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quote:Originally posted by ken8038Meanwhile, the Wegman's here in NJ have begun carrying Skyline Chili in cans. About the same price, and way better. We served it Cincinnatti style, had some left over spaghetti in the fridge, chopped some onions, shredded some cheddar. Voila! A four way (or is that a five way? I always forget what you're supposed to count, do the beans and chili count separately if the can comes with beans?). A reasonable approximation of what I recall having in Cincinnatti several years back. ---Ken
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A thrilling wartime espionage drama in which the respected naval commander Richard Heritage (James Mason) is duped by Mary, an attractive, enemy agent who plants false naval movement orders on him. As a consequence of these false plans, a merchant ship is lost to enemy submarines and Heritage is court-martialled for disobeying orders before being found guilty and summarily dismissed from the Navy. Following his return to civilian life Heritage endeavours to prove his innocence by tracking down the beautiful agent who double crossed him. Working on a tip-off that she is at a remote house on the coast called Orchard Cottage, Heritage visits the house during a stormy night only to discover Mary's dead body in one of the bedrooms. When Laura Verity (Joyce Howard) enters the house a few moments later, she presumes that Heritage is the murderer and flees to call the police. But when the dead body disappears, Laura and Heritage begin to realise that they are just pawns in a dangerous chess game played by Christopher Child (Tom Walls), the head of a Nazi spy ring.
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Electricity production under carbon constraints: implications for the Tenth District
Coal is the dominant fuel used to produce electricity in the United States, accounting for almost half of production. In the Federal Reserve's Tenth District, six of seven states generate two-thirds or more of their electricity from coal. ; Although coal is cheap and abundant domestically, the burning of coal releases greenhouse gases and particulates. Snead analyzes the regulatory risk coal-intensive states face from possible increased restrictions on greenhouse-gas emissions. ; The findings suggest that greenhouse gas restrictions would lead to a significant and expensive change in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity in most District states, as well as increased electricity costs to District consumers.
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Every kid loves super heroes and villains. They make movies, cartoons and play time fun. Here are some fun and simple ideas for making a Superheroes vs Villains party a success:
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A fun game for a superhero and villain party is laser tag or flashlight tag. Divide into 2 teams, set up a captured area & safe area for both teams, and choose one hero and one villain to be "it." Then tell each team to run and hide while the two people who are it count to 20. The villains can capture heroes and heroes capture villains by shinning their flashlight onto someone and calling out their hero or villain name. Those who are captured go to the captured area. The captured heroes and villains can only be released if one of their teammates tags their hand. The goal is to get your entire team to the safe zone without getting captured. This is a fun game that can last a long time.
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The waters of the Commonwealth face immediate and growing threats such as runoff pollution, mismanagement of water withdrawals (excessive summer use, sewering out of basin, etc), bacterial pollution, nitrogen pollution, chemical pollution, temperature change, invasive species and habitat degradation and loss. Climate change and development pressure further exacerbate these problems as natural communities and riparian buffers are displaced, and water infrastructure must accommodate wider ranges of floods and droughts. Massachusetts continues to develop land at a pace that far exceeds human population change. These continuing problems endanger ecosystems and human health.
The General Grants, funded solely by the revenue generated from the sale of our three environmental license plates, support nonprofit organizations and municipalities in efforts to restore, protect, and improve water and water-related resources of the Commonwealth. Proposals are accepted once annually for programs and initiatives that address threats to the health of the state's water bodies and watersheds.
These grants provide funding to support programs, research, and other activities that promote the responsible stewardship of the Commonwealth's water resources. MET's goal is to encourage development of new approaches and ideas and to spur innovation among grantees or partnering organizations. To achieve these outcomes, the Trust supports projects that: improve water quality or quantity, conserve aquatic habitat and species, reduce runoff pollution, mitigate the effects of climate change on water resources, promote human health as it relates to water resources, and/or other efforts consistent with the Trust's mission.
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Since its inception, the Trust has been a national model for the innovative management and distribution of funds derived from environmental lawsuit settlements. When entrusted with these funds, we have made great strides in helping to restore our state's waters and related resources. Since 1988, we have received $5 million in settlements and invested these funds in environmental conservation efforts. Awards made through this program are referred to as 'restricted' grants as they must often conform to specific conditions outlined in the settlements.
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Durban is about to become engulfed in motor mania as Jeremy Clarkson and crew are set to take over the town for Top Gear Festival 2012 this weekend.
The event will take place in and around the Moses Mabhida stadium where hundreds of exciting cars, a long list of celebrities, and a never-ending supply of automotive activities await showgoers. Here's the skinny on what to expect:
The headline act will undoubtedly be the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team, which will demonstrate its 2011 car on a temporary 2.4km street circuit that forms part of Durban's old A1GP track. The shrieking Silver Arrow will be piloted by Sam Bird, GP2 Championship winner and test driver for the team.
Joining the Mercedes on track will be a procession of iconic race cars never before seen together in South Africa, spanning the 1920s to the present day in Top Gear Festival's tribute to Grand Prix Racing and Formula One. Taking to the grid will be a Bugatti Type 35B (1928), Maserati 6CM (1934), Maserati 4CLT (1948) Maserati 250F (1954), LDS MK3 Climax (1967), Lotus 101 (1989) and Benetton B193 (1993).
A long list of exotics will also be present, as Supercar Lifestyle, the group behind SA's top supercar events, is hosting a parade of around 60 cars from Johannesburg to the venue in Durban.
The cars will be on display in a special paddock after arrival, and some will take to the track.
Top Gear's masked man The Stig has confirmed some showoff laps in the new Lamborghini Aventador and McLaren's MP4-12C.
It's not only the cars that will shine in the Top Gear Festival's spotlight, and a lengthy list of motoring celebrities will be on hand too. South Africa's own Formula 1 champion Jody Scheckter, who won the 1979 title with Ferrari, will join the line up reunited with his 1974 Tyrrell 007.
Indian F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan, currently racing with HRT Cosworth, will also be there together with ex-F1 and Le Mans racing driver Tiff Needell, the first lady of Nurburgring Sabine Schmitz, current IRL racer Tomas Scheckter (Jody's son), and South African-born Gordon Murray who is renowned for designing numerous F1 cars as well as the iconic McLaren F1 supercar of the '90s.
Of course, the show wouldn't be complete without the full cast of Top Gear TV, and making appearances will be Jeremy Clarkson, Richard "The Hamster" Hammond, James "Captain Slow" May, and The Stig.
As with previous Top Gear events, there will be four scheduled stadium shows where Clarkson and his band of merry men will entertain live audiences. These will happen on both Saturday and Sunday at 2pm, and 7.30pm.
SA's premier circuit racing road show, the WesBank Super Series will stage a round of its championship on the Festival's street circuit, where four national championship categories – Bridgestone Production Cars, Engen VW Cup, Formula VW and Formula Midas 1600 – will be in action on both days.
The Top Gear Live Stunt Team is aiming for a World Record by attempting a spectacular double loop-the-loop feat in a buggy. Called the "Deadly 720", the nail-biting stunt has never been attempted before.
Bell equipment has put together an offroad course for 4x4 enthusiasts, a special area has been dedicated to a Classic Car Marque Park, and Aucor will host an auction of some top-end vehicles.
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Tales from the Trough: IceHogs down 2-0 in first round of playoffs
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During the regular season, Texas fared well against Rockford, going 6-2 over the season series. A glimmer of hope for the IceHogs was their record this season at the Cedar Center: 2-2. While the 'Hogs have had a good record against most opponents at home this season, they were 0-4 against the Stars at the Big Orange Box. If the 'Hogs had a hope of winning the series, they would need to take a game in Texas. They would also have to try to find a way to beat Texas goalie Brent Krahn, who holds a 4-0 record against the 'Hogs and allowed a total of four goals in those four games.
Rockford's first game of the best-of-seven series took place in Cedar Park, Texas, against the second-seeded Texas Stars. As playoff games usually go, this was a physical matchup. Some early pushing and shoving led to matching roughing penalties for both teams, setting the physical tone.
As the 'Hogs were pushing hard into the offensive zone, Matt Keith lost the handle on the puck and Texas' Jamie Benn picked it up for an eventual breakaway. Benn's shot beat Corey Crawford between the legs, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead.
Texas would add to their total close to the end of the second period. While on a 4-minute power play, from a double-minor high stick penalty by Kyle Greentree, Texas forward Ray Sawada chipped a puck over the head of Crawford that hit the crossbar. The festive puck landed on Crawford's back, rolled down and over the goal line, giving Texas a 2-0 lead with 9 seconds left in the period.
With Krahn's recent success against the 'Hogs, it would prove tough to climb a 2-goal deficit for a win. But Rockford wasn't ready to give up yet. With the puck on the front door of the Stars' goal crease, Rob Klinkhammer slid one past Krahn before he could cover it up, cutting the lead to 2-1.
That was the closest the 'Hogs would get as the team couldn't get anything else past Krahn, depsite putting 28 shots on the netminder and a 90-second six-on-five at the end of the game. Texas held on for the 2-1 victory. The pushing and shoving from earlier carried over to late in the game, when Greentree was tagged with a game misconduct penalty with less than a minute remaining. The penalty led to a suspension for Greentree in game two.
The following night, the teams met again for game two, and once again, Texas goalie Krahn held the 'Hogs to just one goal.
For the second game in a row, the Stars scored first. Almost 13 minutes into the first period, veteran defenseman Maxime Fortunus notched his first goal of the postseason when he beat Crawford, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead.
Texas would add to that lead just more than 4 minutes later with a goal from Perttu Lindgren.
After a second 2-0 deficit in two games, the 'Hogs would need to get something past Krahn. After a scoreless second, time was running short. The clock seemed to expire just more than a minute into the third as Sawada tallied his second goal of the postseason, giving the Stars an unsurmountable 3-0 lead.
Rockford made a game of it later as rookie Kyle Beach tallied his first professional goal when he banked a rebound off Krahn.
To continue their season, Rockford needs to do the following three things:
1. Figure out how to beat Krahn. Scoring one goal is not going to win games, at least against this Texas offense.
2. Break Texas' undefeated streak in Rockford. With Texas holding a 4-0 record here this season, the 'Hogs need to make a statement and take control on home ice.
3. Break their 0-8 postseason losing streak. Dating back two years, the 'Hogs lost their last two postseason games in 2008 to exit the playoffs, were swept in four games by Milwaukee last season, and are starting off 0-2 this season.
Rockford hosts the same Texas Stars for games three and four of their playoff matchup this week. Game three tips off at the Rockford MetroCentre at 7:05 p.m., Wednesday, April 21, and game four at 7:05, Friday, April 23. If a fifth game is necessary, it will take place the following night, Saturday, April 24, at the MetroCentre. If the 'Hogs manage to win two of the three home games, the series will go back to Texas. A potential game six would take place Monday, April 26, at the Cedar Center in Cedar Park, Texas, and a seventh game the following night, Tuesday, April 27.
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This is a story of my failure.
Two years ago I committed to changing my habits and living a healthy lifestyle. I lost 20 percent of my body weight, learned to love vegetables and began frequent visits to the Frisco Athletic Center.
I had tried to lose weight before. But 2012 was different, and I was surprised as all of the numbers went in the right direction — my blood pressure went down, and my HDL went up. The number on the scale went down, and the number of push-ups I could do went up. I loved finally inhabiting a body that is strong and functional and — yes — lean.
I've maintained my new healthy lifestyle for two years, and I am on track for a lifetime of delicious roasted Brussels sprouts and endorphin-producing workouts.
This is where the failure comes in.
During the last two years, I've spent an enormous amount of energy focused on the food that goes into my mouth, but I haven't thought much about the words that come out. I still fall into the trap of "fat talk." I've come to realize that's a failure — to myself, to the people in my life and to society as a whole.
Fat talk is any conversation that promotes the thin ideal. A 2011 study found that 93 percent of college women — regardless of body shape — reported engaging in fat talk. The most frequent form is denying that a friend is fat, followed by a self-deprecating comment offered up as proof and camaraderie. It's incredibly easy to fall into rote call-and-response about whose thighs are bigger. The pull to engage in this line of conversation is so strong that it doesn't even feel like an impulse; it feels like the polite thing to do.
I still don't know why fat talk crept into my life. I was in elementary school the first time I wrote about disliking my body. I'd received a diary for my 10th birthday, and a few months later this sentence appeared: "I really need to get in shape." Reading those carefully printed pencil lines still baffles me. I was an average-sized kid; my family didn't have cable television; I never heard my parents talk about their bodies or the bodies of others. But somehow, I had internalized the thin ideal before even leaving elementary school. I'm not alone: 80 percent of 10-year-old girls have experimented with dieting.
"I really need to get in shape." That little sentence was the starting point of more than two decades of fat talk. It never led to an eating disorder or excessively low self-esteem. I spent those years earning a degree, living in Manhattan, working various jobs, touring Europe, arguing with roommates, falling in love. But in the background, like the old Counting Crows concert T-shirt from high school that I just can't give up, fat talk was a constant companion.
No longer. This is the year that fat talk stops being a part of my life. Casually using fat talk hurts me and those around me. It promotes a standard of beauty — not health — that is often unattainable and unnecessary. It creates an issue that is not just about body image, but about self image, because it ties my worth to the size of my body.
It's dangerous, and I don't want to model this behavior for the young women in my life or for the children of my friends. I don't want any other 10-year-olds worrying about being thin when they should be preoccupied with softball games or trips to the library or the next school field trip.
Twenty-five years of fat talk will make for a hard habit to break. But if I can change my eating and exercise habits, I can do this, too.
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I am travelling to Japan on 28/01/2016 and arriving at 8:45 AM. We are wanting to catch a bullet train from Narita international airport and go to Hiroshima. How exactly do I get the train from the airport and how do I go about reserving a green seat at the airport?
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Thanks to UNICEF and Rudina Vojvoda for the following blog post and podcast.
NEW YORK, United States of America, 16 August 2013 – 19 August marks World Humanitarian Day, a time to pay tribute to men and women whose actions make the world a better place. To commemorate the day and learn how each of us can promote human welfare and inject social change in our communities, UNICEF's podcast moderator, Alex Goldmark, spoke with two women who have done just that: Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is a professor at the University of San Francisco and is the founder of Akili Dada, a leadership incubator investing in high-achieving young African women from underprivileged backgrounds; Dr. Tererai Trent is a Zimbabwean woman who, despite all odds, managed to educate herself, realize her dreams and help other girls in her community realize theirs.
Listen to the Podcast in Streaming MP3 Format As a little girl, Dr. Trent was denied her education, even though she did all of her brothers' homework and was very good at it. Worse still, she was married off at a young age and was told to forget about school. Almost two decades ago she met the CEO of Heifer International and was given a chance to study abroad. After years of hard work, she earned her bachelor's degree, master's degree and a PhD while raising a family. Inspired by her story, Oprah Winfrey called Dr. Trent her "all-time favourite guest" and donated $1.5 million to rebuild the Matau Primary School in Dr. Trent's home village. About four thousand children have gone through the school already, almost 60 per cent of them are girls, Dr. Trent says.
For Dr. Trent, the path to doing good was obvious from the start. "Growing up in poverty, I knew I wanted to make a difference in my own life," says Dr. Trent. "I stand on the shoulders of many people, and I have that moral obligation to give back to my community."
Dr. Kamau-Rutenberg's motivation also comes out of her own experience and understanding that she herself is a product of other people's investments into her life, people who believed and saw a potential in her. "My work with Akili Dada is very much my way of … instead of being a period at the end of the sentence of this generosity coming to my life, really being a comma – making sure that that story of generosity and impact continues, especially when we think about young women, and young African women more specifically," says Dr. Kamau-Rutenberg.
Asked to offer some advice to young people eager to take the path of promoting social change, Dr. Trent says: "Don't be defined by your past, neither should you be defined by the challenges in front of you. Work hard – in the long run you will enjoy, and also make sure that you align yourself with people that believe in your vision and align yourself for the greater good."
Dr. Kamau-Rutenberg encourages young people to step up and act. "I think a lot of young people sit back and wait for some kind of external permission, and I'll say no one is going to come around with a letter that says, I hereby certify you ready to go and impact the world. Act, act of humility, seek understanding – but act, for goodness' sake. If something is wrong around you, if something is not working in your community, act," she concludes.


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Last year a 21 year old man is shot and killed in a drug-related case near my home in San Francisco.
The FBI's shutdown of web site Silk Road is a hollow victory in the hugely expensive war on drugs, which has consistently failed to stop the drug trade, or stop criminals from amassing huge amounts of wealth and ordering more than 60 000 murders in Mexico alone.
Silk Road had some positive aspects. The FBI admitted that Silk Road vendors provided high quality drugs. And the prices were far below the street, reducing the money fueling the trade.
Based on advanced internet technologies, it was able to create a protected market that kept money out of the hands of violent street gangs and international criminal syndicates. It also protected buyers (lots of US citizens) from the poisons that adulterate street drugs.
If it had grown large enough, Silk Road, or a collection of similar online services, would have begun to seriously challenge the revenues of local and international mobsters on a scale that the war on drugs has consistently failed to do.
It's much better to have drug distributors such as Silk Road and competitors fight over Google keywords in online auctions than murder and behead each other in the tens of thousands.
The beneficiaries of this FBI takedown are the international criminal syndicates, hit men, and the corrupt networks that enable the drug trade to cross borders in staggering quantities.
The FBI has unwittingly done them all a big favor and kept the Internet from disrupting a truly evil international industry.
But this story is not done yet. It's just the beginning. The next generation of Silk Roads is on the way and they'll be smarter, stealthier, and even more efficient at disrupting the drugs business.
[The Walter Whites of the future can remain mild-mannered, middle class artisans rather than having to learn the murderous ways of the drug world. Lost mail, Internet outages, and changes in Google's algorithm will be the most dramatic events in a future sequel to Breaking Bad.]
Bitcoin's future…
Bitcoin is a key technology in this tale of potential business disruption. Its ability to enable a large market with relatively friction-less payments has attracted the attention of a legion of entrepreneurs with ideas for other applications. Bitcoin has benefited greatly from its nefarious affiliations.
Businessweek's Joshua Brustein reports that the Silk Road bust is good thing for the virtual currency. He quotes several entrepreneurs saying it removes a negative perception.
However, Bitcoin's future has nothing to do with drugs. It's as if the future of cash was in doubt because its anonymity allowed people to buy drugs, and worse. Bitcoin's value dipped after the bust but it recovered quickly showing that most Bitcoin backers knew that the drug connection is a red herring and were happy to buy them at a discount from dumb sellers.
The burgeoning interest in the currency is due to its unique properties, especially its property of scarcity.
Abundance destroys monetary value but scarcity attracts it and retains it.
That's why De Beers warehouses huge quantities of diamonds so that they remain scarce and maintain their market value despite the fact that diamonds really aren't all that scarce, thanks to new sources and new mining techniques.
There isn't a warehouse full of Bitcoins being kept out of the market to maintain a high value because it would be impossible. But De Beers could decimate the value of all diamonds at any time, by having a 50%-off warehouse sale.
A government couldn't use Bitcoins for quantitative easing, for example. "Printing money" is impossible with Bitcoins.
In the digital world of the Internet everything is easy to copy. But not Bitcoins.
It's these qualities that make it interesting…. and valuable.
This article by Tom Foremski originally appeared on Silicon Valley Watcher, a Burn Media publishing partner.
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Bill Aims To Create 'Extra Hurdle'
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
The Prince George's County Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill requiring that certain contracts be approved by legislative action after having expressed concern about County Executive Jack B. Johnson's awarding of millions of dollars in contracts to his friends and supporters.
The measure, introduced by Chairman Thomas E. Dernoga (D-Laurel) and council members Will Campos (D-Hyattsville) and Samuel H. Dean (D-Mitchellville), would require that individual personal service contracts of more than $100,000 and other contracts of more than $500,000 be approved by the council.
Currently, the county executive has final say in awarding contracts, regardless of the amount. Council members rarely know in advance who is receiving contracts.
"This is about good government and accountability," Dernoga said. "It doesn't take away any of his authority. It just requires an extra hurdle."
If the bill passes, it would require a change in the county's charter and would be put before voters in a Nov. 7 referendum.
William D. Missouri, chief administrative judge of Prince George's Circuit Court and a former chairman of the county's Charter Review Commission, said the legislation would not usurp the county executive's power. Instead, it would help ensure an open form of government.
"The citizens should be able to see clearly what is going on," Missouri said. "That was my concern, that it be transparent, not that it limit him."
The council bill was introduced last month after The Washington Post questioned council members about contracts awarded by Johnson. A Post report published Sunday found that Johnson had awarded 15 of his friends and political supporters 51 county contracts totaling nearly $3.3 million since he was elected almost four years ago.
The contractors included his former attorney, his campaign chairman and a golfing pal. One of the contractors -- who said Johnson later hired him -- is awaiting trial on bribery charges.
In some instances, Johnson gave contracts to supporters after he was unsuccessful in persuading the council or others to put them in county jobs. He also created more than a dozen top administrative positions and filled them with fraternity brothers and other supporters.
Several of those who were awarded contracts or jobs had no expertise in the field, and others did not produce written reports mandated by the county.
Johnson acknowledged hiring friends and giving them contracts, but said he hired "first-class people." Most of the contracts were not bid competitively.
"Some of the council members have concerns about some of the contracts that have been let and the dollar amount," said council member Camille A. Exum (D-Seat Pleasant). "We don't want to see and have to approve 3,000 contracts a year, but it's appropriate for us to have some review."
Judy Robinson, who pushed successfully in 1992 for term limits for Prince George's politicians, said the proposal is "exactly what should have been done when we set up our charter government."
Johnson spokesman Jim Keary said the bill is problematic.
"It has the potential to reduce competition, expand costs and eliminate the competitive and current process of having experts in the field to select companies," Keary said. "Before anyone moves on charter amendments, they should explore the impacts of these issues."
Council member Thomas R. Hendershot (D-New Carrollton), said he would likely oppose the measure.
"My inclination is to vote against it," said Hendershot, a Johnson supporter.
"I don't think the legislative branch should get in the business of approving contracts. They're getting in the business of executive authority."


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Spring loaded top 'pops' open instantly after fingerprint scan!
SafetyVault is the ultimate solution for access control. Provides safe storage and easily controlled access for handguns, weapons, ammunition, jewelry and other valuable items including: pharmaceuticals, coins, stamps, stocks, bonds, critical data and personal documents.
SafetyVault uses proprietary fingerprint technology to verify identification and permit access. SafetyVault is easily programmable and can store up to 50 authorized fingerprints in its flash memory. Only you decide who gains access, SafetyVaults patent-pending technology is the culmination of over 20 years of biometric development. Requires no external computer or power to function, no key or card to provide override.
The SafetyVault power management system allows 3 common household D-cell batteries to last up to one year under normal use. An auxiliary AC/DC adapter conveniently plugs into an electrical outlet to provide an alternate source of power. Flash memory retains fingerprint data even during complete battery or electrical failure.
Access control at the touch of a finger
Store up to 50 authorized fingerprints
Fingerprint recognition takes less than a second
Full digital LCD display user interface
Constructed of heavy-duty materials
Soft spring-loaded doors feature low profile access
NRA official Biometric gun safety device
Endorsed by NRA firearms safety instruction program
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xtreme – allt för din cykel
Ett stort sortiment som innehåller allt från komponenter till landsvägscyklar, ATB och MTB. Du kan hitta nästan alla tänkbara komponenter och slitdelar till din cykel, från fälgar, fram- och baknav, bromsklossar till pedaler, styrstammar, styren, handtag, bar ends, bromsreglage, pakethållare, sadelstolpar, hållare för cykeldatorer och lysen, kedjeskydd, skydd för kedjestaget, hjulset, snabbkopplingar, styrlindor, ändpluggar, ringklockor, ventilhattar och cykelställningar.
Very stable, assembly stand, variable height. Its paint-friendly holder claw has an enormously practical quick-release system. The clamp arm is 360° rotatable in order to be able to carry the bike at different points (tube Ø 22-52 mm) and to make even tricky spots easily accessible. For a fast and safe assembly, clamp arm and height adjustment are comfortably variable via quick release closures. · can be disassembled · incl. tool deposit · working height approx. 100-160 cm · max. load approx. 18 kg
This robust tool box offers a multitude of tools ambitious hobby mechanics need for road bike, MTB or trekking bike maintenance. A practical division into three sections and accurately fitting key compartments allow easy access to the required tools. Contains: Chainring bolt tool/key for integrated crank extractor, HG/IG sprocket removal tool with lever arm and guide pin, cross-head/slot-head screwdrivers, sprocket remover for 7-/8-/9-/10-/11-speed (chain whip), bottom bracket tool with lever arm for Shimano and similar cartridge bottom brackets, bottom bracket cup tool for Shimano Hollowtech II (not for BB-9000, BB-R9100, SM-BB93, SM-BBR60) and similar bottom bracket cups, special tool for Shimano BB-M950 bottom brackets and chainrings of 4-arm cranks FC-M950, 951, 952, 750, 739, 570, 569, MC40, star cap tool for Hollowtech II cranks, crank extractor for square, Octalink and ISIS cranks with integrated hexagon socket wrench, 3 spoke wrenches with 3,3/3,4/3,5 mm wrench opening, chain tool suitable for 7-/8-/9-/10-speed chains and Shimano 11-speed, incl. spare pin, 8 cone wrenches with wrench opening: 2 x 13 mm, 2 x 14 mm, 15 mm, 16 mm, 17 mm, 18 mm, open-end wrench 8 and 10 mm, open-end wrench 12 and 14 mm, double open-end wrench 15/16 mm + 15/17 mm, 2 headset wrenches 30/32 and 36/40 mm, hex key kit with ball head 1,5/2/ 2,5/3/4/5/6/8/10 mm, "L" shaped star wrench T-25, cable cutter for inner cables and cable casings, set with 3 plastic tyre levers, puncture repair kit, cleaning brush with claw, chain cleaner.
Transportable assembly stand, can be mounted/dismounted in a very short time. A user-friendly height adjustment, combined with a 360° rotatable holder claw, always brings your bike into the optimal position for working on it. Its claw with quick-release system guarantees a safe hold, without damaging frame or paint. Its tiltable foot construction gives the S 3000 a secure stand for the realisation of even the finest adjustment works. Thanks to the tool tray, your workplace stays neat and you do not have to search for tools anymore. · working height: approx. 90-145 cm · rubberised holder claw for tube Ø 22-52 mm · max. load approx. 18 kg · foldable to save space · stable · incl. tool tray · adjustment via quick release system
The SARI T-19 R rim has on both sides a reflective ring that has been attached using a special procedure. 2 additional reinforcement tubes make this Xtreme rim virtually unbreakable. Offroad use and tours with a lot of luggage are no problem. The sidewalls have been milled for an optimal braking behaviour and a wearout indicator provides additional protection. · For Presta valve · With eyelets · ETRTO: 622 x 19 C · Width: approx. 24,4 mm/height: approx. 21,2 mm · ERD: 598,5 mm · Weight: approx. 620 g · Required rim tape width: 22 mm · Available in 32 or 36 holes Please specify number of holes!
High-performance, top-quality floor compressor. This floor compressor features a remarkable number of technical refinements, in addition to its impressive pressure build-up. · High-power Aero large capacity cylinder made of steel for loss-free pressure build-up up to 11 bars/160 PSI · Large base with anti-slip knobs for a secure hold · Top-mounted gauge with pressure-marking arrow · Easy-to-grip handle for high comfort · With extra-long extremely flexible high-pressure hose and clip fixing · Xtreme Air Supply 2-in-1 pump head that enables pumping up hoses with Schrader or Presta valves without refitting (with included adapter also suitable for Dunlop valves) · With clip to fix the hose to the pump · Height: approx. 65 cm · Weight: approx. 1.615 g
Flat, lightweight and with an insensitive surface to protect from wear and scracthes – the MTB rim Xtreme 26" SARI M-17 is ready for many adventures. The spoke holes of the anodized rim have double eyelets to increase durability and stability and with a weight of a mere 500 g, it belongs to the lighter cross country rims available on the market. The revised rim flanges come with a wear indicator. Details: • Flat and lightweight MTB rim • Resistant to wear and scratches • ETRTO: 559 x 17 C • ERD: 535 mm • Width: approx. 23 mm/height: approx. 21 mm • Required rim tape width: 20 mm • For Schrader valve • 36 hole • Wear indicator on rim flanges • Spoke holes with double eyelets for improved durability • Material: aluminium • Weight: approx. 490 g
This extremely stable ceiling-floor rack tidies the place up! You can attach as many holders as you like, so that other things can be stored, too. The rack is suitable for ceiling heights from 192 cm - 340 cm. · suitable for tubes with a maximum diameter of approx. 60 mm · secure height adjustment via quick-release, with fine adjustment for optimal hold · maximum total load: 80 kg · maximum load per holder arm: 20 kg · incl. 2 holder arms (paint-friendly and angle-adjustable)
This name stands for comfort and fun, combined with solid workmanship. The combination of steel spring and elastomer suspension keeps shocks and rough roads away from the rider. This lets you keep your bike under control at all times and noticeably relieves your arms and back. In addition to the optimal adjustment to the cyclist's weight by adjusting the spring preload, this seat post offers yet another feature: via a knurled ring, the response can be smoothly, manually adjusted for every cyclist. · material: aluminium 6061 T6 · length: 350 mm · travel: 40 mm · height of top part: approx. 100 mm · for cyclists from 55-120 kg · weight: approx. 450 g · Ø 27,2 mm
Hook your bike, lift it, secure it - ready! The Xtreme ceiling bike lift allows you to even easily lift trekking bikes to carry out care and maintenance works in a comfortable way. Also suitable for overwintering your bike, because the tyres do not touch the floor. · Suitable for all bike lengths and types · Smooth-running cable pulley with locking device · Plastic coated hooks for paint-friendly suspension · Max. ceiling height: 3,65 m · Max. bike weight: approx. 22,5 kg · Dimensions: approx. 98 x 4 x 2 cm · Incl. mounting material For the Xtreme replacement roll for the DL1 ceiling lift, see item no.: 2258747
Everything within your grasp! Space can be tight on small compact, ladies, or full-suspension frames. This can be overcome with this light carbon bottle cage. The bottle can be inserted and removed from the side, so that the top tube is no longer in the way. · also suitable for standard frames · suitable for aluminium and plastic bottles · material: carbon · weight: approx. 29 g · incl. fixing screws (Price without bottle)
Neatly processed precision pump for air suspension systems. Allover metal construction with high pressure manometer and precise air release valve for all suspension forks and dampers with Schrader valves. Its UP-SL pump head guarantees an attachment/removal of the pump head without pressure loss. A small lever makes sure that the Schrader valve of a damper or air fork is not opened before the pump head is attached. After pumping the lever is turned down again so that the valve is shut while removing the pump head and no air is lost. · Suitable for Schrader valves · Up to 21 bar/300 PSI · Special seals: very soft, light pumping · Elastic hose connection · Length of the pump: approx. 365 mm · Weight: approx. 190 g
An enlarged support surface at the heel of the hand in combination with an anti-slip profile and gel surface combine to create a very successful, shock-absorbing concept. · mounting via two clamp rings · suitable for handlebar Ø 22,2 mm · length: approx. 135 mm · incl. handlebar plugs · 1 pair
A stem for those who are looking for something back-friendly. With its +40°, this stem gives everyone an upright position. But due to the fact that it can also be ridden with -40°, it is the right component for time trial cyclists or triathletes as well. · Handlebar clamp: Ø 31,8 mm · Material: aluminium 6061 T6 · For threadless forks with shaft outer Ø 28,6 mm* · Clamping height on the steerer tube: 50 mm · Screw-on 4-point handlebar clamp · Angle: ±40° · Weight: approx. 145 g (80 mm) · Available in length: 80, 90, 100, 110, 120 or 130 mm Please specify length! · Category: 3 (please click on the button for more information) The stem may be used on paved roads, gravel paths and demanding trails with jumps and steps up to a height of 60 cm.


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The EEOC doesn't win every case it pursues. An angry judge has ordered the EEOC to pay $4.7 million in legal fees incurred when the national trucking firm CRST had to defend itself against a flurry of sexual harassment suits, many of which eventually turned out to be baseless.
In 2007, female employees claimed that managers and trainers sexually harassed them. CRST settled one case for $50,000, but then the EEOC filed a "pattern or practice" claim, essentially claiming the company regularly condoned or permitted harassment of female employees.
CRST retained several law firms to defend itself against the charges at both the trial and appellate court levels. The bills piled up.
Finally, U.S. District Judge Linda Reade ruled that the EEOC had become abusive. She noted that the commission's charges consisted of 153 claims that were "unreasonable or groundless." More than 100 other claims were dismissed as part of the sanction or were withdrawn by the EEOC.
An EEOC statement expressed disappointment with the decision and said officials are weighing an appeal.


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Although the upcoming Chinese horror flick "The Cases" has been given a Cat III rating, you won't see anything remotely unsettling or offensive in the trailer embedded below. Unless, of course, you count the blurry thing on the end of the stick. Which I don't. Even with the plot synopsis, I'm still not entirely sure what in the hell is happening in the clip, though I'm going to assume that it isn't good. Just call it a hunch.
Here's that synopsis I told you about:
Edmond Poon, a renowned Hong Kong DJ hosts a psychic programs, supported by the meta physical masters and warlocks from Southeast Asia who acts as advisors, leads a psychic exploring team to scout for little-known mysterious and supernatural cases or strange customs including Soul-grabbing Witchcraft, Menstruation Witchcraft, Headless Horseman, Suicide Curses and a Secret Organization know only as "Shadow Team," to name a few. Many precious clips are uncovered for the first time providing gruesome viewing experience, and hints to what exactly ultimately caused the teams demise.
If you're going to be in mainland China within the next few days, stop over and check it out. "The Cases" opens on May 31st. The trailer in all its confusion lies below.
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Translation: German (Undergraduate Certificate)
Offered by the Department of World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences this certificate program provides students with an academic grounding in translation theory and practice. The program emphasizes translation into English. Students interested in obtaining further translation credentials are encouraged to discuss their options with the appropriate language advisor. All courses taken in the Department of World Languages and Cultures toward the certificate may be used by undergraduates toward departmental majors or minors in the same language.
Admission to the Program
Open to all students who have completed GERM-333 German Conversation and Composition II (3), or equivalent. Equivalency is determined in consultation with faculty advisor. Students whose native language is not English must meet university requirements for English competency (minimum TOEFL score of 600). Before commencing the program, students should consult the appropriate advisor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures to plan out their program of study.
Certificate Requirements
- 15 credit hours of approved coursework. For core courses to count toward the certificate, students must receive a grade of B or better; for elective courses, a grade of C or better is required. For elective courses, students complete an additional translation project beyond the normal course requirements and must receive a satisfactory evaluation for their project. Students will only be permitted to do these translation projects after having completed at least one of the first two core courses.
Course Requirements
Core (6 credit hours)
Electives (9 credit hours)
- Three courses selected from offerings in German (GERM-xxx) at the level of GERM-336 or above


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Hello, Cool Gizmo Toys community! I'm happy to announce the launch of the Geeky Science series, which is as momentous as it sounds! Today, this is the only post on the series that I will post, but for the next five days I am going to write an article on a geeky topic that relates to science – on a scientific aspect of something that is a hot topic among geeks.
This sounds kind of boring right now, but don't fret – I can assure you that the articles will be more interesting than most of the ones you have been reading on the site – they're going to be that good. "Or the rest of your articles are just really bad." No one asked you. Even if you don't think that my articles aren't funny, all of the posts in the Geeky Science series will be genuinely interesting, so you'll learn a couple of things regardless.
I've decided to release all of the titles now, due to reader request – they will be linked after the posts are live.
GS#1: Will We Ever Have The Technology To Build Portal Guns?
GS#2: Is It Scientifically Possible To Climb Walls Like Spiderman
GS#3: Are Lightsabers Scientifically Unrealistic?
GS#4: Do We Have The Technology To Re-Create R2-D2?
GS#5: The Medical Science Behind Taking An Arrow In The Knee
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Some relief in sight for Eastern Cape pupils
Cape Town - Relief may be in sight for thousands of Eastern Cape pupils who have spent the first nine months of this year at schools with teacher shortages.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Wednesday she had instructed all nine provincial education authorities to fill all vacant posts by the end of the year.
"I have sent a memorandum to all provinces, instructing them to fill all vacant posts by 31 December. So we will be able to report on progress after this date," she told MPs, responding to a question in the National Assembly.
Motshekga confirmed that at the end of June there were 3202 vacancies "in the gazetted post establishment" of schools in the Eastern Cape. These included 59 unfilled school principal posts.
However, the minister did not give a definitive reply to a question, asked by Democratic Alliance MP Annette Lovemore, on whether she could guarantee that all 3202 vacant posts in the province would be filled by next year.
Motshekga said the province had run short of funds.
"We had to go back to National Treasury to request it to re-prioritise funds to fill in these posts."
She then said her deputy, Enver Surty, who was not in the House on Wednesday, was dealing with the problem.
"He's not here... he's assisting the province in filling the posts."
Earlier, she told MPs the Eastern Cape education department had compiled a list of 1 117 critical, vacant, unfilled posts at level one, which were earmarked for immediate filling.
"And these include maths, science and accounting."
Motshekga said it was up to provinces to fill vacant teaching posts.
"I can only give directives," she said.


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First Hublot Boutique in United States!
Hublot recently opened its first U.S. boutique, and the honor went to Bal Harbour, Florida (Miami Beach). Can you believe this is Hublot's first U.S. boutique? Seems to me like they were already everywhere 😉 Seriously, though — I would have guessed Las Vegas would have been first, maybe New York. All in good time, I suppose. Anway, to kick-start its new and first U.S. boutique, Hublot also unveiled 2 limited edition Bal Harbour "boutique exclusives" for those who want to represent a little bit of Miami pride. 25 pieces in each style. Price is $20,000-$25,000.
Hublot Aero Bal Harbour Editions
44mm (Big Bang) / 48mm (King Power black ceramic+titanium case, skeletonized ("aero") dial, "Bal Harbour" strap
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Did You Know? The Origin of "Bal Harbour"
The Village was first called "Bay Harbour," a name that was soon discarded as not properly defining a community with oceanfront property. A new word was created, taking letters from 'bay" and "Atlantic" to create "Bal." Thus Bal Harbour, a new town encompassing bay and ocean, was named. The fledgling government was housed in converted military barracks until the current Village Hall was built in 1956. Source.


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If you browse over to my site, and not read this post through a rss reader or on Facebook, you'll see that I've switched wordpress themes. I was just getting tired of the one I was using so I felt it was time for a change.
Problem is, I'm not so sure I really like it that much.
What do my readers think though? An improvement? A step back? No real difference?


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I Wish I Could Share My True Feelings
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 29 People
I want to but most of the time I don't know howto put it into words. And I can only trust certain people so it makes it really hard. I have so much on my mind right now that I can barely sleep very long at night to where I only get 3 hours of sleep. If only I could find the right person to vent all of this to.
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Daddy Christmas is coming to town.
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So yesterday Blue-Zoo released their Christmas short entitled Daddy Christmas. Its the charming tale of a father and his son discovering the true meaning of Christmas.
I was really lucky to work on this. I made all the shaders and did a little bit of texturing here and there. The directors wanted to go for a vinyl plastic feel of it so almost everything was a subsurface shader. Since we were rendering in Arnold I started off using the aiSkin shaders, but quickly changed to the alShaders (mainly because I wanted to use the light group AOV's which, as it turns out, don't work with sss!). However, the alShaders are actually really nice to use.
Click the image below to watch! (Best not watched while eating or with small children..)
They grow up so fast..
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I finished teaching my evening course back in October and I've been meaning to post some of my students work. Everyone improved a huge amount in the 32 weeks and I'm really proud of each and every one of them! Here's a taste of some of the projects.
NB: these are all WIPS and are shown as they were at the end of the course.
Kudos clockwise from top left: Xuesong Wang, Shkelzen Kernaja, Bilguun Enkhtuul, George Royce.
New Showreel up!
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Finally updated my reel to include what I've been doing at Blue-Zoo and some older freelance stuff.
Click the image below to watch!
You can see a more detailed breakdown here
Its Sir to you!
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Woo, I'm officially a teacher!
I was asked to teach the 3D Foundations evening course at Escape Studios which started back in February and goes on to September.
We cover everything from how to open Maya to compositing a fully modeled, textured and lit photoreal object into a photograph. Some of the projects my students are doing are shaping up to be very nice! Theres something really satisfying about teaching especially when you see them progressing.
Its great to be revisiting a lot of Maya that I don't use every day at work. Always good to keep the skills honed!
Will post pics of the final projects at the end of the course.
Escape Webinar
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A few months back I did a webinar for Escape Studios where I talked through a project I worked on while at Polar Media. We did a job in collaboration with MPC for BP as part of their olympics showcase last summer. It was a really unique project in that it was to be projected on 4 or 5 walls in a specially designed space in the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. This meant a completely unique approach to almost everything and we worked very closely with the team at MPC to ensure all the lineup was spot on and everything was looking tip top.
You can check out my talk here where I outline my role as on set VFX supervisor to final compositing and delivery.
I'll put up a separate post with more details on that project.
New Website!
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Finally launching the website! Still have a good bit of work to upload so bear with me. It will trickle in.


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New Delhi: Commenting on Shaun Tait's inclusion in the T20 side, former Australia pacer Jason Gillespie said fast bowler will cause a lot of damage on Indian tracks if he makes the squad for the World T20 starting March 8.
In a surprise move, the Aussie selectors picked the tearaway speedster after a five-year hiatus.
Adelaide Strikers coach Gillespie believes Tait has impressed one and all in this Big Bash season.
"Yeah, I really do," Gillespie was quoted as saying on Cricket Australia's official website when asked if Tait could be effective on Indian pitches.
"He's one of the fastest bowlers in the world. Why wouldn't you have him in your squad?"
Meanwhile Melbourne Renegades captain Cameron White, who has played 18 T20 matches with Tait for Australia, says the right-armer's inclusion is a wise decision by the National Selection Panel.
"Taity is a very well-liked person around traps so it's great to see him get another opportunity," White said. "He's still the fastest bowler in the comp so I think it makes sense to have an attacking weapon there (in the squad)."


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She milked her political power
The death of Margaret Thatcher was a reminder of how I first became politicised at the tender age of seven in 1970.
My job at primary school was handing out the free milk to my fellow classmates but I was told by my headmaster that I no longer had this position because of a new education minister, a Mrs Thatcher. I learned then of the power a politician can have on our lives. This lady had no social consciousness. She will not be missed.
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An exclusive excerpt of a selected scene from Shirlee McCoy's The Cottage on the Corner (August 5, 2014) is available on Heroes and Heartbreakers to members. Please log in or register to read the full excerpt.
In Apple Valley, Washington, true friends are never far, neighbors can help heal the loneliest hearts—and longed-for dreams can unexpectedly become real . . .
Charlotte Garrison's second chance is falling into place just like she's carefully planned. A few more sales of her heavenly sweets and she'll be able to turn the empty shop on Main Street into her own bakery—a plan much more sensible than ever again risking her heart. But when a rambunctious three-year-old girl lands on town deputy Max Stanford's doorstep, Charlotte finds helping the good-looking deputy care for her is sparking the most impossible dreams . . .
Max has never been much for settling down. But while he finds out if little Zuzu is really his daughter, Charlotte's warmth and caring makes him want to prove he's worthy of her trust. And as they struggle to come to terms with their pasts, Max will do whatever it takes to show Charlotte home is where dreams come true—and he and Zuzu are all the love and home she'll ever need.
There were a few of reasons why Charlotte was wandering down Main Street at midnight. First, she couldn't sleep. Second, she didn't want to sit around at home imagining someone sliding a credit card between the old lock and the door and walking inside. Third, she just…
Well, she was lonely.
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I made a new pop song medley.
The theme of this one is standing up for yourself, not giving up, being super fierce, that kind of thing.
The songs I used in the arrangement:
Titanium - David Guetta feat. Sia
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
Girl on Fire - Alicia Keys
Roar - Katy Perry
All the songs are performed by awesome ladies who love singing about inner strength.
The songs in the order they are used:
Titanium/Wrecking Ball/Roar/Wrecking Ball/Girl on Fire/Roar
Check out my other covers/arrangements/original songs here.


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The recruiting trail is winding down for another fine wide receiver from California in three star Matt Slater (6-1, 185, 4.4) from Anaheim (Calif.) Servite. He was at UCLA this past weekend and he is on his way to Ivy League Dartmouth this weekend January 31st. His decision will be soon after his visit.
Slater had 38 receptions for 780 yards and six touchdowns as a senior. He was selected 1st-team all-league for his outstanding performance.
Slater has offers from Oregon and UCLA. Dartmouth is in the mix because of its great academics as well as for football.
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To Slater academics are very important and going to an Ivy school is a very attractive opportunity.
Slater has the bloodlines; his father is Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the Los Angeles Rams, Jackie Slater.


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The rapper talks about his Birthday Boxing Bash at the Connecticut Convention Center on Friday, discusses why he loves the sport, and dishes on birthday plans.
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It May Cost Way Too Much to Live Here, But at Least We're Cozy
Scott Lucas | Photo: Courtesy OokamiKasumi | January 22, 2014
Yesterday, we told you that SF is the third least affordable home-buying city in the freaking world. Today, we bring slightly rosier news: SF is the second coziest city in the nation. That's right, coziest.
So sink down into a plush love seat, pull a blanket across your lap, fire up some herbal tea, and get ready to have your cotton-swaddle mind blown. Feeling cozy yet? Let's go.
Even if rents cooled ever so slightly in the last three months of 2013, it's still absurdly impossible to afford to live in San Francisco right now. In fact, a recent study found that the city was the third least affordable major metropolitan region in the world. (The average home here sells for 9.2 times the median income.) For those of us who do manage to beg, borrow, or steal our way into shelter, though, there's a silver lining: We're very cozy.
A study commissioned by the makers of Honeywell Infrared Heaters (?) found that we were the second most cozy city in America, behind only Boston. Trailing behind us were Santa Fe, Washington D.C., and Portland. According to the Elle Decor, the researchers used city-wide data on things like fireplace and portable heater usage and coffee shop proximity. (Just to reiterate our long-held point: Weighted indices that don't even publish their inputs, like this one, barely even qualify as magazine science.)
So there you go: You can't afford to be here, but as long as you are, we'll make you comfortable. We're calling it now: San Francisco is the extended hospital stay of cities.
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The Kiwanis Duck Race was supposed to take place in Big Goose Creek Friday afternoon, but after a quick meeting of the minds it was decided to have the race take place down the Kendrick Pool slide. Duck Race Chairman Anthony Tarver tells us who were the lucky ducks.
Tarver said that the race was moved due to safety concerns over the fast moving current in Big Goose Creek.


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By Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, April 20, 2005; Page A12
NANJING, China, April 19 -- Despite his mild manners, Liu Weiming displayed raw feelings and anger when it came to the subject of Japan. With no room for doubt in his voice, he insisted China must stand firm in its demand for a clear accounting of atrocities committed by Japanese troops during World War II.
"Like the Chinese government said, the Japanese people should recognize their crimes in a clear way," said Liu, 36, a telecommunications engineer who on Tuesday visited the memorial here to victims of the Nanjing Massacre. Historians say 200,000 to 300,000 Chinese were killed during Japan's occupation of the city, which began in 1937. "Even before I came here, I hated the Japanese," he added. "I know of their crimes."
The sentiments expressed by Liu and other visitors at Nanjing's striking, gray-granite World War II memorial went a long way toward explaining the vehemence of recent anti-Japanese demonstrations across China. To a large degree, they gave context to the inflexible positions adopted by the Chinese government recently in dealing with Tokyo and the insistent demand from Beijing for a greater show of remorse from the Japanese leadership.
Protests have erupted in a dozen cities over the past two weeks, damaging Japanese diplomatic buildings and private businesses. Such public displays of political sentiment are typically tightly policed in this authoritarian country and require official approval and perhaps organizational help. But judging by comments from a variety of Chinese, the mostly college-age marchers represented widespread resentment against Japan more than half a century after the end of World War II.
"The Japanese people committed such a horrible crime against the Chinese people," said a retired Beijing schoolteacher named Zhang, who traveled to visit the memorial, 575 miles southeast of the capital, as part of a trip organized by her teachers association.
Zhang, 60, who declined to give her full name, said she reacted emotionally after viewing the museum exhibits describing events in Nanjing during the occupation.
"I feel so sorry," she said hesitantly, searching for words to express her feelings. "It's hard to bear. And it makes me a little angry, too."
More than 10 million people have visited the memorial since it opened in 1985, according to museum officials. They have come by busloads, gazing silently at victims' bones, shards of their clothing and walls full of photos depicting killings in Nanjing over a six-week rampage of destruction, rapes and executions. The museum's official name is the Memorial Hall for Compatriots Killed in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Forces of Aggression.
"I hate the Japanese, hate, anger," said Xin Hongwei, 38, who traveled here from rural Henan province with Liu and spent more than an hour passing through the memorial's sober below-ground viewing rooms. "I am very angry over their wrongdoings."
The Chinese government, while repressing political movements with domestic goals, has fostered such anti-Japanese feelings over the years. Through education and the censored news media, Chinese repeatedly have been told of a failure by the Japanese government to confront its crimes. Many of the people who have visited the Nanjing monument come as part of tours sponsored by their local governments or government-run organizations.
Some visitors on Tuesday expressed concern about the protests around the country. Wu Duoqui, a 21-year-old student at Nanjing Forestry University, said that he supported the demonstrations but that "we shouldn't be too raucous."
"I think we should arouse patriotic feelings, but in a proper way," agreed Li Fengming, 21, his classmate. "Of course, the government should take effective measures to control it. But it is good for us to have these feelings."
The Chinese government has frequently focused on Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors Japanese war dead, including officers judged to be war criminals. The government cites such visits as an example of insensitivity. News reports from Tokyo said Japanese lawmakers, including a former defense minister, planned to visit the shrine on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
In addition, the Chinese government has been upset over textbooks approved by Japan's Education Ministry that, according to Chinese officials and academics, play down Japan's conduct during the war. The recent protests were set off by news from Tokyo that on April 4, the Education Ministry had approved eight new junior high history textbooks, five of which refer to what happened here as the "Nanjing incident."
As China's power and influence grows, strategic rivalry has also contributed to the increasing wariness between Beijing and Tokyo. Disputes over energy resources in the East China Sea and sovereignty in a string of islands south of Okinawa have heightened the tension. And China's security analysts have expressed concern over what they read as signs that Japan is leaning toward closer cooperation with the United States in the defense of Taiwan.
But for visitors to the museum, the memory of World War II causes the friction. Liu said that last week, he and his friends in Henan's Ruyang County helped gather nearly 10,000 signatures of people pledging to boycott Japanese products because of the new textbook approved in Tokyo.
"Japan killed more than 300,000 Chinese here," Dang Chaoxian, 75, a visitor to the Nanjing memorial, said Tuesday. "We don't want to kill that many Japanese. We just want them to recognize their faults."
Dang said he fought in the war between Communists and Nationalists that intensified after World War II and ended in 1949 with the victory of Mao Zedong and the establishment of the Communist government. He said the memory is still vivid.
"I was a soldier during the war of liberation," he recalled. "I know what war is. We don't want war. But Japan should offer a sincere apology to the Chinese people."
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Dubbed the LN Labs Fund, the announcement continues to underscore the promoter's focus on eCommerce, which includes the recent acquisitions of data platform BigChampagne and the live music community site Setlist.fm.
Focusing on opportunities to take an equity stake in early stage entertainment tech startups in the areas of consumer product development and technology infrastructure, the fund will be helmed by BigChampagne's Eric Garland, the EVP and general manager of Live Nation Labs as well as than Kaplan, vice president of products, Live Nation Labs; and Michael Abrams, president of Digital Ventures.
"We're interested in funding great new products that further engage fans and enrich the concert experience. There are a lot of little pieces on the board, and we're developing a structure for putting the best pieces together, said Michael Rapino, CEO of Live Nation Entertainment. In the era of the social conversation, we're a very focused platform. We're specialists."
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Power packaging news is good news for designers
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Common, standardized MOSEFT packaging among various vendors is a win-win, mostly--but not necessarily
The recent announcement of MOSFET packaging news from Fairchild Semiconductor and Infineon ( "Infineon, Fairchild agree common power MOSFET packaging") is good news for designers. It takes out, or at least reduces, one of the many variables in the design-decision and bill of material (BOM) risk assessment.
There are times when standards are good, and times then they constrain advances. My view is that, in general, standards which define a framework, or electrical and mechanical interfaces (and the package is the interface between the MOSFET die and the real world) are a good thing. They leave vendors to innovate inside, yet adhere to an agreed-on envelope or boundary such that users can interchange, upgrade, downsize, or whatever they prefer, without total redesign. It's no different than having many types of AC-household light bulbs, but all with the same Edison base that has been in use for over 100 years.
Of course, every silver lining does have a cloud; engineering is all about tradeoffs. Standards can impede innovation, or prevent the adoption of a proprietary design which increases or improves performance by a modest amount. And while sometimes that modest gain is not worth the overall hassle and headache it brings, to some users even a small improvement is critical and worthwhile. More dramatically, the standard may have a blocking effect on major innovation, such as the need to retrofit LED-based lamps into standard AC-line sockets, light fixtures, and assemblies.
Only hindsight will tell us if such standards were overall good, bad, or both–and we don't have the time for that. No matter, historians will look back and tell us what we should have done!♦


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Another one of the amazing Faroe Islands seascapes!
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In Viking Times…
One of my favourite "genres" if you wish, in photography, is long exposures. I love slowing motion down and creating moody images from moving clouds or water. Long exposures can be anywhere from 1 second to hours and hours long. My typical long exposure image is 30 seconds to 5 minutes. It depends on how fast the clouds are moving and what visual story I am trying to tell with the image. This image for example, taken near Sorvagsvatn Lake, the largest inland lake in the Faroe Islands shows the area, where in Viking times, slaves who were no longer useful, were simply flung off of the cliff top, or so the story goes. The angry clouds show the displeasure of the Viking gods. This image is a 61 second exposure, ISO 100 at f11. I used a Lee Big Stopper to give me enough exposure time. The image was shot in Bulb mode.
Gasadalur, Faroe Islands
I have been spending a few days in the Faroe Islands. If you don't know where that is, use Google Maps! 🙂 The weather has been truly dramatic. Never have I seen the weather change so quickly and the such incredible skies every few minutes!


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Primula Bond
The Golden Locket (Unbreakable #2)
Mischief / November 21, 2013 / $12.99 print, $3.99 digital
The second novel in the Unbreakable Trilogy, The Golden Locket follows Gustav and Serena to New York.
Ensconced in their Manhattan penthouse, all seems blissfully happy for Gustav and Serena. Still in the first flush of love, they have every satisfaction they could need.
But as they enjoy their New York pleasure ground, ghosts start to emerge from Gustav's past, and when his damaged younger brother, Pierre, comes back into his life, he brings with him a dangerous threat…
With temptation waiting at every turn, can Gustav and Serena survive all the excitement that the Big Apple holds?
In the second book in Primula Bond's Unbreakable series, The Golden Locket, Gustav Levi sweeps Serena Folkes off her feet and whisks her away from London to New York. As their relationship has deepened, Gustav has loosened the boundaries of the silver chain he used in the first book to keep Serena tethered to him in The Silver Chain. While he still uses the chain during lovemaking, Gustav replaces his stamp of ownership with a golden locket that he places around Serena's neck—one that contains a mysterious object. Serena can hear the object rattling around within the locket but Gustav tells her she can't know what it holds until she is ready.
After a devastating confrontation between Gustav and his estranged brother Pierre, Serena finally learns all of the ugly details about how Gustav's ex-wife engineered a kinky scene in which Gustav whipped her ruthlessly until Pierre caught them in the act (all prearranged). Margot, the ex-wife, then played the abused wife, ran to Pierre and took his virginity. Margot took off with Pierre, brainwashing him to hate his older brother. Serena defends Gustav against Pierre's accusations, but is determined that the two brothers find some common ground. She insists that they continue to talk, and then plans are made for the two to meet in the new year after Gustav and Serena have moved across the pond.
But all is not as it seems with Pierre, who is almost a mirror image of Gustav. Pierre is defensive, overly solicitous and frankly smarmy. He acts quite differently towards Serena when Gustav isn't around, making his motives seem suspect. Pierre has a commission that he wants Serena to take on, photographing his burlesque show. There are hints that Pierre may not be working alone. Is Margot still pulling his strings? Is Margot still in New York? What did Margot actually do to Pierre after she stole him away from Gustav?
Meanwhile, with the loosened silver chain, Gustav gives Serena permission to explore her sexuality, to grow and experiment, to find out what turns her on. He knows that Serena is a natural voyeur, one who loves to watch others' intimate moments and capture them on film. But as she continues to take erotic and sensual photographs, her sexual desires grow. Gustav accompanies her on many of her assignments, giving her the confidence to do a striptease for a room full of men at an elite sex club and to engage in sex play with two women while doing a pre-wedding shoot for one of the ladies. Gustav gives Serena room to play, trusting her to come back to him.
Yet Pierre is determined to cause trouble. During a trip to Venice, he masquerades as his brother, trying to fool Serena. Unfortunately, she comes very close to falling for his seduction before his scars give him away. Is it because he truly loves Serena? Is it because she accepts his scars? Or is there something more nefarious going on? Is Margot behind it all? Does Margot want to make Gustav suffer? The Golden Locket is the second book in a trilogy, so Bond does not answer these questions. One can only imagine where Bond plans to take things next.
Once Gustav does make it to Venice, he finally reveals the secret of the golden locket, hoping to cement his relationship with Serena. All seems fine until a package arrives in the closing paragraph leaving readers to wonder what will be next.
The Golden Locket follows Gustav and Serena as their relationship matures and as Serena begins to explore her sexuality. Gustav has to let Serena go, breaking the bond created by the silver chain and replacing it with a locket that holds a secret. Lies, secrets and passion abound, although where it will all lead is anybody's guess.
Learn more or order a copy of The Golden Locket by Primula Bond, available November 21, 2013:
Jennifer Porter, a mild-mannered librarian by day, runs the review site Romance Novel News and is a compulsive romance reader. She has a tendency to live tweet her craziest reads as @JenniferRNN