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New York artist Ben Rubin will be back in Austin at the end of this month to tinker with his projected-video installation And That's the Way It Is, in which lines of text from the broadcasts of Walter Cronkite's historic news broadcasts and contemporary news sources march across the face of UT's Jesse H. Jones Communications Building every night from disk to midnight. In addition to 11,000 more pages of Cronkite transcripts, he'll give the piece a software update and add another video channel.
also by Bill Davenport
- Lego My Art! - January 30th, 2016
- Archive: Painting on My Planet/The Top Ten Painters in Houston - January 1st, 2016
- Archive: Tire Iron 0: Cropduster: Hills Snyder/Chris Sauter - December 28th, 2015
- DMA Crane Flip Video - April 26th, 2015
- Helmreich New Dean of Fine Arts at TCU - April 25th, 2015


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New Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Car 2014 Price in Pakistan, India
The 2014 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta wasn't addressable during our 2013 Finest Driver's Car rivalry, but we did get several precis support quantify sunset assemblage in Italy. On this installment of Firing, Carlos Lago finally get his guardianship on the highest-performing front-engine V-12 Ferrari to day.
A 731-hp 6.3-liter V-12 with 508 lb-ft of torque sits low the F12 Berlinetta's agelong tough. Cause is transmitted to the back wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch transmitting. At the inhale sketch, the F12 Berlinetta nails 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and reaches the end of the quarter-mile in 11.3 seconds at an unimagined 131.7 mph. Bulky 15.7-inch advanced and 14.2-inch erect copy instrumentation rotors foreclose the two-ton Ferrari in vindicatory 106 feet. The F12 Berlinetta's aerodynamic bodywork produces 271 pounds of downforce at 124 mph.

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RHP Kyle Farnsworth doesn't have a exact target date for his return from a strained right elbow, but it should be before the All-Star break. Farnsworth took a step forward in his rehab Wednesday by throwing to batters at Tropicana Field.
DH Ben Zobrist, who was moved to second in the order to relieve some of the pressure he might feel from being in a spot where he has to drive in runs, actually drove in a run. His second-inning single scored SS Elliot Johnson and was his first hit in 10 at-bats during the three-game series at Yankee Stadium.


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This weekend was jam-packed on TV, what with the SAG Awards and the NFL Pro Bowl, but for a few us, we got a little nostalgic and flipped over to VH1 for their Rock Doc, The TRL Decade.
You see, many of us here at AMP Radio grew up watching our very own Carson Daly host MTV's Total Request Live and we were curious to hear what he thought about last night's special.
This morning, he weighed in on what it was like to be part of such a groundbreaking show and why TRL couldn't be as successful in this day and age.
Carson was flipping back and forth between the SAG Awards and The TRL Decade and he was flattered by all of you who reached out to him on Twitter last night.
This morning on AMP Radio, Carson got into why he thought TRL struck a chord with audiences. He explained:
I think like "American Bandstand" was for my parents' generation in the 50s, "TRL" was the first sort of show where you got to see your peers on TV in Times Square. What they looked like, what they were wearing, the shout outs to their friends. It was a looking glass into your own small group of friends. It was very impactful to a lot of people and so, I think that's cool.
As for why TRL isn't still on the air, Carson felt there are a few reasons why it wouldn't be as popular today:
[pullquote quote="It's the idea of appointment-based television, which doesn't exist anymore. Because if you want to watch the new Jay-Z/Kanye video, you pull out your phone and you can watch it in 2 seconds. You don't need me there to go, 'Hey, here's the video.'" credit="Carson Daly"]
It's different than it was in 1999. It's the idea of appointment-based television, which doesn't exist anymore. Because if you want to watch the new Jay-Z/Kanye video, you pull out your phone and you can watch it in 2 seconds. You don't need me there to go, 'Hey, here's the video.'
Carson also talked about the Jersey Shore effect. When MTV's reality shows became so big, so quickly for relatively little money, it wasn't worth it business-wise to keep TRL going when it didn't do as well in the ratings.
It started with "Laguna Beach" and then it was "The Hills," and now it's "Jersey Shore." When scripted programming became such a high-priority for MTV and 6 million to 10 million of you responded and watched it, they're not going to bring back "TRL" where maybe a million people watched. They're going to go with what sells. So as much as people say they wanted it back, more people want to see Snooki naked and drunk at a bar in Jersey.
Take a listen to what else he had to say:
And even after so many years, it's really all come full circle for Carson now that he's hosting NBC's The Voice alongside coach and former TRL regular [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Christina Aguilera[/lastfm].
Check out those two and the rest of the gang when season 2 of The Voice premieres immediately following the Super Bowl this Sunday!
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Nick Baumgartner competes in the Olympic Snowboard Cross
On January 26 it was announced that Yooper Nick Baumgartner made the Olympic team for the snowboard cross. Baumgartner hails from Iron River and is making his first Olympic appearance at age 28.
Tune in today (Feb 15) to watch the men's snowboard cross competition. Check out the complete schedule at Vancouver2010.com.
Nick's biggest accomplishment to date is winning a bronze medal at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009. He has also competed in the Winter X Games the last few years.
Before taking on snowboarding full-time Nick was a state champion wrestler in high school and went on to play football at NMU.
If you know of any other Yoopers who have compete in the Olympics please send me a message or leave a comment.
After a crash Nick's gold medal hopes came to a halt during the 1/8 finals. He finished 20th overall with a starting field of 34 racers.
"I came here for the gold," Baumgartner said between qualifying runs. "I am definitely taking the experience in. But the gold is what I worked so hard for. I set a goal four years ago." — From the examiner.com
Gold – Seth Wescott – USA
Silver – Mike Robertson – Cananda
Bronze – Tony Ramoin – France
Congrats Nick! Great job representing the country, but even more so thanks for representing the Upper Peninsula. We hope to see you back in 4 years with a world championship between now and then. Keep up the hard work.
Good to see Nick get some press in Sports Illustrated as well.
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I am so proud of you!! Hope you all the best cuz!!!
Take care and keep doing what you do best.
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Oh my god I was born and raised in the U.P. and it rocks. Go for the Gold U.P. That's what people here in Texas calls me because I'm from there and moved here back in October 2009. So Go Get Them!!!


text: Mickey Rourke is looking mighty badass in this latest "Iron Man 2" poster from Paramount. I'll have to admit, I didn't really know what to think of the idea of Iron Man fighting some Russian dude with electrical whips. I mean, come on, the guy can't even afford a shirt, and he's supposed to take on Mister High Tech Iron Man? But you throw Rourke into the role, and you give him this very sour disposition, and yeah, I think I can dig it. Co-starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, and Garry Shandling, and directed by Jon Favreau. The whip cracks May 7, 2010.


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Domino's Pizza Survives Drone Delivery With Only Minor Damage to the Cheese
If you want the best pizza, you're not going to order Domino's. But if you want your pizza delivered in the most innovative way, well, Domino's may have that market cornered. The chain took four years to modify a car to become the perfect delivery vehicle. And now it is testing drone delivery in New Zealand. And by all accounts, the first drone test went well, with the pizza landing gently and without major damage—save for a little cheese stuck to the top of the box. (Domino's did something similar in the U.K. way back in 2013, but that was when commercial drone delivery was years away from approval. We're much closer now.)


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Trevor Ariza out, Ron Artest in: What Will It Mean for the LakersJuly 7, 2009
Think back—way back—all the way to May.
It was the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, and animosity was growing between the Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Rockets' Ron Artest.
The two players had an incident whenever they were near each other.
In Game Two, Artest claimed that Bryant elbowed him in the throat, and when he didn't get the call, he confronted Bryant and was tossed from the game.
In Game Six, Artest drew a personal and technical foul on Bryant after an apparent collision at the top of the key.
There was plenty of discussion after each physical game of the Rockets/Lakers series. One topic, however, that no one discussed was the possibility of Artest going to the Lakers and playoff hero Trevor Ariza signing with the Rockets.
This deal was shocking and, to some extent, disappointing for many reasons.
Losing Ariza was a blow to the Lakers despite Artest's potential contribution. Ariza is a talented, spirited young athlete who loved playing in L.A.
But the way it happened was even more surprising. Going into free agency, the two Lakers players to watch were Odom and Ariza.
Considering that the Lakers did win the NBA Finals, and Odom and Ariza were instrumental in that win, it seemed logical that Lakers would want to keep their championship team intact.
Odom and Ariza both expressed their desire to remain in L.A., even if that meant a pay cut. For Ariza, the ties to Los Angeles were even more obvious, as he grew up there and attended UCLA.
So, when news broke that Ariza was considering offers from other teams, offers similar to the Lakers' proposed contract, it came as a real shock.
How did this L.A. native become so frustrated with his championship team so fast?
This was disappointing. Ariza played extremely well throughout the playoffs, and he made plays at pivotal moments in games. He is the type of player that you want keep.
On top of that, Ariza was a popular player amongst Laker fans and his teammates, and team chemistry is not something that should be overlooked.
This point, above all the rest, has the Lakers' faithful scratching their heads.
The Lakers are losing Ariza to add Artest, who is known for his temper and for antagonizing Bryant in the playoffs.
Speculation about Artest's and Bryant's ability to play together has been a hot topic since the trade was announced.
After Artest claimed that Bryant threw an elbow in Game Two of the series, he pleaded his case to the referees and then confronted Bryant on court. When asked why he came over to Bryant, Artest stated that he wanted to let him know that he couldn't push him around because he was Ron Artest.
Remember, he was talking about his new teammate. And any kind of tension between your star player and a new teammate is a bad thing.
The other problem with Artest's temper is that a player can't help a team from the locker room or the bench. If his rough style of play and confrontational nature leads to multiple ejections or suspensions, he will not be an asset to the team.
However, even though this deal has a downside, it is not time to panic.
As for the issues Bryant and Artest have had, they were playing in a high-stakes, high-emotion series where tempers often run high.
Moreover, even when they were at each other's throats (literally), there was still plenty of respect between them.
If Bryant appreciates one thing in a teammate, it's a competitive nature.
If Artest knows one thing about Bryant, it's that he will not back down or back off.
And if there is one person who can manage these two egos, it's the Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who recently announced that he will return next season.
Maybe Jackson can use some of that Zen magic on Artest, enabling him to calm down just enough to fit into the team.
The reason L.A. let Ariza go and brought in Artest was so that he could add toughness to what most people view as a long, athletic, but not very physical team.
Teams that would pose a threat to a repeat Lakers' championship next year are tough inside. The Celtics will have Kevin Garnett back; the Magic will still have Dwight Howard; and the Cavaliers will have Shaq.
The Lakers will need a strong guard to be able to drive to the hoop against them.
Additionally, during the Denver series this year, Bryant admitted that Carmelo Anthony was bigger and stronger than him.
Adding Artest to the team will help the Lakers in such matchups.
So, while this deal is a surprise, and it is hard to see Ariza leave L.A., acquiring Artest does have a positive side.
Now L.A. just has to hope that Artest can stay positive and out of trouble and maybe gain a little Zen.


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When Carroll Shelby asked designer Peter Brock, in 1963, to create a more aerodynamic design based on Shelby's Cobra, he had one goal in mind: Beat Ferrari. That goal was accomplished in 1965, when the Daytona swept the GT class. Now, Superperformance, a builder of replicars in South Africa, has teamed with Brock to create an updated version of the Daytona. It comes nearly complete, sans drivetrain, for about $60,000. With a Roush-tuned Ford racing motor, for say, $20,000 installed, you've got a comparably priced Viper-beater. What about Ferrari? You can check one out in your rear view.
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A dusting of as much as a half-inch of snow could be in store for the Augusta area late tonight and early Friday.
School systems began planning Wednesday for making a decision on whether to close on Friday.
Part of the determination in Richmond County will involve handheld infrared scanners that maintenance and facilities workers use to take the temperature of asphalt, sidewalks and driveways.
Benton Starks, the school system's facilities director, said he'll be out as early as 4:30 a.m. Friday using a scanner to take readings. If it shows paved surfaces near freezing, he could make a recommendation to delay classes.
The school system's transportation director also makes a recommendation about the condition of roads. Ultimately, the decision is Superintendent Dana Bedden's.
Typically, Mr. Starks said, a decision is made by 5:30 a.m. that day, but it could come earlier.
In Columbia County, Superintendent Charles Nagle said he and his staff intend to determine today whether to call a two-hour delay in opening school Friday.
They will take a look at road conditions Friday before deciding whether to close for the day.
They rely on condition updates provided by Pam Tucker, the Columbia County emergency and operations services director, and the National Weather Service.
In Aiken County, deputy superintendent David Caver said such a decision is typically made before 5 a.m. He said the school system stays in touch with Aiken County Emergency Preparedness workers and can send out area assistant superintendents to check road conditions. Superintendent Beth Everitt will make the call.
Mr. Caver said decisions have been made the night before a storm, but "unless we see something happening, we'll probably hold out until early morning."
January's average temperature, including highs and lows, was 12 degrees below normal as of Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. The organization didn't have information to show if the stretch of below-freezing nights lately is a record. Already, there have been several days of lows in the teens and 20s. Tonight's low is expected to drop to 25, and lows should again dip into the teens over the weekend.


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Complaint Review: Pep Boys
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Pep Boys Paid for new, expensive tires and alignment but, they left the old cracked valve stems Parsippany, New Jersey
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Just paid almost $900 for a new set of 4 performance tires. The receipt contained the following line items as part of the "tire installation package": tire mounting, tire handling, wheel balance, road hazard warranty, and four 1 1/4 rubber valve stems ($3.49 each).
I had the foresight to mark the old, original valve stems before I handed over my keys just to see if they would try to sneak this one by. They did... It's not even about the installer trying to save the company money. It boils down to 30 seconds more per tire to do the right thing, but after all, who actually checks their valve stems after buying tires?
When they initially told me the car was "done" I checked and verified that they in fact did not change the valve stems. I verified that all the original stems were still on the wheels (with my pen marks and the obviously dry rot on the rubber) which had been balanced and an alignment performed. I went back in and told the service manager and he told me that he couldn't believe that "Juan" installed a new set of tires and didn't change the stems. I think "Juan" may have *never* installed a new valve stem in his career. Needless to say, I had to hand the keys back so they could burn another hour of my precious time in addition to another unproductive hour of garage labor time removing the wheels (for a second time), removing the tires, removing the old stems, installing new ones and remounting the tires and wheels.
Since they removed and reinstalled the tires on the rims, they should have subsequently balanced each tire a second time. Did they rebalance the tires? I sure hope so... They told me they did, so I should take their word for it. :-S
I wonder how fast they would get sued the first time someone in a minivan with a baby in a car seat has a blowout and gets in an accident after getting a new set of tires where "Juan" didn't put in new valve stems because it was too much work?
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Burrell happy to enter '07 with Phils
Distractions aside, Burrell shifts focus to '07
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Though Pat Burrell may spend his offseason thousands of miles from Philadelphia, he doesn't actually live under a rock. So he's aware of how vigorously he was shopped this offseason while the Phillies sought to replace him with free-agent slugger Alfonso Soriano. He's heard how his August and September struggles hurt the club's pursuit of a National League Wild Card berth and made pitching around NL MVP Ryan Howard a snap. And yes, former Phils manager Dallas Green's comments that the former No. 1 overall pick should refine his off-the-field lifestyle to refocus on baseball got back to Burrell, as did Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt's more recent words about Burrell's high strikeout totals.
Yet somehow there was Burrell standing on the field at Bright House Networks Field early Wednesday morning, wearing Phils gear, discussing the trade rumors and also what he hopes will be a productive season as a member of the squad. "There was a lot of talk about that, even during the year last year," Burrell said. "That's all behind us. Obviously, that's part of the game, and you have to be able to handle it and move on. I'm here now. Who knows what will happen, but I'm planning on being here. The focus [now] should be on what we need to do to prepare to get ready to win." Burrell admitted to following the team's pursuit of Soriano, and acknowledged that the slugger landing in Philadelphia would have complicated things in the outfield. "If he would've come here, they would have had to make some more decisions, but luckily, we don't have to worry about that," Burrell said. "You have to appreciate the situation you're in and enjoy the time you have. I'm glad to be back. When you're around long enough, you understand this is part of it. Most of the time, it's not personal. The team has an obligation to do what they think is best. I have to believe that's why I'm still here." With Soriano no longer an option, and Gary Sheffield and other possibilities having dried up, it became apparent that Burrell would return. General manager Pat Gillick visited his left fielder in Arizona and came away impressed with Burrell's determination. Gillick told Burrell he would approach him should something else come up -- Burrell's no-trade clause requires it -- and Burrell came away feeling like he was again part of the team. Manager Charlie Manuel said similar things to his left fielder, and plans to use him as the team's No. 5 hitter. "We need him," Manuel said. "He's a big part of our offense. He knows what he has to do." As bad as Burrell was perceived to be -- the .222 average with runners in scoring position in 2006 continues to be brought up -- his 29 homers and 95 RBIs were three and 22 fewer, respectively, than his 2005 totals, and came in 100 fewer at-bats. In 2005, he drove in 117 RBIs, second in the NL.
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"Not bad for the worst player in the league," Burrell joked. "If I had the 100 at-bats, I think the numbers would be similar and we wouldn't be having this conversation. If you told me last year that I was going to get 450 at-bats and hit 29 homers and drive in 95 runs, I'd be pretty pleased with that."Despite the subpar totals -- he did hit 23 points lower -- Burrell was seventh in the NL in RBI ratio, driving in a run every 4.86 at-bats, and he was eighth in go-ahead RBIs (29). Granted, he hit fifth in the league's most potent offense, so generating some of those RBIs came more easily, but Burrell knows what's expected. "Runners in scoring position is a great stat for the team," he said. "It's hard enough to be successful in any situation, but to not be successful there, that's something I take a lot of pride in. It's one of those things that mentally you have to be prepared for, and sometimes that can be tough. Everyone sets goals, and my goal has always been to hit 30 home runs and [have] 100 RBIs, but the 100 is more important than anything for me. It's a long season, so you just got to get them where you can." Burrell understands that he's going to collect his share of strikeouts, especially on inside pitches, and contends that most hitters have difficulty handling similar pitches. He suggested he wasn't prepared to sit out as often as he did in the season's second half, and that affected his timing and confidence.
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"Everybody has strengths and weaknesses, and the problem I've had is not taking advantage of the pitches I should hit," he said. "Then you get to the point in the at-bat where you're behind and have to fight. The biggest thing for me is to be aggressive at pitches in the zone that I can hit and not miss them."When Green spoke out about Burrell's off-the-field activities in December, he suggested that Burrell get his priorities in order. "Guys like him are tough to come by," Green said then. "He has to look in the mirror and recognize where his career is headed. This is a crossroad for him. Pat's a good-looking guy, is single and has a lot of money. That brings distractions. It's how you handle those distractions and whether you can look in the mirror and recognize that maybe those distractions are hurting you." Burrell, who recently got engaged, took exception to Green's words. "It's disappointing to hear things like that," Burrell said. "But I've always thought that anything that doesn't apply to this game is personal and shouldn't be talked about by anybody, let alone people within the organization. I've known Dallas a long time and I believe there was really no harm in what he said. He didn't mean it that way. There's no sense in bringing up things from the past. My time is my time. It's time to move on." Burrell used the phrase "move on" often on Wednesday, and he meant it. He likes his teammates and wants to be a productive part of the lineup. He said his troublesome right foot that bothered him last season, despite having been operated on the previous winter, feels great again, though he said that last season, too. Like most starters, Burrell loathes days off and isn't the happiest guy on the bench. That said, he appeared resigned to his fate last season, when Manuel preferred to use David Dellucci or Jeff Conine in left. Burrell said he was OK with then, and he understands there are no guarantees this season. He'll play as long as he's healthy and productive. "I'm just a piece of the puzzle," he said. "If I'm not playing and we're winning, I have to accept that for what it is. What I was trying to do [in September 2006] was make the most of the time that I was in there. Moving forward, the big thing is me being healthy and being able to be out there for the entire game." In other words, it's time to move on.
Ken Mandel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hi, I am a serving soldier (Age-45 years)presently posted in Aurangabad, MH. I am settled in lucknow wherein I have my own house at Sainik Nagar Telibagh. In lucknow I also had purchased a piece of land of approx 3100 sq ft in the year 2007, which I was planning to sell. But unfortunately last month I misplaced/lost the original registry documents pertaining to that same land. Fortunately I have one duplicate photocopy of the same documents held with me. Can someone please guide me whether I can get a copy of original land documents again from the court ??? If yes what will be the procedure for the same and in what duration. I shall be extremely greatfull to you all for your kind suggestions and guidance.
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My yard is full of different sizes of mushrooms and of course weeds. Does anyone know what can be done to clean this up?
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Rosey - the mushrooms makes me think your yard is getting too much water. Can you cut back on that or is it just rain water? As for the weeds . . . are you talking about your yard in general or the grassy lawn part? If it's the lawn, the first thing I would do is make sure you mow regularly that way you are cutting off the weeds before they set seed. I'd also raise the deck of your lawn mower as high as it will go to allow your grass to grow taller and start blocking out some of the weeds better. It won't totally eradicate your weed problems but it will help.
Thanks GardenSox, We were getting an awful lot of rain around the the last two weeks of Sept. one night we had two and a half inches in just about five hours. We have someone mow our yard for us, and the Weather has not been the best this year. I did get some grass down before we got all the rain.
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HOUSTON (KHOU) — A Harris County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a shoplifting suspect who was trying to flee from a Walmart Thursday night.
Loss prevention observed a group of women stuffing items inside their purses at the Walmart in the 14000 block of the North Freeway at West Road around 10:15 p.m., according to authorities. They notified an off-duty deputy who was working an approved extra job as security.
The deputy confronted the suspected shoplifters as they exited the store, but the women would not cooperate. One woman struck the deputy with her purse and they all fled.
The deputy chased one woman to her car and tried to stop her from leaving the parking lot. He opened her door and commanded her to stop, but she would not give up.
The woman allegedly put the car in drive and revved forward, dragging the deputy.
"I think it knocked him off balance and, in fear of his life and being ran over, he discharged his weapon at that point," said Thomas Gilliland, Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Gilliland said it was clear that the deputy was law enforcement.
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The injured woman fled the parking lot, but eventually stopped at The Worthington at the Beltway apartments in the 1300 block of Greens Parkway. Paramedics with the Houston Fire Department tried to revive her, but could not. She was pronounced dead at the scene.


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Monitoring and evaluation system, and impact measurement
Recording and reporting system
Establishing a reliable monitoring and evaluation system with regular communication between the central and peripheral levels of the health system is vital. This requires standardized recording of individual patient data, including information on treatment outcomes, which are then used to compile quarterly treatment outcomes in cohorts of patients.
These data, when compiled and analysed, can be used at the facility level to monitor treatment outcomes, at the district level to identify local problems as they arise, at provincial or national level to ensure consistently high-quality TB control across geographical areas, and nationally and internationally to evaluate the performance of each country. Regular programme supervision should be carried out to verify the quality of information and to address performance problems.
Enhanced recording and reporting
Both developed and developing countries now have additional diagnostic information at their disposal, including sputum culture, DST and HIV test results, all of which can be used to guide patient management. TB programme managers also need to monitor records and reports from public and private care providers not directly linked to the national TB programme (NTP). Special attention must be paid to ensuring the confidentiality of patient information. Use of electronic recording systems will be considered where appropriate.
Making the best use of data at all levels will mean many countries having to train staff in the analysis and interpretation of data, as well as in the use of the computer software that can greatly facilitate this work. As electronic recording systems become more widely available, consideration should be given to storing individual patient data, which will make more detailed analyses of aggregated data possible.
WHO's report on Global TB Control compiles data from 200 countries each year, monitoring the scale and direction of TB epidemics, implementation and impact of the Stop TB Strategy, and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
TB impact measurement
TB impact measurement has two major components. The first is measuring the epidemiological burden of TB, and trends in this burden, in terms of three so-called "impact indicators": incidence (the number of newly-arising cases of TB each year), prevalence (the number of cases of TB in the population at a given point in time) and mortality (the number of deaths from TB in a given year). These are the major indicators being used to measure progress in TB control at global level, for example in the context of targets set within the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and by WHO and the Stop TB Partnership. The second major component of TB impact measurement is evaluation of the extent to which interventions to control TB are responsible for changes in incidence, prevalence and mortality (so-called "impact evaluation").
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review of four famous task management applicatiions by falko12 02 2008
I found a nice review of four famous Mac task management applications. All these programs follow the David Allen "Getting things done" paradigm.
In review are
- OmniFocus from OmniGroup
- Midnight Inbox from Midnight Beep
- Things from Cultured Code
- iGTD from Bartek Bargiel
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Thousands of people in Sheffield are supported for drug or alcohol abuse each year – and more are now encouraged to join them.
September is National Recovery Month, and service providers are hoping to 'reach out' to people to let them know about support that is available.
Organised recovery walks will take place throughout the month, which ends with a celebration event on Monday, September 29, at Sheffield Town Hall.
The event is open to anyone wanting to find out more about the support available, to meet others in recovery, and see the first showing of a Recovery Film made by Sheffield people.
Coun Mazher Iqbal, cabinet member for communities and public health at Sheffield Council, said: "There is good support for people seeking help with drugs and alcohol misuse and around 3,500 people are supported every year in Sheffield.
"It's really important that people know that help is available and that they do not have to suffer alone."
Sheffield Drug and Alcohol Coordination Team is organising recovery month.
One recovering alcoholic, called Paul, from Sheffield, started drinking at the age of 11 and finally sought help 33 years later when he blacked out.
He said: "I ignored the problem for many years, pretending it wasn't an issue. When I blacked out it was really scary and gave me the wake-up call I needed.
"The hospital referred me to a support group, I attended meetings and tried for two years to stay sober, but I needed more support. In April 2013 I was referred to residential rehab and after eight months I was ready to face the world."
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Despite being so huge and heavy that it's barely possible for one person to lift, some folks still manage to take the regular-sized iPad out of the house for extended periods of time. And if you're doing that with the Retina iPad, you'll know that once the battery has run down you're looking at three to four weeks to recharge it, even if you were to plug it straight into the high-tension power lines overhead (hint: Do not do this).
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Whoa, Wendy! It's 17 hours later. I didn't feel very well, so I stayed off Jigidi until now. I think this one is gorgeous too. Great minds think alike. ;-)
Wendy, this one is gorgeous!
Whoa! 20 hours have passed since I was on here??? Pat, THAT'S the phrase I was trying to remember! I couldn't think of it, but wanted to mention it. Thank you. :-)whatnauts, yes, it was going through the spin cycle of the washing machine.
Wow, this cockatoo has really gone into a spin!! Loads of fun. Thanks, Wendy.
I'm glad that no cockatoos were harmed in the making of this puzzle! LOL! I really love this! :-)))))))
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Mandy. The paint is washable and non-toxic so the cockatoo is fine.
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Going through a butt ton of sipdowns today! I've picked out about 7 that I have like 2g or less of so since it's fairly early right now, I've just decide to spend the entire day with these teas!
This is a good tea, but the flavour isn't… well if I liked almond flavoured teas, I know I'd like it, but almond is a bit weird. It's all me, not the tea!Good tea, but I probably wouldn't purchase it on my own.
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Monitoring versus incentives
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- Matlab! It makes life so easy. (that or one of the other mathematical packages that are around the place, excel included).
- Paint, though I could live without it I suppose, but most or my report graph ... enhancements are done on Paint ...
- some kind of media player,
- firefox,
- Cool Edit pro (though I haven't used it in a while).
- VLC player!
There are more, I'm sure, but these are the ones that first come to mind.


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- A. R. Grable,
- R. J. Hanks,
- F. M. Willhite and
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Experiments were conducted for 2 years near Gunnison, Colorado, to evaluate the influence of N fertilizer and altitude on energy budgets of native wet meadows. Measurements included evapotranspiration from lysimeters (Et), evaporation from Weather Bureau pans (E), net radiation (Rn), total short-wave radiation (R2), soil heat flow (S), air and soil temperatures, wind velocity, precipitation, and forage yields.
During two periods of 1963, Rn, advected heat (A), and Et were slightly but not significantly altered at one location by application of N fertilizer. S was 2% or less of Rn, and A to lysimeters ranged from 6 to 11% of Et when data from all plots were averaged.
Studies during the entire growing season of 1964 at altitudes of 2240, 2350, 2670, and 3080 m indicated that Rn, Rs, and E cannot be used to accurately predict Et for high-altitude wet meadows. Although changes in Rn or Rs were generally accompanied by changes in E or Et, the ratios of the values changed sharply during the season because of advected energy and crop harvest. During at least 1 or 2 weeks just before midseason harvest, S was negligible and sensible heat flux to the lysimeters (−A) was as much as 26% of Et; after harvest, however, S was about 20% of Et and sensible heat flux from the lysimeters (+A) was as much as 97% of Et. Et, E, and A (to lysimeters) during comparable periods generally decreased as altitude increased. The greatest photosynthetic efficiency obtained was about 2% of Rn; usually it was much less.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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It is 7a+ to the first lower-off. The upper tufas can be wet.
The first 7a+ is more 7b at least for smallies. The upper route might be 8a+. It only had one accent by a very humble guy, teh Scot Paul Thorburn who equipped all the routes in this sub-sector. He spent hours and hours and paid hundreds of euros out of his own pockets. What a pity he doesn´t get any credit on the Rockfax pages nor in the guidebook.


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Effect on OpenSSL
So to ask the question that many will naturally ask - how does this affect the OpenSSL project? Does this change effectively mean the export restrictions on distribution of OpenSSL (source and/or binaries) would be lifted?
Federal restrictions will be relaxed on the export of open-source software that incorporates strong encryption, the US government announced on Friday in a lengthy disclosure. The effect of the changes announced in the US Federal Register is that cryptography software now may be exported to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and …
So to ask the question that many will naturally ask - how does this affect the OpenSSL project? Does this change effectively mean the export restrictions on distribution of OpenSSL (source and/or binaries) would be lifted?
So basically the feds have a computer system now that can crack any encryption system (quantum computing) then. This is the only reason I can think of right now.
I don't think you need to assume they've cracked anything. Perhaps reality has finally broken in: open source means what it says, and anyone who wants this stuff has it anyway, so why penalise law-abiding exporters?
I mean it's only 15 years since RFC1984 said:
" Encryption is not a secret technology monopolized by any one country,
such that export controls can hope to contain its deployment. Any
hobbyist can program a PC to do powerful encryption. Many algorithms
are well documented, some with source code available in textbooks.
" Export controls on encryption place companies in that country at a
competitive disadvantage. Their competitors from countries without
export restrictions can sell systems whose only design constraint is
being secure, and easy to use."
(And no, the RFC nunber was not pure chance,)
A three-eyed monkey-like create will break any code while sipping coffee and a shot of hydrofluoric acid.
Seriously, the simple explanation is that they hired a sane person who realized that GPG and OpenSSL cannot be stopped from entering Syria by means of Legislation. There is more than one Arab capable of downloading the stuff in Germany and emailing it to his nephew in Damascus.
And yes, the NSA employs a lot of smart people, so they might have mastered some modern ciphers. So get a book on crypto and hack your own cipher. Concatenate that to AES, 3DES and Blowfish. The cipher would be encoded in a Java class file and sent inside a GPG container.
If thousands do that, it will give NSA and GCHQ a royal headache.
It means that these countries can get hold of the software anyway, embargo or not, and the rules just put US software houses at a disadvantage compared to companies in other countries that don't have to comply with them.
The work-around by the way for the existing regulations is to print out the code on sheets of paper, mail it to another country, then someone in that country can scan and OCR the code. Printed source code is protected free speech rather than munitions.
Switch brain back to ON.
It's a piece of cake to export that crypto software to a white-listed country that doesn't have stupid legislation.
As a bonus, relaxing these rules will solve the ridiculous situation where US can import crypto software from one of these black-listed countries but can't export it back there.
A) DES with s-boxes defined by the key.
B) java-based SIGABA
C) DES with slowly modifying s-boxes (based on a key or a primary DES keystream)
D) DES with some s-boxes replaced by a non-linear function of your choice.
E) Enigma w/o reflector and w/o Steckerbrett (you need several engines to achieve more than 2^80 keyspace)
F) java-based Fialka
G) Chain existing ciphers based on a key. The key determines the chaining order.
H) java-based TypeX
J) multiple RC4 streams XORed. Make sure each engine is functionally independent keyed.
Always make sure each cipher engine is functionally independent keyed. Make sure your key generator generate truely random bits, in the Physical Sense.
"...exporters must first notify the federal government exactly where the code is located."
Uh, it's "in the cloud"?
P.S.: TheReg should add a 'cloud' icon.
It's not because the Feds can suddenly crack all encryption - this doesn't make it any easier for N Korea to get pgp.
What it does prevent is some embarrasing cases where major bits of open source software couldn't be hosted in the US because the license said free to anyone but the US made you click a bunch of disclaimers that you wouldn't use it to build WMD or export it to N Korea.
It also meant somebody could in theory sue any US company for violating the GPL - they are using the GPL software but cannot distribute their changes - because they can't be exported.
So you could go after Oracle, IBM, etc and possibly get some judge to block them using FOSS whileit's all sorted out (or until they settled out of court with you)
Surely you export the crypto to an overseas offshoot who onsell to a local entity that exports it? Like they weren't getting the stuff anyhow.
There's quite a few companies and products that rely on closed-source encryption. Is the encryption for region-locking of DVDs officially open or closed? An Xbox?
The potential market increase for any of these is relatively small, and language differences get in the way of American exports. At most, it clears up any doubts about licensed manufacture outside the USA. Whoever makes Arabic-language DVDs and DVD players, they've a chance of being in the clear now over the sales to Syria.
Juniper tend to ship routers internationally *without* SSH in their installed software, which can be a bit of a pain in the arse. If you're in a *bare* DC/office and your corporate laptop has a restrictive personal firewall that prevents FTP, using SCP is much preferable to upgrade software.....a minor point, but I've run into it before :-)
Cisco are the same with their Routers and Switches - they ship without K9 images (and are therefore incapable of SSH)
The first thing we do is drop a K9 on every new router / switch we procure, then disable Telnet.
These stupid US export restrictions have probably been one of the major reasons why Telnet is still in use today, and has without a shadow of a doubt caused numerous security incidents due to lazy sys/network admins.
Maybe now manufacturers can start shipping all devices with SSH only, and resign telnet to the protocol graveyard where it should have gone over 10 years ago.


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photo of Sicily,the ionio sea,Siracusa,Avola,Noto
"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything." L'Italia senza la Sicilia non lascia immagine nello spirito: soltanto qui è la chiave di tutto. (Goethe)
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Avola Shoreline, Sunshine and ocean view...just in January That's Sicily
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sicily land of... Nero d'Avola
Nero d'Avola (Pronounced "Neh-roe Dah-voe-lah" and translated "The black (grape) of Avola) is Sicily's most popular red grape is one of Italy's most important indigenous varieties. It is named after Avola in the far south of Sicily and its wines are compared to Syrah, with sweet tannins and plum or peppery flavours. As recently as the 1980s, plantings of Nero d'Avola declined in Sicily as many growers switched to international grape varieties thought more suitable for commerce.New viticulture techniques and night harvesting placing the grapes in cooled vats to prevent conditions which can lead to premature fermentation have been used by a few vintners to retain flavor without producing an overpowering wine.
|sea view with a lovely glass of Nero d'Avola
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If you like to stay abreast of the latest buggy trends, you'll want to know that there's a new challenger to the Bugaboo's crown as most wanted baby transporter in East Dulwich and other trendy London villages.
It's the Stokke Xplory pushchair travel system, and you'll recognise it immediately as the buggy that makes your kid look like a very cute Doctor Who-ish half-human-half-machine character. Or like they rule the world from on high.
The Stokke Xplory has been around for a while, I first spotted one at least a couple of years ago. What's new is the number of them now in circulation and who's pushing them.
They are definitely picking up a pace as the cool buggy of choice for fashionable folk. And yes, admit it, whether a buggy is cool or not is an important factor, even more so when your bloke is in charge of equipment purchases.It's likely that we will go for the ultra-light Bugaboo Bee for our little one, due December 1, but the Stokke is the closest challenger and I'm still keeping an open mind.
What I love about the Stokke is that the baby is so high up, at the same time nice and close to me, easier to get in and out, and also, crucially, out of the traffic fumes. I despair to see babies with their faces virtually pressed against vehicle exhaust pipes.
The height of the chair also means that the buggy can double up as a high chair, which strikes me as very useful at all the rather nice cafés I shall be frequenting with the mums-who-lunch.
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text: We just purchased a brand new Harman Accentra on Friday. Husband installed it himself yesterday. When we went to start it up, nothing.... the fans came on, but no pellet feed. Tried several times(did the "test" mode too) and nothing. Disappointed to say the least. Dealer is closed until Tuesday and a five hour round trip drive. This morning husband check the vent, looked good, took off the bottom put it back and when we started, it worked!! Oh it was wonderful! It actually got HOT in here! After the "test" we had it set on auto ignite, room temp and 4 for the feed. It ran several hours wonderfully. As it got hot, we turned the "room temp" down and over time the fire died out. Out of curiosity we turned the room temp back up to see if it would feed/ignite again. NOTHING. Unplugged it, waited, plugged in, nothing. Removed bottom vent cap again, replaced (that was the trick that seemed to get it going this morning) nothing. SO FRUSTRATING! We installed it where we formally had a wood stove, so it is installed as in "preferred method #2" shown in manual, minus the Outside Air. So, it's worked(and rather great) one time out of SEVERAL attempts. I am thinking this has to be something simple we're overlooking or not aware of as we are new to pellet stoves. We've been burning wood for a quarter of a century now though. I did read the sticky on What Your Harman Owners Manual Wont Tell YOu. Great info ,but I am not finding my problem. Any thoughts or ideas of what we're overlooking? Thanks for any help, we didn't buy more wood, counting on this stove, dont' want to get too cold ; )


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Memberless Synagogue Buries Secrets in Jewish Berlin Graveyard
A 142-year-old cemetery has been closed 'for security reasons' but no one seems to know why.
Ugly graffiti is spattered all over the walls of the cemetery of Adass Yisroel, an Orthodox congregation in East Berlin that is one of the city's oldest synagogues. Through the spider webs on the gate one can find a sign informing the visitors that the site is closed "for security reasons" and that photography is prohibited.
The 142-year-old cemetery, where some of German Jewry's well-known families are buried, is located on a quiet street in the Weissensee district in east Berlin. It contains some 3,000 graves, which are off limits to visitors.
Neither officials from the Berlin municipality nor the Adass Yisroel congregation were able to explain why the cemetery is closed or why it is deemed "not secure." As a matter of fact, the whole Adass Yisroel congregation is a mystery.
For the last few decades it has been headed by Israeli-born Mario Offenberg, who reportedly helped restore the synagogue. But in March, Offenberg was accused of swindling the state in the wake of a court case between the congregation and the state.
The congregation's request to continue receiving state benefits was rejected after Adass Yisroel refused to disclose information about its activities, or submit account books or the names of its members, in order to prove it was run properly. The congregation claimed to have 1,000 members. But the Berlin authorities told the court that "it was doubtful that the congregation is actually functioning as a community."
Stefan Kramer, general secretary of the Central Council for Jews in Germany, says that "several members of the congregation were surprised to hear they were members, and other members had long since passed away."
Adass Yisroel was ordered to return 140,000 euros since it failed to report how the funding it received was used. During the court case it was revealed that part of the money financed business class seats for Offenberg and his wife to fly to Spain, and another chunk was used to purchase numerous vehicles for unclear purposes. At the same time, the community couldn't afford to pay electricity and water bills, and sold some of its property.
"The Berlin Senate assumes that Offenberg sold off part of the real estate and pocketed the money," Kramer says. "The Adass Yisroel community never had 1,000 members as it claimed," continues Kramer. "I believe they barely had a minyan. Everybody knew it was a family affair."
It is a sad chapter in the history of a once proud institution.
According to its website, in German and Hebrew, the community was founded in 1869, after splitting off from the mainstream Jewish community over religious disagreements; Adass Yisroel wished to adhere to a more strict code of religious life in response to the assimilation of German Jewry. Throughout the years it established independent institutions, including a synagogue, a rabbinical school, a school and hospital, part of which still operate independently of the Jewish community.
The cemetery at Weissensee opened in 1880, after the death of a 95-year-old community member. "Regulations and customs which had hitherto been preserved according to tradition were undergoing a subtle change," says the congregation's website. "For instance, at funerals expensively-made coffins were increasingly being used instead of the simple, metal-free aronot (wooden coffins ). Likewise, large, ostentatious gravestones were allowed, as well as the opening of the cemetery on the Shabbat and Jewish religious holidays to visitors."
Many well known Jews were buried at the cemetery throughout the years, including the Rosenberg, Goldschmidt and Samouri families, Rabbi Ezriel Hildesheimer - founder of the synagogue - and his sons, Rabbi Abraham Berliner and many of the Rosenbluth family, of which former minister, Pinchas Rosen was a descendant. Several members of the Schocken family - owners of Haaretz and the Schocken Publishing house - are also buried there, including Isaac Schocken, father of the businessman and philanthropist Salman Shocken, who purchased Haaretz in the 1930s. The Nobel prize-winning writer Shai Agnon wrote the words engraved on Schocken's grave, which was designed by well known German-Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn.
Thousands of the community members were murdered during the Holocaust, but the main damage to the cemetery was done during the years of the Communist regime, when many of the gravestones were plundered. Only in the 1980s did community members begin rehabilitating the congregation, including the cemetery. It was restored with the help of students and German army volunteers.
But Adass Yisroel does not grant permits to visit the cemetery - or return phone calls or emails. Once, several months ago, an Adass Yisroel member who called himself "Levy," answered an email inquiring about a possible visit. Levy wrote that the site was closed to visitors for security reasons and that visits are only possible when escorted by community representatives. In response to a request to photograph the cemetery, Levy demanded payment, without mentioning rates.
Even the Berlin municipal office in charge of such sites had no explanation. "Unfortunately, we do not know why the cemetery is closed," an administrator of the Berlin Monument Authority told Haaretz.
The future of Adass Yisroel is murky. Officials at the central Berlin Congregation believe that for purely historical reasons, the Senate will not wish to be the one to close down the small Jewish congregation. Off the record, Offenberg has accused the Senate of targeting his group due to anti- Semitism. But he refused to respond to Haaretz's questions.
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The Festival of Ideas
What makes a city? That's question proffered by The New Museum's Festival of Ideas, a five-day-long street fest/symposium on new ideas for "the new city." This is going to be unlike any other street festival you've been to before. Clear your mind of images of those white polyvinyl booth where bleary-eyed hipsters and mellowed-out Earth moms hawk handmade hacky sacks and herbal remedies.


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Hassle Costs: The Achilles' Heel of Price-Matching Guarantees
We show that price-matching guarantees can facilitate monopoly pricing only if firms automatically match prices. If consumers must instead request refunds (thereby incurring hassle costs), we find that any increase in equilibrium prices due to firms' price-matching policies will be small; often, no price increase can be supported. In symmetric markets price-matching guarantees cannot support any rise in prices, even if hassle costs are arbitrarily small In asymmetric markets, higher prices can be supported, but the prices fall well short of maximizing joint profits. Our model can explain why some firms adopt price-matching guarantees while others do not. Copyright (c) 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Their little angel is here! Chris Lucas of the country duo LoCash is now a dad of two, his rep confirms exclusively to Us Weekly. The "I Know Somebody" musician and his wife, Kaitlyn, welcomed a baby girl at the Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee, on Monday, March 21.
Remi McKenna Lucas arrived at 9:21 p.m., weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and 19 inches long. The "I Love This Life" singer and Kaitlyn are already parents to son Caden, 5.
"We are super excited about having our first girl. We have a 5-year-old little boy who is our pride and joy, and now it's time to welcome daddy's little girl, and mommy's sidekick. We'd spent five years with no luck with conceiving a second child. Just when we thought it was unlikely and wasn't going to happen, our little boy came to us and said he wanted a sister, so we told him to pray to God that night! Well, one month later, we were pregnant! We feel so blessed and are extremely excited. P.S., future boys of all ages! There is nothing you can do that I haven't done, so don't even try it!" Lucas tells Us in a statement.
"Thank you so much of the Williamson Medical Center staff, and for the fans — thank you for all of your good wishes and prayers!" he adds. "See ya at an upcoming show!"
Back in 2011, Lucas and his bandmate, Preston Brust, who are signed to Reviver Records, joked about baby-proofing their tour bus for Caden.
"We've had to put soft things on all the corners of everything so the baby doesn't hit his head. That's been a big change!" Brust explained to Taste of Country. (Brust didn't have a baby at the time, but he and his wife, Kristen, welcomed daughter Love in January.)
"Preston and I are the leaders, and you want your leaders to be happy, so you've got to make the wife happy! I'm a happy man if my wife's happy," Lucas added. "We're on the road so much, and Preston understands this because he's the godfather, but I still have to ask five other guys [if my wife and son can come out once a month]. I don't like to go after seven days without seeing them. That's been a major, but a good, adjustment."
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Positive Contacts, Inc has been a real blessing to me with getting my non-profit started. I was impregnated with Serenity Women's Resource Center in 1997. Here I am over 10 years later with the help of Positive Contacts, Inc becoming a non-profit organization. I'm grateful, grateful, grateful!!! Never could've made it without YOU (Positive Contact, Inc.)! Peace.
Positive Contacts Inc has bee a major part of my life for many years. I have participated in Harvestime Swoosh for 4 years. This is where we fed the homeless men women and children of Atlanta.
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Challenges right now are a reduction in government spending and slowing housing recovery.
He sees continued GDP growth below 2%.
He thinks the Fed will either not start to taper or do it in a very limited fashion. He thinks interest rate areas of the economy have already been impacted by a rise in 10-year rates, and further rising wouldn't be positive.
In the video below Roubini weighs in on his view of other areas of the world as well.


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Wings Financial Names New CEO
After reviewing 100 candidates, Wings Financial Credit Union has selected R. Frank Weidner as its next president/CEO.
In November, Weidner will succeed Paul Parish, who will retire from the $3.2 billion credit union in Apple Valley, Minn., at the end of October.
Weidner currently serves as senior vice president for member services at the $7.9 billion Alliant Credit Union in Chicago where he is responsible for the development and leadership of all member service areas, including retail sales and service, consumer and mortgage lending, branch and telecenter operations, business development, sponsor relations and marketing.
Weidner joined Alliant in 1994 as the chief financial officer and director of finance and administration and previously held positions with US Federal Credit Union in Minnesota and with the national accounting firm of McGladrey & Pullen.
Parish, who has been at Wings Financial for 20 years, announced his retirement in May. He was at the helm when the credit union initiated what many considered to be the first hostile takeover attempt of a credit union, Continental Federal Credit Union.
"Frank is a great choice for our next leader," said Parish. "The board looked at an extremely talented applicant pool from across the country and within the organization and made an excellent decision. I'm pleased to add my voice to those welcoming Frank, and I look forward to watching the credit union reach new heights in the years to come."
The announcement caps a succession planning process that has been underway since mid-year 2010, according to Wings Financial. The process began with an initial review of more than 100 candidates and narrowed to the final consideration of several applicants.
"The board is excited to welcome Frank aboard," said Michael Cooper, chairman of Wings Financial's board of directors. "He is steeped in the credit union culture and its focus on members. He understands the importance of customer service and shares our belief that it is the key to our continued success. He knows the airline industry and Minnesota and he knows what it takes to grow Wings to the next level."
Weidner said he is looking forward to his new role.
"The credit union is in a great place in terms of its stability and financial strength and it is well-positioned for its next stage of growth and success. It's a pleasure to join the team at Wings and to contribute my efforts to achieving that success," Weidner said.
Founded in 1938 to serve Northwest Airlines employees, Wings Financial has more than 200,000 members and had expanded its field of membership to the 13-county Twin Cities metropolitan area as well as air transportation employees nationwide.


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A pioneering law enforcement drive to tackle anti-social behaviour in the streets across Reigate and Banstead is due to be launched this week.
The new Reigate and Banstead Joint Enforcement Team (JET) is set to be unveiled at Reigate Town Hall tomorrow.
Hailed as a "leap forward" and made up of council and police officers, the team has been put together in a pilot project - the first of its kind in Surrey - to deal with problems and improve the public's sense of safety by making the most of all the legal powers the police and council have. The project's aim is to provide a quicker, more visible and more robust response to anti-social behaviour in the borough.
JET will see staff from Reigate and Banstead Borough Council who already have powers of enforcement, such as borough community officers, environmental health officers, civil enforcement officers (Traffic Wardens) and planning enforcement officers, working with police officers from the Reigate and Banstead Safer Neighbourhood Team to deal more effectively with the anti-social behaviour problems that the public consistently flag up. Areas the borough JET will tackle include anti-social behaviour, beggars, dog fouling and abandoned vehicles.
Dangerous dogs, the sale of alcohol, fly posting and graffiti, and highway obstructions, will also come under its remit, along with numerous other issues including cycling offences, Blue Badge enforcement and street trading.
The borough council's enforcement officers have been provided with new high-visibility uniforms and additional training to ensure greater visibility and availability to the public. A borough council spokeswoman said: "The Joint Enforcement Team will be able to act more quickly to deal with anti-social behaviour and use different approaches to resolve local problems. "Enforcement changes behaviour and, alongside engagement and education, is central to our mission of making Reigate and Banstead a safer place to live and work. "By taking a more robust and visible stance against anti-social behaviour wherever the authorities encounter it, we send out a clear message that selfish, anti-social and criminal behaviour will not be tolerated in the borough."
Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Kevin Hurley, has been working with the council and senior Surrey Police leaders to develop the project, and his office is funding it. Mr Hurley said: "Time and again the public have told me that they want more done about the anti-social behaviour that blights their lives and the communities that they live in. "I am delighted to be working in partnership with Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Surrey Police to launch this pilot, which will help put the authorities on the front-foot against anti-social behaviour in the borough." He said: "By enforcing the law quickly and visibly against anti-social behaviour wherever we encounter it, we send out a clear message that this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated in Reigate and Banstead. "I encourage the public to get in touch with the Joint Enforcement Team if you see anti-social behaviour – they are here to help you and make your borough a better, safer place to live and work." Victor Broad, leader of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, said: "We live in one of the safest counties in England but we know that the inconsiderate and anti-social behaviour by a minority is a serious concern to our residents. "Working even more closely with Surrey Police and sharing some powers will enable us to deal with issues more effectively when they arise."
He continued: "Highly visible uniforms and vehicles will also give our enforcement officers greater visibility, which should provide an extra deterrent. "It's not just about enforcement though. The team's work to engage with the community and educate people about the consequences of their behaviour will also play an important role to make the borough even safer." Surrey Police Assistant Chief Constable Gavin Stephens said: "Surrey Police have a long and successful track record in neighbourhood policing. "We already work closely with our colleagues at Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and this pilot project is another exciting leap forward.
"Bringing our different skills and powers together will help Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Surrey Police to do even more to tackle the issues that concern local residents, which ultimately is what we're all here to do."


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The Nature Conservancy is starting a new program to protect native prairie with money from the state's Outdoor Heritage Fund.
The first purchase under the Prairie Recovery project was 470 acres in Clay County for just over $600,000. It's located between two large prairies that are already protected.
Nature Conservancy Assistant State Director Tom Landwehr said nearly half of the remaining prairie in Minnesota is threatened by development.
"We're looking at this as the first step to a big 25-year comprehensive program to protect the last remnants of our prairie and try to make it a little more sustainable."
Landwehr said the The Nature Conservancy is trying a new management approach for this native prairie. The prairie will be leased to a farmer for grazing, with lease payments being used to pay the property taxes.
"So we're talking about creating a whole different way of looking at prairie conservation here where you don't necessarily take it off the tax rolls, you keep people working the land, you still provide the public recreation, you still provide the taxes," he said.
Landwehr said there's about 100,000 acres of unprotected native prairie in Minnesota.


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Photographer's Note
In between Ranakpur and Jodhpur there is only one place extracting sesame oil in traditional way using the cow.
The cow is suposed to go round a wooden pole, where there is a kind of mortar that makes the oil by pressing the sesame while the cow is moving.
The cow, however, cannot see outside while working becasue the eyes are covered by leather eyepatch so that he can only walk forward without thinking..
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Morac (27723) 2009-01-23 4:43
Hello JS Lee,
Thank you for this beautiful scene of daily life in Rajasthan and for this testimony of rural life
Thank you, for your note of explanation.
Best regards
gobesz (93) 2009-01-23 5:59
Hi Lee,
congratulatins for the well-done photo and I really do appreciate your detailed description which is very interesting.
Have a good day,
cebe (1491) 2009-01-24 12:56
Hello JS. Informative photo and note. Interesting. I find the smoke between you and the subject a little damaging. Claude.
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- Date Taken: 2009-01-17
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A mighty maze, of mystic, magic raysIs all about us in the blueAnd in sight and sound they traceLiving pictures out of spaceTo bring this enchantment to you ...
Friday, February 10, 2017
Ghosts in the Machine: Early Television from 1928
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- Edgar Meza-LopezMarch 11, 2017 at 9:51 AM
Hot lights faced at you have to be one of the worse things to be under but to have their faces in the spot light has to be far worse! I just found this stage, this topic to be very humbling to see the very early stage of television. This is never something mentioned in mainstream television. Whenever a history type short film/commercial pops up on television you might see I love Lucy or... some other classic show which would lead to today's shows to show the advancement in technology and time. But something like this is never shown. I've seen the early stages of video games and film, heard about the early stages of music and the computer but I always assumed television had a great entrance. So learning about this and the process they went through was very eye opening which was something vastly different than what I had thought of the previous medias we went over this semester.ReplyDelete
When you think about it every great invention has its humble beginning. I originally thought those early Le Prince films weren't much to study. But when you think of the time, effort and determination to make even a few frames of film, we own these early innovators like Le Prince a debt of gratitude. Even in my own industry of medical imaging, as taxing as it can be trying to obtain the best images on patients who have been involved in serious traumas, or who are unable move in the certain positions necessary to take the proper x-ray, my job is nothing compared to what it was a hundred years ago. The exposures today are taken in milliseconds. The processing of the images is pretty much instantaneous. We no longer need to print out hundreds of films, since all images are viewed on computer monitors. And since we now know of the potential hazards of ionizing radiation, we are better equipped to protect ourselves so we do not perish at a young age from cancer. We have made strides in medicine, technology and movie making, and we only have our predecessors to thank for it. If you were to view the early glass plate hanging in my office of an x-ray of two coins taken in 1890, you wouldn't postulate that this tool would aid in the healing and saving of countless lives in the future.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 18, 2017 at 11:38 AM
These are like cave paintings. Man's earliest attempts to capture himself and his life, and preserve it. While not exactly 4K TV quality, it is significant because it shows that it can be done. Once that bridge is crossed, it becomes evolution, not revolution. It did spark a revolution. A dominant communication form after live speech is certainly video. Even YouTube (the opiate of the masses, along with FaceBook) started with dubious quality. the video was passable and the audio was offensive, quality wise. In time both of those aspects advanced and improved. I suspect in a few years the quality of streaming audio/video will be improving even more dramatically. Like many inventions, the prototypes pulled back the curtain of the possible even if they did not yet have a very sophisticated result. These videos represent a turning point in the history of modern communication.ReplyDelete
-Tony Ricci


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Gary Burton started the evening off--it says a lot about the strength of a bill when a artist like Gary Burton is the opener--with a brief but excellent set of cool jazz and mellow blues numbers. The set list drew heavily from last year's Generations album. Young guitarist Julian Lage was prominently featured, displaying astounding depth at an age when most guitar players are still working out the basics. Pianist and arranger Vadim Neselovskyi stood out as well with his graceful playing. The group was joined at the end by vocalist Karrin Allyson. Her choice of material to cover on stage, Joni Mitchell's "All I Want," likely reminded most male members of the audience of at least one girl they used to date; her choice of material with which to cover herself, a fairly diaphanous black gown, was no doubt suggestive to that demographic as well.
Immediately following this performance, the Bowl's stage rotated to reveal the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. Poncho has become something like the Willie Nelson of Latin jazz, continually bringing in a stylistically diverse body of musicians to perform with him. Tonight's show featured appearances from vibraphonist Dave Samuels, vocalist Sam Moore, B3 maestro Joey DeFrancesco, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison and one of the true pioneers of Latin jazz, pianist Eddie Palmieri. Playing a mix of classics and songs from his just released released Do It! CD, the Whittier-based conguero delivered his crack blend of hardcore salsa, Latin jazz and classic R&B. The set opened up with Samuels on stage in a tribute to Poncho's mentor Cal Tjader, followed by a tight rendition of "Tin Tin Deo." Moore came on for a duet with Sanchez on the old R&B hit "Hitch It To The Horse," Sanchez credibly serving as a de facto Dave with a strong, soulful voice and smooth dance moves in tandem with Sam. Palmieri's keyboard work stunned on his classic "Conmigo" and on the set closing rendition of Eddie Harris's "Cold Duck Time" which also featured nice work from De Francesco, Harrison & Samuels.
Following a brief intermission, The Concord Jazz All-Star Big Band took the stage, Quincy Jones conducting a brief instrumental overture before reminiscing, hilariously and touchingly in turn, over his late friend Ray Charles. The All-Star in the band's title was no mere hyperbole, the group including Gary Foster and Tom Scott among its line of saxes, a stellar trombone section including JB/Horny Horns veteran Fred Wesley, the redoubtable Los Angeles keyboard player Shelly Berg and drummer Gregg Field. Those taking the podium to sing songs made famous by Ray included Diane Schurr, Monica Mancini and Patti Austin, with Ellis Hall and Billy Preston playing piano in addition to their vocal work.
Austin, celebrating a birthday along with Charles, was the evening's most breathtaking singer, while Preston came closest to Charles stylistically in both of his aspects. Joining Preston on three of Charles' biggest hits were a special quartet of female singers in the role of the Raylettes: Allyson, Austin, Mancini and LaToya London. They all got into their parts, the women appropriately sassy on "Hit the Road, Jack" and wriggled seductively on "What'd I Say." The group also did a fine re-creation of Charles' arrangement of Hoagy Charmichael's "Georgia," though Preston's vocals came so close to Ray's that they at moments verged on parody; of course, Jamie Foxx rode that formula to an Oscar, so who am I to judge?
Great musical events are the norm at the Bowl, but this was a special night even by those standards. Ray Charles was a longtime favorite of Hollywood Bowl audiences, and his final LP Genius Loves Company is the most successful release ever on Concord Records. Quite fitting, then, for the label and the L.A. Philharmonic to collaborate on such a memorable evening of jazz in tribute to the Genius.