer bag with a rolling pin. Leave some larger pieces to add extra crunch.
3Add the crushed biscuits to the non-reserved chocolate mix. Add the marshmallows too. Stir till you get a new thick crunchy mixture.
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The publisher of Philadelphia's two largest newspapers warned that union drivers are putting Tuesday's scheduled bankruptcy sale of the company at risk.
Drivers who deliver The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News have balked at plans to end company contributions to their Teamsters' pension fund, and twice voted down proposed labor contracts.
They are the only holdouts among 15 unions.
The creditors have asked employees to share the pain equally, with budget cuts of about 13 percent across the board, Publisher Greg Osberg said. The editorial unit, for instance, agreed to wage cuts and furloughs that amount to a 6 percent pay cut, along with other newsroom cost-cutting.
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The April auction was part of the bankruptcy reorganization plan crafted by current owners, a local group who leveraged most of their $515 million purchase in 2006, only to see the industry retrench in the years since. The company also operates the Philly.com website.
The Teamsters Union Local 628 said in a statement that the union had agreed to economic concessions and changes in work rules, but the buyers "refused to bargain in good faith to maintain our members' pensions."
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