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Two small boys from Liverpool were sat in the kitchen of one of their homes. One remarked, ' My Dad says if I drink my milk regularly, when I grow up, I will be able to play for Accrington Stanley' The other asked, ' Who are they?' Some time ago a young man joined the Royal Marines. The Regimental Sergeant Major asked him is name and where he came from. The young man replied, 'I'm from Accrington sir and my name is Donald.' The sergeant pondered and said, ' They have a good football team don't they - Accrington Stanley - you'd better come with me Stan?' The first instance was a milk commercial on television - You may remember? The second was my younger brother who retired from The Royal Marines after 22 years service and was known to all as 'Stan' throughout his service. Accrington Stanley are regarded by some, as the most famous football club in the land and it's origins date back to 1878. They were one of 12 original members of the Football League, as we know it today. They played in Scarlet and black and were known as 'Th Owd Reds.' They became known as Accrington Stanley and for 41 years from 1921 they played league football at 'Peel Park' against many of the teams that still survive today. Troubled finances led to them resigning from the league in 1962. It was a sad day indeed for the town but many believe that is only a matter of time before 'Stanley ' will rise again – to the chants of 'On Stanley On' echoing around the packed terraces. Accrington Stanley Football Club was re-formed in 1968 and now competes in the Uni Bond (Northern) Premier Division. They are currently in 10th position with 48 points from 37 games having won 13, drawn 9, and lost 15, scoring 56 goals and conceding 58. There are 22 other teams competing in this league. Home matches are played at The Crown Grou
nd, Livingstone Road, Accrington with a crowd capacity of 4000 of which 700 are seats. They are nicknamed 'The Reds' and 'Stanley' and play in red shirts and white shorts. Admission to the ground is £5.00 with £3.00 concessions. They have their own web site www.accystan.co.uk where famous names including: Emlyn Hughes (ex Liverpool FC), Matt Jansen (Blackburn Rovers) and Tommy Doherty (former Manchester United manager) are columnists. However, there is slightly more to this former cotton-manufacturing town than meets the eye. Accrington is situated within the Borough of Hynburn, between the much larger towns of Burnley and Blackburn and about 35 miles away from Manchester. The town is nestled at the foot of hill known locally as the 'Coppice' from where there are spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. The towns of Blackburn and Burnley are visible and the views extend to Clitheroe and the imposing Pendle Hill. There is a large metal crucifix on the summit where the locals gather during Easter and Christmas. Tree lined Avenue Parade will lead you away from the 'Coppice' into a bustling town centre. It is small and compact with all amenities close at hand. A good place to start your visit would be from the Town Hall where you could pick up information leaflets to show you all that there is to do and see during your visit. The tourist information centre is within the Town Hall. (Tel.01254.380295) 'Accrington' means a town surrounded by oaks so you could follow the Acorn Trail around the streets. The trail is marked out on paving stones all around the route and starts at this location. The Town Hall was built 1858 and named 'The Peel Institute' in memory of the former Prime Minister 'Sir Robert Peel' who was held in high esteem locally. It became The Town Hall in 1865. He was the founder of The Irish Police Force and the Metropolitan Poli
ce Force in 1829. The word 'Bobbies' and 'Peelers' derive from this source. His grandfather Robert 'Parsley' Peel lived locally and was the founder of calico printing. He engraved a sprig of parsley onto a pewter plate creating a metal printing block. James Hargreaves from the same era invented The Spinning Jenny. Adjacent to the Town Hall is a century old Victorian Arcade, where long established market traders offer a wide selection of goods. It is basically an indoor market, where you can purchase anything you want. Fresh food, crafts, linen, crockery, cutlery, exchange book stalls and video exchange to name but a few. There are several cafes within the arcade providing snacks and substantial meals. High above - surrounding you, is a minstrel gallery. Directly outside, at the rear of arcade, is an open-air covered market with equally as many stalls offering similar goods. If you have forgot something indoors you can always find it outside. Look out for 'Bramwells' fish stall where fresh fish is collected daily from Fleetwood on the 'Fylde coast' and transported to Accrington whilst the town is asleep. Also look out for 'Lamberts' stall who offer delicious home made lemon curd the likes of which you have never tasted. Many a small boy, sent out to purchase this product, has been severely chastised by his mother having returned home with a half empty container. Both markets are open every day of the week except Wednesday and Sunday and there is a lively flea market each Thursday. All the well-known high street brand names are found on 'Broadway' and in 'The Arndale Centre' alongside the markets. It is a conservation area and there are many Victorian Buildings. There is also a good selection of smaller stores giving a local flavour and shopping is made even easier as the car parking is free of charge within the precints of the stores.
Community Safety officers patrol the town centre and it is also covered by closed circuit television cameras. There is an Asda store within the town. Nearby public houses include, The Regency Bar, Warner's Arms, The Bridge, The Bees Knees, The Castle, The Hope and Anchor, The Railway and The Adelphi. Some of these provide throbbing and vibrant Karaoke nights at the weekend. For extended nightlife 'Africa' and 'Churchill's' night-spots are available. There are also several CIU affiliated Working Men's Clubs in the town where local and national membership is required. Located in a most unlikely spot surrounded by some of the hostelries is St James Parish Church - remarkably in a good state of repair. In excess of fifty gravestones surround the church, laying side by side like a set of fallen dominoes some of which date back to 1847. The main bus station in nearby Peel Street provides a regular service to local and national destinations and the railway station and taxi ranks are within a short walking distance. You may have heard of Accrington Nori bricks that can be seen in buildings all over the world. They are still made today by Marshal's Clay Products, one of the most modern brick factories in the country. They are bright red in colour, like the colour of the towns footballers shirts. They get their colour from the iron oxides in locally extracted clay from a small town on the outskirts of Accrington – Clayton-Le-Moors which was originally known as 'Clay Town in The Moors' Every day 500 tons of shale is processed and the bricks are formed, dried and fired at over 1050 degrees centigrade. 'Nori' spelled in reverse is ' Iron' which describes the bricks perfectly. The name was accidentally put in reverse when the letters were put up on the factory chimney! Free group visits can be arranged on Tel.01254.232684. The How
arth Art Gallery houses the finest collection of Tiffany Art Glass in Europe. It consists of mosaics, tiles and over 70 examples of favrile glass vases that made Tiffany famous. Local man, Joseph Briggs, emigrated to America when he was 17 years old and became general manager of The Tiffany Studio in New York. He never forgot his native town and donated this collection to Accrington in 1933. The gallery is set in Howarth Park, Manchester Road - and is open to the public. Entry is free. Tel.01254.233782. Accrington is the smallest town in Britain to organise the raising of a full battalion the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment or The Accrington Pals as they were known. Within 20 minutes on the 1st July, 1916 at the Battle of The Somme, 252 Accrington Pals died and 333 were wounded as they tried to cross enemy lines. There is a memorial to the 'Pals' on the Somme battlefield fittingly constructed of Accrington Nori brick and the council commissioned a limited edition commemorative plaque, which coincided with the 80th anniversary of this famous battle. Visitors are also welcome at the 'Pals' memorial chapel in St John the Evangelist Church in Addison Street, Accrington. Tel.01254.393994. Accrington is located within the borough of Hynburn and other towns include Rishton, Great Harwood and Oswaldtwistle. There are 5 golf courses within the borough and 4 Lancashire League Cricket Clubs – Accrington, Enfield, Church and Rishton. Hynburn sports centre provides leisure facilities that include swimming, squash, cricket and football. You can even call in for a facial massage and a coffee. Tel.01254.3895945. Imagine an Aladdin's cave of fabrics, crafts and crockery where children have their own play area and can explore a real sweet factory and find a surprise around every corner. On the outskirts of Accrington hundreds of tourists arrive daily at Oswaldtwistle Mills. Entry
is free and it is open from 10 – 5pm. Tel.01254.871025. On the other side of town the massive warehouse of Winfield's can be found where it would be virtually impossible not to find a decent pair of shoes at a decent price. Hundreds of people visit the site daily and there is a clothing and sports department within the same grounds. Tel. 01706.831952. Accrington may be a small town but is big in history and there are opportunities for walking, sailing, fishing and riding. Within the borough, are 11 parks for relaxed walks or just to visit a pet's corner. Oakhill Park is slightly different with an aviary and a war memorial. It also contains Oakhill Mansion, which was built in 1815, and now a retirement home. It was once the married home of Alice Liddell – upon whom the author Lewis Carroll based the 'Wonderland and Looking Glass' stories. Earlier I gave a brief history of Accrington Stanley Football Club. The town also has Accrington Stanley Ladies Football Team. It was formed in 1991 with permission to use the name of this famous football club. At the last count they had 19 registered players and they were the 400th club to affiliate to the Womens Football Association. They have set their sights very high indeed and aspire to reach Premier League status. I will now watch with interest as to which club will bring the former glory to this proud little town. M.65 Motorway J.7. for Accrington. Www.thisislancashire.co.uk Best wishes, Peter2670


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Has anyone familiar with a good product/software to facilitate note taking during meetings? Ideally the product would also generate or link to Microsoft Word/Excel (to allow notes and letters/excel workings to be saved in the same folder).
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you might want to have a look at this
they have them at PC World
Aldi ?
You might want to have a look at this previous thread and/or contact FirstTab to see if he did buy one.
you could use a galaxy or other tablet that has handwriting recognition / conversion to word etc - i ocaasionally use a nokiaN800 for hand writing recognition - but am gravitating to either teh pen or the tablet
I did try Aldi for the digital note pad but they were out of stock. I have not tried anything else.


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Do you need a sermon or devotional idea for Christmas? Dr. George Fuller, pastor, former seminary professor and president and presently a member of the CEP Committee, Seniors' Ministry consultant, offers the following sermon outline for you for your consideration. Our thanks to Dr. Fuller for making this available.
"Jesus, tell us about Christmas."
Where did you come from?
…from my Father
"Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him; but I know him because I am from him and he sent me" (John 11:28-29).
…my Father sent me
"If God were your Father; you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me" (John 8:42).
Why did you come?
…to represent the Father
"I have come in my Father's name…" (John 4:43).
"I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father" (John 16:28).
…to bring salvation
"For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it" (John 12:47).
…to invite sinners to become my disciples
"For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matthew 9:13).
…to distinguish between my disciples and others
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law – a man's enemies will be the members of his own household'" (Matthew 10:34-35).
"I have come to bring fire on the earth…. Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three…" (Luke 12:49-52).
…to seek and to save the lost
"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost" (Luke 19:10).
…to be a light
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness" (John 12:46).
…to give life
"…I am the gate for the sheep…. I am come that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:7-10).
…to present truth
"You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me" (John 18:37).
…to serve
"…whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave – just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many" (Matthew 20:26-28).
…to give my life as a ransom
(Matthew 20:28)
…to die
"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour?' No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name" (John 12:27-28).
What should we do?
First, recognize that I came for you.
(see Jesus' words mentioned above).
And, obey my law written in your hearts.
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them…" (Matthew 5:17ff.).
And, come and follow me.
"Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you"
(John 20:21).
"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death – even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
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Flyzone Micro Dr.1: Long 7mm Motor/Gearbox Upgrade
First, I have flown the new Hobbico Dr1 at NEAT, and now that mine arrived on Monday in my front yard. It's a great flier and will loop. That said, can more thrust be obtained without going to brushless or substantially heavier gearboxes such as the one from the Parkzone Mustang (substantially heavier). The answer is yes.
Bob Selman of BSDmicroRC has sold a fantastic 7mm ball bearing gearbox for years. It has a hardened 1.5mm drill bit shaft, dual ball bearings, a nice molded housing, and Didel gears that run quietly. This gearbox has always had holes for mounting on two carbon fiber rods. The Hobbico 7mm gearbox has horizontal mounting tabs that stick out to the sides. BSDmicroRC has a new variation of their gearbox that has a piece that is screwed onto the two existing holes for rod mounting that adds a horizontal mount that makes it easy to mount in a Hobbico plane.
The other piece of this puzzle is a longer 7mm motor with a good wind for this application. All the Didel/SuperSlicks 7mm motors as well as the Hobbico Playmate/Albatros/Fokker Dr1 motors are 16.5mm long. BSD now has a longer can 7mm motor that is 20mm long. At the present they are selling this motor only in the new variation of the gearbox. The gearbox can be found on their site here. At the time this unit was added to BSD's web site we did not know how long the shaft needed to be to extend out through the dummy radial motor and cowl. Now we do. It may take him a few days to get the gearboxes with the longer shaft on his site. Call him on the phone till that happens to make sure you get the longer shaft version of this gearbox. The BSD gearbox has a lower ratio at 4:1 than the Hobbico gearbox. But, with the longer can motor it can swing a larger GWS 5x3 prop compared to the 4.5 inch prop that comes standard on the Dr1 and the other Hobbico micro planes.
So, bottom line, what are the results of this gearbox transplant?
* 18% more thrust. The stock system develops 26.6g of thrust at 3.5V. The long motor with a GWS 5x3 prop and 4:1 gearing in the BSD gearbox develops 31.5g of thrust, 18% more.
* Amp draw increases marginally by 0.10 amps. You can still use the battery that came with the Dr1.
* weight for the new gearbox with longer motor and the GWS prop increases the overall weight of the plane by 1.5g.
There you go. The next few posts show how I performed the surgery to do this gearbox swap.
Last edited by Gordon Johnson; Dec 16, 2011 at 11:25 AM. Reason: corrected typo: weight gain is 1.5g not 1.8g as originally typed
First, you have to take the Dr1 apart. The fuselage halves are held together with a thin strip of double sided tape. This can be disolved with Naptha, available at most hardware stores. I got a glass eyedropper at the drug store. I discovered that it's impossible to remove the cowl first. Once I finally got the plane apart I was able to see why. There is a foam "tongue" that sticks out from the firewall and the cowl is glued to this as well as the seam where it mates with the fuselage. Here is how I finally got it apart:
(1) Using a hobby knife carefully cut through the glue around where the bottom wing struts are glued to the bottom wing. Then, pry the strut out of the foam, which will leave a small area with foam that came out. This will all be fixed when you reassemble the plane with a dab of Uhu Por glue.
(2) Repeatedly apply Naptha to the seam where the cowl mates with the lower fuselage half, and the seam that runs lengthwise down the fuselage between the two halves. Keep doing this till you can wiggle the fuselage halves apart, start at the back, and the seam with the cow for the lower half.
(3) Remove the lower fuselage half by sliding it backwards and down. Otherwise if you pull it straight down, the dummy radial engine will break off the lower pieces of the cowl (I did this and broke mine, but glued them back in place).
(4) Unplug the motor plug from the pigtail going to the brick.
There, you've taken it apart and can now see the guts.
Last edited by Gordon Johnson; Dec 18, 2011 at 10:43 AM.
In the pictures below I show the standard motor, and the new longer can 20mm long motor, as well as the BSD gearbox with the longer motor and the horizontal adapter installed. Now some foam surgery is reqired:
(1) Remove the dummy radial engine by cutting through the glue that mounts it to the fuselage, including the foam tabs that stick into it. The radial engine will need to be hogged out with a Dremmel to accept the larger spur gear of the BSD gearbox. So, remove it now since this will allow cutting out the foam for the new gearbox.
(2) Remove the Hobbico gearbox by cutting through the glue around the edges of the mount. Then, cut underneath the mount by sliding a hobby knife in from the front underneath the horizontal mounts.
(3) Place the BSD gearbox on the motor mount area, and trace around it with a hobby knife to score the foam where you want to cut. Cut downwards around this perimeter from the top. Then, cut back from the front on the sides and bottom. You want the new floor where the horizontal mounts to go to be about 5mm below the top of the gearbox mounting area. The reason the foam needs to be cut down is the BSD gearbox horizontal mounts come out about midway down the gearbox sides, while the Hobbico gearbox has them near the top. You want the prop shaft to be on the same level as the top of the motor mount foam on the bottom fuselage half. You also have to cut down in the middle for the motor, which results in a small hole down into the battery area, but this won't pose a problem for the battery.
Last edited by Gordon Johnson; Dec 16, 2011 at 12:55 AM.
(1) Dry fit the BSD gearbox into the foam you've cut away. It should have the same right thrust as the original gearbox. Keep shaving away foam from the front of the area you cut out till the propshaft has about 2 to 2.5 degrees of down thrust. The prop shaft should be about level with the top of the lower fuselage half.
(2) Cut off the female plug from the stock motor and solder it to the leads for the new motor.
(2) With the gearbox dry fit in the foam, hold the dummy radial in place and see where it needs to be hogged out to allow room for the spur gear. Use a Dremel tool to do the hogging. I used the abrasive bit and worked slowly.
(3) After the dummy radial engine has been hogged out, glue the gearbox into the foam with Uhu Por glue. Then, glue the dummy radial engine back in place on the nose with Uhu Por glue.
All I have left to do is use Uhu Por glue to glue the fuselage halves together.
I probably won't get a chance to fly this modified Dr1 till the end of next week. But, I fully expect it to have more spirited performance, as well as being quieter.
Last edited by Gordon Johnson; Dec 16, 2011 at 11:23 AM.
Right thrust is the same as stock. Down thrust is about 2.5 degrees.
Too late now. It's very well glued in. I'll trim down elevator and live with it.
Any chance you can persuade the construction of an HP03S gearbox? Same weight, twice the thrust.
You could contact BSD to see if they have any plans to do such a gearbox. I think they may have done some work in that area, but I'm not sure if it was for an AP03 or an AP02 motor. Let Bob know you are interested.
After letting the glue for the gearbox and cowl dry for 24 hours I've now glued the entire plane back together. There has been a slight weight gain from the glue. The final weight with battery of the gearbox upgrade DR1 is 36.57g, compared to the stock DR1 with battery at 34.94. So, the final weight gain was 1.6g.
The thrust to weight ratio has improved from 0.76 to 0.86. I hope to fly both of them indoors next Friday.
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Former St. Augustine residents Ben Whitefield and Lori Edwards-Whitefield are fulfilling their dream of not only living in Costa Rica, but of hosting tourists seeking the special magic of that country.
The Whitefields, both graduates of Flagler College, moved to Costa Rica following a 2006 surfing trip. "Previously," Lori writes in an e-mail, "Ben decided he would move to Costa Rica. I told him he couldn't go without me -- I had fallen in love with him, my best friend of six years -- and he offered to buy my plane ticket. We then sold anything we couldn't bring with us to Costa Rica and strategically packed our bags to move to Costa Rica in pursue of our dream, hosting tourists. Within three months we had found a plot of land to purchase which was beachfront on an island. We built a rancho on the property and began to plan for our future bed and breakfast, "Casa de Rasta."
In 2007, the two returned to Jacksonville and handed out gift certificates to Casa de Rasta as favors." This was our promise to our friends and family that we would continue to pursue our dream," Lori explains.
Casa de Rasta opened late last summer. It offers $10 per person, per night tiki hut or tent rental. The camp is located beachfront on an island just outside of Quepos and Manuel Antonio (a major tourist destination in Costa Rica). "We cater to no more than eight people at a time," writes Lori, "and offer personalized service to all our clients. We have a small restaurant on site serving fresh fruit smoothies with organic Noni fruit, frozen mixed drinks, bottled beer, fresh spinach salads, homemade pizza and featured specials like Pan Seared Tuna and Pirate Pancakes. We grow many of our ingredients on site and organically. We offer daily canopy tours, jet ski tours, sportfishing tours, horseback riding (horses border the property) and surfboard rental and lessons. We have the best waves in the area."
Flagler graduates
Ben earned a B.A. in communications from Flagler College, and Lori received a B.A. in elementary education. She interned in a first grade classroom at Osceola Elementary, and she also served as a nanny for several families in St. Augustine.
In addition, both worked at the Beachcomber Restaurant as wait staff.
They are parents of two daughters, Riley, born in Costa Rica in 2008, and Taylor, born in August 2009.
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|May 7, 2013 9:00 AM – May 8, 2013 5:00 PM (DST)
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From March 2011 to June 2012, the Pay it Forward trainings have enabled us to train about 650 people. The total donations we received for the 63 trainings that we had conducted in this period was USD 63394.35. After deducting expenditures for advertising, venue, food, and instructor's travel and fees, we were left with USD 19072.75, which we will use to promote our future Pay it Forward trainings.
11. How many people have attended the Pay it Forward course thus far?
From its conception in March 2011 to June 2012, the Pay it Forward trainings have enabled us to train about 650 people.


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American Psycho wasn't for everyone, but you can't argue that it is a cult classic... but does it really need to be a television series?
It's being reported that FX is developing a series that will act as the direct sequel to American Psycho. If you're wondering about that Mila Kunis sequel, well like everyone else they're acting as if it never happened. The series will supposedly focus on Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman, with some minor changes to the setting of the story.
"The drama series fast forwards from the late 1980s, when the movie was set, to present day. It will feature serial killer Patrick Bateman, now in his mid-50's but as outrageous and lethal as ever, taking on a protégé in a sadistic social experiment who will become every bit his equal — a next generation American Psycho."
With series like Hannibal and Bates Motel doing well, it only makes sense for FX to scoop up American Psycho and try to take it to series.
Below you can view some of the more memorable scenes from the movie (viewer discretion is advised):


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To remember Ronald Reagan properly, we need to remember that he did more than anyone else to destroy the Soviet empire. And we need to remember how heavily that empire burdened the Earth.
Reagan had other triumphs as president. His administration rescued the U.S. economy from the torpor of the Jimmy Carter years. Firing the striking air traffic controllers delivered the first blow to the encroaching power of public-service unions.
But communism was his central concern, from the beginning of his career in presidential politics until he left the White House in 1989. It's the reason he always will be placed among the great presidents.
Reagan's enemies considered him slow-witted. But on the crucial geopolitical theme of his time, he was clever and his critics were blind. He believed the Cold War could be won, not just endured.
When he was elected, in 1980, Soviet communism seemed firmly established. It had dominated Russia, Ukraine and many other regions since about 1920. After the Second World War, it had seized most of eastern and central Europe. Its tentacles reached to the Middle East, to Southeast Asia, across Africa, even to the Caribbean. In wealth and territory, it was the biggest empire ever.
Its secret police controlled what the citizens thought and said. Not a single ballet dancer left Russia for a tour without a spy to watch her every move. Prison camps awaited citizens who broke the rules. But in ordinary life, the government was a failure. After 60 years in business, the Soviets didn't know how to get bread to the people.
Still, how could it be defeated without incurring the risk of nuclear war? Richard Nixon, who always had portrayed himself as communism's enemy, became in office a "realist."
With Henry Kissinger at his side, Nixon managed the problem. They allied themselves with the other big communist state, China, to minimize Soviet power. In this period, American journalists and politicians agreed with their Soviet equivalents that (as Richard Pipes, a Russian expert on Reagan's staff, later recalled) "The Soviet Union is here to stay, and one could not hope from the outside to alter its system, let alone destroy it."
Reagan and Pipes considered this approach mistaken. Hardly anyone described Reagan as "imaginative" — yet he imagined, unlike most of official Washington, that the Soviets could be beaten without danger of war. Put economic pressure on them, outspend them in defence, help their enemies in Afghanistan defeat them, and make it clear that at least one world leader was on to them.
Reagan, without any direct knowledge of Soviet life, could also imagine the restlessness the people must feel, their hopes disappointed for generations.
One day, he described the Soviets as an "evil empire." That scandalized most journalists and every employee of the State Department. How could he say such a thing? That was no way to run a foreign policy.
But the words rang true. Reagan's first ambassador to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick, remarked that Soviet actions proved them evil. And they were, as everyone knew, an empire. What, then, was wrong with the phrase?
Nancy Reagan didn't like to see her husband depicted in the papers as a primitive cold warrior. Michael Deaver, in charge of Reagan's image, fretted. George Shultz, the secretary of state, seemed to prefer the old détente approach and gave every impression he knew best. But Reagan had his way. Before he left office, the Soviets already were crumbling.
His last Cold War gesture, and his most famous one, was performed against the unanimous opinions of the State Department and his staff. On June 12, 1987, he spoke in West Berlin. Reading the advance drafts of his speech, he noticed that one key sentence kept disappearing.
It was the one thing he most wanted to say. But he was advised not to say it. It would embarrass the German chancellor and infuriate the Soviet premier, Mikhail Gorbachev. It would arouse false hopes among East Germans. Eventually, Reagan had to inform his staff that he was president and for once would say what he wished. So he stood at the Brandenburg Gate and gestured toward the barrier erected 26 years earlier to keep East Germans from escaping to freedom. "Mr. Gorbachev," he said, "tear down this wall!"
Two years later, the wall fell. And in another two years Soviet communism also collapsed.
Richard Pipes, judging his president many years later, wrote that he "instinctively understood, as all great statesmen do, what matters and what does not."
National Post


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Valentimes Day
February 14th, a day that means more to women, than any other day. Some women will say this is not true, but don't be fooled my fellow man. This is the day women compare their man against all others by comparing what they get as gifts to what other women got from their honey. It's all about the flowers, dinner, cards and candy, oh yea, the bling. Ask a women tomorrow how her Valentines day was, If you get,"it was ok', fights on at home. On the other hand, if she can't shut up about how perfect the day was, fights on at the office. A women can only take so much of another women's happiness, if you don't believe me, go play bingo sometime. Be yourself, tell her you love her, have a nice dinner, and be home in time to watch the 10:00 PM sportscenter. Happy Valentines Day.


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After trip down memory lane, Sox fall to Rays
American League Cy Young Award candidate David Price was his typical overpowering self in lifting the Rays past the Red Sox, 5-2.
Clay Buchholz gave up eight hits and five runs -- four earned -- to take the loss.
Price went the distance, scattering seven hits while allowing two runs and striking out 13. In mowing down the Red Sox, Price improved to 19-5 and lowered his ERA to 2.56.
Manager Bobby Valentine doesn't have a vote for the AL Cy Young Award, but it seems obvious who he would pick if he did.
"He can win the Cy Young, yep," said Valentine. "He's got a shot at 20 games and 200 strikeouts and a lot of innings. He has great durability. He's a great competitor. Yeah, he could be a Cy Young Award winner."
Buchholz has been in that conversation before, and likely will be again in the future, but this isn't one of those years.
The righty (11-7, 4.22 ERA) hasn't won a game since Aug. 16, though much of the drought has been due to a lack of offensive support or a late-inning malfunction by the bullpen.
"I feel good," said Buchholz. "That's the best part about it. My body feels strong. I don't feel hampered in any fashion as far as my shoulder or elbow being tired. I feel good."
On some nights, Buchholz could have gotten a win the way he pitched in this one, but not when he was facing Price at his best.
"He's one of the best pitchers in baseball," Buchholz said. "It's tough. Nobody can expect these guys to go out there and put up eight runs against him. Runs are at a premium with the way he's pitching. Everybody knows that. They fought back and made things look a lot better than I thought they were going to look after giving up three in that one inning. Like I said, just one of those games."
Buchholz got himself into a bad situation in the second, opening the inning with walks to Evan Longoria and Luke Scott. Jeff Keppinger followed by belting a three-run homer over the Monster, putting the Red Sox in a 3-0 hole.
"I thought Clay was really good," said Valentine. "The second inning, first time in a long time, he walked two guys in a row. He just didn't have a good feel for any of his pitches and threw one down the middle to put us down 3-0. Other than that, he was really good, until we didn't turn the double play, and he left one up to [Jose] Molina for a couple of runs."
Danny Valencia put Boston on the board in the bottom of the second, smacking an RBI single.
Price balked in Daniel Nava from third in the third, and the Red Sox were down by just a run at 3-2.
But the Rays opened it back up against Buchholz in the sixth. Keppinger got it started with a one-out single to left. Matt Joyce lined a single to right. With two outs, Molina banged a single off the wall in left and two runs scored. Molina was credited with just one RBI, because Nava bobbled the ball for an error.
The three-run deficit looked enormous to the Red Sox the way Price was going.
"I felt like their approach to me in the second and third inning was very good," said Price. "I felt like they were trying to hit all the fastballs to right field, [and] that put 'em on time with the cutter. Granted it was catching too much plate and it was too much middle away. Molina came and talked to me after the third inning, told me we're going to switch some stuff up and give them some different looks and we kept doing that and it was pretty smart words."
The Red Sox couldn't do much besides tip their caps.
"He's just as good as anyone," said right fielder Cody Ross. "He got himself in a little trouble and then all of a sudden, he was like, 'That's enough,' and he really turned it on and pitched lights-out. That's what the elite of the elite do. There's only a handful of them in the game, and he's definitely one of them. He proved that tonight in a big game that they need to win and a game where he probably didn't feel like he had his best stuff early, he made the adjustment and came back and just slammed the door."
When Price struck out Mauro Gomez to end the game, his fastball checked in at 96 mph.
"He's just dominating -- 97, and then the curveball that's almost unhittable and then he mixes in the changeups and the backdoor cutter," said Ross. "There's so many different weapons he can use -- and he did."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The game was tied 104-104 with 18 seconds left.
Chicago ball.
With an entire offensive playbook at his disposal, what play did Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau call?
Said Carlos Boozer: "This is the play: Get the ball to D-Rose, and everybody else get out of the way. And it works every time."
That's a sentiment that has been repeatedly expressed about the league's great players over the years. Larry Bird. Magic Johnson. Michael Jordan. Kobe Bryant. So on and so forth on down to Derrick Rose, who hit his very first walk-off buzzer-beater last night.
It was a great moment. The Bulls bench exploded. Rose's teammates mobbed him. There were high-fives all around. The pro-Bulls contingent in the Milwaukee crowd started chanting "M-V-P!" It was almost enough to make you forget that the team's shoddy defensive effort allowed Ersan Ilyasova to score a career-high 32 points on 14-for-18 shooting, and that Drew Gooden torched the Bulls for a season-high 27 points on 11-for-21 from the field.
Said Joakim Noah: "That shot was like a movie. Hit the shot, no time left on the clock. You saw the horn. The ball goes in the net. Man, that must be an unbelievable feeling to hit a shot like that. I'm happy he's on our team."
Added Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles: "What a luxury to have. You don't even need to run a play. You can just bring it in, throw it to a guy and he can get whatever shot he wants. It was an incredibly tough shot to make."
For the record, "incredibly tough" is an understatement.
Somewhat ironically, Henry Abbott just published two articles — one on TrueHoop and the other in ESPN the Magazine — that debunk the NBA's greatest myth: That letting your best player isolate in crunch time is the best decision.
It isn't.
Abbott's research shows that isolation plays are significantly less successful than any other kind of play that can be run. It also uncovered that this season's Bulls squad ranks 28th in the league in Effective Field Goal Percentage in the final three minutes when trailing by 3 or less or tied (31.8 percent). Only the Bucks (28.3 percent) and Cavaliers (28.2 percent) are worse.
Abbott also provided a link to a blog post by Jordan Sams of Liberty Ballers that uses the Basketball-Reference Shot Finder to track various "clutch" statistics. Based on Sams' research, Rose has shot 27.6 percent in the final minute of games over the course of his career. Rose's percentage drops to 22.5 in the final 24 seconds. According to Sams' charts, that puts Rose near the bottom of the list of the players who met his clutch shooting criteria (basically number of shots attempted).
Presumably, this suggests that Rose's game-winner was an aberration. An example of a bad play that happened to work.
I'm not trying to be a killjoy or anything like that. I was pumped when the shot dropped. But in the split second between when Rose took the shot and when the ball dropped through the hoop, I managed to shout "bad shot."
Remember: At that point, Rose was 7-for-21 from the field and 0-for-5 on threes. Logic dictated a different approach. Like maybe just running a play.
Again, I don't want to take anything away from Rose's heroics, but research (like what's cited above) is pretty clear. Hero Ball doesn't work consistently. It can be fool's gold because of recall bias. You remember the clutch shots and game-winners, but you forget the clutch misses.
I was actually more impressed by Rose's overall stat line than his final shot: 30 points, 11 assists, 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block. He also went a perfect 14-for-14 from the line — including two in a row with 32 seconds left.
Said Rose: "I remember in Miami, the same situation, almost the same situation, where we were down one and [I was] missing both free throws. Just coming up here, I told you that was going to be in my mind, and [I] knocked them down. I think I was more happy that I hit them free throws than that last shot."
Rose did that in spite of — or maybe partially because of — a small contingent of Bucks fans chanting "Overrated!"
Said Rose: "I try not to listen to it, man. I just try to go out there and play hard. They can cheer whatever they want to cheer. Of course, they're going to cheer that because we're on the road. And if anything, I just feed off of it."
Even if Rose's isos aren't the best clutch plays, technically speaking, they certainly inspire a belief in his teammates that they always have a chance to win close games down the stretch. Which may be worth more than Rose's actual percentages.
Said Noah: "It's unbelievable. We need him in that situation. He wants the ball in that situation, and to be part of that, I know is special. It's like a movie. I swear this kid is … he's special. And everybody knows that. He wants the ball down the stretch. He doesn't want the screen; he just wanted the ball in that situation. And I know his confidence is sky high right now."
Speaking of Noah, his hot streak continued last night, and he finished with 20 points on 10-for-14 shooting to go with 10 rebounds (6 offensive). Boozer added 15 points on 7-for-13 from the field, Deng chipped in with 12 points while going 5-for-8 (including a huge trey with just under two minutes left), and Taj Gibson had a near double-double (10 points and 7 boards) off the bench.
It was a good team offensive effort as the Bulls shot 52 percent and finished with an Offensive Rating of 121.5. Unfortunately, Milwaukee had an Offensive Rating of 119.2. Considering the Bucks' season average is 103.2 and the Bulls' Defensive Rating this season is 97.9, it's safe to say the defense could use a little tinkering before tonight's match-up with the Orlando Magic.
Recap, Box Score, Play-by-Play, Shot Chart, Photos.


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Israeli police storm into al Aqsa compound, US envoy in Tel Aviv expresses opposition to expel Arafat
Israeli police stormed into al Aqsa Mosque compound, firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse Muslim worshippers who threw stones after noon prayers, police and witnesses said.
There were no reports of injuries or damage at the compound. The situation has calmed and police have withdrawn.
Earlier, Israel's Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer that Israel's failure to exile Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat earlier was a "historic mistake."
Mofaz told the envoy that Israel views Arafat as an obstacle to making progress in any diplomatic process, Israel Radio reported.
Mofaz, who was meeting with Kurtzer to to discuss the late Tursday's decision to "remove" Arafat from the Palestinian territories, also said Israel remains committed to the road map and to the vision of United States President George W. Bush, according to the report.
Kurtzer reiterated the United States' opposition to exiling Arafat, and said the U.S. is still interested in implementing the road map, Israel Radio reported.
Arafat held a Palestinian security council meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday.
The U.S. has expressed repeated opposition to the decision, which the European Union, China, Egypt, Canada, Australia, and Russia also oppose. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, said it would mobilize support from other nations that have a similar stance on the issue.
Political sources told Israel's Army Radio on Friday that Arafat would not be expelled without American agreement. The Americans contacted Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Mofaz on Wednesday night to demand that they must not expel Arafat. (Albawaba.com)
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I have no idea why someone would take it upon themselves to create a hairless George Lucas minus his specs, but they have.
For some reason I feel compelled to share it with you.
Below, an oldie but goodie: 'When David Lynch met George Lucas' as told by David Lynch.
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
21-87: How Arthur Lipsett Influenced George Lucas's Career
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She was born April 6, 1949, in Tucson, Ariz., to Guadalupe and Carmen Granillo. She attended Saint John's Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Frank and Felipe Granillo.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Smitherman; three daughters, Jennifer Robyn Mendoza, Jessica Lee Smitherman and Monalisa McDaniel; two brothers, Richard and Martin Granillo; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Trini Rivera, Rachel Gallegos, Irene and Jaime Rodriguez; brother-in-law and his wife, David and Angie Smitherman; six grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The memorial service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at the Shinn Chapel, under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service.
The obituary and guestbook are available online at www.shinnfuneral.com.


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2017-18 Early Morning and After-School Experience
Our After-School Experience program has expanded! We now offer early-morning opportunities at select CUSD school sites. The expanded Early Morning and After-School Experience program offers art, science, cooking, sports, and academic enrichment classes, which are taught by CUSD teachers and professional experts. All classes are held on CUSD school sites and follow school dismissal times.
View/Register for Community Education and Early Morning and After-School Experience classes. Click on your school to keep up-to-date with what's being offered. Visit often to see what is coming up:
Session 2 classes start Nov. 13. Registration is now open!
Here are some tips to help you navigate our Brochure:
- Class offerings are listed alphabetically, by title.
- Easy-to-read class descriptions are provided, and additional program information is available on our registration site.
- Class fees and material fees (if applicable) are listed below the class description, along with the name of the instructor or program vendor.
- NEW! Look for your school code! Underneath every class description is a School Code which tells you where this class is being offered, on which day of the week. Each location also includes the time, and the Registration Code you can enter online to register.
- Middle School classes (we are also offering some before-school programs) are listed in a separate block.
- Kids and Parent classes are also listed in a separate block.
- View our easy-to-read School Listing flier, which provides you with a quick list of programs offered at every school, with easy access to our new School Code abbreviations. (To see it now, click HERE.)
Always pre-register!
Classes that do not reach the enrollment minimum of 12 by the week before will be canceled. Registration closes at midnight prior to first class. No same-day or drop-in registrations.
- Material fees are due and payable to the instructor on the first day of class.
- Classes begin 5 minutes after school dismissal and are one hour in length.
- Students meet at lunch tables following school, unless otherwise noted online.
- Program staff will escort students to their appointed classroom or field.
- Pick up is in front of the school, unless otherwise noted online.
- Per our Late Pick-Up Policy, please arrive early to pick up your children.
- Share any important information (allergies, pick-up info, etc) with program staff.
Please review the meeting place and pick-up information specified on the CUSD School links, to ensure that your child/ren meet in the designated area immediately following school dismissal. Program staff will escort students to the program location 5 minutes after school is dismissed. Parents are responsible for late or absent children. If weather prevents a class from being held outside, the class will continue indoors. There are no make-up classes.
Registration Is Easy!
You can register with Saddleback College Community Education - online or in person.
Register Online:
- Go to our registration site
- Click "View/Register for Classes"
- Click "Log In" on the left menu bar
You may register only one child at a time. You must create a separate profile/account for each child who is registering for an activity.
If this is your first time registering online, you will need to create a profile/ account for each child you wish to register. On the Log In page, please click "Create New Profile" and build an profile/account for each child you wish to register. If you need assistance building your account, please contact our office at (949) 582-4646.
To find the classes and register:
- Click "Classes" on left menu bar.
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You only can register one student at a time. You cannot add classes for multiple students into one cart. Each student's class choices must be purchased as a separate transaction while logged into that student's profile.
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Lack of Men in Church. Why?
I've been in church all my life and the one thing that has puzzled me the most is the lack of men in church. It does not matter whether it is Baptist, AME, COGIC, CME, or Non-denominational, it is still the same, a shortage of men in the church.
Women have always been the anchor of the church. Women have carried the torch for as long as I can remember. My mother was an anchor in the church we grew up in. My grandfather was the pastor and it seemed my mother did it all. She was an usher, sang in the choir, helped with communion, just to name a few of the many hats she wore. I praise God for strong women in the church.
However, it is time for a change. It is time for men to take their rightful place as leaders in the church. Then I ask, why is there a shortage of men joining the church? Why aren't more men dedicating there lives to Jesus Christ? Why aren't there more men helping to advance the kingdom?
I feel many men have a discernment for pastors. They can discern whether or not the pastor is genuine. Men are more likely to take their time studying the pastors behavior patterns before committing to a local church. Women will hear God speak and oftentime move immediately. Men oftentimes struggle with authority and submitting to other men, especially pastors in authority. Men want to know whether or not a pastor is real and sincere before they serve in ministry.
Even though God has blessed Voices of Faith with numerous men in the church, the global church still suffers due to a lack of men.
Please share your opinion concerning this global issue in the church.


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Another question! Would installing it to the harddrive help?
Still need help aside from that question
I too, am having the same issue at the exact same spot. Its set up on a external HDD. I am using the NTSC version of the game. I have tested it on CFG, USB Loader GX, and Wii Flow. I have done the exact same options in all 3 loaders.
Options used:
IOS 223, 224, 249, global
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VIDTV Patch
Video Mode: Force PAL50, Force PAL60, Force NTSC
I will keep updating as I try more options, but its taking a lot of time. And its quite frustrating.
You revived an all but two year old thread for this?


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When I was about 8 years old I used to write notes a lot. A friend and I made up a game that we played during the summer. I would write a note to someone (a cousin, friend, parent or a pretend person) then put it in an envelope and lick it shut. She would pretend to be the mailman who would deliver it. Then we'd switch rolls and she'd get to be the person receiving the note. She would always act surprised and delighted to hear from me, and we'd make up these long, detailed stories about our relationship. Then she'd write a note and I'd be the mailman, and we'd do it all over again. We played this game at least once a week for the whole summer.
Once school started, my friend and I continued to write notes to each other in class. I lost touch with her a few years later. But the exercise of writing notes has been something that has stayed with me. For lots of people, writing anything is hard. But I've always thought it's not so hard if you don't take it so seriously. If you and your friend were in class together today, would you pass her a note? What would it say?


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I never have understood why kids can be so careless.
I never have understood why kids can be so careless.
Yup, with donuts!!
I never have liked that "bouffie", pompadour thingy that women are putting on the front tops of their heads.
"...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer.
When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, you know which one you hit by the one that yelps!
I never fill up the tank when I get gas although I should.
I never drive too far anymore.
I never liked drinking out of styrofoam cups.
I never liked sharing a cup with someone.
I never eat off of someone else's utensils.
"Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen." ~ Orhan Pamuk
I never like when co-workers leave before completing a task.
Yup, with donuts!!
I never understood the metric system.
I never watch soap operas.


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Save Pluto. Stop global warming
The photos show a mottled world with a yellow-orange hut, but astronomers say it is 20 per cent more red than it used to be. At the same time its illuminated northern hemisphere is getting brighter, while the southern hemisphere has darkened.
Changing face: Scientists are baffled after new images of the surface of dwarf planet Pluto show it has become 20 per cent more red
These changes are most likely consequences of surface ice melting on the sunlit pole and then refreezing on the other pole, as the dwarf planet heads into the next phase of its 248-year-long seasonal cycle.
As Andrew "Squiggy" Squigman said, "Brrrr. It's hot."
But what does this mean for those of us here on Earth?
It suggests that natural cycles alone can cause unexpected and dramatic climate changes on planets. Some scientists argue global warming on Earth is more likely to have been caused by a regular 1,500-year-cycle of warming and cooling than rising carbon dioxide levels.
All planets experience climate change. Nasa scientists recorded Mars warming by 0.5C since the 1970s, which is similar to the warming experienced on Earth over the same period. In the Red Planet's case, strong winds are thought to have stirred up giant dust storms, trapping heat and raising Mars' temperature.


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Scoe - B*tch I Ball
If there's one thing Scoe loves more than making money, it's spending it in the most ostentatious way imaginable. That's common knowledge to those who've been following the Philly repper's career over the course of the last decade-and-a-half but, just in case anyone has it twisted, the industry vet emphasizes the point on B*tch I Ball, the latest single off his forthcoming street album. Making its world premiere right here on our front page, this cut finds the artist flaunting his work ethic and his propensity for conspicuous consumption over a minimal, whip-ready beat by the ubiquitous Mike WiLL Made It. Like what you're hearing? You'll be able to find this braggadocious street banger, previously-featured single The Crown and much more on Scoe's Tha Influence tape, slated to hit The DJBooth this Thursday, October 17, for free streaming and download.


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I want to write Makefile.am and/or configure.in to only compile certains files if a certain argument is given to the configure script.
I'd suppose I should append certain files to the SOURCES variable if the argument is given. I was able to detect if a certain argument was given using AC_ARG_ENABLE in configure.in although I don't know how to change Makefile.am to change which sources are to be compiled given the condition in configure.in.


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Drive with embedded DeviceLogix, EtherNet/IP, safety functions
First drive from the new Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 750 series from Rockwell Automation.
|Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755 ac drive from Rockwell Automation
Representing the first drive from the new Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 750 series, the PowerFlex 755 ac drive meets global user needs for versatile motor control , integration ease and high performance to help increase productivity .
Available in power ranges from 7.5 to 250 kW or 10 to 350 hp at 400/480 V ac and 540/650 V dc input, the PowerFlex 755 ac drive supports multiple languages, and meets global standards and certifications.
It is suited for many industries, including converting, automotive, machinery, food and beverage, material handling, metals, mining, and tire and rubber.
The drive offers a broad range of functions and options:
Allen-Bradley DeviceLogix control embedded in the drive gives users control flexibility to combine inputs and/or outputs and local logic functions to determine the drive's behavior.
Embedded Ethernet allows users to easily configure, control and collect drive data over EtherNet/IP networks.
To minimize downtime, users can configure the drive to provide advanced notification of operating data on cooling fans, I/O relay cycles, motor run-time hours and potential fault warnings.
Embedded Safe Torque-Off and Safe-Speed Monitoring safety options help customers reduce overall system costs while helping to protect personnel and equipment, and improve productivity.
Engineers designed the PowerFlex 755 ac drive with a slot-based mechanical architecture that allows customers to tailor the drive with as few or as many options– I/O, feedback, safety, communications and auxiliary control power – as the application requires.
Also read the Control Engineering article, Silence of the Drives .
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The Socialist Party has voiced concern about online intimidation by Syrian authorities in the Netherlands. Opponents of the regime have received death threats in Arabic, Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reports.
MP Harry van Bommel will appeal to Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal and Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner today in parliament to take measures to protect the activists against "electronic terror".
At this year's Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam, the closing party held on 11 September was interrupted by a support of President Bashar al-Assad. The man was enraged because of a door mat with a portrait of Mr Assad on it. He started chanting death slogans aimed at opponents of the Syrian regime before being removed from the festival.
One of the victims of the online threats is Syrian filmmaker Rosh Abdelfatah. "On the site, they call us called enemies in Arabic and say they're going to do us in. We can't use the site anymore, which basically obstructs our work."
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NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2010B-0242
PI: Inseok Song, University of Georgia, email@example.com
Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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Title: Resolving the Asteroid Belt of HR 8799
Abstract: In 2008, three orbiting planets were discovered and confirmed around HR8799 marking it as the first imaged extra solar planetary system with multiple planets. IRAS and ISO detected a cold dusty disk, an analogy to our Kuiper Belt, around this star based on far infrared dust excess. Spitzer IRS spectroscopy revealed a separate population of warmer dust grains that are different from colder dust grains. Warm dust grains must have been created in-situ from a local asteroidal belt because a detailed calculation of dust grain dynamics predicts an extremely small chance for dust grains migrating inward from the outer colder disk. Therefore, HR8799 must have an asteroid belt inside of the innermost detected planet. The expected angular extent of the astroid belt is 0.17-0.50 arcsec radius and such a warm dust disk can be readily imaged with the diffraction limited imaging at Gemini. This proposal was accepted as Band2 in 2009B, however, because of the Gemini North scheduling issue, no useful data was obtained. Therefore, we are resubmitting the proposal for Gemini/T-ReCS.
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Gilmore: Irish Water must justify spending €50m on consultancy fees
TANAISTE Eamon Gilmore has challenged Irish Water to prove that €50m spent on consultants' fees was good value for money.
As Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin branded revelations of the multi-million euro payouts a "scandal waiting to evolve", the Tanaiste questioned the need for such an expense.
"I've seen the figure for the expenditure by Irish Water on consultants," Mr Gilmore said.
"It does seem to me to be a high figure and I think Irish Water will have to demonstrate that it represents good value for money, and that the expenditure was necessary as part of the set-up costs for Irish Water."
Chief executive John Tierney revealed today that Irish Water spent more than 50 million euro on consultants over the last year.
He said a total of 100 million euro had been spent in setting up the company - more than 50% of which was paid to consultants, which included large firms based in Ireland.
Mr Tierney said the company would have limited money to spend on consultants in the future, because it will have already hired in the expertise.
He told RTE that plans are on track for the company to be in operation by 2015 and that its rollout remained on budget.
But Fianna Fail's Mr Martin criticised the fledgling organisation, which will serve as a new national water utility as a state-owned subsidiary within Bord Gais.
He described it as a quango in the making and warned householders will end up paying the price.
He said the 50 million euro figure was "an extraordinary situation" and one that is likely to escalate.
He also claimed that local authorities are "completely in the dark" about the organisation and that they are losing staff to it.
"I think this is going to get bigger and bigger," Mr Martin said.
"And this Government, prior to the election and Phil Hogan in particular was a great man for saying he was going to cut quangos and reduce a number of so-called quangos and so on like that.
"He has created a hell of a one now and I think it's going to eat up resources, and ultimately the customer and the person in the house will end up paying for all of this."
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett added that revelations about the 50 million euro paid to consultants was early evidence that Irish Water was yet "another trough for the pigs to feed from".
He claimed that struggling families and households would be forced to pick up the bill "for this greed and the theft of a public resource".
Irish Water was established to manage Ireland's water infrastructure.
It began rolling out water meters in households across the country last year, with initial water charges due to be applied in the last quarter of 2014.
The organisation has not yet decided on rates to charge. They are expected to be set in late summer.
The Tanaiste said rates will depend on the water metering system.
"The issue of charging for water has not yet been settled," he said.
"That is something that will be discussed later in the year and it is obviously dependent on the extent to which households will be metered, because it is of course connected with the metering system."
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"His personality is so big, it was a perfect marriage to New York. He came here and hockey players normally aren't that big and Mark transcended hockey. He was a compelling figure whether you liked sports or whether you liked hockey itself."
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"My view has always been and I believe it's the law in New York state, that marriage in New York is between a man and a woman, period. That's the law; it's been that way for 200 years,"
"New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guys are very rude. I said, "I'd like a card." He says, "You have to prove you're a citizen of New York." So I stabbed him."
"I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street - just assault you and tell you what they think of your jacket."
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THE Australian Rugby Union must stop "playing games" with Quade Cooper, who is set to be the fourth player in three years to abandon Australian rugby after disputes with the national body, leading rugby figures say.
Former Test coach Eddie Jones and ex-Wallaby fullback Greg Martin yesterday voiced their disbelief at how Cooper had been treated by the ARU.
ARU officials do not rate Cooper among their top 30 players and have offered him only an incentives-based deal.
The pay cut of about $200,000 offended Cooper and reports say he will leave the game in protest and become a boxer.
Cooper will hold a press conference in Brisbane on Monday to announce his sporting future.
He spent last night in Sydney seeing a movie with Sonny Bill Williams while Queensland officials scrambled to keep him.
The Reds remain hopeful he will stay at Ballymore and chairman Rod McCall has contacted ARU chairman Michael Hawker, who is in London, in a last ditch attempt to have the contract re-worked.
Cooper's Reds teammates sympathise with their disgruntled comrade and will back him even if he does leave the franchise.
Reds star Will Genia said it would be a "massive loss" if Cooper left.
"I want him to be happy. He needs to be somewhere he feels he's being treated fairly," Genia said.
Martin said the ARU must increase their offer to ensure Cooper remained in the code.
"They are playing games," Martin said.
"They have to keep him. There's no one else like him.
"My own kids are sad about the news, asking me why Quade's leaving."
The ARU is rationing salaries after player contracts ballooned in recent years.
And ARU officials feel Kurtley Beale, Berrick Barnes and James O'Connor are now better No.10s than Cooper.
Former Wallabies coach Jones, currently in Japan, revealed Cooper's management had made inquiries to Japanese clubs.
He said the ARU had a history of pushing away players they should be desperate to keep.
In the past three years, Wallabies flanker George Smith left for Japan after a below-par contract offer and Lote Tuqiri and Matt Giteau walked out after dramas with Wallabies coach Robbie Deans.
"George Smith was pushed out and he's still one of the best forwards in the world," Jones said.
"It is remarkable they would offer that deal to Quade.
"Two Australian No.10s have won Super Rugby titles. One is Stephen Larkham, the other is Quade. He's too valuable on and off the field."
Reds coach Ewen McKenzie also criticised the ARU's contracting system, which sees players sign with their province before negotiating with the national body.
"To have important players not signed going into December, if you don't have someone signed now, where do you go?" McKenzie said.
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Does anyone know how to disable the 3-dot menu on official 4.4.2? Since we have a menu button it's really not necessary.
What apps do you have a 3 dot menu? I thought that was an HTC thing
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Software announces immediate availability at the pro audio solutions distributors of Reason 6, the new updated version of their flagship music production software. Proppelerhead is shipping also Reason Essentials the next successor to Record, which comes with all the recording, editing, effects, instruments, mixing and mastering tools necessary for audio production and sound design and Balance with Reason Essentials, an audio interface for Mac and Windows.
Propellerhead Reason 6
Combining all the features from Record, Reason 6 comes with audio recording and editing tools, along with Propellerhead's acclaimed mixing console with masterfully modeled EQ and dynamics on every channel, multiple parallel racks, Line 6 Amp Models, new effect devices, seamless and pristine time/tempo stretch plus additional features. New creative effects designed for using directly with instruments or inserting into tracks include: Pulveriser, sound crushing effect with crunchy compression, dirty distortion and flexible modulation; The Echo, advanced stereo echo with modern delay and analog tape echo emulation; and Alligator, a three band pattern gate for complex rhythmic texturing. Interface enhancements, high definition audio transpose and true 64-bit compatibility highlight other new feature improvements.
Propellerhead Reason Essentials
Built for independent-minded musicians, Reason Essentials has the feel of a million dollar recording studio with the streamlined simplicity of a tape deck. Distilled from the core of Reason, Reason Essentials comes with a great selection of instruments and effects in a virtual rack that builds itself, or can be infinitely customized – drum machine, loop player, sampler, synths, reverb, delay, distortion, mastering effects and more. For guitar players, the built-in virtual guitar and bass POD from Line 6 bring a wide range of top quality guitar amps, cabinets and effects. The intuitive audio and MIDI sequencer makes recording and arranging music a breeze. Users never have to worry about track counts, latency issues or adding that extra reverb or effect. With an easy to grasp interface, it won't get in the way of ideas and will inspire users to make more music.
Balance with Reason Essentials
Balance, a two-in by two-out audio interface for Mac and Windows, is designed for the single person operated home/project studio. Fully USB 2 powered with separate volume controls for monitors and headphones, it contains 8 input connections to keep all instruments, mics and devices connected and ready to record with the press of a button – without software pop-ups or control panels. The included Reason Essentials packs in all the recording editing, effects, instruments and mixing tools needed to create great sounding tracks. Owners of Reason or Record who purchase Balance will automatically receive the Reason 6 upgrade as a download for free.
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Steven G. DePiazzy v Marlies LakeyAnnotate this Case
Steven G. DePiazzy et al., Appellants,
Marlies Lakey et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants. (And a Third-Party Action.)
—[*1]In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for fraud, commenced in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, and transferred to the Surrogate's Court, Suffolk County, the plaintiffs appeal from so much of an order of the Surrogate's Court, Suffolk County (Weber, S.), dated November 22, 2002, as denied their motion to vacate a judgment of the same court dated August 30, 2002, entered upon their default in responding to three separate motions to dismiss the complaint made by the defendants Marlies Lakey, Charles G. Eichinger, and the Public Administrator of Suffolk County, respectively.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs payable by the appellants personally to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs. [*2]
In support of their motion to vacate a judgment entered upon their default in responding to motions to dismiss the complaint, the plaintiffs failed to proffer a reasonable excuse for their default. Thus, the Surrogate's Court's denial of the motion was a provident exercise of discretion (see Ruppell v Hair Plus Beauty, 288 AD2d 205 [2001]; Montalvo v Nel Taxi Corp., 114 AD2d 494, 495 [1985]).
In light of our determination, the plaintiffs' remaining contentions are academic. Ritter, J.P., Goldstein, Crane and Spolzino, JJ., concur.


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by Dan Burrows | May 3, 2013 1:15 pm
[1]The old Wall Street saying "Sell in May and Go Away" might work for the broader market most of the time, but it doesn't appear to apply to hurricane stocks.
Forecasters expect this year's Atlantic hurricane season — which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 — to vie for the record books. Researchers at Colorado State University figure there's a 72% chance of at least one major hurricane[2] (that is, category 3, 4 or 5) slamming into the U.S. coastline this season. (Over the last century, the probability of such an event has been 52%.)
Furthermore, researchers expect four major hurricanes to form this season amid a total of 18 named storms. In the words of WeatherBell Analytics: "A wild season is on the way."[3]
If there's any bright side for traders, it's that flooding, wind damage, power outages and all the other destruction stemming from big storms does wonders for hurricane stocks. (At least it did last year.)
Here are stocks that stand to benefit from an active hurricane season:
Click to Enlarge Home Depot (NYSE:HD[5]), the nation's largest home improvement retailer, sees sales spike both ahead of and in the wake of big storms. From flashlights to batteries to generators, folks battening down ahead of the storm surge pile in to prepare.
Once the weather clears, Home Depot sees brisk business from do-it-yourselfers and professional contractors working overtime to repair and rebuild.
During last year's hurricane season, Home Depot shares rose 36% vs. an 11% gain for the broader market. The stock really got interesting in October when Hurricane Sandy hit the Eastern Seaboard.
Click to Enlarge Just like Home Deport, Lowe's (NYSE:LOW[6]), the nation's second-largest home improvement retailer, also gets a boost from hurricane preparation and repairs.
Indeed, Lowe's said rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy gave results a big boost in the final quarter of the year, helping it top Wall Street's earnings forecast by 3 cents a share. Revenue likewise came in higher than expected.
Anticipation of robust hurricane-fueled results helped Lowe's shares clobber the broader market during last year's hurricane season, beating the S&P 500 by more than 16 percentage points.
Click to Enlarge Generac (NYSE:GNRC[7]) makes generators for residential, commercial and industrial use. With major storms and widespread power outages becoming more common, homeowners and businesses aren't waiting for the lights to go out anymore.
They're buying generators now.
That helped propel Generac to record first-quarter results. Net income jumped to $50.7 million from $30.1 million in the year-ago period on a 36% sales increase.
Generac's stock rose 35% during the 2012 Atlantic storm season vs. an 11% gain for the S&P 500 — all thanks to Hurricane Sandy.
Granite Construction
Click to EnlargeGranite Construction (NYSE:GVA[8]) provides provides construction services to federal and municipal governments.
True, government spending is on the decline and the effects of the sequester aren't doing such projects any favors, but that won't matter much the next time bridges, roads and tunnels are washed out or flooded by a disastrous storm surge.
Granite's stock rallied 41% over the course of last year's hurricane season, beating the S&P 500 by 30 percentage points.
Click to Enlarge Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN[9]) distributes roofing and building materials, which usually suffer from extended bouts of nasty weather.
After all, bad weather is bad for roofers, at least in the normal course of business. New construction and repairs slow down when it's too wet or too cold. But hail storms, tornadoes and hurricanes drive a surge in repairs once the weather's cleared.
All that demand for roofing supplies and related building materials helped propel Beacon to a 31% gain in last year's hurricane season, beating the broader market by 20 percentage points.
As of this writing, Dan Burrows did not hold positions in any of the aforementioned securities.
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text: Forbes reports that Lagardere SCA, parent company of Hachette Book Group and its UK arm, said first half sales were up 6.8 pct from a year earlier, to 3.955 bln eur, aided by the consolidation of Warner Book Group. The book publishing business had sales growth of 10.6 pct, to 897 mln eur. Like-for-like growth was 1.7 pct, in line with company expectations.


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We've been playing with the idea for a long time. Visting this site, reading and talking about what we want, limits etc. We've taken this long so that we don't waist others time and as sure as we can be that we're ready.
So we get a response on our add. After we read their profile we politely respond to make sure they read ours and what we are looking for. They respond bac with a possitive. Explain that while we've been here for a while we are newbies and while we're ready to meet we don't know where our limits are. Are they still interested? pick a time and place
We're nervous, but ready to go. So, long story short, it's the 3rd time we've been blown off after they asked to set up a meet.
One of her concerns have always been that the "people" on here are not real and now she's pretty much saying "told you so"
people always talking about newbies and how much drama comes with them etc. Yet here is a couple who contact us and now blowing us off.
So is this common, are we over reacting? I mean I know stuff comes up, but we sent a message hey we're available 1 - 2 weeks you pick the time and place and get nothing back


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Westbrook leads Thunder past Mavericks, 104-89
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Russell Westbrook had 34 points and 10 assists to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Dallas Mavericks 104-89 on Thursday night.
Serge Ibaka had 21 points and a career-high 22 rebounds and reserve guard Anthony Morrow added 16 points for the Thunder, who won for the sixth time in seven games. They moved into a tie with Phoenix for eighth place in the Western Conference.
The Thunder rolled, despite getting just 12 points from Kevin Durant.
Dirk Nowitzki had 14 points and Tyson Chandler added 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Mavericks, who shot a season-low 36.3 percent from the field. Dallas point guard Rajon Rondo returned after missing six games with broken bones in his face. He finished with five points and six assists in 30 minutes.
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